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The state herald., 1920-05-25
LlvESTOCKPRl
AT SOUTH OMAHA
Cattle Slow to Fully a Quarter
Lower
moss At BETTER PRICES
Liberal Rseslpts Of sheep and Lambs
Demand Rather indifferent and
pssess sharply Lower.

Onion Stock Yards, South Omaha,
Neb., May 10. 1020.-Tuesday's run of
cattle was about 620o head. and the
quality was very good. Demand WA.
fair, but owing to bad narkets east
bids and sales ranged from steady to
&c lower than Aossday for both besf
stssrs and cowA Best beet stesrs
brought $12.7n. Stockers and feeders
were steady.
Quotations on eattls: Coed to cho,ct
beevea $l1.75ol215: fair to goo,i
feeders, &l0.75o1l.75; common to fair
beeves. $o.500lo75: good to choice
yearlinss. $l1.76012.75; fair to good
yeariinss, $o.5O01l.75; common to fair
yearlinss, $S0O09.5O: choice to prime
helfers. $102501i.5O: good to choice
heifers, $9.OO01O.25; common to good
heifers, $7.5O09OO: choice % prime
cows, $10.OO61l.2a; good to choice
cows, $500 1000: fair to good COWS.
0O0S.5O; cutters, S5.DpI.M: can
ners, S4.Og5.J0; veal calves. s9.OOO
1l.5O; bologna bulls. &G3Ol so: beef
bulls, S7.50Il05r; choice 10 pine
feeders, sIOCD2li 90: gnnl 10 rl.oire
feeders, 5000 10 on: ~ .,rrm TO good
feeders, ss.Oo9aDo: corunnu to fair
feeders, sIo0Gstr: good to choice
stockcrs, s7.TNGe0n: cp.saina 10 fair
stockcrs. sGcaGL,5; s;o,s hrifrrs
S8.J0MS0o: sioc' c""s. sGea $50 \
stock calves. sea-, mn
Hogs 9lisg s:',r~-r.
The run of hogs ArS unlv moderate.
about 1850 head. giH 90 3. 'sn~ :,Iirly
active with prices p >,ia.. -'i.nr-f IN
around. Tois itifft tiiftt. iii',
OF the tradhs wI" t.t'u s.t- y
1875.
sharp Dee u es0-r.
With II ri'iir 30 " rira,
md lambs, Ss-l ani aii in. i,rl
east, the loa1 i"tic uns ,"r, DN.
with prices nuyy.t- inm --r.Isr 40
lower. than ,nniin.. ics tniUunih,
lambs hrou-l Sl7.-l
Quotations an l-nu n1 isnh7 Int
wooled limbs siGpp AiT.5n; in shofu
lambs, sia0lCiG.5O. s,caiiu; lIirla.
siiooGlG0O; cull lamhs. sllmI
200; shorn ewes, S9.ooQ 1850; ewes.
culls and canners, s2,0oa50o
The state herald., 1920-05-25
Sham a.. u. /, -.
About the Carat.

The Carat the unit OF weight Pc
culiar TO Jewelry, WAS introduced from
Indin. Man sought to record the
weight OF small objects by using tiny
seeds. The barley grain was used In
Europe. In the East the seeds Of .
vetch were In use. and II Is from the
Greek word for vetch (kerntion) TINT
the now familiar term carat" In d.
rived.
The state herald., 1920-05-25
WINTER PROTECTION
GIVEN FRUIT TREES

Galvanized eerssn Wire Affords Ample
Means et Keeping Rodents Away
During Wintsr-it 10 gasily
Pvt N pesitlon.
The state herald., 1920-05-25
TAIL Of RAMON'S
DOG BLOODY SIGN
Feud With Porto RIeans Deadly
IN San Domingo.
LETTER r" THEIR sAIB0olETu

esrts AIeans Ar Distinguished Fesa
osm'Rseans BY Test osatsNss WAisA
0ssns instant osath u rhsy ossal.
sew Their "R's" Instead - Ns,liao
rhsm-AH American AeadRs k1sa
aed rhsn Fall: vIesim - osmiaIsss
oullesa
The state herald., 1920-05-25

Side Elevation Of . Tractor embedy.
Ing the Invention.
from tho motor by driving means In.
cluding a system Of belts and belt.
means controlled by the movement Of
ratchet lovers.
The state herald., 1920-05-25
Adx,n,.s, Of L.rs. werda

sDld ,yUu call me bonehesdr'
asked the big man.
mo" answered the little fellow. Il
nerciy referred Ia you ns mn example
e cerebral ossifcnti,n."
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-05-11

