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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07
WAA-HOO-A IN MONKEY
MEANS do YOULOVE ME:?"
Professor Garner Finds Talking Sinan-Housing Problem
Worries Chimpanzee at Zoo

while another, somewhat dmeure- look.
ing, replied 'A-hoo- A hoo"
Professor Garner then heard the AMI
mails carry on regular conversation
which sounded similar to combination
of gurgle and the hiccoughs.
Means Where Are You
Careful investigation showed, he said,
that "Waa Hoo "a meant "Do you
love me?" or '..Where are you?' and
A-hoo A-hoo," when translated was,
Here 1 am or 81 do, / do"
All of which goes to show that there
are real Tarzans in the jungle who may
be heard from more volubly in the fu-
ture.
1t isn't necessary, however, to 60 to
the French Congo for talented CHM
panzees. There is one out at the Zoo,
Mimi by name, who has vocabulary
and an education which would make
the apes in the Congo appear decidedly
deficient.
Mimi is subtle simian. She un-
derstands everything said to her--and
more, said Superintendent G. Emerson
Brown today.
Furthermore, she is progressive.
| Aware ol the uduSerS olStnc niBu CoSt
of living, she has amassed fortune
amounting to twenty seven cents, all in
pennies and nickels, which were pre-
sented to her by visitors.
AS financier Mimi can give some
of our best bankers n tip or two. She
doubles her money every day. How?
BY simply laying the pennies out be-
fore a mirror
She looks in the mirror and beholds
that she has twice as much as she
thought she had. Yes, the mirror givea
her pleasant reflections.
Measures Her Cage
Mimi also aspires to carpentry and
other trades. Every day she measures
her cage with a two foot rule TO see
il the Zoo authorities are encroaching
on her property. Perhaps she has
heard of the scarcity of living room in
West Philadelphia.
Where did she get the rule? Ask
the carpenter who repaired her cell the
other days. 1t was sticking out OF his
back pocket. 1t was trimmed with
shiny brass. Mimi didn't hesitate.
The talented chimpanzee was pre-
sented TO the Zoo by DIR. William n,
Furpess, Of Waliinsford, thres ycnzs
1880 ~ = y. -----..,,---.-
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"It isn't out yet," said he, ''but
believe it's to be your doom. Somebody
has presumably bribe6 some one at the
admiralty. Uncle Francis tipped me tn,
wink. You've evidently quite made
your peace there, Rover, so congratula
! tions again"
''By the way, how long have you
got?" 1 asked.
| "a week."
l sat up in my deck chair.
"only a week I say this is extraor
! dinarily good of you to come down
here and see me-"
'.Oh, 1 wanted to see how heroes bear
their wounds" he smiled, but felt Ger :
tain there was something more left un-
said.
Jack, old chap, what's up? see
in your eye there's something else"
He hesitated mQment, then said:
There was, but I'm not going to
bother you with it now. ] didn't know
how fit you might be-"
Naturally l made him 60 on.
"Would it worry you IL ! were to
yarn a little about that adventure OF
yours in Ransay?" he asked.
Worry me! I've been thinking of
! little else since came to this restful
place. In fact I've been finishing off a
full, true, and particular account Of the
adventure. Any further news?"
His mouth grew compressed and a
frown settled over his eyes.
Nothing definite, except that the in
fernal island has been worrying me a
lot lately. You were quite right, Roger,
and I withdraw my last doubt with
many apologies"
(TO BE CONTINUED
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07

on one moonlight night, that the tall
blue flowers awoke from their sleep to
hear a low voice say: I
Betty, I'm to be made sales man
ager next week and the salary is very
good-and-oh, Betty, dear, I've al
ways loved and wanted you. Won't you
please say yes 2"
But as Richards arms closed around
Betty the larkspur discreetly turned
away and whispered:
"Did you hear that?"
"Yes," answered another sleepily,
"and it reminds me of the story of an
other young girl and the soldier in
blue"
(The next complete novelette,, The
Hand Me. Down.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07
The End of the Gold

