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uncle" and 1t was only when they |
came to Washington that the pair set
tied down for any appreciable period.
Before the youth concluded MS
schooling at Georgetown college Cap
tain Ord was taken i'll, and, after
sickness MS brief as 1t was mysterious,
died while trying to tell the boy the
secret Of his parentage. James he
gasped, ~ have sworn not to do so.
but / must tell you that your father
was" and here a fit of coughing
seized him, which prevented his dis
closure of the mystery.
Upon investigation of his guardians
papers, ord discovered that the man
had not been his uncle, but was mere
ly a common sailor In the British navy,
who, through the exercise of some po-
litical influence, had been given the
post of dockyard inspector under the
Spanish crown. The younger Ords
cupply of funds continued unabated
and he placed himself under the tu-
telage of Maryland priest, who, IN
addition to teaching him, assisted in
the search for the truth concerning his
parentage This search led to the con-
clusion, unsupported by any direct
documentary evidence, that he was
the son of George " Of England, born
while that monarch was prince OF
Wales, his mother being Marie Anne
smythe Fitzhcrbert, whom George had
married in 1TS5,
When Ord was well on in life. he
wrote to Mrs. Fitzherhert, but was
unable to obtain reply from her, al
though he died in the firm belief that
she was his mother. This contention
was also accepted by the Jesuit IA
thers of Georgetown college, who, in
the centenary history of the instltu-
tion. mentioned the name of James
Ord, son of George w. In its list OF
alumni.
After various adventures in Amer
les. including a trip to the far West
in search of gold and the accumula-
ton of a considerable fortune on the
Pacific coast. ord was appointed tt
the bench, and returned to Washing
ton. where he built Il handsome home
on PENNSYLVANIA avenue. Later, now
ever. he moved to Omaha, where ht
died at the age of ninety-seven, still
strong in the belief that the long
delayed unsealing of Mrs. Fitzher
bert's private papers would clear III
the mystery which surrounded hi
birth. These papers formed part o
mysterious packet which Mrs. Fttz
herbert. upon her deathbed. requested
might be placed in Il vault in Coutts
l bank. London, to remain there unit
1 such time as the reigning sovereign o
Great Britain might see fit to hav
them publicly opened.
= The seal was finally broken in 1907
: by order of Edward VII, but, Will
the marriage certificate of George
prince of Wales, and the pretty wido'
:, was discovered, none of the other do'
u uments contained any reference
I children alleged to have been born {
II the union. ".James Ord" therefor
', must continue to rank with kaspi
i Hauser, the dauphin, the man in II
u iron mask and the other unsolve
y riddles of history.
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D.,icate colors Are Featured by
French Makers; orehidee Name
of New Tint.

,,oos this season are for the most
mart dyed in clear. bright hues sucn
p ps almond green, like the soft green
.,sdorside as of a leaf, and moss rose
a,,,, Orchidee is the name Of lus-
a,o,s tint that the French seem to make
hetter than we do. 1t Is a lavender
t;nt with lot Of pink in 1t and Is
often used with steel or silver lace.
In fact, lace this season has taken
an extremely adaptable turn and Is
combined with almost everything. from
heads and silver tissue to fur. Pale
gold lace and kolinsky are very smart.
while silver lace encrusted with beads
is used in long. sweeping panels over
sheathlike slips of satin or velvet.
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Combinations, Including Lace, Are
Very Popular Among the
Handsome Gowns.

White organdie and cream Datiste,
combined with lace, have become very
popular among the handsomer gowns.
the New York Times finds. This may
be an indication, too, that a style OF
this sort will carry over into winter.
But on the street and in all the smart
mnching places these days one Is very
ant to see black crepe or black
satin dress quite handsomely trimmed
with some of this lingerie trimming
that the seasons thin and organdie
dresses have made popular. And, in
yariably, along with the long, low
collars and the fiouncy frills about the
throats, there go wide cuffs or sleeve
ends to carry out the complete idea.
There is, for instance, the frilled
and plated organdie cuffs arranged
in three stiff tiers and held snugly
around the wrist with a black velvet
ribbon band and cut steel buckle. This
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Modern Stars.

