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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
Nations Chief Looks over
Proposed Stations Near
Kingston, Jamaica
By DOUGLAS B.. CORNELL

ABOARD U. S. S. MAYRANT Al
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec.
Via Radio - Without fanfare %
formalities. President Roosevelt 10
day inspected sites for United States
naval bases in this key British island
of the Caribbean.
TT was the Presidents first WISH
to the waters of a belllgerent SLICE
the war began and his first time Ill
British waters since August OF last
wear. when he visited Nova ecotla
and Newfoundland just before nus
tilities broke out in Europe.
His tour favored by sunny SKIES,
the President looked over the pro-
snective American naval anchorage
at Portland Blight and adjacent land
area, including Goat island and the
nearby Gays inside the Blight wiilch
were leased from Britain in the de-
stroyer deal. He also saw the site
acquired for an emergency and auXl-
liarv airfield along Bakers Canal.
Besides these points, almost IN
view of the guns protecting the West
Indian British naval station, the
United States has obtained territory
in Jamaica for recreational and hos
pital use, the right to develop dock
yard facilities at historic Port Royal
at the entrance of Kingston harbor
for joint Anglo-American use, plus
reciprocal rights with Britain Tor
military airfields being established
by the two governments.
Mr.. Roosevelt arrived on the
cruiser Tuscaloosa, accompanied by
the destroyers Mayrant and Trippe.
By agreement with British author
tiles, salutes and formalities were
dispensed with as the Tuscaloosa
nosed into Kingston Harbor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
Lemon Juice Recipe
Checks Rheumatic
Pain Quickly

If you suffer from rheumatic, ar.
thrills or %neuritis pain, try this sim.
pie inexpensive home recipe that
thousands are using. Get a package
of Ru-Ex Compound, a two-week
supply. today. Mix it with a quart
Of water. add the juice of 4 lemons.
It's easy. No trouble at all and
pleasant. You need only 2 table
spoonsful two times a day. Often
within 4S hours-sometimes over
If the pains do not quickly leave
and if you do not feel better, return
the empty package and Ru-Ex will
cost you nothing to try as it is sold
by your druggist under an absolute
money-back guarantee. Ru-Ex Com
pound is for sale and recommended
by Saunders Drug Store md DIV"
stores every where.
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r G.. M.

WHITEVILLE, Dec. 5.-Mrs. G.
M. Bachelor, SIS, died at her home
in the Mishop Springs section of the
county near here this morning fol-
lowing a long illness.
Funeral services are to be held
from the graveside at New Hope
cemetery Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock, with the Rev. L. H. Harris,
pastor Of the Mishop Springs Metho.
dist church, in charge.
Surviving are six sons, Walter
Bachelor, Of Columbia, S. c., Clar
ence, Jimmy, j. W, Edward, Ralph
all of Whiteville; one daughter, Mrs
V. P. Parker, Of Bolton; two broth
ers, Jim Hardee, Of Mobile, and
Frank Hardee, of Loris, S. c., and
one sister, Mrs. Mary Jacobs, Of
Laurinburg.
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POSTAL RECEIPTS
SHOW GOOD GAIN
Revenue For First II Months
Of Year Six Per Cent
Above 1899 Figure

Postal receipts for the 11-month
period of 1910 ending November 81
are approximately six per cent
ahead of the total for the CORE
spending period last year, while
revenue for November showed
about seven per cent increase, as
compared with the same month IN
1889. Wilbur R. Dosher, postmas-
ter. reported yesterday.
Postal receipts for the 11-month
period ending November 80 this
year amounted to $3.50, 663. 26, a
gain of S12, 1892 when compared
with the s178, 145. 05 for the similar
period in 1889.
Revenue of the postoffice during
November amounted to $16,446.5 Sc,
an increase of $1,180.65 against
SIS, 265. 81 for the corresponding
month last year.
Record of postal receipts for the
11-month periods of 1910 and 1899
were listed by the postmaster as
follows:
For 1910, first quarter, January,
February, ad March, $53, 924. 05;
second quarter. April, May, and
June, S51, 49, OF; third quarter,
July, August and September, $751;
1854. SO; October, $18, 488 .08; and No
vember, $16. LAG. Sc.
For 1889, first quarter, January,
February, and March, $48, 1918 30;
second quarter. April. May, and
June, $48, 1867; third quarter,
July, August, and September, $47,-
663. "a; October, SIT, 931.52 and No
vember, SIS, 265.91 l
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JAN KUBELIK

