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Giant Mushrooms,

MONUMENT PARK, near Colorado
A'A Springs, contains some queer
freaks Of nature. Among the most
singular is group Of light grayish-
yellow sandstone pillars, twenty or
more feet high. capped with thin lay
ers of dark-colored rock, which re-
sembIe the tops Of giant mushrooms
that have been shriveled and partially
dried up. The dark-colored Gaping
being Of a much harder rock than the
pillars, has to some extent protected
the latter from disintegration. The
climate of Colorado being extremely
dry, the weathering OF these rocks
progresses at much less rapid rate
than would be the case were they
situated in the region Of heavy rain
fall east Of the Mississippi river. This
fact accounts for the great number
Of strange rock forms which are found
In the arid region, the process offs dis
integration being relatively slow.
In the east, where rocks gather an
excess of moisture and then freeze
and thaw, they deteriorate much more
rapidly. This is noticeable in the
case of several historical monuments
which have been moved to the United
States from the dry desert lands OF
Egypt, where they stood unchanged
for centuries; but under the climatic
conditions Of our eastern states they
have already shown signs Of change
and disintegration. - -.1-
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cylinder through which the gas, after
traversing the rock, could escape, it
was found that fine dust. formed
from the breaking up of the rock.
was blown out of the hole and that
some of the disintegrated material
of the rock was forced outside the
apparatus, forming protuberances
that resembled miniature volcanic
cones.
Some of the conclusions drawn
from these experiments are that
many of the great natural pits and
channels in the earth's crust. through
which matter from beneath has been
thrust up, may be due to the action
of gases accumulated at high pres
sure under the surface rocks, and
that such phenomena as the diamond
pipes" of South Africa may have
had a similar origin.
Most amateur geologists have seen
the phenomena known as "slicken-
Sides" smooth, polished surfaces.
striped with grooves, occurring at
have slipped down in such a way as
to form what Is known as a fault.
1t is thought that "slicken-s sides"
are not the result of the friction of
rock upon rock. as has been generally
assumed, but that they have been
created by the action Of high-pres-
sure gas.
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Shaw, because it was due to
freakish suggestion Of mine that he
had been invited to the war front in
France. It seemed to me that Shaw,
Of all men, would be useful for propa-
ganda, il the genius of his pen were
inspired by the valor and endurance
Of our fighting men. Anyhow, he
would. I thought. tell the truth about
the things he saw. with deeper per-
ception Of its meaning than any other
living writer.
Bernard Shaw, in rough suit OF
Irish homespun, and with his beard
dank in the wet mist of Flanders. ap-
peared suddenly to my friend Tom
linson as a ghost from the pre-war
past. His first words were in the ma
ture of a knockout blow
"Hullo, Tomlinson, Are all war
correspondents such bloody fools as
they make themselves out to be-"
The answer was in the negative
but could not avoid an admission. like
the answer yes or no to that legal
trick of questioning: Have you given
up beating your wife,"
Bernard Shaw was invited, by sug-
gestion amounting to orders from
G. II. O., to lunch with various gen
erals at their headquarters. ac-
companied him two or three times
and could not help remarking the
immense distinction of his appear
ance and manners in the company of
those simple soldiers. IntelIectually
of course, he was head and shoulders
above them, and he could not resist
shocking them now and then by his
audacity of humor.
So it was when an old general who
had sat somewhat silent in his pres
ence (resentful that this wild Irish
man" should have been thrust upon
his mess) inquired mildly how long
he thought the war would last.
We'll. general" said Shaw, with a
twinkle in his eye. we're all anxious
for an early and dishonorable peace."
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THE generals cheeks were slightly
empurpled and he was silent,
wondering what he could make Of
this reasonable utterance, but there
was loud yelp of laughter from his
A D. C's at the other end Of the
table.
Before entering the city of Arras,
in which shells were falling inter-
n1ittently. Shaw, whose plays and
books had had great vogue in Ger
many, remarked with sham pathos:
Well, if the Germans kill me today
they will be a most ungrateful
peopler'
1 accompanied him on various trips
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he made-there was nothing dong"
on the front just then, and he did
not see the real business of war-and
in conversation with him was con-
vinced of the high-soulcd loyalty or
the man to the allied cause. His
sense OF humor was only a playful
mask, and though he was - nacifiat IL
general principles, he realized that
the only course possible after the
declaration of war was to throw all
the energy Of the nation into the
bloody struggle, which must be one
of life or death 10 the British race.
There is no need of censorship"
he told me. while the war lasts we
must be our own censors. All ones
ideas Of the war are divided into
two planes of thought which never
meet One plane deals with the folly
and wickednesS Of war The other
plane is the immediate necessity Of
beating the boche."
Sir ]. NJ. Barrie was another brief
visitant. He dined at our mess one
night intensely shy, ill-at-ease until
our welcome reassured him, and pain
fully silent. Only one gleam of the
real Barrie appeared. 1t was when
one Of my colleagues asked him to
write something in the visitors book.
He thought gloomily for a moment.
and then wrote: Beware of a dark
woman with a big appetite" The
meaning OF this has kept US guessing
ever since
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created "a
great sensation along the roads OF
Flanders when he appeared for a few
days. not because the troops recog-
nized him as the writer of Sherlock
Holmes and other favorite books, but
because he looked more important
than the commander in-chief and
more military than a field marshal
He wore the uniform of a county
lieutenant, with a brass hat so
heavy with gold lace and epaulettes
SO resplendent that even colonels and
brigadiers saluted him as he passed.
John Masefield was more than Il
three days guest. After his beauti-
full book 'Gallipoli.'' he was asked TO
study the Somme battlefields from
which the enemy had then retreated.
and to write an epic story of those
tremendous battles in which the new
armies had fought the enemy yard by
yard. trench by trench, wood by wood,
ridge by ridge, through twenty miles
deep Of earthworks, until. after enor-
nous slaughter on both sides, the
enemy's resistance had been broken.
4 = X X
NTASEFTELD arrived late on the
VI scene, and was only able to study
the ground after the line of battle
had moved forward and to get the
stories of the survivors. I had had
the advantage of him there, as an
eyewitness OF the tremendous strug-
gle in all its phases and over all that
ground. When 1 republished my daily
narrative in book form under the title
of The Battles of the Somme," Mase-
field abandoned his plan, and so de-
prived English literature of what I
am certain would have been death
| less work. All he published was an
| introduction, which he called THE
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Gibbs Writes Of Famous English I
Men Of Letters at Close Range

