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@|4a Gilbert Swan

New York, Nov. 20.-The veteran
back-stage folk Of the metropolitan
Opera take their traditions Just a.
seriously as do the be-diamond gen.
try who occupy the boxes Of the gold
en- horseshoe.
Most Of them have been on duty
Tor a generation or more.
Well. take for instance CAPTAIN
John Edgar, the famous stage door.
man. It was about Is years ago tina,
ne arrived at the Met. He was then
q young man who wanted the orc
plnqulty OF musical artists. He had
musical ambitions Of his own. There
was no place for him in the operate
assemblage, SO he took the Job OF
tending the stage door.
But today, as then, he is at the
door; ready to receive the newcomer
and exit the old timer.
In one Of the many cubbv-holes
that lead away from the foyer. youI]
lind Lionel Mapleson. He's the mu.
steal librarian and he takes tender
care OF thousands Of musical manu-.
scripts and be able to produce almost
any score on a moments notice.
The Metropolitan recently opened
its 10th season: and the Maplesons
had been there some 40 years Of that
time. Few In the world have such
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was in command, and his two junior
officers, Lieutenant Charles F. We'd
derhurn and Ensign Harry G. Skin
ner, Jr., and Is enlisted men were
lost.
The Chauncey was one Of the old
type of destroyers, completed in 1902.
It displaced 40 tons.
It's complement included 81 Off
GERS and men, and for several years
before the war it had engaged only
In coast defense service.
Premier Lloyd-G George Of England,
speaking before the American War
Mission and the British wal cabinet,
said that the collapse Of Russia and
the reverses In italy make It even
more imperative than before that the
United States send as many troops
as possible across the Atlantic as
early as possible"
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There have been some hints this
year that football is losing its attrac-
ton as q sport and more than a hint
of commercialism in the various
gridiron ~spectacles. Some weight
must be given to this argument as
the result of announcement that the
game between the University of
South Dakota and Michigan State
normal at Ypsilanti, has been can
celed because of insufficient public
attraction"
Come to rink of it, few attempt
to maintain the fiction that college
football games are played for sport
alone. The players may be honest
amateurs but the management has
to look at the financial side Of the
matter. A sport has to draw 'em'
to be rated in the top flight.
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What Is Moral?

Notions OF what is liberal In gov
Ornamental supervision of community
affairs differ. II you take the traf-
nc in intoxicating liquor as q stand
ard, the states below the Canadian
border m exceedingly strict and the
province Of Ontario is very liberal.
But q magazine recently reported
that Ontario has barred Greta Ga--
hos latest film, Susan Lenox," as
immoral; and that fact puts another
aspect on the comparison. Few, If
any, American states have turned
thumbs down on the picture-al-
though some Of the state censorship
boards, in the past, have certainly
seemed to be strict enough for any
one. Ontario, however, takes the op-
posite view.
Below the border, possibly, it Is be-
lieved that q man Is more easily
ruined by what he drinks than by
what he sees. North of the border
the reverse is true.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, journal Of the American
NTAdico1 Ao&nriafinu

The basal metabolism Of a living
being is the rate at which his body
carries on its chemical industry.
A low basal metabolism means that
the heat produced out Of the mate
rails for the development Of energy
taken in is less than the average Of
that Of mankind.
The basal metabolism IS deter
mined by putting the person at rest
on arising in the morning and with
out any breakfast, and then measur-
ing the gaseous interchange In the
lungs. BY means Of conversion tables
this measurment is changed to a
standard figure which is called the
basal metabolic rate. The ordinary
variation is from q figure Of minus Z
to plus Z. An occasional person ap-
parently quite healthful will have a
figure as low as minus Is to minus
Is. Some people simply tend to pro-
duce less heat in their bodies than
do others.
X X y
It has been found that basal me-
tabolism during sleep at night is con-
sistently lower than during the nor
NAL waking hours. The observation Is
important because some people fall
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John Scudder McLain
(Minneauolis Trihune)

