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Evening star., 1921-08-07

while I try to get Barry on the
phone"
I caught him at Miss wellby's
boarding house and he says he'll be
right down. He arrived about $3.50, as
the last few states came OF the roof.
"Stop 'en, can't your" says I,
Fear can't" says Barry.
"But I thought Uncle Nels had q
lease on this place." saysI I.
so he did," says Barry. But now
he owns the building. Bought 1t day
before yesterday. I only found out
last night, when I got in touch with
him. He said something about max
ing some changes down here, but
had no idea he was going to start
SO soon. Let me have a talk with
that foreman"
X 4
1--WE minutes later Barry came back
with a blank look on his face
1.-THE old fox" says he. Hes made
a contract for q rush job Of wreck.
ing. Bought of the other tenants
you know, and moved 'em out In
twenty-four hours notice. And sc
long as the basement lease IL in his
name there's nothing to be done.
don't understand"
Il do," says I. Hes pesved be-
CONTINUED On Eighth Page.5
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Knute is a fast worker or slow
one" says I. but after whole aft
ernoon together we should be able to
get some line on the affair"
'I think 1 wait" says Uncle Nels.
That seems to be the easiest thing
he does. 1 wanted to find something
for him to read. but he shook his
head. Reading isn't in his line.
was afraid he'd want to poke around
the place and ask fool questions. But
no. He's quite content just to sit
there in a hard chair. his washed out
blue eyes fixed steady on nothing at
all. for three solid hours. So far as
+ Hcould see he didn't, even blink.
Maybe, he was thinking, but ]. doubt
it. Half an hour Of that would have
given me the fidgets. I'm no sitter.
though. and Uncle Nels Is. Queer old
boy. I don't get him at all. And
how anybody with SO much bone in
the head as that could surround as
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Annie Lewis; Mother Carey. Gertie Linthan,
Minnie Daze. Florence Perry; Biddy Dean, An
ME Hertford.''
The program. as a fossil. furnishes some
interesting reading. but I find no date.
but judge il was in the autumn Of 1854 Al
the same performance = farce. adapted from
BOX and Cox" entitled Schmidt and Doyle.
was executed by Maltby. Murphy and Lilli"
Lewis.
Trusting this may IN of some interest. I am.
sincerely. FLORENCE PERRY CLARK.
tMrs. Appleton r. Clark. jr.)
Here is the other:
ITS Lanier Place. July -
Ny Dear Rambler:
II the letter mentioned in your closing pars
graph last Sunday refers 10 the one ! wrote in
reference TO the Barrett Club. YOU are quite
welcome TO use il. that is. II you will edit IL
so that il will be ''ftten" TO face the public.
Having 4 son and daughter tall enough "tn
eat soup OF Of mothers head 10 Q pres
ent-day phrase. l am '.tickled pink" that
should he referred 10 as girl" The eternal
feminine does not yamoose with gray hairs.
And again remin;scing. i wonder IL you ever
chanced to hear my little sister. who Was 'Lit
tie Bessie Perry" a child recitationist. who
preceded Annie Lewis by a few years.
Again, sincerely.
FLORENCE PERRY CLARK
Mrs. Appleton P. Clark. jr.)
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ITS shifty little old world, I'll
say. Not that it looked it on
the 29th. No, 1 remember l was
wondering that afternoon II Inez
and l would still be running a joint
in Greenwich village. say twenty or
thirty years from then: and how l
would look with gray bobbed hair.
For that was the prospect. We SEEM
ed as well anchored and as fixed as
she Washington arch or Sheridan
Square.
I'd been figuring up our first months s
profits from the Cave of the White
Goddess. I hadn't got it quite straight.
for bookkeeping isn't one of the best
things l do, but with a little freehand
juggling of expense items I'd man
aged to strike a balance that didn't
wabble much unless you handled 1t
rough. You see. Uncle Nels had let US
have the place on salary and COM
mission basis. and I was planning to
send him nice little surprise. 1t
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A NYWAY. while he sat there with
out hardly shutting his feet or
batting an eyelash checked over
the accounts for a month. made out
a whole sheaf Of checks to be signed,
copied OF a dozen menus for the
evening. and helped set up all the
tables. Then, about $3.50. heard a
taxi stop out front.
'"This ought to be Romeo and
Juliet" says I. Yes. Here they
come"
But they didn't arrive blushing. or
hand in hand In fact, Inez came
marching in alone. and could see
no gay excited flicker in those calm
gray eyes.
"Weil. how were the pictures Inez7
I asked.
"All right" says she.
Couldn't have been a Bill Hsr,
feature, then" says I.
NO." says Inez. Mister Douglas
Fairbanks. Fine! He climbs up side
Evening star., 1921-08-07

