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larger islands are mountains and
valleys, and you can count twenty ac-
tive volcanoes by the white smoke
rising from them. Some of the noun
tains are almost 10000 feet high, and
several are equal in beauty to F>uji-
yama- Japan.
If the glass is good you can see
the natives plowing the fields. The
cultivated lands cover an area about
twice as large as Massachusetts,. You
will see also great forests, for the tim
Der. all told, would cover a state as big
as Missouri. You will see cities and
towns, villages without number, and
a multitude of little brown people.
The Philippines have a population
of more than 100000 If you would
gather together into one place all
those who bow down to the American
flag and divide them into dozens, one
in each dozen would be one of these
black haired, brown skinned, slant
eyed little people below us. If you
looked at them closely you would see
that these Filipinos are of different
races, although all are allied to the
Malays; and if you could put radio
caps on your ears you would find
that the languages spoken are more
than those at the Tower of Babel i'll
the confusion of tongues.
The Philippines have forty-three
different tribes or divisions of races,
and the distinct dialects spoken are
more than fourscore. The people of
some of the islands would be as much
lost in others as you would be If you
were dropped down into China But |
now there are schools. everywhere and |
they are all learning English.
These people are of many religions |
The islands have three times as many |
as the population of Chi |
cago, and more Mohammedans than !
there are people in Cincinnati. The |
tribes purely pagan are as many as
the citizens of Buffalo. There are
$4,000 Buddhists and $1,000 Chinese
who worship Confucius.
ippines as new country. These
Islands had a civilization when our
ancestors went naked, living in huts
and sleeping on skins. They got
taste Of the Indian and Chinese cuI-
ture 400 or 500 years before Christ.
They were a dependency of the Hindu
Malaytn empires of Indo-C China, Su
natra and Borneo from 200 to 1925
A. D., and later they were governed
oy the Chinese under the Mings. At
one time they were seized by the
English and then returned to Spain
For a while northern Luzon paia
tribute to Japan, and from Manila
south the land was ruled by the Bor-
leo Mohammedans
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| on bridge of Ganges while Hon. Moor
got so rusty he look like a dead gin.
Jer cookie. And on banks Of Benares
was or million persons in white
tabie-cloths, awaiting to get wash
before water was clean. They was
all bundled together under electric
liShts kindness of Edison Coz and
while amassed there they resemble
an enormalous army of ghosts, which
give me the creepers. When Hon
Moon nearly faint away, enthusiastick
clumps of PILGRIMS go enrushing to
water while hollering. Look out,
silva! Why you no pay attention."
And pretty soonly, what you think
happen? Hon. Moon comence to look
brite bilious, then he get back his
strength and shine with considerable
silver.
'They bring back that moon, by
golly" pronounce Cousin Nogi, who
was nerVus for fear it wouldn't
Think what blessing that will be to
America"
Gould not America get along
pretty good without moon?' I ask to
know.
L.
For instancely. if there was no
moonlight in chicago few persons
would get married"
Some would be thankful for that"
l dib.
AT any rates." denounce Nogi, I'VE
have just observed a miracle"
Perhapsly so. l are confused
Next morning am. we float down
Hon. Ganges in a dhow or boat so
that we could see those Chats A
Chat are very tall collection of
stone steps with the river on one end
and a temple on the other. 1t were
a dull time of morning. Only about
a million Hindus was bathing. Every
where's they had bilt sacred fires of
sandalwood, aloes G. camphor to
make the air smell sweet like the
smoke coming out of a drug store.
Pretty soonly, right under tense
cloud of perfumery smoke we come
upon sight which should make us
feel very elated, but it didn't This
were the Janus Burning Chat where
very relidgeous Hindus are cooked
when they die. On this hui stone
platform was 20 piles Of sacred wood
dead persons. They are
set on fire by nearest relative who
bora torch (price 8 rupees) from
with poker, watching Uncle John go
to blazes in view of large audience.
Right beside that Burning Chat set
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THE PROMOTER WHO LOST
Presents the Modern Mode Business Story Seasoned With
Gumbeon-The Abbroved Way Get Bank Loan "

