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Evening star., 1923-07-07
The Spirit Courageous.
Prom the New York Herald

That was a touching picture at
Belmont Park the other day when
the good bay mare, Sweet Kiss. after
winning the steeplechase, stood with
lowered head over the body of her
fallen rider, Frank Hayes. The ami
NAL knew instictively what the cheer
ing throngs in the stands could not
know. that the final act in the tragedy
of a human life was over. As Hayes
brought Sweet Kiss down the stretch
a trifie ahead of the field the rider
was keen. alert, vibrant with pull
the cheers of the crowds rose and
swelled, his body relaxed and he fell
from his mount to the turf.
The story of Jockey Hayes and his
one winning ride after a rigorous
course of training that sapped his
vitality is one of those dramas of real
life that arrest the attention of a
busy city occasionally and turn the
thoughts of millions briefly toward
the mysteries of existence. Here was
q lad who was bound to rise in his
trade of horsemanship at any cost.
An 1ndomitable spirit drove him on
to sacrifice his health to success, and
he lasted just long enough to make
his dream come true. He won his
race and died in the saddle.
1t is easy to say, after the event,
that Frank Hayes should have been
restrained from taking such a rash
gamble with life. But. being what
he was, where he was, driven by
ambition to rise in his calling, for
his employers to refuse him the op-
portunity to make good would have
been close to cruelty.
He got his chance and with 1t VIC
tory. Millions Of newspaper readers
are hoping that Hayes heard the
stands cheering his success before
death overchame his senses.
Evening star., 1923-07-07
BUTTER DROP DUE
TO HOT WEATHER
Danish, Esthonian and Holland
Supplies Reach United States
Markets.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. July Weather con-
ditions were largely responsible for
the weak condition of the butter
market during the closing days of
June and early part of this week.
Hot dry weather in the early part
of the week brought a burdensome
supply of undergrade butter to the
markets, which were further weak
ened by the holiday. bringing a light
demand and uncertainty as to the
course of the market
Demand for storage butter, which
has been dormant, had a counteract-
ing effect later in the week. In New
York an active demand sprang up
and found offerings for desirable
goods very light. Confidence In the
market was restored as stocks clean
ed up. and although declines later
are expected. prediction of sharp
breaks is less common.
Reports indicate the peak of pro-
duction is passed. but excellent
weather conditions are expected to
make the decline from the peak
slower than usual.
Among imported stock. Danish but
ter is finding favor in New York.
Esthonian and Holland were included
In imports during the week. Cana
dian markets declined some. but were
still too high for American pur-
chasers.
Range in wholesale prices, .:
score butter, during the week were
as follows: Chicago. unchanged to
5IR New York. one-half higher, at
3S: Boston, one-half lower. at 3S1a
Philadelphia, unchanged, at SO.
Evening star., 1923-07-07
WILD ANIMALS ALWAYS WILD
Jungle Instinct Returns With
Darkness Says Zoo Superintendent.
From the Scientific American.

From the Scientlfc American
Wild animals in captivity live at
night an imaginative life entirely diff
ferent from their dull hours when
the curious file by in front Of their
cages, according to R. T. Pocock,
superintendent Of the Geological Gar
dens Of London, who is about to re-
tire after many years of service. At
night, he says, the Unborn habits or
the jungle show themselves in strik-
ing fashion, and the beasts throw
off the sleepy veneer of indifference
they seem to adopt when humans
stand in front of their Enclosures and
speculate upon what might happen
were the animals suddenly given
their liberty.
"If you go into the lions house
during the day." Mr.. Pocock says,
you are nearly always impressed
by the peaceful way in which the
animals regard you. But visit them
in the darkness and instantly you are
aware Of the change. AS il by magic
their instincts to hunt and to Kill
have returned. Nothing is more
weird than to walk past the cage OF
a lion or a tiger and then turn
around. To your astonishment you
see that the animal has been stalking
you just as IL he were still living
in natural surroundings. The instant
YOU turn your head he drops fiat on
the floor Of the cage"
Mr.. Pocock believes wild animals
never make good pets and that man
has domesticated every animal worth
while.
Evening star., 1923-07-07
FATHERS HAPPY IN 1920.
Then They Could Preach Moralitles
to Their Families, But Today
= NJ Cav in the Atlantic Monthl.

