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TOOK "KIM" FROM REAL LIFE
WOULD PAY NATIONAL DEBT
Traveler's Cape a Great Boon
Original of Famous Character Kipling
wrote of Traced by an Editor
of India.
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CntRBouRG
IT was a decidedly novel experience
to be landed In the quaint old
town of Cherbourg with a goodly
company of "ship acquaintance!."
. It was decidedly novel to Dnd our
selves stranded In a strange land with
out a cent of French money and with
la very limited knowledge of the
SYench language. We were careful not
!to attempt to speak schoolgirl French,
even though none of the drivers of ho
tel conveyances (or the great crowds
of curious onlookers who bad hurried
down to meot the touriBts)' responded
In the affirmative to the oft-repeated
query, "Speak -English T"
The experience proved quite as In
teresting ae It was novel, however, pro
viding helpful suggestions for future
travels and for other travelers, a cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Record,
wilting from Paris, says. We really
delighted in the adventure, for we
were safely fortllled with a good
pocket edition of a French dictionary
and travelers' chocks on the Bank of
Unglnnd, and our great enjoyment was
to vlsll out-of-Uio-way places and to
encounter novel experiences aud un
utmal adventures in tstrnnge lands.
While we knew tuut It would be to
our advuntago to secure a quantity
of French money from the purser of
cur steamship, we were not at all
iilnrmed when told that we were too
lalo In soliciting the exchange for
American money. An ununual number
of tourlHtg hud decided to land at
Cherbourg, aud the purser's French
money bad been exhausted long be
fore the majority had been supplied.
Knowing that a number of the most
pleasing of our ship acquaintances had
doclded to land at Cherbourg, we an
ticipated many comrades belug In the
same penniless state; some of whom
could assist us in quickly finding an
"English-speaking hotel" where our
checks could be exchanged for the
coin of the realm.
Wanted to Remain In Cherbourg.
Imagine our consternation when,
after the tedious delay of passing
through the custom Inspection, our
ship's acquaintances were seen to
scramble for the "steamer train" that
would take them to Paris, free of
course, calling upon us In the mean
time not to be left.
Hut that steamer train was the very
thing that we did not want then. We
had been told, of course, that by catch
ing It we could save the expense of the
passage from Cherbourg to Paris at a
later date. Hut the descriptions of
quaint and Interesting old Cherbourg
bud found us eager listeners.
Cherbourg hospitality In the form of
hotel accommodations was then tho
lirst couslileratlod. The numerous ho
tel liackmen we did not take the
trouble to ascertain what they were
called In French language jabbered
on the merits of their respective bos
telrles In sn unknown tongue. Aftor
repeated quevtloiilng along the line
had convinced us that not one of tho
drivers could vpeak Kngllah we at last
resorted to tho little dictionary and on
lolntlng to the word bote! and adding
the Important "peak English," a fer
vent "out" Informed us that at lust
our wants were understood.
The hotel selected at random (by
selecting the flr.t backinan who
seemed sufficiently intelligent to un
derntand our wnnts) proved to bo one
of the best In Cherbourg, at rates con
siderably lower thun at the ducldodly
oimmnpture hotels of American
titles. A few miles, a willingness to
be pleated and a generous scattering
of cMitlmes (a coin that seamed rlilic
tilnuHly mull to us, as it represents
' only one fifth of our cent) would In
sure the most prompt and obliging
ervice.
The quaint, high seated conveyance,
with Its silent driver, shook arid
Jostled us over the rough cobble
fetreeta, psst marvelous fortifications
and wide "basins of commerce" wltb
curious vessels dotting their expan
sive waters, past the arsenal, to the
"Grand Hotel De L'Alils et D'Angle
terre." Although this hotel, a splen
didly equipped six-story building, bad
quick and efficient service from smil
ing bandmaldons and everything that
toart could desire la the form of de
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licious French cooking, served In
charming old French dining room, we
were surprised to find that all these
accommodations did not Include "Eng
llsh spoken" to any great extent
Hotel Man Forgot His English.
