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and many-tasseled lanterns hang down.
Quantity in a small space is the Chi
nese idea of the beautiful. His apart
ments are always small and are al
ways OverCrowded with articles of art.
The furniture is black and richly
carved II it is not stained teakWOOd,
it is ebony.
During one of the Chinese New
Years the Metropolitan Church gave
the Orientals banquet in which tur
key was plentiful, with other goodies.
The OrientalS would not touch the tul-
key because they had not first seen
the fowls alive and healthy. and be-
cause the meat had not been prepared
and cooked as they thought proper.
The serving of the meat was prob
lem too. Chinese never cut their meat
while at the table Their chopsticks
are their only means of conveying
their food to their mouths The food
is always cut into small pieces before
it is cooked.
The first few years that the Chinese
attended the schools their woman folk
attended also, though they did not
gather in the same room, for women
must not mingle with men. Later the
women were kept at home except on
Christmas, when they came to hear
their children sing American songs.
The men seemed to think that their
wives were learning too much, and
were probably reminded that woman,
if she must know, should learn from
her husband.
Those Orientals whose wives are In
China on who are bachelors usually
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Of the almost vacant club lobby, and,
as 1 gazed after him, it appeared TO me
that youth had gone, that somehow
this receding man was a Caricature of
the Jim Colchester | had known so
many years ago. lie had got into the
big pond. and he had become one of
the biggest frogs in the big pond.
/ thought of the hundreds of thou
sands who would have changed places
with James V. Colchester; thought Of
q magazine article written to show
youth how he had attained the top
lung of the ladder.
TT was while l was abroad that he
died. l saw something of it in a
New York paper | picked up in a club
in Paris. l believe the Attorney Gen
eral was one of the pallbearers. Pneu-
monia had got him.
| was abroad for n year, and I read
the American papers more carefully
than one does at home: sometimes
there is a passion to keep abreast of
the times. One even reads what is
going on in society. / never saw his
name anywhere. | woke up to that
fact long after he had died-and some
how. when l was back in New York,
no one mentioned Jim Colchester.
The water had closed noiselessly over
him.
OF course. I thought of Jeanne Col
chester. 1t was my duty to see her. I
found myself in the drawing roam,
where l had so often seen the cock
tails passed by the butler For some
unknown reason l began to look about
the room for a picture of Jim. There
was none.
l heard the rustic of Jeanne's dress.
She came in and held out her hand.
80 nice of you to come. So nice
to see you again." she said, and we sat
down and talked of many things. A
new calm and peace had come into
her face.
l wanted to avoid speaking of Jim's
death. but one must say something.
And, as / spoke. I realized that 1
was not speaking with the sincerity !
would have felt in the old days-the
days of Carrie Graham and the Mis-
sissippi and youth.
There is one thing that gives me
comfort" said Jeanne. II do not think
in this life Jim was happy"
"He. was happy with you a&d his
children 1 asserted.
"Oh, yes" she said, and nodded.
But he was not happy with himself"
And yet he had reached the
top
She nodded and repeated it, ooh, OF
course, in that sense-yes-"
i picked up my hat and gloves.
And then, as if an afterthought had
come to her, she said:
You know, Jim would come home
in the evening and would turn out all
the lights and sit in front of the open
fire. with the red glow on his face.
And his face was so unhappy that, IL
had know how, l would have given
my life to wipe that unhappiness
away
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She could entertain most delight
fully. She was rather a distinguished
blonde, with remarkably clear and
svmpathetic and rather sad eyes, as
remember them.
When I first attended their dinner
parties, she was quite gay person,
thought. She laughed good deal and
quite spontaneously. She often looked
at her husband with admiration, but
hardly. with that adoratio Carrie Ora
had had shown.
For some reason, Jim seldom looked
at her; not oftener. / believe, than he
would look at valuable portrait over
the mantel in their own drawing room.
AS to the prophecies of his success,
most of them turned out to be under.
statements; he was having an unusual
career.
