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.10 6 Months $2.50 3 Months 1.3 1 Year 6.00 Bell 'Phone 6101 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1928 Shop In Berks Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21 An evil intention perverts the best actions and makes them sins. Addison. The Death of Senator Willis The tragic death of Senator Willis in the midst of his homo folks, whom lie was about to address in furtherance of his cause against Mr. Hoover, is one of the most dramatic incidents in the story of politics.

"Damn politics," exclaimed Senator Johnson, commenting on the fate of his colleague However much Senator Willis may have fallen short of statesmanship of a high order, he was a pleasant, expansive personality, with boyish qualities that won the good will of all who came into personal contact with him. Seemingly strong and healthy, he nevertheless failed under the extra strain. The candidate who forced him to fight for his own state was among the first to pay him tribute. Thus ends the trail of ambition. Many years ago, commenting on the death of an opponent in tiie Bristol elections, Edmund Burke said it ail in the exclamation: "What shadows we are, what shadows we pursue!" "The political effect of the senator's death may well be far reaching.

The Democrats gain a sen ator from Ohio to make up for the one they have lost In Michigan through the death of Senator Ferris. Should Gov. Donahey appoint former Senator Pomerene to succeed, the latter will bo given some added prestige as a Presidential aspir ant With a senatorial election in Ohio this fall the political importance of the state is greatly increased. But the country is moro interested in the effect on the Republican Presidential race. The death of Senator Willis does not remove from the contest of candidates for delegates to the national convention those bearing the approval of the dead senator.

They are still in the fight, and the friends of the lato senator will probably, and naturally, be more intent than ever in preventing Secretary Hoover from winning his fight in Ohio. The late eenator had been attacking Mr. Hoover with hammer and tongs, and his words will take on an added significance now that the tongue which gave them utterance is talent. If the voters who were merely for Senator Willis now become prl marily against Mr. Hoover, a rudimentary famili arity with psychology will explain.

It is not easy to believe the powerful factors in the party that oppose Mr. Hoover have had the late senator in mind as the ultimate beneficiary of their plans. Because of the "Ohio tradition," the man in the street has attached importance to the Willis candidacy. But the more knowing ones among the students of politics long ago concluded that the favorite son strategy was working, and intended to work, in the interest of Vice President Dawes. If, with Senator Willis dead, Mr.

Hoover fails to get an impressive number of delegates in Ohio the effect upon his candidacy will he worse than the same result with the senator living. "For the Good of the Party" Comes now Al Fall, former member of a president's cabinet, and on oath, deposes and says that the reason he lied about the $100,000 that Oil Magnate Doheny gave him, was because he had been so advised by his party leaders. "The truth would hurt the party," he was told; or words to that effect. So says Fall. Fall may te lying again, as the two senators implicated by him, now assert.

But In general it la not hard to believe that men, even in exalted office, will consider party ahead of the public welfare. Such la the nature of party "loyalty." Don Seitz, In his most recent book, "The Also Rans," a critical study of presidential candidates who lost out in some cases to men less qualified, write this significant paragraph: "It is one of the cruel consequences of 'party' government that success at the polls is more important than care for tho public Interest. This bedevils the meaning of a President and makes his position one of the utmost difficulty. He must choose between party and people. It Is not pos Bible, In Its very nature, for a party to represent the people; it represents' its machinery." What Is true of high office, la true of lesser offices.

Thus we see dally that even men of the best Intentions will twist and bend and dodge and trim on fundamental principles of honor and truth for the sake of gaining a party advantage. Merciless publicity In public affairs has thus far been the one real weapon to safeguard the people against partisan dictatorships. When that ceases; when secrecy and censorship become tho rule of government, we either have corruption or tyranny, or both. For even idealists can bo tyrants, as firltness the French Revolution, and more recently the Soviet regime. Helping the Farmer The reduction in electric power costs by the Metropolitan Edison company in rural Berks to the same lovol as that In Reading should Increase power consumption in the county and would appeal be an evidence that more power Is now being used on our farms.

That's good. 'Electricity 1 Indeed a slave of man and there 1 no place where man needs a. slave any more than on 'tho' farm. The farmer going to bed with his" kerosene lamp should have the sympathy of his city brother but how muh more does the farmer's wife deserve sympathy while she is denied all the electric conveniences which have given enlarged freedom to the city woman of today i Cheap power and comfort are synonyms. Let Wi hope, that the Metropolitan Edison, having reduced the cost in the county to that of the city, will And ways to reduce rates in city and county, tt.

