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By Arthur Perry
' 'iiniri'rutiiiifin Mol'imi) . lit N('W
York, tin eminent dry-voting solon
caught wllh liquor 1'V his Huitcaso,
admits the violation, liul says the
bo(?.o belonged lo his wifit. Some
will believe this weak-kneed alibi.
The consensus of opinion, however,
in that' Hop. Morgan huH nggravat
- cd his hypocrisy ly imdoavurlng to
hide behind a skirt.
Vow Hint tho weather Ih miUlor
many of our friends who have a
cold bnth nil llio year round stnrt
ed again. (London Punch.) Will
Atty T. Miles, Who has nmbttlon
to bo an icicle, favor u with a
denial of this Hlandcr?
Many truuser seutfl Mr thin,
from sliding uci-okh the rough
plush upholstery of $..'700 uutos.
- The Yrekn Journal reports tlmt
a Yreku lady Ih thankfui that
hustles are not worn, with short
drosses. Wo opine ihat tho differ
ence u bustle would make Ih nothing-
to worry about.
1 Jlomc folks.report that in. the
decent "Wall St. upheaval, "they
fin me out ahead of the houilds."
tour uuri. who,,wus In llu. sinnc
riinlee, was. advised, yesterday in u
telegram (collect), that ho had
rtmorgod ,i(t. centH ahead of the
Chan Kgim pollee don.
(IMlll.-:iilllllV Oil., aNowh)
Jhoiii, thrno other youths
' aijil four kI.'Im were held up by
u inaslted mah tieai ImVu laHt
'niKlit. Irtoin hcKan to Jeer at
tho bundlt. "You'll khk youi
self on that maslt." he ' do
' ;c laved and, HtcpphiK behind
: him. Jumped up and down and
mudn faecN at the hold-u p
man. Ah he kicked a pllo of
an I ho bandit wheeled and
' Hertt a bulb-t throufth lHoms
- ' abdomen.
Tho Hnow o much desired at
OhrintniHH time, iinived last blpht,
the fluffy flaken softly carcwHtnfr
the IrlltluniH, tho jontullH, tho wllil
mustard, and thn skunk eahhaKUH
on the .tills and In the duleu.
A citizen fainted dcrtd away yes
terday, lie picked up tho sport
Hocllnn of a Portland paper, and
the prcKH aent stuff alaiut ice
Hockey hud been roatrjeled lo flvo
coiunms. '
Another promising young man
lias Ntink out his wrists and had
1hc handetiffH of lualrlinony slap
ped on them.
YK VNf'OiNStitH'IS KMM'K
(Wt llMllle. Kan., (.Inhe)
lie was a man who tbdoed
had aruffcred much. He bjid
been a subscriber to thin paper
, since Its rirt number.
Chances urn slim this spring, for
ellnnr n M .iod rumpus, or h glim
buttle over the Darwin theory of
evolution, In these parts.
The dinner was served at great
pulnh by tho ladles, and onjoyud by
all. (.Murphy Notes.) Jlow the
revolution started.
Hay fever has started to displace
the flu ih a popular affliction.
Tho high school bund loft for
(orvullls this morning; necking
another state cli.iniplouMhlp. Med
ford expects lliem lo give blow for
blow, uud not throw the cornels
Into tho bus ii horn.
TIIK tlUlV
Lord, Cod In Heaven, ultend;
We lire here to judge n man.
Ite Thou irt HiIh tragic hour bin
friend,
None on a Jury can. ,
Thou In the light, we in tho dark,
When the ncnlf-M of Justice, tilt,
How nhatl wo find tho outward
mark
Of Innocence or guilt?
Lord. Clod, wft ii ro gathered here
To nmilyac n crime.
Whut If Wo blunder thru ruu or
f ea r,
Or lack of RUffictent time?
How ran we tell what label's bout
To put to ft prisoner's name?
How may we know In the bo If same
7 teat
We Wouldn't htiva done the name?
$ (Harper'n)
.,- Oldest m-wldrnt Die
BAU5M, Ore., April 5. (!) St rt.
Bamh Hetn-oa, 03, the oldeut rcl
dont ot Jofforflon, died Thursduy,
bho wa born In Atlssouri January
8, 1K36, and emtio to Oregon with
her iiuslwind. Hartley Ifoevem, m
1 870. - locating near JeftVrn. Hix
tf litlr 1J chldreii survive.
