davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
LISTEN WORLD!
The Hoop Skirt of Emigrant Cop
By Elsie Robinson

) But when they reached Emisrant
Gap everything else paled in com
parison. Sheer in front OF them
dropped the cliff and down that
cliff they had to go--there was no
other way.
Well-they went.
They lowered oxen and carts
down by ropes-they went down
in rope sings themselves. Beset
by storm and starvation, they
camped on the rocky plateau be-
low. Horror stalked through the
camp. Before relief came they
faced cannibalism-they HAD
cannibalism. OF their party one
old woman still lives. There ara
things of which she will never
speak. But, at the mention OF
them, something stirs, shudder
ing, in the depths, Of her fading
eyes.
That is the story Of Emigrant
Gap. And, though they could not
foresee the details, those woElen
knew that they must face just
such horrors before they ever set
forth. Tales had come back
terrible tales. Yet laughing girls
and gentle women left sheltered
homes to take the trail beside
the men they loved. They, too
had courage"
And, like that little French
woman, they fought the terror
with weapons stronger than the
flesh. With seeds from mothers
garden and cuttings from Aunt
Lizzie's hedge-with treasured
recipes and crochet patterns
with bright folds of silk and fool
ish bows.
A while ago a trapper uncovered
a bit of that amazing armament
by which the West was won. he
found a hoop skirt under a pile
of stones. 1t was tiny affair.
made for some supple. size ID
waist-made to encase eager, soft
Young limbs. The wilderness could
not daunt her, that girl who tee.
tered in that billowy hoop. She
faced and fought 1t all-with her
gallant daintiness. She might have
to die-she might have to endure
worse than death--but whatever
came, SHE WOULD DIE A LADY!
Like Madame, she kept the faith.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
Relatively of Truth
Blu Archibald Henderson

Vega? We do not know Ibsan
says somewhere: Who can guar
antee me that on Mars two and
two do not make five?"
The relatively of truth, the varia-
bility Of knowledge; these are
merely limitations of the human
machine and of the human spirit.
TIE simplest of all mathematical
conceptions are the point and the
line. The point is mere position;
without length. breadth or thick
ness. Try to draw point, and you
will meet defeat; any point you
Indicate is so much matter, white
chalk on black board, black lead
on white paper.
A straight line is defined, often,
as having the same direction
throughout its entire extent, and
also as having no breadth or
thickness. Try to draw one, and
you will lay streak of material
particles Of ink upon the surface
of a white paper.
We used to think of lisht.rav
as the only true straight line in
iAdNoA AdJ LIS lIlNGSIl2ds
tions OF both Newton and Elm
stein, that old truth has become
a lie. A light-ray is subject to
gravitation; and deviates under
the influence of a powerful gravi-
rational force.
/. AS each old truth is exposed.
a newer, better truth takes its
place. Always we are moving
toward more precise information,
more exact knowledge. We use
what we call truths as long as
they will work, as long as they
will deliver the goods" They
must meet the pragmatic test.
AS soon as we find the old
truths do not work, we ruthlessly
scrap them for more refined
truths. more accurate measure
Inents, which give us a closer
approximation to reality.
One Of Ibsen's characters moves
forward on the great adventure
in pursuit OF reality because he
found that, for him. the old
beauty In no longer beautiful.
the new truth NJ longer true"
We ars an In search Of newer.
ibstteE. trusr eruths- Seiancs Kfvea
us tn trasst q FL truthA
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
WISE SAYINGS

No evil propensity of the human
heart Is so powerful that it may
not be subdued by discipline.
-Sensca.
Men would be angels, angels
would be gods. pope.
The web of our life is of a
mingled warn. good and i'll to-
gether. --Sbakespeare,
Seldom. comes glory till a man
be dead. -Herrick,
Criticism. as it was first intro
duced by Aristotle. was meant as
a standard of judging wen.
S-Johnson.
One is never so happy or SO
unhappy as one imagines.
La Rochefoucauld.
Despatch is the soul of business
and nothing contributes more to
despatch than method.
Chesterfield.
Great is the force Of habit: II
teaches us % bear labor and %
seorn injury and pain -0earA
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland.
The Slender Passion

