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The Many-Sided Mr. Dawes
Drew Pearson, writing in The Living Age. dis
cusses the many-sided Charles G. Dawes, presently
ambassador from the United States to the Court of
St. James, depicting him in some ways that perhaps
even the homefolks have not thought about:
"Here is a man, charming and well-bred, and yet
homely and uncouth. Here is a man who plays the i
hurrah boy, who demands the limelight and gets it
by acting—sometimes by ham acting—yet who has
the soul of an artist. Here is a man whose hard- \
headedness is proverbial, but who has written a play j
for his two adopted children, who plays the flute and j
piano, and who has composed music that is played by
Kreisler. Here Is a man who reads Greek literature i
and 'Nize Baby,’ the history of the Maya civilization I
and ‘Snowshoe Al,’ who is an expert on P. G. Wode- j
house and the lost continent of Atlantis. Here is a
man who denounced La Follette as a Red and a
menace, who organized the minute-men of the con
stitution to wage war on union labor, yet who estab
lished a chain of charitable hotels for unemployed
men. This is the man who is to amaze and amuse,
startle nad charm, repel and win Great Britain as the
new American ambassador to the Court of St. James."
For some strange reason, the correspondent of The
Living Age fails to size up Mr. Dawes as a pipc
smeker, user of picturesque profanity and a political
fighter, and also fails to mention his somewhat ner
vous temperament, as shown by striking innumerable
matches to keep his old underslung pipe lighted. Nor
does he even so much as mention the ambassador’;
penchant for precedent smashing in the matter of
wearing long pants on occasions that, at the Court of
St. James, call for satin knickers. This man. Dawes
1s Indeed a many-sided individual, and he makes
plenty of good new3 for the cable companies
Not Yet Solved
In some half-dozen or more educational institu
tions of Texas there are seriously and gravely taught
such beneficient subjects as the following: theory of
basketball, theory of baseball, theory of football, the
ory of wrestling. In the prescribde course of Instruc
tions are the Interesting subdivisions, history of the
game, theory of the game, selection of players, rules,
strategy, choice of men and their development, etc.
Far be it from any progressive modem to depre
ciate such Instruction and the unquestioned benefits
deriving therefrom. The most unwise commonwealth
Is that which neglects physical training. Nevertheless
it U impossible to forget that tens of thousands of
Texas grammar school pupils are denied an average
term of training because the state has failed to pro
vide sufficient money to keep all its grammar schools
in operation nine months in the year. Texas cannot
be said to have solved her educational problems to
long as there is money enough to train wrestlers and
not enough to train thousands in reading, writing and
arithmetic.
A story of his life by H. Ford would Indeed be r.n
autobiography.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
The popudlar conception ts that a Chicago ritizen
always has a gun or a lily In his hand —Arkansas
Gazette.
A Midwestern goat ate part of a wing off of r.n
airplane. Thank heaven, goats can not fly.—Min
neapolis Journal.
THE CALVIN COOLIDGES GO LITERARY
(The scene is a room in the Coolidge home. Mr.
and Mrs. Coolldge are both at work on magazine
articles.)
Mrs. Coolidge: Calvin, stop that!
Mr. Coolidge: Stop What?
Mrs. Coolidge. That drumming with your fingers.
I'm trying to write.
Mr. Coolldge: I wasn’t drumming with my fing
ers; that was a boy going past the house rubbing
a stick against the picket fence. And I wish you
wouldn't interrupt me when I’m trying to think.
Mrs. Coolidge: I’m sorry.
Mr. Coolidse: And please stop tapping your foot
on the floor. Grace.
Mrs. Coolidge: Was I?
Mr. Coolldge: Yes. Now let’s each help the other
to concentrate by being very quiet.
(The door bell rings after a few moments.)
Mrs. Coolidge: Answer the bell. dear.
Mr. Coolidge: You answer It. Grace.
Mrs. Colidge: I'm right in the middle of a
paragraph.
Mr. Coolidge: Well, that’s better than being where
I am. I’m caught between two clauses for the want
of the right word.
Mrs. Coolidge: You're in a better position to an
swer the door than I am. Calvin.
