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and veining Of an oak leaf, and only
the closest scrutiny Will reveal the
tiny head and legs. 1t is. perhaps, the
most striking example of natures art
of mimesis, as it is called. The young
er walking leaf insects feed on the
small. young leaves of the tree. which
are bro1snish in color. and hence the
young insects have brownish coats
AS they mature and feed on the green
leaves their coats become green. 1t
Is astonishing, at first, TO see a Leaf
walking Sedately across your path.
The stick-bug. or walking twig, q
kind of grasShopper, so closely re-
sembles the dead twigs Of the trees
on which it lives that the most intel
ligent OF its ant enemies are deceived
as 1t creepS up on them. These grass
hoppers are generally about three or
four inches long There is also a
giant walktng-tw or walking stick
which grows to n length OF foot OF
more, and resembles the branches
rather than the twigs of Il tree.
The stick-caterpillar, in form, pos
ture and coloring, resembles so close.
ly the branches or thorns of their
food plant that they can only be dis
tinguished with great difficulty. They
will grasp twig with their strong
pair of hind legs, and, supporting the
head by a transparent girdle, extend
the body out at an angle. stiff and
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inch wheel-base. In Burlington Bill
had spent almost ten thousand dollars.
Ewes lovely chin now Struggled in n
brandnew fur coat, the best the city
afforded. On the third finger of her
left hand appeared not only wedding
band but solitaire.
But you said you were poor!' pro-
tested Eve.
NO man could be poor-after
marrying you" Bill retorted. you've
made a millionaire of me so SOON"
He, too, had a fur coat. And in q
new golf suit, brown like his eyes, he
more than fulfilled the prophecy Eve
had once made to her mother.
He'll look almost respectable" she
had said, after he's been well scrub
bed and properly clothed"
Now she remembered that and
almost hated herself for 1t. And hated
herself. too. because she must say:
II don't understand
Don't try to-" he replied.
The fur coats, he told her, would be
needed because they were going to
spend their honeymoon in a camp on
Crazy River, deep in the woods to the
north of Plattsburg.
They came to the camp on the Crazy
toward sunset the next day. 1t was
as primitive as it's setting, fashioned
of logs, yet touched with crude luxury.
Bills eyes begged her to love it and
Eve said she did.
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Woman Naturalist Captures Flying Dogs
Rare Specimens From Indian Islands

apartment window on a kite string,
and let them fly around, without hay
ing to take them for d walk" l said
Nine. kreutZberg seemed .displeased
by the suggestion.
4 am Il naturalist, trying to do
some worthwhile work" she said,
and | do not wish to make any silly
statement about my discoveries.
There IS not the slightest evidence to
show that these creatures can be
really dOmeSticated, or that they
could live in city or among human
beings. l have taken a number of
motion pictures of them, and have
studied them in every possible way.
shall later submit my findings for
whatever they may be worth"
l had intended to discuss with Nine
Kreutzberg the question of the pos
sible relatio. ship of her dogs to the
famous banana hound. which ap-
peared in New York a few years ago.
but | thought better of it.
Nine. kreutZberg wanted to talk
about some studies of protective MIN
icry, which she has been making in
the jungles, and / found it difficult to
keep her on the subject of the dogs.
Il have found many of the walk
ing leaves" she said. "It is an in
sect which lives In the jungles of
Java. 1t DISCUSSES itself like an oak
leaf V has almost the exact color
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BY f. HENDRIX RIBBINk.
SAMARANG, Java.

T OLA KREUTZBERG, famous
woman naturalist and animal
photographer of Berlin, has
IL emerged from the jungles of
the Island of Bali with three
of the flying dogs" which have been
known for long time TO exist in the
Indian archipelago.
The dogs are about Is inches long,
| with a wing spread of about 40 inches.
They look unlike anything in the
world except the gargoyles of Notre
Dame. They were at first quarrel
some, but Nine. kreutzberg says they
have become quite tractable, and she
will take them to her studio in Ber-
lin for further study and domestica-
ton.