Those who have had the privilege
of working with John Scudder NC
Lain in the course Of his long and
active newspaper career will find it
difficult to believe that death has
finally removed sc friendly and be-
nign q spirit from the world it graced
and honored. There was a gentle
ness about Mr.. McLain which won
him instant and loyal affection.
Quiet. s~oft-spoken and scholarly, he
was forever radiating calm and poise
In the busting atmosphere of the
profession to which he devoted the
major portion Of his life. In the Twin
Cities, Mr.. McLain was associated. at
various times, with The Tribune, The
Journal and The st. Paul Pioneer
Press and Dispatch, and nowhere
will he leave friends and associates
who have q deeper respect for his
abilities Or q heartier appreciation
Of that warm and kindly personality
which was forever casting a potent
spell owe all who am in contact
with him.
The early years OF Mr.. McLain,S life
were fraught with hardships and dis
couragernents which might have
turned many a less determined young
man from the career which he had
set himself. Mr.. McLsin knew what
It meant to work for an education,
and he knew what 1t meant to expe-
rience the trials and sacrifices which
are 80 frequently the prelude to uc-
cess. To the newspaper profession
he brought the vvidness and force
Of the polished. writer, the talents Of
the executive, "a intensely human
and sympathetic nature. and an abid-
ing love Of the work for which he
had 50 conscientiously prepared him
self. And In the newspaper profess
sion he left, when he retired from ac-
tive service several years ago. q host
Of friends and admirers to whom the
name Of John s.. McLain meant all
that was fine and honorable and up
standing in human relationships. For
many, his passing, true gentleman
that he was, will create q sense of
loss which is deep and ~irreparable.
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Official City. State and County
Newspaper
Mahatma's Great Problem

AS was generally expected, settle
mcnt Of the Indian impaSse is nearly
on the rocks. In the present stage
of the negotiations, 1t is not so much
the fault OF the British government
as that Of the agents Of India.
Gandhi has fought persistently for
the interests of the "untouchables."
his own associates at the round ia
BILE evidently are not guided by the
same idealism as the Mahatma. They
are willing to compromise upon some
of the issues over which the religious
sects Of India are at swords point.
For Gandhi there is no compromise.
He insists upon equal justice for all,
the lowly, despised untouchables. as
we'll as those who hold caste and
privilege. Gandhi's vision Of . great,
democratic, self-governing India Is
not shared by the British government
or some of his own countrymen who
have been enjoying special recogni-
ton and emoluments.
Complete home rule for India
seems far away at the present writ
ing. Gandhi threatens to leave and
to resume his campaign Of civil dis
obedience. It would seem, however,
that the real job is to compose the
bitter religious and social differences
which initiate against a settlement
Of the Indian crisis.
Most Of the round-table discussions
have been embittered by conflict be-
tween the Hindu and Moslem delega-
tions. Premier Macdonald has urged
that he be selected to arbitrate COM
munal questions.
The British government Is expected
to make an announcement Of It's pol
icy oon and In the meantime the
Indian delegates r preparing to 60
home with the situation pretty much
q it was before the conference Of
delegates began some months ago.
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insists on being paid in gold. There
are, however, only $l1 900, 900 900 in
the world.-Sir Hugo Cunliffe- Owen,
British politician.
4 y
Forty-five Is the age of discretion.
BY the time a n reaches IS he
appreciates the futility Of crime
Lewis e. Lawes, warden of Sing Sing
prison.
X X y
This question of using force as a
peace proposition has never appealed
to me at all.-Senator William E.
Borah.
r X 4
The old women OF both sexes who
Illuminated against the flapper and
the night club were not really moral.
DIR. Christian Gauss, dean at
Princeton.
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BY N4 Service Inc

