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the story that the Englishman related:
A strange and poignantly pathetic process
sion Wended its way through the gayest
street in Berlin one raw, blustery afternoon
late in December. Preceded by a small detach-
ment of mounted "schupo" came long, stray
Cling line of 1000 men, women and children.
Almost every man in the line of march, and
some of the women and children as well, held
a dog on the end of leash. Most of them
were big black brown shepherd dogs or police
dogs, although there were also smaller dogs.
These dogs didn't bark and yelp and tangle
their chains about nearby posts like ordinary
dogs. They walked straight ahead with noses
up, ears cooked and tails out, Splendidly i'm
pervious to the barking that arose from their
more frivolous fellows along the route of march.
The 1000 men, women and children were
blind people, the destitute blind of the city;
and the dogs that accompanied them had rea-
son to look serious and important, for they
were the very eyes of those they were leading,
and in some cases the livelihood as WELL
I learned from bystander that the blind
Of Berlin were proceeding to a public hall to
persuade the city authorities that their monthly
dole Of So for the single people, and twice that
amount for the married, hopelessly made
quate.
To me there was an irresistible appeal to
that silent demonstration. I decided to fol-
low them to their destination.
From his grotesque little four wheeled box
at the corner of Lutherstrasse, a legless news
paper vendor shouted a CHEEKY greeting to an
acquaintance in the line of march.
A pitiful figure in one of the rear ranks sent
back an answering hail. This man was not
only blind, but he was bereft of leg and an
arm as well. An old army coat hung in tatters
from his broad shoulders. Curly blond hair
grew thick about his large well shaped head,
conspicuous because he wore no hat 1t was
not difficult to imagine that he had once been
Il t1nN
But when he turned his head I was unable
TO suppress a shudder. Both nose and eyes
were missing The upper part Of his face had
been completely shot away And yet IN the
same moment that I shuddered the dishgured
part of his countenance seemed to fade COM
pletelY away, and was only aware OF his
smile. What a smile it was! God mus have
given him that smile as substitute for the
mask which it would otherwise have been
kindness Tor him to have worn.
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ing him against the back of the seat so that
his hat, which he had worn unusually low on
his head, was knocked off on the floor.
A jagged red scar stood out starkly on his
bullying white forehead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08

| us voice, harsh and dogmatic, rose discord-
] ] antly above the roar and rattle of the
speeding train. He glared toward the English.
man with an expression of savagery which
seemed entirely out of keeping with the casual
ness of the conversation
Most of us were amazed by the sudden
ness and ferocity of his outbreak that we JUS
sat there and stared. But the Englishmal
was not so easily downed.
Very quietly, he said: IT don't wish any
ore to think that hold brief for the
b havior Of the German forces during N
1914-1918, but neither am I pre- ~
pared to agree with the view that /
all the brutes were on their side
of the wire. I have spent con- /A
siderable time in Germany N
during recent years, and ~
over there one hears al "
most as grave charges nv
with regard to the con- ~
duct of our troops as
WA hear m this side
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08
BY DAVID ROGERS

-HE front page of the newspapers
which had Just bsen distributed in
the smoking compartment of the
Ottawa Montreal express carried a
report of the final sitting of the
Canadian comm SSion on reparationS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

long just couldn't stand the sight Of Pemmie
Griggs at all. The worst Of it was I knew
better than to express myself about him to
Clarissa, because, of course, that would only
make her more so, as I'd found out on previous
occasions. All Mrs. Massey and could do
was to sit and tell each other what we thought
of Pemmie, which didn't afford any great relief.
THEN one afternoon we got a surprise. Mrs.
] GriggS called, all dressed up, and the f1rSt
thing she said was that she was glad to find us
at home together. with the young people not
around, because she had something serious to
say. Mr.. Griggs and have thought 1t best
for me to come to you frankly" she told US.
I'VE think you must see yourselves that moth
ing can be accomplished without absolute frank
ness between us. Frankly, then, our son Penn
broke has the weakness Of being Of very
susceptible nature, and, Of course, it sometimes
rouseS mistaken ideas. I'm sure that you are
both sensible enough, Mr.. and Mrs. Massey, to
realize that an interference in time may prevent
q great deal Of distress and disappointment
later" ..-s.-s $780, ..,.
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r Story of 1H1a2s Nzrk-BY BOOTH HARRINGTON

