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Friday, May 10, 1935
Dime Chain Is Replica Of A
Greater Folly
These chain letter* whereby honest soul* make a
few dimes for themselves at the price of overload
ing the postal system are a good deal like the kind
of prosperity we had before 1929. when you stop to
think about It.
In each case the Idea is a good one a* long as
you can keep the ball rolling. Collapse comes only
When the supply of sucker* runs out
Look at the dime thing, for instance.
You get a letter with five names on it. You add
your name to the bottom, scratch off the top name,
and mail copies ot five friends; and then '\u send
a dime to the man whose name you scratch oft. If
the chain goes on unbroken. In the course of time
aeveral thousand peop> are sending you dimes; they,
tn tum. are recompensed bv several times that
many thousand other people, who in tum get dime*
from an even larger number of perfect strangers, and
so on
Theoretically, there Is no exact limit to the dis
tance the thing could be carried All that Is neces
sary is that on any given date the number of new
aucker* being tapped is greater than the number
of dimes in the mail. As long a.-, it keeps on going
Upward, nobody can lose
Perhaps it ts unkind to see in all this a parallel to
the frenzied prosperity of the boom years But you
can see it if you look for tt, just the same
In the booming twenties, our industrial produc
tion was keyed to a steadily rising miss of debts.
Part of this came in Installment-plan buying at
home; the greater part came from foreign trade.
Each year we sold a greater quantity of goods
abroad much less than wc sold, the customers over
teas couldn’t pay us So—we lent them the money,
flooding the domestic market with all manner of
foreign bond issues.
The amount of sales and loans kept on going up.
year after year. As long as the loans went up Just
a shade faster than the sales, everything was lovely.
But the whole business—like the dime letter chain
—was due to crash the moment this progression was
checked The check finally came, the crash follow
ed—and ever since we have been rubbing our heads
•nd wondering what happened to u*
So we get back, again, to this dime letter busi
ness Tt's a dizzy way to make money, to be sure;
but there Is a precedent for it. Individuals are
aimply trying, in a small way. what the nation as a
whole tried In a big way a few years ago The re
ault, in each case, is a foregone conclusion
Let’s Test Ourselves
An intelligence test to determine the fit new of
state and national legislators is proposed in the cur
rent issue of The Zion Herald. Methodist weekly.
It's a sound idea, as far as it goes: but why not
go farther and have a similar test for us voters as
well? For when all is said and done, these legis
lator*—and some of them are pretty sad-looking
•pecimens were elected by us.
We looked them over, listened to what they had
to say. and gave them their jobs.
Strange, when you stop to think about it: we are
almost unanimous in berating the stupidity and the
chicanery of congress and legislature—but we never
•top to think that congressmen and legislators are
direct reflection? of ourselves.
We put them where they are: If we re so smart, why
don't we put better men In their places?
Promise of Peace
It is encouraging to note that four of the most
important political groups In Cuba—the Nationalists.
Liberals. Marlantstas. and Menocallataa—have agreed
that constitutors! government should be restored on
the island and that general elections should be held
Nov. 1. next. \
Even more encouraging is the fact that the Cuban
cabinet has endorsed the plan, and that the election
will actually be held.
Outside observers expected downfall of the Ma
chado regime to be followed by an era of peace and
freedom. This expectation has been disappointed,
and Cuba has passed through an unhappy time since
then
If democratic government is to be restored at last,
the violence that has been tormenting the island re
public should cease; and then, perhaps. Cuba will
be in shape to Join the slow but sure procession back
toward prosperity.
Farmer, Too, Subject
To Work Hazards
By OIL MORRIS F1SHBEIN
Editor. Journal of the American Medical Association,
and of Hygela. the Health Mafaitne
It is generally believed that the occupation of a
farmer Is not very hazardous, and no doubt In the
past that was true.
There are certain bcnclits to health Irom living
outdoors and away from contact with large numbers
of people. For example, farmers * daughters have
about one-half the amount of tuberculosis affecting
young women of the same ages working in industries
in the city.
