davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1928-05-20

Then, a. you make sure Of your mo-
tions. you can actually pass over or un-
der the other without touching.
The lower left sketch shows more
simple act, which consists In changing
from croucfing position 10 an up
right, inverted position, with your body
balanced on your hands. This act can
be praci1ced on canvas or mattress.
The lower right also shows another ef-
fectiye act. called the roll. requiring two
persons. One performer starts at one
end. and with hands locked about his
knees rolls toward the other end. The
second member Of the team. standing
opposite, makes a ieaping handspring
over the roller, landing upon his hands,
aG shown.
These and other acts are worth pfae-
ticing. and win enable you 70 I'LL q niche
in the next progrom for the sc1ool OF
/ Sunday school Moreover, they are
wonderful muscle builders.
Evening star., 1928-05-20

| In these stails--a very expensive luxury
| which the poor diggers could not AFFORD
But there was no other social distinc-
ton. Thorough democracy prevailed.
While sat at o table taking in the
fantastic scene there came q shrek
from the gambling room. The whir OF
the roulette wheel ceased: new uproar
of oaths arose and a terrified figure
raced across the dance floor, scattering
couples right and left. Blood was flow-
ing from knife cash in his cheek. He
was tugging desperately at a double
barreled pistol In his belt.
He reached the door few steps ahead
of his pnrsuer and the two of them
passed out into the night. In second
there came the fash and roar of two
shots. We found the pursued feudist
dying beside an OK cart where he had
sought shelter. His assailant had dis
appeared. 1t was all only an incident
forgotten within an hour. Dancing and
gambling went on quite unaffected.
Months later far down the Araguaya.
I met the winner Of that nights duel at
CaSsununga. He had become chief OF
police in little settlement. His boasted
record OF six murders was known to the
villagers, but they respected him the
more for it as competent guardian OF
the peace Besides, his killings had all
been done In the diamond fields-where
there is no law--and so they don't count.
pUT to get back to Cassununga.
49, Dawn found the garimpeiros back
In the river bo bottoms--clustered in black
groups like waterbuss along the shore
and across the channel A storm OF
new arrivals-60 or more diggers who
trudged in beside conativo or OK
train. which was bringing supplies from
| Cuyaba-had invaded the grassy public
square of the half-grown town. A num-
ber Of new buyers had also come In
together with merchant who intended
to set up some kind Of store.
Such was life at Cassununga two
years ago. And such is life at Lageado
today though this new diamond town
according to the stories that are f1lter-
ing back. Certainly the days job Of
diamond washing in the Aragiaya Is far
more dangerous. At Lageado the river
Is tempestuous even In the dry season.
The unwary digger may be pulled
down into swirling potholes. sucked
| under by quicksand, or caught In swift
current and swept against the rocks Of
the rapids. The pockets where the dia-
| monds are found are so deep beneath
the river that the diggers must be
divers. Skilled swimmers, they are able
| TO stay long under water. They plunge
down to the bottom with q canvas sack.
which they flll with gravel from q
likely hole.
But many of the diggers at Lageado.
| like many of them at Cassununga be-
| fore them, will use modern diving
| equipment--helmet suit and airlines.
No equipment can free them from
| the hardships and perils OF the Lageado
| field--the constant torment of mos
shock OF the electric eel, which abounds
| In the rocky stretches of the river. The
Araguaya Is alive with piranha fish, too,
| which nibble i1iorsels from the wading
Evening star., 1928-05-20

Skilled tunnbling always appears difn-
cult. and ~ the spectator quite spec
tacaIlaY. Yet IL involves nothing more
thar few principles Of mechanics,
momentum and gravity, and II prac-
9ced carefully can be caElly mastered
Tumbling stunts for plays, special occa-
Eions and baZaafs are always q feature,
especially If well advertised.
The illustration herewith shows two
simple but effective tiimbisng acts, each
recurring team u two persons. When
practicing you will need soft ground un-
III you learn 70 land On hands or feet,
as the case may be. The upper act IL
double, reverse tumble, with the two
piayers starting al opposite ends Of the
platform. Both members turn a series
Of handspring SonerSauitE al the CEN
Ger ore passing above. the other below.
In practice this ean be done 80 that
the passing IL done close together
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Riddles.

