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PAOE FOUR EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER. MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1936 GILBERT 8. GIESE, Publisher Published Dully Except Sunday at 117-118 North Second Street, Edwurdsvlllc, Illinois, by intelligencer Publishing Inc. Entered as second-class matter January 4, 1917, at the post office at Edwardsville, Illinois, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1897. Leased Wire Service of the United Press.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier, per week I3p By Carrier, per year By Mall, In Madison County, per $4.00 By Mall, Zones One to Eight, per year $6.00 MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1936 Public Too Meek For It's Own Good. You'd hurclly expect a New York night club to be the scene of a stirring light for the peeput's rights, nor does a WPA worker out to show his girl a good time look like a good candidate for the role of champion of the turning worm. Strange things do happen, however, and you are invited to listen to the tnle of Jnmcs Leflwich. James, Lcftwich is a WPA worker in New York.

He saved his salary diligently, and one night he planned a big ipturge for the One and Only; he would take her to night club and show her life us it is lived. He had to figure things pretty carefully, and he thought he had it doped out right down to the line. The chosen night club's advertisement announced a minimum charge of a person and stated that there was no cover charge. Leftvtieli found he could stand this and still have a dollar to tip the a i So, i his girl on his arm, off he went. But the club double-crossed him, he said.

When he got his bill he found on it an extra dollar as a "location charge." This left him i no money to tip the waiter, anil roiled his sturdy American soul. So he went to the police and made a kick about it-- the expense of good deal of unpleasant publicity- arid uon from them, finally, a i that all night clubs henceforth must post plain notices of the" freak charges which they will Impose on their guests. Now il isn't very i a to the race whether New York night clubs gyp their pations or not; but it does refreshing to i one cash customer in the United States who is ready to stand up on his hind logs and squawk the needle goes into i We could do i a good many more i James Leftwich. For the American consumer is one of the most longsuffering souls in all Christendom, and he is exploited from a to dusk by all sorts of people. He ides on an ilt-venlilatcd bus and is almost suffocated bv fumes from (he engine.

He goes to a ball game and Jlruls di i i a i non-existent so that, to quench his he has to pay a (lime for a nickel bottle of pop a he doesn't really a If he iides in a a i in a day copch, candy butchers aie permitted to do everything but sit in his lap in their efforts to make him buy. He pays good money to see and is treated to a fixed sparring match. At football games he must pay a quarter or a half dollai for a program which he ought to get free. Thea- teis a dimes from him for giving him a place to a his coat. And the point is that he puts up with all this.

If ho would get us and yell, or break something, he could remedy a i He is too long-suffering for his own good. He need-, to contemplate the example of Mr. Leftwich. Over-Confidence--The Motorist's Sin. If a 1U25 model car and a recent model were to start out on a drive, which would you i most likely to be- comr i in an accident? Piobably you i answer, "The old car, with out-moded HEALTH -rue limpid, Hi dd Vrito on.

iM. ol pi 00 ft. Fwt on mi bt mtber ran MfauA Help! Private Initative Is Being Strangled! i a i a i inefficient steering and general infer- Accurding to the National Sofety Coun- Jority." You'ie long. oil, 1.M.79 pei cent of tho cars now in service were built i 1925 to 1928. inclusive, and they are involved in less than 12 per cent of all accidents reported.

OnK 15 per cent of the cars in service were built in these cars figured in almost 24 per cent of all accidents. This apparent anomaly has an obvious explanation, JViveis of new cars are over-confident. They over-rate safety factor of belter brakes, bodies, steering, lights, etc. Because a car is in A-l mechanical shape, and is moie or less new, they take chances--until the tragic day of reckoning arrives. This is not a boost for old cars--many of which should be barred from the highways because of mechanical dangers caused by obsolescence and neglect--but It is plea for a different attitude on the part of owners of our modem gasoline chariots.

It is a sad commentary on these drivers that better cars mean a higher accident record. Regard your car, new or old, as a potentially lethal machine. It can spread death and destruction when mismanaged. Don't commit the great driving sin of over- conlldcnce--its end Is likely to be the cemetery. Rural Utopia.

Announcement that pneumatic-tired tractors, equipped i radios, are now available for farmers is just more avidence of the trend toward making the lot of our rural a happier one. Crop insurance programs that may insure the farmer a secure livelihood are being considered. Chemists predict that factories will offer a profitable market for much farm pioduce in the future. Rural electrification is making rapid strides, and It may not be long before electrical "hired men" will be milking cows, currying horses, prodding hens to greater egg production, and so on, throughout most of rural America. It seems entirely probable that, in the not very distant future, tho old problem, "How ore you going to keep 'cm down on the farm?" may become one of "keeping 'cm in the city?" WATER Water should be the principal liquid used, but the regulations governing the taking of it must be left to each individual person.

