Violent Violinists By GENE FOWLER A Wbtte House ■> inphony InsU four years of actuaj playing, with an encore of four more for good bad and Indifferent behavior. The rest of the time to come is spent by the audience In paying the fiddler. Two aspiring musicians are bidding for the lob of concert-meirter. "Taaye" Harding and “Kubelik" Cox are the ent.-ie*. reading from left to right and from Ohio to Washington. Keeping in mind the theory that Zimbalist Nero fiddled while Rome bcrned. government architect* are putting plenty of asbestos iu the new buildings. Nero used s bow on his “Strad.” The modern political virtuoso* have bows and arroas. whl ‘ makes It a game of Indian billiards. Piute tennis and Apache bridge whist combined. The l*re«idential Concerto is garnished with two movement, —coming in and T7>ing out. The last administration verified the rumor that music has charms. Some oi the orchestra went to the Peace Table, had its watch stoler •• r..l cir:« home with the charm. It was sour ha .-nony with sweet voices. Pro rnthe front porch comes the twang of “Ysaye - Harding's chin ukulele. But it is more Interesting to catch the uoise that rise* from the basements of the nation where the voters are drifting into blissful coma while wanning up for the shock that travels with the White House over-

ture.

Orpheus made the cast iron tears trickle down Pluto's cheek. It was the only metal that ever escaped the steel trust. But Orpheus gammed the mechanism when he looked backward. This proved he was Democratic, with r-servatlop*. If he had looked backward and then gone backward with open strides, openly arrived at, wouldn't have been necessary I “Kubelik" Cox to bring more music She scene at this late date. Immediately after he heard that “Kubelik” Cox expects to “take California” by playing his violin to the pet seals of the Pacific Ocean. Kaiser made bis will. It was the final straw that broke the camel's thirst.

Both candidates declare that Misch* Elman” Debs hasn't a look fn for the chair of the first violin. They claim he can't reed the notes beyond tk ■ first few bars “Kubelik” Cox piped in California that nine-tenths of the newspapers didn’t print the news. He cited as an example the failure of some to publish hi acceptance of the nomination. But that wasn't news. It was an obituary, le was looking In the wrong column Playing the tune of "Prohibition. Pehn* I* Thy Stlngr the Democratic fiddler’s violin was strung with bung starters In San diet.o. He said It not until he become Governor of Ohio that the "back doors anu the front doors of saloons were closed. He didn’t mention the “Family Entrance." or side door, which is double-Jointed In the sign language Each of our violent violinists will choose the works of s pet master “Ysaye” Harding >hlnks Monroe, the composer of “Doctrine.” Is Eo enough for him to strum along with. "Kubelik” Cox will choose somethin* from the British school of jaxx brewers. He will saw a sour rhapsody called 'The League of Nations.” It's the best thing ever composed.' cracks Cox. “Composed?” No! ' Decomposed.” Two-Cent Cut is Ordered for Dec. 1. The retail price of “B" grade milk will fall two cents a quart in Philadelphia on December 1. A decision to that effect was reached last week a six-hour conference of milk producer*. dealers and manufacturers of dairy products Participating also In the deliberation were Dr. Charles L. King, milk r.rbltrator of Pennsylvania, and Frank B. McClain. State fair price commis-

sioner.

The drop represent* the exact difference in price which the dealers will pay to the farmers. The dealers agreed to le' the public benefit by the full amount. Other areas affected by the reduc.lon In price embrace virtually all of l>elaware and New Jersey, and

F. B. Willits. preaident of the Milk aboot election tlm* as mack's* the

next but I never take much stock in noise gtado-tb* Umf my friend Jeff

Ram bo selU the bull frtigs-

Tbls Jeff Ram bo is a stock broker, or rome such, as he is about the most positive guy I ever see In all my life. He will nev-r a jnlt be Is wrong about anything, and what makes It all the more exasperating to one and all Is that he Is generally right, when tney

are figuring h!m to be wrong.

Anybody can stand for a guy always claiming to be right if they koo’ he Is sure to be wrong, but naturally everybody hates to hear a guy claim he is light, and then have him prove

Producers' Association led the light against « greater reduction than two His argument was that grain crops were put in last spring when prices were high eel on seeds, fort Miami tabor. Wheat and corn have already broken in prices, but it was declared that milk should not come

down at this time.

The arguments of the milk dealer* and producers was that the sensible policy was to follow the break in current prices as it w is demanded by the public. A tentative plan duce milk one cent a quart on December 1 and to ft llow it with a similar reduction on Ji-nuary 1. Mr. McClain would not agree to that and said the entire red icllon now. That was s greed to without

much dissension.