Mallory Hats in all the new shapes
and shades. Walden Bros. adv
FOR SALE-New Eldridge sewing
machine at $4,000; will sell on in
stallments. Reds Department Store.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-05-11

FOR SALE-Wall tent, IL by 16 It,
together with framework, for $780,
Inquire of G. G. WEIGH, at the DePuy
ranch on the Northside. adv Ito.
FOR SALE-Trio white Pekin ducks,
$500; two fine turkey gobblers, $500
each; setting hens, $3.50 each. Phone
118W, Mrs. A. e. Aldridge, Northside.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-05-11

There are no dirt-catchers on a cop
per-clad range. 1t is smooth as glass
and cleans like a dish. See one at
the Stookey Furniture Store. adv
FOR SALE-Tomato, Cabbage and
Celery plants; also aster plants. Leave
orders with George Wade or see w.
M. Meader. adv Ito.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-05-11

FOR SALE-Cabbage and tomato
plants. j. r. Wiley. adv May254t
FOR SALE-The H. l.. Medbury res
idence property. For price and terms
see Mrs. II. l.. Medbury. adytf.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-05-11

FORSALE-Eggs for Matching; pure
bred Silver Campines. Address Mrs.
j. j .Kindschuh, city. adv.Ap20
The weak points of other ranges are
the rust points. Sheets of pure cop
per prevent this rusting in a Copper
Clad. Let us show you. The Stock
ey Furniture Co. adv.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-16
Booth Harrington In Leather

Doubleday, Page & Co. have just is
sued leather bound edition Of four of
Booth Tarkington's books, '.Penrod and
sam, THE Guest Of Quesnay," s.Ths
Flirt" and In the Arena"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-16

Eysn & .ssS Sss SoaSs ss: to %sE H.
Fiction
PARADISE BEND. by W. p. white. New
York: Doubleday, Page a. Co.
via. '''Ik The hero has a delightful love ro'
nance.
CHILDREN OF STORM. BY Ida wyie
suedessfaiF SSs The % author "e endeSvors an an,
swer In her interesting novel.
STRONGER THAN HIS SEA. BY Robert
Watson. New York; George II. Doran
The story of u boy and man who from
earliest years found himself the man-of;the
family to his mother and sisters. a pleas
Gnt story with quiet charm
SAMUEL LYLE. CRIMlNoLoGIST. BY Ar
thur Crabb. New York: The Century
A fascinating story on Sherlock Holmes
inductive lines
OLD RELIABLE IN AFRICA, BY Harris
Judge Dickson takes his familiar "darky,,'
ventures are mirthful
York: Harcourt. Brace q Howe;,
This clever and obseryart writer has pro; pro;
AmeTiean amer m small town. The heroine is the tho
town doctors wife. Her struggle IS to sui.
and courage.
JAN by n: MSrgan Gibbon. New York;
pected. disconcerting girl, told with ca Sc and
viyacity A stormy wooing and many eau
tiyntlng incidents make this novel OF sus-
tained Interest.
THE TRUMPETER SWAN. by Temple
Bailey Philadelphia: Penn Publishing
The hero of this newest novel by very
faYorite writer comes home from France to
face the commonpl lacenesses of everyday ex-
istence after the strange experiences OF wPr
How he finds himself and the girl who is
TO be. all TO him Is told gracefully and char
actoristically.
THE FOOLISH MATRoNs. BY Dom Byrne.
New York: Harper Bros.
what makes a successful wfe? this
novel asks. and then proceeds to answer the
query with an interesting romance.
THE ROMANTIC BY May Sinclair. New
YORK; The Macmillan Co.
The story OF an Engllshwoman, hy all
the tendencies OF her natire q "realist," AMI
the effect on her life of a man after whom
the book Is named THE Romantic,''
Juvenile
THE ITALIAN TWINS. Ry Lucy Fitch
Perkins. Boston: HouRhton Mifflin Co
The latest In the famous "Twinsh series
Illustrated by the author.
THE THIRD BOOK OF STORIES FOR THE
sTnRf-TELLER. Boston: Houghton
Familiar and classic stories drawn from
folklore. saintiy lssend and isirx narfatiyes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-16
HebreU Secular Books

