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New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

That small conscientious group in the finan-
cla world which realizes that improper brok-
erage and fraudulent promotions strike a sub
tie yet fundamentally damaging blow at the
whole structure of finance is leaning to the
view that what is needed is not more legisla
ton but better enforcement. The idea. too. is
spreading that the burden shouldn't be borne
exclusively by public officials, but that private
enterprise, enlightened and public spirited.
should exert itself to expose frauds and. on
the positive side, to show the way toward
proper Investments
In this city the proposal has been made that
an impartial fact-fnding agency, supported
by voluntary contribution, be formed to OBJ
tam data for the public guidance Such an
organization, provided it won for itself
reputation for scientific accuracy and COM
plete lmpartiality, could regularly turn over
to the lawenforcing officers evidence of crime
which they could not with impunity ignore
and could give to the public press information
regarding fraudulent promotions and mis-
representations of a subtler character.
The newspapers of the country can serve
the small investor, on the one hand, by rigor-
ously excluding from their advertising columns
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

not merely fraudulent promoters, but every
group of security vendors who misrepresent
their wares, and on the other hand by con-
tinuously turning the searchlight Of publicity
on improper practices, dangerous promotions
and other abuses.
The banks help by refusing to give let
ters of recommendation to any sellers of Sc
curities except those definitely worthy of pub
lie trust. The banks are awakening to their
responsibilities in this matter For too long
they had tendency to wink at the character
of promoters who, despite all their shortcom-
ings, succeeded in keeping up their bank ball
ances and in meeting their technical obliga-
tons.
Reputable brokers and investment houses
can help by themselves progressively setting
up higher standards of conduct and by eschew-
ing all practices which tend to weaken public
confidence.
Fundamentally, however. investing Is an in
dividual task. The investor must know that
his relations with his broker rest on mutual
faith, and he should realize that he ought to
deal with no vender of securities without get
ting an Independent judgment regarding his
integrity.
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THE INVFSTOR FROM u1\ncE1 =

legislation attempting to interfere with the
utter freedom of contract between buvers and
sellers OF securities. The basic obiection
raised against blue-sky legislation is that it
oostructs free flow of securities, but its ad
vocates say that some sacrifice Of freedom,
though not desirable under ideal conditions !,
worth while in order to obtain practical
means of safeguarding the small investor.
The blue-sky principle has been steadily
gaining in popularity with American legis
latures, and is now at the crest of the wave.
The urge to legslate in such matters has
temporarily been checked in New York State
where series Of bills sponsored by District
Attorney Banton before the New York State
Legislature were defeated, partly as a result
or the strenuous opposition of the New York
Stock Exchange. One Of the proposals was to
license brokers and permit none without
licenses to sell securities in the state. This
system might tend to keep out some of the
most fragrant violators Of the PRINCIPLES of
ethical conduct, but was opposed on the ground
that many undeserving brokers would get
licenses and would improperly use them as
certlfcations of their good character and Of
the desrability of the securities they were
Offering.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

pleasure in writing a story than his most en-
thusiastic reader received in reading it. Per
haps it would have been better if the Colonel
had realized the labor involved in doing at least
$4,000 words week. He said that sometimes
IN his younger days he wrote three Nick Car
ters week to secure $3.50 in order to paw the
household expenses. One hundred thousand
words! At the rate Of 81 for about $50 words.
When one considers that the poorest paid coun-
Try newspaper correspondent receives rate
over 800 per cent more just for jotting down
tacts requiring no thought, one realizes O.
Henry was rlght-"When one loves ones art no
service seems too small"
Dey had been asked thousands of times how
ne ever accomplished his work. Dey's method
of approach in writing differed materially
from that Of other writer's While Stevenson,
klpIlng, Poe and in fact, nearly every known
writer. have rewritten their stories wellnirh
unto the point OF perfection, Dey never revised
what he wrote He made systematic demands
upon his sub-conscious mind. He arose every
day at dawn and with but rare executions his
breakfast was his heartiest meal Of the dav.
lie refused to allow outside elements to in
terfere with his line of thought Newspapers
were ignored until he finished His wife took
care Of all kilograms and letters and only
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
o1D Training Helped
DetecfiUe Tales

