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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-24
Ann. angd" ceeay said dinner grand Thanh you mil

sneer?) come first with you. Ann.
and always have" \
NO." she began, that isn't true.
1t isn't my fault" Phil had
turned and was going. Phil. had
gone! Gone? Right OF like that
without kissing her good night?
Phil had gone. II he had purposely
omitted the kiss It wouldn't matter
so much. But she feared. she seri.
ously feared. that he had simply
walked away and forgotten all
about It.
PARRY. driving and intent on the
- polished black pavements ahead.
did not see Philip standing back
from the corner. puflng at his pipe
and waiting for the street car. But
Philip saw him and felt q small
satisfaction because Barry. too. had
left the Fenwick's house early.
Suppose" Philip went on think.
Ing. as he watched tho small red
light dim into the darkness. that
I'd hailed him, and cadged q ride
home. and said to him on the way,
Don't fall in love with Cecily Fen.
wick. Don't ever 60 there again.
You can stop now. Later you may
be unable to stop. There's no use
In falling in love with q Fenwick
girl. You start out brave and gay
and ind yourself on q treadmill.
You never arrive anywhere. Stop
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Fort Lincoln Will
: Have Christmas Eve
Program for Riddles

Fort Lincoln's annual Christmas
tree and program for children and
soldiers OF the post will be held at Z
o'clock tonight at the post, it has
been announced.
Entertainment will include quartet
singing Of familiar carols and violin
and piano solos. Santa Claus will be
on hand to distribute gifts from a
large lighted tree to more than Is
children of the post. The gymnasium
has been decorated with greenery and
red and green festoons for the occas-
ion.
4 Arrangements for the event are be-
ing made by the wives of officers at
the post. Mrs. Wallace Mcnamara,
Mrs. John r. Oswalt, Mrs. F. A. Byrne,
and Mrs. II. r. Tourtillott are in
charge Of the wrapping and distribu-
ton Of gifts; Mrs. A. G.. Young, Mrs
H. e. Stow, Mrs. G. N S. Ballou and
Mrs. Oscar A. Hansen comprise the
buying committee; and Mrs. Bird Lit
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Daily Health Service
MUMPS ALSO ATTACK ADULTS
Disease Most Common in Winter and Spring and May
Result in Secondary Trouble for Grown-Ups

individual. Records indicate that
mumps Is one of the most infectious
OF all such diseases.
Children from five to Is are more
likely to be infected than are others,
but cases frequently occur among
grown-ups, particularly in dormitories
or institutions. Mumps is seen mcs..
commonly in the spring and winter.
but may occur at any season. Men
are infected more frequently than are
women. Fortunately the complica-
tions Of mumps are not serious. ex-
cept In rare cases in which secondary
Inflammation of the sex glands oc-
ours.
When mumps develop, the patient
should at once be kept away from
other people, particularly young chill
dren, during the time when the glands
are swollen. In the prevention of
mumps, the blood of people who have
recently had the disease may be in
jected, but the procedure is not COM
monty practiced because the disease
itself is not ordinarily serious. Ger
tainly the handkerchiefs and any 9TH
er apparel that is soiled with the nose
and throat secretions of the patients
should be boiled and thus freed from
the menace Of conveying the infec-
ton.
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A Guide to Good Cheer

"A UulQe 10 UOO0 OneeT
One of the nations business lead.
ers In a recent discussion of the
proper psychology for the moderr
man, offers the following sugges.
ton:
"Get up in the morning and say
Thank you, God, for what I have,
instead of Please, God, give me 9
lot more"
TRY to make somebody happy fol
the day before leaving the house"
Disregard the weather. You can;
do anything about it anyhow"
go out to give and not to get
Don't engage in pessilnistie
talk"
Forget yourself and think Of the
other fellow"
BE a booster instead of a kicker"
BE convinced that you are in the
best town in the world"
Finally, enlist all of your think
ing in your favor instead Of against
you."
Granted that it may be difficult at
times, the idea Is worth trying. The
man who can do these things or who
tries to do them Is liable to come to
the conclusion that life isn't SO bad
after all.
And a good many Of the folks whose
Merry Christmas" has the ring of
sincerity in 1t probably have been do
ing that very thing for long time.
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Depression and France

