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The Press., 1922-05-25
IS REAL DANCE OF DEATH"
Him Many a Dainty Feed Of the SueeuIent LapWina.

The death dance of the weasel is quite the cleverest act performed by any wild creature t6 obtain food. He will practice upon lapwings, for these birds are very inQuisitive. He sees the birds in the middle of a large meadow. Running through the grass. he gets as near to them as he can without being seen. Now he begins to dance; he jumps up and down, not very quickly at first. but just raising himself above the grass. The birds cease feeding and look at the strange creature.
 The weasel now seems to go quite mad. He twists, tumbleS. falls over and over, bounces up and down, but all the time getting just a little closer to- the bird he has marked. The lapwings' prying nature sends them closer to the little animal. Wilder grow his antics, closer and closer he works toward the birds. He is now in the middle of an admirinG group. Sud- denly there is spring, startled cry from a bird, a hutter of frightened wings. and the birds fly off. But the teeth of the weasel are fixed firmly in the neck of the bird he has won.
The Press., 1922-05-25
A Modern Cave
 Man
By LILLIAN HALL CROWLEY

e. 1929. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
 David Henderson, sitting in a se- ~cluded spot of the yeranda in the depths of despair, was startled out of his unhappy line of thought when he heard his name mentioned. He got up, thinking the speaker was looking for him. Then the words arrested him for a moment. He was behind some potted plants and egress was not easily gained. He did not intend to listen, but could not help hearing the following in a girls indignant voice :
 Lois Mardis is just too unkind for snything-the way she treats David. hate to see her so indifferent toward him when he Is so thoughtful and un- selfish"
 That's just the trouble" replied an other girl. "I know Lois pretty well, and think she really loves David. but it's too uninteresting to have some one so perfect all the time. He ought to employ cave man tactics. I think shed like it!"
 Do you really" The voices trailed off in the distance.
 David went back to his seat. "SO that's it," he thought. Just being cOnsiderate of a woman, anticipating her every wish and waiting on her de vOtedly Is not enough. Cave man, in- deedl"
 He sat there & long time, and he wasn't looking at the moon, either. He was thinking harder than he had ever thought before in his whole life.
 After a while he arose and. with 8 grim smile on his usually placid face, he Joined the other young people who were. celebrating Lois birthday.
 He was the first to leave. Lois looked her surprise, for he usually lin- gered until he was the last one to go home. but he YOuchsafed no explana- tiOn.
 Many. many times he had asked her to marry him, but she had never given him the decisive wOrd-still. she had not refused him. She kept him dang
The Press., 1922-05-25
Yonkara has tn. Cuckoo.

A proud but truthful resident of YOnkers admitted that there were a lot of cuckOOS there. He wasn't proud Of the cuckOos. particularly. AS far as cuckoOs are concerned. his pride is strictly civic. If one must have cuckoOs, he prefers the Swiss kind which are vocal only when wound up and then only at intervals.
 The YOnkers cuckoo doesn't have to be wound up. The imported eight day cuckoo Is piker beside the YOm- kerS cuckoo. The YOnkers cuckoo stays awake half the night waiting for the dawn and each has the same pride in being the first to salute the earliest gleRm of the sky that farm CTS wife has In getting her washing out before a neighbOr's line is strung
 From the moment that the night be comes faintly luminous until about g :35 8. m., the air is tremulOus with cuckOOs. From 9:35 to 1O:O5. the cuckOOS knock off for lunch Then they're at it again until dark. They yelp cuckoo" at every resident of YOnkers they see and even at stran- gers from Peekskill. When the street Is utterly deserted, they muFmur "cuck-OO,. cuckoo" just for prsctice.- New York Tribune
The Press., 1922-05-25
PRIMITIVE LOT IN BALKANS
Albanians, Montenegrins, ard ser3i. ans Alike in Their Ignorance of
 the Outside World.

