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How to Talk to an Elephant.

According to the best available au-
thority the elephant, particularly the
female of the species, is the uncertain
and temperamental creature.
A few days ago an elephant de-
serted a circus in Washington State
and fed trumpeting into the coun-
try, frightening people, uprooting
trees and overturning houses. Twen-
ty-five miles away from her starting
point she was found calmly awaiting
her. trainer and posse of, citizens.
Her temperamental spree over, she
sedately returned to the humdrufn
life of a circus elephant.
Indarini, an elephant sent by an
East Indian Maharajah to take the
place of the lamented Jumbo in the
London Geological Garden when
Jumbo Joined circus and became
Americanized in 1882, recently. re-
fused to leave her stall or to carry
her daily quota of children around
the grounds. Somebody who knew
elephant nature sent to India for a
mahout The first thing he did when
he saw Indarini was to speak al Gec-
tionately to her. The sound of a
language she knew or, perhaps, the
sight of a friend from her old home
town made a changed elephant Of
Indarini. She has ever since taken
up happily the burdens of her every
day life.
The point Is that too few of us
humans understand the elephant
This apparently is the inference to
be made from communication of
Colonel e. G.. SHEPHERD to the Lon
don Daily Mail upon the Indarini
incident. Colonel SHEPHERD during
his long residence in India had an
elephant called Kutui in the service
of his office. "Kutui and I were good
friends" he writes, 'and she came
into the bungalow where / lived and
/ fed her off the table. then
mounted her neck and rode her round
the table"
The whole secret of the Colonels
friendship with Kutui lay in the fact
that he was able to talk to her, just
as the Indian mahout could talk to
Indarini. For instance, IL he wished
to reprove her he exclaimed "Bheri";
to have her move forward trife he
would say Mile agud," to move for
ward a pace or two "Agud." "Chee"
was to turn, "Dut" to stop and "Jook"
to stoop Dur" was a bit more
complicated; it was used when he
wished the elephant to lift him with
her trunk to her back, to charge
tiger, overturn house or pull up
teakwood tree.
This was her ladyship's entire vo-
cabulary and it would seem that any
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Tourists on Old Santa Fe Trail.

