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A1 Smith’s Face Out of the Picture
Gotham has it that the face of Alfred E. £mith is
out of the big political picture. Washington has it
that the face of Governor Franklin Roosevelt is in
the big political picture. Smith is one of the most re
markable men the country has known. His career is
studded with brilliant achievement. Born in humble
walks of life, a news boy in the streets to earn pen
nies to support a widowed mother and a little sister,
he climbed to great heights.
He became the four-time governor of one of the
greatest American states, the national standard bearer
of his party In the most virulent political battle ever
caged In America. He went down In defeat notwith
standing he received the ballots of fifteen million
American voters—the greatest number ever given
democratic nominee for president.
After his defeat he announced that he would never
offer for public office again and yet this very em
phatic statement did not work. Franklin D. Roose
velt carried New York for governor at the election In
which Smith lest for president. Roosevelt is an out
standing figure. As wldelv known perhaps as any of
the democratic leaders or possibilities.
Mayor James J. Walker of New York has an inter
national reputation. After Uie defeat of Smith for
the presidency, a few close friends. multimillionaire
contractors and financiers, according to Gotham and
Washington gossip, practically took Smith over in a
social, financial and political sense and made the fu
ture rosy for him In a world of comfort and leisure
where money or rather need of It, would not embitter
his existence.
Smith never made a dollar in politics while hold
ing office. Men said that he was so straight that he
leaned barkwa-ds. He loe’hed graft and grafters, he
never had the get-rlch malady and he kept his skirts
or official robes clean at all times. When Mayor
Jimmy Wa’ker was nearing the end of his first term,
he was ambitious for a second term of four years.
Frn'th and his adv’sors or rather his rich sponsors
decided that J'mrrv Walker should be given the air
and that another outstanding New Yorker should be
alat®d as his suree«or. It appears to have been a
fatal stroke of politics or policy for Smith and his
cut*r1e—that Is powerful as money talks, in
a sor'al senre. but not powerful with rank and file
of the voters of the democratic city of New York.
Mrvor Wa’ker broadcast the urogram of Smith to the
rark and file. He announced his candidacy for a sec
ond term—as leader of nlatn peoule of New York and
the voice of Tammany Hall and Its allies in the great
er city. i
Th**re was a remarkable response. All the borouvh
leaders declared for Walker; all the district leaders
declared for Walker and the rank and file voters of
the city who followed the nag of the oldest political
organisation in America lined solidly under the ban
ner of Mayor Walker pud the best dressed and snap
piest mayor that New York has known is in the run
ning for the second term and almost certain of re
election.
As for Governor Smith and his select circle of
friends, they are out of the picture. All that remains
for them to do is to bow to the Inevitable and take
their places among the marchers, but not in the ad
vance guard of the procession. It is another exhibi
tion of the work of the political scenic artist. Old
faces have been pushed out of the picture and a new
face has been w^«b<n»rtun
say that it is the face of Franklin D. Roosevelt, gov
ernor of New York, candidate for vice president in the
not remote past, the close personal friend of Woodrow
Wilson and the assistant secretary of the navy under
Josephus Daniels.
Franklin D. Roosevelt throughout the years never
affiliated with Tammany all but Tammany democra s
have let it be known that the old king is dead an
that the new king holds the office of governor in Al
bany. No doubt he will be the choice of New York
democrats for first place on the ticket in 193Vai£
national leaders are hoping that Roosevelt will
acceptable to the South and that democrats who vote
for Hoover will repent and return to the house o
their fathers. They say that Owen Young Is not and
will not be in the presidential gallery of possibilities.
They say that Roosevelt stands for the economic pol
icies of the plain people of America, that he is op
posed to the power and other trusts dominating legis
lative bodies and If he wins re-election for governor
In the contest next year he may be the choice of dem
ocrats of the nation for standard bearer In 1932.
However, the milk In the cocoanut Is that Alfred
E. Smith will not be a disturbing factor In the great
battle to come and conditions may be ripe for demo
crats. united, so to speak, to return to the house of
the fathers and shape the policies of the government
for at least four years. _____
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By H. 1 PHILLIPS
OUR OWN EDISON TEST
(Designed to find successors to Steve Brodie.
Charlie Ross and One-Eyed Connolly).
q_who invented the No. 7 snapper-bluefish hook
and how long will It take a man 5 feet 11 inches high
to get one out of the left leg of a pair of trousers
three inches too short for him?
q_who was the author of the saying. I care not
who writes the nation’s song, if I can destroy its loud
speakers?” _ . _
Q—Why docs the country honor Blue Larkspur.
