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On one day recently 10000 men
stood in line waiting for this gesture

On one day recently. 10000 men
stood in line waiting for, this gesture
of municipal charity.
Now 10000 persons can appear to
make up about the largest crowd one
has ever seen, particularly when they
are strung out along the streets i'll
files Of two or three.
Going about the seemingly endless
line, asking questions mere and there,
I learned that most of them had but
recently drifted into New York. They
had come from Iowa and Kansas
and Dakota and Minnesota and else
where. Most of them were from
small towns.
why did you leave? Did you hear
that there was work for you in New
York;" / asked. -
In almost every instance the an
swer was: mo, not particularly. But
the word has gone out that II you
can't get work, New York Is more gen.
erous to the poor than any other
town in the States"
just big, hard-boiled town-this
Manhattan!
And, oh.-yes, if you'll forgive one
final comment on the recent Christ
mas season.. Louis Liebes is the gent
who provides the big town with most
of it's SantaS.
They are hired, not to appear in
stores or at parties, but to make per-
sonal deliveries of presents intended
for children. They get s. day
LebeS started the idea himself, and
still sets forth in the well known cos
tune. But it grew to such an ex-
tent that he had to take on a staff
of assistants.
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THREE ! X Iy y[}S;{ 2E .Iz0[z}Xy =

Grove.
But" said Ann. you looked a
Il you were angry. or embarrassed,
or something"
81 was. possibly. You told me not
to look just then. but / did and got
caught in the act Also. was
slightly annoyed over the fact that
people were staring at US and dis.
cussing u.s."
! "She does stare" said Ann. "She
hasn't taken her eyes away from
me once since they sat down over
there"
"And that" said he. els the pen.
atty Of beauty, you know. But sup.
pose you stop looking at her. and
you won't know that she is looking
Lat you"
| 4 mn tried looking again at the
"A mountain: but It had lost it's
Alpine glow and had become for.
bidding thing, in cold blues and
whites, as lonely as majesty.
"She has such . bright. hard way
Ct staring" Ann said. "1t-it sort
OF, gets on my nerves."
''Sha1l We allow It to spoil our
evening, CT shall we forget IT."
Ann asked. How well do you
know her. Phil?"
my dear girl" odd how nothing
can be AZ impatient as patience,
heavily stressed-"how well is one
apt to know an Office associate?"
II thought she worked in the
ONCE across the hall"
"She does. We meet occasionally
in the hall or in the elevator. Not
long ago she lost the heel Of her
shoe In the downstairs entrance,
and I took It around to the shoe.
makers for her. Since then, she
stepped into my ONCE one day to
sew the hem Of her dresser petit.
coat-that had ripped"
"Why didn't she sew It in her
own Officer"
Because there happened to DO
about q dozen or more people In her
Office, and I am alone in mine."
"Oh." said Ann. The girl had
stopped staring and was writing
something with red fountain pen
she had borrowed from her escort.
why didn't you tell met" said
Ann.
TELL you whati"
"About the heel. and the ripped
hem and ait"
/ Phil pressed bis lips together,
and Strengthened them to q smile,
and shook his head slowly. He
meant, By % openly despairine OF
AIMS Intelligence. to shame her;
but Il seemed not to work that way.
Why didn't your Said Ann.
because hadn't IN idea that
such minutiae would interest you.
Afro. ! forgot e Are you payine
line the. doubtful compliment Of
jealousy. or what = the object Of
this inQuisition3''
Il Tho girl gevs the note to ths
waiter.
| Ann said. *You are Jealous Of me
when no other man u concerned q
AL (Tho wait1rs supercilious.
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$4,000 yearly on the ground that he
had q right to do SO,

