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cities-is ~ great - those who
play bridge well. Some enterprise
ing young man concluded that, with
90 many married folk separating,
there should be the foundation for
= goodly circulation. Perhaps he
went on the theory that Misery, if
it doesn't like company, at any rate
likes companionship.
/ am told that q divorce news.
paper was issued for time in Lon
don but took to printing such saIa-
cious extracts from the testimony
that . law was passed forbidding
the use Of names and addresses.
Scandal sheets have long been =
source Of fear to the Broadway belt.
A couple Of years ago one Of these
practiced none-too-polite blackmail,
holding out details Of certain COS
sip heard around the night clubs
for . consideration. Scores Of
prominent theatrical and society
people paid tribute before the edi-
tor Finally was given . prison term.
GILBERT SWAN.
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Nom, dear:
Here's where you get the sur
prise of your life. ! went, alone
and unprotected, to the lions den.
And ] came out all of piece.
Now I'll tell you what those plans
are - those I referred to in a pre-
vious letter. / knew when Michel
10 asked me to pose for HIN that
it was purely a business PROPOSE
ton. Don't ask me how I knew.
Even girls of your day must have
known when they appealed to a
man as q man. | knew I hadn't
clicked with Michello. He didn't
seem to be interested in me as an
addition to his love gallery.
There were others, / admit, at
the party who took notice Of me
after the show in q warmly per-
sonal way, but Michele was not one
of them. He told me that he liked
my figure and wanted to sketsk me
in poses of the dance. They re 10
be used in illustrating q book on
the origin Of modern dancing.
He's going to do q series. It will
take some time as he can't work
steadily on them. He has three
portraits under way now and sew
cral more ordered. Some day I
hope he will do one cf me but his
prices are stiff. thought he might
offer to do. it for less + / posed
for him but he insists upon paying
me for my work.
And say, Nom, maybe you think
it isn't work. Gosh, I'm full of
crinks and knots tLa: 7 know will
never come cat. It may sound like
the life Of Riley standing up there
on a dais and just holding still hut
it's torture after q while. I don't
think I'll ever be able to do the
Black Bottom again except in slow
motion.
Michele says these poses arc un-
usual:..7 trying bi. can think Of
easier ways to ge. money than by
posing for it. Coaxing it out of q
husband is one but I'd rather take
the harder way and earn it. There's
q mental compensation. It will We
a thrill to have . little money Of
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IN NEW YORK

New York, April 1e.-Perhaps
the most widely used name On
Broadwa.. is that Of . person who
doesn't exist.
Barrymores may come and 60;
so may Sotherns and Marlowes
and Cohans and Anglins and Faver-
shams. But George Splivin" goes
on forever. Yet George Splivin
never has been nor never will be.
For Splivin, though his name has
appeared on countless programs and
play bills, 10 m entirely fictitious
person.
George Splivin was created in
years agone to meet IN emergency.
This emergency has been faced on
many IN occasion since.
For, II you are ct Ill acquainted
with the theater, you must know
that there are many plays In which
one actor plays two relies. He may
in the first act appear % Uncle
Moe and in the third come on -
the butler. Now thsre are many
actors who don't want the audience
to know this. And there are many
mansgers and producers who feel
the same way about il. So, one
night. while making up the east Of
characters Of = play and assigning
the roles, some wax created On the
spur Of the moment the name
George Splivin. From that day %
this It has stuck" Whenever
anonymity in the show world II d.
sired . player automatically ap-
pears on the program - Splivin.
Just how often he has appeared nc
one seems to know. Il b merely
. traditional Jest Of the play-world
that anyone can become Spltvin On
. moments notice.
But Il has gone even further than
this. Splivin, after some years, BE-
came to the footlights what Paul
Bunyan il to the logging camps
He il the mythical figure about
whom gargantuan myths are crs-
ated.
Il ! jinx appears in the course
Of . drama, its sure to b the fault
81 George Splivin. Il some fabu.
lous tale IL recounted, Il h pooh.
poohed. Everyone knows that Spill.
win achieved something more -.
markable. When there's anyone h
b blamed for anything, someonl
suggests that George Splivin should
b consulted. There aSo any mum
bsr Of timers ready 70 tell yor
tales Of this remarkable fellow
There ar6 even those who rsnAena
Dor him we'll"
| The latest periodical % b soll
on the streets of Manhattan 70 ~
titled divorce i seems thu
where there are 90 many diy6rcsl
thei, must b . little smudgo o.
scandal. The foes Of companionatl
marriage and such may Ssy wha'
they will Of the marriage institu
ton, the fact remains that The Per
centags o. those Who step Into mis-
| alliance least IN the majoI
\
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the Six Nations famous In history, will enjoy ~
individuals the status Its members had as do
nestle dependent nation and before that as free
nation for ages.