GOING THROUGH OTHER MOTIONS
FAMILIAR TO THE CONQUERING
MALE.
sine habit. but once she gets hooked
up with the right sort Of man she'll
settle down and develop domestic in
stincts that will surprise you. Any
way, that's my guess and should
says he'd be worth working for"
IT dunno" says Cap'n Knute, Aye
LAX to see her"
He had his wish, for about then
she appears, all gussied up in a new
dotted Swiss and a wide brimmed
shadow hat to match and her best
gray silk socks Nothing that can
be rubbed in with chamois or laid on
with a brush could produce COM
plexion like that. either. with the
white and changing places like the
colors in an electric sign.
And you should have seen the
chesty expression on the captains
face fade out and gradually give place
to frank Scandinavian gawp. From
the very first Inez had him going. He
took her all in from the generous
ankles to the bulging ear puffs that
she's learned to make out of her
wheat colored hair, and after that he
was changed man. He got as fused
as kid when he was introduced, his
feet interfered whom he stepped up
to shake hands. and he suddenly dis
covered that he didn't know what to
do with his big paw after Inez had
let go Of it. He'd seen Inez and he
was hers.
But Inez wasn't his yet. Not by
several jumps. She inspected him
calm but critical and tucked in fresh
cud Of gum. OF course. she did drop
her chin q bit and go through the
usual coy motions. but I could tell
that she was just wondering why
Uncle Nels had lugged in a stranger
and how long they were going to hang
around.
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TWICE Uncle Nels nudged cap'n
L Knute in the ribs, and then said
it himself. "Cap'n Olsen," says he.
'he-he wants you to 60 to movies"
Evening star., 1921-08-07

A MERICANS have been known to
~ boast of the fact that their
n country has never had to call
Evening star., 1921-08-07

A DINGY little program lies on the
- Rambler's table. 1t (the program)
came to him through the mail from the
most illustrious man in town, and. Of
course. every man who reads this thinks
he must have sent it. On the cover is
this: .The Comus Clubs Comical Coon
Carnival. Annual Entertainment. Com
plimentary to the Pimlico Driving Club
Of Baltimore, Thursday evening, March
%, 1899, at the residence Of Miss Alice
Butler, No. 307 D street northwest" On
| the last page is this:
"Xplanations:-Costu furnished by
everybody from everywhere. Light eff
fects by the Washington Gas-Light
Company. Dark effects by one and one
half hours facial massage against the
charred shoppers Of case Of Maerzen.
Chairs by the furniture man. Noise by
the Metropolitan Railway Company. II
you like a number, praise the manager
Everybody is his own manager), but II
you cannot sit out an act, blame some
one else, who likely suggested it,"
The members Of the Comus Club at
that time were: William H. Conley.
president: Theodore Friebus. IT., vice
president; Miss Flora N. Gibson, secre-
tary, and Sherman q. Fowler. treasurer.
The executive committee: George Glib
! son, chairman; Melville D. Hensey, Miss
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-03-16
NOT TRENCH" OF BAYONETS
True Story Of Famous Incident at
Verdun, Which French Bravery
Has Made Immortal.

The scaffolding has now been taken
down from the monument over the IA
nous Trench of the BayOnets" ut
Verdun which President Millerand has
inaugurated. But the term trench"
is misnOmer. The true story Is
this:
Fifty-seven survivors of two Breton
battaliOns were holding the line there,
not in a trench, but in series of
shellholes, nearly regularly spaced and
aligned. The men were so packed that
when any were wounded they were I'M
able to fall down, while for security
they held their rifles, with fixed bay
onets in the air.
During the whole of June II, - and
10, 1916, terrible artillery duel ragged
round them. Caught between the
French and German barrage fires, one
by one the men died, while the burst
ing shells buried them under waves of
torn-up ground. When the scene could
be visited all that remained was
line of bayonets protruding from the
ground.-Continenta Edition of the
London Mail.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-03-16
LEFT THE HONORS BALANCED.
College President Had by No Means
the Best Of Guessing" Contest
Which He Began.

