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Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19
Where 1t Started
CHECKERS

Copyright. 1920, BY The Wheeler
Syndicate. Inc.)
While the actual origin OF the game
OF checkers is shroudcd in the mists of
antiquity. there Is no doubt that 1t has
been played for countless years.
Egyptian records of 1900 b. C. show the
game being played In China and in
ancient Greece checkers was IA popular
game. Tho natives OF New Zealand
have been found by explorers to play
n game aloni; the same lines.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19
The Lesson Of North Dakota

There has never been any doubt to what the
suit of the North Dakota experiment in state socialism
would be the part of anyone who has understood the
principles involved and who has been familiar with the
results of similar experiments in other places.
The Nonpartsan League is nothing else than one
attempt of political demagogues to turn ignor
and prejudice their advantage. They could
have done this if it not that the people of
that had been robbed merclessly by the barons
of the elevators, the banks the railroads. the manufac
of farm machinery, and the dealers in farm sup
plies until they in the mood to listen to the reck
less promises of irresponsible advenurers.
Every demagosue who seeks TO establish himself
autocraic power follows the First he
vehemently denounces existing evils which must be
real and calling if they to his purpose. Next
the possibility of being able to keep his promises to
the chance that his of relief may bring greater
evils than those he has removed Next he demands that
acting in the of the people, he be given (or if able
TO do so, he arbitrarily takes) autocrac powers that
inconsistent with the principles of free government
Next he imposes upon his deluded followers greater
costs and greater expressions than those from which
he promised relief And finally, caught in the ruins Of
his schemes, from which he and his associates have for
time greatly profted, he still decaims for
his failure to do what he promised to do and still inds
among his deluded followers those who ready and
willing to believe that fault other than his
is responsible for the inevitable result.
Business evils will never be cured by turning bust
to demagogues to be upon political ba
sis.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19
count of the long period when everything outgo

of the long period when everything was ougo and
nothing was income
1t is easy to see how such tax must work to dis
courage mining development, business in which the
risks of loss and failure extraordinarily great and
which there must be equivalent chances Of great prof
its if the constant supply Of metals is to be assured by
the development of mines.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.

Washington, d. c., Feb. 16.-If you
write with pen or pencil for several
hours day, you are apt TO get to
your appointments ahead of time, but
if you write on the typewriter, you
are more apt to be late.
That is. IL you wear your watch on
your wrist. as an increasing number
of persons do. This transfer of the
timepiece from the pocket to the fore
arm, according to watch experts, has
subjected the instrument TO new and
trying vicissitudes.
A watch expert outlined this situ-
alton and then opened large silver
watch and indicated the balance wheel.
whirling two-thirds of the way around
and then whirling mack. That wheel.
he explained. turns 800 times n min
unite. normally.
When we test Watches bo said,
I'VE put them on racks and run them
all day face up, and at night We check
up on them. Then we test them with
the dial down. and with tho pendant
up and with the pendant down. From
the variation in time in these positions
we regulate the watches, SO that they
will run approximately 800 beats TO
the minute. But when we test the
watch 1t is perfectly still. 1t is not
vibrating, as 1t would be with the
slightest motion OF the body. and of
course there is none of the sudden mo-
tion that comes every time you move
your hand.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19
WHAT no you WANT TO KNOW

The ChicftaIn Information Bureau az
Washington furnishes readers free of
charge. with accurate and authorita-
t'cr answers to questions on anv and
nlf subjects concerning which informa.
tion can be had from the unparaiieled
resources Of the various federal gov
ernmcnt departments. the great library
~ Congress and the many experts and
sclentists IN the government service.
Two cents In hostage for rcply must
accompany each inquiry. State clearly
tho Information wanted and address
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN iNFOHNA i.
TION BUREAU.
Frederic }. Haskin. Director.
WashkDGtOH. ID. G.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19

1t will take strong evidence to convince the Cclo-
RADIO assembly that more counties needed in this
state 1t would be much easier to prove that there
some that might better be consolidated.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19

Governor kowdcn's decision not to accept cabinet
position will be regretted by Republicans generally For
tunatcly there many other Republicans who are
worthy of the appointment.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19

The political party that keeps faith with the peo-
pie may trust the people to look after the party inter
csts .-.....
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19

The Democratic national committee vindcatns
Chairman White, again demonstrated how easily the
party get along without the services Of Old Doctor
Bryan.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19

