Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE In Spotlight me Jralt fake $iibimt Iaued Established April 15 1871 every Sait Lake Tribun Publishing TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION morning By U 4 1937 when women and children The raid occurred on a market-da- y town was full of peasants who had CQme In from the rural districts to dispose of their produce The recent air raids on Bilbao a re said to have been carried out by German bombing planes of the Junker type During the worst of these raids on the Basque front the rebels are said to have employed 3s many as' thirty planes at onetime each plane malting six flights and dropping four I iI bombs altogether humane point of view all such acts are diabolical and Inane But war of course cannot be judged from this point of view" As a matter of fact the law of reprisal is a rule of international law Acts of retaliation by one belligerent to comper another to refrain from committing unlawful acts of war in the history of warfare Measures of a re of course redress short of war such as the occupation of a portihe detention of vessels or the institution of a pacific blockade are customary and apparently legal forms of reprisal The consequence of these recent acts of reprisal between Germany and Spain are apparent on a moments reflection however If matters get worse Germany will inevitably declare war on Spam and Italy because of her sympathy and treaty obligations will take sides with Germany Russia’s sympathy with the liberal if not "red" government of Spain will draw her into From a n position and the conflict and France because of her geographical her present political sympathies will be forced to participate also All of which makes it clear that the peace of Europe depends the action of Great Britain the only great European power is in any sense neutral at the moment England’s position made clear following the German bombardment of Almeria she advised Hitler through the proper diplomatic channels ‘‘keep cqol and do nothing more to make a grave situation more -- serious’' upon that was when ' Deflating the Criminal’s Kgo mystery which for some time has surrounded the prison on Alcatraz island was lifted recently when Warden statements regarding the ‘James A Johnson made certain-publinature and purpose of Uncle Sam’s "Devil’s islatro" — v It may be a surprise to many to learn that the prison population at Alcatraz is comparatively small and that it is made up of incorrigible prisoners transferred from other federal penitentiaries Apparently no prisoner is wer sentenced directly to Alcatraz only e cdnvicts who transfer cases are dealt with and these are have shown no improvement and evidence no signs of reformation in the federal prison-t- which they were originally committed In his public address at Oakland Warden Johnson — formerly warden at Folsom and San Quentin— voiced a somewhat new and THE - long-tim- o in our opinion He believes for commendably rugged philosophy of punishment instance that the “super” criminal suffers from a “super” ego “Our job” he says "is to defeat that ego We play them down not up” In commenting on the famous (infamous would be a better wordrperhaps) cases which he has handled already Mr Johnson says “We have had some tough customers but I believe we have whittled them (that is their egoes) down to their proper size We have brought all of them to the realization that they are not as they were" big asOnetheyof thought the devices by which this process is achieved is the absolute equality of treatment Effective also is the insistence that every man obey the rules and do his share of the work and drudgery involved in the administration of the prison We are assured on the other hand that Alcatraz is not a dun-pebelow sea level with water seeping in as the proverbial story books suggest Nor is it a place apparently where strong-armethods are employed to discipline the men One of the most interesting and useful lessons to be learned from the management of a prison bke Alcatraz is the possibility of disciplining the most unruly cases without resorting to brutal punishment All that is necessary apparently in dealing with a prisoner who violates prison rules is to deprive him of his tobacco ration or his visiting privileges The federal government and its bureau of prisons is to be for its courage in maintaining at least one’ prison where absolute-conformi- ty to the rules of social discipline Js insisted upon without fear or favor The apparent success of Alcatraz isa challenge tdthescores oTstata afid local