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Show fietaslf Memners ot the Sea Scouts of Mcunt Clemens, Mich., are busy reconditioning their new floating clubhouse, aa abandoned wartime submarine chaser. When they have finished overhauling It at Washington, they plan to salt home by way of various Inland waterways. Ballyhoo Man Abroad Again Play 8 to Human Weaknesses in Phrases at Carnivals emphasizes the educational value of the exhibit, urges mothers to bring their progeny to be edified by the cow and the sheep. Short-Chang- e Artists. The language of the ballyhoo artist Is peculiar to his kind and practically unintelligible to outsiders. In Its strictest sense, the term ballyhoo Is applied to a man who talks, while a grinder Is one who sells tickets and also bailies. A grinder may also be a short-suga- r expert, which means that he can short-chang- e people with facility. Occasionally a grinder has a walk-awathat Is, a patron forgets his change and leaves It. The crowd which gathers to hear a ballyhoo man perform Is, In his JarI had a swell tip that gon, a tip. ballying, but I only turned a few, a ballyhoo man reports to a friend, ne means that he assembled a large crowd but that he succeeded In Inducing only a few to enter the show. The term rube Is now passe. Instead, the yokelry are known by such expressions as saps, boobs and monkeys. An officer Is a John Law, while a prosecuting attorney Is a pros, while the people who work about the shows but are not performers are roughnecks. In every tip a ballyhoo man has a or two that Is, some one schell who waxes enthusiastic about the show and pushes to the fore flaunting the price of admission. The sheeplike quality of humnnlfv has been expatiated for years and the ballyhoo man profits by It. When two or three start into a tent a tip Is likely to folldtf. Noise eddies and swells about the ballyhoo man. The blare of horns, the thud of drums, the racket of a wind machine are constantly beating against the cadences of his voice. Crying babies, giggling youths and maidens, scolding parents contribute to not dogs sizzle, onions the racket The odor of fry, popcorn pops. massed humanity assails the nostrils as the strident notes of the calliope smite the ears. five-legg- and Circuses. New York. Faunting, two-head- flaming ban- ners announce bis presence. Garish lights shed a glamor about his gesticulating figure. Blaring noises try By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Drawing by Ray Walters. fclGIIT Years of Wall Street a Give Main Street Chance. Will that slogan help bring victory to the Democratic party in the Presinext dential campaign The members of year? National Womans the Democratic club hope that it will, realizing the value of a good, snappy campaign several months slogan as a ago the club announced a prize contest as the means of securing a rallying cry for the Democratic party In 1928. Hundreds of catchy phrases were offered in the contest, but the one submitted by Mrs. Wilbur Hubbard of Chestertown, Md., was selected as the one most likely to offset the votegetting powers of Coolidge prosperity, which the republicans nre expected to emphasize. Whether or not they have guessed right remains to be seen. There is no denying the power of a good slogan In a nation which thinks in terms of catchy phrases and one of whose popular deities is the great god, Advertising, who utters his Jovian wisdom in slogans. But to get a good slogan ay, there's the rub! Slogans have won elections even before the American public became slogan conscious. Perhaps the earliest example of this was the political campaign of 1S40. For 40 years (since 1800 when Jefferson was elected) the Democrats had been in power and the Whigs, the successors and heirs of the Federalists, had longed for the flesh-pot- s of government power. They nominated Gen. William Henry Harrison, a veteran of the War of 1812, famous for his victory over the Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe, but at the time of his election living on a frontier farm in Ohio. His running mate was John Tyler of Virginia and early In the campaign the battle cry of the three Ts Whigs became the The alTippecanoe and Tyler, too. literation was pleasing to the ear of the voter, but even more effective was the symbolism of the Whig party. Harrison was known as the Log Cabin candidate, because of his pioneer career in Indiana and In all of the there appeared parades campaign floats bearing a log cabin with a coon-skinailed on the walls and a barrel of hard cider standing beside the door. Both the symbolism and the slogan of Harrison's log cabin and hard cider campaign were such as would appeal most to the West, which had begun to rise to political power with the lection