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out for Sailfsh, which, according to its
unbiushing advocates, is the most spec
tacular, the most courageous, the Warl-
est the fastest, the most acrobatic and
the most difficult fish to catch.
The sailfish as found off the coast Of
Florida, averages feet In length and
80 pounds in weight. A member of the
Swordfish family though of much more
graceful proportions. it is distinguished
by an unusually large dorsal fin of
vivid coloring. On warm, sunny days
this fish likes to meander along the
surface. its massive sail of bright blue
and purple extended into the air, some
thing like a peacock on parade. I'M
when aroused.
This species, as is the case with most
big game fish. can be taken only by
means of a steadily moving mre-and
this necessitates the use of boat.
Cruisers about 40 feet in length are
best adapted for this purpose. Two
anglers are seated in the stern, facing
aft. If there are more than two anglers
there is danger of tangled lines; if less,
there is less chance of attracting tho
fish. The boat is slowed down to four
miles an hour and for various reasons
the troll, or bait, some so feet astern,
should be visible to those on board.
BY and by two massive brown shadows
may be discerned as they slide down
wave, stealthily stalking the bait, cross
ing and re-crossing from one line to
the other. Sometimes this stalking pro-
cess continues for as much as 10 min
utes, or even longer, before the fish
decides what to do about it. In the
meantime, if the boat happens to de-
viate from straight course, or If bit
of weed becomes tangled in the hook,
the fish seems to realize instantly that
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aona Museum Exhibits Greatest Walking Stick Collection

In speaking of one of his treasured
walking sticks Mr.. Block said:
mot even the coating Of stellac which
protects 1t against injury can conceal
the lustrouS. dark-red colorations In
this stick of muirapiranga. When I
gaze at it seem to be looking through
the surface into the very heart Of the
wood.
It have several sticks of Satinwood
from Ceylon and San Domingo, which
any woman would love to have trans
lated into new gown. They are Of
golden, Shimmering yellows, with hueS
and ripping lights whose apparent
iridescence changes as the position Of
the cane is shifted.
Il have some walking sticks that
rank as 'Marthas' Of the wood world"
continued Mr.. Block. There is one
simple ash specimen which gloat over
as much as do over the finest ebony
or rosewood. There is Tennessee cedar
of golden hue. with small dark-brown
knots, which looks as fine as a flaming
padouk. And there are pines and pop
lar, willows and gums that gleam in
changing light and suggest hidden beau
ties and allurements as much as any
Snakewood, pimento, alves, kingwood or
other ariStocratS OF the tree tribe.
But are there really ariStocrats OF
the wood world? Or is it merely q
matter Of finding a wood at its best
and shaping and polishing 1t in way
that brings out its beautieS?"
You can gain some small idea OF
the value Of this remarkable collec-
ton of canes by the fact that the
handles alone cost more than $4,000.
But it is impossible for you even to
visualize the vast amount of human
labor involved in the gathering of the
wood samples included in the collection.
Government officials. Army and Naval
officers, diplomats, missionaries, explor-
ers. steamship companies museum ex-
pertS and many others who travel the
fairgrounds and hinterlands of civiliza-
ton have aided Mr.. Block in this
strange quest
Some OF the outstanding woods are
used for special commercial purposes.
For example, the rosewood from HON.
duraS Is employed commonly in the bars
OF marimbaS and xylophoneS. The CO.
cooolo from Central America is used
III the manufacture of cutlery handles
While some of our finest rulers are
made from lockwood imported from TIlr-
Key and the West Indies. Pernambuco
wood Is employed in making violin bows
while material from the koa tree lie
transformed in the land of its nativity
into Hawaiian ukuleleS Flutes are made
from the West Indian cocuS. Dogwood
is converted into weavers' shuttles.
archery bows are made from lancewood.
lemonwood and degame, while various
otner rare woods are employed In cab.
met making, inlay and marduetry.
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as remarkable as the contrasting colors.
The markings range from bird's.eyc,
hickory and maple to mottled ebony
striped with gold from Africa, NADIA
gascar and Ceylon. Embuia from Bra
zil is one of the richest figured woods,
resembling black walnut, and is ideal
for fine furniture production, despite
the fact that much Of the supply Is
used for railroad ties
Certain peculiarities of some of
these foreign woods are seen in their
names-the pheasantwood of the West
Indies, bois serpent from French
Guiana, ribbonwood and lace bark
from New Zealand, silky oak from
Australia and letterwood from the
Guianas. Even the dyewoods, such
as fustic, the tropical American source
of yellow and khaki colors; red brazil
wood, logwood, which yields black dyes,
and the camwood from Sierra Leone,
Africa, are represented by specimens
finished as walking sticks. One of the
woods which for centuries have en-
gendered superstitious beliefs among
Mexicans is the Mexican taray, which
imparts to water a wonderful fiuores-
cerce. This secular property has
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stripped off his reel. This conviction.
if anything, is ever deeper seated In
those of us who fish there the year
around. And at times we sally forth for
these larger brutes exclusively, alwc. S
realizing at the outset that, aside from
thrills, cuts. bruises and broken gear.
the chances are that we shall have
nothing to show for our pains.
