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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28
By CURTIS DUNRAM

XN 7HEN Major Jack Allen saunt-
w ers into an Asiatic or African
Jungle with a coil of rope over
his shoulder and an exaggerated but
terfy net dragging along behind him,
who can blame the man-eating Wild
lions, tigers, leopards and pantneTs
for being interested? Instead of
banging away at them With a gun
as other big game hunters dot is as
though ttMajor Jack" were saying
coaxingly: ....
Come, pussy-Pussy, pussy, come,
pussy. Come along and play with
your harmless old friend, Major
Jack"
Now, any naturalist will tell you
that curiosity is even more highly de-
veloped in a wild animal than in a
human being. For generations these
wild and ferocious jungle beasts have
been hunted by men with guns and a
retinue of blood-thirsty natives. The
older ones know a gun when they see
it, and we'll remember the pungent
smell of burning powder. Why should
they worry about a mild-mannered
two-legged animal strolling about
alone with a butterfly net? So they
are apt to be simply curious about
~Major Jack" though naturally sus-
y picious and watchful
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28

For instance, there's a leopard UP
tree-the most subtle and danger
Gus of all jungle beasts His cuTios-
ity about the man with the butterfly
net is mingled with contempt. He
sees nothing significant in that coil of
rope over the mans shoulder, and
has yet to discover that ''Major Jack"
is about the iivelicst of living things
on two legs, veritable whirlwind
in action.
They lock each other in the face,
"Major Jack" sTnilingly, the leopard
with voiceless snarl tapering off in
to a yawn. Then, entirely without
warning, out and upward shoots the
Majors rope-and the leopard is
clawing at an unwelcone and tighten
ing necktie with long end at which
"Major Jack" is Juggling, with the
yawning butterfly net waiting at the
foot of the tree.
PTestoi down tumbles the leopard,
with half his wind and fighting spir-
it choked off, plump into the net.
Now watch the lightning move
ments of "Major Jack" 1t is capa-
cious net with lot of slack fabric.
This slack the Major seizes and twists
| quickly, crowding the bounding and
snarling beast snugly into its bottom,
where he is as helpless as 'spig in
poke spoke" in fact, being an
old Anglo-Saxon word for bag. The
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28

and ferocity must be restrained with
chains"
You will see an example Of this IN
the picture called, Capturing Lions
by Aeroplane." Noosed chains fitted
with light anchor at either end arc
lowered from the plane as 1t skins
close to the surface Of the desert
sands On the lions trail. When a
moose settles over the beasts head,
the chain and its anchors are freed.
AS the lion struggles, the anchors
sink their ffukes into the sand and
the beast is captured. The aeroplan-
list leaves his machine, and, with his
ropes proceeds gradually to tie up tbs
beast, head and feet, until 1t can be
handled with impunity.
All this IS in line with the modern
humane tendency to preserve, and
not to kill off, the rapidly decreasing
numbers of wild animals-except
where they are a real menace to f1u-
man life and domesticated beasts.
Hunting for the pleasure of killing
has become a much reprobated pas
time in all enlightened countries. On
the other hand, the w&ll-stockei MEL
agerie or geological garden never was
more popular than it is today. Msjor
Allen finds them ready purchases Of
his fascinating jungle car4ivea.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28

movements as rapid as those of the
enraged beast itself, renders the lat
ter harmless head and feet
before it can do any damage.
seIt's just knowing how" Major Al
len says. "Facial expression is one
of the most marvellous things in ami
NAL life. You discover this when you
tackle one of these jungle beasts at
close quarters, no to kill but to cap
ture. 1 have roped lion, got him
down and tied him He's licked and
hasn't a scratch-and neither have /.
He's licked in way that's new to
him. I've seen that look of wonder in
his eyes which seemed to say: What
is this power over me, and why
should be ashamed at having to
yield to it?'
81 find no pleasure In hunting with
a gun. But roping wild animals of
the jungle-tl1at's different The
thrills experienced in controlling a
dangerous wild creature at the other
end of a hundred-foot rope are in
describable. But if the rope should
break, look outi All his fighting
blood is up when wild creature finds
its wind is being cut off, and brok-
en- rope would mean disaster to the
roper. The king Of the jungle-ti,e
Hon-vith his 500 pounds of energy
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28
ia, is TO BE OPENING DAY
FOR WILSON FOUNDATION GIFTS
Prof Irving Fisher Connecticut Chairman, Announces
B That Favorable Progress Of Organization Enables
Committee to Designate Time.

