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FEBRUARY, 1935 EASTERN EDITION "Jre the Pinks More Dangerous than the Reds' 99 Rafael Sahatini — ''The Night of Charity''' National Publicatioiv of the Benevolent AND Protective Ohder of Elks of the United States of America. Published Under the Direction of the Grand Lodge by the Na« tional Memorial and Publication Commission ''To inculcate the principles of Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love and Fidelity to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members- ^ quicken the spirit of American patriotism; to cultivate good fellowship " —From Preamble to the Constitution, Benevolent and Protective Order of 'Elks

Charles Spencer Hart Joseph T. Fanning Business Manager Editor and Executive Director James S. Warren Managing Editor February, 19 3 5 General Features ISews ofElkdoIII This Month Every public spirited member of the Order is Editorials Rafael Sabatini urged particularly to read and re-read the follow ing three features In (his number: The IVight of Charity 4 The article by Samuel Crowther starling on Pro-America Program Page 10 Gathers Increased The Grand Exalted Ruler's statement on Pagei 20 avd 21 Momenliim 20 Burt McConnell The telegram from Concord, Mass., Lodge, on Pane 28. Acts of Friendship. ... 22 They Bring 'Em Back Taken together these items will bring you up-to- date on the development of Grand Exalted Ruler Dead '7 Shannon's great Pro-America program. The Crow Elkdom Ontdoors 24 ther article is timely, and wholly sound in the many pertinent points it makes. The recommendations Under ihe Spreading of Grand Exalted Ruler Shannon before the Special Samuel Crowther Committee appointed by the House of Representa Antlers 26 tives to investigate un-American activities, are vastly Are the Pinks More significant. The action taken by Concord Lodge The 1935 Grand Lodge points the way to a great nation-wide cooperative Dangerous Than the effort in which the Grand Exulted Ruler hopes most Convention 27 sincerely to have the help of every Lodge in the Reds? 10 Order. Endorse the Grand Ex Rafael Sabatini alted Ruler's Pro- America Program... 28 On Stage and Screen 12 This month there is also presented the first of a group of five short stories, based on impurtani his torical events, by Rafael Sabatini—one of (he most Register Now for the popular current authors. If you like to read of life 1935 Bowling Tour Cast and Broadcast. . 14 in the raw—of ruthlessness, brutality, intrigue and nament 29 deception as practiced by our forefathers—Sabatini is your man. A keen student of European history, with an unparalleled faculty for digging out the Paul Annixter motives that lay behind history-making episodes— and without a peer as a story teller—but read "The Cinched to a Cyclone 15 Night "f C;harity" and see whether you agree. And don't overlook the magnificent illustrations by Harvey Uunn. George Coffin Cover Design by Famous Bridge Hands 25 Scott Evans

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AStartlingMemoryFeat That^u (BanUo How I learned the secret in one evening. It has helped me every day.

