The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 7, 1931, Page 3

rrrrrrrr e oo A Washington Bystander By HERBERT PLUMMER | the shortness of the day and the| WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 7—|constant pressure of waiting peo-| One of the most familiar figures|ple to be scen and their matters| around Washington in both official | disposed of, made me manifest im-| and social circles is John /Barton | patience to you after the subject! Payne, Chairman of the National|of your visit had been disposed of i | & e | Red Cross. } “Indeed, the problem of how Although he now is pastthe age!end an interview when the aubjeu of 75, that bent for hard work|matter is disposed of has elicited | and winning personality which en-| the attention of very wise people. | abled him to lift himself from|I was in Liverpool a few years| poverty to plenty and from ob-|ago and was in the office of Sird scurity to fame still is evident. | William Jones, an active partner | Back in the days when Payne|in the control of a number of| was Chairman of the Shipping|steamship lines handling, among| Board he won for himself quite a|other things, bananas. | Taputation as a quick “Yes” Bnd‘ “Of course Sir Willlam Jones | “No" man. That is, his decisions|had to see a great number of| were made quickly and he would‘pecmc His constant practice was, | waste no time in explaining them.| when the interview properly came Whenever Payne is mentioned, | to an end to arise from his seat,| the story still is old in the capital|take a banana conveniently sup-| of an encounter he had at ome|plied on his desk and gave the time with a visitor who thought‘bamna to the visitor. him too abrupt. “That was accepted universally as Payne had had many dealings | the end of the interview. with the fellow, and when on this | 2 : oceasion he made a quick decision and abruptly closed the interview, | the caller felt that he had not been treated with the proper cor- diality. Has No Bananas “Unfortunately, I am not sup-| | plied with bananas, and having no, very delightful method of ending| an interview, I am sometimes guil- | ty of a manifestation of impatience of which perhaps I am as sorry as the person who for the momcnt suffers. “He, however, has this ad\'an-' tage: he suffers but once, while/ 1 have to suffer many tim | What effect this reply had on the aggrieved one is not a matter of record. But it is typical of Payne wh life has been built on experiences as farm boy, country store clerk, lawyer, newspaper publisher, may- Payne Explains As the story goes, he wrote Payne a letter in which he set forth his grievance. Payne's reply was typi- cal of the man: | “I deeply regret,” he wrote, “that i | “Tomorrow’s Styles Toda;” s s Kissmg Dubbed Enemy to Longevity ' s . Cold, Heartless Science Issues Warning That Kissing Endan- gers Life-span—Some Even Take Four Minutes of Allotted Span NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—The Kiss is an of longevity. the startling finding distinguished scientists, who enemy GRreTA GARBO @ JOHN.GILBERT, » LUPEVELEZ] or, judge, Government counsel, zing osculation has s Felt Hats Chairman of the Shipping Board, effect on the cardic organ, se out | 4 Director General of Railroads, Sec- | to see just what damage the k'm retary of the Interior, special di-ireally does. And their experiments Slwwu il’l d]l shades plomatic envoy and now head of|included not only the leng, linger- 4 the far-flung philanthropic activi-|ing kiss of lovers and the I in the new fur felt }|ties of the American Red Cross. |peck of bubby jumping for the and French felt AR 8:15, but the effect of a movie kiss | models. CALICUM IMPROVES LEAD ;‘“““'Y‘Lj"m : 2 | NEW YORK, Jan. 7. — Adding DY bearded savants thai the A January four por cent of caleium to lead|Was unsanitary, a carrier of dead germs. But did lovers heed the dir . increases the wearing power of % Z g S ec‘al for the lead to a “remarkable” degree Warning? Not a bit of it. But per P says a report to the American haps they will heed the Ilates warning which tells of the dange to the life span when lips meet Society for Testing Materials. The findings were by J. R. Townsend $4.75 and C. H. Greenall of the Bell in a Kkiss of lover durat Telephone Laboratories. {Such a kiss means, acco — e |cold, heartless science that from AUSTRALIA HELPS MOVIES ‘Onv to four minutes is knocked off |the span of life. And to ba CANBERRA, Austalia, Jan. 7.— whe Australia is seeking to stimulate mer the movie industry. The Federal|all kinds of mechar Government recently conducted a|and charts with to € scenario competition, $2,500 being their tements. | awarded to two writers, Mrs. Mar-| Dector A. J. , famous for | gery Browne and Victor Ree. Neith- | his research work in the realm of | “Juneau’s Own Store” er, however, has been able to sell electricity has submitted the kiss| o s i v aee ot 11, EOGLATIO. [to the laboratory and tells with| | cold pri n just how many Kkiss-| es knock off how many minutes | of our lives. During a series of exhaustive tests, he counted ev: heart throb that followed a k | And this is what he found: | A short, snappy and perhaps slightly sentimental kiss sho itself equal to 180 second of istence. Two hundred and eightj kisses take one full day of life.