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The Washington times., 1923-12-29

'Dempsey's down." shrieked a
man beside US. We, too. were up
on our feet. climbing to the back
of the rough bench the better to
zee over those IN front.
4 wide hat was between US and
The ring for second. Then we
were shouting. mo. Firpo's down."
The swarthy South American was
On one knee. paving with his gloves
&C though to chase away clouds
from before his eyes.
F1rpo was up. Dempsey was
rushing. Again Firpo hit the floor,
and again. Once he rolled upon his
back. while the referee sawed the
air with his toll of the seconds.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29

Az Dempsey came within reach,
that terrible Firp0 right licked out
Hike q tongue Of flame. The glove
landed flush on Dempsey's jaw.
Back snapped the champions head
and FirpO's terrific assault was
On, an assault that came within
hair Of giving him the worlds
The Washington times., 1923-12-29

sLook out for this woman" yelled
oouebody behind US.
Let her stand up" was the
reply.
Look out, the bench is crack
lng."
TO hell with it. Let it crack. .
Look. he's up again." and the
hfg hat moved out Of our line of
vision. giving US a chance for the
thrill Of a lifetime.
Firpo was half covered up, his
shoulder held back. his deadly right
glove poised in the air as the cham
Dipu OF the world. like a wolf with
his prey, leaped to the final attack.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29

mer. A . f0od fish be has few
equals his meat being sweet and
tO0thaOme.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29

FirpO's Quit" was the yell
fresn Inen all around US, as Demp-
ney landed one Of his crunching
hooks to the jaw. The South
American appeared helpless.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29

Though lacking the poyBee nf
some 81 our fresh.water game
on light tackle win give . good
battle for his freedom.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-10-03
Ell gObernadOr TOwner
! aprOvechara.. }
CcOntlnuaci6n de Ia L.. pAgina)

sc 1nicamente trabajar conjuntamen-
te con los Comisionados portorriquehos
sino que tendra una esfera de accion
mucho mas amplia y mas intensa.
Siendo como es la ilustre f1gura del
gobernador Towner, muy conocida y
respetada en- los Estados Unidos, DON
de Sc ha hecho de una reputation So
cial politica verdaderamente envidia-
bic, no hay para que decir que SUI par
ticipacion en- la Comisi6n portorrique-
fa sera de un efecto moral indiscuti-
bic y de un valor material inaprecia-
/ BILE.
Tenemos entendido que ell goberna-
dor Towner sera invitado por otras
respetables entidades americanas, ade-
mas del Club Rotario para que de a
conocer ell estado actual v ell porvenir
de Puerto Rico en- 10 que respecta a
sus relaciones con los Estados Unidos.
Y como nuestro distinguido Gobernador
sabe que con clio rinde un servicio
extraordinario al pals, naturalmente que
no Sc ha negado clio, aunque, como
decimos antes no ha escogido Ell te-
ma de sus conferencias. no hay que
dudar que todas elias versaran acerca
de Puerto Rico, la isla encantadora CO.
mo el la Iamo en- su mensaje.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-10-03
LOS soCIALIsTAs DEsCoNTENTos
CON STRESEMAN

Berlin, octubre 8 (cable franc6s)-
Sc predice en- los circulos politicos una
crisis parlamentaria debido a que los
socialistas Sc retiraran del gobierno
para protestar contra ell canciller Sire
seman. por haber tornado un gabinete
puramente burgu6s.
Los socialistas, asimismo, Sc oponen
al programa de Streseman sobre las
reformas interiores en- 10 que Sc refie-
re Ia reduction del ntmero de en-
pleados del gobierno y la modification
de las leyes del trabajo.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-10-03
UN REPRESENTATIVE DE LA CO.
LONIA DE NUEvA YORK Sc ACRE
GA A LA COMISIoN