the little factory town of
Smudgeville the o'clock whis-
| ties blew. The machines stopped.
steam died. The hands quit. The
doors closed. The factories shut
| Work was over
| Seth Lachford shut the door of the
tumble-d down place that was called
| Lachford's Works, and went and sat
on a pile of shingles. thinking of his
overhead costs. The Lachford busi-
| ness was so undermined by overhead
| that with any further depression it
would go up altogether.
All around Seth as he sat were the
great piles of crumbled gray dust that
| represented his five years efforts to
make cement. His face and the atti-
tude were those of a man who had
failed. But there was something, too.
In the hard-bitten, tight-Iipped, close
n1pped, short-necked appearance Of
the man that showed that in his case
failure, after all, meant little more
than lack of success.
Seth Lachford rose, painfully. from
the bunch of shingles, locked the door
of the mean place that he called his
works and walked across the lot to
the house he called his home. where
the woman he called his wife was
cooking supper for the things he
called his children.
Things any better today?" she
queried
Seth head-shook dejectedly
Are your overhead expenses per
of
to the selling cost of the product"
asked the sad-eyed woman as she
helped her husband to the fried po-
tatoes.
Yes. Min" responded Seth. "the
capital cost of operation shows an
ascending curve right along"
II see said Min, thoughtfully. as
she poured out molasses for the chill
dren. "and each further increment of
outlay merely agglomerates your Diff
ferential.''
1T does" Seth glumped
"Oh, Seth" suddenly Minis face
sanguinated, II forgot: there's let
ter from brother Tom. He'll be here
in the morning, and he says he can
straighten everything out"
Next morning Tom Lachford, pro-
moter. blew into Smudgeville, and to-
gether Tom and Seth walked round
the plant" and looked at the crum-
bled piles of gray dust.
The brothers were a contrast-Seth
bent and hesitant. Tome square-built
bull-chested, ox-necked, box-tawed,
short a hundred and
fifty per cent American all through.
See here. Seth" said Tom, you've
tried five years to make cement and
you've failed?"
Seth ingurgitated without speaking.
well, look here" Tom went on.
1--WE got an idea, and it's big thing
make a fortune out of these piles
of dirt. But, first of all. L want
thousand dollars cash"
Il haven't got it," exhaled Seth,
"and the bank won't lend it,"
"Pshaw" said Tom. SHOW me the
way to that bank"
TOM LACHFORD walked straight
l. to the Smudgeville First National
Bank, straight into and straight
through it to the managers room. |
There was something compelling |
about the man, something dynamic in
the way he sat down, and something |
almost titanic or teutonic in the way |
he laid his hat on the table.
See here, Mr.. Phathead." he said. |
II want the loan of a thousand dol /
lars"
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Later 1 visited the Sulu Islands,
from where I saw Borneo over the
way. l had an interview with the
Sultan of Sulu. and had a very good
chance to see the Moros as they were
before being affected by our Ameri-
can rule. 1t was the same with many
of the other peoples of the Philip
pines, and 1 got a fair idea of the
islands as they were then. Now,
twenty five years later, 1 am back in
Manila to spend some months in these
waters, making pen pictures of the
changes that have since taken place.
EIRST let US take view of the
Philippines as the sun sees them.
We shall seat ourselves in the chariot
of Apollo as he rides around the
earth. We start here at Manila on
one of the hot belts of the globe.
The southern end of the islands is as
near the equator as the distance from
New York to Cleveland. At the north
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We shall now drop down a few
thousand feet and look at the islands
in detail. They lie in a sea one
fourth as large as the United States,
peppering it with rocks that run in
and out amid great patches of green.
There are more than 1000 islands be-
low us, ranging from the size of a
city block to Luzon. which is as big
as Ohio. That patch at the south is
Mindanao, the size of Indiana, and
between lie Palawan and Panay.
which together are one-fifth as large
as Pennsylvania Mindoro just equals
Porto Rico. OF all the islands, sew
eral thousands have not received
names, and hundreds are still unex-
plored. The islands, if Joined to-
gether, would be about twice the
area Of New England, almost as big
as Great Britain and Ireland, or three
times as large as the state of Ken
lucky.
If you will glue your field glasses
to your eyes, you will see that the
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ny FRANK G. CARPENTER.

