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BRISBANE THIS WEEK The President's Guess Headed for the Dole? ^ riting for Young People How W e Prepare A Washington story, more or less authentic, says: "The President, rais ing to reporters at Hyde Park, made guesses on the election results, and made 16 mistakes." That may be, but he made no mistake in his guess that the people of the United States would support him and his policies by an overwhelming vote, and that was the guess that really Interested him. Mr. Ickes tells Vincent Astor's news weekly that this nation must face gov ernment payment of cash relief as a long-lasting institution. Also we must face that ugly word "dole," so unpleas ant to proud Americans unemployed, exquisitely painful to American tax payers. About the dole we shall be like the lady that, "vowing she would ne'er consent, consented." The plain, unvarnished dole Is ahead of us. In his chapter on statesmen In the "Philosophical Dictionary," Voltaire ?aid he did not write for the states men of his time, because they were too busy to listen. He wrote for young men that would be statesmen and do something after his death. That was a sound prediction. Those that were young when he wrote got rid of kings and laid the foundation of the powerful French republic after be was dead. Writing for the young, offering sug gestions. is a pleasing occupation. When the suggestions are carried out, after you die, you cannot be held re ?porisible If they prove to be unsound. MaJ. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, who commanded the marines, says: "I'll never again carry a rifle beyond the borders of the United States." Of the 1.600.000 men sent to Europe he Bays: "I did not come across a single one who knew why he was there." General Butler Is right. Any fight ing outside of our borders should be done from the clouds?bombs and poi son gas dropped by airplanes?and from below the water with submarines. Concerning the amusing fashion In which a country like the Ublred States manages a great war when It rushes In unprepared. General Butler says: "The war never brought this country anything. A few Insiders made money. International Nickel company earned 14W0 per cent The government bought for use In France 120.000.000 worth of mosquito nettings, and there wasn't s mosquito In France. "It also bought 35.000,000 pairs of shoes for 4.000,000 men. and every pair of shoes would last a year, and It bonght 31,000,000.000 worth of air planes that wouldn't get off the ground." The new prime minister of France, Flandln. tells the chamber of deputies that he will keep the franc stable and France will hare no dictators?"liberal Institutions will win out OTer all forms of dictatorship." The French, most logical nation In the world and one of the moat deter mined, will know how to carry out that program. Senator Borah says he makes no . accusation of personal graft In connec tion with spending public billions for relief, unemployment, etc. It Is a com fort to know that there Is no charge of stealing from the poor or the unem ployed. ' * But Senator Borah does accuse the relief administration of shameful waste and bad management, so bad that about half of the billions were appro priated In Tain. > Mussolini decrees all that are capa ble of performing manaal labor shall work for a living. A man may be rich enough. In his own opinion, to live without work, but not In Italy. Even aristocracy must work. Very hard, when yon and your ancestors have done no work for perhaps a thousand years. It appears, kind friends, that this world?Europe, at least?is really head ed toward war. Who says so? Mussolini does, and he has Inside information "another Eu ropean war Is Inevitable." and adds that Italy will get more from this neit war than she got from the last. She Is <f?yr<y^ tp>{ptTT? gvgn' SlllUli tM>TS a as soldiers. And Lloyd George, who took Britain through the war that Germany would hare won had It not been for Lloyd George and Cleroenceau. savs: "War Is on the horlion." and advises. If you doubt It. that you try to Insure against war with Lloyd's No price you could name would get you Insurance against war for the next ten years. Men wonder that wars should start between nations si>eaking different lan guages, with conflicting ambitions, re ligions snd Ideals. Let them consider our own state of Arlxona. calling out troops to stop completion by the United Btates of the Barker water diverging) In connection with the great Colorado river project Arizona says the water now running to waste must not be diverted by the government or anybody else without Arizona's permission. Cs Kin* Feature* Syndicate. Inc. WNU Service. SUCH IS LIFE?This Reducing! By Charles Sughroe VVEAR YOUR 1 1 \V|f=E IS-REDOCIM^I BECAUSE YoO r ? / OFFERED HER P* /J A POLVAR A W?l f>ouMP FjcRj KKJHTI | <3 WE IS OM WER. h ^"TH,PD ^AMD+iov^ MUCH WAVE-/ vou PAVD/^ bf? ' \f \ve were w? TO SETtve NowW TH' PEAR ?IRu\48 ~^WOUU? OWE Av^Li^> Wheat Smuggling New Border Worry