The tugbOat which forms the only means of communication between the Albanian city of Scutari, at the south ern end of Lake Scutari, and the MOn- tenegrin town Of PavlOnitza, at tie northern end of the lake, is 1-lunged affair subject to fainting spells and long frances.
 1t carries a varied assortment of humanity, ranging from Albanians travelling up the lake in full regalia to shoot up undesirable acquaintances or something, up to the yelled ladies with bright red finger nails and Mon tenegrins in scarlet bolerO jackets and blue golf pants who have just been down the lake to murder someone they dislike or something.
 An Albanian in native dress resem- bles a character from the rajah of ghumshoO of the prince of malaria, while Montenegrin logged out in his national garb looks more like cross between a member of the Chicago
The Press., 1922-05-25

ling He had tried harder and harder to please her, and had made no head way
 The remarks tonight were d revela, tion. He hadn't realized it before but he was getting tired of dangling He would either give Lois up or he would make her come to decision.
 He didn't want to give her up,
 Those girls were right He ought to get Lois with "cave-man racticS"- he certainly hadn't succeeded the other way. He would bide his time. and if she preferred being knocked on the head with a club and then dragged by the hair to his den-he'd do it.
 He wanted her in any way he could enough to get her in the way she wished to be won.
 Sn. one bright. sunShiny day. about noon. when it seemed that every one was ont of doors, Lois and he were crossing some street ear tracks on the busiest intersection of the city, Lois was tripping along on dainty. high
  stopped suddenly with a cry of dis may. One heel of her shoe had caught in The tracks. In her effort to dislodge it she had withdrawn her foot. and she stood with the stOckinged foot held lightly from the dusty pave ment.
 "Oh, why did wear white stock Shn felt so conspicuous.
 David turned to the rescue. Cars were coming from each direction. and changing down upon them. Pedestrians had stopped in amused interest look ing at the embarrassed girl in the white stockings and the one black shoe.
 Lois looked to David. confident that he could rescue the shoe. He did. But just before the cars reached them and as Lois put out her white clad foot for it's black cover he put the shoe behind him.
 'Nou don't get 1t until you prOml se to marry me'P He waved the shoe alOft.
 Lois turned red with shame that she should be made such a spectacle for the passersby. Then, white with anger, she demanded her shoe.
 People were laughing outright Sev- eral chauffeurs had stopped their mo- tors. The street cars were coming nearer and nearer as David raised the shoe higher over hls head. The wretch ed girl was tottering on one foot like lame duck. There was no sign of relenting on the young mans face.
 'I wOn't!" she answered.
 You will or I'll go home with the shoe and leave you here" he shouted above the noise of the traffic.
 Please, David" she begged. There was a loud guffaw from a fat man, who evidently admired David's powers of entertainment. e Lois was crimson with shame while she was unable to keep the dainty white stocking away from the dust and grime of the street. @s "PrOmisel Promiser He waved the shoe high as he could reach. "Lois gulped. every well! I prom ise te marry yOuP .~.-.- |
The Press., 1922-05-25
Instead of Platinum.

More than once within the past few years has platinum sold for more than twice the value of gold. The United States consumes more of the metal than any other country. Es- pecialIy interesting, therefore, is the report that abroad a firm has pro- duced a metal alloy that may in time become a cheap substitute for it. It appears that this alloy contains 35 per cent of iron, 60 per cent of chromium and from to 3 per cent of molyh. denum. It is said to be unaffected by hydrochloric acid, as well as nitric and sulphuric acids. and even to with stand boiling in, aqua regia, the pow erfu mixture of nitric and hydro chloric acids. Since the alloy so re- sists heat and acids, it should be yal- uable in the manufacture and the, analysis Of chemicals
The Press., 1922-05-25
PassIns t On. as It Were.

