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Show ACHE AMERICAN, LOGAN, UTAH Jungle Beasts Are Less Dangerous Than Captive Bold Venture, owned by M. L. Schwartz, winner of the sixty-seconKentucky lerhy, with Jockey L Hanford up. He was a long shot, paying $43 in the mutuels. Venetian Gondoliers Are Facing Keen Competition WarBringsRomanticCraft Back on Canals. Washington. Competition Is keen this spring among the gondoliers of Venice, llecently hundreds of retired gondolas were reconditioned and placed In service. The Italo - Ethiopian war had something to do with the return of the old craft. Motor launches, using more oil than automobiles, were banned. "In recent years Venetian gondolas have existed only on sufferance." says the National Geugrapb- - ADDIS ABABA VICTIM of oars, mingled with the ringing of distant church bells, and, at the crossings, the gondolier's cries of warning. Exciting After Dark. A gondola trip Is most exciting after dark. Then one may glide into damp white mists on the lagoon, or Into a silent byway, the darkness of which is Infrequently broken by splushes of light from banking buildings. Skimming Into the deep shadows of bridges, and past mysterious doorways opening onto the canal, ODe Is apt to come to a moored gondola and In it. In Imagination, find Shelley reading by the light of Its little brass lamp. One gondola trip usually made by every Venetian, no matter how poor, is that to San Micbele, the city's cemetery which lies on an Island In the lagoon north of Venice. A single gondola to carry coffin and mourners may be the sole funeral transportation equipment of a poor family. The funeral of a resident, however, Is elaborate. Processions of gondolas, their cabins black curtains screening the mourners, follow In the wake of a black and silver funeral barge. Often 60 feet long and brilliant with floral offerings, the barge Is frequently manned by gondoliers and flunkies In black velvet and silver lace. In contrast to such processions are gay water parades of Houston, Texas, liana Nagel, diminutive curator of lie Houston too, says stalking wild animals In the Jungles of the world Is a tame Job compared with tliut of keeping them In captivity. From 10tH to 1912 Nagel roamed the Jungles of Africa In seurch of reptiles, beasts nnd rare fowls for zoos. And In those eight years he met with accident only once an infuriated lioness lacerated his leg, but not seriously. But wild Ufe In cages that's a different story, one that has meant hospitals and suffering to Nagel. Us bears scars from head to foot. A boa constrictor once almost squeezed the life out of the curator. Caesar, the zoo Hon, bit him through the shoulder. A stork dived from the top of the bird cage and knocked the little man unconscious. Itattlesnakes have bitten Nagel four times. A kangaroo has kicked him to the ground and bitten his arms. Civet cats, lobo wolves, klnkajous and ntoukeys have gashed bis hands and arms. Bobcats and hyenas have attacked him. Elephants have trod on bis feet. "Big Jim," largest of the zoo's alligators, sent Nagel to the hospital for 105 days In 1923 when the curator sought to halt the saurlun's escape. But the zebra dealt Nagel his most painful Injury. The animal kicked blm on the right knee. Nagel spent four months In the hospital and was forced to use crutches for many more months. SEEKS PRESIDENCY well-to-d- richly-decorate- gondolas, with singing merrymakers, which weave In and out of the canal during the July festival of the sees Hedentore. September the Doges palace brilliantly Illuminated In the annual nocturnal festival on the Grand canal Across water drenched with green light, and past fantastic floats, gondolas glide loaded with Venetian and foreign filled Mrs. A. It. Stadln, American wife of an Adventist missionary, who was killed by a stray bullet during the looting and burning of Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. lc society. "Tourists have remained true to this picturesque means of transportation, but Venetian business men have found it quicker and cheaper to travel by motor launch or by the steamers that ply the length of the Grand canal American tourists, who have pergondohaps ridden In las at world fairs or Florida resorts, are usually disappointed at their first sight of Venices somber ones. Since the Sixteenth century, the latter have been black by law, but the pall, or ornamental hitching posts to which they are tied between trips, are far from somber, frequently being carved, striped, and as gay as barbers poles. Likened to Fifth Avenue. Long and slender, with both bow and stern upeurved, a