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New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
BY FREDERIC F. VAN de WATER

ing. For have heard much to the credit Of
the CaGph of that land, the wise and lust and
pacific Tom-son. He is truly ruler after
my own heart, and it is in my mind to 20 to
him so that hereafter, having seen my face,
he may have clearer ideal toward which to
labor"
Ard the Vizicr Sinn-ott bowed and Jared
forth to do the bidding of the Caiph, so that
before cvcntide the caravan was assembled and
on the next morning, appeared before the
cames OF Bactria and upon their backs
trunlpeters and drummers for the sounding of
ffourishes and ruffles Behind them strobe the
milk white camel Of the Caliph, such as mon
OF the desert love, gayly caparisoned and
proud, and behind them dromedaries for the
twenty scribes and interpreters who were to
accompany their lord.
Then mounted the Caliph and to the sound
of the salute received by major general
turned his face from his people and toward
the desert. And he and his caravan Travelled
night and day, steering wide of the wells Of
Al Bany and kindred evil places and at length
came to their destination.
men came the Caliph Of Shi-Kargo forth
TO meet his guest and fell upon his neck and
wept with Joy, for they had much in common.
Aho Iy-lan knew that he had met a kindred
spirit and his heart glad within him.
And IT came to pass that when the greet
lngs were over and gifts of great price had
been exchanged between the two great MON
That the Caliph Of Shi-Kareo took his enest b,,
the hand and led him "a tho .s,,,.L1 - r. =,
ein's ana pashas of his realm and presented
him to them, saying:
benold' ye citizens Of the City of sh-Kareo.
'ile heaVen-born guest whom we welcome, the
eood oailph Hy-lan of the Ruddy Countcnance.
"eie',oef OF the Faith, Lion of Islam and lord
OF the next greatest city of the land"
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A Profit of 800 Per Cent
That's About All

The wholesale price of era pefruit, unlike
the restaurant price, is inclined TO vary with
supply and demand. But it is seldom that
the boxes Of forty-sixcs run over ST. Fcrtv-
siNos. it should be explained, arc the biggest
choicest grapefruit, which run forty-six to
box. Allowing for some waste owing to
spoiled specimen or two in box the price
per grapefruit at the pier cannot run over II
cents with the price of box at ST.
Wholesalers claim their profit on grapefruit
docs not run over Is per cent This puts the
burden Of the charge up to the final handler
Of the grapefruit At 40 cents for half p
grapefruit more than 800 per cent profit can
be figured.
If one wishes to see the grapefruit in its
truly regal surroundings he must 90 far no
aewn---far from Pier 20 One Of the Fortv-
second Street aristocrats of waiterdom brings
IN half grapefruit deliberately ordered by a
diner to whom a charge of 30 cents means
nothing
One looks in vain to see what it is that
makes the order SO expensive. To be sure, the
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Grapefruit GrolUer Needed
On the Farm Bloc

There are intervening affairs of which you
arc ignorant, pursued the master "Tbo
water rights on the ditch from which we ex
tract the ready-made rainfall for irrigating
our crops are large enough to support prin-
cipalfy IN the style to which principalities
used to be accustomed. Then there is the
matter OF freight rates to be consdered Rail
roads are truly omniverous of habit They
Will consume everything which can be pro
ouced on any kind of a farm, ranch or plan
ratlon. BY the time we pay the freight rates
10 New York there is little left to satisfy the
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And the CaIiph Hy-lan cleared his throat
and spake as follows:
81 am delighted to see YOU all TODAY. am
for the people and against the interests. What
we need for President is man that is for the
people and against the interests. How diff
ferent would have been the history of the mast
years 1t TINS our nation had been ruled by n
man VINO was for the people and against the
interests! The common people demand Presi
dent who is filled with the milk of human
klndress and next to me Will ibn Hearst is
most lmpregnated with this fluid If Won will
now come with me to the steps of INV palace
no, that's wrong-1 may say that I am
delighted to see you all to-day"
Then shouted all the people for joy and the
Cal1ph, bowling, smiled with such jov in his
vsage that men could not bear to look ,non
it, and quoth:
Il accept the nomination."
