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Story of a Rare Stamp
Reads Like a Romance
Only Remaining Specimen of One-Cent Brit
ish Guiana, 1856, Sold at Recent Paris Sale
After Remarkable Career.

the stamp passed into the worlds
greatest stamp collection, where II
has remained until now.
Few have been privileged to see
It. but among them Is z. D. Ba-
con. M. v. o., who in 1891 wrote:
while In Paris I had a long.
wished-for opportunity Of examin-
ing the only known copy Of the
1-cent Of this issue. Of which Herr
p. Won Ferrary is the fortunate
possessor. Doubts have more than
once been expressed about the
face value Of this stamp. but
after q most careful inspection
have no hesitation whatsoever In
pronouncing 1t q thoroughly gen
uine 1-oent specimen. The copy
Is . poor one, dark magenta in
color. but somewhat rubbed"
Nevertheless. II is revered by
philatelists as the rarest stamp
in the world.
To the gallery Of famous men
portrayed on postage stamps viii
be added this month stamp por-
traits Of tho composers Haydn.
Mozart. Beethoven, Schubert,
Bruokner. Johann Strauss. and H.
Wolf. all Of whom figure on .
series Of charity cum postage
stamps TO BE- sold by the Austrian
postoffice at . premium Of ten
times face value. The highly ar
tistic designs have been prepared
by DR.. Rudolf Junk. while the dies
have been engraved in taille-douco
by Prof. Ferdinand Schirn-
boeck. The stamps will be issued
in the denominations az. 8. ~,
10. 26, 50 and 100 kronen. and In
addition TO the normal issue. COM
prising 100000 sets. there 10 to be
q special printing Of IL copies Of
each value on japan paper. on b.
half Of stamp collectors.
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watchman numbered along In tho
rear.
Again q low wall Of pain in the
tones Of an infant, came through
the silent street.
Gosh: what can It be-" NUT
tered the policeman. 1t seemd to
come right from this corner. what.
ever It is"
Sounded like sorue kid WIS be-
ing kilt" said the newsboy.
ITS right around here some
where" muttered the watchman.
Once more the low wall came and
this time It seemed to issue from
the ground right at the feet Of the
anxious trio.
The sewer" cried the newsboy.
Somebody's threw a kid down the
sewer and It's drowning"
The policeman and the watchman
were men OF action. In an instant
they had tho top Of the sewer pried
off and the watchman was being
lowered head first into its darl;
depths. The newsboy and tho
policeman each sripped q leg and
exerted all their strength to keep
their comrade from meeting . sud
den end in the water. The watch.
man paved around In the rsek OF
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show the contents Of that pack.
age and every man walking be-
hind him has been a revenue Off.
Ger ready to pounce on him and
carry him off to a cell.
At a little meeting OF thirsty
souls one day last week. a young
fellow offered to bet that he could
carry a quart of whiskey all over
Washington In plain sight. without
getting into trouble with the law.
He was taken up instantly and,
followed by the group. he took a
quart OF whiskey in his hand and
strolled down Wisconsin avenue.
Arriving at NJ street he took a
Capital Traction car and rode to
Fourteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue. Here he walked up
to a policeman on the corner and
dangling the bottle Of booze before
the cops eyes, asked the direction
to the National Museum.
He next walked down Pcnnsyl-
vania avenue and entered into
conversation with another police
man who was standing on Seventh
street. Up Seventh street he went
until he reached New York avenue.
He then walked to Ninth street and
down Ninth to the Avenue. On
the way he stopped several police
men and chatted with them. He
paused several times to gaze in the
store windows and all Of the time
he carried one quart Of perfectly
good, prohibited booze in plain
sight for the world to see. He took
another car at the Avenue and rods
back to headquarters, where the
boys made the booze disappear fo-
the first time. Why hide It. fel.
lows?
IT was o'clock in the morning.
that zero hour when all Wash
ington is deep in slumber and the
rattle Of the bakers wagon sounds
like the roar OF a railroad train
through the silent streets. A news.
boy came whistling UP Pennsy..
vania avenue and stopped to pass q
CHEEKY good morning" with the
policeman on the corner. The pri-
vate watchman tried the door OF
the jewelry store and peered into
It's dimly lighted interior.
A low wall, sounding like a baby
in agony. came from the corner OF
Tenth and e streets. The watch
man came out Of his slouching
walk and was all attention. The
policeman took a tighter grip on
his club and sped toward f street
like a greyhound. The newsboy
was right behind him while the
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or beauty could never cast her
eyes down to the miserable sup
plant who kisses the hem Of her
gown.
