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4 Co,Uboy CnoStic

Il. L. Cunninghamp Graham, who
shares. with w. II. Hudson, the dis
tinrtion of pioneering and interpreting
the indigenous and cultural life of South
America, doing for his locale what
Pnrkmnn and so many others have don"
for the romance Of the far flung fror-
tiers Of the United States. has writ
ten an interesting book in "A Brazilion
Mystic" This is the narrative of the
life and miracles of Antonio Conscl-
heirO. cowboy and mystic, who flourish
ed with his band of followers. oil dev-
otecS of Il sort of primitive thriStiun-
ity. not many years ago. They lived
the "simplc lifp." dressing in goat
skins. raising virtually all their sup
plies aud occasionally advpnturing. 1t
is true that their somewhat independent
existence was rcprchcndcd by both the
church and the republic. The cowboy
mystic and his troop were killed by
the national forces after nomadic
and somewhat predatory career Of many
years.
The book Is murn more. however,
than the account Of Chieftain described
by some as fanatic and his band. Mr..
Graham makes it the vehicle of fas-
cnating description of cowboy life In
Brazil. written with glowing cOlors,
His peculiar fitness for the task Is SHOWN
in the following letter, which Colonel
Roosevelt. who knew great deal about
the Amazon and Brazil. wrote to Mr..
Graham: "What you and Hudson hav"
done for South America many have done
for our frontcrsmCn in Texas. Arizona
aud New Mexico. Others have written
Of the Mexican fronticrsmcn. and writ
ten we'll about them. No one, as far
"a know. has touched the subject of
the froutersmcn of Brazil. Why don
you do it? for you have been there.
know them and speak their lingo. The
| field is open to you.
| 4 BRAZILIAN MYSTIC. BY r. p. Cunning
| hame Graham. New York: DOdd. Mead s
| Co
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DR.. Collins on Italy

"Iding in Italy" is tho outcome Of
relief hours from duty in Italy during
the war by wcll-known New York
physician. The first part is devoted t.
animated descriptions Of the works OF
leading Italian writer's. his aim being
to awaken such an interest in them
that there will be demand for their
translation and publication in this cOun-
try. Those to whom he gives the most
attention are D'Annun2lO. Papini and
two whom he charaCtrri2ps as NOISY
Italian srhoOlmastcrs. There is much
that is interesting and attractive in the
works which he describes. but thrr" ar"
also many undesirable pictures OF tho
working of the "dcpravcd human mind. W
A chapter is devoted to description
of an interesting rambIc IN Rome ana
10 the play instinct in children. which
he says is wanting in Italy. One OF
the ptrking things to the stranger who
is obScrvant of family life is 'tlAt III"
parent doesn't play with his childrG,n
AZ does the Anglo Saxon, ana rhll
drcu do not play with each other. In
the cOncIuulhS CnuptVF Oh " N'A ''"u
able book he attempts to dc%|rlDc III"
cnigmatic attitude of the ltaIianI to-
ward Woodrow Wilson, and to answer
certain questions as to the rcas"n OF
their diStrust land thus to suggest why
he has been failure as President; n
Characteristic of the authors style Il
nm unusual use of words, as in refer
onccs to the pnChantmcnt of ID Annun-
zio he says that it is due to the IN
toxicationS Of his descriptions OF beauty
and TO his mastery Of tcchnic and con
summatr mastery Of bchnvoristic rsy
chology." 1t is rcgrettahle that IN
ynrl; with numerous references to 81
many interesting people there is no in
deX.
,,IIHG IN ITALY. studies OF !dt"rntur
! nmd Life ry Joseph Collins. NJ" YORK
Cmarles Scrlbners Sons. 81
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T0IcS Of Mystery