When large amounts of non-starchy and salad vegetables form part of the diet there will be such a quantity of water supplied by these foodstuffs themselves, that it will not be necessary to take a very large amount for drinking purposes. When hard muscular exercise is being indulged in, there will be an increased demand for water, as the body is constantly eliminating moisture at such periods. This elimination is actually going on at nil times, but it is increased when it is necessary for the body to regulate its temperature by perspiring. There are many who advocate the drinking of water with meals, and just as many who consider that it is injurious. I believe that both opinions are correct according to the individual case.

There is no rule I know of which will apply to everyone, but a great deal of experimentation must bementation must be conducted jn order that each one may ascertain just what proportion water should be used in the diet, either with meals or between meals, to get the best results. In general, if the kidney elimination is quite clear it will indicate that the body has enough water for its needs, but if you find that it becomes heavy at certain times, It is well to sec that an extra amount is added some time previous to such periods. That is to say, if you find that each day the liquid elimination is cloudy at eleven or twelve o'clock in the forenon, it would be a good plan to drink one or two glasses of water about ten o'clock. The same person will generally find it advantageous to take one or two glasses of water again an hour or so before dinner. If water is taken just before retiring it will be necessary to get up once or twice during the night for the purpose of emptying the bladder, and this often disturbs the patient's sleep and prevents the deriving of the fullest amount of good from the night's rest.

If the fluid from the kidneys is very heavy in the morning it would be bel- ter to adopt the habit of getting up about four or five A. and drinking one or two glasses of water at that time, so that the body may have this water to use for the purpose of cleansing the kidneys and bladder from the material which has accumulated during the If there is an instant craving for large amounts of water in the daytime, it is usually because too much seasoning is taken in the food, particularly salt. If you are eating food prepared as I have suggested in this article, and you still have a desire to drink water a good many times during the day, it would be well for you to have Southern Justice. Some residents of the north arc fond of saying that the Negro can never get even the shadow of justice in southern They should take a look at a little case recently concluded by the Arkansas supreme court. A whiti; man was arrested for stealing two hogs from colored man.

He was tried In Arkansas before a white your urine examined to see that it does not contain sugar in excess, which would indicate a tendency to diabetes, as excessive thirst is one of the characteristic symptoms of this disorder. Try drinking half a glass to a glass of warm water after each meal. Do this for a few days, and then try a few days without taking any water after the meal. In this way you will be able to ascertain which procedure seems to agree best with you, and whether digestion is improved or retarded by one or the other method. It is generally possible to drink water between meals in large quantities without injuring the body, but this shoulr 1 not be done merely as a policy unless you have clear evidence that you are deriving benefit of some kind.

Questions and Answers. Question. K. L. writes: For some time I have been troubled with stomach acidity and flatulence due to my carelessness in eating, so I decided to try a water fast thinking it might be better than acid fruit, and have been taking nothing but water for the past six days.

Have a burning in the stomach and belching. Do you approve of the water fast in my case, or do I need the acid fruits?" Answer. The plain water fast may not be best method of overcoming acidity. I would advise you to use a milk diet for a time until your stomach gets over its burning tendency. After this you could use a short orange juice fast and then large quantities of alkaline forming foods.

Question. Mrs. H. F. writes: "In my country curry powder is used with every mead.

As I do not know Its food value or its chemical composition, will you please tell me?" Answer. Curry powder may contain from eighteen to twenty-six different ingredients and for this reason it is difficult to make an exact analysis of its contents. It is a spice, and as such should be used only with a meat or non-starchy meal, and never with starches, as it tends to stimulate the gastric juices. Question. Mrs.

K. asks: "Is it necessary for a ten- month-old baby to have a bath every day?" Answer. It is a good plan for everyone, from a lew days old to extreme old age to take at least one and preferably two or three baths a day. These should be mostly sponge or shower baths. The baby has a better chance of living to a great age if the skin is kept thoroughly clean through bathing, as I have suggested.

