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ancient religions. A sanguinary bat
tie was fought and that chief was
slain, and this cloak, which he then
had on, fell into the hands OF the
conquerors, and thus became the
by whom it was presented to Capt.
J. H. Aulick, U. s. N.
1.-TWO yellow feathers only are OBJ
tanned from under the wing OF a very
rare bird, which is caught alive with
great care and toll, the much priced
feathers plucked and the bird set at
liberty.
"one dollar and q half was for
merly the price OF three OF these
feathers and from so to 100 years tho
time occupied in making the cloak.
PRINCE OF SANDWICH ISLANDS"
This interesting and historic relic
is forty inches long. measures eleven
and a half feet around the lower edge
and twenty three inches In the neck.
Its durability Is demonstrated by its
age and the brilliance Of the color
ing. 1t is made OF rows upon rows
Of tiny tufts Of the feathers. laid on
SO smoothly and 80 thickly that the
garment looks as though II were
made Of heavy velvet or plush. Across
the center in the back Is q huge
double crescent Of the scarlet, while
smaller. crsscents and sections OF
crescents are placed at intervals over
the surface. These figures are also
made Of feathers and worked in to
conform with the rest Of the cape.
A million dollars IL the value, says
the label In the exhibition case where
this remarkable feather coat Is dis
played. and when one studies the
garment 1t can be appreciated on
those terms, particularly when the
fact is recalled that it took the in
cessant labor for years upon years to
collect and secure the feathers At the
exorbitant price Of so cents apiece,
- quoted above. This sum was paid
for 4 NttlA suft 81 thee4 - AVA
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coat indicated the rank, those Of the
kings falling clear to the ground.
The chief who captured or killed
his enemy took as part Of the spoils
OF war his feather cape and helmet.
These trophies were priced as choic-
est treasures and only displayed on
most formal public occasions.
When Capt. Cook anchored off Wal
mea, in 1878. on his first discovery Of
the Hawaiian group, he and his Of
flcers at once noticed the feathered
robes and all records made by men,
bers of the expeditions contain
mention OF them.
Capt. Cooks account is as follows:
Amongst the articles which they
brought to barter this day (January
81. 1879 we could not help taking
notice Of q particular sort OF cloak
and cap, which even in countries
where dress is more particularly at
tended to, might be reckoned ele-
giant. The first are nearly OF the size
and shape OF the oloaks worn by the
women Of England and the men or
Spain. reaching to the middle OF the
back and tied loosely in front. The
ground Of them is a network, upon
which the most beautiful black and
yellow feathers are so closely fixed
that the surface might be compared
to the thickest and richest OF velvet
which they resemble both as to feel
and glossy surface.
1.-THE manner of varying the mix
true Is very different, some having
triangular spaces Of red and yellow
alternately; others kind Of crescent
and some that were entirely red, had
q yellow border. which made them
appear at some distance exactly like
a scarclet cloak edged with gold lace
The brilliant colors Of the feathers
in, those that happened to be new
added not 2 little to their appearance
and We found that their owners
Nenld aaa -uAs4 Gi3A- sAaan ~ 0rst foa
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ahuula or cape, the last mentioned
Is the most beautiful.
4 i:
TsHESE garments were in reality q
i refined form Of war paint. Their
primary use was as a wartime deco
ration, though they were often pre-
scented a. tokens of friendship and
great esteem.
None but kings. princes and MILF
tary chieftains Of highest rank were
allowed to wear the ahuuls. ana with
these dignitasjsa AAa- length ct Tia
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anything We offered, asking no less
a price than a musket. However. some
were afterward purchased for some
very large nails.
They have another dress appro-
priated to their chiefs and used on
ceremonious occasions, consisting Of
feathered cloak and helmet. which
in point Of beauty and magnificence
is perhaps nearly equal to that of
any nation in the world. AS this
dress has been already described,
have only to add that these cloaks
are made of different length, in pro-
portion to the rank Of the wearer,
some reaching only TO the middle.
while others trail the ground"
Capt. Cook was regarded as a god
and given all Of the alteration and
attention that was considered his
due as such. With him the Hawaiians
were most liberal with their treas
ured feather gifts.
