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first night begins to rhyme with
worst night"
Still, the biggest headache on
Broadway belongs to the poor fell
lows who have to assign seats to the
who's Who"
Unless the brother Of a dancer who
married into British royalty happens
to head the cast, It Is admitted that
Gilbert Miller'S crowds are about as
swank as any save those attending
the first night at the Metropolitan
And II Mrs. Van Styles finds herself
three rows and four seats west by
north Of Mrs. Gogetter-is there a
rumpus? And do they get tempera-
mental? And Is the boy friend, hus-
band or companion frozen by the
later comments?
Yet, upon arrival-always half way
through the act-you'd think they
owned the theater and the cast and
had put up the money for the pro-
duction. Well, things being as they
are, maybe they have.
X y X
A VACANT CHAIR
Speaking of first nighters, 1t was
believed that with the death Of the
late George Mayer, Broadway had
lost its most devout first nighter.
Mayer, who was in the suit-making
business, never missed an important
opening. His seats were located in
Row A, seats / and 2. He was al
ways accompanied by his white
haired mother.
About a year before Mayors death,
his mother passed on. Mayer con-
tinued to appear-alone! But he al
ways reserved two seats. One re-
manned empty.
TAKES NO CHANCES
But now it appears there is-and
has been for some time-a less widely
known first night devotee. She is
Mrs. Helen Katzenberg, an elderly
woman, who has been attending first
nights years on end. She always wri-
ties in for her reservations and, If the
attraction seems to be particularly
tony, she applies weeks in advance.
Sometimes she orders tickets from
three or four sources in order to
make sure that she gets them.
Then there is a first nightier who
appears only at curtain intermis-
sions. She is a worker for the Volun-
teers of America and finds the top
hat crowd her most liberal givers.
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A Sensitive Subject.

"Bruce Foster has been talking
to youw cried Armstrong angrily.
With great elaboration. That
cher Colt emptied his pipe. and
slowly re-filled it before speaking
again.
"You know, Armstrong he
said, 81 am glad to find such old
fashioned. sensitiveness about such
matters. Lots Of people today
consider trial marriage and things
like that wholly respectable. But
apparently that isn't true Of Bruce
Foster. old Mr.. Foster. or your
"Or Geraldinew exclaimed Arm.
strong simply and vigorously.
Suppose she had been intimate
with another man." said Thatcher
Colt suddenly. A deep pailor
crossed the young face. and beads
Of milky perpiration stood on his
brow.
II won't discuss that" be sa,A
huskily.
''Good" agreed Thatcher Col.
''Now ! want to ask you about yocr
own movements recently. On Fri
day night, December %, you took
the midnight train out Of Crand
Central Station. Is that correctf"
ut is."
"Yet understand that you tele-
phoned Geraldine Q few hour.
later. Il that correct?"
Eyes, that's correct, too"
Where did you telephone from.
Armstrong;"
From Hartford"
80. Yen g. left the train at Hart
eyes"
"Why?"
II was worried"
10 Be Contiuusd
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One by One.

"Maybe you are not telling me
everything?" he asked, with 9
melancholy glance. Anyway, you
will, sooner or later. Now, Bruce,
I want you to get your mother and
father and take them home. Give
them something to make them
sleep tonight. But want you back
here tomorrow morning."
Bruce promised and left the
room, considerably chastened:
Thatcher Colts eyes, now turned
to mine, held . crytic expression:
"Tony," he said, shaking his
head, as II by that motion to throw
from his soul the shadow Of an evil
influence. '4let's forget that boy
lust now. I am sometimes q tele-
pathist. now hereby read your
mind and know that you wish !
would talk to Betty Garfield next
and get through with her so that
the young lady can 60 home"
"Right," ] exclaimed, and
bounded for the door. My heart
smote me at the sight Of the woe
be1one little figure that saw
slumped in the chair. But the
brisk way she stood up and the sad
smile Of friendship she gave me
quickened my admiration.
Thatcher Colt received her with
= pleasant wave of his hand.
Betty" he began, II am coming
right to the point with you. You
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CHAPTER XVIII.