Nevertheless, the coming of motorized power, elec
tricity. and use of medical products on the farm.
I introduction of insecticides and other poisons for
preservation of agricultural products, have begun to
affect the health and life of the farmer.
Moreover, application of modem sanitary and
hygienic methods has not reached rural populations
to the extent that it has affected those living in
cities.
Recent investigation shows 20 per cent reduction
of infectious diseases in the cities, with only 6 per
cent reduction in those living on farms.
• • •
Nowadays farmers die from type of accidents as
sociated with the work of farm machinery, such as
tractors and motors
Only two other occupations had higher death
rates from accidents associated with machines than
did farmers In Ntbraska in 1929 accidental deaths
i on the farm were twice as numerous as those in most
| manufacturing industries.
Another type of occupational disease which affects
the fanner is hookworm, .htch appears particularly
in sections where sanitation is lacking and field
workers go barefoot.
Farmers also suffer from imtation of the skin
from undue exposure to the heat and light of the
sun, and, because of their contact with the pollens
of various plants, they are beginning to suffer with
an extraordinary incidence of hay fever and asthma *
m m •
Many other conditions which affect farmers come
I from the type of parasite associated with animals
Farmers have more tularemia, more sporotrichosis,
more tick fever, and more glanders and anthrax than
do city workers.
The most recent type of condition to affect farm
, ers particularly is poisoning by various types of
chemicals and insecticides that have been Introduced
into farming To protect himself against these
hazards, the farmer must wear proper clothing. His
shoes must be of the right kind to protect his feet
from infection, and he must wear gloves to protect
his hands from the chemicals.
Anyone handling any of the new types of chem
I teals and Insecticides should be warned against their
| poisonous character, know how to prevent undue
consumption of the poisons, and also the proper
' antidotes to use in case of accident.
! no longer doubt I know that there is nothing
after death—nothing to look forward to in Joy or fear.
I am going to die in a little while and that will be
the end—absolutely the end —Clarence Darrow.
.. ■ .
If I can t beat a clown like Baer. Ill never admit
1 was a fighter —Jet* Willard, after challenging the
champion.
All we have to show for administration schemes is
the greatest debt the country ever had, shattered
confidence, and a federal government waterlogged
with ward politicians.—Col. Theodore Rooosevelt.
There will be no bitterness in the divorce proceed
ings, because we had no vital differences—Evelyn
Mulhall, divorcing her actor-husband.
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men of Washington and Maw York
ThU column U publlahad by Tha
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terpreted ee reflecting tha adltorlai
policy of this nawspaper.
WASHINGTON
By Ray Tucker
Inside — The Roosevelt adminis
tration is getting tired of domestic
and foreign accusations that its
monetary policies produce interna
tional chaos. Within a few days Sec
retary Morgenthau Will use a na
tion-wide radio hookup to discuss
"stabilization" in the mo6t vigorous
and carefully documented speech any
presidential spokesman has yet de
livered on that subject.
The secretary of the treasury will
explain in a-b-c language — the
address will be to the voters, not the
bankers — why this country went
off the gold standard He will set
forth the results as he and treasury
experts see them.
His pronouncement will of course
be interpreted In various ways —
especially as Sir Jaslah Stamp of
London was a recent White House
visitor. Now that all but a few na
tions are off gold, some will say
that it is an invitation for would-be
stabilizers to sit around a conference
table. Others will view the speech
as "defense" designed to ward off
republican criticisms. You can take
your choice, but the important fact
is that Mr Morgenthau will teil the
inside gold story" for the first time
Unread — NR A lawyers didn't care
for Stanley Reed s presentation oi
their case before the supreme court
in the New York poultry action
They feel privately that the Solicitor
General had a great chance and
muffed it though still hopeful of a
five-to-four decision for the Blue
Fag>. they are not so cocksure a*
they were
Mr Reed s answer to the court's
question about what he regarded as
a code of fair competition'* seemed
feeble to the NRA-ers. There, thev
eav. he was invited to set forth the
basic philosophy and economic ne
cessity of the codes They complain
that instead he delivered a purelv
legalistic argument New Deal law
has not swerved the court so much
as philosophic persuasion It was
by recourse to the latter kind of ap
peal that Attorney General Cum
mings won the famous gold case.
