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THE HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON n a m e s' • y 1LMO SCOTT WATSON EKE la an “Aak Me Another !" quiz In which nearly every one can grade 100 per c e n t : W h o te “B a b e " B a m b in o " ? or “T h « P okar W ho IB " ta ttia Faca" ? W ho to "The O allop ln g Q host"? W ho F ly in g te “ Tha F in a ” ? W ho U "Trudy"? If he can’t, then he Isn’t able to reed the newspapers. For, whether In Seattle, Wash., Portland, Maine, Hibbing, Minn., or Baton Rouge, La., those names In print have met his eye constantly and he rarely tails to rec ognise them. George Herman Ruth may have an unfamiliar sound, but not "Babe" Rath, he of the home runs Harold Orange Is not an especially striking name In Itself, bat translate •Baba.1* It Into "Red” Orange, the "Oalloplng Ghost” of football, and It becomes an other matter entirely. Paavo Nurmi might be just “another of those for eigners,” but “The Flying Finn” has sped across the printed page too often not to be pretty well known by this time. To the University o f California, where she was a student, she was known as Miss Helen Wills, bat the whole worig has followed the fortunes of ^Little Poker Face." Not so long ago “Gertrude Ederle” meant no more than the name of any other girl swim mer w to had a few records to her credit, bat she emerged from a bap tism In the English channel with the name of ‘Trudy” and that's the name by which 00 per cent of us know her. Nicknames I They’re as characteris tic of America as la baseball or hot dog sandwiches or the movies. Per haps the fact that we are a sports-mad people accounts for the fact that we are given to thinking In terms o f nick names. Or there may be a more his toric reason. Mr. Webster defines a nickname as a "name given In derision or familiarity,” but long ago we dropped that derision part of It and retained the familiarity, to which we added fondness Perhaps It was one of the natural developments of the growth of a democracy. We declared that all men are born free and equal and have the Inalienable right to free and easy methods of addressing eacn other. Of coarse, daring the early years of the republic, while the aristocratic tra dition still prevailed, we weren't so free and easy. If we used nicknames at all It was for some Revolutionary military hero snch as “Swamp Fox" Marlon or "Mad Anthony" Wayne, bat not In speaking about the President of the United States. Who would have by a Tennessee backwoodsman and the new Jacksonian democracy came Into power, It grated on no one’s finer sensibilities to refer to President An drew Jackson as “Old Hickory," a title, albeit an affectionate one, won In sundry battles with the Indians and the British. But Jackson was not the only man whom a military nickname was to carry Into the White Hopse. There was William Henry Harrison, who, even though he was .the scion of a family of Virginia aristocrats, was better known as “Old Tippecanoe" than by his real name. There was Zachary Taylor, the “Old Rough and Ready" of Mexican war fame, and as late as the last quarter century the “Rough Rider" of the Spanish- American war may have helped put Theodore Roosevelt In the Executive mansion as much as did the affection ate “Teddy” or the historic Initials, “T. R.” Although he had co military record to commend him to the electo rate the man who came oat of the Illi nois backwoods In 1800 needed none to win for him. The “Rail Splitter" and “Honest Abe” were two nicknames well calculated to catch the public fancy until the simple name of Abra ham Lincoln made him Immortal. But lest It be thought that a good nickname is a sure asset In winning the Presidency, consider the list of men whose nicknames have appealed to the Imagination of the populace and should have helped them on the road to the White House but didn’t. There were Henry Clay,*known variously as "Harry of the West,” ‘T h e Mill Boy of the Slashes” and “The Great Com promiser” ; Stephen A. Douglas, “The Little Giant” ; John O. Fremont, “The Pathfinder” ; Daniel Webster, "Black Dan” and “The Expounder of the Con stitution"; Winfield Scott, “Old Fuss and Feathers"; George B. McClellan, "Little Mac" and "The Young Napo leon” ; WTnfleld Scott Hancock, “The Superb” ; James G. Blaine, “The Plumed Kntgbt” and William Jennings Bryan. “The Boy Orator of the Platte,” all of whom aspired and aspired In vain. But If the popularity of nicknames In politics has declined In recent years the Increasing popularity of sports has more than made up for that loos. Nat urally the national pastime has given "The Oalloplng Qhost" us the greatest number of national he roes whose nicknames are household words Christy Mathewson Is dead, but the name of “Matty" and "Big Six” will last as long as there are men living who saw that great pitcher in action. It Is said that his fame was so great that one morning