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| girls in town, but flowing in black
masses about their golden-brown
necks, were climbing into q long line
of automobiles flivvers - which
clashed with the barbaric structures
of the palace.
Are these the dancing girIs?" de-
manded the poet, in French.
NO" said an attendant. "Strang-
ers are not allowed to see the dane
ing girls. These are the servant
girls. They're going to town to see
the moving pictures Of the Dempsey
Carpenter flight"
X X x
4 Nd it might be added, just for a
a further suggestion OF incongru-
ity, that King Prea Bat Samdach
Prea Sisowath does not live in any of
the barbaric structures of his palace
yard. but in a European building, with
all European comforts, which French
architects have built for him behind
the old barbaric structure.
Disappointed, we bade adieu to our
escort, and strolled across the street
to the royal temple.
1t was enclosed by another high
wall of the same identical pattern as
that which enclosed the palace. The
inner side of it was covered with
mural paintings depicting the legend
ary history of Cambodia, the most
amusing and bizarre paintings imag-
Unable.
The inclosure was the size of city
block. and within were many shaven-
headed priests of the buddhist re-
ligion, dressed in yellow robes which
they wrapped around the body, en-.
folding the left arm, but leaving the
right arm and shoulder bare. The
Cambodian is almost as dark as a
negro: against the light yellow of the
robe, these naked limbs stood out al
most as black as the umbrella which
each monk carried TO shelter himself
from the glaring sun.
The temple, a magnificent edifice
ing roof like that of the palace, stood
in the center.
Its floor was of silver, genuine sill
yer, set In little square plates. At
+ one end was a golden buddha, larger
than a man, and inset with diamonds.
Behind 1t upon q golden pedestal, sat
another buddha OF. translucent jade.
Upon the many steps of the pedestal
sat other buddhas of gold. Every
where the gold, real gold. gold inset
with jewels! Here, in the center of a
city of poverty-strfcken thatched
huts. lost in the swamps of Cam
bodia, was a temple filled with treas
ures the sight of which would have
made Tiffany dizzy! A temple filled
with gold, gold. gold!
1 never knew there was so much
precious metal in the entire world.
1 was seized. with a strange desire
to grab golden buddha and run.
The poet beside me was breathing
heavily; his fingers clasped and un-
clasped; his hand CROPPED toward one
of the images.
| Mon Dieur' he muttered. And we
are almost penniless!"
I X X +
GENERAL attendants, or guards
- with big curved swords in their
silken sashes, drew closer to us, as
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dee, or spire, dedicated to PENN,
celebrated Cambodian queen of the
past. Again the poet fidgeted; he was
not interested in queens of the past.
But at length we reached the pal
ace. 1t was surrounded by a high
wall, and guarded by several Cam
bodian soldiers in French khaki uni
forms, with sun-helmets topped by
brass spikes. A dozen brown cour-
tiers, clad in pantaloons of red, pur-
pie or Sreen silk. came padding out
upon thier bare feet, and welcomed us
with many bows, escorting US through
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TIME earliest public character
that the young mind becomes
accustomed to is the individ-
ual the irreverant call the
"copper"" meaning policeman. The
eve of the youngster learns to spot
this limb of the law at a very early
age, for does not the man of billy and
gun represent to the young mind that
dreadful thing they cali the law?
Does not the boy who knows that he
must not go swimming in certain
pools quickly learn to doge the man
of brass buttons, ana is not this fear
instilled by some parents who, when
they desire to coerce their progeny
always say that they will tell the
policeman?
To those who have never Travelled
outside of this land. just what the
cop" of other countries is like is a
sealed book. 1t is true that now and
then we have seen in the pictorial
sheets OF the papers. Photographic
reproductions of the "bobbie," the
copper of London town. and during
the period Of the late war an oc-
casional picture of a gendarme OF
France was shown in the papers or on
the screen, but If one has travelled In
foreign lands, he has been surprised
at the appearance and actions of
these men of the law, for they are
like and yet unlike our officers. They
are like in the fact that they have
a specific duty assigned to them, and
vet unlike In the manner in which
they perform their duties: unlike In
the manner in which they are trained
unlike in their appearance. and unlike
in their treatment of the public.
While many of our men are courte-
Gus, they dr. not appear to take the
deep interest in the problems of the
stranger that the police of the coun-
tries to the south of us do. 1t may
be that they have been brought UP
in a far different school or that they
have had old-time sergeants gruffiy
instruct them in their duties, and
from these teachers they have caught
some of the spirit that actuated the
old-time copper. more especially
those who were born and brought UT
in the old New York police school, the
place where one had to be. or. appear
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the gateway into a barbaric court
yard that contained all sorts OF
strange buildings-pavilions pagodas.
harems, temples. with the palace it.
self rising in the center, large
structure of marble, rooted with tiles
of turquoise. crimson, peacock blue,
it's gables curved, it's ridges lined with
horn-like ornaments designed, pre-
sumably, to keep evil spirits from
sliding upon the roof
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morning. WHILE was to continue up
stream into the interior. We made
the best of it by calling upon the
French resident-the official who tells
the king how to use his unlimited
authority-and requesting permission
to interview his majesty.
The resident smiled. King Prea
Bat Samdach Prea ,Sisowath. 1t seems,
was not giving out any interviews.
He was ninety years of age. and he
was aware that all visitors to Prom
PENN considered him funny old Curl
osity Of a monarch, wherefore he re-
fused all audiences with strangers,
remaining In his gilded palace, spend
ing the $4,000 a month which the
French government pays him for be-
ing king-a figure which could not
verify, but which seems more than he
Is worth.
He is said to be a hale and hearty
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Latin America Has
Schools for Police