prisons which are notoriously lax in their efforts at punishment and reformation on com-mend- ed Utah’s Scenic Attractions Portrayed prophets are often accorded recognition PHOTOGRAPHERS riea r e r h orneT U1 ah h a sonea rti st of the lens who travels over the United States lecturing on the scenic attractions of this intermountain country its resources and advantages without asking audiences' to rely altogether upon his eloquence and enthusiasm He carries the proof of what hevsays and presents it for both direct and Not only does he cross-examinati- have conclusive proofs but negatives that do not deny even sub- -— — stantiate every- - claim he makes -- : The "Gyrator” published weekly by the Rotary club oMlhi- cago one of the most powerful and aggressive chapters of a great international organization of business men devotes the first column of the first page of its current issue to Randall L: Jones whose illus-- t rated lecture recently delivered to that body is characterized as "“a sermon indelibly written upon our memories” It say's that "he placed before his audience pictures of exquisite vivid beauty that compel recognition of Mr Jones as a true artist" The publication enumerates a long list of pictures shown' of -:- Salt Lake City and surrounding sections "all mare beautiful than the other” Henry IJark ip riotous colors each author of the article' declares that “thirty minutes spent listening to Rotarian Jones’ i't scription nd to and purify-alh- looking cf theTBeautiful:” de- his beautiful color photographs should our gouls'and make us proud to sing America" —' upon Surely a booster whose efforts win from leading men in the larger centers of population’ such encomiums deserves ascertain m easure of credit here at home and throughout the entire basin that lies between the Rocky and Sierra Nevada ranges a region larger Germany France Italy Spain England Scotland Ireland and ' "Portugal combined- The response of the Rotarian Gyrator is appreciated by every described in words or pdrtrayeQ upon the screen 4 v e I at of to Undoubtedly the treasury J has the names to fit the cases Y ' presented by Mr Roose v e 1 1 Frank R Kent and the joint committee of house and senate will give these plenty of unpleasant Few will sympathize publicity with their sufferings They will deserve what they getr — — Nevertheless it seems worth while to preserve a sense of proportion about this sort of thing and to recognize that the opportunities for political exploitation and abuse of power are not absent —and are not being overlooked In the first place the president himeelf admits that the number of immoral and unethical" evasions are relatively-feand the great’ incmajority of higher-brackome-tax payers make honest returns It is the more stupid ones who do not es et Rifles Crack Innocent Smeared In the second place in such an inquiry as he has projected it is certain that some entirely innocent and honorable men will be smeared along with the “immoial and unethical” There is nothing the world a certain type of senator likes quite as well as baitonly deing a rich jnan-Haji- ot rives personal enjoyment from the process but is happy in the belief that he is strengthening himself politically among his constituents This investigation presents to this kind of demagogue an opportunity such as has not been had since they got Mr Morgan on the stand in 1933 It is true too that the prospect has revived the somer what drooping spirits of new deal leaders in Washington who since the supreme court fight began have been pained at their inability to use the Liberty league as a target and have longed for a few available economic royalists to belabor Attempts to identify the "international bankers” and "Wall Street" with the opposition were made but they have been singularly futile Timely Move Giving full weight to the de sirability of plugging loopholes in the law and checking tax evasions still It seems to detached observ- ers that if the president had deliberately timed and staged this movement so as to divert attention from the new deal failures and arouse the prejudice of the people against the "greedy rich” so as to improve the prospects of the amazing bills he is now urging he could not have done so more skillfully — provided they do not see through it First he permits an inspired story to appear in a great New York paper forecasting his action Then he develops every publicity possibility of his press conference Finally the message itself with Its “case histories" as sensationally as possible makes Its appearance It cannot be denied