DEFORE Thatcher Colt could
proceed, a rap came at the
~ door and Captain Henry
came in, carrying a small envelope
whe he laid very carefully on the
desk.
From Doctor Multooler," he
said. "You asked for them, he says.
From the dead girls mouth"
Bruce Foster averted his gaze
as Thatcher Colt gingerly opened
the envelope. He peered inside,
and I was close enough also to
see that the envelope contained
some minute particles of some
dried, red, flaky substance.
"Take these to Clesleek," or
dered the Commissioner. "Tell him
want the brand established at the
earliest possible moment"
Captain Henry saluted and re-
tired, carrying the envelope fal
out from him at the tips Of his
pudgy fingers. While | was won
dering at this strange incident,
Thatcher Colt turned back ia
Bruce Foster.
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Moral Turpitude.
"Even SO, l can't tell you.'

Even so, ! can't tell you.
"Then let me tell you," said
Thatcher Colt. Zone of your
neighbors overheard you and told
one of my men. 1T was about
Bruce Foster and his suspicious
of his sisters morals, was it not?"
Betty would not speak. Even
though she was disobeying my
chief, | had to admire her loyalty
to her dead friend, and so. think,
did Thatcher Colt.
"Bruce thought Geraldine had
an affair with Harry Armstrong
and that he had thrown her over
and refused to marry her. He
first came to you about it. You
told Geraldine-and that started
the quarrel"
Thankfully Betty Garfield looked
up at the Commissioner.
"Now. Betty, can you tell me
Geraldine was innocent?"
absolutely"
"But the engagement was
broken?"
"Yes-they kept meeting, try
ing to patch up whatever it was
they quarreled about"
mo"
"All right. Wen pass all that.
Have you a lease on your apart
ment on Morningside Heights? ~
eyes,"
slow long does it rum"
"Until next May"
Then you intend to sublet it?''
Eyes, I have been trying for the
last two months"
"Who exhibits the apartment
when you are at work? ?"
"The janitor. or one Of the ele-
vator boys"
Dropping this. Thatcher Colt
asked:
"When was the last times Harry
Armstrong telephoned your apart.
ment?"
Harry telephoned twice about
three o'clock on Saturday morn.
ing" she answered.
"You mean the early morning
hours Of Christmas Eve?"
Eyes"
"But, how is that possible
Where did he telephone from? He
was supposed to be on the night
train to Boston"
"That's odd. You know I hadn',
thought Of that before, Mr.. Colt"
Thatcher Colt Lit his pipe, which
had gone out. Diminishing the
former line Of questions. he re-
sumed:
snow tell me the real reason
why You meet Doctor Maskell with
the frappe glance and the glace
manner! You fibbed to me the
last time you were down here. You
said you didn't like him, but didn't
know why. But ] doubted that
yarn, Betty. What makes you dis.
like the doctor?"
She stood up and held out hel
hand.
If ] tell you. will you let me 60
homer"
"Promise!'
because Doctor Maskell often
told Geraldine that he believed
murder justified under certain cir.
cumstances. BY the way she re.
peated it, / think he meant it, and
since l heard that / could never
bear the sight Of him."
"Indeed" said Thatcher Colt,
softly.
With one backward glance al
me, Betty left the office. Thatcher
Colt remained moodily at his desk
toying with the blue ribbon Of the
key.
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Dividends of iii Will
Duluth Herald)

Not much profit for this country
may come out of the money which
Europe owes it, but it is clear that
at any rate there is likely to come
from it large harvest of Ill will.
And We shall do we'll If we resist the
recurrent temptation to promote that
i'll will by our own impatient resent
ment.
France got a better settlement Of
its war debt than Great Britain did,
but Britain will pay tomorrow and
France will not.
France, with more gold than any
other country except this, is much
better able to pay than Britain, but
tomorrow France will not pay and
Britain viii.
The Herriott government no doubt
meant we'll enough, though 1t may
be that its reservations would have
made its proposed payment impos-
sible to accept, but the chamber of
deputies has overthrown its proposal
by a wide majority. and now the
Herriott government is out and when
payday comes tomorrow there will
be no government to pay, as we'll as
no disposition to pay.
Europe, and especially France.
has made 1t difficult for those Amer
leans who believed that compromis-
Ing the debts Is wisest II comprom-
Lee can be offset by disarmament
and trade agreements.
People over there have said, until
they believe 1t themselves, that this
country should chip In the amount
OF the debt as an offset to their
greater sacrifices in the war, and we
have to reckon with that attitude.
But at the moment the most strik-
ing thing is the contrast between the
British character and the French, az
revealed in their respective attitudes
toward IN admittedly just debt.
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The Title Changes

