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, 1926-06-02
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Continued from yesterdays Avj8)

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But not only was it necessary to pro-
vide a statue for the Ka to dwell in, and
food and drink for it that it might not
perish of hunger and thirst. Clothing
and unguents and SO on must be placed
in the tomb also that it might battle and
anoint and dress itself ever as its BODY
had done upon earth.
The la is always pictured in the paint
ings and hieroeIyphics of the ancient
Egy ptians as a hawk like bird with a
human face.
The Ba-Bird at death did not share the
wanderings Of the Ka Ii loitered around
the tomb to see that nothing happened to
the mummy in The sal cophagus: or to the
heart Y hiCh occupied one of the four jars
in which the organs OF the dead Egyptian
were placed, or to the preserved meats
and other things which provided happiness
and comfort for the ka or its returns to
the tomb. Ii seems 10 have been a busy
little h0usekeeper. locking after the place
and frightening away or bringing down
curses upon grave robbers.
Taking up these We after. death char
acters. The Ka and Ba as the Egyptians
believed IN them. We can draw a picture
Of what occurred from time to time in
the hidden tcmbs, as II csc same Egypt
ians conceived that scene to be.
We can picture the silent, black, rock
hewn chambers, 10 one of which lies Tut
ankh amen's mummy. All around him,
in ether chambers, are the foods. the
clothes, the ornaments, the toy figures
of servants with whom he has been sur
rounded in life. Inside his maGy-cham-
bered tomb brood6 or futters the weird
hawk-bodied creature that has Tut ankha-
mems face. 1t sits beside the mummy;
it peers fer days and weeks imp that face
which is its own; it taps againA the great
jar which contains the deadN heart-a
mystic, uIl INC in the daAk silence.
, 1926-06-02
BURIALS
IN THE PUBLIC CEMETERY
OF ~CHRLSTIANSTED.
May 1926.

-
2-Sylvester Emanuel Prince, died in
town. aged 43 years.
Pam Maria Joseph, died at Estate
Orange Grove, aged 3 days.
Sarah Brandon, died in town, aged
80 years.
Lloyd Anselmo Petersen, died in
town, aged 5 months and II days.
9-Louisa David, died at Peters Farm
Hospital, aged 43 years.
9-Victorine Fredericks, died in town,
aged So years.
Canton, died at Peters Farm
Hospital, aged 50 years.
I0-Clothilda Maria Richards, died at
Peters Farm Hospital, aged 4
months.
L1-Anselmo Romney, died at Peters
Farm Hospital. aged SO years.
Liars Christian Larsed died at Pc
ter's Farm Hospital, aged Al years.
'1-Rosanna Alberta Miller. died at Pe.
ter's Farm Hospital, aged AZ years.
, 1926-06-02
0LAA.

A mail for St Thomas by the U. S. S.
"Grpbe" will be closed in the Post Office
at 2 p. m. today
Mails close for. New York and other
places viz New York by the S. S. ''Domi.
MICA" at II O'clock on Saturday morning.
The sloop "Mizpah" left here yester-
day afternoon for St. Thomas with local
mail and passengers: Louisa Jones,
Urbon Petersen and Rose Duncan.
, 1926-06-02
Queer Things They Did In
Ancient Egypt.

They Believed a Double" Came Back
Now and Then to Visit the Dead and Eat;
That One Sou! Was a Human-Headed
Bird That Hung Around the Tomb, While
Another Went Away in a Boat With the
Body's Shadow.
, 1926-06-02

I'll Mary Joseph, died at Richmond In
sane Asylum, aged "A years.
70 Emanuel James, died at Peters
Farm Hospital, aged 76 years.
% Still. born male of this town,
23--George Herbert. died in town, aged
60 years.
24--WiIliam James. died at Peters Farm
Hospital, aged GO years.
"a James Simmonds, died in town, aged
40 years.
26--Hezekiah Nesbitt, died at Peters
Farm Hospital, aged 80 years.
28--Still. born female at Peters Farm
Hospital.
, 1926-06-02