Y < So
ON such quests, ordinary heavy tackle
~ is useless. Our outfit is made up
of short, thick rod, extra heavily
wrapped; 120-pound test line, which
is strong enough when wet to tow a
motorboat; long, heavy piano-wire lead
ers, special stream-lined 6-pound sink
ers, and for bait whole fish like mack
erel kingfish or bonito. Why not use
a rope? the uninitiated might inquire.
The answer is that the fish we want
will strike only at moving bait, and a
thicker line offers too much resistance
for a moving bait to be sunk to the
proper depth.
We have been told that the fish we
hooked in this manner were large
sharks. but we know better-and we
know better even before we saw one.
The actions are utterly unlike. Sharks
when hooked move off in stately but
irresistible fashion, with the deliberate
certainty of a freight train starting on
a long journey. These fish plunge
around in mad frenzy Of tremendous
jerks of 20 to 80 feet. and within a few
minutes usually break the line or dis
gorge the hook
1t was while fishing thus last Sum-
mer that we hooked what the guide
called giant tuna. After more than
two hours of battling, we got it close to
the surface-close enough to see it
only to lose it in tragic manner.
Aside from its sleeve estimated its
weight at between 500 and 600 pounds
Its outstanding features were its
dorsal and pectoral fins. These were
long and lacy. like those of a fancy
goldfish, sweeping backward in grace
full folds of yellow and violet. The
captain and I had played it turn and
| turn about, until both of us we're on
the verge of exhaustion. We were
resting for the moment, and discussing
means of gazing it, while boat and
| fish wallowed side by side in the easy
| ground swell.
This latter was our undoing. The
motor was in neutral, and before we
could get out of the way, the fish had
| slipped under the boat-or the boat
over the fish. Anyway, the line scraped
along the corroded strip of metal on
the bottom of the keel, frayed in two,
and our fish dropped slowly out of
| sight. We have had similar strikes
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hour or so seemed nearing an end I
have watched an angler, grim and
Wearying, brighten into a smile of an
ticipated victory as he succeeded in
pumping" his fish, foot by foot and
inch by inch, closer and closer to the
boat. So close. at last. that the domi-
mating note of the situation was the
kissing of the line, taut as a. fiddle
string, cutting the water.
x X X X
IN these final moments, the rod itself
must take up most of the stresses,
and it bends into seemingly impossible
curves. The guide-hitherto a silent
figure, but now encouraging-leans out
board, heavily gloved, to grab the fish
by the sword as it rolls past. The grand
finale seems near, but the fish. suddenly
taking fright at the proximity of the
boat or an untoWard movement of some
one aboard, is galvanized into renewed
action and leaps wildly about in every
direction. Then with fierce rush it is
of, sounding again. Subconsciously,
the weary angler CLAMPS all possible
tension on the brake, hoping to check
the run before the line is stripped off
the reel The real heats and smokes,
while the angler, bracing himself for
another tussle. smiles wanly, though
his heart is glowing with admiration
for his opponent.
Thus the struggle continues until
one of two things happens-and, pri-
vately, you decide that, after all, the
guides estimates are very conservative.
Such ordinarily are the sequences of
the sport in pursuing the willy sailfish.
With other big game fish other methods
are used, none of them dreamed of in
the philosophy of old Izaak Walton.
Every angler who has fished off the
Florida Keys knows that species of i'm
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made 1t perpetual source of wonder
to the natives where 1t abonnds.
Group some of these canes together
and their blended odors resemble the
perfume Of garden flowers. Camphor
wood from Formosa and sandalwood
from India, raspberry-jam wood from
Australia, rosewood from Brazil, cigar
box cedar from tropical America, laurel
from Guatemala, sWeetwood from Brit
iSh Honduras, oleo vermelho from Bra
zil and many other canes in the Block
collection are endowed with distinctive
and inviting odors. The pao dalho from
Brazil, however, is not so popular for
it smells like garlic, while the sneeze-
wood from South Africa has the same
effect as the use of snuff on those who
work 1t.
The limited number of regal woods
whose use is restricted in the lands
where they grow to royalty invariably
attract attention. The famous pink
ivory wood of .Zululand falls in this
classification. Only those who belong
to the royal family can carry weapons
or other articles made of this material.