Tue farmers are willing to take their losses In the face of a deciding demand and in th< Interest of an early n>ailjustment bat c to normal,” Mr. Wlllits ”M Ik is an essential commodity and at are going to place it In the forefrom in the voluntary

cut In prices.

I»r King said Us» new price would make milk in the c arket here \pproxlmately five cents > ‘•caper than it 1* In other cities. It if said that in New York City and C. eveland the price,

eighteen cents Boston, eighteen

and one-fourth cent*. Pittsburgh. Baltimore and 8t Lot* s sixteen cents.

Predicts Dn-o In Milk

Omaha—Prediction of * *"t he referred to as a serious drop in milk and butter prices was made In an address

the Chamber of Commerce last

week before Omaha business men by George M. Wilbur, of Mat/ville, O. heac of the executive committee of the Ohio Wool Growers' Association. 'There is facing us a serious drop in milk and butter prices because Danuish butter will soon be coming tn at the rate of 600.000 pounds a month.” Mr. Wilbur said. At the Fame time." he added, "more than $50,000, worth of American evaporated mi'k is piled up in New York. It cannot be

Europe Underbids U. S. in Argentina

In September." says a report to the Corn Exchanjs* National Bank f-o«n Its Argentine representative, “the American dollar was at a premium of II 1 J per cent and practically brought American bustnss* to a standstill Vanous firm* were badly hit as large quantities of goods are arriving from tb« Bute*, long past due and the merchants are raising questions as to receiving them on account of the late deIlrerlee The fact is that they have overbought and the American dollar Is too high to make the purchase* profitable They also can bsy the same

good* in Europe at a lower price.

"Europe's competition in hardware specialties, wool and cotton goods. Iron. Is very strong at this moment and (heir price' are under those quoted from the Stales, even If the American exchange was normal. With

the steel Industry. Plain gal

vantxed wire from Germany is being quoted at *1«« Argentine gold per steel bars from Belgium and Germany at IS5 Argentine gold per ton. steel plates, beams and shapes at HI Argentine gold per ton. The above prices are all c. 1. f. Bueno* Aires and per ton of II4 n pounds. American mills are not quoting price* which will In an/ way compare with these and the

orders are going to Europe.

"The Obras Sanitaria* de la Nadoc have Just placed an order for 1>.S5I tons of cast in i pipe with a French firm at Pont-a-Mou?son In France. Involving an outlay of i0,£38.?2? francs. This pipe was bought at 1050 francs per ton of 1016 kilos, c. L f Buenos Aires, which is equal to *84 Argentine gold The firm* In the United States were exceedingly out of line In their quotations of approximaiely *110 American gold per ton, which at to-

Well. anyawy, one night this Jeff Rambo and I are eating dinner in a joint uptown, and Jeff orders frog*' leg*, which are very fine eating at all

mes.

When the check comes along Jeff finds out that they hare charged him a buck and tiro bits for these trog*' legs, which is a way of saying a dollar twenty-five, and he lets out a terrible roar about the matter. He says 1' is altogether too much, and he will be dumbed If be will yap IL So they call in the guy who run* the joint, and explain Jeff's squak to him. and the guy tells Jeff that hr has pay eight; cent* a pound for theae frogs' legs in the market then Jeff says to the guy 10»

this:

“Why.” Jeff says, "there Is a pond over abek of my house in New Jersey which is alive with bull frogs. I hear them hollering at niehl Jeff **?*■ ••and,” he says. Tf you are paring eighty cents a pound for frogs' legs

I will get rich off you.”

'That is fair enough." the guy says. T will just as soon pay you for 'mgs' legs as anybody else, and." he says. "the price for your frogs' legs will

be eighty een.F a pound."

“All right" Jeff says. "1 will

backing a wagon up to your joint in a day-g nit» of exchange equals approxifew days. And." he says. “I expect ma tely $130 Argentine gold, you to settle at mce." j A letter from a prominent United Well, a week or so goes by. and the states merchant in Valparaiso, Chile.

dated October 16. says that there have

sold for lack of export demand and guy hoars nothing much from Jeff, but condensing factories are closing all I am keeping tab on what comes off.

r the country."

Just a Mugg

I '' l -— - . - .. ne p»jb lUWW nnsylvania the charge will extend . Oy naflJQfl KUDVOIl * day apiece to do the speuring. lxaston. Reading. New York. Har-, J J naturally Jeff figure* with bull

and I hear Jeff hires all the farmers around his Joint in Jersey and sends them out to the pond to spear these

bull frogs.

