(During the Past Week the Daily Press Gave Extensive Publicity to the Following Men and Women. Let Each Explain to You Why His Name Appeared in the Headlines.)

Jack Dempsey: "When newspaper reporters mentioned my name to General Degoutte commanding the French in the Ruhr, he asked: 'Who is Jack Dempsey?' For that matter, I never heard of General Degoutte!"

The Prince of Wales: "Propagandists maintain that all factions in England and Ireland would unite if only I should marry Mrs. MacSwiney."

Prince George, youngest son of King George V: "I underwent an operation to have my two little toes removed. I had been afflicted with 'hammer-toe'--a shortening of the tendons which causes the little toe to curl up and is very painful in walking and dancing, of which I am very fond."

President Bernardes of Brazil: "I sent a message of congratulation to The New York World, which promoted the New York-to-Rio flight of Pilot Hinton. I referred to aviation as 'that enterprise in which the Americans are unsurpassed-- having given wings to man.' "

The boy Emperor of China: "I have adopted the name of 'Henry' for myself and of 'Elizabeth' for my recent bride, Princess Kuo Chia Si. I did so in admiration of Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth."

Prince Bullawa Cetewayo of Zululand: "I arrived in Chicago and inspected its flappers. Then I issued this statement: 'We do not have flappers in Zululand. I think American standards are far too loose.' "

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, fiancee of the Duke of York: "My future mother-in-law. Queen Mary, presented me with a diamond brooch, formed like a rising sun."

Edward Young Clark, Imperial Giant of the Ku Klux Klan: "The Propagation Department of the Klan was taken from my control. People say this means the severance of my official relations with the Invisible Empire."

Mary MacSwiney, widow of the Mayor of Cork: "Since her arrest by Free State soldiers on Feb. 13, Annie MacSwiney has been on a hunger strike and is getting very weak. So I cabled my brother-in-law in New York: 'Notify friends in United States to protest.' "

Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York: "I attended a dinner of 400 newsboys in Manhattan and told them: 'Each of you can be the President of the United States, if you want to.' "

General Charles G. ("Hell and Maria") Dawes: "I told the Union League Club of Chicago that in, the last ten years there have been more demagogues in Congress than ever before. So The New York Times said I was 'inclined to take too bilious a view of things.' "

Henry Ford: "Both branches of the Nebraska Legislature invited me to come to their State and develop its waterpower. I am usually ready to respond to the call of the people."

John D. Rockefeller: "When I recovered from my recent illness, I went out and played golf. Motion picture men photographed me holing a 14-foot putt. Arthur Brisbane, Hearst Editor, commented: 'Alexander, addressing his dissatisfied generals, held up his purple cloak, saying that was all that he had got out of it. Mr. Rockefeller might hold up his little golf ball and putter, saying: "This is about all I get out of it!"

Edith Rockefeller McCormick:

"The Chicago Herald-Examiner quoted me as saying: 'I was the first wife of King Tutankhamen. I married him when I was only 16 years old, and died two years later.' My interest in reincarnation is of many years' standing."

Princess Yolanda of Italy: "I visited in Turin the parents of my fiance, Count Calvi ai Bergolo. Together we inspected several villas in order to chose one to live in after our wedding in April."

Harry K. Thaw: "Having received a ten day furlough from the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, I went home to Pittsburgh to visit my mother."

Admiral Von Tirpitz: "I published an article in one of Hugo Stinnes' papers, Die Allgemeine Zeitung, in which I said that although it would be difficult to forget the 'barbarous methods of war employed by the English,' Germany must strike out on paths that will make serious antagonism to the Anglo-Saxon impossible."

Mayor John F. Hylan: "My hotel room at Palm Beach costs $12 a day. I told a reporter that Mrs. Hylan and I have a room and bath, but no maid, no secretary, no animals."

Benito Mussolini: "When I act as notary of the Crown at the marriage of Princess Yolanda and Count Calvi in April, the King will confer on me the Order of the Annunziata. That means I shall rank as a cousin of the King."