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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-10-13
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LETTER &M

| the office. Ra' hbone q the man
marked for political death. He had
the hardihood to oppose Thompson
in the last Chicago IA = atty cam
paign, he is no longer popular
among Illinois politicians and it is
against him that Mrs. Mccormick
win direct her primary campaign.
+ she wins in tie April primaries,
she j. virtually assured Of election.
Political shrewdness dictated Mrs.
cCormick's decision to run for this
particular office. As . candidate
for governor, she would have had to
buck the resuscitatsd Thompson
Small combination with its various
allied combinations in Cook county
and the chances were against her.
Now she is able to appeal to the
whole state Is . candidate for an
office which the mac Inc will not
begrudge her and which will give
her % good IN opportunity to
strengthen herself il she desires to
70 on into the Senate. Already
Thompson has declared his support
and with other influences she is as
sured Of the Chicae vote.
There is . deep mutual hatred
between Mrs. Mccormick md Gov
ernor Small but Small would not
oppose her publicly in the face of
Thompson's stand. But although
the double cross, rs everyone
knows is the trademark Of Illinois
politics, especially in Chicago, Mrs.
Mccormick, with her long expert
ence and close contacts, probably
ca. avoid it, blighting effects.
Although wise enough not to
start without some assurances Of
regular support. Mrs. Mccormick
is going to m:ke . fighting, inten-
sive campaign through the state,
penetrating ev3ry ounty and
speaking Is often as she can.
i will be Z revelation to some Of
the uninitiated 70 see the lady in
action and her campsig. is ex-
pected to be unique. She plans
completely to avoid personalities
unless forced upon her and will
undertake to "sell he II" to the
electorate. Her speeches will be
short and snappy and she will not
attempt to stuff the voters with
promises.
At the same time SIZE will under.
take to make every Il: Of voters
see that she understand. their
problems. Mrs. :CoYmick ought
to be pretty successful 1T this, Tor
sincerity and an absence Of cant
and hypocrisy are among her
strongest assets.
To Z friend, Mrs. Mccormick re-
Gently remarked that she hoped to
wage . "bunkless campaik..." IF
she does and her performance
will stand out IS one Of the most
astonishing achievements in recent
political history.
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Make Fires Passe

Martinez, California, a town Of 5000 popu-
lation, has fire loss record that leads not
only the state Of California, but perhaps the
United States by wide margin. In the year
ended August !, last, the total loss was but
$165-less than three cents per capita.
A record like this is worth emulating and
can be emuated. 1t proves that fire loss is
not natural evil impossible to do away with,
but an entirely unnecessary one that can be
intelligently controlled to the point where it
practically disappears. Today, what Martinez
has done is considered remarkable, and it should
be. But it should not be long before every town
and city in the country can show minimized
fire losses.
Fire loss is almost wholly caused by care
lessness. Educate and interest the public, and
we will have more records like that of Mar
tinez.
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One Corporations Respect For the Law
(Minneapolis Journal)

Recently one of the large corporations EN-.
gagged in the manufacture of motorcars enter.
tanned two hundred newspaper guests at its
proving grounds in Detroit. Naturally it was
eager to entertain them with Astounding hos.
pitality. And yet the head Of the corporation
in his little welcoming talk to the guests, said
something like this:
You are most welcome. We want you to
enjoy and profit by your trip to the ut
most. We shall leave nothing undone to
that end. But there is the matter of liq-
uor to be considered. You are free to
drink, if you like and as you like We
shall not criticize or blame any of you who
do. But let me make it plain that our
company will not buy or furnish one drop
Of intoxicants of any sort for you, while
you are our guests. AS Americans we be-
lieve in obedience to the law, and we shall
not be party in any way to violation Of the
Volstead Act.
And the announcement was lived up to
strictly. Too often on such occasions hosts,
corporate or individual, believe them
selves bound by the laws of hospitality to fur
nish their guests with liberal and lively pota-
tons. Even when they do not themselves in
dulge, hosts set it before their guests. The
results are sometimes deplorable- it is all
done in the sacred name of hospitality.
1t is refreshing to find one corporation, and
that very large one, whose responsible Off
:ers believe the statute laws Of the country
more sacred than the laws Of so-called hospital
ty. Here is an example to be followed in all
,uch gatherings whether inspired by business
motives, by social objects or whatever.
Many guest drinks, because q host offers.
Many = host offers, because he thinks his
quest expects. Both should take their stand
y Americans on respect for law. Both should
refuse, the one to offer, the other to accept,
hat which involves violation Of the law Of the
and. That law can be changed, when and II
he majority desire It changed. Until that
Inv. let u - Americans obaerye It faithfully.
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story. "Here, folks, is whsre
!" And so on.