-@ey was born in New York City during
1865 He was graduated from the New York
University Law School, and secured posi-
ton in the law firm of the late Mayor William
J. Gsynor. While his legal training helped
later In writing detective stories, Dey said he
found settling the quarrels of others nauseat-
jng.
The "CooneI's" father was Captain David
r Dey, mariner, of Watkins, Long Island
Leaving law for others to reap golden har-
vest from if they could Dey. lured by the call
Of the sea, took position as purser on an
ocean vessel. Then Dey was taken i'll with
pneumonia.
When a boy Dey entertained his companions
as they baked sweet mickies and fshed for
catfish by telling them stories. His tales must
have been good-they We're remembered years
afterward. While convaescing from pneu-
nonia Dey's boyhood passion to tell story
returned. His physician advised that talking
would be harmful so Dey's first story on paper
was born. The story was sent to magazine
editor and a thin envelope containing check
for 500 was part of Dey's incoming mail
few days later. That settled it. He had felt
The lure of giving birth to thoughts and ideas
which were his and belonged to him only. Law
practice was assurediy thing of the past.
One nioht as sat talking to Dey he told me
Il, 1e :, n the most sacred events in his life
~ 87r ooo<a1,lNick Carter. He smoked sew.
eral clLos 4hko d-ring the conversation.
30. G. a}aoJ@9~ @9~ Smith, of the publishing
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Of the utmost Importance would find It,
way into his study before late afternoon.

one Of the utmost Importance would find its
way into his study before late afternoon.
The length of Dey's writing day varied
from six to nine hours. He wrote until, In his
words, the story did not tell itself" He
smoked numerous cigarettes while working
In Of the pictures on this page one may
little white cardboard box on the top Of
Dey's desk. When this box was filled with
numerous cigarette stubs Dey knew he had
accomplished a great deal. This box Of stubs
he said, was more accurate than column
rule.
A few years ago Dey wrote letter to The
Tribune in which he claimed to be the father
Of Nick Carter. This letter resulted in Dey
signing contract for a story on how he
wrote a thousand Nick Garter novels
which to be published in ''The American
Magazine" In that story there appears a
paragraph the text of which Dey had repeated
to me many times 1t is as follows:
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
An unpublished prayer Mr. Deys feu idle moments

easy manner, because two minds can always
accomplish more than one when that state of
perfect understanding exists
THE people who said Nick Carter stories
hurt anybody those who never read them
| recall curious incident years ago. A bov
neghbor in Westport received a sound whip
ping because his teacher had found copy of
Nick Carter between the covers of his peog-
raphy The boys father told him if he was
caught with another Nick Carter novel his BIZ
cycle would be put away In the attic. A few
days later the youngster sidIed Up the back
steps of my home, where Mrs Dey listened to
woeful tale Of his being told to keep away
from Nick Carter
Dad says | must read only good books
such as he does said the boy From beneath
his arm the youngster produced red-covered
volume, which he explained he had taken from
among the good books on dad s bookshelf. Mrs.
Dey read the ttle-~in gilt letters stood out the
words-'Three Weeks
There is nothing I ever wrote in Nicl,
Carter story that could not be read before .
Sunday school class. never touched a fri
angie plot never mentioned the abduction Of
a child nor brought sex problems into story in
any form"
Dey frequently told me he received more
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
Continued from page one)

laws, The bill carefully exempts from il,
provisions those classes of securities which all
agree are not the source of fraud SO tn. bill
is so drafted that it will prevent, so far a,
possible the use of the United States mails
and other agencies of interstate commerce for
the promotion Of sales of securities in the djf
terent states contrary to the laws of those
states, and at the same time will interfere as
little as possible with interstate transa actions in
legitimate securities
The bill will create no new bureau nrovia.
no new Office or job and does not call for anv
appropriations out Of the public treasury. It,
enforcement will rest with the Department Of
JuStce.'
Although the appropriate committee Of the
Investment Bankers Association is supporting
the Denlson bill, there is still opposition to it
among individual bankers, many of whom are
not willing to accept the inconvenience of the
many restrictions imposed by blue-sky act
for the sake of obtaining protection for the
small investor. Many reputable dealers in
securities have leaned so heavily toward the
laisser faire principle that they have auto
matically risen up in opposition against am.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
He Wos q Gentleman
of the Old School

