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heart of things, where waterfalls
plunge over precipices, nnd primi
tive forests clothe the land with
silence, and nude peaks pile their
shapes against the sky.
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The Matopo Hills.
At times you traverse 60 miles o f
wild woodland that offer no more
guiding features than a dry stream-
bed or some cement causeway, built
at low level to allow seasonal tor
m
rents to sweep ncross Instead o f un
der It. Brilliantly plurnnged birds
Hash past, groups of rock-perched
baboons discuss family affairs. Is
F*e
suance Into the open, with a mission
church ahead, Is an experience,
while the passage of some other car
Is a downright sensation.
Vet, though you would not have
guessed if, there are often kraals
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near the road, and thus you get a
glimpse of native corngrinding, snuff-
making and hairdressing
<**r.
Near Bulawayo you visit the
Matopo hills. A fter a few hours’
drive, the land begins heaping It
ESxSM
self Into a wide series of rocky
kopjes. H**re nature seems to have
Tomb of Cecil Rhodes.
worked haphazard, flinging so many
great bowlders atop o f so many pin
quartette by a “ masculinity’* of nacles that one might well call the
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Ì Ì ne É k country's n.cmorl- from four to seven tlnx-s greater.
place the Valley o f Balancing Stories.
That conreys. o f course, no so
Now you clamber up the vast,
'¿is are usually imt,,rf* ? *
cial picture o f Rhodesia, where smooth slant o f a massive formation
„res. Rhodesia has its In
woman Is playing her full part, as and find yourself on a rocky plateau,
»ree and It* Mat«i»u hill«- liu |
always. Rather. It tell« the old feeling antlike beside the huge, glob
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curious spoeta. I* « » “ “ t
story— that the fr>ot-free man strike« ular bowlders that are perched
Led with Hho.h s 1» th«t
out for new lands and. In time
there over "W orld’s VIOW.” A WSJ
craterlike pit ut the Mm.u-r-
sends overseas fo r that “ girl at stretches the tumbled kopje-heaped
Uond Blow. Where » > • * * “
home" to make the land worth liv valley, resembling earth’s begin
t the fortune «hh-h mad.
ing in.
nings as sculptured by some super
M. future c o l o n i s i n g * * « " *
And Just here the governmental nal Rodin, who has tossed the Oalf-
are Kimberley In the 1»* »
settlers assistance schemes enter the flnlshed work aside, saving, "M ake
bucket, alongside the check
picture. Somewhat similar In effect out of It what you can."
ed pattern of claims, sits «
to the Homestead act that, In 1SB2
The bowlders Immediately encir
(umple-halre'l slackly garbed
called American pioneers to plant cling you are vivid with lichen. In
ib youth, staring Into vacancy.
their homes on free western lands, reds, greens, and gold. A child
jo Natal has lost a cotton
the Rhodesian assistance schemes would call this a fairy place, and
r md the world will one day
went much further. In offering nom
■to put It thus since his name inally free passage« from England dream of enchantments. Then sud
denly one severe slab. Imbedded
tdes-a Colossus.
to the colony and, upon the set over what was laid to rest In the
English doctors gave this
tler's arrival, free agricultural In blasted out heart of the rock, tells
Cecil John Rhodes a year or struction fo r a year.
you that here has been high burial:
^lve, but the South African cl l-
Idke the homesteader, he pledged T h i s Power that wrought on us
has'sa ve 1 him. From death to himself to remain for three years.
and goes
)cds. and fn-m them to vast Unlike the hom<w*eader, he was
South African statesman- subject to a minimum and a maxi Back to the Power again . .
Ah, pow er! Far better than any
ind empire-hubdlTig such will mum o f available capital, and bought
cathedral
aisle does this “ View of
swiftly ascended rungs dur- fils land, at a dollar or so per #cre
the
World,”
Rhodes’ self-chosen
life that will end at forty- on a 24-year Installment plan.
burial place, suit with the rugged
fears.
Settlera Have Good Homes.
power of the man. The gnarled pin
fr,while he dr am* -he Is an
*lo reach a Rhodesian settler's nacles are his cathedral's spires, the
Iglble dreamer. Presently he
making wills, based on some farmstead, you might possibly drive richly hued bowlders his stained-
L chimerical wealth, to the end 20 wooded miles off the turnpike, glass windows.