The president of an Indiana college
in a talk to teachers told them that
many teachers did not wish to be rec
ognized as teachers, and in an effort
to illustrate his remark told the fol-
lowing experience he had:
Il was travelling West last sum-
mer," he said, land met on the train
an attractive young woman. In a
casual way asked her where she
taught school. She hastily replied:
"'Why, how do you know that l
teach schOolY"
presently I said: What do you
teach? I had simply guessed she was
teacher, and later found out that
she was teacher of romance Ian
guages in the East. In an effort to
get even with me, l presume, she
said:
"'And what do you suppose 1 took
you for?"
"'Well,' said, I really don't know.
What was it?'"
"'An undertaken she retOrted."
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-03-16
RANGE STOCK is IMPROVED
All Kinds Of Sires, Bulls Especially,
Are Receiving Close Scrutiny
by Breeders.

In the Western range states all
kinds Of sires-bulls especially-are
receiving scrutiny by live stock own.
ers. There is increasing evidence that
good purebred males have wide influ-
ence on the quality Of young stock
and on the returns from stock-raising
operations.
One day recently the United States
Department Of Agriculture enrolled in
the Better Sires-Better Stock"
movement several ranchmen. each Of
whom had more than 1000 head Of
live stock. One flock Of sheep con-
tanned $50 purebred ewes and $3.50
crossbred ewes, the sires being all
purebred. A cattle raiser who enlist
ed, in the campaign the same day noti-
fed the department: II have disposed
of two grade Hereford bulls recently,
having decided to run nothing but
purebred sires." This remark Is
typical of the progress Of the move
ment in Montana.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-03-16
HONDURAS: LAND OF
RIVERS AND BIG
DEBT

Honduras, least developed OF the nVe
Latin American countries which are
now considering the formation of a
Omitted States Of Central America"
is a country of hills and valleys; of
rain and sunshine; of large and small
rivers.
A half dozen rivers may be crossed
in one day, and while they are usually
narrow and shallow, few hours rain
will turn them into roaring torrents.
absolutely impossible. A traveller may
be held up for many days by stream
that when he first crossed 1t was less
than three feet in depth.
Honduras Is said to be the most
backward of all the Central American
republics, and she will remain so until
railroads cross the country and the
government becomes stable. Then
there will be great opportunities there
for many, and Americans and Ameri-
can capital will always be welcome.
The country is just little larger
than the State Of Pennsylvania, yet it
has population of only little more
than half million. It has the largest
per capita debt Of any country on the
face of the globe except New Zealand
at least it had before the present
European war upset all statistical con-
ditions. It owes 1920 per capita. Most
of this debt was created by loan-shark
methods, however, for Honduras would
agree to pay $40 to get one-or some
such ridiculous proportion.
The name Of the country Is said to
be derived from Spanish term mean
ing "depth." the early explorers hav-
ing found difficulty in striking water
shallow enough for anchorage. They
were so delighted when they reached
the Nicaraguan shore nearby that they
called the headiand "Cape Gracias a
Dios" (Cape Thanks to God), name
it still holds.
AS rule, the night will be spent In
native house. sometimes little more
than q hut, built of mud, matched OF
rooted with tiles. One Is apparently
always welcome to the best the house
affords; buta hammock as part Of the
travellers outfit Is a necessity, for the
beds of stretched bull-hide or canva:
are usually fully occupied, IL not by
those at whose homes you are guest
then by other residents greatly to b.
feared.
Everybody sleeps in one room-men
women, and children together. You
hosts are curious. but politely SO
watching you undress and get int
your hammock, with Il calm stare tina
must not be considered impertinent
for white man is not an every-da
visitor. One learns seldom to undres
completely.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-03-16