During the early years OF this republic and for
generations before, the Iroquois passed and re-
passed as they plesaed where the border now Is.
There was one to deny this privilege.
The present ruling pleases Let the remnants
Of the tribe be free to come and go. They are the
descendants OF the ancient masters Of the land.
They have little OF II left Let them at least have
free passage over all its ways AID across all In.
ternational borders in their ancient fatherland.
From time to time chieftains of North Da
kota Indian tribes have requested both tn
state and national governments to respect an
cient agreements between white and red an
ancient rights of the Indian nations.
With consideration such as the United State
circuit court Of appeals has shown in the dab
case, the time does not seem far distant whe
many other treaties will be recognized and no
ignored as just pieces of paper.
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Washington, April 18.-None Of
those who make . living by expert
ing on politics seem to be making
many definite predictions this yeal
and after roofing around in thu
available dope and data it's hare
to blame them.
The principal question we boy,
discuss in our leisure moments-and
50 does the rest Of the town-are:
Whether Hoover can b pre-
vented from getting the Republican
nomination.
2-Whether Smith can win IL
November.
3-Whether Smith will be nom.
mated at Houston.
As to the third question it seem,
to be q fact that Smith sirengtl
has been increasing recently, but
whether it will be possible to put
him across with the two-thirds rule
still in force, is q debatable question
The second question is mucl
more difficult and IL best reserved
for discussion after we learn who
Smith, assuming his nomination.
will have to beat. and what sort II
. campaign they will wage. The
identity Of. the Republican candi.
date may make oil the difference in
the world.
The first question ID being solved
right now and it il most interest
ing Of all to the students of the
ms and outs Of political intrigue.
It is complicated principally by the
fact that there is not yet any def
mite picture Of the men and the
influences which oppose Hoover.
The politicians are split up, some
fer Hoover, some ostcnsibly on the
fence and others against him. The
same seems relatively true If the
industrial and financial interests.
Otherwise, of course, it would all
be rather simple.
The knives which his enemies
are using on Hoover are these:
1-Agricultural discomfort, large
~ centered behind Lowden.
2@Favorite sons.
S-"Draft Coolidge" propaganda.
@Uninstructed delegations cap
able of manipulation.
6-Money or some other method
OF persuasion to rob Hoover Of col
ored Republican support in the
south.
The main arguments used by
Hoover's enemies are now these:
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A man 10 on trial in New York
charged with annoying . refornlcr.
They have odd ideas Of crime in
New York.
Williamsburg, the colonial capital
Of Virginia, is spending $4,000, 900
to restore its Revolutionary aspect.
A couple Of other cities We know
Of would spend that much to get
rid Of theirs.
Cotton dresses can b made In 30
minutes at . cost Of Is cents to
$3.50, according to . recent bulletin
Of the Cotton Textile Institute.
Thirty minutes seems quite lot Of
time wasted IN making one Of those
A man arrested IN Kansas City
for honking his horn says he was
doing It just for fun. The pleasure
Il isn't always the best player
who has the most irons in the bag.
Marrying American girls Is .
great lndors sport.
Nest girls carry Npsticks these
days. They have to draw the line
somewhere.
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BETTER HEALTH-LONGER

Il Is exhilsrating . awake with =
lively, energetic body; Il Il miser-
able % drag IN achipg, tired, weary
body from . restless, sleepless bed.
For . normal, thoroughly relieving
urinal flow, cleansing tho systo9
Of wastes that poison and impair
health, take Foley Pills (diurotic)
and teal again the urge d en active,
ach6-3fee body, IN alert mind. eeod
appetite, sound Sleop. Mem and
women everywhere have bsen using
and Recommending them Tor ysasS.
Try them.-Adv.
