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As tho years roll on, a Chicago
gangster named , Antonio, may got
murdered. .
LAST WEKK'H DIRTIKKT DC,
-"Americans will vote I'rohibl
tlon as long as they are able to
stagger to the polls" (Ontario,
Can., Nowm.)
Posses tiro searching; for the
miscreant caught eating a Hose
pear In public.
v Tho nation-wide "whispering
w.innaign" Is only two lies and u
suspicion behind a I coal I'st! I'st!
crusade, which has been raging
intermittently for 27 months.
J Bybeo of J'vllle. Kalurdnycd
In town, complaining of the un
happy lot of the farmer. Mr.
Jtybec Ih full of agricultural woo,
despite tho fact that he lays In bed
until' 5:30 every Sunday morning.
Corn all over the valley is high
enough to hide a Ford.
Tho human raee (so-called ), is
indicted today by an Associated
Press dispatch:
The opening paragraph reads:
Milan, Italy, Sept. 1(1.
Twenty-ono dent lis havo re
united from an accident In an
automobile ratio hero Sun
day." 'i no closing purngrnpn return:
V "Thero was a momentary
flutter and then the spectators
resumed their seats j as thu
ruco continued.",
1IKAHT WltKNC'III3
(SpriiiKllchl, Mo., 'I'ln ics)
Please let the plumbers
know (Ireenfield n o c d s a
plumber as tho plumbers here
havo gone tb hockwood to put
in sewers. Can't get them or
anyone to take tlmo to stop
leaks la our waterworks. M.
C. Toltver, Greenfield, Mo.
The constitutional authority of
tho stato as represented by tho
CJovovnor, has managed to with
stand an onslaught by a Snlom
lawyer, with hla neck bowed to go
doer hunting,
YE KUITOKIAIj TOAVRIj
Nwa'" October 1, lHUit, (lie present edi
tor came lo Waldpnrt and pur
chased the Tribune. After tho first
piece of Job work at tho office, we
had occasion to wash our bunds,
and wo espied the office towel
leaning against the wall ami al-
though It appeared to havo seen
considerable service wo do not be
llevo that had extended prior to
tho Spanish-American war.
Not wishing to high bat our pro
deeosMors, who wore still sticking
around tho oi'Hco to watch us
starve. vu rubbed our ha mis up
and down on tho relic, until they
. .were dry, although lis feel acted
--' more Ilko a blacksmith's rasp than
a towel lo our tender, lady-like
editorial hands.
s Wo have used that towel over
since, although 11 now Is, and al
ways was more holey than right
eous. Hut the other day It fell
from Its moorings on the wall, and
was bent to an angle of sixty-three
degrees llko unlo a bootlegger
carrying loo heavy a load on "Us"
back. Luckily If mdn't break
there was still some backbone to it,
Duke. Han. 1. 1 Mc.Mllliu's police
(dog, was in I he office when we
picked up the towel to . bend It
back lo normalcy, and the brute
playfully grabbed It. and dog
fashion was swinging it to and fro.
challenging us to grab tho end
of It and play ing-uf-war. We
accepted tho challenge, hut the
grit or something in the towel
hurt our frail handH, anil with n
painful screech we loosened our
: hold hut tho playful canine was
I . Mill flailing It right and Ml.
At this Junclure our office devil
hearing our cry of distress hopped
from his throne ami rurdtcd to our
side to uncertain the extent of our
injury nnd then one end of the
towel hit him on tho calf of his
left la Iff, and for throe days he wns
unable to set more than a galley of
type a day and that's why Are
twenty-six minutes Into with our
paper this week. (Albany Demo
era t.)
SAN PKAM'IHCO. On an auto
nioblo trip made to show that wom
en havo as much endurance as men,
Miss Telle (llyndoti arrived here
from Atlantic City. N, .1. She said
she hud covered 34fl8 mIStes in
8 days, eight hours and 16 minutes
driving. Her only stops aside
from aorvlce halts consisted of
about four hours fop a series of
ebort naps at night.
Editorial Correspondence
SAX KHANCIHCO, Sept. !.
