Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 28, 1919, Page 8

T PAGE EIGHT GERMAN MIND " HAS GONE WILD latuon ls strugglmg Under Tem- porary Insanity. People Belleve Germany Was Not Beaten Militarily, but Simply Got Hungry and Sick of War and There- fore Accepted Entente Conditions— _They Now Talk of the “Next War” . ‘and Revenge While Their Nation . Perishes. German psychology has aiways baf- fled the rest of the world. or at least those who tried to understand why a German thought as he did. The world s ‘due fogsa still worse baffling if 1t tries ‘to understand what goes on in #he German mind today. _ Mentally. the German mind, sudden- iy thrown upon its own resources by the fall of the old system which fed people thoughts as well as food, has gone wild. Under the strain of the war and due to the sudden changes, the Germans have become childlike p_sychologicnlly. This is taking Ger- mans generally. Thoughtful, serious Germans, when sou occasionally find them, realize ghe temporary insanity, if it can be called shat, under which ‘the Germans as a astion are struggling. It is the onLy way of understanding the lacksgf veafization as to the real cendition ‘of things, a wave of which has swept Germany. No one looks far- ther than his nose, and every man and woman is Ip led _entirely..in his, or her immedfate self. There is little droad vision expressed in papers, In apeeches, or in persongl opinion as you hear them in Germany. Talk N War.” To cite specific’ casg The peace and why 1t was signed Is one of the German delusions. Practically every man, woman and child believes Ger- many was not defeated militarily, but aimply got hungry and sick of war, and therefore accepted the eutente condi- flons. This bellef prevalls in spite of the public statements of men like Erz berger, who have told the Germans their armlies were defeated militarily. Perbaps this bellef fosters the_talk regarding “the nextfwar.” Not only oceasionally but frequeatly, and by all elasses of people ¥you are asked: “Well, when is the next.war coming?” Oftén Germans go ithan. that and' speak specificaily of the “next war with France te get revenge.” There is war talk“ob a1} hgnds, though Germany is in 8 stute,of vollapse that is ‘almost honeluss, and ts entirely de- petident upon”the will of the allies for aef future. How' much the German believes of whl ‘he says 18 apother matter. Prob- ably e Is out of hig head, but this eame diginclination to realize actusl 2 «omditions gs they were led the Ger- @an to support the milltary ciass dur- g ‘the first four years of the war, The German apparently dves not think things out any more than he did. Pri his attitude regarding the entente dhe” (German manifests about ‘the same . dreadth of vision. Papers are filled witty vindlciive articles, much of which s furnished by burenus established for the purpose in IHolland and Switzer- tamed, which earry sensation rather thutr nOWS, 22k Whether this eampaign to #tir np Aatred Is organized Is not certain. Bat the fact remains that Germans are be- ing inspired with a hatred «f France that never existed before, and that makes belng good neighbors the mere Afficult. Strikes Now the Rage. " Tt is no uncommqn thing for half & dozen or more strikes to oceur because ome group of people demand better pay, or because a law is not passed as quickly as a certaln class wishes, No doubt the conditlons are bad, but the strikes for sympathy just make them worse: Employers find that wqorkmen whao have come from. the front are only talf as efficlent, not because they are out of practice, but because of the ab- normal psychology under which they live now. Mentally, they have become dedshevik, erratic and lazy. This wave of irresponsibiltty is one of the greatest dangers Germany faces smad makes the establishment of the new republic extremely difficult. The geverhment claims it is due to under vourishient, which is partly true, but mot entirely, since groups of men who have been well fed are subject to the same germ of loose thinking. One of the results of the wur has deen thejlack of respect for law and order and a carelessness witk humsao ufe. -Jt. has made the Germans ready to use arms for any small issae they deem unsettleable otherwise. Probably it will be a questicn of years before the German becoines dear-headed and clear-thinking. He atarted out with an abnormal psychol- ogy, inspired by concelt, and the war gradually made him ripe for the roen- ia) collapse that took place \vhh the revolution, GETS HIS FATHER OUT 8oy Shows His Savings Bank to the Judge. ‘When - Harold ‘Gorskl, twelve yesrs of age, entered Judge