We welcome back the Rev. FIR. F.
Clair, C. S. S. R., who, while over in St.
Thomas, Rtook sick and had to undergo
all operation. The Rev. FIR. is looking
fine, and we are sure that his parish
toner's and bis many friends are glad to
have him with them.
New York sugar prices for the period
ending May "a were: May 18 and 49, 81.
08; and May 20, q, % and "a, So. IA
Porto Rico Progress, May 26.
Evening star., 1926-04-23

known from the first that my ca Sc
with you was hopeless. and I've cursed
myself for being fool. When / saw
you trying your wiles on Bartlett it
worried me, because you are so young.
guess I thought about it too much,
for the next thing / knew / was in
love with you. But I'm not proud of
1t, because / realize that women like
you never really care for just one
man. You can take care of yourself,
too; L needn't have bothered about
that
Natalie stared at him in open-eyed
amazement. Perry Macdonald was in
love with her. he loved her and she
hardly knew him! 1t was too incredi-
BILE. So that was what Martha had
meant. Perry had confided in her and
she had known all along.
She was so entirely bewildered that
she hardly took in the meaning of all
that Perry had said. to her His scorn-
full words passed over her head. The
one important thing was that he loved
her, and more astounding than that
fact was the knowledge that she was
glad. Did that mean that she cared
for him? But that was too absurd.
She hardly knew him: this was the
first time she had been alone with
him. And yet that moment in his
arms had been a revelation: she had
thrilled to his kisses. Something hap
pened to her, something that she had
never experienced before.
Copyright. 1920
Continued i'm TOmOrrOw's Starr.
Evening star., 1926-04-23
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.
Flowers.


Every flower use to be a seed, an6
on the other hand every seed will be
q flower some day if it has the rite
chance and if it's that kind of seed
This proves everybody has a equa
chance in this werld ony some have
more luck.
A lilly seed grows up into a lilly
and a rose seed grows up into a rose
and so on, being a CRATE help to the
people that plant them and not max
ing eny diffrents to the people that
think all seeds look alike enyways
being almost everybody.
Some of the most bewtiful flowers
have the leest smell and a Enjoyable
site is to see somebody stick one un
der their nose with a hopeful ixpres
sion and take it away agen with no tx
preston at all.
Even a hole buntCh of flowers don't
smell if each flower alone don't. This
proves in union there aint always
strength.
On the other hand roses are the
most bewtiful flowers there is and yet
no flower makes you close your eyes
and smile Wen you smell it eny more
judge by appearances wen its possible
to get up close and investigate.
Wen you see q persin with a wife
coronation in their buttonhole it may
prove that they love flowers but or
the other hand it may jest meerly
prove that they are stuck on them
SplfS
Evening star., 1926-04-23
SUB ROSA
Crush Isn't an Engagement.

In these days of free and easy re-
lationships between boys and girls,
Young men and women, it Is easy TO
fall in and out of love pretty ire
auently. Girls go about getting ter.
rife 'crusheS" on particular boys, ana
within the year the whole matter Is
over and done with.
Peggy has persuaded herself at
least a dozen times that she's been
madly in love with some one or other,
ande each time she's found some one
more interesting to take her nina OH
the old crush.
Usually these make-believe loves
end. rightly enough, with nobody hurt
or injured. Peggy gets tired OF going
to dances with Bob, and decides that
she'll run around with some one e1se.
Bob isn't particularly hurt-f he has
any sense-and himself looks around
for a new Irritation.
A rather silly performance, all In
all, but perfectly harmless-unless.
Unless little Peggy forgets once in
while that a crush" isn't an engage
ment.
For instance, she came tearing into
our office the other day in a perfect
temper.
jeff is running around with that
AWFUL N,ldlTe, SHE Sdlu ny AAS
knows l can't bear the sight of her,
and he is deliberately taking her to
the dance next week, under my very
eyes. Hasn't he the most awful
nerve?"
But why?" we queried mildly.
Surely he has the right to take
Claire out If he feels in the mood. y
but I'm in love with him." she re-
minded me in astonishment. He
hasn't any right to treat me that way
when I'm crazy about him. What
shall l say to him?"
You can't ver1 we'll say anything" i"
was our answer. What grounds have
you for complaining at all? He hasn't
promised to give up every one else for
you, any more than you've decided
never to look at any other man but
him. You haven't any claim on him
at all. He's perfectly free to do as he
chooses, just as you are. The fact that
you've lost your head over him a
trifie. puts him under no obligation to
you. You've done it before, and you'll
do it again"
"Yes-but," walled Peggy. Il
trusted him, and now he's cheating
1t isn't fair
Nothing we could say would comfort
her. She had made the mistake of
taking her crush too seriously. And
many of us do the same thing. We
enter into a friendship with boy
lightly.
We assure ourselves and him that
we intend to go out with dozens of
others-we don't want any sort of
serious conversations about marriage
we want to be free--we may change
our minds tomorrow about the whole
thing-and then we suddenly act as
though we'd been engaged to be mar.
ried for four years.
That's not the right way to play
the game. AS long as no definite en-.
gagement exists between two young
people each of them is free to do as
he or she chooses
The only time girl has right to
hold Mr.. Man up and demand what
right he has to cheat" is when she
can point an accusing finger on which
glistens nice. shiny solitaire.
Don't let your imagination wander.
A crush isn't an engagement.
Evening star., 1926-04-23
Clues to Character
The Jovial Being.
BY J. o. .ABERNETHY.

