The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 12, 1932, Page 4

tal si eReqaeons REY Hee ROM. re BORDER LOP THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1932 Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper ‘THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) President and Publisher. Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year......$7.20 Daily by mail per year (in Bis- Daily by mail per year (in state outside Bismarck) ........0.+ Daily by mail outside of North Dakota seeececesccescesesccees 6.60 5.00 Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 Weekly by mail in state, three years . Weekly by h Dakota, per year ......60..+5 1.50 Weekly by mail in Canada, per Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Mi surianir Mase Member of The Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively be a witch, evidently believe that un- tutored tribesmen can be civilized by sheer force. Sixty scaffolds in a row ought to make an imposing spectacle. The surviving natives, whatever their pri- vate emotions about the affair may be, will at least be impressed by the fact that the old custom of killing witches is not approved by the gov> ernment. Bo, in the course of time, it will happen that no more witches are killed in British East Africa. And the natives—whose mental processes will still find nothing wrong in the idea of killing witches—will, in spite of themselves, take on one more at- tribute of civilization. This is all rather interesting to meditate upon, especially since all the rest of us are more or less in the same boat. ‘We have managed, without intend- in which we must very speedily take on the customs of a higher civiliza- tion or perish. First we mechanized the world. We entitled to the use for republication of , made possible the production of goods all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this news- paper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. (Official City. State and County Ne Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS & BREWER Qncorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Lincoln’s Anniversary In this year of 1932, when so much attention is being given to the bi-cen- tennial of George Washington, we nevertheless take due note of the an- niversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, second only to Washington {fn the affections of his countrymen. No two lives in American history hold more of thrill or of real educa- tion than the lives of these two men. ‘To study the biography of either ‘Washington or Lincoln is a training for the soul of the reader, an exercise in character development which all of us should give ourselves at fre- quent intervals. ‘With the perspective which history gives us, we can estimate now some of the attributes which made Lincoln great. We can understand why it was ‘that he was able to carry the burdens of a nation upon those gaunt, stooped shoulders. ‘ As good a guess as any, perhaps, is that Lincoln never forgot the fact that he was just a human man; that he had courage; a sense of humor and of understanding; he never expected more of anyone else than he would give himself and, topping bis other virtues as a public man, he had a sense of personal responsibility and the character which enabled him to obey the dictates of his conscience, no matter what the pressure to ig- nore them. He was by no means a saint and in many ways he was not a model. AS a young storekeeper in Salem, IIl., he liked to tell stories and to mingle with his neighbors better than to) keep his nose on the grindstone and make his business prosper. He. was not essentially an idler but he lacked that kind of industry which is con- spicuous as a virtue. As captain of @ company in the Black Hawk war hhe was disciplined because nearly every member of his company went on a spree and got drunk. Any honest biography discloses the fact that Abraham Lincoln was by no means a Little Lord Fauntleroy grown up. It is hinted that, on occa- sion, he could enjoy a joke which was @ little “off color.” In short, Abraham Lincoln had most of the shortcomings and per- haps many of the habits, good and toad, which beset the modern man. ‘The fact that he combined them with certain other qualities contributed to his greatness, for the sheer human- ity of the man gave him an under- standing of others which was one of the nation’s great assets during the Civil war. Perhaps, if he had not mingled and “loafed” with his ntighbors around Salem when a youth, he would not hhave been able to establish the lead- ership which enabled him to hold the union together. Any competent survey of Lincoln's life cannot exclude the fact that, in some respects, he was a man born of Providence. That he became presi- dent was little short of a political miracle. It was a good deal as though one of the ex-congressmen from North Dakota should suddenly e elevated to the highest office in the land. That he was able to meet the obligations of the presidency, un- tutored as he was, proves the endow- ment of heart and brain which God gave him. If there is one lesson which Lin- coln’s life teaches and which we need der fire and of willingness