The Saturday Evening Post 1915-06-05: Vol 187 Iss 49

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST EIGHT CYLINDER ‘N What you should now expect from a motor car is taught by a King Eight demonstration This super-car’s performance is a revelation to those not familiar with eight-cylinder superiority. [ts extraordinary success is quickly understood after a ride behind its engine. A believable description of the King Eight in action defies even “advertising’’ English. It is a performance that must be “ felt’’—and exulted in. The superior flexibility of an Eight is beyond argument or dispute. It is an immutable mechanical fact that an Eight has one power impulse for every 90 degrees of crank rotation, as against the 120 degrees of a Six and the 180 of a Four. To make this advantage clear to the layman, the Eight has four power impulses per revolution; the Six, three; and the Four, two. This almost “turbine” smoothness of operation means traveling from a creeping mile and a fraction to a racing fifty without gear changing, and the ability to gather speed up to thirty miles an hour in twenty seconds. Such flexibility reduces vibration to nearly nil, which in turn results in silence and longevity and adds to riding comfort. The Eight obtains a given power by numerous small explosions, while to obtain the same power the Four, and the Six to a lesser degree, depend upon fewer and larger explosions. This peculiarity of the Eight permits the use of light reciprocating parts which wear very slightly on the bearing surfaces, because of their lightness and the more even strain to which they are subjected. This advantage also extends to the running parts of the chassis, such as the transmission and the rear axle, upon which the Eight has a gentle, steady push. Notwithstanding its greater number of cylinders and 40-45 horse power, the King Eight gives 15 to 20 miles to a gallon of gasoline, and 800 to 1000 miles to the same measure of motor oil. The lightness of this car, considering its power and roominess, insures tire economy, and its freedom from vibration results in long life to all parts, reducing replacements to a sub-minimum. Thus, low operating cost is added to the car’s other virtues. This is the most accessible Eight; camshaft and valve guides can be exposed in a moment. The touring model has a roomy five-passenger body with deep, tilted seats, long foot room and wide doors. Its complete equipment includes the Ward Leonard electric starting and lighting system and an engine-driven tire pump. The King’s famous Cantilever Springs contribute their large part to the comfort of this Eight, as they have so successfully done in the past several years for the King Four. No shock absorbers are needed with this type of suspension, and its superiority is proved by the fact that a large number of prominent American manufacturers are now following the King’s lead in its use. In addition to comfort-giving qualities, these springs prevent “side sway,’’ assure ample road clear ance, and enable the car to hold to the ground when running at high speed, even over very rough roads. Neville’s “more-room”’ steering wheel is an exclusive King feature. It slides up for easy entrance and exit; may be set at different positions for driving; is absolutely rigid in any position, and is of the most solid and durable construction. The King Eight is not an experiment, but the same successful type of car made by celebrated European builders for the past six years. It is King designed and King manufactured and has many hundreds of miles of grueling road tests behind it. Enthusiastic owners all over America, and in many countries abroad, are now making King sales by praise of this wonderful Eight. There’s a King dealer in your locality CATALOG ON REQUEST KING MOTOR CAR COMPANY, 1300-1324 Jefferson Avenue, DETROIT, MICHIGAN Four Cylinder Model C, 30-35 Horse Power Touring Car or Roadster, $1165 complete New York Agency and Show- room, Broadway at 52d Street $1350 COMPLETE Va ; wi

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST June 5, 1915 ~ ee Se ERT ET WR owe eee ON Re 2 rae PS, Tere ts Eee ad Lt DRI 8 The Good Word About Crisco From mouth to mouth the good word about Crisco is spreading. ' 5 Ly » : ’ i ' f Those who have tried it cannot help telling the good results to their friends. By far the greater part of its army of users were first won to its cause by the enthusiasm of a neighbor. If you want an introduction to Crisco, stop some morning at the kitchen window of a neighbor who uses it, and see if she does not agree with the following statements: RISCO for i For Shortenin e 4 Cake Making. Foods cooked with Crisco are more easily digested than those cooked with lard. They are also more appetizing both in appearance and in taste. Crisco is but half as expensive as butter and is cheaper than the better grades of lard. When properly used, Crisco does not smoke in frying. It thus removes one of the most disagreeable features of cooking and helps keep the kitchen clean and sweet. Crisco can be left in the ordinary kitchen temperature without getting too hard or too soft. It is thus convenient to keep and to handle. Crisco is pure. Clean materials, and a factory which is one of the wonder places of the manufacturing world, are the guarantee of a food product as nearly perfect as human intelligence can make it. If you want to know more about Crisco and the conditions under which it is prepared, send for the “Calendar of Dinners’’. This cloth-bound, gold-stamped book contains, besides the story of Crisco, a different dinner menu for every day of the year and 615 recipes tested by the well-known cooking authority, Marion Harris Neil. Address your request to Dept K-6, The Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, O., enclosing five 2-cent stamps. A paper-bound edition, without the ‘* Calendar of Dinners’’, but with 250 recipes, will be sent free on request. SI Pe SET ET SE r

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Published Weekly | The Curtis Publishing | Company Independence Square Philadelphia London: 6,Henrietta Street Covent Garden,W.C u Volume 187 THE SATURDAY EVENING POST Founded A°’D' 1728 Sy Benj. Franklin PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 5, 1915 Copyright,1915, by The Curtis Publishing Company in the United States and Great Britain Entered at the Philadetphia Post-Of fixe as Second-Closs Matter Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office Department Ottawa, Canade Number 49 Lhe Military and Naval Defenses By Former President of the United States william Howard Taft E CANNOT realize or es- timate the losses the United States has suffered and will suffer from . the present Euro- pean war. The in- terference with our normal trade already suffered; the disar- rangement of our finances already felt; the unhealthy, fever- ish activity in certain branches of our in- dustries, leading, when peace comes, to a sudden and straining halt and inevitable disturb- ance of industrial con- ditions; the wasteful destruction of Euro- pean capital other- wise available for our use for the indefinite future—will make up a total that a present abnormal excess of exports over imports during the war can- not by any means offset. The benefit of the war that we ean share with the i ~ ae | ¥ a ; | } What They Are—What They Should Be government, no re- straint, no police force, no law, each member of a com- munity, by the trust reposed in him, would be made perfect in his treatment of others and in his con- duct in maintenance of the public weal. Thisisonly amore extreme view than that of the socialist, who thinks that, as a substitute for the motive that curity of private prop- erty has created for energy, industry and the exercise of the prudential virtues by the individual, we shall findan altruistic social spirit on the part of all men prompting them to work and energy, without selfish re ward, just as soon as the socialistic state is created. I venture to think that the views of the pacificists and of the anarchists and of the se FROM GROWN BROTHERS, NEW YORK rest of the world is in the lessonsit ought to teach in respect to future national and international policies. One lesson the war should bring home to us concerns our proper military defenses against the unjust aggression of another Power. It is argued that the character and probable consequences of this war render such an attack on us less likely than if it had not broken out; and that as long as the belligerents are engaged, none is likely to seek an additional foe. It is urged moreover that, after the war, victors and vanquished will both be in such a state of exhaustion as to discourage a new war with a nation circumstanced as we are. But, despite these contentions that we are in less danger of attack than before the war, the news of battles on land and sea, and the enormous forces of men and armament engaged, naturally rouse among our people an anxious inquiry into our condition of defense in case the army and navy of any one of the belligerents were turned against us. We cannot have such defenses unless the people demand them. It is greatly better that they should be roused to learn the truth by a war between other nations than that it should be forced on them by the humiliating experience of national helplessness after our country is attacked. I do not claim to have expert knowledge on the subject; but I was Secretary of War for more than four years and was in a manner responsible, as President, for our national defense for four years more; so that, perhaps because of that experience as a layman, I can be of some assistance by giving to other laymen, in language we laymen understand, the general effect of expert evidence on the defenses we need and the defenses we have. As a preliminary to such a discussion, however, we must answer the question as to whether we need any military or naval defenses at all. If I understand the attitude of the extreme party—the pacificists, so called—it is that we ought not to spend money in additional military and naval armament because our having a large military and naval establishment of formidable character—even if only defensive—is an invitation to a breach of the international peace and tempts us to war. The view contended for is that if we have no means of offense or defense we shall certainly not attack any other nation; and that no nation will take advantage of our situation of helplessness if we pursue a just course in dealing with her. It must rest on the predicate that by acting on the assumption that all nations will pursue the highest moral standards in dealing with us we shall bring them to such a course. With deference to this view, it seems to me to have the same defect as that of the sincere modern anarchist, whose advocacy of no government is that if we had no Cadets at Drill, United States Military Academy at West Point the socialists ars equally fallacious, and that nations are just as unlikely to become perfect, because of conduct assuming that they are so, as individuals. It is perfectly possible to have a suitable preparation for defense without maintaining a military and naval force and equipment caiculated to tempt toa policy of aggression and offense. Sucha preparation isin no respect inconsistent with every effort on the part of this country to secure an agreement or league between the powerful nations, by arbitral court and a Council of Conciliation, making war less likely. The horrors, the dreadful losses in the present struggle in Europe, and the resulting exhaustion, will tend to restrain nations in the future from seeking war and cause them to look with greater favor than in the past on some such international arrangement; but it by no means follows that the dreadful lesson of the war to-day will prevent a recurrence of war in the next decade. People are very forgetful. Recovery from war, when it begins, will seern to be rapid and human nature will remain the same. A reasonably adequate defense against aggression of another nation will certainly make unjust attack less likely. The logic of the pacificists’ position leads to the conclusion that we should raze our fortresses, scrap our battleships, disband our navy and retain only vessels enough for peaceful police purposes; and that all expenses in the preparation for possible war should Many of the conscientious supporters of this doctrine would agree that this is the natural corollary of their position| and would be quite willing to accept ti But, even if they do not insist on such extreme measures, we must meet their objection to further preparation. Their argument is that by adding to our defenses we shall encourage the spirit of militarism. How much of a danger is militarism in this country? practical experience in governmental possibilities, that the danger is very slight; that there are certain constant factors in our political, social and industrial conditions which make an army and a navy the creation and support of which would be militarism impossible. We could not have a standing army in time of peace anywhere ne to any one of those of the great Continental nations of Europe, because the expens« per soldier for his pay and support, in accord with the present provisions of law, make the cost of such an army prohibitive. It costs a great deal more to feed an American soldier than any other soldier ir the world. We pay at least fifteen dollars a month per man as wages. His housing is very much more expensive here than abroad. In 1906, when I was Secretary of War, be saved. consequences fairly It seems to me, with some ir equal , would

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST June 5, 1915 I investigated the comparativecosts, and this is what I found to be the case then, and for purposes of com- parison it is just as significant now: Our regular military establishment in 1906, with sixty thousand effec- tive men, cost us seventy-two mil- lion dollars. France maintained her army of five hundred and forty-six thousand men on the active list at a cost of a hundred and thirty-three million dollars. Germany kept up her military establishment, with six hundred and forty thousand men on the active list, at an expense of one hundred and forty-four million dollars In other words, France had an army about nine times the size of ours at less than twice our expendi- ture, and Germany an army of more than ten times ours at just twice the cost.. A standing army of half a million men on a‘peace basis at this rate would cost us at least half a billion dollars annually. But another trouble would arise. Conscription in time of peace the American people wouid not tolerate. In good times and at the present pay, it is hard enough to raise an army of even less than a hundred thousand. In hard times, when men are out of work, recruiting is easier; but the recruiting of half a million men in the United States at the present pay, when we are at peace, would be impossi- ble. In war the volunteer system would produce an army of more than a million men at the present pay, but only when the patriotic war fervor was strong. Therefore it would be necessary to add substantially to the present pay of the regular soldiers to secure such a standing army in time of peace. This, if the pay were doubled, would mean perhans a hundred million dollars more forthearmy. ‘This, with the expenses of an adequate navy, would se. greatly burden the taxpayers that it could never receive popular sanction. The very heavy pension appropriation of a hundred and sixty million dollars a year would itself operate as a brake on such a plan. Safeguards Against Militarism Pre ree INAL constituencies constantly present a demand for internal improvements and for other peace- ful governmental activities, which is showing its effect in a yearly increase of our national budget, and this, however much it is to be deprecated, has at least the merit of restrain- ing extravagance in our military and naval establishment. Then the genius of our people is opposed to a large stand- ing army. This would find still more acute opposition among the labor unions, which even carry their hostility to the organization of a state militia. It is idle, therefore, to fear such an increase in the regular army as to gratify the spirit of militarism, or to encourage it. So far as militarism and the navy are concerned, we must remember that, even though a navy be formidable in ships, equipment and mer, itis not an instrument furnishing temp- tation to aggrandizing warfare. Though the proper use of a navy in actual! war would be conduct- ing an offensive cam paign against the and commerce the would be navy of the enemy, offensive merely for the pur- pose of defending and venting invasion by the foe. There can be no real aggression in the sense of con- ourselves pre quering territory and subduing our enemy with a navy alone. The necessary lim- itation on the size of our army, to which I have referred, must always make remote the possibility of our having an expedi tionary force of any size to carryona foreign war. I re- peat, therefore, that, however strong a should keep our navy large enough and well equipped enough to equal that of any nation except England. Why do I except England? In the first place, we have had a hun- dred years of peace with England. We have a border line of four thou- sand miles between us and Canada, undefended on either side. The defenselessness of this border in time of war would be greatly to the disadvantage of the smaller popula- tion. More than that, there has been manifested, in the hundred years we are now celebrating, the per- sistent determination of both peo- ples to settle every controversy by arbitration. We do not need to embody it in a treaty because both peoples have that mind, at any rate. In the second place, England in her normal condition is not a nation with a large standing army so that she could raise promptly a great expeditionary force and send it to this country. She would have to make the same kind of preparation that we would. As against other nations, how- ever, that could at once mobilize against us a very large expedition- United States Troops on Transport Putting Out to Sea our maintaining a large army will always prevent our naval strength from tempting us to war. Take Mexico: We have a navy large enough to take all the ports of that country. What is the greatest restraint on us from invading Mexico? It is that we have not an adequate army. It would require two hundred thousand men to go in and pacify that country—and probably more. It would need the organization of a new army. The people know that. Great in some respects as is the temptation to abate the international nuisance at our doors, and subdue the anarchy that is fast sapping the lifeblood of a country in whose prosperity and welfare we have so great an inter- est, there isno popular pressure on the Government to enter on such a policy. Washington pointed out the great advantage we have in our position across the sea from the sources of danger to international peace; and, even in the time when that sea was much more of a protection than it is now, he advocated adequate preparation of a military and naval character in time of peace to avoid war. We cannot say that the condi- tions have changed, with reference to the possibility of war, so much that we ought to ignore his advice or depart from the policy he recommended. The measure of the preparation we ought to make is that which will give us defenses that, added to the difficulties of crossing the Atlantic or the Pacific Ocean, will put us on an equality with any nation likely to conduct a war of aggression against us. Changed as the conditions of modern warfare are, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans still present a most valuable obstruction and defense for us against attack. Our first line of defense, of course, would be thenavy. No attacking nation could get at us except by coming over the ocean. Therefore, it is of the highest importance that we ary force and transport it to our shores, we do need a means of de- fense. We need a navy that shall make the sending of an expeditionary force across the ocean to our shores so full of risk and danger that no country will undertake it. Itis entirely feasible for the United States to maintain such a navy. It is much easier to secure the personnel of a navy than of an army, because it does not need so many men. The Naval Program of 1905 ECOND, the spirit of the American people is not so opposed to a large navy as it is to a large army, and its expense is but a small part of what would be the expense of an army large enough to meet an army that one of the great nations of Continental Europe might land on our shores if unopposed on the sea. It is in the navy that we are to relieve ourselves from the necessity of maintaining a large standing army to resist attack. Our navy is not now adequate. We have fallen behind in the number of ships we have built, and we need greater speed and variety. It is true, naval art is developing, and there is a risk, if we go on, that we may spend money in directions which will not ultimately prove to be wise. Undoubtedly this war will yield most valuable lessons in determining along what lines our expenditures should be made; but we must, to some extent, share with the world the cost of discovering the best naval armaments, and should not remain idle and supine, waiting for the river of advance and improvement to run by. We have competent naval officers, who keep up with every known advance in naval science, and who are able to advise Congress and the Executive on every expert question. The General Board of the Navy in 1903, there then being ten battleships completed and fourteen others build- ing or appropriated for, recommended a program for the de- velopment of the navy by the con- struction of two bat- tleships each year, beginning with 1904. This was to continue until 1915, inclusive, or until twenty-four more battleships had been authorized, and in 1919 all would be completed, giv- ing then a total of forty-eight battle- ships. In thisscheme no replacements were taken into considera- tion; i.e.,a battleship once completed was considered as a per- manent possession. This defect was remedied by the General Board in 1910. Initsreport of that year the effec- navy we may have, the impossibility of Cavairy Drill at Fort Myer, Virginia tive life of a battle- ship was found to be

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d/ twenty years from the date of her completion, after which she should be replaced; i. e., twenty years after Battleship A had been laid down, replacement ship A would be laid down to keep the strength of the navy constant. Partly for this reason, but chiefly because Congress had not met the program of 1903,the General Board in 1912 and 1913 recommended a building program of four battleships. This scheme of 1903 was not carried out by Congress. In 1904, 1906, and 1907, against President Roosevelt's wish, and in 1912 and 1913, against the recommendation of the then Administration, only one battleship was authorized. In 1914 there were, exclusive of the Idaho and Mississippi, sold to Greece, thirty-three battleships, in- cluding all old ones, and seven building or authorized—a hortage of six on the 1903 plan. The General Board also recommended four destroyers for each battleship. January 1, 1915, found the navy with forty battleships of all types and ages, built, building and authorized, and sixty-eight destroyers in the same categories. In the first session of the second Congress of the last Republican Administration, by a majority vote in the Democratic caucus of the Democratic House it was sought to bind all the Democratic members to decline to vote for any battleshipsat all. Through the refusal of a minority of Democrats to be bound, it was possible to secure one bat- tleship. In the next session the Navy Department sub- mitted estimates for four battleships to make up for the deficit, but were able to secure only one. The change of attitude the Democratic party now seems disposed to show is an indication of the manifest public opinion on the subject, and gives hope that more adequate provision will be made in the future to catch up with the pro- gram of the General Board. I cannot do more than give a brief reference to other reasons forour naval deficiencies. They are succinctly set forth by Mr. George von L. Meyer, former Secretary of the Navy, in the February, 1915, number of the North American Review. Mr. Meyer has had longer continu- ous service at the head of the Navy Department, since its re- organization after the Spanish War, than any otherincumbent of that office; and he gave such earnest attention to the work that his opinion is entitled to more weight than that of any other civilian. Mr. Meyer's Figures E POINTS out that since 1900 we have spent on our navy $1,656,000,000, while Germany’s navy has cost her but $1,137,000,000; and yet that she has a navy more pow- erful than ours. Germany, on July 1, 1914, had a navy of 951,713 tons, as compared with our navy of 765,133 tons; and Germany has thirteen dread- noughts, while we have but eight. When the vessels build- ing for both countries are completed Germany will have a tonnage of 1,306,577, as against ours of 894,889. THE SATURDAY EVENING POST Of course the dif- r — an a ference in cost for the same weight of armament and iorce of men must always be against us under aormal conditions, due to the higher cost of materials and higher wages of the men engaged in the construction and service. But Mr Meyer shows that the amount of un- necessary expense, due to logrolling of Congressmen and Senators on the Naval Committees in improving and maintaining navy yards where they were not needed or could not be used, has amounted in the past decade to hun- dreds of millions. He shows by reference to the evidence of Admiral Badger that our navy is short of a proper complement for all its vessels that could be made useful by eighteen thou- sand men and nine hundred officers, and that the present The U. 5. 5. Utah Leaving the Brookiyn Navy Yard Atlantic fleet in commission lacks over five thousand men for its complement. He invites attention to the mani- festly unsatisfactory condition of our submarines, as testi- fied to by expert naval officers. The present war is showing clearly that the use of submarines must form a most impor- tantmeansof beating off from our shores naval attacks and rendering dangerous to our enemy the transportation to our coast of an expedi- tionary force of in- vasion. | Mr. Meyer recom- mends a General Staff for the navy. Mr. Daniels, the present Secretary of the Navy, seems to | think such an inno- ation would be un- American. It is hard tosee why. Wehave had a General Staff | in the army for | twelve years. It has been most useful and has betrayed no PHOTO. BY BROWN BROTHERS, NEW TORK Loading a 12+Inch Gun at Fort Wadsworth monarchical or un- American tendencies. On Board the U. 5.5. Wyoming It is an expert council, to be used by the civil head of the Department to supply the professional knowledge needed by him to give a policy for the Department and keep it consistent. Of course its conclusions are adopted into execu tive action only on the approval : of the secretary. Such a staff | would have helped the naval policy greatly in the past; but, for some reason, the same Sen ators and Congressmen at whose door can be laid the reeponsi- bility for the logrolling extrav- agance in naval expenditures described by Mr. Meyer were bitter in their opposition to a General Staff. Naval Needs i" R. MEYER makes another recommendation in which I thoroughly concur. He sug- gests an allowance by Congress of some discretion to the Exec- utive, under the advice of a General Staff, in the expendi- ture of money appropriated for the naval establishment. This has a precedent in the voting of fifty million dollars in the McKinley Administration, to be allotted to the War and Navy Departments in prepar- ing for the Spanish War. One J of the real difficulties we have had in building up a navy has been the little knowledge of naval matters that members of Naval Committees in the Senate and House have had, which has proved to be a dangerous thing We have available the finest experts in the world. Why should we not make use of them? The expenditures would be subject to thorough and prompt investigation after they had been made. No President, Secretary of the Navy and General Naval Staff intrusted with the allotment of a lump-sum appropriation could possibly waste the amount of money that has been wasted under the present system. This would remove the distribution of the money—not entirely, but very substantially— from the baneful political influences that have burdened us with unnecessary expen- ditures and prevented our having the navy we ought to have, when the amount that has gone for naval purposes is considered. Both parties are responsible for this waste and it is difficult to make it a party question. The party, however, with the inquiry that the war has prompted, which shall not now adopt a proper system must be charged with the responsibility for failing to do so. We certainly need submarines; we need battle cruisers of high speed in addi tion to our battleships; we need aéroplanes; and we ought to havea council of experts who should have not only power to recommend, but power, with the approval of the President and the Secretary, to decide how the appropriated for increase of our naval defenses by Co ought to be expended The history of the controversies that the Secretaries of the Navy have had with the Naval Committees in the last ten years reflects no credit on the disinterested patriotism of the influential members of such committees. Should we Continued on Page 32

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THE SATURDAY F ANYONE had inti- mated that Ringer was lacking in culture, his last those would have been ords on earth. We should most kely walloped the everlast- g daylights out of him. Civie pride in us was of the hair-trigger variety, and we stood foursquare to all the world, ready to match our morals against those of the effete East at any time, or to prove our innate refinement on their stubborn hides. Yet it is a fact that cer- tain jealous neighbors to the north and south of us said behind our backs that Ringer was a tough old burg. And they pointed to its record in substantiation. From thisit would appear that there was never a Saturday without a fracas, and that the Court- house Square on First Mon- day was so apt to yield the coroner a job that the bold- est citizen trod it with one eye on the cyclone cellars. “It ain’t the town’s fault,” argued Bad Bill Bobo. “We're just like New York, dog-gone it !—the visitors start the rough stuff.” He referred to the regular visits of certain undesirables from Red River Bottom, a wild, inaccessible portion of country on the Oklahoma border. Perhaps the awful loneliness of the shimmering sand wastes along the river bed and the tense quiet of the wooded tangles farther Bobo and I once rode ten miles of the Bottom in quest of astray without seeing a living thing but one bogged cow, two bitterns and a rattlesnake— perhaps the environ- ment induced in them a yearning for cheer and the warm contact of their fellow men. At any rate they came once 1 month to Ringer, got drunk with all possible dispatch, and then set out to show the town how bad they were. And they were bad too. The Kincaid Gang was noto- It consisted of three brothers and four cousins, and they were unanimously thieves. This could be sensed by It is true their women grew a lit- tle corn and cotton above flood level, but only enough to give a semblance of legitimacy to their livelihood; the men rustied cattle. They would steal a horse also; but that involved greater risk. It was easy to throw a bunch of steers across the state line in either direction. Frank, the head of the clan, was indicted on this charge twice, but came clear through the efficient perjury of his allies. There was a mean streak in Frank. For instance, he had a nasty habit of mounting his horse at about the twelfth drink when in town and loping him along the sidewalk just to see the people scatter. Of course this sort of conduct will soon eliminate an individual as a preferred risk for insurance; yet Kincaid got away with it safely, thanks to the fighting strength of the family connection. However, he was only twenty-seven and his father had died with great suddenness have back rious, a peep at their homes. these lawless manifestations never weren't a generation removed and familiarity with violence had made us callous; none of us realized the true character of Indeed, we were inordinately proud of our town. Didn't it ship out sixty thousand bales of cotton every And twelve automobiles were owned within the corporate limits. Small wonder we looked down on Windy City as a benighted, roughneck hole in the road. Then there came out of Windy a long, concave-bellied man named Cicero Schoonover, who turned on s the eyes of a stranger within the gates. And he told us ve were a wicked and perverse generation. What Brother Schoonover saw was not the town we saw at all; he got an entirely different slant at our doings. And his opinion was that Ringer was a disgrace to the state. He announced without loss of time at a revival he an awning on a vacant lot back of the Strange to say, shocked us deeply. We from frontier days Ringer. » WABON : tring of a conclusions started under Fashion Saloon “Men,” he began, “you've got thirteen saloons in this and five churches. The saloons are full all of But what’re the churches doing? You could stick a pin into ‘em and they wouldn't turn over. They’re flat on their backs, with their mouths open. How long do you aim to deliver up your sons and daughters to the devil by maintaining his chief agent right these here town, the time. By George ILLUSTRATED Once a Month They Set Out to Show the Town How Bad They Were at your very doors? Hey? Do you know what Seth Rountree died of? Shot, was he? Maybeso; but it wasn’t Tom Haverty’s bullet that killed Seth—it was the dirty, rotten booze Tom had drunk. That’s what killed poor Rountree. That’s what made his wife a widow and his children fatherless. I tell you, the man who sold liquor to Haverty until his wits was gone—until he didn’t know right from wrong and was crazy for trouble—that man was the real murderer. “Friends” —his voice soaring high and cracked— “the saloon must go! It is the hotbed of corruption; it is the hideous destroyer of morals and homes and souls; it is the greedy god on whose altars we sacrifice our young; it is the yawning gateway to hell!” He could rave that way by the hour. We had heard it all before, revivalists being as regular as the circus in our coun- try; so his preaching would have made no special impression had it not been for the approach of a local-option election and the personality of the exhorter. He was uncouth and none too clean; his ears stuck straight out from his head; his Adam's apple bobbed absurdly up and down; and he was grossly ignorant— yet somehow the spirit of the Living God flamed in Schoonover when he talked. “Hark to him!” said Bobo to me one fine June evening. Through the open door came loud groans, sounds of lamen- tation, the hysterical weeping of women. “He's got all those ol’ sisters rockin’ right now, ready to stampede up the aisle when he gives the word. I sure do admire to hear Schoonover when he’s going good.” We were in the Fashion Saloon, where Bobo made his headquarters—though he did not drink. It was a favorite resort for visitors from the country and, being a horse and mule trader, he found it convenient. “Do you think he’ll have any influence on the election? I asked. ““No-o-o. Shucks! We've had fellers like him preaching fire snd brimstone at us ever since I can remember. They get round every season when the crops are good. Ringer’ll never go dry.” “Burn it down!” The raucous tones of the exhorter rose toa howl. “‘Burnit down! There it stands by consent of your men-folk—stands there on a hill—the lair of the Scarlet Woman!” I glanced at Bill, who replied: “Sure! He means Picnic Kate.’”’ And he twisted impa- tiently in his chair. After a moment he added: “‘ He won't have to worry about her long. I done met up with Doc Buchanan yesterday and he told me Kate ain’t got a week to live, and if I expected to get my money I might just as well to kiss it good-by.” “How? Your money?” “Sold her a hoss. But, pshaw! Don’t you ever think I won't. entious woman.” Old Lon Terryberry, who owned the Fashion, carried a chair to our table and sat down. He had a harassed look. “That crazy fool is doing a lot of harm,”’ he grunted. “Let him roar. He’ll have to quit soon, and then it'll all blow over.” “Maybe so,” returned Lon doubtfully; “but I ain’t so sure, Bill. Dadgum! I wouldn’t mind so much if I only ” I'll get paid all right. Picnic’s a mighty consci- EVENING POST June 5, 1915 Pattullo HARVEY DUNWN got it at meetin’; but I git it again when I go home. I tell you it’s fierce, boys!” “Willie May issure strong for him,”’ Bobo admitted. “Strong!”’ bellowed Lon, on the verge of apoplexy. “She ain’t missed a meetin’ since the rascal struck town, and she plays the organ for “em, too, and sings fit to bust. What do you know about that? My own daughter is cahoots with the very crowd that’s trying torun me out of town! Ashamed of her own father! Ashamed of the busi- ness that puts fine clothes on her back and gets her good meals! Ain’t that a fine piece of work? I swan, I don’t see how she can sit there and listen to the names that preacher calls me.” Bobo winked at me over Lon’s head and, tilting back in his chair, proffered con- solation. “He don’t mean you any more’n the others. Leave him roar. Names ain’t bricks.” “No,” Lon agreed, “they ain’t; but you can dodge a brick.” He eyed Bill morosely. ‘‘ What’s this I hear,”’ he demanded, “about you giving up twenty dollars to Willie May for the Cause, as she calls it?” My friend showed momentary confusion. “Shucks! That don’t mean anything, Lon. You know right well I'd do anything Willie May should ask me.” “And there,” cried her father sternly, bringing his fist down on the table, “is where you make a big mistake, Bill. That girl’s mean, I tell you. She’s just naturally mean tempered. And she thinks she knows more’n her own daddy! I'll bet she figures she’s got you tagged.” To which Bobo said shamelessly: “Well, ain’t she?” There was no possible retort to this unexpected admis- sion. Lon snorted, stared at him a while, and fumbled in his vest pocket for another cigar. “That boy over there,”’ Bobo told him, pointing to one of a group lined up at the bar, “has had enough—and more’n enough. Tip Johnny off not to serve him.” The saloon keeper turned his fishlike gaze in the direction indicated. “He's all right,”’ he said after a cursory inspection. “No, he ain’t all right,”’ Bobo maintained, and called out: “Oh, Ruef!” “What d’you want “Come over here! I got something I want to tell you.’ Ruef advanced to our table with long strides, his air a veneer of bravado over shyness. He was a gangling youth of about eighteen years, of bony frame and enormous hands and feet. The down of adolescence was thick and yellow on his cheeks. “What d’you want?” he inquired again. The horse trader smiled up at him kindly. “Best cut out that bunch and go home, son.” “T reckon I kin take a drink if I want to,” rebellious answer. “Sure you can! Sure you can, Ruef. Any dog-gone fool can take a drink; but it takes a sure-enough man to leave it be.” Apparently in doubt whether to resent the interference or accept it in the spirit of Bill’s smile, the boy reiterated: “T reckon I kin take care of myself.’’ And he returned to the bar. “All the same,” Bill tossed after him, “I'd go home, son.” Not overly pleased with the episode, Lon got up from the table and went heavily to the rear, limping slightly because of his rheumatism. “That was ol’ Miz Page’s boy,” Bobo informed me “She thinks the world and all of him. And Ruef’s a good kid. He’d been working steady since his pa died, until the boy’s all right—he only thinks he’s bad.” We played dominoes for a space and then I asked idly: “Bill, what you do think of all this prohibition stuff anyhow?” “Nothing to it!’”’ he declared emphatically, rearing straight in his chair. “It’s crazy nonsense— plumb foolish, Dan. Why, if Ringer should go dry it’d kill the town as dead as a doornail. Besides, you couldn’t have prohi- bition here—not real prohibition. They'd get it in from 9 was the

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outside; and you know what bootleggin’ means. There'd be more drunks than there are now. Why an “But Brother Schoonover says _" “Of course!” he cut in, impatient of the interruption “But those preachers’ll say anything. Think it over care-

ful: Has anybody got a right to stop me or you from tak- ing a drink if we want one? I reckon not. I never touched a drop in my life, account of my old Daddy doing like he done: but those who want it should ought to be able to get it. Just because me and you don’t feel the need of a drink is no reason why we should tell Steve Johns he can’t have p. There are three topics over which all argu- futile—religion, war and prohibition } | In a few minutes he asked, evidently with a view to

changing the subject: “Heard anything of the boys lately? It’s two years since any of ‘em wrote to me.” “Not a line. You know how it is—a fellow hasn't time to write letters on a ranch.” “A guy blew in here a while back,” continued Bill, “and he was looking for a job. He said he knowed Lee well, and they’d taken Lee to an asylum.” Don’t tell me that Lee not Lee! not the Lee

“Fact! Ain’t it a fright to think of? Butif I've warned Lee once, I’ve warned I ima I indred times He never did know when to quit had to have it in the mornir g be fore breakfast— you remember how that was. And he'd take a pull the same as you would spring water and never bat an eye.” Some scuffling among the group at the bar attracted his attention. It was only horseplay, but Bobo detected ptoms that prompted | 3 “Come on, son!” he said genially svn im to get up and saunter over.

taking hold of young Page. “Let’s go home.” “You leave me be!"’ Ruef admonished, shaking free. “Sure!”’ chimed in one of his companions. “ What's eatin’ you an} Let him alone!” Instantly Bobo’s mant underwent a change: each lable dropped like an icicle down the back as he said: ‘When I want to hear from you, ol’ timer, I'll tell you about it.” He stood waiting patiently to see what Ruef would do. Nobody uttered a word. In abashed silence they fingered their glasses. At length, looking everywhere but at Bad Bill, the boy gulped his drink io show that he was not intimidated, tried to roll a cigarette, and, not meeting with much success, burst out with: > now?

’ ** Let’s go somewheres else, fellers.”’ fobo. “Come on! “Sure, Ruef,” agreed | I'll go along with you.” And, forestalling a ref isal, he tucked his hand under Page’s arm and piloted him out of the Fashion. Those left behind gave a ’ nervous laugh of relief. Two days later Bad Bill called at my house in his Sunday clothes. His suit was black; dead black was his hat; and he wore a white satin tie, strung through a gold ing. One glance made me fear the worst is air was so horribly sanctimonious. When Bobo dressed for an occasion he always strove to put the soft pedal on ele- gance, and thus contrived to look like a deacon with sporting proc livities ir dulge d away from home. “I’ve got to fix up a funeral,”’ he ex- plained in a hushed voice, “for Picnic Kate. Schoonover sent for me this morning and I got there just before she died. She wanted to tell me how I could get my money for that hoss; and while she had us there she

done made me and Schoonover promise to like ee she was buried proper. It seemed Kate was afraid they would put her some piace where she wouldn’t care to be at ill—or just leave her lie out, maybe.” “Schoonover? How did he happen to be there?” “Why, Kate, she began to get scared toward the last, and she sent for parson; but he wasn’t home. So she sent a regular

for another; but he couldn't go on account of a cold. Finally she got desperate and asked Brother Schoonover would he come? And he went a-runnin’.” “But what can I do?” “You can come along,” was the answer, because maybe I'll need some help to persuade ’em.” It was not an occasion with which I rel- hed being identified; but, for that mat- ter, Kate’s funeral was no more Bobo’s concern than mine or the parson’s. So we et out to enroll pallbearers. “Here,” said Bill, “are the ones I've picked.” THE SATURDAY EVENING POST Several ol our leading citizens The list made

g , were on it the very cream of the church element. Whict moved me to voice a doubt. Bill dismissed it with: “Won't come, hey? You wait and see. They've got to come, I done promised Kate she'd De laid away Aint A iad) and she’s going to be!’ ; The first man we interviewed was Deacon Hoover. Had a stranger walke iin with a demand that he should i 0! tinently dynamite his store he could not have been more astounded. For a few minutes amazement held hin spee hless. Ope n-mouthed, now red, now white, he lister ed to Bobo with slow-gathering wrath. And then he began to sputter: “What! Actas pallbearer for “Don’t say it!’ warned Bill. “We'll just forget all that now and only remember we're Christians.” The effort to hold fast to his religion made the purple in the face. He gagged helplessly. Some of his ] , eacon clerks were watchir x the tableau, doubtless wonde ring what it was all about; so he led us behind a pile of goods in a dark corner. Arrived there, he contrived a ghastly smile. “What's the joke?” he said. “There ain’t any joke,” Bobo assured him placidly. **Kate’s dead and the funeral will be held to-morrow at two o’clock. You'll be one of the pallbearers.” There was a pause, while incredulity gave way to a conviction that Bill actually meant it; then Hoover opened up his heart. The things he said were not nice to hear and Bill shut him off. “Quit that talk!” he said; his eyes narrowed to mere slits and he took a step toward the deacon, who backed away in alarm. ‘Now you listen to me, Hoover: I never said two words in my life to that woman except you as Picnic Kate said before she died The exhorter broke off to blow his nose. They could hardly hear him when he resumed. “She said them to me. And with what a look on her face! Y« to me though you-all know how I preached about her. I there at her bed side and prayed for her, and gave the poor, tortured i what comfort I could But there is another thing yet I want you to know To aay has been a great eye opener, friends rvery body I my voice knows what come off ind vot within sound o all must have marveled. Nothing more remarkable ever happened in the South. That our leading citizens, the ver pillars of society and the church, should have followed the mortal remains of that misguided soul to rest t was a act of Christian charity I never hoped to see; and I than} God for it Brethren, does this not show the rejuve iting and softening power of the Spirit? ‘Still, I reckon it could never have come off—only for what one man among us done. What did he do? I'll tel you what he did. She sent for him, when she knew the end was near, to ask forgive ness because she couldn't 1 ) hir a debt she owed. And she had still another reason. She felt the need of a friend one to stand by her throug! fear and uncertainty. I tell you it is a dreadful thing to face the Unknown alone. So she sent for a man she was ilready in debt to—with no more claim on him than or yu or me, and not so much— because something somehow let her know that man’s great heart. She was scared to die—-it is not for me to speak harshly of the de parted, but he ure had reasons. Oh, my friends, the agony, the bitter agony of those final hours!”’ He paused a moment, that he might drive home hi: next words: “That man was Bad Bill Bobo. She made him promise to give her a funeral; he paid for every cent of its cost to-day. “You all know Bill.”” Some laughter “How did he get that name? I heard the story for the first time yesterday It’s familiar to you-all — how the Kincaid ¢ run off his pet horse when he wasn’t n

a boy, and he went after ‘en “There’s a text right here, friend right here in the way he did it. Let ro how he acted Did young Bobo wait to get help? Did he try to find an easy way Did he hunt round for the sheriff whilk they was making tracks with his horse Not much he didn’t no more than he round for somebody else to do the wor! and the paying to-day. He up and went

after the Kincaids. And he done caug three in a nigrah shack over De! | Sandy.” The pre acher began to warn ] H restrained earnestness gave place to f hi voice rose, quavering ‘Then what did hedo? Hey? I'll te you what he dons Young B al eighteer years of age, with nothing on hi but a jackknife for a weapon, wal line ‘em where they was playing « oO floor and just busted the damned a vide ope Fre ed appl ‘ he did cleaned the three ¢ n one And whe he come tm ¢ oquare that nig! lll Six to piece i hanging onto the n ine, and slid oflint of the Palace Drug Store, what did he ay? Just what you'd expect that boog to say—‘It was some fight; but here's tl hoss!’

er since that night he’ om Bad sill in this county friends. What if he doe ' L1leller no

a poor name tor Bobo and againinahorsetrade? Would: Or you? Or you? Ho about Ja old when it come to tradin’? WI } drove a close bargain with Go didn't he (Continued on Page 24

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST R. WU met me at the door of his house at L Number Three, Gordon Road, Shanghai, one afternoon in early April. I had not seen him forseveral years; but I had not forgotten his habit of asking questions. He held out his hand, and I could see by the twinkle in his eye that he was about to plump sort of personal interrogation at me. So I beat him to it “How do you do?” I said He blinked and countered: “ How long have you been in China?” I cross-countered: “When were you in Peking last here!"’ he said. ‘Where did you some “How old are you? 9 “Come in me from?’ I followed him into a reception room. “Are you still a vegetarian?” I asked. “Sit down,” he replied. “ What is the news in ashington?”’ We took stools by the side of a hexagonal table. “What,” I said, “is the news in China?” How did you reduce your flesh?” ‘When did you cut off your queue?” ‘What is the circulation of your magazine?” ‘How is your book on America selling?” ‘How is your President?” ‘How is your own?” “Will he be reélected?”’ “Will he be assassinated?” Then we both laughed. “ Suppose we start all over again,” said Mr. Wu. “Right! “Tell me about China.’ Wu Ting Fang, twice minister to the United States, lives in a big house of modern architecture on one of the newer streets of the International Settlement in Shanghai. It is a fine house, with a lodge ai the gate and a graveled road circling about beds of flowers and leading to an ornate porte-cochére. There were pots of flowers on the of daisies and jonquils, and pansies and violets, and a rosebush or two, all blooming in Easter profusion. A fat little Chinese boy came out of the lodge as the little gray pony my two coolies were driving ambled in at the gate, , 1 said. sides of the steps June 5, 1915 official conversations, both in Japan and China, that Japan has presented a certain set of demands on your country and that your country is now considering those demands.” “Indeed!” said Mr. Wu, as if the subject were news to him. “Tt is even so.” “Well,” said Mr. Wu, “I have no information beyond what I see in the papers. We read all sorts of things about what Japan asks and what the circumstances are; and, of course, as I have no precise information I cannot comment on_ the situation, either past or present.” “Let us suppose that Japan has demanded certain things which China is averse to granting.” “Wait a moment!” interrupted Mr. Wu. I could almost hear another parable coming. Mr. Wu drummed on the table with his fingers. “TI knew John Hay,”’ he said irrelevantly, as it seemed, but with extreme relevance as it turned out. “I knew John Hay very well; and I remem- ber when he inaugurated the policy of the open door in China—the policy of equal opportunity for all. Of course this was with the sanction of President McKinley, whom I knew very well also Mr. Hay originated this pelicy and sent circular letters, by telegraph, tothe American ambassadors at the various courts and seats of government of the Great Powers, presenting this policy to them and asking them what they thought about it. They all agreed. They all asserted that the open door should be maintained in China; that there should be equal commercial opportunity for every country with our people; and that it was to the interest of the world to maintain the territorial integrity of China.” 7 More Parables Than Opinions si OW, then, as all the Great Powers agreed that the policy of the open door in China should be maintained, it is quite likely that those Powers are still of the same opinion; and for that reason it does not seem to me that any country should be and followed us up the drive. He took my card and carefully shut the door behind him as he went into the house. Then Mr. Wu appeared and we began to question each other. Mr. Wu was Minister for Foreign Affairs for a time after China became a republic. Lately he has been living in Shanghai. His son is one of the counsel of Yuan Shi Kai, the President of China; and Mr. Wu is very proud of him. “He is a fine boy,” he said—‘a fine boy! He was educated in the schools at Washington and Atlantic City, and in England; and he took three scholarships, and was a member of the House when we elected one. Then, after the House was dissolved, the President asked him to stay in Peking as one of his counsel; and he stayed. You will see him there.” “Tell me about China,” I repeated. The passion for interrogation was too strong to overcome. “What does the United States think of China?” Wu uisked “Laying that aside,’’ I said, “‘tell me about China.” Pumping a Close:Mouthed Statesman WENTY or thirty times I interviewed Mr. Wu when 4. he wasin Washington. I knew his methods. Sometimes he talks. At other times he recites parables. But never does he talk when he does not want to talk; nor is there any danger of his talking too much when he should not. He turned on his stool and placed his hands on the table. “China is doing very well,”’ he said. “ How well?” “As you know, we are now a republic. Theoretically ‘hina has for many years been a republic; but practically ‘hina was a monarchy. The time came when the people were so disgusted with the inefficiency of the Manchu Dynasty which was ruling us that they rose and abolished the dynasty. The internai affairs of the country were so badly managed —as well as the external affairs—that the people would not submit any longer to this misrule; and they rose and deposed the monarchy. Then we had a President. Things were in a mess and we secured another President-- Yuan, who has been directing our affairs for three years now, He has done very well. “Many people said the change was too sudden, and that we should have begun our democracy with a limited monarchy; but that was impossible. I admit that the 1ange was sudden when the characteristics of the Chinese FROM BROWN BROTHERS, NEW YORK CIT Doctor Wu Ting Fang, Twice Minister to the United States are taken into consideration; but what was there to do? Where was the man to be found who should be our limited monarch? What guaranty was there that the new king would not be as inefficient as the ruler we had deposed? “We had had all sorts of dynasties, differing from Japan, where there has been an unbroken succession for two thou- sand years. Some of our dynasties had endured only two hundred years—the longest eight hundred years—and some less than one hundred years. We had had various sorts of rulers; various families had come into power, and the conditions against which we protested had become unendurable. So we made a President. Of course there were many complicated problems and things were in a great deal of commotion fora time; but finally Yuan was chosen, and he has been President for three years—and has done well.” Mr. Wustopped. He looked at me as though to indicate that this general summary about covered the case. “All right,” I said; “but how about the present situ- ation?” “What situation?” “The situation between Japan and China.” Wherefore, in true Oriental fashion, Mr. Wu began to speak in parables. As a speaker in parables Mr. Wu has few superiors. He parabled all round the room, out into the hall, and back again. “Most interesting,” I said; “but how about the situ- ation between China and Japan?” Then we had another line of parables. They were good parables and clothed in flowery language. “T trust,”” concluded Mr. Wu, “that you comprehend.” “Unfortunately,” I said, “I do not. Though I have been highly edified, I have not been instructed. You know, Mr. Wu, that no Chinese is so well known as you are in the United States; and, inasmuch as I realize that also, I have come to you to ask you about these things.” “Yes,” he admitted blandly; “I understand.” “Then, what do you think of the present situation between China and Japan?” “What situation?” I caught myself humming: “Here we go round the mulberry bush!’’ Mr. Wu was smiling and waiting for me. It was my move. “T have been led to believe,” I said, “from what I have seen in the public prints and from what I have heard in allowed to obtain an unfair advantage in China. So far as the Japanese are concerned, we are of the same race as they are. “It is well enough known that they obtained from us the foundation of their civilization and their literature and their learning. We have been friends for a thousand years. Is it possible that two countries, having been friends for so long, shall become enemies? Is it not, rather, the case that the Japanese, remembering our close connection with them and our long friendship, will not seek to take undue advan- tage of us because of these very considerations I have mentioned?” “But suppose they do?” Mr. Wu seemed perplexed. “Suppose they do!” he repeated. “I do not understand you.” “Is it not possible that Japan may not take into con- sideration these sentimental reasons you have advanced?” “You do not make yourself clear,” said Mr. Wu, smiling. “T mean this: Judging from recent occurrences, and from what we have learned of the Japanese demands, does it not seem to you that they have it in mind to go a bit farther than the policy of the open door permits?” “*T fail to comprehend,” said Mr. Wu. This time he was laughing at me; so I laughed too. “Very well,” I said. “How old are you?” Mr. Wu drummed on the table with his fingers. “The policy of the open door,”’ he said, “is the policy not only of the United States but of England, and of other countries as well. Sir Edward Grey, speaking in the House of Commons recently, said that Great Britain has interests to protect in China—and certainly your country has. Now, if the policy of the open door is the policy of other countries, why is it not the policy of Japan, which is one of the Powers? And if Japan violates that policy—if Japan does !—what can China expect but protests from the other nations with interests here?” “Is Japan violating it?” “My dear sir,”” answered Mr. Wu, “these direct ques- tions are disconcerting to the Oriental mind!” “Meaning,” I said, “that this is not the time for an opinion from Mr. Wu?” “Oh, well,”’ said Mr. Wu deprecatingly, “if you choose to put that interpretation on it I cannot ——” “How old are you?” I interrupted. Instantly Mr. Wu became all animation. “T have forgotten,” he said. “I take no count of years. A man isas he thinks. Never forget that! If aman thinks