First it was Meaux. u it possible
the Germans were once 20 close to
Paris and all tho world stood trem-
bling? Remember the taxicab army
that saved the city? Then it,
Chateau Thierry and, after q long
ride through farm scattered plain,
the white crosses Of Belleau Woods.
Belleau Woods, where today the
trees rustic - gently as spring rain
falls upon the roof. At the fringes
of the wood you stop and shiver,
that is if you have an imagination.
It isn't hard to know what might
happen to any army that tried to
take that wood. And there are the
graves to prove it, and just beyond
the neat stone house Of the CART
taker.
Then there's Dormans, where the
eight German regiments tried to
cross. The Marine runs sluggishly
along and half = dozen fishermen
bangle lines in the water, but catch
nothing. Epernay, and finally
bloody verdun.
<A44 0OVOU WO5kOGS AtV$O ~ V0RO1
talking in hushed whispers. Now
and then someone stops and plants
q few flowers before . cross. Now
and then = man stops and takes off
his hat and studies for q moment
the few feet Of earth and shakes
his head, a. though unable to COM
prehend.
And q you look about, perhaps
you shake your head and find it
hard to comprehend. For ct your
side are two Germans and they are
looking about where the German
dead lie buried. And they are shak-
ing their heads. They cannot UNDER
stand.
Ten years afterward, We al
stretch and get back into automo-
biles. And we ride and ride and
come to Paris and hear bands play.
And get out and stretch and 60 to
q bar and stand silent over our beer
IS we remember pockmasked hill
sides and regiments Of white crosses
at attention. Hours a{terward, o.
write, ! find myself shaking my
head. Still trying to understand.
GILBERT SWAN.
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powerful wearing on a man to have
to live up to wife who just hangs
on his words, trembles when he
frowns, and weeps with delight when
he smiles at her. Pity you can't
take love and marriage with sense
Of humor, but l reckon the Lord
didn't have too much humor handy
when he made wives"
Marriage seems to be humorous
to everyone but those who are mar
ried," Faith answered YEARLY, too
accustomed to Aunt Hattie's acidu-
lous tongue to be offended. II sup
pose you would advise me to fall
out Of love with Bob so that he and
! both could be more comfortable ?'
IF you fell out of love with him
you couldn't endure the sight Of
him." Aunt Hattie rctorted wisely.
"Nor he the sight of you. But If
you could just let up little on him,
quit looking at him with dying
calf eyes"
"Aunt Hattie" Faith took the
plunge desperately, "do you think
Bob is still in love with Cherry /?
The way he looks at her! And he
acts like crazy person when She s
out with another man, as she is to-
night"
"Guess he'll always have a little
itch for Cherry, since he never got
her." Aunt Hattie conceded with
relentless honesty. mo use beating
about the bush. It's your job to see
that he never does get her-or
what's more like it, that she never
gets him.
NEXT: Aunt Hattie discourses
further on love and marriage.
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Old Masters

Once did She hold the gorgeous
East in fee,
And was the safeguard Of the West:
the worth
Of Venice did not fall below her
Venice, the eldest city Of liberty.
She , was . maiden city. bright and
No guile ssduced. no force could
violate;
And, when she took unto herself !
She must espouse the everlasting
S6a.
And what il she had seen those
glories fade,
Those titles vanish, and that
strength decay;
Yet shall some tribute Of reeret b
When her long life hath reached its
final day:
Men aye We, and must sriev4 when
even the shade
Of that which once was great. ID
posed away.
Wordsworth: On the Extinction
Of the voqetian Republic.
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dNew Yorker
GO IL Paris 30

