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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-19
"WE MUST BE GLAD;
WE MUST BE KIND"

TIT WAS the usual daytime street
- car crowd.
he tiredlooking girl-overworked
and underfed-and beside her the girl
of leisure with her vanity case; the
weary business man, with his paper
before his eyes, and the rollicking
crowd of boy scouts. The banker
who had had an accident with his car,
and resented the fact that he had to
go home in the street car. The over
dressed matron, and the fat woman
who filed the space for two-and was
mad at all the world because Of it..
The grouchy old man in front of us,
who growled at the street car system
and the universe in general.
Beside me sat woman with two
children-one a baby Of three and the
other lad Of six; they were poorly
dressed.
The baby began to whimper and the
mother hastily soothed her, while the
crouch in front glowered at her.
Talk to liz sister," whispered the
mother. make her to be interest"
And the six-year-old, hardly more
than baby himself, turned to baby
sister. Not cry, not fret!" he said
cheerfully. "This time to be YER
glad. This time of holy day because
Christmas mos come. You get orange,
one baby doll, If ver' good-perhaps
red balloon"
pooO1o yUoro usfoY1ipo NOW hut tho
little group beside me were uncon-
scious of it. The baby had fixed
her black eyes on big brother, and
when he paused she said briefly
More p
And he hastened on-"Lights in the
shops-many toys-Christmas tree in
church, and ever body kind to ever
body-stockings to hang up for
candy"
"Morel" demanded the baby.
The girl had put away her vanity
box and was listening; aNd the bank
er across the aisle smiled at the child
"And ever one be happy-yes-be-
cause Of those Christ Child" finished
the boy, as their mother rang the bell
and hurried out carrying the baby
and her many bundles.
People exchanged smiles, and the
grouchy old man who was getting off,
too, turned to help her with the chA-
dren and the bundles.
And the words went with me, re-
peating themselves over and over
1--WE must be glad, we must be kind
because of those Christ Child."-Anna
Deming Gray.
Co. 1924, Western Newspaper Union.)
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-19
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
MAKES CHRISTMAS

TT WAS Christmas morning; the
II ground was covered with snow,
just right for a real Christmas.
1t was early morning and the Gaylord
household was astir
Now, not single package on that
tree touched until I get the turkey in
the oven"
This from the busy Mother Gaylord
as she hurrledly poked into the al
ready overstuffed turkey one more
spoon of dressing
"All right, old DEAR" shouted Hugh,
the eldest Of the three sons-"a tree
wouldn't be a tree, nor a gift q gift
without you"
Thank you, son." said mother as
she dried her hands and joined the
boys. "Father Is sorry, 1 know, to miss
all this JOY with us-but business first
That largest package is from him.
His letter said possibly he couldn't
be here for a month"
"Well, mother, let's save the tree
until he does come, and not touch a
package, for tree Is not a tree, nor
is gift gift with Dad away"
A familiar step was heard the bell
rang and in stepped Dad, shouting
Merry Christmas to all My pack
age not opened yet By Jol Glad
I'm just in time"
Four voices in unison: How did
you get hereT BLEW in?" asked
Mother.
well, l guess l did. Christmas
couldn't be Christmas without you
four, so came by airplane. Golly!
The turkey smells good let's open our
packages"
The tree was truly tree; the pack
fges were sure-enough gifts; the tur-
key was hOnest-to-gOodness turkey,
and Christmas was perfect, too for
the whole family was assembled with
true love in their hearts for eact
other and Christ was In the midst
Emily Burks Adams.
Co. 1924, Western Newspaper Union)
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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-19

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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-19
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10th, 1924

blacklist the fellow who has gone to
the front.
Tell him that all of these gains
have been made in the last fifty
years. Before that time men were
even denied the right to organize.
Existing laws at that time declared
that three workers gathered together
in one place constituted conspiracy.
But despite obstacles men united.
They formed debating societies and
established labor papers.
Slowly but surely they one at a
time toppled over old ideas maintain
ed by lawmakers, professors, eco
nomists and students. Upwards they
have climbed out of slavery and
bondage over 100000 strong.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-19
WHAT UNIONS HAVE DONE