The old Santa Fe trail retains
still its distinction as link in
the communication between the Mis-
souri, Valley and the Southwest and
the Pacific coaSt. The wagon train
of the settler. pioneer and fortune
seeker and the great herds of the
cattlemen have passed but in their
places have come the transcontinen.
tai automobile tourists.
At this season these tourists pass
in long. steady lines and in numbers
beyond the capacity of the hotels
and inns along the route to care for
them. Thus on spots where once the
cowboys rounded up their herds and
settlers and freighters parked their
wagons for protection against In
dians and bandits there are now
being established tourist camps
The character of these camps may
be judged from the one just fitted up
at Hutchinson, Kansas, and described
by the Netcs of that town. There are
ten acres in the camp and more
ground is available If needed" In
the main cottage are a large as
sembly hall and numerous reading
and writing rooms; there are kitch-
ems in the open and ranges under
cover, dozens of tables beneath trees
FOR diners, many shower baths, and
there are rest rooms in abundance.
The grounds OF all these camps
are policed by officers from the towns
ann there is no charge for the ac'
cornmodations offered. There is evi-
dently a rivalry among the towns
along the old trail in entertaining
these travellers. A tourist comparing
the camps says that the one at Meade,
Kansas, is the best, for it has in adj
tiftfon to other conveniences "a fine
swimming pool, shower baths, band
concert, a picture show, cook ovens,
free wood, fine trees and the softest
of constantly flowing well water
Automobiles representing all
parts Of the country go over this
route. One party described was an
aged couple returning from Missouri
to Oregon. "They had Travelled from
Canada to Mexico in their car. and
from the Florida coast to the Pa
cific. then through New Zealand and
Australia, and now they are going
over some Of the road again."
s Another was a Denver physician,
with his wife and guests. lie had
built on an automobile chassis
house six feet wide and fourteen feet
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in psychical research are of the nature
of encouragement to necromancy and
to "the agency of the devil" 1t ought
to be evident to every reader that this
kind of talk is simple dogmatism. One
of the problems. and only one. with
which psychical research deals is
whether there exists such thing as
evidence for the survival of the dead.
If there does then all the dogmatism in
the world will not avail against it; il
there proves TO be no satisfactory evil
dence the research being conducted Is
the only way by which the delusion can
be ended. 1t is probably for this rea-
son that some intelligent priests ex-
pressly distinguish between indiscrimi-
nate visiting of a public medium and
the experimental work of psychical re-
search, and the learned Herbert Thurs
ton. S. j., has expressly stated that the
church which he represents has moth
ing to say in condemnation of psychical
research. But IL it is not to be con-
demned then dogmatism upon the sub
jects which it has in hand is quite out
Of place.
udice against intelligent modern expert
ment and the practices prohibited in the
New Testament ought to show his
identity. and for that purpose an ex ca
thedra dictum is not sufficient. Fur
thermore, if we are to be bound by the
prohibitions of the law of Moses, which
may have been quite justified in a SUI
perstHious age when purported occult
powers were commonly put to baleful
use. he ought to be ready to submit TO
other prohibitions found in close con-
junction with these. He should not eat
the flesh Of hares. oysters or hogs, nor
that of an OK. lamb or goat unless it has
been killed by priest with prescribed
ceremonies. He should not wear any
garment part wool and part linen nor a
Vandyke beard. All these prohibitions
are in the law Of Moses and no Chris
tian obeys them.
The logical mischief which may be
wrought by making an argument out OF
a name ought to be perceptible to any
one who like Mr.. Cormican believes in
the New Testament. For "sorcerers'
are rebubed in several places in the
4NSW lGslalHtlil, anu. yet lHe men WRU
are commended for their search after
and discovery Of the infant Jesus were
sorcerers. That is to say Simon (Acts
viii 9-22). Bar Jesus (Acts xiii. :6-1)
and the wise Men" were ali magi If
the word is to rule then all should be
condemned or all approved (since in
the original language the same term is
used for all) whereas apparently be-
cause two made bad use of their occult
powers and one did not wide diserim-
ination is made between them.
or course the societies for psychical
research have no affiiation with the
spirtualistic cult, neither do they pro-
pose to be deferred from the investiga-
tions which are in progress by the in
discriminate >credulity or the dogma
tisms of their adversaries.
WALTER FRANKLIN PRINCE,
Principal Research officer American
Society for Psychcal Research.
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A Good Job in Summer.
The Man Who Delivers lee Cream
Has a Wnrm Weather Cinch.

To THE NEW York HERALD: I have
just discovered the job I want II I must
work on hot days this summer. A fine
motor truck loaded with ice cream Just
passed my window. The ice cream was
packed in ice and salt and the ice
cream vender sat on top OF 1t. looking
cool and happy and at peace with the
world.
Me for II HUMP.
New YoRK, June 10.
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The Old Walton House.
Ii Disappeared Before the Brooklyn
Bridge Was Opened.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Refer
ring to your correspondents "Yester-
days of Franklin Square in THE NEW
YORK HERALD of Sunday, June 4. and
concerning the Walton house very few
New York city Americans would be will
ing to erect a memorial, even to an
old mansion in Queen street, that was
so widely known as very hotbed Of
Toryism in the days of the Revolution.
1t is true that the evidence of English
officers and others. as well as the re-
ported splendors of the Walton Plate"
had much to do with the passage of
rect cause of all that followed in the
next few years, down to the days Of
eonfscation; but this would seem to be
an item of English and not American
historical interest, and could with more
truth be looked upon as the foundation
of one of the colossal mistakes of
George Grenville and his Parliament; /;
"they lost America"
Accounts differ as to the date of
erection of the Walton house, but
nearly all agree as to the date Of its
demOiltlon.
A guidepook of ythe New York City
History Club gives it as 1881. The OPEN
ing celebration of the Brooklyn Bridge
took place on May "a, 1888. and the
Walton house at that time had passed
out.
But, however this may be, a neighbor
Of the old Walton house Is still stand
ing at 316 and ais. Pearl street, and
only few doors from the old site. It's
style of architecture would indicate a
building Of 1920 or thereabouts. so it
has been standing about 100 years and
has passed through fashionable period
to a now long forgotten residential street
of passed history. OF late years these
two houses have somewhat excited my
interest and curiosity. and any lnforma-
tion as to their early history would be
duly appreciated. J. GARDNER BLEY.
New YoRK, June 10.
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Rhode Island!