} Reckon the rest for yourself. And| the loverlike kisses Doctor Eaves found, may count as much as from eight to ten minutes of our lives. Scientists the world over have also been working along the same |lines. And various reports seem to; |indicate that men and women vary in their reaction to osculation ac- cording to their nationalities. Cou- ples from Tibet who were subjected to tests under a supersensitive For Maxmium Comfort more than ten above normal. But several Caucasian couples, under the same test, showed heart beat: from 70 to 76 above normal. Doctor Eaves' experiments were particularly interesting. He select- Minimum Cost ed a blonde and a brunette and ' invited 20 men to kiss them in U AT turn while special apparatus regis- tered the heart beats of the various sacrifices to the cause of science ; The men selected imcluded office workers, actors, and a gang I man. The experiments reveal that the brunettes were far more susceptible and responsive tha blondes or redheads. And the g foreman was the winner as far as raising the heart beats was con- cerned. When he kissed the bru- nette she registered 86 above nor- mal while the blonde registered Diamond Briquets A Pacific Coast smashed the apparatus to splinters when she was kissed by cian. And so it is demonst science that artists are danger- ous, just as the novels and short stories have always claimed. A doctor in Prague, Czechoslava- kia carried the tests still further. He hired a private box in a movie house where a Hollywood pic!ural was being shown. His tests were made on eight boys and eight girls with an age range of from 6 to 22. They were wired to his stetho- scope. The experiment demonstrat- ed that every one of the boys and girls were stirred from 6 to 75 heart beats above normal simply by watching Hollywood’s best kiss lcn the screen. 2 According to science, then the Coa_l Comparry Product , rates stethoscope did not react much.h“, Their heart beats did not rise tol only forty. And the same brunette |’ IN A Turiist] HAREM) Alaska Delegate Against Rate Raise, {laska Railroad WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 7.—Public reaction in Alaska will unquestionably Iverse to an increase in passenger and freight rates on the Alaska Railrccad which has been ree- ommended by the Special Sen- ate Committee of investigators, Delegate Sutherland said. “I have given the subject of considerable thought. “My on, because of public bene- rates should on opi fits conferred, the lower than roads. T will ment after stu further the report The report of the Committee gave many reasons for the an- nual deficit among them, cli- matie conditions and sparsity of population. s doomed. element has even the most lating findings of science. And th m scientific campaign to sup- the kiss might find itself no welcome, even in scientific a all at realms. IRIS GRAY WINS “STRAIGHT A’ GARD AT OREGON Juneau Girl Scores Perfect Record at University at Corvallis Iris Gray, daughter of Mr. anc Mrs. J. L .Gray of this city, ha | d a remarkable feat 1 rship at the Oregon Statc ge at Corvallis, where she i 2 student in her second year. A he conclusion of the recent fir: er of study, she received per marks in all her collegiat activities—the rare and greatly coveted “straight A” card. Collegiate marxs in virtually al universities throughout the Unite States.range from “A”, perfectio » “E” impassible, and as eac! is divided into plus and minu there are 2 gradings in every sub ject. To attain “A” in one subje in a few subjects is a hig achievement, to gain the letter ir all is remarkable. Miss Gray is majoring in music generally regarded as a difficu course—in fact, so difficult anc with such exhaustless possibilitie: that some professors are reluctan even to give “A” at—all in some o its subjects. With the three music subjects— | piano, harmony and history ¢ music, Miss Gray teok for he elective subject German, anothe study generally deemed difficult She scored A in it, too. Students are required to engagc into some physical activity. Mis Gray chose golf. In all athletic ac tivities there are only two mark- ings—passing and failing. She re- ceived the passing mark, thus ing her a “straight A" or perfe collegiate record for the quarter. —— e ———— Command of the new Canadiar Pacific liner, Empress of Brital is to be given to Capt. R. C. Lat- ta, until recently in command of the Empress of Australia, MISSING PLANE EQUIPMENT HAS BROUGHT HOPES (Continued from Page One) Prince IS Rupert ank Wadham with his mechani THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7, 1931. IS AMUSEMENT 7:30 9:30 F 355:’.;5 :!QIH:Q \ v : U SWiuam Fox presents wnp R i i lee in Holiywood” Is Fine Spectacle with ! Singing, Dancing ! ikt 28 | superla are trite—but they may be atter viewir ring In Ho which opened last night and which | Will be repeated tonight at the | Coliseum Theatre. Yow'll use them yourgelf, “Married In Hollywood" the biggest things the spes en has offered—an all talk | one i singing and daneing Viennese romance w nt music, a fast {moving resting ory