YER since I can remember
" have lived in the company Of
men and women Of q literary"
turn OF mind, who either
gained a livelihood by writing or
used their pens as a means of aug
menting other forms OF income. My
memory, therefore, is a long portrait
gallery Of authors, novelists and Jour-
nalists, many OF whom. however, as
must Immediately confess. were ut
terly unknown to fame and entirely
without fortune.
My own father was an essayist and
novelist In his spare time as a civil
servant in the board OF education,
where, In those good old days of leis-
ured life, he worked from IL till A.
not, suspect, in very exacting way.
Anyhow, 1t was noticed by his sons
that whenever they called upon him
in his office he was either washing
his hands or discussing life and lit
erature with his colleagues. A man
of overf1owing imagination, enormous
range of reading, passionate interest
in all aspects of humanity, and most
vivacious wit and eloQuence. II was
a brutal tragedy that he should have
been fettered to the soul-destroying
drudgery OF a government office. But
he gathered round him many wor-
shipful friends, and was popular
figure in one of the oldest literary
haunts of London, still going strong"
as the WhitefriarS Club.
x i i: 4
A MONG my literary friends as a
I young man was, first and fore
most-after my father, who was al
ways inspiring and encouraging-my
own brother, who reached the heights
Of success dazzling and marvellous to
my youthful eyes) under the name Of
Cosmo Hamilton.
After various, flights and .adven-
lures, including q brief career on the
stage, he wrote book called Which
Is Absurd" and after 1t had been re-
jected by many publishers, placed it
on the worst possible terms with
Fisher Unwin. 1t made an immediate
hit. and refused to stop selling.
For several years, while I was in
Fleet street, / lived opposite Batter
sea Park, in a row of high dwellings
stretching for about mile and called
Overstrand Mansions. Prince of Wales
Mansions and York Mansions. Nearly
all the people In the road were Of
literary, artistic or theatrical avoca-
tions, either hoping to arrive at fame
and fortune or reduced in circum-
stances after brief glory. The former
class were In the great majority, and
were youngish people, with youngish
wives. and occasionally. but not often.
a baby on the balcony. G. K. Chester
ton, who lived in the Overstrand Man
sions, Immediately over my head
used to pray that he would not fall
through-once remarked that II he
ever had the good fortune to be ship
wrecked on a desert island he would
like 1t to be with the entire popula-
tion of the Prince OF Wales road,
whom he thought the most interest
ing collection of people in the world.
I thought so. too, and wrote a very
bad novel about them, called Intel
lectuai Mansions, S. W." That book
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same finger prints, and perhaps Ber-
tillon measurements in addition.
This information is forwarded to
Des Moines. They know who TO look
for. A description is sent to all au-
thorities. The criminal is found. His
finger print again is taken. compared
with previous records and found to
correspond. He is taken before the
court, tried, convicted and sentenced.
Thus would operate a typical case.
HDCT. couldn't a man change the
- lines in his hand?" the curious
public would like to know.
That is exactly what they try to do,
explained Mr.. Van Buskirk. Exam
Piles have come to his attention. he
said, where criminals Intentionally
burned off the tips of their fingers,
expecting TO disfgure them so per-
manently that they could not be
identified by their finger prints.
But the fingers grow back in the
same little seams, the same lines and
finger prints, il is explained One
criminal was caught, Mr. Van Bus
kirk explained, shortly after he had
Intentionally burned the tips of his
fingers. They had on record his prints
taken previously. He was kept in
custody, and at regular intervals
while his fingers were healing, it was
explained, prints were taken. When
nature had restored his fingers, they
made the same kind of print as they
had before they were burned
Criminals have tried to cut their
fingers, to scar and mar them. Oc-
casionally scars are found in finger