BERLIN, Dec. 5-R- Jan Ku.
belik. 60, removed Czech violinist,
died in Prague today of an undis-
closed ailment.
Born at Niche, near Prague,
Kubelik won world renown almost
upon graduation from his musica.
studies at age of 10. He Travelled
more than a million miles for con,
certs on five continents. He last
appeared in the United States ir
1885.
In 1889 he was awarded the
Czech national music prize.
In 1888 he survived automobile
injuries suffered in Czechoslovakia.
Nearly 20 years ago he was a pas.
senger on the Ostend mail boat
which sank a freighter in a crash.
He put a lifebelt around his beloved
Stradivarius.
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naign as the primary reason.
Then, as now, British shipping
losses were CRACKING their war
time peak.
The neutrality act makes it un-
lawful 'for any American vessel
to carry any passengers or any
articles or materials to any state
named' in a Presidential procla-
nation designating belligerent ma
tons.
Fixing of the combat zone closed
tn American shipping is left to
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Obituaries
MRS. ROSA H. VESSEL

Funeral services for Mrs. Rosa H.
VESSEL were held yesterday after
noon at 3 o'clock from st. Paufs
Lutheran church. The Rev. Walter
B. Freed, assisted by DR.. Edwin F.
Keever, officiated. Interment fol
lowed in Oakdale cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Robert L.
Fryer, William H. Vollers, j. A
Armand, W. E. VESSEL.
Honorary pallbearers were: DR.. ],
e. Evans, DR.. J. H. Dreher, DR.. Dun
can r. McEachern, DR.. W. T. Smith,
Wilbur D. Jones, John F. Rulfs
Paul Hess, George Frederick Tienk'
en-, John D. Dosher, ]. H. Brunjes.
James r. Chasten, and Humphrey
Marshall.
Mrs. VESSEL is survived by a sis
ter, Miss Annie Harbes; a brother
Henry B. Harbers, a si~ster-in-law
Mrs. Henry B. Harbers, of Whining
ton; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Carl H.
VESSEL, of Miami Beach, Fla.
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L. HUTTON

CHARLESTON, S. c., Dec. SIN
Franklin L. Hutton, father of the
Woolworth heiress, Barbara Hut
ton, the Countess Haugwitz-Revent-
low, died at his plantation 30 miles
from here today after an illness of
several weeks.
He was 81 years old
Private funeral services will he
held at 1920 a. M, Saturday at
Prospect Hill, Hutton's 5,5OO-acre
estate on the Edisto river near here
Burial plans were not announced
but it was presumed the BODY
would be sent to New York.
Hutton, who was a retired New
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CHESTER MINTZ

Funeral services for Chester
Mintz, 24-year-old CCC enrollee OF
Leland, who died at Fort Mcclellan,
Ala, Monday morning, were held
from the graveside at Battle Royal
in Brunswick county yesterday after
noon at 2:3O o'clock, with the Rev.
M. Hilbourne officiating.
The body arrived in Wilmington
yesterday morning at 1920 o'clock.
He is survived by his father,
Charles o. Mintz, of Leland; three
sisters, Marina, Geneva and Reba
Mintz; two brothers, Albert and
Carney Mintz, all of Leland.
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TURPENTINE AND ROSIN

Annual production of turpentine
and rosin for naval stores in the
United States is valued at $780,
900, 900, with the so, 1000 workers in
the industry being paid SIS, OOO,-
900 a year for their labors.
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OIL WELL. RuRNS