MANILA.
TT is far cry from the isles of
Greece to the isles of the
Philippines, but that is the trip
l. have made within the past sew
era months. I have come from
Athens to Manila a distance of more
than half way round the world. AS
write, there is thirteen hours diff
ference between my watch and yours,
and If you take luncheon today in
perspiring under a thin sheet here
In Manila an hour after midnight.
have lost one day on the voyage.
That was five days out of Seattle,
when we crossed the 1S0th meridian.
Moreover, it was Sunday. and it
cheated one of our missionaries out
OF a sermon. We had two and both
were anxious to speak. AS we left
Puget Sound they agreed that No. 1,
who was going to Japan, should have the
first Sunday, and No. 2. bound for Pek-
ing, should preach on the Sunday there
after. But on Saturday night, four
days after leaving, a sign was put
up on the steamer which read ITO
day is Saturday. Tomorrow will be
Monday" And so the first preacher
lost out.
At New York / took a train for
Seattle, travelling 3,141 miles from
the mouth of the Hudson to Puget
Sound; and from there l have come
by the President Madison of the Ad-
miral Oriental Line, 0ue of our Ship
ping Boarr vessels, to Manila. The
distance is almost seven thousand
miles, and the frSt-class minimum
fare is just 1915. We have been
twenty-five days on the voyage and
have stopped four times on the way
The first lap was from Seattle to
Yokohama, Japan.
The trip was only a little longer
than from Naples to New York, and
the distance by the ships log was
just 1885 miles. We stopped a day
~ Yokohama to unload building ma
terial to aid in repairing the dam
ages of the earthquake.
IN crossing the Pacific the Far East
begins the moment you step on the
steamer. The servants are Chinese.
Stewards in white or blue gowns
take care of your rooms and wait
1pon you at the table. They cannot |
read English, and your dishes are |
,rdered by number. On the Presi- |
lent Madison We were awakened |
,ach morning by q xylophone tapped
~ Cheney, the biscuit boy of the
lining room. whose yellow face and
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they are. Then they go round col
| lecting annas in tin cups, thusly
proving that they are worshippers OF
Backsheesh, most popular of all ORR
entail gods.
| OF PILGRIMS got onto that train that
1 enjoy worry & require from Indian
Guide (price 3 rupees):
Tell me something in your curio
English. Are there a circus or some
thing in Benares that so many per-
sons is going there in such a jumbly
mobb?"
"Ah, Mr.. Sahib," promote Hon.
Guide, tonight are the night, by
golly! At pm. this evening there
will be a eklipse of the Moon. Think
that! Nothing like this have happen
for twenty (20) yrs. & for such a
reason five million persons have trav-
elled from all the suburbs of India to
take dipp in Ganges"
II are glad to hear that Hindus got
reason for anything they do
narrate. But why do they travel so
far by carfare merely because Hon.
Moon go black-face for two (2)
hours? When Hon. Moon enjoy
eklipse in America people does not
come from California. N j., Boston,
Chicago & other RR stations to swim
in Mrs. Sippi River"
"Ah, Mr.. Sahib," report Guide, lay
ing hand on his headache for Indian
salute. Americans is not enlight-
ened. They takes all sorts of risks
with astronomy without knowing
how nearly the World got wrecked.
Pussibly you do not know why Hon.
Moon go into eklipse. / tell you for
(price 5 rupees). In
Heaven there reside pretty mean god
dess. name of Dhurga, very wild wife
Of silva, who run Sun G. Moon among
other important jobs Well then.
Sometime when Hon. silva are busy
to politickal conventions or
other annoyances this Hon. Dhurga
get very sly & deside to eat up Hon.
Moon, which she admire for Swiss
cheese flavor. Now you see, can't
you? When Hon. Dhurga commence
gollup Hon. Moon then it are duty for
all good Hindu come running to
& hopp in while exclaimins,
Look, see, Hon. silva! Observe what
your wife is doing while you are
away
WELL, Mr. Editor, that pm. at
" sharply me & Nogi & several
sweet fiap-girls from Chicago stood
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THE BROTHERS SAT LOOKING AT EACH OTHER THEIR FACES


