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Evening star., 1924-10-12

WE drew our chairs closer together
w about the swapping logs Of the
fire. Somehow my tongue l3osened
up and / found myself repeating ali
the hopes the ambitions and the ro-
mantle allure that South America
held for me. i sketched d picture of
the dim recesses in the jungle where
few white men had gone, and from
which fewer had returned | de-
scribed the almost intangible power
that was drawing me back into the
jungle against my vow never to leave
the soft bosom of civilization again,
that was disclosing to my eyes new
visions, not so much now of finding
a diamond mine as the possibility of
opening up the whole country for
civilization.
1t had rubber trees and balata:
there was aluminium in vast deposits:
there were gold and tin, cinnabar.
sulphur and rare gems; there were
magnificent forests of fine timber,
each species suitable for special serv-
ice to mankind. There were indeed
great potential resources lying dor
mant. waiting for some white man
or some group of men to come and
take them out of the depths of the
forest
There are not many places left in
the world today which are virgin and
untouched by mans industry. Not
any other place, ] believe, which con-
tains such magnificent potentialities"
! was quite out of breath, SO
eager had ] become in my narrative.
"Gad"' the elderly man exclaimed.
"If I was a young man, I'd 60 down
there with you. I'm over 60
maybe I'll go anyhow"
He rose from his chair. I'm late
for another conference" he declared.
Then with a shrug Of something like
disgust. 81 go to talk about soda bis
cults
As he left the room my companion
said: Hes organizing a tremendous
combine to control the biscuit market.
Doesn't much matter to him whether
it's tin plate, safety matches or ginger
snaps"
AS a result Of that chance word of
diamonds dropped at that chance
meeting not more than two weeks
later / found myself with signed pa
pers guaranteeing a large sum of
money to be placed at my disposal for
the immediate development along
the lines 1 had suggested. of the dia-
mond fields, and of all other feasible
projects. There was to be, initialIy,
a strong trading company built up
Throughout the diamond bearing in
Evening star., 1924-10-12

Followed by Refusal of Admtane

cooling ice, OF liquors. ] had been kept
by my friends telling incident after
incident from store of rowing ex-
periences.
My attention was attracted by an
elderly man, unusually we'll attired,
who had come into the lounge for a
moment He nodded courteously to
our table gathering and. picking up
a magazine from corner table. start
ed read. Then, evidently interrupt
ing his own thoughts, he laid the
magazine down and walked over to
the glass-inclosed stock market tick
er. He spent some moments carefully
inspecting the last few items Of the
days market. then with a smile
started out of the room again.
Pretty good day" he announced to
one Of my companions. Made four
points on Tin Combine. Guess I'll go
down tomorrow and get my wife a
diamond necklace"
Diamonds" exclaimed my friend
'Well, IL you're buying some new dia-
monds, here's just the man to tell you
all about them. He comes from where
they grow"
The elderly man paused. Then his
sharp eyes pierced me with a look
Of interest. He drew up a chair.
Tell me about diamonds he said
IOuHQ I1y Sell at loSS no" 10
begin.
had just been introduced to one Of
Americas greatest bankers; a quiet
man, given to no display, shielding
his personality behind tremendous
organizations. Organizer of some OF
the most powerful trusts and com
mercial enterprises, president Of
score OF financial institutions and Of
at least one big railway, he was such
q figure as would make any ordinary
man hesitate before putting forth his
little conquest
"Well-Ive only been mining a few
diamonds in a new country =. South
America" stammered awkwardly.
South America" he exclaimed.
"Since when have they been getting
diamonds in South America-I thought
they all came from Africa"
They used to-" i acknowledged,
although for some years they have
been finding yellow diamonds in Bra
lillian stream washings. But this is
rather a recent discovery. It's in
British Guiana"
And what kind Of diamonds are
they?" he asked.
They are good gems" I said. I've
had them cut from time to time in
New York and they turn out very
beautifully. in very good colors."
Evening star., 1924-10-12
Paris Women, Bobbed,
Talk About Ways of Restoring Hair