the remaining II states are indicative
of complete national organization in
a very few weeks.
For that reason. Mr.. Dodge has
informed me, the national executive
committee feels justified in designat-
ing january Is, 1922, as the time at
which subscriptions will be asked TO
a. permanent endowment. AS pre-
vicusly announced the income from
this endowment will be used to grant
awards for merit Orious service to
democracy, public welfare, liberal
thought or peace through justice.
The response to our idea has been
splendid and all indications are that
the movement to give the United
States it's own Nobel Prizes will be
highly successful"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28

Netting the Leopard" released Sep
TENDER Is, contains the incident above
described. The other two are "Cap-
turing Lions by Acceptance" and
s'Roping the Black Panther All en-
body the same spirit of the humane
capture of these ferocious beasts by
the most celebrated of living big
game hunters.
So much has been printed about
Major lack Allen that it seems super
flous to go into his biography-more
than to remind readers that formerly
he was an officer in the United States
ARMY, where he won his rank of Ma
jor. He fought in the Spanish-Ameri-
can War, and was always noted for
his intrepidity and physical activity.
He is lean and sinewy, and the alb
sence of hair on the top of his head
fails to destroy the impression he con-
veys of youth and physical joy of ex-
istence.
In his jungle adventures he never
uses firearms except for defense of
human life in a sudden emergency.
Most of such emergencies he is able
to forsee and avoid owing to his
thorough understanding of the habits
of lions, leopards, tigers and other
ferocious, preying animals in their
wild state. He throws a rope with
the accuracy of . cowboy. and. with
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28

New Haven, Sept. 2s.-Organiza-
ton of the national movement to es
tabhsh> the woodrow Wilson Founda-
Hon has. progressed SO favorably that
it has been possible to designate Jan
a1arv ,6fT1922, as the opening of the
peric>x in which popular subscrip-
{ fi5,1rs will be received toward an en-
lT-ovn1ent. of one million dollars or
fmore, according to an announcement
today by Prof. Irving Fisher of this
icfty. state chairman for Connecticut.
ct have been advised by Cleveland
/. H Dodge, chairman of the national
executive committee he said, that
ts7 states are now organizing on be-
thelf of the Foundation which is to
perpetuate Woodrow Wilson's ideals
8 of democracy, and that reports from
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28

the vicinity Of A1exandropoI alone
are caring for 10000 orphan chill
dren. The total number of orphans
in the Near East Relief territory
exceeds 100000"
One American citizen signed on
the Fin1andiS articles was Worth
Bagley Daniels. the 22-year-oId son
of the former secretary of the navy.
He made two trips to Antwerp. He
was signed as assistant steward at
81 a month. but spent his time m
the surgery assisting DR.. p J. Halon.
Louis Lundstron. %, messnoan for
the seamen. died Of influenza as the
Finland reached Quarantine. Young
Daniels sat up with the patient on
Saturday with De. Hanlon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28

leopard is Gagged" So long as
"Major Jack" keeps the slack of the
net well twisted, he is helpless-and
to see the Major jumping about at
that task, with the netted leopard act
ing like a Kansas cyclone, truly is
worth the price of admission.
Now-and not until nova dusky
native or two appear and carry off
the prize while the doughty Major re-
freshes himself with cigarette. The
whole incident reminds you vaguely
that the net part of the business is OF
ancient ancestry. In the Imperial
Roman gladiatorial contests the cham
pion, armed only with the metal
meshed net, frequently overcame his
rival equipped with battle axe and
Roman sword.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28

AS everybody has read in news
papers, or heard Major Jack Allen
tell about it in his illustrated vaude-
vile acts, this mild-mannered and hui
name wild animal hunter, when upon
his later adventures in the jungle,
managed to have his most thrilling
feats recorded by the motion picture
camera. 1t was trying and precari-
Gus job-particularly for the camera
man. But the results proved so salts
factory that when they were submit
ted to Pathetic great motion picture
distributing concern - they were
promptly accepted for release to mo-
ton picture theatres throughout this
country and abroad, in three one-reel
pictures, The first of the series,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28
KITCHEN MECHANICS
DEMAND TOP WAGES

New York, Sept 2s-Dom@tdc Ia
Dor is so scarce In New York that in
thousands OF homes, normally well
supplied with servants, the mistress
rs doing her own housekeeping.
Maids and buffers are said by en-
ployment bureaus to prefer being out
of work to taking jobs at less than
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28
HEALTH BOARD BANS
HISTORIC SPRING