him, when I was able to forget his parents.
Anyhow liked him better than did Penn
broke Griggs, and 1t seemed to me never did
know Clarissa to waste her time as puzzling as
she did this Summer going about with that fat
faced young ex-colegian.
I'm mentioning this peculiar affair Of Clsrissa
and Pemmie Griggs because it's really right on
the subject I've been talking about in relating
the trouble in the harbor over the noise. It's
kind of q family matter to go into, but can
hardly show you how it connects up with the
harbor trouble unless I let you have some more
details about Clarissa and Pemmie.
You see, there isn't a sweeter, finer girl any
where than Clarissa-mighty pretty and light
hearted and with kind Of fascinating little ways
about her. ] declare, 1t reminded me Of Beauty
and the Beast to see her shooting OH for some
where, in the roadster I'd given her with that
pudgy chunk of . Pemmie Griggs beside her.
You can't tell the back Of his head from one
of these balls they Use in bowling alley, except
1t doesn't have any holes In it, and suppose
haven't marveled much more over anything In
my life than over how dainty bright, witty
girl like Clarissa could spend all the time she
did with that lump.
I was talking about this with Mrs Massey
saying how queer it was that both Of our girls
were besieged and followed around by such
inferior rifraff, and how battling 1t was that
they both seemed to tolerate it, when We drove
up to the porch Of our cottage, and there was
Griggs. What gave quite a turn was it
seemed to me she made a quick motion just as
the car stopped at the steps, as II shed been
letting him hold her hand and jerked 1t away
when she saw her mother and me. 1t looked
a good deal like that and I couldn't get over
the idea.
It kept bothering me all through lunch,
especially as Clarissa invited Pemmie to stay
and sat next to him, and they had what struck
me as a pretty sloppy air toward each other.
Pemmie didn't have anything to say-he never
does have-at least not with older people
around. He just ate and kept giving side
glances at Clarissa with his mouth full.
couldn't understand why it didn't make her
sick, but it didn't seem to.
After lunch they slid out in her car and
she didn't come home to dinner. She tele-
phoned that she and Pemmie had driven all
the way to Lodgeport and were dining there
at the inn and would drive home by moonlight
don't know what time she got in. because I
didn't have the heart to. I didn't want to
know. And the next day and the next 1t was
about the same program. Then complained
pretty sharply to Mrs. Massey.
Good gracious!" she said when I got
through. you don't suppose I haven't tried
to stop it all could. do you?"
Right there this thing about ClariSsa began
to worry me more than the noise from the
harbor did, that seemed TO be getting a good
many people wilder and wilder, and before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

