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The Presidents Vacation

President Coolidge has selected his summer White
House. and another lovely American scene. heretofore
little known, becomes world famous. This year the
president: is seeking change and refreshment in a good
sized bungalow on a little island in the Brule river ii
Wisconsin.
II is said the Cedar Island Lodge is surrounded by
virgin stands Of pine and spruce A beautiful, trout
filled river rushes past on its way into Lake Superior.
A president can never wholly escape from his re-
Sponsibilities. Into this lovely woodland haunt will 20
telegraph wires and a large corps Of office workers and
officials. The president will catch his fish and take
his rambles and drives accompanied not only by his
own body-guard but BY newspaper men and photcg-
raphers. he may have more convenienees than his
fellow citizens on their vacation jaunts. But the latter
will have more privacy, il they want IL.
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New York Letter

NEW YORK, June TN one of the
largest hotels in New York, where the
average person might have the i'm
preston that no attention is paid 20
insignificant guests, there is a sys-
tenn of friendliness that makes Wis
itors realize there is such a thing as
hospitality in hard-hearted New
York. This hotel has a man trained
to visit male guests who are confined
to rooms with illness. There Is a
woman to make the same visits to
sick ONE guests.
Not long ago there was, in this
particular hotel, a young woman from
my Kentucky. She was alone, the
few friends she had in New York
didn't know she vas in the city. She
had an attack Of tonsilitis and had to
20 to bed. For a few hours she made
her condition worse BY crying and
worrying, because she was afraid
she'd die Of loneliness and i~natten-
ton. But as soon as the manager
learned Of her illness. he got the hos
ritality machinery going. He arrang-
ed with telephone girls, who work in
shifts. to spend off hours reading 10
the patient, had a physician call. ar
ranged for special broths, sent in
flowers and placed n matron mt her
service to do such shopping as she
needed.
A reader Of the Diary asks: els II
harder for a young writer to succeed
ir New York than in the old home
town? l have an ambition to be a
rCvelist. | am willing 20 undergo
hardships to realize. ! don't think
I'll ever find encouragement here"
Supposing, of course, that he OF
she has the necessary talent. deter
mination and energy. New York prob
ably is the easiest place 10 succeed
There are more opportunities.
hargery Latimer came to New
York four years * from Portage
Wis. with M money and a deter
mination to write. She refused q
seek a job that would interfere with
her ambition, and eked out a living
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pRoFITINC FROM COURTESY

A surprising amount Of harm may
te done BY even 80 slight q discour-
tesy rs mere inattentiOn on the part
% an emplcye. 4 heard an angry
woman notifying the fl0orwalker in n
big department store that she had
waited three or four minutes 90 be
served. and q girl, Though not basy,
had failed TO notice her.
The fioorwaIker was unable 10 pac-
Iify the customer. and she never went
TO that store again. Before that her
I'll ade had amounted 10 more than one
thousand dollars q year.
/ know of a department store that
In believed 90 be financially on the
ragged edge though 10 was cnce
about the most prosperous institu-
ton OF its kind I'm the city where ~
IL located. And l believe i could put
my finger right on the main con-
tributinR cause or it's loss OF pcpu-
Iarity. IL has just Is good . line OF
merchandise ms could be found any
where. and the prices are reasonable.
But IL you buy . rug, q chair, or an
alarm clock mt that store, and after
taking ii home decide that you wish
to exchange il. you will meet an at
mosphcre of deep gloom on the part
or those store employees who particle
pate in the transaction. Mr.. So-and-
So has to 20 and see Mr.. Somebody
Else before the charge fer the re-
turned goods is taken off the books.
Everybody examines the goods crit
ically. ms IL to say: II don't know
about this"
The customer says TO himself, II
hope | don't have to 70 through all
this monkey business o again"
Other big stores In the same city
are just MS careful about making
sure that things returned are in
good condition. hut they do il in n
nail-fellow, offhand way that makes
the customer feel as IL he is causing
nobody any trouble whatsoever
Years aRo the Dir telephone com
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CHAPTER L.

