The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-20

willing ito listen. Singer was the un
appreciated genius who framed New
York's first "yapp thrillers"; and hi
best bit, until a knife was tossed in
to his spint from Pell street win
dow brought to an end his brief sue
cess, with long funeral, with a wa,
corpse more than lifelike in its luriC
shiveriness.
Singers audience, mostly curious
souls from Squeedunk and Huskville
viewed the sacred secret ceremonies
in breathless silence and at dollar
a throw, through the slit OF d curtain
on balcony. At the proper moment
each night, the members of an Oppor
tong broke in, their faces distorted
with blooathirsty fury. Shrill impre
cations filled the air, the corpse was
overturned, the lights went out, the
furniture clattered and crashed, six
punches of firecrackers were let oil
in the darkness and, as a close to
4 the evening S entertainment, the Wis.
! itors went pouring out Of Mott street
iwth theird hearts in their Threats, to
60 back home and ever after recite
their narrow escape and give New
York the undeserved reputation Of
being the most lawless city in Amer.
lea!
So with the thrilling wickedness Of
Gay P'ree;" mostly framed for
SNAPS" from Squeeiunk and Huskyille
and .Iew York and such centers OF
credulity. @
'rhe police decided, and wisely, that
Paris, at this juncture, had 10 use
for purposoie3s friaolity. The bust
ness Of Paris, as the business OF
France is war land war, and nothing
but war; SO now there il. no place
for overly ehol'ent Americans to &C
but home-to their hotels. or pensions
or apartments. or wherever.
At II the thcatcrs close, and all
song ceases, and the only place to get
a supper and Il drink is where you
sleep; therefore, as far as night car
ousing is concerned, Paris is not gay.
Her true gaiety rests now, as 1t
always has rested, in the spirit Of her
people. They have looked into dis
tored with blood thirsty fury,
the face of Death, but the visage OF
that grim monster has put no fear in
their eyes, since the sacrifice of this
lesser devil removes the threat Of one
far more terrible; the vision Of the
Hun possessing France!
Death is Trivial. ...}aa"
Death becomes as trivial as a
nurses tale Of DOGGY man when COM
pared with the catastrophe of the Hun
in France; for there has never been
a time when everything which the
Hun represented, from his elevation
of the body above the soul to his
table manners, has not been dreadful
to the French mind.
For decades the entire purpose and
intent of the Hun has been ITO stride
triumphant over the bodies of the
men Of all other nations; and the
Frenchman, who had done his utmost
to cultivate the finer graces Of both
body and mind, was supposed to be
especially effete, a trifle to be swept
aside with derision. ..
How magnificently the Frenchman
disproced that ignoble estimate, and
established his manhood for centuries
to come, has been shown at Verdun,
on the Marine, on a hundred battle.
fields, and is shown now in Paris
daily, where there is laughter on the
boulevard, and the gay poilus on leave
sip their hot coffee under the drip
ping awnings, while the world
swarms by them on the pave.
We have not seen one French who
moped, we have no seen one French
person who sat dull and Indifferent,
and allowed himself to contemplate in
dread and fear the awful tragedy
which assails civilization.
It is not merely that they feel ne
cessary to preserve the spirit Of
cheerfulness in order to approach the
task which still lies before them, but
because they are SO constituted as
to accept cheerfully their duty to
themselves, to each other, and ito sa-
cred France.
SUCH SUBLIME COURAGE CAN
HAVE BUT ONE END; VICTORY.
And when the war shall have come