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Evening star., 1933-08-20
Unique Colony of Americans
Is Found IN TOrrid Honduras
Another Lost White Race
Seen on Keys Along
COuntry's Coast.
Are COnfederates WhO
Were IrrecOnci[obEe
After Var.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

r. XISTENCE of unique colony"
l. of Americans in the torrid
depths of British Honduras has
IL just been reported by the Car
negie Institution Of Washington.
This isolated group who have been
cut off from the homeland of their
ancestors for more than 70 years was
encountered by Oliver Ricketson. jr.
of the institutions staff in the course
of survey Of the racial makeup of
that section of Central America.
They live in what is known as the
Toledo Settlement and are described
by Ricketson as "irreconcilables from
our Southern States who. rather than
live under the Northern yoke. betook
themselves into perpetual exile after
the Civil war" The present colony
presumably is made up of the second
and third generations of self-exiled
Confederates.
Colonies in Brazil
1t is we'll known that after the Civil
War colonies of former Confederate
soldiers were established in Brazil,
where they prospered and their
descendants have taken prominent
part in the life of the country, but the
Honduran group apparently dropped
Ricketson found another lost white
race on the hundreds Of keys stretch
ing along the Honduran coastline,
which he describes as follows:
They are characterized by a spare
build, aquiline nose. rather high fire.
quency of blue eyes considering the
almost universally Of dark eyes
throughout this area, and by ma
hogany colored complexion more Sug-
gestive of long exposure than of racial
swarthiness. I was given to under
stand that they never leave the keys
except to visit Belize. and that their
only occupations are turtling and fish
ing, plus a mild interest in coconut
cultivation. My informant expressed
an opinion that they were remnants of
those early settlers and buccaneers who
referred to themselves as "the baymen. y
Are Expert Sailors.
Il can do no more than suggest that
this type may be such a remnant.
Like the Carib. they are expert sailors.
Living in a relatively salubrious and
moSquito-free environment, it might be
expected that their general health
would be found higher than that Of
the mainland dwellers"
On the southern coast of British
Honduras he found a strange "amphib-
ian people" known as the Wykas, who
had distinct language of their own
and were almost equally at home on
land or in water. These, he says, "are
Evening star., 1933-08-20

Responding to the call for volunteers
in forwarding the work of the national
recovery administration, the Community
Chest Is providing its speakers bureau,
including the services of its prominent
speakers. to aid the District OF Columbia
N. r. A. Committee.
Florence Crittenton Home.
Much qualification was expressed by
the Committee on Education of the
board of managers. through Mrs. Leon
ard Olree, chairman of the Committee
on Education. for the response to the
request for teachers at the night school
of the Florence Crittenton Home. In
struction at the school has heretofore
been under the supervision OF the
Board of Education.
Friendship House.
The mothers class will hold an all
day outing at 4Iains Point August %
The Rotary Club bus will furnish trans
portation.
The Young Peoples Social Club held
a campfire and swimming party August
18, near Great Falls.
NeighborhOod House.
Vacation school closing exercises will
be held August rs at 7:3O pm. WORK
of the various classes will be on exhibit
and the program will be given by mem
bers of the vacation school.
Phyllis Wheatley Y. w. c. A.
Camp Clarissa Scott closed August
IA, when the last group of campers re-
turned to the city. Among those at
tending the industrial outing last Sun
day were Misses A. Gertrude Madden
Hattie Slate. Louise Madella. A. Eliza
Bell. Ella DaSce and Irene Huff.
The industrial department will con-
tinue the Thursday evening class in
handwork through August 81.
The Summer recreation program for
the girls who stayed at home this Sum-
mer closed August IS.
August % is the date for the "Y" To
sponsor a trip to Camp Pleasant. II
your group or club wishes to make the
trip register at the ''Y' by August 81
Washington Institute of Mental
Hygiene.
Increasing attention is being given to
the suitability Of children for adoption
at the Child Guidance Clinic. After q
thorough physical examination has
been made, the clinic evaluates the
child In regard to hts mental growth
Evening star., 1933-08-20

r. XISTENCE of a unique colony"
l. of Americans in the torrid
depths of British Honduras has
IL just been reported by the Car
oepia In DStitutiOY, Of Wa aSbinptOn
Evening star., 1933-08-20
KEEPS NOTE SECRET

