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Bira Refuge on Texas Coast
The Galves:on News-Tribune has started a vigorous
campaign designed to attract the attention of congress
the state legislature and sportsmen to the desirabiity
ar.tf in fact the necessity of establishing game bird
refuge* on th6 Texas coast. It is a movement which
should have the active support of all sportsmen; *.
movement designed to conserve wild life to preserve
for fjtare generations the f.eld sport* which have been
the heritage of Americans from tunes immemorial and
which have been and should always be a powerful in-
fluence in maintaining the sturdy manhood of the
country.
There are countless thousands of acres on the Tews
Gulf coast adaptable for no other purpose. They are
tne natural habitat of game birds of every variety.
The coastal waters are the favored winter haunt of
' ater fowl which despite their diminishing numbers
still congregate in those sheltered spot difficult of ac-
cess to the hunters.
The News-Tribune assert* that relief must come
from the state and that it should not be difficult or
expensive to set aside areas along the coast as biri
sancturifs. There is still n largo acreage of public
t nd. ideally located fer euch refuges and thousands
of acres of privately owned lands practically worth-
less for agricultural purposes which could be secured
for a small consideration. There arc also innumerable
islands in the bays and lagur.as all of which could be
utilized.
The plan suggested is to distribute such refuges
along the coast at intervals so as cot to deprive tho
citizens of any one community or section of i oppor-
tunity to hunt. In any event the closed arv should
be a relatively small proportion of the area > which
hunting would be permitted.
®ome objection has been raised by sport' en who
have a wrong conception of the plan. It ould not
deprive them of the opportunity to hunt. It is trua
that it would slightly restrict tho urea in which hunt-
ing would be permitted but the increase in the num-
ber of game birds as a result of such refuges would
more than compensate for any restriction that might
be ini pored.
T • sportMiiert of Texas should get hael- of tho
movement and impress uron the coming session of the
legislature the necessity of prompt action. Each year
witnesses a decrease in the number of land and water
game birds migratr.g to the Tex;«>- coastal regions and
unless adequate protection is assured in the form of
refuges on which fire - is will be prohibited within
another generation the Texas coast for many years
noted tho finest hurling area in the United States
will ccaso to have attraction for sportsmen. If the
sportsmen of the state arc united in making their de-
mand for legislates* action thero can be no question
that the legislators will approve the plan and extend
the aid necessary to establish refuges and conserve
wild life.
Mexico Invites Capital
Pre i.icuL Gil «tf Mcco he indie; d that 1 ad-
ir iiiiitration will differ from that of his predecessor<
in that he invites foreign capital to aid in development
of the country’s resources assuring every reasonable
conclusion permhsahle tinder the lews of the land. On®
*>f hi* first public utterrnces was to the effect that he
invited foreign surveys of Mexican resources; that he
realized that without foreign capital many years would
elapse before those re ounces are developed and that
the prosperity’ of the country depends upon th® devel-
opment which would follow foreign investments.
Both American and European financial* aie taking
cognizance of the more liberal attitude of the Gil ad-
• ministration. In the past mouth representatives of a
number of American and European firms have inaugu-
rated surveys of such resources in which they have
particular interest. Development of the rich mineral
;tid oil fields irrigation and agricultural projects
ranches rrrlroads boat lines are all receivng the al-
ien ' ion of foreign invc tors. They can see in Mexico I
a wonderful field for proft a field of almost unlimited
pntural resources for which the industrial nations arc
clamoring. With assurance of a stable government and {
£ more liberal attitude toward foreign capital develop- J
uent of these resources will be rapid.
President Calles during the last two years of his
term following the unpleasantness with American oil
companies inaugurated the policy which President G:1
apparently proposes to expand. It is a sane conserva-
tive policy which bears none of th# earmarks of the
more radical policies promulgated during the first two
years of the Calles rpgime. It is designed to restore
both national and international confidence and confi-
dence is all that is lacking to assure a flood of foreign
capital into t^c southern republic.
One of the most favorable indications In this con-
nection was the recent severance between President G«*
and the radical groups led by Morones. The fact that
ex-President Calles Is in full accord with Presdent Gil
in this respect contributes to the restoration of con-
fidence. Both Gil and Calles apparently are deter-
mined to maintain a cona“rvative policy realizing thit
any departure therefrom will do incalculable damac® i
In connection with their ambition to develop the coun-1
try’s resources.