---N
M1sER JENKINS drove his auto as
A'A fast as it could go. He was eager
to get away from the convict from whom
he had taken the pot of gold. He
wanted, also, to get it home quickly
so that he could gloat over it. He had
the gold on the floor of the car be-
tween his feet, and he could scarcely
keep his eyes off the shining coins long
enough to drive the machine.
Peggy and Billy, chasing after him in
he toy airplane, could hear him exulting
to himself.
This gold will make me very rich, :"
he said aloud. "With it I can get a
lot of mortgages on the homes of widows
and orphans. Then maybe I can take
their property from them and thus grow
to be immensely wealthy"
"Hear the evil he is plotting" said
Peggy to Billy. 'I'm sorry we found
the gold, for he will use it to work
harm to others
"It seems only to cause trouble" an
swered Billy. "If we can get it back
we will bury it again at the end of the
rainbow
"Toot, Toot!" sounded locomotive
whistle. A column of smoke squirting
over the tops of the trees showed that
train was coming along a railroad
which crossed the highway short dis =
tance ahead.
"Toot! Toot! ~ warned the whistle
again, but Miser jenkins was so busy
looking at the gold that he did not
hear it.
"Gold! Gold! Dear, precious gold -
he cried out.
'"Toot! Toot"" shrieked the engine.
Too late Miser Jenkins looked up ant
saw it coming. He was so close tc
the tracks he could not stop. Bang
The train crashed into the auto. Ou
of the seat flew Miser Jenkins, and VI
into the air, landing astraddle of tn,
hot engine. The auto was smashed tc
pieces and the coins in the pot of golt
scattered right and left.
Evil, evil in rainbow gold." hootet
Judge Owl.
When Peggy and Billy came to lool
| for the coins they had a surprise. Tht
gold pieces had turned into charcoal anC
the brass pot had become an old, black
kettle.
That's the way with rainbow gold %
hooted Judge Owl. "It looks like q
million dollars while the sun is shin
ing, but it's worthless after dark. The
only good gold is that which you carr
yourself"
Lets bury It right here so 1t car
work no more evil" said Peggy, ant
that is what they did.
Just as they finished, the train came
putting back, bringing Miscr Jenkin,
and the train men to look for the gold
But though they looked and looked they
didn't find it.
Serves Miser jenkins right fol
planning evil" said Peggy.
"Whir went the toy air
plane, and in jiffy Peggy found her
self back home and grown to her usua
size. "Good by, Princess Peggy
Come again to Birdland!" sang tn,
birds as they hurried away to get tc
their nests before dark. Good by =
shouted Billy, buzzing away in his air
plane.
THAT was a beautiful rainbow to
! night" said Peggy's father. II won
der if it had a pot of gold at its end
And Peggy laughed. She knew all sh,
wanted to know about rainbow gold.
I'm the merit instalIment ,oiU be
told the amusing story of Prince
Bumble.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07

"dd II9o-d, SalQ ne.
"a hoo A hoo" replied she timidly
This is not telephone conversation
between two June sweethearts.
It's simply chat between a chin
panzee and a chimpanzette. They sat
on the limb of tree while an approx :
ing moon sprinkled just enough light
through the foliage to give a dash OF
romance to the scene.
Prof. R. l.. Garner, widely known
naturalist, who has just returned from
the French Congo, discovered talking
chimpanzees" while on his search for
specimens for the Smithsonian In
stitution.
These creatures-a cross between a
chimpenzee and gorilla-were six feet
tall and weighed 200 pounds.
One night Professor Garner heard
one of them exclaim, ''Waa Hoo =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07
Author OF "The Spy in Black" THE
DInatic at Large" etc.

the incidents which Il freely admit
are perfectly consistent with the theory
that I was genuine suspected myself,
from the incidents which cannot be ex :
planned on those grounds, and work
out a water tight case against anybody
in particular, must confess that l am
fairly beaten. l know that 1 don I
want to suspect that girl, though she
did treat me like a member of a lower
race and scored off me badly at the end
and l do want to suspect O'Brien. BY
the way, was he real drunkard? /
rather begin to wonder.
And that is the very unsatisfactory
end of the matter so far.
An Idea
IT WISH I had said that I felt sure my
L cousins letter was not the last of the
business on Ramsay. One would like
to be the only correct prophet this wal
has produced. 1t was not the end by
any manner of means, as ] learned
within two days of finishing that last
chapter. | wrote it, and the two OF
three before it, in the convalescent hos
pital at Winterdean Hall. finishing it
! remember, on a Wednesday; and ]
picked up the scent again on the very
Friday following.
had been laid out in an insignificant
North Sea scrap, but though the scrar
was small the wounds were unpleasant
and l was still rather glad to lie easy
in movable summerhouse on the ter
race. | was well on the mend but hat
walked little too far that mornint
and there I lay stretched half asleep il
a deck chair, out of the wind and bask.
ing in the sun.
Right! see where he is, thanl
you," it said.
Jack Whiteclett." :" I said to myself
1t was always pleasant to see Jack
but at that moment bore to be dis
turbed. Little did I guess how thor
ough and final that disturbance wa.
going to be.
"Well, old chap" said he, "you'v,
earned rest and I'm going to Sc,
you're taking it,"
This from Jack was subtly iatterin,
and I did my best to look the wounded
hero.
Where did they get you ?" he asked
In my beard" said I. 'left side O
the jaw. Also right ankle and a sou
venir under the ribs
"Lame?"
"Still little, but improving"
THE beard is quite becoming" h,
observed.
Look at it well then while you hay,
the chance, for they say they'll let m,
shave it in a week"
You're well on the mend then?"
Thank the Lord
Then I needn't give you any NOR,
sympathy. Congratuations instead"
"On getting bit of Blighty?'
1 "On getting a bit of ribbon"
opened my eyes, for this was tn,
first ] had heard of it.
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(TO BE CONTINUED
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
BY DADDY
"RAlNBOW GOLD"