I0e SieHueF fdsSfOH
THE hardest thing about being
l. good or beautiful or in love
or married, is to KEEP ON being
that way.
BY the time a woman knows
all there Is to know about love.
she is usually too old to inspire
it.; and by the time she has
learned all there Is to know about
men. she has reached the point
where she would rather go to
bed at 10 o'clock, than sit up and
listen to the most ardent lover
talk about himself.
When young married couple
appear to go right on being in
love, after the first year or two,
these days, everybody seems to
fancy they are just trying to be
eccentric.
The more a man gets of any
thing in this world, the more he
wants-unless it happens to be
spinach. or the same girls
kisses.
Not every dead love is worth
preserving in the wine of men,
ory, nor every dead heartache
worth emhalming in the vinegar
of cynicism.
When man reaches that
point where he believes that
women are nothing but a pastime,
love is nothing but delusion,
marriage nothing but a snare,
and life nothing but huge joke,
he should either change his boot
legger--or pick out his coffin.
For he Is already spiritually dead.
Trying to make up a quarrel
with a man when he is still
feeling sore" is as stupid and
fatal, as putting your arms
around his neck when he is suf.
fering from sunburn.
When an ex-wife meets her ex.
husband at a party, she is some-
times astonished to discover what
good company he can be, when
the duty of talking to her has
become a privilege.
The modern man seems to he
trying to skid right past "the
age of discretion" without even,
stopping.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
ONCE-OVERS

pleasure 1t gives his wife a hus.
band should be as polite over the
phone when speaking to her as to
other women.
If his wife calls him unneees-
sarily, there might be some excuse
for a man to be short and uncom.
municative.
II she calls him to discuss fam
ily matters and trivial things.
man has a right to be dispieased.
Wives should remember that
working hours belong to the en-
ployer. ...
Only the most important mat
ters should he telephoned TO a
man at his place ~ business.
There are not many such In
stances.
whsr they come TIE conNersa-
tion should rot Be- prolonge4
The Washington times., 1929-09-30

TiiERE is moving article by
Il Caroline Singer In q recent
issue of Asia. 1t Is called MA
DAME HAS COURAGE" and 1t is
about a little French wife who
lives in the jungle OF the African
Ivory coast.
''She is a drawing-room lady,"
saws Caroline Singer, "a bloade.
porcelain lady in white slippers
and rose-colored frock, and for
seven years, isolated in the wild
erness, she has "waged a silent.
stubborn battle against the tropics
lest she should be reduced to an
incurable indifference"
Life IL horrible in that jungle
clearing. There Is heat and
drought and pestilence and an
odor of rottenness that siIts
through to the very soul. Madame
has no companionship, outside
her husband, save that Of dark
bodies and darker minds. There
are no social standards to quicken
her. no hosts Of admiring friends
to keep her in line. Other white
women, under these conditions. so
native.
But this woman stubbornly
clings to remembered ideals. She
is frail, but she fights with fiercer
weapons than those of the flesh,
She fights with her own dainty
grooming, with orderly habits. Her
monotonous meals Of canned foods
are still served in courses on fine
linen. And still she dresses as
though for the bouIevard-even
while she cages her hens against
snakes! FOR THESE HABITS
ARE THE SYMBOL OF CIvILI-
ZATION. THEY ARE THE CODE
OF HER KIND, AND. IN THE
MIDST OF SAVAGERY. SHE
KEEPS THE FAITH!
thought, as I read about her
of that hoopskirt they found a
while ago under the rocks of Eni.
grant Gap. Chances are you've
never seen Emigrant CAPT YOU
do, you1l never forget it. 1t is a
pass through the Sierra Nevada.
The pioneers came that way in the
SOS seeking California. The rest
of the way had been bad enough.
Deserts and Indians. snow and
blistering sun, sickness, starvation.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis e. Bisch-

