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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-29

nv pride, my desire t. shO" mis-
marvel OF the House to sG-ne friends
ut NarseilIcs, ! did not proceed direct
to Paris. where the doll was to be
p1aced in a case before the Grand
Gnera House. where Sophia Noj+mar
was the attraction. [ found my friends
at the seaboard city absent at a we'd
ding. Always my precious case WIN
me, | strolled about the haTDor. II
was one of those royal evenings, the
air pure wine, the sky a Vaulted sap
phire, the lovely Mediterranean
sheet of liquid gold. | took a row
boat, my case ever at my side. Just
as dusk came up q yawl holding three
men. they ran into me. later
guessed that these bandits must have
followed me from Vienna and were
after the Damon pearls, which they
believed had remained on the doll.
A blow, insensibility, and it was
long, dull dream of many weeks for
me.
! When l came to myself again the
world was nearly a month older. !
had been picked up, l and my case, by
| a schooner in the African trade. MY
pockets had been ransacked. There
was nothing to indicate who l was
when the schooner found me. The
card I showed you l later discovered
in the lining of my coat. A storm had
driven the schooner out of her course
They simply kept me aboard because
they made few landings. There was
passenger who probably recognized
that | was gentleman Of culture, pos
sbly of means. This was one Ma
poleon Ducroix."
gave the speaker an intense stare
The pen with which Marvel was writ
ing made splatter just here. 1t wa!
purposeful, to emphasize what l nat
urally had discovered, that Napoleon
Ducroix was the name attached to thu
Jebel River & Great Jangeh bonds.
"Ducroix learned my story. He al
fected great interest in my forlor1
condition. He advised that l remain
on board the schooner until Cap
Town was reached. Thence I coul
cable to the house, explaining all.
"My first care was the doll. Excep
where a dash of rain and salt waite
, had slightly discolored the dress, 1t
beauty, it's grandeur. were apparent a
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-29

clination of his hand Then dimin-
ishing crescendo of his nimble, airy
fingers seemed to indicate leagues or
space, something too immense to de-
scribe, and far away.
1.-THE House," he finally resumed
'svinc, Ropstorff & Blecha. The one
the only. And Vienna-the center OF
metropoli, of grandeur, of sublimity."
He sighed deeply. His eyes grew
moist. And I, Lefort, representacI.
That was nearly two years ago. since
then"-again the hand wave, despair
ing and dismal, embracing the uni
yerse-and always the squat, Velleo
| figure included.
"Of the House, what is there to tell?
Institute w. Schimmelflng, Berlin, the
credit dictator of the world, has al
ready told. Dolls-that speak, that
walk. that waltz-and live! And the
apotheosis Of art attained when the
great Sophia Voltmar model was
reached"
understood that the House with
three names were doll makers ex-
traordinary; that he, Lefort, was tnelr
representative.
"see you, even royalty came to
view, in the brilliantly illuminated
show window, Sophia Voltmar. Inc
miniature latest creation of Worth ID
which the doll was CARRIED cost 3,Ool
thalers. About its neck was the Da
mon string of pearls. 1t had taker
coast fisherman two years to gather
these, mated from the center from
/, hazel nut size to that of pea, ane
, listed at $4,000 pounds sterling"
From all this began to understand
, that the racy Sophia, founder OF tn'
| celebrated Cobra" dance known owe
/ two continents, had been duplicated
: in doll fashion and exhibited to tn
t Vienna world as a most artistic specl
|, men of the exclusive handicraft o
!, the House.
$ Il was deputized, honored with tn
/ commission. to convey this latest Pre-
f duction of the House to Paris prt
d ceeded the volatile Lefort. When
y was ready for packing the Dano
a string of pearls was removed. Their
d was substituted a cheap imitatlo
; necklace. It was unfortunate that i
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-29

