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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-05-21

Anatole France, que en- ell registro
civil Sc llama Anatolio Francois Thi-
bault vivi6 desde nifio entire libros. Su
padre era un librero del Quai Voltaire,
que vendfa lfbros raros curiosos, Y a
quien namaban lie pere France, de dom
de vino ell seud0nimo que, como ell de
AZOriR lego a eclipsar ell nombre.
Aquella librerfa, cuyos fondos eran
principalmente de Teologfa de es-
critores fil6sofos del siglo XVIII,
fue ell escenario de la infaneia de Fran
ce Y la escuela donde Sc formaron su
vocaci6n Y su gusto. Ell recuerdo de
la hbrerfa, de las tertulias de legiti-
mistas v de bibli0filos que acudfan a
la tienda de, su padre, antique guardia
de Corps de Carlos X, ha dejado re-
flejos en- algunoS de SuS hbros como
LIE livre de mon ami v Pierre NOziere,
en- gran parte autobiograficos. Como
es frecuente en- los escritoreS de mu-
cha sensibilidad intensa vida inte-
rior, verti6 parte de su intimidad !:
ideas, sentimientos, curiosidades as
piraciones en- varios de sus persona
jes. A ratios, Silvestre Bonnard, ell aba
tie Jerome Coignard, el doctor Tru-
.blet, de Historic cQmique-MOn petit
Socrate--y Luciano Bergeret, son Fran
ce.
Otra ibrerfa sirve de eseenario a
sus principles lietrarios: la de Leme-
rre, Eel domicilios del Parnaso". ALI
colabor6 en- La Gazette rim6e, que pu-
blicaba Lemerre. Otro de los colabora-
dores era Verlaine, a quien despues re-
trat0 France Ell ell Choulette de lie LyS
rouge. En- aquella "Gaceta poetica" Sc
anuncia va la emoci6n cIyica de Fran
sce. Sus composiciones cfvica de France.
Sus composiciones Denys de Syracuse
Y Les legiOns de Varus eran, bajo ell
asunto clasico, poesias .revolucionarais
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lean Las Senoras!

