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Evening star., 1923-09-16

I'm France every SUMNER she ex.
claimed. "oh, how perfectly lovely,
Don't you think the French cars sim /.
| ply divine? MY husband thinks the
| French body Is far better modelled
than ours. He saw ever so many Of
| them. He thought OF bringing one
over with him, but It costs such a lot
to keep them in goor order" 80 .
Have they, all gone insane?" said
Mr.. Blinks to his wife, after the guests
had departed.
Dreadful, isn't it7' she assented.
And the guests as they went hons
talked OF the Blinkses.
II fear" said DR.. Domb to Judge
Ponderus. that Blinks has hardly
profited by his time in Europe as
much as he ought to have. He seems
to have observed nothing. ] was
asking him about the new italian
touring car that they are using so
much in Rome. He said he had never
| noticed 1t. And he was there a
| MONTH"
All Of which showed that Mr.. ana
Mrs. Blinks were in danger OF losing
| their friends forever.
But IL happened so that about three
| weeks later Blinks came home to his
residence in an obvious state of ex-
| citement. His face was flushed and
he had on silly little round cap with
q glazed peak.
why. Clarence" cried his wife.
F! ''whatever Is the Tnatter?"
''Matterl" he exclaimed. There
isn't anything the rnatteri bought
| a car this morning. that's all. Say,
/ it's q beauty, regular peach; four
| thousand with ten OF. ran II clean
round the shed alone first time. The
/ chauffeur says he never saw anybody
get on to the hang OF 1t so quick.
Get on your hat and come right on
down TO the garage. I'VE got q man
waiting there to teach you to run IL.
/ Hurry upi'
| Within a week or two after that
one might see the Blinkses any morn
| ing--in fact, every norniug--out in
| their carl
"Good morning, Judgei' calls Blinks
| gayly as he passes. ''How's that car
buretor acting7 Good morning, Arch.
deacon. In that plug trouble Of yours
ell right againf zuiio, professor; let
me run you up to the college. Oh,
/ It's no trouble. What do yen think
/, Of the bearings OF this cares
And 90 Mr.. BiiniSB has got all his
| friends back again.
After ali. the great thing about be.
ing crazy is to be all crazy together.
tcopgaght, 1881
Evening star., 1923-09-16

Therefore / stood quite selfshly,
twirling my head each way while
watching each Fair Peramulator go
by. Yards &c yards of fancy hair,
quarts & quarts of liquid eyes. tons
& tons of perfect formation pass
along Bored Walk, each expecting to
win 10,000$. Yet how could l choose
from so many? When it are raining
diamond hailstones it are impossible
to know which one to put in your
pocket.
Pretty soonly long come an un-
expected lady wearing her teeth quite
jumbled; also she had put her nose
on wrong and had an expression of
the neck peculiar to ostriches. She
t, stood befront of me like wooden
fence SO 1 could not observe more
than Il of. any Venus at time.
"oh. Mrs. Madam, If convenient,
would you chivalrously sidestep away
slightly so that / can have a better
view to fall in love with?" I ask to
know
who are you?" she require peevly,
pointing her outside teeth.
"Hashimura Togo. IL necessary"
expunge. "r have arrived here wish
ing 10 give 1O,o0oS prize to Queen Of
Beauty"
20 joyful" she shreech while taxi
ing my neck in her hard elbow.
Then you the gentleman for who 1
look. You realize who it Is strangling
you so industriously?"
Tell before 1 choakw 1 glubber.
"I are no more or less than the
Onion Queen from Bermuda" she re-
hash. "And now I have found you
I shall win the prize!"
"Unhook mer I cummute, and
when she had sprang OF. Now relate
TO me or 1S reasons why you should
be choosed?"
Firstly" she narrate, you must
observe the moaI on my CHA"
81 cannot help doing So" This from
me. But see yon Swedish Afroditty
Just coming near. Could your beauty
knock her out?''
Most insuredly!" she dib. THAT
poor Swedish have ingrowing nose.
This could never vim. Observe my
nose. Are it ingrowing?"
Not the least" I peruse. TT are
quite outbreaking."
Evening star., 1923-09-16