Whether there is any truth in the
saying '1augh and grow fat" we are
unable to say, but it is a fact that
most jovial, mirthful persons are
plump and round.
The love of laughter mirthfulness
and jollity depends upon a well nour-
ished body. Lean, pinched, starved
looking people seldom laugh, but look
solemn, detected and woebegone.
Mirth and laughter aid digestion.
while sadness, anger and all passions.
except love, arrest and impair this
function. We, find the local signs of
this faculty in the face, mainly about
the mouth. which is the most impor-
tant sign for digestion and the most
primitive of all the functions
Wrinkles Of mirthfulnesS are
around the eyes. We also find thai
those with this faculty we'll developed
have the head well rounded out at the
temples or just back of them. Persons
with square bones and fiat muscles
never present rounding out at this
point.
Persons with this faculty large re
fuse to take anything too seriously.
They relieve their mental or emotional
tension with a laugh. where others
would NOPE and register gloom.
copyright. 1926)
Evening star., 1926-04-23
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. ID.

ual's white corpuscles are found to
contain a number of bacteria greater
than the number a normal individ-
uaPs white cells take up, the indi-
vidual has a high opsonic index If
his white corpuscles take up fewer
germs than the normal standard, the
opsonic index is low.
But this opsonic index is a meas
urement of immunity, not of resist
ance. And, not to bubble over terms,
1t has to do with infection and not
with susceptibility to disease. That is
to say, an individuals opsonic index
blood to germ infections and not
depends upon the reaction of his
vice versa. An individuals reaction
to germ infections is not in any sense
dependent upon. his opsonic index.
Let no one confuse cause and effect
here.
A victim of pneumococcus infec-
ton, be his opsonic index low or high.
has a chill, probably, in the early
hodrs of his illness. The chill is an
effect of the germ infection. OF
course every doctor knows that now.
But not SO long ago even the doctors
shared the belief that the chill in such
cases was the cause of the illness.
If the opsonic index were a meas
urement Of resistance it should be a
comparatively simple matter for the
reactionaries who still believe and
teach that exposure" to cold and wet
lowers resistance" to show by ex-
pertinent that such d thing really
/ happens. But, alas, here again the
villains are foiled. They've tried it
out and they have nothing to say but
"curses?' OF course, no amount of
cold or wet, draft or bad wether, has
any appreciable effect upon the op-
sonic index. 1t is wholly a result of
infection.
Evening star., 1926-04-23
Well, Well, Here's Resistance.

When 1 asserted, in the most ar.
resting way / could conceive, that the
health teacher or doctor who speaks
of exposure to cold, wet, fatigue or
foul air Towering resistance" has
no scientific assurance, hoped to
take a rise out of some of them. To.
day I received q letter from a health
officer who has some convictions but
not the courage of his convictions, for
he prefaces his remarks with re-
quest that indulge In mo presonal-
ities"-in other words, this health Of
ficer would enter the debate provided
he shall not be held responsible for
anything he may say. 2 ~
That's quite Characteristic of the
whole school of cold" proponents.
They prefer to keep In the dark. for
when their position is examined in
a clear light it becomes so ridiculous.
This anonymous health officer comes
to the defense of the lowered resist"
ance" theory with what he seems to
consider a scientific argument which
will knock the wind out of my sails.
He asks me rather rhetorically
whether / have annulled the opsonic
index as a measure of lowered re-
sistance.
Well, well, that is more resistance
than l expected to encounter. But 1t
Is precisely the sort of reaction the
old guard exhibits whenever the
'cold" hoax is held up in the light of
reason.
The mere layman will wonder
whether this opsonic index is some.
thing that runs in families or some
thing you catch at the movies. To
! obviate any anxiety, let us say it is a
measurement of the capacity of the
white corpuscles of the blood to swal
| low or digest germs (phagocytosis).
II on a scientific test the individ
Evening star., 1926-04-23
CHAPTER LII
Two in a Taxi.