An ode, an ode
To little Rhode.
The pin point of the nation!
Tho small. in truth,
She, like Babe Ruth,
Long since has passed probation;
In point of fact,
A five star act,
This Providence Plantation!
There's Chopmist, lofty Jeremoth, Wesi
Greenwich Center. Weaver,
And Absalina. Biscuit, Greene, as busy
as beaver:
LIMERICK and Weeks and Raccoon Hills,
And Tarkiln Fields and Arnold Mills
Just like line
Amethystine
The Little Rhody place names;
That flash and snap
Upon the map.
They're rather hard to trace names;
They have no flaws;
1t is because
They're little, tho they're ace names.
There's Tiverton Four Corners, Hog
North Scituate. King Philip Seat-it
almost weaves a sonnet;
East Providence Center-what an asset
Point Judith, Watch Hill and Pocasset
Moswansicut
Is nothing but
A pond, though big 1t sounds.
And Napatree
Points to the sea;
While hills are Pray and Rounds.
Pattaquomscott!
Yet Tourtellotte
And Ball are merely mounds.
There's Coventry, South Foster, Kent
Aquidneck, Narragansett,
Wyoming. Cranston. Escoheag, Pascoag
and Canonchet,
And Ashaway, Moosup. Mantle,
And Ninigret that points Atlantic.
Gould, Matunuck,
Graystone, Naubuc,
Warwick, Watchaug, woonsocket,
Quonochontaug,
Buck, Apponaug.
Conanicut, Pawtucket.
Here's to r. /.
She fills the eye
But wouldn't fill a bucket!
MAURICE MORRIS.
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wild Iris.


I wandered down an azure afternoon
When skies were cloudless. though the
far hill ways
Were hung as with an amethystine
haze;
Warm were the winds. the whole world
seemed atune
To all the golden melodies of June,
And earth. no longer barren, joyed
to raise
Her verdant arms aloft as though in
praise>
Seeking the Infinite, giver of the boom
paused at last where swept little
stream
Gently before me, my fond fancy
caught
BY flowers up-springing from the
bank thereof
Wild iris graceful, fragile as a dream
And gazing on it's slender spires I
thought
] looked into the blue eyes Of my
love! ELISABETH scoLLARD.
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A Lost shin.

1t lies beneath the waters fathoms deep,
Rotting and rusting through the CEN
turies;
Dank mosses hide its golden piracies
And sea snakes through its broken
cabins creep
And DER its sunken treasures vigil
keep
Bones whiten on its Shiny, gutted
deck
And great fish at this human fodder
peck,
While DER its masts grim monsters
whine and leap.
Sometimes the divers, like strange idols
clad.
Descend unon its ruined, ancient hulk
And shudder. as they watch the sea
folk skulk.
Trailing the misty wraiths that noise
less rad
Through this drowned ship that sailed
from Salem town.
And left no man to tell how il went
down. CHARLOTTE BECKER.
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Offending Smokers.
Contention Is Made That Their
Brains Are Affected.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: was
en- q street car going downtown and
counted thirty-one passengers in the
, ar. Eight men were smoking canno.
stand much smoke, so / got out AMI
walked two milesl Men who smoke say
that tobacco doesn't affect the brain.
The men who went in that car and
smoked gave evidence that the brain is
{ sffected by smoking or they wouldn't
have gone in among strange passen-
gers. If we only had that Michigan
Mayor here to clean out our cars! No
man that lives on this earth has a
right to go among strangers and smoke.
IL he does It his brain is affected.
SYLVESTER BARTLETT.
NEW YORK, June 10.
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Wet Restaurants.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD Re-
garding the resolution Of the Hotel
association of New York concerning the
selling OF liquor in restaurants, dom.
forget that It is also common kaow1-
edge that the restaurants cannot sell
liquor without the prohibition agents
and other officers knowing about It, Mr..
Days instructions to clean up will have
no results. Power and influence above
the lawl FfFrY-FiFTY.
NEW YoRk. June 10.
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Gus Williams.
How He Starred as a Cop In zone
of the Finest.c