It Is true the smiling, lordly person
age who hurried to greet us as we
entered and who Immediately became
the obsequious landlord, especially ea
ger to please, on noting that his
guests were American tourists,
proudly announced that "I, Henri
Zoppl, proprietalre, speak English.1
But his English proved rather ques
uonaoie wnen we Immediately re
quested that the 5 travelers' check
on the Bank of England be changed
into 25 worth of French money. In
cluding the small coins necessary tor
the numerous tips required. Being
acquainted In advance with the coins
and knowing the value of tho franc
the sou and the centime, we thought
there would be no difficulty In under
standing hie broken Englliih, but
when, after signing and handing over
our travelers cnecK, we were pre
sented with a large square piece of
Indigo blue paper, with the remark
that It represented "un hunnen
faung," we were nonplused for a mo
ment. But when the franc and five-
franc pieces and the numerous sous
and centimes were counted and found
to represent $5 of American money
we realized that the blue paper rep
resented 100 francs, or a J20 bill.
This proved to be only one of
many Instances where the "English
spoken" was of doubtful quality.
Later, when we became accustomed
to the pronunciation, we found that at
every hotel and restaurant, even In
the little country towns and the de
lightfully quaint villages out of the
usual line of travel, there was no
difficulty In finding people with whom
we could readily converse by the aid
of our bandy pocket dictionary.
HAVE AN OBJECT IN LIFE
Writer Points Out How Its Possession
Is Sure to Have an Uplift
ing Effect,
To have an object In life Is to
know the fullest life one can possibly
know. It means the development, the
deepening of one's whole life, the em
ployment of every faculty. It means
a glorious freedom, a going straight
on to one's object, a thousand new
interests branching and growing In
quite unexpected places. It moans a
straightening, a bracing, a knitting to
gether one's whole forces, a throwing
out of every waste thought or em'
ployment, for everything must be
made conducive to the end In view.
Ho, through the years, a constant
striving onward deepens and broad
ens one' whole life. And the child.
or man or woman, who might have
lived and died a nonentity, or even a
menace to others, has become a
strong post, a stronghold on which
others mar lean and grow strong.
Yes, an object In life Is a wonderful
upllfter. It will make out of the most
worthless man or woman a character
deop, noble, worthy. It will cause
forces to be set In motion, drawing,
as It wore, with cords of mighty
strength, the souls of the persons to
whom that deep purpose In life Is
either Riven or taken. From far and
wide will the nercssary helps throng
to aid that object on, a thousand
subtle Influences, growing and deepen
ing like the network of roots of a
noble Ireo, will be at work, all striv
ing to give that soul the aid It need
to attain Its life's object Mary
Yeates.
Csrman Mission In New Guinea.
The Noucudotlolsauer mission had
at the beginning of this year In Kaiser
Wllhelin Land, New Guinea, If mis
sion stations, with a plantation and
sawing plant; 20 missionaries, 17 lady
missionaries, nine merchants. Of these,
35 are native workers. Its congrega
tional membership Is S.693. Pupils la
the different schools, 1,393; Inquirers.
1.290. The contributions of the native
Christians amounted to 109,7(1 marks.
describe more scenes that he has
witnessed! He could have described
scenes of Indian life that continually
passed under his notice. He might
have entered the massive palaces of
pompous rajahs and the bumble homes
of the poverty-stricken peasants and
told us in his wonderful language
what he saw there. Instead he has
spoken Indifferently of what he heard.
Kipling bad such wonderful oppor
tunities!
For Instance, take the story of
Kim. The character of Kim has
been treated In a similar way to that
of Hamlet. According to Mr. Lord,
the editor of a Darjeeling newspaper,
the Fall Mall, Kim Is no other than
Tim Doolan, Jr Shortly after the so
called Indian mutiny of 1857 a com
pany of British soldiers were garri
soned on tho dreary, sunless heights
of Seneshall, a peak of the Himalayas,
not far from Darjeeling. There the
sun shines on an average of three
days a year, and there a romantic
Irish sergeant fell In love with a beau
tiful Tibetan girl.
