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scoffed. "Your commanding ofhcer
will not be SO squeamish when l in.
vite him to call upon La Carmencita.
Jose. being a man. gave in ana
let the smugglers through.
For time after this he saw Car
like the Spanish diet-now smooth
yet bubbly like Spanish wine. now
pungent and spiky like hot tamales.
But at least she was never boring.
One night Jose was waiting for her.
She came in with lieutenant OF his
company.
the astounded Jose. Cant you see
I've got a fish with shoulder orna-
ments?"
Jose turned the color of the Turk
ish and Irish flags. respectively. He
leaped on the lieutenant and brought
him down in a huddle.
man.. ,Sibed Carmen. There's moth
ing for you to do but turn snug
gler."
90 Jose, who had been brought up
- to be a priest. took to the hills
and became the bandit. Don Jose Ma
VITO, with the chronically laughing
Carmen riding behind him. From
city 30 village they caromed. rooblns
when they needed cash, a part OF
band of gypsy smugglers. She en-
tered cities and oiled the gates. and
sent back word to come in without
Knocking. Once she was gone so
long that Jose got worried. He
asked the chief why she didn't hurry.
and the latter tactlessly replied thu
she was getting her rom t"hus-
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rumpus in the factory. Carmen had
carved her initials just southwest OF
another womanS left ear. Don Jose
was ordered to escort her to jail, on
a charge of inartiStic conduct. Car
men. not at all annoyed. asked him to
let her push him down accidentally,
and permit her to escape.
..Rowl m. over, kid gurgled Don
lose. you've already knocked me
dizzy"
90 Carmen urged him fistwise in
~ the abdominal environS and made
her getaway. Don Jose was jailed
for letting her escape. and, when ne
had served his term and had been
denoted back to the ranks. Carmen
invited him to call on her. He came'
armed to the teeth with matrimonial
intentions, but Carmen would have
him not for keeps.
a dog and wolf cant keep house
together" she warned. Forget Car
men. or she'll make you marry a
widow with "A wooden leg. And she
showed him her heels.
Don Jose didn't forget Carmen. and
told himself she would repent "nen
she found out what boobs other 1ei-
lows We're. Carmen. it so happened,
didn't forget him. either. Smuggling
was a more profitable game then than
even bootleEging is now, and car
men was soon hep to the fact that
Don Jose had been made night sentry
of the city gate to guard against
snIugglers She waltzed up to hlm
suddenly one night and asked him
to let some friends of hers through.
lie refused.
"AI right. Good by, Canary" she
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band derived from the modern Eng
lish. rum -hound'D out of jail.
Jose. never having even suspeclep
that Carmen had husband was
much surprised when the one-eEeu
Garcia Joined the group, as Mr.. Car
mencita, This complicated matters
enormously He quickly killed Garcia
and claimed Carmen as his only own.
This didn't last long. however a
Spanish athlete. who tossed the Dun
by hand as well as by word OF mouih'
won Carmens attention, and she pc
gan to put on u sleight-of-h hand per-
formance-"Now you see me, now
you don't" But Jose caught her at
the bull.pen, and Grated her home.
Carmen" he said. seriously, II S
getting so every time you look at a
new man. the undertaken buys a ne"
hat Next time. it'll be you rldihS
slow. head first I'm going to give you
one chance. Well go to America.
New York Well settle in GreenWich
village. You'll be my rom. and III be
your only rom.
America. your eye" taunted Car
men. You for Toadvine. Ala. II you
| like the circuit Judges there. lo'e
this toreador goodern hsh.
| "All right" replied Jose. stay mere
| till get mass said for rour soul
Lend me 20 cents to pay costs. VIII
YOU? I'll be back in ten minutes 10
Kill you.
Carmen being gypsy and a fatal
| is. waited She knew that either Don
! Jose would come back and Kill her. or
he wouldn't. it didn't matter. He dld'
| and Carmen was perfectly satisfied
confessed his crime He knew he
would be hung. The widow woman n
with wooden legs-the scaffoid, In
fact-claimed her victim
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OF ANIMALS
By Ring w. Lardner.

