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Gentleman of Old School as Pupil

need to read 1t to see what Is going TO
happen to him. You can divine 1t, II
you have any experience of fiction at
ALL Sir Charles Is there to play the
part OF the easy mark. They take away
his money.
A typical American business man
nersuadeS Sir Charles to put his money.
the whole of his money. every cent OF
II, into worthless speculation. That's
the way they do II every time. You
would think that as soon as the typical
American business man said to him,
How would you like to put your
money into worthless speculation?"
Sir Charles would hesitate, Not at all.
He hands II over
Ruin gathers over him. A great
cloud Of debt looms over the chase. A
mortgage, the flrst one since the days
of the Plantagenets. Is placed on the
chase. Some OF the timber Is cut, two
trees In the back yard and one right
out In front And the ruin gathers not
only over Sir Charles himself (already
showing signs OF age-~the butler no.
tlces them and has TO take drink oi
port to choke down his sorrow), but
over his only son. the darling Of his
heart. the heir but yesterday OF the
noblest estate in England
Young Dudhead. true Dud, knows
nothing OF 1t all An otficer In the
Guards mot the Coast Guards nor the
f1re guards but the real guardsl, he
is away fighting in Zululand Busy
happy and fully occupied all day Gin
Huluingl, he knows nothing of what
Is happening, TIL at last
Quite so. You can see the storm
gathering and about To break, You car
picture young Capt, the Hon.
Dudhead returning to ftnd his family
bankrupt, the chase sold and his father
dead OF grief. But you're wrong In
Summer fiction these things are not
allowed to happen, And look how easily
they are avoided
The typical American business man.
Amos Winfield, who has ruined Sir
Charles and Ia taking the chase. has a
daughter, Joyce And didn't We say
that joyce had spent year In Italy
so as to get In touch with the paste
Well, she did And II was there that
she had met Higbeft Dudhead, golne
and coming TO lululand. The clear
eyed American girl'' had fallen In love
with "the snnhurned young English
soldier" SO she would They all do,
Then the rest Ii ample, They marry
Amos softens, Sir Charles hardens
Everything Is all right, and the book
ends with little hint about future
children fnmning round on the lawn
OF the ehaseswf Of those arch little
touches that they slip into this kind
Of story just az The end
t0opSrlghL leasl
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the blue of the sea and of the noun
tain lakes and OF the wild flowers that
grow IN Alaskan soil. The gold Is
significant OF the wealth that lies
hidden in AlaSkaS hills and streams.
THE stars. seven OF which form the
'Dipper' and are the principal state
In the constellation Ursa Major, or the
Great Bear. the most conspicuous con-
Stellation in the Northern sky. include
the Pointers and direct the observer
to the eighth star in the flag 'PolariS.'
the North Star. the ever constant guild
ing star for the mariner. the explorer,
the hunter, the trapper, the proSpector.
the woodsman and the surveyor, stands
for Alaska. the northernmoSt star In
the galaxy Of stars and which at some
future time Will take its place as the
forty-ninth star in our national
emblem
This Is the latest starry flag which
has been adopted, but an aviation nag
for the United States was recently pro-
posed In Congress which would have
the sky itself for It's domain. The de-
sign suggested displayed not only
lone eagle" but three stars Of red.
white and blue.
tCopSrlght laSSl
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Gates Ohio has stood first In war and
first in peace. She represents her en-
trance into the Union as the seven
teenth State by placing II stars In the
triangular blue canton Of her flag, the
original 13 stars standing above large
white o and then the next four stars
below 1t.
The arrangement Of stars on the diff
ferent State flags Is presented in
great variety, but reading such stars as
these is a matter Of cleaning stories Of
the past rather than forecasting the
future.
For the longest history written In star
language Just glance at the flag Of
Missouri's next neighbor. Arkansas. It's
a striking flag as the parade goes by,
even II 1t does require an official inter-
prefer. There are three blue stars In
the center, which have at least three
different meanings. Arkansas has be-
longad 10 three nations Spain, France
and the United States. The year when
she became the property Of the United
States was 1903, and she was the third
State carved from the Louisiana Pur~
chase Territory There are also Is
white stars 10 show that Arkansas was
the twenty fifth State. and two Of these
stars are parallel because Arkansas came
in paired with another State, Michigan.
Arkansas must have used up all the
stars available that year, for her twin
State has one Of the few State flags
upon which no star appears
Tennessee believes that three stars are
enough TO date her entry into the Union.
for she was the third State after the
original H. The three stars also typify
the three diyiEsgua gf the Etafp east
middle and west.
Kansas has the full number Gf "a 10
show her record, and for good measure
adds the starry motto, "Ad AstFa per
AspeTa"
LoOk at The flag OF Nevada and be
convinced that the Gold ana Silver
State did not come into the Union on
a 'i6-to~i" basis, for lS 0f The 80 stars
on ner flag are of gold and an equal
number are silver
] Several Of the States have contented
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comes mystery what they taught IN
that old school,
The few things that Sir Charles
knows always turn out 10 be things
that he used 10 know and used 10 be az
Il younger man,
For example, "SIr Charles In his day
had been famous oafsman and had
roWed stroke tor stokel In his college
boat, In his time Sir Charles
had been reekoned one of the best shots
In England, having frequently shot
with the Royal Shoot at the Moofs Of
Scotland Sir Charles had
been IN his day an ardent horseman,
and could atili SIT a horse aA few
Incidentally, | have often wondered
Just what that last frequent and fa~
millar quotation rleans, How do YOU
SIT horse as feWp or should II read
SIT Rs few horse2 Perhaps II means
sitting ON horae's head when II falls
dawn, Al any rate, Sir Charles could
do II, and had got the trick of II and
never lost ~.
Such Is sir Charles. In other words
he Ia a dud. lie cant understand hllsi-
ness, can't add up column of figureh
and knows nothing nf women except
nf the few VIM have come down from
the Norman Conquest
So When you see man like Str
Charles come into a story you hearcely
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t1':..s, K&@

