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CAMEL RACE PROVES {.
FUNNY TO AUDIENCE.
FURIOUS TO RIDERS
Some Arabs who, Never Completed Course,
Others Who JOINED Race i'm the Middle, and
Some who Didn't Race at All CIaim the
Prize is Theirs.

ToUGGoURT, Sahara, April -.
IN HERE are few things which
can cause more amusement
to the disinterested specta-
tor or moro fury to the partici-
pators than a camel race. Little
or no attention is paid to the
course, for the entire energy OF
the Judge" and of the stew
ards" Is taken up in shouting
their support to the favorite.
After the first mile, some Of
the Jockeys" slip from their
camels. and. catching hold of
their tails, run behind them.
Whether or not they will win il
they come in first is a moot
point, and will certainly form the
subject OF slight discussion
among the Jockeys at the end
of the race. The riderless camels
certainly seem to trot faster.
DIVERS AT TEMASSINE.
The finish is unique, for the
Judge is far too excited over the
first and second and too intent
on shaking hands with the victor
TO pay any attention to the third.
At least nine Arabs, with tears of
rage and deafening shouts, swear
by Mohammed that the coveted
place is theirs. Some Of these
probably never completed the
course, others Joined the race in
the middle, and some, perhaps,
never raced at all. But so sin
cere does their fury appear that
the frenzy OF the real third
passes quite unnoticed, and the
race for the third place has TO be
run again.
When they get halfway round.
the excitement is zoo much for
them. and, leaving the track. they
ride helter-skelter straight towdrd
the Judge, and the first man to ar.
rive hurls himself 10 the ground
and rushes to seize tho judRo by
the hand, congratulating himself at
the top of his voice.
Twelve miles south OF Tpuggourt
IL tho little village OF Ttmassino.
II IL a typical oasis Of tn. Sahara.
and tho lake round which the VII.
laee lies is salt. and all tie water
which the inhabitants use II drawn
from wells. The method of clean.
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ones who have forgotten them
selves into Immortality
Today. Mrs. Scott rejoices In the
opening of q new era Of harmony.
She is still one Of tho foremost
women of America. interested in
every liberal movement.
One of her pleasures is tho school
she founded for mountain whites,
in her home State Of Kentucky,
established in memory Of her
husband.
NEW ERA OF HARMONY.
Mrs. Scott's encouragement Of
young artists and literary folk 10
well known. She has often brought
them to Washington and made
them widely appreciated.
More recently Mrs. Scott has
found brand-new interest in birds,
which she studies with enthusiasm.
Anyone who can show her an un-
known one is sure Of giving de-
light.
Her ideal household includes
children and grandchildren. OF the
latter, Miss Mildred Bromwell was
charming debutante Of last
season. Her name is a family
one. from Mildred, the daughter of
John Washington. also George
Washington's ancestor, who came
to Virginia in 1855. Scott Prom.
well, Mrs. Scott's grandson. is an
enthusiast in scientific farming,
which he has studied since Ieav-
ing Harvard, where he Vent from
st. Pauls school. The family will
continue to lead in farming.
And so she is not entirely a
lady OF leisure" this gracious
honorary president general of the
ID. A. r., who lives such a busy,
ideal life with so many varied
interests and such wide benefac.
tions to her day and generation.
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ing these is very curious. There
are perhaps a dozen men whose
profession II Is and who do nothing
else. A Weighted bucket Is low
cred to the bottom of the well. and
one Of the men enters the water
and descends to the bottom. With
out a divers helmet or apparatus
of any description. They remain
down there for a period which lasts
anything up to two and three
quarter minutes, and during that
time manage to FIJI the bucket with