They are charming and fastidious
, little creatures said Nine. kreutZ-
berg, although they have a bad habit
of becoming intoxicated on the sweet
sap of palm trees. This is their favor
| tie drink. 1t is quaint to see them
making erratic and hilarious swoops
| through the air, under the influence
of too much sap. Figs, bananas and
delicate buds of flowers are their
favorite food, although, in emergen-
cies, they will eat snakes, rats, insects
or fish.
| Their flight is like that of the crow
/ They move slowly and evenly through
! the air, except when intoxicated, with
only an occasional Tapping of the
wings. The Malays eat them, and
consider them a great delicacy.
| They make only two sounds, a
ratlike squeak and kind of whisper
| ing. They quarrel a great deal, but
chiefly over food, and l find that when
| they are well fed they are less trucu-
| lent. Their bodies are covered with
| fur, but their wings are black and
| cool and they spread them over their
bodies when they go to sleep. They
continually lick their wings to keep
them smooth and clean, just as the
Eskimos bite their moccasins to make
them flexible. At the end of the wing
is a sharp claw, with an extended
thumb. This is useful in climbing
trees and fighting.
AT first 1 had to be careful of this
| hook. 1t can make a nasty cut; in
lection and blood poisoning may
easily follow. While / cannot truth.
fully say they have developed any
real affection for me, they will light
| on my hands and lick them with their
little pink tongues. But / would ad-
wise any one trying to domesticate
them to hold them by the back of the
neck at first. They are clumsy, and
cannot move on the ground, but are
quite at home in the air. / have seen
them catching fish, making a swift
swoop over a stream"
| I asked Nine Kreutzberg hopefully
about the possibility of the small fly
ing dogs being taken up by women of
leisure as pets to replace the small
pomeranians and Pekingese Spaniels
"ons could leash taem out Of an
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He has got money, Jake. Oh, let
him pay instead. Think of the scan
DIAL"
II should worry about the scandal"
replied Jake. But he turned to Bill
and demanded: well, how much
would you pay me to dodge scandal?
And a long Jail term"
Not a red" replied Bill. And now
that I've called your bluff, l think
III shove along"
Try to get out" suggested Jake
Try to stop me. retorted Bill.
Jake did.
The other members of the black
mailing crew We're on the sidewalk
when BIZ emerged. Bill recognized
one Of them at once-Eddie, the taxi
driver.
More light on the subject" com
mented Bill softly, and added: We'll.
Eddie?'
THE garage was still open when
Eddie's taxi swung into il. Gus
pulled the door open as ii came to a
stop
Did you shake him down eood?" he
demanded eagerly.
He didn't shake down worth a
cent, Gus" replied Bill.
Where's - where's Eddie" de-
manded Gus, Eoggle-eyed
'Eddie2 The last I saw Of Eddie
he was sitting on the curbstone over
in Jersey, Gus. I think he was think.
ing of his sins. But don't worry. He
has company. Lots OF company by
nov, I guess.
Il imagine ii is n waste of words -
he added. But l have you-and Ed
die-to thank for whole lot. l never
could make myself believe that this
was as rotten an old world as some
people claim, but I'm sold on that
proposition now"
He crossed the garage 10 his own
car He had not driven ii recently.
but he knew Il was ready TO go. And
so was he. Where he did not know
or care. He was through with New
York.
The onrush through the night was
! like narcotic. Dawn found him
still at the wheel. He drove on, al
ways north.
The air cut him like razor blades.
He realized that he was getting light
headed-lack Of sleep he decided. 1t
made no difference. After q time he
no longer realized he was hghthe
ed. He was just happy. Eve was
with him. He began To talk with her
There's really no need of hurrying
this way he admitted, but l want
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Christmas with her mother. but she
Could this be done?
The car was turned over to Bill, who
said he could have it ready In three
days. If that would be all right
'If you'll keep your promise" she
replied prettily.
To he sure that he would, she ex-
planned. she dropped in several times
TO watch and ask him questions,
When the car was ready, she phoned
asking that it be sent around.
she seemed excited about some
thing reported Gus. Don't hold
her up for the cash If she hasn't got
II with her-SheS okay,'
Bill took the car around. JEANNE
Whiting was waiting for him. She
had a suit case and 4 bag and her
hat was a little awry. He noticed
that. for she was usually very smart.
II can't drive" she said pitifully.
I've Just had a phone call from
Jersev City. My sister tried to com
NIT suicide and is dying
IN drive you over" Bill assured
her at once.
