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Show Pro. Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago, Chi-cago, who has Issued a strong protest against the movement to dlothe the nearly naked Igor-rotes Igor-rotes at the St. Louis fair, is admitted to be one of the foremost ethnologists of the century. Prof. Starr, in his study of the different races of tho world, has had many amusing experiences experi-ences among primitive tribesmen. To nn Indian ono day he attempted to explain ex-plain the new principle of the automobile. The Indian was intelligent, and Prof. Starr's explanation explana-tion was a model of directness and lucidity. "Well," he said at its end, "do you think you understand all about the automobile now?" The Indian, who had listened intently, replied: "Yes, I understand all but one thing." "And what is that?" said Prof. Starr, thinking to clear up in a word some trifling point that ho had overlooked. "I don't understand," said the Indian, "what makes the automobile go without horses." i |