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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

and the seven small flames did not
even ficker>as an eyelid hickers.
Now fire licked and cracked
upon che altar Of burnt offerings
and the smoke of the burning flag
gots rolled upward. A SAVIOUR OF
roasted meat touched the nostrils.
The.reverberating. metallic cling
clang Of cymbals smote the ear. A
choir Of deep male voices took up
. chant whose Egyptian cadences,
hitting and falling. seemed to bark
back TO an Unreasonable antiquity.
David had raised his head and
his eyes were upon the ascending
smoke OF the sacrifice, but he did
not see the smoke, nor the beaten
gold Of the Temple, nor the rale
morning sky.
His lips moved. He was praying
mot the mechanical learned-by.
rote payers prescribed by the
Pharikees, the Rabbis--but his
hope, hts worship. his secret, pas
sionate aspiration translated into
unleashed words uttered beneath
his breath.
In the schools the Pharisees
taught the Rabbirical common
taries upon the Law with their end.
less quibbling and hair-splitting.
David, an instructive rebel from the
hrst, had studied the Law alone
from his thirteenth year. He OBJ
served none Of the thousand and
one Phartsaical enactments. yet he
was OF much the same stun as his
namesake and remote ancestor,
David, the patriot, the poet-king.
Upon this morning he prayed
his brows contracted, his face
straining upward--for the coming
OF the Deliverer, the conquering
Messiah. A passage from one OF
the prophets came to him: And
he who shall rise up to rule the
0entiles. in him the Gentiles shall
hope fN
Yes, the Kingdom Of the Deliv-
erer would be for GENTLE as well
as for Jew; Rome would be over
thrown. and the Messiah. the Holy
One 81 Israel. would rule the world.
The sudden glory Of the thought
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q few. It was hard on his mother.
they said--it vas altogether too
bad! The poor soul was always
excusing him to the neighbors. tell.
ing them what q good son he was,
how handsome and pious.
He was now ascending a street
that resembled . steep, foot-worn
staircase. Many others were
climbing with him. One man wore
a mortar-shaped cap, which came
below the level of his eyes. and he
stumbled upward with outstretchsd
hands. He also was q self-blinded
fakeer.
A spare. nobly bearded man in
white rainent, with the serene
brow of child and the carriage
OF q prophet, mounted on Dayid's
right. He was an Essene, celibate,
vegetarian. stricter In his way Of
life than the strictest Pharisee, the
slightest contact with whom he
would regard as .defilement.
Dominating the lower town. with
Its bazaars, poverty. stencil, paint
cd women and hucksters, rose the
Holy City, which eliminated in
Mount Moriah and the Temple of
God.
Here the streets were followed
ont In the centre with raised foot
ways on either side, 30 that those
who were going up to the Temple
might avoid contamination from
the PROFESSIONS OF sheep and cattle
destined for the altar Of burnt Off
erings. or from any person cere-
monially unclean. No lepers were
permitted here, and should a death
occur the corpse must immediately
be carried forth.
A great gateway with open gates
OF chased Corinthian brass. the
color of pale gold and more prec-
tous than gold or silver, rose up
before David, marvellous. incaIcul.
ably costly. It was one of the outer
gates Of the Temple area.
He passed beneath IL, crossed the
spacious Court of the Gentiles. be-
yond which no Hebrew convert
might pass, assembled a fight of
steps OF variegated marble, crossed
the threshold of q second gate,
traversed the Court Of the Women,
ssoended q crsscent.shaped flight
Of fifteen alsbasser steps, passed
between the dark green marble col
umns Of the third--the Nicanor
Gate--and entered the Court Of the
Israelites.
He was barefooted, having re.
moved hic sandals at the threshold.
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would shout for anybody. don't
know what's coming to Jerusalem,
The Sanhedrin should take action
against such people"
His dangling gray locks wagged
like pair Of goats boards.
The sunshine glistened on the
slanting palm fronds. The street
seemed filled with them--it waved
like thicket in the Jordan Valley.
From beneath the low-browed
arch meek white she-ass emerged,
followed by little shaggy gray
colt with q white blaze between its
eyes, which swere deer-brown and
very innocent. Upon the she-ass
sat a man, and a. he came, men,
kneeling quickly, stripped of their
long, wide-sleeved coats and laid
them in the followed bed Of the
street where fetid moisture trick
led. so that the hoofs of the she-ass
were muffled.