of Old Hickory Jackson, and Harrison was swept Into the White House by an immense majority over Martin Van Buren of New York. vote-gutte- r, n ten-horn- fire-eatin- Four years later the United States thus attempted to tack on to their was involved in two disputes, one with opponents proved to be a boomerang Mexico over Texas and the other with and undoubtedly had something to do Great Britain over Oregon. The Demo- with Blaine's defeat by Cleveland. cratic party which stood for the reWhen the political star of Wood-roWilson rose Into the ascendancy occupation of the Oregon country and the reannexation of Texas," went back the power of the slogan was again into power with the election of James demonstrated. In 1912 the appeal for K. Polk of Tennessee, and by the time an honest dollar for an honest PresiPolk had taken the oath of office the dent gave every American a chance whole country was repeating the to make an individual contribution to slogan, Fifty-fou- r campaign funds and gave him an inForty or Fight! as the basis of our claims in the Oredividual interest in politics. In the gon country. In the war with Mexico close race of 1916 who can say but one of our victorious generals was that the slogan "ne kept us out of Zachary Taylor and from an incident war swung the scales in favor of in the battle of Buena Vista there Woodrow Wilson over Charles Evans came a slogan which helped elect Hughes, even though the next six Taylor President in 1S48. It was the months saw us in the war? Although famous A little more grape, Captain Wilson was as different from Roosewhich struck the popular velt as two men can well be, like Bragg fancy. As a matter of fact what Tay- T. R. he had the gift of apt expreslor really said cn that occasion was sion which the average American was the laconic Give em hell. But that quick to appreciate and appropriate. make the didnt matter especially. The main So "watchful waiting, thing was that the combination of the world safe for democracy and open grape slogan and his nickname of covenants openly arrived at became Old Rough and Ready had much the a part of the current speech. y same appeal as the Harrison combinaand disillusioned When a tion in 1840. world began to take stock of itself Next to a good slogan a picturesque and learned again that there can be nickname apparently Is a powerful defeat In victory, the Presidential factor In a Presidential election, as campaign of 1920 found America alwitness Old Hickory Jackson, Old ready eager to forget war and everyTippecanoe Harrison and Old Rough thing connected with war. So Warren back to normalcy and Ready Taylor. Lincolns military G. Hardings to aprecord was not one which had any slogan was one peal to the popular fancy after all special appeal but the pioneer symbolism of the Candidate the turmoil of the past two years and and Honest Abe, no doubt had some- anything savoring of calmness and thing to do with his election. After serenity was looked upon with favor. the Civil war the nation honored an- So the American voters elected Hardother military hero when It elected ing, a calm man, who sat conferring Unconditional Surrender Grant and with the best minds on the conduct the Spanish American war produced of his front poich campaign. Four the Rough Rider candidate in the years later the same appeal to the debesire for calmness, for letting well election of 1904 when Teddy came President enough alone, this time summed up The Presidential aspirations of in the slogan Keep Cool With Coolwere favored by the idge, again won an election for the G. Blaine James "Plumed Knight and the Rupert of Republican party. What will the spirit of the campaign Debate. nicknames as well as the Blaine of Maine. These, of 1928 be one of rest or unrest, sattuneful however, were more than offset by isfaction or dissatisfaction, and In the words of what slogan will that spirit The Tattooed Man, Nosey Blaine, Will the slogan writand "Jim the Penman (alluding to the be expressed? woman help put a a ten Maryland by appellations. famous Mulligan Letters) House after White in the Democrat But the fatal thrust to his chances d eight years of Republican rule, will was applied when Rev. R. B. declared in a speech for Blaine the country continue to Keep Cool and enjoy Coolidge Americans with Coolidge, that all conscientious will there be other or beticket Prosperity, the vote Republican should cause the Democrats stood for Rum, standard bearers in both parties for be Romanism and Rebellion. Blaine did whom new slogans will have to these of all to answer The coined? to him distinctly enough not hear will be written by History repudiate this slur upon the religious questions first on the and Tuesday after the first Americans of millions belief