aunt began to complain of unfair
treatment.
x x i: K
THE aunt complained against this
i or that, niece or nephew. In turn,
these complained against the others
for putting unfair shares of duty on
them. At last, quite disillusioned
she was IN full cry against the lot
of them who were enjoying her
goods and treating her without
honor!
She went to the feared woman.
"Give me my remedy?'' she de-
manded
mo need" replied Annie. CAS- each
breaks the pact his bad luck follows
Sit and waitr'
Now, it is common knowledge OF
the town and beach (some city fam
lilies have stayed at the same hotels
OF Carnac-Plago three summers in
succession) that bad luck pursued
the entire lot of nephews and nieces
and their families in the most aston.
ishing manner.
The Kermadecs were covetous and
stingy, like many peasants. They
could not refrain from grudging and
denying the old aunt. They could not
Evening star., 1923-09-16

80 there. I have won Round One, !"
she crew.
But kindly to please throw your
"She looks like she was loaned by
Harrison Fisher, kindness, of Hon.
Mike Angelo"
"She got two CD dumples in her
chin" narrate this Onion Queen.
THAT are fatal blemish. You will
see that my chin have but one "a
dumple."
IL could not behold it." I decry.
1T are under the moai." she ampu-
tate. "Neverthelessly, it are there.
Therefore win Round Tow"
\ \ 4 x
SGN II sakes in heaven" holIa- IF
lN1 you have time TO enjoy your
self, see that Pleasant Dream elop-
ing along! 1 bet my bootwear she
are from Alabama. o see those red
colored hairs arranged to look at!
And she got complexion like puffed
rice! Let me escape after her to
give her Prize before she get awayr'
'Stop" snarrel Onion Queen with
traffick movement of thum g. fingers.
Beauty Prizes must not be gave
away with emotion. They must be
calculated by scientifick tables &c
measure ments. You would make hor-
rible mistake If you donated CASH
reward to that Girl From Alabama.
Why so? tell you. Her face are u
inch too short!, Now kindly TO look
at my face"
II must be accused from too must
effort" 1 venom.
Very nicely!" she pass back.
Then Ts9iave won Point g."
How many points must you have
to win Prize?" ! require, fainting
away slightly.
10000 she manipulate, but IL
you will give me your time and OBJ
serve ME more closely you will find
that got that many and few to
spare. 1 have been sent here by q
Board of Artists"
What variety of Artists?' ask
to know.
"Cubists," she annihiIate. "T am
called most beautiful gel in greenitoh
village, n. Y"
II shall look at you as cube" 1
Evening star., 1923-09-16
Plow Lays Cable.

THE plow has been set TO work lay
ing electric light cables. A east
steel implement for deep pIowing was
adapted for the purpose, and with a
small force of workers the plow in
stalled 1900 feet of single, iead.oov-
cred cable ia one day.
1t was fitted with q clamp to hold
the end OF the cable, and a gasoline
engine, with n drum. was hitched to
the drawbar. The cable was pulled
along beneath the surface OF the
ground by the piowshare, so that, as
the plow proceeded the cable was laid
In the trench made.
The company making the experiment
attained still better record when the
plow was pulled by a more powerful
gasoline engine, Application of the
device is limited to use in oity parks
or in suburban installations where
cable has to be strung across a large
lawn. The outfit oan be hauled any
where by small truck.
Evening star., 1923-09-16
Belief IN the Last Real Witches
Produces Strange Doings in Brittany
Annie c Called
tousan Aids patono Of FeardW Woman.

