The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-16
SERGE KoUssEvITzY, CONDUCT

SERGE HOUSEWIFE, CONDUCT
or of the Boston symphony orchestra, be-
came aroused the other evening over the
commotion caused by late corners and fatty
refused to continue his concert. Thlrty-slx
hundred persons waited while he allowed
himself to be persuaded to forgive the Doors,
finish the program and collect his check
the best known salve for mental anguish
cases.
The incident isn't so newsworthy since
great musicians are by tradition more or
less temperamental but it occurs to us that
quite a story would develop quickly ii some
of the more calm long-suffering individuals
we meet in daily life suddenly had a touch
of temperament.
Not to leave the entertainment world,
suppose next time you are trying quietly TO
enjoy movie in spite of some loose-tongued
individual to the right or left that you de-
velop a temper Stand up in your seat and
call loudly to the operator to stop the pic
ture until the amateur Broadcast OF 1888
next to you is over. The incident may be
short, like the fist fight between fans at
ballgame, but your contribution to society
will be long remembered.
Any groceryman, tired of banana-plnch-
ing customers, could hook up an electric
fence around the fruit racks and make his
name a byword in the grocery industry
while butcher who, in response to the per-
ennial question SIS it TENDER" would calmly
bite hunk out of each steak and politely
masticate it to the satisfaction of the in
quirer would likewise drive away some GUS
toners, but most of them would be cured.
Around a drygoods store we are told
the bright spot of the day is when some
fussy customer has a clerk, at the busiest
time of the busiest day, pull out and display
every bit of piecegoods, or whatnot, and
then after a wasted hour, politely remarks
that she isn't buying anything today but
she may want to make a sunsuit for two
year old next summer and just thought
she'd see what yah had" Pushing the stack
give vent to your feelings but it is doubtful
if this remedy would cure the patient.
Temperamental housewives have slam
med doors in peddlers faces for years and
chucked the circulars which litter the front
lawn into the ashcan but so far their pro-
blem is unsolved. Likewise the farmer gets
frequent calls from time-wasting vendors of
every type of goods to whom the word mo"
in a civil tone is interpreted as polite
hello" We hesitate to suggest it, but ped
dlers were fewer in the days when farmers
carried guns and trusty musket stood in
a handy corner of every village home. Re
member 10 IRE the nrSC Cnree SnOCS into the
air, however.
Something happens almost every day to
most of us which might cause us to do a
koussevitzy" except that like him we have
bills to pay, a payroll to meet and fondly
hope to remain in business and out of jail.
IT'S BEEN A MONTH SINCE THE
state was startled" if indeed Minnesota
can be startled any longer, at the murder of
Pat Corcoran, Minneapolis labor chief. In
the meantime several large rewards have
been offered (They were a pretty safe bet)
police have combed the city supposedly and
the whole thing has been very embarrassing
to Mayor Leach who would like to be gov
ernor and to Governor Benson, who wants
another term in which to save the people
But right now they are no nearer arrest and
prosecution of the murderers than they
were when Corcoran's body was found in the
snow. Like the killers of Guilford and Lig-
gett, the slayer was too smart or perhaps
too powerful for the police.
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THE NEWS THAT ALL MINNESOTA
lakes will be closed to winter fishing after
December 81 and many are closed through
out the winter months will be hailed by
sportsmen as an honest effort to conserve
fish and maintain the states place as a sum
mer playground.