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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-04
The Idle Word

The idle word that stings is as
old as human speech. Spoken
thoughtlessly or spoken in a moment
| of irritation, it says more than the
speaker meant. At least it says more
than he would have said if he had
taken second thought. Too often in
a haSty moment one who really
would not for worlds cause lasting
hurt does just that because he reach
es for the first remark that will reg
lister.
These idle words 60 deep, deep into
the heart and memory of the one to
whom they are addressed. There is
no way of reaching this harm by
laws and courts. There is no way of
resolving that one will never say the
thing that causes needless hurt, ex-
cept by resolving to build up habit
IN ones life of saying only kindly
things until quiet reflection has
shown the need of something else.
This is not text for weaklings, a
counsel of meekness to the point of
being trodden upon. 1t was not a
weak man who prayed, Set a watch
before the door of my lips" nor a
fool who wrote, She openeth her
mouth with wisdom, and in her ton
que is the law of kindness"
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Special Assessments
CLOS Angeles Times)

Considerable attention has been
attracted to Marshall Stimsons re-
cent article in The Times Sunday
Magazine dealing with the subject of
excessive special assessments. It
sounded call for all property own
ers to organize and cooperate against
the forces and interests which in
the past have taken tribute from
owners Of real estate in Los Angeles
in many cases actually in excess
of the sale value of their holdings.
Much has been said and written in
the last 10 years against the over
tapping assessment evil and the
actually confiscatory taxes imposed
on large numbers Of home owners.
In 1881 their protests brought some
relief through the passing of state
law requiring investigation and ef-
fective notice Of a proposed improve
ment and limiting the burden that
can be imposed on any district. It
also restored the power of the prop
erty owner to prevent unwanted as
SesSment burdens by a majority pro-
test.
While this insures us against much
exorbitant taxation In the future the
new state law cannot free those al
ready in the clutches of lien sharks
nor rid our property owners Of the
injury and damage already inflicted.
Moreover, powerful selfish interests
are already attacking this law and
attempting by every trick and twist
of their trade to thwart its provi-
sions. Against these the property
owners, not only Of Los Angeles, but
Of the whole state, must be organized
for effective organization. It Is an
issue affecting the credit and good
name Of California. Nor is the evil
confined to the property owner.
Bondholders, many Of them investors
IN distant parts Of the country. have
already suffered from this system Of
bonding property through special as
seSsments form some cases-more
than its intrinsic value.
We may cite case in point, from
San Diego county, investigated by
the California Taxpayers associa-
ton. A certain district in 1928 issued
bonds in the amount Of $292, 715.6O
bearing interest at Z per cent. The
assessed valuation Of property in the
district Is SIS, 40. The bonds issued
against this property with total in
terest to date Of retirement amount
to $549.638 or nearly 10 times the as
sessed value. These bonds are now
in default and the bondholders are
suffering along with the property
owners.
No one can say how far the con-
sequences Of bad financing will reach
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NEW
YORK
A Key to a Noted Pianist
!!!| var

"A Ncy 70 a NOVcO T16uSJ
New York, April 4-Ignace Pa
derewski, although sought as one OF
the two biggest lions now loose in
America, prefers to seek out a bridge
room for a few rounds of contract.
The second catch of the society
lion hunters is Ottorino Respighi,
Italian composer. Earlier in the win
ter there was A. A. Milne, the Pooh
gentleman from London. Haupt-
mann did not 60 in for the Park and
Fifth Avenue dowagerS.
Paderewski seems much older at
a glance than at a distance when the
floOdlights throw their flattering
beams on the concert hall stages. His
favorite exercise in New York in
variably has been brisk walks about
Central Park. He is usually accom-
panied by two friends, walking be-
tween them so that the arguments
thai rise can be answered to the
right and left, without effort.
Movies are his favorite distraction
The great pianist-composer picks out
three or four neighborhood theaters
and makes the rounds.
X X y
Practice Makes Perfect
What musicians have often noted
and commented upon is that, al
though rated by many as a genius
among composers, he always gives
Chopin the break. Rarely does he
play Paderewski, leaving that to other
pianists. His great musical love is
the Chopin PolonaiSe.
was once told that, despite the
number of times he has played many
selections, Paderewski continues tc
practice hour upon end, often dis.
trusting his own memory and execu.
ton. He believes in constantly keep.
ing in form.
Likes Jam on His Bread
The other day at a swanky tea at.
tended by intellectuals, artists, book
ish folk, and such. I encountered the
fabulous Otto Kahn, the banker art
patron, at first hand over the tea
cups and sandwiches.
One hears that "the great Kahn
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Power of Will