that so far as Mr Roosevelt is concerned he has ballyhooed this business to the limit and as adroitly as it could be dofte It Is the sort of thing very much to his taste It makes the sort of news he loves to make and the kind upon which his administration has thriven for four years The disclosure of one multimillionaire who incorporates his yacht and pays himself a salary is calculated to make a lot of people forget his shocking attempt to degrade the judicial branch pf the government and cause a popular reaction in his favor as the fear-eneof the opulent - Should Take Suggestion that Is the way his practical friends feel about it If At least he is reaily sincere in this tax drive— If he —intends — to- - -- 'go through" and hia object is not merely ter expose and pillory a few boobtah and unprincipled rich men 'it does seem that he would welcome applaud and support the' suggestions of Senator Byrd of VirginiaSenator Byrd commends yie president’s message He declares himself in accord with its avowed purpose But he asserts that if the president really wants results he will repeal the tax exemption of county state municipal and national bonds of whirh there are more than $550000003)00 affording a— grand — refugee— for wealthy men who want to avoid taxes He will also Senator Byrd says take steps to repeat1 the law which exempts from state income taxes nearly a million federal of-ficeholders There Is also a reciprocal arrangement by which the salaries! sjatp and pity officials are exempt from federal income tax To end these tax evasions which In volume and extent make those which Mr Roosevelt points out to congress seem puny and trivial Senator Byrd announces he has already Introduced bills li the president’s tdeaTs-reaHj- T to plug loopholes and stop tax evasion and avoidance" there seerqs little excuse for not supporting Senator Byrd's plan as Senator Byrd supports-hiThe Byrd suggestions are not new and ara-not they exciting There will "ftot""be as murfi fun nr as much' news In pushing them but they would mean infinitely more in the the treasury wayoLrevenue-fo- r and would far more effectively get ’ taxes from th© very rich y s than cannot be nc Writer ‘Funny be commended " - resident proud of the state and ready to welcome all who come to nee fid enjoy the canyon breezesrihe crystal waters the hospitality-th- YVT iTiI ’kX air of like e sort that' business is — St 500-ou- to red-hair- the of ' the s president to end I "a A German-Spanis- h ment which lasted three or four hours and killed hundreds of men ' June 3— Thoughts while strolling: Add derbyists Bowes and Conde Nast Nothing stirs wanderlust like orchestra a liner nosing out to open sea Reddest of the leaders: Richard Himber For a smooth public speaker I’ll take Albert Edward Wigeaih Rhyme: For a swift dancing Reviews caper no one is topping Paul Draper Otto Soglow is the same size Side’ and shape of the king he draws Never knew anyone who didn’t Of Zog’s Edict like Grantland Rice Ogden Nash — By Jay franklin- still looks the collegiate freshWASHINGTON D C — Other man and Roy Howard continues to turn in those shirt and tie people are funny combinations They seem to be having a revoAny magazin'e woiild top a millution in Albania because King lion for the Duke of Windsor’s Bushy haired boys: ArZog has ordered the women to thoughts nold Genthe Will Irwin J P off take their traditional veils McEvoy and Jay C Flippen The To one who has seen the beauties midget mustache Herb Roth features the big stiff Comics have of the Near East face to face the to step some to be funnier than Moslem veil has always seemed a singularly humane device It W C Fields on the radip Or anymasks the grim realities of a where else civilization where a woman is Tempus fuglting note: F Scott rated only slightly better than Fitzgerald thatching gray at the a goat and is apt to show the temples Famous walks: Hope Williams Otis Skinner Dolores consequences But Ataturk Mustapha Kemal Mrs Fiske Jack Dempsey and unveiled the women of Turkey Chaplin Connecticut neighbors: and after a slight shock and Gene Tunney and Heywood Broun Voices alike: Nellie Revell and shudder and a few hangings the Turks went bravely ahead into Fibber McGee’s Molly Handsome scribblers: John Mcthe bleak future despite some Clain and Joe Bryan III Amermuttering over the hubble-bubblthat the good old ways were ica’s highest priced society reIn modernizing Albania best porter Maury Paul in his Rolls Wonder ifTobie Summer knows Zog bad to follow the Turkish Obie Winter? Ambition: To have fashion and expose his subjects