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CLL T0 ENJOY HIS MEALS 'Finds With Husband, Who Is Probably Man in the World; Mrs, Ford Is a woman. 'of the ordinary wife and (families mother are not her troubles, But bas one worry, and all of the "+ Millions can't help her solve it b Lip 3 Henry Ford never seems to enjoy = & good meal! "Mrs. Ford sald so herself, while Henry occasio turns a shee £ye on her, as if he were protesting, 5, come now, I'm not as bad as 's envy 'women with husbands Wh, enjoy good square meals," said Mi): Ford. 'Must about the only cause for complaint that I've ever had with Henry 1s that he eats goed roast beef of broiled whitefish or baked beans or custard pudding as if it were so much sawdust, "He'll go through the motions of eating, but with the attitude that it's so much waste time and bother, and I know his mind's back in the plant, "How I sometimes envy women who can bustle around in a checked ngham apron in thelr sunny little itchens, beating up this and that for .thelp husband's suppers, thelr eyes just shining as they can hardly walt 'to hear him say 'Tum, yum, thi: tastes like more! "Why, Henry Ford doesn't even smack his lips over 4 good piece of warm apple ple!" pretty, plump, brown-eyed Mrs, Ford went on, "And the meals that have become cold walting for him!" "Of course, Mrs, Ford softened her indiotment of Henry as he turn ed patient and pleading eyes upon happiest hours of my life were spent in warm, suany, old ned kite chens, popping torn, making fudge and tally, playing games, "Why, in the early daya when Mr. Ford was working on his Invention, we just lived in the kitehen." As op Mr, Ford and Mrs. Ford in public, His face, Mned, stern, almost mo- rose; hers, round and rosy and con. stantly wearing a smile, She has the snap and chic of a debutante, When the old-fashioned instru. ments, the spinet and dulcimer and tiddle, started the strains at the re. cent all-American dance in Dear born, Ford turned to his wife and twinkle, Henry's shiny patent lea- ther pumps and Mrs, Ford's silver ones cut the most graceful capers of any on the floor, Ford bowed low over his partner's hand, giving it an extra fervent squeese and an extra vigorous whirl every time the part- ner was Mra, Ford, FRAUDS PRACTISE WHOLESALE ON "SCORE OF BANKS Clever Gang of Forgers Who Worked With Josephine ; O'Dare LONDON, Feb. 10.--Four mem- bers of what the Common Serjeant, Sir Henry Dickens, K. C., describ- ed as "a most dangerous gang,' who had carried out wholesala che- que frauds on banks all over the country, were sentenced at the Old ley, Their were -- William Stevens, 88, five years' penal servitude, Benjamin Harper, 41, 30 months in the second division, John Frances Kingsley O'Con- por, 26, 20 months' bard labor, ifsuke Donegal, 23, 12 months in the second division, Amaging revelations of the wide- spread criminal actlyities. of the gang were made in court by Detec- tive-Inspeotor Yandell, of Scotland ard, 'Harper and Donegal, he declar- ed, were associated with the ad- senturess, Josephine O"Dare; while O'Connor was known to have been engaged in the white slave traffic, Convicted in France Inspector Yandell sald Harper's real name was Ritson, During the war he rose to the rank of acting captain, Since then be bad bean a racing tipster and for some years be had been living by his wits It was as Captain Harper that be participated in the O'Dare group of forgeries, a sequel of which was the sentencing of Josephine O'Dare in June lest to four and & half years' pensl servitude. When Harper was arrested a re- port of the League of Nations Ex- pert Committee on Traffic in Wo- men and Children was found In his possession, nnor;, seid: Inspector Yandell was a native of Liverpool, In ad- dition to nine convictions against him in this country he had been convicted in France. He had been for some time engaged ip the white slave traffic petween France snd his country. b In August this year, O'Connor, in the name of Frank Stewart met in Calais the editor of 4 pewspa- per published in Folkestone, and offered to send him news from France. He sent one genuine ftem of news to the r, but shortly aft- erwards sent from Dieppe a mes- is Lhd ofp deg cis Kingsley, n a L] eon~nection with the alleged mur- names and sentences used the document as a means of reference for obtalping high-class apartments and for other dishon- est purposes, "Donegal was afterwards em- ployed as a shop assistant in Pleo. cadilly, He left in December 1936 "Undoubtedly he was intinately associated with the O'Dare group, and he threw up his employment to join It. "Donega', although only 23, Is as skilful a forger. as his brother, which is saying much, and so ex- cellent has been his handiwork in the present case that majority of the persons whose names have been forged can