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Insurgent Republicans on the Outside
.Washington says that an aggressive independent’s
plan to force a powerful wedge into the house control is
on the way. Regardless of which party organizes that
branch in the coming congress next month Rep. La Guar-
dia (r) New York and Rep. Kvale of Minnesota (f-1)
have served notice that although the democrats have a
majority at this time sufficient to elect a speaker neither
party will have a working majority without they co-oper-
ate with the progressives. They have invited progressive
democrats to join their ranks. The man from New York
and the man from Minnesota have reserved the right
to support and urge such legislation as they deem pro-
per and to the best interest of the country. Even if Gar-
ner should be elected these two independents who have
boldly asserted their program will hold the balance of
power in the new house. It is a pretty kettle of fish all
around. John N. Garner has celebrated his 62nd birth-
day. He is off on his 63rd year. He has 26 congres-
sional service to his credit and he is going to have trou-
bles of his own.
Bankers* Cotton Holding Movement
Southern bankers principally in the cotton belt and
led by Nathan Adams of Dallas have made an agree-
ment to lock up 6600000 bales of cotton for one year.
They have arranged to make or renew loans to farmers
for holding 3100000 bales or 400000 bales short of the
original quota. Now the federal farm board and the
American Cotton Co-operative association for their part
have agreed to hold their stores o fabout 3500000 until
July 31 1932 the beginning of the new crop year. This
pledge would not be binding if the price should reach
121/2 cents a pound during the interim.
Japan is a large buyer of American cotton. China
is a heavy buyer. American cotton men say they are not
buying because of war but because American cotton is
very cheap. Regardless of this they are heavy buyers.
With the holding movement agreement as stated and the
oriental textile agents promising to take millions of bales
why shouldn’t cotton advance in price and with heavy
acreage reduction next year come into its own?
‘Glorious Isolation?’
James W. Gerard former ambassador to Germany
advocated in a recent speech that Uncle Sam maintain
an army of 500000 men an adequate navy “and a reso-
lution to sit tight and mind his own business.” His for-
mula is at least simple and easy to understand; the only
trouble with it might come from an attempt to define just
exactly what minding his own business might include.
Traditionally nothing that happens beyond the seas
is Uncle Sam’s business. The fear of entangling foreign
alliances reflects that feeling; presumably it was behind
Mr. Gerard’s advice. Yet it has become more and jnore
evident in recent years that the nation simply cannot
shut its eyes to events in Europe and Asia. Whether it
likes it or not the United States has a very direct con-
cern in international affairs. Banker and exporter to half
the world—how is the old gentleman going to ignore the
doings of his neighbors?
New York
Letter
NEW YORK — Information on
what Gothamites are chatting about
over their teacups and cocktails:
• • •
ART—Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt
Whitney devotee of the arte and a
sculptress with sufficient fortune to
care little about commercial values
has presented New York with its
most interesting art gallery. The ad-
dress Is No- 10 Eighth street and
since it’s going to be permanent
there’s no hurry. And there’s a ro-
mance attached. Some 20 years ago.
Mrs. Whitney decided that young
and unrecognized talent should have
a better break. She took possession
of three buildings that had once
been proud mansions of earlier days
and turned them into the “Studio
Club.” It was for those youngsters
who must grope their way through
the esthetic mazos and scores of
proteges have graduated into rec-
ognized artists. For the past two
years the buildings have been re-
modeled 500 paintings have been
installed together with etchings and
sculpings and the museum has be-
come the art event of the year.
• • m
MUSIC—Now that Ethel Legln-
ska is back in the limelight a* a
musical director of consequence
they’re recalling the eccentric be-
havior of this excellent musician a
few years back. In those days she
had a quaint and disconcerting habit
of m&’ting engagements to play the
piano in one town and turning up
somewhere else. Her fadeouts be-
came front page material which she
eventually blamed on nerves. In
Europe however she directed her
own orchestra and now at 37. she
finds herself acclaimed for direct-
ing the opera “Boccacio-’’ Since tak-
ing up the baton. Leginska has been
very happy. No more temperament
or mental distress!