Robert M. Gay in the Atlantic MonthH.
Especially to be envied is the father
of the 1S20'S, because he could plant
hirself on the hearth rug with his
legs apart and his hands under his
coat tails and thunder moral remarks
"A. ms cnildren without any fear OF
being interrupted.
There is nothing that gives one
such q sense of well-being as to
thunder moral remarks at somebody,
but the opportunities for doing so
are becoming fewer and fewer NOW
and then in an advertisement In
magazine we see a well fed and Wen
preserved man of middle age sitting
behind an Office desk and pointing a
finger at a group of cringing opera
tives as an Illustration OF what a
course in will power can do for one.
and we see at a glance that he is
being moral with all his might and
Is, consequently. a happy man.
But in real life we rarely sec any
one do that-certainly never father.
When it Is necessary for the modern
father to be moral. he tries to be
5ovial rather than Jovian and insinu-
Rtive rather than incendiary.
He begins his homily with some
such preamble as, Not to seem to
preach" or Not to pose as an oracle"
or with no desire to appear ON
niscient." and as like as not the son
or daughter who is listening breaks
IN encourdSlnSlS, nat isiil. boH
come the heavy, father; that's a good
fellow" or That's a dear old thing"
Who could be moral after that?
And is it really quite fair? The mod
ern father has few enough pleasures
in any event, and it seems as IL he
might have been permitted to keep
this little one of laundering at his
family now and then. No one ever
paid much attention to him, anyway.
even in 1920; but he got an innocent
pleasure out of it as well as an abid-
ing sense OF security out Of feeling
his feet planted firmly on the eternal
rock Of Fundamental right and wrong;
fashioned man." and all the other
fathers cried, Heart hear" Today
he prefaces his remarks to the family
with the phrase, 81 may be old-fash-
toned, but and the younger gen.
Grafton giggles.
Evening star., 1923-07-07
UNIQUE HONOR FOR SOLDIER
Sergt. Catarius Carried the Ameri-
can Flag in Six Countries.

From the Army and Navy Journal.
In announcing the retirement Of
First Sergt George A. Catarius, Sth
Infantry. at Fort Screven, Ga, May
90. 1923. Lieut.. Col. Hall. the regi-
mental commander. calls attention in
G.. o. SS to the long and faithful serv-
Ice of this soldier; to the notation
Character Excellent" on his dis
charge certificates covering service
since 1899; to an unbroken record of
almost sixteen years as n. c. O.,
and to the fact that it has never been
necessary to bring him to trial by
court-martial His military career"
says Col. Hall, sis worthy Of emula-
ton. sergt. Catarius has the distinc-
ton of having, as color sergeant,
carried the colors in England. France,
Belgium, Germany and the Philippine
Islands, as well as in the four cor
ners of the United States. This is an
unusual honor and one which no
other soldier of our Army has
achieved. Sergt. Catarius leaves be-
hind a record of duty we'll performed
and carries with him the sincere
wish of each member Of the regiment
that his future may be both pleasant
and profitable"
Evening star., 1923-07-07
GREEK BEAUTY FRAIL.
Athens Glory Vanished Because
Race Was Swallowed Up.
From the Wide World