Verdun, Oct. 13.-Ten years after
ward we all got out Of automobiles
and stretched.
We looked about at the gentle
slopes where the great pockmarks
Of war still disfigure the face of .
lovely countryside. So this was the
bloody sector in war that, some-
how, seems almost never to have
been.
Had it not been for the white
monotony Of crosses upon hills the
countryside would have seemed dedi-
Gated to the memory Of forgotten
springs and wildflowers. There is
a regularity to the rows Of graves
that tells you how time has sped
time for efficiency and burial
and landscape gardening; time for
new branches to burst upon over
hanging trees; time for new life to
appear upon the hillsides and grow
old and die; time for all that another
summer has born to die in a radiant
lavender and rose with the coming
of autumn.
In the Rue Auber, Paris, fellow
stops you and thrusts cards into
your hand, repeating: "See the bat
tlefields. d. See the battlefields."
just around the corner from the
American Express half 4 dozen
sightseeing automobiles draw up
and other fellows slip cards into
your hand and chant. "Dunt
fail to see the battlefields!"
In every spoke that radiates from
the Place de l'Opera are other wait
ing cars. Trains run regularly in
every direction. Tourist agencies
arrange endless itineraries.
And in the end, whatever road
you take, you come to the land Of
sloping hillsides and white crosses
standing at eternal attention. And
then you remember there was q
war. And you remember q friend,
and another friend and another.
Along the sloping hillsides groups
wander. And when they converse
they talk in whispers, as though this
were a funeral or q church service,
They walk around in that sort Of
lost fashion that strangers have
when they are in q strange and
embarrassing land. From the seats
Of automobiles the raucus voice Of
the spieler spurts the sing SONG
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Welded Folk

A crusty old bachelor Of an English magis-
trate the other day fined a married couple be-
cause they had a slanging match on the out
side of their home He said the proper place
for that kind of thing was inside the house,
with doors bolted and windows closed, SO that
it would not disturb the neighbors.
He would have done we'll to remember an old
French wheeze which runs something like this
Betrothal period:
He talks. She listens.
Honeymoon period:
She talks. He listens.
After life:
Both talk. The neighbors listen.
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A Thought

Render therefore to all their
dues.-R0mans 1887.
X X
A tender conscience is a stronger
obligation than prison. - Thomas
Fuller.
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Justajingle

He walked on through the murk,
night.
No brightness was about.
He crashed into a pole and then
A flock of stars came out.
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to stimulate the breathing and the
heart.
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NEXT: Aunt Hattie discourses
further on love and marriage.
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The Washington times., 1927-12-24

that than dancing for the mob"
said Ted, in q depressed sort or
way.
Sally's eyes widened. "I don't
see anything wrong about doing
that, either" she said bluntly.
John Nye had a fit over my do
ing it, just az you did. and just
as my mother did. But I never
could see what was so awful
about it. myself"
"Well, I'll tell you why I hated
to sec you do It," Ted answered.
"I couldn't help noticing the way
the men all looked at you-and
hated the notion of their eyes GO
ing all over you--like flies crawl
ing all over you, somehow"
Shocked, Sally stared at him,
her hands in mid.air, holding a
can of red pepper and a spoon.
She never had thought OF that in
her shoulders and kicked up her
light little heels around the big
dining room. She had thought
the men who came there to eat
were watching her dancing, not
the 1.-the young body. ITO the
pure all things are pure"
"Oh!" said Sally, and her voice
was very small. ''I see."
She wondered IL that was why
John Nye had been so angry and
Disguised with her--because she
had made Of herself q. target for
mems eyes. Was that why he
had said to her: "This Is a fine
thing for you to be doing!" in
that rough. harsh way?
Because he hated to see the
sister Of the woman he was in
love with, cheaper herself by
dancing in public? Was
that itg
''No fellow likes to see other
men giving his girl the once.
over" Ted's voice was running
on, close to her. when a fell
lows crazy about a girl he wants
her all to himself. and he doesn't
want her to do anything that
folks might criticize her for. It's
all right for the other fellows
girl to smoke and drink and flirt,
and so on. but"
Don't talk any more Billy
Sunday stuff to mel" Sally
blazed out at him. "I don't
smoke and drink and flirt, and
I'm not going to be scolded for
things I don't do! You make me
sick, Ted Sloan! I danced for
the money there was in it. The
money for Aunt Em and me-and
1t was you who put me up to IL!
Now, you just take your little
lecture course and run alonS!"
Go Be Continued Tuesday,
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a brighter green and had more
nickel on 1t than the one be-
longing to Avis.
Emily had noticed of late that
not many names of Anne's old
friends were printed in the soci.
ETY. column account of affairs
she gave. but that more impos-
ing ones--some from the River
Road-wers taking the place Of
those. And she had heard it
said the Morrowa were thinking
of moving out OF their home
on Brooksids and into one of
the villas out toward Rossiter's.
Every day she would catch
sight of Judge Morrow through
the dusty windows of his office
almost across the street from
the shop. He looked exactly as
he always had and sometimes
she wondered If the judging bust.
ness paid SO awfully well,
She knew, OF course, that
Morrow was a great parsonage.
The Lyall Star always called
him that sterling citizen and
The Washington times., 1927-12-24
By Beatrice Burton