AND 1T came to pass that that night p mace
from far land came to the tent Of the
oallph and begged admttance, saying: "Be
mold am the lord of the City of Zion. which
lleth just to the east of the rim, of ;co +ho+
encompasseth the world, and | have heard If
the wisdom and probity of the Ca1nb uv-,,,
and have come to offer him the ,n,e of Wv,
Guy Tor grow weary of the task and know.
no one better fitted to perform it than he
INFORM him that the Dervish Voliya demando+b
audience
AND 1t was as he demanded and the Caliph
hE-lsn welcomed the stranger and safe long in
conference with him and learned much of the
city OF zon and the manner in which it was
governed by the Dervish Voliya.
And to him he said at length: "Behold, thy
ways are pleasing in my sight, and the fashion
IN which thou standest guard over the morals
OF thy people appealeth to me- What should
do, oh, wise dervish to bring more happiness
to the people of my land?"
Then revealed the Dervish Voliva MANY
things to the Caliph and it came TO pass that
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bear the legend: The food that won't come
down.
For it is fact that, whereas other things
on the menu have shown tendency to drop,
the grapefruit price remains stationary Those
business geniuses who delight in taking chart
and tracing the fluctuations of foodstufs. pig
iron and railroad stocks and the progress of
the well known six ndustrials, will find little in
the grapefruit to enlist their energies
One can start atfhe eastern end Of such
chart at point labeled 1914 and draw an al
most straight line across to the point at the
western end marked 1922, said line repre-
santtn8 the course Of grapefruit prices on the
average hotel and restaurant menu
Fo sailor ever held a ship more firmly
in one course and no plowman of the land
evar turned a straighter furrow.
Nor is there any use asking the average
hotel or restaurant man the whyfore Of this
phenomenon. One sees in advance the dawn
ing of his slow. scornRul smile One sees the
synchronized uplift Of eyebrow and shoulder
and one hears the crushing words:
"It's the overhead, Of courses"
Apparently the grapefruit has contracted a
fatal case Of overhead. The overhead has come
out Of almost everything else. 1t is out of the
sausages and the wheat cakes and the bacon
and eggs. 1t has even come out of the coffee In
some cases-to the betterment of the taste of
all those things--but nothing apparently can
take the overhead out of the grapefruit
Sometimes the individual in the dining
room, who is confronted with charge Of 40
cents for half grapefruit. is inclined to
make inquiry concerning the price Of such ma
terlal by the box. If he follows out such in
clination interesting discoveries are his He
will find countless boxes of grapefruit un-
loaded every morning from the Erie at Pier
j 20-perhaps twenty carloads or more
From the ferry adjoining the pier long strings
OF New Jersey commuters make their way
across the water front and disappear IN
Chambers Street into the nav Of the big city
such commuters are passing by grapefruit at
which these same commuters buy for lunch in
the hotels uptown at 40 cents per half Such is
one act IN the little joke the ultimate consumer
is always playing on himself
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Jazz Orchestra IN Orchard
Not a Practical idea

"Truly, your Imagination is livef'
your good sense" rejoined the prodata
lily. Jazz seems TO become mere as
when it is removed from Broadsag
only in the vicinity of Forty-secsa !
that the pocket nerve secomes so nuap'
people do not care what they pay opA
one should broach the subject OF ~.
at so cents apiece at the point OF lni+s i
ment, he would be set upon by inclsp
road men and wholesalers and re'sSs
would accuse him of hurling n'oaN i
into tne economic scheme Of things.
somebody. more indignant than the R'F
assault him With a pruning hook. ~
Then, master" qrcth Andrew, !,
ing, there is only one thing tfiat
for us to do-and thank fortune we CO. =
What is your plan, good Andfe*. :;
at is to give away this grapetruls =, .,
let some one else grow the perfect 'V.f
at loss. Let us go TO New YORK g., =,
hotel where we can put grapefruit o.
at 40 cents a hall or SO cents apie,s
some thousands of dollars beaueasA'ss ).
by wealthy uncle, and | can thinA :, :;
ter use for it all than to advance
terests.' ,,,.s
Andrew, your genius is soinesn,ls ~ 4,
whclming. Let us go at onee' ~ ID
we shall pick up the jazz orchestra IN j
we shall he equipped with the 'A's s,.p
of the overhead which makes toe
cost
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the usually placid brow of the grapefruis
grower as he runs his thumb along the wrap
per of a paper from New York and scans the
market quotations.
Andrew says the grapefruit grower to
his chief retainer, Il afraid that unless
we get more for product, will have to
let you 90 next month. The holder Of the
mortgage on this little ranch was over to-day
giving the place a proprietary once-over I'm
less things change these acres which YOU and
have tended so assiduously and we'll will
fall into his hands, with all these trees which
bear the largest and juiciest grapefruit that
ever delighted the palate of man"
"What is the reason oh, my master, that
we must sever our relations under such painful
conditlons? queries the retainer in the tear
ful manner of his kind on the stage.
