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here comes the complication: The
Smith forces also favor abrogation OF
the two-tlrirds rule. though they in
sist that the unit rule shall also be
discarded.
If there should be straightout
contest between McAdoo and Smith
for the nomination. next year under
the ma ority rule it is quite probable
that one or the other will be nom
mated. The two-thirds rule is the
chief weapon of the weaker candidate.
1t beat Champ Clark in 1912 and nom
mated Woodrow Wilson. 1t beat Nc
Adoo in 1920 and nominated James NJ.
Cox. 1t beat McAdoo and Smith in
1924 and nominated John w. Davis.
In each Of those cases Il minority
candidate was chosen.
It remains to be seen whether both
the Smith and McAdoo forces will go
out strongly and sincerely for the
abrpgation of the two-thirds rule.
There are present indications that the
McAdoo candidacy is designed to pre-
vent the nomination of Smith, just as
the Smith candidacy was advanced
in 1924 to prevent the nomination of
McAdoo. There is no good feeling be-
tween the two camps. On the con-
trary, there is sharp hostility. Can
they possibly unite upon a. measure
which if adopted for the government
of the convention in 1928 would prob
ably lead to the nomination of one or
the other of them?
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markets. Capper, erstwhile leader OF
the farm bloc, declares that this
evasion of the packer and StockyardS
act is costing swine-raisers not less
than $4,000, 900 a year, because of
the breaking down of the public COM
petitiye market" To enable the hog
grower to sell his product in COM
petitive market controlled entirely by
supply and demand, Senator Capper
and Representative Tincher also of
Kansas, have introduced an amend
ment to the packer and stockyards
act, aboEshing the private-yard evil
at all public central terminal markets
so designated by the Secretary of
Agriculture. Capper says the situa-
ton is most acute at Kansas City,
where the Armours have a vast pri-
Vate yard known as the "MiStletoe."
X X x X
Bishop Freeman Of Washington, ac-
counted the Demosthenes of the air.
broadcast a striking statement by
radio in his most recent Sunday SER
mon from the National Cathedral.
americans, he said, have de-
throned the God of their fathers and
set up in His stead an image called
the god of comfort. 1t has become
the governing ideal of the average
American to put comfortable baby
in a comfortable crib and in charge
of comfortable nurse; to send him
to comfortable school with comforta-
bic teachers; then to a comfortable
college where he won't have to work
too hard then to launch him in
comfortable profession until at the
end of 20 or 80 comfortable years he
finds himself with a comfortable
nnn1nGfannn aff
comfortable years of leisure, to land
him in a comfortable grave"
February Is is the anniversary of
the birthday of Susan B. Anthony
On that day delegation of the Ma
tional Womans Party is going to call
on President Coolidge to ask his sup
port of the party's equal rights amend
ment. The Presidents stock among
the Pauline sisters" has been high
ever since he appointed a National
Woman's Party leader, Miss Jessie
Dell, a member of the United States
Civil Service Commission. Mr.. Cool
ldge does not rank as an aggressively
ardent partisan of women's participa-
! ton in politics. On a memorable oc-
casion he remarked to a White House
breakfast guest, just after Mrs Cool
idge had left the President and the
G.. 0. r. leader in question to them
selves and to their cigars, MY wife
has always left the politics of the
Coolidge family to me-
X X X X
A South American resident writes
TO say that readers Of these OBSERVE
| tions might not unprof1tably be re-
minded that there is "Drago Doc
trine" as well as a "Calvo Doctrine"
DIR. Luis NJ. Drago, Argentfnian jurist
and statesman, enunciated his doc
trine" in 1908, when Venezuela was
in conflict with Great Britain. Ger
many and Italy. 1t opposes enforced
payment of debts owing to European
nations anywhere on the American
continent.
Copyright 1927
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Commercial Aviation.