it there a wk. but he didn't know how
to cure the taste for young Hoppers
anlest De Wolf could spare the kid
tSe wk after they was hnlshed "lth
.ha cat.
INV way Gene sent the dog to the
reformatory and is still paying ooaro
for same.
THE people that lived houses
L from the undersigned decided to
move to England where it seems IKE
YOU can't take dogs no more SO tney
asked us did we want the dog as 1t
was yery nice around Children and
we took it and sure enough it was
O. l.. in regards to children'
but it shared it's new owners
feelings towards motorcycles and
every time one went past the house
the dog would run out and spill the
contents. and on Sundays when the
traffic was heavy they would some
times be as many AS or motor
cycle jehus standing on their heads
in the middle of the road.
One of them finely took offense and
peace called me up and says l would
half to kill it in "a hrs. and the only
way l could think of to do was drown
it in the bath tub and ii you done
that, why the bath tub wouldn't be
no good no more because 1t was
good size dog and no matter how
often you pulled the stopper 1t would
still be there.
So we called up some people in
Glen Cove and asked them II they
wanted dog that was very nice
around Children and they said yes and
I hope none of their Children ride a
NO.
THE next door neighbors has pro-
German police dog that win a blue
ribbon once but now it acts as body
guard for the lady Of the house and
one day we was over there and the
host says to slap his Mrs. on the arm
and see what happened, so I slapped
her on the arm and l can still show
you what happened.
When you dance with mine hostess
this sweet little petty dances right
along with you and watches your step
and if you tired on my lady's toe he
fines you mouth full and if you and
her is partners in bridge game he
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Plants Shoot Arrows.

-HE arrows are crystal needles or
L oxalate of lime. of microscope
dimensions. and are shot from minute
capsule-shaped bodies. found in the It's
s,es of such plants as the Indian tur-
nip and the Pdynesian taro.
An expert of the Department OF As-
-ic,l.ure describes the extraordinary
spectacle he beheld in the field of his
microscope when the bombs" con-
tanned in a drop of taro pulp began 10
dischar.e their arrows. sometimes
only one or two needles. and sometimes
eroups of four to ten, We're discharged
at once, the bomb recoilinG as the pro-
iectiles left it. 1t is suggested that
the intense burning and prickling en-
perienced in chewing such plants as
those mentioned are due to the release
and discharge of these crystal arrows
when the plant tissues are crushed In
the mouth.
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The Child and the Saqe.
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.

know woman who is a perpetual
child. She retains all the childish
strong love Of them that love her and
hate of them that hate her. And she
makes no bones of it. She never
with color of justification. but is
frank, open. and above-board slap
me-and-1ll-slap-you and kiss-me-
and-rll-kiss-you.
And don't know but she gets along
about as we'll as those of us who try
to be just and fair. in our emotions.
For have walked about in the mess
of men and the ways of women some
years and have observed, and my
conclusion is that when alrs said and
done most of our instincts are down.
right primitive.
A soul wriggles a good deal like a
wobbly arrow, but as a rule it speeds
from the bow of the cradle to the
target Of the grave in just about the
trajectory which the hand that shot
it designed it to take.
In plain prose. we are born with a
bunch of tendencies. and our days are
spent in working them out.
We keep initiating and initiating
other people whom we admire, but 1t
is only a business of trying on sue
cessive suits till we find one that fits
US. For we never permanently come
is not just spiritually adapted to our
own self.
So we say such a poet. author, actor,
man, or woman finds" US. Which
simply means that such person helps
US express our self.
AS life deepens we find in ourselves
more and more of the multiplicity of
humanity. And 50 we love more and
more kinds of men and different
traits Of men.
It is herein that the sage differs
from the petty soul. He has come
into a broad sympathy with humanity
because he has become more widely
human. He sees that in himself are
all crimes and all sanctities
So it is a straight way from the
direct and childish soul that slaps
back and kisses back up to the serene
character of the great soul that loves
all and forgives all.
The difference is one of degree. The
little soul sees itself only here and
there among men. The great soul
(Which we call divine) sees itself
in all mankind.
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Aluminium Brass.

EXPERIMENTS aimed at developing
L. the resistance Of brass to the
action of sea water, with view to
it's employment for constructing sub
marines in France, have shown some
remarkable results from the addition
of aluminium. The internal structure
of the alloy is strikingly changed by
very small percentage OF aluminium
and the colcr changes are surprising.
From half of l per cent to per
cent, of aluminium gives the brass a
deep golden color. If the quantity OF
aluminium is increased beyond per
cent a superb rose color results, which
reaches it's maximum when the
aluminium amounts to per cent With
10 per cent of aluminium the. color
turns to a silvery white.
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lays under the table and you either
bid right and play right or you get
nipped.
NO.
THIS is our present incumbrance
L which we didn't ask for him and
nobody give him to US but here he is
and he has got the insomnia and he
has picked a spot outside my window
to>enjoy it but not only that but he
he has learnt that il you jump at
screen often enough it will finely give
way and the result is that they ainH
a door or window on the 1st fir. that
you couldn't drive a rhinoceros
through it and all the bugs that
didn't all ready live in the house Is
moveing in and bringing their family.
That is true record of the dogs
who I have met since takeing up my
abode in Nassau county so when peo-
pie ask me do like dogs I say am
crazy about them and I think they
are all right in their place but it amt
Long Island.
RING w LARDNER.
Great Neck, July 1.
Copyright, 1921. by the Bell Syndicate, 1nc.)
Evening star., 1921-07-03