James Melton’s voice and join the to the ultimate in human disillusionment: proof that distant boys on the courthouse steps in "Sweet Adeline!” pastures are not always greener move atrocities of the past few days we have version of the primitive law of retaliation lex talionis In a series of reprisals each one worse than the last Spain and Germany have been sparring with each other until the situation now amounts to an impasse with war as the probable alternative The latest and most drastic of these reprisals occurred a few days ago when five German warships bombarded Almeria a Spanish port in control of the loyalist forces killing about one hundred persons Official dispatches from Berlin admit the deliberateness - ofthis attack in retaliation for the bombing of the German pocket — battleship Deutschland at Ibiza a few days before- - Chancellor Hitler is quoted as saying that Germany would ask "no further restitution" and make "no further claims” to avenge the Deutschland's 24 dead and 83 wounded — ’The present series of reprisals however began when the Basque town of Guernica was completely wiped out by an aerial bombard- -' Highlights of New York As Seen by McIntyre 00 Politics S H IN modem v By Orr No decent person defends the evasion of taxes by rich men and no posted person denies that such evasions have been practiced by some -- of them In “immoral or unethical” ways office well-know- -- B Frank It Kent 1 Lex Talionis— New Style ' Medicine That Keeps Him From Getting Well NEW YORK Utah Idaho Nevada and Wyoming Elsewhere In th United States: $123 Dally and Sunday ona month Tba Tribune is on sale in every important city In the United Statei Reader may ascertain agents In any city by telephoning THE 4 1937 $ 90 1050 Salt Lake City Utah Friday Morning' June JUNE — of — Company Dally and Sunday on month Dally and Sunday on year Tba abova rates apply tn this FRIDAY MORNING The Public Forum Old Age Assistance Seen as Federal Function Editor Tribuhe: In the Forum of May 26 1937 Andrew A Van Brunt says he has beemapproached several times recently by persons who tried to interest him in a $100 a month state pension for all those persons past 65 years of age He also states that it sounds ridioulous to him You are right Mr Van Brunt It is ridiculous for the state to undertake anything Tike-th- at for it is the federal government’s to handle that question place Dr Townsend and his followers “who are legion” propose to give all the old people who have reached the age of 60 years and over and can qualify for it "a maximum” of $200 per month provided they take an oath to and do pend it in 30 days from the itme they get it It is called general welfare act Of 1937 H R 4199’ It is not a pension neither is it an annuity but it will bring prosperity to all the people rich and poor alike It will be supported by a transaction tax paid by all the By Our Readers people rich and poor who have anything to sell For instance if a rich ban sells a bond for 0 he will pay $2000 transaction tax and if a poor man sells his labor for $100 he will pay $2 transaction tax Can you see anything unfair aboutrthat? - R Mr HOVER $100-00- Wells Nev The Senator From Sandpit By Ham Park’ good Indisputably a great handsome man is the first of created things — Charlotte Bronte Dear Senator: Well you’ve been asking for it for several weeks That Oscar Knoodlefritz started It 'and you’ve continued to harp g like ever since Such you say about women I’m probably a sucker to even pay ny attention but I’ve been smoland now I’m dering gonna bust loose Don’t get me wiong — I like men (Just as you like women you worm!) But I’ll tell you what men are bke as a class — a swaggering blustering class ’Ninety per cent pure bluff and 10 per cent undiluted egotism — there they are in simple formula These preeminent males lords of creation — they are as easy to read as a primer They expand on flattery and praise like helium in a balloon and deflate with startling suddenness under the prick of scornful laughter Just can’t stand to belaugbed the game of bluff until they begin to believe it themselves They like to believe in their ehrewd-nes- s in business— why they don’t use half the strategy in the biggest deal that a woman uses to wheedle the price of a new spring one-strin- bad-nasti- es for-wee- ks — hah — And thy makeup on thy face With thy red lips reddened more Smeared with lipstick from the store From my heart I give thee joy Glad that I was born a boy” —Clipped from Dr Bill Worley’s page in the Utah State Dental association program but without knowledge