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he is old he is old. If he thinks he is young he is young. If you have a man aged twenty who thinks he is sick, and you have a man aged eighty who knows he is well, which do you prefer? Theman aged eighty, of course. He is more useful to the community. Age isa relative thing. I never consider my years. I always think in terms of youth.” “Then,” I said, “how young are you?” “TI am forty-five,” smiled Mr. Wu—“ forty-five, and getting younger every minute.” “How long shall you live?” “Oh, as long as I want to--two hundred years, say; or maybe more! At present I have decided to live two hun- dred years. Maybe in fifty or sixty years I shall get tired of it and decide to die; but if I continue in my present frame of mind I shall live for two hundred years at least. Any man can live as long as he wants to. It is only when a man makes up his mind to die, barring accident or calam- ity, that he does die. If he makes up his mind to live he will live indefinite ly 7 “You have some basis for this philosophy.” ‘I have.” ‘What is it?” ‘Vegetarianism !”’ “Are you still a vegetarian?” “Certainly!” Mr. Wu was astonished at the question. “Why not? Why should I go back to flesh eating when I have found the fountain of youth in my present manner of living?”’ I could not think of a reason at the moment; so I waited. “Look at what vegetarianism has done for me!” he con- tinued. “I have eaten no flesh for eight or ten years. I have lost all my afflictions. I get younger year by year. Why, having found this panacea, should I be so foolish, so wickedly foolish, as to go back to flesh and the infir- mities it causes?’’ There did not seem to be an answer for that. Mr. Wu grew eloquent. Mr. Wu's Vegetarian Repasts “(THERE is no doubt,” he said, “that when a man eat: flesh he puts into himself a certain poison which is detrimental to his well-being. There is no doubt of that, is there?” “You seem to have none,” I said. “Of course I haven’t! Nor has any other person who isn’t so bound by custom that he is blind to his own interests. I know what I am talking about. Why, since I became a vegetarian I have lost all the ills I had. I never catch cold; nor have I any dyspepsia or sciatica. Did you ever have sciatica?” “Not yet.” He rubbed his leg. “It is frightful!” he said. “I had it for twenty-five years; and I had lumbago and a lot of other things. Now they are all gone—vanished! And they all were the result of eating meat.” “Well,” I said, “what do you eat?” “Vegetables and fruit and nuts.” “Do you eat fish?” o No.” “Do you eat eggs or drink milk, Mr. Wu?” “Yes; both—but that is as far as I go.” “What did you have for break- fast?”’ I asked. THE SATURDAY EVENING POST and looks as though his promise to live two hundred years was no idle boast. He wore Chinese dress; and when he took off his round black cap I saw that his queue was gone, and that his hair, which was brushed straight back from his forehead, was only a little gray. I sought to settle that age business. “ How old is President Yuan?” I asked, with exceeding craft, I thought. “Oh,” said Mr. Wu, “he is more than sixty. His hair is whiter than mine,” he added; “and thers you see agall what vegetarianism does for one. My hair used to be get ting gray; but look at it now!” And he ran his fingers through it. “‘Look at my mustaches. They are not gray Gray hair comes from eating flesh. Yuan’s hair is much whiter than mine. Oh, yes—very much whiter. He eats flesh, you know.” “But,” I said, “this is a long way from the relations between China and Japan.” “Indeed!” said Mr. Wu. “And I want to tell you that I drink no liquids with my meals; and I Fletcherize my food. That is a secret of it. Why don’t you try it? “Perhaps I shall,” I replied; “but, holding that in reserve, I notice that some of the C} inese I see on the streets here in Shanghai still wear their queues.” “Yes; but not many. Most of our people have cut them off. Those who stick to them stick to them because it is the custom. Custom! Bah! I say to them: ‘Don't you know that queues are not cleanly and make a great deal of unnecessary trouble?’ And they tell me‘ Yes’; but that it has been the custom for centuries and they do not want to cut them off. However, not more than five per cent of our men retain their queues, and only about one per cent here in Shanghai. Up in the north, where they are more conservative than we are here, they hold to the queues; and some of the retainers of the old Manchu Dynasty wear them because they think it is loyal for them to do so; but, generally speaking, we have done away with our queues forever.” “How about opium?” “That is being suppressed. The laws are being enforced. We hold the people to a strict adherence to the mandate against opium consumption, and punish offenders severely. It will not be long now before opium smoking is almost eliminated from China.’ “And foot binding?” “That is another custom which our advance has made impossible. Foot binding will vanish in time also. We are progressing.” “We are,” I commented; “and we have again pro- gressed to the subject of the relations between China and Japan.” “As to that,”’ said Mr. Wu, “I have just printed a new book—it was out yesterday. It is called: What is Needed to Reform China? It is a Chinese book and it has thirty chapters. It tells how to reform our finances, our politics, our railroads—oh, everything. I sent ten copies to Peking with instructions to have a copy given to each leading man there, including President Yuan. You should read it.” “But I cannot read Chinese.” “Ah, yes!” said Mr. Wu thoughtfully. “But have you ever read my book on America?” “No,” I confessed; “I have not.”

” “T do not eat any breakfast. “Well, what did you have for luncheon?” | “TIT have just finished my luncheon. I had some brown bread and ate a nut substitute for butter on it. I had a dish of vegetables and a dish of almonds, and a potato. After that I atea mango and an orange.” “What will you have for dinner?” “Some more vegetables and a bowlofrice. I substitute the rice for bread at the evening meal.” “Do you take any wine?” Mr. Wu looked at me in amazement. “Wine!” he exclaimed. “Of course not! Wine is a poison. I occasionally drink a little grape uice, but no wine or any liquors. I take an hour at my meals. I eat very slowly. I masticate my food thoroughly and I am a liv- ng example of what this sort of diet does for a man.” Certainly he looked it. Mr. Wu, I take it, is considerably more than sixty years old. At any rate, he told me President Yuan is more than sixty and that they were young men to- gether. Heisaslively asa cricket

HOM BROWN BROTHERS, NEw Dector and Mrs. Wu Ting Fang and Their Party Leaving America

Get a copy. It is on sale here. You ; chapters | t which " te he press ; I saw my cl ce What situatio I Ke ‘ Wu's eyes twink ~ Or e Sa tne i ( ‘ our transition I! a rmx } to ) ‘ ! ine eency ol rulers the rose ed t ! it As uu were i y Do you think the | be war *War?” repeated Mr. Wu in a startled manner War! What do you mean by war? War with whon “Japan.” “Did you hear about my speech to the Filipir “T read something about it. As I remember it, you told them not to be in a hurry about Independence “Yes; I told them that. I think they are very well off as they are, and should remain in their present circum stances until they are better fitted for sell rule Do vou know most of the leading Filipinos have Chinese blood in them? “There are a great many Japanese in the Philippines,’ I said = Japanese? Why yes; I suppose there are “And a considerable number are getting into China in one way or another.” “ Possibly *Which,” I ventured, “ brings us to that question of the relations between Japan and China. Suppose you cannot accede to all of Japan’s demands?” “Demands? Demands? Why, we were speaking of the Filipinos.” “We were; and we were speaking of vegetables, and queues and opium, and age--and various other things Suppose we speak of the relations between Japan and China for a brief space.” A Hint of China’s Hopes a} YOU know,” said Mr. Wu, “I think I should like to go again to the United States.” ‘I am sure everybody in the United States would be glad to see you 7 Mr. Wu was pleased ‘Il am glad of that. I told your people I would make them a visit in 1959; but I may make up my mind te go before that time “Why not this year?” “In what capacity?” asked Mr. Wu. “In your own capacity.” “Oh, they would make it such a bother for me, with demanding papers and searching baggage, and al! that I have no official capacity, you know.” “Nobody would bother you; but everybody would be happy to see you.” “T hope so; for the Americans are my good friends. I like the Americans “How do you feel toward the Japanese?” “They are my good friends also * “Do you think your country will have to fight them? “Fightthem? Whatanabsurd question! We shall not fight them.” “But suppose they insist demands you cannot grant? Mr. Wu rose and walked ove to a window He looked out for a moment. Then he came ar sat down at the hexagonal tabk and drummed with his fingers on the embroidered cover “War is for warlike nations he said gravely. “If a natior not warlike it should not consider war. There are other methods of gaining one’s point Assistance isa good method. If ! ra I ition i is Irie! | t is tre ve ol friendship to respond uu the man or the natio on « help. We hold yo be our great friend iwea bound Dy the agreement for the open door in China, and the pres ervation ol our integrit it equalopportunity! | as you are bound pb t or (ore Britain is bound by it. What ior our interest ts tor your ter est. To whom should China turn if in need of assistance ther Concluded on Page 42

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST N THE first Thursday in Novem- O ber, as was his custom, Jacoby did not rise until one hour af- ter noon. He had passed the night in his own bed. It stood on the meridional line, backed against the jambs of two windows screened with heavy brocade lined with green silk from ceiling to floor; these windows faced north. There were two other windows in the room, facing east; these, too, were hung with heavy brocade lined with green silk from ceiling to floor. The doors were hung likewise for silence. No sound penetrated here except the indefi- nite, inextinguishable overtone of the city—which seemed miles and miles away, like the surge of the sea in a conch shell. The walls and the ceiling were of vellum, which soothed the gaze with fine lines of beauty that might have been etched with a dry point. The hangings were familiar every- day things to him, as were the walls and ceiling; the old furniture, smoky and translucent like wild honey, was his own. The bed, a gorgeous contraption fit for the accouche- ment of a queen, the carpets on which his feet must rest, the chair with the wry arm that gave under his exploring fingers—all were intimate parts of his life. But the room was not hisown. Jacoby’s room was miles and miles away. Once a year, on the first Thursday in November, he woke in this room; and it was always dressed with his personal belongings for the occasion. That was his clock on the chimney piece; those were his pictures on the wall; his mute clavier stood in the shadow; his bell cord hung at the head of the bed. The clock whispered the hour in mellow tones. The curtains parted, and Rosa, his wife, appeared, as though she had been waiting for this moment. She set slippers, so that his feet might find and welcome their pleasing warmth. She was tall and willowy, and clothed in soft laces. Jacoby opened his eyes, closed them again, and languidly permitted himself to be drawn into his dressing gown—an eccentric creation. “This is your day, Ernest,”’ she said as she helped him to rise. ‘Your good friends will be waiting for you.” Deliberately—-almost like a blind man to whom all familiar things are charted soundings—he paced to one of the east windows and drew aside the hangings. The sight that met his eyes should have been a dun-colored lawn splashed with dry leaves and edged with bare thickets; in the middle distance the Hudson rolling to the tide; and beyond, through the mist of the river, the yellow Palisades of the Jersey shore as a falling sky line. Within were his familiar surroundings, a room dressed to be in perfect tune with the man and the day. Outside was a city street filled with life—cars, motors and pedestrians; an occasional han- som, or a hostiler’s boy parading astylish blanketed hunter. Jacoby raised his eyes to the opposite wall, which shut out the sky like a curtain. It was of soiled terra cotta, blank and stolid, almost devoid of architectural adorn- ment to relieve its plainness—merely a blank wall sepa- rating the street from something within that rose scores on scores of feet from the ground. On the street level at one corner was a door, little more than a crevice in the huge barrier. A handful of workmen in gingham blouses were erecting an iron framework that extended from the arch of this door to the edge of the curb. They were drawing over the frame- work an awning of weather-stained canvas, striped red and white like a flag. It transformed the entrance into a tunnel, shutting out the sky, which promised for this afternoon to take on that rare tint of Italian blue some- times seen in this latitude. The sides, of canvas, which were securely buttoned to the pavement, cut off the view of curious passers-by. Now they were laying a strip of carpet; and, this done, the handful of workmen vanished—all except one who, industriously plying a broom, shunted pedestrians into the gutter if they would pass at ail. The strip of carpet was of soft nap, fit for a lady's slipper. For whom was the awning spread—the carpet laid? The little tunnel attacked the great brick wall like a mousehole at the foot of a mountain. It was obviously designed for somebody who would avoid the out-of-doors and the public gaze. Passers-by smiled indulgently. Evidently musicians, like laying hens, stepped functioning if their sensitive feet touched the cold, bare earth. They had their answer at the other corner. It was a large white poster in a gilt frame nailed fast to the wall. It announced in large letters: JACOBY Below, in smaller letters were the words: ANNUAL ReciTtaL— MANAGEMENT OF ORSON MERLIN. If you had stepped up to the box-office window and offered your money for tickets, they would have been profoundly shocked at your presumption. The poster was 'N MAST! By Frederick Irving Anderson not to attract business to the box office; it was to warn it away. On the first Thursday in November of each year Jacoby—the great Jacoby; the master of masters of the pianoforte—the same yellow-skinned, somewhat frowsy- looking person who was at this moment peering out into the street with a wry face—came like a comet in its pre- destined course, flashed into perihelion for his brief hour on earth—and then was gone. There are comets that, even in perihelion, are beyond the range of ordinary telescopes. Therefore, for the multi- tude, they do not exist. So with Jacoby; for lesser mortals he did not exist—except possibly as an incredible myth. Jacoby was an artist only for artists—and for a fringe of élite Pharisees who arduously sought to attune their understanding to his close harmonies. Of all masters, he alone had succeeded in surmounting the pitiful mathe- matical imperfections of the pianoforte. Others might be content to accept the tempered harmonies of the keyboard with a grain of salt. Not so Jacoby! He had contrived a double keyboard to overcome the divergent intervals in the ascending and the descending chromatic scales. His tones were as pure as those of a violin or the human voice; his sonatas became symphonies, singing with a hundred strings. In front, a camera man and a moving-picture operator were setting up their machines behind carefully prepared blinds to catch the image of celebrities who would shortly begin to arrive in humble procession at the shrine of the first Thursday in November. Inside, in a little cubby-hole off stage, specialists in the art of imprisoning the image of sound, and preserving it for future generations, were sur- reptitiously preparing their properties for a rash adven- ture—to bottle in wax the melody and harmony of Jacoby. Orson Merlin, the impresario, had an eye to both sides of the medallion of art—especially to the obverse side, stamped with the dollar sign. If, with wile or guile, he could procure a Jacoby record—speculation carried him afar in the realms of space! He had even dared to erect a special sounding board for this occasion, cleverly masking it. Jacoby played in a dim light; this would aid materially. Jacoby dropped the brocade on the unfamiliar street scene. Felipe, his man, took the maestro in hand, laid him out on a marble bath slab as gingerly as though those precious bones were a basket of eggs. Jacoby’s back was plaited with quivering little knots of muscle; his brawny arms were woven of thongs fit to play at an anvil. Every muscle, every tendon, every cord, must be picked out from its fellows by the shuttlecock fingers of Felipe thumped and kneaded, made free and pliable, after the torpor of sleep. It was no simple task to be a Jacoby! After the kneading and thumping, the maestro was put through waters and vapors, and dried with a care usually bestowed only on a pet dog. When he had been drawn into silks and fresh linen he was conveyed to his armchair, the chair with the creaky arm, which he tested to reassure himself. Then Rosa came with a tray on which lay a single thin wafer and a bowl of broth. Of the wafer he might nibble one corner; and of the broth a few drops in the heel of the spoon was his portion. He was hungry, very hungry; but this was to be a day of fasting-—-that was his edict in the sanity of yesterday. He might choke her now, but Rosa would not yield; should she yield, to-morrow he would beat her. Toward three o’clock that afternoon a procession of gor- geous equipages began forming a line at the Fifty-seventh Street portico—sedans, berlins, coupés, victorias, limou- sines, betraying an extravagance of design and variegation of hue fit to grace the remote though no less spendthrift period of a Louis Quatorze levee. As though actuated by some unseen mechanism the line moved forward notch by notch to deposit its burden. This spectacle would unroll itself like an endless film for another hour. There was Viliska, whose fingers, it is said, are listed on the Bourse and traded in as shares; Wenceslaus, whose leonine mane is famous through a Burne-Jones portrait; Max Arnult, who in one brief season had become all Amer- ican—even to his hair and shoes; Flora Cameron; Webber; John Darling; Solveja—looking like a bank clerk on a holiday; the brothers Capelli—everybody! Cameras and picture machines, from their machine-gun embrasures, clicked and whirred. Merlin, beaming, was returning salutes in a dozen tongues and dialects as he stood at the brass rail inside, checking off the twenty-four- carat names on his list. To-night he would begin putting together another list for the forthcoming first Thursday in November, twelve months away. This was a sorry occasion for the speculators, who stood outside in the front ranks of the gaping street crowd, assuring each other June 5, 1915 CE confidently that Paradise itself would never house such a sublimated essence of genius as Carnegie Hall this day. Merlin had a special reason to be happy. These, his children, with whose petulances he was schooled to struggle, were for to-day humble, almost timid, simple souls coming into their heart’s desire. They were so much easier to manage when they came in by the Fifty-seventh Street portico than when the little mousehole awning was laid especially for them. The house was seating itself. It was filling from pit to dome, with its dull half circle of boxes and loges. Virtuosi who would shrug their shoulders at the command of a potentate were climbing the alpine heights to the top gal- lery, with light hearts, content—because they must be to-day—with a place on a hard bench in that remote region, so far removed from the pit that they seemed to be looking at the stage through the wrong end of a telescope. Groups were passing back and forth, embracing, whisper- ing—the air was filled with the murmur of these thousands of suppressed voices, a sound like waves breaking over a flat beach. As the hour of four approached, Merlin left his place by the rail, giving his precious list to the care of an underling. He went behind the stage. In passing he opened ..e door of the cubby-hole on a crack and looked in, inquiring whether all went well—significantly. There must not be so much as a mote of dust to mar the records; the diamond pointed needles must be highly polished. All was in readiness for the maestro’s appearance. At his desk Merlin picked up his telephone. Jacoby’s man Felipe answered his ring. “Prepare him! I come!” said Merlin in a manner which suggested that Jacoby was to be hermetically sealed for the journey across the avenue. “The master will not play this afternoon,” said Felipe. “Prepare him! I come!" repeated the impresario in the same tone as before, without altering a muscle. He was accustomed to mercurial humors of these great ones of the earth. “The master will not play this afternoon,” Felipe’s soft monotone. Merlin hung up the receiver as tenderly as though it bristled with fulminating caps that might detonate in his very fingers. He drew a deep sigh. He reached into the corner for his walking stick—a very cudgel—and shook it at an imaginary adversary. If these wax disks, so surrep- titiously preparing, proved even passable records, most assuredly he would retire from this despicable profession of cajolery on the profits. A Jacoby record! It would be worth an annuity. Merlin had bullied and fawned on them all in his time. He knew when to lash or cringe—none better. He adjusted his hat and rose. On the way out he stopped at the cubby- hole and whispered through the crack of the door: “That diamond point is going to be too hard, I am afraid. Better try what a blunt point on Number Two machine will do.” A few seconds later he was in the elevator on his way to Jacoby’s apartments. As he entered he pricked up his ears and permitted himself a smile. A familiar patter struck his ear. Jacoby was at his clavier, the mute keyboard on which the master limbered up his rare fingers and his fidgety soul. The dull thudding of the felted hammers in their voiceless sockets sounded like raindrops on a leaden ocean. Merlin drew a huge sigh of relief. Cats and dogs! To gather such a house as he had boxed up across the street, from the ends of the earth, only to walk out and tell them to disperse quietly and go home! He began to sweat at the thought of the averted catastrophe. Rosa was kneeling on a chair in the anteroom, peering through the curtains at her lord and master. So intent was she that she did not hear the soft-stepping Merlin enter; nor did she realize his presence until he was at her very shoulder, peering through the opening in the brocade with her. There sat Jacoby at his clavier, his lithe, graceful body swaying; his head slightly inclined; his eyes fixed on some remote point in outer space. His fingers—which could span fourteen full intervals in a contortion that seemed fairly to dislocate them— were falling on the keys as lightly as dry leaves dancing in the breeze. They were weaving the closest harmonies—harmonies unheard by all ears except his own. Merlin caught the picture in a fluttering glimpse. The next instant the fingers of Rosa crushed the curtains together. Her quick movement suggested that she was prepared to bar his passage into the room if he attempted to enter. “Ah, Merlin! What shall we do? What shall we do?” she cried passionately. persisted

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Merlin’s look said as plainly as words that she was talk- ing one of the very few languages extant with which he was not familiar. Evidently it was Rosa and not the master himself who was struggling with an attack of nerves. He smiled reassuringly and said soothingly: “It’s all right, child— it’s all right. They are waiting for him. Never—never has there been such a house before! They are waiting for him. Come!” He reached out to part the curtains and enter; but she thrust him fiercely back. He stared at herin astonishment. “Hush! He is asleep!” she said. “Sound asleep!” “Asleep?” repeated Merlin incredulously. “Asleep! Bah! What folly is this, Rosa?"" He pushed her roughly aside and strode in through the hangings. He came to a halt at the clavier. “Ernest!” he cried sharply. Jacoby gave no sign. The head inclined lower; he was smiling, as though enthralled with the ghostly har- monies his flying fingers were fabricating. His dull eyes were still star- ing into the same uncer- tain distance. Merlin bent over the clavier, brought his face di- rectly into the line of sight of the performer but the eyes did not see him. On this day of days, the first Thursday in November, the soul of the master was a million miles away The impresario, aghast at the situation, fell back slowly, his eyes glued to the figure at the instrument. “But he plays—he plays!” he said, unbe- lieving; and then sharply, and witha note of irritation in his voice: “Ernest! Ernest!’ he cried. But the automa- ton at the keys gave no heed. His phantom music held the dreamer fast. For a moment Merlin was overpow- ered by the strangeness of the situation. “But he plays—he plays!” he insisted; and then, iurning on the woman, who had now fallen limply into a chair, his eyes gleaming, he de- manded: “What does he play? What does he play, Rosa? Tell me that!” “It is—it is the so- nata,’’ she whispered. Now the great Mer- lin fairly rose on his toes, his eyes blazing. “The sonata! The sonata?” he repeated. And, without a sec- ond glance at the limp figure of poor Rosa, he went back to the clavier. There was a tradition about this sonata—t/ sonata of Jacoby. This was its only title—the sonata. Thatdescribed better than anything else the awe and rever- ence in which this master of masters was held by his fol- lowing. No one had ever heard it. It existed only in Jacoby’s brain—the brain in his head and the brain in his finger tips. Noone whe ever saw him play would deny that his fingers were capable of cerebration. And now the sonata was being played before the very eyes of Merlin! But not before his ears. Merlin was clever at the keys. Now he was studying those flying fingers like a hawk. Cats and dogs! What sprite of the devil had contrived this outlandish key- board, with its pure intervals! Even to the trained eyes of the impresario, these interpretative fingers spoke only in cryptograms. Merlin could decipher the tempo—even something of the phrasing. THE SATURDAY EVENING POST “How long will this go on?" asked Merlin, finally going back to Rosa. He shook her roughly, made her sit erect and listen to him. “They are waiting for him. It is rank idiocy! How long will it go on?” “For hours and hours--till finally he is exhausted.” “Felipe! Goto my office. Tell mysecretary to bring Dox tor Vossberg. Take care! No word of this—remember!” Thus dispatching the valet, Merlin went back to the clavier. He rested his elbows on the case, as his hawklike eyes resumed their study of the fingers. Doctor Vossberg might have been a virtuoso had he not chosen medicine instead. Now, in his advanced years, he consorted with the people who lived the profession he had Rosa Waz Frightened, for He Had Confessed to Her denied himself. He was sitting silent in his box when they found him; and, with practiced dissimulation—lest the impatient house catch the infection of alarm—he rose after a few seconds and followed them out. When he entered the anteroom Merlin acquainted him with the circumstances; they whispe red together for some time; later they took Rosa aside. Steadied by the presence of the old physician she grew more coherent. “It is not sleep,”’ she cried, much moved. “It is—as though he were transiated—by this strange music. It carries him far from us—he is no longer here.”’ “No,” said the old doctor, studying the performer nar- rowly; “itis notsleep. Itis an amazing form of psychosis.” “He will tear his soul to rags if this goes on,”’ begar Merlin If we could get him over there—to his ow: piano—the sound of the strings might cause him to come back quite naturally, without shock.” Strive as he would, Merlin could not mask the excit ment and « agerness in his tones; the others, however, were too absorbed to note this As they talked together it hushed voices at his very elbow, the unconscious th pianist with unseeing eyes, continued to pursue his theme “Rosa, think!” commanded the physiciar Let u seek some impulse stronger than all else. It may be the key to unlock his senses. A great grief—a great happiness! Is there not some all-powerful emotion in his life that you can call back by some : simple act?” : Pa od so" Rosa suddenly sat Pe “ ws erect, her eyes bedewed ° ’ Aan »~ A\ ’ Gre 4 ee : It was an intimate confidence “Do you remember at his first Thursday, with happy tears. She drew them to her and ¢ whispered years and years ago, I had to come to lead him off— he was soovercome with the ovation? He has never forgotten the scent of the violets I wore. Could that not rouse him now?” It was a desperate ‘ xpedient, fantastic at the best. The doctor nodded eagerly There is nothing more power- fully hypnotic than a perfume to awaken rec- ollection. Theinvasion of the physical sense reacts on the mental the association of ideas is immediate “Violets!” com- manded thedoctor; but Merlin was already at the door. When Felips returned with a great bunch of the purple flowers the doctor ruth- lessly crushed them in his hand until the air was heavy with the scent. He thrust them into the lace of the woman's dress. The dreamer at the clavier was now beat- ing the keys with arms that swung like flaiis Suddenly his hands fell tohisside. Hesat back, staring at the wall, his lips moving as though he were counting. It was the pause between movements of the ghostly sonata “Quick, Rosa! Now! Before he begins again!’’ cried Voasberg “Put your arms about him; speak to him—as though he wereawake gently. Take his hand as you did on that first Thursday long ago And Rosa, her lips quivering, tears cour ing down her chee ks, gently took him in her arms. “How your friends love you, Ernest! We will go now! Come!” she whispered softly, as she put his head to her breast A slight shiver ran through the frame of the musiciar She took his hand and he rose, with the simple obedience of achild. The old physician was now at his other hand. And Jacoby, yielding to the tender urging of familiar hands started forward. iu HE auditorium was booming like a hive of angry bees when Merlin walked out on the stage. At his appear ance the hum of impatient voices ceased and he greeted with applause. He raised a hand for silence; then Continued on Page 40

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THE SATURDAY Al D F THE National Park family the young- () est member, yet one of the best known, “ is Glacier Park; five years old in May. [t runs from our most northerly railroad to the Canada ine. You could put quite a piece of New England in t, for it comprises more than fourteen hundred square niles--almost a million acres. It covers one of the wildest and least-known mountain regions of the Rock- ies; and, though there are in the Sierras and Cascades loftier peaks than those of Glacier Park, there is no mountain region in America which, taken all in all, is more fit to be called truly Alpine. The only reason to prevent our calling it the Switzerland of America is that every railroad folder does so. Glacier Park is the handiwork of Louis W. Hill and Divine Providence—I am sure the sequence is correct; and there is no need to mention any highly trained sen- ator, from Montana or elsewhere, who may have played a minor réle. I was talking with Mr. Hill not long ago, and he teld me a story about a son of his who was out trout fishing “He got on a big one—three pounds, easy,” said Mr. Hill; “‘and just as he was landing him his line broke and the fish got away. What does the kid do but jump right in after him! And he got him too!” * li’s hard to stop a member of the Hill family, ain’t it?” said [—just like that. Either Mr. Louis W. Hill or his father, James J. Hill, is the author of the phrase “See America First!” Mr. James J. Hill saw most of the Northwest first, and Mr. Louis W. Hill saw Glacier Park first. We all remember the pictures of mountains in the old geographies-—sharp, jagged-looking peaks, sticking up in a row like the fingers on your hand. Maybe you have never been able to find any mountains just like those of the geography. Try Glacier Park, and you will see proof that the old book was not so far wrong. Some mountains are tall, but do not look it. These are mountains that look the part. here is no approach to the Rockies better than that from the east, as you come into view of this lofty and broken range. They shoot up directly from the plains. Geologists say that back in the interior of the Saint Mary's district in the Pre-Cambrian Age, even before James J. Hill was born, Nature took a notion to thrust up these lower and older rocks entirely to the surface. Then, having thrust them up, she pushed them out to the east eight or ten miles over the Cretaceous Age, or Later Great Northern Age, and left them standing there. If you[should take the inner gorge of the Grand Cafion of the Colorado, lift it up to the edge and then shunt it out over toward Williams, Arizona, you would get something of the same effect. Geology and railroads have a great deal to do with scenery. The name of this park is, at least, fairly descriptive. It contains sixty glaciers, and a few of these are large and interesting, though nothing in this district approaches in magnitude the glaciers of Mount Rainier. As the timber, especially on the east side of the divide, is not so heavy as that of the Pacific Slope, the opportunity to see the moun- tains and the glaciers themselves is far better than around Rainier. The climate is bright and clear, with little rain. Moreover, this rude and grim region, a few years ago one of the least accessible of the Rockies, is now opened up with trails. You. cannot get into Glacier Park by coach or utemobile—that is to say, you cannot penetrate far into the interior; but in safety and in relative comfort you can now see more mountains there, more quickly and more reasonably, than in any other place known to this writer. Where to Go and What to See f me region is very beautiful. It holds scores of great . mountain peaks, a dozen beautiful lakes, and as many bold mountain rivers. It is the most impressive part of the Rockies; there is more scenery to the square inch there than ip any ether part of the mountains, and the railroad runs directly to its door. The Great Northern Pass is the lowest held by a trans- continental line in the United States; yet near it lies what ometimes has been called the Crown of the Continent, where originate Hudson Bay, Pacific and Atlantic waters. Che eastern line of the park, coming down through what once was the Blackfoot Reservation, passes over the top of Divide Mountain, which the early explorers thought was triple divide. Later it was discovered that the triple divide lies farther in. I'he west side of the park has the moister climate of the Slope. It is much more heavily timbered. In extent it is nearly double the eastern portion; but it is far less known, since ail of the Governmentand railroad develop- ment enterprises have been confined to the eastern slope. Pacific IN A By EMERSON HOUGH EVENING POST One of the Chief Attractions of Yellowstone Park is the Bears The lakes of the west side are larger and more numerous. There is a survey for a competing railroad along the west- ern edge of the park, up one of the forks of the Flathead River. Should this road be built, a greater development of the splendid western portion of the park would ensue. Along the east side, on the Indian reservation, there runs an automobile road, serving the tourist traffic bound to the northward and the interior. Running out to meet this road are two great valleys, that of the Saint Mary’s Lakes, and that of the Swift Current River, not to mention the less important Two Medicine and Cut Bank Valleys, closer to the railroad. You are dropped by auto stage at Saint Mary’s Hotel, whence you can go by comfortable steamboat to the other end of the Upper Saint Mary’s Lake. There you meet horse transportation, which will take you over Gunsight Pass to the head of Lake McDonald, and so out via Belton, or over Piegan Pass into the Swift Current country, of which Many Glacier Camp is the capital. The alternate road into the interior is by automobile from Saint Mary’s Hotel, round the end of the Lower Saint Mary’s Lake—which will give you a chance to see one of our most beautifully deliberate United States reclamation enterprises—thence to the left and up Swift Current to Many Glacier Camp, on McDermott Lake. Here is another outfitting point. You can take horse over Piegan Pass to what is known as the Sun Camp, at the foot of Going-to- the-Sun Mountain, on the Upper Saint Mary’s; and thence you may go out by boat on the east side, or may outfit for Gunsight Pass and Lake McDonald. Or from the McDer- mott country you may go over Swift Current Pass into Granite Park and thence out to Lake McDonald. You may do all these things in about a week and have a very good idea of the better-known portion of the park. It is desirable to go in at one railroad point and come out at another, crossing the divide by horse trail. You can make a two days’ or a three days’ or a two weeks’ trip, as you like; or one of two months. There is a regular schedule of prices, which implies that you are to keep traveling and that the management does not issue any rain checks. You can, if you like, buy a coupon book at the hotel, which will entitle you to so many horseback rides, so many steamboat rides, so many beds and so many meals. Confusion some- times arises over use of these books, and I heard much dissatisfaction expressed by the public regarding them. June 5, 1/915 Mr. Hill has made more park in five years than has been done anywhere else in twelve. Glacier Park was established in May, 1910. In 1913 it had eleven thousand visitors; and during the past season, up to the time of the war scare, which cut off all American travel to Europe, the attendance was running forty per cent stronger than the year before. It is by far the best advertised of all the national parks. Its swift development has been a good piece of railroad work. Most of the traffic is originated outside of Montana. The bulk of it comes from the Mississippi Valley—Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, and so on. Philadelphia sends more visitors to Glacier Park than does New York. The foreign travel is slight. Canada has sent, in a year, about six hundred visitors. Though the west side of the park is less known, and less favored by the United States Government, a num- ber of tourists enter on that side. Lewis’ Hotel, on Lake McDonald—an old-time but up-to-date hostelry located on deeded land and as good as any hotel in the park had seven thousand one hundred and nineteen visitors in 1913. Another resort on that side had seven hundred and fifty; one at the foot of Lake McDonald registered eleven hundred and thirty; and one independent hotel at Belton showed three thousand five hundred and thirty-eight. As between the east and west sides, so far as visitors to the interior of the park were concerned, Belton claimed five thousand five hundred and forty entrants as against five thousand eight hundred and forty going into Glacier Park on the east side. The Pioneers of Glacier Park HE office of the park superintendent has always been located at the lower end of Lake McDonald. The new incumbent, Mr. S. F. Ralston. may possibly transfer it to Belton, where greater efficiency would be obtained, the old location being rather remote and out of touch. As yet, the park cannot be said to be more than partly open. The northern part of the west side, and pretty much all of the east side north of McDermott Lake, are almost unknown to the average tourist to-day. The Waterton Lakes are little visited, but are well worth visiting. Brown’s Pass is rarely crossed by a tourist. The Belly River country, in the upper part of the park, is the best mountain region within the limits; but few know it. A world lies in there ready for your exploring. The average travel goes in via Many Glacier or the Sun Camp—or comes out that way. In no part of the country will you find a sharper dividing line between the old life and the new, between the old West and the new, than here, where unspared money has been used to bring a commercialized civilization into the wilderness. I sat on the gallery of the great quarter-million-dollar hotel and, with an interpreter, talked to a Blackfoot about the old times. From where we sat we could see Squaw Mountain and its peculiar rock—the Indians say it is a woman standing there, with her blanket over her head, looking out to the East to see whether the buffalo are coming. When, at last, they come, the watcher will light a signal fire; and then all the Indians will be happy. So said my Blackfoot as he told me stories—such stories as I had heard by the tepee fires in these mountains long before a park was dreamed of here. It is the memory of these old days that leaves a few of the insurgent class selfishly resentful of all these new ways, which have opened up this country for the general public. As a matter of fact, however, Dr. George Bird Grinnell, of New York, is the man who more than any other, in the usual scheme of credits, ought to have the title of father of this park. He was one of the first to explore and write about it, and for a long time has been acquainted with the Blackfoot tribe. The following data, covering the early days of what is now Glacier Park, may be depended on: In May, 1854, James Doty, who accompanied Governor I. I. Stevens across the continent, made a trip north from Fort Benton to about the parallel of 49° 30’. He met old Hugh Monroe, thought to be the first white man who saw the Saint Mary’s Lakes— sometimes thought to be the first white man who ever saw Great Salt Lake—and, with him, visited those lakes. He called the lower lake Chief Moun- tain Lake and the upper, Bow Lake; but he never got back into the mountains. In 1883 Professor Raphael Pumpelly crossed the Rockies from west to east by the Cut Bank Pass. With him was W. A. Stiles; and William R. Logan, later of the Indian Bureau, was also of the party. They saw and named the Pumpelly Glacier, an arm of the great Blackfoot Glacier. In 1885 Doctor Grinnell made a hunting trip on the Saint Mary’s, and went up Swift Current River. He wrote an

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article descriptive of this trip, which was published in 1885 and 1886, and described as a glacier one of the ice masses he had seen. In 1887, on another trip, he ex- plored this glacier, and later showed it to Lieutenant, now Colonel, J. H. Beacom, United States Army, Third Infantry; and the glacier was then named Grinnell Glacier, as it is still known. The mountain at the head of what is now called McDermott Lake has long been known as Grinnell Mountain. The glacier lies back of that. In 1891, with H. L. Stimson, later Secretary of War, and W. H. Seward, of Auburn, New York, with Billy Jackson and J. W. Schultz, of the Blackfoot people, Doctor Grinnell went beyond the head of Saint Mary's Lake to the head of Saint Mary’s River, and found and named the Blackfeet Glacier. His story, under the title of The Crown of the Continent, was published in Octo- ber, 1901. It was almost the first published mention of this wilderness region. In an old notebook of Doctor Grinnell’s, under date of September 17, 1891, is also the following entry: “How would it do to start a movement to buy the Saint Mary’s country—say, thirty by thirty miles from the Piegan Indians, at a fair valuation, and turn it into a national reservation or park? The Great North- ern Railroad would probably back this scheme. T. C. Power would do all he could for it in the Senate, and certainly all the Indians would like it.”’ This is perhaps the first recorded suggestion of the present Glacier Park. About 1893 indications of copper were found in this country. Very powerful pressure was brought to bear on Congress to purchase the land from the Indians and throw it open to settlement. The Blackfoot were paid a million and a half dollars for their mountain country from the plains to the divide. The miners then rushed in and exploited the whole region thoroughly. No min- eral of any value was ever found and after the second year the entire country was abandoned. This was the worst thing that ever happened to this mountain district. The miners made few trails and slaughtered almost all the game—though the railroad folders say you may see “ big- horn goats ” almost any day! Mount Hough, Alias Spot Mountain EANTIME, in 1897, Doctor Grinnell had climbed Mount Jackson and, in 1898, the Blackfoot Mountain. His companion then was J. B. Monroe, or Jack Monroe, still available as an authority on all this early geography, and as good a mountain man as I ever camped with. They, with J. W. Schultz and Billy Jackson, were the real naming com- mittee of this country. Doctor Grinnell, from Blackfoot Mountain, located many other peaks, the highest of which he called Mount Cleveland; and President Cleveland wrote him a very pleasant letter about that honor. As to the establishment of the park, Doctor Grinnell states in a personal communication: “Soon after 1902 I spoke with Senator Thomas H. Carter, of Montana, about setting aside the recently pur- chased—but now abandoned—tract as a national park, and found him disposed to favor the suggestion. I wrote to friends in Montana, some of them your acquaintances, and induced them to approach Senator Carter on the same subject. A little later Senator Carter introduced into the Senate a bill setting aside the park. This bill passed the Senate once or twice, and at last, in 1910, passed both houses, was signed by President Taft, May 12, 1910, and THE SATURDAY r

Going:-to-the-Sun Camp, Glacier Park the Glacier National Park became a fact. You will under- stand that all this was not accomplished without consider- able struggle, but it was accomplished. “In the early days, perhaps beginning about 1890, I had made a sketch map of the region and had named many of the peaks and bodies of water. A little later W. C. Brown, then a lieutenant, now very likely a colonel, went up on Flat Top and took a few observations; and I loaned him my map. Subsequently, when I took the treaty commis- sion up to the head of the river, I gave Ross Cartee, who was a surveyor for the commission, copies of my notes; and at a still later date I gave a topographer of the United States Geological Survey the same. Everybody was very nice about all this; and the result is that a large number of the names I put on the mountains on the east side of the range stand on the maps to-day.” One of the finest mountains in the park—by the way, it has never yet been climbed—is Going-to-the-Sun, which rises on the right-hand side of the Upper Saint Mary’s Lake, offering a splendid view from the hotel. It is usually sup- posed that this mountain has a poetic Indian name, but such is not the case. I asked Jack Monroe about it and he said: “No; it is not an Indian name at all. We gave it that name while we were in here on one of the early hunts, when we were naming things. I can’t just now tell which one of us suggested that name, but I sort of have the recol- lection that I did it myself.” In company with two members of the original committee on names in Glacier Park—J. W. Schultz and Billy Jack- son—I made a winter hunt many years ago in Two Medicine

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Valley, then a part of the Blackfoot Reservation. W< camped on the lower lake; in front of us rose the gra front of the mountain known as the Rising W named after old Hugh Monroe, the first white explorer of this country, the Indian name being Mah-que’-a-pah, or Wolf-gets-up. I was lucky enough to kill a good sheep on a mountain across the cafion on the right of Rising Wolf as one looks up the valley and on another hunt I got a good bear on the southeast side of it

‘We'll give that mountain your name,” said Jackso and it was so ordered by the committee Later on I saw in some of the Great Northern liter ature a picture of Rising Wolf Mountain, with n y own name attached to it—a sheer sacrilege, for old Hug! Monroe isa patron saint lr this cour try, and this mour tain has borne his name for a generation among th« Indians. Still, having had a perfectly good mountain named after myself, I experienced a natural disgust at seeing that some ruthless hand, whether of railroad or the Geological Survey I wot not, has lately removed the authentic name from my mountain altogether and called it Spot Mountain! “Out, damnéd Spot!"—as Shakspere would say.

