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The Enthusiasm of Youth
i>r. James M. Kieran, president of Hunter College,
New York, not long ago finished his 50th year ot service
as an educator; and, as men will on such occasions, he
looked backward over his life, smiled tolerantly and re
marked, “There is nothing new under the sun.
Fifty years of watching young people give a man a
philosophy all his own. Dr. Kieran, considering the ways
of youth, pointed out:
“When I was in college, when you were in college,
we thought we were the most important people in the!
world, and the world just couldn’t get along without us.
“For a few years that continues. Then we get quiet
er, more conservative, and look down on these youngsters
and say, very wisely, 'You’ll get over it.’ And they do.
No one who ever stopped to look back over his youth
will dispute that statement, purely; and somehow, when
you stop to think about it, that is one of the most melan
choly things about life. Youth does “get over it, always.
There is no enthusiasm in the world quite like the
enthusiasm of youth. There is no ardor like youth’s ardor,
there is no idealism like the idealism of youth.
These are forces wnich sometimes seem to have the
power to remake the face of the world—if they could
only be preserved and guided into the right channels.
Nothing could stand before them. They are coupled, often
enough with the faith that can move mountains.
But it happens that, as Dr. Kieran says, youth gets
over it. Youth finds that the adult world has a way of;
being a little bit suspicious of enthusiasm and ardor and
idealism. It comes forth radiant, with those things in its
hands, and finds them a drug on the market. And so,
by and by, youth gets over it, learns how to focus its eyes
on the main chance, and grows up.
There is a very real loss there. It is good for young
people to feel that they are the most important people
in the world. For—we might as well admit it—they really
are.
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Wanted: A Naval Policy
The American people do not seem to have been able,
to make up their minds, during th eyears since the World
War, just what they intend to do with their navy. For a
brief space it was the greatest navy in the world: then
it was cut down sharply, and since then we have waver
ed between cutting it still farther and building it up again!
to the limit of our ability.
There is now pending legislation w hich would reduce
the naval appropriation for the coming year; and Rear
Admiral William A. Moffett chief of the navy bureau of
aeronautics, warns that the proposed cut would result in
the decommissioning of 32 warships and one dirigible, the j
closing of three important navy yards and one naval train
ing station and the release of 10,500 enlisted men.
That being the case, it would seem to be high time
for us to decide definitely just what our naval policy is
to be. Are we to keep a big. robust navy in spite of the
depression, or cut it down in spite of the troublous inter
International situation.
The
Once Over
fill. NEW CABINET
President - elect Roosevelt ha*
named his Cabinet. It is not an
all-star cast and Mr. Roosevelt has
made certain that there will be no
total eclipse of Krum Elbow, but
:t has its merits. The country will
Withhold Judgment until it sees a
group picture in the newsreels.
• • •
The new Secretary of the Treas
ury will be Mr. Woodin. a builde:
cf railroad trains and yachts. There
ere more trains and yachts in the
country now than can be used,
and so Mr Woodin can give his
lull time to the job.
Senator Cordell Hull will be the
next Secretary of State. Mr. Hull
comes from Tennessee, was an
original Roosevelt man and can
dictate notes to Japan as rapidly
as Stimson
• 9 •
Mr. Lewis YV. Douglas 01 Arizona
will be Director oi the Budget.
Mr. Douglas is not the shoe man.
He is one of the few legislators in
the country who say what they
think about slashing government
expense* without worrying about
lasing votes. He will cut the deck
lor the new deal.
• • •
Mr Henry A Wallace will be
Secretary of Agriculture What
agriculture
• • •
For Secretary of YVar Mr. Roose
v» It has chosen Governor Dern
of Utah This is the first we knew
there was a governor by that name
• • •
Big Jim Parley will be -Past
m»ster-General. This post always
goes to a successiul campaign man
ager. just as a pennant is givei.
to a winning ball club. There M
no money left for new jx>st offices.'
st* Mr. Parley can't do any real
harm
• • m
Hr is as competent as anybody
else to toss out Republican post
masters ar.d select good Demo
crats to rattle around the over
sired marbled atheneums. know.t
as first-class post offices, with
v-hich the country is dotted.
Mr. Farley ha* alrcadv serveo
notice that only loyal Democrat*
will be apiKunted, which assures
the nation that mivbodv who vvoric
e< for A1 Smith will have difficulty
getting a job as a letter carrier.
• • •
Mr Roo.scveil ha* named a wo
man, Miss France* Perkins. Secre
tary of Labor. This will kee*
profanity down to a minimum a.
Cabinet meetings. Miss Perkins is
an able and talented lady, but wv
would hate to see her sevtlmg a
riot of assorted boiler makers,
steamfitters. stevedores and k>co
reotive lire men.