PSYCHOLOGISTS are of the opinion
Il that the making OF the feather
work dated from a very early period
in the history of the islands. How
many Of these wonderful capes were
made and when the idea began is not
known, for the reason that the Ha-
waiians had no written language
prior to 1920, when the American
missionaries fitted words to their
spoken sounds. No record is to be
found of any Of their ancient arts.
The ancient kings had a regular
staff Of skilled bird hunters, who
were expert in their vocation. The
birds that supplied the coveted
feathers inhabited the mountainous
portions of the islands where the
average Hawaiian disliked to GO
since these sections were considered
the abode of evil spirits. The native
preferred to find his living near the
shers. whore h. WAS sure OF his
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basilican form-that Of the old Chris
tian churches. with a large apse At
the end. The central position in the
apse is for the colossal statue of lib
erty. The approach to this temple is
planned from the memorial bridge,
arranged by architectural treatment
possibly by the planting Of trees with
recessed bays to form a background
for statues of leaders of men seeking
freedom.
The first group Of these statues will
represent other peoples from whom
we have derived inspiration and hope.
Immediately following these may be
a recognition Of the Mayfower Com
pact, the Mecklenburg Declaration
and other influences preceding 177S.
Then, passing through an archway OF
trees into the next section. there will
be statues Of the si9ners of the Dec
laration Of independence and beyond
them, through a second archway Of
trees to the circle surrounding the
plaza will be the temple itself.
This circle Is to be 1000 feet in
diameter, similar to the circles at
each end Of the memorial bridge. In
the recesses of the trees about the
circle will be placed statues Of heroes
Of other nations which have attained
liberty since we adopted our Consti-
tuition and have found the way OF
attainment easier because OF our sue
cess and stability. This would In
clude all Of Central and Sout Ameri-
can republics and. since the late
war. nearly all Of Europe and Asia.
sSrT>HE completion OF this temple
i in all its details will and
said Mr. Bush-Brown, for IL should
be done with loving care by the best
artists which each group can select
from among themselves.
THE completion Of such q building
in Washington will demonstrate that
all people can live in harmony
together only when they have a COM
mon purpose in the pursuit Of happi-
ness for themselves and each other
Inasmuch as all nations will be rep
resented in its sculptural decoration
the temple will be not only a ma
tional. but also an international
shrine"
Harold Bush Brown, son OF H. X
Bush Brown. is the architect who de-
signed the temple and surroundings
He is a Harvard graduate and grew
up in the offices OF McKim. Mead and
White of New York city. He was also
with Ralph Cram of Boston before
taking his present position as assist.
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BY EDNA Nj. COLMAN.
\ HE most expensive garment
in the United States is a cape
valued at a million dollars!

in the United States is a cape
valued at million dollars!
The mere thought of one
garment representing values of such
proportions sends the imagination
plungtng Historically through pillows
Of gem bespangled laces, cobwebby
gauzes and leaping wildly over
masses Of elegant velvets and costly
brocades and rich fabrics from every
land in the search for some rare
cloth or combinations of materials
elaborate enough to be consistent
with such outlay. Try as one may.
it is not possible to fashion in ones
fancy a coat whose beauty equals
g. million dollars in value.
