The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 9, 1933, Page 4

i i i f oseeomeintin “ 4s to select a doctor of training and Pa THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1933 The Bismarck Tribune . An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER, (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Trib- une Company, Bismarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck -@8 Second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year .. Daily by mail per year (in Daily by mail per year (in state outside Bismarck) Daily by mail outside of North Dakota 2... .seerseseeresseees 6.00 ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 ‘Weekly by mail in state, three YEATS oe cessesccesssvesssovess 200 ‘Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year ........5.... 150 Weekly by mail in Canada, per year Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. A Practical Observance ‘Women’s organizations throughout the country are giving an interpreta- tion to Mother's Day different from what the originator of this holiday had in mind. The observance began, one will re- call, as the bright idea of someone who sought to connect sentiment with commerce. As a result we have the happy custom of wearing a flower on that day. For the florists, who were among the first to see that the love of a child for its mother could be turned into dollars and cents, it is a ny, the urge usually being found commission’s belief that a re- duction is warranted. Sometimes the foundation of this belief lies in facts and figures com- Piled by the board from reports of the companies, sometimes in the ex- Perience of the commissioners with regard to such matters, Under these circumstances, commission approaches the utility with the suggestion that a rate cut would be fitting and proper. If and when the utility consents and the amount and nature of the reduction are agreed upon, it is announced as having voluntarily been made by the company affected. The utility gets credit for having made the change and the railroad commission gets the satisfaction of knowing it has pro- tected the consumers’ interest. Legal provision is made, of course, for forcing reductions where condi- tions justify, but this is rather a long, involved and expensive process. In such cases it is necessary for the rail- road board to make a physical valua- tion of the utility property involved and then to fix rates which will give a moderate return on the investment So shown, There is no short cut from this process other than that of “vol- untary” reductions, for the decision’s of the commission must be based on competent evidence which can stand the scrutiny of any court to which the matter may be appealed. Under the law there can be no arbitrary lowering or increasing of utility rates. Lack of help to make valuations has handicapped the railroad com- mission in its efforts to obtain re- ductions in some districts because the @ppropriation given this department has not been sufficient to hire the staff of engineers necessary for this work. During the next biennium the regular staff will be reduced from compa: the day of good business. A bright flower for the mother still alive, a white one for the mother who has gone to her reward, is a national custom and a happy one. The day gives us cause to think in @ very definite way what kind of sons and daughters we are, or what we are doing to fulfill the obligation which has been placed upon us. But the women of the nation are taking the observance out of the sen- timental classification and giving it a Practicality which mere men could not be expected to contribute. They are making it the occasion for an in- vestigation of the trials of mother- hood in an effort to see how this greatest of all human events can be made safer. In this country approximately 16,- 000 women die every year in child- birth or from causes directly con- nected with it. This figure is far too high. On a comparative basis it is several times as high as that of some European countries, even though we pride ourselves upon our pro- gressiveness as a nation. To materi- ally reduce this death rate, thereby making motherhood safer, would be an accomplishment far more signifi- cant and of vastly greater worth than wearing all the flowers in Christen- dom. Supporting this constructive move- ment, Dr. Hugh 8. Cummings, sur- geon general in charge of the federal health service, points to two things as vitally important. They are the selection by the expectant mother of her accoucheur and the place of her