Klvo minutes walk from the Pal
ace Hot'-!, and
You caii bo In Little Italy.
Or In China.
Or union; the shins of the
Seven S'ii.s. There Is no eity in
the world finite like San Krawlsro.
It has an nlr a simpall its own
ami it has what I.os Angeles anil
Portland and other const cities s
conspicuously lack
Color!
Also It has charm, Hpirlt, dash,
and prolmMy I lie best all around
food anywhere on I he western
hemisphere.
Iist evening we walked down
to tin? i-Yrry building and along
tho water front. It was the first
decently warm day la over a week,
and for some reason no doubt
known to tho meteorologists
there was no cold tea-time fog
rolling in, through tho Golden
Gate.
Instantly we were In another
land. Cheap lodging houses for
s:i iloi's. nirt uri-sniielv dirt v. iiool
halls, a perfect polyglot of tongues,
j l-'rench Pnrtuguem Italian, and
olhei'rf lint rt-eoiMilzuhle. A bi'iiis-
eil and hatlered sailor staggering
down the sidewalk, slops Kuaying
unsteadily on his plus as he trys
I lo focus on a IT. S. marine, pop-
!plng clay pies and whirling rab
bits at a shooting gallery. A large
( woman in a black satin dress bo
I hind the counter Is filling a .22
i rifle and waves fit tho drunk gaily
j "Come on In buddy, have another
jslmt!" she cries, Tho heavily
loaded sailor shakes his head,
waves one hand In the direction
of his nose as if shooting off a
j fly and starts down 'the street
again, turns in at a dour and dis
appears. There are American middies
from a man of war, Jap sailors,
and common bums -nlso a coffee
house with saw dust on the floor,
a pool table and a little weazened
man in a large chefs cap, behind
what was once a bar busy with
hamburgers. The odor of burn
ing grease flavored with, onion Is
stimulating to the salivary glands.
And then In the midst of dirt
anil squalor rises a huge .pile of
brick, flags waving on top, clean
plain glass windows, It's the sold
iers and sailors Y. M. C. A., and
all of this is only five minutes
from the Palace hotel!
Observe that one. drunk. Around
tho corner wo mot up with a Sal
vation army worker and naked him
If there was much drinking on the
water front now.
"Compared with ten or twelve
QUILL
People seem especially narrow
them.
The tfrente.sl, changes in the old-lime cowboy Jinvc been ef
fected by the cinema and soap.
And yet old Adam might not
gossiping neighbors lo keep him
Nature balances things: r every hill there is a valley, for
every night a day, for every Mencken a Dr. Crane.
Handbag: That little carry -
of a chair and then comes back
Tf inaniitMito things can't, think, how does n darned shoe:
string know you are dressing to catch a train?
Changing taste changes other movies, but tho "westerns'
make their appeal to the young, the dumb and the timid.
Having a law it, can neither repeal nor enforce, America
knows bow the man felt as he held to the bear's tail.
The annual prize for optimism goes for Mr. Tunney, who
says be is through fighting and announces his engagement.
Americanism: Joining party revolts in August; voting reg
ular in November.
All gall is divided into three parts, thus enabling Pennsyl
vania, Ohio and Indiana Republicans to warn people against
Tammany.
1'iM'i't'ct lliis M'iiti'iii'0 : "Itriiijt any of ytuil' friends lioim for
dinner whenever yon like," siiid Hie wife; "it won't lie neees
sitry to let nie Unow iiliead of lime."'
MUTT AND JEFF
JEFFj AS I'M, VOuPi A
Best r(?ieNi x
VWftMT 00 TO DO MG
A FAVJOR ANT GAVG
6US geevk:m ,lt3 ,
I
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HfEDFORD MATE
yeai'H ago," said he, "thero is none.