That appeal is ever more ir-
resistible. unfortunately. than the
other.
When we come to modern Gus
toms and methods. however, II is
curious how innocuous this pitiful
theory seems by the side OF that
of Schopenhauer. dramatized by
Mr.. Bernard Shaw, that woman Is
the man-hunting tigress, ruthless
ly pursuing her victim through
the jungle Of life.
What woeful tale could cause
her to deviate a fraction from
her straight course? Pity-she
would coldly shrug her shoulders
at the meaningless word: for this
female tehorem of the brutally
frank misagyn.sts knows not love.
only pdbSiO0s anu lWi&t pity any
passion there Is no kinship.
Take the case of the still more
modern type that Mr.. Arnold Ben
nett loves to scourge-the selfish,
scatter-brained, feline. pretty lady,
whose pink and faultlessly mani
cured fingernails are like the
claws not Of a tigress but Of a
siamese cat. Could she be con-
quered by pity7 Even less prob
ably than her Shavian prede-
cessor; for man can inspire her
with neither love nor passion. All
her reserves of both have already
been exhausted upon herself.
And out OF love woman Is
singularly. calmly and charmingly
pitiiess.
She is not violent or spiteful,
or even disagreeable about 1t.
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By ALICE ID. NISH---
popular Woman Writer and Trupeller)

There Is no mock modesty about
her. Quite openly. and without a
blush, she takes out her powder
puff and rouge pot. They are not
hidden in the mysterious pockets
OF silk bag.
There is no attempt to deceive.
no make.believe. She looks upon
her face as so much surface for
decoration. 1t is toned so as to
blend with the color Of her kimono.
The bronze on her lip harmon.
izes with it's embroidery. She may
tire Of II during the evening, ana
out comes her little makeup"
lacquer box and soon her lip 10
vermillion.
Every Geisha girl has keen
sense of the decorative, She leads
the fashion In dress, the shape OF
tho face, and the arrangement OF
the hair ornaments.
Il Is not to dressmaker she
goes when ordering a new gown,
but 10 a well.known artist.
Tho Geisha girl 10 by no means
the giddy child Of fiction, but an
artist to the finger tips, Highly
educated, she is a brilliant con.
yersationalist, a ready wit. and her
moral code will compare fsvorably
with that Of any Of her sisters in
a.. ug..s
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Your truly modern woman Is sell
dom that about anything. But.
as an experiment. Just try to en-
list her sympathy. to rouse her
pity to the point of action for
any but the object of her su-
preme loyalty or devotion, and
you will watch in vain for re-
suits.
Try to impart - the feminist
labor leader active pity for the
out-of.work ex-soldier, or to the
society woman with sons at Eton
and Oxford for the foriorn mes
senger boy with . blind-alley fu-
ture before him.
That pity that Is akin to love
does not exist for woman unless
she is. or may fall, in love.
The modern woman of deyel-
oped personality has shed pity. or
perhaps even the old.fashioned
woman OF sentiment never knew
1t in its wider sense.
So we are not likely to see =
feminine M. p. desert the lime
light of politics or the social
beauty the glitter Of frivolity.
persuaded by some masculine
sehemer to tend the lepsrs Of
some distant Eastern isle.
Nevertheless, man is still their
superior. because he knows pity
in it's wider application AZ sm-
bracing love for all humankind.
as she has never known it yet.
All the most noble deeds in this
world have sprung from mans
active pity, before which woman
must still bow her head in shsras
were 1t not for a few sanity ex-
ceptions among her sex whose
haloes brighten the pages Of his
tory.
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CYNICAL authority Of an.
other day has stated that

A CYNICAL authority Of an
~ other day has stated that
woman can never be
mans equal, for her acute sense
of pity would always. in a crisis.
put her at his mercy.
This is a statement which, II
proven. must destroy at one blow
the pretentions of the modern
woman to a wider sphere of ac-
ton.
It suggests that she Is destined
always to be mans vassal and
dupe-that. In a predicament. he
has but to make a cunning and
despicable appeal to her noblest
and best gift to work his way
with her and enslave her mind
and Will.
Is It true that a man can move
any woman. as he would a pawn
on a chessboard. by a sentimental
appeal to her sense Of pity?
1t is-up to a point. 1t nearly
always holds good. for instance.
in the case Of a woman in love.
