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OF the temple platform. crashing down
on the hard. level space OF the cere-
monial court, fully thirty feet beneath.
This facade with its beautiful freze
of carved stone figures. graceful mean
ders and noble proportions IL is hoped
to reproduce in as nearly as possible its
pristine state. 1t Is an undertaking
much in line with the desires Of the late
John La Fargo. who with me had long
felt the wisdom of Incorporating in
some definite way the ideals and fruits
Of these ancient, distlnctively American
architects into what is fast becoming
our own modern distinctively American
architecture.
THE greater portion of this facade
lay in a huge mass Of masonry. broken
stone and lime. The commingled mass
had become Compacted by rain and per-
collation. and time pressure ~ cement
like hardness. over this had accumu-
lated blanket of vegetable mould and
trees had grown as big as those of IA
forest primeval. Their rotting trunks
were still visible and their myriad roots
yet bound the stone masses as if with
bands of iron.
THE work commenced by the clear
ing off of all the superficial accumula-
ton and debris upon the front platform
OF the temple. In so doing We came
upon mementoes of earlier workers in
the field. \ long, narrow break in the
floor evidenced the trench that the tire
less student DIR. August lie Plongeon
dug when he inferred the fourteen At
lantean figures to keep them safe from
vandal hands.
"An empty marmalade can was the
souvenir left by A. =. Maudslay, now
president OF the Royal Anthropological
Institute of Great Britain, and ! was al
most ready to affirm that 1t was the
same can that l helped him empty
nearly quarter Of century before,
4 daintily marked crystal flask that
once held citrate OF iron could only
have been the property Of Miss Adele
Breton, the artist student whose copy
of the mural paintings within the in
ner chamber OF this temple are as beau
tlful as they are exact.
with the clearing OF Of all thI.
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Its Inhabitants Americanized Removed Newark N j.
The Cessation of Gambling One Chief
Cause of the Change

hand me downs instead of the an
cient loose blouse and trousers and
knobby toed yellow oXfords instead of
the quaint soft slipper of old \ few
patriarchs retain the blouse and slip
pers, but they wear them shame
facedH, and you may make the rounds
OF the triangle all day, ducking through
the Chinese arcade that links twisting
Doyers stree. with Mott street by way
of variation without seeing a queue
AS for joss houses. there are only two
or three left. and they won't last long.
Altar fires burn low and Kwan Kung.
most puissant god of war was offered
To the writer by his manager and
groom for the paltry sum of s..
Alas for New York without its China
town Alas. too, for the guides whose
pockets caught golden stream from
the hands of timid out of town folk only
too willing to be scared by planted"
opium dens and painted josses. Little
Italy Is good enough as a Black Hand
centre. but somehow II doesn't do as
thrill producer. for the Italian hasn't
the mystery OF the slant eyed yellow
man and lacks the sinister creepy quail
ity which the uninitiated see in even
the most harmless Chinese \ Broad
way theatrical manager farsighted
enough to appreciate the commercial
possibilities Of the opium den as a
shiver maker has been packing his
theatre every night: and henceforth for
their Oriental atmosphere Manhattan
ties must go to the theatre or to
Newark, where there is a lively Chinese
settlement.
That part of Mott street formerly the
hunting ground of the On Leong Tong
has suffered from the inroads of out
side races more than any other section
Of Chinatown, and in the block between
Chatham Square and Park street one
can now count dozen stores either
vacant or conducted by Italians or
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man mus dlink whiskey. Chinaman
mus gamble. NJ like without SO go
away-Toston. I'hililelphia, NEWARK
Newark. Sce?"
What Jim Gum. secretary of the on
Ieongs. suave. digniied and wise in the
ways of his people. was willing To ad-
NIT then had been apparent to unprei-
udiced observers months earlier. China
town. that triangle Of tenements. musly
stores and restaurants respondent in
gold and red fligree, bounded by pell
and Mott streets and Chatham Square,
Is rapidly vanishing. Not the rickety
tenements and ramshackle stores. which
will probably be spared by building in
spectors to house generations yet I'M
horn, but Chinatown in essenCe--the
atmosphere of mystery, exotic and
| rsoteric. that pervades the place. the
Chinatown of opium dens tong fights
ana joss houses that nightly attracts
nervous sightseers In highpoopsd buses
who pay well for the goosefiesh they
get this Chinatown and the shuffling,
felt slippered Drientals that made it are
already almost a thing Of the past.
Chinatown is being renovated, dlsin.
fected, civilized. Christianized and con.
sequently evacuated. Where a few
years ago 5000 pigtailed and bloused
Drientals bartered, smoked their hop,
ate their chop suey and met sudden
death in glorious fusilladee of tong gun
men across the narrow canyons Of the
yellow triangle. to-day the remnant Of
900 watch with grudging eyes he ad-
vance Of Italians from Mulberry street
on the west and Of Hebrews from the
east Chop suey Is giving way to
spaghetti and gefuellte fisch. the spicy
odors that formerly pleased the nostril
of the sghtseer are now blended with
the ruder scent of garlic.
The Mongolans that remain in their
old haunts are but shadows OF their
former selves sporting spick and span
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08
Edward II. Thompson Describes the Difficulties of Making
Archaeological Research Amid the Ruins of
Prehistoric City in Yucatan