Once, when Rhodes was a boy, he
fending the British empire so and. I f It Is after nightfall, hear
some
stray
lion
gulping
gutturally
asked
a gray-halred man why he
as to “render wars impossible
In the distance. Vet, once arrived, should thus be busied planting oaks,
J»ror;.'ite the h*»t Interests o f
you find yourself |n a true home since he would never live to see
ulty."
that the man and his w ife have them full grown. Unforgettably for
two Rhodeslas, of which the
made together. H e and his native Rhodes, the veteran replied that he
fern colony Is almost double
hoys have built the house, planning had the vision to see others sitting
lie of the Southern, contain
it around a big central room with under the trees’ shade when he him
two and a half million Ban-
And well may
« wide hearth. She ha a made It self had gone.
id but 61,000 persons of Kuro-
bright with gay curtains, with the Rhodesia be likened to an English
|descent. And over what an ex-
rugs brought from overseas, with oak, springing by like vision from
i are these few scattered 1 One
the dust now resting under the slab
the homeland’s flowers.
roughly compare the area o f
And the amnrt furniture? Well. In the Matopo hills.
Ihodeglas with that of the thir-
Rhodesia has Ita teak, and It Is
itates, or parts of states, lying
astonishing what carpentry native
cf Pennsylvania, east o f the
"boys” can achieve with the assist
COAST GUARD HEAD
and Mississippi rivers, east-
ance o f designs cut from household
I «long the Culf of Mexico, and
mnpnzlnes, and the vicarious elbow-
of a hypothetical line running
grease o f your constant presence.
fh central Florida,
Across the broad acres the reaped
ture the above region as being
corn stands In regimented stacks.
JIM by a p o p u la tio n only nine
Th ere’s a farm store where the set
that of Atlanta. C.a.— a popu-
tler sells to his native •'boys." For
‘ wherein the Bantu nnd white
amusements, there are horseback
are proportioned nt 40 to 1. rhllng, bunting, fishing, hooks from
Jder, along with that, a clvlllza-
public libraries, and maybe a radio
V 'y f(i'ir d»‘<':i<h-s old, and you
set.
the basic elements of Uho-
As for educating the regional set
the pioneer colony.
tlers’ children, a minimum o f ten
Land of Real P io n e e rs .
pupils calls for the establishment
Rhodesia, Individual effort has o f a governmental school. Falling
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®I>M Into co-operation, croi» that number, In sparsely peopled
lililtig into mixed farming, and sections, there w ill be an "aided
raiment of agriculture, having farm school," with a government
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with the cultural and tlnanclng grant for eacii child.
of Rhodesian husbandry, has
Heading eastward from Salisbury,
into being for the benefit o f you soon find yourself nearingtho.se
Poneers.
mountains beyond which extends
Joneer,” he It noted, is strictly Portuguese territory.
Completely
phne. We have heard of the cupped within their foothills’ lofty
r eJle and the nvlatrlx, but profiles lies Uratnll, eastern outpost
f of the “ploneoress.” Compar- o f the Rhodeslas. Nothing could
Proportion of women to men reveal Itself as a more charming
countries, one finds that the surprise than this neat little town,
[Civilisations generally hnve nn tucked awny on the colony’s remote
Commander Russell It. Wnesche,
1 °f the former over the lat- verge. Its streets lined with tall
head
o f the finance division o f the
creas the reverse Is true o f fla m b o y a n t trees that rear their
coast
guard, lias been nominated
, «dtled. such as Canada, masses o f scarlet blossoms against
by President Roosevelt to succeed
tuli' an'x’ tlle l nlte<1 States, and the mountain-rigged valley’s vust*
Rear Admiral Harry 0 . Hamlet as
, ,Now* ,n this matter o f ness o f overhead blue.
commandant o f the coast guard. H e
surplusage, the yet younger
A 230-mlle swing around a circle
. out'toPs almost all coun- centering on Umtall reveals It as w ill assume the duties o f his new
i ^ ^cecda the above named Rhodesia’« gatew ay to the wild post with the rank o f rear admiral.
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SEVEN
B E D T IM E S T O R Y
By
THORNTON
BO BBY COON G E T S
A FRIGHT
DOBBY
COON
walked
slowly
D down the hank o f the Laughing
Brook to the little fence with the
little opening In It In which he
knew a trap waa hidden.
Bobby
was not at all easy in his mind. He
didn’t know much about traps. I f
he had known more about them
than he did he would have been
less afraid.
Looking across the
Laughing Brook he could see a lit
tle brown form hounding along the
other hank In the moonlight. It
was Billy Mink. H e knew that
Billy was not afraid and that Billy
was going to do on that side o f the
Laughing Brook what he himself
had agreed to do on his side.