Robot Burns, VINO gained tame as
the author OF . book from which q
sensational motion picture was made,
may soon be able to offer another
title. II Am = Member Of the Chain
Gang"
The average citizen win hope that
justice is neither 80 blind nor 80
dumb as it usually u and that he
win be pardoned or otherwise freed.
but the average man or woman
finds it difficult to influence the pom
derous motions Of the law.
ssvsrAl years ago. whsn . soms-
what similar case occurred In North
Dakota, this Newspaper asked the
opinions Of It's readers on the sub.
Jet Of whethsf "a escaped pfison-
er should b returned to serve the
term imposed upon him.
II the case In question. 1t will be
recalled. the fugitive escaped en-
route to prison, married. had four
children and was re-arrested upon
IN sstuFn home to visit his mother
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"Our motives accumulate,
Tony" he remarked.
care there any that I hadn't no
ticed?"
"Plenty Of them. Now let's
have look at Harry Armstrong"
The fiance Of the murdered
Geraldine was young man of
medium height, with greenish-blue
eyes, curly brown hair, and a
slightly supercilious air. 1t was
quite evident that he resented be-
ing called to Police Headquarters.
But in spite of the rather top-lofty
attitude that Armstrong assumed,
it was easy to see and appraise the
tragic, wounded expression that
glowed in his handsome eyes.
AS always. Thatcher Colt began
by trying to win his confidence.
In q murder mystery such as this,
the Commissioner explained, the
police placed their chief reliance
on the frankness Of the friends Of
the slain person. He hoped he
might count on Mr.. Armstrong to
answer all questions freely.
"You may" said the young man.
laconically but with sharp en-
phasis.
"Your parents live in Boston,"
"My mother lives there"
"Father dead?"
eyes"
"All right" he said. ''Now. ten
me about yourself"
Armstrong was a bond salesman
with Fisher and Clark, . large
securities firm in the Wall Street
district. He had first met Geraldine
Foster two wears before 1t q
dance. Their friendship ripened
until they finally became en-
gagged. They had made their plans
to be married on the day after
New Years.
"Had you made any prepare
lions for your new living quar-
ters?" asked Thatcher Colt.
"Of course. Ever since / have
been in New York, ] have lived in
two old-fashioned rooms in
house on East Sixty-ninth Street.
Geraldine and l had decided to 70
right on living there"
Thatcher Colt fixed his sombre
dark eyes directly on the young
man.
"Were there intimate, pre-
marital arrangements between you
and Geraldine Foster?" he asked.
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Official City, State and County
Newspaper
Foreign Representatives
SMALL. SPENCER. BREWER
uncorporated)
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON
New Land Commissioner

Appointment of E. O. Bailey as
state land commissioner following
the resignation Of w. E. Byerly will
be accepted by nearly everyone in
North Dakota as move in the inter-
est Of the public welfare.
Byerly, of course, could not expect
to retain the post after his promise
to resign the Job II william LANCER
were elected governor, and his resig-
nation was rendered as fulfillment
of that promise.
The situation thus created was I'M
usual. The land commission could
have found someone to give perfume
tory supervision to the office and
draw the pay or it could have per-
mitted the resignation to hang fire
until the new members OF the land
board actually take office.
That its members did not do so
speaks volumes for the lessons which
North Dakotas state officeholders
have learned in recent months. They
could not delay the day of their own
departure and 50 they turned the
office over to q Nonpartisan at once
in order that he might familiarize
himself with his duties. The result
is to disrupt as little as possible the
functioning Of major state office.
Whatever party is in power the peo-
pie expect service and transition
from one political group to another
is no excuse for not giving it.
That Bailey's appointment will be
hailed with pleasure by Nonpartisans
throughout the state goes without
saying. He has been both an earnest
and an effective worker for that
group and his services during the
June campaign, of which he was as
sistant manager, contributed mate
rally to victory. Those familiar with
Bailey's political record have every
right to expect that he will admin
lister the office In accord with the
principles of the organization with
which he is affiliated.
It was, doubtless, the personal pres
tige Of Secretary Of State Byrne
which caused the outgoing board to
appoint q man Of rival political az
filiation to the post.
The surprising thing about it, how
ever. is that they must have cast
aside some Of thei- hopes for quick
political revival to do so.
From a purely political standpoint,
the outgoing officials could not be
blamed If they entertained q secret
hope that their successors would
make mess of things. Some ad-
herents Of the defeated faction have
been frank to express that view, even
though it does them no credit as
citizens Of the state Of North Da-
kota.
That members of the land board
took the view of constructive citi-
zenship is to their credit. II, by
insuring efficient conduct OF the of :
flee under their successors they de-
layed whatever chances they may
have Of speedy return to office, the
people gain.
Citizens of Bismarck will hear with
pleasure the news Of Bailey's ap-
pointment. AS secretary of the state
securities commission under the ad-
ministration Of the late A. G. Sorlie,
Bailey established for himself a re-
putation for efficiency, attention to
duty and affability which augurs we'll
for him In his new position.
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Barbs

