davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-05
Not Warned

Grove asked the witness whether
he had been warned to stay away
from thsse two questions. The wit
ness answered no.
Grove asked the witness whether
he would not think It an indication
of insanity II young man of good
habits and well 10 do committed n
crime OF the nature of the Franks
murder The witness replied he
would not think anything until he
had made inquiries.
Doctor, are you of the opinion
that these boys are insane?" de-
manded Grove. The defense OBJ
jected and was sustained.
The defense also raised objections
TO Groves reading a definition of in
sanity. bu twas overruled.
Grove read from medical jour
nal the following definition OF in
sanity:
Insanity is a disorder of the
mind due to a disease of the brain
manifesting itself more or less by a
departure. from the normal course
of life"
This definition was given by DR..
William A. White Of Washington.
who was the first medical expert to
testify for the defense. The def1ni.
ton was given in 1909.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-05

coNsERVEs, JAMS MARMALADEs and PRESERVES
Tells put up" all these danties in your own
kitchen winter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-05

TEETHA bulletin have good teeth and their inn
portance teeth facts from babys first milk tooth
to grandpas last moar.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-05

EToUET EVERYBoDY-A complete, condensed manual
etiquet for all occasions. How avoid embarrassing
situations gracefully
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-05

RADIO gRoADcAsTlNG sTATIoNs-A complete list Of all
America which broadcast music speeches.
programs alphabetically arranged by call letter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-05

UNCONVENTIONAL bulletin giving sources OF radio In
formation you Gan find anything you
to about radio Contains Morse code and map
radio districts
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-05

SALADS AND SALAD DREssiNG-Fun of suggestions
dainty salads dressings of which
be varied by the housewife
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-05

CHICAGO. Aug. 5-Carlot receipts
were: Wheat. eO3; oats. IS; corn. 254;
rye, s.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-05

HOW TO DANcE-A sxpage booklet fully illustrated, show
the novice the positions steps
standard dances, with full Instructions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-05

SANDWICH SUGGESTIONS sixty suggestions for
dainty sandwiches. Solves the problem what
for luncheon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-05

OF GoLDS1sH-valuable suggestions prepared by
the and feeding of
aquarium
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-05

HoUsEcLEANING MADE EAsIER-A booklet Tor the house
phase of the housekeeping problem
prepared by government experts and fully illustrated
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-05

REMOVAL OF sTAINs-Ths a chemistry textbook
simple language, telling anybody how to sort
of stain from clothing and cloth material
Evening star., 1924-10-26
Br GERTRUDE EMERSON.

A STRANGER. beated by d
~ thousand wears. | stood upon
~ the threshold OF Angk or
silent city of the khme 7
Evening star., 1924-10-26

" HE popular theory that politics
and religion can no more
dwell together in amity than
i fundamentalism and modern
ism or jaZz and Rach f1IPueS
Evening star., 1924-10-26

baDdage across the eyes, the queer
effects of green leaves waving aloft
from the cup of the lotus crown, once
by an orchid with leaves 10 feet long
sprouting from Brahmas very lips
sardonic laughter of the jungle, The
surface was stone. burnt by the sun,
darkened by rain. leprous with lichen
and moss. but behind the stone the
spirit of something looked out. OF
all the monuments ever built by man,
surely this Bayon, with its multiple
smiling faces, is the most original
and most haunting.
Unlike the baS-reiiefS of Angkor
Wat. which for the most part confine
themselves to purely religious
themes, those of the Bayon show d
thousand pictures of the daily life of
the khmers. What the Khmers
actually did and thought, ninth and
tenth century sculptors have remark
ably recorded 1t is by studying these
reIiefs that the best idea of khmer
civilization, at the time when it had
reached its surprising climax in the
forests of lndo-China- is to be gained.
Armies fight interminable battles.
the chiefs mounted on elephants and
officers of second rank on horses. And
many Il great battle is won by the
Khmer armies. as the broken handle es
of the enemy's paraSols and standards
show Long files Of armed warriors
march past. Musicians and banner
bearers lead them, and slaves carry
heavy loads and bullock carts trans
porting provisions bring up the rear.
Ladies' accompanying their huS-
bands to war ride by in palanQuinS.
Som times the armies are marching
home, and this time they bring cof-
fers of booty containing clothes and
precious objects. They traverse dense
forests in which the trees are filed
with peacocks, parrots, monkeys and
squirrels.
In other scenes the king distracts
himself with the antics of acrobatS
and jugglers. Sculptured palaces
with hangings between the columns
show the luxurious abodeS of the rich.
Ladies' who display a passionate love
of jeWelry admire themselves in mir
rors held up by servants. fondle their
children, pick fruit from the trees.
the magniticence of his appear
ance, with his gold diadem or gar
land Of sweet smelling flowers wound
in his hair. Il necklace of pearls
weighing three pounds. ankletS,
bracelets and rings of gold set with
cats eyes and clothes of the finest
and softest texture. The soles of his
feet and the palms of his hands were
tinted rose color
Official ranks were meticulously
designated by the number of para
soils to which a man was entitled and
by his right to have gold or silver
palanquin shafts and parasoI handles
The highest dignitaries were permit
ted to have four scarlet parasols with
gold handles. At the bottom of the
scale of society came the slaves. who
were savages captured in the noun
Evening star., 1924-10-26

