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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04

| ought to have somebody to check up
on him all the time What did you
have in mind for wages, SOM"
II thought, IL l could get $12 a
| week." the boy said diffidently, II could
pay board and help Ma some. We
have been having a sort of hard time.
crops going back on us right along"
Your mas name Tildock?" Joe
Waters asked.
Yes, sir"
Whereabouts is this farm you're
telling about?
Back in Golfer County, over toward
Nord."
"Yeh? Well, Miss Cleaver, you start
this young lad in at hundred a
month--say twenty-five a week, huh?
and see If you can find something
for him to do once in a while"
But, Mr.. Waters" Miss Cleaver
protested. I'VE don't need any one.
There's not enough to keep us busy an
hour a day. without him."
mo tellin'." said Joe Waters, but
toning his overcoat again. II got to be
watched mighty close. careless Teller
like me. Liable to write q wrong fig
ger any time, come / get excited or
somethin'. Cost me lot of money,
maybe, If amt watched close. You
feel so, don't you?"
mo. / do mott" declared Miss
Cleaver. II think it is mere foolish
ness hiring another clerk"
"Oh. well, If you feel that way"
said Joe Waters, grinning at her.
That's another breed Of cats. If you
feel that way, guess we might as
we'll start the young Teller in at $50
a week. stead of $25. Well, I got to
be goin'. Be back some time, like as
not"
LIE went out, closing the door. and
Miss Cleaver laughed sardonically.
She looked at the young man, as IL
she did not know what to think of
him: probably she was thinking she
did not know what to give him to do.
Il don't want to be In the way"
young Tildock said. hesitantly. IF
you don't want me here"
OF course. we want you here." she
said. IF Joe wants you, we want you.
Take off your hat and sit down while
l think up something for you to do"
Joe Waters opened the door and put
his head inside. Say" he said to his
new employee. you said your name
was .Tildock?"
Yes. sir" young Tildock replied.
ou said your ma was dead?"
mo. SIR" Tildock answered. MY
mothers alive: she's running the farm
its my father is dead"
Now, hear that" exclaimed Joe
Waters How long has he been dead,
SOM"
-Four years" the young fellow an.
swered. -Four years last June"
Now, amt that too badr' said Joe
Waters, and he turned his face in Miss
Cleaver's direction.
Miss Cleaver," he said. this poor
young man amt got no pa; you better
pay him $35 week from now on"
and he went out again, closing the
door carefully.
"He must like the way you're doing
your work. Miss Cleaver said sarcas.
tically.
II guess he's just good-hearted," said
young Tildock modestly.
Joe Waters went down to the
street and took a heavy blanket
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N and around Black Bend, which
is the great oil.boom town, Joe
Waters was called careful
man. and. if he had not beer
worth considerable over a mil
lion dollars-increasin sing, it was said
at the rate Of good hundred thou
sand month. at least-some less
pleasant term might have been used.
He had an office" in the new First
National Bank Building. but the three
clerks had very little to do. They
kept track of the money due him on
recount of the leases OF the. small sub.
divisions of the quarter-section thai
had once been his farm, but which
was now a forest of derricks, and they
deposited the checks to his account in
the bank when they came in. and, in
q general way, looked after his in
vestments, but Joe Waters was so
cautious that he invested in nothing
but gilt.edged bonds.
Most of the time Joe's clerks had
nothing to do but sit around the Of
fee and read the newspapers or do
embroidery. Miss Cleaver, who was
the head clerk. did the embroidery.
the newspapers.
his money and affairs were safer if he
had three to look after them. and per
haps he was right.
Declarations and dishonesties did
not enter into his calculations at all
he had faith in his clerks-but he
could not write very we'll and he had
only rudimentary knowledge of arith.
metic. He felt that, if one clerk hap
paned TO make mistake in figures or
entries. one of the others would prob
ably notice it and correct it. He had
made a mistake once and he believed
In playing safe.
So. day after day and week after
week, his clerks idled in his office
while Joe enjoyed his wealth in his
own way, which was mainly riding
around the country in his car
The years had made Joe rather
stout. and in cool weather he was
rather a sight in his automobile He
wore coonskin coat. but it looked
81 if it had grown on a porcupine, the
fur being unusually bulky and bristly,
and. when Joe sat in his little car, he
practically filled both seats.