The next time someone asks Won
what you have unions for, do not pity
his ignorance, but take the uninform-
ed gentleman in hand and enlighten
his mind to the greatest force for
good that the worlds workers have
ever known.
Compare the long workday of
thirty years ago to that of today. Ex-
plain to him how at the beginning of
the union labor movement all of the
different mechanics of labor were
Evening star., 1924-09-21
OF GOLD"

boiled in wide suCkholes Kissed. and
literally dared US to venture nearer.
All" the men shrieked in unison.
Fast water. Wild water. Now We
goin' see fun" The slow rhythmic
chant of the paddle song increased
rapidly as the paddle beats quickened.
The men began singing in a shrill
falsetto they challenged the
water. Nearer and nearer, one
boat length after another, we beat
our way into the midst of the rapids.
Then Capt. Peter twisted the steering
paddle and swung up quickly into
a narrow channel between two slen-
der islands.
"Out blades" he shouted Make
a noise there Make your own
bubbles" The foam on the CLASSY
surface streaked past us at d fast
clip. When the nose of our canoe
was directly in the current Of the
swift water l felt our speed Stacker
We seemed to stand still. and there
was a feeling that we were going
to slide backward. The boat paused
a few seconds while the blacks
screamed and dug their blades faster
and faster into the water. + breath
lessly measured off an inch at d time
against the side of the embanking
jungle-one. two, three. four-until
one boat length was stretched to two
and then another and another dur
ting an hour of precarious climbing.
Suddenly We found ourselves in a
strangely smooth channel. while on
both sides of us, beyond the bound
ing strips of islands, the water was
impa ssasle. We could hear the
roaring at our sides and could even
look through the thin screen of foli-
age on one island and see abreast of
us the foaming rapids.
mo more rapids today" Capt. Peter
exclaimed, as the boat began to walk
forward again under the renewed
beat of the paddles. Ahead of us lay
calm and sluggish water, over which
we made fairly good speed. The sun
beat down, scorching the canvas hood
over our heads. The blacks looked
like primitive SavageS out of the
heart of Africa, the muscles of their
massive bodies swelling, chests heav-
ing in song an dlabor. Their paddle
song had calmed down into faint.
swinging chant, losing all its harsh
crescendo, almost like a love song
with which a swaying mother could
Groom her baby to sleep.
x x K !:
WE slept that night under big
w pieces of canvas that had been
stretched over horizontal poles be-
Evening star., 1924-09-21
A AMatrimOnial HOLIDAY

Why not? I'd like him to see me
with you. He's flirting now, furi-
ously, with a woman he met in New
York
Where is he?"
The stranger looked around among
the imitation bathers scattered on
the beach. A man always likes to try
his skill at picking out a particular
person in such circumstances
Wait Well meet him presently.
Upon second thought, Id like to in
troduce you at once"
Very well, if you like"
He gave her his card, which she
held at the moment without reading.
There he is" She indicated a mus
cular man. scantily attired, sitting in
the sand very close to a woman as
TO whose figure there could be but
little speculation. They've been to-
gether ever since she arrived" After
slancing at his card: "Dillworthy ?
Why. her name is Dillworthy. too"
BY Jove" remarked Mr.. Algernon
Dillworthy, looking in amazement at
the pair. Il understood she was at
Newport
Copyright. 1924
Evening star., 1924-09-21

was necessary to obtain a still larger
safe deposit box than was retained
for them in the beginning The
jewelry is of every description-the
gold-rimmed spectacles of an old
man. and $4,000 cluster of diamonds
from d society woman; chiIds
medal. and package of Liberty
Loan bonds; cigarette case and
lavalliere set with 100 stones. There
are many watches and chains, and
dozens of rings.
There has been spirit OF sacrifice
in the gifts offered to Our Lady A
miner in Bonner. Mont, wrote that
he was sending by registered mail
gold ring set with a genuine sap
phire, and 81 rough uncut stones.
sapphires and topazes, to be cut and
Evening star., 1924-09-21