HOLLYWOOD- 87 Paul Harrison If you ever have happened to wonder how Lo, the poor Indian, Is doing in talkietown, the answer is that Lo is feeling very low indeed, and poor. Even with the boom in horse opera and cliff-hanger drama, with tom-toms tomming and scalps being garnered as they haven't been in years, these are lean times for honest-to-goodness In- juns. Trouble is that palefaces, Filipinos, and even Orientals are impersonating redmen on the screen. are about 250 Indians in Hollywood who are dependent on extra work and bit roles to keep the wolf away from their pink-stuccoed tepees. Some of the young bucks, armed with photographs and press clippings, already are on the warpath.

Impassioned speeches are heard around the council fires. Scouts report that movie producers are recruiting Japanese gardeners, southern European laborers and Filipino houseboys, to appear in the roles of the original, or aboriginal, Americans. Big Jim Thorpe, the celebrated Indian athlete and grand sachem of his people here, even arranged a powwow with the United States attorney. But the local representative of the Great White Father admitted he couldn't do anything. Drawing his pleated-back polo coat around him with stately dignity, the great Thorpe spoke: "Ugh--I mean, doggone sort of thing is grossly unfair to our people.

If such discrimination continues, it will mean that most of us simply cannot make a living." He doesn't have to worry about himself, because he is in frequent demand for character roles. But he be- lieves the federal government shoul do something to protect less-talente redskins. If these people were les conscientious they would strike a their competitors by impersonatin Filipino houseboys, Japanese garden ers, and Mediterranean fruit-vendors But they won't stoop to retaliation Furthermore, such is their artistic in tegrity that they argue with director about how Indian sequences should directed. That's bad. Directors don't relis: being told that their work is technic ally faulty.

Which is why they hir palefaces, who don't argue. Listen to Nipo Strongheart. Mt Strongheart is perhaps the most inter ested of all campaigners for authenti city and real Indians on the screen A Yakima himself, he operates a cast ing bureau for Indian actors, rent In dian props to studios, and serves a technical adviser when anybody want to hire one. Before coming to Hollywood in 1921, he helped campaign for enfran chisement of American Indians, anc also taught Indian crafts in variou schools. He said, "There is a lot of misrepre sentation.

I have seen Indians on th screen wearing machine-made blankets and flannel leggings. I'v seen Indians dancing around toten poles in a region where totem pole: never were heard of. I've seen Indians attacking stockades made of railroad ties. And using guns before the com ing of white men. "Just the other day a director called me for some Indian extras.

'What kind of Indians do you I asked. 'Just the director hoi- FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia T. M. jury, with the Negro as the principal witness against him. The white jury convicted him and a white judge sentenced him to a year in prison.

The defendant took the case to the Arkansas supreme court; and it has just upheld conviction and sentence, remarking pointedly that the federal constitution gives the Negro full rights of citizenship, that a white jury believed the Negro's story, and that the convicted man deserved what he got. Nov this is the sort of thing which, according to some northern critics, just couldn't hapen in a southern court. But it did happen--and one suspects that it happens much more often than northern critics are willing to believe. The treasury has a machine with which a number of checks can be signed at once. Any chance of borrowing it about the first of the month? We are anxious to read "Gone With the Wind," to find out who fled with the politician.

A problem that the trailer brings with it is how to keep hitchhikers out of the icebox. "Hot takes a tour Jn place of its owner." It was news, too, when a brown derby took a walk. "I guess Chuck would bring ME candy, too, only he says I've gotta go in training if I'm to be honorary captain of his football team." SO SAY! OFFICE CA1 'TMMNMKHtl A man has a great scheme to keep from buying candy for his little nephew. He buys him lolly-pops with castor oil flavor. Doctor--Your master is decidedly better, Thompson, but very irritable.

He must not be thwarted. Butler--He expressed a desire to wring my neck, sir. Doctor--Well-er--humor him. A kind-hearted wife will always shoot her husband where it doesn't show. Mrs.

Busby Wake up, John! There's a burglar going through your pants pockets. John (turning over)--Oh, you two just fight it out between yourselves, Man--Why do you refer to your favorite candidate as the prairie wolf? Friend--Well, it's customary to give a popular aspirant some animal name. And he's one of those fellows who manages to get just out of gunshot range and then bark and holler till nobody can sleep. Ben Was he shocked over the death of his mother-in-law? Cal--Yes, he was electrocuted, One is always regretting what they do and yet always doing what they regret. Schellie--Are the fish biting? Ernie--I don't know.

