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And this, if you please. in sophis-
ticated New York.

And this, if you please, in sophis-
ticated New York.
X X \
Todd became Santa Claus by acct
dent His sister was taken i'll, about
eight years ago. He was hard up.
He had to nurse her for is months.
In that time fine white beard start
ed growing. He couldn't afford a
shave. When he appeared in the
streets, children called him Santa
Claus. Wearing his long hair and
beard he went back to lodestone sell
ing and wound up with the job of
Santa at Macy's store in Manhattan.
He works at that job from Thanks
giving until Christmas. Then he rests
for a couple of weeks, for sometimes
he has to handle several thousand
eager children III a few hours-and
he finds this firing.
After a while, he prepares his
beard and goes forth again as the
lodestone king of the land.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, 1nc.)
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Lisbon Attorney Is
Found Dead in Home

Lisbon, N. D., Jan. 9-(R)-The body
of Grafton Rourke, "a, former Lisbon
attorney, was found In the bathroom
of his home here Thursday night
Apparently he had taken his own
life. officials said His throat was
slashed with a safety-razor blade. 1t
is believed he had been dead about
two days.
Funeral services, with the Americas
Legion in charge, will be held hss
Monday.
Rourke is survived by his widow
and two children, living at Detroit,
Mich.
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down to the Lusitania. brought to the
surface again, and forwarded back
to their senders. To transmit q letter
on this unique circuit will cost each
sender one dollar.
Probably 1t would be thrilling to
own stamp that had been to the
bottom of the. sea and back. But to
anyone but a confirmed stamp coll
lector, this stunt must look more than
little silly. A more supremely USE
less bit Of human endeavor would be
hard to imagine.
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Editorial Comment
Editorials printed below show the
trend OF thought by other editors.
They are published without regard
to whether they agree or disagree
with The Tribune's policies.
A Hint Worth Needing
minneapolis Tribune)

If congress really wants to econoni-
ize, it can thank no one else but Mr..
Hoover for some extremely practical
ideas on how to 60 about it. At a
press conference held this week, the
president told the assembled news
papermen that the consolidation Of
federal departments and the elimina-
ton of overlapping activities consti-
tute an urgent governmental need,
direction would comprise a major &C
complishment OF the present session.
Getting down to details, Mr.. Hoover
offered concrete program of pro-
cedure. He declared himself in favor
Of consolidating all government con-
struction activities, with an admin
istrator Of public works serving all
departments. Furthermore he would
combine all merchant marine activ-
tiles within the department Of COM
merce, take all the scattered agencies
having to do with federal education
and place them under q single head.
concentrate all conservation activities
in a single bureau, and bring the va
rious public health services together
into one department. What these
shifts would mean to the taxpayer in
terms Of money saved the president
does not pretend to say. but as an
example Of what economies can be
effected through wise consolidation
of federal agencies, he cites the case
of veterans activities, which were
grouped under a single head earlier
In his administration with a result
ant reduction of expenditures OF be-
tween $10,000,000 and $15,000,000 an
nually.
At the present time, 10 different
federal agencies are undertaking
building projects Of one sort or an
other, and this is but one glazing
example Of the manner in which
responsibilities are being scattered in
Washington, and efforts duplicated
with heavy loss OF time, money and
efficiency. Mr.. Hoover's program OF
consolidation is by no means a new
idea; virtually the same changes in
the administrative structure of the
government have been urged for
years but congress has almost in
variably been reluctant to approve
them. The reason for this reluctance
is fairly obvious Consolidation means
the cutting down Of personnel, the
elimination Of hundreds Of lucrative
and Importantly titled jobs, and the
throwing out Of office Of many in
l1uential job-holders who are much
less, interested IN government effici-
ency than they are Ia keeping their
names on the federal payrolls. But
II congress, which has actually shown
some indication Of developing a pas
sion OF economy Ut the present SEES
sion, is sincerely contemplating the
reduction OF expenditures. 1t can
hardly overlook the opportunity
which Mr.. Hoover hands it on q sill
yer platter. Certainly there Is no one
save q small army Of bureaucrats en-
sconced ia Warrington, who will rise
to protest any program Of consolida-
tlon II may undertake.
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Whereas the average adult = much
concerned about his blood pressure,
he seldom gives thought TO the fact
that children may on occasion have
high Of low blood pressures Of sie-
Iaificance.
a survey recently made OF con-
siderable number Of children indi-
Gates that up to the eighth or ninth
year gradual changes In blood pres
sure seam to be due simply to the
fact that the child Is growing older.
After that time, however, other forces
become active In changing tho level
OF the blood pressure. These forces
may include changing rates Of growth,
unusual development, or glandular
factors Of Importance.
The average blood pressure Of chill
dren increases with age, but the pres
sure in girls tends. to decrease after
the 10th year. Tho average blood
pressures Of girls appears to be higher
than those for boys for the ages from
10 to - years. After the 18th year,
the presstires Of boys exceed those of
girls, the difference increasing with
age.
Children who mature early are
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BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