CHAPTER 16
The doctor looked up. Then bent
a questioning gaze on the newcom-
ers. Stella. overcoming a shortness
Of breath. explained: We've come
from the Age office"
"Oh. it's Stella Bagot. 7 didn't
place you at first" He smiled. That
was reassurinE. But Homer lay
inert.
is it" -. Stella's voice rs he
...
Hell come round all right. They
beat him up pretty badly" He pick
ed up the Boston bag and put way
the bandages and scissors.
who did. Doctor?"
"Three or four men. / didn't get
much of a look at them. They ran
out through the Swan place to the
back street. BY a coincidence | had
just come in from a call. I'd put
the house. I heard Homer shutting
the door Of his garage. Then a
scream He glanced toward Kitty;
but the girl neither moved nor
spoke. u gather up that she heard
the men and got up and went TO n
window. She saw them jump on
him"
Homer stirred. Mumbled. The
doctor and Stella moved to his side.
His eyes slowly opened, and looked,
with a puzzled expression, from one
TO the other. Then he groaned soft
ly.
Splitting . What happened"
"You took something Of a beating,
Homer. But there's 20 bones brok-
en-
Him, How's my sknIl?"
Intact. thank Godl You'll be all
right in a day or So Homer made
an effort TO lift his bsndaged head.
NO. my boy, you Just lie still. I'm
going to telephone over to the hos
pital for a nurse. When she gets
here we'll nut YOU 10 bed"
But good Lord don't need a
n~urse!"
Just n couple of days. Ira going
to keep YOU under observation. There
may be a little coacussion. Best
thing for YOU right now u to obey
orders"
Without a word Mrs. Carver alp
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ped into the room and carried the
basin out to the kitchen.
Homer's eyes closed again. But
he was conscious. His hands moved,
and he frowned rather painfully.
Kitty sobbed. Stella. her nerves on
edge. started. The girl rushed out
and ran upstairs.
'Ill 90 telephone" said the doc
tor. Don't let him try TO get up"
Stella sank into the chair where
the basin had been. Asbury moved
nearer.
NV head isn't arv too clear" be-
gan Homer. apoloTetically.
Don't try to think" said Stella.
She couldn't move her eyes from
that touselcd. bandaged head. A
warm. excited impulse came to take
il into her arms. But that wouldn't
do. "I'm not normal" she thought.
He was speaking again. "The thing
10 do is to get this right into the
paper. We can't let il drift for a
week. Not in this kind Of a fight.
Better telephone Ben TO stop the
press. Asbury."
CAS- soon as the doctor is through"
replied that person, wheezily, and
.stepred out into the hall.
"We'll have to do something quick.
II needn't he long"
"Tll attend to IT," said Stella.
"Oh. will you? That's good Of
YOU"
She laid a trembling hand on his
arm. "Please leave everything 10
u.s." She mustn't cry. "I'm working
for the Age now, YOU know" II
she sat here much longer she'd he
stroking that bruised head. So she
got up. We'll put it in a box on
the front page"
-Will YOU? That's the stuff. It's
wonderful of you. Stella, TO -"
The doctor reappeared- 1T vill
Re an hour or two before we can
have the nurse here. Will you
watch him. Stellar"
"Tm afraid I must go back to the
office. Doctor"
"well. Ill speak Ia Mrs. Carver.
Poor woman" This in a new tore.
Then. to Homer: Remember. no
nonsense from YOU. Young man.
want you to lie here till | get back
Asbury reappearsd. "Bsn's hold
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as a manuscript reader and book re-
viewer, while writing n novel. Her
diet consisted mostly Of raw vege-
tables and stale bread.
She found sympathetic friends, and
persons OF influence offered her fl
hancial aid. but she proudly refused
il. There In plenty w such encour-
agement for ambitious and energetic
youth in New York.
Miss Latimer's first novel, I'VE
Are Incredible" W a success. Her
short stories are i'm demand.
III arr glad that I refused offers of
subsidization that kind people made.
/. in better u stand on ones own
feet" she told me. In know that
when I have something "a write, 7 will
write it whether or not | nave had n
satisfying dinner that day. The ira
vail OF poverty al even provide IN
added stimulus"
And there are the examples of
Anne and Alice Timoney. or my Ken
lucky. They set UP here as authors
with a secondhand typewriter and n
load OF courage and determination.
Their first published story-the one
that always gives authors the biggest
thrill-appeared in publication that
suspended before they were paid ~ar
IL. They supported themselves writ
ing publicity for banks while compos-
irg three plays, one If which. Bot
tied" ~ winning them attention on
Broadway.
The Timoney play, incidentally. is
all about w woman who turned out
the best whisky in the state Of Ken
lucky and was d. proud of it-
The same artists who had to de-
sert Greenwich Village when the in
flux of wealthier folk made rents ~
up. are now being pushed out Of the
art colony in Sutton Place end the
East River nv the advance upon the
section by affluent notablcs. The re-
suit is that the artists are no longer
~endeavoring to cling ~ the island.
hut are scattering into suburbs. Some
are taking over abandoned farms.
! Bohemia" IN no more.
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RESTLESS LOVE
g BY Samuel MoTuDZH 1929
RELEASED NBY CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION

ing everything until we get down
there. The compositors have eone,
but he says he can set the stuff up
himself. Is there anything partic-
ular YOU want us to sayTn
1--WE got il pretty clear in my
mind said Stella.
Just be sure YOU hit hard. said
Homer. "No weakening now"
Stella could write. And on this
occasion the subject matter blazed
in her brain. Within an hour the
proof was corrected this over the
imposing stone in the press room),
the makeup completed, and the run
az the paper under way again. Miss
Curry proved to be so shaken that
Ashurv took her home. Left alone
in the office. Stella dropped for n
moment into one Of the swivel chairs
and pressed her hands against her
hot checks.
A strong light was thrown sud
denly in through the front window.
She lowered her hands and sat mo-
tionless. Then she saw that there
were two lights. IL was an auto
mobile heading in to the curb. She
heard a door slam A figure ap-
peared on the screen.
"Oh. Homerl" she cried. rather
weakly. you shouldn't have comet
He was hatless. and still bandaged.
As he stepped under the light she
saw how battered mis- face was. But
he smiled. I'm perfectly all right,
Stella. Thought I'd better have a
look at what you've done"
"No. Ill 20 out there"
please sit down." She was too
quick for him. He dropped down mi
his desk painfully. Returning with
the proof. she stood by while he
read it, and felt relief when he
nodded approvingly.
That's fine. Stella. Bully. Hit
ting straight out. Maybe it'll make
them think. / hope So"
1T ought to. But really, Homer,
YOU shouldn't have IN
"Oh. Lordi I couldn't just lie
there. How about you? Aren't you
all IN? It's well on in the msrn-
ing. And you've had n day az it,
She sank into the chair at the
other desk. "Ill admit I'm limp.
But I'm too excited to 20 home."
1T is exciting. I've been thinking
pretty deeply. stretched out there.
You do at a time like this. Think
ing over what il seems 10 be all
about H'ml Poor old Ham,"
He spread a firm hand on the
desk. pressing il down. Stella. re-
Earding him. found her eyes filling.
DO YOU know. Stella. I realize thnt
I'm not like Ham. He was q cru
sader. I'm not"
(T0 BE CONTINUED
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w Washington
Letter
THREE MEN OF SILENCE TO
HAVE MUCH TO SAY

By CHARLES II. STEWART
WASHINGTON. MAY An oys-
ter's n noisy animal compared with
Chairman William VI. Butler OF the
republican national committee.
Buffers n brass band compared
with Secretary Of the Treasury An
drew ". Mellon.
MELONS a boiler factory compared
with Frank Stearns, President Cool
idge's bosom crony.
is IL "a safe bet that these three
old pussy footers won't kick up much
Of a disturbance. as they snoop in
and begin maneuvering around at
the Kansas City convention?
Why! they can give cards and
spades TO N cemetery-full Of tombs.
and beat 'em at their W game Of
silence.
Yet it's a trio which will have
more to say concerning the nomina-
ton than any other 100 times their
number Of DELEGATES
President Coolidge doesn't choose
To run. but we all know he could.
il he did choose.
He'll have the votes. Not requir-
ing them for his own use, he can
give them 10 any candidate he fan
cies. No amour OF fixing. in the
interest Of rival aspirants. fayorite
sons dark horses and others, will
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Other Papers
IT'S WISCONSIN THIS TIME
beaumont Enterprise).

beaumont EnterpriseJ.
60 the Coolidge vacation this summer j. to be spent
in Wisconsin. And why Wisconsin? Politicians will
ask that question, fitting an answer to il, in accord
auce with their ideas and beliefs
There will be. no doubt, much speculation As TO what
i IN the Coolidge mind. Let US see. Wisconsin Is the
...t Of republican insurgency. In that bailiwick for
many years the word Of the elder LaFollette was Law,
and the son is walking in his fathers footsteps but is
less Of a political power. withal.
Why. in the name Of all that is political, should
NJ Coolidge choose to spend his vacation in Wisconsin
,h;s year. instead Of the strategic east, where all the
wiseacres expected him 70 spend y! Maybe NJ OOO'-
hsrause he and Mrs. Coolidge talked tbs matter
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by FRED c KELLY

