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A Fact We Overlook an War on Crime
m. «oM Lawn of Philadelphia ha« an.
U teed Uftrir fam.ue*
ployed and for
•umber of them
ia their deeper
before him they are
ue in the country t -
At Judge has taken. To maf-
ia order to keep
to not in the same
<f alii k-up man
•
to think about
of unparalleled
fact
m to mak«" the fwiabh-
property of such
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up on tie highway
while effort* haw
the use of
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haw am got ao eery far
i
een trying for
pel’mg niotjv.
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hardened yegg
crating for
the rrm na! may
if h«a ortgina in a
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great aawe* and
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New York
Letter
bchauctwos (p li Dale
NEW YORK—Ever a cunning
versa:~e and n-ghpressure fellow
the -arhauctoen- has followed
ucsr» changing trail from the old
k« York fbf’.-a lo the modem
A sc Hat te hen now advertises his
ma.r n-mafti:.g proven ‘ from a
Brook.>c sad Bronx air station*
Per the Mthattchen is a marriage
broker as every follower of the
Pc-ash and Perlmutter tales could
tell you He was one of immigra-
tion* t rsn*piantat xxu from the
otd world to the new.
• • •
Usually pictured as a oomlc
character he actually was a
shrewd ttaek-i.apfurg fellow who
tried to dnve the beat marriage
bargain* lie wwa best known in
the Yiddish quarters. His oppor-
tunities grew from the continua-
tion .a America of the old dowry
It was Instinctive with tens of
thcussr.d* to see the.r daughters
arm «otis • married well - The vast
tost h.oe was such a seething
cot-!.**.:ig welter of humanity that
he had fertile ground for opera-
tion. He oecwme a sort of marital
jKkUUcian; muting wuh the trier*
etrneou* masses and making sly
n es of good prospect*. His next
step vat t« get them together and
pieaar the various families
• • •
% •■tolling Ilgam
A pru!eas4*ai man—doctor or
iaayer—mas a acnattchen's be*:
ac*-w-the-hok Such came high
and any amount of bargaining
<wnd be engaged in with the bee:
ou» red young women. With a
coupi# of attorney sand medical
me® on ms Us: the marriage bro-
ker could become super-snooty.
And dad] A tradesman with a good
bisnnrse ran a close second. Art-
isu writer* and such were prac-
tically written off.
• • •
Times changed in the ghetto as
i.* a here and a younger gene ra-
ti;* turned rebel Girls met young
men of their age and dictated to
their own hearts. Among a small
percentage of the oldsters the
custom continued—and does to
this it. ament.
T la the radio is employed to
mrrt the schattchen s 1932 mes-
sages—and tae upper Bronx and
Brocg.yt. whence much of the old
f-'-* "o has dr.: t«d furnish
audience*.
• • •
Oc the M luii
Th* oddest name on Broadway
u . uiti to a certain Mr. Ox who
» a booking agent.. .And. of
mmm a s.iard at it.. Whereas
Mr: O F Wee is one of the big-
gr.it r«»d lour agents.. .And word
«wm» from para that Joe Belli
w.ho was getting n per drink in
an uppity whisper-iow here last
* u now glad to sell cham-
by the glass in old Paree...
\irr before was a quantity k'ss
than a quart dispensed at the
Moya! Box.
And Just to show yon the topsy-
' *n '• "Sture of things heresbouta
trw luxuriously appointed mansion
wnarea M Zelb was host having
hsea stripped by the revenue lads
*»» is used a* a rehearsal hall for
caaam ciorine*.
• • •
Ah Law!
Tr.e r .am. ng Jove tale of Edna
ff**. her husband. Herbert
atsrwnah. turn* back again to
H-Xiiwoou for ns latest chapter
AJ of ’hat world that Jove* a lor*
• recall that Miss Best
with narcom and rich rewards at
5R Mmmi aver her opr*—**rrf-
’*• ** return to tier husband who
™ **" BrBmd«*y *tage There
1 «nc devotedly wed-
*** r AIPM* in the theater.
TT*y Were cast together in
•"ere • Always Juliet.*• and thu
*:»e Ha^ywt> 4 wanted Marxhsh
* ; * »->aos :e Marlene Dietnch
*■** *** l!R»e to run.
*** the quet.
If*. "‘tT* could not
' • ■ wh OMrtad hi
Cl* *%.**?*’ 89 Paramount
f *ch ?!* P-w for tV rest or
ll‘* 2* ** ®« acto«
* T* *** r*®» 5® bark to film
IsZSVS. **" kurt*ad *»*•
soap* of kna away.