&AeSASAS
ANNE. CECILY and MARY-
FRANCES FENWICx i've with
their grandparents, once wealthy
now so impoverished that Anne's
and Cecily's earnings support the
household. The sisters have been
orphaned since childhood. The
grandparents are known respee.
lively ~ ar o 8 AL e" and
"CRAND."
Anne, -, and Cecily, -. do sec.
retarial work and AIary-Frances.
Is. H.. still In school. When the
story opens Anne has been en-.
gagged to PHILIP ECROYD. young
lawyer. for eight gears. They can
not marry because Anne knows
her sisters and grandparents de.
pend ON her to manage their
home.
Cecfly has a new admireP.
Barry M'kEEL. with whom she
70 falling in love though she has
known him only q short time.
DIary-Frances and her friend. Err.
1IINTRUDE HILL. strike mp an
acquaintance with EARL DE AR.
MOUNT, stock company actor. To
Mary-FFances' he II IN intensely
romantic figure. She meets him
secretly and promises to see him
again.
Next morning Phil comes to
take Anne to her ONCE in his car.
He begs her to set their wedding
date. When she points out the
obstacles they come near quarrel.
ing.
Ceclly's friend, MARTA. tells
her Barry McKcel Is a heart-
breaker and mot to be trusted.
when Cecily and Barry have dim
ncr together that evening the girl
IL mOodiIy uahnppy.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER Xxx
THEY had left the red-and.yelloW
sunset on the other side. and
here was a fight-blue sky. with .
few early stars and clear white
quarter Of moon. They climbed the
rustic steps. and followed thu
cranky stumbling path. and came
to the car parked beneath some q,
trees on the byroad.
Cecily looked up at the fir trees
and the moon, and boldly and with
out. warning Barry kissed her. Thu
universe reeled over her head, ant
under her own two feet she coult
feel the roll Of the world. and sh,
forgot Bea and Constance and bel
chauffeur: she forgot Cecily Fen
wick: she forgot Barry, almost. un
til his arms drew her closer and b,
said, Nov you kiss me-" 4,
After that he said. II love you.'
three times. rapidly. and stopped
'6ay It again. Barry. Just 50,
It again" l.s-.
you say It." s.
l She said It, and added q dear
for good measure. as generous NO
men are prone to do.
You'll marry me-" he stated. :.
mean-when? Imean, darling, 20,
will, won't you?" No, he did not d,
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(Official City, State and County
Newspaper
Foreign Representatives
SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS
e. BREWER
uncorporatcd)
NEW YORK BOSTON
New American Epoch

In the news that more aliens left
the United States than entered it
during the first nine months of 1891
here is an indication that turning
point in American history has been
reached.
For more than a century Uncl.
Sans domain was a magnet for the
people beyond the seas. They came
in tremendous floods, setting into mo-
ton one of the greatest migrations
in the story of mankind. And now,
evidently, the migration is over and a
slight backwash has begun.
According to estimates made re-
Gently, the number of aliens who
went back to the old country in the
past year was around $4,000 greater
than the number of aliens who came
and stayed. Severe immigration re-
strictions, widespread deportation
proceedings, and-above all-the bus
mess depression are probably respon-
Sible.
But what a change it all is from
a few years ago! From 1914, for In
stance, when fully million Euro
peans found admittance to the coun-
try; from the postwar years, when
the United States looked like an
earthly paradise to innnumerable
war-stricken men and women beyond
the sea.
An epoch is over. The land Of OPP
portunity has found that 1t has all
the inhabitants it needs for a while
And some of the newcomers, on the
other hand, have found that life can
be just as hard on this side Of the
ocean as on the other. Uncle Sam
has grown up, and his coastline no
longer CLEANS beyond the western
horizon as a land Of illimitablc
promise.
From now on the pace will be
slower. Never again, probably, will
we receive Immigrants as we used to.
Probably it is very good thing, al
though it is hard not to feel a SEMI
mental twinge of regret over our ar
rival at national maturity.
Yet we shall feel the effects of this
lost era for many years-perhaps for
ever. For every man and woman
who came here felt, dimly but firm
ly, that life was somehow going to be
better over here; that there would
be more freedom, more opportunity,
more happiness. That vision Is still
with us. It was born partly on Bun
ker Hill and partly in the steerage,
and as long as we keep it our path
will lead upward.
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Stamp Collectors Stunt

