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Palisadian., 1923-07-20
LIVE IN <0NE-RooM "HoMEs"
Poorer Residents Of Busnos Aires
Crowded Almost Beyond Belief
in the conventiIlas.

Probably no other city in the world
the capital as Buenos Aires dominates
Argentina Into it is poured all the
wealth from the estancias, the great
ranches of asgreat country. There are
few other large towns and cities. I'm
fortunate as this may be from some
aspects, it certainly has made Won
derful capital which can be surpassed
by few in the world for wealth and
magnifieence.
How a million and half people can
live in a city which covers such COM
paratively small space as Buenos Aires
was a wonder to me at first, for the
city gives no such impression of vast
ness as London or NeY York or Chi
cago, or even Philadelphia. The prob
lem was solved when l saw something
of the conventillas in which several
hundred people live and move and
people exist. In many cases they are
very next-docr neighbors to million
aires magnificent palace.
On the outside there is nothing re-
markable about these conventillas, but
as you open the outer door you find
that yeu are in a courtyard, and
around the courtyard are multitude
of smaller doors. If there are two
stories, then a balcony runs around
the second story, and as many more
doors open upon that. Each Of these
doors leads to a single room, and in
this room was told lives whole fam
ily-father and mother and children,
perhaps son-in-law and grandchildren.
Five or six, 1t is said, sleep in the
same bed, and the cooking is done
/ over a charcoal brazier in the court
yard.
The mild climate, too, allows one to
be in the open air much of the time.
OF course, the well-to-do, or even
those in fairly moderate circumstances,
do not live in a conventilla. The out
side of their homes usually presents
| no remarkable architectural glories,
but when you open the outside door
you find yourself not in the hallway or
f, in sitting-room, aseOften with us, but
in beautiful patio, or miniature gar
den, into which all the rooms open.
For this climate there Is nothing so
delightful as such home as this; a
little garden bordered with bright
flowers and a little fountain often
playing in the middle. Such Is the
universal architecture of the homes of
the rich and the well-to- o-do.-Rev.
Francis E. Clark, D. D., in the Chris
tian Herald.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20
Japanes. Form of Greeting,

If y man in an American city met an
ceeded to double himself up into the
form of a jackknife and then sit down
on the pavement. he would probably
be removed without delay to the near
est asylum. But if d man in Japan
failed to observe this ceremonial in
greeting friend he would be re.
garded not only as unfriendly but posi-
lively lacking in courtesy This form
of greeting is one of the oldest GUS
toms of Japan. In this respect Japan
ese p0litelfess exceeds even that of the
French, and the blowing and scrap
ing" habit is not confined to any par
ticular class
Palisadian., 1923-07-20
ANCIENT BUILDING A MARVEL
haonficence of the Labyrinth Greek
Writer, Herodotus, Found Almost
Beyond His Description.

The ancient Egyptians had at Ar
since, ar.Lake Moeris, in the Fayoum
district, west of the Nile, one Of the
most noted buildings ever in the world
the Labyrinth. There was one on
the island of Lemnos, in the Aegean
sea another on the island of Crete, in
the Mediterranean, and one in Italy
But that Of Egypt was by far the most
ancient.
Myth, tradition, legend, mystery and
awe are to be found in obscure say
ingsA about 1t in remnants of Greek
classical literature. 1t was composed
Of 1000 chambers, 1900 below the
earth's surface and 1900 above. The
grand hierophants permitted Herodo-
tus to enter some of the chambers
above, but not below. The Greek writer
could scarcely find words with which
to describe the beauty and splendor of
the famous edifice. He says:
"The upper chambers l myself Wis
tied, and I'pronounce them among the
grandest efforts of human industry and
art. The almost infinite number OF
winding passages through the different
courts excited my highest admiration !;
from spacious halls-I passed through
smaller chambers, and from them again
to large and magnificent saloons almost
without end The walls and ceilings
are marble, the latter embellished with
the most exquisite sculpture around
each court pillars Of > the richest and
most polished marble are arranged.
f"At the termination of the Lady,
rinth stands pyramid 100 cubits high,
approached by subterranean passage,
and with It's exterior enriched BY huge
figures of animals Edgar Lucien
Larkin in Seattle Post-Dispatch.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20
Fishes as Pets.

