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Sin In BE an Optimist

To predict when business will turn
the muck-talked-of corner brands a
man brave indeed in these days when
80 many erstwhile prophets have tried
and failed.
However, it Is encouraging to note
that the Chamber Of Commerce of
the United States, In its magazine,
asserts that June stands out as the
most encouraging 30-day period since
the depression began. Better morale
and higher prices for some kinds of
basic merchandise are given as the
reasons for this assertion. At the
same time, the magazine takes refuge
behind the warning that an immed-
late business miracle need not be
looked for.
It is getting to the point in this
country where 1t is a commercial sin
to be a real optimist.
At the same time, we can be en-
couraged by the comment Of a lead
ing New York banker when asked If
he could tell when the business baro-
meter would turn upward. His an
swer was: II should be able to tell
that about three months after 1t has
happened"
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as actors singers. or business men
but their cronies judge them by their
pinochle.
To be sure, bridge is played by an
infinitely greater number Of persons.
and Park Avenue may be labeled as
an auction or contract section. But
Park Avenue is relatively new as this
town goes, and the oldsters have been
pinochle minded since those dear old
days before their blood pressure
went up a dozen points.
Enter the Lambs or the Friars or
the Players Club and you'll see the
gents, whose names are already creep
ing into history, spending their de-
clining days in a contest that has a
friendly bitterness about it to be
found in no other spot.
Take, for instance, David Warfield,
William Morris, or Morris Gest, or
a dozen others.
Until he was stricken with an ILL
ness that threatened to be fatal, War
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The Roosevelt Advance
New York Times)

Events of the past week in con-.
nection with the Democratic presl-
Dental nomination for 1882 have had
their natural effect. The statement
by Mr.. Duffey, the Pennsylvania lead
err, that Governor Roosevelt will have
at least 66 of the 70 keystone del
egates was a hard blow for those
whose strategy is to accumulate
enough instructed delegates to stave
off an early nomination. When
Mayor Cermak of Chicago or a visit
to New York City announced that
Mr.. Roosevelt is wet enough for
Illinois and that he believes Smith is
favorable to the governors nominal
ton the plans of his opponents were
much upset. Now come Washington
dispatches quoting three influential
Southern senators to the effect that
Mr.. Roosevelt is showing such
strength in their section that the
~'favorite son" movements have near
ly died away.
In the background Of the next
Democratic convention, if 1t shall not
make a choice on the first few bal
lots, will inevitably be the figures OF
Newton D. Baker and Owen D.
Young, even though neither has as
yet one delegate instructed for him.
New York's votes will, of course, be
first cast for its governor. And if
MI. Baker declines to permit tho use
of his name in Ohio's preferential
primary next year, MI. Roosevelt's as
cendancy will be much greater when
the convention assemblies. Washing
ton, in addition to noting a decline
in the "favorite son. strategy-save
in Arkansas, where Senator Robinson
Is a symbol Of state pride-has heard
that MI. Baker Is determined not to
be placed in the position of an active
candidate, and Mr.. Young has said the
same thing on several occasions.
Should the stop-RooSevelt strategy
have already been overwhelmed by
developments In the south ant west,
chief attention from now until next
June will be paid to working out TIE
platform. It is with this that Sena-
tor Hull of Tennessee, who is of
those credited with ascribing great
strength in the south to New York's
governor, is chiefly concerned. At
Houston in 1923 he made q lone fight
against the surrender Of the party's
tariff position, and hopes to reclaim
it next year. Mr.. Smith and Mr..
Raskob, with Chicago's mayor and
presumably Mayor Hague Of Jersey
City, are said to be concentrating
their efforts on obtaining a thorough
going plank for prohibition repeal.
National and southern leaders of dry
organizations have suddenly attacked
Governor Roosevelt as one In SYM
pathy with that movement. If the
contest over candidates comes to an
end early, that over ideas will be Ill
the fiefcef.
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How Do They Do II?

