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toms soldiers ~ science" here. thefe
and everywhere over the worids map.
Last year 81 expeditions fostcred by
the Smithsonian Institution visited
East Africa. France, Germany,
Alaska, Sumairs, fiam. Cuba. Pan
anna. Peru, Guatemaia. Haiti. Costa
Eica. Jamaica China. Asia and yaTi-
ous parts ~ the United States and
Canada. During the last year some
~ parties Of explorers have toured
from Alaska 10 Africa in the fulfill.
nent Of scientific commissions Many
~ the Smithsonian expeditions are
financed by funds provided by we'll
wish~rg Of that remarkable establish.
Tneni. a case in point IL that Of the
fmiihs0DisnHhfTs expedition 10
Africa In 1925 after living specimens
for the National Zooiogic3i Park
Walter =. chrysier provided $40 900
with which to pay the expenses nj
ibsi expedition 10 East Africa.
Dr. W. ~, Holmes. curator Of the
National Gallery ~ Art, was one Of
The bird artists ~ the ssfni, h s1nian
and subsequently WAS member 81
the first geological exploration of the
Yellowstone. lie has climbed every high
Dsak IN The Eos kirs and was the first
rfIfHtist 10 scals the tops II many Of
these mountains. During one sum.
n*f field seasOD in colorado he ~.
cend+d 10 the summit Ut rs peril1us
peaks whose attitudes were 1000
feet ar greater. Th8t was during The
early 7gs IN the Era II 9scsrt sud
pa"k train ira vel. when thieVitiR IN
dams ana predatory animals added ez,
element 80 Western explanations.
Dr Holmes Wss - member Of the
Hoiable r.. v. ~ yden expedition 10
abe TDiIthwsst IN 1873 in eearch II
lore s0HrHrDing the prehistoric rrsi,
dents ~ thar HtmiH region, The
attist baIans ~ Interested IN ar.hs,
oiogs Ss result ~ thai long tfit,
hist he subsequently specialized IN
that sfisUcF snd devoted he Iezt halt
century 40 h/rhbologbnI research, lie
sbas among he flTsi 10 study the fu-
fioBs fiViIjzs ian NJ the Nayss of NeA.
ro. while his Tshedfsh has disDroVed
the belief that the American si,vrigiDe
Var an ancient type Ut mao dating
back ~ The paieoilthir age III Eiif0pe.
III Holmes also made important siud.
ies III The ar NJ the mound builders.
NOT only have The Smithsonian rep,
TsseDtat!yss SEALED IN the tops If
our earthly eHpifes, bH. they ha We
sIeJ dipped deep into ihe domain 81
Neptune, seeking the solution of sub.
mas ribs secrets hnd additional ihf1T
matt ion about the life Ut the sail sea.
The fspi1Ts iinns ~ b. PAU
BsgtAch. a smithsoalsa authority On
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When they get TO those reports
Of theirs a pride of authorship CLOVIS
in the consular eye which fades the
CLEAN of the successful playwrights.
Those miles Of consular reports that
cram the musty files in Pennsylvania
avenue are living. breathing brain
children, creatures Of fire and dew.
10 these authors Of their being out In
the field.
Or. rather. they are the pet China
eggs Of the consular bird. Pathetic.
calls it, Or rather. pathetic 1
would call II II they didn't get so
much fun out Of IL.
TAKE. for example, the consul l
L saw In certain Eastern port.
The laws Of the country dema nded
flor obvious climatic reascns) that all
dead bodies. including human ones.
should he Inferred within - hours.
Our consul. when I dropped in. was,
fguratively. contemplating the dead
body Of An American citizen. who was
or had been in life an orthodox Jew.
Directions had been received that he
should he shipped TO Palestine for in.
terment.
The Jews Of the port had gathered
in flock In the consulate 10 point
| out that he could not be inferred in
| the Holy Land without being first
| ceremonially washed-at cost Of
! $3.50. The deceased had left total
| estate of 5000. which would nearly
pay for shipping the body to its
cacred destination.
! The consul must instantly taI cable
/ the department (when i'm doubt all
/ consuIs always cable the depart
! ment'J and lb cable the family Of
/ decea sed in the L. s. A. for funds,
/ and ,cl evade local minions Of the law
/ while awaiting replies.
I Meanwhile. along with the Jews
/ fun of ceremonies had descended min.
/ ions ot the local law, full Of guns.