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Ancient RIGHTS

Ancient Rights
Anplo-Saxons pride themselves on rights
dating back to the Magma Charta. Frenchmen
are proud Of freedom perogatives earned $50
years ago during the French revolution. Ne
rroes have revered Lincoln's Emancipation
Proclamation. But the first Americans-the In
dians-what remains to them Of ancient
rights?
The white man has shown small regard for
tribal heritages Of the Indian. Even less re-
spect has been paid to treaties defining the
privileges of the Indian in his association will,
the whites. The Indian has had little to say
thus far as to how be shall be governed.
Therefore, it was almost q shock to the
white friends Of the red man when the United
States court of appeals recently recognized the
rights of an Indian which were first promul-
gated in the Jay treaty made in 1884 between
the United States and Great Britain.
The following is the editorial which ap-
peared in The Duluth Herald:
Paul Diabo, full-blooded Iroquos, was born on
n fonnS =, .rnc
tural ironworker. He became expert and down to
1926 he spent part Of the year making stake
in the safes and the rest the ancestral reserva
ton over the border. He made good oney and
had fault to find.
In 1926 he was arrested for not complying with
Adprican immigration rules The matter has been
dragging along in the federal courts since. Last
month the United states circuit court OF appeals
tsntion.
The Indian argued that under the Jay treaty,
made in 1874 between the United States and
Great Britain, Iroquois Indians Of both countries
were given the right to cross the international
boundary when and where they pleased. He
o the Iroquois were concerned and that under the
treaty, an Iroquois Indian, he was free to come
and 80 at will Tho judges agreed with him
where It will be reviewed, the Iroquois, who were
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my own again. OF course Alan and
I get along pretty well on the ar
rangement We made in the begin
ming about the money was to lave
but there are unexpected -es for
a little cash that bob TIP now and
then which make Q prenuptial
money agreement nothing but .
scrap Of paper.
If the series and my bones hold
out I'll be able to start q savings
account.
Dearest love,
MARYE.
NEXT: An elopement.
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gap in the neglected education Of
this former East Side newsboy and
fish market clerk who left school
before he was Is and who now A.
pires to be the president Of the
United States.
This uncanny ability to adapt
himself has enabled Governor Smith,
now IS, to keep pace with his op.
portunities throughout life.
If . man had gone through New
York City in 1873, looking for
sources Of future greatness, he
hardly would have bothered to stroll
down South street.
South street fringed the lower
part Of the East Side, thanking the
East river. It was lined with
wharves and piers where, in .
tangle Of masts and riggings, ships
from all over the world discharged
their cargoes. There were sailors
boarding houses, saloons flourished
lines Of washing fluttered from
tenement windows then Is now, and
children played in the narrow
Born Dec. 80, 1879
In I four room apartment on the
fourth floor Of . narrow tenement
Of 174 South street, on Dec. 80
1873, the only man who has -eveI
been governor Of New York -four
times was born. His father was /
teamster, Alfred E. Smith, ST., /
brawny lion Of . man, poor in money
but rich in friends. His mother
Catherine Mulvehill Smith, had re-
GENTLY arrived from Ireland and ha(
: brother in the fire department.
The stories that portray Al Smitl
q having been . dirty child Of tn,
elnung are al wrong. His mothel
kept him clean and neat md n
etflled IDEAS Of honesty and char
acter n her son.
Hi parents were devout Catho
III. - the church took him early
~ Z, b was m altar boy at 81
1annoss church 1oafbg. H hold thi
IN until ~ ~ - elten aTiein(
q : .. n, 70 toaei ~ church 4
&qo 3oe e1yjY 1891
vh1n IL boy waS 70 his fathe
I'D. sitter = long Illness. Harl
1nDos pinchod, but Catherine Mulve
RI 80 not the kind e ut at kom'
- hm1nt her fate. ohe went on
M W : ~ making umbreloe ~
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Presidential Campaign Portraits-No. -
Gov. Alfred E. Smith
Streets of East Side Were AIS School

AL went forth to make some money
in the time-honored way Of Fast
Side youngstcrs-selling papers.
Had to Go to Work
Before he was Is, increasing
necessity forced young Smith t.
quit his classes at St. James paro.
chial school and get a job. He was
first . business chaser" for q
trucking company and later a com.
bination office boy and clerk in ar
oil company's office.
In the evenings, AL found time
to take part in the amateur theat.
ricals staged in the church base
ment There were no movies in
those days and the plays were large
~ attended. He could sing and
dance or play the part Of the deep
dyed villain equally we'll.