Do you remember the saloons hero
before the fire. Well the sailors
used to go from their t-hlps to the
saloons, and not leave until their
i money was gone. It was a con
j I In nous performance a ml we had
i one of our largest relief stations
; near here. Now there is litle to
i do. Yes, say what you tike pro
hibition has been a Cod-send to
the common sailor. He may get
I syne moonshine and canned heat,
j some do but tin great major
ity don't, See that building over
there. That Is the Anchor Chain
(bank, a sailors' bank. Not a grog
I i-hop or a pawn shop, but a real
bank with safety deposit boxes full
j of sea going trinkets and valuables
j too. That bank was established
I after prohibition and the man who
j runs it started with a capital of
j Just $2. His name is .Melbourne
i.nsp anu no s a missy, usea 10
be a sailor and a prize fighter too.
Now look at him riding around
in a Cadillac. No they tire not all
j saints or teetotalers by any means
but prohibition has transformed
Ulie American common sailor and
! his life, lie may gel drunk enough
i when he's In foreign lands, but
' when he comes home here he goes
i off to that bank. One sailor I
know , has saved up $17,J00 in ten
years -he's a mate now but he
started out as a common hand. Iiut
they are well paid, these common
hands. Most of them get $100 lo
$120 a month and It's all clear.
The ship gives' em board nnd
lodging. Ye sir prohibition Is a
great thing."
This may be dismissed as more
political propaganda. Hut 11 Isn't
propaganda. It's a fact. Ono of
(hose fads, which Hoover, in any
modification of the prohibition
law would place beside a multi
tude of other- facts. For the prob
lem here Is' to know the facts, to
know not only the defects of pro
hibition but the benefits, to bal
ance one sot against tho other,
and (hen determine upon the
workable program best calculated
to preserve these benefits, and
eliminate the defecls. It Is a
problem for tho social and eco
nomic engineer, rather than the
political opportunist, chiefly con
cerned In turning, discontent with
tho present status of prohibition
Into votes,
Wo regret to learn that Market
Master ltunyard has resigned after
IS years of continuous and effic
ient Horviee. Mis place will be
hard to fill. The city will Indeed
bo form nale If it nut seen re a
man to take his place, who can
successfully carry on the policies
he Inaugurated. it. W. It.
POINTS
if your conscience agrees with
linve fallen if there had been
pure 'in heart.
all a woman bangs on the hack
for it.
The Revenue Agents Slighted the Little Fellow
I'LL WOT ONLY
wat on -nte
TABLES BUT I'LL
eMTERTAttO VOUfe.
PATR0MS VWITH
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TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
Personal Health Service
By WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.
I Signed lettera pertaining to personal health ami hygiene, not to (liaeusa di agnosia tr
! treatment, will be annwered by Dr. Ilrudy if a stamped, self-udd reused envelope is enclosed,
! letters should be brief and written in Ink. Owing to the large number of lettera re
j celvfd, only a few can be answered here. No reply can be nude to queries not conform
I lug to irmiru-tioiis. Addrtt-g Dr. William Ilrudy, in care of tliia newnpupcr.
I'HOGllISS IX
A policy or practice that has
been Imposed upon me by years
of experience is this: I must
never send any
body bad news.
Uather than riu
so I'll ignore a
question or tell
a Ho that is,
ovade an honest
answer by saying
I do not know
or l am unable
to form an opin
ion. Coupled wtlh
this policy, or rather covered by.
it, is tho determination to give
; no morbid information, or at least
! lo give none promiscuously. Of
i course this policy is a flexible
i ono and it never stands in the
i way when I believe i can do
! any good by sending bad news
or by furnishing morbid informa-
tlon. However, I am sole judge
i about that.
! Here Is a communication from
;an anxious mother, and It af
; fords me an opportunity to pub
lish some good news or at least
should be good news to this par
ticular mother and to many who
share her ideas. She writes:
"A week ago Saturday 'my little
girl, 4 years old, was hit with a
machine and broke her leg and
smashed her face. Tho doctor had
to put her leg In a plaster of
Paris cast, and Monday lie came
and took it out of tho cast. Sat
urday morning ho came and did
tho same thing. What I would
like to know is whether that is
proper treatment. I a 1 w a y s
thought tho leg had to be left
in the cast once it was put in till
it was all healed. I'leaso let mo
know as soon as possible because
he said he would come back later
In the week and repeat this treat
i ment . . "
1 It may havo been the practice
!ln old times to put a broken leg
In splints or a cast and leave It
! undisturbed for several weeks. The
I old-time doctors fancied that the
I main purpose of splints or plaster
cast was to provide a substitute
I rigidity to take the place of the
j broken bone. Modern surgery,
j however, deals differently with
j such conditions. Nowadays tho
splint or cast Is used merely a i
i a. support for tho muscles anc
other soft tissues, Just as dress
. lngs, bandages or other supports
are used for various wounds. Tho
purpose of the spl'nt or cast Is to
; provide rest, which favors the
healing process.
