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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20

afternoon was gaily spent. Just be-
fore the refreshments were served
there was a charming interlude in the
form of a fancy dance, the Man
zinillo," which was beautifully render
ed by those two graceful little ladies,
Miss Mildred Guckenheimer and Miss
Riette Levy. Miss Guckenheimer wore
an exquisite frock of fine white Main
sock with insets of lace and lace ruff
hes and blue satin ribbons. Miss Levy's
rock was also of white lace,
daintily made, and her ribbons were
pink.
Ices and other delicious refreshments
We're served, the ladies of the COM
mittee assisting.
Among the many children present
We're Misses Edna Mohr Gena Ferst.
Gertha Lehman, Lucille Levy, Riette
Levy, Lena Shulhafer, Madeline Dub,
Nannette HeXter, Lucille Stern, Rita
Well, Rita M. Well, Rena Adler, Mil
dred Shulhafer, Doris Smith. Mildred
and Ethel Guckenheimer Claude and
Babette Livingston, Rosalind and
VI yra Schwab, Hildreth Schaul, Elise
Well, Elsie and Olga Adler Mildred
Ferst, Rose Karger, Louise Grouse.
Edna Byck, Dollie Levy, Carlyn and
Mildred Byck, Henrietta Gazan, Mar
Jory Leyser, Clarice Levy, Elisa and
Clarice Dewah, Natalie Dewald, lrma
Schaul, Mildred Enrich, Catherine
Meinhard Hirsch, Masters Harry Kari
ger Irving Meinhard Joseph Byck, d.
\. Byck, Jr., Milton Herman. Lester
Lllienthal. Henry Grouse, Joe Bel
singer. Albert Rosenheim Lawrence
Seaman, Harold Israel, Tracy New
man. Edwin Bnswanger, Sim Gucken-
heimer, Edwin Frank. Harold ana
Monte Ferst, Leon Ferst, Mamie Gut
man, Sylvan Well. Alvin and Frank
Ferst, Melvin and Sam Adler, Ed
ward Well and Moses Ferst.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20
BUSINESS LOCALS.

One Stillie & Duhlmeir fine walnut
suite at 500, a great bargain. We are
offering this suite at above price to
close out our walnut suites. We have
only this one walnut suite left Come
quick or 1t will be sold, at such a low
price. w. T. Walker Furniture Co.,
corner Broughton and jefferson
streets.
He does not know 1t is Lent, as his
trade is just as large as before; that's
what Winkler says. People who have
never bought from him before are buy
ing now, because they can afford to
buy quality IL it is only three times
week. try him.
George Wagner's Son, florist; never
before in the history of Savannah have
the people had the opportunity of get
ting such beautiful cut flowers. Bull
street.
George Wagner's Son, Savannah's
leading and reliable florist. Now is the
time TO order a choice selection Of the
most beautiful roses Of all kinds.
The Frank Werm Jewelry store Is
showing the new necklaces in coral,
pearl and jet. They are the latest
French patterns: e. per cent. saved at
Worms.
When you want a first-class trunk
that's made by hrst-elass trunk-
maker, call on Chatham Trunk FaetO-
~, Broughton, corner Abei corn.
Up-to-date footwear al lowest prices
ever heard OF "a p. y. Okarma Don't
fail 10 examine our $3.50 and 81. 90
shoes. III BrouRhton.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20
CONCERT BY
SAVANNAH MUSIC CLUB

