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while the head of my red one was not as large
as that of the red one that had charged.
Later on a black bull charged us, showing
there was no color line drawn, and this charge
was unprovoked. We were going up a little
hill to look out for elephant following an old
buffalo trail through tall grass Herbert was
good bit ahead his boy carrying his gun. Sud-
denly buffalo rose up in his path, big, black
bull Nothing earth could have saved Her
bert If the beast had come at him-hiS boy with
the gun had given a backward jump and I
don't believe anyway that the boy could have
got the gun to him in time if the buffalo had
charged, but instead the bull plunged of with
a snort.
When came up few minutes later saw
nothing of buffalo and knew nothing about
this till joined Herbert at the top, nor did the
two men who were coming up on another trail.
We found a sloping rock the summit and sat
some little time scanning the country with our
glasses and watching two different groups OF
elephants. Then, net finding the tusker we were
seeking, Arthur and Harry went off to the next
hill to signal us from there.
A FEW moments after they had gone down
there came rush through the grass and
there in front of US, on the edge of the clearing
of trampled grass about the rock stood big
black bull. Presumably he was Herbert's
chance acquaintance. More than presumably
he was mad, fighting mad. This going up and
down was too much for him And then he
caught sight of us
I don't know how far he was-we did not
pace it-but he was so near I could see his
eyes CLEAN. He was one of the pictures of
Africa-and was safe enough on the rock to
enjoy it. A wild bull buffalo, confronted for
the first time in his life with man. the in
vader. As a matter of fact he was confronted,
too, by woman, the arch invader, but expect
he wasn't making any dis inctions.
He went into rage He stamped he tossed
his head, he blew his nostrils, he beloved at
us We had time to watch him. time to have
our boys, who were farther down the rocky
slope pass along our guns. He was a tremen-
dous sight sheer, savage anger, impotent how
70 wreak itself yet ready to launch out We
would have given much to have the motion
camera there.
And then like a thunderbolt he came on
Not straight against the rock in senseless fury.
out at slant to the edge at our right. where
the slope met the ground 1t was no greater
inclination that we had found in trails them
selves and for all we knew he might have been
IN the habit OF climbing it every day for the
view We weren't going to wait to find out
remember that he had his head down and his
tail stood straight out.
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(copyright, 1879