WHY ARE MOVIE PRIZE
THE "TAMOES" may ho like olives. ,t any rati!, wo didn't
like t lio i'iist one wo tried. Tho second oho wasn't so had
Hut now, after perhaps a dozen of them, we arc almost a talkie
fan. In fact wo even see prospcets of eventually i'olIo-in,'
Kairbanku' brother, and njrecinu; a new art lias been born,
which now in its infancy is, destined to u;o further and higher
than the spoken drama on one hand and the silent drama on
the other. , r '
But there is one thing we can't understand. In two of these
dozen or more "talkies" there have been prize Jmht scenes,
and in both instances they have
wo have never seen a movie prize
mejis, a palpable makeshift and
been excusable ten or 15 years ago, but is certainly inexcus
able liow. ,
, The first rule to observe in
to expect too much. That is
attended called the "Hpeak Easy" proved such a treat. Wc
didn't like the title awl expected a cheap affair built flimsily
on a popular term; uherons we found a really thrilling and
amusing melodrama excellently d'oric.
All except the prize fight scene. And this was as we have
s'aid simply awful. "With the sound accompaniment and
with the rapid progress in movie realism there is no reason
why a genuine boxing match and a genuine crowd couldn't be
put on whenever a prize ring .scene is culled for, -
But this "Speak Easy" Tight
the first Nickelodeon thriller was true to life". Pugilists don't
tall down when tiicy lire tiipix'u
don't lit least not very often et luioeked down three times
in one round mid then urine uud send a claim punch' to their
( jiponeiLt's unprotected jiiw for the count of ten, mid victory.
l'ri.e fighters don't have their nirls in the front row and
certainly don't embrace them in the ring while the crowd
cheers the happy couple. Fight fans at least those in the
first ten rows never net so excited they punch imatiinary foes,
and as a matter of fact few of them jump on their chairs and
yell. They are interested hut grim, the noise and acrobatics
arc always in the gallery.
In short,, the prize fight in "iS'penk Easy" is plain unmiti
gated , ham, and almost spoils what' would otherwise be a
cleverly conceived and splendidly executed big city "talkie."
There lire iit l'e()s't 50 ex-pVize fighters living in Hollywood.
Kor-the sake of "the art," we hope tins next time a prize fight
hero is tleertied necessary, some of these gentlemen are re
cruited, not only lo put on. the battle, but lo arrantfe the atmos
phere and' business.' ' '. . ' ' '
As pugilistic experts the present corps of wax moustaehed
directors nvo n total, contp'letc
WAHM1XOTOX. April 5.;
Word went out from tho White
ilouso . today to members of the
house and senate that they must
be nvo 10 considerate in sending
their constituents to the executive
mansion to march In the Hcml
woekly presidential hundslmkh.K
line.
Yesterday 1,775 peoflle filed
through tho executive office and
Krasped J'reslilent Iloovor'H hand.
The inuseleH of the hand became
so sore that he was able to write
only with ureal difficulty for some
time afterward and he felt also that
handshaklnK had been a consider-f
uble strain upon him. Although
the secret service ukciiIs keep the
lino moving at hlh speed, about
43 to the minute on tin overawe,
yesterday reception o c c u p I e d
nearly t hrcc-iinui'lcrs of an hour
of Ibe president's time.
In previous administrations the
reception was a dally fixture and
It continued as such for several
days under Mr. Hoover, Hut a
short while after he look office
ho decided to hold receptions only
on Mondays and Wednesdays, To
day, to ie tho chief executive n
Ion iter rest between receptions, the
schedule was dimmed to Mondays
and Thursdays, and It was an
nounced that soon the number
would be reduced to one each week.
NHW VOKK, April 5. (I1)
John Mct'irmack, back from
abroad, Is fllrtfT,K wlth'tbe talkies,
lie has offers and Is much Inter
ested since ho heard an Al1 Jolsbn
film.
MUTT AND JEFF
HOOVER HAtJD HAS
BF.C0ME WORN BY
CONTINUAL SHAKE
KNOUUrJ THAT IT
WAS A WA?T OF
TM tXPlAlMlWG
CiVo'T MAk
rOuT OF YOUta
TH eiMSTCIrJ
CoNUtRATIOW.