Boyer's court at Rvanston, 111, recently he sounded like 2 walking savings bank. Pennies, nickels ard dimes jingled merrily in s pocket, Harold sidled up to Judge Boyer: * DELUSIONS AS TO PEACE THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER TEST NEW PUMP TODAY. . “My daddy has been arrested,” hll piibasuiey; Test of the first of the three new sobbed.” “I don’t want you to do any- thing to him. Here are my savipgs, | pumps which are being installgd to Please let him go.” strengthen the Bemidji ecity water Harold then damped the contents of | SUPPLY, is being made this afternoon. his pockets on Judge Boyer's desk. It! SON TO GRADUATE, totaled $9.87. “I won't tell on you,” Harold whis- Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Riggs and son pered as Judge Boyer seriously "‘-‘lPercy will motor to Crookston to- minded him of the graveness of at-!morrow where they will attend the tempting to bribe the court. high school commencement exercises, Joseph Gorski, Harold's father, was { Ronald Riggs, another son, being a cherged with violating a health ordi- l}x{lfigfl;ge; o :’;&fi“;’:%&si ;jlxflt;ghsflr- . § a sance. He was. mlul-ed on’ probation morning, other members of the tam): ily to motor back Saturday. A g g ! E ATHLETIC DANCE. g DlCK s RETU'RN :'E Don't forget the night before Dec- = = ! oration Day, for that’s when the Be- = By MARY C. BRIGGS. = | midji Box bo.. athletic association S y=1gives its first big dance at the 'lllllllllllllllIllIIlIIIIIlIII Illlllllllllll i7 {armory. Syncopators orchestra, (Copyright, 1919, by the MoClure News-|everybody welcome. 3d528 paper Syndicate.) HER IDEA VERY MUCH WRONG Mired Girl Made Trouble by Sticking ~tp the Precept, “Better Late Than Never.” “There, the last lesson is over, but 1 Just know T'I1'never dare pariez-vous a single word when mere- anyone around,” 'sighed pretty Constance, flushed and bright-eyed from her brlak walk home from the French class. As Constigice sat before the fire her thoughts flew forward to -the coming dance to be given in honor of Dick G——, who had just returned from “‘over there,” and the# backward to .her last meeting with Dick. It was the night before he had left for camp and her mother was givinga party in honor of Constance's eight- eenth birthday. KEarly in the evening Dick had drawn her aside and told her Commander John G. Towers, who I3 fn charge of the navy's transatlantic flight plans, said at a New York ban- quet: “The better late than never method doesn’t fo in aviation any-better than it went in the Jones cuse, ’ “Jones was a drummer and his wife during one of his trips gave birth to-a, son and seemed in a pretty bad way.in FOR SALE-—One Buick roadster, one stake wagon, one set of sleighs, one Cary safe, Koors Brothers. [3%:133 { LSS . S i £ B e A N e LOST—8unday, a boys’ norfolk coat, — WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1919. LOST AND FOUND WANTED—Kitchep girl. Third Street Cafe. 526t — WAN’l’ED_.-Compgtent girl for gen- eral housework? H, Mills, 907 Bel- between Rocky Point and Bemidji: Finder please call 471-W, 2d528 FOR SALE—2,000 acres of timber, G ' ~trami Ave. - Phone 10T, 3d528 ph,le lmlApddw ood (E:les'[, Dpots ang ’ W, ED ~ WANTBD—Kitchen girl vand wal ;‘i’o‘:lséer‘ e ’WAfiTE Girl, for general hHouse-| . ress, at Dalton hotel. 6261 FOR SALE-—_Five room cottage, hard| . wood floors, work. rs, Thomas Hughes, 703 Bemidji avenue. Phone 433, 3d530 cook and dish- Address No 4 care WANTED-—Night washer, in city. city water, sewer,|WANT._—. i arkha - electric lights. yh)t extends to w;‘:fef" e Mdllél‘.;‘;‘ll:’ Rt AP, iake shore. One ‘block south of | e """ "IPOR ‘RENT—Log cabin at Birch. Normal school. Imquire 1204 WANTED—Young lady, with some mont, partly furnished, Apply F. Dewey avenue. 65tf experience in shoe fitting. Apply J. Koors. Phone 626. - 519tk —— e FOR SALE—See the Bemidji Sta- tionary store:for rubber stamps, Mer., shoe dept.,, Troppmay, store. [ — ————r——————— ¢ 528tf | FOR ANY kind of real estate deal, see or write E. J. Willits, 218 Beltrami fac 'simile signature stamps, no-| WANTED-—Experienced rl, ' for ¥ ¥ tarial ‘seals and corporation ’ses,lu, ; general housework Mrg: E. . W. M £ . St! Johnson, 605 Lake boulevard,| WANTED—Experienced waitress at . ¥ 3d529 Palace cafe. 522tf ?QB RENT , a A A A A ARy HOUSE FOR RENT—No. 215 Irvine Ave. FOR RCNT_A-room house, = fur- | nished, close in. Address A. L. G,, ~ care of Pioneer, 2d528 FOR RENT—For summer. Four Inquire Frank Lane, 3d530 room furnished thouse, Suitable} for 2 or three grown people. $15 per month, Phone 114-W, 54531 FOR RENT-—Furnished cottage, 3 rooms,, With porch screened in good well, on lake front, near La- vinfa. Will rent for $20 during month of June, Phone 922. 