Mr. Coolidge: It's much easier to answer a door
from the middle of a paragraph than between two
clauses. You answer it this time and I’ll answer
it next time.
Mrs. Coolidge: Oh. very well, but If the American
ejects this story it will be your fault.
• • • •
Mr. Coolidge (as Mrs. Coolidge returns): Who
was it?
Mrs. Coolidge: The letter-carrier.
Mr. Coolidge: Any checks for me?
Mrs. Coolidge: Nothing for you at all. But—
look!—here’s a nice fat one for me.
Mr. Colidge: What's the American paying you
per article, anyhow?
Mrs. Coolidge: I don't think I should tell you.
Mr. Coolidge: Why not?
Mrs. Coolidge: It might make you dissatisfied.
Mr. Coolidge: I think I’ll ask for more money
on general principles. If I knew what you were
getting. I d have something to base_
Mrs. Coolidge: Now, shush, Calvin. No more talk
I want to get back to work.
Mr. Coolidge: I guess I’ll start typing my stuff
now.
Mrs. Coolidge: Now. Calvin Coolidge. you know
very well I’ll be wanting that typewriter in a few
moments.
Mr. Coolidge: But you had it all morning rnd_
Mrs. Coolldge: You had it all day yesterday rnd
last night. It s my turn now.
Mr. Coolidge: III Just start and when you get
ready I’ll quit.
Mrs. Coolidge: No sir. Once you get started
typing It'll be impossible to stop you. Anyway, we
ought have two typewriters.
Mr. Coolidg?e: Two typewriters. Grace? Where's
your Vermont thrift?
Mrs. Coolidge: We’ve outgrown the onc-type
wTiter stage. When you were the only author In the
family one machine was enough but....
Mr. Coolidge (tartly): I’m still the only author
in the family.
Mrs. Colidge: You wouldn't think so !f you read
the advertisements for my last article.
Mr. Coolidge: What was. your last article about?
Mrs. Coolidge: Didn’t you read It?
Mr. Coolidge: No.
Mrs. Coolldge: Brute!
• • • •
MANHATTAN DIALOGUES
Blitz: Fine liquor, this. I’ve had it In my tellar
ever since the house was built.
Blatz: Living in one of those overnight develop
ments. rh?
• • • •
Scientists, using delicate instruments, have been
able to hear the Florida fruit-fly eating inside an
orange or a grapefruit. There's a red-hot rummer
diversion for you. girls and boys .
• « » »
BOYHOOD AMBISH
I want some curls, a megaphone,
A voice that's soft and pally;
Some mushy songs, a loving tone—
And I'll be Rudy Vallee.
Wouldn't it be a boon if the fruit cooperative rould
arrange to take care of the Chicago “pineapple” crop?
—Manchester Union.
THE OLD HOME TOWN ._ Stanley
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WON BY WORKING OUT A PUZZLE iN'THE MONTHLY
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READ THIS FIRST:
Charlotte Chatterton. nicknamed
Chatty. Is a born gossip. Her mother,
a widowed dressmaker, through a
wealthy customer gets Chatty a po
sition as telephone operator at the
Van Nuys Co., Bonds. Chatty, with
her incessant chattering and gossip,
creates havoc. She falls in love with
one of the up-and-coming bend
salesmen. David Jordan. He is in
terested in her. but when her gos
sip causes Agnes Herford to lose her
position David passes her up. Later
Chatty listens in on all of David’s
phone conversations and he finally
‘calls’’ her down in front of the of
fice people Chatty’s girl friend. Bil
lie Langenau. a file clerk, and Win
nie Talcott. Mr. Vann’s secretary,
have some lively parties. Chatty has
dates with a newcomer to the office.
Bryant Dunning, who is married but
says his wife has left him. Chatty
goes with Bryant more to spite
David.
(New go on with the story)
CHAPTER XXXVII
Chatty crept home, fairly crushed.
8he entered the apartment slowly,
dropped her bag in a chair, and sank
into another wearily, her soul as
tired as her body.
“Why. daughter! You look tired
out!” cried Mrs. Chatterton. putting
down her sewing to come to her.
“Has anything happened?”
