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E have been meaning to say something more about palindromes. Evidently they are much more common than we supposed, judging from the many interesting examples we have received. They ranged from "Toot, Otto, Toot" to a learned Greek one:

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A friend of ours in Oak Park, Illinois, writes:

"Your quotation of the palindromes in The Outlook recalls the 'Complications' (puzzle) department of the Chicago 'Inter-Ocean,' conducted about forty years ago by Edwin R. Chadbourn, of Lewiston, Maine. He carried on a good many special 'tournaments,' one of which was devoted to the palindrome. A number of contributors submitted samples of their ingenuity, I among the number. I do not recall any of them now except the winning number in the contest. It ran, 'Evil is a murmur forever of "Rum, rum," as I live." "

Another, in Springfield, says: "Here is a palindrome to add to those given in your column: 'Signa te, signa te, temere me; te tangis et angis.' It is an old Latin palindrome said to have been an expression of Satan, who, upon meeting a monk, gave the sign of the cross and said as above. ('The sign to you, the sign to you; a terror to me, to you a touch and a sigh.")"

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HEY-thousands of men and women
-have precious dollars saved through
years of self-denial and courage.

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DOLLAR PIRATES!

"The first thing to do, Blackie, is to look at the map
money in banks. Somewhere in this big United
just waiting for us to come and get it."
Smiling and engaging character from the pen of the
So said J. Rufus (Get-Rich-Quick) Wallingford,
late George Randolph Chester. So true to life-his
counterparts are to be found the world over. Bold
in the open and cunning by, the rich and the poor.
According to Postmaster General New, the people
than $1,000,000,000 a year in mail-fraud schemes
alone! How much more is lost through other
Don't let a Wallingford get your savings!

and pick out a town where smart people have
States people have been saving up coin for years,

the simple, the greedy,

of this country are robbed by dollar pirates of more

frauds cannot be estimated.

The pity of it is that the hardest
blows often fall on those least able
to bear them-on men past the
age of self-support, on women "NO-that is not an investment,
with no business experience, on it is a speculation."

There is a definite danger line in investing money, and that line is located today at about 6%. This does not mean that everything below 6% is sound, nor that everything above is speculative, but-Money's Red Flag of warning appears at this level. Beware of the untried, unseasoned offerings. Remember "the higher the rate the greater the risk." Remember also that those who have but little money to invest are the ones who can least afford to take chances.

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Investing is a Profession Investing money is a highly specialized profession based on a Wide knowledge and constant study of many lines of business. None but experts know the comparative and ever changing values of various investments. Safe investments cannot be made on memory of past values.

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in the world.

The Eternal Temptation
Over and over again one hears,
“Surely there must be some way
that I can get more than 6% on
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you that these men took chances.
But they say nothing about the
brains and the hard work which
these men put in, along with their
lieves, plunges and loses.
money. The victim listens, be

that a certain stock will pay 10% Records show that in all lines of or more and probably double in business, good, bad and indiffer value. Only a few people know ent, large and small, the majority about this. A friend has just told of new enterprises fail. And in me and says I must act quickly the purely speculative, big-promor lose the chance. Shall I invest?" ise ventures the losses are appalThe answer, in most cases, is ling.

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Courage and Light

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The Outlook

F that report represents the spirit of the churches to-day, I belong back in the ranks."

Such was the comment which we heard from one man who has been an habitual absentee from church services for a number of years. It was made after reading the report issued by the Federal Council of Churches on the status of prohibition

enforcement in the United States.

The conclusions of this report were first published in The Outlook in our issue of September 9. The report has since appeared in more extended form in the daily press. We believe that the We believe that the frank and courageous report of the Federal Council will be of greater assistance in the enforcement of the Prohibition Law than all the rosy-tinted conclusions of prohibition propagandists which have hitherto appeared. The report of the Federal Council faces the facts just as Mr. Mandeville faced the facts in his

September 30, 1925

series on prohibition which appeared in The Outlook during the past year. By the facts prohibition must be judged, only through facts can the great social experiment be salvaged. It is a poor cause that cannot stand the light of truth.

Three Answers Wanted

IT is not often that a single field of

governmental activity undergoes three investigations of National interest at the same time. That is the luck (or misfortune) of the Air Service, naval and military. The purpose of these three investigations should be sharply and clearly defined.

The first and most far reaching of all is that conducted by the Air Board, recently appointed by President Coolidge, to ascertain the best means of developing and applying aviation in the National defense. Dwight W. Morrow is the Chairman of the Air Board, and his able

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associates include such men as General James G. Harbord, Admiral Frank Fletcher, Howard E. Coffin, and Senator Hiram Bingham. At its opening session the Committee heard testimony from Acting Secretary of War Dwight Davis, General Patrick, General Hines, and General Drum.

The second investigation is confined exclusively to the cause of the wreck of the giant dirigible Shenandoah. It is a Naval Board inquiry, and its function is technical.

The third investigation awaits initiation. It will undoubtedly result in the court martial of Colonel William Mitchell for the manner of his criticisms of his superior officers. The court martial will deal only with the question of discipline. In that court Colonel Mitchell will be on trial, not the Air Service.

It is to be hoped that this court martial will result in the elimination of personal recriminations from the discussions

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