One Of the interesting points at is
sue these days is whether the con-
tinued world business depression Is
going to affect the French attitude
toward German reparations-and. II
50, how.
French business, long flourishing
is beginning to stagger. The current
issue OF the Business Conditions
Weekly of the Alexander Hamilton
Institute points out that the adverse
balance OF trade is increasing, unem-
ployment is mounting and business
houses are watching their profits
shrink.
II this continues, will 1t persuade
the French to adopt more liberal
attitude on the reparations question?
Or will it merely tighten their. insist
ence that Germany pay every cent
she owes? On the answers to these
questions depends. to q very great
extent, the economic stability of Eur
ope in the immediate future.
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short tonight and forget 1t. I wish
someone had warned me-eight
years ago. Fat lot OF thanks Nc
Keel would give me-now. Pity,
though. He is young-some fool
ideals, Of course-but on the whole
intelligent. He had known the
Bronte quotation: I have seen the
sea and York Cathedral Stop short
tonight and forget 1t, Well-why
not? What was the epigram? II
advice is good. why give it away!
All, the bunk! But-why not? Rot!
Stop short and forget it."
He knocked his pipe out against
a tree In the parking. and stepped
forward to hail the coming street
car.
CECILY tapped on AIMS door and
~ opened 1t. Ann was standing in
front Of her bureau, her fingers dy'
ing about through the dark curling
coils Of her hair lit was a nuisance,
and heavy. and hard to flnd hats
for. but Phil insisted that she
should not cut it,. pulling ont the
hairpins.
"Ann, angel" Cecily said. dinner
was grand. Thank you q million
times"
Ann did not turn. "Yes," she
said. Il thought 1t seemed very
good-all but the chowder."
Everything was good" said ce.
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(Officfal City. State and County
Newspaper)
Foreign Representative
SMALL, SPENCER, LEV1NGS
&, BREWER
Uncorporated)
A Link Is Severed

A LINK Is Severed
Death of Joseph Dietrich Tuesday
severed one of the few remaining
links which bind the Bismarck of to-
day to the struggling city OF long ago
In way, Dietrich was the strong
est link, for he was one of the men
who was active in this territory In
the days before Bismarck, oldest Mis-
souri, river city in North Dakota
came into being.
His lifetime saw the dreams of the
early days translated into the .reali-
ties Of the presents In making a
good many Of those dreams come true
he played an active role, for he was
ever a progressive citizen working for
the upbuilding of his community.
TO review the life of Joseph Diet
rich is to scan, in large measure,
the history of western North Dakota.
He knew it when it was a wilderness,
ruled only by warlike tribes Of In
dams. He lived to know it also rs
the home of hundreds of thousands
of his own people, a fertile land
where the rude law of the frontiers
man had given way to orderly courts
and processes.
Dietr:ch'S passing serves to em-
phasize anew how close we are to the
frontier here in North Dakota and
the wonderful strides that have been
made. It calls to mind the debt we
owe to him and his fellows for hav-
ing suffered the pains of pioneering
that we, who have come after him,
might enjoy peace, prosperity and
security.
One by one, time takes its toll Of
the pioneers and they, like lesser
men, pass to their rewards. But in
their passing we can pause to pay
them honor and to extend, even
though feebly, the tribute due to
them. y
In q real sense, the death Of Mr..
Dietrich IS severe loss to Bismarck.
It marks the end Of life and the
beginning Of a tradition. Fifty years
from now, perhaps, the energetic
young folk Of today. then old and
tottering, will relate with pride how
they once knew in the flesh one OF
the real pioneers Of North Dakota s
capital.
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NEW
YORK
|!!'!!I :|l

New York, Dec. 24-Notes from q
convenient cuff: OF all things-"Mrs.
Leslie Carter will soon begin a short
tour In 'ZaZa.'" And in the mail
comes word concerning revival OF
Belasco's Girl of the Golden West. u
Only the other day, Fred L. Allen
OF Harper's Magazine was arguing
that we are on our way back to the
Victorian age. =. Allen has recently
written a sort Of history of contemp-
orary times, "Only Yesterday" and he
has been keeping his finger on the
trend of events. Who was 1t
told me he had seen a youngish wom-
an wearing bustle-like skirt just
the other day? And In a speak
easy!
Well, if "Zaza" can come back after
all these years, anything can happen!
What fuss this play kicked up
IN daddy'S days. After the very
modern plays Of the past few years,
"Zaza" must now seem like a Sunday
School production.
And what flock of the "old-tim
ers" have been going back. to the road
again. =. Lou Tellegen is going to
appear in stock. Maude Adams Is
making the rounds. Mrs. FiSke Is
preparing. :. Ethel Barrymore
starts soon. William Gillette
threatens to take Sherlock Holmes"
out Of the mothballs for the last
time. Eva Tanguay has been do
ing vaudeville tour. :. AL Jolson,
although of later vintage, is some
where in "the sticks" Walker
Whiteside is playing the circuits. !.
ans. And it wouldn't surprise me
If heard that David Warfield had
taken a long, deep breath and decid-
ed to take another chance!
The "old cuff" reminds me to make
few remarks on the amazing chang
es in New York night life to be OBJ
served within a single season. !.
The latest arrival on Broadway is the
"Two-Bits Cabaret" And II that
title doesn't tip off the situation, then
nothing does.
Nor is this a facetious monicker.
!. =. There are. it seems, any number
Of dishes to be purchased at 1.-TWO
bits"-25 cents in American money
at this resort. ~. The spot figures
on turnover. Dancing begins
with the lunch-hour crowd and goes
on through the day and into the
night. There's dance floor, a
jazz band and, a floor show. And
insofar as could gather, the only re.
qWrement is that patron spend "six
bits"-or IS cents-on something OF
other If he intends to sit through the
evening. And If anyone had tolc
you two years ago that this coulc
happen on Broadway, you'd have beer
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal of the American
Medical Association