| That evening when Tom came home
he told Seth and Min that he had
arranged the Incorporation at thirty
thousand dollars and was going to
order ten thousand dollars worth OF
| machinery.
What machinery?' asked his
| brother.
Amy machinery" said the pro-
moter, 'it doesn't matter as long as
it's bulky"
The mere assemblage and erection
of machinery" added Min, thought
fully as she helped the brothers to
fried eggplant, conveys TO the in
vestor guarantee of bona fides."
But after supper Seth Lachford
went to the kitchen dresser and he
took out OF it the assayers report
upon the dirt, that lay in an envelope
unopened He ripped open the en-
velope and for a long while stood
looking at the document with a frown
upon his face. See here, Tom, I'll
not sell stuff like that" he evolved
slowly. mo, sir, I'll go broke before
I'll sell it,"
The brothers sat looking at each
other, their faces working.
IF you don't" said Tom, I'VE owe
the bank $4,000, and it's ruin"
"I'l meet it, said Seth, his face
still working.
IF you do" said Tom, his face
stopping working, you'll meet it in
the penitentiary."
Tom" said Seth, there's been
T.on h nrlc y;
erations, and never a thief among
them
FOR two weeks after that the work
at the palladium deposits Went on,
and the Lachfords walked around the
plant, avoiding each other-Tom keen
and restless, Seth moody, his eyes
ever on the dirt.
Only once Tom spoke to Seth.
They've placed the first lot of my
shares at par" he said, and they can
sell more, they say. Give me your
shares now and Minis and we'll sell
them and get out
Seth turned on his heel and. with
out a word. went to the house.
He called his wife aside. He took
out the assayer's paper, opened it,
and spread it out before her. Tom
says he'll sell your shares for SIC, 900,
Min. Are you going to sell off that
stuff" and he tapped the paper
fercely, ito your friends and neigh
bors, people of your own town.?
Min looked at the document. The
chemical analysis was beyond her
grasp, but the single item at the bot
tom, ESTIMATED commercial value"
was plain enough even for child.
mo. Seth" she said, L can't do it.
1t amt right"
Look, Min" Seth went on, "I want
my name to stand right in this town
If Tom tries to sell out those shares
could you get $4,000 from your folks
and buy them
II might" said Min, II doubt Pa
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| Ihe manager Spasmed.
On what security?" he WINGED.
None said Lachford.
| The manager frightened.
| You offer no collateral at aIl?' he
said
| Not a cent" said Tom, except my
| personality"
"Good"' said the banker, delighted
| You shall have it. The personal ell,
ment, Mr.. Lachford. has become til
| ne plus ultra of business. 1 recognil
| In you one OF those full blooded
| high-pepped, long sighted, wide-eyed
| men who are entitled to bank loans
This bank will back you"
That night Seth and Min and Tom
sat in consultation over their butter
milk and pancakes at the supper
| table.
What do you mean to do with the
money, Tom?" asked Min.
Tom buttermilked a minute, and
then:
Going to get a gang of men and
treat that dirt"
Treat it?~
"Yes. treat it. Run 1t into vats and
out again, sluice it, pulverize it, sling
II round-anything-
Seth stopped pancaking and ear
lifted
What's that for?" he exuded.
I'll tell you," said Tom. I'm 60
ing to raise bonds on 1t and float
company and make a cleanup"
But it's only dirt" said Seth.
Somehow we failed every time to
make it harden into cement"
Il don't want cement" said the
promoter. DirtIi do. Here's the
idea. I'll have an assayer come and
make an assay. l don't care what he
calls 1t. because the name I've settled
on is palladium. Wen announce
find OF palladium and form a company
to work it,
Min looked UP from the little pile
of children's clothing that she was
sewing.
Issue common stock" she said. as
she bit on a piece Of thread, ION a
basis Of prospective earnings capi-
talized"
But what them said Seth. '1f
we sell the stock and it's no good?"
We don't need to worry. We sell
1t and then we clear out"
Where tor,
from the little garment in her lap.
Havana" she said.
W1THIN a week it was known all
over Smudgeville that heavy de-
posits of palladium had been found
nm ma al
men were at work Derricks. cranes.
Vats and sluices rose all over the
place. Little crowds of people started
round to watch. The palladium was
put into a converter and carried from
there to a container from which il
passed to a disturber. 1t was then
put into a hopper.
What is itT' asked the people |
Palladium" was the answer The |
Smudgeville Intelligence explained |
that palladium was a graminiferous |
amygdaloid and that its calcareous |
properties rendered it of great COM
mercial value. 1t was practically |
impervious to collusion which made |
it a high soporofic-
An assayer was brought a real one
and he walked round over the Lach-
ford place and carried OFF samples |
But the report of the analysis of the |
dirt Tom Iachford showed to no one.
He showed it into the drawer of the
kitchen dresser unopened.
Then Tom Laohford called again
upon the banker.
'Mr. Phathead." he said. my
brother and / have made a find of
igniferous palladium. 1t runs at least
4s per cent to the kilowatt and we
want to raise money for incorpora-
ton and material"
Mr.. Lachford," said the banker, II
you on your discovery.
I recognize in you one of those wide
broad-sighted, frog-eyed men
hat make this country what 1t is. How
much money do you want"
Ten thousand dollars" said Tom
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would not curl a hair if 1 saw a
angle-worm swalla a blue elephant"
In additional to this, Mr.. Editor,
wish to say that when l came to In
dia / were proud of being a heather.
After seeing Benares l are thinking
seriaIly of pretending that 1 are a
Baptist
Hoping you are the same.
Yours truly,
HASHIMURA TOGO.
tCopyrigp, 1921
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To Editor The Star. who have liked
in America too long to know the
relidgeous significance OF mike
robes
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WELL. Mr.. Editor, that pm. at 3
w sharply me & Nogi & several
sweet fiap-girls from Chicago stood
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An extra heavy quality, secured f
81 Furniture Days. selling