to be hard boiled if he wanted to COW
the law breaker.
The northwest mounted police of
Canada have a reputation for ef-
f1ciency that is world wide. They
never stop until they get their man.
and If one is killed while in pursuit
OF a desperate. another takes his
place, and so on until the outlaw is
brought to the bar of justice.
TN far-away India there is a native
i police force of about 100000. In
Siam and British Burma there is an
additional force of about 10000. In
the Asiatic and African colonies ma
tives compose the police force They
are, however, differed by Englishmen.
The sikhs of India are about the
best native policemen that Great
Britain has developed. They like po-
lice duty and their loyalty to the
white man is unquestioned. They are
especially valuable in ferreting out
some of the crimes that are truly
eastern in their character. and their
familiarity with all the dialects
makes them invaluable to the of
ficers over them.
In Mexico there is a most efficient
force. The members are keen and are
deep students of criminology. They
are put through q stiff course of in
struction before they are permitted
to advance above the grade of ordi-
nary policeman. Members of the force
that Is engaged in preserving order
In the parts of the country outside of
the large cities are called rurales, and
these men are not to be trified with.
In the days when Diaz first came
into the presidency. there existed a
condition that bordered upon anarchy.
Armed bands made II extremely dam
gerous for the traveller to leave the
beaten paths. Diaz took some of the
veterans of the army and formed
force that was sent out after these
outlaws They folIos0ed s.e bad men
to their haunts in the hills. A little
later. these were enlisted in the
rurales and they in turn became
hunters of men, not hunted men. A
spirit of loyalty was aroused and the
| members of the. force sought to keep
intact the reputation that their pre-
decessors had established.
In Australia the mounted police are
CONTINUED on Second Page.)
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old gentleman, Maintaining harem
OF 240 dancing girls and wives, two
sacred white elephants, a complete
cabinet, which includes minister of
war;, a navy, which consists of the
royal yacht and a dilapidated gun
boat, and all the other accessories of
regal pomp and splendor. But while
we could not see the king himself.
we might inspect the royal palace.
That permission delighted the poet.
"Bien!" he whispered. I'VE see the
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Vagabonds Go Adventuing Into Asia on Shoestrng Capt