(Peggy and Billy find q pot Of gold
at the end of the bo,o. 1t is taken
from them BY a farmer boy, from him
by his father, from the father BY
conrict, and from the conrict BY Miser
Jenkins.l
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07
The Man From the Clouds .s.' ss'
fcoss~iont. 1919. oy George II. Dora, CO
THIS STARTS THE STORY

Roger Merton, descending in
parachute from a runaway balloon,
hnds himself on an English island,
and, by supposing he is in Germany,
surprises a German spy into reveal
ing himself. Wandering about he
meets the Scollay family, man, wife,
two daughters and two sons, one a
half. wit, from whom he learns one
Kendall owns the island. In seeking
Mr.. Kendall he meets a man O'Brien
and a Doctor Kendall, suspicious
characters, in whose home shade is
suddenly pulled down as he ap-
proaches the house, and a bedraggled
old man by the roadside who asks
for wax match" Later he is
unable to identify the man and in
order to solve the mystery himself
plays the part of German. Instead
Of finding out anything he narrowly
escapes death twice, once at night
whom some one strikes at him in the
dark, again when he is fred upon on
the beach, in the daytime, and sue
ceeds in getting himself arrested.
Luckily the officer in command is his
cousin, to whom he tells his story and
who makes an investigation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07
TODAY's BUSINESS QUESTION
What is an "Embargo"'
ANSWER TO YESTERDAYS
BUSINESS QUESTION

"Dunndge" is:
+. Loose articles of cargo.
g. Loose material laid on tho bot
tom of the ships hold to raise goods
and prevent injury 6b ,ooter.
Evening star., 1919-09-28

!. "Shs DON'T think 20" says I.
who was fseAin' you that?" asks
Dempsey.
"A certain party" says I. hut you
know how easy queen like her, can
pick up an understudy. Some have
been mighty busy lately. too: one in
particular. And don't mind sayin'
I'd hate to see him win out"
Yes. she's some girl. all right"
says Chuck. "even II did get a little
sore on her. one night. l might be
droppin' around again some Of these
days"
III I was you." says I. "I'd make IT
snappy. In fact. not later than s:ao
this evening-that is. unless you're
content to figure as an also ran"
He's an enterprisin' young gent. Mr..
Dempsey. And 1t seems he ain.t
closed the book on MirabelIe for good,
He's rather interested in hear,n,
where she'll be waitin' at that hour
and makes note Of II.
Much obliged for the tip, Torchy,"
says he. "Ill think it over"
Evening star., 1919-09-28
Turned Down.

A CONGRESSMAN who is fatherius
bin for the deportation of all
bolsheviks said:
Il have no sympathy with bolshs-
vism. The country has no sympathy
with bolshevism. Bolshevism win bA
treated like the tramp.
"A tramp raped on . kitchen door
and John. the Chinese cook, appeared
promptly.
"Gee. DO. I'm hungry whined the
tramp. and then he got of 4 long
tale Of woe and misery and misfor-
tune. There were tears In his eyes AZ
he wound up in a broken voice:
so. for the love o Mike, give q
starvin' man Q bite to eat. won't ye,
bor
"John smiled broad. bland smile.
".Like fiishT
".Sure I like hsh!' said the tramp
heartily.
"'Can Fliday.' said John. and slan-
med the door,"
Evening star., 1919-09-28

