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ready to pick it up. The men graf
the snakes from bag and do no
know the kind they are getting. I,
be sure there are purification rites il
the secret kivas The night before. an(
the dance is preceded by the drlnkint
of an emetic by all OF the Snake mel
and by violent vomiting over the sid'
of he mesa after the dance Is over
The white visitor is rather glad to ge
away, but he Is always curious Il
know why the Hopis are never bitten
SO far as known there has never beer
a man 10 suffer, consequently II is sup.
posed that they have an antidote. for
there is positively no attempt to ex.
tricate the fangs or in any way to
render the reptiles harmless.
The United states Government some
time ago refused to allow a movini
picture Of this dance to be shown. but
this seems to have whetted the ap
petite of the average traveller TO view
the ceremony and the crowds becam
larger. so it may be that this order viii
be rescinded this year.
The Hopis are splendid basket MAX
ers and Nampeyo, the most famom
maker of pottery, is of the Hopi tribe.
Her pottery is by far the best burned
and the most dainty in decoration an6
naturally brings the best prices.
The Hops also do excellent weaving,
hut their blankets DO not compare
with those of the Navajo. who are
classed as tribe of non-pueblo people.
There are any number OF pueblo tribes
scattered through the Sou Invest, and
each and every one is worth a visit The
only difficulty is that they live many
miles from the railroad and one must
travel over highways that could hard
ly be called roads, according 10 the
Eastern standard as 10 what consti-
tutes road, In almost any month
OF the year one may find ceremonies
given in honor OF the patron saint OF
the pueblo, and therefore CLOSED over
with christianity. but about as UNI
christian as II is possible TO make
them. However, many of them may
he looked upon as dramatic weird
pageants with gorgeous coloring.
These pueblo people are unlike any
others In the world and their manners
and customs should interest the people
OF our land for n must be remem.
bered that these old tribes Of the
Southwest are "the original Ameri
cans"
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TIE NHIZ21ISso