1T is because somewhere somehow. down the
line of commerce we are being painfully
gypped. Andrew. | have here the evidence in
this newspaper, bearing out the astounding
statement that in certain New York hotels
and restaurants patronized by the wealthy as
much as so cents is being paid for one Of
the grapefruit which will average not a tenth
of that sum to US.
why do we not get more out of such choice
fruit, which comes from the labor Of our hands
good master?' runs on the faithful Andrew.
who. as any one can sec with half an eve wa
allowed in his youth to ask all the questions
he pleased.
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those sta tes are the ul-
innate choice of the one
who is looking for the
best. But he will find
smaller grades of Cali
fornia and Florida
fruit selling at prices
commensurate with
their quality. Also,
there is Porto Rico
grapefruit, whic h
scales below the Cali
fornia and Florida va
rieties and which re-
tails for less.
One can imagine the
grower of forty-siXcs
amid his mi-tropical
surroundings viii c h
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Warn, Water in Finger Bowls
Helps to Bring Up the Cost

If one inquiries still further in an effort to
justify the price he will find that the special
finger bowl, which is brought in following the
grapefruit course, is filled with warm water
But the expense Of warming water is not what
it was in record zero days. No one, not even
cafe proprietor eager to Justify his menu
can get up and say that the cost of heating
finger bowl of water be figured on the left
hand side Of the decimal point.
Of course, it will be argued that the tran
pings of the half of grapefruit do not matter.
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holder of the mortgage Of which 7L..
have hopes that cur Friends = s''o'
bloc in Congress viii do some 80 - '@ 2
to these makers Of freight rates ,gh;as 81
often dreamed Of doing; but farr, - Ts
slowly and, besides, fear that ~ ~, .'
Congress has the vocabulary neoo.-. '"''
justice to tbe subject If we had n.y.
grower OH taat farm Bloc We e.,s s,sp
things up a lot. When he got not...
car Of choice forty-sixeg didn't b-,.~ 10
enough 20 meet the freight cb.rna',
put lot Of phonetcs INTO t6a So
cussions which are not heard no,r ''
these. wireless people, listening IN n...- '@
imprisoned language in which G'' - q
grapefruit would be mixed viii - 'a
dashes. Washington would reverb .'S''
the echoes Of the question: .Wbv :. I
York uptown restaurants eharo;ru ~ I
for half 4 grapefruit when wsola 49,. :,
sells by the box At r. cents or Iecs 49,
end Of Father Knickerbocker Ijttls ;.i....l
why don't you 20 to Washington . =.
and do some lobbying, or Whatever i /, - Z!
good master" queries The fai.bt,l 49,
"A lobbyist, according to trsdi4;.r.
with his pockets stuffed with money -
tAe planter, sadly. "How can a nro5..l
anything on the farm stuff his uoets,, l
aught but bills payable in these dsv,, i
be upstate farmers in New York So. ]
are in even sadder case than l. for =,
dweller pays fancy price for The Mi
cream which he takes from his dBmt,,-
while the farmer is not making enoncb :, 1
for the feed consumed by the COW h, i
the milk Yet that farmer is closer !, {
market than We, my good Andrew sr3 i
have to use his product, whereas # i.n
solutely necessary for them to eat rs
fruit
What makes such conditions. good r,-sS
persisted Andrew.
Now YOU have asked a question VI. I,
all the combined professoriaI wisdom i N
lumbia, New Yorl, University and tie al,
of the City Of New York can answer B
"Am I mistaken, master. when u
somewhere I remember having read tsr a
things show the variciousness Of being IA
as the middleman?7 B
'No, your memory serves YOU well s-Js
Andrew. The middleman has his su &
economic discussions which bear on -gIl
trui5 and many other food products, but II
" | think the problem is not 50 nuA
cerned with economics as with natisasl iaglj
II there were not certain foolish meiuiuI
which restrain people from making pro.s;|
when they know they are being robbed, thss
might be brighter days for Us on the q
grapefruit ranch But as matters stand, vtr
availeth all nay years Of study at the b
agricultural colleges in the country? w
does It matter that I have learned Of the
masters how TO spray fruit and just nov
why and when trees should be praned and 2,
gated and massaged in order that they &
yield only the finest and best favored irsE
And what are the odds, looking to my i
ehases of fertilizer for my fields and c''
ering the back-breaking toll have pu
those same fields, when some non-agrin
IN New York can hire jazz orchesH'
some French walters and thereby msA'
per cent profit on grapefruit that have "a
me for loss?"