Doctors give 1.-The will to live as
one Of the strongest opponents of
death.
When the mind accepts death as a
foregone conclusion and surrenders,
the fight against disease is almost
hopelessly handicapped.
Lord Byron, in his youth, was told
by a fortune-teller that he would die
in his 37th year. The idea haunted
him, and when he became Ill after
his 37th birthday anniversary he
remembered the prophecy and,
prompted by his superstitions belief
in sooth-saying, said he was destined
to die in that year. He died that
year, but the conviction that his
time to die had not yet arrived might
have helped him get we'll.
A centenarian in an eastern town
recently predicted that he would die
on a certain day and at a certain
hour. He died suddenly a half hour
before the appointed hour. Doctors
believe the strain of waiting for the
end was too great for the aged mans
heart and that he might have lived
several years longer had his magma
ton not exposed his heart to the fatal
trial.
II he can make his patient deter
mined to get well, tho doctor con-
siders the battle half won. But the
fight Is Ill uphill when the patient
THINKS he must die and Is Just watt
Ing ror the end.
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plying examples that elevate the
moral and intellectual level of their
little communities-these are the mer
and women Of real influence and
power.
Success Is theirs In the fullest
measure.
How shrunken and pitiful a thing
how hollow a delusion, is the shin
ing so-called success Of self absorb
ed men and women.
They have only the husks of LIES
golden grain.
Like that soldier under Galerius
who found a shining leather bag fill
ed with pearls and cast away the
pearls but carefully preserved the
bag. these self-absorbed ones are
spurning true riches, real success, to
hug to their hearts things that are
empty and worthless.
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self q new hat, and I feel better ct
once.-Mrs. Cecil Chesterton, Lon
don.
Men are bullied by women because
Nature, in its inscrutable cruelty,
supplies women with a faculty OF dis
guiSing their faults when men are
counting them.-Viscount Castlerosse,
London.
y y 4
I believe there won't be many more
st. Patrick's Days under the present
dry NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. James A.
Mead, Buffalo.
Y II Y
II the police departments of Lon
don or Paris had the crime problem
We have, they'd be swamped.-Safety
Director Merrirk, Cleveland.
X X 4
The surest way of not being paid
Is to proclaim far and wide that one
will never be paid.-Andre Tardieu,
premier Of France.
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as he has been titled by the wags,
may be found almost any afternoon
at some tea or other between those
hours when he quits being banker
and becomes a professional first
nighter at one of the Broadway show
houses. Frequently he is the shows
angel" particularly If it happens
to be staged by little theater group
or musical organization.
At any rate, can tip you off that
this millionaire financial fig
ure piles jam on his bread and mere
ly sips at his tea. Furthermore, he
takes teacup after teacup, only to
abandon each during the course of
animated conversations.
He appears to find endless slim
ulation in the theater and the tea
party discussions. There is an in
variable twinkle in his eye, though
sartorially he is the symbol of staid
decorum.
And Subway Jams!
A rosebud is invariably in his coat
lapel. His white silk mufflers are
part Of the towns adornment. A
valet. accustomed to his tastes, usual
~ selects the boutonniere after con-
siderable indeciSion A certain flor
list seeks to send the almost-perfect
bud specimens.
Kahn rides on the subway, while
salaried gents take taxis. His austere,
museum-like residence is at Fifth
Avenue and 91st Street. But he goes
to William and Wall streets by 1.-The
undergroundS." He likes the contact
of "thc mob.'
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A Pulling Problem

Frank Pauletta is back in prison
in West Virginia, awaiting execution
for murder he committed away
back in 1914.
In that year he was convicted and
sentenced to hang; but he broke Jail
went to Pennsylvania, became a coal
Miner married, and reared four chill
dren, his past completely concealed
Just the other day, however, the
authorities discovered his identity, he
was returned to the West Virginia
prison, and his hanging was set for
April %.
All of this raises once more the
perplexing question about what
should be done with escaped convicts
who have managed to reform and
have been leading respectable lives
This man seems to have been USE
full citizen for some Is years. OF
course, he has never atoned for his
crime-but does it seem quite fair
at this date, to drag him back to the
gallows?
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The Last Prisoner