the converging gunwales with his
toes.
Finally, on the ninth day, we came
in sight of the last rapids But no
sooner had l looked at them than my
Across the river stretched six-foot
butted up from the river, from one
side to the other. In the center of
the river the rock outc-op bulged out
into round island high out Of the
foaming waters.
Other sharper rocks stuck up out
of the water below the falls, and be-
| tween the falls and our boat was a
quarter of mile OF angry water.
churning itself into foam and swirl
ing about the rocks, making wide
Whirlpools, cross eddies and impassa-
bic stretches of swift water. Our
seven-ton boat, heavy as it was
seemed far too small to trust in such
a place.
"Ai, Devils Hole." howled the black
men. Devils Hole, me hear you
calm me-"
out blades, paddle there" Capt
| Peter yelled as we nosed into the
torrent of the water
his toes and bent over the point OF
the canoe, ready with his paddle to
steer US away from suck holes and
rocks. The captain jerked his steer
ing paddle sharply, testing the rope
that bound il to the boat. Should
that paddle break or he lose control
OF our boat, there would be little
hope for US. Dudley and I crouched
beneath the arched canopy, ready for
any emergency.
The first rush OF the snarling water
| swept us sidewise. as though we
were floating on leaf We dropped
back to start over again.
"Yip! Zip" shouted Capt Peter
Come on there-do or diew
Once again we began to gain head
way. Dudley and / grasped the case
of emergency food and ammunition.
Up, up we crept behind a projecting
rock, then quickly the captain steered
us across a swift streak of water
into quieter eddy behind another
rock higher upstream
The river was rushing about Us
with deafening roar. l feared to look
behind us at the rocks and Whirlpools
into which. should we lose control Of
the boat, we would be swept Capt.
Peter screamed at the blacks to pad
die harder. But as I watched their
straining torsos it did not seem that
their bodies could stand one bit more.
/ held my breath for minutes at a
time, as the boat lurched this way
and that. Many times, as we crossed
from one sheltering rock to another,
we were within an inch Of death
Evening star., 1924-09-21

tween the trees. Dudley and ! swung
our hammocks beneath one tarpauIin
| The blacks hung their hammock
about us under other canvas shelters
Many small fires twinkled After
dinner we settled back in our ham
mocks for the night.
The forest was inky black. / i'm
agined every variety of weird crea-
ture to be looking at me from the
depths of the gloomy jungle. Dudley
and | tied our automatics to the
heads of our hammocks.
Nothing here to bother us" Capt
Peter insisted, "'cept vampires"
"Vampres?" l asked
Yes. bats. You've got to keep COW
cred up or they'll bite. They suck
blood"
BY the light of his campfire 1 saw
that he was wrapping his feet and
hands in pieces OF -four bags, while
he was preparing to draw Il larger
piece of cloth over his head like a
shroud.
/ had heard of vampire bats. I lay
awake interminably waiting for them
to appear. L even stuck my foot out
of my blanket 10 entice one to visit
me. | had q secret feeling rEat il
would be romantic 10 be Nipped hy
| a vampire bat: then when | returned
L
! the scar with the casual remark, oh
yes, I've often been bitten by vam-
pires." Yet patiently as | waited
could hear only the swish of their
muft1ed wings as they swept nearby
through the camp.
'Daylight," Again Capt Peter
Weakened US. 1t was not yet light.
I felt dull pain in one toe and look :
ed down to inspect it. hoping to find
that during the night | had been Wis
tied by bat But ! discovered that
it was only a slight bruise caused by
my toe being caught in the net of the
cotton hammock, which cut off the
flow of blood temporarily.
The blacks, however, considered
themselves very unlucky, for each
one of them seemed to have been. for
them. unhappily visited by these
ghoStlike creatures of the night.
What | had thought would have been
my secret joy was their pain. Yet
they had reason for their curses.
They showed me big clots of blood
on their flesh where the bats had
nibbled blood vessel while they
slept
Curious creatures" Capt. Peter OBJ
served They bite you, but you never
feel it. You never wake up until the
morning. Some people say they fan
their wings against you SO as to cool
Evening star., 1924-09-21

sold. He was led to find these by
divine guidance. he believed. and sug-
gested that the largest stone be cut
and set for the crown Of the Blessed
Mother statue" and added that he
hopes to find and send more.
In the same mail came a business
like letter from a rich man in Michi-
gan, inclosing check for 81 900.
Another donation is from Baltimore.
an offering for the crown of Our
Lady'S statue, from a self-sacrificing
woman who writes that she wishes to
give $40 or $50 in gold. besides silver
ware. and, if necessary. more money,
besides beautiful diamond ring.
Among the donors is the successor of
Father Damien on that island of sor-
rows. Molokai of the lepers
Evening star., 1924-09-21
Boats of Concrete.

