Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-05-15
BRAINY WOMEN DUPE
"WISE" CURB BROKERS.
IN PERFUMERY STOCK
Masculine Wisd o m
Shines Brightest in
Stacker Hunt, Says
Feminist; Heroes Vie
for Record Publicity.
BY JESSIE Z. HENDERSON
Special Correspondent of The Tribune.

Copyright 1921, by The Tribune
New York, May 14.-Since
the world was young, men doc
tors have wanted cure for can
Ger. Radium, they now gener-
ally admit, is the answer; the
jewel metal needs only to be
tanned and investigated more
closely, they believe. Yet be-
fore Nine. Curie, doctor of rad
ium, had disembarked from the
Olympic last week, while indeed
she had one foot on the boat
and the other on the dock
men reporters flung a question.
Did she think, they wanted to know.
that woman's intelligence was as keen
as mans?
The white haired little Polish lady
was too polite to break into the snicker
which the occasion demanded She
must nevertheless have wondered
where the Americans kept their widely
press agentcd sense of humor.
New York. however, laid itself down
at the tiny Curie feet and asked for
. the honor Of being stepped on. Such
reverent New York has not been seen
since Joffre's visit. The town shook
it's head sadly over the Curie exhaus-
ton from seasickness: frightened at
the Curie recovery, hung about doors
beyond which the unspeakable Curie
medesty was being put through dey-
astating ordeal ct lunch, receptions and
general laudatinn
With Nine. Curie making West
Twelfth street her headquarters and
the Enstein theory dashing back here
for Sundays. this city is in danger of
taking science seriously.
Woman's intelligence has been doing
pretty well. The million dollar club
house to be built in Washington, D. c.,
where women's activities will be CEN
tralized, was planned in a New York
home by eminent club women,
Brainy too. but different was the or
ganization. directed in part by wom- Il,
an winch stole and cashed money or
ders and released $4,000 in few
weeks. Most of the victims were New
York florists and popular conmm;sera.
tlon was pretty widely tempered by
recollection of the price of the Mothers
day canation.
Ihree other women drew down their
share of a $4,000 profit resulting
from an intricate game played at the
expense OF the curb market. The game
had to do with perfumery stock about
winch the fragrance of money-mrsk
proved so strong that investors failed
to smell rat.
Ihere was also the Brooklyn lady
burglar. of 36 years and 200 pounds
arrested for her fourth offense. She
is the mother of five children all Of
whom need has this season and It
occurred to her that she could pick |
up headgear in various apartments
cheaper than in the shops. She did
not object to picking up any other
little knicknacks that caught her eve |
That masculine intelligence toward
which Nine. Curie's attention was
directed has likewise been CONSPICUOUS
Ferhanps it shines brightest in the
Stacker hunt. Families of returned
heroes are vying with one another in |
scanning the list of draft dodgers"
for this is the quickest way to tell
the world in print that the accused
youth fought at Chateau Thierry. and
spent six months in hospital and
wop <he crox de guerre with palms.
Ov< Stacker had Travelled 1900 miles
from Chile to England. Another had
been decorated by the king of Italy.
himself. There is suspicion around
here that maybe Won Bernstorff or Won
Mackensen helped make out the
"dodger" list and naturally put down
the names of everyone who failed to
serve III the German army