For long time" said Berenson,
"he took his cases-bigger and bigger
ones-as If he were quite an ordinary
lawyer. He depended upon results
rather than atmosphere. Yes, he de-
pended upon results and that curious
insinuating way of his with clients
with big clients. His coming into
partnership with Dane soon doubled
the number of second-string men and
clerks and StenOgrapnefS In tndt OF
flee. It's only now that he is chang
ing"
Changing how" l inquired.
"Well. he has put on some OF the
atmosphere now. Have you seen his
office? It's not baronial hall, but
something like one. with his desk over
in the corner overlooking the harbor.
And, although he has delegated more
of his work to his staff, he smilingly
reminds every one that he is too busy
too busy to stop for a chat; unfor-
tunately too busy to serve on citizen
committees and boards of charitable
institutions. He is within striking dis
lance of the top now. Do you still go
to his dinner parties?"
II do" l said. And why do you
ask"
/ believe I knew why he asked. but.
having a prejudice against criticism
of hosts, l said nothing.
IT was impressed by his guests"
said BerenSon. They are still made
up largely of rich men, accompanied
by their wives, who are high-paying
clients, or prospective highpaying
clients. Furthermore. he has built
himself Summer place at that bank
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smoke as they play, screwing their
faces as they suck at their long-stem-
med pipes, which look very much like
the leg of a chair. Some blow smoke
from queer, twisted pipes of bamboo,
with long amber mouthpieces.
The favorite pipe and the most diff
ficult to manipulate is the water pipe,
with it's intricate contraption of water
compartment, tobacco compartment
and a. tiny hole for the lighter. with
paper tape attached for lighting.
Even the cleaner is carried in tiny
chamber in the pipe. The bowl of
the water pipe is about the size or a
small pea and must be lit after every
puff. which keeps the smoker continu-
ously putting in little bit of tobacco,
lighting his pipe, putting it, then re-
peating the operation until he becomes
tired Despite it's many chains and
intricacies, it has a hand painted china
base A few smoke crooked rosewood
pipes, with metal bowl holding about
a thimbleful of tobacco, and small
tobacco bag attached.
Many Chinese admit gambling for
the pleasure and the excitement, since
little else entertains them in America.
Every large back room is provided
with a table. always a round table,
which is best adapted for playing pur-
poses. and is surrounded by hard
wooden stools.
In one of their games dominoes are
used, but not in the same way as in
the American game. \ pair OF chi
nese ivory dice, yellow with age. init
ates each player into the game. after
which the dominoes are brought into
nd
our games Of cards. In another game
little ivory sticks with Chinese char
acters upon each side are used.
The tongs are far reaching and
powerful to the extent of controlling
the Chinatown of almost every city.
As a means of protection. most Chi
nese belong to either one faction or
the other. The factions have
branches of the orga niZation In al
most every city where a handful of
Orientals are found A few Celestials
have been known to belong to both of
the factions. but it is their law that
an On LeOng must not belong to the
Hip Sing Tong, and an Outcast of Hip
Sings dare not join the other faction.
One of the most noticeable charac-
teristics of the Oriental is .that he is
good to his wife-that is. providing
she has fulfilled her only recognized
duty on earth, which is being the
mother of a man child. Many of the
Chinese have mated with Americans,
and many of their offspring have re-
turned to China for a glimpse of the
land of half their ancestors, only to
return again to America.
The homogeneous character of the
Chinese precludes any probability of
their assimilation. and an Oriental
will likely always be an Oriental wher-
ever he is. There is hardly a man in
Washington's Chinatown. even those
born here. but hopes some day to live
in his beloved country. Many Chi
nese have made small fortunes in
Washington and gone back to China
to spend their remaining days. and
the good American money they have
earned here. But most of them re-
turn to their adopted country after
an absence Of a few months.
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We'd both be glad to see you.
Just then there appeared a gray
haired mana curious figure in these
days. lie had a square face, a square
top derby and Square-tOed shoes.
by the way. Colchester" he said, in
a deep bass voice used to authority.