Many states. east and west might pro6tably follow
the example set by Texas in trying to stronger
public sentiment in favor of law observance and law
enforcement
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19

The three balls recognized tho
world over as the sign of the pawn
broker. was adopted from the coat
of-arms of the Mcdici family. whs
were the first to make money-icndinE
n profession. Incidentally the name
of the Medici family is further per-
pctuated thru the word medicine
"a tribute to tho skill OF the members
OF this house in the art of healing.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19
HIS TROUBLE is ALL GONE

II was affected with pains all over
my back and Kidneys" writes Charles
McAllister. / Clark Ave. kcarncy, n.
j.. After three or four doses OF Foley
Kidney Pills ! became all right and
my pain is all gone" Foley Kidney
Pills rciievs backachc. urinary irresu-
laritics. rheumatic pains. stiff Joints.
swollen muscles and other symptoms
OF kidney trouble. II ~ splendid
medicine. prompt in action, and al
ways helps. Contains no hab'' FORM
ing drugs. The Horn Drug Co. ,tl
and Santa Fc.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19

]. Fcnimoro Cooper couldn't write
unless he had gumdrops TO chew. Ho
bought them in large quantities. and
as he munchcd them he evolved the
stories for which he Is famous.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY

Tho Bolshcviki occupied ArchanEc'
unopposcd. .-,..
= sale of German ships held In United
States halted by Injunction.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19

THE CHIEFTAIN has the best
quality of circulation for advertisers
Of any newspaper published in Colo
rado. II consistently supports the up
building OF the state with Just regard
- every citizen. and II has the conf
dence and approval OF Co'orado's best
citizens Of every class and section.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19

Kas hi. wife daughters photographed in London
Gregory London Mosco~
to Premier Lenine for approval the trade pact drawn
and fo5ceu stating financial business situation
him recognition He charming wife and family shown
will him
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19

WORK OR MORNING DRESS
Pattern 35l7 was used for this model.
1t is cut in Z Sizes: -. 36, IS. 20, AZ. a
and IS inches bust measure. The width
at the foot is "a yards. For "A med
ium size yards OF 5s inch material Will
be required.
Seersuckcr gingham. chambrey.
lawn. poplin. repp and flnnnclette arc
good for this model
A pattern of this illustration mailed
to any address on receipt of l0c in sill
ycr or stamps.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19
Typisk Re,ards Works

$50 IL the owner writes with n pen
all day. and wears the watch on his
right wrist, the jerking of the hand
| might increase the number OF beats to
325 or even $50. II he writes on type
| writer. the beats might be retarded
while he is working to e75.
"rhc principle is like this: II you
stir a stick around In tho water. the
water swirls about. II you stir still
harder. 1t will whirl faster. But II
you suddenly stop stirring. and begin
to jerk the stick UP and down across
the swirling circles their speed is i'm
nediately lcsscned by the conflicting
motion.
so when you move your arm stead
lily in direction that does not tend
to go against the motion of the balance
| wheel the outside vibration will make
the wheel move faster. But If you
swing your arm back and forth, as In
tennis game. across the motion OF
| the wheel. its normal rate may be re-
tarded for the timc-bcing to as low as
| $50 BEATS
II would be impossible. this man
says. to estimate how much the watch
OF typist or "A bricklaycr, or vio-
| linist would gain or lose. because in
dividual mannerisms and habits are
too important a factor. one man ma
turally works or plays with spasmodic
motions. while another is slower. and
less sudden. Then too, wearincss, tho
degree of skill. and the emotions all
may affect the way a person moves his
hands at different times to do the
same thing.
Tho government had tests made with
wrist watches during the war. and ac-
/ ccpted for Army use those that varied
not more than two minutes n day.
| jewelers. now quote this government
| standard for wrist watches. Most
wrist watches. shey say, keep some
what better time than this. and "A few
| will vary only n minute n week. but
n rate OF only a minute a week is very
unusual.
| To our inquiry as to whether any
thing can be done regarding the hard
| lot of the modern watch, the expert
sadly shook his head.
THE wrist watch Is convenient. Men
are coming to prefer II. And so long
as accurate time liz not vital, I sup
| pose It is just as satisfactory. What a
| man loses in accuracy when he carries
| his ,imcpiecc on his wrist he gains in
convenience. so 1t really is more than
| fashion that popularized the wrist
watch"
! He went on to explain that there is
no need to bewail the good old days
when n watch really told the time
| In spite of the way we mistrcat our
watches. we have Just about as good
| time now as 20 years ago. That is be-
| cause of improvements in watchmak-
| ing. The fiat hair spring, for instance
that used to tanglo up every timc a
watch got dropped has been replaced
by the Brcguct hair spring that doesn't
| tanEle.
We look upon the wrist watch as 4
| recent innovation and watch set in
to ring is regarded ns n truly nove
idea. Yet history records the cxistenc,
of watches like these, and others more
unusual several centuries back.
Historical Wrist Watches
Queen Elizabeth received wrist
| watch as u New Years gift in 1871
| Whether 1t was a novelty then is not
noted. but the watch is described as ar
'armlct or shakcll OF goldc, all ovei
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-19
Historical Wrist Watches