The trail blazers have had no diff
Guilty In obtaining permission from the
owners to use their land as a hiking
path.
The Appalachian trail project calls
for the eventual purchase of the crest
from Maine to Georgia by the States
and the Federal Government, making
continuous mountain park, the prop
erty of the people.
The Blue Ridge starts on its south
westerly trend at Harpers Ferry. where
the Shenandoah empties into the Po-
tomac. The Blue Ridge section of the
Appalachian trail now has been COM
pleted by the Washington explorers be-
tween Harpers Ferry and Linden, in
Manassas Gap. distance of IS TO so
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this section reaches an altitude of 2.100
feet.
There are many fine viewpoints be-
tween Harpers Ferry and Linden.
To the west lies the historic Shenan-
doah Valley. through which the river
winds its tortuous way. Beyond loom
the Massanutten Mountains. and In the
dim distance the Alleghanies, while to
the east stretches the great Piedmont
plateau as far as eye can see.
Just before the trail dips down into
Manassas Gap an exceptionally fine
panoramic view is to be had to the
west, south and east, which includes
the Shenandoah River. Massanutten
Mountains. Dickey's Hill, High Knob,
Rattlesnake Mountain. Buck Mountain.
Big and Little Cobblers and a number
OF smaller mountains. Marys Rock, 40
miles away. can be discerned between
the intervening peaks.
South of Manassas Gap the ridge
broadens considerably and becomes more
rugged. with higher peaks. Marshall at
tanning an altitude of nearly 3.400 feet.
and Mary's Rock, which Is miles south
OF Thornton Gap an altitude of more
than $500 feet. This region Is part of
the Shenandoah National Park, which
extends from Chester Gap, a few miles
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was In the wartime service Of the
United States This is the flag, with a
large silver star for all participants
and gold star for the dead. by which
the American war mothers commemo-
rate all who served In the World War
in an impressive ceremony on each
Armistice day At the east front of the
Capitol. while the bugle sounds taps.
the flag Is hoisted on the same staff
with the Stars and StripeS-the only
other starry flag which has ever had
that honor.
The veterans of the World War be-
longing to the American Legion have
stars upon their post and departmental
banners, having made up their design
from the beautiful star insignia of the
order. 1t was this flag of the Legion,
with Its golden star. which was recently
carried by airplane across the North
Pole and sent by the Fairbanks Post
OF Alaska TO the new headquarters of
the Paris Post.
II was also the Alaska Department
OF the American Legion which spon-
sored the design and adoption of ter
ritorial nag for Alaska at the time the
department was considering a trip TO
the Legion convention In Paris last
year. AS the first step. a prize was
offered for design for an official flag
ana the contest was opened 10 all boys
and girls of Alaska in the seventh.
eighth and high school grades. The
winning design was chosen from about
l65 submitted to a Joint committee Of
members from the Legion and the Ter
ritorial Legislature.
NINCE the l3 stars representing a new
constellation had been adopted al
most countless flag designs had been
made in the United States, and, as we
have seen, the constellation of the
Southern Cross had appeared ON sew
eral foreign flags: but 1t remained for
a small boy of Is years to think of
transposlng one OF the consultations
OF The Northern sky to an official flag.
Bennie Benson, author Of the prize
design. was student at the Jesse Lee
Home, at Seward where he had done
fine work In drawing. in making posters
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America Was First of Nations Recognize the Symbol
OF Sovereignty Constellation for Americas Possession
North Is Notable Selection