Seg1n leemos en- ell importante perio
dico "'La Prensa'' de Nueva York, los
portorricuefios RESIDENCES en- aquella
ciudad estan realizando activas gestio-
nes para que un Representante de Ia
Colonia Sc asocie la Comisi6n porto.
rriQuena para laborar con esta por Ia
felicidad de la isla.
No sabemos hasta que punto consi-
gan sus deseos nuestros compatriotas,
pero por 10 menos han querido cumplir
con SUI deber -.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-10-03
Una carta del Licdo.
MartinezMadaI...
(cOntinuaci6n de la Ira. planal

vez nos obigaron a combatirIos en- vi
da y que solo pasen por ese puente
nuestro amor, nuestro respeto nues-
ira admiration por sus grandes obras
y sus grandes sacrificios en- benefcto
de la terra que les vic nacer?
Por otra parte, querido Director no
crea I'd. que los dominicanos tendrian
motivos para hacer diferencias en- su
recibimiento entire los unionistas Y los
repubicanos que llegaran Santo Do
mingo con la comitiva del gobernador.
PorQue Barbosa y a Gomez Brioso Sc
les recibi6 NAL por ser leales ciuda-
danos americanos, y actuando dentro
de la l6gica de las acciones humans,
los dom'nicanos tendrian actualmente
que recibir mejor los republicanos
que los unionistas, porque los repu-
blicanos Sc les presentarian como hom-
bres consecuentes que han defendido
durante toda una larga vida con te-
son un mismo ideal. mientras que en-
los untonistas clos verian a hombres
que han renegade de su ideal de in
dependencia y 10 han vendido al 60
bernador Towner por un plato de len
tejas.
Ademas esta ell peri6dico injustifca-
do q, so-pechar que los republicanos
no hayan tornado parte de "a conf
son nor tenor al recibimiento que pu-
dierah prepararle los dominicanos. En-
pri7~ er ternlino la cultura de las classes
6'r:gentes Y del pueblo en- general de
Ia vecina republica su legendaria
hospitaHdsd son garantia bastante pa
ra espantar del psnsamiento de todo
repub Jcano Ell tenor de una reception
ascortes hostil
zero en- el supuesto de que es:a des-
cor esia pudiera ocurrir clio no seria
bsstante para infundir tenor en- los HON
ores del partido republican, porque
aosotros no nos preocupa ell juic:o de
cuba, Santo Domingo de ningun pals
del universe. Nacimos vivimos en-
Puerto Pico, trabajamos dentro de la
mayor buena fe por Ia hbertad la
fe'icidad de Puerto Rico, mor.remos en-
Puerto Rico y 10 tnico que nos preocu-
pa es ell fallo que impartiran a nues-
fras actuaciones las futuras genera
oiores de portorriquefos.
Atentamente.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-10-03
r. Martinez NADAL.

Nota de la R-Publicamos con gus
to la anterior carta de nuestro distin-
guido amigo ell senador por Ponce, Sc
fior Martinez Nadal. NADIA tenemos
que objetar en- cuanto a ciertos extre-
mos de las aclaraciones que hace e! CO.
nocido abogado, a no ser en- 10 q. Sc rela-
ciona con 10 que 6l equivocada err6-
neamente llama 'falta de respeto a
nuestrcs muertos ilustres' porque ESQ
realmente no 10 ha habido, nj por asomo,
en- la information que pubico Ell
MUNDo, puesto que nunca fu6 la in
tencion de nosotros profanar la memo
ria de nuestros bien amados. -.
No hicimos mas que cunpir con un
deber de information propiamente di-
cho. FL Sr. Martinez Nadal. que va
ser Director de un periodico, preci-
samente del diario que surgira para
eclipsar a Gel TEMPO o''-propiedad
IN PARTIBUS del doctor Gomez Brio
so-ha debido comprenderIo asi no
ponerse la "bajura' de los inexper-
tos en- los afanes periodisticos.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-10-03
Ell FGJNDO
vERDAD Y JUSTIcIA

EDITORES: Puerto Rico TlustradO Inc
DIRECTOR: Sergio Romanacce.
ADMINISTRATORS Alexandra BOzzO.
0FICTNAS Salvador Brau Mum. 81.
Tel 1922 P. o. Box 345
DirIiase la correspondence InfOrma-
eiva literaria la direction
are anunciOs, cOmunicados, etc.,
dirigirse al Administrator.
PRECIOS DE SUBSCRIPTION
En- Puerto Rico.
rRIMEETRE 5 2.25
SEMESTRE - - 400
ANO - I.5V
En- ell extranjerO
SEM ESTRE - $50
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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-10-03
listed no puede estar sanO 81 tiene
el higado enfeYmo.