At this Mrs. Massey cut In, looking pretty
red: You mean disappointment for my daugh-
ter-and. perhaps, for my husband and me,
Mrs Griggs?"
THAT is what Mr.. Griggs and have felt It
our duty to avoid" Mrs Griggs said, seeming
to be more affable. "And let me add at once
that Mr.. GriggS and have not blamed your
daughter in the slightest degree nor have we
criticized you and Mr.. Massey for encouraging
Pembroke to come here much as he does"
You haven't?" Mrs. Massey asked her, and
didn't seem able to say anything further for
the moment on account Of being too choked-up.
Not at ALL" Mrs. Griggs said, looking real
pleasant and gracious. I'VE blame Pembroke
entirely"
what for2" Mrs. Massey asked her pretty
stif1y. What do you blame your son for, Mrs.
Griggs?"
why. for allowing this situation to come
about, Mrs. Grggs?"
What situation?"
Mrs. Griggs began to get red herself, because
Mrs. Massey,s voice was pretty spiky. IT think
you understand very well what situation mean.
Since you ask for perfect frankness, will admit
that just at the present time Pembroke's sus-
ceptibility Is temporarily so excited that neither
his father nor can do anything with him,
but we have been through these affairs before
when girls have seemed to obtain such hold
on him that they believed it would be perma-
nent. I never is, and I have come to you
mainly On your daughters account II
could persuade you to join MT Grggs and me
In discouraging this affair.""
But by this time I'd got my voice back
what makes you think we've been encouraging
h?" asked her. "And, also, where'd you get
the idea my daughter wants any old hold on
your son?"
guess must have sounded right sharp be-
cause the first thing she said was that she
wasn't accustomed to being addressed in that
manner and then appeared almost to lose her
temper. Everybody knew, she said, that Penn
broke Brockton Griggs was the most desirable
young man in the place. With his historical
ancestry added to his looks, every girl at the
Neck had, Of course set her cap at him. and
girls knew very well nowadays how to make
young men silly
Temporarily" she added warningly only
temporarily"
disregarded what she said about her sons
looks She was his mother and I knew it
wouldn't do any good to discuss Pembroke's
looks with her. took up the question Of his
historical Importance that she'd spoken Of. II
don't think it would enter into our calcula-
tions," told her, 'or Clarissa's ether-because
none Of us knew he had any, Mrs. Griggs"
She looked at me the way teacher does ut
a pupil who can't spell cow" and could see
that she hardly believed me. Then all Of a
sudden remembered Mr.. Undertakes telling
me once that the Griggses had always con-
sidered themselves kind Of a sacred family be-
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cause Mrs. Griggs had q great-grandfather or
something that made quite a famous speech
in Congress. denouncing England, during the
War Of 1912. From her expression, you could
tell she thought even family from the Middle
West would know all about that, and saw 1t
wouldn't be of much use to 60 on with the
subject. I thought I'd better be as frank as
she said she was.
I'm glad you feel your sons susceptibility Is
only temporary" I told her, because If our
daughters got any for him, it's certainly tenn
porarierl"
"Yes!" Mrs. Massey thought fit to add. And
II We weren't sure Of that, we'd feel good
deal worse than you and Mr.. Griggs say you
do, Mrs. Griggsl"
''what?" Mrs. Griggs said. almost shouting.
''What?"
Exactly" Mrs. Massey told her. and she
laughed in a sharpish kind Of way and went
on: I'VE can't take you seriously, Mrs Griggs,
any more than poor Pennnlie could hope that
Clarissa would take him seriously. Please tell
Mr.. Griggs not to worry any more. C1arissas
always getting US into little annoyances by be-
ing too knd-hearted. she gets sorry for boys
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-19
II SEE BY THE GAZETTE
MINNIE s. LAurERsAcH. LOCAL EDITOR

Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Baikie spent
several days last week at their cabin
at Remer.
Miss Marie Asleson went to Min
neapolis Friday evening to sepnd a
few days with relatives and friends
Instead Of firing bullets, new
rifle for indoor target practice regis
tiers "hits" with electric sparks.
Mrs. T. E. Finn went to Remer last
Thursday and returned Sunday with
DR.. Finn who had been there for
some time.
| Miss Elizabeth Adams went to st.
Paul Friday night where she attended
the Homecoming celebration at Ma
calester College, Saturday.
Stirred by complaints of several
citizens, police officers of Greensboro,
N. c., are seeking bootlegger who
sold colored water at SIS gallon, re-
presenting it was 'the stuff"
Alan Fleischbein of White Bear
Lake motored here Saturday to get
Mrs. Fleischbein who had spent sew
eral days here with her sister, Mrs. j..
A. Stensvad and her mother, Mrs. A.
P. Larson. They returned to their
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Richard were
pleasantly surprised Friday evening
when large number of friends went
to their home to help in the celebra-
ton of their twenty-fifth wedding an
niversary. The guests numbering
nearly fifty were from Redwood Falls,
Belview and Echo. Mr.. and Mrs.
Richards received many gifts. Re-
freshments were served by the guests.
Every man has double. This say
ing is given further weight in "The
Spirit of Notre Dame," Universal's
great football picture which is at the
New Dream Theatre Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday, November %, % and
"a with LewAyres in the starring role.
Hollywood, which is able to reproduce
on the screen anything or anybody in
real life, produced an actor who is
"the living image" of the late Knute
Rockne, to whom this production is
dedicated. j. Farrell Macdonald is
the actor who plays the role, and his
resemblance to Rockne is positively
uncanny( not only facially but in
voice and in general build, and at
times it really seems as if Rockne
himself were again directing their
movement on the gridiron.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-19
TRAIN HITS GRAVEL
TRUCK AT CROSSING