The stamp collector = . man apart,
and, he occasionally y unable to spot
the ridiculousne1s Of : given situa-
ton. That, At least. seems to be the
explanation Of the plans recently an
l1ounced whereby q special delivery Of
mau = to b made-via airplane and
deep-sea diver-to the decks Of the
sunken timer Lusitania.
4 special pouch Of letters will be
flown from Ireland to the decks Of
the sslvase ship sometime next
0k1n. 1n1 letters WIN - taken
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FINLAND,s INDEPENDENCE

FINLAND'S INDEPENDENCE.
On Jan. 9, 1918, the Russian Soviet
government officially recognized the
independence of Finland.
Finland had proclaimed its indie
pendence Dec. Z, 1917, ending union
with Russia that had started In 1909.
Sweden was the first country to
recognize the new republic. France,
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BARBS

Chicago gangsters are Offering In
ducements in the scramble for Al Ca
PONIES liquor business. In order tc
sell their stuff they'd probably aeree
to take their customers for q ride.
4 - -
india is going on with its civil dis
obedience campaign just where Can
dhi left off. just where, ana what,
did Gandhi leave off?
Twenty.three tons Of fresh air can
be forced into Chicago stadium, scene
Of the 1882 Republican National con-
vention, every minute. How many
tons Of hot air can be forced out?
Y y y
An electric device has been invent
ed to open locks. Now II someone
will only invent something to open
Scotch purses.
Love laughs at loclksmiths. But you
don't need this device to pick golden
locks.
y = -
A New York university professor
says bridge weakens reality. Seems
to adulter-ate life.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Inc.)
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Quotations

Those who will not be interested in
me after my marriage will be insig-
nificant in number.-Rudy Vallee.
X Ss X
Gold is the most useless thing in
the world.-Henry Ford.
+
We forget that we cannot cancel
foreign debts really, for it would pass
on to American. taxpayers the full
cost of the war.-Goyernor Albert
Richie of Maryland.
= X =
I told the president that II the
election were held tomorrow he would
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so well with that. Rumor has It
that men seldom do.
"Let's don't worry about mar.
riage." she said. AT least. not
now-not yet for a WHILE"
Lets you and I not ever worry
about it." he said, and laughed his
delight. Lets you and I just say,
Certainly. Tomorrow morning very
early and change the subject, II
you like"
Only" she Said-"I thought
you didn't approve much Of mar.
riage."
His happiness could not encom.
pass her gravity. II don't. I stub.
bornly disappro,~ Of all marriages
exeep' yours and mine. which is to
take place tomorrow morning very
ear'y."
"Bnt on the porch at Marta's,
that first evening, you said" =
There was nothing to do but stop
that Instantly with another kiss.
Dearest" she said.
Darling" said he. and went on.
II was a fool that evening, Cecily
II love your name. An ignorant,
opinionated fool. The less know,
the longer and louder talk. It'a
a habit I've formed. did have q
down on marriage, because dad and
mother made a mess Of theirs.
wish I hadn't told you-at least,
hot until later. Does 1t make q
difference, Cecily? Their being ii.
vorced, I mean?"
ssDARRY! How can you be 50
- absurd? How could that make
a difference?"
But something" he insisted,
seems to be making a difference.
Or is it Well, is it that you just
don't wish to marry me?"
mo. dear. No. I do wish to.
But"
Were engaged" He caught her
hands and did some crazy dance
steps and called to the trees and
the moon, "We're engaged. Wen
be married in the morning. II
sounds like a song. It is a song.
Let's both sing it. Well be married
in the morning. Well be mar.
ried in the morning. Well b
married in the morning. To that
We both agree. Why don't you sing.
darling?"
II can't" she said.
well, then, why don't you clap?'
She was glad that Barry had such
. splendid singing voice. She wa
Glad that he was SO happy and silly;
but she could not understand why
he was. Her own happiness made
her feel quiet and grave and almost
solemn.
II know" he said. sYou think
am making q joke out Of the most
stupendously serious thing in thu
world. It isn't that, Cecily. I'm
not sure what It IL. It seems to bl
that I've gone mad-drunk?-im'
becilic. maybe, with happiness. But
underneath I'm. wholly and deeply
serious. ! lore you. darling-and
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g 1871. BY
h>..k1>l...
SSOOsVOOyZ
Doran and Co.

