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She Collects Binoculars.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Mrs Miriam Auletti of San Fran
cisco. whose peculiar hobby of col
lecting field glasses of rare manu-
facture and design has attracted con-
siderable attention among her ac-
quaintances here and elsewhere, re-
turned from the East Coast with sew
eral interesting pairs of glasses to
add to her collection.
Mrs. Auletti left on an ostensible
vacation trip more than three months
ago. but overlooked no opportunity
during her long journey through the
Canadian Rockies to New York and
back through the Panama Canal on
the Panama Pacific liner Manchuria
to gather binoculars and glasses.
Notable among several additions to
her collection picked up by Mrs. Au-
letti are two pairs of very old French
field glasses. found in pawnshop
in the city of Panama. The glasses
were evidently brought into America
by French engineers at work on the
French canal before the present canal
was begun by the Americans.
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down through them to wretched single
rooms on the West Side, lower East
Side. Greenwich Village. He Snatched
at chance jobs and it is recorded that
he washed dishes in Greek resrau-
| ra mt downtown as the price of d days
food.
Work at polishing brass parts of
motor cars was offered him and read
lily accepted. If. he could make the
price of a breakfast by sweeping out
store he reached for the broom.
1t was q matter Of keeping body and
soul together.
Among those who had known him
in the Broadway days it was no Sc
cret. this humble employment. But
| no one ever heard him whine about
it. If his thoughts ever went back to
Paris and the Riviera. to Castellaneta
and it's secure husba ndmen, or even
to the Broadway of so short a time
before. he never let his fair-weather
| friends know. He had come to Amer
lea to go to work in earnest, and
| wasn't he doing it now. even if the
| introduction had been little delayed?
| But out of this slough of despond
| Valentino was destined to rise to an
| eminence from which he commanded
an audience Of more than 10000, 900
of the citizens of this country.
(Copyrght. 1926.D
The third chapter in the life of
Rudolph Valentino will appear to-
morrow
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VALENTINO Terror
/ OF NATIVE VILLAGE
Beat Those Who Refused to
- Admit He Was "ItaIy's
Greatest Bandit"
BY HIRAM X. MODERWELL.

BY Radio TO The Star and Chicago Daily News.
CASTELLANETA, Italy, August
25 Delayed).-Rodolfo Pietro Hitherto
Raffaele Guglielmi. known to the
world as Rudolph Valentino, VIII
spend eternity in the cemetery OF this
village Of his birth if the citizens can
arrange it.
TT will make Castellaneta immor-
tai" they sal. American tourists
will come to our town by thousands to
visit his grave"
Everybody is Rodolfo's friend now.
But those with whom the correspond
emit talked admitted that every one
breathed a long sigh Of relief when he
left for laramie at the age of L.
Terror of Village.
This passionate, willful, Jealous boy
was literally a terror to the whole VII
lage. His aged nurse. Rosa, once she
had overcome her diffidence at the
sight of a stranger, told endless anec-
dotes revealing boyhood experiences
and traits which went to make the
character whom millions OF women
adored.
Rudolph's whole youth was a pas
sionate revolt against tire stern Gus,
cipline which his father Natn.E tfieo
to impose. lie beat unmercituaE those
acknowledge that he was italy
greatest bandit" When his father re
fused him pocket money he bought
things on his fathers charge accounts
and sold them for money with which
to buy candy.
He frequently filched candy, fruit
and bright colored ribbons, which he
loved, but which he would give away
generously. He used to terrify small
boys by pretending to drop them from
the balcony of his home, catching
them a moment before they fell
jealous of Loved Ones.
The youth adored his mother and
He USED to dare boys to say who was
The most beautiful woman III Castel-
laneta. and if they named any other
than Rudolph's mother. he would beat
them soundly. He almost drowned
one boy in the village fountain for
this rea son. Boys to whom Rosa
gave candy were beaten almost I'M
conscious. The old nurse still bears a
scar on her chin from heavy glass
pitcher which he threw at her in a
jealous rage.
But he was religious. His priests
said he came frequently TO confession.
The priest, when questioned, said he
did not believe that Rudolph died in
mortal sin on account of his divorce.
because he repcnteG on his deathbed
and received the rites of the church.
Copyright. 1926. by Chicago Daily News Co..
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GIRL FRIEND KILLS SELF.
Peggy Scott, Actress, Dies in Lon
don Flat. His Pictures Near.