While Mr Reed was arguing. NRA
chieftain Don Richberg wrote furi
ously and slipped his suggestions to
the Solicitor General. Those notes
would make interesting reading But
Mr Reed stuck them in his pocket
unread as fast as he got them —and
Don won't tell what was In them.
• • •
Hardies — Mr. Reed isn’t blamed
personally for what the NRA law
yers regard as his unfortunate pres
entation of thetr case. They hold
the system responsible by which
matters affecting vital New* Deal Is
sues are argued before the Supreme
Court by government lawyers not fa
miliar with them from start to fin
ish Other hieh officials — notably
Secretaries Ickes and Wallace —
makp the same complaint.
No matter where litigation arises
— NRA. AAA, the treasury, the
White House the interior depart
ment. — the attorney general's of
fice grabs it as soon as it assumes
supreme court stature Department -
al lawvers who have nursed the rase
through lower courts sre brushed
aside or assigned a trivial part In
preparation and presentation No
matter howr able, the D of J lawyer
can rarelv make as thorough or skil
ful an argument as the man below
That was Mr. Reed's trouble. He
wav a pitcher who went into the box
without warming up enough.
Don't be surprised if the svstem is
revised soon The New Deal still has
many hurdlles to clear, but Its high
est and hardest are those nine black
robed figures on what lawvers call
the ' Court of the Last Guess ’*
• • •
Craiv — The New Deal household
is riddled with rivalries and Jeal
ousies — Ickes versus Hopkins. Per
kins versus Biddle, the •'liberals’’
versus Farley and Ro}^*r — but the
finest hater of all Is George Peek.
He has been humbled openlv and
flagrantly by Secretaries Wallace
and Hull. The former got rid of
him when he fought the crop reduc
tion program and Mr Hull tore up
his proposal for the barter of goods
with other nations
Mr. Peek's analysts of our foreign
trade and monetary- transactions
was a frontal attack upon the Hull- |
Wallace policies of freer interna
tional commerce They have urged
lower tariffs on the ground that —
a* a creditor nation we must buy if
we hope to sell Mr. Peek main
tains we are a creditor nation m
name onlv. He insists that the out
side world, instead of buying our
goods — which he contends it could
easily do _ U swiftly liquidating Its
own debt* and shifting the debtor
role to Uncle Sam
Officials in other departments
concerned with world trade and di
plomacy say say fhst Peek s figures
are crazy and his conclusion crazier
In due but diplomatic time thev will
Ray so publicly. What thev can:t un
derstand is why the President per
mitted him to sound off so spectacu
larly. The answer is that George
has been spouting his ideas around
tlie White House for weeks, and It
was thought best to let him get them
off his chest. They represent only
his "personal opinion **
• • »
. Tariff — Few may have noticed it.
but the White House gave Mr Peek
its answer the same day the head
lines earned hi* sensational storv
As if repudiating his criticism of
Secretary Hu11*r reciprocal tariff
agreements. President Roosevelt pro
claimed the effectiveness of the
Haitian treaty with flourishes and
ruffles
Guardedly but persistently Mr
Hull is making holes in the world's
tariff dikes He has negotiated and
put Into effect four reciprocal
treaties, and a dozen more are near
ing completion. Each document
contains the unconditional most-fa
vored-nation clause which breaks Mr.
Peck’s heart. This means that all
future tariff treaties made by par
ticipants tn these reciprocal agree
ments will extend the same cuts and
quotas to other nations Thus Free
J?ummet\u/ee tk ea. t td
■wdMMMMV# By M*b*l McElliott 0 IQU. NEA Soviet, Inc
CHAPTER I-A
The ear door slammed and Zoe
ran forward, ottering shrill erias of
greeting. Zoo. Katharino told her
self critically, was really lovely
Those glittering white teeth, that
charming warm blneb of snnbarn
those bright bine dancing eyes!
