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Show Out of the Frying Pan. David Starr Jordan, at a peace meeting meet-ing at the Hotel Astor in New York, nald to a reporter: "Half the world at war, and the counsel we are getting is that we must arm more heavily. That counsel reminds me of the African kings. "An African king feasted a white explorer ex-plorer royally. Then, at the end of the feast, 300 girls were led forward. " 'Choose from among these 300,' said the king, 'a wife.' "But the explorer blushed and stammered stam-mered : " 'Oh, but if I took one, then the remaining re-maining 21)9 would be jealous.' " "That is easily remedied,' the king nnswered. 'Take all.' " |