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Show CACHE AMERICAN. I.OCAN. ITAII ZEKE'S BEER GARDEN 8 By R. W. WILKINSON 0u oiJi-.- t Budget Inhabitant. :, retlrej should, at his from active buslnes, slmuM be leudliig dm lining year a um't old wen of spend them spinning yarn a lilt l.lim r Mope and Sam Cook on the veranda of ttia Kunoxik lintel, or aeuted Ilia open fire of bl own liotua atilt glowing pljw and jileaaaut dream. Thai's how it should lie, for It l these alntple thing from which Lextcr folk derlte tltelr greatest pleasure. liut Kike cannot retire and live 00 fala saving, for no sittings bate been set aside for title purpose. Some say be lacked lu thrift and foresight during the da) when bla little grocer store, altb It lunch counter stretched across one side of lltel business. it, knew Some any be was shiftless and 11a l MSI) tonic Ibis "WHAT vv budget," jr laz. liut those of us who hare been closely associated altb Zeke know accusations that none of llu-son truth or fad. e ha T up. i ,la l benefit Pit. .u some The produet thing to admire. And during be enlist ruction the and light wine hill had been rushed through congri 1I he day Unit ll was aigned ! rtlnh down to Z kea alore lit a III h mute of eveiii-iiicii; a mute WillPh was abort lived. the door For z.eke greeted me and the expression on lint fine het rul'd glmiinevi and d. .appoint- meiit within. he told me It the license, We g"t When I questioned him. to buve a lleen-- e to Sell beer and the dunged thing cost 'gmj bU'ksl" llio-- lit?.? V flnl-he- tl j SsV Zl h P t j 9 1 ; 4 ' V.t-'- Mi 1 stared at him blankly. It win Irue. We had expended our lust penny on equipment, holding out only enough funds 10 pay fur our brut shipment of lict-r- , already ordered. It bceined like a Itltle thing, )et t In that moment I knew It the difference between being able to oh-ion time or ever for lhat matter. There wasn't a soul whom we could go to for funds, Zeke'a creditors were pressing. My own resources were exhausted. It looked pretty bad. And then when It aeemed vre would buve to abandon the entire project, Zcke came through with an Idea. It was a brilliant Idea, quite characteristic of Zeke whose brilliant Ideas hud helped one man or another over rough spots In the days when tilings were booming In Fester and a man didn't bare to sneak In somebody's back door to get bis drink of beer. At first I waa skeptical, but the more Zeke talked of Ida Idea the more convinced I was that It would work. Hud the situation been less serious I would have laughed mightily at this plan of his and wagered with anyone who wanted to wager thalt would not work. fT Jwj? . I f ' j j , &rM)s i . countries j- mm ... J ,r - In Stratford on Avon, England, a 71 national (tags were unveiled lr the representatives of the 37uth anniversary of William Shukc.peare'a birth. during the Palestine Now Has Modern Metropolis light-win- e e whole-heartedl- n Tel Aviv, Doom City, Celebrates Birthday. ' lol"-l- i al work bequeathed by (lie lute Asher Gulnsbcrg, and the Central Library o the Cultural Committee Iah-tl- ne Washington. Mention and age old iutmns, tr.he, nml cities come to mind. let like the re-- t of the world. Is tug. Tel Aviv, a thriving modern metropolis of nearly 70,000 population, did not exist In Ituti. Its te was then only a deserted area of rolling sand dunes, north of the port of Jaffa. Tel Aviv ceh tinted Its twenty fifth birthday with a trade fair to which nine foreign nations and scores of commercial concern sent exhibit. Thu exposition, known as the Third Internalional Levant fair was given a permanent site north of the city between Yarkon river Last j 0:1 r and the Mediterranean. the Levant fair drew visitors from Syria. Kgjpt, Transjordan, Icr-iand Iraq as well os I'tilc-tui"Tel Aviv, 1alesiitie's boom clt). owes Its origin lo a small group of Jewish residents of the distinctly Arab city of Jaffa, who moved out to the sand dunes uortn of the city In t'.xK) and began a garden suburb." sii) a a bulletin from the National Geographic society. Second City of Palestine. "Since the World war Tel Aviv whose name means Hill of Spring, has witnessed spectacular growth. i.sli community is Today this second III population only to Jem salem among the cities of Iule-tln- e, and Is the most modern town or the eastern Mediterranean region. Con tinned Jewish immigration to Palestine, much of It from Germany, adds monthly to Tel Aviv's grow in population. "With Its modern homes, paved streets, shops, clubs, steamship