One Of the most popular. one of the
best, and one of the most largely at
tended concerts given by the Savannah
Music Club. was that in the Lawton
Memorial last night. The orchestra,
under the direction of Mr.. A. c. Meyer,
played in public for the second time
since its organization, and increased
the very favorable impression created
on its first appearance.
In fact the work was most artistic,
and so pleased the audience that, de-
spite the rule of the club that prohibits
applause. each number received a
hearty encore, especially the minuet of
the Haydn number, and the Mendels-
sohn Wedding March. Mr.. Meyer re-
ceived many congratulations on the
high state of efficiency that has been
attained by the orchestra.
The remainder of the programme
which consisted of vocal numbers by
Mrs. S. F. Smith, soprano, and Miss
Eleanor Allan, alto, and of three piano
selections by Mrs. Clarence Lilienthal
proved quite as popular as the first
part, and in each case rules were for
gotten and the artist heartily applaud
ed.
OF Mrs. Lilienthars numbers two
We're novelties, the Caprice Espag-
nol," and the Zichy-Liszt "Valse."
The latter, an extremely brilliant and
difficult composition for left hand
alone, excited the greatest amount of
interest as much because of its artis-
tic rendition as because of its difficult
ties as a feat.
The programme in full was:
WAR March of the Priests (Mendels-
sohn), (Athalie).
Sixth (Surprise) Symphony (Haydn),
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20
BUSINESS LOCALS.

The Ryan Business College is now
open. New students are arriving daily.
Every young man and woman can't al
ford to miss the valuable instruction.
The Savannah District Messenger
Company will make YOU special rates
on drayage, messenger service, furni-
ture and pianos moved and stored. AZ
Montgomery street.
This weeks special at John sulli-
vans Is Congress street west: Picked
salmon, 121ac pound; Potomac roe her
rings and Cromarty bloaters, Csc dog
en-; three-pound cans Boston baked
beans, with or without tomato sauce
Sc cans. We are closing out Ander-
sons soup at cents can.
]. & c. N. Thomas. watch inspectors
for the Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Leaders OF low prices on watches.
clocks and jeweiry; reliable optictann'
120 Whitaker street,
]. W. Teepie's great sale continues
on furniture, carpets and stoves. The
people say Teeple's prices are the low
est. This accounts for the large sales
The Georgia Steam Laundry are
worthy OF the large patronage which
they are daily receiving You are for.
tuDate 90 have your clothes launerisd
by them.
chas. A. Cox, the practical tin-plats
and sheet iron worker; tim, slate, tar.
grayei and tile roofing best work:
lowest prices. AZ barnard street.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20
CLOSING LECTURE OF SEA-
SON AT C0LORED COLLEGE.

The last lecture of the winter sea-
College will be given tonight by Mar
vim williams, principal professor of
the School of Expression of Emory
College, at Oxford. Ga, His subject
will be THE American Small Boy
Prof. Williams is a brilliant speaker,
and President Wright is fortunate in
securing him to conclude the series of
lectures. The colored people owe much
to President Wright for the manner
in which he has conducted the COL
lege. Everything is done to impress
upon the pupils the dignity of manual
labor. Visitors to the school at any
time find pupils regularly engaged in
work on the farm, in the shops and
on the campus. No student escapes
work.
Prof Wright has been singularly
successful this year in getting visits
and addresses from many prominent
school men. President Branson on his
visit expressed himself greatly sur
prised al the amount of good work
done. The presidents or representatives
of nearly all the colored schools in the
state have visited the college this year.
and expressed themselves as greatly
pleased with it's progress.
The board of commissioners with it's
able chairman, Col. p. w. Meldrim,
has given a good deal of attention to
the school and are pleased at the fa-
vor 1t receives from the public. and
the good it is accomplishing for the
oolored people, not only in the regular
school work, but by many of it's far
mers' conferences and teachers insti-
tutes
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20