though they suspected our tempta.
tion.
| Come away from here" I.breathed.
| We fastened from the place, and
walked back ssient and tnovgfsrut
TO Madame Duguet's hotel. Wine
was served free with the dinner, and
we imbibed freely. 1t stimulated the
poets romantic soul. and his mind
returned again to the dancing girls.
We could not leave Pnom PENN with
out seeing the harem. Think what
| a story 1t would make!
We had to see it, but how? We
were still debating the question as
we strolled through the Chinese
bazaars after dinner, and we contin-
ued debating as we strolled farther
out through thatched suburbs. And
suddenly. as though our aspirations
had unconsciously guided our feet,
We came down side alley. and there
before us was high wall, with a
barbaric roof cleaning beyond it in
the moonlight
Quick gasped the poet.
We were somewhere at the rear.
There was not guard in sight. l
stood against the wall, and he climbed
upon my shoulders. From the top
he reached down a helping hand.
We lowered ourselves on the other
side. dropping softly to the ground.
And then
mon Dieui 1t is not the palace!
1t is the temple!"
We had scaled the wrong wall. We
were inside the wall which surrounded
those millions Of dollars worth of
precious buddhas - those buddhas
which had tempted us not four hours
before. Not a guard was in sight.
for these priceless ornaments, sacred
to all Cambodians, are guarded as a
rule only during the visits of
strangers. They were ours for the
taking-these things of gold and
silver,
A ND with the realization OF this
Il we were both struck with ter
ror. Instead of taking them, We
wanted to run. We weren't used to
being left alone and penniless with
millions within our grasp. And,
scrambling back over the wall. we
never ceased running until we reach
ed the hotel.
On the morrow we parted company
Two river steamers lay at the
wharf. one bound upstream and the
other down.
Mrs Rooney was also present.
CT mha
heard Of my wild plan to walk over
land to Siam she crooned over me as
she had crooned over Sniffies. She
called me her poor, dear little ad-
venturer and almost weDt.
The poet embraced me again and
again. Tigers. would eat me. he said
must come back to Saigon with
! him and trust to luck to find the
price of passage to Singapore. He
himself had little money left, for
this trip to Pnom PENN had further
reduced his half OF our finances He
had just enough. he figured. to send
that cablegram to that chorus girl
in Shanghai:
Come to Singapore. Ala is for
given"
Had I known then how much
trouble his love affairs were des-
tined to cause me before 7 left the
orient I should have En'eted the
Fool Killers work by drows ling him
in the Mekong. But, not knt wing IT,
1 shook his hand. He climbed on
board the downbound steame! with
Mrs. Rooney, the whistles shrieked
an echoing farewell and 1 was left
alone.
My own long journey was begun
at last.
Copyright. 1921
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another bemustached Frenchman,
showed us about in person, exhibit
ing golden buddhas and richly en-
broidered brocades of cloth f-gold
worn by all the ancient kings of Cam
bodia, much to the annoyance of the
poet, who fidgeted nervously. anxious
to get to the palace to see the royal
ballet
ninetyfoot hill in the center of the
city, surmounted by "a huge pracha-
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EDITORS NOTE-The author and
the poet, an irrepressible Italian. who
had both been knocked on the head In
an opium smoking den In Saigon.
Cochin-C China. and thrown into a rice
field. while their steamer with their
baggage and funds pulled out. are In
tent upon means for following up their
effects to bangkok. The poet dis
covered ticket stub In his clothes,
which the steamship company agreed
to honor to Bangkok, but the author
was reduced TO attempting TO foot II
overland. across Siam. In order to do
this in his impecunious state. he was
forced to buy steerage ticket on a
river steamer inland to Battamhang.
The poet comes on board to tell his
friend goodbye. and was embracing him
with Latin fPrvOr when the steamboat
pulled out with both on board.
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X y \ X