ThewfUfe race s’and* nearest the
*?_ ®on?olotd nert and the
rj>r artrv-4 a war !a the factor or
harsm» r» Carl F Outhe of the
Velvets;!y of Michigan. has found
| Out Our Way.By Williams
__
The
Once Ooer
The Greater Show
«Flo Ziegfeid 1869-1932 )
He stood within the portals new
and gawd
Intently at the beauty of It all;
Slowly the glories Tound him he
appraised
Amid the spell of Summer
Spring and Fall.
f* His eyes took in each color and
each hue—
Of «ovehness that faced him
everywhere;
"It's good." he mused "but there
is much to do— •
Let's get more topaz in that
sunset there!"
n
Beside still waters he strolled
silently.
Through pleasant pastures of a
tender green.
And felt the peace and deep
placidity
In which was steeped the beauty
ol the scene;
Such valleys as the earth haa
never known—
With flowered pathways curving
through the dell.
He saw. and. noting every shade
and tone.
Remarked with admiration
•‘Pretty swell I"
Ill
The spell of sylvan waterfall and
brook
Enthralled him as upon a knoll
he stood;
Such glories came he knew not
from a book.
And so he murmured. “This Is
very good!"
Great fleecy clouds the golden
sun’s rays caught—
He looked aloft with pleasure In
his eye;
“Now there." he cried “is some-
thing long i sought
To capture and portray—a
perfect sky!"
IV.
St Peter placed a hand upon his
arm—
“My boy." he said “we've worked
on this so much;
We think it has a loveliness snd
charm
But here and there It lacks a
certain touch."
“It’s nearly perfect" slowly an-
swered Flo
*Tll rearrange those heralds and
those Iambs—
We ll make it if we can a better
show—
Where I can sit and send some
telegrams!"
..
Almost
Elmer Twitchell says that Mayor
Walker waited so long to answer
the Seabury charges that he had
almost become Governor Roose-
velts Forgotten Man.
“John Garner the Democratic
candidate for Vice-President has
made a fortune raising pecans.”—
News item. He will probably make
hs acceptance speech over a na-
tional nut work.
Wrong Month
(Fireman Asked to Work Month
Without Pay.”—Headline.)
The building tall was burning—
1 A lady jelled for aid;
The flames flared all about her
And scorched her I’m afraid;
She watched the fire laddies
Move lazily and slow
And cried; “Oh. cant you hurry?"
The firemen answered “No!”
SI if pleaded to be rescued
And heard a hose man say
The trouble's this my lady.
Were working without pay;
The month that you have chosen
To get yourself ablaze
Is payless so just call us
Agam in thirty days!"
Surrounded
My lawyers they number one
hundred and one.
With legal assistants to spare
For I'm fon of a son of a son of a
son
Of a Son of a Wendell heir.
The Come-Back
The market is on the rise and
many stocks are now so high that
t on a clear day they are almost
visible at a depth of nine miles.
r-. ■ ..
Daily Health
Talk
The common cold continues to
be one of the race*! serious of all
: the conditions that affect man-
j kind not because of the actual dis-
| tress that it may cause in itself.
. but frequently because of its re-
1 lationship to the breaking down of
rests'ance and to other diseasea
It is the most frequent infection of
j the respiratory tract and it is re-
sponsible for a tremendous loss of
j time from industry. Moreover it
! bears some relationship to the on-
set of pneumonia and broncho-
i pneumonia.
The average man is content to
sav that he has a cold. Scientifi-
j cally the condition has been call-
ed a head cold acute catarrhal
! coryza or what is commonly call-
ed a head cold acute eattarhal
rhinitis which means inflamma-
tion of the nose and refers to the
way in which the nose runs and
the most general term acute in-
fection of the upper respirator?
tract.
The symptoms commonly asso-
ciated with a cold are also fre-
quently seen previous to such dis-
• eases as influenza measles scar-
let fever and most acute infec-
tious diseases.
There has been much argument
as to whether or not the common
cold is in any way concerned by
change* in temperature. Epidenr.l-
oloeistg who keen track of the in-
cidence of disease find that the
nrmon cold is far more frequent
| during the changeable weather in
I spring and early winter than at
other seasons. One of the statis-
ticians of a large life insurance
company found that a sudden
diBp of !• degrees in the temper-
ature brought an increase of 18
oolds per week among 6700 em-
ployes in the office.