When the news wires carried the
,ory of Paul Schwartz the other day
,ey wrote a sort of "finis' to the
.agic story of the great war.
There are other war tragedies still
xistent, of course. There will be un-
| the last man who suffered in the
onflict lays down life's burden and
new generation rises to whom war
leans only a flaming patriotism, the
i'll of drums, the blare OF martial
,usic and the thud of tramping
.et. But the story of Paul Schwartz
as like an echo Of the war itself.
Born In Corsica, Of German par
nts, Schwartz was taken to Alsace-
,orraine when a baby and acquired
;erman citizenship.
At the outbreak Of the war he
oined German troops and fought
through the campaigns on the west
IN front.
Meanwhile his father died and his
aother, forced from her ramshackle
touse In the war area, had moved to
siel. Attempting to reach his moth
r after the war, Schwartz was sew
raj weeks reaching the north Ger
nan town.
When he arrived there in February,
919, he found it occupied by French
roops. In the absence of his travel
ng pass, he was arrested and be-
ause of his Corsican birth was con-
-icted Of high treason in taking w
lrms against France. He was SEN
enced to life imprisonment on Devils
sland, Cayenne, Isle of the Damn
d."
But recently the fate which had
Kept him in that place of torture for
q years relented. His plight came
o the attention OF the German gov
,rnment and, after due negotiation
md explanation, he was released.
Paul Schwartz Jared better, per-
laps, than did some other young men
Who marched off to war. He still
ives, whereas millions of his COM
AIDES have long been dead and others
.xist in q living death. Yet, there
must be some significance to the fact
hat the last prisoner Of the world
var was not released until just the
'ther day.
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Associated Press Photo

forces on the Picardy battle front re-
newed their offensive in great force.
attacking the French near Morisel
and Grivesnes and the British near
Hamel.
German official bulletins again
claimed important victories, but Al
lied bulletins admitted only minor
reverses and said there was little fear
that the new offensive would be a
repetition of the defeat of the Brit
ish Fifty Army in March.
Great German activity on other
sections of the front indicated that
another major drive was to be
launched soon.
Armenian troops, hastily organized
after the Russian withdrawal from
Turkey, stormed Erzerum, inflicting
heavy losses on Turk forces there.
American troops in the Champagne
sector repulsed heavy German raid.
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there costs 100000 per day, but
they probably mean misgovernment.
Spring IS just around the
corner, says the weather man.
From all this cold weather, you
might think it was around the
same corner as Prosperity.
X 4 X
Posterity always has affairs of its
own to look after, says Clarence
Darrow. And we're going to leave
them few more.
A man in divorce court COM
planned that his wife threw IN
alarm clock at him. He should
have been thankful he didn't
own a grandfather clock.
X X X
Garage builders are in better shane
than others in their line, a news
item says. And they'll keep busy
just as long as women insist on back
ing their cars into the garage them
selves.
Copyright, 1882, NEA Service, 1nc)
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Mrs. HARRowGATE came to
- meet them. She was smart,
thin. skilfully made-up woman
wearing a Paris gown. She ap-
peared hospitable and at the same
time vaguely formidable. She
seemed anxious to make amends for
the past yet her manner was not
quite convincing.
It seemed impossible for Larry's
mother to make a generous sur.
render. She did apologize casu.
ally for her negligence but it was
with an air Of expecting instant
pardon. Ellen smiled shyly in con.
fusion and inclined her head. She
knew she would never come to like
Mrs. Harrowgate but she could get
along with her. The older woman
dropped a light kiss on the girls
forehead. linked arms with her and
drew her forward into the warm.
f1ower'scented living room.
Ellen was never to forget the
hour that followed. There were
tea roses in a blue bowl on the low
polished coffee table where Mrs,
Harrowgate stationed herself to
pour the tea. Always ever after.
ward the sweet heavy odor was to
bring the scene back to the girl
She would see that room again in
all its luxurious and infinite de.
tail. She would hear Mrs. Harrow.
gates throaty voice slipping along
In conversation that was gracious
but not from the heart. She would
remember Larry's dark red head
against the blue Of his chair and
the special smile he flashed toward
her frequently.
An outsider would have observed
only a starry.eyed. flushed young
girl In a smoky velvet dress, sit.
ting at tea with q man who oh.
viously adored her and an older
woman who adored them both. But
for two Of them the meeting meant
much more than that. To Larry
and to Ellen this was the begin.
ming Of true happiness. Nothing
now stood in tho way Of their mar.
riage. What Mrs. Harrowgate was
thinking and feeling would have
been hidden from an outsider % It
was hidden from Larry BY his
mothers deft and accustomed world.
Illness.
Tho hour he'd away. Ellen
glanced at Larry with the interior.
alive glance that asked II he were
ready to leave. He stirred. pre.
pared to rise. Mrs. Harrowgate
caught the gesture.
Don't 80 until you've had 4 cock.
TALL" she said. tits almost dinner
time and I'd like one myself"
Perhaps there was something a
little bleak in her expression. At
any rate Larry settled back.
"Well-just one." he said.
Mrs. Harrowgate touched tho
bell. Ellen leaned back against the
SOFT, luxurious cushions and smiled
at Larry to say she understood. She
heard the butler enter, heard Ma
Harrowgate give tho order. some
indennable impulse made her
glance over her shoulder.
The butler was Fergus. Ellen
looked directly into his cold, con.
temptuous eyes.
Ito Be Continued)
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

