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BY RAMON COLEMAN.

nF all beasts which have roamed
the earth. the tyrant lizard was
certainly the most terrible. Had
lions or tigers or bears lived at the
same time. the tyrant lizard would
have torn them to pieces If they had
dared TO come in his way.
Luckily for the lions and tigers,
they did not live at the same time.
The tyrant lizard belongs to a period
when there We're no furry animals.
He lived among such mighty beasts
as three horns and the thunder liz
ard. Among these. he was not the
largest-but he was by far the strong
est.
In museums YOU may see the skull.
always hold my attention when | look
at the skull Of a tyrant lizard. Those
long, thick sharp teeth were fitted to
tear up flesh and bone-to tear, to
crunch, to destroy.
OF all beasts. the tyrant lizard was
probably the first which ever walked
on two legs. He had front legs, in
deed, but they were small and weak.
The hind legs, on the other hand,
were long and powerful. The heavy
tail which the tyrant lizard dragged
around helped keep him in balance
while he walked or ran.
When standing at full height, the
tyrant lizard was about three times
as tall as a man. His head was large.
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of the day II had been hot and still,
for they We're somewhere in the mid
die Atlantic, and the sun had blazed
down intensely. But now a breeze
sprung up and its cool kiss was re-
freshing.
Then night came suddenly. as it
does in these waters. For a brief mo-
ment the water was turned to blaZ-
ing mass, then the sun sank and a
calm peace spread over them. The
sea had grown less unruly. too, and 1t
was easier to man the dingy. The
boy, Bub, had fallen asleep. His face
was white az ivory ir the moonlight.
Il won't wake nm up won't
wake him ap, Dan repeated over and
over to himself as he swung the oars
back and forth. 4 won't wake him
up--
Then he prayed silently for strength
to let him continue at his post. But
suddenly the boy awoke.
Spell you bit. DAM
And it was Dams turn to snatch
brief half hour of sleep while the little
boat lurched forward. caught in some
unseen oceanic current that carried
them to the west.
Their course lay a thousand miles
from the nearest land. With mourn
full note, the waves Tapped hungrily
against the Tiny craft.
A ND this was the morning of the
second day. Dan was haggard.
for most of the night he had kept his
place at the oars while the lad slept
Toward dawn Bub had awakened with
a start.
"How long've T slept, Dam"
"Oh, bout half an hour" the man
had replied huskily. "Want-want to
spell me a bit?"
To change places with the boy took
the last of his strength. and he sank
down on the narrow board seat In a
faint. But the lad thought he was
sleeping and let him lie
Bub thought of the last meal he had
eaten on board the wrecked Sandog.
| There had been great pitcher of
water on the table and he had not
drunk. Why, why, why? He felt
| bitter toward himself. Why had he
| not drunk, guzzled himself with water,
when he had the opportunity? The
| water the boat fioated in looked so
| cool and inviting. why should he not
| drink Of that? He had heard that salt
| water would kill a thirsty man, but it
| could not be true. This water was so
green. so clear. Surely it would not
l
| scious of what he was doing, he let go
| of the oars and dipped his hands,
| cupped, into the sea. The salt stune
him, but 1t was cool. and he filled his
| hands with it to raise to his lips.
! But Dan had awakened as the
movement of the boat stopped
| Quit that" he growled, and the
sound Of his voice made the boy let
the water run through his fingers.
Don't va know no bettern to drink
| sea-water? va little foolr'
| Bub felt like culprit. Il was
| thirsty, Dan"
| The man grunted. "And I amt.
| Don't you suppose I could drink a
bucketful without stopping? But
| don't touch that stuff, kid; it'll drive
va nuts. Here-let me spell you a
| bit''
| The boy YEARLY moved aft and Dan
took the oars. To row for an hour
more, until he felt he could not pull
again. To continue the endless move
ment, not knowing why he did 1t,
| tempted constantly to give up, but
encouraged by the feeling that he
must keep on. for the sake Of this
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METAL AND BEADS.