- ANARIES that do not have to
sing for living and are not Sc
lected because of their pedigree
or beauty are employed by the
United States bureau of mines and gen.
erously provided with quarters and sub
sistence. In the opinion of the men who
have worked with them, these "hero-
birds" of the division of mine safety
cars and stations are numbered among
the most important employees Of the
bureau.
In casce of underground fire or explo-
sion the life of the coal and metal miner
depends almost entirely upon the be
havior of the little feathered singer,
which the miner has carried under
ground with him. Danger to the miner
in such cases is not indicated by any
particular vocal display of the bird, but
rather by its sudden collapse in the
presence Of the deadly white damp" or
carbon monoxide. which is too often
formed as product of mine explosion
or mine fire.
The trained rescuer ventures into an
explosion shattered mine in search of
an entombed friend or fellow worker
| with a flame safety lamp in one hand
| and a little canary in a light portable
| cage in the other. The flame Of the
| lamp. by its rise or extinction. shows
| the presence Of the explosive fire
damp or methane. or of air too low
! in oxygen to breathe safely. The ca
nary, in the presence of small amounts
of carbon monoxide. gasps visibly. ruff
| fcs up its wings. fiutters and, if sufti-
! cient OF the deadly gases are present.
uu1ckiy Drops from its perch unconscious
! ard seemingly iifeiess. The rescue party
tfen sters back to good air and is usu :
ally able by the quick administration OF
! oxygen from the small tank of oxygen
| on the breathing apparatus carried by
all. to bring the bird back safely to
! consciousness and full vigor.
X X X
i\NrHEE the presence of unsafe air is
thus indicated, the rcscuerS max"
use of their self-contained breathing ap-
/ paratus and proceed on their exploration
of the mine. Because the oxygen tanks
contain only two-hour supply, it is IN
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nart of his wages and turns II back
70 industrial uses. no Vmatter now
limited thrSh may be. Here he noius
out the advantages of thrift. dehnes
the ways in which savings contribute
to the general financial stability. out
1;nns the steps by which the laborer
may gradually take place among
the directing forces of constructive
economics and industry. Mr.. Crow
th,r has the gift of talking sense
siynple hard sense. Money, capital
finance. is hard subject. For the
nmrposes of this study. however. he
makes it straight and simple An!
holy can understand ii. Everybody
would do we'll to be convinced d! II.
The book goes along with TINS
authors Common Sense and Labor,
for it is off the same piece.
MEN AND BOOKS AND CITIES. BY
Robert CorteS Holiday. author OF
walking Stick Papers" etc. New
York: George II. Doran Company.
Cool and crisp as an iced cucumber
and as tasty. A handful of books.
group of men. a city here and there
these are the points around which
NJ Hollidav lets himself play. And
he nlays like a young animal. just Tor
th,, fun of it. A vacation spirit AMI
mates this cross-:ountry trip. one
i1dees this to be. however, the year
round spirit of the writer. At Indian
.noliS and Chicago and San Francisco
~ Gathers up authors and other in
teresting folks-Tarkington and Mich
olson f. V Lucas at Chicago the
whole of San Francisco. Mr. hoiiidaN
cantiyates one here, not so much pE
his familiarity with books anu their
writer's. Rather does he do it by ms
own aboundine enjoyment of life and
bv his triumphant resistance OF the
devil of form in writing. The result
is that he is a prince or companions,
whom one gives up only when ne is
forced to by the end of the vacation
trip.
sayITRI; And Other Women. BY
Marjorie Strachey. New York: q.
p. Putnam's Sons.
Old stories from many sources form
the foundation of this book about
women. A good woman. or wise; OF
time or place for some conspicuous