1928 Conrtnzction Breaks Record
Moving eteadilv toward e-tabli: ament of 1928 as h
reeord-breakinj construction year building operation.;)
last month held a pace rtnr equalled in November
according to D A. Garber. gen«ral manager of the As-
sociated Gen-ral Contractor* of America.
“Statistics cove-ir.g all types of const ruction shov-
Ihe volume of activ.tie* durirg the first eleven months
©f the year to he nisre than four per cent gi'afer than
fer the correjpjsdir? period in llift” he «tated. The
ligures art based uj.cn actual s ipments of basic con-
struction material*.
Expectations that a newr record will be set this year
• „ f bolstered by the fact that the volume of contracts
awarded daring October was the h trhe&t c «r regis-
tered for that mouth. Much of the work to be don* |
order the October contracts will actually be underway
dating the closing days of the “ear.
The report of Mr. Garber f’umvs that Norembtr ac
ttvitie* held virtually the same plane occupied by op- !
traticna during the peak mid-summer months of throe]
or four year* ago. Only three month* in 1926 and 1927
established higher records.
A scale which places the 1913 average at 100 as its
basis shows the following index numbers covering the
volume of construction daring months of this year:
January. 125; February 124; March 187; April 184;
May 185; June 244; July 287; August 239; Septem-
ber 266; October 243; November 222*
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Ofth@ir lP&p@ir§
ONE SERVING THE OTHER
(Corpus Christi Caller).
Prosperity isn't the tola result of a republican ad-
ministration the assistant to the president of the
General Motors Corporation believes. He gives credit
instead to time payments.
Practically every line of merchandise he believes
feels the beneficent influence of “easy payments.” And
probably he is right.
Time payments encourage buying of articles which
cannot be classed as neceessities strictly speaking but
which have become necessities to all practical effect.
The i.utomobile industry for example would be a much
less vital factor in the commercial and industrial life
of the country were the plan of time payments
abolished.
Were It necessary to save money to pay spot cash
for every article purchased the volume of business in
all probability would decline sharply human nature
being what it is. One doesn't have to save; after one
lias contracted to pay a stipulated amount **rh week or
each month the necessity of paying seems obvious.
Nothing is gained in actuality by paying as you use
the article you have purchased; but it is much oh so
much easier to buy something by paying a little down
and promising to pay the remainder.
Too human nature being so frail a thing enterprise
and ambition are fostered by the time payment system.
One v ho has obligations to meet will make every* effort
to maintain a steady income; lacking that spur ono
might be encouraged to take it easy to loaf a few
weeks or a few months.
Undoubtedly the time payment system has given
I impetus to industry and industry speeded up gives
the time payment system its fullest opportunity to
flower. The one has served the other.
Irk® World sum! All
By Charles F. Driscoll
CONFESSION OF IGNORANCE
1 have never read “The Swiss Family Robinson" and
I did not read “Alice in Wonderland’’ until I read it
aloud to my own children. I read no Mother Goose
during my childhood but have read it all to my chil-
dren.
‘‘Paradise Lost” I plowed through in adolescence
and thought it a dreadful bore. I atill hold the same
opinion of it.
“Canterbury Talcs” we had to read in school and
I skipped as much of the stuff as I could since it
seemed trivial and tiresome. 1 still think it trivial and
tiresome.
1 have never read Spencer’s “Faery Queen” although
I have tried.
Of Kipling I have read two or three novel:. a book
of short stories and a good many poems. I found most
of this material quite ordinary and with the exception
of thr poem about “the Son* of Martha” I found noth-
ing in Kipling to become excited about. However I
have never read “Kim.”
FhskespearcT Sonnet' never appealed to me verv
strongly and I read few of then. “Merchant of Ven-
ice” I have always considered s bungling bit of play-
writing.
I have never found time to read all of “Anatomy of
Melancholy.” I have not read Hudibras and have read
but little of Dean Swift.
I have not ready Byron’s ‘“Don Juan.” I find Mark
Twain a bore when he tries to be funny except In
rare instance*. I have tried many times to read
"Huckleberry Finn.” and have never succeeded. How-
ever. [ confess it might have been otherwise had I read
Twair in my childhood.
Adair) Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” scorned dull to
me and I did not finish it. The same is true of “‘Prog-
ress and Poverty” by Henry George. If this be *g
norarce make the most of it.