Dey was related to the Van Rensselaer,, the
Van Cortlandt and the Schuyler families. He
was a Knickerbocker New Yorker. He wore
a Bret Harte mustachc. a pair Of youthful
eyes danced behind unrimmed spectacles. He
always wore standing collar and dressed in.
maculately. He was magnetic and wholly
charmng--a stranger knew at once that he
was a somebody If one knew Dey ore would
never ask whs~e he got the fictitious rank o.
Colonel-it truly belonged to the man.
Besides the pseudonym Nick Carter, De!
wrote under the signatures Of Farick Var
nady, Dirk Van Doren, Rose Beekman, Bertha
NJ. Clay, and he also used his real name. In
his later writings he always reformed his
criminals. He was purist in style and cow
never tolerate free verse. And in expressing
his contempt for Jack Londons John Barley
corn Dey told me he could never stand for
writer who commercialized his weaknesses Or
vices. Up to the time Of his death he looked
forward to the time when he could write the
things he wanted to. He claimed he wrote
down to his public.
Street & Smith could never find writer
who could do more than six good Nick Carriers
at a time This is additional evidence of Deys
unusual talent. The Colonel" considered
TRACKED Across the Atlantic" his best Nick
Carter story. He was extremely proud when
letter from Russia addressed to Nick Garter
the United States, was safely delivered 10
Street & Smith.
Had those two generations Of boys who lived
through the red-booded doings of the famous
Nick known that Nick's father was financially
embarrassed they might have helped to save
him. But Dey was an extremist. He knew
nothing about acquiring the essentials Of lhe'
But in the land of make believe he was an eX-
pert guide. Dey's tragic end, when he met
death in room of the Hotel Broztell, was one
of those sordid little tragedies of life when
would probably have appeared as wonderru9
stimulant to the virila. imaginative brain 0'|
that hctional detectives Z Carter.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
Paid Only 500 for q
$4,000 Word Story

owe will give you an order to write ten
such stories in ten weeks said the Smiths'
1t was at that moment that the major climax
in Dey's life occurred. He did not know it at
the time, and probably never did realize it. He
was to get but $50 for a 33 ,OOO-word story AS
Nick Carter became reality above the thin
air at that luncheon table Dey became so en-
thusiastic about meeting his new acquaintance
that he refused to consider such a material
thing money. The Colonel" was all art
He continued:
"A fellow named Coryell gave Nick Carter
his name. Coryell had sold two stories to
Street & Smith in which one Of the characters
was a Nick Carter. The name pleased O. G.
Smith, and it sounded pleasing to me- I
rushed Nick away from that luncheon table
when he was but kid. | made man of him,
supervised his education, and made him what
considered the dealism Of the ethical code He
never used profane or vulgar words, nor per
mitted them being used by others when he had
the power to stop them, He never touched
liquor, and always held all women in the high
est respect. His word was kept on all occa-
sions. His associates in life, Peter, Joseph.
Ida Jones, Chick, Patsy and Ten1-ichi, we're
men and women all the better for knowing
Nick. Nick Carter is my ideal Of all that is
upright and just
"On leaving the club after that luncheon
sent Street & Smith the titles for ten stories
for advertising purposes. I wrote four Of the
stories, $4,000 words each, within three weeks.
The remaining six, cut to 10000 apiece. were
all delivered within seven weeks from the dsv
left the luncheon table
Nick became more real to me than many of
my casual acquaintances or whimsical friends.
Nick and during period of years lived to-
gether, slept together. ate together and solved
the most battling of mysteries in ridiculous]v
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churches he ignored. He always called at ii.
courthouse and the jail He vas ere os taose
fellows who had the krack Of getting inn
gambling houses, He never gamaled Unset
and the Colonel" commanded 2 wholesome
respect as he watched the hear- t7-as-s O
Joys that lowered about those et the greea
tables before him
Dey has ridden In locomotive cabs CT nea14
every railroad in both North and South ArneE
ica. It was his experience to be one Of hose 70
90 down to the bottom Of the North River !,
Professor Tuck's submarine. the Peacemaaer.
few wears before Nick Carter vas horn. L
February. 1920. Dev announced publicly tha.
he had never been up IN an airpiane. Amos
every aviator in the country responded % ths
call and extended invitations 70 Dey for 2
fight. The frs trim taker bv him vas f~o-~
New York to Cleveland. which wa accom-.
pHsbed in two davs. The psychology back II
the last words written fy Dev to his VIE IS
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
kE ~ OLONEL" FREDERICK VAN
RENSSELAER, DEY (Nick Car
~ teri is dead. Dey, Who was to

