Having perused well the chronicle of the week, the Vigilant Patriot views with alarm:

Cooks who pour poison in the rice and slay 27. (P. 13.)

Icebergs in the North Atlantic--worst since 1912. (P. 26.)

The Gray Ghost--terror of Block Island. (P. 6.)

George Marin's statistics relevant to the increase of bearded ladies. (P. 26.)

An impending textile strike of considerable magnitude. (P. 4.)

"Nonviolent noncooperation " in India. (P. 9.)

The direct cost of Congressional and Senatorial eloquence--especially that of Mr. Heflin. (P. 2.)

The forthcoming production of the world's possibly worst opera. (P. 15.)

The questionable sanity of Mr. Chesterton. (P. 18.)

Somalilanders and other smuggled aliens. (P. 4.)

Our tariff policy, shaped not by industrial needs, but by international prejudice. (P. 4.)

The " serious condition of affairs " in our Army Air Service. (P. 25.)

Krolikowski, sentenced to three years' imprisonment and reprieved through election to the Diet. (P. 12.)

The Boston bobby on strike since 1919. (P. 6.)

Enigmatic ambassadorial affability. (P. 13.)

An unveiled attack upon all princelings and kings by a New York newspaper. (P. 22.)

Mental sweatshops. (P. 17.)

Emotional debauches in the theatre. (P. 16.)