DEYoND him, against the dark.
- ness shone the headlights of
his little automobile.
IT want to see you" He formed
the words silently with his mouth,
and his gray eyes pleaded.
But Sally shook her head
No use to see him any more, she
thought. What use was there in
patching up their quarrel? Friend
or enemy, he meant nothing to
her. Her lack of sorrow over
their misunderstanding of the
afternoon had shown her that all
too plainly.
''Please!' He was begging her
now, and she could catch the
sound Of his voice as he spoke.
She opened the door a tiny
crack. TOO late TO talk tonight.
Call me up tomorrow If you like"
she said duly to him. I'm not
angry"
She wasn't angry. She was hurt.
Now. that she had had
a chance to think 1t over, she
simply felt like laughing at some
OF the things he had said. Offer.
ing to marry her now that she
had stopped dancingl
"As IL / ever would have mar.
ried him, anyway she said to
herself, scornfully, watching him
go down the steps and vanish into
a small. crealxing car. "Who
does he think he tsp
Aunt En was sitting at the
head Of the stairs, listening, when
she went up once more. An old
and pathetic figure, somehow, in
her nightcap and queer old plaid
bathrobe.
Tied Sloan-wasn't it?" she
asked, and Sally nodded, dropping
down beside her for q minute,
He wanted to talk to mel
suppose he's been riding around,
worrying about our fuss, ever
since this afternoon, she said.
II told him to call me up tomor.
row. / hope he doesn't. 1t won't
do him any good. Nothing he
ever can say or do will make me
like him. don't like him and I
never will"
You still think about that Nye,
don't your" asked Aunt Em
sharply.
Sally barely nodded her dark
and lovely head. II can't help
II" she said softly, solemnly.
You said I'd get over it--and /
swore ] would. But don't"
Silence in the big house, where
the sweet odors Of dried rose
leaves and pine needles fought
with the smell Of boiled coffee
and broiled chickens constantly.
And the worst Of It 10 that he
sees me just as Ted does-as q
disgraceful creature who shimmied
In a public restaurantr' she
sighed keenly. Gosh! We've sure
wrecked ourselves. haven't WEI"
CHAPTER LXI
Ted was true to his promise to
come back the next day. For at
half past five his little car came
rafting and juggling and wheez-
ing into the back yard. and
stopped beside Aunt Emily's bed
Of flaming red saliva.
Sally saw him jump out and
rush around ths house at top
speed.
She hearI his voice In the front
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SALLY'S SHOULDERS

hall, loudly and chserfully asking
Aunt Emily where that good
looking dancer Of hers was"
The dancer was out IN the
kitchen helping with the salads,
looking not at all like a dancer,
good-looking or otherwise. at that
moment.
She had q white cap pulled
away down over her hair. and
a white apron buttoned around
her slim, graceful figure. She was
measuring olive oil into a yellow
bowl and did not look up when
Ted burst into the warm, bright,
cluttered room.
"Hello!" he said. his voice and
his eyes filled with eagerness.
Going to talk to me today?"
"One-two-three," said Sally.
counting the spoonfuls OF green
gold oil. "Why, yes, go right
ahead with anything you want to
say, Ted" She looked up then,
and shot Ted a humorous look
from her deep. blue eyes.
He looked back at her help
iessly. pleadingly. Then he waved
one of his square, freckled hands
in the direction of Hilda, the lit
tile waitress. who was stuffing
celery with Roquefort cheese paste
at the table under the windows.
How can l talk to you here?"
he asked quietly.
How can ! say all the things
that want to say to YOU with
this girl listening in?" his eyes
asked Sally. going from her to
Hilda's innocent white.linen back
that was turned to the room.
But Sally pretended not to see
what was in his eyes at that mo.
ment. go right ahead. Ted" she
ing"
1t was not o nice thing for her
to do. But eirls have been known
to do just such cruel things to
men when they don't happen to
care particularly for them-and
sometimes when they do!
Cant you stop this work for a
minute and come out on the front
porch or some place where can
see you alone?" Ted asked. trown-
ing. Here, i've come all this
way to ses You this afternoon
quit work early and everything
and now YOU wort talk to me-"
WHY, YES. will" answered
Sally, "onlv can't stop what TIM
doing. This French dressing has
got 70 he ready to pour over the
salads at o'clock. and I've got
to be dressed. too. by that time.
Tn going to wait on table to-
night"
well. ia rather see you doing
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prominent politician" and quoted
his opinion on everything.
And once when the opposing
newspaper, The Item, said some
scathing things about the Judge.
Emily asked Marty for informa-
ton.
whats q party machine
Martyr"
"OrganlZed politics. Why?"
"Well. The Item said Judge
Morrow controlled 1t and called
him The Boss. "
"Ok course. They don't like
him." Humor CLEANED in the
tawny eyes; he was painstak.
insly condescending. Better not
bother with that, EN-"
'Oh. because I'm a girl! I
suppose you think women have
no right to be interested In gov.
ernment."
"It'S q mans game. Women
have their homes"
Good homes and good govern.
ment depend on each other" She
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Nou Go On With The Story.

