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1T SEEMS TO ME By HR REo9%

convalescent when June rolls around
this year.
Yet there are intervening weeks.
The hungry can not feed on presi-
Dental proclamations. They can't
even pretend to be Belgians.
If the turn in the tide already has
come or is waiting just around the
corner, there is all the more reason
why we should rush out to meet it.
7 was helping L. pass out some
cigarets along the breadline the
other day and one of the liners
said in all seriousness, They're adj
vertising cigarets."
L. was indignant. You couldn't
get a dime out of the whole line if
you stood 'em on end and shook
EN-" he said. And the moral of
that is the belief that the best way
to restore prosperity is to end the
infection Of bitter want.
If 1000 vicirns Of smallpox stood
in line outside the Little Church
Around the Corner every morning
the community would be frightened
into taking immediate action. Pow
erty Is far more contagious than
smallpox and leaves much deeper
scars. Out of enlightened Self-in-
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Continent

TINE first to sight the Antarc-
l. tic continent was Captain Bis
coe. who headed one of the whalers
of the Enderby Brothers Of Lon
don. This firm encouraged its cap
tains to attempt the exploration OF
new waters whenever conditions
seemed favorable.
In 1881 Captain Biscoe, finding
the weather excellent, was able to
STAY south of the Antarctic circle for
five weeks. He entered the circle dt-
rectly south of Africa and sailed TO
the east.
On Feb. Is, 1881, he thought he
sighted land. For nearly three
weeks he battled against the drift
ice in the hopes of reaching 1t.
On March 16 he again saw land
looming din1y beyond the rugged
hummocks of ice. He named the
peak of land Capt Ann and the
coast which seemed to extend from
east to west, Enderby Land
Enderby Land actually is part OF
the Antarctic continent, so that this
marked its discovery.
A number of important discov-
cries were made in the period from
1897 to 1843. During this period
a number Of expeditions we're sent
into the Anthracite by the govern
ments Of France, Great Britain and
the United States.
Important expeditions included
those of D'Urville, Wilkes and Rose.
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Justice
old parties

It is the duty of a prosecutor to convict the guilty
Therefore no criticism lie against District Attor
ney Guy B. Moore of Buffalo, who sought to send
Lila Emerson to the electric chair for the murder
OF her artIst-loyers wife. He could not know how
rapidly death was moving in the accused.
AS the trial neared its end, the Red Lilac, Lila
is called collapsed in court She was taken to hos
pital. There she was permitted to plead guilty to
second degree murder. Under the circumstances. the
state is satisfied with that.
In other words the tate is willing to permit
dying woman to keep on dying. If she becomes
s,e0ng enough to warrant her removal to prison, the
ate win supply death bed for her. There she
may lie and gaze at the gray walls until that hour
when shadows begin to appear where no shadows
should be.
The mur1nur which is the voice of the prison will
become the drge to accompany her passing. Perhaps
a kindly matron will sit beside her at the last mo-
ment Maybe chaplain will read from book:
YEA, though ! walk in the valley of the shadog
of death, will fear evil Thy rod and thy staff
will comfort me-
And as he reads maybe, the specter vii enter her
tiny cell He will place his cold fingers upon her
and say:
"ComeI"
Thus will the law be INDICATED Thus will the
murder of Mrs Henri Marchand be avenged.
And Henry Marchand-he who seduced the Red
Lilac for arts sake"-wn go his way With his
clever hands he will mold dead clay into images that
seem to live-images Of women; perhaps images of
women who have loved him as the Red Lilac
loved him
And in the backwoods of the Indian reservation
whence Lila Emerson came and to which her broken
body soon will be taken. perhaps the braves of
once proud people will gather and marvel at the
strangenesS Of the white mans law.
Maybe there will be one among them who will ask:
which is the greater evil-to kill a womans body
Or TO kill woman's soul?"
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XXTHY, I wonder, does the world
w put such a premium on visit
fulness? And, again. what is it that
the wistful want? 1t is easy to tell
by their eyes that there is long
ing, but neither fame nor fortune
will bring sllrcease.
The wistful are never long with
out these commodities, and the more
fortunate and famous they become,
by just so much is their obvious
yearning intensified.
Most of the great ones of the
world belong among the Wistful. In
that list should be set down the
most popular living American &C
tress, the best loved English play
wright, and the ex-heaVyweight
champion of the world.
I need hardly to say that I am
thinking of Maude Adams, James M.
Barrie and Jack Dempsey. Miss
Adams and Barrie were born visit
full, but Dempsey never got that
way until he won the champion
ship. Yet he remained wistful even
when the title was taken away from
him.
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SCIENCE
Captain James Cook Did q
Great Work in Mapping the
Vast Ice Packs of the Ant
arctic.
BY DAVID DIETZ
IRON one point of view, the chief