Lou Gehrig? Henry Ford? Texas Guinan? Daylight
saving?
q_what six forms of life are lower than: <a) The
man who taps a barrel of tree-spray to get Ingre
dients for a Bronx cocktail? <b) Men who sleep
across the seats of day coaches with their shoes off.
(c) Tabloid photographers who follow bereaved fam
ilies to the grave and snap pictures of little children
at prayer?
q_when is the truth permissible?
' Q—When is it good business?
q_what is an emetic and for what are its fea
tures used? . _ . .
q_What is the future of the automat.c wind
shield-wiper? The outboard motor? The traffic po
liceman’s whistle?
Q_If you had tried ten times to perform a cer
tain experiment and the man next door had refused
to stop testing his motor under your window, wnat
would vou throw at him?
Q_What do you consider the six most important
qualifications for success, eliminating the fact that
vour girl’s father owns a big business, that your av
erage golf score Is 74. and that vou can always tell a
good story without consulting the back of an en
velope?
Q—What would you do if you we~e marooned in a
car at the top of a roller-coaster with no tools exeent
a nut-pick, a nail-file and a can-opener, and had to
move a girl weighing 200 pounds who had fallen on
vour left arm after throwing a swoon 8 feet high by
6 feet wide?
Q—Define work, volley ball and bridge and show
whv th*»re Is little difference.
P—Why does weight differ from the Hollywood
diet?
Q—Where, outside of the house of representatives,
the democratic parly and the average board of aider
men. does a man weieh nothing?
O—What kind of gin did Eli Whitney invent?
Q—What would it be necessary to do to a button
hook before it could be used as a pipe-cleaner? As
a soup spoon?
P—Describe the old-fashioned dance known as
the divot.
Q—What is a filigree and with what bird is it
mat-d to get chicken a la king?
Q—If you were caught in a railroad station half an
hour before train time with nobody at the informa
tion booth and you had to decide the time table ’ our
self. by how many hours would you miss the train
and even when you finally got one would you know
whether it had a diner, club car or buffet and ran
only on Saturday’s and Mondays?
Q—Do you know anything that will keep red ants
out of an automobile blanket that has been spread
on the ground for a Sunday picnic and how many
paper pienlates can be scattered over a vacant lot
156 by 300 feet by a family of two adults, seven chil
dren and an infant in arms?
Q—For what are the eggs of the calllopie used?
Q—Why can’t an outside aerial be drawn to an
inside straight?
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READ THIS FIRST:
Charlotte Chatterton. nicknamed
Chatty. Is a born gossip. She loses
her job in Mrs. Mayberry's millinery
shop because she talks too much.
Her mother, a dresmaker. has one
wealthy customer. Mrs. Van Nuys.
an old friend. Through her Chatty
gets a job in the files department
of Mr. Van Nuys’ bond house down
town. There she falls In love with
Dave Jordan, a young bond sales
man. and he begins to pay her a
great deal of attention.
Billie Laneenau, in charge of the
files, tells Chatty that Dave never
pays any attention to any of the
girls in the office except Agnes Her
ferd. Mr. Van's secretary. When
Chatty repeats what Billie said, she
adds a lie of her own to it—and
says that Billie told her that Dave
and Agnes were in love with each
other. Agnes threatens to tell Mr.
Van that Billie has been gossiping
about her. and Chatty determines to
too her if she can.
Finally she steals Agnes’ desk kevs
and goes through her desk, trying to
find a note she has seen Dave hand
to her. The note is innocent enough,
out Chattv finds Agnes’ diary while
^he is hunting for it—and in the
diary is the whole story of Agnes'
'ove for Mr. Van. Chatty tears out
'he pages at home that night and
sends them to Mrs. Van. Agnes does
not discover the theft at once.
Billie and her sister. 8ara. come
to live across the hall from the
Chattertons. and Chattv learns that
she Is separated, but still married to
a man named Brewster. However,
no one knows this. Including George
Mayhew, a bond salesman, who Is
'n love with Billie. Billie insists
that she feels only friendshin for
George, but one night when Chatty
renorts that she has seen him out
with another girl, Billie bursts into
tears.