Then, good master, why should weiS
Jazz orchestra and some French va1i
our orchard, and thereupon derrick
prices Of our grapefruit TO such dizz!
as may suit our fancy!" h
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suggest only tranquility. One cannot imagine
harsh thoughts invading such sanctuary
decorated with its golden globucs of breakfast
cheer. Yet one finds a frown stealing over
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who hungers for grapefruit turns his back on
17-cent grapefruit and wanders uptown.
whore the best products are brought on at so
cents apiece.
II one is inclined to carry the matter of the
i0-cent grapefruit still further let him con-
slider the case Of the grower. Florida and
California grapefruit are the finest kinds on
the New York market. The fortv.sixox fron,
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be SAVING money on the grapefruit, perhaps,
but trying to turn Pier 20 into a lunchroom
would be apt to prove an unsuccessful and
altogether unsatisfactory matter so the man
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1t is the larger surroundings that count as
overhead. The new furniture that was put in
last fail, the extra heavy carpets that were
put in the reception room and ornate holders
for cigarette ashes which have been provided
for women patrons, the Jazz orchestra consist
ing Of fifteen pampered artists with unbal-
anccd ideas on the salary question, and other
matters, which apparently have nothing to do
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with grapefruit, must
all be reckored into the
cost Of that order.
Of course, one can't
open up a box Of
grapefruit on Pier 20
and proceed to eat
thcrc-not even if one
brings along his own
sugar and his own
spoon and fnger-bowl.
Also he may hesitate,
especially if he is a
bachelor, about order
ing a box Of forty-six.
Forty might spoil while
the consumer was eat
ing the six. Even at
that rate, one would
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half OF grapefruit rests in bed Of cracked
ice, but ice is not so very expensive, even
though it is cracked with iewcIed hammer in
the well-mancured hands of the seventh as
sistant chef in fashionable hotel Also there
is a paper dolly under the dish in which the
grapefruit reposes, but since when has the
paper dolly market been soaring on the Stock
Exchange? To be sure, if one looks closely he
will find that the grapefruit spoon is of spc-
clal make, constructed for the double purpose
of separating the interior and exterior of the
product Of the grapefruit tree and at the same
time getting the juice. But spoons are not so
difficult to get, especially with the silver mar
ket at point so low that any one in the West
who talks about operating silver mine is
Immediately ticketed for the insane asylum
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U no TE of Islam who have worshipcd
E-% at the holy kaaba within the gates
~ n of Mecca, draw near. All yc thrice
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Iexultation over their trip grew pain
full to Harold's ears. He announced
his intention of going along.
Bill took a new course today. He
bent his steps toward to small
stream that he called Creek Despair
named for the fact that he mad
once held high hopes of finding his
lost mine along its waters, only to
meet an utter and hopeless failure.
After proceeding long distance
Bill glanced back in warning and
pointed to an enhancing wilderness
picture, hundred yards in front.
In little glade and framed by the
forest stoid a large bull caribou,
flashing and incredibly vivid against
the snow.
incidentally he made first-class
target-oiie that it seemed irnpos-
sible to miss.
'1'll take him." Harold shouted.
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little pass where the creek flowed
The grizzly recognized them in an
instant as his hereditary foes.
His ears laid back, and he uttured
deep growl.
AS he stepped, his forefeet swung
out, giving to his carriage an AFRO
gance and swagger that would
have been amusing if it hadn't been
terrible. His wicked teeth cleaned
white in foam, and the hair stood
stiff at his shoulders.
Bills keen eyes saw the bear first
1t was the last sight in the world
that Bill had expected.
There was no waiting this time to
offer the sporting opportunity to
Harold.
Virginia was not aware of a lapse
of time between the instant that Bill
caught sight of the bear and that in
which his gun came leaping to his
shoulder.
He had full confidence in the hard
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first"
"Let me take him."
In a flash Harold realized that here
was his opportunity; in one stroke,
one easy shot, he could focus Vir-
ginia's admiration upon himself.
But it was not the way of sports
men, wandering in file in mountain
trails, to clamor for the first shot at
game. Whatever is said is usually in
solicitation to companion to shoot;
and Virginia felt oddly embarrassed.
