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The New York herald., 1921-05-26

Wouldn't it be great if we had little home here
near the beach?
Yes; and suppose you would like to put up little
hotel here, too, wouldn't you?
Why not? I see by the papers that the Restric-
tions are off, and the Long Island Railroad is
going to double-track from Lynbrook.
Yes, | know, but Long Beach will never amount
to anything They've killed it with their fool
Restrictions.
But that's all over now They restricted Atlantic
City years ago. too, but look what happened
when they made the change.
Say, HELEN, where do you get this stuff?
I've been reading it in the papers
Well, don't believe what you see in the papers.
Besides what good can I do with paltry few
thousand dollars?
But it doesn't take much to buy in Long Beach,
and it looks like real opportunity.
Say HELEN, what do you know about oppor-
tunity? That's mans problem
But l only thought
HELEN, I'll do the family thinking. I'm sick of
hearing you talk about Long Beach, and I'm
scker still of hearing about opportunity There
isn't any such thing. There is accident, and
dumb luck, and that's all!
That is lie!
Absolutely! Checking herself What was that?
That is another lie! You have heard it always.
Who are you, anyway?
am the Voice Of Opportunity.
Well, what's the idea?
Ask him about Long Beach.
Shut up!
How like his father!
What do you know about my father?
! once heard him say the same thing to Your
mother.
(nterested) When?
Oh about sixty years ago, one moonlight night
like this at Atlantic City
She wanted home there too?
Yes, Madam like you.
And what did my father want?
Your father wanted what his son wants-cour-
age. and faith in woman S vlsOn
But Long Beach isn't Atlantic City.
No: but Atlantic City was once Long Beach!
That is what have been telling him.
Madam, you are one of many women who waste
their intuitons on the dolts who do the family
thinking!
Well, my wife doesn't descend to abuse, anyway!
No. that is the prerogative Of the man. You
were calling her down when | interrupted you
just as your father called down your mother
sixty years ago. Remember that on July 4th
when you are in Atlantic City.
So you know we're going to Atlantic City?
Yes, and | also know that you are going to pay
twenty dollars day for accommodation In
hotel erected on piece of land that your father
turned down at twenty dollars acre
Well, we're not going
Who says so?
/ do! We're coming to Long Beach July 4th
to look over the property we're going to buy
Saturday.!
Madam, | applaud your courage. One fool in
the family is enough! Exit
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The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13
CANADA TO GIVE
 RELIEF MAP TO
 ALASKA MUSEUM
Sectional Relief Map of South eastern Alaska to Be
 Presented Museum.

A large relief map, in colors, prepared by the Canadian Govern ment in connection with the Inter- national Boundary Survey, and GOV ering Southeastern. Alaska, will be shortly presented to the Territorial Government for the Alaska Museum, according to information received by Gov. Thomas Riggs today. Gov. Riggs, who knew of the map Boundary Commission, recently wrcte the Canadian Commissioner, J. ]. McArthur, suggesting that while 1t was not needed .by the Commis- sion since it covered Alaska terri tory solely, it would make valu-
 MT. McArthur at once agreed to ; ne suggestion and in letter re- eeived today stated: T have just 9eceived authority to have charts presented by the Government Of Canada to your Government of AL ska and am having them Gepared or shipment. Our Under Secretary If State for External Affairs will lttend to the presentation"
 The map, according to Gov. Riggs, s made in detail, and is comprised n several charts which total about Is feet in length.
 Indian Exhibit Started.
 Work of securing additional cur jos for the Alaska Museum coIlec- ton is said to be progressing sat isfactorily, Gov. Riggs stated today. He said: "We fhave just acquired. for the Territory a start of a col lection of Southeastern Alaska curios from H. Moses, the local fur buyer In this lot, which contains 88 individual pieces. are three ar mored coats a, wolf clan dancing hat, a silver peace crown, five dancing paddles, three elaborately carved rattles, carved charms of medicine men, horn spoons, ear
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13
FISH DESPISED IN OWN :. STATE ESTEEMED AS
 DELICACY IN THE EAST

