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The Washington times., 1921-10-23

DIR. Garner waved his hand to-
ward a tremendous panoramic re-
production of tobacco field in Con-
necticut, where hundreds of acres
Of plants were being grown under
muslin screens, which hung upon
the wall of his office.
FORTUNE FOR WHIM.
, Look at that picture" he said.
1T costs a fortune to exclude those
plants from the rays of the sun
hurts the quality Of the tobacco, too.
But 1t will keep the leaves from
turning a natural color and will
leave them pale and poorly coiored,
all to go toward pleasing the smoker
who won't buy unless the wrapper
Of the cigar is light.
Sometimes one meets a man who
has an unbending. darkling appear
ance. who turns out to be the best
fellow in the world-good character,
sunny disposition and stuff in him
that goes to make up real man
and yet people are loath to choose
him as a companion because of his
slightly forbidding appearance. It's
the same way with cigars. All
things considered. the cigar with the
dark wrapper is better than the
light-colored one-for the wrapper is
better by reason of having expert
enced a natural growth under the
suns rays"
DR.. Garner was asked to name the
best tobacco, and the worst, that is
grown. and to name the brands of
cigars that embodied them. He
smiled at the last question.
1.-THE only way could tell anything
about a cigar would be to split 1t
open and test It," he said. "And as
for the worst tobacco-it's known
as the 'Nicotiniana Rustica"-clod-
hopper nicotine. literally. but Jack
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known to anthropologists TO have
the same cranial characteristics are
the people who live in this part
of the world now.
Another significant fact is that
the most primitive language in Eu-
rope is that of the Basques, whose
country is not far from this re-
gion which was thickly populated
by the Gro -Magnon people. This is
commented upon by Prof. Henry
Osborn in his interesting work on
the fossil remains and ancient cave
drawings and sculpture of Europe.
II this resemblance of cranial de-
velopment, and the supporting coin
cidence of a primitive language are
to be trusted as evidence, the people
of this part of France certainly rep
resent the oldest living race In west.
ern Europe. and 1t is the most strik-
ing instance known of a population
remaining unchanged through the
ages.
To the visitor today the buildings
in this area seem a symbol of those
prehistoric men who thousands
upon thousands of years ago dwelt
in these same hills and valleys and
piled their trades with implements
of stone lately discovered in the
river drifts. For, in contrast to
northern and middle France, the
barns and houses of these peasants
are all built of stone. The fields are
divided from each other by such
walls as are those of New York
State.
The native peasants are an intel
ligent and handsome race with a
goodly MIXTURE of Spanish blood In
their veins. They are much inter
ested in strangers and more kindly
disposed to them than are those in
some of the other departments of
France. They speak with great af-
fection of their particular pays
and well they may.
II would seem ungrateful not to
have appreciation where nature has
been so lavish in her gifts. These
peasants are hard workers through
the summer months that they may
live through the long, severe win.
ters. Their principal occSpation is
stock raising.
Breeding horses, cows and sheep.
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PRESERVE HOMES OF CAVENdEN ANCESTORS

which are sent to the adjacent city
to be marketed, just enough crops
are raised on their land to take care
of their stock and themselves. their
principal food being cereals.
In the yard of an old granite
house built in the early eighteenth
century father is threshlng IN
true Biblical style; while a younger
member Of the family Is near at
hand to lend assistance. The old
man stands in the middle of a pile
of straw about fifteen feet square
as two horses which he guides by
ropes held in one hand, while ply
ing a whip with the other, go
round and round him like a
carrousel.
The monotony is occasionally
broken by the insistence of a lurk-
ing foal that the mare in the lead
must furnish II refreshment. The
son, lest he forgot three years spent
on the Somme and some months at
Salonica, Is minus a finger.
Madame, wife of the younger man.
.emerges from the room at the front
of the house, with It's ancient rafters
and heavy worm.eaten doors, where
she has been preparing "gouter."
At once she takes the center OF
the stage. She is full of the esprit
of the south, which, with her dark
Castillian eyes, render unnecessary
her information that her father was
born in Spain.
One brother, she said, had been
killed in the war, while two others
had returned, but to go away again.
They found that they could make
money faster in the cities than in
the old home.
ut isshard for my mother, but.
enfin one cannot blame them,
'C'est Ia guerre: they still suffer
and are restless"
SO many. many of the women in
these villages have never been out
OF them. The very few that have
ventured abroad have usually gone
just over the border to Spain.
Where all the men OF family have
been killed the women are carrying
on the farm alone, as that is their
only means of subsistence.
The peasants bereabouts will as.
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DIR. Garner 10 not an ordinary
tester who goes about inflicting the
miseries Of poor tobacco upon him
self for the p(tblic veal. but is the
physiologist in charge at the Bureau
OF Plant Industry. In the course of
his researches no has become the
author Of several revolutionizing dis
coveries relative to plant growth,
and to tobacco cultivation.
But this story 10 concerned with
the advice he can offer about the
Selection Of cigars subject in.
teresting to nearly all men, and
gradually becoming important to the
gf-ls an well.
"Th.,~most remarkable factor Is
tie choice Of cigars on the part Of
an ordinary man in his insistence
upon lisht-colored wrapper" says
DR.. Garner. 'Just that little psy-
Geological twist In his character
costs the tobacco people few mil
lion dollars a year.
SMOhER'S ODD FANNY.
Would you judge a mans char
acter by the color of his coat, or his
disposition by the cut of his neck
tie? Then why choose cigar the
same index to It's character and dis
position.
II you happened upon town
where all the cigars were unnamed,
and you wanted q good smoke for
a stipulated price, then the easiest
way to express your. choice would
be to look out Of the door, jam your
hand into the show case, and draw
forth the first cylindrical roll of
leaves that happened nearest your
hand. You'd have just as much
chance then Of getting the sort Of
tobacco most agreeable to you as by
judging the quality Of your smoke
by inspecting the wrapper and ad-
miring the red and gold trimmings
on the fancy band.
The Washington times., 1921-10-23
Rescued at Sea
Modest Aviator is
Revealed as Ace