I do not think I have ever read anything by Charles
Reado. I wish I had not wasted any time reading The-
odore Dreiser. I have not been successful in my ef-
forts to read “Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures” and I bare not read Swedenborg’s books.
I have not read George Borrow’s “The Bible In Spain.'
Karl Marx was too difficult for me. So was Trader
Horn. I cannot spell the name of the notable who
wrot« “The Prince” and I have never read the book.
Conrad seems to me to have achieved the ultimate in
painful and uninteresting plot structcrc. However l
have not read “The Nigger of the Narcissus.” Carlyle
has never interested me greatly and Gibbon’s “Roman
Empire” was sweaty labor for me.
Tiimely ¥5®ws
EXPANSION OF U. S. NAVY URGED
By CURTIS D. WILBUR Secretary of the Navy.
(Curtis Dwight Wilbur was born at Boonesboro
Iowa May 10 1SG7. He was graduated from the
United States Naval Academy receiving an L. L. D.
degree from three other universities. He resigned
from the navy in 1888 and began practicing law at
Los Angeles. He served as judge of superior court
and associate justice of the California supreme
court. President Coolidgc appointed him secretary
of the navy in 1921).
Provision must be made for rapid and great expan-
sion of the naval forces in the event of emergency.
This expansion must be based upon the reserve and
up n nucleus crews withdrawn from the regular navy
for units of the emergency navy. The navy may be
1 r.t»d in peacr fme with a shortage of personnel but
at a cost of eth'r reducing the number of vessels in
(commission below that necessary for the varied peace-
| t:me activities of the navy and for the maintenance of
a balanced fleet or of reducing the personnel on board
the individual #hips below ths point where the effi-
ciency of the sh;ps can be properly maintained.
A *hort:g'’. requiring the reduction of vessels’ al-
! Icnvances of personnel below the point of efficiency
! 'lists during this current fiscal year and will increase
I in th- future unless adequate measures as discussed
I hereafter are ta.cn to forestall it.
This anticipated inciease ia due in part to the com-
missioning of new vessels but in Urge part to tho
growing demand of the air navy for personnel which
has in five yeo-s increase* from less thin 5000 *o
nearly 11.000 while the total officers and men have de-
creased 2000 a net lois to the surface navy of 8.00<».
The past jresr ht hr of paytienUr note as re-
gards aviaton fer the re*. *n that it hsJ d*clo»ed the
fruition of several year* uf expemmertation and basic
jfrocndworlc. The yes- sew the placing in operation of
what we believe to be satisfactory basic types in all
■1* £■-* 1 a- a - ih pf *ti*> I .OW-phuif-building jn-
! gram the number# have b**"n fsr more satisfactory than
lever before.
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ANOTHER victim of another flu epidemic
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Ye Firs! Merrie Christman
* * * * * *
“Brass Tacks” on the Sunday School Lesson
! Che ftjtot (Ltxi
I wrm l
I
YOU IS BORN THIS
DAY IN THE CITY Of DAVID
A SAVIOUR WHICH IS CHRIST
THE LORD. ujke a:»»
By DR. ALVIN E. BELL
Little did Caesar Augustus
mighty Forunn emperor realise that]
a ruler infinitely superior to him- ;
self was using him with his decrees
and tax machinery to fulfill an an-1
rient prophesy that the world's
Saviour must be born in the little j
town of Bethlehem. Thus it came to j
pass while Joseph and Mary were
there the days were fulfilled that
she should be delivered and she
brought forth her first born Son and
wrapped him in swaddling clothes
and laid him in a manger because
there was no room for them in the
inn.
The Christmas mesrage is first « f •
all a message of grace which is
more than love for it is love stoop-
ing to serve the undeserving and the
unlovely. '“For ye know the grace i
of our Lord Jesus Christ that
though he was rich yet for your
sakes he became poor that ye
through his poverty might be rich.”
So the stable the manger the swad-
dling clothes and the divine Christ
child in them speak first and most
of the grace of Christmas.
The Christmas Greeting
The first and most wonderful of
all Christmas greetings was that
brought from dod by the angelic
hosts to the hcnible Shepherds of
Judea: “Behold I bring you good
tidings of great joy—for unto you
is born this day in the city of David
a Saviour which is Christ the Lord."