Such a coat exists, but 1t is not to
be found in the wardrobes Of the lady
of wealth, nor is it displayed in any
Of the exclusive shops of the fashion
marts Of the world. 1t was never
fashioned for feminine adornment,
and 1t goes far beyond the conception
of the average modern mind. since
it follows neither modern art nor any
known style of the civilized world,
hut with all of it's marvellous beauty
of construction and coloring, is the
product Of savage skill and is one Of
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which merits restatement. Success
full soaring Is a matter not only Of
the kind OF wind but the velocity
Of the wind, and soaring birds are
able to ride on currents of air in
which any glider yet made is help
less: in fact they can yacht" In
winds Of such slight force that 1t Is
often hard to prove that any wind
exists at all. Gulls cross the ocean
by riding on the bump of air that Is
pushed aside by an ocean liner in
its course. Buzzards wheel for hours
In the twisting eddies Of wind that
rise on 4 hot day from a perfectly
level plain. when the atmosphere is
otherwise apparently calm. But
man-made soarer will stay in the
air only in such a gale as would
drive most soaring birds from the
air altogether. All this means that
any glider yet built Is. by comparison
with the most awkward soaring bird,
woefully ineficient. 1t means that
gliding can be carried on only in
circumscribed spots favored by good
steep hills and good stir winds.
| + \ X
DEARING on this fact is another
ID which Is q kind Of corollary to
Il, and which was thus expressed
\ in the writer's former article: Under
the proper conditions of motorless
aIrplane, il 1t possess stability and
ability to remain in the air at all,
will fly as long as the wind blows
and the operator cares to sit in his
seat and steer it."
| To many who thought that there
must be some uncanny secret in
ing this statement seemed rather far
fetched Yet it has certainly receiv-
ed the strongest confirmation by sub
seuuent developments in the art, and
Il is remarkable in this connection
that each one OF the longer flights
has been terminated by nightfall
j-Hentzen, Maneyrol and Thoret each
landing In the dusk. There is every
Indication that IL daylight had con-
tinued their fights would have been
terminated only at such time as the
aviator decided to descend.
I have said that nothing has sc
far como to light in gliding expert
ments that would be likely to modify
the design Of airplanes intended &c
fly by their own motive power alone
Some departure from orthodox de.
sign has. however. been adopted in
the gliders themselves to fit then
better to tho special exigencies o,
soaring. The most striking diver
gence from conventional airplane de-
sign is embodied in the machine con
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The PhonoScope.

TT is reported from India that &
Prof. Abe Of Lahore has invented a
machine that he calls the '.phonoscope."
the use Of which enables the totally
deaf to perceive sounds by means of
the eye. The machine can be used In
conjunction with either speech or music.
No details OF the ''phonoscope" Are
yet avilable, although It is surmised
that it employs photography In some
form or other. In the past motion pic
lures have been taken of the effect OF
different sounds, particularly in con-
Junction with telephony and wire
less telephony. and Abe's invention may
be similar
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structed by the engineer Peyret, fore
man of the Morane-Saulnier Com
pany. and used by Maneyrol in his
great fight. 1t combines the fol-
lowing-plane arrangement or Prof
Langley with a system OF control
closely resembling that used by Prof.
Montgomery in the tandem plane
machine with which twenty-minute
glide was made at Santa Barbara in
1906
Now the placing Of planes behind
each other is known to produce a
decidedly less efficient machine than
their arrangement one above the
other as in a biplane, but, on the
. other hand, the former arrangement
gives greater inherent stability to
the machine. When, in addition, the
| wings are designed to be warped or
are fitted with large ailerons or
flaps" as in Peyret's machine, a
| very high degree of controlability
| results. Both of these qualities are
at premium in glider, which
must adapt itself to every draught
| and puff of air, and though they
| were purchased in Peyret's machine
at the price of a certain lowering OF
efficiency, the purchase would ap-
pear justified. In word, though
Peyret's four-winged machine could
not soar in as light a wind as a
two-winged monoplane or a biplane,
it can stay aloft in a CUSTER one and
maneuver under conditions OF wealth
| IN, rr,I,i .,1, c
demonstrated at Itford. force an
ordinary glider to earth.
| \ x X x
DUT that, after all. the machine is
- an entirely secondary affair in
soaring is proved to conclusion by
the achievement Of Thoret, who in
his long flight did not trouble him
self to use a glider at all. He
simply mounted to a height Of coo
feet in a regular Army biplane-s
Hanriot weighing about 1900 pounds
with it's driver-took his place over
a ridge, shut off his engine and
tackled back and forth at a speed OF
decided to come down, which, as
stated before, occurred a matter OF
some seven hours after he had gone
up. The hill in question is that OF
Ed Denouatt. located about three
miles southeast of Biskra. 1t i:
about a mile long and rises at very
steep inclination to height of 500
200 feet above the Sahara. A thirty
mile hour wind was blowing a
; the time Of the fight. and that /.
about the velocity that obtained dur
ing the record-making flights at thu
German meet. 1t must be evident
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A BEAUTIFUL temple to liberty.