Pity Zoe was nch a crashing fool!
“Hel-lo. darling!"
Zoe was in white linen with a
vast of dark Mne linen, dotted in
white. Her sboea. bar hat. her
gloves were all unbelievably crisp.
“Yon look smart!"
"Thanks. Yon do. too. darling!"
Zoe cried. "We Inst got in last
night. I was going to call yon.
How are yon and what’ve yon bean
doing?*
"Oh. the asual” Katharine
drawled.
“I’m crazy to see everybody, Zoe
declared. Everybody knew that
Zoe's ambitious mother bad
whisked her to Europe In Ifay In
order to avoid a scandal about
Gibbs Larkin. Gibbs waa 36. hand
some in a thoroughly dissolute way.
conscienceless. Zoe had fallen head
long In love with him, with all her
lightning Impetuousness. Gibbs,
people said, would never marry. He
was one of those eternal bachelors
who sip sweets where they will. Zoe
had recklessly and defiantly been
seen with him every place.
They chatted for a few moments
longer, making an engagement to
meet that afternoon.
"Has she ‘got over* GibbsT* Kath
arine wondered. She did hope Zoe
would spare her the confidences.
These love recitals were bound to
be boring. Katharine prided her
self on her impervlousnees to the
grand passion. Love was stupid. It
tied you all up. got your feelings
confused. There was no sense to
It . . .
All of which, of course, had noth
ing whatever to do with her feel
ings about Michael. She and
Michael had simply been friends,
good comrades, and it was perfectly
natural she should be slightly
miffed when he so casually gave
away the hour which had been sa
cred to her for months. . . .
TPHAT was Thursday morning. On
Friday sha went for her ride as
usual, and Michael was there, tall,
lean and casual
"Mawntn’l"
She smiled at him with Just the
right degree of rasualnesa. ‘Good
morning."
He tightened a strap, patted
Prince Charlie's gleaming flank.
"Storm cornin’ up!" be announced.
“Oh. do you think eo?" But
Katharine’s query was not the
usual feminine flutter. She adored
storms.
"Maybe I’d better take this."
Michael flung an oilskin slicker
across Prince Charlie’s back.
"Not for me." Katharine said
coolly.
The red haired young man
glanced at her quizzically a mo
ment. then called to Tips: "Here.
catch this!"
The slicker sailed through the
air. landing in a pile of bay. Tbe
colored boy ran to retrieve it. with
a flash of white teeth in an e«ony
face.
Presenllp Michael had a blaze going. Katharine, looking doum
at him. said. “IVell, go on—lecture me—
•Just as you say,* Michael an
nounced. Ho swung a long leg!
over hit western saddle, leading the
way.
The trees arched overhead tn a
conspiracy of silence. In the dim
interstices where the sky could be
seen there were patches of angry |
clouds. Prom the west rose a rum
Me of deep thunder.
"You wont mind gettin* wet?"
He looked back at her over his
shoulder, his gentle voice courteous
as usual.
Katharine laughed. "No, why
should I r
The deep roll of distant thunder
increased. They crossed an open
meadow with a river meandering
alongside and an orange flash of
lightning licked across the sky.
Suddenly they were again tn the
woods, the horses wading carefully
through the shallow stream and
plunging up the muddy banks.
• • •
]VTOW Uu» rain rtmt down. sud
denly, In torrents. In violent
sheets. For ths main part, the
trees protected them, b»t soon the
path aga** crossed a civilized road,
a main h^bway. Great angry peals
of thunder sounded, and the sky
was made livid by the almost con
tinual flashes of lightning. The
horses were nervous. Fury danced
and whinnied, refusing to proceed
At the side of the road was a
small blue-roofed cottage which had
once housed a district school, and
later an amateur radio station. If
was unoccupied now. At the rear
was a rude shelter for horses
Michael, without consulting Kath
arine, cantered bark to her and.
seizing Fury's bridle, led the ner
vous little animal under cover.