slative crew. presumably includint
MIR. Adams and many other person
ages Familiarity known in history. bu
long dead. All, 10 a man, turned and
looked at him as he came ina N.Y.
terious and ghostly light illuminate.
the scene-but not one of them said
a word.
Perhaps the Waterman had been
drinking. But other members Of the
force on guard at the Capitol. whei
asked to speak about such matters,
shake their heals and admit that they
could tell of strange happenings II
hey were not afraid of dismissal.
Mysterious footballs are heard az
night IN other parts of the great build.
ng. On one occasion a Waterman be-
came convinced thai somebody was
lurking on the premises for an I'M
lawful purpose: he put on pair OF
rubber overshocs. and. without a light.
stole softly through the corridors
Time and again he got the footsteps
cornered. but invariably they escaped
him. and were presently heard in an
other direction.
The Senate Has Two Ghosts
The Senate wing of the Capitol has
two weil-a cthenticated ghosts. One OF
them is that OF an Old white-haired
negro named Osborne. who during his
life time was employed TO scrub the
floors of the corridors. his work being
done at night. He haunts the base
ment. whore the sound of his brush
and pail. with "slosh" Of spectral wa
ter. is heard from dark corners hi
phantom still pursuing apparently hi
old-time occupation. So thorough!
established Is belief in this ghost tina
colored work people have commonl,
refused 20 undertake duty in the base
mcnt before daylight.
The other phantom is that OF tai,
military.looking gentleman. unidenti
fed, but dressed in a frock coat ant
wearing a long moustache and goatee
He is seen 1T night walking about Thu
corridors. his hands clasped beh.nt
him, and with an aspect of extremt
melancholy. Always he is pacing VI
and down. and when approached h,
vanishes Ike q aCic lantern picture
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was particular mention of a cat. II
was very remarkable eat. inasmuch
IS nobody ever saw it, yet it had q
way of reposng itself on the stars. so
that people trppcd over it. Under
such circumstances it would sQuail
but renamed invisible.
One Of the ghost tales connected
with the OctaEon House had 20 do
with a slave who was said 20 have
been whipped 10 death n the attic. or
tortured TO death in the cellar. Il
was said that his groans ana appeals
for mercy could be heard on occasions.
in the niaht. But tho main story was
more definitely circums'antial.
The Cat Tale
During the earlier half of the min.
teenth century $50 the story wert)
the house was occupied by an elderly
gentleman, who had very pretty
daughter He wished her to marry i
middle-a%ed friend of his own Il man
of means; but she refused. declaring
her intention to become the wife of a
Young lawyer with whom she was in
love. Bitter quarro!s followed. and on
an ocon SLOW whom 'ro die0uto woe ro
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SIMPLY pull mp the ladder.
Zuni Lie
The interior OF the houses Is
enough 10 drive Il sanitary export III
sane. for whom the Wr.ret entered one
the family WAS at dinner. the food
being e.' ou, on the a0or. There Wal,
la beer steak II The center and a half
grown eat V9s helping herself to one
end Of 1t while he family looked on.
over IN the corner in the fireplace a
woman was boiling bread in corn
huSks while IN another place young
girl was grinding corn between stones.
outside the door woman was win.
moving meal ana Offering pottery for
sale. The ZUnis make excellent por.
terry but as few visitors come to the
pueblo they are compelled to sell It
10 The traders. They also make beads
with a peculiar drill using coral sea
Shell and matrX turquoise, The in
strumout is curious wooden affair
with q sharp nail at one end and is
wh'rlod in the hand Ike drill Ger.
tain Of the XuriS are excellent silver.
smith, and make much of the silver
j0wclry which finds its way to the
tour'ste at the big hotels along the
Santa Fe.
one Of the curious things noticed
are many eagles confined in odd look.
ing plated cottonwood cages. passing
miserab bile existence awaiting the
Nuc whom thov shall be SACRIFICED
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81 Two days. An ultal was set up IN
honor Of ST. Joseph and decorated with
greens. Certain men and women of
the tribe dressed in costumes, danced
up ana down in front of the altar to
The music of tom tom. each OF the
dances expressing thanks for full
harvest. over in little house near
by were the displays of sewing, pot
terry and haskctry with the Indian
agents as judges. over at Taos s..
Geronimo Day Is always celebrated
on September 30th with dances. races
and games. Crowds of both Indians
and whites come from far and near
and the day Is like a picnic.
Zuni Dances
In some of the other tribes, such
as the Zunis, there are rain dances
during which the dancers are sup
posed 10 pray for cessation of the
drought. The dancers come on the
plaza grooming as If in great pain
and are almost naked with their
bodies painted purple or blue. They
wear brilliantly colored silk trousers
and moccasinS in which matriX tur'
quo'se are embodied. Their neck and
arms are covered with beads while
over their faces are hidoous masks,
one is known as the Mud Head and
his mask is most uncanny resembling
the head of dcfOrmed wolf lie
walks at the side OF the dancers and
beats rattle, Another man beats
continuously on curious shaped drum
while the leader of the procession
tlnN hpglfnI Of sacra1 ~, a
and sprinkles bits OF it on each of tho
plazas. A. he first sign of rain the
dancing ceases In the evening he
people OF the Pueblo gather all kinds
Of food together and the dancers throw
II TO the Indians who gather on the
housetops. Like the whites they are
always present when something is N
he given away and The ent're P"ot'~
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men there on permanent exhibition.