"Hosanna in the highest!"
The shrivelled little goldsmith
had risen and was salaaming. Some
of those who stood to watch on the
raised foptway on either side did
likewise. From projecting windows
women looked down.
"Hosanna to the prophet of God
the miracle-worker--the friend of
the poor! Blessed is He who comes
in the name OF the Lordi"
Exultation seemed to fan the
faces OF the watchers like a strong,
sweet wind.
The man who sat upon the she
ass was level with David now. He
turned his head slightly asidea His
gaze-ythe steady and calm direct
ness OF it--encountered David's.
"Hosanna!" 49, E6
It was deep. hundred throated,
exultant shout. Ns
Had he been blind and deaf?
How was It that he had prayed and
CROPPED for the sun when It shone
full in his eyes?
The man who could raise the
dead to life was entering Jerusa-
lem on a white ass after the man.
ner of the Judges Of Israel. and IN
accordance with the prophecy that
foretold the entrance of the Mes
siah Oh, fool-Iblind fool that he
had been! Glory to God--glory to
the God of Israel! The Messiah.
Yes, 1t was the Messiah at last!
Now he was down in the trough
OF the street, tostled by Galilaean
nilgrims come south on foot for the
Passover, by folk from the earth
brown villages on the skirts Of the
Mount Of Olives, by healed lepers
In filthy rags frantic to show them
selves TO the priests at the Temple
and be pronounced clean according
TO the Law, by the blind who saw,
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blinded him. He caught his breath.
Presently, going with the crowd,
he was on his way out, his sandals
fastened again upon his feet. He
was still distracted, looking
straight before him and seeing
little. .H
Doves cooed. patterned marble of
variegAted hues glistened, silver
and gold and fine brass caught the
sun. At the low tables of the
money changers in the Court of the
Gentiles, men argued volubly with
outspread palms.
Now came a street that led into
the obscurity of a narrow tunnelled
arch. Wine-colored draping and
strips of Babylonian tapestry work
hung against the stone walls, for
the approaching festival brought in
a period of public rejoicing.
"iiosapna, Hosanna!"
blessed be He who comes In the
name of the Lord!" Il.
What was that?
Pigeons were f'uttering above his
head. A shrivelled little man seat
ed In goldsmith's shop--a shallow
recess under an awning OF brown
sackcloth-was craning his scraggy
neck to see.
''Hosanna!"
There was crowd coming
what was It?
People began to stream out Of
the tunnel-arch = country people,
most of them. Many carried will
low wands, on witch the delicate
new leaves had Just budded. and
palm branches. One man tossed
his arms aloft.
"Hosanna," he cried at the top
Of a rich baritone voice.
whats this--what's thisT'
An old .Levite, with pair Of gray
locks dangling from under his conf
cal white turban, bound with q
twist of colored silk, spoke irri-
tably, blue'veined hand cupped to
8 his ear.
'who is It? Judah, ask one OF
. these people who II Is"
David. who stood alongsid him,
found himself listening for the an
swer to this. He felt really cur
.ious.
Judah--a handsome, effeminate
'lad--was speaking.
They say II is the prophet.
Jesus. from Nazareth in Galilee.
father"
Prophet! He's a beggar who
teaches heresy and keeps company
with loose livers. This rabble
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n
1t was an exclamation
uttered by several stimuli
taneously.
A middle-aged man, shutting
along with his eyes tightly closed.
mad stumbled over a loose stone
and come down heavily on his
hands and knees, decorating his
palms. He was not blind. but went
habitually with shut eyes to avoid
seeing women.
Two or three darted forward and
raised him with solicitude, placing
his stan In his hand. A few gorits
Of blood starred the cobble-stones
Of the street. The fakeer class to
which the self-blinded man be-
Ionged were known rs Bleeding
PhArisees.
David had halted involuntarily.
when the shuffling man, his stan
tap-tapping like a blind beggar's,
tripped over the stone, but he had
made no movement to assist him.
He simply stood and looked, and
then passed on.
He had upon him a longish,
striped linen garment, and a white
head-clotfi shaded HIS brows. At
each corner Of his stoie-like prayer
shawl hung q tassel OF eight
threads Of hyacinth. blue wool IN
fulhlment Of q command of Moses.
It was the morning Of the sixth day
before the Passover..-the threshold
Of the holy sessoii--and he was on
his way to the Temple
Nine hundred and ninety-nine
out Of q thousand orthodox Jews
would have sprung forward to
assist the fallen Pharisee, and
would have counted themselves
favored by the mere fact Of con-