to sacri- self rather than sacrifice prin- virtues which stand out they stood out from on a scale infinitely greater than any- thing previously dreamed of. We im- proved transportation, so that all dis- tances shrank to a fiftieth of their old length. We improved communi- cation systems, so that every man had the world for a neighbor. We erected an enormously intricate and compli- cated financial-industrial system, so that the whole world has to stand or fall together. Having done this, we failed to un- derstand that a civilization of that sort could not be conducted by men and women whose mental outlook was just about what the mental out- look cf their great-grandparents had been. Our troubles today come chiefly from the fact that we have not yet been able to live up to this glitter- ing new civilization. Our minds, for instance, still accept such things as ignorance, poverty, prejudice, inter- national rivalry and war as natural features of human society—although our new civilization must inevitably go to pot unless such things are elim- inated. We stand pretty much where the African natives stand. We must get civilized or perish. Ed Suckut of Bowdon, commissioner of the second district in Wells county, writes to renew his subscription to The Tribune and ends his letter by saying: “Hoping that the citizens of North Dakota will go to the polls on March 15 and vote for honesty and economy in our North Dakota govern- ment and leave the capital at Bis- marck,” etc. This is good evidence that the Jamestown capital removalists are going to have a hard time blinding the people of the state to the facts involved in their effort to obtain the state capital. Editorial Comment Alfred E. Smith’s Candidacy (New York World-Telegram) Alfred E. Smith's announcement of his passive candicacy is all to the good. Not because it necessarily will make Mr. Smith the Democratic | presidential nominee, but because it will prevent Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt or any other candidate tak- ing the nomination in a walk-away and on his own terms. The nomination should not go to any man by default. Mr. Smith’s an- nouncement will prevent one-man control of the convention. It assures the rank and file a chance to con- sider and choose. That is the demo- cratic method; and it should be the Democratic party method. The effect of the Smith move will be to make the pre-convention cam- paign a real contest. Only in such @ contest can the issues be brought out. That is particularly true regard- ing Governor Roosevelt, who to date has been no more specific on issues than he has been forced to be. But it is also true of other candidates. Mr. Smith is so colorful as a po- litical figure that no drab campaign is possible with him in it. Whether he kills it or not, things happen when he is in the picture. ‘This does not mean, of course, that Mr. Smith is going out to campaign for himself. His statement says spe- cifically that he will not. But his friends will be active in his behalf. Why? We doubt that it is because even his closest friends think he has much of a chance of nomination or election. But they do want him and the group he represents to have some voice in the convention. That is as it should be. Mr. Smith probably is powerful enough to split the Democratic party if he were determined to rule or ruin. But there has been nothing to indi- cate that such is his intention. The fact that he is becoming a passive candidate on the urging of his friends, rather than an active candi- date on his own behalf, is pretty good proof that he is not trying to dictate his nomination. Doubtless part of the explanation of Mr. Smith’s passive attitude is that he is not. anxious to give the Repub- lican campaign committee another opportunity to use the forces of re- lgious bigotry to help defeat his party and divide the country. Mr. Smith’s announcement will not put him in a good position to nomi- nate himself, but it will put him in a better position when the time comes to help choose a nominee and a plat- ie Tepresenting his type of liberal- URGES MEMORIAL TREES planting by North Dakota boys girls as a memorial to the first lent, George Washington, is be- encouraged by John Taylor, ex- msion service forester. The bicen- ing to, to get ourselves into a spot|- New York, Feb. 12—Greenwich Village, so long associated with in- iquitous goings- on, arty revels and Bohemian whoop-la, has finally be- gun a counter-attack against all scan- dal mongers. Its champion, if you please, is the very sort of champion boasted by every country side: a good, old-fash- foned country newspaper. In the basement of one of the village’s cen- tral points you'll find “ye editor” hand-setting his type on such big town items as: “Ye Knife and Fork Cafe will be closed on Sundays.” The editor, by the way, bears a moniker that some movie gent might well en- Joy wearing—C. Grand Pierre! With a group of loyal cohorts, C. Grand Pierre would have the world know that the riotous goings-on as- sociated with “the village” are staged by phoneys, who drift in from the Bronx, Brooklyn and elsewhere and “that the true villager is striving to accomplish something.” * % % This “fake” village atmosphere, by the way, is perpetuated by so-called “artists’ masquerade dances” and such-like, and almost everything “goes.” The crowds, however, are drawn from other sections of the big town; lads and lassies who believe they will see models and artists ca- vorting about in gin-soaked bacchan- alia. Most of the “bacchantis” are props, paid for cutting up. The Greenwich Village ball is a STICKERS Above is a glass window in which 12 of the 36 panes were broken by an explo- sion. Every row, up or down, had two broken panes, and of the diagonal rows ‘no more than two panes were broken in any one row. The cross indicates the only broken pane of the central four. Can you locate the 111 other broken panes? 