I low this one. He had wished to
plan and dream about them and
about how she was to help him.
SO, though he kissed her fingers be.
fore he took them away, he said.
Every WE'LL" with an appealing imt.
tation Of indifference.
Cecily thought, HE thinks that
it is because he isn't a rich man.
He thinks that I am greedy and
calculating" She denied it des.
perately. mo! Barry. dearest
no! 1t isn't money nor jobs nor
things Of the sort. / don't care a
bit about any of that. It is only
that I can't marry"
"Cecily! What are you saying2
You aren't married now. are you?"
No OF course not. But"
His sudden relief brought resent.
ment with it. "Then," he said.
suppose We take q shot at being
sensible for a moment or two and
stop talking like characters in an
O'Neill play. II you aren't mar.
ried. and If you care for me as Won
seemed to not SO long ago, there Is
no reason on earth why we cant
b married. and soon."
'ssYES." she said. "there are ever
SO many reasons" She spoke
IN Z small. conventional voice. an
It she were making chatty CONVEX.
sation with a stranger who was.
ABOVE all things. q stickler for the
wholly sensible. "You see. han.
pen to be one OF the heads NJ :.
household. II you were married
now, and had family, you couldn't
desert them all and marry ma AZ
once" o ~
"Cecily. darling. what is the mat.
ter! I'm not married. You aren't
married." en
But 1t is much the same. Ann
and often have said 80. You ses.
Ann and I love each other NOR
than many married people do. am
sure. And we've shared everything.
including responsibilities and
clothes. and hopes. and work. ana
lun. ana money, and everything.
died" @Au 1atneE
"Cecily. sweet" he objected. ~you
aren't going sentimental. ara vo,,,
ana self-sacrif1cial and all that?"
" 1t is sentimental to nav ths
t grocer and the butcher. and ses
mat the family has 4 place to i've ~
auu mat Mary-Erances has an edn.
catlon' I've gone already, years arc.
II takes every cent Of IT.. 800
But darling" he interrunt.d.
never mind about that. "a q vc,,
qua quo you. In whom I'm intere:ts1 '
lou don't love Ann more than vo,.
love me, d. your" 1855 ~
IL Is entirely different" aha s.,A.
snI ADDED irrelevantly. "Ann didn't
~ ha'n n on ana marry Phil the Minute
10 asked her. They have been "A.
sased for eight years.. 800 -
- ne simulated q shudder. ..Haar
me. you woman person. I'm me-
e esn 70 walt eight years nor eight
'Av ". nor eight weeks for you..e
~ Ito BE Continuedl sx,
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I want you to marry me. I'll wait,
II you. make me. I'll wait a week
even two. But don't want to
wait. Do you? No. sir, you can't.
Why need we? Come. let's sit in
the car. You're tired. standing
there. Now. then. You don't want
to wait a long long time to marry
me. do you? Do you? DO you?"
She settled back into the cushions
and refused with one flash to think
Of Ann and Grand and Rosalie, Of
tho house. and the very.Fancy
Educational Fund. and said hon.
estly. but. Barry, hadn't thought
Of marriage. One has to think
about it. you know. A girl does,
anyway-and 4 man should"
II have" he declared. It'll nd.
NIT that my speeches this evening
have had an unfortunate extempora,
neous Quality-that's your fault.
You 60 to my head. The minute I
met you was afraid I was going
to ask you to marry me. was
afraid all that night. The next
day. when we had luncheon to-
gether. and ever since then. I've
been afraid I'd never get up enough
courage to ask you. So. with this
and that. marriage hasn't been out
Of my mind for more than q few
seconds since met you--and looked
at you and loved you. You won't
think I'm critical, will you, darling.
II ! say it seems sort Of queer that
you hadn't given It one thought?"
GIVE thought q lot about love-"
= she confessed. "But I hadn't
gone further than that-not into
marriage"
"Cecily." he said, and his horror
was but family exaggerated, "you
aren't tho sort Of girl who goes and
gets marriage Ill mixed up with
monograms and guest towels and
table napkins-are you?"
mo" she denied. but marriage
does bring lots Of other-well. prac.
tical considerations. Let's don't.
for q while. Let's Just be happy.
and in love, and not 90 worrying
about marriage"
Practical? He nabbed It srimly.
So that was the trouble! He had
forgotten to be practical. She was
like that? Well-women. all NO.
men were. hs supposed. 1T il thia
way. dear" he said. "I'm not in
debt. and have 4 few hundred dol.
lars saved-1'd have had more but
for the doctors-so, on. I have \
job fairly good because Of itg ner.
manency. It doesn't pay Z lot. but
I'm sure we could live on It for !
time out here, with prices a. they
are. Other people live on much less.
Later"
Her hand. frasrantly cool. had
gone up over his lips. mo. Barry.
It isn't that Really It isn't"
He had wished to continue. and
tell her again about the book ana
now he believed In II. and Josenh
Ammtngton. the New York editor
ana critic-who. marvelously. was
also his friend-believed ii IL. ana
WY. He had wished to tell har
labout other books, that were "a soI.
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Senator Borah offers a bill to cut
salaries of senators and congressman
and Senator Couzens tells the solons
If they cut any salaries they should
start with their own.
Well bet those fellows are not sc
popular now among the members Of
the most exclusive club in the world.
Why the very idea, cutting hard.
working congressman's salary Of
mere $4,000 per annum.
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Mrs. PinchOt in Politics