PASADENA. Calf, August 19 P).-
Harold Wolcott, 80, held on murder
charge in the "pent house mystery
shaving" of his sweetheart, Helen
Bendowski, 80, sent wreath to the
church where the funeral services were
held today
Attached TO the wreath was q note
Addressed Helen" the contents OF
which Wolcott said would never be dis
elooQ6 -...---
Evening star., 1933-08-20
9Ne do not ge houses but

We do sell those personal and
intimate things ,chich make q
house a home. And you can buy
them now at prices far less than
can possibly be quoted in the rery
near future.
We have bought at the low market
from those concerns who have helped
us to make "Furniture of Merit" what
it is, so that you can crafty that JUST.
fable pride in furnishing sumptuously,
at the same time save genuinely. These
opportunities extend to furniture, dra.
peries, floor coverings, etc-all of Eur.
niture of Merit" character and guaran.
teed quality.
Evening star., 1933-08-20

Carib Indians so overlaid with Negro
blood that to the casual observer they
would unhesitatingly be classed as
Negroes, but their double racial origin
may be seen by one or more of the
following characteristics: A stocky build
and a short heel with correspondingly
we'll developed calf muscles, or by
straight, shiny-black hair
Evening star., 1933-08-20
Garden Club Will Meet.

PURCELLVILLE, Va, August 10
(SpeciaD. - The Purcellville Garden
Club will meet with Mrs. Harriet +.
Cooke at the Tip o. the Hill Tea Room
on Friday afternoon, August Is.
Evening star., 1933-08-14
Canadians Overhaul Banks.
Prom the Newark Evening News

From the Newark Evening News.
Although no Canadian banks were
closed in the recent depressed days,
governmental commission is to look into
the banking system of the dominion.
The commission will not confine its in
quiry to present conditions, but will
explore the whole field of finance and
trade Particular attention will be
given to relations with the United
States.
The commission is to be headed by
Lord Macmillan. author Of the famous
report that informed Britishers and
many others as to conditions In the
commonwealth Of nations. 1t is ex-
pected that one Of the commissioners
may be taken from the United States
The basic banking act of Canada
provides the code must be revised every
10 years. Every revision has resulted
In improvement. Developments within
and without the dominion have brought
to prominence such issues as gorvern-
mental supervision. establishment Of
central bank and the handling of for
eign exchange upon which this COM
mission may be expected to file report
worthy Of the most careful considera-
ton In this country The Ottawa Eco
nomic Conference did not produce
definite program because of the then
approaching world conference. but the
indications at London of greater inde-
pendence on the part of the Canadians
gives hope that the latest commission
will meet economic questions more
squarely and more informatively to us.
Evening star., 1933-08-14

and when the eagle was proudly placed
upon a window. 1t could be seen by
none but the occupants Of the other
rear lofts across an area way. Mr..
Maramapus was disturbed Later. In
explaining his expedient to New York
Herald Tribune reporter, ne said:
Blue eag' on tn piece paper, she
no good. My place got window. but
window he see only next door house.
Put my Gag In my window, she see
nobody, nobody see my eag My
custom no come to my place. 60
tailor shop get clothes, make fix, take
clothes nv place. take to tailor shop
after make AK, see? Custom no see
my blue Gag? Nobody see my blue
eag."
Then came inspiration in the stiffness
Of the night as he lay worrying Tat
too! So he hied him to the atalier OF
an artist OF the decorative needle and
now he bears the emblem on his chest
broad. commanding and assuring When
he wishes to disclose his one hundred
per cent Americanism and his fidelity
to the orders of his Government he
bares his breast and proudly displays
the token OF his fealty There 1t Is, and
there 1t will remain until the end OF
his days. Nobody can doubt him. His
trade is assured. His workers have had
their pay raised and their hours short
ened. He Is now literally man marked
for prosperity. All honor to K Mara
mapus. perhaps the only personal bearer
Of the Blue Eagle on his broad chest In
this broad land.
Evening star., 1933-08-14
Am bassador Welles.