tact with him, but David was un-
orthodox--ecandalously 80.
n a Gentle even inquired the
way of Jew II was a Jews duty
to dir6ct him wrongly. yet David
wore Gentle raiment on all his
working days. had chosen Greek
for friend, and broke bread with
him. And from his thirteenth year
he had utterly disregarded the
Pharisees, the teachers and pre-
servers Of the Law-the holy men
who taught that II . hsn laid an
esq on the Sabbath. that egg was
to be neither eaten. touched. nor
even looked 1t, and that X vinegar
was used for the toothache on that
day, II must not b spat out under
pain Of sin. but must Be swallowed.
Finally. he he'd taken . Gentle
girl for his wife, but this browning
scandal was as yet known only to
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Astarte's delicate nostrils moved
like dogs. Then her nose
wrinkied and she frowned. It
smelled like slaves food. She felt
that she never wished to eat again.
except perhaps, fresh hss, or
famingo's tongues garnished with
cucumber dish which she had
shared with Semla in the house Of
Herod.
She assembled the fight Of steps
that led up to the roof where was
the blister-nke dome. Here she
lay down at full length with her
arms on the low parapet and her
chin dropped on them.
Lying so, she could look down
into, the house-court Of the acacia
tree, and the scabby, scrap-eating
dogs, and Tobias. and her mother
in.law. But she was not looking
for any Of these things She was
watching for the return Of David.
He had left her an hour before
and already she WAS impatient.
Impatient and bored. He had gone
to the Temple. II had seemed tire
some to her, but, somehow, she had
felt that she must say nothing to
him against It.
Two women entered the house
court from opposite sides and met
In the centre and stood to talk
Dinah and Naomi.
Eyes, I cook and sweep for three
now rs before cooked for two.
I'm her servant. Dinah--that's what
am. And my own son stands by
as dumb as a mule. She's be-
witched him--as sure ~ ! draw
breath that's what II Is! Oh. what
q visitation to come upon a God
fearing family And I hoped, per-
haps, that your Rama
"The neighbors look askance ut
us. Dinah--and no blame to them!
Think Of It! No betrothal under
the canopy-no marriage gather
ing Only q written contract given
before Witnesses that too late
to save the scandal. We might be
tax-collectors 20 r-or Qentiles!
The shame's killing me, Dinah--
and my own son never even so
much as asks me how have silent.
well! I won't be with him al
ways--and let her cook his lentils
for him, that's all! He'll find the
difference then, Dinah. She lies
about all day like the wicked
woman she is. Oh, what q punish
t. ment from heaveni"
Astarte. looking down, and
feeling very bored and the need Of
watching something, was aware,
chiefly. Of two things. One was the
unsishtliness of Dinah's figure. pro-
nouncedly maternal: the other was
the gnarled. rheumatic hands of
the widow a. she gestured. She
could not hear what they were
saying.
4 The first Of these dissusted her.
How terrible to be 90 hideously out
Of shape--such an offence to the
eyes! A calving COW was ugly, but
this fat.footed woman. who booked
as stupid as q flsh, was laughable--
like silly, grotesque figure drawn
bya child on . wall with . piece Of
charcoal.
AZ for the widows gesticuIsting
hands, they annoyed her because
the widow herself annoyed her.
frn~SSsmn<S ~. N,~x ncn.N
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the lame Who had abandoned their
crutches, the deaf mutes who cried
out In discordant. unpractised
voices. Now he walked by the
flank Of the she-ass. his face lifted.
"Hosannal Hosanna in the
highest"
His whole soul-sfiame IKE the
chariot that had caught Elias. Nv
ing. to the seventh heaven-was In
that Involuntary. ringing, triumph
ant cry.
The Deliverer had come. He had
come to Zion as the prophets had
foretold Already the people knew
and the knowledge would spread
like swift-running IRE.
Then swords-an army Of hun
dred thousand-the star Of Rome
setting in blood. And then the
golden triumph-like an unimagfn-
able sunrise ablaxe with the hues
Of gems uncountable. And then
the empire OF God.
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n STARTE stood on the shelf
~ like slice Of roof where. IN
: : three or four broken flower
pots, hardy marigolds Aourished
with the air OF spontaneous. gold
empowered weeds.
Seven or eight feet below her
was q house-court like q shallow
pit At an open-air cooking place q
very stout woman stopped over
something. wooden spoon in her
hand. Smoke eddied, favored with
the odor Of some species Of stew.
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(Cont'd from Last Sunday
CHAPTER x.

