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By LEMUEL F. PARTON
EW YORK.—Henry L. Stoddard,
one of the best of all American
political reporters, friend of more
Presidents and cabinet officers than
any other living
Stoddard on man, is the author
Shirt-Sleeve
Newspapering President,’
just
mine of previous untold stories
page to the news page. Having en-
Stoddard, I dropped in at his office,
overlooking the Old Park Row which
“formed his genius.”
papering.
to do with Hitchcock's Beanery,
typers, reporters, editors, and poli-
ticians, who mingled in a shirt-
sleeve forum which Mr.
40 to 50 years ago.
Mr. Stoddard is ‘‘up from the case,”
an ace political reporter and for
25 years owner and publisher of the
New York Mail.
“It seems to me that every re-
porter ought to know the smell
of printer's ink,”” he said. “The
great newspaper of today, with
all its marvelous efficiency, has
lost something stimulating and
vital in no longer having this
mingling of the crafts. I re-
member that, at Hitchcock's, a
slovenly reporter might be
called down by one of those om-
niscient old-time printers, or
perhaps it would be the other
way about, with one of the news-
men berating the press room
foreman, and asking him why
he couldn't manage a decent
make-ready.
“Theodore Roosevelt used to go to
Hitchcock's frequently, perhaps
with Jake Riis or Eddie Riggs of
the New York Sun, and I remember
James Creelman, Julian Ralph and
a score of then famous politicians
and newspaper men, mingling with
the men from the mechanical de-
partments, arguing over the world
war scare, local and national poli-
tics—everything under the sun. It
was something like the free speech
common in early colonial America,
where you could step into the en-
closure and say what you thought
about the king or anybody or any-
thing else.
““The gusto with which T. R. would
dump a bottle of catsup and a slath-
er of mustard on a plate of ham
and beans, or corned beef and
beans, was something worth seeing
and remembering.
“Frequently, these sessions at
Hitchcock's were a post-mortem
on the paper, just after press
time, in which any story of un-
usual distinction or a clean-cut
news beat was sure to get a
cheer, and quite as certainly
any of us who had stubbed his
toe was in for a raking over.
My work has made me an ob-
server of our efforts to estab-
lish true democracy in America.
I have never attempted an exact
definition of democracy, but,
whatever it is, I am sure it
was exemplified in this craft
ideal of the old-time newspaper,
The spirit seems lost in the
highly departmentalized, mech-
anized and specialized charac-
ter of modern large-scale enter-
prise, not only of newspapers,
but of business in general.”
Stoddard’'s family newspaper tra-
dition goes way back into the flat-
bed days. His great-grandfather es-
tablished the Hudson, N. Y., Regis-
ter, in 1787. He learned the print-
er’'s trade in his grandfather's print-
ing office at Hudson. A proofreadeér
on the Tribune at 15, he read proof
on the famous Tilden Ciper dis-
patches, a reporter soon thereafter,
on the Tribune and the Philadelphia
Press. He wrote the first daily tele-
graph letter ever sent out from New
York city.
1 ALWAYS thought the reason
Alice Paul never stayed in jail
long was that she was just a wraith
and floated through the bars. The
. . wan, fragile little
Tiny Feminist feminist, locked
Sets One Goal up many times in
For Suffrage days past, now
fans up her Na-
tional Woman's party to the World
Woman's party, of which she be-
comes temporary chairman. Its ob-
jective is the abolition of all legal
distinctions between men and wom-
en, to which goal she narrowed tri-
umphant suffrage and to which she
has held it ever since. A tiny wisp
of a woman, she is the living refu-
tation of Schopenhauer’s contention
that will and intelligence never go
© Consolidated News Fe
Youth Passes
Too Rapidly;
Use It Well!
By PATRICIA LINDSAY
© Bell Syndicate. —~WNU Service.
LL sister at the age of three
loves to wear mother’s high-
heeled shoes and powder her nose.
A few years later she wants her
curls ‘“‘done up’ or cut short like
big sister's. When she is entering
her 'teen age she is so eager to be
an adult that she gets unruly, and
causes herself, and those around
her, a lot of trouble.
Are you a little sister? Why do
you suddenly want to be old? It's
no crime to be young! Youth is
glorious—being young is thrilling, if
at the pace you should.
You think mother and daddy are
from some parties and asking you to
get simply furious when mother in-
sists on low heels and clothes which
nuisance when he suggests quietly
“or else.”
“Oh,” you wail, “will they ever let
tadpole, so eager for adult life that
Quit hating the fact that you
are still young.
you are missing today. They know
and because they love
you, and so want to be proud of you,
they seem over-cautious when they
try to steer you clear of them. Why
don't you help a bit?
Quit hating the fact that you are
still young. Glory in being your age
and live each day joyously. Delight
in your clubs, your frivolous par-
ties, your many privileges—all
yours because you are young! And
every minute, sister, cherish and
protect your fresh loveliness, for
once you lose it, or mar it, you can
never recapture it!
These Things
Are Essential
healthy and lovely. Eight or nine,
even ten, hours of sleep each night
little make-up,
der. No mascara, eye-brow pencil,
rouge. Why hide that pixie allure
with cosmetics meant for fading
beauty? (Isn't big brother right aft-
er all?). Let your skin breathe un-
hampered, and keep your cheeks
and mouth rushing with color by
Walk in Jow-heeled
your meals regularly with few
sweets on the side!
Don't be stubborn about your
clothes. Simple sports frocks for
too revealing) for evening.