A striking illustration OF the strides
being made in commercial aviation to
reduce the costs of air transportation
was given yesterday when a cabined
monoplane flew from New York to
Washington and back with seven pas
sengers. The distance was approx
mately five hundred miles, the time
four hours and one-half. and the cost
per passenger $13.88. For the CORE
spending railroad trip the time would
be ten hours and the fare per passen-
ger $16.28. To make this demonstra-
plane took off and landed on exceed
ingly rough, muddy and ice-coated
fields, used only forty six gallons of
gasoline, averaging eleven miles to
the gallon, and sustained an air speed
of one hundred and eleven miles per
hour.
Europeans discovered some years
ago that the cost of airplane travel
compared favorably with train travel.
| The Paris London fight fare Is only
a little more expensive imam the COM
bined train and boat fare, while the
air trip cuts the time in half. The
longer European air lines are likewise
proportionate in their charges to the
railroad.
In the New York Washington dem
| onstration, however. the cost Of air
| travel Is shown to be $40 below that
Of the train fare. This feat lends
strength to the often-repeated asser-
| ton that commercial aviation in, the
United States will soon be an actual
competitor OF the railroads. When
| five hundred miles can be covered
with safety and comfort and speed at
q lower cost than obtains in the fast.
est and most luxurious land travel
the time has certainly arrived for
serious notice to be taken of this new
factor in the transportation field.
Europe is far ahead of the United
States in the development OF CONNER.
cial aviation. A network of air lines
furnishes the Traveller with means OF
\ reaching ainaeat snE Point khat he "a
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the whole world joins heartily, be-
cause it satisfies u human need. In
| the home of the rich, as well as in the
! home of the poor. there is laughter
* X " *
! Is this same good laughter. them
something to be deplored?
Yes, when it degenerates into per-
petual grimace.
Viewed solely as physiological
proposition, the smile is nothing but
IN uplifting of the corners OF the
mouth
So regarded "a smile is merely
muscular action, no different, IN es-
sence, from that involved in the bend
ing of the knee or the crooking of a
finger.
only through fmmemoriai usage
have the grin, the grimace. the smile,
| the laugh, come to have the signiti-
| canoe which attaches to them today.
| The smile, in common with the
! froWn, or the more severe expression
| of great anger, is a natural ebullition,
| il one may so express it, of the human
| spirit.
| Happiness leads to an uplift misery
| to the downcast. Hence laughter,
within reason, is good for the soul
| and body. No one would gainsay
| lliIS. II IL easy 10 lIuEH anu Ut lIltIIS ,
| simply because we are built that way.
X X 4.
| This natural expression however,
| is far cry from that excessive gri-
I macing which many indulge in
| This is human nature running wild.
! The serious-minded person is the
/ one to tie to-
The perpetual smiler is likely to
| become boresome, even as his cousin,
| the endless talker.
| We would not be always smiling, or
! talking. lest the one become meaning
/ less. and the other degenerate into a
mere flow.
| Variety is the spice of smiling.
! Let there be long intervals in which
| no smile appears, then your smile will
/ be radiant when it does come.
| The ceaSelesS smiling of the mem
| bers of the chorus impresses no one,
| except. it may be, the gentleman who
| is struck by the third from the end. -
! We like man to be serious, but
| not too darn serious, as stated.
| The serious man gives us a good inn
| preston Of ourselves, as well as OF
| him.
. Look at the countenances of all
/ successful men and you will see there,
| even in the comedians, a certain
! placidity Of expression, which comes
| about through applied seriousness.
| There is no easier way in the world
| to prove acceptable to others than to
| treat them with becoming dignity. at
once pleasing them and helping your
| self.
| This good procedure is made all the
| easier today IN view of the countless
| numbers. resembling the mice of
| Bakersfield, veritable hordes, of mirth-
| full young gentlemen and ladies', who
| have got off on the wrong foot in
| life.
! With various forms Of cheap enter
| tainment as their ideal, and "a good
time" as their goal, tremendously
| busy in showing the world how to
live, they make it the easier for the
| serious remainder to apply true
| wisdom.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEWELL.

