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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-10

YOUR HOUSES OR APARTMENTS
FOR SALE OR FOR RENT
SHOULD BE LISTED WITH
LEE D. LATIMER CO.,
1884 n. Y. AVE. FRANKLIN CLOS.
ONE OF THOSE ATTRACTIVE KENNEDY
built homes; rooms, baths; a bargain; only
$500; immediate possession.
GIRARD ST. sNEAR 18th; II ROOMS AND
baths SIS, 800; fine order.
CRITTENDEN ST., WEST OF l4th; ROOMS
and two baths; new house; $500.
MOUNT PLEASANT: ATTRACTIVE 7-RooM
. baths; garage; immediate possession: price
only S11 900.
KALoRAMA ROAD NEAR COLUMBIA ROAD:
II rooms, baths; h.-w. h.; electric iipht.
price. $4,000; 1900 cash. balance on terms.
HARVARD ST.; II ROOMS, BATHS: ALI,
modern improvements; lot 50x145; garage for
four cars; honse cost s2s 600 to build; owner
will sacrifice for $4,000.
GIRARD ST. NEAR 18th; ROOMS AND
bath; h. h.; electric light; possession thirty
days; only 5000.
18th AND IRVING sTs.; ATTRACTIVE =
room and bath brick; immediate possession:
price. $3.50.
sEMI-DErACHED. 9 ROOMS AND BATH.
near 18th and I sts.; vacant; bargain
ON HALL PLACE NV; ROOMS AND
bath: h.-w. h.; electric lights; "a, 500.
pETwoRTH-CORNERH HOUSE; SIX ROOMS
and bath; large yard and shade tress; strictly
modern; not two yeers old: one short square
electricity. h.w.h., laundry tubs; paved alley;
ideal for garage; cement coping; hedee: coal
bin and screens; possession Oct or cartier
priea- 5000. 4o27 5th st, nv.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Kitchen and BATH.
Ant No. 4. Obserya tory

APARTMENT-MT. PLEASANT: NEAR CO.
lumbia road preferred; will take over lease
and buy furniture: give phone number. Address
Box 243-H Star Office.
COMPLETELY FURNISHED 4 OR 5 ROOM
apartment: in desirable NV. section; suitable
for f.ur adults: occupancy October 1. Address
Box 244- H. Star office. 12s
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Several Hundred

other houses are on our for sale list.
MANY EXCELLENT BARGAINS. Let
us know your wants. Open evenings
and Saturday afternoons.
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LET US TELL YOU
ABOUT THEM.
Ashmead Place NV.
Chevy Chase-Furnished HON
Continued.

A lovely home on Raymond ST:
rooms and bath, laundry; hot-water
heat: detached: hollow tile: large lot;
garage thoroughly modern. Price.
1000. No. ga.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-10

Vacant. Only $4,000.
deep lot to paved alley; near 18th and Irving
SITS. NV. This is a good buy. Have one Of
our statesmen show you this. Can move In
tomorrow.
T. B. BROWN CO.,
1911 G ST. NV. Franklin 2633.
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CHEVY CHASE, MD

An opportunity to secure an at.
tractive home in this beautiful
suburb at an exceptionally low
price; rooms and bath; hot-water
heat; electricity; porches: open
fireplaces: hollow tile construction;
slate roof: lot 10OS160; immediate
possession; completely furnished;
SIS, 600.
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WANTED-sUBURBAN BOARD.

WANTED-In suburbs or country. for autumn
and winter months, within fifty minutes from
business district, two adjoining bedrooms and
board for couple, with daughter (six) and son
three years. occupancy October 1; will con-
slider Virginia or Maryland villages with school
facilities. Address Box 124-H. Star office, TO-
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CHEVY CHASE GROVE

A brand-new house on North
ampton street near 33d; 9 rooms,
. baths; hot-water heat: every
convenience; heated garage; maids
room: lot 40x125; vacant and
ready for immediate occupancy;
price, $4,000.
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WANTED-TO RENT.