Hut broken bones treated in Hie
old fashioned way, that is. by
prolonged immobility In splints or
casts, had an unfortunate way of
healing in an unsatisfactory wny,
so that prolonged or even perma
nent functional imparment follow
ed the injury. jvionern surgery
strives to forestall this, and I be
lieve the doctor In the case is
giving the best possible treatment.
Kvidently ho practices the mod
ern methods. It Is generally best
to remove a broken limb from
splints or cast or other fixed dress
ing and carefully massage anu
manipulate It a little, , every day
or two after the first few days.
Of- course, tho doctor's knowledge
and judgment guide him In doing
this. Such practice, besides as
suring more satisfactory outcome
of tho Injury, gives the patient
greater comfort throughout the
course of confinement.
I know the older doctors used
to apply splints and then "bind"
them ('on with Imndapjes that,
were In many cases uncomfort
ably tight and sometimes harm
fully tight. They meant weU. but
their knowledge of the pathology
was inadequate. The modern sur
geon has discorded all such crude
methods.
Popular notions about casts are
mostly based on old-time moth
ods. Plaster of Paris splints or
casts are often the most comfor
table form of dressing available.
There Is no torture, no ordeal,
about wearing such a dressing,
tho the confinement necessarily
hns Its annoyances.
laymen do well to lay aside
their preconceived notions about
the treatment of broken bones,
when this emergency occurs.
QVKSTIOXS AXI ANSWKHS
Why tlie Alius?
AVoula you ailvlKir me to so to
tlio (let UH my HlrltvlUe) Ui
sonreh I,ii!orntorloH. Inc., for a
health examination. They offer
. . . Miss K. M. l'
Answer Xo. I advise you lo
jjlvo nil "laboratories " "institutes'"
'Vttnies" or other Impersonal es-
i
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PREPPX, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1928.
MlXOK SlItOKKY.
tablishments a wide berth and go
to a reputable physician who
practices under his own name.
Toiisilc4.'tomy Time.
My daughter, aged 13, must
have her tonsils removed. Home
say spring Is the best time to
have it done. lo you agree to
that? Mrs. W. R.
Answer Now Is tho best time
to havo It done. Heforo spring
rolls around your daughter may
suffer serious effects from tho
neglected condition.
Cataract.
M y bro t h e r, aged 4 0 , has cata
racts in both eyes and is anxious
to have them removed, so that
he may continue his work, but
; doctors he has consulted tell him
jthat cataracts cannot be removed
I until they are "ripe" and there
fore he will be totalty blind after
:a time. Will you kindly let me
know whether there ato any ,phy
; sicians who could remove cata
' raots before the patient becomes
i quite blind. W I.
I Answer. Some oculists remove
; the cataract in its capsule 'om
iparatlvely early, before the patlon'
I goes so blind In the belter eye
i that he cannot read or do his
work with the aid of glasses. 2
do not happen to know of such
Ian oculist, within a hundred miles
jof your home, but probably there
are several.
I What. Is Tt?
Have been reading your articles
claiming thero is no such thing as
autointoxication. If not, then what
is it, Some years ago I had a
very exaggerated spell of autoin
toxication . . . the doctors in
said It was a complete ner
vous breakdown . . but could
not find the cause . . they were
baffled . . then I went to one
of the best known nerve special
ists. Ho said there was a poi
sonous gas and neid formed in the
bowels and that I . . and every
nerve In my body had been pol-
j Honed by It . . . V. K. CJ.