MANILA, p. l.. Oct. 22.-Nikiphor
Aulonovich Audreychook, for.
mer Russian aviator, is a resident
of the Philippine islands after many
exciting experiences.
A short time ago he signed on q
Russian fishing boat as engineer.
The boat was wrecked in a storm
in the Pacific. and he with a few
other survivors were picked up by
an American boat and dropped at
Guam. From Guam he came to
Manila.
Immediately upon his arrival his
desire to fly led him to seek the
department of air officer and re-
quest permission 20 fly. in army
planes. S -as si-,s - =- I-H
When asked where he had flown
Audreychook said that he was a
Russian aviator curing the war.
He made no mention Of the fact
that he had all the decorations for
bravery to which a Russian pilot
is heir. had been wounded in an
air battle against The Germans, and
had fought in the sir for five years
on the side of the allies against the
Germans and Aus irians.
These facts came out when he
was asked to submit his official rec.
ord of service. ..
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sure you Of how conscientiously and
consistently they work.
I'VE are just as Industrious as
the Germans" some exclaim, "and
we don't want the eight-hour law
They are also fully aware of the
fact that Frances riches lie in her
agricultural communities, and may
eventually navigate their bark &C.
cordingiy. But they don't know,
or are unwilling to acknowledge.
that while tho Inhabitants of tho
industrial centers are heavily taxed,
those of the farming Districts are
scarcely taxed at all.
For news of the outside world a.
Of neighboring towns these quaint
people depend upon paper posted
conspicuously each day in a vii
lage street. One visuaiizes with
what agony OF mind those budding
women must have spelled out the
news OF battles, and those fallen,
a few short years ago.
Today all is peace in these val.
leyS where the shepherds return
at night from watching their flocks
on the everlasting hillsides:. and
the women weave into their in.
evitabie knitting their dreams OF
castles in Spain. Or do they yearn
beyond the Jagged mountain tops
into the sunsets show where lies
Andova?
Although only twenty kilometers
away over mountain trail, few.
X any, from this side have ever
ventured In. Notwithstanding, 1t
must be well worth a visit to that
little, Independent republic with its
1000 inhabitants.
IN 1905 A. ID. the Andoreans
west to the aid OF the French
when they laid siege to Urgell, and
as reward were granted, by
Louis lie Debonnaire, a strip Of
territory In the Pyrenees, lying
between France and Spain.
Here, cut off from all the strife
and chaos OF the outside world.
these peoples have existed for cen.
turies, sufficient unto themselves.
and menace to none. May some.
one some day have the initiative
to study them and tell us more
about them. Perhaps they, too.
ARE OF Cro-Maenon descent.
The Eud)
The Washington times., 1921-10-23
By MRS. J. BORDEN HARTMAN,