FL higado es uno de los organos mas We
tales de su cuerpo y debido sus impor-
tantes funcciones, tiene que estar siempre
saao para trabajar propiamente. 81 Ell
higado deja de trabajar, todas las materias
venenosas que noTmalmente son iestrui-
das por el higado Sc acumularian y pom
drian su vida en- grave peligro. FL Renee
dio de Leonardo para el Higado es una
medicina segura inofensiva para curar
biliosidad, eructos. aliento fetldo, dolores
de cabeza, estrenimiento, indigestion. dis
pepsia fiatuleneia. est6nago acido, todos
los desordenes del higado, esJomago e in
testinos. Ell Remedio de Leonardo es agra
dable al paladar, es puro y no contiene
calornel nj substancias peligrosas. Unas
cuantas dosis del Renedo de Leonardo ie
probaran que es superior todos los denas
Eamados medicanentos para el higado. De
venta en- todas las farmacias y droguerias.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-10-03
SALUD Y RIQUEzA

puede I'd. conseguir,a con la poderosa
moneda magica. Esta prodigiosa none
da, es Ia dicha de los jugadores, CO.
merciante y toda gente de negocios,
Para informes Sra. c. M. Filomeno,
profesora ciencias ocultas, Box lis, San
tnurcs, Puerto Rico. Advt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-10-03
EI DR.. Garcia LascOt

Participa a sus amigos y Glen
tes que ha trasIadado SUI resi-
dencia y ConsuItorio a la Gale
de Allen No. 18, San Juan, Te-
lefono 1852 donde contin1a a
sus ordenes.
Advt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-10-03
ivIENE o NO Ell sR. CoRDOvA
DAVILA?

Como alguien trat6 de poner en- du-
da una information acerca del proxi-
mo viaje Puerto Rico del comisiona-
do Residente, senor Cordova Davila, y
hasta lego afirmar que ell Comisio-
nado no tiene que venir hacer NADIA
q Puerto Rico, tratamos de yer al Sc
nor Barcel6, momentos antes de este
haber salido para Santo Domingo, pc
70 no nos fue possible hablar con el
distinguido hombre p1blico por halar-
Sc este ocupado en- los fatigados afa-
nes del viaje de la despedida flial.
De todos modos NADIA Sc puede de-
cir del viaje del senior C6rdova Davila
porque cuando menos Sc espera ell Co
lnisionado la sus bartulos v Sc aparece
en- Puerto Rico.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-10-03
NO HAY NoTICIAs ACEECA DE LA
CoNIsIoN ECONOMICAL

Contrario 10 que Sc esperaba por
ell ultimo vapor no negaron noticias
acerca del trabajo que estan realizan-
do en- Ell Norte los miembros de la CO.
mission economical de la Legislature
sefiores Tizol Iglesias. Solamente Sc
recib1eron a1gunas cartas de don San
tiago Iglesias, algunas dirigidas su
familia otras sus intimos, en- las
cuales relataba la muerte de su infor-
tunado compahero de Comisi6n don
Nemesio R. Canales.
Sc espera que por ell vapor "Ponce"
que negara maflana a San Juan Sc re-
ciban cartas del sefior Iglesias en- las
cuales va commence a hablar de sus
gestiones en- ell Norte.
En- una carta que dirigi6 Ell NUN
DO ell sefior Iglesias nos decia que es-
perara en- Nueva York la Comision
portorriquefia. No sabemos ST Ell Sc
nor Tizol regresara a la isla, pero 10
mas probable es que permanezca en-
los Estados Unidos hasta diciembre.
iVIENE o NO Ell SR. CORDOVA
DAVILA?
Evening star., 1923-12-16

How the crowds outside the Capitol heard President
Coodges message Congress- Several Of the big apfers
threw the Presidents voice for blocks around Capitol Hill
Evening star., 1923-12-16

