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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-22
GRACE STREET CHURCH
MAY BUY CALVARY
John U. wilson Heads Committee to
NcEotintc Deal Involving
SnJ.tNbO,

Members of Calvary Baptist Church
vii! consider selling the church build
ing, located at Boulevard and Grove
Avenue, To the congregation OF Grace
street Church, following the Sunday
morning service. II was announced
last night. The congregation OF Grace
Street Baptist Church Wednesday
night decided unanimously To pur-
chase Calvary Baptist Church for a
consideration Of $4,000.
= committee appointed by Grace
Street baptist Church TO negotiate
the matter is composed OF John T.
Wilson. II. Il. Airport. W. Leigh Car
neal Hugh J. Powell. II. L. cox
Bruce Rowe and II. y Phillips. After
the holidays this committee will con-
slider the action which Will have been
tahen by Calvary Sunday.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-22
TO CITY CouNCILMEN:

Dear ordinance Committce-Nour
action 10 restrict roller skating by
children on the streets of Richmond
is one of the best things done re-
Gently. | have often wondered how
these youngsters, or n great majority
of them. managed to escape death or
serious Injury while engaged in this
exceedingly dangerous sport. Re-
striction of the practice is n duty
Council owes the children and their
parents. 1t is the means by which
10 save many an hour Of anguish.
understand the ordinance was intro
duced by Alderman Powers 1t was a
very commendable piece of work on
his part. FATHER BYRD.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-22

Ninc Stills were captured in one
RAID by state Inspector j. T. Cru,n
assisted by other officers yesterday
near Scoucs Dam, Elizabeth civ
county. according To Il report rccciv-
ed ut the office of the state Prohibit
ton Director. In addition to twenty
five gallons of whisky taken. 1.45O
gallons NJ mash were seized. In
Specinr Crutc was assisted by Dep
uty Sheriff Tom Cruto. County Officer
pan Franklin, Game Warden Sydnor
White. II. j. Glasgow and Federal,
officers from Norfolk
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-22
Is Slightly Improved.

Slight improvements n the condi-
ton of Ralph Hahcr. 81. 2S03 C;rif-
FIN Avenue. Barton Heights. an en-
ploNc of tn" Americn Locomotive"
Works. who is critically i'll ia Grace
Hospital as result OF severe iniu-
rirs sustained while il" was at worI
Monday morning. was reported at
tho hospital last night.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-22
rnNycn Hcre for EnncrnI.

Thomas Wallace Powell $ I'm Rich
mond 20 attend the funeral OF the
wife o: his brother William + Pow
ell. Mrs. Norcen Powell % Rrook
lyn, Mrs. \ Leslie Blair. a sister.
q Howardsril!e. Va. Will arrive
this morning
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-22
Our Entire Stock of Fitted Bags
One-Third Off

Fitted Case-the topnotch in Luggage makes
gift which will be used and treasured for years.
Then, too, there Bags without fittings for those
who prefeI them.
Mems or Ladies' Fitted Bags, Is to 20 inches
handkerchief, walrus or crepe grain--a few Over
night Bags also-used display samples. and our
popular styles that $500 to $4,000 reduced to
$685. and $333f Only one of kind to offer.
Evening star., 1922-11-05
BY sEWELL FORD.

HERE Is a thrill about getting
back to town-to any town, /
expect-after you've been
Evening star., 1922-11-05