When you come through the forest
of Stem Reap, you open the book of
Angkor at the last page. Then you
turn back to the middle part and
finally you come to the beginning,
faint and irreparably damaged. The
building of Angkor Thorn. for more
than 500 years the capital of the
khmer kingdom. was begun in the
ninth century. Older ruins lie north
and east and away off on the edge
OF inaccessible mountains.
Roads with many arched stone
bridges. radiating from the capital,
are still to be traced through the
forests. Altogether some 500 ruins of
khmer civilization have been dis
covered by French arcbeologists. The
great temple known as AnRkor Wat.
but one Of many, dates back to the
18th century. IL is the last great
reverses in war. rebeilions among
their conquered subjects. and Sianese
invasions extinguished their civiliza-
tion.
Having taken solitude for granted
within the echoing corridors of Ang-
kor Wat. l was startled to see, fit
ting among the distant columns like
a stray sunbeam. yellow-robed
priest. l had not known until then
u
within the temple precincts.
Later a grooming singsong suggest
ed that l was about to stumble on a
Buddhist service. At the epd of the
long gallery l found a solitary priest
stretched across a door-sill with one
knee crooked over the other. He was
tanning himself with a palm leaf fan
a he said over his sutras.
y
~ features of khmer architecture
Angkor Wat Is not building in the
sense that the cathedrals of Europe
are buildings. II offers no point from
without where it may be seen in all
it's comprehensive majesty. Always
Some wall intervepes. SO that you but
sense, for you do not see. the upward
progress OF the whole. In reality it
is an almost square pyramid. lifting
itself by three successive steps eco
feet above the surrounding plain.
Two hundred doorways. 500 win
dows. two miles of vaulted stone roof.
suggest the vastnesS OF scale. The
first Of the three galleries. within the
outer wall and moat, is a half mile
long. And this entire half mile is
scufptured with bas-reliefs, the larg-
est series Of relisfs in the world.
Wonderful as the temple is, more
wonderful still is the royal city lit
Evening star., 1924-10-26
Wanders Alone in Ruins Greater Than Luxor or Thebes


