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Evening star., 1927-05-01
American Trapper Pits His Brain and Pal

/ The chief recognized the sound at
once. Big Bo masem," he told me
soberly, moving his heavy-ringed fin
gers through his kinky gray hair.
''Masem" means forbidden, protected
by a taboo, or charm.
But / shall not kill him. I shall
carry him away alive and dash you
for all animals I take" In Sierra
Leone to dash" is to press money
into the palm with a hand-clasp.
Although the chief could not under
stand why anybody would be foolish
enough to want one of these trouble
some beasts alive. he shook my hand,
adding the words that always bind the
bargain, II be your good friend"
Next day he let me have fifteen BOYS
of the village who were good guides
and well known for their bravery. In
addition to Kojo, 1 had brought up
four other boys from the sea coast.
We plunged into the thick forest,
looking for any spoor, or trace,
leopard might have left in passing
At last we saw "puds," or claw
prints, as we came to the edge of a
large stretch of elephant grass 10
feet high. Into this elephant grass
led many beaten paths, along which
we spied spoor of leopards. AT a
pletCe WiteIe IOuF pains COHNeTEeu Cue
traces multiplied.
L decided that this was the place
TO try for our prizes. 1t took us three
days TO get enough 10-foot logs to
build the four traps | had decided
upon. Then we spriniSled the blood
OF fowls over the logs to disguise
the human scent and fastened dead
fowl to each of four piles of logs.
Next day l returned. The fowls
had been devoured. feathers and all.
We could go on with the next step in
the building of our traps.
The leopard is so sagacious a crea-
ture that the trapper must go slowly
not to arouse it's suspicious. He must
tease it into the trap, by SO arranging
that it can keep returning to the same
spot for food in perfect safety, each
time finding conditions only slightly
changed That was what l did at
Kainkordu.
Day by day I added more logs to
the structure. at night leaving a fowl
in the place where finally the leopard
would creep through a finished trap
with door to bar its exit.
The completed trap was 10 feet
long. feet wide, feet high. 1
We had pounded the logs 3 feet
into the ground and made the trap
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in their whine would send her to them
fierce and ready to fight.
That boy did not heed my cry. Bent
on his dash. he stopped again. The
words needed for the telling of the
story are many, but it was all over in
60 seconds.
/ was unarmed. I had sternly for
hidden firearms here, since the smell of
powder would scare the leopards far
away. All could do was to shout,
'Run--me boy! Run one time"'
And then the old leopardess came
sneaking out along the branch just
above where Amnes was trying to pick
UP her cubs. She was great crea-
Of her spots glossy satin, the gold of
her fur luxuriantly gold. Her mouth
was wide and very red as 1T opened.
She crawled toward the STOPPING boy
and I, yards off, took in the hump of
her back, the tensing of her flanks, the
Tightening of her muscles for the
finale. Again my cry, Run, me boy,
rum went wailing down the wind
Then she curled herself into great
ball-and leaped.
1t all happened faster than fate.
The leopardess landed on the boy
breaking his backbone, and the poor
LellOW cfuInDleO ana IeIl as the CUBS
scattered, kissing and frightened.
Though the old mother had heard me,
she started off into the woods, her lit
tie ones behind her, in a feline jog.
X X X
WE returned to the village, where I
W breathed the atmosphere of su-
perstition and disapproval. The old
chief said no word, though he held
long, secret palaver with his medicine
man. In their hearts I knew they
were saying, "Masem--masem--
thfng-meddle with Big Bo Leopard"
Unless success came to me quickly
out at the traps. I was in danger of
losing all help from the villagers.
The next day, carrying a rifle, I set
out with Kojo and some of the chief s
boys. Kojo's grave smile almost told
me that he understood and felt for me.
When we approached the third trap.
I could catch unmistakable whines
seeping through the tall grass. In one
of them, deep, catlike, was the trace
of bark, and underneath the tone
waves the treble plant of a leopard
cub. I stopped sharp and restrained
the boys. Hush" / warned and
then stepped forward softly. The
third trap had been built outside the
elephant grass, in a. trampled space
near a second growth of trees. As.we
rounded the last hump out Of the
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N"AAAAO9I ChIAVly A0SS AASAty AhAASu SEdl
What TO Purchase.
Milk. 31s cups daily.
Meat: y pound q medium servinE) once
Fish. 1x pound q medium serving) once .
Potatoes. n pound q large) daily.
Green or ieafy vegetables. 4 pound Il large
Other snecaient vegetables, IA pound Il
Fruit. dried. / Il ounces equivalent of
Fruit. fresh or, canned: average serving tas
Refnsd. 4 ounce tabout tablespoon
Unmilled. / ounce Il medium servins)
daily.
Bread, graham or whole wheat, SD ounces
sGes Ssss inch ,tacso dais 5.,,v on
cludes butter1.
Sugar. ounces n tablespoonsl daily.
Cod liver oil. u tablespoon daily.
Type Meals That MGy Be
BREAKFAST.
Medium S..,n serving cereal. Il cup whole milk.
slices graham toast. u tablespoons
butter.
Medium serving marmalade
Coffee. u cup hot milk. little sugar.
LUNCH OR SUPPER.
1 serving cheese souffie IA cuD thick
sauce. / ounce cheese. l egg white).
Large serving vegetable salad. 2 tablespoons
French dressing.
slices, graham bread. tablespoon butter.
Cocoa u cup milk.
tablespoon Jelly.
medium serving minute steak.
large serving mashed potatoes.
large serving peas and carrots, seasoned
with ~ tablespoon butter. SFt
rolls / u tablespoons butter
/ serving orange custard legg yolk for
each servingt.
Z glass milk.
Evening star., 1927-05-01