The aim of the author of "Bypaths
in Hcbraic Bookland' is to reveal to his
readers the Jewish spirit as shown in
literature from biblical days to the
present time. With this end in view he
gives sketches of writings from Il tale
found in Egypt in the fifth century
B. c.. to the poems of Emma Lazarus,
one of which is inscribed on the monu :
mcnt to Liberty in New York harbor.
He does not continc himself to comments
on works of Jewish authors. but calls
attention to writings of Shakespeare,
Byron, Coleridge. Browning and Long
fellow. Desiring to take his readers into
"bypaths leading to pleasant places" I"
he often directs attention to works OF
no special Importance, but having sig
nificant statements. For instance. he
tells of book by Joseph Hahn, a little
known writer of the sixteenth century.
in which is truth of deepest meaning
now: "What you eat profits the body -;
what you spare for God (that is. give
to the poor profits the soul" The illus
trations, including six portraits of writ
ers referred to. add much to the interest
and attractiveness of the book.
BYPATHs IN HEBRAIC BooKLAND. BY
Israel Abrahams: ID. D., NJ, 4. Philad del
phin: The Jewish Publication Society OF
america.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-16

/ world. Both words and music. in plano ar.
rangement. are given.
| MANS UNCONSCIOUS PASSION. BY Will
;, flid Lay New, York: Dodd, Mead & Co.
II, Examines o6jcctIyely and prasmatically
OF TRADE, %S by James White. New
stra ightforward busienss-l like study md
| q lucid account of the advantages Of specu-
THE, NEW WORLD. BY Frank Comerford,
New York; d. Appleton & Co. ~
81, searching study OF unrest in Europe. n
the problem OF capital VS.. labor 1'''" ot
nind: land: pSstan: HS%fhto9 MinIi4 HinrnIii!FSS CO. Kirk
Essays that can make the reader stimuli
fine literary flavor
York: q. y. Putnam's sons new
This remarkable book describes with so,,o
Ter oHsPirSey "qns sSwari ghi"f woTd domIns snis
,on. The publishers dsciaim any rSsponsi Ssr1ia.
thor. and publish the book, they iIwr "NmIWIn aI, M
The eibr eTIrSOrdnary -J fSroFs It has created on
ffHshST does m not accuse SIther the European
emssSeS IN Gr the me pe eTfa h as whole
the hatchns OF certain Preenasesss 'nSt nnd It Is
tain Jewish capitalists. N"u Se'-
cL0PHiaNG Phia BY MHTT Wt09!man. Philadel
The choice care and cost are discussed by
soNGs sfR'G' Or rHTRfsH TRn 4RSi SsfiHHOR' RH hornr
Boston: Houghton Mlfflin Co hnibes.
t klbmsinS: ,bs nSng swinging poems Of men and nature
CASTING TACKLE AND METuops ~
., ", Smith. Cincinnati; stewart hS
A valuable book for the angler.
THE RURAL, COMMUNITY. BY N.,,eu
sims New York. Charles Scri6nerss =
Comprehensive and intensive stud, ., 4.
subject both ancient and modern pha se ~. me
lns discussed The author Is professor oe ps
College N'''uItuTal
ON THE TRACK OF THE TRADES H.
heTls Freeman New York; Dodd. Mead
The cruise Of the Lurlire Will excita tho
envy or an amateur yachtsman' ''e the
THE SECRET OF >EVERYDAy rr,,>,
by Henri Favre, New York; The SsS..
The great French sclcntist's obsery.,,o
ana renectlons on multitude Of interestinss
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-16
NE w BOOK S