Queen Elizabeth received wrist
watch as New Years gift in 1871.
Whether 1t was novelty then is not
noted. but tho watch is described us an
"armlct or shakcll OF goldc, all over
New-York tribune., 1921-04-17
The East and the West
Merwins Colorful Story Delightful Mixture of
Oriental Art, Politics and Love
By Haywood Broun

LIN REL AND GOLD BY Samuei Merwin
Published by Bobbs Merrill Conpanv
~ AMUEL MERWIN has managed
&a to get good deal of atmos
4 y phere in In Red and Gold
(Bobbs- -Merrill) and at least as
much action. The latter is not AL
ways achieved with the same ease as
that which animates the exceedingly
sklilful pictorial portions of the book.
Mr.. Merwin delights in describing the
river life of China and in DEPRESSING
low and again to tell something of
what he knows of Chinese art and
Chinese politics. This we feel is his
chief interest in the novel When he
swings his story into wild and rapid
action there is at least the suggestion
that he feels duty lies upon him.
1t is a duty which he performs man
fully, bringing the burning of the river
steamer hard upon an opium orgy and
a revolution below decks.
There are chapters which simply
boom with heavy waves of new spent
blood, but Mr.. Merwin Is skillful
enough to kill only villains. His melo-
drama is for the most part pretty good.
even though it is not the most spon-
taneous thing in the world. 1t should
be set down to his credit that the book
contains at least one completely sue
cesstul surprise. We went through
many chapters hating the author be-
Jtya fol L
ing to marry Hui Fei, the, beautiful
little Chinese heroine, to Rocky Kane,
young reprobate, rather than to the
mldd1e-aged and admirable ex-mission-
ary, Grlgsby Doane. There were a
great many false clews introduced
about youth calling to youth and all
that. This annoyed us, for only in
the first chapter we had watched the
elderly Mr.. Doane knock out pro-
fessional pugilist with one mighty
righthand swing at time when young
Kane was lolling about in staterooms,
where he should by no means have
been, smoking opium.
Of course, Kane reformed as soon
as he met the beautiful Hui Fei. hut
we were not nearly as ready as Mr..
Merwln to enthuse over his return to
grace. We grudged him his penny
Tor coming at the eleventh hour and
remained partisan of Grigsby Doane,
the we'll preserved. The big surprise
came almost at the end of the book
when Kane asked Hui Fei to marry
him and was refused. She explained
that it could never be, because he was
only twenty-one while she had already
turned twenty-five. This was not al
together convincing, but undoubtedly
it was mere subterfuge at hest, for
IN the very next chapter Hui Fei went
to Doane and proposed to him. He
did not dream that she loved him nor
were we in a position to blame him,
New-York tribune., 1921-04-17

