Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1923, Page 16

‘;' Dopey Dan Points Out Moral Of the “Big Brother” Story A BY W, H. CLAGETT. “\ Dear Folks: \Durin’ the course, of several talks lLgst week, Dr. Roland G, Sheldon of N o York, who was down here in the An\erest of the Big Brother move- ‘me \t, gave many reasons for kids be- ‘comyn’ delinquents, and one in par- ticulyir, sensetivness, which I rully Ahinky should be relayed to every Voum\ster in our great city, if it does mothinY else than make ’‘em more keertu\: It might sound rediculous to some, but the ywelfare worker declared that baldness | had caused more than one little rasqal to slip from the stralght- and-narroyw and skid on hell-bent to the demni\fion bow-bows, but after explainin’ 4 nd detailin’ several spe- clfic cases \vhere just sich had hap- pened, it yowll listen to me, it was anything buf funny! I reckon mi>st of you remember a few years bac\: When the v;leukof (Izln: . 11 chock-o'-block w! B o descyriptions of & heinous yourder up in \voo York, when Her- man Rosenthaly a gamboleer, was Shot down In cqld blood by & bunch of pald gunmen, and how, after ar- Yests had been \nade and trials be- gun, another g.\mboleer, & . squealed yon his mates, 5’»'.5""2;.,"3; w that Lootenant 3 < 1 litan Charlie Becker of! the metropol police force. and \four young gun- toters, “Lefty Lijoeyy' “Gyp-the: Blood itey” Lywis, and a ki called “Dago Frank\X' all took their final trip via the elec\‘ric route up a Sing Sing! Known as “Bal} Jack.” I thought you dial \WVell, accordin’ | i to Dr. Sheldon, the biyd who done the tattlin’ one Jack Rc\se, by name, Hianthave a hair on his t\op-piece, and was known to his 0.\ ed P&l:'a over the universe as “Bal\l Jack”! ‘Soon after the whole misyrable mess had quieted down “Bald \ack,” sick and tired of underworld | life, ree- formed. chucked his old W'ssociates and cut loose for the lectre plat- Form, where he's been evien since doin’ all in his power to set wyyward ht! J B e Wwhen conversin® withh Rose. who i8 far above the average in in telligence,” said Dr. Sheldon, 'l'{asked him point-blank to what he attributed —_— his first misstep, and, placin’ his hand on his perfectly bare head, re- plied, ‘To that, Doc!’ " ““Bald Jack’' told me," the Big Brother, “that he had been and that in school hig classmates made so much fun of his conditlon that it was almost unbearable: He said that he felt the jibing so much that he finally got to despise not only every boy in the school, but the teacher. «nd even the building itself. With his mind in_such shape he naturally became a truant, and final- 1y, becomin’ more reckless, he ran away for good, only to drift into a gang of craps-shooters, then to gam- | blin® dens, and on down until he had reached the lowest rung of the lad- der—a cheater at cards! continued l bald Bince he was thirteen years nld‘l e course, we all know that school kids as a rule don't appreciate, when teasin’ the livin' daylights out of some little pal about his bald head or other defects, that their actions might be the means of drivin’ one of their own out into a life of misery and shame, ‘cause if they did, they wouldn't do it, ner would we in ur day, nor they who set next to ‘Bald Jack” Rose when he went to school! Luckily, thank the Lord, as things go today, nine out of American lads who have handicaps are either sensibl to laugh at their tormentors, t me after school!”—but the tenth one! Ah, folks, there's the rub— that tenth one! ‘Thert Iways one poor little lfi- sitive soul who can’t stand the gam, one little bashful kiddy who s the jibes and jests, and, like Jack”™ Rose, harbors in his hear! kiddin’ of his schoolmates! It don't ¢ long for hatred to twist It ugly talons around the innerds of this poor little tenth one, and in time he, too, is playin' “hookey"! Then comes the day when is imagined hardships are well-nigh un. endurable, and he breaks for the open—away from school, away from home, left to himself to battle alone, with only the mercy of the great Moulder, who has His own reasons for shapin’ all as he does, to guide him from the crooked path that leads to disaster! Mornl of Big Brother's Story. Therefore, folks, slip this along to your youngsters! Point out the ‘| make fun of another's imisfortunes moral of the Big Brother's story, and JEFF, we CAN'T Go ouT oN ACCOUNT oF THE RAIN, AND JUST T2 CREATE ABIT oF € XCITEMENT IT. STOPS RAINING BY NuoNL BUT You USed T BET 0N ANYTHINGS WHeN DID “ou SWEAR oFF- NIX, MuTTS TVE SWORN from what 1 know of Washingto! l school kiddies it won't take no tim MURDER IS CHARGED. to have every blessed one of then agdin' the followin' to ‘their 1923 |G 004y C-:tle Tick War Has resolutions: | From this day I promise never to Fatal Results. e R I perfect| STATESVILLE, Ga., February 5.— body, and will try my best to help 5 all ‘not so fortunate to forget their|Dr S. Horn of Atlanta, federal dip defects! ) ping agent for the state of Georgia, ‘And never again will I call one of | nas sworn out affidavits upon which my playmates by & name th: might warrants were dssued for the arrest handicap he suffers! @ ref‘l‘)‘lllnhkeyoaur.l o DOPEY DAN. of Mann Carter and his son, Will, on charges of murder. QUEEN TO VISIT TOMB. | The Carters are alleged to have * |shot and killed Mack Lockridge, fed- - | eral cattle dipping inspector, yester Elizabeth to See King Tutenk-|qay, and also to have wounded R. S, hamun Discoveries. | Ritchley, his assistant, both of Daw- N | son, Ga. BRUSSELS, February S e Plizabeth will leave Friday for & 3‘Dl<.hpm|(clzshes between federal ofllcfil"l ied by M. Capart, director of |and farmers of this section over the z.::an;;::lan Museum, o visit the | enforcement “of et A S s 2 eradication of 5. tomb of King Tutenkhamun. persons R Sve Doen onct. o The government established a camp near hootsng of oil shells to calm |here, with two machine guns. and hoI').!; Shew'and help ships in distress | other arms, in an attempt to stop the has proved successful. warfare. 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