tusks. roofing the clans out of the
mud and sand by the bushel.
When killed feeding over a clam
bottom, favorite place for walrus
hunting, as the animal rises to the
surface every nine minutes to
breathes it is towed to the shore by
q. number of kayaks. The mother of
the family Immediately cuts out the
stomach, around which all the chill
dren. of the village may gather, and
Sits 1t open for the entrance of the
many hands and even arms-a dish
greatly enjoyed by young and old.
The fat is packed away in walrus
skin bags. to be burned later in soap
stone lamps for heating and cooking
in their snow houses. Most OF the
meat is cached for the dogs, the legs
or hippers being saved, frozen, and
eaten raw during the winter months.
when visitors are expected almost
daily. The huge piece Of frozen meat
occupies the center of the igloo and
the center Of the circle as a buffet
lunch, which is not from 1 to 2 p.m.,
but continuous throughout the
twenty-four hours. Knives and a
hatchet are thrown carelessly about
and on the frozen mass. Help your
self any time.
Polar bear meat is tough and
Evening star., 1922-11-05
GIVING TORTONTS THE AIR
May Barry Deep Breahs Breezy At
Of
Deiesen Would Be Fine Hustle From
Morning Ito NIGHT

splendid event card every Sunday
night, but Fitzy knew of joint in
the Bronx where one could watch ten
drunken longshoremen showed into
one ring for battle royal. and added
that there were bookmakers who'd
cover any bet you wanted to make on
the result.
Meanwhile, others were drifting In
"a giggly, kittenish old lady In a
blonde Transformation and with an
amazing makeup which hid every
thing bu; her scrawny neck and the
bags under her eyes: a literary agent,
they said she was. and with her a
pallid youth who wore long lock Of
dank hair draped over his left eye.
Whitley thought he was a near-poet
from Greenwich Village. Also long
necked young thing who stared BRASS
lily around through huge bone-rimmed
glasses and wore a smock affair which
looked as though it had been made of
odd pieces of burlap caught together
cutely with stitching in Russian de-
sign: a big, owl-eyed youngish man
who was cultivating a full set Of chin
whiskers; a he-flapper sort OF person
Evening star., 1922-11-05

IT was going to be good to get back
i into the swim again. to be with
people who talked the language, who
were really alive. Regular folks! I
said as much to Barry on the way up
to Tortonis. and he thoroughly
agreed.
Il know" says Barry. we've been
out of it. Might t'almost as we'll have
been buried alive. 1 thought at first
could do whale OF o of work
up thereon the new play. But I
couldn't. Lacked the atmosphere. I
suppose. But here, among those who
are really doing things"
Look l breats IN Hes swung
out an electric sign and splurged on
a striped sidewalk canopy"
And a doorman uniformed like a
Swiss rear admiral. says Barry.
Say, old Tortoni must have had a
stroke of nervous prosperity. I'll bet
the Tooters have been giving the
joint free advertising"
1t was good guess. The first
thing we saw in the lower vestibule
was a lot of framed newspaper clip
pings-Tortoni write-ups. And the
Evening star., 1922-11-05

and very palatable even to the
daintiest of white men. There is no
choice as to which way it should be
cooked. for there is only one method
Of cooking in Eskimo land-toss it
into q soaps;one pot Of boiling water,
which Is generally kept suspended by
rawhide tongs over a seal oil lamp.
Comparatively very little seal meat is
eaten raw, and then only in a frozen
state.
I noticed that it was the habit in
Baffln Land, as soon as father arrived
dragging the still warm seal over
tho ice, for the mother promptly to
slit it open in order that the chill
dren might partake of the raw liver.
which they ate with every sign of eX-
treme pleasure. The eyes were
plucked out and given to the young
est child as the delicacy of the feast.
To see a child with two eyes of its
own and a third peering at you be-
tween parted lips is a bit weird. The
eye is sucked for some time as an
Eskimo lollypop before it is crunched
and contents eaten.
The walrus is the prize catch Of the
Eskimo. its huge bulk of 1000 and
even 5000 pounds furnishing an
abundance of food for men and the
very best for the dogs.
= X :: i:
AN advantage in the capture of the
"A walrus is that its stomach is gen.
orally filed with freshly dug clans,
all shelled and ready raw for the first
course in the feast. The walrus is the
unpaid clam digger of the Eskimo.
This he does with his curved ivory
Evening star., 1922-11-05

