Evening star., 1922-07-17

1t is the only buzz-Syp tree
in the known universe, ana
u this is all you will ever know
::bout il. For why? The buzz-gyp
is Shriners' tree. A Shriner is a
.Iason And Mason never tells
The discoverer of this tree is news
raper man of The Evening Star, who
attended the Shriners' convention IN
san Francisco-a fine figure Of man.
whose veracity is as securely afnxed
TO his reputation as the buttons
mother used to sew. You will notice
that this mental snapshot will serve
rs composite likeness of every other
press brother in town. Lord love
them-every one. But. anyhow
When the Shriners were doing the
Catalina islands, The Star man
whose name might be Sir Galahad,
except that it is William-wandered
off alone, and in his exploration
through a junglous splendor that no
Shrine man had ever trod before he
came to a dugout in a mountain. And
in the dugout grew a tree-the one
and only buZz-gyp.
BY some mysterious twist of coin
down with gorSeously queer blossoms
of the Shrine colors-red. yellow and
green, and as Sir William knows.
good story when he sees it, he gath
cred a few branches of the tree and
took them back to his hotel. meaning
to announce his find later on. but
you know what happens when cir
cumstances alter cases.
BY the time he was ready to join
his colleagues he noted that the wilt
ing leaves had taken on an opales-
cent loveliness, so different from any
other foliage inside OF botany or out.
that he paused to study the won
der things that Mother Nature can do
when she takes a notion. AS he tossed
the leaves aside one fell in glass
filled with water that CHANGED to be
standing by-unless YOU believe that
all things are ordained.
1t was at that instant that the
buzz-gyp proved itself the most re-
markable tree on earth-or Off it.
For. 10, the water deepened into am
Der and whitfield the minty pungency
of julep. The Star man tasted it. and.
by jingo, sir, it was ju!ep-the regu-
lar sort that father used to make be-
fore the world turned dry as water.
Science demands its sacrifices,
which is why Sir Gala-Bill tested his
discovery with fearlessness that
entirely disregarded the safety
slogan Say when" And by that
time. being a virtuous follower OF
Buddha Volstead. he decided to keep
the buzzgyp dark until the steamer
had nosed out to sea.
At his announcement clamor
went up for the captain to pull for
the shore. so that the convention
might gather cuttings for private
nurseries. but you know what skip
pers are once they get started. Lots
Of people like that.
Big money was offered Sir G.. w.
for the single specimen he was TAX
ing back to the Agricultural Depart
ment. but he refused with the
strength that is Gibraltar favored
with julep of the buzz-gyp. Such,
indeed, was the moral magnitude OF
this Star man that he even refrained
from mentioning the few leaves that
he was carrying homo to his own
cellar. lneTe are some tnlnSS tOo
sacred for speech. Ever notice?
The convention was on it's home
trip when correspondent on the
train craved permission to sell the
world its first story about the buzz
Syp tree. The Star man gave her an
Illuminating interview, but refused
10 show samples. She wasn't salts
fed with headlines. She wanted IL
Iustrations. So she hung around un-
til the first call for dinner gave her
the chance to pounce down on The
Star mans empty seat and scoop the
magic leavings of his buzz-gyp tree.
Yes, sisters, she was a lady corre-
spondent, but she couldn't have been
a perfect thirty-six or she would
never have done that to buddie.
especially with child on hand to
give her away. And, anyhow. as the
leaves will only julep up for a Shrine
man. this is the only truly true ac-
COUNT of the discovery. Of
The buzzgyp tree.
X X **
A pinney-show car ride from The
Star to the Capitol provided a pro-
gram well worth the price:
over a store door big framed
picture of a knight in armor mounted
on a bob-tailed horse.
Two men scratching matches on
the back of car stop disc as If they