gondola is a of light draft boat, and each stroke the gondolier's oar sends It skimming over the water's surface. The passengers, usually numbering from seats one to six. ride on In the center. In windy weather a trip across one of the lagoons may be disturbing, otherwise the constant, very slight rolling of the gondola is quite pleasant. .Stepping Into a gondola's open d cockpit from the slippery, steps of the Molo, leading cab stand of Venice, one glides over the water, with its quivering rose and gray reflections, and enters the Grand canal, the Italian city's aquatic Fifth avenue. The waters of the carfal lick the foundations of weatherbeaten marble palaces, mansions and hotels that rise like canyon dkg Ms on either side. There are numerous side canals. In these picturesque byways one slips along under lines of polychrome washing strung overhead, and balconies crowded with geraniums, past pink walls festooned with wtiite roses, and courtyards whose gates are topped by chipped stone statues. The byways are almost noiseless except for the splash gaily-colore- d Postman Lays Claim Record to Dog-Bit- e Louis L. Wilmington, Del. Lehan claims the title of "the most postman In America." He has been snapped at a score ol: more times and all told has suffered 14 wounds. "Wouldn't It be swell If the awarded government stripes for each dog bite, muses Lehan. dog-bitte- dog-bit- John W. Aiken, hardwood finisher of Chelsea, Mass., who has been nominated for the Presidency by the Socialist-Labo- r party. forty-year-ol- d Britain Seeks Buyer for Castle of Henry VIII London. While France's vast system of east frontier forts, grimly facing across the Ithlne, comes to life and forms a vital factor In the European situation, a famous fort built to guard Great Britain from invasion by way of the River Thames Is for sale. This Is one of the piquant contrasts Involved In the changing face of Europe on the one hand. Tilbury fort, which Is now for sale, was built by Henry the Eighth. It Is said Queen Elizabeth reviewed her troops here before the Armada invasion, and made the famous dec- laration: know I have the body of a weak, feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king and a king of England, too. Other surviving Tudor fortresses are the castle of Deal and Walmer. The blockhouse at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, put up by Henry the Eighth to defend the Solent, Is now used as the headquarters of the local British legion and the Tudor castle which Is the landmark of the Scilly Isles Is a hoteL 1 Coconut Carver of Honolulu wave-washe- green-staine- d M. Monden, a Hawaiian wood carver, shown fashioning novel cigar boxes at Honolulu from the husks of coconuts. Popularity of the receptacles Indicates their manufacture may become another minor American Industry of the territory. Easy Pickins FABLES IN SLANG em GEORGE DE SVwftt'atwr W NL' A By By APKI.IA MOODY McClur Questions WNU fUrrle 8ndlcat. When serving a steak smothered In onions, squeeze the Juice of a lemon over It before serving and you will find tho flavor greatly Improved. shorts eyes the color water over your hand-shi- fted to the right wurlly, though Ills head remained beut above the sewing machine motor which he was repairing in Njlvlu's sun porch. Sylvia must have left the room, though you couldn't be sure, with those rubber soled nurse's shoes of hers. He continued a moment longer Addling with his tiny screw driver and then carefully turned Ms head full aside. Yes, she was gone. She was due on night shift. Luckily she trusted him completely. That would muke It easy. He heard the front doer close moment later and through the window saw Sylvia drive away in her car. It was a rickety old model, Sylvia's car. Pappy snorted. She could afford a better one If she wanted it. She worked quite and had only herself to supResides, there were the port. pearls a handful of them which was as far ns her parents had ever gone In the building of a genuine pearl necklace for her when she was a child. He had often wondered why she didn't sell the marls. l Sylvia kept the pearls In a wood box behind some books In her bookcase. 