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The Democratic Chairman John J. Raskob is a symbol of successful America* business. As such he has been chosen by Governor A1 Smith as chairman of the Democratic national committee. Smith is not afraid of the liquor and religious issues which may be raised against his candidacy. By his early campaign tactics, stressing his Catholocism and his desire to modify the prohibition law, he has demonstrated his belief that these “issues" will help him carry the normal Republican States of the North Atlantic seaboard, which he must capture to win the election. But the widespread and traditional conviction of merchants, manufacturers and bankers in many parts of the country that a Democratic Administration would be “bad for business” is the sort of thing that even the daring A1 can not face without quaking. Just because it is an intangible thing, it is difficult to conquer. In characteristic fashion A1 shows his political astuteness and heterodoxy by meeting one “superstition" with another. By naming the chairman of the finance committee of General Motors as his campaign chidf, Smith already has many people saying and thinking that the backing of Raskob and the big financial interests represented by him means a Smith Administration would be “good for business.” Such considerations leave us rather cold. Both major political parties long have had the support of large business groups, and "Wall Street" usually has had as much voice in Democratic as Republican Administrations. • Now that the Democrats are approaching the Republican tariff position, the shadowy economic distinction between the two is even less. It is no more significant lhat John J. Raskob and Owen D. Young are supporting Smith than that Henry Ford and Andrew Mellon are supporting Hoover. Nor will Raskob, as chairman of the Democratic national committee, be in fact essentially more important than such men have been as hidden financial “angels" and advisers behind the scenes in most campaigns and in both parties. The only question is whether Smith or Hoover, if elected, would permit any representative of wealth to exert improper influence upon the Government. We believe noth Smith and Hoover to be above such influences. Books A member of the legislature of the State of Georgia, delivering himself against a bill to establish a public library, gave his reasons thus: “There are only three books in the world worth reading, the Bible, the hymn-book and the almanac. These three books arc enough for anyone. Read the Bible—it teaches you how to act- Read the hymnbook—it contains the finest poetry ever written. Read the almanac —it shows you how to figure out what the weather will be. “There jsn’t another book that is necessary to read, rmd therefore I am opposed to all libraries." In a studious pamphlet entitled “A Question of Taste,” by Frcf. John Bailey, published in England by the Oxford Press, this interesting specimen is preserved in literary amber. (The member's name unfortunately is omitted.) The author is discussing literary standards and such questions as whether Shakespeare is really a great dramatist and poet or is over-rated. “The M. P. from Georgia,” he says, “is obviously of the opinion that Shakespeare is not a real poet.” In this, he points out, he could have found supporters in the early eighteenth century, when Dr. Johnson is found to be displeased with King Lear. That play, by the way, was for a long time played with a “happy ending.” So there is hope for the movies. George Bernard Shaw is known to have laid impious hands on the Shakespeare tradition, and to have intimated that a century or two hence the ShaW plays may be held superior to the Shakespearean. Who knows? And who shall say that Upton Sinclair will not. be listed in the school books of the next century as the outstanding literary genius of the twentieth century, with Sinclair Lewis a close second? In literature as in food it is cerfainly true that de gustibus non est disputandum. “Noble in Purpose” Herbert Hoover has been quoted as saying that prohibition is a “noble experiment.” He did not say that. He said that prohibition was an “experiment, noble in purpose.” That is very different. A thing which is noble in purpose may not be noble in fact; may not be noble in its results. Hoover as a candidate has declared himself against the repeal of the Eighteenth amendment. But such a declaration may be founded on a belief that the people are not ready for a re-examination of prohibition and that this is not the year to make a political issue of it. It docs not mean necessarily that Hoover believes that the prohibition experiment has demonstrated its soundness and worth. In fact, the language used by Hoover implies considerable doubt as to that soundness and worth. If Hoover believed that prohibition was a noble social measure, it would have been easy for him to say so. But he did not. He said that it was an "experiment, noble in purpose.” He has left the door open to question the nobility Os its operation. Genius and the Rod “Spare the rod and spoil the child,” is a very ancient adage. Now comes Miss Florence M. Hale, editor of the magazine Kindergarten of Boston, and State supervisor of rural schools in Maine, to declare that “genius cannot be slapped into a child with a strap.” i Too often, says Miss Hale, parents try to make their children learn to do things which are beyond their powers. Instead of finding out what a child is fitted for, a parent often tries, willy nilly, to force the child into a preconceived mold—and then punishes the youngster when it won’t workOne tragic result, she adds, is that the child frequently is made to feel that it is inferior when it really is not. Parents have a terrific responsibility in this matter. Long study and careful planning are essential. No father or mother should shirk the duty.