Gettysburg, Pa, Sept. 2s.-Spang-
ler's Spring, at which Union and
Confederate soldiers drank together
during a 1ull in the fighting at the
close of the second day of the Bat
tie of Gettysburg, July 2, 1868. may
pass out of existence. Typhoid fever
germs have been found In the water
and the State Department of Health
has condemned it.
The spring is one of the historic
spots of the famous battlefield Here
soldiers of the contending armies
met, drank together and filled their
canteens with water for their wound
ed comrades when darkness stopped
the fighting that had ragged steadily
throughout the day.
Thousands of trourists and visit
ors to the battle-ground drink from
the spring annually.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28

Recent appointment of state chair
men for the Foundation include:
Hon. James w. Gerard of New York,
former Ambassador to Germany, for
the metropolitan district of New
York; John Farwen Moors of Bos-
ton, former president of the Public
School Association, for Massa chu-
sets; Hon. James H. Moyle of Salt
Lake City, former assistant secretary
of the Treasury, for Utah; George H.
Partridge, of MinneapolS. for Mime.
sofa; Hon. William WOODBURY. of
Reno, U. S. District Attorney, for
Nevada; A. G.. Burr of Rugby, for
North Dakota; and Hon. William E.
Chiffon of Charleston, W. Va, for
mer U. s. Senator, for West Virginia
National headquarters for the
Foudation are at $50 Nassau street,
New York City. Hamilton Holt, ed
itor of the Independent, is executive
director.
Germany has less than half a mil
lion unemployed
The average man can lift one ana
a half times his own weight.
If cloth is placed over basin OF
freshly-made starch there will he no
skin on the top, as is the case when
it is left to cool uncovered.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28

Census Bureau announced Japan
csc population in this country in
creased 53.S per cent during the last
10 years Total population of Jap
anese is IN, 01e.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28

the high wage scales prevailing last
year.
OF many reasons advanced by en-
p1oyment agencies for the failure OF
servants and employers to agree, one
of the most common IS that proSpec-
tive maids seek work only because
their husbands are jo9oleS and are
refused places because prospective
employers will not consider appn-
cants for temporary positions.
Prevailing wage scales are said by
employment agencies to be: Cooks,
$50 to $40 a month; general house
workers, $40 to $50; characteristics,
n1and 500 to $125 a month with
board and lodging
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28

Snuff taking is still popular in Eng
land among people who cannot smoke
at their work, such as miners, ware
housemen and compositorS.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28

Fire on the American STEAMSHIPS
General George W Gotha1s, at Port
au Prince has been extinguished and
the vessel has steamed for Cristo-
bal.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28

General Pershing after spending the
night at Chamont left in a motor car
for Verdun battlefield He viii stop
off en- route to visit places where
American troops fought
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28

Germany has less than half mil
lion unemployed
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28
Why VIA Jungle Beasts Fall For Major lick

With His Trusy Lariat and Exaggerated Butterfly Net He
Captures Lions Leobard and Panfher Alive and Dnhmrf
and Noe The Movies Show Him Actually Doing IT.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1921-09-28

The average man can lift one and
a half times his own weight.
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
THE .KNOW/ZNG PAL

In q shady Street there dwelt
two F1appers who had their Traps
set and baited.
"Coms on, Boys!" is what it said
over the Door. They were at the
Age when they lived on Nut Sum
daes and Thrills. All respectable
Males who could talk back and
who kept their Hair combed were
more than welcome.
One Of the Girls was q grand
little Piece of Work. and she had
. slew Of uppetty-up accomplish
ments but for some reason her
Turnstile did not check as many
Visitors as that Of her Chum
across the Way. The other Girl
might not have copped off many
Prizes at Beauty Contest and it
had been remarked that her
Piano Playing was Punkadora and
yet she caught q majority Of the
Fussers.
One Day as the two Friends were
chatting. the one who had the
Looks let out q Bleat.
why is it,T she asked. "that you
continue to stand Ace High with
q lot of the Lads who seem to have
passed me up? / know I am
counted more of Bcaut than you;
my Musical Education cost twice
as much and have got you sewed
up in a Sack when II comes TO Cor
rect English, yet you draw tn
Bunch. Where do Stub my Toe 2"
"Dearie, ! hate TO let any one
else in on a Snap. but I suppose I
must" replied her COMPANION. 81
will admit that as Grammarian
you are a Peachamroot, but do YOU
ever stop to consider the Topics
that you spring on your Young
Men7 You sit in front Of them
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
The Lenten Season
By George Ade

