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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-12
Barbs

Hitler offers to pledge Mussolini
his respect for Austria1 independ-
ence. Those two dictators certainly
are big-hearted about other peoples
affairs.
Schoolboy Rowe turned the t..
bles and taught EN- something
in that second game.
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Scobey, Mont, reports the birth
Of turkey with two necks, but what
every youngster wants to see Is one
with four drumsticks.
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General smedley Butler was
cut off the radio In the middle Of
q broadcasting speech, or Just
before he would have burned out
the tubes.
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A California man invented q piano
that sounds like chimes, but what
parent will want his child 70 learn
its music on that instrument when
It reminds the elder so much Of
church?
Copyright. 1894. NEA Service. Inc.)
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After all. 1t isn't fair to ask even
such man - mine to pitch every
day.-Mrs. Jerome Dizzy Dean.
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SO far q corporations are concern
ed, they al exist a. creatures Of
the states-Mark Graves, president,
New York State Tax Commission.
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Oh, feel fine. Yes, I feel SWELL
Samuel insult, entering trial In Chi
cago on charge Of using mails to de-
fraud.
=
You cannot make profits under Q
new order unless first Of al you are
making them under some kind Of
order.-Sir Josiah Stamp, British
economist.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-12

The news that 1877 doctors, nurses,
and laboratory workers in Los Ang-
eles were stricken with infantile
paralysis. during their fight against
N outbreak Of the disease, Is . grim
reminder Of the fact that these peo-
pie very often undergo risks which
the layman does not dream Of. in
their effort to save the lives Of others.
n some epidemics the doctor and
nurse can be protected by serums OF
NaccineA In others. however. there
e no certain protection. Doctor and
nurse must take their chances with
EVERYBODY else-and. Of course, by
going into sickrooms daily, and un-
6etnaining their resistance through
oveswoek. they simply increase the
danger 70 ttemselves.
y, = thing worth remembering.
Il y too ely to overlook the quiet
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-12
The Compost Heap 70 . GardeJ
Savings Bank.

I'LL this with the autumn leaves !
garden refuse, wetting 1t and trad
ing It down and weighing Il id
after the bin Is we'll filled.
The decayed foliage which viii
cumulate ct the bottom OF the Ia
In the course Of seasons = alul
pure humus and Of the greatest Vi
to add texture to the soil ana md
ture retaining quality. With the
Of chemical reagents, the bin Of lei
viii be converted into q. solid Del
Of thoroughly decayed synthetic d
nure Of high fertilizing quality
three months. Started this fall.
will Be ready for use next spring.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-12
MORE EFFICIENCY

Speaking Of red tape. the Indian
Bureau just unraveled some itself,
For 50 years Indian agencies have
been making out complete new roll
Of all Indians every year. Thus an
Indian so years old has been reported
so times.
Just this year somebody had the
happy thought that, If the agencies
merely reported the births and deaths
each year, these could quickly be
checked against q permanent list ct
washington, thus giving just az good
q record, and eliminating work that
has been calculated to have wasted
the equivalent Of the time Of one
stenographer working seven hours 4
day for 853 years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-12
Money Gone Begging

One Of the oldest bits Of news to
come out Of Washington In 4 long
time Is the revelation that matured
government securities to the vaule Of
ct least $2o.ooo.0o0 are being held by
various forgetful citisens, who seem
70 have overlooked completely the
fact that Uncle Sam owes them
money.
Some Of these bonds date back to
the first government security issue,
which came out before 1900 and
u1atured more than . century ago.
Others represent unredeemed Liberty
Loan bonds and war savings certi-
Stcates. Their holders are entitled to
cash them, and the money is waiting
tor them-but somehow they don't
seem to do 1t.
You would doubtless get some In
teresting stories, II you ran down Z
handful Of these unredeemed bonds.
Certainly the whole thing is an UNI
usual sidelight on the absent-minded-
ness Of Z stable number Of Amer
leans.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-12