He pays these farmers several bucks

It reminded the former Etaperor-of-all-

the-Bock-Becrs of the crack he croaked to Easton. Reading,

about ta> ing Paris. He will take Bl- risburg and Altoona. I M „ M , n 1 frogs selling at such good prices in the * T-... 1 ? t i £", X ”r.. n— ;he car. afford to be liberal

IVcher. the prophet o' the Wall, cltlee the price mould not necessarily May Be Deccvcd by a tot of no

Street tremor, got his ups out of the Ik* the same a* it Is to be here as I air Kubelik" Cox is grabbing his out j freight rates mould enter Into the *e - of the hollow candle of a League of , Ing price But the farmer's price f. *

Nations chandelier. %rherc trey pump I b to these places noth: g bat laughing gas distil ed from * it is here.

Brazil nuts. It all contribute., to the. The decision was reached general song and dance, but the dance ! session, but it Is understood he iv duels named after St Vitus. j Hon agreed to was In the natnre of a “Ysaye" Harding claim* the change compromise, as many of the dealer* from playing a horn in the vIHvue band ! urged a much more drastic ; -ducllon. to rul>bfng the G string on a Presiden- j The confer-nee took place in the offl,ial violin will l e like growing a board re* of the Interstate Milk Producer*

M-d to eating breakfast Association, in the Heed Building.

will be the same

a closed

r you get uses

j with the farmer*.

I un rrt’dinp in th, p.p-m the otter | ">"• °» ‘ ■“"** d»v .bou, how the Ropohl.o.o « cor, , ^ .TT"! ,b, SL,l.. oi li.m, b>- . lorribb- phi- ««'• * ^ “ ,hl " ai.p. -d i win „> u moj,™ . lot o. ^ " r 7” ."T bol.o to polhici drew, wb.l with ■‘-C *■* »" ■"<* ”** *'

everybody saying it moans they will U* 1 - canr the rest of this country ?ure U' !">(■' !«»•»«■ ■>« •*>

much truth in what they say. because . Jeff _' y, . T8 . like th,B '

1 bet a guy five bucks Harding will win and 1 can use that five bucks along

been a number of local failures there recently owing to speculation in such lines as sugar, rice, coffee and local agricultural products. Encouraging features of the Chilian situation are the election of President Allessandri. good agricultural prospects and good nitrate shipments. Nitrate has teen sold recently at the highest prices on record. Current shipments are larger

than current production.

Naturally the restaurant guy wants know where are the rest of those

Mr. Bouncer—"You should remember. ray son. that there is nothing attained mlthout labor. You need not expect to get something for nothing " Will!.—"I get lots of lickings for

nothing, anyhow."

Liquor atfSociabi% Tell Binkley address.,- ( . U[ , cider maker* « Melod.-on 1^7 night on Th' Relation „• jZ" Sociability." Mr. Btnkl. v that he did not v * b*hi' o neither ..3 wet and dry Mmatlon- > in the pay o' aajr leap,, or * further that it *ru r,.,^ ■ or hla ambition r Wjr . ( ' >' ^ pronJ o' liquor aa he knew | t aa If he wuz f di*. !5S ^ or any other subJ^T^J wux familiar He j "We're fortunate t’ be llvin a- 1,hen th' world is bein’ nude me V result of n lerrib!- lonCitral that has taxed th* resource* „• nations. Millions o' men been turned back inf

great factor.** .

mills are tnnUn’ ther entnd>« ri o th' triptancat great Infscnatlon;.: jrou. lookin' toward lastin' space *>*

Great as thib

aa will be th' chanic ■ undergo whatever come. , ^ - result o’ th' war 'll be puny *; Ignlfloant compared f th' ivftij which awaits sociability when tfl whiskey has b« n * from th* Kentucky wnrehoo**. | a great many years it ha* bees iy ernment offense P give a laws !ia Onr government held that him strayed a Injun's amfulnes* -yInterfered with civilizin Our government has held that a h under th* influence o liquor «.i often buy buggies ;tn' Mcycla v he didn't teed 'er».. That a sometimes kill. Yit our roTena has not worried about how ranch 1* th' white man guxzled or hnv ■ s an' autos he bought d stewev.'. A Injun ahouhi baveth's right f spend all his rovcrcanci fer Stetson hats is th' white nail t’ fritter away his weekly pay fwl an' doth Up shoe*. But well i up th' social end o' th' booz.- not talk about th’ thousand o' t*-* drink-rs' that have f load u;-f affable. Some time aso 1 tittrub banquet. This banquet wax tlmo seven o'clock At six-thirty th' c» begun t' assemble in the hotel M Nobnddy was smlUn'; nobuddy ms P know anyboddy else: all rhiM' ther wux no hand rtukii'. looked like a convention . doori Uver'buddy wux ill at ase ao r.'n I saw several fellers 1 thoarht lb but I wux afraid f appr- 1 - h seven sharp th’ door f th ’-O room flew back an' we ah fil'd 4 took our places at th’ taM*- 1' < plate wuz a Kentucky to! ly ati »