w Patrol Overworked on North Dakota Boundary. Fargo, N. D.?A new form of an an cient and often romantic criminal ac tivity?smuggling, recently uncovered In a little North Dakota town near the Canadian border, Is engaging the con centrated attention of an overworked border patroL A secret Investigation disclosed to government agents that within a few months 160,000 bushels of wheat had been smuggled Into..this country from Canada. The reason for the illegal operation was a chance to profit dn high prices for wheat result ing from the processing tax. One man, operator of a grain elevator, has been arrested and is accused as a ringlead er of the plot Fourteen others, farm ers and laborers, have pleaded guilty to the charge made against them, j smugginlg the grain. The first arrest was that of Thomas C. Wildish, Ellsberry, N. D? elevator man, through whose establishment, government officials charge, huge quantities of wheat smuggled in from Canada were disposed of. Wildish, at present free on bond. Is to be tried soon in federal court at Grand Forks. He Is specifically charged with violat ing section 503 of the 1030 tariff act by aiding in bringing smuggled prod ucts Into the United States. Fourteen Plead Guilty. United States District Attorney P. W. Lanier, in charge of the prosecu tion, said the government plans also to proceed against all elevators shown to have purchased smuggled wheat. Punishment for conviction of violating the tariff act Is a sentence up to two years In prison and a fine up to $5,000. Passing of sentence on the fourteen farmers and laborers who pleaded guilty was deferred. The men admit ted either taking part In the actual grain smuggling operations or having a part In the conspiracy. All of the smuggling transactions took place in Towner county. North Dakota, near the Canadian border. Most of the | smuggled wheat was marketed in the towns of Hansboro and Ellsberry. Mr. Lanier said that the govern ment's investigation of the wheat smuggling conspiracy would result in | 25 criminal prosecutions and in added vigilance on the part of the customs patrol. This service already is respon sible for stopping many other forms of smuggling, an activity which offi cials admit never has been completely checked. Smuggling Centuries Old. At every port of entry and along every international boundary line smugglers have plied their trade for centuries. Because it is the first on record, the North Dakota wheat smug gling case is of extraordinary interest, but otherwise it is merely another in stance of an ancient illicit trade. The United States and every other commercially important nation have been faced with a startling increase In smuggling since the World war. During the prohibition era the prob lem was made a thousandfold more complex for the authorities of this country, but illegal liquor was only one of the items brought secretly across our borders. In 1920 and for I several years thereafter one of the gravest problems of our border pa trols was in stamping out the smug gling of aliens. At one time it was estimated that for every foreigner who entered this country legally, one and sometimes two were smuggled in il legally. Stories of this form of smug gling were sensational in the extreme. The smugglers who dealt in human beings were, and are, for the most part ruthless cutthroats, whose only concern is the money they get from their "clients"; what happens to the latter is of little interest to the smug glers. Army's Star Back Jack Buckler, who plays halfback on the Weit Point Military academy's j team, la rated as one of the beat men In the army eleven. Tables Turn, Older Men Now Get Jobs! Cleveland. Ohio.?The old com plaint of older men that "young fel lows always get the preference" when Jobs are given out has given way to the exact opposite. That was the conclusion reached here by Y. M. C. A. officials after an employment survey of the city. Those making the survey report- I ed that the older men are now be- , lng given first choice. Reasons giv- I en by employers for the change in the trend were listed as follows: The fear that young men may be radical; the desire for older and experienced men, and the difficulty of training youths who never have had steady Jobs. ODD THINGS AND NEW?By Lame Bode 1 J l Clock astronomv The world's most elaborate clock, in a a museum in Belgium, shows^pI The movements Of earth, the tides, moon phases, and standard, solar and star Time. Dark music - music pointed <*.jkacx paper vflth luminous ink enables reading in the DARr.. American health - Once a year the ave race American is so sick that me must stay home from work. TV Uv.fc-ntl WNU Mrrtcc | WHY GO TO COLLEGE? By LEONARD A. BARRETT With the return of autumn many joudj people have resumed their studies in our col leges and universi ties. In spite of the "hard times" the number enroll ing for the fresh men classes la sur prisingly large. We frequently hear the question, asked In all seriousness, how Is it possible for so, large a