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Evening star., 1921-04-03
THE JUGGLER

beauty in it struck him as ridiculous.
as laughable. 1t almost took his
breath away But once more he came
to realize, as he had SO often tried to
"If you can only keep your sense
of humor, at this game!' he persisted
with a wag of the head, as he read
Gunderman's curt note of refusal
So Spindel kept his sense of humor.
He set to work again, as optimistic
as ever. He once more became the
prestidigitator; once more he laid out
his morn and shoddy children. of
fancy. like juggler laying out his
props"
X X X
THEN he lost himself in his work.
Once more he ruthlessly disem-
bowled and rearranged and repartic-
uiated. Once more he shifted and
sorted and pieced together. The re-
suit was something more wonderful.
more Gothically embellished. than
ever before. He once more buttressed
it up and furbished and polished it,
looking it over with contented shakes
of the head.
I'm learning the trick. my dear"
he jubilantly declared to his hollow
eyed wife as she stirred the veal
stew on its hot plate next to the win
DOW. Il can see it coming closer, now,
every dayI"
And again Spindel began the rounds
or the agencies and the managers Of
nceS. And again the script came back
20 Splndefs dingy studio. and again
II went out. and again ii came back.
once more 1t moved the playwright
10 a mild and humorous wonder.
AREN'T they funny lot? A rum
iot! he demanded. Can't you see
IT, once you get line on them and
their ways?'
NO, it's not funny" said his wife.
limp and listless in her chair by the
window. It's not funny any more"
he laughed as he put hand on her
thin shoulder.
my dear. and you'll, see they are
funny. Look how they contradict
each other, even in their excuses,
LOOK how one says Cut it, down"
and the other says Build it up.
Build il up"
1t was Spinders blind theory that
II You kept at a thing You Won out
you simply had to win out. in the end.
And such being his theory. he once
more set to work And finally. in vim
dlcation of this attitude he actually
went about showing a contract with a
western producing agent. who had
attached ''phony" curtain to one of
SplndeIS earlier first acts, and con-
verted 1t into vaudeville sketch for
a Chicago comedian.
This sketch seemed to bring new
life to Spindel. He not only ap-
peased an expostulatory landlord and
long-threatening gas company, but
he also INDUCED in the extravaganza
OF two Hartz mountain canaries Ito
liven up the studio a bit" as he
blithely explained to his wife: and he
planned our intricate and extended
shopping expeditions.
But the vaudeville sketch. after a
run of three weeks, came to an abrupt
and untimely end. Just why this was.
the dazed author could never quite
understand. And it saddened him a
Evening star., 1921-04-03

placed it on the floor of the dusky
hallway. outside his door, He locked
the door. as he stepped inside. and
again looked meditativeiy about the
shadowy room. Then he took
number OF newspapers and slowly
he carefully battened the cracks
about the door. and the joints of the
loose window sashes. He did nor
even overlook the keyhole. Then
as he crossed the room, he reread
aloud the words he had written:
humorw w.
He calmly drew the blinds. Then
he groped his way back to where
the green tubing, connecting the
hot-piate with the gaspipe ran
along the wall. He padded about
he turned it on full
He recrossed the room to the sag
ging spring couch. remembering 70
cover himself with the worn com.
hsIsi. forter; as ne lay down on the soiied
only. knew that he was tired. verv
tired. Then he fell asleep.
Spindel, who SO often dreamed that
fame was going to be left at his door.
like a bottle of milk. woke up to dnd
nj, his wife there at midnight, crying
"Oh, 1 couldn't do 1t, Renrv. r
couldn't do it," she walled. bathed
in her tears of contrition, az he
stumbled to the door and swung it
silent figure. She clung to him in a
self-immuring ecstasy of despair.
"Oh, Benny. whatll we do? What'll
we do?" she walled. -
DO? How"' asked the still .dazed
Spindel.
They've ordered US out!" she went
And we've no money And they
came and turned the gas OF on us
this morning!" e'
And Spindel, cropping for her shak-
Ing body in the darkness, locked his
arms about her and laughed.
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Service aud The Washington STAR
Evening star., 1921-04-03