men there on permanent exhibition.
Guides point out the brass star set
IN the floor 10 mark the location Of
he seat Of John Quincy Adams. who
"a member Of Congress for nine'een
wears after he relinqushed the Prcsi
dency) was suddenly taken i'll there.
and died in one of the rooms adjoining
the chamber. But visitors are more
interested in the weird acoustic effects
he slightest whisper uttered tfor in.
stance) by person standing on Ger
ain stone being clearly audible to an.
other person standing on another stone
clear across the hall.
Imagine the same place in the gloom
If night. The white marble statues
Of great men, ranged around the walls
scem 10 ges,iculate with oUtstretchcd
rms and to point with ghostly fingers.
Strange echoes respond to the slight
est sound.
But this is by no means all. The
footsteps of a person walking across
the hall at night. when all about is
silence. seem to be closely followed
by other footballs; and the latter. odd.
~ enough. appear to move Just lit
tie faster. rs If on The point OF over
taking. The individual thus pursued
instinctively looks around. but sees
nothing. 1t is very curious phe-
nomenon. and has never been salts
factorily explained.
One is at liberty to give credit or
not TO the statement of a member of
The Capitol police, who made formal
AFFIDAVIT that, on certain occasion
entering Statuary Hall at midnight. he
beheld the entire House of Represen-
tatives of 1913 assembled as II for
la w-mak'nc purposes--a phantom lor.
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thrown out when the mouse was rec
built in the reign OF the Koo.lvcrs
the space being converted into srrv-
ants quarters. and the specier has
ceased to prowL
The White House, however, still lays
claim to two other ghosts-one Of
them that of woman, wearing Q cap
Of antique pattern and a garment rc-
scmbling lace shawl. She is sup
posed to be Abigail Adams, the first
mistress of the mansion. who took up
her residence there in the autumn of
1900. Not a, midnight is she seen
las is ordinarily customary WITH
,pooks), but just before daybredk
when she glides slowly along the wide
hallway which extends lengthwlse
| Trough the middle of the White
House. She always moves from west
east. and. when She reaches the
closed double doors that give entrance
20 the East Room, she passes through
hem as if they offered no obstacle
md vanishes.
There are always watchmcn on
guard at night in the White House
md it is they who tell of the ghosts.
The other one is the spectral s.mu'a-
| rum of Abraham Lincoln. which APP.
pears to haunt the stairs that former
ly led from the first floor 10 The FXrcu
tive business offices over he East Room
quarters which have been recon
structed into bed rooms for guests.
! The maryred President is ncVcI
/ seen elsewhere than on these stars
and invariably he is going up. / is
impossible to mistake the tall, aWk-
ward figure and shambling gait. When
he reaches the top step. ne Iuok,
around. smiles sadly, and disappears
- II mist
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~ "'NH d" '''9
~ country dWeIi.ng so authentic
uHy haunted as the old Oc;agon
House. which sim stands at The
"orner of Seventeenth street and Now
York avenue, in the CITY or Nasb,,,.
on,
This was ,bo o,o,.,s.
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,,as aoa,,,F7, ''' ''' !" us uay, when
,r1 49,. p'c' ~ 'IcS-uon' MADISON
rasiatn VIZ i'"''>, rs " temporary
h,,,,,o', "'e Rouse was
49,, - ~ ''. -, ''S"' III lol1' IN
w. af',,o', we id'r Dolly
.''" ici court thefc
p,.,,. NN VI "'I "USplHu 'efm
ro.', ~ ~ man u "tt',h' one Col
:" WHY '"''ou"IS Planned
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First and Largest Apartment House Builders The Fa
nous Snake Dance Agricultural Fairs POPULAR.

~ Hul'dle"
found IN the great Southwest, and The
name has tenaciously chung to them
ever since. They are normally Cath.
olics but they still cling TO their
ancient feasts and signs and our GOV
eminent has very wisely not IN
'crterred with these dances on GER
tain days, which do no harm whatever
and preserve the early tradition of the
tribe.
Agricultural Fairs
For centuries they have made pot
terry and baskets. each tribe having
its own special style of pottery ana
Weave.s Of baskeiry. The men arc
great sheep raiseTs and are dgrcdl-
turls,s in general gong oul from he
Pucblos in the early morning and re-.
turning at night. The women usually
make the pottery and baskets besidrs
keeping house and preparing food for
the men. The Indian agents encour
age all kinds OF work and there Is
great rivalry among. the tribes. For
the past three or four years they have
held agriculture! fairs at the various
Pueblos whore cattle, vegetables and
needle work, besides pottery and has-
/ ke,s. are on exhibition and prizes are
awarded. They are generally held at
a time OF The year during which a
! feast day occurs. This gives the In;
dams an opportunity TO do some OF
their special dances and is always
sure TO draw large crowds the In
| dams come for many miles in the old
| prairie schooner wagon and camp
along the way spending sometimes two
weeks IN coming and gong. Lasl
year one was held at L0guna durinG
he feast Of ST. Joseph and the dances
given on the plaza were unique and
kept up during the entire afternoon
Evening star., 1919-05-12
Hold-Up for Tips.

suppose it was for rendering us
such service as I have outlined that
the Berlin walters determined to be
properly tipped. AT anv rate they
combined and by bloodless revolu-
tionary methods managed to get ~
per cent tackled on the bill of every
guest. the money to hc DIVIDED among
them. OF course. the guest was not
expected to hand out any further
eratutities But naturally, since every
emnloye was sure to receive his tips.
the service slumped and the only way
to be comfortable was to resort to
supertipping. So far as the guest was
concerned it merely came to an IN
crease of 20 per cent in his hotel bill
In the outside restaurants 10 per
cent is added to the check, while the
same is done with every drink served
at the bar. A lot of people are caught
before they learn the custom. The
waiter will serve them and present
bill with 10 per cent added. They
take it for sort of luxury tax as
in Paris, and add A tip: To this the
walters seldom if ever object
So it goes. There is no phase OF
trade in Germany into which this
sort of business has not crept to some
degree. What is strange is that after
a few weeks there one accepts 1T
quite cheerfully as If it were a mat
ter .of course, which, indeed, it has
come to be.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
PRISONERS RELIEF NEED.
Society Appeals for $1,000 Fund
to Carry on Work.