| BONNIE PRINCE FETLAR. BY. Marshal
Saunders. New York George II, Dorar
Syts Snisor Il sSf Sriae story
., Kay. New York: Doubleday, Page ( Go,
for hs rs sseoba In the Srss of s'oF1 &
Folks" A iciishtful TSt story ''''"'o''"' ''''
THE BOYS BOOK OF MODEL boats. by
RAYMOND Yates. New York: The Cen
Tells how to make and to run all sorts of
smell boats dandy work for the out-of-
THE nLSSE Ssw PEARL yasE H.. nx Samuel seov'ro.
prominent worker among the Scouts
Tns BoStSIi Ssii kMSSshtsn Mali% @ g. r,,,a '
book, full of .hrils for bows.
General
RIBLE. Edited TfiSf BY Jamss M - HsstInss HE Ta1
j. D. Now York: Charles scTGnes' 5
!, Three volumes are already published of
this seT Yseen ssfiss deSETsS to s Bible
bbSa book, and eRpSnnds RIsn isEis the m nne
R%rt;nn,oP R%ortH;nt, PasssSss with full HISTORICAL and
psops wha S0 STss i
work thSmseiyes. and It ALSO contains helpful
ina Sea the aad tSr In mSH
bers OF their hocks or families.
REVELATIONS OF LOUISE. by Albert
Crockett. New York: II A Stokes co
\ striking book on psychic phenomena nv
T. former newspaper man OF this city and
THE TWELVE, Nv Alexander Biloxi. New
York: II. w, Fuebsch.
\ poem. Translated into free varse by
Babette Dsutsoh and Abraham YarmolinskS
writer's: dlstiEsptshed for his mysticism ana
by AZ those interested In contemporary verse
making. The translators supply an appre.
cative and keen Introduction.
CoLLECTEp FRUITS OF OCCULT TEACH
ING" bY A., sinnett. Philadelphia: |:
An authoritative work on theosophical lit
eiature oy roted sa'nnt and investigator,
CRoWDING MEMORIES BY Mrs, Thomas
HALEY HALEY Aldrich, Boston; Housht0n
The, "reminiscences OF the widow OF the
noted New England poet " ''s
TWENTY KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN SONGS.
Collected and arranged hy Lorraine wv.
man man and no%ard Brockway. Boston
Quaint and charming qualities mark both
the originals OF these Eenuine folk Aonss
and their arrangements, which have been done
without unnecessary sophistication, some
OF them are In ballad form and doubtloss
represent the survival OF ancient bsiladSy
among mountain folk that 20 BACK in
eoosan ancestors who nrst came 10 the new
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-16
At THE FREE LIBRARY

Books added to the Free Library Thir-
teenth and Locust streets. during the week
ending October II:
'..'," Miscellaneous
, Hn'Ii;uo5, Hall; J, N,-"LatayetIe Flying Corp"
Huncker, j.. "steepleJack." 2 volumes.
Whiteley. opal-"Story OF opal"
Fiction
Bailey Temple--"Trumpetcr Swan -
barclay. r., L.-''ReturnCd Empty
Bliss, Gcrald-'DOor OF the Unreal"
Byrne. Donn-"Foolish Matrons."
Camp. Wadsworth--"GraY Mask"
Farnol, Jeffery-"Geste OF Duke Jocelyn."
Fletcher, j. s:-"Dcad Mems Money"
Hall Holworthy-'Egan."
Harden, w, N.-"Diyine Event
Hay, James, Jr.-"No Clue"'
Howells. W. D.-"Vacation OF the Kel-
wyns."
Johnson, Arthur--"Under the Rose"
MacCirath. Harold--"Drums OF Jeopardy"
MacManus. Seumas-'Top o. the Morn
Mcspadden, ]. W. (ed,l-"Famous Detsc.
Mcspa dden. J. W. ted, ,>-"Famous Psychic
Stories"
Oemler, NJ. C.-"Purple Heights"
Rice, A. H.-'"Turn About Tales
Rnehart. NJ, R.--"Poor Wise Man"
Sinclair. II. w.-"Poor Mems Rock"
Tracy, Louis-"Slrdar' Saher."
Wells, Carolyn-'ln the ONYX Lobby"
..unS Sul 10 ss9ulIM"-S II suIuIlIM
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-16
Bows Like AItsheIer

The Indian stories Of that master
writer for boys. Joseph A. Altsheler.
appear to be- maintaining their very
great popularity undiminished, for ID.
Appleton 4 Co. announce the twelfth
edition of 1.-The Rhcmcn of the Ohio. -
the seventeenth edition of "The Young
Trailers." the tenth edition of THE
Texan Star" the sixth edition of THE
Keepers of the Trail and the fifth cdi-
ton Of "Thc Rulers of the Lakes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-16
Heraesheimer In BraiIlo