| bought them. They may be the last
| resource of some great honest FAM
| lily. The Branicki sapphire was both.
Count Xavier discovered the Eye of
Warsaw" cut up into nine pieces
13S carats remaining, out of 29l car
ats of the original Invaluable
sapphire. The soviets had wasted 50
caEats by camouflaging it in pieces.
The. third source of supply is the
gas pistol.
THE gas pistol. they say, was in
vented for Nice.
1t is an astonishing story, but by
no means explains all the jewel rob-
berries of the season. but only a series
of the very big ones. Nine. Doucets
pearls and diamonds. the Peruvian
family's jewels and cash and Mrs
Earnshaw's half-million disappeared.
within a space of ten days, under
identical circumstances. with the all
but disappearance of Nine. de Cha
teau brands two millions worth of
pearls. The thieves operated tran
GULLY at night and left no trace.
Well. Jean de Jong, an interesting
Dutchman. being arrested at Nice.
was found to have on him the first of
the new gas pistols. bearing the Ger
man inscription 'Seheintod Pistele."
According to confidential circular
of the police to hotel men. the "coun-
terfeit death" weapon sends YOU
asleep and entirely unconscious for
about ten minutes, without the slight
est harmful after effects. 1t is quite
noiseless and consists of three bar
rels. firing three separate gases which
have not YET been identified.
Some claim that the greatest crook
gang in the world have obtained an
option on. the '-Ssheintod." a high
science oy-product of the kultur in
the late war. and that it is to be
looked fer. presently. in New York.
Cleveland, Boston and other jeweled
American cities.
On the other hand. Jean de Jong,
while admitting that he had taken
purpose Of sending Nine. de Chateau
BRAND to sleep, persists that the
private secretary of the lady proposed
him the job. And the private secre-
merly Of fashion, who lost her for
tune in the war
It Is all mysterious. sensational.
The hotels buzs with tales of jewel
thefts not in the papers: mo pub
er than you could think. Women are
wearing all the jewels they own
upon their persons, in the daytime.
At night. there are professions. bear
ing Jewel boxes, to the hotels bur-
One lady at our hotel, whose hands
blaze with wonderful rings. eight
deep on certain fingers. and who has
to unhutton to dig up the lower pearl
necklaces from her fat old chest when
she tells her troubles. says that
carrying it has become a burden"
But it is so vulgar to show more
than Ave strings at a timer
when I come back from the casino
at 2 a-m.." she says how can take
all this stuff off at the hotel desk
and trust that sleepy clerk to put
them in the safe? He would tumble
and spill them, Shall I take them
up to my suite. and put them In the
box. and send my maid down with
them? She is sleepy. too. And lone
girl. in the dead of night. along those
empty corridors.
Il don't like to do it,' she whim-
pers. yet if | keep the stuff in my
rooms it will be the Scheintod Pts
tole some night. Oh. what Worries
l have! Life is just one worry after
another
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A Story by Arthur Strinaer

Of him. He was very 1eisurely about
it, yet he could feel his heart in his
throat, pounding like an autematic
riveter
The first letter was in his wife's
handwriting. He .opened the envelope
and slowly unfolded the single sheet
it held. On it he read:
i've tried hard to stay with you,
clothes and things. And couldn.t
stand it any longer. I've thought 1t
all over. I'm going to New Orleans
with Jim this afternoon. Jim says
he'll see never want far anything.
It's the only thing left for me. ! hate
and l can't stand it any longer.
:. ALLIE"
Spindel read the penciled sheet for
the second time. Then he slowly fold
ed it up and put 1t on the window
ledge in front OF him. He sat there
for several minutes. without moving.
Then he turned the second letter over
LIE found 1t hard to open, for his
eyes were not clear. A yellow
mist. like street fog. seemed to float
between him and the paper. The first
thing that struck, him was the blue
at it, vacantly. for several seconds.
Then he held it up to the light and
saw it was check. Then he slowly
unfolded the letter and read it.
1t neither startled nor elated him.
He dimly remembered that it was
from Gunderman's Office. He was
vaguely conscious that Gunderman
himself was writing and saying that
the four-act play. entitled Fools
Cold" by Benjamin Spindel. would
be put into rehearsal the following
Monday. for a New York produce
tion. 1t also. as far as he could
make out. requested a receipt for the
one thousand dollars in advance
royalties, duely inclosed. the addi-
tional five hundred to cover advance
on the London production on the
definite understanding that the author
surrender to the said Gunderman all
English rights and-but .Spipdel was
no longer interested.
He slowly unfolded the first letter
and slowly read it through again.
I'm going to New Orleans with
Jim this afternoon"
He read it aloud, as though the
words were written in foreign
tongue. as though it were text he
could not comprehend. Then he
check. He looked at it for several
minutes. without moving. Then he
laughed, quietly, softly. without
mirth and without emotion. He had
lost his belief in the FHry just out
side the door.
He sat in deep thought for sew
eral moments. Then he pinned the
two letters together, and taking a
clean sheet of paper. wrote on it nine
short words. Then he laughed again,
quietly. but still without emotion.
The words he wrote were:
This is too much for my sense Of
humor!"'
He looked meditatively about and
finally put the three slips Of paper
on the table in the center of the
room. Then he carefully lifted the
canary cage from its hook and
Evening star., 1921-04-03