TITHES PHONE 6101 THE READING TIMES, READING," WEDNESDAY MORN'lNG, APRIL 4, 1 98 TIMES PHONE 6101 It Seems to Me By HEYWOOD BROUN THEY told me that the poems of Samuel Hoffenstein were light and very funny. On the third page of "Poems in Praise of Practically Nothing" I found: "Beneath the mighty legs of Death We play the schoolboy pranks of breath; Scrawl challenge on his sodden boots, Tho while he coils his cypress roots." I AM not at all equipped to review poetry, but constantly I am puzzled at the manner in which the phrase "light verse" is tossed about. What do they mean by There is for me no in tho lines just quoted. They are not light and not funny and not, I think, much good. Accordingly, it would seem as If the phrase "light verse" were sometimes used to designate poetry of serious intent which does not quite get over.

And that's a silly usage. IT IS NOT my intention to suggest that Mr. Hoffenstein's book falls flat. Much in his work is stirring even though the book is no precisely "incomparable," as H. Mencken as sures us on tho jacket.

Others may worship Lindbergh, but Mr. Mencken and Babe Ruth are still my heroes. However, neither of the Bait! moreans knows very much more about poetry than I do myself. And so there will be no extended discussion here about verse forms and craftsmanship. Frequently I have written on subjects concerning which I knew only a little.

but it is best to avoid the themes about which one is wholly ignorant. Yet no one can be denied the right to speak of those things which are of the spirit. "Poems In Praise of Practically Nothing" will do to point a moral. Frustration and despair are very proper moods for practitioners in pros or verse, win not go one step along tne way witn those who say, "Oh, he's not great because his attitude toward life is wholly defeatist." On the other hand, I do object to the ready reception given to Immature pessimism by the very people who shoot both barrels whenever an optimist dares to stick up his head above the water. IN QUITE a good deal of Mr.

Hoffenstein's bitterness I feel that he is merely having him self and his public on. And, please, let no one arise to tell me that in actuality Mr. Hoffenstein has been harshly dealt with by fate. Maybe nobody was going to say that, but the point is made all too often. Because some one has suffered we are asked to accept the fact that every word he writes is set down in heart's blood.

Very possibly tragic experience is stim ulating to the poet, but one need not drown to write poignantly of horrors at the bottom of the sea. Out of peace and great contentment fantasies of utter desolation may arise. In dreams there usually exists an utter sincerity. Before the end of his book Samuel Hoffen stein does come to an expression of despair which seems to me entirely moving. Indeed, in one of his later poems he makes an important discovery and records it as follows: "Little I knew, when morning white Mated merrily with the green, How rare a thing, how very rare, Was true despair!" AND THAT is what I have been trying to talk about.

Wre have no right to say that every man who grins and kicks his heels is a fool and a clown, while each one who frowns and puts out gloomy glances is hailed as a sage who has steeped himself in the deep pools of human experience. This mode of criticism is not confined entirely to the reviewing of poetry. In the course of the average year some 25 or 30 novels are written about farmers, their wives and their children. Usually the farm is situated in a place posse ssing a most unpleasant climate. Tho winters are much too cold and the summer just terrible.

The rainfall Is unsatisfactory Naturally tho tillers of the soil get along badly A largo proportion of the children die slowly and in great discomfort. Whether the crop is tobacco, sasiKafras or wheat, it fails. Generally the book ends with the remnants of the little amiiy being dispossessed into a driving snow storm. Unquestionably, noble books have been writ ten not very far from the pattern outlined here. But not every stark book about agricultural hardships is a masterpiece.

Still, you can look through the reviews most carefully and you will nd almost nothing but praise for every single novel of this typo. Make a story tedious enough and the critic is very apt to be assailed by the uspicion that there must he greatness in it. l'ou and I have a right to say that very often we prefer the novels of P. G. Wodehouse.