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The Midst of Things Gifted astronomers at the Harvard observatory have found the center of the universe. It is located in the general direction of the constellation of Scorpion, a matter of 52,000 light years away; and all of our stars and suns revolve about it. This represents a bit of starry range finding that is something of an advance over the astrology our forefathers used to practice. Long years of study and finely tuned instruments were neecssary to bring it about. Yet, with all respeet, it is permissible to say that the Harvard savants are wrong The center of the universe is not a fixed position. It varies for each individual. For an astronomer it may be off in outer space. 52,000 light years away; but for the man next door it may be in the mahogany office of a bank, the arid confusion of a railway yard, or the cradle of a baby in an upstairs bedroom. It is amazing, when you stop to think about it, that men should make their lives revolve about such diverse and, often, seemingly insignificant points. We are here for such a little time, here so incomprehensibly and majestically, trailing clouds of mystery, if not of glory; yet there are men who can devote their whole lives to knocking a golf ball about a field, putting rare postage stamps in little books, or wandering through forests shooting wild animals. It would seem that we are quite blind. Given a short space of vivid being between two eternities of inscrutable silence, we might be expected to be in a feverish hurry to sample all varieties of experience, to devote ourselves to things significant and lasting. But we do not. Ordinarily we are content to live from day to day, taking the little joys that little jobs bring. It is surprising. Yet it may be that we are wiser than we seem. Who would be so prodigal of time, so blind to opportunity, but beings who knew that they had all eternity? Perhaps we use our time better than we know. The scientists may put the center of the universe wherever they wish. It makes no difference to us. We each have our own center, and for each of usjfhe world revolves about th§t one point. It may be that we are quite right. In some limitless tomorrow there may be time for the great things that plague us In our dreams- Today we have today's tasks, sorrows and joys, great or small. We are not wrong to stick to them. Buying a Candidate It is quite generally accepted that campaign contributions for the most part are made by persons who hope to benefit in one way or another. The candor of William C. Hunneman of Boston in this regard is a little startling, however. Hunneman, a director of the Carded Woolen Manufacturers’ Association of Boston, quite frankly stated the persons he represented in the woolen industry must know Mr. Hoover’s position on the wool tariff before they decided to contribute. The president of the Republican city committee had solicited “the largest amount you can spare” in a letter to Hunneman. “For many years,” Hunneman wrote in reply, “it has been the practice for your party and mine to give secretly to large contributors to campaign funds the assurance as to what policies would be put into effect if its candidates were elected.” In other words, campaign contributions are an investment. The candidate is furnished with money to aid in his election, and in so doing assumes an obligation to the donor. The donor gets his money back through some special privilege. Instances of this sort serve to emphasize the necessity of keeping campaign contributions within reasonable limits. Rough On the Superstitions It would-seem a bit queer, until we got used to'it, to make a date for the 13th of Sol. Sol is the new month which some scientists want to put right into the middle of summer, between June and July. Thirteen months of twenty-eight days each might be all right. But the 13th always would fall on Friday. Could we bear it?

-David Dietz on Science

Here Is King Cepheus

No. 101

THERE’S a king as well as a queen among the constellations in the sky. He is King Ccphcus, the husband of the unhappy Queen Cassiopeia. Readers have already met the queen whom Father Neptune turned into a onstellation, according to the ancient legend, because she bragged too much of her great beauty. The constellation of Cassiopeia is found, as you know now, by tracing a line from the pointers in the Great Dipper to Polaris, the north star, and then con-

the Little Dipper of which Polaris is a part. Five stars also form the basis of the constellation of Cepheus but they are not quite as bright as the five in the “W.” They are all third and fourth magnitude stars, although one approaches rather closely to second magnitude. The five form a sort of geometrical figure like a square with a triangle on top of it. It might be likened to the front of a house with a high-peaked roof. You may have a little trouble at first in finding Cepheus. But if the moon is not bright and you have picked out a station where arc lights do not interfere with your view of the sky, you should be able to find the constellation if you are a little patient. But be sure you find it! If you want to learn the constellations, you must get to know each one as it is introduced in this series. The accompanying illustration shows King Cepheus as the Greeks imagined him and how the stars fit the figure. The small diagram shows the stars of the constellation turned in the same position as the figure of the king. When you have learned to find Cepheus in the sky you will have made the acquaintance of four constellations, the Great Bear, the Little Bear, Cassiopeia and Cepheus. Make sure that you know all four! If you do, you have made a fine beginning toward becoming a good amateur astronomer.