As I am considering the medical
profession Is q career, writes young
correspondent, I have consulted DR..
OF -- and he urged me
to ask you for references to books
that tell advantages and disadvan-
tages Of medical career and some
thing about the requirements and
standing Of various schools.
I know Of no book that tells the
advantages or disadvantages Of Medi-
cine. The prospective medical stu
dent should inform himself about the
standing Of various medical schools,
however, and I believe the American
Medical association. Chicago, publish
es . pamphlet about that, which sets
you back two bits, II recollect.
The air Of this young mans letter,
perhaps unconsciously, Is quite mod
ern. He seems to announce that he
Is presently to be available for q
career, and what have We to offer
as an inducements The thousands Of
university graduates at present hold
ing mental jobs or looking for them
would enjoy this youths complacency.
The boys family physician also
suggested that he ask about state
medicine. Are We likely to have It?
My impression Is that we've had 1t
for quite while now, and on the
whole it has proved quite as satisfac-
tory Is any such intimate, personal
service managed by Yankee polite
ians could be. It II the riffraff and
scum Of Europe that wants state me
dicine In America. Defective, degene-
rate, INDECENT, ignorant folk must be
cared for by somebody, 20 1t might
as well be the state.
There is still q perceptible differ
ence between the Russian peasant
type and the American working man,
though such bureaucratic schemes as
state medicine make It more difficult
to distinguish them.
A boy ought to know beyond all
question or doubt whether he wants
to study medicine and why. Or q
girl either. No reason why a girl
should hesitate to study medicine.
Women are doing much Of the best
work In Medicine today, both in the
field Of practice and In the scientific
field. Any and Ill quaint prejudices
against women In the profession have
long since vanished from the minds
Of intelligent folk.
Il boy hasn't made up his mind
what he Is going to do by the time
he finishes his high school course. he
would better mark time and spend q
season at whatever work he can find
to do, until he does know his am
bition. It Is tragic for parents or In
dulgent relatives to send q boy away
to college when he has no definite
notion about his career. That Is too
hard q test Of youth.
Grocers. teachers, lawyers and doc
tors always advise their children not
to take up grocerying, teaching, law,
or doctoring respectively. But that's
Just human nature. Actually they
are delighted II = son or daughter
decides to follow In fathers Or moth
Fer's footsteps. I
There are plenty Of onerous diff
culties imposed upon regular physi-
clans by the customs and the Law
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nowadays, for the special privilege Of
one irregular healing cult or another.
But then, there are pricks in all
trades. II you are called to Medicine
all these petty drawbacks will trouble
you little. Whether your bent Is for
scientific or for practical work, here
Is profession to which you can Joy
fully devote your life.
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ster enemies while federal offj
were investigating them were J,
Lazia, boss Of Kansas City,s mol
side: and Verne Miller, former Dakl
sheriff and outlaw, identified q Z
Of the trigger men il the staff
Sayings"
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Many Are Bound Down by a
Vicious System

One Of the hardest things to do, in
trying to assess the rights and wrongs
of a tangled social order, is to ap-
portion the blame properly between
individuals and the system under
which they live.
It is hard to stay indignant at an
abstraction. We like to personalize
our antagonisns. A human target Is
the first thing our anger requires.
If things are going badly, it is much
easier to take 1t out on John Jones
or Bill Smith than 1t is to center our
wrath on society as q whole.
You get an illustration of this
In q paragraph In recent issue Of
advance" the national weekly of
the Congregational and Christian
churches.
In this magazine . correspondent
suggests that the church too often
fails to make its criticism of current
Ills specific. Why, he asks, should not
the church put aside its fine state
ments Of general principles and come
out, for instance, in open denuncia-
ton Of q vestryman who hires girls
in his factory for SO . week?
And the editor of the magazine
suggests that this question is not
quite as simple as it looks.
There are circumstances" he re-
marks, where the employer and the
manufacturer are the victims OF
competitive system quite as much as
the worker.
1T is one thing to demand that
Mr.. x. q vestryman, should pay his
employees = living wage. It is an
other thing to enable him to do so
against the competition OF unscrupu-
lous employers who have no ideals,
either decently pagan or Christian,
in their business enterprises"
Now this point. 1t seems to us, Is
worth emphasizing.
It IL too easy to forget that under
any competitive system all players
are bound by the general rules of the
game. These rules, the pressure Of
competition being what it i. FIRE.
quently lead to bad conditions.
Our respected vestryman may in
deed pay his employees less than q
living wage, but all too often his sole
alternative II to 90 out Of business
altogether. in which case his en-
ployes would get no wages what
ever.
In such case 1t is worse than USE
less to get vexed at Mr.. x. II we are
going to insist that even the humblest
worker Is entitled to . living wage,
our proper point Of attack is the sys-
tenn which makes low wages neces-
sary-not the individual through
whom the system must operate.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-12
NEW DEAL CHIEF JUSTICE