In a report to the State Department
on the disappearance of Machado and
the selection of DR.. Cespedes as provi-
sional President Of Cuba, Ambassador
Sumner Welles states: The solution
which has finally been reached was
worked out by the Cubans themselves 4"
That may be technically true, as far as
the outcome is concerned but 1t does
not begin to tell the whole story of the
brilliant achievement that stands to the
credit Of this forty one year old diplo-
mat. Seldom if ever, was more delicate
task entrusted to an American envoy.
Unencumbered by any instructions from
Washington except to use his head, Mr.
Welles was called upon to wade into
the thorniest situation conceivable
mediation. by foreign representative,
in purely domestic political strife that
involved nothing less than the exist
ence of the established national govern
ment 1t would have been a tall order
anywhere, but in the case of "interfer-
ence" by the Colossus Of the North in
the internal affairs of Latin American
nation, the task took on a gravity which
called for tact and acumen of the high
est caliber. Pitfalls lurked on every
hand
The United States was fortunate that
in Mr. Welles man was on the ticklish
job at Havana whose knowledge OF
Cubas language and of the Latin tenn
permanent is thorough. He is entitled
to the congratulations of his govern
ment and Of his country That Ameri-
can armed Intervention proved avoid
able must be due in principal measure
to the skill and persistence with which
he carried on his mediatory efforts. In
light of the United States new policy
of more closely cemented relations with
the other Americas it is satisfying to
feel that the Roosevelt administration
has at its command such services as
have just been so effectively rendered
in Cuba by Sumner Welles.
Evening star., 1933-08-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

! years have to have something to go on,
to hang remembrance to- as 1t were.
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A good strong nose just nils the bill.
Didn't I used to know you ut the
seashore?" asked the stranger.
Templeton Jones took a good look.
There was something familiar in the
glitter Of his eyes, but that was as far
as he could go.
| "Uh, huh"
Your name is Bones, or something
like that, isn't it?"
| Jones"
That's it," II 1t had been st. John,
or Worthington, or Taliaferro, the fel-
low could not have acted as II he had
made . greater discovery.
\ X X
Then there was the stout man who
met Jones descending a flight of steps.
He stopped him.
Say" he began. holding out de-
tanning hand, didn't We 60 to the old
Adams School together?"
Sure, We did" agreed Jones, this
time instantly, for he remembered the
man perfectly You had a fight with
John Allen, and you cut his cheek with
a gold ring you wore"
Sure enough. 1 remember. Why. that
was q long time ago..
Mighty long time ago." replied Tenn
pleton Jones. How could you remem-
ber my face after all these years?"
1t was a question. however. to which
he never received adequate answer.
remembered him. But Jones thought
he knew.
The advantage of a big nose. he
unused, was that one enjoyed the pleas
ures Of aroma, fragrance and the like,
more than the little-nosed.
Little nose, little olfactory organs;
big nose, great powers Of scent.
This sense is one very much neglect
ed by the populace at large.
A smell must be vast to claim the at
tention of the average human being
But the man who prides himself on
! his nasal ability. much as he would
upon his deftness with the violin, is
able to find intrigue everywhere.
! There is no place that the bg-nosed
can go, but he can discover a faint
aroma Of something or other. Most Of
these perfumes are natural. such as
come from an old stump, or the weeds
In a vacant lot.
|
points into its transmutation, sends up
pleasing scents. Along certain stretches
of roadside watt aloft smells reminiscent
of the sea. What is the salty principle
| hidden there? Only a chemist could
answer, and his reply probably would
not be ineligible.
The nose knows nothing of chemical
equations, it takes what comes. and
shifts it into the brain. which says
good" or bad" according to thou
sand thousand past impressions. What
is pleasant to one nose will strike an
other as distinctly disagreeable. Thus
some men love the smell OF wood smoke
| others find 1t unpleasantly acrid.
/ Templeton Jones had nose like a
/ rhinoceros. able to filter out whatever
/ came to it. 1t was good nose and
Jones was proud of it. But, above all,
it permitted old friends Of the long ago
to recognize him. When they saw his
nose. they said, That's Templeton
Jones!" And, sure enough. he was.
Evening star., 1933-08-14