longed to present visitors in the pri-
vate office. The cane was such as
born dandy might carry. The hand
bag was crude in material and clum-
sy in shape. 1t was made OF alligator
hide and was ornamented with shiny,
mottled scales OF some gaudy trop-
ical fish.
At one side Of Narvel's desk and
within it's shadow was a woman.
could only divine this from her ap-
parel Nothing OF her features show
ed, for she was deeply yelled | made
out that she must be squat to the
point of obesity. Her hands were
splay, but stumpS. I wondered what
the handbag and cannibals could have
to do with her.
This is my friend" spoke Marvel
shortly, and did not even look up
from some writing he vas engaged in.
The man Strengthened up with an
elaborate gesture Of courtesy He
was natural poseur, his manner
showed
1T is my service profound to the
friend Of a friend" and he kissed the
tips of his fingers towards me.
BE BRIEF" came CURLY from Mar,
wells lips.
The Frenchman made slight grim
ace of hurt dignity and reDroach.
Then he reached within the fashion
ably modelled coat he wore and
brought out a tattered and indented
card case. It's dislocatad hinge came
loose as he opened it. He extracted
daintily and with infinite care what il
contained.
This was the dirtiest card | hae
ever seen. He handled 1t as carefully
as If 1t was some treasured heirloom
He rendered it gingerly, tiptoeing te
reach me.
IF monsieur will read and return,
he said.
The card was not Illuminating
With infinite pride the Frenchman re
ceived it back from me, and then VIII
sorrowful intonation remarked:
Once honored, /, Lefort-in thu
grand days Of the cantatrice, the mod
els of Worth, of duchesses, while nov
-alas!"
He embraced the squat figure Il
shadow, mute and ominous as som
yelled sphynx. within a sweeping II
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-29

ever. The string of false pearls was
gone-wrenched from place by the
robbers, who supposed they had Sc
cured the famous Damon gems.
"My blow had been bad one, and
I was a convalescent for some time.
The schooner lined the West coast
We entered the Gulf of Guinea just as
the typhoon season came on. Inc
grain coast of Liberia, the ivory coast
of Ashantee, the gold coast OF Dano-
mey, the slave coast of the blight OF
Biafra-all these we passed in safety,
and then, one tempestuous night, the
schooner went to pieces, blown upon
a rock by a gale that drove every man
on deck overheard.
"Peste! Canaille! sortie de Gle! 1t
was the traitor Ducroix who was my
partner in wild swim for the shore
An empty water barrel for our buoy'
we landed on a barren coast. BY some
strange fate we drifted inland. AS
learned later, we must have crossed
| all of the French Congo. We arrived
| at the Jebel river, we penetrated jan
geh. Our first sight Of humanity was
Of the tribesmen Of Zwun Zhi, the
king"
Lafort made wry face. Again his
glance. bitter and resentful, wandered
towards the squat, yelled figure. Then
he mouthed rather than articulated
the gruesome word: "Cannibals!'
reflected: Jangeh-was it there the
yelled woman came from?
Through wreck, hardship, perils on
land, l never lost sight of my case, Of
the peerless Sophia. She was re
hinder of the glorious past We were
taken before the king. In the CLEAN
ing, hungry eyes Of his servitors
noted the greasy JUNCTION of festive ap
petite: in his own, only Indifference
the lazy curiosity of man lulled Il
conte,.t by half hundred wives ant
superabundance of food. He was curl
GUS elough to inspect my case, ant
then :"
ITO be brief" he continued, 9TH
king reused up like man drawn by
| magnet to some fascination irresisti
: BILE. He was smitten with the cour
! terfeit presentment of the peerless
] Sophia, He appropriated the doll an
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-29
Was Only Shoppinr

"My heavens, jack" aaid
who had been waiting ii TIL
lobby. "What was the uatfs
have you been?"
Nothing tn matter, MT
the reply. "Not a thing ln
JUS been doing a liz shount
some saloons."-New York
the Cincinnati Times-Star
The Coconino sun., 1917-10-05
BAD EFFECTS OF
 DEPARTMENTAL DELAY

!" It is believed that the slowness of the government in paying for its pur- chases is a large factor in forming present conditions in the money mar ket. The government is now buying in terms of hundreds of millions and the producers have to wait a long time for their money becaues the au- diting and checking-up systems a! Washington have not kept pace with the expansion of business. In conse- quence, large loans are necessary at all of the banks and much money is tied up which would be free for the general purposes of the business ci the country if the departments al at Washington would only speed uI bit in their auditing and paying ot bills.
The Coconino sun., 1917-10-05
LET'S HOOyERIZE SHOES.

