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Learning Our Lesson*
During the first 10 months of 1932, approximately
23,000 Americans were killed by automobiles. This in
dicates a probable fatality list for the entire year of about
29,000, which will be nearly 15 per cent below the total
ior 1931.
Much of the reduction, of course, is due to the simple
fact that there are fewer automobiles on the highways
this year than last. But an analysis of the figures made
by the Travelers Insurance Co. shows that the fatalities
decreased even more than did car registrations or gasoline <
consumption; and to a certain extent, at least, we are;
justified in assuming that the long years of safety cam-j
paigning are beginning to bear fruit.
Having rejoiced over that, however, we can only ad
mit that the toll is still shockingly high. We may be be
ginning to get some rudimentary ideas of safety on the
highway, but we still have a long way to go.
...
A Needless Sacrifice
A few days ago the French government paid honor
to the last three French soldiers to die in the war; three
men who were killed just one minute before the bugles
sounded the “cease firing** call at 11 a. m., on Nov. 11,
1918.
It is a melancholy sort of fame that those three
poilus won; and at this date, looking back and reflecting
that all the armies on the western front suffered losses on
that final morning of conflict, one wonders why any of
those deaths were necessary.
All the generals knew, when Nov. 11 dawned, that
hostilities would cease in a few hours. What earthly
sense was there in firing another gun? What shadow of a
right did any general have to sacrifice one more life?
To all intents and purposes the war was over. It is a lit
tle hard to forgive the military obtuseness that called for
killing on the morning of Armistice Day.
The Cop From College
It was a little bit surprising to read that Kenneth A.
Rouse, recently an honor student and athletic star at the
University of Chicago, has got himself a job as patrol
man on the Chicago police force. College graduates, es
pecially honor students, don't often pick that field of use
fulness; one's first impulse is to wonder what on earth
moved young Rouse to do it.
But a little reflection indicates that the young man
may be a good deal wiser than we suppose. Our police
departments aren’t exactly over-run by husky young men
who have highly-trained minds. Indeed, that is. in some
ways, the chief thing that is wrong with our police de
partments.
There are few fields of endeavor where educated
and conscientious men are more greatly needed. It would
be a fine thing for the nation if Mr. Rouse should set a
style that other collegians would like to follow. We can
use a lot of cops of his variety.
New York
Letter_
Com poser - Priest
NEW YORK—Quit* the most
astonishing tale to drift my way
from Tin Pan Alley concerns a
priest in New Jersey who is
credited with a long list of popular
and jazz song hits.
Who. for instance, would expect
-When I Take My Sugar to Tea'*
or “You Brought a New Kind of
Love to Me’ to emanate from a
priest? The outstanding success
o' this interesting career has been
sung from one coast to the other:
“Love Brings a Little Gift of
Roses. ’
All these, and more recent work
have appeared—I am reliably toid
—under the name of Pierre No:
man. But “on the inside they
will tell you that Pierre Norman
is none other :han the Rev. Father
O’Connor, of Orange. N. J., vh)
is one of the best known priests n
this section of the state.
He has sought to avoid any pub
licity and has urged that his namj
not be connected with his songs
Certain Tin Pan Alleyites, aware
of the public Interest that would
attach to his songs were the facts
advertised, have found themselves
helpless. Approached by inquisi
tive pen wielders. Father OCon
nor is said to have smilingly de
clined to talk or to comment that
perhaps there has been some mis
take. At any rate, he has managed
to keep out of the brighter spot
lights.
Yet most of the song-writing
folk and scores of Broadway fig
ures appear to be his good trie nos
and often journey to Jersey for
get togethers, song fests and din
ners. He is a talented pianist ana
most amusing tale spinner, they
say.
• • •
How Hard-boiled?
Reference to musical matters
brings to mind a tender little tale
about two famous banc masters.
Juat a few days ago. you may
have read, the mother of Ben
Bernie died. Bemie was leadtng a
band in Chicago. He rushed away
to be at her bedside, amvlng sev
eral days before death came, in
those last days she wanted to ne«r
music—her boy’s muax.