Natalie and Perry emerged from
the lobby of the hotel into the twi-
light which is always so glamourous
In New York. Natalie was stimulated,
and yet the tea had not been wholly
a success. Perry's manner had been
so strange.
IN take you home," he said sud
denly, and when she would have pro-
tested he took her arm and put her
into a taxi. There was something
definite about the way he did things,
something that made it impossible to
combat his will.
For few blocks they did not speak.
and then Natalie in a last attempt to
rouse some interest in him leaned
forward and touched him on the arm.
Aren't you going to forgive me. or
have I sinned beyond any expectation
of that" The words were spoken soft
~. and her tone was dulcet, but there
tGaS a little gleam in her lowered
eyes. and Perry suspected hint of
mockery in her manner.
Little fiirt" he thought fiercely.
"She's trying her wiles on me, and is
piqued because l haven't responded.
She doesn't know the meaning of real
feeling; she's just butterfly, but I'll
show her. She'll find out this once
tnal Sne can play Will llTe anu get
away with it,
He leaned toward her suddenly and
in flash and lifted her into his arms.
She lay against him limp for a mo-
ment, too surprised to struggle. and
then before she could make any at
tempt to free herself he was kissing
her In all her life Natalie, who had
played with love, had never been kiss
ed in such a manner. Perry'S kisses
beat down her resistance, made her
struggles weak and Intellectual. His
arms were like steel bands around her,
and all the while she was conscious
that she didn't care when he released
her. What a horrible thing to admit
even to oneself, above all when she
knew that he was in love with some
one else.
At last she was free, at last she
had succeeded in freeing herself, and
was huddling into the opposite corner
of the taxi. Her eyes were blazing in
her small white face and for a moment
they stared at each other.
Then Natalie spoke. How rotten of
YOU how utterly despicable! I'm a
good sport, and l know that in a way
[ deserved it, but when you are in
love with another woman, how could
YOU do such a thing; how could you?"
"In love with another woman? What
are you talking about?" Perry re-
turned quickly. I'm in love with no
one in the world but you. and since 1
realized that | know that I've never
been in love ut all. OF course. I've
Evening star., 1926-04-23
DAUGHTERS OF TO-DAY
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR

Martha DenniSon at - faces the fact
Nataiie and ArthUr hare .drifted array
frop her. she forms a. friendship Scith
prhO at first pays her conspicuous dtten-
ions and then later falls in lore 1rith
Natalie. arthur has made a fool Of him
almost done the same in her infatuG-
ION for Lncien Bartlett. a married man.
When John DennisOn learns. all this he
realizes for the first time that he is re-
.ponSible. for. his. family. He. 6lames
Ndrtha for her friendship tcjth Perry,
10 blame for hdping neglected them PH.
John attempts hGrshness NTH the chill
drem and they defv him. Aftes1cdrd.
them and things begin 10 look better.
one, afternoon Natalie aaeets .Perrv. on
srFifth dcenue. She thinks lie is in lore
friM some one else as Martha has told
!her this. and Natalie decides TO firt 'cith
him.
Evening star., 1926-04-23
Creole Grillades.

Slice one and one half pounds Of
very lean veal and fry in butter until
tender. Add three large onions sliced
in round pieces, some parsley, and salt
and pepper. When the meat is well
cooked through and a golden brown,
pour over one cupful of vinegar. Then
put it aside and let all simmer gently
for 10 minutes. Then serve hot.
Evening star., 1926-04-23
AND THEIR CHILDREN

One mother says:
My children keep tadpoles in the
goldfish tank. At first we did this
simply because it helped to purify the
water, but to watch the "taddies' de-
velop is so interesting that we now
care more for them than we do for
the goldfish.
DOWNRIGHT 1921
Evening star., 1926-04-23
"PuzzTcks"
PuzzLe.LimerickS.

a man to whom illness was i,
When told that he needed a ,,
Said, "Oh, doctor 5,
Won't you please make it -4-?''
"Oh, no" said the Doc, that's s.
/. Returning at regular intervals
.. Medicine for building up the system
3. Term of affection.
4. Malt beverage.
D. Germanlc.
(Note-Only yesterday we had 8
''Puzzlick" that was built around 3
play on words, and here AZ. McC Of
Boston sends in another. But it's
well worth working out. Look fol-
the answer and another "Puzzlick' to
morrow
Yesterdays "PnzzIick.''
There was a young fellow of Gaul
Who fell in the spring in the Fall;
'Twould have been. a sad thing
Had he fell in the Spring
But he didn't, he fell in the Fall.
Evening star., 1926-04-23
Copyright. 1926.)