olllces, and bathing beach, Tel Aviv resembles a Uuropeau city rather than one In Palestine. Many of Its trim houses are surrounded by small gardens, from preserved drought by sprinkling s.v stems an unheard of extravagance so close to Jerusalem, which Is often short of water even for drinking. Attrac tlve shops display wares from many lands, while steamship offices advertise excursion rates to Europe and America on garish signboards lu Hebrew and characters. "At the bathing beach there Is a modern casino with Jazz bauds, aud the sands are used for sunbathing by men, vvomeu and children a custom almost unknown In Palestine before the Zionists developed their own city. "The population of Tel Aviv Is ultra modern, thinking in terms of social science and business as well The city as advanced agriculture. contains over a hundred schools and kindergartens under Zionist direction, and a school of the UniverThere are sal Israelite alliance. also two libraries: the Municipal library, with a large collection of I.ih-stlne- . ch.-in- a, e. all-Je- , motor-- drawn seven-branche- A rather small man with keen blue eyes, high forehead, aquiline nose, gray hair Is John Francis Curry, the only leader Tammany has ever deposed in Its more than l.'ltt years of history. Uncommunicative and a lighter, lie rose from the ranks In Hie organization. He plays golf and bets on horses as diversion, his liking being to puk long stmts. John P, O'Brien, whose defeat for re election us mayor con trilnited much to curry's downfall, is a golfing Curry companion. started life as a cowboy In Manhattan. That sounds rather strange. Nevertheless, a half century ago. the west side of Manhattan was pasture land. Curry looked after his father's cattle there and drove them to the stock yards. Later he became a telegraph operator and it was an assignment to the that nominated Grover Cleveland for the Presidency for a second time that turned bis atten tlon to politics. u At sixty, Curry Is rated as a wealthy man. in addition to holding several city Jobs, he built up an Insurance business, which didn't suffer at all through Ids political connections. Even without the In surnnee business, despite the loss of the Tummnny Job, he wouldn't He was commissioner of starve. records of the Surrogate's court from 1911 until 1923, when he was chosen to boss Tammany, and for that he receives a pension of $3, GOO a year. A et many AtiuTua ami other lumls, and bave follow ed (in- - Zionist's dream to this sand done city rmn whose house tps one may look across the Pldl Mine plain to the rocky backbone o old Judea, ''He real wealth of this region Is "ranges, and whole shiploads of Hu- famous J.ifi'u oranges are load ed for European ports when Ihe W'.illier permits. Most of the new pantu'l"ii have been set out by Jews, who market many of the or anges cooperatively, and ure lieljied b) the Palestine government In k'cpmg down fruit diseases aud maintaining high standards of In- Before the war the Jaffa s than a orange groves shipped million case of fruit The nutu Lmt Is now dose to three million, with a value running perhupa as high a four to five million dollar a year. Tel Aviv also possesses Pales tine's pioneer Industrial plunt a hrh k factory which makes hundreds of thousand of silicate brick for t tie construction of homes of eubl-ti- e design and of other build It lugs tor Immigrants each year. aNo bus smaller plants turning out furniture, textiles, shoes, candles, orange cases, etc. 111 - of tbe Jewish Labor with nearly pm, (KM volume In Hebrew, Yiddish and European languages, dealing with sociology and economics, seieuce and agriculture. Wealth In Orange. Tel Aviv's most spectacular holiday come during the feust 0 Purlin, during which horse and flout may combine the candlestKk and modern display advertising, A carnival spirit prevails nmong the noisy crowd, ami young girls masquerading In heavy beard poke fuu good Matured at Orthodox rabbis. "A nmre eoMnopolltar. crowd than that si on dining the Piiriui procession would be hard lo And even In nuclein communities, for here are Immigrants from the Ghettos of Eu Ink-ration- of rope Kile by side altb residents who have made their fortune In i Zcke wight not have been attentive to business, but be aaa never shiftless or lazy. Ill Ufa at been one filled with little deed of kindness. And from them be derived bla keenest enjoyment. Zcke Talor baa been friend to every man who crossed bla path. (Julie forgetful of bis own future, be baa helped this one