But lje didn't have his band The
story goes that he called upon his
old friend Olsan. Tt> be sure, they
are rivals in a work-a-day world
but old friends out of working
hours. Perhaps Olsen would send
certain tunes to the bed-room, over
the air waves.
Olsen listened to the story.
‘Me send music to your mother!
No. old fellow, she wants you—she
doesn't want me — Here, now—go
on and take my band—direct the
boys yourself....”
Just a hard-boiled town— New
York—full of mugs and selfish
folk—eh, what?
Charitable Elsa
Whenever the amazing Elsa
Maxwell drifts into town from
Europe. New York society sits uo
and asks what will happen next
FV>r Elsa has become known as
one of the worlds most ongissi
party throwers.
This time, however, she comes
m the interest of charity. Having
lived in London and Pans am.
having known everyone who was
someone.'’ she managed to get
prominent modern artists to do a
picture for her. These she has
collected and braught back, tho
rece.pts of an exhibition to go to
some society charity.
% • •
Ah—So That's It.’
*** in . Burton Rascoe s 4 Titans
of Literature” that I learned for
the first time that paragraphic
and gagsome columning dates back
hpnDatnv,el !*foe' SmaI1 wonder,
then, that he sent his “Robinson
Crusoe • to a desert island.
asleep in the deep
DENVER, Colo.—Glen was not in
the habit of playing hookey, so his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lowe, couldn't
understand it when the school prin
cipal notified them that Glen had
not reported to his classes. The po
lice were called and told to be on
the lookout for Glen, but they had
no luck That evening Glen's fath
er called the police station and said.
“It's all right; we've found him
He's been asleep in the basement all
day.**
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The 11
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THAT HOOVER-ROOSEVELT
CONFERENCE
Mr. Hoover:
Goou unhung. Mi. Roosevelt; it is
good to see you here—
i Why should 'i say a thing like
that? You know it s false, I fear)
Mr. Roosevelt:
Good morning, sir; and you are
Herbert Hoover, are you not?
The name is quite familiar, but I
don't recall the plot.
Mr. Hoover:
There's really nothing up my
. sleeve; I merely thought that
you
Might like a practice huddle just
to see what there's to do.
Those foreign debts are up again
and. as I'm soon to quit.
The big responsibility with you
I’d gladly split.
Mr. Roosevelt:
Twas nice of your to think of me
in such a crisis hot.
But I'd have been as satisfied.
dear Herbert, had you not.
You ought to do the pitching to
the British and the French
Till March I shouldn't do a thing
but sit upon the bench.
Mr. Hoover:
Of course I realize that I have
four more months to serve;
I simply thought I'd like to see
your fast ball and your curve.
You got so many votes I rather
figured that you should
Come in and start to worry while
the worrying is good.
The voters they have chosen you
their Home Run King, and how!
You should be glad to help a man
with two strikes on him now!
Mr. Roosevelt:
Mv schedule doesn’t call, my
lriend. for any game till spring,
But just the same I do not mind a
little practice swing;
Just shoot the problem to me. as
you see it. and I’ll try
To help you out a little, though
I cannot tell you why.
Mr. Hoov'er:
Let us huddle and seem thought
ful; let us concentrate, dear
Frank.
Are the movie men all ready?
Good; Then let ’em turn the
crank!
(They go into a huddle behind the
line while 85 camera men take pic
tures for the news reels. It takes
some time. During the ceremony,
both men forget what they were to
discuss, but a secretary reminds
them. They then go over the debt
situation.!
Mr. Hoover:
You have seen the facts and fig
ures ana each solemn I. O. U.—
Oan you tell a weary gentleman
the proper thing to do?
Mr. Roosevelt:
It’s a very simple problem, read
my speeches and you’ll see
That they cover quite completely
every known emergency,
I would quote them for you. Her
bert. if I kn w just what I
said—
But it’s very hard to carry all
ones speeches in one's head.
Briefly. Herbert. here’s the
thought that at thia time I
would implant:
Just collect what they can pay
as and not one cent that they
cant!
Mr. Hoover:
In a nutshell you have seen the
light and opened wide the door;
What a funny thing I never, nev
er thought of that before!