Psychology undrrlic; "prngard
Awake" by Ralph StrauS. but this
does not mean that It is story Of per-
picking subtlCtirs. Rather the p>ycho-
logical foundations give frmnCSS Of tex
turr to the many hazards and advcn-
lures in which the author places his two
main figures, Iovablr old bibliophilr
and remarkable bookseller, whose shop
has distinctive personality. \ famous
author is also 4 sinister principal. The
plot rcvOlvCS about a curiuuS secret
that involves Pcngard, and the solving
Of it may we'll battle the most acute
reader Of mystery literature. OF course.
there i II love element, lovely and
being cumrshod in the web Of mystery.
\ capitul plot capitHlly developed about
sums up this plausible tale of dual per
sunality.
"Thc dangerous Inheritance" i not
the first story in which gems have FUR -
nishcd the material for pivoting Il story
Of my ~trry. In the case of lola For q
rr~tcr'S rngrosSng novel, even such Il
familiar thing aS the jewels of q singer
rrnpprur, but there is no press agcntry
involved The Tittani rubics, which
furnish the inspiration Of this novel. are
inherited by the cOmpCtput. we'll poised
.uuick -Wittcd and beautiful CHrlottu, II,
legacy from her grandmother, fa
NOUS diva Of previous generation
Truly they prove what the title mdi
Gates, II hazardous heritage The plot
and countcrrIot of international intrigue
are woven abput the fatal rubics in d
story that is fun of incidcut and not
at all deficient in higher literary quail
tiles than are customarily deemed nrccs
snry for this type of fiction. It's
2rstful yarn Of rich romance.
THE DANGEROUS INHERITANCE R
lola Forrcstor Boston: lloughton Nnlh
pFSGARD AWAKE Rv Ralph Straus
New York; d. Appleton Co.
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Mccarthy SOlrcS The Mystery

Whoever is looking for a dctcrtiv"
story that plungcS him right into the
mystery in the first f"w pages will
find it in Isabel OStrandcr'S "iiow
Many Cards." ii deals, with cx-
Roundsman MrrNrlhyS efforts to dis
cover who killed II rich New Yorker
found dead in his library with bulIct in
his heart. Suspicion is directed to Srv-
cral different persons. and it is not
until the Inst chapter that the name
Of the real murdcrrr j. disclosed and the
person is some one ON whom the shadow
ot suspicion has not rested. X is an
absorbing story Of life on the fringcS
Of fashionable society in New York,
the reading of which will take one )
Imind from his own worries and troubles.
HOW MANY CARDS" Ry I4aLsl Ostrand, r.
| Nrw York. Rohert II M,I|r!d' K co. So.
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Marcosson in Africa

When he was last heard from, l>aar
+. MurcoSson was in the heart Of the
Belgian Congo, making the long uip
from Flaabcthvillc to Bona, tho mouth
Of the Congo river. lie is probably the
first American journalist to make tho
trip along Stanlcy'S trail. Mr. Marcos -
son was the guest Of General SHUTS AZ
Cape Town, and was also the guest Of
the RhodcSian government at Bulawuyo.
lie expects to return to America late in
the autumn. lIiS latest book. "AdNcn
lures in Interviewing, has just been
published in England, where il has
duplicated the success it achieved in
AuCrica.
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HOW FOUR BOYS
FOUND A GOLD
Mine IN BOLIVIA