SAN FRANCISCO, May 15.-Predic. lions that San Joaquin river shad, despised in it's own state as pie bian fish, would equal it's last years record in the New York retail mar kets of $1 a fish in competition with the choicest Maryland and Chesa- peake Bay shad, actually have been surpassed. The first carload of the season from Pittsburgh, California sold at a wholesale price that should bring from $125 to $50 per fish. according to reports received by B. ciated Travellers Company
 Retailers in California do well to sell the shad at 25 cents a fish, ac cording to Florence, who said Cali fornians were not educated to the niceties of planked shad and its fancy Gotham restaurant prices.
 The carload sold wholesale at 24 cents pound for roe shad, and 17 cents a pound for buck shad. the shipment bringing in nearly $4,000 to the Associated Trawlers Company which is cooperative concern of San Francisco wholesale fish deal CTS
 Improved methods of packing the fish on ice and shipping it the day it is caught are being adopted or the river this year, Florence said resulting in much better appearance of the fish and reduced amount os spoilage.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13

The, upper left picture shows : the stern Of scale model of the
 Sovereign of the Seas of 1637.
 built by Henry Culver. The upper right Is Chinese river gunboat. while the lower is a scale model
 of q craft, of 1857. Few public ex-
 h1oidons possess the charm and
 Inspiration that is aroused by a collection of ancient ship models. All Of the romance and adventure of the seas. dating hack to the tenth century. when the Vikings, n their colorfnl .gaIleys, en- deavorrd to establish dominion over the rest of the world, are re- called by the miniature vessels an- chored m room of the Fine Arts Building in New York city. The models arc being shown by the Ship Model Society of America. The exhibition is the first of its Kind ever to be held in this coun- try. Earliest vessels. such as the Morse discoverers sailed, are shown In the exhibit Many famed de- Agns are included in the collection,
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13
SNETTISHAM MINING MAN
 IN CITY ON BUSINESS

After having spent the winter at his mining claims at Snettisham Barney Heins is in the city today on a business trip. Mir. Helms says that he is not planning on extensive development of the Crystal group this year but with one man will mine on small scale and operate the small stamp mill on the property sufficiently to crush the ore.
 Mir Heins who was quite i'll upoE his last visit to the city has i'm proved much in health.
 You'll Be Surprised at the Jit- ny dance Saturday when the prize waltz will be one of the features. adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13

rings, boxes, wooden dishes, en- broidered buckskin coats, stone inn plements of various design, etc v This collection is being arranged at the present time by Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, Curator of the Museum
 Formal Transfer Soon.
 Gov. Riggs stated that owing to the press of other official duties it had been impossible as yet to ar- range for a former transfer of the Neuman collection of Eskimo an- tiquities to the Territory The ap- propriation for this collection was included in special bill passed by the recent Legislature. The trans fer, Gov. Riggs stated, would prob ably take place in the near future
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13
Ex-CONGRESSSMAN OF OHIO
 HUNTING IN THE STlkiNE

ExCongressman I1enry T. Ramon, of Portsmouth, Ohio., has arrived at Wrangell and is preparing to go up the Stikine River and into the inte- rior on a big game hunt, accompanied by Captain A. B. Conover. The hunt CT is attorney for the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Norfolk and Western Railroads. He has visited the Sti- Kline section previously.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13
Military Guard Asked.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May 12. - The commander at Foort Crockett to. day was asked to place a detachms mt of soldiers Aboard shipping board vessels at Galveston to guard them against damage.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13
oLDTIMER UNBALANCED.

Tom Phillips, oldtimer of the Dead wood district, is said to have sud denly become mentally unbalanced and is now supposed to have been placed in the hospital at Fairbanks according to advices received in Ju- neau. Deputy Marshal Ed Poppei, of Circle, recently hit the trail to Fairbanks with Phillips.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13
PORT 70 MISSING MEN.

Alois (Fred) Kerris, who was in Juneau in 1898 is wanted by c. Rol- lis of 1916 Corcorap Street, Washing. ton, D.. c. The last heard of him was when he wrote letter dated in Ju- neau in that year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13
DOUGLAS j ! j! 4 ISLAND NEWS
Commencement Exercises of High School Graduates
 to Be Held Tonight.

The Commencement Exercises, at which the graduates will receive. their diplomas and bid farewell to school life at the Douglas school, will
 be held tonight at o'clock at the
 Congregational church. The program
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13

Regular $1 6ction, all good titles. now on sale at 75c. Guys Drug Store. .Ns sA.h.!.a t.-ads.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13
REBEkAHS' SURPRISE

REBEkAHS' SURPRISE
 <Following the regular business meeting of the Rebekah Lodge last night surprise social time was enjoyed by all present, the event being in honor of Mrs. Burt Loomis' birthday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13

Prize waltz prizes, Jitney dance Saturday, on display at sharick's jewelry store. adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13

for ladies only. Mrs. Swartzenberg, Phone 452, Douglas. --adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13
YESTERDAY
TO-DAY
Highest $ p.m.
 tempt tempt.

