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Evening star., 1925-09-06
A Romantic History.

NECESSITY forced the Hudson
Bay Co., a trading corporation
engaged in collecting furs, to become
government that ruled from the
Great Lakes to the Arctic Circle. How
absolute this power might be. and in
some cases was, is illustrated by the
strange history of Donald Smith,
afterward Lord Strathcona, whose
name is honored in every part of the
Dominion of Canada. The history.
which contains all the clements OF a
romance or a melodrama, is matter
of record in the company.
Almost 20 years ago young
Scotchman came from his native land
to take a place in the Hudson Bay
fidelity, and had begun to feel at
home in the place where he was sta
toned.
One day an Indian runner came 10
him with an order to leave his post
in one hour and betake himself to
Labrador. The order did NOT permit
him to wait to pack his clothing
which, he was informed, would be
sent after him.
Although the order exiled him TO an
American Siberia, and was unaccom-
panied by any word OF explanation, he
obeyed it without a word of re
monstrance. Within the hour he was
on his way to the distant and in
hospitable post. He was kept there
23 years. On the death of the gov
ernor of the company, who had sent
him into exile, he was recalled.
As during this long. trying time he
had been a wise, faithful servant OF
the company, he was now promoted
from position to position. until finally
he became its governor. The exile
was a harsh measure and the reason
OF 1t mystery, but an old settler put
it in another light. The company
governed by military discipline, and
ordered those subordinates to perilous
service whom it could rely on to en-
dure pr1yation and cope with danger
in the spirit of gallant soldier.
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for 400 miles, down the center of the
Araguaya. Here with tobacco and
brown sugar / bribed the primitive
Caraja Indians to daytime friendliness.
But L never felt sure that they might
not reconsider matters in the councils
of the night-so / violated all warn
ings, and slept alone in my canoe,
snakes or no snakes.
COON, with a hastily scared-up crew
~ Of timid Carajas, I turned from
Bananal Island up the Rio das Mortes.
in search Of its gems and its gold
mine.
For five days all told-two more
after leaving the camp l have de-
scribed above-we worked our way up
this river. with a sense of impending
treachery ever growing heavier. Yet
the scene was an endless paradise OF
peace and flaming beauty. The banks
were walled with forests and draped
with the gorgeous colors of Towering
vines. Over the silver sheet of water
flashed in a kaleidoscope of amazing
color the wings of parrots and strange
butterflies.
Solemnly on the rocks along the
shore stood countless long-billed ibis,
Haunting their plumage in pastel
shades of red, green, purple and blue.
other fishermen, the graceful jaguars,
lay daintily draped on branches over
the stream where shoals of fish, feed
ing on floating petals, were so thick
that a swift paw could scoop up a
mouthful at will.
All was enchanting peace. Yet I
could almost feel the unseen eyes that
Evening star., 1925-09-06
BY RING LARDNER.

" o the editor: Many weeks has
la since the writer give
yoI news of this neighbor-
hood and some of it may sound
kind of stale on that acct.
Like for example a item in regards to
the Harry Payne Whitneys taking the
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitneys and
the Oliver Iselins to Newport on their
yacht to tend the wedding of Muriel
Vanderbilt VS.. Mr.. Church. The Ring
Worm Lardners spent the day at
home en- famille.
The last named recently had the
pleasure of receiving a call from the
Quinn Martins, he being a motion pic
ture critic and one of natures noble
men. They brought along a German
police puppy age 8 months and a
grandson of Rim Tin Tin. The pup
was give to Quinn by Jackie Coogan
and has been christened Jackie after
the donor (the party that give 1t TO
him). Speaking about Jackie Coogan
they has been a lot of talk about he
having outlived his usefulness as
scream actor on acct. of getting so
old but Quinn says he Quinn under
stands that he 0ackie Coogan) is go
ing to have his face lifted.
Not never having had a police dog
before Quinn was at lost at first in
regards to what to feed him, but he
(Jackie the dog) soon manifested
preference for Mrs. Martins shoes, or
Katherine as 1 call her.
Longs Island in gen. and Great
Neck in a special was all a grog sew
eral nights ago when the radio pro-
grams announced that the under.
signed would sign bass to some of Sig
Spaaeth's barber shop ballads in a
quartet at station WGBS. This event
was scheduled for pm. and you can
imagine the situation in many homes
when the fateful hour was struck and
Immediately they was such a crashing
and booming in the air that women
shreeked and tainted on all sides and
some of them had to be taken to the
hospital, others to the morgue. 1t
was not until the next day that the
truth come out, namely that it was
not me but violent electric storm
and that all programs for the evening
had to be called off. Thank God for
the storm" was the way Miss Blyth
DAILY, an ELM Point blonde, put it.
Residents of certain section of our
main street has been clamoring for
the removal of the all-night lunch
wagon on acct. of so many stews of
the kind that amt edible frequenting
same at all hours Of the night and
raising what my little kiddies would
call the deuce. Mr.. Schutzman the
prop. VI tlc WdSul Says 10 IL Ills IdulL
If drunks eats once in vile and be-
sides he don't serve no liquid refresh
ments himself only coffee, milk and
gravy and If some of his clients acts
corned it is because of stuff they had
before they got on the wagon. The
neighbors complains that one of the
principal pastimes of Mr.. Schutzman's
customers is bombarding each other
with dishes to which Mr.. Schutzman
replies that the said customers fami-
lies owes him a vote of thanks be-
cause il it wasn't his dishes that was
being broke it would be theirs and If
he didn't furnish q playground for the
boys to throw dishes at each other
they would be home throwing them
at the wife and kiddies.
The other Sunday a mother and
father and their 8 kiddies stopped
their car in front of our estate (The
Mange) and decided to go ciamming
asl 1t was low tide. All went well
Evening star., 1925-09-06