her mind. When King asked her
the next time she would promise
to marry him. And one day they
would take \ little motor trip
somewhere, perhaps up the Bos-
ton Post Road to Greenwich, and
they would come back man and
wife.
All very simple, rather sweet.
Troubles disposed OF then. She
smiled at the ease Of it.
Now she brought up a matter
that long had been on her mind.
Wouldn't II be nice for me to
fix up the house. Muz? I've
thought about it. ! could get
things at cost through Frances
and do all the work myself"
you want to make over the
house, Emmy? You don't like
it?"
"Of course l do. But / thought
well, you see some new paper
and hangings and the floors var
nished. And maybe a picture or
so out of the living room"
The picture she meant was a
crayon enlargement Of a photo.
graph Agnes and Steve had taken
on their honeymoon. 1t was an
astonishing thing framed in gilt
and il dominated the entire room.
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s6WELL. if that's honorable why
w isn't it more so for me to
marry King, whom l like? Even
not loving him, that's higher than
this other. Not fathers mistakes
81 think he would wish this.
Whatever Muz says / think he
would want it this way"
1t occurred to her that she
might marry King, if she had to
marry someone, and win Agnes
over afterward. Agnes would be
hurt. but only at first; when she
saw how happy they'd be she
would feel pleased. Meeting King
and realizing how much finer he
was than Marty would convince
her. She would forgive then and
take it in a nice way.
s. Perhaps Agnes even might come
to the city to live with them.
That would interest her, take her
out of the rut.
And Kitten--why, 1t would end
the problem of Kitten. With a
husband to help manage the mutt.
nous kid sister there'd be no more
worry. Kitten would have to
listen then.
So she almost settled it all in
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Emily had spoken about 1t before,
tentatively, hoping to induce her
mother to hang 1t away.
Agnes looked up with her chin
trembling. You're ashamed of
your home, Emmy? What would
your poor father say? You're
getting too grand for your
home"
Emily kissed her and went on
up to her room. There was a
droop to her shoulders.
CHAPTER 81
Anne Morrow came into the
shop the next day.
She had grown into tall young
woman with q flat figure. and
slightly heavy lids over cool
eyes gave her a look Of great
hauteur.
She made a point of keeping
a jump ahead of the styles. Her
hat was redder and more tilted
than the one with which Avis
Rossiter had astonished the town;
she drove a roadster that was
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This went through her mind as

This went through her mind as
Anne came into the shop and
began to look around. Emily
stepped from the dye room. re-
moving her gloves. and the two
girls came face to face for the
first time since their school days.
Anne decided to be gracious.
so nice to see you. dear. !
don't run across you anywhere"
mo" With a little smile.
"You wouldn't run across me-"
The other girl flushed and drop.
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had heard Frances say that
once. But he wouldn't argue.
'"rhe judge is all right. Don't
worry about him. EN-"
That didn't stop her thinking,
however. Often she had seen
Marty going into Morrow's office
and he was friendly with Anne.
He seemed the one person out.
side the River Road set whom
Anne wished to cultivate. OF
course he would speak well Of
Anne's father.