1'appy Short doubted whether another person In the world besides himself knew of their biding place, or even of their exlstency. He chuckled. Sylvia certainly trusted PAPPY Hachikos Long Vigil at tho Ploco of tho Rendcsvous THE harbor at Yoko- INhama, midst the hustle and bustle of debarkation, I first caught the phrase, Meet me at the monument. Ashore, at tiie customs, where travelers babble prin- SYI VIA. i I took .ne old fan use it along )'ndling. f ir k in 1 him. Pappy laid down his screw driver and stumped away on his cork leg toward the living room. He swore under his breath at the clumsiness of his leg. It was old when he bought It second hand, and must have been the cheapest cork leg In the world originally. His face lined with bitterness as he dragged It over the floor. He'd he using this You leg all his life, like as not. couldn't buy anything from tinkering at thirty five cents an hour. That was all Sylvia ever paid him. Hitching Ids odious old cork peg along as silently as possible, he crossed and stood before the bookcase. Furtively Ids eyes moved about the room and swept the street beyond the windows; his ear, also, reported the presence of no human being In the vicinity. His veiny rough hand was clumsy with the volume of medieval history which he removed from the case. The book fell upon thp floor with a heavy slap. Pappy Short Jumped, and his eyes fluttered quickly about before he stooped to recover the book. He set It quietly upon an end table nnd removed two more volumes from the case. Sylvia must have chosen to put her pearls behind the volumes least likely ever to he removed by the roving hand of a guest. Pappy Short's hand rinsed quickly on the small sandalwood box. It was locked, hut Pappv had little difficulty getting into the box. lie lilted 'the lid He gloated. Pearls were money, not beauty, to Pappy. He counted them. Nineteen. That meant he had eleven In his possession. Soon he would have to put an end to this pilfering before Sylvia discovered her loss. She never seemed to look into the box with more than a fleeting glance, to see If the pearls were safe. He removed a lone pearl with his thumb and forefinger. Always it was Just one. He put the pearl in his vest pocket while he re secured the lock. Then lie replaced the box and the books before It. He took the pearl out of his pocket, chuckling with satisfaction . . . No one would guess, he smiled to himself as he returned to repairing the machine motor, that there were twelve beautiful pearls nldden In his ancient cork leg. Ills work completed, he gathered Ids tools into a worn satchel and He let himself out the door. wished Sylvia were here with her car. She often drove him home. But she ought to paying him a mis cents an hour! erahle thirty-fivAnd she hud even gone off ttiis time and forgotten to pav him at nil! Pappy Short always arose at nine oclock unless the weather was stormy. Then he slept until noon This morning it was stormy. He woke nl eleven thlrtv Me readied for his old leg which always stood against the wall by his bed. The feel of It was somehow different this morning lie dragged himself upright and swung his good leg to the floor, lie stared at the It was cork ne. It was different new a brand new leg, and a high priced one at that! How had it come there, and where Ills heart bpaf suddenly with furious pumps where was Ills old leg and the pearls? Confusion and fear made him fumble with the folded paper he picked up from the floor It bore nls name. Inside was scrawled in Sylvias hasty handwriting: "I dropped in on my way home from work this morning I had for gotten to pay you the dollar foi your work yesterday. This good new leg I bong'it for you in npprpciat'ni of your good work and trustworthiness, I hope you wi.l like it and lie ahlj to gel about hetter. It is just a litle sur prise Ivt planned fer a long time English, a tourist to a friend. I will watch Which for you at the statue." statue? Here again, ambiguity. An hour later In Tokyo, received a Ililid bint when an American silk merchant, revisiting Japan, agreed to meet an acquaintance tlio next day at Hachlkoa pedestal." The following afternoon, having arranged an appointment to meet up with a friend ut Sliibuya station, a suburb of Tokyo, 1 wag told to show myself at the dog monument. By this time, fed up with the mystery, I agreed to come, provided lie would Inform me concerning the widespread popularity of that particular point for the contacting of friends and countrymen. When you get there," said he, Ill explain all Youll be interested. Dont full" Memorial to Faithful Dog. Detraining, I passed through the station toward a short flight of steps that led to the street, where I came rather suddenly upon the statue of a dog seated on Ills haunches nnd mounted on a pedestal of stone, the whole construction approximately seven feet In height, mid highly ornamental In the Japanese style. Standing around wpre a number of people apparently waiting for others to turn up. Among them was the friend who had dated me up at the dog monument." He approached with all the