hall TO the elephant gate. An acrid
odcr half stifled me. II came. I de-
cided, from Il dry, crdmblinG deposit
| undGr foot.
walked as if on "A thick carpet
with muff1ed steps. Accustomed to
the subdued light within the gallery.
! perceived that vast colonies of bats
had taken possession. They clung
along the upper reaches Of the walls.
festooned the inside of the dome,
| hung from the vaultcd ceilings. A
slight noise | made awoke them from
slumber.
In the shadows overhead darker
shadows fitted past and the sound of
hurrying wings was like wind blown
down the neck of glass bottle.
There was something sinister in the
faces of those hats. a look of concen-
trated evil. Occasionally. fiatteninE
them olives against the. wall as I
passed, they opened and closed their
mouths, whispering hatred. or stuck
out little coral-piDk tongues.
(" X *
Low the stones babbled about me
OF their days of greatness.
Everywhere I saw signs of gigantic
industry, an incredible toll. which
once hummed and sang, or il may be
scbhed. through all this remote will
derness; For a, moment | thought |
heard the ghostly ringing OF chisels
and hammers
In the sudden towering of their
civilization. the sudden tanning into
flame OF the religious spark lighted
long before in India, perhaps under
the tutela"e of BTahman priests serv-
ing as architects. the khmers faith
fully transferred the skill they had
acquired as master wood-carvers, liv-
ing in a country of tropical forests, to
| the difficult mediums Of stone. For
500 years, from the 9Th to the 18th
century. they built. scattering palaces
and temples with amazing prodigality
to the end that OF June afternoon
. the sleeping hats, the voiceless but
| terf1ies. the quiet company Of the
walls and might enter into transient
fellowship.
From Chinese and Cambodian
chronicles, from legends of Siam.
Cambodia and Laos. from deciphered
inscriptions in Sanskrit and Khmer
| on the walls of the ruined monu-
ments, a handful of French scholars
! have pieced out the little that is
known of Khmer history. The story
! begins. as 1t ends, in mystery. Ger
tain IL is that from very early times
the Indo-Chinese peninsula afforded
, refuge to fugitive peoples from In
! dia, China and the central Asian
! plateau and that adventurous Malays
| also settled along the coast.
Migratory movements in India
more than two thousand years ago,
must have driven some of the popu-
lation eastward to the fringe of the
Asiatic continent. The yellow races,
naturally tending to flow south. pene-
trated the peninsula by means OF two
great rivers, the Mekong and the
Menam, and by the same channels
the Malays pushed north. Mingling
with one another and either absorb
! ing the semi-Negritos. who were the
! original occupants of the land, or
| forcing them into the inhospitable
Evening star., 1924-10-26

water in early days was carefully
piped from neiEhboring springs to
be sold at the rate of four cold baths.
or three hot ones, for q dollar. Hot
water at this figure was available
only on Saturdays or early Sunday
morning. Patrons odd enough to
want the luxury 1t other times had
to give notice in advance. and pay
well for their eccentricity.
The water OF life. dispensed with
out price in the upper chamber, was
of excellent quality, the minister.
Rev. Robert Little. taking his right
full place as ono OF the forceful
somewhat broken in health. he had
resigned = pastorate in England and
emigrAted because Of the injustice
to which men OF his manner Of faith
were subjected there He tried to
take mp a new calling in . new land,
but being q predestined minister.
soon found himself At the head Of .
congregation which more than made
UP in mental caltber for all that it
John Quincy Adams and John c.
Calhoun are tho best known Of this
early group. Two others wore Will
liam SeAton and Joseph Gales, joint
editors Of the National Intellixencer.
the newspaper which held tho posi-
ton in early Warrington that The
Star enjoys today. Another was
william Cranch, Chief Justice for
half . century OF the Circuit Court
Of the District. This beloved white-
haired old man. being . musician
as we'll ~ . jurist. and taking q keen
interest In the Affairs OF the new
church, sometimes left his seat in
the pews to preside at the organ.
when otherwise. there would have
been no one to play the hymns. DR..
Frederick May was one Of tho oity's
leading physicians--and SO we might
60 down the list.
Since some OF these people had
been attending other churches. their
detection did not pass unnoticed or
escape criticism, and when. shortly
afterward, young Jared Sparks was
called from Baltimore to be chaplain
Of the House Of Representatives, good
Pastor Hawley Of St Johns, who had
lost two important parishioners.
sadly shook his head and wagged his
fofednger. encASed In the black glove
he invariably wore when preaching.
and declared that Congress had
voted Christ out Of deorA"
DAvout people from that day 70
this have been. distressed to md
Jehn Quincy Adams name In such
company. Some have pointed In ref
Evening star., 1924-10-26

