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Inc Mavor CT Beverly Hills
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beverly hills through the Chamber of Commerce
''o ooafo OF trustees, has Just appointed Will Roy
efs IT'S mayor And there is nothing $, very snr
pflsng IN that. What does seem curious. new that
the matter has come up, is that Rogers did nct ln
ago appoint himself. 1t has always been his ,vav
starting life as ar obscure vaudeville performer be
became one of our best American hunorists Will
no one was looking; and having achieved great NON.
uarty IN that capacity, nc became. without o;v;n.
w'fh'hS that ne meant to do So a quite seric,s ;f
always satlfIc commentator on our life and times
nc most recent 1f his high handed exhibits was -
assign himself the task Of rcdis.over;np rurono fo
america lis findings recorded in the charac.
ceIsoicaiy named volume Letters Of 4 Self Mad
DipEmat tc His President"
TroDabiy ne viii not care for an anno;ntmon.
wnicn ne has net made himself He sends nonrl.s
Fairbanks, the first citizen Of Beverly lille ~.
message that II ne comes reform viii coma with
MN. That also is characteristic Ropersism -
ne gees, much more interesting program will, IA
lfauEuratcd. Perhaps his slogan for Beverly Hs
Will be something like the che which Aldous An,la,
has selected for America: vitality. Prosner;tv
Modernity.' For in the whole country there !.
pr badly no one more vital, more prosperous ~
more modern than Will Rogers.
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A New Year

IS 1927 dawns the perennial mystery conveyed
ipon the wings Of time which for want Of bette,
term we call "the Future makes us contempa-
tive, retrospective and speculative lndefnab!c
sensations press upon the vortex OF the BRAIN some
pleasant. others painful, and still more produce a
huoyancy which send spirits into high gear. In
most instances, then, humanity faces a new year
with feelings { joyous anticipation. Sorrows, dis
appointments, defeats for the time banishcd in
he excitement over cycle of time ushercd in
18th CHEEKY Happy New Year"
Who would change the peasantres that herald
new year, Why should not grief be swallowed
up in joy? Off with the dead past with the
new, tcemng in possibilities. There is vibrant hope
in the challenge Of the new year. Even the hard
boiled cync should feel a quckening Of pulse as he
.n&i5 IF the final leaf Of the old calendar and
studies the new, measuring in the manner
time ard tide that wait for no man
Then. in faith that cannot dc, ring out the
false; ring in the true
Where would progress be il each succeeding year
did not register more happiness, greater love, add
tcnal spiritual and material advancement?
We are then Tn the Of a new year. There is
cry for optimism, goodwill and good fell
i2,sship If past experiences have taught Us moth
ing, We have been dull indeed. The new year is
gong to be largely what make it and that means
the character and degree Of service and loyalty we
put into it.
There must be no swervng from those high
ideals 2ich make this nation the best place on
earth in which to live and work out our destines
No and offers such opportunities, but it imposes
also obligations Of citizenship in return for the
great blessings bestowed. There need be no ccm-
promise in 1927 with those influences which seek to
break down institutions or violate the principles
IL which this nation was conceived. Sound pr;nci-
pies have been laid down for the guidance Of these
United States and no alien influence should be able
70 violate them part Of task next year is
to hold fast to them
A Happy New Year to ALL
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Modern Problems?

We are accustomed t. believing that cur present
problems of Sums, cosmopolitans. Instability and
speculative building strictly modern ones arts
ig out Of the drift Ct population into urban cen-
muntes
Yet this is not 20. The aEccnts had the same
identical problems. Tho Greeks and the Ma4,ic:l
ians had the same conditions to face notably in
Antioch and Alexandria,
But history does not record that they settled the
pr blems-and so far neither have we SO the cc.-
turtles have not been productive Of improvement
as might be mag med However, we are at least On
the right trail now
The right trail is the deserton Of the cities Tn.
next ten years will great exodus from the
urban to the suburban communities. 1t is "A deveI.
opnent b1und to and will solve for all time the
sum problem.
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ANONYMOUS Charity