Much has been said in this coun-
try about the superiority Of the Eng
fish system of administering Justice
and most Americans have had a feel
ing that they were only getting in
formation about the better phases of
it.
However, an Associated Press dis
patch OF Thursday would indicate
that there is something basic about
it after all.
The item relates that Lord Kyl-
SAINT, proud baron of the shipping
business and head of the Royal Mail
Steam Packet company, was taken
from Old Bailey court today to
Norwood Scrubs prison to serve
IL months.
He was convicted OF a charge of
participating in publication of a pros
pectus which he knew to be false in
material particulars with intent to
attract investments to the Royal
Mall
Think of it, one of the leaders in
Britain's greatest industry sent to
prison for telling a lie about his bust
ness-and not even under oath, at
that. Can you picture an American
tycoon getting similar treatment?
Doubtless the English statutes
provide for such punishment in cases
of Misrepresentation about important
things, but the significant thing is
that a peer, facing such a charge,
wal unable to evade the facts and
must serve a term in prison. The
fact that the penitentiary is named
"Wormwood" is a sort of GROWING
touch of irony.
English courts and English juries
must, indeed. be hard to fix
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Another American Tragedy

Theodore Dreiser's novel, AN
American Tragedy" which combined
the primal urge, murder and a few
more ingredients into a best-seller,
would seem about to cause another
tragedy and a personal m for MIR.
Dresser.
After the book had passed through
several editions and was being great
~ talked about. 1t was only natural
that offers should be made for the
screen rights. One of these hand
some propositions was accepted and
Dresser found himself with consider
Able cash and the film company had
On its hands an expensive document
which dealt with modern psychology
IN such a manner that q large num-
Der Of persons were interested.
There we have the ingredients for
the new tragedy. for now the film
has been completed and Dresser
doesn't like It. tn fact, he is 80 much
put out about 1t that he doesn't even
want the rest Of the world to e It
he has asked the film firm to KEEP
Il or the screen ahd. Ia ! letter
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ARB

Governor Roosevelt OF New York, it
is said, occupies himself with minia-
ture wooden boats as a hobby. AS
preparatory practice, many hopeful
Democrats think, to guiding the Ship
of State.
X X X
King George is reported to have
worn a yellow vest at a garden party
recently. And it was our impression
all the time that his majesty was q
meticulous egg eater.
X Y Y
A moratorium for pugilism Is
needed, says a sports writer. With
the stipulation, of course, that con-
testants lay down their arms.
X X
Many jobless men in California
have gone in for gold digging. But
until they strike they'll still be on
the rocks.
Copyright. 1881, NEA Service, Inc.o
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(Official City, State and County
Newspaper
CanOne to Stand Trial

AL Capone, frightened by the state
rnent of a federal judge that you
can't bargain with this court"
changes his plea to not guilty on
charges of defrauding the govern
rnent on income taxes and violating
the prohibition law and will stand
trial.
Action of the court was necessary
before his previous plea OF guilty
could be withdrawn, but it was given
following disclosure that the prosecu-
ton and the defense had agreed that
the Chicago gang leader was to re-
ceive a light sentence and that every
thing should be made as easy as pos
sible for him.
Judge Wilkerson's action in per-
hitting the guilty plea to be with
drawn doubtless Ia in the interests
of Justice both to Capone and to the
public. The guilty plea was entered
on a promise to which Wilkerson was
not a party and which he would agree
to have no part in keeping. The
gang leader has long since been con-
.victed in the public mind of a thou
sand crimes but under the law he is
entitled to be presumed innocent un-
til proved guilty.
At the same time, the public is en-
titled to know the facts which a pub
lie trial of Capone will reveal. The
evidence which it should be able to
produce will give the people OF Chi
cage and OF the nation an accurate
idea of how great gangs are built UP
and the methods used to make them
successful. If they know that they
will have 2 better chance to deal with
them properly in the future.
The government has charged Ca
pone with some 5000 different VIOLA
lions of the prohibition law and
numerous violations Of the federal
venue act. Surely 1t should be able
TO prove a few. If they do there will
be no reason for claiming that the
government "double-crossed" the de-
PENDANT If he gets a stiff sentence.
But it would be a sardonic touch if
Capone were acquitted. Stranger
things have happened in Chicago.
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field could be found almost any day

field could be found almost any day
of the week at the Lambs, doing a
pinochle marathon with his cronies.
Just cat-a-corner from the club en-
trance was the Belasco Theatcr. Be-
cause Warfield and the late Belasco
had parted company in wrath corn
ments were to be heard at the card
table that are not printable in a fam
lily newspaper. But the feud was
healed long before Belasco passed on
Friends and relatives Of Morris Gest
try their darndest to keep him from
the pinochle boards, for he is no
longer a youngster. Despite hts
years, the famous vaudeville pioneer
will sneak away" and join his COM
rades at the Friars, and there they
will play all through the night. The
actual money involved is likely to be
no more than $40, but they will
keep going until dawn comes through
the windows.
Joe Weber Of Weber and Fields Is
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Daily Health Service
Tenth Of Energy Value of Food Is Lost in
It's Preparation
Average Adult Needs About 5000 Galleries a Day and an
Egg or Slice Of Bread Provides 100