THCORV TO
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MEDFORD MATTJ
FIGHTS SO TERRIBLE?
been simply terrible. In fac
fight that was anything but a
make believe. This may have
the enjnymant of a talkie is not
probably why the last one we
is no more true to life than
with Hie tip ol it trlovc: they i
aiid nnmt'erriipted loss. ' '"J
BANKS 0FW1ARIDN
CONSIDER COUNTY
yNiilnr iri ll Airr"lb'r! fxperienro that it is absolutely
VUAUU TAY Ill-I-I-U t,u" ' Proton T do not hesL
lAljUnr I UA lirrrfvtu,p lo commit myself In this way.
VI Millie. I Mil yi I L.lt; TJl0 pHupntial thln, the Idea I
SALK.VT, Oro.t April G. (TP)
ftcproHontutlvcs of the nix national
bunks Ju Marlon county woro toduy
considering an of for mado by the
county court that tho bunks pay
an nddltlontil 12 per cent of the
tux on bunk slmi'os lovled for the
yein-H 12ti, 1927 and 1!28, which
would bring the total puymentH by
tho banks in to .'15 per cent of tho
total us boh sod ngalnst thorn fur the
throo years.
Tho banks hnvo contestod pay
ibent of Hie tax 011 the HtronKth of
a decision of tho federal district
court In Portland that the counties
have no authority tu thu shares
of national Imnkn.
Twenty-three per rent of Hie
taxes levied Against, them Tor tho
throo years have been paid by tho
j banks, and tho court maintains
1 thai the balance up to (ho amount
turned over to tho state by the
c.omily should be paid by the banks
ii h An oMiiltahhi set tlunuMit,
ltepresenlatlveH of the banks In
fortued the court that Ihey would
return theld' decision on llio uffor
next Tuesday.
irlirnoo Youth Flumes
eXKW YOl!K, April i. (!)
Miss Tsang Tou Ylh. .student of
fine arts, has a yellow thunderbolt.
That's what u magistrate termed
her ear when assessing her 525 for
stepping on tho gas too much.
4
WASHINGTON. April 4.
Some $ s.ino.ono.oon worth of
property is InheVited annpally In
this country. Tho calculation is
made by 'Joseph lM. McCoy, govern
ment actuary.
Direct From Consider
TTPARboM THiS S"
FAMIUARiTV. VCRANGGfc,
BUT X wf JyVT DtSCuSStNGJ
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TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
Personal Health Service
By WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.
Signed Irttera pertaining to pvraooal health and hrgtcna, rut to dtHaat dlagnoafa
treatment, will be aoawtrcd bf Di. Bradj If a aUmped, aelf-addreeMd toveiopti U ancloaad.
Letter ahouid be brief and written In Ink. Owing to the large number of UKera re
ceived, only a (ew can be answered here. No reply can be made U queries not eonform-
Ing to liiftrocticme. Addreaa Dr. William
J'l'T YOl'H TKLST JX XATVHK
i j Of many things I am skeptical.
No mutter just which things, but
plenty. Perhaps you would not
call it faith, for
faith, I .suppose,
lmpHeH belief in
Homethlng you do
not a n d cannot
know to be true.
Perhaps it Is con
fidence, rather
than faith, but
anyway, I.havc
unbounded confi
dence in nature
final I at.r.ll ,.n ...,th n -..-... II n
I have unllmltod confldonce in the1 "ltkinB !h; co"B to promulButo
cmmhlllty of nature to take carcy uch teathlnK. a hey say tho
of the Involuntary or unconcioUa btTl . ' " ,V 'he. 'ommnn
function,, of my body. One of those j J"1'1, 1 ,he 1 f!e' henc " 19 mua,ni
involuntary and unconscious func-1 rf; ,J' ml'os8ibl0 ,0 do WMns
tlons Is the control and regulation n"om " ;
r,e llin 1l,..,utfi,n ipn.nuui n.l ......
llcularly the motor activities or
propulsive movements of the all-
mentary canal. So long as an fn -
dlvlduiel Is alive and not stricken
by any grave organic dLsease
mortal Injury, nature will take carrfl
of this functlun. all right, until
and unless Interfered wlth$
. The kind of Interference that
most readily upsets the nice adjust
ment, the wonderful cn-nrdinatlnn
or nature in the control of this
function is the crude habit of re
HortinK to eatharti:s. enemas or
other artificial ald, so called, and
now I want to dispose of tho final
obKtaule in tho way of tho libera
tion of million. of slaves of the
physic habit. I do hope that you
will find what I say about this not
only logical but feasible for adop
tion Into your own philosophy of
life.
