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Evening star., 1927-05-15

Ugly Arms of Big and Powerful Ape Crush Life

the ugly face? Who frightens the
women in the cassada patch?" Gas
sada is cereal root. like tapioca.l
"Who some day tears the faces of the
pikins and eats up the rice? Whom
shall we lock up in the cage--never let
go?''
As I spoke / acted it all out--the
stride of the chimpanZe his slack
loose step. the outward fails of his
black arms, the terror of the women.
| the shrieks of the pikins. They relished
it. and longed for more. When I had
| finished l rather expected somebody
| to cry Encore, Encore!' But they
| had never heard of such a word.
| though they certainly experienced the
| feeling.
These largest nets--they make
fence about tree--where small Chin
panzee hides. Some boys Hector gives
nets--they stand where he says
throw nets when rasCal falls out tree" ="
So / patiently started to rehearse
the entire program of the raid Hec
tor and I chose boys to encircle the
ground, beyond all the trees. These
at a signal were to beat on tom-toms,
tin pans. native banjoes, whatever
would make a neise. Other boys were
to wait inside each fence. then to
lIlipW 1ctS W ehtdIlSic TIC pdHZtt
whom the boys up in the trees had
prodded down by means Of the bamboo
poles.
'"rangle up legs! Tangle up arms.
Then run up, stand on nets till massa
comest He will bring his medicine,
and send the rascals off to sleep!'
] showed them a bottle of chloro-
form. which | always use to make the
rhimpanZee unconscious before trans
fer him from nets to cage. When I
finished, I held up big f1ashlight.
This" Hector told them for me-
this massa gives boy who does big
work in hunt
At this, Hector, feeling that he must
live up to his honors. slipped out of
his shirt and held it up. He was
actually Offering it as second prize,
Well, all those boys were keen for the
hunt when such rewards were offered,
but Hector was a schemer. AS we
walked back to my house, he ex.
plained-I give shirt, because massa
viii give Hector shirt fine pass old
one for plenty chimpanzees." Hector
was certainly born dude.
when we started out, my son,
Warren, Hector. nearly 100 boys and
I, reaching the grove after some tough
travelling. 1t was fearfuIly hot, and
L was nearly asleep. when a black
arm grabbed my leg. Hector chirped,
in a whisper:
Look. me pa! I told you they
come. Now look yourself
l did. 1t was a curious company |
that came fling in, A tawny.eyed, |
broad-shouldered. hairy, black male |
led them. L strained my eyes and |
stretched my neck to catch every |
move they made. This was the first |
picnic party of chimpanzees 1 had |
ever seen.
Behind the old leader came two fe. |
males, full grown, one carrying a |
baby. Then I spied the rest of the |
or eight besides.
They arrived like humans, tired out |
by tough journey. and Immediately |
started eating the greens which grew |
in that grove-'falling to- without |
wasting motion. After they had
eased their first hunger they broke |
out into a regular powwow, crying |
half in greed and half in glee.
Then, again. they snapped at the
Evening star., 1927-05-15
Horseless Age Arrives
At French White House