~ to express American ideals in
~ concrete form, is the idea o.
II. Il. Bush Brown, famous
American sculptor and president of the
Arts Club of Washington. as proposed
last Friday evening at a special meet
ing Of the state regents and national
officers of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution. over which Mrs. George
NJ Minor presided at Memorial Hall.
Mr.. Bush Brown has long had this
idea in mind and has designed Il statue
of liberty that expresses the keynote OF
tn. temple, the spirit of liberty with
peace. On the scroll carried in the left
hand is inscribed the single word,
"Peace" The poise of the figure. with
right hand uplifted as in benedction,
conveys the idea of A freedom that is
peaceful and not the result of hySterical
inspiration.
every people has had national ideals
embodied in architecture and other
forms Of artistic expression in order to
perpetuate them" said Mr.. Bush
Brown. ''The Egyptians built their
pyramids, the Hindus and Japanese
their temples and the Chinese their
pagodas. Travelling westward from
Egypt We find Greek temples, Roman
forums, pantheons and gothic cathe-
draIs.
1.-The American ideals are personal
have not expressed them in archtec-
ture
THAT these things may be more thor
oughly understood, we have designed a
temple of liberty which we deem neces-
essary in this period of reconstruction
after the world war, for it seems as though
every existing form Of government, and,
therefore, civilization. was on trial, and
that of the United States is among the
rest. 1t is not too much to say this is a
crisis in our history that requires new
emphasis on the meaning and value of
our fundamental law, the Constitution.
X X X
SsVITE sometimes do not realize how
w much we have been the in
spiration and the leader in written
constitutional government and that
ours is the oldest written funda-
mental law. France has rightly ex
pressed the relation of the United
States to other countries in the statue
erected in New York haTbor-'Lib-
erty Enlightening the World" We
have furnished an object lesson of
general prosperity enjoyed under our
constitutional government. The pro-
posed temple of liberty, when erected
will further embody and express this
TACT
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ant professor Of architecture in the
Georgia Institute OF Technology In
Atlanta. Mr. Bush Brown worked with
his father. the sculptor. in designing
this temple OF which his fathers
statue OF liberty will form tho Gen.
trail feature.
1t is planned that all the patriotic
societies in tho United States and
state organizations have q part IN
erecting this memorial to American
liberty. The Daughters of American
Revolution Is one Of the first orgzni-
cations asked to participate and the
members have shown q great inter-
est in the proposed temple OF liberty.
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scarcely the size OF the little finger,
and not years but generations Of
patient skilled labor were required
to make the garment. Computing
COST Of feathers, time and all labor
attached to its production. the result
is written in seven figures.
The feather work OF the HawAiians,
which. by the way, was far superior
to that of any Of the other nations
that included 1t among their arts, il
now lost art. but OF the samples OF
the various articles still In existence
the ,leis, kshilis AoA xnAhlolas and Ia
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+: 1t Is Not to Be Found In the Wardrobe Of
Any Lady of Wealth, Nor Is 1t Displayed in
World-Product of Savage Skill and One of
Few Heirlooms of Lons-Lost Art-In Process
of Construction During Reisns Of Eight Rulers.
Kept In This City.
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May Have Temple of Liberty
To Express Ideals of American People


ednA of
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Latest Progress in Field of Gliding
Obliterates Original German Records


Of Used in Best FrenchG
orS
nd Winds
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-04-14
(Dc "1hc Wond", marso %

Ell director general lie correos Work,
abandona ell departamento en- que ha'
.traba tado por dos ailos.. convencido.