, largo; vivaoe motto; andante; allegro
de motto
wedding March" (Mendelssohn).
orchestra.
Greeting" (spicker), Evening sere-
made" (Spicker), Mrs $. F. Smith.
lie Parlate D'Amour" (Gounodl,
(Faus): Haunt of the Witches" (Cas-
sard), Miss Eleanor Allan.
Caprice Espagnor' (MoszowskD;
Isl Oiseau j'etais" (HenselD; Valse
Concert (for the left hand alone),
(Ziehy- Liszt), Mrs. Clarence Lilienthal
President T. Lloyd Owens announced
that the Board of Managers would
recommend a change in the bylaws OF
the organization making membership
dues, effective November, 81 initiation
and S. a year. lie also stated that
members in arrears of dues on April =
will be dropped from the rolls. Owing
to the illness of the husband of Mime.
Zeisler. he said, it is probable that she
will be unable to fill her engagement
with the club this spring and because
of this the club is now in correspond
enee with the Kneisel Quartette, with
a view of having that organization
give the last of the artists concerts
this season.
The orchestra is composed of the fol-
lowing:
Piano, Miss Birdie Einstein; first vi
olins. Mr. Harry Raskin, Mr.. A. B,
Levy, Mr.. Sligo Mohr, Mr. ]. NJ. Byck,
Mr.. B. Wolfsohn, Miss Bertha Fisher,
Miss Hildegrade Schwalbe; second vi
olins, Mr.. L. d. WILLY, Mr.. w. NJ.
Morrison, Mr.. II. NJ. Prayer, Mr.. Ed
win Putzel, Mr.. Joseph Mendes, MIR.
S. H. Levy, Mr.. N. Maril; double bass,
Mr.. Richard Tarrant; flutes, Mr.. Frank
Guffrieda, Miss Gladys Birnbaum; bar
itone, Mr.. Joseph Coccia; comets, Mr..
Louis Muller. Mr.. NJ. II. Cohen; from
bone Mr.. Arthur Riley; tymphni, Mr..
Julian Hexter; Mr., A. C, Meyer. con-
ductor.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20
J. WILLIAMS MACY TO
LECTURE HERE MARCH 81.

Mr.. J. Williams Macy, the New
York humorist. will be the next at
traction of the Savannah Lecture
Course. He will lecture at the Guards
Hall on the evening of March 81. Mr..
Macy is a man of wonderful versatil-
ity and he will give an evening of
humor, pathos, song and story. The
Richmond Dispatch says that he is
zone of the bright particular stars of
the lyceurn platform In this country"
This is the sixth number of the lee
ture course for the season which be-
gan in October, with DR., Thomas
Dixon.
This has probably been the most
successful year of the Savannah Lee
ture Course. large and brilliant au-
diences have attended every lecture,
and with one exception, the lectures
have been of a high order.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20

Egan, Miss Virginia Lord Nisbet and
Miss Annie Maclean.
The officers of the association are:
President, Miss Ward; secretary Miss
Hartridge; treasurer, Miss Virginia
Lord Nisbet Among the members are
the Misses Nisbet, Miss Freeman, Mrs
Harden, Mrs. j. r. Anderson, Mrs.
Harold Aver. Miss Lucy Barrow, Mrs.
]. J. Wilder, Mrs. r. H. Clay, Miss
Colding. Miss Moynelo, Mrs. NJ. A.
O'Byrne, Miss Pape Miss Phillips, Mrs.
F. B. Screven, Mrs. T. S. Wylly, Mrs.
E. r. Corson, Mrs. H. C. Cunningham
Mrs. James T. Dent Mrs H. D. Stew
ems, Mrs. Murray McGregor Stewart,
Miss Stiles, Mrs. Paschal Strong, Mrs.
A. ]. Warng. Miss Alice West, Mrs.
A. B. Girardeau, Miss Gladys Girar-
deau, Miss Louise bearing, Mrs. S. P.
Goodwin. Mrs. j., L. Graham. Mrs, j.
c. Halle, Miss Maude Hayward. Miss
Leo Sibby, Miss Anna Bell, Miss Emma
Hopkins, Miss Leila Hill, Mrs. Tracy
G. Hunter, Mrs. Henry r. Jackson,
Miss NJ. Johnson. Miss Edith Johnston,
Mrs. c. L. Jones, Mrs. A. r. Lawton,
Miss Lee, Miss MeIntire, Mrs. ]. ]. Nc
Donough and Miss Maclean.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20