Copyright 1921 by the Mcclure syndcste)
TN THE southern departments of France, where the little
villages cluster the shadow of the Pyrenee to be
found some of the grottos of the old Stone Age
Here forty thousand years B. c. of the Gro
Magnon race made the beginnings of art. On the walls of
these have been found representations of the animals
long since extinct that hunted and hunted by
who then made their homes in this region.
is with strange feeling of that approaches
these evidences of the artistic spirit of prehistoric
Some Of these caves plainly to be from the rold
that winds W he lovely valley of the Aege They high
up the c eh1ge e river and must have Afforded
shelter from dangers by which these
Itunded in a. dim davN OF the worlds life
The Washington times., 1921-10-23

burn. chief Of which are the eapac.
ity foV holding fire. the evenness
Of the burn. the color OF the ash
and Its firmness. the coaling or car.
bonization. and the 'puckering' OF
the leaf Immediately In advance OF
the burning zone Of the cigar.
"The final test Of any cigar 70.
bacco must. OF course. rest In the
smoking Of the manufactured cigar,
but. while this gives direct means
Of determining the character OF the
ash. Il does not furnish accurate In.
formation as to the evenness Of the
burn or the fire-holding capacity Of
any one Of the components OF the
cigar except with reference to the
other two particular components
used in the experiment. This is
particularly true of the wrapper,
az was shown by special expert
ments carried out to observe the
effect Of using different filters and
binders with the same wrapper.
Again. II should be remembered. In
this connection, that cigars made
by the same workman and from the
same lot Of tobacco often vary
widely In their burn owing to the
impossibility Of avoiding unevenness
in the filler. and this source of error
can only be eliminated by several
times repeating the experiment"
The Washington times., 1921-10-23

ropean wilds before the rocky cur.
tain of this cavern had been
formed, through countless ages, by
water dripping from the roof.
And here were discovered in the
clay the footprints Of the mon who
had modelled the bison; flints that
they had dropped, and Jumps OF
clay left from the modelling that
borN the impress Of those long.
iong Head fingers. Thess little
statues. made by those mon who
lived over forty thousand years
The Washington times., 1921-10-23

II laid In the filler helps the aroma
and flavor considerably"
After all. couldn't give you .
set OF rules TO use In choosing q
cigar. II is. impossible 10 Judge one
by its wrapper. because what you
see is the only five per cent Of the
smoke-and that other ninety five
per cent-well. you grasp the possi-
bilities lurking underneath that
pleasing exterior.
DIR. Garner for many years has
been engaged In a systematic effort
to improve the tobacco crop OF the
United States. The Mammoth to-
bacco" OF Maryland In it's present
splendid growth Is due In a large
part TO the bureaus work. arising
out OF DIR. Gamers discovery that
the seasonal length of the day has a
large part In determining any plants
progress. The Mammoth tobacco"
plants seeds are derived from culti-
vations In Florida. where the length
OF the day affects the organism in
a peculiar way that returns a crop
of mostly seeds. In Maryland where
the same seeds are planted. the
leaves are the most important part
Of the plant. and the seeds are. for
practical purposes. incapable of re-
producing.
Shown on this page is a picture Of
the mechanism DR.. Garner perfected
for testing the burning quality OF
cigars. 1t would have been q simple
matter to apply q current Of air by
means Of a pump to the end Of
lighted cigar. But the machine de.
signed for the burning test acts like
the respiration Of human lungs, taxi
ing deep 'breaths' and then blowing
the smoke out in the reflective man
ner so effective upon the matinee
stage.
THREE QUALITIES.
I'm judging the merits Of a
cigar" writes DIR. Garner in a bulle-
tlT tht piduN
try, due regard must be had for
the particular use for which 1t is
intended. since the finished cigar
consists of three components-the
filler. the binder and the wrapper
each of which must possess certain
characteristics.
THE filler must have. above all
else, fine flavor and aroma and
a good burn In the case Of the
wrapper leaf there are a number
of requirements to be met, among
which are sufficient elasticity.
proper color. size. and shape. fine
ness of veins, freedom from objec-
tionable flavor and taste, a fine
grain and a good burp. Many of
these qualities can be determined by
simple inspection. without the use
Of any specific tests. while others
require special laboratory methods.
There are several elements
which go to make a good or bad
The Washington times., 1921-10-23

in the vueIta Abajo district in Cuba.
1t is the Havana leaf that Is the
worlds standard for cigars"
DO they market 1t here?" he was
asked.
We'll" came the answer, most
OF It is purchased by connoisseurs
who have the price. A good cigar of
this leaf would bring about a dol
lar. especially made for the discrim-
mating palates But in the ordinary
cigar on the market little sprig of
The Washington times., 1921-10-23
THE SMOKING MA
CHINE reveals just what
wouId have hannened IN