BAY CITY, Mich, Dec. 5.-R-
A burning test oil we'll north OF
here created a lurid picture tonight
with a great, dark orange flame
leaping above the twisted Wreckage
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CONVOY PROPOSAL
POORLY RECEIVED
Continued from Page One)

paign which led to repeated dip.
lomatic protests from the United
States and finally to the severance
of diplomatic relations. President
Wilson, in asking for a declaration
of war, gave the submarine cam.
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the President. This now surrounds
the British Isles and includes the
whole European coastline except
the Atlantic side o Portugal, in
Guiding Lisbon, and the Northwest
coast of Spain. S
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FAVORS INCREASE

RALEIGH, Dec. 5.-(R-The ad-
visory council of the unemploy-
ment compensation commission
went on record today as favoring
increases in the benefits paid to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06

of a steel derrick. Fire followed an
explosion this morning at Bateson
No. l we'll in northern Bay coun-
ty, Michigan's deepest test well, and
hours afterward a 100-foot high
flame still was shooting forth. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06

The Consolidated B,24 is
asg to to Aviation = experts. The h, 3 5..s
plane plane. Fully lily loaded. The q 0 S
weighs 4l,ooO pounds. I bs, p ian.
edm from aoo six to nine, a'1 rs a e'''
some 1000 miles, and FAM range 6
cooled engines totaling ah our al
horsepower ABOUT SIM
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FRIDAY, DECEMBFp .

UNEMPLOYED workers. The
recommendation will he he Council
ted to the 1941 genera a We s40n.
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ADVERTISEMENT
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-09-20

A luncheon, which should prove
to be a lovely one, to be held in
the auditorium of the Jewish Cen
ter will mark the opening of the
winter season for the Daughters
of Israel. Always a delightful af-
fair, this years opening meeting
is being planned to give an inspir-
ing impetus to the years business.
In charge of the event is Mrs. Olga
Moskovitz.
Mrs. Ben Chepenik, newly elect
ed president, will preside over the
short meeting which shall follow
the luncheon, and she urges all
members to attend this opening
session. Scheduled to address the
group is Mrs. Leonard Deutch, vi
ennese psychologist, who is MAX
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-09-20
Luncheon to Start Years Activities for
Israel Daughters Wednesday in Center

ing her home in this city. Mrs.
Deutch studied extensively abroad
and in her short sojourn here has
m a d e a name for herself as a
speaker. Her charm and her vast
knowledge make listening to her
rare treat. A musical interlude
is also being planned, it was an
nounced.
Reservations for the luncheon
may be made by calling Mrs. Mos
kovitZ.
Plans for the business meeting
were made at a luncheon session
Wednesday afternoon in the Gen.
ter. Mrs. Ben Chepenik and Mrs.
Abba Safer, past president, were
hosts to the board. It was a most
delightful occasion.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-09-20
MONSKY : WOLFSON

Miss Hazel Monsky, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. A be Monsky, Of
Montgomery, Ala, became the
bride of Saul Wolfson, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Morris Wolfson of this
city at 4:30 pm, September 6, in
the home of the brides parents in
Montgomery. Rabbi Eugene Black
schleger officiated.
Mrs. Louis E. Wolfson, sister of
the bride, was the matron of hon.
or. Cecil Wolfson acted as his
brothers best man.
A brilliant reception followed
the ceremony. Later the couple
left for a trip to New York and
on their return will make this city
their home.
Attending the wedding from
Jacksonville were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Morris Wolfson, Miss Sylvia Wolf
son, Cecil and Nathan Wolfson
and daughter, Marcia, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Wolfson and Doran
Weinstein.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-09-20
Rothstein Schneider Wedding Plans
Announced; Popular Bride-Elect Feted