JIM see that We have quite
bunch of woman football players at
this formal dance.
Oscar-How come?
Jim-Lool them over. There's Molly,
a fullback, dress cut down to her
waist; then there's Margaret. half
back. Just trifle more modest. Oh,
yes, there's Virginia, the quarterback,
she hasn't apparently had coming
out party yet.
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Blouses Of Simple Design;
Sweaters and Sipovers
UIuuIDl DDDDIN NIlL

THE ambitious home dressmaker
L either has learned. or Is learning,
that she may undertake to make
her own blouses and be rewarded
by lovely garments. For anyone
who has not tried the experiment,
now Is Il good time to begin, because
the rich new fabrics are at their best
in blouses of simple design. These
fabrics do not call for any but the
simplest adornments. and they make
the handsomest of costume blouses. to
be worn with two-piece suits or with
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and when softened add one-half cupful
of boiling water. Add one cupful of
sugar and two tablespoonfuls of lemon
juice; cool and add one cupful of
cooked apple pulp. Cool and when
the mixture begins to thicken beat
with wire whsk until light, then
add two well-beaten whites and beat
we'll Turn into Il mold lined with
lady fingers or cake. Serve with
whipped cream.
Rice With PineappIe.-Soak one-half
package of gelatin in one fourth Of
cupful of cold water. then add one
half cupful of scalding hot pineapple
juice, one-half cupful of sugar. and
one cupful of cooked rice, one tea
spoonful of salt and one tablespoon
full of lemon juice. Turn into Il mold
lined with slices of canned pineapple
Chill and serve with whipped cream.
Two egg whites may be used in place
of whipped cream.
Toasted Sandwiches.-Mix two ta-
blespoonfuls of salad oil. one table
| spoonful of vinegar, one-fourth tea
spoonful OF salt, dash of paprika
I
with one-half cupful of cottage cheese
or thick cream. Spread on one-fourth
inch slices of graham bread, then
sprinkle with chopped walnut meats.
Put together in pairs and cut in finger
shaped pieces and toast.
cantaloupe Pickle.-An unripe can.
taloupe makes very good pickle.
Cut the melon in sections and remove
the seeds. Soak in a salt solution. u.s.
ing one-quarter of cupful Of salt. to u
quart of water. Drain and add
to the following sirup: Four cup
fuls of water, four cupfuls of sugar.
one cupful Of vinegar, one tablespoon
full of cinnamon, one tablespoonful of
allspice and cloves; put spice in small
bag and cook with the melon. Boil
ten minutes and let the fruit stand in
the sirup all night. Drain, boil the
sirup, add the fruit and cook until the
cantaloupe is clear. Seal In hot jars
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batiste. There is no shaping or the
collar to be taken care Of 1t is merely
a straight length sewed to the neck
opening of the waist. 1t overlaps at
the ends the full frllls that form the
talbot. short piece of this prepared
embroidery is set in turn-back cuffs
that finish three-quarter-length sleeves.
Smart costume blouses are ms simply
designed One has only to pick out
one of the new, brilliant crinkly silks
or yelvets and cut 1t by an overblouse
pattern, with either longer or shorter
sleeves. and use narrow silk braid or
ribbon for outlining important edges.
The sweater habit is one that
grows. You possess one, the desire
comes for another You possess two
and a third is inevitable. Nor Is
this mere Indulgence. 1t Is natural
sequence, for a sweater for every occa-
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sion appeals from a commOn-sense
standpoint as well as an erthetic. BY
virtue of their usefulness, sweater
coats and slipovers have become as
staple in the formula Of good dressing
as are the lingerie shirtwaist and the
silken blouse. We buy them nova
days to fit into the scheme Of each
costume, and according to their pur-
pose.
If one a-hiling goes, or tramps DER
frost covered grass playing early
morning golf, theI comfort Is the
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of the frock itself. There Is something
about the contrast of silver against
black which is most effective. There
is an exquisiteness about the comblna-
tion that is not to be equaled by any
other combination of two colors
There can be very little of the silver
and a vast quantity of the black and
still there will be an artistic effect
which has everything to do with the
ultimate success of n gown.
In this gown the psychology of that
idea has been worked to its limit.
There is nothing present except the
glitter of the silver against the dead
ness of the black, and the combination
has done all that the combination is
expected to do--in creating contrast
which makes the whole garment etfec.
| tive.
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On Our Hosiery.