accouchement. This doctor asserts women too frequently pay little at- tention to these factors. The family physician or the doctor next door may be ideally fitted or he may not, this expert asserts, and gives as the marks of a good obstetrician a man who rates high in education, training, experience and character. It is important to the woman, he says, that her doctor has encountered other cases like or similar to her own, the experience so gained being invaluable in dealing with emergencies, Discussing the subject further he says: “There is no regulation which prevents the impatient physician from applying instruments when the case may not need them if given time. He must’ not be willing to take any un- warranted risk simply because there is nothing to prevent his doing so.” There is a growing tendency on the part of many medical practitioners to criticize the adoption of “short-cuts” by obstetricians and the tendency of some women to believe that the best man is one who will promise a rapid and painless labor rather than a safe labor. As hinted by Dr. Cummings, the man who moves too quickly to speed up what is necessarily a painful Process, is dangerous. The Maternity Center Association of New York City, an organization which devotes its whole time to re- ducing the hazards of childbirth, says of this situation that the best thing character and then leave to him whether or not an anaesthetic or in- strumentation are needed, without trying to prevail on him to “make Painless a process from which pain cannot wholly be dissociated without @ sacrifice in safety.” ‘Voluntary’ Rate Cuts Recent announcement by the state Tailroad board that it had approved application by a big power company for permission to reduce its electric rates in many cities and villages mer- its some explanation of the process by which these “voluntary” reductions are brought into being. The fact of the matter is that the initiative for such rate changes usu- ally comes from the railroad com- one man to two because of an appro- priation veto, although $25,000 was appropriated with which to begin the work of making utility property val- uations, Barring the results which may be obtained from this appropriation, the rate reductions obtained in this state during the next biennium will con- tinue to be “voluntary”. Local Lions Attend Annual Fargo Rally Fargo, N. D., May 9,—()—Lions Club members from Bismarck, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Oakes, Edgeley, Lidgerwood and Fargo attended the annual governor’s rally in Fargo Monday. Speakers included H. H. Matt, past district governor of Iowa, now of Grand Forks; Harold Gamble, direc- tor of the Grand Forks club; E. E. Conmy of Fargo, past district gover- nor; D. E. Shipley and W. 8S. Ayers of Bismarck and W. Murray Allan of Grand Forks, district governor. Plans for the district convention at Bismarck June 6, 7 and 8 were out- lined by Ayers, general chairman in charge of arrangements. Says Railroad Labor Will Be Hit by-Bill Washington, May 9.—(#)—Jéseph B. Eastman, interstate commerce commissioner, told a senate commit- tee Tuesday the aaministration’s railroad relief bill “will involve loss of employment to rallroad labor” but it was an “unsound conclusion that em- ployment should be preserved by re- taining waste and inefficiency.” He has been mentioned as the pos- sible choice for federal coordinator of the roads. “Economies in operation and serv- ice mean reduction in labor and there is no escape from it,” he testi- Eastman outlined a long list of economies for the carriers and as- serted in many instances “they will need to reduce their rates.” Mrs. Hydle Elected By Women’s Groups Williston, N. D., May 9.—(®)—Mrs. 8. M. Hydle of Williston was elected president of the third district wo- men’s clubs at the annual convention here Tuesday. Mrs. E. R. Woolridge, Granville, was named vice president, and Mrs. L. M. Rockne, Bowbells, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. George Keup of Columbus presided at the convention which opened Monday. She is moving from the district and is retiring from the Presidency after serving in that of- fice for three years. Her successor will fill out her unexpired term which ends in 1934, Former Steele Woman Nabbed in Minnesota Battle Lake, Minn., May 9.—(?)— Charges of adultery have been filed here against Mrs. Bertha Janke, 22, and Arthur H. Husby, 21, both of Steele, N. D. They are said to have been living here with Mrs. Janke’s two small children since April 3. They were arrested on complaint of Mrs. Janke’s husband who took the chil- Gren back to Steele to live with their grandparents. New War Declared On Chicago Rackets Chicago, May 9.