the mall man brought to him a letter which had traveled across the continent The only mark on It was a big figure “6" on the address side. The great baseball pitcher may tie the hero of the hour, but when his arm loses Its cunning then the crowd soon forgets unless he has had a pop ular nickname to fix his personality la the mind of the fan. So Christy Ma thewson Is almost unique In the his tory of baseball. Thoy may soon fCrget the man on the mound, but the man who pulls them out of their seats when he slams one Into the bleachers or over the fence for what the sports writers call a “circuit clout”—well, that's a differ ent matter. Of course there’s only one "Home Run King.” But you don’t have to use that name In speaking of George Herman Ruth of the New York “The Flying Finn." American league team. Just say been so bold as to refer to George “Babe,” "Bambino" or “Sultan of Washington with a shorter, even Swat” and anyone will know whom though It were a more affectionate you mean. Time was when Tyrus name? What headline w ilier (If they Raymond Cobb held somewhat the had had headline writers In those same position In public esteem that days) would have had the temerity to Mr. Ruth does. Perhaps that was be call President Adams “John” or even cause he was known as ’T h e Georgia to refer to that first Democrat, Thomas Peach,” and even the fact that he Is not now the great baseball player he Jefferson, as "Tom” or "Jeff"? But when the Virginia and Massa once was, this veteran of many years’ chusetts aristocrats were succeeded service Is still good enough to hold a Selects Her Own Nest C. E Herson. of Wl.ton, N. H., owns l notional hen which wandered one lav *r<>m her uxual haunts .town back it lua store on Mali, street along the ildewalk, past the shoe store and the news aland, to the entrance of Drapers >- '.hers' garage. She entered, went nto tha office and looked around twhlle. At last she hopped and flew >a ,i shelf and settled down, apparent- y comfortable and content. A little B eau tiful Bird» position on a major league team, and “Ty” Is still a nickname that means one man and only one to the fan. Flstlana also has its long roll of nicknames, beginning with the great and one and only John L. Sullivan, for whom “John L.” was sufficient to Iden tify him at any time, although he was also known as ’T h e Boston Strong Boy.” Pugilism has known the follow ing; James J. Corbett, “Gentleman Jim "; Bob Fitzsimmons, “Ruddy Bob” or the “Kangaroo” ; Jack Johnson, "Ll’l Artba” ; Sam Langford, the “Bos ton Tar Baby"; Battling Nelson, the “Durable Dane"; Harry Greb, the “Pittsburgh Windmill"; Fred Fulton, the “Plastered Plasterer” ; Jess Wil lard, the “Man Mountain" or the "Pot tawatomie Giant"; John Harrison Brief Resume of Happenings of the Week Collected for Our Readers. The 22d annual convention of the Oregon Bankers’ association waa held in Gearhart last week. The summer Improvement program at Springfield lnclndea the laying of more than two m iles of concrete tide- walks. The largest senior class In the his tory of The Dalles high schooL num bering 111 students, waa graduated last week. Drillers at the new city well at The Dalles have reached a depth of 740 feet and are planning to sink the shaft to the 1000-foot level. Between ISO and 17S delegates from coast and down-river communities at tended the Roosevelt highway meeting in Portland last Monday. Veterans of foreign wars from 13 of the 1# Oregon posts were repre sented at the annual state encamp ment held In McMinnville last week. The state land department turned over to the state treasurer In May a total of >78,779.42, according to George G. Brown, clerk of the state land board. Construction of an $120,000 logging road which will lead from Algoma ten m iles Into a heavily timbered area in centra) Klamath waa announced last week. A grower-packer plan of marketing for the northwest prune Industry was unanimously adopted by the state prune convention held in Corvallis re cently. "The Georgia Peach.” The Marlon ar.d Yamhill county Dempsey, the "Manassa Mauler"; courts awarded the contract for re Georges Carpentier, the “Orchid Man” ; building the Newberg bridge over the and Louis Angel Flrpo, the “Wild Bull W illamette river to the Clackamas of the l’utnpas.” Construction company. The bid was Football has furnished some great $25,760. Individual stars, of course, but for The 34th annual commencement of some reason or other popular nick the Medford high school was held last names never clung to them. That Is, until one Harold Grange streaked week and the largest graduating class across gridiron history and left behind in Medford's history, 92 members, re- him the titles of “The Galloping celved their diplomas. Ghost,” 'T he Bed Bover” or Just A large delegation of Oregon dairy "Red." Team nicknames, however, men Is expected to attend “Guernsey have been popular and more