Vast numbers of people who are
fairly good observers of their own
condition are convinced that their
colds begin where there is some
. sudden strain on their heat re-
Uh&k* wKXMma ab iavsnfc*
». >. THE NEW ENGINEER
— - .
tlon made by Prof. E. O. Jordan of
the University of Chicago indicat-
ed that 90 per cent of colds occur
at a time when there is less ven-
tilation both in public and in pri-
vate dwellings and a greater ten-
dency to overcrowding.
A ROUGH MATE
CALGARY Alta. Canada.—Ed-
ward Strattone may have been an
affectionate husband at times but i
in his fits of choler he was not
an ideal playmate for anyone. At
least so his wife claims during
Strattone’s trial for wife-beating.
Not content with beating her with
a four-foot strap and threatening
her life she alleged he tied her
In the family car and tried to
push the machine over a 300-foot
cliff she managed to swerve the
car in time.
A SAD BUSINESS
INDIANAPOLIS Ind. — There
are some morbid thieves around
this town. Among the loot obtain-
ed by robbers in burglaries re-
cently were five buriel shrouds.
| valued at nearly $100. And if
they re caught the owner will b?
only too glad to fit them up with
something more substantial in
the way of burial equipment.
Pish with as many as five £eads
have been found in'Michigan wa-
ters.
Barbs
Every unsuccessful candidate In
Latin America has to make two
races. First he runs for office and
then he makes a race for the bor-
der.
• • •
Just now It seems that both ma-
jor political parties made a grave
error by not coming out flatly for
milder summers.
• • •
A1 Capone is playing first base on
the Atlanta Penitentiary team. Well
he should be a good one to hold the
bag.
• • •
A western college reports the en-
rollment of a man 70. He must
have won that magazine scholar-
ship at last.
• • •
There is no question that the
dollar of today goes much farther.
The trouble is that It goes so far
that it's usually out of reach.
• •
The senate committee's expose of
Wall Street manipulations is cer-
tainly having its effect. Not even
the fish are biting this year.
• • •
Another argument which start-
ed in Europe: which came first
the gentleman or the agreement?
Quotations
Science is utterly incompent to
explain the existenoe of the world
as we know it now.
—Sir Oliver Lodge British scien-
tist.
• • •
It is my duty and high honor to
say that the government of the
United States in the last two elec-
tions has fulfilled Its word in di-
recting an honest and free suffrage.
—Pres. Moncada of Nicaraqua with
help from the U. S. Marines.
• • •
The competitive system of pro-
duction for profit under private
control has now become so faulty
and so great a burden on society
that Us failure is apparent to all.
—A. Macauley president Saskatch-
ewan United Farmers
• • •
It can safely be said that In the
long national history of China the
present is perhaps the most critical
period.
—Dr. Quo Tai-chi. Chinese minister
to Great Britain.
• • •
Religion is the only solution for
the Ills that seem about to over-
whelm the world.
I —Bishop-elect James A. McFadden
1 of the Roman Catholic Church.
TODAY 18 TH*
Anniversary
250M GERMANS TAKEN
On Aug. 9. 1918 British uwps on
th® Somme battlefront pressed
forward more than five miles on a
frontage of nearly 20 miles in a
day of deaperata attacks and
oounter-at tacks.
German reels tanca waa stub-
born m the extreme and thl* fad
helped account for the 25.000 pri-
soners taken In th® two daja of
bitter fighting. _
German losses were enormous
Their troop* on th* Somme front
were tired out from nearly four
months of continuous fighting and
their reserves were not sufficient
to plug the huge gap* In
line*. _ /*■
RESOLI 1IUS
WHEREAS. Almighty Ood. in
His lnacrustable Wisdom his taken
from us one who** life has been
a blessing both to our City and
to lta citizens; one who through
kindness has endeared himself to
us: therefore; 1
Be It resolved bv the city com-
mission of the City of Brownsville. |
assembled In special session:
First: That by the untimely
death of Dr. Harry K I^ew. our |
cl tv has lost an able capable and
efficient public servant who haa j
served our city as Health Officer
for a number of years \id on |
different occasions when his valua-
ble services have been most need- |
ed; that the citizens of Browns-
ville. specially the poor whom h* .
cheerfully served have lost & tru®
friend who will long be remember-
ed for his culture affability
courteousness sympathy and kind-
ness; that the state and our coun-
try have lost a true patriot who**
civic example is worthy of esnuia- i
tton and impossible to surpass
Second: Be it further rase ved
that as representatives of the Zity
of Brownsville and in bchijA^pf
its citizens we extend to the
bereaved mother and members of
his family our sincere and heart- ■
felt sympathy in this sad hour; '
and.