3d528 SNAPS! ‘Decoration .Day Friday . Get your white footwear White Kid Boots, high heel. White Kid Boots, medium heel. *White Kid Pumps. Line very complete in White Footwear for the ladies, misses and children, all made that he wished to leave the party early in order to spend as much time as possible with his mother, but asked her permission to come again before he left. to his hand-clasp, and in his eyes, as he gazed into hers, there was a pe- cullar intensity that left her startled and tingling to her finger tips, happy, .but. .too breathless to speak. And then, in the midst of this par adise, Jack H—— came to claim her for the next dance. Relieved at any excuse to get away and stop the flood of colar rising to her face, she quickly swung into the fox trot with Jack, but not hefore she saw the look of hurt disappointment in Dick’s eyes. This was the look that had hiunted Con- stance for over a nar now, for Dick did not come back after the party nor had she ever seen or heard from him since. Why had he not written? Sure- 1y he must have seen that she had left him for th® dance with Jack only to cover her confusion. But the fact re- malned—he had not cared enoygh for her to even write. And Constance wiped a tear of despalr from her eyes. Then she recalled how a certain pic- ture of hersclf had disappeared from the library table that night, and how they ncver had been able to find it ‘af- terward,. At tirst she had almest dared to hope that Dick had taken It, but common sense told her that a man who went soldiering could not carry l-l:($ inch, fulllength portrait congealed about his person, no matter how much he loved the girl; nnd besides, Dick ap- parently did not ‘care amPhad forgut- ten her, The night of the dance came and Constance had never ‘been more daz- zling and brilliant. She bad deter- mined to be the perfect butterfly if only to show Dick U——— how indiffer ent she was to his lack of atteation that year of absence, and her merry, laughter aud gay French repartee, wonderful recommendations for the tittle Kreuch professor, made her the belle of the ball. It was not until late in the evening that Dick was able to secure a dance with her, and then, when the dance way hulf over, utterly oblivious of her graciousness in allowing him a whole dance, he led her from the ballroom out to the cool veranda. “Do you know why I asked you to There was & certain closeness |. come out here where we can talk?” he whispered as soon as Wy were alone, Ouce more Constance: felt the same emptiness in the region - where her lungs ought to be, although she could hear herself falrly wheezing. . Once more she was struck dumb, though all sorts, of bright French retorts chased through- her mind, but refused to cross her lips, she gave ome big stifled gusp. however, as Dick continued: “It's because you're the only girl I've met this evening who hasn’'t made me want to duck for my little ¥rench die tionary. ‘'When a chap’s beea hearing and only half understanding a foreign language for over a year, you've no idea how good It seems to hear his mgther tongue spoken by a familiar voice. “Besldes,” he continued, “I want to return this to its proper owner, al- though I must apologize for its condi- tion,” and he drew from his pocket 4 small, beautifully chased gold frame; containing a small picture of herself cut from the one long missing from her {ibrary table. Pointing to an ugly bul- let scar on the frame, he continued hurriedly: “Once this little frame saved my life,” and he showed her where the bullet still lodged. “And many other times this sweet face and the thought of her aj home saved me from much worse. . Constance, I had intended to ask for the subject of this littie picture before I went away, but my- foolish Jealousy sealed my lips. Now I'm re- turning the picture, may I not claim the original?” At last Constance found her voice, ‘and the words that she spoke were French, not the brilliant repartee she had practiced, but a little three-word sentence she learned in her first les- son. This time Dick felt no inclination to duck for his dictlonary; he reached for her hands instead, and as he drew her close the smile that ne gave her— __well. (hat !