Chatty had not intended to say
anything about her experience at
home. But at the sympathy in her
mother s voice, and the anxiety in
tired face. Chatty opened her heart
and told her mother what David had
said.
Unfortunately, she didn’t tell it the
way it really was, but the way she
wanted to think it occurred.
"And I hadn’t done a thing—rel
ly. mother. I hadn’t! He Just talked
to me terribly, terribly!” Chatty’s
voice was a wail. "And I—I just hate
him hate him! But I'll get even with
him—you 11 see—”
Mrs. Chatterton was quite sure
that the real trouble with Chattv
was liking David Jordan too well,
not in hating h.m. But she. herself,
was tried and worn; the sewing was
eye straining, end paid very little.
Pud was a continual anxiety, and
Chatty’s late hours, non-committal
explanations of where she had been,
and certain circles under the girl’s
eves, not altogether explained by too
little rest, all took their toll from
the hard working mother.
So just now she was not verv wise.
"It’s your tongue. Chatty—the un
rv'y member as the Scrintures nut
it_*hat you can’t control! It's talked
vou Into trouble time atfer time!
Whv can’t vou learn to keep It be
neath your teeth?”
“Oh. you too!” cried Chatty. “Ev
eryone is against me!” And in a pts
sicn of tears. Chatty flung herself
into her own room and shut and
locked the door.
She did not come out for supper.
In her heart began a wistful little
wonder as to whether her mother
might be ricM; Billie said the same
thing, and Winnie had said it. and
Mr. Van Nuys told her so. and David
Jordan—the gjrls who had not onen
iy condemned her looked sympathet
ic with Winnie—
"I do not eossin!” Cattv assured
herself. ’It's just mv hard luck! And
that sneaking David Jordan to listen
to me talking to the girls!"
Chattv didn’t ston to think that
what David had done openly she
had done secretlv. when she listened
into his telephone conversation with
the girl wbos* “stickv mouth" he
had said he liked to kiss.
At half nast nine that evening she
Isinoed out of her room went to the
comer grocery and telephoned Bry
ant Dunning.
“For t^-e love of Mike, come and
*»et me! T need vou!" she cried into
th» phone. “Don’t come to the house
I —meet me on tb" corner!"
She shrank a little at his exelama
i ‘im of delight.
“But T won t eo to his rooms
again!’’ she assured h-rself “111
lust—Just have another automobile
lesson!”
But her automobile lesson that
night consisted largely ip parking
in a lonely road, resting in Bryant s
open and welcoming arms and being
kissed. Chatty was openly “necking"
with him now. It was not until elev
en at night that she had remember
ed that Winnie had asked her to
bring Bryant to her apartment.
"LttV go!" sne exclaimed, as she
told him. "Well have a drink and a
dance and another drink—”
"Dont vou like this—petting?”
asked Bryant. "Let’s stay here!”
“Oh. Brvant. I’m all kissed out!”
answered Chatty. “The day was too
much
"I si
Chatty did not catch the dry note
in Brvant’s voice. “Did Mr. Van get
that ‘daughter’ stuff over to you?”
“You know better!” Chatty laugh
ed. "Daughter, indeed! But what
flanper did he have?”
"You tell ’em kid. I stutter!” Brw
ant ended his ancient slang with a
kiss. “Come on. if we've got to go—”
Chatty did not >;ave a good time at
Winnie's until she had absorbed
some drinks. Dave's reproachful, an
gry. level eyes looked into hers un
til they became misty with the alco
hol. But with the light heartedness
that followed the fourth cocktail,
and the somewhat vanid but appar
ently funny Jokes of the "Famous
Four.” regret gave way to a harder
feeling. Anger came back. Dave Jor
dan couldn’t bawl her out and get
away with it. like that?
She said so. appropos of nothing,
suddenly.
"I’ll sav he can!” Winnie’s share
of cocktails had made her complete
ly forget how she had "bawled out"
Chatty herself. “Chat, you ought to
get even with him. easy! With all
that telephoning he does!"
“I’m going to!” cried Chatty. "I’m
—oh. the floor is going up and down
like a sea! Funny floor, you got,
Winnie! Give us another—another—
you know—er—cocktail!”