Here It Is: Tf all these various
artificial "aids" to bowel action
were suddenly placed boyond tho
roach of tho public, and every vic
tim of the constipation habit were
Klven a dose of twilight sleep or
something like that to make him
temporarily forgetful and hence
unconcerned, indifferent, unwor
ried, and without four about tho
next action of the bowels, I bclievo
this universal condition would dis
appear from our ken nnd tho pill
bufdness would suffer a sudden col
lapse, I am very sure that If the victim
of constipation will solemnly and
unreservedly swear off from the
use of any and all nllcKod aids of
this sort, and at the same time
firmly resolve to put his trust in
nature, he will then and there cure
himself to stay, cured for tho rest
of his life.
Til.s is all very easy fur me to
say, of course. I am well aware of
the ninny difficulties that confront
the old-physic habitue who would
follow tho course I surest, j.lut
never! heless I know from ample
am striving to get over to tho lis-i
tenei Is not faith, but something '
more, confidence, assurance, tho
certainty, thnt naturo Is capable of
hnndllng the bowel function in any;
any all circumstances It not Inter
fered with. And unfortunately you
can interfere with naturo very dis
astrously by, the mere exercise of
Introspective thought, anxiety,
worry, fear or concern. S,o you see.
don't you, how Indispensablo it Is
for the success of your effort 'a
gain freedom from tho thralldoin
of pills nrtd more Injurious prac
tices, tbut one must first hnvo con
fidence In nature. Such confidence.
It seems to me, comes from knowl
edge, from tho study of physiology.
However, I am, not a competent
Judge of this, for I really don't
know how the study of physiology
may ari'ect u layman who has not
studied the other branches of the
science of muu as I hnvo.
UrUSTIONM A NI AXSWKJtS
Oil .Shucks
Ptense ndvise where T may ob
tain butternut shucks. ( r. it. V)
Answer.-
wen. anyway, u is lit-
i n- ii .ut muikiiik i or i ii em on (i pi no i
trees. I do not know where but-J
tomtits grow In your vicinity,
liikes Ijciiioiis
I like lemons. In fact I am quite
crazy about them, ami eat one "With
salt once In a while. My brother
says this will turn the blood to
water. Is that true? (Ml.s J. A.
Answer. Tho lemon Is just as
hvalthrul. not quite so nutritious,
as an orange would be. Your
brntlVer is wrong. Hut why not take
your lemon without the salt? Most
of ns get enough, If not joo much
salt, nnywnv, ; ? :
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OREfipy, FRIDAY, 'APRTL 5, 192!).
unaj, in care oi una oewapaper.
Tlic Ilest I'uoiilu Dii It
Would It not be nosslble for n
Ki'oup of people who know what Is
eoud for them to make the offense
of appearing in public wlth.crl a
social error worthy of ostracism?
Social laws are much better obeyed
than moral laws. (.Mrs. H. G.'M.)
Answer. The main trouble 'is
I'nat the la-de-dahs are the wor.nt
offenders, and generally the loiist
intelligent about such questions of
hygiene. Who's going to tell these
self seeking birds that they are
nasty in principle? Tho public
health authorities ure on record as
1 V-lIlvr rHFITW
I have been subject to canker
sores In my mouth and on tongue.
! , f th" " lettvfT "
ti'ei uiki niieae x am
ltOthei'Orl wfrh t houp n-iinf nl
"M TVll le.f'A.Mnll,.- . . V
,' "7 ;"""" oi vaiuo
Answer. Thunk you. My one
best bet for canker aores la a dally
touching of each sore with a mlx
tuio of tincture of Jodin and
Iflycerin, equal cuantlticM, and the
j a mmith K-h ftf-1i...,n ,,t
j ,,orl(. HCid teaspuonful In -a flint
' 0j water.
lou't Grtess
Kindly ive various ; caused of
blood preswure. Ih bulging of Veins
lil'oo'd prcHsirro? (oVW.r-, "r iKt 1
Answer.--No- 4 a- both -'tiueflttons.