sF TrHE Rabbi has fallen!"
1t was an exclamation
= uttered by several stimuli
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ssAstaSte knsw that
~ was sbeut,
- His hef.
She lid not sxaosly
want him 70 10 %, but
che eould no more
have turned her head aside
o. offered him the last :
definite rspulse than she
could have altered
the color finer hair Or
sr6wn white wings"
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Continued on Merit Paoe.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-16

1nnseII sfAid ii ne caf and ScAroe-
~ s1d Costello entered the store.
Schroeder carried An automatic
aad CPst,llo An ordinary revolver
SCHROEDER ordered Nj. Anderson.
who was alone ct the time, to put
mp his hands. He complied and
NAen they asked for the money he
m0tioned to the empty cash regis
ter. He then started to back up
toward a desk, where the store
money was laying and Schroeder
said in his confession that Ander-
son lowered his right hand Is
though he was reaching for gun
It was then that Mr.. Anderson va.
shot Schroeder admitted that the
bullet was fired from the gun he'll.
by him. He said that he "jerke1
up the gun and it went on.
He added that when Mr.. Ander-
son fell to the floor the proprietor
said you got me in the head, boys,
and at this the holdup men ran out
Of the store. The bullet from
Schroeder's gun struck Mr.. Ander-
son on the right side of the head,
burrOwed underneath the scalp fol
three inches and passed out. He
suffered from loss Of blood and
shock.
After running out OF the store
Schroeder and Costello joined Rus
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OF muslin and nainsOOk trim
med with embroidery ruffle;
others with lace and inser-
ton.
S1.25 to $1.95
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-16
INGRoWN TOE NAIL
TURNS OUT ITSELF.

J. uoleu authority says INA. y"
drops Of "Outgro" upon the Skin
surrounding the ingroving nail re-
duces Inflammation and pain and SO
toughens the tender. sensitive skin
underneath the toe nail. that II can
not penetrate the flesh, and the nail
turns naturally outward almost
over night.
"Outgro" is a harmless, antisept.c
manufactured for chiropoclsts
However. anyone can hLy from the
drug store a tiny bottle containing
(Ady).
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I,continusd from First PAGE, Il

&Q{tt ,OnLluWCO lbVUS p - - = 0R0Ae
a the car and Costello paid the
IA, N advance. Russell and Con-
Avejl we're then picked " and they
~, to the entrance Of the alley
Cfveen Nineteenth and Twentieth
strsets north OF Fourth avenue.
aehroeder had been sent by the
ssnr a day previous to look over
Tie ground.
Costello remained with the car
and Schroeder, Russell and ConWell
altered Marblestone's pawnshop
~ the front door. Russell asked to
~ shown a .air Of shoes, and the
proprietor was complying with the
rcauest when they attacked him.
Russell carried an automatic gun
md conwell a revolver. Schroeder
carried a blackjack. Shot fell out
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running board vhsn Schroeder said
ne Hired into the air 10 scare the
guArdr. The guard kept back and
the bandit car sverved around he
machine ahead and dashed up the
street. The men drove near Forest
park and abandoned the machine.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-16

police, but word Ms gives the
gard oh the north end Of the
bridge before the car came M. The
guard stopped an automobile d.
fectly In front Of the bandit car
ana then made run for the ban
dits. he started to step up on the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-16