“We’d better stop here a minute."
he said quietly. “It’s foolhardy to
go on Just n'*w."
Michael he fed her to dismount
Then he tied loth Fury and Prince!
Charlie to the rude rail of the shel
ter and quieted them with his re
assuring voice.
“We can go Inside. W yoe like,"
be told the girl, after a particu
larly vicious flash of light. “I had
to stop here last week in that cloud
burst—remember? I had a party
of kids. They were scared still."
He pushed open the door, dis
closing a narrow room with a
bricked fireplace and some battered
school benches. Someone had evi
dently built a Are. There were the
remains of logs, charred and
broken, in the grate.
“Cheerful place,” Katharine com
mented dryly.
He glanced at her curiously. “It’s
not so much. Here—let me dust
that thing off. You can sit down."
“I'd better not." Katharine
hugged her arms about her.
Michael knelt, making shift, with
a bundle of twigs at the side of the
fireplace, and the remains of the
logs. Presently he had a blaze go
ing. The west wind whipped in at
the open door and Katharine shiv
ered. in spite of herself.
“Well, go on—lecture me," she
said, looking down at him.
The tall young man turned from
the grate, dusting off his lean,
long fingered hands.
“For what?"
She regarded him coolly, lighting
a cigaret with fingers that shook a
little.
“Oh, for being stubborn—not tak
ing the slicker."
“Oh. that!"
He tamed beck to the fire, ap
pearing to forget her.
Suddenly Katharine felt rage
sweep her. To be Ignored like this
was strangely maddening! 8he in
haled deeply, frowning angrily at
the absorbed yonng man, who bent
so solicitously over the fire. She
knew well enough what Sally Moon
—or Zoo Parker—would do on such
an occasion. Sallj would whimper
a little and shiver and be wiatfe*.
and there would ba a food deal of
arfnmant about accepting tba man’s
coat. Michael didn’t have a
bat that didn’t matter. Ha oegl
at least to show soma ho man con*
earn about bar. Why, sba might
have pneumonia . . .
I/'ATHARINE. struck su<l
^ tba utter nonsansa of
soning (sba almost
cold), laughed aloud.
-What’s tha Joker
suddenly tap
her re*
never had a
She glanced, sidewise, at Michael
Heatheroa. -Nothing you'd ander*
stand!"
He flushed, the brick tint shoe*
tng about the deep dark stain of
his sunburn.
“I’m not so slow." he drawled In
that easy western voice of hla
"I didn't mean that." Katharine
hastened to say.
Outside the thunder rolled and
pealed, the sky steadily darkened,
and occasional angry flashes o€
lightning Illumined the room The
rain, obedient to a dervish wind,
tore In at the door, and Michael
closed it Now they were shut In
together.
“This msy go on all morning."
she said, at random, wishing only
to break he silence.
"Oh. I don't think H will. It's
lifting now . . ."
But she had the feeling that h*
too. wasn't thinking of what be was
saying.
“Fury doesn't like It." be said,
of the lightning. “She's nervons."
“Just like a woman." Katharine
said scornfully.
Her tons roused him.
"I've known plenty of men wbe
didn’t like stnrms. either."
“Oh. but have you?" Katharine
mocked him Some devil of per*
verseneae seemed to poesees her.
She wanted to startle, shock, annoy
him—stir him out of his usual salts
acceptance of her.
"8ure enough!"
CHE stared at him. drinking 1® 1
u erery line of hla face, tba quin j
flea] gray eyes with ttaa little
laughter wrlnklea etched around
tham. Michael waa—bow old?
Twenty-elght? Hla ahouldera warn
broad, bin waist allm. Ilka* a trua
horseman's. She know, aba told
herself. dozens of man battar look*
In*, smarter, better educated h»
arery way. Why on earth did aba
bother with him?