• •
Daniel C. Roper becomes Sene
tary of Commerce, which under
present conditions is like bein<
superintendent of snow removal in
Palm Beach. If Mr Roper discov
♦ r* any commerce he will press a
button
Harold lok<> is named Secretary
el the Interior, or perhaps the
:nterior ls named secretary o,
Harold Ickes. Anyway. Mr. Roose- |
velt has a Cabinet that he can
si and behind and still be seen from
all parts of the house.
Reaction
Simpering air wave comic who
A’ two grand per exhort you to
Consider life a ronud of frolic
Alflict me with severest colic.
Alber- A. Osuow.
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Ford To Operate Two Banks.-—
Headline. Maybe one is just a spare
u. case of trouble.
Mr. FYird announced he wouit,
take over the two banks for $f?
:50000 That’s a good allowance on
a used bank.
At the request of George V. the
British empires national anthem
‘God Save the King." has been
slowed up. The fond hope or
American manhood is that some
thing be done about the high
notes in “The Star-Spangled Ban
ner" before another Memorial Day
rolls around.
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Out Our Way.By Williams
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CaOES By /
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New York |
_Letter
NEW YORK—One of the biggest
things that can happen in the life
of an orchestra leader is to be se- j
lected to play lor the Inaugural
Ball in Washington. Tin Pan Alley
rates this honor as the writing '
fraternity does the Nobel prize. The t
prestige, in other words, is worth <
many, many times more than the
immediate monetary reward. Even j
the most famous music maestros j 1
would be glad to render their ser- \
vices gratis.
So naturally there was a lot ol
scheming and wire-pulling on the 1
part of bandsmen when it was ]
learned there would be a ball this (
year. At least 37 press agents stat
ed ••positively" that their clients
would be among the lucky hall
dozen to help usher in the new ad
ministration. I
Silly charges wore hurled back
and forth, and even got into tele
grams to James Farley and Admiral (
Grayson. Guy Lombardo’s band,
some charged untruthfully, was
composed mostly of aliens. Paul
Whiteman's bassoonist, others de
clared was a Republican!
And there was a rumor that Rudy
Vallees fourth fiddler nad an uncle ,
who once voted for Eugene V (
Dehs
Bui Specht C.eU In
But when the list of the lucky
was finally anouncrd. it contained.
•S usual the name of Paul Specht. J
Mr. Specht is remembered around
the fire house in Sinking Springs.
Pa., as the kid who once tooted in
the Silver Cornet Band. Broadway
ites and Washington legislators, ;
however, know him as an adroit *
young man who can play polities as j
well as music.
Specht .nvaded England early in 1
his career, and was doing very well
indeed until the Ministry of Labor ‘
put him on its unwelcome list to j *
prob'd its native jazz masters. This j
annoyed Specht. who knew there ’
weir above live times as many But- , \
ish artists in America as there were ! 1
American ones in England So he 1
revolted against the ruling, and in
the next 5 years sent 26 orchestras
to London. He dispatched them m- ' 1
dividually, and in groups, and as -
"students.” "tourists" and “scien
tists.” He was discovered and evict
ed twice hims If, once when he tried
to fly m from Part-. But he suc
ceeded in influencing Lord Birken
head. formerly Lord Chancellor to
vary the decision of the Ministry
ol Iaib«>r.
The last time he went over, with
a band, was on a boat chartered by
1000 members ol the American Bar
Association. Enroutc he received a
wireless tating sternly that he not
only could not play m London. b>’t
would not even be allowed to land
Specht enlisted the sympathies of
some judges oil the boat, who to V
the matter up with the then Secre
tary of State. Charles E Hughes,
also a membe r of the party, who in
turn sent a special request to the
American embassy to straighten out
the matter Specht and his men
were holding torth in tlie Picariilly
Hotel a few nights later.
• • •
Specht Got Out 1 hen
But he and his men finally were
thrown out of England again. Ba< k
in thus country, and nursing his |
grudge. Specht managed and fi
nanced a campaign tor retaliatory
legislation. Cheered on by musi
cians. actors and the A. P. of L.,
he wrote u bill and got it sponsor
ed and passed in Washington in
1926. It restricts the visits of ar
tists from all countries that dis
crimin’tc against our actors and j
musicians.
Specht had played for the Co«>l
idgc-Curtus inaugural ball. He also
b-ssed musical arrangements at the
Democratic convention last sum
mer This year he wrote the “in
augural anthem” called “All Hail
the U S. V” But he doesn't think
it's as good as William Wood in's
“Franklin Delano Roosevelt March.”