$500 yearly on the ground that he
had right to do SO.
The soundness Of Borah's proposal
Is apparent to everyone familiar with
present conditions. Costs Of living
have been reduced and many persons
have accepted pay cuts in recogni-
ton Of that fact. The cost of living
has come down for the nations law
makers, however, just as much as 1t
has for other people.
Another thing 1t would do would
be to convince the people that con-
gress Is in earnest when it talks gov
ernmental cost reduction. With the
weasel history Of that pay boost star
ing him in the face, the average citi-
zen cannot escape the conclusion that
talk OF economy by these saviors OF
the nation IS talk and nothing more.
Our Solons are like those street.
corner patriots who are willing to
fight to the last man" in time of
war, provided they are permitted to
do their fighting from their own fav-
orite stations. Congress is willing to
make any sacrifice-for the other
fellow. But when 1t comes to them
selves; well, that is a personal matter
and the citizen is unfriendly who
talks ovcrmuch about it.
The frosty silence with which con :.
gress greeted Borahs proposal in
dicates little will be done with the
idea this session. It Is too delicate a
matter for most congressman to dis
cuss. but there were private intima-
tons that the man from Idaho was
a traitor to the legislative brother
hood. The very idea Of such an out
landiSh thing as congressional salary
cuts. Surely the loyal folks back
home appreciate how hard a con-
gresham works and how he suffers
for his people.
Perhaps they do, and that may
prove to be the crux Of the whole
matter. For people generally are slow
to believe that congressman are any
better than they are. They feel con-
gressmen should share the burdens
which they carry.
And so, within the next few
months, we may see considerable at
tention given to this matter. In fact,
it would not be surprising If the at
titude OF some congressman on this
subject was the margin between re-
election and defeat in the forth
coming campaignS.
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Those Wartime Salaries

Senator Borah, who seems to have
the knack Of making" the front
pages, advanced an idea which &C.
serves the nations consideration re-
Gently when he suggested that men,
bers Of congress begin the business Of
effecting governmental economy by
reducing their own salaries.
At present, congressman and sena.
tors receive $4,000 q year each with
fat allowances for clerkhire, postage
etc. Until q few years ago, the pay
was $500 q year and there was nc
noticeable dearth Of candidates fol
the positions. But the men who had
striven successfully for the place.
came to the conclusion that they
were underpaid. Had they been real
~ in earnest, they could have resign.
cd and gone into occupations where
their signal services would be more
literally rewarded, but this thought
seems not to have occurred ia
them, or at least not to many. *
they raised their own salaries.
The way In which this was done
was q minor scandal ct the time, fol
the law WAS enacted without rec.
ord vote, the idea being, apparently
70 chest thu reoDle Of IN opDortun'
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When Repeal Says
"DOn't RepeaP'
christian Science Monitor)


Paradoxically Finland's vote fo1
repeal of it's prohibition law in
wolves arguments against similar
action in the United States. Yet
the Finnish overturn is being hail
ed as an example to be followed il
America. Such view overlooks
fundamental differences. -
Accurate comparison is possible
only by considering small section
of the United States, say Califor-
MIA, which roughly corresponds ir
area and population with Finland
This bit Of America must then be
imagined with an archipelago along
it's coast, making prevention Of
smuggling virtually impossible. At
around must be liquor producing
nations. Under such conditions, il
is to be imagined how long Cali
fornia could enforce prohibition, es.
peciaily if under economic stress.
Finland held out II years under
just those conditions. During this
time the persistent arguments SC
familiar wherever structures have
been placed upon the liquor traffic
were dinned into the public ear
Prohibition was blamed for the gen.
eral lawlessness which followed the
World War. The hope was held out
to a tax-weary populace that the
deficit would disappear with repeal
of the dry law: ut can't be en-
forced" was shouted even when the
agrarian cabinet a year or so age
put the service on an efficient basis
only to have it's work checked when
a wet coalition came into power
This coalition has taken successive
steps leading up to the present re.
peal.
Beneath the technicalities of Ian.
guage, Finland is still confronted
with the necessity Of prohibiting
the illicit liquor traffic in order fol-
its proposed government-controllec
system of manufacture and sale tt
succeed. The leading proposal TO,
checking smuggling is high i'm.
port tax. Centuries Of experience
prove that this fosters smuggling
to evade the tax and undersell thos,
who pay it. To eliminate speak
easies, it is proposed to set up ,
monopoly operating taxed stores
Here again is an incentive to en-
gage in clandestine traffic.
Finland in abandoning prohibitio,
is thus falling back upon method
for dealing with the liquor traffi
that were thoroughly tested an,
found wanting under less tryinl
conditions than the world faces to
day.
Rightly viewed, the succession O
events in Finland shadows fort
what might be expected in one stat
after another if the most popula
current proposal for modification o
American prohibition were adopted
Finland could not stay dry sur
rounded by wet neighbors. Neithe
could individual dry states if Amer
lea returned to local option, licens
or governmental sale.
The United States as whole
with an enforcement personnt
every year turning in better rec
ord, holds the possibility Of pro
tecting dry states and progressive
" dehydrating centers Of violation
Far from reckoning America to til
path Of repeal, Finland's experienc
shows the leading wet substitute
for prohibition to be blind alley.
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BAR,BS