2) | Excuse It, Please’ traditional event and an old-time villager, named Cynthia White, is its priestess. For some 20 years she has been about the village and makes her home at the Breevort, historic inn of lower Fifth avenue. She is credited with having accumulated a neat for- tune by staging two parties a year. For years the “mayor” and best known of village characters has been Bobby Edwards. His ballads have been sung in every attic and base- ment eatery and his soap box ukuleles figure in village legends. Yet the other day when Bobby an- nounced he was going home for a visit, the address was found to be ‘Winnetka, Ill. ee # An announcement from the Hobo College contains the information that there is now a course in panhandling, sarcasm and the extermination of parasites. Mention of which recalls a story told about Jim Thornton, grand old stage veteran, by Johnny Walker, the film director. Thornton, way back in found about the city’s barrooms. One day, in the course of a squn- ter about the swinging door resorts Jam picked up a disheveled bum from @ bench in City Hall Park. Arm in arm he appeared in the Broadway spots with his blowsy-looking friend. But Jim’s money had run out and he appealed to a fellow actor for $10. The loan was refused. Thornton grew indignant: “You can’t turn me down and em- barrass me that way in front of my friend,” said the old trouper. But the other would not come across. “For the last time, let me ask you for that ten... .” FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: PGB. U. 5. PAT. OFF. Dresses for Httle figures aren't always priced that way. the days-when, was frequently to be, “Nope—” Jim beckoned to the hum. “Very well then—throw a louse on him, duke!” And actor and bum strolled proudly out, arm-in-arm. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) The per capita income of Czecho- slovakia during 1931 did not exceed $125. CHAPTER 14 her mother talked that way. Myra was frankly angry. Myra conceded bitterly. hobble to the altar.” ny. ‘was the youngest of the three, » again. coming from? is Friday,” offered Molly. should forget it. But not Myra, her eyes stern. the money again. time jobs.” “I’m not sure—” Bllen began. stopped her. you could dancing all evening.” out in alarmed haste, ing double school work now. dance hall, too!” Partiality for her son. SI thetically anxious that make any sacrifice. not do the same. oe self clamorously interrupted, protests died, a tone that settled the m dance well enough 80 the: her sister, ting expenses. both Jobs until we catch up.” are so hard for you. might—” Ellen checked her. darling,” she better. MrR4 at 26 had all the maturity that Molly would lack at 66. That morning after breakfast she dressed quickly so she could walk the three blocks to the subway with Ellen, All her indignation spilled |added, “It seems to me that you're LLEN was yncomfortable as she was always uncomfortable when | But “Yes, I've been engaged to Bert) ever since I was 17—nine years,” “And per- haps by the time I’m 70 we'll have enough money so that he and I can The very blackness of the pic- ture she drew was irresistibly fun- All three of them burst out laughing. For a moment they were like children and Molly Rossiter When Ellen succeeded in drag- ging Mike from the bathroom and his book, when they were all seat- ed at breakfast, the subject arose Where was the $60 for rent “It was due last Tuesday, and this She had half forgotten by now that the money had been dissipated by her fault. Ellen was willing she “Vil go to Mr. Farnham and ex- plain,” she said, her lips straight, “We just have to cut down on everything till we get But one thing’s sure—Ellen can’t carry two full- “It's all wrong,” Myra fiercely “Mike could make as much selling papers after school as “Mike can’t do that,” Molly burst “He's carry- You know what your father would have “He might have said something about Ellen’s working jn a cheap It was an old difficulty, Molly’s miss nothing because of his father’s death, pathetically. anxious that he should have what other boys had. To that end she was willing to She saw no reason why her daughters should Brrr Myra’s indignation could force a real quarrel, Mike him-,| He was wildly eager for the freedom of the corner news-stand and for the chance to earn his own money. But Ellen entered a firm denial and his “Tl Zo at noon to see about get- ting that job,” she announced in “1 shouldn’t be any trouble, There's no use arguing, Myra,” she