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Evening star., 1926-04-18
Travelling in Balkans
Beset by Many Odds.

Proba bly, In no other part OF the
world does the necessity OF having
passports vised cause more trouble
than in the Balkans. To begin with.
none Of the countries concerned has
seen At to abolish vises. The conse-
quence is that a traveller from, say,
Constantinople TO Athens. has TO get.
first. vise TO leave Turkey: second.
wise to enter Bulgaria. and II he
stays there a day. another visc to
get out: third, a wise to cross Jugo-
slavia. and, fourth, a wise to enter
Greece. This latter requires a special
tax Of S. levied on all foreigners
entering that country. These vises
cost a good deal of money and most
Of them are available for only one
Journey. An American traveller re-
Gently asked: us it possible that we
are living in the year 1925? Travelling
in the Balkans Is hedged about by 50
many formalities that I guess the
Balkanese do not want to see
strangers"
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Junk Dealer Blamed
For Statue Thefts

After the disappearance Of the nine
te,nth of 20 heroic sized statues that
formerly adorned the krasnye Nerota
(red gate), the Moscow police have
absolved the homeless children of re-
sponsibility for the mysterious thefts
and have arrested junk dealer.
The gate. which might be called a
triumphal arch, stands where five
streets intersect. 1t was haroaric
andmark of Moscow and resi in color
long before the Bolsheyiki revolution
was dreamed Of. 1t was butt in - ~
by Prince Ukhtomslly for the festivi-.
ties during the coronation of C2arina
Eliza teth, daughter of Peter the
Great. When the statues which ador-
ed II began to disappear the police
accused the homeless children. but
never discovered an urchin' with a
25.fo6t statue under his arm. Now
the police say a. junk dealer has been
removing one statue week and
breaking it up to sell as old junk.
vhis Is more plausible. -'-
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Foreign Students
Flocking to France

so great has been the increase in
the number OF foreign students in
Paris since the World War that. in
several colleges. they exceed those Of
French nationality. The Lycee Niche
let, for example. has students from
2s foreign nations. 1t Is recognized
that the presence Of foreign students
Is all for the good, the intercourse Of
the native youth with them being in
structive, while French culture gains
disciples among young men who one
day will be called on to fiil RESPONSE
bic positions in many countries.
Nevertheless, the Syndicat' des Pro-.
fesseurs des Lycees Is faced with a
language problem. Many OF the
foreign students, owing 10. their I'M
perfect knowledge of French, are
not only handicapped, but. give. their
teachers extra work. Two professors,
propose that the students referred to
be obliged to take preliminary courses
In French before being admitted to
the regular classes of the college.
Evening star., 1926-04-18
BOOKS RECEIVED

MY RELIGION BY Arnold Bennett,
Hugh Walpole, Rebecca West. j.
d. Beresford. Israel Zsngwill. Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle. E. Phillips
Oppenheim, Compton Mackenzie. H..
De We're Stacpoole and Henry Ar
thur Jones. New York: d. Apple
ton 4 Co.
THE GOSPEL. OF EVOLUTION. BY
J. Arthur Thompson. NJ. A., LII. D..
etc, Editor Of The outline Of
Science. "etc. New York: J. r.
Putnam's Sons.
BALLOON AND AIRSHIP GASES.
Ry Charles De Forest Chandler.
Former Chief Balloon and Airship
Division. IT,. s. Army Service, etc,
and, Walter 8. Diehl. Scientific S3A.
Evening star., 1926-04-18

wyth Thane. New York. Frederick
A. Stokes Co.
BROADLY speaking. the throw
~ back" of the scientist is an indivI
animal, man-that has
gone far back into its past TO take on
the characteristics OF some lonsfor
gotten source Of its own being. Or.
the other way about. the
"throw.back," represents some old and
dominant strain that refuses to let 90
its hold on life. PersistinE here and
there-sometimes in faint trickle.
sometimes in q fuller fiow-it finally
breaks out, triumphant and complete
in the characteristics OF It's own re-
mote existence.
The story In hand is the story W .
Viking girl, the last Of her line. In
gsrsen's daughter" when We come
Aeea her her name u Aisxsadra MAJ
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Boxing on Dogma.