send me. 30 ! quit"
A BELLBOY stuck his head in the
"A door in response to her "Come
in" and said, Your party's gone
upstairs, Miss Hardness. They ask
YOU to join them on the root"
Mary nodded. She told Bowen
her immediate plans, and arranged
to slip away and meet him as soon
as possible after dinner.
Trembling with suppressed OK.
citement, she tugged at her big
wardrobe trunk, hastily coming
her small array Of evening dresses.
Her hand fell on the Paris dress.
Well, il the Countess wanted q
party, she should have one. She
dressed with great care. She al.
ways felt like a schoolgirl beside
that experienced lady, anyway, but
1t would help some to know she was
looking well.
When she stepped out Of the ele.
vator she found Bates-a surpris.
ingly altered Bates, respondent in
evening clothes-pacing the lounge.
waiting for her.
"That dame gives me the creeps,"
he confided in an undertone as he
met her. 1--WE tailed some shady
propositions in my day, but" he
shook his head to indicate BATTLE
ment. tits just like I said," he
added disgustedly. They're fight.
ing already"
Fighting? Who?"
Him and her. Young Jupiter
and the Countess. They went at it
hot and heavy the minute she got
in her room and he in his. Their
rooms are connecting, you know.
He thinks she's making too much
OF q play for his father and she
says what's he always hanging
around after you FOR, IL he hates
you SO much. You've got her 60
ing, kid"
Mary's laugh dubbed up and over.
"Oh. that's too funny!"
Still smiling. she followed tho
head waiter across the room toward
tho balcony table at which their
party was seated. Heads turned as
she passed. The room was only
half filled. owing to tho early hour,
but within a moment after the first
lackadaisical diner had looked up
to see who was coming in, the last
man In tho farthest corner had re-
ceived, by a sort Of electric current,
the word that a strikingly pretty
girl was crossing the room and he
was craning his neck to catch sight
Of her.
What he saw made him pause
open'mouthed. and put down his
fork. He recognized the girl in
stantly aud sat for q few minutes
wrapped in deep thought. When he
could, without making himself con.
spicuous. he managed to e who
her companions were . . . and q
fresh shock awaited him. The wo.
man In the silver dress i. . i. who
was she? could she possibly
be . . . and what was she doing
with the Hardness girl who was his
own special prey?
He finished his meal hurricdly
and looked again. 1t was she! The
Countess, looking up Just a moment
later. missed the look that crossed
his face and as quickly erased itself
dog who sees another running away
the look Of q particularly vicious
with his bone. After tho first sur.
prised instant Of recognition she
smiled and cried out. in her usual
note Of false gaiety, "Enrique!" and
hall rose to greet him.
The man came forward, a mask
settling down over his own fea-
lures, and bowed over her hand. An
odd flush came into her sallow
cheeks as she presented him to the
others.
"This is my most dear friend,
Count Enrique De Loma!"
Ito Be Continued) .
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Daily Health Service
BASAL METABOLISM HELPS DOCTORS
IN DIAGNOSIS OF SOME DISORDERS
Tests Show Rate Body Carries on Chemical Industry
asleep while their basal metabolic
rate is being determined.

, asleep while their basal metabolic
rate is being determined.
It seems likely also that under-nr-
triton may be associated with q low
cred basal metabolic rate. Thus DR..
Bernard M. Jacobson has found that
it is low in starvation, as, for exam
pie, in professional fasters, and that
a low rate sometimes occurs also in
people with diabetes who have been
compelled to be undernourished.
The chief incidence Of lowered
basal metabolism seems to be asso-
ciated with a question Of thyroid de-
ficiency. There are, however, other
glands of internal secretion, such as
the pituitary and the adrenal, which
may be deficient in their activity and
thereby produce q lowered basal me-
tabolisn1.
Lowered metabolism is also found
in occasional cases Of anernia and In
nervous disorders Of the psychas-
thenic type. Tho measurement Of the
basal metabolic rate Is q significant
test which means q great deal to the
examining physician. Taken into as
ISOLATION with the other observations
that he makes Of the general condi-
ton Of his patient, the basal me-
tabolic rate may indicate to the ply
stefan the special parts Of the body
to which he must direct his attention.
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BARBS

Authorities are debating whether
French Olympic athletes competing
In this country will be allowed to
have wine. Well, wine hell not!
X X
Southern California u. goods say
five per cent of a mans appeal is his
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We Hone He Wins

When Father e. j. Flanagan, Cath
olic priest Of Omaha, tells the gov
ernor Of Washington that he knows
he can make a good boy Of Hubert
Nicols, he will be speaking from ex-
perience.
Father Flanagan, as most persons
know, operates q home for boys in
the Nebraska city. It Is q non-sec-
tartan institution and takes boys un-
der its care regardless Of their creed
n nationality. Recently the press
wires carried the news that he had
left for Olympia, Washington, to ask
the governor Of that state to take
Hubert Nicols out Of tho peniten-
tiary and put him in Father Flana-
CANS home. Hubert, 1t will be re-
membered, killed q deputy sheriff
during . store robbery in the Pacific
coast state and the jury which heard
his case recommended life imprison-
ment.
The experience which Father
Flanagan will cite centers around
Laverne Thompson. now 10 years old.
of Broadwater, Nebraska.
Ten months ago the lad killed q
playmate and the Nebraska courts
had the same kind of problem that
faced the authorities in Washington
Instead Of sending the child to the
p~enitentiary, however, they con-
signed him to Father Flanagan's care
The priest says Of him: He Is q
model lad and is liked by everyone a,
the home. Changing his environ
laent has meant changing his entire
future and I am confident he will
grow up into q good citizen. We can
do the same with the Washington
boy"
Somehow. most of us will hope tina,
Hubert Nicolls, slayer though he Il
be given another chance. We dis.
like to think Of q boy Of u being re-
fused m opportunity to retrieve him
self, nc matter how serious the mis-.
step. And 1t Is further admitted tina,
Hubert Nicolls could hardly be bette,
than he Is. everything considered.
The case Of Hubert Nicolls consti.
tutes, in part, an indictment Of 60
cjety. Society should recognise tt
cwn burden In the matter by acting
with wisdom and charity.
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Gems Of l@d 4 ! . e.,