To The New YORK HERALp: Refers
ring again to the late Gus Williams,
the refined German dialect comedian. lei
II not be forgotten that he also entered
the legitimate field. He starred in tho
famous play entitled zone of the Fin.
est" The youngest Of the old timers
will recall the chorus and his rendering
of 1t. slowly walking to and fro. in full
cops regalia. swinging his nightstick:
We are the finesti
vone OF the finest,
vone of the finest bolce!
Ever courageous,
Never outrageous,
Vone OF the finest boiice
! do not recall the words OF the
verses, Of which there were about six
The second act showed the poiiceman's
kitchen, where he doffs his uniform
club, pistol and helmet. and while walt.
ing for supper, mods asleep screen
pantomime depicts his dream, In which
he rescues a lady from two burglars
One police parade day captain wa.
liams and squad Of his cops occupied
the whole orchestra OF Broadway the.
ater. Gus also starred with the late
John T. Kelly Of "Bards OF Tara fame,
in I'VE, Us and Company"
III. IRVING srocKwELL
BAIT MORE, June 10. .
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Noisy Tenth Street.

To THE New York IERALp: Why
cannot Tenth street from Broadway to
Sixth avenue be made a one way street ?
The trafilc Is incessant The heavy
trucks make a terrible and nerve rack
ing noise. Added to the shrieking Of
the, motor horns. the vehicles are so
heavy as to make the houses shake.
Something should be done to relieve
the insufferable situation.
NEW York, June 10. A SUFFERER.
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may make this little story of more in
terest. She was a beautiful and gem
erous and kindly woman. l am sure
she leaves many friends to mourn her
sudden death. among whom / am one.
KATE LIVINGSTON DEFossEz.
CATsKIIL. June TO-
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The Transit Commission is seeking
to prevent congestion on TIE trans
portation lines serving Coney Island.
The crowding on cars now is called
"disgraceful." Persons with long
memories may recall complaints OF
this kind made years ago. If the
Transit Commission can make travel
to Coney Island on a hot summer
Sunday pleasant it can cure any i'll
from which New York suffers.
The New York herald., 1922-06-11

Marshal FocH had time to help a
blind soldier on his way when a surly
janitor refused to assist him. The
man at the top usually has time to
do whatever should be done; the man
at the bottom is at the bottom because
he does not do the things he should do.
The New York herald., 1922-06-11

Two New Jersey girls, working as
clerks in industrial establishments, have
recently foiled armed robbers who at
tempted to steal the cash intended for
the employees of their firms. Who
now will speak of the weaker sex?
The New York herald., 1922-06-11

Road TO Success Usually Difficult.
Pittmon correspondence Pocdhontos (Arr;.)
Star Herald.
Our community has been very much in
convenienced for the last four weeks on sc-
count OF Current River being too high TO
ferry, debarring the usual trip TO Success.
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A Patriotic Rabbit Family.
Gather correspondence
Hfrnld.

Gather correspondence sDtcspinc (sfd)
Herald.
Hugh Dorsey is the possessor Of loyal
and patriotic family OF rabbits. one OF hli
does. mixed Rufus Red. recently became
the mother OF eight baby rabbits. four ol
them red two snow white. and two blue.
The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication of all news dis.
patches credited to II or not otherwise
credited In this paper, and alse tho loca
news published herein.
All rights Of republication of special dis.
patches herein are also reserved.
The New York herald., 1922-03-13
MEXICAN REBELS BUSY
FIGHTING GOVERNORS
Mugica Of Michoacan Flees to
Cathedral TorUer.

Mexico CITY. March IL (AssociaSed
Press) disturbances. accompanied by
some bloodshed, in the States Of Michoa-
can and Jalisco are causing the central
Government here to assume an energetic
attitude in these districts Morelia, capt
tai Of Michoacan, has been In a state of
panic, due to threats OF rebels under
Col. Francisco Cardenas to take the city.
Reports say the revolutionists are sur
rounding Morelia. In fight last night
several men were killed and the rebels
retrsated. Gov. Mugica Is said to have
abandoned the Government Palace dur
ing the fighting and 70 have taken
refuge In the tower Of the cathedral
In the State OF Jalisco Gov. Basilio
Vadillo is at outs with his Legislature.
which has retired to the Federal garri-
son at Guadailajara " for safety's sake"
Vadillo Is charged by the Legislature
with being responsible for several recent
demonstrations In which several persons
were killed and many injured. The
legislators characterize Vadiilo and his
followers as rebels against the central
Government
Troops under Gen. Guadalupe Sanchez
battied with the rebels OF Miguel Aleman
at Lomalorga, State OF Vera Cruz, Sat
urday and succeeded in driving the
rebels further into che hills says an
official report issued to-day
The New York herald., 1922-03-13
SkY6CRAPERS TO MEET
BERLIN,S HOUSING CRISIS
First in Germany to Be of
TWenty Stories.