Not to the palace of Herod nor to
the house of the high priest nor to
folks of power and position did God
send the heavenly hosts with the
glad tidings but to lowly shepherd?
ns bumble as the carpenter and his
wife of Nazareth to whom he en-
trusted the rearing of this wonder-
ful child.
But this first Christmas greeting
is mors thin a greeting. It is a gos-
pel for "gtsper 'is only another
word for “good tidings” It speaks
of the birth of a Saviour or all peo-
ple. “She shall bring forth a son.
and thou shalt call bis name Jesus:
for he shnl! save his people from
their tips.” This salvation is the
source and ground# or the “peace
on earth and good will” of which the
angel# sang. That GM so loved th«
world a sto f vr h‘. oriiy beottfti
Son to come do 'i 'r "*t hes on and
I take upon himself ti • orm o; a Le -
vant and be mad* in likeness of men.
even to be bom of a woman and to
grow from infancy to manhood in
order that hr might have a human
nature through which to identify'
him>clf with us and to suffer and
die for humanity—this fa the very
heart of the gospel. God* gi id tid-
ings of good will to mft’ •
This first Christrr t ig was
littended by fittim* glory >’• »<!
rtad that “the t i the L »r«l
shone round aboc th n.” and from
multitudes of the in ■ cnly hosts:
cuir.c the first t’hri ti nnthun.j
“Glory to God in in I yhe f .ind
on earth peace go d wil Howards
men."
The Christ mao <’miners
Out of the grat and the *lo**y if
this Christmas greeti . a id gospel
it is but natnrai .h. * ..r •? hoi.id
have been born n gi .; * yindr: s .s
“the shepherds returned rlonfying
and praising God fo: nil the things
that they had hear I and cm.” They
became the first preach n of t*e
Christian gospel. I good tiuit. *
were to ogoed to Jtecp • bei • Ives.
They had to share *
joy with al about t 'Tu ti •
known abroad the : • wii.ch > s
told the mconcerning ehila."
Thus from the bn;
mas spirit has been f aring pi :.
As we repeat the oil ylij grttlin
“Merry Christma “ t r*' ^tu-
ber that the first and i 1 ti. I i >rt
of “Christmas "‘C-H-J
and that without • ' i-t it w u!J o
ne'ther “Christi. < " cr “.Werr
(The Intcrnatii’iwl I nifoim L sjoji
for December 23 h I. ■ 2:1--’• ?1i •
subject being: “Tie Hn.'i if Jc-•»."
and the Golden Te.u Liao 2:11
“Unto you is born this <iny ir th ;
city of David a S cui b"b i.
Christ the Lord.”)
(Suggested daily B^ Ir r- :;r-
for next week’s family worrli'p;
Monday. Acts 20:18-.i: 'in ? j.
Luke 8:1-20; Wed*c; if i
4:6-15; Thursday 11 ( j 1 »;
Friday I Cor. 1£ ■’•'■5 ; . fa-
John 14:1-11; Sunday Psalm
98:1-9).
THIRD SET Ot . r *
GENOA.—Her thi-d .e*
has been born to fignora Luisa n|-
hno wife of a railway emplo
DFKS IN Al TO
TOTTLRIDGL Lug .'■’ii a. s
Campbell Percy collapsed and died
' in his automobile.
I
Who am T? What is my vocation?
Have I ever been in the movies?
What is the <-apitil of Abyssinia'
Who is the president of Bolivia?
What was the real name of 0.
Henry?
“To every thins there is a season
and a time to every purpose under
heaven.** Wh«re is this pa* ?agc
found in the Bible?
jimmy Jams
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Today in the Past
On this day in 1775 congress ap-
pointed Esek Hopkins commander-
in-chicf of the American naval
forces.
Today's Horoscope
Person* lorn on thia day ara af-
fectionate but. they don’t fall in love
at first eight- They are interested
in philanthropic work.
Horoscope for Sunday
Persons bom nnder this sign are
usually great thinkers and difficult
to confine with dogmatic limits. If
they are theologians they are larger
than their creed.
"Riches either sene or govern the
possessor.”—Horace.
_
Answer* to Foregoing Question*
1. Elsie Ferguson; actress; yes.
! from 1917 to 1920.
' 2. Addis Ababa.
? 3. Hernando Siles.
4. W. S. Porter.
5. Ecclesiastes iii 1.
Canada Building
First Warboats
OTTAWA. Dec. 22.—WV-Twb de-
stroyers of the latest typ« were un-
fer contract for construction by the
Canadian government today the
first real ships of war to be built
by the dominion.
