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aR TTT alae Ja 5 SHADY REST = MY VAGABOND LOVER —— . =- FO! - ONE WEEK = A MONTH === 1B YOURE NOT BACK IN YOUR ba an conn NEWS i By RODNEY DUTCHER Just how deeply this committee will NOW GOING ON TWO MONTHS — Own ROOST IN TWELVE HOURS = HOME — (NEA Service Writer) probe cannot yet be predicted, but if JwAT YOU'VE BEEN AWAY — YM COMING DOWN AND PUSH * ol + washington, Aug. 31.—The biggest | Supporters of the Couzens resolution NO WORD = NOVA LING — THAT BIRDS NEST RIGHT OFF RUCK ’ benate investigation of all time, if it | Sutside the senate Tove thelr way It) YOv WERE GOING To BE SO HOMESICK — YOUR CHIN IF youve BEEN, CATENIN s\ ON OUR PLACE ° ever gets going full steam, will be a) Firs! the power angle. De- COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOUR DARLING hing ete wuee seu Ger thee PM LEAVING — combined inquiry into the “power the ‘ous investigating tac- LITTLE WIFE = COULDN'T STAND trust” and the “radio tr : : federal trade commission To BE AWAY FROM p HERE o THE ea EE, Gi The resources of these so-called big till plenty of senators who YouR CHILO — LA x OUR WIFE. trusts are at least $12,000,000.000. y go after the “power 7 ¥ e) Under the Couzens 1 passed at the last session, the state commerce committ Are Interested rected to “investigate the rel s the “radio trust.” existing between the di 3 x adio concerns, organ- of communication service used in in- Radio Protective associa- t te and foreign comm: in, are all primed to go after the cluding radio, telephone, t of the Radio corporation, and all kinds of wirele 1 : ric, American Telephone rervice so used, and transm! and ‘Telegraph, Westinghouse, and power by wire or wireless.” rited : s, on the alle- It is also directed to in 4 tr they have formed monop- connections. relationships, r throuch illegal use of patents. and control, stock ow hi a “This combination has undertaken trade practices i to monopolize tadio communication, porations and_ pers: nga i Jeasting and radio manu- communications services. 4 er th tense of pro- A Lot Cai ents s Senator Dill, This resolution y » radio law, who charges ing, and some pers the Clayton and Shermaa loaded with dynamite. s! being violated. magazines of the electric ; F. Schuette, dustry recently had an editorial rais- r eR Aa aici oh ing the question how the industry ever, a charged before a senate — let say a resolution pass, and ad- itte tho five-billion-dollar A GREAT PLACE=THAT “IMS COUNTRY SEEMS mitted that, as compared wi . ati s intimidated sae RANCH OF UNCLE 1 WoNdER IF EMPY Sit \ Ves-1 nated See Couzens resolution, the W udio ma aying at ' ~ y OUT THOS! f PRos' utilities resolution was on!s 7's per cent of t ales in- WaRRY'S " Bur, cee! / WeLL EVER “TWO BOYS —THEY @ To St& THEM t UNCLE HARRYS 6LAD zephyr. Yet it will be recalle t come to the “tr TU BE GLAD To CONE Bacie AADE IT UNELY. GO=BNS LUKE 6 SET RID OF UE in the Walsh resolution 1 timidating _p' b 2 SEE AON AN’ FoR US Aion ITLL Tose ARE . c Toe ie OST ate galleries and hallway: er - power of five billion dollars rather 4 . 4 ed sith the power people until they | tha atent rights qe _ SEEM ‘LIVE A oe ae OF. OF MME MINS ALL THE } eetconnieow finally succeeded in shunting the pro- 4 Abu: atents ‘Cer p Ar Aan !! y / AONEY IN THE a ssbeitalat a posed investigation to the fect j ne P f y 7 WORLD “y ° trade commission. The fact pa be that the power lobb: paught owne department, which napping when the Couzens r 01 . en negligent to its went through late in the ses: expense of all At the time the Walsh c le the was introd r t,”” ing the v largest Indiana was cha a u Yr radio public. which state commerce committe , venta the 7'z per cent tax. servative who seldom if upheld the pri- given the more pc rful ‘i! a ents. Contending trouble. Now the c u atents by the Jim Couzens of Mic 1. r D corporations is illegal, he toriously independent Fe nt decision of the United fluences. Among the ot i court in Chicago hold- are such independent: of ing the pooling of oil-cracking Nebraska, Brookhart o ats, the Standard Oil Com- Washington, and Wheeler of Mon- pz liana, New York and New tana. Jersey and 49 other oil companies. Ee tow ot : IN 2 hy cpnae! 1 LooK 1! N EW YORK Fd ae on, ie OvER. t Haas iy LES ANA. IF SHES LOST Wey, LOOK fla-| r iN mi IS! OF SHES LOST,SO GET BUSY » HERE SHE 11S’ SOME ONE New York, Aug. 31.