The Don Juan courtins . shell
tered and innocent virgin invaria-
bly, began with tales of his lone
illness. his solitary stand against
the granite world.
"Ah, had but . guardian
angel like you to watch over me-"
he would sigh, how different all
might be-"
From there II is but a para
graph or two to the inevitable.
Their lips met"
A more subtle appeal to femi.
nine pity is that called flattery-
the suggestion that the loved one
enthroned on high by her virtue
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wv EALTHY stamp lovers OF
" many nationalities We'd
w with each other for the
possession Of the rarest specimen
known to philatelists when II was
put up for public sale at the Hotel
Drouot, Paris. 1t is the unique l.
cent British Guiana Of 1855, which
for more than forty years past has
adorned the famous stamp collec-
ton Of the late Baron de la Reno
there Won Ferrary, which was dis-
persed by the French government
liquidation of sequestered prop
erty.
The story Of this only remaining
example Of this renowned stamp
Is q romance. Together with a
companion. value cents, It was
produced in the colony to meet an
emergency demand brought about
by the non-arrival Of an expected
consignment Of the regular series
from England. The firm Of Baum
q Dallas. printers of the Official
Gazette, at Georgetown. Demerara.
undertook to print q provisional 10.
sue, the stamps being composed OF
ordinary printers type, with the
figure Of . calling ship In the cen-
ter, which ordinarily headed the
shipping news in the newspaper.
Above and below this device WA
set in type the motto Of British
Guiana: "Damsuus Petimusque
Vicissim." Tho whole was inclosed
in q rectangular frame, with the
inscription, British Guiana Post
age" and the value in words on
the outsides. These so-called ma.
tive" stamps were printed on sur.
face colored paper and placed on
sale to the public in February.
1855. For better security each
specimen was personally initiated
by the postmaster before being is-
sued. The cents is q compars-
lively rare stamp. but of tho
cent only . solitary copy has been
overwhelmingly. that which was
sold to the highest bidder recently.
Not until seventeen years after
was IL brought to light by q local
stamp collector while rummag ging
among some old family papers in
an attic.
It was far from being q perfect
specimen. and, not being favor
ably impressed by its appearance,
he sold II to another collector for
a few shillings. The purchaser
likewise failed to appreciate the
Importance Of his acquisition, and
some years later disposed Of his
collection, including the unique l.
cent stamp, to an English stamp
dealer for the sum Of fl2o. Thence
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NOtSofb II . iaeS oSohoinSohy
depends upon three things:
~ 1. Adjustment Of tho gold
standard.
2. Cancellation OF all interna-
tional-not only internallied-debts.
3. Full recognition Of Russia;
end OF the economic blockade, re.
sumption Of free trade.
am we'll aware that the banks
which control international moneys
will never willingly concent to the
abolition Of the gold standard. I
know that America will not agree
looking at 1t from her point OF
view, why should she?-to the can
collation. Of debts. And do not
believe that the Genoa conference
will result, as II should. In the
recognition Of Russia. Instead.
fear It will only make matters
worse. No such problem can bs
solved without presence Of the
United states.
Therefore7
Therefore, Europe is doomed to
approximate ruin. Obviously, but
ruin is a peculiar word. Germany.
as a nation, Is ruined. yet was
never moro prosperous. Russia
is ruined. yet no nation in the
worlds history, except, perhaps,
the United States after the Revo-
luton. ever had such a glorious
future drawing before her.
am expressing not only my
own. but the opinion Of a majority
of observers when say that. once
on a par footing with the remain
der Of the world. Russia's COM
back will amaze and confound her
enemies.
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(WorLd Famous French

I do believe that the word ruin"
Is a fair one to describe the situa-
ton at present confronting Europe.
and particularly France.
We have a debt Of more than
500 billion francs. the interest on
which we cannot pay without con-
tracing more debts. Temporary
measures. such as extensions Of
foreign credits, which are now
responsible for an amelioraiton in
the exchanges, are only patchwork
expendients and are not remedies.
CAN'T EVEN PAY INTEREST.
Juggling figures and abstention
from imports may hide the real sit
uation for the moment, but the
crisis remains. Persons who take
the rising franc as an indication
Of Frances permanent return to-
ward prosperity should remember
that the exchange is governed by
events from day to day and by pur.
chases from month to month. and
not by matters as they may be a
year or ten years hence.