In distress, counseled that one In matters of grave Importance, lent moral and financial support to counties charitable movements and unselfishly denied hluiself when some stricken brother was sorely In need of aid. The little things of life have meant much to Zcke, and others have benefited by this peculiarity of his makeup. But now that Zcke Is aged, these things are forgotten. Folks are wondering what will become of the old man, fearful that sooner or later be will be on the town." And because of their forgetful- Anyway we put the Idea luto exnesa they are bard and condemnecution. ing. On the day that beer was legalNot long ago 1 dropped Into Zehe's ized we hung out the sign which store for a chat, and found him Zeke had painted and (lung wide the door. sunk Into the depths of gloom. At first folks came out of nhepr lie was, he told me, contemplatcuriosity. Grinning, they poked their ing bankruptcy. noses luslde and looked around. His creditors were pressing. It was sight of thnt cozy little Business was going across the street to the uew modern lunch garden In back that brought them alt the way In. room, recently opened. It was uncanny. The old man was sorely hurt. InWe actually hud to hire outside wardly winced at thoughts of failhelp to tuke care of all the customure and being on the town. Ills pride was hurt, though Ills ers. Zekes old cash register kept words held no note of bitterness or ringing all day and far Into the complaint. It was about this time that the night. It was Incredible that beer and cheese and pretzels could hold taxpayers of the United Slates were. In a manner of speaking, such au appeal to so many people at once. quite steamed up over the beer and The next day the rush was greatIssue. It seemed almost Inevitable that three point two er, and the day following, Sunday, we were forced to hire three extra would be legalized. waiters. 1 mentioned It to Zeke, and he We were off to a running start, brightened considerably. It looked as If we were goand It and One thing led to another wasn't long before Zeke's ordinarily ing to keep running. Things were moving smoothly a lively Imagination took on a new lease of life and began to function. week later when quite unexpectedI followed him through the rear ly, a government agent came In and door of the place and luto the space asked to see our license. Zeke winked broadly In my direcbeyond. There was a green lawn here and tion and produced the requested document a shade tree or two. Almost Instantly I sensed what The agent ran hawk-llkeyes was in the old man's mind. A beer garden! A real old fashioned beer over the written words and looked at Zeke sharply. garden! This license was Issued two days The spot was Ideal ; the location perfect; the old and musty sur- ago. You've been selling beer more than a week ! roundings especially Inducive. Sure, said Zeke, while I held Moreover, there wasn't another store or lunch room In town so nat- my breath, thats right We waiturally and adequately equipped for ed till wed taken In enough money to buy us a license, and we bought the purpose. one." Admit It, eh? Well, get your We discussed the Idea at length. coat, mister, youre coming with And the more we talked the brightme." er became the look In Zeke's eyes. Walt a minute, says Zeke. His enthusiasm and eagerness, resembling that of a child, brought a "That there license Is for 3.2. Up till two days ago I ain't sold a mug lump In my throat I fell In with Zeke's plans quite of 3.2." The agent stared. And when a frown Youre nuts. You got a sign out suddenly appeared on his face at some abrupt thought, I actually be- there says 'beer, and folks have been coming here for a week." came alarmed. 'Sure, Zeke agreed, they been The establishment of a beer would, he remembered, entail coming here. But they ain't been the expenditure of a sum of money. drinking 3.2. They been drinking near beer. I advertised beer for And Zeke at that moment was absale, but I didn't stipulate what kind solutely penniless. Of course I agreed to provide the of beer. And these dumb bunnies necessary funds, an act which, I be- who have been yapping for beer didn't know the difference. me more pleasure lieve, has glve It was true. than any equal expenditure prior to or after that day. These customers who constituted There was no need, I told myself, our first rush had been drinking to let Zeke know that the money I near beer and never knew It And Invested was the extent of my en- the agent was good enough sport tire