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In the Days of Old Joe Kipp it SEEMS to me a deplorable thing that the original naming committee and all the official successors have not given to one great natural feature the name of good old Joe Kipp, friend of all these “ explorers”’ and aid also tothem. Kipp led the engineers to the Great Northern Pass, and was known for a generation in that countr: He was a Mandar half-breed and a big man The problem of this park, as with so many others, is one of transportation. The horse question is a serious one. These hotels cannot be made to pay under the ex- pensive operating conditions unless supported by a steady stream of tourists, and a steady stream of tourists means a steady stream of horses. The hotel company got a Canadian firm of outfitters from Banff, who, together with sever independent outfitters, still rent horses in the park and fur- nish guides, each of whom wears chaps and a buckskin shiri to look properly wild and woolly. Last year—so the United States inspector told me many horses broke down on the trail, so that tourists had to walk and lead their mounts home. This inspector, a lanky Texan by the name of Gibbs, knows a horse when he sees it, and knows what a horse must be able to do ir this difficult tourist travel, where many of the riders are heavy and few of them expert horsemen. At the time of our visit he had condemned and ordered out of service twenty five imported horses at one camp. No horse ought to be ridden more than a couple of days in succession on these hard trails. No tourist, therefore. ought to consider the hire of a saddle horse high at two dollars a day, for it is not the charge is three dollars a day for a horse in Yellowstone Park. Every tourist, lik every hunter, ought to save his horse as much as possible for the work assigned him on such trails as the Swift Cur rent Pass, Piegan Pass or Gunsight Pass is hard enough for the best horse in the world. The trails in Glacier Park are not in any way so terrify ing as those of Yosemite or the Grand Cafidn—that is to say, terrifying to those not used to mountain travel. To mountain climbers and hunters they are very simple. On some ascents, like that of Gunsight Pass, one may have to walk half a mile—and ought to walk two or three miles

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14 THE SATURDAY EVENING POST Everything has been thought out in good detail for the Even foot travelers are encouraged and are sold supplies at reasonable rates at the hotel points. One may camp out with a party all his own if he likes, at an expense of nineteen dollars and fifty cents a day. By shar- ing an undivided interest in a buckskinned guide—who a day—and by taking the regular hotel shoot-the-chutes system, the daily expenses are very rea- it is hard to run a hotel on horse transportation. The Glacier Park hotels were found of very uneven excel- ne The hotel at the railroad was good, the fare at St. Mary’s and Many Glacier Camps fair, that at the Sun Camp unspeakably bad. Granite Park and the Sperry Camps were reported good—I did not stop at the latter tourist here gets five dollars sonable points If you are fortunate enough to find one of the camp chalets unoccupied you can have what seems to me the most delightful form of wilderness hotel life I have seen in any of our parks. There are some of these chalets at the Sun Camp, Glacier Camp, Cut Bank Camp, and so on. Each is a picturesque little log cabin, usually with one There is running water and a sink, plenty of win- dows and a good fireplace; and the beds are beautifully clean, with abundant blankets. One can come in tired and cold at night and sit down in front of his own fire in com- fort and privacy I presume no one ought to grumble at the mechanical side of tourist life in any park. It was my duty to share the average tourist accommodations in order to see what they really were. Personally I should never, under any consideration, ride as one of a bunch of tourists in line back of a modern guide in buckskin and chaps. I shall not answer why not, but say it is my humor—we never did travel that way in the old times, and I never will. room The Slavery of the Dinner Bell EITHER do I personally like, in those Far Northern latitudes, where darkness does not come until almost nineo’clock, to be obliged to quit the glory of the mountains and ride back in time for a seven-o’clock dinner, whether [ like it or not. The insurgent tourist who does not con- form to these rules does not get his dinner—unless he can dig out an iron dollar or two for the kitchen help— most of whom regard themselves as somewhat higher than crowned heads. It is not nice to be an insurgent. You will have a softer time if you fall into the lock step of civilization even the lock step of the hotel and transportation system in our national parks, which fashion I personally so much detest It is left to any free-born American who is not in politics to have his own opinions about any park or its manage- ment. One thing, however, seems to me noticeable in this park, and that is the very sincere and keen personal interest in the park which is shared by all the officers of the com- pany controlling the hotels and transportation. They love the park and they want others to love it; and they want the public to be comfortable there. It is still a new and curious thing to them—this park. There has been personal enthusiasm as well as intended business gain back of the great advertising campaign of this park, and back of the daring outlay in equipment. it is perhaps strange that so few crudities and ineffi- ciencies exist there now, in a region which, five years ago, In five years more, when both the rail- road and the public shall knew their own rights in the prem- 1 when the United States Government shall have was raw wilderness. ses, anc enforced its own rights also, affairs will go more smoothly. One thing is sure: the park itself will more than come up to any expectation the visitor may have had regarding it. It is as unique as Yosemite or Rainier or Yellowstone. It is the wildest of all our parks. Not to have seen it is to have missed one of the greatest privileges of American travel. Of all our public parks, that located in the wild region round the head of Yellowstone River is, without question, the most widely known. It is the oldest of our national parks and has back of it a long, steady and thorough, though not spectacular, publicity campaign. It has a thousand features of interest that readily lend themselves to good advertising. It is the most systematically admin- istered of all our parks, as to both Governmental and corporation management, and has had more public and private money put into it than any other. Tourist traffic is handled there with greater commercial precision than anywhere else in America. Yellowstone Park has a wide international reputation; so much can scarcely be said of any other of our great parks. We go to Europe— Europe does not come to see us— but the system here most nearly approaches approved European methods of selling scenery. As to that scenery, it is in its own class—there is nothing with which to compare it. The Grand Cafion awes you, Crater Lake frightens you, Rainier overwhelms you, Glacier challenges you; but the Yellowstone fascinates you. Here is Nature engaged in some sardonic jest, for you to answer if you can. Hundreds of giant geysers; miles of painted valley floor; thousands of places where the lid of the inner earth is cracked or thin; a vast steaming uplift from below; a vast general scent of sulphur; a vast general feel of the fire that is not quenched—it is a freak country, a weird country; and it is so large that you could lose in it all the geyser lands and hot-ground countries of all the rest of the world. These things are now so commonly known that it would be waste of space to tell of them in detail here. Not to know the Yellowstone is to argue one’s self unknown. There is a very long and interesting history back of Yellowstone Park, for which, also, space lacks here. The most curious thing about it is that this wonderland— Won- derland is the accepted and hackneyed railroad name of the Yellowstone tountry—lay so long unknown even after the early explorations of John Colter, Jim Bridger, and others of the longhairs. The so-called Washburn-Doane Exploration Party of 1870 was the first to develop any idea of the establishment of a national reserve. To Hon. Cornelius Hedges, a mem- ber of the party, the credit of the first suggestion is given; but perhaps to Hon. N. P. Langford, more than to any other one man, is due the credit for the actual Yellowstone Park. He was one of the earliest explorers to bring it into public notice, and a most indefatigable laborer in the campaign that followed, as some practical campaign must follow all altruistic purposes if they are to succeed. In the welter of concessions and commercialism, when history is forgot, Langford’s name ought to be more remembered than it is. In this great region the question of deeded lands cuts no figure. At the time the Washburn-Langford-Hedges party was making its explorations it was suggested by one mem- ber of the party that it would be a good thing for them all to locate lands round some of the greatest of the park features. Others vetoed this; and it was agreed that a country so full of wonderful natural phenomena could not in any sense be held in individual ownership, but should June 5, 1915 belong to the people at large. It was set aside March 1, 1872—2,142,720 acres in all—so long ago that no one made much of an effort to get in and locate private claims in a wild and risky region. It did not take long for the railroads to see the tourist possibilities of this region after it became fully known. The Northern Pacific for a long time had the best of this traffic and was interested, also, in the hotels located in the park. Other roads fought a long battle to get in at the eastern side of the park, though, thus far, the nearest eastern terminus of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad is eighty miles away. In later years Yellowstone Station, on the west side, has developed a large travel, and during the last season more persons went in by that entrance, via the Oregon Short Line, than at any other. To the south still lies the deep fringe of the forest reserves and the wild Wind River and Jackson’s Hole country, as yet without any rail line. Sight-Seeing Table d’Héte Fashion O SERVE the public the Yellowstone Park Hotel Com- pany has in late years developed a strong and adequate management. Its total investment in buildings and trans- portation equipment is over three million dollars. The hotel at Mammoth Hot Springs is older than some of the others and one day may be better than it is, but the Cafion Hotel is a tremendous affair. Round its foundation line it measures more than a mile. It cost over three-quarters of a million dollars to build. The splendid lounging room is what you would expect to find in a capital of Europe rather than in a wilderness of America—a unique and beautiful interior, large enough to lose several Republican conven- tions and to accommodate nicely even those of all the Progressive and Democratic delegates in full enlistment. There is another splendid hotel located at the lake; and yet another unique and very expensive building is the Old Faithful Inn, the log structure at the Upper Basin. At the Norris Basin and Thumb Station the buildings are only large enough to accommodate what in New England would be called hauled mealers—that is to say, travelers not stopping overnight, but only for luncheon. Besides the big hotel service, the traffic of which is sup- plied by the larger transportation companies, there are two large and several small tent and transportation companies which have camp concessions in the park and handle a lot of people. If urged, any of these concessioners will sell you a set of postal cards, a leather Indian head, or other Coney Island souvenirs, of the sort so accursedly common in our parks. Whether you go to one of the camps or use the large hotels, you have merely a choice of system. Everything goes by lump sum. In the remotest corner of the Fiji Islands you may buy a ticket to and from the Yel- lowstone Park, covering all your expenses for hotel and transportation accommodations inside the park. Your sight-seeing will be governed by a close schedule. You can take a four-and-a-half-days’ or a five-days’ trip from forty dollars up. If you like, and if you insist, you can get special con- veyances instead of the more crowded coaches, and can secure accommodations, baths and other things on a metropolitan scale. Next to the Grud Cafion, Yellow- stone Park has the most fashionable patronage of any of our parks. The old Yellowstone Park Improvement Company was one of those artless corporations that did not need to be Continued on Page 57) Gunsight Camp and Almost:a:Day Mountain, Giacier Park Mountaineers at Piegan Pass, Glacier Park

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NCET upon a time I remem- bah seein’ a nig- gah ~ Jockey Monk Mattingly droned his words slowly as if to clothe them with impenetra- ble mystery. He paused in the midst of the sentence, and with one black finger poised in the air, lent dramatic assistance and unusual weight to the state- ment he was about to make,while four ebony faces, clustering about him, bent eagerly for- ward. “Whad did yo’-all see, Monkey?” “Oncet upon a time,”” continued the first speaker, looking around impressively, “IT remembah seein’ a niggah come to life an’ chase de under- taker fo’ blocks!” The lantern, sway- ing from the rafters overhead, through its begrimed chimney cast a flickering, un- certain light on the group below. The whites of four pairs of eyes, dilated to the utmost, gazed with awe and consternation upon the speaker. For In a moment or two the mantle of silence enveloped all things, and the atmosphere was heavily laden with thought “Whar at, Monkey? Whar was dat at?” stuttered Jockey Piccolo Perkins. His words sounded far-away, and his voice wavered in querulous staccato as he spoke with assumed nonchalance. “At Columbus, Mississippi,”’ returned the oracle. “‘ Yas, sir, dat niggah was done sent to de barn! An’ jus’ when dey was a-goin’ to sing de closin’ hymn, he riz up an’ stepped to town faster dan a rabbit goin’ to a frolic! Huh! Show me a dead one, an’ I'll show you sumpin’s liable to come to life!” From his seat inthe farthest corner Jockey Johnson stirred ineasily. Ages of superstitious forbears were asserting themselves and rattling his personality from its moorings “Is de doah barred?” he quavered. “Bettah lock de doah tight an’ le’s git down to business. Dat ole wind huah does soun’ kinder mo-ou'nful.’ For more than half a century the race problem has rifted, derelict, upon a wide ocean of surmise, ineasily about without satisfactory solution. Right here, however, a commission of truth-seekers, aided by those of the inner circle, provided they could have been prevailed upon to speak out in meeting, might have unearthed expert and valuable testimony, testimony based upon such clan- destine meetings as the one now in progress, because the organization known subsequently as the Colored Jockeys’ Trust was about to go into executive session. There was nothing to distinguish the Separation Park Racetrack from other places of the kind devoted to the sport of kings. The same long rows of stables standing in parallel lines, the same regulation speedway, and the same magnificent distances inclosed by a high board fence. Now that the heavy pall of night had settled down, the surround- ing silences were disturbed occasionally by the tramping of a restless horse and the eternal croak of the bullfrog chorus down at the pond in the inner field. Farther back, the grandstand and betting ring loomed up in ghostly half- lights. An atmosphere of loneliness permeated everything, because with the exceptions already noted, occupants of barn and stable were sleepin* ‘he sleep that comes only to those of strenuous endeavor The room in which the meeting convened was the ordi- nary one which is part of the entourage of every racing stable. The contents were scanty —a couple of cots against either wall, a few common chairs, a trunk or two, some cheap prints of racing scenes, and a long row of saddles and bridles stood for both furniture and decorations. shifting THE SATURDAY EVENING POST —_ ‘ — Both Body and Spirit He Was With Shorty Sheridan on May Wheat A arc ry Nac 1e business of 1 evening commence Hardly had the | f th g i, however, when a diminutive personality tiptoed round the corner, and for an instant silhouetted itself against the gloom beyond. The newcomer took careful cognizance of his bearings, and then, flattening himself against the rough planking, blended into the shadows and crept stealthily toward the door. He did not seek admission, however, but wriggled his way warily, until by dint of untiring investi gation he discovered a friendly knothole in the side wall from which coign of vantage he could see without being seen and hear without being heard. Strategy being so far rewarded he settled down to wait and watch and lister “Fo’ why?” emphasized Jockey Skeets Moseby, wit] impressive conviction, as the meeting regained its equa nimity and came down to the milk of the coconut. “ Fo’ why? Dar ain't no use clarin’ dat niggah in. He ain't entitled to no divide. Sides which, hedon’t count, anyway It’s all right for Monk to talk "bout dead ones comin’ to life, but dar ain’t no danger "bout dis hoss. I seen him workin’ yistiday, an’ he couldn't outrun a mudturtle. Is yo’ all wid me?” A bouquet of weazened black faces nodded a solemn assent “*Dat moke don’ know a saddle an’ bridle frum a hoss an’ buggy,” supplemented Jockey Hill loftily. “‘Whar do he come frum, anyway? He ain’t got de burrs out ob his mane yet, an’ fo’ dollahs in real money would make him die ob heart disease! I'll bet he can’t lead a hoss to watah!” “Sides which,” interpolated Jockey Piccolo Perkins oracularly and assisted by salient argument—‘‘’sides which, de money has to go five ways now. Whad’s de use ob carvin’ a watermelon till it ain’t got no regular name? Let him be de innercent bystander, dat’s whad I say With dusky hand uplifted, Jockey Perkins paused, assun ing the air of one who has pronounced the very last word “Yo’ folks is jus’ wastin’ time argufyin’ "bout every niggah whad gets by de gate. I doesn’t care whar he comes frum, or whad’s his name, or why he left dat place,” inter rupted a fourth delegate, who had hitherto been a silent spectator. “He ain’t in de dope at all, at all!” attested Jockey Moseby. “I spec’s he’s jus’ been ridin’ ‘round de bus} meetin’s, short hosses wid popcorn pedigrees! His name's Jodey Beam, an’ he rides fo’ an ole man named Miles. Dey jus’ landed, an’ I figgers he’s toodumb to job wid, anyway “He'll “low he’s joined de Suicide Club fo’ we gits tru wid him,” chortled Jockey Perkins. “Watch me him take back de firs’ time he hooks up wid me! Huh! make By L. B. YATES ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR WILLIAM BROWN } ny ret ae Tra ! He t he ¢ t le j wag It intomime locke Per} rf ‘ OTR ( ’ ij ‘ ng maneuver ! gits t« lal well « cate him roper he iwnorant of the jact tr at almost simulta neously the humor of the situation seemed to take possession o! the little figure crouch ing « ause it doubled uy like a jackknife in silent paroxysms of n the outside, be laughter ‘*Le’s hear from Monk again.” sug gested the first spokes man. “‘ Monkissettin’ dar like a terrapin on a log. All he thinks "bout is funerals. If yo’ ain't tongue-tied Monk, rise an’ shine! lean, solemn looking young negro black as ebony and as silent as the Sphinx, was sitting ail humped up on a cot in the farthest corner, with his chin rest ingon his knee. As he unwound himself leisurely he regarded the black faces about him with the impersonal air of one who held his companions che aply when it came to weighing their lack of me ntality against absolute experience ‘Yo’ wants me to gib it a name, eh?” he interrogate: nonchalantly. “Dat’s it, Monk, dat’s it! Gib ita name!” This latter with intense eagerness and with one accord in chorus “I war jus’ settin’ here a-thinkin’,” he drawled. “I war is’ studyin’ while yo’ folks was talkin’.” “Studyin’ "bout what?” ‘My ole mammy useter say,”’ resumed the solemn on¢ “dat case a duck is hatched out by a hen it don't pervent him bein’ able to swim de first time he hits de water *Whad dat got to do wid it, Monk? ’ protested Jockey Moseby. “ Yo’ alluz goes a long way ‘round. Why don’t yo’ cross lots . It ain't got much to do wid it,” returned the fh speaker, “’ceptin’ dat most ob de good riders comes frun de bushes. How does yo’-all know dat he can’t ride? Ar ipposin’ he had a real race hoss under him, whad der Ise fo’ lockin’ de gates an’ puttin’ an’ extra rail on de fer ““Whad would yo’ do, Monk—’clar him in for an even divide an’ split wid him? Piccolo Perkins was talking now; he was voicing his sentiments in tones redolent of intense indignat ‘Not ‘zactly,”” amended the rider whose synonym wa Monkey * Jus veeten him up a li'l so’s he ain't in de way.” Gib him money? Is dat whad yo’ mean?” P voice was again lifted in vigorous protest ‘No-o,” dr | med the dusky philosopher. loo} u | } ge Ul the ceiling. “I'd gib him a pleasant smile, an’ a bale o’ ha ’ a jews-harp, but Ise done talkin’ l uz stick fingers under de girths befo’ I mounts, dat All I’ve |} dem fall wid me, but de rddie neber ipped | talkin’ Wha’s de name ob de hoss he’s got, an) iy “His name’s Shootin’ Star, an’ he a nh-ole maiden. He ain't neber seen de barrier yet, a hie ty green as grass at de post. Even if he could take care ob hin Whad’s de matt« M anyway? Is yo’ seein’ things?” “T ain't seein’ nothin’ returned the ride oO adare solemnly and without animatio But it’s a ' me, Whenever de pickin’ i ‘ ve de first to sitdownan de t to shove n cl r back I ma

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16 THE SATURDAY EVENING POST “ All right, Monk, all right,”” counseled Jockey Moseby; “de day ob judgment is a long ways off. An’ when Gabriel blows his trumpet you'll quit runnin’ an’ go to flyin’. We'll leave dis niggah out, an’ elect one right now. Who'll we elect? Whad does yo’-all say?” As if with one accord voices were lifted in unison. “Ole Rebel! He's de hoss! He’s de hoss!” “Wid Pike up he could fall down a couple ob times an’ len come home on de bit.”’ “How "bout Gold Bug?” rode that horse he interrogated Monkey. “Last time I acted like as if he was "bout ready - “IT seed him pin his ears an’ sulk more dan oncet,” returned Jockey Moseby. ‘An’ whad’s more, he’s been a He’s had de battery Dar ain’t enough money Doan tell me, I etter elect Rebel, he’sdehoss! "Sides which, de last anchored. Now he'll bea hophead since he was a two-year-old. an’ de cracker dust an’ de needle! in de world to buy speed fo’ him now. know! five times Pike rode him he was long price, an’ we'll all have nothin’ but money an’ clothes!” “Let de bet go as it lays,” acquiesced Jockey Mattingly pessimistically. ‘‘I’d just as soon ride behind as any other place, but yo’-all remembah whad I said "bout dead ones bein’ res’rected. Make it Rebel, an’ if dis yeah outsider drives down in front, doan come to me wid no squawk. Let’s go, it’s gittin’ late.”’ As the assemblage arose, preparatory to taking their departure, the watcher on the outside scurried hastily across the walking path and disappeared in the darkness. When the door opened and the con- spirators emerged, there was nothing to excite sus- picion or to indicate that their deliberations had been under surveillance N AJOR MILES’ racing jacket was distinguished in many respects from those of other owners. it was a wonderful confection of dark-blue satin with straw-colored sleeves, but on the back thereof was portrayed a life-sized game chicken, trimmed, spurred and equipped for battle. This was em- broidered with marvelous skill. Arrayed in this impressive livery, on the after- noon of the day following the events described in the preceding chapter, Jodey Beam steered Shoot- ing Star to the post. Rider and horse presented a rare spectacle. The colt, in the pink of condition, arched his neck proudly and played about, as he daintily cavorted to the starting point The Major had a sizable bet down, and needless to say Jodey felt the importance of the occasion. Brought up from early childhood about the Major's stables, he had become past master in all the arts superb horsemanship. He knew that besides garnering the glory of victory he would reap a tangible reward, and Jodey Beam was a “money” rider. Under his dusky skin flexed muscles of steel and the nerves of a warrior. “*Come on up here, you little black imp,” shouted the starter as Jodey halted Shooting Star about twenty-five yards back of the barrier and behind the other horses. ‘Come on up here.” “Say, Mistah Ferguson,” pleaded Jodey, “Ise doin’ de bes’ lknows how. Dis yeahole colt is green He’s su:kin’ wid me.” Jodey was maneuvering for a running start, and the official knew it. “Twenty-five for you if you ain’t up with the bunch in two shakes of a terrier’s tail,” retorted the starter. “‘What do you want to do—sit there until the last car leaves for I’m onto you.” Then to his assistant: “Bill, take hold of that colt’s head and lead him up here.” “Don't do dat, don’t do dat, Kunnel,”’ protested Jodey as he moved stealthily closer. “‘He don’t like nobody to take holt cb his head. He’s liable to rar back. Lemme come up dar on de outside. If I gits into de bunch wid dem good riders dey’ll feed me to de lions!" With one eye on the starter and the other on the horses, endeavoring to line up at the barrier, moreover, with many outward manifestations of obedience, Jodey moved his mount closer. When within about three lengths he noted that they were in perfect alignment, and quick as a flash he dug his heels into.Shooting Star's glossy sides. The latter bounded forward as if shot from a catapult, and the tape flew up almost as his nose touched it. He was off, flying, while the balance of the contestants were standing flat- With an advantage of four open lengths Jodey chuckled to himself as he cut across the field and steered his mount toward the inside fence. Up the back stretch Shooting Star sailed along in front with a comfortable lead, but just as Jodey was congratu- lating himself that it would be little more than an exercis- ing gallop a blaze-faced horse raced clear from the bunch behind him and with mighty strides drew alongside. Round the upper turn they raced, head and head, each rider sitting still and waiting for his rival to make the first move or to manifest uneasiness. au and sciences of an’ he’s actin’ scan’lous. town? footed “Dat ole Rebel hoss is outrunnin’ hisself to-day,”” mut- tered Jodey as they sped along. “He ain’t actin’ natural. Dey "bout agitated him wid de hurry-up specific ‘fo’ he lef’ de barn. He’s agwine to blow up somewhar, but whar? Dat’s de question.” The rival racers had turned into the stretch now, and were locked together as a team. Jodey pulled his mount slightly over from the inside, with a view te making his opponent travel in the heavy going. “Whar is yo’ carryin’ me?” shrilled the boy on Rebel. ““Yo’ is herdin’ me all ovah de track.” Jodey never moved an iota. “ Dar’s lots ob room on de outside, niggah,”’ he yelled. “‘Take de overland. If yo’ don’t like dat, de fence is full ob holes.”” For the first time Jodey began to realize that it would be a duel to the death. Of all animals subservient to man, the horse above others loves to be talked to. Generations of marvelous riders can substantiate this statement. “Tell me somethin’, Shootin’ Star,” cajoled Jodey. “Don’t keep nothin’ a dark secret—tell me somethin’. Is ay “I Wants to Congratutate Yo', Mistah Beam, on de Wonderful Ride Yo' Made Torday"’ yo’ a ragin’ lion or a bleatin’ lamb? Yo’ didn’t leave yo’ golden slippers back home, did yo’? Write me a letter, Shootin’ Star. Whar’sall dat speed yo’ was braggin’ "bout?”’ His head was on a level with the horse’s neck as he crouched over on his withers. The wind roared in his ears with the velocity of a hurricane, while the riders’ stirrups clicked and their knees bumped as they sped toward the winning post with not an inch of advantage to either. It was then that Jodey Beam resorted to strategy. The fingers of his right hand released their hold on the reins, while those of his left took a firmer grip in order that he should not let his horse’s head down. He spun his whip with whirling motion through his fingers, and lifted his arm as if to strike. “T zotcha! I gotcha!” chortled Rebel’s jockey, for the hundredth part of a second relaxing his efforts on his own horse. “Ise ridin’ yo’ hoss to-day, boy,” shouted Jodey tri- umphantly, but without turning his head. “Ise like dat niggah whad come ter life an’ chased de undertaker. You'll get de rubber’s money.” His whip was down and he was hand-riding his mount like an ebony demon. The diversion gained him only a couple of inches, but Jodey’s challenge and reference to the secret meeting of the night before was enough to make Rebel’s rider sway in his saddle and pull his whip in sheer desperation. As he did so his stiffened fingers fumbled with the reins and his horse’s head dropped. The popular portrayal of a horse race, in many quarters, is a picture of reins fiying loose; but in real life great turf contests are won wich the jockey’s knuckles as close behind his horse’s ears as he can get them. Rebel faltered and June 5, 1915 shortened his stride. His rider, having pulled himself together, was beating a stinging tattoo on his ribs, and spurred heels were raking his perspiring sides. And Rebel had plenty left. He came again with all the magnificent gameness of his lineage. In another stride he would have won, but the race gods, aided and abetted by Jodey’s uncanny perspicacity, had willed otherwise. Shooting Star’s number was the first to appear on the indication board. In regular turf parlance, he had “ won by an eyelash.” mr T THE close of the day’s racing, and with his pockets bulging with the spoils of victory, made up of gifts from the Major and his friends, Jodey Beam was about to sally forth and look upon the lights of the great city, when he was accosted by a saddle-colored negro. This gentleman sported a massive yellow diamond in a flaming red tie, and white spats partially covering patent-leather shoes, the whole topped off by a gold-headed cane. At first sight Jodey was impressed. “T wants to congratulate yo’, Mistah Beam, on de wonderful ride yo’ made to-day,” began the stranger insinuatingly. “‘ Yo’ shuah put it all ovah dem. I wants to congratulate yo’.”’ Jodey Beam had never been addressed as Mister before. The saddle-colored one made a home-run right there. The rider’s chest expanded. “Oh, dat’s nothin’,” protested the little jockey with an admirably simulated air of self-abnegation. “Dat warn’t nothin’. Dem Texas riders is jokes when it comes to real racin’, dat’s all.” ““Mebbe so, mebbe so, Mistah Beam,” rejoined the newcomer warmly; “but I wants to say I nevah seed a betta’ finish, when yo’ pretended to go to de bat, an’ den laid it down again. Don’t tell me! Yo’ showed dar yo’ issuttingly gifted.” “Well,” responded Jodey as if conceding a point, “‘us folks in Kaintuck ain’t ovahlookin’ no bets.” “T win on yo’ to-day,” resumed the mulatto. “T come to thank yo’. Furder dan dat, couldn't I make yo’ a li’l gift?” ““No,sah! No, sah!” responded the rider gran- diloquently. ‘‘De Majah, he pays me, an’ all his frien’sgib memoney. Looka here, man, my pockets is jus’ brimmin’ ovah!"”" Jodey, with no little flour- ish, exhibited a large roll of bills as prima-facie evidence of the latter statement. “But yo'll go an’ have a pick ob somethin’, I hope an’ trust, Mistah Beam,” persisted the con- noisseur of horsemanship. “I'd like fo’ to enter tain yo’ some. Ise jus’ goin’ to strike out fo’ town. Will yo’ accompany me?” The invitation was given with an air of whole-hearted hospitality, and together the newly found friends wended their way toward the city. It would be a useless task to endeavor to follow the footsteps of these devotees of sport in their wanderings about the negro quarter. A generous banquet of fried chicken was topped off with early Georgia watermelon. Then the party was aug- mented by two friends of the saddle-colored one. Dinner was followed by libations, and Jodey was ordering recklessly and making ostentatious display of wealth, when suddenly he felt an extraordinary desire to go tosleep. Try as he would, he could not shake off the drowsy feeling. His little black eyes blinked at his companions, but some subtle elixir was stealing away his sensibilities. A numb feeling mastered him, which he fought with all his powers to withstand, but the drops dealt by a deft hand had done their work. The jockey slumped down in his chair, while with marvelous dexterity his erstwhile hosts went through his pockets. Jodey Beam had scored over only one branch of the colored trust. “It won’t do to leave him heah,” counseled the saddle- colored one. “‘ We'd bettah git him out ob town. Le’s call a hack an’ take him to de Chicago train. We can buy him a ticket fo’ de Windy City an’ put him aboard, den tell de conductor he’s drunk. By de time he gits up dar, an’ makes his way back agin, we'll have gone ovah dis town wid a fine-tooth comb.” Iv ROM the chill morning fog which enveloped Lake Michigan and wormed its way between altitudinous buildings, spreading damp drizzle over all things, a little shivering black form emerged, and in making a rapid turn of the corner at the intersection of La Salle and Clark Streets ran directly into the augustness of the law as then and there represented by Officer Patsey Kerrigan of the City Hall squad. Officer Kerrigan was no candidate for the lightweight championship, but, nevertheless, the force of the impact shook him from his foundations, and reaching forth his trusty right hand he grasped the perpetrator of lése- majesté firmly by the collar. “You're in an awful hurry, kid,”’ he vouchsafed with an admonitory shake. “Did you think you was a hose-reel going toa fire? Or was you feeling so good that you wanted

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to run away and kill somebody? They’d oughter halter- break you country niggers before they turn you loose. Did the street cars scare you, or was it the high buildings you was leery of? What's the answer?” “I wasn’t doin’ nothin’ to nobody. I was jus’ tryin’ to fin’ my way out to de race track,” pleaded the boy. “‘Hon- est, Mistah, I’m all tangled up. Jus’ lemme go back to dat ole box-stall, an’ I won’t nebber come downtown no mo’.” “What are you talkin’ about?” queried the policeman as he backed his assailant against a wall and pinned him thereto with the point of his club. “What are you talkin’ about? You ain’t been hittin’ the pipe, have you?”’ “Why, de Churchill Downs racetrack,” retorted the little negro with emphasis. “‘ My name is Jodey Beam an’ I’m Majah Miles’ rider. Ise all twisted ‘round. When I woke up dis mawnin’ I was settin’ in de cars, an’ a man says: ‘Git out, niggah! Dis is de las’ stop.’ I been a-wanderin’ roun’, but I nevah was in dis part ob Louis- ville befo’. Ise jus’ lost, boss, da’s whad I is.” Officer Kerrigan rubbed his eyes, as he pushed his helmet back, and squinted down at the boy, while a look of supreme astonishment passed over his countenance. “What talk have you about Louisville? Don’t you knew that this is Chicago?” he queried. “Where was you yesterday?” “Chicago?” whined Jodey. ‘You're shorely jokin’, boss! Why, yesterday I win de fourth race on Shootin’ Star at de Louisville racetrack.” The big policeman chuckled until his fat sides threatened to wreck his outer garments. ‘“‘He’s a bug, sure,” he soliloquized half aloud. Then resuming his official air: “Well, what did you do after that, Baron Miinchhausen?” “IT went downtown an’ had supper wid a yaller niggah I met. We lifted a couple ob drinks an’ I don’t remembah de rest.” “Did you have any money on you?” interrogated the officer hastily, for the first time giving credence to Jodey’s tale of adventure. “Why, shorely, boss, I had all de money de Majah gimme fur winnin’ de race—fo’ hundred dollahs; but I ain't got a picayune now.” Officer Kerrigan was no Sherlock Holmes, but even to him the story of Jodey’s undoing was plain. “So they doped an’ rolled you, an’ shipped you out here,” he exclaimed. “Well, there was nothin’ slow about that yallah nigger. What do you figure on doin’ now?” Jodey Beam emitted a wail of despair. ‘I dunno jes’ whad I will do, boss. I wouldn’t have de Majah know fo’ anything. Ain’t dar no hoss racin’ goin’ on in dis town? Dar ain’t? Well, say, officer, whar’s de chalk game?” Jodey Beam had never been in a poolroom where bets were placed on races in his life. But his active little brain was working overtime. His education had been begun and completed in the great outdoors. He could neither read nor write, but he felt that if he could get into telegraphic communication with the horses and racetracks, all would be well. “What do you mean by 2 ‘chalk game’? That’s a new one on me,” replied the policeman. ‘* What's more, there is not a game of any kind on my beat, an’ that goes double. 9 D’ye get me? “I Remembah Seein’ a Niggah Come to Life an’ Chase de Undertaker fo’ Biocks!** THE SATURDAY EVENING POST “It's a place,” explained Jodey, “ whar dar’s a big board nailed to de wall, an’ a lot ob chalk writin’ on it. Folks goes dar an’ bets money.” “Oh, if that’s what you’re lookin’ for you'll find plenty of it up there,” retorted Officer Kerrigan as he pointed across the way to Gambler’s Alley, which at the time I write of was the home of the bucket shop. “But that ain't no place for th’ likes of you.” “Yas, it am, boss. It jus’ am,” protested Jodey as he backed away. “I’ve heard all about dem chalk games, an’ dat’s whar I lives Jus’ lemme git a hold ob one ob dem an’ I'll land wid both feet.” With profuse thanks to the guardian of the public peace Jodey Beam hastened in the direc- tion indicated. He turned into the first open door, and sighed contentedly as he noted the big blackboard, liberally bespattered with chalk writings. It was, of course, too early for the regular patrons of the place to assemble, but the room was warm and comfortable. The little jockey slipped into a large armchair that stood in the farthest corner, settled himself comfortably with the optimism of irresponsi- bility, and slept the sleep of the just When he woke again the business of the day was well under way. The whole atmosphere about him was surcharged with mighty move ment. The room was crowded with men, speaking strange tongues, and in a language that, try as he would, Jodey could not inter- pret. Occasionally, however, names were bandied about that sounded like those given to race horses. There was May Wheat, for in- stance. Jodey memorized this latter. True, he had never heard of a race horse so called, but for anyone in his financial condition it was not mete that he should split hairs. Simultan- eously he decided to take time by the forelock. A stout, good-natured looking man was standing imme- diately in front of him. To Jodey’s experienced eye he breathed prosperity. Just the kind of man who would bet early and often and look lightly upon loss. Best of all, he appeared mightily interested in the proceedings. The little jockey leaned forward and tugged at the big man’s coattails. “Play May Wheat, boss,”’ counseled Jodey in a whisper as the latter wheeled round and regarded him smilingly “Play May Wheat right on de nose. She's de runnin’est filly dat was evah turned loose in Kaintucky. I seen her two mawnin’s ago work a mile fas’ enough to break a watch, an’ she had a niggah up so big dat he could plow on a farm. Git down quick, boss, she'll bring home de bacon. She’s de filly wid de blue dress.” The stout man laughed until his fat face went purple. He turned about and beckoned to a group of men standing near him. “‘Come on, boys,”’ he chortled, “ here’s a hot tip on May Wheat. It’s from the head waters. Nothing like it has ever appeared before the public. It’s personally The Little Figure Outside Doubled Up Like a Jackknife in Silent Paroxysms of Laughter swiftly and rose to conducted copper riveted and guara teed to withstand the acid test Hearken to the voice of the charmer The little negro was in his elemen now. He had an audience, and his black eyes sparkled and snapped as he unfolded a wondrous tale of speed “Dis yeah mare, gen’lemen,” he be gan with a plethora of declamatory ge ture, “dis yeah mare May Wheat goin’ to de post for de first time, an’ it’s like findin’ money to bet on her. She's de lily ob de valley, an’ a runnin’ fool, dat’'s whad she is.’ “* How is she bred, boy?” interrupted the stout man with all the gravity he could muster under the circumstances. aes How is she bred an | can she go a mile?” For an instant Jodey Beam was non- plused, but he r covered himself the occasion. “Kin she go a mile?” he interrogated with an air of unqualified surprise. “ Lawd a mussy, man, what's de use ob talkin’ foolishness? When she pulled up de otha’ mawnin’ she wasn’t breathin’ hard enough to blow out a candle, and shorely you gen’lemen knows her breedin’? Lawd, Lawd, where have you folks all been? Ain't she by Wild Oats out ob Rye Straw? She by Barley Corn, an’ her dam was Sweet Clover, a daughter ob Blue Grass Belle, de bestes’ mare ever foaled! You gen’lemen is shore triflin’ wid me. Makin’ believe you-all don’t know dat pedigree!" He looked about him with the assured air of one who has put a quietus upon doubt. “A mare bred like dat,” he concluded oracularly, “could run all day an’ neber know she had been to de races.” “Are you sure about the work she did?” interrogated a pleasant-faced young man, who was always laughing and appeared to be exceedingly popular with his companions “Are I shore dat a hen kin lay an egg?” retorted Jodey with resentment. “Dey worked her just at daybreak, an’ when I seen her come out from under de shed I scooted ovah an’ laid behind de starter’s box She broke from de three-quarter pole, an’ come back dar like a wild hoes. Dat niggah ridin’ her must a weighed a ton, but she was pullin’ him outa de saddle an’ fightin’ for her head every inch ob de way.” “How about Red Russian? Pretty good horse, isn’t he?” persisted the man with the infectious smile. “I've heard mighty good reports about him.” “Red Russian!" chortled Jodey in high staccato. “‘Hear dat man talk! Why, dat old nag ain't got but one good leg, and it’s under suspicion. He ain’t been out ob de barn in fo’ weeks May Wheat’ll run away an’ hide from him.” The smiling one passed Jodey a big black cigar, which the latter promptly lit “Well, here’s March Barley; he’s en tered too?” queried another member of the group. “I want to state, gentle men, that I won many a good bet on March Barley.” “Pouf!” retorted Jodey as he nor chalantly blew forth a cloud of smoke and watched it curl upward. “ He’ owned by de Texas delegation, an’ it’s too early in de season fo’ a hog killin’ De embalmers will have him in de cooler befo’ de saddlin’ bell rings. Sing Happ Land, an’ bet on May Wheat. She's as full ob speed as de lake is full ob water, an’ any ole track suits her. Even de Continued on Page 65

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST on the Ship bord. Feb. 6. YRIEND AL: Well Al here we are the Meadow Training ocean and this is the last day we will be on the Ship bord til we get to London Eng. and from now til we get a bord of the boat at London for N. Y. City we will all the wile be on land in Itly Rome Paris France and Wear do in Naples tommorow and thats the Ist. place we stop at wile wear in Itly and we stay there 3 days with out playing no ball game so they wont be no chanct for me to find out if my scarab is going to bring me luck or not going to bring me no luck. Talking a bout my scarab and that reminds me what come off yest. and last night and theys some stiffs a long on the trip that vou couldent get them to stoop to low and that they isent nothing they wouldent do even steal and I ain’t found it out who done it yet or that is tride to do it but who ever was it would steal candy a way from a blind man wile there back was turned and when I find out who war it Im going to tell Comiskey and Callahan and they will see what kind of a gang of theifs they brot a long on the trip. I guess I told you a bout me geting a hold of that searab in Cairo and it was a big bargun because the man that sold it to me wouldent of never gave it up only it wasent hisn and he was hard up and this is a genuwind scarab from the tume of Cops that was the cheif of Police in Cairo 4 thousend yrs. a go & I give the man $7.50 for it and Steve Evans says its the gratest bargun a man ever got be- cause 1 of these here scarabs if there genuwind gives you nothing but good luck and you cant have no bad luck as long is you carry them a round with you. Well yest. P. M. we was setting out on the porch I and Evans and Schaefer and a hole bunch of us and Schaefer halled ome thing out-of his pockit and it was a bout 10 of these here scarabs only of coarse not the real scarabs but fakes and some body ast him how much did he give for them and he says a nichol a peace and then he says to me Do you want to buy lof them off of me so as you will get some luck and I says No. I dont want no fake scarab because I got a real 1 and Schaefer says how much did you give for it and I says $7.50 and Schaefer says leave me see it a minut and IJ says Yes if you will promus to give it back right a way so he give me his promus and I halled out my scarab and showed it to them and they all says it was a dandy Then Schaefer put my scarab in his hand a long with his fake scarabs and then he held his hand out and ast me to pick my searab out and at Ist. they all of them looked pretty near a like and I dident know for a minut witch was mine but Evans says Cant you tell a real scarab from a fake and then he picked mine right out of the bunch with out no trubble and tifén he says You should ought to be a shamed of your self not knowing a real scarab from a fake and if you aint care fuli some body will get yours a way from you and you will be carring a fake a round in your pockit and wundring why dont you get some luck so I says How do you tell them a like and he says You cant tell by just looking with out a hole lot of practice but if you get a hold of them you can tell O. K. because you can bite on them and if its a real scarab it dont make no noise but if there a fake they sqeek like a rat. So then he give me my scarab and I bit on it and they But Schaefer was jellus a bout me haveing a real 1 and him haveing a lot of fakes so he beggin talking like hisn was as good is mine so I says ill right think so if you want to but wait and see witch 1 of us has the luck Well Al when I come to bed last night I herd a noise like some body trying to get in to my birth room and at Ist I was going to jump up and open the door and smash who ever was it jaw and then I thot I better just lay there and leave them open the door and come in and then I would have them where they couldent get a way but they couldent open the door so pretty soon I dident hear no noise no more so I got up and went to the door and they was gone so this A. M. I told Evans a bout it and he says it was ILL w 4th. wasent no noise of any kind. VUSTRATEDO Br MARTIN Will Give You Ten Thousend Dollars Per Anum 3 Yr. Contrack probily some body after my scarab and if he was me he wouldent carry it a round with me but get the perser to stick it in the safe so now its in the safe and if some body steals it out of there the peopl that owns the boat will half to come acrost but I guess they wouldent of no body tride to steal my scarab if it wasent a real 1 and I ast Schaefer this A. M. was they any body tride to steal hisn and he says no so that prooves whose got the real scarab and whose got the fakes. But it shows you what a fine gang we got a long on the trip and pertending like wear all pals to gather but the minut your backs turned they would steal your shirt and I guess some of these here pitchers would like to steal my fast ball but if they did they wouldent have nothing only a fast ball because they aint got nothing there self but I guess if they had my fast ball they wouldent need nothing else hey Al. Well Al we get to Naples tommorow night and I will male you this letter from there and they should ought to be some male waiting for me there from Florrie and little Al and of coarse I dont mean that little Al will be writeing me a letter but Florrie would know better then write me a letter and not say nothing a bout him and Im crazy to know how is he geting a long talking yet and how much does he weigh and so 4th and he should ought to have sevrel teeth by this time but I guess I shouldent be in no hurry for him to get a jaw full of teeth and that means all the sooner I would half to be buying stake for him. Your old Pal. JACK. NAPLES. It. Feb. 8. "RIEND AL: Well Al tommorow we will be threw with Naples and wear going to Rome next and I hope Romes a lifer place then Naples and all as we been doing for 2 days is looking at this in that and the other thing diffrunt mts. and Vilecanose and blidgs. and so 4th and Im tireder Ves Ts és June 5, 1915 er’s Wellcome By RING W. LARDNER then if Id pitched 2 double headers in 1 P. M. tho I guess I could do that all right when my arm feels good because when a mans got a fast ball like mine you dont hardily ever half to use your curve and when my arms good I could zip them fast ones threw there all day and not never feel it. Well Al they wasent no male for me here not even a post card and I dont h-.ow weather little Als a live or dead and burred and how would you like to have a wife that dont never have time to write to you tho of coarse they wouldent be no sence in Bertha writeing to you when you dont never go a way no wheres or Bertha nether and besides you havent got no baby and Bertha wouldent have nothing to write a bout even if she went a@ way some wheres and set down to write you a letter. We got here yest. and the Ist. thing when we land it they was a Dr come a round and exxamined us to see weather we had any thing and Evans says to him Dont waist your time exxamineing the pitchers because they aint none of them got nothing and he ment that we was all big helthy fellows tho of coarse they aint all of us that way and theys 1 or 2 of them that could take on a few lbs. with out crowding no body off of the bench. And then we was drove to the hotel and Callahan says we could go any wheres we wanted and I wanted to go up in my room and lay down but the boys says it wouldent be no fun going any wheres with out me so I had to go a long and we went and seen Pump A and Linoleum and Mt. Vesuvius and Evans says it was a good thing we got vaxinated up to japan so as we wouldent be in no danger if old Vesuvius had a erupsion and hes all ways pulling off stuff like that. This is Sun. and I dident go no wheres accept to see some of the mts. and runes we dident see yest. and if they hadent of told me these was diffrunt I would of thot they was the same and Im glad it dident cost me nothing to see them and a little wile a go we was all called to gather and a Wop give us a couple of bronx statues 1 for the giants and 1 for the White Sox and there statues of athaletes and the 1 the giants got is a left hander and it looks like he had just let lose of the ball and hes looking out to right field probily to see where the batters going to hit it and if hes like most of the left handers he will half to go and clime up on the right field fence if he wants to see the ball lite. and the 1 Comiskey got is an other athalete geting ready to throw a plate at some body and probily him and his Mrs. has had a quarl but you cant tell because the statue dont say nothing on it and both the statues is bear and not a stich of cloths on them and I guess theyd be bigger crowds come to the ball games if we drest like that hey Al tho theys all ways a pretty fare crowd out to the south side park in Chi when its my turn to work. I ment they wasent nothing wrote on the statues to tell you who they are but theys a motto wrote on them both and the mottos was wrote by Hal Cane and Evans says hes wrote a lot of grate books some of them pretty near as long is the Bibble. Well Al Comiskey wont half to keep his statue locked up in no safe because I wont try and steal it off of him and take it home because evry time we had Co. we would half to rap it up in a over coat or some thing. Well Al I will try and write you a letter wile wear in Rome and we will be home a bout 1 mo. from today. Your pal. JACK. Rome. It. Feb. 13. D PAL: Well Al they could of left this burg off of the skedule and I wouldent of made no holler and they should ought to call it rain insted of Rome and they dident give us no rooms with a bath in the hotel where wear stop- ping at but Schaefer says they dident bild no bath rms. in the hotels here because when the hotels was bilt all the peopl drest like them statues and when they wanted a bath all as they had to do was go out and stand on the side walk in the rain but now the police has made them ware cloths so they half to get a long with sparrow baths in the wash bold.