of 1928. the slogan which the Republicans had Monday in November, w war-wear- Rail-Splitt- Bur-char- The late Christy Alathewson was unTennis is so popular in Hawaii that there Is always a waiting list at the questionably the greatest college base50 courts, public and private, on the ball player the game ever produced. Next to Mathewson probably the greatIsland of Oahu. r was the Inest college An inspired compositor down East dian chief. Bender. says Sabin Carr, Yale pole vanlter, Does Mr. Carr, defended his tile. Umpire William Solodare has been forced to give up his duties in the New by any chance, wear a derby? England league due to Injuries he re- Bat Was Useless Sherwood Nottingham Alagee was a recognized heavy hitter, but he set one worthless record. In a game played in 1905, Sherry stepped to the plate five times. In three of his trips the bases were loaded,. His fourth time up there were runners od second and third. His last at bat a runner wus on third, begging to be ceived while officiating in a basket-bal- l game prior to the opening of the sea- sent in. In every instance this great son Dolly Stark, former major league batsman failed to advance a rnonr player, has taken his place on the not making a semblance of a hit or staff. getting the ball out of the diamond. right-hande- Clyde King, former navy football star who won the Navy vs. Army game in 1920 with two drop kicks. Is chairman of the Olympic club of San FranJ elaco football committee. joyfully to conquer his voice. America mills about his feet, marvels at his fluency, laughs at his wit, Is Intrigued by his wares and contributes the dimes which make the ballyhoo mans profession profitable. In circuses, In carnivals, In amusement parks the ballyhoo men flourish even as does the green bay tree. Advancing the merits of the cow, emphasizing the weight of the fat girl, urging the public to see the g man from Borneo, the ballyhoo man treads the rickety boards of his platform and exhorts the public. The ballyhoo man and his profession seem practically untouched by the hand of time. Electric lights may replace spluttering kerosene torches, but their refulgence shows a scene nowadays that might, except In minor details, have been found anywhere in America 50 years ago. Looks Like a Gambler. Perhaps a ballyhoo man's most Important stock in trade is his personal appearance. In this he Is closely akin to a gambler. He must be of generous edition proportions no pocket-size- d need apply. He should be least six feet tall and weigh more than 200 If he is good looking, so pounds. much the better; but he must possess a certain presence. This Is one profession in which age seems to lend The dignidignity and forcefulness. fied, ballyhoo man of sixty usually can assemble a larger crowd, hold the people longer and separate them from more dimes than can a younger man. The flow of eloquence with which the ballyhoo man regales his audience Is stereotyped. He Is permitted a limited number of unintelligible words, since America likes to think its ballyhoo men well educated. But at the same time he must keep on the level of average Intelligence. If he slips In a few aint and seens at auspicious moments, he will endear himself to the masses. Then he Is considered a great man who can still be as common as anybody. The ballyhoo man must know humanity, must know just what to say and when and how. He must fit his spiels to his crowds. If the artist Is ballying for a side show that caters to a masculine trade, he selects his words and phrases carefully, he plays upon the weaknesses of his crowd and makes his hearers feel deliciously wicked and sophisticated by reason of their very presence before such a tent. If, on the other hand, the ballyhoo man Is barking for freak animals, he gray-haire- d Atlantic City, N. J. Judge William H. Smathers dog, Champion Phils Speed Ben, a retriever, which died July 4, was the subject of a formal tribute written by the judge. Mans heart would be saved many a bitter sorrow If men and dogs had the same span of life, the Judge Since my dogs death my wrote. heart has been so heavy with grief that I have not been able to bring myself to the point of writing or talking about it until now. I cannot understand why the span of a dogs life, mans best friend, Is only the span of a man's life. A tombstone will be erected to the dog, which is burled behind the Judges one-tent- h s Pulitzer Choice, Writers to Young Dramatist, Urges Young Avoid Big Cities. New York. Young Americans who feel the urge to write plays, novels or anything else worth while will do it at home If they follow the advice of Paul Green, playwright and winner of the 1927 Pulitzer pme play. They will avoid tin Greenwich Village of New York, the Latin Quarter