with Mrs. Rothstein were Mrs. Al
Edwards, Mrs. Sidney Cohen, Mrs.
Louis Slot, Mrs. Harry Joffee,
Misses Alma Stein, Edith Berman,
Tessie Dvoskin, Bessie Cohen, Ra-
chel Rothstein and Julia Mizrahi.
Miss Rothstein will also be hon
ored tomorrow Saturday after
noon with a luncheon in the Roose-
welt Hotel given by her sister-in-
law, Mrs. J. Rothstein.
WEDDING PLANS
The wedding Of Miss Rothstein
and Mr.. Schneider which promises
to be a lovely event will be an af-
ternoon affair. The ceremony will
take place in the Windsor Hotels
parlor Rabbi M. D. Margolis of
the Jacksonville Jewish Center
will officiate in the presence of the
immediate family and very init
mate friends.
Miss Rothstein will have as her
maid-of-honor her sister, Miss Ra-
chel Rothstein, and the groom's
best man will be Harold Kahn of
Lakeland. Prior to the ceremony
John B. Lucy accompanied at the
piano will play several beautiful
selections on his violin. A dinner
will follow in the terrace dining
room.
Following their wedding trip the
young couple will make their home
in Lakeland.
Miss Rothstein, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Max Rothstein of this
city, attended the F.S.C.W., while
Mr.. Schneider is a graduate of
the University of Florida. Both
are well known and have many
friends throughout the state.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-09-20
D. Phi E. Sorority
Announces Pledges
At Tallahassee

Delta Phi Epsilon: Sylvia Ag-
ress, Daytona Beach; Esta Argin-
tar, Tampa; Lillian Gordon, st.
Petersburg; Kinda Kremer, Matt
land; Hazel Loebel, st. Peters
burg; Ann Morganstern, Jackson
vile; Eva Nelson, Daytona Beach;
Rosalie Pincus, Havana, Cuba;
Ruth Shine, Tampa; Gertrude
Freidlin, Jacksonville. Repledges
are: Eugenia Argintar, West Palm
Beach; Madalyn Halpern, West
Palm Beach; Selma Hyman, Tam
pa; Roberta Marks, Tampa; LII
liam Rogin, Miami Beach; Estelle
Rubin, Miami Beach; Rose Claire
Shapiro, Jacksonville; Sara Top
per, Cordele, Ca; Emily Witten,
Jacksonville.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-09-20
Jewish Fraternities at the University
of Florida Announce Pledge Lists

wy; Miami Beach, Bob Kaplan, Eu-
gene Rosenberg, George Graham,
Arnold Namro, Leonard CHASER,
Melvin Richardson, Elmer Specter,
Warren Lindell; Tampa, Don I'm
derberg; Lake City, Jack Baum
stein; Port st. Joe, AL Schneider;
Daytona Beach, Herbert Sussman;
Gainesville, Alvin Bobroff; Long
Beach, N. Y, Mitchell Brady; Bos-
ton, Mass, Frank Hurowitz; En-
glewood, N. j., Milton Fishbein.
RepIedges, Tampa, Herbert Fem
berg, Henry Gardner; Fort Lau-
derdale, Stuard Newman; Miami,
Bob Goldberg, Jerry Elkin, Larry
F e NIB erg; Gainesville, David
Mako; Jacksonville, Norman Mill
err; Miami Beach, Julius Bearman.
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A series of parties were given
this week honoring the popular
young bride-elect, Miss Blanche
Rothstein, who will become the
bride of Morris Schneider of Lake
land Sunday in the Windsor Hotel.
Mrs. Abe Rothstein entertained
her sister-in-law Monday after
noon with a dessert bridge party
in her home on Herschell Street.
Dessert was served at the individ-
ual bridge tables and Nah Jong
was enjoyed until late in the af-
ternoon. The hostess gift to the
honor guest was a picture and
three baking dishes matching Miss
Rothstein's Viesta ware.
Invited to attend the delightful
afternoon affair were Misses
Blanche and Rachel Rothstein,
Mrs. David Rothstein, Mrs. Her
bert Panken, Mrs. Harry Gend-
zier, Miss Hattie Slot, Miss jean
nette Ossinsky, Mrs. Louis Slot,
Mrs. J. Rothstein, Mrs. Leroy Mil
Ter, and Mrs. Moe B. Safer.
Another affair was the surprise
handkerchief party given by Mrs.
Leroy Miller Wednesday night in
her home in Springfield. Follow
ing an evening of Nah Jong buff
fet supper was served from beau
tifully appointed dining room Ia
BILE laid with a lace cloth and CEN
tered with a bowl of seasonal
flowers. Sandwiches, salads, tiny
cookies and punch were served.
The shower was presented Miss
Rothstein in most novel manner.
She was given a spool of thread
and asked to wind it. At the end
of the thread she found her show
er of lovely handkerchiefs, gifts
from her many friends. The hos
tess present was dinner bell of
hammered metal painted with
flowers in a Chinese motif.
Present with Mrs. Miller and
Miss Rothstein were Miss Rachel
Rothstein, Mrs. Moe B. Safer,
Mrs. David Rothstein, Mrs. Abe
Rothstein, Mrs. ]. Rothstein, Mrs.
M. Rothstein, Mrs. ]. Safer, Miss
Jeanette Ossinsky, Miss Hattie
Slot, Miss Julia Mizrahi, Miss
Edith Berman, and Miss Alma
Stein.
TRIM CLUB HOSTS
The Trim club of which Miss
Rothstein is a member were her
hosts Thursday night at delight
full theatre party. The party met
at the Roosevelt Hotel for cock
tails and the honor guest received
several pieces from her chosen pat
tern of crystal as a memento of
the occasion. The group then at
tended the Florida Theatre. A
midnight supper concluded the
evening.
Members of the club attending
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-09-20