When the glands below and in front
of the ear swell suddenly with the ap-
pearance of fever and without any
other adequate explanation, the con-
dition is probably mumps.
The exact cause Of this disease is
not known, but it is quite certainly in
fictitious. Contact with cases Of the
disease results promptly in the ap-
pearance of other cases. The contact
may be with the secretions from the
nose and throat directly or by contact
with articles contaminated by such Sc.
cretions. The disease usually appears
from IL to 26 days after such con-
tact. In most instances person who
has had mumps once is not likely to
have the disease again, but cases do
occur rarely second time in the same
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Rites for Farmer at
COteau Are Conducted

Coteau, N. D., Dec. 24.-The fu-
neral of Lars T. jacobson, 66, who
dropped dead in a street car IN Seat
tie, Wash, last Friday, were to be
conducted from the Lutheran church
here at 2 p. m. Thursday.
Five children are left. They are
Albert, John and Jacob Of Coteau,
Thomas Of Bowbells, N. D., and Mrs.
Emma Risnes Of Seattle, whom Mr..
jacobson had gone west to visit.
jacobson came to Bowbells in 1899,
homesteading on a farm near that
city and in 1920 entered the mercan-
tile business here. Albert now runs
the mercantile business.
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81 TQRAY a s. s.
A1W9RhR ANWf9RNhtR htRD%$ARR4 %R4
MMs ofE4E
NORWAY'S MARINE LOSS

NONWAx'S MAXINE LOSS
On Dec. "a, 1917, the Norwegian ship
1ngrid II was sunk by either a Ger
man submarine or a mine. This sink
ing set the toll of Norwegian merch-
ant ships at nearly one-third of the
entire fleet of the nation. Only four
members of the crew were saved.
Italian forces were being hard
pushed in the Asiago sector in the re-
gion of Buso Valbella, the Teutons
having pushed past forward positions
of the Italian army. In assaulting
rear positions, however. the enemy
was stopped. Italy's valiant army
pushed back the Austrians from their
foothold on the Piave Vecchio, south
Of Gradenigo.
In compliance with the demand of
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-24
The Moratorium Passes

It was no real surprise to the ma
ton, Of course, when the resolution
declaring the one-year moratorium
on international debts was passed By
the senate and signed by the presi-
dent. That the moratorium would
be approved has been a certainty
since that day last summer when
President Hoover first ascertained
the sentiment of the nations politi-
Cal leaders and then announced his
plan for a debt holiday. The argu-
ments and the big to-do made about
1t at this session have been impor-
tant only In SO far as they tend to
ascertain and align the sentiment ot
the country.
In this connection, two outstand
ing reactions are evident. The peo-
pie at large do not object to the
moratorium but they are strongly op-
posed to the talk Of debt cancella. .
ton which it has engendered. On
that score there can be no doubt
about American sentiment. Much
water will go over the dam and much
stronger arguments than any yet ad-
duced will be offered before the citi-
zenry of the United States favor any
move to have all the cost of the
World war placed on the shoulders
of Uncle Sam.
AS opposed to this view of the gen.
eral public, we have more than u
hint from the international bankers
and leading financiers that further
adjustments" Of the debt situation
will be necessary. Knowing the sen-
timent Of the nation, they say It
apologetieally but they express the
idea in the knowledge that the day
is not far distant when they will be
advocating and urging 1t openly.
Those who read this will live to see
the Gay when the white house win
be told that complete cancellation is
the proper course for this country.
When that day comes the president,
whoever he may be, will have diff
Guilty in obtaining duplicates of the
congressional promises which Hoover
got 50 easily last summer.
Perhaps the thing which most irks
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the average American is the fact that
Europe, while it asks us to shoulder
the burdens created by the World
war, refuses to disarm and is today
better prepared for conflict than It
was in 1914. It sees nations which
are attempting to evade payment Of
their debts armed to the teeth and
spending billions on that armament.
We have the spectacle of this nation,
unable to keep it's naval defenses up
to treaty strength, forgiving debts to
other nations which apparently have
no difficulty in that respect.
Added to this Is the realization that
the World war was, after all, hardly
our personal war. We see a little
more clearly now than we did IA
years ago and good many persons
are wondering just how much busi-
ness we had to sacrifice $4,000 OF our
young men on Europe's battlefields.
We didn't start the war, we brought
it to triumphant finish. Yet the
movement is on in full swing to make
us the real losers.
Deep in his bones, the American cit
izen, barring the international bank
ers and the "parlor pinks," feel that
this country is being victimized by
Europe. He feels that this country
has been played for the sucker" in
the field of international diplomacy
and he resents it.
These and lot Of other things dim
the satisfaction with which the ma
ton greets the news that the mora
torium has been passed and signed
and that congress now can turn its
attention to other matters.
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AlElA
WHY
~
g 1881, by
Doubleday.
Doran and Co.

