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New-York tribune., 1922-09-10

her cruelty became pub
lie. Some folks there are
who still insist that the
house is haunted--that
the spirit of a young girl
is Oft e n seen fitting
through the old mansion
and that at. times groans
and rafting of chains are
heard from the old slave
quarters,
We went through the
great building, even to
the cupola from which we
viewed the city, without
seeing or hearing a single
spook. AS we passed out
of the old building dark
ness had fallen and we
observed two negroes
whose work evidently had
called them to this vicin-
ity OF the s'haunted
house." on the opposite
side of the street. They
were whistling amazingly
loud and walking with In
credible speed.
o. Henry mentioned in
one of his stories that
his room looked out on
athe Old Absinthe House. y
] pointed out the room
to Mrs. Porter.
III Mr.. Porter ever
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she could serve nothing ahead Of time. Fur
thermore, she was not dressed for visitors,
she protested in French But Nine was intro
duced to Mrs. Porter and informed that she
was the widow of 0. Henry. Nine. took
a greatly pleased look and took off blue
apron, which she hastily rolled up and held
behind her back with one hand, while she
extended the other in greeting
"Do you speak French?" Nine. Begue asked
in her native tongue. English for me is so
very difficult"
Mrs Porter replied that she did not
20. Henry, 0, Henry" Madame proceeded
in English. "You know so many people ask
me about him. For long time I don't know
who they mean Then some one say Mr.. Por-
ter, he o. Henry OF course, know. then.
Why he call himself Henry? Porter much
nicer nanie?"
No one hazarded an attempt to explain
"Mr. Porter, he come here much many years
ago. ! was the cook then, (the present
Nine. Begue was the chief cook for the for
mer Nine. Megue and married the husband
of her former employer). How much did he
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10

love Creole coffee! Every morning he used to
come here when mos everyone else gone to
bed. When I see him I always reach for the
coffee biggn.'* That was when the restau-
rant was over there.
Madame pointed across the tiny street to the
second floor of a structure quite similar in ar
rangement to the one in which she is now
located.
"See" she said, pointing through the win
dows in the opposite structure, "that was the
kitchen, that was the dining room, and there
Nine. Begue's private room"
"Did Nine. Begue ever find that some of
the paper on her wall was worth lots of
money!" Mrs Porter asked
Nine. Begue I'd had difficulty in under
standing
"No" she said at last, "Mme Begue she
had little bits of wall paper of different kinds
in her room, but worth only few cents"
We Jared forth again. through the dusty
narrow streets.
"Mrs. Begue amused me when she COM
planned about her old Dress Mrs Porter ex-
claimed. isn't that just like woman! And
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A "Haunfed House" With
Plenty Of Story

From the convent we visited the haunted
house." the highest structure in Vieux Carre.
Many years ago it was the home of an aristo-
cratic French family by the name of La
Laurie Nine La Laurie was known as the
lady bountiful of the village and famous for
her good deeds. Eventually, however, it was
found chat she was torturing her slaves, hav-
ing kept them chained to the floor in the gar
ret for months and tortured them with hot
irons--a crime that was ascribed to mania
for avenging the death of her parents, who
had been killed by their slaves. She fled when
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10

ANY writer's have whetted the blades
AIS Of their imagination, so to speak, on
the ancient structures of New Or
leans colorful old French district.
bit none Of them has been held more securely
+ tie spell Of the quarter that was the late
|lHsary.
Ths vieux Carre (old square), as the Creoles
all It. stands to-day much as it did century
,ga Romance fairly beckons from the dingy,
nrCw doorways, from the quaint little win
syws that rattle in the wind as If chattering of
snildewed past, and from the rusty galleries,
shch, with their backs to the sea, seem to be
nsking their last stand in America against the
siush Of modern architecture
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l enjoyed her remarks about the coffee. Mr..
Porter was so fond Of New Orleans coffee.
used to try to make it for him and he would
here and tasted it, / know the kind made was
very poor imitation. I let my coffee boil and
didn't know any better!"
In answer to question, Mrs Porter said
she had heard her husband speak Of the
Beauregard home, the old Ursuline convent
and the "haunted house"
We peeped in at the former residence Of
General Beauregard, snapped Mrs. Porter as
she stood on the front steps and hurried across
the street to the convent building, the oldest
structure in the Mississippi Valley. The build
ing was started in 1927 and from 1874 to 1924
portant part in the history of New Orleans.
The walls of the great pile are several feet
thick and the roughly-hewn timbers of the in
terror seem as strong to-day as when they left
the forest. From these galleries and dormer
windows on January 8, 1916, the nuns could
see the smoke rising from the plains of Chal-
mette and hear the rumbling of cannon and
the sharp report of rifles while Andrew Jack
son and his army were fighting their desperate
battle with the British. All night long the sis
ters remained in prayer for the success of the
American arms and turned their schoolrooms
into hospital for the wounded.
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& aanuscript That Was
'sen Times Rejected

