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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
III
N3W
YORK
@|@l Gilbert Swan

New York, Sept. 18.-New York's
horde Of blind street musicians pro-
vides an interesting study in chang
ing times.
They have gone to the night clubs.
the stage and the music with-your-
drinks resorts. Many costume them
selves after the fashion of floor-show
entertainers. Rarely do the newcom-
ers to the sidewalks appear alone:
they have worked up acts in which
two, three and more instruments are
used. Several three-person blind acts
use an attractive blind girl.
Furthermore, they have figured out
crowd centers and arrange to be at
the congested centers at certain
times. They do not fiddle on q cor
ner for hours on end. Rather they
show up at given points with the reg
ularity Of q vaudeville or radio per-
former catching his time"
Not in~frequently, the more pros
porous may be seen arriving by taxi
cab. While some of them still use
the dear>old-fiddle identified with
wandering street singers for many a
day, most Of them keep their music
up to the minute. They have shiny
locking accordions, well-polished sax
ophones, guitars and banjoS. Their
tunes are right out Of the music show
hits. Their pace through the crowd
is measured, patterned after the vari-
GUS Hawaiian groups or the Italian
street singer aggregations.
X Y X
I am told that they keep in con-
slant rehearsal, changing their in
struments as the public taste changes.
In summer season, they appear in
the streets in trim white linen suits,
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ing his name In the headlines as q
brilliant OF Justice.

ing his am In the headlines as q
brilliant purveyor Of justice.
The trouble is, the case didn't work
out that way. The body Of Ceilings
floated to the surface and all the
circumstances were such as to estab-
lish the truth Of Mrs. Ceilings
strange story.
Blue, who had made little effort
to find the pirates and had blatant
ly announced his disbelief of the
widows story. grilling her constantly
in an effort to prove his wv ideas
Of the case, sent out a hurry call to
search for the men whom Mrs. COL
lings described.
The attorney presents a repellent
spectacle as the case stands now.
The same man who failed to search
for the real culprits had spent his
time grilling an already n~erve-torn
woman.
Yes. The more prominent the
place, the more selfishness and stu.
pidity is likely to stand out.
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ARB

It is a nice thing about men that
If they get it into their heads they
have married q pretty girl they never
see anything to the contrary.-Mrs.
Custer, widow of the general.
An increase in crime is reported in
London. It's hard to fix the blame,
Great Britain being without prohtbi-
ton.
A Kansas paragrapher says Some
women simply were not born to wear
Empress Eugene hats" That ought
to help the sale.
The weather observer Of a Caltfor-
MIA city recently reported tempera-
lures Of 108 to us degrees Fahren-
heit. Knocker!
4 + X
An exchange, in an editorial, con-
dennis the employment Of unmarried
women. A girl should have q hus-
band to support.
The name of the winner Of the Mo-
bel prize is Sir Chrandrasekhara Ven-
kata Raman, and it seems to us that
school pupils should get some kind
Of award for pronouncing 1t.
X 4 X
George Bernard Shaw, comment
ing upon the economic situation In
Great Britain, says the bankers are
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with gay summer ties and jaunty
PanamaS. One group wears white
flannel trousers and natty blue. dou-
ble-breaSted coats.
Then, too, there ire tales OF smart
theatrical entrepreneurs who are said
to get the blind players together and
teach them their act. Even as n
street MINISTRIES would wander into
the barrooms in older times, the
modern version finds its way into the
many Manhattan speakeasies and
picks up many a stray quarter and
dollar.
Little German bands" are back In
the New York streets as never be-
fore. The size Of these vary. usually
containing four or five players. There
are scores scattered over the city, ar
irving in the neighborhood sections
about breakfast time and footing
away until somewhere near the noon
hour.
Most Of these lack the oom-pah,
oom-pah professionalism Of yester-
years German bands. They seem an
noyinrly amateur at times-particu.
larry q group that visits the block
in. which I live and which fairly
murders 1.-THE Blue Danube" 1t oes
slightly better with ROSY O'Grady"
and my Wild Irish Rose" however.
I'm afraid I never will get used TO
the old German band tunes played to
q saxophone lead.
These bands, I am told, are recruit
ed from those jobless gents who have
learned to toot a horn IN the olo
hometown band and who DO mol
wish to resort to downright begging
during hard times.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, 1nc.'
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Not So jolly