which was lined with black velvet When de-
veloped it looked as if Ne few in black space.
Clouds were superimposed and the effect OF
flying through clouds was obtained.
All Dougs trick stuff is legitimate and fre%
quently dangerous. Not the least dangerous
was his favorite and perhaps his cleverest trick.
in which he threw rope into the air and pros
ceeded to climb up it. Audiences nodded wisely
and said: "Oh. it's suspended On wires. You
can't fool me-! But when Doug reached the
top he bent the end of the rope under, to their
horror and amazement. How did it stay uu
in the air VIXEN it wasn't hung on anything.
Oh, my little cabbages, what do you thinkH
He did the whole scene standing on his headl
The sets were built upside down for this eff
feet. the rope hung down, not up, and part
of the magic consists of the fact that the stan
didn't break his neck but remained nonchalant
throughout the proceeding.
COME scenes in which actors play dual roles
are, as every one knows, merely doubIe-ex@
poSure shots, half the film in the camera be-
ing exposed at a time, the actor in one rold
being careful not to overStep the line that
would put him into conflict with his other sela
when the opposite half of the film is exposed
But the new method, kept carefully secrets
is based on the principle of the process shot.
Watch Ruth Chatterton in her new picture and
see If you can figure out how it's done.
Talking to yourself when you are playing tive
parts IN the same scene Is managed undeN
double exposure methods thus:
Say you are playing the roles of two sisters,
Jean and Helen. A young actress would stand
in" as JEAN while you played Helen, and
stand in" as Helen while you essayed Jean.
You would rehearse your lines, taking roles
turn and turn about, until the tempo and
spacing in each were exactly the same: in
fact. her performance must be . carbon copN
Of yours Then the recorder would open the
microphone for your rendition of the scene as
Jean, tuning-out as soon as the stand in" was
ready to reply with Helen's lines. When the
reverse side of the scene was photographed, this
process would be repeated except that now
your rendition of Helen would be recorded The
two scenes would be merged, just as the two
halves of the Aim were merged, and there you
would be converSing with yourself.
There are miracles, many and varied, per~
formed by the sons of Aladdin in the city on
stars, and these are not the half of them, or
near it,
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polite to everybody. But the person who per-
siSts In politeness in all circumstances in all
lands should keep away from Egypt
And so should those who have faith in all
men. Allah himself cannot save the trusting
soul from the sharks in Egypt 1t is almost an
article Of faith to fool the unbeliever To put
something over on the stranger is to gain great
credit with the prophet Are not all foreigners
rich? Especially not all Americans rolling
IN wealth. whatever the stock market may be
doing? And is it not the part of a true son of
Mahomet to relieve these people of their cor
Tuptng gold?
Then there are in the roll of those who
should stay away from Egypt the people who
are prone to measure values by costs. my
dear" Mrs Tourist will exclam-perhaps Mr..
Tourist has already said it on the previous day
II got this for simply a song The man asked
so piasters for it and finally beat him down to
Is. don't really know just what that means
IN American money. but it awfully cheap.
And so beautiful" Now matter of fact the
thing purchased, beautiful otherwise, prob
ably cost 10 piasters to make and could have
been profitabiy sold for Is.
That, however, is rather the reverse of the
medal The real artistry of self-delusion comes
in the case Of the headlong buyer who pays the
hrst price asked. perhaps high in the hundreds
of piasters. And then displays it proudly as
assuredly work Of great merit perhaps of
that occurs at home well in Egypt. Still
it may be urged that Egypt is no place for
those who measure values by costs.
/ MIGHT extend this list to greater length,
for there are many types of tourists who in
all truth should stay out of the land of high
chicane. But / Will close the catalogue with
just one more example the person who is not
content with approximate dates but insists upon
the exact reckoning. In the first place, Egyp-
tian history is still in state of fiux as regards
old this or that object of antiquity is and he
will say conscentously that it is about 1000
years old, perhaps 5000 years. Or maybe
he will canniiy spsaS in terms of dynaSties,
with shrewd understanding that the average
tourist is decidedly sketchy in his knowledge of
Egyptian records. To ask for more precise
data is to ask the impossible. Even the anthro-
pologists-or to be precise the Egyptologists--
are in dispute over the chronology of this aged
land. Just as a reckoning is agreed upon some
one happens upon tomb or deciphers a
hitherto cryptic inscription and gets a wholly
starting point for dynasty or period.
The precisonist, who must have his history
exact, through a prospective of so CEN
turies, should abandon the role of tourist and
go in for exploration and study. He may have
the very best guide in Egypt understand
that there are several hundred best guides
and II he persists in the specific date, upon the
unquestionabe fact, upon the precise spot, he
viii have very sorry time, else he will get
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$4,000, 900, 900 for Roads.

THE road-building activities of the world as
planned for the current year entail total
expenditure of s., OO0, 900 900. OF this tremen-
dous sum $4,000 900 900 will be spent in the
United States, where the enormous development
of the automobile industry makes the roadways
vital.
Argentina is spreading out with 800 miles of
road to cost $2O0OO0,OO0 being projected.
Canada and Japan are to spend $40, 600, 900
each and other countries have large items in
their budgets for road work.
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Exposing Secrets.
Continued from Fourth Page

these to be. If the pictures have been fulfilled
the princess has spent some of the past 80
centuries as a peasant on the estate of the
god Osiris in the EIysian Fields.
Describing four such pictures, Mr.. Winlock
writes: "She drives a pair of cream-colored
cows to the pillow, cracking her whip over
their backs. She cuts a luxuriant field of
wheat, far taller than her own head, with
gold-colored sickle. She rows a green canoe
which she paddles on the lakes of Elysium.
And finally she guards q pile of yellow grain
for her master, Osiris"
Strange tasks for a proud and royal Egyp-
tan? 1t seems today, but these were the
lands Of god and the duties were traditional.
The princess also saw herself in the under
world in the court of the gods She stands
before Osiris and worships. And there the
Book of the Dead leaves her, declaring her rank
and titles that she is "the praised of those
who are Lords of ThebeS, the Mistress of
House, the ChantreSS of Amen-Re, King of the
Gods, the Princess Entiu-ny.''
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M0UIe Film Museum.

