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."
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Wo- , ’nore’s a dispatch from ash in'ton.
Th U. S. cruiser Pensacola has been ordered
to ; ro/.‘ii • T:
v
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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
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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
-
' ’
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,
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
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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
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■-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
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’
ou are int res tee. in
lino plunging and
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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
•
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-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
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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
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' v ;'G31 i*5- blactjack and
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1 • h thlr, if you
D1 '
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' on\ Vv , he * s in the
here:til, '
»s ’n j il.
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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.
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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
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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
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tlv
■ a:.-
b'--:'
r> it
rets
a-- ••y
"rom
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'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.