They threaded their way TO the
ferry. Then. swinging into Jersey
City he followed her direction untll
they came to a browustone house
where she told him TO stop.
If you'll just carry my bag and
suit case up
The woman who opened the door
seemed TO expect them.
Second floor. front" she said.
They reached the room and Bits
companion opened the door. The mo-
ment he crossed the threshold and
set the bags down she flung her arms
around his neck.
"Oh, you are so good-so kind" she
cried. Il can't help loving you. If
my husband should ever know of this
he'd Kill me, but
The door she had shut was flung
open.
"Jake-Iny husband" gasped the
girl. He must have followed U.S.
The red-faced hulk so Informally in.
troduced TO Bill smiled unpleasantly.
Yeah. l followed you" he assured
them. And I've got two detectives
waiting in taxi outside. When l put
up the curtain, they come up-see."
$50 it's blackmail," commented Bill
softly. Il suppose 1 have my wife
and her attorney to thank for this. .
"Blackmail, You look like ready
money, you do, \ greasy mechanic
I wish you did have money-Id make
you come across"
The girl JEANNE broke in then.
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Warns of Ouakes.
REMARKABLE instrument t

A REMARKABLE instrument that
"A translates the slightest tremors of
the earth into sounds that issue from
a loud speaker is the recent inven-
ton of a Japanese professor, DR.. Jun
Shida of Kyoto University. It is de-
signed to give warning Of the ap
proach of earthquakes, says Popular
Science Monthly.
The possible usefulness Of the in
vention lies in the assumption that
most severe earthquakes are preceded
by slight shocks. Thus an audible
warning of slight tremors would give
people time to leave homes and office
buildings before the arrival of de-
structive quake.
The invention consists of a pendu-
lum, an electric coil and an amplifier.
The pendulum is so delicately poised
that it responds to the slightest vibra-
ton. When it is set in motion, cleo
tsicity is generated in the coil, which
actuates a sound-producing device.
The sound is amplified and issues
through d loud speaker.
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you would come here. And-so I came
too"
Why" he asked
Eve hesitated. Then:
"Because-I had 70" she said simply
you-you don't mean that
That l love ycu2" she supplied
"Oh. Bill-I'm such a horrid little
grabber, l don't feel as if I had the
right to say l do. But II want you
aWfully."
This should have satisfied him But
he was still incredulous. And fearful
But when you go back TO New
York"
Lets not so back TO New York. %
she said, in d rush. '.I-do YOU re
member what YOU said about the place
IN the country you wanted Low ana
long and rambling. where we could
have horses and dogs and"
The glory in Bills eyes daZZled ana
checked hers
But-Eye-what has changed you.
You" said I've simply And added
70 his bewi3erncut. Youth laugh a.
ne-eyerybgdy did-whe1 l tell you
that the most wonderful thing IL
America to me was thai YOU could
drink water right out Of the faucet"
'BG- what else would You expect
asked Bill bswildered.
In Europe. silly, l. YOU drink waite
out Of faucets that way you q probabl,
have pains in your tummy and per
hans even die. TOu never know
whether il is f. 70 drink, and 50 yCI
learn 10 have wine iuS-ea5-tgr ycur
srumach's sake. ! was always afraid
70 drink water UuLl ! came bach
home"
Tho use Of the word home was IN
Oh -.
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After that he and thu taxi-driver

After that he and thu taxi-driver
had talked. The taxi-driver was a
hardfaced hulk of a man, but Bill In
his loneliness had warmed to him.
The taXi-driver was a free lance
owning his own car.
Some days the pickings are good
other days not so good" he had ex
planned. But every little bit helps
Me and my brotherin-law have got a
garage over ON the West Side we're
trying to get on it's feet
you are starting a garage?" Bill
had asked eagerly.
ION a shoe-string. But If we can
keep going for a few months more II
will coin money for us. The trouble
is that the bank is hollering about the
note"
How much is it?"
Fifteen hundred"
'Give me the address," Bill had cut
in. IT may be able to help you out.
The taxi driver had given him sus
picious glance. He had an idea he
was being kidded. His second thought
was that perhaps Bill was nut. But
you never could tell, and SO he had
given him the address.
This Bill had with him as he entered
the apartment. He had, as WELL other
souvenirs of the tire-changing episode
more obvious. He was not aware OF
that. -.