THE Department of Agriculture, which has
become decidedly important figure in the
motion picture world, has established museum
in which all films produced by the department
perpetuated. Many of these films, which
are used in the educational work of the de-
partments experts become antiquated and need
to be retired. When this is done the negative
and the last film turned out from the negative
are stored away in f1reproof vault. Forty
films were added last year to the museum
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Herbert put shot across him experimentally
he didn't want to kill unless he had to-and
with the roar from his gun came a roar from
the bull. He Sheered of to the left and tore
madly on in a half circle through the grass
then struck out for far slope. We could see
him going for mile.
That same day gave us one more picture Of
buffalo-this time that of watchful waiting.
The trail up which we had come led out
through the grass and far down, beside &. we
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respective adherents did the fields of prophecy
of the two forecasters overlap. Fortunately
their spheres of activity do not clash. The
goossboners hold forth at the beginning of
Winter the groundhoggers at the beginning of
Spring.
But. goosebone or grounding, Uncle Sam
still sticks to his science.
copyright, 1881
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Should NOT VDu Egypt

tremendously fooled by his finally desperate
dragoman.
There will be plenty Of tourists left If all Of
these I have suggested as unsuited - the
Egyptian atmosphere remain at home, and
they will all enjoy their visit
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with wooden base so that Doug and Julanne
Johnston could sit on it in a degree Of safety.
The cameras we're on a slightly lower derrick
beneath the arm of the crane
Doug rode the white horse up a steep incline
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could see three buffalo. They were straying
about, grazing. though their heads came con-
stantly up, uneasily. The wind was from us.
A little way on we could just make out the
back of buffalo buried in the grass by the
path. She never budged but stood like Patience
without the monument. We could see her from
the top but we knew we should lose the view
the moment we started down. so we took some
bearings for very different way and connected
with some other trails
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-24
NETWORK
ulih GiIbert Swan