enduring. Gaitles’’ annual .gathering .of state Who will soon forget the “Four Horse Guernsey breeders to be held in As men” of Notre Dame, who rode rough shod over a great Army team to win toria June 9, 10 and 11. The frost danger season of the that title? Or the “Praying Colonels" of Center college, who sprang Into Rogue river valley waa officially de sporting fame when they humbled the clared at an end last Saturday, as the mighty Crimson o f Harvard. Virtu latest frost ever recorded there was ally every college has Its nickname, on May 28 several years ago. based upon the colors of the school or Virginia Hastings, 19-months-old some Animal mascot, but few enjoy the picturesque descriptive names, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hast- such as the “Golden Tornado” of Ings, was suffocated when tire de Georgia Tech, the “Green Wave" of stroy6d the ranch home of the family Tulane or the ’Thundering Herd" of 20 m iles southeast of The Dalles. the University of Southern California. The state board of control approved In other sports nicknames are not the organization of an association In so common. There are a few which, ap plied to the outstanding exponents of Salem to Include the superintendents their arts, have given them national of the various state institutions. Meet renown. An Indian once saw a girl ings will be held monthly and quar named Helen Wills play tennis and terly. was so Impressed by the fact that, re Pure tin is being extracted from thi gardless of how the tide of battle ran, rocks near Gold Hill, in the Rogue her countenance remained Immobile, river valley. That the white metal It called her “Little Poker Face.” Those tin has been attested by assayers it who have seen Charlie Paddock run recognise the appropriateness of the San Francisco, Denver and othei “Fastest Human,” And American run places. ners who saw only the heels of Paavo State Senator McNary will be one Nurmi can tell you why he Is called of the principal speakers at the Wil the "Flying Finn.” Tennis also has lam ette valley Chautauqua session at' Its “B ig Bill” and "Little Bill" for Gladstone park Friday, July 15, which is Grange day. H is subject will be "Farm Relief.” Rhea Lupar, state engineer for torn years, was re-elected to the office by the state reclamation commission. Mr Luper will serve as secretary of the reclamation commission, in addition to state engineer. Portland’s nine high schools will graduate the largest class in their his tory this June. The graduation list will total 12(7. Of these 553 are boys and 714 are girls. The June class oi 1926 had 1187 members. While the apple and pear crop oi the neighboring district was not af fected by the April cold weather George Chamberlain, Mosier grower, I reported that the cherry crop will be International | only 10 per cent of normal. “Little Poker Fsos.” Messrs. Tilden and Johnson, respec tlvely, and ‘T h e Comet” for the bril liant Maurice McLoughlln. But foi alluring alliteration In nickname no menclature has anyone ever yet In all different realms of sport been able t< conjure up the equal of the "Boundlnj Basque of Biarritz" for Jean Borotra the French tennis champion? later she flew down and left. An egg was found where she had been. Every day since then she repeats (his stunt and If the big door happens to he closed ahe will slam there waiting ft>r some one to open It.—Boston Globe. change our habits on this account, be cause the lengthening of the day li estimated to amount to one-tenth <x a second In a thousand years. Titles some anttqulty, says: “When I was i child, I thought as a child; hut whet I Itecame a man. I put away chlldtsl things." — Thomas Paine, In “Th- Illghta of Man.” C o ffo n on 7"Aron« “Cotton Is King" Is an expression D a y » B e c o m in g L o n g e r used by James H. Hammond, In the The oft-expressed wish of the busy senate In March, 185& The flgure of man that the day were longer Is being speech means that so Important Is the grntlfled. for the earth la stendlly re state of the cotton Industry that It« ducing Its rate of rotation. It will be condition rules the destiny of meu some time, however, before we need connected with IL Bird of Paradise le the name of a family of birds found In New Guinea and In the nelghbnrinr Islands of the ' Titles are but nlrknamee. and every nickname le • title. The thing le per Mouth Paellle The male bird Is noted fectly harmless In Itself, hut It marks for the extraordinary beauty and lus a sort of foppery In the human char ter of Its plumage. acter, which degrades It it reduces man Into the diminutive of man In To F re then Furniture things which are great, and the coun terfeit of woman In things which are Equal parte of olive oil and lurpen tine, applied with a flannel cloth, form little. It talks shout Its tine blue rib an Ideal polish to keep the shine on bon like a girl, and shows Its new gar ter like a child. A