Harold's gun leaped to his Shout
der. The target looked too big to
miss, but his bullet flung up the snow
behind the animal.
The cafibou's powerful limbs
pushed olfASin mighty leap. Fren-
zied, Harold shot again; but his nerve
was broken and his self-control
blown to the four winds. The ami
NAL had gained the shelter of the
thickets by now.
MY sights are off" Harold shout
ed. "They didn't shoot within three
feet of where / aimed. Damn. such
a gun"
Il think we'd better look for some
thing else, )" said Bill dryly.
Then | want you to carry my gun
awhile, and let me take yours. It's
all ready, and here's handful of
extra shells. You ought to be will
ing to do that, at least"
Harold had forgotten that this man
was not his personal guide, subject
to his every wish. He held out gun
and shells; and, smiling, Bill received
them, giving his own. weapon in ex-
change.
But Harold's miss had not been his
greatest sin. The omission that fol-
lowed was by all the codes of the
hunting trails objectionable. He
supposed that he had refilled his rifle
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magazine with shells before he put
it in Bills hands. In his confusion
and anger, he had forgotten to do so !;
and the only load that the gun con-
tanned was that in the barrel, thrown
in automatically when the last empty
shell was elected.
XIII.
Several seasons before there had
been fatality on the hillside above
Greek Despair. An ancient spruce
had languished, withered and died
emerged on THEFT snowshoes in
from sheer old age.
On the day that the three hunters
search of meat for their depleted
larder, the wind pressed gently
against it. Because its trunk was
rotted away it swayed heavily and
fell heavily.
The falling tree had made fright
ful crash just over the head of a
great grizzly, alternating for the
winter, and even the deep coma in
which he lay was abruptly dissolved.
He sprang up, ready to fight.
His little, fierce eyes burned and
smoldered with wrath, he grunted
deep in his throat, and he pushed
out savagely through the cavern
nav. 1t was only step farther
through the spruce thicket into the
sunlight.
Three figures, two abreast and one
behind, came mushing through the
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co ON WITH THE STORY.

Virginia turned back to her new
found lover.
She was little frightened by the
expression on his face. His eyes
were glowing, the color had risen in
his cheeks, he was curiously eager
and GREATNESS.
Before he comes" he urged.
"We've been apart SO long"
His hand reached out and seized
hers He drew her toward him. She
didn't resist: she felt a deep self
annoyance that she didn't crave his
kiss. He crushed her to him, and his
kiss was greedy.
She struggled from his arms and
he looked at her in startled amaze
ment. In fact, she was amazed at
herself! 4
That first night Bill and Harold
made hunks on the floor Of the cabin,
but such an arrangement could only
be temporary.
a They might be imprisoned for
Eweeks to come. Bill solved the preb-
lem with a single suggestion.
They would build small cabin
for the two men to sleep in. Many
times he had erected such struc.
ture by his own efforts; the two Of
them could push it up in few hours
work.
"Im really not much good at cabin
building" Harold protested. "But
don't see why Bin shouldn't go to
work at it. l suppose you hired him
for all camp work."
For an instant Virginia stared at
him in utter wonder, and then a
swift look of grave displeasure came
into her face.
"You forget, Harold, that it was
Bill that brought you back. The
thirty days he was hired for were
gone long ago." But she softened
at once. TITS your duty to help
him, and I'll help him, too, if / car"
In the next few days Bill mostly
4 left the two together, trying to find
" his consolation in the wild life of the
forest world outside the cabin. Har-
old had taken advantage of his alb
sence and had made good progress
Virginia's period of readjustment to
him was almost complete.
She did not, however, 60 frequent
ly into his arms. Someway, an en-
barrassment, a sense of inappropri-
atness and unrest always assailed
her when he tried to claim the ca
resses that he felt were his due.
mot now, Harold" she would tell
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BEGIN HERE TODAY.

Bin Bronson has led Virginia Ire
mont into the Clearwater of North
orn Canada to find her fiance, Har-
aid Lounsbury, who vanished there
civ years previously. Disaster sepa-
rates them from the rest of their
narty, Kenly Lounsbury, Virginia's
fiance's uncle, and Vosper, Bronson's
took, The man and girl are showed
in in Bills trapping cabin beyond
Grizzly river Bill seeks his MUIR
dered fathers lost gold mine. G.te
dav he finds Harold, who has turned
sGaaw man, tan takes him to Vir-
ginia.