Which reminds me—her name
isn't Lekinska at all! She had an
English name—the good plebian
name df Ethel Leggett and she
came from Hull England. “Legin-
ska" apparently seemed a better
performing name than Leggett and
there your are!
• • •
DRAMA—The return of New
York’s favorites. Alfred Lunt and
Lynn Fontanne is quite the theatri-
cal tid-bit of the moment. That and
the fact that the tall and lean
Robert Sherwood who has been
towering over first night crowds
these many years has written a
brilliant piece titled “Reunion in
Vienna” in which the Lunt* appear.
Herein too is a bedroom scene from
which even the torchy Mae West
could learn a thing or two. One of
the lessons would reveal how to put
on a fairly scorching act which
brings laughter rather than blushes.
Not so easy!
Don't hurry! It will still be here
next spring.
• • •
LITERATI—The season’s best
“lions” have proved strangely gentle.
At the moment they talk about the
shy. soft-voiced daddy of Christo-
pher Robin and Wlnnie-the-Pooh.
A. A. Milne has thus far dodged
the lecture platforms but not the
tea parties At his “coming out”
Milne appeared to be slightly gun-
shy and frightened of gushing ladies.
I "'J
Travelers say Turkish omcials
are hard to bribe. They will not
take the Caliph you're looking.
• • •
There was a day when it was
an accomplishment to do the
•‘hundred” in 10 seconds flat. To-
day its a miracle to do anything
any other way.
• • •
Iowa is having a cattle war.
Which recalls that Chicago had
an experience with Mrs O'Leary’s
cow. And that was no bull.
• • •
Lupe Velez has just got her sec-
ond sister into the movies. That's
knocking the public for a Lupe.
• • •
More than 1500 have written
biographies of Lincoln. Ani nearly
1.000.000 have written biographies
of Capone.
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TIME PAYMENTS FOR THE
DOCTOR
Plans for a financing corpora-!
tion to provide for time payments 1
on doctors’ bills are announced by !
the New York Academy of Medicine i
The idea Is to bring even the most j
expensive sicknesses within the !
reach of the masses.
• •
Under present conditions there are I
scores of maladies that only the j
rich can afford to have.
• • •
Under the academy plan the work-
ingman can arrange to have the
same Illnesses that the capitalists
have without feeling the burden-
• • •
The financial corporation will
float exclusive maladies Just as auto-
mobiles and other luxuries are float-
ed. The first thing the patient does
is to decide whether to pay for his
operation outright or on the deferr-
ed payment plan.
• • •
Then he consults his doctor and
goes over the price list. Possibly hei
is intrigued by something very new
and fashionable in the way of a
tonsil removal.
"What will It cost me?" he asked
the doctor.
‘Tin turning out a very wonder-
ful tonsil Job this season for $285"
says the doctor.
"Can i arrange to get it on
time?" aides the patient.
"Well" exple'is the doctor "on
the deferred payment plan we have
to add a little extra to cover inter-
est and carrying charges. Let me
see."
Here the doctor consults his 1932
cf talogue.
"Oh yes. here it is!" he finally
I excHlms. "This tonsil removal Job
| o ' the twelve-month payment plan
v. m coat you $310.50.”
"How will the payments be
sj red?" asks the patient.
“You pay $50 down and the rest
in twelve or fifteen monthly pay-
ments whichever you prefer. It’s all
handled by the Sickabed Financing
Corporation. Limited. Their agent
calls monthly for the installment."
• • •
AH of which will make it easy for
the average man to carry an Illness
without in a manner of speaking
feeling it.
• • •
And it will make it possible for
him to have a wide range of selec-
tion in choofing a physician. Here-
tofore he has had to take what he
could get.
• • •
Under the new plan a man win
be able to get a tall thin practition-
er with a black beard and a great
reputation or a sMort fat doctor
with side whiskers and his name on
four hospital boards. The financing
corporation will arrange the details.
• • •
And after twelve payments the
patient will own his sickness out-
right.