number of graduates to "land a Job?" The ques tion Implies that the ultimate pur pose of an education Is obtaining a job. Is this a correct assumption? What is the purpose of an education? Why go to college? A hasty survey of the facts reveal that a very large number of persons holding responsible positions In the business world never saw the inside of a college building. It Is also true that many persons holding college degrees are absolute failures In the economic world. Two partners in an Important industry experimented with their pet Afternoon Coat Wide double-tiered sleeves are Intro- ! duced by Molyneux in his knee-length afternoon coat of black caracuL The standing collar turns back to form pointed revers. theories. The one employed a college trained man, the other, one who had only a high school course. Both were given the same task to perform. The one with the limited preparation won over the college man four to one. The college trained man developed an ego complex In his college days which placed him at a great disadvantage In the daily marts of trade. The high school trained rfian had developed con fidence and assurance, due no doubt to W fact, he was compelled To work his way through his limited course of study. why go to college? Not for the pur pose of a degree and certainly not for a Job, but rather in order to obtain that discipline of mind and body which enables a man to hold a Job when he gets It. Without this discipline educa tion may become more of a curse than s blessing. With night schools offering profes sional courses and with the advantage afforded by correspondence courses, no young person need be deprived the priv ilege of an education, even though he may not have the time or money to go to college. If he be enrolled as a stu dent in a college let him see to It: that he learns not only the facts of his chosen field, bat also, how to use these facts In contacts with other people after he leaves college. "With all thy wisdom get understanding,** said the wise man of olC C- WaiterB Union. (^(jr/Vousefiofd I By Lydia Le Baron Walker It Is Easy to Note tbo Beauty of Cnrred Lines in This Fine Old Stairway. nRflVT *(.<? n), W .. . Konb ?v. _vr_i_ - . I ? .. V A. aiaiio uaic ainajo UCCU uuc " of the decorative architectural fea tures of a house. Winding stairs are the most graceful because a curve is the line of beauty. In early American mansions curved or circular stairways were in high favor. Sometimes there would be two such staircases one above the other mounting up from the first to second story, and then from second to third with a break in the ascent on the second floor for the stretch of hall. This led to a position just above where the first stairway began and here the second staircase started. Stairway and Air Currents. In many houses one flight of stairs comes above another in the main hall way. However this arrangement has its drawbacks as houses built on such a plan have difficulties to contend with in heating. Warm air rises, and the heat is partial to the top floor, to the detriment of the warmth of lower ones. This was one of the chief reasons for many home builders not having the circular open staircases as described, and having stairs to the third floor either inclosed or positioned elsewhere in the house. Speaking of inclosed staircases, they are not put in fine houses except for umn siana ui luusc wmca serve xor both back and front stairs from second to third floors. These box stairways have no decorative merit whatsoever. They are purely practical. This is their redeeming feature. In some old farm houses, such stairs were built In order to conserve heat on the lower floor. It will be noted, however, that even in those old dwellings in which there is any attempt at architectural beauty, there are open front stairs leading from tiny front halls, which halls are scarcely more than vestibules. There are doors at right and left of the stairs. These lead into living rooms. Staircases With Landings. Stairways with landings are favored. These break the climb without inter fering with the ornamental appearance. In fact this is accented decidedly when a broad landing has a window from which there is a good view, or which lets in sunlight. Sometimes where such a landing is broad, a chair or settee is on it where one can rest, or sit and enjoy the view. Such landings are fa- ? vorite places for grandfather's clocks. Sometimes where there is enough space, stairways branch to right and left about halfway up, and enter the second floor from both sides of a halL ?. Bell Syndicate ?WNU Service. He's Ready for His Winter Quarters Inhabitants of the Philadelphia xoo were transferred to their winter quar ters the other day. C Emerson Brown, director of the xoo (right), is here seen examining a pelican to be sure he was in good health. He was. so be went Into the cold weather building with the others. 