—(/P)—A war to the finish on Chicago labor racketeers was declared Jointly Tuesday by Mayor Edward J. Kelly and state's attorney Thomas J. Courtney following a con- ference with leaders of organized labor which began in the mayor's office in the city hall and ended in his home. Asks Roosevelt to Delay Foreclosures ‘Washington, May 9.—()—Governor Olson of Minnesota Tuesday visited the white house to ask Presiden: Roosevelt to request a cessation of farm-mortgage foreclosures until the farm bill can be put into operation. The Farmer Labor governor said, after talking to the president, he be- lieved Roosevelt would make such a Mission: rather than from the utility request within the next few days. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed. in DOES IT MATTER MUCH WHAT YOU EAT? Another popular fallacy we Wise- acres reluct to relinquish is the notion that any fool can prescribe a diet. I know, for every day a lot of Wise- acres ask me to prescribe one for ‘em. It is obvious they take me for @ fool, because as a rule they merely mention the name of some real or imaginary malady and curtly order me to send the diet for it. Or some of the more gullible ones go to the trouble of telling me the nature, cause and symptoms of the malady for which the diet is required without de- lay. ‘Take “acidosis” for instance. Now there’s a purely imaginary malady that almost any fool but a physician can recognize at a guess. Makes a pleasant variation from “autointoxl- cation” when you're played out on that line. Moreover some of the more snooty mediums are manifesting actual diffidence about unpleasant discussions of certain bodily functions and it is growing increasingly diffi- cult to sell “autointoxication” treat- ment, but “acidosis” is a ‘subject on which anybody can say what he likes ‘and nobody can stop him. So “aci- dosis” is now all the rage amongst the hoipollol, and many are so badly obsessed that they insist on counting the calories, assaying the vitamins and knowing precisely how acid the ash of every item in the bill of fare. So far as my observation goes, there is rarely any serious harm done by all this monkeying with diet. Occa- sionally some girl with more beauty than brains goes to extremes with reduction and presently finds that the latent tuberculosis that this lights up will keep her reduced for a long while. It is quite conceivable, too, that injudicious restriction in the variety and quantity of food con- sumed may impair health or various functions thru vitamin deficiency. Catering to the popular demand for dietetic hokum is quite a business in this free country. For every odd notion or belief about food there is at least one “authority” in the form of a self-commended “food expert” or “specialist”. From the fancy that tomatoes cause cancer, rheumatism or acidosis to the belief that fats, sweets, buckwheat and other good foods cause pimples, there is some such “author- ity”. That’s enough for the Wiseacre mind. I do not mean to deny that in some particular conditions special dietetic treatment is helpful. Indeed, I pass out such advice to many correspond- ents—reduction regimen, corrective protective regimen, menus for victims of peptic ulcer or hyperacidity and for the well members of the family and suggestions in reference to the diet in many other conditions, But I do believe that it doesn’t matter much what you eat if you are fairly well, provided you have a normal liking for @ reasonable variety of natural or not too much processed foods. Even in diabetes as we now under- stand the functional fault, it is im- possible to prescribe a suitable diet without such knowledge of the pa- tient’s individual capacity to metabo- lize or utilize the different food ma- terials as the physician obtains by tolerance tests. Show me your cut and dried diet list for this or that ailment and I'll point out the misconceptions on which it is based. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Born with a Veil Some time ago you had an article about babies born with a veil. My son was born that way. Please tell me what significance this has... . (Mrs. S. C.) Answer—Before birth the baby is contained in a membranous sac, float- ing in the amniotic fluid. Usually when the neck of womb is fully di- lated, at the beginning of the expul- sive stage of labor, the membrane spontaneously breaks, and there is a gush of waters. Sometimes this does not happen, or the physician or mid- wife does not rupture the “bag of wa- ters” and the membrane is thus in- tact when the child’s head is born. lt has no significance. Hankering for Salt What would cause an intense hankering for salt? I eat a teaspoon- ful of dry salt every day. Is it in- jurious? (Mrs. L, H.) Answer—It is harmless in that mod- erate quantity. Perhaps your diet does not include sufficient fresh meat. ‘Where the diet is largely vegetarian there is insufficient salt present in the food. Lip Reading Please tell readers every deaf per- son can learn to read the lips‘in his own home if every one will speak slowly and naturally and form all words properly with the lips. In this way I can talk by the hour with some ot my friends and never have to ask them to repeat anything. ... (Mrs. E. J.) Letters should be brief and written ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper, the 1 health and hygiene, not to - 1 | Thirty-Fifth Street, N. W., Washing- ton, D. C. ight, John F, Dille Co.) Cc ONTINUE D Administration Is Facing Showdown On Debt Payments London conference which has a re- vival of world trade as its goal. McDONALD SEES PROSPECT OF TRUCE ON TARIFFS London, May 9.—(?)—Prime Min- ister Ramsay MacDonald announced in the house of commons Tuesday there is every prospect of reaching an agreement between Britt and the United States as to the advis- ability of an immediate tariff truce. “There have been further ex- changes of views with the United States government,” the prime min- ister said, “and I am now in posi- tion to say that, subject to settle- ment of the actual words and while protecting the essential positions of both governments, there is every prospect of reaching an agreement between them as to the advisability of an immediate tariff truce.” MacDonald said the truce would not prevent continuation of work which Britain now had begun or was developing in accordance with an- nouncements already made in the house. This reference to work before the commons evidently was an allusion to British trade negotiations recent- ly made or announced as pending. Touches on Debt Issue The prime minister also touched on the war debt issue, saying that “our aim must be a permanent set- tlement.” He declared that June 15, the due date on the next installment, would be an awkward hurdle. “But a quiet survey of the pos- sibilities is required in the mean- time,” he continued, “and nothing ought to be said here which would so increase the difficulties as to boulaye, French ambassador at Washington, was entrusted with fur- ther debt negotiations by a full cab- inet meeting Tuesday which con- firmed Monday's decision against paying the defaulted $19,000,000 in- terest unless a moratorium on the payment due June 15 is certain or there is an equivalent development, |C ONTINUED) from page one- Minnesotans Vote To Join Move for Great Farm Strike ernment is not speedily restored to the service and protection of the people.” Means of enforcing a state-wide farm strike, effective Saturday, were to be discussed Tuesday afternoon. John Bosch of Atwater, state pres- ident, expressed the conviction hew- ever, that the national farm strike, as well as the state-wide strike, would be “called off” if congress would in- clude the Norris-Simpson cost of pro- duction amendment in the farm bill. Contained in other resolutions adopted were demands for: Enact- ment of legislation which will insure cutting and sweat shop conditions. President Roosevelt promised this Chamber of Commerce of the United States. HOUSE COMMITTEE TO REPORT LABOR BILL Washington, May 9.—(®)—A house labor subcommittee Tuesday unani- mously approved a shorter work-week bill embodying minimum wage and anti-trust law suspension provisions. The bill, said Chairman Connery, will be reported to the full committee for approvai Wednesday. The principle on which the meas- ure is based, Connery asserted, is that of a licensing system. All manufac: turers and importers under the new measure would be required to obtain licenses from the federal government assuring their compliance with the shorter work week and minimum wage provisions, Instead of permitting manufactur ers to work longer than five-day week, six-hour day shifts, the bill will leave that power to a new agency to be known as the federal trade regulation board. This board, sitting in confer- ence with industry and labor, will have the right to establish minimum ‘wages, hours of production and other agreements within an industry neces- sary to carry out a shorter work week cost of production for the farmer. Retirement of tax-exempt securities and forbidding their further issue. Immediate passage by congress of the Frazier bill. A steeply graduated federal income, gift and inheritance tax up to the Point of confiscation to prevent ac- cumulation of private wealth. Formation of a labor unit of the farm holiday association. Payment of adjusted compensation to war veterans in treasury certificates or notes. NEW YORK DAIRYMEN THREATEN MILK STRIKE Buffalo, N. Y¥., May 9—(?)