seems to have been to the New World
races what the cross was TO the Old
World
THE work Of making the paper
moulds of the carved stone sections still
in place on the temple platforms and
those still in place on the north facade
was attended with some danger and
much difficulty but great interest. The
highest line of carved stone still in posi-.
ton was fully fifty feet above the level
of the general terrace. From the temple
base on the level Of the mole platform
large and heavy poles were bound to-
gcther. as the natives well know how Ia
right and fast and 40 permitted the
framework of the scaffoding made OF
smaller poles to he erected.
ION this moving, shaking. yet per-
fectly safe scaffolding of poles. with
not nail or spike in the whole struc-
ture, we worked and made the molds
The element of real danger was fur
nished by the dLsintegrating wall ma
terial and the loose stone of the grout
ing, which constantly threatened to fall
on the workers.
"Once We had the work on the north
eIH iactue al uOne. Notnlng remained
but for the hot sun to do its part IN
drying and hardening the plastic paper
surface. Even while we were looking
at II with tired backs but satisfied
hearts black cloud heads appeared in
the East. They rose rapidly and hid
the sun. We at once put the tarpaulins
over the nodded surfaces, fixing them in
place by the iron force hooks, spread
ing clips and screws especially made for
the purpose.
mo use! For when the strong wind
came 1t whipped the tarpaulins aloft
torn and split like so many handker-
chiefs, while the drying paper molds
once lying so smoothly and trim on the
carved stone surfaces, were scattered
far and wide, wide as bits Of paper over
the tree tops,
THE work was once more completed
anu this time nature was in more
ienient mood, The sun did it's work even
as We did ours and In the proper time
the molds, duly prepared and rendered
PROOF against moisture by vanishing,
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CungS ha UhinsePub
Famous District Renovated and Dsnfected Now Occupied
by Hebrews and Itaians-Work of the
Ching Wah Gung Shah

