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Will Be Mr. Roosevelt's Retreat T^iia Js the tranquil white colonial clubhouse on one of the Jefferson Islands .A the Chesapeake where, according to prominent Maryland Democrats, Frank lin D. Roosevelt will find rest from the cares of state during the next four years. He Is one of about forty-live outstanding Democrats who are members of the Jefferson Islands club. Chain Sale Scheme Under Eye of U. S. One Hundred N.Y. Concerns Using System. New York. ? Endless chain selling Enterprises, operating from this city, have spread from Broadway to Main .'?treet and are keeping postal author ities busy. So far there has been no decision on their legality, but It was Jearned that the government Is Inves tigating all chain schemes operating through the mnlls which have been called to its attention. There_are at least 100 get-rlch-qulck ichaln selling schemes being operated (from Nft'.f York city ofllces, according ito Information from the National Bet ter Business bureau. Some are con- I '.ducted by honest business men, oth ers by fly-by-night concerns, and a few are nothing less than rackets. . Fountain pens, hosiery, pooketbooks, golf balls, kitchen gadgets, razor blades, food supplies, Jewelry, watches, men's white flannel trousers, and even real estate have been set forth as the 1 mediums of "awakening America" and Insuring tne return of happy days. Glib Promoters. Qlib promoters have demonstrated mathematically how the ninth step in the chain selling scheme will net ev ery participant ? cotbmlsslon of $19. 801.25, with the original sale of only four pieces of merchandise. Wflat will happen when everyone has bouflfct a ^ wallet or a pair of socks has ^en Ignored by the promoters. Women's bridge clubs in \Vestches ter and on Long Island have been working for the chain sellers. Char itable organizations hnve participated In the various "make a million" schemes, and the telephones in the Better Business bureau, both national and local, have been ringing with In quiries concerning legitimacy of the different schemes. The . only advice either bureau had to offer was that "nobody knows yet whether it Is le gal or not, but that the participants were not likely to make any great amount of money." Neither bureau has endorsed any of the schemes. The Better Business bu reau of New York city, with ofllces at 280 Broadway, has found It diffi cult to draw the line. Plenty of Inquiries. ?'Some of the chain sellers are honest business men," said H. J. Ren tier, "while otherB are operating shady, To Be Einstein's Aid John L. Vandersllce, twenty-five yetr-old graduate student at Prince* ton university, tp whom falls the ' nor of *ooa being an associate of Pfor. Al bert Rlnstetn, "rather" of the theory of relativity, in October of this year Professor Einstein will come to Prince ton to carry on his mathematical re search In the nfew Institute for ad vanced study. Vandersllca will be as sistant to Prof. Oswald Veblen, who ts to bo an associate of BHnsteln. tricky concerns. We ha^e received no complaints but we have been flooded with Inquiries. It Is not a new scheme, for I recall such methods of salesmanship were popular In 1912. We have not yet seen where we can make a complaint against the plan as a whole." C. H. Clarahan, postal Inspector In charge of the New York office, said Investigation of endless chaln-Belllng organizations was a long drawnout Jo' . He pointed out that each con cern had to be investigated Individu ally, given a public hearing, and that frequently the case had to bo carried through the courts. Here's how It operates: The par ticipant buys an article for $2.50 and 10 cents In stamps and then sells four articles at the same price, making a commission of $1.25 on the fourth sale. Thereafter the agent sells three other articles, making $3.75. His three customers sell three each and the orig inal participant gets $33.75 In commis sions and the others are ready to start their profit sharing. By the ninth step the total commissions amount to more than $12,000 If the chain remains un broken. THE MAN WHO WAITS Br THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Ltt* Dean of Men, University of Illinois. It is Longfellow, paraphrasing an J Old Spanish proverb, who Bays In his | "Falcon of 8er Federlgo," "A 1 1 things come round to him who will but wait." We ore too Impatient usu ally of results; even though the poet Milton assures us that "Thoy also serve who only stand and wait," we prefer action, and when waiting seems to be the most strategic move we crow lrrl tated or turn to something pise. Disraeli, Lord Heaconsfleld, was a very ambitious man, and a very tal ented one, hut ho had learned how to wait Even as a hoy he cast himself In the role of Demosthenes, of Napo leon, of Alexander. He was always a leader In whntovor hid Imagination led him to engage In. And yet If ho had faced the facts there was little chance for him. Ho wns a Jew, and the .Tews were a despised and almost an ostracized race In England when ' Disraeli was a hoy. The story Is told In the admirable