IS as'ilng Dicks Christmas Stocking
o''sF nused. q always loved that story.
n N % you know it was rejected by thir-
EN- ss.,,. magazines, coming back with
~. printed card, regretting that it
|A,s, s4'aOie, and so forth. The fourteenth
ss''pe printed it,
sA,,s ssSsu At the old-fashioned iron benches,
: magnolias and palms.
sasss.s,s 1ser y told me one time" Mrs. Porter
|sa Sc mat he once slept on bench in
ela s "hy,' inquired, what on earth
ss ssed you to do such thing.
asss 1aet came his whimsical reply, that
siss sssssss the wherewithal to pay for
| s quarters elsewhere,
lss Street. 8
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"A III DSS ue 1SStdu-
rant?" I asked.
''Indeed I did, many,
many times" she replied.
'That was the place
where the reporter for
'The Picayune' and the
reporter for 'L'Abeille'
used to go for their coffee
or absinthe after the pa
pers had gone to press in
Cherchez la Femme. Nine.
Begue was the original
of Nine. Tibault, whose
securities were thought
to have been appropriated
by her confidential agent.
1t was later found that
she had used them to
paper a soiled place on
her bedroom wall, not
knowing they represent
ed her fortune"
The car halted in De-
catur Street before q
building on which was a
blue and white sign read
ing "Mme Begue's Fa-
nous Restaurant, y and
we climbed the rickety
staircase to the second
floor.
Nine. was very busy,
indeed. 1t would be din
ner time in an hour, but
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roomed there" she said with a SMILE ST was
because he could not afford a better place
He was not in the least Bohemian, although
many people think he was. Why, Sidney was
comfortable only when he had everything
just the way he wanted it. Every morning
he had to have a shave and shower If he had
to walk mile for them. When he lived here
in this room it was case of necessity, and
fancy he didn't stay here long.
"Mr. Porter loved to spend money--it was
of no value to him to keep. He worked
spasmodically. Oftentimes he would get the
title and plot of story in his mind, then
go down to the publisher and obtain an ad-
vance Of a few hundred dollars on it. The
consequence was that the publishers had 10
keep their printing forms open until the last
minute before he would conclude the stories
he had contracted to them
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10

"This," I remarked, sis where Captaip
Patricio Malone was strolling one night when
ne went to the rescue of Francis Kearnv. who
had crashed through a wooden cellar door
into heap of soft coal in the basement below
1hus picking up an acquaintance, speaking
hguratvey and literally that resulted in
Latln-American revolutionary adventure which
came cropper because of the malign influence
OF Phoebe kearny's unlucky STAR By the
way all of New Orleans laughed about Bad
Luck Kearny tumbling into CELLAR
Il do not understand why New Orleans
should have laughed" Mrs. Porter responded
in puzzled tone
You see," was the explanation, sthere isn't
cellar on Tchoupitoulas Street or in all New
Orleans, for that matter"
So Mrs. Porter laughed, as New Orleans did
We crossed into the Vieux Carre. There was
the waterfront with it's craft of all descrip-
tion rocking lazily in the river Negroes were
rolling barrels of moasses to the decks or car
rying huge loads Of bananas from the fruit
boats, those South and Latin American car
riers on which O. Henry's heroes were wont to
embark or dsembark
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Water Front Has ITS Osvn
Crop of Memories