only sw to the fcrgery hy the amount nf the che. que and the fact that It is made out on & Ryman cheque form," Stevens sald the Inspector, had been associated with letter-hox thieves and forgers for some time and he had played a leading part in the activit'es of the group be- fore the Court, Possessed of more than average nerve, his part in the main had been to present the numerous forg- ed chegues at the. various banks, and there was no doubt that had their intended coup on the six Lon. don banks heen successful he, with the help of O'Connor, would have Immediately. left the epuntry In add'tion to the offences men- tioned in the Indictment there were 13 other cases where money had heen obtained from varfons hanks in London and elsewhere between 'May and Sentember of this vear by means of forged cheques, The Common Serjeant, passing sentence, described it as the most serious case he had had to try in an experience of ten years on that Benueh, Addressing the prisoners, he sai, "You are 8 most dangerous gang Your methods and your schemes are dangerous in the highest de- gree to the community at large." CATER TO MORRBID TASTES (Brantford Expositor) As an example of the desire to cater to the morbid and preverted tastes of 8 section of the population of the United States, the offer of $5,000 8 week for six mont! s to the officers who captured Hickman, to lecture in thestres on bis revolt- ing crime, is sbout the worst thet bas been brought to the attentiop of the public, [It is probable that these purveyors of sensational filth wou'd employ Hickman himself to tel} the story of bis diabolical atrocity f that were possible, It is rather a sad. commentary on the populer taste for sensstional entertainment, EMPIRE TRADE (Toronto Mail snd Empire) g i : § ¢ ! ix 3 | : § i i i 3 g i THR £ § | h : $ }) k, 3 % site as the two poles arve[P® they were down on the floor in a expr LONDON, Feb, 10.--~Far-reaching 1 changes, affecting many a of the public, have been during the parliamentary. come into operation ear's record has been rer markable for the fulfillment of so large a of the Govera- ment program, as well as for the Hester introduced by individual , PJ's, Outstanding new Acts are of im. rtance to eyclists, motorists, trade unionists, civil servants, local authorities, moneylenders and bor rowers, the firm and cinema indus- try, auction dealers, landlords and ts, and unemploymed, dairy: , and many others. Perhaps the chief Act passed during the year is that dealing with trade unions, which arose out of the general strike, It gives legal sion to five principles: » General strikes and lockouts are illegal, and no man shall be penalised for refusing to take part in one, 3. Intimidation is illegal, and no man shall be compelled by threats to cease work against his will, 8. No person shall be compelled to subscribe to the funds of a po litical party unless he so desires, 4. Any person entering the e tablighment Civil Service must gi undivided allegiance to the Hiat 6, Local authtrities must make membership or non-member: ship of a trade union a condition of employment, The provisions regarding polit cal funds, civil servants, and local authorities take effect on January 1, and the others on July 9, Among other classes affected by the new legislation are: Unemployed--The whole system of unemployment insurance is re» vised, A married man receives 8 shilling more, and a single man » shilling less, while the dependent allowance tor adults is increased by two shillings, Rates on a lower scale than that for adults will be paid to young people betwen 18 and 1 years, Operates from April 19, except in regard to certain provinces, Landlords and Tenants-- l'enants of business premises will have com: pensation for Improvements and goodwill, unless the landlord .» pre. pared to grant a new lease on tory "THE By Howard J, Pray, in BAD BOY MAYOR IS NATIONAL FIGURE The Bordey Cities Sta 4 few months ago, the name of Andrew Joseph Gillis, Newburyport, Mass, was known to the people of that thriving little Bay State city, to some of the people in surrvund- ing towns, but bly mot mure than a few hun others in the entire universe. , Andrew Joseph, as he was ba is known throughout the of North America, not by his Christain names, but by the prefix "Mayor ," or by the title of "Bad Boy G mayor of New- buryport." Ia a few short months, an obsecure resident of a small eas- tera city, with a record of having spent at least two short terms in the lockup of his home town, has achieved the highest honor New- buryport can give him and has be- come one of the most-interviewed men in the country, The bad boy mayor of Newbury- port possesses to the nth, degree that thing called color, which has lifted him above the rest of the people In his elty, Frankness and determination are two of the out- standing