Saturday, Mar. 24, 1923
(During the Past Week the Daily Press Gave Extensive Publicity to the Following Men and Women. Let Each Explain to You Why His Name Appeared in the Headlines.)
Mile. Suzanne Lenglen: "I received an offer of $13,000 for twelve matches in America and of only $180 for a match at Durham, England, which must be near the Scotch border."
Lady Carnarvon: "When I learned that my husband was ill with blood-poisoning in Luxor, I immediately hired an airplane and a blood specialist and set out upon the 2,700 mile trip to Egypt."
Henry Ford: "In the coal mines that I picked up in Pond Creek, West Virginia, the other day, I am paying the miners 20% more than any other non-union field in the state."
The Prince of Wales: "At Hurlingham, the polo place, I wore a sweater which newspapers described as 'highly colored jazz material.' A style expert said I am like my grandfather, King Edward, independent in matters of dress."
Charles M. Schwab: "I arrived in Manhattan on the Aquitania, having cut short my trip to Europe because of illness. Although I was ill most of the time, I got the impression from informal chats with Lloyd George, Bonar Law, and Marshal Foch that Europe will come out all right."
Jack Pickford: "Prohibition agents arrested two men leaving my Los Angeles home and entering an auto carrying liquor. Two checks from me were in their pockets. I guess I shall be summoned to testify before the Grand Jury."
William Howard Taft: "Discussion in the Canadian House of Commons brought out the fact that I was paid $75,000 for acting as an arbitrator for the Grand Trunk Railroad."
The Duke of Marlborough: "When the will of the late William K. Vanderbilt was probated, it was made known that at the time of my marriage to Consuelo Vanderbilt, from whom I am now divorced, Mr. Vanderbilt set aside $2,500,000 in railroad stock from which I and my heirs are to receive the income. These arrangements create what statesmen call 'indissoluble Anglo-American ties.'"
Christy Mathewson, greatest baseball pitcher of alltime: "Bucknell University, my alma mater, has notified me that my son, Christy, Jr., may matriculate there next fall."
Premier Poincare: "I cannot eat but little meat. My stomach is not good. I dine instead on cheese and bread, and vegetable food."
Lord Leverhulme, soap magnate and ex-Minister of Munitions: "Thomas Kennedy, Secretary of the Social Democratic Federation, contested my statement that a man can earn -L-100,000 a year. I pointed to Henry Ford and said '-L-2,000,000!'"
Henry Morganthau, former ambassador to Turkey: "Syud Hossain, the Ghandist, questioned the accuracy of some of my statements from the platform of the Community Forum. I shook my finger under his nose and told him it was a dirty, contemptible trick."
Mrs. Morgan Robertson, widow of the author: "I established a fund out of the royalties of my husband's books to take care of writers who go on the rocks."
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organization: "At a dinner in New York, I suggested that Jerusalem might become the seat of the League of Nations."
Sir Hamar Greenwood, former Chief Secretary for Ireland: "The London Daily Sketch published a detailed account of an Irish plot to assassinate Bonar Law, Lloyd George, myself, and others high in the British Government."
David Lloyd George: "Some months ago I planned a trip to America. I now consider the political situation here and no longer plan the trip."
A French Sea Captain: "I tried to sight Easter Island in the South Pacific Ocean and saw nothing but water. Some people think that the island sank in the recent earthquake; others point 'out that I am a French skipper."
Mr. Gallagher: "We received an offer to go into the movies at a reported salary of $5,000 a week."
Mr. Shean: "We accepted it."
The Internal Revenue Collector, Columbus, Ohio: "President Harding, Attorney-General Daugherty, Controller of the Currency Crissinger, and Secretary George B. Christian, Jr., filed their income tax returns through my office. The president will pay $17,990 tax on his $75,000 salary."
Rene La Montagne: "My three brothers and I are model prisoners in the Essex (N. J.) jail where we are serving sentences for being bootleggers de luxe. We have asked only one favor--that we be allowed to join the other prisoners in shoveling snow and dirt out of the prison yard."
Samuel A. Story: "I arrived in New York to face trial for bootlegging under indictments returned against me with the four La Montagne brothers. I was in Europe for my health when the indictments were found."
Upton Sinclair, brass-check novelist: " I was nominated for Congress by the Labor Party to represent the Tenth California District.
Dr. Frank Crane: "I wrote to Harry Weinberger, Manhattan attorney, to say that I saw nothing immoral in the recently indicted play, The God of Vengeance."
Thomas J. Johnson, new Circus Czar: "I issued this statement to the public: 'I am going to make circuses safe, sane, reputable!' "
Hugo Stinnes: "Last year I made 80% profit on my concerns in the Ruhr. The French will probably be jealous."
Prince Christopher of Greece:
"With my brother, Prince Andrew, and his wife, Princess Alice, I called on Mayor Hylan to thank him for our kind treatment in America."
William McAdoo, Chief City Magistrate, New York: " My friend, the Rev. Dr. Karl Reiland, recently returned from Japan, brought back with him the following traffic rules issued in English by the Police Department of Tokyo:
" 1) At the rise of the hand of policeman stop rapidly.
"2) Do not pass him or otherwise disrespect him.
" 3) When a passenger of the foot hove in sight tootle the horn, trumpet at him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacle your passage, tootle him with vigor and express by word of the mouth the warning, 'Hi, Hi.'
" 4) Beware the wandering horse, that he shall not take fright as you pass him by. Do not explode an exhaust blow at him. Go soothingly by.
"5) Give big space to the festive dog that shall sport in the roadway.
"6) Avoid entanglement of dogs with the wheel spokes.
"7) Go soothingly on the grease, mud and avert the skid demon.
"8) Press the brake of the foot as you roll around the corner to save collapse and tie up."