president of the New York Chapter of
the United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy, lin recognition" says the New
York Herald, "of her progressive ad-
ministration and as a token of the
personal devotion of the members"
Mrs. Parker, the Herald continues, re-
ceiVed an ovation when, the announce
ment of the election having been made
she was escorted to the presiding Off
GERS desk. In pleasing address she
expressed her appreciation of the con-
fidence shown in her, and declared her
purpose to continue to the best of her
ability the philanthropic and historical
work for which the chapter has be-
come noted. Mrs. Parker is a daugh-
ter of Mrs. Augustus Jones of this
city.
Mr.. Harry Rauers will arrive home
to-day for the Easter holidays.
Mrs. H. NJ. Beck, who has been Wis
iting Mrs. C. w. Bruen, left yesterday
for her home in Wilkesbarre.
Mrs. Maria Demere is the guest of
Mrs. W. J. Sans.
DR.. Louis Warfield, who has been
studying in Berlin for the past year,
returned home yesterday.
/. Mr.. Ralph w. Hoyt and Miss Edith
Gertrude Alfred were married We'd
nesday AFTERNOON at the parsonage of
the Westminster Presbyterian Church
by Rev. w. A. Nisbet. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hoyt will make their home at SOC
Montgomery street.
An important meeting of st. Johns
Sunday-school Kindergarten will be
held at 4 O'Clock this afternoon in ST.
Johns Parish Hall. The mothers Of
the children are asked to have them all
present at the hour named.
Mr.. R. Duncaster Williams of Rich
mond spent yesterday in Savannah.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Rosenheim and
Miss Tess Rosenheirn, who have been
in New York for some time, returned to
Savannah yesterday,
The ehoruses for Beauty and the
Beast" will meet at the Knights of
Pythias Hall this evening at S;15
o'clock.
Mr.. S. P. Shooter, Miss Shotter, and
Miss Rountree sailed for this country
Wednesday. Miss Rountree will return
10 SdNdnIldH WIN MISS OnotleT.
Mr.. Percy Huger will return Sunday
to Sewanee.
Mr. and Mrs Wayne Cunningham
will move Monday to 101 Jones street,
east.
In box party last evening at the
theater were Mr.. aid Mrs. George F.
Tennile, Miss Mary Wilcox and DR..
H. H. Martin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel O'Day Jr., will
arrive in Savannah next Sunday or
Monday on visit to Mrs. O'Day's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney P. Good
win.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20
GAY LITTLE DANCERS

At the Harmonic Clubs Annual Bali
for Children.
The annual childrens ball of the
Harmonic Club was given yesterday
afternoon at the Guards Hall. as
charming as these affairs always are.
and as pretty a sight as one could
wish TO see. The little people in their
party frocks, all of the daintiest sort
their small slippered feet tapping the
floor in time to the music, and ribbons
and laces fiuttering as they danced,
made a most attractive picture.
The committee from the Harmonic
cub was composed of the following
gentlemen: Mr.. Carl ]. Herman, chair
man; Mr.. Mord Hymes. Jr., Mr.. D. A.
Byck, Mr.. ]. NJ. Dreyer and Mr.. Hugo
]. Frank. They were assisted by the
following ladies': Mrs. A. S. Quicken
heimer, Mrs S. Binswanger, Mrs. D. A..
Byck Mrs. ]. NJ. Dreyer, Mrs Arthur
l. We'll, Miss Jeanette Herman, Miss
Cohen of Washington Miss Beuah
HeXter, Miss Ruth Kayton, Miss Car
Tie Kayton, Miss Bessie Krauss, Miss
Regina Krauss, Miss Nina Kulman,
Miss Kohler, Miss Carrie Lilienthal,
Miss Florrie Lilienthal, Miss Bessie
Lihenthal, Miss Edna Lilienthal, Miss
Helen Binswanger, Miss ]. Brown, Miss
Norma Eckstein, Miss Viola Ecksten,
Miss Helen Epstein, Miss Hannah Elm
stein. Miss Viola Frank, Miss Irene
Frank, Miss Estelle Gutman, Miss Ga
zan, Miss Eta Lovenstein, Miss Marie
Lippman, Miss Blanche Mohr, Miss
Bertha Rothschild, Miss Mamie Smith,
Miss Lily Traub, Miss F'reda Traub,
Miss Lilienthal of Atlanta, Miss Bend+
helm of New York, Miss Shulhafer of
Louisville, Miss Dora Mendes and Miss
Alma Mendes.
Myers orchestra furnished delightful
music for the small dancers, and the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20
To AIp c0LLEGE GIRLs.