The second and third riddles here 80
clear back TO the Garden Of Eden,
They are hard ones. tool
/, What Is the thing an automobile
eannot move without, bat which is not
the slightest use to the automcAllee
2, What three words did Adam use
when he introduced himself to I've,
which read the same. backward eT
forwavde
3, At what time ef day was Adam
hoTnf
4 What has neither flesh nor bone.
but four ingerS and thumhf
s. What miss II that whose company
no one ever wantSe
Answers.
7. Noise, .. MADAM, Tn Adam" Z.
A little before I'VE. 4 A gloye. .. Ms.
fortuna
Evening star., 1928-05-20
LORELEI ROCK ON THE RHINE.

The Rhine river, especially that part
OF II In Germany between Lake Con-
stance and Cologne. Ia one OF tho most
beautiful and romantic streams In the
world For hundreds OF milea II weTds
It's sinuous way through high hills and
steep g0rgea. vineyards. fields Of grain
and orchards and II passes such heauti-
ful and picturesque cities a. Mann
helm, Worms. Maing, Hingen, CoblenE,
Bonn, Cologne and Dusseldorf Many
old castles, now IN ruins. look down
upon the swiftly moving stream, al-
though II Ia now many hundred years
since their builders have passed away
Romance and legend and beauty
combine near the small town OF Gt
doar, where at bend In the river, a
great rock. the Lofeiei iifta ita huge
Evening star., 1928-05-20
CHINOOK.
INT clo orRAepERs'lAa
by u coa9k1acno
| y u y

KLALE-Pronounce as spelled. This
means the color black primarily. but
may stand for dark blue or any other
near-black color. KLALE MAN means
BLACK man" or negro. MIKA NAN
AGE NIKA KrANE KUITAN? Is Have
you seen my black horse9"
KLAP--Pronounce as spelled, with
the A sounded as in Hat. KLAP means
Find. VIII Find. Found. or anything
connected with the finding idea. The
words before or after 1t bring out its
meaning NIKA KLAP ICT SfAwAsH
COSHO BEBE is ''I found baby SEAL
and NTKA TUMTUM WAKE MIKA
KLAP MIKA CANIM means II think
not you twill) find your canoe"
KLIMINAWHIT--The first Is pro-
nounced as it Is in II. the A as in
Father, and the accent is on the MIN.
This word, which formerly meant a lie
or falsehood. is now so seldom used that
it Is practically obsolete. MOx-WAWA
or Double talk" Is now used to mean
q lie, and few Chinook takers today
would know the meaning of KLIMINA-
WHIT. It Is, however, perfectly good
Chinook.
kLTMrN--The / In each syllable is
pronounced as in Him, the word being
pronounced KLIMMIN with the first
syllable stressed. This means pulverixed
or finely ground. like -four. It has no
other meaning and is q rather rare
word
KLfSKWIS-The I Is sounded as in
Him In both syllahles. and the accent
Is on Kills. A KLISK WIS Is a mat
made OF rushes. The word is used only
In trading, and stands for the specific
kind of mats that the Indians weave
from cat-tail leaves.
KLONE-~Pronounce as written, with
the Q as In Home. This Is the number
Three in Chinook. and Is used exactly
as In English. KLONE MAN CHACO
is "Three men came"
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Hints on Pitching
BY GUY BUSH.