biography by Andre Maurols that when Disraeli wns a young hoy at school he and a school fellow were rending to gether. They hold the boolt between them, and Disraeli, far more rapid In getting over the page than his com panion, hnd finished before .TOnos had more than begun. This distressed the little fellow who tried his best to keep up with his more erudite companion. He sighed. "Never mind," Dlsmoll said encournglngly, "I can wait." ' It wns one of the strong character istics of his life that lio could wait, a characteristic which few men possess. We don't'llke watting. It Is wisest often to make haste slowly. Nrfrton wnnts to be rich, and he cannot wait. He never buys a con servative security ; he looks for the highest interest possible. He puts his money only Into enterprises which promise quick and high returns. Most of his Inveslments, therefore, have gone onto the rocks. fiecAuse of his lack of deliberation and because he could not wait to attain his ends he :? has made little *r no progress toward the attainment of his financial ambi tion. <6, 1?}S, W?Mtt*rri Union. The. Household By LYDIA LE BAHON WALKER Reetgnatlod Is a carious thing. | There Is about It a slightly religious trend, as If aouiehow Providence or Fate had so ordered events that they must be endured, so the least said about the state 6t affairs the better, as it could not be changed. Or, If one mast talk about them, that It, should .be with an air of determined accept ance without resentment. A fortitude Is Implied which - one consciously or unconsciously feels to be laudable. To endure wjthout complaint Is mag nanimous. This makes the question arise, should one endure passively? Unresisting acquiescence Is one defi nition of resignation. It Is assumed that there is nothing which can be done nbout whatever the thing is, over which one Is resigned. Such an atti tude may be mere laziness rather than a praiseworthy condition. If there Is any way to make matters Improve, or to build something good on what ap pears to be a troublous foundation, then one should be stirred Into activ ity. Then there Is a call to conquer or to progress and what one blindly assumes^to be a cause for resignation, may be a suggestion to act or a sum mons to go forward. Activo Resignation A case In point comes to mind where a loved daughter died of con sumption. The bereaved parents felt it their duty to be resigned, and to accept this sorrow without complaint and with passive fortitude. They so expressed themselves to a friend of mine who was endowed with Insight and was tactfully fearless In helping others to clear thinking. When they Bee Parley Ends in Buzz and Sting Boise, Idaho. ? Near-panic result ed when a swarm of bees, acci dentally set free in a Boise hotel, stung everyone ffom their owner,. Urs.B. B. Keck, to several state legislators. The accident brought a stinging climax to the Honey Producers convention when a bellboy knocked the cage to the floor, freeing the bees. They swirled out, stinging the bellboy until he was forced to flee. Mrs. Keck was their next vic tim. ? Then they made* for the open hotel lobby where legislators were relaxing. Chairs were overturned and general chaos reigned for near ly an honr. , v Finally R. W. Chllds, hotel man ager, leading a squadron of em ployees armed with fly swatters, drove the bees Into another cage. acts of kindness, or a gentler method of accomplishing home management. It may be that endurance of anhoylng material things can be relieved or stopped by actively doing something about them. It may be that cotmnu nlty work can relieve one's own sad Introspections or recollections and at the same time aid others to Improved living conditions and to happier exist ences. The resignation which Is lazi ness of mind or body can In the al chemy of right actlvlty'be transformed Into benefits. ?, 193}, Bell 8yndteat?. ? WNU Bervlco. Odd Request Phoned From France to U. S. St. Louis, Mo. ? What Is believed to be the strangest request ever made of an Industrial organization came ODD THINGS AND NEW? By Lame Bode \Y A V MAN COU/tf SHOUT toCRoss rue mlmi\c..j7 would Twe h/s \/o/ce +& hours ro fRfiVtl fROM NEVJ YORK TO SAWS I Bm MWlORS ' Cftll 10 1\\t\ R pf)Rm<> BEFORE HATCHING -This Gi/wt LOCO MO TIV? OWN?P 0V m SOUfMRH PAClflC l\WV>~RUNS Bf)CHMRD$ UlMH OOlHCr FORWARD SOHh BONNER of iewe u. $COR?S> 2, Sf 6 POINTS JN /*6 GfitAZS WNll Bervlco. said they were resigned to their loss, which nevertheless was draining their very life blood, she said, "But should you he resigned? Is there nothing' you can do?" The mourning couple began to think In terms other than of acqui escent submission. They dwelt on the causes of the death of their daughter with the Idea of helping others similarly afflicted, of making their lives more comfort able. The outcome of this was a well | equipped hospital where patients were not only made more comfortable but were cured. The work brought relief to these parents and a deep Joy In the realization that their daughter wtfs as sociated with It, that without her this particular relief work would never have