.desp,i6s de su eXpcriencia en- Tcfaci0n
con el nombranicnto de ;plnlnlstra-
doers dc correos, de que "el pro"edi-
nlientO y polftica seguidos sou. no so
10 POGO practicos. en- su forrna, sino
en- principle opuestos al procedimien-
to 'due sc sigue en- los negocios." Es-
to es mas que una confession de un
hombre que lia tenitlo Que adaptarse
a ST niisne a Ia situacion impuesta
por I'm sistema nociyc. Es I'M a!aquc
alberto contra los prccedimientos apo
yados francamente por la administra-
ci6n de Mr.. Harding.
Porque para el director dc correos
Mr.. Work cualesquiera que fueran sus
puntos de vista originates acerca del
empleo de la influencia para fines
partidarics, el problema diario fue
pronto el ,funcionamiento del servicio
postal. No tard6 muco tempo en- sa-
Der cudn pesadamente el departamen-
to ''tenfa que luchar con las conside-
raciones polfticas', al colocar ell pues-
tos dc resopnsabilidad a una clase de
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-04-14


perSCnas inadceGadas. Ese cs ell I'LL
timo mensaje que envfa al presiden-
te y al senator New, que ha de, suce--
derle Ell la direction del departamen-
to postal. Elimfnese la. polftica de
las oficinas p0stales, escribe en- pada-
bras que pudiera usar para una in
dic;lci6n m sencilIo holnbre de ne
gocios.
La perspectiva podria aparecer mas
brillante desde el punto de vista de
los consoles del doctor Work 81 Ia ac-
tual s;tuaci0n contra la cual protes-
ia no, fuera. parcialmente al menos,
obra dc AIr. Harding. Porque las re-
gulacicnes del scrYicio civil estableci-
daS baio la administration de 4. Mr..
Wilson fueron tleliberadamente debi-
litadas por el presidente Harding q
poca de ocupar la presilencia, con OBJ
feto de abrir de par en- par las puer-
tas a los aspirantes a empleo repu-
blicanos. Por esa raz6n iustamente
la fuelza de la protesta del director
general Work es todavfa mayor, y Sc
hace mas oportuna por la circunstan-
Ella de nombramiento del senador New New
c11yos puntcs dc vista sobre ell telna
IL, la influpOria pS nOtOrIO.
The Nome nugget., 1923-01-27
AGNES PLACER MINE.

Beginning at Corner No. 1, a fir post 1 it. long, ins. sq. set 2 1t. in ground in earth mound, scrib- ed l 1919 Az. whence II. S. l.. NJ. No. 1919 bears N. A deg. 3S min. 22 sec. W. 2541.SO 1t. Thence s. 72 deg. 20 min. F. (Var. 19 deg. 02 min. E.) 9S1.10 it. to Cor No. ?, identical with Cor. No. Alma Plauv Claim and Cor. No.4 Lake Claim. Scrib- ed this post 2 1919 Az. Thence s. 2 deg. 25 min. W. (Var. IS deg. AT min. E.) s2s50 ft. to Cor. No. 2 identical with Cor. No. 6 Alma Plauv Claim. Scribed this post 3 1919 Ag. Thence N. "A deg. a7 min. W. War. IS deg a7 min. E.) 401o5 fl. to Cor No. I, identical with Cor No. Ajax Claim. Scribed this post 1919 Az. Thence N. 72 deg. 02 min. W. War. IS deg. AT min E.N 93d.2o f.. to Cor. No. :. a fir post 4 fl. long ins. so. set 1t. in ground in earth mound. Scribed 1919 Az. Thence N. 34 deg A min. F. (Var. IS deg. 47 min Fl 644.6O ft. to Cor. No. and place of beginning. containing an area of 16.41 acres.