Mr. Roosevelt:
It is nothing. With a problem I
go quickly to the mat—
You will find that nearly all T.
R.’s fifth cousins are like that.
Mr. Hoover:
Thank you very, very deeply; you
are very, very kind—
This just demonstrates how hud
dles take a load right off my
mind.
Mr. Roosevelt:
You are welcome; there's no
charge, sir. and I wouldn't >ake
a dime;
If you meet with other problems,
ring me up most any time!
France and England:
Three long cheers for Herbert
Hoover! Three long cheers for
Franklin, too!
Three long cheers for all the RED
that’s in the old Red. white and
blue!
Let them hold their little huddles
for the news reel weekly show;
That they'll never get those war
debts is a fact that both boys
know!
Inside Dupe
Hi—1 11 be the first to let the fans
in on the truth about that Yale
Harvard football game with its
amazing outcome. Here goes: the
Yale team wasn't the Yale team at
all; it was really an Army eleven In
disguise.
—Sherlock.
• • •
You're niistaken. Sherlock. It was
the Yale tram all right, but the
Harvard squad was really the Bates
second eleven.
Add Similes: so smart he could
follow a football ga...e as shown in
the news reels.
An electric fruit taster is one of
the latest inventions. It's practically
infallible In the matt* of c t*vnts.
From Madrid comes a cable that
bull fighting may soon disappear
Nonsense! Mr. Hemingway wouldn't
stand for it.
Daily Health
Talk
The question is constantly raised
as to whether or not motion pic
tures are bad for the eyes. Par
ents wonder how often children
should be permitted to attend,
whether or not they should sit
in the front or rear in the house,
whether or not it is dangerous to
view the pictures from the s.de.
; and how much, if at all. eyes may
be harmed by attending motion
picture performances.
In 1930. the Bureau of the
League of Nations made public a
j leport which had been developed
by a special committee in Italy on
this subject. The report was base'l
on a questionnaire which had been
sent to almost 15.000 children and
young people in Italy.
About one-fourth of these stated
NEW MASCOTS FOR OLD?
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that the eyes t.red alter watching
tiims. About twice as many saia
that their eyes did not leel tired
or strained in the least, and the
others seemed to be doubtful.
• •
According to a statement issued
by one of the leading authorities
of the Society for the Prevention
of Blindness in this country, mo
tion pictures do not cause as
much strain to the eye as reading
a book. Dr. Park Lewis has said:
"Under normal phys.ological
conditions, moving pictures do not
cause serious eye fangue. Since
viewing moving pictures is distant
vision, it does not demand so great
an ocuiar effort as near vision
such as reatLng for a cone.*i>ond
mg length of time.
"When eyestrain is cause J or
moving pictures it is due t'* one
or another preventable condition,
such as too prolonged fixing of the
attention on a single point, or
defective visual function, to « bah
posit.on of the observer in rela
tion to the screen, to poor films,
improper manipulation of th? ap
paratus. to faulty projection or to
improper illumination.
"With these reservations there)
is no more harm to the eyes in I
viewing the moving pictures with
modern improved methods than
there is in any other normal use
of the eyes.'*
Apparently therefore it may be
said that the motion pictures, as
such, do not have a harmful in- j
fluence on the eyesight of normal
healthy people. Neither should
they be injurious to the nervous
system of normal, healthy people.
However, people who are in
clined to have trouble with vision
and those who are easily disturbed
emotionally may suffer some li
ef feets from attendance on mc*t.on
pictures for several reasons. In the
first place, there are startling 1
changes of light that tire the ;
eyes; in the second place, the I
films are sometimes Jerky because
the apparatus for projection is
weak or the speed is not properly !
regulated.
The investigators have workea
out a sort of motion picture hy- j
giene which is useful. They sa>
that it is desirable in the case ot
children and young people to have
daylight or subdued light screens
Programs should be arranged so |
that longer or shorter scenes are ,
alternated.
Projection of any part of a film
should not be longer than ten or
fifteen minutes, followed by In
tervals of from two to three min
utes and then the light may ue
gradually brought on.