Here" suggested, SIS where Clancy dis
covered the box of Winchester rifles on the
wharf and sailed with the sleek senor for
Guatemala, confident he was to have promi-
nent role in another revolution
Mrs. Porter smiled
eyes," she said, "only to discover that the
few rifles were to be used by the guards, and
that the rest of the boxes contained hundreds
of pickaxes and shovels, one Of which the pep
perry Irishman was destined to WELD under
duress.
81 have read Clancy and Captain Patricio
Malone and the rest so many times in Cab
bages and Kings That story has never lost
its charm for me. Every time pick up the
book it seems fully as interesting as it was at
first"
"Did you ever hear Mr.. Porter speak of
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10
D 0Henry's Story People Came
Raurally In NeW Orleans

Hhe fathers Of New Orleans, from Bienville
a daTn had had it in mind to fashion the
saafsday so that it would have the strongest
appa bone of 0. Henry's type, they would
Awbuded it just as they did.
Long ago had promised myself that some
day would pick up o. Henry's indistinct trail
fn New Orleans ON which he encountered
Visiting Dick, Nine. Tibault, Robbins, Du-
aifs Captain Patricio Malone, Bad-Luck
laFrey, Clancy and others Of his heroes and
sannes, but had procrastinated. Then, the
5sAef day quite by chance, was presented to
4 Afs Sidney Porter, widow Of w. S. Porter
y Henry), who was stopping at New Or
cans aosel to break journey from her home
" asheyille, N. c., to California. / told her
" ng proposed ramble. The delicate little
'saaa, who herself has attained considerable
4 lsns as Q writer under the name Of Sarah
4 0Anan. was all enthusiasm.
s0lld you be good enough to take me with
'1s she exclaimed. "T have heard Mr.. Por-
Say 50 many times: There are only two
S@'s IN the world-New York and New Or
AaA Thus it was that we started out. 1t
: : matter of but few blocks to Lafayette
'asts' Where our car halted before the statue
4 asafy Clay, but our minds were not primed
sasesnen. We were thinking Of Whis-
: DleS, who met the German policemen in
q ss1k and was gently chided by the minion
= law for one false note in his liquid
- prevented from taking his long antici-
s zap on bench and sent on his journey
Z ae leyee, whittier he was destined to
Y Inc silk stocking of "the blooming little
d s4sAa later hurl it through window of
81 - home, thwart robbery, and then.
'siag rewarded for his kindly deed, slip
ae plantation home where he had been
4 s0' dsgusted with the thought of taking
sna sleeping il, real bed.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-25

published by the Vieille Montague Co.
in Belgium. Communications are con-
stantly coming 10 the secretary re-
Questing information about the advis-
ability Of constructing "a zinc roof I'M
der certain conditions and requesting
sources of additional Information.
which seems to indicate the great pub
lie interest in the work.
THE zinc industry is not content
with merely pushing into the roofing
channel, and has its ear trained TO
catch any other sounds that would
help consumption It's research work
has not reached a stage that can be
called perfect. but the industry is not
asleep, and the spirit shown in its
work since the organization of the in
stitute argues well for an intensive
investigation Of the market for zinc
The slogan Make It of Zinz" needs
substantial support to make it effect
i've. No one will make it Of zinc unless
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-25