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ee NG Ne Well Al Im so sick in tired of staying in the hotel and nothing to do that I couldent stand it laying a round here an other day and I would jump out the window or some thing but wear going to Niece tonight. May be thats a lifer place than this is and the sun shins onct in a wile We could may be of played a game the day we got here 3 days a go because it wasent raining then but just geting ready to rain but the mare of the town says No base ball was to ruff and wouldent leave us play so Callahan and Mcgraw had to get out and show him what the games like and I guess he thot it was foot ball or some thing or may be he thet the pitcher shot the ball out of a canon and tride to hit the batter and I guess if he could see my fast ball when my supers good he would think the ball was shot out of a canon but any way when Mcgraw and Callahan ex- planed the game to him he seen they wasent nothing ruff a bout it so he says we could play the next day and then it beggin to rain and been raining ever sence and dont look like it was in no hurry to stop. So theys been nothing doing and no chanct to see if my searabs going to bring me luck. Some of the boys has been out looking at more runes and wanted I should go a long but I told them I guest I could live a few yrs. with out seen no more runes and the day before yest. they was all up calling on the pope & wanted I should go a long but you had to ware your evening cloths and it just ment getting them soked and the boys that went has got some runes of there own to look at now I mean there evening cloths that they wore out in the rain. But I guess I should ought to of went a long at that because Evans says the pope ast where I was and Evans had to tell him I was sick and Evans says its bad enough to lie to any body let a lone the pope. Well Al I and Schaefer was talking a bout the rotten weather and Schaefer says he was talking a bout it with some of the peopl that lives here and they told him this was the worst rain sence the rain of Nearo and they use to have a lot worse rains then they have now and they got all the diffrunt rains named like the rain of Cesar the rain of August S. and so 4th. and its a fine burg Al where they got so much rain that they half to name the diffrunt rains to tell them a part and if this burg was in the league theyd play on the home grounds a bout twict a yr. and on them 2 days theyd half to start a bout 1 a clock in the A. M. to get in all the double headers and probily the grounds would be 5 or 6 ft. under water and take a little sod off like Bush or Schalk and theyd half to come up evry little wile and get some air and the outfielders would probily half to ride a round in boats and at that I bet I could take a mud skow and get a round as fast is some of them outfielders with out menshoning no bodys name. When I Opened it Up I Set Down on the Steps and Biubdbered THE SATURDAY EVENING POST Well Al wear leaveing right after supper tonight and the sooner we get a way from here I will be tickeled to deth. Your pal. JACK. Niece. It. Feb. 16. YRIEND AL: Well old Pal I guess the scarabs O. K. and I dident get stung when I bought it and its }4 payed for it self all ready and then some. They was a game this P. M. the lst. game we played sence we come a way from Cairo but it wasent in the game where I found out a bout the scarab being O. K. because Mcgraw wouldent leave me pitch the game because he is saveing me for the day after tommorow in Paris when they will be a big crowd. The giants got beat this P. M. 10 to 9 and they wasent none of the pitchers had a thing and I could of went in there and throwed left hand it and give the both sides a trim- ing but Mcgraw says he dident care nothing a bout this game and the Ist. game in Paris is the 1 he wants to win and thats why he kept me on the bench and wouldent take no chanct of Both the Statuce ts wareing me out. Sourand Hesadies of Cloths on Them But I was going to tell you a bout the scarab and what it done for me and heres what it done for me Al. We went over to monte Carlo a hole gang of us and thats the place where they run all them gamboling games faro and chuckle luck and the roll it wheel where you bet what coller the marbles going to drop in to or you can pick a No. and bet on that only of coarse theys so many Nos. that a mans a sucker to try and pick out any 1 No. but theys only 2 collers and you can bet weather its going to be black or red. Well Al before we start it out Evans ast me did I have my scarab a long and I says no so he made me go back and get it and I kept it in my pants pockit all the wile we was over there and they was a big crowd a round the diffrunt tables but I and Evans found a place and I dident make no bets for a wile and he made a few and dident win none of them because he was trying to pick out a No. so finely I layed down a $1 only they call it 5 franks here and in Itly it would be 5 liars and I layed it down on the red and sure enough up come the red and the cooper give me an other dollar so I says I was threw but Evans says | better try it again and bet the both of my $1 at onct but I wasent no sucker like that so I stuck a $1 in my pockit and bet the other $1 on the red and sure enough it come red again and the cooper had to give me an other $1. So Evans says now your play- ing with there money why dont you bet the hole $2 at onct so I seen where I wouldent be nothing out if I lost it so I bet the hole $2 on the red and sure enough it come up red so then I says Im threw and Evans says he would- ent never be threw as long is the luck was staying with me like that and he wanted I should play the hole $4.00 that Id all ready win on the red but I says no and wile we was argueing a bout it they throwed the marble again and it come up black 80 you set Al I would of lost the hole $4 if Id did what Evans wanted I should so I give him the laugh and I got up and left the table and he come with me and we went and found the other boys and they was all looseing there money as fast is they played it trying to’ pick out Nos. insted of collers so Evans told them what Id pulled off and Scott wanted me to sell the scarab to him and says he would give me $10.00 for it and I give him the laugh and now you see Al that the scarabs only costed me $3.50 insted of $7.50 because it win $4.00 for me playing roll it and after we come out of the place Evans says he over herd the prop. say that he was glad I wasent going to stay no longer because the way things was brakeing for me I would probily have all there money ina couple hrs. And Scott says 1 of the coopers ast him if I dident have some luck peace in my pox kit because he never seen no body win 3 bets in suceshon before and Scott told him no that I was just born lucky because theys a rule against earring scarabs in there when your going to play the wheel and they would of tooken my money a way from me if they had of found out a bout me haveing a scarab but they wont get the money now because I got it right here and the scarabs hid a way where they couldent find it. O you little searab hey Al. Theys a big st. carnval going on here and evry body drest up yest. and parade it up and down the sts. in funny customs and we all put on our base ball sutes and road in the parade and I guess its a good thing Florrie wasent a round Al the way some of them girls over looked me and theys some fine looking girls a round here but of coarse | got a wife now and dont have nothing to do with no pretty girl. Well Al we go to Paris tommorow and [| will may be write you a letter from there. Your old pal. JACK. Paris. Feb, 21 A: Well Al this place is worse then Rome when it comes to rain and the Ist. day we was in Rome it dident rain but they hasent been no day like that here and they wasent no more chanct to play a game here then a man could fly you might say but it can rain all the rest of the winter and I wont have no holler comeing because I dont half to pitch no ball game now to find out weather my scarabs lucky because I found out now for sure Al and I dont mean a bout me wining that money at monte Carlo but I got an other big peace of news for you but probily you will see it in the Chi papers before you get this letter and may be you all ready know a bout it but theys a chanct that the federals wants to keep it a secrit for a wile and pull it just before the season opens up. So I will tell you a bout it Al and you can see for your self weather the scarab brot me luck. Well Al I wont be with the White Sox this comeing sea son but I will be with the federal and geting what Im wort! and Comiskey and Callahan can jump in Mich. lake as far as Im conserned and the White Sox to and I will be pitch ing for the Chicago federal and I bet Comiskey will wisht he had of gave me real money when he finds out his pitch ing staff is all shot to peace is and probily ' the peopl thats been going to the White Sox pk. will quite going there and come over where the federals plays there games and the federals is going after all the stars and they will get them to because they aint afrade to let lose of there money Well Al I will tell you how it come off and I and Schaefer and Evans was setting in the hotel this A. M. and Schaefer says Well boys we made a big miss take leaveing home this winter and Evans says how is that and Schaefer says the federals was sineing up all the stars that stayed home and giveing them grate big salerys and Cobb and Mathewson

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20 THE SATURDAY EVENING POST and Lajoie and Jackson and a hole lot others had all ready jump to the federal and probily we would of got them offers if we had of been where they could get a hold of us. So Evans says Well they could get a hold of us all right if they wanted to because they could wire us a telegram couldent they and Schaefer says Yes but may be there afrade that Callahan or Comiskey or Mcgraw would get a hold of the telegrams and not give them to us and then Evans says Thats right and I wouldent be supprised if some telegrams had all ready came for some of us and Comiskey and Megraw was holding them out on us so Schaefer says I bet thats the dope and Im going up and ast the clerk if they was any telegrams come for me that some body else got a hold of them. So Schaefer left us and went up to the dest and talked to the clerk a wile and pretty soon he come back and says nothing doing and we hadent set there more then 5 minuts after he come back when all of a sudden 1 of the bell hops come a round yelling my name and I ast him what was it and he says they was a cable for me only he says it in france and Evans had to tell me what was he saying so he give me the cable telegram and I couldent hardily open it Al because I thot sure it was from Florrie and may be little Al was sick or dead or some thing but after a wile I got it opened up and it wasent from Florrie a tall Al but Joe Tinker the mgr. of the Chi federal and it says Jack Keefe St. Jas. hotel Will give you ten thousend dollars per anum 3 yr. contrack to pitch for us cable the anser at onct and then it was sined Joe Tinker. Well Al you could of knock me down with a toy bloom only at Ist I thot it was a joke or some thing but then I seen it was wrote on the reglar paper like they all ways send telegrams on it so I seen it wasent no fake so I just set there and couldent say nothing and finely Evans says Whats the matter bad news and I says Well I wouldent hardily call it bad news and then I showed he and Schaefer the telegram arid I thot theyd brake my arm off shakeing hands with me and pounding me on the back and Evans says You lucky stiff and I says How a bout that little scarab now and Evans says Yes and who got that scarab for you and you should ought to come acrost because if it hadent of been for me you wouldent of never saw the scarab so I says All right I aint no Sherlock and I will buy the ciggars for the both of you and Evans says Yes you should ought to buy a man 2 ciggars for geting you 10 thousend per anum so I says all right you cant call me no piker so I took them out and bought a couple ciggars for Evans and i for Schaefer and I wasent going to give Schaefer no 2 ciggars when he dident have nothing to do with me geting a hold of the scarab and he was lucky to get 1 ciggar So then Evans says Well you better hurry up and anser the telegram or may be Tinker will change his mind and take the offer back so I ast them what to put in the anser and they says what I should put in it just Except your offer and will sine as soon is I get home and then they both of them wanted I should put some thing in a bout them and ast Tinker if he dident have no jobs for them so I stuck that in to and then, I went in the telegram ofice and tride to send the tel- egram but they wouldent send it unlest I payed for it Ist. so I says how much is it and they says 31 cts a word and what do you think of that for a robbers game Al but they wasent no use makeing a holler because I couldent take no chanct of Tinker changeing his mind so I give them the money and it was $3.72 all to gather because I cut out the part a bout Evans and Schaefer because Tinker will let them know if he wants them and may be he dont want them and its none of my busness weather he wants them or not So then I thot I better tell Callahan a bout it but Schaefer and Evans told me I better not because may be the federal might blow up before the season start it and then I wouldent have no job no wheres so I aint going to say nothing to ether he or Comiskey for a wile tho I guess they aint no chanct of the federal blown up when they got all them stars sined up and all that money to spend hey Al and I hope Tinkers got Cobb sined up for his club ard I guess that wouldent be some comebination hey Al with Cobb geting the runs and me make- ing the other club look like a sucker and I guess Cobb would be tickeled to deth to be on the same club with me because then he wouldent never half to hit against me accept in practice onct in a wile and I can make hirn look like a sucker on my curve ball any time he steps up there. Well Al if Tinkers got Cobb we will go threw that federal league like soup threw a sift and it will be a shame to take the money. O you 10 thousend per anum. Well Al thats the bigest news I got to tell you and if it aint in the papers youll be the Ist. 1 to know a bout it out side of I and Tinker and Evans and Schaefer because I aint going to tell Florrie nothing a bout it til we get home and then I will spring it on her for a supprise. Some supp- rise party hey Al. Well the boys has all been a round Paris seen the sites and theys plenty to see but Im all tired out with it all ready and cant hardily wait til we get to London and get on the bord of the Ship for home and I guess I wont only pitch 1 more game on the trip and that will be in London and may be that will be the last time I ever pitch with Callahan looking at me but its his own falt him and Comiskey and if they had of gave me a real salery in the lst. place I wouldent half to jump to the federal to get the money. Well Al we seen all they was to see a round here and seen the place where Lajoies grate granfathers burred and the diffrunt liberys and gallerys and so 4th. and Im glad Florrie dident come a long on the trip because the wommen in the party has been spending all there time in the diff- runt stores buying hats and cloths and some of them will have enough diffrunt cloths so as they can ware a diffrunt dress out to the ball pk. evry day and go home and change between the 2 games when theys a double header. And we was gave a dinner party by a man that makes champlain wine and of coarse they was nothing to do but I must write 1 of them pones of mine and talk it off at the party and heres what I give them Al: Well boys wear all sorry We couldent give you no game. But you dident give us no good weather Rain rain rain. I wisht I could of pitched a game here It would of gave me plesure but I guess the White Sox are all Of them glad it was rotten weather. Well boys wear on our way home From the trip a round the world And soon we will be in america The Home of the USA. But we wont for get you boys You showed us all the sites so hurrah for Paris the best place in the world Accept the stars and strips. Well Al I got to do some packing because wear leaveing here tommorow A. M. for London and I will write you an other letter in London and I bet your tickeled to deth over the good news Ive gave you Al and I know I would be tickeled to deth to hear a bout you landing a good job only of coarse it wouldent be no 10 thousend per anum. O you 10 thousend per anum. Hey Al. Your old pal. JACK. Well Al We Seen All They Was te See @ Round Here and Seen the Place Where Lajoies Grate Granfathers Burred June 5, 1915 LONDON. Eng. Feb. 27. L: Well Al it takes more then a scarab for a man to be lucky is some of these lucky stiffs and some of them must of been born with a silver horse shoe in there mouth the lucky stiffs and all as they half to do is throw there bat at a ball and make base hits when they got there eyes shut and if I was as lucky is some of them stiffs I would quite playing ball and buy stock in 1 of these here gold minds and theyd probily find dimonds and insted of them finding gold theyd probily find dimonds or some thing. Well Al I guess Ive pitched my last game for Callahan and of coarse I wasent pitching for Callahan but Mcgraw but I wont do no more pitching where Callahans watching me because I will be in the federal as soon is we get home where he cant see me no more and I would of gave a $100.00 to of win this game on acct. of it being the last game I pitched with Callahan watching me but I guess he seen that they was lucky to beat me and a man cant win no game no matter how much stuff you got when your work- ing against a club thats so lucky that if they got a hold of some stock in a gold mind some wheres theyd probily be dimonds insted of gold. This here Daly should ought to start a black Smith shop with them horse shoes hes got and the White Sox sined him for a catcher but hes been playing 1 base on this trip on acct. of Callahan not haveing no reglar 1 base man a long on the trip so Daly was lucky to be in the game let a lone brake it up with a base hit and as soon is we get home youll read a bout him geting sent back to the new Eng. league and Im glad I dont half to pitch in that league if there all as lucky is him. Well old pal I wasent feeling nothing like my self any way and how could a man feel right when you been laying a round this burg 3 or 4 days and the air damp and fogy all the wile and yest. was the Ist. time we seen the sun sence we got here so my arm was lame and stiff and I wouldent of never went in there only king Geo. the king of Eng. and the Lord mare of London and all the other High puloy was out to the game and Megraw dident dast pitch no body else only me on acct. of them peop! being out to the game and expected to see the best we had to show them. So when Mcgraw says I was to work I dident say nothing back a bout me not feeling good so before the game he dident know nothing a bout how bad I felt but if he was any kind of a mgr. he would of saw the minut I went in there that I wasent right and tooken me out. Or may be he seen they was something the matter with me but was afrade to take me out on acct. of may be the peopl that come to the game would make a holler. Well any way I went in there and the ball felt like it wade a 100 lbs. and I couldent do nothing with it and couldent hardily raze my arm a bove my solder and evry ball I throwed pretty near killed me but I wasent going to say nothing as long is Mcgraw insist it I should pitch so I stuck it out and I would of beat them at that if theyd been some body behind me besides a bunch of lofers that all there thinking a bout is get home and win an other penant in the Nat. league and get the loosers share of the serious money and they should ought to thank them self that there in the Nat. league and if they was in the american league they would be yiveing the st. Louis club and the yankees a tuft battle. Well they played like a bunch of these here collige willy boys and they should ought to of murdered what Benz was sloping up there but they act it like they was a scarred may be they would hit a hard foul and the bali would go threw the scream and hurt king Geo. and they would get arested for a trader so when we come up to the 10 ining the score was tide 4 and 4 and 2 out and up come this here lucky busher Daly and I was waist- ing my curve ball right a long on acct. I couldent get no brake to it because the ball was heavy and logy so I waisted a curve ball on him and he throwed his bat at it and catched it just right and made a home run off of it and that wounded the game up and we was licked and all the willy boys in the grand stand claped there hands and made Daly think he was a grate guy when he should ought to of been arested for ever swinging at the ball and pretty soon he will be throw- ing his bat at waist balls in the new Eng. league where he bellongs and the scout that picked him up must be sore at Comiskey. Well Al they was a grate crowd out to the game and I guess we showed them we got a better game then there baby game crickit only of coarse they dident see me at my best and I would like to pitch a game for them when my old super was in shape (Continued on Page 52

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-_ —~ O vi T HALF past eight H. R. was in his office. At 8:35 he had en- gaged a stenographer by tele- phone and told the starter and the elevator men who H. R. was. Later on the dozen men who answered the advertisement made it impossible for either starter or elevator men ever to forget who H. R. was— without the use of gratuities, profanity or promises! H. R.’s first task was to compose memoranda for the use and guidance of Max Onthemaker and Lieutenant Fleming. At 8:45 the first-class adver- tising canvassers began to appear in numbers. Really efficient men are never modest. Neither are really in- efficient men. Efficiency is always a matter of personal judgment. Even efficiency experts will tell you that no- body is really efficient until efficiency experts have said so. H. R. allowed the applicants to ac- cumulate in the anteroom. The new stenographer had been told to write “Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party’ two thou- sand times, and to time herself. The spectators thereby realized that this was a busy office. He was confronting his first crisis the selection of a man who not only must be highly competent, but must be made to realize that H. R. was a pioneer, aman to whom tradition, prec- edent and custom were less than noth- ing. H. R. studied the situation, and then went out to the anteroom and looked at the waiting dozen—slowly. There are a few men in the world who can look a crowd from head to foot and manage to make each man in it feel guilty. After H. R. had so looked at them he asked skeptically: “ Are all of you first-class men?’ To their honor be it said that not one of them answered “No.” Men collec- tively may be cruel or blind, but seldom petty or egotistical. Observe mobs. H. R. turned his back on the crowd and returned to his private office. He did it on purpose. Men usually follow those who act as if they do not care whether they have a following or not. It is wiser to be wrong and not hesitate than to vacillate and be right. Besides, it is much quicker. At the threshold he half turned, and without looking at anyone in particular said: “T need only four first-class men. The others might as well go away Twelve men heard him. Twelve men fol- lowed him. He sat down at his desk, put the unpaid bill for same in a drawer and confronted them. “Eight of you can go,” he observed, and waited. Each man cast a glance of pity at his neighbor. **Don’t be so modest,” said H. R. kindly. “You said first-class men?” politely inquired a young man, smooth-shaven, blond, blue-eyed and very clean- looking. “Yes,” answered H. R. “That’s what I understood,” said the young man, extending his hand, “ Barrett’s my name.” H. R. ignored the outstretched hand and stared at the clean-looking young man. On the faces of eleven gentle- men came a fraternal look of self-conscious modesty. But young Mr. Barrett, unabashed, said cheerily: “Keep on looking. I know you want me. When you discover it we'll do business.” “Go to the foot of the class,” said H. R.impassively. You could tell nothing from his voice. That is a valuable gift. The young man eyed H. R. shrewdly, then walked to a corner of the room, sat down, pulled a memorandum book from his pocket and began to count his contracts. “Your last name, please,”’ said H. R., looking as if what he had asked for was the right name. The assumption of guilt has the effect of putting even the innocent on the de- fensive. The strategic inferiority of the defensive is always acknowledged by the defeated, even before the defeat. He jotted down the replies one after another. Within one and three-quarter minutes these men felt themselves deprived of their individual entities. They had been turned into a list of surnames, a fragment of the rabble. THE SATURDAY EVENING POST By EDWIN LEFEVRE oeapteaAnRe & & & fF Se 2 CLA REC SE oa UN DERWOO D Pecopie Stood in Dozens Waiting for the Earity Dinner to Finish The leader stood alone. He alone had a first name! Smith merely votes. John Smith has his own opinion. H. R. had acted instinctively. He never would have had the wisdom of an editorial writer. There are many edi- torial writers in all republics. Hence practical politics. “Where did you see my advertisement?” asked H. R. “One at a time, please. Also state why you looked in that particular newspaper.” They told him, one at a time, in the hearing of the others, thereby intensifying their own feeling of having been lumped into an electorate. He wrote down the answers. Some had seen the advertisement in the Herald Others blamed the World or the Times or the Sun or the Tribune. Three gave two papers; one had seen three They expressed their professional opinion of that particu- lar advertising medium, feeling that said opinion was a qualification of fitness. Young Mr. Barrett from his chair answered: “In all the papers. I also looked in the German, Yiddish and Italian papers, in the Courier des Etats-Unis and in the first morn- ing edition of every afternoon paper. I did it to get a line on you.” H. R. did not look as if he had heard Barrett. He said to the others: “I thank you all for coming. I shall not need Wilson, Streeter, Manley, Hill, Roberts, Smith, Jenks er MacDuffy.” One of the rejected came forward, scowling. He was naturally a robust-looking person. He said: “Say, this is a H. R. did not allow the full expression of individual opinion. This form of salutary discipline explains why people are governed. He snarled in a tone of voice that made his shoulders look a yard wide: “ Mr. Book Agent, I've picked the men I int What I aon t want is to hear any remar alk them into a dictograp! 1 ser the cylinders | el | t secretary He had riser But whe r he peaking, as though the unarmed | letariat were in! retreat, he sat dow again t was the way he d Men always do what they pected todo. The eight nonsucceasfuls went out. It was only when they wer outside, where the female was type writing away, that they began to talk loudly. H.R. had judged rightly. They were not first-class men le turned to the others and asked “Can you sell advertising?’ Young Mr. Barrett came forward The four answered: “ Yes!" “Then you can tell people how to sell anything.” He stood up suddenly, when they were not expecting such a thing. This is always subtly disconcerting. Busi ness men and beautiful women invari- ably resent it. He asked sharply “What is the one thing none of you can sell to me?” He looked challergingly at the first The man stared back at H. R., and with the canvasser's professional look of congratulation replied: “A gold brick!” “Good answer! Not the answer And you?” he asked the second mar “Newspaper space— not to you.” “Still better answer But not the answer.” He looked at the third man, who promptly said: “Opinions!” “Excellent. But not the answer And you, young man?” The accusation of youth is never suc cessfully repulsed. Young Mr. Barrett, ingeniously admitting his youth to remove the sting from his humor, re plied triumphantly: “Smallpox!” “The tendency of American youth is toward the clown. It keeps usin an attitude of perennial apology toward the perennial juvenility of our nation What none of you can sell me is He paused. They were looking at him with the intentness with whic all men look at a lunatic or at their master. After the second minute of suspense they exclaimed in chorus: “What?” They couldn't he Ip it! “Cold feet!”’ said H. R. calmly. They looked relieved. Then they looked anxious. The reason the ruled masses never win is because they inflict upon themselves their own doubts “*How many times your own salary do you wish to earr for me?”’ asked H. R., in the tone of voice in whicl philanthropist asks strangers for subscriptions to his ; charity. This always makes people feel tl ex ga IS a Sir I'd expect to earn for you began one of the victims Not what you would expect, but what you would | corrected H.R. He spoke so kindly that they at onc Knew it was a tray A look of brotherh« i all clever men of editorial type of n i Four or tive time answered No And you?” “I don’t want to work ior you at all i ered No feeling that his answer was sure not to be right “Good morning,” said H. R e a " such a look that No. 2 insta tly ceased to exist W he he walked out he didn’t hear | | t “And you ; “It depends,”’ answered N the earne f man trying to be fair at ‘ | will be “T shan’t need you. Please don’t ask me iestions Good day, sir.” “Lhavea right “None whatever. It would be cruelty if 1 t

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Mr. Barrett laughed. No. 3 said angrily: “You can’t come that on me and get away with it, you = “Go while the going is good, friend.” H. R. spoke with the cold kindness of a man warning an objectionable inebriate. Then, with the loss of patience of a prize fighter who, however, has not quite lost sight of the electric chair: “Get cut! D’ye hear?” The man left. H. R. stared out of the win- The remaining pair could see he did this It gave them a great respect for to stimulate the At length H. R. dow o cool off. and also a resolve not him t il-advised words. No. 1 and said: Wolverton is your name?” “Yes,”’ said Wolverton. Then he added: “Sir.” ‘Do you always get what you want?” I get my hare.” “Barrett, do you get what you want ‘promptly answered Barrett. “I I've got to be sure I want a” “The more money you two wish to make, the better you please me. It will give you something to brag of. In working for me you wil! receive your share of prosperity and the pleasure of becoming somebody!” He looked as if the three of them stood in the plain sight ef two and a half millions of specta- He went on even more impressively: “You will now go on Fifth Avenue and gra- ciously permit the swellest shops to use our union sandwich men to advertise their wares.” Wolverton rose to his feet. His color also rose. “You didn’t want me to waste your time, did vou?” “No, but you have rett, listen to me Mr that H mouth and went out ent by rned to 9” ? ‘Always! Sut tors Good day. Now, Bar- I never repeat.” Wolverton opened his mouth, perceived R. was not looking at him, closed his He was a well-dressed man with a determined chin. If it had not been for that chin he would have been a bookkeeper. Determination minus imagination equals stub- Mr. Wolverton, therefore, walked out unbleeding “Barrett, do you see the possibilities? ”’ “Do I? Didn't I see the parade? Say, I can only think when I talk. Trust me! Speaking of terms.” He looked at H. R., nodded amiably and said: “ After you, kind friend.” “You will ask our clients five dollars per day per man, they to pay for the boards, which must be artistic and approved by me. The union label we put on. Forty per cent goes to the artist, forty per cent to you and ten per cent to the society. Don’t try Valiquet’s. Tackle every- body else first. I'll be here all the afternoon. Barrett, I expect you to do your darnedest!”’ He rose, shook hands with young Mr. Andrew Barrett, escorted him to the door and returned to his desk. He sat there thinking. He intended Barrett should fail, in order that when H. R. made him succeed later Barrett should know to whom the credit should go, though the eash would fall into Barrett's pocket. That would make the young man really useful. The telephone people had not yet installed the apparatus in his office, so he went downstairs and called up Mr. Maximilian Onthemaker. “Onthemaker? This is H. R. speaking. Of course I saw the papers—— Yes, all of them. Come up to my office. At I can’t help it, I need you—this means the front su don't want the job—I thought you I’m waiting. Do you hear me bornness. once! page again. If } would! w siting!” The greatest stroke of political genius on the part of Louis XIV was his rebuke: “I almost have been made to wait!” What, wait? H. R.? If it had not been that taxicabs cost actual money Mr. Onthemaker would have taken one. But he knew he soon would have one of his own if the did their share. Before Max could decide whether he ought te say Good Morning to H. R. in a sulky tone of voice at being called from an important conference, or amile pleasantly, H. R. said: “Onthemaker, ! am going to advertise a shop without permission and without pay.” “ Another restaurant like “Like nothing! Don't interrupt again, not even to approve. I am going to have Valiquet’s, the jewelers, brought to the notice of Fifth Avenue through the medium of our sandwich men. I anticipate objections. The statute clearly says we must not use a person’s name for purposes of trade without his consent. But I’m not going to use the name of a person but of a corporation—for its own trade! There is no law that can prevent me from putting money into a corporation's treasury s “A commission of lunacy “Be quiet! They can't stop me legally, if you are our counsel."”” Max bowed, opened his mouth and promptly Remember, newspapers SATURDAY EVENING The New Stenographer Had Been Told to Write “‘Now is the Time for All Good Men to Come to the Aid of the Party’’' Two Thousand Times “ar closed it when he saw H. R.’s face. They might try to get out an injunction, but you must beat them to it. They may induce the police to stop us by alleging breach of the peace, disorderly conduct or some violation of the city ordinances. I want you to prepare in advance restraining orders or applications for injunctions or whatever is needed to prevent Valiquet’s from interfering with us. You are the counsel of the Society of American Sandwich Artists. Pre- pare papers also in the names of individual members. The poor sandwich artist, working for a mere pittance, without money to pay his able but charitable and indignant coun- sel, will fight one of the richest jewelry shops in the world. The pearl showcase alone would feed 186,451 men one week. Do you get that?” “Do I?” Max Onthemaker, able and indignant, was rushing to embrace H. R., on whose face he saw ten thou- sand front-page headlines, when H. R. said coldly: “Sit down. This is only the beginning.” Max sat down. He felt very much more like kneeling before this god of success. “Yes, sir,” he murmured prayerfully, and looked with his very soul. “Be ready with the papers—for the papers.” Perceiving a puzzled look on the lawyer's face H. R. explained: ‘‘ Draw the legal papers up so they will be news. And remember that I am the society. You are merely a lawyer lucky enough to be its lawyer. If you don’t know what the reporters like to print bring the injunctions and typewritten argument to me this afternoon. Go away now. I'm going to Valiquet’s.”’ “Not to a “Not to anything you may think.” Max Onthemaker walked away, and even as he walked he began to fear that the newspapers would not let him have more than twenty-eight columns. It behooved him to be brief. What with the immemorial wrongs of the poor and the inalienable rights of American citizens, and the abuse of wealth and the arrogance of unconvicted million- aires, and the supine subservience of the police and the politicians to big business, how could he use less than three pages? How? But he must do it. He asked himself what steps he himself would take to prevent the sandwich men, or any- body, from advertising him, and he could find no objection. But he had imagination. He indignantly put himself in the place of Valiquet’s and hired M. Onthemaker, Esquire, to stop the beasts. And then he proceeded to make the able counsel of the S. A. S. A. punch the great jeweler’s ease full of holes—such holes as would let out the law in the way the reporters would like. This would make said holes the kind that no judge, thinking of reélection and the June 5, 1915 recall, would dare to plug up. When your client is poor and doesn’t use dynamite, sympathy is the best law with juries. And when it came to picking out jurors, Max had inherited a vision for dollars that enabled him to tell the contents of a juror’s inside pocket to the penny, and, therefore, the exact hatred of riches of each of the twelve peers. vir R. SENT word to Fleming, via Caspar e Weinpusslacher, that he desired to meet about fifty members of the society at the Colos- sal Restaurant that evening at seven sharp. He then went to Valiquet’s. H. R. entered the beautiful store as though his feet had carried him thither automatically from force of habit. He paused by the pearl counter and stared at the hundred-thousand- dollar strings with what you might call an amiable tolerance. It wasn’t their fault, poor things! He moved on reluctantly, six feet far- ther, and examined with a little more insist- ence the emeralds—the fashionable gems of the season. “Very fair! Very fair, indeed!” he seemed to be saying encouragingly to the dazzling green things. The well-trained clerks looked at him, took a respectfully eager step toward him as if to place themselves unreservedly at his orders, and then abruptly immobilized themselves in their tracks—their tribute to expert knowledge! He did not look up, but as if he were aware that the world was looking on, ready to obey, he rested his fingertip on the showcase imme- diately above an eighteen-carat cabochon em- erald surrounded by very white diamonds set in platinum. By instinct he had picked out the best. A clerk opened the case, took out the em- erald and respectfully laid it before the connois- seur. H.R. fumbled in his waistcoat pockets, then in his coat, allowed himself to look annoyed at having forgotten his pocket magnifying-glass, picked up the jewel, looked at it closely for flaws, then at arm’s length for general effect. He laid it on the velvet mat, raised his eyes and met the clerk’s. The clerk smiled uncertainly. H.R. unsmilingly raised his eyebrows very slightly. “Sixty-eight thousand, Mr.—eh ——”’ H. R. hesitated. Then he shook his head resolutely. Having mastered the temptation he nodded to the clerk and said kindly: “‘Thank you!” “Not at all, sir,” gratefully said the clerk. H. R. walked on, a marked man, high in the estimation of theclerks because he had not bought asixty-eight-thousand- dollar emerald! Don’t you.wonder how they doit? What is it? Intuition? Genius? How do you account for it? A floorwalker, who had taken in H. R.’s introduction of himself to Valiquet’s, bowed deferentially and blamed his memory for not remembering the name. He was certain he knew the gentleman well. H. R. nodded and asked: “I wish to have a bronze statuette designed and cast for me. Which department, please?” “Upstairs, Mr.—er is in charge and ie “Oh, Gwathmey!”’ said H. R., much relieved. “Yes, sir. He's still there, sir. Elevator on the left.” “Thank you,” said H. R., and the man smiled gratefully. You don’t have to buy to be treated politely in New York. The mere suspicion of the power of purchase is enough. It is thus that the principle, “‘ Politeness pays,” has been established among stockbrokers and jewelers. H. R. was directed to the head of the department, to whom he said with a sort of boyish eagerness: “ Mr. Gwathmey, I’m very much interested in the movement, as you probably know.” He looked expectantly at Mr. Gwathmey, who there- upon bowed at the implied compliment; but not knowing what to say, said nothing. “You read in the papers about the parade my poor fellows had yesterday?” “Not the—er—sandwich-men’s parade?” “Yes!"’ H. R. smiled so gratefully and congratulatorily that Mr. Gwathmey felt himself enrolled among the hon- orary vice-presidents. “‘That’sit. Thesociety emblem is a skeleton and the sandwich boards are a coffin ——” “Yes, I read that,” and Mr. Gwathmey smiled at the delightful humor of the conceit. H. R. instantly frowned at the levity—all very rich men frown at all smiles aimed at their pet hobbies. Mr. Gwathmey, knowing the ways of millionaires, hastened to explain gravely: “There is a great deal to that idea!” “Nobody helped me!” H. 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society to have something that would drive home the fact to us careless Americans that the richest is no better than the poorest. For we are not!”’ H. R. said this decisively When the aristocrat tells you that you and he are not a bit better than the proletariat what you understand him to say is that you also are an aristocrat. A democratic aristocracy is invincible. “No,” agreed Mr. Gwathmey proudly, “we are not, Mr.—ah x “Rutgers. You are not a Rutgers College man, are you?” “I'm sorry to say I’m Harvard,” apologized Mr. Gwath- mey. All fads must appeal chiefly by their novelty. The demand is for novelties rather than for rarities; otherwise plain honesty would be in demand. Mr. Gwathmey was an alert business man, and as such studied the psychology of his customers. He knew that society leaders who were good customers had advocated the cause of the shirtwaist workers and of certain educational movies—especially after said society leaders had reached the age when their looks and their pearls no longer entitled them to the pic- torial supplements. How else could they stay in the news- papers except by indignation over the wrongs of social inferiors? By espousing the cause of the lower classes the latter also remained lower. “T came to Valiquet’s instead of Sharwood’s,” went on H. R., “because I wish a series of designs for sandwich boards—heraldic shields, scutcheons and bucklers, spade shapes, rectangular boards of the right proportion, circles and a keystone for use by the Pennsylvania Railroad. I pro- pose to raise the sandwich to the highest form of art. I shall experiment with various materials— wood, metal and composition—with raised as well as with sunken letters, in divers colors, vert antique and beautiful soft grays. Can't you imagine a sandwich being made artistic if 1 get com- petent experts to design them?” H. R. looked anxiously at the competent expert. “Indeed I can,” replied Mr. Gwathmey with conviction. “Indeed I can, Mr. Rutgers. It is an excellent idea!” “Thank you. Do you know, I thought so too!” Mr. Gwathmey, being a kindly man, was so pleased at having sug- gested, evolved and improved a great idea that he filled with enthusiasm. Enthusiasm always made him take out his pencil and reach for a pad. He did so now. “For instance,” he said, and he began to design. “Exactly! Exactly!” said H. R., with such eager admiration that Mr. Gwathmey was inspired by the high- est of all motives—love. “I'd give everything I own, Mr. Gwathmey, to have your gift!”’ Mr. Gwathmey modestly felt his talents overcapitalized. Everything this eccentric but clever scion of the Knickerbockers owned! Mr.Gwath- mey almost saw the old Rutgers’ farm! It must have had at least one hundred and fifty acres bounded by Broadway, Wall, Fulton and the East River. A very nice young man, with agricultural ancestors in New Amsterdam. “Won't you give me these, Mr. Gwathmey?”’ pleaded H. R. ‘‘We never send out such rough “ “These are not the firm’s, but Gwathmey’s. Just sign your name and let me keep these as souvenirs. Please!” And H. R. smiled with boyish eagerness. Mr. Gwathmey signed his initials, reluctantly gave the drawings to H. R. and shook his modest head deprecatingly. H. R. reverently put the precious sheets in his pocket and said: ** Thank you very much. Now you will get out finished drawings by to-morrow, won't you?” Then he proceeded to contradict in advance—a purely fem- inine hgbit used with great effect by masculine leaders: “Oh, yes, you can, if you wish to be nice!” What reply could Mr. Gwathmey possibly make? He made it. “I'll do my best, Mr. Rutgers; but - “Then it’s done,” said H. R., with such conviction that Mr. Gwathmey could not find it possible to contra- dict. ‘“‘And the designs for the vari- ous kinds of sandwich boards will be in color, with the different THE SATURDAY EVENING POST materials indicated. Send them to me, Allied Arts Build ing, won't you?” H. R. forgot to say anything about costs. Only the nobility forgets such things, for the nobility knows that Valiquet’s work is perfect. Mr. Gwathmey, therefore, for- got to be cautious. He said: “ Very well, Mr. Rutgers.” “Thank you so much!” said H. R. aristocratically That little phrase of gratitude in that same tone of voice i plebeians feel like dying to prove their yratitude. Then H. R. hesitated, looked at Mr. Gwatt mey, and recklessly vaulting over all caste barriers, said “I wish to shake hands with the man who designed my sandwiches!” has often n Mr. Gwathmey actually blushed as he shook hands warmly. The moment H. R. left, Mr. Gwathmey rushed to his office to take ste ps to ple ase young Mr Rutge rs Rutgers College—culture; Hendrik—K questions about price—inherited wealth; newspaper front page somebody ! A nice boy, God bless him! Mr. Gwathmey at that moment was the only man who really knew H. R. Like a book! In this wise are historic characters analyzed by intimate friends. Invaluable testimony! Interesting side lights! H. R. went back to his office and began to copy Mr Gwathmey’s designs. He had barely finished when Andrew Barrett entered. He looked humorous. Young men always do when they are angry at having failed but do not wish to call it failure and, wry. Defeatis nevera joke. T cKerbocker no therefore, must not loo} ereiore, a joke can never be an acknowledgment of defeat. Very easy! Origin— l S. A. Reason—national juvenility Before Barrett could speak H. R. asked: “* Nobody would be first? “No, nor second!” “They will. Did you properly play up the wisdom and glory of being first?”’ “Of course.” “Go back and tell them that Valiquet’s will advertise with our sandwiches as soon as they have prepared artistic boards. Your men have lost the chance to be first. They = A, io oar EN , bw ; wo v A On the Next Merning H. R. Selected Out of Several Dozen Applicants Four Actors are asses! Tell them so, and book them for second places Dwell strongly on the fact that the commercial standing of each shop will be determined by the richness of the sand wich boards. Tell them confidentially that Valiquet’s wil do some wonderful stunts with real bronze and mosaics valued at ten thousand dollars. The firm is taking big hances with breakage in the crowded Avenue, but that why they are on top of the heap. The department stores might try real-lace edging and gold-thread hand embroid ery on Genoese velvet.” Valiquet’s advertising campaigns were models of ul conservatism and costly refinement. And now sandwi “Have you ” began young Mr. Barrett in awed tones I have. Get busy! Tell them to watch. On Monday beg the greatest revolution in advertising this country ever experienced. We are making history. Pledge them to advertise through us if we deliver the goods. It wil! be th only swell way. Get that?” “Betcherlife!’ And Mr. Andrew Barrett rushed off vii H R. WENT out to have his boards made He dis ributed orders among wood-carvers and plaster casting ateliers, and devised a method by which boards could be made on the principle of stereotypers’ matrixes only the letters were raised. He pledged the makers to deliver the boards within twenty-four hours, and as he did not haggle over the price, by the simple expedient of not asking for it, they promised. When a man is permitted to fix his own profit he will do almost anything { seven sharp, accompanied by Andrew Barrett, H. R went to Caspar Weinpusslacher’s. He could not get a seat People stood in dozens waiting for the early dinner to finish. And most of the waiting customers were fashionably dressed. The Colossal Restaurant had become a fad! Caspar greeted H. R. with respect He did not yet feel strong enough to display ingratitude I'll fix a special table, Mr. Rutgers,” he said H. R. nodded assent, and then sought Fleming. At the longest table sat twenty-seven unionized artists “Are you getting the full thirty cent dinner?” he asked paternally “ Yes, sir!" Fleming hastily assured him H. R. looked at his me They looked away uneasily Was this to be their lastfree meal? H. R. turne to Andrew Barrett, and said in a voice that did not reach the members and, therefore, increased their un easiness: “ Barrett, in unionizing these men thereby making them free sand wiches, I had in mind several things One of them was the absolute control of the New York papers.” “How?” asked Barrett in utter noncomprehension. “By organizing my men into a public-sentiment corps. Their duty will be to write letters to the news papers. I figure that one bona-fide letter to each 13,186 circulation cre ates an irresistible demand. The Evening Post, of course, needs one to five hundred readers. I think that i about the proper ratio. Our men already have names; hereafter they will have permanent addresses “And then?” ‘I furnish the paper, the stamps and the literature. The men copy the letters. The newspapers will do therest. Did you bring the pads and pencils I told you?” mh ag * Pass em round, one to each man Barrett did so. The men edged away in ill-concealed terror “Take up the pencils!"’ said H. R The members acted as if the pencil were rattlesnakes “Did you hear me?” asked H. R calmly. They trembled; but they were slaves. No man can be compelled to write in a free country. By feeding these men H. R. had given them the courage to refuse to obey him!. W the food an error, as charitable ph losophe rs have declared? The pen ils remall ed untouche ad before the men. Fleming was the only one who obeyed. But he v almost a capitalist. He was a dis tributor of meal tickets Continued on Page 45

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24 THE SATURDAY EVENING POST THE SATURDAY EVENING POST FOUNDED A°D! 1728 PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY INDEPENDENCE SQUARE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A. GEORGE HORACE LORIMER, EDITOR By Subscription $1.50 the Year. Five Cents the Copy of All Newsdealers. To Caneda~By Subscription $1.75 the Year (Except in Toronto, $1.59). Single Copies, Five Cents. bt oreign Suvscriptions thons, $3.25 For Countries in the Postal Union. Single Substrip- Remittances to be Made by International Postal Money Order. PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 5, 1915 Two Governments PMHERE is much truth in the boast that “Germany fights as one man.” But England does not. The British press constantly prints vigorous criticisms of the government. Its censorship is attacked as a superfluous stupidity. A famous London daily refers to the First Lord of the Admiralty as a blunderer and amateur, holding him personally responsible for two exceedingly costly errors and intimating that he must be sat on. Charges of scandalous waste and extravagance in pur- chasing army supplies are published. A long and vehement arraignment of the Foreign Office was spread before the public, The House of Commons is taunted with being ‘inert and lifeless under the deadening effects of a hollow political truce’’—whereas, in the opinion of the eminent journal quoted, it should be busily investigating and de- bating certain matters connected with the conduct of the war In short, despite a war, England is still a democracy, bristling with divergent opinions which insist on express- ing themselves. The political bond holds; but it is a loose, accommodating sort of article compared with that in Germany. A man has room to turn round in it and make a face at his neighbor if he chooses. Undoubtedly England does not wish to fight or do any- thing else “‘as one man,” but as a community of men who will agree up to a certain point and disagree as much as they please after that. There is little question that Germany fights efficiently. We take it for granted that how to make ship riveters and gun holders stick to their jobs is not a burning question in the Fatherland; that the army is fed, clothed and equipped with a rigid economy worthy the traditions of Frederick the Great; that—except the grand waste on the firing line—few crumbs fall from the table anywhere, and vir- tually everything available is made to count for all it is worth To that end, Germany—or, rather, predominant Prus- sia--has been drilled, regimented and molded for genera- tions by a virtually autocratic government. It is the system of Fredeiick opposed to that of the Long Parliament. Whether a big democracy, with its looser, freer organi- zation, can ever be as efficient for fighting purposes as the drilled, regimented, centralized state, is doubtful; but it is a hundred times more promising for the development of civilization. The Barbarisms of Warfare bere ne ney the of barbarians Lusitania was, of course, the act it blows aside the nebulous veil of all our humanitarian compacts and conventions, and shows in bold relief the unchanging face of war, with the features of a savage With the carefully planned sinking of a passenger ship carrying two thousand noncombatants—including neu- trals, women and children—we return to the culture of Attila. If the Kaiser's government had wished to impress on the neutral world that war is inevitably a negation of civilization, it could hardly have chosen a fitter means. What war will do to the mind of a nation that has been trained to think war is shown by the applause with which the feat was greeted in Germany. This country’s stubborn refusal to think war, has long been the subject of more or less derisive comment on the Continent; but we are glad to believe that if an American submarine, under the same circumstances, had deliberately sent women and children to death the act would have been regarded with indignation here. We do not mean by that to boast any inherent superi- ority over the people of Germany. We mean to say that our fortunate geographical position has enabled us to free ourselves sooner from the cult of Moloch. The heavy- hearted restraint with which news of the killing of Amer- icans was taken here shows that we are not willing to fight until we have exhausted every honorable means to avoid war. That is our inestimable advantage. That deep reaction from the bloody and heathen barbarism of war is the finest prize of our culture and our highest justification. We should be trebly careful not to lose it. Of course no one who talks about vengeance speaks for the United States. The crime avenges itself. There may be new statues in Victory Alley, at Berlin, but they will not obscure the drowned women and children. Long after the war is over, the sinking of the Lusitania will shame Germany. Ain Express Suggestion OT long ago, ina ten-minute walk through anapartment- building district nine miles from the center of the city of New York, we noticed three large and shiny department- store delivery wagons, motor-driven, each with a crew of two men. The contents of all three wagons could have been put into any one of them without much more than half filling it. That was brought to mind by a letter from the head of a concern which stands for efficiency the country over. It ran: “One big express company has wound up its affairs, and others have reduced dividends because the parcel post has taken away a good part of their former business; but are there not other fields for express service? For example, every big department store has its hundred or two hundred delivery wagons, traveling the same routes. Probably an expert could organize a suburban express service that would do away with this very costly duplication. Such a service might be used, too, by smaller merchants, who cannot compete with big stores in the matter of maintain- ing expensive delivery wagons. “In cities of the third and fourth classes, and even down to country towns, there is much duplication and great waste in retail deliveries. No doubt consumers finally pay for it. I suspect it would be possible to organize an express delivery service—at least in all towns of considerable size that would be much more economical than the present cystem. “It may be said that this has been tried; but I doubt that it has ever been tried on a scale and in a way that express companies might try it. Profits might be decidedly less than on the old express business—still, decidedly better than none.” Time was when each big store had its independent electric-light-and-power plant. Now many buy current from a central station, finding it cheaper. Probably a con- solidated delivery service would be cheaper also; and it has been shown repeatedly that the cost of delivery from store to house is an important item to consumers. Our Debt to the Scapegoats OURNALISM, like politics, must have its punching bag. The game cannot go on without something to wallop. On a broad and philosophic view, just what you wallop is quite immaterial. Pretty much everything needs it more or less, including yourself; but that philosophic view is entirely impractical. The hard-working journalist, with duties of a pacific and instructive nature to perform, cannot scatter himself over the whole mess of things. His exhibition lasts, at most, only half an hour. He must be brief and concrete. The practicable expedient is to take some gentleman- preferable elderly and rheumatic—attach one elastic cord to his head and another to his heels, and explain to the audience: “This personifies evil; now watch me swat it!” That gets him through his day’s work as nothing else could; in faet, as soon as he has got his punching bag duly labeled and identified to the audience, so that—like the character in melodrama who appears wearing evening clothes and smoking a cigarette—it is immediately recog- nized as the personification of evil, his job becomes com- paratively simple. We could easily name half a dozen citizens who have acquired an inestimable value to journalism through hav- ing been cast so often for the rdéle of villain that, when they appear, the audience begins to applaud, without even waiting to see where the blow lands. On that broad and philosophic view, they probably deserve hero medals for the June 5, 1915 number of journalists they havesaved from nervous prostra- tion induced by searching for topics about which to write. We have often thought what a graceful and appropriate thing it would be if journalism should give them a dinner to commemorate their invaluable services to the profession! The Failure of Censorship ny THE beginning of war, England set up a censorship over the cables and passed an act threatening pun- ishment of any paper that printed matter prejudicial to the British cause. This was accepted, with some grumbling, as a military necessity; but in course of time newspapers found the Press Bureau suppressing matter not at all of a military nature—even mere translations from German or other foreign papers. The explanation is that such articles are suppressed not on military but on diplomatic grounds, because they might cause embarrassment between England and an ally or a neutral country; and: “Since we are known to have a censorship, everything that is published in the English press is regarded as having been passed by the censor. The mere existence of the censorship is considered to give greater diplomatic significance to what appears in the press, no matter what its source.” Having put a finger in the pie, the government must put in its whole hand. Because it has set up a censorship, it might be held responsible for the republication in England of an American article criticizing Japan’s course in China. Whether a censorship is a military necessity, or even a military advantage, in these days of scouting aéroplanes, field telephones and wireless, is an open question. Cer- tainly in this war the German General Staff has known exactly what the British Army was doing considerably before the British public knew; and the German navy, as its raids show, has not needed English newspapers to apprise it of the disposition of the British fleet. By beginning to censor, the government puts itself in a position where it must censor still more. Iron and Copper Monopolies N THE fourteen years that have elapsed since the Steel Corporation was formed the subject of a monopoly in the iron trade has excited the imagination of innumerable people and produced copious governmental investigation, denunciation and prosecution. When the corporation had completed its absorbent operations in the Lake Superior region and in the South, it was said to control about all the loose iron ore that was commercially available for Amer- ican furnaces, and so to hold the future of the steel industry in the hollow of its sooty hand. This was the chief count against it as a monopoly. Since then its largest Northern lease has been canceled, throwing open a great supply of domestic ore. Much more recently a competing company acquired large bodies of ore in Cuba and in Chile. Sixteen shiploads of Chilean ore are said to have arrived here in late months and to show a higher iron content than Lake Superior ores, while freight from Chile to the furnace is less than from Lake Superior. So there is nothing resembling a monopoly of iron ore. As a matter of fact, until within a few weeks iron and steel prices have been notably heavy for a good while. We do not recall that anybody has been particularly exercised about a copper monopoly. If the Government is prosecuting one we have overlooked it; and if the Govern- ment is not prosecuting one—in view of its unremitting industry in that line—we feel confident there is none to prosecute. Copper, however, was one of the industries hit hard by the wai, for we export a large part of the out- put of our mines, and ever since war was declared exports have been on a much reduced scale. In eight months, to March, they were not greatly over half the value of the preceding year. Naturally we should expect a low price for copper; and as soon as war was declared the price did drop to about twelve cents a pound; but, though copper was selling a year ago at a trifle over fourteen cents a pound, it is now selling at nineteen cents a pound. There is an organization called the American Copper Producers’ Association, con- cerning which we know nothing in particular and whose high moral purposes we willingly take for granted. When war was declared and exports were cut off, the associated producers immediately cut down production by one-half, and held it down until —asa trade circular puts it —“‘ existing stocks of copper were cleaned up and the price advanced” when producers opened up again full tilt to supply demand at the high price. Undoubtedly producers acted intelligently. We wish cotton growers, finding the price of that product demor- alized by war, could have emulated their example. We merely point out that the monopolized steel trade cannot maintain prices, while the unmonopolized copper trade is able to boost prices—in the face of small exports—from twelve cents to nineteen. We should like to ask consumers what difference it makes to them whether an article is “‘monopolized” according to the Sherman Law, or not.