OI course, a film of filteen
mlnute length is probably best
suited to educational purposes.
However, it is d-fficult to say how
#ue ordinary drama could be con
uensed uito fifteen-minute lengths.
Ql IC KER THAN A WINK
BOSTON—"Quick as a wink’’ is
pretty fast, but not too fast for the
new high-speed camera that was
described by the Massachusetts In
stitute of’ Technology recently.
Members of the Institution, by
means of the camera, calculated the
wink of an eye to be one-fortieth of
a second.
AIR RACES LOSE
CLEVELAND-According to offi
cials. the 1932 National Air Races
recently held here operated at a
loss of more than $17,000. This loss
makes it problematical whether the
races will be held here again in
1933. It is thought that possibly
Chicago, with its World's Pair at
traction. will sponsor the races next
year.
■
Quotations
Mancouria can never be in out
let for our populat.on. Within the
past year not more than 1000
Japanese have emigrated to Man
churia. Birth control 1* the one
big thin* that can emancipate our
people from the burdens that
weigh upon them.
—Baroness Ketch Iahimoto. leader
of feminist movement in Japan
It gives me a reeling of rehet
to be off the tax rolls.
—Edouard Herrlot. Premier ot
Prance, ou selling a bwuse
It is clear, of course, that Japan
would be forced to withdraw from
the League, or any other body, .
were it to become clear that uvE
continue therein would jeopard^' *
Japans vital interests and our
country's program to maintain
peace in the Par East.
—Yosuke Matsuoka. Japanese dele
gate to the League of Natio:u».
• • •
This problem of unrest is a worm
problem. It's now your problem
as well as ours, and we must teea
the hungry. It's labor that leai
the Communists, not the capital
ists. We think that the best way
to defeat the Communists is to let
them get it off their chests.
—Lady As tor, on visit to U S.
• • •
What the world, business, in
dustry and labor ned above alt a
tranquility, quiet, relief from poli
tical excitement.
—Franz von Papen, Chancellor or
Germany.
» .....■» .-.. .....
Barbs _|
Ana then there's the cat wuo re
marked that her rival wasn't much
of an artist, because she dldn t have
good designs on her boy friend.
• • •
A Boston girl flung custard pies
at two holdup men. £he should
have waited—maybe all they want
ed vm the pies.
• • •
i “America turns out the best
jazz musicians," a dance orchestra
leader opines. Yep, and it seems
that the worst still remain.
• • •
And. figures an English writer,
‘women probably talk more be
cause men are too polite to inter
rupt them." Let’s get rude. boys.
• • •
That campaign saying about
"grass growing in the streets” might
have been worse, it could be grow
ing in the cornfields, you know.
• • •
An insurance company suggests.
The next fire may be yours." Try
ing to cheer up everybody?
• • •
Sympathy for the ousted Repub
licans might be saved until it is
■ learned whether they really were
unlucky in that election or not.
• • •
Stuart Chase. Chicago economist,
sees a 30-hour work week and a
13000 a year income for every f»m
i ily in the United States. Where, ah.
I where, Mr. Chase, did you see it!
1 We’ll move any day now.
BEGIN HERE TODAY
AMOS riARODI, elderly cousin
of LINDA AVEItILL. falls to his
death from the second floor bal
cony of the Averllls' Long Island
home. Linda rracbrs him Jnsl be
fore he dies. In time to hear him
gasp. “He pushed me—I**
Linda. realizing her cousin had
tried to tell her he was murdered,
rushes upstairs to the balcony.
Someone steps behind her. tries to
strangle her and she falls In a
faint. Her hnshand. TOM. sees
her fall aad rashes to her There
are four guests In the house and
they nil appear. The guests aret
MR. STITLAMIEII. business asso
rinte of Tom's; CAPTAIN HE VOS
handsome licit Inn: HAM AIN
PR ATT. former suitor of I.lndu'st
and MAN DHACGH N ES«EY. Irish
writer. Each of them has quar
relrd with t'ousin Amos.