Third: That a copy of these
resolutions be spread upon the j
minutes of the City Commission
as a token of respect to the mem-
ory of the distinguished dead a
certified copy of same be sent to
the bereaved family and copy
thereof be given to the press.
ITS NO JOKE
JACKSONVILLE. Fla —D W.
(Jacki Parfit has learned that not
everybody can take a Joke. Especial-
ly gentlemen of the press. After be-
ing defeated in the primaries re-
cently. Parfitt clerk of the civil
and criminal courts of record told
a reporter he was planning a party
for defeated candidates their fami-
lies and friends. The reporter tak-
ir.g it all in put the story in his pa-
per. Later desperate at the re- ■
senrment of canidates who showed |
; up to find there was no pnrty. he
got the reporter to publish the fact *
that it was all in clean fun.
Oakland county. Michigan boss's
the largest number of cities In the I
state with nine already tnrorpo- 1
rated and two taking steps to that
end.
BEGIN HERE TODAY
MONA MORAN. rccept lonlvt la a
W nil Street law ••Hire la ta love
with BARRY TOWNSEND rich j
and socially prominent. She met I
Harry through STEVE SACCA-
Hl.l t.I. her ehildhood awrethenrt.
who returns to New York after
three years’ absence. Steve haa
been la South America where
largely by rbarr. be baa become
associated with Barry owner of a
diamond mine long believed
worthless. Together they have
made the mine pay and are bow
business partners. Steve owns a
huge diamond called “The Empress
of I’em." LOTTIE CARR fashion
model. Joins Mona Barry and
Steve on several dinner aad danc-
ing engagements.
Mona's brother Bl'D becomes
Involved with gangsters who plan
to steal the big diamond. Steve
suspects this traps Bud. and when
he confesses helps him escape to
South America where he la given
a Job at the mine.
some time later Barry Invites
Mona. Lottie and Steve to spend
Sunday at his uncle's palatial
country bonne. They make the trip
In Steve's rondster. While the
girls are taking off their wraps
Lottie confides that Barry haa told
hrr he is la love with Mona.
NOW CO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVIII
A IONA whirled powder puff In
hand. "At Sherry’s?" she asked.
"You went to tea with Barry at
Bherry’S r
"Yes."
“But I didn’t know—I mean you
didn’t—!"
Lottie nodded shamelessly. "And
a very good tea It was too. Barry
wanted to talk to me silly!" She
went on In a different tone “We
eouldn't stand very well on the
street corner! You see It happened
this way. My name Is in the tele-
phone book. Barry told me It took
him an boar to find my last name
and then be had to call the shop.
How be remembered even the first
Is a mystery to me! He generally
calls me *Hey you!* Haven’t you
noticed? Well he asked me to tea
said he couldn't make it dinner be-
cause of another engagement.
“I met him at 5:30 and right
away Barry wanted to know If he
had been horning in between you
and Steve. Said Steve would hand
you over even if the day had been
set for the wedding if be thought
Barry loved you because that’s the
way Steve Is. Anything Barry
wants Steve hands ever!"
“Barry has done a lot for Steve
too’’ Mona said uneasily.
“Yes and he’s dying to do a lot
for you. Listen! I told him on my
honor that you only cared for Steve
!■■■■ .-■■■■„-- „
... *
In a sisterly way. I said it was the
same with Steve. Pals in school
days and all that.”
Lottie's eyes grew softly reminis-
cent of that tea hour when Larry
had blflrted out his love for Mona.
"Well." she concluded. "I guess I’d
better leave some ot this for him
to tell you first hand. It's quite an
earful let me add! Isn't It time to
go down stairs now? I’m starved!”
Arm In arm the two girls went
down the broad staircase. Barry
met them below.
"Thought you had disappeared
permanently!" he said. “Let's go!
Breakfast is waiting."
• • •
JJE led the way past the drawing
room past his uncle’s library
to the dining room. A fire crackled
on the hearth licking the birch logs
with which Mason now and then
replenished it Mrs. Faxon was ab-
sent but Barry explained they
would see her at dinner. Mason
served the delicate viands cooked
by Jean his wife.
There was orange juice cereal
i with thick cream an oyster omelette
with delicate curls of bacon muffins
and coffee.
Steve ate as though he enjoyed
the food and Mona observed how at
home ho seemed in Barry's environ-
ment Barry frequently tossed tid-
bits to the dog his left hand
dangling to caress a velvet ear.
"Want to have a look at the
grounds?" he asked as they rose.
Unathletlc save on the dance floor
Lottie vetoed the walk. "You two
run along." she urged with a sly
wink at Steve. "I have something
I haven't told Steve about."