said to “There's a limit to cut- We've reached it. ‘We can’t cut down any more with- out giving up eating entirely, and the rent must be paid. I can carry knew that was the thing to do,” said Molly in deep satistaction. But a moment later she added wist- fully, “I’m sorry, Ellen, that things But I still think that at Dreamland you “Don't be ro- mantic so early in the morning, and. wished again that Molly understood things TODAY ISTHE: Ee LLOYD GEORGE’C REPLY On Feb, 12, 1918, Premier Lloyd George of England, speaking before Parliament, answered the addresses of Chancellor von HertHng of Ger- many and Count Czernin of Austria- Hungary. Lloyd George charged Germany with insincerity, and warned that a new war situation had been created by swinging of Teuton reinforcements from the east to the west. King George of England and Kaiser William of Germany made speeches the same day. Speaking from his throne, King George declared that Germany had ignored the Allies’ just demands and the war would be “pros- ecuted with all the vigor we possess.” Kaiser William said that Germany would like to live at peace with its neighbors, but that a victory of Ger- man arms must first be recognized. ; K A We spend billions for harbors 80 ) ships can get in, then pass stupid laws to keep them out. This is done by @ bunch of ignorant, cheap, self- ish, economic morons, the interests who pay Congress to pass the laws!— Clarence sige -. i AN China today is the greatest exam- Ple of so-called unpreparedness.— David 8S. Ingalls, assistant secretary of the navy. ee # ‘We. are engaged in a war against depression—President Hoover. xe * ‘We have no territorial ‘or political ambitions in Shanghai. — Foreign | / Minister Yoshizawa of Japan. * oe * Ninety per cent of whisky prescrip- tions issued by doctors are for bev- erage and not medicinal purposes.— Dr. Arthur D. Bevan, ex-president of the American Medical Association. * * * ‘Nobody is going to read all that out again as the two linked arms and walked along Pine street, cru- elly shabby in the hot summer sun- shine. She felt a fierce, burning, helpless rage that her young sister should miss so many of the pleas- ant things of life. She felt also a fear that Hllen at 20 would step in- to the same blind alley she herself had stepped into at 17, Nine years before she had fallen in love with Bert Armstead. She still loved him, But his job at the \brary where they both worked was almost as poorly paid as hers. And Myra had seen the first rapture of love wear away in nine years of endless waititg. “It makes me furious,” Myra be- gan fiercely, her blue eyes blazing, “that you should have to take this Job, work yourself to death just be- cause—" “Boo!”+Ellen scoffed. “I’m not an old lady. It might be a lot of fun, you never can tell. It would be-grand if you didn’t have to work Hights at the library and we could both g “It’s not fair at all,” Myra pez- sisted unhappily. you should miss so many of the things other girls have. Theater parties and clothes and dances, din- hers at the right places. . .” “Oh, don’t fuss so, Myra.” Ellen was silent a moment and then said casually, “Tom Shannenberger asked me to marry him last night.” “You didn’t, Ellen! You didn’t!” Myra’s slim, brown — fingers tensed on Bllen’s arm; her face was ‘stiff with apprehension. “No, I didn't accept him, if that’s what you mean. I don't love him,” Ellen responded carelessly, She LARRY, HARROWGATE “Not fair that! BACK AILMENTS By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association Dr. Brown describes the case of @ man who had suffered for some 10 years with frequent attacks of pain in the back. Finally he could not ride in an automobile, lift anything, or even lean over to put on his shoes without getting a catch in his back. It was found that the habitual po- produce a strain. the backache there was a long stand- ing record of indigestion, difficulty in action of the bowel, headaches, and nervousness, The man realised that he had been overworking and that he was in fa i At first it was i Se oe wae to lle in bed because the back more uncomfortable in bed than when he was on his feet. However, he was able to get good rest by plac- ing one or two ‘pillows under his knees, taking the strain off the lower part of his spine. Sitting in bed in an erect position put more strain on the spine than when he was on his feet. unemployment stuff, either here in Congress, or at home.