An organization IN which an In
'reasing interest il being shown Is the
HaYannah College Aid Association,
which was formed last fan and now
nae membership Of about sixty The
purpose Of the society h 20 give 10
ambitious Savannah girls who are UNI
able a. OBTAIN d college education an
'Fi"r'unlfy 10 enter any n the large
'''ls9es by ihe payment " their board
ela sutton. only ihose candidates Fho
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20
BENEFIT FOR
CRITTENToN MISSION

The postponed monthly meeting OF
the direetresses Of the Florence Crit
tenton Mission was held yesterday aft
ernOon The attendance was good and
the reports showed that al matters per-
tanning 10 the mission are IN most
satisfactory state, The directressef
are planning benefit ~ some sort for
ths mission, and viii meet 10 consider
plans f0r ID fhursday afternoon.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20
CHANGE IN
RECRUITING OFFICERS.

Lieut.. F. Nee. Smith, who has been
in charge of the recruiting offices of
Savannah and Jacksonville, has been
transferred TO Portland, Me-, and left
yesterday for that point. His sue
cessor, Lieut.. Paul A. Barry. formerly
of Ft. Sam Houston. San Antonio,
Tex, is expected daily. He will make
Savannah his headquarters.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20

A kidney education starts with
Backache means kidney ache, lame
back means lame kidneys, weak back
means weak kidneys, cure means
Doan's Kidney Pills. Read about the
free distribution in this paper, and call
at knights Pharmacy, Monday, March
23-ad
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20
SOCIETY EVENTS.

Mrs. J. R. Waring of Wilmington is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. It. Mortimer
Hazlehurst.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20

Miss Virginia Lord Nisbet entertain
ed informally last evening at supper.
Her guests were the young ladies who
were members of Mr.. Albert Stoddard's
recent house party at Melrose.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20

In a party last evening at the thea
ter were Miss Emma Huger, Miss Sal
dee King, Miss Virginia Lord Nisbet
Mr.. Edward Barnwell, Mr.. Gordon
Harrison and Mr. James Galloway. 2
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-20

Mrs. James Henry Parker of New
York has been unanimously reelected
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19
Estates Of The Rich Cut Off
the Growth of New York.

NEW YORK has at best little room
IN to grow
London, Paris. Berlin. Vienna.
AN the circular" cities. have four
times as much space within given
distance as New York. Chicago. Phil
edelphia and other big "semi-circular"
ei.les haye twice az much.
Narrow. crowded Manhattan: tardy
bridges and tunnels about to let hordes
OF people escape upon Long island, as
water escapes from a barrel when you
bore holes ln It's side-nO other city in
the world has anything like them.
Where is rapid transit going 20 carry
the l,250.000 additional inhabitants cem-
Ing within this decade. the 1900 900
due 10 arrive before 1850?
Draw circles about the city hall with
radluses of hve ten. fifteen. twenty
and twenty-five miles. Ia the four
belts thus formed, emitting marsh land
and making proper allowance for future
parks and other public purposes, there
is space available for home building
within the state of New York. and eX-
cepting Staten island, about as shown
in this table.
J.. J. and mainland Square
of N. Y. state only. miles.
I5 to lO miles................... %
lN 20 l' miles, -ta
~ 90 p ----.t
Considerable euara indeed Euf much
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19
WALLED I'M BY MILLIONAIRES

staten island offers much relief with
IN the limits of the state, but at pres
ent Is unfortunately circumstanced In
the matter of rapid transit Every
consideration Of a city policy should
enforce the necessity Of improving IA
cluties for getting % the island. The
ferries VIII not long be sufficient The
plan so strongly urged OF tunnel COM
hunlcauon by way OF Fort Hamilton
would AFFORD faster service than any
other that has been proposed.
Every rapid transit Improvement pos
sible within the state, indeed, is "a
matter almost OF life and death 70 the
city. For if suburban conditions are
possible in New Jersey and impOss. bic
IN New York New Jersey viii grow at
the city's expense. and at the states.
In New Jersey the most notable "cOun-
try place" colony at Morristown does
not with its broad acres menace sub
urban growth for some years to come.
lt is In New Jersey, however, that the
most remarkable estates Of all exist
near New York-that Of the W w
Phelps family and the famous Ring
wood of Abraham S. Hewitt. Of which
the London Spectator says:
America Is always believed to have
no great resident land owners, but Mr..
Hewitt possessed and lived on some
1900 acres Of land not much more
than an hours journey from New York
an estate of woods, waters and
wastes'-where a chain OF lakes, sur
rounded with forest-clad hills. seemed
TO the British visitor more appropriate
20 Scotland than 10 the enVirOns of the
second greatest city IN the world"
No wonder that these country city
places excite English surprise! The
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