One novel method Of. settling re-
ligious differences between the ortho-
dox and the living" Russian church
was adopted at Sorotchini village,
near Lubni, in the Poltavsky district,
A boxing match between the leaders
Of the two congregations was adver-
tised for several days and was staged
on the Zubovka River at midday. Be-
tore the start an agreement was
signed that the congregation. whose
entrX won should have -undisputed
possession of the village church. But
the ice started to crack and there
Waa. M, daciaione
Evening star., 1926-04-18

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Evening star., 1926-12-16
THE GIRL In THE SECOND CABIN

...ere .ne and Miss Sands and you
and Miss Kent. We all have to put
in a word for ourselves now and
them"
Keeler sighed softly and rose from
his chair.
"Will you dress now, sir?"
might as well. I suppose.
"If you'll Just stand up. sir, I'll slip
your dressing gown on" said Keeler,
reaching for that garment.
Trask almost did it, so casual was
the request. His feet were on the
floor and he was half risen from his
seat on the edge of the berth when
he remembered. He dropped back
quickly, just as Keeler turned his
head.
How do you expect me to stand
up?" demanded Trask.
That's so, sir; l forgot. 1t just
slipped out"
Keeler's face was impassive and his
voice imperturbable as he crossed tho
room with the dressing gown. He
never blinked as Trask bestowed a
piercing glance.
Trask THE old fox nearly had me
then. He'll bear watching"
When Trask had been dressed for
the day Keeler brought him his break
fast, and when that was finished the
nurse anticipated and silently yielded
to demand that he knew would be
made by offering his patient a cigar.
cite.
"Dr. Van Norden'll be very proud
of your temperature chart. SIR" OBJ
served Keeler, as he made a notation
on the record. He's apt to write a
special paper about it,"
LAS wonderful as that?"
Yes, sir; for patient. You see,
it's been exactly normal from the
start"
TraSk looked upon his nurse and
guardian in silent admiration. Keeler,
his visage as solemn as that of an
ancient owl. had perpetrated a joke!
'r.And now you'll go on deck, sir?'
inquired Keeler. evenly. as he put
away the history-making chart.
Yes, before you spring another one
like that. Some day I'm going to bust
you on the bean, Keeler"
Keeler permitted himself shadowy
and friendly little smile and trundled
the chair out of the stateroom.
The enemy, in the person of Aunt
Mehetabel, was encountered with ap.
palling suddenness. She was march
ing the sunlit deck resolutely, her um-
brella tucked under her arm at an
Evening star., 1926-12-16
SOCIETY TO OBSERVE
PATRIOTS BIRTHDAYS
Sons of American Revolution Pl-
to Honor Washington and
Franklin.

The observance Of washingtons and
Franklin's birthdays was voted last
night by members Of the Sons Of the
Amwerican Revolution at meeting al
La Fayette Hotel, after considerable
discussion, which included illusions
by John Paul Earnet to another pa.
triOtic society as wreath laying and
photographic-posing and some dis
agreement as to the society's co-opera
tion during Thrift week.
Considerable discussion of canvass
ing methods also followed the an
nouncement of the standing of mem
bership drive teams. of which the
ID. A. RS. A. II. team was reported
in the lead. Page Nick. Etchison and
Raymond Bartlett Hodgeson were In.
stalled as new members with the so
ciety's rites, at which DIR. George
Tully Vaughan, the president. pre-
sided.
A committee to locate and mark the
graves of Revolutionary soldiers was
added to the list of the society's sub
divisions. Col. s. K. Hornbeck, po
litical economist. gave a brief talk or
China. Mark F. Finley and Col
AlonZo Gray were appointed to fill
vacancies on the committee for the
joint observance Of Washington
birthday.
The following were appointed tc
| the Benjamin Franklin birthday com
mittee: Samuel Herrick. chairman
Frederick d. Owen. Maj. Guy F. With
ers, William Knowles Cooper. Col
T. j. Hunt and Kenneth s. Wales
Evening star., 1926-12-16

companion. and he had a present.
ment that the revelation would be as
tonishing.
Poor Keeler. He was as loveiorn as
a sentimental boy. Trask found 1t so
amusing that the extraordinary as
pect of the matter never occurred to
him. Perhaps it was not so extraordi
nary, either. He could readily con-
ceive that the labor of falling in love
with Sidney Sands was not herculean.
1t occurred to him that he would
like to know to what extent his own
reputation in the eyes Of that young
woman had been impaired by the
amazing inventions of Keeler. The
more he thought about 1t the more
curious he became. Keeler had said
she simply turned her head away and
made no comment. That might mean
| belief, disbelief. amusement, disap-
| ointment-anything.
| Well, there was one certain way to
| find out. He must see her again. And
that involved another trip to the Sec
ond cabin.
Very good; he would make the trip.
And he would do 1t in daylight, too!
Continued in Tomorrow's Starr
Evening star., 1926-12-16