“Go ahead." Steve said. *Tv«
something I've been wanting to tell
Lottie ever since I met her." Bui
his smile was for Mona.
Barry found a beret and hug<
sweater for Mona and presently
they set off. Half a dozen dogt
greeted them excitedly as they ap
pea red on the lawn. Mona and Barn
stood for a moment the crisp all
filling their lungs.
"Great stuff!" cried Barry breath
lug deeply.
“And yet” Mona pointed out
“you’re leaving it."
“Ob yes! My business you see
isn’t here."
They set out briskly on ths rose
leading toward the stablea.
“You must rough it at the mines'
Mona said.
Barry shook b!s bead. "No. we
don't rough It I shouldn't say that"
Mona spread her hands to Indi-
cate Twllands at one motion. "This
is luxury! Surely—"
Barry nodded. "Luxury. And
idleness and. more or less dissen-
sion! Maybe I've told you my uncle
and I don't get on very welt We
| can't seem to mend tbe situation.
I've very nearly stopped trying.
Twllands Is. in a way. half mine
you see. It’s my home I couldn't
pass up Twilands—**
He paused uncertainly. “Of course
I have my own Income but It's tied
up so my uncle can really supervise
the spending of every dime At the
mines I am someone The whole
place belongs to ns. We have a huge
house—you should see those houses
in the tropics! High wide and
handsome Latticed to let the air
in and not a pane of glass In the
whole building. We dine on the
veranda watching the flrefliee In
the dark. We have books—not too
many because the insects destroy
the bindinga They feast on book-
binders' glue. It seems. We have
huge beds like King What’s-hts-
name died In. with netting draped
over the sidea I shouldn't say we
rough it. There's a golf club near
enough for convenience. And we
have our island. We go there oc-
casionally for holidays."
. . .
'J’HEY walked a few moments and
1 then Barry continued "Yon can
buy a linen suit down there for 80
cents—"
"Help!" Mona exclaimed laugh-
ing. “I see I was wrong! You don't
rough It at all! Remember I live
on wicked costly Third avenue!"
The dogs came tumbling out to
meet them. The valley smoke-filled
stretched out Invitingly. Lacy trees
waved their tender branchea
Mona and Barry strolled across
the golf course toward a dump of
maplea
j "I want to show you my little
camp" Barry said. "1 had it built
when I was In coliega We dammed
the stream and when there was
. | skating I used to have parties
i there.”
> | A half mile farther the camp a
small affair at the water’s edge
' came into view. There waa a wide
I veranda piled with chairs Upped
against the storms. The door wai
’ locked snd above it on a high sill
was a white chalk line. Barry raised
on tiptoe drew his hand along th®
line and found the key.
“Careful of the rug there." he
called as he swung the door open.
Too late! Mona had not seen th®
carpet rolled at her feet She tripped
and stumbled. Barry caught her.
“Great Scott you aren’t hurt?"
He raised her In big arms a
fragile burden and swung her Into
the room.
On her feet once more breathless*
Mona stood laughing. Barry regard-
ed her aeriously. “That’s an old-
fashioned custom. Isn't U? I've
heard It somewhere. Swinging one a
bride over the sill!’’
• • •
■yjONA felt frozen in her tracks.
- * Strangely. Barry avoided her
eyes and went to explore the living
room of' the camp. He knelt at the
fireplace and nodded with approval
when he saw that a fire had been
laid. Without speaking Mona fol-
lowed him slowly.
The room was cold and chilly. The
rugs had been rolled and were stand-
ing about the walls the chairs dusty
and old but comfortable. There wer®
camp beds denim covered and pil-
lowed. Tablea A wide buffet at
one end and beyond a kitchen well
stocked with staples and canned
goods.
Barry busy at the closet now was
taking rapid stock of the supply.
“Do you think it would be fun to
have supper down here?" be asked.
“I’ll get Jimmy to hunt up some
steaks and we can bring Jean t
something to go with it I'll i
the steaka on the grill myself.
That’s something 1 miss at the
mine!"
"I'd love It!" Mona told him.
tremulously.
He had said the word "bride” and
then without warning he had ap-
parently forgotten her. He bad d»
Ub«rately dropped the subject
Barry closed the kitchen door
kicked at the wood basket tested
the lights and said finally. "Well
shall we go back? We seem to be
more of less deserting our guests
don't weT*
Looking st him. Mona realised
that he had not been conscious of
the pronoun. They went out on the
veranda and Barry locked the door
replacing the key.
“Your® shivering* h® said
abruptly. “Wo'd bett®r walk
rapidly."
(To B« Continued)
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