NoIE: Observations at Dutch Har5or St taken at a. m and 135h meridian time. (Juneau ana at Seattle Portland Prince and 4 18th
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13

Headquarters for Ladysmith Coal Juneau Transfer Co. Phone 48. .adv
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13
GOES TO HOSPITAL

Mrs. Hubert Vanden Weyer en- tered St. Ann's hospital in Juneau last night. z
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13
SILVER TEA ENJOYED

The tea given yesterday afternoon by the ladies of the St. Lukes Guild was largely attended and a pleasant time resulted for all present.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-13
Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U.
 

e-cest r Juneau and vcnty for 2t Hours beginning
 Ram tonight and probably
New-York tribune., 1921-04-10

her husbands missionary post in
Africa, when an attack on tho settle
ment is threatened. She is sent back
to safety in care Of Captain Bentham.
1t seems that tongues wag scandalously
fast in Africa, though the heat would
seem to be 80 great as to discourage
gossip. The names Of Lucy and Cap
tain Bentham are coupled none too
pleasantly, though undeseryedly, be-
fore the news comes that John has
been killed In the attack on the mis-,
sion. Captain Bentham does the fright
thing" by marrying Lucy, and he looms
In the book as the real figure of in
terest, though the reader thinks at
first that John, who has none Of the
shortcomings of his disagreeable
father and mother, is going to be the
hero.
Bentham is big game hunter, and
he is in Africa before that country has
been "vulgarized," as the author puts
it, and when the forests and open val
leys swarm with wild life, big and lit
tie. The description Of the entry of
the Captain and Lucy into the Happy
Valley could only be written by one
who had seen the African big game
country in it's virgin state. Think of
seeing ephants-herds Of them-gi-
raffs, gnus, hartebeests, Glands, zebras,
reed buck, impala and gazcllcs, all in
one short journey! Also think of the
perturbation of Lucy when, on her we'd
ding trip with John, she steps out of
camp on a little exploring expedition,
and finds herself in golgotha of
skulls-the reminder of a native mas
sacre-with snakes slithering under
her feet and buzzards hopping pro-
testingly away. and big red ants sting
ing her when she stops horror stricken
Tho story Is lengthy in biographical
detail concerning Captain Bentham.
Lucy and Sibyl. 1t is brought up
through tho later years Of Africa's set
tlement and the slaughter of the big
game. Lucy and Sibyl die lingering
though natural, deaths. The captain
goes on, devoted to Africa's wild at
fractions, and giving the once dark
continent his able assistance during
the war, in preference to a comfort
able billet In the army back home.
1t Is sto.y that sounds real, though
1t Is not at all in the accepted form OF
NOVELETTE, author even dropping into
the dramatic form Of dialogue when
it suits him better to> do so--and for
African description there Is nothing
quite like it.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-10

A quarrel arises over a trivial ~,
dent. and the two brothers, despit. -.
efforts Of their wives to bring aho..
reconciliation, are soon comnlst.,s
estranged. However, the love affai, !.
tween Norman, Williams son. .nx
Pamela, the coloneps daughter. Ia ma.
interrupted by the disagreement :,
their fathers. And, when the colon.s
falls seriously i'll, the quarrel Is for.
gotten. and the two brothers becom.
good friends again.
A noteworthy feature Of the noyeI =.
the clarity Of the character sketcsa.i
The figures in the story are rot ~
traordinary men and women, but thev
are extraordinarily we'll drawn. N,
Marshall is too kindly to be habituallv
satirical, but he does have a facu,tv
that is often found in satirical writers
the faculty of indicating the saliens
outlines OF personality by few yiy-
orous descriptive strokes.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-10
Political Stories
Mrs. A. S. Burleson Writes
Good-Humoredly

EVERY POLITICIAN AND HIS WIFE
BY Adele 8. Bureson (Mrs. Albert Sid
ney Bureson). Published by Dorrance
& Co.
a LMosT every conceivable way
"A In which q politicians wife
l. n can mar her husbands pros
pects Is recounted in Every
Politician and His Wife, by Adele S.
Burleson. Presumably tho story Is
fiction, but the incidents might happen
in any politicians family. It Is hardly
believable that any wife could continue
to work against her husbands interest,
SO consistently without intent to do hin,
harm. Nevertheless, each incident i.
distinctly realistic. The characte,
are the convincingly everyday huma,
sort.
The stories deal with the blunder
of Mrs. Ketcham, wife Of q politician
Dan, the husband, goes to a barbecu,
in the course of one of his campaigns
In his absence Mrs. Ketcham dete,
mines to set the press right on he
husbands labor policy. In explaining
what she has done she says:
II wanted every laboring man in the
district to know that you employ hun
dreds of laborers on your farm. and
although they are convicts-you paw
them the highest"- Naturally the
husband Interrupts her with an excla-
New-York tribune., 1921-04-10
Twin Adventure Story by Wilson
Eccentric Small Town Hurnor Interspersed
With War Interlude