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straight, thus copying precisely the
position OF twlg. The attitude Is
called the danger position and is as
Sunlvd only when the approach Of an
enemy seems imminent.
Their skin, which is dark and
Enarled, resembles 10 a nicely the
bark of surrounding twigs. and the
resemblance is further heightened by
the StUmpy legs of the caterpillar,
which recall the irregularities q the
tWigs. In some cases their color va
ries, 50 that light and dark, plain and
Varlegated forms of the same cater
pillar are found in each case agreeing
with the ColOrs Of the foliage and the
markings which occur upon 1t.
Some of the butterflies show curl
Gus manifestations of protective MIN
icry. There is one butterfly which
has poison concealed in its body. The
mouthful of this butterfly would mean
death 10 them. Then there is another
butterfly which hasn't any poison and
Is safe eating. But its markings and
colorin-s are almost identical with
those of the deadly kind, and thus by
reSorting 10 a maSquerading scheme
this harmless creature escapes attack
Certain harmless flies, by looking
almost identically like certain bees
which have a poisonous sting, man.
age to eyade their ravaging enemies.
"A still more striking evidence OF
natures talent for strategy IS found
in another species of butterfly. This
has what IS known as spot eyes on its
under wings. which look precisely
like two glarinG eyes. They are IN
visible except In times Of crisis. Then
they are suddenly extended into view
and generally have the effect Of star
Ting the enemy into precipitate flight
"a sort of jack-o'-lantern stunt"
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Great Britain Europe and Asia by Current
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to get back to the Crazy-don't you,
Eve?"
EYES nod warmed his heart.
But perhaps we'd better stop at
Plattsburg," he suggested
Eve agreed
Room and bath for two" repeated
the hotel clerk at Plattsburg. puzzled.
rs your wife arriving later"
Bill looked around. Eve was gone.
The clerk eyed him Curiously. but he
did not realize il. He must find Eve.
Perhaps she was in the car. But she
wasn't.
she didn't want TO stop" he
thought numbly. She's gone on
They told him he couldn't get
through-the roads were impa ssable,
But he said that his wife had gone
ahead and he must follow. They saw
he was flushed and excited. a family
quarrel, they guessed, and shrugged
their sho!ders.
Drunk" he exclaimed as BIZ
stumbled and then pitched headlong.
But Bill wasn't drunk. only de.
lirious. He had pneumonia and an
incredible temperature.
II the camp on the Cray. B.u.s de.
ITlUN rose ana IEll. ana JEeN
the fantoms passed and he came
back abruptly TO life and reality. lie
did not a once know where he was
and never did know just how he got
there. Dawn was approaching, but
the room was dark, save for the
fiickering illumination cast off by the
logs in the great fireplace.
Somebody was seated in front Of
the fireplace. Somehody-not Eve,
Eve murmured Bill GuestioningIy.
And it was Eve,
Bill" she cried. her lovely voice
breaking. But she recovered herself
at once ana placed an admonitory
finger, light as thistledown. on his
fps. you mustn't try to talk-or
think. Gro TO sleep. like a nice boy
Hours later-a matter Of minutes il
seemed to hin-Bill smiled at her.
did they-send for you?"
Eve shook her head. lust
came" she said.
This contented him for q time
hours again.
How did you know l was here" he
asked then, family, puzzled.
Il didn't-knOW it, she replied II
felt it. 1 knew that YOU had left New
York and l suspected that somebody
had tried to do nasty things to YOU
and that you would want to get As
far away as you could. And l felt sure
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EFE'S mother had been-how much
he never dreamed.
Eve, returning from ride, had been
greeted with
w here have you been all this
tlme?" And before she had recovered
from the surprise of that: You know
that young man who works in the
garage?"
THE red-headed one? No, I don't,
although something in his manner
suggested he would be pleased to meet
me- as we Americans say"
Not that one-the other one. Please
be serious, Eve"
"Serious?" Are you seriously sug-
costing that I have been improving
my spare moments cultivating young
garage men"
You might have done worse. The
one / speak Of has millions"
Eve had looked incredulous. Then
WELL" she had demanded satiri-
cally, what am 1 supposed to do-get
thrown from my horse in front of the
garage? I believe that is always eff
fecive. II anuauated. But what 4
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Young Men Race

1t starts with the race of the
young men. Long before sunrise
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! the young Indians start from a place
far out on the plain, beside sacred
spring. They cover the intervening
miles with remarkable speed, Looping
up the sloping mesa to the cheers of
the crowd. The priests receive them,
and each runner deposits prayer
offerings at the altar.