at the shoulders, makes the grade at
the hips and is Of the right length IN
the skirt. They deceive no one but
themselves and observers who are
singularlv insensitive TO the allper-
vasive, ever changing trend of fash
ion.
The straight pencil silhouette
which few women ever actually at.
tanned though almost all admired
seems TO have made almost its last
bow from the stage of fashion The
present silhouette could never have
come about save as successor to this
silhouette that was bounded by two
straight parallel lines. II women had
not learned how to conform to this
rigid perpendicularity they never
could have achieved the really re-
markable silhouette of the present
hour. Very little help have women
been able to derive from stays Of any
sort. and there have been no blous-
ings and puffings and Earrings any
where about in which TO hide an over
fullness of contour. That straight
pencil silhouette which was with us
for so many years evolved a race Of
slender women. Young women haven t
dared to let themselves grow fat and
older women have valiantly fought
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The Terrible Tyrant Lizard.

Like that of three horns, it was
mainly composed of bone.
What do YOU suppose happened
when the tyrant lizard fought
against other great animals? The
thunder lizard was much larger, but
its long thin neck must have made it
a rather easy prey. The tyrant liz
ard might seize the neck in his great.
cruel jaws, and cut off the others
supply of wind. The head Of the
thunder lizard was not nearly 50
large as that of the terrible enemy,
and the thunder lizard could do little
damage by biting. Perhaps its only
hope was to swim away when it saw
a tyrant lizard coming.
Three horns, however, may have
done mighty battle with the tyrant.
Three horns could not run 50 fast a s
the tyrant lizard and his teeth were
not dangerous But let three horns
duck his head at just the right mo-
ment, The charging enemy would re-
ceive a triple wound.
When fighting three horns the
tyrant lizard probably took great
pains to avoid the horns. The ty-
rant was quicker of movement. and
If he kept free from the horn thrusts,
he could certainly tear off chunks of
flesh from the sides by biting with his
vicious teeth. l fancy that in battles
between these two kinds of animals
the victory was not always on the
same side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10
By JACK GIHON.

THE man at the oars had been row.
ing a full hour. this last stretch,
when the other spoke.
spell you a bit, DAM"
The man at the oars nodded, and
silently the two exchanged places
Then the creaking Of the oarlocks
began again, the only sound, save for
the grinding of the sea against the
keel, on all this vast expanse of
water.
At one moment the dingy would
be resting atop a great wave, and
the gaze of the two, sweeping
around the horizon, hopefully, each
time, met nothing but the stretch of
sea, wide and merciIess. The next,
the boat had hit the floor of a valley
of waves, green walls of water hedg-
ing them and white spray sIapping
their faces. So it had gone through
the day, and since the night before,
when they had found themselves, half
without realizing it, laundering in the
ocean, a great bulk that had been a
ship, going down before them. And
by common instinct they had reached
, the dingy, clambering in, sodden Of
mind and body, as the ship had poised
on its nose for an instant. and then
sunk from sight, swiftly and easily,
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At. How is it that Summer goes so
quickly?
4S. Why are Strawberries like the
letter m?
40. What is that of which the COM
mon sort is the best?
so. What is the worst weather for
rats and mice?
Answers.
41-When it is to be recovered; AZ
Just before the Fall; 43-St-one; A.
Hardships; 45-Because 1t makes Ill
will; 46-Because he stands over 6
feet without shoes or stockings; Al
Because there is so often an evening
mist 4s-Recause they make ice nice:
as dsmsense; So-When rains cats and
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one boy. who lay exhausted in the
bottom Of the boat.
Spell YOU bit. Dan?7
Nav, not yet the man replied
through clenched teeth. Gimme
chance TO row some. will ya?" So
he kept on until he could keep on no
longer, and always the voice of the
boy-the boy who was as tired as
he was-would pipe up: Spell you
a bit, DAM"
1t was the middle of the after
noon now. and Rub. who was at the
oars, discovered that the boat was
pulling with more difficulty. Il don't
know-what'S- matter" he said,
breathing heavily, but / can't hardly
pull observation-disclosures.
"Mebbe you're tired-T'il take
trick at EN-. said Dan. He took
the oars and found them heavier
than they had been, and the boat
moved sluggishly through the water.
Dan stopped rowing to look over the
gunwales-tTen he whistled.
Il guess our goose is cooked, boy
he said.
Why, what the matter?" For
answer. Dan pointed with a waving
motion to the sea. The boy looked
and saw around them an ocean, not
of water, but of green vegetation,
thickly matted and curling Shiny
tentacles around the bows OF the
boat and around the oars To move
forward through il would be diff
cult, and behind them. the lane they
had plowed had quickly closed.
What is it?' asked Bub. tIt
looks like a garden"
TITS the Saragasso Sea. that's what
it is" said Dan. We're in IL and
that means were far off the course
OF any ship that might've picked US
up. Yep. boy. L guess our goose is
cooked
But look out there TO the star
board, Dan-it's ship-it's a ship,
Dana ship
Dan looked in the direction the
boy pointed and grunted. It's
| wreck, that's what it is he said.
But mebbe we'd be sight better
off there than we are here-if we
can make it,
The ship. or wreck of one, lay close
to the starboard, but the two had been
so engrossed in rowing. and so worn
+, with fatigue, that they had not no.
ticed II before.
Shall we try to make her, Dam"
the boy asked. Dan nodded, and be-
gan rowing, using all his strength
| to pull the boat through the rnstted
water, sometimes not more than an
inch at a pull.
Then suddenly Bub shouted-and
laughed.
Look, Dan there's somebody
aboard her. Lookr'
The boy was right. In the crows
nest of the wrecked vessel, which ap-
peared to be a square-rigged sailing
| craft of ancient lines. they could
dimly see the figure of a man. And
the man was signaling to them with
a large white cloth.
(To be continued next Sunday.
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The Riddle Box.