o the editor: Many weeks has
la since the writer give
yoL news of this neighbor-
hood and some of it may sound
kf,d of stale on that acct.
Evening star., 1925-09-06
Continued from Third Page.

two horses and accompanied by a
man servant whom Yongden had en-
gagged at Lhasa. Official inquiries
about travellers going from Lhasa
toward the borders are not very
strict and / could make myself a
little more comfortable. I had also
purchased a quantity of books at
Lhasa and the tour / was undertak-
ing in the south of the country was
especially intended to hunt for old
manuscripts to add to the rather fine
-Tibetan library I had collected dur
ing my previous journeys and which
was safely kept in China: so horses
were needed TO carry the luggage.
But / continued to walk, finding 1t,
now that | had no more a load to
carry. a most enjoyable sport.
/ passed next the gate of Norbul-
ing. smiling at the idea that the
ruler of Tibet, who lived there, did
not imagine that l had been so near
him for a long time. He knew me
personally, we had met more than
once In the Himalayas; he was large
ly responsible for the present jour
ney and the previous ones, having
pressed me to undertake a thorough
study of the Tibetan language and
literature. l had followed his advice
and the growing interest for Tibet 1
had derived from my study had led
me to years of peregrinatfons and
finally to the Dalai Lama's own capt.
tai.
Had / given my name and had he
been free he might have liked to see
me again, but his present Western
suzerain does not allow him as much
freedom as did China. Whatever
might be his own inclination, he is
no more at liberty to welcome a for
eigner who is not sent to him than
to forbid his door to those who are
sent to him. So. went my way.
We crossed the XVI River and es-
cended a small pass. There / looked
back last time toward Lhasa. From
that distance the Potala only could
be seen; a tiny castle suspended it
seemed in the air like a mirage. l
remained for a while gazing at the
graceful vision, remembering the
years of toll and trouble that my stay
at Lhasa had cost me. / had had my
reward. In a hearty NOLAN / wished
spiritual enlightenment and material
welfare to all beings visible or in
visible who lived around the forbidden
city that had been hospitable TO me.
and then, facing the south, 1 climbed
down. Lhasa had forever disep-
peared from before my eyes and taken
place in the world OF my remem-
brances.
went to Samye monastery
through the white sands that gradu-
ally transform into a desert the
neighboring country, once green and
Evening star., 1925-09-06