How often IN king at of great wealth
do we think to- ourselves, well why doesn't he
give some of that Surplus cash to charity to help
the unfcrtunates of the world. instead of being so
selfish in keeping more than he will ever have any
use for?"
Very often, you will admit Yet, how do we
know that that same wealthy person has not given
and given generously to charity? Unless the per-
son is publicity seeker, it is quite likely that any
gift he made to charity would be ar nymous for the
records Of many charitable movements show thou
sands OF large donations made by perscas whose
names never appear in print.
30 we should not condemn without hearing the
wealthy men and women Quite likely they are do
ing an immense amount OF real good with their
moncy-cny don't happen to know about it.
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portant city is possible. Rigid schedules arc ad
hercd to- Timetables enable travellers plan thci,
journeys b. 4ir well By rail ard gain a vas,
amount OF time
Yet \ America we scarcely realize that it j!
possible to fly. Ii it rot for the army and
navy and the postofficc departing. there would
be no planes in he air Yet in this country we need
speed more than doca Europe. Our business wCrl'l
moves faster. The public could easily be- educated
u use the air. Why d,nt we develop this new
avenue Of travel?
Certainly IN everything else we have shown The
pioneer spirit. We ycntcd the airplane vet we
let every other nation under the sun, practically
out2trip Us III its development. Are we slipping
Have we reached the peak of our development? Arc
We foing I" SIT back and be e}tstripped b. every
e her nation in the air! Let the answer be, NO.
.o-ny."
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SAINT and SINNER
By Anne Austin euI

1t was white, cnormous-eyed little
Cherry who lowered like a forlorn
bird at the door into the drawing
room where the inquest was being
held. Behind her, Whispering to her.
was broadchcsted, middlc-aged man
whom Faith had never seen before.
but whose pictures had been printed
frequently in tho papers in connec-
ton with sensational trials. Next to
Ralph Cluny. who was now dead.
stephen Churchill was the most sue
cessful criminal lawyer in the state.
he had been district - attorney. a
Judge Of Il district court and had re-
Gently been defeated for attorney
general Of the state. Faiths heart
gave great throb of thanksgiving
when She saw who had aligned him
self with her sister, against the hide
Gus net Of circumstantiaJ evidence
that was closing about her.
oh, Bob" she whispered on il
sob. Its stephen Churchill. isn't it !?
How can we possibly pay him?"
y called him into the case; you're
not to worry about money! Bob
Hathaway told her in an almost
fierce whisper.
"Dr. Murchison," Stephen Church
i'll followed Cherry Lane Wiley to
the coroner's table, 81 have been in
forming Mrs. Wiley, whose Interests
! represent. that she is not compelled
by law to appear before this jury"
81 want to testify" Cherry cried.
throwing her tiny hands out in an
unconsciously lovely gesture of APP
peal. IL have nothing to conceal.
didn't do anything wrong and | want
everybody to know ! didn't. SO they'll
stop limiting these dreadful things
about me-" She slipped into TIE char
which the coroner indicated.
what is your name?" Coroner
Murchison asked, after Cherry had
been sworn.
CHERRY mean Charity Amanda
Lame" Cherry answered. Then re-
membrance swept over her and she
corrected herself hastily. "Charity
Amanda Lane Wiley"
"Your age?"
Eighteen going on nineteen" she
answered childishly. sI'!l be nine
teen the twentieth Of December"
'Now, Mrs. Wiley, will you detail
the events Of yesterday evening, be-
ginning with about eight o'clock p
"At eight o'clock my sister, Faith,
fixed my bath for me. After my bath,
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! went to my room to dress, and
Faith went to hers. / started to
dress, and then heard something
hit against the window. opened the
window and Chris Wiley-Chris-
TOPPER Wiley, who is now my hus-
band" her voice died away on the
words, as if they amazed her, fright
tned her.
"You say Mr.. Wiley?" the coroner
prodded her gently, for he had sue
cumbed Immediately to Cherry's ex-
treme youth and beauty.
ayes, sir. Mr.. Wiley had been try
ing for months to get me to marry
him but I didn't want to hurt Mr..
Gluny, and my parents didn't want
me to marry Chris. But when I saw
Chris. and knew that in a little while
It would be too late, something hap
Pened TO me. He begged me to run
AWAY with him, aaid he had Ms car
parked two houses below ours.
All Of "a sudden, it seemed |
couldn't possibly marry an old mu.,.
1t seemed horrible to me, when Chris
loved me so much he wouldn't give
me up even at the very last. 50 with
out thinking | took off my Wedding
things put on this suit, wrote Faith
note on the back Of an envelope,
and climbed out Of the window.
ut was showing hard, and we
climbed the low fence to the next
house and ran through their yard to
Chris car. 1t couldn't have been
more than six or seven minutes after
Chris knocked on the window before
we got into his car. didn't taka
nny clothes with me. I couldn't think
straight just wanted to run away
from marrying Mr.. Ciuny."
There was Il complete, a death like
stiffness in tho room as Cherry made
her damniug cnfcssion.
TOMORROW: Cherry tells a lie.
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circular seat, such as you will find
in every small town hotel. with Gus
pidors about to accommoda tobacco
chewers and smokers. The room is
smoke filled and seats are scattered
about. In one wall is square open
ing, such as the "look see" man uses
in a Chinese gambling house and,
more recently, in bootleg establish
ments. At this window is the glad
dest gladhander to be found in the
lean limits of Manhattan Isle. No
pianos arc in sight yet; from the
"soundproof walls" come discordant
gathering Of many pianos, all played
at once and each playing indifferent
tune.
These little sidcrooms are stu
dos" if you please.
In the course of time the art
lists" arrive and are turned over to
the careless mercics Of one of the
young piansts. Now they may do
AS they wish. II they care to sing
number they are welcome to
stand up and try it.
The poor young pianist has no
comeback. He must give them
enough rope to hang themselves
Generally, however, they are not in
clined to exert themselves. So a
"plugger" is called in. The plug
gers "put over" the song and the
"artist" weighs its practical posi-
bilitics. There is such an airing Of
tempcraments thereafter as may
seldom be seen upon lapd or sea.
One by one the list Of numbers is
gone through. Everything from
shrieked soprano to male quartet
cnsucs. There is no mcrcy--thc
pianist must stay. They must be
men Of cast iron, and generally are.
The artists" make the rounds.
They go from place to place, like
bargain hunters. Maybe they take
q number. Maybe they don't. Tin
Pan Alley bangs along just the
same.
Some Of the songs catch. Some
don't. Sooner or later you'll hear
them ut your favoritc movie house.
This is just to tell you how It's
done.
GILBERT SWAN.
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Air Routes