M. E. TRACY SAYS: “Like a Good General, Smith Is Choosing the Battle Ground That He Has Studied and That Contains No Unlooked for Pitfalls.”

Governor smith has made three distinct moves since he was nominated. First, he declared for modification of the prohibition laws. Second, he promised the farmers to call a conference. Third, he secured the appointment of John J. Raskob as chairman of the Democratic national committee. These three moves indicate plainly what Governor Smith intends. He will make modification the issue, will depend on the East for victory, will capitalize the farmers’ discontent if he can, and let the South paddle its own canoe. He is not exceptional in assuming that the South will go Democratic anyway. It always has, and why shouldn't it this time? The South can squirm under such obvious indifference, but it has no one to blame but itself. For sixty years the South has voted the Democratic ticket without question; has allowed its opinions to be made by it; has swallowed anything that was put before it; has repudiated its traditions and convictions in order to stay solid. Why should any one suppose it w'ould bolt a wet ticket because it Is dry in sentiment, or that there is the least need for paying any attention to it? You cafi find plenty of people in the South who say they are going to vote for Hoover, but you cannot find one in 100 who doubts the South will perform as usual. nun Switching Big Business The “big business” aspect of Mr. Raskob’s appointment is of far less consequence than politicians and headline writers seem to imagine. “Big business” is not particularly interested in who runs the campaign; what it wants to know, is who will run the Administration? “Big business” sees no guarantee in the chairmanship of a national committee, unless the chairman exercises a good deal more influence after the election is over than he is supposed to. Undoubtedly, Mr. Raskob’s appointment was made with an eye to pleasing “big business,” but if the idea went any further than collecting an adequate campaign fund, somebody was too optimistic. Mr. Raskob will not switch many millionaires or corporations from Hoover to Smith. As an expert organizer, however, and as one who has proved his ability to get the cash, he can render valuable services. What the Democratic party has generally lacked and what has cost it many an election is inability to assemble adequate funds and to establish personal contact with the electorate. This time it appears to have chosen a chairman who can do both. nun Modification Issue In making modification the issue, Governor Smith merely squares the campaign with his record. He was left no other course unless he wished to play the pari of :sn obvious hypocrite and puosyfeoter. The Democratic party knew j lie was wet before it nominated him as candidate ror President, ihe doubtful dry plank it adopted meant nothing, except as a sugarcoated pill for some disgruntled 'leaders. If it fooled any of the politicians, which it probably did not, -it fooled no one else. n n n Smith Shows Boldness The position taken by Governor Smith has the virtue of boldness. While most people expected him to make modification the issue, they hardly looked for him to so shape the campaign as would make New York and nearby States its pivot, i But here again, he takes the only sensible course. He knows the East and what he can do with it, looks for the South to function normally and hopes for some help from discontented farmers. Like a good general, he is choosing the batleground that he has studied and that contains no un-looked-for pitfalls. The idea of diverting his attention from New York and nearby States, W'hich so many of his advisors have advanced, is preposterous. If he cannot carry them, he cannot be* elected, and he cannot carry them without concentrated effort. Even if he carries New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey and the solid South, including Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Oklahoma, he will lack two electoral votes of the necessary 266. If he fails to get the necessary electoral votes outside the East and the solid South, he still will have pursued the only kind of campaign that offers any promise of success. In this respect, at least, he already ha3 proved his shrewdness. n n n Ai Is Handicapped What most people fail to realize is tiie handicaps under which Governor Smith enters this campaign. To begin with he is the nominee of a party which polled only about one-third of the votes in the last two elections. He is the first Roman Catholic ever to be nominated. He carries the trade mark of Tammany Hall. He is a New Yorker, and that has its disadvantages, no matter what some people may think. He enjoys the acquaintance, if not the favor, of certain Wall Street interests, which is something that the Democratic party always has professed to scorn. He had no issue with which to make an impression except modification of the liquor laws, and that issue was not desired by many Democrats. Under such circumstances, he has done the only sensible thing, and that is “take the bull by the horns.” .