characteristics of this in. dividual who boasts of the fact that he was an unruly youngster in school, leader of Newburyport's "gang and terror to the police de- partment which he kept constantly on the alert, After he had completed school Bossy (he was given that nickname during grammar school days) was the recognized leader of what the police of his native town called the worst gang of hoodlums they ever had to deal with, Then he turned to the navy and served an enlist. ment in the sea forces of Uncle Sam, Returning to Newburyport, Bossy showed no inclination to become a model of civic virtue, but he was an improved man to this extent: he had determined to enter husiness and then turned to the ost likely business {oF a man with his qualifi- cations. Ultimately, he decided that the garage and gasolint sta tion trade had a distinct place for him, Newburyport Is erossed by two main highways and Bossy, vis funed the golden flow which might be his if he erected a gaso'ine sta- tion at the junction of these two highways, With that end in view he ovent- ually gathered together the ieces- sary cash and then applied to the erect the station, This Is whare mayor for the necessary permi! to Rossy first sprang Into prominence The mayor refused. and Bossy de- c'ded that the chief executive was diseriminat'ng against him In fairness to the mayor, let it he said that Newburyport has.a strier re- sident zoning law. and as the Inca- tion Bossy had chosen for his gas station was in a residential loca- tion, the municipal soning law was referred to by the mayor in refusing Bossy's application, But Bossy ia nothing, if not deter- mined and frank, He told the may- or In public just what he thonght of him, using not a few strong words, and ended the interview by puneh- ing Newburyport's chief executive in the face, For that offence, Bos- SY was arrested and sentenced to jail for a brief period. Jall was no new experience to him, for Bossy once had spent sev- eral days there following his arrest on a charge of using indecent lang- uage in a public place. Bossy ser- ved his sentence for assulting the mayor. While in jail, he deter mined to enter municipal polliies and that nothing would be sweeter than defeating the chief executive wh was seeking re-election. Newburyport's municipal election day arrived a short time later, and when the smoke had cleared away, it was found that Bossy Gillis was the mayor-eleet and that he had been given a big majority, That day, the name of Boasy Gillis was broadcast throughout the country, and hard'y a day passes that the bad boy mayor of Newhuryport does not wreak into the headlines, "Ta the victor belong the spoils," is an old political adage, and Bossy believes firmly in ft, 80 Newburyport was not greatly sur- prised when Mayor Gillis announced that he was asking the resignations of the majority of eivic officials and was placing his friends and those who aided him to be elected in the highest offices he could find for them. For a time, the city couneil refused to approve Bssy's appointments, but he has effectively overcome most of the opposition from that source, and today many Newburyport veteran eivie 2*ficials are looking about for work, After his row with the city coun- cil, Bossy was deluged with offers te appear In vaudeville, He has not signed a contract yet because he thinks that he should he pald con- siderably more than any of the con- tracts offerec. him eall for It would not be the least surprising in the near future to hear that Bossy has agreed to decorate the stages of American vaudeville theatres with his fiery hair, For about a week, nothing was heard of Bossy In this part of the enuntry, Then he made a radin speech which was typical of him. Bossy Is operating a gaso'ine sta tion in Newburyport at the presant time, but not at the locations he quarrelled about with his prede- cessor in office, and the concluding words of his radio talk were: "When in Newburyport, buy your gasoline from the mayor," held by a tribunal to be r Premises occupied by professional men are included, (In operation. op, March 26,) Road-users--All two-tracs ve hicles except farm vehicles, which have ope white lamp to the off~ side showing a red light to the rear, must carry st night two white lamps In front and one red rat lamp. otorists--Swivelling lamps are illegal, but dipping haesd amps, with a slighi movement to the lefs may be used, Spotlights may be fixed to shine on the otf-side, lamps that move with the steer: be permitted by the Minister, A special will be held regarding dazzle lights. If motor car parks are adequately lighted the lights of all cars need not be kept on, Motoreyelists--Must have . rear red lamp; not a reflector, Two white lamps, ope on the side- car and one op the cycle, must be used with sidecar combinations, "Push" Cyelists--A