FURNISHED HOUSE OR BUNGALOW
wanted by three adults; no objection to sub
urbs if near car line. Address Box 2ss- n,
Star Office, H.
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FOR RENr-IN CHEVY CHASE,
one square from car line; we'll To-
Gated dwelling of rooms, l bath:
hot-water heat; gas and electric
ity: large lot: spacious porches:
tastefully furnished. Price only
$3.50 per month.
THOMAS ]. FISHER & CO.. INC.
1913 18th st. NV.
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SMALL HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENT:
furnished nnfCrnished; by couple; Oct. l..
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UNFURNIsHED.

UNFINISHED.
WILL EXCHANGE SIX ROOMS AND BATH;
all modern improv ements; rent. $50: for three
or four-room apartment in good location. Call
Lincoln 925, between and I. L.
FIVE AND SIN ROOM FRAMES, ON NOEL
and Chapel roads me-; two squares from car:
lot 55x214, alley in rear. For sale by monthly
payments. Main 1899. r. B. BEHRESD. 416
9Th NV. ~
LARGE DOUBLE CORNER HOUSE, 310O 18th
St: 10 rooms, 8 ba tbs. attic; 8 open freplaces:
electricity; hot-water heat: spacious lawn and
shade tnees. Apply OWNER, 3O43 18th st. NV.
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Unusual Investment.

Remarkable opportunity for invest
ment in modern apartment building:
desirable location and excellent condi-
tion make 1t an unusual income bearer.
Attractive proposition for investor hav-
ing 5000 cash; balance terms. No.
sos.
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WANTED-APARTMENTS.
Continued.

WANTED-TO RENT BY OCT. II OR
room furnished house or apartment In NV.
section. Address Box 24-H; Star office. IL
Owe ROOM RATH AND KITCHENETTE:
furnished Address K. G. E., 400 House Of
fee bldg. IL
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FOR SALE-HOUSES.
CHEVY CHASE. D c.
Continued.

Close to Connecticut avenue cars;
not far from Chevy Chase circle;
9 rooms and bath; hOt-water heat;
electricity; hardwood floors: in
Simultaneous water heater: sleep
ing porches; large. well-kept lawn;
immediate possession; SIS, 900.
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PETWORTEI

Almost new; 8 rooms and bath;
hot-water heat; electric lights;
porches: excellent arrangement:
fine outlook: convenient to street
cars; immediate possession; $3.50.
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FURNISHED OK UNFUH. HOVnHSs
VACANT SEPT. 2o-Two or four rooms. End
and Bird floors; complete for housekeeping;
heat, gas and adjoining bath; large porches /;
close to schools and railroads; no objection to
children; price. $50; references. Mrs. Hunter,
2434 Franklyn ne.
925 RHODE ISLAND AvE.-For rent, furnished
or unfurnished, communicating rooms. 15s
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A BARGAIN,
FOR COLORED BUYER.

YIN SOI~O1NII d y LIN.
For sale-s-room house; furnace heat; can use
as 2-family apt; moderately priced; near 14th
and W SITS. NV. Address s. NJ. F., Box 90 H,
Star Office 12s
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-07-23
cent. From s2s.s5 to 5000.