The riddIS2 are winning The fans
have puzzled their heads for days but
these riddles are too good for them.
See If you can knock out 10 in this
bunch,
Al. When is an umbrella like a per-
son convalescing?
AZ. At what season did Eve eat the
apple?
43. What word is it of five letters,
of which two being removed, only one
Will remain?
A.. What are the most difficult ships
to conquer
As. w: - the letter w like scan
dial?
"a Why 10 fly taller than most
men?
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wore clothes that made them look as
wide a s they were long
wide fun skirts. sloping shoulders
with ballooning sleeves and a waspish
waist.
At least so far as sleeves and bodice
outlines are concerned there is moth
ing in the least exaggerated or dis
torted about the present silhouette.
Rodices are slightly more nodded
or they are perfectly straight. 1t is
very important in achieving the pres
ent contour TO make sure of the fit
of your frock about the shoulders and
armholes. This Is something to which
American women are prone to pay less
heed than women in France. The eve
ming gown that hangs to your shout
derS like Florida moss 20 i've oak
tree no longer carries conviction.
There are women STILL however, who
feel that an evening frock fits well
enough if 1t mana ges to hang in place
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his back was sore as though knife
had slit the muscles of his shoulders.
Again they would exchange places,
one man at the oars, the other aft,
forcing the dingy onward by sheer
strength of will.
Presently the boy spoke. do you
reckon the others were saved, DAM"
His voice came in gasps.
Dan grunted. "Mabbe they were
much as we are. Wouldn't. say as
how we're saved, though-yet." -
Don't you think We're going to get
saved, DAM"
The other grunted again. 'fWhat'd
we keep up this internal rowing for,
If we didn't think so? Better let me
spell you a bit, boy
They changed places. The move
ment Of the boat picked up with the
added strength of the older man
against the oars. He had noticed that
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cite as too much weight. Still, 1t can
be done and the present iia"lnE shirted
silhouette that has succeeded the PER
fectly straight contour i certainly
a source of comfort to these over
angular women.
The salient points in any fashion
able contour are perhaps better dis
cussed by those who look back at It
as a matter of history than by those
who with greater or less success con
form to that very silhouette. We can
not bring ourselves 10 speak Of the
perfectly ridiculous distortion of The
figure resulting from the lowered
waistIine and the shortened skirt. To
a future generation Il may seem as
difficult to understand why We Geor-
gians willingly went about in clothes
so monstrously proportioned as it is
for us TO understand why the women
of S35 and 1870, whom Gavarni made
memorable by his clever cartoons,
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little curls in pastel tints TO match
the hat.
A handkerchief to catch every frock
or the color used to trim the frock is
part of the dress system of some
women. Quite often these handker-
chiefs are of soft thin crepe de chine
printed in contrasting color or with
colored figures on a light background.
Sometimes they are of georgette--in
either case small and soft enough 10
be entirely lost within the palm of
the hand. Most women carry them
so that just a flash of the color shows.
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like great animal Of the deep re-
turning to it's native haunts.
Spell you bit, Bud?" Thus the
two took turns at the oars, struggling
steadily to keep the tiny craft in her
course, warding off the great waves
that constantly threatened to batter
in the slender hull. One was a man
apparently in his early twenties; the
other a lad in his middle teens. One
had arms that showed knotted
muscles at each sweep Of the oars, for
he had been a fireman on the Inflated
Sandog that had gone down the night
before, a gaping hole in her bows
from striking a derelict hulk; the
other was slender and had trouble
with the long hickory oars, for he
had been a cabin boy on the vessel.
Spell you a bit, DAM" Right
vahantly the lad had worked, though
his hands we're raw with blisters and
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tuck them in a pocket, through a
bracelet or in the cuff.
For the up-to-date woman the short
shoe-horn of other days is out of
fashion. Even slender women prefer
the long handled shoe-horn that had
its origin in Paris. II is 20 inches or
more in length. You hold it in your
hand as YOU sit in a little chair and
without STOPPING or bending slip your
toe into the toe of your slipper and
finish the process Of putting on your
slipper by means of the long-handled
shoe horn.
fCopvrlght 1921
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the lad-the boy whom he knew only
as ''Bub"-was fast weakening. He
would not be able to take his turn
much longer. Dan himself was weak
ening. His throat was parched and he
was hungry, but, most of all, he
was tired-tired. In exasperating de-
tail q vision of bed fitted before his
eyes. He could see the cool, white
sheets and soft pillow. The sheets
were turned down in invitation for
him. He wanted this bed, he thought,
even more than he wanted water or
food. Still he rowed on.
Spell you a bit, Dam"
The boy was plucky. His hands
were bleeding, and the night before
had left deep lines of suffering on his
white face. Dan shook his head.
Amt tired at all yet" he lied.
Amt half tired
Tie afternoon had worn on, Most
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wide skirted taffeta frocks. Almost
every evening frock you see has some
variety Of motion all its own, and it
is only now and then that YOU can
find word that exactly describes any
Of them
X X
COME Fashionable women have been
- persuaded by their milliners to
wear curls-not curls of their own
hair or that even pretended to be their
own. The real hair is held well out
of sight, beneath the closely fitting
hat, but there are attached coquettish
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Neighbor-Your son just threw 4
stone at me.
Father-Did it hit you?
Neighbor-No.
Father proudlyt-Then ft wasn't
my son.
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II Said Oral, Joel"