Just lately there has been a gold
mine discovered in Bolivia. There
were four boys, John, Eugene, Ben
and Frank.
Eugene said, 81 know what to do,
boys, let's get some money and find
something out in South America"
Say. that's dandy" said the
other three boys. Just then Eu-
gene said, Il have to go home"
John, Ben and Frank talked for a
little while. Then John had to go
home, so Frank and Ben went
home, too.
The boys talked it over with
their fathers and mothers. They
said they might go. So, all that
summer, those four boys got to
work doing odd jobs, cutting grass,
carrying out ashes and other jobs.
When the summer was over they
had enough money to go.
The boys took a train to st.
Louis, then took a boat down the
Mississippi to New Orleans. Then,
they took an ocean steamer that
went to Lima. Peru. In about
week they were il Bolivia. They
went through the Panama canal.
When they got to Lima, Peru, they
caught the train ,lat goes to River
alta. Eugene said, Where's our
hotel and our carriage?"
When they got to their hotel,
they went to bed and had a good |
sleep. The next morning, Eugene
woke up all of sudden. He heard
strange. The noise was
a call for breakfast. For a break
fast call the servant would use
stick and a pan. Eugene woke
John, Ben and Frank.
When Ben had finished his
breakfast, he went outdoors and
waited for the rest. When Eugene,
John and Frank came out they had
some tools and went outside of the
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city to discover something. Frank
was walking and he stopped. He
began looking. All of a sudden he
found something yellow, and it
was gold.
Then Ben, John and Eugene be-
gan to dig. They had found what
Eugene had expected to find.
They got twenty trillion pounds
of gold. They went to the hotel,
happy and tired, but that night
they went to bed early and awoke
the next morning very refreshed.
When breakfast was called, the
four boys went down and had
chicken, ice cream, cake, bread and
butter and water, for it was dinner
cause it was dark and drizzly. So
the boys did not go and get the
gold that day.
But the next day, 1t was fine and
clear, so they had breakfast and
John was the first one there. Ben
had wagon come take the gold to
the train The train that had the
gold in was to go to America on the
boat.
Eugene and Frank went to the
hotel and packed their things. At
A p. M, they caught train at the
station of Riveralta that reached
Lima, Peru at p. m.
Then they took the boat that had
their gold on it. The year of 1923,
Eugene, Ben and Frank arrived
home. Ben and Frank got half and
Eugene got one-fourth, and John
got one-fourth of it. They sold it
to the government and had enough
money to last all their lives
Frank Bentley, Joseph Moore.
Honorable mention in the Story
Writing contest]
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it was American democracy and
should be helped up. OF the two
leading papers in the town, one
had been for the plan, the other
against, and the contest had ragged
furiously.
Now the controversy had reached
the grimmer stage of the actual
test. Only about one-third of the
parents of high-school students
had been willing that their sons
and daughters should go, and of
those students who had received
permission, not all were able to
pass the required physical test.
The selected group, almost sew
enty in number, who were allowed
and ready to go, did not regard the
Independent camp as a summer va
cation; no, nor yet as an expert
ment. In their hearts burned the
same fire that had actuated the
Pilgrims to settle in bleak New
England; or, to put the matter in
another way, which turns a British
colonist into a Canadian-faith in
themselves and in the guiding
spirit of Liberty!-Boys' and Girls
Newspaper Service.
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FRANCE MAY HAVE
VOTES FOR CHILDREN

Why wait till you are grown up
or at least that age when you are
called grown up, years-to
vote?
Perhaps this is what the member
of the French Chamber of Depu-
ties, which corresponds to our
American House of Representa-
tives, thought, when he suggested
that the franchise laws be amended
so that each child of the nation be
given a vote.
The weighty question of deciding
for whom to vote is not to be de-
cided by the child but by the par
ents; in other words, the parents
get an additional vote for every
child they have until the child be-
comes 81 years Of age, when he
votes for himself.
This measure was suggested be-
cause of the fact that so many
thousands of fathers were killed in
the war, that now, many families
have no representation at all in the
government, and under this plan, if
it were accepted, the mother could
cast a vote for each of her children.
1t is also put forward with the idea
of encouraging the raising of
large families, and it is thought
that such an amendment will in
crease the concern of the parents
in the future welfare of France.
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a similar organization. The indie
pendent camp was truly indie
pendent. based on the idea that
some boys and girls of high school
age are competent to form a sum-
mer community and govern it
themselves.
The Independent camp had been
topic of discussion all the pre-
ceeding winter. Some people
wished it well, others had prophe-
sled disaster; a few had cried out
that it was radicalism and should
be put down, others declared that
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The Clan OF
North America
THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY
Francis Rolf Wheeler

The picked girls and young fell
lows from the united high schools
of Invention were settling down
from the excitement and stress of
having put up tents, built log
assembly hall, constructed outdoor
kitchens, dug drainage bitches and
done all the necessary chores for
the establishment of the Juventon
Independent Camp.
Not a fellow or girl over 20
years of age was in the camp, nor
any hey or girl under IA years of
age, unless officially qualified as a
'First-Class" Boy or Girl Scout, or
he holder of corresponding rank in
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RIDDLES