Phi Beta Miami, Louis
Arnovitz, Frank Davis, Harold
Roth, Irwin Suberman; Miami
Beach, Lou Alberts, Dick Bronner,
Morty Cohen, Fred Feinberg,
Stanley Frank, Lloyd Gardner,
Bob Hays, Joe Hirsh, Mural Kas-
tan, Marvin Kranz, Ellis Marks,
Jack Rubin, Lee Silver; Gaines
vile, David Singer, Marvin We'll;
Reading, Pa, Ben Fogelson; jack
sonville, George Benjamin, Ellis
Katz, Billy Lasarow, Maurice N.Y.
er, Milton Rubin, Arnold Silver
berg, Marvin Jerome Goldberg;
Newark, N. J., Elliott bronson. Re
pledge, Jacksonville, Jerry Semp-
son.
Tau Epsilon Phi-Jacksonville,
Sidney Browse; Miami, Leon Lee
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a box of rice krispieS on the kitchen
floor. To say the least i was ex-
asperated. Somehow the situation
seemed too much for a spanking,
and like everyone else does when
the problem at hand seems too
much with which to cope called
upon the Almighty for help.
ARLENE" I said very sadly,
"You mustn't do things like that.
God Furnishes little girls for being
naughty"
The moment 1 said it I knew i
had made a mistake. was in for
it. Her little head Immediately
went to one side, her eyes squinted
and her nose attained a quizzical
perk.
"Who's God?"
Dear parents, have you ever
been asked to define the eternal
power at seven-thirty in the morn
| ing when you are trying to get the
correct portions for your infants
formula while a new maid turns
your bedroom upside down? Then
YOU know how I felt. don't know
what you did on such an occasion,
but 1 decided to change the sub
ject.
"Pick up the rice krispies," I
said, wisdom causing my face to
become strange reddish hue.
els God my new nursie ?" Here
was a lifeline and 1 caught it
three year old and all.
That's it. God is your nursie.
Only he isn't your nurse alone. He
is everyone's nurse. He looks after
all of us, and when we are good we
are rewarded, and when we are
bad we are punished. You see ?"
ooh, uh-huh," said my dutiful
offspring and proceeded to pull
out her dOllie's hair by the bunch
full.
But, at any rate, I thought my
experience might help you in like
circumstance. Or, don't you have
a three year old that throws rice
krispies on the floor and wants to
know who's Cod?
We heard that the Leo Vein
STEMS had lovely party in cele-
bratiOn of Mrs. Weinstein's birth
day Friday night. Did you know
that Sidney X. Cohen will instruct
at Kirby-Smith this coming school
year? :. Our honor student, Jack
Snider, son of the Dave Sniders,
has chosen the u. of Emory as
his Alma Mater. Jack has been
very active in Young Judean work
here. We will be sorry to see
him leave, but wish him continued
success in his college career.
Mrs. Sarah Natlxin of Philadelphia
is a house guest at the Louis Katz-
es. We are looking forward to
the opening of our wOmen's or
CARNATIONS as barometer of fall
fashions. The ladies always
turn out in gala plumage for these
events and always make a pretty
picture.
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PERSONALS