Nearly every young player has a de-
sire TO pitch. The position is at once
the most spectacular and difficult on
the team, although the pitcher who
tries to do it all" soon finds himself
IN trouble.
What are the essential requirements
OF good pitcher? First / would say
8 natural love of the game; then the
development Of the players physical
ability: conscientious and continual
practice and willingness to accept ad-
vice from Superiors or from players of
long experience.
One subject that usually Interests the
young pitcher who is just learning is
the throwing of the curve, ball The
grip for throwing all curves is the same.
The curve results from the spinning of
the ball, the spin being produced by
swapping the wrist as the ball leaves
the hand. Curves vary according to
Evening star., 1928-05-20

the delivery, which Is overland. side
arm or underarm.
The change of pace" ball Is 30 called
because ii is a slow ball thrown with the
same delivery as fast ball or curve.
The pitcher goes through the same mo-
ton as for the curve, but as the bah
leaves his hand he relaxes his grip
slightly to check its speed. This ball is
invaluable. and q pitcher can hardly
succeed without learning TO throw 1t.
On every ground ball hit toward the
right side OF the diamond the pitcher
should start running toward first base
as soon as he notes the direction of
the ball This puts him In position to
cover the bag If the first baseman
should be forced TO field the batted ball.
A pitcher should cover home plate only
with all bases occupied or runners on
first and third. II a runner Is trapped
in a run-up between third and home
and the catcher Is drawn into the play,
the pitcher should also cover home.
A pitcher can never take too much
practice at fielding balls, whether they
are hard-lait drives or bunts. II lis
also a good plan for a young pitcher
to start the habit Of making the base
runners hug the bags. But learn 10
throw accurately or wild pitches and
Evening star., 1928-05-20
What Makes the
Wheels ReyoIye?

Tne nsyt time you 60 into 8 railroad
station, 90 up W the forward part Of
fhe Train snd look at the large wheels
of the eng4ne-~the driving Wheels. no
msaler wIst type u locomotive you
haDDen q, see, tlae driving wheels will
Ssexs great lI1sertG cf steel running
sHat,t third or oBe~haf the way
around their clTeumfeTences.
These heavy steel inserts are not
p,aseG ia tbs wheels 10 Strengthen.
snea~-tiaey meyer no more than half
Vay around-~but for another very Seil"
E,blH reason. .s.
.,,1ess 81 II viii turn steadily ail0
snnootIaIy as the power is delivered 70
Il ,rEe EXTRA weight which the inserts
give 10 one portion Of the Wheel ,' nos reg !
that wheel try 10 keep on gong around
al constant speed, even wiaeIl IoM,sf ,,ef
Il Got being delivered to II ifofn 1iSs
Evening star., 1928-05-20

overthrows will result. A heady pitcher
always takes look at runner just
before delivering the bail.
Control is a pitchers most important
asset It is mainly matter of prac-
tice and confidence. The wildness OF
many pitchers is due to a fear that
overcomes them whenever they get into
hole. Then they try to work the
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Gross Word Puzzle.

The definitions are:
Horizontal.
/. A school study.
Z. A forest.
8. Preparatory (abbr).
IL. Proposition.
10. An insect.
ID. River in italy.
16. A trial.
II. Native Of Arabia.
10. Pronoun.
10. Organ OF hearing. .....,
81. Night letter (abbr).
~. An island In the north Pacific.
81. TO appear.
20. Taking part In game.
Vertical.
1. To depart.
2. Measure of length.
3. Advertisement (abbr).
4. Member OF Parliament (abbf.).
8. Part of verb ito be-"
g. In regard to (abbr.).
z. Penmanahip.
8. A question for solution.
IL. A trap.
10. Consumed.
IL. Resinous substance.
Is. A cooking vessel.
20. Near.
20. A friend.
20. writing instrument.
25. Toward the top,
26. Mother.
81. Yes tSpanish).
%. For example tabbr9.
--2~-
Here are some exercises in beheadinl
and curtailing.
Behead TO cry aloud and obtain .
dairy product. Behead again and gel
20 quireh.
Curtail the art Of play acting anc
obtain an eighth Of an ounce. Beheat
the latter and get battering engine oi
war.
s.
Your geography should help you tc
solve this picture puzzle.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Continued from Fifth Page.)