Europe will get the international
balloon race next year. And Euro.
peans will probably find that hot
air goes just as far there Is here.
\ \ y
Educators say the American col
lege Is in an intellectual fe1ment
Which recalls that since those pro-
selyting probes 1t hasn't smelled just
right.
= \ X
And now that Helen Wills Moody
has come out for beer, AL Capone
would doubtless like to come out for
bigger rackets.
A Detroit youth, once chosen as
the typical American boy, was ar
rested for speeding. Evidently was
trying to live up to the title.
X X X
A Spanish royal guard died at the
age Of 1l9. Probably got tired watt
ing for the red light to change.
\
If no other good comes out OF this
Manchurian fuss, everybody will
know that Chinchow isn't relish
even II Japan seems to relish 1t.
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DDS Of taxation are all wrong, tlndez
present conditions wherein there are
so many tax-dodging schemes where
by it = possible not only to evade, but
to escape taxation,
Real estate and farm property can
not escape. They are made to bear
the brunt Of the taxes, which have
become confiscatory in many in
stances. Instead Of taxing Thrills
why not tax spending ? Instead OF
putting an added burden upon econ
omy, why not ease it?
This can be done in only one way
We must shift taxes. Instead Of any
set valuation regardless Of real value
we must take into consideration the
peoples ability to pay. We must
make taxes fit the pocketbook. That
is, II we are to have anything left E
tax within q few years.
Indiana farmers are not known a:
radicals. Far from 1t. The East has
long been looked upon as conserva.
tive. Therefore. when Indiana farm.
ers 60 on the warpath, there surely
must be good reason behind 1t. And
there Is. Indiana farmers feel that
they have been made the goat long
enough. While professional folks and
others are paying but q small share
Of state and county taxes, the farmer
has had insult added to injury. He
has been made to pay, not according
to his ability, but according to what
ever Is demanded. Farmers In other
states are no better off but, as yeC
they have taken what they had COM
ing standing up.
Now the Indiana farmer has two
methods whereby the tax burden
might be shifted to his benefit. One
Is to put q good stiff tax Estate taxi
on professional incomes, and the
other Is to enact q one-per-cent re.
tell sales tax. They claim q one-per-
cent tax would bring in q maximum
sum with q minimum of hardship
and such a tax would place the tai
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Peoples Forum

Editors Note.-The Tribune vel.
comes letters on subjects Of In.
terest. Lstters dealing with con.
troversial religious subjects. which
attack individuals unfairly. or
which offend good taste and fair
play will be returned to the
writer's. Allletters MUST be signed.
sign the pseudonym first and your
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the right to delete such parts OF
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conform to this policy.
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BEGIN HERE. TODAY