The Prisoners Relief Society, of which
f. f. budding is president appeals to
the public for funds with which to carry
on the work of the society. The latter
is anxious to obtain 81 900 and would
he grateful if 100 men and women of
the District contributed $40 each to the
cause.
Aims OF the society are to help pris-
oners at the expiration of their SEN
fences IN prison to obtain honorable en-
nloyment. and TO assist families and de-
pendents of prisoners during the time
they are in prison.
The problem OF financing the society is
one which must have immediate con-
sideration II the work is to be continued
says Mr.. budding. Headquarters of
the society are at 500 T. street
Evening star., 1919-05-12
Chinese With Bolshevists.

There are numerous chinese among
the bolshevist troops attacking Narva,
and Warner AYERS that they are al
lowed to torture the prisoners, dig
sing out their eyes. cutting off their
roses and ears and otherwise mutt
lating them until they die. The Es-
thonian army command issued orders
that no Chinese prisoners were to be
taken, but all We're to be shot mmedi-
ately. The various volunteer com
manders are mutually jealous and are
quarreling with on another, no su-
preme authority being acknowledged.
Other reports coRfirm the story
told by Warner. No sign is yet per
ceptible of the great powers taking
hold of the united Baltic and Mediter-
ranean front. though it was recently
said that a French general had gone
east for that purpose.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
c. A. R. MEMBERS ADOPT
MEMORIAL DAY PLANS
Local Veterans of Civil War, Now
Numbering 816, to Remem-
ber Their Dead.

Plans for the celebration of Me-
mortal day by the SIG remaining
members of the local G.. A. R., who
have seen the country pass through
its second great national crisis. have
been announced by 0, H. Oldroyd, as
sistant adjutant general of the De-
partment of the Potomac of that or
ganization.
When the celebration was held last
year the rolls of the society showed
a membership of more than 1000. If
the present death rate continues the
celebration four years from today
Evening star., 1919-05-12
Miss Mary E. Hungerford Dies.

Miss Mary Z. Hungerford. sister of
Maj. Thomas w. Hungerford. died sud-
denly Saturday at the 7th street wharf
from heart trouble, as she and her
brother were about to board the boat
for Westmoreland county, Va. She was
eighty years old. Her grandfather and
father fought in the war of the revo!u-
ton and the war of 1872. respectively.
Two of her brothers also fought with
the Confederate army in the civil war.
Funeral services will be held this aft
ernoon at the home OF her brother, 222
n street northwest. The interment will
will be in the family plot at Leedstown,
Va
Evening star., 1919-05-12
JOURNALIST OF BRAZIL
ASSA|LS UNITED STATES
Accuses This Government of co
menting Revolutions" and Be-
Titles Part Taken in War.

RIO DE JANEIRO. Sunday. May II.
An attack upon the United States is
made by Madeiros de Albuquerque.
generally considered one of the lead
ing journalists of Brazil, in a long in
terview printed today in A Noite. Sc
nor Albuquerque, who has just arrived
from the United States, says:
II return from the United States
with much enthusiasm for England,
Italy, France, Belgium, Japan and
perhaps. above all, Mexico
He accuses the United States of 40
menting revolutions in Mexico" and
says that Brazil is considered by the
United States only as a possible fu
ture colony" He adds:
Evening star., 1919-05-12
MAY INVEST IN w. S. s.
Subscribers TOO Late" to Get v
Bonds Have Opportunity.

Victory loan subscribers, whose ap-
plications were received too late for
acceptance, have still the opportunity
for investment in the $1,000 denomi-
nation of war savings stamps. which
bear approximately equal interest.
The $1,000 issue. the Treasury De-
partment announced today. probably
will be ready for distribution within
a week. Applications for this denom-
ination already have been received
from banks in all parts of the coun-
try and from investors seeking a firm
security and a high rate of interest.
it was stated. The interest rate on
war savings is 4 per cent compound
ed ouarterly
Evening star., 1919-05-12
BOMBARD
TOWN IN ESTHON|A
U. S. Minister Morris Learns Narva
Is Half Destroyed; 10000
People Homeless.
BY BASSETT DIGBY.