All prophets are fools, but when
predictions are made from hard
facts and cold logic they can safely
be made. The hard facts Of the
situation are that Europe Is groan-
ing under a war debt which II can
never. under any circumstances.
pay.
The logic Of It Is that a day will
come when three alternatives will
present themselves: either the
creditors wipe the debts off, either
some method is found for paying.
or Europe will be forced into in.
voluntary bankruptcy.
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servatory, the sun, In It's passage
through the ether. is travelling al
most in a straight line from the
nebula Of Orion. Admitting that
this is actually. at a distance OF six
hundred light years. and that the
direction Of the suns movement
has remained always the same, we
should have passed through or graz
ed that famous nebula approx.
mately nine million years ago, and
such a collision or friction would
have resulted in a difference Of
from. 20 to so per cent in the solar
light and heat radiation percept.-
BILE on our planet-a difference
more than sufficient to account
for the climatic changes during the
glacial ages.
Many hypothesis have been put
forth to explain the. origin Of the
solar heat. The first, that of a fire
which was simply burning up and
would not renew itself. was quick
ly demolished. for people were not
slow to see that 1t would not sui
flee in any degree to explain the
millions of years Of terrestrial age.
Physicists pext thought that II the
solar globe was condensing itself
for century after century by Its
, own attraction, this condensation
would be ample to produce tho
amount Of heat thrown off. on the
thermodynamic principle Of the
translation of motion into heat.
This theory allowed a circula-
tion of thirty millions Of years as
the suns life, Of which twenty
had already passed. But these
twenty million years are not enough
for all the labors Of the geologic
ages.
NEW THEORY ADVANCED.
Others have pointed out the per-
petual bombardment of the solar
globe by innumerable meteors.
shooting stars. cosmic particles.
arriving from infinity at a speed
Of six hundred kilometers per sec
ond and producing an enormous
quantity Of heat. But this theory
still falls far short Of accounting
for our calculations of the suns
life which embrace billions Of years.
What then is the answer to this
mystery?
A new theory has lately been
propounded before the Astronomi-
cal Society Of France, at one Of its
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London People Have
Gone Bargain Crazy

I oNDoN. May 1a.-ro sell any
thing In this great metropolis
today you must advertise II as tho
greatest bargain since Isaac slip
ped ono over on Eseu in the IA
nous mess Of pottage deal.
Advertise your goods one day
as reductions and there 10 nothing
doing. Buy space next day in the
newspapers and blazon to tho
world at largo those same articles
under the eanouflase heading Of
"worid Bargains" and you VIII
be sold out before the lights Of
London are winkins you . srss,.
Ing.
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q pair OF crutches which he
pressed close to his coat.
Ever since he had got on the
car two blocks away. an elderly
woman had been looking at him
with plying eyes. Evidently she
was waiting for one Of the men
to get up and give the youngster
q seat. None Of them showed
disposition to do so and at last
with a snort OF Indignation and
a muttered "discourteous brutes"
she rose from her seat and TAX.
ing the lads arm forced a path
way for him through the crowd.
The lad sank in the seat with
q murmured Thank you" and
a grateful look in his dark eyes.
MY poor little man. how did
II happen" asked the elderly
woman as she lowered her head
closer to the boy.
What happen. lady7'
Your great misfortune. wers
you born that way or was your
condition caused by some terrible
accident"
IT don't know what you mean,
lady"
What caused you to be .
cripple7'
Lady, I amt no cripple. I've
got to deliver these crutches to
Mr.. Thompson. I got to get off
at this corner"
THE elderly colored guide was
happy. Business had been very
slack. but now thanks to a quick
eye and nimble wit, he had secur.
Cd the Job Of showing twenty young
members Of a visiting convention.
the interesting sights OF Washing.
ton.
He paused at the edge Of the
Grant Memorial. In the Botanic
Garden and began to call the At.
tention Of the party to the many
beautiful points in the statue.
Dat am de most remarkable
memorial dat hab ebber been erect
ed In Washington" he exclaimed.
EFT done cost in de neighborhood
OF foah billion OF dollars and It
done took three hundred men, nine
years to carbe II out. II was Of
ficially exposed to de public last
week and great crowds OF people
from all ober de land was on hand
to view de event"
BY the way, Uncle" remarked
a young girl. what makes the
flags, the soldiers are carrying,
blow In the same direction the
horses are going.
do you folks see dat tree right
thar. Well, Missy. don't you all
see that II dem flags was blowing
in de oder derection, we done havo
to cut de limb off that tree IA
make room 70 dem. Dat am too
valuable tree to cut de limb off. 30
de sculptor done have de flags
blowing dis way where dey 10 pien.