(Copyrlffht John F. Dllle Co.)
JEs -V5Jto " )V
S&
"c o the dominant character'
MFcn o tlic 10011' 6 tills couiltrj
lieotHV' 6 this coumrr
1" go litter anything (hat's hard
Jc't.' wua Tell JUnklcy's only
comment When lie board, that the
Tmie law would double the prlre
0 liquor. ; I woiiuer'; if Author
(-oolidcv'H typewriter annoys the
rniniiy in the ' otlior ftalf o' that
Xorthnmpton double?
DKTl'OiT, April C. (P) About
30,000 residents of Detroit's cast
side were marooned In their homes
early today by flood waters of
Connors creek, following a 'jO-min.
uto heavy rain. i
The water was receding slowly!
this morning and it was thought;
the flooded district, which is nboiu
a milo squaro will be drained by
..i,,!,
Street rni'H were not out nf nnm
mission shortly after midnight !
last night and polico used boats
to transport people ( who wished
to leave their homes. No "cas
ualties wero reported.
Ijady t'oachos -
I,OXDOX, April 5. (T) There
are. Kuglislnvomen who teach boys
to play good football, turn out star
teams In fact. Such Is tho answer
of schoolmam's to criticism of wo
mon's teaching of boys at a meet
ing of the rCatlonal Union of School
Masters. 1
WATERS INVADE
DETROIT HOMES
THAT TVlfi. evONtAArS.NrAt;""
HVPoTHSS OF T1 LAW Or
APPARCMTCV IMGVlTABLfe TjtSCoNTlMuiTieS
OP "SPACfe VJrttCH A STRAIGHT,
IK)lVCATeS,I.S O.rC.
Hgimcg-
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Review of Current Literature ' -
m ' ; i By Book Lovers of Medford
A Guidepost to the Beet in Late Books A 8eleot4 by County Libra
rian Mies, Fay Wooltey for Reaction of Local Readers.
Time Is a GeiitJeinuii, by Charles
tioff Thonituin. Ueviewed by
(Jitrold Jiai'ltsoek.
A very realistic story of the
Philippine Islands It is well writ
i ten and will keen you In excite
J mont and suspense until the last
: gripping page has been read. This
'hovel is different from the ordl
nary type of story
ven the
extraordinary in fact. Something,
rather unexplalnable, keeps the ably tho most interesting and grip
reader fascinated and his tnihd ntplng part of tho book..
a high tension throughout the en-j In Scabby Dichson, nichnrd
tire story. 1 Blake has created a character who
Mackenzie Duell, a sturdy young will rank well with such charac
Amertcan, comes to an island In ters as Tom Sawyer, David Cop
tho Philippines where his father, pcrfleld anil tho rcver-to-bo-for-
killed years before by some uii-gottenTorn Brown.
known treachery, had a large sugar I . -
cane plantation, lie determines .to j The noSnl Ifcmil to llomnncc, Ty
restore the jungle grown acre to . niehard Halliburton. Reviewed
their 'former status, despite the ''V Bun Moore. .
many outcro'ps of had luck which ltichard Halliburton, author, ad
befall him at the 'hands of Sotto, venturer, romanticist, finds himself
who has the islanders in his power.
The younf? American Is tricked and
fousht by the villainous half breed
at every turn as he tries to make
the bid abandoned plantation of
1 Colonel Duell productive again. He
is supported by a mysterious Chi
nese servant, who is really more
than a mere servant to the young
master. Together with Mulvan, an
irishman who has a very beautiful
daughter wll'h whom Mac Duell is
in love, ..and . a fighting native,
undu the maniac, and Me read o,
a piece of concentrated dynamite,
tho Chinaman takes very good care
of the young planter.
Mr. Thomson Knows tho islands
and their people. ' This is proved
by his characters, action and life.
Different from, tho, average book.
It still uncovers tho truth and
rights the ancient wrong and ful
fills the old Chinese proverb, "Time
is a gentleman."
Tho Flavor of Holland!, by Adelo
de Leemv: Reviewed by "William
Dougherty.