cily. and came in and closed the
door. She had to talk. "You liked
him, didn't you. Ann? Did the con.
versation. and the evening, and
so on. seem all right to you? Wasn't
It slick that Grand and Rosalie
both went to sleep?"
AIMS fingers kept on hunting
hairpins. Eyes. I liked him. I
thought things seemed all right.
What made him leave SO early?"
HE is sort of shy. Phil's leaving
and all I'd so much rather
have him shy than-than not. You
really did like him, didn't you.
Ann? He is good-looking. don't you
think?"
"Of course" said Ann. "You like
him lot, don't you, Cissy?"
Cecily nodded. "Um-hum. /
seem to-"
"And he likes you q LOTT"
"Ann. I don't know. don't
know at all. Sometimes think he
does. and then think he doesn't.
He was queer when we first came
In this evening-that may have
been my fault. But later he was
lovely. and just now in the hall he
held on to both my hands and kept
holding them while he thanked me
for having him here. Still, he didn't
say q word about ever seeing mo
again. or telephoning, or-any.
thing"
Ann experimental with a smile
In the mirror. "For that matter,
Phil didn't say anything about see
ing me again. either"
"Ann," Cecily's voice was tense,
how can you bear 1t? The happi.
ness Of the certainty. mean. To
love Phil. as you do. and to know
positively that he loves you. and
that you'll see him tomorrow and
the next day-all that. It seems to
me I just couldn't endure being 50
happy"
Ann was on her way to the
clothes closet. She stopped for an
instant to rumple the shining brown
Of Cecily's boyish bob. but she did
not answer her question until she
was inside the closet.
1T grows on one," she said from
there. that ability to endure happi.
ness"
BECAUSE Of Ermintrude's insist.
- ence that It would look perfectly
awful to get downtown early today
-of all days!-Mary.Frances this
afternoon had consented to route
their daily walk from the Mckinley
High School through the business
district Of the suburb and home
again. to include long detour into
Rosymeade, new and modestly at.
tractive residential district.
Before long Rosymeade's babies
would wake from their afternoon.
maps. and Rosymeade's tranquility
would submit to delivery trucks
rushing through their final errands
for the day: to whistling. shouting
boys thudding evening papers from
bicycles to porcEes: to homecoming
automobiles. whizzing sprinklers.
and whirring lawnmowers: but 40
yet the streets were still. and the
small lawns lay untroubled and
open to the sun,
But for Mary.Frances Fenwick
and Ermintrude Hill there was
neither calm nor peace nor patience
nor tranquility nor quiet anywhere.
"The trouble with you. Ermin.
trude." continued Mary-Frances, ''is
that you are like my sisters. you
just don't understand that love is
all"
Ito Be Continued)
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Quotations

Punching the time clock is great
fun. I love it.-5Prince Ferdinand,
grandson Of the ex-kaiSer.
X \ X
There IS no question about 1.-THE
average man is fascinated by the
beauty Of woman.-Rudy Vallee,
crooner.
X X X
America is the freest nation and
therefore the dryest nation.-F. Scott
Mcbride, superintendent of Anti-Sa-
loon League.
X X X
Organizations like the Daughters of
the American Revolution, the Ku Klux
Khan, the American Legion and the
r. o. T. c. do much to foster the war
spirit.-Dr. William H. Fitzpatrick,
professor at Columbia University.
X X X
The civilization of Europe and Asia
may be destroyed by another Tartar
invasion. I am quite serious in think
ing the Russian army is going to
prove q terrible foe.-Dean Inge of
ST. Pauls Cathedral, England.
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structure. And some sun beams In
our business structure.
\ X T.
Taxes will go up. but not until July
I. Which will bring any Joy we ex-
pect next July forth.
X * X
But even those New York police
who raided the nudist cult finally got
at the naked truth.
* * X
And right isn't even might in the
ring, unless the rings on a heavy
weight wife.
4 Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Inc.)
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BARBS