Instead of pouting, and tirading
spend
fresh as a daisy, and nicely
groomed with hair brushed to shin-
ing glory and your nails manicured.
And above all, my dear,
proudly!
through thoughtless acts
petting indiscriminately) even
though you see other girls being fool-
ish! A few years from now when
Prince Charming comes along you
will be awfully glad you didn’t!
HINT-OF-THE-DAY
In your own home are materials
for bath which beautify and invigo-
rate. A pound of sea salt, two cup-
fuls of starch, oatmeal, bran, al-
mond meal or a small package of
baking soda thrown into the tub are
of great benefit in relaxing the
nerves and reviving the spirits. If
you have no shower under which
to rinse, then put the meal in small
cheesecloth bags which you can
make yourself. A quarter of a pound
each of oatmeal and almond meal
mixed is a good combination. Scent
your bath if you wish with any scent
you have on hand. .
The Talkative Man
“1 s’pose,” said Uncle Eben, “dat
it's one o’' de wise pervisions of
Providence dat makes a man wifout
much sense want to talk a whole lot
an’ give hisself away, so’'s be won't
fool anybody.”
Sin Dust
% Hard Road of Fame
% Buck Doffs Sombrero
% Mature Movies
= By Virginia Vale —
OWARD HUGHES must
get awfully tired of hear-
ing that he's going to marry
first one limelighted young
woman and then another. Un-
less he’s grown so accustomed
to it that he just doesn’t pay
any attention any more.
The gossip linking his name to
Katharine Hepburn’s had barely
died down before
the rumor-mongers
were insisting that
Bette Davis would
become his wife as
soon as she had di-
vorced her husband.
He made no com-
ment. Bette denied
that she and "Ham"
were going to get a
divorce, as long as
she could; she in-
sisted that she was
merely spending a
bs ml
Bette Davis
The odds have been against that
thing that
make it a success;
she possibly could to
it's not her fault
HOWN here is a house dress
designed for large women.
line of this simple dress
is made for comfort and good
looks. Ample armholes, a waist
that looks slim but is thoroughly |
unconfined, a skirt wide enough to |
how tough such a marriage can be,
here,” a star once told me. “Stars
associate with stars, big people with
other big ones.
I was a star and my husband was
a not very successful leading man,
and in spite of everything we could
do, we almost had to separate, be-
fore he got a lucky break and was
on top too.”
to have Buck Jones turn
straight dramatic x
star. But that's P
what he is going to
do. He has finished
“Law of the Texan,”
which he says is his
final western, and
after a short vaca-
tion he will begin
work in Paramount's
“Vice Squad.” We
take this opportunity
of showing Buck in
a ten-gallon top-
piece for perhaps
the last time.
en
Buck Jones
still in their infancy, pause and con-
sider the fact that recently,
trical motion picture was screened,
The machine that made that show-
Vitascope, and his daughter,
Joen E. Sloan, unveiled the plaque.
a
RKO's “Gunga Din,” of a young
She
her parents’
make her name in pictures.
of Gloria Swanson’'s daughter!
nin
If you are interested in writing
for the radio you'd better make a
done in the script of the average
serial. Only the older men can
gar; no women can smoke. No
liquor.
avast
true to the air waves, but his sum-
mer as a theatrical star almost
made him wish that he'd gone on
He appeared in
a number of summer theaters, and
at the one in Ogonquit, Maine, a
farmer was so pleased with Lanny’'s
work in “Petticoat Fever” that he
came backstage afterward and
promised Lanny free milk for a
year,
mri rm
Have you heard the new singer
with Horace Heidt's band, Jean Far-
ney? When the band was playing in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, she walked
into town from the farm where she
worked and asked for an audition.
Heidt was skeptical, but let her
sing. And so she got the job.
mens
ODDS AND ENDS . .. Her ox bop im-
promptu appearance on
when he revealed Te Tach ia he
The front fastening makes it
easy to iron as well as to put on.
The v-neck adds to the slenderiz-
Contrasting cuffs with a touch of
effectively.
A diagram design, to be finished
in a few hours. Make
ham, percale or calico.
Jumper Dress for School Girls.
This is an unusually good ver-
sion of the always-smart jumper.
It has such a nice, tiny waist,
skirt flares bee-yu-tifully, and the
straps are so fixed that they won't
fall off at the shoulders. Make
several versions of the sweet lit-
tle blouse, with its round collar
and high-shouldered sleeves, in
dimity, linen, organdy or flowered
challis, One jumper, many
blouses, make it easy to have a
fresh outfit always ready for
school. For the skirt, choose chal-
lis, jersey or flannel,
CHECK
YOURSELF
FOR THESE COMMON
SIGNS OF
ACID INDIGESTION
The Patterns,
No. 1623 is designed for sizes 36,
38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52.
Size 38 requires 5% yards of 35
inch material; % yard contrasting
for cuffs and pocket; 1% yards of
braid.
No. 1520 is designed for sizes 6,
8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Size 8 re-
quires 13% yards of 35-inch ma-
terial for the blouse; 1% yards of
| 54-inch material for the jumper.
Fall and Winter Fashion Book.
The new 32-page Fall and Win-
ter Pattern Book which shows
photographs of the dresses being
worn is now out. (One pattern
and the Fall and Winter Pattern
Book—25 cents.) You can order
the book separately for 15 cents
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., 247 W.
{| Forty-third street, New York,
| N. Y. Price of patterns, 15 cents
(in coins) each.
© Bell Syndicate. —~WNU Service.
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