Lo'. il h -'-ir Jro- dcrrt for Literary Digest Saturday, Octot r 11, 1.-: 0. Intro. Here we nre at the end of the week. And surnnin.' ur th news that’s heen rollir : in for the • a • t r*'v n :ay •, rio^ and revolution have b > r ‘v' cally refrain. Australia and the Antarct c have been the on * continents to escape it. Of course, th bi v st blow-up has been de.wn in hrazil. But Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia are still smoldering after th ir political eruptions. The president o* Ecuador has tried to chuck his job, Th/ ‘ eta tor ship in Venezuela seers he sli oini. And they are just barely managing to keep th li • o' n n Cub , Qyf •/. in m.in, King Alohonso's ’ hrorr..- ■ ■ as : ‘ ‘:'n v:nnbl n * n VOlutionary tremors are ' :ir ■ rnrfr.::al -n b- r colonies ?n Africa " howling -or independence. Plots ai count -'c.! - *•; • ” t •• • ming explo ions in ania, Poland ana thonia• The Hungarians^ '-in - a king, want to hire one. -s for G,many, well, her politics ar- *n a mor- jur.hh'-d state than they1 ve been since her streets ran with blo< n 1918. Th n i we twirl the 'lobe to the e-' ‘ , ' lan ;n India where three hundred mil ! ion or-: arc trying to nu h ol<‘. John Bull Into th ay o- Bene'1. Next oc •, our hundred mil] ion Chinese ar trying to push • ch other into 1 • ■ a* And as for Tur , ner story ■ r t.o] i-v r> resoun in " ■ iline in this week* s Literary Digest, That headline reads* "Curbing ■ v,p blood cure 1 in durf ”• "In fact", says William Phillip Simms, for,.,- ,n eotinr of th- -crirns-Hov.ar newspapers, "three-fourths of the whole world is in the grip or th rahies < f revolt." -JL£' — ~ razil Wo- , ’nore’s a dispatch from ash in'ton. Th U. S. cruiser Pensacola has been ordered to ; ro/.‘ii • T: v . t .ter . And the Internationa] Ijev/s S rvice 4 11s us that Gr at Britain has dispatched th battleship Delhi in the same direction. Morf in tention of I t v . r ally serious thr troublt is dovn the’e . Hosts of Am<ricans have been askin the sane sues t ion * hat I’ve been asking ately; V,hy ' ' th'f ah otin in Brazil? ..ol , I’ve been sifting throu h the dispatches for a week as they have cone to re at t- lit. rar** . i. st * icr, and here are a fen -oin4;- that may throw a bit of light on the South American snarl. "A ^ rapest 'n the -orld’s co4’fee no+-,,! is what Mr. Sim-s of th-' ^crir 'S-Howard papers calls this revolution. Brazil m : es as much co^^ee as all the rest of the world put togeth r. The prosperity , lt. But raotloal 0, lt is ralsed in two or three states, and th< *-**■*-- .. City o:' P ulo» 1 lt.h its population of a :nij 1 ion oeopl * , i- the coffee center of the vorl . Th- coffee rciucing states constitute ' ^! r r 'm" 1 v' '' - Brazil. ’or Brazil is bigger ^ • n r n Onited States. But most of n rr:sou r-: u' Me s va, -, uninlaMte" jun/1- - the tiff-'1:! unr xplor J area In th whole vide vc r " T’r.e so *vM r cions e re- strur •* dorn a coo :• * lip.- t 1 1c 40 .C mil s on * -- a distance farther than from Heir York to California. Paulo* because of coffee alone, dominates the r' st of the country economically, and it iominat s it politically as well* Naturally the other states resent this. But there isnrt anythin o ch M. -y con o abo1.1 * — t: • f is, e cent start a r volution, p,r ‘ "ir nr '.den" _ ' Brazil, "a: hin 4-or Luis, 'las been u irjort " oy 1 -o- Bno Paulo interests. His succes or, Julio Prestes, who ts soon 'O fflco Offic , (unless the rebels revert it) • ao - n. • can 1< al up by Brazil Was flatly defeated. So the states south •Drazi, n .,:as crooked work at the Sou th Brazil clvims th . * polls» y started this revolution. ■ r-r rider.