for it was surprise to US as much
as to him.
Still, III looking back at the matter
it seemed by all odds the most suitable
match possible for the two characters.
kane's infatuation would not have
lasted. He had not been educated up
to Hui Fei. In fact, it was only his
mad passion that carried him through
the tremendous love scene described
on page 220, in which the young wom-
an began by quoting Yeats to him.
With such a beginning, one thing led
to another, as follows:
And then, still in pensive vein, she
took up Kipling's L'Envoi'-the one
beginning There's a whisper down the
field Clearly she felt at sea, too;
and the yearning of those wandering
souls to whom life is a wistful adven-
ture and the world an inviting labv-
rinth OF beautiful hours. She seemed
to know the Child's Garden of Verse
from cover to cover. and other verses
of Stevenson's. 1t was all strange to
him except Ia winter get up at night
He knew that as a song.
And so it came about that on a
dingy Yangtse junk, at the feet of
Manchu girl from America, Rocky
Kane felt for the first time the glow
and thrill of finely rhythmical En-
glish.
"She went on almost as if she
had forgotten him. Watson's April,
April she loved, she Sid, and read it
with a quick feeling for the capricious
blend of smiles and tears. 1t dawned
on him that she was born actress.
He did not know. of course, that the
theatrical tradition lies deeper in Man
chu and Chinese culture thai in that
of any Western people
"She reclted the beautiful Song Of
Richard LIE Gallenne's beginning:
She's somewhere IN the sunlight
strong > And followed this
with bits from Bliss Carmen, and Other
bits from London Nocturnes. and from
Wilfred Blunt and Swinburne and Mrs.
Browning. She had curiously strong
feeling for the color of medieval italy.
She spoke revcrently cf Dante. Villon
she knew, too, and Racine and the
French classics. She even mu-mured
tenderly de Musset'o 'J'ai dis mon
cmur,' in French of which he caught
not word and was ashamed. For he
had cut French, too"
Of course. Rocky Kane was upset
when he found that Hui Fei was not
going to marry him and had chosen
Grigsby Doane. Yet in one respect
his position was simpler than usual.
He did not need to rack his head about
a wedding present. He simply went
around the corner and came back
triumphantly with an anthology.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-17

a nrp1.o,rAT IN JAPAN BY sir ERNEST /
Sstow published by the ]. Il. Lippin-
coN Company, phsla deiphia.
"oBE a diplomat in Japan fifty or
sixty years ago, when foreigners
were first being admitted to the
Mikados realm, involved an
abundance Of excitement, for the Japan
ese prejudice against strangers was still
very strong, and some of the more fam
atical patriots had disconcerting habit
of falling upon unwary foreigners and
swords. Shortly before Sir Ernest's ar
rival in Yokohama, in 1862, there had
been an attack on the British Legation
4 large part of the authors early
diplomatic "reminiscences are devoted
TO accounts of assassinations commit
ted by Japanese swordsmen, followed
by protracted negotiations between the
secretary of the British Legation,
Colonel Neale, and the Tycoon, who
was at that time the most powerful
official in Japan. On at least one oc-
casiea the matter passed beyond the
stage .of diplomatic negotiations, and a
British feet destroyed the coast forti-
fcasions which had been erected by one
of the unruly Japanese clans. The
author gives a spirited description of
this battle. together with plan of the
scene where the action took place.
In 1867 Japan underwent revolu-
ton which profoundly altered the con-
stitution of the state. The Tycoon was
overthrown, after some hard fighting
which lasted into 1868, and the Mikado
became the supreme temporal and spir-
itual ruler. The previous anarchical
liberty of the clans was curtailed and
the power of the central government
was greatly strengthened. The way was
prepared for the amazingly rapid
transformation of Japan. into a mod
ern industrial state.
This change of government is de-
scribed by the author with a wealth of
detail that is almost embarrassing TO
readers who do not possess his intl-
mate knowledge of Japanese history
and politics. 1t is not always easy to
follow Sir Ernest as he lightly picks
his way through the complicated maze
Of an Oriental revolution. However
the narrative is interspersed with pic.
turesque incidents.
There is, for instance, the story so4
the japanese samurai (feudal retain
ers) who killed some French sailor:
and then committed harakiri in expia
ton. Some of the death poems writer
by these men illustrate the lofty
although misguided, patriotism which
impelled them to perform what they
considered sacred duty in killing the
Objectionable foreigners. Here are
prose translations Of three of the
poems:
Though I regret not my body, which
New-York tribune., 1921-04-17

valuable. Professor Phelps's essays
are valuable, interesting and popular.
In vain one looks through the pages
of the book Collected Plays o.
Stephen Phillips for his two dramas
that have had the greatest success on
the stage: "Paolo and Fran a" ard
"Herod." Just why the poets II, who
prepared the volume, chose to omit
these is not apparent. It may be that
their very success got them tied up
with such things as publishers rights.
In any case, their omission makes it
impossible to say that the volume
places at the readers disposal the best
that Phillips wrote. "The Last Heir"
"The King" "Iole" and "Armageddon,' >
the authors last work, ere also
omitted
"The Sin of David" Nero" "ulys-
ses' and Faust" are the long plays
which, with the shorter ones, "Aylmer's
Secret and "Pietro of Siena," make
up the content of the book.
Throughout all of Phillips's plays
runs the method which accords more
with the Greek drama than with Elite
bethan or later English playmaklng.
And although his topics are we'll suited
to his attack, the development Of them
lacks the wide hange of emotion, the
sweep Of action, and the imaginative
stretches which characterize tho Gfesk
drama.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-17
Story Of Japan's Awakening
Told by British Diplomat
Sir Ernest Satow Describes Stirring Days When
Island Empire Abandoned Her Isolation