—Milk producers of nine western New York counties were on record Tuesday in favor of a milk strike beginning at midnight Friday unless the state milk control board fixes a minimum voted unanimously to withhold milk from the market. A petition urging the governor to order a state investigation of the milk situation was signed by many. FARMERS’ COMMITTEE WILL MEET SATURDAY Fargo, N. D., May 9.—(#)—No pick- eting order will be issued in North make the hurdle impossible to clear.” ‘There was complete union of opin- ion when he was at Washington, MacDonald said, that the world eco- nomic conference starting June 12 could not be wholly successful un- less the debt difficulty had been re- moved before the conference ended. It never had been contemplated, he told the house, that the war debts should come before the conference itself. Debt negotiations would have to proceed concurrently and on Parallel lines by another body of men, he explained. The sticking point in British ac- ceptance of the truce plan is the fact that England already has negotiated bi-lateral trade pacts with Germany, Argentina and Denmark and seeks similar pacts with other nations. Special Ambassador Norman Davis is said to have been told England must be free to negotiate these trea- ties and this condition is said to have been made a precedent to Brit- ish acceptance of the truce. ITALIANS WILL ACCEPT ROOSEVELT PROPOSAL Rome, May 9—(P)—An official communique will be published Tues- day night or Wednesday accepting President Roosevelt's tariff truce proposal with reservations similar to those advanced by France. The government will stipulate, it was learned, that the truce be based on the present valuation of the dol- lar and that Italy be enabled to im- Pose a super-duty if the dollar depreciates further. Dakota for the national farm strike scheduled to begin Saturday, Usher| L. Burdick, state president of the Farm Holiday association, announced Monday. Burdick said the executive commit- tee of the state holiday association would gather Saturday in Rugby to discuss whether North Dakota would adhere to the order issued last week by the national convention of the holiday association at Des Moines. Comprising the executive commit- tee are Burdick, Oliver Rosenberg, Sheyenne, Bert Salisbury, Minnewau- kan, Mrs. Chris Linnertz, Minot and Francis Strong, Lisbon. . CONTINUE) from page one: Broad Program to Help Business and Labor Is Prepared derstood to have been boiled down until the major remaining point is the authority to be provided for com- pelling minorities in industries to march. with the majorities in agree- ments on production, wages, hours of work and the like. It has been decided, with the ap- parent approval of labor, that the anti-trust laws should be made flexible enough to allow these agree- ments through trade associations, but with a continued ban on monopolies. Under the tentative legislation the FRENCH ARE TRYING TO PUSH DEAL ON DEBTS Paris, May 9—(?)—Andre de La- agreements within the various in- dustries would be entirely voluntary for the dominant percentage, but minorities would be compelled to keep step to wipe out ruthless price HORIZONTAL 1Name of lady pa in the picture. FS Answer—Persons 80 handicapped should also get in touch with the lo- eal headquarters of the American Federation of Organizations for the Hard of Hearing, headquarters at 1601 | { | i Answer to Previous Puzzle IIR] INE RESTA ONE] Do You Know Her? | ture a citizen? 15 Establishments of forest areas. 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A reception in the World War Me- moriak building will follow the exer- cises. Rev. H. W. Graunke, new business | « manager of the hospital, will be the speaker at the baccaleaurate services last week in his address before the |, and south already have arrived and the Veterans Expeditionary Force or the Bonus Expeditionary Force, Inc. would leave New York Tuesday for Washington. several hundred of thelr followers would leave from Baltimore Tuesday night. Kidnaper Exonerates Brother from Crime Barnstable, Mass. May 9.