the Union after the original i3 The
single stars Of North Carolina and Mas
sachusetts stand for lone OF the United
States Of America" while those of
Maine and Minnesota were selected in
each case as the Star of the North
The lone stars OF Texas and Cali
fornia typify the period when each
existed as an independent government.
No one doubts their independence to-
day, but to emphasize 1t. Texas once
placed cannon on her flag and Cali
fornia still has the grizzly bear.
There Is no danger of Arizona's star
being overlooked in crowd. for 1t is
appropriately OF copper and In set
against a brilliant background OF blue
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miles. The trail may be entered at Har-
pers Ferry by steep climb about 100
yards east of the Virginia end of the
Shenandoah Bridge.
About a third of the way up the
mountain Is an interesting rock forma-
ton known as Chimney Rock, from
which there is fine view of the Poto-
mac River to the north. The trail then
follows rather closely the crest of the
ridge for about % miles, when 1t dips
down into Smokers Gap at Bluemont.
The maximum altitude In this section
is l,600 feet.
From Smokers Gap the trail follows
the crest Of the ridge TO Ashby's Gap,
a distance Of IL miles. 1t drops into
Ashby Gap about mile to the west CT
the crest Of the ridge and follows the
highway to the southeast about three
quarters Of mile. II then turns SOUTH
easterly and climbs back onto the ridge
on It's way to Linden in Manassas Gap.
a distance OF IL miles. The crest In
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They want to keep the country perpet-
ually unexplored so that the men from
the Offices and factories always can have
the satisfaction of real exploring, of
real accomplishment. Half the purpose
of the project would be defeated If a
compass were made unnecessary for
mountain travellers. How could man
identify himself with Admiral Peary
without carrying a compass?
The similarity of following this noun
tain trail on cloudy days to polar ex-
ploration has suggested itself often to
the trail finders. The hiker stands on a
crag. All around him. as far as eye
can see, are white cloud fields. which
look like rough sketches of Arctic or
Antarctic ice. out of which arise other
crags like black, barren islands, The
man plunges into the clouds In the gen.
eral direction OF the next crag. He
doesn't know what he will encounter a
few feet ahead.
The mountain tops are sparsely in
habited-just shack here and there
occupied by people who seldom come
into contact with civilization. There is
scanty agriculture on the upper slopes
mostly only pasturage for few cat
tie. All the land is privately owned
but is not utilized.
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Alaska's New Flag Latest of Many Star-Spanged Bar

and In carving ivory. HIS design of
eight gold stars on field of blue was
praised for its simplicity, its originality
and its symbolism.
The flag was adopted by the legis-
lature IN May, 1927, and an allowance
was also voted to send Bennie to WASH
ington to present a flag to President
Coolidge. The Alaska Department Of
the Legion had It's flag in Washington
On the way back to Juneau from Paris,
but Bennie's trip is to be made some
time In the future. In the meantime
Washington Is not without one Of the
new flags. for on April is the Governor
Of Alaska, in the name of the d. A. RS
of that territory. presented to the
Daughters of the American Revolution
beautiful Alaskan flag to be placed
with the other State flags in Memorial
Continental Hall. The Official descrip-
ton OF the flag reads, in part. as fol-
lows:
Blue. one of our national colors.
typifies the blue of the evening sky,
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:. BY STEPHEN LEACOCK.
~ ERHAPS you will remember, my
. dear reader. have written Of
People That We Find In Books
L and Never See Outside OF Them.
HADN'T HfaiehHd