Eanies replaced the unconventional
@Hello" az the central operator with
the more polite phrase, Number.
please More recently they dis
covered that the word "pleasc" re-
|peated several million times . year
delayed messages and really cost IA
lot az money. Operators now inquire
merely Number But they are IN
der rigid instructions 10 say the word
with u rising infection on the sec
ond syllable. which gives q cheerful,
clipper sound GO the inquiry, where
as. the word with q falling infection
AZ the last makes il sound rs IL the
operator is somewhat bored with her
job
Moreover. the big telephone com
ranies. in hiring u girl, do not con-
slider the beauty OF her face or fig
ure. as most of us would liz engaging
d stenoFrapher, but insist that she
rsust have a pretty voice.
A retail concern with more than
one thousand stores 0ver the country
insists upon its statesmen acknowledge
ing every purchase, no matter how
small. with IA Thank you. Come
again" or something like that. No
natter what "a customer does. this
company insists that he must not be-
insulted. He must never leave one
of their stores with the slightest
feeling of resentfulnesE, eve though
he himself may have been az fault.
For example, statesmen have special
instructions in case az receiving cDun-
terfeit money. II a customer presents
N fnmd nunrfpr tina salesman must
rot chide him for doing -, but must
offer sympathy. selling him that
there IN n lot Of counterfeit money
in circulation lately and that he evil
IDENTIFY has been imposed upon by
somebody. The theory is that III Is
better 20 let a guilty counterfeiter
escape than 70 take q chance on max
ing an enemy NJ an innocent Gus
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June Y, 1928
Who am /? What national cham
r;onship do i hold? What is my
home town.
a Green scientist once said that
we're he given a lever and a place
to stand on. he could move the world.
What was his name?
A famous movie comedian is mar
ried 70 Natalie Talmadge, sister Of
Norma and Constance T~almadge.
What is his name?
Name the cathedral In New York
City which has dedicated a window
devoted to sport?
Therefore thou art inexcusable, o
nan, whatsoever thou art that judg-
est: for wherein thou judgest an
other, thou condemnest myself; for
thou that judgest doest the same
things" Where does this passage ap-
pear in the Bible?
Today In the Past
On this date, in 1875, Richard
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possibilities long before "big bus
mess knew anything about him -
and took him in hand and aman
aged" him, up 70 a point where me-
was able TO take advantage of his
opportunities. when they were offer
ed TO him? Frank 5~tearns-no other.
.
Frank isn't in reality. such N
pussy footer. Rather, he's self-ef-
facing. lie literally has merged his
identity I'm President CoolidreFs. Per-
sonally he's 4 sufficiently chatty
little man-and one Of the most ac-
c~ommodatlnE VINO ever came from
Boston. II he appears 10 pussy foot.
IT'S because he won't admit that
there ig any such person as Frank
stssrns. a. an adjunct OF Calvin
Coolidge
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count in the long run, against his
say-so. if ne cares TO exercise t.
Butler. Mellon and Stearns will be
the board Of directors. to WELD this
power for him at Kansas City
In a way, ButlerTl be managing
director. In a way. Mellon will. In
a way. Stearns.
As q committee chairman. Buffers
the official head of the outfit. He's
king pin, also. in the little New Eng
land group which put Calvin into
the vice presidency-hence, subse-
quently, into the White House.
However. although the president
may wv his administration, orig
inally to New England big bust
ness" he owes a large part Of its
success 10 Secretary Mellon. Mel
Ions been his prosperity mascot.
But who vas il who recognized his
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"A Daily Thought
"A truly American sentiment rec
ognizes the dignity OF labor and the
fact that honor lies IN honest TOLL
Grover Cleveland.
Answers 10 Foregoing Questions
I. Helen Wills; national women's
tennis championships Berkeley, Cal.
2. Archimedcs.
3. Buster Kcaton.
a. The Cathedral OK ST. John the
Divine.
5. Romans, ii. 1.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-07

Today's Horoscope
Persons born under this sign are
lucid, intuitive and are governed
more BY impressions than by calcu-
lating reason They are pure and
clean in thought and purpose, but
often are miserable and w~retched
because things fall short OF their
ideal.
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The Grab Bag