AAlG OUIohh>o VIA
CHINE reveals just what
would have happened to
twelve cigars selected for
tests, had they been
pulled" by the man in
the street. The three
cigars in the upper right
of the picture show just
how annoyingly a wrapper
grown in Ohio from do
mestic seed curls up along
the windward side. Cuban
seed planted in South
Carolina Jared just as
badly in the trio beneath
the Ohio "Flor de Cab
bage."
Texas wrappers grown
from Cuban seed, shown
in the upper left, appear
to burn very nicely, but
the worlds standard is
revealed in the lower left,
for the three evenly
burned wrappers were
grown underneath Cuban
skies, where tobacco is
mild and whiskey is
strong, as they should be.
The Washington times., 1921-10-23

d The painisngs ai ttp'NtgyN OF
ibs rock walls OF ifs'c '|N- Ave
beer draed by SC rt,s'e ~ The
~yfeps,s Of super-beinS rock toun.
aI,ou, and their imrssnse "a, IL
hocopti iovsrubie' -.
In Ia instance in a remote lsi,
tsry the back OF a cavern soue
rta,aoAte. were broken away b,
tho explorers. who found shat 'nes
biock9d the entrance to a sm"ef
grofts.
Her~ we're two statues In ciay
OF the bison that roamed tne "'
The Washington times., 1921-10-23
THE FOUR CIGARS

shown on the rack-like ap-
paratus are being gently
smoked by a process de-
vised to initiate and re-
produce the effect of the
human lungs upon a nicely
rolled cherOot. The bottle
at the extreme right is
connected to the glass
tube from overhead. This
tube fills the bottle with
water to a certain point,
where it is Immediately
siphOned out, thus Great
ing a vacuum that exerts
a "pull' on the cigars
much like the man in the
street does. When the
bottle is emptied the
draught of air is closed,
representing the reflective
pause between puffs of "a
good One."
The valve in the ex-
treme upper left is a check
to control and limit the
supply of water, thus tim
ing the ''breaths" to those
of human regularity.
The Washington times., 1921-10-23
CIVILIZATION MEANS
LITTLE TO PEOPLE
OF BASQUE REGION

Thresh Wheat as i'm Ancient Days and Boast THAT
They Are as industrious as the Germans and
Need No Eight-Hour LaW-P PeaSantS Are MOSTLY
Occupied With Grazing Herds of Horses, Cat
tile and Sheep.
The Washington times., 1921-10-23

Dempsey couldn't smoke II. Some
of 1t is grown in Pennsylvania to
kill off the insects.
"The best cigar tobacco is grown
The Washington times., 1921-10-23
NEVER JUDGE A CIGAR BY THE FANCY KIMONO 1T MAY
ADVICE OF EXPERT WHO DOES HIS SMOKING BY MA

Valuable Information for Tobacco Growers OBJ
tained by Government Experts With Unique
Laboratory instruments That Smoke and Chcg
and do Almost Everything Masculine Except
Drop Ashes ON the ParlOr Rug.
The Washington times., 1921-10-23
MECHANICAL DEVICE
PUFFS A PERFECTO
LIKE MATINEE IDOL

Famous Chemist of Department of Agriculture
Declares Fad for Light-C -COlOred Cigars is Curl
GUS as Color Has Nothing to do With Qualify
of Tobacco, But Makes Growth of Weed Ex-
penSiYe Process.
IIOW much does the ordinary in the street know
IL about selecting good cigar?
Absolutely nothing" says DR.. Wghtman A. Garner who
ought to know since he's been Government expert the
game for the past fifteen years.
Dr. Garner in the search for the perfect cigar (purey
from scientific interest, understand has only smoked
quite few himself, but he has invented machine that
does the work for hm-a mechanism that takes large,
lung filling, humanike pufs from four five stoges,
cheeroos Vuela Abao Habanas Flor de Cabbages with
out experiencing any afterdinner i'll effects and with
all four burning at the time
Evening journal., 1921-12-20

in CAGE GAME
Celestials Due for Tilt in
Auditorium With Local
Collegians
CHURCH LEAGUERS
IN PRELIMINARY