THE aids first stop was at a mu-
i scum. The French have brought
their culture with them to Asia, and
while Saigon had its opera house and
libraries and botanic garden, Pnom
PENN had its museum, and a very ex-
cellent establishment, whose director,
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Now we see the dancing girls ex-
claimed the poet.
The attendants, not understanding
the poets chief interest in life, led
us first into a small building to show
us the sacred sword. They brought
it out with an air of great reverence,
speaking in whispers in it's presence.
1t was an immense weapon, at least
five feet long. Weighing about eighty
pounds, its scabbard of beautifully
carved bronze, it's blade of beauti-
fully carved silver. its hilt of beauti-
fully carved gold, every inch and
fraction of an inch intricately and
artistically worked in the most mi
mute designs-a magnificent work of
art.
Wonderful, Marvellous, Now show
US the girls"
DUT next came the throne room in
II the main palace, a lofty salon. in
gold and green, in the center of
which was. gorgeous golden dais.
covered by canopies. Then came other
royal rooms, and finally the royal
elephants. The so-called white ele-
plants are in reality animals that
suffer from a skin disease which
gives them blotchy, yellow-gray ap-
pearance. but in the ancient super
stition Of Siam and Cambodia, they
contain the souls of great buddhists
and are worshiped accordingly.
The king owned two of them, and
the attendants exhibited them with
the same air of reverence with which
they had exhibited the sacred sword.
At command from the keeper. the
larger elephant bent one knee and
bowed to us. Wishing to reward him,
the poet fished through his pockets
and found a, cigarette, which the big
beast accepted with an air of condes-
cension, and proceeded to eat.
But it happened to be French
cigarette, and the elephants taste
seemed to agree. with my own, for
having swallowed it, he trumpeted
loudly, galloped to a water trough.
sucked up about twelve. gallons of
water, and as though to wreck ven-
geance upon humanity in general,
squirted it through his trunk upon
the. nearest human beings, which
happened to be the pantaloon-clad
courtiers.
They were jabbering their senti-
ments in what sounded suspiciously
like very uncourtly language, when
out of the adjacent women's quarters
came stream of young girls, also in
pantaloons.
1.-THE harem." exclaimed the poet.
Seizing my hand. he started to run
with me in a most undignified man
ner across the royal courtyard.
The girls, rather pretty little
things, wearing their hair not clip
ped tas did most: of the -Cambodian
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dancing girls. To - with the
| king
The resident assigned one of his
aides to escort US, an Annamite SOL
dier in a neat white uniform and bare
| feet.
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We stopped finally at a river port
where several other first-class pas
sengers Joined US; those who prefer
to do so may remain overnight in
the capital and pursue the steamer
by automobile upon the following
morning. to overtake it at this port.
Among them was an American
woman-a big AmaZonian person with
a masculine stride. Her face was red
from scornful defiance to the trop-
ical sun and a wholesome contempt
for powder or cold cream. yet her
dress was gi-l.sh and summery. and
in her arms nestled the fuzziest of lit
tie white poodles. Her voice. too
and it sounded strangely out of place
when coming from such a huge. pow
erful body-was as sweet and honey
ed rs that of a sixteen-year-old flap-
per.
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y Harry Young American V ne S hk
o Rem ePeNly H Treasure Error
Two Men FamHnr An vtne
ton Floors SW hSn EteA Golden StMr rh Diamonds
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by HARRY l.. FOSTER.

\ HE steamer during the night
descended from Saigon to the
sea, crossed short strip of
Evening star., 1923-07-22
BY LARRY O'TOOLE.

.HE earliest public character
that the young mind becomes
accustomed to is the individ-
Evening star., 1923-08-05
DROP CONCERT, DUE
TO HARDING DEATH
Association Ca heels Com
munity Program Scheduled
for This Evening.

Out of respect for President Hard
ing. the community concert at Cen
tral High School will not be given
tonight.
In taking this action members of
the executive committee of the Com
munity Music Association recogniz-
ed the close connection of the family
with the community music move
ment, Mrs. Harding being chairman
of the honorary committee and Mrs.
Notaw. sister of the President. being
a member of the executive committee
and d constant attendant at the
concerts.
United States Marshal Edgar c.
Snyder, vice chairman OF the asso-
citation. said: president Harding
himself was decidedly in sympathy
ment. clearly perceiving the value of
music to America and sincerely de-
string that the American people
might come to know its worth in the
every day life. In "A public statement
during the first year of his admin
placing the government sCuarely be-
hind the nation wide effort to bring
music into it's own.
MIR. Harding has been very closely
Identified with the local movement
through his participation in the
three annual serenades given him
and Mrs. Harding by the children
OF Washington. At the first serenade
ne was the center of the human
wheel of $4,000 children The next
year. when a downpour of rain made
the proposed celebration at the Lin
coin Memorial impossible, the Presi-
dent invited hundreds of rain-soaked
little children into the east room for
an hour of community singing, and
during the third Serenade this last
May at the ball park he was the
happy center OF a floral lombard
ment. when the children broke ranks
and literally showered him with the
nowerS they had brought to present
to him"
Evening star., 1923-08-05
MORE COURT CASES,
SMALLER RECEIPTS
Police Tribunal Report Marked by
Fewer Whisky Cases, While
Others Have Increased.