through rebellion-torn Sac Paulo, had
been held for a week by the insurrec-
tos in Casa Branca, while street fight
ing went on outside my window.
Then i had made my way 500 miles
over primitive trails by motor and
mule to the famous Brazilian diamond
mines. Here nondescript horde of
frontier gamblers were enacting all
over again the drama of our own
Forty-niners. These Brazilian pros
pectors, it is true, wear nothing but a
pair Of ragged trousers, and walk to
their diggings perhaps a thousand
miles from home, unshod, but with
feet so calloused as not TO feel the
sharpest thorns.
All day long l could see them wash
ing the gravel of the river, which has
worn its way down a thousand feet to
the diamond-bearing strata. And at
night they gamble away their gems
over the roulette wheel in the dance
hall.
The gunplay of our own wild West
are part of their daily lives. l wit
messed the demise and attended the
funeral of the victim Of one I'M
promptu duel; and later in another
community met his conqueror who,
because he had so shown his prowess
with a six shooter, had been made
night watchman of the town!
Accommodating my share of the dia-
monds, which later brought me fair
profit in New York l left the diamond
fields for the headwaters Of the Ara
guaya, 400 miles more of wilderness
journey. Rivers / crossed by desper-
ate swimming at their swiftest and
most dangerous rapids. for fear of
alligators lurking in the more placid
stretches. And amid all the real perils
of the trip. had only two mishaps-
once when a monkey dropped a cocoa
nut on my head and once when the
ants attacked me!
These Brazilian ants, often an inch
long, build astounding houses six feet
high, looking like dead trees scattered
about the plain. The ants are poison
Gus, as l learned to my cost. Thrown
from my mount one day, and knocked
unconscious, l was dragged by the
stirup a hundred yards and hurled
against the side of an ant hill. -
There l came to my senses quickly
enough, for the ants poured out in my
riads and started to eat me alive. /
crawled, half-craZy from their bites, to
a settlers hut, where / spent a week
recuperating from the poison.
Finally reaching Registo. at the Ara
guaya's headwaters, l had come by
canoe down TO the island Of Bananal
the longest river island in the world
stretching its trackless, virgin jungle
Evening star., 1925-09-06

EDITORS experienced early Spanish
hinterland
explorations I'm of science
the author received his education in his
University As will be told succeeding
him a serious predicamen
later the World
interior
that Ittlenown country During fCuryear sojoun and second
untutored and childle but
Indians the Jungle
Capt trophies
their kind i'm
of
he hash
to make further i'm the jungle.
Evening star., 1925-09-06

our progress was being reported to
malignant natives higher up. So came
the morning Of the sixth day, and the
thrilling climax of my venture.
wish / might describe fiery hand
to-hand fray, with war clubs whiri-
ing, spears flying and guns barking
death. But things don't happen that
way in Matto Crosse. The sly treach-
cry of the poisoned arrow settles mat
ters more TO the liking of these inhos-
pitable savageS.
Deceived by the languid peace, I
cut in closer to their jealously guard
ed banks while rounding bend. And
then it happened. A plop in the river.
A vicious swishing through the air
and two more plops, close to our Ca
noe. Instantly a babble of hysterical
cries from my natives. Before l knew
what had happened, the dugout was
swung around by panic-stricken
sweeps of the paddles. and we were
heading back down stream and out
toward the center, while a hail of
feathered arrows cut the water about
US.
My army As was instantly in my
hand, and / rose foolishly to scan the
banks But 1 could see hardly a sign
Evening star., 1925-09-06

of our assailants. A heavenly quiet
pervaded the fiower-embroidered
shores. with only a fieeting glimpse Of
naked figures gliding among the
foliage. Even as / looked a second
barrage of arrows hurtled toward us
from treetop and reeds, and one spent
arrow ratified against our craft.
! admit that l shuddered for the
slightest scratch from these poisoned
weapons means quick but agenizing
death. But I felt that to fire my re
volver would have been at least futile
and at most to commit sheer murder
The panic its sound might create
would do no more than postpone an
other ambush.
BY this time we were well out in
the middle of the river. ! managed to
Evening star., 1925-09-06
Farewell to Lhasa