1 4^ Let Our Motto Be GOOD HEALTH BY DR. LLOYD ARNOLD 11 Professor of Bacteriology and Pre\enti\e : Medicine. University of Illinois. College of Medicine. TCO MANY GIRLS DIE OF TUBERCULOSIS Girls In their teen age have n gen erally high average of health. ln f.ltt statistics for jjij. nois show that the ten-twenty age pe riod has the high est health average for any ace i.eri?a both for boys ar.<j girls. But too many girls die of tuber culosis in this a?e group. Their death rate is twice as high as for boyi with tuberculosis in the same period. Many moralists will undoubtedly wag their heads and say that this is be cause the modern girl wears too few clothes and stays up too late. But then how explain that in her grandmother's day, when girls wore loads of clothes and the wildest party was over before twelve, the same pro portion of girls died of tuberculosis then as now? In a study which we have been mak ing In the medical research department of the University of Illinois, we have learned that since 1870, when the first vital statistics In this country were col lected, the peak age for deaths from tuberculosis among girls was In the ten-fourteen-year group. That peak has held for every decade. In 1370, 208 girls died to each 100 boys In the ten-fourteen-year group; in 1880. 230 girls; In 1890. 250 girls; in 1900, 257 girls; In 1910, 262 girls; in 1920, 255 girls. The jump from 208 girls in 1S70 to 262 girls in 1910 is explained by the fact that the general death rate for girls In the 1870, 1880 and 1S90 dec ades was much higher than it has been so far In this century. This means that in the earlier years not so many girls reached the ten-fourteen-year age as now, with our lowered death rate. They had more typhoid, diphtheria, and other infectious diseases In those days to take their toll. Moreover we learned that this con dition held true In twenty-five other countries besides our own where sta tistics were available. In every coun try the peak age for the death of girls from tuberculosis was in the ten-four teen-year group, and in every country more than twice as many girls died as boys in the same age group. That set us thinking. Modern flap per foolishness certainly couldn't be held responsible for a condition that has held for decades all over the world. The cause is physiological. This ten fourteen-year period is the time when a girl passes through the stage from girlhood to womanhood. It is in this time that she starts her regular stimu lation periods, when the metabolism of the body is Increased. In tubercu losis the cure is largely rest, but with this monthly Increased metabolism rate the body can't rest. Nothing that med ical science can do can lower this high stimulation of the body at this time. It is a basic law of nature that there must be these rhythmic periods of stim ulated bodily functions. Boys, on the other hand, do not have regular peri ods of increased metabolism. What, then, can be done about de creasing this high death rate among girls? The common sense thing is: don't let the girls get tuberculosis. You may say that is easier said thar done. But young girls can be kep' away from active cases of tuberculosis This Is easier to do now than it was in the past because active cases of tuberculosis are now usually brought to sanitorlums where they can be giv en the proper care. But if a girl should contract tuberculosis, then take care of it In the early stages. Tuberculosa can be cured easily if it is taken at the beginning. It is when it has been allowed to make progress that its cure is difficult. r-arents ol young girls should be on the watch always to note signs of list less or finicky appetite, lack of desire to play or do active exercise, irritabil ity. The cause may be some other reason entirely, but suspect tubercu losis and take her to the doctor for an examination. One of the great landmarks of medi cal science was the discovery of the tuberculin test by Von Pirquet in 11*". By means of the tuberculin test it Is possible to find out whether a pers has ever been infected by the germ a' tuberculosis. The test is made by glueing a ?nil imiBt of a ink****"*-' colled tuberculin between the layers of the skiff. If the person has ever be^: infected, a small red swollen spot w appear within two days. A pes : tuberculin test does not mean that tie individual has active tuberculosa. 1" means only that the germ of the ease has located somewhere In body. In most cases the cells of the body have built a wall around r ? ceruis so they cannot get out. unlc* the body loses Its healthy state. If your daughter should react to t. - tuberculin test, then the physician w. give her further tests to detenu.i whether or not the disease is ? wal> 1 up** or in an active state. He can d this by X-ray pictures and an exami nation of the chest. There is not much occasion for alarra when the disease Is treated at the be ginning. As we said before, tuber i osis can be cured easily when re- ?*?.. alzed in its early stages. It should aever be allowed to go further. A. WttftUM-B Newspaper L'aioa.
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