The Nome nugget., 1923-01-27
THOR PLACER.

Beginning at Corner No. l. fir post 1 it. long, 1 ins. sI. set it. in ground in earth mound, scrib- ed 1 1919 T, whence U. s. L. M. No. 1919 bears N. 47 deg. 40 min. 26 sec. w. i3S4.5S it.. Thence s. S7 deg. 29 min. F. War. IS deg. 47 min. E.) 711.9O 1t. to Cor. No. ? identical with Cor. No. San Joaquin Claim Placer. Scribed this post 1S1a T. Thence S. 3 deg. 57 min. W. tVar. IS deg. 47 min. E) 1921. DO 1t. to Cor. No. 3, being Cor, No. h, San Joaquin Placer. Scribed this post 3 1919 T. Thence N. 72 deg. S2 min. w. War. IS dec. t7 min. E.) 6S2.90 fl. to Cor, No. 4 fir post 1 fl. long. ins. so. set ft in ground in earth mound. Scribed 1919 Y Thence N. 2 deg, 2S min. F.. fvar. IS deg. 47 min. E.l 12SS. 10 it, to Cor. No. 1 and place of beginnine. coniaining an area of 19.255 acres.
The Nome nugget., 1923-01-27
GILMAN CLAIM PLsCrR.

Rerirninr al Corner No. 1, fir no7t fl. long. I ins. sn. set 9 ft. ir r-Cr,-1 n ea-'N r,-g11 Snrih- cd 1919 C. wherco IT s. l.. M. No. 12tn hears W. "A deg. 21 r5r. A scr. W. 5000 S5 ft. Mon ument Rock bears N. "7 deg. l. min. F. Anvil Rock hears N. Il deg. 1s min. F. Therre s. B dne. 5n min. F. War. IS deg. 47 min. FO 1124.A0 1t. to Cor. No. 2. fir post f fl. long 1 ins. sn set 2 fl. in ground in earth mound. scribed 3 1919 c, whence Anvil Rock bears N. 70 deg. 19 min, E. Wireless Tower at Nome bears S. 75 deg. 42 min. F.. Cor. No. 5 Sur. No. 1917 Freva Pla- cer fir post ins sa. set ft. above ground scribed 1917 F bears s. S4 deg. 59 min. E. 1S41. % it. Thence S. 0 deg. II min. W. War. IS deg. 20 min. E.l S14.70 it. 10 Cor. No. g., fir post 4 it. long ins. so. set 2 it. in ground in earth mound scribed 3 1919 c. whence mean high water line on Bering Sea bears s. o deg II min. W. 160 fl. Thence N. 73 deg. "A min. w. War. IS deg. 22 min. E.) 1926. 30 it. to Cor. No. 4. fir post 4 it. long. ins. sq. set it. in ground in earth mound. scribed 1919 C. whence Monument Rock bears N. 27 deg. IA min. F. Thence N. 2s deg. 12 min. F. War. IS deg. AT min. E.) 1905. 50 fl. to Cor. No. and place of beginning. containing an area of 29.07S acres.
The Nome nugget., 1923-01-27

No. | Hilltop Claim. scribed this post 1 1319 HIS. Thence N. 74 deg. II min. ". War. 20 deg. 24 min. ED 1324.20 1t. to Cor. No. 5. identical with Cor. No. 6 Lakeside Claim. Scribed this post s 1919 HIS. Thence N. 6 deg. 57 min. E. (Var. 20 deg. 35 min. E.) 936.20 it. to Cor. No. 6. fir post 1t. long 4 ins. sq. set 1t. in ground in earth mound. scribed 6 1319' HIS. whence Mon- umert Rock bears N. 43 deg. 41 min. E. S. End of Sledse Island bears S. "A deg. 5S min. W. An vii Rock bears N. 7s dee. 40 min. F. Thence S. ss deg. ?3 min. E. War. IS deg. 5S min. E.) 644.SO ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place of be- ginning. containing an area of 51139 acres.