Las senoras cinta cas sempre Sc halan estrefdas
Los dolores terribes del parto siempre son prero
retortiones
sabemos estado las purgas son 10 mas PEII
GROSO. - - i
La muer cnta debe est6mago al corriene de
anenanO meses antes del aumbramiento pero sin oar
purgaS
Tengase los ntestno mpos activando secretion del
higado
La HPALINA purga actva las intesti
males manene sus operacones al corrente molestia
guna nj sombra bra dc peigro para las embarazadas.
TOME SlENPRE LA HEPALINA que sin darle sufrimi-
ento lie qua el esrenmiento venta en- las armacias
CORPORATION Chattanooga Tenn E. u de A.: Hab.ns.
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"CuandO el frances sea una lengua
muerta-escribi0 Fernando Gregh-, Sc
daran traducir los ~escolares tro-
zos dc Anatole France, como hemos
tfaducido en- cuarto afio Ell sueiiO Y El
GaliO, de Luciano de Samosata. Ana
tole France es" otro Luciano, polfgrafo,
burl6n artista como 81; un Luciano
frances, de Paris: Luciano Bergeret
Sera un gran clasico. No Sc ha escrito
mejor en- Ell siglo NvII, nj en- el siglo
XVIII. Rpnan niismo no escribfa tan
bien." sst
Este. clasic6 frances, principe de los
prosistas de su pals, ha cumplido ochen
ia amos. Tn grupo de escritores espa-
Holes lie ha enviadO con tai motive un
mensaje. Anatole France no pertene-
ce solo a La literatura de su pals. Es
uno Gle los maestros de la Belleza ell
Pensamiento al que todos debemos al
= gina suavidad del espfritu alguna
emoci6n exquisite. Ser un escultor de
la 'palabra no ha sido su mayor m6ri-
60. El amor a las ideas es en- el tan in
tense, tan comprensivo, tan sabio en-
gustar la belleza o la austeridad de ca
da una. que lie hizo pasar por un fino
aficionado que recorre las salas del Mu-
SEQ del pensamiento. M
4 La silueta espiritual de Anatole
France Sc ha solido trazar con estos
dos rasgos clasicidad v dilentantis-
mo. OtrO Gle sus crfticos: Bernard La
zaPe, decfa de el con mordaeidad: "Ha
heredado ell alma de los griegos de la
decadencia. En- literature es un can
tor de la Capilla Sixtina tiene la voz
pura Y la irresoluci6n de estos perso-
najes. Es ell hijo de Renan, euyo mo
no es Julio Lemaitre. Buen parnasia-
NO v medianoi filosofo.s.. Ha escrito
cuentos encantadores, y no ha sabido
componeF un libros Tiene amueblado ell
cerebro, pero los muebles estan en- des-
orden. Ha hecho crftica con mas dilen-
tantismo que conviction, con mas fan
tasfa que franqueza, pero con mueho
arte. Este poeta, escrupuloso observa-
dor de las reglas,. eS ell mas irreseluto
de- los moralistas ell mas desquilibra-
do de los metaffsicos; ell mas suelte de
los ret6ricos y ell mas solido de los So
fiStas.' tt{tf
No es un cantor de la Capilla Sixth
ma, como Sc dice en- esta diatriba. Tam
POGO un 'iiletante. No pertenecfa a Ia
familia de los estetas que hacen de la
religion de, la belleza un culto de inso7
portable narcislsino, sin calor humane.
En- sus obras la Ironfa esta templada
siempre por la Piedad. Aqael hombre
criado entire libros, que viva entire
ellos v tanto los amaba, supo salir dc
sn torre de narfil o de SUI eiudad de
los hbros lanzarses lleno de passion
cfvica, a la plaza de la ciudad tumul-
tuosa agitada, cuando ell affaire Drey
ffusrdividi0 FIancia. La isla de les
pingiiinOS, es un testimonio de que ell
supuesto diletante era un luchador, que
hasta saba volverse rabelaisiano. Su
aparente diletantismo era comprensi6n.
Su ifilosoffa no era solo una contem-
placion yoluptuosa, en- que la belleza
de.la vida he hacfa perdonar la vanidad
de la vida, como dijo Lanson. Era una
ffloseffa de earidad hacia ell hombre v
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,NIINl,iO De SUBASTAj
GoBIERNo DE PUERTO RICO
DEPARTAMENTO DEL
INTERIOR
NEeocIADo DE oBRAs pugLIcAs
sUMINIsTRo DE PIEDRAs

NEGOC1ADO DE OBhAS PUBLICAS
San Juan, P. r. Mayo 8, 1924.
Proposiciones en- pliegos cerrados pa
ra la adjudication en- pdblica subasta
lie surninistro, medida v entrega de
$4,000 metros cfbicos mas menos de
pieJra triturada para ser acoriados en-
las carreteras insulares durantc ell ano
economico 1924-1925, Sc recibira en- es
ia oficina hasta las 200 P. M. del d1a
2 de JUNO de 1924, en- que Sc abrirap
leeran plbicamente.
Todos los datos necesarios Sc daran
en- esta oficina donde Sc encuentran de
manifesto los documentos que han de
regir en- ell contrato podran recoger
los hcitadores los modelos de proposi-
clones que han de presentar.
La Administration Sc reserva ell de
recho de rechazar cualquier todas las
proposiciones de adjudicar ell contra
to bajo otras consideraciones distintas
de las del precio.
GUILLERMO ESTEVES,
Comisionado.
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de carload hacia las ideas, que as
piraba, ante todo, comprender las CO.
sas con amor Y compadecerse de sus
imperfecciones. Il.
Smyrna times., 1924-05-14
THIS ESKIMO RAD GUMPTl0N
Work Of Native Woman, Who Was
Sole Survivor of Arctic Expedl-
tion, Is Marvellous.