cent. From 1886 to 5000.
Bartlett Township. Increase 20 per
cent. From S24.61 to 1858
From $20.S9 to $27.15.
Newbre Township Increase 10 per cent.
From $27:38 to S30.12.
Triumph Township, Increase IS per
Prospect Township. Decrease 10 per
cent. From 1925 to S28.13.
Ontario Township. Increase 20 per
cent. From $500 to $4,000.
cent. From $500 to $3.50.
From $22.se to 1886.
cent? Morth FFa@ T.SsT% .ss te i9s1 re- rs per
per cent. From $2s.4s to $a2.43.
Cleveland Township. Increase 20 per
e From $500 to $31.20.
cent. From $21.95 to $685..
From $500 to $3l.25.
Webster Teewnship, Increase 10 per
From $1,000 to 1880.
Grand Harbor Township Increase 10
per cent. From $2S.45 to $3.50.
cent. From S2s.67 to $3l.54.
cent. From $3.50 to $s0.6S
Norway Township. Increase 20 per
cent. From $26.07 to $31.28.
Coulee Township. Increase rs per cent
From $26:lS to s$1.57.
Lawton. Village. Increase 20 per cent.
From $500. to $4,000.
Motion carried.
Moved and carried to adjourn Until
9 o'clock A. M. Tuesday July 8th, 1919.
D. D. McNAUGHTON,
-- Chairman.
j. A. KRAMER.
County Auditor.
ADJoUR1ED MEET1Na OF THE
7o4 as9ss9 q 69gA44z1 .ae4u OF
DAKOTA
Tuesday. July 9Th, 1919
Board met at 8 o'clock A.. M. pursuant
to adjournment.
Present all members.
Moved by Mr.. johnson and seconded
by Mr.: Marttnson that, in order to equa-
lize the assessment of lots exclusive
OF structures that the following increas-
es and decreases made, namely:
Prospect Township, decrease so per
Norway Township. decrease 50 per
cent.
Brocket Village, decrease so per cent.
churchs Ferry Village. Increase 40
Motion carried.
Moved BY MI. sorlie and seconded by
Mr.. Maloney that the application of {.
A.. Dodge. for vacation Of the assess
ment upon Blocks 8. 9, 10, 13, IA, II, Is.
-, 20 and FL, Park Addition to the City
Of Devils Lake, for the 1919 taxes, be
granted and that said property be as
sessed at a valuation to be fixed by the
County Commissioners on a basis of
farm property, said tract Of land con-
taining % acres, a valuation of $77o.e4
was placed on same. Notion carried
Moved by Mr.. Sorlie and seconded by
Mr.. Naloney that all business houses
and residences be accepted as returned
by the Town Boards Of Review. Notion
carried.
Moved and carried to take a recess
until 2 o'clock F. NJ.
AHTE1HOOH 8EoBIoH
Board met at 2 o'clock p. N. pursu-
ant to above recess.
Present all members
Moved by Mr. johnson and seconded
by Mr.. lartinson that, in order to eQua
lie the assessment of personal property
under the following he&ds, the folio v.
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1926 FOR KILLING COYOTES
That Sum Of Money Paid In Bounty
by County Treasurer In
California.

Marysville, Cal.-Warrants for 1925
were cashed by County Treasurer Har-
vey D. Eich for Samuel MARBLE Of
Smartsvihe here the other day as
bounty IN 65 coyotes which MARBLE
and his brother captured in April and
May in the hills between Smartsville
and Browns Valley. Marpie believes
there are two species Of coyotes in the
hills of Yuba county. He says he has
discovered filters of IL to IA "dune or
dirt" colored and smaller-sized filters
of gray animals. Marble does not kill
the older animals, but tracks them to
their lairs, where he captures the en-.
tire families.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-07-23
Cotton seized'in 1867
Is. Paid for by y. S.

Savannah, Ga.-The claim Of
the Imperial Importing and Ex-'
porting Company of Georgia for
$F76,666.69 FOR cotton Illegally
seized by the federal govern
ment in 1857 has been paid, it
developed through the filing OF
a petition in superior court here
for permission to notify by ad-
vertisements stockholders and
others interested.
The money is to be divided
among residents of Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North and South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and
Virginia. Lawyers. however, viii
get half of the total. The case
reached final decision in federal
courts recently after ten years
of litigation.
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Ing increases and decreases be m.d.
namely: "aoe,
ONE YEAR OLD HORSES
Me"laho township, decrease 20 peS
Highland Township, decrease 20 %.
Newbre Township. decrease rs "a,
Prospect Township. decrease 10 per
Odessa Township. increase s per cent.
stevens township, decrease 80 peI
Ontario Township. decrease 10 Dor
Bergen Township, increase IS Der cent.
Bartlett' Village. Decrease Is per cent.
'G crarS v yiiilase. decrease secrease e Is per esr cent eat,
TWO YEAR OLD HORSES
Lillehof Township. Decrease 10 per
Lawton Township, increase s per g
Ne"iano township. decrease is per
Highland Township. decrease 10 pc,
Newbre Township, decrease Is per
Triumph Township. increase 25 Der,
Fancher Township, increase s per cent
rrospect township, decrease rs per
Odessa Township. decrease IL per
cent.
Ontario Township. decrease 10 per
Overland Township. increase s per
cent.
Mortified Township, increase S per
cert
Iske Township. increase 10 per cent.
pleasant Township, decr.as,; s per
cent
Grand Harbor Township. increase s
per cent.
Lawton Village. Decrease Is per cent.
Bartlett Village, decrease Is per cent.
" Edmore Village. decrease rs per cent
Crary Village, decrease rs per cent.
Churchs Ferry Village, decrease 50
Continued on Page Four)
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Girl Struck by Lightning.