In 1892, when AL was 10, he got
. Job in the Fulton fish market. He
went to work at q. M, worked IL
hours . day and was paid SIP q
week, plus al the fish he desired
to take home.
A year later he went to work "a
. steam-fitter-and there politics
found him.
In those days, ~ now, Tammany
Hall was not only a political organ
ization, but q social and benevolent
organization as we'll. It was q high
~ organized machine, with numer-
Gus district "clubs."
The ward boss was q man who
found jobs for the unemployed, who
extended charity to the needy, who
staged boat excursions and picr'vs
Naturally on election day he ';col.
lected" in the form of votes.
Zone Of the Boys
Tom Foley, autocratic but kind.
ly boss Of the old Seymour Club
enrolled al o. . member. Pretty
soon, he was zone of the boys" help.
ing to keep things running-and
round up the votes on election day.
Foley, keen in political wisdom
saw . future for AL, the amateur
actor. Foley turned Smiths tai.
ents Of dramatic eloquence to polit.
ical speech-making. There begar
AL Smith, the politician.
When Smith married Miss Cath.
crime Dunn in 1900, he was on thu
city payroll o. . subpoena server al
$76 > month. Foley had got hin
the job.
Tom Foley kept his eye on AL AM
in 1903, he decided the young mar
was ready.
al, have You got smother suit
Of clothes? :" Foley asked one day.
Al shook his head and griancd.
We'll" said Foley, go home ant
get this suit pressed and be ct IL,
club tonight. You're going to m,
Tor the assembly,"
! - short time later, Smith va,
elected 70 the lower house Of New
York's state legislature-the assem-
bly,, - It il called.
i First Term q Failure
i Logging . new paste.boar suit
case and wearing : brown derby,
loud vest and . louder tie, the nev
e1semblyman went 70 Albany. III
j found the aseembly Z strange. con
1l1eine place. HiS first term ~
| = dismal failure.
i Having accomplished nothina
| Smith was discouraged and wante'
70 quit. But FoIey, knowing thu
q least two or three terms Or
necessary before > man gets h
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Editors Note: This, the
ninth in . series Of Presidential
Campaign Portraits written for
the Tribune by Robert Talley,
is the second Of four articles on
Gov. AL Smith Of New York.
The third article on Gov. Smith
will appear tomorrow.
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WASHINGTON
LETTER s.

! THAT Hoover would be weak
candidate everywhere.
(a) That he couldn't carry the
agricultural west.
(b) That he couldn't carry the
east against Smith.
(c) That he would lose the
voters Of foreign extraction.
I'D That he couldn't count or
the negro vote.
Most Of the other arguments
used against Hoover seem to have
broken down. At any rate, one
doesn't hear much Of them any
more. Those above, of course, are
open to dispute and the Hoover fol-
lowers are quick to dispute them or
any and all occasions. But the mere
fact that allegations may be all
wrong seldom has any effect on
politics when nothing can be proved
either way.
The anti-Hoover movement has
shown unexpected strength in the
last TWO or three weeks. Doubt has
been raised as to thn eventual own
ership Of numbers &C delegates pre-
viousiy counted in all the Hoover
columns. There is little question
that Hoover will show the most del
egates on the first ballot, but the
margin that will insure or prevent
a Hoover victory is hazy and in
definite enough to make any unex-
pected loss q severe one. At any
rate, there has been. a certain
amount Of worry in the Hoover
camp.
An unpleasant surprise came when
Senator Goff decided that he was
. presidential candidate and put
West Virginia 10 delegates, pre-
viously counted for Hoover, in his
pocket. The fact that Goff's can
didacy is even more ridiculous from
the standpoint Of possible success
than Jim Watson's doesn't bring
bring back the delegates.
Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee
and Texas were counted for Hoover,
but factional disputes between ne
gro politicians and oily whites" in
those states have raised doubt as
to the issue in two or three Of them.
It may be that the conventions inn
portant credentials committee will
decide the outcome Of the Kansas
City assembly as it has before.
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for lunch. Pineapple makes . good
fruit to use while fasting, and IL
. desirable change from the orange
OF other fruit.