_s_}ho;s_nmurg_rx[l lang :mgu,i consequence, o a telegram to thint Koo fect was given to the hired girl for’ dfls—' patch to Jones, but the girl put it in her apron pooket and forgot all about it, » “Well, by luck, the next day Joues eame home; - His wife was then much better. He saw his son and depnrted again well pleased. “A couple of weeks passed when the hired girl found the forgotten telegram " in her pocket and in a panic sent it off, to Jones, saying unothing to anybody about her remissness. And that is how it came about that Jones was horrified, at dinner at his hotel that, even!ng, to ’ get a wire which said: v “‘Another addition, a son; your wlfe' very fll; return at once.’ i *“‘Another? poor. Jones groaned ‘Impossible?” Then he added. ‘Whut‘ m terrible thing! Her condition must: tndeed be véry grave. S “He took the express and got home the next morning in a state of frenzy. The hired girl confessed all. 4 *“T thought it was better to send the telegraui Iate thap never, Mr, Jonen, she said.” WANT AD DEPT. FOR SALY FOR SALE—10 acre farm, about one mile south of nmew mill, About half planted to potatoes. Well that ,cost $385. Basement Pbr house, Only $1,000; might take good team as part, or sell on ‘easy terms. 218 Beltrami Ave, E, J. Willits, Phone 41, 6d63 FOR SALE—80 acre improved farm, black hardwood land, about 1§ acres under ~ cultivation; housé| 24x24, on stone foundation; good barn, chicken house, granary and | well, lake teeming with fish, 3% miles from Lavinia, 9% miles from Be. midji. Only $2,500. | 218 Beltrami Ave, $ FOR SALE—160 acre farm, 10 miles from Bemidji, 4 miles from sta- tion, good timber, hoti#é*barn and chicken house On main-road and telephone. Only $2,000, E. J. Willits, 218 Beltrami Ave Plclone 41, 118463 FOR SALE—Thoroughly modern house, new, for only $2,600. Also others as geod at most.any price. E, J, Willits, 218 Beltrami Ave, Phone 41, 6d63 FOR SALE—160 acre farm, -good black land, 8mall house. I have photo at ‘office, only $6.00 per acre B, J, Willits, 218 Beltrami Ave, Phone 41, i 6d63 FOR SALE—166 atre farm on fine lake, lots of good timber, 60 acres under high state of cultivation, some tame hay,“house and barm, two and one half miles from sta- _ tion. Only $2,160, easy terms, E. J. Wilits; 218 .Beltrami Ave, Ph:g; 41, FOR SALE—Large 8 glass door Her- rick refrigerator.. Cheap for cash if taken soon. Phone 657. 2d5629 e ————— e FOR SALE—Buffet, call 1212 Min- nesota Ave. Phone 346-W. 2d629 Sl boliintals shtutsidits FOR SALE—2One Ford car, in good running order, lnqulre Motor Inn Auto Co. 6d62 FOR SiALE—Foi'da, Fords, gg& %8 : low and fi.iendly_cool SSegany conattion. 815 Jriss. Ave.| U and long-burning. Get e i harm of Velvet’ FOR SALE-—_Good- corner “lot, east that charm O c Vet S tront, Block south of Lincoln * school, Gustav Larson. 64530 FOR SALE—Summer home, 6 rooEs; also 3-room cottage. Perfect lo- cation, large screemed _porch, Birchmont Beach, J. W. Wilcox, Phone 29. 214617 FOR SALE OR RENT—Furnished six-room house; ‘large porch, and sleeping porch; or rooms with use —_—— FOR SALE—Horses, horses. W‘Bur* you want <ood hories call on the Bemidjt Hovse Market. Theéy must be sold as represented. Bemidji Horse Market, John Moberg. 519tf in, 5-room house; lot 58x140; close Price $1000, . part cash. A going farm; the best improved 40-acre farm within- 8 miles from Bemidji, good clay loam soil; room house with full basement,. good barn; ouse. 15.00. 5-room, full modern, new-bun- galow, screened porch, east front. $3,000 part cash. GEORGE H. FRENCH... Phone 93 J. P. LAHR..... .. Phone 328 hree-fourths - mile . froms|i* silo; 25 acres under cultivation. 2 shares in Rosby Cream 1 share of Rural with farm. Only $3;000 part 4-room house; 1 block from the Normal. Price $1,050; $200 cash, balance $15 per month. For Rent—5-room cot(age, 318f 4-room cottage with bath, $20;.3- room cottage with glrden planfled $8.00; 6-room house, large rooms, completely remodeled, Nymore; from magerial White Kid Oxford Whiter than the Whitest White. low heel. 4 brick- chicken medium heel. ial. < " orlow Reel. fords, in high or low heel. THE FRIENDLY TOBACCO Thar’s two things can’t be imitated— youthful . charm and mellow old . age. . “Mellow old age” in good Kehtucky Burley Tobacco is reached after it has cured for two years, - We put millions of pounds in ware- houses every year, to ripen for two years. It is a slow, expensive method. But it makes Velvet as good a pipe tobacco as money can buy. » It makes Velvet mel- mellow age in your pipe today. L My Siecn . ' f S. Knapp's Shoe Store P @ s N Defective ¢ - Also have in a new line of very mfty Brown: Ox- 9 White Reignskin Boots, high or White Canvas Boots, high or White Nile Cloth Pumps, colon— ~White Nile Cloth Oxfords, hxgh of kitchen, Phone 161-J. 6d528 Sl ¥ - vk 4 Roll a VELVET % FOR SALE—Six room modern . bun+ Cim g galow. TInquire James A, Heneg- R 4 (V L han, Nymore, Minn, 64528 N - H 3 £ S