Chatty has a “date" for that same
evening with Dave Jordan, and Bil
lie. who is kindness itself, always,
helps her dress herself for It. Chattj
is ashamed of the little flat where
she lives with her mother and young
brother. Pud. She is particularly
ashamed of Pud. who works after
noons and evenings in Tomlinson’s
drug store, helping the owner sell
alcohol and gin. Chattv has begged
him not to do this, especially since
she knows that he sells his goods
to Winnie Talcott, a stenographer
at the office.
Next morning Chatty remembers
that she left her handbag in Dave’s
roadster. She hopes he hasn't found
it. for In that bag is Agnes’ diary,
with the pages tom out. Later that
morning Agnes comes to Chatty
with the diary in her hand and asks
if Chatty saw anyone go into her
office Monday night. Chatty calmly
shakes her head.
(Now go on with the story)
• • •
CHAPTER XVII
Chatty never knew how she kept
herself ffom going to pieces at the
sight of the little black book that
she had left in Dave Jordan’s road
ster the night before.
Her brain felt as if It were a
great wheel, whirling very fast in
side her head, so fast that it was
hard for her to think clearly: . . .
Let's see. Dave must have found
the book in her handbag. And then,
of course, he had come upon Agnes’
name written in it and brought it
down to the office.
“But where's rav handbag, and
where is he?” Chatty asked hedslef
wildly. “And why didn't he tell
Agnes that he found her diary in
my bag In his car?”
“Agnes." she began slowly. “I
don’t know anything about your
diary. Why should anyone want to
tear pages out of It? Who would be
interested in it but yourself? I
don’t see why you’re so upset—”
She sat there, listening to her
self telling falsehood after false
hood. as calmly as if she were lis
tening to some other person telling
them. She marevled at herself for
being so cool outwardly.
“Why wouldn't I be upset?” she
She smiled to herself as she listened in.
heard Azvfa ask her. and her voire
seemed to come from iar off. "My
diary is full of things that are my
own private business. That's why I
kept it locked up in my desk at the j
office. I didn’t even take it home
where m.v folks might see it. I
thought it was safe. But someone
must have stolen it on Monday
night when my office keys were
stolen—I'm sure now that I never
lost them at all.”
A startled, frightened look came
into Chatty's wide green-gray eyes.
"What makes you think they ws»‘e
stolen?” she cried.
Agnes made an Impatient little j
movement with her shoulders. "Be
cause the diary was stolen, too!”
she explained. “The person who
took the diary took the keys to get
at the diary ... for nothing else
in the world.”
"Walt till the rest of the folks
get down to the office. Maybe some
body knows something about it”
Chatty advised her cooly.
Then she swung around on her
chair and faced her. "When did you
miss the book. Agnes?” she asked.
"And when did you get it back?”
But Agnes could not answer cith
er of those questions.
“I don’t write in the diary every
day,” she said, in a puzzled sort of
way. "And I’ve been busy lately—
with those lost keys and one thing
and another—and so I didn’t real
ize that it had been touched until
this morning, when I came in. It
was lying on the top of my desk
like this!” Her voice ended in a wall.
Chatty shook her head, looking
at the black covers and the few
pages that were left in the book.
"Maybe Winnie will be able to
tell you something about It when
she comes down.” she said, com
fortingly. although she knew that
no one but herself could really tell
her anything about the book—her
self and Dave Jordan.
She was thinking about him when
the door from the hall opened and
he walked into the office.
He was carrying his hat and a
roll of dark leather that Chatty
knew was her handbag.
His eyes were on Chatty’s face as
he came walking across the wide
office to her and Agnes.
"What’s the matter?’’ he asked,
his eyes going from Chatty's face
to Agnes’ drawn, white one. "Some
thing wrong. Agnes?”
The girl nodded. “I kept a diary
in my desk—and look! Somebody’s
torn out all the pages that I had
written on!” sh“ answered misera
bly. "Davy. I wouldn't have lost
that book for anything m the world
—I kept it hidden under the paper i
in my bottom drawer—” her voice
broke and she put her face down
‘nto her hands. The remnants of
[he diary fell to the floor.
Dave stooped and picked them up. I
He turned and looked down at
Chatty, and his boyish, high-colored
face looked tired all at once.
•Here’s your handbag.” he said.
Rnd laid it down on the desk be
fore her. “I found it in my car this
morning. . . . Some of the things
that were in it had fallen out and
were lying on the street. I put them
all back—where they belonged.”