THE WRONG TWIN. by Harry Leon
wiisen. Published by Doubleday. Page
"HE WRONG TWIN is not a
mystery story. The plot un-
folds rather rapidly in the
opening chapter. From the
moment that one Of the twins climbs
boldly ever the fence to pick blackber-
ries in the graveyard, while the other
holds back and turns pale, all doubt as
to which is the wrong twin may be
waved aside. A cowardly barefoot boy
has none OF the potentialities of q real
hero.
And the prophecy holds good. Even
when one twin gets himself adopted by
the aristocrats of town and the other
falls in love with a waitress in the
Mansion House, we were not misled.
The story could come out bat one way.
The right twin had to come into his
own.
Harry Leon Wilson has shaped his
novel to fit the times. Opening with a
small-town "Main Street" setting, he
later drifts into war romance against
a background of Bolshevik propaganda,
and winds up by bringing every one
bsck to the small town again. There
is little opportunity for a reader to
complain Of any monotony.
With humor that always rings true
and . clear understanding Of human
nature, Mr. Wilson has many times
proved that he can perform these lit
erary stunts without any loss Of dig
nifty. In Tho Wrong Twin he never
fails to note the big moment and make
the most Of It.
There is. for instance, the moment
when Wilbur Cowan, the right twin,
comes home from the war. At the
station there is no one to meet him-no
band. no relatives, no friends. Going
up the street he meets old Mr.. Dod-
we'll.
"Ain't that Wilbur Cowan?" Mr..
New-York tribune., 1921-04-10

Dodwen calls. "How do do. Wilbur i?
Amt you been awayf"
"For little while," answered Will
bur.
Passing on up to his house Wilbur
finds his faithful dog Frank asleep
by the woodhouse. The dog shifted
feebly at the newcomer. at could be
seen that his memory was stirred, but
his eyes told him nothing; he had a
complaining cir OF saying one met so
many people. It was beyond ono to
place them all"
When Wilbur goes in to greet his
family, they want to know about the
war. "What war;" asked Wilbur.
At supper he meets his father, Dave
Cowan, for the first time. Back ?"
said Dave. Back" said his son. They
shake hands. After q few prelmi-
naries, his father remarks: "Say, tell
US about the war" And Wilbur comes
back promptly, "It was an awful big
one"
Of such stuff are heroes made.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-10

The author is willing to accept Whit
man only with large reservations. He
feels that the few works of the Amer
lean poet which have survived are
those in which he employed poetic
rhythms and achieved genuinely ar
tistic effects. He is frankly skeptical
about the literary significance Of the
long lists Of names, places and objects
which Whitman likes to hurl at his
readers in large masses.
The author is an ardent admirer Of
Joseph Conrad. His essay, "Mr. Con-
RAIDS Masterpiece" is probably the best
review Of Lord Jim that has been
written.
Mr.. Squire's book reveals the secret
of his wide popularity. He combines
sound scholarship with excellent hu-
NOR. He proves conclusively that lit
erary criticism, in the hands of a
skillful writer, can be made one of the
most entertaining subjects in the
world.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-10