I This particular consular bird was
one Of those who finance their owr
! feathers. Nevertheless. he took a
! chance. He extracted most of his
own hank account from its seclusion
/ and gambled on getting it back. The
body was washed. the Jews were paid
| the minions were evaded. the body
was shipped from the ehore OF the
uuri-flteous to the Holy Land. And
I was afterward told. the consul wa'
+! meticulously reimbursed. Without
/ thanks.
| For last final pinfeather in thi:
consular bird let me point out thai
/ this seems everywhere to be the rea
| sticking thing i'm his crop. The serv
/ ice is admittedly filled with old. dis
/ iilusioned men and young men still
/ iilusioned but beginning to get dis
contented. They complain of thei,
/ income. hut still more they complain
. of what IN typicaliy consular yer
| biage they describe as lack of recoS
| nition.''
! Here IL a sample. disguised TO save
| the narrator from the Ak.
! so / got out the cargo. which was
worth $l5O.0 200. and arrested tbs
thieves ard let them of fer fine oi
/ SIS. 900, which they paid. And I was
I rerrimauded for not putting them IN
| aiI-the nearest Jail being 500 miles
2way--total cost OF getting them into
I il more thar 81 .oe0-snd they would
have stayed in il over night and beer
ct ~ dawn for TIE price ut few
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land Butt Builds lis N~sA Over he Proud ofSnvce

under the Ohio laws she could not
legally sign the papers as presented.
because the signatures ran over on
10 second page. A fact which,
doubling the lore in Ohio law of the
young Y. t.'s In outlandish places.
she extensively verified later.
This left the vice consul with no
one else to attend To at the moment
but an American sailor with hasl,
marks on his uniform sleeve, who
assured the V. {. that he wasn't A
deserter: | Just left because my bunk
was over the magazine and Id over
heard the first officer arranging with
the captain to let off charge and
blow me up
The V. {. invited him to come into
his own office. and the sailor agreed,
provided he could stand watch. and
he went 10 the house NJ the consul
later on the same terms. That sailor
went on Il learned afterwardl stand
Ing watch while hunt for his identity
and history and home folks began.
which carried correspondence half
around the world. while the v. &.
looked after him. located his folks
back in Iowa and got together enough
money from them and from Ameri-
thilS Il tHC t'tti ~ SeIo ttitlf Oituet
the care OF naval officers all the way
to his home
Such episodes are far from rare.
They vary in detail. but there were
more than 29.e00 such eases or SIM
liar ones handled by American con
SUBS all over the world last year.
X y
I LUNCHED with the charming
youn: wife of another consul OF ours
at a post whose identity may not re
veal, II was in a country hot all The
wear round. They lived in a fiat over
q store in an obscure part OF town.
As I observed the clever use OF in
expensive native smbroideres as cur
tains and cushions for the wicker
chairs: the charming colors of the
fresh paint tshe had put il all on with
her own hands out of American cans
l did not need the story OF the con
surs life To enliShten me.
There flashed across my mind the
usual American picture of the for
eicn Service"-a sort OF soldlace e%
istcnce, patterned on the life OF the
diplomatic corps as seen in WaShing
ton. Actually the scene before me
the young wife doing mos; Of her owr
work and looking after the baby-was
far from typical. For the position OF
the Diplomatic corps in Washington
is quite exceptional. In no foreign
capital of any consequence does a
diplomat have. as he has in Washing
ton. niche Of his own waiting for
him. In Washington he and his wife
are invited out almost automs tically
They are given their cha nee tn know
nearly every one. and their social sue
cess is limited only by their own tenn
peraments and personalities.
1t is very different abroad. For ex
ample. in London all foreign diplo
mats are tiny drops in a great bucket
In Paris they may or may not he
known n all. In Madrid it is excep
tionai for foreign diplomats TO be in
vited into a Spanish home.
And if the American diplomat fbe
yend the society strictly within the
corps ITSELF IL likely to fare on for
eiCn crumbs IL is universally and un
exceptionally 'true OF the consular
corps. Outside his job and outside
the few great capitals the consul's
life is Of Ia rrnnness incredible to the
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i!eve that white men who hunt for
shslls, flower, strange plants and
lncks are taboo" az 'loso. Ac-
cording tn their traditions, the insane
are the special wards OF the gods. tn
be left unframed
Twenty-Five wears aso III. e. q,
Abbot. acting secretary III the Smith
aonian. inausuratcd his research az
solar variation and It's relationship
10 the earths weather. This study
has Yielded fruits which Indicate
the future successful forecastins az
weather conditions Tor months, and
even years. In advance by the sci
entific study NJ the suns yagaries.