LONDON, August 26 R.--The
Daily Mirror says Peggy Scott, an
actress. 81 years old, who was a friend
of Rudolph Valentino, was found dead
in her fat in London yesterday. The
newspaper does not give the cause
of the young woman's death. but ii
sats she had been intensely affected
by the death of Valentino, whom she
greatly admired.
The Mirror quotes a friend of Miss
Scott as saying that she and Val
entino met while spending a vacation
at Biarritz; that they were often to-
gether, and at one time there was a
rumor Of love affair between them.
Many autographed photographs of
Valentino were found in the woman's
fat, according to the newspaper,
which adds that the police took pos
session of a number of letters.
The Mirror says that Miss Scott,
who had acted in motion pictures as
we'll as on the stage. had been in Lon
don only a short time.
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Italy Is Taking No Official Notice
OF Rudolph Valentino Funeral Plans

explained that Fascist organizations
abroad have broad powers to act In
such matters without need of author
iZation from Rome.
Officials are unwilling to discuss
what honorS would be shown the
dead movie actor here until it is
learned definitely whether the body
will be brought to Italy for burial. 1t
is probable, however, that Valentino
funeral would not be given more than
semi-official recognition.
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BODY OF VALENTINO
BARRED FROM VIEW,
DUE TO DISORDERS

Continued from First Page)
wood to attend the funeral. She is
accompanied by a secretary and a
nurse. Railroad officials in Chicago
have orders to honor a return ticket
bought by Valentino in Los Angeles
If his body is shipped there from
New York.
: Mr.: Ullnan and Miss Negri desire
that burial be in the capital OF film
dom.
Jean Acker, the great lovers
first wife. saw his body at the under
takers yesterday and broke into
tears. She declared that she and her
former HUSBAND had become recon
ciled just before his death. She re-
vealed that she was in room next
to his in the hospital when he died.
Final decision is awaiting the ar
rival from Paris of Alberto Guglielmi.
Valentines brother.
Despite the fact that the doors or
the funeral church were closed TO
the general public, 500 men and wom-
on formed i'm line this morning, only
to be dispersed by police.
.v-r x,x,yu,Nrn Wits SEVE
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Plenty of Sunshine.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Dudley Craft Watson. head Of the
museum extension department of the
Art Institute, who is conducting a
painting expedition of 33 artists in
Far Northern countries, reports that
the picturesqueness of the midnight
sun country exceeds his expectations
and that his associates are so avid
that they are painting all night,
catching sleep by short maps in the
daytime. The party will return to
America by September /. stopping to
visit studios in Paris and London on
their way,
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BUNYAN BOOK OFFERS.
High Price of First Edition Calls
Out Many Volumes.

LONDON. August &c OP).-The sale
of first edition copy OF Bunyan's
pilgrims Progress published in
1913, for $500 pounds has had a curl
Gus sequel
During the next few days following
the sale dozens of people who had
read the news carried copies of the
Pilgrims Progress" to the auction
rooms in the fond hope that they
might possess a treasure. The copies
submitted ranged from 10 to 100 years
old and of course proved almost
wort HESS
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sheik 1t was felt perhaps that his
heart was not too much involved. and
he was still thing to be adored.
Perhaps there was Just a bit of
irony in the fact that this great lover
of the screen died virtually alone, with
only a distant feminine star faint
ing" at the news. Valentino died in
the company he sought-the company
of hemen.
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Stronger Attraction

From the London Answers.
Grocer (harshly)-IIow about that
bill?
The Mani sent my wife over
with the money
Grocer-She never came here. sir.
The MAXWELL, that's what you
get for running a grocer's shop next
to a milliner'S
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ROCHESTER HOTEL SOLD
TO OUTSIDE INTERESTS
10-Story Structure Built by Ward
man Now to Be Operated as
Commercial Hostelry.