like a severed head ON some grim bat
tlefield, looks f1xedly from the place
where it fell. who knows when?
Three headed elephants with anklets
and bells seem to support the weight
of the great gate tower, which
reaches so feet. The tower itself
StareS east, west, north and south,
with four great faces of stone.
Through this gate, a thousand years
ago. with clash of cymbaIs and the
sound of trumpets and conchs, with
huttering banners and scarlet para
soils, with palanQuins, horses and
panoplied elephants, royal professions
used to pass. khmer armies went
forth to war. And behold, the tumult
Of sound died away and a strange
hush fell upon the city. And at last
creeping stealthily down the road
over the causeway between the
mighty rows of the stone gods. under
the Gate OF Victory, passed the green
legions of a conquering army. The
jungle marched in and took the royal
city.
No one met me at the gate. Inside
as out I continued to walk through
an enchanted forest. where even the
birds sang in subdued voices. On this
day no monkeys made insane gestures
or Chartered rage at the intruder
come to disturb their peace.
4 y +
HAVE known the loneliness Of un-
= peepled wilderness and of crowded
cities. but here 1 came suddenly upon
loneliness OF thought turning back
ward to things that were, and cannot
come again. Ghostly yesterdays
plucked at my sleeve, peered curious
ly at me from among the tree-trunks
In all that great melancholy city,
IN hn 80 T~
was absolutely the only living
person.
In the southern half of the city not
so much as q trace of a human habi-
| tation stands. But at the exact CEN
ter of Angkor Thorn the Bayon. a
I, temple Of many towers. rises like a
stone forest within that other forest.
{ Trees grow on the terraces Green
| fingers have thrust the stones apart,
brown roots have twisted themselves
| about fallen pillars
There are no lions. but lizards run
over the hot stones and keep all the
empty courts. Here, too. as at Ang-
kor Wat, I found porticos, galleries
in the form Of crosses, verandas.
stairways leading from terrace to
| terrace, bas-reliefs covering the
selves that fascin ated me. They vere
four-faced. like the gates, and
! smiling.
Wherever locked = huge face Of
RrahmA looked back at mo. ] know
OF no temple In India from which the
idea Of those smiling faces could have
come. Vishnu and silva have temples
without number, but Brahma, the
creator. the one OF whom Vishnu and
silva are but manifestations, is q tenn
pleless god. The faces were cut after
an identical naftePn with vida full
lips, long ears from which pendants
dAnIled, deficately ornamental dia-
dems merging into ono great crown,
q full-hlown lotus-nower.
Xet, alike in pattern. they differed
perceived that thts was = human
god Of vaTiAhle moods. 6ubAlo
changes were runG by saOo trick ot
sunlight ~ shadow. Q WAy the IiA1ss
had OF winding themselves In q
Evening star., 1924-10-26

the same stubborn determination he
bestowed on secular affairs, and by
listening to several discourses each
Sunday managed to cover much
ground. Pastor Hawley's denuncia-
tion of CnitariAns appears not to
have interfered with Adams enjoy
ment Of his friendship or his SER
mons and he frequently took his seat
In st. Johns for the afternoon service
0NE Of the pillars Of the new
~ church was Charles Bulfnch. who
succeeded LAtrobe as architect Of the
Capitol Latrobe had designed ST.
Johns Almost a. soon a the new
plans for . church and ordered from
the Paul Revere foundry. conducted
ut that time by the patriots son, the
bell which is still cherished and used.
At hrst II served rs fire bell for the
neighborhood. . disastrous blaze hav-
ing occurred even before It was or
dePed. which showed the necessity for
some means Of calling the people to-
gether and undoubtedly hastened its
purchase. President Monroe contri-
buted 500 with the thrifty proviso
to him IL the bell were not In place
by = specified date.
1t continued to do hre duty until
the time Of the Civil War. though the
fact that it was the only bell In the
city to toll on the day Of John
Browns execution indicates why, dur
ing the growing bitterness over
slavery, its owners lost popularity in
this predominently Southern town.
Last year, after having been mute
through tho recent period Of home
lessnsss and migration. the bell was
hung In the new stseple to pay its
tribute Of respect on the day Wood
row Wilson wAs carried to his tomb.
Tue most stable thing about the
church during IT, century Of life has
baon the quality Of its membership.
Presidents Adams and Fillmore In the
Sixth street edihcs. which was its
f1rvt home, vere succeeded on Four
tosnth street by President Taft Rare
" has there been = time when the
cabinet. the courts. and both Houses
Of Congress have not all been repre-
sentad in it's membership. with one
or mere Of them on its board Of trus-
tsaA While individually the names
OF these men are no more worthy of
record than scores in humber walks
who worked for tho church and re-
ioioe4 In their lsbof. it u rather re
unAlkaAla that 20 many men Of high
oAloe ana consequent vida FssponSi.
60it3ea, have fouAd tina aAA Aoaire
to aAd active church duties of this
sort to their already burdened days.
Evening star., 1924-10-26