Sir Samuel Hoarc British air minister, predict,
That commercial air routes within the next few
years will bind the British empire together and
h'ahc transportation from the rcmotcst parts mat
n y. of days instead Of weeks.
"Airships socn will carry out all long non stop
air journeys. he says. 1.-TWO airshps We IRE nov
Jllding should, with normal load Of freight and
LOO passengers, be able to fly without rcfucling in
good weather, distance Of 1000 niles It is pro-
PISSED to fly at least enc Of them regularly to and
from India for full trial period"
He also called attention to the opening Of reg
ular plane route from Cairo to Karachi, India anil
rnentOned the possibility that the Indian govern
nsnt JssuId exterd it to Bombay. Calcutta, Burna,
~ kanoppn
the length and breadth Of Europe a
- emR 9SUsing network 'of commercial air lines
n woven Aetial trsnspc.t to every large and i'm
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PerSGnaiitI

What makes pc pie famous is Il common question,
which might be answered by little story about
Herbert Asquh prime minister of England fcr
eight years.
l. +. OConnor. NJ p, says that he never saw
Herbert Asquith rise to address any audience with
out commanding it immediately
Some men arc born to- fame a; surely as the
sparks ny upward. They are born with personality
which Is the surcst recipe for fame known
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Old Masters

As u demon is hurled by an angels
Heels over head, to his proper sphere
heels over head, and head Owe,
Dizziiy down the abyss he wheels,
SO fell Darius. Upon his crown.
In the midst of the BARNARD he
came down,
In wonderful whirl Of tangled
strings,
Broken braces and broken springs,
shooting stars and various things
barnyard litter of straw and chaff,
And much that wasn't SO swcc. by
half.
Away with II below fled the calf.
And what was that? Did the ,os-
ling laugh?
lis u merry roar from the old barn
door,
And he hears tho voice Of lothian
Say, Darius! How dc ycou like
flynn"
Slowly, ruefully, where he lay,
Darius Just turned and looked that
AS he stanchcd his sorrowful nose
with his cuff,
wal. ! like FLYNN we'll enough"
lie said; "but the amt SIGH n
thunderin' sight
u fun int when We como to light"
Just have room for the moral here:
And this is the moral--stick to your
sphere:
Or, If you insist, as you have the
right.
Tn spreading your wings for a
lofticr flight,
The moral is-takc care how you
light.
John T. Trowbridge: Selected
from DARIUS Green and His Flying
Machine
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AMERICA ENTERS 1927 BETTER FED,
HOUSED AND CLOTHED THAN any OTHER
NATION, SAYS SECRETARY OF COMMERCE