Answer The diagnosis of your
spen reminds mo or tno rumor ol
Mark Twain's demise. Probably
I am obstinate about It, but. I
still maintain there Is no such
thing as "autointoxication and
that "nerve speoinlsts' who ac
quiesce in "nervous breakdown"
are a bad joke on tho public.
(Copyright by John P. DiUe Co.)
Neither of our presidential can
didates is tihy on candor. Al ways
he'll try t modify th' lrtth amend
ment, and Herb says tit (rovcr'
mcnt should build u $300,000,000
water work tor th clly o Ijos
AiUtelos. Ther'j all kind o curb
service. Miss Myrt Pnsh, who
stepiHMl In a car early lit Mny dJdn'
get home till la,t night.
Brisbane's Today
(Continued from Page One.)
Tony Lombardo, first lieutenant of
(he distinguished Al Capone, was
shot to dentil with effoctivo dum
dum bullets in Chicago.
Chicago is nearly 1000 miles from
Vale'H .-irave, but tho world of
sawed-off shotguns has long arms,
nnd reached out for Frankle's sup
posed killers.
Joseph Ferraro, Tony Louibar-
do's assistant, was also nhot, hut
: 1
If
Wfb TO
Rippling
Rhymes
(By Walt Mason.)
A CHAMPION KETIHICS
I doff my hat to Mr. Tunney;
he has acquired all kinds of
money ,the standard brand oi
fame; there are no laurels worth
the winning, andfurther scrap
ping would be sinning, and so he
qui ten tho game. Let others
chase tho filthy dollars: he
wants to herd with hlgh-brow-ed
scholars In quiet Inglenooks;
let gory battles be forsaken
ho wants to talk of Francis
Bacon and haunt tho world of
books. He's always yearned
for erudition; to store his mind
Is his ambition, a longing whol
ly sane; I think he's wise to
thus abandon the blowsy ring
and take his stand on a high
er plane, but soon or late a
mighty bruiser, some swagger
ing and chesty snoozer,. will
swing into the game; a later
Sullivan or Cor belt will circle
through his shining orbit, and
capture wealth and fame. A
lot of carnage-mad civilians
will pony up their easy mil
lions to see the big man fight;
and he will fairly bask in glory
and be tho hero of the story
that bards and authors write.
Then Tunney, in the halls of
learning, will doubtless foel his
bosom burning with something
like regret; it's hard to seo the
people foster and lioni'.o a
cheap Impostor, and make of
him a pet. Can Gene withstand
the mighty longing to get back
where the fans arc thronging,
and know the limelight's glare?
Will he be perfectly contended
to ponder o'er the themes In
vented by Rousseau and Vol
taire? Perhaps he'll quit all
things scholastic to give a les
ion, fierce and drastic, to that
new fighting man; and then,
like Jeff, receive a licking re
minding him of mules a-kick-Ing
nnd be an also-ran.
still survives in spite of dum-dum
bullets administered. Police and
those gulty of the murders know
that lie will not "squeal."
It is not even worth while to
ask him.
Opportunity to get rich takes
men back centuries. In these kil
lings and obstinate silences you
see coming to life the condottierc
of Venetian days, ready to fight on
either side, of whom one lives In
the finest equestran statue ever
made on earth.
Mr. Capone can see an excellent
reproduction of it in Chicago's art
museum.
The De Forest Company has ar
ranged a daily output of G000 radio
tubes, and expects, eventually, to
turn out 5,000,000 a year.
Other industrialists "wll combine'
to turn out 5,000,000 automobiles
a year, and the country will absorb
them all, with millions of talking
machines, electric washers, sweep
ers, refrigerators and other modern
luxuries that have become necessi
ties. It really is a prosperous country.
' The French, made poor by the
war, were able to borrow money,
for their other financial obligations
Saturday, at 3 per cent.
Americans pay 7& and 8 per
cent.
Mr. Ottfnger, New York's able
attorney general, suggests that
swindling usurers he curbed, and
would have banks lend small sums,
up to $G00, at C pet cent, to poor
borrowers.