savings; that, should the beer to keep his mouth shut Zeke serves real beer now, or garden experiment go to seed, I would be as penniless as be. rather the man to whom he leased And so, In the utmost secrecy, we his garden does. went ahead with our plans. Zeke himself spends bis days None of the dozens of folks who on the veranda of tbe Suncook hopassed dally to and fro In the tel, yarning with Elmer Stone and streets before Zekes store so much Sam Cook about the days when beer as suspected that In the plot be- was beer, and he never had a worry yond the rear door a real and en- - In the world. Dy CIIERIE NICHOLAS By MABEL I. CLArP Cell! known Zeke Taylor tot a Kura of year. 11$ U au old wan Uu, o:u of Summer of Wide Brims Is Message Susie Balances the lone Nl' HAVE Iater's Nations of World Pay Homage to Bard of Avon chanting beer garden waa being con struct ed. Ii waa to be a surprise. Zeke, despite bla dmrepltne worked hke a Trojan. Table were conveniently pljeed Jn a great, sweeping circle, with brightly colored umbrella above noli, a Iren-- wn dug and water plle-lo 1 fountain skillfully fab le-- bis liquor, wandered Into one of those cocktail rooms and leaned against the service bar. The bead waiter Informed him that It was against the law to drink at the bar and led tdui to a table. When be had been served, the drunk staggered to his feet, glass lu hand. The head waiter then Informed him that It was Illegal to drink hard liquor standing up. "But I gotta stand up, declared the unsteady one. "I'm dritikin to the President of the United States." For no good reason at all, that reminds me Hint the king of Swedens pants are in Kovvayton, Conn., In the possession of Arthur Blllard. It seems that John Tunis engaged In a game of tennis with the king and there was some kind of locker mlx-uAt any rate, Mr. Tunis came away with the kings pants, which he presented to Mr. Blllard, who Is his nest door neighbor, and Mr. Blllard Is retaining the royal raiment as a show piece. rest, London. The dandies of the town are discarding the walking cane, long the symbol lu America of the foppish Drlton. Years ago a man would have felt almost naked if he had ventured along Plcadilly or Bond street without his cane; nowadays only foreigners and the infirm carry them. Automobiles are chiefly blamed for this almost total disappearance of the walking stick from crowded city streets. H. Howell, managing director of one of the oldest established houses, had the following to say: "We have been making walking sticks for more than 100 years, and yet we had our record years as recently as 1910 and 1920. Since then, however the demand has steadily God called thee home, He thought it best. All day I've been puzzled over this, which appeared in the public notices column of the "Dearest Millyv arent you silly reading this column through. But here at last is one for you. Long Waisted." Herald-Tribun- , Bell Syndicate WNU Service. This Is a Perfect Case of Goods Exchanging TribesEngland. Birmingham, men In tbe Solomon Islands are now so busy making soap that they nc Arthur J. Mellott Is the new head of the governments liquor enforcMellotts force will ing activities. be 4, (XX) strong aud will come under civil service status. ald Sam a I oracu larly, The monthly battle of the blit was over, and Su.le in a state of exhaustion re. lined on Ihe rotich with Sammy on (tie hearth rug. "Every one mott chon and Judge value In money matters," be It teaehe enl on. dWoriinllia thin, train one In a of u! uea, and I good for mental development. It would tie good for you. "Then won't do It," Said SuJ stubbornly. "I'm nut going to undertake any inure thing that are good for me. because they Just lead to nothing but grief. When I did those setting up exercises I sprained my knee, and It wn lu that rlss In home eeonomlca (hat I nn-- t that horrid Mr. Budlong who bought thing on my charge account and never paid for them." "This ln'l a geometrical theoYou can add, can't rem, Honey, longer bave time to carve personal ornaments out of palmwood, and are buying brass ornaments from BirThis Is mingham as a substitute. thought to be tbe perfect case of fair International exchange, as the Birmingham people get dirty making brass ornaments to sell to the Polynesians who pay for the brass ornaments with soap to get the Birmingham people clean. J(- f 3"'' - wr x- - . ) ty v your "Not long rows." said Susie firm"They never come out twice alike." The battle of the budget waa Joined, but In the end, Sammy, who was