• • •
BUT ITS STILL THE SAME
Because of Mayor Walker’s Calif-
ornia mission they are calling in
Tommooney Hall.
• • •
Johnny Farrell’s marriage we ob-
serve was solemnized by the Rev
Father James A. Boyle of Bronx-
ville N. Y. The selection of a priest
was. we take it. not a random one.
Father Boyle is one of the best
golfers in the United States can go
around in better than 75 any time
anywhere and if he were not a priest
he would be among the headliners
of the golfing world.
• • •
There is a rumor that it was not
Albie Booth who won that game
from Harvard after all but Ted
Husing in disguise.
' • *
The promotors made a big mis-
take when they did not arrange to
have Mayor Walker make his plea
for Tom Mooney between the halve*
of a football game at the Rose Bowl.
the proceeds to go to charity.
• • •
The railroad chiefs have deliver-
ed an ultimattum to railroad work-
ers that they will have to take a
wage cut. Modem Cases' Jones
The caller called Casey at half
past four.
Kissed his wife at the station door.
Mounted to the cabin with his
orders in hi* hand
And took his ten per cent cut in
the manner grand.
--
Daily Health
Talk
The conception that can ay and j
sweets are a serious menace to1
child health is based upon years of
belief by both physicians and
parents.
For years it has been thought
that the eating of candy was the
cause of dental caries. More re-
cent evidence indicates that prop-
er feeding of vitamins A C and D.
and proper amounts of calcium
and phosphorus In the diet are far
more important In relationship to
dental canes than could be the
eating of sugar and sweets.
Dr. A. A. Osman presented the
subject before the Section on
Odontology of the Royal Society of
Medicine In Great Britain. He
pointed out that the child which
is growing rapidly requires more
carbohydrate to provide for its
energy and muscular output than
does the adult. He pointed out that
the harmful results of depriving
the child of carbohydrates in the
form of sugar and sweets might
greatly outweigh any possible harm
that might be caused to the teeth
by Including a nroper quantity of
sugar in the diet.
• • •
•TCie desire of the average child
for sweets may be simply the
natural expression of the call by
its cells due to fatigue or to its
growing body for additional car-
bohydrates. The determination of
how much sugar may be necessary
for the child is. of course a matter
of dietetic computation. Parent*
must learn the caloric values of
various foods and make certain that
the child's Intake of energy-provid-
ing material is sufficient to meet
its needs.
It is. however essential to choose
the right kind of carbohvdrate in
freeing the child. It must be realiz
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amounts of carbohydrates and that
sweets vary in their nature. Sub
stands that are extremely sticky
and hard to chew may be very bad
for the teeth and the gums. Hard
candies such ns the usual lotlypop
or all-day sucker are In general
preferable.
Lord Lansdowne i statement pro-
duced a violent discussion in Eng-
land. and with few exceptions in-
fluential newspapers and publicists
condemned his suggestions crit-
icized the ad-ion as untimely and
as likely to create impressions of
divided counsels In influential
quarters
i Quotations
People expressing party views
ought to be careful that they are
not damaging national Interests
—Ramsay MacDonal<VS|
• • • y
We cannot go on buying our daw
bread and butter with paper n-
less there is something behind It.
—O. B. 8haw.
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The necessity to make no change
in our national officers becomes
greater in the light of daily de-
velopments.
I —Senator' Arthur R. Robinson.
HAZEL
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BKC1N HERE TODAY
MARY DARKNESS plots to en-
snare THE ELY. who “framed*
her brother. EDDIE with the
murder of Mil*. JL PITER and
ran him down In keep him from
telling. Mil. JI PITER aids her.
as does BOWEN of the Star.
Everyone else believes Eddie
guilty. Including DICK HIT-
THi.lt. Mary's flanee. who forbids
her to Investigate further. Hla
family objects to the notoriety.