ANN. CECILY and MARY FRAN.
CES FENWICK live with ;Aheif
grandparents. The sisters have
been orphaned since childhood.
SALE" and "GltAND'-hnve long
since lost their wealth nnd the
household IL supported By Ann's
and Cecily's earnings. For this
reason. Ann. IS. and PHILIP
ECKOYD. young lawyer. are still
postponins their marriage though
they have been engaged = years.
CecIJy. :2. u In love with
BARRY McKEEL. nm engineer.
but when he proposes she refuses
to name the wedding date be.
cause she cannot leave Ann with
the financial responsibility Of the
home.
Mnry-Frnnces. Is. and still In
school. strikes up nm acquaintance
with EARL DE ARfOUNT, stock
company actor. She meets him
secretly on several occasions.
Mary-Erances has led hin. 20 he
lteve she ts Sycars old. He tries
10 persuade her to become his
partner in a vaudevilIe net.
Phil takes Ann TO- dinner a q
mountain resort.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVI
ssVOU'vE been so good. lately,
= Ann said. And know you
are working too hard. All that
evening work"
do you know. Ann, when You
look like this you are so beautiful
that I scarcely feel as II had .
right to love you. When I'm away
from you l forget, at times, how
very beautiful you are-or / decide
that perhaps am exaggerating It.
But when 1 get with you against
makes me humble. dear"
"Phil! Isn't that silly3 Every.
one says I'm good looking, so sup.
pose / must be. Blu. It is no credit
to me. didn't make my face.
You don't love me just because I'm
pretty, do you. dear?"
"You aren't pretty" he said.
"You are supremely beautiful.
loathe pretty women"
Nothing Of the sort. Cecily's
pretty. and you don't loathe her"
"Nor do l think she is pretty.
She has q charm about her face:
but her features are far too small
and her coloring Is too delicate to
suit me. It won't last a. yours
lasts. Ann. But let's leave Cissy
out for this one evening. Here we
are. Just the two Of us. Let's leave
everyone else In the world out for
this evening. will your"
I'VE WILL" she agreed. "Don't
took right away" she went on. ''but
there's Z girl over there who keeps
staring at us. Just now she said
something to the boy with her. and
be turned to look. ! wonder
whether you know herr"
Phil looked instantly. He nodded
to tho girl. His faceA flushed, and
when he turned It again to Ann
there was Z suggestion Of fright
and anger In Il.
What's the trouble?" she asked
Nothing whatever. / She work.
across the hall from, my ofnce-G
Aling clerk. believe"
The encounter, at least, was nol
Philips fault Lefty had told him
that she had to 50 With her mother
that evening out 70 80 = poor Oh
blind lady who liysd n vorssl
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By DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American
N1ASsnn1 Aennr1a k}n0

From the point Of view Of nutri-
ton, It IL well to recognize that we
are not all built alike. Members o.
some families are naturally thin and
those OF others are naturally fat
Apparently this distribution Of fat
in tho body and this accumulation
Of fat Is associated with glandular
activity.
Three groups Of glands are espe-
cially important in relationship t.
diet-the thyroid gland. the pitui'
tary gland, and the sex glands
Overactivity or underactivity Of these
glands Is associated with . tendency
to excessive thinness or to definite
overweight.
When the thyroid gland Is over
active, the heart beats faster. and
food taken into the body IS burned
up 80 rapidly that there IS . reduc-
tion in weight, even though more
food than the average is eaten. II
on the other hand the thyroid gland
IS underactive, the opposite condi-
ton results.
When the pituitary gland Is un-
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Newspaper)
Foreign Representatives
SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS
& BREWER
UncorporateO
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON
Keeninr the Names Secret