The monthly report of Assis tant
United States District Attorney Ralph
Given, in charge of all cases in the
United States branch of the Police
Court, for the month of July. 1923.
filed yesterday with Maj. Peyton Cor
don. United States district attorney
shows a total of Oil cases docketed
for that period, which is an increase
of more than $50 cases over July,
The increase over the preceding
month is seventy-five. indicating the
steady growth of the business of this
branch of the court.
Among the more important cases
docketed there were 265 assaults, 126
violations of the national prohibition
law, 81 larcenies. 80 bad check Of
fenses, 26 carrying concealed weap-
ons. 81 threat cases, 25 disorderly
houses. "a violations of speed laws on
Conduit road. % grand larcenies, %
assaults with dangerous weapons, is
permitting gaming. IA violating
United States park regulations. Is
housebreakings, IL cruelty TO animals,
Z violating the pure food and drug
act, entertainments. 4 white slave
cases, 1 manslaughter, forgeries, l
perjury, 2 attempts to kill. criminal
assaults.
Receipts from 49, and forfeited
collaterals in both branches of the
Police Court for the month of July,
filed today with Chief Clerk Frank
Sebring by Financial Clerk Andrew
J. Sanford. were s35.l53l9 or this
sum SIZES. 80 was from the United
States branch and s27.924.29 was de-
rived from the District of Columbia
branch. Compared with July, 1922,
when the receipts were SAL, ,960.34.
there was a decrease in last months
receipts of $6.SO715. the decrease oc-
curing in the United States branch.
The receipts for July. 1922, were:
United States branch. s13,00S75, and
District of Columbia branch, s2S,-
9J1.59. The decrease in the United
States branch for the last month is
due to a falling off of the whisky
cases, it is said.
Evening star., 1923-08-05
NEW MONUMENT BOOK
Is PLACED ON SALE
Pamphlet Prepared by Military
Engineers Contains Many
Interesting Data.

a new pamphlet concerning the
Washington Monument has been
placed on sale at the shaft by the
joint welfare service of the Office of
public buildings and grounds and the
superintendent'S Office If the State,
War and Navy Departme Mt buildings.
The pamphlet is an authentic his
tory of the Monument. including its
tion of all the memorial stones and
essential statistics concerning the
Monument. The booklet contains
thtrty-two pages and costs Is cents.
A number of interesting para
graphs illustrate the pamphlet, par
ticularly interesting being those
showing the erection of the monu-
ment, in the section devoted to that
subject. The pamphlet was prepared
and published by the Society of
American Military Engineers. under
direction of the officer in charge of
public buildings and grounds, Col.
o. 0. Sheriff..
The pamphlet contains the follow
ing general information:
The Monument is open from 9 am
to 4:30 pm. daily and from 1890 pm.
to pm. on Sundays and holidays.
The elevator free) aScends every
half hour, starting at 9 am. week
days and 1880 pm. on Sundays and
holidays: last trip starting at pm.
week days and 4:30 pm. Sundays and
holidays.
Capacity of elevator, 2S passen-
gers
Time of ascent to the 50o-foot
level. five minutes
Ascent also by stairs (S9S) built
between the walls and the elevator
shaft"
The booklet contains a map of the
Mall and downtown section, showing
principal public buildings
Evening star., 1923-08-05
FINED FOR ASSAULT,

Arthur Horn. Colored. driver of 4
United States mail truck. charged
with an assault upon Benjamin Fl,
Lamb of Falls Church. Va. was CON
victed in the Police Court Yesterday
and fined s25 by Judge Mcmahon.
The evidence showed that Horn made
a turn without giving the required
signal and Collided with the car of
Mr.. Lamb. sedan. doing little or
no damage
However. Horn. it was shown. got
out OF his car and went up TO Mr..
Lamb and made threats and return
ing to his car secured hammer and
went back to Mr.. Lambs car and
smashed a glass The court held that
the act of getting a hammer and
smashing the automobile window
glass constituted an assault.
Evening star., 1923-08-05
GOES TO ANTI-ALCoHOL MEET,

Harry 5. Warner. student reader and
general secretary of the Intercollegiate
Prohibition Association. 12S A street
northeast, sailed Wednesday for Eu-
rope. where he will attend the Interna-
tjonal Congress Against Alcoholism.
Copenhagen, and visit numerous stu
dent conferences in Germany, Czecho-
slovakia, Austria, Holland and Den
mark.
Evening star., 1923-08-05
MARKET TO CLOSE.
Will Not Open Wednesday in Trib-
ute to Harding.

Center Market is TO be closed all day
Wednesday out of respect to President
Harding, ii was announced last night
by Supt c. ". Kitchen.
Evening star., 1923-08-05

How many parents will deprive themselves
Of many personal luxuries in order to pro
vide all possible advantage for their chill
dren. And yet, how often do they overlook
one Of the most far-reaching influences in
the early training and education OF their lit
tie ones An appreciation of good music must
begin early. From earliest babyhood music
should be part of the life of the home
Time was when musical Instruments were
costly and only Possible e,1, in homes Of wealth
possible for every home to enjoy the up
lifting influences and culture Of piano.