tremendous quantities by Americans
are now available throughout the
year, so that a diet may be satisfac-
torily chosen from such foods at any
season.
Food may, of course, be cut down
in order to provide for fuel. The
amount of calories required by per.
sons in various occupations have been
estimated by experts in food and in
nutrition. A child one year old re-
| quires almost 1000 calories a uay:
nine years OF age, 1000; 13 years of
age, 5000. and Is years Of age, 1000.
The average adult requires anywhere
from 2,400 to 1000 per day, depend-
ing on the amount of work that he
may be doing.
The best way to remember calory
values is to associate them with an
average portion Of some common
food. A slice Of bread one half inch
thick and about six by three inches
IN dimension provides 100 calories
One hundred calories are also
provided by an ounce of oatmeal. one
large egg, one-third Of a pint of milk.
a large apple, banana or orange. one
dozen peanuts OF raisins two ounces
OF beefsteak, six cubes of sugar ar
one shredded wheat biscuit.
A brain worker seated at his dest
uses about 1000 calories a day. II he
has to walk around much. his re.
quirements come to 1890 to $500
There was a time when the vast ma.
1or1ty Of Americans ate from $500
TO 1000 calories per day. That was
before the coming of the machines.
Nowadays there are machines for do
ing practically every type of heavy
work, and these take the place of the
expenditure of muscular energy by
man.
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as much Of q "pinochle hound" q

as much Of q "pinochle hound" -
Gest.
For years, the elderly medicos from
Bellevue Hospital have foregathered
for their game at Louis Siegel's, In
Third Avenue, not far from Nah.
hattan's emergency hospital. In the
dear old days when beer was beer,
this spot was patronized by hundreds
Of medical. Students, internes ana
young practitioners who now are
graybeards. Habit still draws them
to the place, although times have
changed.
Through the cloak-and-s suit belt
there are hundreds of little cafes
where the proprietors prepare the
cards and the tables as soon "a the
demitasse has been consumed.
Over on Second Avenue and Third;
up in the Bronx and In parts of Har.
lem the kibitzers gather. There Is
a sort Of friendly enmity which goes
on year after year. Many players
come ~tottering in on crutches and
wheel chairs and thus they continue
until the grave diggers deal the last
spade.
GILBERT SWAN.
Copyright 1881 NEA Service, Inc.)
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queer little spark Of amusement.

