Howe About:
Where Hope Is Highest
Need Another Win
Receiverships
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By ED HOWE
I TALKED lately to a cautious,
■* conservative man who had just
made an automobile trip to Florida,
He says that at one place a new per
feet road was encountered, 74 miles
long. In traveling the entire dls
tance, not a half dozen other auto
mobiles were encountered. Probably
the bonds Issued to build the road
are In default. The cautious, con
servattve man sat beside the driver,
ami says that except at turns, the
entire distance was made at the rate
of a mile a minute; that flnnlly tills
speed seemed a little slow. They
had picked out n certain town to
reach by nightfall, and since there
was nothing to hold them, why nol
hurry? The conservative, cautious
man gradually grows In reckless
ness. ... On the trip a call was
made on a man In Georgia who lives
In a palace of pink marble costing
a million dollars. He owns nearly
all of a county, a town, and a mnr
ble quarry. . . . Such a man would
seem lucky. Tills man wasn't; three
days later he was hurried to a hos
pitai, for a dangerous operation. The
•'lucky" man was seventy-nine years
old. ... At another place a call
was made on a man twenty-five
years old who had three thousand
turkeys gobbling about his farm. . .
For several days the conservative,
cautious man did not see a news
paper, or hear a radio, and almost
no conversation. The country
through which he passed was so
fine, nnd the people so polite, he al
most had hope for his country again
No starvation, no rioting anywhere:
but on reaching the end of his Jour
ney, the newspapers were ngain
available; and again the conserve
tive, cautious man was greatly dls
turlied, and fearful of the future.
One of the troubles with civiliza
tion Is it doesn't have enough pri
vate watchmen to aid the police. 1
have noticed that most of the more
important business men employ prl
vate watchmen at night, and these
watchmen carry pistols. We have
adopted ail necessary law to help
civilization, thus recognizing the
truth that such laws are Just and
sensible, and for the greatest good
of the greatest number. But wor
thy citizens, good enough, and in the
majority, are too careless in seeing
thnt the laws are enforced. Every
good citizen should dally be a pri
vate watchman, and assist In cor
recting the lll-behnved In the mi
nority. If necessary to establish
their authority and the law of God,
the good citizens should form vigi
lance committees, and be rough on
occasion. I go so far ns to believe
the younger men should form ml
litla companies and, without ex
pense to the state or anyone, be
come a force for the common sense
morality thnt has lately been break
ing down. The first thing we must
do in the present crisis, if we hope
for betterment, is for the well-be
haved majority to control the com
paratively few who violate the law
as vagrants, disturbers, house-break
ers, tramps, rndicnls. flophouse pa
trons, and in general attacks on the
civilized rules of conduct. A great
fight has been going on over the
world for a long time, and with
growing Intensity during the past
decade. Friends of decency should
realize that the proletarians have
achieved the victory and wipe out
the disgraceful defeat they have suf
fered.
• • •
I rarely hear of a congressional
Investigation that does not seem
trifling and very expensive, but one
Is going on now worth while. A fed
eral Judge is being investigated be
cause of outrageous fees he al
lowed receivers In bankruptcy. One
receiver was allowed $90,000 for
services probably honestly worth
three or four thousand dollars. . . .
I know nothing about the case ex
cept the testimony in the newspa
pers, and this includes chnrges that
the Judge shared in the fees; that
the money was paid In cash, to
avoid future exposure. . . . There
is rarely a Judge who does not
award outrageous fees to members
of his profession. I cannot remem
ber a time when this ha9 not been
done; and without serious protest
from congress, until now. Nothing
going on In Wall Street previous to
192ft wn9 equally corrupt, careless,
or whatever one pleased to call It.
We have lately been specially slip
ping in morals, but this receiver
ship scandal has gone on a long
time. Corruption In police depart
ments has never been worse. The
police have occasionally been inves
tigated, but I have not before noted
Judges being called to account ns In
this case. For once, It seems to
me. a congressional committee has
done a Just, important and worthy
thing.
• * •
Every morning I feel tine and en
ergetic and determined to do a lot
that day on the Great Book I am en
gaged In writing. . . . But after
looking over the mail, scribbling a
few things of no Importance, and
attending to the usual complications
that arise in a life between seven
and ten o'clock of a usual morning.
I am worn out, and put it off again
until tomorrow
B EDTIME STORy
KiBy THORNTON W. BURGESS
PETER LEARNS OLD
MOTHER NATURE
KNOWS BEST
DETER RABBIT sat under Ills fa
* vorite old Bramble Bush In the
middle of the Old Briar Patch, nnd
Peter wasn't altogether happy. No,
8 he wasn't as happy a. he should
have been. You see, he was feeling
rather dissatisfied. It seemed to him
that everybody had more than he. At
least, that is what he tried to make
himself believe. He wanted to be
lieve It, and you know you can
make yourself believe almost any
thing If you want to bad enough.