prints. Sufficiently deep lacerations
or wounds will permanently alter
part of the surface, but practical de-
struction of the entire finger or
thumb would be necessary to prevent
identification. AS all fingers and
thumbs on both hands are always
printed, no crook has yet successfully
evaded the infahible results Of the
finger-print system.
The finger print was not used ex-
tensively previous to 1908, and was
not brought into general use much
before 1912. Since that time, how
ever, there has been widespread use
Of the system by officials every
where.
Not only will the proposed bureau
have the history and record. photo
graph and finger prints Of every
known criminal. Mr.. Burns says, but
it will have on file every book,
pamphlet and paper that has ever
been written on crime. and students
of criminology and others may turn
there for authentic information"
Such bureau was considered by
Sir Basil Thompson, the eminent
British criminologist, formerly Of
Scotland Yard, as the greatest present
need of America in advancing against
crime. He urgently advocated the
establishment here of an interna-
tional bureau for the Identification of
criminals.
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appeared in the time OF the militant
suffragettes who were playing hell in
London, and as my chief lady char
acter happened to be a suffragette,
they claimed it as their own, bought
up the whole edition. bound it in their
colors Of purple. green and white and
killed il stone dead.
came to know G. X. Chesterton at
that time, and every time I saw him
admired more profoundly his great
range of knowledge, his immense wit
and fancy, his genial, jolly and pas
sionately sincere idealism. From my
ground-fioor fiat every morning at 10
I used to observe a certain ritual in
his life. There appeared an old han
som cab, with an old horse and an
old driver. This would be kept wait
ing for half an hour. Then G. K. G.
would descend. spacious and splen-
did figure In a big cloak and a slouch
hat, like a brigand about to set forth
on a great adventure. and though he
was bound no further than Fleet
street It was adventure enough, lead
ing to great flights Of fancy and der
ring do. After him came Mrs. Chester
ton, a little figure almost hidden by
her husbands greatness. When Ches-
terton got into the cab the old horse
used to stagger in its shafts, and the
old cab used to rock like a boat In a
rough sea.
A r luncheon time 7 often used to
n see G. K. c. in an italian restau-
rant in Fleet street where, with a
bottle Of port wine at his elbow and
scribbling pad at his side, he
used to write one Of his articles for
the Daily News, chuckling nightly
over some happy paradox which had
Just taken shape In his brain. and
totally unconscious OF any public OBJ
servation Of his private mirth.
I have the pleasantest recollections
OF Intellectual Mansions, Battersea
Park, but. after living there for four
years or so. moved over the bridge
to the little house I have already
mentioned. in Holland street, Ken
sington, a few yards away from the
old world paradise. kensingron Gar
dens. It was a little house in little
street, which still think the most
charming in Londen, with fans old
Georgian mansions mixed up with
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Old Front Line" in which, with most
beautiful vision, he described the
geographical aspects of that ground
on which the flower of our British
youth fell in six weeks of ceaseless
and terrible effort.
1 met Masefeld at that time lie
was billeted at Amiens with Lytton S
wild team of foreign correspondents.
They were all talking French, argu-
ing, quarreling. gesticulating, noisily
and passionately, and Masefield sat
silent among them, with a look Of
misery and long suffering.
Copyright, 1923. by Sir Philip Gibbs,
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His acquaintance with such authors as Bernard
Shaw, @. X. Chesterton, E. w. Hornung and
others-Early days in Fleet Street, London
John Masefeld, Sir J. NJ. Barrie and Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle at the war front in France.
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Finger Prints to Track Criminals
To Be Kept by Great New Bureau Here