Those who have followed the daily
press during recent weeks have prob
ably noticed the disastrous and tragic
ending Of the recent Wrangel island
arctic expedition, in the account of
which Ada Blackjack, an Eskimo
woman, figures strikingly, says Mad
isOn Cooper in the Flower Grower.
For fortitude, courage, resOurceful-
ness, religious merit and all around
gumption, Ada Blackjack serves as an
object lesson to many of her brothers
and sisters of greater opportunities
and enlightenment. Compared with a
person of the strongest mental bal
ance and with the greatest physical
endurance and experience, the accom-
plishments of this mite Of humanity
(she is less than five feet talD, are most
marvellous. While nursing a dying
companion, confined to his bed for
weeks. this little woman performed all
Of the duties necessary for an exist
ence in the polar regions, including
cutting wood, trapping, hunting, cook
ing, etc. She even during this time
learned to use firearms and shot seals
to help out the scanty food supply.
The real worth of a human being is
only demonstrated by necessity COM
bined with opportunity. Under circum
stances which we Of the so-called civ
ilized races of the earth would prob
ably have succumbed to discourage
ment and disease, Ada Blackjack rose
triumphant and never showed the
white feather or what our modern
slang calls a yellow streak" If Ada
Blackjack is a good representative oi
her race, truly the Eskimo has neveI
been valued at his true worth.
Smyrna times., 1924-05-14
Gold shrlnks Everything.

Nearly everything shrinks as it gets
cooler. AS there is the same weight
in less volume any given volume
weighs more. The cooler anything Is,
the heavier is any given volume Of 1t,
with the important and vital exception
of water. Water has the peculiar prop
erty of getting heavier all the way
down the scale until the temperature
of 80 degrees Fahrenheit is reached;
then It begins to e~pand again until it
freezes and afterward. AS a result,
a given volume Of water at 80 degrees,
or the temperature at which 1t freezes,
Is lighter than water at 80 degrees and
rises above it before freezing begins.
The ice being still lighter, floats on
the water. If water did not have this
queer property, ice would form on the
bottom Of bodies of water, there would
be no protection of the surface by a
layer OF ice from further cooling and
many rivers and lakes would freeze
solid. killing all the fish. The summer
sun would never be able to melt all OF
the winters Ice.
Smyrna times., 1924-05-14

sician saying the man had been dead
for several hours, apparently from an
attack of the heart.
Young Allen and his family heard
a noise between midnight and dawn
and Mrs. Allen called her husbands
attention to it, but hearing no groans
of anything to indicate someone had
fallen down stairs, Allen told his wife
it must have been their watch dog,
which was in the back porch. They
all soon fell asleep again and were
Mortified when they found the lifeless
body of Mr.. Allen in the morning.
Mr.. Allen was a progressive and
successful farmer, owning one of the
most productive farms in lower Della
ware. He was a native of that sec
tion, having resided there all his life,
with the exception of about Is years
which he spent in New Haven, Conn,
where he was successful as an opera
tor of dairy. After coming back to
the Seaford section he was engaged
in breeding of fast horses for several
years and at one time owned some of
the fastest horses in lower Delaware
His wife died about seven years ago
He is survived by son and daughter
C. C. Allen, Seaford; Mrs. Lannis Rig
gin, Baltimore; also four sisters anC
two brothers, Mrs. James Monroe anC
Mrs. Joseph Brown, New Haven
Conn; Mrs. Henry C. Adams, Major
Canada; Mrs. Martin H. Cannon, Sea
ford; John E. Allen, Plant City, Fla.
Horace w. Allen, New Haven, Conn
Funeral services were held from th'
home of his son, Saturday afternoon
at o'clock, with interment in OdC
Fellows Cemetery, Seaford.
Smyrna times., 1924-05-14

heritage of the nation. The sturdy
principles of liberty with order. law
with respect for authority for which
Washington and his associates were
willing to risk '1ife, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness" to maintain,
are as truly an ark of our Govern
mental covenant today as in 1775.
To help maintain these principles I
am sending for preservation a piece
of this tree to each State and posses
sion in the Union. l take pleasure
in certifying that this is a piece of
the original old elm under which Cen
eral George Washington first took
command of the American Army.
From reports submitted by the Bus
sey Institution for Research in APP
piled Biology, Harvard University, af-
ter careful study, it was determined
that the tree was at least 204 years
old when it fell October 26, 1923.
Respectfully yours,
EDWARD w. QUINN,
Mayor.
Smyrna times., 1924-05-14
r. J. ALLEN DEAD AT sEAFORD
Retired Farmers LifeIess Body Dis
covered at Foot of Stairway