Every one laughed. It was too fun
ny, not knowing that a cocktail was
a cocktail! And thinking a floor was
a sea! Chattv chuckled. She felt
happy. She didn’t mind the hard
day or the harder words now! But
she was going to get even with Mr.
Jordan. He'd see!
• • •
Chatty awoke with a headache,
and cross. She always did after a
“wild party” with Winnie, when the
“Chat, you ought to get even with him!"
drinks flowed freely. She still didn't
like the taste, but she had come to
look for the effect. But the "morn
ing after the night before' was al
ways disagreeable.
Chatty wouldn't admit that she
felt mean from too much drug store
alcohol. Oh no! The trouble was the
wav she had been treated.
David Jordan was at fault! He
had bawled her out! Well, he could
just watch his step! She’d fix him
—ritzing her and calling her names
and listening over her shoulder—
• • •
She watched him unobtrusively,
for several days: she listened in on
his telephone calls, but could make
nothing of his talk with his custom
ers of bonds and quotations, price*,
and fluctuations. She hoped she
might get inside his desk, some time,
bv some such piece of luck as had
attended her burglarious entry into
Agnes* desk. Maybe David kept a
diary, too!
But if he did. he never left h!s
keys around.
Yet the chance came. Three days
later Chatty stopped, half way home
with Billie Langenau. to gasp: “My
pay! I left it on my desk! Did you
ever know anything so stupid! I
must go right back—”
“Oh. that’s too bad!” cried Billie.
“Chatty, I'd go back with you. but
I’ve get to get supper for sister to
night—”
“Sure.” agreed Chatty. “I know—
oh. what a stupid thing to do!”
She condemned herself all the way
back to the office. But when she let
herself into the silent rooms, and
discovered her money untouched on
the desk, she felt better. Then she
heard a voice she knew and told
herself she hated—in the next room
telephoning. She was glad, then that
she had forgotten her money.
David Jordan was talking over tue
telephone in the deserted office. She
didn't have to listen in on a wire to
overhear. He spoke loud enough for
anyone in the next room to hear.
“All right,” she heard him say.
That will be two weeks. I sort of
hate to leave here, though—yes, yes,
of course. I mustn't stand in my own
light. And it is a wonderful chance
No. I won't say a word about it, of
course! ’Bye, Knowlton.”
Chatty slunk out of the room as
site heard the phone hung up. Da
vid Jordan was going to leave Mr.
Van Nuys! In two weeks! To go
with a man named Knowlton! A
man who would pay him a great
deal more money—probably three
times as much! What else could
•‘wonderful chance" mean?
He wasn’t going to tell Mr. Van
Nuys! He was going secretly. Had
n't he agreed he wouldn’t say a word
about it?
Chatty smiled to herself as she
hurried home! "Bawl me out. will
you?” she admonished an imaginary
David Jordan. “Get me in Dutch
with my friends, will you? Give me
the go by. will you? All right for
you! I know something about you
you don't want known! And it's my
duty to tell it. I must be loyal tc
my employer. The truth never hurl
anybody! And—”
A glorious scheme flashed inte
Chatty’s mind . A scheme which
would at once “get even” with tht
man she told herself passionately
she hated, and “put me In right
with old Van Nuys!”
For once Chatty did not tell wha1
was in her mind, either to her
mother, to Billie, or to Winnie.
“They'll know soon enough! May
be I’ll get a raise.” thought Chatty
nut there was less comfort in th«
thought than she expected. For Dave
i was going to leave.
(To be continued!
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Health and Right Living
BY ROYAL & COPELA2TO, M. O.
Former Commissioner of Health
Not long ago I talked with a new- j
comer to New York. He has lived
for many years in California and
expressed his anxiety to get back
to the coast. When I inquired why
he came to New York, I was amazed
at his answer: “I came for my
health I
New York is such a busy place,
such a hustling, bustling, manufac
turing, commercial and financial
center, that it seems strange to re
gard It as a health resort. But why
not?