RENSSELAER, DEY (Nick Car
~ teri is dead. Dey, Who to
paper-backed fiction what O..
Henry was to the cloth and leather bound
volume, took his own life few days back when
he refused to face old age in failure,
After writing some fifty million words for
the entertainment Of over two generations of
boys who read Nick Carter in twelve differ
ent languages, Dey penned his last lines TO a
woman-his wife and pal, Haryot Holt Dey,
president Of the New York Woman's Press
Club. His last lines explained all He wrote:
My engine has gone dead in the air and
there is no safe landing place in sightl'
Deys life was built around two words
know people In knowing people he knew life
He knew too much about life and this
knowledge really cost him his own Only four
days before his death Dey lost his beautiful
estate at Nyack, n. Y. His home situated
in the midst Of numerous Hudson River show
places. The beautiful estate Of Alfred f.
Lindsey, now in the Tombs prison for swim
ding women was but few yards to the north,
The Nyack Country Club the James W. Pscey
residence, few yards southwark. The large
house and the small bungalow where Dey
wrote his stories~-the old fellow just loved
all this.
Never a good business man at best, Dey
unable TO keep up the payments on his
estate. He did not argue~-he never did He
packed and left--but Nick Carter was
broken hearted. Then several physical weak
nesses which had been threatening Dey for a
long time gathered all their impending energy
and broke through the surface His engine
dead-"No safe landing place in sight
Nick Garter committed what was inevitable
Tha story of how man sold more than fifty
million words during his lifetime, how one
story--~a literary genl-has sold well over two
million copies. and how with all that life was
TOO brutal TO face is story more interesting
than any Nick Carter.
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The workshop where "Nick Carter' gre,o and throue

firm of Street & Smith, and were seated at
a luncheon table in a club down in Barclay
write thirty-three thousand words week
around real red-blooded character for an
indefinite period, l thought for an instant and
told them I could.
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Blood will tell, but sometimes we
hate to listen to 1t.
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=.
By
o H N
BLAKE
Uncommon
Sense .


get an education. s real education
he gains by applyingsfhe rules that he
learns In the class foom and the lee
ture room. - sgSg>
Some of the 4rYast brilliant men In
America and inSisngland have been
self-educated. g.;
Such man was Mark Twain. Such
another was Charles Dickens.
MARX Twain had little schooling
Dickens had little. Both, however
read all. the books they could lay their
hands on. Both asked multitufrs OF
questions of everybody they thought
could answer them.
Both became very great men, very
great writer's, and Of vast use in the
world.
Your education will cost you practi-
cally nothing if'you, really want 1t. Go
to library. Talk to the librarian
about what you ought to read. Then
read 1t, and keep on reading, and
thinking about what you read.
The only price you will have to pay
is the time you spend, and the educa.
tion you will receive will be worth
many thousand times the price.
20 by John Blake.)
The Owosso times., 1922-08-04
A BUSINESS PERSONS HAND

XIOULD you succeed in business
w Study your hand carefully, and
note whether the palm, the fingers,
the mounts. the lines, etc., bear the
indications. which have" been found,
through study, to make the hand of
the successful man or woman Of bust
ness. fg
In the first place, the hand should
be Of good size, and inclined toward
squareness, as indicating practically
Of mind. Next, the consistency Of the
hand should be firm, as. showing
energy!
The top phalanx or division of the
thumb should be large and we'll
shaped, for this indicates good will
power, which Is so necessary II one IL
to win success In the world of affairs.
Reason and logic, also necessary quail
ties In business, show themselves in a
well-shaped second phalanx of the
thumb. Then turn to the finger If
Apollo, the third or ring finger, and
note whether the middle phalanx '~
long and well-shaped. II so, 1t indl-
Gates a love Of work, which leads, Of
course, to success.
90 by the wheeler Syndicate. Inc.)
The Owosso times., 1922-08-04
SUMMER SALAD DRESSINGS