A REGULATION or joints are
"A bony surfaces which move
one on the other. The various bones
of the skeleton are connected in
this way.
So that the bones may be held
together they are fastened by
very strong tissue of fibrous
nature. This tissue constitutes an
enclosure or capsule which al.
lows free motion of the bones,
yet which prevents one bone slip
ping away from another, causing
dislocation.
At certain places where the
bones articulate and where the
strain from movement is great,
the fibrous tissue is unusually
strong and interlaced. These
very strong bands are called
"ligaments.''
The rubbing surface of the
bones, constituting the articular
surfaces, are covered by ''carti-
lage." This cartilage is very elias
tic but firm. 1t is bluish-white in
color.
Besides, the typical Joints are
closed entirely by a membrane
known as 'synovia. This Sc
cretes fluid, the synoyial fluid.
1t can be understood from
this brief description that the
joints of the body are often very
complicated structures.
That explains why injury to
the joints or disease Of the
joints may prove so difficult to
treat and heal and why so often
a degree of joint fixation takes
place, the patient being unable
to move the limbs as well as be-
fore.
Even sprains, which are moth
wrenching of a joint, may be
serious.
When a sprain occurs there is
usually degree of stretching or
tearing of the ligaments or of
the tendons which run from the
muscles and assist in movement
OF the limbs.
Because. OF the various joint
surfaces bones are capable of six
different kinds of movement.
F1exion means that q limb can
be bent.
Extension indicates that 1t may
be Strengthened out.
Abduction means that limb
can be brought to or nearer the
middle line of the body.
Pntafinn T1AonS tn tnrn m itS
own axis.
Lastly. circumduction indicates
the ability to describe circle by
rotation around an imaginary
axis,
In joint affections movement
must be restricted If not entirely
hampered so that the rubbing
and movement of the parts will
not aggrevate the inflammatory
process. Such restriction OF
movement iseaccomplished through
proper bandaging, splints or a
plaster-of-paris cast.
Some joint surfaces are not
movable after a certain age. Such
are the articulations OF the skull
bones or "suture," which ride,
one on the other. thereby making
the skull smaller during the proc.
ess of birth.
The so-called "holes in the head"
or fontanell. two in number. are
formed by the union of three or
four skull bones. These fonta-
nells close with hone. as do me
sutures early in life.
Now and again the synovisl So
cretions are diminished and q kind
of creakinz of the ioints takes
place. Especially ls thiA true of
ths knes&
The Washington times., 1929-09-30

YyHERE Is a certain magic about
science which makes it mys-
terious ard wonderful. The very
thought of knowledge - Definite,
complete, all embracing - intro
duces the idea of the divine.
Science really means the pro-
fession of knowing. The passion
for knowing things is the most
powerful of all the passions.
This ineradicabie longing to be
convinced, this desire to arrive
at the truth has been responsible
for some of the greatest revolli-
tions in human history. This Is
true Of art, of philosophy, of
religion, of every department OF
human thought and emotion.
We all like to think Of truth
as eternal-applicable yesterday,
today, and forever. But it is a
truisn, in the realm of art no
less than in the realm of science.
that truth. so-called, does not
have an indefinite lease on life.
Times, conditions, customs, man.
ners, morals all change; and we
change with and are changed In
them. Ibsen says somewhere that
a truth was so hoary with age
that it was in fair way to be-
come a lie."
How do we know that the
truth here may not be IA false
hood in Tokyo? - -
We speak of the force Of gravi-
tatiori ais If it, were. constant
thing-the same here, there and
everywhere. But of course that
is not a correct statement. A
pinch of earth may weigh one
ounce on the surface of the
earth; it may weigh a ton on
the surface of some of the very
remote heavenly bodies.
The physical and mechanical
laws are believed by us-as a
working hypothesis-to be the
same throughout the universe.
The law governing electrons in
saos the atom is the exact analogy
of Newton's law of universal Sravi-
tation-electrons repsl each other
directly as the product nj the
charges and inversely as tire
square Of the distance. But what
law holds inside the nucleus
We % not knew. what laws
kel6 sa o-4sn. - Antarsa. -
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
Wives and Telephones