For thc first time IN history VIII
mington sport fans will have the
pleasure OF witnessing an interna-
tional basketball game on Thursday
night when the All-Chlneao Col
iegians, whose members originally
hailed from Shanghai. China, clash
with the Wilmington Collegians at
the Auditorium. The local collegians
viii uphold Americas supremacy in
the big contest while the Orientals
will represent China. 10 is the
gratest feature basketball attraction
ever booked IN Delaware. and there
should be a great exhibition OF the
cage game also.
The Celestials have displayed their
superiority at tho cage game ON a
number Of occasions meeting some
of the best combinations in tho
East. on Sunday they played in
Madison square Garden. New York.
and were defeated by the Original
CelticE. 60 to 36. In its report OF tho
match the New York Herald said;
'Thc All-Chinose Collprians of
Shanghai. China, put up croditable
contest against the Original Celucs.
but the polished team work and un-
Acquaintance with professional rules
proved too great a handicap Tor the
Orientals. Buck Lai. a member of
the bridgeport Eastern Baseball
League Club for the last two seasons.
did the best work for the Chinese.
holding his own on the jump and
on the floor with the giant George
| HagHeriN as we'll as oulscorinf
/ him"
II IL very unusual to see foreirf
nation take up an American snor
and then playing Americans at thei
own game. Thursdays event vii
show the Far East lads az opponent
OF the local quintet. The gam
should be productive OF thriili
laughs and exciting moments. Tn
Chinese use no signals with thei
hands or feet. but communicat
s their plays In the Chinese Language
Evening journal., 1921-12-20
ENTERS DEFENSE
FOR N. C. HIGHLTS
sporting Editor Evening Journal

sporting Editor Evening Journal
sir.
VIII you kindly allow space for
the following article in your sport-
ing page.
In yesterdays issue Of The Even
ing journal read two article an
sworing several written by residents
OF New Castle asking why Whining
ton High School with not include
New Castle High school on their
schedule OF basketball games.
such articles were mainly views
OF individuals but this article is the
view OF more than nifty people OF
our town.
Was Mr.. o'conner acquainted
with the full details Of the score OF
the w. II. s.-N. c. II. 3. game In
New Castle. believe that he was
not. II he had been he would re
call the fact that the number OF
fouls called on N. G. II s. greatly
outnumbered the fouls called on W
lH. S.. Does Mr.. O'Conner know
that Il wasn't the Reserve team that
played az their regulars OF the first
team happen to be playing.
Does the Editor OF the Battleax'
know that until last year n. G. II. :
was never represented in basketball
Does Mr.. O'Conner realize the
conditions that our little old higf
school plays under2 Does he know
that our athletic teams are picked
from less than twenty-five boys.
Does ne know that there l. M
other playing floor available In New
Castle2 Does he know that 1t cost
our little old high school every nickl'
lit takes In TO pay all expenses
lDoes he know that the cage use'
Ian our barn" IL quite a Few fee
larger than tho minimum size tina
is allowed by the rules OF the game
For the information of the reader
or this page ! also wish TO announce
THAT not only will our little old higi
school be represented by a fast has
lketball team but the town Will ais
have their picked team.
So prepare yourselves Wilmington
for next season. we are comm
and coming very strong and ma
Il add that rs all due 20 our litu
old high school which has create
the interest In basketball SO here
, to more power to you, New Cast
High School
Yours In sport,
W. ]. NJ
Evening journal., 1921-12-20

which should evoke much merrimont
from the spectators.
tai. Lung. Ice. Yang. Yung and
X. V. Wong will be in the lineup
Tor tho Chinese on Thursday night.
In addition 20 tho powerful Celucs
the Shanghai quintet has been play
Ing other fast clubs In the East
such ne st. Nick's. OF Atlantic Cityi
Nativity and A0uinas, 0f fhilad"l-
phih. The Far East passers like tho
game and every minute they can
spare they practice and practice. Lai
Will likely jump centers, Wong and
Yang will take care Of the forward
stations. while Bee, Yung and Lung
Will be the choice for guards.
The All-Chinesc quintet has the
reputation OF being composed OF
some Of the best physically built and
aii-round athletes that ever came
out Of China. Lai In particular is a
star in other sportss Besides his
proficiency In baseball ana basket
ball he IL also a sprinter OF note and
can turn the century in 10 seconds
flat Yang has made quite a reputa-
ton as n ltNNlN llNftl
The Wilmington Collegiate Ath-
letic Association which Is promoting
the Thursday night events has an
nounced that dancing will be elm
mated from the program this week
and the prices viii be reduced to 5C
cents for admission.
Tho preliminary game will brinr
together Fira-Centrai and Second
Baptist In a First Division Churci
League tilt which was ordered re
played by the board of governors
Plenty Of rivalry exists between th'
two teams. tho contest being ordered
replaycd because it was ruled tha'
one man was Illegally put ont o
the game ON account Of roughness
with tho eliminating OF dancing thu
schedule for starting the first gam'
will be moved back.
In addition TO the Ali-Chineso. the
Wilmington Collegians have booked
a number OF other feature attrac
tions for future dates chief smoni
these will be the quintet compose,
Of Aii-Americans for December .
In the lineup viii be Glenn KILN
ger. 1921 Ai-Amerlcan who vii
graduate from Penn state al the en-,