Then the captive snakes-some-
times there are as many as a hun
bred of thenl-are washed in the
underground kiva. The priests
squat and sing. Two priests take a
handful of writing, twisting snakes
out of jar and hand them to other
priests who sit by a jar Of conse-
Grated water. The snakes are dipped
In this and tossed on the sand of the
sacred altar, to the tune of blood
curdling yells.
Then the Dance
At sunset comes the snake dance
proper, on the open plaza. Visitors,
both Indian and white. line the mesa
above.
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STONE AGE DAYS
REVIVED IN i. S.
BY HOP| TRIBE
Snake Dance This Year Is
Ritual of Distant
Past.
BIZ NEA Servtce

BIZ NEA SerUtce
FLAGSTAFF. Ar1z., Aug. 20
Preparations are almost complete Tor
the annual observance Of the oldest,
most colorful religious ceremonial on
the North American continent--the
world-famous Hopi Indian snake
dance.
In all the world there is no. cere-
nony like this. 1t is a religious rite
performed exactly as it was ten,
twenty centuries ago-a strange relic
of the old stone age, when the divid-
ing line between magic and religion
was not clearly defined.
It will be witnessed by travellers
from distant places. Men will come
In automobiles. complicated products
of the up.to-date twentieth century
to watch the desert Indians perform
rites that were time-worn when Eu-
rope was an unpeopled wilderness.
A Prayer for Rain
The snake dance is an annual
prayer for rain--an invocation to the
pds that i've in the sky and control
1Whe clouds and to the gods that live
under ground and control the springs
and rivers, joined In by the resi-
dents of six Hopi villages on a long
mesa north Of here.
First the Snake and Antelope
clans meet to study various meteoro-
logical signs and determine the date
for the dance. This years ceremony
has been set for Aug. 81. Then come
many days of preparation. In no
Christian church are preparations for
q sacrament more carefully made.
A Town Crier
A town crier announces the date
from the housetops. The priests Of
the Antelope clan meet to set up the
altar. They make a mosaic Of dill.
ferent colored sands, which are
sprinkled on the floor. with clouds
and lightning represented sym
bolically.
Then the prayer sticks are made,
with prayers and invocations at
each step of the procedure. Each
participant smokes the sacred pipe,
and the altar is consecrated and
blessed morning and night. Sixteen
songs are chanted each day to the
accompaniment Of rattles shaken by
the priests.
Snake, Charm Liquid
In the snake "kiva," a sort of un.
derground council chamber, the
snake charm liquid is made. An
Indian basket is placed on a spe-
cial altar. In it are placed shells,
charms, crushed nuts and sticks. A
priest, with much chanting and cere-
mony, pours water into ii from the
- ORTIZ east, south and west. Other
PRIESTS circle about it, chewing some
desert herb and putting the liquid
in the basket
Priests Are Amounted
At last the charm nears compile
ton. Each priest waves a Snake
stick" with eagle feathers at
tached, and the sacred pipe is lit,
the smoke being blown into the
liquid. Four songs are chanted
Then the little chamber rings with
the fierce Hopi war cry. the head
priest mixes the liquid with corn
meall sprinkles it to the four points
of the compass. .kneads it with white
clay, and rubs the resultant paste
on the bodies Of all the prists.
This ceremony is supposed to
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protect them from snake bites In tAe
dance that is to follow.
Catch Rattlers

All OF these ceremonies are per.
formed by priests CT the Antelope
clan. While they are thus engaged
the men of the Snake clan go north,
east, west and south. to catch the
deadly rattle snakes for the snake
dance. When a rattlesnake is found
a prayer is offered, meal is scattered
on 1t and it Is seized alive and
brought back to the village. The
Indians catch the snakes with un.
canny skill. Four days are con-
sumed in this snake hunt.
On the evening of the last day Of
the hunt the Antelope priests dance
in the plain. On the morrow the
snake dance begins.
Young Men Race
1t starts with the race of the