certain writer, of the furniture. OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERALINTEREST H itto rica l P eriod The "Hundred Days" Is the namt given to the period which elapsed be tween the departure of NajtoletH Bonaparte from the Island of Elbe where be wa« In exile, and his crust Ing aad Anal defeat at Waterloo e June 18, 1818. It will require 40,000 loaves of bread 12,000 pounds of meats, 4000 poundi of beans, 2500 pounds of coffee and 30,000 dozen eggs to feed the 3000 members of the Oregon National Guard during the annual encampment at Camp Clatsop beginning June 15 The encampment will continue for U days. The total cost of the encamp ment, Including compensation to the guardsmen, will be $115.000. Hood River’s new high school audi torium was dedicated last week, when commencement exercises were held there for the class of 1927, 30 boys and 54 girls, the largest ever graduated by the school. The new auditorium seats 1200. Thomas M. Miller. 88, bailiff of the Clackamas county circuit court for 57 years, has retired, and E. P. Carter of Gladstone was appointed to take over the duties. Mr. Miller was the oldest bailiff in Oregon In appointive service. Oiling operations hare started o the Old Oregon Trail highway (roc Pendleton to La Grande by the stat highway department and all traffic li being detoured over the Duff grad< between Pendleton and Mission. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Walker, promit ent pioneers and residents of the Cot tage Grove section for more than 6 years, were both seriously injured li an automobile accident when their ca skidded on the Pacific highway. Lane county has 15.054 r e g is t e r voters, according to County Clerk DI) lard, who checked up the reglstratloi books after they closed a few dayi ago for the special election June 28 Of the total number registered, 8431 are men and 6619 are women, the rec ords show. The directorate of the Apple Grow ers’ association made tentative plans for construction of a plant for remov ing spray residue from fruit. It Is proposed to erect the building on the Union Pacific tracks In Hood River. The plant will have a capacity of 5000 boxes a day. Senator Joe E. Dunne and Repre sentatlve J. O. Bailey of Multnomah couaty and W. J. Herwlg, secretary of the National Narcotic association, were appointed as members of the state narcotic commission authorised under a resolution adopted at the last session of the legislature. The Dalles plant of the Libby, Mc Neil & Libby cannery will open for the season next week using new equip ment Installed during the winter that will speed up production considerably, It was announced. The cannery will open on strawberries largely purchas ed from Hood River valley. Virgil Learned, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Learned, is in s serious condition in a Medford hospi tal from severe burns suffered when s spray rig engine caught qn fire and the gasoline tank exploded on th< Learned orchard ranch on the Crate) Lake highway, near Medford. The Nestucca Improvement associa tlon held a picnic at Blaine Grangi hall, May 29. The purpose of tht meeting was to bring together peoph of Beaver, Blaine, Silver Falle, Carl ton and Yamhill who are Interested li the proposed Nestucca route as i shorter road between Portland an< Tillamook. A proposed amendment to the See aide city charter tc authorize th water commission to issue $26,000 li bonds for construction of a pipe lim along the w est side of the Necanicun river and maintenance of the presen system was defeated at a special elec tlon by five votes. The count was 9. for, 102 against. First-half taxes in the amount of $2 233,140.06 have been remitted to th state treasurer by the various Oregoi counties, according to a statem ent pre pared by the treasury department There are eight counties which hav not yet completed their remittance? There was due the state in first-hal taxes the amount of $2,613,103.62. Bids for grading an eight mile sec tlon of the Waplnitia spur of th Mount Hood highway In W asco corn ty were opened by the United State bureau of public roads. The bid of F L. Brown of Boardman, for $61,108 was lowest. There yet remains ibou six m iles of the spur to be graded, th. contract for which will be let nex year pro'hably. A smokers’ code which would pre. hlblt smoking while a person la It motion in a forest has been parti) worked ont by forest service official) In session at Bates, near Bend. Undei the proposed code, persons will not smoke while walking, driving or rid ing. The theory advanced waa that smokers will put out all lighted mater ial while standing still. Action which may eventually lead to changing the name of the D alle» Californta highway was taken recently by directors of the Bend chamber of commerce, who went on record a s fa voring a new name for the north-south route through central Oregon. Names tentatively considered