mud and slush by the use Of their
hands only, and finally reach the
surface in an exhausted condition.
A second diver remains az the
mouth of the well, and should the
man who Is at the bottom suffer
from any distress and make signals
for Help by pulling at the rope, the
second diver descends rapidly TO
his assistance. When they both
reach the surface once more, the
rescued man kisses his deliverer in
affectionate gratitude.
OLD HANDS AT GAME.
Some of the men employed in
this work are over seventy years of
age. 1t is remarkable that they
live so Ions and continue 20 prac.
tice so unenviable a profession.
Temassine is only one OF the
many interesting expeditions tnat
can be made from Touggourt. Like
Laghouat, in southwest Algeria,
Touggourt is the last town cf any
size in the desert journey to Tim.
buctoo.
To those who feel tho fastina tor
Of the solitude Of the Sahara, VITO
can see and appreciate tho beauty
Of form and color that everything
assumes IN that clear atmosphere,
with the eternal golden background
of sand, expeditions to oases such
as Ouaragla and FL Cued Will lie
q source of Joy.
Every morning, as the sun rises
lik, n ball OF fire in the east, and
every evening as II sets amid
riot of color in tho west, the trrv.
eler will thank heaven FOR this won.
derfui peace that is 20 be found
within five days Journey OF civilL
zationA
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Mrs. Scott some little souvenirs
of her deceased husband when she
should return to her home. but
alas! there was nothing left. every
thing had been destroyed Tho
widow was heart-broken. but her
mother-in-law found two small
vases made from shells of Yer
dun. which as a young sergeant,
the son and husband. had carved.
They were the last two she had.
but his mother sent them, begging
that Mrs. Scott would accept this
memento.
Mrs. Scott's efforts for France
were recognized in the decoration
she received from the French gov
ernment. Ambassador Jusserand
gave a tea in her honor. the last
public affair which she attended a
year ago. About fifty OF her most
intimate friends were present,
among them Thomas Nelson Page
and the late Mrs. Page. Former
Vice-President and Mrs. Marshal
stood beside Mrs. Scott, when M.
Jusserand led her out to tea
PRICELESS HERITAGE.
In response to an address by the
ambassador, Mrs. Scott made one
of her characteristic speeches.
Mr.. Ambassador" Mrs. Scott
said, your country has conferred
many honors on the men and wom-
en- of America who have been
privileged to be associated with
the French in this war. There
are many families where the
croix de guerre. won on some
battlefield Of France, will be
handed down from generation to
generation as a priceless heritage,
and there are many other families
scattered over our broad land
whose most sacred possession is
somewhere in France a little
wooden cross-that last supreme
distinction of those triumphant
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A. r. society to world prominence.
She took up problems Of vital in.
terest. present-day questions.
After the close of her president
generalship. Mrs. Scott toured Eu-
rope by motor. She Travelled
through France, the Alps, Italy,
and other countries. Then she re.
turned to her. Bloomington home
to become just a citizen OF her
country.
TOURED EUROPE BY MOTOR.
But the world war came, and
with IL new work for Mrs. Scott,
who gave lavishly OF time, money
and personal strength. With
other members OF her ID. A. II.
committee, including Mrs. Thomas
A. Edison, $4,000 was collected
by Mrs. Scott for restoring Tillo.
10y. Four thousand French orphans
were adopted. Mrs. Scott ofton
says that she never had 80 much
pleasure from any other invest.
ment.
Widows Of French officers. the
new poor in France. wrote hor,
one said that she wished to send
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MINGLES WITH d. A. r. AT ANNUAL CONCLAV
AND INTERVIEWS MRS. SCOTT, HONORARY PRESIDENT