Is 1t possible to tame fishes In the
same way as we do other creatures that
become our pets? The answer is,
"Yes."
Doctor Fastenrath, of Zurich, has
succeeded in tanning fish in the Lake
of Lugano to such an extent that they
eat out of his hand and allow them
selves to be taken up and caressed.
For six months the doctor repeatedly
stood in the lake up to his neck in
water, and holding piece of bread in
each hand At the end Of a couple Of
months the fish came up and nibbled
at the bread and eventually became
quite friendly.
Upon several occasions Doctor Fas-
tenrath let white screen down into the
water, and against this background,
by means of special camera, he took
some curious photographs Of his family
pets.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20
Her Eavorite.

''Who is your favOrite poet, Miss
Gush-Longfellow or Whittier" asked
the professor.
"Oh, neither Of them; mine is much
more wonderful. I am quite in love
with him, and the strange part of it Is
that I don't even know his first name.
Can you tell me, professor? His name
Is Anon"
Palisadian., 1923-07-20
Insect "Rooues' Gallery"

: A rogues' gallery of insects Is being
organized by the American Nature as
ISOLATION in Washington. The pests
are to be identified and information as
to their migrations gathered together
with the best. methods of opposing
them. Such insects as the Hessan
fly and the boil weevil will no doubt
head the list of undesirables.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20
His Turn to Blush.

Mary had done some foolish thing
and her father reproved her sharply.
For a moment her lip trembled and
her eyes filled with tears, then with a
scathing look, she retorted What do
you want to be cross to me for? i
amt your Wife"
Palisadian., 1923-07-20
Americas Gibraltar

The name Gibraltar of America is
often applied to the city of Quebec,
because from it's position and natural
and artificial means of defense it is
the most strongly fortified city in
America.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20
Here,s Richness!

From an Iowa students examina-
ton paper: Shakespeare was mar
ried when eighteen and became the
father of twins, Romeo and Juliet, at
twenty-one. Exchange.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

The Alabama man who drove too
fast with wagon load Of dynamite is
former Alabama man now.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

1T TOOK MILTON FIFTEEN
DAYS TO WRITE ONE PAGE OF A
BOOK. SMOOTHING, l SAW IN THE
PAPER THE OTHER DAY WHERE
A FELLOW IN THE PEN SPENT
TWENTY YEARS ON ONE SENT
ENCE
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

Mrs. Fabble Stucks and her daugh-
ter of Palisades were the guests of
Mrs. C. Winkler of 291 John street.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Lucht and son Of
Fulton terrace have left for Asbury
Park, where they will spend a week
or two.
The euchre party conducted by St.
Johns Alumni Association Wednesday
night was both financial and social
success. Over 400 people were in at
tendance and the funds of the newly
organized association were given a
healthy start.
There were so awards to the sue
cessful players. All of these were
very attractive. The competition ran
high and the winners were forced to
the limit to score enough points to
gain them.
Refreshments were served by the
young hosts after the euchre playing
had finished and before the prizes
were presented.
-
Miss Betsy Paulson of Anderson
avenue, who recently was graduated
from Cliffside Park High School. will
continue her studies at Normal School
next September The young woman
passed her entrance exams to the
/, Montclair School during the past week.
Mrs. b. De Paoli was the guest of
Mrs. o. Greiner on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Brandt motored to
Lakewood on Monday.
Miss ANGELA Hughes, of Annapolis,
Maryland, 80 visited her aunt Mrs.
Thomas Bowman, Sunday.
William Donovan, who has conduct
ed manual training classes in the Fair
view schools fors the past few years,
has. resigned from his position. He
performed his duties we'll. The work
done by the boys under his tutelage
always occupied leading part in the
annual exhibitions conducted in the
schools each year. He is to teach in
the Union Hill public school system,
having been engaged to take care of
| the classes in the Roosevelt School.
Mr. and Mrs Ernest Hahn and their
two daughters, Marion and Dorothy,
were the week end visitors of Mrs. j.
| Nagel of Walker street.
The parishioners at st. Johns Cath
o1fc Church met Tuesday evening in
| the auditorium of the st. Johns Pa
rochial School building. Plans were
made for the annual carnival
Tentative plans call for the carnival
to run for week on the church prop
erty, corner of Walker street and
Anderson avenue. 1t is expected to
take place beginning August 20. Many
| features that made such tremendous
hits last year az well as many new
ones will be prepared for the fete.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

The best thing which could happen
TO some men to put them on their feet,
says ]. McEvoy, is to have their car
stolen.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

COMMENTING ON THE ADAGE
THAT 1.-THE EARLY BIRD GETS
THE WORM" JOE CORNELL SAYS
He NEVER DID RELISH WORMS
ANYHOW, so LET THE EARLY
BIRD HAVE EN-!
Palisadian., 1923-07-20
We Doubt 1t