—Congressman he F. Stevenson of edie Carolina. * opinion that I entertain on the subject of America’s relationship to the League of Nations must be such as any private citizen is entitled to spec ct D. Baker. * 3 ‘The installment plan, I believe, is one of the main roots of our eco- nomic disorder—Jan Paderewski. *, T get 80 restless Janet Gaynor, movie actress. (BARBS o Mussolini is convinced our ways of eating, dressing, working and sleep- ing are wrong. Probably doesn’t like the color of our de either. * Admiral Moffett, says we ought to sell the dirigible Los Angeles. Some- you,” she sai at her sister. than it ever looked on whichever cousin wore it.” REQUIRE Rest and Diet Are Important Factors in Curing Aches i hee Te Denes said. l But ft has certainly been handy.” Health Service’ NTS USUALLY INTENSE STUDY 28ok feels stand corerctly, his backache digestion cleared up, and he asked to change his routine of life so as to overcome his constant fa- ti ge gFE This record is an indication of an immense amount of study and the in order to take ‘The United States and England sre openly piqued over the Japanese situation. It’s a cinch that China isn’t very enthusiastic about it. x ee Japan may drop out of the League of Nations. Maybe with references and a@ little pull Japan would allow us to take its pean Oklahoma sent 15 more state guardsmen into the oil fields. Alfalfa Bill isn’t going to be kept off page one by any Oriental fracas. on @ é In fact, if this Sino-Jap trouble gets much worse, Alfalfa Bill may have to do something rash: like de- claring the business curve depends ‘on bustles. (Copyright, 1982, NEA Service, Inc.) Ellen, uncomfortable but still vaguely holding her own opinion, hastened to change the subject. “That dress looks awfully well on id, looking approvingly “Better, I'm sure, Myra glanced down at her light- blue voile, beautifully cut, freshly laundered and indeed becoming to her pale blondness, “I wouldn’t have bought it,” “I don’t like short sleev: “That’s the trouble with things given to you,” Ellen agreed. She added loyally, “Still it’s nice of Aunt Myra to keep on sending things. Most of them are scarcely worn.” She sighed « little at the vision of joyous youth presented by her own words, a vision of gay ted in a low voice. added with a laugh not so amused as she meant it to be, “if she never sends black and you have to wear black at the store.” id retty girls who could discard their rocks because they were tired of them. There were certainly points to having money, “It is nice of her,” Myra admit. “Even,” she Myra hesitated and went on with a sidewise glance at Ellen. “I do think she might come to see us some time. She's been in New York several times, I know. I’ read about her in the society col- umns, But t! we haven't a tele- phone.” Bo girls were silent. Both knew that if their wealthy Eng- lsh aunt, whom neither had ever seen, really desired a meeting sl could arrange one with the ald of & two-cent stamp. Myra’s comment was only an evasion to save their pride. They strolled on, two pretty girls linked arm in arm, through the hot summer sunshine, down the dirty, shabby street. They reached awfully anxious to keep me froni falling in love. Isn't that one of | the things that other girls do?” She glanced innocently at her sister. “Oh, Ellen, it’s not that and you know it’s not!” Myra protested helplessly, half laughing. “It's only —Tom Shannenberger can't even support himself. He has nothing now and never will have anything. He's just one of those met “I know that. Still, if I loved him I don’t believe I'd let it make any difference,” Ellen said se- riously, eee A LITTLE pucker marked her low, broad forehead. Her eyes were sweet and thoughtful. “I know money is important,” she conceded. “Awfully important in lots of ways. But when you think the subway station that would ie ould part “Do you still believe,” Myra asked in 9 discouraged way, “that some day we'll have things? The things our cousins have? Cars and coun- ty. clubs and & chance to enjoy be- ing young? Or are we just f ourselves?” d es “Something's bound to happen. Our ship will come in—it may be just around the corner,” Ellen re- sponded with vague, forced cheer- fulness. “That ship sank long ago,” Myra said sharply, her bitterness and an- ger returning in full force. “We sank with it. How are you and I ose ag ad get married? Where re you going to meet & man good enough for you?” “At Dreamiand, maybe,” Hllen fippantly tried to stop her sister, mi Ni ——ea of love”’—she flushed youthtully— “why all at once it’s just nothing.” But Myra ignored the interruption, “I believe we'll always be spend- “Ellen,” Myra spoke with des Derate earnestness, “money is 80 important in love that without it some money, I mean, not a lot— love itself is nothing.” “I don't for a minute believe it!” “Look at me and you'll believe it. Lack of money has robbed me of ing every nickel before it's It'll be like this terior. Mother will get older and ie Bert and I like will grow up and get the same sort of job we have, te use trying.” ; Mother more irresponst- will go on and on, , Its just no “Oh, Myra, Myra!” Bilen protest nine years of my life, If there had been any way under heaven for Bert and moe to marry when w wanted to, by now I'd have had home—children—all the things aj better. woman wants. Instead—”" ed staunchly. “Where's your sense of proportion? All this ae Tm We're only having our hard times now instead of later, It's ; Bho broke off, appalled at what See hardest on you. But you'll be she had been about to put into|™msrried first thing you know and words, Not even to Ellen could she admit that of late Bert had seemed oddly restless and. changed, bored at talk of thet faraway marriage, fotget how long it 8 ° “Dm 26° ig it was. Just wait.’ “Then don’t act as if you're 96,” Ellen ran d the subway ateps She laughed nervously, apologeti-/#94 plunged through the turnstile. cally. (To Be Continued)