Britain's tars are not so jolly
these days at the prospect of a cut
in their pay, necessary to balance
the national budget. And so, while
they cheer for King George to dem
onstrate their loyalty, they conduct
a queer sort of mutiny to make their
d~ispleasure felt. It is just another
bit of evidence that times are chang
ing. for so far no one has been put
in irons and the yardarn1s Of the
ships are bare Of any grim remind
ri that discipline must be main
tanned at all costs.
The government will treat with the
d~isgruntled sailors. Their resentment
at being called upon to take their
share OF England's bitter budgetary
medicine has won for them a partial
victory.
Shades of Lord Nelson and Sir
Francis Drake.
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Stupidity in Office

How stupid public officials can be
sometimes Is illustrated by Alexan-
der Blue.
A large number Of people IN Long
Island, New York, must have thought
MI. Blue q reasonably intelligent
member Of the bar, for they elected
him district attorney. a responsible
public position.
But Mr.. Blue has given clear proof
that they were wrong by the man
ner in which he has mis-handled the
case Of Benjamin Ceilings, young en-
gineer who was killed by modern pi-
rates who boarded his yacht, tied
him hand and foot, and dumped him
into the ocean.
After that they ravaged Ceilings
wife and set her afloat in a leaky
launch: abandoned the yacht with
only the five-year-old daughter Of
the Ceilings aboard.
Mrs. Ceilings told rather q weirc
story. It was weird because. al
though holdups and banditry ART
common on the highways we have
come to think 1t has disappeared
from the seaways. Otherwise it wa:
STRAIGHTFORWARD enough.
Blue chose not to believe It. In hi,
mind. perhaps. there were recollec'
tIons Of the glory which came to TIT
public prosecutor in tho snyder-Gra
murder case, enacted in the same To-
cality. IA that case. 1t will be re-
membered, both Mrs. Snyder and hel
paramour were executed 70. killing
the womans husband.
That case, too, began Is q myster,
and ono can almost picture MI. Blu,
kcking his lips II anticipation Of eco.
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A New Tax Theory

A~h
One of the problems Of mass pro-
duction is that of at just what point
the benefit of low prices and conse-
quent increase in demand begins to
be lost.
If those who control the nations
production could have ascertained
that fact and had acted upon it in
time, the probability is that business
would be rolling merrily along right
now.
And yet, there are politicians who
fail to seek information of a rela-
lively similar nature In connection
with public affairs.
The gasoline tax offers a fine ex-
ample. In North Dakota, where the
gasoline tax has been increased from
one to three cents in less than seven
years, the evenue from the tax has
not increased in proportion. Changes
in the nature Of the law have had a
good deal to do with this, but the
fact remains that, when all these
factors are considered there Is a con-
slant shrinkage in relative returns as
the rate Of taxation mounts. Per-
haps 1t is because, as the tax grows
higher, it becomes more and more
worth the while of those who are so
inclined to think up ways of evading
it.
The states of Missouri and New
Hampshire offer a fine example of
the mass-production rule applied to
taxation.
In neither of these states has the
gasoline tax been increased and yet
the revenue from the tax is con-
stantly expanding. Missouris income
from this source was nearly $780,
600 greater for the first five months
Of 1881 than for the same period in
1880. In New Hampshire the COL
lections have mounted so steadily
that one newspaper has suggested
that it is now time to consider reduc-
ing the rate.
It is a brand new theory when ap-
piled to taxation but which is at
least worth considering.
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except the warfare of women.-Elsie
Mccormick.
\ Y Y
I never believe in interfering with
my children.-Ethel Barrymore.
X \
America has never been quite nor
mal.-Gilbert K. C~hesterton.
y Y Y
We must turn to education as a So
cial vaccination against industrial
ill.-Dean William F. Russell.
Y X Y
The only human problems that can
be definitely disposed of are those
concerned with the dead.-Hugo Glib
son.
X X X
There are few men who run their
business; as a rule their business runs
them.-Henry L. Doherty.
X X X
There's M horrible thing In this
world Of ours, and that's monotony.
&C. F. Kettering.
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itself the germ Of future wars, whe-
ther strong or weak, shall be OPP
pressed, q peace in which effective
guarantees shall protect the society
of nations against all aggression on
the part Of one among them-these
are the noble war aims of France,
if one can speak of war aims when
it is a question of a nation which,
during A years, despite her open
wounds, has done everything in order
to spare humanity the horrors of war,
"As long as these aims are not
reached France will continue to
fight"
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEN
Editor, Journal Of the American
Nadsra1 A@snciatinn