BREATHEs THERE A MAN WITH
SOUL so DEAD,
WHO NEVER TO HIMSELF HAS
SAID.
WHEN HE BUMPED HIS SHIN
AGAINST THE Bed
(cENSoRED.)
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

No, Gladys, the automobile bandits
referred to in the newspapers are not
the ones who work on your car in the
repair shop.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20
Cut the Slander

Cut the SANDER
If any little word of ours can make
one life the brighter;
If any little song of ours can make
one heart the lighter;
God help us speak that little word,
and take one bit of singing,
And drop it in some lonely vale and
set the echoes ringing.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

The main consideration in the mod
ern marriage ceremony is the-money.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

mems clothing" said Geo. Martens,
is women"
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

brainy ones can speak the seventeen
languages required.
1t isn't safe, in the opinion of H
George, to judge a mans ability and
achievements by the naughty angle at
which he wears his cigar.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

Mr.. and Mrs. H. Lucht and son d
Fulton terrace have left for Asbury
Park, where they will spend week
or two.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

Correct this sentence: Il never
really enjoy working in my garden .
said the man, until the sun gets hot
enough to blister my neck
Palisadian., 1923-07-20
CGfsiide Notes

Mrs Fable Stucks and her daugh
ter of Palisades were the guests oi
Mrs. C. Winkler of 291 John street.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

Miss Betsy Paulson of Anderson
avenue, who recently was graduated
from Cliffside Park High School. will
continue her studies at Normal School
next September. The young woman
passed her entrance exams to the
Montclair School during the past week.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

Miss ANGELA Hughes, of Annapolis
Maryland, 80 visited her aunt, Mrs
Thomas Bowman, Sunday.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

Henry Ford wasn't born in Ohio and
doesn't know how to play golf, yet
there are some people inclined to be-
iieve that he can bes elected to the
presidency
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

Mrs. B. De Paoli was the guest o.
Mrs. o. Greiner on Tuesday.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

THE SALESMAN WHO FALLS
DOWN GETS UP A LOT QUICKER
THAN THE ONE THAT LIES
DOWN.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

Mr.. and Mrs B. Brandt motored t.
Lakewood on Monday.
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

How True
A writer says the brainy ones all
flock to New York. Well, only the
Palisadian., 1923-07-20

Caught UnaWares
81 guess I'm. going to be an under
taker, after all" said the hobo, snatch.
ing a pair OF 3. v. D's from the line.
Evening star., 1923-05-27

nights, weird nights, nights full s.
charm and harmony.
The old days are passing when :
adventure in the dark bazaars end.
often in the "hough!" of a dage,
struck home, the thud OF fallii..,
body. the broken sigh of defea ii
soul 1t may still end so; but IN
intriguing mind finds other distrar
tions, and long-cloaked flgUr'
crowned in high red tarbushcs kee
the law-within radius of the glu
of arc lights. Besides, there are ST.
flcient diversions beyond the certai
walls and the divans of the gan:
blers-the coffee stalls sell pink an'
yellow soda water. bottled by Hindus
electric lights make bright spo;;
about the sukhs where farmers a.!
fishermen swinging to their oars, til,
call of bugles across the waters, :.
banging of doors and bolts, littl,
bursts of shrill laughter from th+
women in the godown below; amt
Ali, apologetic because of his bis
foot. bearing a tray of pineapples
oranges, bananas and mangoes, stiii
cool with the dew of night-all in
dicate dawn and another day.
Copyright, 1e23.)
Evening star., 1923-05-27
Rainbow Metropolis East Coast Of Africa Leaves Lingering Memory Color
and Flame and ToubSoy the Blood Czed Spoy Who Killed They
Went and Wound Up Tour by Each OProvng Truth Of the Say
ing Adventures Are the Weird Nights Days Of Charm
and Harmony, Passing

their way from Office to Office on
and banged and bullied along by half
naked. sweating. singing, swearing
Swahilis, filled the air with noise and
confusion. Bicycle bells tangled as
irritable Goanese rounded unsuspect-
cd corners: birds whistled and shriek-
cd from the housetops, and the muf-
fed rattle of typewriters added stac-
cato to the concert.
Amid this confusion I came to a
black. richly carved dor set in vast
moldy wall pierced with barred
rifle ports. and recognized in this my
factory and my castle.
A solemn black doorkeeper, in
white kama and red tarbush, arose at
my approach and pushed open the
door: and I ascended a long. dark
flight of stairs through an atmos-
phere sitting with the odor OF spices.
Half way up these stairs gave access
to my future Offices. and higher still
to the spacious living quarters over
hanging the coral beach and looking
out upon the harbor.
1t was a busy day.
From dark, hidden chambers under
meath came the sound of rushing feet.
bursts of shrill laughter. and uproar
of tumbling reed sacks of cloves and
copra, the singsong chant of .he tall
ly clerks, painting songs; from the
beach, shouts Of the boatmen swing
Evening star., 1923-05-27