'ToSchy." says he. syipDiA' my AanA
as I'm about to load him On the ie:1s.
II believe I'm not going 70 care %
much about losing Mirabeils, after
all"
That's bucking up" says I. "And
likely they'll let you draw back ys0P
deposit ON the ring. But yOu might
a. well bid thsm oil stock margina
goodbye"
Oh. yes. I'm q bear at friendly ad-
vice. At least, was until Vincent
comes breeztn' in from lunch yestef-
day wearin' q broad grin. He'd con-
nected with a bull furry and unload
ed ten points to the good.
Nov for king killing, ehr says I.
NO." says Vincent. 'T'm through
with-with everything"
"Includin' near-vamps?" says !.
He mods enthusiastic.
Then I don't see what's going to
stop you from gettin' Solomon Wise
ratin' before they include you in the
votin' list" says I, go to 1t. son."
Evening star., 1919-09-28

newcomsr. you know. Anyway. now you
can 70 home to dinner with mother"
But I can't" says Vincent. ''You
soc. left word that I was dining in
town and she-she would want TO
know why didn't"
''That's easy nxed." says I. you're
having dinner with me, out at my
Long Island shack. Haven't seen the
large-sised family I'm startin'. have
you? Well. here's your chance. We
can just make the s:47."
Not that I'd planned 1t all out. but
1t was the best antidote to Mirabelle
that I could have thought up. For
Wee is-well. she's quite different
from Mirabelle. And suspect after
Vincent had watched her playin' her
star part as the fond little wife. and
been led up to the nursery to have the
baby exhibited to him. and heard US
joshin' each other friendly-well,
maybe he wondered how Mirabelle
would show up In a strictly domestic
sketch.
Evening star., 1919-09-28
SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON D. G., SEPTEMBER 2s 1919

hoped he would II was the best
could Do for Vincent. except hang
around ana phone out to Wee that
probably I'd be late home for dinner.
Seeing as how was driilin' around at
$50 In . doorway up opposite the
Cafe Caroni II looked like would.
I'd seen Chuck Dempsey drift In all
dollsd up sporty. and then Mirabelle.
Az for Vincent. he was right on the
dot, a. usual. He wasn't tickled to
death to and me waitin' for him.
either.
"oh. I say. Torchy." he protests.
you wouldn't want to make it a
threesome. chi" suggests.
I'D much rather not" says he.
Then we'll remember that" says 1.
mo harm in my edgin' in long enough
to drop word to Joe, the head waiter,
to give you a nice. quiet corner table
and take care Of you well. is there?"
I'm sorry" says Vincent. Il didn't
know but what YOU"
mot me-" says I. TN just stay
long enough to get you started right.
Evening star., 1919-09-28

Come along. An. there's Joe. down At
the end. and whep he-Eh7 Did you
choke or somethingr Well. Of all
things"
Course. he'd spotted 'em right
away-Mirabelle and Chuck Dempsey.
They're At q little table over by the
wall chattin' away cozy and conf
DENTAL. 1t hadn't taken 'em long to
re-establish friendly relations. In
fact. Chuck was just reachin' playful
for one Of Mirabelle's hands and he
was gettin' away with the act.
why" says I. ut looks like the
8. r.. O. sign was out already"
Yes. 1t was a bit raw for Vincent
He shows his polite bringin' up
though. No rash moves or hasty
words from him. He backs out grace
full, even II he Is a bit pale about the
gills. And not until we're well out
side does he let loose husky remark.
We'll. 1--we been made a fool Of,
l suppose" says he.
THAT depends on who's doing the
judgin'," says l. This Dempsey's no
Evening star., 1919-09-28
A Reminder.

TN q talk about the sinking OF the
! German hset at Scapa Flow con-
gressman said:
"The English admiralty. which had
the feet in charge. disclaims All re-
sponsibility. and 80. Of course. mo-
blame attaches to It. Tho admiralty.
nevertheless. reminds me OF LecoQ.
"Lecoq, the detective, was summoned
before his chief.
"'You careless scoundrel,' the chief
roared. why didn't you report to me
at , o'clock. according to your
ordersr .s
"I fully intended to do 80, chief
Lecoq respectfully answered. but the
fact Ia that tho pickpocket yeu
ordered me to shadow stole my
watch"
Evening star., 1919-09-28