BRUCE JI PITER and a ques-
tionable friend. COUNTESS
LOUISE try to rout Mary believ-
ing she Is a gold-digger trying to
oteal Brace's inheritanee. They
follow The Ely to Miami. Brace
quarrel* with Louise over a dia-
mond bracelet given her by The
Ely as security for a debt. Who
says It Is Mary's. Brace makes
her give It to Mary who dis-
covers It was stolen from Mrs.
Jnpiter the night she was killed.
The bracelet Is locked up a* evi-
dence.
Wearing the famoua Jnpiter
necklace. Nary dances with The
Ely. She la accidentally left alone
with him with the neeklaee In
her handbng. Under the excuse
of protecting It tor her he pnte
It In his pocket. They do an ex-
hibition dance daring which he
kisses krr. Dirk who has come
to Miami with the party of COR-
NELIA TABOR. Mary’s rival
kanrka De I.niua down.
Dirk twists kla ankle and
faints Mary kas him carried to
» cab. Oa the way The Ely skips
with the handbag In bis pocket
bat a policeman brings him hark
nod makes him return the hand-
bag.
NOW CO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XLI
*<• J 00K In your pocket—it must
have fallen out!1* Mary ap
pealed to Do Loma.
Had he had time to extract the
necklace and hide It somewhere
before the policeman saw him? She
held her breath- "What must have
fallen out?”
“Why—the necklace?”
His eyebrows went up. “But you
told me Mr. Bates had It!"
Mary colored but her eyes never
left his face. The detective moved
closer.
“Come on.” be said roughly
“fork up. If you’ve got it"
Smiling venomously De Loma
drew his hand out of his pocket and
handed her—the ruby necklace. Al-
most ditty with relief she dropped
it into her handbag again. The
gaping bellboy and the waiter she
paid off. and they moved away un-
willingly-fascinated watchers of
the scene.
“Say!" snapped the hotel detec-
tive “I've got a good mind to—"
De Loma moved away from bis
grasp fastidiously. He held up his
hand. The consummate Insolence
of the man was astounding.
"It was only a Joke!" he insisted.
“She is too careless with her jewels
—I told her so. I merely wished to
frighten her a bit. officer that's all!”
His patient Ingratiating air as he
made this preposterous explanation
of his actions was very nearly con-
vincing.
The detective looked uncertainly
at Mary. “Say is this guy on the
level or not? If you say so I’ll
scare him a little bit—"
“It’s perfectly true what he says"
Mary assured him hurriedly and a
trifle hautily “This man is Count
De Loma—he is ray escort and it’s
all quite true. Now if you please
wo must hurry—” Her anxious
eyes sought the cab.
“Who'll help you down at the pier
with that man?” the detective called
after her dubiously.
"I can manage—with a little
help.” the taxi-driver offerd.
“I’ll look after this man" De
Loma said loftily climbing into the
cab after her
“Stupid asses!” He continued to
curse tbe police force In ell its
brancbes with heartfelt fervor for
several blocks.
Dirk was stirring now ... he
looked about the dim interior of
the cab with a dazed expression
felt of the back of bis head which
bad struck the floor soundly when
he fainted. With amazement he
recognized Mary who returned his
look with pleading in her eyes.
"Where are you taking me?* he
demanded looking out the window
suspiciously.
"To a doctor. Please don't talk!"
She laid a pleading hand on his.
He Jerked his hand away.
"‘What is this?" he blazed at her.
"Kidnaping? Take me back to the
hotel at once! As for you. you
dirty snake—* He glared at De
Loma. who lifted supercilious eye-
brows and continued to gaze
straight ahead. But the sudden
movemen. bad silenced Dirk; pain
in tbe twisted ankle made him lean
back and draw his breath hlsslngly
in an effort to avoid crying out
Tbe cab stopped at tbe pier and
Mary peered out uncertainly into
tbe dark. A new danger presented
itself—this deserted spot a crip-
pled man on her hands and no one
but this unsuspecting cab-driver for
| a protector.
( • • •
QOT of .ho b.ao„ .arm mow
man in sailor unllym appeared
and touched bis eap.^
"You for the ‘Gypsy1? Ijjr io
1 take you aboard."