gregated from every corner of the
Indian ocean, and the rusted iron
steamships. worn with trafficking.
tugged wearily at their chains and
the small, battered fshermen's craft
and outriggers from the mainland
drifted about like chance blown au-
tumn leaves, we swung our heels un-
der a hamal cart and let the world
pass in review.
We both knew Arab and Jewish
traders in Alden and along the So
mali coast and had dealings with
Parsi merchants of Bombay. Ma
homet had been 'veritable Sindbad
and told his tales as the story-tellers
of old Bagdad told theirs:
There lived in the Hedjaz a mer-
chant who was my uncle; and when l
was boy my father sent me to him
to undertake a trip to Mogadishe.
This voyage we carried camels to
trade with the Somalis for goats.
hides, bullocks. gum copal, kart or
whatever else might offer profit in
Alden or Medina -.
You have not been to Muscat! I
myself went there on my fourth trip
to purchase dates and rugs
"Ah, effendi, l thought I had trav
eled. But you-you who are half my
age-have seen twice as much"
1 suggest deprecatingly: "One man
may travel far and see nothing, while
another, sitting in his shop door, sees
all the world pass before him. To
travel does not always mean to learn,
Hadji"
by Allah that is true. Look"
And he indicates a little, weary.
home sick group, squatting by the
shelter of a wall, gazing out to sea
or stealing curious glances at the all
important Indians and the black Swa-
hills shuffling and lounging past.
youths and a girl. She is unveiled
and has the wild, clean-featured
beauty of the desert, with large.
liquid eyes and skin that is warm
and fresh. while the youths. comely
and 1.-the, are plainly anxious to be
off again. One glance tells us they
have come in a dhow from the Per-
sian gulf. picking their way among
the stars across the waste of"the In
dian ocean. trusting to Allah and
every chance wind that blew
x y i X
ENvY rises in me. /, too. should
II like to sail these seas, master of
Evening star., 1923-05-27

The humorous element in his de-
parture, I must say. had been aggra-
waited at the time by good deal of
irritation at the position in which
I was left: for was obliged to hll
in nearly all my time with work,
worry and gusts of giddiness. Ships
ceased calling; the most costly roof
in East Africa" converted itself into
a sieve; and the little rains came on
in great floods. soaking through the
roof as though through sugar and
pouring in upon ten thousand bales of
precious spices. while a plague Of
rats gnawed gaping holes in every
carefully weighed sack: and / began
to wake to ghostly silences at night,
and hear whispers in the chamber,
and the waves sneering malevoiently
on the beach. and the stiff palm
fronds cracking their knuckles,, and
little gusts of rain pattering over
the corrugated-iron roofs and spit
ting in my face.
This was not good for me. One OF
my predecessors had gone through
something similar, and he ended by
wincing with physical pain every time
wave broke on the beach, and at
every step forward imagined that
the earth was caving in before him.
Neuralgia succeeded insomnia, and
insomnia succeeded neuralgia; so
eventually they had to send him tour
ing all over the world to find a place
where he could sleep.
Evening star., 1923-05-27
Tragedy ostes Farce the Busy Spice Bazaas of Zaz

ing in its roads. pouring into the
lap of black Africa the increasing
luxuries Of Europe; the dhows bear
ing commerce from the Persian gulf,
the Seychelles, and Madagascar-all.
all and more. contribute to the re-
nown and lure Of Zanzibar.
Whether it is a Hindu wedding glis-
tening with tinsel. colored lights and
mock armor, with frightened boy
bridegroom and SNUG, patronizing
sire: ore a visit to the great Mahome-
tan club in a grove of mangoes by
beach on the outskirts of town,
where adolescent Hindus ape the
manners of Eton and Harrow on the
cricket pitch, -"Oah, well played,
sare. Bowled! Bowled! Bow!ed. sare"
or an expedition with Mahomet
darting in and out among the stately
dhows from Muscat, looking over
likely bargains in teakwood tonnage,
or some adventurous quest down dark.
whispering alleys at night, with a
companion stia rolling on his sea legs
each page contained a new story
for me. But always the moral was
the same. and the moral was IXion's:
adventures are to the Adventur-
GUS"
CTEAMING into Zanzibar harbor, we
~ came on deck for glimpse of
the town, congested, inchoate. tum-
bled like lot of concrete blocks on
the dazzling coral beach and into the
/ IL S,,lt ~ Ipc
as ugly as a Saratoga hotel. obtruded
itself near the center, while dirty
little alleyways ran down to the
beach. where they emptied their Iilth
into the sparkling waters among a
fotsam OF tatter-sail dhows coasting
from village to village with carEoes
of beritios, makanda mats. cloves,
coral blocks and copra. A few broad
verandaed piles hung over the sands.
while right and left a skyline of
palms, thrust above a solid dark
green base, indicated the rich. trop-
ical verdure that is characteristic of
this isle of spice and romance.
To seaward some tiny islands were
scattered like bits of polished jade
upon a tray of ruffied. stained. sky
blue velvet. While in the offing the
skeleton of a wreck. bleaching on it's
rack of jat ID coral. gave the lie to
the music OF the waves whispering
and licking about it.
looked quizzically at my COM
panion.
NO fear" he said wearily. I'm
fed up with niggers. I want to see
nothing between here and Durham.
My soul is satisfied with what it's
seen of black Africa. Besides" he
Evening star., 1923-05-27