and -a fine singing cast Norma 1 J. Harold Mur- ray rev two wonderfully good! voices and ¢ are splendidly sup- ported by ric Walte cola, John G | Lelie Kar! x\l‘]lv | now with Creomulsion, an emulsified heart Legion Drill | Creosote that is pleasant to take. Ject please| Creomulsion is a medical discovery tonight at 7 with two-fold action; it soothes and 8 heals the inflamed membranes and in- | NOTICE i | Ladies of Moos: Team and Office turn out for practic o'clock sharp at Moose Hall. adY. | Libits germ growth. ¥ - b Of all known drugs creosote is rec- AT MOOSE HALL | ognized by hish medical authoritics NCE TONIGHT adv. | asone of the greatest healing agencies for coughs from colds and bronchial WHERE SOUND SOUN COLISEUM the first Viennese MOVIETONE NDS BEST LAST TIMES TONIGHT AL 2R SONG ROMAN Thursday “HER PRIVATE AFFAIR” l..'m' Palasty. Pawle, Doug- las Gilmore host of other | notables. Music of true operatic uality is presented number after ¢ number, wr by Oscar Straus J HARO‘]‘)}LMURMY }?g%;m and David S A Marcel Silv ected — and ohn inareny won tinct e e PO RMA TERRIS| sivctorsy MaRGEL S11vER. mortelity—whilo Thompson s both staged the and wrote "’”‘“‘Y OSCAR STRAUS ‘m”of the story and dialogue, much the best that has appeared so far from his pen 1= i e I 1 A 5 BT S LD NI If you don't like “Married In Hollywood,” there’s little hope for | COLD DE you, for this all ng, dancing, talking Fox Movietone song ro- ment of the highest order. | o sn g 2 | Coughs from colds may lead to se. | elements which soothe and heal the | rious trouble. You can stop them | inflamed membranes and stop the ir- ritation, while the creosete goes on to the stomach, is absorbed into the blood, attacks the seat of the trouble and checks the _growth of the germs. Creomulsion is guaranteed satisfac- tory in the treatment of coughs from colds, bronchitis and minor forms of bronchial irritations, and is excellent for building up the system after colds or flu. Money refunded if not re- , making a second ) irritations. Creomulsion contains, in | lieved after taking according to direce | | addition to ereosote, other healing | tions. Ask your druggist. (adv.) | LeTTLE STORIES | Y EOM ULSION FOR THE COUGH FROM COLDS THAT HANG ON H rch for Renahan, has been in- b \d to search the inland. ! | it Sl Renahan probably made every | | effort in lightening fore leaving the cos the ship be: , the officials | SIMMONS said | | The wheel is painted red, and| i - . arried 2 Goodrich airplane tire| Ef # Bed Sprmgs M attresse 12 inches by six inches, numbered | 1 = o v 124715, | ! Navy Aid Sought £ i 4 lC , o President Hoover to put Navy planes in action again to aid in| Ef Springs and mattresses, unless they are experience- he search for Renahan now be-| planned, with the knowledge of years that makes lieved to be somewhere in the in them scientifically comfortable, upsets the entire terior of Alas sh Columbi; or Northern Bri The Navy planes r¢ cently made a search of the coas! but having no wheels did not search inland. Several weeks ago is was reportec a plane was heard on Naas Creek, in interior British Columbia, about from Telegaph Creek. by The time | 150 miles This report both whites and Indians. plane w heard about the was corroborated | | | Rexmh:m appeared. - No Prohibition Report; Commission Taking Recess WASHINGTO! D. C, Jan. 7.—The Wickersham Law En- forcement Commission recessed unexpectedly today until Jan- uary 14. Secrecy was maintained whether the long awaited report on Prchibition was almost ready or whether further deliberation was required before taking the members hours today. Eight were present. No reason was given for the recess. ARROW TRUMP SHIRTS White $1.95 H. S. GRAVES The ClotBing Man Colors $2.15 i | { | § i plan of Comfort. | Here, truly, is the foundation of comfort. Resilient, yet strong, bending to the needs of comfort, relaxing as the sleeper moves, yet properly resisting. The Foundation Must Be Right Thomas Hardware Co. | * owen . Lee Gwen Lee’s eyes are responsible {for her being in pictures. She was a clothing model in her heme town, Omaha, when a friend of a director suggested the movies. So Gwen, armed with an introduc- tory letter and a lot of confidence, and accompanied by her mother and grandmother, left for Holly- wood. ‘The director, too, was impressed by her large and deep blue ey She got her first part, a very small, one, in 1925, Gwen only got bits for a time, but now she has better r She is five feet seven inches t: and decidedly blond. Why not make the New Year long Brighter, Happier and Easier for the Housewife? A NEW AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC WASHER Would be a great help that Question— What Shall We Do Thi Evening? Bring HER to the Mid- get Indoor Golf Course— where all the young crowd is to be found. Fun and keen competi- tion—and with a prize list for various events which makes the win- ning worth while. Keep up your putting and short-shot game. Our course is true and ac- curate. Jl)NEAU MIDGET COURSE Entire Second Floox Goldstein Building Alaska Electric Light and Power Company PiceLy, WiGGLY PHONES 83 OR 85 “The Store That Pleases” THE SANITARY GROCERY