New York-Maybe a particularly humid day has left me feeling crot. chety! And my gout always boht- CTS me more when rain is threat ened.
 Anyway. a couple of comments on this town of New York have started me looking around the house for soap box. After a while. when 1t cools off. I'll look for a good corner and go into a nice old-fashioned harangue.
 Meanwhile the heat being what 1t Is. I'll agree to wrap the little old island of Manhattan up and sell 1t to the first Indian I meet for half what the white men paid. That's how much 1 think of it at the moment!
 Still and notwithstanding, It seems only fair to tell the Indian what's he's getting. Which is more than the Indians did for our forefathers!
 Feeling this way, and holding no brief for most of the mani festations of the metropolis. I sell dom fail to grow annoyed when AVpN shNh Aopo eAo thNoN' ANV" Yorkism Is more dangerous to America than Communism New York isn't in the United States" There is nothing basicalfy Amer ican about New York; Manhattan Is an island unto itself"
 Bunk and triple bunk
 All of which is occasioned by an article in the current Scribner's Magazine. written by my young friend Earl Sparling. who halls from Oklahoma. and still carries a part of his accent with him. Earl reiterates what we've said time after time: that New York is a stamping ground for the people from every section of this nation; then he continues: Not only Is New York American. but 1t is mirror in which American sees herself as she is.'
 Those gentlemen who are 30 quick to challenge this huge, though muscle-bound metropolis: who call 1t all the names they can think of and blame 1t for every thing that happens. seem to for get that it's lads and lassies from their own home towns who made 1t what 1t is today. Everything that's here that's worth talking about was introduced by the smart youngsters from all the points across country where trains stop. And that goes for everything from skyscrapers to flea powder!
 The confusing and conglomerate nature of New York wares, its in- dustries. it's tastes, its whole make nu ies due to that very diversifica- ton of interest on the part of the young men and young women who changed their addresses to New
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nklngs: Traffic waiting for the cool weather before making public debut with the Sam Browns leather pu
 Savn Rock has advantages convention place Brass City delegates confab School Inspector School House the pink for the grand opening. Coleman OIoughln the village dog warden back after d of illness and thankful that the socaled dog days Jim Muvle and the Waterbury the big features of the gonnae parade in New Britain Saturday Maybe the didn't look nifty. What price publicity Scores of walked Grand street today mail We'll habit stronger than the pen anyway Police Chiefs will be held Florida card Joe George Harry whoever ts Brass center of the universe Johnnie Costello is saying "Cheeo Eight months long, long time main kayoed by sickness Captain Bl Russell will be demand after dinner speaker his Saturday the big Yep Bill of those fiery speakers read about
 Plan banker vacaionng Here's hop ing for few. fish stories Frank and about Charlie. Walter Brooks political studying be traffic expert
 Thomas F. Cavanaugh Chief Hemans idea of real fighter will observe the 23rd anniversary of his promotion to his present. Friday wishes the Cap They don't make 'em better.
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Editor Tall Tower Topics: Why don't they give the girls of Waterbury annual field day the boys had? The girls thought of all What do you Mir Editor? So why give the girls big chance and them pull through Water bury ought be proud of its girl athletes Most of them have splendid chance of beating the boys track How about it! Don't you think so Why give them ehane?-A Con Girl Reader. Cts o. K. with but don't you think that you got number of your girl friends who exhibit their athletic prowes and besieged Bill Shea of the park department you'd get your request.)
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1 York city. It's like some incred- ibly huge county fair, to which each farmer brought something ] different! Of course that makes 1t complex, scrambled and slightly cock-eyed!
 But it's American! Why even the Empire State building they ] shout so much about was put up by some lads from Kansas, who still refer to their Chicago mentor as Uncle Dan" The last name of Uncle Dan' Is Burnham, in case you haven't been introduced to the gent who started the sky-scraper boom. And he headed west from good old New England, winding up in Chicago.
 Sparling. in his article. has. made quite a collection of the out-of- towners who have put the Man. haitian jigsaw pieces together. He cites, for instance. that Gerhard Dahle, the big boss of the sub ways, came from It Howard. Wis. And various other subway digni- taries have old home addresses. such as Houghton. Mich, saltwater. Minn. Hot Springs, Ark, and Little Rock.
 Boadway's pet blues singers. chorines. comics and leads; the night clubs and the so-calied "so- ciety dancers: the fellows who run the big hotels: the bartenders In speakeasies and the book-mak- CTS out at the race traks; Tex Guinan and Peggy Hopkins Joyce --evcry symptom and symbol of the big town--ail of them the set tiers fom the other states.
 If New York isn't in in the United States; isn't representative of the United States and a pretty good illustration of what United Staters con do-what the dickens is?
 (Copyight, 1891 NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-24

Attorney Bill Russell of Cambridge in town last week re- newng aouaintances City Hall his dad the Bill married Evelyn Havcan popular teachers few back George Carrngton studying Yale school due home today but will start immediately Cambridge where he and sports the high school His team won the championship last while his basketball team was running trophy He will make the by motor passing through Connecticut New York New Jersey Penn .vvn, Deaware and Marvland Albie Burke Milford Haven this fall This the school that hlbe Booth the Yale tar made famous Wateburys Abie will have live his name Charlie Allen hoped down the shore over brino home family Chase has been given oil what speedway the motorists are making of it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-24