Pat Rooney had just opened a new hOme-brew foundry, and as it was a rainy day there were quite a number of Pats friends in the place seeking shelter from the storm. An English man was standing at the bar with a worried look on his face, which an Irishman named Mike noticed. Mike asked him what the trouble was. ''This beer Is awful" said the Englishman, ''but I wouldn't dare let it stand for fear Pat would be insulted." You're right" said Mike, sympathetically, ''but have a scheme. That fellow next to you has a ra4ncOat On. Pour it into his pocket" But" said the Eng llshman, The is liable to catch me in the act" Not a chance in the world" said Mike. with a chuckle. 'T just poured mine into your pocket. San Francisco ArgOnaut.
The Press., 1922-05-25
Ancient Shark Captured.

A specimen of the shark tribe, which, in the form of it's teeth and in other characteristic features, closely resembles a species of shark that in- ably remote period called in geology the Devonian age, was captured not long ago off the coast of Norway. A similar shark was captured by the prince of Monaco's yacht off the Madeira Islands in 1889. These t~o specimens, with a few others found in the Japanese seas. which are re- markable for the number. of survivals of ancient forms of life that they con- tain constitute the only known repre- sentative now on the earth of the DevOnian shark.
The Press., 1922-05-25
WHAT AOtTATES MR. SMITH
Businsss Man'S StsnOgraphers Never piVulGed He Affairs, But his
 Wife Wac Publicity Bureau.

MT. Smiths first StenOSrapher was Josephine. She wore thick glasses, she was tall and angular, she was at back of her neck; but she took her work seriously, and though she knew all about Mir. Smiths business, she felt herself a sort of cOpartner with him and never told anything she knew.
 The next atenOgrapher was Marie. She painted, powdered, manicured and massaged. She wore the latest fashions. The telephone was busy danced most of the night, but was fresh for work the next d,sy. She never told the secrets of the busi- ness, for they meant nothing to her.
 Mary Margaret came next. She was an orphan; she wore sensible and in- expensive clothes, and she worked for her bread and butter. Work bored her, and so did MT. Smith, but she never told what she knew about the business because eight hours 8 day was all she intended to allow her uutlcS dL lLS OtAlcS lO enter IulO ncE mind.
 Grace Alice followed. She was fair ly rapid, accurate and neat, but her strongest point was sympathy. She believed thoroughly in Mir. Smith and his business and helped with her ready munitions, but when she left the office she transferred her sympathy to someone else, and never thought of her work. It mattered nothing to her with whom she sympathized! just so she had someone.
 Ruby Anna came next. She managed to set by with her work, but she never really understood what it was all about, and she never risked talking to outsiders about things she did not understand.
 What puzzles Mir Smith is that never a stenographer told d secret about him or his business, and every thing his wife knew about him and his work, all her relatives, friends and neighbOrs knew alsO.-Katherine Neg ley in Judge.
The Press., 1922-05-25
History Rspeata.

Whats in a name and what isn't, as we'll as that, even in names. there's often nothing new under the sun. is suggested by a study of the names in the enrolment of Columbia university. In it occurs the following notables |: Chester A. Arthur, Jr, Ulysses s. Grant. Edward Everett Hale III, Ethan Allen, FenimOre Cooper, Hiram Johnson II, John J. McGraw. Jack Johnson and Ben Franklin. Among the unusual names are those of Ann Church 'COfin, Iona Sweet, Mildred Fear Memmory, Ben Herr, G. I. WiII
 O. Helle and Belle Hopp.-BostOn Transcript. -" s
The Press., 1922-05-25
"soon ," he demanded. "Yes ]" she cried.

- "Soon?" he demanded.
 "Yes," she cried. .--,- --.4
 David grasped her firmly by the arm and slipped the shoe on the poor little dusty foot. The street ears went past them in a fury of noise.
 They walked away in silence. Lois was frightfully angry. Reaching her door, she denounced:
 ''I'm just marrying you because won't go back on my word, yOu-yOu cave man!'
 'I don't care about the reason, just so you marry me" He opened the door, pushed her into the hall. and, following her in took her in his arms. Lois was speechless-and smiling.
The Press., 1922-05-25
The Simple Life.