The cigar industry plans a wide
survey to determine II its product is
losing favor. Possibly the experts
will find someone's Just dropped an
81"
X X 4
A scientist says "conceit is q
form Of ill health" That's going
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20 make It hard for . lot Of folks
to ret insurance.

" u
A murderer, sought Is years IN
France, revealed in deathbed con-
fession he had been trusted mem.
Der of the police service all Of that
time. II pretty Boy" Floyd, the
Oklahoma outlaw, wants security and
a pension in his old age he might
well consider a job on the force.
= y =
That photographer who snapped a
picture of Jimmy" Walker on q
French golf course while New York's
ex-mayor shouted protests proved he
was pretty good at brassie shots HIM
self.
i : y
The reason some folks can't
save money for . rainy day II
that they blow In too much on
wet nights.
y = =
The girl who loudly insists the
man she marries must be brave Is
pretty sure to get that sort-if any.
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have not been frank with me from
the start, child, but now you must
realize that you have to be. Why
did you and Geraldine quarrel the
day before she Disappeared"
Her shocked expression betrayed
how greatly taken by surprise she
was. But Thatcher Colt gave her
no time.
"No evasions. What was it
about?"
"Mr. Colt, I don't want to tell
YOU"
"This is murder!"
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we did not appreciate their genius
Leon Dabo, American painter.
Il X X
If we were a couple of Frenchmen
we'd kiss each other-but as we're
Americans we just shake hands.-Al
Smith, explaining the feeling he and
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt have for
each other.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
No F0olinG

For about three years I have beer
troubled by an acid system ;. r..
E. c.
Answer-If you win kindly en-
tighten me may be able to under
stand what you're talking about. Just
how do you determine that your sys-
tenn is acid?
Autogenous Bacteein
Some time ago saw an interesting
article OF yours about the clearing up
Of q case Of colon bacillus infection
of the kidney pelvis by the admins
tration OF autogenous bacteria, or
something like that. I have been
under treatment nearly year for
what the clinic called colon
infection of the kidney 80. /. CMrs. w.
P.l
Answer-Your physician can take
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Where Prosperity Arises