are the Fre mont trail, the Cascade highway and the Dalles-Bend-Klamath highway. Marlon county filed a demurrer to the alternative writ- of mandamus in proceedings brought by the state to recover a part of the county’s share of the Oregon ft California railroad grant land tax refund. The caae against Marion county Involves ap proximately $41,000. The outcome of the atate’s suit against Marion county Is being watched closely In that It will affect the grant land tax refund to 17 other counties In Oregon. The aggre gate tax refund to the IS land grant counties in Oregon involves more than $6.000.000, of which amount the state claims more than ■$1,850,000. The meadowlark is the winner In the Oregon state bird contest, receiv ing more votes than all of its oppon ents combined. An unofficial estimate made by those in charge of the con- teat'gave the meadowlark 40,000 votes out of 75.000 cast. Crews from the state highway de partment are making the final survey for grading work which will start on the 13-mlle uncompleted stretch of the Pendleton-John Day highway between the Laalnka ranch and Teal tunnel within the next tiro weeks. A F pm m I*« Arfvtc« She—Tse, I appreciate the fact that Robert is rich, but bow am I to live Grafting change« the character et happily with a man who Is my hs- fsrior? plauta. li reveals that of men. Widow Wy ae Don’t tell him my One thing we have given up antici dear, and he'll never know IL pating, as hopetnm, la a spinach borer Nicaragua’s banana belt la develop ing Into a cartridge b e lt Bill posters are usually pretty de cent but they do a lot of sticking up Mending thoughts by radio wouldn’t he so had tf the thoughts were worth anything. W a ttif Rod— Tou say Mae didn’t reject iOU» Bill—No. She said any time she (ett lik e making a fool of herself ►he’d marry aie. Li&or to Khartum Group of Natives of Sudan. ( F r a p a n d b y th e N a tio n a l O eographla S o ciety , W a sh in g to n . D. C-) TRIP from central Egypt to Khartum, disclosing life along the Nile and in the desert, is described by a recent traveler. fcWe traveled south,” he writes, “In a little white train, with blue glass win dows to lessen the shock of the rush ing sunshine. "Before we were a mile from the station at Luxor “the desert began to assert Itself. The temperature In the coach climbed to almost unbearable heights; yet when we opened the win dow for what we thought would be a breath of fresh air, the glare of the sun struck us like a blow In the face. We had never conceived of such vio lent sunshine. '"Late In the afternoon we reached Shellal and transferred to a boat on the Nile for Haifa, whence stretches thé railway to Khartum, completed by Kitchener between 1807 and 1800, when he made war on the forces of Mohammed Ahmed, the 'Mad Mahdi,’ concentrated at Omdurman. "The Nile trip from Shellal to Haifa lasted from five o’clock one afternoon to noon o f the second day. The boat w as too small to permit the passen gers to move a b o u t There was noth ing to do but sleep and eat, read and talk. "For half the distance to Haifa the desert was saffron-colored, sienna, burnt orange; In the high light of noon It waa golden. Most of us think of the Sahara as composed of white or gray sand. To the contrary. It Is colorful. Often the ’sand’ Is broken rock, and there are many ledges and ridges. Everywhere the ground heaves and swells. “The desert Arabs live In desperate squalor, on. the fringe. On what they subsist Is more or less a mystery. The Nile flows close by, bnt it Is not used for bathing. H alf the Inhabitants seem to have sore eyes, and the sight- lead ones are everywhere. Sunrise Over the DeeerL "The heat In the cabins of the small boat waa almost unendurable, so w e turned out at daybreak and went on deck to breathe. "We saw the sun rise over the des e r t A huge brassy disk slid Into place with astonishing rapidity. One moment there w as a soft haze; the n e x t a bright hot sun assaulted the land. “Along the shore small palm trees grew delicately out of the water Itself and gently waved green branches at us. Off toward the horizon were hum mocks and pyramids of crumbly rock. Near at hand an Arab mud village slept soundly and odorously. Swarms of wispy gnats moved down from no where to settle In our hair for addi tional warmth. “The steersman, a Mohammedan, came ont of the little deckhouse to say bis prayers on the roof of the lower deck. It w as the season of the Feast of Ramadan. He faced Mecca. He stood. He lifted both gaunt hands. He dropped his hands. He bowed. He kneeled. He prostrated himself. He laid his forehead to the deck. “At midday the heat was so ener vating that we would sit and eat In silence. Those of us who were new to the country ate very little. “The only animals we saw in the desert were lean white camels. They browsed and grazed, apparently on nothing, or reclined on shadeless sands hot enough