of the source from which he lifted it ' Notes on the Cuff Department Inserted in the copy Dr Walt 'Gillespie sent me of the program was a card to be used by members of the association It says: "THIS OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED JUNE ATTENDING THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE UTAH STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION AT LOGAN UTAH" — That gives me an idea I think I’ll have a sign put in front of our apartmentwhich will read: "QUIET ZONE PLEASE MAKE NO UNNECESSARY NOISES ON above-mention- ed ’ AND ‘BETWEEnItHE DATES AND 30 THE SENA' OF JUNE 17 TOR IS RECUPERATING FROM THE FOOTPRINTERS’ AND ADVERTISING CLUB’S CONVENTIONS" Apparently Doc Worley has his columnar troubles too The first i hlscolumn-carrieparsgnrph-yi- f this note t ‘‘This column is set aside to be used by the members of the State Dental society Any ' I like — men — they re' so amusing It's fun to watch them perform when women pull the strings Poor blundering halfrestory-telliwits! They assure us that we Are' telling of humorous incidents will their equals slyly wink at each be published subject of course qther and go on ordering th to the editor’s senselesshlp” World to their own tastes But th last laugh is for the women beThey say the camera doesn't cause of the fact that we control lie Well then where is the hole 85 per cent of the national pursein the sole of my shoe? It's there ail right but it doesn’t show in strings We could turn the couninto a that picture of my feet published try matriarchy overnight But we won’t— it’s jnore fun the the other day Clever people is It men We like to on these’ photographers They can way go It’s their world thinking resole your shoes-ma- k avhit shirt look black and give you a filosofizing fanny three-da- y There is much in What you say growth" ofbeard right after you shaved Fanny but nevertheless a woman's heart Is still like the moon While I approve of the secret forever changing hut always witha mpn in it Laugh that off committee’s choice and admire its taste in thase lection of - Kay Blessings on thee little dajn the JohngonfQr'quceiL-O- f Bareback girl knees the same and Jane Harvey and With thy turned-dow- n silken hose Pat Peterson as her attendants And thy short transparent I wish to state that I was not a lothes member of that committee-Prob- With thy bobbed hair’s jaunty ably you have guessed that i g race la blonde! — But— -- Gives Views on Money Issues of Country Editor Tribune: On May 2 Forum Rules Letters Appearing in this column do not express the view ot The Tribune They are the opinions of contributors with which The Tribune may or may not agree The following rules govern contributions: 1 Letters limited to 300 words Preference given to short commu2 nications Write legibly and clearly on one side of only 3 JteUglous and racial discussions barred Partisan comment can be printed only with true name of writers 4 Personal aspersions pro 0 hihtted Poetical contributions not wanted 6 letters may be barred for obvious misstatements of fact or for statements whirh are not In accord with fair play and good taste 7 The Forum is not an medium 0 Writers must adertising sign true names and addresses In Ink letters unless partisan will be carried over assumed name it writer so requests In ail rases however true same and address must be attached to eommunira-tiof The torum cannot consider mere tbaa one letter from the same writer at one time ng wise-cracki- Foot-printe- rs ‘ 1937 the United States held 11927640-31- 4 of gold $1900000000 of silver making a grand total of $13827-6403- monetary wealth Co- also gave President Roosevelt authority to issue $3000000-00- 0 of legal tender notes Our gold was set aside for use of international banks our silver hoarded in vaults and our currency was never made or used Under the constitution of the United States these metals constitute the metalic base of our monetary system and are the basts of our currency system in the United States If these two metals were coined or used as a monetary base for currency there would have been no necessity for issuing a single ngress bond We had enough gold and siin 1934 to issue $9000000000 of metallic money Including the legal tender nates approved by congress we would have had 12 billions of actual money instead of 20 billions of Roosevelt debts working on the American people A rational person would not contend that credits of a few bankers are more valuable than the (aggregate assets of our nalver tion' and a government with of monetary assets should be