Peter was waiting for Nimbleheels,
the Jumping Mouse, to return. Nlm
"What Kind of Seeds Are Those?’’
Asked Peter.
bleheels hml gone to search for a
pocketful of seeds. It was finding
out that little Nimbleheels has a
pair of handy pockets in his cheeks
that bnd made foolish Peter dissatis
fied.
“Old Mother Nature Isn't at all
fair,” muttered Peter. “Why didn’t
site give me pockets? Why should
she have to give Striped Chipmunk
and this little snip of a Mouse pock
ets and not me?” Peter quite forgot
that he was not the only one with
out pockets. You see, he was think
ing only of himself.
“What Is good for one is good for
another.” he continued, still talking
to himself. “I’d like to go out and
fill a couple of pockets and then
come home and eat In peace. Noth
ing would be nicer. No, sir. Old
Mother Nature hasn’t been at all
fair. I was taught when I was lit
tle that she knows best, but I don't
believe It. I certainly do not I
would be ever so much better off
If I had a couple of nice handy pock
ets."
Just then Nimbleheels returned
with a pocketful of seeds which he
emptied in a little pile and at once
9QU0GP ^ I
“When a fellow tries to knock
your block off," says peevish Phyllis,
"it is perfectly all right if he uses a
tennis ball to do it with.”
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began to eat. "What kind of seeds
are those?’’ asked Peter.
"Some grass seeds, but mostly
weed seeds," replied Nlmbleheels.
“Won’t you have a couple?"
Peter turned his head to hide
a smile. “No, I thank you," he re
plied politely. ”1 am not very fond
of seeds. M.v teeth nre not made for
them. 1 like green food such as
sweet clover, grass and vegetables,
when t can get them In Farmer
Brown's garden." Inside he was
laughing at the offer of a couple of
seeds, and thinking that It would
take all Nlmbleheels had brought to
make even a good taste.
"You were quite right when you
called those pockets handy," said
Peter. “1 wouldn't m'nd having a
couple myself. I suppose you can
carry a whole dinner In them."
Nimbleheels nodded. "They will
hold a lot of seeds,” said he, “more
than 1 can eat at one time. But 1
don’t think you would have much
use for pockets In your cheeks. Pe
ter.”
“Why haven't I, Just as much ns
you?" demanded Peter Indignantly.
The little bright beady eyes of
Nimbleheols twinkled and snapped,
but h,. didn't even smile ns he said:
“From what I have seen of you,
Peter, your stomach Is bigger than
any two pockets In your cheeks
could possibly he. Besides, the kind
of food you eat couldn't be put In a
pocket very well. I rather think
you’ll find. If you think It over, that
Old Mother Nature knows best.”
Peter pulled his whiskers thought
fully. lie remembered what a lot
of sweet clover he could eat at one
meal, and then tried to Imagine
crowding it Into a couple of pockets
in his cheeks. The Idea made him
laugh right out.
“You are right, Nlmhleheels,” he
cried. “There isn’t the least doubt
about It. Mother Nature does know
best. She certainly does.”
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THROUGH A
Womans Eyes
By JEAN NEWTON
---
ON HATRED AT 64
AFTER an exile of nearly fifteen
years, Emma Goldman, the An
archist, came back to the United
States the other day under a tem
porary permit as a visitor.
The political convictions for which
she was deported, she claims, have
not changed. However, the Impres
sion of one who interviewed and ob
served her is that "at sixty-four her
hatred of capitalism Is less Intense
than In her youth,” when she made
the world aware of It.
We need know little about this
particular woman to believe that.
For at sixty-four any hatred is less
Intense; frequently It has complete
ly burned Itself out And In Its
place is understanding.
At sixty-four another thing Is like
ly to waver: that Is self assurance.
It Is much easier for the very young
to be sure that they are right. One
who has lived and experienced and
hoped and drea ed and tried and
succeeded and failed Is more likely
to make allowances for the other's
viewpoint and question oneself.
There Is the old saying: "If youth
but knew. If age but could!” Thnt
Is nowhere more significant than In
Its application to clash of Ideas,
one’s relations with other people.
If youth but knew"—that what It
takes so for granted It not at all a
cosmic certainty I "If youth but
Model of Memorial to “The Wizard”
A MEMORIAL to Thomas A. Ellison Is to be erected at Eagle Rock.
N. J. to commemorate for all time ttie achievements of the great
scientist and Inventor. The monument, ns designed by John B. 1’eterkln
and Hugh A. Kelly, architects, and Charles Keck, sculptor, who are shown
here Inspecting the model, Is the result of two yenrs intensive study, re
sulting in an Impressive conception in keeping with the greatness of the
man It Is proposed to Immortalize. The memorial, the shaft of which will
stand 3TiO feet high, will cost some $2,000,000. Work Is expected to start
on It this year.