Will these bobbed girls wear Wigs!
or, if not wigs, false bits" and
| Switches?
''The day when this craze passes"
says the Echo de Paris, lit will take
three years before we can do our
| hair properly again
| Also there is the complication OF
the big hat. Manufacturers desire
strongly to bring the big hat back
at once in "a return TO normal mil
linery. Normal millinery, II is an
easy word to say But my old lady
of the kiosque says wigs first.
Can you see a bobbed girl in a
big hat?
We are now, with respect to wom-
ems hair, in a period of distinctive
simplicity never before imagined as
possible. But variety in hairdressing
the world over means false hair in
observation-disclosures the locks of the
many were thin before they bobbed
them.
In a word, although "bobs' triumph.
the great hair houses are not ruined
A T this hour the great hair houses
are working" Gas the jargon of
Paris commerce puts iD, and they
look forward to big business.
Bobbed hair, already getting in it.
iihc " VI N, tHt ldSIiOn OF putllnR the
nat over the eyes and the hurried
life, which appreciates the trans
formation" with its swift time-say-
ing-theSe and other motives keep
the great hair houses going while
they await the renaissance
Their buyers, securing country dis
tricts for the beautiful Tive" hair Of
peasant girls. carry samples which
must be matched exactly-samples
from the heads Of rich girls bobbed
in Paris.
Last summer. when the thing be-
gan TO be known, 1 saw a letter Of
instructions from a foremost hair
house in Paris to its diplomatic
traveller" shearing poor girls for
poor prices.
Match the samples. No matter the
cost But be prudent Keep freak
prices dark or else these crazy clients
of ours will spoil the market on US
for years to come. Match Nos. s, II
IL and on to 81 for transformations
You can accept less volume for Nos
22. q, "a and on to Al for light
postiches. Nos. 42 to 65 demand ma
terial for voluminous bits but the
matching must be perfect
From you, also it is understood"
they wrote. I'VE count on live hair.
bright, young. healthy The Gus
toners make no account of price. but
the hair must be quite like their
own-which they have 'bobbed' for
fun"
Transformations!
Or yet. later. the silk wig or the
boudoir cap of lace over silk curis.
Evening star., 1924-10-12
Training the Circus Animals.

The trained animals are the cheap
est actors in the Big Show" because
they don't ask for salaries and ex-
pensive costumes, but they're more
temperamental than all the rest Of
the performers in the circus, and
that's saying a lot.
The animals all have their peculiar
likes and dislikes and their keepers
must know these to keep them in
good humor. The tigers and lions,
for instance, are just as fond Of cat
nip as your own tabby is, and they're
like sulky children II they don't get
any.
The elephant Is fond Of coal It's
just like rock candy to him. In fact,
he must have a certain amount of
dirt every day or he doesn't feel well.
Elephants frequently suffer from the
collie, but that's because Of the pea
nuts people feed them.
Another odd thing about the ele-
phant, which maybe you never no.
ticed, is that his hind legs band back
ward instead Of forward! And that
funny little tail-it isn't such an in
significant thing as it seems, for it
has so much strength in it that an
elephant can knock a man over with
one blow of that little rope-like tail.
When it comes to training ele-
plants, the Asiatic elephant is best
as it learns much more quickly than
the African type. Elephants are
good pupils. In fact that talk about
horse sense" doesn't mean very
much, as horses are really stupid. so
trainers say. The elephant is much
easier to teach.
How do they go about training
these big fellows? Well, it's mostly
a question Of patience. One trainer,
for instance, wanted to teach a fiighty
"fapper" elephant to sit down at a
table and ring the bell for the wal
ter, a very funny trick. Every day
he would push her down in a spe-
cially made chair. wrap her trunk
around the bell on the table, and
shake the trunk and bell up and
down. Then he'd give her . lump Of
sugar which met with . squeal Of
delight.
Evening star., 1924-10-12

Day after day he did this. She
obeyed very well. but somehow never
got the idea herself. Her trainer
was discouraged. Then one day he
led her to the table and stopped a
few minutes to do something else.
The lady elephant grew impatient.
Suddenly she Topped down in the
chair and seized the bell and shook
it. for her lump of sugar. The idea
had finally taken"
Elephants are taught to stand on
their heads and perform other bal
ancing tricks by the use Of harnesses
and pulleys. They are strapped In
position and held up-and it needs a
regular derrick to do it-day after
day. until they finally catch onto how
to do it themselves.
The cat" animals are a different
proposition. While the elephant is a
gentle beast, striving to please, the
big cats never get to like the idea
of captivity. You wouldn't expect
it, but the lion though called the
king of beasts" is much easier to
train than the tiger. He is lazier and
less inclined to be quarrelsome. A
tiger can always beat him in a fight.
Worst of all the "cats" is the black
leopard. Whenever you see one of
these going through tricks in the cir
Gus you may be sure that it's trainer
is an exceedingly clever animal
trainer, and that there is a very good
reason for the man standing close to
the cage with a revolver in his hand.
CMaybe you can't see it, but it's
there. just the same) The black leo
pard is always waiting for d chance
to get" his master.
One more thing about the circus
animals that most people don't
know-why the trick horses that the
bareback riders use are white. May
be you thought it was just for looks,
but it isn't. The performer likes to
put powdered resin on the horses
back, as this keeps him from slipping
when he's standing up on his steed.
And the resin doesn't show on Q white
horse.
Evening star., 1924-10-12
Pfoughshare From Sword.