tinuing the line for an equal distance on the other side of the north star. The constellation consists chiefly of five bright stars which form a letter “W.” ‘ Cepheus will be found to lie quite near the line from Polaris to Cassiopeia. It is about midway between Cassiopeia and

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The Scouts Have Decided to Stop Manias Smoking

I "1 1 1 ~ M/A DISCOVERS -'Jit# NOttW KHOWS ~ BEADIHQ THE adgN HOW WE SCOUTS Ii TOBACCO AL3 I THOUGHT tSUFFER *SCMETIMES ' 11 ... .1

High Blood Pressure Is Three Types

This is the first of a series of three articles on one of the most prevalent Illnesses of the day, high blood pressure. Its Insidious Approach. BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hyteia, the Health MaEaxine. IN a recent consideration of the causes of high blood pressure ! based on an examination after death of 420 cases, Drs. E. T. Bell and B. J. Clawson of the department of pathology of the University of Minnesota divided the cases into three types. There e those in which the rise of blood pressure is sudden and transitory, those in which the rise comes and goes repeatedly, and those in which it is permanent. A sudden rise in the blood presjsure may follow emotional disturbances, such as fear, anxiety, anger, or worry; may be associated with severe pain, such as accompanies the acute onset of many diseases, or may be associated with unusual physical exertion. It is believed that sudden rises in the blood pressure of this nature | may be a part of some disturbance ' in the adjustments of the circulation \ of the blood. In most instances, however, an i acute rise in the blood pressure, I which disappears promptly, is of little significance. It is, of course possible to produce a sudden rise in the blood pressure by injecting various drugs which have the power to contract the blood vessels, and which raise the pressure in the same way that the pressure in a garden hose may be raised by constricting the hose. That the height of the blood pressure may be influenced by various glandular secretions or by changes associated with the glands that take

Bridge Play Made Easy BY W. YY. WENTYVORTH

(Abbreviations: A—ace: K—kinE: O—queen: J —jack; X —any card lower than 10.) DOUBLES may be divided into two classes: Informatory doubles and business doubles. Your opponent has declared a no trump or a suit. You do not hold sufficient strength in any one suit to overbid and yet with little assistance from partner you may be holding a game-going hand. To find the best game-going declaration you double and call upen your partner to make a declaration. This is called the infromatory double. The informatory double of a suit bid proclaims weakness in that suit and strength in at least two remaining suits. The informatory double of a no trump guarantees the holding of a no trump hand. - A double of one no trump or of three or less of a suit bid is informatory if made at the first opportunity and providing partner has not previously bid. The double, however, must be sound. A safe guide for doubling a suit is two and one-half quick tricks and for a no trump three quick tricks. These requirements may be slightly shaded if your hand contains compensatory padding as Jacks, tens and nines. If in doubt do not double. Hundreds of players double without giving any thought to the outcome thereof. Before doing so you must be prepared for any declaration that your partner may make. His answer should be anticipated and your campaign previously outlined if the answer should prove unsatisfactory. Unless you are prepared for any answei partner may make, do not double informatorlly. (Copyright. 1938. by the Ready Reference Publishing Company)

Daily Thoughts

How long halt ye between two opinions?—l Kings, 18:21. n n n T\OUBT is hell in the human soul.— Mme. de Caspar in.

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

place in the human organism is evidenced by the fact that many women reaching the age of 45 to 50 develop intermittent rises in the blood pressure associated with the changes that go on in their bodies at that time. The blood pressure does not remain at a high level, however, but tends to come down. Rises in the blood pressure are. of course, also associated with many diseases indirtecly related to the blood" vessels as, for example, inflammations of the kidneys, enlargement or over-functioning of the