Jim lifted himself by the arms of
the chair
Sorry, old man." he said to me. in
low tone. you'll excuse me. won't
you? That's Bacon of the Eleventh
National See YOU later
rs it," l said. and watched Col.
chester, still a stalwart figure, still
with his eyes bright, go skipping
down the hotel lobby after the big
man and then walk along beside him.
looking up into the big mans face
with furtive joviality on his own
face, talking a great deal, and then
listening with great respect for the
big mans gruff. monosyllabic answers.
y X
A MONTH later I met Berenson,
- who does his law business be-
tween Chicago and New York and
has a way of knowing the inside
story about every one whose head
sticks up above the surface medlOCrfty.
I asked him whether he knew Col,
chester.
Just casually" he said. for he
never denies acquaintance with any
one. But he has at least one finger
and his thumb in the pie already. He
never misses a bet. A good deal of an
idealist, but a practical idealist. You
know, he married one of the D'Orsays.
They are not rich. Just rich enough
for her to start him off in New York
with a big apartment on Park ave
nue.. But the main thing is that old
Dane. who has grip on a lot of the
promotion bankers and some of their
big promotion subsidiaries. is Jeanne
D'Orsay's uncle. Hence the marriage
and hence the firm
This, l discovered later, was only
true in the mists at the edge of
truth. AS a matter of fact. Colches-
ter met his wife because Dane had
heard rumors of Jim's ability and
had sought his association in the Ma.
chinery Metals case.
1t was during that reorganiza ton
that Jim had met Miss D'Orsay. and
no one can say that he married her
without love. Certainly, after he mar
l ried her he was proud of her.
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live in back of the stores on the Ave-
nue. or in the tiny rooms in the house.
Just to the rear of each store are bed
rooms the size of pantry. With
Chinese picture to adorn the wall the
Oriental is content to sleep upon a
tiny cot and to keep his clothing in
small chest of drawers. Several
Celestials sleep upon hunks made of
boards, the kind used for building.
These boards are covered with straw
mating AS thin aS paper. For pill
lows several cigar boxes are used
which are softer than their rattan
stuffed pillows, made to serve the old
purpose of preserving the most or
derby arranged queue.
A THICK wall separates the sleep
ing quarters from the store. Ev-
cry Chinese abode boasts large back
room, furnished with few pieces of
crude, heavy furniture. Many Chi
nese pictures and Chinese calendars
help to hide walls badly in need of
painting. Here the impa ssive, express
SionleSS mask of the Oriental is dis
placed with a smile as broad and hui
man as that of the most good natured,
happy go-lucky American.
The O.ientals are dressed in immac-
ulately clean clothing. most of them
wearing white shirts open at the neck.
A few wear the native black satin
blouses, reaching below the waist. All
smoke pipes while they indulge in
games of chance and invest their earn.
ings in lottery tickets. The Oriental
is an inveterate gambler. Almost all
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The Oriental is loath to reveal the sig
nificance of the smaller altar.
Encircled by elaborate Chinese paper
lanterns, a chandelier, purchased from
Washington department store. re-
fleets the light in it's tapering prisms.
Opposite a wall where hang Chinese
comets, queer shaped banjos, i'm
mense cymbals and violins looking like
mallets, with strings attached, stands
the symbol of American business-a
walnut desk. Above the desk hang
the framed rules and names of mem
bers of the organization.
X y X
THEIR organizations, with their
rules and yearly change of mem
bership, are conducted very much like
American societies. The reminders of
meetings are not mere postal cards.
but small wooden paddles bearing all
the necessary information in Chinese.
1t was learned that the miniature
altar is for the worship of the depart
ed. 1t is the hope of every oriental
that his final resting place shall not
be the unfriendly soil of foreign
devils" but that Of their native land.
there to be reverently looked upon and
worshiped as the relics Of a departed
ancestor.
Every 10 years a Chinese boat
touches the large American ports to
collect the bodies of the departed.