Hoover proposes to bring back pros
perity with an eight point plan. That's
going the seven wonders of the world
one better.
Wilson had IA points, but Hoover
has cut to eight because OF the de-
preston.
What we need, the president says
is some steel beams in our credit
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

ANNE. CECILY and MARY.
FRANCES FENWlCK live with
their gr.ndparents. once wealthy.
and Cecily's earnings support the
household. The sisters have been
orphaned since childhood. The
grandparents are known respee.
lively NJ f"R o 3 A l. ! E" and
"GRAND" and they insist On keep.
Ing mp pretenses Of their former
Anne, 2s. aad C~ciiy. p. do sec.
retartal work and Mafy.FrAnces,
Is. 10 still IN school. when the
story opens Anne has heen en-.
gagged to PHILIP ECROYD. youaE
Ceciiy Sriss: BARRY mcKEEL
she r. falling In love with him.
Nlary-Frnnces has = telephone call
from her friend. ERMINTRUDE.
who ts excited about the .rriyal
ARMOUNT. The two girls make
plans 10 meet him. Phil comes -
see Anne. He ts late and rather
irritable.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VIII
DAIRY objected. "But, Mr..
Ecroyd. such prejudice leaves
me defenseless. I don't and can't
admit ="
Phil stood. Barry should not have
called him prejudiced. It was Z
word that Phil always had particu.
larly disliked.
ION the contrary" Phil said. Il
pride myself that no man living has
a more open mind than l have:
open. that is. to the decencies. Eve
enjoyed talking to you. Mr.. McKeel.
Hope we can get at 1t again some
time. I'll have to be going now.
Good night. Good night"
Cecily and Barry said "Good
night" Grand and Rosalie were
both asleep. Ann went with Philip
into the hall.
"Cissy." he said. as he reached
for his raincoat. has fallen hard
for the flaming youth; hasn't she?'
II don't know" Ann fibbed.
II know" Phil said. and pulled
his coat down in the back. ITS q
case. sure enough, this time. You
know what will happen. don't. your
'Happen?" Ann questioned.
"She'll marry him tho day he
asks her. She'll let you down.
You'll see. She'll marry him. and
you will be left holding the sack
and supporting the family"
Ann thought. But can't. I can
hold the sack. but I can't support
the family on my $25 q week. No
one could. Well freeze and starve. /"
and said nothing.
She'll let you down." Phil re-
peated. and stamped into one over.
shoe. you'll hold the SACK" ne
repeated. and stamped into the
other overshoe.
Ann hared. you've no right to
say that. Phil. Cissy will not.
Cissy never has let me nor anyone
down. You've no right"
Phil, hat in hand. was making for
the door. Ann tagged after him
and went on: Suppose she does. fall
in love. Suppose she does get en-.
gagged to that nice boy. Isn't that
her affair? You and I have been
engaged for eight years."
Eyes. l know that. I don't need
to be told" said Phil on the porch
to Ann in the doorway. "But Cissy
isn't like you. Her man will come
first with her."
'''You come first with me-" said
Ann.
"Oh. no. don't. Cecily, and
Mary-Frances. and Grand and Rosa.
lie" lneed he make each name Q
= - t3k
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the Ukrainian government. Bolshe-
visits released the Ukrainian revolu-
tionary staff which had been held or
suspicion Of being in plot to give
General Kaledine Red Cross supplies.
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Brother of Pastor
At New England Dies

New England, N. D., Dec. 24-Rev
Edward Nordby, pastor OF the Nor
wegian Lutheran church at New
England, has just received news o1
the death Of his brother, Alfred
Nordby, As, which occurred at Val
brand, Sask, Canada, Dec. 10.
Deceased leaves his widow and four
sons Rev. Nordby was unable, BE-
cause of the distance, to attend the
funeral.
It is estimated that there still are
about 5000 900 slaves in the world.
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No man falls too low to be saved
or to marry woman who will take
in boarderS.
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tie, Mrs Fred T. Neville and Mrs. w.
K. Dudley are directing the decorat-
ing.