Retired Farmers LifeIess Body Dis
covered at Foot of Stairway
Reuben J. Allen, aged 60 years, re-
tired farmer of Wesley, three miles
from Seaford, was found dead about
6 o'clock Wednesday morning, at the
bend of a winding stairway in the
home of his son, Clarence G. Allen,
West Seaford, by young Allen and his
family. The elder Allen retired from
farming at the end of last year, and
had since made his home with his son,
who is a chicken fancier, residing
along the Seaford-Reliance State
highway in West Seaford. Allen was
apparently in his usual health when
he retired for the night. He had been
conversing freely with friends and re-
latives previous to retiring and did
not speak Of feeling ill., He evident
Iy was taken sick during the night,
and getting up, started down a back
stairway in his sons home, when he
fell. His son called a physician as
soon as he found his father, the ply
Smyrna times., 1924-05-14
ORIENTAL FAREWELL QUIET
Forms Sharp Contract TO Roars Of oe-
cidental Crowd as Ships
Leave Port.

As the big liner steamed out Of port
O. hoarse, deep-throated roar shook her
tan and black tunnels; and a lesser,
wilder cry burst from the thousands
alongside. Roses pelted down from the
decks above, arms whirled like pin
wheels, and deafening crowds screamed
their farewells.
But in the throng a little pool of
silence brOOded undisturbed. Six I'M
passive oriental faces formed half
moon Of silence as old as the Dawn OF
Creation. Sphinxlike, through inn
penetrable almond eyes they watched
the whirlwind sweep the crowd. What
was the going Of a mere vessel to such
as they7
Up on the ships higher deck stood
a lone oriental figure whose almond
eyes focused on the group. A thin
yellow hand lifted the black hat hori-
zontally in the air, a fleeting ghost of
a smile rufled the impenetrable eyes.
Nothing morel The yellow faces be-
low cleaned strangely. Six hats rose
simultaneously in air. No waving
no yelling, no cries. Only a shadow
of smile in the watching almond
eyes. The crowds ragged on, shrek
ing, running, weeping. But the Orient
stood silent, smiling it's impenetrable
ancient smile.-New York Sun and
Globe.
Smyrna times., 1924-05-14

The largest sturgeon of the season
was landed Monday by Harry Nickle
and his partner, of Delaware City. 1t
measured twelve feet in length of the
"slunker" type, and netted only 25
pounds of roe. 1t is worth $1.35 a
pound. The meat finds a ready mar
ket. The sturgeon fishermen are
breaking all records this season, the
catch already being greater than it
has been for MANY wears.
Smyrna times., 1924-05-14
TROPHY RECEIVED IN DOVER
Part of Washington Elm Sent to Gov
ernOr Denney by Mayor E. w. Quinn

Part of Washington Elm Sent to Gov
ernOr Denney by Mayor E. w. Quinn
Governor Denney last week receiv-
ed from the Mayor of the City of
Cambridge, Mass, a piece of the old
Washington Elm which has stood for
more than two hundred years in that
city, but which was destroyed last
year by being blown down. With the
piece of elm, the following letter was
sent to Governor Denney by Mayor
Edward Quinn, of Cambridge, Mass:
Cambridge, Mass,
Hon. William D. Denney,
Governor of Delaware,
My Dear Governor:
The Washing
ton Elm which had been standing in
Cambridge, Mass, for more than two
hundred years has fallen. The tree
has for a generation clearly SYM
bolized the principles of law, liberty
and patriotism which we all so dear
ly love, and has been the shrine at
which people from all over the world
have reverenced for more than cen
tury. An enduring monument suit
ably inscribed is to be erected on the
spot that has been left vacant. You
will recall that sent you letter a
few months ago in which I outlined
a plan to interest the school children
in a program to erect a monument
also to inaugurate an essay contest
among the high school students fol-
the purpose of stimulating interest in
the movement.
The Washington Elm has been the
Smyrna times., 1924-05-14
JAMES J.
KENT COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE co. Dover Del.