Continued from Fifth Page)
came scrambling up the bluff at my
feet. He was naked to the waist; his
ragged trousers were dripping wet Un.
der fioppy felt hat his unkempt hair
fell forward over cleaning eyes. He
had found big diamond. of perhaps 10
carats. 1t would pay all Of his last
years debts and leave him wealthy
unless, as was likely, he should gamble
his new fortune away that night at the
dance hall.
\
A T dark the rest of the army Of dig
4 gers came up from the river
Smoky fires sprang into life around the
slearing~-the men were cooking them
selves meager suppers of beans and rice,
drying out their soaking trousers and
donning shirts.
Another hour, and many of them had
Evening star., 1928-05-20

mass straight above the waters edee,
Here. according TO an old legend. o
beautiful maiden threw herself into the
river Ia despair because Of the uniaith~
filness OF her lover She became a
siren and was wont 10 sit high ND on
the rocks comhing her golden hair,
singing strange and wonderful songs,
Passing fishermen, enchanted by her
beauty and captiyated by her song,
forgot the dangerous swiriing waters In
their attempts 10 reach the siren OF the
Rhine. and were lured To destruction
by her charming voice,
The German poet, Helne. immor-
tailaed the legend into song OF the
Lnrelei, and tourists passing the "a.
innus old rock on the Rhine never fail
20 sing this song when they near its
iofhidding presence.
Evening star., 1928-05-20

This is good indoor or outdoor
stunt which the Indians used 10 do.
The two players get their feet In q
straight line, right toe behind the left
heel, and stand about two feet from one
another. The hands are raised, a.
shown In the illustration, ana the game
begins, Each fellow tries t0 knock the
other of balance by merely Alapping
his opponents hands. II iG illegal 10
hit any other part Of the body.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
THE PUZZLE COLUMN.

At the top Of this puzzle Is q word
that you'll soon be leaving for several
months. and at the bottom Is something
you'll be doing during vacation. These
hints should give you start.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Note to Teacher.

"Dear Teacher: Kindly excuse
Johnnie's absence yesterday. He fell
In the mud BY doing the same YOU
will gratelY ohlige his mother-~--n
Evening star., 1928-05-20
CHAPTER XVIII.

Through the days that followed there
was an uncomfortable undercurrent OF
feeling against Patricia. Marjorie's sly
Evening star., 1928-05-20

Finish OF this weeks pugxie with two
word chains.
Change TEAR to MEND In four
moves.
Change SEED to GROW In i've
moves.
Evening star., 1928-05-20

bay, lake ana gulf.
S. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
-slew--Slow--
~-.-s-@-~-s--- 90 -@~-~~~~-
Posers.
1. What state Ia called the Gopher
state?
2. What year viii be the next leap
year?
8. What bodies of water does the
|'Snez Canal connect?
4. Who wrote Around the World In
Eighty Days"7
5. what nation ruled Cuba before
1898?
9. Where is the Bay of Fundy?
7. How many square inches are there
Is square foot?
3. What Is saliva?
Answers.
/, Minnesota; 2, 1892: 3. The Medi-
terranean sea and the Red Sea- 4.
Jules Verne; 5, Spain: 6. Along the
southeastern coast of Canada: Z, One
hundred and forty-four: 8. Saliva is q
digestive fluid secreted by glands In
your mouth.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Answers.

/. Cross word puzzle solution.
2. S--c-ream, D-rara--a.
8. The four bodies Of water are inlet.
bay, lake ana gulf.
S. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
SEED d~-slew--slow-- -glow--grow.
Evening star., 1928-05-20

Poor Father.
PA. what's q family tie2"
Mine, expect, for every time want
1t, one OF YOU kids 10 wearing ttl"
The Washington times., 1928-12-07
RING PIONEER

The vogue of public training
camps for fighters before impor-
tant bouts was started by Jim Cor
bett when he was conditioning
himself for his encounter with John
l.. Sullivan.
The Washington times., 1928-12-07

But Jack barely was seated
upon his throne when his right
thereto was challenged. Charles
HameI and Thomas KIlunert,
sans reputation as bowling ex-
perts, but caring nil for that, led
the attack.
The Washington times., 1928-12-07
NEW STARS
MAKE BOLD
EFFORT