backbone of the mountaineer's ex-
istence. The discussion over W. H.
Hudson's preference of the pig to q
dog as companion was not raging
when this book was first written, but
unwttingly the author throws light
on Hudson's choice. He declares that
the razorback has a mind of his own.
"Anybody," he writes, "can see that
when he is not roofing or sleeping he
is studying devilment. He shows re-
markable understanding of human
speech, especially profane speech, and
even an uncanny gift of reading mems
thoughts, whenever those thoughts are
directed against the dignity of pig
ship. He bears grudges, broods over
indignities and plans redresses for the
morrow or the week after. If he can
not get even with you he will lay for
your unsuspecting friend"
In spite of all this the razorback
maintains his place in the affections
of the mountaineer, who depends on
him to~provide the calico that makes
the women's clothes and the mems
shirts and the other store products
for which he is traded.
Just how shockingly primitive Is the
state of the mountaineers. in these
days of tho Freudian Interpretation
of dreams, can be shown by the fol-
lowing story which the author re-
lates. With \ party Of four he had
set out on bear hunt and they were
having breakfast the second day.
"I did affirmed the writer. o0o I odrem dreamt
throat and was choking dollars out Of her her
:" Good la exclaimed four men In
chorus You hadn't. orter a-told'
:, why? Wasn't that a lovely dream?
Hit mesns she bear shore as can
.hootin' gun: but you've done spilled 1t all
by tellin: Mebbey somebody'll git her to-
qninsd daiy, but y" you wont-y0ur chanct is
Commercislism is destroying such
primitive innocence and ruthless
change is knocking at the door of every
mountain cabin. Some Of the changes
are for the good, but the author points
out the danger in the frank statement
of the invader that he has come to ex-
p!oit the mountain folk. For patriotic
reasons he begs that vocational schools
should be established and the people be
given chance to work out their own
salvation with their own leaderS before
tney are engulfed by the tide that is
already upon them.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-10
Books and Things
Sparkling Comment on Life and Letters in
J. c. Squires Collected Essays

LIFE AND LETTERS. BY J. c. Squire.
Published by George II. Doran Company.
c. SQUIRE is one of the
most popular and Influential
~ critics in Great Britain and
the present volume of essays
gives an excellent idea of the char
acteristic qualities of his thought and
style. He conveys the impression Of
a man Of profound literary erudition,
whose work is, however, altogether
freed from the charge of academic
stiffness by the wide range Of his
interests and his ever saving grace of
humor.
The author is, generally speaking,
conservative In his literary tastes.
He has words of appreciation for such
we'll established classics as Pope and
Jane Austen and DR.. Samuel Johnson.
He defends the character Of the
learned doctor against the aspersions
Of unfriendly critics and observes that
"his common sense was such as to de-
serve the name of genius"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-10

tury, and lived in Paris until 1918! At
present his abode is in an unnamed re.
treat in Arabia! +
Ehis longevity, Mr.. Ingalese nn,,ts
ou.' was due to the rediscovery of the
philosophers stone" by Paracelsus. He
makes the further amazing statement
'Aa' there are on earth now twelve
occultlsts, one woman. who possesses
the knowledge of how to prepare and
use the "stone," and who can renew
and preserve their bodies indefinitely.
unfortunately, he neglects to give their
names and addresses, so the seeker
after eternal life on this plane will
have to submit to the interruption Of
death every so often.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-10

THE MAN WHO DID THE RIGHT THING.
by Sir Harry Johnston. Published by the
Macmillan Company.
?" HERE was no doubt about Lucy
Josling marrying into dis
agreeable family. Young John
Baines, who was going to
Africa to be a missionary, and who
was to be Joined in that country later
on by Lucy, was decent enough, but
his father had bad table manners.
Lucy has little pleasure at family
dinner, before Johns departure.
"What could she find to say to that
guzzling father, whose face and hands
were always close to his plate, except
during the brief intervals between the
courses, when he threw himself back
in his chair, blew his nose, wiped his
greasy lips, and passed his fat fore
finger arouhd the corners of his gums
New-York tribune., 1921-04-10
Western and South African Themes in Weeks Fiction

nation Of horror. His reception by tho
labor group was explained.
All tho way through Mrs. Ketcham
does similar things in trying to help
her husband along. with an effect that
can be imagined. In the end the au-
thor Is kind to her and makes one
move the right move, so that for once
IN the course Of the story the husband
really Is helped by his wife.
: Former Vice-President Thomas r.
Marshall writes the introduction to
Mrs. Burlesons book.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-10
Bv One Who Knows Africa
Sir Harry Johnstons Novel at Once Descriptive
and Biographical

to remove tho wedges Of food that had
escaped deglutition7 Or to the gloomy
mother, who atc her victuals with
sullen champing and, beyond q few
directions to the submissive servant,
made no attempts to sustain conversa-
tion ?"
Lucy goes to Africa and on tho way
meets Captain Roger Bentham, who
had thought to marry Sibyl Grayburn,
but who finds that she has chosen to
wed the aged and wealthy Lord Sill
chester, in the frankly expressed belief
that her husband will soon die and leave
her free to wed the captain without
being compelled to share the poverty
of Bentham's present existence. This
plan Of Sibyl's is not to be. Lucy has
not been long married to John Baines,
and has hardly had an introduction to