CORRECT RIDING TOGS FOR WOMEN.
Hart Schaner & Marx Imported Whipcord Riding Habit,
Sixty Dollars Knox Derbes, black, brown gray Ten
Dollars Stetson Riding Boots black Twenty Dollars
and Hart SchaHner & Marx Camels Hair Coats Raleigh
Haberdasher, Thirteen Ten Street.
Evening star., 1923-12-16

Henry Ford, who came to
Washington for conference
with President Coolidge.
Photograph snapped at the
White House.
q IIHrri> & Ewing.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-20
Dig 33 Years
for King Tut

house occupied by the American ex-
perts was built through the generos-
ity of the late j. Pierpont Morgan.
who was moved to pity by their priva-
tions and EXPOSURE.
Plague of Flies and Insects.
The natives of the valley are pathet-
ically poor and untutored. Food Is
scarce and expensive. Water, where
1t exists at all, has to be brought from
afar In hand buckets. The nights are
cold and fuel is difficult to obtain. The
heat of the valley is severe during
the day, and the entire area Is
plagued with flies and pernicious in
sects.
The American visitor to the cav
ernous valley which holds the imperial
dead of bygone ages Is overawed by
the majesty and dignity of the great,
precipitous sandstone cliffs that stand
sentinel on either side of the necrop-
oils. He is reminded of the heights Of
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. or
of Yellowstone falls, when the noon
day sun transforms them into gold
en- valley.
Sleeping In the heart of these noun
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-20
USUALLY FOLLOWS FLU ATTACK

159 cases studied by Smith, death re-
suited in 40, or 20 per cent.
'It is interesting. though perhaps
not significant, that the peak Of the
outbreak Of 1918-19 was reached In
New York City In January. In vir-
ginia in February, and In Louisiana.
~rxas and Illinois In March. in Cali
fornia the largest number of cases
reported In any one month was In
April Whether this progress was re-
lated to the season Of the year, or was
erely result Of the spread Of the
disease, is not known. Comparison
with the present spread may throw
some light on the subject.
"The disease is slow In develop
ment and long in duration. The period
Of convalescence Is variable; in some
cases recovery Is completed within two
weeks after the subsidence of the acute
symptoms, but In others 1t Is pro-
longed and leaves its record on the
mind, on certain muscles and on the
nerves of the Uranium. The mental
troubles, however, usually. pass of
eventually.
"The appearance Of encephalitis In
epidemic form has, except for one epi-
demic reported from Austria, always
been followed by an epidemic Of influ-
enza. Forty-six per cent of the cases
studied by Doctor Smith had had in
fiuenza and "a per cent had not. The
Influenza attack rate has been ascribed
TO the lowering Of the vitality Of the
patients by the influenza, but has also
been explained as being really due to
another attack Of influenza which has
invaded the central nervous system Of
the body. Whether or not there n any
connection between the two diseases
has not yet been established"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-20
DISCOVERS A PRIMITIVE TRIBE

what seemed an unsolvable riddle,
finally came TO the conclusion that, In
asmuch as Americans are wonder
full people. they have undoubtedly
taken lesson from the fly and learned
to walk upside down.
'They thought arrived by way Of
hole In the ground, the ladder to
which is kept by the czar Of Moscow"
Doctor Colder asserted.
These people still make fire with
flint and steel and use stone ham
mers and shepherds pipes. Justice
Is administered through trial by ordeal.
The men, who are of remarkable
physique, 60 about armed to the teeth,
for they are feudists. The families
live In stone huts in the practically
valleyless mountains. Fs
Although the people are Moslems, the
women are not yelled and because Of
the present SHORTAGE Of cotton cloth,
their only clothing consists Of simple
sheepskin coats.
'-They nearly overwhelmed me with
hospitality." Doctor Colder said. ZAP
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-20