of
II mentle rpeseneb
is addresingM Daugers OF
of of
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STRUCTURE COST
100000 AND WAS
COMPLETED i'm 1910

Noble Women From All Over the Land, Home
Women Not Vet Emancipated by Universal
Suffrage More Like the Women of France,
Contributed the Funds to Erect the Home of
the Society Here.
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SAW WEST GROW UP.

1T has been sad that you were
once land poor Mrs. Scott?" was
asked.
Yes, that is what 1t was called.
I believe" she replied. MY hus-
band died. and / was left alone
with my two daughters to rear
and educate. TIE effect OF the
war had been to separate many
families and to destroy old asso.
Citations. l had to provide for my.
self and my small family. 1 pos
sessed land, acres and acres, but
not much money. The problem
was, how to turn it into a profita
BILE income"
"You have succeeded. Mrs.
Scott"
only by the hardest work, and
the most careful study of meth.
DDS and men," unused Mrs. Scott,
and then she told how she had
studied problems of agriculture,
tilling, fencing, soil, fertilization,
rotation Of crops, stock raising in
order to replenish the land, how to
find the best men for farm.hands
and overseers, farming on shares,
markets-all the detail and rou.
tine that the modern farmer is
just beginning to understand he
must practice.
CAME TO CAPITAL.
When her sister, the late Mrs.
Adlai Stevenson, came to Wash.
ington as the wife of the Vice
President about 1895, Mrs. Scott
came also. Here she brought out
in society her two daughters. Miss
Letitia Scott married Col. Charles
G. Bromwell, so well known in
Washington and especially as
President Roosevelt's military aide
and master of ceremonies of the
White House. Miss Julia Scott
met in France Carl Vrooman, whom
she married, and whose literary
collaboration she became. During
the world war both Mr.. aud Mrs.
Vrooman gave valuable services in
Europe. Mrs. Vrooman's (gold
brick) jazz band" was the delight
of the doughboy.
In coming to Washington TWEEN.
ty-five years ago, Mrs. Scott's
public career began. For with the
growth Of the d. A. r. she fol.
lowed her sister, Mrs. Stevenson,
and other noted women as presi.
dent general OF the society. For
four years, two terms, she gov
erned the turbulent body OF
nearly 100000 women.
Little anecdotes still preserved
tell how well she presided at the
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any other president general.
Mrs. Scott has the means for the
position" was the general con-
sensus, And 30, at her own ex-
pense, she went North, South,
East. West, around the circle at
least once every year of her two
terms. Often the Journeys were
long and fatiguing. On one of
them. after she had been regally
entertained near Kansas City,
Mrs. Scott's train had a break
down at a stuffy little town,
where a delay of three hours was
necessary. to the dismay of her
thoroughly bored companion. Not
so Mrs. Scott. For, exploring the
station, she found everywhere
people of absorbing interest,
mothers with babies, children and
immigrants.
RECEIVED THE NEWS.
The news of her second election,
after a bitter fight in the society,
found Mrs. Scott quietly reading
the Bloomington paper. She ap.
peared not the least concerned.
Mother" cried her daughter,
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By VICTOR FLAMBEAU.

LdDI UttW u Lu7P SVuH 6tuHu
IA In the great history of the Land,
A noble type of good heroic Womanhood."
WHILE echoes of the thirty first annual D. A. r.
w Congress still ringing and visiting daugh-
ters from all over the world crowding the
hall, Victor Flambeau joined the throng
In Europe he had heard much of this patriotic
ciety of 125OOO members, favorably known on the
other side as having adopted 1000 French orphans
and contributed nearly $4,000 to the rebuilding Of
devastated Toloy.
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IMPOSING MARBLE
HALL MONUMENT TO
WOMEN PATRIOTS

"'With What Admiration One Ought to Regard
This Stately Grecian RomaneSQue Exterior,
the Fluted Marble Ionic Columns for the
Thirteen Original States and the interior
Like Museum of Historic American
Antiques" Says Writer.
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my dear SIR" laughed Mrs.
Scott, 'your imagination is on'y
equaled by your excessive polite
ness. All that means not ease and
luxury. as you suppose. but, far
more often, drudgery. I actually
sigh for a little bungalow, and a
few favorite friends about me. By
profession ! am a farmer, as you
know"
OPERATES LARGE FARMS.
We have all heard OF Mrs. Mat
thew T. Scotts large farms in I'LL
nois and Iowa, acres upon acres
Of the richest corn land, which sne
has developed by scientific farm
ing to their highest producing
power. Her son.in-law. Carl Vroo-
man. a former assistant Secretary
of Agriculture, specialized in farm
ing. which he studied in France
as well as in America. His books
on a variety OF themes. political,
economic. travel in Europe sug.
gest his versatility. inspired by his
wife, Mrs. Scott's daughter.
"T married" explained Mrs.
Scott, "and with my husband be-
came a pioneer in the thrilling
development of the Middle West.
1t is difficult to realize how young
our country is. after all. and that
l actually saw the West grow
up, that l was even a part of II,
and that Illinois, the State which
became my homn. gained so inn
portant an influence in national
affairs"
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
NEED NOT HAVE ADVERTISED
Either Actor Was Exceedingly Popu-
lar or the Man In the Box Office
Was a "Kldder."

A member of an actors club tells Of
q One-night stand In North Dakota
played by a company with which this
actor was once connected. He always
remembers the place on account Of
several queer locallsms used by the
natives In conversation.
As he often does on such occasions.
this actor strolled up to the box office
on the afternoon of their arrival and
inquired as to the prospects indicated
by the advance sale.
"Outlook amt very good for to-
night" said the ticket seller, and the
actor thought he noticed just the
shadow Of a twinkle In his keen eye.
Here's half a dozen seats right here
amt even been sold yet and now I'm
blamed sorry / spent so much money
on advertising"
"Why, what on earth do you meanT
asked the actor.
swell, l just nosed 1t around that
you were coming to see us, and ding
me If the house didn't jest about sell
out three days ago."-Phlladelphia
Ledger.
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Doesn't Happen Every Day.