~ + ALL the cat animals nave
captured the leopard has in
terested me the most. Biting,
~ snarlinF, splitting, ii is fast
and ugly fighter, magnificent
TO the end.
I have easily understood. as l have
tried to look into the evasive eye,
now wheedling, now fierce. Of the
beast, why the African attributes to it
human passions. / shall remember
longest the leopard 1 trapped at Kahn
kordu, small inland settlement in
Sierra Leone.
ON the sea coast big stories had
reached me of Ieopards that were
harassing the people.
"Massa, he eats goat, one chop"
said Kojo my head boy whose
straight, slender nose told of his half
Arab heritage. He comes out of
forest, carries off baby. In forest he
falls on sick man, throws over
shoulder. runs off with him one time.
Yes. massa, Big 30 plenty rascal"
The old chief was holding court
when l arrived in KainkOrdu one
morning two hours after sunrise.
I presented him with a fiashlight
and some cuff links, and after a long
palaver 1 told my errand. II wish to
trap leopards-rascals that cry like
this" AS on many other oc 7asions,
initiated the half-human cry of the
leopard.
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Experiences that fall to few
men have been the lot of J. l..
Buck, who has spent much Of
his life capturing wild animals
in little known corners of the
world.
One Of his adventures oc-
Cured in the mountain regions
of Liberia when he was visited
by deadly cobras. Mr.. Buck was
unarmed. but he succeeded in
driving off the reptiles with
bombs" that he made quickly
from test tubes filed with am
monia from his medicine chest.
In a series of three articles,
of which the first follows, Mr..
Buck will tell some Of his on
counters with the more savage
creatures of the wild.
The author was born In the
"Old South Of French Hu-
guenOt stock. his ancestors hav-
ing come to the New World with
Lafayette. lie is now a resi-
dent Of Camden, y. J.
Evening star., 1927-05-01

During the period from to IL or 12
years the normal child is becoming
relatively slender. This is the awk-
ward age, when the child hardly
knows what to do with his lengthen.
ing limbs, which are growing faster
than the rest os HIS body. With the
onset OF adolescence, however, the
growth in height begins to slow UP.
The trunk begins to enlarge and the
youngSter changes to stouter build.
This change is, Of course, entirely nor
NAL.
Inheritance of body build should be
carefully considered when the habitu.
ally slender go in for reducing or gain.
ing weight. If one Is normally slen.
der or normally stout 1t is difficult, If
not dangerous, to try altering the
build. All the physiological hereditary
tendencies of the body will fight
Evening star., 1927-05-01
Z, 2,5OO-CaIoyie Diet No. 5 for adults.

It OF milk, eggs, fruits and vegetables,
neat. The cereal products should be
ns' in order to keep the iron abundant.
Explanations.
About / u ounces of American cheese or
or ounces cottage cheese may replace
1 cup Of milk frequently If desired
Meat fat may be omitted IL slight rsdue-
tion in oalories is needed.
Preferably saltwater fish.
Use raw vegetables frequently.
Use oranges grapefruit or tomatoes fire..
To ALLOW for -four used for thickenipr sr
Breakfast cereal; One slice graham or
whole wheat bread may be substftuted
butter with It, eA"~
Includes bacon. fat used in, cooking. thick
cream cream ;. salad -, drss:ing unless dressing il
Includes sugar in molasses. Jelly. marmaiade.
For lack Of time spent in d:rees sunlight.
Prepared From This Diet.
BREAKFAST.
milk. little sugar Guy ~hois
z alice: graham toast I tablespoon butter.
Coffee n cup hot milk. sugar.
LUNCH OR SUPPER.
! 70 cups cream vegetable soup
small serving salad with leftf1ca raa;.h.
aana ana onions or celery. y tabieSpcon
g%raham % mnflns-I tablespoon butter.
l glass milk.
DINNER.
baked egg on spiuach S
large stuffed potato
/! sice bread-h tablespoon butter
leiIled apple With smalf spoonful wninn.Ai
small piece simple cake.
W sVcoa. - iAdinal42IIa,
Evening star., 1927-05-01