1t is a capital offense for other members
of the tribe to use pink ivory wood in
any way
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cherry, cypress. Japanese isu, lilac,
maple, myrtle. redwood, satinwood, rimu
and thuya. Some of the handles are
made of agate, rock amber, bloodstone,
cats-eye. coral. mother of pearl, Jade.
jasper. marble and tiger eye. Other
handles are made from the horns Of
African and American bison, sheep,
stays, rams and the rhinoceros.
The skins of lizards, sharks and GER
tain snakes. such as the boa and python.
have been used as fittings and orna-
ments on some of the walking sticks,
while the mountings are of silver and
gold and the inlays of rare wood. One
particularly fine inlay is perfect natu-
raj cross from the Brazilian Llama called
cipo crucis, the vine of the cross.
\ y y ~.
FORESTRY experts in all parts of the
world have assisted Mr. Block in
the accurate scientific identification of
all the woods in his collection that are
known to botany. Many of the rarest
woods we're identified at. the Yale. For.
estry School, where experts studied their
peculiarities powerfully maRnifed. 1T
is difficult to describe the beauty. Of
some Of the finest canes,
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A notorious Zulu King, Dingaan, who
made it extremely uncomfortable for the
Beers for many years until he was
finally vanquished carried a mighty
spear halted with pink ivory wood. The
story runs that he used this spear in
Staying his mother Subsequently,
when the Beers defeated his band, Din
gaan died upon the barbed point of this
weapon. His last command was that
his followers kill him. A retired British
sea captain presented Mr.. Block with
one of the pink ivory canes in his COL
lection. 1t is fine illustration of the
skill of the zulus in wood carving.
Another wood of particular irnpor-
lance, on account of the extreme rev.
erence accorded 1t by natives, is the
Bloodwood Cacique ,of Panama, which
for centuries was dignifiod as an article
of authority by the Indians. The medi-
cine men OF various Panaman tribes
claimed magical and curative properties
for this wood.
The flower wood of China is appro-
priately named as result of its indiv-
idual beauty. It is. a wonderfully fig
ured brown wood, which has never been
fully identified by tree experts as to
genus and species. Chinese cabinet
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and Perils of Deep-Sea Angling Off Florida Coast

since, but never have come so close to
the prey.
Along the Florida Keys fish are 50
,plentiful-nay, even boisterous-that
they can be depended upon to jump
of their own accord, not merely into
the boat itself, but right into the frying
pan, If one be handy. AS an everyday
routine culinary procedure, this plan,
of course. is not recommended-not for
the reason you probably have in mind,
but because the momentum of five-
disastrous to an orderly array of pots
and pans.
MONT smile, kind reader, and, above
~ ALL do not bet that it cannot be
done. For you will surely lose! It can
be demonstrated any evening when the
moon is low. All you have to do is to
anchor in shoal water. set the stove in
the center of the cockpit, place pan
on the stove, and hang light over
the pan. Then lie low, keep quiet and
let nature take its course. The light
attracts the fish. The cockpit floor will
soon be a slithering, phosphorescent
mess of silvery jacks, runners, tarpon,
sea trout and whatnot. About one In
five will hit the pan.
Yarns Of small fish being swallowed
by larger fish are common enough, but
one of the most remarkable series I
have heard was told to me by
Miami guide-an absolutely trust
worthy man, by the way. A small
and unwelcome mackerel hit the troll
and was hooked. While Keeling 1t in,
rather disgustedly, the angler was
startled by vicious tug, and saw
that barracuda Cthe most vicious
of fish had swallowed the mackerel.
A few moments later, large amber
jack, attracted by the commotion, at
tackled the barracuda, bit it in two
and swallowed the head. This provided
a real struggle. but the climax was
reached when a massive hammerhead
shark, seeing the amber jack in dis
treSS, came up, made meal Of Il at
one gulp and majestically headed for
the Bahamas and deep water, while
the angler, helplessly watching the line
stripping of the reel, called to the
guide, What shall I do, captain, what
shall I do?"
And then there was the time when
a sailfish rammed his sword through
the cabin top. Laugh at that If you
will, but it's true nevertheless. The fish
had been brought alongside the boat
by an artist who was anxious to paint
| 1t while the colors were still fresh.
The guide was standing by. ready with
the gaff, when, from virtually a stand
| ing start. the fish swung around in a
semi-circle of about fifteen feet radius,
leaped high In the air. rammed his
sword through the screen of a port
hole in the cabin top, broke loose the
metal framing and made off, frame
| and all No chameleon ever changed
color mere thoroughly or more quickly
than did that guide-his rusty tan
| changed to a sickly ash, and stayed
that way for quite some time.
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makers cherish this wood so highly that
when they acquire possession of such
material they use it sparingly and pass
along what remains as legacies to their
sons and grandsons who follow similar
trades.