MARK EBEN CHENEY OF James
Avn town, n. Y, an s0-year- old vet
eran of the Civil War. literally beat
an old sword into a ploughshare.
Taking a double-edge sword, two
feet long. which had belonged to his
grandfather, a soldier in the Ameri-
can Revolution. he fastened it to the
beam of his plough as a cutter for
the ploughshare. He has also turned
over the blade of an old English
lancer's spear to form a very sat&
factory pruning hook.
Evening star., 1924-10-12
Elevator Cage as Arbor.

A FTER busy life in Kansa.
City, Kans. office building, an
elevator cage has been given a home
on the lawn of Arthur Baker II still
shows what it is. but next Summer
new gown OF green leaves will OBJ
hterate all traces of its life of UPS
and downs, and it will be a full
fedged arbor. Vines which are ex-
pected to cover it already are started
Evening star., 1924-10-12
The Pope's Chair.

THE most expensive chair in exist
ence belongs to the Pope 1t is
quite modern. and was made to the
order of an American banker. II Is
of solid silver, beautifully chased
weighs nearly half ton, and is said
to have cost something like $4,000
Evening star., 1924-10-12

In the three preceding articles
OF this series of five Mr.. La Varre
has related adventures of his
friend, Dudley Lewis. and himself
In the heart of the Guiana forest
These include q perilous 10 days
journey over rushing rapids, a
visit to their camp by vampire
bats and the amazing sight in an
S--ian village of a grating board
snCruSted With diamonds.
Learning where these precious
gems had been found. they
FASTENED to the spot, abandoning
the idea of looking for gold-in
fact. when they found some of the
yellow metal they tossed it dis
dainfully aside. With the most
meager equipment for diamond
mining, they found many flashing
stones--Mr. La Narre beirE the
first white man actually to 20 into
the interior of British Guiana and
bring out these brilliant treasures.
Evening star., 1924-10-12

She is a very wise old lady. She
has seen everything. had everything
done everything and lost everything
We cannot brush her criticisms
aside.
Nor her predictions.
Is it possible?
Evening star., 1924-10-12

cause the women are bobbed. And
women are bobbed to wear hats
smaller still. She who can get into
the smallest has put something over
on the others. Now, their hairs
gone! They will regret it. How will
they put it back? Huh, wigs"
Evening star., 1924-10-12

fore a bright IRE in an exclusive club
in New York Cfty-all very far away.
I meditated. from the primitive Jungle
life where ] now longed again to be.
There was the tinkle of fine glass, of
Evening star., 1924-10-12
by WILLIAM j. la VARRE.

w YE HAD been in the jungle
n four months when I came
NN down with the fever. The
daily toll in the rain and
heat had exhausted my en-
Evening star., 1924-10-12

FAISIC, OCtOUCf
WENT to one of the most FASH
ionable millinery establishments
with an elderly American lady
who has not had her hair bob
he'd
Evening star., 1924-03-22
CORN AND OATS UP
IN CHICAGO MARKET
Heavy Sellers Disturbed Over Corn
outlook-Weekly Review Shows
Good Prospect for Wheat.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 22.--Rapid fading
away OF corn receipts. together with
protracted delay to seeding OF oats,
has brought about higher prices for
corn and oats this week, despite set
backs in the value of wheat. Com
pared with week ago. corn was Il
to IS UP this morning, and oats un-
changed to rs advance, with wheat
ranging from decline to 1saA gain,
and provisions from off to a rise of
10.
Although rough weather had evil
IDENTIFY much to do with the shrinkage
Of corn arrivals, signs indicated the
belief that a falling off in the crop
movement to- primary centers was
well under way. Recent heavy SELL
ers seemed disturbed over the out
look. Predictions were current that
corn deliveries in the country would
virtually cease as soon as farmers
could begin field work.
Some export business in corn tend
ed to strengthen confidence among
promoters Of higher prices for that
rcreaI as did assertions that more
profit in the feeding of live stock WAS
1T hand, definite forecasts being made
that $40 hogs and s16 cattle might be
looked for Slowness of shipping de-
mand here for corn, however, acted
rs something of an offset.
Widespread snowfalis. assumed to
be of great benefit to the winter
wheat crop, deprived the wheat mar
kat of any aggressive support. Pros
pects that much wheat would be de-
iivered on May contracts here acted
also as g. weight on values. Besides,
there was a complete halt in export
demand.
Gossip about improved inquiry ex-
pected from the south helped to sus-
tain the provision market.
Evening star., 1924-03-22
RADIO SHOW
SIDELICHTS