‘ -,r flraail, v,e pass on to another interesting po ten tat : The i Itnd - ' ’ - , the co ' • n ■ ago. 1*Vell, the real King of ^t-.ra coming to Am rica. The l Y rk ~v n n .orld, i- .73 h : coming to c rsul t 0 ' .... -'ica 1 s Tea- ing occulists and T ' r :'o • c . V..r cts . Eye trouble is one of the wor. t 0larues in tl e wop 1 d . It '-£ particularly bad in tropical parts 0 Asia, and especially in ypt anc across north Africa. Flies are often responsible for it, and it makes the average traveler's heart ache for the countless Ah- usancs vrho are either half or totally blind. Th re Is an Int ’nation?;1 Association for Phe hrevon"ion of Blindnes., anf it's in session t now over in Brussels. The Associated Press cables a story toIIin us that there are between three mi]lion and six mil'ion blind people in the • d. One of the leading figures at the convention L* ■ Lcirri.. x,-y Yoric, t na in ir -ctor - • iv-■ ■: n ocleV.y 1'or Prevention of - - i - . - . lie is urf in . imilar na‘. Lonal c ‘ • * i . i' cstv-V,l irh •: in all countries. 1: n c nt c p tlininoss in America Is clu ,‘o : us‘r' 1 accident , ana this wee.i's Liter- • st carries a compr hen: ive article tel';n.~ h .v thousarir o:' eyes arc being saved throughout the country by new methods of precaution. Columbln 0ni v n ho i f rf ct - yes is « av'a 1 or. iosay th Coluslia (v t r^n trans-Atlantic airplane that M- w ov r t. ocean from Aest to :• a--), r • o'- Lon on. Car ♦• in ~oy , ' n, an Li utenant Connor, the American, re-air 4P cbokeri f 'c lino anc flev/ on from the Reilly Isles. Columbia. because of her two Atlantic nd her many other record-br i flijhts, jus! a : or,4 the most inter : tin airplane in the world too y. v^ou:.... :,ol: 'r ; prophc-, and roads cur national horoscope for the next 50 ye iPE . Our 'i-"-'iculty has not been with s, "but with the newly the char eter to use it wisely.:"' In ' ‘.nt ■ . 1 in articl , ritt m sped or the 50th anniv rs« ry edition of v ning News, Mi1. Coolidre tells us *0 • * in '■ comin ; f • 1 ^ century, tha ‘ is, while the most ' vou are still alive, we shall have a more even distribution of wealth. There wilj be •:n incr o- ’ use of machinery, o great increase in gener . 1 e Jucution, and !inorunc- , superstition, and. r judce will play a less an : less part 'n our nation- ’ li"' . Mr. Cool'd-e ivs us a prophecy full of optimisni. H* • say; there will be a more even distribution of wealth and the country rill be dotted wl th great airports* He even adds that ' grade * i ■ . cross a blind one in the Gr >untains of Vermont last year, and the cov,-catch- of the train rai.srd my stare tire ju; l. hy -i } ■ i-. Coolie: ■ : ; i o ■. o lilloidphor, 1 - .1 ■-ex l nd te r . -O X/, on V ev- \f his 87 th - r the ay, ■ • o '-o Aloxsnder told the Nes York T"le^r- m d : ssd nov r* been to a theater or a :i •*. . i-r. •. •' ander s the dean of the big c i tyf act 1 v e 5>as to r s. nThere is so much tragecy and comedy in id' that I neves have felt the need of seeing it on .d st' ,n he sai-. / ■ find r if thf good doctor has a rad io. A let -1 ash brings fresh news of a slr ;n;- A/Ct s;, sorn- -ccount of which was printed in • ! o ' I o( ay’ s pa errs. Bob Charles Bob, mining engineer, bank • -■ natron jf aeri! 3 ploretion, v n -" : ' — :-,f — *' -hic'i TQ* He v;a? carrying a large sum !non > ' 11 it is believed tcni. ht that he m-y have met I rh "oul play. True to his C: '■ °"' i lyino about the country to save f arr:i\r : m Chics, o Wednesday. His p.