—(P)— Kenneth Buck, alleged kidnaper of Peggy McMath, Tuesday exonerated | his brother Cyril, also under arrest) for the crime, of any part in the ab- auction. In a sworn statement made at the Barnstable county jail, where both men are held awaiting a hearing May 22, Kenneth told police Chief Edward E. Hall of Harwichport that he alone was to blame and responsible for the crime. Hall said Kenneth declared he could “implicate no other Person.” The announcement of Kenneth’s Statement was made by Chief Hall after a conference which lasted more than two hours and a half. Meanwhile, Cyril Buck revealed to James F, Kiernan, Wareham lawyer, that on two occasions he tried to in- duce Neil McMath, father of the kid- naped child, to inform police that he was in touch with the kidnapers. McMath, anxious for the return of his child, refused. New Bonus Armies Moving on Capital Washington, May 9.—(AP)—The bonus army, now divided as to lea- dership, is moving into Washington for its second encampment. Delegations from the middle west have been taken in hand either by The V. E. F. said a thousand men B. E. F. leaders said chairman of the federal reserve bank at Minneapolis, effective May 15, was announced Tuesday by the federa! reserve board. Tax Department to Have New Quarters By Wednesday evening the state tax commissioner's office will be in its new location on Fifth St. between Main and Broadway avenues, which formerly was the office and lobby of the Soo hotel. = Employes of the office Tuesday afternoon began moving equipment from the present location, in the Len- hart building at 510 Broadway avenue, to the new office. The new location has been remodel- ed_and redecorated. Tax Commissioner J. J. Weeks said his department is moving because it needs more space. The floor space of the present location is 90 feet by 22 feet while the new location will be 140 feet by 24 feet. “Much more space will be needed when the sales tax goes into’ effect,” he said. Use the Want Ads KNOWN AS "BiG SIX"? The V. E. F. has arranged with the administration for a camp at Fort ae Virginia, for a week. The! . KE. F. says it will tell congress: ‘Her8 we are—take care of us.” PEYTON HEADS BANK | ‘Washington, May 9—()—Appoint- | ment of John M. Peyton, commis- | sioner of banks of Minnesota, as WHAT KIND OF FLOWER IS THIS ? CHAPTER FORTY-THREE Lily Lou put down the letter. She thought of Uncle Eph, brown and muscular and young, in spite of his 60 years. She had always admired Uncle. Eph, though the family hadn’t thought he amounted to much, She admired his inde- pendence, his doing as he liked, and not caring whether people in town thought much of him or not. It hurt to think of him gone. It made her feel that some part of her was dead, too... . The little girl who used to gather Mariposa lilies in the fields, her dark hair flying in the hot wind . . . who used to si on Uncle Eph’s knee in the eabin while Aunt Dolly sang gay little French songs, as she basted fried eggs with bacon grease, and cut thick slices of bread to brown later, in the fat... . ” She wished that she could do something for Uncle Eph, wished that there were some way to tell him how sorry she was that he was gone. She didn’t go to see him the last time she was in Woodlake. She should have. ... And then it came to her that he wouldn’t have cared. He never cared whether he was remembered or not. He just went his way with his dogs and his horse, content to stop to listen to a meadow lark’s song, or watch a sunset, leisurely rolling cigarettes, never in a hurry, never rushed, . .. And if he left her everything it was for one purpose, to help her achieve her goal. She brushed a hand across her wet eyes. Stood up. There would be no more idling with the bub- chen, no more telling herself that she wasn’t strong enough to work. Strong! She was strong as a horse! She'd work as she had never worked before. She’d make it up to the old man, who was asleep under the trees in Lone Mountain. Madame Nahiman’s three per- formanees of Carmen, at the Opera Comique were to virtually close the season. To Lily Lou’s overwhelm- ing delight she was allowed to join the chorus, and understudy for Mi- vaela. The real Micaela was a beau- tifal young French girl, protegee of one of the conductors. Nahlman disliked the girl exceedingly, and engaged in several wordy battles in the effort to get the part for her protegee, Lily Lou. There was no reason, as Nahlmat Pointed out, why Lily Lou couldn't sing it. She knew it perfectly, her voice was more than adequate. “You've got to start sometime! Why, I myself sang the very role of | Micaela when f had no real train- ing at all. All