permitted to exchange bonds against one class of people for credits in ' moneyless banks of another One billion of dollars in actual circulation would turn over not less than 25 times in channels of pt and buy not less than $25000000000 of labor goods and products per annum and continue to circulate until our invisible government ordered commerce and trade retirement of currency withdrawal of credits and the issuance of bonds Twenty billion of Roosevelt bonds never added 20 cents to the nation's volume of money It added $20000000000 of debts on those other than bankers and bondholders and provided no additional money to meet interest pay additional taxes and redeem the bonds J E EDMUNDS Contributor Scores Federal Financing - a' recent Editor Tribune: In I1article Dr Paul contendsfhatL made three statements thgt were not true No 2 reads: “The treasury writes that federal reserve notes have not been used to finance loans to the government” That statement ha nothing to do with the proposition of allow- ing banks to deposit government obligations receive ne-- — mnnpy and 'still draw interest on their bcfhds to maturity But since he has brought the matter let’s -- conlecture up a possible means by which the pre iously defunct banks —on March 5 1933 it was declared they were unable to carry on without the aid of government credit — and principally Wall Street banks at could that’ in four short years obtain 16 billion dollars’ worth of I O U’s against the taxpayers of this nation upon which we are eompel!edto payanisu8lly460r dollars In interest when million there is only about 715 million dojlars’ in circulatiqiv and that includes federal reserve notes How did they acquire these I O Ua? would have ua bellava Dr-Pa- ul Others Are Funny Other people are funny aren’t they? It is hard for our highly civilized progressive people to understand all this bothqr over women’s veils It is as though President Roosevelt were to propose to profane the great American mystery and urge the enlargement of the supreme court Just think how our clergy—and other leaders of public opinion would rave! Imagine how the coroporation lawyers and the flannel-mouthe- d politicians would beat the drums and call on the founding fathers to prevent the sacrilege if our chief executive were to tamper with the merciful veil which stands between us and the processes of the federal Conceive if you can courts! how the professional praisers of the past would prove that our whole strength wealth prosperity and morale depend on maintaining the judicial mystery and how 'their furious clinging to the false whiskers of antique institutions would convulse and amuse the entire nation! (As this is being written White House “victory extras” reach the streets Van resigns!) Only by such a far fetched illustration can Americans understand the wave of deep and almost religious horror which inspires the Albanian tories In their homicidal filibuster against the proposabthat their women shall allow th'elr noses cheekbones lips and chins to be visible to the general public Of course we know that Albania will carry on somehow and might even prosper if her women are unveiled and we can guess that mucb-ofTfrenzy King Zog has aroused springs from mere political opposition to his program of modern reforms and not from any real belief that all Albania is lost For If the veil starts slipping what lies behind the veil is pretty and wowell known to every-ma- n man in Albania and there are whose women are almost en tlrely visible especially on the bathing beaches without immedend iately coming to a bad Perhaps it will be- so even In Albania For once the’ veil is dropped feminine wit can still employ rouge lipstick powder and cold cream to substituteor an illu th sion of ypulhfnl beauty-flost illusion of mystery For love is as blind as justice and nobody demands that those who worship a lady or the IaW shall first them- - ' selves be blinded he na-ilo- na 1937 for The Tribune and then handing Uncle Sam' a check book? And these banks that have floated the bond issues were unable to carry on in 1933 without the aid of the government Does that nbt make’ us pay them 460jnillrons a year for4he use of our own credit? Who then is being helped the "forgotten” man or the “remembered" federal reserve banka? It seems very much like a proposition where those who have heen-hit-harde- st— ihatihese bonds have beenhoujht'Jvirust’3 d'epr east an": were granted a subsistence for four years and right in the midst of the deprea slon with money jpeople have now- find themselves confronted with