/, portan. exception has been tho re-
suits Of the British coal strike which
loft tho world poorer by its i'1tcrrup-
| ton to the progress of that country,
but this is now happily over. Russia
shows some economic Improvement;
and China, due to international trade
relations, still continues below nor 1
NAL. Each year sees progress III
European political relations with
fear less and less dominating fac
tor.
"CombiT,ing all foreign and domcs-
tic tendencies with which we enter
the New Year, while some of thcme
are not SO good rs VIC could wish, 9th
ers are mos: hopeful. To those who
arc interested in the movement of the
business cycle, it is worth rcmlriiing
that we have had no initiation IN COM
modities as prices have decreased
rather than increased during the
year. Moreover, the elasticity of
credit through the Federal Reserve,
System, the absence of undue stockla
Of commodities. the greatly cnlargQ4
information services Of the county,
and wider understanding (and tll1
better common judgment and cautiu1
arc all projections against viol6
movements, such as we experiences
in former times. IN
Nations Make Progress
The nation Is making ecOnon
progress. Some areas lag behi
others, and discomfort with the
Is an assurance of lively sense
initiative and the best promise
remedy. Each individual tests
question of prosperity by his ov
setting and naturally applies his ow
test to his views Of the i ccQnom
state of the nation. If we use tn
more precise term economic progress
we find we have per capita as til
result Of the year 1926 more and bel
ter homes. more electric lights an
power, more transportation, NOR
roads, more substantial buildingsx
more radios and more automobiles
more savings, more life insurance ardt
more of lot of things. We also havet
moro educational facilities and more
per capita circulation of newspapers
and magazines than ever before.
"Altogether we enter the New Yeari
with job in prospect for most every
body. with the whole nation bettcrl
fed, better housed and better clothed
than any other nation. The large dis
appearance Of poverty in the chronic
sense should make us more sensiBlcI
to the remedy of misfortune in the
individual sense, and the high rccov-
cry of industry and commerce from
the losses OF the war should make
us more sensible Of the needs of 2
agriculture"
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"A reply to requests for opinion .,
tho New Years economic prospects
can only be bsscd on the cconomi,
currents already horn of the OLE
year." says Herbert Hoover, sccrc
tary Of commerce, in response t
many requests from newspapers ant
magazines for statement of condi
tons and prospects for the coming
year. "New and unknown currents
will enter in the new year, SO there
| is no such thing as assured economic
prophecy" he continues.
"No one will deny that 1926 has
shown the highest total production
and consumption of Industrial com
modities of any year i'm the history of
the United States. Except in the tex
tile industry and parts OF the ed
industry, it has been a year Of hisn
degree Of employment, which has
been accompanied by the highest peak
in real wages, because wage incom"
for the country as !, whole has slight
~ increased and cost of living slight
~ decreased during the year. Manu-
featuring. the service industries, and
commerce generally have continued to
improve their methods, to reduce
costs, and to improve services. In ag-
grcgatc each industry appears to
show substantial Profits except the
textile and some parts of the coal in
dustry. While there has been "a
slackening in production and demand
for several staple lines during the
past few weeks, we onter the new year
with no consequential ovcr-stock of
goods. With the larg-
est volume Of construction during the
past year ever known there may prove
to be some construction i'm advance OF
needs, but slackenine in
this direction may be partially COM
pcnsated by the assurance of a larger
of public construction dur
ing the next year. Savings OF the
have shown steady increase
and there is ample cheap capital
available.
Crop Failures Distrcssin.
"The lag Of agricultural recovery
mas continued and has been accen-
.uated b. distressing crop failures
n some localities. Cotton and some
fruit crops beyond world demand
lavo brought about prices below the
.Ost Of production Of large areas Of
hose commodities. There is con-
scqucnt lowered buying power in
some agricultural sections.
taking the foreign field as
whole, it shows continued progress
toward balance of budgets; reduc-
ion of floating debt; greater stabili
y in currency; and somewhat dimin
shed unemployment. The most i'm
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IN NEW YORK

