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There are 1,3O4,300 Smiths in the United States according to latest figures. Lots of great Americans have been in the Smith column, starting with Captain John Smith of the early days, and including James Smith (signer of the Declaration of Independence), Samuel Francis Smith (who wrote "America") and Joseph Smith (who started the Mormon religion).

After the Smiths come the Jolrnsons. There are L,024,200 Johnsons in the U. S. A. There are 730,5@ Browns. The Williams family comes next with 684,7q); then the Joneses with 658,300; the Millers, with 625,800; the Davis gang, with 537,900; the Andersons, with 477,300; the Wilsons, with 422,300; and lastly the Moore family, with 363,400.

That's what they ""rr lru.rlrr* ;*" the figures on leading family names in this country. Reminds me o{ the time last year when the Eucharistic Congress was being held down in New Orleans. A New York lady there to attend the Congress registered at the Roosevelt Hotel, and was going up in the elevator when she asked the colored boy something about the Eucharistic Congress. He scratched his head in deep misery. uLady," he said, "Ah specks youse gwine to have to break dem words down, fo Ah kin unerstand em."

Thomas Dreier t"tt" "1o... in" ,1 , bearded Russian who was giving an American visitor his first lessons in talking Russian. The first urdrds he suggested to the American were, "Ya vass lubu," meaning "I love you." The fat Russian told him, "ft's the first sentence you learn in any language, and, my friend, you will get more exquisite returns from that one sentence in Russia than in any other country on earth." That's some recommend for Russian travel.

I loved the radio a"rlt" o;-"": Chartie McCarthy and Beatrice Fairfax. "Beatrice," said Charlie, "what sort of girl should a fellow marry?" "Well, Charlie," said the famous adviser to the lovelorn, "he should marry a good cook, and a fine companion." "But, Beatrice !" exclaimed Charlie, "ain't that bigamy?"

Wish I could get into the movies in an advisory calncity. Being an ardent movie fan I am always wishing I could see certain actors, actresses, plays, etc., in fashions not now being offered the public. I think the movie folks stand so close to their work that they lose a lot of valuable perspective. The average movie fan, if given the opportunity, could make suggestions that would help make better movies, and give the public better entertainment.

Think what "The Lady of the Lake" would be like, properly done, with Colman or Rathbone playing James FitzJames ! What a magnificent screen story "Marmion" would make ! Few stories in history lend such opportunities as these two. The climax, the courtroom scene in "The Lady of theLake" surpasses any climax in the world's literature. Talk about a surprise ending ! O. Henry in his palmiest days of surprise endings, never dreamed of one to compare with the scene where Lady Ellen discovers that Snowdoun's Knight is Scotland's King." Remember it? Then get out your Scott and read it over. The world's best literature holds out wondrous stories to the screen. And instead the average eight-year-old child goes into the avef,age feature picture, and at the end of the first ten minutes can guess the entire story in advance. And they pay fortunes to alleged writers for preparing such bromidic rot.

What's become ", C"nor" Fh;g and Sergeant Quirt?

I see Mclaglen often, but Edmund Lowe-the best of the twrvery seldom. I'd liketo see them team again. So, I am sure, would the public. "What Price Glory" was an immortal epic of the silent screen. I think I'll study over my screen suggestions and send them to some of the "big shots." You never can tell when an idea will take root, even though the soil is sub-fertile.

some columrist r"".rrlt, *l*u "looa two men discussing a third. One of them said, "He's a big shot in the movies now." The other asked, "In what capacity?" The other

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