Carnac go to the bad witch for a spell
against his neighbor.
Also. these oId-fashioned natives
are not the only believers. Once, the
past summer (and the story is too
widely told not to be true), the bad
witch was visited by party or I'VE
unknown Parisians in a touring car
who came directly. They neither
asked their way TO Annic's house nor
spoke a word to any native. There
was no need. They knew-and the
natives know Three twIlights in sue
cession, peasants all agog with curl
osity lay hidden, watching for Annie
to come and do her stun at the ac-
cursed rock!
TT is a particularly bAd-renowned
i menhfr (vast rock monolith) that
has vague old, old tradition OF
being the demons stone" and in
whose shadow one manslaughter and
one assassination took place within
the past fifty years. There, the third
twilight, they saw Annie standing by
it. silhouetted against the evening
sky, her cloak spread like a bats
wings, writing, bending, squattlng.
rising--'cursing unknown people. UP
in Paris
Also, at Carnac Beach, certain OF
the summer boarders are said to have
gone seriously to Katt Legal for
love charms. One couple. they say,
desired to cease to love--they had no
right. They went with death In their
faoes-perhaps to think. each, that
the other could consent to give UP.
They had treatment. It succeeded.
They looked coldly at each other.
each when the other accepted treat
fnent.
Tho second couple asked for
charm to continue loving. They had
loved dearly. and were panic-stricken
at their coldness.
The only case I saw with my own
eyes was when Katt Legal gave
treatment to a humble village lad
whose soul was that of pure knight,
The poor pumpkin lolled on a bench
beside the door Of the good witch.
His head hung like dropping flower.
The pain. OF unrequited love is some
thing horrid She soothed, and cooed.
and handled him until his sighs grew
weaker and ceased altogether. 1t was
all serious. They have no false pride.
these peasants. The boy saw nothing
discreditabie In having loved and
been Tilted, to seek to root the sad
love from his heart.
HE Will return to Katt twice
more" they told us, "and his cure will
be complete and sure. He will cease
TO care for the girl who does not care
for Aim. Knowing that he has re-
ceived high-ciass treatment, he will
ha cnurapaouSt''
Evening star., 1923-09-16
By STERLING HEILTG.
CARNAC. French Coast,

Below BFest. September 8, 1929.
r SHALL tell only what is said
hero. and some of the things
which have set people to talk
ing. 1t Is the tail.enu OF Brit
tany. You come by way or vannes
and change cars twice. The people
wear the old Breton costumes. but
there is a Carnac PLACE Cor beach).
with summer resort. hotels and
motor car parties all over the place.
The unusual thing is that city peo-
pie hear any of the talk. Old Carnac
town is a mile and half from the
ESQ years apart!
Two hundred and fifty years ago
our New England populations believ~
ed in witches: and they were edu-
Gated people. In the same way. these
Breton natives are not ignorant; but
they keep to themselves for dozen
reasons--one of which is because
outsiders smile at their belief in
witches.
But the Kermadecs affair dragged
so long tawaking curiosity of sum-
iner boarders at the beach three
seasons and stirring up the natives
by It's implacable continuity that
they have been drawn togther, city
folks and natives, so 20 speak, as by
the unrolling of an antique tradegy
before their eyes-because the things
were there, for all to see them.
The Kermadecs were q rather
gnA IA RAl
correct family OF peasant farmers,
clinging to the old inherited lands,
but not particularly lucky.
Even the schoolmaster (who is one
OF 'them." born In Morbihan, but
| educated up in Paris, where he got a
| veneer OF scientific rationalisml
| speaks OF the pact of the Kermadecs
with curious respect.
Tho Bretons are thrifty and cum
| ming. Like all Frenchmen. they are
particularly honest in this sense. that
they pay their bills on the nail. il
you can show that they have given
their signature: but the new war
taxes seem burdensome to them; they
shrink from paying heavy succession
fees in full; and the yet heavier
collateral inheritance tax seems to
them rank governmental oppression.
4 y \ y
THE Kermadecs had a rich maiden
l. aunt who proposed to circumvent
the Hso by dividing up her property
among them while che lived.
To each member she would give the
share coming to them by inheritance.
on the understanding that she should
live In honor with each household. at
her choice, and, have whatever cash
for clothes and pocket money she
| might ask for.
Here. of course. was opportunity
for misunderstanding. The aunt
might find herself pleased in a par
ticular hQusehold-and stick to 1t
longer than might seem fair to the
sufferers. In such case it would be
for the other nephews and nieces to
make it up to them. But, OF course,
such eventuailty was not even men-
toned to the aunt while still rich and
/ desirabIe--before she had divided up
her property among them.
Now. here comes the strange part.
Instead of going to "a lawyer or q
Evening star., 1923-09-16