“You don't think much of aa
around here, do yon?** aha pursued^
scarcely knowing what aba aald.
“Yon all—people In Innlcockr
Tea. Yon think we*re all apolled
children—or something.1* Her tone
was hateful and aba knew It, but
for the life of her aha eonldnl
change It.
Michael stared at her though*
fully. She had an impulse, almost
Irresistible, to reach up and rumple
that dark red crest of hair, fro*
which the stubborn curl had csr^
fully been Ironed only that morn
ing.
"Folks around here have been
mighty nice to me/*
"Mighty nice!* She mocked bis
soft, easy drawl.
Suddenly she felt both her hands
Imprisoned. In a grip of steeL
Gray eyes darkening like the
stormy skies without looked Into
“You don't—you mustn't ..."
"Mustn't wbatr
Thu treacherous tide within her
warmed her heart. Was this sur
render, of which she had heard am
But Michael Heatheroe dropped
her bands, released her as suddenly
as he bad seized her. “I bet your
pardon." he muttered. "You sure
made me mad. Miss StrykhursL I
SIMM I forgot myself . . ."
much?
(To Be Continued)
Trader Hull get* his way with
out much fuss.
But there will be s fuss next
year. Messrs. Hull. Wallace and
Peek are reviving the tariff as a
political Issue to the extent that
several New England states. Pennsyl
vania. Michigan and several agri
cultural states may go republican
as a result.
• • •
Response — The White House will
welcome Hugh Johnston as a prodi
gal .son whenever he visits Wash
ington Though the president's ad
visers frowned on his plan to debate
against Senator Long and Father
Coughlin his attack upon them has
served a useful political purpose.
Mr. Roosevelt now knows whom
tc fear most among the "pied pipers.”
Without any question, it is Father
Coughlin. His World Court bar
rage defeated ratification. His re
cent demand for cash payment of
the bonus brought telegrams to
Capitol Kill at the rate of 150 a
minute next morning. Meanwhile
Senate mailmen report that Hueys
mail is unbelieveably light on the
days after he reshares the wealth—
vocally.
Knowing your enemy ts half the
battle in politics. But democratic
Today's
Almanac:
May 10^
1TT4- Louis XHT
becomes Kin£ of
TrSnce
mf5*EthaJi Allen
captures Tort
rTicoaAero4p~
1906« First “Russian
Duma opens* as
representative^
rise and. svntf.*Vtel
play seccwul nd&
** for the Czar*
*J
political strategist* — for some un
aivulged reason — expect the De
troit priest to be on their side next
year.
• • •
Beds — A recent incident outside
President Roosevelt's door showed
vividly why congress and the execu
tive branch rarely harmonize It is
a difference of temperament as much
as of policies. Congressmen do not
like to be rushed — or deflated pub
licly.
From the presidents chamber
there emerged pompous, picturesque
John Rankin. Mississippi's fiery
congressman, and Major General
Frank T. Hines, brusque and snap
py Veterans' Administrator. When
asked what they took up with Mr
Rooseveit. Mi Rankin spread him
self : “We discussed the dire need
of new neuro-psychiatric facili
ties^ "
“What we really talked about.’
broke in Hines, "was the question of
more beds for veterans hospitals ’*
Notes — Oil discoveries in the Tex
as Panhandle and southwestern
Kansas are encouraging some of
the population to stick it out in spite
of dust storms . . . Rapid Increase
of construction is an aftermath of
mortgage insurance under the Fed
eral Housing Administration . . .
RFC loans to solvent mining com
panies are opening up mines that
have been dormant for years . . .
Organized labor is afraid of falling
between two stools—NRA and the
Wagner bill.
Barbs
Columbia student* chose Ger
trude Stein as the most unpopu
lar writer. They just don’t under
stand her.
• •
Europeans who frown on the
growing tendency to put boy* on
thrones might adopt the reverse
of Huey's motto.
• • •
We don't mind those American
naval games In the Pacific so long
as Japan doesn't challenge the.
winner.