This introduces T h 0 m a S
Khunert and Charles Hamel,
young aspirants to fame as
stake bowlers.
Tonight they will attempt to
knock off one of the toughest
doubles teams extant in the
Capital and environs.
When young Jack WoIstenholme,
brother of Glenn, assumed the
,managership of the brand new
Queenpin, in the 500 block of Eighth
st. S. E., he was accepted generally
as the king of all he surveyed
therein, so far as bowling was
concerned The kid is some shakes
az pin shooter.
But Jack barely was seated
upon his throne when his right
thereto was challenged. Charles
HanneI and Thomas KIlunert,
sans reputation as bowling ex-
perts, but caring nil for that, led
the attack.
''Get a partner and we'll take you
on for whatever stake is agreeable =
piped they, "and make a good pick
when you get the partner
There was a touch of banter in
this. of course, but Charlie and Tom
were quite in earnest.
So Kid Wolstenholne named for
his running mate one Al Work, the
peer Of Southpaws, a stake shooter
n Of III Is
in the midst of one of the most sue
cessful periods of a sparkling career.
And tonight comes the battle
three games, total pins to count.
The Queenpin has been beehive
OF activity since it was opened three
weeks ago, but. there will be excep-
tiona1 buzziIg by comparison when
Southeast bowlers gather for this
clash. They're all steamed up over it.
HameI and Khunert are names
new to bOwIers i'm general, but ,
they have become bywOrds at
the Queenpin. HanleI, with
powerful scores, won two tur-
keys, two gallons of ice cream
q 4-p0und cake and what have
you during the Thanksgiving
Day competition. In recent
workout Khunert shot cOnsecu-
tive scores of 125, 141, 120 and
80.
BY which it may be judged that
the youngsters are capable of hot
stuff on the ma plewags. But they
viii be underdogs in the clash to-
night, which will come at 8 O'Clock.
Tomorrow night. the undefeated
District Firemen's team. led by John
Mooney, will meet the Bethesda Fire
men at the Queenpin, action start
ing at 1880 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1928-12-07
Totals.54S SO 4S9
Totals. .54S sos 523I
~ 4t.rNArTN
King David

King David
Solem lila 81 "?
West 95 100 10.
Nubson 81 80 SO.
Phillips 113 ia 119
St'king 81 95 101
The Washington times., 1928-12-07
/, Totals SO 4s9 4SGI Totals. Sis 5Ss So.
ATHLETIC LEAGUE

totals SIS $50 AIS Totals. 473 572
The Washington times., 1928-12-07

Read the Classified Real Estate for
Sale columns II yOu would locate
desirable real estate investment.
The Washington times., 1928-12-07
Totals. 4S5 $50 so.
L LEAGE
Peoples Drug
fIEIL LFN sU III ~
- - ----i
Totals 474 $50 51Si Totals.
u. S. Daily Eyenir
K'nedy III ia SSi Burrows
Th.son 81 "a W'dman
Totals. 537 40 4yi

Totals. $40 53S-5O4
Carry Ice Cream Co.
c. Crane 1O3 135 11a
Pyenaie .187f11 ff9
S'wenk lib - So
w. Crane % I30 ~
Baird ;. 80 1I3 l09
The Washington times., 1928-12-07
Totals. 457 Az 4ssI

Totals 500 AS 4s4
Evening star., 1928-12-15
BUILDING VALUATION
FIGURES SHOW GAIN
Aggregate Increase for 80 Cities
in Fifth Reserve District
1873 Per Cent.