IRON one point of view, the chief
L result of the Antarctic voyages
Of Captain James Cook was mega
tive one. He erased a lot of land
from the maps then in existence,
showing what many had supposed
was land was only a sea of drifting
ice
Stating the case positively, Cap
tain Cook. by his voyages from It'll
until his death in 1779, mapped the
great ice packs of the Antarctic.
On his first voyage he mapped
the ice pack south of the Indian
ocean. On his second, he did the
same south of the Pacific. On ms
third and last voyage, he completed
his task with the region south Of
the Atlantic.
He came close to the Antarctic
continent on two occasions, but
failed to discover it, though he did
discover the island of South Geor-
gia.
Captain Cooks brilliant voyages
were followed E period of forty years
during which little was done in the
way of exploration.
Smith, Britisher, discovered the
South Shetland islands in 1919.
Palmer, the American, reached the
islands off the west coast Of Ora
ham Land in 1921, while Powell,
Britisher, discovered the South Ork-
neys in 1922.
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REASON By Ff kzRbfs

THIS is an interesting controversy between Cover
u nor Green of Michigan and the federal radio
commission the Governor proceeding to build radio
station for state police purposes without the commits
Sion's consent, for If the Governor can get away
with it, then federal control falls to the ground and
every state in the Union authorize as many radio
stations 1t pleaSeS, which would result in badly
scrambled sky.
And another possibility suggests itself II an ap-
plicant for any reason be denied license in his own
state he could go into another state and get consent
to build his station, and If he had sufficient power
it would not matter where he sent his tidngs from.
1t is possible to imagine state becoming
haven for undesirable broadcasters, those unable
to meet reasonable requirements Nevada has been
able to establish at Reno mecca for all who desire
to shed their matrimonial martingales for no par
tcular reason whatever
WE see where board into which former President
w Chester A. Arthur carved his initials. stu
dent has just been presented to Union college in
New York
The White House never knew greater gentleman
than Arthur.
During his administration a youthful Indiana ten
derfoot doing Washington in a day, to meet the
requirements of his round trip ticket. and Arthur
rode past in open carriage. The youth tipped his
fried egg derby and made the best bow he had in
stock whereupon the President tipped his silk tile,
bowling graeiouSy to the enderfoot, thereby making
his trip bowling success
After having lived all these years in the Balkans.
where IS dangerous to sit alone with any number
Of people, it the purest affectation for Queen
Marie of Rumanis to refuse to sit at that luncheon
Egypt until the periious number thirteen had been
removed by the addition of native officer.
CPEAKING at the Pittsburgh banquet given on his
- 18TH birthday, Secretary Mellon said among other
things, Life is both full and interesting"
That's usually the case at Pittsburgh banquet.
How chesty the Lone Star state, pre-eminent for
its vosteadian aridity must be as its most diStin-
guiShed nameSake, Texas Guinan rises grandy above
the padlockng OF Of her centers of culture and
straightway opens another.
We seldom agree with Tom Hefiin but Go
when he denounces the Doheny verdict rank
travesty on justice"
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and Democratic parties There no reason why they