Henry Schwarzrock of Springfield,
has badly wrecked gravel truck as
the result of an encounter with the
east bound passenger train last
Wednesday. He was driving the
empty truck to his gravel pit and
got in the way of the train at the
O'Connel avenue crossing. The cab
in which he was riding cleared the
crossing but the rear of the truck
was struck, demolishing the truck
box, breaking all spokes out of the
right rear wheel, twisting the frame
out of shape and otherwise damaging
the rear end. The truck did not tip
over and Mr.. Schwarzrock climbed out
uninjured. The front part of the truck
suffered very little damage. Mr.. Sch
wartzrock missed death by a split
second.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-19

E. P. Smith Of Freeport, Illinois
who has been a guest at the c. E.
Rote home left last Thursday for
Mankato.
Remember the card party in the
basement of st. GATHERINGS church to-
night. Colt.
Porter Laidlaw left early in the
week for the Hawaiian Islands after
spending ten days here with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Laidlaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith Tiffany of
Aberdeen, South Dakota, spent few
days here the latter part of the week
with Mr.. Tiffany's mother, Mrs. Mar
celia Tiffany.
81 never saw a tire so safe for
winter drivingw G & ] non-skid
tread with center traction sure holds
the road. 3Ox50, $3.50. Gamble
Stores. Colt.
Mrs. Ernest Thompson who has
been the guest of her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Pola-
czyk the past week, left for her home
in Minneapolis Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Karr and Rev.
and Mrs. Neil Stewart came here
from Bookings, South Dakota, Fri
day to visit with Mr.. and Mrs. George
Wright and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Stew
art. Rev. Stewart is brother of j..
M. Stewart.
Remember the card party in the
basement of St. GATHERINGS church to-
night. 2O-lt.
Covers were laid for twelve at a
six-thirty dinner Friday evening
when Mrs. G. A. Barnes entertained
in honor of Mrs. Fred R. Ortiz. Bridge
was played later with Mrs. Mary
Ward and Mrs. L. H. Brown winning
honors and guest prize was present.
ed to Mrs. Orth.
A FULL SIZE HOT WATER
HEATER will heat your car. There
is difference in size and heating cap
acity. Large size $10.89. Gamble
Stores. Colt.
"The Tip Off," rollicking comedy
drama from the RKO Pathe Studios
which is to be at the New Dream
Theatre Wednesday and Thursday,
November 25 and 26, was directed by
Albert Rogell, who although he is one
of the younger megaphonists dates
his start in the films back in 1916.
Rogell's guidance of the co-stars,
Eddie Quillan and Robert Armstrong,
marks his second picture for RKO
Pathe. His work on "Sweepstakes,"
the racing melodrama with Eddie
Quillan, won him both the latest as
signment and also long term con-
tract. He has been in nearly every
branch of the business attaining sue
cess lately as an independent produc-
er. His most notable pictures were
"Aloha," shepherd Of the Hills" and
"Mamba. ADV.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-19
GAS TAX CREATES
LARGE ROAD FUND

A net total of $945,471.42 of which
counties will receive one-third and
two-thirds will be used for highway
building and maintenance purposes,
has been placed in the state highway
fund as the result of gasoline tax col
lections in September, according to
George H. Griffith, head of the state
oil inspection division. Although
$1,O97, 569.23 was collected by the
three-cent levy on 36,585,641 gallons
of gasoline shipped into Minnesota
during the month $152,O97.81 was re-
funded on 1928 claims of users of
nontaxable gasoline. The tax is re-
funded when the fluid is used for agri-
cultural or dry cleaning purposes.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-19
MORTON MEN TESTIFY
BEFORE COMMISSIONER


Eight business men from Morton
were at Winthrop recently to testify
before the Railroad and Warehouse
Commissioner Matson in protest TO
an application filed by Stellar and
Son for permission to operate a truck
line from Marshall to the Twin Cities.
Representative citizens from other
towns along the line were also present
to testify that the freight service now
received from the M. & st. L. railroad
company is adequate and satisfactory
and that truck line would not improve
matters.
For the convenience of witnesses
for the railroad, this meeting was
called for Winthrop and was held in
the hall over the creamery.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-19
MAN DIES
WHILE EATING SUPPER

Carl Hellickson, 5O-year-old Spring
field resident, died suddenly after or
dering his evening meal in a restaur-
ant Sunday evening, November Is.
Mr.. Hellickson has been suffering
from heart attacks for a number of
years. Sunday evening when he en-
tered the restaurant he was apparent
ly all right, as he sat down and order
ed his meal and talked with several of
the other members in the cafe. Al
ter ordering his meal he slumped over
on the table dead.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-19
RENVILLE FARM BUREAU TO
HOLD MEETING FRIDAY

