The low opinion in which Americans hold the London reporter, however, was sufficiently important for the Associated Press to even cable a message. In their opinion, altogether too slow. He has no nose at all for news. He even let sli Morgan arrived. tory goes, was ly surprised, however, because the newspaper representatives eft him alone. Neglect by these gullible London reporters to ask the financier a few questions was apparently brought about by one of his friends, by telling the reporters who met the vessel at Tilbury that the New York banker had not a a word to say—as. usual." Remarked the spokesman: "Boys, the guvnor, you know, ne thing, and, beside cularly non-talkative mood. to-day. And the "boys"—some of whort, We are informed "had been covering ship arrivals even before the: days when Chauncey Depew starte® coming over for the week-end to swap. stories with King Eawaei."—tok the spokesman's word for it, stood demurely at the gang pi to. watch Morgan pass along -with the other passengers within an arm's Length of them. th, these. English reporters! They. really do not know enough to, come in out of the rain. Had they been American newsgetters, now, they would have taken pictures of J. P. Morgan every which way, as Mark Twain would say, and the telephone wires would have been buzzing within five minutes with what the banker had said—or, may T add, with what the reporters who had exchanged no conversation with him, thought he would have said, bad' they been so fortunate. For everyone knows the story of how, jan American newspaperman meet ing a British confrere, a conversation on "shop" was started.. The Yank characteristically asked for information—"Where was he located—what paper was he on, and so on" The reserved! Briton quietly men. {tioned that he was on "The Times.
"The Times? Say, over in my country we walk all over the Times, We spread it out on the door mat on, a wet day," laughed the trans-Atlan-_ tic journalist, properly taking a rise Jout of the English man of letters.
"Oh, is that so?" came the cutting comment from the latter—"continue doing that, old chap, and you will in time have more brains, in your feet than you now have in your head."
But the American didn't catch on—the joke passed him, Hollywood Feyerishly Making War Belligereney pervades the atmosphere in Hollywood. The most reaistic battles are going into celluoid. Why this should be so, I am at a loss to determine, but it would appear that practically all the studies are engaged either in dispose ing of war pictures already made, fare feverishly making war pictures, or are impatiently discovering som war in modern or ancient history has not yet been tackled by! the movies. If a producer cannot, find a war, he makes one, reading on history presently to be out. with the carnage.
Billions jin Chewing Gum Some years ago I remember that Mr, Wrigley, who is, it would appear, the original teacher in that polite art of gum chewing, made a visit to Asia and was reported said that he believed that ind the various popula would in time be-Jcome profitable adepts in the aforesaid art, I do know that in moat! of the large cities in Asia. there fare urchins who run around the streets, peddling gum, persuading people to invest in five chews for ten cents. but whether the trade there is making any substantial 'Additions to the gigantic totals which chewers annually dispose of T do not know. Gum chewing, how-is about to become a worldwide practice, according to American manufacturers of the sticky' tuff. It is almost a "key" industry. There are 41 factories engaged in the trade, and these 41 have jan output (but these are only 1925 figuree—they are bigger to-day) valued at $47,898,000, "Chewing gum counted for $47 million odd, the remainder being made up' by '"breathless" candy and vending machines. There are eight factories in New York, five in Illinois, four Jeach in New Jersey and Ohio, three in California, two each in Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, Pennsyl: mania, and Tennessee, and one each in Delaware, Indiana, Maine, Mi Jean, Rhode Island, Texas and Virginia.
Years ago' one used to rather shudder at the manner in which! [Americans chewed this rubbery sub-_ stance in public, but familiarity stills Jone's temper. "Tt is considered by Ino means a lapse of good manners nowadays for a man or woman round chewing the cud. In polite society it is the proper thing to Jask your guest whether he chews, ju much the same way as the Chin-Jose may ask you not mich less disgusting questions regarding your [personal habits.
Anyway, a great deal of money is
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