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THE OTHER DAY

sit down and Mr.. Arnold looks at his
program.
What number is this?" he asks.
Mr.. pennypaCker does not know.
MIR. Arnold gets up and goes on tiptoe
over to the door and asks a question
of the steward. Then he tiptoes back.
Number two" he reports. " Dance
of the Gnomes, by Farley
There doesn't seem to be anything
you can answer to that either
AT the conclusion of the number he
applauds very loudly. Then he looks
| around.
There ought TO be more people to
| hear this" he says. "Wil you ex-
cuse me minute?"
He gets up and goes out.
Cant we do something" whispers
Mr. Pennypacker desperately.
Did he bring you, too?" l ask.
! Mr. Pennypacker mods.
Three times" he replies. Il al
| most got away once"
rs it a long concerto" asks my
wife.
Six numbers" replies Mr.. Penny
packer, including the 'Miserere' from
| III Trovatore'
Cant we hide?" l ask.
81 tried that" replied Mr. Penny
packer mournfully. He found me in
one of the lifeboats-lfeboat No. H."
he adds.
Our lifeboat is No. 4" remarks my
| wife.
This was No. 10" says Mr.. Penny
poclIer.
| We three deliberate gloomily.
| eve might set fire To the ship" /
| suggest. THAT would distract atteu
ton and we could steal the violin or
something"
Il won't let you do that" says my
wife determinedly.
| I'm do it," offers Mr.. Pennypacker.
II have no wife or little ones. Please"
you have mother" l argue.
Mr.. Pennypacker smiles bravely.
shed be very proud of me" he
says. "She was related to Barbara
! Frietchie on her grandmother's side.
| You remember Barbara Frietchie?'
| I've read the poem," ] say. at
| begins old Jronsides ut anchor
| lay
Mr. Pennypacker shakes his head.
That's another poem" he says.
That's a poem about Old Ironsides.
This one begins, Up from the mead
oWs rich with corn"
ooh, yes" / reply.
cit isn't very good poem," says
Mr., Pennypacker regretfully.
That's nothing against your
mother" puts in my wife instantly.
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To the Members of the Paris
Bourse (of whom il has been
said "Bourse VIII Be Bourse'),
i NJ. Poincare and Fellow
Guests:
/ have been asked by deputation
from your delightful country to pre-
sent plan for stabilizing the franc,
feel In this connection like the three
men who found themselves in a row
boat In the middle of the ocean. One
was a Freedman, one an Irishman and
cne a Scotchman.
But, seriously, the problem Of the
franc In vital one. And ! know of
no better way 10 handle it than the
way in which we in my household
have handled the problem Of the
American dollar, an even more vital
problem to us. as you may well i'm
agine. There are at this writing APP
proximateIy % fancs to each Ameri.
can dollar. There are also TO each
American dollar 81 hungry mouths
Three times s is IS and one TO carry,
six times seven is AZ and one is 43
and four to carry, giving a result Of
4e1-no, that can't be rdght-weli
ANYWAY, the life Of one American
dollar has been estimated at one.third
that of a sugar iozenge under a fau
Get. This estimate gives the dollar
THE breaks.
Now, it was only through the most
rigid household economy that we were
able to stabilize the dollar in our fam
ilv. Several Of the older and more
snfIrTn members of the family died
from undernourishment ana exposure,
being unable to fight for the food or
haa clothing But that is the Law Of
the Tribe, that the weaker shall give
~vav TO the stronger and those with
vr.ofective coloring survive the as
saJlts of the predatory land animals
and the constant action Of the tides
s.F,asN, come, easy go. is what the old
folks must remember.
nur first move toward putting our
household on "A gold basis was to
make out budget, and that Is what
Won dear people OF France must 90,
TOO. II Is much simpler for a nation
10 go on a budget than fer q private
family. because "a nation never uses
.-aai ,nbnev anyway A nation says.
s.TIere are e. 600. 600 francs" or Give
20 sfon 600 600 worth Of chips" and
80 va, uush right up close TO the coun-
~ and ask TO see it, what DO you
SrAo couple of theater ticket stubs,
- yiobt hand glove and a piece Of pa
&c, saving. II. o. l.. Sl00 GOO. zoe, A
nTeilou." There probably isn't Slz5
i'm actual cash IN inc Whoie I hAte1
ctates Treasury at this very minute.
And s45 Of that belongs BY Fights 70
zs,a an account Of the Government
ling disaIiowed my deduction for
tiatei EXPENSES in my 1925 income tax.
1 mi get that back yet. you wait and
Gee. The big DULLES
This evsten of dealing IN drealn-doi'
Tvs which seems to be The special pre-
native a@a of governments and large cor
,ssaSyations. is called Credit and a
Ipprattv how-do-you ii is. too. Credit,
.a ~ an anpIied 10 you and me. means that
' we have until the fifteenth OF the
month 20 dig up the 3c1nal 20, sol4 -, ore :
y.-,tb which TO pay our bills But Tor
We corporation or q nation it means
tbaf so long as the treasurer can sign
INC, TIC name s they are on Easy street
n ne, . check. in "a kidding way, and
h F~isa II 10 AItmcyer's Meat Market
And what does Altmeyer DO! Kigh'
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A luss to de community, Sure to
be meeseit Boo hoo hoo,l.i Beluffed
by hall! vi vi vi vi vi yi!!, Mine
pei! A dollink exempleli Sneef
sneef!! Wot rizzon he he'd to COM
NIT soosite? A shining light! Sotch
hubble didds!! DE foist Hemperor
wot he sopp1ied to de martyrs fly
swatters when dey fight in de arena
ionsii A brafe worrier.,! A i'm
mutual kerrekteri.
* X *
ImmuttaI was right,!! Deed he
crukked? Nup, Deed he boxed,
witt rassled. witt hiked, witt cruss-
contry ronned??? Yasi!, Whom
witt? Yourzz trooly!. Was who
hall in?? Dun't esk!!
4 \ X X
Moo so in border it should be a
bod sturry suft--so / trite on heem
averytink bod Trash air witt clinn
wodder. 1t deeden't woikediii So
den I trite de Trash air witt de clinn
wodder. 1t woiked,.i I'm de
Hemperor!!
(To be continued gradually
Copyright. 1927
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Gross Exaggerations From Heestory:
How Is Lit Nero Roman Fife Cent Tsigar
BY MuT GROSS.