quietly into another group Of guests.
| Prof Potofax and Miss Scragg and a
number of others were evidently talking
about books.
"a beautiful book" the professor was
saying. lone Of the best things, to my
mind at any rate, that has appeared for
years There's chapter on the silencing
OF eysnust gas which is simply marvel
ianIs."
Mr.. Biinks moved on.
| Wherever he went among his guests
he caught their conversation IN little
scraps.
II ran her UP to forty with the great
est ease, then threw in my high speed
and got seventy out of her without any
| trouble mo, simply used socket
wrench, 1t answers perfectiy.''--"Yes, q
solution of calcium chloride Is very good,
but OF course the fydrochioric acid in II
| has a powerful effect on the metal.n
| II y = \
"A HEANTIME, around his wife, who
llN1 stood receiving In state at one and
Of the room, the guests surged to and
| fro.
$50 charmed 90 see you again"
Europe o long time. haven't you7
Oh, mostly in the south OF England?
Are the roads good? Last year my
husband and I went all through
ishakespeare's country. It's just de-
iightfuL They sprinkle It so thor
| oughly. And Stratforc4on-Avoni itself
Is just a treat. It's all oiled, every
BIT of it--except the little road by
Shakespeare's house--but we didn't
go along that. Then later we went
up to the Lake district; but it's not
| so good-they don't oil it,
She f1oated away to give place 20
another LADY,
Evening star., 1923-09-16
Boat Climbs Uphill.

TT is reported that Bartolomei. an
italian engineer, has designed an
ingenious scheme destined TO replace
the complicated operation OF present
canal locks. The Italians arrange
fnent comprises a paddle wheel NOV
able with its axle fitted with wheels
to run on iron rails on the banks.j nr,ha
boat is driven UP hill By the water,
contained in an inclined canal, fiow-
ing against the wheel. causing it 20
revoIve and, therefore. 60 turn the
wheels on the rails, thereby pushing
the boat forward.
The gradient OF the canal is inter
mediary between and per cent and
need by no means be constant
throughout its length.
Evening star., 1923-09-16

help mutual squabbling. Neither
could they help bad crops. rotting
potatoes, sickening cattle, bad pur-
chases and a full line of petty mis-
cries. up to typhoid and diphtheria!
The aunt had revenge. In quantity;
but as for remedy the Kermadecs
have lost so much that it would
break them. now, to square heri
This, too, they say, is IN keeping
wsta the mentality of bad witch.
Annic lives in q Druid dolmon, on
the moor.
It is her "house,'' ON which she
pays no taxes--"house' belived to. be
10000 years old, composed OF FIVE
gigantic slabs of roek--four stand.
ing .solidly on edge, for walls, and
one, nat, three feet thick, and weigh
ing, at an estimate, 100 tons, for roof
A witch, they say, has always lived
IN "Annie's house." It alwayp was q
land OF witohcraft, The peasants
come honestly by their beliefs. OUT
side Carnac are the antique menhirs
and dolnnena OF Monac, Ksrmagio, ana
KerIesean, enormous and mysterious
elongated rocks placed end-up TO form
avenues and ''isonsss" by nobody can
guess what possible mechanics OF pre-
historic snenl
The Druids used them; but they
were thero before the Druids. The
witches inherited them from the
Druids. 1000 years ago: ana now
Annie, 'Tast of the bad witches has
her choice of the best
She is called a frail and wisened
old woman; but the truth Is that her
body Is so masked by long dirt
eolored cloak that her physique is
hard to determine. When excited. she
Is said to straiehten up like middle.
aged womant
eae walss with hse queer ataf-=a
Evening star., 1923-09-16
all means let's have a re-