and Democratic parties. There Is no reason why they
should not distribute literature demanding change in
form Of government If they choose; that right of ag
tatcn is not only written into Constitution but
has been affirmed specifically by most of the great
American leaders.
Lincoln, jefferson and many others asserted even
the right of revolution.
But these girls were not melting persons to vio-
lence. They said the witness stand that they be-
lieved simply that the workerS-who constitute the
vast majority of citizensshoud organize to obtain
control of the government They said they did not
advocate the use of force.
But they ventured the prophecy that unless peace
full means suffced, the time would come when the
workers would use force
OF course they mad an absolute right to do what
they did to say what they did, to make the prophecy
they did That they sentenced to prison is proof
their aWlessneSs but of the awlessness of the
legislators courts which violated the Constitution
The real crime" of these girls was that they were
poor and unknown and associated with an unpopular
though legal, party. Had they been United States
supreme court justices like Holmes or Brandes. or
Senators like Borah and Norris college professors
preachers editors merely Republicans Dem
ocrats, they could have exercised their American
right of criticsing American institutions and demand
ing change in government to their hearts content
But because they lack social prestige political
orthodoxy, they sentenced to prison.
Such is the cowardice and tyranny to which the
America Bill OF Rights has fallen.
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Huston Still Chairman

The country still is waiting for the Republican
national committee to get rid OF its chairman,
ClauduS H. Huston-waiting somewhat impatiently.
All that Jim Watson the c. o. P. leader in the senate
and others will not succeed in obscuring the
issue.
Watson says that despite the senate lobbying COM
mittee revelations, Huston Is essentially honest
That is a matter of opinion and of definition But
that not the issue The public not particularly
interested in whether the Republicans choose to have
an honest or dishonest national chairman
Nor is the public specifically concerned with the
fact, revealed by the investigation that Huston
diverng $4,000 of their lobby fund to his
brokerage account to play the stock market on
margins.
But it Is very much the publics business that
Huston as head Of the lobby to grab Muscle Shoals
for the power trust continued such activities after
the Hoover administration took Office. And is very
much the publics business that Hustons lobby outfit
has counted his elevation to the Republican chair
manship to help it get Muscle Shoals.
The investigating committee has uncovered a
memorandum by HustonS lobby associate, Willis G.
Waldo secretary of the Tennessee River improvement
Association, which states:
Yesterday the Republican national committee
elected as its chairman C1audius H Huston of Ten
nessee, long known to Tennesseeans the president
of the Tennessee River Improvement Association This
organization has opposd government operation at
Muscle Shoals for many years.
With the President pledged to oppose the
policy Of government operation, and the chairman of
the Republican national committee coming from the
presidency of the organization that has opposed this
policy will any reasonable expect anything but
veto of government operation BILL should congress
pass such legislation?"
The answer is. Of course. that amy reasonable
man." in view of this expose. expects the expulsion
OF Chairman Lobbyist Huston, the passage Of the
Norris bill again by congress and its signature by
President Hoover.
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The high value OF liver, eggs and
lettuce as the supplementary sub
stances to be taken in connection
with high cereal diets can not be
oyeremphasiZed.
Investigations made in Japan and
in Hawaii show that japanese in
fants do we'll, although the diets of
Japanese and Filipino mothers do
not contain milk.
These mothers do eat, however,
large amounts of meat, fish, eggs
and vegetables. They nurse their
babies for a long time, and the chill
dren are rarely given cows milk.
After six months, the children be-
gin to receive large amounts of
cereal and their growth is not so
good as that of children in our own
country.
Ricketts, is rare among these chill
dren and mild when it does occur,
probably because the ultraviolet rays
are extremely adequate in sub
tropical countries.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