forces that have changed the complexion
Of this neighborhood have been twOfold
internal and external. and that they
have been synchronous in operation.
About the same time that old China
began To awake from her sleep of nany
centuries new China in New York
yawned and showed signs of reanima =
| ton. The anti Manchu society which
plotted the downfall Of the Manchu
| dynasty in a little coop in the centre OF
| the metropolis influenced the thought
| VI the Chinese colony here. Chinese
| students from Columbia University be-
gan to scrape acquaintance with their
brethren OF Mott street to instil In
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were packed and SO made safe ac1 ust
all ordinary dangers and mishaps
Making the molds with the Temporal
ture at 1870 in the sun and NO 1ie
available is not precisely recr,t'.Hn
but all things that have n hcsi' %.
have an end as well. and in tim. 10
spite OF the obstacles seen and uu'.rr.
seen. the undertaking was COM. 'rl
and the final processes of trim" a-
binding and waterproohng the ."r
molds commenced. Then the tru' ot
pasac wood, that had been cur ..
forest and drying for months ."r'
sawn into inch boards and mad Ii'
into strong wooden cases, accord 'o
the measure of the various mol .''
tons. Large quantities of Nkusa, IS
very fine packing grass. had ."n
cut. cured and stored and with tN.. 'Ir
heavy plaster molds We're pa,>' -1
carefully and sO securely that l. S,.
as IL they could defy the efforts
most reckless baggage SMASH
freight wrecker
careful carriage over the rough .-
tier roads and careful handlinG
personal supervision at the p.'
l'rogreso. made more than prnha''
safe arrival OF the twenty-scNru
cases containing all the modS N
paper and plaster. to the store roo. md
the museum. where they now lie
disposition de Va. tat your diSp.-
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churches and DR.. Parkhurst tried 1t and
failed. Then the police tried again.
The rookeries of Mott and Pell streets
were raided with much smashing of
doors and furniture. and the Chinese
theatre on Doyers street, where sudde.l
death in the audience was more fire.
quent than on the stage, was converted
into "A mission. Still pie gov and fan
tan continued In he the principal sports
of Chinatown. with revolver practice in
the streets as their inevitable sequel
Then suddenly it all stopped. Mem
bers of the On Leong lolled in Pell
street and Hip Sings paraded in the
precinct Of their ancient rivals without
resultant bloodshed. The news leaked
out that the tongs had signed a treaty
Of peace.
OF course the police, the District At
torney's office and the Other agencies
that had been fighting gambling all
claimed the credit for the cessation of
hostlities. and most Of them deserved
a share of II. But the real force behind
the peace movement was the Ching
Wah Gung Shah, or Chinese Public
Chamber, an organization Of the bust
ness men Of Chinatown whose word is
law when the DEGREES of the Chinese
Government are torn from the walls of
the consulate and the laws of the Amer
lean people are derided even by almond
eyed urchins,
The Ching Wah Gung Shah an
nounced that gambling and tong fights
We're hurting business and must stop.
and thereupon gaming dens were closed
and revolvers were thrown away.
Americans have nothing like the
Ching Wah Gung Shah. II can he
likened to the Inqulsition in power but
its justice is tempered with mercy. II
is the real governing body OF China
town, and its executive committee meets
every Saturday night in an ornate high
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08
Columbus Avenue Entry Will Be Replica of Place Q
Worship That May Have Been Built
1000 Years Ago