ever, it is often difficult to answer the
question: How much ought to weigh?
II is far more important to know how
the weight is changing. II a persons
weight has long been stationary and
he is able to do effective work; IL he
has no obvious disease, and il espe-
cially his build is like that Of other
members of his family, he may con-
clude that his weight is normal for
him. If. on the other hand, the rela.
tive chest girth in a grown-up is
diminishing without an important
change in habits, or il weight is in
creasing without the explanation of
increased appetite or lessened exer-
else. the doctor should look for some
special cause. Change in weight of an
adult is very much more important
consideration than the weight at any
particular moment.
These rules cannot be applied, of
course to the growing boy or Girl.
Evening star., 1927-05-01

whole story, for why has one of the
children a small appetite and the
other big one2 1t is clear that the
difference In appetite is, in. this case,
the thing TO be explained. 1t has its
basis in inheritance. as we see by con
sidering the father and mother and
other members of the family.
But even where different children
in different families eat the same food,
they acquire a different build because
they make use of their food in diff
ferent way They really belong to
stra..3 with a different shape, as do
the greyhound, the Great Dane and
the chow. The difference in shape be-
tween a chow and a greyhound is not
merely a matter of food taken in, but
it is also a matter of the utilization of
food and the distribution of the cal
cries in different organs or parts of
the body.
There is the same hereditary differ.
ence among types of cattle. The Jer-
sey, which is a dairy breed, Is rela-
lively slender; the HerefordAanG An
gus, which are beef breeds. are reia-
tiVAao heavy, If a Jersey COW and an
Evening star., 1927-05-01

Angus cow are reared in the same
stable and given all they can eat, they
will still grow up with different forms.
because they utilize their food differ
emily. The Jersey produces relatively
great quantities of milk and stores
little fat around the muscles, whereas
the Angus is poor mixer, but tends
to produce flesh which is beautifully
marbled by the layers Of fat surround
ing the different muscle masses.
This long excursion into the realm
OF races of mankind and animals may
suffice to strengthen the conclusion
that there are hereditary racial differ
enoes in body build, and TO show why
it Il difficult to tell any person what
Evening star., 1927-05-01

ITO. The children have just the build
one might expect from such parents.
A grown son 6 feet tall weighs less
than $50, a daughter 5 feet inches
weighs I1S The father has three
brothers and sisters, all Of them with
about his build; the mothers sisters
are also slender. This whole family is
well to do: they have plenty to eat,
though rather slender appetites. They
simply belong to a slender strain.
Even as they grow older there is no
tendency to put on flesh.
/ know another family, that Of a
biologist friend, which illustrates
equally as well an inherited tendency
to stoutness. The father is feet
inches tall and weighs 260 pounds.
His father had exactly the same build.
and an uncle, the same height, weighs
! 250 pounds. The grandfather of my
friend was feet 10 inches high and
tipped the scales at 200. His mother
was a second cousin of her husband.
and her line contained many fieshy
representatives. Ny friend married a
woman who is feet inches tall and
weighs 165 pounds. There are eight
children, two Of whom are very fieshy
and the others of medium build.
| One Of the brothers weighs 265
| pounds. He was rejected for Army
service, starved himself so that he
! lost so pounds and was then accepted.
! Since his discharge, however, he has
rebounded 10 his former weight. He
| has a son who is far over average
weight, though the possessor of q
| small appetite. This whole family is
| characterized by such cases Of obesity.
, The members put on weight easily.
even though they do not eat at all
greedily. They are constantly using
| the utmost care to keep down their
weight, whereas members of the first
! family to which | referred eat as
much as they Ike and have no fear
| Of becoming overweight--on the con
! trary, they desire TO become fleshier,
| but in vain.
Equally striking are the cases
where in one family two children diff
J fer greatly in weight. They are fur
nished with the same food; one re-
mains slender, the other becomes
stout. In such families one usually
| gets a history something like this:
! Jane is slender; she does not care to
/ eat much; she is very athletic, climbs
| mountains, swiIns. She is just like
! her father in build and activity. Mary,
on the other hand, was a fat baby
and continues to be very stout. She
has Il big appetite and she hates TO
take exercise; she prefers to coil up
| in a chair and read or study. Her
mother has always been the same
way.
II n "
A r this point the old-fashoned nu-
tritionist may exclaim: The diff
ference in build is merely due. to the
difference in appetite of the two chill
dren and heredity has nothing to do
with itt' But this cannot bo the
Evening star., 1927-05-01

his normal weight should be unless
we know something Of his hereditary
tendencies. Such facts are not al
ways easy to find out. because most
OF us spring from such mixed stock.
Therefore, in telling people what they
ought to weigh, the doctor must con-
slider each case by itself. He must
not only note the family tendencies,
bus inquire what each patient eats,
and judge, as nearly as he can with
out the use. of. scientific apparatus,
how the food is utilized. He must
also learn the patients habits of ex-
ercise. All of tfese things count in
deciding what is normal weight.
Even with this examination, how.
Evening star., 1927-05-01