• • •
In Dea Moines. Senator Long
told his followers. “I could take
Iowa like a whirlwind.” Good,
thing he didn't aay "dust storm.” i
My . . .
New York
By JAMES ASWELL
Central Press Staff Writer
NEW YORK. May 10— Giving
You the Run-Around: The place
for a snack m mid-afternoon is the
little clam stand in South street,!
near the Seamen's institute...The
stand has been on this spot lor
nearly a hundred years, believe it
or not, and many a Wall Street big
wig has taken a run down lor a
hall do**n crustaceans with tapper
sauce, mingling with as motley a
clientele as ever you saw — But
the faces are mostly kindly, If
grlsled.The first John Jacob
A-stor, hardy old opportunist that
he was. ran a clam shack himself
for years, come to think...
The Village Barn, that brash
whoopery of barn dance fun, served
New York style, is enjoying a ca
pacity season, and tourists are flock
ing back to the alleged haunt of art
and lunacy. Greenwich Village...
The Barn is the only excitery m
town where it is possible lor a pro
fessional gadabout tq go without
seeing a single familiar Broadway
regular lace—Meyer Horowitz. the
genial proprietor, who has never
been farther into the country than
Yonkers, except for brief periods all
his life long, lives in one of the
city's noisier neighborhoods....
Now the town's “Lover s Lane'' is
the pedestrian walk across the
George Washington bridge.... Of
fering a dizzy view, plus gloom and
comparative privacy for a trifle, it
is luring many lovesick pairs away
from the hack tires of the double
decker buses along the Drive...But
it is a bad place for lovers’ quarrels
and the bleak despondencies of such
situations....The water is a long
way down....
Brooklynite stamp
One of those rare bird*, a native
New York. or. rather, a native
Brooklynite, asked me the other
mght whether I could tell a Man*
hattan bicycle rider from a Brooklyn
bicycle rider In the dark....Reply*
ing that I had never given much
thought to the problem. I was Im
mediately enlightened_ Brooklyn
boys who ride bicycles have an old
Brooklyn custom: they sing loudly
a-s they ride.... In Manhattan, an
the other hand, pedalists maintain
a bleak alienee....Once you know,
the contrast is pronunced enough to
notice even during a short lollop
tnrough the City of Churches...
A thing few visitors—and many
residents. Including this writer—
cannot figure out Is why Riverside
drive didn't retain Us super-swank
society rating of a few decades ago
... Physically it is the most engag
ing sector of Manhattan and the
view Is far superior to that enjoyed
by the high rent apartments along
the East river, across the island...
Still choice, but no so uppity In the
esoteric ratings of the social reg
ister as Park Avenue and the Sut
ton place neighborhood. Riverside
drive remains my favorite residen
tial district although due to tha
exigencies of chauce and trans
portation. I have never lived there..
• • *
With The Sandhogs
That new tunnel, slowly moving
toward New Jersey from midtown
Manhattan, under the Hudson,
omits some strange sight and .sounds
tor those who live near the eastern
terminus ...Grimy men crawl up
from their shifts and l>*n time to
time, faint, muffled explosions coma
from the river bottom... Already
several lives have been paid out to
build the tube — No playwright
haa vet told the drama and tha
glory of the tube-digger*, and there
du*i be plenty of it
• • •
Tree Sob Story
There are flood* ol such yarn*
about ctnemugs. but I happen to
know that one of them is true. In
the 15 years Warner Baxter hag
paraded before camera* and foot
lights. he ha* never failed to write
his mother every day when sep
arated from her.
All sentimentality aside, a clue
to character i« often to be found in
such constancies.
Denver postal official* com
that they are being swamped by
' send-s-dime" chain letter mail.
In rounding that comer prosperity
could at least have sounded lta
horn.
Less than 10 per cent of high
school age Negroes are enrolled In
public school* in 15 southern
states. These 15 states contain
more than 1.000,000 negroes of this
age classification.
The president of France receives
more than double the salary of tbs
president of the United States