1ieve. for such an act is self-sacri1ce
and only occurs when the aged are a
burden or when the little ones are
starving and need the food consumed
by the old. A woman who dies in
childbirth has the highest place Of
honor in the future world; for what
is nobler, they say. than the bearing
Of children?
These are but few Of the concepts
Of their religion, Of life not ruled
by one God, but by many guardian
spirits, both good and evil, which
contend among themselves for su-
premacy.
The Eskimo's staple food is seal
meat, rich in blood. sweet. nutritious.
Evening star., 1922-11-05
How Locusts Breathe.
SCIENTIST abroad has constr,

A SCIENTIST abroad has construct
ed a delicate instrument that reg
listers and measures the respiration
of insects. The apparatus is conf
posed of a crystal tube with an aper-
ture in the end. Imprisoned in this.
the locust, in the effort to extricate
itself. turns over. bringing his tho
rax Immediately under a needle hav-
ing a ball in the point. In this way,
thanks to the ascending and descend
ing movement Of tho needle working
over q lever. the movements OF the
thorax are registered on a plate or
metal leaf. 1t is thus possible to
study attentively the quickness and
the length of each breath of tie IN
sect and. what is more important,
the strength and action. hy this
means it has been ascertaited that
insects respire in a mannef directly
the reverse of human beings. We
are required to put the necessary
strength into the inspiration. while
expelling 1t is largely automatic.
The locust, on the other hand, in
hales automatically, but expels with
moro trouble.
Evening star., 1922-11-05
BY DONALD b. MACMILLAN.


IN spite of the inhospitality and
unfriendliness of what has been
popularity termed the great white
L north, a region nearly every land
Of which is marked by a starvation
trail and tragedy of both natives and
whites, the Eskimo remains the same
smiling, optimistic and hopeful indi-
vidual as described by early explorers
of two and three centuries ago.
This race, essentially maritime, and
consisting of some 10000 souls, in
habits the longest stretch of coast
line Of any nation in the world. Its
people differ considerably in their
habits and customs according to their
geographical distribution and imme-
diate environment. Consequently,
generalized statements pertaining to
them are altogether too frequent in
writings of travellers Of today.
The Eskimo has wandered over all
lands from the northern coast Of ST.
IBERIA eastward to the eastern shores
of Greenland through 40 degrees of
longitude, or nearly half around the
world, their migration trail marked
by tent rings. walrus and bear skulls,
the bones of the caribou, musk OK,
seal and whale. and their winter. rock
igloos. .
wherever our trail led throughout
our 10000 miles OF sledge travel, far
up on the northern shores of Green
land and Grant Land, throughout
Ellesmere Land and islands eastward,
Bafin Land. Hudson bay region and
Labrador, there we found evidence of
these interesting. black-haired, black
eyed children of nature.
+ + + x
|0UR term Eskimo is one of con-
~ tempt and Of Indian origin, mean
ing "eater Of raw meat"
Every tribe in the arctic is desig-
mated by a name descriptive Of some
phase of its environment. For in
stance. the people we met here on
the southwest coast OF Baffin Land
were known as the 1g-loo-a-shoo-
ment or People in small houses"
Slowly they are becoming civilized
through contact with whalemen, trad
ers, explorers and missionaries. and
generally In the order in which
have mentioned them. The mission
ary is last, and too late in many
cases. He should have been first, to
strengthen the native in his fight
against Civilized" man, who has
torn down the walls Of northern
churches shattered the ideals of them
who would believe and brought shame
to man who boasts of his superiority
over the savage.
They have a religion, as every ma
tion under the sun, and it centers
around death and the hope Of immor-
tality. The. glittering stars in the
heavens are the spirits of their own.
The northern lights, rolling, shooting
and darting across the sky, are their
people at play. Today is but a step
toward that great happiness beyond.
The mans harpoon. his bow and ar
row, his kayak, his sledge, and even
a few of his best dogs. are placed
beside his grave. all to go with him
into the next world. The woman's
drying rock, Aer needle and thread,
her lamp and cooking pots, are
broken or pierced to release their
spirits and placed beside her. She
will need them all when she again
takes up her duties in the next world.
A man or woman who commits sui
eide will be forever happy they be-
Evening star., 1922-11-05
think Of going into? Musical comedy.