1.-The fact that prospective produc-
ton is larger than prospective con-
sumption has made the principal object
of the American Zinc institute the
stimulation Of wider uses of zinc. This
is a tremendously important and diff
cult problem. Prior to the war zinc
had practically only two outlets in this
country-the galvanizing trade and
brass manufactures, galvanizing con-
sumption being the most important.
Hence the prosperity Of the zinc bust
ness was rather firmly interviewer
with that Of the steel trade.
at first blush it may be difficult to
think of any important Independent in
dustrial applications of zinc that give
much promise of affecting production.
However the home wash board, fruit
jar tops. tips for shoe laces. buckets
pals. alarm clocks dry-cell batteries
hot water bottle caps, window glazier-
points. refrigerator Innings, table tops
sinks, nails, toilet preparation boxes.
picture frames cameras, humidors,
and many other common examples Of
the interior use of zinc may be men
toned But the greatest effort to wild
en- the consuming channel at the pres
ent time and one that gives much
promise is the exterior application Of
zinc to shingles and other building
materials where the ability of zinc 10
Withstand corrosion can be utilized to
good advantage Unfortunately for
zinc. however. the competition for the
roofing business is intense: in fact the
prospective home or factory builder
may become quite perplexed nowadays
over the choice of a proper material
with which to build a roof Should he
use zinc or copper, asbestos, rubberoid,
slate. terra Gotta, iron, tin or nickel
plate, lead or alumnum-or go back to
wood? Many of these substances are
being vigorously pushed as excellent
roofing Naturally and oddly enough
they all POSSESS merits that can be en-
arged upon to furnish ammunition TO |
he advertiser and confusion to the /
buyer. Cheapness, cold and heat re-
iisting qualities and durability have all /
,een stressed Zinc compares we'll /
With other materials and has record /
If successful use in building cOnstruc-
ion that speaks better than any theo-
etical considerations. European build
rs have used zinc for a longer time
han those of the United States. Many
oofs are said to have been built in
Belgium between 1920 and 1850 are
till giving service. The application of
inc for this purpose in the United
states is only now beginning to look
PROMISING and successful Early at
empts to use zinc for a roofing were
failures. due to an inferior
uality of metal or to improper appl-
alton. Then again, quality or per
nanence is not as important a factor
n building in the United States as II
S abroad But zinc has proved so
veil adapted to roofing in Europe and
as been so little used in the United
states, that AN excellent field is oper
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to its most extensive application fof
this purpose Through the efforts
the American Zinc institute and the
individual shingle manufacturers the
public is being educated to the bene-
fits of using zinc for roofs.
MAKE It Of Zinc" the Slogan.
1.-THE meetings of the American Zinc
institute have been exceedingly valua-
BILE in opening discussion as to meth
DDS of stimulating zinc consumption
and have brought about a unity of eff
fort that could not have existed with
out some common meeting ground for
q collective consideration of zines
problems. The institute is now work
ing upon a Zinc Workers Handbook,
which will describe the proper apple
cation of the metal to roofing and sup
ply data to architects and builders that
will enlighten them as to the advan-
tages and proper application of zinc
roofs II is an adaptation of a volume
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-25

shown that it is to his particular ad-
vantage-that it means dollars and
cents to him The awakening OF the
zinc trade of the United States. with
its compact association, is an assur-
ance that this support will be forth
coming. In fact, the collective adver-
Using of zinc products has been under
consideration for many months.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-25
Tariff on Zinc.

"A problem that his bothered the
whole zinc industry greatly has been
and is, the tariff The American Zinc
institute is splendidly suited to take
up this question. and judging from the
protection accorded zinc in the tariff
bill as presented to the senate il has
been highly successful in its work
without going into the merits or de-
merits of the tariff. it is not difficult tc
see that the fun influence of the Amer
lean zinc industry through its organi-
zation could easily be brought 10 bear
upon Washington. Its secretary main
tains close contact with activities i'm
the senate and the house. and has FIRE
quently hurried to the capital from
New York to urge upon congressman
the wish of the zinc industry to be
adequately protected from importa-
tions. From the standpoint of con
gress and the industry it has been
more efficient to deal with a spokes
man or a few spokesman of an industry
than with a scattered, unorganized /
group.
1.-THE contact which the American |
Zinc institute maintains with Wash
ington is exceedingly valuable from |
many angles Recently it was discov
cred that the post office department |
had under consideration renewing old |
street letter boxes in the eastern part |
Of the United States Sensing a possi
BILE outlet for zinc in these wholesale |
renewals the American Zinc institute |
proposed that the new boxes be con-
structed of zinc instead of iron, which
corrodes much easier. The matter is |
now in the hands of the department |
and may open an additional use for
zinc.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-25
MAKE IT OF ZINC" NOW
IS THE POPULAR SLOGAN
AMERICAN ZINC INSTITUTE is
ACCOMPLISHING BIG RE-
Suits FOR METAL.