!. Why Is it that a lace shoe
can talk and not button shoe?-
Rosemary Sharkey, age II years,
grade 7.
2. A pair of letters: These two
letters when spoken together can
climb wall. When written to-
gether they make four. When
added together they m, 20 six
Brooklyn Eagle Junior. ~
8, Why are hay and straw like
spectacles Q Eloise Mills, West
Main street.
4. What is it that goes through
the woods, yet never touches the
ground or trees?-EIoise Mills.
5. Ten mems strength,
Ten mems length,
Yet one man can carry it
Mary Louise Bills.
ANSWERS will appear in next
weeks Junior)
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| bdlilc "SSh AZ "hi~A 5oe S~
1t III.
Dear Aunt Polly:
How old Is Washington theater?
Nobody.
Dear Nobody:
1t will be 4 years old in Noyem'
Der of this year.--Aunt Polly.
Dear Aunt Polly:
How old is Washington, d. C.?
Nobody.
Dear Nobody:
Cities grow just like we do, only
they are not like us in the way OF
having any definite birthday.
First, there are a few houses in
the country, then more come, then
1t becomes little village, then a
town, and after awhile it grows so
big and important it is called city.
The city of Washington, long ago
was a favorite camping ground for
the Indians who lived on the
SnOIeS vi tuo L otollat ii'CiJ VhaSi
they called "The River of Swans"
Here they held their counsels in
peace time and here they held
their war dances with some other
tribe. Then about 1860 came man
from England with lots of money
and an idea. With the money he
bought tract of land where Wash
ington City is today, and with the
idea he named it Rome, called the
river that ran beside it the Tiber,
and the hill on which the capitol
now stands, the Capitoline Hill
after the great hill Of that name
in Rome. His name was Pope and
after he had fixed up his little
Rome on the Potomac, he called
himself the Pope of Rome" Then
he\'lived happy ever after"
From 1888 to 1891 the question
was talked over of buying dis
trict which would be a part of nc
state at all but would be the seat
of the government of the United
States. This was done and the
District, of Columbia was pro-
claimed by the President in 1916 to
be the seat of the Federal govern
ment. BY that time Washington
was a rather large city and was
known as the Federal City. Later
it became known as Washington
Ctty-Aunt Polly.
Dear Aunt Polly:
Do like the little leeches?-I
Rowsmarrie.
P. S. That isn't my real name.
R. S.
Dear Rowsmarie: You like them
about as much as most children
like crawdads when in wading.-
Aunt Polly.
Dear Aunt Polly:
Does my girl like me?-J. q.
Dear J. E.:
OF course, only to be sure she
keeps on liking you, do not forget
that the ice cream store is just two
blocks away, and chocolate sodas
taste awfully good in summer time.
Aunt Polly.
Dear Nobody:
Do you think l love my fellow?
N.
Dear NJ:
i think you LIKE him, as you
probably do many of your friends,
but love" is big word and means
a very great deal. I scarcely be-
lieve you love him. When you love
someone, you never turn up your
nose at him and never want to go
with any other fellow and never
like any one else nearly so well.
DO you feel like this?-Aunt Polly.
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QUERY CORNER

The editor will try to answer
qrestioHs readers of the Junior
submit to her. She will not
promise to answer all of them.
The questions will be answered
in rotation, so do not expect the
answer to be printed in the
same week In which you send
II i'll.
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THE DORIAN BRIDGE

I stood on the Doran bridge at midnight,
When st. Andrews was striking the hour.
And the moon rose over the city of Richmond
Behind it's dark church tower
The cooling breeze from the water deep,
That swept its banks SO high,
The many little stars of light
Kept shining in the sky.
| crossed the bridge at sunrise,
Not cloud in the sky was seen;
The birds took on their song ofgee,
Flying from hills and trees so green.
| crossed the bridge at noon time,
With a tired and unsteady step,
The sun had shone hot upon my head,
And my brow was moist with sweat.
/ crossed the bridge at even time
After the sun had set in the west
The sky was red with its radiant light,
All things seemed to be at rest.
This dear old bridge is failing fast,
It's Frame it shakes, that's true;
But time will come that the man of skill
Will rebuild it strong and new.
How we'll do remember
In the days that have gone by,
How played beneath its lofty pier
And climbed the hills SO high.
I fished beneath this rugged bridge
Close beside the roaring dam;
| crossed the shallow sheen below
And played in bans Of sand.
But time and seasons all have changed,
Like the leaves upon the tree;
Though the One that made this man of skill
Will live and never change.
The Whitewater river, under the bridge,
It's water so deep and blue,
And the old mill dam as it sings it's song,
Has its daily work to do.
1t turns the wheel at the old grist mill,
That grinds the corn and wheat
And feeds our stock from day to day,
And gives us bread to eat.
The blooming flowers grow on it's side
The grass on the banks keeps it green
The weeping willow droops its head
And drinks from the crystal stream.
Betty Estell North Third Street, Richmond Il
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ANSWERS TO LAST WEE
RIDDLES