- ERE / was--ffred,, A failure
from life,! Futtin yirrs
from hage und de proprietor
H. from a lodge femilyi. A
futile fiop!! He (mine boss)
sad to me so: Miro, hold top, feet
tin yirrs ago we bote stodded in to-
gadder feeding witt a violin in the
same fectory. Why today I'm de
meneger? Dun't esk!! / stoddiedl !!
You played de whole time witt
metches,!! Is diss a system? Dees
a hage from taknikle hexploits!.
Look Weencent lopez! Look Roger
Wolfe Konn., Look Pail White
mani! Look Tad Loose!! And look
you,! So tomorrow you'll be saying
wot you used to woik here" SO dere
I was-once MUIR a bom!!
Den SHE sad to me she sad so Z;
miro dollink, why you dun't bicome
de Hemperor?" So | sad so: "Ha
Ha Hal Dun't evoke from me left
ter Yon know don well is hall
feeled opp de jobs from Hemperor in
dees boig!i! j might ez wal try /
should gat on de copsi. 1t dun't ak
eesting a seengle hopening for
Hemperor."
So she reptile: "F1m--smot pipple
dey manufacturing hopeningsl !"
Hm--she soitinly put me a bog in de
hear,i
Dot night / tutt, I tutt. l tutt!
/ ritched IA hidea!! Begeeners lock!
De naxt day | stodded in on small
scale. A heff a pond from Peris
Crfnn!i Two uuotts cyanite from
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| "And she loves your asks the grand
| inquisitor.
"I-why. yes--I think So admits
| Mr.. Pennypacker, putting his hand
/ for the eighth time in his inside coat
/ pocket.
! "Oh, isn't that wonderful exclaims
my wife Whats her name m
sure know her
/ IT'S Mrs. Dobbs," replies Mr.. Pen
nvpacker. II don't think you know
her"
My wife's eyes glow with excite
ment.
And Mr.. Dobbs?"
Hes terrible" replies Mr.. Penny
packer.
And he won't divorce here
Mr.. pennvpacker shakes his head.
"Oh. you poor fellow" says my wife.
"You must tell me all about it,
At that moment we hear a well
known voice and we look up. There
is Mr.. Arnold and he is accompanied
by others We are introduced as the
''Newlyweds" to Mr.. and Mrs. lvlson.
Mrs. Bunten, Miss Bird and Mr.. krag.
Now you just all sit down, says
Mr. Arnold happily, land get tcgether.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivison are from Seattle,
Wash.-Afrs. Bunten sings-Mlss BRO
is from Nassar--
wellesley" corrects Miss Bird.
wellesley" says Mr.. Arnold with
forgiving smile, and what dld you
say your name was?"
''Krag," replies the gentleman adj
dressed.
"Oh, yes" says Mr.. Arnold, "Mr.
krag and / sit at the same table"
There is a moment of embarrassed
silence.
Now you all sit here" repeats Mr..
Arnold. land I'll go out and get a few
more. It's wonderful concert--the
next number is number three-Tll get
programs for everybody, too"
Mr.. Arnold hustles away and we sit
there. Finally Mr.. Krag speaks.
He's very energetic, isn't he?''
What's his name?" asks Mr.. 1vison.
Arnold" replies Mr.. Krag.
HE takes such an interest in every
thing" remarks Mrs. Bunten.
"Sh-h," cautions Mrs. Ivison. Here
he comes"
Mr.. Arnold returns with Miss Pals
ley and Mrs. Martin.
Miss Paisley and Mrs. Martin are
Dixie girls" he explains.
Atlanta, Jewja," Dixies Mrs. Mar
tin.
"Oh, indeed" says Mrs. Ivison.
Suddenly the music starts with a
very fast and nerve-wracking bit OF
| fiddling on the part OF the violinist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27