NOW that everybody Is speculative
on the attitude Of the supreme court,
It may contribute something to note
that Chief Justice Hughes has had
his bushy beard trimmed much short
er during the recess, leaving what is
comparatively little more than q
Van Dkye. When President Roo
sevelt spoke on the radio the other
night from the oval room In the
White House basement, attendants
upstairs. on, the ground floor couldn't
even. hear HIM on the radio that
stands In the reception hall. Wrong
kind Of current. FOR the most
romantic name, we nominate Golden
Bell, that new special assistant to the
attorney general, generally believed
to be handling the Houde case.
And speaking Of names, one guess a.
to where u the habitat Of Philip
Mainwaring Broadmead, Right
British embassy.
Copyright, 1884, NEA Service, Incl
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unassuming heroism that members
Of tho medical and nursing profess
sions are constantly displaying, day
after day, in the performance Of their
duties.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-12

Coalinite, q produc. OF Ignite
brown coal may supplant the world
famous bakelite industry. according
t. experiments at Kaiser Wilhelm
Institute for Coal Research. It is
claimed that the new product i
ideally suitable for making battery
boxes and electric switch plates.
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining hygiene
diagnosis treatment will b answered BY Dr. Brady
eeaddressed envelope enclosed Letters should
ink No reply can be made to queries not conforming
Address DE- william Brady Il care OF tha Newspaper.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-12
Price-Fixing Again
New York TimeS)

Judge Anderson Of the Federal
court at Memphis has handed down
a decision permitting the manufac-
turers of hardwoods to sell at prices
below the minimum fixed by the
Hardwood Manufacturers Institute
under the Lumber NRA Code. This
Is based not on the ground that any
part Of the MIRA Is unconstitutional,
but that the law itself does not au-
thorize the fixing Of prices. Judge
Anderson remarks:
There Is no mention in the act
itself of fixing or price,
protection. The act itself au-
thorizes the various industries to
compile codes Of fair COMPETE
tion," which become law on the
approval of the National Recov-
cry Director. The words flair
competition" by q long series Of
Judicial decisions have been fully
defined. These definitions do not
include price fixing. COMPETE
ton has three elements: first,
price: second. quality, and third,
service. Price regulation is the
antithesis OF competition, fair or
otherwise.
There can now be little argument
regarding the economic soundness Of
the decision. particularly as applied
to the Lumber Code. For even among
the price fixing provisions In hum
dreds Of codes, those In the Lumber
Code have been particularly aston
ishing. They permit the Code Au-
thority to fix minimum prices to
protect" costs Of production. The
cost Of production to be protected Il
not that Of an individual firm. but
the weighted average cost" Of all the
firms In q division or subdivision Of
the industry. These costs are to be
determined BY uniform accounting
practices and are to include: "a
wages, "a materials and supplies, ~
overhead and administration, includ-
ing trade association dues and code
fees, ~ shipping, including grading
and loading, 90 selling, CO.. main.
tenance, a. insurance, including
compensation and employee insurance
90 taxes, including taxes on timber
90 interest on indebtedness, not onl,
on mills actually operating but or
those capable Of operating" 40,
discounts, claims paid and losses OF
trade accounts, QD depreciation
even on idle mills, az raw material
including standing timber carried o.
capital account, and l3) conserva.
ton and reforestation.
A minimum price calculated x
protect" average costs 50 generousl,
determined could hardly be yer,
moderate. It would be difficult t,
argue that such a price was essentia
for the preservation Of the industry
or that It was ultimately in the inter
ests Of the great body Of consumers
Or that 1t did anything but tend {,
throttle price competition. Many Il
the lumber industry itself are becom
ing increasingly doubtful regarding
the long-run value of such provisions
from the standpoint Of the health q
the industry itself. Such provisioe,I
surely do not encourage the HOUSING
program. They are among the kind o.
permanent price fixing provisions tina
the new Recovery Board must wan
to get rid Of.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-12

table-tops, for the tin tray files were
open at the top and not dust-proof.
Three hundred and sixty thousand
Of these packets have been unwrap-
ped and transferred to $500 filing
cases, the 200 miles Of red tape 60
ing into the wastebaskets.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-12