" Of ROOM
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Since the first Is unlikely and
the second. in the view Of experts.
impossible. the natural deduction
is that bankruptcy is inevitable.
But the situation. even then. will
not be so gloomy as 1t would ap-
pear.
National bankruptcy Is unlike
personal bankruptcy in that ma.
tions can print their own money.
whereas individuals cannot. A
government can be broke" as in
the case of Germany. and yet the
people may be more prosperous
than ever.
The printing Of paper money 10 q
fearful expedient. but II does not
necessarily entail absolute ruin to
the inhabitants Of a country. For
when the load Of paper money be-
comes unbearable a nation has al
ways the way out that lies through
cancellation.
Thus in Russia we have bills cir.
culating with face value of q mill
ion rubles. When the time Is rip
the Russian people will be called
upon to go to their banks or treas
ury and exchange their million.
rouble bills for bills worth only
1000 roubles. simultaneously the
old currency will be Cancelled and
will not longer be passed anywhere
except in banks. and there only TO-
a thousandth part Of its face
value.
The result Is obvious. Things
which formerly cost 100000 rou
bles will cost only 100; shoes,
priced now at 500, 900 roubles. will
be sold for 500. Bread now sold
at 500 roubles will descend to half
a rouble. almost It's pre.war price.
MUST UPHOLD VALUES.
Simple? OF course. But un.
workable unless the government
is in a strong enough financial
position to uphold the new none
tary values. II that Is not the
case the new money will sink In
it's turn and the whole weary pro.
cedure will have to be gone
through again.
Cancellation was practiced by
France after the NapolconiC wars.
Financlers and economists !hen
screamed ruin" and predicted
that Frances credit would never
recover. But Il recovered In
little less than ten years. and un-
I'll the great war WAS more solid
than ever before.
What has been done before win
he done again. The next decade
will see the printing presses OF
Europe working overtime turning
out money, and then will come
cancellation and a final house.
cleaning. Then and only then
will world economies become nor.
NAL.
The danger In this situation TO
France 10 that Russia and Ger.
many have commenced initiation
sooner and therefore will recover
sooner. BY srtificislly maintain
ing the value OF the franc to
fictitious level the French gov
ernment Is only delaying the
svsfitusl return TO prosperity.
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capltal OF Japan.
fingered near a dancing house
lit up with festoons OF small GRIM
son lanterns.
Yellow torches flickered against
the darkening sky, and the hang
ing lights from q rickshaw danced
and capered as the little carriage
wound ito way among the gay
crowd.
Into the darkness drifted the
quavering notes Of the samisen,
and I could hear the sad, plain
tive melody Of the Geisha girls
song.
During his stay in Japan the
Prince Of Wales will have very
many opportunities Of adnirins the
little Geisha girl. for no entertain.
ment is complete without her
presence.
She is the merry, sparkling side
OF the Japanese life, Always
young, laughing, and gay. she de-
lights In making herself az at
traotivs as nature and art will
allow, She IL like some wonderful
tropical flower. charming and al.
turing.
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TOKYO, May 13.

HYtGHT weaved it's shadows
IN around Kyoto, the ancient
u capital OF Japan.
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By CHARLOTTE BURGESS

Noted English Writer Comments on Effects Of
M0dernizing Influences Women To-Day -
You Will Watch Vain for Results You Try to Enlist Hcr Sym
pahy for Anything Outside of the Person Whom She Owes EX
treme Loyalty She ASers-aimS Man is Still Womans inferior.
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fate economically
X. depends upon three things:
- 1. Adjustment Of the gold
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Many writer's, pointing to eli
matte changes-such as the glacial
periods-have suggested that vs.
could attribute them to profound
corresponding fluctuations Of the
radiant energy Of the sun.
Diverse theories have been pro.
posed to explain these remarkable
changes in terrestrial temperatures
during the archaeological epochs.
One Of the moro recent hypoth-
eses supposes that in the course Of
her travels through interstellar
space, the sun, which carries in It's
train all the planets Of our system
at a speed Of twenty kilometers a
second, pierces cosmic clouds
which absorb its heat. nebulous OBJ.
scurities intercepting its rays,
from which comes a lowering OF
earthly temperature.
According to Mr.. Harlow shap-
ley. the energetic and scholarly d..
rector Of Harvard University's OBJ