becomes as dew scattered by the wind,
my country's fate weighs down my
heart with anxiety
"The cherry flowers, too, have their
seasons Of hlossoming and fading
What is there for the Japanese soul to
regret In DEATH
Here | leave MY soul and exhibit to
the world the intrepidity of Japanese
heart"
The book is not altogether taken up
with politics and fighting. During his
long stay in Japan Sir Ernest became
we'll acquainted with the ceremonious
manners of the people, and his chapter
on Social Intercourse with Japanese
officials" might serve as a handbook
of etiquette for Occidental visitors to
Japan.
A visit in Japan resolves itself into
contest in politcness. There is always
an exchange Of gifts between host and
guest, the giver deploring the un-
worthiness of his gift while the rccipi-
ent processes unbounded admiration
for it. The dinner is protracted
affair and the fare is quite varied, in
cluding rice, white beans boiled with
sugar, raw, broiled and boiled fish,
broiled cells, boiled fowl or roast wild
ducks, various kinds of Japanese vege-
tables and a pudding made of eggs,
fish and the large seeds of the maiden
hair tree. The feast is further enliv-
ened by constant potations of sake, the
japanese ..ational drink.
Sir Ernest gives a very faithful and
exhaustive account of the period which
may be properly described as Japan's
awakening. His book is crowded with
details which should prove valuable to
the student of japanese history, while
the numerous personal anecdotes make
The book also palatable to the general
reader. W. H. C.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-17

ESSAYS ON MODERN DRAMATIsTs. By
William Lyon Phelps. Published by the
Macmillan Company.
PLAYS Stephen phfl1ius
Published by the Macmillan Company
TOR A NUMBER of years it has
II been the custom of leagues,
n guilds and clubs, whose pur-
pose is the advancement of
the drama, to invite William Lyon
Phelps down from New Haven to tell
us what is the matter with the theater
He has done this so we'll and so often
that one discovers with feeling of
relief that his new book of essays is
merely gossipy, semi-critical com
mentary on the lives and works Of
dramatists in whom he has par
ticular interest This is we'll; every
one has written about Ibsen, and every
one is writing about Ervine
To have the artistic careers of Bar
rie, Shaw, Galsworthy, Rostand
Maeterlinck and Fitch, together with
brief estimate of their varied COM
positions, put into the small compass
of volume of less than three hun
dred pages in extent, smacks of what
the pedagoguc of drama frowns upon
as popular. When such a book takes
space to interpret dramatic compost
tions in the light of acting it threatens
to become interesting. When the author
brings to such a work facile express
sion and sincere devotion to the
theater, his book is likely to become
New-York tribune., 1921-04-17
A Musical Novel
Hero of Coggin Rcappears
as Composer
HE HARE. BY Ernest Oidmendow. Pub
llsned by the Century Company

THE HARE. BY Erneat Oldmeadow. puh-
hsned by the Century Company
n EADERS Of Mr.. Oldmeadow's
AN whimsical and delightful novel,
Coggin, will be interested in
learning of the subsequent life Of its
boy hero in The Hare. The author
shows Coggin leading shy, secluded
existence. ostensibly keeping store,
but really devoted to music. His com
positions win him fame in Germany
when he is practically unknown in
England.
Success and recognition come to him
when he visits Germany on a holiday
He has the inestimable Joy of meeting
the great Wagner. In his description
of the meeting and in other passage.
Mr.. Oldmeadow displays a knowledge
of music that is possessed by few
novelists.
Love as well as fame comes to Cogein
and in an appropriate atmosphere
amid the high peaks of the Tyrol. The
authors sketches Of this wonderful
mountain region reveal him as master
of scenic description.
There is overhowing joy of life in
lhe Hare. Coggin has freed himself
from his cramped, poverty stricken
cn'ldhood; he has grown up sensitive
to beauty and ready to enjoy each new
experience to the utmost.