Will
IN
Of
Who Wa sCaughtU
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TN the little overcrowded headquar-
i ters Of the police chiefs bureau,
over the National Bank of Wash
ington. at 9TH and d streets north
west, repose the criminal records of
about 100000 crooks, in row after
row of file cases.
In fact. the superintendent. Mr..
Van Buskirk explained, about 1900
Phoenix tribune., 1923-10-27

a S FAR as SUITS are concerned,
milady of fashion stands at the
fork of the road. 1t is hers to choose
whether she will adopt a plain classi-
cally-tailored mode, or whether she
will tread the path of the majority
who are all enthusiasm this season
over suits as whimsical as fashion
artistry can conceive them.
One can fancy the joyous spring
bride selecting for her ''going away"
suit just such a charmingly girlish
model as is here pictured. 1t is styled
of navy poiret twill elaborately EN-
broldered in silver on Belgian blue
The hat is of brown shirred taffeta,
with silk veil to match.
Fine stitcheries in Far East cOlors
on jacket section of real mandarin
cut express a very attractive fashion
set for the coming months. In fact,
embroideries of all descriptions are
the dominating feature, There are two
ideas r''rn'"" THROUGH suit designs.
Phoenix tribune., 1923-10-27

UN A AXE it of ribbon" is apparently
4N1 the prevailing sentiment
throughout the realm of fashion. The
pictures herewith tell of the magic
which turks in length of ribbon
just now the Deauville bandanna is
the subject supreme in the way of
dress accessories. 1t has a rival in the
ribbon kerchief drape, such as is pic
tured in the small circle. The way
to make this interesting novelty is to
take four pieces of wide ribbon, miter
them at the corners and join by double
hemstitching or fagoting. This pretty
''ribonette" as it has been aptly called,
can be worn as square. pulled around
so that one point comes down in the
front with each shoulder and the back
adorned with the other points. A pleas
ing variation is to knot one point in
kerchief effect
Fancy girdles-what q sensation
they are creating among dress acces-
sories, and how gracefully ribbon lends
itself to the general scheme The pic
ture tells, in two views, how to fash
ion the cleyerest sort of a hip-scarf or
girdle out Of about one and three
Phoenix tribune., 1923-10-27

quarters yards of wide ribbon. Two
pieces are mitered to make a corner,
the one three-fourths-yard in length,
the other one yard. The process is
shown in the section held to view by
the young woman, who afterwards
knots 1t about the hips, point over
right hip, as the standing figure dis
plays.
Among other ribbon novelties is a
very effective cap for the boudoir. A
yard and half of ribbon or Z inches
wide is required. Fold it to find the
center, shirr here in five vertical rows.
so as to draw down to conform to the
head. To one side measure II inches,
at which point cut a slit or button
hole almost across the ribbon. Overcast
this with floss, so it will not ravel. In
adjusting, pull the other end of the
ribbon through at the back of the head
Bring both ends forward and treat the
front in butterfly bow
Phoenix tribune., 1923-10-27

AIHY not indulge in the luxury of
w an all-laee gown? There is an in
defnable charm about filmy lace and
this season in particular it is playing
an eXquisitely feminine role in dress.
Society is featuring most enchant-
ing lace costumes, not only in pure
white and faint tea shades, but in
pastel tints as lovely as imagination
can picture. Then, too. by way of
variation various sorts of lace are
combined, as is instanced in the lovely
gown in the picture. Notice how eff
fectively Italian renaissance lace forms
the lower portion of the skirt, topped
with the sheerest kind of mesh.
Perhaps in grandma's cedar chest re
poses length of rich lace. not enough
to make an entire frock, and yet, if
one only could use it to advantage
Here is a suggestion, if acted upon
that will mean the joy Of frock
Phoenix tribune., 1923-10-27