He drove sitting bolt upright, never
proceeding over Is miles an hour and
usually travelling much slower, grasp
ing the steeringwheel tightly with
both hands.
The slow pace, or his great cautious
ness, caused him to drive" more slow
ly than even the most inexperienced
person, although he had had a car for
years.
He was continually pulling the
wheel one way or the other, and all
this with the utmost concentration.
When a car passed, he would go al
most into the ditch; even when the
road was clear, he drove close to
one side.
At railway crossings Joe was par
ticu!arly careful. He stopped his car
dead still. climbed out. walked to the
middle of the tracks. and looked one
way and then the other
In cold weather he wore fur cap
with ear-tabs that tied under his chin.
and he would unite these and raise
them and listen for a train.
1t all was clear and no train within
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on the faucet in order to produce the
required water suction. Four cigars
Of the blend or mixture Of tobacco to
be tested are then placed in the rub.
bertired tubes of the smoking appa.
ratus. The arrangement is such that
each cigar fits tightly into each arti-
fetal mouth. The rubber continuance
holds the cigar as firmly as though 1t
was held tightly in the average human
smokers mouth.
The cigars are then lighted by the
investigators and the regular puff and
pull of the tubes extending from the
cylindrical glass bottle half filled with
water cause the tobacco to burn ex-
actly as it would if You and / and
several friends were smoking four pop.
ular perfectos.
The smoking apparatus, designed to
test the burning qualities Of cigars,
initiates as nearly as possible the ac-
tions Of the human smoker and Is
adapted for testing cigars made Of
different filters, binders and wrappers.
Various tobacco mixtures are tested,
| the one against the other, until the
desired blend of experimental tobac-
cos is secured. The Government ex-
perimenters grow many samples of
the test tobacco at Arlington farm,
.. located on the Virginia shore of the
Potomac. These tobaccos when cured
properly are blended together in
"homespun" cigars, which are subse.
quently smoked under the watchful
eyes of science by the automatic
| smoker.
| AS result of the use of the smok-
| ing automaton, new, unseasoned to-
bacco made up in cigar form can be
/ tested shortly after harvest. This to.
bacco would be entirely too strong
for ordinary man to smoke, as 1t
would nauseate him before he had
puffed on many of the experimental
cigars. The scientific smoker tests
brands and blends of tobacco which,
because Of their strength and green.
ness would upset the stomachs Of
any humans who attempted to use
such nicotine.
The central bottle in the smoking
| outfit acts as a seal to prevent a
| back draught, the smoke being ex-
| hausted through glass tube extend.
ing perpendicularly above this con.
tainer. The third bottle, which is
! partially concealed by the arm Of the
experimenter in the accompanying
picture, acts as a siphon. which alter
nately fills and empties. AS 1t emp
ties its charge Of tobacco smoke into
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Egyptian Lauds American Hustle
BY KINDA BURKE.

"GYPT is keeping up with the
l. procession in Washington, with
new legation home in the
IL northern part of the city,
whittier many foreign diplomat
ic establishments are trekking by way
of escape from commercial expansion,
nerve-racking trucks and other hurry.
burly. Rameses Chaffey, first secre.
tary and charge d'affaires in the alb
sence Of the Minister at Newport. re-
ceived his American visitor with
most cordial welcome.
1--WE are lonely here" he said. Il
have been but two months in Wash
ington, although formerly consul in
New York City some years ago, but
this is my first opportunity for get
ting acquainted with your capital and
it's people. So we feel 1t Is a great
kindness for you to come and visit
us-we want so much to know Ameri-
cans
His manner impresses one with a
sense of sincerity more than the
famed Oriental politeness. And in
every way one feels a contrast to the
popular conception of Egypt, associ-
ated in our minds with antiquity.
sphinxes, mummies, frowning pyra.
mids, lonely desert wastes and the
a typical. up-to-date, cultured gentle
| man. dark hair and eyes, pale COM
plexion. a cordial manner. an exuber.
ance of life, making the blase Ameri-
can feel the need Of more pep. And
this descendant of the Ptolemies ac-
tually insists that he liked New York
while consul there, finding It's hustle
and hustle most exhilarating.