• • •
Musicians’ Market
Anyone who wants to hire an or
chestra cheap, and in a hurry, need I
only go to a corner of Broadway
and 47th street late of an af- r
noon. This is the musicians curb
market, where unattached and job
less players come to offer them
selves for an evenings work. Th^y i
appear in shiny tuxedos and carry
ing their instruments. A few agents j
generally show up and hire some < t
them, usually advancing a dollar >r \
two for dinner expenses and car- j
fare to the jobs.
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I Quotations j
I believe my best course, hence
forth. is t > shut up.
—Geo. Bernard Shaw. Irish play
wright.
• • •
If the one-day-of-rest-in-s^ven
Biblical rule were enforced it would
give many people work.
—Frances Perkins, appointed Sec
retary of Labor in Roosevelt s
cabinet.
• • •
Back ol every case of overpro
tection. babying, oversohcitude .on
much mothering overtndulgence.
there .s a certain amount of re
jection—a desire of the mother to
be rid of the child.
—Dr. David Levy, chief psychiatric
of the Institute of Child Gmd- I
ance.
lit
With our population stabilized at
approximately 170.000,000. as It v ill
be in .SO years. technology can
make the American dream of well
being and happiness for all a real
ity
—Prof Jesse H New Ion. Teachers’
College, Columbia University.
We know so little about the **r
sons with whom we spend our lives
that nowadays wv have no friends
but only illusionsf
—Dr. Harry’ Stark Sullivan, psy
chiatrist.
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I think that it is fortunate fcr
the w-ealthy that the poor cannot
attend the symphony concerts.
Great music would disturb the
poor, and I feel that this eveniul
ly would disturb the wealthy.
Arthur Franck, writer, lecturer.
• • •
Agriculture is suffering from iron
debts and rubber money.
—Louis John Tabor of the Na
tional Crane*
III
Fifty to 100 years should be suf
ficient commemoration bv a statue
for numbers of men so honored.
—Dr. William Foxley Norris, Dean i
ol Westminister. 1
Daily Health
_ Talk _J
The question has constantly been
before the public as to whether
cr not angina pectoris, associated
with disease of the arteries which
supply blood to the heart, is in
creasing.
It is the opinion of Drs. Greene
Fitzhugh and Burton E. Hamilton
that it probably will continue to
increase if medical progress con
tinues and greater numbers ot
people live to reach the age when
angina is most frequent.
They are oonvinced that efforts
toward preventing angina oectom
have been hindered by a general
btlief that fatalities are essential!*
haphazard in their origin and lha:
K is difficult, if not impossible, u
control them.
A special study has been maae o:
:00 cases of death from angina pec- |
tens which has yielded some re
markable information as to the
reasons lor the onset of the attack
In 31 cases the attack occurred im
mediately after some unaccustomed
exertion which was violent, and In
2* others after unaccustomed ex-,
ution which approached violence.
Such exertions as mountain
climbing, rowing, changing a tire,
pushing an automobile that has
tun out of gas. scraping a furnace,
tarrying heavy bundles, painting -i
beat or a room and ceiling, wash
ing a large and active doa, ana
swimming were associated wita
fatal attacks of angina oectorLs hi
Indents who might have lived
longer had they not attempted1
these extraordinary exertions
In 44 out of the 100 fatal cases,
death followed unusually prolonged ,
activity, including loss of slpep and
rest, which resulted in unusual fa i
tigue For instance, the coining of
the economic depression cause ti j
many an executive to assume bur- i
drns of detail which in times oi !
prosperity were left to his assist
ants. He then worked longer hours
and harder and this, co- pled with
FOLLOWING THE REVIVAL OF GIBSON GTRL DRESSES
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the stress and strain of the depres
sion. resulted in a fatal attack of
angina pectoris.
Even though a man with chr. nit
rnfina pectoris may walk two
miles at a slow sjieed without pro
ciucing an attack say the investi
gators, it does not follow that ho
can safely walk twenty miles even
il he does not increase his rate
oi speed and doe* not produce an
gina (lectori* while walking.
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Now that a Mliwa ik«t ;nl.«n&Jt*s
been christened Anton Certmu
Franklin Delano Ro<isevelt Grab
oski. it won : tie sur'r sing if ad
miring nei«rhb' r e block
fall to calling hi® “Tony.'*
Laura Lou
Brookman
C '933
NEA SERVICE, INC
HI.(.IN II l it I. IOII \ 1
•MM:T llll.I. Is engaged to KOI.P
I MU Al l; hut they d« nut hntt
rnuugh money to marry. Janet la
secretary fur lllll I I; 11% Mil.TOY.
advertising manager of Every
Home Magarlne and Holf viorka
fur the Atlas Advertising t'o.