NxCU1Cd1 n80VCA0t4VA1
There is no royal road to health by
means Of any daily dozen, or any 9TH
er exercise formula promoted by some
former trainer Of prize fighters with
the aid of good advertising agencies.
The chief advantages Of exercise are
that the body's general chemistry and
physiology are stimulated, the circu-
lation is aided and the elimination
encouraged. There r no magical
formulas in exercise that will guar
antee freedom from disease or the
presence Of what is commonly called
pep" vim, vigor and vitality. The
latter characteristics seem to be Just
as much a part Of the mental dispo-
sition as Of the physical state.
The big attraction in the field Of
exercise for everyone over college age
at this time is golf. Courses appear
as If by magic on the outskirts OF
even the smallest towns. Every Sat-
urday afternoon and Sunday father
puts on his short pants and hies HIM
self to the pastures where the gutta
percha pellet. is pursued hither ana
thither and mostly thfther.
Every year SO or go veterans drop
dead Of heart disease through over
strain in this mild form Of exercise,
but the casualty list is slight COM
pared with that Of motor cars upon
the roads. Millions of tempers are
lost In bunkers and sandtraps but
the first good drive o putt brings
that smile Of contentment that even
the worst of golfers may enjoy occa-
sionaIy. Doctors may take their golf
seriously. Many a physician now
adays prescribes golf for his patients.
There is much to be said of the game
as to its health giving qualities. It
provides muscular activity, sunlight,
outdoor air, coordination Of muscle
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Official City, State and County
Newspaper
Seeking a WAY Out

Industry Is conducting an inten-
Sive study Of ways and means to
combat unemployment. It is a most
difficult economic problem. There
are forms of insurance participated
in by capital and labor alone withi
out government interference which
might work out. A definite plan
has been suggested by Gerard Swope,
president Of the General Electric,
and has been presented to the Asso-
citation of Electrical Engineers.
He proposes a very close coopera-
tion between industry and the en-
ployes. His plan means the setting
aside each year for old-age pension
and unemployment relief a minimum
of fifty dollars a year to be matched
by industry for each man employed.
There Is to be no government con-
tribution to the funds which would
place upon the plan the faint Of q
dole, but he proposes that the insur-
ance fund so set up by the great in
dustries be supervised by q bureau
of the Federal Department Of Com
merce. He suggests that this type
of insurance be handled by some of
the present agencies or that indus
try set up a special corporation to
handle and administer old-age and
unemployment insurance.
His plan also proposes greater CO.
operation between industrial units
so as to regulate and stabilize indus
try. He frankly admits that govern
mental regulation prevents industry
from sterilization through the regu-
lation of competition. Some very
wasteful features of competition have
contributed largely to the present
predtcament in which industry, labor
and capital alike find themselves.
The electrical engineers in session
recently, addressed by some of the
great leaders in industry, emphasized
the point that too little attention
had been paid to the human rela-
tions between employer and en-
ployee.
The present economic impasse
brings homo to everyone that there
must be more cooperation between
capital and labor. Both sides must
| give and take in the major effort to
restore good times. The worker, too,
must be insured against hunger and
distress.
Millions poured into charity funds
today. had they been properly used
years ago in times Of plenty, would
have prevented much Of the present
chaos.
Mr.. swope's plan Is worthy Of
earnest consideration.
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Daily Health Service
Unusual Demands on Heart Cause It
to Enlarge
Golf Recommended by Some Doctors