He had himself broken in the two
Arabs which he drove every day in a
kind OF phaeton. Another shot was
fired at King Alfonso of Spain when
President Loubet was welcoming him
to Paris in the decorative Daumont.
1t was one of the gala horses that
was hit-and died.
President Fallieres. country lawyer
become Senator, accepted the horses
that were given him as President
splendid turnout-to welcome King
Edward VII Of England. who was far
more Partisan than FaIlieres.
BY President Poincare's time--the
year before the war--only IA presi-
dental horses were left, but enough.
nevertheless, for great occasions
Then came the end of the great
world-but not before the King of
Italy had riden a la Daumont!
Modest, scholarly Deschanel was
glad to have a fine horse for his
daughter to ride. Next. President
Millerand demanded a horse for each
of his active four children. The
daughter chose pony. but the three
sons were model horsemen.
President Millerand himself, when
he was a young artillery lieutenant
at his military service, had been
obliged to ride through Paris from
end. TO end continually-and, when
free, would never ride again. He had
had enough! So his sons profited by
the Arab horses presented to him as a
personal gift Of the Sultan when he
visited Morocco. In this he was un-
like President LIoubet, who himself
trove the four white mules which
were the gift of King Alfonso.
/. 1t was seated in gala carriage.
with its outriderS and positions, that
President Millerand, in his turn. faced
an attempt at assassination. Mean
while he received splendidly the Queen
Of Rumania. as already mentioned.
With President Doumergue the
age of horses was over. A bachelor
and lover Of the automobile, he has
appeared almost entirely in autos to
his good people of Paris-and will
continue now. Of course, to do so.
President Doumergue has crossed
the Rubicon. He has burned his
bridges behind him. He has signed,
not the death warrant, but the sup
preston simply of the presidential
horses Of France,
Those fine animals which stepped
so gallantly along, drawing the fair
Queen of Rumania. will still have q
share in the splendors of life-and of
death, too.
They have been taken over by the
goyernment-connected funeral pomps.
for rich families able to pay for an
interment Of the first class.
A f1rst-class funeral in France IL
simply magnificent, employing the no.
blest horses procurable!
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I decided to set a young female on a
chain Just beyond the mud house. and
see what happened. Four days pass.
ed and I was becoming weary when
Hector reported that our young one
seemed restless. / feel sure chin
panzees can smell each other, when
human folks have no idea they are
near by.
However, I decided to spend as much
time as l could near that little fellow.
and I would see. The nth day after
we had set our bait I had my cot
moved into the house and was TAX
ing my siesta when Hector wakened
me. his eyes popping.
THE raScal-to make love to our
chimpanzee"
/ sprang to the lookout, trembling.
to look upon a sight few folks could
imagine. There was a great ape,
edging up to our little captive. with
10 feet still between them. AS he
came on. clumsy. intent, yet plainly
rearful or sudden rush. the young
one set up a cry-go!-go.-go!-and
started running about in a circle.
straining at her chain as though she
hated the very sight of him. He fol-
lowed and when he had nearly over
taken her, he raised his arm.
L had felt a bit sorry for the
scoundrel when I first spied his old
race, so woefuily worn and discour-
aged. But as he raised his arms to.
ward our little captive I forgot every.
thing but the need to act quickly. In
a moment l had stepped to the door.
took aim. The big beast rolled over,
shot through the heart. The natives
came rejoicing. as they always do.
and soon kindled a fire. Old Chief
Matembo hurried toward me, pulling
his black and white striped gown Of
ceremony over his head as he came.
There was great feasting in the vii.
iage that night. but | excused myself
and went to bed carly.
lConvrieht IQo-
Evening star., 1927-05-15
Crushes Wood Columns.
GIGANTIC machine. with j;

A GIGANTIC machine, with jaws
which open to take in timber or
assembled wood structures 80 feet in
height and which can crush them like
eggshells when the jaws crush to-
gether again, has been erected at
Madison, Wis. by the Forest Products
Laboratory. The machine Is used for
testing very large wood columns. 1t
Is possible to exert a fo~ of mil.
lion pounds with it. and it is built to
crush wooden post foot square. Its
great range of testing speeds enables
1t to apply it's tremendous load with
the fatiguing slowness of a building
settling on it's foundation timbers OF
with the speed of q train dashing on.
to a wooden trestle. Architects and
engineers have very little data Of the
kind which this machine furnishes to
the scientists at the laboratory.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
1sh Life Out of Adventurous Member of Hunters Party