Across.
/. Short articles.
8. County in Ireland.
10. Prefix (again).
IL. Proposition.
13. Against.
IA. Hindu title.
10. Nine hundred (Roman).
16. Precious stone.
10. French unit of square measure.
20. United States possession (abbr.).
21. Finale of a fugue.
%. A continent (abbr.).
%. First note of Guido's scale.
"a. Part of the body
%. Pronoun.
26. Mans nickname.
q. Three-toed sloth.
2S. German-English composer
80. Pertaining to a system of free
hand penmanship.
Down.
I. Umbrella-shaped apparatus (plu.).
2. Egyptian sun god.
3. Pertaining to an ancient Syrian
city.
4. Great (abbr.).
5. Railroad (abbr.)
6. Vesicle filled with air.
Z. Afternoon tabbr.).
s. Full impregnation.
IL. Lack of friendship.
II. Inability to coordinate the mus.
Evening star., 1926-04-23

cles in walking.
II. American poet.
Is. Girls name.
2S. Himself.
%. A Southern State (abbr),
30. Concerning.
81. Part of New York State (abbr. J.
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Continued i'm TOmOrrOw's STAR
Evening star., 1926-09-24
REPORTERS OF FIGHT
HAVE ATOUGH TIME

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. September "a
The Dempsey.Tunney battle ranks
with such mud and water" sport
classics as the Harvard Yale games
of 19a3.24 and the final game Of the
1925 world series between the Ma.
tionals and Pirates.
The spectators plight In the rain
that poured down on the SesQuicen-
,ennial Stadium was mild by compari-
son with the obstacles facing some
800 or 400 war correspondents who
dictated or wrote more than 1000. 600
word In the face of unusual diffic culties.
The rain began falling jus, before
the gong and by the time the figh'
was half over telegraph men were
sorely pressed to keep their wires In
opera tion. Many wires died" com
pletely.
Writer'S notes turned into pulp A.
the rain beat down. Typewriters he.
came waterlogged, Most of the stories
emanating from the rineside after the
fight were written beneath the sai,a red
arena.
Evening star., 1926-09-24

When | entered the ring last night
| had lost some Of my earlier conf
denCe. The last ~ hours had brought
me many newer worries. One was
the report that effort had been made
to murder my wife. Some one. the re
port said, had shot at her through the
window Of our home. When they
weighed me in yesterday and ! show
cd only 100. it didn't look so good. /
best neighbour pounds that | had
lost In those two days without any
strenuous exercising.
couldn't get going last night. Never
could get warmed up. Feet slow All
the way. Couldn't connect with my
punches-and the rest Is history. For
while ] was going bad. Tunney was
fighting truly wonderful battle.
Ny hat is off to- him. lie whipped me
fairly and sduarelv. He fought re-
markable battle. He met me at my
own game. he slugged 1t with me as
hoped. But in the slugging match,
which was my own game, he whipped
me.
Yes. got over a few to his chin and
some to his body. but couldn't fol-
low through. Once or twice when |
shook him up. tried TO go after him.
but my legs. that were so perfect in
training, just wouldn't respond to the
call last night.
Ever 50 often during the fight l felt
like myself for a while. / flashed
little of my old stuff-but they were
Just fiashes and all the while Tunney
was methodically. but skillfully send
ing home lefts and rights that piled
up points and won the fight for him.
wasn't afraid of his right hand.
So far as 1t upsetting me was con-
cerned. took it so times with about
everything that Tunney bad behind
it. And ! didn't go down. The old
jaw stood up even IL the legs couldn't.
Congratulates His Victor.
I congratulate Gene Tunney. 7 am
sure that he will be an honor to the
game and a worthy champion. He's
lived clean and fine through all the
years he was working up to the pin
nacle he reached last night. And I
know he will live the same way all
through his campionship days.
7 wish him luck-and happiness
with the title. The history of the
heavyweight division ever since John
LIS day. shows that every champion
has known lot of trouble and not
much real luck.
And so. / wish him all the luck he
deseTves-and | hope through all the
days that Gene will be happy with his
title.
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