The opening of the schools this fall emphasized to many head of fami. ly the increase in the price of shoes which is by no means confined to the footgear of the youngsters. This is one of the anomilies of wartime. Since the war began the slaughter of cattle in this country and in South America has increased by more than 30,000,0 head; in the United States alone T. 100000 more cattle have been raised in the three years since August, 1914, than in the three years previous. Sub- marine warfare has caused the flow of South American hides to Europe to be diverted to American ports; and inn ports of hides via the Pacific have al- so increased. Yet the price of shoes shows no sign of coming down, or even of remaining stationary. Shoes are as necessary as bread; and if the price of bread can be regulated, why not the price of shoes?
The Coconino sun., 1917-10-05
MODEL ARMORY FOR
 D. C. NATIONAL GUARD

There is probably no state in the Union, possessing a National Guard of the size and character of that in the District of Columbia, that has not provided a suitable armory for drill and the housing of the equipment of the State Soldiers. Repeated at tempts have been made in the District to induct Congress to provide suita- ble quarters of that character, but without success. The present emer- gency, however, is looked upon as one likely to arouse sufficient interest in the matter to get the needed appropri ation. Representative L. c. Dyer of Missouri, himself a veteran of the Spanish War, has introduced bill ap- propriating s1,750,000 to build an ar mory for the 2,500 men who compose the Guard of the District of Colum- bia. While the troops are absent at the front Mir. Dyer will exert himseif to get the bill enacted into law, so that the new structure may be ready to receive the soldiers when they re- turn home.
The Coconino sun., 1917-10-05
Too Much Argument.

On the Western plains the sheep man goes out with several thousand head and one human companion. The natural result is that the pair, forced on one another when they least want it, form the habit of hating each other.
 An ex-sheepman while in nara tive mood one evening was telling a party of friends of a fellow he once rode with. "Not a word passed be- tween us for more than week and that night when we rolled up in ou' blankets he suddenly asked:
 "'Hear that COW beller?'
 "'Sounds to me like bull, l re- piled.
 "No answer, but the following morning I noticed him packing up.
 "'Going to leave?' questioned.
 "'Yes', he replied.
 "'What for?'
 "'Too much argument '"-Milwau. kee Sentinel.
The Coconino sun., 1917-10-05
WILL RECOGNIZE
 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

The bill passed by the Senate pro- viding suitable recognition for distin- guished services of officers and pri- yates in the war has been favorably reported to the House by Representa- tive Daniel R. Anthony of Kansas from the Military Affairs Committee. In his report MT. Anthony recom- mends an amendment to the measure to permit the issuance of the "distin- guished service medal" to officers and enlisted men who have been mention ed heretofore in orders of official re- cord for especially meritorious ser vices. The retroactive feature intro duced into the bill by MT. Anthony will apply only to those cases which are at the present time on record in the Department, so that flood of new evidence, calculated to establish further claims for recognition, will be avoided.
The Coconino sun., 1917-10-05
FARM LAND GOOD INVESTMENT.

Sustained by the law of averages, a professor in the State Agricultural College of Kansas, declares that the fixed price of $2.20 a bushel for wheat assures to the farmer profit of $1.41. The professor estimates the average value of wheat land through out the country at S48 an acre, the average crop at fourteen bushels an acre, and the average cost of produc- tion at 78.7 cents bushel. These fig ures, if correct, show war profits with a vengeance; and they place wheat lands in the front rank of investment proposition in this country. An acre of land at $48 which will produce a profit of 78.7 cents a bushel upon fourteen bushels of wheat means a net profit of $16.96 an acre, or more than thirty-three and one-third per cent. Pretty good dividends, those
 United States Steel, common, with all
 its extra disbursements, pays only seventeen per cent on its par of $10( and less than that on it's market price
The Coconino sun., 1917-10-05
LOOSE LANGUAGE
 MADE DEFINITE