Sands. He wondered how she was
getting along with her absent-minded
fathers barometers and whether she
had yet succeeded in accommodating
enough readings to keep him busy for
the remainder of his years.
He liked her frank craving for ad-
venture, even IL he did not wholly ap-
prove of her enthusiasm for the ex-
ploits of the marvellous Capt. Ferriss.
He wanted to see her dance again.
More than that, he wanted to dance
with her.
Well, why not?
She had taken the trouble to speak
Of him to Keeler. That fiattered him.
OF course. 1t probably signified moth
ing whatever, yet he was grateful
for 1t. 1t impressed him as being a
considerate act on her part. Possibly
he had aroused something more than
casual interest. Beyond doubt he
had given Keeler black hour or so.
and that pleased him immensely.
Not that he wished Keeler harm;
he was growing rather fond of him.
But he loved to see Keeler jolted to
the foundations of his SNUG hypocrisy.
Some day he. felt that he was going
to tear the mask from his curious
Evening star., 1926-12-16
By e. J. RATH.
fcopvsiOht. 1885. BY @. Ho.cord wass.)

..a.Iu.~ A4e Iegalned control of hlm-
self gradually, finally sat up and
surveyed Keeler as though he had
never seen that person before.
Right" he repeated in a choking
voice. why, you confounded old
-raud and hypocrite, do you call 1t
right to tell a bushel of les about
~omebody you never saw, who may
re a perfectly decent person, for all
ou know, just because he happened
o meet a girl that you've lost your
cad over?"
But they say alrs fair"
I'm love, Ell? Keeler, you're a
wonder. / didn't know it was in you.
You are as delightfully."- unprincip ed
as a Mexican bandit or a laughing
lyena. You'd doubtless scuttle the
ship if you thought 1t would set you
ahead bit with the lady. Before
vou get through I dare say you will
have a complete criminal record fit
led to this person and probably
produce the thumb prints and his
Bertillon measurements to prove 1t.
''Kee,er. I salute you. / have the
most intense admiration for you. You
thrill me. You fill me with awe. You
transport me to the seventh heaven of
unholy joy. / am actually beginning
to revere you. l almost love you for
your sins. keeler, my son--and this
is from the heart-you are unques-
tionably birdr'
"Er--thank you, sir" said Keeler
deferentially.
I'm sorry that language fails me,
or I'd give you the rest of it," and
Trask was plunged into another fit
Of mirth.
But, you know, SIR" ventured
Keller. presently, when the laughter
of his patient became embarrassing.
that sometimes we have to say
things that are not always exactly SO;
l mean when the ladies are involved.
Now there's those bullets in your legs,
SIR
Trask sobered abruptly.
"But that's different. didn't lie
about somebody else. And they're my
own legs. can have bullets in them
If / want to-"
Certainly. sir; as many as may be
necessary. But they're not real bull
let's, any more than what l said about
this gentleman was real facts. We
have to do these things sometimes,
just for an effect, Mr.. Trumbull."
we! Where do you get that we?
Are you CHASING me in with you?"
Il meant no offense," said Keeler
hastily. What I meant was that
Evening star., 1926-12-16

eye-piercing angle. Trask verify be-
ieved she carried 1t as a weapon.
AS she saw the chair and its occu-
pant she altered her course and halted
directly in front of 1t. To spare her
shins, Keeler stopped.
well, young man, are you salts
fied?"
with the weather? Indeed. yes.
It's a fine morning"
I'm not talking about weather
I'm talking about your conduct"
"Well, I'm satisfied with that. too"
said Trask. modestly.
After last night? After keeping
the ship in an uproar for an hour!
But that was scarcely my fault" ;"
protested Trask.
I'm not so sure about that"
snapped Aunt Mehetabel. I've ad-
vised my niece never to speak to you
again"
II should be sorry if she took your
advice"
Don't worry. She won't"
do you know what / think?" she
demanded.
It was a habit of hers to hurl this
peremptory question into converse
tions without warning. Trask replied
very truthfully that he had not the
faintest inkling.
'T think we would all be much bet
nc.ually in the
place where you were supposed to
have been," she said.
For answer, Aunt Mehetabel point
ed rigid finger in the direction Of
the ocean. Then, with dragonlike
snort she stepped aside and resumed
her walk.
Ibid you hear that charming wish,
Keeler?" inquired Trask. And she
told me yesterday that she always
tried to be kind to people,
I'D hate to have her wish me an
unkindness, sir, said Keeler. thought
fully, as the chair moved onward.
She's a funny woman, SIR
1t was a lazy morning and a lazy
sea. Even the Gulf Stream seemed to
be indolent and sluggish as she held
her way southwark, although she was
doing her allotted 16 knots. Trask
soon lost interest in the deck games
1t was irritating to see people use
their legs.
Miss Kent evidently had not yet
made her appearance. He felt mo-
mentary pang of remorse when he
thought of the shock he had caused
her; but as he recalled her parting
words as she said goodnight" he
thought that perhaps, after all, the
event could hardly have been i'm
proved.
Yet, although 1t was very pleasant
to think of the goddess-an occupa-
ton to which any young man might
easily devote his undivided attention
-Trask soon became aware that an
other lady was subtly intruding her.
self upon his reflections-Sidney
Evening star., 1926-12-16
Answers Desertion Charge.