DURING the warm weather salads
- appeal to the appetite and fur
nish the right kind of warm weather
food. One may vary the three stand
ard salad dressings even beyond the
fifty-seven varieties.
French dressing, which Is the sim
plest Of all dressings. Is prepared
with oil. vinegar or lemon juice with
seasonings. The proportion Of oil
varies with the taste, for the average
taste four tablespoonfuls Of oil to
one Of sharp vinegar is considered
about right. Season with salt, cay.
enne, a pinch OF powdered sugar beat
well with a Dover egg beater and
serve chilled.
Mayonnaise Is prepared with the
above ingredients In different measures
with the addition Of the yolk Of an
egg. Beat the egg yolk, add oil, few
drops at time. beating until thick
then add to cupful Of oil four to FIVE
tablespoonfuls of vinegar, adding the
vinegar q few drops at time until
the mixture is very thick, then oil and
vinegar may be added teaspoonful
or more at a time. Seasonings OF
mustard. powdered sugar, salt and
cayenne are added to taste. The we'll
known boiled dressing may be varied
by adding oil or cream or simply cook
the beaten eggs with vinegar diluted
70 make It less acid. Beat well while
cooking and then when wanted the
The Owosso times., 1922-08-04
NO MEDIUM ROAD

FROM the lives of great men, whose
= deeds are recorded In printed
words. II we set ourselves seriously to
the task we: can CLEAN the veriest
flowers of wisdom.
Their stories are told in friendliness
for the encouragement of others.
Their noblest 'sufferlngs and stead
fast faith stand up like guide-posts
TO direct tired, dlsheartened travellers
to pleasant destination.
Their experiences were the common
experience Of mortals, filled with hard
ships, chatting. and CALLING when ac-
cepted, and when overcome as sooth-
Ing to the DGfning flesh as oil.
If you will read carefully you will
not be long in finding that;these. men
pursued no medium road...; -. =.
From the. bottoms. to the top. of
their career. they. proceeded straight
ahead, never. ,feigning or falsifying
their emotions, never deceiying them
selves or others, which made conf.
dence sure and success certain:
They accepted life as a prose ideal
and went gladly about making 1t a
glorious bit of poetry, radiant with
sentiment and love, leaving their
achievements behind so that another
generation might gather courage and
inspiration.
And this they did by doing their
full duty, never turning back or fall
tering. - .. a. .
They developed the habit Of look.
ing up, thinking above the heads Of
others and holding all the while. to
their purpose.
Conscious Of human frailties they
were ever humble, patient with
others and severe with themselves,
always exacting from their own
brains and bodies every ounce of
energy available and doing their ut.
most whether tongues wagged praise
or condemnation. -
They ,.prized self-respect above the
The Owosso times., 1922-08-04
EDUCATION. ;Ii

COMFORTABLE' houses, good food
~ automobiles, all cost great deal
of money. Education, which enables
"A man to come by these things, costs
very little.
The man who complains that he has
never had any education deserves lit
tie sympathy.
Education today Is one Of the cheap.
"st Of commodities.
1t costs money, of course, to take q
tour.year's course In college, .althOugh
there are thousands of students who
work their way through colleges all
the year. .,
AS a matter Of fact. about all a col
lege can do Is to teach a man how to
The Owosso times., 1922-08-04
Something to Think .About
| ByF.A. DALKER - "a
empty Idadatlons. Of Ass;crOwaS ", !,

empty Idudations. Of thsSscrowtS
And when the shadows came, the
Crowd stood dumb and the: world
'wept. a
In their brief span they rose from
obscurity to eminence, setting an
examples for the humble youths of
today and tomorrow-the boys and
girls some Of whom are wondering
how they too can climb to the
heights and become a light to the
generations not yet born.
The answer is: BY avoiding. the
medium road, by walking strong In
faith, by keeping. faith with Truth
and Mercy and Love with God!
90 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
The Owosso times., 1922-08-04
|IDDIES SIX
~ - ID. i'.: :,
NV viii M. Maupin
..<,. ALL,s WELL

..n.ALL.s WELL
'..& q"
I'LL face the mpsic, come what may;
I Great music @bftter sorrow;
The sun may. hide it's face today,
Butst,will shine tomorrow
And If the. road seems rough and loni
I'll make. it, smoother, brighter,
BY trudging on with smile and song
To make my burden lighter. :"
~;
I'll face. the. music. come what MAY
My heart with hope is throbbing.
The wqrk that faces me each day
Cannot. be done by sobbing. %''s
Each daily stunt I'll do my best,
Ny Efforts best recording; '
Content that God will do the rest
And care for the rewarding.
s.>~... 80 by VIII M. Maupin.)
The Owosso times., 1922-08-04
dyes or tints as you wish
But He Can't Go

Headline-"Kaiser Busts to Co."
He cdn bust for aught We care.