any Chariey-Boy shows up at my
Work Shop, talk about Him and
naught else. l make him tell me
about his Clothes and how he has
his Room fixed up. I repeat all
that I ever heard any of the Girls
say about him. II / can't recall a
good Philopene, Fake one. Any
thing to keep him Warmed up. I
throw the Limelight on him all
Evening. He has the Center Of
the Stage and makes all the Hits
and gets all the Gardenias. l am
simply present to feed him his
Cues and demand Encores. Some
times it is hard work to Boost all
Evening but seldom fail 10 land
him. When he gets up to 20 at
IL o'clock, he is swelled all out
of Shape. Naturally, he thinks /
am just about the Main Lady of
the whole Works and he is back
to see me again next Evening"
"But we are not Orientals." said
the Good LOCKER, proudly. eff
there is to be any Flattering or
Incense Burning let the Men, do it.
/ do not believe that Modern
Woman should put Man on Ped
estal."
"Some day I will single out one
and take Strangle Hold on him."
said her Friend in a confidential
Whisper. "And when I do, he
won't stay up on any Pedestal
more than Twenty Minutes. You
get me7"
81 begin to see the Light" said
the other, thoughtfully. "Watch me
apply the Ointment"
MORALE is better 10 hold
back fep kinds of Conversation
for those long Evenings at Home.
The Washington times., 1921-03-06

Extinction and then Some. No
He cares much for what she said
and then what you said to her.
You never can win Home by sit
ting around and talking about
yourself and the other Maudes,
Myrtles, and Maries."
"And how do you put IL across ?"
asked the other.
"Oh I suppose don't know
Thing about the Male Sex, do II"
asked the Popular One with a
Squint. "From the Minute that
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
INGRowING TOE NAILS.

The remedies for ingrowing toe
nails from contributors. o. A. r.
gives this: Clean affected part with
peroxide; press small pieces OF absor-
bent cotton under sides of nails TO
force them upward; shave top of
nails as thin as possible with a
piece of broken glass; trim nail in a
half -moon shape; It will soon grow
out wear half-size longer stockings, and,
by all means, a long enough shoe.
This is a SURE CURE.
c. II. DUCKETT gives somewhat
similar advice. He says scrape the
nail thin, cutting v in middle near
top. Repeat this several times. The
operation. he says, allows the nail
to grow up out of the flesh"
The Washington times., 1921-03-06

and you tell them what Bother 1t
is to Shop all Afternoon and what
Girls you saw down townsand what
a Time your Mamma has been hav-
ing about a Second Girl and how
Grace said something that just
made the other Girls shrek. For
a whole Evening you Trombone
about your own Affairs. OF
course, Common Politeness re-
quires the Gentleman to throw
on the Fixed Smile and pretend to
Follow you, but he Is Bored to
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.

Said the Sun to the Moon. said he,
Fair Lady we should we'd
Tee! Heev She E.ughed In glee.
Walt TN you catch me-" she said
We're on" he cried and in pursuit
Day after day he follows on
. over. the same old route:
Running a race that's never won.
II by luck he gains in the race
Does she say We'll done7"
No. She darkens his face.
We call 1t the eclipse Of the sun,
DAISY,
The Washington times., 1921-03-06

A ranchman 10 Texas has the
hood OF his auto covered with the
fun head, horns and part OF tho
hide OF n COW TO fool the bulls.
That may go In Texas, but let
some one here try TO get by our
traffic bulls with that stun.
JULES BACKENHEIMER
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

o. what are The three 0rcdt plaques Of
The corldf-TVA SHARPE PAYNE.
A. Water on the knee, liquor on tho
hip and woman on the brain. Which
Payhes you most?
o. what makes the human rdcef--
HAMMOND EGGS.
Al Men and women chasing each
othhr. DAN DE don.
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
HOW AROUT IT. GIRLS?

It's easy enough to be pleasant,
When you're looking and feeling nip,
But the girl worth while is the girl who
can smile
With a cold sore her lip.
To miss a kiss Is more amiss
That IL would be TO kiss a miss,
Proyided that the kiss you miss
The miss herself would never miss
BUDDY b..
The Washington times., 1921-03-06

Some one has erased the "P"
and this is what I saw on a w.
r: and Il. car sign the other
day: ITO SIT ON ANY STREET
RAILWAY CAR is UNLAWFUL"
SAFETY-PIN SARAH.
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
THE ID. ID. d. DIS.