red resr lamp or red reflector must be (These lighting regulations, which operate from April 22, affect 2,000,000 motorcar owners apd drivers, 600,000 motorcyclists, and 6,000,000 cyclists). Film Producers snd Exhibitors ~The new Act Is designed to abolish, by gradusl extinction, the cinema trade practices known as "block booking" snd "blind book: ing," snd also to emsure for Brit- ish Sims a gusrantee of exhibitiop in the form of a "uots." The uots in the case of exhi- at five per cent, of the pro- grams shown, and rises over 8 period of 12 years to 20 per cent, when the cases to operate, me i n What Happened (From "The in the Woodshed? Valye World) It was my pleasure, a short time 880, to attend a littie Father and Son dinner. | was asked to say a few words to the assembied fathers and sons, and in the course of my talk I made humorous refeiemce to that long-gone time when I most reluctantly accompanied my own father to the woodshed, And I overheard a lad of ten whisper to the man by his side; "Daddy, why did he go to the woodshed, and what bappened there?" § Could we have more striking proof of how "times have changed" than that simple query? A lad of ten --or even of six--who does not kpow what happened in the wood- shed? It would pot surprise me more to hear. 8 lad of today ask; "Daddy, what :8 8 woodshed?" And while some may consider the pass- ing of the woodshed and what hap- pened there in an earlier and sim- pler day, 8 mark of progress, 1 can- Rot escape the reflection that both the woodshed apd what happened there still might be employed more advantageously In our somewhat complex civilizing processes, At the moment I have especially in mind these strikes of public school pupils by which they expect to coerce their superiors--or should we refer to them as super- lors?--into supine compliance with this, that or the other juvenile whim of the moment, Two recent instances will serve as illustrations In one of the smaller cities of the Pacific Coast, the school board en- Baged a woman as principal, The pupils beld a mass-meeting and formulated a "demand" that they be given @ man principal, They objected to the board's choice not only because she was 2 woman, but because she wore both her hair and or teaching ability, both of which appear to be of a bigh order. The pupils assert- seventy-five per cent. of parents were "with them". When the school board refused to ction toward the buildin of a gymapssium. They said id est Just long vnough for the strikers to reach home. There it ghould be settled--and if necessary In the woodshed--before schooi-time tue follow.ng morning, In case the foolish disturvamce is in a town without woodsheds and where the discipline of Lome-woodshed has peen .orgotien, it might not be a bad idea Lo esiablish school wood- sheds--ay instead of gympasiums-- properly equipped for the prompt 'and efficacious administration of the indicated disciplinary measures. In their zest for training the top end of the body in the mysteries of a legion of textbooks and the feet to sprint and kick a football, our school authorities seem to have neglected a certa.n bappy medium, Which is just as capable of absorb: jing "instruction" today ss it ever Ww, as. What happened in the woodshed? Well, son, something that ought to happen in a great many woodsheds today if our boys are going to re- ceive essential primary instruction in deference, obedience, good man: ners and plain borse sense, A GELATINE CLASSIC (K. K. Kitchen, Now in Hollywood) One of the "classic" stories of Hollywood fis about the President of one of the big fim companies who visited his studio on ope of his semi-spnual inspection trips. Walking up to one of the stages, he noticed a wolf being shot" by rt 2 cameraman. "Stop!" he ordered, turning to the director. "For why you have this wolf in this picture? looks lke nothing. For why don't you have a lion--that's an animal?" "But this scepe is supposed to be in the Northwest," explained the director, "It's out in the woods -- where you'd naturally expect to find 2 wolf. A lon wouldn't be found in this part of the world--up jin the Canadian Rockies." "A lion would look much bet- (From the Arnprior Chropicle) The Renfrew Mercury thinss it rather humorous that a Priest is to Arpprior. We don't judge 2 man by his name here any more because we have a Gardner who is 2 post- master, a Baker) who is a tobaccon- ist, 2 Farmer »ho is 8 shoe mer- chant, 2 Saver who is 8 good spen- der, a2 Slaughter who is a barber, 8 Box who is 2 good alderman, 2 Little who is big and one Jew who isn't in the clothing business. be pastor of a Baptist church in| a in That the automobile gradmally is forcing it way into the far cor- ners of the earth, bring the most modern of land transportation to backward people, is seen by the late