■Wen.” he says, T must admit I i deceived in the noise. "I figured.” Jeff says, “from the noise these frogs

Girl Scouts' Ten Golden Rules To Be Pulpit Topic For Ministers Of The Nation

WT’ MERRY little girl in khald i» Jf\ aji; caring on bnck aalU, fence ^ h p ott , i an( i i : .gnboards in every corner of the United States and her territories. She is the Girl Scout poster girl and she smiles down cm Americans from New ^ora to California, and from Alatlca to Hawaii and Porto Rico, to remind them oi the Girl Scouts' membership campaign. November 6th to the 15th. The Girl Scouts are asking for $!.tiJ3,dOO to take care of the thousands of girls who must now be turned away ev ery month. The campaign is to be a Dollar Membership Campaign, and everybody who believes in training girls in homemaking. dtitenship and health-build-ing is asked to become an associate member. » . . . . Gir! Scout Week ill be a busyone for every town and community where Girl Scouts are organized. The first day the Girl Scouts will have a service parade, after which they will visit children's and babies wards in homes and hospitals to carry harvest offerings of fruit and flowers to the little patients. One of the features of the campaign will be Daddies' Day, a special dar set aside for men to become Girl Scout Daddiei at the bargain price of $13.00. A Girl Scout pageant written for the campaign will be staged by every Girl Sr out organization . iroughout the nation. Even the Lone Scoot, that little girl who i* the sole member of a one-girl troop in some isolated corner, will try to put on a show and get associate members for the Girl Scouts. The pageai.t depicts a week's calendar as lived by Girl Scouts, and the symbolic figure*. Youth and Uncle Sam. will be represented. with Youth showing Uncle Sam how she jerves him day by day. Monday is wash day for Girl Scout*, as for every bod’- el*e in the world; on Tuesday, tl^y cook; Wednesday they *cw; Thursday is the Girl Scout's day for community service: on Friday she camps or hikes ; Sat t-rday is baby-tending day; and on Sundaj the Scouts go to churcR In New York. Marguerite Clark, the famous film actress, will take the part of Youth, and William R. Corbett. motion picture actor who took the part of Unde Sam in nJndc Sam of Freedom Ridge ,wi« play Uncle Sam for ths Girl Scout P> £ri Scout Sanaa/ will take plsre on November ?th. On that day. ministers of every reHmoos faith Wtfl >reach from pulpit cn the Girl

are making over in that pond abek of | my house that there must b«- millions | of them, but" he says^'lil seems a few I frogs can make Just as much racket j as a lo. of frogs. j ’'Anyway.” Jeff says. "I am wronr. i and you esn charge what you please for your frogs' legs as far ns I am concerned. because I know they are

scarce.”

Teacher—“What 1* a syaonym*" Boy—"It's A Word you can use In phu - of another when you don't know how to spell the oiher one.”

"Oh. wtfey, dear w tfey. Come • home with please—" Pled the new husband On his bended knees But she would not go. though He pleaded and pled— ■'Waft'll I bowl a game. Harry." she said

In

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whole room wux onthen the recognition^- bepm laughter an’ slaps on th’ at*-: pombous Idler with a pink t; me by name. He was a fbeen introduced to fort: J.iplln. Missouri. A ll-'''

in nose glaasof near

th' room an’ knocekd four ti gittln' to me. 'You d'.ni

hut I know you.” he

t' be a frtler 1 stun-’-with forty-five years ac>’ •‘ n In Providensev Rhod.- i- an last thirty-eight yearquit pourin' wine an'•< dross o' th' evenin' ha 1 fifths o' th' qnesu n ix

where several •:

formed. It finally d- v-: gu«st there know m- . I

any o' them, but I

all agin an’t" learn '

all prosperin’ beyond avarice. Several da;

home I received a bar: four fountain pens, 'hr -

four boxes o' cigar*."

British Courts Bar ^

According to Engbwitness must raise her he- face, so that the by her features as tc '

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the tee video rules c

which .he Girl S»m m..™™. gj stands The Scout Uns are A Girl Scout obey* orders, atari GJri honor i* to be trusted; a Scout IS dieerfu.; S Girl Scout IS Girl Scout is loyal; a Girl Scout’s thrifty; a Girl ^cou< Is clran m duty U U. *bc useful and to help thought word and deed. On Gfrf . , ruH Scout b a friend to Scout Sunday, the uniformed Girt \ brier to every other Girl Scout, wffi attend cnnrth ;/rtfc ther Scoot: a Girl Scout is taortcMt; a captains