The National Geographic Solar oh.
sertntory on the crest of Mount Eruk'
taras. n 700o.foot peak in Southwest
Africa. Ia now conducting year'arnund
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style. whenever they needed supplies,
Ons evening 4 message Was nashCI -
the scientists from the Village, = tslc-
SrSm from Washington requesting
Dr. Abbot 10 return to the National
Capigal
II WAS three weeks before pr. An-
i'o, returned from his Eastern trip
Ills associate met him at the train
hANiuS traMpsNi Is miles through he
and snow to report that \ severe
storm had wrecked the tiny chSerNS,
tory and some ~ the important in
srumen,S, The TWO men frcm Wash
ins,en then returned to- their htSh,
land headquarters and by nSin force
treighted leo pounds % stce, supports
on their hacks from ths oaSe - the
top ~ the mountain, "A distance NJ nNe
miles, THIS Was done because there
We're NV mules ohtainabie at THAI tlnss
ct Winter, Then. ny workinS NtSht
and day with crude tools> nr, .\es>oI
and his aide not cnlN repaired the
laboratory. hut a,Sn ru, the DANA Sea
apparatus in wotA,nS cFder once
again,
MexiCo has heen the Waterloo az
many American explorers The s<<>'
ords NJ time have, in fact, classified
the land OF the sortllla as the ''pest
~ missing AmecaC%sn e>lcattsoners~
M leSs than Is amateur eNrlcrers "
one hind or another have invaded the
wildS ot Mexico in seSrch NJ the COT
rect answers 10 scientific riddles And
have neVer since been heard fypm,
The roster cs Smithsonian e<lNSNiisiunS
has never been curtallesi frrm any
such causes, A. its NlslSattens tn Mex,
,Vo tor the mast issgt have heen emf
nentlN SuCCeS>sut,
LIVERY onCs in sly INcn SNMe ~ ths
nst'oasi hsld men SScr,nce their
lives Nv the cause as research, Such
a case Mas that ce w, charles NJ,
HOY, ~ charge ef = 8Cs,sesicsl eNVeSat.
tion whNh the Smithsonian Sent Ia
eatSStrephss terminated in the death
III III, heN. a NscttM ot appendicitis,
10 begin With. this SctenttSg avct.
uentalN shot himself in the les, After
reeoverN he Mas aid zap for sulas
ttMe With A seriously spCAtned ham
Sustained IN active reid work, THESE
mtshalss we've peshaI.S Warnings es
What Mas IN follow, rheN did Nas
deter III, tioN tr>aM the teShniyal
wetk which he had undertaken and
death trom dtSesss Mas the ultimate
reward vt his lave foe srisNce aud htN
ndeluN I" the EeNelnmeat ssTN tie.
john NJ. tsAer an AnShgopC,l,Astrsl ex~
pert af the smithsonian, Mas Net an
other NiViim at the diseases M The
ueres Mr. RaeF wss a memNsy q.
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jhe Government more than si.50o 400
sh,te the total cost OF the entire serv-
he "a the Gov eminent.
"l"ull he glad to get away. wont
vou" I said
Far from it, was her incredible
reply. My husband enjoys -oinS to
new post. He likes tn study now
countries. new languages. new condi
tions. Rut / shall have to buy new
curtains"
Then I heard other stories. The
story OF the consul who was ordered
from some place in Europ. to post
I'm South America. He had To pay $500
tn he quit of his lease. He got all the
way To the hotel. paid for packing his
furniture and all the incidental eX.
pene.s when he suddenly got a cable
gram to stay where he was. His for
mer house was gone. He had IN pay
another $500 to persuade sone one L.
give up an apartment. and by the time
he had paid for all this. together with
the packing and moving ard the I'm
packing and the new curtains and the
rest, he hid expended a quarter Of his
annual s..lIr,.
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OPENING INDIAN

strict observance in the tropics NAV
be ar interest In readers, sune of
whom may chance In Journey To that
latitude; ~ Never drin.S any waite,
that has not been boiled: G., never
cat any green salad, "a, dn not par.
tax" ~ any tropical fruit whose rinds
have been broken ar h'emished.
<FEANtE 10 say. the she'll hunt.
ess, botanlsis and biologists of
The Smithsonian Institution who
have visited the lands OF hostile ma.
lives. such as the South American
head hunters and the Philippine
M"ros. have but rarely been mo.