Harrington, Kan.-Miss Mary Har-
ness was struck by lightning the other
evening while helping her brother,
John Harness. in an alfalfa field in
an attempt to>save some hay from an
approaching storm. Her clothing and
shoes were torn from her body and she
was painfully burned.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-07-23
held June 26th. 1919.
D. D. McNAUGHTON,
Chairman.
ATTEST:
]. A. KRAMER,
County Auditor.
ADJOURNED 1u8xIHa or TN
AOAHO or COUNTY Col0Q8-
810HER8 RAMSEY CoCNTY
AORTH DAKOTA

sS s4Ssss 3 . ssSs47 os sS;5s
A08TH DAKOTA
Monday, July 9TH, 1919
Board met at 2 o'clock P. NJ. pursu-
ant to adjournment.
Present Commissioners johnson. Mar
tinson. Maloney, ,McNaughton n Sor-
it was moved and carried to adjourn
ton in accordance with Section 213S.
VIM: Mccutehen, Superintendent of
the Victoria Elevator Company, appear
ed before the Board relative to the per-
sonal property assessment Of their ele-
4 Moved e I by Mr.. sorlie and seconded
by Mr.. Martinson that +he assessed val
@ation for the year 1919 Of the Victoria
,f h1egatsSsI $1,000 y 90 cf to :2' yi}5a % f Be the fsdq reed
son that same has not been In opera
ton for the past three years Motion
carried.
the assessment for the year 1878 Of
Township 156. Range 66, <Unorganized.
! Moved by Mr.. Sorlie and seconded by
Mr.. Martinson that the assessment Of the
cepted as returned. by the Assessor. Mo-
tion carried.
, Moved by Mr.. sorlie and seconded by
Mr.. Martinson hat-in order to equal
ty in Township 1856, Range Sc, morgan
ized-the following increases and de-
creasesT 1 wade vn naRel Kin uopsns
Bernt Anderson, z horses: increase
! George McCahren, 5 horses, increased
from 5000 to $500
HORSES THREE YEARS OLD AND
Bernt Anderson, o = horses, increase
from s325.00 to $4,000.
*. 2; &c e; tn ssso Il IL horses increase from
~. Joh an Psyss I'll 1 ns horses, increase from
tra Roy "a. 4; S Nc til sRSo 70 % horses decrease
S. NJ. Saunders. II horses, increase
c aaS% ff5' TH r f?s %SSRs OLD AND
Bernt Anderson 5 head, increase from
$4,000 to s2SO.o0.
s2s7.o 8 to an sE$lj.oe. nea0' increase iF0"
Mary S &c III eo5 q 2 head increase
Arthur Horne, 8 head. Increase from
$4,000 to $105.00.A
Chris Haug, IL head. Increase from
$4,000 to $4,000.
$1,000 to $2S0.00.
aw: F Mowbray : head Increase
Roy Hoitimier. 6 head. decrease from
$260.0e to $4,000:
John Peyerl, s head, increase from
10. p. walker, 9 head, increase from
$4,000 to $215.e0. y
Notion carried.
Moved by Mr.. Maloney and second
ed by Mr.. Johnsln that. in order to
equalize the assessment OF lands ex-
elusive of structures within Ramsey
County, the following increases and de-
creases be made:
Average Assasppd value per ACRE
Lawton Township, Increase 70 per
cent From $500 to $4,000.
Newland Township. Increase 20 per
cent. From $25.e0 to $1,000
Highland Township, Increase 5 per
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Turned to Jam.