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— } ! { iy 1 THE SATURDAY EVENING POST 25 Do You Want South American Business ? —By Roger W. Babson The Presidents of Peru and Chile Talk to Merchants of the United States IMA is to-day the business center of Peru; and Peru is, next to Chile, the most attractive country of the west coast of South America. Peru may become the California of South America. It will some day have a great flood of immigration from Europe. It is to-day where so many of our Western States were fifty years ago. I had very interesting talks on the future of Peru with several prominent men. My most important interview was with General Oscar R. Benavides, the President of Peru. Twice I met him at the Palace. He looked exactly like a well-groomed New York banker. The President spoke to me of four matters; and I will tell you, as best I may, his message. His ideas, as conveyed to me, were roughly as follows: “Urge the American people to insist that Spanish be taught in every high school in your land. I understand that in the commercial high schools of a few of your cities this language is already taught; but that is not enough. It is unreasonable that there are hundreds of your schools teaching German to every one that is teaching Spanish. Not only does our mutual safety as Americans—for we, the citizens of Peru, are as much Americans as are the citizens of the United States—depend on a union of the English and Spanish races; but our mutual financial interests depend on the same thing. “The thoughts of the children of a nation are uncon- sciously focused on those nations whose languages they are taught in the public schools. If you want your people to be interested in Germany and France, and to have no interest in South America, then continue to exclude the teaching of Spanish from your schools; but if you want the masses of your people to become interested in South America, then insist that Spanish shall be taught in every high school in your land. “For entrance into college, Spanish should be required, with an option of either French or German. We are teach- ing our Peruvian children English and French. We are doing this not for the purpose of making salesmen of them—to send into the United States and elsewhere— but because we want to focus their attention on your country. We want our children to know more about our brothers in North America. We can best accomplish this by teaching them English. “We want your people to know more about us—not your big corporations and banks, but the masses in your country. In order to form closer relations between the two great continents of North and South America, there must be a closer relation between the great common people of the two continents.” “What is it,” said I, “ we have done in our dealings with South America that we should not have done, or left undone that we should have done?” To this question the President replied as follows: “Considering our very friendly relations, you must not ask me to refer to anything you have done that I think you should not have done. I cannot criticize your people or your country. We Peruvians all value your kindness too highly. It would be very unbecoming in the President of Peru to criticize even the business men of your country. “As to your sins of omission, I will venture to suggest that your textbooks and newspapers give too little space to South America. Remember that this Southern Con- tinent is a tremendous affair from every point of view. Do your schools give sufficient attention to our impor- tance? Do the geographies and histories studied by your people give enough space to Peru? We want the school children of the United States to know more about Peru and its great natural and other advantages. I do not criticize your people for not extending to us more credit, or for not better adapting yourselves to our ways and needs; but I do think your people should give more time to studying our country. Here you and others come only for a few days, hastily seeing but a few of our cities and talking with a dozen or so of our people; and then you return to the United States to write articles on Peru! “After you have been here and lived with us, so as to know us and our resources, if you then decide that Peru does not deserve credit, and the like, very well; but I urge you not to judge us without real knowledge acquired by personal study and observation when possible, and other- wise by reliable textbooks and histories. Thus, my only criticism is that the great and powerful! everyday people of your country have been taught too little about our land and its resources. My earnest suggestion to the people of the United States is that they demand a greater knowledge of Latin America, which during the next fifty years is to have the same wonderful development your great sup- posedly barren West has had during the last fifty years.” The Economic Future of Peru NEXT asked the President to forecast the changes likely to take place in Peru during the next twenty-five years. I wished to present to you parents who read this weekly the possible development of the west coast of South Amer- ica that may occur during the lifetime of your children who are now in school. The President stated that the development of Peru would come about through railroads, mining and irrigation. Concerning these he said: “Most of all, Peru needs railroads and means of trans- portation. As you know, we have two great ranges of mountains—one along the coast at the west and the other toward the border of Brazil on the east. Between these two great mountain ranges is a rich and fertile plateau, about two hundred miles wide and eight hundred long. Here is the most perfect climate in the world, and only railroads are needed to develop the country. These mountain ranges absolutely lock up this fertile plateau, and only by railroads can they be pierced. Perhaps this can best be done by building a railroad from Chimbote to Huaraz, and my government will consider itself bound to secure the conclusion. The wealthy Department of Ancachs will be transformed by this railroad. “Simultaneously with the building of railroads will ceme mining development of the great deposits of copper, gold, silver and lead, as yet comparatively little worked. Pe- troleum has been discovered in good-paying quantities, and geologists believe that large reserves exist. Coal is abundant, a large bed of anthracite being known to lie in the hinterland of Chimbote. These minerals and coal need only transportation to make them a source of great wealth. Tungsten ore, the basis of the new incandescent lamps that are rapidly becoming so popular, is also plenti- ful here in Peru. Hence, I expect that the immediate future of Peru will be largely mineral during the next twenty-five years. “The ultimate future of Peru, however, is coming from agricultural development. Peru has a possibility of forty three million acres of good land that can produce anything, of which only one million is now under irrigation. Your able Minister, the Honorable Benton McMillin, is well acquainted with the agricultural possibilities of Peru. Mr McMillin is the link in the chain that connects Peru with the United States.” Valparaiso is the second Pacific port on the American continents, San Francisco ranking first. It is the home of great English, French and German importing and export ing houses. These I have visited, and at each I received the same story, as follows: “Chile needs customers and credit—customers for her nitrates and credit in order to develop her. other indus tries. For both, Chile has heretofore depended on Europe England and Germany have taken ninety per cent of the nitrates and furnished eighty per cent of the capital Probably as soon as the war is over they will again take the nitrates, but will they be able to continue to supply u with capital? Won't there be a great chance for the people of the United States to come down here and invest? Of course the Chileans should save more themselves; but they don’t and won’t. They think much of show and would rather give mortgages than save up capital Before interviewing leading merchants in Valparaiso and greeting the very accommodating Vice Consul, Mr. Aldis B. Easterling, I went directly to Santiago, in order to keep an appointment with the President of Chile, His Exce! lency Sefior Don Ramon Barros-Luce The President of Chile is a very fine, dignified gentle- man, nearly eighty years of age. After much formality and ushering from one room to another, I finally reached the beautiful state reception room, where he was waiting After proper introductions I said “Mr. President, as you know, United States business men are especially interested to learn of Argentina, Chile and Brazil. I want you to tell me something about your country for them.” To this he replied ‘The Republic of Chile, with a population of four mil lions, forms a long and narrow strip of land along the western coast of South America, and has an area greater than the combined areas of Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Holland and Switzerland. As regards its physical aspect, Chile may be divided into four perfectly outlined zones “First Zone— Desert. This zone, extending from lati tude 18 degrees to 27 degrees south, comprises the Atacama Desert, and contains the inexhaustible nitrate deposits As there is scarcely any rainfall and very few streams, the vegetation is limited to certain small valleys, where are found alligator pears, figs and pomegranates, and where barely sufficient hay is raised to meet local needs “Second Zone— Mineral. This zone extends from lati tude 27 degrees to 33 degrees and has abundant mineral wealth, including gold, silver, copper, cobalt, nickel, lead, iron and magnesium. In this region the Andes reach their highest point. Some vegetation is encountered and the vineyards produce fine wines and raisins “Third Zone—Agricultural. This central zone lies between latitude 33 degrees and 42 degrees, and ude between the two mountain ranges, an exceedingly fertil valley, with streams useful for navigation and for hydrau lic power In this v alley is the origin of the largest and

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most solid fortunes amassed in the farm- ing industry. All kinds of fruits, extensive forests, many minerals, and rich coal mines aaa boo Make Your Summer “Fourth Zone—Insular or Island. Be- | tween latitudes 42 degrees and 46 degrees More Bearable | the Coast Range is transformed into a vast | archipelago, extending all along the coast | f bl to Cape Horn. On the mainland are great —more comfortable — more | forests and splendid pasture land, with pleasant — by wearing cool | abundant rains. The raising of cattle has f bl . ; | prospered here to such an extent that it is comfortable, convenient under- | now ina flourishing condition.” wear. I next asked the President regarding the assets of Chile and what Chile has to offer You'll find coolness, comfort, to foreign capital. In reply he permitted Sonal £ Kook, d i] me to give out the following facts from a reedom of AmD an bod y, a report by the Commercial Section of the combined with dressiness, in Chilean Government: Wil Bro’s Athletic Uni “Chile is the only country that produces uson Dros thietic Union nitrate in the natural state. The value of Suit. this nitrate amounts to over one hundred | million dollars in United States gold each | It's a boon to the men who year, of which the government receives lead . li h about twenty-five per cent in export taxes. ead active lives—-who move In normal times the industry employs around quickly — who must not about fifty thousand men. Rumors have | | be h | at times gone forth that these nitrate depos- slow Up because the temperature its will soon be exhausted, which assertion is 1s high, the day sultry. Get | absolutely without the slightest foundation. . Thorough investigations and explorations | into a have proved that the deposits of nitrate | existing amount to 5,408,204,000 metric | . - quintals of one hundred kilos each—or a sufficient quantity of exploitable nitrate to | last for a period of two hundred years.” Atl ] ° As nitrate has been declared contraband of etic war, Chile is in the depths of a depression . it towday. Union Sui The President then took up the subject | of other mines. Said he: Licensed under the Klosed-Krotch Patents | “Mining is, beyond doubt, the most im- ] portant branch of the industrial activities and know summer underwear satis- of the soustey. oe subsoil — faction and the comfort of the pat- every kind of mineral known up to the i , * ? present day. These rich deposits have ented closed crotch. . s A. / : hardly been scratched and are an inex- Made of all the desirable imported ra haustible source of future wealth for the and domestic tub-tested woven fabrics Elec. ‘ | nation. The mineral and metallurgic pro- | » gulete eanten then $1.98 end a e as a . | duction represents a value of one hundred & prices rangmg Tom o!.UV and up }m« illi for men; 50c and up for boys. lic : and twenty-five million dollars a year, : which is vastly superior to the amount Sleeveless and half sleeves; three- a or a . derived from the agricultural and manu- quarter and knee lengths. y - facturing industries.

Look for the dealer handling Chile’s Mineral Resources Wilson Bro’s merchandise. He de- “With regard to gold and silver mining, sires to give the greatest value for veur elati uhisn cil ‘ilnt. tenes celta those industries cannot now be said to be your money and thereby win your our ciothes snowy ni anc j g 0 | om « . . 7 ve, “= 4 ¥ eur gest. Such ah Waban, Gen and Gatien ie | ina flourishing condition. This is due not permanent trade. ve lever. You merely guide the operation—no to any scarcity of ore—there are extensive Wi - nuss, no worry; and scarcely any cost. | deposits--but to the fact that the huge Other furnishings bearing y) aonerct ‘ . | extensions which :« j ‘ > mark of quality include Shirts, Gloves, Hosiery, An 4 utome tic Soon pays for itself —not only (gy gp ere . , | extension: which at — time made the Suspenders, Neckwear, Handkerchiefs, Pajamas, he te 7 [This is Astomatic business a very lucrative one have yielded Niohtshits, ot hl hy makes play of washday, but means an actual saving to | Electric Washer , : yt aaah, cic., coca Tae meawmrng ey the 0108 or tance © ens saodel Ne. 4—ehert | up all the ore contained in the richest exceptional standard which this house has ever _ [folding bench type. | a eietacedl layers, and more capital is needed to work manent rh here are two distinct types of the Automatic ; the mines at greater depth. Further capital Washer— the Electric Washer (built in three models) - and modern machinery would make the If your dealer does not carry these goods, i the Power Washer (also built in three models). The Electric " - working of these mines very remunerative. write us and we will tell you how to get them. and the P r Washe e alike except that the Electric T with on eleciels waiter Gad te Gnenatet te “The iron industry is yet in its infancy Washer is eq pe a . ‘ » . ° tr om an ordinary electric light secket, while the Power ‘ Sam. a> and will secure a prominent place in the VibsoR orc Ch Washer is equipped with a pulley to be connected to a gas engine . 4 : icago Let an Automatic put an end to wash- day worry. This Automatic laundress will wash

world’s production, as the enormous depos- : . | its, which up to now have been kept prac- r The basic principle of the Automatic was right ng : Saati oe tically intact, will givea field for exploitation Look in the beginning and is right today. From year to ve 5 on a huge scale. for ents and refinements have been made “Coal is another mineral product with a pe Ee ayo ly 4S ey Fh brilliant future. The quantity mined has much simpler than your sewing machine—made to greatly increased during the last ten years, insure lasting sat- amounting last year to one million five semen hundred thousand tons. “The borax industry of Chile is also of | MADE GY Exclysiveny

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| greater credit for her people. | United States will have hard picking. THE SATURDAY mining, Chile must look to manufacturing for future growth. I believe that Chile is to become the great manufacturing center of South America. Here we have iron, coal, timber, water power, chemicals, wool and all the raw materials. I believe that your people, instead of trying to sell us goods, should come down here and build mills. Give Chile a market for her nitrates, copper and iron, together with capital to build mills, factories and ships. In such a case Chile will become a great industrial coun- try—an exporter of goods instead of an im- porter. This is the idea that is at the bottom of the slogan: Chile for the Chileans!” In closing the interview I asked the President whether he had any suggestion that I could pass on to the people of the United States as to how closer relations could be established between us and Chile. Said I: “Mr. President, though we buy twenty- five million dollars’ worth of goods from you, or eighteen per cent of your entire exports, you buy only seventeen million dollars’ worth, or fourteen per cent of your imports, from us. How can we obtain a larger percentage?” At once he replied: “Your merchants of North America must start banks here in Chile before you can hope to accomplish much in securing Chilean trade. People in South America are apt to judge a foreign country's impor- tance by its steamship lines and banks especially the latter. Your countrymen have not a single bank here in Chile, while there are three large German banks and two important English banks. Is it any wonder that Germany and ne get the trade? Not only would a North American bank be of great value to your merchants but it would advertise your country better than anything else could do.” Handicaps on Trade With Chile “Yes, Mr. Babson; I cannot place too much stress on both the need of good North American banks in Chile and the profit that should accrue to your people who shall start such banks. Money can be loaned in Chile, on the best security, at from ten to twelve per cent. The government tax on banks is very slight. Our Constitution demands that foreign and domestic banks must be treated alike. ‘Moreover, unlike your merchants, who simply want to sell us their own goods, a bank established new should continue to be a source of great profit even after Chik becomes an exporter of merchandise in- stead of an importer. Furthermore, as a bank does all its business in paper currency, it is not affected by the variations in ex- change and the other factors that may bother an importer. I strongly advise the manufacturers of the United States to get together and form a Bank of Nort} America for Chile.” In this connection several persons told me that the German and English banks copy full particulars from the drafts, bills of lading, and so on, which manufacturers in our country are compelled to use when sending goods to South America. For instance, assume that a big depart- ment store in Santiago, such as The Chilean Stores, buys a bill of goods from a New England mill, and the New England people draw on the Chilean store for pay- ment. Assume that the New England people deposit their draft in the First National Bank of Boston, which may sell it or send it to the Anglo-South American Bank of Santiago for collection. It can readily be seen that it would be a very simple matter for the English bank to note the character of the goods sold, to whom these goods go, and the price at which they are sold. British loyalty would certainly demand that this information be furnished to English importers, who next time will underbid the United States merchants. Whether the English banks do this as systematically as do the German banks I do not know; but this is the sub-rosa reason given in South America why our United States merchants do not get more repeat orders. Certainly it looks suspicious to see catalogues of printing machinery begin to come to a Chilean publisher from English and German concerns shortly after he buys a printing press from a New York firm. Before Chile can become either a buyer or a seller of general merchandise, she must secure greater markets for her nitrates and Until that time comes the average salesman from the EVENING POST

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Oil Wear | such a man by the hand. Let us sing, all THE SATURDAY EVENING POST = y7 Ganace How often do you stop for oil ? O you watch to see whether your oil “‘wears”’ well or poorly? You should. ‘“wears’’ poorly lubricates poorly. ieeiedneneeendonieenmeniiin: aie ee Correct Lubrication Explanation: In the Chart below, the letter opposite the car indicates the j>ade of Gargoyle Mobiloils that should be weed. For exaimpic \”’’ means Gargoyle Mobiloil “A* “Arc’’ means Gargoyle Mobiloil “Arctic."’ The recommen dations cover all models of both pleasure and commercial vehicles unless otherwise noted MODEL OF | 1911 } 1912 | 1913 | 3 CARS 3 & | 1 f Abbett. Detroit Arc a 4 8cyl Are Arc ©. Are lAre AIA ) Alco. | Apperson | Aaburn (4 cy! * Gey! | Awtocar (2 cyl) ; _ ( y) | Avery “(Model C) 1 Ton ) Buick | Caditine ” Scyl \ artercar | ml | Case Chaliners Chandler i Chage (a py wid Cheat erfielc Chevrolet Cole i sia Rey Capningham ) Delavaay Beil. ville} | Detroiter (Bcy! | Dodge | &.M.r Empire Fiat Ford Franklin Com'l - >@e> Gartord * Com’ * >s> > >3 (rem Hayne Hudeon > 4 >= +> >o > Interstate Jackson Jeffery >.> Cn en >. >> Kelly Springfield Rim >>>> > >> 7 >> >>> >> 6 - o> >>> mS a>>>> >>>o > - >3 > >>> Pee er eer rrs Koagbt Light 4 Stevene Duryea Ar Stoddard. Day ‘ Kow A A |} Ae "| Willys K aight " Utility Are. Are jAre Are lare eh In buying Gargoyle Mobiloils from your dealer, it is safest to purchase in original packages. Look for the red Gargoyle on the container. For information, kindly address any inguiry to our nearest office For.the next 500 miles note down the quantity of oil you | use, Then clean out your motor. For the | following 500 miles use the grade of | Gargoyle Mobiloils specified for your car in the Chart on this page. Again note the quantity consumed. The result will demonstrate the su- perior “‘wear’’ of the correct grade of | Gargoyle Mobiloils. To many motor- | ists the difference is astonishing. What accounts for it? It is due partly to the oil’s lubricating efficiency — which remains unimpaired under the heat of service —and partly | | gies and horsemen. They overflowed the | livery yards and appropriated every vacant to the correctness of the oil’s body, which assures an adequate supply to all working parts and a perfect seal be- | tween pistons and cylinder walls. With a perfect piston seal, fuel gases cannot blow past the piston rings, de- stroying the oil film and wasting power; nor can undue quantities of oil work in- to the combustion chambers and form troublesome carbon deposits. The “wear” of the grade of Gargoyle Mobiloils specified for your car will give you striking proof of its lubricating efficiency. At the left we print in part our Chart | of Automobile Recommendations. For a number of years this Chart, which represents our professional advice, has been the motorist’s standard guide to scientifically-correct lubrication. If your car does not appear in the partial Chart on this page, we will gladly mail you a complete Chart on request. Mobiloils A grade for each type of motor The four grades of Gargoyle Mobiloils, for gasoline motor lubrication, purified to remove free ¢ arbon, are: Gargoyle Mobiloil “A” Gargoyle Mobiloil “B”’ Gargoyle Mobiloil “E” Gargoyle Mobiloil “Arctic” For Electric Vehicles \1se Gargoyle Mobiloil “A"’ for motor and enclosed chains. For open chains and differential use Gargoyle Mobiloil “C,” VACUUM OIL COMPANY Rochester, N.Y., U. S. A. Specialists in the manufacture of hi ‘ Siam Sieccarece ee Oem Domestic Branches: t New Vork Philadelphia Detrot Minn Boston Chicago Indianapolis eapolis Pittsburgh BAD BILL BOBO (Continued from Page 7) “Maybe Bill’s a close trader; but it’s plain to me that this town June 5, 1915 thinks mighty | | well of him, else there’d never have been the turnout we seen to-day. I’ve heard it | said round town, too, that Bill has got | draw poker down pretty near to an exact science.” Ripples of laughter. “I hope he has; for I want to tell you folks”—the tears were hopping down his sunke cheeks—‘“‘that I’m—proud—to—shake together, ‘Wash Me and I Shall be Whiter Than Snow.’ Shout it out. Brother White will lead.” The service concluded with another at- tack on the saloons; Brother Schoonover “So now they're trying to scare me,” he announced at the end of a blistering denun- ciation. ‘And this is how much I think of their threats. Do you know what they’ve : . | could never keep his tongue off them long. | You may be sure of this: An oil that done? They’ve wrote letters to warn me | if I don’t quit I'll be tarred and feath- ered some fine night. One sneak- they’re all sneaks, for they’re afraid to sign their names—says there're twenty good men in this town ready to hang me if I don’t drift soon. “Now, friends, I wouldn’t bother even to tell you about these things—only that it shows we’ve got the whole miserable gang | shaking in their boots. They can’t harm me. Let them do their worst, but they can’t harm me; for if I should be killed to-morrow my soul would go marching on. They can’t stop this fight. It’s to a finish, | And if my life could win it—oh, what a glory to die!” First Monday broke sparkling, and at an early hour dust clouds hung thick above every road leading into Ringer. The Square was jammed with wagons and bug- lot. “Look at ’em milling round!” remarked Bobo to me, standing on the curb in front | “I never seen so many | | farmers in town in my life.” of the Fashion. As we watched, a little cavalcade of five men on scrub cow ponies debouched on the | Square from the north. They were weather- | beaten, hairy and hard. In close order they ambled past us, their faces wreathed in expectant grins; and one of them waved a hand at Bill. Saddles and bridles were frayed and patched; red dust thickly coated horses and men. “Here they are!”’ said Bill, and looked | thoughtful. “Isn’t that Frank Kincaid in front?” I asked. He nodded, continuing to stare after them. Presently he said: “I wish Thurber was here.” “Where is he? He shouldn’t be out of town on a day like this.” “You're whistlin’ he oughtn’t! But he done fixed up some business for to-day over at the Junction—had to fetch a prisoner or something. So he got me to take his place.” It was usual for Thurber to be absent whenever trouble loomed. “They should never have elected him sheriff at all, Bill. He’s afraid of that Kincaid Gang.” “So is everybody,” answered Bill tem- | The | perately; “I am, and so are you. for the regard I have for the Emery | label —standing as it does for the 30 years’ reputation of a foremost Amer- ican shirtmaker and relieving the shirt- purchaser of any doubt as to style, material, making or fit. It assures fast colors; the comfort in a pre-shrunk neckband and a right sleeve-length; un- surpassable finish; in short: Guaranteed fit, color and wear.”’ Nek-ban-tab, exc/usively on Emery Shirts. Opens the starched-up band and clears the way for the collar button. Ask dealer for Grey Shirts. $1.50 up. Write us for ** Ethics of a Gentleman's Dress’ and Catalog of EMERY Shirts W. M. Steppacher & Bro., Inc., Philadelphia Offices also New York, Chicago. St. I Sa Protect Your House and Lawn Keep the careless coal man from marring and scarring the sides of your house every time he delivers coal. Save your lawn, walk, flowers and shrubs from being ruined by coal dust and stray lumps. Install a sheriff ain’t a coward. He's just naturally | peaceful.” The Kincaids dismounted in front of a saloon, leaving their horses tied to a hitch- ing rail. Long after they had disappeared inside I caught Bobo watching the place out of the corner of his eye. Therefore he did not surprise me when he departed for his lodging house, with the explanation that, since he was sheriff for the day, it behooved him to “‘get heeled.” We did not meet again until early after- noon. Then, on my way to the post office, I ran into Bill, dawdling outside the Fash- ion. He hadn’t the air of a lounger at all, | and I guessed he was doing sentinel duty | there. While we were talking along came Brother Schoonover, with his ludicrous, hurried, shambling gait. He had on baggy trousers, a black seersucker coat and a | straw hat. The coat was a mile too big for his wasted frame and the hat a size too small for his bulging dome. As he arrived opposite us the doors of the saloon swung ~ og and young Ruef Page lurched out. The two collided. Quick as Majestic Coal Chute Easily put in a new home or one that is already built. In a house already erected the Majestic Coal Chute can be lac ed in the opening now occupied by the basement window. S a new house, arrange for it when building foundation. The Majestic when closed sets flush with the foundation. It has a glass door which serves as a window when chute | %& not in use for receiving coal and gives splendid light to the basement The glass is protected when chute is in use by special iron plate. The Majestic is more than just a coal chute. It's a cellar window as well. Burglar Proof — Strong — Durable The Majestic locks from the inside securely and is abso- lutely burglar proof. 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THE SATURDAY he was to take hold of the boy, to prevent him from falling, he was not quick enough to placate Ruef. Probably Ruef did not even hear Schoonover’s apology; to his liquor-crazed brain anything from a stranger was an insult. Some words passed and he struck. The two men clinched and Page threw the Strad- dling him he jerked out a knife; but while he was opening it Schoonover heaved and rolled him over. The younger man scram- bled quickly on top again, pinned Schoon- over down, and his long right arm drew back and up. In that instant Bad Bill cleared five yards of space in a diving tackle and hurled Ruef off the sidewalk into the gutter. “Quit it now!” he panted, shoving the cold mouth of a six-shooter against the boy’s neck; and Ruef sobered abruptly. He grew still—the glare faded from his eyes. Somebody ran for a doctor and we carried Brother Schoonover into a drug store. He was deathly white and blood welled from his mouth. “What?” snapped Doctor Buchanan as he made a swift examination. ‘“‘ What's that? Don’t press so close! No; he isn't cut. He’s hada he smorrhage. Stand back, there! The man’s dying. Some body help me get him to the hospital.” An automobile was pressed into service and bore him away. As it moved carefully up Cedar Street it passed Ruef Page, who gave one glance at the limp figure in the machine and seemed to shrivel up. A stumble, and he hurried blindly toward home, where he had promised to remain, i his mother, subject to the sheriff's cal. “It’s a bad business—bad!” exclaimed Bobo. “I wouldn't have had that happen, Dan, for—— Why, it'd just kill poor ol’ Miz Page if the feller should die.” The possibility of a tragic ending ob- sessed him all the afternoon. Though everybody else was talking about the fight, and debating whether it was accidental or a deliberate assault instigated by the saloon people, Bobo moped by himself. Five times he piloted me by the sleeve to the rear of the Palace Drug Store in order to report on the victim's. progress. “‘He’s got a chance,” was his fifth bulle- tin. ‘Doc Buchanan says he'll pull through sure—if he don’t die.” “Where's Ruef?” “He’s home. And he’s going to stay | there too. Ww hen I left he had his he ad down on his ma’s baby.” An hour later we chanced to meet again and Bill came out of a fit of brooding with: “He just can’t die! A little ol’ hemor- rhage ain't going to kill a man, do you reckon?” “Tt ought not. He’s had ’em before and recovered.” “Somehow,” he said slowly, “I got so I sort of respected the dadgummed fool. Well, there’s no use frettin’, is there? And I've got enough other things to think about.” Assuredly he had. The Kincaids, from Red River Bottom, were now on the high tide of their monthly orgy and wanted everybody to know it. They moved in a body from one saloon to another, citizens scattering before them. Every ten seconds one would raise an ear-splitting yell. “T wish the sheriff was here,” observed Bad Bill plaintively. “‘Those fellers are like to do something mean.” His surmise was soon verified. One of the gang tripped over a basket of vegetables in front of Sid Semple’s grocery store. Ad- mitting the natural chagrin of a ge entleman whose holiday is marred by a tradesman's stupidity, there was still no valid excuse for his scattering the vegetables with a running kick. The cabbages rolled in all directions; and, with a gleeful whoop, his brothers and cousins pounced on them and began pelting one another. Hearing the commotion, Sid abandoned a customer to take a fall out of his tormen- tors, rushing out with fire in hiseye. That was before he knew who they were; and after he recognized them all he could do, of course, was to join in the spirit of the joke. “Charge ’em to me, Semple!” bellowed Frank Kincaid, shying a cabbage at a timid farmer in a wagon. The grocer gave a heard to murmur: “That’s all right, boys!” To my consternation, the deputized sheriff for the day let this disturbance of the peace pass. s lap, and he was cryin’ like a sickly smile and was EVENING POST

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST June 5, 1915 “Tf Sid’s satisfied,”’ he argued, “‘it isn’t | up to me to butt in.” All the same his irritation made it patent that he had not convinced himself. ‘‘ Why, things as bad as that happen every day!” | About five o’clock the crowds began to thin. The visitors who had come to buy and sell drifted out of town; but those who had come for relaxation lined the bars three deep. Their clamor sent peaceful citizens scurrying homeward long before supper and some of the merchants closed their shops Bill, ” IT said to that worried individual, .e something's s going to break loose soon. | ‘“No-o-o,” he rejoined half-heartedly. | “The boys’re just feelin’ good—that’s all. A little noise don’t matter.” “Bill,” I said again, “‘man to man now, don’t you know what's raising all this | hellery?” A nervous grin and he said readily: “Sure! Booze.” On the stroke of six Frank Kincaid issued | solemnly from the Fashion, untied his horse | from the rail, kicked him in the ribs a few | times—to hearten the beast—and mounted. We knew what that portended; but, instead of executing his favorite trick, he started | to roam the Square. | At the Cedar Street corner a cripple sat on the sidewalk in the angle formed by the First National Bank and Jim Seeley’s barber shop, proffering pencils to passers-by. He was without legs. Force of habit made him reach out his hand toward Kincaid and whine his wares; and one of the little devils that lurk in bad whisky did a hop-skip-and- jump in the rustler’s muddled brain. He | tossed a dime into the open palm; then he | took down his rope. A few deft shakes to make a noose, an | | overhand flip, and he had roped the cripple | | round the body. Kincaid jabbed his horse into a lope, jerking the legless man out into the dirt of | the Square. The cripple let out a yell of terror. “Drop him!” The command came like the crack of a rifle—and there was Bad Bill, poised on the curb, one hand high above his head in warning. Kincaid stopped his horse. | “Turn him loose!’ Bobo ordered. In the swift hush that came over the Square his voice echoed in every corner of it. ““Who’'ll make me?” jeered Kincaid; yet he hesitated to start again. At his words there was a rush of his kinsmen from the Fashion. Bobo drew a | | MILWAUKEE long breath, like a man who has passed a | | crisis. 80c, $1.00, $1.50, “All right!” he shouted in ringing tones. $2.00 to $5.00 a Box “Tf you want it, take it!’"—and dropped Kincaid out of the saddle before anyone could flick an eyelash. | It was the prettiest throwdown I ever saw, and the only one I wanted to see. A barrel stood near and I ducked out of sight behind it. When I peeped out Bobo was | behind a telephone post. Three bullets | plumped into it waist-high; a fourth ripped | along its edge, level with his head. The | fT e | Kineaids ran to their horses and the fight | | was on. (ee) @) ree o el A wonderfully inspiring sight is an effi- 74 cient man in action. The more efficient he | | is, the greater his zest. From behind his | shelter Bad Bill Bobo worked his forty-five | ; , | in wild elation, keeping up a sort of pxan of | || This complete pencil sharpener @ @) battle the while. ' y “ Here’’- winging a rider who sought to with extra set of cutters and clamp— isan efficiency ? e tf; k hi I my or lk rire | has tool which you now need in your office, home, schoo u an im Dy going up a iane— ots i€ re | Noother like it. Won't break points and won't easily Ringer goes dry! You-all hear me? We | |} get dull. Four inches high, handsomely nickeled, won't wait for no election. We'll clean up | |} spiendidiy built. Now $2.00—at your dealer's or with booze—and bums— got that one direct from Stewart Mfg. Co., 320 Wells St., Chicago > @& ” ‘ ‘ right now!” Saves dirt, trouble, money. Today you need the Suddenly little Sid Semple dashed out of his grocery with a repeating rifle, and —_—— faa) dropped behind a rampart of baled hay. | They received him with a hail of bullets, but ; he shrilled defiance and triumph. They had humiliated him once; but he was a man | again and his spirit soared. eA’ “Good boy!” yelled Bobo. “You sure | do handle that gun. Wow! That just | EXCEPTIONAL missed one. Lower, Ol’ Settler—lower BARGAINS» your sights.” Wall Tents And Sid heard and obeyed. He pumped | iWon Rae com At F oO Li n t a 1 el = ‘e) , el = until it was red-hot to his hand. plete, ready to set up. | Sa7..9¢ 00 guxia $ 8.23 Y “xperts in these matters have declared | yo’ ‘Rn SS 68 tee a that it was a beautiful fight while it lasted. — FREE Book ts - i i} on tl es at G eh onemermees | Perhaps it was; but I had too much on | | Pull o fect crop, coated Tete my mind really to enjoy the professional | Gives descriptions and quotes very low prices > . features. on Tents, Awnings, Flags, etc. Save ® re . | money by b direct one of ruil t Ss t ani ro | a i eC + ce It did not last long. The Kincaids never | the largest, most reliable manuf. . stood a chance. They were in the open and | furets is, the county. | Suppiy- mounted—ready targets despite rapid mov- | | oreign Governments. Write > today ing; and within five minutes the gang Was | sus MErTRICK BROS. CO in flight for Red River Bottom, leaving | 1210 Peruwood Ave, Toledo, 0

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They THE SATURDAY were right after all, I expect—and prohibi- tion killed it.” “Killed nothing!” snorted the mayor, reaching for his ledger. “‘Look here! Col- lections’re better than they’ve ever been in the history of the town—and the stores sell more goods. We don’t get all that hoorah bunch no more and there’s less milling round; so maybe it seems quieter. But Ringer’s growing like a colt. It'll be the metrolopus of the Southwest some of these days—mark my words! Why, we voted two hundred thousand dollars of bonds for paving only last week!” “Great!” I cried. ‘‘ How’s Bill Junior?” A pleased grin stole over Bobo’s face and he hitched his chair closer to me. His manner softened from the argumentative to the confidential. “Well, sir, that’s the greatest kid in the world!” he admitted. ‘The cute things he says keep me and Willie May busting ourselves. Do you know what he can do? He can say the names of the books of the Old Testament off by heart. Yes, sir | barely four years old and knows right now more’n his daddy ever knowed! His grandpa was tickled most to death over it anc give him a bicycle. He’s learning him the New Testament now. Huh? Sure! The old man’s been living with us since the town went dry.” “‘And what's become of Ruef Page?” Bad Bill Bobo chuckled. “Didn’t you hear? He's studying to be a preacher, and he teaches a class of boys in Brother Schoonover’s Sunday-school. | And he’s some teacher, too! My wife plays the organ for ’em; and she says Ruef can explain the lessons to beat hell!”’ Curing the Smoke Evil ARDLY a week passes without some new application of the discovery that shooting a certain kind of electric current through the air will settle dust —a discovery | already in practical use in a dozen ways, ranging from making milk flour out of milk spray to settling the dust in cement mills. 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THE SATURDAY “Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese” Tavern, in Fleet Street, is, to-day, one of London's sights, because here Dr. Samuel Johnson, the author of the first English dictionary, quaffed his tea and enjoyed his pipe of good Virginia. But could the Doctor take a whiff or two of the modernized Virginia tobacco, DUKE’S Mixture, he would fain add some adjectives to his dic- tionary, to describe the “bouquet” of this mixture of Virginia's honey-colored ieaves. But why describe? How much better to try for yourself the tobacco that has been under continuous cultivation and improvement since the days of Good Queen Bess! Each sack, containing forty generous cigarette- fuls of DUKE’S Mixture, is guaranteed to please the smoker's taste, or his dealer will refund the purchase price. The smoker of imported tobacco should remem- ber that in countries where Turkish tobacco costs less than Virginia leaf, Virginia is considered the best. And DUKE’S Mixture is Virginia at its best. Mes Mihi Bo opyright 1915 The “Roll” of Fame EVENING POST The Military and Naval Defenses of the United States (Continued from Page 5) have a war, the blame for lack of prep- aration will fall on the executive—on the President, the Secretary of the Navy, and the officers of the navy in charge of the va- rious branches. They, therefore, should have greater power than they have had in the past to determine the specific subjects | for the expenditure of the amount of money that Congress is willing to furnish for gen- | eral naval purposes, and to apply it to those needs that their expert knowledge dictates. . I quite agree that naval officers inter- ested in the development of their respective branches of the service will not regard the matter of cost as carefully as Congress will, | and should. Their recommendations as to | the amounts to be expended are, therefore, | to be taken with caution; but when Con- gress makes up its mind as to how much is to be expended, then it ought, it seems to me, to allow the men who know, some discre- tion in expending it for the best purpose, subject always to the approval of a respon- sible Administration. Let us hope that the present agitation concerning the inadequacy of our naval defense may lead to a General Staff for the navy, and that it will be given full opportunity to frame the policy of the navy in expert matters. The problem of an adequate navy is a much easier one than that of an adequate army — easier in point of accomplishment; easier in the determina- tion as to the amount we need, and much more important for our immediate protec- tion. The second bulwark in defense of our nation is the coast defenses. These are two- fold: First, the coast defenses proper, which | are fortifications at strategic points on our coast; and, second, such a mobile army as would be needed to meet an expeditionary force landed on our shores where, in the nature of things, there are and can be no fortifications. As to Coast Defenses We must first get into our heads clearly what the necessary plan of the coast de- fense of a country consists of, and what the object of land fortifications must be in such a plan. The fortifications play an impor- tant part in our first line of defense—to wit, the naval line of defense on the high seas. The fortifications, with their arma- ment of high-power, long-range guns and the submarine defenses of mines and tor- pedo stations, are intended to cover and protect every important coast city against the attacks of the navy of the enemy. They relieve our navy of any duty to protect coast cities against the enemy’s navy. But for such fortifications, hostile war vessels might slip by our own navy and subject a defenseless city to bombardment and de- | struction or to the heaviest kind of ransom. From such a naval expedition only a com- paratively small force could be landed, and a comparatively small force supporting the coast artillery could resist its attack on the land. Our coast fortifications are criticized be- June 5, 1915 CTT 0) 0) 3) EF, PRATT Whenever You Need a Hole Making a boat at home is like every- thing else—easy if you know how and have the right tools. Add Mr. Punch to your tool kit. Mr. Punch is an automatic drill. A gentle push drives a spiral twist which sinks the tool-steel drill into hardest oak in a few sec- There are eight tool-steel drill-points in the handle, seen through numbered holes. Buy Mr. Punch at hardware stores, $1.50, or from us at the same price. Send for free book on home tools. Mr Pun You Push—He Twists Ask any good mechanic about the Goodell-Pratt 1500 tools. 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The second function of fortifications placed at strategic points along the coast, covering not only large cities but every good harbor, is to prevent the landing of an expeditionary force at a place that could be made a protected base of operations for an invasion of the country. In other words, these fortifications are so placed as to com- | pel an invading military expedition to land its troops from an inadequate harbor or an | open rvadstead along the coast. good harbors is to afford a place of refuge | for our commercial shipping, foreign and | coastwise, for the repair of the ships of our navy after a battle, and for renewing their A third object of fortifications covering | Weighs only , 2 an Ounce in Leg Band No material goes into this OPEN TRIANGLE garter. 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| supplies of ammunition and other neces- saries without being exposed to attack by the enemy’s vessels. These are the three objects of coast forti- fications. Because the public has been given a different and erroneous idea, one can- not emphasize too much that coast fortifica- tions are not for the purpose of directly resisting the landing of a large expedition- ary force to invade the country. With the tens of thousands of miles of our coast, it would be utterly impossible to build forti- | fications that would cover and protect every mile of that shore. Now it is a great satisfaction to be able to say that, except with respect to one or two features which can be readily supplied, | Our coast fortifications are entirely adequate | for every office that any coast fortifications have in modern warfare. Indeed, it is not too much to say that they are as extensive and as defensive as any coast fortifications in the world. There is only one important place where we need an additional fort, and that is at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. he great cities of Norfolk, Baltimore and Washington are amply protected by local fortifications, but we do need a fort built at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay to cover the passage between Cape Henry and Cape Charles. Land has been purchased for fortifications at Cape Henry, which ought to be promptly constructed in order that Chesapeake Bay may never again be used by an enemy to our great disadvantage, as it has been in the past. Criticism of our coast fortifications has

been directed against the range of our guns. | I do not feel it necessary to go into this in | full, because I do not think it contributes | to a layman’s understanding of the exact situation to use detailed and statements. The high-power, long-distance technical | guns we have in our fortifications are | twelve-inch guns. most of them pearing carriages. The gun is loaded and aimed behind a parapet and earthworks; then, by machinery, it is elevated above the They are mounted on what are called disap- | fortification to be fired, and the shock and | recoil incident to the firing sink the gun | again below the fortification, out of sight of the enemy. Increasing the Range of Big Guns The range of the gun depends on the angle of elevation, the explosive power of the charge, and the weight of the projectile. By elevating the angle above the horizon- tal, the distance the projectile will go can be increased materially. By increasing the weight of the propelling charge and decreasing the weight of the projectile, the range can be increased. The range of the twelve-inch guns in these fortifications when built was as great as that of any guns then in use in modern navies. The possible elevation of the guns was ten degrees above the horizontal, and five degrees below the horizontal for the purpose of firingdown. In very few of the fortifications is it necessary to fire down. By a very slight change in the carriages the elevation could be ii.creased | above the horizontal to fifteen degrees, | with no range below the horizontal and without at all interfering with the effective- ness of the gun or the carriage. By reducing the weight of the projectile somewhat — not enough to be substantially less destructive to battleships at long ranges—the range of these twelve-inch guns can be increased to over twenty thousand yards, leaving only one thousand or two thousand yards in | favor of the naval guns. If a hostile fleet should station itself at a distance of twenty-four thousand yards from a fortification and accurately drop great shells from its fifteen-inch guns into the fortification, and strike the guns of the fortification, it could reduce it without any effective defense; but practically that is not the way it works. At a distance of twenty thousand yards a fortification on the hori- zon presents a very small mark, and when the guns of the fortification at the time of their discharge are only a few seconds of time above the parapet they form scarcely any mark at all, and very much less than the deck and sides of a great battleship. Second, the accuracy of aim at that distance depends on the length of the base line on which the calculations of the range are made. The length of the base line that may be had on a naval vessel, as compared with the length of the base line that those firing guns in land fortifications have, is so much less that the hits of the mark from (Continued on Page 36) J-M (Mezger)