eye e.'---SOmeWnere III Lne blDle.J
-@ Y all means let's have re-
ception,' said Mrs. Blinks.
IT'S the quickest and
49, incest way to meet our old
friends again after all these years.
And goodness Knows this house is big
enough for it'--she gave a glance,
as she spoke, round the big reception
room of the Blinks residence. "only
don't let's ask a whole lot of chatter
ing young people that we don't know:
let's have the older people, the ones
that can talk about something really
worth while"
That's Just what / say" answered
Mr.. Blinks--l1e was q small man with
insIgnificance written all over him
''let me listen TO people talk; that's
what like. I'm not much on the
social side myself, but / do enjoy
! hearing good talk. That's what I
liked so much over in England. All
them--all those people that we used
TO meet talked so we'll. And in France
those ladies that run saloons on Sum
day afternoons"
''SaIIongs," corrected Mrs. Biinlss.
she picked up O pencil and paper.
well, then" she said, as she be-
gan TO write down names, 'we'il ask
Judge Ponderus--"
"surer' assented Mr.. Blinks, rub
binr his hands. He's a fine talker, II
he'll come"
"They'iI all come" said his wife,
''to q house as big as this; and wen
ask the Rev. DR.. Domb and his wife
or. no, he's Archdeacon Domb now, I
hear.--and we'll invite Bishop sollem,
go they can talk together"
rThatil be good" said Mr.. Blinks.
sI remember years and years ago
hearing them two--those two--talk-
ing about religion. and about the
soul and the body. Man! It was deep.
II was clean beyond me. That's what
like to listen to-"
@A7,d Prot. Potofax from the coll
Iege." vert on Mrs. Blinks you re-
member, the big stout one"
sT know" said her husband.
sand his daughter, she's musical,
and Mrs. Buncomtaik, she's q great
iiwht on women's politics. and Miss
ScragR and Mr.. Underdone--they both
write poetry, so they can talk about
that"
y = = *
4 WEEK later, on the day Of the
"A Biinks RECEPTION. there vas string
ot motors three deep along Il line of q
hundred yards in front of the house.
Inside the reception rooms were filed.
Archdeacon Dofnb and Dean Sollem
w2re standing side by side, with their
heads aTavely lowered as they talked
over cups Of tea Mr.. Biinks edged to-
wards them. s'Tbis'Tl ne soueshing
Evening star., 1923-09-16

stray believers whom shall men
ton later, the most mysterious OF
all); but the abject fear and obe-
dience of all manner of natives
toward her is another story.
Her mother was a dreaded witch.
Her father was the famous sorcerer
of Kervignae. And SO on back,
tions, and lonely folk" says the
schoolinaster
Annie takes toll of what she needs
from the entire neighborhood. Ap-
parently she Is too proud or indif4
ferent to abuse, but the moment any
one of the natives dies Annie is on
the spot. They give her food, money
and clothes. so, at weddings, they
hand her money and spread her a
little table OF the best In dark COR
ner. If Annie wants anything in par
tieular she sends word to a town
shopkeeper. She gets it.
When anything goes wrong in a
family Annie is suspected OF having
cast spell. The proceeding is quite
simple. with. nothing tragic about it
some member manages to meet her
as by accident In presence OF wit.
saessas. and hands her nice gift
This publicity 10 to avoid suspicion
OF paying her TO hoodoo a neighbors
Then. Annie squared, things are exc
pected to 60 better, or. at least re-
sune their natural course. 1t is no
more than a kind Of Insurance
Reluctance TO be alone with Annie
for these considerations has d good
moral erect. after all. People become
afraid to offend each other ana are
gentle, Just and honest--lest the bad
witch be employed to do summary
justicsl Only In cases of the most
grave injury viii q peasant around
Evening star., 1923-09-16
Fie coRee.