The efficient work Of the American
Zinc institute to secure wider use of
zinc is reviewed in the Engincerine
and Mining Journal of May 10 by Felix
+. Wormster. associate editor, from
which it appears that very substantial
results are being accomplished through
the close and cordial cooperation Of the
zinc mining and smelling interests,
from which it is evident that the nsti-
tute should receive the active support
in its work by all who are in any man
ner connected with or dependent upon
any branch of the zinc industry. In
the course of his article Mr. Wormster
says:
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-25

At the equator a degree of longitude
is So miles long
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-25

The first illustrated book came out
i'm Rome i'm 10 b. c.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-04-13
Coca-Cola Team Wins
Over Parish Seat Boys

The baseball team of the Boga-
lusa Coca-Cola Bottling Company de-
feated a Franklinton team of youths
in an exciting game last Friday aft
ernoon in Bogalusa. District AttOr-
ney J. Vol Brock was the umpire and
he had his hands tull.
The visitors made three runs in
the third inning, one in the fourth
and one in the sixth, and the eighth
inning gave them another tally for
a total of six runs.
The Coca-COla boys made three
runs in the second, three in the
fourth, two in the sixth, one in the
seventh and three in the eighth,
making a total of IL runs.
The features of the game were the
pitching of L. Marx and the homerun
by R. Case, the shortstop for the
Coca-Colas.
Manager Mills is arranging several
games for his team and each succeed
ing one has proved more exciting.
Nearby towns who have a team COM
posed of youth should write him for
dates.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-04-13
Presbvterial Auxiliary

The ninth annual meeting of the
New Orleans Presbyterial Auxiliary
will be held in the local Presbyterian
Church, beginning next Tuesday at
.1O:I5 a. m. and closing at 2:l5 p. m.
the following day. There will be
delegates from nearly all Of the
churches within the bounds Of New
Orleans Presbytery. Most Of these
ladies will be entertained at the Pine
Tree Inn, but luncheon will be served
each day at the Y. w. G. A.
The hours of meeting will be as
follows: Tuesday, 1915 a. m, I:OO
p. M, 1880 p. M; Wednesday, $3.50
a. m. and l p. m.
A splendid program has been ar
ranged. Among other attractions,
there will be a Bible study at each
dav session, conducted by Mrs. D. b.
CCbbs. There will be special adj
dresses by Gerald Harris on Sunday
School work, and by a missionary
from Korea, Mrs. R. S. Leadingham,
on "Our Work in Korea" These adj
dresses will be Tuesday night, after
which there will be social hour with
refreshments.
All the women of BOgalusa are in
vited to attend these meetings and all
Presbyterian women are urged to at
tend all the sessions and to take
Luncheon at the Y. w. G. A. The men
are specially invited to be present
Tuesday night.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-04-13
American Women Asked to Commp,.
Death Sentence of Armenian Childras
Mrs. Carrie Chap an Gait
Heads Committee to Raise
More Funds For Relief

Appalled, by the tragedy which
threatens to turn twenty-five thousand
children into the streets to die, the
club women of America, twelve mil
lion strong, have joined in an APP
peal for a special emergency fund to
commute the sentence passed by the
Executive Board of the Near East
Relief, in voting cut in its appropri-
atoms. If men can calmly condemn
helpless children to die, the women
can't. If there isn't money, money
must be found. That is their motto,
and with Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait
as head of the Special Emergency
Committee, they are out to win.
The cut in appropriations, made
necessary by the decreased contribu-
tons to the organization comes at a
most desperate time. With children
already dying in the streets by the
score every day, because there is not
room in the orphanageS to take them
in, or food at the soup kitchens to
feed them, there is no alternative
but to turn those away who have al
ready been taken under Americas
protection.
Famine and death are pitted
against the strength of babies,' says
Mrs. Gait in assuming the Chair
manship of the Committee. ''Unless
the women of America throw in their
force on the babies side, famine and
death will win this spring.
''This twenty-five per cent cut
means that thousands of children
must be driven away from the Near
East Relief doorsteps to die by the
roadside, children who three weeks
ago hoped for their chance at life.
For they love life as our children
love life.
''The women's Emergency Commit
tee of Near East Relief asks the
women of America to underwrite the
lives of these $4,000 children at five
dollars a month per child"
Already in the streets of Erivan,
according to letters received from
American women working in the
Near East, children are dying on the
very dOorsteps of the orphanage.