This is ono of those refreshing
books that arc really good. Tho
author adds to her sympathetic
viewpoint a delightful stylo, such a
style, in fact, as one would expect
Addison to discourse in if he were
living in the twentieth century and
writing a travel book of Holland.
Miss de Leeuw was reared in a
Dutch home in America. . She
speaks tho Dutch languago and
understands the Dutch people. In
addition, her father is oho 'ot those
rare old souls who know, every
thing , about their . native land.
'Hence, on this trip through Hol
land, they see everything worth
seeing.. . ,, , ' ? '.
AVc wander with her through
highways and byways "Wc explore
the cities and tho villages, the
Zuyder Zee, and tho canals, tho
dunes and the forests, the. fertile
fields, tho ruins, tho pahu.esV the
museums, tho purks, and whatnot.
Wc experience a gustatory thrill
when wo hear of Dutch pancakes
which aro about one-eighth , of uii
inch in thickness, with u delicious
buckwheaty, battery and sugary
tang.
Ono day alleluias were raised to
tho skies when a typewriter was
found In a hotel. However, after
steam hammer blows had boon ex-
pended on tho keys, and tho letters
piled up on one another in the
most playful manner, the conclu-
slon was roadbed that long hand
letters looked better anyway.
Wo walk through blocks of
flower markets, enjoy masterpieces
In the musoum.s, visit towns where
six-room houses rent . for from
$2. GO to $3.60 per week, until wo
have covered almost every phase
of life in the Netherlands.
Tin illustrations add charm. The
authr vems to havo a knack for
j Koloitipg. spots to photograph ; atlon In which he found himself.
Wl.irll i iil'l'v tlirv u-.tiin 1nniii.Hu COUld not Ollitu SCtt' Wh.V 1.6
throughout the volume. It is
ouutmh to say that only one of tho
pictures is of a windmill.
Scabby IMcksou, by Kichard liluke.
Kevieweil by James Moore.
Scabby Dichson was an Kuglisb
boy supposedly orphaned by the
dealh of his father, lie was main
tained at a preparatory school
one of tho higher parts of India i
by a group of Masons. As a child
Scabby was of an Introvert charac-
tcr, accepting or dispensing with I
the companionship of professors, j
servants and students with equal
indifference. 1
The most amusing incidents of salines fell by not making the ne
his time at school were his bill- groes do anything, Christopho fell
liant promotion schemes by means
of which he accumulated an over
whelming number of school trink
ets dear to tho heart of . every
schoolboy.
lly means of Professor Mat Ma
son. Scabby is taken on vacations
to tho home of a high official of
that man
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tho jlrillsli Canal company. The
friendship of two children, a boy
and a girl, tends tu broaden and
develup b'cabby's mentul horlxon.
As ho grows oldtir he falls In
love with tho girl, only to have bis
whole world shattered by his re
"moval to PJnglund--
The dramatic climax of the story
comes durlaig ,n stirring sceno of a
1 flood on the plains.; -This is.prob
in the public eye through Ills
charming travelogue, "The Koyal
lloftd to Romance."
The book has to do with the
wanderings of the youthful writer
around tho, world. Starting from
New York, Halliburton, fresh from
Princeton, worked his way on a
cattle ship to Hamburg, Germany.
From thero ho proceeded through
France, Holland, . Switzerland,
across the Pyrenees to Spain and
Gibraltar. Southward he sailed to
mystic Egypt, land of the Phara
ohs; ,on to Port Said and through
tho Suez to far-off India. Thence
through Hindustan, Indo-Chlna,
with a. dush up Into forbidden
Tibet, and down to tho jungles of
tho Malayan pcnlusla; over to
Java, up to China, Siberia and Ja
pan, and homeward across the
broad. Pacific, ; . - r
The work is superb in so. far as
Intellectual value is concorncd, for
it gives a vivid picture of tho ter
ritory visited. The whole thing. Is
dominated by the personality of the
author. His unconquerable spirit.
his boyish insolence, his flair for
the unusual and sheer audacity
all captivuto and fascinate the
reader. Ho 1ms a style of his own
dashing, flowing, virile. He does
not boro bis reader with uninterest
ing detuils, but takes him to quaint
far-off places, to high mountain
peuks, or to a magic isle, with the
glorious enthusiasm of youth. He
bubbles over wtih the joy of being
alive. , .