The tremendous effect that one small word may have in piece Of legislation is aptly illustrated in the bill creating the air craft advisory board, recently passed by the Senate As usual in the organization of new bureaus, this board was given author ity to rent quarters, purchase equip ment and supplies, have printing done, etc. The committee recommend ed that the word office" be inserted so that the phrase would read "pur- chase necessary office equipment and supplies" Some question arose as to the necessity of changing the wording of the bill, but Senator Philander c. Knox, of Pennsylvania, quickly ex' plained to his colleagues that the word office" was vital to the mean ing of the measure. If it was left out the board could purchase aero plane or other equipment from the re- cent appropriation of over $600,000,' 900 for that purpose, which would be contrary to the intention of Congress while if the word were included their purchases of that nature would be linn ited to desks, chairs, etc. The Sen ators were quick to see the force Of Senator Knox's remarks and the bill in that particular, was passed as re ported from the committee.
The Coconino sun., 1917-10-05
PEANUT PRESS OR HAY PRESS

Although the Leader would like to have the people believe that every thing the administration has done and everything that will hereafter be done, is always the right step or the best in an emergency, the people are beginning to wonder why men like Goethals have been discarded and why men of the caliber of Woods are side tracked to minor appointments such as Camp Funston.
 It would probably give the Leader and some of its prominent stockhold- CTS great joy to disoredit The Sun as a bowling pessimist and calamity knocker-to use the Leaders highly alliterative phrase, the "Peanu: Press"
 Only this week came report from England that the United States has so far been found wanting in shir building-the one great thing witl which we must combat the submarine menace. Unconfirmed reports say that Canada has her warehouses fu'I to the roof with munitions of wa. without means of transporting then to the battle front, and as a result has ceased manufacture to a great extent. In view of this one condition is it unseemly for a press to ask why this condition prevails?
 We have only to point to one mar set aside in this trying time-the mar who fought the Panama through against obstacles never faced by any man; who completed the worlds greatest engineering feat in recorC time. Goethals was the man of tho hour for the shipping board but h' was too big for the job-a smaller man would make less noise.
 And so on through the numerous instances has the administration steadfastly refused to recognize thu master man instead of the maste politician. If it is to be called 1 Peanut Press" to inform the peopl of the existing conditions, it mus mean truthful press; and therefor fitting title for The Sun.
 As long as there is no censorship upon the appointments and workin, of the administration the peopl should be informed when the soutl is favored to the exclusion of tn north in order that deserving demo crats from the "balance of democrat ic power" may be rewarded.
The Coconino sun., 1917-10-05
Misdirected Energy,

The fact that Sir Douglas Haig attained his fifty-sixth birthday on June 19 brings back to mind story told of him a short while back.
 It is, of course, we'll known that Sir Douglas is a soldier first, last and all the time, regarding all other profes- sions as of quite negligible import ance, a trait in his character which lends point to the anecdote.
 He was, it appears, inspecting a ,, cavalry troop, and was particulars 7 struck with the neat way in which repairs had been made in some of the saddles.
 "Very good work" he remarked to the troop sergeant-major. "Who did it"
 "Two of my troopers, sir" was the reply.
 "You're fortunate to have two such expert saddlers in your troop" said Haig. , "As a matter of fact, sir" was the reply, 'they're not saddlers, in civll life being lawyers"
 "Well," calculated Sir Douglas "how men who can do work like tha, could have wasted their lives over law I can't imagine!"-Minneapolis Trib.
The Coconino sun., 1917-10-05
YOUR OLD CLOTHES
 ROOF" THE SOLDIERS