What defense have you to offerFH
 Your honor, I couldn't resist the lure of the bright lights"
 "A common weakness. I'll send you to an institution where the lights are turned off promptly every night at nine o'clock and there is no induce ment to sit up late "-Birmingham A Age-Herald.
The Press., 1922-05-25

companion the high sign and they both went to eating it-a nibble of chOcO- late and then a bite of bread. Both men were about twenty-five years old and had never seen a piece of chOcO- late befOre.-Kenneth l.. Roberts in the Saturday Evening Post.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-02
Public Opinion May
Force Carpenter
To Box or Retire

PARIS, Nov. 2ii (By The A.oela,,a
Press. Georges Carpenter, stIll su,.
fering from bad hands, 10 unable a. %,
10 resume training, but thoro is msek
talk in sporting circles OF a match b.
tween Georges and Joe Beckett, ofEsg.
lad, as we'll as deal Of speculation a,
20 whether Carpenter will enter Is.
competition officially opened By a.
Boxing Federation for the light-hssvy.
weight title made vacant By the az.
qualification Of Battling Ski, cor.
queror Of Carpenter.
Neither Carpenter nor his manager,
Francois Descamps, however. IL ready
20 say what his plans for the future
are. II is thought that Georges Is
waiting 20 see what sporting opinion
Is likely 20 be regarding the eI.cham.
pion's entrance into the competition %
regain his lost title. and also 70 get an
idea as 10 the prospects Of the togrns-
ment's success.
The sporting experts are agreed that
no one worthy Of meeting Carpenter
for the title is In sight, and tina. any
match arranged with the available ma
terial would be likely 20 prove rdieu.
lous. Al the samo time, they reeognizs
the fact that Georges must box some
one or retire.
A curious effect OF the announcement
Of the competition Is an apparent re-
action In favor Of Sikh. Some OF the
sporting writers are beginning 10 ex-
press the view that the federation went
rather fast and somewhat FAR IN pun
ishing the colored fighter for his IN
seemly behavior, these experts point
ing out that II Sikh lost his head he
was helped to II By the excessive At
tentions he received after his victory
over Carpentier.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-02
EhrIich Loses to
Sherry in Handicap
Billiard Tourney

-Four matches in the Manhattan ham
dieap pocket billiard tournament were
played at the Recreation Billiard
Academy, Manhattan, last night with
the favorites coming through in three
Of the contests. The lone upset was
the defeat Of d. Ehrlieh, playing for
IS, who bowed 20 +. Sherry, who had
only 25 points 10 make. Sherry count
ed his twenty-five markers while
Ehrlich was gathering an equal num-
Der, which was just 10 points short OF
his goal under the handicap arrange
ment.
In the opening contest N. Alderman
scored handily over II. Longo, % 10 SO,
and when this match was concluded M.
Blumgarten scored a 35-to-2i victory
over II. Birdsall.
The closing event was productive OF
some excellent shots, principally by
Howard Kortege, who trlumphed over
II. S. Mccormack, 81 70 S2. Kortege
played his usual careful game, and
In overcoming a severe handicap he
demonstrated brilliant control over the
worries.
The round robin tourney will be con-
tinued tonight.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-02
Criqui Favorite Over
English Champion Boxer

PARIS, Dee. 1 (By The Associated
Press Eugene Cnqui is strong
favorite In the betting on his bout to-
morrow with Billy Matthews 10 settle
the European featherweight champion
ship. The money which crossed the
Channel from England to-day TO be
wagered on Matthews was eagerly
snapped up at odds Of I TO 1, while sew
eral bets were recorded at even money
that the Englishman would not stay
ten rounds. Matthews and his mar
ager have wagered their entire end Of
The purse. and should Matthews be de-
feRted they will get nothing out Of the
fight
This Is my last fight In Europe"
Criqui declared this evening. II have
told Manager Eudeline 70 accept Jack
Curley's offer Of $25, 900 for q ight with
Johnny Dundee In America next Ne
mortal Day"
New-York tribune., 1922-12-02
Moran Signs for Five
Years With Centre