Wives and Telephones
"VoU can tell by the way he
i is speaking that he is talk.
ing to his wife"
Ever heard such an expression
after a married man had been tele-
phoning to his wife in a more or
less public place?
Often the man who is courteous
and gentlemanly when speaking
to other women is gruff and curt
when his wife is at the other end
of the wire.
Wives don't like this at apv
time. but they feel the sting mora
deeply when thsv Know that
others In the same Office With
their husbands recognize their
rudeneazsto thsn.
II fer ns ethsE rsassa than TIA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26

clear away from this place and you'd
have been buried by now II 1t hadn't
been for me. just YOU remember it and
be bit decent"
felt suddenly o qualm Of self-re-
proach. The girl spoke the truth.
"All right, I won't bother about the
letters" decided. filling my pipe and
drawing up chair. "You can stay and
have q cocktail with me, If you like. =
"It's q pal to talk to want" she
confided, smiling at me graLiously. 1.-THE
maid who waits on me Is mute, and
there's lot Of things want to know.
How many of the gang had to be sent
to the hospital?"
"We don't know ourselves" ex-
planned. when the sham inspector and
police came and made such idiots of US.
they brought an ambulance Of their own
and took away all the wounded. No one
on our side was seriously hurt except
poor Jenkins, the electrician, and Miles. T"
Serves the butler right" she re-
marked complacently. He was the man
who squealed."
"You can't be sure Of that" remon-
strated.
II jolly well ami" she contradicted.
"Why, I've seen him with his old soapy
face down our way when the gang was
meeting time after time. 1t was
from him Joseph got q plan OF
your secret staircase, a set of
keys to the house, and q list of the
valuables in the study. That's why they
leave, besides being able to get into the
house and find their way about. It
was him as gave 'em q key to the
electric tower, so that they could do in
your electrician and muck up your
plant. He deserved all he got, that
chap did, and Joseph won't worry
either. He don't like EN- any better
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26

She looked at me with Q crooked
little smile.
That's like nan-that speech" she
said reproachfully II shouldn't have
been here If I'd let Ned pot you"
I FASTENED to apologize.
quite right. young lady" admitted.
st was rather beast to say that. Jolly
sporting effort of yours it was. Don't
think I've forgotten 1t. I haven't, and
I'm never likely TO-"
"Then be bit more pa1ly," she beg
ged. I'm for the gang, OF course, and
my own boys, but / can't stand dirty
fighting. Besides, It was Ned's fault,
really. They'd had you all for mugs.
with their sham uniforms and ambu-
lance; they'd got our wounded chaps
away and all the swag they were told
to collect and yet he must stay for that
picture. bet he'll cop it when he gets
out"
II don't think that will trouble him
much" I remarked. Hell get seven
years at least, even If they make 1t
manslaughter, and don't think Joseph
will be at the prison gate then to meet
him-not outside, at any rate"
Hell get something extra, I dare
say" she reflected, "for personating the
police. A bit green you folks were. you
know. 1 knew those weren't cops the
moment l set eyes on them"
IT dare say you've larger experience
of the force" retorted. Besides, you
must remember we were all pretty well
done in and dazed, and we were ex-
pecting the police. May ask for how
long you're going to give me the
pleasure of your company? have some
letters to write"
She settled herself down little more
comfortably.
It am going to stay Just as long as
I like" she declared. ct could have been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26

from this moment. Little lady on the
divan, we viii find you prince for a
sweetheart, not a guttersnipe."
She had slipped to her feet. Her air was
one of bravado, but think that even
then she began to realize what she had
done, that she had turned against her
people, that she would probably never
again dare to show herself in her old
haunts. Perhaps she knew. At any
rate. she shrugged her shoulders and
wiped the cigarette ash from her sleeve.
"They fight dirty" she declared.
They've got what was coming to them.
10 would say the same if he was here"
Then I heard the tramping of feet.
the painting of men running, and we
knew that our ordeal was over. Minchin
was first into the room, followed pell-
nell by Huhtley and Grateson. In the
background caught glimpse of
Beatrice Essiter, and all the chill Ill
humor had gone from her face, and her
eyes were glowing with a great relief.
The three members of the gang whom
we handed over to the police were duly
committed for trial, and things pro-
ceeded uneventfully at Breezeley Man
sion until one evening found Rachel
unceremoniously curled up in the easy
chair In my apartment.
"Hullo, young lady! Who gave you
permission to come in here?" / asked.
She leaned over, struck match, and
lit fresh cigarette.
"I've had a quarter of an hour with
the old OGRE" she confided, land I've
given my-what is it. you soldiers call
it?-parole. I've promised not to at
tempt to wander back home on my lone
some. I'm going to wait until 10 comes
for me-"
"Well. he came for you the other
night" reminded her. land you are
still here"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26
The Treasure
House of
Martin Hews
CONTINUED From Yesterdays Star