Franklin P. Adams has written several times ibout the condescending attitude which is used toward light verso. The fate of the farcical author is much tho same. It he deals In trivial themes the skill of his craftsmanship will quite likely be overlooked. To me It seems not at all mpossible that posterity will tell us that Harry Leon Wilson and Wodehouse both deserve a igher rating than the much applauded Theodore Dreiser.

NATURALLY, I am not assuming that every book conceived in any of optimistic mood must bo light in calibre, Yet I am prepared to say that it is extremely difficult to preach de pair In frothy forms. Such bitterness as Mr. Hoffenstein expresses in his more prankish poems has in it hollow sounds and phrases. Even though many of the verses were written in a day before the words had become entirely horrid am unwilling to permit any poet to use "And how!" twice In a single volume. It is, of course, entirely logical and fitting for one who thinks the worst of everything to look up at the black clouds of destruction and smJle in the face of approaching dissolution.

But here the rub comes in. It seems to me almost essential for him to take great care and pains with that smile and be sure to keep it a little crooked. (Copyright, 1928) WILL LEARNS ALL ABOUT BREAKFAST FOOD ALMOST! BATTLE CREEK, Mick, April 3 iiri ,1 ti .1 yy la i a piace ims. is. i ne nomc oj me sensitive slomach, it's the rendezvous of every body with an ailment between the chin and ihe hip.

Everybody is getting along fine. Cheerful and just saturated with sanitarium scandal. Cure you by giving you everything to eat but food. patients' idea of a wild parly is to gel their hands on two slices of bacon or just an old lamb chop bone. Showed me through the breakfast food factories.

And I thought here is where I find out something about what it is. They showed me how the boxes were made and how they shipped them out, in fact everything but? So I leave here jusl as ignorant as the other one hundred and ten million. But they can sure overhaul a slomach that's been missing. i Yours, WILL ROGERS. Business and Finance By B.

C. FORBES IMPROVED dividends announced by American corporations during the first quarter Just ended totaled 308. This shows an increase of 45 ever a year ago. Unfavorable dividend announcements, 44, are the same as last year. THE FEATURE of the March dividend news was the arrival of an extraordinarily large number of new payers.

No fewer than 35 industrial and three public utility companies declared initial disbursements. Extra payments were more popular than straight Increases in rates. Extras were announced by 29 industrial, three public utility and two railway companies, while the increases were 10, two and three. This little table gives a summary of the form taken by last month's cheerful dividend declarations: Ind. Initial 35 Extra 29 Increased 10 Stock 6 Back 4 Resumed 2 Totals 86 P.

U. 3 3 2 0 0 0 R. R. 0 2 3 0 0 0 THE GAIN during March was distinctly less than in February and in January. As a matter of fact, the March total, 99, was slightly below the corresponding figure of two years ago.

The following table gives the monthly record since the beginning of 1924: February March First quarter April May June July August September October November December Totals 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 .111 89 87 69 78 98 SI 72 64 49 99 93 102 81 67 .308 263 261 214 194 60 60 34 45 68 54 42 39 137 98 67 47 60 54 36 21 63 57 39 23 104 85 62 48 83 69 54 37 136 103 96 63 205 184 147 104 1,179 1,025 811 621 Investment trusts now figure prominently among the newcomers to these dividend lists. They are wholly responsible for the modest increase shown last month. Investment trust dividends represent mainly dividends declared and paid by other companies, so that, in a sense, they amount to duplications. In other words, a corporation which formerly disbursed these dividends direct to individual stockholders now may pay out quite a sum to investment trust holders of its securities. After receiving this money, the investment trust announces the paying out of this money in the shape of dividend of its own.

But the total disbursed to security holders Is not materially affected thereby. This new situation must be taken into the reckoning in analyzing dividend payments and in making comparisons with former years, MARCH brought no sensational dividend surprises. Nothing was done by such conspicuous stock market leaders as General Motors, radio, steel. The talk is that General Motors will next month declare a rather generous extra payment. There gossip, too, to the effect that the shares will be again split up, but nothing authoritative is yet known on that point.

Wall Street is also talking about a prospective spiit up of steel corporation stock. The writer would be greatly astonished if anything of this kind were done in the immediate future. Radio, of course, pays no dividend, although the daring speculators have sent the price near $200 a share. That is altogether an exceptional quotation for a non dividend paying issue. The Idea that broadcasting Is extremely profitable is a delusion.