manners of a first class tourist guide. As you dont read Japanese, he said, It Is my pleasure to translate the legend on the pedestal. In some particulars this Is the most Interesting piece of sculpture In the kingdom, symbolizing as It does the virtues of Patience and Fidelity, without resorting to mythology. This dog, who In life answered to the name of Ilachlko, was the friend and companion of Professor Uyeno, department of agriculture, Imperial university, Tokyo. Both have since died, Immortalized In a sense because of the story that survives them. With Hachlko for escort. It was the professors daily habit to leave Ills home In the morning and to walk the few blocks between his residence and the Sliibuya station where, with a short speech and a put on the head, he dismissed his dog, boarded the train and went about his professional duties at the university. Hachlko, knowing what was expected of him, ambled back to his kennel alone, there to await the 5:00 p. m. train, when he would again turn up at the station and greet his master at the foot of the. short staircase down which the professor always came with the regularity of clockwork. Death Takes the Professor. One afternoon, about eight years ago, in conformity with his weekday custom, Haehiko trotted up to the listening post and squatted upon his haunches. The 5:00 p. m. train rolled in and discharged its passengers. But, for some unknown reason, the beloved Uyeno was not that afternoon among them. The professor hud died that afternoon at his post in the university. No messenger brought the ill news to his waiting friend, who for eight long, anxious, but perhaps who knows hopeful years, Hachlko of the hungry heart, took up his place to be on hand against the day when the 5:00 p. m. train brought the missing comrade home from somewhere out there In the unknown. Vigil of Hopeless Memory. Rain or shine, the dumb beast, spurning all human sympathy, kept this vigil, never wavering in the belief that the absentee would reappear. The efforts of a kindly man, believing that he could win the dog away from the hopeless memory by giving him a new home, came to naught, for, each duy at the appointed hour, Hachlko turned up at the Sliibuya station, taking bis place at the foot of the empty stairs, there to watch until nightfall, when he went home, thinking only of the familiar figure that had van- Ished from view. All of Tokyo knew the truth, that never penetrated to the consciousness of the one who suffered most. A little more than a year ag this shaggy aklta dog, faithful to tho last, and mystified, passed out of this life. The story of Uachlkos steadfast affection, brought sharply to the public mind by his death, swept Japan like a warm zephyr, arousing a sentiment that expressed itself In the erection, through public subscription comprising all cl.isses, Including the school children, of a statue unveiled with public ceremonies appropriate to tbe occasion. cipally snn-da- P. S wlti me. Household Benny Made Some Sketches. BECOMING BEACH-BROKE- N IS truly said that here In dear the Jim of the Opportunity knocks once at every mans Door and everything turns out great after that, unless the Poor Rummy happens to be In the back part of the House at the lime. Certuln It is that If you will grab nd strip almost any Great Executive seated at a Mahogany Desk, fon find on his Person the lingering Evidence of Cals louses, Knlfecuts, Dog Bites, and Immediate contact with a Strap having a Buckle at one end. In other Words the Important who sit in elevated Splen-Jo- r and rule the World by Phone rvoluted from ornery Kids living In imall Towns. Most of them started out with a Village Curse on them nd what was supposed to be a l Handicap turned out to be the Boost. The various Forms assumed by a little country Tadpole before it becomes the majestic City Bull Frog have excited the Interest of Slimy who write for a Living, but Howells mil Tarklngton never told the Half Columbia, ITold Ocean, Stone-Bruise- Clilg-ger- s prin-:ipa- of It. Rufus puts on a Every Drama ns he minis in Spectacular Fashion from the Spring Wagon to the Rolls Royce and It Is only fair to add that usually the Comedy Interest predominates. All of tills Blah leads up to a Consideration of the Case of Ben Flicker, who started from Nowhere and can now distinguish between real Russian Caviar and the kind that Is blasted away from Sturgeon found In Chesapeake Bay. HE FINDS HIMSELF THINKING If you could have taken a Peek at little Benny, trotting along the Board Sidewalks of Bascom Center Period, and during the Bized up his Sandy Locks, the honest Freckles