action and OF the special senses,
healthful perspiration ana MANY 9TH
er important factors. AS with every
other sport, 1t cannot be played sue
cessfully when the player is fatieued
either in mind or body. When Va
are very tired we become irritable
and slightly unbalanced. When the
golf player gets too tired he blows
up"
AS mankind turns more and more
to outdoor sports, Psychologists and
physicians give increasing attention
to the action Of the heart. The heart
Is but n Of the organs Of the hui
man body, however, and any change
that affects the rest Of the body is
likely to affect the heart at the same
time. When unusual demands are
placed upon the heart, it will, like
other organs, enlarge to accommo-
date those demands. A severe sud-
den effort thrown suddenly upon the
heart unused to work may result in
sudden acute enlargement. The
hearts Of persons Of ordinary body
build, indulging In ordinary amounts
VI cAcICISc, nave IOt Oeeu 1Ou0o Oy
Investigators to be enlarged over
those Of persons who do not exercise
but rather to have somewhat better
functional capacity. In other words,
exercise for pleasure does not cause
enlargement Of the heart, but on the
contrary produces q. strengthening Of
the whole organism.
Competitive athletics, however, pro-
vide q different observation. Oars.
men, swimmers and marathon rum
ners are found to have hearts en-
larged beyond the normal. Skiers ana
bicycle racers have hearts that are
larger. Football players and
boxers show relatively little change
in the heart and fencers apparently
none.
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The Growing School
est. Paul Dispatch)

Several significant conclusions can
be drawn from the 1880 Census re-
ports on the country's school popula-
ton recently published by the Census
Bureau. Above all these statistics
show a general increase in school at
tendance in the United States during
the past decade.
Over Is million persons between the
ages of S and 20 years were going to
school when the count was made last
Spring. Ten years ago the figure was
q million. This means that in the
interval schools had to be built,
teachers hired, and equipment bought
to accommodate five million addition
al pupils.
Naturally the age group having the
largest percentage of its members in
school was that of children between Z
and 13 years old. That IS per cent of
this group was in school when the
last census was taken as compared to
80 per cent in 1920. is an indication
VI Vic SC11CIdA CICl1O. SNA4AlCoOtd CdIl
boast SO per cent Of this group in the
State was attending classes during
the count.
During the past decade there has
been an unprecedented increase in
school attendance among the older
age groups, clearly indicating that
more youths are continuing their edu-
cation beyond the grades than ever
before. The most significant change
Is seen in the group 81 years of age
and over, in which the attendance
Jumped from 344.O O in 1920 to over a
million in 1890. In Minnesota alone
for this period the figures leaped from
II 1000 to 10000.
These last statistics are reflected in
the enormous advance in college and
university enrollments which has
characterized highe education in
America since the war. The past dec
AIDE has undoubtedly multiplied the
complexities Of our civilization and
increased competition, thereby de-
manding q more highly trained prep
aratiou for Life.
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Sunday each Of them tried scrup.
ulously to give the impression Of
being utterly ~unworried. Prepare.
ton and serving Of tho dinner, the
bulky Sunday newspaper to be
sorted over and read. helped this
deception. Mark dropped to the
davenport In the afternoon and
took = nap. Toward evening they
put on wraps and went out into the
cool cir for = walk.
Monday morning brought the In.
evitable problem. Where was Mark
to ind work. He breakfasted as
usual. put on hat and coat and de-
parted. Shortly before six he re-
turned. Norma, aware Of his pride,
asked no questions.
THREE days passed, then four.
l Each AZ hours became a dreary
repetition Of the one before. Nor.
ma. so anxious to be helpful, 80
eager to hear bad news as well as
the good, was wise enough to wait
for Mark to speak. She knew
pocketing his pride was for Mark
the hardest struggle.
A week went by in this fashion.
Presently Norma noticed that each
night Mark was scanning the news
paper "help wanted" columns. She
noticed he set the alarm clock for
half an hour earlier. What struck
her painfully In the Transformation
taking place was tho disappearance
Of the gay alertness from his eyes,
loss Of the old brisk confidence. He
talked less. fell into moody silences
that lasted = long while.
Displays Of irritability were less
frequent. Marks lips were hard.
ening into q firm line. Sometimes
Norma almost felt the man across
the table was q stranger.
Norma wasted not . penny these
days. She walked blocks to save a
few cents on fruit or vegetables.
She boarded the household money.
Such things were not hardships.
Economizing was something the
grill had done all her life. What
terrified her. turned days and
nights into nerve-shattering ordeals.
was tho fear Of what should come
when the last Of their money was
gone. Only a little remained. What
would they do when that had van.
ished?
There was less than S. in Nor
mas purse as she stood at the meat
counter Of her favorite store one
Thursday afternoon. Rent would
be due in another week. It had
been paid in advance for the first
month. Payment Of the coming
rent bill had been on the girls
mind all day.
Bother! She couldn't possibly
get $15-one weeks installment-
out Of that s. in her purse. II they
were to be put out Of the apart.
ment they would be put out. That
was all there was to It! With un.
accustomed recklessness Norma Sc.
lected . choice cut Of steak. She
told herself she and Mark were 30
near tho brink now that nothing
mattered.
Regret overwhelmed her as soon
as she had paid the bill and started
home. As she opened tho door Of
tho apartment 10 minutes later
something made her glance about
quickly.
MARK" she cried. "how you
startled me! didn't think you'd
come 50 soon!"
The young man was standing
across the room. Sorry" he said.
Didn't expect 70 b here myself
J but I had Z piece Of luck"
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ECAURACOU
/BRQOKMAN
= Author Of.
SMAD MARRIAGE"