I had was the voice, the temperament, I won! I wasn’t! efraid of anything. And you—you tremble when I put you in the chorus!” “It’s just the thought of it!” “Get over the thought of it, You're ready to do Gilda or Rosina this minute, or Marguerite—Why| do you suppose I took you up? To nurse you along for ten years? You've got to jump these things when they come. This won't come, because Blumenthal’s hussy will sing Micaela in gpite of the devil. But don’t look so scared at the thought of it!” Lily Lou gulped. She was never & match for Nahiman. She couldn’t explain, Nahlman wouldn't under- stand. Nahiman never felt humble and frightened. She just felt sure of herself, glad of the chance to show -how great she was. She didn’t feel that the music was great, and the role great, and that she was just somebody hoping to interpret the role. But some artists did. Tony Schi- arilli did. He told her so. He said he didn’t think you had to be sure of yourself that way. They'd often talked about it, back in New York. But you couldn't talk that way to Nahlman, stand. Thought you lacked nerve... Did she? Lily Lou walked the floor, worrying. Suppose after all that had been done for her, after all her training, she’d be too scared to sing a note? The first night she could have issed the French girl, she was 80 glad to see her appear in the wings, Teady to go on and sing the part. Nahlman didn’t say a word about: it, she was so wrapped up in her own performance. She was mag- nificent, flushed with triumph. Fat and old and blowsy as she looked in her dressing room—a little ri- diculous even, in her laced-in bodice and roses in her too‘ecurly wig, there was nothing ridiculous about her performance. She was Carmen, audacious, compelling, still alluring. No wonder they acclaimed her, no wonder she was called great! The second night Lily Lou lost| her fear. She wouldn’t wish the young French girl any hard luck, but if she got the chance... well, Nahlman wouldn't have to be ashamed of her. Her voice was bet- ter, much better, than the other| girl’s, and she was certainly as good looking. ... And the third night... the third night she’d have almost traded her soul for the chance, t that the bubchen was sick, bial “Measles,” said the bonne. “Nonsense!” said Leontine, the second maid. “That child has no ‘more measles than I have the stom. ach ache!” “A lot you know about it!” said the bonne, “you, who know nothing; of children!” “What, 1? Know nothing of chil- dren? I who bore four, and have three living, and one with the good God, and you, a single woman, stand there and tell me, me. ,..” “Nevertheless, he measles.” “Of a certainty, he has measles,” put in Albert the butler, who had arrived to quell the disturbance, and stayed to take a hand in it, “and vinegar, good vinegar di- luted—” Ne He Lou said, “after the doctor gets here. Anyway, it won’t matter if I don’t go. hurry—” Comique, an old man, Mesdames,” Albert said, returning. “He says Monsieur Blumenthal sends his re- gatds, broke: So if Madame Lansing—” ular understudy conld—” the baby’s soft little neck. Nahlmen, was right of course, chance, cared for the doctor, her shoulders, thickly carpeted stairs. heard the bubchen’s whimperi cry, as the door closed behind then, e just didn’t under-|Lou cried above the din. “Let the doctor decide. What is a doctor for? Albert, you call him, and Leon- tine—” “Shut up, all of you!” Madame jahlman shouted. “Give him to me. le’s all right. It’s just a rash. Leontine, you stop that bellowing! Shut up... oh, my voice, my voice. Why do you let me shout? Lily, the least you can do is to watch me. You know my temperament. Put that child down, Get my wrap, and soae, it is time—” ip over a little later”—Lily I wish Albert would “He’s answering the door. Don’t fuss so, Lily. You make me ner- vous, and when night like this—” T am nervous on a “It is an old one, from the Opera and Mademoiselle Dejere has her ankle and can not go on. “Heaven be praised. Quick, Lily— Leontine, take the child—” Madame Nahlman was slipping into her wrap—“Come, Lily!” Lily Lou was rooted to the spot. She looked at the wailing child, at the red-faced, indignant Leontine, the angry nursemaid. “T hate to leave him... The reg. “If you fail me, I’m through with you! Are you a singer, or aren't you? Make up your mind — and quick—we'll both be late!” Lily Lou bent her head, kissed Tt was h The baby would be well +» Albert would go for Susanne Coin put a wrap over The three women went down the Lily Lou _"Then send for the doctor!" Lily! copyright by Kise Festus Sobdicate, toe