A snake of green sequins trims a
pair of gold-colored stockings In a
most unusual If not highly pleasant
fashion. The snake runs from he
ankle to the knee. The ankles of
others are adorned with peacocks and
butterflies, embroidered in natural
colors.
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DYED LACE is in BRIGHT HOEs>

snug and has a wide collar which pulls
up around the ears. One sweater re-
Gently seen was white with collar.
wide cuffs and border around the hem
of black and white perpendicular
stripes. About the only thing to dis
tinguish It from a. mans sweater was
a long black and white tassel on the
left hip.
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easily found with the things common
in every home.
Old-fnshioned gingerbread which we
all like may be made in most deilght-
full dessert by serving 1t with marsh
malIow sauce which has been favored
with a few tablespoonfuls of good
well-havored apple sauce.
When making the next jelly roll MI
with chocolate filling instead OF
Jelly, and note how well the family
likes the change.
Chocolate FiIing.-Scald one-half
Cupfu of milk, with one and one-fourti
tablespoonfuls of cornStarch ana four
tablespoonfus OF sugar mixed. Cook
until thick and the starchy flavor has
disappeared, add Il pinch of salt, one
fourth of teaspoonful of vanilla ana
tablespoonful CT melted chocolate.
Cook all together, then pour over
well-beaten egg, adding the flavorlng
when cool.
MarshmalIow Gingerbread.-Sift one
and onc-half cupfuls of flour, with one
bnlf teaSpoonful each of ginger cinnh-
mon and salt, one teaspoonful of Soda.
| one-fourth of Il teaspoonful of cocoa.
| one-third of, cupful of melted fat.
one-half e6pful of sugar, one-half cup
| full of molasses, one egg. one-ha'f cup
| full of sour milk and one ana
one-half cupfuls of marshmallows. Sift
the flour and dry ingredients together
! Cream the fat with the sugar, add mo
lasses, egg, and sour milk Add the
dry ingredients, bake in moderate
oven about 80 minutes Remove from
the oven and cut open through the
center. Spread the lower half with
marshmalows cut in fine pieces anu
cover with the upper half. Cut III
squares, arrange on plates, and serve
while warm with whipped cream.
Currant lce.-Take one cupful OF
currant Juice, enc cupful of water
one and one-fourth cupfuls of sugar
and two teaspoonfuls of gelatin. SoaE
the gelatin in two tableSpoonfuis o'
cold water, dissolve over hot water
add to the other ingredients. mix ant
freeze. Serve with Il venison toast.
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New Lingerie.

There is new piece of lingerie,
so new that 1t hasn't yet been named,
which combines vest, brassiere, cor.
set and bloomers. So far its use
has been limited largely to The stage
but 1t Is now being put on the market
for general wear. 1t is made In TIA
liam silk.
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Girls Blouse-Tie.

The tie slipped under the collar OF
the blouse and left with long ends
hanging is a smart feature. The collar
Is turned back and opens In deep v.
6lled in very often with little vest.
The ends of the ribbon, which is often
= cire. picot- edged, are sometimes end
cd with little balls.
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Cnata for Autumn.

Autumn coats for everyday wea" are
rather sumptuous. being made of pill
able silks and satins with an especially
high sheen. The Innings are vivid, the
coats themselves being navy. black
or wood brown.
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Expression Almost Obsolete

Salt river, the derisive destiny of
defeated nominees, was once almost
universally favored by political dope
sters in estimating the chances of the
opposition, bu: rarely finds Its way In
print nowadays
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Detachable Sleeves.

Several informal evening gowns have
sleeves attached to dropped armholes.
These are detachable so that by un-
swapping them the fashionable effect
OF sleeveless dress Is attained.
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! CABINET

ia. 1922. Western Newspaper Union.)
What lies ahead beyond the bend?
What shall we find at journeys endF
The hemlock shadows dusk the way.
The forest oaks are tall and gray.
Beside our path the ferns appear.
A hidden thrush is singing near.
A pewee whispers. thin and sweet;
The ground Is cool beneath our feet
Walter p. Eaton.
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Naval Petticoats.

The lons-skirt vogue has created a
demand for the petticoat. The newest
of these nre hand-painted with bright
flower motifs.
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W.. hlA4.~t.Q
Ancient Culinary Ideas.

Some of the early ideas of delicacies
would not appeal to the modern taste.
nor would such methods as some Ro-
man cooks applied to the red mullet.
which was cooked while alive in
glass vessel on the table.
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sweaters Are Snug.

There Is a new sort of sweater. 1t Is
made of tricottne In manner much
IKE the sort worn by American ath-
,etes. That Is to say. 1t is plain and
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delicious desserts
may be prepared.
Apple Charlotte.
Take one-half
of an envelope
of sparkling gela-
tin and on e.
fourth of a cup
full of cold water.
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Elephant Passes Plate.