In the old days it was said that the
hand was quicker than the eye. but in
modern radio shows this is far from
being true. To learn this, see the
radio educational exposition at Wash
ington's first annual radio show at
Convention Hall, where the actual
sending and receiving apparatus used
in the International high power sta
tions of the Radio Corporation of
America is demonstrated. The recep-
ton is done by the eye, the tape fly
ing in front OF the operator, who
reads off the dots and dashes and
places them in the form of words on
a typewriter. With hand sending the
eys-quicker than the hand-must be
used.
Every evening at the model broad
casting station in the show, the men
behind the mike" at WRC, the en-
gineerS and some of the performers
short demonstration OF how broad
casting is done. Amperes do no:
jump into the antenna automat tically,
and here the BCLs see the men who
tame these amperes and make them
safe for democracy.
A c'ariphone invented by Chief
Petty Officer Scott of the Navy is on
exhibition at the show and has at
tracted a great deal Of attention The
claim is made that through the use OF
this instrument many of the atmos-
pheric disturbances which now inter-
fere with radio and telephonic COM
munication can be eliminated
One of the largest and heaviest ex-
0oo-volt suspension insulator It is a
replica OF a suspension insulator used
on the antenna at the naval station
MSS at Annapolis.
Jack Mullane's midway and freak
radio exhibit, located on the ground
floor of Convention Hall, Is one of the
side show attractions. No extra ad-
mission is charged to enter the mid
way.
The amateur set builders contest
being conducted in connection with
the show viii be closed TO entrants
tonight. Radio fans who have built
their own have an opportunity to win
some valuable prizes. Sets should be
registered at the office OF Alfred L.
Stern. show director. which is located
In the northeast corner of the hall.
A novel crystal receiver having a
solid aluminium case is being exhib-
TIED at the show by three Washington
men. The aluminium case, according
to these men. increases its reception
capacity. The men behind this set
are Harry Adams, II. H. Baur and :.
X. Kline.
Evening star., 1924-03-22
RED CROSS TENT SET UP.
First Aid Made Available to Radio
Show Crowds.

The District chapter of the Ameri.
can Red Cross has established a Red
Cross tent at the radio show
Trained nurses with Red Cross en-
blems on their caps are in attend
ance under the direction Of Mrs.
Seaton Schroeder, chairman of the
nursing department OF the District
chapter.
In event of accident or illness
among the thousands of visitors 20
the show the Red Cross representa-
tives would be on hand to render
first aid.
Under the leadership Of Mrs. Will
liam S. Spencer ladies from the COM
fort section of the District chapter
are at the booth to furnish informa-
tion and also distribute Red Cross
literature during the sessions of the
show. The Red Cross Tent will be
maintained there until the show
closes.
Evening star., 1924-03-22
MARATHON RADIO
PROGRAM TOMORROW
WHB Will Broadcast Features Con-
tinuously for More Than
Thirteen Hours. \

The second aII-night international
program of station wHB of Kansas
City will be broadcast continuously
from O'Clock tomorrow night to 8 30,
O'Clock Monday morning. !
These thirteen hours and thirty
hye minutes of broadcasting will in
clude every possible type Of enter
tainment. Church services, instru-
mental classical concert, all classes
of vocal music, solos, duets. quartets
and choir, chimes concerts, dance
music, Hawaiian music (by native
Hawaiians). educational and humor-
GUS talks, rebroadcasting OF other
stations and various Instrumental
solos will be featured.
Seven direct telephone wires to all
parts of Kansas City will make pos
sible this varied program.
special novelty will be the 'rWHB
Radio Artists Ball. held at the
Ricardo Hotel, where the Sweeney
Radio Orchestra will provide dance
music for the guests who have ap-
peared over WHB during the past
year. Impromptu features by these
artists will interperse the dance pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1924-03-22
SONG OF NIGHTINGALE
WILL BE BROADCAST
"Mike" Will Be Placed in Haunts
of Birds-King George Has
Unique Set.
Ry the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 22.-King George
has Joined the army of radio fans
and has had installed in his palace a
receiving set said to be unique.
No aerial or ground connections
are used, their places being taken by
copper plates set into the top and
base of the cabinet This obviates
the frame loop common to most sets
not having outdoor aerials.
The set embodies two stages OF
radio frequency amplification before
the detector tube and three stages of
audio amplifcation.
The British BroadcaSting Company
is planning an attempt during the
spring to radio the song of the
nightingale in its native haunts. A
microphone and small transmitting
set will be placed in a grove fire.
quented by the feathered songsters
and the bird notes amplifled and re-
broadcast by the London station.
Evening star., 1924-03-22
OHIO SHERIFF INDICTED.
Accepting Bribe Prom Prohibition
Law Violators Charged.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 22.-Frann
L. Holycross, Franklin county sheriff
was indicted on charges of accepting
bribes for protection OF prohibition
law vioiators by the Franklin county
grand jury yesterday. Frank Motter
and Walter Hamilton, deputies, were
indicted on charges of being go-be :
tweens
Sheriff Hoiycross is charged with
accepting $1,000 from David Enger-
1eider of Wheeling. w. Va, for the re-
lease of a large cargo of liquor; ac-,
cepting $500 to permit DR.. Waite r
Hensel of Groveport, Ohio, to engage
in Illegal sales Of liquor; $500 to per
init others to complete distillation Of
a quantity of whisky; $500 for fuI
nishtng Julius Diehr equipment 10
manufacture liquor.
Evening star., 1924-03-22
Gadski Now q Grandmother.