to burn the skin from one’s hands. History Along the Nile. “The banks of the Nile are a pano rama of history. We passed Phllae. the ancient shrine of Isis, which since the building of the Aswan dam Is submerged almost half the year. We passed a Romnn fort high on a rocky and desert shore, set there to watch over the barbarians while Antony’s romance with Cleopara flourished. We passed a temple supposedly erected by Cleopatra herself—In a fit of re morse. we presumed to think. “When we came to a Temple of the Sun, carved out of rock, we were A Pugnacity Senator Shlpetead, discussing the French objection to naval disarma ment. said at a dinner In Minneapolis: “It’s funny bow pugnacious the French are. Yon wouldn't think they were pugnacious, either. Judging from their duels. “Tour French duel reminds me of a dialogue between Calhoun Clay and George Washington Whits. “ T o n ’s a Hah I* said OaL given an opportunity to land, and w e entered Its cavernous depths at night with torches that threw weird shadows. “We passed Kitchener’s camp, where the great British soldier spent something like three years equipping an army with machine guns and ar tillery to go into the Sudan to sub due a religious zealot and his fanati cal followers. “The train from Haifa to Khartum was scheduled to leave at 1 :30 p. m. one day and to arrive at Khartum at 4 the next afternoon. We arrived at our destination 18 hours late, having been marooned an afternoon and a night In the desert with masses o f sand hurtling over and around us. "We did not dare to go forward, for when these desert storms swirl, often they blow the roadbed out from under the crossties and leave the rails suspended In the air, like bright steel ribbons. Eventually, before the full train was permitted to proceed, a hand-car had to be sent ahead as a scout to see If all were well. It waa late in the afternoon when the full force of the sirocco struck us, turn ing the daylight to darkness. “We were fascinated by Its ap- prtteeh. Thin, angular Arab figures -danced In Its path, like grotesque scarecrows, trying to escape. It whirled across the Nile, striking us broadside on, and fo r. a few stuffy minutes the air was nnbreathable. “The storm carried all the sand and scenery with It For a half hour w e breathed d u st swallowed dust, and spat d u st Then It passed over, and we could watch It playing havoc on the horizon. “Khartum was a welcome sigh t! Luxor, Aswan, Haifa, Omdurman and Khartum are river-bank villages. Be cause of their fame, one thinks o f them as cities. Khartum plays at be ing the capital o f the Sudan; Omdur man, Jnst across the Nile, Is an all- nrn4 native village covering a vast area. “Khartum Is 1,000 miles south o f Cairo. This w as the frontier, the end of civilisation. In and About Khartum. "Late afternoons we rode donkey« along the Nile, past the palace of th» governor general, where Gordon w a» killed by the Mad Mahdi's men, to ward the statue of Gordon sitting on a camel, looking ont across the d esert “Tttb Gordon hotel, where w e stayed, faced on the public square, perhaps a hundred yards across. ' There was no grass. There was only sand. Step ont Into this square nnder the midday sun without one’s pitb helmet and one may have a sunstroke before he takes a hundred steps. A short time before onr arrival a Greek trader attempted to cross the square at noon on a rush errand, without*his topee. He was stricken and died b e fore he reached his destination. “With evening came relief. A gen tle breeze blew from the Nile and w e sat on the earth terrace In front of the hotel from dinner until midnight, drinking lemon squashes and whlskys- and-sodns. Off across the square, tom-toms heat perpetually and whit» figures of dervishes danced to th» wild music. During Ramadan, every day Is a fast and every night a festi val. “A delegation went over to watch 'the show. Three musicians shuffled backward In a perpetual circle. They thrummed tom-toms—shallow hoops with skin stretched taut across. They sang; they chanted. “From time to time figures broke away 'from the tightly packed ’mob which Inclosed the torches, and danced furiously, whirling after the manner o f dervishes. Around and around they went, barefooted fanatics, leaping and gyrating In their long white robes and odd white turbans. One minute they struck a self-appreciative pose and held it; the next, they were In a frenzy again. They resembled noth ing so much as chickens with heads cut off, fluttering In the purposeless dance of death." “ •Say dat agin .’ saM Wash, *and TO bust yo’ Jaw p “ ’Consider It said agin I’ “ ‘Consider go’ Jaw busted p • O ld Maritte Policy Marine Insurance Is really older than the Christian era. Lloyds still possesses a copy of a policy (not Its own. of course) dated 16W. This was believed to be the oldest marine policy In existence until, six years ago, • document dated 1056 waa found.—R »