a diplomat as welt as an orator, prevailed, for he Imd Susie that budgeting was one of life's rosiest pastimes, "It really ln't any trouble at all," said Susie, displaying the neat little leather covered book to her You Just keep track of mother. what you a,end. "But what forr Insisted Mrs. Jarvis. "Why bother? "Well," said Susie, doubtfully, "Sammy sayg then you know where your money goes." "You know where It goes anyway, If you count your change," said Mrs. Jarvis Impatiently. It was with some pride that Susie displayed ber book to Sammy at tbe cud of tbe first month. "Great work, old girl," was his comment as he surveyed the neat work aud added totals with whnt seemed to "You see, Susie lightning geed. you're beginning to get results already. Most of the time before your allowance lias been gone at tbe end of tbe month, and now you have $22.70 left over. Oh, but I haven't," objected Susie "I've spent It all and bad to borrow $10 from my personal allowance." Sammy sighed heavily ano girded up his loins for the battle of endeavoring to demonstrate statistically that Susie had failed to keep track of all her expenditures and that It was alsolutely necessary to do so. ly. - ? 1 v S b 7 . d cl.i-.s- One of the minor mysteries of the great city is the tombstone of a baby that died 118 years ago. It was found by workmen razing a tenement house to make a playground on the lower East side. It is not known whether there was a graveyard In that location or whether the stone was taken there when a fill was being made. The InscripIn memory of Hugh tion rends: L Fairley, son of Alexander and Abigail Fairley, who departed this life on March 17, 1816. Aged two gentleman rather the worse for years, two months and 14 days. Beneath that are these lines: Sleep on, my babe, and take thy LIQUOR ENFORCER Dudes Drop Canes; Feel Almost Nude family need Im celebrating, announced Mrs. Jarvis one sunny morning two months later as she dropped In on I got my dividend her daughter. check from the Dome mines and we could do a little shopping, have lunch at Bullock's and go to the matinee. Susie raised a sompwhat tense I face from a page of figures. I don't know, she said slowly. wanted to get this thing done today and off my mind. Good heavens, said her mother. Are you struggling with that budget? I'm not going to give It up till I get It, said Susie stubbornly. Last month I spent too much and made It up out of my own allowance, and this month Ive spent $12.43 more than I had to begin with and I have $1.93 left. said her Well, my goodress, I dont see how anyone mother. can expect to do better than that. It ought to be even, said Susie wearily. It should balance. This, Susie Indicated a column, Is the food allowance. We set aside 30 per cent for that and It comes to $43 a month. Thats a dollar and a half a day, Isnt it? said her mother. Well, why don't you Just put down a dollar and a half for each day. That would make that column come out right. Susie raised rather startled eyes I wonder If It to her mother. would? she muttered. Of course It would," said Mr3. And If you figJarvis Impatiently. ure out what the right amount should be for all the other Items and put It down It couldn't help but be right. Susie excitedly seized a sheet of paper and began copying figures. Why didnt I think of that, she cried. Mother, youre a wonder. It was the work of a short half hour to copy a new budget with Its And how figures. preordained much better it looks, too, said her mother with satisfaction, with the rows all alike. What did Sammy have to say about the budget? asked her mother a few days later. Well, to tell the .ruth, he didn't have hardly anything to say. He just seemed at a loss for words, You know. Mother, said Susie. think Sammy Just wanted to see If I could figure that out for myself. We aren't going to bother with a budget any more, she went on, and Im glad of It, for It's a kind of nuisance. But theres no point, really. In keeping on with a thing once youve mastered It 1 '3-'- " the IT'S breathtaking has burst Into way millia blaze of nery glory before our enchanted eyea thla season. Everything from dowers to feathers, fruit trimmings, ribbons and brlma of startling dimension seems to be conspiring to back Into bring real millinery the picture once more. Now that brlma have definitely arrived you may wear them as huge as you care to wear them. Fashion places no limit to their dimensions. Not for season upon season have brims been so wide, so versatile, so everywhere