Every body that has been buried for
10 years is disinterred. The bones. re-
moved from the graves and placed on
small charcoal stove for the removal
of any flesh that may remain, are
finally placed in Theoretically sealed
boxes about foot long and, with the
identity of the remains carefully pre-
served, are sent back to China, the
final resting place. No ceremony at
tends the collection of the bones. The
work is all done by Chinese agents.
The Chinese do hold ceremonies in
the cemetery about twice year. For
merly they placed food-chicken,
bread and rice-on the graves; now
they gather around the graves and
feast themselves, while their clergy
deliver rites over the dead.
More than IS per cent of the Chinese
are restaurant owners. A restaurant,
as a rule, is not owned entirely by one
man. The corps of workers is involved
in the ownership.
The Chinese restaurants now are IN
tended for white patronage only. In
| these places many OF the dellcacies
that Chinese enjoy are not to be had
and for good causes. For instance.
goose eggs. that have been stored
away in clay for several years until
they have reached high state of de.
cay, are not likely to be in great de-
mare.
An educated oriental, when disgust
was expressed at the idea Of eating
such a dish. reminded his friend that
Americans are known to be fond of
cheeses when age and certain forms
of life lend the proper flavor.
| X X
Johns home life. though, Is free
" from the curiosity of strangers.
for here strangers are not permitted
to pass. Many Of those laboring in
this country have families or be.
trotAsd ones In the land of their birth,
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THIS is the story of winner.
Most scribblers of fiction keep
scrap-book for memoranda
L of colorful persons. Later
these persons may be set into
an artificial plot. as rare stones into
designed settings.
Some of them, however, write their
own plots. Some become fat and sue
Cessful and, perhaps, unhappy; some
disappear and require digging out OF
the mud of obscurity that often Gov
ers many of the real triumphs OF
life.
James V. Colchester. as we shall
call him. was in my book 20 years
ago. His name is still there, hut
Life itself has written the plot for
him.
lie was graduated from a Western
law school at the same time | was
graduated from one in the East. |
was as green as he was when we
first met in a legal contest involving
lumber and water-power rights that
were being pulled and hauled about
on one side by New York capitalists,
on the other by certain Undergrad b.
bling spectators on the banks of the
Mississippi.
| wrote him down in my book. l
had no idea where he would be found
after 20 years. | supposed l would
use him in some yarn l would write
when | contrived the plot for it.
OF course. l had no thought that
life would furnish the plot-after ALL
common enough plot. II one be
gins to count noses around down
town New York and on up the East
Side 4 common enough plot. and
vet one not often thrown clearly
upon the screen.
COLCHESTER, when met him,
~ was marked out from most of the
young men | knew by stalwart quail
ties of mind and body.
To me he appeared exceptional; his
stocky health; his brilliant mind that
shook legal problems as a terrier
shakes a rat, and yet could be whim-
steal and deal with deep convictions
and deep emotions; his clear, shining.
honest. fearless eyes, gazing out of
a strong, homely countenance-all
gave a powerful assurance that here
was man who. somehow. would
rise and rise and rise.
Perhaps he felt this within himself
There was nothing of the so-called so.
getter in his attitude toward his Ca
reer. He was quite calm about the
great adventure of life that seemed
TO stretch out before him. There
was a comfort in being with him,
because he looked upon the world
with detachment, kindness and
good humor.
No doubt, he had inherited some of
this quality from his father. who 'Hs
a schoolmaster, and had drawn some
of it from the association with his
father.
He once showed me an old-fash-
toned crayon of the elder Colchester
a man VINO had emigrated to Mime
sofa from the Nutmeg State in the
sos. There was no distress behind
those eyes. and a great deal of peace
was written in the lines about his
lips.