Bobby approached the little open
ing In that fence made o f sticks,
and studied It carefully. Billy Mink
had said there was a trap there, but
look as he would, Bobby couldn’t
see a sign of one. Some wet, dead
leaves lay In the little opening In
the fence and nothing else was to
he seen. Billy Mink had said the
trap was under those leaves. Bobby
wondered how B illy Mink knew.
Billy told him that there was no
danger except right In that little
opening.
Very cautiously Bobby pulled
away the dead leaves that covered
the ground on his side o f the lit
tle fence In front o f the opening.
He even dug down into the sand a
little. Presently his fingers caught
something hard. He pulled them
away as If they had been burned.
Nothing happened. Curiosity gave
Bobby new courage. He dug away
very carefully the leaves and sand
at that particular spot and present
ly he uncovered something shiny.
Anything bright and shiny always
interests Bobby Coon. Again he
touched it and snatched away his
paw. Nothing happened. Then Bob
by got hold of that shiny thing and
pulled ever so gently. The leaves
in the little opening In the fence
moved. Bobby pulled again. Those
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leaves moved some more. You see,
Bobby had hold o f the chain of that
hidden trap.
Finding that there was nothing
dangerous about the chain, Bobby
continued to pull and presently
there was the trap itself right In
front o f him. H e sat down and
studied I t
H e wondered how It
worked. H e was afraid o f It, but
he was very, very curious. There
It lay with Its jaw s spread wide.
Bobby remembered that B illy Mink
had said that there would be no
All of a Sudden That Trap Jumped
Riflht Off the Ground.
danger if he put his paw under It.
Very cautiously he slipped a paw
underneath. A ll o f a sudden that
trap Jumped right off the ground.
There had been a wicked sounding
snap and those two jaws flew up
and came together so sw iftly that
Bobby didn’t really see what had
happened. H e had sprung the trap.
Bobby didn’t wait to see what
had happened or what was going to
happen n ex t H e almost turned a
back somersault In his hurry to get
away from the strange thing. H e
scurried along back up the Laugh
ing Brook as If he expected that
trap would follow him.
G T. W. Burgess.— W N U Service.
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Through
JEAN NEWTON
A WOMAN’S EYES
I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I KI I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I t l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l
I’VE
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B E E N D W E L L IN G
A R O SE ”
W IT H
d EAR
e; ery
Jean Newton— I
am
much concerned with
my daughter, a girl o f sixteen, in
high school, because o f two girls
whom she has chosen for her Inti
mates.
"T h e bond between her and those
girls Is that they are the only good
hockey players In her class, hockey
being her favorite sport. The other
two girls live on the same street
and are chums. But between them
and my daughter there is absolute
ly no community o f Interest— except
hockey.
“ It Is not only the social differ
ences to which I refer. I assure
you this Is not a case of snobbish
ness. They are her inferiors cul
turally and intellectually, too. W hile
my daughter stands high In her
studies, the Interests o f these girls
are on a par with very ordinary
mentality.
Form erly my daugh
ter's friends were always girls who
were distinguished In some way.
And to see her now chumming with
the bottom rung o f the class nnd
girls who lack refinement to boot,
causes me no little concern. In
deed, from one Incident, I judge
that one o f the girls at least lacks
ordinary Integrity.
"Naturally, I have taken every
means short o f constant nagging to
break up this intimacy. My daugh
ter says the girls are good sports
and she likes them.
She resents
my references to the effects o f bad
company or the dangers o f undesir
able company as old stuff.
She
has her standards, she says, knows
how to conduct herself, and is not
subject to ‘Influences.’
W hat do
you advise, Jean New ton?”
I f this m other’s problem were
mine, I think I should avoid what
her daughter regards as the "old
stuff” about bad company and try
a different tack. I think I should
make the positive suggestion o f the
delights o f friendships that are Im
proving and exalting, o f Intima
cies on one's own plane. I should
mention the pleasure in contacts
with those whose superiority In
some way opens up to us something
Interesting and broadening.
And
then that point about having to take
our choice, because we do most
certainly identify ourselves with
those whom w e call our friends.
There Is an old Persian fable
which says:
"One day
A traveler found a lump of clay,
So redolent with sweet perfume
Its odor scented all the room.
'What art thou?’ was his quick com
mand,
•Art thou some gem of Samarcand,
Or Spikenard in this rude disguise,
Or other costly merchandise?*
‘Nay, I am but a bit of clay.*
•Then whence this wondrous per
fume, say?’
•Friend, If I my secret would dis
close.
I ’ve been dwelling with a rose.’ "
Bell Syndicate,— W N U Service.