If they are, they're biting each other. Does a man really change? Well, a good many of them develop their weaknesses and idiosyncrasies until they blow completely up. Hewitt--I didn't understand what he waiter meant when he sent in my order shouting "ham and eggs, and lave the eggs over." Jewett--Did you find out? Hewitt--Yes, when I got the order I found that the eggs were over the age limit. Don't forget that the fellow ho has Youngsters today are selecting the to raise money for the pay roll has special agent of the Bureau of Investigation rather than the gunman as their Clegg, assistant director, Federal Bureau of Investigation. A study of the populations of states having large electoral votes shows that women hold the balace of power politically.

When men really wake up to this fact, women will have their right place in party management and O. Chicago woman leader. Williams, There does not exist any fruit, vegetable, meat, fish, or other food which in itself is capable of reducing physical weight as much as one thousandth of a M. A. Bridges, Columbia University diet expert, hitting "freak diets." Words are among the things which are most seldom felt deeply or understood.

Gertrude Stein helps people really to feel It is too soon to say whether she ranks with Shakespeare. In a few centuries, however, ivc ought to French historian. -Dr. Bernai Fay, 'What difference does it make? 1 He couldn't understand that Indians of various tribes may be as different as Spaniards and Swedes." Strongheart says that white extras ivho impersonate Indians receive $7.50 a day and the studios provide costumes. Real Indians get the same vage, but furnish their own costumes.

This is not so much discrimination as it is a matter of pride. Lo and his pals are afraid they might be put into ar bonnets topped by ostrich plumes. Miss Langfoi-d is doing quite well with her screen and air commitments. iVith a deep salaam to Hollywood con- 'entions, she has leased and slickly urnished a nice house in the right iart of town, and has bought a long, hiny car. There are plenty of eligible young who'd be both proud and happy beau her about the gay spots.

Miss Jingford's idea of a really big eve- one more worry than you, Sam--That man lives off the snaps of life. Ben--What kind of a job does he claim? Sam--He's a bone specialist--sets broken arms and legs. Keep pushing ahead, your chance for success is so much better so many people are sitting down and waiting. Dr. Cuttem--Oh, you needn't pay me until after I remove your appendix.

McTavish--I'm not going to pay you now. I was merely counting my money before you gave me the ether. Time flies faster for the man who is busy. Ole--Do you suffer from the heat in summer? Yon--Yes--more than at any other season. ing, though, to to play with er mother, Mrs.

Anne Langford; her rother, Ben; and her manager, Ken Dolan. She said: "I'm leaving Oct. 16 for a acation. In Lakeland, of course. 1 aven't been back to Ney York in wo years yes, it would be fun, ex- ept that Florida is nicer.

"All the kids I went to school with er there I still correspond with ome of them. And the football season ill be on, and we'll go to games' in ainesville. We'll have a house on he beach, and I'll fish and swim. nappers I fish for snappers. "I'm a member of the Lakeland pol- department.

I've got an orange rove there I've never seen, pictures re all right, but I get more fan mail rom radio Theres 1 a man ho's pestering the life out of me with tiers; he says we'll be married any ay now. "Ye-s-s-s, I guess acting is; all right. 'Born to Dance' I mostly sing. They ave me some- good songs, by Cole orter. I danqe, too, with Buddy m.

First I was supposed to do only a ep or two, but I kept learning and ow I do a whole routine." Apparent physical fraillty, contrib- to Miss Langford's impression of shyness. She weighs 98 pounds, is five feet three inches tall, and is as thin as an extra's purse. Tries her best to gain weight, but can't. She's seldom ill. though, and even illness doesn't keep her from singing.

Laryngitis has no effect on her voice, and a year ago she actually recorded two songs "for "Broadway Melody of 1936" while fighting a case of pneumonia. Her voice itself is a product of illness, as was Libby Holman's. Miss Langford was a church soprano soloist during her earliest warbling days. Then a tonsil operation left her a torchy contralto. Except for a few lessons in diction to overcome her soutn- ern accent, she never has had any professional training.

Rudy Vallee first put her on a nation-wide broadcast. The fan response gave her courage to try New York. There she got other radio contracts, a part in a flop musical comedy, a season in vaudeville, and engagements in night clubs. For a time she played four shows a day at the Capitol theater, three shows a night at the Hollywood restaurant, and three broadcasts a week --plus rehearsals. And all for a total of a week.

She was so busy, and weary, that she almost turned down an invitation to a birthday party given for Cole Porter. But she went, and during the course of the evening was persuaded to sing "Night and Day." She sang it three times and had just enough strength left to scribble her name on a movie contract offered oy Walter Wanger. The Morning Carters Little Liver Pills 'SPAPERI rSPAPERI.