With Other Editors

iSouth Bend News-Times! A recent letter by an indignant citizen to a Chicago newspaper illustrates, we believe, a state of mind not Infrequently met in discussions of American democratic institutions. “Mr. Smith,” the letter says, “is playing to the masses. When we stop to realize what the masses are. one sees that Mr. Smith is dedicating his party to the most general class of ignorants and foreigners. “We as American citizens do not want our country run on the mass principle. We want to eliminate the masses by giving them higher aqd better principles together with respect and obedience for our laws and constitution.” We might accomplish what the correspondent apparently desires in a simple, expedient manner, simply by disfranchising all who agree with Mr. Smith or who disagree with the Republican party. Or we might disfranchise all who do not pass the test of nativity, nationality, color, creed and political belief (possibly adding to this list a qualification regarding wealth or personal property) and thus we would have a tight little government, quite as efficiently managed as the Sinclair-Fall-Daugherty syndicate. There would be some difficulties, of course. How “the masses,” having been pledged to political equality by our forefathers, would greet a movement to take from them their voting power (in their own interests, of course) is a serious question. People, whether they are of the “masses” or the “classess,” do not like to have rights and liberties taken from them. “We Americans,” says the correspondent, “do not want our country run on the mass principle .. . we want to give them respect for our laws and constitution.” But the Constitution, plus the weight of the Declaration of Independence, guarantees the masses th<* right to rule. How, then shall we teach them respect for ihe Constitution and our laws unless we teach them at the same time that they have a right to partake of the duties and responsibilities of government? “We, as Americans,” forsooth! Were they “ignorants and foreigners” who, at the peril of their lives, inscribed their names to a document that guaranteed the civil liberties of the colontsts and that opened a war against England to support it? Were they "ignorants and foreigners” who framed a Constitution designed to protect the rights of the masses and to prevent the erection of an aristocratic government? If it is time to upset the traditional institutions under which this nation has lived and prospered for more than a century and a half, let us have anew Constitutional convention. And let us say, frankly and boldly, that the time has come to adopt a monarchy, an oligarchy, or a dictatorship as the pattern for our future government. But when we do that, let us not desecrate the word “American” by calling our new system “the American government." (Anderson Herald) While the Democratic anti-wet conventions which are being discussed wifi no doubt receive a con-

thyroid gland, and certains forms of heart disease. Beyond all of these, there is a form of high blood pressure or hypertension which seems to come on without any definitely established cause. The changes associated with increasing age are found in many persons with this disorder. This form of high blood pressure is called primary or essential hypertension. The chief condition associated with high blood pressure is a certain amount of change in the blood vessel walls.

siderable amount of publicity, it is * a fair prediction as actual political bodies they will not figure. On the other hand, the labored working of the Democratic platform committee to evolve a combined wet and dry plank which is really neither one thing nor the other, and the adoption of which was at once noted by Governor Smith wiith a declaration that he was for modification of the prohibition law. has caused a serious feeling of distress among the Democrats. What has been made plain to the country is that the party does not know exactly where it stands on the prohibition issue. The record of the candidate 4n the past, however, can leave liule doubt in the minds of the people exactly, where his heart Is on the prohibition issue. Mr. Smith is definitely against the Eighteenth amendment, and has so expressed himself in public utterances and in his letter of acceptance of the Democratic nomination for President.

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fftn Ret an answer to any answer* able Question of fact or information bv Editor* '° h Pi f d Sr ick M i K " b v. Question SP* 1 ?!- The Indianapolis Times’ WnshWashlnpion" s . 11 ’ 0 13 ” Ne ' v York Ave., crV 511 - P" cnc using 2 cents In n/fJIe? /?* r . e Ply- Medical and Icrol cann °t oe Riven, nor can extended research be made. All other ?Tna*i.s2s wlll re s elve a personal reply. AH i !?ni.. requcsts CRt ’ no ‘ be answered. AJI letters are confidential. You are cardinally invited to make use of this free service as often as vou please EDITOR. How many drops of water are in a gallon? A drop has an indefinite volume and is therefore a variable quantity. A minim is a definite unit of measurement in apothecaries weight, and Is generally considered equivalent to one drop. There are 61,440 minims to a gallon. Are women eligible for the office of President of the United States? Did a woman ever run for that office? Women are eligible, and Belva Lockwood ran twice for President. What is the capital of Alaska? Juneau. What is the easiest stringed instrument to learn? The ukulele. How many universities has Hungary? The University of Budapest, University of Szeged, University of Pecs, and University of Debreczen. In addition there are nineteen theological colleges. Where is the State of Georgia in Europe? It is a State of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, in Transcaucasus and extends from Turkey to Azerbaijan on the southeast to the Black Sea on the west and the Caucasus Mountains on the north. When was Alaska acquired by the United States and how much was paid for it? It was purchased from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000. What is the population of China? It is estimated at 400,800,000.