of Paris and such other art colonies which poison the soul of the artist. Stay in the small town to do your work. Dont come near the city; warns the young North Carolina backwoodsman whose play, In Abrahams won this year the most covBosom, eted award In the American dramatic field. New York has ruined more talent than any other city In the world, be declares in aa interview to b pub Cable Ship Captain Recalls Old Journey Lake Geneva, Wls. To Capt William N. Napper Its an old road that Lindbergh, Chamberlin and Byrd traversed from Newfoundland to Ireland across the north Atlantic. He traveled the same path morn than sixty years ago, and his expedition, no less than theirs, made history and refashioned the commercial map of the world. Napper helped to lay the first telegraph cable line across the Atlantic ocean, bringing two continents Into Instant contact He was ship's carpenter on the Great Eastern when that venerable strung a cable from Valencia bay, Ireland, to Trinity bay, Newfoundland, In 1868. Today quick-witteand keen-eye- d at eighty-nin- e he Is, as far as he can discover, the only survivor among the 507 members of that historic crew. The transoceanic flyers pierced the clouds 'at a speed close to two miles a minute; Nappers craft Inched Its way along at a scant four miles an hour. The flyers carried a few sandwiches and some orange Juice; the larders of the Great Eastern were stocked with live farm animals and huge proi vision stores. side-wheel- er deep-voice- lished In McClures Magazine. I have seen dozens of young men strike out for New York to express their souls. But before they can do any expressing, they have to eat, so they get a job on a newspaper, Intending to do their writing on the side. Time goes on, the job looms larger and expression dwindles. Perhaps, in the first spasm of ambition, they publish one thin volume entitled, Song of My Soul, and are never heard from again. Greenwich Village and Times Square have gobbled them up. If I had to stay in New York my pen would run dry the year. And If I wrote to please the New York critics God help my workl I started out very close to life. In the elemental, and now New Yorkers ara talking pityingly about my hand! The things they consider hand! cap. ops were my greatest advantages For life is superior to any kind of art, d Blows Hole Through ( Smoke to See Stage London. London newspapers are printing scores of letters from persons protesting against smoking In theaters, a custom freely permitted here. One man said he was unable to see the stage at a recent performance because of the smoke. He formed his program Into a tube and blew a hole through the smoke near him so that he could see. The smokers ahead objected that he was making a draught on their necks, and he replied that if smoking was permitted, so was blowing. Another writer says his eyes become so watery from the volume of smoke In the theater that he either sees double or not at alL Another writes that coughing caused by smoking was all he was able to hear at a play. Laments Death of Dog; Wants Equal LifeSpan STAY IN SMALL TOWN, IS ADVICE OF PRIZE WINNER 1927 home on Ventor avenue. Judge Smath-er- s had the animal ten years and always took it with him on hunting trips In North Carolina. 5 Goes on Diet, Loses 38 Pounds in 60 Days M a Kalamazoo, Mich. Jack Ul-- 5 fj rich, store proprietor here, be-5 lieves he has set a record for q x reduction of weight In a y j? period of systematic dieting UI- S rich reduced 38 pounds. His g food for each meal of the period g consisted of one hard-boile- d 5 egg, X one tomato, one orange and one J 5 cup of coffee three times a day 5 g for four day 8. On the fifth day g S he treated himself to a big 5 5 meal if he wanted it. But by 5 that time I wasnt hungry, he $ g declared. 60-da- and no art is valid that does not spring directly from life. Greenwich Village has forgotten that It Is full of young people completely Innocent of life, who are feverishly setting down their shallow Ideas in scribblings on paper. The Pulitzer prize winner, who at e thirty-threis an instructor in philosophy in the University of North Carolina, declares, in the McClures interview, that a regular Job apart from his art is a stabilizing factor for the young writer. Stay at home, read books. Ignore artificial standards and keep a steady Job. Those are my precepts for the youngster who wants to write, he Art pursued eight hours a day says. Is likely to run thin. If you have ii steady Job, you can write when you really have something to say and stop when you havent" Geta Revenge Mansfield, 111. Finding that hla wife had disobeyed him and had her hair bobbed. Albert Hall of this place refused to have his hair cut. and now boasts locks down to his shoulders |