International stration fig- ures, ures, however, shows that many countries still are extiemely slow in their adoption of a automobile Districts such as Papua and Bor- neo, and Fiji and Society Islands and many others report registra tions whieh show that progress is coming thelr way, although in a number of instances it moves with faltering step, Papua, long known as a jungle land now as a registration of 138 autmobiles and trucks and British North Borneo has a registration of 70 units, In the remaining darts af Rornen an even larger number is to be found, The Saclety Islands boast of a registration of 345 care including nine motor buses; the Fiji Islands have more than 700 care registered; the Samoan group has a total of some 260 cars; while the Tsland of Guam, & eable post in the Pacific, has. 269 cars and Couvk Is- land has 76 units, Near East The automobile also is making headway In the Near Fast, Bus ser- vice on regular schedule across the deserts of the Arabian peninsular is nothing mew and the local tribal sheiks and rich merchants all are supplied with ears, are doing their ntmnst to secure them, A tnta) of 180 automnhiles Is reristered in the sultanate of Rabrein and an anual numher is to he found in Tranginrdania. The kinedom of the Hediaz, 1y- ing along the Red Sea, has nine automobiles registered while Ve- man, alsn nn the Arahfan naninsn. 'ar, has hut i4, Arrnsg tha Red Sen, in the Anein-Eevntian Sudan, there are more than NN ears rveg- fctered, and Wiritrea. an Ttallar nos- spssinn alsn hordering on the Red Sed, has a total nf 107 antomnhiles Nf tha Indenendent eonntries in Africa. Ahvasinia has a tata) of 100 ears, further develnnments beine hamnered hv reasnm nf ack nf roads. Tiheria on the west eoast nf Afrlea, has 78 automobiles res toterad, The Tonea Telands In the Panrifin have a fnta]l reeistratinn nf 125 antnmnhilag, whila the Farre Ts- Tand have hunt 12 as have alsa the "avehelles Telands, Teeland has a tatal nf 865 cars. all nf which are naccanger antnmnhites, Mniv One Motareyele in Tihet That nart nf the world which nerhans is the most untnoehsd, from the antomotive standnnint. is T'het, where a lone, snlitary motors ruplp ronrpeants all the modern in. eenn'ty and selencre ag Ineormnreted ed In the automntiye vehicle. This stands with the eves of tha world ronuntry living high in mountains of Central Asia seldom is visited by outsiders and then eeperallv on foot or by means nf animals. Next fp line are the Solamon Islands. where there are but two autnmn- hiles to be found, Gilhert and Fl- I'ce Island also has the distinction of having hut two automobiles reg- istered, Afghanistan, northwest nf Tndfa has a total of 165 sutomobi'es. of which 85 are passeneer cars, This country suffers from the nusugl went of roads go common to many Asia- tie countries, although Persia, one of 'ts nelebhors, has a regietrotinn of about 4.500 cars, Irak, or Mes- npotamia, lying to the t of Per- sia, and now a British: mandate from the leacue of Nations. has more than 2.500 pars and frneks, Colonial possessions and other de- nendencies show a wida variation, sven in cases where they belong to nne State. In the ease nf France, Morocen has a total of some 10 000 cars. while French Som»sliland has but 61 automobiles snd French fin! ana an exact 100, Reun'on Tsland where Abede!-Krim. leader nf the worising in Marpeco in 1925 and 1926. was exiled. has a registration which numbers 798 cars. In the case of British dependen- cies, some further interesting f'g- nree are brought to tight. RBritich Som'iland has a recistration of 79 cars, British Guispa has 1.110 ears, while British Southwest Africa rea annrovimately 720 automobiles, Malta, the small island between It- »ly and Africa in the Mediterranean Ses, bas more than 1,200 cars reg- istered. It is interesting to mote that China.the country which has the largest poomlation fn the world, has but 18.900 automobiles. Many if these are owned by the freign re- sidents. Another large country. one which before the war ranked as one of the wor'd powers apd which today stands with the eves of the woarld fixed upon fit, slso is very back- ward from the standpoint of auto- he | motive transportetion. That coun- try is Russia. With a pooulation greater than that of apy other Eur- ovean country, Russia has but slightly more than 21,000 motor cars. aporoximately one to every 6.000 inhabitants. Some interesting registration fig- ures are brought to ght when ex- smining those four states of South America. The larzest number is to be found in Argentina. where there the smollest pumber is to he found is Paraguay. where but 711 auto- mohiles are in use. Registrations in Rolivia total but slightly more thar 2 040 cars. while in Eousdor the total amounts to not much more thab 1.100 The other states range mostly between 5000 and 