Mary recognizd a member of the
deck crew and breathed a sigh of
relief. The massive young man
lifted Dirk as if he had been a baby
and with very little aid got him
into the dinghy. Mary took the
precaution of going first. De Loma
1 followed hesitantly. Obviously he
was more than anxious to come
along and merely waiting an invita-
tion to jump aboard too. Mary
gave it—enthusiastically enough
now that she was so soon to be
safely on board and this nightmare
of anxiety ended.
“Do come!” she begged. ‘There’ll
he cocktails. And the boat can
bring you back whenever you like!”
A second tax! drew up at the end
of the pier. Before It could unload
its passengers Mary cried “Quick!
Before the reporters come!” With-
out a backward look De Lonta
stepped into the boat and they
shored off.
The taxicab’s passenger turned
out to be George Bowen. Mary
could see the familiar slouchy figure
plainly under the light as be paid
off his cab-driver and ambled about
the pier. She could not imagine
wbat bis errand was. and she bad
no time to find out They must get
Dirk aboard and Into a doctor’s
hands. He had lapsed into uncon-
sciousness again—which was merci-
ful—since the small boat bounded
hae a cork.
It was only a short row to the
"Gypsy” but it seemed miles to
Mary with Dirk lying whit# and
still against her shoulder. As the
dinghy scraped along the side of
the yacht a sailor ran down the
suspended gangplank and pulled
them against the stage. Captain
Hendricks was a step behind him.
The sight of his bulky figure was
like a lighthouse in a storm to
Mary.
“Captain It's Mr. Ruyther” she
almost sobbed. "He’s hurt terribly.”
“There now Miss Mary.” he said
brusquely. '’Everything will be all
right. We'll fix him up. You and
the gentleman climb oat now and
I’ll take care of the young man.”
Mary scrambled up tbs gang-
plank. De Loma on her heels. To
get her they peered o»er the rail as
Captain Hendricks came puffing up.
sure-footed as a mountain goat
with the injured man a senseless
bnrden in his arms. Mary ran
along the deck opening doors until
she found a cabin that was not
occupied. The captain deposited
his burden on the low bed and.
stripping off his coat prepared to
make an examination.
“How was he hurt?" he asked
curiously as he raised Dirk and
| slipped off his coat unfastening his
{collar.
“I think it must be felt leg. Cap-
tain. He fell—"
“Get me a knife."
• • •
\f ARY ran swiftly down the deck.
iA and down the gangway to the
galley. In the drawer she found
a butcher knife and hurried back
with It De Loma was leaning on
the raiL She hailed a steward and
told him to take the man's order.
“I hardly needed a knife so
large." Captain Hendricks smiled
but he accepted it and quickly cut
I Dirk's shoe laces and spilt the
opening larger. Dirk turned and
moaned as the captain tugged at
the shoe.
“Bad sprain there." He ripped
off the sock and disclosed an ankle
already swollen and purple. “Hot
packs for a few hours plenty of j
rest and he'll be all right" He rang
for a steward and ordered a bowl
of hot water and towels.
"Hello our patient Is romlng to"
I ho said as Dirk stirred uneasily.
"Hand me the decanter piease. And
a glass."
With his arm under the younger
man’s shoulders he raised him to a
sitting position and held the glass
to hlsslips. Dirk opened his eyes
slowlywnd took tho offered drink.;
Full consciousness returned and be
1 looked around the room. His eyes
lighted as they reached Mary sod
she started forward eagerly. Then
his look hardened as he remembered
the events of the evening and he
fell back on the bed.
“You run along. Miss Mary" j
Captain Hendricks urged. “We'll J
take care of your young man for
yon."
Mary was on the verge of crying
as she stepped out on deck but she j
had too much to think about to
■ give way Just yet There was a
light under Mr. Jupiter’s door and
her first act was to put the rubles
I in bis possession with a breathless I
account of the evening's fright and
Bates’ failure to show up. One*
the rubles were locked up In the
cabinet safe she felt better. Let
The Fly get them now if be could!