think of going into? Musical comedy.
perhaps?'
NO." says I, nothing like that.
think I'm going into business. Per-
haps I'll open quick lunchroom.' or
may be I'll buy into some nice deli
catessen store. Til send you one OF
my announcements"
And left while he was still getting
purple in tho neck, but before the ex-
plosion had occurred. But I meant
exactly what said.
Copyright. 1922., BY. sewell .Fxu-l
Evening star., 1922-11-05

TNHERE Is a thrill about getting
back to town-to any town,
expect-after you've been
away for a few months. OF
course. to get a real kick from !; rh-v
tell me one should put in a summer
batting around Europe, getting robbed
By our friendly allies. nicked by our
late enemies and bunked by all for
eigners In general. Those are the
frodigal sors and Ggug I.er. who
crowd around the forward deck of
incoming liners and go hoarse cheer
ing each gas buoy in Ambrose chan
mel and blow kisses at the Statue of
Liberty, and wave enthusiastic at the
crews o. garbas. ",. H..
they do II they've quit long enough
before reaching the three-mile limit
to be in cheering condition.
But even II you've only been as far
away as New Hampshire for the sum-
mer you can get more or less of a
tingle. I know we did. The first
lobster Joint on the shore road, blaz-
ing in red and green electric lights
and shrieking with jazz, we hailed as
Evening star., 1922-11-05
|Eskimos Nearly Halfway Round World
On Coast Line No Other Racial Home Equa1s

Explorer Story Welcome Extended by His Expedition People
Arctic Recalls Some of Their Characteristics and Family Com-Cst
Celebrated Fireworks and Mammoth Feast While
REQUIRES Only Brief Journey.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15
1HAa1aa xss0 oaovNaas.

e.. You were never sick in your life,
and if all the bullet holes l see. in you
couldn't kill you, why, you never will
die" '<.<.' ,~s .....r.E. -. =, :
"Can I smoke? ?" queried Ladd, with
sudden animation. MY Gawd, I used
to smoke. Shore I've forgot. Nell, if
you want to be reinstated in my gal.
lery Of angels, just find me pipe an
tobacco"
'I've hung onto my pipe" said Jim,
thOughtfully. II reckon had it emp
ty in my mouth for seven years or SO,
wasn't it, Laddy? A long time! I can
see the red lava an the red haze, an
the red twilight creepin' up. 1t was
hot an some lonely. Then the wind,
and always that awful silence! An
always Yaqui watchin' the west. an
Laddy with his checkers, an Mer-
cedes burnin' up, wastin' away to
nothin' but eyes! It's all there-Tll
never get rid Il
"Chop that kind Of talk" interrupt
ed Bedding, bluntly. Tell us where
Yaqui took you-what happened to
Rojas-why you seemed lost for so
long,"
II reckon Laddy can tell all that
best; but when it come to Rojas' fin
ish I'll tell what I seen, an SOIL Dick
an Thorne. Laddy missed Rojas' fin
ish. Bar none, that was the
I'm sick man, but can talk" put
in Ladd, "an' shore I don't want the
whole story exaggerated none by jim
Ladd filled the pipe Nell brought,
puffed ecstatically at it, and settled
himself upon the bench for a long
talk. He talked : for two hours
talked till his voice weakened to a
husky whisper. At the conclusion of
his story there was an impressive ST.
lence. Then Elsie Gale stood up, and
with her hand on Dicks shoulder, her
eyes bright and warm as sunlight, she
showed the rangers what a woman
thought Of them and of the Yaqui.
Nell clung to Dick, weeping silently.
Mrs. Gale was overcome, and Mr.. Gale,
very white and quiet, helped her up to
her room.
g Early in the afternoon Of the next
day Bedding encountered Dick at the
water barrel.
"Belding, this is river water, and
muddy at that" said Dick: lord
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15