Tested by these savages who delight
IN the Hnuffing nut NJ human life,
This obtains because the natives he,
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= suppose I had inquired of half n
hundred American consuls. vice con-
suls and Houid-be consuls why they
do it---why, when they know they are
almost sure IT, get no more than $4,000
! A year at ~. when they know they are
Going into service whose discipline
is as rigid as the Army's. with a pro-
motion system inferior TO the Army's.
where they may ha-like one consul
have in mind-transferredf from post
I AT an altitude of more than 1000 feet
| suddenly In seacoast town where
| they may pick up tas he did yellow
! fever. and then suddenly shot las he
was) 10 one of the coolest places on
earth-when they know all this and
know the social drearincss of the life
why they waEt IN 60 on with it, And
l then in their answers one has chance
tn learn how curious creature Is the
consular bird
Its such interesting work" they
! will say: there il always some new
strange person coming into the Office
/ with new kind of strange problem
! They will say with dreamy eye. And
We pass ON every invoice shipped to
tho United States They will go on
with watering month. And the i'm
migration eases. the shipping cases.
the visa cases.
And reports u The department. 4
new language. New conditions tn
stud" naG report or
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! through the matted jungle
of New Guinea a curious cav
zlcade wended its roughshod
way. long train of Dyak
p0rfers from EnruH0. ARMED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14

and Virgins have their Representatives ready to &c:
a biz slice and all on account Of the state inheritance
tax Law. New York levies taxes on estates; Virginia
has a similar law. Thomas Fortune Ryan maintained
= magnificent home in the state Of Virgins. re
smsssed his great fortune in the city Of New York and
he claimed Washington. u. c, rs his official residence.
Fun for the lawyer, fun as well as rich fees. It may
interest the politicians or Texas to be told that the
farm organization known as the Grange. declared for
state income tax laws and declared against repeal OF
the national inheritance tax law.
As for the tiller Of the soil. the tax drsgnet is not
intended to do him harm. Indeed, President Coolidge
has said that the American farmer has been relieved Of
the responsibility Of payment If all federal taxes. j.
il true?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
Protecting the Border

The so-called "~bigtime' liquor runners have learned
thta the lower Mexican border is not q safe place in
which to ply their vocation. The Valley recently had
came to the border to pull" some big time stuff" but
came to the border to pull some big time stcff,' but
secured federal penitentilry sentences instead Of
profits. Evidently. they were laboring under the de-
fusion that the lower Mexican border would prove as
profitable a field for operations as the Canadian border,
where large consiguments are frequently run across
without serious danger TO the runners" However,
they found the lower Mexican border well guarded
with the federal and county officers on tho alert. Ten
days after their large consignment Of liquor bad been
seized. they stood before the federal court to receive
prnitentiary sentences.
Much credit u due TIE federal and county officers
responsible for the capture and conviction Of those
who evidently were endeavoring to insugurste whole
sale liquor smuggling on this section Of the border.
That this was the first effort 70 smugglc and transport
liquor IN large volume - the opinion Of all officers
familiar with border conditions. and the failure o. the
effort may he attributed not only 10 the vigilance or
those who arc guarding the border but also to the sys-
tenn they have inauguratcd whereby they arc almost in
~variably appraised Of any attempt % bring quantities Of
liquor across the Rio Grande.
That the lower border country Il not q rendezvous
for liquor ~smugglers Of that type may be attributed 70
the fact that despite the ~handicsps with which border
officers are forced to contend and the long reaches IF
river to guard, they are Jealous in the performance of
their duty. II Is. Of course, impossible to suppress ali
smuggling. but it is doubtful II there is any part Of
the Mexican or Canadian borders where liquor snug
Cling operations arc not more extensive.
Another factor has been the action of the courts,
both federal and state, in dealing with liquor cases.
Practically every case brought before the federal court
resulted in conviction. with a stiff fine, or Jail or peni-
Tertiary teyms. In the Cameron county criminal dis
trict court during the last term all but two defendants
in liquor eases received penitentiary sentences. a rec
ord without parallel since the Dean act became a law
In Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
New York Letter

Let me ,. ioy' >. hope Let my
life singi
Mary Carolyn Davies.
I'm Fewer Words
a most amusing description ~
B%ritishcrs was once made BY Don.
aid Barr Chidsey. the Park EoRgus.
who sent a postcard from London
which read: This certainly I'M
funny place. They all talk lis
actors"
Hehch.
The hrerziest OF the slleEedly new
Scotch Stiles Il relayed ~ judge.
who concerns the Scotchmsn 80
presented his wife with a new set ~
paper dishes-and an eraser.