expected and idyllic charm. The lie
Of the natives; the little touches Of
more gentle human character; the tiny
child who offered me fruit, which at
first declined, until noticed the ex-
preston Of disappointment and NOR
tification upon the boys face, and
then the radiant and almost ridicu-
lous satisfaction Of the little fellow
when pretended to enjoy his half
ripe offering; the many attempts OF
the wild people about me to propiti.
ate me; their curiosity as to our own
manners and customs, as when one
venerable inhabitant Of the village led
me gently aside to inquire why we
walked so energetically up and down
the village green. For health's sake.
was my reply. IndeedT said the Old
Mohammedan, and may ask how
many such daily turns, up and down.
It may require to keep Christian IN
good health l'-all afforded matter OF
interest and reflection.
"Raisuli was confronted by the prob
lem as to what disposition he was to
make Of the seventy thousand silver
Spanish dollars which he demanded
for our release. Here at Tsarradan
there we're no iron safes, nor SO much
as q house with cellar, while the
thatch Of skaff, or dried reeds, the
only roofing Of the houses, offered but
poor security should he leave so much
coin stored in a village where he him
self was but transient soj0urner.
"At last the mules bearing the sill
yer dollars, carefully packed in boxes,
arrived and the bullion was counted.
II was summoned by Raisuli, The
silver he said, has been counted
twenty thousand dollars. as stipulated,
In Spanish dollars; but these letters
showing me as he spoke q check book
containing certified checks on the Com
toir d'Escompte, the French bank at
Tangler, of the value Of these, which
are supposed to represent fifty thou
sand dollars, know nothing. How
ever, I will accept them on your per-
sonal guarantee, but on that condition
only
"When I had examined the checks
l gave the required assurance YER
bally, and Raisuli, leading me to the
door, where I found my horse wait
ing for me, babe me adieu, saying that
he had learned to look upon me as a
friend, and that he hoped I'cherished
no Ill feeling on account Of my deten-
tion. He furthermore assured me that
should any danger menace me in the
future, that not only he himself, but
any of the men Of the three tribes
under his orders, would hasten to my
relief.
''Thus l left him, and pushing on
as rapidly as we could we were soon
in the midst Of large armed escort
which had come from Tangier to see
ne S0fQlv home"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-03-16
BOKHARA, STRATEGIC
CENTER OF TRANS
CASPIAN REGION

Reported nervousness ON the part
Of the B0lshevik leaders at grow
ing restiveness under Soviet institu-
lions In the region Of the Caucasus,
raises the question whether similar
conditions may not be present in Box
hara, just across the Caspian sea,
where plots and counter plots have
followed one another bewilderingly
during the last few years.
Bokhara, dusty and tawny in tone.
is nevertheless a colorful city because
of the striking costumes Of the male
inhabitants. The women, clad in SOM
Der tones and hiding their faces be-
hind horsehair wells which resemble
window screening, avail themselves OF
a protective celebration which enables
them to move like shadows about the
ancient city. But the Bokhara male,
be he Usbeg, Sart, Persian, or Talk,
utilizes all the colors and tints Of the
solar spectrum IN his costume.
B0khara Is an Important religious
center. It has 1874 mosques. With a
practically unknown railway running
south to the Afghan frontier, its To-
cation in the midst Of Central Asia
gives 1t strategic importance that
is little appreciated.
The Khanate of Bokhara has an
area about equal to that Of Utah. but
with four times the population. Since
the outbreak of the war, Its fortunes
have varied. Part of the time 1t has
been an Independent khanate, showing
it's prerogative by taking up the rails
Of the Trans-Chspian railway whiSh
passed through its territory. Several
times it has been under the control OF
the Bolshevik forces. The Amir had a
picturesque army Of about 1000 SOL
diers, many Of whom carelessly
lounged along the stone passageway
which leads up to the Ark, or castle.
On this incline, in front Of the royal
residence, formerly there was enacted
every Friday morning a ceremony i'm
pressive in its dignity and dazzling
in its color effects. Hundreds of SOL
emn mullahs, clad in bright silk robes
of stick candy stripes or gorgeous gol-
den suns on purple fields, belted with
SllVer, anu WIFI UuChtCS 10 luA 40
salad plates, gathered here in impress
sive rows, each with priceless prayer
rug beneath his feet.
These were not the dashing types
| which once made Mohammedanism a
power from Mecca to Gibraltar but
the ceremonialists whose religion is
thing of dignity and prosperity.
| founded on trade rather than a life
in the saddle. In unison they bow
low so that only broad backs can be
seen, but q moment later all are erect
with their spotless white turbans the
most prominent feature in C scene so
colorful that only an Oriental sun
could harmonic it.
Bokhara is INTELLECTUALLY unimpres-
sive but nowhere are there more at
tractive Oriental bazaars. Brass
smiths vie with goldsmiths to add the
CLINT Of glowing metal to the half
light of the covered souks and there
the makers Of peculiar Bokhara caps
display their brightly colored wares,
the edges glistening with soft furs
from Siberia.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-03-16
TO RESTORE MORGAN STRAIN
Efforts Of Department Of Agriculture
Shown In Recent 300-Miie Test
for Horses.