The citizens of Athens were as far
above the average person today in
mental appreciation, at the height Of
Armenian glory. as the modern per-
son Is above a coolie. Who were the
Athenlans? And why did they excel?
And. far more important for us, why
did they stop excelling?
The Athenians belonged to the
second or lonian wave of Greeks who
invaded Greece. They were not ma
tive there. Their homeland was in
the upper valley of the Danube river.
They were a branch of the Celtic
race, and their descendants are not
found today in Greece. but In Baltic
Espireis is a Grecian celt. Athens
was great because Of it's women 1t
is truth that there can be no great
sons unless there are first great
Espireis reveals much of the glory
that was Greece's. Her mind reasons
She is versatile. poetical. artistic.
Just, and. above all. appreciative.
world. II has merely left Greece. So
long as the race of Espireis lives so
long will there be hope for Athens
to return. Up to the days of Pericles
the Athenians guarded their Aryan
heritage as something most sacred.
An Athenian father and, mark, an
Athenian mother, were necessary be-
fore man could vote.
But the Athenians never were
numerous, even in Athens. They
were a blonde military autocracy,
ruling brunettes by arms, and at the
height of Athenian power they were
far outnumbered by natives in the
city.
The politicians of that day thought
II would be a fine idea to make citi-
Zenship contingent upon place of
birth instead of upon breed. There
was general enfranchisement, and
the old families found themselves
swamped. Their girls married bru-
nettes. In the next generation there
were few Athenians.
Evening star., 1923-07-07
COMMODITY PRICE
CUTSBEAR FACTOR
Oil Shares Held Back by
Weeks NeWs-SmalI
Traders Discouraged.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, July 7.-Prfces OF Sc
curities received another sharp set
back In the early part OF this weeks
stock market, but 4 recovery set in
after the holiday and the general
trend continued upward, despite in
termittent short selling of the pop
ular shares. A large amount Of the
short selling this week was reported
to be for the account Of small traders.
who had become discouraged by the
failure of the market to advance in
response to a number of favorable
news developments in tho last two
months.
Several cuts in commodity prices.
particularly lead. copper, rubber and
gulf coast crude oil. contributed
somewhat to the pessimistic senti-
ment. Decision Of the Standard OIL
Company of California to restrict
purchases Of crude oil to the amounts
specified In contracts with producing
companies. after previously having
accepted surplus stocks, had a sober
ing effect on the prices of oil shares.
Railroad stocks made a belated re-
sponse to the excellent current earn
ings and carloadings. The recovery
was handicapped somewhat, however,
by the weakness of New Haven which
was founded on the report of the
joint New England railroad commits
sion. setting forth that a reorganiza-
ton scheme. involving an assessment
on the common stock. was necessary
to save that road from receivership.
The turn of the half year found the
steel industry operating at nearly
the years peak production. Large
manufacturers report shortage of
common labor. Additional wage in
CT eases in some Of the smaller mills
were announced during the week. but
this far there has been no indication
of another increase by the United
big producers, but one would not be
unexpected as harvest time draws
near.
Evening star., 1923-07-07
USE OF A DOUBLE"
Noted Persons Have Found Him
Handy on Occasions.
From the New York Sun and Globe.

From the New YORK sun ana Ilooe
Eminent personages of rank, vary
ing from kings to poets, have found
it convenient to maintain doubles in
the shape of men closely resembling
the originals in form and feature.
dressed and made up to meet such
occasional requirements as perform
ing vicariously the ceremonies Of
bowling from a balcony or driving
through city streets with fair
chance of being shot at.
The profession of the double is
naturally limited, but 1t has it's COM
pensations. The double often be-
comes so facinated with his artistic
calling that he reincarnates himself,
in his own mind, as the great person.
age whom he represents. This is a
kinr of autointoxication of the spirit
which carries its own risks. Take
the case of the man in Paris who
used to double for Edmond Rostand
since the death of the poet his own
life has shrunken so tragically that
the disappearance of his great exem-
plar has finally led him to suicide.
Evening star., 1923-07-07
Teeing Up Their Ball.
From the Village Deacon. in Topeka Capital.

From the Village Deacon, In Topeka Capital
Some fellows are always and eter-
nally teeing up their ball little
when the other fellow isn't looking.
Know what that means. don't you? 1t
means that they are not playing the
game square. No square fellow ever
tees up his ball unless he allows his
opponent to do the same thing. There
Is the fellow who forgets a stroke or
two when he plays golf and the lad
who counts eight when he has made
but six in billiards. You find them all
along the line-in business, in church,
In the lodge and in politics. They are
not getting away with anything.
Every time they tee up their ball
when their opponent is not looking
that strip of yellow down their back
gets a little wider and a little more
prominent. In q short time 1t becomes
g. flaming sign known to every man,
woman and child on the townsite.
Why, do you know there are fellows
right here in town who cheat when
they play solitaire. That's what q
continued teeing up Of the ball leads
to. The other fellows refuse to play
with them and they are forced to the
lonesome game of solitaire for amuse-
mont There is nothing to this tee
ing up the ball. Look around at
some Of the shining examples. Al
ways count all your strokes.
Evening star., 1923-07-07
WOMAN'S TEARS.
Whole Moral Gamut Stretches Be.
tween Extremes of Weeping.
". z. NJ, In the London Mail