20.000, with the excep- Careful perusal of the fig-jers re are more thap 222000 cars. while || Hs an Artist Justified in Ending WORLD But Registration Some Parts Show "Acceptance ON BRINGING UP A FAMILY OF THIRTY No Room at Table, so Some Sat on Stairs; Time -- NORTHAMPTON, Eng., Jan, 20. (By Mall)--Charles Henry Mast: the secret of how bring 3 a family of thirty child- ren. e was at his home in St. Andrew's street, Northampton, At fifty-four years of age he Is the father of twenty-five children and stepfather to five more, He has never weighed more than seven stone, This was Mr, Master's story: "Il was married when 1 wag 19, and we had a new baby every year tor twenty-five years, My first wife died after the nineteenth child, but within seven months I married again, so that the twentieth baby came without my missing a year, Only five were boys, Sixteen my twenty-five are living to-day, "It's in the family, this birth- rate, 1 am one of twenty-nine, but I am the only one who inherited the complaint, My present wife's mother was married at thirteen and nad nineteen children, Seven of my children are now married, and so far there are sev- enteen grandchildren, the eldest of whom is two years older than my youngest child, who is only eight, How They Are Fed "There were never more than fifteen children in the family at any one time; but that was more than we had room for at dinner table, Three or four would have to sit on the stairs, "In those days they elept about five in a bed, Every night before my wife and I went to sleep we had to go and count them, because we couidn't tell which was which, and somet:mes two or three would have strayed off to neighbors' houses, "It has always been a bit of a job for us to make clothes, Five child- ren, of course, cost more than one, but ten don't cost twice as much as five." Mrs, Masters, who was busy at her gew:ng machine with a large Christmas order of leather cushions for a department store, broke In here: "I make over all their clothes three or four times, Frocks, pina- fores, petticoats, trousers -- | either tuck them up or let them down. "1 tuck up a light-weight dress in winter for one of the girls, and let it down in summer for one of the big ones, And now that some of our sons are grown so big, 1 make over their coats and waist- coats for their father. He's only half their size," Mr, Masters story again: "And ever since I worked in the shoe factory 1 have made over their shoes, 1 can put a big cap and a pig yamp on a'gmall shoe and make a large ope out of it, Or I some- times put a small sole on a big vamp, to make a sma: shoe, "But I always say to my wile, 'never mind about their clothes, Give 'em 8 good donner, Keep 'em hesithy, You can find a new dress or & new coat apy old time, but you can't get a pew ipside." "They do get a good dinner, too," explained Mrs, Masters, "The best thing for them is a meat pudding. I buy twopenny- worth of beef, one penpyworth of liver, one pennyworth of guet, a balfpennyworth of onions, and two pesnyworth of flour, That makes ong big pudding, Many a time I've made six at once, before the older children married off, "For desert they get currant pud~ ding, or sweet rip-- melter but- and sugar, Then they go to bed happy "Every Saturday afternoon I go into town with my market hasket. That's the only outing I take, then took up his s Fee "Some of our children might pot have lived but for always baving 8 doctor, wheneser we meeded him by paying 8 shilling a month to the dispensary, 'Once we bad seven children dowp with the 'Gu' at the same time for 8 whole month. That doctor earned bis shilling! "A r time four were taken with measles, and two of them were lost." Mr. Masters then revealed one of the trials of a large family, "Whep | was a market gardner my wife and | bad to take five of the cbildrep, from two to seven years old, with us, eW never could kep track of them. One or two would slways stray away. "Finally, we gave up trying to hold ail five around our stall, and when the market closed, and some of the youngsters were missing, we just went to the police station, They were always there, playing with the cat or eating sweets. A SECRET (The Pathfinder) an : How old is the little The Child: Mother, I'd rather pay the fare snd keep my age to mm tion of Brazil, where Shere are about 81,000 cars in operation. The famed Rock of Gibra'tar, known as the guardian to the en- The smallest number of registra- tions in the North American Hem- on the [sland of @St the south coast of New- Life to Avoid Disappointment? Woman's Part in John J, Sainsbury's Life Work a Real Romance of - Business PARIS, Feb. 10.