Mrs. Clifford Pinchot's announce
ment that she will run for congress
next year against Representative
Louis T. McFadden irlsures Pennsyl-
vania Of at least one contest that will
be packed with interest.
BY any standard, the wife Of Pen
nsylvanias governor is one of the
most interesting women In the coun-
try. Furthermore, she is q good cam
paigner-she ran against McFadden
three years ago and came within
1000 votes Of retiring him to private
life. The race will be we'll worth
watching
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Norway, Denmark and Germany fol-

Norway, Denmark and Germany fol-
lowed.
On Jan. 8 the Central Executive
Committee Of the Soviets unanimous
ly accepted the recognition of Fin
lands independence. The crimson
banner with the yellow nine white
roses became the national flag Of
this full Pledged, internationally rec
ognized state.
Dire predictions were made for the
future of Finland as an independent
state.
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Buddy, returned home with her al
ter spending their vacation mere.
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Don't worry about the weather
There may be more.
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under investigation in Stockholm
after the suicide of Ivar Kreuger.
When the balance sheet of the
companies is issued, 1t will make a
very good impression" he said.
THE bear attack originates with
a Paris syndicate backed by Mos
cow" Sir Henri charged. Any panic
on the part Of investors is simply
absurd.
"Russia's plot will not succeed be-
cause the state of the companies is
most healthy"
It was recalled here that Sir
Henry recently charged that certain
Paris newspapers we're trying to dis
credit him and the condition Of his
companies.
When Paris police arrested Nine
Marthe Hanau recently for publish
ing a document stolen from the
desk of the finance minister, she
was accused of publishing sensa-
tional and false reports that Sir
Henri Deterding "mysteriously had
disappeared"
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PLOT TO CRAB
OIL MARKET is
LAID TO SOVIET
Royal Dutch Head Says
Effort Is Being Made to
Crush Him.

81 United Press
LONDON, April pa Soviet at
tempt to smash the Royal Dutch
Petroleum Company and capture
the oil markets Of the world was
charged today by Sir Henri Deterd-
ing, director general OF the ROYAL
Dutch and director OF the Shell
Transport and Trading Company.
Sir Henri said the rapid slump
OF Royal Dutch shares on the stock
exchange recently, and reports
Thursday that the annual dividend
would be reduced greatly or passed
entirely were solely due to bear
attacks on me and my companies"
The oil magnate denied that he
was In any way connected with the
hreuger and Toll interests, now
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Sac Forests, Million Acre.

HARRISBURG, Pa, April ~
The Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania purchased 116,4O0 acres of
forest land in twenty-seven coun-
ties during 1881. The purchases
brought the total acreage to 1916
SAB. The average price Of the 1881
additions to state forest lands was
$242 an acre.