DANYILLE, KY, Dec. l. Rumors
current for the last month that Charles
Moran, Centre College football coach,
was considering outside offers were at
rest to-day, following announcement BY
Athletic Director Meyers that "Unele
Charlie" had signed a hve-year contract
with the Centre College Athletic As
suciation. Some uneasiness had been
caused among Centre supporters by the
rumors. in which tho University Of Ala
bama was among those mentioned as
bidding for Moran's services.
IL was "Unele Charlie" who groomed
the praying Colonels" for their hrst
offensive against Harvard and who has
taught them their gridiron tricks since
then. Plans for the erection OF q con.
crete bowl on Cieek Field, 10 be named
Moran Stadium, have been approved
By the athletic association, Director
Meyers said.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-02
Bouts Hereabouts
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Commonwealth 4. C.-Yrankie jerome
We. BattilnE Harry Leonard, if rounds.
BldSewood Grove \. C.--Joo hitehie
ys. willie CARRIER. - rounds.
oh Regifnens--Eddle Davis W. G. ~.
Humfnell, \ rounds
Navnl Militia-Frankie Pay vs.
Danny Lyons, 10 rounds.
MONDAY
Arena. Jersey City-wilIie jackson
". Johnny Shugrue, II rounds.
broadway r. A.--Iou Bogash W.
italian Joe Cans, ~ rounds.
Harlem -Falrmont 4. .C.-Sanamy Nabls
". Bllly Ryekon, 10 rounds.
Commonwealth =. C.-Amatour Box
Ing tournament.
Rink 5. c.-Trinity Club amateur
tournament.
Freepor; Audltorfum--Jarkie Nor
man vs. Red Cap Wilson. ~ rounds.
TUESDAY
18th Infantry Arm0ry-John Lester
johnson vs.. Jamaica Kid, IL rounds.
Rink =. C-1rinity Club amateur
tournament.
Pioneer :. C.--Mike Burke W. Eddie
Jo~eph. 10 rounds.
sl2th Regiment--Tony Mario vs.
Marty Powell, 10 rounds.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-02
Twenty Basketball
Games Carded by
Lafayette College

EASToN, Pa, Dec. 1.-The La
fayette College varsity basketball team
will play twenty games this season,
according 70 the schedule mado public
to-day by Manager Robert H. Grim.
The first game will be played here on
the college X. o. 7. C. Barracks build
ing floor December 9 with Dickinson,
and the last March 10 with Lehigh
University. also at home.
In all twelve games will be played
here. In this number are games with
Dickinson, villanova, Swarthmore,
Niagara University. Rutgers, Wash
ington and jefferson, Bueknell and
Lehigh. Two three-dsy trips will be
made. the first January Is 10 20 foy
games with Catholic University,
Georgetown and Navy, and the second
February % TO "a to New England TO
meet Trinity. Amherst and Williams.
The original squad Of sity-fve now
has been decreased to twenty by
orders Of Captain Johnny Longaker,
who has had charge Of the daily work
outs for two weeks. Coach Bill An
derson will take charge Of the squad
this week. Because of the Thanks
giving Day vacation starting Wednes-
day the team will only practice two
days this week.
The schedule follows, the games
being at home unless stated other
wise:
December ?. Dickinson; -. Yilisrovsl
is Lebanon Valley; January Q. MorAviani
10. SwRrthmore. Is. Niagara University
is. Catholic University at Washington; 10.
GEORGETOWN University At Washington. 20,
Navy at Annapolis: February I, Buck
nell; .. Rutgers; Is. Washington and JET.
fcrson: II. Lehigh at rsetniehem; "a.
Trinity at Hartford, Conn; 90. Amherst
AZ Amherst, Mass; ~, Williams AT VII.
Jamestown. NAss 20. brooklyn Poly at
BROOKLYN; March :. Albright; Z. Muhien-
berg: 10. LehiEh.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-02