Berlin to New York in Seventeen Hours?
THIS Is the designer s conception ot a new giant Hying Dont that Is planned In Germany. It would be
capable of carrying l,.r>00 passengers and would make the trip from Merlin to New York In 17 hours. Engi
neers of the Humpler company are already building a ship of this kind on a smaller scale.
knew”—that what seems to us so
burnlngly right, is from another
viewpoint, no less burnlngly wrong.
“If youth but knew”—that the world
is not divided into the good and the
bad, the rigid and the wrong, the
sincere and the self-seeking, the hon
est and the corrupt—but instead
that it is composed of many differ
ent-seeming humans who at heart
are experiencing very similar hopes
and fears and dreams, whose mo
tives are more likely to he honest
than otherwise, whose greatest crime
may be making a mistake I How
much energy that is wasted In con
diet might be saved for construe- j
live effort, how much struggle and i
heartache the human race might be
saved. Rolled down. It might almost I
be possible for all of us to work to- I
getlier for a common good.
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bcnecsI
i fir n \m ————ay
In the Eighteenth century travel
Ing was very romantic; most of the
highroads were only bridal paths.
BONERS are actual humorous
tid-bits found in examination pa
pers. essays, etc., by teachers.
Caviar Is a tropical disease, some
times black, and usually fatal.
• « •
Three fur-bearing animals are the
baboon, the racoon, and the buffoon.
• • *
Paul Revere was the massage
man of the Revolution.
• • •
Marble Is cement with stone In 1L
e • •
Cooties are Chinese who draw Jin
rickashaws.
• • •
Realism deals with life as It Is;
romance is sometimes possible but
not often profitable.
• • •
Illiteracy Is one of the most com
mon figures of speech.
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CHINESE DISHES
/""VF ALL the Interesting nnd In
triguing tilings that the Chi
nese do, their marvelous handwork
their tireless industry, nothing is so
popular as many of their dishes
have become In America.
One may now In almost any mar
ket in the city Had the sauces, the
canned hearts of palm, the water
bulbs, bamboo shoots and various
I IP A IP A KNOWS-1
"I'op. what Is a ropet"
"Western Justice.”
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Afternoon Frock
Tills formal afternoon Jacket
frock for the spring Includes a beau
tifully hand-tucked and embroidered
lingerie blouse with Its pleated ruf
fle forming n collar on the little
wrapped waist-length Jacket of
navy sheer matching the skirt.
food accessories used in the Chi
nese dishes.
Chop Suey.
The American way of preparing
chop suey is usually well liked and
is quite tasty without the bean
sprouts, although the sauce which
is made from beans Is necessary to
give It the proper seasoning. Fresh
pork, cut into bits. Is cookeu until
well browned, then finely cut celery
Is added; a few canned beans will
do very well In place of the bean
sprouts If they cannot he obtained.
Cook until nicely done, heap In the
center of a platter and put mounds
of fresh hot rice around the meat
aud vegetables. Pour over all sev
ernl teaspoonfuls (depending upon
the nmount served) of soy sauce.
Serve at once.
Fish Soup.
To two quarts of water add chick
en bones and trimmings nnd one
and one-half pounds of lean pork,
cook until it is reduced to one quart.
Cool and skim off the fat. Cook a
four-pound fish until tender, re
move the hones and head nnd shred
the meat Into pieces about one nnd
one-half inches long. Canned sal
mon may be substituted. Soak one
half cupful of dried mushrooms ten
minutes In a cupful of lukewarm
water and a teaspoonful of sugar.
If fresh mushrooms are used peel
them and cut Into inch and a half
pieces. Shred one can of water
chestnuts the same way ns the fish
nnd mushrooms, shred one cupful
of bamboo shoots. Cook the mush
NEIGHBORS
By ANNE CAMPBELL
1CAN do without love; I can do
without friends;
I can do without laughter, and rest
from my labors.
1 can do without luxury. (Life makes
amends!)
Hut I find that I simply can’t do
without neighbors.
The cheerful “good morning," the
wave from the walk.
The moment of gossip across the
new flowers;
The smile when I'm weary, the fu
tile small talk,
I’ut comradeship into the swift
passing hours.
I may break with my kin; I may
frown on my love;
I may ndss the rich harvest re
warding my labors.
Rut I, to be happy, must think
kindly of
A world full of people 1 know as
my neighbors 1
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rooms, the shoots and the chestnuts
for twenty minutes. Fifteen min
utcs before serving add the tlsh.
soup stock, and a tahlespoonful of
soy sauce mixed with a teaspoonful
of cornstarch. Cook fifteen minutes.