Chatty knew that he was telling
her that he had put Agnes tom
diary back where it belonged, on
her desk, and her heart seemed to
turn to stone in her breast.
“He’s found me out!” she told
herself unhappily. “He knows I took
that diary out of Agnes' desk. He
knows I'm a sneak and a liar . . . ’
And all at once she hated her
self. She hated herself, not for be
ing a “sneak and a liar." but be
cause she had been found out b>
the one person whose good opinion
she wanted above all other things.
“I’m so sorry about all this!’’ she
blurted out. suddenly.
It was Agnes who answered her.
“It’s kind of vou to be sorry for me.
Chat.” she said in a choking voice,
“and I know I shouldn’t be silly
and break down like this—but I'm
Just sick I'm so worried about those
missing pages! I'm so afraid that
they've fallen into the wrong
hands—” And. buating into tears
once more, she rushed inlo her own
office, closing and locking the door
of It behind her.
“Where are the paaes that you
tore out of the thing?" Dave Jor
dan asked, as soon as she was gone.
'•What did you do with them? And
why in the world did you want to
take the poor girl's diary in the
first place? You took it last Mon
day night, didn’t you? I remember
now that I saw you coming out of
her room with that little black book
In your hands—”
Chatty Interrupted him with a
sound that was supposed to be a
laugh. “You ought to hire out as a
private detective if you have cam
era-like eyes like that.” she told him
briskly. “If you can remember lit
tle things that you saw in a per
son's hands three days after you
saw them there, you surely are a
wonder!"
He gave her a long look. “No one
knows I saw you.” he asld quietly.
“And no one knows I know you took
the book. See?”
Chatty did see.
And she saw something else. She
saw that his whole attitude—his
whole feeling for her—had changed
since the night before, when he had
held her close to him in his hard
young arms. He was angry with
her. Angry and disgusted—and puz
zled. too.
She watched him go across the
office with eyes that were blurred
and misty with tears.
• • •
At noon, instead of going to lunch
in the cafeteria in the building she
took a taxicab and whirled out to
Lipton street.
She found her mother hard at
work on some baby coats that she
was making for the missionary so
ciety at St. Martin’s church.
“Aren't they cute? I’m making
them out of the silk thkt was left
over when I cut out Kate Van Nuys’
princess slips.” she said, looking up
at Chatty with her soft blue eyes.
"What on earth brings you home at
this time of the day."
Chatty did some quick thinking.
“I had such a headache that I
thought I’d come home and take a
hot bath Instead of eating lunch."
she answered. “I’m still taking Jean
Oilday’s place at the switchboard
and it’s hard work. It Just wears
me out."
“Yes. and this business of staying
■out till late every night with that
young man of yours won’t help your
headaches, either!" her mother said,
crisply, getting up to start the bath
water In the tub. "I declare. I hated
to wake you up this morning at half
I past six. you looked that tired out
on your pillow! Did you get your
handbag all right?”
Chatty nodded and followed her
mother into the bed room, where
she began to slip out of her clothes
and twist her bright hair up on the
too of her head in a “bathtub knot."
“Yes . . Dave Jordan had it.
And. bv the wav. I got so excited
about losing it this morning that I
forgot to ask you what Mrs Van
Nuvs wanted to see you about last
night. You know you said she was
in some kind of terrible troub’e "
Mrs. Chatterton nodded. “Yes —
and so she Is." she began, and then
she gave Chatty a sharp, forbidding
look . . .. .
“Now, you’re not to speak of this
at the office—if I tell you about
it!” she said. "It's nothing for you
to talk about down there.”
Chatty crossed her heart and
waited breathlessly.
“Mr. Van has been running around
[down town with some girl who
1 works for him.” her mother went
on with her story. “And somehow or
other Kate got hold of the girls
diary—with the whole story written
in It. The silliest stuff you ever read
in vour life!”
Chatty drew a long breath.
“What’s Mrs. Van going to do about
It?” she asked. That was what she
had come home to find out! To
find out if Mrs. Van was going to
make trouble for Agnes in the of
f
"if she does. Agnes will tell Dave
all about it . . and Dave will
know that I sent all those pages to
her.” she thought. "But perhaps she
won't say a thing about it to any
1 one but mother.”
! “I told her to show the diary tc
Mr. Van.” Mrs. Chatterton was go
’ ing on in her slow, careful way
’ “and ask him about the girl. Bui
: she thought perhaps she ought t<
talk to the girl herself, and find oul
i (Continued on page 12.)