| Smiles, after all, are only species
of grimaces.
Serious people are the most accept.
able in the long run.
The eternal smiler has no sense of
proportion,
There Is in this matter. as in most
others. a. nice balance which many
miss, hence we meet persons who are
forever jolly, others who are always
gloomy.
Between the two extremes the bal.
anced man steers the bark Of his
countenance, which ne holds steady
in the course of seriousness, with
rippleS of merriment now and then
breaking the solemn surface of the
deeps.
1t may be realized that no plea is
made for the old crouch, but rather
for that just proportion of solemnity
and joy which makes for the better
character.
The serious demeanor confers q
perpetual compliment upon every be-
holder. for 1t says, Il regard you
seriously"
The world is full of merrymakers
VINO seem to regard others merely as
jokes. This is why the serious man
or woman Is so much appreciated.
X X X y
1t is surprising, in a world such as
ours, to realize how many thoughtIess
persons there are, who commonly re-
gard life simply as a fools journey
and the rest of mankind as something
TO laugh at, merely.
The animals do a great deal better
Ihe solemn countenance of a cat,
as 1t looks at you, ought to put these
Knockers to shame. Go to the Zoo.
and give the lions the uncover; visit
the woods, and learn from the chip
munk and the squirrel.
Laughter Is human accomplish
ment, but We are not always sure
that 1t is a good one, since it is so
often used merely as a means of
ridicule.
There are 500 persons who laugh at
others to one who laughs with YOU.
There are even whole families. the
members of which are distinguished
only by their wonderful ability to
sheer at those they meet.
Inc Sneering laugh is not confined
tc the melodramas, although In real
life perhaps 1t is not so outlandish as
it was when given in it's entirety on
the boards OF the old Academy of
Music
In this sort Of laugh one has por-
trayed FOR him the foolishness. of
laughing, in general
Now, there has been conspiracy
through the ages in favor of merri.
ment.
The smile, peculiar to human beings,
has been played up time out OF
memory as a most worthy thing.
Man, with his tendency to laud and
magnify anything and everything he
possesses, has found the smile to be
endearing.
The lean and hungry Cassius was
frowned upon by the great Caesar be-
cause he would not laugh.
In the face of illness, misery and
death, before the very doors of pow
erty, meannesS and cruelty, men
have combined together to laugh as
much as possible.
Laughter is fashionable.
It is, like eating, something in which
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Something of the human sweetness
of the beloved poets own inspiration
is reflected in the warm and tender
tributes of the press to Frank l..
Stanton, the dead poet laureate of
Georgia. There is almost universal
appreciation, too. of the real genius of
this singer, whose philosophy was
typified by the lines:
This world that we're alvin in
- Is mighty hard to beat
You git thorn in every rose.
But amt the roses sweet
'As clear, as true. as friendly as the
voice of lowered bells We're the songs
of Frank Stanton, calling courage to
the lowiiest and loneliest on earth and
losing themselves at last in the eter-
nal melody" says the Atlanta Journal
Bard of the South and Georgia's poet
laureate, he was, above all, humanity's
friend. a heart like his would have
scared, a soul like his would have
sung, wherever in the wide world
might have been its birthland and
dwelling"
sit is tribute to any mans
genius" observes the Providence Bull
letin, when the public is more IA
miliar with his work than with his
name. OF the thousands who sing
Stanton's songs not half know who
wrote them. There is a ten
derness in Stanton's Interpretation of
life and understanding of the common
ties of home and the intimate solicit
tude of close friends. This was his