So far, there has been no money in that branch of the business. As a matter of fact, interests connected with the enterprise have been dumbfounded at the stock's recent sensational market action. Of course, the corporation's longer outlook appears to be full of promise. It is not conceivable, however, that dividends In the near future will show any sub stantial return on the current price of the shares, THE WRITER'S GUESS is that the rosy dividend expectations voiced by Wall Street bulls will fall short of fulfillment. The year promises to be reasonably satisfactory for the largest and strongest companies, but most other concerns hardly count upon record breaking net profits available for distribution to stockholders.

(Copyright, 1928) Dr. Frank Crane Today Discusses THE WOLF GINCE the dawn of history a wolf has been raging among ine nuinan race. His path Is marked with failures, deaths and gony. Tho name of this wolf is Alcohol. When the United States banished it officially It ought to have received the encomiums of the whole world.

But just as slavery was entrenched in age old aristocracy and custom, so the liquor traffic has been so interwoven into our habits and literature that the effort to expel it has been greeted, in many cases, with cries of derision. President Coolidge said the other day: "Con stantly to portray the failures and the delinquents Is grossly to mislead the public. It breeds an unwarranted spirit of cynicism." The writer has seen expressions of contempt and arguments against prohibition recently from the pens of most gifted writers. Dudley Field Malone has been active in a campaign in favor of alcoholic beverages. Rupert Hughes, Gertrude Atherton, and many other distinguished writers ave lent their names to the effort to discredit prohibition.

They all seem to think that conditions are worse now than they were before the abolition of the saloon. Bootleg liquor, the hidden brother of the liquor traffic, has done much to discredit prohibition. It seems strange for a number of peopie to say that the efforts of law breakers are so successful that law cannot be enforced. Is the movement to suppress alcohol to fall be causo a worse form of alcohol Is Involved? The law is broken as all laws are broken. We ave had laws against murder and theft for lo these thousands of years and people still commit these crimes.

It Is manifestly one thine to abolish a crime and another thing to stigmatize It as Illegal. Because an evil cannot be suppressed Is no reason for society to endorse that evil. Some seem. to think we would do better to have legalized liquor traffic and regulate it. The trouble Is that It never was regulated and never can bo regulated.

It Is essentially a law breaker. It fundamentally makes profits outweigh human suffering. ThoBe who have felt the sharp fangs of the wolf and the Indirect misery caused by It wonder how Its ravages can be defended. Just as there is no curse, with the possible ex ception of war, so great as the legalized selling of alcohol, so the gesture of the United States In placing Itself squarely against it Is the greatest moral gesture ever made by a self governing ntlon. The law was not nut upon us by some outside tyrant, but was the free choice of a free people.

ed, if we mistake not. tho moral sense of this people will ptnnd against all effort's to bring their eiiberato decision to discredit. (Copyright, 1928) Books and Authors SKYWARD, by Commander Richard E. Byrd; (Putnam; It is conservatively estimated that no less than 500 young men and women are now planning to duplicate Lindbergh's Atlantic flight as soon as weather permits. How many of these valuable American citizens will be alive when the summer ends? Is the year to be marred again by scores of useless tragedies among those who hop off on long flights? Is this just a morbid form of exhibitionism that should be stopped? in his admirable book Skyward, out today, Commander Richard Byrd gets down to brass tacks on this whole mooted question, "Sensational flights are the italics in the story of aviation's progress' he exclaims.

"Spectacular flights ac celerate progress; for when the flight is decided upon necessity produces inventions and developments which, in the ordinary course of events. would tend to be slow and very un certain, But in the next breath he pleads for the lives of those who plan to mane such flights In the coming months without proper preparation, These, he declares, do more harm than good to aviation. Less pressing In timeliness, but more impressive to the reader Byrd's collection of historical events through which his story weaves, and in which he has taken so large a part. We learn that more than 10 years ago ho was planning a trans Atlantic flight. During his training days at the Pensacola air station in 1918 he took his machine out of sight of land and demonstrated that aircraft could be navigated at sea just as a ship is navigated.

find that even while the heat of war training kept men nerved to the grind of war routine, Byrd found time to develop such instruments as the bubble sextant and drift indica tor, without which modern long tance flights would not be possible except under rarely favorable He gives for the first time in detail the buck stage story of the bitter conflict that went on in Washington lrom 1921 to 1U2S between the radical forces of General Mitchell and the conservatives who were trying to keep aviation from cutting its own throat. We learn that Byrd was personally responsible for securing a bureau of aeronautics for the navy department. We see him in action with the senate and the house, blindly lighting for sane aeronautic legislation. Then there is the hair raising story of the 38 disaster. This was the giant dirigible built by England for the United States navy.