"HE ancient Temple OF the Jaguars
in Yucatan is to be reproduced
In New York as a result OF the
successful termina ton Of the
task undertaken by Edward II. Thomp-
son Of Cambridge. Mass. Commissioned
History to make moulds OF the ruins.
Mr.. Thompson overcame many difficult
ties. and as a result the Columbus ave-
nue. entrance to the new extension of
pie that may have been built as far
back as 1000 years ago.
The temple is ga feet long by 80
feet high and 80 feet wide. II is in the
ruined city of Chichen liza. one OF The
largest and most important II the pre-
historic settlements of the Yucatan
peninsula. OF the hundreds of build
ings that composed the city but eight
still stand OF -these the Temple of the
Jaguars is the most conspicuous The
moulds, pictures and plans Of the temple
secured by Mr., Thompson are now
stored In this city.
The temple got its name from the
frieze Of jaguars which, alternating with
shields. once extended around the
walls. Much OF the frieze has fallen
off, but enough remains to give the
pattern and Indicate to the archnolo-
gists the dimensions and decorations
of the building In writing about the
difficult work he had in making the
moulds Mr., Thompson says:
When arrived at the city Of
Chichen liza the entire front OF the
beautiful structure. as chaste and
artistic in Its own way as the temples
Of Greece and Rome had fallen. Frac-
tured and wrenched apart by the grow
Ing tree roots the overweight OF the
heavily ornamented facade caused the
whole mass To fall outward and turning
upon the two serpent columns az upon
gigantic pivots. to be tossed nearly clear
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ceilinged room at the end Of four flights
OF shaky stairs at Is Mott street and
adjudcates all manner of disputes he
tween Cinnamon that would otherwise
go to the white mans courts or Doe set
tied in primitive hand to hand fashion
When the Ching Wah GunG shah
stopped gambling and .declared peace
among the tongs it did not realize that il
was decreeng the end of China. wn.
But that is what IL did. What Is there
in life for a young Chinese blood u he
can't be allowed tn firt with fortune
and defy death? Swiftly the younger
element sought new fields. leaving My
the old merchants. whose vested in
terests kept them anchored But Gus
toners becoming scarce profits feil m
and soon the merchants began to leave
also.
With cunning stopped the tongS are
now merely social organizations. and rs
such can't compete in popularity with
the Chinese Freemasons and other
bona fide social clubs. The clubhouse
Of one branch of the Chinese Fro
masons. at Is Pell street, might easily
pass as the clubhouse of the Mason 4
keokuk, Ia, or of Wenatchcc W -h.
50 far as the appearance of the int .r.or
is concerned. The benign countcnlUr"
of Woodrow Wilson gazes from ACE
quered frame on one wall Of the G. ib-
room across at a chrome entitled 'Irn-
jamin Franklin Opening the LodS,.
While Chinatown passes the china
man is coming into his own clscwh'-r.
on Long Island. where he cultivatr~ The
exotic vegetables which his people Ike.
in Harlem. where he conducts lauudr."s
galore and other small businesses AMI
on Fifth avenue. where he reaps a profit
from the sale Of Chinese general goods
and knickknacks. Chinatown has been
annexed by the United States and ,he
Chinaman here has been Americana.
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T IN GUM, fat and so. who has seen
the streets of New York's China
y town white under the SHOWS Of
sixteen winters, stood on the curb
Of Mott street before the home'uf the On
Leong Tong contemplating a landscape
Of desolation under a leaden sky of the
seventeenth. His melancholy glance
was. fixed on a store diagonal.y oppo-
site. which was kept 10y Schmi.owitz &
Nathanson. one learned from the sign
board. in order that the public might
not lack Novelties. Peanut Roasters
and Roofing" Slowly the Chnamans
inscrutable gaze swept up Mott street
hesitating as it passed two Italian bar
Der shops and half dozen stores whose
shrouded windows and general appear
ance spoke of emptiness and desertion.
\ sturdy boy of Sicilian descent
fastening after a baseball that rolled
down the gutter lurched against the
dreaming Celestial.
Hey. Chink. watch out where yer
standin, yer fat boob" cried the young
ster as he turned after the ball.
Win dignity ALMOST pathetic tne DIG
Monaghan drew back into the entrance
to the on Leong's headquarters.
"Chinaman go. Chinatown no more
good belly sad. Soon Jim Gum go too '
whats the matter. jim? Why your
people all co." questioned a bystander
who had overheard Gums mumbled
complaint.
chinatown vlelly good now. too damn
good. Chinaman no like. Nlelly stlone
peace now. no more fight. Dey come
over here" this with wave of the
hand toward Pell street. formerly re-
served for the Hip Sings and Four
Brothers. rivals of the on Leong, we
go over dere. Nlelly fine But no more
gaWble-Chinaman no like. Mclean
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ing. Beyond each Of these stone plates.
which are inclined at the same angle as
the stairway. are recess walls slightly
inclining from the vertical inward
toward the temple. The wall on the
left looking from the temple entrance Is
still in place, although portions Of the
handsome stone slabs are missing. But
OF those on the right only the terminal
post is visible. and that is mutilated and
PROSTATE. Probably the fall of the
facade mass pushed the stones from
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Hebrews which only last summer
showed sgnboards autographed with
Chinese cognomens. The exodus has
been as rapid as II the triangle had been
plague infested. Pell and Doyers streets
are the last footholds of the Chinese,
but even there the alien wedge has en-
tered.
The soclologist seeking the causes OF
this realignmcnt Of races in the yellow
triangle will find much to interest him
in the microcosm that is Chinatown.
He will find In the first place that the
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their places and broke them into I'M
recognizable fragments.
1T was during the excavations OF this
mass Of Accommodations upon the front
platform Of the temple that We came
upon evidence OF the fact that the two
beautifully carved stone serpent heads,
found later in the fallen masses below,
when in their places rested one on each
side Of the stairway and directly over
the panelled and carved stone plates
The symbol of the feathered serpent
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08
OverSurdenei With |,

H\/OU must learn to love God
than you do papa or y.
anybody In the whole W.
Mamma was instructing her
son in his Sunday school lesson '
was the Second COMMANDING,
son was already in phe throc~ .
first love affair, the object of VIII.
the daughter OF the next door no.
sprightly little Lucy johnson.
"But ! don't know God like 3
and papa. and It's hard work &
some one I have never met" "
unexpected comeback Of little Il.
Besides, ! love papa so much and
so much and Lucy Johnson 50 :
more than all the rest that I'm
bursting with love. and | haven't
room left To love God in"
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modern and near modern accumulation
the steel probe. the whisk broom and
the trowel laid hare surfaces and out
lines untouched by modern students
These were followed up until the full
original outlines of the entire front
platform were clearly defined and
worked out.
ITO the right and left Of the stair
way and binding it in place are large
stone plates. one on each side and each
plate has upon its face panelled carv-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-18