LII OkAlCIS 8IIU Uc-
c'ded to give it q trial. got good
results from its use 30 that | am now
able 70 do my work. l recommend
your Vegetable Compound to nv
trends who have troubles similar to
NINE and you may use these facts q
|, testimonial. Mrs. CT. PHILLIPS,
Ioomsboro, Ga.
weak, nervous women make un-
happy homes, their condition irritates
ootn husband and children. 1t has
oeen said that nine tenths of the
nervous proshation, nervous de-
spondency, 1.-THE blues" irritability
and backache arise from some dis
placement or arrangement of . wo-
mans system. Mrs. Phillips letter
proves that no other remedyis 50 sue.
essful as Lydia E. Pinkham's Veee-
able Compound.
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I'll and ConueIl and the men sfs1ts-
"a for Davenport.
(inaFd frees II Step Iee
C0nwell vas driving the car y !.
its limit They got by the gusa =
At the Rock Island end Of the oflase
before word got to him from tue
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They then went into the park and
staid until Il was closed and then
started home on street car.
Sr4 Rands at <a.00o Each.
3 All three waived preliminary ex-
animation when arraigned before
Magistrate b. J. Cleland in police
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the time, was 20
weak and nervous
/ didn' t know
what to do, and
could not do my
work. My trouble
was deficient and
irregular periods.
l read in the
paperswhatLyda
E. Pink q m 8
Vegetable Com
pound had done
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SO weak
so NERVOUS
How Miserable This Woman Was
Uadl She Took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Ioomsboro, Ga.-'T suffered ter
nbly with backache and headache all
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ments and wonderfully embroidered Philippine
hand made garments
Truly, every woman, no matter what her taste
can find the type she likes best, and the low
prices will urge the economy Of buying enough Z
to last the summer through.
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Twelve styles gowns-Of
nainsook, Windsor crepe and
hatiste in white or Flesh.
Prettily trimmed with lace,
organdie or hemstitching.
S1.5O to $3.50
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And in addition to the finer qualities and low
crunch lower-prices, the assortment is so
much better. It includes garments of muslin,
crepe and silk-every one fresh and new From
plainly tailored styles to deliberately trimmed
models of muslin; dainty, beautiful silken gar
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PPttic0atS Muslin and Sa-
teen. some with straight line
double panel in trent. some
with batiste lace trimmed
flounces.
SO to S49
Phoenix tribune., 1921-06-18
This COunterfeiter
Raised Dollar Bill To
Ten Spot With Ease

(By The Associated Negro Press)
Osala, Fla, June ia clever Ne
gro counterfeiter who has given gov
ernment operatives worlds of trouble
for more than three years has been
caught by secret service agents in
Ocala, Fla, according to information
received at Atlanta headquarters of
the service last Monday
He is Roy S. Dorsey, of Ocala, who
possesses, according to government
sleuths, uncanny ability for trans
forming s1.0O bills into ten spots, and
who, they charge. has flooded the
southern states with bogus bills for a
long period. Secret Service Agent
H. B. Arnold, of te Atlanta office,
nabbed the man on a train a few
miles out of Ocala last Friday, he re-
ported, while the Negro was paying
his fare with a fake $1,000 BILL Mr..
Arnold arrested him and forced him
to show him to his Ocala home There
the agent reported he uncovered a
complete conterfeiting outfit. The
man admitted his guilt, the agent
said, and was lodged in Jail in Ocala,
to await trial in United States court
on various counterfeiting charges
some dating as far back as 1915.
Phoenix tribune., 1921-06-18
GENERAL WOOD SAYS
FILIPINOS NOT READY
FOR SELF GOVERNMENT

(By The Associated Negro Press)
Manila, June 16.-There will be no
immediate independence for the Phil
ipine Islands if the policy of the
Harding administration depends on
the report of the Woods Forbes mis-
sion.
That much may be said to have
been settled now. What remains is
the delicate task of establishing con-
ditions and improving the internal
conditions of the islands, while at the
same time holding the loyalty and CO.
operation of the Filipinos. Then comes
the bigger job of co-ordinating the
military, naval and commercial policy
of the United States in the Orient.
That the investigation has proven
already that there is no stable gov
ernment in the sense contemplated
by congress as being prerequisite to
giving the Fillpinos complete govern
ment, was indicated clearly by Gen.
Wood and U. Cameron Forbes in their
talks to members of the Columbian
club, composed of Filipino graduates
of the American universities.
Phoenix tribune., 1921-06-18
Big ATLANTA FIRE
CAUSES DAMAGE To
HOMES OF negroes
CBy The Associated Negro Press)

(By The Associated Negro Press)
Atlanta, Ca, June 16.-Fire which
started from some undetermined
cause, did considerable damage to
four buildings occupied by Negroes
on West North avenue shortly after
midnight Sunday night, The blaze
started in building at BAT West
North avenue, owned by David Frank
lin, colored. and occupied by John
Mccoy, colored, as a store The build
ing was practically destroyed. Sparks
from the burning building ignited the
dwellings of Bennie Carroll, colored,
S49 West North avenue; Emma Ter
rell, at 351 West North avenue, and
Jessie Jackson, at 339 West North
avenue. The building at 351 West
North avenue was only slightly dam
aged, while the roofs were burned
off of both the other houses. Flames
from the burning building lit up the
sky and caused large crowd to gath
er from all parts of the city.