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST (Continued from Page 33) land at those long distances are several times as many as from the deck of a naval | vessel. More than this, the platforms of | the naval guns are unstable because of the waves of the ocean, and this decreases the accuracy of fire. The waste of most costly ammunition by battleships at that distance, | as compared with effective hits, would be so great and the damage done so little that the advantage in point of range which a fleet with fifteen-inch guns would have over a fortification with twelve-inch guns at fifteen degrees elevation would really be a negligible factor. It is suggested, however, that a fleet might fire at a point beyond the range of the coast fortifications over the fortifica- tions into a city, without being exposed to any fire themselves. There are only a few points along our coast where this would be possible, and this could be easily prevented by putting in one or two sixteen-inch guns, as is now proposed, at such points. The ex- penditure of two million or three million dollars in replacing some of the older guns by sixteen-inch guns in some of our largest fortifications would remove the slightest ground for the criticism that has been made as to the range of our coast-defense guns. Our Lack of Ammunition The fire control, which is the complicated mechanism for electrical and other com- munication by the commanding officer to the officers in charge of each gun and battery—so that the whole fire of all the guns of a group of fortifications can be directed by one mind—is substantially com- plete, and lacking only in that all these communicetions are not submarine and thus removed from the possibility of inter- ference by the enemy. The mines, torpedoes and submarine defenses for the fortifica- tions are quite up to European standards. Among the alarmist views in respect to | our coast defenses we frequently find a reference to, and an emphasis on, the ease | with which, when the howitzers of the Ger- mans were brought into action, the Belgian fortifications at Liége and Antwerp were overcome and destroyed, as an evidence of | what could be done with respect to our | fortifications. This alarm is wholly un- justified. The Belgian fortifications were fortifications that were unfitted and not in- tended to withstand the fire of more than six-inch guns. They had no resemblance to our coast fortifications. It is quite doubtful whether forty-four-centimeter, or sixteen- inch, guns were ever used on the Liége forti- fications. All the damage done could have been inflicted by twelve-inch howitzers, and it is probable that nothing larger was there used. Instead of wondering at the ease with which those fortifications were destroyed, competent artillery experts wonder at the delay such fortifications were able to effect in the movements of the Germans on their advance toward Paris, and raise the ques- tion why, with the knowledge the Germans had of those fortifications, they were not ready with proper artillery to reduce them in much less time than they did. There was not the slightest resemblance between those Belgian forts and the coast defenses that guard our great cities and harbors. The attacks made by the fleet of the Allies, with the heaviest naval artillery, on the forts at the Dardanelles, and the in- ability to take those forts by naval attack, have a strong tendency to demonstrate the difficulty the heaviest fleets must encounter in attempting to destroy proper coast forti- fications. The coast fortifications in the Dardanelles are said not to be so strong as our coast fortifications; and yet the English and French, with the strongest fleet ever gathered together, have thought it wise to give up the naval attack and resort to the landing of an army supported by the fleet. The criticism of our coast fortifications is therefore quite unfounded. The truth is, we have done better in the matter of our coast fortifications, in keeping up to the modern standard of defense, than in any other branch of our defense. Our coast fortifications are far more complete and much more easily brought up to date than our navy or our army. We are, however, lacking in personnel in our coast fortifications. The carefully worked-out plan of a competent Military Board requires that we shall have a force large enough to man all our guns in our insular and canal fortifications in the regular coast artillery force, and that we shall have | enough men to man half our guns in the June 5, 1915 fortifications of the Continental United States, with the purpose to secure the other half from coast-artillery militia. We lack six hundred and thirty-two officers and ten thousand men in our regular coast artillery to satisfy this plan. Of course we lack, also, a full comple- ment in our coast-artillery militia; but if we secure the regular force, as we should, it would probably not be difficult to make up the complement of the coast-artillery militia should war come on, because there is a substantial number of men in the coast artillery who do not have to exercise great skill. Clearly, however, we should at once proceed to recruit our regular coast artillery. This present deficiency has been caused pe~tly by the fact that we now have very formidable coast defenses to be manned by the regular coast artillery at Corregidor, at the mouth of Manila Bay, in order to pro- tect that as a naval base; at Pearl Harbor, near Honolulu, as an outpost of the Panama Canal, and at the Canal itself. We are lacking in ammunition for our guns in coast defenses. The Coast Defense Board of 1906 recommended that we should have ammunition enough for two hours’ fir- ing in our insular and canal coast fortifica- tions, and for one hour's firing in those of the Continental United States, on the theory that in the United States we would not need to have continuous firing at many places at once; and from proper centers of supply we could meet the emergency. The allowance was based upon the esti- mate of the time which would elapse from the moment that the leading vessel of an attacking squadron would come in range to that when the last vessel would pass out of range, in an attempt to run by. The supply was based on the most rapid rate of fire practicable in action, which for a twelve-inch gun is taken at about one round for every forty seconds. It is hardly conceivable that such a rate could be continued for two hours, so that the supply would in reality be enough for much more than two hours’ firing. There is a difference between authorities in this matter; and General Weaver, Chief of Coast Artillery, as a matter of caution, thinks we ought to have enough for two hours’ supply in the United States for each n as well as in our insular and canal de- enses. We now have on hand of the amount recommended by the Coast Defense Board a fullsupply for the cannon already mounted in our insular and canal fortifications and 73 per cent of the supply for the United States proper. It takes many months to make such ammunition, and we ought to lose no time in making the needed appropriations to supply this need at once. Failure to pro- vide the proper ammunition in time of peace, when its preparation needs so long a time, is inexcusable. Indeed, it ought to have been made be- fore; but, unless military defenses are in the limelight of polities, it is easy for appro- priation committees and administrations te save money by ignoring the persistent and warning recommendations of expert chiefs of bureaus on such humdrum items as ammunition. The Question of the Mobile Army I now come to the question of the mobile army. Confusion has existed in the minds of some laymen with reference to the dif- ference between that part of the army needed to use and make effective our coast fortifications and that part of the army which would be required to resist an in- vasion by an expeditionary force of the enemy landed.on our shores after our navy had been impaired or destroyed. This is due partly to the absurd arrangement that until recently obtained, by which the com- mand of the mobile army and the coast artillery stationed within a territorial divi- sion isin a major general of the mobile army. The two branches should be separated and the coast artillery put under a brigadier general and a major general of the coast artillery. This reform was in part effected by a general order of February, 1913. The mobile army is that part of our regular army which is capable of transpor- tation for use on the field from any point in the United States to any other point in the United States; if necessary, to any point in our insular or canal possessions; or, indeed, to a foreign country when an in- vasion of that country becomes part of our defense. The coast artillery is an immobile force, in the sense that its proper place and

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He may smoke ten cigars and return the remaining forty at my expense and no charge for the ten smoked if he is not pleased with them; if he is pleased with them and keeps them, he agreesto remit the price, $2.50, within ten days. I can afford to be unreserved in my offer because I know I have the goods to back it up. The quality of my cigars has gained me thirty thousand regular customers, practi cally all of whom pay their bills by personal chec Im akemy Panatelawith Genuine, Cuban Grown, Havana Tobacco. Th ve filler is all Havana, long leaf Ihe wrapper is Sumatra. The cigar is rolled by hand by skilled adult male cigarmakers. It has all the bouquet of Havana, all the uniform ity and free burning quality of the hand-made cigar Gene se it is a hand-made Havana filler cigar Since I sell by the box and sell direct from my factory, my prices are, of course, very low. As I have said—about half Understand that even if you like my cigars, keep them and pay for them, I still profit nothing unless you are so pleased you begin to buy them regularly. My profit comes from re-orders. Still, I dare you to doubt that you will like my cigars I challenge you to try them entirely at my risk. In ordering, please use business stationery or give reference and state whether you prefer mild, medium or strong cigars. Shivers’ Panatela EXACT SIZE AND SHAPE HERBERT D. SHIVERS 21st and Market Sts. Philadelphia, Pa. “] Win, Dad—1500 Miles on That Casing Repaired With Tire-Doh” It’s the cuts and holes in casings you must watch and repair if you want the mileage you are entitled to out of your tires. is the best and easiest-to-use article made for sealing up casing cuts and holes. It keeps out the water and dirt that rot and wreck the fabric. 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The largest part of this division is made up of infantry, | less than ten per cent of cavalry, and guns of the light artillery in the ratio of something more than three guns to a thousand men of | the infantry and cavalry, with the needed artillery force to handle and fire them. This mobile army is to be used as our last line of defense against invasion. It is not so important in the first stages of war as the navy and the coast fortifications, be- cause of the risk that the foe would run in attempting to send an army across the ocean in troopships while our navy was free on the sea, and while we have, as part of our coast defense, submarines and torpedo | boats with which to sink the unarmed transports. The length of time it must take the fast- est fleet of troopships and a convoying fleet of naval vessels to come from Europe or from Asia to our shores would greatly in- crease the risk and the exposure of such unarmed transports. It would be dangerous for any considerable force to land on our open shore without maintaining their com- | munications, by which supplies might be renewed from time to time from their home ports. Thus, with an active navy such as we ought to have, the practical difficulty of an invasion by a formidable expeditionary force coming across either ocean would postpone any attempt until after our navy had been met and practically demolished. The alarmists speak of our long line of open coast, where any foe might land an expeditionary force, count up the number of men that could be sent on the largest transports, assume that they would cross as easily and as quickly as one of the great ocean liners could run from Southampton or Liverpool to New York with a boatload of immigrants; and thus that an army of one hundred thousand well-armed, well- equipped and well-trained men could be landed on our coast before we could turn | round. Such a picture can only be drawn | by one who ignores conditions that must always be present. Fortifications Worth Manning The unfairness of such a picture, how- ever, is no reason why we should not take reasonable steps to have an army sufficient to meet any expeditionary force likely to be landed, should our navy meet severe re- verses and we be limited to such resistance to landing as we could give by mines and submarines, or to such embarrassment as we could effect by raids of the few naval cruisers left to us on the line of communica- tion to the home ports of the enemy. What kind of an army could we oppose | to such an expeditionary force? The limit of the regular army now per- mitted by lawis one hundred thousand men. That includes not only the coast artillery but also the so-called Philippine Scouts, consisting of some four thousand Filipinos, officered by Americans and fitted to do duty only in the Islands. Since the limit of one hundred thousand was fixed conditions have greatly changed; and the limit should be changed. We have built great fortifications at Corregidor, at the mouth of Manila Bay; at Pearl Harbor, near Honolulu; and on the Isthmus of Panama. If these fortifications were worth constructing they are certainly worthy of manning; and I have referred to the addition to the coast artillery, needed for these and other purposes, of ten thousand men and six hundred and thirty-two officers. But, besides the coast-artillery companies for the guns of the fortifications, new gar- risons of the mobile army must be main- tained to make the defense of the Hawaiian Islands and the Panama Canal effective. The number of men needed for this purpose has been determined by the Genera! Staff. The Secretary of War, in his annual report for 1914, shows that the Regular Army, on June 30, 1914, consisted of 4701 officers and 87,781 men. 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When the proper garrisons of coast | artillery and of the mobile army are placed in the Philippines, in the Hawaiian Islands and on the Isthmus of Panama, the troops left in the United States will be 12,610 of coast artillery and 24,602 of the mobile army. This latter, as the Secretary of War most pertinently points out, is not much more than twice the size of the police force of the city of New York. For the continen- tal United States, with its population of near one hundred million people, this is a very small force. The Secretary of War recommends that this mobile force be added to by enlisting twenty-five thousand more men, raising the continental mobile force to fifty thousand. Certainly this is a very moderate increase and one sorely needed. If we added also the ten thousand men needed for the coast artillery it would require an increase of thirty-five thousand in the Regular Army. This is none too much. My own judgment is that this increase ought to be made at and that the limit of one hundred order increase the army, should be made to apply only to the mobile army of infantry, cavalry and field artillery, and to exclude the coast artillery and the Philippine Scouts. How Could We Raise the Men? In time of war, with these increases in | our Reguiar Army made by executive | order, we should have a mobile force of | seventy-five thousand regulars and one hundred and twenty thousand of the Na- tional Guard in the continental United States. The Board of Army Officers, ap- pointed to report on a proper organization of our third line of defense, estimated that we should need, roughly, an army of five hundred thousand men. We have smull arms enough for an army of half a million men and ammunition enough. How could we raise the remaining three hundred thousand men of our third line of defense? Some effort was made in the second Congress of the last Administration to provide for a reserve of men trained in the regular service. It has proved an entire failure and has attracted not more men | than enough to furnish a dinner company | for Congressman Gardner. The Secretary | of War proposes to substitute for the plan | that has not succeeded one by which, through discharges into a reserve by the sec- retary, of competent enlisted men who have satisfactorily served a year With the colors, a body of trained men in reserve can be | created, and their places in the active | regular force be supplied by new enlist- | ments. It seems to me that this is a plan which might work, and that it ought to be Mr. Garrison has evidently given not have made such a recommendation unless it was approved by the men of lifelong military experience at his side. The great defect in all the armies abroad, and especially in those countries where a standing way is not maintained, is the lack of officers. There is not the slightest reason why, by a comparatively economical ex- penditure of funds, we should not increase our supply of officers to educate an army of citizens in a national emergency. By a reasonable expenditure at West Point we could double the size of the classes at that admirable military academy. The educa- tion and privileges the cadets enjoy would enable us at once to fill up the quota. Then, it would aot be unwise to establish another military academy in the Far West, under the control of the War Department. Graduates could be divided into those who would become permanent officers and those who might be permitted to go into the re- serve after three years of service with the colors. In the course of ten years we would have a supply of army officers who, with the militia officers, would furnish a suffi- cient force to drill, discipline, prepare and command men in a volunteer army. We should have a National Council of Defense, with the President at its head, and with the Secretaries of the Army and Navy, and their respective chiefs of staff, and the chairmen of the proper committees of the House and the Senate as members. Such a council, by its investigations and reports, would give Congress a basis on which to act. If it were a permanent body it would gradually establish itself in a position of influence; so that our development would not be haphazard and would proceed with EVENING POST due regard toeconomy, on the one hand, and efficiency on the other. From this summary review it seems to me clear, therefore, that what should be done is practical and within our reach if we adopt the policy at once, or within a reason- able time after consideration, and conform consistently to that policy in our legislative provisions. First, we ought to take immediate steps to bring the navy up to the point it would have reached had the policy recommended by the Naval Board not been departed from. This is of primary importance, So, too, is the supplying of the needed personnel to man the ships. This is the line of all others that we must strengthen, and this is the line with respect to which we have a certain measure—and that is a standard of equiva- | lence with every navy in the world except | that of England. | Second, we should fill up the compara- | tively small gaps in our coast fortifications. This is, of course, important; but it is so easily within our immediate reach that it does not call for emphasis. The additional | ten thousand coast artillery men, however, | are of prime necessity and should be pro- | vided at once. Third, the enlargement of our Regular Army to give us seventy-five thousand effective men in the mobile army in the con- tinental United States, the creation of a | reserve as suggested by Secretary Garrison, and a substantial increase in officers by enlargement of West Point and the estab- lishment of a new academy in the West, are all steps that commend themselves as mat- ters of exigency. There is no occasion for alarm. Indeed, I think alarmist articles weaken the force | of the argument in favor of reasonable prep- aration. The statements are so extreme that the public either disbelieve them or say: “If it needs such elaborate and ex- pensive preparation it is impossible for us | to make it, and we’ll take the chances.” A League of Peace I am as strongly in favor of peace as any- one and just as anxious to secure it. A man who is not in favor of any armament at all and is, therefore, a so-called pacificist, is no more in favor of peace than 1 am. The only difference between us is as to the best means of maintaining it. June 5, 1915 —— ao aac e Ye mates You Ought to Try A Wellington and know what a cool, dry, clean smoke really is. That well principle keeps all moisture away from the to- bacco, so it burns ash to the last grain. There's no chance for contact of to- bacco and saliva, and your tongue is protected by the upward bore of the bit. Jam your favorite brand into 4 oo0000 ow There's a shape for every taste, made from genuine Feces briar, guaranteed against burning through or cracking. Smoke a Wellington — 25c, 35c, 50c, up. Also fitted with Bakelite bits. At all good dealers’. 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Such a League would benefit mankind so much that, if it could be brought about, I would be willing to depart from our valued traditional policy of not entering into Euro- an controversies, and would advocate the nited States’ becoming a party to such a League, with a provision that, if any mem- ber of the League went to war with any other member of the League before sub- mitting the issues between them to one | tribunal or the other, all the other members | of the League bind themselves by united forces to defend the member attacked. I think the moral effect of such a League would be greatly to restrain the disposition to go to war. Our relation to world peace is | sufficiently close to justify us in becoming a member of such a League and backing it | up. Of course the League ought to embrace | the great Powers of Europe and this coun- | try. It would not be necessary to embrace the less powerful countries; but when such | a League was formed the smaller countries would be glad to avoid the danger of op- pression by joining it. The great opportunity for the establish- mentof sucha League isin the state of mind in which the dreadful horrors of the present war, after the war is over, will leave the participants. They will look with more favor on any plan to make war less likely than ever in the history of the world. We shall be much more influential in leading the other nations into such a League if we | are in a state of proper national defense. It is not necessary for us to become a military | Power and to develop militarism in our | people— indeed, it is impossible for us to do so; but we may, by only a moderate provi- sion for our own defense, give weight to our voice in a real and effective peace-promoting League. Joe:—*‘Are you still using HAVOLINE OIL, ‘It makes a difference’?”’ Harry:—“‘You bet! 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THE SATURDAY I guess -- Terrible Words in Retailing HERE was a retailer who guessed he had enough to retire. When all the bills were cleaned up and stock sold he was shy $39. Another retailer guessed that Jones was his best sales- man. The facts showed that he hadn’t made a dollar on Jones in three years. “It costs me only 15% to do business,” guessed another merchant. It really cost him 23%, but his selling prices were figured on a 15° basis. A merchant who had been on the edge of bankruptcy for six months without knowing it, guessed that his credit was still good at the bank. Retailing, based on exact knowledge, is a mighty profit- able business. Based on guess- work, it's about as hopeless as bucking a three-shell game at a county fair. You keep books, do you not? Did it ever occur to you to let your bookkeeper be your most valuable employee > Your bookkeeper can sub- stitute facts for guesswork in your business. 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Send today for Booklet ‘‘M,” CLEVELAND, OHIO explaining our system of receiving deposits by mail. CAPITAL & SURPLUS § 6,500,000.00 THE CITIZENS on NOYES & TRUST CO. assets over MILLION DOLLARS. THE NATIONAL LULLABY E. Rosenfeld & Ca Makers aoe 183! Baltimore and New York | it was brought he said: | What! | Now | the aisle seat, fourth row, left center. EVENING POST June 5, 1915 THE UNKNOWN MASTERPIECE (Continued from Page 11) he said haltingly as he sought to control his breath: “Good friends, we must crave your ut- most indulgence. Let me ask of you one at favor: When the maestro comes out et there be no demonstration. As you love him, be silent—be as silent as death itself. It is imperative. Let there be no sound, I beg of you!” A murmur of surprise followed the strange words of the impresario. To the true virtu- oso the tone of his house is almost as vital as the tone of his instrument. And they were asked, in all earnestness, to sit mute before their master! The clusters of lights illuminating the vast auditorium disappeared one by one until there remained only the tiny red bulbs at the emergency exits to spot the darkness. The murmur faded into absolute silence. The pendent chandelier on the stage, its scores of glowing bulbs screened with yellow silk, was dimmed to twilight; so that even the great piano itself loomed misty and indistinct. The house took to watching the small door on the left through which the great man must enter. Shor tly the door opened; and against the light from within appeared the silhouetted figures of Jacoby and Rosa his wife. The musician was leaning heavily on her arm and she was helping him up the short flight of stepstothestage. He walked like a blind man. As the little door closed behind them the hush of the house became tense. Now—if ever-—these three thou- sand throats should acclaim him; but they kept their faith with Merlin and sat rigid. The two people advancing on the stage seemed like pygmy creatures lost in the vast defiles of some enchanted island, so oddly did the dim lights dwarf them in the broad setting. They moved slowly, the maestro once or twice putting out a hand, as though to pierce the darkness. Finally they reached the piano; his wife seated him on the bench and laid his hand on the keys. Then she did a very odd thing—she turned to the great house and laid a warning finger on her lips; then stole away. The house settled itself. This was the first Thursday in November! Jacoby sat motionless. His eyes were fixed on some indefinite spot in the shadows. He sat thus for a full minute—an eternity to the house, which began shifting uneasily; and, most of all, an eternity to the three who watched him off stage. Jacoby had per- mitted himself to be brought across the street like one under a spell—physically obedient but, to all appearances, with his mind still in the abyss. ““We have lost!’”” murmured Rosa de- spairingly. Merlin tore his eyes loose from the odd figure on the stage, as though to make sure that he himself was not dream- ing. Cats and dogs! Had they succeeded in rousing the dreamer, only to lose him again in full view of this staring throng? They were not here to exhibit a somnam- bulist. An idea arrested him. **Georges!’’ he cried and his secre- tary—faithful shadow—was at his elbow. “In my office, on the safe, is Richard Spur- ling’s violin. Bring it tome!” And when “Open it! What! Smash the lock—so! Severine is out in front Bring Locked! Georges! him to me.” ? In a trice little Severine, the violinist, had been dragged from his seat and taken | behind the stage. “He is asleep—in a trance?” said the little man as he came in. Merlin, at the table, was scribbling on a scrap of paper. Over his shoulder he growled: “Yes—asleep! him. Play this!” Merlin thrust the violin into Severine’s hands and held up the sheet of paper, on which were half a dozen bars of a strange melody. “Here is the tempo—so!” Merlin was saying as, with his hand, he swung an = ed baton. “Do you get it? Now And you are to waken ” began the puzzled ar “But nothing! Play, you fool! So—take it slowly to the rise—the merest hum- -so! Now begin!” He opened the door to the stage a little wider and motioned for the lights to be extinguished behind him so that he might not make himself conspicuous to the au- dience. This audience, if he knew it, was dangerously near the exploding point. “Once more—a little louder—more free—so! Gad! Vossberg, look!” Jacoby was bending forward, searching the uncertain depths of the stage as though seeking to surprise the echo of some famil- iar cadence. The violin sang though its half dozen bars as softly as a breath of air. Jacoby was smiling now. He began to caress the keys with his fingers—to explore them. Then suddenly the air began to vibrate. So gently did the felted hammers fall on the tense strings of his instrument that, for a moment, tne sustained tone seemed to come less from the piano itself than from the very atmosphere. The air became satu- rated with throbbing sound—hung heavy under it, as under the stress of distant thunder on a summer day. The tone be- came more firm; it divided itself into in- articulate phrases. Through it there came a voice, calling. It was trying to speak, to sing—the voice grew, faltered, was gone came again; until finally it found itself, burst crystal clear on the ears, singing the song that the violin in the trembling fingers of Severine had been whispering. No sooner did the theme burst forth than it seemed to be taken up by scores of voices near and far—calling, answering each other, laughing, echoing; twisting and turning the thin little motif into myriad fantastic shapes. The musician at the keys began to sway from side to side with the rhythm—for there was rhythm, in spite of the inextricable tangle of counterpoint. The song of the multitude grew faster and faster; the volume of tone rose measure by measure, until it became a mighty, sus- tained diapason which swept the whole instrument. And then, like a rocket curv- ing through its zenith, the thing burst into a shower of glittering sparks, which glowed for a moment and died away. The silence was so abrupt that it left the house fairly gasping for breath. Little Severine was listening, almost terrified; it was beyond his power to conceive what the master had done with that ragged little theme he had scraped off on the strings. Rosa was silent, her head buried in her arms. Merlin threw open the door and was on the stage in one bound. He sprang forward on tiptoe, waving his arms wildly in the air, his face going through the most gro- tesque contortions. There was no sound from his lips; but with all his might he was impressing silence—silence !—silence!—be- fore the storm should break. The performer at the keys had let his hands fall; his head moved and he seemed to be counting. The youthful violinist stole away and found his place again, out in front. “He is in a dream!”’ he whispered to his neighbor; and, like a spark in tinder, the whisper flashed across the house from row to row, from tier to tier—to the very top- most gallery. he master was playing in a dream! Hush! Not a sound! What does he play? They looked at each other timidly. W hat does he play? Could there be any question? What should Jacoby—their great Jacopy play when he dreamed? The sonata—the sonata! Jacoby raised his hands again. fingers fell on the keys. The allegro move- ment began. It was like the opening of a flower, its lifetime of color and fragrance comp into a few precious moments. “Cats and dogs! They are under the spell—every mother’s son of them!” mut- tered Merlin to himself. He was staring out at the house. The impresario was not insensible to the wiz- ardry of sound the master was weaving on his amazing instrument, with its pure intervals; but, like the sailors of Ulysses, he was stopping his ears to it lest he fall — 4 its magic and forget the business at and. With a conscious effort he tore himself loose; he tiptoed cautiously to the rear door, making a passing appraisal of Rosa, who was watching the maestro in awed rev- erence. Merlin slid down the corridor tothe little cubby-hole, opened the door and thrust in his head. “How goesit?”’ he cried in a half whisper. The two mechanicians did not take their eyes from the revolving disks which were imprisoning the exquisite vagaries of the The

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tearing his hair, stamping his feet, clapping, shouting-—anything to make noise; that battered itself back and forth between the walls, which seemed to shake the very rafters of the edifice. Cries of Bravo! Bravo! and Jacoby! Jacoby! rent the air. They were crowding into the aisles, surging in struggling lines toward the stage. They banked themselves just beyond the rail, the din becoming louder and louder as they gave way more and more to their exultation. “Fools! What becomes of the finale? Cats and dogs! Why couldn't they be stil to the end!”’ Merlin was snarling as he rushed to the front. He started out on the stage again, im- | to return to their | The | ploring them to be still chairs. He signaled frantically. crowd neither saw nor heard him. Another thing had checked them. The tumult of acclaim ceased as suddenly as though choked by some gigantic hand. Jacoby had raised his head and was looking about him in a dazed way. His querulous voice broke the taut silence. “Rosa! Rosa!” he was calling. Rosa was by his side in an instant, her hand on his. “‘What is it? Who are all these peo- ple?”’ And he indicated with a wave of his hand the bank of upstaring faces. Merlin was equal to the occasion. sprang forward. “This is your day, Ernest! Have you for- gotten? These are all your good friends who love you. This is the first Thursday in November.” Merlin waved the house back to their chairs. Jacoby rose. He gently pushed his wife aside. “Am I a child, that you must lead me? Begone!’ He bowed stiffly to the house; then he began to play. It was a rhapsody of insur- mountable technical difficulties—the first number on his program for the afternoon. He blazed through it like a skyrocket. It was six o’clock when the house emptied He THE SATURDAY EVENING POST Then, silence. Blank | It is all a trick—I do it with my | noise |

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OCK is a mighty little thing — just four feet of 44-inch Yellow Strand } ’ pe, protected by a waterproof fabric Thombles spliced in each end and the geod tones tes secure it instantly around wheel and epring, or spare tire and rack Then car nd tive are -~t lealers, $2.00. FREE—Circulars. Write for them BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE CO. Wi. You’ Oince, 16’ Warree Bt Makers of femous Yellow Strand Powersteel wire rope and other wire ropes for every pur pose itself into the street. He had played | through his set program, denying, as was | his custom, all encores. Merlin some time later took his priceless master record from its fireproof vault and presented himself in Jacoby’s drawing | room. Rosa was frightened at his advent, | for he had confessed to her the existence of | this record and that it awaited only the master’s signature and approval to be | given to the world. Everything was arranged with the ut- most care. The machine was started when Jacoby was in conversation with Doctor Vossberg and Severine, the violinist. The maestro looked up quickly. “Who plays Jacoby’s piano?” he de- manded in the middle of that wonderful introduction. Merlin came forward. “Who should play your piano—who but Jacoby?” said he, eying the musician sharply. The master listened through to the end of the third movement of the unfinished masterpiece. He clapped his hands in ecstasy and cried: “Again! Again! Once more, Merlin! *Tis wonderful!” Merlin chuckled and went back to the beginning. The musician sat spellbound. “Who plays?”’ he asked when it was finished. “Who but Jacoby?” answered Merlin. “I? Jacoby? Do you laugh at Jacoby, Merlin? Eh, Merlin? At last we have somebody greater than Jacoby! This man is as much greater than Jacoby—as Jacoby is above the rest of the world. Who is it, Isay?” The little group looked at Jacoby, dashed. “But, maestro,”’ persisted Merlin, who was breaking into a sweat, “this is your sonata—the sonata—your unpublished masterpiece!—with which you began your day—your first Thursday. They went mad! Listen! You can hear them calling your name at the end of the scherzo.” “Silence!”’ cried Jacoby. “My sonata? You blaspheme! This is the music of a prophet. Here are such close harmonies as I have dreamed of, but never attained.” “But there are millions in it—for you and me, Jacoby!” cried Merlin, aghast as he saw a fortune slipping through his fin- gers. “‘Here are millions—if you will only sign the record!” ‘Millions to steal!” thundered Jacoby. Then suddenly, his face changing: ‘You have been imposed on, my good Merlin. That is not my sonata—the sonata. I have never played it. No one has heard it. The sonata’’—he whispered with a rapt look as he tapped his forehead—“‘it is still here.”’ There the matter rests. 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H. THE SATURDAY R. (Continued from Page 23) “Mutiny!” muttered Andrew Barrett, and looked anxiously at his chief. How would he meet this crisis? The absolute control of the New York papers hung in the balance. But H. R. merely asked pleasantly: “Ready?” Not a man stirred. that he could fight! “T will dictate and each of you must write down what I say. I want to know how well you can write.” Two of the men began to shake their heads with growing independence. Others followed, for moral courage is contagious even in industrial democracies. H. R. smiled confidently. That made them waver. Confidence is the most demoralizing of all social factors. “Now write, and sign your name after you finish.” Then H. R. dictated: “Please pay us five dollars a day!” They grabbed the pencils with one light- ninglike movement and wrote very plainly. They signed their names even more plainly. “Give them to Fleming. On Monday we begin work. I shall consider the writing carefully.” In this wise was organized the public- sentiment corps of the S. A. S. A. Litera- ture, it had once more been demonstrated, is merely a matter of demand and supply. They had forgotten =x XM TER dining in the company of Barrett and Caspar Weinpusslacher, H. R. went to the agency that had handled his newspaper advertising, opened a charge account, and told them to send to all the morning papersthefollowingadvertisement: WANTED — An actor who can look like a gentle- man in good health before a critical audience of 250,000. Apply in person, without press notices H. R., Allied Arts Bldg It was rather late in the evening when he sent for Max Onthemaker, but this only served to strengthen the learned counsel's high opinion of H. R. When H. R. told him what he proposed to do Max jumped in the air for joy. Then he sat down limply. It suddenly occurred to him that H. R. was far too intelligent. This is fatal to the right kind of newspaper publicity. But H. R. soothed him and dispelled Max’s doubts by showing him with the utmost precision how to become an efficient and altogether legal agent provocateur. The legal mind always concerns itself over the particular paragraph. It comes from numbering the Statutes. Max worked till dawn on his papers and arguments. On the next morning H. R. selected out of several dozen applicants four actors who looked really distinguished. The others walked away cursing the Trust. They are rarely original, as a class, by reason of their habit of also reading the press notices of their colleagues. H. R. told the lucky four that he would give them the hardest part of their lives. They looked at him pityingly. He then guaranteed to get their pictures in all the papers. They looked blasé. He began to speak to them about fame and about money, and then about money and fame—the power to go into any restaurant and cause an instant cessation of mastication, or walk into any manager's office and be entreated to sign, at any price, only sign, sign at once! They accepted on the spot and asked when the engagement began. In their eager- ness to be artists they forgot to ask the salary. H. R. then told them that they must in- troduce the art of sandwiching to New York. They must command the union sandwiches. Never! He explained to them very patiently, for he was dealing with temperaments, that to make sandwiching an art required the high- est form of histrionic ability. Anybody could look like a gentleman on the stage or in any of the Fifth Avenue drawing rooms to which they were obviously accustomed. But unmistakably to look like a gentleman between sandwich boards would require a combination of Richard Mansfield and ancient lineage. He asked them kindly to ponder on the lamented Edward VII. How would the Czar act? That is the way he wanted his artists to act—like royalty. It was the highest art ever discovered. They would be the cynosure of all eyes on Fifth Avenue, where most eyes belong to wealthy women who always look for, as well as

at, handsome men of discretion and bona- fide divorce decrees. The artists themselves would represent Valiquet’s, the world's greatest jewelers, and the newspapers would be told of the enormous salaries paid. Some of the boards would be of real gold, to be valued at $250,000 in the most conservative of the newspapers. The men also would be paid in cash, two dollars a day. “The idea is not to sandwich in the ordi- nary commercial way, but to give our press agents the swellest opportunity of the cen- tury. Managers have used real diamonds on the stage. Money buys them. I am using real gentlemen. Money cannot make them. Valiquet’s never does anything in- expensive, and this is merely the first and most dazzling chapter in the history of the new art of advertising. The newspapers will duly chronicle the fact that each artist received one thousand dollars a week which the artists have turned over to char- ity, like gentlemen. To be the Theodore Roosevelts of street advertisements is more than a privilege, more than an honor, more than art—it is cash! There have been sand- wich men. There shall be sandwich artists! Gentlemen, you wi!l make history. If you feel you don’t measure up to the job you can get out of here!” They not only signed but begged to begin on that day, even if it was Friday. But H. R. was adamant. “Monday !”’ he said. marks. Report at nine A. M. dressed like gen- tlemen.” Andrew Barrett reported enthusiastically that nearly every shop on the Avenue was “‘And no more re- ready to sign contracts if Valiquet’s began. | There had been some skepticism, and expec- tations were keyed up to the snapping pitch. Mr. Gwathmey sent a dozen designs for boards and H. R. accepted them on official stationery of the society. He also asked that the designs be engraved in color. He told Barrett to get Valiquet’s written ac- ceptance of his order. On Sunday all the newspapers were im- pressively notified that there would be some novel and revolutionary advertising schemes on the Avenue. To insure attention, the newspapers were simultaneously informed also that the Fifth Avenue Merchants’ Guild had decided to advertise more ex- tensively in the daily press. New York would give an object lesson in confidence to the rest of the country. This would allay all fears as to the fundamental soundness of the general business situation. Wall Street might be in the dumps, but the legitimate merchants, up to the full-page size, were more truly representative of the metropolis. Fleming had been told to detail himself, Mulligan, and the four most typical sand- wiches in the society, to act as the advance guard. He and the five were at the office early Monday morning; so were the four histrionic artists; so was Max Onthe- maker, with nineteen injunctions, writs and legal documents neatly typewritten, three process-servers, and thirty copies of a state- ment for the newspapers. Each sandwich received his board and a copy of his own speech. It was a plea for equal rights and the cessation of hostilities against a poor man simply because he had no money, a prayer for the enforcement of the Constitution, and three quotations from that Book that taught sandwich men to turn the other cheek. Also a post-scriptural assertion that each man habitually went to church to pray and not to ask for unearned bread or jump on Standard Oil. Max him- self made them memorize the speech. They were letter perfect before he stopped. “This will kill ’em dead!”’ he said enthu- siastically. “‘Why, Mr. Rutgers, even the newspapers will think they are Christians and ——” “Make them Early Christians,” wisely advised H. R. “That's what the world needs to-day! “You are right, as usual. Hey, you fel- lows, add: ‘If we must die we die forgiving our fellow men in the knowledge that after this life we shall come into our own.’” “Hey, I ain’t a-going to be killed just to——” began Mulligan, edging toward the door. “In the newspapers, ass! On the front page, imbecile!”’ shrieked Max. Mulligan shook his head doggedly. “Mulligan!” said H. R., and clenched his right fist. “Ye-es, boss. EVENING POST

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| up,”’ added H. R., “T’ll be there to see that you get the forty beers, and I'll guarantee that you'll have a chance to assuage your thirst after business hours.” “All right, boss,” said Mulligan. “And I'll guarantee the thirst.” “Say, can you beat it?” admiringly asked Max of Andrew Barrett. ‘‘Where does he = ail And he tapped his own cranium sa “And Mulligan, if you should be locked “the first thing you do | when you get to jail is to declare a hunger strike. This will stamp you as crusaders! And crusaders never frighten business.”’ “Great heavens!’’ whispered Max. “Do we get the ——” began Mulligan anxiously. “Nothing need be said about drinking. You'll get your forty.” “Refer all reporters to your counsel,” advised Max. “Forget everything else, but not that, not that!” x HE four great actors, distinguished- looking, positively Beau Brummellesque, in shining top hats of the latest fashion, and the six professional sandwiches in their working clothes, went out of the Allied Arts Building to make history. The silk hats walked ahead, abreast. The six members of the S. A. S. A. followed in Indian file. Each of the four Beau Brummells carried a beautiful shield with an effect of an imperial breastplate.

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The six walking professionally carried the most beautiful boards ever seen, with | these legends:

WONDERS OF THE WORLD THE OLD WORLD HAD SEVEN THE NEW WORLD HAS ONLY ONE VALIQUET’S O. K.—H. R., SEc.

FOR SILVER AND GOLD, PEARLS, DIAMONDS, RUBIES, EMERALDS, EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS VALIQUET’S WHO DESIGNED THIS BOARD O. K.—H. R., SEc.

VALIQUET’S OFFICIAL DESIGNERS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SANDWICH ARTISTS O. K.—H. R., SEc.

They created a furore. But H. R. had | commanded them to walk from Twenty-

third Street to Forty-second on the east side of the Avenue, and back on the other side; then to the office. He desired to arouse expectancy. The people who had seen would tell those who had not, and then both would remain to see if those who had seen had told the truth. It is the man who compels audiences to wait for him that really is entitled to have them. The faint sense of waiting for something worth waiting for, that so far only the an- nual police parade has been able to arouse in New York, was discernible on the faces of the spectators. They began to cluster on the edges of the sidewalks. The chauffeurs began to look anxious. Honestly, they did! Andrew Barrett had shown to the other | shopkeepers the Valiquet designs, and told them to watch for the jewelers’ astounding June 5, 1915 coup. He booked twenty-two orders for the next week. At two o'clock the artists sallied forth for the second time. The throngs opened for them to pass. Those spectators who had put off lunching to see the epoch-making stunt were rewarded. They saw four per- fectly attired gentlemen in top hats, carrying dazzling scutcheons. Then the six typical sandwiches. The sandwich was the thing! The sand- wich men were merely artists. The spec- tators recalled that ultimately all men and all women must become sandwiches. It made New Yorkers realize that Death was still on the job. This gave them something to talk about that night at dinner before dancing. Also three hundred and Lg! thou- sand people saw the O. K. of * ee is easy to remember two iy Humanity, for some unexplained reason, respects a man who places the cause before his name. If a man tells men “I am the cause,” men know it is the truth and they My pillory him in the flesh—egotist! But he says, “‘ The cause is my life,’”’ they will sileey him in marble after he loses said life. It was an extraordinary sensation. The big shops emptied themselves. In c- Swatt’s and Norton’s and Fay & Read's the rush to the Avenue doors was so great that floorwalkers who tried to stem the tide were crushed, manlike, by the women and borne half-clad on to the sidewalk. The proprietors looked at the crowds, heard the same remark, “‘What is it?” by the tens of thousands, saw the sandwiches, saw the looks on the tens of thousands of faces and said: “Damn!” They had not heard the knock of Oppor- tunity and Valiquet’s had. No wonder the jewel firm’s dividends were regular. It wasn’t the big profit in gems. It was the ears! The proprietors blamed their advertising managers. The triumphal march of the sandwiches was more than a success, more than a sen- sation. It was an event. The four top- hatted histrions foreswore the stage. No artist had ever won such triumphs since Nero. They had started as Beau Brummells. They had become Kings. And the union sandwiches following in Indian file, obliv- ious, like true artists, of the admiration of the rabble, thought of the end of the day, of the forty beers and the free food—of unearned wealth!—and actually swaggered so that their parasite-infested hirsuteness and their beast-faces took on an aspect of aristocratic eccentricity, of zeal for a no- ble cause. Their rags, in juxtaposition to the dazzling gorgeousness of their sandwich boards, thus became ecclesiastical vest- ments—they might have been pilgrims wear- ing tatters in fulfillment of Lenten vows of renunciation. It was, of course, a masterly combination. “Only Valiquet’s would think of doing such a thing!’ said all Fifth Avenue, as usual giving credit to commercial genius instead of the creator. The other mercantile geniuses, seeing that their shoppers had declared a legal holiday, frantically telephoned to Mr. An- drew Barrett to send out their sandwiches at once. They would pay ten dollars per man—yes, twenty dollars. Only do it now! They did not wish to be put in the position of following. This is fatal on Fifth Avenue. Valiquet’s was skimming the cream! Never mind submitting the legends! Get a hustle on! Never mind striking catch- phrases. That would come later. Get the sandwiches on the Avenue—the bare name and the sandwiches! The crowd, who had not had time to for- get about the sandwich-men’s parade of a few days before, cleverly saw that this was the second chapter. They, therefore, knew all about it and could and would say so to their less clever fellow-beings. Complete- ness of knowledge is one of the nicest feelings in the world. Barrett excitedly reported the avalanche of orders to H. R. and was promptly and calmly dispatched to the board-makers to order fifty boards each of the six Valiquet designs, three hundred in all. H. R. then dictated for publication a statement as to the real meaning of sandwiching on Fifth Avenue. It was not merely advertising; it was philanthropy. Much more went to feeding starving artists at the Colossal Restaurant than to the militant brethren in the shape of wages. It was also the best way of advertising Fifth Avenue’s wares. Mr. Wilberforce Josslyn, president of the Valiquet Corporation, was told of the sandwich desecration of the holy name. (Continued on Page 49)

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST sy. abe =x. Hupmobile for Nineteen Sixteen $115 Lower in Price—$200 Greater in Value pm ee ’ ; has wtthees ; These two facts about the IOIO Hupmobile make this the most important announcement this company has ever made. he 1916 Hupmobile is priced at $1085 $115 less than our These many improvements in style and refinements in design we 1915 model. give you in the 1916 Hupmobile at ¢ r the five-passenger : : ; : ; touring car or roadster. You sidered the 1915 car a big value at Yet we have gone to greater lengths than ever before to maintain the ' . . : aie aan ac is not Hupmobile reputation for quality. The new Hupmobile has twenty : ¢ . : Silly. cent more power, giving a quicker pickup, an even stronger pul on hills and in sand, and slower running on high speed. We have made many refinements throughout the chassis; increasing the qualit , I | *s to a fitty per nt mcrease and improving the workmanship everywhere. 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We are is average. 10u twenty per cent more powerful, the 1916 car . quarter cent per mi The 1916 Hupmobile wil rr. now prepared to ec \ 1 al tv px ! rneecs or your tastes r r t > is a fit companion for our earlier models in gasoline mileage, tire ‘ " ‘ may cemand n I ri ir, tw passenger Rx acster, All-Year Touring Car ‘our seven-passenger Touring Car, countless times that the 1915 Hupmobile i seven-passenger Limous f an. We have absolute v= built. The 1916 Hupmobile is more com confidence that each of these tyy s th t value at the price on Istery is deeper. Genuine high grade hair and the market—certainiy the best er but by this company. cushion construction give the comfort of an old shoe. " : , , , , : i : All types retain t pmobile steady-riding, low-hung chassis ; rings are even more flexible and easy siding. 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— THE SATURDAY EVENING POST June 5, 1915 GCA | CIGARETTES New York Evening Journal, December 7, 1914 The Belgians adore their brave King and he adores them. The democratic friendship between the King and the common soldiers is amazing. It is quite customary for him to hand his cigarettes to them and take a light from them in return. He spends a portion of each day in the trenches with them. MECCA Cigarettes are the most popular smoke in the most democratic country on earth—the United States. Matchless Quality makes this wonderful Turkish Blend the largest selling brand in America today. Millions of Americans smoke MECCA in preference to any other cigarette, because MECCA gives them “Perfect Satisfac- tion.”” Have you tried them? In the handy In the oval foil slide box, 10 for 5c package, 20 for 10c THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY

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(Continued from Page 46) His private secretary alone had the courage toimpart the news. Mr. Wilberforce Josslyn turned round in his Circassian walnut swivel-chair, said “Stop em!” and revolved again. The secretary carried the order to the first vice-president. Mr. Angus MacAckus, first vice-president, took it upon himself not only to stop ’em but to punish ’em. He hastily descended to the main floor. What he saw through the Fifth-Avenue doors appalled him. And worse—even within the sacred precincts of the shop the reckless jewel-buying public and the conservative charge accounts alike were talking about it, actually congratulating the gentlemanly salesmen and the courtly department man- agers and the obliging watch repairers. Twomen, whom herecognized as reporters by their intellectual faces, approached him, but he ran away from them toward the door. Mrs. Van Vervain, undisputed czarina of society, was in one of the compartments of the plate-glass-and-solid-silver revolving doors, and he waited in order to welcome her. “*MacAckus,” said Mrs. \ her sharp, imperious voice, it? Not to advertise?” “Certainly not,” answered Mr. Mac- Ackus, forgetting himself and speaking with heat. ‘I thought not. Well, I am glad you are helping. I shall send my check to them, poor men!”’ Then she had one of those moments of kindliness that made people worship her: “It was a very clever thing to do, MacAckus. I am glad you had not only the brains but the courage.” The reporters heard her. It was their business to get the news. Mr. MacAckus realized that Mrs. Van Vervain’s approval had changed the complexion of the affair. At the same time Valiquet’s never talked for publication, and the remarks of their clients were sacred. He turned to the re- porters and said in the peremptory tone that makes reporters feel obedient: “Not a word of this! Do you under- stand?” “We understand perfectly,” said the American. “We certainly do!”’ and wrote what Mrs. Van Vervain had said and what she was wearing. It would be a text for one of Albert Migraine’s editorial sermons, prov- ing that millionaires, instead of being blown into Atoms, should be freely permitted to give Money for starving men to convert into Food. In fact, Nature wisely provided that Millionaires should have Money to give away. The more the Poor received the less the millionaire would take to the Useless Grave. Mr. MacAckus, greatly perturbed by this deviation from the norm, rushed to the president's office to tell him Mrs. Van Ver- vain’s opinion. Before he could speak Mr. Wilberforce Josslyn said: “Did you stop ’em?”’ ““No,sir. Let me explain. vain just came in and , “I sent word to have ’em stopped!” said Mr. Josslyn, frowning “Let me explain, Mr. Josslyn - Disobedience cannot be explained away. Discipline must be enforced. The obvious advantage that a corporation president has over his subordinates is that he does not have to be hampered by petty details. “Stop “em!” he said coldly. ““Mrs. Van Vervain said ‘And Mr. Josslyn said ‘Stop ’em’!” He turned his back on MacAckus, who there- upon rushed downstairs frowning angrily. He’d stop ’em! He walked out into the Avenue. It was blocked. He tried to elbow his way through the intelligent femininity, and was nearly run in by atraffic policeman. The women re- fused to budge—the sandwiches were com- ing. And, would you believe it, as the shining top hats drew near the crowd actually di- vided itself, Red-Sea wise, to let H. R.’s Chosen People pass safely. Mr. MacAckus did not faint, because he was too angry. He stepped in front of the four obvious gentlemen and held up a hand. He could not speak. But the four, who had been elevated to imperial dignity by New York, moved on so majestically that Mr. MacAckus began to retreat before them, waving his hand frantically. He stepped backward, keeping time to their steps, his hand moving up and down in his wrath. It looked for all the world like a bandmaster indicating to his artists just how to play it. Backward he stepped, onward fan Vervain in “why did you do Mrs. Van Ver- they marched, until speech returned to him: “Stop! Stop! Stop! THE SATURDAY They did not hear him. He called to a policeman: “Stop ’em!” H. R. had won! The officer ran up. He was a policeman. He therefore said: “‘What’s the matter?” “These men have no right to use our name. We did not authorize them. We wish them stopped from using our firm's name for—er—advertising purposes. It’s against the law. I'll make a complaint against them. Stop 'em!” Max Onthemaker came forward, his face pale with determination. Four reporters trailed along. “Touch these gentlemen at your peril!” he said to the policeman. “Here is a sworn copy of the statute referred to by that per- son.” He shoved a typewritten document under the officer’s nose. There were two seals on it; one was in anarchistic red and the other in Wall Street gold. “Observe,” pursued Mr. Onthemaker impressively and very distinctly, that the reporters might not misquote, “‘that the statute says the name of a living person must not be used. But Valiquet’s is a cor- poration. Do you get that, officer—it is a corporation!” The officer read the newspapers. He knew what corporations were. Some corporations bought votes for the Republicans; and, be- sides, they paid only the men higher up. He therefore informed Mr. MacAckus: “T can’t do nothin’!” “And even if you could, officer,” said Mr. Onthemaker to the reporters, “‘the magistrate would let them go, with a rep- rimand for you. We are ready for him.” Then he said to MacAckus: “Get out of the way or I'll have you arrested for block- ing traffic, causing a crowd to collect, for assuming that you own the sidewalk, and for interfering with honest workingmen who are trying to earn a peaceful living. Also for oppressing the poor. We have not asked you for money. We do not wish your charity.” He paused, and shaking a finger at Mr. MacAckus said loudly: ““We spurn your tainted money!” H. R. had not made a mistake in pick- ing out this man to represent the society. The officer looked at Mr. MacAckus and said: “Please move on, sir.” “That's polite enough,” reporters, making a note of it. MacAckus said: “Why, you infernal “Move on!” said the cop. “Tam Mr. MacAckus, of Valiquet's ‘Tell him who you are, officer,” said the di: bolic Onthemaker, guessing the cop's nationality. “T am Mr. MacGinnis, of the —— pre- cinct.” People began to clap their hands— people who never went into Valiquet’s. Mr. Mac- Ginnis thereupon laid a hand proudly on Mr. MacAckus’ arm. Mr. MacAckus lost his head—that is, he shook off the white- gloved hand of the law. The law blew its whistle, as the law always does in civilized communities. Instantly, as though the whistle had been the cue, the stirring sound of galloping steeds smote the asphalt of Fifth Avenue. “Let him go, Officer MacGinnis,” said Max Onthemaker magnanimously. “We do not care to appear against him.”’ ** Ain’t he fine looking?” a woman asked he phres pay looking at the law. She even pointed at him. Mr. Mac Ginnis, therefore, haughtily said: “ Resisting an officer ——” H. R. on horseback, in correct riding at- tire, following seven mounted traffic-squad men, appeared on the scene. “There he is!’’ said Mr. Onthemaker to the reporters, dutifully yielding the center of the stage to its rightful possessor. After all there was only one H. R., and both H. R. and Max Onthemaker knew it. “That's the commissioner,” to the atmosphere. “It’s young Van Vervain!” asserted the fickle one who had thought MacGinnis was fine looking. Before the traffic squad could dismount H. R. jumped down from his horse, threw the reins to one of the mounted officers, said “‘Look after him!” so decisively that no remonstrance was possible, approached the group and said: “I’m Mr. Rutgers!” Fifth Avenue was impassable now. “Who is it?” asked ten thousand who had been asking “ What is it?” Those who had heard proudly repeated the name to those who had not. Within said one of the But Mr. ” said a clerk EVENING POST The extreme good taste of Indian design and execution has made motorcycle en- thusiasts of thousands of exacting men. This, coupled with the fact that the HE Indian Motocycle shares the place held only by highest type motor: vehicles of all kinds. 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EVENING POST forty seconds, as far as Thirty-fourth Street, intelligent New Yorkers were saying: “It’s Mr. Rutgers!” Officer MacGinnis touched his white- gloved hand to his helmet. “That’s Hendrik Rutgers!” explained Max Onthemaker to the reporters. H. R. looked Mr. MacAckus in the eye and said with patrician frigidity “If you think you have any ground for a civil action go ahead. My office is in the Allied Arts Building. I'll accept service in person or through my counsel here.” A murmur went up: These were law- abiding men. They, therefore, must 7 the lieutenant dared say, when he saw the representative of business and the Tepre- “Gen- tlemen, I’m afraid you're blocking traffic. Perhaps if you went inside —— “Follow me!” said H. R. to his men, and he led them down the nearest cross-street. He halted fifty yards from the corner. Mr. MacAckus had followed and unlim- bered his heavy artillery. “This infernal outrage —— H. R. lost all patience. He said to the mounted lieutenant: “Take us to the magistrate!” To Max Onthemaker he whispered: “Got the papers with you?” ‘And the reporters too,”’ answered the able counsel with much pride, as though the reporters were his own private property loaned to the cause for the occasion without charge. Seeing that the police made no move, H. R. said determinedly: “T insist upon going before the magis- trate. You can report the case at the sta- tion later and save us time.” This made the police officer hesitate. It always does. It works on the principle of treating your opponent as if he were a taxicabby who has overcharged. “I guess that’s the best way,” lieutenant. “Thank you, inspector. Will you kindly tell one of your men to bring my mount along? Thank you!” said Hendrik Rutgers. Politeness pays. By saying‘‘*Thank you” in advance of the service no gentleman can refuse. At the magistrate’s court thesession was short and sweet. Mr. Onthemaker looked eloquent. The clerk who had type- written the restraining orders whispered “Tt’s No. 5!” and his chief picked it out of the seventeen without hesitation. Every- body was impressed by the obvious effi- ciency. Efficiency must never be hidden. The argument prepared by Mr. Onthe- maker was one of the best His Honor had ever heard. He needed it for his own fall campaign. It certainly read well. He even read it in print—in advance. “Let me see your argument,” and when Mr. said the said the Onthemaker mney He did not know what to say until e saw the reporters taking notes. Then he knew. “Discharged!” he said. It was the most popular decision in New York when you wish to be reélected. Max Onthemaker looked at his watch. | Morris Lazarus by this time had doubtless | applied for an order restrainin Valiquet’s from interfering with the lawful business of Jean Gerard, Walter Townsend, J. J. Flem- ing, William Mulligan, William F. Farquhar, Marmaduke De Beauville, Wilton Lazear, Percival Willoughby and Francis Drake. “We have secured an injunction against Valiquet’s. Here it is,’ said Mr. Onthe- maker. ‘ You are the vice-president of your corporation. You might as well learn your own business from me.”” Then, with a fierce frown, that there might be no back talk, he “This is a He approached Mr. MacAckus and took advantage of the contiguity to whisper: “If you don’t wish to make your concern the laughingstock of America get busy and keep the newspapers from printing that you were fool enough to oppose us in our per- fectly legal position. Bear in mind that if you fight us you make us.” “No compromise!” said H. R. sternly. “No, sir,”” answered Onthemaker meekly. Then he hissed at MacAckus: “Do as I tell you, you boob!” Mr. MacAckus clearly realized that this was aconspiracy. That always makes busi- ness men fear that they may lose money. The fear of that always sharpens their wits. It comes from a lifetime’s training. It was all Mr. Josslyn’s fault. This made Mr. MacAckus almost despair. But he said June 5, 1915 very kindly to the reporters: “‘Gentlemen, will you all be good enough to call at our office before you print anything?” The reporters, very kindly also, told him they would. The free sandwiches returned to Fifth Avenue. It was an ovation! Art again had triumphed! Proudly up and down, from Twenty-third to Forty-second and back on the other side, they marched unhindered. The reporters did justice to the story. Like all really big stories, it was legitimate news. They had indeed suspected adver- tising until H. R. refused to speak about himself. “All you please about my poor sand- wiches, but not one word about me. I have merely tried to rehabilitate the pariahs of the great mercantile world by simply reviving the lost art of perambulating pub- licity. If I have succeeded in making sand- wiches free in New York my work is done. Please do not mention my name!” Then he leaned over confidentially and said very earnestly: ‘‘ My family is conservative and hates to see the old name in print. Don’t use it, boys. Piease! That’s why I never sign more than my initials!” h, it was not alone modesty but high social position and inherited wealth that were responsible for “‘H. R.”’ instead of the full name? And they reporters? News is what is novel; also what israre. H.R. was therefore doubly news. The minds of the reporters did not work like H. R.’s, but they arrived at the same point at the same time. This is genius—on the part of the other man. Keeping your mouth shut after it hap- pens is a still higher form of genius. The newspapers gave him from two to six columns. Since the reporters could not get anything about H. R. from H. R. they got everything from Max Onthemaker, from the sandwich men, from Andrew Bar- rett, and also from their inner consciousness and psychological insight. Nine newspapers. Nine different heroes. One name—and initials at that! H. R. Luck? Genius? America? Newspapers? (TO BE CONTINUED) Express Telephones ELEPHONES are now in actual opera- tion from railroad express trains to stations along the railroad line. The rail- road that first successfully tried wireless telegraphy from moving trains has been equally successful in changing some of the installations to telephoning by wireless. Perhaps the oddest part of the new sys- tem is the attachment that enables a person on the train to hear a message clearly in the telephone above the roar of the train. Talking into the telephones need be only in whispers, yet the words heard in the re- ceivers are shouted out by the instruments. Receivers have been adopted for the train set that magnify sixty times the impulses received. Wireless telephony is no longer a difficult problem over short distances; and a new device, which greatly magnifies the effect of incoming wireless waves, meets the final requirement for train telephony by magnifying the voice in the receiver. Such telephony has two limitations, however. The instruments will not send and receive talk at the same time in the manner of ordinary telephones. Consequently when one is listening to a telephone message by wireless a switch must be pressed down; and when one begins to talk the switch is released. Furthermore, at the present time the telephone cannot be connected with central telephone systems, and all messages must be phoned to the train from railroad stations along the line especially equipped for the purpose. By the successful application of teleph- ony to station-train communications the extra expense of special operators is largely avoided. It has suggested to the railroad companies the possibility of equipping the cabooses or buggies of freight trains with wireless telephones. The member of the train crew in the caboose should be fully competent to take and receive messages, and in this way the train dispatcher could <a in touch with freight trains out on the ine. One of the heavy burdens of railroads is the great amount of wages paid to the train crew for hours when the freight train is idle on a siding, waiting for its turn on the main track. Constant communication with the freight conductor would enable the train dispatcher to push freight trains along faster, with a saving of labor cost.

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‘ wy = Oe PAS. \ THE SATURDAY EVENING POST WP é Gaon —AND THEY FOLLOWED THE MAN WHO DREAMED gJOONER OR LATER, to every line of human effort, there comes a pro- phet, who sees clearly beyond the | Things-As-They-Are—and his cour- age matches his vision. Approval or disapproval are the same to him, for he knows that his work will inevitably prove itself. The achievement of the Buick Valve-in-Head Motor is an example of that success which follows when a genius gives his idea the wings of fancy and the feet of fact. Triumphant leadership has long been held by the Buick Car through the inspired common sense which has the vision and the flight, but keeps to the solid ground of practical per- formance. To the far-seeing vision of the Buick dreamer, the Valve-in-Head Motor was, long ago, the logical Power Unit to make the Motor Car ren- der its utmost in service and fulfill its practical destiny. He foresaw the limitless possibilities of the automobile in every arena of the world’s action. Today everybody hears about the movement throughout motordom for the adoption of the Valve-in-Head Motor. It is the response of the industry to the call for more power—for the Sixes of today, with their continuous torque and velvety, vibration: less smoothness—more power. But the demand does not stop there. It is for more power with less fuel. And the Valve-in-Head is the answer. Now the question arises, what is the connection between these two developments—Sixes and the Valve-in-Head? No mere coincidence explains the fact that the Valve-in-Head is acclaimed everywhere just as the Sixes reach the peak of popularity. As far back as 1903 the Valve-in-Head prin- ciple was worked out for Buicks. From that time on, Buick Cars have proved the might of the Valve-in-Head on every road in the world. In 1912 the first Buick Six was built. The Valve-in-Head principle was to have a more severe test. After two years of driving under every con- dition that could possibly do a motor car to death, it came through unscathed. Then— Buick Sixes were offered to the public. And the factory has never caught up with the demand. The Buick Valve-in-Head Motor has made real the dream of possibilities in the Six. These are the reasons why, for the coming season, we shall build Sixes exclusively—and why Valve-in-Head construction is being so widely adopted by the Motor Car industry. The discussion one hears on all sides about the Valve-in-Head makes it seem like something new. But to the Buick builders it is the story of a prophecy fulfilled. The “dream” came true; the applied Principle which gave leadership to the first Buick car now reaches the high tide of present day perfection in the two models of the 1916 BUICK SIX. Further and Detailed Announcement of the 1916 Buick Line will appear in the near future BUICK MOTOR COMPANY FLINT, MICHIGAN PIONEER BUILDERS OF VALVE-IN-HEAD MOTOR CARS BRANCHES IN ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES DEALERS EVERYWHERE.

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST THE BUSHER’S WELCOME HOME (Continued from Page 20) si0deit enone Veri thin Wateh | a leagul hollow day. | of a game crickit is Al a baby game and I Here 1s know have exclaimed, Specilentions The movement is the standard GRUEN VERITHID jewel, adjusted to five positions, temperature and isochry mnism—the thinnest du- rable watch made in America and Switzerland For accurate timekec ping it is guaranteed in every Way ° The case is Ultra Gold Filled, of a new and elegant design; double jointed back lid and in- side protection cap An entirely new style patent dial— Platinized Silver Gray (or gilt), with raised figures in solid gold with new style hands—gives this watch a distinetive and rich wppearance hitherto un- known in watches at any price. Compare it with any watch OUR GUARANTEE—There is not made another watch so thin, at so low a price, with such combined quality, accurac aye, and Jura- bility as this genuine GRUEN VERITHIN. So beautiful is this new model that we know it will make for itself many sales wherever seen. In Duplicate parts to be had through Gruen dealers every- where, insuring prompt repairs in case of accident. Introductory price $352 After July ]st. $4022 in Opportunity in fine watch buying that will probably never occur again. This new Louis XIV GRUEN VERITHIN MODEL offers, in beauty of appear- ance and timekeeping qualities, such remarkable watch value that watchmakers who **How can you produce such a watch at this price?” order, therefore, to have it worn and shown im- mediately in as many communities as possible, Gruen dealers have been authorized to sell it un- til July 1, 1915, at the Special Introductory price of $35. After that date the price will be $40, Ask today to see this watch (No. 284) at the leading jewelers in your city. Should none have it, write us and we will arrange for you to see it. Compare it with any other watch you choose. We know what the result will be. Write for “One Word from a Woman’s Lips” a booklet on watches and watchmaking every- one should read before buying a timepiece. Other GruenVerithin Models from $25 to $250. Tue Gruen Watch MANUFACTURING Co “Makers of the famous Gruen Watches since 1876" 31 Fountain Square Cincinnati, Ohio Factories: Cincinnati and Madre-Biel, Switzer- land. Canadian Office: Toronto, Ontario. All rights reserved. Copyright 1915 by the Gruen Watch Mfg. Co. ) THE SANITARY ‘‘O. K."’ ERASER includes an Adjustable Metal Holder Two Rubbers are made, best quality: one Typewriter and Ink, one for Pencil. These Rubbers last 6 mo. to a year, the Holder a tWetime 2 sbght pressure, clean rubber is fed do wed; ite narrow edge allows a letter or lin 7 wed without injuring an- other "Price ioe "eek. New Rubbers 5c each. LL STATIONERS, arse SANITARY OK BRASER | A Bresybody should have this New Eraser evtra he Makers of the well kaown Washburne “O. vm Pape er Fasteners. 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Get a pair an't supply you send us his name and Two colors State whether you want adults’ or Send for catalog of other guaranteed Life American Life Saving Garment Co., 469 Commercial St., Boston, Mass. , i I LOU US Ca but at that they wouldent know weather a man was good or weather he was not good and they certunly got funny idears a bout base ball and before the game wile the boys was haveing there fielding practice Evans run a bout 10 ft. and catched a fly ball and evry body beggin claping there hands and yelling so I says to mike Donlin on the bench What are they holling a bout and he says That catch and I says what was they in that catch and he says they aint use to seen a fly ball catched because when theys a fly ball hit in there crickit games there fielders is lucky if the ball dont come down on top of there head but 1 time a bout a yr. a go 1 of there crickit fielders catched a fly ball and the king declaired So you see what kind would of win that bet off them crickit | players in australia if they hadent of made up there own rules and robed me out of the | money. Well Al we was just going to start the game and I was anounced to pitch and | evry body beggin claping there hands and all standing up and Evans says Take off your hat so I took off my hat and bowed to them and Evans says what are you bow- ing for and I says Because there giveing me a hand and he says You got a grate lot of | nerve because the reason there all standing up and got there hats off is because the kings just came and I told you to take your hat off because you wouldent of knowed enough if I hadent of told you and I says I guess I know enough all right and I dont half to ast you how to act or take no lessons from you and he dident say nothing back so I ast him witch was the king and he | point it out a man that wasent ne more king then you are Al. So Evans wasent as smart is he thot he was and the man he point it out was may be the Lord mare or some body but who | ever he was he wasent no king Geo. be- cause he drest just like I or you and a derby hat and hadent shaved for a wk. But the king was there some wheres all right because | all the papers come out today and says he was there and probily hes got a privut box | some wheres where they cant none of the bugs go up and bother him and ast him this in that and pester the life out of him and the papers says they was a bout 20 thou- | send peopl to the game and 1 of them says theys been 5 times that many out to some of the crickit and foot ball games and ether | the reporter was full of hops or else they must be a fine bunch of rummys in this burg or else they dont charge nothing to get in to there crickit and foot ball games and they certunly shouldent ought to and | it would be like as if a man had to pay to set in the livry staple and watch them hitch up a horse. Well Al I guess I shouldent ought to make no holler a bout my luck or find falt | with the scarab after me geting that swell offer from the federal and whats the dif- frunts weather I loose a ball game when it dont count nothing and a crowd watching you that thinks a man must be a star if he dont trip up and fall on his ear evry time theys a fly ball hit so I guess I shouldent ought to make no holler but I will be tickeled to deth when we get a way from here and on the Ship bord going home and we leave tommorow A. M. for the Liver poo! where the boat leaves from and this time wear going acrost a diffrunt Ocean from the 1 we went acrost when we start it out on the trip and this is the atlantic Ocean and it dont only take 6 days to go acrost and I will be home with Florrie and little Al in a | little over a wk. now and the White Sox | that is the boys that dident make the trip is all ready out to Calif. on the training trip | and Callahan thinks I will be going a long with him to Calif. as soon is we get to Chi but I will give him a big supprise Al and I guess I will try and get Tinker toe leave me stay home a wk. or 2 insted of going south to where ever the federals is at right a way and I guess Tinker will leave me do pretty near any thing I want to on acct. of how glad he will be to have me on the club. Well Al we been runing a round seen all the sites West Mr. Abie and the cort house and all the rest of it and beef stake diners and so 4th. til wear sick in tired and that old boat cant go to fast to sute me and of | coarse I wont write you nothing on the Ship bord because you wouldent no sooner get | the letter then we will be back in Chi a bout the same time but may be I will write you June 5, 1915 a letter from N. Y. city if I have time. So I will cloths for now old pal. Your Old pal. N. Y. city. March 7. LD PAL: Well Al Ive sprang it on Comiskey a bout me going with the federal and he pertended like he cident care and says he hopped I would have good luck and thats what they all say Al but you can bet he feels bad a bout it and would meet the figger of my federal contrack if Id give him a chanct but nothing doing Al because I want to be in the league where Cobb and them is in it and we will get the peopl wile the rest of them wont have no more peop! out to there grounds then if it was A. M. practice. But the federals has been keep- ing things quite and they aint no body a round here knows a bout Cobb and Math- ewson and Johnson and them jumping to the federal and it will come like a big sup- prise when they spring it and I wouldent be supprised if the american and Nat. leagues busted up when they hear a bout it. They might just as well Al is try and go a long with the bunch of bushers theyll have left when the federal gets threw with them. Well Al I sprang it on Comiskey up to the banquit tonight and the banquit was gave for us by the N. Y. fans and a crowd of Chi fans come all the way down here to meet us and they was at the banquit and there going to give an other banquit for us when we get to Chi and I called Comiskey to 1 side just before we went in tc the banquit and I says Well Mr. Comiskey I got a big supprise for you and he says What is it are you going to beggin useing your head and I says No and he says well speak up. So I told him a bout me getting a offer from the federal in Paris and he says well did you except it and I says yes and, he says Why dident you give usa chanct to meet it and I says I dident think he would want to meetit because it was 10 thousend dollars per anum and he says Well thats onct you guest right and when did your bughouse friend buy a franchize in the federal and I says I dont know nothing a bout that but Im going to play with the Chicago federal and he says what a bout the contrack you sined up with me and I says You cant expect me to play for no $2400.00 dollars when I can get five times is much and he says All right go to the federal and good luck so I says Im sorry to leave you in the hole and he says Never mind I guess I can sell my ball pk. and live on the procedes. So I says Will you tell Callahan and he says Why dont you tell him your self and I says I dident want to spoil the trip for him so then Comiskey says Well we wont nether 1 of us tell him and may be he will find it out for him self a long a bout the 4th of July when wear playing st Louis a double header so I ast Comiskey to shake hands to show they wasent no hard feeling on my part and then we went in and set down to the banquit and I watched him pretty clost Al and he dident in joy nothing that came off and you cant blame him and I felt bad a bout it my self but a mans got to look out for your self in this game and cant let no sentimunt enter fear with you geting the money but you cant help feeling bad when your one a club in the hole and Com- iskey and Callahans been figgering on a penant winner all winter and now look at them and you can bet that Comiskey will tell Callahan a bout me and not leave him to find it out for him self the 4th. of July or no other time because they will half to go and get some body to take my place or that is try to. Fine chanct hey Al. Well Al I cant hardily wait til tommorow A. M. and we get on the train for home and its after mid night now but I cant sleep on acct. of Im all exited up a bout geting home and seen little Al and Florrie again and I hope Allens tooken his wife a long to Calif. with him so as I and Florrie and little Al can have a little peace to our self wile Im home and I bet little Als talking by this time and cute as they make them and got a jaw full of teeth but may be he wont know me from a rabbit Al but he will know me before I get threw with him and after this he will remmember who I am because hes old enough now to know some thing and pretty near 9 mos. old. I wisht you could be there when he sees me Al and see how he acts when he sees his daddy and I bet he wont cry because I will make some of them comical faces at him and make him laugh even if he dont know who I am. JACK.

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“Two fairs for one fare” San Fran- cisco and San Diego It's an unspoiled wonderland, through which the Santa Fe runs. You see the Colorado Rockies. You see ruins of old cliff dwellings and present-day Indian pueblos in New Mexico and Anzona. You see the Petrified Forest, with i thousands of fossil trees. And that superlative of scenic wonders, the Grand Canyon of Arizona Of course, you are planning to join the thousands who will visit San Francisco and San Diego this year. Displayed in the ex- hibit halls is a collection of industrial and art objects that may never be duplicated. Up-to-date farming is shown by processes and products. The Santa Fe is the only transcontinental line having its own rails all the way. It is the only line reaching both Exposi- tion cities. It is the coolest in summer. It offers you the most perfect roadbed and track in America—new, solid steel equip- ment, specially ventilated; powerful engines; courteous employees and Fred Harvey dining-car and dining-room meals. At frequent intervals, specially conducted tourist - car parties will be organized So when you are ready, buy your ticket over the Santa Fe —every hour will be a relaxation — every mile will have its delightful impressions. The jour ney — plus the two Expositions — will be a liberal education. About one fare for round trip. Exposi- tion tickets on sale daily until November 30, 1915. Send for two fascinating picture-books of the Ex- positions andthe Santa Fe route. | can help you plan an economical wander-trip through California Free Books ————— W.J % Passenger Trafhc Manager T. & S. F. Ry. Co 1037 Redwer Exchange, Chicago Send me your booklets—‘‘San Diego, 1915,"" and the “* Panama-Pacific Exposition,” free of all charge to me. (60) Name Address THE SATURDAY They was some exitemunt the last part of the trip on the boat Al and I put some thing over on these here smart alex gov. employs and when ever a boat comes in they get on the bord of it and serch evry body to see if there smugleing dimonds or perls or any thing valueble that they | bought in farm countrys so of coarse if | they find them things on you you got to pay your duty on them and I wouldent of knew any thing a bout it only Evans tiped me off and says I better hide that scarab or they would soke me good in plenty and I says I will keep it in my pockit and he says they will serch all threw your pockits so I says where shell I hide it then and he says Take a big chew and put the scarab in the chew and keep it in side your mouth. So thats what I done Al and they dident never suspeck nothing and some of the rest of the gang had to come acrost and pay their duty on some of that junk they throwed there money a way on it in Cairo and japan and it dident cost me a nichol and all the wile I had some thing worth more then any of them but I come near chokeing to deth before it was all ove r and Demon Runyon a reporter for a | paper that met with us in Paris and made the rest of the trip from there the rest of the way a long with us says if he had of been the gov. employ that examuned me he would of put on a brown sute of cloths before he ast me any gestions. Them fans from Chi charted a lunch and came out to meet us and the Pres. of the Boston club come out and sined Speaker up because the federal was after him and I dont know how much is the Boston club going to give him but it wont be no 10 thou- send per anum and I bet he will wisht he | hadent of been in such a hurry to sine up when he hears a bout I and Cobb and them. Well they was a big parade down to the | Doc to meet us and took us to the hotel and | gave us a grate well come and evry body was glad to see us back safe again and we was glad to be back in the old USA where | you dont half to lern no new farm languige evry 2 or 3 days and keep geting your money changed to liars and plasters and so 4th. As soon is we got to the hotel Schaefer called me to 1 side and says I must be sure | and have a little poultry fixed up for the Fishermen, Ho! LL | Here’s the latest Wobbler k to get the BIG ONES. 5 Wilson’s Cupped Wobbler. A Surface Bait. New for 1915 Get acquainted with the \ WOBBLER FAMILY and other {Pree HASTINGS LUCKY TACKLE. uly TS 4 pe head of the Cupped Wobbler is hollowed out or cupped. Skims on the surface, at the same time wobbling from side to side because of varying re sistance of the water as it is cupped. Has the motion of an erratically wriggling minnow Other styles: Fluted Wob bler, semi-surface; Winged Wobbler, deep water; Luminous Wobbler, Weedless Wobbier, Small Fluted Wobbler. With Wilson's Wobblers use Hastings Lucky Tackle — the Hastings Doubie-Handle Reel and the Hastings Senterbrade Silk Casting Lines. Sold by dealers. Write for Bait Cast ng Booklet and Tackle Folder. Free. Address Dept. A HASTINGS SPORTING GOODS WORKS, Hastings, Mich. 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Evans & Co., 1 Ninth St., Washington, D. Cc. WESHIP ONAPPROVAL Sreccy cspress | ] them | banquit so I went to my room and fixed up some thing for them Al to talk off at the banquit and heres what I give them and I wisht you could of herd them clap: Well boys we been a round the world All threw the diffrunt farm lands and showed the Nat. game to The peopl of evry land. But wear glad to be back again boys In the good old USA Where they dont talk no farm Dilex Or no baby games to play. I pitched for Mcgraw and the giants And give him the best I had I win a lot of ball games but Some times my suport was bad. But heres to the good old USA Where all men has = rights Them people can have there diffrunt countrys but me for the stars and strips. Well Al after the banquit I says good by to Mcgraw and the rest of the boys that aint going a long to Chi with us and Mcgraw give me a box of ciggars and says he wisht he could have me a long with him all the wile and how would he get a long with out me and so 4th. and I felt sorry for him and a speshuly because he dont know yet a bout Mathewson jumping to the federal and I was going to tell him a bout it and a bout me going to quite the White Sox but some body buted in and I dident get no chanct so I come out and sent a night telegram letter to Florrie that Id be home day after tommorow and now its pretty near tom- morow Al and I wont have hardily any time to get some sleep before its time to get up and catch the train but I supose I can sleep on the train but of coarse if Comiskey tells Callahan a bout me jumping Callahan wont give me no chanct to sleep but will try and make me change my mind. “Well old Pal I will write and tell you all a bout little Al and how he acts when he sees me and may be I can get Florrie to take him down to Bedford and vissit with you wile Im south with the federal. Your Pal. JACK. CuicaGo. March 11. RIEND AL: Well Al this will be a big supprise to you Al and I bet you couldent never guess what it is so I will tell you. 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PARTLY CLOSE w Roeging and Liviag c alr as an pL . but instaniiy « ! Why oweller « ur 4 ‘ ot us on het hts wher health, Nature's remedy is sleeping in the open air. For rainy nights. May be «lowed " r bee r camping, au of « bolt or th ot The permanently attached t Close -To-Nature OPEN | AIR Canvas House ~ the Open Air edie nd * bgt n you tom ha . ‘Ou « Canvas House i« ustrated catalog anc Ne CLOSE-TO-NATURE COMPANY, 375 Front Street, Colfax, lowa rts th an =. but keeps the Insects OUT. As open to is, thus permitting ventilation under the eaves kly erected or without the removal pt the top. Easily rolled into one or more bundles as cool a atmosphere? For tuberculosis, nervousness and il) es, address, EVENING POST the boys to Calif. tonight and we will get there Sat. or Sun. and join the boys that | of been out there geting in shape sence last | mo. and Im not going with the federal after | all Al but made up my mind to stay with the White Sox. And that aint all the supp- | rise Al and heres the rest of it Florrie and little Als out in Calif. to and they went a long with Allen and his wife when the rest of the club went last mo. and Florrie and little Als going to be there to meet me and will make the rest of the trip with me til its time to start back east and then I will send them strate threw wile I stay with the Ist. | team for the exhibition games or may be I can get Callahan to leave me come strate back with my famly. Well Al I guess this is a big supprise to | you and it come like a big supprise to me to I mean a bout Florrie and little Al being in Calif. and at 1st. I was so sore I couldent hardily talk but Florrie showed me in her | note where it was the best thing to do and insted of me not haveing no time to get | aquanted with her and little Al like if she had of stayed home and been here when I come we will have pretty near 2 or 3 wks. | to gather because she will be cn the training trip a long with me and of coarse she dident know nothing a bout me haveing that offer from the federal or she would of stayed here and I would of probily tooken her and little Al to Skreevport where the federals is at. Well we got in yest. A. M. and I was dis- sapoint it a bout Florrie not being down to the train to meet me but I wnt home and rung the bell to the flat and I seen the male box was full of male and bills and so 4th. and no |body ansered} the bell and opened up the front door for me and I was going to bust my way in because I thot they must be murdered or some thing but finely the womman on the Ist. floor come out and seen me and ast who was | and I told her and then she give me Florries note. Well Al when I opened it up and seen she was in Calif. and not home I set down on the stevs and blubbered and couldent read no more of her note but finely I read threw the rest of it and come to the part where she says she was doing it so as I and she and little Al wouldent half to be suppurated again so soon and then I seen what a miss take I made not telling her I was going with the federal and the rest of the letter told a bout how Allen had loned her the money to go to Calif. and I would half to pay him back the Ist. pay day but I should cught to be dirty with money then because I cer- tunly hadent throwed none a way all winter on my own famly but may be I might of spent a lot of money buying candy and beer for them farm qeens and princes. And down to the bottun of the letter she says the lady on the Ist. floor had the key to the flat and I could get in and leave some of my bagige but to not get the flat all must up and dirty and then she says an other reason why she had made up her mind to make the trip was on acct. of little Al and he was looking kind a peak it and the Dr. had told her that he was probily lonesum for his daddy and a change of seen would do him good. Well Al for a minut I dident know what to do next but finely I thot I might is well | go in and get rid of some of my bagige and | see what kind of a place we was liveing in so | I got the key from the lady and went in. | Well Al they wasent no danger of me geting | the place dirty because they was enough dirt | there if a man wanted to plant corn and | theyd left 1 of the lights burning and vou can bet your life that Allen will pay for that | and not I and Florrie and thats just what | you might expect from a left hander to go a way to Calif. and leave the lights burning | and I supose he was afrade it would be to dark for the roachs to read by hey Al. Well I finely brushed some of the dirt off | the phone and I was going to call up the federal and see what did they want me to do but it was 1 of these here nichol 1st. phones and I dident have no nichol so I had to go clear down to the cor. of 35th. st. and get a 14 changed and I took a big shot wile I was down there and I guess I had it comeing hey Al. So then I went back and called up the federal and of coarse Tinker was down south with the club and Weegman that owns the club was down there to and finely I got a hold of Gilmore the pres. of the league and told him who I was and ast him if Tinker had left any orders and he says no and dident act like he knowed any | thing a bout me excepting the offer so I finely ast him would he wire to Tinker for | me aid find out what he wanted I should June 5, 1915 do and he says he would and I give him my phone No. and that was a bout 1 a clock and I dident hear nothing up to 3 a clock so I road down town and went up and seen Gilmore and he says he hadent herd noth- ing from Tinker but would call him up long distance for me so he got Tinker clear down to Skreevport. And then I talked to Tinker and he says who made you a offer and I says you made me a offer wile we was in Paris and he says some body was kiding you. He says I got your cable telegram excepting the offer so evry things O. K. accept that we dident make you no offer and aint going to make you none because your sined up. So then I seen what kind of a gang they was Al make- ing a man a offer and then line out of it so I says is that so and hung up the receiver and Gilmore ast me what was the matter and I says they wasent nothing the matter with me but I would starv to deth before I would play in a league where they make a man an offer and then try and crall out of it so I come out of his ofice and slamed the door. What do you think of a league that trys to pull that kind of stuff and I guess Im lucky I changed my mind and come to find out they was line when they says they had Cobb and Mathewson and them and they havent got no body Al and I wouldent play in there league now for 10 thousend or !4 that amt. So after I come out of Gilmores ofice I called up Comiskeys ofice and he was down town so they wasent nothing fer me to do but hang a round til it was time for the banquit that the Chi fans give us and as soon is Comiskey showed up there I called him to 1 side and told him and says I changed my mind and Im going to stick with your club and Callahan was standing a little ways a way from us so Comiskey hollered to him and says Cal our young friend here is going to stick with us so you wont half to get Johnson so you see Al they was going to try and get Walter Johnson if I hadent of changed my mind a bout going to the federal. Well Al we had some banquit last night and now Im resting up and we start for Calif. tonight I and Callahan and Weaver and Scott and Benz and this here Daly and Slight and in 3 or 4 days I will see Florvie and little Al and wont half to say good by to them right after I see them like I would of if theyd of stayed here only of coarse I would probily of tooken them a long with us if Florrie really wanted to go. Well Al I wont get no 10 thousend per anum but insted of that I will get what I been geting and besides I will half to pay for Florries fair back and 4th. to Calif. and back and what ever else she has ran up on me but I guess Im lucky I dident fall for no federal league skin game and they come out and says Cobb and them had sined so theyd get me to sine but I was to smart for them and I guess may be I wont go threw that american league this yr. like gravy threw a sift. Just a little luck is all Im asking for and I guess I will have the luck all right because I still got that little old scarab and they couldent no body get it a way from me with out I was a corps. Im going to work easy from now til the season opens up and if Im feeling good I will make Callahan leave me open up and I will wire you a telegram a little wile a head and may be you can win a little bet on me because I wouldent give you no tip if I wasent sure what Im doing. You know me Al. Well good by old pal and may be I will write to you from Calif. and regards to Bertha and I havent time to send you the tea I got for you wile we was in Salome but I will send it when I get back and I for got to buy some thing for Florrie and Allen and Marie so may be its a good thing they wasent none of them home when I got here but I will tell them I left there presents in the flat and then I will get some thing for them in Calif. and give it to them when wear all on k home again. But I wont get nothing for no body unlest the secy. comes acrost with some advanse money and with what I owe Allen and Mcgraw and Callahan and this in that I will be pitching a bout the 1st. 2 mos. of the season for my helth but any way I been a round the world and seen all they was to see and I guess theys lots of peop! down home would change there places with me that dont never get no father from home then Terre Haute. I dont mean you Al but some of them others. Your old Pal. JACK.

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A NEW IGHT SIX Inch a Paige SATURDAY EVENING POST Here you see illustrated the new Paige Six “‘36’’. Here you see the latest addition to a distinguished line of cars— a true Paige every inch of it—a car built to realize an ideal—a car that must not and cannot be judged from the standpoint of its astounding price alone. When we say that this new Paige Six “36” has been built to realize an ideal we are speaking accurate, literal truth. From the very beginning it has been the unfaltering purpose and policy of the Paige Company to build high class, dependable motor cars. It has been the purpose and policy of the Paige Company to achieve a Standard of Quality and Value not merely a standard of Price. If you happen to know an owner of our larger seven-passenger Six ‘4675 you know precisely what we mean when we speak of Value and Quality. All of the careful manufacturing, all of the painstaking attention to detail, all of thesturdy, reliable qualities which characterize the larger Six and have made it a preéminent Six of the year will be found in this newer and smaller five-passenger Paige Six ‘‘36’* The Car You Have Waited For We realize that there are a vast number of people who do not require a large sevc.i-passenger car. But all of these people want a “Six,” for they know that this is the day of the “Six” in quality cars. Furthermore, they want a “roomy”’ car urious Car a “smart car an economical car In a word, there is an enormous demand for just such @ car as the new Paige Six “*36"". Glance at the illustration on this page and you will see that—from radiator to tire carrier—this car is an exact reproduction of the larger Six 46". This body design has proved to be a sensation of the year. No amount of money could buy more graceful lines or smarter appearance. Inside the car you will find a great big comfort- able tonneau and a broad driver's seat, which means ease and freedom from crowding for all of the five passengers. Like the larger Six “46"’ you will find this car equipped with the world famous Gray & Davis starting and lighting system Like the larger Six “46” you will find this car equipped with cantilever springs which insure easy, comfortable riding no matter what the road conditions may be—a velvety acting cork insert multiple disc clutch—forced feed lubrication system and the unequalled Rayfield carburetor. When you raise the hood of this car, you will see an accessible, powerful six-cylinder motor— 3” x 5” —which is a crowning achievement in motor construction. a lux- Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company, 1200 McKinstry Ave., Detroit, Mich. We might attempt to tell you about the per- formance of this remarkable power plant, but we much prefer to have you ride in the car and establish the facts for yourself Then you will realize what true six-cylinder Flexibility and Power really mean. For the first time, perhaps, you will experience the indescribable sensation of riding in a car that is practically throtile controlled—a car that travels smoothly at a slow walk ing pace or the speed of the winds without change from high gear. Low First Cost—Low “Upkeep” Expense Best of all, this is a car that any man can afford to drive. The Six “36” weighs but 2600 pounds and is equipped with oversize 4-inch tires. With this car you can enjoy true six-cylinder motor comfort without the penalty of excessive “upkeep” expense Space will not permit us to name even one-half the surprising!y good features embodied in the latest Paige But—accept our assurance—there is a tremendous surprise in store for you when you first inspect this car at your vocal Paige dealer's establishment. Then—and only then—you will appreciate what a truly great achievement it represents Then, we predict, your first query will be—‘‘ How is it possible to build such a car for $1095?