One white walking stick is made from
wood OF the COW tree of Eastern Guate-
mala, whose bark yields curious latex,
used as satisfactory substitute for
milk. Other canes are made from such
historical woods as the Cedar of Leba-
non, bog oak from Ireland, bog rowan
from North Wales and beautiful speci-
mems OF bog sugi from Japan.
Science has been baf1ied in its at
tempts to make botanical identifica-
lions of such woods as the Brazilian
tulip. popular cabinet wood from
Ceara, and the African cherry Neither
of these materials has botanical
name.
Many of the woods which Mr.. Block
has converted into handsome canes
were not elastic and flexible so they
could be bent at one end to form ham
dies. This collector has used handles
made of fferent material, such as the
twisted ana gnarly burls of amboyna,
apitong. ash. hriar. camphorwood.
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BY JOHN MAHONY.

r TERBERT HOOVER'S pre-in.
IL auguratfon holiday in the land
OF sunshine and the home of
Il Il big FISH Is not mere friendly
political gesture toward a
Southern State which was surprisingly
pro-Hoover in the recent election. Nor
are excursions among the Florida Keys
after big game fish a new experience
for him. He has been frequent visitor
to Florida, where he has been a per-
sistent and consistently successful
angler.
His recent expedition, as President
elect, will focus public attention on a
form OF sport that with none of what
Mr.. w. o. Mcclellan calls the accom-
panying ballyhoo." is considered by
many TO be without a peer. Catching
big game fish is no childS play. 1t
requires skill. strength and endurance;
likewise courage. a steady nerve, sea-
manship and knowledge Of the habits
Of the quarry.
Whatever other claims Florida may
have made on strained SuperlativeS,
there is no disputing the fact that the
fishing grounds along its keys are most
prolific and most versatile in variety of
sport. Whether you be an advocate of
the lordly troll or the lowly handline.
still fisherman, a caster or harpoonist,
your game-or all of then1-may be
found within square mile-almost any
square mile-along these keys. Other
fishing grounds, it is true. are famous
for this species or that-for example,
Southern California with its giant tuna,
or New Zealand with its enormous
swordfiSh. But both these species, as
we'll as more than 600 other varieties,
are to be found within five miles of
Miami.
The majority of anglers who fish in
Southern Florida come as Winter visi-
tors from Northern States. For that
reason. probably. the belief-quite err
roneous-is widespread that the best
fishing is to be had during the Winter
months. Then the air generally is
warm. but invigorating, the sun high
and the atmosphere so clear that the
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Radio Piano.

pIANo music. as broadcast over the
radio. is often spoiled by the dis
cordant twang of vibrating wires.
These sounds are lost to the ear.
which catches only the original true
note. but the delicate broadcasting an
paratus picks them up and magnities
them. A new plano. designed for radio
orqedcasting by French inventor,
md les these vibrations and transmits,
only the pure tone when q key lI
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to see specimens of feet or even
longer, weighing upward of 100 pounds.
X X X X
ITO describe the characteristics of
each species of the bare but bril-
liant dozen have mentioned, or the
methods that are used in catching
them, is obviously impossible. And yet
1 know from experience that mention
of any of them, to the exclusion of the
others, usually ELECTS storm of pro-
tests. But let the brickbats fall where
they may; Wen assume that we are
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superstructures of ships hull-down on
the horizon seem to be close at hand
Here and there, scattered in every d.
rection, rising and falling with the
easy swells, may be discerned sturdy
motorboats Of the type known as
Cruisers" moving at reduced speed,
each intent on its own business. Spick
and span they are, and II at times their
movements seem crazy, there is a
reason. They are after big game fish.
Within easy stones throw Of our
boat, the sea shows an irregular
though clearly defined line Of demarca-
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things are not Just what they seem,
and, without further ado, it makes Of
for pastures new. Hence the necessity
for keeping the bait in sight. AS the
minutes pass, the cumulative effect of
the suspense on the anglers nerves may
be better imagined than described.
y X X \
IF the quarry's inspection passes mus
ter and it usually does with a well
managed boat. one or both of the fish
decide In very deliberate fashion that
the bait is not only edible but desirable
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mense size, tremendous power and I'M
believable speed inhabit those waters.
The proof-the fish itself-is rarely
visible, but every fisherman there, at
one time or another, has had his line
snapped like a thread or relentlessly
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n VOWEL pageantry of the worlds
N most beautiful and useful woods
VI in the exhibition guise of 1.400
1 walking sticks, has been added
renentiV to the Adiicatinf1al coll
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r TERBERT HOOvER'S pre-in-
IL auguratfon holiday In the land
OF sunshine and the home of
Il Il big FISH is not a mere friendly
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