An elephant takes up the collection
in some of the Hindu temples. It goes
round with q basket extended from
its trunk.
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No Exception.

Mrs. Owens-"Our son William is
SO restless" Owen-"Yes, unsettled,
like the rest of our Bills"
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Lace on Underwear.

The hand-drawr underwear Is no
,onger fashionable, but lace in all
! >scrms is being used extensively.
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The finest road system in the world
is to be given in France. 1t was in
augurated by Napoleon.
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A winding road up hill and down.
Between green fields. away from town.
Where doming clouds ride in the sky
And dusty feet plod noiselessiy.
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A Sewinu Hint.

When sewing on tricolette hold the
material in a heap in your lap. Il it is
laid out fat it is very apt TO stretch.
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way, Core them and use
a few raisins and nuts
with a little brown
sugar. Again fill with
dates, and sweeten with
maple sugar; announcer
time stuff with brown
sugar, marsllmallow and
nuts. A variety may be
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SOMETHING TO EAT

With a few boxes Of gelatin Ill the
house and little forethought, many
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BLOUSE Matches Lining.

Matching up the jacket lining with
the blouse or upper section Of a dress
is getting to be quite popular,
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GOOD EVERYDAY DESSERTS

Baked apples are a favorite with
most people, but we all tire OF having
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berefore, Why Worry

A hundred years fret will not pay
penny Of debt Victor Hugo.
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rhouofst for the pay.

Ihou0ht Tor the Day.
The highest price we can pay for
anvflinx Is To steal It, the next Is
- ber 4 !; ti,e cheapest and best is to
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IT, InVe yDu any secrets 10 your
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Slss vflliesn.
10 yarleties of osler
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
By THOREAU >CRONYN
Of The New York Herald Staff.

OF Judea; to Belshazzar and Alexander. The
sorriest historical procession is conjured
Hollywood, which had never thought of
itself in quite that light, laughs merrily at
first, as the accusation is echoed back from
the East. Then, compelled to believe that
a considerable part of the public is taking
the indictment seriously, 1t soberly sets
about preparing it's defense
What is the evidence as to "orgies," mar
cotics, alcohol, vice, extravagant living?
| shall tell in sequence whatever I was able
to find out. But just before the plunge the
heartening fact comes to mind that a little
while ago the the residents of Beverly
Hills assembled to discuss the laying out
of polo field. Beverly Hills is part of the
Hollywood district" an exclusive" part,
where Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pick
ford, Charles Ray, VIII Rogers and many
other stars live in sequestered comfort.
When it was Rogers's turn to speak he
said.
Folks, I've sort o. been looking over this
corner Of the world, and IL does look as IL
there are some mighty pretty places for
polo outfit. But / also noticed another
thing, and that is there is no church in
Beverly Hills. Now, II probably would do
my kids and me lot OF good to dress up
and get out and play polo but figure IL
would be just as well il we attended to this
church business first. / move you, Mr..
Chairman that we go ahead and raise the
money, but spend IL on church instead of
a polo field. 7 can chip in $500, II that's
agreeable to you all" And those motion
picture people gave whoop at the bril-
lancy of VIII Rogerss suggestion, and as
soon as the architect gets his plans drawn
that church will begin to materialize
There Is some truth in the stories OF
wild parties" In and about Hollywood.
Those who have attended them contend
that they have been no worse than similar
things INDUCED in by persons of the same
moral stripe in other parts OF the country,
notably New York. But Of such stupidity
disgusting conduct 7 never have heard
These parties" virtually ceased after the
Arbuckle affair in San Francisco Their
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velers disrobed as they danced. This was
large gathering-more than 100 persons.
Nearly all were disreputable and so re-
garded by the others of the Hollywood
community. The third and fourth enter
tainments were not essentially different
from the others
The same investigator told me there had
been bathing parties on the beaches at
which some of the "ladies and gentlemen"
who had forgotten to bring their bathing
suits were not prevented from going into
the water comfortably have heard of a
similar exhibition not twenty miles from
New York.
Scandalous stories may be heard in
Hollywood and Los Angeles by any one
who cares to listen. On this trip it was
my duty to listen, but r do not present on
this page as a fact anything which Is
merely hearsay. One OF the stories l had
read pictured a handsome and popular
film actor as punctrring himself in the
with hypodermic needle at the
peak of an exciting dinner attended by
stars" and crying "This is the life" Most
Of the persons I mot had never heard of
this incident, although some of them be-
lieved the actor In question was a NOR
phne user.
The only person I found who professed
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
CHAPTER III.