“I’ve brought him on board and j
I think be means to stay." she told 1
him. “But to tell the truth. I’m ter*
rlbly frightened of him . . . he’s
a devil . She closed her eyea
to shut out the vision of that grin-
ning. lustful face above her own:
involuntarily she drew her hand
across her lips as If to wipe away
bis kiss.
“Leave him to me!” Jupiter
j thundered. “By God I can han- 1
die him! Can’t shoot the fellow
down in cold blood but there are
other ways— Where’s Hendricksr jj
Suddenly he was a bundle of en-
ergy. cracking out command.
Tell Hendricks to get up stea.j
at once. We sail at midnight. If
Bates shows up then. O. K. If
not we’ll go without him.”
"Where to?” Mary asked in
amazement.
"Tell him Dry Tortugas.”
“You’re going to taka him—
fishing with you?”
The old man did not answer. A
demoniac gleam was In his eye.
"I’ll show him some—fishing” be
promised savagely. Wondering
...—
Mary ran to carry hts order to
Captain Hendricks.
“And captain send a man
asbore to look for Mr. Bates and
Brace. If they don’t return within
the bait boor. We don’t want to
be delayed waiting for them.**
• e e
ITEX BRICKS was deeply im-
** pressed by the order. Ho
stood a moment lost In thought
but he did not temm ill-pleased—
on the contrary strangely excited
and rather happy.
“So—you’ve got him trapped
eh?” he mused. He was s hearty
vital sort of man fond of life and
with an insatiable love of adven-
ture which his seafaring life man-
aged to satisfy only in part. He
was as Interested In the capture
of Mrs. Jupiter’s murderer as any
outsider could be. And as for the
Imminent struggle with a danger-
ous criminal Mary could have
sworn be was looking forward to
it with keen anticipation!
The Fly wheeled about as sho
came up behind him with tho
alacrity of a man trained to keep
bis face toward his enemies.
“You mustn’t think of going
ashore tonight** Mary told him.
*TM have tho steward prepare
one of the vacant staterooms for
you. Did you like your drink?'*
there was a faint suggestion of
archness a softly caressing note
In her voice that caught his ear
Instantly—the ear of a born Bon
Juan keenly attuned to such nu-
ances.
He began a conventional pro-
test. but she hurried on:
r lease: Mr. Jupiter fs so
anxious to avoid publicity and tbs
reporters will pounce on you if
you set foot ashore. If they corns
here we can refuse to tee them
But that one on the pier may still
bs waiting—there may be dosens.
by now—** She shuddered. a
moved a trifle nearer.
“Resides—that girl on tbo ro
the one for wnom you danced*"
He looked at her In surprise and
she shook s roguish finger at him.
“Ah you didn’t think 1 knew? If
yon go back now 1 shall thick
you go back to her!**
His gallantry challenged hs
spent the next half hour protest-
ing the charge. Inflamed with the
ardor of the chase held In spite
of himself by the spell of this
girl’s loveliness doubly potent in
the cool moonlight. It was nearly
midnight before Mary could get
away utterly worn and nervt-
wracaed from the strain of being
alluring without actually submit-
ting to his advances.
Finally she sent him to hla
stateroom tn a steward’s charge.
She undressed wearily. Thank
God. they would be under way
soon. Bates had not arrived nor
Bruce and the Countess. But any
minute might bring tbtfm.
She slipped on e negligee end
went out on deck for e lest look
toward shore. The yacht wea
quiet except for e muffled pound-
Ing and stir below decks where
the fireman was tending hla oil
burners under the boiler. Mr.
Jupiter’s room was just around
»ne corner from her own. One of
his stateroom windows opened on
the deck beside where she was
standing. She slipped quietly
along and stopped Just by the
porthole. A reassuring snore
sounded within the stateroom end
she sighed with relief. Stepping
on around the corner aha taw
what seemed to be e shadow dis-
appearing around the forward
bulkhead. Stifling e scream she
crept back Into tbe shadows.
_ (To Be Continued)
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