Special Gable to THE New YoIK HERALD.
Copyright, 1899, by THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Berlin. March 12.
DR.. Saemisch. former member Of the
Prussian Cabinet Is candidate for a
new post, that OF Saving Minister"
This activity viii consist of systematic
reduction In Germany's administrative
expenses
Meanwhile the Government seems to
think that the best solution Of the prob
lem of dealing with the huge number Of
Government employees, who cost Ger
many 50,000.000.0 900 marks annually. is
not to reduce their number, but to house
them more cheaply. The Reichstag COM
mittee has just decided to have sky
scraper built in which all the principal
Government offices are to be united.
Owing to the great difficulties of the
housing question the erection of sky
scrapers has been planned here ever
since the arrnistice, but plans have not
been carried out. Now II seems, how
ever, that the first skyscraper will be
built this year.
The Municipal Council in Berlin has
Just made contract with company to
erect such a building on the site OF the
present Fredrichstrasse railway sta
ton. The station will be in the building,
which is to be twenty stories high and
will offer 100000 square feet of floor
space for office purposes.
The New York herald., 1922-03-13
ROME'S FIRST RELIGIOUS
PROCESSION SINCE 1870
While Garihaldian Paradcrs
Shout Long LiUe the Republic

ROME, March i2 (Associated Press) -
For the first time since the fall Of tho
temporal power, fifty-two years ago, a
great religious procession traversed the
principal streets Of Rome to-day in
honor OF the 3o0th anniversary of the
caaonization of st. Philip Neri. founder
of the Congregation OF the Oratory.
Archbigaops, bishops and other high
prelates. members Of the BLACK" (Cath-
ol!c) aristocracy, headed by Princes
Massimo, Barberini and Lancellotti, and
priests and monks carrying lighted can
dies and torches. together with all the
parish priests Of Rome and large num-
bers Of children OF both sexes singing
as they marched. participated In the
procession. Immense throngs of the
populace crowded the street, clapping
their hands and shouting viva st.
Philip" as the procession passed.
simultaneously another demonstration.
made up of members OF about 100 Re-
publican associations. paraded with red
flags and bands to the Capitol. where
honor was paid the memory OF Giuseppe
Mazzini. the Italian patriot and revolu-
tionist, who died at Pisa March 10, 1872.
During this ceremony shouts of Long
live the republic" !" were heard.
The only untoward incident was a
fight between Fascist and Republicans.
which was stopped by the police.
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PROTESTS CAPTURE
OF ANDES MONSTER
Buenos Aires s. P. C. A.. In
vokes Old Law to Halt
Expedition.

BuENos AIRES, March IL (Associated
Press) "A protest against the killing
or capture Of the plesiosaurian monster
which is reported to have been seen in
an Andean lake In Patagonia has been
raised before the Minister of Interior
by the "Sociedad Protectora de Los
Animales," which corresponds to the
American Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals.
The society urges that If such an an
tediluvian creature exists it be allowed
to roam It's native heath unmolested.
Involving law No. 2,7S6, dealing with
cruelty to animals, the society demands
that the expedition which proposes to
bring back the animal alive or dead to
the Buenos Aires Zoo be prohibited.
DR.. Albarracin. head OF the society.
asks that the authorities investigate the
truth of the report, and If that is
established. Ito do what Is necessary in
fulhilment OF said law TO prevent the
hunting or capture Of 1t I'm any form,
leaving It in peace, by reason of its
being a valuable specimen which ought
to enjoy full liberty and be allowed to
reproduce itself"
DIR. Albarracin asserts that, like the
penguin, 1t would probably die II brought
north. by reason of the change OF eli
mate, and adds: IF scientists want TO
study the creature let them do II In a
humane way in It's habitat while 1t is
enjoying full liberty
Meanwhile, Prof. Onelli, who first an
nounced the existence OF the animal.
says the expedition will start at the
end OF the week, provided additional
funds are forthcoming.