The annual meeting of the Renville
County Farm Bureau will be held at
the Olivia Armory tomorrow. The
business meeting and election of Of
ficers will be held at 1880 a. m. after
which members Of the organization
will gather for a noon luncheon as
guests of the Farm Bureau. At 1870
p. m. program will be held to which
the public is invited. j. S. Jones,
secretary of the Minnesota Farm
Bureau Federation, will be the prin-
cipal speaker with a discussion of
"Minnesota's Tax Problems" He will
devote some time to the proposed in
come tax amendment.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-19

To enable surgeons to examine
patients at their homes there has
been invented a portable X-ray out
fit that can be operated by jackine
up an automobile wheel to supply
power.
Gazette Want Ads Bring Results.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-19
THANKSGIVING DAY
EXCURSION FARES

Excursion fares between all points
on Minneapolis & st. Louis R. R. and
connecting lines. One and one-third
fare round trip. Tickets on sale Nov.
"a, 25 and till noon Nov. &c. Return
limit midnight Dec. 1. M. & St. L.
Ticket Office Phone 663. Colt
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-19

Motorists convicted of speeding in
Waukegan, Illinois, are to be fined a
dollar per mile of speed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Wealth Is Produced
By Sponge Fishing

One Of the most captivating indus
tries of the French North African coast
Is sponge. fishing. 1t brings wealth to
those regions, as the total spongeS ex-
ported every year amount to a hun
dred tons and are sold at $4,000 a ton.
SfaX Is the main sponge market of the
Mediterranean. The best sponges are
flshed of the coast of Sfax upon a
large submarine bank, where they are
plentiful. The fishing season lasts from
December to April. The queer animal
plant comes out of an egg and then
Wanders for five or six days in quest
OF q support. When it has found one
1t eltngs to 1t and for two years grows
steadily, at the end of which time it
reaches its normal size, which varies
from Is to 20 inches in circumference.
Sponge fishing has been practiced from
time immemorial by the natives, who do
it IN the most primitive way. They
place heavy stone upon their heads,
tie a rope to their waist and dive into
the water from their boats. Some
times they go down 100 feet, gather all
the spongeS around them, place them
In basket, cast of the stone that
weighed them down and climb up
again by means Of the rope. Sicilian
fishermen, who are not divers, choose
high spots where they can pluck the
sponges from their small boats with
the aid of long tridents. There is also.
Of course, a more modern way of sponge
fishing, with diving helmets, mostly
used by Greeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

ciation has just suggested to the State
Department the sending Of CONNER
cial mission of good will TO Latin Amer
lea. In an official report giving account
Of the activities of the association, and
addressed to President Hoover, several
recommendation were made with 9
view to furthering the possibilities OF
American export trade in the Southern
Continent.
The leaders Of the Aeronautic Asso-
citation asked that their efforts to in
crease the Latin American market for
airplanes and aerial equipment made in
the United States be accorded the
proper cooperation by Washington au-
thorities. They added that this CO.
operation was now more necessary than
ever on account Of the European COM
petition, which has been particularly
keen, during the last few years.
I'M order 70 meet this composition,
they suggested the consideration by
the state Department of the possibility
of q joint effort by the interested adj
ministrative departments and the in
dustries toward the Organization of a
commercial mission of good will to the
countries Of Central and South
America"
Almost at the same time the United
States Chamber of Commerce in a
Move tuT pebCeE UNDERSTANDING WIN
Argentina has invited the Argentine
Federation of Commerce, Industry and
Production, which is said to have been
advocating the purchase of British
goods, to send delegates to the cham
ber's annual meeting in Atlantic City
next April and to the sessions of the
International Chamber of Commerce,
which convenes in Washington in May.
1t has also been announced that at the
completion of the latter meeting a
group of distinguished business leaders
will visit Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay,
Chile and Peru in an effort to create
greater interest in the work of that
chamber
Evidently these are all different
moves of competitive campaign on
the part of this country and the Euro
pean powers to better their positions in
the Latin American market. The race
Is on, and it remains now to be seen If
British princes, italian planes, French
courtesies and German novelties can do
more than American enterprise and
methods.
Copyright, 1917