--Is an artist jus« tified in ending her life once she haa reached the pimmacle of suce cesa in order to avoid the bitter disa tments that later life wil entail inevitably; old age and losa of popularity? The question has often agitated intellectual circles. The last time was on the occasion of ile dola's death, when the tragic dud of the famous novelist was still considers ed a case of suicide, And now it has come to the fore with renowned ia- gistence with the death of Mille, Claude France, one of the most beautiful, talented and popular ac- tresses of Europe, Mlle, France was found dead in her room, A gas jet was open and the room flooded with asphyxiating vapors, Hi "A dreadful accident," shouted of {her friends, "She must have brush» ed by the jet with some loose gars ment and opened it inadvertently, Note Clears Mystery The police first suspected foul lay, Letters lay scattered over the oor, bureau drawers had been emptied, clothes lay pell-mell in one of the corners, Yet no valuables were missing, A strong box piled with diamonds and precious gems was in place, untouched, . For twenty-four hours Paris wondered and questioned, Then some friends of the dead actress came forward with a short note written by Mlle France in which she announced her intention to coms mit suicide, The note, posted at a station near her home, had been de- layed in the mails, I have played in s0 many com- edies," she wrote, 'I want to ring down the curtain on the greatest comedy of all--life, or is it a trag- edy?" Mlle, France had been reading Schopenhauer, the German philos« opher and apostle, of pessimism Many times she had hinted to friends that once she reach:d guce cess she would take care not to ex- perience the evaporation of dreams, Such expressions were taken as youthful vagaries and a little boast- ing, Then came her triumphant tour of Germany, Austria and Po- land, i Was Wildly Acclaimed A crowd of German theatre habitues and artists carried her on their ghoulders through the Fried» erichstrasse after an immensely successful appearance at the Winte er Garden, In Vienna she was cheered and flowers were piled at her feet, The same happened in Warsaw where she played before an audience consisting chiefly of army officers and nobility, She came home to France loaded witn jewels and a trunkful of 'etters from admirers, among them hun- dreds of proposals of marriage, From that moment dated her ex- treme gloom, "Success ha: been reached," ghe said, "It is time to ond the comedy," The action of Anita Loos, who retired to live in Vienna to rest up- on her laurels as an author after 2 phenomenal success with her book 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with the remark, I know when have had enough," impressed Mile, France apd for a time she spoke of following the American woman's example, But film producers insisi= ed with new contracts and she cons send to continue for a while, On the night before her deata she danced gayly at a fashionable pight club, In the afternoop she had ordered a selection of new gowns to be sent to her home, % palace in one of the aristocratic suburbs of Paris, When she was wished a good . night, she apswered: It wili be a good pight because it will be short!" The mext morning she was found dead. . But a good desl of the theatri- cal effect of Mlle. France's death goes up in thin smoke when her correspondence has been read, It bas been made clear that the girl suffered from fits of despondency over gn entirely different matter than pessimist philosophy and ex~ traordinary views on life and suc- cess. She was in love, For a whole year she had hoped to win the affection of a mechani: in the studio = where she worked, During her tour of triumph in Eastern Europe she had written bim as many as four or five notes a day. He bad returned all letters from the actress upopeped acd un- answered. But nothing could deter- ber from attempting to win, at least bis friendship. All offers of mar» riage abroad were rejected; her heart was set upon the light-pro- jector in the studio, whose name is withheld by police. Then came Christmas and New Year's. It was Claude's last hope. He would at least send her a card, she hoped. Piles of cards arrived, gifts were heaped high in her apartments, but no word from the mechanic. Then hope left her en- tirely. Ope more gay might at |eabaret--after that she opened th? gas jet and waited for death. THIS MEANS WOMANS SHOES ' (Capper's Weekly) One reason shoes cost £0 much more than they mused to is that about a thousand styles are made and pew ones are constantly being created. it is nonsense to say that a cus- tomer must have many styles to select from, but highly expensive {nonsense for which he pays and will continue to pay until common sense restricts styl.s in footwear to a rea- sonable mumber in quality and shape As it is now, shoe dealers have to carry too large and too varied a , | stock and some of the styles do not sell. That means a loss, uitimately paid for by the customer.