Teacher-You may give your orsa
report, joe
Joe-It.s locked up In my locker ,
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~ NE doesn't turn to the pages
of II detective story To learn
about fashions. yet II YOU
~ have read the first chapter
OF Mr.. Valentine Williams
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Must Be Chip Off Old Block

(To be continued next Sunday.
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AT THE POINT pictured above Mrs. AImar Porter,
25 of 1890 Fourteenth st. N W., felt that she had
message for the public So she hung her garments
fence at Thomas Circle (said garments plainly indi
caedl and delivered Philippe against the police depart
ment. policeman arrived and arrested her.
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herself. she had a message to de
liver.
She had, a grudge against the
Washington police and she had
made up her mind to speak 1t. So
to the assembling hundreds she
spoke. bitterly denouncing the
Washington police and their meth
DDS.
She was interrupted after about
200 people had assembled by Motor.
cycle Policeman Jemeny, Of the
Second Precinct, who rode up to the
scene when he saw the hurrying
crowds.
He threw his coat about the girl
and hustled her into the vestibule
Of the Cumberland Apartments.
With crowds still surging about
the apartment, police reserves ar.
rived and managed to make a path
through the. crowds to a patro!
wagon. The girl was taken to Gal
tnger Hospital.
At the hospital this morning the
girl had recovered. She said she
had taken a few WHISTLES and a
little wine.
But she insisted that her demon
stration last night was a protest
against the Washington police.
They have been trying to come
to my apartment ever since ]
kicked a window out OF a house
when was coming from the Cairo
the other night" she said.
Yesterday they were up two
times. ! would not let them in
either time. Once they get on
your trail they won't let up"
Mrs. Porter is booked on a
charge Of disorderly conduct and
intoxication.
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PEACE SEEN
NEAR IN
ROW