Although Is of 80 leading cities IN
the Fifth Federal Reserve district, says
the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Monthly Review, reported lower Ealua-
ton figures for building permits issued
in October, 1923, than in 1927, the
aggregate valuation figure for the 80
cities was 1873 per cent above the total
for October last year, most of the in
crease being accounted for by an
unusually low figure reported last year
for Baltimore. The number of permits
for new construction issued by the 80
cities IN the district was 1857, COM
pared with l,277 issued in September
this year and 1892 issued in october,
1927. Valuation figures for new work
totaled $7,951.267 for october, 1928;
S13,018,049 for September, 1928, and
$6,921 ,367 for october, 1927.
The high figure for September was
due to permits totaling over $4,000, 900
in Baltimore and nearly $4,000,000 in
Washington, the aggregate for october
outside of these two cities exceeding the
aggregate for September Alteration and
repair permits totaled $3.50 in October.
compared with 2,183 in September this
year and 1,906 in october last year.
while valuation figures for alterations
and repair work totaled ST. 531 ,440 for
October, 1923; $1,29o,940 for September
1928, and $1,483,540 for October, 1927
Valuation figures for all classes of
work totaled $9.482, ,707, an increase of
SLOT, 300. or 1873 per cent, over total
Evening star., 1928-12-15
4Y CLASS IS TOLD
OF D. c. TAXATION
w. P. Richards Says Fire, Po-
lice and Charity Get
Largest Share of Levy.

Disbursements other than for public
improvements make up large portion
of the municipal expenditures of Wash
ington, William P. Richards, District
Evening star., 1928-12-15
| ONG-TERM LEASE
STUDY SCHEDULED
Realtors to Consider Provi-
sions to Safeguard Com
munity's interests.

Provisions which, it is held, should
be considered in the making of long
term leases SO as to safeguard the inter-
ests of the community at large will
come before the executive committee of
the property management division OF
the National Association Of Real Estate
Boards at its coming annual business
meeting to be held in Birmingham, Ala,
January %, "a and 25. Standards of
practice for the operation of office
buildings and apartment buildings and
for the general management of real
property will be brought up for discus
sion at a meeting OF the DIVISION.
Legal forms which, If adopted, would
insure both landlord and tenant in an
office building or an apartment build
ing against slip-ups in leases or other
agreements which may be occasioned by
the use of ina6visable clauses or by
failure to include necessary provisions
will be brought before the division. If
adopted, these forms will become ma
tional standard forms for property man.
agement and are expected to go into
general use in the rental of properties.
Casting the die for real estate for the
year 1929, delegates to the coming an
nual business meeting of the national
association will examine new trends in
the business of real estate and center
upon legislative recommendations as to
action most needed for the conserva-
ton of the greatest usefulness of the
real estate assets of the country.
Henry G.. zander of Chicago, presi-
Evening star., 1928-12-15

board of directors meeting. On that day
also there will be national conference
of sales managers and a national mutt
pie listing conference.
Evening star., 1928-12-15

ards pointed out, but approximately
two-thirdS of all taxes and income re-
ceived come from real estate. Last year,
he said, taxes were levied against $4,000
persons on 10000 parcels of real estate
Mr.. Richards stated that go per cent
Of the public pay taxes without any
criticism whatsoever and the small per-
centage which do complain usually
are satisfied when they learn their taxes
In comparison with their neighbors' are
fair and equitable Out of 10000 per-
sons who had not paid their real estate
taxes within the prescribed period ap-
tually conveyed by tax deeds"
In discussing trends in real estate
values, Mr.. Richards said there we're
certain phases of development which
have been found underlying and COM
mon to all cities. "An index which is
universal is the fact that the highest
valued property in all cities is located
within approximately a straight line
running between the center of popu-
lation and the center of wealth. This
holds good in Washington, where the
center of wealth is at the corner of
Fourteenth and G streets and the CEN
ter of population somewhere approx
mately near downtown Seventh street.
demonstrating street as the highest
valued street in Washington"
Another feature in this rule, he said,
was the fact that at both ends of the
highest priced street and abutting
streets for distance also show higher
values just as Seventh street and Fif-
teenth street in Washington maintain
q distinctly higher level of values.
Referring to the current assessed val
ues as compared with pre-war values,
Mr.. Richards stated that they reflect
the increased cost of construction, which
has just about doubled Old properties
in competition with new construction
necessarily had to be adjusted in as
sessed value to meet changed condi-
tions, he said.