DR. PARSONS takes charge. It
Is assumed t'ousin Amos' death
waa accidental and that Linda
fainted from shock. W hen she Is
Anally able to tell Tom whnt hap
pened she persuades bun that they
mast keep the four guests with
them until they discover who Is
the murderer. They are unex
pectedly aided In this plan when
HR. HOYLE, official medical ex
aminer. sends word that every
one In the house must remain un
til he has questioned them Hoyle
Is on a Ashing trip and can nul
retnrn for several hours.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVI!
rN the silence after the little car
*■ shot out of the stone gateway
Linda heard Tom emerging from
one upstairs room and caught the
words, “very good of you—** As
he stopped at another door she
suddenly remembered that only
three of their guests were here in
the house. Tom still had one of
them to notify as well as the one
whom she had quartered in the
garage.
"I'll run ever myself and tell
Mr. Shanghnessey," she thought
impulsively and had pushed the
screen door open before something
checked her like the touch of a
cold band.
She stood on the threshold of
their house and looked across the
road and little lawn toward the
garage. A silence so profound
that It seemed to have weight and
depth lay over the peaceful little
scene, so clear was the day and
so hot the air that clothed the
world. Each pebble in the road
way 6tood out distinctly from its
fellow, each blade of grass held
itself erect and alone, unswept by
the slightest current of air.
The garage—that was where
she bad started to go. And in the
garage was a man. Just an ordi
nary. pleasant, well-dressed, well
mannered man. Or rather perhaps
not quite ordinary, for genius—if
he was a genius—never is that
Certainly Lian Shaughnessey. in
both appearance and behavior, was
rather unusual, though on the side
of distinction. What was there
then about the thought of him
that bad stopped her as though
by an invisible band? Sbe did not
know, bat sbe knew she was physi-,
caliy Incapable of forcing herself
to step into the roadway, walk
across the lawn and go up that
short flight of steps. In fact she
could not even face the idea of it.
• • •
rTOM, swinging downstairs with
* the satisfied air of one who
has accomplished wbat he set out
to do, found her sitting on the
little ball bench and he did not
guess the effort it took her to
smile ti at him as he stopped be
fore her.
"How did they take it?” she en
quired.
"All right—I'll tell you later
upstairs." She nodded as bis
voice dropped warningly.
"I'll just run over to the ga
rage now and tel) Sbaugbnessey."
he went on and the words, so ex
actly her own thought of the mo
ment before, brought her in
stantly to hei feet.
"I’ll—I'll walk over with you."
It was unbearable that Tom
should off so cheerfully, alone,
into the little building that had
once seemed so commonplace and
now had grown so strangely alien.
Disregarding his surprise, she
walked primly beside him. If she
talked her teeth would chatter and
that would hurt her pride! But
she was entirely willing to re
main downstairs while he ran up
and knocked on the door and.
standing on the first step of the
little flight, she had no need to
strain her ears to catch Tom’s
part, at least, of the conversation.
"II e 1 1 o. Shaugbnesuey! Oh.
sorry—didn't mean to wake you
up!" (He could sleep, exhausted,
whatever had happened this morn
ing!) "I won’t be a moment. Just
wanted to ask you tf you would
mind staying on the rest of the
day. There’s been a little misun
derstanding about the accident
this morning. Our doctor's a bit
apt to go his own way regardless
of the regulations and be shouldn't
have permitted the body to be
moved so quickly. He okayed our
taking it to Port and now that's
got us all in dutch. The county
medical examiner is away but he’s
coming back and. Just to show
he's boss, he's ordered us all to
stay until he can go over the
ground and go through the prop
er formalities. He's due around
dinner time so if you don’t
mind—"
Then a sleepy murmur and
when Tom spoke again bis voice
sounded decidedly relieved.
"That’s fine. Luncheon won’t
be for an hour or so. Will you
feel like coming over or would
you rather—?" Again the mur
mur and again Tom sounded re
lieved. "Good! Well look for
you at 1 then.’* ,
j IN DA was strolling toward the
* boose when Tom caught up
with her.
“So that’s all right. Rinks, my
child.’* he said cheerfully. “The
beggar was still half asleep when
I left but he knows he's to stay
and since he hadn't made a move
toward going so far as I could
see—”
"Well.” Linda tried to be Just.