famous rural homes of England have
acres enough, as all know, bat the
acres like those Hewitt loved, are de-
voted mainly to farming. mining and
other industrial uses, and they are
scattered about the kingdom The
growth Of London or Liverpool Is not
menaced by a solid ring Of them,
drawn about il by haitian hour-by-
auto distance from the Bank"
So far as the sale of land is con-
cerned. there Is nothing tbat even the
most watchful public can do to pre-
serve the city from being crowded, as
within five years q surely viii be. by
rural homes. where its very life I'M
peratively demands the suburban type
Of development Farmers will sell
when they get ready and to the high
est bidders.
But there are some things the people
can do IN the city and IN the nearby
towns of Nassau and Westchester and
Suffolk.
They can everywhere cut roads
through great estates, as demanded by
the convenience Of the many, and not
close ancient and Well-marked ways at
the within Of the few.
They can guard jealousy present
rights IN shore and beach, ana clear by
legislation doubtful points in title and
ownership; they can tax the great es-
tates In due proportion with the hum
blest homes. as now in most instances
( they VIGOROUSLY do not; they can Sc
cure by condemnation or by purchase
1 large tracts Of land-hill, forest and
shOre-for such parks as viii be need
ed by the towns or by the greater city
within very few years-New York
World.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19
A WIRELESS SYSTEM
THAT BEATS MARCONI
st louis RepubIic.A

est Louis EtepuDl1C-b
Marconrs system Of wireless teleg-
Taphy has a rival.
1t is a rival which is already CEN
turtles old, and 1t was in operation long
before Franklin drew the electric spark
from the clouds down a kite string or
before Morse devised his system Of dots
and dashes over the electric wires.
Rev G.. A. Rideout, a missionary of
the African Methodist Episcopal church
Of America, who returned to this city
lately on furlough after four years Ia
bor amo.-. the native tribes OF South
Africa in the territory lying west or
Natal, described this remarkable sys-
tenn Of wireless communication TO the
writer.
Shortly after I began work among
the subjects of King LerOthodi, the
hereditary ruler Of Basutos. ! discov-
cred that they had a system whereby
the villages could communicate with
each other, and which is used in times
of peace 10 convey messages from one
chief to another. and frequently to the
monarch himself, and in times Of war
TO transmit the intelligence Of victories
and defeats.
I'm every village there IS a class Of
men known as guards and another
class who are utilized as scouts. Among
these guards there are always two or
three men trained TO the use Of the
gOurd drum.
"A large gourd. such as those grown
an many parts Of the United States, is
followed out and thoroughly dried
The kids skin, stretched and dried
by a native process which makes IL as
hard and as thin as parchment. is
stretched across the hollow of the
gourd 1t is beaten with a padded
drumstick and gives forth a sound
which can be heard distinctly at a dis
tance OF from I'VE TO eight miles.
THE BasutO country. is mountain
Gus and the villages lies along the
mountain sides and in little valleys or
glens. seldom being at a high eleva-
ton.
The guard who has been trained to
the use Of the signalcode-which Is
practically an African Morse alphabet
beats the message on his drum in the
open air and the sound is carried
across the valleys and glens 10 the
next village, where it is interpreted by
another guard.
There is always a guard on duty
ready 10 receive those messages.
HE can tell at once whether the
message is for his chief or the head
man of his village. in which case he
goes TO the head mans hut and makes
the communication verbally. II, how