/ Zone must not view 1t all from the
surface as mere noise and speed"
quoth he, with Oriental subtlety and
insight. "but as a manifestation of the
life of the West-although must ad-
NIT that at first found 1t hard to
adjust myself. In the early dawn I
would hear rumble and roar disturb.
ing the beautiful silence, so that l
must needs go to the window to gaze
out in wrath at the monster with the
thought. What is this that dares dis
turb my lovely quiet?' But after I
became adjusted. came to adore New
York.
But how could you. coming from
the calm of Egypt and the great 81.
lences? You must have become hyp-
Noticed by the roar" it was suggested.
well, IL SO, let me remain hypno-
tized; do not break the SPELL"
Modern Egyptians are anxious to
be considered what they term con
ventional." that is, conforming to
modern ways. So Secretary Chaffey
tells of an embarrassing experience
during his first sojourn in this coun-
try. when he noticed a lady at
reception gazing at him f1xedly, so
that he was fain to finger his tie and
peep at his shoes to reassure himself
| as to the correctness of his attire.
And then, with Old World naivete. he
| asked directly, Madam. what Is 1t
that you find wrong with me?"
So then she asked why, in such
warm weather. he wore the high col
lar of modern civilization instead of
| the cool. loose robes of the Orient.
But the consul assured her that. in
! his own land. he was accustomed to
the same attire as people of European
countries. Thus must we realize the
change come over the older nations
for better or for worse.
| Yet. as rule, the older nations
are proud OF their antiquity, their
background, by way of contrast with
what recently has been termed the
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from the hood OF his car, cranked the
car vigorously--it was that vintage
and when the motor was palpitating
heartily. climbed in.
Grasping the wheel with a death.
grip, he steered carefully through the
streets and out Of town by the road
that led in the general direction Of
Golfer County.
In his pocket he had reasonable
wad of money: there were hotels In
some Of the small towns through
which he expected to pass. and few
days and nights meant nothing to him.
1t had been almost IA years since
Joe Waters had been in Golfer County,
and his last night there had been a
snowy one-a miserably cold. blowy
and snowy night. 1t had been new
country then, and mighty poor coun.
try at that, and it was no better
now.
Some of the poorest farm land In
the prairie country 1t was and Is, and
the quarter section Joe Waters had
pre.empted had been about the worst
of all. On this quarter section he had
built himself fairly decent pine shack
and a sod stable for his animals-one
COW and two horses. There was also
a rough and-ready bin for his corn,
but there was no sale for corn and he
burned it as fuel
Over in one corner of the shack he
had a. pine board. held up by two pine
boxes, and this was his table; in an
other corner was his bed. and good
bed 1t was, being a real bed with a
spring mattress.
A box nailed to the wall served as
food and dish closet; the floor was dirt;
l,ae re "a n1yfS eide
the sod he had plowed up as a fire.
break was now piled to keep out the
cold, and inside the house the cracks
were hidden by strips of tar paper,
tackled on.
On top Of the food box was fiat
lamp. but the lamp he used mostly
was a taller one on the plank table.
Under the food box Joe Waters al
WAYS kept pail of water: this was
not only for drinking purposes. but
for use in case of fire, for he was A
careful man, not at all eager to take
chances.
On this last night he spent in Golfer
County Joe Waters had fed his stock
and mill1ed the cow and seen that the
door of the sod stable was closed. for
a blizzard threatened. 1t might come
and it might not, but a feel of 1t was
in the air, and Joe Waters did not like
to take chances.
After his supper. he sat while.
playing old tunes on rickety accor-
dion, and once or twice, when the
songs happened to be romantic in tone,
he looked out of his one window In
the direction of the Tildocks' shanty,
across there on the opposite quarter
section.
A light burned in the Tildocks'
window, yellow spot in the distance.
and as Joe Waters pumped the
accordion. he had thought now and
then of Tildock's wife TIdock's wife
was mighty flne-looking lady. and
no mistake.