act is the center of each of these
stories. India and Japan. Russia.
Bohemia, Portugal. Brittany and ire
land contribute of their legendary
women to the making of these tales.
Ont of the original material the au-
thor has reconstructed for modern
uses these cherished tales OF many
lands. Possessed of a slngularl! SIM
pie and plastic mode OF speech, she
has, to a captivating degree. pieserseu
a chaste and classic effect in these
reproductions.
sOTTTuwEsT SKETCHES. By J. A.
Munk. With 1873 illustrations. New
York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
The one drawback to reviewing TINS
work is an inability to copy IL "ord
for word and put in all the pictures.
Starting from Arizona's mesa. whlch
..,sas lifted from the ocean bed by VOL
canic action to an elevation of sew
eraI thousand feet above the sea- the
reader travels a glamorous land or
scenic wonders-the once nome Oh IN
scrntable beings we know as cliff
dwellers, on to visit to the Hopis.
Who in contrast to the adase about
Indians. are 1.-The best people that
ever lived; pausing for a VieW OF
netrifed forest of which every chip
IS a government-protecte gem; later
on, to another forest that Is blue.
and. when the way reaches to. Cali
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advisable. to make use of the apparatus
until the dangerous atmosphere hlahrS
il ip,rosSibl,. to proceed safely with
out il.
After the miner has seen the. canary
used. or heard from a fellow miner oi
its use. he places very complete ana
implicit dependence in 1t. ON many
rascne Trims. when A miner has become
a ,ittl. nervous or afflicted with real
or imaginary headache. the sight Of the
bird. alert and on his perch. has feaS-
sured the faltering toiler- The miners
quickly get to know the color ana chaf-
ac,erstics of the various caiarleS uSsu.
s,d rsuuests were made that the bureau
OF mines discard the use Of one partcu-
lar drab b-colored SonSster. which, IN lhe
opinion Of the miners. showed too much
Of a tendency to tuck its head under its
wing and sleep ION the job.
The bureau of mines has USED the
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He started out to be a sky pilot. but
he quarreled over d tennis match.
pinked his opponent in the Stats with
a maqhila, and had to make a long
sacrifice fly to Seville. Here he was en-
listed in the Almanac Cavalry. was
soon made corporal and. because be
locked so much like the cigarette ads,
he was assigned to guard tobacco
factory. The rank privates enjoyed
standing at rest to watch the girls
go to work in the factory, but Don
Jose. not being much of background
for butterflies. sat thinking of his
paternal fireside, which now was
denied him because of the whimsical
stroke of a knife.
But Don Jose was built on specih-
cations that were in many respects
human. Suddenly a tiny pair of red
slippers caught his gaze. His gaze
followed them up, and discovered a
pair of bountifully filled silk stock
ings, a short red skirt. mantilIa.
flower in a laughing crimson mouth
and Carmen. 1t was Carmen. the
gypsy chick The lads days were
numbered from that look.
Soon after there was an exciting
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from the various mining communities y
throughout the country compete Tor
the International championships, ana
cups. medals and other prizes are
awarded. the most proficient teams.
The coming event in St Louis. in
yolying as il does an industry which
is second only in Importance to agri-
culture. ard employing more than a
million men in hazardous work, prom
ises to be a notable one in the move
ment toward greater safety and en-
cincv in mining. An idea of the GEM
,iencr in mining An idea of the gen.
teal safety work can he seen in the
fact that more than 5o,oeo miners
have already taken the complete
training of the bureau of mines in frst
aid TO the injured and mine rescue
Methods and So 900 additional miners
have taken part training.
Evening star., 1921-07-03