the price OF a goat in those parts.
After the burial the village gave it.
self up to rejoicing over the death of
the chimpanzee. A chimpanzee roast
is a great event, for it means food and
triumph over an enemy as well. l told
Hector to make them carry the car
cass far from nay quarters. / felt
sorry for that old chimpanzee. have
never killed an ape, all the years I
have been collecting, unless l had to.
X
MOST people have never heard Of
Ava the renegade chimpanzee. He is
what some of the prophets used to be
In their own country-despised, not
understood. often not liked by their
own. Sometimes the renegade chin.
panzee is a great male pushed from
a troop because he was too topping" i"
After the chimpanzee raid at Kan.
jana / had a meeting with one OF
these renegades. / had been away for
a few days, to find on nay return the
whole village all worked up. The
natives weES telling big stories.
THAT rascai-he go vex the peo.
ple-he frighten the women Chief
Matembo told me. my good friend.
use your medicine to trap him."
Medicine" may be charm, or power.
or skill. Very soon I heard other
stories. One told OF how the chin.
panzee had come storming through
the village at dusk. An old woman
had run away from him through the
small opening up into a rice loft. He
had followed her up the pole to the
loft and killed her there.
Often he had brought his powerful
arms down on a roof, tearing great
gashes in the straw thatch. When
he came stalking out of the forest
sometimes looping along on all fours
sometimes rising on his rear legs
those folks scattered They wanted
me to catch him and / knew it
wouldn't hurt my reputation il I did
Evening star., 1927-05-15
BY CHARLES l.. DANA. MD.

Chairman of Public Health Committee, New
York Academy of Medicine.
Y VERY fat men are notoriously
Seldom sSSs netsss' ssss rssr Ss' '1sg nss
on the sands of time would be
quite noticeable, If they made
any; but, as rule, they do not. Men
whose nervous systems are well pad
ded frequently live placid lives and
are beloved by their families, but they
do not hold the reins' of industry or
government.
When the normal person has passed
adolescence and done all the growing
that nature intended. any further in
crease in weight will depend almost
entirely on how much fatty tissue his
body stores up. How does this ac
cumulatioin of fat affect the nervous
system, the disposition, the mind?
How much ought man to weigh to
have his nerves and brain working
most efficiently?
The answer depends to a certain ex-
tent on the mental type Of the individ-
ual and the kind of work he is doing
or wants TO do. If a man is mentally
unstable, If he is the ''high-strung,"
neurotic type, with perhaps tendency
TO obsessions, or what his neighbors
might call peculiar he should live in
such way as TO add to his weight.
For such a person a good deposit OF
fat under the skin has quieting eff
feet on the nerves. Ten pounds or so
of extra weight are as calming as a
course of bromides. If such emotion
ally unstable individuals try to reduce
below their normal weight they are
likely TO become irritable and even
more nervous than they were.
But for the man who is naturally
calm, well poised and balanced, and
whose position demands strenuous
mental work, a weight a little below
the normal seems TO be advantageous
and is the usual thing. II is true that
for efficient and more or less eminent
men in the fields of literature and art
the rule seems to be less eXacting;
Evening star., 1927-05-15