Innrss conducted the
Policy Dividends Policies
o.. HOFFECKER, Agent smyraa
Evening star., 1924-06-15
DUEL RoUTs CUPID.
Blundering Friend Ends Love
Match, But Only After Being Shot.

From the London Mail
A duel was fought in a forest on the
outskirts of Berlin recently between
two men more than 40 years old who
had been lifelong friends.
They are both bachelors, but one a
merry squire, fell in love with a pretty
girl Of 81 and was determined to marry
her. The other, a wealthy business
man, was certain the pretty girl would
make his friend unhappy. He noticed,
for instance, that when the three of
them were in restaurants the pretty
girl returned the admiring glances of
young men at other tables.
Love is blind and the squire saw
nothing in this. His friend, not under
standing the danger of interfering in
other peoples love affairs, hit on plan
to save him. He sent the pretty girl
a love letter inviting her to meet him,
and signing it with a fictitious name.
Two love letters had no effect, but the
third brought that naughty girl to the
rendezvous, and he was there to see
her arrive. He went home chuckling
and wrote and told her how he had
tricked her and warned her to leave his
friend alone.
But she, with that touch Of genius
which deceiveS mere men every time,
went straight off to her squire with
tears in her eyes and the letters in her
hand.
The result was the duel and bullet
in the chest of the kind but blundering
friend. The story has, however, a
highly moral ending Overcome with
grief at the sight of his friend bleeding
on the ground, the squire agreed to
have nothing more to do with the
pretty girl.
Evening star., 1924-06-15
Spanish War Veterans

The twenty-fifth annual encamp-
ment Of the Department of the Dis
trlct Of Columbia, United Spanish
war veterans. will begin it's sessions
o'clock at Grand Army Hall, I412
pennsylvania avenue, James j. Muir
phy, department commander, presid-
ing. There will be complete set of
new department officers elected for
the organization year 1924-1925, in
clal and other business The princi-
pal committees of the encampment
are as follows: Credentials committee
Harry b. Coulter, department ad-
}utant, chairman; John Farmer. Gen.
Henry w. Lawton Camp; John Ford,
Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp:
Committee on resolutions-Past Com
mander- chief John Lewis Smith,
Gen: Nelson A. Miles Camp, chairman:
Past Department Commander Samuel
Past Department Commander Lee H.
Harris, Gen. Henry w. Lawton Camp;
Past Department Commander William
L. Mattocks, Richard ]. Harden Camp:
Past Department Commander Harry
F. Patterson, Gen. NJ. Emmett Urell
Camp; Past Commander James f.
Byrne, Col John Jacob Astor Camp;
James A. Burns, Admiral George
Dewey Naval Camp. The depa rtment
compsl nder, in general orders. directs
resolutions to be submitted to the
encampment be placed in the hands of
the chairman of the committee on
resolutions prior to the convening of
the encampment.
The banquet given in honor of
corn of Cincinnati, at the City Club,
June Z. was largely attended by the
Spanish War Veterans of the Dis
trict James ]. Murphy. department
commander. was toastmaster. the
Mohawk Quartet entertained with Sc
lections. and a section of the Marine
Band Orchestra furnished the music.
The principal speakers were United
States Senators Holm o. BUrsum of
New Mexico and Smith w. Brookhart
of Iowa; Representatives John M.
Robson of Kentucky. and A. f. B.
Stephens of Ohio; Gen. Frank T.
Hines, director of the Veterans Bu-
reau: Gen. Brett, commanderin in chief
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars;
Briscoe Goodhart department COM
mander of the Grand Army of the Re
public; Paul J. McGahan, department
commander of the American Legion;
Kenneth l. Coontz, department COM
maneer OF the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, and Gen John l.. Clem. F. c.
Huhn, chairman of the department
entertainment committee. was in
charge of the arrangements for the
banquet
william I. Mattocks, official editor
of the United Spanish War Veterans.
announces that in the Legislation for
the reorganization of the Veterans
Bureau provision was made for the
disqualification OF any veteran who
served since 1897, in any of the hos
pitals under the direction of the
Veterans Bureau, regardless Of ma
ture or origin Of disability. Credit
is given Senator David A. Reed of
Pennsylvania and Representative
Royal c. Johnson of South Dakota
for the enactment of this Legislation.
He also gives credit to Senator
George II. Moses of New Hampshire
and Edgar r. Kiess of Pennsylvania,
chairman of the Senate and House
committees on printing, respectively,
for having placed on the statute
books legislation providing for the
printing by Congress of the proceed
ings of the national encampments of
the Grand Army of the Republic.
United Spanish War Veterans, and
Evening star., 1924-06-15

