BRISBANE THIS WEEK One Big Shot Convicted The Many Laugh Roman Triumph, NewStyle Storms. Hoods, Twisters The bind of "Justice" supposed to “terrify" crime In this country is very amusing Justice: confined to the nntlonul government.Mur derers, kidnap ers and other racketeers are Jailed, not for their crimes against society, but for failure to pay Income tax. The felon Is J .lied for failure to divide his criminal earn Arthur Hrl.bnn, wlth government. A change In tills program is due to Special Prosecutor Dewey, who, be fore Supreme Justice McCook, In New York city, has convicted a "top notch racketeer," ns Mr. Dewey calls him—CharlesC’Lucky”) Luciano. He and eight vice-ring associates are convicted on 62 counts, that may en tail prison sentences of 1,240 years for "Lucky" and each associate. This Is an actual conviction for crime, not for taxdodglng. In this world, many laugh and a few do things. Fulton said be would run a bout up the Hudson river by steam; crowds gathered to laugh. When It was suggested early In this century that men would soon fly, successfully, millions laughed. Had It been suggested that un army officer would cross the conti nent "flying blind" In u hooded cabin, seeing nothing, guided by a scientific "radio beam," the laughs would have been louder; but that Is what Major Knker, of the army air corps, has Just done. If you should say now that giant ships will fly around this earth, up In the strato sphere, above CtOlda and storms, carrying thousands of passengers, dropping them at their various des tinations In smaller ships, "around the world in 48 hours or less." there would be more laughter, but It would be foolish laughter. What men can imagine they can do, ami more. General Budogllo, who was sent bj Mussolini to take over Ethiopia, ami did so, celebrated his triumph In Koine, Mussillni and the Italian king, now emperor of Ethiopia, as sisting. The triumphant general, named viceroy of Ethiopia by Mussolini, who surprised the world with the swiftness of his conquest, led his troops, burned by the tropical sun, under the victory arch of Constan tine to the tomb of the unknown soldier of the big war, "Storms kill nine In Oklahoma and Kansas; tornadoes, floods and lightning cause havoc." so runs the headline, and so other headlines have been running for montJis past. Hall ruins crops; lightning holts kill three; "twisters," those powerful, revolving windstorms, lift up and knock down little houses. The sultan of Sulu is dead on the Island of Jolo, now only sultan In name. Once, ns spiritual ami temporal head, he ruled all the Mohammedans of the Sulu archlpelugo. The death of this former ruler, Jamalul Klram, recalls an Interest ing Incident following the Spanish war. Jamalul, good Mohammedan, did not think he should deal with this nation, on account of its re ligion. He was soothed by nn offi cial statement that the United States had no ofliclal religion what ever. The Black Legion, latest secret tn aider organization, tells candi dates: “You cannot Join unless you are a native-born, white, Protestant gentile; willing to proceed agalust negroes. Catholics and Jews." To “proceed against” means to murder. The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America, a Protestant organization, says It Is shameful for the Black Legion to use the word "Protestant,” and blas phemous to use the name “God Al mighty.” Sir Samuel Hoare had to leave the British cabinet because he op posed the foolishness of sending a great British tleet Into the Mediter ranean to protect Halle Selassie, not protecting him in the least. Now. Sir Samuel Hoare Is back In the British cabinet “the king pleased to appoint him." This means, probably, that the futile league of Nations’ “sanctions” ef fort to coerce Mussolini will be dropped. Many things are easier than coercing Mussolini. Why do Americans swallow eager ly anything in the way of foreign made goods, especially If they come from the friendly British islands? British merchants advertise proud ly “Made in Great Britain.” Every Englishman urges "Buy British." Americans seem proud If they cun advertise "Made in England” or “Made In France." £ King Features Syndicate, loo. • WNfT Hervlr*. For Graduation, Party and Prom By CHERIE NICHOLAS CMtESH and young and ^ unspoiled, the sweet girl graduate Is the star of her commencement week and must he cos turned daintily nnd love ly as can he for her part, also plan for the commencement parties, llolng wise, as her diploma declares her to he, she will choose a graduation frock that will be ap propriate for evening wear right through the summer. Some of the most entrancing dual purpose frocks are of Swiss or gandie. Romantic, youthful and flat tering, these sterling, exquisitely sheer cottons come In endless vari ety. Embroidered organdies are Im mensely popular this year. They are patterned In versatile fashion, ranging from flowing vine nnd floral motifs to demure bow-knot, also novelty dot effects. Eyelet and nil over cutout embroidered patterns nre delicately lacy and have nn added crispness that Is refreshing and cool for summer wear. Flecked Swiss organdies nre fascinating, too, with chenllle-llke dots and geomet