“Re was up early this morning—
as you remember!”
"Yes—I remember.”
Instinctively they lowered their
voices.
“I told the others to come
down whenever they were ready.’"
said Tom. “That you would be
down to luncheon but would rest
until then in your room.”
“Where you will Join me—for
our first conference.” Linda an
swered grimly.
“That’s the idea.”
“I’ll go into the kitchen,” she
said. “I have to break the news
to Rosie and Annie that the
house party is still on their hands.
I’ll go up the back stairs and meet
you in our room in five minutes.”
“Ye-es," said Tom, stopping
with bis hand on the latch of the
door. “But Binks—be careful!”
“What could possibly happen In
five minutes--?” She stopped
What had happened in five min
utes. early that still, hot morn
ing? Not trusting herself to
speak, she nodded and hurried
over the grass toward the service
entrance.
She presumed she gave Intelli
gent directions, for after their
first expression of concern neither
Kosie nor Annie seemed to regard
her with auy degree ot alarm. But
untl’ she got upstairs again—•
safely and without meeting any
one—she moved with abstracted
baste, her mind concentrated on
that fierce desire to see Tom again,
alone, to begin with him their se
cret, urgent, dangerous hunt for
her cousin’s murderer, still with
in her house.
• • •
IT her husband's step in the hall
Linda flung open the door
eagerly and he was hardly Inside
and the door closed before she
spoke.
“Tom—do any of them seem
alarmed by this business about
Dr. Boyle? Did you get anything
from the way they took it?”
“No. Bach one took it differ
ently but all took it well 1
blamed poor old Parsons pretty
heavily and emphasized the tact
that it was only a formality. At
first Statlander was distinctly dis
agreeable but that could be laid to
his dislike of having bts plans up
set twice in rapid succession, lie
was all ready to leave and his
room was neat as a pin. If there
was any evidence there against
him !t*a gone now. 1 reminded
him we still had a lot of Valeeka
business to discus* and that ap
peared to reconcile him. Either
be really does want to finish what
we're supposed to clean op this
week-end or he decided he’d bet
ter seem .o want to. Marvin—
I’m afraid I was pretty short with
Marvin. Jnst told him the facts
and let it go at that.”
•'How did he act?”
"Just the same. He’d be a good
one to conceal a guilty secret be
cause he always acts as If he had
one. and eo gradually you get
used to it. When 1 knocked be
opened the door and blocked It
completely. I couldn’t see Into
the room, and somehow I bad the
idea be didn’t want me to. It
might have been just my imagina
tion. i—well, it wasn't any too
easy for me to be civil and I can't
honestly say I noticed much about \
him. He was stiff and bad that
air of holding something back, as
I remember. In other words,
quite himself. Then I went next
door to DeVoa. He was also quits
himself, which meant that be was
very pleasant and courteous, as
sured me he quite understood sod
that anything that made It easier
for us was agreeable to him. He
did ask about going off the
grounds and I found he had a date
with Fleur Stoner early tbla
afternoon—"
"You might know she’d have
her hooks In him!”
"And he’d thought he might
simply check his bag at the sta
tion and go up to town later. He d
noticed the inn across the road
there and had meant to stop there
for lunch without bothering us."
"Thoughtful! And Mr. Shaugh
nessey we know about—so that s
that! And now we must think of
each one separately. Tom—what
he’s said and done, ever since be
arrived. We’ll start—”
"We’ll start with Pratt." said
Tom grimly. "After all, he «u
there and that seems fairly Im
portant.”
"It is indeed," agreed Linda.
"Don’t think I entirely bar him
out. But remember, too. his room
is nearest Cousin Amos’ and 1t’s
perfectly possible be heard me
fall. And anyona who really had
tried to strangle me wouldn't have
waited while you swam in, ran
across tba lawn and came up
stairs.”
"He might stay from bravado.
Just because no one would think
he would. Anyhow, we have that
on him definitely and we have
nothing on any other.”
"Oh, yes. we have. On one
other man."
i (To Be Continued)