American Legion This will effect a
saving Of about $1,000 to the Spanish
War Veterans, and substantial
amounts to the other organizations
At the last meeting of Richard ].
Harden Camp the following were
elected to membership: William B.
James, late of George III. Tflley
Camp of the Department Of New
York, transfer: A. j. Nails, Walter
G.. w. Rice and Jacob Legum. The
first five named were mustered in. The
following delegates and alternates
were elected to the department en-
campment to be held in Grand Army
Hall, June 81: Delegates-Thomas A.
r. Lee. H. w. McCauiey. John A.
Chisholm, c. J. Mccarthy. William
f. O'Neill. George F. Cook. Frank
Platz. Jacob Orken and William 0.
l.. E, Johnson, Charles Williams, r.
F. Bowman, George w. Hockney.
Fred Kaske. ]. H. Windsor. John
Gerken, Leo NJ Devlin and f. Byrd
Doran. Senior Cayetano de Quesada,
Cuban consul and honorary member
of the camp, presented the camp with
framed picture of himself, appro-
priately autographed. Senior Quesada
and Ambassador Torriente have gone
TO cuba for Six-Week visit. The
death of Early d. Yoaler was an
nounced. He was buried June at
Arlington national cemetery with
full military honora A large num-
ber of the members of the camp was
in attendance. Commander Rink an
nounced the appointment of William
Q. Ohm as sergeant major. Past
Department Commander William L.
Mattocks was present and spoke on
pension legislation. At the July
meeting of the camp delegates and
alternates will be elected to the ma
tional encampment to be held in
Michigan City. Ind. in September.
+. Byrd Doran, who has been i'll in
the Naval Hospital for several
months, has returned to his home.
The department band will hold re-
hearsal tomorrow night at o'clock
at the Temporary Soldiers and Sailors
Home, 921 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast
The Cuban consul, Senior Cayetano
de Quesada, was presented with a
Cuban flag made by the members of
Col. James S. Petit Auxiliary, No. 6,
United Spanish War Veterans. June 4,
at Meridian Mansions Past president
of Petit Auxiliary, Frances f. Antos,
was mistress of ceremonies and in
troduced Mrs. Carrie Nolan, who made
the presentation speech. Senor
Quesada responded. Speeches were
Frances Van Allen of the auxiliaries
of the United Spanish War Veterans
of the District of Columbia: L. ].
Nolan, chief of staff of the depart
ment, Spanish War Veterans; Com
mander Jones of Col. James S. Petit
Camp; George +. Cook, adjutant of
Richard j. Harden Camp. and several
members of the auxiliaries.
The meetings for the week are as
n m vd Ia
Thursday night, Pythian Temple. 1912
9Th street northwest: Gen. Henry w.
I-awtGn Camp. Thursday night, 921
Pennsylvania avenue southeast; Col
John Jacob Astor Camp. Monday night,
Stanley Hall. United States Soldiers
Home; Gen. NJ. Emmett Urell Camp,
Wednesday night, Pythian Temple.
1912 9Th street northwest; Admiral
George Dewey Naval Auxiliary, Mon
day night, 921 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast; Gen. NJ. Emmett Urell Aux
iliary, Wednesday night, Pythian
Temple. 1012 9th street northwest