JULY 33, 1928

KEEPING UP With THE NEWS

BY LUDYY'ELL DENNY WASHINGTON, July 13. Whenever the campaign is discussed by experts or at the corner drug store, the talk comes around in the end to the personal popularity of Al Smith and his ability to make friends with his audiences. This is really what the Democrats count upon to swing the election. They know the country is normally heavily Republican. Better than anyone else they know what extraordinary efforts will have to be made to overcome this opposition majority. And they think the sheer sincerity and appeal of Al Smith, as a campaigner going out and meeting the people, will do the business. After seeing Al. and hearing him. the people will no longer believe the absurd stories that he wants to sell out the Government to the Pope in Rome, they argue. Nor will the people believe, after seeing him, that he is capable of turning the country over to debauchery just because he wants to modify the prohibition law and eradicate the evils of illicit liquor. But there is one factor which is apparently being overlooked by those who are certain Smith will increase his popularity by taking the stump. That factor is now being weighed by shrewd Republican politicians and by discerning nonpartisans. It is the “prejudice” against Smith as a representative of the immigrant population. nun DOWN through our history the old Anglo-Saxon pilgrim stock of New England, and its descendants who pioneered in other parts of the land, have exercised dominant political power in towns, cities. States and Nations. Even when the immigrant population became the numerical majority in certain communities, the older native stock in many cases continued its control. Or in large cities in the east and middlewest where in the last two decades the "alien” groups have combined to gain municipal power, the so-called AngloSaxons have continued to exert a much larger share of political influence than dictated by their more numerical minority. But this battle of the old pilgrim stock to retain political power has been a losing one in the big cities east of the Mississippi. Gradually the immigrant control has extended from city halls to Statehouses. nan NOW for the first time it rises to national proportions in the person of Al Smith. Smith carries, withal proudly, the mark of his immigrant stock. From Fulton fish market and the bowery to the Governor’s chair at Albany, he has remained a man of his own people as truly as Abraham Lincoln in the White House remained essen tially the rail-splitting pioneer of the middlewest. Moreover, Smith politically is the product of Tammany Hall. Tam many’s control in New York City has been and is based almost solely upon organization of the immigrant voters. Tammany is not onlv Smith’s alma mater, more than ever it is part ot him because he is now its leader. The immigrant group throughout the country has certain definite interests, which in soma cases conflict with what the so-called Anglo-Sax-on group conceives to be its interest. ! This divergence is marked in v iew ! on foreign policy and on immigrai tion. , In general the immigrant groups ! and Smith favor a freer policy than j permitted by the present rigid quota restrictions under which all immigrantion is limited and under which Anglo-Saxon and north European nationals are favored at the expense of eastern southern Suropeans. To the American Federation of LaJior and so-called native groups of organized and unorganized labor these immigration restrictions are valued as the chief guarantee of an “American wage and American standard of living.” With these economic factors involved, the "prejudice” against Smith goes beyond the extreme Protestants of the Klan type, and beyond the “blue bloods” socially and culturally hostile to Tammany and its counterparts, and beyond the farmers instinctively suspicious of a New Yorkers, extending to large numbers of Industrial workers. nun THIS is the sort of thing Smith must meet when he campaigns. And the fact that the large immigrant group of which he is a part is as loyally American as any other and as deserving of national representation as smaller racial groups, is a logical but not a psychological answer to the “prejudice” he will find. Smith, on the stump, will act and look and talk like the very pronounced New York immigrant type that he is. What kind of an impression will that m&ke upon a different type audience? Some Republican strategists arc counting on these qualities of the man creating more prejudice against him than his striking intelligence and sincerity can allay.

This Date in U. S. History

July 13 1584—Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition landed in Virginia. 1753—College of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania) chartered. 1787—Law passed forbidding slavery north of the Ohio River 1865—Barnum's museum in New York burned. What are the principai~iiatural products of Chile? It is the second largest producer of copper in the world. It also has large deposits of iron, gold and silver. South of Valparaiso there is considerable coal. Nitrate for fertiliser is also produced in large quantities. Wheat, barley, oats, corn, beans and potatoes are among the farm produce of the country.