The Rochester Hotel. recently com.
pleted by Harry Wardman at the
southwest corner of Ninth and i.
streets, has been Sold TO out of town
interests. who viii operate the now
hosiery as q commercial hotel
This new building is 10 stories high
and contains about zoo rooms. II is
equipped with the latest devices. and
Is considered one of the most mod
ern commercial hotels in the city.
While no purchase price was given
II Is understood that the sale involved
we'll over half a million dollars.
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Middies End Cruise.

Special Dispatch to The star.
ANNAPOLIS. Md, August 26.-The
practice squadron carrying midship-
men on their Summer cruise, return
ed today after several months Of
travel along the Atlantic from New
nort TO Cuba.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-26

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, August 26.--No funeral
wreath or any other kind of official
honor for Rudolph Valentino has been
authorized in behalf of the Italian
government or Premier MuSsolini
The government, the Associated
Press has been officially informed.
knows nothing of Black Shirt guard
of honor. said to have been posted at
the bier of the dead screen actor, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-26
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

NEW YORK, August 26.-The death
of a moving picture star or the nrSt
magnitude Is an impressive tnlng. IL
Is possible in this country TO compare
1t only to the passing of President;
in. Europe, to the death OF king
The stunned silence with which New
York heard the news OF the oeatn Oh
Rudolph Valentino was conVinclns-
almost startling-evidence of the hold
of the silent drama and its heroes
and herOines have upon the great
mass of the people.
New York in this instance was Dut
a symbol. Valentino did not belong to
the metropolis. He was no more OF
Broadway than he was of Main street.
He belonged to every community OF
the land, was known in every house
hold.
The death Of President means
revolutionary things to the Nation
1t sets in motion the wheels OF a new
administration, with the always pres
ent degree of uncertainty and con.
Germ. But to the average man and
woman President is merely a figure
a respected figure, but figure
none the less. The great moving pic
ture hero, the sheik. is q distinct
personality. His every mood has been
seen and studied. 4 President may
be much phOtogra phed. but he is
never pictured like the stars of the
cinema. These bright luminaries of
the silver screen are living, breath
ng creatures to the millions. When
Rudolph Valentino passed on to face
the last and greatest audience OF all,
the people of the country unquestion-
ably felt a personal loss. Few public
men ever could claim such a tribute.
Record Crowds Gather.
The crowds which gathered about
the Polytechnic Hospital when it was
known Valentino was fighting for life
with only the senderest hope of vic
tory We're interesting phenomena in
themselves. They had no hope Of see
ing anything. They merely felt some
great event was impending and they
wanted to be as much a part of 1t as
possible. For long hours they stood
waiting for the news. No such
crowds. in the time of this writer.
ever have gathered in this country
for any one else. And when 1t came
time to remove the casket. covered
with it's cloth of gold-a last brave.
gaudy gesture of "the profession
pital and the police had their ha nds
full trying to straighten out the con-
fusion.
When word came as If by magic
from the hospital that Rudy" was
dead it spread from lip to lip through
all the great city before the waiting
and ready newspapers could start the
presses with their extras. Radio sta
lions flashed the tidings. Men and
women, boarding subway and elevated
trains. called out the news to their fell
low passengers and, with an informal
ity. neighborliness. entirely strange
to New York. all in the noisy cars be-
gan to discuss the sheik and to eX-
press their sorrow.
The extra papers reached downtown
New York at the lunch hour when
the narrow canyons of the financial
district, cleared of vehicular traffic
are given over entirely to the clerks
and stenographers, officials who pour
into the narrow highways in a great
human stream.
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Train Kills Unidentified Man
,ecial Dispatch to The star.