MEXICO CITY Aug.
Settlement Of the controversy
between the Catholic church
and the Mexican government
today appears to be squarely
up to President Gales.
a formula for peaceful
settlement Of the difficulties
has been reached between
Bishop Diaz, Of Tabasco and
Attorney General Romeo Or
tega, it is reported. This
formula is to be submitted to
the President.
There is no hope Of religious
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WALTON DEFEATED IN OKLAHOMA PRIMARY

half Of the state showed Representa-.
tive Harry B. Halves. Democrat.
aud Senator George HI. williams,
Republican,, both of st. Louis, lead
ing by wide pluralities on their
respective tickets for the United
States Senatorial nominations.
It was estimated on the basis OF
returns that Halves would win BY
a margin of more than $4,000 votes,
while Williams was expected 70 pile
up a lead exceeding $4,000,
Both candidates were opposed by
the anti-saloon forces. Halves was
classed strictly as wet, having ex-
pressed his convictions as a modifi-
|cationist. while Williams would
make no Issue Of the question and
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OKLAHOMA. CITY, Okla, Aug.
Al. C. Walton, former governor
who was deposed, of Oklahoma City,
staged an unsuccessful fight for the
Democratic nomination for the
United States Senate in yesterdays
primaries, on the face of returns
here today.
Elmer Thomas. former Congress-
man from Tulsa, led a field of five
and was ahead OF Walton by. more
than 5000 votes as returns from
sos precincts were tabulated.
Walton campaigned as an op.
ponent OF the Ku Klux Khan.
Henry s.. Johnston. Ku Klux Khan
supported candidate, had "a lead OF
nearly 5000 votes over his nearest
opponent IN the race Tor. Suhsvna'
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The startling spectacle was staged
by Alma Porter, Of apartment "a,
1890 Fourteenth st. N. w.
Her apartment is diagonally
across the street from her undress.
ing place. and 1t seems that she had
left a drinking party in disgust,
and had come out to tell her ideas
70 any who would listen.
Using the strongest appeal known
"a the world Of advertising, Alma
unfastened the hooks of her meager
modern garments and took her
stand by the iron fence. She took
off everything but her shoes and
stockings, witnesses say.
It was not long before she gained
IN audience And, according to
witnesses and according to the girl
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E s
SWORN IN

IIlal1 officials and employees ct
the city government today Joined
with Representatives Of trade and
civic groups in welcoming the new
District Commissioners Proctor =.
Doughertys
Before q crowd which filled the
board room OF the District Build
ing to Overlooking, Commissioners
Dougherty was introduced BY Cuno
III. Rudolph, president of the Board
OF commissioners.
Immediately thereafter he re-
peated the oath Of office after
Daniel e. Garges, secretary to the
board.
Pinning the badge OF office, the
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TO me II has always been only
d question Of time and diligent
effort made By people who had
1t within their legal power to
summon witnesses and others
identified with the clearing up 81
the mystery those who could issue
subpoenas and the Hall-MiIls rnys.
terry would no longer be a mystery.
/ gave considerable time and at
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WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Thurs
day; not much change in
temperature. Temperature
yesterday ighest, SO;
lowest, "a.
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tention to solve this murder nays-
terry. Given no assistance by the
authorities then in charge, hindered
every step by people who could
have been OF material assistance
to me, I was handicapped from
the start. There was distressing
lack OF activity on the part Of
certain officials in Somerset and
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