4uScI iIItiV cpdlA VI dAAuocluSuIs
lane went upstairs early, plead
- ing WEAKNESS. For q long time
she sat in her dressing gown before
the fire, staring into the flames,
trying to piece out q pattern from
her confused and painful thoughts.
Was she wrong to go forward in
her determination to marry Give?
She had been promised to him. be.
fore all the world. And was there
any spectacle so painful. she won.
dered, as a Tilted man? All, per.
haps the Tilted girl was al sorry a
sight.
Well, she would not tilt Give.
He was fine and honorable, hand.
some and good. He was fond of
her as she was OF him. They would
make Of their marriage q clean,
noble partnership. They might
miss the thrills Of romantic love
but they would have companion.
ship. They would share jokes. read
books together.
She looked ahead Of her down
the years and something about the
calm prospect made her shudder.
II may live for 40 or 50 years." she
thought. II may never really know
love. I shall have missed the only
| thing that matters"
But what could she do! Van was
bound and even IL he had not been
obviously his protestations meant
nothing. No, he was not to be de.
pended on. It was her i'll fortune
that that dark, sombre charm of
his had captured her fancy. Lane
sighed.
Her telephone rang and she an.
swered 1t. Oh, the wild hope that
sprang In her heart at the sound
Of that bell! What II, answering,
she might hear that deep. beloved
voice!
But It was Cass who called.
Darling, I waited In because !
thought you'd give me a ring"
LANE was all ~contritioh. I'm
so sorry. I tried to get you and
the line was busy" She hated to
fb but she could not let her mother
know the truth.
"Ah. that's too bad. How do
things go?"
"Splendidly. Are you coming out
Sunday? I've a lot to tell you"
"Ill try. I'm rushed to death
with rehearsals and everything.
My parts a ~walkaway."
Lovely. Please come Sunday.
Or let me come In to YOU"
"Oh, I'll be out. Don't worry,
Good night. DEAR"
AS Lame placed the telephone
back in its cradle a soft knock
sounded on the door. Nora's head
appeared.
us Miss Tressa downstairs still?"
The servants all liked Lame. "She's
that human" they said. They
feared and avoided Tressa.
II think she IT," LANE told the
maid. us there something ]
can dot"
Il thought I'd just slip in hel
room and get me q boz Of thumb
tacks. They belong TO the buffers
pantry and I have to put new oil
cloth on the shelves tomorrow. I'll
he needing it."
"Oh, I'm quite sure that will be
all right" Lane told her family.
The pattern was all clear before
her now. Tressa had arranged the
blowing Of the tire. She had doubt
less telephoned Van. That explained
much.
"She knows" thought Lame
~curiously afraid. "shs knows / an
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instead OF SO important an event as
a wedding.
THAT would be all right" she
said quietly.
The old lady looked at her with
calm satisfaction. "The oath them"
she said. Il think we will have the
chancel banked with pine and l
want mimosa for the altar vases.
1t may be hard to get it but l shall
try"
"She IS enjoying this wedding
more than l am" reflected the
young girl. Yet she entered into
the plans as completely as she
could. Anything to still the dull
ache in her heart.
"What was the trouble with the
carr" the old lady inquired pres
emily.
Lame welcomed the diversion.
kelly said a thumb tack had
worked its way into the rear tire"
she explained.
MRS. CLEESPAUGH shifted
IA How very odd. He was sup.
posed to take all four tires off yes.
terday and look them over care
fully. Two Of them are brand new.
And you say it happened just a
short distance out Of the village?"
Lame nodded. The old lady looked
annoyed. II shall have to repri.
mand Kelly. He must have disre'
garded my orders about overhaul'
ing the car yesterday"
1t was on the tip OF Lanes
tongue to say. ivan took me to
luncheon" but she refrained. She
scarcely knew why.
At dinner that night Tressa was
unusually gay. Lame had not
known she couud be so cheerful, SC
amusing. II think I'll push of for
Aiken next week. Eva" Tressa
said affably over the coffee cups.
Mrs. Clecspaugh looked at hel
benevolently. Evidently Tressa
had won her way back into heI
hostess's affections since the cool
ness the night Of the ball.
"If you must" the older woman
said. "but I did hope you might
stay for the wedding"
ooh, is that all settled?" Tressa
asked. Her bell.like tones we're ut
terly guileless. but Lame felt Z
sharpness IN the gaze Tressa turned
upon her.
christmas Eve It's to be-" sale
the cid lady, smiling. 1.-THE papers
will have it tomorrow. Very quiet
of course. No maids. Lame want
ed it that way"
"Ah!" Tressa's m~onosyllable wal
noncommittal. well then perhaps
I'll impose on you for a short while
longer"
"You never impose" the old LADY
insisted graciously. Yet Lame fell
she was relieved that Tressa wal
going at last. Mrs. Amberton hat
departed the day before for thu
south and her sister had made some
excuse for lingering.
II always have such q beautiful
time here, Eva. and you're all 81
good to me-" Tressa murmured. 81
1t feels somehow like home" Sh,
allowed the suspicion of a tremol
to creep into her voice. The faint
est suggestion OF moisture filmet
her lovely eyes for an instant.
Mrs. Cleespaugh gave evidence
of being touched. 1T is your hom'
as long as you care to make l
that, my DEAR" she assured Tress,
Lord. And this time Lane knew
she was not mistaken In the quail
ity OF the look Tressa gave her
! There was triumph there. And
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TO-DAY IS THEA
&c
KAISER'S