special gift" The Rock Island Argus
apprafses him as "a man of heart, a
lover of his kind, who used his great
gifts for good. We shall think of him
as walking in some beautiful garden
of Paradise surrounded by the roses
of which he sang so sWeetly," con-
cludes the Argus.
Destiny has a way of serving"
suggests the Fort Worth Record-Tele-
gram. 'It gives just enough of Frank
l.. Stantons. More would be too many.
About one in a generation will leaven
the sordidness Of existence and give
us q new love song or two. And that
is about all the world will appreciate"
X 4 X X
OF Mr.. Stantons personal qualities,
his own paper, the Atlanta Constitu-
ton, in which his famous column APP
peared for a long generation, writes;
"He illustrated in verse and prose and
in his daily life the most profound hui
man sympathy--the binding tie of the
fellowship of man. He lived the
spirit or human democracy. ftS uleu
loved with an almost sacred devotion
by his colleagues and those who knew
him best He was loved for what he
was, as we'll as for what he did.
Good-by, dear friend and colleague!
On the other shore the roses will be
as sweet. And there will be no
thorns"
Mr.. Stanton twas no ordinary
writer" states the Christian Science
Monitor, which adds that 'in many
instances his stanZas touched the
heights of the finest poetry" The
Omaha World Herald points to lines
which stand out with a. beauty and
lingering pathos or hunlor likely to
make them long endure" In that list
the World Herald places some verses
of Mighty LAX a Rose" The Nash
vile Banner agrees that ''some of the
notes he sounded will live in human
hearts and linger on human lips for
many and many a year to come"
That paper also says of him that ''he
was always daintiIy exquisite in
pathoa eYsn 20 he Taa deliciouslg
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lects. Improvements are constantly
being made In the service. and high
standard of safety and comfort is
rapidly being attained.
1t only remains for the American
public to become sufficiently inter
ested in this method of travel to start
similar movement on this side OF
the Atlantic. II commercial aviation
once gets a fair start in the United
States. those who are living today VIII
see gigantic industry built up to
serve the air needs of one hundred
and twenty million people.
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A film comedian makes people laugh
until he has adventures which the
camera cannot depict. The greatest
and the humblest artist is dependent
on the medium he selects for express
sion. Films register the fictitious Gus
tard pie as a. missile, but not the
genuine domestic rolling pin.
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After declaring himself as in favor
Of artists and poets as expressive of
Italian genius, Mussolini discreetly re-
Trains from denying himself to the
plain reporter in quest of an inter
view
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Political managers are displaying
some studious concern as to how far
the water wagon can be depended on
to supersede the old political band
wagon.
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Decision that Ban Johnson must
take a vacation is regarded in some
quarters as an indication that people
whom he has been worrying need a
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When a reigning film comedian gets
into matrimonial difficulty, the ocean
going routes of the world mean moth.
ing more than a De Russey's lane.
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A few people still go to Florida to
rest. Others still go there and spend
aleepless nights because of invest.
ments
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If Mussolini desires to create anew
the glories of Rome, he should avoid
suggestions of war, which would only
impede progress.
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Job for Mussolini.