Ordinarily a report Of the presi
dent of the New York Stock Elk
change is not regarded as seriously
as it should be outside the counting
room and in the realm Of high fl.
nance.
In many respects, the observations
of Richard Whitney, president of the
New York Stock Exchange, are timely
and OF interest, regardless of the
opinion the insurgent west may have
of the operations Of Wall Street
These are times when every one is
pretty much in the same boat COM
mercially. Mr.. Whitney is just an
other individual on the mourners
bench, but his observations should
have more weight, because he repre-
sents a class of people who were
closest to the financial cyclone.
This man. who presides over the
bulls and the bears of Wall Street
makes true and timely observation
The theory that consumption
can be stimulated by the extern
sive use Of credit has survived
even the collapse of production.
What the merchants and bank
ers could not do, some feel that
the government might be able to
do. Laws are continually pro-
posed for the lending of free
distribution of tax revenue direct
to different classes of our popu-
lation, or for the expenditure of
public funds for nom productive
purposes, on the grounds that
such steps will increase the buy
ing power OF the public. Falla-
cies of this sort are at least as
old as the bread and circuses"r
policy Of the Roman empire, and
they necessarily involve pro-
gram of excessive taxation. Last
ing recovery in the consumption
of goods and services in this
country cannot be assured by
methods of this kind-it must
come from the operations of bus
mess ITSELF"
Prosperity must eventually come
from operations of business itself
Agriculture for years has been the
recipient Of credits from state ane
federal government. Like forced
draughtS, the fires have been stimu
lated, then when the credits have
been withdrawn, the situation be-
came worse than at first. Now thai
the system has been inaugurated
agriculture will need new advance!
and fresh renewals If it is to survive
at all. Once on its feet again, how.
ever, more substantial policy must
be evolved.
The fundamental laws Of supply
and demand are as memorable il
commerce as the law of gravitatior
in the realm of physics. Politician
have tried, through this and tina
formula, to negative the operation o.
the rule of supply and demand. Pub.
lie statutes, as Mr.. Whitney point.
out, will not restore balance between
production and consumption. Pri
vate initiative and free markets com
prise the avenue along which recov
cry must ultimately come.
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lIE
NEW
YORK
!.!!I van

SWANKY PESTS
New York Dec. 19.-Persistent mis-
behavior on the part of first night
audiences has shown no sign of I'M
provement under caustic criticism
and fast becomes something OF a
Broadway scandal.
The more ermined the crowd, 1t
would seem, the more vermined the
behavior Certain smart groups are
not content to come in long after
curtain time and stumble over feet
and ankles. They bring with them
the fresh and fragrant breath Of the
last speakeasy they attended and
proceed to know their lines better
than the actors. Their voices Nclatter
in competition to the folk on stage
and the only sane reason which can
be given for their presence seems to
be that they want to be seen-cer-
tainly they want to be heard.
X X X
REGISTERING APPROVAL
It is now recorded that the smart
est and most prominent audience of
the year turned out for the Cole Por-
ter revue-comedy, Gay Divorce"
The Social Register appeared to have
been thumbed to shreds to get out
Lady de Schmatz and Nine. Won
Pretzel. Yet the earlier one encoun-
tered an important name, the later
that person seemed to arrive.
Fred Astaire, one of the most ia
Tented of dancers, being starred, the
Blue Book seemed to feel it essen
tial to flatter his slightest foot-step.
After all, did not his sister and ex-
dancing partner, bee ONE Lady
Cavendish? And did not an Astor
or Whitney get the nimble footed
Freddie into the uppity Racquet
Club?
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY William Brady, M. d


diagnosis treatment will be answered by Brady
envelope enclosed Letters should written
in ink No reply be made not conforming nstruc
Address William Brady
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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 Tribunes policies.
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REGISTERING APPROVAL
AND TEMPERAMENT, MY!

AND TEMPERAMENT, MY!
Once upon time it was sufficient
for critic or serious patron to turn
bitingly upon an offender and re-
mark: Pardon me, can you talk a
little louder, the actors are interrupt
ing you?" This no longer works. A
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HI-HO Puzzle No. 1911 it isn't q
goose-paddling serenely into the
HI-HO puzzle contest! But It's not
SO tame as you might think. You
can catch it by cutting out the sew
en- pieces and putting them together
to form the silhouette shown above,
Seward daily gateway., 1932-07-22
IRISH FREE STATE AND
 l)N|ON SOUTH AFRICA
 BALK!NG GREAT BRITAIN

OTTAWA, July g, (P)-The Irish Free State and the Union of South Africa gave indications of baking at the principal in reference to tariff dealing as the Imperial con- ference settled down to work.
 In the Irish Free States ooJec- tion there is an echo of the brewing tariff war with Great Britain over President Ramon De Valera's re- fusal to pay land annuities.
 South Africa emphasizes that she will not subscribe to theory of a self-contained and isolated British Empire for the rest of the Domln- ion.
 The proposal of Premier Bonnet Canada, who also is the chairman of the conference, to lower Can adds own tariff walls for British Empire products, was received Wltn approval, at least in principle.