Contract for the ships waa award-
ed Thomycroft Ltd. of Southamp-
ton Enr„ at a price of $3i00.('fw
i for delivery in 1931. Thu ^hip* v!Il
replace the destroyers Champnm
and Vancouver loaned to Canada by
I th* British government.
I I I III. — ■ ■ I—". II - . Ml
• TTZTsm Jig;1 n .v. agn^a.|l;v|j-s--i—ggatss1"—• ll>
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| Wasknitagtoini L®ftft®r
By CHARLES P. STEWART
WRITER VIEWS DAWES
AS POLITICAL FAILURE
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.~Vice
President is not erectly a "lame
duck."
In ordar to be lame a 'duck must
hav« been beaten. Vica President
Dawes was not beaten. He simply
was eliminated.
Charles G.‘s political life how-
ever can he fairly described as a
terrible failure. All he ever has
been—politically—is vice president.
If anything can be more completely
abortive than that for Pete's sake
what is it?
To rise by honesty industry su-
perior ability and darned good luck. J
out of the vice-presidential obscur-
ity to some proud position like
President Cooiidge or Colonel Roost-
.eit—one takes off his hat to that
as to any other fancy achievement.
To retire honorably into vice-pres-
idential rest after a stirring career
jis senate leader or governor of a
ig state like Charley Curtis or
fom Marshall—thst’s a fitting end-;
ing for a tired old war horse.
But never to have been anything
but vice president!—O! "vanitaa
vanitatum!”—what a fizzle!
• • •
Charles G.’s future looked so
bright too!—only four short years’
ago next March—as he picked up
tnat gavel for the first time whang-
e! it on the desk in front of him
and proceeded to read the riot act
to the assembled senators.
Behold him now!—presiding over
his last "short session."
Not much like the old Charles G..'
is he? No. you bet he isn’t. Vice
President Dawes hasn’t any further (
idea of “reforming’ the senate. The
senate can waste ail the time it
wants to for all he cares. Al! he’s
in a hurry about is to have March
1 get here and have it over with.1
I Charles G. Dawaa e^tainly bit
I off more than he could chew whe t
he undertook to put some efficiency
! in'o the I'nited States senate.
That was his first mistake.
Then that time when he w» csH- 1
ed on to decide a tie eota!— on th 1
senate's confirmation of Charles j
Beecher Warren as attorney Gem :• !
al. And he happened to be takiiic 1
a nap and didn't get there to
enough!—resulting ia the defea* f 1
Charles Beecher's appointment fl
I so nice for Ckftflti Betcher* «n»! nut I
I so nice for President Cooiidge v
had appointed him and was slay .j 1
I in the face by the senate—all I . I
cause the vice president was slut* - |
hering at the switch at the we];.
Known psychological moment.
That kind of an opportunity mve- j
knocked at Charles G/a door as; fl
• • •
Nett. Charles G. tried to bet
the farmers’ hope of salvation.
And that failed **to take. To 1-
sure the farmers gave him et
for meaning well but they jr e
Frank O. Lowden credit for meauir |
better. But Charles G. did sac
in antagonising his big bur 1
friends by the smiles he ca*t t
the equalization fee.
a * ' •
Charles G. appears to be ot«:
theso folk who is almost equai
being ’'somebody’’—almost bu* n
quite—just enough so to be agg
voting—everlastingly ambitious i
everlastingly doomed to disappoint
ment.
There is some talk of him as «.er
retary of state under Presuient-ele
Hoover—but nobody takes it aerio i
ly.
Vice President Dawes looks pr> •
glum presiding over his last th ir
month’s sessions of the senate. J
realizes as well as anybody how 1
fate has played with him.
... .
Yoirk
NEW YORK Dec. 22.—Among oth-
er things that make chit-chat in the
various Main Stem luncheon places
is the civil war now going on be-
tween Harry Jolson and his younger l
urother A1 Jolson. One of the the-
atrical weeklies contains a page ad
which reveals the professional je. I-
ousy that exists between the two
and it is a most repulsive advertise-
ment.
Harry Jolson shrieks his envy to
the world and appears to hunger for
some of the success enjoyed by Al
for he reprints clippings from pro-
vincial reviews which : rgue that ho
is a better entertainer than his more
successful kin.