When in July, 1921, Theodore Roosevelt talked Byrd out of attempting a flight from New York to Paris, the young officer was sent to join the 38 in England. By merest chance he arrived the day before the test. But he was unable to get aboard. The list of those going on tne tnat night Had already been closed. He hurried back to London, hop in? to join the airship at her new base in Paulharn, Of the tragedy he writes: "About 6 p.

on the next day, en route to catch the train I went into a barber shop. After what seemed an endless half hour I emerged to go on to tho station. Suddenly I stood stock still. A cry from the streets had readied my ears: Extry! Read all about the big airship "I literally tore a paper out of the nearest boy's hand. The headlines told the story: '11 38 EXPLODES IN AIR OVER HUMBER Byrd dashed to the scene of the accident.

In detail he describes his gruesome task of rescuing the bodies of his friends from the wreckage. This is but one of the many thrilling episodes in Byrd's life of which the average reader knows so little. Indeed, Byrd's public reputation seems to rest entirely upon his Pole and Atlantic flights. Yet in the years preceding those exploits he went through a score of adventures equally sensational, and fully as demanding on his courage and initiative. For instance, it Is not generally know that he has been cited twenty two times for bravery and distin guished conduct; that he has received the thanks of Congress, as well as the four highest medals the country can give Congressional Medal of Honor, Congressional Life Saving Medal, Distinguished Service Medal and the Flying Cross.

Probably no other man living has all these For the first time In SKYWARD we get the full and intimate account of the AMERICA'S trans Atlantic flight last summer. We learn that Byrd was actually over Paris on June 30, 1928, but unable to land on acount of the fog. "In al the years of thought we gave to preparations for the flight. the worst thing we could think of that ever could happen was to have the hard luck to reach our destina tion in the middle of the night dur ing a storm with fog." Yet exactly this happened. And the truo story of it makes one of the most dramatic air yarns that will ever be spun For the first time the public Is able to judge clearly the scientific aspects of Byrd remarkable work, He (has never once sacrificed the in terests of his air research for any commercial gain.

He has chosen to do pioneering rather than to gain safety. When he hopped off for Paris he carried 800 pounds of scientific equipment and two observers, rather than put this weight into fuel which would have kept him aloft until dawn on the other side of the ocean. Probably the most human part of tho book SKYWARD is the chaptor on American hero worship and that on "Behind the Scenes in the Life of a Modern Explorer." Speaking of his arrival after the Polar flight Byrd says: "The' cheers and the handclasps. tho waving of hats and flags, the music and the speeches, weren't really meant for me any more now than In Annapolis when I marched at the head of tho procession holding aloft the flag of my country, in us America for the moment dramatized that sunerb world con r'uering fire which Is American spirit. For the moment we seemed to have caught up the banner ot American progress Such penetrating analysis of thl curious national Dhonnmennn la not only unique In the annals of air and exploration, but it answers long asked question: "Why do we malfe such a hullabaloo over the Lindberghs and the Byrds?" Jn this chanter on "Behind the Scenes" Byrd reveals that modern exploration Isn't all advenlarc and tnrnis by any means.

He confesses to some of his own heartaches and miseries In collecting large sums of money in order to put his enterprises across. We learn that the public Is ready and willing to cheer when the victor returns home: but that he looked on as a mild form of Inn lift to the moment he has actually Mil? 'PO'IPU. Horoscope The Stars Incline, But Do Not Compel." WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1928 Astrologers read this as a threatening day in planetary government for malefic aspects appear to domi nate. The planetary government tends toward pessimism and discourage ment and for this reason it is wise to keep too busy for depressing thoughts. Under this sway the judgment may be erratic and untrustworthy.

1m portant decisions should be post poned. The seers foretell a continued in crease of nervous diseases and men tal maladies, due to the strain of modern life. Many quarrels and dissensions will mark organizations at this time when cohesion in politics or religion will be more than usually difficult. One of the new reforms will stress In a novel manner the effect of the spoken and written word, it. is fore told.