On Aug. l, 1917, Emperor Wilhelm
of Germany issued a proclamation
to the German people as follows:
Three years Of hard fighting are
behind us. With grief we remember
the dead, with pride our soldiers now
fighting, with confidence all our
workers, and with heavy heart those
who are languishing in captivity;
but. above all, our thoughts stand re-
solute in the determination to
prosecute this righteous war Of de-
tense to a successful termination.
"The enemy is stretching out his
hands to German territory, but he
shall never have It. New nations
continue to enter the war against us,
but that does not frighten us. We
know our strength, and we are deter
mined to make use Of 1t.
Throughout the three years
achievement the mighty German
people has become firm in its re-
sistance against all that the power
of the enemy can conceive. If the
enemy wishes to prolong the suffer-
ings of the war. they will weigh more
heavily upon him than upon us. -.
Let all III actions and all our
thoughts be devoted to this fight.
Let this be our solemn promise of
this day, Aug. l, 1917"
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Floyd E. Logee, Pastor .
9:3O-Nursery, Kindergarten, pri-
mary, junior, intermediate and senior
departments of the Sunday church
1O:3O-Morning service of worship.
Organ prelude, Morning prelude
(Cummings), Anne Hurlbut Pc
~on.
vc9ai solo, Phyllis Wolverton.
Offertory, "Offertory" (Hopkins).
Ladies' quartet. List! the Cherubic
Host" (Gaul), Marian Sandin,
Phyllis Wolverton, Mrs. Baven-
dick, Grace Morris.
Sermon, miracles, 1.-THE Red Sea,
the Jordan, and Jerico," Rev. w.
A. Baker.
Organ postlude. "Postlude in G"
S:OO-Evenins service Of worship.
Organ prelude, "Reverie" (Dickin-
SOM, Anne Hurlbut Peterson.
Offertory, "Buona Motto" (Nevin).
Sermon, ''The Land Of the Unsetting
Sum-" Rev. w. A. Baker. I
Organ postlude, "ChansOn PASTOR
ale" (Hafris).
Wednesday, Week prayer
Thursday. 500 Young peoples
Endeavor.
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BEGIN HERE d

BEGIN HERE TODAY
LANE BARHETT, daughter or
CASS BARRETT, actress in n
stock company. meets and falls In
love with VAN ROBAED. hand
some man of the world. C:,ss asks
Lame 10 have nothing to Il" with
Richard. n CLEESpAUGN.
rich widow in the Long Island
smart set. takes Lime ms her
prOtecc. When Cass is
ing from n serious Illness Lianc
learns that Vnn has become en-
gagged to MURIEL LADn. debu-
tnntc. Anxious to make her
rothcr happy. Lame accepts
Give CLEESPAUGH'S proposal
Of marriage.
Cass has bnbb'ed in her delirium
nj rOmc mystery cOncerrfn%
Linnc's birth. TRESSA LORD.
who with her sister, MRS. AM
BERTON. is n house guest Mt the
Ciccspaush home. dislikcs Lianc
md plots to break the engage
cnt Lime Is th~-entcrcd hy
b'ackmniIcrx hat SHANE Me-
DER MID. n pOiice officer who once
bcfricnded her. settles this DIM
Guilty.
~ = ball given for n visiting
prince. Lame is kidnapped for ran.
soIa. Give. McDernsd IN
CHUCK DESMOND. n reporter
who Is interested in Nyurlei, fol-
lew the k%idnaperx and rescue her.
Cass is alarmed and urges nn
carly marriage. Give wants
Lame to clOpc with him hut she
refuses. One day when she 1. driv-
Ing into New York for n fitting of
her wedding gown. the err de-
vclopS n Nat tire md Robard
alOng. offering her 81 lift.
she lunches with him and again
he makes love to her. Later he
Lame of marrying Give
for hiS money.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXI
x ELY was voluble on the re
IA turn trip. "a thumb tack II
was in the tire, Miss" he told
Iiane. Looked as IL someone had
jabbcd it in. Funny"
She scarcely listened to the mans
talk. Vans words came back tt
haunt her. What right had he tc
say such things to her? Not once
in the months she had known him
had he given her any tangible evi
dence of his love. Words, words
words. all meaningless! 1t was tc
MurieL the girl OF his own world
that his fealty had been pledged
She, Liane, had remained outside
the chosen circle. until Give had
raised her up with his honest de
votion.
Some men were like that, she de
cidcd. You had no value until you
were promised to another. Sh,
tried to work up a furious anger In
her heart against Van. Better 6
clean rage than this sickly yearn
Ing after a man who could be sc
savagely bitter toward her.
She realized suddenly that she
had forgotten to telephone hel
mother. The whole day had been &
muddle.
She went straight to Mrs. Clees
paugh. 1--WE had a breakdown ani
Mr.. Robard came along. He drov.
me into town for my appointment
was just IN lime"
"How Fortunate" Mrs. Clees
paugh said warmly. How Is tn,
dress? I am so anxious to see it.
cts perfect" Lame said hon
estly. Scarcely anything wa
wrong. Oh. the sleeves were no
quite tight enough. Miss Lilly say,
1t will be ready next week."
1.-THE notices are ready for TIL
papers-all but the date" Mrs
Cleespaugh told her. "Clive sail
you might decide that while he wa
away. / was hoping we nigh
make 1t Christmas Eve. ST
Simon's will be lovely then"
Lame thought a little wildly tina
they might be making arrange
nlents for Q luncheon or . Dime,