-'.lo ■*- :. u an Lam , a former colon 1 in the oy - . ’ Vorce. Boh gavr orders that his plane be gotten r r for the re turn trip to Hew York, saying i e rouJ.d leave at 10 o’clock yesterday mo in in - he •• ir i f‘rionas ‘n Hev. York that he ■ a. jy in ; ''o:> home. But both he ana Lamb hav vanishe' . kolica r " li York an Chicago ere rc arch in.-" #‘or the nissin ; men. Lob as ne o'’ Admiral Byrd’s orincipal backers on his expedition to the South Pole. >f Antarctic Mountains -'or him. yy •. . - ^ ; ric , osienod by the famous . U'’ ' ■ J r ' . c3-U.lL l • ho • O.i.• b--- ■- ■ 1 ienus that usiny the - Ians enabled him to save about four fifths of his usual trav( Lin time. - This look.. Like a r al myste-y. Rhino 1 1 * ’ ou are int res tee. in lino plunging and - 10 - ------- ■—---- - has s the way they do it in Africa: H- rry H ich^nbach. ” ori.' - traveler • v mod !* i-'' tali of a duel between L”o tuiL rhinoc roses in the heart of the African jun. l- . He says he sav; the battle. 01 • •''-n Hhino is Just about the savagest Monster still left on this planet. An- , belli charge anything on sight, Reichenbaeh tells us that he sav. rhino family lurab. rin - -.Ion -, a cov , a calf; tn • a lull t-■ t •veighed abou4: four tons. Suddenly a no th r ull, some •"ha4 younger and smaller, came snortin' t'-rot th t 1 grass. The t’o bulls chargee th moment they cau.ht * t of each "th r. sight tons of bone muse ’c-1 heac-on with an impact that shook earth. Both staggered, neither was hurt. Then th :y v.he- 1 • n - charged again. This time the older rhino ot in a tremendous slash with the groat horn at the eni of his snout. He sent his opponent sprawl ini with •• hug gash in his side. But the younger animal was up instantly. V.tth v rush an a thud, he sank his horn into the -11- Ider rhino'' houlder. The olcit v rh ino ' 1] , th n • and charged again. in a terrific bio-, ;Pove his horn into th iat part unger t nimal* s ’ sent \ im iovm. ■ tter, df sp rately hurt, stumbled to his feel c rs ■ ■■ once more. Tho ol- - -hino, rensin victory, met him head on • 1 -o •v ho^nr r4 'V't iir -o the hilt. The yoiang • rhi no, morta 11 y sticken, stood stock still, tr victor backed of for another charge. rh co':;, until no\ a s a acts, tor, rushed at -a. - ;i 0 s - r , - e ... a r. h ;5 m, a hi 1 e h e r , a. t • •• a rove in a f‘ina 1 r .. t '’rev. the other side. It must • v bf 1 n an una- rthly spectacle. r. nr ic' nr cn t -1 about rt in th..• i-' lor': vening Journ- 1. But ho aoean^ tall us t .tether he had a mov: ' c* - ra -fj on --111 ‘ b t a ■ n*t a nr v -v do •a n ; y- 1 t!' a. t '' rv 'in. jvpv■ a :'1‘ shGS Co. r r'- 'r ru:' a - a V tu fr • ; a rh. s. Patrolman r a date with a roman ahon the K f-:v. ‘■or" v nin Journ -l e-dls n "merry ' n'° ■ r: , -^r cr lied him :-1 ' v ;'G31 i*5- blactjack and > ' r- ■ r •' V 1 • h thlr, if you D1 ' ' • ' on\ Vv , he * s in the here:til, ' »s ’n j il. 11 ’ '' ' k . The Hpice of Life Column of th Literary Li