Joseph IIergcsheimPr' story, "The
Thrush in the Hedge" from his vol
umc, ''The Happy End'D, is being done
into Braille type for the blind by the
American Library Association under the
direction of Miss Gertrude Rider at the
Library Of Congress.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-16

most happily before the world had
turned to introspection and become more
interested in how one thing becomes
something else than in either thing in
itself.
ITO MEDIEVAL biography the au-
L thor gives no disproportionate space.
His words of Eginhard's Life of Char
lemagne' invite us back to that i'm
portant. but forgotten, bit of biography,
which is conspicuous among biograph-
ical writings for its artistic brevity. In
three famous works the author finds
medieval hioernnrv wnll tvr;ficd thov
are De Joinville's life of the sanity
knight, LOUIS IN. the beautiful al
truistic "Fioretti or Little Flowers"
of Saint Francis and the Imitation of
Christ that notable tractate on the
pressing question "Iow shall I save
my own soul?" Another source for
Shakespeare, Cavendish's life of
Cardinal Wolsey.' bridges us over by
way of Roper's Life of Sir Thomas
More" and Izaak Walton's delightful
Lives to modern times. To voice u
personal taste, l could wish that there
had been more room for autobiography
though that is really a very different
subject; and l miss two important and
favorite old books. the omission OF
which l confess none the less might be
readily defended. They are Fulk Grev
ille's so-callcd, life of Sir PHILIP
Sidney" which is life" and likewise
a great deal more. and the dclectablc
Autobiography" of Lord Herbert OF
Cherbury.
l0N MODERN biography this little
" book is exceedingly suggestive. II
has always been matter Of wonder
raphers, James Boswell, should hav,
been the .coxcomb that he was, and tn,
contrasted portraits of Boswell as drawr
respectively by Macaulay and b,
Carlyle have been time out of mint
matter of comment. Boswell was ,
coxcomb, but sheer fool does no
write the greatest biography in til,
English language. Boswell is often nc
credited with being the first Geographic
! to document his case and let the subjcc
tell his own story. This is not quit,
wholly true and when DR.. Johnson di,
tell his own story in his "Autobiog
raphy," he made poor fist Of it, Bos
well was really splendid literary artis
endowed with marvellous sense of pro
portion, howsoever some have said tha
he did not know triviality as sucl
when he saw one. And again, Boswell
wit the learning. the odd and distin
guished personality of the great Chan
of letters made him a peculiarly happ,
subject for minute portraiturc. Thcs,
are some of the reasons why Boswell
will outlive the biography of tha
greater man, Carlyle, told malevolcnt!y
| If not dishonesty. by Froud, or othel
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
omen claim the Same Right to Smoke That Men Have

} the fathers fault as the mothers,
and they are not the fault of smek-
ing on the part Of either"
The women doctors hesitated to
take issue with DR.. Cumming, but
the men physicians here are fairly
divided
DR.. A. L. Goldwater says there is
more harm. in his opinion, inI what
Is called moderate coffee drinking
than in excessive cigarette smoking.
He said, also
Tobacco smoking is not an un-
mitigated evil. In many cases
few whiffs afford very great relief
and may be the means of avoiding
much greater harm in the form of
nervous break downs. Although do
not smoke myself, occasionally
suggest it to some of my more
nervous and highstrung women
patients
DR.. Charles G. Pease is preside :.
of the Non Smokers Protecti.&
League. The doctor hates tobacco a.
much as does circus elephant. Hs
tells men ut every opportunity thas
nicotine IS next TO prussic acid in
the rapidity and energy of its
poisonous action. He tried to re-
form women smokers by an appeal
to their vanity. He says cigar
cite smoking causes degeneration
of all the tissues of the body and
first attacks the tissue Of the eyes.
Tobacco smoking causes opacity
of the eye" says Dr. Pease. "The
human race seems determined to be
degenerate. Coffee, tea, cocoa.
chocolate and tobacco are all instru-
ments that will accomplish this de-
generation. But remember this: Ne
woman smoker has eyes as clear and
beautiful as those of women who do
not smoke
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

Sometimes it was a high-salaried
performer whose pay went on while
his or her act was missing from the
program.
But without the "leapers." and
even minus the canvas, the circus of
to-day is far and away ahead of the
circus that delighted the children
who are grown-ups now.
The Clarke brothers, aerialists.
are an excellent example to prove
this. They do stunts now that ware
considered impossible until they de-
veloped them. They are English
men. Their father was circus
man, part owner and rider and
juggler in Powell & Clarke's
wagon show that travelled about the
British Isles in the '7Os.
There are Charles, Ernest and
Percy. Percy is not an aerialist. He
is rider Of horses. But his father
wanted him to be what circus peo-
pie call "fyer." He lacked that
mysterious sixth sense of control.
however, and after several bad falls
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