Martin Hews, legless cripple, lives in a
huge sinister house. where his art treas
ures are hidden from the world. The place
is full of mysterious electrical devices and
Hews gets about in an electrically con-
Maj. owston. who tells the story. is a
soldier OF fortune who has been hired as
HewS bodyguard. On his first nieht there
the house is attacked by a dangerous sang
of London thieves under the leadership OF
Hews chief enemy, an arch-criminal named
Joseph. The purpose of the attack is TO
carry of a girl named Rachel who is IN
the mansion under Hews' protection. Under
DIVISIONS leadership the attack is repulsed;
When the police arrive they find that HewS
butler, Miles, has been shot in the back
and killed. They do not know that Martin
Hews fred the shot, melting out the death
penalty because Miles had sold plans OF
the house and its electrical defenses TO
After the police have said they will have
no more need of him.. Mai Owston goes
to his room. He is awakened in the mlodle
of the night by Beatrice Essiter, Hews
niece, who informs him that the whole
electrical plant has been put out OF COM
mission. She fears for her uncle's SAFETY.
Owston follows her to her uncle's library
and forces his way in. There he sees Mar
tin Hews at his desk in deadly fright. The
police inspector, masked, is Watching over
him. A second man in police uniform is
cutting painting by Correeio from q frame
A third is examining an exquisite pink
pearl. Two large bags have. been filled
with precious stones. Rachel is seated on
n divan coolly smoking a cigarette,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26
By
E. PHILLIPS
| OPPENHEIM
Copyrfsht, 1920. by North Amer
lean Newspaper Alliance and
Metropolitan Newspaper Serv-
ice.

ing his opportunity, leaped forward the
moment he was uncovered, but IN a
second there was the spit of shot
from behind him, and he staggered
round to fall with sickening crash up
on the carpet. Martin Hews, steering
his chair beautifully between the bodies
of the two wounded men, drew up at
my side, also covering the partition in
the tapestry. We waited breathlesslyi
The man in hiding was evidently hit,
for there was no movement, and no
sound but his groans.
Don't trust any of them. SIR" I
shouted Keep your hands upon you
gun. The man on the floors coming
to-"
Martin Hews smiled Throughout the
whole of my somewhat tangled
memories of that scene. remember his
smile. There was ugly humor, there was
blood lust, there was ferocity, all there.
"Well spoken, my gallant major!" he
cried. MY preserver, and made man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26
MISTAKEN FOR ANOTHER,
TEXAS WOMAN SLAIN
Mrs. Oscar Cross Shot to Death by
Mrs. w. E. Reid at
Cumby.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CUMBY, Tex, June 26.-A victim Of
mistaken identity, Mrs. w. E. Reid of
this city was shot and killed here late
Monday by Mrs. Oscar Cross. Mrs.
Cross surrendered at once and at first
refused to make statement, but later
told County Attorney Emmett Thorn
ton that she had killed the wrong
woman" Mrs. Cross was liberated on a
$40 900 bond.
The shooting occurred on Main
street, in front of the post office, Mrs.
Cross firing four times.
County Attorney Thornton said that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26

when they peach for him than when
they peach against"
There was knock at the door. The
new butler, Johnson, presented himself.
with card upon silver salver.
picked 1t up and read:
DETECTIVE INSPECTOR BLooR
1.-THE gentleman would like few
words with you, sir" johnson an
nounced.
(To be Continued)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26

Mrs. Cross had made q statement to
him saying that the bullets were In
tended for Dallas woman supposed
to have been In the vicinity at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26

time. She would not reveal why she
wanted to kill the Dallas woman.
Mrs. Reid, 20, Is survived by q
daughter. Mrs. Cross Is the mother of
three children. She Is about IS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26
SIXTH INSTALLMENT.

MY entrance had been so noise
Nh less that had time to take
V all this in before 1 was OBJ
4 4 served, and there is no doubt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26

(To be Continued.)