ric patterns applied In colors or white on solid grounds. The now chic finished organdies are as sweet and dainty ns the edelweiss flowers of their native land. These are so supple In finish they drape beautifully nnd have a soft but noticeable luster that Is Inherent In the material and comes hack faithfully after each tubbing and pressing. Miraculous, Indeed, are the now crinkled nnd matelasse organdies that need only to he tubbed nnd then put on a hanger to dry to re turn to their original freshness. In solid color or In multi-color florul prints. Graduating frocks this year nre full length, with smoothly titling skirt flaring from the knee. He enuse of the youth of their wearers anil because the style Interest la centered on the unusual fabric pat terns, the frocks are always sim ple In line. Distinctive details are chic fly-away sleeves, always perky nnd crisp In organdie, a restrained use of demure ruffles, and as a rule, modest high necks. The lovely models pictured have flaring skirts that will lilt blithely to the platform at the graduation exercises and appear later on at in formal dunces nnd dinners through out the summer. Slim sheathes of taffeta make a sleek foundation with an elegant whisper of silk. Taf feta Is also being used In a revival of the traditional snsli with butter fly how and long ends ns Instanced In the youthul frock of eyelet em broidered Swiss organdie to the right In the trio. Just as the tradition of white for brides Is no longer uniformly ob served, pastel colors or touches of color on white have become ns cor rect for graduation ns all-white. Wherefore, the flower-llke mnlden pictured to the left will go tripping demurely up the aisle In a sprlg embroldered organdie. The brief bolero jacket has tl.v-nwny, pleated shoulder-widening sleeves to en hance Its chic and Its charm. Of course you have fallen In love at first sight with the beguiling dress, centered in the picture. Everybody does. A discreet nnd art ful use tff ruffles adds to the quaint hut very modish nlr of this sum mery frock which Is fashioned of pin-dotted Swiss organdie. The red grosgraln ribbon tie at the throat nnd a red grosgraln belt match the color of the fabric dots. © Western Newspaper Union. IT'S THE LATEST llr rilKRIK NICHOLAS Here is a coat ami dress that Is a lust-minute arrival, s# new that Its newness almost startles. It has that modish broad shoulder line which Is essential If you would be up and going in fashion. Great em phasis Is given to cblor alliance in this model by Creed. The dress has a front of green, brown und red madras. The three-quarter length coat ts made of beige and brown wool as Is also the dtVss. The coat fastens with a wide chamois gray ttflt The hat is gray felt. Obi Sash A black satin old sash printed with large white birds is an lnter esting accessory to a black or white eveuiug gown. STRIKING BUTTONS ADD BRIGHT TOUCH Many striking ideas are being developed In the button line. For sport blouses, a clever manufac turer uses numbers to repluce or dinary buttons down the front These, ranging from one to nine, are of plastic material, sometimes In bright color to form a contrast ing effect against the blouse fab ric or else In Imitation Ivory, tor tclse shell or delicate, pnle amber. The signs of the Zodiac ulso have been a source of Inspiration for button designers and have been used with great originality by lead ing dressmakers for summer after noon or bench dresses. The Chi nese Inspiration has been respon sible for one style showing Chi nese script engraved over mother of-pearl discs or plastic plaquette* In lacquer red. Canine Heads Are Used to Trim Various Accessories The feminine population of Paris has gone dog minded and canine heads trim everything from sports scarves and handkerchiefs to belt fastenings. Wire-haired terriers and Scotties remain popular favorites and their heads. In blnek and white composition material, make decora tive belt buckles which match smaller editions used as buttons. Pairs of wire haired terriers and Scotties are suspended on leather chains from leather bracelets and are matched by fobs worn in the lapel of a spring sports suit. These fobs are made like dog leashes with the dogs attached to braided, col ored leather chains. Real Flower Fan A lovely and unusual fun carried at an evening affair in Paris was made of living ferns and orchids set in a tortoise shell frame. Beaded Necklace* Beaded necklaces as wide as col lars and taking the place of collars are increasing in importance and desirability. HO$r&RE UmP day /DR. JAMES W. BARTON T«llc» About ® Danger* of “Slimming” f*TT IS interesting to note that the so-called reduc ing preparations on the market fall into three categories; first laxative that deny the body the benefit of its food intake as the salts, crystals and herb teas; second, obvious frauds that depend for effect upon the stringent diets as part of the ‘treatment’; and third the unquestionably ef fectlve out nanger ou * articles con taining thyroid or dlnitrophenol, both of which act by speeding up the use of the food.” I am quoting Mr. W. G. Campbell, chief of the Federal Food and Drug admin istration, Washing ton. Dr. Barton „ W>>»t about the first kind of these preparations, the laxative? This is the use of epsom or other salts In patented form which net by not only causing diarrhoea and that much loss of water from the system, but carry out with them some of the actual food products of the blood, thus causing thinning of the blodd—anaemia. As a matter of fact, small doses of “salts" for a few days at a time may be help ful when the liver Is sluggish and not filtering the poisons from the blood property. The salts thus thin the blood and remove some of the poisons from waste food products. However, the use of salts for long periods of time and in the amounts often recommended for reducing, takes some of the body building ele ments from the blood and hence every cell In the body Is deprived of these necessary food elements to some extent. Thus tuberculosis, anae mia, or a serious shock to the body can readily occhr. The second kind of preparation that really depends upon reducing the food Intake rather than any mVrit In the preparation is likewise dangerous because the amount of food advised being much less than the body needs, the body has to give up some of its fat and other tissues to supply the food needed to carry on the body's work. Giving up its fat Is, of course, of help In reducing weight, but other tissues of the body, muscle tissue, for Instance, has consider able fat in It, which cannot be given up without damage to the muscle It self. And delicate nerve tissue needs fat to ennble It to do Its work in the body. Fallacy of Diet Fadi The reduction In the amount of food eateu is good treatment if the amount of reduction were not so great. An example of too much re duction is the IS-day diet that swept through the country a few years ago, resulting in hundreds of deaths and making invalids of many others. 'Hie third method of reducing— the use of thyroid extract or the drug dinltrophenol overheuts tho body and so melts away fats and burns other tissues. Research physicians record a number of cases where the use of thyroid extract to reduce weight has caused the dangerous type of goitre, permanently damaged the heart by overwork, and In other cases has made necessary the dniiy use of io dine and the need of almost con stant rest. While dinltrophenol In ttie hands of research physicians In Snn Fran cisco has met with a fair meas ure of success its unsupervised use has caused severe skin eruptions, | cataracts to form in the eyes, and j even denth in a number rf cases. Sane Way to Reduce Now there may be some cases where tiny doses of epsom salts daily for a few weeks may help remove liquid weight from the body and supply the body with an alkali , to help overcome the acidosis that occurs during weight reduction. ; Also the slight reduction of food over a long period of time is bound to reduce weight without Injury to the body. And finally there are cases where the use of thyroid extract is the proper method of reducing weight, it is quite likely also that the day will come wdien with a pure prep aration and under strict supervision ; dlnltrophenol will be more gen erally used in weight reduction. Warm Weather Reducing In spring and summer when the weuther is warm, it should not be difficult for those seeking to reduce their weight, to cut down on all foods, particularly starch and fat foods. This would mean that the amount of these kinds of foods—fat build ers—could be cut down safely by one-quarter to one-half without causing any real discomfort. The difficult tldng would be to cnt down on the liquids—water, soft drinks, ice cream—but a simple rule wou3 be to take liquid whenever the feeling of thirst came, but to drink only half the usual quantity each time. C—WN’U Swrvlo*. I Bedspreads Welcome Delicate Lilac Motif PATTERN 1152 Dark and light lilacs, tied with a flourish into the loveliest of floral sprays, is far and away the nicest— ind easiest—flowery touch one can give a bedroom. Even an amateur will find the large spray easy to em broider on a bedspread with four smaller sprays on the bolster, or scarf ends. The flowers are entirely formed of lazy-daisy stitch and French knots, the leaves of blanket stitch—the rest Is in outline. With cotton or rayon floss the designs are seemingly done in no time, in shades of lilac, orchid, or palest yellow. Pattern 1152 comes to you with a transfer pattern of a motif 18 by 21 inches and two reverse motifs 4 by 5*4 inches. Color ideas; illustrations of stitches; material requirements. Send 15 cents in coins or stamps to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York, N. Y. Foolball Apparently Much Older Than We Suspected A sports writer has discovered that the Chinese are rapidly master ing Association football. He’s a bit late, really. Chinese teams have won the soccer championship in Far East Olympic games for last 15 years. Football was known In China as far back as Seventh century. From there It spread to Japan.—London An swers. Hollywood’s latest rage! Big, de luxe photographs fashioned into unique statuettes that stand up by themselves on your table or dresser. Every one over 7 inches high— every one autographed! 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