knows Tn not Kicking. But I've
dreamed some Of our cool running
spring, and want drink from it."
'Never again. son. The springs
gone. faded. sunk. dry as dust" n
"Dry"' Gale slowly Strengthened.
"We've had rains. The rivers full.
The spring out to be overiowing.
What's wrong? Why is it dry%'
"Dick, seeing you're interested,
may as we'll tell you that a big charge
Of nitroglycerin choked my spring."
+ "Nitr0glycerin? echoed Gale. Then
he gave a quick start "AIy minds
been on home, Nell, my family. But
all the same / felt something was
wrong here with the ranch. with you.
with Nell. :. +. Relding, that ditch
there is dry The roses are dead. The
little green in that grass has come
with the rains. What's happened?
The ranch's run down. Now I look
around l see change" = s..
"Some change, yes" replied Belding,
bitterly. Listen, son. y - ..As..
Z Briefly. but not the less forcibly
for that, Bedding related his story
of the operations of the Chases.
With deep voice that had many a
break and tremor he told Gale how
Nell had been bounded by Radford
Chase, how her mother had been
driven by Ben Chase-the whole sad
story. -~,.,e.+, E.,.@- D..
$50 that's the trouble! Poor little
girl" murmured Gale, brokenly II
felt something was wrong. Nell wasn't
natural, like her old SELF,
:. :. '''It was hard on Nell" said Belding,
simply. But it'll be better now you're
here. Dick, know the girl. She'll re-
fuse to marry you and you'll have a
hard job to break her down. as hard
as the one you just rode in off of. I
think 1 know you, too, or wouldn't
be saying : 5..t--' - =.
''For Gods sake, you don't believe
what Chase said?" queried Gale, in
passionate haste. Its lie. I swear
it's a lie. I know it's lie. And I've
got to tell Nell this minute. Come on
in with me. I want you, Bedding. On.
why didn't you tell me sooner?" &-
Belding felt himself dragged by an
iron arm into the sitting room, out into
the patio, and across that to where Nell
sat in her door. At sight Of them she
gave a little cry, dropped for an in
slant, then raised pale, still face,
with eyes beginning to darken.l
=. Dearest, know now why you are
not wearing my mothers ring" said
Gale, steadily and low-voiced. .
s'Dick, I am not worthy" she re-
piled, and held out trembling hand
with the ring lying in the palm.
Swift as light Gale caught her hand
and slipped the ring back upon the
third finger.
Nell! Look at me. 1t is your en-
gagement ring. .. Listen. don't
believe this-this thing that's been tor
turing you. I know it's lie. am
absolutely sure your mother will prove
1t a lie. She must have suffered o2ce-
perhaps there was sad error-but the
thing you fear is not true. But, hear
me, dearest; even If it was true it
wouldn't make the slightest difference
to me. want you all the more to be
my wife-to let me make you forget
to" ..,-
She rose swiftly with the passionate
abandon Of woman stirred to her
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15
depths; and she kissed him.