nu President Of the French
Republic, has signed the
As fatal paper-there are no
more horses in the stables
Of the French White House.
1t Is world that passes. The high.
stepping animals, splendidly harnessed
and caparisoned and driven by stately,
ilveried positions with outriders.
bringing in gala carriages that dated
from royalty the French President in
his own state progress and visiting
sovereigns for their welcome in Paris
They have been going, going, ever
since the war. And now they are
gone.
The last great effort at old time dis
play was made in 1923 for the Queen
or Rumania, when she came alone,
concealing her care and apprehension
with the dash and pomp OF life that
still are left to kings and queens.
Andre Decaux. last chief OF the
presidential equipaSes, recalls now
with melancholy:
ut was all the trouble i'm the world
for us to fit out second state car
riage for her to go with the one that
was left for the President.
Yes, whatever may happen in the
future, 1t will be long. very long, be-
fore any administration will be able to
furnish men and horses like those we
had at the Elysee.
ITO harness and bit the horses and
get the reins right in hand, with
drivers and outriders-what you call
styiez-is; not learned in five minutes.
France had it,
Andre Decaux has served as assist
ant or CHIEF outrider under eight Pres
idents of the republic, ever sinceePres-
ident Casfmir Perier, In 1894, who re
signed when the Dreyfuss case was
started.
1t is handy date as reminder of
what astonishing revolutions have
come to pass in 80 years. No one
then expected the coming Of the auto.
mobile and horseless age any more
than the great war, which was to
change everything.
Felix Faure. who succeeded CAST
mir-Perie, was rich man, with
to stoutness and had to reduce. So
he got to like fine horses for his daily
rides. In his five years as President
Felix Faure had 25 presidential
horses.
To welcome in Paris the then new
Car Nicholas (whom the bolshevists
later did for). enough more beautiful
horses were bought or hired by Presi-
dent Felix Faure to make up an even
hundred.
All In a gorgeous line down the
Champs Elysees the hundred noble
high steppers. in harness decorated
with white satin and small gold orna-
ments, descended with obvious dignity
and pride. AS it was October. bou-
quets Of flowers had been fastened in
the branches of the trees-whose
leaves were gone!
There were three "Daumonts." or
four-horse gala carriages. with gayly
liveried positions astride the near
leader Of each pair pair, and the pom.
pous outrider ahead.
President Felix Faure, the Car and
Czarina and the little Grand Duchess
Olga (whom people in Berlin only this
month have been trying to persuade
themselves were saved all died violent
deaths-but not from their proud.
faithful horses! Nevertheless, a first
revolver shot only missed Felix Faure
by a few inches as he was being
driven through the Bois de Boulogne a
week before his actual violent death.
President Loubet came next. with
all a southern farmers love Of horses.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

"Make YOU go-all one time"
I have said those words often, but
never did they usher in such a narrow
escape for me. All at once there
started the beating Of drums and tom
toms Every boy sent up yell of
deviltry.
l could hear my son swapping out
an order, three trees away from me.
while up in the branches started the
seedlings of the apes, as trees swayed
overhead and the thwack of bamboo
poles rained down leaves upon me
where l stood with my chloroform
ready.
A chimpanzee raid is very excit-
ing thing, because so many people are
all keyed up in a common thrill. The
pulse of the hundred Of us sort OF
thumped out loud.
Next | heard my sons cry above the
hubbub, "We've got him. We were
sure of one, at least. Then-thud! In
the next inclosure to mine came the
boys cries. rising. Then Hector's
shout. "Massa no want big bo! He too
plenty chimpanZee, No, no."
X X y
CRAWLED into the next inclosure,
under the two sets of nets. There
was a free -for-all. rough-andtumble
hit upon Black legs and arms and
kinky heads were mixing 1t up over
the ground and nets were flying.
soon saw what Hector meant by TOO
plenty chimpanzee.'
Through some accident, the boys
had shaken that full-grown male out
of his tree, and he was tearing nets
and black legs and cringing flesh In
his fight for freedom. l have never
had good luck with grown chimpanzees
and I always order my boys to avoid
the trees where the big apes go. This
old fellow must have changed trees In
the night.
At any rate, there he was, tearing
everything in sight. At once l called
to the boys in a phrase which almost
everywhere in Africa merns stop
that. Let go. Give up"'
Left" was the word left"
All my boys at once drew back, but
a Kono boy from the village, who had
thrust himself upon our party, rushed
in. Maybe he didn't understand the
order Maybe he just lost his head
at the thought of so much good
any rate, this lad rushed up when
the old fellow was nearly loose from
his nets.
The rest happened like a rifle shot
Out tore pair of arms from the snarl
of nets. They flashed up, ugly and
wicked. In a second they had clutch.
ed the poor wretch about his spindling
body and were carrying him down to
the powerful jaws and death before
Hector or L could run to help.
My son carried the only pistol and
he was too far off for quick work.
The rage of that ape I'll never forget,
nor the way he crouched there, his
legs tangled anew, his arms still
crushing the boy in fierce embrace.
For a moment I was startled by the
breadth of his hairy chest, the
menace of his powerful shoulders.
Then Hector flashed out a new net
and | followed with another. The
ape, on the instant, let go the boy and
turned his yellow eyes up at us. We
were the new enemy. No more time
now for revenge on that lifeless body.
We snarled him handily in the nets
and then | ran for the chloroform.
1t was only moment until / stood
over the ape again, pouring it out,
While l spoke to Hector.
Catch hold-that loose end. Pull
up the nets! One timer'
Evening star., 1927-05-15