rest cul'i s it from The Hurul li o lorkcr. It reads: "General all around manager wishes responslble positirn; can navigate steam, gasoline arm sail vr-rs> , act as chauffeur, expert on poultry and incubation, can handle help; will leave horn-sty to others." Ther is certainly refreshins candor in that. Five years a go a M a s s a chuse 11 s nan had hi. nor.f -nocked crocked in an automobile accident. He has just bran in another, v/hich knocked his no:: o s tr: ■. i s h t ago in. - 1 ? Ncv-sbov Corn in ouJ of th- Literary Digest of 'ic r. little v!-], o;o, I stepood to chat v'lth T ! r:ev sboy vfno brin•;s me th-: editions of th ‘ "t '’noon --spers as fast as they come off thr r'' • • -o turd ay rift—noon 3 'r rather a dull ^- f -tn, because most every thin. here on Manhattan Island closes at noon. And there w&sn* t tbo '.li'ir i rush cf • roole grabbing their papers o ’■ 'r r* c -y on their -ay to the subway. An id o'- suddenly occurred to me. I hadn't y" 1 as so anyone to pick out th/- news item of the day. do I a sked him what he thought about it. -Jl' -y, : s there- anything exciting in the oar- rs ton I ht — I mean, besides revolutions and thin s • i os that?" "Gee, boss,11 he replied, "didja see in th- ;'ir-r'-r about that kid -.ho got left aid those mil] ions? His name is Bil l something or oth-'r. Hir. o2/ an' dr,a . He wor -n a rm up there in thf- country, pitching hay and all that rort of Stuff. An all o'- a udden he gets ■ letter, and it says somebody's left him a castle and 4 million bucks. Jimmlnee,boss, I wish I'd get a break U*e that." “I* - - - x'wO"\ed in tno nvisnint" Mirror, and ?:nr': t-"' '••■' - r' story sirned by Ho poster '' r ’r ' ■ : > t about yout\if Bill Girhin, a "••'•' ”7^';r-old farm hand ’>vho has been supporting h-.-'. -• t-hvi \ tasCin.r care of a T bvi acres of land u- ri+ i’or;-:tovTX heights, ! - ^or':, not mojiy miles ’>r-~ -y r n ^nrm. bill has been notified that he is the :cg'-' hair *o a four-million-dollar estate over in Austria, and 1500 acres more in sunny h:---- in. Th- nccoun ‘ i: rathe r complicated and tells hov various relatives of Bill died off without hr r ’'nor in ;t until he finally became the sole heir, hhlle I was reading the story to myself, the ne’esboy poke up again: u}ioy, and here's another one, Here's a bird named Phillips out in Kansas City. The nao--r : -ee. hr » . inherited millions of bucKs, 4*on. bay, -• ■ much Js a million? But this bozo, instead of bio. in • it ell in, he foes and nuts on overalls enc t; hie a-1 ' a job at a easoline filling station Nor- v hat do you knew about tnat? "An, h 'E n ‘h r on:! Say, these - ■ rs ciurt b- <’doin' ud toniyht. Here's ■i * in . out n I.'V'tho or v.-hatevc-r ;.rou call the , ' no ;!oui_ uo y cv " in Germany t:oes and r: .:-: oao'u.e * ■' . mi hh;1: yoing right •' ' ' T'U:; tlv ■ a:.- b'--:' r> it rets a-- ••y "rom • - • H* ’ 's .Iter irrrnholtz, u - •?,1" rob-bl-' ■ rn -r -r somethin; v/hen rr " '■ ■ ■ = c ‘ ' . ieah, n: he’s took a lai.yer r Ion . i; uy , hr. t boy . i;.tin-a leaks "ike everybody is getting i : ' ion r-rc r toc-r:' oxer t no. Hev about it, boss? Can’t you fix it up?" Cl, I had to v is- ; oint Jimmy. I coui in* t ive him the mi iion. But millions don’t alv/ays bring happiness. And happiness is the one thirr that I visit .or all of. you this evening, as we end our spin around the globe. Go or; night.