Miss Minna Schwartz, well
known music teacher, and mother,
Mrs. Ida Schwartz, have left for
an Indian summer vacation. They
are making the trip by automo-
bile. The High Holidays will be
spent with relatives in the New
England states. They expect to
be back within the month.
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Those of you VINO
have three year Odds
to brighten up fam
iIy life will knO w
Just what / w en- t
through this MORN
ing. 1t all started
when our daughter
deliberately eInptied
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%Musings .

eff God did not exist it would
be necessary to invent Him.
VOItaire.
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ENGAGEMENTS
GOLDSTEIN : BLUMBERG

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Goldstein
Of Thomasville, Ga, announce the
engagement of their sister, Miss
Sara Mollie Goldstein, to Harold
Blumberg of Dothan, Ala. The
wedding will take place in Octo-
Der.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-29

nized yell. Whereupon there is
an organized descent upon their
spilled contents. patter of dis
appearing feet, and the peddler
is left to count up his losses and
rub his wounds.
In the Summer the homeless
ones live in the open fields or
woods. especially near railroad
stations. When train stops after
dark they drift silently onto the
platform and snatch hats from
the heads of passengers and food
or anything there may be in their
hands and vanish into the dark.
Woe betide the drunken man
who thinks he will lie down a
while and sober up. He will prob
ably awake stark naked, unless
by some miracle the waits failed
to follow him.
Also at night they raid the
farms of the country and gar
dens of the cities. causing more
loss to crops than from insect
enemies. A tree, a haymow, an
old cask, most anything. will
serve for Summer shelter though
they may invade any of the out
buildings. even the pigsty.
In the cities the early riser
will find the sidewalks of GER
tain back streets, usually not far
from the railway station. so COW
cred with. their sleeping forms
that he has to walk in the street.
Winters, their favorite sleeping
place is under a tar pot. With a
skill that is a sort of horrible
travesty on that of the American
Boy Scouts, they know just what
TO do.
AS soon as the workmen go
away they pull the fire out to
. ona side where it is permitted
slowly TO burn out They then
excavate a hole in the warm
earth under the pot and into that
hole they place themselves in
layers. like sardines.
They are kept warm during the
night not SO much by the fire at
one side, which soon burns out.
as by the warm tar overhead
which acts like huge hot water
bottle. have seen as many las
seven driven out of one of these
holes when the workmen returned
in the morning. They look like
Negroes, eyes and teeth flashing
through a coat Of SCOT on top of
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an army encampment. 1t is an
army-of the damned. At such
times 1 have often visited with
them and the first one to see me
approaching would usually cry:
Uncle, give us a rouble."
/ did so and they would say,
Give us one more and we can
buy something"
With the two roubles they
would send off a purchasing COM
mittee of five or six. BY flash
ing the roubles they are able to
get into the shops or markets
and they really spend the money,
but it is an unskilled committee
that does not manage to steal at
least four roubles' worth more.
The children have only one name
and l found that only about one
out of seven really knew who
his parents were or where he
came from.
In each group there is usually
girl for some reason called
Baroness" and a comedian who
tells ribald and preposterous
stories of having chummed
around with Joe Stain. They
don't like him any better than