Show I 1 BOGUS REFORMERS I 1 no one will deny that now I 1 and then a real reformer arises who is able to point out some social abuse that needs attention and endeavors through i legitimate methods and with I 1 sincerity of purpose to accomplish the reform sought on the other hand it is evident to every thoughtful observer that a large of would be reformers are merely chrome peddlers meddlers medd lers and seekers who have no hon est desire to be of service to society but are only disturbers disturb ers and mischief makers brand former american ambassador to bel amm takes the measure of these bogus reformers in a recent magazine article in which he declares most reforms are undertaken not to reform or improve anybody or to make anybody happier but to gratify a love of interference incidentally they may gratify a love of notoriety also or provide someone with a job as secretary but at bottom they are inspired almost wholly by the love of interference ter due to the gullibility of the public these loudmouthed loud mouthed and altogether offensive persons usually encounter no difficulty in enlisting the support of a sufficient number of people to enable them to exploit themselves and their foolish schemes for a time at least when one movement plays out they in avent another and so continue their role indefinitely if the time and money devoted to the glorification of these social parasites were applied to really worthwhile purposes much good might be ac comprised ed the professional reformer is about the sorriest type of citizen with which a long suffering public has to contend when mrs W E doyle of buffalo N Y filed suit for divorce she averred that her husband was so stunningly handsome that women constantly annoyed him it is an ill wind that blows nobody good according to the old proverb and this seems true of the present depression it is reported that professional promoters have made as high as a week in commissions by collecting funds for the unemployed in philadelphia sir hubert who will attempt to reach the north pole under the ice in a submarine is quoted as saying if we are 60 per cent successful the submarine arctic expedition will have been worth while but if his sub gets only 50 per cent of the way back home we fail to see where the would come in A youngster wrote to a new york editor asking how old is a boy supposed to be before he can do as he pleases came the reply we dont know nobody ever lived that long even old methuselah probably had someone to tell him where to head in now and then rita leroy movie actress has a knack for business as well as art A few months ago she bought a stray russian wolf hound that had been impounded in los angeles for 3 later the dog appeared with her in a picture and she collected 25 a day for its services A fellow in camden N J tried to make capital out of impersonating floyd gibbons rap id fire radio broadcaster who lost an eye while serving as a war correspondent in france the impostor made the mistake of wearing a patch over the wrong eye and was fined for his attempted deception william webb of washington was put in jail for turning in ten false alarms in two hours he cant explain exactly what made him do it but somehow felt an urge he resist lots of us would get a big kick out of calling out the fire department part ment if we were not afraid of the consequences A new york store is said to have a boy regularly employed to act as scapegoat for the firm when a stupid blunder in delivery or other service is made by someone this boy is brought before the complaining customer roundly bawled out and fired he meekly takes his hat and leaves returning later by the back door to be ready for his next discharge few tears will be shed over the wickersham commission which went out of official existence at the end of the fiscal year because congress failed to make an appropriation for its continuance like most government commissions it spent a lot of the peoples money and accomplished exactly nothing |