Joe Waters did not covet Tildock's
wife; he was too careful.going to
covet anybody's wife. He just sort
of liked her. as he would have said.
A bachelor, out there on the prairies
all alone, with most of the women
Immigrants. it was pleasure to have
a woman like Tildock's wife say
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She saw he was not relenting from
his first decision, and she began to
cry weakly, bending her head over
the baby, crying like child that is
lost. Joe Waters frowned.
Say. look here. Emmy" he said
suddenly, II amt goin' to get you in
bad with Bill Tildock, and 1 amt
going to get myself in bad with him
neither. 1 amt goin' to let you in
this shack with nobody but me, and
have Bill Tildock come rarin down
upon me in the morn!n', shootin'
and KILN. He's pretty near got it
in for me now, and I don't want no
more of it, but I'll tell you what S
fair and square. I'll sell you my
quartersection and get out.
"Sen it," he repeated. eff you got
to come in. and spend the night, I'll
sell it and clear out for good and all.
lock ard stock and barrel. Then no
body won't have no kick whatsoever.
Fair bargain and trade. You pay me.
and it's yours"
But how can 1 pay you?" she
asked.
"IIl take your note" said Joe
Waters. Say two hundred dollars,
pay it off when you're a mind to,
eight per cent interest from the end
of the first year. And she's easy
worth three hundred, Emmy. What
say"
II must come in. l must get
baby out of the cold"'
"Well, you just wait there a minute
more" Joe Waters said, land I'll
fetch you the note all ready to sign,
and I'll get out and leave you have
the shack and the whole caboodle.
cow and all. Just you wait one
He closed the door and hurried into
his remaining garments and put his
fur cap on his head.
On a scrap of paper he scrubbed the
note hastily, and, in little more than
the minute, he opened the door again.
Her hand was so cold she could hardly
grasp the pencil, but she scrawled her
name somehow.
Joe Waters stepped out into the
storm. He threw up his arm to
shield his face as the cutting snow
struck it, and Emmy Tildcock stepped
across the threshold. 1t was Joe who
closed the door.
As he fought his way to the sod
stable, he felt glad that there was
fresh milk in the shack and that there
was a good supply of corn in the wood
box by the stove.
He hitched his team and clambered
into the wagon-seat. wrapping the
buffalo robe well around his legs,
and drove across the field toward
Nord. He was through with Golfer
County for good and all.
AT Nord he stopped for dinner and
to have his team fed, and bought a
pair of warmer mittens and drove on.
He was not dissatisfied to be out of
Golfer County and to put distance
between himself and Bill Tildock. He
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! sight or hearing, he would climb into
| his car and cross the track. When
| across. he would stop the car again
| set his brakes firmly, and tie the
strings of his ear-tabs.
He had never been killed at a rail-
| way crossing, and it was pretty safe
to bet that he never would be.
y X X x
nNE afternoon Joe Waters had
~ been visiting his office and was
buttoning the frogs of his enormous
overcoat. preparatory to going out
again. when the door opened and a
young man, slender. eager-looking
boy of some IA years. opened the door
and entered. The boy took off his
hat Immediately, and stood holding it.
well, SOM" Joe Waters queried.
why, now" the boy said ner-
vously. II want al mean, thought
maybe--I mean, I'm looking for a
job"
Joe Waters continued to button his
overcoat. pulling it tight across his
large front so that the loops might
reach to the buttons.
We'll. now. son." he said, I'm
afraid you've come to the wrong place
for a job. Seems as if / got all the
ndnuS 1 want rlENt now.
I've been through second year of
high school," the boy said. as if that
might be an inducement. i've got to
get a job. l guess"
I'm right down sorry" said Joe
Waters. 1T amt as If I wouldn't
like to hire you. if I needed help"
The boy said, Yes SIR" and turned
to go, but something in his face
brought a memory to the surface of
Joe Waters mind.
What's your name, SON." he asked.
"Tildock." the boy answered. evil
liam Joseph Tildock''
Hum" said Joe Waters.
lie pulled at his chin. where he had
no beard. and frowned a little. He
unbuttoned his overcoat, let it fall
open, and went to his own desk. From
a drawer he took a blank note,
after date / promise to pay" and
carefully scrawled in an amount and
signed his name.
