New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

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at the call TO prayer, and rising give
to tale OF the good Caliph Hy-la1 Of the
Rudy Countenance.
Yet read, ere the tale beginneth, that chap
ter Of the blessed Koran which dealeth with
tie adventure ot Mahonet, the thrice blessed
and the mountain. FILLED with the pride @,
lineage and Office was Mahomet, even as is
the CaHph who rueth over the faithful. Yet
re scripture telIeth Of how on certain day
the Prophet, looking toward g mountain. com
nlanded it to como hther. But the mountain
needed the mandate no more than doth the
good Caliph the signals Of traffic cop.
Then, oh We faithful Of Islam, it is written
that Mahomet girded up his loins and tsred
forth TO seek the mountain that had heedsd
rot bis words and at length came unto It.
Give ear, then. all ye who follow the green
banner Of the faith to the thousand and
forty-eighth tale o. the Caliph Hy-lan told
by the Sultaua Shahrazad for the delectat!on
of her lord Shahrysr, king Of kings; even the
ta.e OF the Caliph Hy-lan and Of how he fared
% the city Of the Great Sultan to instruct
hose who dwelt there in the making OF laws
For It came 70 pass in the fifth year Of The
Profit, in the season when men pledged their
oyercoats one day TO redeem them the next,
tAat the (aUpn NeSIleU OF SdZIHk AIoui i44'
window at the back Of Civic Virtus in the
palacc garden and called TO him his Wazir the
pasha Hirshfcld, the keeper Of his accounts
szyine:
Tel ne, oh Wazir Of the city Of the Great
Sultan. where men from all the tribes Of Islam
gather to make laws for the good Of al.
Then bowed the Wazir, ard quoth: "Oh,
spiritual descendant Of Abe Lincoln, why
IN
lng TO picture for thee glorics which thou
malt shortly witness from the throne Of the
Great sultan himself
And the Caliph blushed and dsllied with the
he.n Of his garment, and at length, with down
cast eyes, spake, saying:
"Perchance f what thou speakest IS true.
+. nj ght be good idea to journey thither aud
sort @ look over things. Would it not best
serve the interests Of the people Il should
are forth and inspect my future residence,
planning beforehand what alterations / would
make therein? Yet in my heart I doubt
whether what thou sayest will ever come to
nsss. Shall !, simple Caliph, aspire TO q
place in the city q tho Great Sultan from
which the tribes are goyerned?'
Then responded the Wazir Hirshhcld: "Lord,
lie land o. Islam knoweth that many like
anto tlce now SIT in that city in the seats o.
government. Let then the caravan be pre-
Jared and 20 forth and for thysef thy
.atl1ro capital. And since it may be that the
ourrcy prove expensive, is there not some
r,easl,1.e now before the lawmakers Of tic
lily Of the Sultan on which thou nlghtest
sreal while there, thus serving the interests
# the people,
Then summoned the Calph the chief Of the
mans, tie Pasha Obrien, and OF him de
manded the title Of the legislation Of which
h.s Nzzir had spoken, and the Pasha Obrien,
salaaniine before his lord quoth
80 -ummit Of Sapience, great have been
my labors in appealing decisions for thee that
I have lost track momentaYly Of such mat
te-s. But 7 shall determine straghtway and
lcport.'
Then after & time he returned, telling Of r
measure from which the tongue Of the mayor
might Danish clouds Of doubt. Wherefore,
With fanfa.e Of trumpets and rolling Of drums,
the good Caiph set forth to defend the rights
% tae people and see whether the Great SUI
IAN vas keeping the White House IN proper
epac.
Yet was their welcon. TO the City Of ths
Great Sultan not such the good Calph
dreamed, for ore Mamcluke spake, saying
More on and another quoth: "Cantch.
watch. the traffic signals"
Then grew the Caliph wroth ana said: Il
.m the Calph Hy-lsn, p-esun1ptuous oues' 4
n Ye. they only stared and spake in reply
ECalph Of what"
To which the leader Of the faithful made
saswer: IF you stay IN Washington LONG
enough you'll find out who ! &m."
Then repaired tbs Cahph aud his train TO
tbs throne room OF the Emtr OF the Great
sultan. ships of war and bade him continu.
TO run the Brooklyn navy yard at full blast
est valuable votes be lost to Islam. And the
Enir listened gravely aud forebore TO sigma
nose OF his servants who stood beside door
bazoced Out" for be was patient man.
And at length appeared the good Caliph
Hy-!an ard his footmen and horsemen and
scr!bes n, eulrs and pashss and imaus with
out number at the portal Of the chamber where
safe those OF the nations lawmakers who had
n their charge the measure on which the
Caliph wished to speak.
And they elamorsd xor admission which at
length was granted them, whersupon ths Ca
liph, making known hss name and Office. srake,