been done. Trannforminft Alchemy ' There Is no household In wlilch ac ceptance to some existing conditions ; cannot be (hanged Into betterment. It may be that the home atmosphere can be made Bweeter by some little over transatlantic telephone to St. Louis from Marseilles, France. The request came from Howard Y. Bary, business manager of the Hagen bt-ck- Wallace circus, to I'aul Ryan, ad vertising manager of the Shell Petro leum corporation. The circus man asked for assist ance In getting 20 inland natives out of the Indian mountains I He Is leaving for India Immediately and asked that letters of Introduction be sent Shell representatives In Cal cutta and Rangoon that would help, hlrn obtain co-operation from govern ment officials In taking the natives out of the country. Knowing Lord's Prayer Results in Cut in Fine Las Vegas, Nev. ? Ability to recite the Lord's Prayer In court saved Mrs. A. 8. Render, a divorcee, lots of days In jail. Appearing for sentence on a charge In Black and White Presenting a chiffon dress orocaded In velvet, with n black velvet bordered hemline. The gown is of black and white. of contributing to -the delinquency of a minor, the woman was Informed by Judge Frank M. Ryan that she could be sent to Jail for six months and fined $r>00. He admitted that the sen tence might be lightened If she re cited the Lord's Prayer. In a low-pitched voice, Mrs. Render recited the prayer, after which she was sentenced to 30 days In Jail and fined $50. Wins American Cup Susan Noel, twenty-year-old English Bqunsh racquet champion, holding the Unlted_ States cup which she woo by defeating her countrywoman, Cicely Fenwlck, In the final round of the American women's championships at the Merlon Cricket club. "Dead Man" in Priton Milwaukee, Wis. ? Philip Stamm, forty, declared legally dead live years ago after ,he disappeared In 1022. Is to serve two years In prison. Ills wife begged that he he released to "stay with his family,'' but the court declared: "You got along without him for 11 years ro I guess another two years won't make much dlfTor ence." STIFF QUALIFICATIONS The <iualltt.cation8 of u llying hostess on passenger air lines In the United States are that she should be h college graduate, single, not over twenty -five years of age, slender, have a pleasing personality and the ability to converse Intelligently and pleas antly with all types of people. She must also play bridge. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription inakea weak womeu Btrona. No alcohol. Sold by druggist* ? tablets or litfuid. ? Adv. Unworthy Humans Some do good, In order that they may do evil with Impunity. The little Girl who wouldn't EAT Nature knows best ! Never coax a child to eat ! Remove the cause of a youngster's poor appetite ? get rid of stasis. Children who don't eat are sluggish. Not to correct this Is inexcusable. It Is so easy to do, If ytfu will only use the "California treatment." Read what it Is doing for listless children in every part of the country ! , When appetite falls, tonguo Is, coated white, eyes are a bilious yel low, don't give small children any constipating cathartic that drains the system and weakens twenty feet of tender bowels I California syrup of flgs Is the only "medicine" they need ! That girl or bpy with a furry tongue and a bad brenth should not be dosed with salts ! California syrup of flgs will gently stimulate the colon muscles ? and the child you used to coax to eat will fairly devour his food, digest it, galu weight. Try the California treatment I Be gin tonight, with enough of the pure syrup of flgs to cleanse the colon thoroughly. Give less tomorrow, then every other day, or twice a week until the child's appetite, di gestion, weight, complexion, tell you the stasis Is none. Be sure to get the real California syrup of figs. *Any druggist has It, all bottled, with directions. It's a natural, vegetable laxative. Just ns good for babes of two years as boys of ten. They all love its taste! There are imitations of California Syrup of Figs and those t oho would sell you some substitute even when a child's health <.9 concerned-. Don't ever take any bottle that is not plainly labeled CALIFORNIA. End Serious Coughs With Creomulsion Don't let them get a strangle hold. Fight germs quickly. Creomulsion com bines the 7 best helps known to modern science. Powerful but harmless. Pleasant to take. No narcotics. Your druggist will refund your money if any cough or cold no matter how long standing is not re lieved by Creomulsion. (adv.) Have to Get Up ait Night ? Deal Promptly with Bladder Irregularities Are you bothered with blad der Irregularities; burning, Bcanty or too frequent passage and getting up at night? Heed promptly these symptoms. They may warn of some dis ordered kidney or bladder con dition. Users everywhere rely i on Doan't Pills. Recommended uor 50 years. Sold everywhere. A Diuretic Jot thft Kidneys ATA MP OOMJCCTINfl Vltmm, flnlKlnn atr mail, 40 utAnytft 5o to approval opulloantn. V"re? lUt. <JI<RNDAI<IC HTAMPCO. IJJ480 I.lmlptt. <11?>n?1n1i>. W. N. U., ATLANTA, NO. 10 -1933 0