Then / poured out a pint bottle OF
chloroform into a large sponge and
just as did this, the chimpanzee
rolled over inside his nets right
against my legs. The chloroform-a
tlittle-spilled upon my shirt
The next moment 1 had pressed the
saturated sponge down on his nostrils
as Hector pulled on the nets at his
back to roll him away from my legs,
That old fellow gathered up his
strength for a final tussle.
had pressed the tarpaulin over
the sponge, when his arms worked
through the nets for the last time.
felt myself knocked from my feet and
grabbed down toward his chest. NY
face was fiattened to his, the tar
paulin between, while he held me In
hug that didn't let go. We rolled
over as the sickly sweet cfloroform
seeped into my nostrils.
/ lost track of things about then. but
[ felt the hard body Of Hector tighten
down to mine, and knew the chin
panzee had him, too. He had yelled
once, then fought till motion in us
faded out. A lull caressed our bodies
passing up and down our nerves and
into our heads. That was the worst oi
all~-into our heads. Then things
droned out, quiet and drowsy and calm
Il n x
THE next I remember was a SHARP
clap, which opened my eyes. / sat
up on tumbled green carpet, q
thorn sharp In my side. Warren, my
son, held a smoking revolver. The
boys gradully gathered in toward me
wondering. 1t was broad daylight.
The chimpanzee lay in tattered nets
My son came bringing me a pith hei.
met. 1t was superfiuous just then, but
he put 1t ona any head, by way of doing
something for his dad. His eyes were
shining
Feel all right, boss?" he asked.
Now, my boy" I said, "you lust
give me hand and you'll see how
spry--"
We neither of us spoke much of the
mlshap just then, but / knew he felt
for me, and that was enough.
AS he started to help me UP, I shout
ed out loud with pain. The chimpan.
zee had given my left shoulder q bad
wrench. Except for that I was all
right. Warren told me he had worked
fast. separating me from the ape be.
fore he came out of the chloroform,
as, of course. he had not dared to
shoot the chimpanzee while I was
pinned to his chest
Well, / was q thankful man as l
rode back to Kanjama In the ham,
mock my SON had sent for. Hector
walked at my side. pert and clipper,
and behind us were boys carrying two
young chimpanzees in Llama cages
slung over stout bamboo poles. They
were just coming out of the chloro-
form. and they screwed up their conf.
cal little faces like children taking
medicine.
Because of the marvel of my ''medi.
cine" which put chimpanzees to sleep,
the natives Of Kanjama hailed me as
witch doctor. The African dotes on
miracle, and they had seen this
miracle with their own eyes. But be.
fore they could get to the chimpanzee
roast there was the task of burying
the young Kono boy. Old Chief Ma.
tembo held that the death of this boy
was his own fault-which it certainly
was--and that his parents should pay
a fine of a live goat. Their son had
not been loaned to the white witch
doctor, but still had got himself killed
like clumsy rascal. felt that this
was hard on the family, and sent
Hector around with 10 shillings, about
Evening star., 1927-05-15
lOO.Calorie Portions of Everyday Foods
Note-Uness otheroise stated arsnn
4 nimaI Foods Except Fafs)
N0te--UnlesS Othera