By Way Of Report
Many of the better magazines and
dailicS arc spurning the advertising
eopy Of ~well-known products simply
because they do not believe IN. tes-
timonials or the slogans. The Sat-
urdsy Evening Post a.d the ". Y.
Times are two publications which
edit advertising copy and make the
advertisers like il.
And you might have noticed that
the ad II y certain popular cigarette
doesn't contain the word tobacco. be.
csuse the cirgie contains 20 rcr
cen Of sweet clover.
Gag
Take IL from j. r.. Csppelle, rho
AYERS that he really overheard II III
the home Of one Of those mode.n
mothers who was a school teacher
before she married. The g~overnrss
had come 70 complain that the child.
"A girl. was picking up profanity.
And I cannot do "a thing with her
pouted tho govcrncss. "Only just
now she said 10 me: 'Aw. what the
h~ll'l"
"My DEAR" r~eprinanded the for
mer school teacher. as she strokes
the child's head. "you must not say
what the hell It's why the helT.n
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
The World and All
bfARVELS
By Charles T.. Driseon

This world Of ours is so fall of wondrous things
that one lifetime is but a short study period in which
to fill ones soul with admiration. Not only when | 20
to far places for recreation, but daily as I 20 about
my routine Of work, I find that which makes me won
der beyond all reckoning.
| marvel that the stars can be so calm and unmoved
while men are flying over high mountains and ships
with helpless human souls aboard are sinking in rough
seas.
wonder at the durability Of the fingcrnails OF Of
flee girls who seem to be forever rubbing at them and
applying magic decoctions to their surfaces.
I am awcd BY the glory Of the suns carminc disk a.
il sinks. on a misty evening, from behind a curtain OF
cold clouds.
7 stand aghast a. the impudencc Of worthless men
who thrust their services upon you for the simple task
OF opening your taxicab door. and hold out their labor
less palms for tips.
.ss
! am t~ranSfixed with admiration before the genius
Of the architect who piles story upon story to make up
the marvellous panorama Of Manhattan.
am bemused with puzzlement as | behold the pa
tient industry Of n reformed tramp who had buiIded a
rude howell Of tin cans and csst-off automobile bodies,
out on a city dump which ! pass every morning on my
way to work.
On a mountsinside in Haiti I looked down and saw
the glory of the tropical jungle, and looked up to be-
hold cold cloud masses pouring over the jagged brim
VI NV Ai0t HlouHtai up, II y repeated Nltni0 myself
the words of the psalmist. How wonderful are thy
works, o Lord"
/ stood at my office window in Times Square and
saw the Graf Zeppelin. one fin all ragged, sailing ma
jestically over the cheering city, and I thought of
man, a little lower than the angels"
! saw a woman dragged into a station-house at mid
night. still gripping a heavy shotgun, her long arms
all despatched with blood, and she kept crying, "Ycs, I
knocked his brains out with this gun. and I'm glad /
did it," J was plunged into SPECIFICS meditation.
wondering upon the depths to which n human soul may
sink.
The grace Of the wheeling sesgul'. the perfection Of
a beautiful human body. the innocence that shines
from the eyes Of childhood, the quiet dignity Of an an
cicnt graveyard. the unanswcrable promise or the sun
rise, the perfect completeness Of the fullness Of love.
the sweetness OF the memory Of . shooting star, and
the the faithful devotion Of an adoring dog; these
things and many more keep nc 80 busy with wonder
that ] hardly find time to be disappointed with n multi
tudc 81 petty annoyances.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14


Who am n? To what office have
! been elected Who vas my father
Who was commander-in-chie ~
the Italian forces during the last
ycar or the World war?
What in the nicknAmA~of the
French cx-premierr &C isr nyeaur
What city IN called the Athens ~
America
Speak not IN the ears % q fool:
for he will despise the wisdom OF
thy words" Where il thi, passage
found in the Bible,
JIMMY JAMS
Today I'm the Past
On this day. in lTs2, Charleston,
:. G, was evacuated by the British
Today's Horoscope
Persons born on this dsy are
shrewd and determined 10 have thsir
own way. They are fond of Their
home.
A Daily Thought
Honest labour hears = lovely
face."-Thomas Decker.
Answers TO Foregoing Questions
I. Ruth Bryan Oven. Congress
woman from Florida. The late vii
liam Jennings Bryan, secretary or
state under President Woodrow viii
son.
2. Gen. Armando Diaz.
2. "The Tiger"
4. Boston.