ought to be possible to write sanely
about the morals of Hollywood 1t
will be well to keep in mind the pur-
pose Of the slightly bewildered but resolute
statesman who said Il will go to the end
OF the road, let the chips fall where they
may" Recollection of the we'll known
limerick also may be useful:
"Said the Reverend Jabez McCotton,
The waltz of the Devils begOtten.'
Said Jones to Miss Blye,
Don't you mind the old guy;
TO the pure almost everything's rot
ten.'-
went to Hollywood to find out the
truth, good and bad. talked with actors,
directors, producers, screen writer's, extras,
merchants, doctors, ministers. bankers
detectives, performers, extollers, denounc-
ers, newspaper men and women publicity
men, housewives, onlookers, lenders, spend.
ers and others Of high and low degree and
varying standards Of veracity. | sat with
the heads Of official agencies investigating
the Taylor murder, the traffic in narcotics
ana Dootleggers. | watched movie people
az their work and their frolics / went
without instructions except to get the
facts and without other attitude except
that of reporter
In the minds Of many persons who have
read Of the "Arbuckle party in San Fran
cisco and the Taylor murder in Los An
gcles there has been created this picture:
Hollywood, the motion picture capital.
community Of dissolute actors and
actresses and others Of the movie industry:
the worst Of them unspeakably vile, the
best suspicionable; a colony Of unregen-
crates and narcotic addicts; given TO wild
night parties commonly known as orries'
heroes Of the screen by day and vicious
roysterers by night; a section OF ciyiliza.
tion gone rottenly to smash.
For comparison to the prohigacy OF
Hollywood the critics 20 back to tyre and
Sidon and Rome TO Alexandria, Hercu.
laneum and Pompeii 70 the later Caesars. 10
Nero and Caligula to the Herodian courts
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The Government and State anti-narcotic
agents are absurdly inadequate in num-
bers. The Government did not have any
agents in Los Angeles specially assigned
to this work until two months ago, when
two were sent from the East. Their in
structions included an order to look into
reports that drugs we're being sold at mo-
tion picture studios. These agents have
been trying to get evidence of SNOW par
ties as the gatherings of drug addicts are
called, in Hollywood and Los Angeles, but
have not yet succeeded. Snow" is the
modern underworld name for cocaine. Ad-
diets speak of taking a sleigh ride" The
only actress to whose door the Federal
men have traced forbidden drugs Is not in
the pictures but In vaudeville. They
thought they had good clew when told OF
a railroad conductor who had been invited
to attend "snow party" at the home of
the director of a low grade movie company
In Hollywood. The conductor went to the
party in his ordinary Sunday clothes. He
found the other guests and the host in pa
jamas. They tore off his collar and coat,
but when he said that was enough they
let him alone.
There were plenty of opium and pipes in
the house, and a Chinese was cooking"
for the smokers. None Of them was a
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might be expected
to tell me confiden-
TALLY whatever Sc
crets of public in
terest they knew,
just as I would tell
them if they came to
New York.
But the fact is
that these learned
and agreeable gos-
sips did not believe
one-thousandth part
of the stories in cir
culation and were
ready to fight az the
drop of the bat to
d e m o n S t r a t e
the falsity of these
tales. Their solicit
tude lest l should
prove gullible was
touching. And some
of the dark mys-
teries of Hollywood
that / had occasion
to ask them about
they had never heard
of at all. They told
me SO, and l believe
them.
Now as to drugs,
are they In common
use in Hollywood?
No. / looked into
this question with
s ial care and
learned:
The larger cities
Of California are
cursed with an ex-
traordinary number
of peddlers of opium,
h e in, morphine
and cocaine. T h Q
Chinese brought the
first opium to the
West coast, and
m a ny Californians
acquired the habit
from them before
the East heard of 1t
and before alkaloids
were used at all.
Drugs are smuggled
into San Pedro, the
port Of Los Angeles,
by Japanese, Chi
nese, B riti s h and
other vessels. They
also come over the
border from Mexico
and down from Brit
1 s h Columbia a n d
t h g northwestern
ports of the United
States. Much of 1t
also is manufactured
in Philadelphia and
st. Louis, exported
to Mexico in ostensi-
bly, legitimate traffic
and smuggled back
t. thn ITnftad Ctotao