Henry Lee presented to the Second
Continental Congress the resolution
that: these United Colonies are and
Of right ought 20 be-, free and inde-
PENDENT states"
Evening star., 1928-10-15
ARMY-HARVARD FRAY TOPS
CARD IN EAST THIS WEEK

Rutgers, buried under 46-0 score by
Holy Cross. Fordham in turn, takes on
Holy Cross and will need to improve to
turn back the Worcester Catholics.
Washington and Jefferson. victim of
one of Saturdays outstanding upsets,
seems headed for another defeat, this
time by Wally Steffen'S Carnegie Tech
squad. The Presidents were beaten by
Elmer Layden's Duuuesne outfit, 1875,
West Virginia. which scored another
form reversal at the expense of Pitts
burgh, one of the East's two leading
teams last year, meets Washington and
Lee at Charleston, W. Va, in an inter-
sectional battle. Washington and Lee
was the victim of surprising defeat by
Kentucky, on Saturday, 60.
G. U. Should Add Scalp.
Georgetown, leading the East In scor-
ing, with Ill points in three games,
should have little trouble with West
Virginia Wesleyan, and Pitt is taking
the Allegheny game as little more than
breathing spell for the harder battles
to come.
Bill Ingram's thrice-beaten Navy
crew will try to get into the win COL
umn at Dukes expense, but the Mid
shipmen will have to score their first
points of the season to do 1t.
Princeton will have to get along with
out the services of three foot ball regu-
lars for while. Joe Caldwell, husky
guard, suffered recurrence of an old
back injury in the Tigers scoreless tie
with Virginia Saturday. Ed Wittmer
and Mike Miles, star backs, suffered less
serious injuries that will keep them out
of practice for several days. Princeton
meets Lehigh next.
Evening star., 1928-10-15
WISCONSIN BOASTS
SCORING MACHINE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 15.-"Gloomy
Gus" Thistlethwaite's big Wisconsin
team, conqueror of Notre Dame and
Cornell College of Iowa. has piled up
SO points to take the lead in the race
for Big Ten foot ball scoring honors.
Against Notre Dame the Badgers
drove over three touchdowns and booted
over an extra point, and in Saturdays
game with Cornell they rammed over
seven touchdowns and as many kicks
for extra points. A Notre Dame safety,
which added two more, was not counted
IN the scoring tabulation.
Illinois. feasting on two on-confer-
ence foes, Bradley Tech and Coe Col
lege, was in second place with total
Of 81 points, while Minnesota was third,
chalking up So points against Creighton.
and Purdue. Wisconsin also has scored
the most kicks after touchdown, missing
only l in 10 attempts.
Only three teams, Minnesota, Ohio
State and Iowa, have yet to be scored
against.
Statistics show field goals are some
what of lost art in the Big Ten this
season. Only two have been registered.
They were made by Barratt of Ohio
State and Hughes of Indiana.
The point tabulation, showing number
OF games played. touchdowns, points
after touchdown, field goals, total team
and opDonentS' points:
Evening star., 1928-10-15
Eastern Appears to Hold Edge
On Central for Fridays Game

open its schedule against st. Paul's
School in Baltimore.
In the only other scholastic game
of the week Coach Lynn Woodworth
will take his Business High eleven to
York, Pa, Saturday, to meet the high
school team there.
Emerson Institute 'grIdders will 90 to
Annapolis tomorrow to meet the st.
Johns College B squad outfit in an an
nual encounter.
Milton Ambramson. crack Dewitt
quarterback, is out as result of head
injury. How soon he will be able to
resume activity Is uncertain.
Dick Turner, former Tech and Dewitt
gridman, played right end for Virginia
when the Cavaliers held Princeton to
90 tie Saturday. Turner played OH
the 1925 Tech team and was on the re-
ceiving end OF many a forward pass
hurled by Gordon Kessler, Maryland
luminary
Leo Winston, Tech center, sustained
fractured rib in McKinleys opening
game against Baltimore City College
September 20, but this did not become
known until after Techs game with
Episcopal High Coach Hardell did not
use him against St. Johns Friday, but
he will be ready for use in Techs first
title series game October % against
Business.
Death of the father of Tom oyster,
Tech guard and all-high selection last
Fall, has cast pail over the Mckinley
foot ballers and students generally.