NEW YORK, March 22-According
to a cable received yesterday by Capt
Hans Tauscher from his wife, Nine.
Gadski. former prima donna, at
the Metropolitan Opera. son has
been born to his daughter, Mrs. Ernst
Busch, at Berlin. Mr.. Busch is
cousin of the Adolphus Busch fam
ily of ST. Louis.
Evening star., 1924-03-22
BELGIUM DEFENDS FRANC.
Plans Program of Fiscal Measures
and Economic Reforms.

BRUSSELS, March 22.-With the
idea of defending the Belgian franc
pm tho exchange market, the govern
snent is drawing up q program OF
fiscal measures and conomic reforms
somewhat similar to that drafted by
Premier Poincafe of France.
Evening star., 1924-03-22
Foch Arrives in Rome

ROME, March 22.-Marshai Foch
has arrived here for visit which
will last for several days. 1t is ex-
pected he will be received by Pope
Plus and that he will attend next
weeks public consistory at.SL Peters.
Evening star., 1924-03-22

| specials. }....r
4:35 pm.-Dairy market reports.
1905 p. p.m.-Weatber bureau report.
wRC-Radio Corporation Of America
l4S0 Mefers). =
5,15 pm.-Instruotion in code prac-
! tice.
| s p.m.-Children' s hour, by Peggy
| Albion. 80
| 6:I5 p.m.-Talk on Radio" by Rear
! Admiral Frederick c. Fhlard, com
| mandant of the United States coast
| guard. ~ts
7:35 p.m-"ousstions Asked at the
Radio Show" by Frances Robinson
of the Radio Corporation OF America
7:45 pm.-Bible talk by Page NICK.
Etchison. religious work director Of
sp.m.-"More About Postage stamp
Collecting" by f. B. Power.
| 500 p.m.--Concert& by the Nerdica.
| Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra; Wal,
ter 7. Holt, director. Program: "a
! Cb5 banjo solos, Whip and saddle
! Galop" (StahD, "A Darkey's Dream"
| uAansing). by A. Wayne Van Lear,
pupil of the Holt studios. guitar ac-
! compartment by Miss A, 4. Hill; lc)
| contralto, with Elizabeth Gardner
| Coombs at the piano; td) Nordica
Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra, We
! netian Love Song from "A Day IN
Venice" (Nevin). "A Tangled Skein"
ULevy), "a Moonlight F-rofic" todell?;
(e) piano recital by Elisabeth Gard
ner Coombs; (O mandolin and guitar
duet. Waltz Fantasie" tSfegeD. by
Miss A. E. Hill. mandolinist. and wal
ter T. Holt, guitarist: tg) mandolin
solo. Cradle Song tMeyer): by MISS
a. l.. Hill: th) song recital by Helen
Virginia Clarke, soprano; t) Hawai-
| ian trio. Hawaiian Waltz" (Pale2::
"HiIo March" (Awai, Aloha Oe
LiliuokalanD, Mrs Edith Tschin eiy'
Hawaiian guitar, and Miss A. =. Hlii,
guitar. and A. l.. Williams. dpe; W
SouthI Carr. OdelD: (k) song recital
by John Paul Pennebaker, tenor
wCAP-Chexapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company t469 meters''
Silent
wMU-DOuble Electric tom-
pany C261 Meters).