As a matter of fact the great
cities are pretty safe places to be
born and reared. My rural read
ers won't understand this. They
will think of the open spaces, the
out-of-door life, the fresh and
abundant food of the country. In
deed, the average person, 1s asked
for an off-hand opinion, would
doubtless vote against the city as
the place for health.
Statistics prove—please don't :
laugh! Whenever a debater wants
to clinch an argument he drags in
•statistics.”
There are said to be three kinds
of lies—lies, whoppers, and statis
tics! As a matter of fket. you can
prove almost anything by statistics.
But the laws of the various states
provide for the accurate collection
and recording of “vital statistics."
That is, the births, deaths and mar
riages are carefully recorded. Se
vere penalties are imposed for any
neglect in these matters. Much as
we may doubt statistics in general,
we can find out exactly what the
death rate is.
Likewise, there is a growing use
of figures relating to sickness, par- ,
ticularly as regards the contagious j
or infectious diseases. So we can
find out from oliicial statistics a
good deal about illness.
It is an interc-ting fact that in
several states, certainly, the death
rate and sickness rate are both less
in the cities than in the rural sec
tions. You can see why, If you
stop to think about it:
The water supply of the city Is
under constant supervision. The
milk is inspected and controlled,
from the cow -o the consumer. The
school children are submitted to pe
riodical examinations. Baby health
stations and frej clinics cater to the
very young :.nd those advanced in
life. Public health nurses and doc
tors are all the time seeking out
and correcting disease-producing
factors. Public heal h educational
methods are in constant use.
Of course, it won’t be long before
every community, rural as well as
urban, will have all thees things
In the meantime, however, the cities
may be regarded rightly as health
resorts.
ANSWERS TO HEALTH Ql'ERIES
M. A. R. Q.—What causes dark
circles beneath the eyes?
A.—Constipation, anemia, a heart
condition. Jack of sleep or dissipa
tion may cause this condition. Lo
cate the cause r.nd the trouble can
be remedied.
Mrs. E. M. D. Q.—If a nursing
mother smokes will this prove
harmful to the child?
A.—Not advisable to smoke during
this time.
Thanks. Q —What will help fall
ing hair and baldness? Will too
much soap and water be harmful
2—What do you suggestion for
indigestion?
3,-1 am 22 years of age. 5 ft
8 in. tall—what should I weigh?
A —Careful shampooing and rins
ing and the use of a good hair tonic
should bring about general im
provement.
2. —Careful attention to the diet
and elimination should bring about
results.
3. —You should weigh about 146
pounds.
E. H. Q —What causes a tight
feeling at the tip of the toes?
A.—Consult an orthopedist for ex
am ration.
C. O. Q.—What do you advise
for purpura?
A.—Treatment should be pre
scribed by the family acetor.
Grab Bag
I ■ «■«■■■ II— I .. I — II —..— I ■■ ■■ —
..ho am I? With what university
am I affiliated? With what sport
is my name linked?
Who was the author of Ameri
ca?
What is the french word for
“waiter?-’
"And the fortress of the high fort
of thy walls shall be bring down,
lay low, and bring to the ground,
even to the dust.’* Where is this
passage found in the Bible?
Today's Horoscope
Persons bom on this day are pos
itive, firm, determined, and their
own way generally seems best to
them.
Star Lore
PLANETARY TRADE WINDS—
HOW DEVELOPED
By Arthur DeV. Carpenter
The sun pours its greatest heat
upon the equator. Intensifying the
temperature of the equatorial air,
expanding and making it lighter.
The surface air, cooler and heavier
rushes in from the northern an-Jk.
southern hemispheres, forcing the
equatorial air upward. In so doing,
the surface air comes from points of
less planetary rotation to points of
peater planetary rotation. Result:
This rush of air from north and
south, cannot keep up with the
earth s rotation, and so lags behind,
becoming a northeast wind on the
north side of the equator, and a
southeast wind on the south side.
These Inflowing winds are known
as the trade winds.
(More Tomorrow)
Answers to "orefotar Questions
1. Coach Fielding H. Yost; Uni
versity of Michigan: football.
2. Samuel F. Smith, an American
clergyman.
i 3- Garcon (pronounced garsonne'.
4. Isaih xxv, 12.
1»11 1939
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