Promptly she rang f23 ring 9. Ezra
Rounds wondered who could be think
Ing OF him on Sunday. He received
the surprise Of his life when. the Wild
ow Davis invited him fright over to
dinner, quick, or 1t will get cold"
Andrew saw Ezra pass and enter the
widows door. He forced himself to
talk Of the hay deal, wishing 1t were
where 1t would burn. After while a
spiteful feeling possessed him. Natur-
ally, he began to size Hattie up.
She's a mighty efficient woman. any
way; she can drive oxen to plow, run
a moving machine, dig potatoes. put
on load of wood-if she Is fat"
Then he sighed. Suddenly he no
ticed the clock. Ezra had been with
the widow for an hour. At last he
sensed the situation. Hatless, ne left
the stunned Hattie and fled down the
street to the widows and rushed into
the kitchen. Ezra was placing huge
mouthful Of mince pie behind the over
worked front tooth. Andrew sat down
on the woodbox and began his confes.
sion.
IL have come to tell the truth about
not coming to dinner. I could not find
my teeth. don't look very handsome.
but IL there is any dinner left (shooting
malignant glance towards Ezra),
would be glad to have some"
Certainly" said the widow. "We
could hardly eat six-pound chicken
with fiYings."
Ezra muttered something about pig
that had'acquired family and needed
attention and departed.
When he reached Andrews place,
Hattie was unhitching her horse. She
had replaced the teeth in the tumbler
behind the pancake -four, where An
drew would be forced to think he had
left them. Like wise woman. she at
tackled second choice. She took Ezra
with her. She showed him her cellar
of canned goods, the prospects Of WELL
filled PORK barrels, the cows and sheep.
Then she took him to the cheerful
living room and had heart-to-heart
talk with him. She was thinking while
size lulkeu.
"Ezra's one tooth will come out-if
have to chloroform him and hitch old
Dobbin to 1t. Really, he would be q
fine-looking man with some teeth
after he is fatted up. He will fat up
people always do who live with me-"
The two couples were married the
same afternoon, a week later, But Hat
tie suddenly refused to work outdoors.
Instead, she used lemon juice and cold
cream and powdered her nose! She
also dieted and lost sixty POUNDS, while
Ezra gained sixty.
IF the two widders are widders agin
it will be nip and tuck who gifts the
man."
"If the two widderers are widderers
agin, Ezra won't git secondhand din
ner invitation"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-20
Strange People In Daghestan
Think Americans Walk Up
side Down.

L tribe so primitive that 1t believes
Americans live on the bottom OF the
world, and are therefore in darkness,
has been found In the mountain vii
lagos Of, Daghestan by DIR. x. A.
Colder of the Hoover foundation.
These people, DIR. Colder said, upon
his return here, think that Americans
do their plowing while walking upside
down with oxen to whose horns cam
dies are tied. Believing that the world
is table shaped, with themselves on its
top, they feel that the Americans are
indeed unfortunate because they are
compelled to live In eternal night.
Doctor Colder said that IN many Of
the villages delegations greeted him
o. q man from the world below.
Some were anxious to know how
Americans managed to get about Ons
pid eraybeatd, sorely psrplsxsd b.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-20
Surgeon General Cummings Tells
About Sleeping Sick
ness.

Washington.-While reports of
cases of sleeping sickness" are reach
ing the Public Health Service from
various parts of the country, Sur
geon General Hugh s. Cumming said
that the service had no statistics
sufficiently reliable to warrant state
ment as to the extent of the disease
throughout the United States.
'Encephalitis lethargica, or sleeping
sickness, as 1t is popularity known, is
reportable by physicians in only COM
paratively few states," said the sur
geon general. ''In the larger part of
the country the only data available
r., based on newspaper reports. More
over, the disease Is rather easy to
confuse with some other diseases. and
its prevalence is, therefore, likely to
be unduly magnifled.
THUS. in an investigation made by
DR.. H. F. Smith Of the public health
service, Of the 1918-19 epidemic, %
per cent Of the supposed cases had to
be excluded as being really cerebro-
spinal meningitis. cerebral syphilis,
brain abscess, tuberculosis meningitis,
epilepsy, poliomyelitis, hysteria, or
acute alcoholism.
"The disease appears to be only
difficultly communicable. Not single
secondary case is known to have oc-
Cured In the Immediate families of
the patients reported In 191819, al
though some 900 persons were ex-
posed.
"The fatality Is rather high. OF the
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-20
LAND "MADE" BY EARTHWORM
Work Of Insignificant Creature Is All
Most Incredible-FieId Trans
formed In Thirty Years.