, that one final venture swing out to
sink or swim?
= y
THIS an1algamative idea became
first an intoxication and then an
obsession. The work-worn playwright
threw himself into the task with
fury that disturbed even his wife,
who absented herself more and more
from that unkempt and paper Uttered
back room, where Spindel strobe up
and down in his tattered slippers
enactiHg the roles he was reofganlz-
ing. She even upbraided. him ior
scandaiizing their neighbors with ms
automatically passionate utterances'
with his frenzied self-altercatlons.
with his climacteric shouts of scorn
and triumph. He even forgot ms wlIe
and her existence. He uttered no pro
test as she took her departure LOT
the day. He merely looked at her In
his vacant and unseeing way When
she. somewhat defiantly, told MIN
that she was off to look for work OF
her own. Jim Ecklin was taking her
to the Hippodrome.
For Spindel, in truth. was engaged
in enc of the most extraordinary Jug
Cling feats of all his feverish- fingered
iuggler'S career. Into that one ana
final play he was crushing and crowd
ing everything that was worth carry
written. much like a shipwrecked
traveller packing into one portmanteau
the cream of all his belongings. RE
was molding his whole life into one
forlorn amalgam. He was making the
last play a sort of Irish stew OF all
his dead issues. He scraped the bones
of each desiccating skeleton for its
last enriching latter of meat. He
journeyed back through each aban-
doned structure for some last sus-
- "a
over each devastated scene for some
chance sparkle of epigram embedded
in it's ruins
Then he once more polished it and
furbished it, and so pretentious and
flashing did the new facade stand to
him that for the first time in his life
he indted peremptory letter in
which he put forth certain peremptory
demands. and sent both letter and
playscript off to Gunderman. know
was all or nothing.
In the meantime winter had ad-
vanced. and the cold had set it's teeth
in the flank of the attenuated Spindel
abode: the rigors of mid December
reminded the playwright that both
the body and its habitation were in
keener need of fuel. So Spindel took
advantage of the holiday season and
earned a few dollars as an extra
ticket-taker in a 14th street moving
picture mousse 1 lie pay was iloL lOTdly,
but his gas bills and his arrears of
rent he could for the time ignore.
Those more exigent claims which
rose from the pit of the human
stomach. however. could not be
ignored. He also remembered that he
had his wife and his two canaries to
feed. He hated moving pictures; they
were the darkest enemy of the dra-
matte artist. But he could live II
down. once he got started, once he had
made his hit And as he trudged
homeward. with his half pound of
Hamburger steak, he looked more and
more anxiously into the mail box But
it ALWAYS seemed to be empty
Spindel wondered if even a sense
Of humor could not lose its elasticity
in time. So. one morning he took the
Evening star., 1921-04-03

bull by the horns. as it were. He
made his toilet. such as 1t was. with
the minutest care. and invaded Broad
way. and the Gunderman stronghold.
Gunderman, he was told, had been
called to Chicago. He had either taken
the script with him or mislaid it. But
no word had come to the office az to
its fate. And for week or two moth
ing was likely to be done.
j. Spindel. that night. spent a long
time over his task of feeding the ca
naries. His own hunger he appeased
in much briefer period. 1t was
after o'clock when his wife came
home, silent and selt-contained. She
told him. casually, that she had al
ready eaten supper. But later in the
evening. as she stood peering into the
canary cage. she broke into tears, for
no appreciable reason. 1t was the
next day that Spindel began pawning
things, surreptitiously taken from
their dingy back room.
For some days he wandered about
the city looking for work. as desti-
tute of direction as lost child look
ing for home. Late in the afternoon
his Studio" a little dizzy in the head
and a little weak in the knees. But
he wanted to make sure the canaries
were fed.
He found it hard to climb the steps
In the mail box at the side of the
shabby old hall he found two letters
waiting for him. He climbed the
stairs. step by step, and as he let him.
self into his room he saw a square Of
paper tackled on his door. He swung
back the door and peered up at it,
He realized as he studied it that 1t
was "dispossess" notice. He slowly
pulled it from the soiled panel, STEP
ped into the room and closed the door
after him.
"Allie!" he called. for the light was
not strong.
He looked. about and saw, with a
was not there. Then he slowly cross
ed the room and sat down by the win.
] dow, under the canary, cage. Then he
put the letters on the ledge In front
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14
FILM COMPANY ORGAN
IZED BY GLOBE PEOPLE