People That We Find In Books
i and Never See Outside OF Them.
hadn't finished
spoke, you recoilect (you dont7
Well, never mind of the Typical Amer
lcan Business Man so called, and OF the
Being Called the Typical American Girl
The Typical American Business Man
Is always one OF those leyel-headed,
hard-grained. close-necked men who
seldom leave their desk" and the Typi~
cal American Girl, In book, Is always
one OF those clear-eyed, clean-headed
girls who look out upon life from their
top story.
The idea was that people reading
novels In the Summertime could save
themselves great deal OF needless ef-
fort by recognizing some 0f The char
acters at once and being able 10 skip
all the descriptions Of them.
So we turn IN another Correspond
ing 10 the Typical American Business
Man is the typical
ENGLISH GENTLEMAN OF THE
OLD SCHOOL.
This character appears not only in
books where the scene In laid In Eng
land, but IL found IN American stories
too, all the way West MS far as Omaha
httu FSD1Lt VI Llle MEEiEhH UDtutIs VII
This side Of the water. the writer intro
dlIces him as typical Virginian gem
tleman Of the old school" or a typical
Southern Tor Northern gentleman OF
the old school" They even try 10 move
him West But IL gets difficult Wherv
ever ths ''old school" was, IL Was cer~
tainiy not IN West Chicago nor IN Sns~
kaLOOn.
A. matter Of fact, the character be-
longs In England and would be rec1gs
nlSsd always as imported. The reason
IL obvious IL takes anywhere from fiys
hundred 10 A thousand years 10 breed
these gentlemen Of the old school, and
we have not yet had time. Witness the
familiar opening.
"siF Charles Dudhead was a typical
English gentleman of the old school,
Born one Of the Dudhesds OF Dudd his
family had occupied their ancestral
home Gf Dlidhead Chase since the days
~ Saxon England A Didhead had
fought st Hastings, Dudhead had
helped N compel King John 10 sign the
Magma Chafta, Dndhead had hid Ia
the oak with Charles the First II was
d Dudhehd who had hidden the young
PretAnder In the Chase after the bat
ile ot Floddfu. A Dlidh@ad had fought
With ne erifloroligh, With W9lfe, with
Give, win Wellington
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stripes and the red and yellow rays OF
the Western sun.
n
THE influence of the Stars OF III
spread beyond the United States
and shines from many other flags of
Pan-America. Brazil seems to have
been the first TO place upon flag the
stars Of real constellation. and the
stars upon the blue sphere which cen
ters her green and gold flag are the
stars Of the Southern Cross as It is
seen at Rio de Janeiro. Brazil may
be said TO have gone the United States
one better In the matter of stars. for
In counting up her states she adds one
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the new constellation just recently
acCpted by the Territory Of Alaska.
The best place 70 see the State flags
b. all theiY celestial glory is upon the
occasion NJ a great inaugural parade,
or wten ali gtstes are met IN such
national conventions as take place this
month IN Kansas CITY and Houston.
Miasoufi, the first hostnss Etate. vel
Games her visitors with a State flag
81 the national coloFs upon when the
Etate seal ls surrounded BY circle 0f
70 stars. representing the number Of
states when she was admitted ~ the
Union Obio is distinguished by hsy-
ing the only pennant shaped Stste flag.
ttig the other Eiates may be ready W
E1497ite the claim that this shape indl-
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of Sovereignty

themselves with i3 stars. and among
this group the flag of Rhode Island Is
most interesting. Indeed, Rhode Island
has good evidence TO support the claim
that 1t was she who set the fashion In
star-spangled banners. Old flags dis
playing 13 stars and carried by her
troops early in the Revolution are still
preserved In Providence, and some of
them also show the anchor and the
word Hope which is still the motto OF
the State
Then there is the group of Lone
Star" States. Of which Vermont comes
FIRST Her one white star indicates that
she was the first State 10 come into
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BIZ JENNY GrRToN WALKER.

Wv YHEN 10 stars representing a
hI new constellation were
v cnosen as a part of the nag
Of the United States On
June IA, 1777, no one could
have foreseen that those stars, during
the next $50 years. would furnish in
sptratson for most Of the flags of the
western world as welI as for those Of
come Of Eng.snd's younger daughters.
Before that date the star was practi-
cslIy ignored among national en1blems,
where leopards and lions. crowns and
scepteFs, congregated in great numbers,
and its choice by the United States was
6erided as non-heraidic. II is never
theleSs tT1s that since i777 hundreds
OF stars have flashed forth upon the
yorlc's banners, and In the United
Etates enough stars are now shining
from State and Federal flags to make
a yeritabie Milky Way" between the
original constellation Of 10 stars and
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extra star for her capital city. while
Washington is allowed no representa-
ton among the 48 stars of our Ma
tional Flag
The constellation of the Southern
Cross. represented from a different
viewpoint, Is also favorite today
upon the flags of Australia. New Zea-
land and New South Wales.
In addition to national and State
flags. many other starry flags have been
adopted from time to time TO designate
some special service or organization.
There was the service flag, for instance.
displayed by household. church and
office during the World War. which had
a star for every absent member who
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THE pOTOMAC.APPAIACHIAN
CLUB ON A TRAIL.BLAZINC
TRIP.
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BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