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read copy of this book. Of course
it would do no good for Mr.. Kellogg
to read this or any other book about
Mexico, for he knows absolutely that
there is in Mexico a plot to create
"bolshevist fostered hegemony' in
Central America and such trifiing
things as facts could have no infiu
ence whatever upon his mind
Mr.. Walling goes deeply into the
question as to whether there is rad
icalism in the Mexican government
and the Mexican labor movement. He
gives Mexican policies authoritative
ly. He finds constructive states
manship that is based upon conditions
as Mexicans have to face them. Such
book as this must be gratifying to
every friend of Mexico and immense
ly satisfying to any serious-minded
person who wants facts and truths.
Those who want information will
do we'll to get this book and to see
that others get it. To quote from it
here would be superfiuous; to report
, its character is the important thing.
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A. J. Cooks army of unemployed min
ers enters London after 70-mile jour
ney afoot from South Wales; march
ers join in big mass meeting at Ira
falgar Square, where they cheer de-
mand that Premier Baldwin must go.
Senator Borah continues his cam
paign to force republican party to
put platform in plank demanding en-
forcement of dry law; tells National
Grange that if the 18th amendment
cannot be enforced and the people so
conclude, they will take the amend
ment out of the constitution.
Thomas w. Lamont, noted banker,
tells Academy of Political Science
that it was not international bankers
but statesmen who were responsible
for the World War.
Senator Capper, of Kansas, an
nounces he will submit to congress
Joint resolution outlawing war and
putting congress on record as re-
nouncing war and advocating the use
of arbitration instead.
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WORKERS RALLY
CAR MEMS AID

New York.-Organized labor in this
city are aiding street car men in their
opposition to the Interborough Cam
pany's plan to enjoin the Street Car
Mems Union and the membership of
the American Federation of Labor
from enrolling employees of the In
terborough.
''We came here at the request Of
the workers themselves, and if we
fail it will be time to place a lily on
the breast. of the labor movement"
said VIM. D. Mahon, president Anal
gamated Association of Electric and
Street Railway Employees.
"Organized labor is not going to be
destroyed without struggle. One
is supposed to be stricken dumb by
the very thought of court action, but
we must face this situation fearless
ly. If a Judge can sit on bench and
throw devastating bomb into our
ranks, we will have to give up the
idea of the workers organizing to pro-
tect their interests. We are exhorted
to be patriotic citizens and support
ers of the law, and we have adhered
to that policy, but the distortion of
the old equity court idea, under which
a single Judge can tie the hands of
all the workers of America, must be
fought. We can not surrender, and
wa will NOT -
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AS THE WORKER
SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest of
Important Events of the
Week, Here and Abroad

Federal Judge Baltzell of Indian
apolis, denies petition to quash
charges of contempt against Organ
izers Parker and Armstrong, of
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employees and
orders two men to begin serving SEN
tence of 80 days in Jail.
Five-day working week has proved
its economic soundness and organized
labor is determined to reach it's goal
by having it adopted by industries
throughout the country, President
Green, of American Federation of
Labor, tells national convention of
Jewish rabbis in New York.
Organized workers rally with en-
thusiasm to support of New York
city street car workers in fight
against injunction; needle trades
unions pledge aid and union brick
layers serve as auxiliary organizers
for Garments union.
Delegation of labor executives
headed by President Green, of A. F.
of L., and President Lewis, of United
Mine Workers, call upon President
Coolidge and urge him to call con-
ference of operators and miners in
endeavor to settle mine strike; Cool
jdge is told of situation i'm minino
fields and of violations of miners
constitutional rights.
Mexican supreme court rules unani-
mously in favor of Mexican Petroleum
Company, an American concern, in
courts first decision involving new Pc
troleum law; decision grants the ap-
peal restraining the department Of
industry, commerce and labor from
cancelling certain of the company's
drilling permits.
Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate;
William j. Burns, notorious private
detective, and four others cited on
charges of contempt in plot "to bribe,
intimidate and influence" jurors in
Fall-Sinclair Teapot Dome conspiracy
case.
Led by a band of Scottish pipers
and marching behind huge banner
bearing the inscription, "War Max
ers, Do Your Own Fighting!" 267 of
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