l. If it were twelve inches, 1t
would be foot instead of a hand.
-R. M. S.
2. He had spring suit ono. S.
3. (a.) Mucilage; o. sau-
sage.-L W.
4. The others are week (wcak)
days.-M. l.. B.
S. They are stationary.-M. L. B.
s. Lady's slipper.-E. NJ.
7. Heartsease.
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CHAPTER II.
The Detective

AS they were talking, a detective
heard them from under the win
dow. He heard everything plainly.
He went to court and told the judge.
The judge sent policemen to the Ii
brary. They hid in the basement.
Soon the Bolsheviks came. The po-
licemen arrested them all. They
had to stay in prison for thirty
years. Then they sent them back
to Russia. The End.
Note: A detective is a police spy.
They are dressed like common men.
Robert Ferling, age years, EN-
erson school, grade ga, Indianapo-
lis, Ind.
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A Good DetectiUe
CAN YOU CHANGE THIS GOAT
INTO A GOOCE?
CHAPTER |.

Once upon a time in Washington
was a band of Bolsheviks. They
were trying to blow up some pub
lie buildings near the capitol. They
were planning to blow up the public
library that night.
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Dear Aunt Polly:
How old is Washington theater?
Nobody.
Dear Nobody:
1t will be years old in Noyem'
Der of this year.--Aunt Polly.
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Man
the Gibd
be
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Gmbels $40 Adjustment Sale Tremendously Helpful

ducton And on this plane wages can be held up and
and wants.
To hold prosperity to war-brides and their helper
we'll the home that is maintained income other thar
And the Gimbel plan is helping to do these thing
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30

engages the cooperation of thous- ands of men and women, reduces the cost of production of some staple article, and begins to extend Amer ican trade into new lands, to find them summarily brought to book as criminals by the Attorney General Of the United States or by the United States District Attorney in some judicial district.
 "The course of wisdom and of progress would be for the commis- sion to hear the plans of those Who propose to develop an undertaking of this sort; to point out in ad vance what would be considered un- fair business practices and what would not; to indicate the line where monopoly would be held to begin, and which, therefore, must not be crossed; and then to send the new undertaking on its way with the full knowledge and cooperation o1 the Federal Trade Commission, With which, thereafter, the undertaking should stand in the closest possible relations"
 Such a policy by the commission. Dr. Butler said, would simply re peat in the field of industry the pre- else policy which the government has followed with extraordinary sue cess in the case of national banks.
 Opposes Machine.
 Besides doubt as to what might be done without prosecution under the Sherman or Clayton act, he added. business was confronted with as to labor. To remove this he suggested the establishment at Washington of commission on industrial relations to represent the public alone, which should make findings and recommendations in la bor disputes. The doors of this he said, should be open to wage workers, employers, or to any body of individual citizens or to the Attorney General of the United States.
 Arguing that public opinion would be sufficient to enforce the com missions recommendations, he said, the United States supreme court
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
Two U. s. Aviators Are Still Within
 Mexican Lines

McAllen, Texas, Jan. 29.-Lieuten- ant Davis, the pilot, and Lieutenant Grimes, the observer, of a McAllen field airplane, who were captured 30 miles from the border in Mexico when they were lost and were mak- ing forced landing yesterday, are at Guerrera tonight, near the border, but still within the Mexican lines.
 General Zuazua, commander of the Mexican army along the portion of the border has been appealed to, and it was only three weeks ago when General Zuazua, unable to reach Reynosa from Matamoros, came over to Brownsville and was brought to McAllen by one of the planes from this field, and then landed at Reynosa, where there is a small garrison. He has readily as- scented to do whatever he could for the American airmen.
 The plane is still in the interior, but the men are at the little min ing town on the railroad awaiting the coming of three planes from Me Allen field tomorrow morning, carry ing a quantity of gasoline for the needful plane which awaits motive power.