mains to be seen. Both the food con-
troll law and the emergency banking
law placed great authority in the
hands of the Chief Executive IN the
prpmulgation of regulations. Both acts
are based on a declaration Of emer-
gency. While boarding food in war
time was punishable by a fine of $4,000
and imprisonment for two years, hoard
ing Of gold is punishable by maximum
fine of $4,000, or ten years. or both.
Last May the Attorney General said
hoarders would be punished by pub
licity or prosecution" Hoarding Of
gold does not seem to carry with it
the wartime stigma Of boarding food.
Publicity, therefore, without prosecu-
tion may become dangerously near to
awarding a mark of distinction. 1t is
human to envy anybody who has
enough gold to hoard. If 1t is to be
prosecution-which also means pub
licity-the outcome of the test may be
important enough to affect other none
tary policies of the Government, be-
sides its ban on boarding gold.
Evening star., 1933-08-14
Action Against Gold Hoarders.

Since April IA last, according to a
story in yesterdays Star, cynically in
cltned newspaper men have been asking
Attorney General Cummings when he
expected to put the gold hoarders be-
hind the bars At intervals since that
date the Attorney General has promised
early action. And there has been, as
q matter of fact, considerable action.
Four thousand, seven hundred and
forty-one persons have been asked by
agents Of the Department Of Justice
about boarding gold, and all but about
AIS of these have said that the agents
were barking up the wrong tree-they
had surrendered their gold. Two
hundred and nine gave what they had
over to the agents. But 206 said, in
effect, Come and get tiff you can. y
Can these bold souls be made to
stand and deliver. In court? The test
should be made. Not because the
amount of gold they hoard is of any
great Importance to anybody. million
or so dollars of boarded gold does not
amount to a drop in the bucket. But
the principle amounts to something
the principle of calling the Govern
ment's bluff. Can it be done?
The Department of Justice may have
to create precedents when it prosecutes
men for boarding or possessing gold
It may choose to follow the cases Of
war time food boarding. There were
prosecutions and convictions in war
time, not only for hoarding food, but
for violation of the thousand and one
regulations against profiteering, waste
and misrepresentation regarding sale
Of food. Whether food hoarding and
gold boarding will be comparable in
the eyes Of the courts, taking into
consideration the circumstances gov
eyning legislation in both cases, re.
Evening star., 1933-08-14
The Blue Eagle of X. Maramapus

In after days. when prosperity has
returned, there may be preserved as
souvenirs of the stress of depression
and the remedies of recovery some of
the Blue Eagle emblems that are now
scattered by hundreds of thousands
through the land. Gradually they will
be lost and discarded and worn out by
handling until perhaps they will be so
scarce as to be veritable museum pieces
for future generations to note as tokens
of great national experiment in stim-
ulated business, wage fixing and the
regulation of working hours. One will
last the lifetime of its owner, X. Mara
mapus, who is at present the proprietor
Of a very small clothing repair shop
in New York City. Mr.. Maramapus
was one of the first to get his eagle
when the call to economic arms was
sounded. But his place of business
was In the rear Of fourth-hoor loft,
Evening star., 1933-08-14
Morgenthau's Fear of War
Points to Conflicting Views