Cablegram to The Evening star and
Chicago Daily News, Copyright, 1919.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 9.-Es-
thonia is in very bad shape. Ira Nelson
Morris. the American minister to SWe-
den, learns that Narva is in flames
and that already half of the town has
been burned. AS a result there are 10,-
900 hungry and homeless people in the
vicinity of the ruins. The bolshevists
by their recent heavy bombardment
killed or wounded $500 persons. They
threw more than 800 shells and aerial
bornbs into the town. An urgent appeal
is being made for American help and
Red Cross equipment.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
One Beautiful Smile.

1t was in connection with bacon that
I discovered what old Diogenes could
not unearth. This chap did not run
true to form at all. He not only
brought back all the bacon I had
given him, but a small pitcher con-
tanning the grease. And the smile that
spread over his face when / made him
a present of the grease was the most
beautiful thing l saw in Germany.
l thought 1 had them in the matter
of eggs A Danish friend brought
me two dozen from Copenhagen. and
I had several merry breakfast parties.
which made my position so solid with
those who attended that I could bor-
row money from any of them for
weeks afterward. ] was jubilant at
the thought that the kitchen folk
mast return my eggs intact. ] did
not see how they could cut piece
off an egg. What happened was TINS:
The very last egg came to the table
artistically crushed in on one SIDE;
At first it puzzled me, but at last !
discovered the trick. which l found
to be popular in all the hotels
throughout the land.
The procedure was to make a tiny
puncture in the shell. draw out half
of the white and then damage the
shell in such a way as to conceai
tho original hole.
The result is when the egg is open
ed the shell is found to be halt 1uii
of nice hot water. 1t was only by
to crack upon the wait-
er's head all the eggs with damaged
exteriors that we got any degree OF
satisfaction.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
Alleges Designs on Brazil.

''The United States wants to obtain
as part of the payment of the debt of
France and England bond for Bra
Zil's debts to those powers. On the
day this is realized Brazil will be sold
to the United States. which on the
first occasion we fail to meet the in
terest will do to us as she has done to
Central American nations"
Senior Albuauerpue belittles the part
the United States took in the war.
saying that the only American victory
was the battle at st. Mihiel. which, he
says, was gained with English ar
tillery and French aviation"
Evening star., 1919-05-12
Pupils Free on Saturdays.

Ladies of the Mount Vernon Associa-
tion passed resolution last Saturday in
which it stated that school children
by teachers or guardians
will be admitted free to Mount Ver
non on Saturdays. Teachers or guard
ians with the children will also be
admitted free. Arrangements for
visits must be made in advance with
Superintendent Harrison NJ. Dodge,
Mount Vernon on n-the-Potomac, Fair
fax county Va
Evening star., 1919-05-12
Attacks Monroe Doctrine.

He attacks the censorship which. he
remarks, has prevented these and
other facts from becoming known" He
attacks the Monroe doctrine and Pres
ident Wilson, ridiculing the Presidents
activities in the peace congress. He
concludes by saying: 'The United
States incontestably is the Prussia of
tomorrow"
Evening star., 1919-05-12
will find the civil war veterans de-
creased to bare handful.
Representative Lundeen to Speak

Representative Lundeen to Speak.
Representative Ernest Lundeen of
Minnesota, member of the Sons of
Veterans, will deliver the principal
address at the Arlington ceremonies.
will preside.
The graves of departed members
all cemeteries in the city will be dec
GRATED with wreaths. Ceremonies will
be on smaller scale.
general order by o. H. Oldroyd
names representatives of local pa
triotic societies a committee on eX-
ercises for Memorial day. The mem
bers are William V. Cox, Samuel Hart,
Col. Robert n. Harper. S. n. Meyer
John Joy Edison. A. Lisner, William F..
Guide, Simon Kann and Myron NJ
Parker. Sons of Veterans to be ON the
Evening star., 1919-05-12
Situation Described as Desperate.

Herr Warner Danish volunteer, who
has just returned here, describes the
situation as desperate. Life and prop
erty are unsafe to a marked degree
There is an utter muddle as to the eX-
ercise of authority, as laws are in
allegiance and armed force is used pro
mscuously. Nearly every one, includ-
ing the women. is armed at home
and in the streets. The eating houses
frequently are the scenes of gun fights.
The tough elements in the Scandinavian
volunteer forces are dreaded for their
lawlessness, their discipline being a
negligible quantity. There are now $50
Sweties at the front, a few dozen Nor
Wegians and twenty Danes. .