Carnegie INSTITUTION OF NdsulugtDu
n 70 MATTER how much she
N :: IS; ; @s Is Sss: s :ss:s 81; &c @:; ss s:
could a Percheron reduce to
At a pony's harness.
Nature has given each of these ami
mails it's own inherited body build, and
although that may be made thinner
or fatter within certain limits, nature
will resist any drastic attempt to
change the model.
Thousands of men and women to-
day are trying, by various reducing
methods, to quality for the pony
class. To gain or add weight with
a view to bringing about normal
build is, in general, a good thing, but
It is futile and harmful to carry these
efforts to an extreme in an attempt
to change the form TO something quite
Different from what nature intended.
: The stat1nent that normal weight
Is desirable Of course Immediately in
vites the query: How can each per-
son tell what is normal for him."
The height-weight-ag tables now in
use do not answer this question very
satisfactorily, since for every woman
of a certain age and height they give
the same weight as the normal. re-
.gardless Of what her body build or her
inherited tendencies may be, and MAX
ing no allowance for the variations
which exist between women Of differ
ent races
The word normal" is Itself a vague
one as thus used. In these tables 1t
simply means average" The average
bu ID, the average weight, is regarded
as the normal What is average" Z"
however. for the women Of one coun-
try is not average" for the women of
another.
AS every one knows, the relatively
long legged negroes of Africa have
an average slender build and the
short-legged Chinese have an average
Htouter build The Scandinavians and
North Scotch are SO tall that their
chest girth (''bust measure" in rela-
tion to height is relatively small,
whereas many of the people from
Southeastern Europe, Greeks and
Jews and others. are so short that
their chest girth is relatively large.
This illustration serves 10 show that
body build is a racial matter, and, like
most other racial traits, is Inherited
by human beings as well as horses
and dogs.
WE do not have TO go, however, 10
I" distant countries TO see persons
who have d hereditary tendency to-
ward a very slender build on the one
hand or a very fieshy build on the
other. In every community we find
these differences. even in persons OF
the same general stock. This is part.
ly because humans. as we know them
in this country, are mixtures OF all
sorts of racial tendencies, since they
come from very mixed ancestry.
i have in mind a particular family
the members OF which show clearly
how slenderness may be hereditary.
The father in 5 feet inches tan, but
weighs only 123 pounds; the mother
Is feet inches tall and weighs only
Evening star., 1927-05-01
BIZ CHARLES B. DAVENPORT,

director of the Department OF Genetics.
Carnegie fnstitntion OF Washington.
N 70 MATTER how much she
M dieted and rolled and pounded,
vi a Great Dane could not make
4 herself into a greyhound. Nor
could a Percheron reduce to
Evening star., 1927-05-01

A T this point the old-fashioned nu-
tritionist may exclaim: THE diff
ference in build is merely due to the
difference in appetite of the two chill
dren and heredity has nothing to do
with itt' But this cannot be the
Evening star., 1927-05-01

diet liberal
with fairly restricted
md
What to Purchase. Explanations
Evening star., 1927-04-24

Washington Nation will the child health
Saturday. when the child will
Fall especially of Mueller
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customers-even # she never gets
a dogl
The Army band provided a fair
program, using Gilmore's arrange
ment for brasses of the sextet from
Lucia as its chief feature with
good effect in opening the musical
program of WRC, after DIR. Austin
Fl. Clark, of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition had talked is minutes about
life found in the sea-.
GIRL CHAMPION
PIANISTE PLAYS
The Perfect Diamond Entertainers
finished the famous diamond story
they commenced last week-with
Just a little less spontaneity than
they gave the first instalIment. The
second installnient material seemed
to be better than the first-and could
have been more effective IL re-
hearsed just bit more. Irene
Peckham, the 14-year-old champion
pianiste of the Federated Music
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Cakewalk" was rather out OF the or
binary, although her other numbers,
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May Breen and Peter de Rose, who
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ukelcle twins, or something like that,
were bright and snappy entertainers
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in presenting what the program
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The Cavaliers need no guest artists
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Outside one of the distinguishing
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