him as yet but the Gypsy had
locked only the day before.
She sent the car along at break.
neck pace, swinging past al after
car on the crowded road in her
hurry to get back to Miami and
ask for mail at the hotel. Dirk
had not written but she had not
given up hoping. The party had
discarded the idea Of staying on
the "Gypsy." and had taken rooms
at the Ambassador. Already the
busy pens Of society reporters had
broadcast the party's presence. II
Dirk had been uncertain where to
write her, he need be no longer.
Now II he did not write she would
know why.
At the hotel Mary went imme-
"A diately to ask for her mail and
as she turned away from the win.
dow, disappointed, found Bates at
her elbow.
"They've gone into the bar" he
said. Listen, have You got a cam
era?"
mo. Why? Heaven knows this is
no pleasure trip for mel"
"Can you get one? And cook up
some excuse for taking that wo-
mans picture? I want to send it
back to the police department in
New York. I've seen her face some
where, either in the lineI9Q or may
be on one Of those posters the
Surete sends over for us to look at"
Maybe you've just seen her in
the roto sections" Mary suggested
indi6erently. "She's a sort Of
minor nobility. you know. At least,
her husband was"
Eyes. Very minor" Bates agreed
dryly. "Well, how about it,"
I'LL get one. Of course, IL you
think it worth while. But hadn't
you better forget the Countess and
think of The Fly? Crook or no
crook, you seemed to enjoy yourself
with her this afternoon" she rallied
him.
"Sure, I kid her along" he an
swered, unsmiling, land you'd bet
ter, too. I'll bet she's a mean baby
when she's riled."
Mary did not appear to be listen.
ing. Inside, she felt as il she were
slowly turning to stone. II Dirk
did not write tomorrow-if he
didn't write at all
Bates saw that she was not pay.
ing attention. He touched her arm.
"You listening?" he said sharply.
And when she gave him her atten.
tion he added, what I mean is if
anybody COPIED her boy-friend,
now, she'd shoot-get me-"
Mary laughed.
Nothing is further from my
thoughts" she waved him away.
Obviously he had misunderstood
the mock gallantry with which
Bruce treated her. Angrily, she re-
solved to free herself Of Bruce. 1t
was a nuisance, having him always
at her heels and besides 1t meant
a~ssociating with the Countess.
which was more than she could
stomach.
Mr.. jupiter had included the wo.
man in the party. partly as a ges.
ture Of Cancellation toward Bruce,
partly because her nominal status
az q matron gave Mary chaperon.
age, Of q sort. .
"Ah. there you are!" the Countess
cried as Mary and Bates came up.
you will come with US. yes?" She
dislodged one hand from Jupiter's
arm to place It supplicatingly upon
Bates tweed sleeve. An expression
Of exaggerated eagerness lighted
her face, the heavy red lips were
parted childishly. She seemed to
be asking some priceless boon. when
as a matter Of fact she was merely
asking him to dinner. Mary looked
away in disgust.
I'VE celebrate my winnings" the
other woman prattled on. She
cuddled the old mans arm within
her own. lowered her voice CO.
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ability to understand clearly the word
no Anyway, that leaves IS pei
cent for maybe.
4 4 y
The French athletes say theyM be
slowed down without 1t. But If they
drink the stuff here they'll stop.
X X
The Four Marx Brothers were at
one time concert players known as
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quettishly. these people must be
made gay. They are very bad
gamblers, these foolish ones-they
bet on the favorite!" She lifted
sleepy, malicious eyes to Mary, let
them slip over the girl insolently.
before turning to the old man again.
Zone should nev-air bet on the "a
vorite to win, Monsieur Jupiter,
isn't that so?"
iRRUCE interrupted smoothly, ad-
dressing no n in particular.
Louise proposes a dinner.party.
She Is entranced with the Ambas.
sador roof which is all dressed up
for tomorrow nights fete. As a
commentary upon her taste, l re-
greet to say the decor consists prin.
cipally Of red balloons" The
Countess and he exchanged a quick,
unreadable glance. Mary was sure