prosperous. and. slowly, proceed to-
ward Lhasa, which they may, some
day, threaten seriously
Samye is a historical site of Tibet;
I have no place left to tell about it.
I wish only to mention that the large
inclosure of the monastery contains
one of the most dreaded shrines in
Tibet. 1t is called u Khang (house of
the vital breath. It is said that the
breath of all beings dying on the earth
is carried to that place. In an inner
room sealed with the seal of the
Dalai Lama are placed a chopping
board and a chopper knife Of a
ments the devils cut there each night
invisible corpses and-so say the
Tibetans-one can hear from outside
the noise of the chopping and that of
cries and laughter. The oracle of
Samye alone is allowed to enter once
year in the shrine to deposit new
chopping board and knife. One can
see then-so again say the people
that the old ones which are taken out
Of the room are worn out by the use
that had been made of them.
x 4
a ND now the time had come when
I had to decide about the way
would follow to leave Tibet. looked
toward China, from where 1 had come;
I felt awfully tempted to turn east
and to reach Yunnan by a new road.
l could, had l chosen it, have left
independent Tibet without anybody
ever suspecting my tremendous
journey and my stay at Lhasa. But
something made me feel that what /
had done must be known. I obeyed
and took the road to Gyantze, the
southern Tibetan town which has
become a British outpost.
l arrived there at dusk and went
straight to the bungalow. The 1rst
gentleman who saw me and heard a
Tibetan woman addressing him in
English was dumfounded. When he
had recovered he explained to me that
the bungalows rooms were occupied.
and directed me to the fort. where
live the officials and a small garrison
of Indian troops. My arrival there
produced the same effect When ]
said that ! came from China, that for
eight months I had wandered across
unknown parts of Tibet, had spent
two months at Lhasa and enjoyed in
the forbidden city all the New Year
festivities, no one could find a word
10 answer.
I had still before me the long,
dreadfuIly cold road across tablelands
swept by billiards. and high passes
from Gyantze to the Tibeto-Indian
border but the adventure was ended.
and alone in my room I shouted for
myself:
wonv0
Copyright, 1e25D
Evening star., 1925-09-06
Pathos and Other Striking Features
In the Latest News From Great Neck

wish down in my heart that one OF
them had been a daughter.
Mr. Macdonald Smith our profes
sional at the Lakeville golf club has
been criticised for saying that it was
the crowds antics that kept him from
winning the British open. Mac might
learn me a whole lot about golf and
on the other hand l might learn him
something about crowds, at lease they
never bothered me in golf match.
The Grantland Rices of Fifth Ave,
n. Y. city, was the guest of the Lard
ners in Great Neck for 6 days during
August. Anyway they said that's all
it was.
Evening star., 1925-09-06
Luring the Moth.
ONE of the newest uses foi

nNE of the newest uses for cleo
tricity on the farm comes from
New Jersey, where a peach-grower
recently discovered that a battery of
electric lights, hung low over pans fiji
ed with kerosene, was an effective
way to rid his orchards of the Ori-
entalmoth pest. The lights. he SAYS.
lure the moths from the foliage. The
moths fly for the lights and soon fall
into the deadly Kerosene peas.
Evening star., 1925-09-06

until the mother, who had been slow
in extricating herself from the car,
joined the others in the clam pasture.
The mother 1 might state was built
along the lines of a former ex-Presi-
dent of the u. s. and now chief justice
Evening star., 1925-09-06

were watching our every move from
among the trees. And a column Of
signal smoke, rising now and again
above the forest roof. revealed that
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-17
Boy Wins Prize at
Portland Rose Show

PORTLAND. ore. June i7s-T.
Jimmy Dinning, Il ana freek.
led. wore n Emug hmlls today. for
his rose won tho grand sweepstakes
Of tho annual Rose Festival Of
Portland against hundreds Of other
entries,
Rose fanciers and florists had 70
bow 20 tho ability tho lad displayed
In producing the champion flower. a
Frau Carl Druhchkl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-17
FIND INDIANS
STARVING
Tribesmen Suffering From
Disease, Is Report

SAN FRANCISCO. Juns iT,--Many
OF Caiitornia's 1900 Indians are
starving and diseased. according to
Charles Elkus. chairman OF tho Com
monwealth clubs Indian section. Hs
painted n woetul picture OF this con.
dition OF tho Indians at a conferences
with several federal legislators here.
The California Indian never has
had chance" Elkus said. They
are given only about $40 year
each. Tho Indians OF this state get
less help from Washington than
those Of any other state In tho
Union. Some help Is given by state
and county. but this aid Is not co.
ordlnated by the work Of tho gov
eminent.
California Indian children nre 70
diseased that they arc not allowed 70
attend public schools for fear they
viii contaminate other children. In
dams land Is taken from them. and
they have been put on worthless soil
where It is impossible 10 even live,
let alone make a living.
They have insufficient medical
attention. insufficient schools and in
sufficient legal aid, 10 that they are
often deprived OF their rights"
Eikus asserted that the Indians
were treated moro like cattle than
humans.
III the government would make
sufficient appropriations toward car.
Ing for the Indians tho state could
administer II economically and with
out the great overhead cost which
now exists" he declared.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-17
WASTED WATER
WORTH WORTH $500
Forms Puddle in Road; Team
Frightened; Driver Sued