Now. son." he said and beckoned
the boy to come to the desk, here
I've made out a note for $500, pay
able to John Smith-whoever he is
payable one year from date. with in
terest at s per cent. All right, Now
this John Smith, he don't step up
and pay this note when the year blows
by. He don't pay it for three years,
two months and seven days. How
much interest does he have to pay
me-"
He handed the boy the note and
arose, signifying that the boy might
sit there and use the pad and pencil
on the desk, and the boy seated
himself
He sat on the edge OF the chair,
leaning forward, and picked up the
pencil, but he looked at the note again
and then into Joe Waters face.
IF you made out the note this way"
he said, he wouldn't have to pay
you much, guess. 1t only says 81 and
interest"
Does, hey?" said Joe Waters, tax
ing the note and tearing it into scraps.
Sort of careless of me, making it out
that way. A mans liable to lose a lot
of money. If he gets careless like that
A man that gets careless that way
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the second bottle it creates a partial
vacuum. This vacuum exerts regu-
lar and uniform pull on each of the
glowing cigars attached to the first
bottle. This pull is similar to the
puffs of the man smoker as he
smokes his favorite cigars.
The first bottle with it's curious
quartet of glass and rubber tubes re-
sembles in action the lips of the
smoker. The second bottle Stimulates
in its action the mouth or smoke
storage chamber of the smoker. He
draws the smoke into his mouth and
holds 1t there, or else inhales 1t be-
fore expelling it either through his
mouth or nose. The third bottle Is
an accurate imitation Of lung action
during the ordinary smoking process.
AS tobacco or other carbOnaceous
material Is burned, carbon monoxide
gas Is produced. This Is the same
gas which is eliminated through the
exhaust of a motor car when the en-.
CINE is running and which poisons
many motorists who attempt to re.
pair their cars in closed garages.
Government tests have demonstrate
ed that carbon monoxide poisoning
only very rarely develops among ex-
cessive tobacco smokers. No greater
concentration of carbon monoxide
occurs in the lungs of the ordinary
tobacco addict than in those of peo-
pie who do not use tobacco, but who
travel the streets of our large city
where motorized traffic is heavy.
Many smokers are interested to
know whether the human smoker
who inhales really draws concentrat-
ed tobacco smoke down into his
lungs. In order to solve this riddle
the United States Government has
supervised curious tests. Subjects
who volunteered their services for
the tests inhaled cigarette smoke In
the normal manner. Research in
vestigators, by the use Of collapsible
rubber bags. then took samples of the
first, middle and last part of the ex
halations of these smokers. These
samples were then analysed to ascer
tain their contents of carbon mon
. oxide.
The results showed that the las
samples of exhaled air, those which
mainly get into contact with the hu
man blood stream, contained but g
very small amount of poisonous gas
| Samples taken when subjects were
smoking cigars, but not inhaling ths
smoke. showed no presence OF carbon
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Science Consumes Tobacco With New Machine

demonstrated that the smoker draws
into his mouth from 40 to 80 cubic
centimeters of smoke per draw.
Observations were also made to as
certain how many inhaiations the
average smoker makes while at work
or leisure under conditions where he
did not know that science was tabu-
lating his actions.
The automatic smoker has result
ed in the technical comparison of the
burn of tobacco" the color of the
ash and the quality of the ash OBJ
tanned from different blends of nico-
tine. A good quality. high-grade CT
gar burns smoothly and evenly, holds
it's ash in desirable fashion.
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monoxide whatever in the exhala
tons.
Novel tests were also conducted by
Uncle Sam to find out how much
smoke the ordinary smoker draws
into his mouth and lungs during an
average inhalation. A special glass
tube was constructed so that light
ed cigar or cigarette could be thrust
into it's mouth. The end of the tube
containing the burning tobacco was
connected to a scientific wet meter.
The smoker then smoked the cigar
in normal fashion, so that the guam
tity of air which passed through the
meter for 25 ordinary draws" was
recorded. The results of this test
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TGYPT is keeping up with the
- procession in Washington, with
new legation home in the
- northern part of the city,
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