T was an Italian engineer, Sisnor
Gabellini of Rome, who for so
many years advocated the use of iron
concrete for the construction of ships
and ali kinds of floating structures.
After being applied successfully in
great number of cases his system
was offered to the Italian govern
ment, which finally decided to adopt
it for it's navy.
AS concrete on coming into contact
with water is known to acquire in
creased strength, this material seems
to be especially adapted for the build
ing of boats. 1t also permits the ad-
ditional advantage of a permanently
smooth surface and coreSpondingly
reduced skin friction.
After the iron skeleton has been
mounted it is shaped according to the
pattern and then is covered with
metal mesh. Concrete is finally ap-
piled until the desired thickness is
obtained, and after the setting of the
concrete the structure is launched
in order to be completed on the
water.
The launching of these boats is par
ticularly interesting. Instead of be-
ing built like other floating struc-
lures on slanting slips at the waters
nary floating docks. which are like
wise of iron concrete. AS soon as
everything is ready for launching the
pontoons at one end Of the dock are
immersed, thus obtaining the re-
quired slope.
Although iron concrete is three
times as heavy as wood. by this proc
ess it yields vessels and pontoons OF
the same floating power, while in the
Ill s<rh ~
same lightness to be secured as with
iron structures, without any diminu-
ton in resistance and elasticity. Ow-
ing to it's iron reinforcement the con-
crete mass does not break in the
event of a sudden shock. 1t is true
that if the load exceeds the limit of
elasticity a breakage does occur, but
SO slowly as to leave ample time for
the detection and repair OF :Se
damage.
Evening star., 1924-09-21

GRADUALLY we had crept closer
~ to the rocky island. until ONLY
one more strip OF bad water later
vened. We were almost ready to saxh
with thankful relief when the boat
was wrenched suddenly % oHe side
The bowman lost mis- balance and
plunged overheard. That was the
only moment when Dudley anG
could be of any use. No sooner had
] seen him waving his arms to regain
his lost balance, than / lifted up the
round life belt and slung il with its
rope halter toward the falling man
He was quick enough to grasp it. The
paddlerS started to help him in
Never mind. Sit down" yelled the
captain. "Headway. Paddle" The men
dug into the water viciouSIy, wild
eyed at the thought of the bowman's
death. The rope etreamed out be
hind US and Dudley and l both held
the end, while the half-drowned boat
man clutched franticaIly at the life
belt. The continued action of the
paddlers and the captains skilIful
| manipulation of the stern paddle
gradually steered US to safety.
Inc BODY of the bowman had sunk
Seeing his boat safely nosing into the
back eddy. toward the shelter Of the
| rock, Capt. Peter dived into the
|
senseiess body in his arms and
| brought it TO the surface again. Tho
paddlers took hold Of the life line and
drew the half-drowned man to tn.
boat. while old Peter held his head
| above the water
Narrow escape" said Dudley. And
1t was. for in his fight to get out or
| reach of the sucking water tho bow
| man had become entangled in the lif,
| line, which was the only thing tina,
| had kept his body from being draw
| quickly away by the force of tn
| water. He never could have lived in
| that maelstrom below US excellen,
| swimmer though he was. But al
| though he was barely conscious when
we pulled him out of tho water. he
| soon recovered. At last ne sat up
weakly
Hot dawg" he said with a wide
| grin. At was some hole~ He looked
| hesitatingly down over the rapids be-
| low US. We all looked at them and
gave thanks that a last we were
| finished with them. Ahead of US lay
| only beautiful still water, once the
boat and supplies were portrayed
across the two hundred feet of rocky
island and replaced in the calm water
above the falls.
Ahead of US lay one hundred miles
OF placid water, a peaceful river with
| unexplored jungles on cash bank.
| with strange Indians. and animals
and gold beckoning US. One more
nights sleep, and we would cross
the threshold of the magic land
tCopyright, 1921
Evening star., 1924-09-21

ing down the shelters and putting
the boat in shape for the journey.
We've got ten da of hard labor
ahead" Capt. Peter announced as we
finished our cup of morning tea. Ten
days of rapids"
And these were ten very bad days.
| The foaming water swept down upon
| us repeatedly, and at times wrenched
| the boat out of control. The pad =
| dlers shouted and dug more furiously
| into the water. not stopping to beat
! time against the boat. In some places
| where we hung within hairs length
| of slipping backward into a watery
| grave the blacks stood up under the
| strain of their efforts. crouching over
| the gunwales as they dug into the
I maelstrom of the engulfing water.
Capt. Peter worked laboriously at his
! huge paddle, sweeping it back and
| forth in q sculling movement to as
sist us upward, and so did the little
| bowman, perched in the tip of the
| bow, keeping his balance by gripping
Evening star., 1924-09-21
BY WILLIAM J. LA VARRE.