forria, still another pilgrimage to the
big trees one Of which is veteran OF
5000 years-all of which is Salculat-
ed to amaze local reader. whose
only personal idea Of trees is that'
they are beautiful and green. Al
one point the guide pauses by cave
of ice left over from the glacial pc
riod to let you have drink you VIII
remember all your life-and by the
time the way of enchantment winds
mn at the last chapter you have seen
yisioned for YOU by a companion who
knows everything and tells it beautl-
fully-nature's masterpiece of myS-
terry. that. so far. defies the knowi-
edge of man Educationally. the book
is Of value because of it's facts con-
cerning irrigation and other needs or
modern civilization, but for those
Who read for mere pleasure. Mr.. Munk
has given to literature the JOY OF a
fairy tale that is true. To the fascl-
nation of its 300 cages of text are
added many Photographic illustra-
tlOnS.
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Tiny Birds. Are Important
Workers of Bureau of Mines

canary in it's mine rescue and recovery
work for the past ten years and has had
numerous birds, which, though over
come, have survived two or more ex-
bird, affectinately known as Badly,
survived some five such disasters. al
though overcome one or more times
upon each occasion. He was finally sent
to the Pittsburgh station from the bu-
reaus mine rescue car, which had beer
his home for three years, with the
thought that. at the station, in an am
pie cage and with all the care that a
canary could desire, he could i.:Te out
his life there in song and contentment.
but an explosion occurred near the sta
ton last year and Badly had to be
called on. Nine times in one day he
vas overcome while warning the toll
ing rescuerS and this experience proved
too much for Baldy. A month later
he developed pneumonia and passed
from the bureaus staff of rescuers, but
he is still affectionately remembered by
members of the bureaus rescue corps
who worked with him.
r X
BECAUSE Of its smaller size and
- more rapid breathing the canary
suc:unbs to an equal percentage of
carbon monoxide much more quickly
than a human being, and this differ
ence makes its use OF extreme Nalut.
An attempt has been made to substi-
tute the English sparrow for the ca
nary. but experiments displayed the
fact that the sparrow could not live
IL confinement
Ttn use Of the canary in mine res
cUH work wll] he fully demonstrated
. r~ 'onteStinf, miners at the lntcrna-
/ rnt-'il First Aid and Mine Rescue
ticet. to be held at St. Louis on sep
,nher !. and ; of this year. Par
. t'cipating teams equipped with tn"
,ls1est types of mine rescue breathing
apparatus, will enter gas-flled
| chamber TO rescue supposedly On
! tombed miners.
! These first aid and min" rescue con-
| tests. held annually under III" aus
pices of the bureau of mines. are
| spen to all miners. quarrynen and
| workers in metallurgi"al Ilan's in
| the United States. Canada and Next
| 20. First aid and mine Rescue teams
Evening star., 1921-07-03
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

There is in the United States SEN
ate one man who has enjoyed all the
refinement of the effete east and feit
yhe surge of red blood and haEdy
manhood while experiencing the
rugged life of the pioneer in the
wild west" Senator Tasker L. Od-
die Of Nevada has won success IN
Wall street and in the mining camps.
He was born in Brooklyn fifty-one
wears ago and has crowded into his
life more Of romance in its roughest
and most refined state than any OF
his associates At the age OF 1t ne
went to Colorado as a cowboy and
was a good one for three years. Then
he went back to New York and held
responsible positions with real es-
tate and financial institutions. Then
he went to Nevada for the Phelps es-
tate to look after it's mining, rail-
road and banking interests. He un~
.earthed a series of large frauds in
spectacular manner. which were be-
ing practiced against his employers.
and brought the guilty parties to jus
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Vanishing Languages.

NOWHERE in America has there
~ been such a diversity of Indian
languages as in California. But these
languages are now rapidly disappear
ing Several of them are known oni!
by five or six, and others by onls ~ IN"
ty or thirty living persons anu haI"
,a,r masses without some dialect. or
even language, ceasing to exist through
the dealt: cf the last individual able to
sneak il, Efforts are being made 20
record all these languages for the sake
of the light they throw on the ancient
history of the Pacific coast.
Evening star., 1921-07-03

is the reason you see so many men
stop on the street when they see
dog and pet il because they figure
that maybe somebody will be looking
at them do it. and the next time they
are getting panned. why who ever
seen it will speak up and say:
He can't be all bad because he
likes dogs.
Well friends when you come right
down to cases they's about as much
sence to this as to good many other
deluSions that we got here in this
country, like for inst. the one about
nobody wanting to win the 1St pot
Evening star., 1921-07-03
The Old Gardener Says:

There are few better tools in
the garden than a pair Of heavy
brogans. At this season of the
YEAR it is especially important
that the seeds sown be brought
into close contact with the
earth. and an easy way to bring
this about is to walk up and
down the rows. OF course. If
Won. have very small feet you
can put down a board and walk
ON that. and. for that matter.
you can use the back of the hoe.
but, after all. there is nothing
to equal a pair of good. heavy
boots. 4
Evening star., 1921-07-03
40 the editor: Every little vile
you hear people talking about
man that they don't NOBODY

seem 10 nave MUCH use 1H=
him on acct of him not paying iis
debts or beating his wife or some
thing. and everybody takes rap at
him about this in that till finely one
of the party speaks up and says they
must be some good in him because he
likes animals.
A man can't be all bad when he
is so kind to dogs" That is what
they generally aWayS say and that