1essly, the sepoy turned with a fash
ing emile and shot him.
IIIHEN the two sepoys had ex-
w pended their ammunition, ex-
cept for a bullet apiece, they went
on short distance, converslng
calmly together, till they came 10
convenient barasa at the door of
shop kept by an old woman. They
told her to shut her door, and when
she had done this and the street was
clear, sitting down short distance
apart, they raised their rifles and
fired simultaneously at each other,
both falling. mortally wounded.
So these two hillmen, born and
reared in some remote hamlet, per-
haps on the snowy slopes of the
Himalayas, when the blood madness
came upon them, found their deaths
in the streaming bazaars of ZANZIBAR.
"Phew," sail Ali, mopping his brow
as he finished giving me his version.
'How very near you not can able
make business today, Suppose l
beaded! No broker, no shauri! Eth,
pwana?"
ZANZIBAR Town is the great metropo-
lis of the east coast. 1t Is Rome to the
dusky pilgrim; 1t is Paris to the reck-
less wanderers, from the Bantu folk
OF Cape Delgado to the sons of the
corsairs of Oman. Its clubs, its coffee
shops. it's cinemas. its dark, arched
rooms, where dusky bellies from In
dia, Arabia, the Somali coast and
Zanzibar giggle and shrill and dance
monotonous dances: it's spreading
mango trees under whose shelter the
torches burn and the tomtoms beat
the measure of night-long ngomas
Its shops tumbling with riches OF
roughly carved ivory and ebony, OF
hammered CinFalese silver and gems
SIS Dazaars. gaudy with cheap cloth
kikoys, hodrunks, kanzas, bright with
prints of flags and ships and en-
bIems OF royalty; the great ships ly-
Evening star., 1923-05-27

ing their barges close to the shore:
and from the open bay the distant
rattle of winches as tho gluttonous
ships gorged themselves with spices.
The Office presented a flurried as
pect of scattered invoices and bills
Of -lading, perspiring Parsis, and mar
ried Banian clerks bending desperate
ly over typewriters; while the factor.
bland little Cockney, hoped about
role Of director of the universe.
gave him my salaams, told him
my intentions and left him to revel in
his monopoly of the American spice
trade, while l retired to the seclusiop
of the spacious yeranda overlooking
the most costly roof in East Africa"
and with a woven palm basket Of
juicy fruit by my side, stretched my
self blissfully in a long Indian chair.
and smiled at the recollection of
parched Alden.
business did not Immediately en-
ID gross me. Certain events had
transpired to fill me with a pass
ing cynicism. But 1 delighted in
watching the ambitious little factor
outdoing himself for my edification.
He snatched control of the Glove
market; he reeked of copra; he pur-
chased a small fleet of dhows for
the navigation of Victoria Nyanza:
he conjured tonnage out Of empty
seas; he went so far as to imagine
himself into a fortune based on the
sale of beche-de-mer to the Chinese
epicures OF New York and Frisco;
and, at last, he disappeared mysteri-
ously in a small boat for the main
land. swamp and jungle. ran across
him a year later, twittering over new
plans. despite his black-water fever.
He was disappointed at the lack of
interest shown in his dramatic de-
parture: but this momentary cloud
faded rapidly behind flash of new
interest.
Had forty goes of fever! They ex-
pect me to die. you know
didn't expect him to die. Ii
knew he wouldn't. l hope to hear
of him some day cornering the oyster
crop to foster the walrus industry Of
Bafin's bay.