Special DIspdtCH 10 I ne StdI
CHERRY RUN. Va. August 80
An unidentified man. about rs years
of age, was killed by Baltimore and
Ohio eastbound passenger train here
this morning as he walked on the
tracks. A heavy fog hung over the
section. A coroner's jury found death
accidental Papers found on the man
bore the name of W. F. Olson. Nor
folk, Va. The victim Is believed to
have, been o paperhangen
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Ffappers Mourn AdOred One.

The papers were swept away from
the stands as fast as they could be
supplied. Loud. raucous cries of Val
entino dead" filled the canyons and
echoed back and forth from the tower
ing buildings. Fighting with the men
to get the papers were the swarms of
flappers who give the financial dis
trict it's real touch of color and of
fashion. These flappers of downtown
New York are as much in the mode
as the famed midinettes of Paris. And
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w.
$500 ~---
N - ,s.,
~ %
Il one days excursion
To The
EASTERN SHORE
ITO almost every American the
l. words Eastern Shore" in
scribe q tempting picture-the
picture of soft, level lands and
cool salt lagoons: of quaint old
craft and quainter crews; of
browsing roadscapes and bullocks:
of boards fraught with dishes of
peculiar and incredible goodness;
of a people leisurely, goOdnatur-
eddy ceremonious, unhurt by the
fevers of progress.
The picture Is true enough. The
marvel, then, is that relatively few
outsiders ever see the Eastern
Shore, despite the hospitality for
which it is so famed Thousands
of Neutrality-suspicious., even, have not
seen it.
And yet a satisfying visit to the
Eastern Shore may be made very
comfortably in single day. To
Claiborne is but three hours
through fresh, fragrant country by
swift electric train and across the
lovely Chesapeake by so sturdy
and comfortable steamer as the
Governor Hdrrfngton-or the new
Governor Ritchie.
Inc MAY be picdsdIitIy
terrupted. midway, long enough
for visit to the United States
Naval Academy and the historic
buildings of the charming old town
Of Annapolis.
Luncheons may be carried, of
course, but admirable and mex
pensive meals are to be had in An
napolis, on the boat, or at Clai-
borne. 80
This excursion. including the re-
turn to Washington, costs but
1892; on Sundays only, $3.50.
Children under IL, half fare. w,
B. & A. trains leave for Annapolis
every hour on the hour.
Washington, Baltimore
~ s. Annapolis
&S6 ELECTRIC r. r. co.
WV Washinston Terminal
I2th ST. 1Nesr York Ace.
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GEORGIA BELLE,
pr. ACHES

and pick YOUR oxu At 81 70 I,l, This price
FOR 2 few days only. Take the Lee High
way TO Falls Church, turn to right a. Wash
inEton and Broad Sis. which is the Alex
sndrla -Leesburg road: distance about y
r1iles 70 Falls ChMrch Ornharis. 2As
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-26

The third chapter in the life Of
Rudolph Valentino will appear to-
morrow.
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This employment came from Cor
nelius Bliss, jr.. who has an estate
at Westbury. Long Island. Accounts
vary as to just what Rudolph was to
do there. One says that he was to
plan an italian garden. but that be
fore this could he carried out it was
decided to undertake construction OF
a golf course. which had not been
included in the curriculum of the fla
nous diplomas source. so Rudolph
had to give il up.
Such version would indicate that
the young man resigned the position.
Not so flattering is another account.
This has it that Rudolph was engaged
as superintendent Of the estate, but
was discharged because he was in
cessantly asking for "a day of" and
thus neglecting his work. II was said
that investigation DISCLOSED the days
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REMOVAL SALE-FTNE IMPORTED ENG.
lieh sadlery and harness largest line in
;lty; renalrln- goll bass, suit cases and all
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CHE WHY of
SUPERSTITIONS
By H. IRVING KING
MEETING A PIG