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We have been having intensely
hot weather for several days. Know
ing my own discomfort, I am im
pelled to talk to you a little about
your special hot weather habits.
You may scoff at this and say,
"How absurd!" But we do practice
habits in summer that we never
think of In other seasons.
You would not think of deliber
ately sitting in a draft In the winter
time. Neither would you expose
yourself to the danger of frostbite
or its equivalent.
Yet in summer when you are
overheated, you sit before an elec
tric fan or in a direct breeze. Of
course, it is the most tempting
thing to do. But it is a dangerous
thing, too.
The food you take, too, should be
given special consideration in sum
mer. It is unwise to eat the heavy,
rich foods which heat the blood.
Such foods make the entire system
work hard, unduly hard for a hot
day.
Dainty, tempting meals, consist
ing of jellied or hot soups, as you
prefer, plenty of fruit, vegetables,
salads and the lighter desserts, are
called for on these hot days. Eat
meat only once a day and then
sparingly.
Beverages are necessary and per
fectly proper to take, but they
should be taken when the body is
not overheated. Between meals is
the time for cold drinks.
Do not expose the body to the di
rect rays of the sun for too long
periods. If you must be out-of
doors give your head and body ade
quate protection. I need hardly re
mind you that the clothing and?
headgear should be light In weight.
Frequent baths add to the com
fort. But do not jump Into a tub
of cold water when the body is over
heated. Walt a half hour or so to
cool off, then bathe and change to
fresh clothing.
Until you become accustomed to
the extreme heat you should exer
cise in moderation. You can grad
ually do more a-: the body becomes
used to the thange In temperature
Exercise temperance and common
sense. This Is the season when
caution Is demanded.
ANSWERS TO HEALTH QUERIES
A. U. Q.—Is cocoa fattening.
A.—Not as fattening as chocolate.
• • •
G. B. Q.—What can I do for
dandruff?
A.—Shampoo *he hair every week
with a good pure soap and use
stimulating tonic. For particular* m
send a self-addressed, stamped en- *
velope and repeat your question.
• • •
H. M. Q.—What causes rheuma
tism?
A —Some infection In the system !
is responsible for this trouble. For
other information send a self-ad
dressed. stamped envelope and re
peat your question.
• • •
S. R. Q—What should a boy
weigh who is 19 years old and 5 feet,
11 inches tall?
2.—How can I gain weight?
A —For his age and height he
should weigh about 155 pounds.
2—Proper dieting and deep
breathing is the secret. You should
eat noulshlng foods and have plenty
of sleep and rest. For full partlcu- j
lars send a self-addressed, stamped
envelope and repeat your qu .tion. j
• • • 1
L. N. Q —How much should a
girl of 19. 5 feet 5 inches tall weigh?
2.—What do you advise for re
ducing?
A.—You should weigh about 125
pounds. I
2 —Eat very sparingly of starches,
sugars and fats. Get regular syste
matic exercise. A gradual reduction
in the amount of food consumed
with the regular exercise will work
wonders in most cases.
• • •
C. G. Q—What will remove
moles?
A.—Moles may be made less no
ticeable by the use of the electric
needle handled by an expert. Con
sult a skin specialist.
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Who am I? What state u. I rep
resent In the senate? Of wh^t im
portant committee am I ranking
Democrat?
Of what society are the Irish
Orangemen members?
Who wrote “The Age of Reason?"
“Therefore if any man be in
Christ, he is a new creature: old
things are passed away; behold, all
things are become new." Where is
this passage found in the Bible?
Today’s Horoscope
Persons bom on this day are fond
of travel and dislike to stay in one
place long. They are good business
executives.
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COSMIC CREATION A PROCESS
By Arthur DcV. Carpenter
The vastness of the stellar uni- (
verse, the gigantic masses of mat
ter in the stars; the slow changes
taking place in the chemical starry
structures, and the evident over
whelmingly long life period of a
star all go to show that the universe
is not the result of an instantane
ous act, but rather of a process con
tinually going on. Though not yet
fully established, science is coming
to think that matter of which the
colossal sums are composed, is not
only going out of existence as mat
ter but Is being also brought into
existence. The research work of Pro
fessor Milliken is bearing fruit in
the field of generation of matter.
Answers to Foregoing Questions
1. Claude A. Swanson; Virginia:
naval affairs.
2. Loyal Orange Institution.
3. Thomas Page.
4. n Cor. V, 17.
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