EADERS of these weekly arti
ticies win remember that when
we last saw Mr.. PennypackeI
ne was under my table at
IA lunch. For readers who don't
1ssnember, however, and for the
o esIner LII 1885, 93 people in the United
states $3.50 census) I must explain
mat Mr.. Pennypacker is not dog or
cnipmunk, and this is not a bedtime
story. Mr.. Pennypacker is a young
man with steel trimmed spectacles. and
the reason he was under my table at
lunch was that he was trying to es-
cape from an older man named Arnold,
Wnom he found to be his roommate
On BOARD ship. These two men are apt
70 inquire pretty consistently in these
drucies from now on, in more or less
u an categorical manner--Pennypacker
representing, as he does. the spirit of
young man with steelrimmed spec
lacies. whereas Arnold typifes the
oIuer and. perhaps. fatter powers of
mature. The other characters in the
dIis8ory are two humans--the Woman
ana the Man (my wife and myself
and when this chapter opens the
woman and the Man (ny wife and
myselfl are on our honeymoon, and
vt Is the second evening on board ship
ana we are sitting in our deck chairs
wondering whether or not we ought
70 go in and listen to the concert.
The Woman my wifel-~T wonder
whether or not we ought to go in and
listen to the concert?
The Man (myselfl-No.
At this point Mr.. Arnold comes along
the deck and stops at our chairs. He
IS dressed in a Tuxedo, with a gray
cap, and he is smoking a cigar.
"Toot. toot," says MIR. Arnold. "All
aboard for the concert.
I smile, little feebIy.
Especial concert for newlyweds,"
calls Mr.. Arnold. "All aboard"
My wife smiles feebly.
Come on" urges Mr. Arnold.
There is a moment of hesitation,
] look at my wife and she looks at
me.
II think well just sit here for
awhile" she says.
What's the matter asks Mr.. Ar
mold.
There doesn't seem TO be any an
swer to that.
Come along-come along-come
along" says AIR. Arnold. cheerily.
'Newlyweds ought to hear lots of
music
My wife gets slowly up and / fol
low. Mr.. Arnold takes us both by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27
Power From Waves.
| T a recent meeting Of the E

a T recent meeting of the British
Association the question of eco
nomical production of power from
tides and winds was under discussion.
and it has been taken up widely by
scientific journals in Europe. In
France attention has been called to a
system of utilizing the power of sea
waves to actuate a dynamo which has
been employed for some time past at
the mouth of the River Gironde. An
air chamber is connected with a wen
which communicates with the sea at a
depth below the level of the lowest
tides. By the advance and recession
of the waves changes of pressure are
produced in the air chamber. and 4
system OF valves enables the resulting
air currents to be applied to rotating
a kind of turbine. 1t is reported thai
the apparatus works equally well in
calm and in stormy weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27
Hard Metals.