and the Ostrich Neck, Here Is a you would have said: Lad who will go on and en, working lor Two Dollars a Day, until at last he will have Money enough to permit him to Join the Odd Follows. That would have been a reasonable Horoscope and that is how It started to work out. Benny completed his Education when he could spell most of the Long Words In the Back Tart of the Sixth Reader, and went to work in the only Factory which had dared to open up In Bascom Center. He bought a pair of Overalls and proceeded to get them as soiled as possible and for several Years was Just one of the Hands. Along about the time that Ice Cream began to be used In Soda Water, he scrubbed himself all over one Morning and got a Close Shave and went out and got Married. The Young I.ady who took the Long Chance was called Tessie, that being her Reel Name, and her Parents would have been all right If Ma had known how to keep House and Pa had not been a Bar-FlBenny bought a House from the Building and Loan Association. You know about the other Ben flying the Kite, and Newton being hit by the Apple and Watt getting Interested In a Tea Kettle. Well, one day It happened that Benny was tinkering with some of the Machinery and the Bean happened to be working and it occurred to him that If the large Dingns coming up under a Cog Action could be thrown Into a lateral Squlvvey by substituting an Automatic Approach for the hand controlled Lever, the Capacity would be doubled and the Labor of One Man would he saved. self-mad- e Puff-Sleev- e the disgustingly rich Benny made some Sketches and sent them In and got a Patent and built a small Model and began Pro duction at the rear of a Blacksmith shop. In order to Insure future Success he took Pains to make his Start even more humble and Inconspicuous than that of Henry Ford. Of course, the Sequel Is Just as hard to guess as the Plot of a Movie. It turned out that 8,(HH) Factories In various parts of the World wanted to use the Invention and In order to do so they had to pay Benny so much per Duy per Machine, which as a scheme for getting collateral has an Edge on all of the other standard Grafts, such as Bootlegging, Beauty Doctoring or getting real Money for All the People In the Universe began throwing Coarse Money at Benny and Tessie and every time they took In another $10,000 the quaint old Birthplace began to smell worse to them. They had so much of the Needful that they were disgustingly Rich and the Going was so easy that Benny had practically no Business Hours, so they suddenly realized, to their Horror, that they belonged to that disreputable Section of Society known as the Idle Rich. So they began using a lot of Perfumery and subscribed for Magazines telling about the Didoes of the Spenders. They knew that they would have to follow Precedents and get In with the Gang. They had two Youngsters and Tessie had the natural Inclinations of a Mother and shuddered at the Idea of turning them over to Hired Help but what could she do? Likewise, Benny wag a kind of an Rube Husband and he was saddened by the Thought that he would have to avoid being too friendly with flie Wife or else It would cause Talk. They saw a Hard Life ahead of them. But they could not resist the inevitable Urge to move up to Headquarters and pnll the Loud Noise. So the two Prairie Chickens got ready to be a couple of Golden Pheasants. ACTING LIKE THE BEST PEOPLE Next we discover Elizabeth (nee Tessie) trying to Coue herself Into the Belief that she enjoyed blowing Smoke through the Nose and letting the World know what Nature had done for her below the Knees. She no longer attempted to keep Tab on Benjamin. They occupied separate Apartments, with a Long Walk In between. Benjamin Flicker, soon to be known in the Public Prints as B. Sturtevant Flicker, had Joined a Bridge Club where he was Meal Ticket for a lot of Boys who wore Tortoise-Shel- l Glasses and Spats and had seen Better Days One Reason for his punk Playing was that he had to smoke Cigars which made him dizzy. He had been brought up on Lottie Lees and he had no Chance with a Super Corona but he was a game Bird and took his Punishment. In the meantime the Offspring were staked out at a select Private School which was laboriously training them to be ashamed of their uncouth parentage. Those of you who study the Rotogravure Section and have seen the t of Mr. and Mrs. B. Sturtevant Flicker and their Impecunious Guests on the Beach, will be Interested to know that they now have 100 Pairs of White Shoes, 14 Wardrobe Trunks, a Gold Cocktail Shaker and Neurasthenia. 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