Women are to be a troublesome factor in the coming national political campaign, if the stars are rightly read, for they will be interested in reform movements. Nations as well as families will be susceptible to the planetary rule which encourages misunderstand ings and brings about trouble. or labor dilliculties again are indicated for the spring when building trades may be affected. 1 heatres are to flourish during the summer when novel and original features will be introduced. Persons whose Mrthdate it Is should beware of accidents In the coming year.

Children born on this day probably will be restless and very ambitious. The subjects of this sign like to travel. ID amiable fashion Byrd gives us I pcaco." glimpses of great men like Ford, Rockefeller and Astor at work planning how to spend their money as well as how to make it. Somehow we feel better for the glimpse, and more kindly disposed towards these illustrious captains of finance. Probably for the first time In any one place Byrd lays down the full plan for his perilous Antarctic expedition on which he will embark next September.

There are those among his friends whp, have tried to dissuade htm from this project, which by those who know Is looked upon as the most dangerous piece of exploration ever attempted. Yet, "How great it will be," he says Ingeniously, "to look down on tens of thousands of square miles of regions never before gazed upon by humans. I must admit, too, that although the primary object of the expedition is scientific, it will be most gratifying If we succeed In planting the American flag at the South Pole, at the bottom of tho world!" The book would not be complete without "A Glimpse Into the Future," its last chapter. "The temptation to speculate about the future of flying is very strong," the author confesses. And then goes on to say that though he tries "to steer a middle course between these two extremes," he Is confident that flying Is going on to heights as yet undreamed.

Then in convincing style Byrd gives us a picture of safer flying, flivver planes, private air service and a ho'jt of other fascinating de tails that make one feel that life Is worth while after all, if only to have lived to see this great air age upon which we scarcely yet are entered. Although Byrd has done a very commendable piece of work, he has told In, brisk and gripping style of his own extraordinary life; he has presented aviation In a new and luminous form: and he has given us a brilliant handbook of the modern blrdman's viewpoint that will surely live beyond the years of those of us who will so enjoy its early reading. Of Skyward one may sincerely say as Byrd in his conclusion says of flying that "Surely It brings man kind closer together, knits the interests of the world, and helps spread 1 and nndorslanding without which there can be no lasting Day by Day IN Reading HIGHLIGHTS and SIDELIGHTS THE AVERAGE MAN consider having his picture taken and having his tooth pulled in about the same category. He likes neither yet ad mits that both must be done occa sionally and submits with the bes grace he can to the photographer and to the dentist. Yet some men are different.

City Clerk Arthur Glassmoyer comes to the mind of the writer. Arthur has a veritable lust for being photograph ed In groups. It has been said by persons who should be in a position to know that during Glassmoyer's period in office ho has been mugged on every group picture. Another name which comes to tho mind is that of Irvin Impink, over in Wyomissmg. It Is virtually im possible to get Impink near a camera, He has what might called "camera phobia," or hatred of cameras.

He runs at the sight of a camera. There is, however, one view (a three quarter face) which Impink considers a good likeness and which he declares cannot be bettered. NEXT WEEK IS National Vaude ville Artists' Week throughout the United States. Here in Reading the vaudeville theatres will probably present some extra form of entertainment designed to raise money for the use of the sick and unfortunate among the vaudeville actors of tiie nation. Do you remember the war days when the actors who vlsitd Reading gave all the time asked of them to help swell this town's quotas? Do you recall the unselfish giving of their time to doughboys from Read ing in tiie camps and overseas? Do you recall the number of actors who have gone to our orphanages and In stitutions and entertained our sick and unfortunate? Yep, this Is a free advertisement for National Vaudeville Artists' Week.

HAVE YOU EVER read tho inscription on the brown stone window ledge on the house at the northeast coiner of Fourth and Walnut streets? Cut deep into the stone is: Lock No, What it means or why it Is there is beyond us. "YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERY BODY" is a platitude that probably came out of the ark with Noah. Re cently the city fathers, seeking to please tho housewife, decided that garbage men should be made to re placo tho lids on all garbage cans. One woman who read of the plan objected. "I like my garbage can to air," she said.