As IN the past, he continued, two
crews. the Orange and the Black, will
have 10 be developed next spring. The
competition between these combina-
tions will determine which unit will
represent the university In the i'm
portant races Of the spring. The fall
season proved that the Black crew,
stroked by Seull and which represent
cd last years freshman crew intact,
could give Prizes crew sharp eompe-
tition, having defeated the latter shell
number OF times during the early
season. On the final day Of the re-
gstta, however, Prizes crew won by a
length.
with the possible exception Of the
Navy, II seems likely that the crews
which we shall have next year Will be
as fast as II not faster than last year.
Yale and Harvard have both made
changes In their coaching system,
which will undoubtedly reflect in faster
crews. Cornell can always be counted
on TO turn out formidable eight.
"The lightweight ib0-pound varsity
crews coached by Gordon G. Skies
showed considerable smoothness In the
fall regatta. This class Of crews Is
very popular at present, and judging
by the number Of candidates out we
ought TO have a very good lightweight
crew on the water. The freshman ma
terial this fall has been lighter than
in former years and, accordingly, II
10 too early for me to say what the
prospects for the 1925 eight"
The Princeton schedule for the next
year was fixed AZ a meeting Of the
Rowing Association held recently, at
which Princeton was represented by
II. B. Thompson, chairman Of the
Princeton advisory rowing committee;
r. S. Rauch, member Of the same COM
mitteo. and DR.. Spaeth. OF the uni
versity. The decision reached for the
Princeton rowing activities next spring
includes ss the first event partieipa-
tion In the Childs Cup race, 20 take
place on the Sehuylkill April 20, and
in which the entrants will be Penn,
Columbia and Princeton. This event
was held on Lake Carnegie last season
and Princeton crews made a clean
sweep Of all the events.
In order 70 enable Cornell and Har-
ward to arrange a satisfactory date
for their annual dual race, Princeton
hss agreed 10 90 20 Ithaca on May 10
70 enter the Carnegie Cup race
against Yale. instead Of staging the
race here, as IL was Prineeton's turn
New-York tribune., 1922-12-02
Mike o'Dowd Surprises


The result Of the fight at the Rink
Sporting Club on Thursday afternoon
when Mike O'Dowd defeated Dave
Rosenberg and won the middleweight
championship Of the State Of New YORK
Is still the talk Of boxing circles In this
city. Up until the time the boys
entered tho ring the fans were speak
ing Of 0Dowd as poor old Nike" and
fguring how long he would last against
the tough Brooklynite. Mikes showing
against Rosenberg was revelation
although he was in rather bad shape
himself when the scrap came 70 an
end.
A report was circulated yesterday
that a bone In one Of Rosenberg =
hands had snapped during a training
bout and that this fact was known 70
the Boxing Commission, but that the
authorities refused 20 allow the Brook
Ignite 10 withdraw from the match.
The result of the bout has no real
effect upon the middleweight situation
except that IL removes Rosenberg from
the rather synthetic position he held
as pretender to the worlds title In this
division.
O'DoWd must now DC recognized W
the Boxing Commission as the middle
weight champion Of the world, which
hands most persons at all familiar with
the situation a regular laugh.
Before taekllng Joe Lynch for the
bantamweight championship Of the
world al Madison Square Garden on
December %. Midget Smith will take
on Sonny Smith, Of Brooklyn, a. Seran-
ton OF Wilkes-Barre in a ten-round
battle. Sonny has been cunning for
the Midget for many months and as the
latter Is anxious 10 get one fast work
out under his belt before going against
the champion, he has agreed 20 give the
prookiynIte a chance.