The American diet is a varied
diet, and thus is likely to provide
most of the essential substances.
There are few complete or perfect
foods.
If a person eats cereals, and
meats, liver, cod liver oil and let
tuce in addition, he will get most of
what he needs for health and
growth.
In China, the majority of the
lower classes eat diets whose con-
tent of cereals is as high as IS per
cent. The problem Of high cereal
diet seems to be merely the pro-
vision of the supplementary sub
stances that have been mentioned.
While milk is especially important
as a supplement to cereal diets, pro-
viding many of the lacking factors
such as calcium and proper proteinS,
even milk need not be added if the
other necessary substances are pro-
vided in other ways.
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TINE movement in India led by
i Mahatma Gandhi, whether it
develops into a revolution or turns
out to be only another flash in the
pan, is a strange and anomalous
throwback.
While other people clanor for
the so-called Improvements of
western civilization, the Gandhi
faction is fighting to ged rid of
them.
It wants no electric lights, no
power driven looms, no leisure at
the price Of mass production.
It's origin is social, rather than
political, and while its objective is
independence, it wants that indie
pendence so that it may return to
the ways of the fifteenth, or even
the fifth, century.
To the esthetic sageS of Hindoo-
ism, machinery is inconsistent with
spiritual growth.
They see nothing in 1t but the
hardness Of inanimate steel, nothing
but the destruction of those occult
forces which they regard as the
salvation or mankind.
To them, British rule. with its
efficiency experts, Grow ded factories,
and roaring engines, represents the
triumph of matter over mind.
They do not admit that abstract
thought has played the same part in
developing the dynamo that it has
in developing philosophy.
"XKTHILE there's life, there's
w hope" which is about all
one can say of the naval confer
ence.
BRAND returns to Paris with a
formula which Tardieu is expected
to reject.
How many incidents like that
have been reported since the con-
ference began?
Apparently. somebody always is
going somewhere with formula
which somebody else is expected to
reject.
Indeed, the show appears to have
degenerated into a procession OF
formulate.
The worst of it is, no one seems
to be disappointed.
Photographers crack jokes and art
lists draw cartoons, just as though
the one important side of this con-
ference were its funny side.
Have ten years of peace caused
us to forget the horrors of war, or
have ten years of comforting and
palayering made us pact-shy?
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Russian

TINE most important voyage dur
4 ing these years was that Of Fa-
bian Won Bellingshausen, a Russian
sailor, commissioned by Gar Alex
ander I in 1919 to circumnavigate
the south polar regions.
Won BellingShausen's voyage is
second in Importance only to that
of Cook. In fact, the Russian sailor,
started out with the purpose Of sup
plementing Cooks work, sailing as
far south as possible in those re-
gions where Cook had detoured to
the north.
He had two ships, the Vostok and
the Mimi, each Of about 500 tons.
With these, he bravely sailed into
the ice-filled seas Of the south.
In December, 1919, he sighted
South Georgia island, which Cook
had discovered. Later, he discovered
the Traverse islands.
In the course of his journey, he
crossed the Antarctic circle five
simes. On Jan. 81, 1921, he reached
his "farthest SOUTH" latitude SO de-
grees 50 minutes. On the next day
he discovered a small island, the
first ever sighted south of the Ant
arctic circle. He named it Peter
island. A week later he sighted
Alexander Land.
Bellingshausen completed Cooks
work of clearing imagined land of
the map of the southern hemis-
phere.
One of the most remarkable voy
ages of this period was made by
Captain James Weddel, a Britisher,
who had gone into the Antarctic in
a brig of only 100 tons to hunt seals.
He CHANGED, however, to find the
region south of South Georgia ex-
ceptionally free from ice and de-
cided to push on.
On Feb. 20, 1923, he reached lati-
tude "a degrees IS minutes, some
200 miles closer to the pole than
Captain Cook had made. Here he
turned back. Had his ship been
properly equipped for exploration,
he might have made an even better
record.
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p. 7. BARNUM'S DEATH
April
ON April 7, 1891, P. T. BaEnum,
" famous American Snowman,
died at Bridgeport, Conn.
His first real venture in show
manship occurred when he bought
for $1,000 Joyce Heth, aged Negro
woman, reputed to be the nurse Of
George Washington. Although he
was only 25 years old, Barnum
created his own ballyhoo and ex-
hibited this freak for considerable
profit.
After meeting several reverses,
each OF which reduced him to
poverty, Barnum bought the Amer
lean Museum in New York. One
Of the greatest curiosities he dis
played there was his ''Fejee Mer-
maid" It had the head Of a
monkey and the body of fish and
was advertised as having been
captured by japanese fishermen.
In 1847 he introduced Jenny Lind,
famous Swedish singer, to America
paying her $1,000 a night for $50
nights. The demand for seats was
so great that tickets were auctioned
of, bringing exorbitant prices.
When two of his museums were
destroyed by fire, Barnum estab-
hshed his Greatest Show on
Earth" a travelling circus and
menagerie.
Barnum was an unsuccessful can
didate for congress, but was four
times elected to the Connecticut
legislature.
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PAY the Piper