IN one respect the diamond has al.
ways stood pre-eminent in the min.
eral world-that of hardness. Other
substances have rivaled ii in beauty
and at least one, the ruby, outranks
1t in cost. but none in the whole list
equals it in hardness.
Since the invention Of the electric
furnace, however, which is capable
of producing heat equal to 1000
degrees F., at least two products have
been prepared which have supplanted
the diamond even in hardness.
Experimenters have succeeded in
producing titanium in the electric fur.
mace. In its pure form it is much
harder than steel or quartz, and when
combined with silicon, to form sill.
eide of titanium, or with boron. to
form a boride of titanium. it sur
passes the diamond itself in this
quality.
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arm in a friendly manner and we go
along the deck.
Tomorrow night" confides Mr.. Ar
mold, I'm getting up dance. Lots
OF fun"
As we near the front of the boat we
hear music, and as we enter the social
hall the concert is in full swing. The
room itself, however, is quite empty,
with the exception of two or three
old ladies in one corner and a single,
somewhat disconsolate, figure on a
long couch.
Mr.. Pennypacker," says my wife
"A fine young man." remarks Mr..
Arnold. He and / share the same
stateroom."
Mr. Pennypacker rises as we APP
proach.
Enjoying it," asks Mr.. Arnold.
Mr.. Pennypacker smiles grimly. We
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27
Alundu1n.

4 LUNDUM is an electrically fused
alumina, of exceptional purity
and great power Of resistance to heat,
which has been produced for use in
making furnaces and other objects in
which a material able to withstand ex.
cessiye temperatures is required 1t
is made by calcining bauxite and
fusing it in a water cooled electric fur
mace. The less pure products are
used for abrasive purposes. Alundum
comes from the furnaces in pigs of
five tons each. which are crushed and
nodded with refractory bond of a
ceramic nature. Attempts to make
articles Of cast alundum have been
only partially successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27
Siberian Bees.

ONE would never think Of Siberia as
q suitable home for bees or the
practice of agriculture. Yet bees are
maintained by the peasants of that
region, and swarms of wild bees are
to be found In the birch forests.
Those who keep bees in Siberia bear
the title of bee masters. Some of
these have no more than four swarms.
but many have so or 100 and certain
beemen own 500 or 600. The average
annual income in Siberia from a
swarm of bees is about a ruble and a
half In certain localities buckwheat
is sown TO serve as pasture" and
occasionally the bees are fed with
sugar sirup or treacle, but for the
most part the swarms feed on wild
flowers along the borders of the great
forests.
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expectation over MACPHERSON present
that / hate to terminate the sensation.
And, after all, | am not really SO
very much concerned about II. Mac
Pherson is only one of long list of
people to whom during the past 80 or
40 years / have been intending to give
appropriate presents. If these lines
should meet the eye, or the eyes, OF
any of them, will they kindly take the
will for the deed?
Or. better still, will they please go
down to the 15-cent store and pick out
anything that they like and charge il
to me?
Copyright 1877
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27

potessium, Wan machine gon.g A
jar hentrex jolmsii! Two berreils
tuddstools! A crate biklurrite
from moicury!, A yod witt a heff
dynamite!!l Witt q PER- bress
knockles.ii
X X u
Ho Boy.!. Did it was toff in de
beginningl! Whan / tink beck from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27

A new invention OF interest TO
farmers and dairymen is an auto
matte drinking bowl which can be
fitted to any stall. The water IS shut
off Immediately the COW lifts her
head; and the bowl is so arranged
that no fodder can get in to clog ii
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82WlgZ3 SaNgQH3
#1dSR SRXSS

That's mighty nice of you to say
that" is MIR. Pennypackers reply.
81 can't let you do this thing" in
sists my wife.
'yVhy not?" demands Mr.. Penny
poker. I'VE must get out of this ter
rible situation, no matter what the
cost. I'm young"
I'm not SO darned Old" l interrupt
a little resentfully.
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was said So what / would advise
would be for every French peasant to
get little pocket notebook and keep
a strict personal account OF everything
spent-and, what is more important,
everything received.
For instance, let US take q typical
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blush.
Give her this" he says, latter I'm
gone"
He begins searching through his
pockets. My wife becomes instantly
interrogative.
ooh, how nicet' she says. You
must love her very much"
Mr.. Pennypacker interrupts his
search to reply.
II do he says, slightly Apologize.
II hope you don't mind my saying
So
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well selected gift that determined to
bestow upon him on that date.
/ have always had peculiar feeling
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81 know it," says Pennypacker
alphabetically.
Nevertheless" says my wife, Il
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source of qualification to me to reflect
that his New Years pleasure would
be heightened by the receipt of the
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ERE / was--fired!! A failure
from life,! Futtin yirrs
from hage und de proprietor
from a lodge femily!. A
@,,++Ia azvtt Ira (xS,{v1xs t@reSI
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can't let either of you do this for us.
Think of your sweetheart"
1t is Mr.. Pennypacker's turn to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27
RY RORERT RENCHLEY.