Editor Tall Tower Topes-The following contribution to your famous column should afford serious consideration the part of those wild motorcycle drivers I'm referring particular that type that always appear be in hurry forever pulling of line squeeze small the of trafhe Here's and incidentally should all the victims On the Mddlebury road there are inspectors examine all for borers the flowers that being carried into the county It their duty stop all While these stopped sometimes quite lengthy lne the inspectors kept busy in look nq inside That when these motorcycle drivers the picture They stopped because seldom they parcels of kind When the trac stopped they hz the of the traffic and the inspector with his mind his work. does the motorcycle driver it's just bad for him if he does struck witnessed just such
 the other The inspector having been barely missed by one passed off the incident with Well pose we'll get someimebut something should be done to stop them. ."-"Kicker."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-24
DAILY NEWS LETTER
BY THOMAS l.. STOKES

United Press Stan COrrespondcnt)
 Washington. CUP). George Washington would have preferred the simple life on his farm at Mount Vernon to the presidency of the United States, but his respect for duty made him hesitate to re- main on his estate.
 The George Washington bicen- tennial commission, in charge of plans for the celebration next year of the 2O0th anniversary of the first presidents birth. has made public data revealing the manner in which Alexander Hamilton, master politician of his day. ''sound- ed out" Washington on the presi- dency.
 When the question arose as to what man was to be selected to
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with consequent bitter feelings.
 This great politician. who would be a good match for any famous present day legislators. first Sound ed out" Washington by letter on August 13, 1788.
 "I take 1t for granted. sir." he wrote, you have concluded to comply with what will, no doubt. be the general call of your country In relation to the new government. You will permit me to say. that 1t is indispensable you should lend yourself to it's first operations. It is to little purpose to have intro duced a system, if the weightiest
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head the country. Washington's name was outstanding. But he was happy as farmer at Mount Yer non, and. although he had acted as presiding officer of the Constitu- tional convention and had exerted considerab ble influence in the strug- gle for ratification in Virginia. he preferred that someone else be .yiv- en the presidency.
 Scramble for office
 Hamilton visualized, under Wash ington, a strong and orderly gov ernment; a refusal on the part of Washington, Hamilton felt would result in a scramble for the office
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Jerry Wolfe and the Mssus enjoying the cool breezes up around Friendship. Maine these days Eddie smith the Dartmouth swimmer d trip through the wids Canada Eddie reports paddle where he and his companions mel nobino but wild life for ten whole days The depres sion bavno u reached Tenants Harbor Maine Frank Pearsons back Waterbury again. picture of the towns main street on busy day parked in front of what to be the general sto Bill Flynn. popular bank custodian taking things easy for weeks Francis smith was tennissing in Worcester the week end
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influence is not given to tis firm esta ablishment in the outset"
 "Dclicatc Subject"
 Washington replied, telling Ham ilton he could Say nothing" on this delicate subject" you know me well enough, my good sir. to be persuaded. that l am not guilty of arectation when I tell you. that it Is my great and sole desire to live and die in peace and retirement on my own farm," he said.
 The largest bird Is the ostrich. which stands nearly eight feet tall and weighs about 300 pounds.
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Notes from the cuff of a columnist

Notes the cuff of coumnist Joe Dubaushas IS va catoning The bubb Fuller playground fills long thanked for calling attention to It's necessity The letter the Tower directing notice to the light the temporary in the old Boston Furniture company building resulted official consideration to improve H. Iuminaion point assured will be taken care of They re building D. for Waterbury the silver anniversary of Bill Mclean letter carrier That's certainly compliment to Bill pedding mail regular for quarter Of n-
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Good evening.
TOT J-- RAJAH

This is the elephant who broke the bones Of that practical joker Casey Jones (And buried them under pile of stones Casey fed him fuzzy And when in his trunk he felt it squrm He just went loco-it made him (And Casey will play his jokes more.) But he is gentle and meek and mild Can be handled by the smallest chdi He's the Good Luck elephant I hope ts For that's why I'm bringing him back to you.
 M J M
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Thanks M J. M. for more elephant to add to the herd The poem top the column only ehriens the pyderm. explains thai upd trunk and Pugnae'ons pose