The sergeant's name was Tim Doo
lan. He eloped with the Tibetan
beauty and crossed the border to live
with her people on the borderland.
Nothing more was heard of Sergeant
Doolan for another 20 years, when his
son, Tim Doolan, Jr., was arrested In
the market place of Darjeeling for mur
der. Toung Doolan was rery fair In
complexion, with blue Irish eyes and
red balr, although he spoke only Ti
betan. The British authorities looked
him over suspiciously and wondered
at the Irish type and IrUh name.
Later, papers belonging to Tim Doo
lan, the sergeant, establishing the
origin and Identity of the son, were
found on the acensed who, like Kim,
valued the papers as a charm. The
sergeant's rifle and side-arms were
also found afterward In Doolan's hut.
The half-caste son was executed for
murder. The story Is well known all
over India, and from such frail mate
rial Kipling created Kim.
But Kipling Is not an authority on
India, or other things Indian. He Is
only a writer oPthe life of foreigners
In India not of Indian life. A. R.
Sarath-Roy, In North American Re
view.
Prospecting on Private Estates.
The question of Inducing propectlnfc
upon privately owned estates Is also
one of prime Importance. The laws of
many countries, holding that mining U
an Industry of prime Importance pro
bono publico, give to the would bo
prospector the statutory right under
certain conditions and limitations to
prospect beneath the surface of pri
vate property. The owner Is protected
lu various ways, and shares In any
profits which may sccrue from such
development work, but he is not able
to provent It. He must either mine
the ground himself or permit the ap
plicant to do so; bo cannot put the
bars on a 10,000-acre ranch and say to
the world, "There aro mines hero, but
forbid anyone to exploit them.
neither shall I work them myself."
Large tracts of promising mining land
are thus withheld from exploitation In
this country today, and rich ores are
watting the arrival of the Columbus
who shall disclose their existence to
the world. The laws of the future
must some time make provision for
the exploration of all such lands, and
It Is not too soon to give the subject
serious consideration. Engineering
Magazine.
First Impressions,
Ex-Senator Clarke bad Just bought
at the Agoplan sale In New York a
wondorful Ispahan rug for $21,000. To
a reporter who declared that he taw
nothing remark, bio In the faded an
tique rugs and carpets spread about
him. Mr. Clarke ssld:
"You are not yet familiar with this
subject. It Is so with porcelains, with
Jades, with enamels ono's opinions
and criticisms at first are rather ab
surd.
it is like the young woman's first
view of tho sea. She was servant.
she had never seen the sea before, and
her mistress, nodding toward tho great,
wind-swept expanse of ocean with Its
gulls and flying clouds and distant
sails, said:
" 'Thcro, Mary, Is tho sea. What do
you think of Itr
" 'Oh, mum,' she cried, it smolls lust
like oysters.
Bogus Bomb,
What appeared to be a suffragette
bomb was recently discovered on a
stand at the International Cinemato
graph exhibition at Glasgow.
Attracted by a persistent ticking, an
exhibitor went to the stand and dis
covered there a small square parcel,
on which was written "Votes for
Women."
He dropped the pscket Into a pall
of water, but when It was afterwards
opened It proved to be nothing more
than the Inside of a cheap clock and
pieces of papor, on which were writ
ten various suffragette cries.
France Honors a Jsw.
According to M. Pierre Cbavannee,
Henri Bergsoo, who has Just been
elected to the French academy, la the
first Jow to be given the famous green
uniform. M. Chavannes says: "From
the year 1031, when Richelieu founded
the learned fellowship, not a single
Jew has entered the academy; for
Halevy, under the second empire, was
Jew by descent alone,'
Daniel Webster on Record as Becom
ing Quite Generous at a Hilari
ous Banquet.
But Daniel Webster was a greater
and more Impressive human presence
in the old Franklin bouBe taproom
than any of his contemporaries, or
successors. The best Btories were al
ways about him, and almost Invariably
hinged upon his notorious Indiscre
tions In the matter of over-conviviality.
Some of these anecdotes, for
sufficiently obvious reasons, never got
beyond the currency of oral tradition.