gave it up Ernest became the
flyer and Charles the "catcher."
Charles is the one with the Lord
Dundreary mustache. He has the
accent, too, but it's quite honest.
That is one of the outstanding diff
ferences between circus performers
and the people of the stage. The
circus people are thoroughly genu-
Inc, rarely temperamental, and sell
dom display jealousy of each others
performing ability.
The biggest stunt the Clarkes do is
triple somersault, by Ernest, from
a swing up among the girders of
Madison Square Garden Cor the
roof of a tent, which ends when
his hands are caught by Charles
hanging head downward from an
other swing. This whole affair must
be timed to the fraction of a second
or the results are disastrous, or, at
best, humiliating
Seated on the tray of his open
trunk, up in the dressing room of
the male performers under the
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

is double somersault and pirou-
cite. At the end Of the dizzv
double somersault Ernest, face to
heaven and back to earth, is coming
up past Charles hanging head down
ward. Then abruptly he turns his
body like cat until he is face down
ward and then in an instant his
arms meet those of his brother and
they swing easily Git appears to be
easily off in a senicircle.
Ernest comes through the air
for fifteen feet and he comes fast. 3"
said Charles. He. weighs 1870
pounds normally, but when he
strikes my arms he weighs. many
times that. Sometimes my shoulder
muscle and bones fairly crack when
he strikes me-
Clown alley" is the dressing
place of the circus comedians. The
ALLEY" is formed by their trunks
placed end to end When the show
is on the road each group of per
formers has it's own alley, marked
out with these trunks and collarsi-
BILE iron clothes trees with spike
end that can be readily planted in
the ground.
Al Miaco is the veteran Of clown
alley. He is eighty-one years Of
age, a slender old gentleman, dieni-
fled behind his grease paint, and in
spite of ludicrous foot coverings
that make his feet look like hands.
He wears those during oue session
in the arena when he appears in a
gigantic papier-mache form that
appears to be walking on It's hands.
"How's Mrs. Miaco, Al?" he was
asked the other night, after he had
finished his last turn.
"She's pretty we'll; brave girl"
he said. We've had our share of
trouble and distress this last wear,
you know. Our boy died-influ-
enza- He was working at the Hip-
podrome. Forty-eight years Old. .
Il got to hurry" apologized Al,
as he bent over his shoelaces, that
appeared to be in hopeless tangle.
The missus waits up for me every
night and she's too old TO lose any
sleep"
While Al talked heavily muscled
man, half clad, was seated on
trunk not far away playing a violin.
This was Bruno, an understands"
in a perch act. Twice a day he
balances pole that is about the
size of a schooner yachts mast in
leather pocket strapped 10 his waist
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
Is Smoke Cured

dangled against the top of the ele-
plants neck.
Albert and me both," she said
This isn't what made me quit my
filing clerk job downtown. l want
to get out under the canvas, too, and
eat IN the chuck tent, and travel.
Il want to hear the black canvas
men singing and the sound of their
sledge-hammers as they circle about
tent stake, driving it with a steady
tattoo into the ground I want to
hear the yells of the ballyhoo men
at the sideshows. / want to see AL
cert exert himself to push pole
wagon out Of the mud. ! want
But just then the band outside be-
gan to play; the bugler gave the sig
nal to march; the composition board
doors swung open, and the nightly
pageant OF the greatest circus in the
world had begun.
If the parade hadn't interrupted,
the girl in the howdah might have
gone on and uttered longings for
the street parades that the circus
gives in every town except New
York. She might have bewaied the
lack Of dust stirred from country
roads by countless flivvers and
horses hitchcd to smart rigs.
1t is doubtful, though, whether
she would have mentioned the alb
sence of the 'leapers." She was too
young. Remember how all the per-
formers used to line up and then,
one by one, run forward and grace
fully leap over the backs of couple
CT elephants? Remember how the
number Of elephants was increased
and the number of jumpers de-
creased until only few expert
"leapcrs" were taking off from the
springboard? Remember how the
camels were finally placed beside the
half-dozcn elephants to make it more
difficult, and how the drummers be-
gan to beat long roll to increase
your thrills as the very best "leaper"
made his final double somersaut
over the backs Of all the animals Z?
ff you do remember you are recall
ing something that hasn't been seen
in the big tent shows for twelve or
more years.