From B. C. 5S7 (burning Of the tenn
pie and complete destruction Of Jeru-
salem in the days of Zedekiah). they
bring us to A. d. 1884.
Any of these dates. for example.
would have filled with wonder and de-
light. could he have seen the fortunes
of Jerusalem coming out Of the world
war, old Christopher Columbus. when
he wrote his interpretations Of the
Prophecies' 500 years ago. If you
desire to look them up. consult Prof.
Fl. c. Kirk of Washington. b. c., tho
author of THE Secret OF Columbus"
(Hayworth. 1910. Columbus. fore
seeing absolutely no detailed meaning
of his famous quotations from Isaiah.
would have deemed the present ap-
Proclamation of prophecy and history
to be wonderful indeed!
Surely, the isles await for me, and
the ships of Tarshish first. to bring
thy sons from far!" Usaiah, LX. 81.
"And it shall come to pass in that
day that the Lord shall set his hand
again the second time to recover the
remnant Of his people which shall be
left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and
from Pathros and from the
islands Of the sea =" Usaiah,
IL, 11-12).
The islands Of the sea. that's us!
And he shall set up an ensign for
the nations, and shall assemble the
outcasts of Israel. and gather togeth-
er the dispersed Of Judah from the
four corners Of the earth"
All right
It's close at hand. =
While as for us. 1t is written-and
Columbus wonderingly copied 1t:
"And to the isles he shall repay
recOmpense ~"
STERLING HEILIG.
Evening star., 1919-09-28

hand"--clear evidence, says tho school
of Guinness. that the lapse Of time Ia
an element in the comprehension Of
prophecy. The early church. having
long to wait. was mercifully allowed
to imagine that the time would be
short; but now that eighteen CEN
turtles have passed, 1t becomes clearer.
continually. where we are.
All interpreters are quite agreed,
for example, that the prophecies Of
Daniel are. for the most part. fulfilled
and not unfulflled prophecies-that.
starting from near their own epoch.
they each give the outline Of the his
tory Of the people OF God. Jewish and
Christian, right o nto the millennium.
And, 30, where are wet
Evidently. say the moro moderate.
we are At the end Of the great period
called ''the times OF the 0entiles"
quoted BY our Lord. st. Paul calls II
"the fullness Of the Gentiles." It 10
tho grandioss week" each Of whose
days 10 q "tims" Of $50 years. and
whose whole duration 10. therefore,
c.S3o years.
The tree which Nebuchadnezsar saw
cut down. for its stump to be left and
wetted with tho dews Of heaven un-
til ''seven times should pass over Il.
represented the insanity period Of
both the king and the world. The
great apostasy Of the latter days hav-
Ing . period Of 1880 years assigned to
.it--repeatedly spoken Of as half =
week. or "time, times and the divid-
ing Of time" Il. 2 and L 2)--it becomes
obvious that the other half Of the
week. the arst half. passed ahead Of
It, 90. a. fact. they cay. We have
only to. count. The Assyrian. Per-
sian. 0recian, Roman and other Gen.
tile empires which were to MI up this
long interval of Jewish bad luck have.
as q matter Of history. already lasted
for about 2,620 yearsi
Counted by solar time. the dates are
as follows: ...,.s.
From B. C. soe Conquest Of JehoiA-
kim. Loss Of Jewish Independence.
the "seven timea." 1. o.. $3.50 years,
bring US to A. d. 1915.
From b. G. bss (overtheow Of j..
Aotachin. FAN " the throne Of Ju.
Aah). they bring W to A. d. 1888.
Evening star., 1919-09-28
"THE MILLENNIUM"-Mi iv, 4.

"THE NNIUM"-Mich., fv, 4.
and intrigue, as they appeared origi.
nally with Clovis. the outsider in
France!
, Only today (they say} can wereal-
ize the world famine (Revelation.
$3.50. personifled by him on the black
horse and the voice In the midst Of
the four beasts, saying:
"A measure Of wheat for a penny
and three measures Of barley for q
penny; and see that thou hurt not the
oil and the wine!'
French interpreters 60 too far, un-
doubtedly. when they apply this warn
in America and American petroleum
refining in France; but 1t is not ex-
actly a prohibitionist text. is It?
Also. 1t must be admitted. the ma
jority Of those interested in the
prophecies do not hold to the exact
dates as above. Tho conviction Is.
rather. that the times are near-that
we are at tho end Of some great
period. and able now to look into
things which angels desired to see!
TO Daniel, It was said: Shut thou
UP the vision. for 1t shall be for many
days" tIn sympolio prophecy . day
has always been the symbol Of year.
and "time" Of $50 years). But to
John. 500 years later. 1t was asid:
Seal not the sayings of the prophecy
OF this book; for the times are at
~OLDE ARMYs OF FRAUNCE.s
Evening star., 1919-09-28
Lenin's Difficulty.

A LFRED A. KNOPF. the Russian
"A expert Of New York. was sor-
rowfully discussin: Russia's down.
fall
I'm the past" he said. "Lenin's eas
ambition was to bomb hls Sulsea
Lenin Ands Il dimcult new - rule
his bembsre"