As for tho literary merits of the
book, it does not seem to lack
them. Some of tho flassages 'such
as the description of the Alhftmbra,
the Pyramids, tho Taj Mahal, and
the temple at 'Angkor we truly
beautiful. : '
It is a relief to read something
that has broken away from the
stereotyped class of literature. For
genuine reading enjoyment com
bined v1tft' education, I believe you
will hayo to look fat to surpass
this hook.
Black Majesty, by John Vnnder-
Cook. Hovlewed by Allen Smith.
"Black Majesty" Very vividly
portrays tho negroes' outlook on
life and for .thoso who aro in sym'
pathy' with tho negroes' views,
"Black Majesty" will strengthen
their arguments and beliefs. Those
who do not sympathize with tho
blacks may learn something about
tho lives of the negroes which will
change their viewpoint.
In this book is brought out the
fact that tho reason for the ne
groes' backwardness is his eternal
laziness and lack of pride, his lack
of history and traditions for which
to work and uphold.
Joan Jaxques ' Dessallnes, the
hero of the revolution, W'as over
come by the greatness of the situ
- should be bothered or havo to 'do
anything since he was emperor. In
a very short tlmo tho populace for
got what ho had dono for thorn
and his island empiro soon de
cayed. Ono day ho was riding
along a rbnd with half a dozen
officers vbun ho was ambushed
and killed.
Henry Chrlstophe, another ne-
gro, succeeded Dcssalincs, arid ift
Christopho could havo been prom-
Ised 100 years of life there is no
doubt that ho Would havo been
able to make a real nation of the!
black people on his Island. Jlutt
there was no time, so where Des-
by making them work perhaps a
little more than he should have
without giving thcin the proper
enocuragenient.
The fact remains that his heart
was for his people first and ,last.
nnu it seems a great pity inut ne
could not have led his people out
rrrrmnmrni
I i - -
of their usclesaness into acuhured
black race. ' I ,
"Black Mj8ty'is a clever mix
ture of tragedy And -humory apd It
14 well worth anyone's timo to
road it.
Quill Points
Olothes rack: A devlco used to
display garments. Sco wife.
Department of justice: Mabel,
surrounded by men who don't
agree but won't quarrel about It.
:
No country is competent to do
"cide u grout question sanoly until it
can discuss It without calling,'
names. ' . .
"Onions promote health." Well, '
perhaps people won't got closo
enough to glvo you their germs.
Old men, working fafthfulYy year
after year, never get a rae. Xook
at Mr. Mellon.
If he whittles well ami de
lights in weighty argument,- you
aro wife in asking wliero Ids
wife's uonwUng house Js,
The other animals, -observing ono
having a good time by. storing" up
regrets for the next day, probably
wouldn't call hinv superior.
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Government haa eight organiza
tions of spies, none; t. which pan
locate, sharpers and crooks as
promptly as a sucker can.'
There aro just . .two 'clossoi, ot
Americana; Those who,, depend. Q.n
Santa , Cuius, and those who send
lobbyists to Washington.
Americanism: Privately favoring
the under dog; officially backing
the Latin-American group that
stands tho best chance of winning.
You can't, toll. There's many a
two-car garage built toy a one
flivver income;
Among the things that givo a
new and broader vision arc travel
"religion, anu; a charge cuntvt,
TtuKsian scientists halufod
life :afwr-'i0 hours. Aiulth4il-
m ost j dUPlf ft '"y&K!??-
You can't always makn the
puiii.shment- fit tho crime.
Iinaghio ..kicking- a rocking
chair that hits yoit oil the shin
ut niglit. ' ; -. 1 v ;t.
Slogan of talkie producers:
"They will stnnd for rotten stuff
while It's new."
How times change. Once a boy
lied about smoking cigarettes to
escape a licking, and now,, hp lies
about it to get ?500 for a testi
monial. .
They can't do much with tho
traffic problem while a vehicle
eight feet long Is used to movo a
man one foot thick.
Fable:- Once a company, pro
duced a great movie and no other
concern rushed out a bum one of
the same typo to share in the pick
ings. - ...' .
Correct this sentence: "If I
should inherit a million' said ho,
'U'd ueoi it totVhelp. aU ,tlie .poor
people I know."
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