In some newspapers today other
features are put on the editorial page
in order to draw readers to that pageH
In most newspapers there isn't much
in the editorials worth reading. The
editor is playing in, between his read
ers and his advertisers. He doesn't
want to offend either, and tries to
please both. =.
Moulding public opinion became
more and more a matter Of how the
news was handled; and INSCRIPTIONS
publishers began cOloring and sup
pressing news-not publishing any
thing they thought would help read
ers to think anything the publishers
didn't want them to think.
Before The Day Book began publ
cation in Chicago it was a common
practice in all newspapers to sup
press the names of department stores
when there was any unpleasant pub
icity. Even elevator accidents where
people were killed and. injured were
suppressed by the papers; and some
times by public officials.
remember but reading once in a
Chicago newspaper story of any
body being killed by a newspaper
auto; and that was recently when
the Tribune published briefly the
story of a corOneT's jury report cen
surfing the Daily News for not having
proper lights on one Of its autos that
killed an old man; and also censuring
the News driver for exceeding the
speed limit
For years there have been fights
between newsboys and newspaper
sluggers; and l remember of reading
only in one newspaper one story of
a newspaper slugger. being arrested
for smuggling neWsbOy; and that was
when a newsboy was slugged for faYE
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-18

soldiers were playing policemen and
fact is that the man who controls tn
His editors, correspondents and
know he has been trying hard to fore
know that the cartoons by Powers, Or
son and Bryan, are but part of a CT
Quite naturally, then, everybOd.
writes and publishes news that would
war the boss wants.
Knowing that, 1 can't have faith in
the accuracy of war" news in those
papers.
And knowing that Hearst is fight
ing hard fight against Congress re-
pealing the exemption of canal tolls
to American cOast-wise shipping
and knowing the purpose of the car
toons about the Railroads and John
Bull controlling the administration
and the canal take whatever ap-
pears in the news columns with
handful of salt.
That is, I read into any news I
find in the Hearst papers, the person
al policy of Hearst himself.
In the old days of rabid party or
gans the Republican organ would
color and suppress news in the inter
est of the Republican party and
against the interest of the Demo-
cratic party. And Democratic organs
would do the same unfair thing from
their party viewpoint.
In a party organ the meetings of
it's party were always large and en-
thusiastic, and those of the opposi-
ton small and chilly.
AS the people began to tire of party
ties and the party lash, the, circula-
ton and influence of party organs
began to dwindle. Then independent
papers increased in number, circula-
ton and influence. Now we have few
hide-boUnd party organs; and the
-oO1Ia haun hoon UntfiOor DoOro truth
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-09-25
ROCKVILLE MARYLAND. FRIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 25 1914
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS.

We have an up-to-date and well-selected
line of domestic dry goods, wooden dress
goods and wash goods in good variety and
am quite sure there is some money savers
to the buying public.
We have black woolens at rs, so, Use
and 81 per yard. Also good variety of
colors.
Cotton crepes at IS and TIC per yard.
Ripplettes all colors, worth 15c per yard,
at IL 1-2c.
Ottoman cords, in variety of colors, at Csc
Ratines, in variety of colors, at Csc.
Ratynettes, in variety of colors. at tic.
Silk poplins. in variety of colors. at Csc.
Poplins, regular Csc grade. at l9c.
Royal hester poneee linens, 29c grade,
at Csc.
White corded welts at 10, 20 and Csc.
White 45-inch flouncing at rs, 80, 35
and SOC.
Black and white India linons at 10, 12-1-2.
is, 20 and Csc.
Forty-inch linaires and flaxons at 10, 20
and Csc.
If you are in need of corsets, we have
the Memo. X. & G. and Warner Bros from
soc to 81
We sell the Kayser silk gloves
Short gloves in black. white, tan and
gray at SOC.
Long elbow gloves in black, white and
tan at 81.
If you are in need of mattings or rugs.
you can find a good stock here at best
prices, less than elsewhere.
w HICKS,
may 15-tf Rockville, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-09-25
$500 TO $4,000

$500 TO $1,000
To loan on good first
mortgage real estate security.
BOWIE r. WATERS.
June Soft Rockville, Md.