TIME interior of the little jungle
hotel, perched on high poles
at the edge of the gloomy for
L est, was dark and Shadowy.
Giant blacks, little tan men, and half
whites, in whose veins flower the
blood of most of the mongrelS of hu-
manity, were mingling over little
earthen pots of vile rum, quarreling
across rough -hewn mahogany tables.
In a far corner of the dimly lit
lounge room two Chinese were gar
rulously exchanging their uncompli-
mentary opinions of the English: in
another a group of ebony giants. just
come out of the dark mouth of the
river. were telling in talky-talky
English of their adventures in the
jungle.
I clapped my hands sharply to at
tract the attention of a burly negro
who had a CHASTITY white scar across
his cheek. He had been drunkenly
exhibiting large nugget of gold. and
his fawning companions had been
hugging him lovingly and coaxing
him to sell it Immediately so that
they could all have a drunken spree.
When the staccato slapS had split
the half-silence like tiny pistol re-
ports and the scarred-faced black had
turned, l beckoned to him to my side.
He disengaged himself from the
clutching arms of his friends and
Evening star., 1924-09-21
Course Ii Is

Office Boy-Say, boss, what is free
verse?
Country Editor - Poetry clipped
from the exchanges, William
Evening star., 1924-09-21

William La Varre typifes that
adventurous spirit OF man which
Inspired the early navigators and
arty-niners to their goal. 1t has
been said of him that he is "a
modern knight riding straight
srom romance's kingdom"
On the quest of stirring expert
ence, Mr.. La Varre. former stu
dent at Harvard, where, by
good fortune, he had taken some
courses in minerology, and his
Ger of the Yale Alumni Associa-
tion. embarked for trip to
Africa, intending to visit a few of
the coast towns of South America.
which they regarded as way-sta
ton. But at Georgetown, in Brit
ish Guiana, they heard reports and
rumors which convinced them that
high adventure was not, after all,
so remote as Africa.
AS a result, Mr. La Varre Virtu-
ally stumbled upon diamonds while
In kuest of gold. Several years
previously he had been preceded in
that region by the late John Pur-
roy Mitchell. who was later to be-
come mayor of New York City.
but who, however, had confined his
efforts to digging for gold. and
with little success.
Mr.. La Varre's account of what
befel him in the search for the
most precious of all treasures is
given in five articles, of which
this is the first.
Evening star., 1924-09-21
Chemically Speaking,

Teacher - Who made the frs:
nitride?
STUDENT think it was Paul Re-
we're.
Evening star., 1924-09-21

your flesh while they suck as much
blood as they want l don't know.
I've been bitten many times, but !
never woke up-never felt it at the
time"
The blacks limped about camp TAX
Evening star., 1924-09-21
Catholics to View Progress on Shrine
8

Continued from First Page
Evening star., 1924-09-21
By j. A. WALDRON.

was at Del Monte. The scene
was gay, the air balmy. the peo-
ple-or many of them-those
followers of the sun that aban-
The border vidette., 1924-12-13
FARMERS AND MINING

Not in years has the West
known such mining activity as
now prevails in almost every,
line of mineral production.
Scores of old dumps and waste
heaps are being re worked by
new processes; and ores of lower
grades that once did not pay.
are now attractive. The sale of
the 400, ,0OO-ton waste dump of
the Tintic in Colorado, for 500,
600, is one example. A mining
market Is ideal for agriculture;
it is always exclusive, and has
the cash for every local special.
ty. The prosperous farmer in a
locality that can develop a min.
ing market, can we'll afford to
invest a little surplus in his
home mines; both for the metals
profit, and for the splendid, ex
elusive market that the mines
afford him.
Mining is one of the Vests
greatest taxpayers and employ.
ers of labor and is entitled to
encouragement by every state
The Manufacturer.
The border vidette., 1924-12-13
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION

ARIZONA BROKERS COMPANY, INC.
The border vidette., 1924-12-13

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we. the undersigned, have this
day associated ourselves together for
the purpose Of forming corporation
under and pursuant to the laws of the
State Of Arizona, and for that purpose
have adopted and do hereby adopt the
following Articles of Incorporation.