TO the Members of the Paris
Bourse (of whom il has been
said "Bourse VIII Be Bourse''),
Il NJ Poincare and Fellow
E,sas4c.
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sit down and Mr.. Arnold looks at his
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Lnce. let US take a typical
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-01-31

vestors toward becoming inter- ested in districts where ab- sence of roads will compel them to expend large sums for road construction before de- velopment can proceed to goou advantage.
 Relieved of the indicated de- torrents, the district will un. doubtedly prosper. Unless all visible indications are mislead- ing the Texas area is destined 10 yield vast mineral riches In he years to come. Those who ,now the conditions there are positive in the assertion that majority of the more inn Hortant properties actually contain enough surface ores f shipping grade to start sub- tantial shipments enroute to melters the moment the road is open to traffic.
 The government has done yell to give belated heed to IF plea for assistance in open 1g this remarkable mineral
 strict to exploitation. Un- 1rtunately, however, the ap- ropriation authorized will not 'ernnit the extension of the oad more than a mile or so bove the mouth of the west ork of Texas Creek, whereas
 majority of the locations
 e situated from two to seven liles above the mouth. This 1eanS that most of the oper- lions will continue to be tomewhat handicapped by the
 ecessity of employing pack ng methods to reach the road. his inhibition could be entire y removed by the construction # five additional miles of pad way, through enabling Ill 75 per cent of the claim
 wners to land their ores di-
 actly beside the road through 'le medium of tramways, few { which would need be more nan a half mile in length.
 However, to quote the ancient
 W, "a half loaf is better than me at all" and we should be Id are truly thankful that the ong continued efforts of the 5hamber of Commerce and Texas Creek Claim Owners Association to enlist govern.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-01-31
CHEERING NEWS

The announcement that the Forest Service has authorized the construction of a wagon road into the Texas Creek section is the most welcome news this district has receiv- ed in years. The construction of a wagon highway into that section means not only the re- moval of the most serious ob- stacle to the operation of a number of properties, the pro. ductive possibilities of which have been conclusively demon strated, but also makes acces- Sible a richly mineralized area which gives every promise of becoming one of the worlds great mineral producing cen ters. Convincing evidence of the immense importance of the projected highway is pro- vided by the fact that it's in- stallation will reduce the cost of ore transportation alone from $50 and upward a ton to $S to BIO per ton. Combined with a proportionate reduction in the cost of transporting min ing and camp supplies, the saving represented equals and even exceeds the gross value of the ores produced by many highly profitable mines.
 Granted a saving of such pro portions, there are at least a half dozen properties in the Texas area which can be made to yield an excellent profit for their operators and will in all probability become productive as soon as the projected high way is completed. In addition, there are literally dozens ol prospects" of considerable promise, the development ot which has been greatly retard- ed by the excessive costs o1 operating under present con. ditions, many of which will un- doubtedly become the seen. of increased activities under the improved conditions pro
 vided by the road. Opening O. the district to wagon trans sportation will also remove an. other highly important ob
 stacle to development; namely the natural reluctance of in
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-01-31
SELLING A PROSPECT.

One of the most difficult problems in the mining indus try is that of bringing togeth- CT owners and prospective pur- chasers of undeveloped or partly developed but possibly valuable mining properties. There are hundreds of entirely honest, square-dealing owners of promising prospects who are in search of someone who will buy on bond-and-option, enter into partnership under equitable agreement to supply funds, or in some other man. 1er finance the work that is necessary to make g start at .etrmining whether the prop erty is worthless or has a easonable chance to become a
 rofitable mine.
 There are, too. companies and individuals that have mon-
 y that they can afford to pend in financing such under akings, and who are anxious o find prospects of merits. Engineering and Mining Journ- Il is continually receiving let "rs from people in the first ;ategory-the owners-seek- ng help in finding those in he second category-the poss. lle buyers. About the only ad- rice that can be given is to consult the officials, first, of established mining companies who are operating in the gen. aral vicinity of the property n question; and second, of the arger exploration companies whose activities are widely di- yersified as to geographical cope, and to whom conse, luently the location makes little difference.
 In some instances such recom- nendations have resulted in he financing of operations, ut usually the prospect has lot been developed to the point where the established .ompany is interested. At the
 anne time there is good reason 70 believe that there is ample
 peculative capital to finance preliminary work. There are individuals of means, or small ,yndicates or companies, that would like to participate in a 1ona fide attempt to prove up prospect; and who had much better do that than to toss heir money to sure-thing vendors of worthless mining ;hares. The problem is to put Ire honest prospect owner in touch with the speculative buyer. Engineering and Min. ing Journal.