After paying my check at the desk
where had dined l stopped to weigh
myself on the scales near the door, in
plain sight and hearing of the room
full of diners.
As / stepped upon the platform and
dropped my penny in the slot a num-
Der Of youngsters jumped off nearby
>1onch and gathered around me. When
pointer swung around to 100 they
tapped their hands and squealed with
excitement.
One Of them called to a friend who
had not Joined the little party around
the scales: 20, come and lookl She
makes 1t go clear around w-Chicago
Tribune.
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A ReslqnatIon.

The clumsy girl, VINO had been act
ing as waitress for the Jenkins FAM
lily, had broken dish after dish, and at
last the mistress Of the house spoke
to her decidedly.
"If you break any more china or
glass, Mary, shall be obliged to dis
miss you" she said, ''for I cannot at
ford to keep you"
That very night at dinner there
came the sound Of a fearful crash
from the buffers pantry.
There was a moment of deathly STILL
ness, and then Mary appeared, remov-
ing her apron as she emerged from the
closet.
1.-THE plates and all is in flinders,
num-" she said, calmly, land I'm off"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
Few MlIllonalres In Italy.

Only q italian citizens according
to tax returns, could qualify in the
United States today as milllonaires.
On the basis Of lire there are 5,118
Italians who are worth more than a
million, but a million lire at the pres
ent exchange amounts to only $4,000.
Three-fifths Of the italian millionaires
have no more than this amount, and
only 90 have more than ten million
lire ($5OO,0O0O. Only two men pos
sess more than fifty million lire.
Rockefeller, by these figures, is thus
worth at least twice as much as all
the italian millionaires put together.
Two-flfths of the italian plutocrats live
In northern Italy in the two provinces
Of Lombardy and Piedmont.
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BASIN THAT FIRES BULLETS
New and FriehtfuI Weapon Of War 10
Operated Without the Aid Of
Any Explosive.

Can you imagine gun which makes
neither noise nor smoke, uses no ex-
ploslve, Is worked entirely by petrol
engine, and can shoot 100 rounds a
minute at ranges up TO 1000 yards?
Such a weapon Is being tested by the
British military authorities. 1t works
on the principle of centrifugal force
the same force that filings mud onto
your back when you are cycling on
wet day, or causes giant fly wheels
In factories to burst suddenly into
hundreds of fragments. Anything
that is placed upon a revolving wheel
Is carried TO its edge and then hurled
off.
The new gun consists of a metal
basin In which are placed quantity
of round steel bullets. AS the basin Is
whirled at enormous speed by petrol
motor tlle bullets are allowed TO es-
cape from an opening In the disk.
Shutters are provided which prevent
the bullets from being thrown out ex-
cept at one point.
One feature of the gun Is that 1t can
be regulated to meet the requirements
Of the occasion. Spin the magazine
rapidly and Its missiles will crash
through an Oaken plank mile away.
But let II revOlye at a low speed and
1t will pour out stream of bullets
which stun, but do not kill, at even
such a short range as 20 yards.
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CHARTER.

til the affairs of said corporation shall be
fully liquidated. In case of the death OF
one or more of the commissioners the
vacancy or vacancies shall be filled by
election by the surviving commissioners.
Said commissioners shall hold all powers
conferred upon them by law or by the
stockholders at such meeting, If not in
consistent with law.
ARTICLE Vino stakeholder shall
ever be held liable or responsible for the
contracts, faults or debts of said cOrpO-
ration in any further sum than the unpaid
balance. if any, due the corporation on
the shares of stock owned by him, nor
shall any mere informality In organization
have the effect Of rendering this charter
null or of exposing a stakeholder TO any
liability beyond the unpaid balance. if
any, remaining due on his or her stock.
ARTICLE VIII-ThiS Act of IncorpOra-
ton may be changed. modified or amended,
or the capital stock of this corporation
may be increased or decreased, or said
corpoation may be dissolved in the man
ner now or hereafter provided by law.
ARTICLE IX-The subscribers hereto
have respectfully witten opposite their
names the amount of stock in this cOrpO-
ration subscribed for by each of them so
that this act of incorporation may also
serve as the original subscription list of
said corporation.
Thus done and passed. at my Office at
the City of New Orleans, on the day.
month and year herein first above writ
and Edwin e. HOllins, competent wit
nesses, who have hereunto signed their
names, together with the said APP
bearers and me, notary, after due read
ing of the whole.
ORIGINAL SIGNED
W. W. James, DeSOto Hotel. New Or
leans, La, one share. $4,000; l.. V. Ford.
3231 Grand Route ST. John, New Orleans.
La, 20S shares, $40. 10000; Il. 4. Ford.
1914 Florida Street, New Orleans, La, one
share, $4,000.
(Seall STAMPS FARRAR,
Notary Public.
Witnesses: Raoul Sere, Jr., Edwin e.
Hollins
i, the undersigned Recorder of Mort
cages in and for the Parish of Orleans.
State Of Louisiana, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing act of incorpora-
ton of the Valley Refining Co., Inc, was
this day duly recorded in my office, in
Book No. 1879. Folio -
New Orleans, October 5. 1922.
(Signed) ROBT. SCOTT.
Deputy Recorder of Mortgages
l hereby certify that the above and fore
going is a true and correct copy of the
original Act of Incorporation Of Valley
Refining Co., Inc, passed before me ON
the 9th day of October. 1922, on file and
on record in my office. together with the
certificate of the Deputy Recorder of
Mortgages thereto attached.
In faith whereof | have hereunto set
my hand and seal Of office, at New OR
leans. La, this 9Th day of October, 1922
(SeaD STAMPS FARRAR.
Notary Public.
Dyt 12-Noy 16
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CHARTER OF GULF STATES RICE
MILLING COMPANY, INC.