tie to the north. Wonderfu but very
sad. Toward the end of the after
noon I followed the road on through
tangled jungle and came to the south
ern wall of Angkor Thorn. The five
gates of the city are all alike.
Rut it is through the Gate of Vic
tory, on the east, restored of recent
years to something of it's former
amazing grandeur, that one would
choose to make ones first entry into
the city. ruined causeway leads
over the moat, now chok ed with trees.
on each side Of this causeway 54
seated devas. or titanS, feet high,
hold in their arms giant naea,
forming the balustrade. Twelve
headed titans grasp in their "a hands
the tail and the uplifted heads of the
naga, guardian deity of Angkor.
Occasionally an upturned stone face,
Evening star., 1924-10-26


n thousand wears | stood upon
II the threshold OF Angkor,
4 \ silent city of the khmer
! had traversed the solitudes
of Canbcdia l had penetrated al
most to the border of Siam.
But time. and not space, was tho
measure of travelled distance. Back
OF me lay the present. around me and
ahead of me. the past.
Remembrance still linked me, for
r. brief moment, to the thing called
life. -Four green miles obliteruted
the last jungle town. where a COM
nunity of Sianlese. CambodianS. An
namese, chinese and Burmese. the
tiotsam of drifting populations. fringe
OF gray wars, rear guard of an
ancient, receding commerce, mingled
and lived little humble lives.
Then it seemed that time was run
ming slowly. almost had stopped. 1t
would forever be noon now, this ter
rible noon of the tropics. with the
sky of brass. Nothing stirred any
where. 1 lifted my eyes with a great
effort. Angkor Wat, the twelfth
century temple of the vanished
khmers, had turned brittle like a
heap Of cinders
Angkor Thorn. the Jungle hidden
city OF the Khmer kings, lay yet an
other mile down the road. But
knew that the city would wait.
Stones are infinitely patient, and
these had already waited long.
went a few steps beyond the bunga-
low and walked up some broad stone
stairs guarded by broken naGas, fig
uriug the serpent deity of many
heads, sacred to the Khmers.
4 causeway, hot rs ovenstones, led
across wide, grassy noat to Angk or
Wat. In the burning sun. that flag
ged causeway was an ordeal of fire.
When at last | got to the end Of it.
I found myself in the portico of a
Sallered wall, with an inner high
way even longer than the first
stretching off in diminishing per-
spective to another wall Burgeon-
Ing forth in stone lotus buds. the
fcf1aplet of five towers crowning the
temple seemed little nearer than be-
fore.
Sunlight filtered between the turn
ed columns of stone barring the west
crn windows, and butterflies drifted
in and out on respondent wings.
Weather stained and time battered
but valiant still the pillars. rank
on rank. marched down the long gray
Evening star., 1924-10-26

uplands. where they survive to this
day in isolated communities. these
immigrant peoples took root and pro-
duced confusion of new races. in
time developing distinctive traits and
cultures of their own.
And with their unQuenchable pas
sion for building. the khmers left be-
hind them more Stupendous ruins
Evening star., 1924-10-26

During two-rear' tour Of the Orient.
Gertrude Emerson determined to see the
rarely visited site of AnTkor. lost city OF
the khmer kings. now a part of French
Indo-Chipa. Friends sought to diAuade
her. declaring il would be impossible for
woman to get through. especially alone.
But with the spirit of the true adven-
tnrrr,. rather than the tourist. she perse-
rered and accomplished her purpose.
AFTER ner gradun ton from the tuivAr-
aity Of Chicago Miss Emerson spent a year
in Japan. teaching English and studying
ssme of the csoterc arts OF the country.
The spell of the East. which then marked
her, has CAUSED her to make r~peefed Wis
its. during one of which sic travelled in
Ii coup tries. Since 1917 She has been an
s>sortHt. ptI to. OF ASA MagiI ~. aud she
is one nf tho few women to bc elected 4
Fellow Of the Royal Geographical Society.
Evening star., 1924-10-26

gathered together in one place than
have been found anywhere else in
the world. not excepting Thebes and
Luxor. 1t is from the ancient king
dom of the kambujas. or sons of
kambu, that modern Cambodia has
taken its name. But Cambodia is
only the pale shadow of dead mag
nificence
Evening star., 1924-10-26

utAtion to his trusteeship In the
Second Presbyterian Church and his
generosity In saving Its mortgage
from foreclosure. Others have as
Evening star., 1924-10-26

serted that hs was Z regular 81
tendAnt a. St johns
The truth about Adams seeMs to -
that he pursued church-SoinK with