TT is bad luck to meet pig while
on journey; and if, on going Wis
iting, you meet pig on the way it
Is sign that you will not be welcome
when you arrive at your destination.
These are superstiuons-or rather
variation of the same superstition
found to be rather common in Canada
and New England and perhaps exist
ing in other localities. Also some
fishermen object to meeting a pig
when about to embark for the fishing
grounds, and some old-fashioned sail
ors regard the hog askance, if they
meet one just before sailing.
This idea that 1t Is bad luck to en-
counter hog at the beginning of any
enterprise is mild form of similar
superstition found among the north
ern nations of Europe, especially
among the Scottish fishermen, among
whom an intense horror of even the
animals name prevails.
That the hog was connected with
moon-worship we know and one writ
"a says III ACSd1o " Tic
under consideration, "All animals con-
nected In folklore with the moon are
dfabolical, relic of the antipathy
of worshipers to moon-worship-
ers." This antipathy can only have
existed, however, among the Northern
nations. The most civilized peoples
OF antiquity, we know, worshiped both
the sun-god and the moon-goddess !;
conceiying a union instead of an an
tipathy between them. But among the
Northern nations sun-worship was
prominent; the traces of moon-wor-
ship comparatively few. The dwellers
on the misty capes of Scotland and
Norway had not the same reason to
worship the source of moisture" as
the Egyptians had and moon-worship,
therefore, may have been considered
highly heterodox. AS the superstition
in question is Northern one, perhaps
the explanation cited is correct
(0 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
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The fog was thick and the short
sighted man could not see yard ahead
when he left the office. But he knew
every inch of the way TO the tram
terminus-or thought he did. All! at
last. He clambered aboard and took
his place in the far corner. Time
passed, but the tram showed no sign
of moving. More time passed. The
man grew impatient, and at last rose
and addressed misty figure: "What
time do you think this tram will
start?" he demanded.
Tram !" came the answer. "This
amt tram. You're in cabman's
shelter Toronto Globe
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~AnA o.
OI0DTI Martha Martin

Old Mr.. Giant came dressed in a
costume to make him look like the In
dian or Wild Tobacco Flower.
Witty Witch came dressed in the
costume of the Cardinal Flower, anil
the bright scarlet Of her costume was
much admired.
The Elves wore costumes so that
they looked like Black-Eyed Susans
or Yellow Daisies. And they wore
breeches which were very coarse and
rough to show that Black-Eyed Susans
had very coarse stems.
The Gnomes wore costumes so that
they looked like Violets. Some looked
like Yellow violets and some like
Long-Stemmed Purple ones.
Others looked like White Violets and
some were like little Purple Violets
almost hidden under their leaves.
Then they all danced! Such dance
as it was. And so lovely sight as ii
was to see all the Fairyland people
dressed In their beautiful flower cos
tunes.
They had a delicious woodland sup
per with Moss Ice Cream which the
Fairy Queen had made herself.
And then, after supper was over and
Mr.. Moon had laughingly refused to
eat anything saying that if he did he
feared that he would have Moon in
digestion, the Fairy Queen sang
song she had made up especially for
the occasion.
But there was lot of joking about
Mr.. Moon and his indigestion first.
He was asked what Moon indigestion
was, and he said that it was indigeS
ton people had when they couldn't
think of what they had eaten to give
them indigestion and then saw the
Moon and said the Moon must have
given it to them.
He said he had never heard anyone
say that, but he had to think of an
answer so quickly to the Fairyland
people that that was the best he
could do upon such short notice!
But he said he was sure that If he
ate he would have indigestion and
then they'd have to send a hot water
bottle up to toe sky and warm
blanket to cover over him, and he
would hate to have to put them to all
that trouble.
So he refused their kind offer of
food.
Then came the Fairy Queens song
and it ended up with these lines which
all Joined in singing:
Were dressed to look like flowers,
Oh, happiness is ours!'
(Copyright.)