United States of America, State of
Louisiana, Parish of Orleans. Be il
known. that on this 4th day of the month
of October. in the year of our Lord one
thousand, nine hundred and twenty
two Q922l. and of the Independence of
the United States of America. the one
hundred and forty-sixth, before me.
Watts X. Leverich, a notary public.
for the Parish of Orleans State OF
Louisiana, therein residing, and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally
came and appeared the several persons
whose names are hereunto subscribed.
who declared that, availing themselves
of the laws of this State relative to the
organization of corporations. they have
covenanted and agreed and do by these
presents covenant. agree, bind, form
ana constitute themselves as well as
such persons as may hereafter join or
become associated with them, into
corporation or body polite in law. for
the objects and purposes and under
the agreements and stipulations follow
ing. to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title OF
this corporation shall be Gulf States
Rice Milling Company, Inc, and under
us corporate name II shall enjoy sue
cesslon for the full term and period OF
ninety nine years from and after the
date hereof. and shall have power and
authority to contract, sue and be sued;
to accept and receive mortgages, pledges
or other hypothecations; to make and
use corporate seal, and the same to
break and alter at pleasure; to pur-
chase, receive. lease, hold or otherwise
acquire and convey. as well as mort
gage and hypothecate under its corpor-
ate name, property, both real, personal
ana mixed; to borrow money and make
ana issue bonds, and other evidences of
deDt' and to secure the same by mort
gage or otherwise: to subscribe to and
hoid stock in other corporations; to ac-
quire. hold and reissue shares of its
capital stock; to carry out all of the OBJ
lects and purposes hereinafter set out;
TO name and appoint such managers
ana directors, officers and agents as the
interest and convenience of said corpo-
ration may require; and to make and
establish as well as alter and amend at
pleasure such bylaws, rules and regu-
lations for the management and regula-
tion or the affairs of the corporation as
may be necessary, proper or convenient;
ana generally to do all such other acts
anu things as trading corporations are
authorized to do under the laws of the
State of Louisiana.
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Cocaine Culture.

Cocaine first obtained recognition as
q valuable medicinal drug ABOUT thir-
ty-five years ago. and the commercial
supply was derived from leaves Of the
wild coca plant native to Peru. Now,
however, the shrub is cultivated on
an extensive scale In Java, which will
export this year about 4,5OO 900 pounds
Of the leaves.
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CHARTER
CHARTER OF THE VALLEY REFINING
COMPANY, INC.

United States Of America, State of Lou
isiana, Parish of Orleans, City of New
Orleans. Be 1t known that on this 9Th
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
twenty-five, and Of the Independence of
the United States Of America, the one
hundred and forty-seventh, before me.
Stamps Farrar, q Notary Public, duly
for the Parish Of Orleans, State Of Lou
isiana. therein residing, and in the pres
ence Of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned; personally came an ap-
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
Exaggerated Fancy.

"Why are you so resentful of air.
shipsf"
"They make US nervous" replied
Farmer COrntosseL "Some of the
summer borders are always mistak-
ing theSa for mosquitoes in tie DIS
lance"
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