OeptllS, anu SHe hlSSSu Hill. .g.saEy q n
"Oh. Dick. you're good--so good |!
you1l never know--just what those
words mean to me. They've saved me
II think a ,.r@ y.
'"Then. dearest, it's oil right?" Dick
questioned, eagerly. You will keep
your promise? You will marry me?" "
The glow, the light faded out of, her
face, and now the blue eyes were al
most black. She dropped and shook
her head. Il. q,8% +
They had forgotten Belding, who
stepped back into the shade.
III love you with my whole heart and
soul. I'd die for you" whispered Nell,
with clenclins hands,. But l won't
disgrace you Dick, you give not one
thought 10 your family. Would they
receive me as your Wife?'s.g =
They surely would" replied Gale,
steadily. M. -. Is,
4 "NO! oh mop - .~
=. you're wrong, Nell. I'm glad you
said that. You give me a chance to
prove something. I'll 90 this minute
and tell them all. I'll be back here in
less than" ,. Il. i e. G Fms :
"Dick, you will not tell her-your
mother?" cried Nell, with her eyes
streaming. .'You will not? Oh, I can't
bear it! She's so proud! And Dick,
] love her. Don't tell her! Please,
please don't! She'll be going soon. She
needn't ever know-about me. Please
don't go!". b. -. .;-.E&5 g.
Nell, I'm sorry. I hate to hurt you.
But you're wrong. You can't see things
clearly. This is your happiness I'm
fighting for. And it's my life. .
Wait here, dear. I won't be long,
Gale ran across the patio and dis
appeared. Nell sank to the doorstep,
and as she met the question in Bel
ding's eyes she shook her head mourn
fully. They waited without speaking.
1t seemed a long while before Gale re-
turned Belding thrilled at sight of
him. There was more boy about him
than Bedding had ever seen. Dick was
coming swiftly, flushed, glowing, eager,
erect, almost smiling. --.--.----
tLOn L1nued IL NexI issue)
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15

SUBSCRIBE FOR -HE PIONEER
New-York tribune., 1922-11-10
Reserve Statement
Shows Expanding
Need for Credit
Bank Borrowings
Increase $40. .0OO, 600
and Circulation Advances
More Than $50, ,OOO, 900

& An increase OF more than sal. .0e0. 900
IN member bank borrowings and an ex-
pansIon of mere than $4,000 900 in
circulation, shown by the weekly state
meme OF condition Of the Federal Re-
serve system, issued yesterday. fur
nished message of the growing re-
guiremerts for credit accommodations
and currency as business recovery pro-
ceeds. The rise In borrowings occurred
entirely IN commercial rediscounts and
the discount of bills secured by vov
eminent obligations, as there was q
slight decline in the bills purcha ged
IN the open market
Gold reserves of the system record
ed gain of S2,5o0,o 900, despite the
movement to Canada, aggregate re-
serves being substantially unclaimed
An important influence in enahi ING
the slight advance in the ratio TsG
to I6.4 Per cent was exerted by the
drop la the reserve account of member
banks from $l,847. .693 ,00G to Slssl2,.
051 900
At the New York bank bill holding,
rese $fS,0o8,00o, while reserves were
falling more than 25.oo0,oo0, chief,
due to loss Of gold through the set
tisnent fand. Circulation in this dis
trict increased less than $4,000, ,o0l
Reserve account deposits Of naen,bel
banks decreased So, 600 ,000. The ratio
/ moved up from S0.1 to 3o.6 per cent.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-10
Bank of Manhattan Co.
To Pay Stock Dividend
Would Raise Capital From
S5,O0O,O00 to $1,000, 900
and Distribute Incwease

Directors Of the Bank of the Man
nattan Company have approved an in
crease in capital from $1,000 900 to
$4,000 ,o06, shareholders were informed
IN q letter received yesterday. The
proposal, which provides for distribu-
aon as stock dividend Of 100000
shares OF $50 par value, will come up
Tor action at n special meeting to fol-
low the annual meeting ON December s.
assphen Baker, president, says In the
letter:
Your officers and directors have
peen considering for some time past
tne advisability of transferring por-
uon OF the surplus OF the corporation
70 capital account. In order that the
capital OF the company may be brought
INTO close proportion with the surplus,
your directors, at their regular meet
ing held on November 2, all the men,-
bers of the board being present, unani-
mously voted in favor Of increasing the
capital OF this company from S5,000,-
600 to $10,oo0,000, and to distribute the
amount of the Increased stock among
the shareholders as stock dividend.
Under this plan each stockholder Of
record at the close of business on No
vember %, 1922, would receive an
amount OF new stock equal to his hold
! ings at that time. The result of this
arrangement would be that if the above
| plan were carried out the corporation
! would have a capital of $10,000,G Goo, a
/ surplus Of Sl0,00e,000 and undivided
profits Of approximately $2,500,0o0."