Efforts of the United States Depart
nent Of Agriculture to restore the
Morgan strain of hofses, which had be-
come nearly extinct. showed their eff
feet in the recent 3OO-mile test for
army horses. Out Of q entries, only
ten finished, and Of these the sixth and
seventh were Morgan horses, one Of
them raised on the departments stock
farm in Massachusetts,. The horses
were required to travel 60 miles day
for five days, carrying the regulation
cavalry load Of 245 pounds.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-03-16

JEFF belonged to a boys club which
had been organized by the county
agent. He was encouraged to raise .
litter of fine pigs under the club sys-
tenn by which the boys applied ap-
proved methods and kept account Of
the results. The pigs sold for fancy
price, jeff, who had made sure prog
ress saved some money from his labor
and in 1918 entered the Kentucky
State College of Agriculture for its
short course.
He had been used to seeing his moth"
er and other women carry water $50
yards up a hill for washing and cook
ing. At the agricultural college he
realized the convenience and benefit
to be gained by running water conduct
ed to tap in the kitchen. When he
returned home he persuaded his father
to let him put in a water system. A
stand pipe 60 feet high was built with
a 500-gallon tank on top, which gave
sufficient pressure to force water to
the dwelling 400 feet away. He rugged
up gasoline engine and pump at the
spring under the hill. He had learned
a little about plumbing, so he did all
the pipe fitting in the house. One
months work at odd times, coupled
with little Of the knowledge he had
gained at the State College of Agricul
ture put the water right into the
kitchen. jeff has gone back to com.
plete his college education; and they're
still raising better pigs at the Ander'
son farm.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-03-16
MOROCCO: BANDITRY
THERE A PROFESSION

The United States has had diplomat
ic difficulties In recent years with the
people of northern Morocco where
spanish armies nave just scored their
greatest success In sustaining the col
onial power Of Spain In Africa. Some
Insight into the kind Of people with
whom the Spaniards have had to- deal
u contained in the following commun-
ication to the National Geographic So
eiefy, concerning Raisuli, "the villa
Of Morocco" whose raids caused polit-
ical crisis in Spain.
HE could not bear to hear child
cry. while on several occasions ! no.
ticed his care even to avoid allowing
the bees collected in his cup to drown"
y the surprising statement, not Of q
friend. but Of the wealthy American
Who was held for ransom by Raisuli
In 1904, until President Roosevelt sent
. feet Of warships and his famous
ultimatum, 'Perdicaris alive or Raisuli
dead to Morocco.
I'm many respects the man inter-
ssted and attracted me In spite Of all
my natural motives for dislike" con-
unues the writer. Ion Perdicaris
.Raisuli was at once so gracious and
dignifed, not to us only. but to his
own wild adherents, who evidently
idolized their chieftain. whose posi-
tIon among them seemed that Of the
head OF a Highland clan In the Older
dmes.
HE was quick to see the humorous
aspect of a situation, while his repair
tee was as immediate and to the poln
a though he hid been born In Count!
Galway itself. In fact discovered
10 my CONSERVATION that was begin
aing to like the man in spite Of m,
natural resentment. found mysel
.nconsciously accepting his contention
that he was not a mere brigand or cal
tle-lifter, but patriot struggling t
rescue his Berber followers from tn
tyranny Of the corrupt shereefian of
Gals. His charm Of voice. the ma
ural poise and dignity Of his manne
his self-control under provocation. a
betrayed superior character.
I'm fact, this strange experient
while In camp with Raisuh ut Tsarr
Ian began to assume an aspect OF u