The New York detective cautiously
passed his knife under the paper con-
ceafing the explosive. As 1t came Of
d sticky mass oozed out, and Mr..
Nary Lapham's Internal machine
turned to lem . -,
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Decorations are getting to be an
every day occurrence IN Washington
t~hesaNdays. This photo shows ,Secre.
tary of Navy Daniels pinning the dig
tingnished service medal on Maj. Geo.
K. Shuler Of the marine corps, a for.
mel Washington newspapernan. Ma
jor Shuler also won the French cross
of war and legion of homer.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-07-23

degrees when the thermometer showed
100 degrees outside. Under similar
conditions l enjoyed in my house a
temperature of IS degrese (the ideal
temperature), with a delicious feeling
of freshness in the air."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
Letting the Squirrels Do 1t

Tree seed can't be bought in large
quantities in the markets. To re-
stock the huge forests which are de-
molished every year Uncle Sam needs
the seeds of the Douglas Fir, West
ern Yellow Pine, Englemann Spruce,
Lodge Pole Pine, not by the pound,
but literally by the ton.
The Government needs men from
two to six weeks every fall to gather
seed. When the call goes out lum-
ber jacks, college men, hoboes and
ex-convicts drift into the camps and
work side by side gathering huge
stores of the precious seeds. Through
experience they have found that their
richest sources are the cunningly
hidden squirrel boards. The squir-
rel is canny; he always picks the
very best of cones for his winter
store. Storehouses of squirrels,
chipmunks and white-footed mice
yield quantities of cones-as much
as it would take a man whole day
to gather otherwise.-The Nations
Business for September.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
EDITORIAL COMMENT
By BRIGGS

Our guess is that Europe would
like to appoint a mandatory for the
Senate. - Greenville Is. C.) Pied
mont.
The packers suggest that it we
eat more meat, prices will come
down. What's a little thing like the
law of supply and demand between
packers New York World.
There can be no doubt of the
willingness of Congress to investi-
gate the cost of living; but can the
consumer survive the long years be-
fore Il report is made ?-Baltimor
American
1t is perfectly proper for a British
newspaper to suggest the dropping
of Hun" German has acquired a
meaning since 1914 that makes
synonyms unnecessary-New York
Morning Telegraph.
1t is idle to talk of coming seven
cent pieces for street-car fares. 1t
would be only another year before
we would have to discontinue them
and begin to coin fourteen-cent
pieces.-New York World.
Henry Ford would be in a bad
way if authors, historians artists,
lawyers, and statesmen didn't know
more about automobiles than he
knows about literature, history, art,
etc.-Boston Shoe and Leather Re-
porter.
It's such q comfort to hear that
| the trouble is not that prices are
going up, but that the value of the
dollar is going down.-Minneapoi
Evening Tribune.
IT'S hard come down." says
Walter Pulitzer, that the country
! that produced William of Orang,
should have to continue to harbor
William the Lemon" - New York
| Evening Mail.
| That $2,000,000 worth of leather
the Government has to sell will
probably make its appearance later
as $20,000,000 worth of shoes. -
Des Moines Register.
BY the time he's through with 1t,
the President will doubtless feel
nretty pleased if he can get even
half a League, half n League, hale
a League onward. New York
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
Whv Not Fir Prices?