A SMALL group of Washington
~ business and professioned men
"A for the past six months has
\ been spending week ends
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HISTORICALLY, the crest Of the
Appalachians served as an Indian
trail from North to South before the
discovery of America by white men.
The Washington explorers continually
are running across remnants of a very
ancient trail through the rocks. The
Indian tribes. It is explained. Travelled
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CLOAK FORUM TO
Be HELD TODAY
Members Hold Meeting
Tomorrow Night

Cloak and dressmakers, made job
less because Of the chaos in the in
dustry, are called to an open forum
which will be held this afternoon at
o'clock in Bryant Hall, Sixth Ave.
and 42d ST., according to an announce
ment issued by the Joint Board of the
Cloakmakers Union.
The leaders of the National Organ
ization Committee will lead the dis
cussion dealing with the problems of
rebuilding the union that protected
the standard of the workers in the
industry. Representatives of the Shop
Chairmen's Council of New York will
also participate in discussion of the
Continued on Page Three)
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KELLOGG GRANTS US AN INTERVIEW
Nicaragua Nothing to DO With Peace We Get Fruit Salad

mig, D D.. chairman, General Synod's
Tercentenary Committee. "And now
that we have presented the wonder
full ladies of the arrangements COM
mittee, we will now ask everybody to
drink to the health of the President
of the United States in frozen, crys-
tai water"
They all stood.
Mr.. Kellogg was introduced by the
former Senator Frelinghuysen who
quoted bodily from who's Who"
about the great mans achievements.
Lo, the Pence Maker.
"He is prime mover in the cause
of world peace. His usefulness and
service is unsurpassed by any states
man in the world He has been
ambassador at the court of st. James
!. He participated in framing
the Dawes Plan He He +.
He has received honorable degrees
from six universities He. He. ="
Continued on Page Three
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The orchestra was playing 81
Dreant | Dwelt in Marble Halls, when
The DAILY WORKER reporter and
an unshaven companies entered. En-
quiring for the press table, we were
escorted by an obsequious waiter to
No. 81. We had finished the fruit
salad order when thoughtful church
man enquired militantly: "Whrt pap
ers do you represent" The police
card with DAILY Worker" engraved
brought the response that the place
was being reserved for a representa-
tive of the New York Times.
Sinking to prominent position
in the principal balcony, we sat dia-
opposite to the honorable
secretary of state. Derisive laughter
resulted in our being invited to the
rear of the Grand Ball Room where
we waited impatiently for the dis
course of the old man.
We warmed to the inspiring words
of the Reverend Edgar Franklin Ro-
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COMPANY
PLANS FRAME-UP
Deny Seriousness of
Doomed Boys Injury

The underhand tactics of big bust
ness in defending it's profits at the
expense of human lives was again
demonstrated yesterday when paid
physicians" of the New York Tele-
phone Company testified that Michael
Miranda, Swear old schoolboy who
was run over by truck of the tele-
phone company, and who is suing the
company for S150,000 for what many
physicians believe will result in COM
plete loss of reason for the boy, is in
absolutely no danger" of the loss of
his mind.
The boy, who was run over on
April, 1925, has been suffering from
the result of the accident ever since.
X-ray pictures of his brain, made at
varying intervals since the accident,
show that he has contracted water
on the BRAIN" which in most cases
in the past has resulted in complete
idiOcy.
Arthur K. King, counsel for the
telephone company, and DR.. Smith
Ely Jeliffe, Polytechnic Hospital brain
specialist who is being used as "ex-
pert" by the company, said that the
opinions of several physicians who
had examined the boy in the past
were nonsense" They could not,
however, explain the presence of sha-
dows on the X-ray picture of the
boys brain.
The case, which will go to a jury
today, may result in another fake
settlement similar to the one per-
petrated on the five radium victims
in New Jersey.