What about usury on a big Bcnle,
that enables banks and other fin
ancial institutions to extort at the
rate of $140,000,000 a year of pure
usury, rroni brokers loans alone?
What about the conspiracy to put
finance on a usury basis, with the
Federal Ilosorvo encouraging the
conspiraev
OOVBKXOR SMITH MIGHT
KELP OtTT UY INVESTIGATING
THE USUITRIOUS PROCEEDINGS.
Other laws should be passed sup
pressing usury even when approv
ed and encouraged by the Federal
Reserve.
A Broken Heart
PORTLAND, Ore., ept. 10.OP)
Grief over the death of his wife
two years ago, caused with his own
failing health, caused Daniel V.
Hart, 78, to fire a bullet Into his
head yesterday. He died In a hos
pital two hours later. Hart served
ono year as Multnomah county
commissioner from 1911 to 1916.
Classified advertising gets results.
Hyde Park
By JK'WITT MACKEXZIK
LONDON Wh'on tho famous
Sir Leo Money and pretty little
Miss lreno Kavldge went and sut
In Hyde Park together, all on a
spring-time evo a few weeks
ago, they certainly started some
thing. This ancient playground of tha
people, which could tell some tall
stories If It coud talk, has be
come a storm center about which
have raged official investigations,
long statements in parliament, and
columns of heated editorial com
ment, since that memorable moon
lit night, or perhups the moon
wasn't shining. It isn't of vital
consequence, becauso the park is
said to bo quito entrancing even
when it Ih dark.
As will be recalled, Sir Leo and
Miss Irene were acquitted in po
lice epurt on a charge of improp
er conduct. Then the police, be
ing: under fire, invited Miss Sav
Idge to Scotland Yard to answer
questions. She sayH they . kept
her there for five hours and put
her through the third degree,
among other things asking very
intimate questions about her cloth
ing, suoh as no young girl should
be compelled to answer tnalo po
lice officers.
I' have seen a prisoner beaten
until . the blood streamed down
his face during a third degree in
an American police station, and
nobody got Very excited about It
except thja unfortunate victim
and myself. However, England
isn't used to the third degree and
rose up in wrath over the alle
gation that it had been called
into use, especially against a help
less and Innocent young girl. An
official investigation was started,
and simutaneoily tho polico
stopped making arrests in the
Park, whereas they had been in
the habit of leading to the police
stations each month some seventy
people who had broken tho elev
enth commandment and got found
out.
Sir William Joyuson-IIIcks, the
home secretary, recently stated
that if the police left Hyde Park
alono "the result would be a dis
grace to civilization within a fort
night." The police have been leav
ing it largely alono for much more
than two weeks already, so ono
Ye Poet's Corner
The Contest v
The sun gives us warmth and light
All growing creations take delight.
With aid of rain and balmy air.
In which all naturo takes a share.
But life is but a transient thing,
; Although to It we dearly cling.
j The service that gave us life and
breath,
Has also given ius tho law of death.
At birth the contest does begin,
If life or death Ih going to win.
This persistent, continued strife,
A contest lasting all through life.
If nature's forces wo employ.
We can their varied use enjoy.
Unless wo master naturo and its
dread,
It will conquer us Instead.
Kndowed with health we bravely
fight
Decay the thing that causes
blight.
Lack of vigor to defeat the wrath
Of nature's law, will end in death.
The source that promotes life and
growth
both.
Such is the law of all life's lot;
Sun and air withers, the rain will
not. D. T. Ocrdos.
To "Tho Spirit of St. Louis-'
Oh. air-plane cruisers of the sky,
Your speed's admired greatly,
'TIs not for mo to question why
Your broad wings seem bo
statoly.
You rise with easo and seemly
proud
When to the sky you're mount
ing. E'en far above the highest cloud
Where -vision falls from count
ing. At will you sail across tho sea,
And o'er the mountains darting.
'Tis not for you such risks to see,
When on a Journey starting.
Liko feathered arrows from on
high,
Tho strong winds may bo blow
ing, You seem to drop from out tha sky
When to your landings going.