On . visit to Portland, Cd
Stranger Ed Lewis, the wrestler, {
vealed that in the last Is years
has travelled by airplane betwe,
coo, 1000 and 100000 miles.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-12

Death rates from diabetes, exoph-
ttalmic goiter, and Addison's disease
ere higher In northern climates than
In the south. according to findings OF
Dr.. Clarence Mills Of the university
LOT Cincinnati.
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Salt and Heat

You do put up something now ana
then regard Is bunk. For instance
the assertion that lots Of salt Il q
good preventative for heat. South
Africa natives get very little salt,
while the Scandinavians living In cold
countries get lots Of It wv. 4. ~
Answer-The suggestion I gave u
that little salt in the drinking VA
ter, or plenty Of salt In or on the
food, tends to prevent dehydration.
In actual practice, as In the Boulder
Dam work, this has proved efficient.
Copyright, 1884, John r. Ollie CO..
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The worlds oldest book, still In
tact. is said to be volume discovered
Ia China recently. It IL composed OF
70 wooden leaves fixed together with
string. and dates back to 100 B. G.
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show tho
trend OF thought by other editors.
They arc published without regard
to whether they agree or disagree
with The Tribune's policies.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-12
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Gadeet

Have an oscilamanipulater. The
chart shows two different ways Of adj
justing the belt for high blood pres
sure. In your opinion which way IS
best? "a. w. O.
Answer-I wouldn't monkey with
the gadget Ut Ill. Just draw your
belt up to comfortable tension and
60 out and get few miles Of oxygen
on the hoof every day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-12

During the absence Of Rodney
butcher, Tribune Washington
correspondent, on vacation, the
daily Washington Letter Is being
written BY willis Thornton.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-12
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

SPEO1Al-Our regular $500 Oh to(
permanent complete with shamp
trim and fingerwave, $3.50. a.
fornia Wave Nook, 102-3rd
Phone 7o2.
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The NewDeal
Washington

Real Red Tape, 200 Miles Of II, I'm
wound ct Washington, and Old
Files Become Flower Pots,
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so YOU'RE GOING TO BE
A DOCTOR?

As I am considering the medical
profession Is career, writes q young
correspondent, have consulted DR..
Evening star., 1934-01-26
ART OF THE PIANIST
DISPLAYED BY MERSON
Interesting Program Presented by
Artist at Barker Hall
Last Evening.
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

The piano recital of Miksa Merson,
member of the faculty of the Washing
ton College of Music, took place last
evening at Barker Hall Mr. Merson's
program, which was given over to
Bach, Beethoven and Brahms in the
first part, ended with a group of mod
erns. including Scriabine and Proko-
fieff.
1t was an interesting and progress
sive program for a display of every
angle OF pianlst's art. and Mr. Mer-
sons APPROACH to it was serious and
thoughtful. Equipped with an un-
limited command of technical pyro-
technics, secure and brilliant, he at
caliber was facile one, from this
standpoint, for him. 1t was a real
pleasure to hear the clear and ripping
quality of his runs and trills and the
fine singing tone which is also
marked characteristic of his playing
In his interpretations. however. there
does not seem to be the same amount
OF individuality as in the purely me-
chanical side OF his playing, and one
misses the positive conviction of idea
or sentiment Were Mr. Merson not
the artist he is. stress would not be
necessary on this point, but having
everything at his finger tips tech
nically, one cannot be content with the
subordination of the still greater quail
ties Of vivid Imagination and noble
temperament. With these as highly
developed as the other side of his play
ing. he could take his place among the
especially gifted pianists of this day.
The first numbers on the program
were by Bach, an "Intermezzo" ar
ranged by Busoni. and the Little Fugue
in G Minor" arranged by Olga Sam
aroff Mr. Merson then gave the Bee
thoven Sonata. Op. 81. No 2" with
finely detailed effect, the allegro we'll
handled and the adagio played with
great beauty. The Improvisation style
which he uses at times was appropriate
to the "Intermezzo, Op 1T, in E Flat
Minor" by Brahms, and his Rhapsody,
Op. 119, in E Flat Major" was virile and
convincing. The Chopin Concert AL
legro," which followed, is one of those
compositions not often included in a
pianist's program, and Mr.. Merson pre-
sented it excellently, bringing out dy-
manic shadingS with careful attention
and using sonorous rounded tone.
The Chopin number and Prokofieff's
"Suggestion Diabolique" were the high
lights of the recital, and after the
playing of Prokofieff Mr. Merson was
enthusiastically recalled until he gave a
delightful and we'll constructed waltz of
his own as encore. The entire program
revealed an unusual pianistic talent
which can 60 to great heights if Mr..
Merson SO wishes.
Evening star., 1934-01-26
IN MUSICAL SHOW.