"You mean-is it q job?'
Mark nodded. He was somber,
unsmiling. "Wait until you hear
the rest Of It," he said, 'befors you
begin cheering. It's q Job all right.
Floor walker at Blossomdale's!
Yes, Madam-infants' wear on the
third -oor! Indigestible chocolate
drops. two aisles to the right. Gar.
den hose? Yes. ma'am. you'll find
it in the hosiery department. Step
right this way!'"
ORMA tried to laugh. She knew.
- Mark didn't think it funny in
the least. She knew he was bitter.
" resentful and the burlesque was
venomous. It was her duty to win
him from this mood.
So she said with forced gaiety,
you won't sell ME garden hose or
indigestible chocolate drops! Well.
darling, no one can deny there's 4
lot Of standing that goes with the
job Of floor walker. Hail the nsw
merchant prince!"
They celebrated that evening -
not at the motion picture theatsr
but with q dinner party just TOR
two. Norma sent Mark to the store
for mushrooms and whipping
cream. She made his favorite SAL
ad and topped OF the meal with
coffee that was ambrosial. The
scent of that coffee did as much as
anything to put young Travers in q
cheerful frame Of mind. He even
joked about their poverty as Norma
poured the second cup.
The girl was radiant. TITS the
turning point" she told herself.
"Everything's going to be all right
now" She was singing az she
cleared the dishes from the table.
Mark wiped them. The two were
as happy as they had been on any
Of their extravagant evenings at
Blue Springs. Thirty-fve dollars q
week seemed as big as $500 had
before.
Hell get along!" Norma assured
herself. Marks going to make
good!"
He was OF next morning at eight
o'clock: tired but in good spirits
when he returned at six. A mum.
Der Of interesting events had hap
pened during the day. A huge de-
partment store, Mark was to dis
cover. was an absorbing institution.
The first day had proved an eye.
opener. Successive days were each
to hold new experiences.
It was hard work but for the
first time Mark Travers was seeing
a side Of life he had never known.
Some Of the anecdotes he related
were amusing. Some were pathetic
and others showed how jealousy.
egotism and q dozen other weak.
nesses Of the. human family are
barred IN their daily barter.
Each day brought Saturday near.
er when Mark was to receive tho
coveted $36. Fifteen OF those dol.
lars would 30 for q weeks rent.
| The major worry on Norma's hori.
zon had been removed when she
learned the rent money was secure.
Nothing seemed 30 important as
maintaining the roof over their
heads.
Tho eventful evening finally
came. Norma wore one Of her
prettiest house frocks. She ran to
tho door and threw It open as she
heard Marks footsteps in the hall
He stood before her. grinning.
SSurprise!" Travers exclaimed.
"Shut your eyes. Norma. and count
tent"
(To BE Continued)
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Quotations

We are ready to assume govern
mental power any time.-Adolph Hit
Ter.
y y \
The only difference between stag
nation ana death Is that in death one
is mourned by ones friends.-Bishop
Charles e. Woodcock.
y y
Nearly every type Of warfare in the
world has become somewhat civilized