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WITTY KITTY
Dy NINA WILCOX PUTNAM
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The Girl-Frlena says she sees that
a millionaire has Just bought a Rem
brandt, a Vandyke, a Corot and a
Rubens, and she thinks it would be
just lovely to be able to afford four
of those big foreign cars!
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Large Bate
The great but or noetule Is the
largest British bat. Its body and tail
being 4V4 Indies long with a wing
expansion of 14 Indies, but these
are small compared with some spe
cies. The largest of all Is the vam
pire but of the Amazon, with a wing
expansion of 28 inches. It is a fear
some-looking creature and has a
reputation for sucking blood from
its victims.
The Busy Chef
Good Taste Today
By EMILY POST
Author of
"ETIQUETTE," "THE BLUE
BOOK OF SOCIAL USAGE," Etc.
BLIND DATES
r\EAB Mrs. Post: Will you tell
me whether I was prudish In
my point of view and whether you
think 1 am Just missing a lot of
good times, which could otherwise
be mine. This Is what happened:
A short while ago, before college re
opened, my college roommate was
going out with her boy friend to an
evening cabaret We both live In
Chicago. Her mother did not want
her to go to a late dance with the
boy alone. So she asked me to go
with them and they had a blind
date for me. with a friend of his.
He was not especially Interesting
and only a fair dancer but we hnd
a pleasant evening. I wouldn’t care
if I never saw him again—but then,
too, I would Just as goon go out
with him again If there was no one
else who ofTered. A few evenings
ngo the boy called up and said he
hnd a friend from St. Paul, a young
business man who was the flnest
kind of man and coming to (Chi
cago for two days, and that he had
made a ’‘blind’" date for me with
the St. Paul man to take me out for
dinner and go to dance afterwards.
He himself couldn't go out with us
because he Is on the footbnll squad.
He said the St. Paul man would
call for me at seven o'clock, and
that I would have a wonderful time.
I don’t know why I behaved ns I
did. I could not help it I told
him that having my time engaged
for me to go out with a total
stranger was not my Idea of a won
derful time, and that nothing would
induce me to make that kind of a
hllnd date, and that I was not a
taxi dancer, and then I hung up.
Now, of course, everything ts alt
wrong. We are back In college, my
roommate will hardly speak to me
because her boy friend Is nngry be
cause I was rude to his friend.
Finally, my roommate said she
would leave It to you to decide who
was wrong.
Answer: It seems to me that you
were right. It was entirely proper
to go out with your roommate and
her friend and whoever they might
have Invited to make » fourth. But
to have gone out with the St. Paul
man, as coolly arranged for you by
a practical stranger, or In fact to
go out alone with any man you did
not know — unless under very
extenuating circumstances — would
have been extremely cheap. At the
same time you may have been rude
in the way you refused to be a taxi
dancer. This depends on whether
your voice was nniiably casual or
angry. So you see?
NAMES
DEAR Mrs. Post: I was named
for my father, who died when
I was very young. For more than
twenty-five years I have continued
to use John Smith, Jr., as my
name. I know that I am John
Smith and should write my name
without Junior suffixed to It. But
my father achieved some prom
inence and I hesitate to take his
name even now. Please write your
opinion of my case.
Answer: I think you yourself
have given the only opinion there
Is to give. Actually you are now
John Smith, but I have no Idea
whether the laws of your own state
would compel you to sign your name
or engrave your visiting cards or
even to change your bank signature.
I do happen to know of a number
of men who for one reason or an
other continued to call themselves
Junior long after the denth of their
fathers. I nlso know of others,
who, during their fathers’ lives,
have taken off the name Junior by
adding middle names. Apparently a
man considers his name his own to
do with as he likes. But whether
he has the legal right to make these
changes, I don’t know.
Dear Mrs. Post: Should an un
married woman register In a hotel
as Carol Jones or Miss Cnrol Jones?
If miss Is Included, Is It written ns
an undivided part of her name?
Answer: She writes Miss Carol
Jones exactly as In addressing an
envelope. She puts miss In paren
thesis In front of her signature at
the end of a letter to a stranger
who does not know whether she Is
Miss nr Mrs., or In your particular
case, Mr.
• • »
My dear Mrs. Post: What should
the young children at our school be
taught to call a handy man whose
duties also Include driving the bus
which brings them to and takes
them from the school every day?
He Is not a young man and we
don't want them to be disrespect
ful to him, and yet don’t know
whether we should expect the chil
dren to say Mr. Jones or not?
Answer: I think It depends upon
what you call him. If he Is Sllns
to you, the chances are the children
will call him Silas, too. You can,
of course, make a point of It and
tell them that It Is polite to call him
Mr. because of his age.
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Barefoot Fishwives
Although the language of the fish
wives of Lisbon will not be under
stood by the casual visitor, one
thing about them that will be no
ticed la that they go barefooted.