Janet inalsts they must have ft.VMI
In a *iitings account before they
can be married.
She hurries home from the of
fice one Saturday to prepare a sur
prise birthday dinner for Rolf. On
the may she secs a couple enter
ing the fashionable Hrrnstrr
Hotel Coffee shop and m first
thinks the young man is Hnlf.
Afterwards she derides she mas
oilstnken.
The dinner parly Is ■ success
Holf tells Janet he cannot ace her
nemt day because he Is entertain
ing an ont-of-town friend. Sunday
provea to he a gloomy dny. Jnnei
y|sllo With MOl.l IE I. A M Mini,
mho lives acroaa the hall. Return
ing to her room, she encounters a
young man she hns never seen be
fore. lie Introduces himself ns n
new roomer in the rooming house
and says his name is lillAA'T.
Holf takes Janet to lunch and
Inter break* a dinner engagement.
1 hat anmc night Mollie tells Janet
she inn Holf entering a theater
with another girl.
how GO O.K WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VI
'IDE-EYED, staring Into the
darkness, Janet Hill told her
self for the hundredth time that
there must be an explanation of
what had happened. Of course
there was an explanation!
She couldn’t sleep. What was
the use of trying7 She lay there
in bed telling herself over and
over it was all a mistake. Mollie
hadn't meant any harm. She had 1
only seen someone else and
thought it was Rolf. That was
what had happened. Of course It
was.
She could still hear Mollie
Lambert's slightly nasal voice,
’*—passing the Liberty—swell mu
sical comedy. Who do you think
I saw? Rolf Carlyle—and you
should have seen the girl with
him—’*
Mollie hart gone on to describe
this girl. Little, she said. Wear
ing a fur coat that looked expen
sive. Pretty too. if you liked that
type. Sort of a brunet. She and
Holf (that is, the man she
thought was Rolf) were with an
other couple. The other girl wore
a blue velvet eveniug wrap and all
of them were laughing and talk
ing
But didn’t that prove the thing
was ridiculous? How could Rolf
be in a crowd like that? How
could he—?
Janet turned. She dug one
hand beneath the pillow for the
handkerchief that already had be
come a ball of moisture. The tears
came and there was no stopping
them.
‘‘I ought to get up and bathe
my eyes.” she told herself.
"They’ll be red in the morning,
i ought to Btop thinking and go
to sleep—"
But then there was the whole
thing to battle over again She
had seen Roif so little lately. She
had been lonely all evening.
‘‘I — won't — cry!” Janet In
sisted.
• • •
CHE lay staring at the dark cell
^ ing. wondering about all this.
Then with a shudder she buried'i
her face in her pillow. j]
Janet had been sure she could :
not sleep. She was mistaken but i
it was well toward morning (still ]
dark because It was February) |
before sbe finally drifted off. i
When tbe shrill ringing of the i
alarm woke her at 7:30 she sat <
up with a start. Little fires were ]
smarting in her eyes. She felt |
vaguely that something was wrong ]
with the day. Something unpleas
ant was going to happen. {<
All at once she remembered.']
The cbill feeling settled about i
her heart again and then, reso- (
lutely, Janet brightened. I
"It’s going to be all right!” sbe I
7 he call came at exactly 2:15. Janet teas so happy that for a
ntomenl she could scarcely spealf.
reassured herself. "Rolf’s going
to telephone. I'll find out It was
ail a mistake. Moilie was talking
nonsense."
Nevertheless it was a pale,
rather drawn-faced Janet who
greeted Bruce Hamilton when he
arrived at his office at a quarter
after nine. It was with a forced,
mechanical smile that she an
swered his "Good morning."
Hamilton, sunk immediately In
the papers spread on his desk,
took no notice. Janet was glad
that he began the morning with a
rush of activity, dictating in a
lear, brisk voice, calling for let
ters from the tiles, asking her to
put through a long distance call,
to get Joe Carson on the wire, to
find Cunningham and ask him to
ook over the revised schedule.
She did all these things, glad
to be busy, glad because they kept
ier from looking at the clock and
Rendering when Rolf would call,
rhere were moments, though, as
land's pencil flew over her note
book when only force of habit
tarried her along. She heard
Hamilton speaking, scribbled
itenographic symbols and all the
ime she was remembering Moilie
^ambert’s voice, the way she had
ooked. She could hear Moilie
laying. "—passing the Liberty
heater. Rolf Carlyle—he was all
tressed up. And the girl with
lim!”
What was that Mr. Hamilton
tad just said*
Janet straightened. "I—I
lidn’t get that last. Mr. Hamilton
m sorry."