KANSAS CITY. KsnH. June IT,
when Mrs Gtosenn HoqumburE.
station nEent for tho Missouri Paci-
nc railway NJ Eenrman. KhnH.
threw q roll OF dishwatsr In The
road near The station. she tossed
away 1900.
a Jury IN district court here
awarded that amount 10 Robert 81.
sebrce, farmer who was injured
In a runaway caused. he alleged, by
his teams fright ~ tho wet EDot
on the road made by the dish.
water. sebrcs sued tho railway
company for $4,000.
Attorneys for the ruilroad con
tended Mrs. Hoaumburg was or
duty when the dish water Was
thrown out and that tho company
was not Liable. They also sought
10 show that Dan, tho mule tias
started the runaway. war a vicious,
mean tempered brute.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-17

pretty Dora r. Walton. from sitka,
who Is in Seattle and Tacoma. SEQ.
ing tho sights. rs her first tlmo
outside"
Miss Walton was n student NJ the
sheldon Jackson school. at sitka.
Then she took three-year course
In nursing at tho government hos.
pltal IN Juneau. This spring she
graduated. the only Indian IN her
class. Gov. Bono handed her her
diploma.
Then srr-, Agnes r. Fletcher. 81.
pcrintnndent OF the juneau hospl,
tai. thought they both had a vaea.
ton coming. SO they cams 10 Sc.
attic on a trip
But were both going back. You
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-17
"Good.bye old crutch |"

THERE is positively no longer
j any excuse for suffering the
agonies OF rheumatisml Especial
ly in the autumn OF your life, when
the vital organs weaken. impurities
multiply and linger In the muscles
and joints, az never before. II f.
now, Just now, when you cannot af-
ford TO guess. No day returns!
Here Is joyous fact which can
mean to you a fond farewell for
ever to all the miseries. the tor
lures, the body-twisting pains that
you have suffered from the demon
Of rheumatism. II Is a fact that
rheumatism means blood pow
erty." II Is a fact with the increase
OF red.cells In your blood, impuri-
ties are destroyed. II Is a fact that
SIS. will help Nature build these
red-blood-cells! S.SS. is one OF
the most powerful blood cleansers
10 existence. It's results In thou
sands OF rheumatic cases have been
nothing short OF amazing! The
medicinal ingredients OF SIS. are
purely vegetable. This ia very i'm.
portant to rememberl What can
be more inspiring, more wonderful
than to see the shackles OF pain
released from your struggling body,
dwellings. lingering pains, stiffness
OF joints and muscles all disappear
your stomach made strong; your
face pink with the old sweetheart
glow, your blood enriched and your
cheeks more plump as they used
to be. You can do Il! Take S.s.S.,
the great destroyer OF rheumatic
Impurities.
SIS. 9. !, sod a. an good drua
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-17
Past Presidents
Speak at Meeting

A presidential symposium" o.
which past presidents Of tho Seat.
TO Real Estate board have been
invited 20 speak. will be held AZ
the meeting Of the board Thursday
noon In the Chamber OF Commerce
Those who will speak arei Fred
" West. George Dilllns. George
Mcsrham. u. =, Turner. n. c,
Erskine. Samuel Collyer. IA. A.
Schroeder Frank y Case, John J
Elliott. y. s. Goodwin, ~ Lstcher
Lambuth, q Clinton Bennett. John
II. Carter and George Spencer
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-17
CASEY PARTY is
rMTCDTAIMEn
ENILnIhINLU
Leave on Trip to Alaska;
Return 10 S. F. June 20

on their way 60 Alaska on =
vacation tour. ltt members and
friends o. the knights OF Columbus,
california chapter No, $50. LEFT Seat
tle Tuesday nlsht on tho Princess
Kathleen.
After their arrival IN seattle
Tuesday morning they enjoyed q
luncheon az The Olympic Hotel
Then local knights OF Columbus
took them on a sightseeing tour
aud they concluded their stay In
Seattle With a dinner dance at The
olympic.
I'm route 70 Juneau they viii visit
Vancouver, Alert Bay, Prin &C
Rupert, Kctchikan. Wrangcl, Taku
glacier and skagway. They expect
20 arrive IN Juneau June sS a
two-hour stop viii be made IN seat
tie June ~ on their return trip,
Many knights OF Columbus digni-
taries are in tho group. including
supreme Warden David r. Supple.
Grand Knight Dan Maher. Lecturer
Thomas H. Dupont and Miss Frances
O'Callaghan. grand president Of tho
Young Ladies' institute.