The Apache Trail Film Com
pany, Inc, backed by local men
and interests, of Globe, was or
ganized at a meeting held in the
Superior Court room at Globe,
and attended by a large number
of representative citizens of that
city.
The company is organized and
is composed of local men and
citizens, the purpose of it being
to produce western pictures in
Gila county mainly along the old
Apache Trail route. 1t is a well
known fact that this immediate
and contiguous territory is filled
with romance unequalled in the
United States and that the field
near Globe is unlimited for pro-
ducing pictures for an indefinite
period of time.
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14

the near future, to pass law
forbidding the migration of Mex.
lean laborers into the United
States.
The subject. according to Mr..
Monies de Oca, was brought up
in the congress as the result of
numerous complaints of ill.treat.
ment of Mexicans in all parts of
the United States. The El Paso
consulate, the consul general
said, had received many reports
of Mexicans who had been rob-
bed or swindled and in some
cases beaten by their employers.
These complaints. he added. have
become so frequent and wide
spread of late that the Mexican
government feels obliged to act.
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14
DAUGHTER SUCCEEDS
FATHER AS TREASURER

On the first of the year, w.
w. Brookner, who has been treas.
urer of Gila county for the past
Jour years, turned over the af-
fairs of his office to his daughter,
Mrs. Laura Brookner Feland,
who was elected to succeed her
father at the recent general elec.
ton.
However, the administration
of the affairs of the office will
just be reversed. Mrs. Feland
has been deputy treasurer dur
ing her fathers administration.
Now she will be the head of the
office and her father will be her
assistant, daughter succeeding
father.
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14
Japan Gels Ford
Assembly Line

Saturday, October 9th, was a
great day IN industrial Japan,
for it marked the assembling of
the first Ford car on a progress
i've assembly line similar to those
used by the Ford Motor Com
pany in its various American
branches. The line was installed
by Sale & Frazer. Ford dealers
for the Japanese Empire, in their
Yokohoma branch, for the pur-
dose of assembling faster and
more economically, the knocked
down cars which they receive
from the Ford Foreign Depart
ment in New York City. It is
equipped to handle a maximum
of 200 Ford cars a month.
Many of Sale & Frazer's en-
ployes. besides a number of spec
tally invited guests, attended the
event. Motion pictures were
taken of the chassis as it grew
from frame to completed car,
ready to leave the line under its
own power. The japanese gazed
with intentness at the assem-
bling as the car moved along,
growing more complete with
each mans work.
Followin the completion of the
car, a banquet, or Chow" as it
is known there. was given the
Japanese workmen. Altogether,
it was a big day.
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14
PRESCOTT POST QUES-
TlONS Ell PASO'S ACTION

The local post of the American
Legion, at a meeting held in
Prescott, January 9th, resolved
to question the post at El Paso,
Texas, whether it was true, as
stated in a newspaper article,
that $50 members had been made
members of the police reserve of
Ell Paso.
In a telegram to the Ell Paso
Legion, Commander Roberts. of
the Prescott post asked whether
the report was true and whether
"Masons, Elks, Odd Fellows or
railroad organizations took any
action on the police reserve ques-
ton"
1t was the attitude of the Pres
colt post, according to Roberts,
that the organization should be
merely fraternal and beneficial
for ex-soldiers, and not used as
an organization in such work as
policing.
Another resolution adopted by
the Prescott post, instructed a
committee to ascertain from Gov
ernor Thomas E. Campbell and
the legislature. the status of
veterans in soldier settlement
projects.
The meeting, which was held
at Whipple Barracks, was attend
ed by about two hundred. Of
fcers. newly elected for 1921,
were installed. The post had
added more than 100 to its mem
bership. recently.
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14
STATE HEALTH DEPART
MENT TO BE DEBATED