". z. NJ, IN the London Mail.
They say that women are ceasing
to weep. I hope 1t Is not true. There
are worse things than tears. Niobe
an eternally dry-eyed goddess would
be wholly infuriating.
When distilled from pure passions.
tears. instead OF dissracing. honor US.
No one is wholly exempt from weep
ing. In every age tears have been
melted frozen pride; they have nour-
ished the flowers Of pity and charity;
by their fruits of gentleness and SYM
pathy they have made amends for
the hurts from which they sprang.
The whole moral gamut of a
woman stretches between the ex-
tremes Of her weeping-from the cold.
deadly tears OF hate to the warm.
healing tears OF love. AS long as
she lives. through every epoch of her
strange pilgrimage. woman weeps.
AT the various stages how differ
light portions of life, childhood and
old age that tears fall most copi-
ously AS she advances in years,
weeping naturally becomes less gen.
tie. Thy tears are salter than
young mans and venomous to the
friend.
Tears may be best classified by con-
sfderfng the sources from which they
flow and the emotions accompanying
them.
Least lovely of all tears are those
which fall from pitiless eyes. The
crocodile Is their symbol. When
women stop weeping. may these be
first to go.
Joy is source Of tears. Pearls of
the first water" happy tears have
been called. The unexpected return
of a wanderer the success of loved
them forth.
Tears of an utterly opposite char
acter rise In the blistered wastes Of
life. Women know these, too. Dark
est of all are the tears of remorse.
yet they fulfill an Office Of regenera-
tion and reconciliation.
Tears may be wrung from physical
pain. When the body is stretched on
the rack tears are shed uncon-
sciously.
Sentiment is--or was-an unfailins
fount of tears. The story of un-
wonted deeds OF heroism, Of sacrifice,
of forgiveness. any thought of over
powering sublimity. once moved
women to tears. Women used to
weep over memories of past hours,
over the perception of lovely things
Have they ceaserd to do so?
doubt 1t.
And the tears of bitter grief, born
Of disappointment, separation, ioneli-
ness, heartbreak-have women ceas-
ed to shed these? Lives there the
woman Of whom 1t may not be said, as
1t was said Of the sister of Lazarus,
She goeth forth to the grave to weep
there?
Evening star., 1923-07-07
THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
Its Trouble Ignorance, Result of
Mental Laziuess, Saws Writer.

Katherine Fullerton Gerould. in Harper's.
The basic trouble with the much
criticized younger generation" is.
fancy. that 1t is so ignorant. It's
Ignorance is a by-product OF this
mental 1aziness which we have al
lowed to invade the national soul.
and easy way: and il Coue or some
one else tells us that by taking
thought We can add a cubit to our
stature we are only too ready to
believe.
II the younger generation" has
cast away all standards 1t Is be-
cause the preservation or the cre-
alton OF standards is hard work We
do not, 1 fancy, write free verse,
originally. because we believe in free
verse; we write it because it is easier
than metrical forms. Then, because
we are determined to be not only
clever but good, not only good but
clever. we invent poetic theories to
fit our productions.
The younger generation finds 1t
easier 20 ignore everything produceS
before 1900 than to learn something
about art and letters as they were
developed before that shining date,
therefore. it says that no art worth
the name existed before the twen-
tieth century.
The ignorance would not so much
matter If II called itself ignorance;
Wnen dS hHO"ieuSc
1t becomes a menace. Laziness itself
does not matter so much until vanity
insists on giving 1t fine names. But
the younger generation" would
never have been able to hypnotize the
public if the public had not forgot
ten how to think for itself.
The public, in matters artistic or
intellectual, has developed the pa
thetic habit Of having to be told"
by some one else. We have lost the
- xIyffh fyotA ,vol
facts because we have lost the habit
of mental effort.
Evening star., 1923-07-07
Printer for 72 Years.
From the Topeka Capital.