Animal Foods (Excepf Fats)
Buttermilk, ! "a cups.
Cheese (American), one 1-inch cube
Cheese tcottage). Il cup.
Cheese tNeufchateD, 2h tablespoons
Cream Uhin). tablespoons.
Cream (thick). 2 tablespoons.
Eggs, 1 1/3.
Gelatin. IN tablespoons.
Milk twhole), "a cup.
Milk (skim). u cups.
Milk condensed, unsweetened), 4 ta-
blespoons.
Milk condensed, sweetened), 2 table
spoons.
oysters, about q cup, or Il oysters.
Canned salmon, 1/3 cup.
Meat (lean), l very small serving
(2A ounces).
Fish, one serving.
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Celery, 2 heads.
Corn (canned), s tablespoons.
Corn (green), 2 small ears.
Cucumber, large.
Lettuce, IA solid heads.
Olives. or Z.
Onions. 1 small.
Parsnips, large.
Peas (cannedD, / cup.
Peas dried. tablespoons.
Potato, / medium.
Potato (sweet). l medium.
Spinach, 31a quarts. servings.
Tomatoes (resh), 4.
Tomatoes canned, TX cups.
Turnips, small.
Fats
Bacon. / full slice.
Butter, tablespoon.
Cod.liver oil. tablespoon.
Cottonseed Oil, 1 tablespoon.
Lard. l tablespoon.
Olive oil, / tablespoon.
Fruits
Apple. I very large.
Banana, large.
Cranberries. Q cups.
Currants, x cup.
Dates. 4.
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Weight Is Factor When Nerves and Brain Work Eective

Figs, 2 or 8.
Grapes. 40 or so.
Lemons, 8.
Muskmelon, 1 very large.
Orange, / large.
Peaches tcanned), halves.
Peaches (fresh), 3 medium.
Pears (fresh), IL medium.
Pears (cannedl, halves.
Pineapple (fresh), 1 cup.
Pineapple tcanned), l slice.
Plums, 4 large.
Prunes, 4.
Raisins, \ cup.
Raspberries, / cup.
Strawberries, 11a cups.
Cereals
Cornmeal, 3 tablespoons.
Corn flakes, cup.
Cornstarch, Y cup.
Graham crackers, y cracker.
Soda crackers, 5 crackers.
Graham -four. \ cup.
Hominy, Il cup.
Macaroni, u cup.
Oatmeal. tablespoons.
Oats (rolled), Y cup.
Rice, 2 tablespoons.
Tapioca, 2h tablespoons.
Whole wheat flour, Il cup.
White flour, Il cup.
Nuts
Almonds, Is.
Peanuts in shell, 13.
Peanut butter, 1 tablespoon.
Pecans, IL halves.
Walnuts, 51a entire nuts.
Sugars and Sirnbs
Chocolate, X square.
Cocoa, 3 tablespoons.
Honey, 11a tablespoons.
Maple sugar, ia tablespoons.
Maple sirup, 1& tablespoons.
Moiasses, tx tablespoons.
Sugar. 2 tablespoons.
Sugar Cbrown), "a tablespoons.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

The following article. the last of
= series of three. recounts narrow
s}escape in the life of a veteran ami
NAL trapper who captures wild
beasts.
e The author told last week of un-
4 usual experiences with jungle crea.
lures in Africa and South America.
Locked in a dark room with hy-
. .ena that had broken from its cage,
and at another time in a freight
e car with a loose tiger, he succeeded
In driving both animals back into
imprisonment.
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Vegetables

Asparagus. about 100 short stalks.
Beans tstring), cups or q serving
Beans tdriedJ. 2 tablespoons.
Beets, / medium.
Cabbage, 1f3 hean or Y serving.
Carrots. . mediuIn or 2f3 serving.
Caulifiower, u head or y serving.
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or mental diseases and less liable to
have the minor disturbing disorders OF
the mind.
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ever, that the person who keeps him. +,
self we'll up to a little above normal in |
weight Is less liable to have nervous !
Evening star., 1927-05-15
BY STERLING HEILIG.
PARIS Ma,,

PARIS. May 5.
GASTON DOUMERGUE,
HH President of the French
wi Republic. has signed the
4 ' xs fatal paper--there are no
mora hcrrnu In fbo ntobl~.