THE belief is now almost univer-
sal among the peoples of the world
that high prices are due to profiteer-
ing and that prosecution of the
profiteers or the fixing of a few
prices will drop us back on the pre-
war level of prices overnight" says
Homer Hoyt, formerly of the Price
Section of the War Trade Board in
the Nations Business for Septem-
Der.
"If Congress starts to fix prices.
it must fix thousands of prices. If
it fixes retail prices, 1t must fix
wholesale prices or else the retailer
will be forced out of business. If
it fixes wholesale prices, it must fix
costs, for the Supreme Court will
not issue a writ of mandamus to
compel manufacturer to produce
at loss. If it fixes costs at n lower
level, it must inevitably fix wages
at a lower level, for wages are the
ultimate basis of cost. Wages are
the chief element in the expense of
putting raw materials on the mar
ket, and wages are the chief factor
in fabricating these raw materials
into finished products. Thus the
end of the gigantic price-fixing un-
dertaking would be a lowering of
wages. Lower prices bought by
lower wages would be a fruitless
trade"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
Girl Does the Courting
Elizabeth Cooper, in Asia. ]

tEiiZabetn cooper, IN Asia.
The women in Burma have un-
limited freedom in comparison to
the women of other Eastern
lands. Unlike the women of India,
China or Egypt, they may choose
their own husbands and indulge in
a period of courtship such as we
of the Western world so thoroughly
understand.
From the time of the first great
event in Il young girls life, the
boring of her ears, which announces
to the world that she is no longer
child, but woman, until her be-
trothal, the Burmese girl looks for
ward to the search for a husband
as the one aim and ambition of her
life. Until her ears are bored she
Is a child and runs and plays free
ly with her brothers upon the viii
lage street. Finally the day arrives
when her friends and relatives bring
with them the earborer and the
soothsayer, and the frightened girl
must pay the price of gaining maid
enhood. Her cries are drowned by
the music and the talk and laughter
that seem so heartless; but the pain
is soon oyer, and she herself will
make the hole larger by every
means in her power, because until
the hole is large enough to receive
the great round tube. nearly half an
inch in diameter, she does not feel
that she is indeed a woman.
This initiation of the girl into
womanhood compares to the en-
trance of her brother into the mon
astery or the tattooing of his legs,
the sign that he is no longer a boy,
but must sit with men and chew
betelnut and discuss the affairs of
the world with wondrous wisdom.
After the ear boring ceremony each
man our maiden sees may be a pos
sible husband, and she copies the
coquettish sway of the hips that is
so effective in her older sister, as
she walks down the street with her
mother, aunt or married friend who
carefully guards her from all i'm
proprieties now that she has ar
rived at manageable age.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
EnShrineS Pride of Kings

". C. Scott O'Connor in Asia.1
The fux of life has recently
brought the writer into fellowship
with a certain ancient library re-
mote from Europe and its troubles;
into a world of vanished men and
vanished things. Here, in Patna
(Bengal India), upon the edge of a
great Indian river, there are gath
cred together, as into a safe har-
borage at last, the remnants of a
once mighty fleet that put its sails
of purple and Vermillion and gold
to the breeze of n sultan's pleasure
and enshrined the pride of emper-
ors, more splendid in their day than
any the world has known.
There is nothing in the world that
surpasses the exquisite caligraphy,
the enameled gold, the priceless
miniatures. the colors of lapis lazuli
and vermillion, of indigo and scar
let, green, purple, cinnabar and SAL
from, of some of these illuminated
pages; nothing more touching in its
way than the simplicity with which
they are lodged; more human than
the vicissitudes through which they
have borne their part
To enter this library then is to
pass from out of the common world
of the bazaar into the society of
princes and divines-from a world
that has been shaken to its founda-
tions by the terrific events of the
hour, into a world that was no less
troubled in its day. but is now at
peace. Here the passing of empires
is like a little picture on screen;
one can see how they come into
being, how they grew and how they
passed away. One is glad to meet
this company of books In their quiet
hours. to profit by the devotion of
those who made them, the love of
thes craftsman, the passion of the
poet, the urbanity of the great
prince, who in the midst of wars and
tumults and the clashing of arms
had yet the heart to water his gar
den of culture and help man out
upon his difficult road.