THE LIONS CLUB has planned a national chain broadcasting program for the blind. The Lions will go on the air Saturday, April 28, at 10 p. m. Work among the blind Is one of the charitable activities of the Lions club. Each member of Lions International contributed 25 cents toward the broadcasting program.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS seems quite aroused over telling that the University glee club sang "A 'Sol dier's Farewell," Just as Senator Frank B. Willis left the platform at his hometown reception and fell dead in the arms of his private secretary. There was just as unique touch to the announcement of the news as It was given over WEAF, Dr. E. K.

Golding tells us. A quartet had been broadcasting a program of the music referred to as "popular numbers." At the end of "Sunshine," the announcer broke In and told of the death of the senator who died as his fellow townsmen welcomed him home as a presidential candidate. Then the program by the quartet was resumed and the quartet oblivious to what the announcer hud just told the audience sang, "My Old Ohio Home." If the Democrats can think up as many mean things to say about Republicans as they are now saying about other Democrats, it ought to ile a pretty fair campaign. New York Evening Post. About the only thing the senate Is not Investigating at present Is the Jnformniory double In auction bridge, Arkansas GazcUs, ,.) Day by Day IN New York By O.

0. M'INTYRE NEW YORK, April 3 Bringing out a New York debutante costs from $10,000 to $100,000. Most of which goes to dressmakers, the florists and the hotels where the "coming out" parties are given. Some parents employ press agents to keep society editors informed. The majority of debutantes mak the social bow at the ago of elghteenVf They have finished at select boarding schools and usually spend a year abroad.

Some are bright, vital and a little disturbing to masculine hearts and others are shy, awkward and lacking the well known neuter pronoun. If they have been presented at 1 court prior to their debut, it takes on a little more significance. Vast sums, I am told, have been spent in engineering this gesture. It seems to mean more in social swank than anything else, beating genealogical distinction. A debut is In final analysis a bid for a husband as well as showing' friends and relatives of parents what a fine daughter they have turned out.

Broadly speaking, it indicates the debutante is in the matrimonial market and may tho best man win. Personally I have never met a debutante, but being the polite boy I am, I once opened a limousine door for one. Absent mlmledly she fum bled at her purse and then seeing I was not in uniform, bowed her thanks in a sort of sweet terror. The difficulty with debutantes, it is observed, Is they want to fly away with a duke. This may bo duo to their expert "fini hing," causing the home grown products to seem clods In contrast to elegant hand kissers from over sea.

Several debutantes have made their bow amid all the fuss and fine feath ers, and Immediately turned from society to Bohemian sets. One married a rag time king. Another the family chauffeur. Still another the manager of a chain store. And so on.

HAVE STOPPED watching a floor of dancers. There are certain men who employ a look at me manner and are such terrible dancers I find myself with murder In my heart for tiie rest of the evening. And murder Isn't refined. IT IS INTERESTING to sit behind Peggy Joyce In the thpatre. The other evening she came in swathed In chln chill.i, blooming with white orchids and spreading the scent of Oriental perfume.

When she caressed the back of her hair, there was revealed finger ring with a square sized diamond the size of the old fashioned two cent postage stamp. If It wasn't the Kohlnoor It was its little brother. AUDIENCES SHOW no signs of reforming in tho matter of arriving at the theatre late. More than fifty oamn In a theatre the other night in the middle of the final act, all a bit cock eyed. THIS IS TOLD by a photographer.

A gentleman him and three of his fellows to stand nt a theatre entrance and take flashlights of ths gentleman and his lady as they stepped from their auto. It seems the gentleman had a dozen guests waiting ot the entrance for him and the gesture was, the photogrnnher said, merely to Impress them. That's one way. IN THE PAST three weeks I have met four men who were failures at fifty broke, jobless, down and out nnd two were In miserable health. i health, No one of them Is now.

sixty, but xty, but they arc back on their feet phv and financially. Two are i mo re money than they ever ms don't know how others feel, hut thj A. I port of news affects me Joyously. I want to turn a few cartwheels In th street. The Idea that men begin to slow tip at forty Is going to th scrap bfnn.

I am beginning1 to be lkivn few men have, good hard sons until they reach that nrn. 'ght, 1928) iiyslcol maklrfc made, ry i.