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(Centinued from Page 14) urged to help themselves, but the railroad control of the hotel company was pried loose during the Roosevelt Administration. Under the management of Mr. H. W. Child hotel service and transportation have seen their highest development. You can see there more stagecoaches and stage horses, and better ones, than anywhere else in America. The independent lines also have fineequipment. There is none of the ragged, haphazard look in the horse stock here that you may see in other and younger parks, and the system here runs on oiled ball- bearings. Thus far the stagecoach has held its own; but, without question, Yellowstone soon must follow the other national parks and open its roads to the motoring public. The automobile was fought sternly in all the other parks, even where it did not mean so great a commercial loss in its introduction; but it must be admitted that it has made good in those parks. The day of the auto- mobile may be deferred for a time in Yellowstone, for the location of this park does notinviteits usesomuch. Thereareno great cities anywhere near it nor any great transcontinental motor road; but the Amer- ican public is never satisfied. It will have its choo-choo. The system of handling tourists in Yel- lowstone Park is even more of a system than in Glacier Park, and it works far more smoothly. I am inclined to think that the clerks, porters and coach drivers are pro- vided with cotton-bale hooks. You are expected to rise at a certain hour in order that the stage may make its schedule for lunch and dinner that same day. The speed of the coach is not great, but care has to be taken of the horses, so that they may be able to keep up their work day by day. Naturally, care for tourists is less im- portant. You can, of course, stop off at any hotel if you like and pay the day’s rates there; but if once you put your neck in the collar and assume the réle of a tourist, buy- ing so much scenery for a lump sum, you do not really have to do much except sit still. Personally, as I have said, I resent this cut-and-dried sort of travel very much; but, since Yellowstone travel is such, let us reason over the cause. It is easy to dis- cover that these things are necessary, as the greatest good for the greatest number. The Interior Department wanted a fine hotel at the Cafion, and Mr. Harry Child built it, at a casual cost of three-quarters of a million dollars—the finest tourist hotel in the world, in a park where the tourist season begins June fifteenth and ends Sep- tember fifteenth—just three months. Tourists Step Lively, Please All the other hotels were built at great cost and must be operated for only that very short season. All the coach equip- ment and all the horses must lie idle for three-quarters of the year. Some one has to pay for four million pounds of hay, a million and a half pounds of oats, two mil- lion pounds of human grub, three million pounds of fuel—and do it in three months, or probably six weeks would be closer. The wagon freight on the material for the Cafion Hotel, for instance, costs over a hundred thousand dollars—there being over twenty million pounds of it. The fresh vegetables and meats, on which the exacting public insists, all cost money. The best that freight outfits of six or eight horses can do on a trip in good weather is fifteen thou- sand pounds, and they do less than twenty miles a day. Sorneone has to pay all these bills and do it in three months. Now suppose some- thing happened to the system, so that the procession stopped at any given hotel—say its —— is one thousand guests daily and that three thousand people piled up there; or that they piled up at the railroad station if the park transportation stopped. There would be a riot. Therefore, the pro- cession goes On—so many people, so many miles every day, so many exclamations of wonder at this point, so many fits at the other. I deeply detest traveling in that way; but I reckon if I owned three million dol- lars’ worth of hotel and coaches I should equally detest seeing the public travel in any other way. The only possible way in which these hotels can make money —or in which they can possibly keep open — is by a highly specialized system of scheduled | transportation. The machine has to ad- vance so many tourists so many miles each day or there is a monkey wrench in the works. The worst physical discomfort in Yellow- stone Park is that from dust. Wherever possible, the roads are regularly sprinkled, at great expense; and on the seventy-five miles of sprinkled roads the travelers get along very well. All the rest of the time they get along very dusty. There is a reg- ular uniform of duster and veil in vogue at this park, just as in Glacier Park there is a uniform of khaki and boots for saddle work. There is more dressing up in the evening — in spite of the exacting regulation of twenty THE SATURDAY MADE IN AMERICA

pounds for hand baggage— in this park than in any except the Grand Cafion. In none of the mountain parks is much dressing up encouraged; but lovely woman will not be denied. Only twenty pounds of free luggage is allowed; but you will have occasion, all through these mountain parks, to marvel at the ball dresses and other tog- gery that the American female is able to ex- tract from a suitcase or from a small canvas bag. She will dig out five new party gowns, eight shirt waists, six hats, nine pairs of shoes, and other things—all from a single handbag, which no doubt also contains white rabbits and other conjuring outfit. The Yellowstone Circuit Taken in its physical aspect, this is the most shipshape of all our parks, which fact is a marvel of interlocking red tape in itself. All round the park, in the deep forest re- serves, the Department of Agriculture rules. Inside the park the Interior Department is boss; but, having little or no machinery of its own, it has to rely on the War Depart- ment to get anything done. The acting superintendent has always been an army officer, and some good men have been sta- tioned there in that capacity. The present incumbent, Col. Lloyd M. Brett, is one of the good ones. The engineers of the War Department carry on the roadwork, while four troops of cavalry do police and patrol duty. If you go through independent, and camp out with your own outfit, you are shown exactly where to camp and how—it is not much fun, for camping grounds so often used are not inviting, even though well policed. The total mileage of roads in this park is a trifle over four hundred miles, of which two hundred are in fairly constant use. There are practically no bridle trails, and when you see Yellowstone Park, you see it from the regular loop circuit made by all the stages. The usual route takes you from Mammoth Hot Springs, at the northern entrance, to Norris Basin for lunch and the Fountain or the Old Faithful Inn for the night. The stages from the west entrance join this route on the Firehole River. Next you go to the Thumb for lunch and the ake for the night. By lunch of the next day you are at the Cafion. You can do this in half a day if you are spry, and get back to the Mammoth Hot Springs the next day. That is the way not to see this park—or any other. The more interesting route for return from the Cafion Hotel is by way of Dun- raven Pass, or over Mount Washburn, into the East Fork country, and so home, pass- ing near the old Yancey place, once a fea- ture of the park, but now sidetracked by the building of the new road. Mount Wash- burn, ten thousand three hundred feet high, is one of the highest peaks in the park. You can ride to its summit over what is known as the Chittenden Road, the masterpiece in the park of that grand road builder, Major Hiram M. Chittenden, now General, re- tired. The grade on this trail is light, and the way it is laid out is very interesting. A foot journey of about seven miles, over the mountain and down to the Tower Falls Road, I found to be a pleasant diversion. Usually you are expected to hire an extra team if you go over Mount Washburn. In that case you do not go through what is known as Dunraven Pass, to the left of Mount Washburn. The engineer now in charge of roads at Yellowstone Park is Major Amos A. Fries and he is just facing the pleasant automo- bile problem. The park has had, during its history, three and a half million dollars of appropriation. Maintenance and all, no doubt each mile of this dusty road has cost

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58 THE CCU: PING, iG? Fa GON ENS The Gillette at the Fair AID a man just back from the Panama- Pacific Exposition: “Some of the biggest things at the Fair are the little things.” The Gillette Safety Razor, for instance --a little thing, made in America, that has encircled the globe. The most universal men’s specialty in the world. Whether the visitor be an Amer- ican citizen, a Russian Noble- man or an Indian Maharajah, the Gillette—no stropping, no honing—is a home friend among a wilderness of strangers. By all means, call at the Gillette Booth when you visit the Fair—located in the Varied Industries Building. On your way to San Fran- cisco the Gillette will make things easier for you. Get one and take it with you. Dealers everywhere. Gillette Safety Razors, $5. to $50. Blades, 50c. and $1. a packet. GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR COMPANY BOSTON, MASS. iy SH OOLS C3) COLBY ACADEMY New London, ¥. H. In the New v Hampshire Hills. Co-educational Colle ert al Agriculture. Domestic Arte bu ngs. 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Rates For catalog, address (Al | gallon to a yard of surface. years old Staunton Military Academy An Ideal Home School for pyc Boys 375 Boys from 45 States last session. United States. Boys from 10 to ears Universities, Government A ‘eljens 1,600 feet above sea-level; pure, dry, braci proverbially healthful and beautiful Valley eral spring waters. High moral tone. Parental discipline. Military Eeteien develops obedience, health, manly carriage. Fine, shady lawns, expensively equipped gymnasium, swimming pool and athletic park. All manly sports ged, Daily drills and exercises in open air. e¢ and refinement only desired our tutorial system, ew $150,000 barracks, full equipment, absolutely fireproof Charges $360. Handsome catalogue free COLONEL WM. G. KABLE, Ph. D., Principal, Staunton, Va. Spot ot te mountain air of the ~~ the Shenandoah. Pure m Boys from homes of Personal, individual instruction by Standards and traditions high. Academy fifty-five Address porch here. ' feet away- . SATURDAY EVENING POST ten thousand dollars. It will cost about six thousand dollars a mile additional to mac- adamize, surface up and oil the loop roads to good automobile efficiency. The surface of the roads is now made of clay and sand, and it goes to dust very quickly. There is only one place in the park where good rock can be found suitable for crushing, and it is a hundred miles from some of the places where it is most needed. The United States engineers have been figuring on how much oil would cost a gallon laid down at Gar- diner, and how much the entire lubrication of the park would cost, freights being what they are, on the basis of three-quarters of a t runs into some money In 1914 the park had two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars available— and six weeks left in which to use it. This park, however, will always make good on the investment—its revenue through con- cessions is larger than that of any other, | and the people spend there about a million | dollars each year. Moreover, it has a clean- | cut, businesslike look that you will not find in any other park; the appearance of effi- ciency, both as to the private and military phases of management. The Army does not seem to get on well n any of the other parks, but it is to be hes | that the military will always remain | in Yellowstone. One of the most interesting | features of the Park are the clean and well-kept barracks and parade grounds. Our people like tosee guard mount and cav- alry drill. They like to hear the bugles and they like to see that flag which is the prettiest one in all the world, and the most fortunate one to-day. Even they like to see, now and then, solitary horsemen in khaki, young and alert, riding along the mountain trails. Without the United States troops Yellowstone Park would lose much of its charm, and the chambermaids at the hotels would lose many of their young male escorts. The technical and accepted name for the park employees is “‘Savages,” but | let any tourist have a care as to using that word himself in direct application. There is need for a military patrol, be- | sides the regular park scouts, on account of the large amount of wild game in this park, which is the greatest game preserve in all the world. The great American herd of elk still exists here. After a count made as accurately as possible, the superintendent estimated that there were in May, 1913, inside of the park and in the Gallatin Na- tional Forest, thirty-five thousand two | hundred and nine elk. The increase for that year was thought to be three thousand | and seventy-nine. The number of elk de- nds on the snowfall. The success of the unters on each side of the park depends on the number of elk raised inside of the park itself. Usually the winter migration goes west and south. Two years ago the herd worked out from the Lamar Fork on to the Gardiner flats. It sounded like a battle. Six hundred elk were killed there in a few days. They were taken out on flat cars in trainloads. The Bears of the Yellowstone There were eight hundred and ninety- two blacktail deer counted in the park last year. The antelope herd, once very numer- out, is not holding its own. The bears of the park constitute one of the greatest nuisances and one of the greatest attractions. A care- ful observer of park travel says that he rates | the drawing features as follows: First, Old Faithful Geyser; second, the bears; and third, the Cafion. It is a part of the day’s entertainment at the Lake and Cafion ho- tels to photograph the bears. There are not very many grizzlies appar- ently, but the black bears are numerous and obliging. Even timid women soon lose their fear of them; and, though asoldier is usually stationed at the better-known points to prevent any accidents, there never has been serious trouble with a bear. At the Thumb lunch station they showed me a sashless kitchen window. A bear had stolen into the kitchen to help himself and the door blew shut behind him. Frightened, it went out through the window, glass and all. “T don’t know where that bear is now,” said one of the kitchen maids, without any agitation; “‘but it usually stays under the It sort of cut its neck on the ass. At another time I saw two of the maids | sitting on the kitchen porch at the Lake Hotel, peeling potatoes while a bear was helping itself out of a dishpan about twenty I photographed it at fifteen feet. June 5, 19/5 “I never did like that little bear,” said the older of the two women; “she’s a kind of mean one.” Whereupon she gathered up a piece of board and shooed the mean one away. Usually the bears come down in the eve- ning to feed; and when the grizzlies come about dark—all the black bears gallop off and leave the field clear. One morning at the Lake Hotel, in broad daylight, however, I counted seven black bears and brown, some of them very large, and photographed several of them at rather close range. Once the driver called out from his place in the road near by and I turned to see a big black bear coming up curiously from the rear. Bears were on all four sides, in fact, at dis- tances of from fifty to a hundred feet—a trifle uneasy, yet apparently not in the least aggressive. The only resentment I saw a bear show was evinced by a very large one at the Cafion Hotel. I stepped out from behind a tree and photographed him at about fifteen feet, and he seemed surprised and annoyed to the extent of turning up his upper lip. Apparently pained more than angry, he walked away with dignity and never came back. It was very fascinating to stand here surrounded by bears—wild ones, with no strings on them, and the observer with no weapons and no place to go—and to see the antics of the creatures. One little fel- low, discreetly climbing a tree while the big bears were eating, came down at last and tried to run a bluff on me, seeing he could not bluff anything else; but at the slightest movement he would take to his heels and shin up the tree again. He repeated this several times. The Buffalo Poachers The last of the northern buffalo herd took refuge in these mountains after the fatal year of 1883. It is a question whether many of the original stock now remain alive, for importations have been made at different times from other herds. There are now in the park one hundred and sixty adults, and thirty-one calves were born this summer. Twenty-two young ones died two years ago, but the herd is in pretty good condition now. It is kept on Lamar River, in the eastern part of the park, and is fed on hay during the winter. A dozen or two old bulls may be seen at any time near the Mammoth Hot Springs, where they frighten some of the teams until they nearly jump out of their harness at times. In the winter of 1894, when Captain, now General, George S. Anderson, was su- perintendent of the park, I made a winter journey on ski through the Yellowstone Park for the purpose of counting the buf- faloes, which were known to be suffering from the encroachments of winter poachers. At that time it was supposed there were five hundred buffaloes in the park. My com- panion and guide—Billy Hofer, of Gar- diner—and I could make out only about one hundred and twenty-five left living in the Hayden Valley country, and we thought very possibly we had counted some of these a second time. We found the carcasses of a dozen that had been killed. At the time of our visit, as chance would have it, the Government scout, Burgess, sent out by Superintendent Anderson, caught a poacher in the Pelican Valley. He had just killed three buffaloes and was skin- ning one of them when arrested. He was brought into Fort Yellowstone and his out- fit was confiscated. That was all the pun- ishment that could be inflicted on him, for there was no national law against killing a buffalo in the park. My own report of these facts, showing an alarming decrease of the herd, when pub- lished in an Eastern paper led to the pass- ing by Congress of the act of May, 1894, protecting the park buffaloes, making the killing of one of them punishable by heavy fine or imprisonment in the penitentiary. I have always thought this was about as useful a thing as I ever was able to do in the somewhat thankless attempt to be of serv- ice to the wild life of America. There has not, tomy knowledge, been any extended winter exploration of the park since the time of our trip many years ago, though I may very well be mistaken as to this. Hofer, who had been inside during the winter of the preceding year, was the first man I knew who undertook the rather risky enter- prise of winter travel in those mountains. Some of the time we slept in the kitchens of the hotels and some of the time lay out in the log shacks provided for the scouts. (Continued on Page 61)

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More than 10,000 THE SATURDAY Eight-Cylinder Cadillacs are now in the hands of users HUB CAP OF THE CADILLAC “EIGHT” EVENING POST and dealers have placed orders for 10,000 more ORE than ten thousand Cadillac “Eights” are now in the hands of users. Dealers can see a demand ahead so great that they have placed orders for ten thousand more. Figures so large—involving a sum of money so vast— point irresistibly to one conclusion. The conclusion is that the usual large Cadillac clientele has been enormously augmented by this Cadillac ‘‘ Eight.” The demand is not merely the normal Cadillac growth, but it is the opening up of new spheres of influence, and an inrush of new Cadillac admirers and enthusiasts. It has assumed the proportions of a national movement, at least among those who own, or wish to own, high-grade cars. This excess over normal comes from many sources, but it is chiefly made up: First, of the great number who are glad to pay more for the Cadillac because of the Cadillac “Eight” advantages; and Second, a very great number who are glad to pay less for the same excellent and satisfying reason. It is frequently said that no company other than the Cadillac could have won such immedi- ate and universal acceptance for any principle representing so wide a departure from conven- tional practice. And it would seem that there is verification of this in the attitude of the two classes of buyers just mentioned. Those who are willing to pay more, and those who are glad to pay less, accept the Cadillac “Eight”? with equal eagerness—because of the performance of the car itself and because of the reputation of its maker for producing only that which is known to be right. They are no more insistent on a “demonstra- tion”’ than old Cadillac owners— though it is only fair to say that a drive of but short duration immensely increases their enthusiasm. This latter experience arouses even the most phlegmatic and non-committal. The reports which they carry home, and to their clubs and to their places of business, largely explain why Cadillac dealers have ordered ten thousand more of these cars. Has the full wonder of this demand been borne in upon you? Have you thought of it in the light of the fact that the Cadillac is not a “low-priced”’ car,—as the term is commonly used? The huge volume attained by cars of low price is a wonderful thing in itself—a sort of economic phenomenon. But is it not much more wonderful that a high- grade car should command such a market as this Eight-Cylinder Cadillac has won? There is no other situation at all like it in the automobile industry. It is not merely a figure of speech to say that the Cadillac ‘‘ Eight’ stands alone. It does stand alone— absolutely and unapproach- ably alone—in point of performance. It likewise stands alone in points of demand and of sales among the highest grade cars. And, of course, it would not be so if it ought not to be so. As you ascend in the scale of prices, the number of those able to purchase grows fewer. If the Cadillac ‘Eight’ had not preserved every Cadillac tradition and added new and potent powers of attraction—this great market would simply not be here. There would not be and could not be the marked disparity in volume between the Cadillac **Eight”’ and those immediately above and below it in price. It is a sort of a re-adjustment of the national viewpoint—a re-alignment of buyers — some leaving one field, and some leaving another, and most of them concentrating on the Cadillac. Thus far we have found no one who has ridden in the Cadillac ‘‘Eight’’ who does not say that this is precisely as it should be. With the Eight-Cylinder Cadillac performing in ways distinctly its own, performing in ways which have heretofore been believed impossible in any car, there is nothing strange in the fact that dealers recognize that the visible demand is not yet half satisfied. Styles and Prices Standard Seven passenger car, Five passenger Salon and Roadster, $1975 Landaulet Coupé, $2500. Five passenger Sedan, $2800. Seven passenger Limousine, $3450. Prices F. O. B. Detroit »GaDareatt, Miah.)

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(Continued from Page 58) To trundle round through this country on wheels in the summer time, and to eat a le Paris, lacks something of the ginger of a winter experience on ski and under pack in those same solitudes, when they really are solitudes. The summer view of the geysers is magnificent— Old Faithful under the rays of the searchlight at night is one of the world’s great spectacles. The walls of the Cafion of the Yellowstone are the most beautiful colorations done by Nature any- where in the world; but to see the geysers in the winter time, when the whole country is white and when the condensation from the cold air makes the steam far more magnificently visible, is an experience given to a very limited number of all the indi- viduals who ever have visited the park from the time of John Colter down. There is some talk of trying to establish winter sports at the Cafion Hotel. I do not know whether this can ever be made to pay or not, but I do know that the interior of Yellowstone Park is the grandest ski coun- try in the world, und that in winter it is the most splendidly fascinating region in the world. Some of the interesting winter pic- tures still shown about the park date back to the time of our own winter exploration; for during that winter the official photog- rapher of the park was also inside for the purpose of getting views. This vast volcanic plateau, filled with the world’s greatest geyser phenomena, has been made the theme of countless special studies by scientists of many lands. The Yellowstone Park literature is enormous. The United States Government is equipped to put you in touch with all this and its bulletins are most informing. You can, for instance, learn all about the fossil forests of the Yellowstone— not large, but marvelous affairs; and one of the curious things you will learn is that these fossil stumps are sequoias—-the same tree that makes the Sierra parks famous. At least two of our parks, therefore, are sisters under the skin. In general, viewed as a mountain region, the Yellowstone country is not especially interesting. The forest growth, made up as it is, of lodgepole pine in good part, has not a great deal of beauty. The park itself lies like a series of high rolling plateaus. The whole country is very lofty, but you do not see many upstanding peaks. It has nothing of the bold aspect of the mountain country of Glacier Park, for instance, and does not compare with Glacier in the grim wilderness feel of a country with the bark on. Yet, when you come to measure the elevations of Mount Washburn, Electric Peak and others, you are getting over the top of the average good peak in Glacier Park, and are as high as at Cloud’s Rest in the Yosemite. Fisherman's Luck The air is brilliantly clear. There is frost every month in the year, and the nights are usually cool, though the coach ride is more apt to be too warm than too cold during the daytime. For the average tourist's taste, Yellowstone is perhaps the best-liked of all our parks, because it is accessible, curiously interesting, comfortable and beautiful, all in one. Madam, who eosompenies me through all the parks, liked Yellowstone Park quite the best of them all, and resented the call- ing of bears and geysers and sulphur lakes and painted arcas by the name of circus features. The Government bulletins about Yellowstone and its geysers are the best and most informing literature ever written about that country. Get all the Govern- ment bulletins, by all means, before you visit any of our national parks. Learn what the special features are and why they are, and learn their history; it will add im- mensely to the interest and pleasure of your journey. Many tourists who go into these moun- tain parks take along their fishing gear in the expectation of sport. What is the prospect of success? Every prospect if you believe the boom literature; very little prospect if you believe me—and I profess to have been something of a fly fisherman these many years. The streams along all the roads, wherever there is any near-by and well- known stopping place, are whipped to death—especially by the soldiers, hotel people and other residents; so the trout are apt to be small, shy or scarce. Yet this park is naturally one of the greatest angling countries on earth. Get back from the beaten routes of travel, in the company of some real angler who knows the park, and, THE SATURDAY without doubt or question, you can have fly fishing for trout such as is not surpassed in any country in the world. In the seven parks to which we have given special attention, the total attendance last year was far less than a hundred thousand, the average duration of visit less than three days, the average expenditure less than twenty-five dollars a head—that is to say, with the advantage of propinquity and accessibility all on their side, and with the greater advantage of absolute and unparal- leled superiority in scenic quality—our American national parks did not take down two million and a half dollars in gate money as against the organized game put up by Europe. It was nearly time for a change when Secretary Lane said there should be a change. Besides the giant parks that have claimed our main attention, we have four other national parks— Mesa Verde, in Colorado; Wind Cave, in South Dakota; Sully’s Hill, in North Dakota; and Platt, in Oklahoma as well as seventeen national monuments administered by the Department of the Interior, ten by the Department of Agri- culture, and two by the War Department. Many of the national monuments surpass some of the national parks, there being small rime or reason about our classifying or handling these matters. The Grand Cafion, as we may repeat—the world’s greatest scenic wonder a monument. The Smaller Parks Platt Park comprises eight hundred and forty-eight acres, with thirty-three mineral springs, and is entirely willing to be called arival of Karlsbad, Hot Springs, or any other producer of bad-tasting liquids. It is said that about thirty-one thousand persons perhaps some local duplicates— visited the springs last year. I note, with much inter- est, that T'ncle Sam purchased a team of mules for this park and that a new barn has been constructed. Wind Cave National Park is eleven years old and contains ten thousand five hundred and twenty-two acres. It had three thou- sand one hundred and ninety-seven visitors last year. It does not seem to have been honored by a team of mules, but the super- intendent modestly remarks: ‘‘ Several trees were planted; the water tank was repaired and a fence built round it.” Sully’s Hill National Park is ten years old and contains seven hundred and eighty acres. It is on the south side of Devil's Lake, North Dakota, and seems, in a man- ner of speaking, to have had a devil of a time. It has no United States appropria- tion, no team of mules, no water tank, and no salary for the superintendent. Last sea- son the roads were so bad that only about twenty-five persons camped there. Mesa Verde Park is away down in a cor- ner of Colorado, adjoining the Southern Ute Reservation. It was set apart in June, 1906, and is now about seventy-six square miles in extent. Remote, unknown, inac- cessible, this is one of the national parks of unique interest and one much worth visit- ing. It is, indeed, said to be well-nigh the favorite park of Secretary Lane. Mesa Verde is the best of the Cliff Dweller country. It is our best example of the curi- ous American prehistoric ruins. No rail- road has as yet commercialized it, and it is hoped that the region will remain unchanged, if not unexploited. There are ten points of special interest among the ruins. The tour is a camping proposition and the cost for horseback transport is fifteen dollars for three days. Mancos, Colorado, is the usual going-in point. A Government road is building, but the drive requires great skill in we a team, for the road is dangerous. A guide is needed at this park. It is matter of con- gratulation that the Government purposes to preserve and make fairly accessible these relics of an ancient civilization of a sort. Few countries have ruins older—no one can say how old they are. It is pleasant to say that important improvements looking to tourists’ comfort will be inaugurated at Mesa Verde Park. There are three strictly civilized, arti- ficial parks, which close the oddly assorted assemblage of our national parks— Poto- mac, Rock Creek and the National Zodé- logical parks, of the District of Columbia. The animals of the latter are protected by the laws of the District of Columbia, but the park is in charge of the Smithsonian Insti- tution. Rock Creek Park is in charge of a board made up of the Commissioners of the EVENING POST is not a park, but | A The Engineer’s Report to the Business Man Before anything is done- investigation is of prime importance. is the time to make most profit- able use of the best engineering skill available. 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It was already a park by the hand of Nature—one of those won- derfully attractive, open mountain plateaus always called “‘ parks” by theold trappers a term long made part of the accepted geo- graphic nomenclature of the Rockies; but | the steady encroachment of civilization continually threatened to diminish its nat- ural charm. Therefore the many friends of the region almost threw up their hats in joy when the news came last winter that the long campaign in Washington had suc- ceeded, and that hereafter the old Estes Park will be known as the new “ Rocky Mountain Park,” and will be under the eare of Uncle Sam forever. The Story of Estes Park This new park lies easily accessible from Denver, whence close access by rail has In recent times the automobile has brought it still closer to the | cities, and it is an accepted tourist feature and a largely patronized summer resort. Theold ranch of Lord Dunraven was located | here in the days of cows and big game, and few hunting grounds or ranching grounds ever had more charm. Though open and accessible, this high park country of the Rockies is very deceptive; appearing like foothill country, it really is very lofty. Not so rude of rise to the eye as Glacier Park, | for instance, it is much loftier by the ba- rometer, and the main peaks overtop any- thing in the Yellowstone. In all ways it is a very lovable and usable mountain region. The climate is healthful and very exhilarating, and it is a grand horseback country. I do not know any lace in the Rockies where one may ride so igh, so far and so easily. It is also well developed by wagon and motor roads. It lies so well equipped and so favored by Nature and location, as well as by trans- portation facilities, that to set it aside formally as a part of the people’s property | seems natural—and, indeed, obvious. The man who may, perhaps better than other, be called the father of Estes Park s Mr. Enos A. Mills, long a resident there, | a naturalist, an author and a lover of the | wilderness. It is something of a modern wilderness, at least, that lies round Long’s Peak, and Mr. Mills can make for it as good | a statement as any: “The area is seven hundred and sixteen square miles. Roughly, it is forty miles long by sixteen miles wide. Its boundary lines are, for the most part, along streams Long’s Peak is approxi- mately in the center of this area. Its height is 14,255 feet. There is inclosed a forty- mile stretch of ‘the most rugged section of the Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains.’ This has more than a score of peaks above twelve thousand and a few | above thirteen thousand feet in elevation. | The area proposed is already in a forest reserve; but it is not well fitted for a forest reserve ‘and this use of the territory is skin- | ning the scenery for very meager returns. “Scenery is the great asset of this region. Probably no mountain area in the country is equal for .park use to this district. Na- ture made it a beautiful and magnificent park and gave it a healthful and delightful climate. It is close to the geographical center of the United States and it is easy of access. The northeast corner of the pro- posed park is within forty miles of Chey- enne; the southeast corner is an equal distance from Denver. “The Government already owned the land and it did not cost anything to make | it a park. Park use will perpetuate its | greatest asset and greatest glory— scenery. Park use will bring from this territory large economic returns, whereas all other uses of this territory combined could give employ- ment to only a few people and could make The territory included lies above the altitude of eight thousand feet. It is not a farming country June 5, 1915 and the supply of commercial timber is limited. It is not a grazing country, for the grassy areas are small. It hardly can be called a mining country. Its former use by sawmills and cattle was harassing and discounted its larger, better use by our people.” We needed that park. We need more good parks. We need more knowledge of them all. We need a better and more busi- nesslike handling of them all. Take all the parks, large and small, and they drew less than a quarter of a million people last year, largely from near-by points—and a very much smaller number if we count only genu- ine tourists who made any considerable rail journeys to reach them. The measure of this lack is the measure in part of our popu- lar ignorance, in part of bad management by the Government, and in part of private greed and inefficiency. The largest receipts at any park— Yellow- stone—run only a little over a million dol- lars annually. Yosemite does not run a third of a million; Rainier not much over half a hundred thousand. Put these figures against those of European travel and we suffer sadly in the comparison; but we do not suffer at all in the comparison of our parks with the best scenery, the greatest marvels, the most interesting and attractive travel features that any and all the coun- tries of the globe can offer. We have a country larger and more won- derful than we know—so large and wonder- ful that it takes years to see it all; so large that it is still young and new and inviting. It will take you half a dozen years to see our parks. So much the better. In those half dozen years you will come to be a much more widely informed and patriotic American. A Change of Policy It is only an oddly distorted form of Americanism thatin theseimpending days these new, sane and sober days, when every country needs a serious patriotism and an educated citizenry—will turn back to the inanities, the absurdities and the discom- forts of European travel. We have capital- ized that country long enough, neglected our own country long enough. Better had we learn our own country—big, vital—a country for big and vital men and women to learn and to love. And it is ours! Late in April the Government announced a pronounced change in the policy which heretofore has governed traffic in the Yellowstone Park. On August first that park will be thrown open to motorists. Certain rather rigid restrictions will govern the use of all motor vehicles in the park, in view of the confusion and possible risk involved in motor travel in conjunction with the horse-drawn vehicles which here- tofore have furnished the transportation in this park. The Government will install a special telephone system, by means of which headquarters can be kept in touch with the traffic at all times. The tank of every car entering the park will be inspected in order to certify the management that sufficient fuel is on board to carry the car throughout its journey. All motor vehicles will start at least thirty minutes before any of the horse-drawn vehicles are allowed to leave the hotels. While a certain hardship will be worked to those owning the tre- mendous transportation investment in Yel- lowstone Park, the admission of motors seems to have been inevitable. No doubt the adjustment to new conditions will in time take place, if not to the satisfaction of all at least to the expedition of traffic. The number of visitors to this park for the current season will no doubt break all records. One or two of the camping com- panies announce that they will open their own season June first to accommodate some of the eastbound visitors from the Panama- Pacific Exposition. Additional news gratifying to the motor- ists of the country recently was given out by the Interior Department. This covers the official acceptance of the old Tioga Road, which crosses the heart of the Yosem- ite Park. The improvement of this road will make a direct highway across the Sierras at one of their most beautiful points. This for a long time was simply an aban- doned mining trail. Private aid was en- listed in California to put the trail into motoring condition. The Government has now accepted it and it is thought that improvements will be completed to make this wonderful mountain thoroughfare practicable early in July.

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Now With Seven-Passenger Body (HANDLER SIX $1295 I Enjoy Motor Car Luxury at an Economy Cost T has been only a couple of years since rich men were paying from three to five thousand dollars for automobiles that gave them such luxury, such comfort, such flexibility of speed, and such certainty of service as THE SATURDAY EVENING POST ) \ fs you can get now in the Chandler Light-Weight Six for only $1295. And in order to get such luxury and comfort and flexibility and sure service, these rich men bought heavy cars that were very expensive to maintain. You get these qualities now, in the same maximum degree, in the Chandler, which costs very little to maintain. For the Chandler, even the new model with its long wheel base and big, roomy, seven-pas- senger body, weighs Jess than 3000 pounds, runs 16 miles or more per gallon of gasoline, 700 miles per gallon of oil and 7000 miles per set of tires. The Chandler was the first of the light-weight No other six selling for less than $2000 possesses all these high-grade features of design, construction and equipment found in the Chandler: The exclusive Chandler motor, of Chandler design and built in the Chandler factory. A powerful, quiet, econom- ical, beautifully finished motor any man may well be proud of. Bosch Magneto and Bosch Spark Plugs; Gray & Davis Electric Starting Motor; Gray & Davis Elec- tric Generator; Rayfield Double-jet Carburetor; Mayo Genuine Mercedes Type Radiator; Worm-bevel Rear Axle, smooth-running and silent; Cast Aluminum Motor Base extending from frame to frame, gives rigidity to the engine mounting, provides pedestals for magneto, water and oil pumps and generator, and does away with the necessity for a dirty, rattly sheet-metal drip-pan; Three Silent Chains, enclosed and running in bath of oil, for driving motor shafts; Genuine Hand-buffed Leather Upholstery; Firestone Demountable Rims; Stewart Vacuum Gasoline Feed; Golde Patent One-man Top, covered with genuine Neverleek; Jiffy Curtains; Bair Patent Top Holders; Motor-driven Horn; Stewart- Warner Magnetic Speedometer; Instantly Adjustable Tire Carrier (no straps) at rear of tonneau and all the usual incidental equipment. See the Chandler at your dealer's, or write us today for new catalogue. CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY 506-536 East 131st Street CLEVELAND . . . U. S. A. New York Office, 1890 Broadway Cable Address, CHANMOTOR sixes weighing less than 3000 pounds and selling for less than $2000. And, just as it pioneered this field, so jit has continued a leader in this field. The trade predicted Chandler failure three years ago. But Chandler has prospered, be- cause the Chandler Idea was right. Chandler quality has gone up and up every year, and Chandler price down and down. Hence the great Chandler production for this year. Ten thousand cars! Compare all the other light sixes with the Chandler. Compare them carefully. Then decide whether you can get as much by paying hundreds more.

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Keep a <odak Baby Book HE first journey downstairs for exhibition to that secondary consideration—father. The toddling nursery days! That all-important epoch when she baby first trudges off to school. in all these great events are limitless opportunities for the Kodak. And with the school days come pictures 4y, as well as pictures of, the children. Pictures they take of each other, free from constraint or conscious posing. Spon- taneous pictures that reflect simplicity and weave into the Kodak Book the touch of naturalness. It is such pictures as these that add the delightful side-lights to the more formal studio pictures that must be made of little John and Mary. Just as they must have ‘dress-up clothes’’ for Sunday School and parties, so, too, you will want them in ‘dress-up pictures.’”’ But you love them as much in their soiled pinafores as in their party best. And, too, you will love the Kodak pictures that hold the charm of homeyness. KASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, ROCHESTER, N. Y., The Kodak City. Ask your dealer or write us for free instrated dooklet it Home with the Kodak

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THE SATURDAY THE CHALK GAME (Continued from Page 17 folks what owns her doan’ know how fast she is, an’ whad’s mo’, dey won't nevah know, case dar ain’t a hoss on de track kin make her gallop.” Shrieks of laughter followed this last an- nouncement. March Barley had been on the commercial toboggan for many days. But the men who play the market do | not differ very greatly from their brethren | of the turf. They are as amenable to | hunches and signs and tips as are chronic | mon consent, | original discoverer of Jodey Beam was the | if I’m not going to play his tip. gamblers in any walk of life. As if by com- they withdrew apart. The spokesman. “Tt’s only a hunch, fellows,” he began, “but it’s the best we’ve had in years. This little darkey is a scream, but I'll be hanged Supposing | we engineer a pool, and buy May Wheat for | tingling until after the climax. ap MILITARY INSTITUTE | Academic, military ¢ Be rm training under personal supervision. Scope—Admits to colleges on certificate. Lower school for boys of eight to four- teen years. Only recommended boys taken. Location—A p cinnati, the g turesque suburb of Cin- ad music center. Write for catalog to A. M. HENSHAW, Superintendent, Box 22, College Hill, Ohic

and physi- | a real killing?’ From his seat in the corner Jodey watched the conference anxiously. At its conclu- sion he arose and approached his clientele. “Is you a-goin’ to play dat mare?” he insistently inquired. ‘What is you-all a-goin’ to do? Ise got to have a bet down. If yo’-all ain't Ise got ter dig up a live one, *cause Ise goin’ back to Louisville to-night.” “We're all aboard and heading down stream,” attested the stout man. “ We'll take care of you, if she wins. Don’t worry about that end of it.” ‘All right, boss,” droned Jodey sleepily, ‘dat’s all right. Your word is good wid me, Ise ~~; gwine ter take a li’l nap.” The last twenty-four hours had been strenuous ones. The excitement of novel adventure had kept the little rider’s nerves The after- effects of the drugged liquor still dominated his system. Now the reaction was coming. Jodey Beam was a very tired lightweight jockey. “Yo’ gen’lemen are all right,” he at- tested wearily as his little kinky head nodded forward to meet the sandman; “‘vou're shuah ‘nuff folks. Jus’ play May Wheat on de nose, an’ you'll be settin’ in de king’s chariot. Play May early an’ . often play her ’til da . . cows come home . an’ wakemeup.. . when de . hosses is - gwine — But the balance of the peroration was lost. The drowsy god had wafted this eb- ony disciple of Miinchhausen to the land of dreams. There have, of course, been red-letter days in the history of Gambler's Alley, but all give place of importance to that on which Jodey Beam drifted in and spread the tidings about May Wheat. The news traveled up and down and all along the narrow thoroughfare, gathering added im- portance as it journeyed. Men rushed madly to and fro, supporting a bull move- ment. Its influence was felt in the big pit itself; a mysterious tip regarding May Wheat. But Jodey slept on peacefully, unconscious of the fact that he had shaken the market to its very founda- tion. As the news spread the tip assumed the importance of one emanating from the very inner consciousness of those who were supposed to control mighty movements in staple commodities. Men did not, as is fre- quently the case, seek its source; they just followed the crowd. The market soared upward like a sky- rocket. ative caught the infection. May Wheat was a good buy, and firmly fortified. The fortu- nate ones who had originally fallen under the spell of Jodey’s eloquence had established themselves on the ground floor, and stood to win amazingly. Through all this Jodey was “Exhibit A.” They of the inner circle rushed in, took a look at the little negro slumbering so peacefully, and tore out again to add their support to the triumphant march of May Wheat. There was apparently such an endless chain of fresh speculative buy- ers that the pressure of the movement was felt everywhere, so much so that many of the foremost operators took a hand in the game and became boosters. At the close of the day’s business, Jodey’s newly found friends were many thousands of dollars ahead, having been judicious enough to cash in and take their profits. | But still Jodey slept, slumbered as if the maelstrom of tremendous speculation in one of the world’s staples had not found its initiative in his fertile brain. was circulating | Those who were adjudged conserv- | EVENING POST Whatever dining table or for UNIVERSAL use

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Address All branches of study unc er | out for Louisville, Jodey’s | porters were on hand to bid him Godspeed. | adieu. EVENING POST And Jodey slept until someone shook him into consciousness and yelled in his ear: “‘Wake up, boy, wake up! Listen to the race. They’re going to the post now!” The business of the day being over, the jubilant wheat gamblers had arranged a special stage setting for Jodey’s benefit. The room was packed to suffocation by a rollicking crowd that had come to enjoy the climax. The operator at the telegraph instrument had formerly worked in one of the old-time poolrooms. He had been thor- oughly posted, and right well did he play | his part in the comedy. “The judges have changed riders on ,” he announced as he fumbled | “Sheridan rides, and they’re | May Wheat with the key. on their way to the post.” Jodey Beam jumped clean out of his | “He’s de | chair. “Shorty up!” he shrilled. boy dat can boot em home! It’s all ovah; nothin’ to do but count de money.” “They’re off!’’ droned the operator, “in a bunch; 4 gy quarter, May Wheat by Russian Red is second by three len two lengt %- Oats is third.” The little jockey wheeled round quickly. “What do yo’ know about dat Russian | Red?” he queried. “‘ Dey must haveethered | his legs ’til dey was froze stiffer dan de | But he can’t last, boss, he | North Pole. can’t last!” “At the half,” exclaimed the operator, “May Wheat still leads by five lengths she’s just galloping, July Oats is second, Russian Red has pulled up.’ “What have I been tryin’ to tell yo’- all?” Jodey announced triumphantly. “I knowed it! If dey evah got dat ole hoss back to de barn dey’d be lucky. It’s de boneyard fo’ him, ‘case all de vets in de world couldn’t patch him up now.” The rattle of the Morse code came again. “They're in the stretch,” drawled the op- erator. lengths, Yellow Corn is second, and Barley is third; the rest of the field are strung out.” Jodey had straddled his chair now and | was riding an imaginary finish on his own account, while the men about him leaned against each other in paroxysms of laughter. “Lay along wid = Shorty!” he en- treated; “and don’t extend her ‘til yo’ He took a short hold of mythic al reins. “‘Yo’ has plenty ob time, Shorty, an’ it’s been a long way round de big circle. Save her fo’ de run home, an’ if yo’ has to pull de bat at all, just fan yo’ boot till de .90 There was a long pause before the op- erator saw fit to announce the winner. Jodey’s eyes were glued upon his face, and he waited breathlessly, clutching nervously ae | to the sides of the chair upon which he sat; | and then at last it came. “May Wheat wins by herself,” an- nounced the operator. “The balance of the | field jurmped the fence at the head of the stretch, and they ain’t been caught yet. With a triumphant yell Jodey cata- pulted himself out of his chair, while the | men about him applauded to the echo. Banknotes of large denominations were forced into his little black hands from all quarters. | And immediately thereafter there was a | triumphal progress to one of Chicago’s most | important clothing emporiums. Chaper- oned by several of his new-found friends | and backers, Jodey was speedily arrayed in a brand-new suit of checked tweeds that for variety of color and startling pattern had Joseph's coat beaten by a Sabbath day’s journey. And after these things the | little jockey was escorted to a jewelry store, where another of his admirers insisted on purchasing for him a diamond horseshoe pin of a size and proportion never before seen south of the Ohio River. Added to all this magnificence were two gold watches and a chain heavy enough to have anchored a deep-sea schooner. Jodey had reached that paradise which is the ultimate reward of all good prophets. Moreover, when the evening train pulled staunch sup- “Be sure and let us know when the old mare is ready again, Jodey,” cautioned the stout member. “Here is my address. You can send me a telegram.” “Taint likely they'll race her again ’til de Saratoga meetin’; dar won't be nothin’ doin’ wid her till next August,” retorted Jodey oracularly, as he waved his friends “But dar’s a two-year-ole in our barn dat can put a rope roun’ her neck an’ choke her to death. De first time we’s tryin’ you'll hear frum me. So long, gen’le- | men. 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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST he fh Bam at rie - ee a THE STANDARDIZED The Harder the Test the Surer the Sale SEVENTY horsepower, eight cylinder motor and only 3400 pounds A road weight. 126-inch wheelbase, helical bevel gears — direct drive spring suspension—self-lubricating springs—chummy aisle- way front seats—out-of-the-way auxiliary seats—deep, genuine leather upholstering stuffed with real hair—de luxe body lines, roomy comfort for seven people—Cole Eight completely equipped, $1785, f. o. b. factory. Cole engineering and Cole standard units alone make possible this Cole Eight which every user enthusiastically praises because of its great speed range on high, its un- conquerable hill-climbing power, its perfection of control, its saving on tires—in short, for its scientific combination of economy and efficiency. Where can you equal Cole Eight at $1785? Get your copy of “ Why an Eight” This booklet is a liberal education in advanced motor car construction. It will throw valuable light on your present motor car problem—no technical explanations—just a simple A, B, C discussion of the Eight Cylinder principle. Write for it today. Let Cole Eight tell its story to you on the hills. Phone the Cole dealer for a demonstration. COLE MOTOR CAR COMPANY Builders of the Standardized Car Indianapolis, U.S. A.

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST June 5, 1915 Aln 11 -Year Attainment The Goodyear Cord Tire has suddenly attained a mul- tiplied popularity. The demand has lately increased ten- fold. Many owners of fine cars are now adopting these Cord Tires. Some high-grade cars will soon come equipped with them. So Goodyear Cord Tires rather dominate now in new interest. Not a New Type The Cord Tire itself is not new. We have built Cord Tires since 1904. The English-French type, built abroad, is older still, but it never attained great vogue. Its virtues were dimmed by too many shortcomings, including high cost per mile. But, starting with that, we have for 11 years been building and bettering Cord Tires. Cord Tires, 1 cost per tire, may exceed other types some- what. The construction is rather expensive. Our aim has been to make extra mileage offset that higher cost. And the present popularity of Goodyear Cord Tires is due to our success. Multiplying Mileage Goodyear Cord Tires, to this end, are built greatly oversize. That adds to tire life. Then Goodyear Cord Tires have from 6 to 10 cord layers. Our 4-inch Cord Tire is an 8-ply tire. Our larger sizes are 1o-ply. That means extreme reinforcement. Goodyear Cord Tires have our No-Rim-Cut feature, which combats a major waste. These three great improve- ments—each jaieuias to Good- year—have multiplied Cord Tire mileage. Yet they sacrifice no iota of resiliency or comfort. And they add no extra price. Goon) Corp IiRES Goodyear Cord Tires cost about the same as others of this type. Then, to make them utterly secure, we vulcanize 126 braided piano wires into each tire base. Goodyear Cord Tires need no hooks on the base. For front wheels they come with a heavy grooved tread which aids steering. For rear wheels they come with our All- Weather Tread, tough and double thick, with resistless sharp-edged grips. Those are some Goodyear supremacies. Cord Tire Virtues Goodyear Cord Tires are tires of super-comfort. They are wondrous shock-absorbers. Never was a Cord Tire more resilient. Never was one better adapted to min- imize trouble, give unusual mileage, increase speed and save power. On electric cars, Cord Tires have long been the only advised pneumatics. Ease and comfort were most appeal - ing there, and power-saving was of prime importance. Goodyear Cord Tires on electric cars add from 25 to 30 per cent to the mileage per charge. Now, with Goodyear improvements, many gasoline car owners are adopting these comfort tires. GOODYEAR SUPREMACIES Great Oversize, 6 to 10 Cord Layers, No-Rim-Cut Feature, 126 ptano- wire base, All-Weather Treads. When you come to Cord Tires in- sist on the Goodyear perfections. In them will lie this type’s permanent pop- ularity. Most electric car makers sup- ply Goodyear Cord Tires on request. Most gasoline car makers who do not equip with them will supply them. Any Goodyear dealer can get them for you. Any Goodyear branch—in 65 cities—will direct you to a stock. THE GOODYEAR TIRE &? RUBBER CO., Akron,O. “YEAR AKRON, OHIO

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je . LITT hel TT SUS 3 i Cuaramtccd A Dod a Startling Facts Disclosed in the ALADDIN Catalog aoe ”ALADDIN’S 4 Houses population And, whether it be an enti t oom cottag M. ADDIN'S Go det Ri ile Set Can you get twenty feet of lumber out of a sixteen foot } board? The ALADDIN catalog shows how it is done. Can you get a nine foot ceiling out of an eight foot six inch two-by LA c four The ALADDIN catalog shows you how it is done. Can Send (or the Intersting A DDIN alo youl irpenter ul on a thousand feet of siding a day The 4 d for the s average carpenter ac yer sng hes less than a third of this hasan It ntense nteresting in its de amount rhis great catalog demonstrates these facts indisputably — and Readi-Cut Syst f Construction. It disy shows how you get the eas of the ‘se savings in your home—by th American Homes with picture f charming interiors and tells ALADDIN Readi-Cut System of Construction. evel ne. \ Will | i witl i the 12 Ask Your pd About His ALADDIN Home Here’ the © Story i in a Few Word \l ev H ISeS a almost every community in the L, Al ADD I) ~ ’ There is sure te one near you ‘aaah r you live Let us direct you to it ‘Look 4 wat ver inside and outside talk with the owner. Ask him about the money he : saved, the satisfaction he enjoys, the pleasures of owning an I ADDIN ty a ns ; sate ng it dificult rdinaruy encountered f[ ALADDIN Build Entire Ci rae B sani Apatendl ng ceney Rs ullds an Entire fl Siar dinie ant tha endemmnamaal t ?? ’ ? ry ne y ry tr The great ALADDIN organization was called on oS in sixty day Most urgent was the necessity for quick action \ large industrial project plainly printed on each page, for the mplete hous \ demanded a new city—complete—to be created in a practical wilder rne t the reach you by return mail. Send tod for cat g 300 Mills in Mich., Florida, Louisiana, Oregon. Canada: Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver HOME- 307 Aladdin Avenue ORTH AAMERICAN WONSTRUCTION WOMPANY teivexeton DAY CITY, MICH. All the Houses on This Page Represent Less Than One Day’s Production for the Great Aladdin Mills

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Turn the screw niuesee” AS _71bSolutely New! Palmolive—the new olive oil shaving soap. In a unique oval holder—with a thumbscrew at the bottom which advances the soap only as used. Sanitary and practical. Both the soap and the mechanical feature of the holder must appeal to every man who shaves himself. PALMOLIVE SHAVING STICK Palmolive Shaving Stick, the newest Palmolive product, was made especially for men with tender faces. The delightful qualities of Palm and Olive oils are as effective in a shaving soap as they are in Palmolive Toilet Soap, used by millions of discriminating women. These oils give Palmolive Shaving Stick its wholesome green color. They make the abundant lather which stands up, does not dry on the face or draw the skin. The beard is softened properly. There is no pull with Palmolive. Absolutely neutral —no free alkali to irritate and make the face sore after shaving. And no reminiscent soapy odor when you are through. Palmolive has a refreshing faint Oriental perfume. The case for this new Palmolive is made of pure, non-corrosive aluminum in the convenient oval shape so easy to use and to pack. A key at the bottom of the case pushes up the soap as needed, without its touching the fingers. The cover protects the exposed part when not in use. The oval shape is an extra convenience. Palmolive Shaving Stick keeps dry and in perfect condition to the last. The beveled edge at the top prevents water from running down around the in soap to make it soft and soggy. You can use it up entirely, with as much comfort at the last shave as when it was brand new. If your dealer has not yet secured his supply of Palmolive Shaving Soap write us, enclosing 25 cents, and we will send you a full-size package in the wonderful new aluminum holder, and also generous free samples of Palmolive Soap, Palmolive Cream and Palmclive Shampoo B. J. JOHNSON SOAP COMPANY, Inc. Milwaukee, Wisconsin gg ai ahaa Canadian Factory 155-157 George Street Toronto, Ont. sh a ey RTS