Have you met any Of these ID. d.
d. D.'s-Distinguished Dinner Dish
Detectors Found most anywhere
in Washington. At the sound of a
dish they'll hang up their hats.
CHEERUPADIST
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
CHANGING HERO WORSHIP.

With the appearance on the
screen now of Harding getting
on the job. the movie fans begin
training for callous hands once
more. Psthe. though. has been
unable to show us Va President
yet who can keep the fans
hands hard and tough for a
whole term. Sooner or later the
hands become fat and tender.
HARPER'S FERRY.
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
DID HE GET HELEN BLAzEsr

Sweet Helen BlaZes made him stir,
He told his love In honeyed phrases,
And when he asked her Paw for her,
Her father gave him Helen Biazes
BILLY.
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
SOMETHING TO SELL.

A sign in Beaver Dam, Wis: d
FOR SALE--A COW that gives ten
-. quarts of milk day. a set of golf
sticks, a set of lawbooks. andva very
fine fur overcoat" DOT.
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
Man was made with two eyes
and one tongue that he might
see twice as much as he says.
LEO TARMIN.

o.
The dog stood on the railroad track,
A smile was on hR .visAge-
The train bore down-there was q whack,
And then some bologna sissaee.
INA MOTHER NUT.
Mrs. Hayseed-Say, John, it's our
silver wedding tomorrow. Shall we
kill the pig?
Farmer Hayseed-why murder the
poor pig for what happened twenty
ave years ago? SNOwDROP.
MANY FEEL THIS WAY.
Latin is a dead language,
As dead as ~ can be-.
II killed all the Romans
And u's killing me. -
Frcshman--Did you see those girls
smile at me7
Seffior-Thats nothing. The hrst
time l saw. you / nearly died laugh
ing. PEGGY.
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
BAD HABITS.

The grasshopper chews tobacco;
The quail gets out his pipe;
The fishhawk Is SO awfu, poor
He has to hunt ''snipe."
The rooster has his harem,
The orchard gets plum full;
The onion squanders every cent.
And the radish has a pull
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
A peanut and pink ribbon for
me April. l. I'm crazy to meet
some Of the fans. CURLEY.

Jones heard a pretty good conun.
drum and decided to try II on his
wife.
DO you know why am like a
mule?" he asked her. ...t
NO" she replied. Il know you
ARE, but 1 don't know WHY you
are" GEORGE A
The Washington times., 1921-03-06

"A man never forgets the
ninth letter in the alphabet"
Does a woman? BALTIMORE.
The Washington times., 1921-03-06

law LOOsENERs.

Funny Fanny Fillmore fried fiftys
ave fat founder -fishs for Fred Fletch-
er's famous fat father. 'i-
~. 49, NINETY SIX
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
HISTORY RECALLED.

In retiring, President Wilson may
have in mind these words:
Than Caesar with a Senate barking at his
o'sUILLEApHAIN.
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
TIT pLtrE-LAw BRIGADE.

IL you want to tell your neighbors
How often they must pray,
And on the first OF each week
what they must do and say;
IL you want them all to thisk and sing
As their fathers thought and sang,
You'll make a good reformer--
Better Join the blpe-law gang.
SAM SIMPLE.
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
WHEN 1T RAINS.

WHEN 1T RAINS.
A curling iron,
A cunning curl,
A powder box,
A pretty girl.
A little rain.
And away u goes.
Leaving plain girl
With a freckled nose.
CONNECTICUT LAD.
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
THINGS WE DON'T DO.

Single the roofs of our mouthA
Bat the balls of our eyes.
Drive the nails OF our toes.
Feed the calves OF our legs.
Wear the caps of our knees.
.ra GUS II.
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
Maggie-Are the rooms in your fia,

Sallie-So small that my dog has to
wag his tail up and down in them.
JAM AND JELLY.
The Washington times., 1921-03-06
YOUR FAvoRITEuisHEs.

Now that the cake baking con-
test Is over. may l not remark
that practically every woman
can bake a good cake, but not
every woman can make a good
piece of Gefielte fish (stuffed
fish). Gefielte fish is to the Jew
ish folks what spaghetti Is to
the Italians. gulash to Me Hun
garians and corn beef and cab
bage, to the Irish. Come on with
your favorite dishes; let's hear
about them. What are they?
DOTTIE EBERT.
The Washington times., 1921-03-06

He-If should kiss you would you
scream for your folks7
She--No. not unless you want to
kiss the whole family. NJ. l.. A.