Keeping the Names Secret
As letters to the editor Of The
Tribune frequently touch upon mat
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close the names of persons who, in
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little difficult to make inquirers see
why they should be denied aDpar-
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The reason is quite clear to those
who read carefully the editorial note
which appears at the top of the
Peoples Forum" column. This news
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OF newspaper ethics, require that this
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In some cases persons have sought
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The rule, however, has forced us 70
discard some very interesting letters
which we otherwise would be glad to
print.
Most curious of the anonymous let
tiers received by this newspaper was
one on a subject of popular interest
and enclosing a dollar bill to pay for
its publication.
Letters appearing in the Peoples
Forum column are not paid for and
the offering Of money will not induce
their appearance. In the case In
question, the anonymity Of the au-
thor not only prevented us from pub
fishing an otherwise interesting let
ter but it also prevented us from re-
turning the dollar to him.
We still have the dollar and any
one who can show just claim to 1t
may have it.
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M TQp2A!4Y*e&y
Z WORLD WAR \.
ANNIVERSARY
,&X& ofE&E
FUEL ECONOMY ORDER

On Jan. is, 1918, DR.. H. "A. Garfield,
United States fuel administrator, is
sued an order directing all factories
not engaged in the production OF
foodstuffs to suspend operations for
a period of five days, beginning Jan
10, and to remain closed on each
Monday from Jan. %, to March Is, in
elusive. &,
Daniel Willard, chairman of the
War Industries Board, resigned on
this date.
It was reported that Lenin of the
Russian Bolsheviki government had
ordered that King Ferdinand of Ru-
mania be arrested and imprisoned at
Petrograd (now Leningrad).
The Hungarian government. re.
signed on account of failure to OBJ
tain necessary support for its mill
tary program.
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stealthy-an erratic combination at
best-had started. toward their u.
BILE. had grown shy, had paused to
rearrange some flowers In q vase. J
you are Jealous Of Cecily and
Mary-Frances and Grand and Ro-
salIe."
Philip was about to say that her
accusation was unjus: and untrue.
but the waiter spoke hrst. Every.
thing all right sir?"
Philip said. Eyes. Quite all
right"
"Pretty view out east there" tho
waiter suggested.
| A mn looked out east there. Philip
"a said. Eyes" The waiter moved
away.
may see that note. Phil,- Ann
said. . Y
"shall I pass Il across imme.
diately? Or might look at It
first?"
Read It yourself. arst." said
Ann.
"Some nonsense" he frowned, as
he untoIded tho tight two square
inches Of paper. He continued
frowning - hs read: Darling
sweetheart man: didn't story 70
you. honestly I didn't. Call mo up
when you get homo and III explain
everything. Pour, l. II I think
you are mad at mo won't sleep q
wink. Call up sure"
Semtsensibleness was all that
was ever claimed for Lefty: but
occasional cIeverness has been
claimed for Phil, and IN assump.
ton that he was smart enough to
make his way in the world. He
burned the note, right there IN the
ash tray. while Ann looked on.
Il think Ill 80 home" Ann said.
Darling" Phil pleaded Don't,
please! I'll explain syerythiue
later"
A certain similarity 70 tho word
Ing Of tho note may b seen. But
Ann, who had not read tho note.
liked the unusual darling" ana
she liked. also. the eager promise
to explain. She did not like tho
connotation Of everything" 20 che
repeated It.
"Everythtng7"
| Philip had gained time and found
himself There Il nothing % ex.
plain" hs said. "Aftsr oil. / am Z
lawyer. and I do try 20 observe
some Of the ethics Of my profes.
Sion"
you didn't tell me that she VA
client Of yours"
"shs isn't. But there happens "a
b another woman With . poor old
blind mother He stopped. ssee
here. Ann. I have no Tixht 60 "a
into this. r. you insist But Why
not take my word tor Il and trust
me? Went you please do that,
dear?"
well, yss." said Ann. ~still j
do th'~l It 10 very strange that she
should have 70 write notes about Il
In . place like this"
''shs didn't havs to. She Is m
extraordinarily silly little Girl She