present, so chic and so picturesque. In the circle leghorn and roses tell a summery tale of such as will be worn with frock of exotic print, with gowns of lace, or of net, pastel chiffons or organdies. In the other large circle Is a huge black panama with the new fruit trimming which Is considered quite the last word this season. You must bave at least one lint trimmed with a wee apple or so, or a trio of plums and green leaves of some sort anything Just so It Is tempting looking artificial fruit By the way, the fruit motif In dress prints Is also very good this season. The hat up In the left corner of the group has one of those wee about the front of Its crown which Is decorative yet conservative enough to permit this chapeau to be worn with simple daytime costumes. Just below, centered to the left, Is a hat of rough cl re straw, for clre and cellulose black straws, you s d must know, are the rage. So, alao. fabric of clred luster. A perky quill Impart a dash and a go to thla simple tailored hat which la Just what la needed In a headpiece which la to top one's cloth or linen suit. Brim that turn up In the back are excellent style, and are a pleao-tnchange from the conventional cartwheel of the merry widow type. The model shown In tb lower left corner Is Indicative of this trend. Its simple ribbon trim tunes It to wear with the daytime tnllleur. Transparent brims are Important Huge capelines millinery new. sheer as ran be add an exquisite tourh to the summer picture. Illustrated at the top, to the right, la a charming transparent brim. The bouquet of flowers together with a simple ribbon baud trim this chapeau effectively. Comes next, below to the right, a coolie beach hat It has a cunning buckle fastening under the chin. Not only bench hats reflect the Chinese Influence, for many of the smartest dress models carry pointed crowns which are so shallow they almost glide right Into their brim In large true coolie fashion. Last In the picture Is an Immense cartwheel which Is strictly tailored. Of course the new exceedingly shallow crowns, posed at so perilous an angle as most of them are, would never In the world stay on themselves and so hers Is now a final message new style, elastic or hatpins I are multi-colore- g drooplng-all-arouh- 4 br WMtern Newspaper Unlom. PASTEL WOOL NOW POPULAR FAVORITE Every season sees some new fashion development which springs up mushroom fashion, overnight. This year It Is short, loose or belted swagger coats of white or pastel wool over town frocks of plain or printed crepe. These coats are sold separately. They are quite Inexpensive. And they give a decidedly fresh and summery air to a dark ensemble. They may take the place of the black or navy redlngote with which you started out the spring season. String color Is very smart with black or navy. Other popular Bhades are a deep dusty yellow, linen blue, and a soft leaf green. In many Instances the color of the coat Is accented In the print of the frock, or In some detail of belt, scarf or other trimming. Straw Gauntlet Cuff Paris Latest Decree for Summer Straw gauntlet cuffs on silk gloves are destined to match your hat and purse for midsummer. To this grouping of accessories you may also add a belt and a pair of shoes or buttons on a sports suit of linen or printed silk. Bamboo is another material for Important buttons and trimming. If you can find any stray fishing poles In the basement, better get hold of them before the trout smell spring and your little boy or your dad feel the urge to' dig worms and wander down the road. Refreshing Colors Now Feature Newest Fashions Colors this season are amazingly Theres a Flagship refreshing. blue with all of tbe light In It of a sky from a sailing yessel. Russet Is swapped from fall shades for spring and competes with the new clay some people object to. Pale blue with a lavender tinge Is lovely in knitted wear and for evening, with deeper blue trim. And brown comes In more different tinges than ever before. Rayon has won Its way to tha top. Upon it leading designers have set their seal of approval. Raised rayon dots on a mousselina de rayon background describes tha handsome fabric which fashions the gown Illustrated. This model Is making a very prideful showing In the collection of manmade materials which the Fashion Group of America have been exhibiting In New York. They are smart for dinner and evening gowDS but the big news concerning them Is that the swankiest of daytime Jacket suits and ensemble are being made of then. |