ELLEN ROSSlTER. beautiful
'20-year-old. loves LARRY HAIR.
ROWGATE. young artist. when
he becomes engaged to another
girl Ellen agrees to marry
STEVEN BARCLAY. 81 years old
and wealthy. Her Impoverished
family n Indebted to Barclay.
Barclay Inns been married be.
fore. Scandal accompanied hts
Mexican divorce from LEDA
CRAYSON. dancer. To avoid pub.
Mcity Ellen and Barclay are
secretly married. They drive 10
his Long Island home. deserted
except for FERGUS. the butler.
There Barclay suffers . heart at.
tack. LOUIS sYMEs. Barclays
lawyer. arrives with doctors and
nurses. Barclay dies Mt dawn.
Symes tells Ellen her marriage
IL not legal because papers prov.
ing Barclays divorce have beeD
stolen. Ellen yields all claims to
Barclays fortune to avoid seas.
dal. Then she learns Larry Har.
rowgate IL Barclays nephew.
Heartbroken, she returns home.
Ellen distrusts Fergus. She
goes back to work ~ . hestess
at Dreamland. Larry comes there,
tells her his engagement 10 brok-
en- and asks her to marry him.
Ellen has not the courage to tell
him OF her marriage to Barclay.
Larry shows Ellen m anony.
NOUS letter he has received
threatening to tell newspapers
TINT Barclay died a. . result Of =
night OF carousal with = feminine
companion. Ellen knows Fergus
has written the letter.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV
nAYS slid by in which nothing
happened. Two weeks-three
weeks and no moro was heard OF
Fergus. Larry had sent the money
to the anonymous claimant. Once
or twice he mentioned the matter.
congratulating himself that he had
handled it successfully. Ellen. her
heart pounding. would agree that
he had done the only thing that was
to be done. She was half.ill from
waiting and worrying. A sense OF
impending disaster was always
with her. A dozen times she had
started to tell Larry everything and
q dozen times q word from him, Z
gesture. an expression had stopped
her.
Larry came often to tho Brooklyn
apartment these days. He and
Molly had patched up their differ.
ences. had even come to like each
other. Larry and Mike were close
friends. It was Larry who had
stood BY when Mike essayed hia
first attempt to walk on crutches.
All Mixes women folk had been
ruled out Of the room lest the boy
should fail. They had been called
in after the first walk was 4 tri.
umph.
The apartment which was to be
Ellen's and Larry's home was deco.
rated and furnished. Larry fretted
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Physical Defects
No Handicap to
Many Workers
BY DIR. MORRIS FTSHBEIN
editor, Journal Of the American
Medical AsGncia finn\