—There’s a fla- to have undertaken any real TW NON' AND OPEN, NGS. SHUT HER UP IN THE vor of “old home week” in tt MISSED HER ce, | SHE'LL SHOW UP. THEY walk scenes that preface t xe oe ? ALL DAY £ * A,. ALWAYS COME BACK business of selecting a Br yi 3 the crowd of girlies : ‘ f chorus. It fills the sidewalk and slowly When the “call” is sounded w s to pour down the alley to the down the Main Stem pretty st hesitate over their cafeteria tray Just behind the alley fence a crew look wistfully up from their ty ter writers, and think up excuses that ci 1 in dre talk get them away from the ribbon coun at_ mothers stand ter for a few hours. Meanwhile “th> ng the tabloid papers while cid brigade” takes a final peep in th go timidly by the hard- family mirror, takes a final glar its best hosiery. d a y girls park their babies Pid’s bow of lipstick he r By 1 o'clock line, and goes forth look a 2rOW! more than a Within an hour the , and by 2 it has swelled to Broadway's strangest s I 590. And only 25 girls} seen—stra t. and in a wa st x own percentages. heartbreaking. for the onlesker :* * that only a faint percentage of those Inside, the theatre is dismal as a who gather will remain. oleum. The seat re covered eos y y acre of canvas. The lights are ‘The “old home weck” atmosphere dimmed. Only the stage glitters. The steps in as the would-be chorines be- cluttered with last year's gin to arrive. nd the seemingly bored and ute Ruth”... “H'lo there, Mary.” biase gir ark themselves on old * ere ya been this summe ru 1 os. A few bow to @T LAST! TH’ TR ry Ty = “Where ya been vel Well, if a jal forces sitting in a TUST SLIP IN, cane, ee pen’ oo ee ee ROE OE ee there ain't Gertie f row. ‘They have had jobs last CHASES, AN' THEN STEP OUTAN' GET. tym t| [EUR OUTEIT AN’ | PUP TENT]/ LIVIN’ IN & NICE House Bo it goes. Hasty kisses upon the season—and with the same concern. CHUMEN WITH SOME ESKIMOS — SHAKE “Wis NECK oO TH’ Woods! cheek. Or a friendly han Some 1 they will get the breaks have trouped together across 2 ase of past experience. country. Some have played the n You can pick the newcomers a block shows together in New York. Som ‘They have a fi ss not to have yet to make a production. Now nd in the “reg and then a swanky lass steps out of nce and they have made too ‘@ taxicab or a ritzy private car, and 2 offort to look their prettiest. all the rest arch their eyebrows. s pathetically ordinary in ap- A solitary stranger comes timidly up a ce. One wonders how they ever and looks down the darkened alley ned nerve to appear at all. marked “Stage Entrance.” In the al- are parked a hundred or mo! of “the boys.” They are all looking for jobs as chorus men. Their grectings, if any, are something else again. A few lines that reach across the stage. youngsters look strangely “Will the little lady on the right— out of place. And a few hard-boiled, and you in the middie, and you... . seedy-looking youths seem even more step out?” The rest will walk back strangely misplaced. One wonders! into the street. Another chance is what all these young men do when gone! GILBERT SWAN. not looking for chorus jobs. Few scem | (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) —s children are permitted to eat at the UL table. I've seen some atrocious things | lately and I feel that it is time to} | __When a meal is announced, and it should be announced quietly, not by g Cie. Barton | shrieking and cat calls, every child , Should make a bee line to get his hands CHES by Servcelns washed, for I suppose it is asking too “when children get older and get | Th'to heen nature at elgnt or. 7 at function att out into the world, people won't judge before meal time. acces them so much by their clothes as by | their manners. At least, the right | Beginning His Lesson Be ates Haag (bat! ‘That done, each should come they're little, too. | Laalged a the alpine, en sit ‘ . | n without scraping, dragging, or this is not going to be @ dis- tinting nis chair, unfold his napkin part way and lay it smooth and | double straight across his lap, then pull his chair close to the table. A little child may wear a bib, but I'd start early to get him away from it. .@ | As soon as he is old enough to handle | @ spoon without turning it over and can straightway find his mouth, I'd show him about bending over a little when he takes a bite so he won't spill feod on his clothes. at the right above at left. When a child takes a drink, make him replace the water glass where it belongs. And teach him to lay | bread on the butter plate—not on table cloth. If butter plates are used, he must lay the bread on