Conduct, of the State health
department was discussed at a
meeting arranged for Thursday,
January 9th, in which Governor
Thomas E. Campbell, DR.. R. C.
Williams. of, the United States
Public Health Service, and DR..
George Goodrich, Superintendent
of the State Public Health De-
I artment took part.
A report will be submitted to
the governor by DR.. Williams, it
was stated. DR.. Williams said
he did care to discuss the report
in advance. 1t was understood
to recommend radical changes in
the administration of the State
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14
Globe Defeats Stafford
in Fast Game

The Globe High School basket
ball team defeated the Stafford
High School team by a score Of
81 to 18, at Layton Hall.
The game was well played by
both teams, but the boys from
Globe obtained a lead in the Sec
half that the Stafford boys could
not overcome.
The first half was in favor Of
the home boys with a score of
8 to A, and it looked like a win
ner for the Stafford five. How
ever, the Globe boys jumped off
and with fast and furious play
ing outclassed the home boys,
defeating them by a score of 81
to 18.
The right forward of the Globe
team featured by his playing
and it Was through his playing
that the Globe team won.
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14
AUTO ACCIDENT.

While on a hunting trip Satur-
DAY evening, a party composed
of Teller Broshcars, +. B. Sut
ton. Carl Schroeder and Mrs.
Willie Murphy. met with an auto
accident that might have proven
fatal, the car leaving the road
and turning over. Mrs. Murphy
suffered a broken collar bone,
but the other members of thC
party were uninjured save 3
slight shaking up.
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14
METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday School, 1000 a. m. J..
Preaching, Hoo a. m. and
100 p. m.
Rev. w. J. Sims. Presiding
Elder Of the Stafford District will
preach at hoo O'Clock.
Bible study every Thursday
evening at TOO o'clock sharp.
Choir practice at TAO.
There will be a union service
at the Baptist Church, Sunday
evening, at TOO o'clock.
You are cordially invited to
worship with us.
j. l.. LYONS. Pastor.
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14

The first automobile in the
Garden of Eden was a Ford.
Look what Adam and Eve missed
by not arriving a little later on.
When General Emmanouel
Zymbrakakis, Greek Commander.
in-Chief in Thrace, visited the
DESTROYED village of Make, he
rode through the streets in a
Ford car.
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14

Mrs. Emma MCGOWAN returned
last week from Tempe. where
she spent the past month with
her daughter, Mrs. Sidney Moeur.
During the holidays she was
joined by her daughter, Miss
Helen, who is attending school
at Silver City, N. NJ, for the
Christmas vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Krupp and
the two Younger children came in
Monday morning on the Apache,
for visit of several days with
relatives.
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14
MEXICAN CONGRESS MAY
FORBID MIGRATION TOU. s

Louis Monies de Oca, Mexican
consul general at Ell Paso, who
has just returned to his post in
that city after a months stay in
Mexico City, has announced that
the Mexican congress is likely in
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14
STATE WIDE NEW S

Health Department. involving
the consolidation of a number of
officers with jurisdiction over all
vested in the State Health De-
psrtmeht.
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14
Not If AS Rich AS Cresus

If you were as Iich as Cresus you
could not buy better remedy for con-
stipation than Chamberlain's Tablets.
They are easy and pleasant to take and
when the proper dose is taxed produce
a mild and gentle effect. They also
strengthen the digestion. 4S-4t
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14
LIABILITIES

State of Arizona, 60.
County Of Graham, % g
: I, A. II. Ferrin, cashier Of the above
named hank do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best
Of my knowledge and belief.
a. II. FERBIN. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me
this 18th day OF January, 1921.
PHYLLIS FRENCH,
Notary Public.
My commission expires Nov. le, 1924
Correet-Attest:
j. X. WELKER,
NJ. S. FREEMAN.
z. G. PRINA,
Directors.
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14
BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday School at 1000 a. ~.
Preaching at HOO 4. -. and
TOO p. m.
Young Peoples meeting in she
church at 500 p. m. .
Prayer meeting and choir pascs
tice each Thursday evenirg.
HARDIE COMMON, PsEtUF.
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14

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Clean cotton rags wanted at
this office.
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REPORT
OF THE CONDITION OF
THE BANK OF Stafford
RESOURCES

At Stafford, in the State of Arizona,
at the close of business. December 29,
1920:
Graham guardian., 1921-01-14
HOW TO JOIN

Look above and you
the h 2 Sc 25 $o $780, $1,000 $1,000 then then
Bank with weekly We will make member the Club
Christmas Book the Club
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Assets not included under
above heads, viz:
Stock in Federal Reserve