From the Buffalo Courier Express.
Mussolini has closed the night clubs
in Rome. When he gets things ad.
justed over there he might be lured
to the United States to enforce pro-
hibition.
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That Sweeter Music.

From the Pathfinder Magazine.
Fred--Did your girl come down
when you serenaded her with your
saxophone2
No. but some guy got hsr out
Nth. an auto horn
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
MnItyrdOms.

A cheater is a. curious elf
He seeks to glorify himself,
And manages, with credit dwindled,
To render famous those he swindled,
Who cares for Torquemada now,
With sanguine laurels on his brow?
Or Borgia, forever quicker
To smoker at an arsenic-er?
The autocrat's erratic pow'r,
While exercised for but an hour,
Makes of his life a shabby story
While lending saints immortal glory.
Noise Competition.
''Nero fiddled while Rome burned"
said the ready-made philosopher.
~ don't believe it," answered Sena-
tor Sorghum. mo musician with any
sort of artistic self-respect would at
tempt a violin solo while a fire depart
ment was performing in the streets"
Getting the Right Name.
OF Bacon little do we know,
OF Shakespeare we know less.
Who wrote those plays SO long ago?
A doubt some folks profess.
The erudite assume to place
On argument a muzzle:
The problem seems to set q, pace
Worse than the crossword puzzle.
Jud Tunkins says a man who looks
out for number one is liable to for
get that there are d whole lot Of num-
bers much larger.
Passing the Laugh.
,"T once made a prince laugh"
WONDERFUL exclaimed Miss Cay
enne. MY experience was different.
A prince once made me laugh"
"A lazy man." said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, '1s useless as q slave.
Therefore he always strives to become
master"
George and His Hatchet.
George laid his Ratchet to a tree.
His father said, That's pretty
good.
1t surely should be far from ME
To spank boy for chopping woodr'
"If monkeys owned property" said
Uncle Eben. "dar might be less indig-
nati0n bout rscoRnizin' EN- an an
ca9EarMs 81
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Hehin on the Air.

From the ST. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Some of the radio listeners are COM
planning because Tom Hefiin won't
tune out
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Gets What's Coming Toward Him

From the Baltimore Sun.
The pedestrian is said to have the
right of way, but he generally gets
left.
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Compensation for the Envious.
From the Boston Transcript
Perhaps you can't excel others, but
there's a joy In beating your own
record.
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q. When did the floor of the Boston
dance hall collapse that caused the
death of many of the dancers?-G. b.
A. 1t was in the early morning of
July 4, 1925. About 200 people were
precipitated into the wreck of the
burning building. Almost so lost their
lives.
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Q. Has an estimate been made of
the number of animals in national
parks?-D. c.
A. At the time of a recent report
there were $4,000 elk, $4,000 deer,
$500 sheep, 5000 caribou, 1,O10 buff
faloes,, 500 black bears, 440 antelopes,
$40 moose and 120 grizzly bears.
@. When and where were Norma
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and Constance Talmadge born
u. II. NJ.
a. Norma was born in 1897. EiagarVA
Falls. y. y: Constance was born ~
1900 Brooklyn. y. Y.
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.. What city is the largest shoe
manufacturing center?-C. II. J.
A. Brockton. Mass.
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George and His Hatchet.

IF monkeys owned property" said
Uncle Eben. "dar might be less indig-
nation bout recoRnizin' 'em an an
ce9tQrMs ~
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q. What do the Russians mean by
vodaboyaZn"?-W. w.
a. II is groundless fear Of water.
The term means water fright"
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q. When do the silver and diamond
wedding anniversaries oCcur?-B. L.
A, The silver anniversary Is cele-
brated in the twenty-flfth year and
the diamond in the seyenty-fifth year
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Getting the Right Name

Passing the Laugh.
az once made a prince laugh"
WONDERFUL exclaimed Miss Cay
enne MY experience was different.
A prince once made me laugh"
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A. Unoficially we have been ad-
vised that an average sized torpedo
used in the World War would weigh
about 1900 pounds and cost about
50 900.
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WARNS OF LEGISLATION
ADVERSE TO FARMERS
John f. Benton Tells Federation
Attempt May Be Made to Repeal
Hoch-Smith Resolution.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. December GA warning
to farmers that an attempt probably
will he made in Congress to repeal the
Hoch Smith resolution. directing II e
Interstate Commerce Commission "a
change freight rates to permit move
ment of agricultural products at low
est possible rates, was issued today
by John T. Benton of the National
Association of Railway and Utilities
Commissioners.
Mr.. Henton was here TO address the
American Farm Bureau Federation.
"Whethcr the attempt will he sue
cessful depends largely on the attitude
Of farm organiza tions," he said. The
Hoch Smith resolution has been sub
stantial benefit TO farmers, especially
in the prevention of important ad-
vanceS in freight rates.
Representative Hill. Alabama. said
the agricultural policies of the Nation
demanded fundamental economic re-
adjustments. He made plea for pas
sage of the Madden bill. concerning
Muscle Shoals, to provide farmers
with fertilizer at reduced prices.