Heavy deep pile. That's good buying feature when rug
living floor where walking is consant-and
always shows first Pattern that's important for looks
And here patterns lone sketche that follow closely the
lovely Persian originals from which they copied Grounds
in blue. And for value they can't be equaed
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to end his life. He visited her about
two weeks ago and appeared in good
spirits.
Mr.. Cochran was a member Of the
Scottish Rite, Rotary Club and Elks.
He had been connected with the
Deming Hotel, Terre Haute; the
Planters. st. Louis, and hostelries in
other cities.
He is survived by the widow; one
son. John, Is. and a daughter, Vir-
ginia Belle, %.
Mr.. Cochran went from Erie. Pa,
where he was manager of the
Lawrence Hotel, to Cleveland last
Sunday. At 8 p. m, Thursday, he
was seen on the twentieth floor of
the Keith Theater building. A shot
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COMMON ALL RENTS o. MIDDLE AGE

Are indicated in women by nervous
conditions, irritability. meIancholia.
pains and aches in the back. dizzy
spells, headaches and heat flashes.
These trying conditions may be
easily overcome and such symptoms
controlled by taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. It will
interest women to know that in a
recent canvass among over one hun
dred and twenty-one thousand wom-
en-, ninety-eight out of every hun
dred reported benefit from its use
Advertisement.
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BODY Of HOTEL
MANAGER TO Be
BROUGHT HERE
Former indianapolis Man
Shoots Self and Falls
From Twentieth Story,

Body of William A. Cochran, 3614
E. Fail Greek Blvd. who fell from
the twentieth story Of a building in
Cleveland, Ohio, after he is said to
have shot himself, will arrive in the
city today. Mr.. Cochran was for
merly connected with the Grand and
Claypool hotels here.
Mrs. Cochran is unable to say
what motives prompted her husband
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was heard and Cochran's body was
found lying on the roof of the
auditorium. It is believed he sat
on the sill of a twentieth story
window, fred a shot through his
| head and fell backwards.
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president of the American Water
Works Association, and made a
strong plea FOR fire prevention work
in his address Of acceptance.
Jordan is the third man from the
Indianapolis Water Company 20
serve as head of the national or
ganization, the others being +.
A. w. Davis and c. e. Davis.
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versity Student Teachers Associa-
ton at Arsenal Technical High
School. The last meeting of the or
ganization will be held Thursday,
May 20 at the high school. Werner
Fl. Monninger is president Of the
organization.
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JORDAN MAKES ADDRESS
Indianapolis Man Named President
of Water Works Association.

A hundred million dollars can be
saved annually if the water COM
panies ana water departments OF
America will cooperate in an inten-
sive fire prevention campaign, ac-
cording to Frank C. Jordan of In
dlanapolis, in a speech at New York
today. Jordan is he newly elected
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Crash Injuries Fatal

BIZ United Press
TERRE HAUTE, May 2S.-Wil-
liam P. Kersey, 10, is dead today of
injuries received when an auto
crashed into a stalled truck in which
he was sitting near Indianapolis
Monday night.
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Indiana Is Represented

Congressman Merrill Moores and
Richard N. Elliott of Indiana and
f1fty-eight other members of the
House of Representatives represent
ed their States at the open-air serv-
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ice at Cathedral of SIS. Peter and
Paul on Mount st. Alban, over
looking Washington, ID. c., when the
national service flag of the Episco-
pal Church was presented to the Ma
tional Cathedral.
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years in the Michigan City Prison
for opening a lock-box at the post
office and attempting to cash a
check found there.
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Boy Bites Tongue

NOBLESVILLE, Ind, May %
Eugene Watkins, s, almost bit his
tongue in two when he ran against
a wire fence and was thrown to the
ground.
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Punishment Sufficient

Charles May, Of Anderson, Ind,
was sentenced to one day in Jail
without costs by Judge A. B. Ander-
son Thursday. May had served two