The best way to take : pineapple
fast is to eat all you desire three
times daily, drinking whatever
amount Of water you ore thirsty
for. This treatment seems espe.
cially good in al throat troubles,
such % colds or tonsiiitis, - the
acids assist in cleansing the mu.
cous membranes Of the throat Of
the accumulated mucus.
Pineapple may also be used at
Z proteid meal when no starches arr
used. The acids interfere with the
starch digestion, but the leafy sue.
culent greens may be used freely
with this meal.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question: Mary B. asks: "Why
do ! wake up 1t night out Of my
sleep and have choking spells a. il
! couldn't swallow? Il almost
strangles me-"
Answer: Excessive smoking, gas,
or eating too much ct the evening
meal may be causing your trouble.
Reduce the amount you eat ut night
to about one-half Of what yen I ave
been using and do not use any
starches and desserts at this meal.
Question: Young Cook asks:
"Why not thickened gravy with our
meats instead Of just plain boiled,
broiled or baked meats with only
the pan Rravy?"
Answer: Aside from the unwhole-
some fat employed in the making
Of thickened gravy, the white flour
or cornstarch with which It is
''thickened" makes . bad mixture
with meat. Foods made from white
flour should never be used Ut .
meal where meat, fish, chicken or
such protein food Is used.
Question: A Subscriber writes:
II feel weak all tho time, no
strength, no appetite, and lack pep.
] have no pain-just feel weak"
Answer: It may be that al you
need is increased physical exercise.
Do not depend too much upon food
to give strength. You cannot stoke
the stomach like Z furnace and ex-
pect the increased amount Of food
to be converted into energy. Ply.
steal exefciso will develop strength
through increasing the circulation
Of blood and encouraging the a..
similation Of food elements.
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LBANY, N. T.,
April 10. IT b Z
fact that AL Smith
in his boyhood was
. talented anna
teur actor, gifted
with . remarkable
ability to initiate
others, probably
explains much Of
the success that
has been his.
An ability to do
as others do, TO
profit and learn by
It h e ir examples,
ASA-l ~
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jar and placed in the refrigerator
for . few hours before serving.
A good way to use pineapple IL
to make IN entire meal Of it, or
use it with Z pint Of sweet milk
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Dr.. Mccoy win gladly answer
personal questions On health and
diet, addressed b him. care q
the Tribune.
Enclose . stamped addSeeoed
envelope for reply.
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Ccp3 PrJRY TRAVELLER

Sprine1isld, Mes. = Police
throughout the world has been very
helpful to Margaret Sweeney in her
travels and wien shs died six uni
formed officers served as pallbear-
ers. In compliance with her viii
they were paid 426 for the service.
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A THOUGHT

Oyt Of thine own mouth will
judge thee-Arke 1874.
Enough words. little wisdom. :
Salluct.
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The aspen is the name of tree
that is often preceded by the adj
jective trembling"
Evening star., 1928-06-10
AUTOMOBILE SALON
LISTS FOUR SHOWS
Exhibits Will Be Held in New
York, Chicago, Los Angeles
and San Francisco.

Preliminary announcement of the
plans for the twenty-fourth annual
Automobile Salon schedules four ses-
slons Of this famous exhibition of fine
chassis and custom coachWork, 10 be
held In New York, Chicago Los Angeles
and San Francisco.
The dates for the 1929 season are
as follows: New York, Hotel Conmo-
6ore, December 2 TO q, 1923: Chicago.
Hotel Drake. January 26 10 February 2,
1929: Los Angeles, Hotel Biltmore, Feb
r1ary 8 10 10. and San Francisco, Pal
ace Hotel February % 10 March 2.
Requests for space already received
on behalf Of eligible chassis and real
cust0n1-built c0achwork considerably
exceed the exhibition space available
In the four prominent hotels. At the
Commodore in New York the overflow
exhibits in the main lobby will rival the
main salon on the ballroom floor In
Chicago additional space has been ar
ranged at the Drake, so that this salon
VIII also be larger than ever before
The new ballroom at the BIltmOre In
Los Angeles will accommodate about
twice as many exhibits as have been
displayed there in the past two seasons
while the famous main dining room ot
The Palace will be utilized in San Fran
cisco.
Rlgldly restricted 10 high-priced
chassis and real custom built coach
work, the Automobile Salon has grown
steadily In size and in prestige New
records were established last season
especially from the standpoint of sales
An Interesting development VIII be the
participation OF number of European
carrogsiefs.