In fewer words boys will be bores.
• • •
In Hollerwood
Take it from Lrn Hall this repar- ;
tee is supposed to have happened in|
tho mooni pitcher sector. A movie |
magnate svho had received a com-
plaint from the censor. Will Hays
summoned his staff and cried:
J'We got to be careful you hear?
All right let’s have sex—but clean |
sex!"
• • •
Bards Across the Sea
Eeth Challis one of the better
songstresses at the Rendezvous club
who just returned fro .a Britain
brought the following clipping from
the London Daily Express. It re-
fers in part to the dinner in Gene
Tunncy’s honor there a few morths
age. The king was toasted
and the hand played ‘God Fave the
King’ Then the president of the
l’nit<-d States was toasted but the
1 and. somewhat perplexed played
‘Old Man River’.’
Gag
Take it from Lew Frown the co-
author of "Sonry Hoy” and numer-
ous other smnsh song hits who
avers he overheard thi* gab. One
colored fellow met another and
said:
‘ Whatcher doin’?”
“All works wid eight fellers an’
Ah thinks they calls ’em a quartet.”
“Have you made any money late-
ly*”
“Weil we've only had one job so
far. We wuz engaged fo’ to play at
a furera!. hut wh«n we got there
the man wurn’t daid yet. so we teny
till he d:ed.”
• • e
Incidentally
Le-v Brown financially is almost
in the seven-figure division what
with tremendous song ard show
royalties piling up daily. But a few
years ago lie was poor you might
«av. giving nwav precious ditties for
little return. One publisher finally
nrescoted him with a royalty check
for $19000. the first real money
Frown almost had. A moment later
however the publisher wept that bo
was sorely In need of the $19090
and if Brown would wait a while he
would nay it back with * rer cent.
Two days later the publisher went
bankrupt. In his rage. Brown yell-
ed: “Wait and see Some dry 111
he mightier than you are in this
business!’* Today Brown will tv
you his temper got tne better •
mm and that ha really didn't me. .
liioae words
But what wo started out to i
was that the entire floor of to
-milding formerly occupied by i
bankrupt publisher was recti
purchased oy the music firm of L
Bjrlva Brown & Henderson just l
use as tneir shipping room!
Ain’t We* Got I*un
For diversion many of the lot
arc toying with what is said to bt *
new pastime. You ask your listen
for a new dime. Placing the con. t
a table you cover the lower half «•
the E Pluribue Unum side /ith .
card or a bit of paper This ;•
veals something resembling a fti. -
an overhang rig tree and th« J»p
of a car which is parked under t-
tree. Then tho dialogue goes like
this:
“Do you ree the fense on the ct
try road?'
Tho retort should bo “Yes.’’
Then: “See tho tree with tho
Ford parked under it?"
Tho reply should be “Uh-huh."
Then: “See the fellow and girl
necking in the Ford?"
Tho reply will bo: “Nopo f don't
see anybody nocking.”
“Well” you say as you pocket th<
coir “what the hell do you want fr
a dime?"
Complaints should be addressed
the managing editor not us.
Of All Things!
Fpjaking of racket; a friend t
of a lad who is getting away v t ;
a stunt in the local hostelries. T’ c
fellow Is homely and employs h
trick because it is a sure-fire wa t
meet women. After registerinr *'
e hn*el he goes outside and *< ■ .
phones the place asking for h
•elf. The operator naturally repo
that Mr. Soandso Isn’t In "but will
you leave a message?"
’ Yes. Tell him." says the spe* . i
cr. that John Gilbert end Ks 7 •
Novarro are in town end to gc* -
touch with them.”
This grig is repeated for a {**■*
days with tho impression left or
♦he phone girl that *he gn-st I*
big gun with the celebrated. A* ’
rule the ohone operator spread; *h».
new* to her girl friends in the ' -
♦el and introductions usually fN
low.
A few dsrs afterward ho ch*
out and repeats the racket at
other hotel invariably meeting sv *
of New York’s prettiest and r
gullible women who fall hard* - t:
the “extras" in Hollywood mho h.
h»*n promi«ed a screen test.
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[In All History \
Ther* was never a date that
approached in importance
that irreat event that w* cele-
brate each year of December
25th.
For since God so loved the
»or!d that He crave Hie onlv
herotten Sor. it is fitting that
that (treat Birthday be most
reverently observed.
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