a 460 million dollar a year placed in the banks of the coun-tryIs 'it not intereat payment -- while the bank-"-er- s bonds jvere acquired by a credit got away with the whole pie the books entry--on t K DE WITT W I Editorials are being written and public meetings are being held to further the plea Alabamians feel the interpreter of Scarlett must be a brilliant" vivacious" dashing personality “Taliu” is all that with a hefty plus She should be of the south southy and she is that Also the actress is the daughter of an eminent southern family the granddaughter of a confederate captain and has the proper accent Too there is a growing demand for Miriam Hopkins another southern daughter Frohman who will be this August has eaten but one meal a day for years His method is simple He eats the meal and a big one when he is hungry It may be at 9 o’clock in the morning 3 in the afternoon or 11 at night He believes that too many people allow their appetites to be 'guided by the hour That is: "Well it is 1 o'clock and I must go out to lunch” Frohman's only diversion is bridge and he plays a first r Class game Daniel 87 Jack Baragwanath C the mining known 'chiefly among the cognoscenti as McMein's husband is Neysa shucking off that more or less cloistered role Recently he authored a book on prospecting to show that he has been around and seen a few things in queer corners of the world Then he tried his hand at painting and they say that one or two of his nudes put September Morn smack back in the horse and buggy era Now comes news he has authored a play that U brimming with vim and vinegar And if it gets by the censor will make “The Woman” and a few other appear tame indeed engineer who has1 been rs In the Ghetto at least the cano- pied carriage horse drawn has survived There are two or three that appear in crowded centers on Sunday morning ini' side streets off Grand with drivers in faded uniforms and shabby high hats They are filled with denizens who ride for 2S cents get a For many tired tenement housewives and mothers this relaxation is the only surcease from the ' eternal hub-bu- b summer delicacy on Delancey street too is parboiled watermelon heeds heayiiy lalted They-arsold from doorways for a penny a smalDpoke The salty confection Is arreat thirst-risfor celery beer the favorite brew of the lower 'east side John Drew used to eend down to Delancey Yor dried melon seeds using themes tidbits with cocktails i A ‘Will Carry On Copyright The entire state of Alabama is going to town for its favorite theatrical daughter the glamorous Tallulah Bankhead as a selection for the “Scarlett O’Hara” role in "Gone With the Wind” -- The Albians are hot people who take this sort of thing lying down and when a policeman tried to rip the veil from a Moslem woman in the streets of the capital the rifles began to crack the fustanellas began to swing more briskly the little dervish drums began their intoxicating -the little fifes squealed like rudimentary bagpipes and the muezzins mounted the minarets of their mosques and called the faithful to prayer in no uncertain terms What was good enough for our fathers is good enough for us! Are we dogs that we should allow our women to parade with naked faces in the bazaars? Allah! Where’s my old scimitar Abdullah? Fatima my beloved bulbul if any uncircumcised infidel dares to touch thy veil he shall die the death! It’s unconstitutional! So King Zog seems in for a little trouble s er Many of us bicycle see L A W report of Gallia courUy meet for- July 1900— are rid-era- — ex-tri- - ree gladdened by ajvvival of the have been featured in cabaret floor shows this winter Then of course there is Joe Jackson's comedy trick act which goes on and on- as a headliner fn variety halls all over the world The newest of the bike tricks Is a one-ha'stand on the handle bars Then there’ Is Boy Foy on one wheel who appears In the Rainbow room and at Music Hall art-Th- - nd The climax of my trick bicycling was to ride after a running start with one foot on the saddle and the other on the handle bars arms folded Was I the oe! I was at least until the fatal day the front tire contacted a discarded watermelon rind They carried me feet up on a shutter home to neck a grandma with a stove-u- p twisted sacroilium and two Copyright 1937 for The Tribune- - A Shocking Child There had been several earthquake shocksin a certain dig- trict their little boy to an uncle who lived out of the danger zone A few days later they received this telegram: ’’Am returning your'boy-Se- nd earthquake”— Altanta (Ga) Con- stitutioa -- - ' |