Did you ever imagine that the old suit you discarded may go into a roof over your husbands, or brothers, or sons head in one of Uncle Sam's cantonments where the new soldiers are in training?
 The high-grade asphalt roofing with which our government experts have chosen to roof the sixteen big can tonments is what manufacturers call a "by-product" roof. Its base is a thick, soft felt made of old rags, and these rags come from tons and tons of our last winters clothing that have been collected and made into roofing felt. This information will surprise many people, who may still have in mind the old-time "paper roofing" oy "tar paper, or the later so-called rubber" roofing; but these are large ly bygones. The modern roll roofing is made of soft, pliable felt which is saturated with several times it's own weight of blended asphalt. Thus as- phalt has become the established econ omy product for overhead as for un- der wheels, in preference to wood, tar or metal.
 A writer in the Saturday Evening Post, Mary Roberts Rinehart, recent ly mentioned the extreme discomfort experienced by some of the Officers Reserve Corps men under metal roofs in the old cantonments during the summer. The cooler, non-conducting asphalt has brought about much more comfortable conditions in the hot southern camps, and it also keeps the interiors warmer in the extreme colo up north, where other camps are To. cated. "By-products" are playing E big part in this war. The German have carried the idea further than any other nation. For fighting purpose they have followed the plan of using everything but the squeal." Uncl' Sam is not far behind them in con servation now, and is learning mucl more right along. In the case of tn, asphalt roofing, for instance, few peo pie realize how far the economy hun has gone. In addition to the fact tha Uncle Sam's buyers and builders foun' this roof quick and easy to lay, loy in maintenance cost, long-lived, water proof and weather-proof, fire-retard ant, and other things a good roo should be, it was pointed out that a asphalt roofing came in compact roll it would save space in freight cars and also it would conserve lumber which is hard to get for shingles es pecially.
 Next time you go to visit "youl soldier" at his cantonment, look d the roof and remember that your old clothes may be doing their finite" tt protect" him.
The Coconino sun., 1917-10-05
RED CROSS NURSES WILL LOOK TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH

Fifty public health nurses have been assigned for duty by the Amer ican Red Cross to the zones around the National Army cantonments, Ma tional Guard Camps and Naval bases. The nurses will work under the Red Cross Sanitary Directors in cooperation with the local, state and federal health authorities. Nurses have already taken up their work in civil districts around the can- tonments at Hattiesburg, Miss; Ft. Riley, Kansas; Des Moines, Iowa; Louisville, Kentucky; Little Rock, Arkansas; Aver, Massachusetts; Chil
 locothe, Ohio; Atlanta, Georgia; New port News and Petersburg, Virginia. As visiting nurses in the rural ter ritory and cities adjoining the camps. the Red Cross nurses assigned to pub lie health work will endeavor to pre- vent the spread of tuberculosis, mala- ria and social diseases, and to strengthen the local infant welfare programs.
 Nurses have been chosen for this service by Miss Jane A. Delano Chairman of the National Committea on Red Cross Nursing, with special reference to the public health needs of the nation as whole. If the pub, lie health nursing service of the state in which the cantonment is situated is strong in numbers the Red Gross has called upon nurses from tha
 state. Otherwise, nurses have beer chosen from the states from whicl the troops in training have beer drawn. A permanent Red Cros' health service will undoubtedly be tn, outcome of the work now being under
 taken in army districts.
 Besides the special work in caml zones, Red Cross nurses in the Towi and Country Nursing Service are a ! work throughout the country, largel. in rural and mining communities Ninety-four women are so engaged il nursing and teaching the care ant feeding of infants, first aid and hom'
 dietetics, and assisting in the figh against tuberculosis. It has been es
 timated that 4s per cent of the Uniol troops in the Civil war came from tn
 country districts. While the per cent
 age will not be so large in this war
 the Red Cross has undertaken to se
 that their families and homes ar kept we'll and safe against the da, of the country soldiers return.
The evening world., 1917-11-06

Washington Government to Keep OF
home a large section OF the United
states Army. and TO maintain in
Pacific waters a numerous American
naval fleet to guard against an lnva-
sion from Japan.
Now IL 10 Believed that the United
States not only can deal with it's
prosecution OF the war with q freer
hand but that Japan will be able
greatly to augment the efforts she has
been making TO sweep the Pacific and
Indian Oceans clear OF German raid
ers; to aid the Allied nsvies in the
Mediterranean and possibly ever g.
employ japanese troops IN the cam
paign against Germany.