by Mr.. Morgenthau seems bit too
simple. as does most of his outline of
why all Europe is ready for war
Declaring that this diplomat is more
free to speak his mind than some of
the other American representatives to
the recent Economic Conference" the
Jersey City Journal observes that his
view lacks nothing in the way of SIM
plicity and frankness," and suggests
that in the Wilson days he earned
reputation as careful analyst Of con-
ditions." His frankness seems surpris-
ing" to the Altoona Mirror, which feels
that he is in position to know the
exact situation" while that paper voices
the opinion that it is "inconceivable
that nations that are still paying for
the World War would be considering,
much less preparing, for another armed
conflict"
The view "is disquieting" to the Oak
land Tribune. which holds that it can
not be regarded as idle gossip, especially
In view OF the huge outlay by European
powers for armament" and as to the
advice from the diplomat that Europe
will not look to us for man power
again." the Tribune replies that the
man power that now seems ample would
not hold up under the terrific punish
ment of modern war machines" That
paper finds great respect abroad for
the power Of the United States, but
continues: American opinion will be
solid in the belief that Europe should
at least wait until the staggering bill
for the last war is fully paid before in
dulging again in this extravagant form
of insanity
"One thing is certain-Europe is not
ready for war economically speaking +"
concludes the Columbia IS. c. State.
with warning against the danger of
rumors and gossip dealing with such
matters and tending to create bad feel
ing between peoples" The Lincoln
State Journal. admitting that most
countries are ready for war most OF the
time" is convincing that they are un-
willing to be pushed into struggle"
Evening star., 1933-08-14

Recognizing persons one hasn't seen
for q quarter Of century is no easy
feat. Yet many man performs 1t un-
erringly
Templeton Jones, who lacked this
ability. although he always fancied he
had as good q memory for faces as the
next man, had cause to marvel at 1t
more than once this Summer.
1t seemed to him that every week or
so he met some chap who sidled up to
him with q look Of recognition in his
eyes.
Didn't I used to 70 to school with
you back in the sixth grade?" the
stranger would say.
Probably you did, your face look.
familiar" But Templeton Jones couldn' t
remember the fellow to save his soul.
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Your name is Jones, isn't it?"
Yes"
Then followed the introduction, and
sure enough, Jones remembered very
we'll.
He thought it must be his nose.
Noses are easy things to remember
Everybody in France knew Cyrano dc
Bergerac because of his great snout.
There have been other famous noses
in history.
While Jones did not feel that he be-
longed to history, in any sense. he was
fully aware Of the fact that he had a
nose
A nose!
And evidently every one else was
aware Of 1t, too.
For Jones was a modest man. and
could not think for an instant that he
was as famous as he seemed to be.
His name had appeared in print at
least 300, ,0O0, ,000, 900 times, he believed,
but that did not make people recognize
it-or him.
"Templeton Jones'" he would tell
some clerk, proudly.
IT. Jones'" she would write down.
Address, please?"
No. thought he. it is my nose
Surely. the Jonesian proboscis was q
feature well worthy of attention
While not as large as the legendary
nose of Cyrano, it stuck out consider
able
His enemies might have said, with
some justice that it jutted.
His own attention had been called to
1t at the tender age of years. when
he had overheard Aunt Lily declare,
Yes, Templeton has very large pro-
boscis
Jones was very much ashamed and
especially Of Aunt Lily, for using such
word in public.
1t wasn't until he went to the die
tionary that he forgave her
\
The Jones nose was the sort called
Roman.
1t should be added, in justice to the
Romans, that all persons. the world
around. who possess this type of beak
are very proud Of it.
1t is the nose of power, they say
The fact that a great many rascals
have had 1t makes little difference,
after all
One cannot go farther than ones
own nose, and good solid nose is
something to be proud Of when one
considers button noses. and thin noses,
and lopsided noses
People who recognize you after many