New York, Doc. 3l.-ln the vcrnac-
ular Of Broadway it's "tin-pan. alley"
In the trade it's "thc professional
department"
anyway tho larger and more eff
Client "jazz factories" of Manhattan
are quite like nothing else under
the sun.
Behind little sqparcd-off rooms,
presumed to be equipped with sound
proof walIs-but quite the contrary
sit young men possessed Of fingers
that never seem to tire, ready to
play anything and everything for
anyone who comes along.
Their business of course, is to
put over" the songs ground out Of
the jazz mills Of the concern they
work for.
Out of suah rattlety-bang class
rooms have graduated such famous
ones as Irving Berlin and George
Gcrshwin.
Here come the troops Of vaudcvil-
lsans. acts" and numbers" in search
Of now material. At least, such is
the gesture. The cold fact lis that
the song and dance entertainers are
and actually dislike changing to new
numbers. particularly If old ones
have been. going we'll. .asU
| Nevertheless, here they come in
endless array. Up the old and
crashing stairwayss to land whore
the mufYled thpmping Of hundreds
o. keys Roes on hour upon hour,
with bored and, seemingly disinter-
e6ted young men thMmu ming IA me
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Cut Down This Toll

The dawnlss Il 1927 finds the United States still
Iced with problem which well might call fer a
rlost earnest New Years resolution It is a prob
lem cf the coal mining industry.
ha, doesn't refer to coal prices or labor troubles
1t refers to the toll Ct lives which the industry an
rually eyacts.
f. 1926 more than 2.l5o coal miners lost the,
1i'es' the 'ei@tal government estimates Of these
a'G we're Killed in ma 1r accidents The rest died
sinslE or in groups of two or three Nearly five
slStEs of the deaths occurred in btuminous coal
MINES the fatality rate, however, based on tons of
coal produced was considerably higher among an.
thIaclte workers.
how many Of these deaths can be classed hon
cssly as "unavc:dablc it is hard to saw At All
events, it would seem as if America could make no
New Year resolution much better than a resolve TO
cut down the death toll of its coal mines.
Here is Il list Of major coal mine accidents Of
the year; accidents in which than ur men
were killed:
+ IDcation--IDatc ~,
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BARBS

By Tom Sims
a woman may smile at jury if
she plcascs, a New York judge rules.
10 be sure, judge, and why not even
let her laugh p
One way of forsaking art for pcif
would be to 20 into the undertaking.
business ut Hcrrin, iii.
Many sugar daddy probably
IS just a plain sap.
Headlines You never see: FORD
RETIRES FROM BUSINESS; WILL
SPEND LAST DAYS, IN PALESTINE.
Dust we are and to dust we shall
return. but that doesn't keep us
from throwing a little mud once in
a while.
Now, if We just had an Oil Com
missioner!
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A THOUGHT

Where your treasure is, there
will your heart be alsO.-Matt.
6:21.
When u young man complains that
Il young lady has no heart, it is pref
ty certain that she has his.--G. ID.
Prentice.
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SHOOT HIM
Fortune teller: Your husband will
be brave, generous, handsome and
rich
Client: How delightful! Now tell
me how ] am to get rid Of the one I
have now."---Humorist
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Justajjiingle

There was q time when Willie got
The shingic in the shed.
LBut. now his sister is the one
Who gets it-On tho head.
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RING IN TROUT

Livingston,Mo nt.-A. L. Eaton went
fishing the other, day. All he could
catch was one trout, so he took the
back streets home. But when he cut
up his. catch he found a gold ring
in the finny. 1t was baby's, size.
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Killed.

The men who go down into the mines are risk
ing their lives daily in the production of an essen
tial commodity
:, The toll Of $3.50 lives in year is too high for
any one commodity, nc matter how essential it is.
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Many sugar daddy probably
IS just plain sap.
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New York, Doc. 3l.-In the vcrnac-
ular Of broadway it's "tin-pan. alley"
In the trade it's "thc professional
department"