William p. Zantzinger, post offic,
inspector, yesterday filed answer (.
the suit for limited divorce brough
against him by Mary G.. Zantzinger
who says he deserted her and re
fused her invitation to return. Zant
Finger says he was invited to return
as roomer and not as husband, anC
asserts he has good reasons for no
returning to his home. He Is repre-
sented by Attorneys Carter Keene an(
Harlan Wood
Evening star., 1926-12-16
C. U. MISSION APPEAL.
Funds Needed in Christmas Work
te
for Children.

A>
for Children.
The Central Union Mission has
issued an appeal to the public for
funds to carry on it's Christmas
charity work this year, which is to
include the providing of a generous
Christmas to 1900 children and the
families they represent" and the serv-
ing of Christmas dinner at the mis-.
sion for those unable to afford pur.
chasing dinners elsewhere. The ap.
peal was formally issued through f.
II. DeGroot. jr., president of the mis-
sion's board of directors. Both he
and John S. Bennett, superintendent
of the mission. point out the urgent
necessity for generous contributions
in order to carry on this year the
work which the mission has success
fully attempted for the past AZ years.
Contributions may be sent to the
mission at 613 G. street.
Evening star., 1926-12-16
nE,,..A ..... ,l.,u., .,.......

Spencer Trumbull son of a wealthy
father, is ordered TO take sea voyage e
go TO the Adirondacks because of the pres
ence there of a certain girl So he hires his
old college and war-days chum, Billy Trask,
promises him one thousand dollars and ex.
penses if he takes his place under the eye
10 both, and thus fuihlis the order ot
rrumhull's fathers physician. and by hi
which said stern father might see fit e.
visit on a defiant and disoDedient SO,
n ask starts aboard the steamship Gull
stream in a wheel chair and is no sooneI
pushed on deck by Keeler, his nurse, thai:
he keholds a girl at the raiI-the goddess. "
he dubs her.
f(yoptipuad from Yesterdays Star)
Evening star., 1926-12-16

Continued from Yesterdays Starr
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-19

fresh or dried or made into pemmi-
can; the fat is reduced and put up in
bladders, and in some cases used for
frying fish, etc.
1.-THE scrapings of the skins, we
were informed, are sometimes boiled
with cherries, and make a kind OF
jelly, which is considered good food
in some cases by the Indians. The
strips cut off from the skins are
sewed together, and make robes for
the children, or caps, mittens, shoes.
etc. The bones r pounded fine with
a large stone and boiled, the grease
which rises to the top is skinned off
and put in bladders. This is the ia
vOrite marrow grease, which is equal
to butter. The sinews are used for
stringing bows, and are a substitute
for thread; the ~intestines are eaten,
the shoulder blades made into hoes,
and in fact nothing is lost or wasted,
but every portion Of the animal. by
the skill and industry of the Indians,
is rendered useful"
One of the most important uses of
buffalo skins is not mentioned by
Audubon From them they made the
coverings of their tepees. It is not
surprising, when we consider what
the buffalo meant to the Indian; fur
nishing him, as it did with tepee,
food, and raiment; that he resented
the invasion Of the whites, which
spelled the destruction of Tho herds.
Under similar circumstances we
should have fought, and felt perfect
ly justified in so doing; but Indian
and buffalo were destined to give
way before the relentless advance OF
civilization as it is known today.
which demanded the land for other
purposes than a game preserve.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-19
AUDTRON E Es qR54t Career T5+ Of tt the oo Great American st an Ra4 nej