Some Of the work the earth ap-
parently does 1t Is cunning enough to
get done for 1t. Sometimes stones
are covered up, as IL they could dive
downwards as well as jump outwards.
There Is case on record Of an old
plowing field that had become too
stony for any pillow then known to
conquer 1t was left unturned and
neglected for thirty years, by the end
Of which time some agent had SO
transformed 1t that. instead Of having
hardened into rocky plateau. horse
could gallop from one end Of the field
to the other without striking its hoof
against a single flint.
This disappearance was proved to he
due to nothing but the presence of
innumerable earthworms in the soil,
who, left undisturbed by the plow for
so long, had been continually at work
turning over the earth for themselves,
and heaping 1t upon the surface, thus
gradually burying the stones.
This seems an incredible piece of
work for insignificant earthworms to
do, but scienuhc men have learnt
the enormous debt the human races
owe them, since 1t Is they who have
made the larger part of the fertile
soil Of the world. In their myriad
numbers they are continually passing
particles Of earth through their bodies
in order to get nourishment from its
decaying vegetable matter. and depos-
iting them as castings" on the sur
face. So the soil is always being
moved and moving obstacles in itself.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-20
Carter and His Aids Defy Torrid
Heat, Wild Beasts and In
sect Plague in Search.
Do you think what they got
was worth digging SO years
for?

Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt
While the world has been following
with unabated interest and curiosity
the wonderful archaeological discov-
cries in the Valley of the Kings, little
thought has been given to, the years
of toll, research and patience given
by archaeologists In these far-off
ruins.
II Is perhaps little understood that
the recent unearthing of the tomb OF
King Tut-Ankh-Amen by Howard Car
ter, British excavator, represents a
continuous effort of 33 years of re-
search and excavation. Carter began
digging on the site of Thebes, the an
cient capital of Egypt, when he was
eighteen and has never ceased his la
bors.
He was never rich enough to con-
duct his own excavations, but has In
variably worked for others. Some or
his most notable work was done under
Theodore NJ. Davis of Boston, who
from 1907 to 1914 discovered six royal
tombs and wealth of rare and valu-
able antiquities. In more recent years
Carter has been associated with Lord
Carnarvon, who financed the excavat-
ing work of Tut-Ankh-Amen's tomb,
Carter has derived no pecuniary re-
ward from his years of research.
American visitors at the newly found
tomb have remarked that the now
famous excavator wears the same suit
of clothes, the same hat and shoes,
daily. Sunday, and throughout the
year.
Called Modern Hermits.
Carter's devotion and labors In the
cause of Psychological science are
typical Of the example Of all excava-
tors. British, American and French.
in the ancient ruins of Egypt. These
men may be described as modern
hermIts in this 5,OOO-year-old Valley
of the Kings. They lead a one-sided
and narrow existence. Cut Off from
all civilizing and uplifting influences.
the score Or more of them who com
prise the foreign colonies of Luxor
move within a narrow groove and sell
dom even come In contact with one
another.
The Valley Of the Kings and the
Theban hills, 450 miles up the Nile
from Cairo, are infested with wolves,
jackals, Wildcats, foxes, snakes.
lizards, scorpions, vultures, beetles
and vermin. The arehaeologists live
in unpretentious stone and mortar
houses with nothing but the barest
rough-hewn furniture and the most
primitive household equipment. The
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-20
Lost and Found.

While doing some shopping put
my purse beside pile of waists. I
moved down the aisle, looking at a
great many things. Presently. I spied
woman with purse exactly like
mine. I then discovered that mine
was absent. Retracing my steps I
looked all over. but could not find It.
I then returned and told the woman
/ was positive she had my purse, as
had laid It down but a moment be-
fore and II was gone. She became In
dignant and persistent. The clerks
took sides. Some had seen her with
1t and some me with mine. Presently
clerk walked up to discover the
argument. .1
She said, "why took a purse like
that to the office minute ago. I
found 1t beside the waists"
made hurried apologies and re-
treated to the Office. Chicago Tribune.