Oh. air-plane pilots of the sky,
With strength so brave and
- willing.
Each time I see you passing by
It seems most awful thrilling.
W. G. Knlps and E. T. Knips.
Famous Refuge
assumes that Hyde Park can o
longer bo a nice place to go of
an evening.
In order to understand what
the tempest is all about, you must
visit Hyde Park after nightfall In
the good old summer time. To
Hyde Park flock all the Cleopui
ras and Antonys who have no
bettor placo to go, and if you
would be a member in good stand
ing of the Hyde Park Night Club
you must Have a Ph. D. in tho
art of making love. It is no place
for amateurs : . 'i
Literally hundreds of ' couples
congregate there every night, f It
Is an amazing sight. There are
so many of them that tho pairs
are parked only a : few .' yards
apart. - But you . can move among
them without causing any commo
tion, becauso thoy never pay tho
slightest bit of attention to , any
body. I've seen love-making in
somehing like thirteen different
countries, but Hyde Park Is a,
field of its own.
The unswer to a lot of this:is 'to
be found in tho conditions under
which servant girls are employed
here. "Slavics" they call them.
Slavics are not permitted to re
ceive the gentlemen friends In
tho homes where they work. In
deed, few homes provide any spe
cial sitting-room for tho girls
themselves. They use the base
ment kitchen, or their little bed
rooms. But boy friends are bar
red. If a girl wants to visit with-her
boy she must go outside to do It.
Neither he nor sho has any mon
ey to go to the movies or ride on
tho motor busses, so they head for
Hyde Park or some similar place.
It makes one wonder about tho
soundness of the philosophy of
the working-girl song which Marie
Dressier use dto sing In Tillie's
Nightmare:
"You may tempt the upper class
es With your villainous demi-tasses,
But heaven will protect the woik
ink soil." v
Tho police kept pretty closo
watch on the park, up to tho tlmo
that the Money-Sagidge case
! frightened them off. But the Lon
j don bobby is a human sort of
I follow, and there is a lot which
I ho doesn't choose to boo.
A Sweet Singer
Ho sang his Inst low, lone song
yesterday in a Providence "(R. I.)
hospital, scarcely remembered by
even the sentimental elders, and,
except for charity, would havo
found his resting place in the Pot
ter's Field. Y'et a score or more
of years ago Arthur J. Lamb's
naive and unsophisticated ballads
wero sung the country over. Ho
was unfortunate only In having
lived and worked in tho days of
low pressure salesmanship and
meager royalties. And so he knew
but little apparently of the lavish
perquisites which go with the
composition of popular songs today.-
Arthur J. Lamb, however, did
leave .a,' mark. He left it during
thoso dear, dead days when suitors
and sweethearts were content to
spend an evening at homo har
monizing around tho piano, when
the curbstone quartettes and tho
minstrel show wero in flower, and
when "Only a Bird in a Gilded
Cago" caused many a soul to cry
in his beer in. the hack rooms of
tho saloons. Mr. Lamb was tho
composer of that story-telling
ballad, among many others, and of
a far greater work as far as popu
larity was concerned, "Asleep In
tho Deep."
"Asleep in tho Deep," Indeed,
still lingers. No basso, amateur or
professional, once considered his
repertoire complete without it.- H
celebrated the perils of Davy
Jones' locker and the ocean wave,
and its finale, "So, Beware," al
ways took the singer down among
tho cellar tones. At least, it did If
the singer so chose. Song writing
In the day of Arthur J. Lamb was
directed at all sorts of voices; the
melodies were simple and easy to
memorize, and a high note could
easily be exchanged for a low one.
or vice versa. When tho old-tlmo
minstrel sang "Asleep in the Deep'
his serious mien and his knitted
brow wore as important as tho
supposedly deep bass note ho
tacked on the end. We are not
fooled quite so easily now.
There was a little irony in the
news that this composer might
have found an unmarked grave in
tho Potter's Field. And a little
sadness, too; he made so many
happy when he lived and flourish
ed. (Baltimore Sun.)
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