TINE treasury department reports
i. that the war cost this coun-
try more than $51 ,0o0,000000, and
that we will be paying the bill for
another twenty years.
At that, we probably made money
out of it, which is one reason why
we are beginning to wonder if war
is such misfortune after all.
What is even more surprising,
those nations that did not make
money are beginning to wonder,
also.
One feels the old time attitude of
complacency reasSerting itself.
Widows, orphans, gold star moth
ers and a few So-called pacif1sts
still cling to the Wilson notion that
nothing would justify allied VIC
tory except a sincere effort to end
war. but other people are beginning
to doubt
Once more, the clamor for self
defense makes itself heard, while
statesmen make national security
an excuse for blocking every move.
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A Crying jag

A ND l will return to this subject
L n again and after that again. A
young man in the Morning Tele-
gram writes, wouldn't Broun get
farther If he'd lay off the crusade
about one day in three? He could
come back to it with more hitting
power, make it sound less like a
good guy with crying jag"
AS to the crying jag I plead guilty.
What is there to laugh about? And
for that matter what else Is there
to write about?
I'd like to turn out a moderately
amusing column about almost any
thing If I could think one up. 1
look through the papers for leads
and nothing seems to jump up at
me except such stories as touch on
people out Of work.
There's nothing strange about
that. We were all like that during
the war. FOOD will win the war"
was hammered at lis from every
fence. Food will win this one, too.
Even that old Standby-the Volstead
act-seemS singularly uninportant
and trivial just now.
Copyright. $780, by The Times)
What causes a Stye on the eye?
It is caused by irritation, especi-
ally from a foreign substance get
ting into the eyelid.
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JingoiSn0 on Rise

THROUGH peace still is popular
Il on the surface, jingoism gains
ground underneath.
Not only in official circles. but on
street corners, one hears the
prophecy of half a dozen possible
conflicts, and that, too, without any
considerable note of sadness. or re-
greet.
BY and large, 1t looks as though
We hadn't learned as much as we
thought we had when we were urg-
ing the boys to enlist for "a war to
end war and save the world for
democracy"
n
In spite of all the good order that
was supposed to supervene when
kaiserism had been vanquished,
about as much discomfort and revo-
luton is Seething now as then.
In spite of all that was said
about war guilt on the one hand
and war aims on the other, we
Americans are glad to watch the
show once more as highly enter
tanned spectators.
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Marx of Plan

T REALIZED his qualifications for
L the first time on the afternoon
that he knocked out Georges Car
pentier. And it was after the knock
out that the curious plaintive peer
ing, which is the mark of the clan,
came into his eyes.
Eighty thousand fans were shout
ing Dempsey, Dempsey, Dempsey u
and he stood by the ropes and &C
knowledged the applause with a
look which went over the heads of
the crowd and beyond the rim of
the big bowl.
It even seemed as If the thing
he was seeking lay entirely outside
Boy1e's thirty acres. I don't know
what he wanted. Probably he didn't.
Maybe he was wishing he were Car
pentier.
eff Lake Erie should back up and
flood Detroit" writes in Paul U.
Kellogg of the Survey Graphic, put
10000 out of work, put burden
of 100000 a month on its municipal
welfare department, We should have
streamers across the front pages of
every newspaper in the country.
There were no such headlines in
December, January and February;
yet that is what unemployment did
this winter"
And of course it wasn't just De-
troit. This was the broadest flood
the nation has known in recent
years. In fact, it was a food and
hurricane combined. The war itself
laid much lighter hand on the
country.
Many people will say that these
statements are net true. Possibly
not. I have in my possession no
special set Of graphs and charts.