A printer for seventy-two years
was the span of business experience
NJ. v. Cagney concluded the other
day. when he sold out his little Job
printing shop in Emporia Kan. and
retired. Failing eyesight forced him
to give up what is believed to be one
of the longest printing careers ever
reported. An apprentice at twelve,
foreman at eighteen, a soldier at
twenty-five and an active printer at
eighty-four is the history of the aged
printer who has owned a shop in
Emporia nearly forty years.
Mr.. Cagney first began sticking"
type when a boy of twelve years in q
job printing shop at Keokuk. Iowa.
He served an apprenticeship of five
years, then rose to foreman Of the
shop. From Iowa he drifted into Mis-
souri,, served in the Missouri guards
during the war, then migrated to
Kansas, just as the campaign which
elected John P. st. John governor of
the state. was under way. From
Kansas the printer went east, work.
ing from shop to shop, but in 1886 he
came back to Kansas and located at
Emporia.
Evening star., 1923-07-07
WILSON CLIMBED IN WINDOW.
Ex-Secretary Redfield Recalls In
formal Episode of War Times.
c. RedfieId In the Outlook.

William C. Redheld In the Outlook.
So far as his heavy cares permit
ted, President Wilson showed keen
interest in the progress and develop
ment of department work of every
kind.
During the war an inventor pro-
duced an all-metal airplane, of which
he expected great things. 1t was
sent to the bureau of standards for
examination. The President was
asked to see 1t and gladly consented.
but the only time available was on
a Sunday.
Accompanied by Mrs. Wilson. we
went out to the bureau OF standards.
only to find that the custodian had
misunderstood his orders and we
were locked out. A hasty search
found an unfastened window, and
this served as sufficient entrance
for the President and his wife.
/ have always enjoyed the recol-
lection of the President Of the United
States and the first lady OF the land
climbing in through a haH-opened
window rather than fail to carry out
the purpose of their visit.
Evening star., 1923-07-07
A Real Gentleman.
From the Chicago Tribune.


There's q suburban home whore the
owners principal delight is keeping
it spic and span. After dinner he
and a guest were smoking on the
lawn. The guest, after lighting his
cigar, threw the burned match to the
"Oh, woundn't do that, George
said the host.
"Why not2"
'It spoils the appearance of every
thing" was the answer. It's just
those little things that make a place
look bad"
The guest smoked his cigar in
silence for a few minutes then, with
out a word, got up, walked down the
road, and disappeared. He returned
in a short time.
His host asked: "Where've you
been, Georger'
"Oh. just went down to spit in
the river said George.
Evening star., 1923-07-07
Birds Ingenious Nest.
from the Wide World Magazine

r
The tailor bird, an East Indian
warbler. is peculiar mainly in his
nest-making. Tho actual structure
of his ingenious cradle has never
been scientifically observed, 1t Is
said, although tailor birds are COM
mon. He either sews a dead leaf to
q living one. or joins two neighbor-
ing leaves together SO as to form a
kind of hanging pouch, which re-
mains attached to the branch by the
leaf-stalk of one or both leaves.
The threads which the tailor bird
vegetable flbers or Of actual cotton
threads. the bill serving for a needle
in puncturing holes In the leaves and
in drawing the threads through.
Occasionally. IL large enough leaf
be found, the nest may be formed
by joining together the free edges
of the leaf.
The lower part of the pouch con-
tains the nest, which is cup of
soft materials, and is entered from
above.
Evening star., 1923-07-07
What's in q Name.
Wrom the St. Louis Star.


"One Of my tenants" relates the
owner of a large apartment house,
was a young woman who clerked in
a large merchantile office. She handed
mo q check for the usual amount, but
she had used a different form.
~I see you have changed your
bank" I remarked.
"'Oh, no. not at all,' she replied.
"'But this check is drawn on the
1.incoln-Alliance and I thought you
banked with the Merchants
$50 I do. she explained, but I
ran out OF checks of my own bank
and so I borrowed one from a friend
in the Office who banks with the Lin
coln-Alliance.
"And you have no account there"
Z asked.
"Why no; of course not
IT tried to explain. But-oh, well,
what's the use? She was vexed. I
had questioned the validity of her
check when she had money in the
bank. I had inferred doubt Of her
honesty. I was no gentleman. She
had better move. she declared. And
she moved"