TT is reported that in czechoslovakia
figs are prepared in substitution
for coffee. Dried either In the sun or
in evaporating pans, according to the
climate. they are then roasted in
ovens until they are quite brown and
brittle, after which they are ground
into a powder that 1t pressed into
tablets. These are dissolved in hot
water when coffee is desired.
Evening star., 1923-09-16
Giving Her Away.

From the Baltimore News.
Suit9r-Do you think your sister
would give me one of her curIs2
Johnny--I don't think she could
AFFORD TO: the lady who owns the
beauty shop charges her quite q let
Cor fkena
Evening star., 1923-09-16
~<e THE CALL OF THE CARBURETORs s<s
Stephen Leacock Tells How Blinks Regained Friends

(''First get motor in your own
eye and then you will overlook more
easily the motor in your brothers
'eye."--Somewhsr In tho Bible.)
Evening star., 1923-09-16

EAREST SIR: II you have a
heart -febbleness or = high
blood press, please do not read
this Letter. because it con-
The Coconino sun., 1923-07-27
SAFETY FIRST MAKES BED IN
MIDDLE OF S. f. RY. TRACKS

A much pulverized individual on the
Santa Fe tracks Monday morning un.
doubtedly would have resulted but fol
the quick action of the engineer, who
Immediately put the brakes on the
train and stopped it.
Train No. was coming into Hol-
brook, near Arentz, the small station
just east of town. The train was go
ing at a pretty fair clip, when the
engineer noticed something on the
track just ahead of him. Not know
ing what it was he Immediately APP
piled the brakes. He managed to stop
the train just a few inches before
reaching the obstacle. Upon getting
off the train the crew found that 1t
was traveller who had made his bed
on couple of comforters right in the
middle of the track. He was asleep
when they got to him. The train was
due at Holbrook at 6 a. m.
The trainmen bundled the lodger
off his bed and asked him why he had
made his bed on the middle of the
track. He replied that he was travel
ing westward toward Holbrook, and
becoming tired, he found the place a
good one for his bed, which he spres.&
out there and went to sleep.
The Coconino sun., 1923-07-27
ARIZONA
SPARKES' REMOVED;
MAUK APPOINTED
u. S. MARSHAL

Tom Sparkes was removed as u. S.
marshal last week by wire from the
department of justice and George A.
Mauk appointed in his place.
Department of justice officials in
Washington stated that Marshal
Sparkes had been removed from Of
flee 'for the good Of the service" but
would make no further statement con-
cerning the case In long distance
conversation Marshal Sparkes, who is
in attendance at federal court in Pres
colt, refused to make any statement
concerning the change in office other
than to confirm the report that he had
been removed. Marshal Sparkes stat
ed that he had been notified Of his
removal two days ago.
Federal employees in Phoenix when
interviewed stated they had no know
ledge of the change and any infor-
nation would have to come from the
department of justice in Washington,
or from Marshal Sparkes himself.
Marshal Sparkes has served ap-
proximately II months of his four
year term, assuming office February
is, 1922. He succeeded Joseph P. Dill
lon
The removal came as direct re-
suit Of internal strife and conflicts
between different government agen-
cies functioning in Arizona, it was
stated in semi-official circles. The
retirement Of Mr.. Sparlzes may be ex-
pected as the forerunner of several
drastic administration changes in fed
eral departments in this state, it was
intimated.
To those who have closely followed
the trend of events in federal circles
in this state during the past year, the
renewal order came as an expected
Development" but to al others, it is
complete surprise, for Marshal
Sparkes was believed to have had the
support and endorsement of the ad-
ministration.
With the announcement Of his re-
moval, however, it became known that
a special agent Of the department of
justice in Washington had been oper-
ating in Phoenix for several days
past, but it is not known that his
presence here had any direct bearing
upon the action of high federal offic-
ials at the national capital.