Others have been Judiciously edited
and pasBed Into print. One which I
had from original hearers may possi
bly have escaped general publicity.
The noble Daniel, as everybody
knows, was generous before he was
Just. He was readier to help others
out of debt than to discharge his own
obligations. He would remember a
friend In need and borrow money of
a third person to relieve that friend's
necessity, and then forget to pay the
party of the third part Hence,
chronic financial embarrassment.
On one notable anniversary Daniel
Webster was called upon to "say
something" on five different topics,
of more or. less specific gravity. The
last and weightiest was "The National
Debt." It was late, and the banquet
had already passed the "walnuts and
wine" stage, when the mighty Daniel
arose wearily for his culminating out
burst of oratory. Thrusting one hand
Into the expansive bosom of his coat,
he stood there In bis familiar Jovelike
attitude, trying to think what his sub
ject was supposed to be.
"The National Debt,- whispered the
toastmaster, prompting htm.
With superhuman dignity, the New
England Demosthenes pulled himself
together and in deep organ tones
spake thus:
"And now we come, my fellow citi
zens, to that momonetous considera
tion, the national debt, gentlemen; the
national debt" fumbling In his waist
coat pocket "why, damn It, I'll pay
It myself." From the "Reminiscences
of Henry Clay Barnabee."
8tory of Orange-Colored Train.
John M. O'Brien and Edward Kelley,
loyal sons of Erin from St Paul, re
fused to ride on the Pioneer limited
because the cars have an orange hue.
OBrlen and Kelley reserved their
berths at the city ticket office of the
St. Paul, where the objectionably col
ored equipment was not In view.
When they arrived at the union sta
tion and were directed to the train
they declared they would not ride on
an orange-colored train on St. Pat
rick's day.
"Why not?" asked the conductor.
. "Do you see the color of that car?"
replied the two.
'I do, and one day each year It hurts
my eyes to look at It. My name Is
Eugene O'Hare, so you may know that
I am not partial torfrango March 17.
"It may not look pleasing on the
outside, but step In with me and I will
show you the green plush on the seats
and the emerald colored curtains that
drape tho berths, and I want both of
you gentlemen to meet Dan Healey,
the dining car conductor. He has more
fame than Burbank. Healey put the
Irish In potatoes. If you will step up
ahead I will be glad to Introduce you
to Tom Dwyer, the engineer, and Miles
Buckley, the fireman.
O'Brien and Kelley closed their eyes
to banish the orange color and settled
down In the green scats. Chicago
Nows.
Sir Walter Obeyed.
Miss Alice Wernber, writing on the
centenary of the birth of Bishop
Colenso, recalls an amusing Incident
which occurred when Colenso arrived
In Durban after his visit to England
in connection with the native ques
tion, which stirred such depths of
bitterness 40 years ago.
He was warned not to preach In
his own church, St. Paul's, but per
sisted, and the only "demonstration1
which took place was the rUIng of
the late Sir Walter Peace to leave
the church as Bishop Colenso entered
the pulpit
In trying to open the door of his
pew, Sir Walter dropped his bat and
heavy stick.
"Amid the clatter tho bishop, all
unconscious, gave out his text, 'Peace,
Be Still,' and tbe astonished Peace,
hit as It wero between the eyes, sank
back Into bis seat and rcmalnod
there."
Domestlo Treasure.
The death has Just taken place at
Green Lanes, London, of Hannah
Crawley, aged seventy-three, who, dur
ing an unbroken period of 63 years
served tbe family of Mr. Colemsn
Jones, a government contractor, now
living at 8, Sprlngdale Road, N. In
her youth aba docllncd several offers
of marriage, and during tbe 63 years
she was not absent from ber work a
single y.
Mr. Jones has still In his umploy
another maid who has served 34
years without being absent a day. Tbe
rule of these "domestlo treasures" was
to take a holiday when their employ'
era did, and to take It with them.
Another Who Kntw.
"Cards have ruined many a man s
home."
