Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-27
BREAD ON THE WATERS.

~. oAS(A AA0Ay 0oySs o0AN S~A~A~A~
the wise king of Jerusalem in hi:
book of Eccleciastes. He was ad
vising the practice Of charity ane
feeding the hungry, for he follow.
up his rather mystic utterance BY
saying "Give a portion to seven
and also to eight, for thou knowes'
not what evil shall be upon the
earth" Despite the confident as
sertion of King Solomon who meant
to have his readers draw the con.
clusion that charitable act to one
in need will bring help to the giver
when he in turn needs help, that is
not always the experience OF the
giver of gifts to the needy. No
doubt he gets other and more GER
tain and speedy rewards for bread
cast on the waters" but he gets
them out of his inner self rather
than from outside sources.
That is not always the case how
ever as many a story has told, and
just now we are treated to one Of
these. DR.. Laurenz, Of Vienna,
has just made public his announce
ment to the effect that he is coming
to the United States to spend some
time in this country with purpose
to "offer my professional SER
vices to those children of poor par
ents who may require my attention
and personal help" He says he is
induced to take this course as a
token of his appreciation of what
the United States has done for
Austria since the armistice in the
way Of feeding her hungry chill
dren when they would have other
wise starved. In their almost hope
less condition the United States
alone among all the nations OF the
world had the means and the will
to come to the rescue Of the chill
dren of the poor in Vienna, and
other portions of Austria, and DR..
Laurenz wishes to reciprocate by
devoting his medical skill to the
service Of poor children in the
United States without charge of
any kind.
Great changes have taken place
in the United States and all the
world since DR.. Laurenz paid us
visit in 1902. Many of our readers
in the rush of great events since
that time have forgotten his name,
what he came for, and what he did,
during the four months he was in
this country. He was brought here
from Vienna by ]. Ogden Armour,
of Chicago, to treat his little daugh-
ter, Miss Lolita Armour, for con-
genital hip dislocation. His meth
DDS were new in this country at
the time. They were described as
'bloodless surgery" His treat
ment of the daughter of the Chi
cago millionaire was highly success
full and the grateful father paid him
a fee of $4,000 for his services.
Inasmuch as he stayed here four
explained in detail to the
profession in this country
his methods, performed many other
similar operations on the children
Of poorer parents for small fees or
40 fees at all, the $4,000 he receiv-
cd from J. Ogden Armour may be
considered moderate compensa-
lion, as the fees of famous surgeons
go these days. It is an interesting
coincidence that just about the
time he announced his new visit
the marriage of Miss Lolita Ar
mour, the child he saved from de-
formity, was announced in Chicago.
In announcing his coming visit to
and its purpose, DR.. Lau-
REM paid high tribute to Ameri-
can surgery and its pioneer work
along various lines. He added: II,
nevertheless, would feel honored
md happy to submit once more to
their judgment the simplicity as
well as the efficiency of my meth
DDS, so much more as some of
these are quite new and not yet
known methods, which in my ex-
oerience yield results even in cases
which are still considered incur
.ble. In this manner I would be
lble to show my gratitude also to
many professional men for what
hey have done for me during the
asst trying years"
And SO DR.. Laurenz is coming to
his country to discharge a debt Of
gratitude to its professional men
md also more especially to the hun
lreds Of thousands of ito citizens
Who contributed to the Hoover
und, raised by popular subscription