The advertising manager
rowned. "Go hack and read your
ast sentence," he Baid. The letter
e was dictating was important, i
He did not even raise his eyes
from his desk.
She read the sentence. Hamil
ton changed a word and con- j
tinned. But atter that Janet was
more attentive.
At 12 o'clock she went to lunch
but when she bad selected a
sandwich and asked for a glass of
milk she found she wasn’t hun
gry. She drank part of the milk,
broke off a bit of the sandwich
and put it down again. Then she
surrendered her seat at the lunch
counter and went back to the of
fice.
Should she call Rolf?
"I will,” Janet ieeldeA, “if I
don't hear from him by four
o'clock. Maybe he isn't in the of
fice. I don’t want to make him
think anything's wrong."
• • «
rpHE call came at exactly 2:15.,
* There was no one else in the
office. Janet was so happy that;
for a moment she could scarcely
speak. A feeling of warmth
surged over her.
"Rolf?" (She knew of course
that it was Rolf but she wanted to
say his name.) "Yes, I’ve been
busy. Oh. all sorts of things. Yes.
I remembered you said you'd call.
Tonight? Well, but listen. Rolf. 1
want to see you. There's something
1 want to talk to you about."
He wasn't sure he could make It.
The words didn t reach her very
clearly.
"Oh, but it's Important! I—
please. Rolf!"
Why couldn’t she tell him over
the telephone?
Janet said that wouldn't do
That feeling of panic clutched her
heart again. I
‘Listen. Rolf. 1f you’ve something
else to do tonight meet me when
you leave the office. At 5:10. It—
it really is important. 1 can't tell
you now hut I’ll explain then. 1
only want to talk to cou. Yes. At
Tracy’s corner. Yes, I'll be there.
At 5:30."
The hours of the afternoon wore
away. They were slow hours that
dragged. At 10 minutes after five
Janet put away her work. She
hadn't finished. That did not mat
ter. If Mr. Hamilton said anything
she'd tell him she wasn't feeling
well. If would he true enough.
Mr. Hamilton bad nothing to say
on the subject Janet naid “good
' night" and disappeared. She
paused before the dressing room
I ror to see that her hat was
straight and noticed how pale she
looked. That wouldn’t do.
Opening her vanity case she took
out the tiny rouge puff and rubbed
it against her cheeks. Bright color
flamed back at her. A little too
bright. Janet removed some of the
rouge, added powder and fastened
the collar of her coat. Then she
left the building.
• • •
CHE walked swiftly even though
she knew she was early. She
swung Into the five o'clock crowd
that poured Into Eighth street
Around a corner. Two blocks
more. Now she had reached Tracy’s
drug store.
A crowd of a dozen or more had
gathered on the corner, waiting for
the next bus. Janet stood near the
doorway of the drugstore. Shej
could see down Eighth street and(V
also Franklin. Only a little tim#^
to wait now—
She heard her name called and
turned.
•Rolf!"
He nad approached from the
other direction. "Surprised you by
being on time, didn’t I?” Rolf
grinned. Nothing was changed
about him. Rolf looked exactly tbs
same. ••Well?” he asked. "'Where
do we go from here?”
"Let’s—just walk, Rolf.”
** ’Right.” They headed down
Franklin street. their steps
matched. Rolf swinging along
easily and Janet keeping the pace.
It was a little while before they
were out of the crowd. Then Rolf
said. "You told me you wanted to
taik about something. Well?”
It wasn’t easy for Janet to begin.
Rolf's presence, after that miser
able day. was so comforting she
wanted to forget everything else.
She wanted to but she couldn’t. A
moment of hesitation and then she
made a brave start. Her voice
didn’t sound just right. Muffled,
sort of. She noticed this and tried
to correct it.
"I—I guess it will sound silly.
Rolf, but—it’ s something—some
body said. I had to ask you about
it. Last night—you know you said
you were going to a wrestling
match Somebody told me they saw
you at the Liberty.”
"Who said that?’*
"It was—Mollie.’*
"Mollie? You mean that girl at
the house where you live?”
Janet nodded. She had never
been more miserable in her life.
Tremblingly she went on, "She
said you were with—a girl—“
“Oh! And because some dumb
bell wants to carry tales—!”
The girl interrupted. She had
stopped and was standing motion
less. "Then it’s true,” she said,
her lips scarcely moving. "You—
were there?"
Carlyle’s voice rose angrily.
"What if I was!” he demanded. "Is
that any crime? We might as well
settle this thing right now, Janet.
You know as well as 1 do our en
gagement doesn’t mean anything!”
(To Be Continued)