"I can sympathize with you," replied
the gloomy man. "My wife plays
bridge, too." New Orleans Picayune,
In 1920.
"Wife, how did the chandelier' got
broken n
! "Baby bad bis first lesson In flying
today. Kansas City Journal.
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WHEN a long Journey Is to be un
dertaken, or where there Is a
prospect of globe-trotting ahead, there
is one garment that may be depended
upon for comfort and for style; it
Is the traveler's capo. It has taken
the place of tbe old-fashioned shawl
and Is the same reliable companion
which does duty on all sorts of occa
sions and helps out In all sorts of
emergencies.
These capes and combinations of
capes with other garments have been
designed In several ways. When made
of a material of medium weight tbe
cape is often part of a loose-fitting
coat, and Is detachable and fastened
to the undergarment at the collar. In
heavier fabrics the cape la cut In one
with the coat and is shorter, extend
ing about to the knees. Or cape fronts
of the. same length as the coat aro
fastened In at the side seams and are
shaped to accommodate themselves to
the shape of the coat This special
variety Is Intended for the sea trip
more particularly.
The convenience of a capo like that
shown in tbe picture Id evident. It
may bo worn over the coat-suit or
as an extra garment over a separate
coat, or without any other w-rap un
der It, depending upon the amount of
protection tbe wearer needs. It Is
easily kept presentable and is never
out of fashion. Such garments are
made of the best grade of fabrics used
for outer wraps and made In the most
substantial manner, as they are likely
to be subject to rough wear.
The eape Illustrated Is made of blue
broadcloth In the brightest of nsvy
blue and is trimmed with flat white
Foundation
ONE) of the plain waists of net Is
shown here, ready for draping with
lace, or chiffon, or voile, or taffeta, or
any ot tbe thin fabrics that are used
to help tusk up the fsncy waists for
dressy wear. There Is a plain under
waist ot net, without sleeves, support
ing a second plain waist with sleeves.
A narrow double frill of plaited not
finishes the neck and extends down
the front A similar fri:i finishes the
sleeves.
1 These waists are very handy for
the home dressmaker, saving time and
making a foundation for the construc
tion of either separata waists or bod-
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braid. Black braid Is a wiser choice)
for a long Journey, because It doesn't
require cleaning very often. A heavy
quality of cloth Is chosen, and la
shrunk before tbe cape is cut Besides
broadcloth there are other serviceable
cloths that answer the purpose for a
traveling cape, but none quite as good
looking. Cravanette and tbe several
waterproofed fabrics, like serge and
cheviot are to be considered, and the
choice governed by the needs or taste
of the Individual.
The broadcloth eape Is lined with a
substantial woolen fabric, as a rulu
in a plain color or In dark plaid. Large
bone buttons and strong buttonholes
provide the fastening, and a part of
the meager decoration which Is per
missible in the traveler's care.
A new field for usefulness for the
cape has been developed since the au
tomobile has become a part of the
paraphernalia of life. It Is the extra
garment to be taken along and to be
relied upon to meet weather changes.
It and the extra veil might be included
In the long list of accessories which
go with the machine. Fur tho cape
fits all figures and Is as much a fam
ily affair as the old-time shawl. In time
the owner becomes attached to a cape,
as to a reliable friend. There are very
few among tbe shortlived garments ot
today which can ever possess the
charm of association possible to a cape.
When It Is made all this Is to be con
sidered. It must be ample, long enough
to almost cover the figure, well put
together, and always in a stable color.
Strong and dark blues have proved
themselves the best choice.
JULIA BOTTOM LEY.
Waist of Net
Ices, as the wearer may desire.
Lace and chiffon veils, as Well aa
piece goods are used effectively In
draping them. Printed ribbons, chlf.
fons and voiles, and plain thin fab
lies are used over them.
It Is best to buy them ready made,
as they are cheap and net Is difficult
to handle by the amateur dress
maker.
The foundation waist of not Is a
plain and not a graceful garmsnt but
It provides a convenient support for
the waist which the home dressmaker
wlsbss to mak for beraolf.
JULIA BOTTOMHY.