which gives the impression of being all
lace. Make the skirt part as long as
the lace you have in hand permits. 1t
need not reach even to the knees. To
this hemstitch wide plain section of
georgette crepe, white if the lace is so.
or matched to its exact tint. The hot
tom of the skirt of georgette is pieoted
by machine; or if you prefer, the
georgette may e'attached as double
hem. The waist portion. having been
formed of the lace, may be sleeved and
collared with the georgette.
Orchid lace gowns with orchid velvet
ribbon girdes are popular in the smart
social set.
Phoenix tribune., 1923-10-27

n PINION is divided as to whether
~ there is more pleasure in antici-
patton than in realization. Why not
experience a double happiness in the
now plus the then? Anyway it is not
too early to anticipate the joys Of
summer in the way of sea-bathing and
beach sports.
There is an unusually wide range Of
fered in the selection of bathing suits
this season. OF course the practical
thing is the knit or jersey bathing
suit. but with such alluring fancy
prints and gay decorative schemes as
are represented in costume through
ont. small wonder that bathing cos
Phoenix tribune., 1923-10-27

Deputy Attorney General English,
of Pennsylvania, detailed by Governor
Pinchot to investigate Mayor Cauf-
flel's order issued against colored mi
grants, has filed his report with the
Governor. The Mayor took to tall
TIMBER" disclaiming that he had or
dered Negroes to leave. He said he
exercised a police practice ordering
undesirable characters to leave the
city in a certain time That's all!
Phoenix tribune., 1923-10-27

Reports from Cleveland, Ohio, say
that city is splendid field for saw
ing AID loan company properly con-
Quoted by our people. There are
more than 10000 Negroes there and
all are working. Many have bought
homes and others are buying them.
The demand for homes is greater
than in almost any other northern
city, with the possible exception of
Detroit, Mich.
Phoenix tribune., 1923-10-27

tunes have succumbed to the fad.
For that matter some of the knitted
suits this year are almost spectacular
in their gay interviewer designs.
There is quite a considerable inter
est manifest in chintz bathing suits.
Their appearance on the beach is part
of the joyous colorful scene and those
who know the art Of becoming dress
are staging enchanting effects with
sea and sky for a background I'm
agine, if you please, bathing suit of
poiret chintz in warm brown, orange
and red printings on an ivory ground.
This was recently designed for a
prominent society woman.
The truly handsome bathing suit
shown in the picture is an inspiration
to anyone planning an outfit from the
aesthetic standpoint as well as the
practical. It is a genuine batik hand
waX-dye design, so exquisitely wrought
as to merit the artists name at
tached.
The latest idea in bathing caps is
the artistic wrapping of a length of
moire silk which has the ends pinkeG
by a machine into tiny points.
Phoenix tribune., 1923-10-27
[l ! !
LOCAL NEWS
Entertain School Teachers

Entertain School Teachers
Mrs. Fred Gardiner of GIG So. 7th
avenue, was charming hostess last
Tuesday afternoon when she enter
tanned in honor of the Colored teach
ers of the city, also the s. l. A. Club,
with beautifully appointed luncheon
at which venison sandwiches, salad
and coffe were served A splendid
program, arranged by that talented
musician, Mrs. Matthew White, was
rendered to the delight of all present.
An espec' ally attractive number was
the select reading by Mrs M. Thomp-
son, assistant teacher of the Doug
lass Kindergarten. After having en-
joyed the unique venison luncheon
and the delightful program, all ex-
pressed a wish that Mr.. Gardiner
would be equally successful next
year in getting another 4-point Buck,
that Mrs. Gardiner might repeat the
affair. Among those to enjoy Mrs.
Gardeners hospitality were: Mrs. M.
Thompson, Mrs. l. F. Silvers, Mrs. M.
Williams, Mrs. S. R. Maguinez, Mrs.
Darrow, Mrs. l.. A. Walker Mrs. A.
c. Caldwell, Mrs. W. c. Hackett, Mrs.
G. Wilson, Mrs. G. s. Rodgers, Mrs.
P. F. McCutcheon, Mrs. Jessie James,
Mrs Corene M. Jones, Mrs. Allen
Smith nth Do
ma Marooney, Mrs. Mitchell Mrs. R.
L. Fortune, Miss Claudia Grant, Mrs.
j. A. Green Mrs. Ida Moore, Miss Ma
Bile Robinson, Mrs. o. G. Howard,
Mrs. Martha Bellfield, Mrs. ]. T. Lu-
cas-, Mrs. John Brown, Mrs Chas.
Fish, Mrs. ]. L. Mack, Mrs. NJ A.
White, Prof. P. Landry, Rev. A. c.
Caldwell and Rev. M Thompson.
Phoenix tribune., 1923-10-27
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