thrown from his horse, nearly ten
feet, and falling on his powder horn,
was badly hurt, but was able soon
afterwards to continue the chase.
This same Mr.. Squire had a worse ex-
perience on a former occasion when
chasing a buffalo, their positions
were reversed, and the buffalo did
the chasing. "Mr. Squire, attempting
to escape, rode between the beast and
a ravine which was near, when the
bull turned upon him, his horse be
came frightened and leaped down the
bank, the buffalo following him so
closely that he was nearly endorsed;
he lost his presence Of mind and
dropped his gun; he, however, for
tunately held on by the name and re-
covered his seat. The horse was the
fleetest, and saved his life" Squire,
in relating this story to Audubon
and the rest of the party, said 'he
had never been so terrified before
This bull was fired at several times
after Squire's adventure, and was
found to have II balls lodged in him
when he was killed"
AudubOn's Camping Place
"The party camped on the prairie
the night succeeding the hunt, about
80 miles from Fort Union NEAR three
%conical hills called the Mamelles. %
From this description, it would seem
that AUdubOn's camping place thai
night could easily be identified, even
today.
The worst enemies of the buffalo
were, in the order of their import
ance, first man, then the grizzly
bear; and finally the wolf. Many o
these animals were drowned while
! crossing rivers, or persisted in quick
sands. Other writer's have told O.
seeing many buffaloes carried away
by the swift current of the Missouri
At the season Of high water thei'
dead bodies lined the banks of tn.
river in some places. Audubon tell
of the Indians preference for thi
carriOn. Yet why he should have eX
pressed surprise at this peculiar tastt
of savages, is hard to understand, il
view of the fact that the English cpl
cure hangs his bird by the neck unit
it separates from the body, and tn.
Boston epicuTe refuses to eat mutton
until a green mould covers the flesh
Carrion is carrion whether buffalo
mutton or duck.
The Buffalo and Indian Life
The buffalo constituted nearly tn
whole of the Indians living. Audi
bon recOunts it's uses. After tellin
! of the bull boats, made of the hide
stretched over willow frames, he con
%tinues: 1.-THE horns are made int
drinking vessels, ladies and spoons
. The skins form a good bed, or aC
mirable covering from the cold, an
the flesh is excellent food, whethe
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-19

fine collection of drawings, repre-
senting many a II birds, he took it
to Philadelphia, and left it for safe
keeping at the house of a relative He
was gone but a few weeks, yet hen
he returned, it was to find these
two hundred drawings of over a
thousand different birds, had been
totally destroyed by rats. This dis
covery made him i'll, as it well might
have done; but it did not altogether
discourage him, for on recovering, he
at once set about finding new spec1-
mems to make good his loss.
The Kentucky SharpshOOters
While living in Kentucky, Audi
bon was in contact with the back
woOdsmen who constituted the ma
jority of the population, and has left
an account of their wonderful marks
manship. In one of these, a nail
was driven into wood three-quarters
it's length. No shot counted that "''
not hit the nail s%quarely on the head.
Another test was to snuff a candle
without extinguishing it. These
sh~arpshooters also killed a squirrel
bv the conclusion of shot aimed close
beneath it.
Here, on the outskirts of civiliza-
ton. he had a chance to see Nature
in some of her darkest moods. Once
he watched a cyclone from its incep-
ton to it's conclusion, as it tore its
way through the forest, strewing its
path with limbs and trunks OF trees
uprooted by it's might. Again, when
out riding, his horse seemed reluc-
tant to proceed, and finally stopped
with feet braced, and could not be
induced to move. Audubon did not
understand the cause of the animals
fright, until he and the horse were
severely shaken by an earthquake
these being frequently experienced III
parts of Kentucky at that time.
The Runaway Negro
His search for birds, led him into
cane brakes, forests, and swamps.
Once while in a swamp, he was held
up by a runaway negro. Audubon.
quick of observation, saw that his
wouId-be captor had a useless gun
and himself assumed the role of cap
tor The negro, finding himself in.
disposed to take advantage of the
situation, told the story of his es
cape. which, through AUdubOn's in
~tercessiOn, led to his returning Will
ingly to his former home, taking
with him his wife and children.
On the upper Mississippi, Audubon
thought he discovered a new species
of eagle, with which he was great!
delighted, and named it the wash
ingtOn Eagle" because Like thu
eagle, Washington was brave; like it
he was the terror of his foes, and hi
fame extending from pole to pole, re
sembled the majestic sOarings of tn
mightiest of the feathered tribe. Am
erica, proud of her Washington, ha
also reason to be so of her Grea
Eagle"
Right here the naturalist made
mistake. The bird he thought h
discovered, was an immature speci
men of the bald eagle. He, Xix.
Benjamin Franklin, did not think tn
T white-headed eagle a fittig emblem
for the United States, whatever ma
!, be the opinion of other nations. Sal
Franklin, ct wish the white-heade
/ eagle had not been selected as the re
d. preventative of u country. He is
, bird of bad moral character, he doe
not get his living honestly; you ma
I have e him perched on some dea
, tree, where, too lazy to fish for hin