there was unfriendliness in it. but
she had no interest in the love
spats of such a disagreeable pair.
"Old Man" Jupiter lifted his stifr
frame from the divan with an effort.
Lets 60 eat" he said, shortly.
The Countess pouted. "Oh, but
We must dress frst!" she walled,
in mock dismay. Jupiter said,
"Well. hurry up," and sank down
again. The Countess eyes glittered
for an instant but she took Bruce's
arm and departed. Evidently Jupi.
ter meant to cling to his linens but
Bates agreed cheerfully. He was
enjoying himself.
Mary said YEARLY, "Ill go, too.
I've quarts Of dust down my back"
She did not want to report her fail.
ure to Mr.. Jupiter just then.
Kinder the door Of her room abe
found a slip of paper. a printed
blank headed Telephone Calls"
Beneath was written: Call Mr..
Bowen at Shore g." So he was
there! Happily she heard him an.
swer her pleased "Hello!"
Were you at the track this after.
noon?" she asked. It seemed in.
credible that she could have missed
him. Her eyes burned, her head
ached. she was-almost sun.blind
from that constant searching,
searching Of faces. "Where we're
you?"
"Where was I? Back in the pad
dock, sister, getting an earful. Want
to buy q horse?"
"A horse? What on earth for?'
For the price of her oats. She
won't be much good as a racer. De
Iona kicked hell out Of her fol
throwing the race. I understand
He must have had a wad Of Jack
on her. Listen, is it true you've
got the knick.knack with you"
Mary hesitated. what about it,
"Well. he's fiat. Stony. I hea,
the hotels logging him for his
room rent. He tried to give them
the old racket that his title gave
the joint social glitter. He's call
ing himself Count De Iona. That's
q laugh! The Ambassadors thrown
out better titles than his. II It il
hist"
1.-THE Ambassador? He's here?"
IF they haven't chucked him
out, bag and baggage. Better gel
the necklace out and give him {
flash Of It. quick. He'll leap at It
But lay your plans first, kid, 70,
he'll mean business when b.
strikes!"
A slim hand encircled the girYl
throat. where q pulse beat choking
ly.
you've got me-rattled," sh,
gasped. "Come and tell me wha1
I ought to do. I hadn't dreamed
he was here! Why, he may. be mex
door, right now. or" She looked
about fearfully and lowered hel
voice.
ooh, no. He's In Parlor G
Throws a front. that guy. Where'l
+ see you? I am not stopping a
the Ambassador. need I say? In
here on my own: the paper wouldn'
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the
trend OF thought by other editors.
They are published without regard
with The Tribune's policies.
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When Appetites Were Good
/. When the modern man speaks re-
kretfully to his wife about the de-
picious pies o. puddings that mother
k3ased to make" like as not he is en-
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SINKING OF 'CHAUNCEY'
On Nov. 20, 1917, the U. S. s.
Chauncey, a torpedo boat destroyer,
sank, drowning 81 men following q
collision with the transport Rose.
Lieut. Com. Walter E. Reno, who
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the Four Nightingales. Since that
time they've made their Marx.
A movie actress recently planted
Zig trees in her back yard. Maybe
she's planning to use the leaves.
Copyright, 1891, NEA Service, lnc.)
The Nome nugget., 1931-10-31
LAST VESSELS OF SEASON
 DEPART FROM NOME

The N $. Silver Wave of the Arctic Transport Co.,, sailed from Nome for Nunivak and Seattle via the Inside Passage. at , PM. yes terday. with Jake Bonner and Lester E. Elkins as passengers. The vessel is carrying the winters supplies for the station on Nuni- yak Island She is in command of Captain Eldred Hansen.
 The Steamer Arthur J. Baldwin of the same company. sailed from Nome abou: 12:30. AM. today for Dutch Harbor and Seattle direct. Passengers aboard were: N. V. Norman. Floyd Davis, J. c. Hash agen, N. Lewis, Curtis Jacobs, A. conrad. John Hoyar, F. H. Gagen and wife. G. J. Lomen and wife, Mir. Hagen and Wm. Rrookins and daughter. The vessel carried as freight, reindeer hides and native products in addition 10 quantity If gold bullion.