l NACSSAC0A SA1oOC0tAVOI
The person In full possession Of al
his faculties may have q difficult
time finding work now, but those who
are handicapped by some weakness
In sight, hearing, by the absence Of
limbs or fingers, by q disease Of the
heart, or by some similar disturbance
have q much more serious problem,
even in good times.
When 20 per cent of all workers
are unemployed, a much larger per-
centage Of handicapped workers is
likely to be unemployed. It has been
estimated that there are in the Uni
ted States at least 1000, 900 workers
who have handicaps.
The handicapped worker has to
have highly specialized work. There
are many occupations that q one
armed man can do satisfactorily, but
there are many others that only q
man with two arms can do success
fully.
For example. the motor car is q
highly complicated machine. A blind
man cannot run one because he can
not see. A deaf man may drive, but
may have great trouble in crowded
traffic or when travelling at high
speed.
A man with one leg off may be
able to drive motor car satisfac-
torily, but man with an arm Oft
might have considerable difficulty.
Social service has today developed
as specialists persons capable Of plac-
ing workers in positions for which
they are fitted. Much more is to be
gained by placing the person i'm
mediately in such q job than in try
ing him In q half dozen jobs with the
idea that he may be trained to do
one of them satisfactorily.
It has been estimated that the
largest manufacturer Of motor cars
in the United States employed at one
thine 5000 handicapped people. These
people were not employed ON the
basis that their employment was a
charity. They were employed because
they could do their jobs satisfactorily,
and could earn the money that was
paid to them.
Only proper placement in the posi-
ton enabled them to hold the jobs
against the natural competition that
came from other persons equipped
with all their physical forces.
It Is a mistake to attempt to find
for handicapped persons new or
strange occupations. More than 80
per cent of them can be placed in
jobs in ordinary industries for which
their handicap does not disqualify
them. Sometimes q little extra
training. may be necessary, but that
can be had in special schools or even
In apprenticeship to the occupations
which they ultimately plan to fill.
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over the plain gold ring in his
pocket and with fits Of feverish i'm.
patience insisted that he and Ellen
race to City Hall so that she might
wear that ring, too. Always she re-
fused. The reason she gave was
that she had not met his mother.
Although Larry had never con.
fessed It the girl knew Mrs. Har.
rowgate had refused to meet her.
She knew that the refusal dis.
tressed Larry. Thus the happiness
Of the engagement days alternated
with moods Of black despair.
THEN on . Friday three weeks
later there was a change. The
blustery fall day began Just as any
other day with q haphazard break.
fast shared BY Molly and Ellen and
served on the card table In Mixes
bedroom. Everything was friendly
and homelike with Molly's chatter
Of the coming marriage to make It
50. Molly knew nothing Of the
Matchmaking letters to Larry. knew
nothing Of Ellen's secret fears and
tremors. Ellen had thought It bet
ter to keep her own council. So
Molly could rattle on. serene and
confident, absorbed in wedding
plans.
"But there's Larry's mother"
Ellen offered In a subdued way.
"Old cat!" Molly said rebellious.
ly. breaking q piece Of toast.
"You shouldn't talk that way"
Ellen protested though in secret
agreement. AFTER ALL" she added
soberly. "Larry's her only son."
you're quite AZ good as he ia
and he has the sense to know It
even II his mother hasn't. Our fam
ily-the English branch of It any.
way-is every bit az good as the
Harrowgates', even II We don't hap.
pen to be In tho Social Register"
"she hasn't been exactly anxious
to meet me-" Ellen said.
"Here, use your Napkin" Molly
spoke hurrisdly to Mike. Return.
ing to Ellen. she observed. well,
Larry thinks you're all right and
personally I'd rather have my hus-
band think ] was perfect than his
mother
II suppose there Is something In
that" Ellen conceded with = rue.
full laugh.
At 10 o'clock Larry arrived IN.
expectsdly. He was in the mood
Ellen loved best. Bursting into
the living room he swept her into
his arms and did q mad dance.
"We'rs going to b married IN
two weeks" he sang out. EVERY.
things fixed. And you're going to
meet Mother today"
"But-but-" Ellen stammered.
"How did you manage it," Proud
color stained her cheeks.
NOW Ellen, Is that nice?" Larry
rerrnached. you'll have to take