A musical potpourri" is to be pre-
sented February 12 at the Woodside
School, for the benefit of st. Michael's
Parish School. Specially numbers will
be given by Paul Grove. jr, of Takoma
Park; Anna Frances ClaXton of Wood
side, Ralph McPhail of Takoma Park,
Ada Moss and Betty Ryder of Silver
Spring and Joseph Weber, jr.. will be
the accompanist for the entertainment.
Among those in the cast are Al Stern,
Charles Plunkett, Leo Boyer. Everett
Schrider. Albert R. Kramer. Frank
O'Neil, Dorothy Shannon, Bill Calnan,
Harry Naehr, Jack Lynch and Mae
Chick.
George Kennedy Is general chair
man of arrangements and has serving
with him E. NJ Barry. Louis Alberti,
Michael MCGOWAN, John Kirby and
Harry Naehr.
Another rehearsal is to be held to-
night. at which time all those taking
part are requested to be present.
Evening star., 1934-01-26

MS was feVealeQ yesterday IN Cle
JUS picture, which has come to
I'm, which. but for this bow and
lg and occasionally plays rings
overS."
at Constitution Hall on February 6.
Mr. Gershwin has had the rare good sense
of bringing with him Leo Reisman's
Symphonic Orchestra-as also James
Melton-who made big name for him
self at the Earle only few weeks ago.
When Mr. Gershwin sits down in front
of that great big black Constitution
Hall piano on the night of February 8,
he will polish of his Rhapsody in
Blue" and his American In Paris, ="
as we'll as his new Concerto in F.
The only thing we hope he won't polish
of is his score for Let EN- Eat Cake" !"
which Is the weakest modern music he
has ever accomplished.
Gershwin Is 35. unmarried, smokes
black cigars, looks . little like JED
Harris and believes that American
music Is the best on earth. CAT least
that's what Frank Baer says about
him.
T ATEST addition to the Moulin Rouge
IL caravan coming here-Tony Mo-
reno. (Now where did he pop up
irom?)
Ann @. Nilsson is also on the list.
So is Mary Carlisle.
Jean Dalyrimple writes that she Is
glad that Jose Iturbi had such warm
welcome here.
The Philadelphia Harmonica Band
will give a special concert at Loew's
Fox at the last show on Tuesday. jan
uary 80.
Hips Hips Hooray" follows the
Francis Lederer picture at Keith's.
Congratulations are in order to Ray
mond Bell, who will wed-soon.
Evening star., 1934-01-26
NEW WINTER CLASSES.

The Estelle Allen studios Of stage,
radio and dancing will begin the Mid
winter term January 20. at the studios.
2l09 S street northwest RehearsalS OF
the professional class will begin early
in February for the Midwinter play.
The childrens dramatic class gave a
play in December entitled THE Little
Gray Lady" and Amalie Preische's
dancing class gave two recitals during
the Fall term. A public speaking class
for business and professional women
and men will be enrolled Thursday
evening, January 81, at 7:30 pm.