WHEN Faulkner invited me to do eactly what he had done. At first I 'I 'HESE are only a few of the ways I a dinner party I little thought amused myself with my new-found ability I have profited. No longer do I suffer it would be the direct means by amazing people at parties. My "memory X the humiliation of meeting men I of getting me a substantial increase in feat" surely made a hit. I was showered salary. Here is how it all came about. know and not being able to recall their with invitations for all sorts of affairs. names. The moment I see a man his name Toward the close of the evening things flashes to my mind, together with a string began to drag. Finally some one sug But the most gratifying thing about the of facts about him. I always liked to read, improvement ofmy memory was the remark- but usually forgot most of it. Now I find it gested that every one do a "stunt." Some able way it helped me in business. I discov easy to recall what I have read. Another sang, others played the piano, recited- ered that my memory training had literally told stones, and so on. surprising thing is that I can now master a put a razor edge on my brain. My brain subject in considerably less time than be Then it came to Macdonald's turn had become clearer, quicker, keener. I was fore. Price lists, market quotations, data of all fast acquiring that mental grasp and alert He said he^had a simple "stunt" he hoped kinds, I can recall in detail almost at will. we would hke. He selected me to assist ness I had so often admired in men spoken him. First he asked to be blindfolded. of as "wonders" and "genuises." My vocabulary, too, has increased. When Those present were to call out twenty- I see a striking word or expression I mem five numbers of three figures each, such Next I noticed a marked improvement in orize it and use it in my dictation or con my conversational powers. Formerly my versation. This has put more sparkle and as 161, 249, and so on. He asked to talk was halting and disconnected. I never wnte down the numbers called. pulling power into my conversation and could think of things to say until the con business letters. And I can nowdo my day's This was done. Macdonald then astound versation was over. Later I would think of work quicker and with much less effort ed us by repeating the entire list back striking things I "might have said." But simply because I do not have to keep stop wards and forwards. Then he asked peo now I can think like a flash. I never have ping to look things up. lo hesitate for the right word, the right ex ple to request numbers by positions, such But the best part of it is that since my as the eighth number, the fourth number pression. I instantly find myself saying the and so on. Instantly he repeated back the very thing I want to say to make the best memory first attracted the attention of our impression. president, my salary has steadily been in exact number m the position called He creased. Today it is much greater than it did this with the entire list—over and over It wasn't long before my new-found ability was the day Macdonald got me interested again, without making a single mistake. to remember things attracted the attention in improving my memory. Then Macdonald asked that a deck of of our president. He got the habit of call cards be shuffled and called out to him in ing me in whenever he wanted facts about the business. As he said; "You can always WHAT Macdonald told me that evening their order. Still blindfolded, he instant was: "Get the Roth Memory Course." ly named the cards in their order back tell me instantly what I want to know. I did. That is bow I learned to do the Others always dodge out of the office,.say diings I have told you about. Its pub wards and forwards. Then he gave us the lishers are so confident it will also show you how number of any card, counting from the ing, 'I'll look it up.' " to develop a remarkable memory that they wil top, or the card for any number. gladly sead it on approval. Send no money. Merely mail coupon, or write We a",were amazed. You might expect a letter, and the complete Course will be sent to to see this done on the stage. But to see Myability to remember often helped me you, all charges prepaid. If after examination you in dealing with others, particularly in decide that you do not want to keep it, then return it done by an everyday business man is committee meetings. The man who It and you will owe nothing. Or, if you find, as have astounding, to say the least. thousands of others, that this Course will do wonders can back his statements quickly with a string for you, then merely send $3.50 in full payment of definite facts and figures usually dom You have always wanted a'good memory Now inates others. Very often I have won people you can have it. Remember, you pay no money ON the way home Iasked Macdonald to my way of thinking simply because I could until you have proved that the Course will benefit how it was done. He said it was you. You have everything to gain and nothing to instantly recall facts and figures. It seems Ic^. So mail the coupon NOW before this liMral sunply a memory feat, the key to as though I never forget anything. Every offer IS withdrawn. WALTER J. BLACK Inc. which anyone could easily learn in one fact I now put in my mind is as easy to Dept. 192-A 2 Park Avenue, Now York, N. V. evening. Then he said the reason most recall instantly as though written before me '•••••••••••••••••••••IS people have bad memories is because they in black and white. leave memory development to chance. S WALTER J. BLACK. Inc. Dept. 192.A Anyone could develop a good memory, he We hear a lot about sound judgment. Peo • 2 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y. ple say a man cannot begin to exercise sound J Please send me, in its plain container, the said, by following a few simple rules. And • Roth Memory Course of seven lessons. I will then he told me exactly how to do it. At judgment until he is forty to fifty years of • either remail the course to you within five the time I little thought that evening age. But I have found that sound judgment • days after its receipt or send you $3.50 in full would prove to be one of the most event is mainly the ability to judge facts in their I payment. ful in my life! relation to each other. Memory is the basis of sound judgment. I am only thirty-two, What Macdonald told me I took to heart. but have frequently been complimented on In one evening I made remarkable strides having the judgment of a man of forty-five. toward improving my memory, and it was I take no personal credit—it is due to the but a question of days before I learned to way I trained my memory. The Elks Magazine

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The Night OF all the cases tried in the course of_ that terrible by Rafael Sabatini circuit, justly known as the Bloody Assixes. the only one that survives at ail in the popular meniory is the case is also the further circumstance that hers was the first case of ihe Lady Alice Lisle. Hi-r advanced nse, the fact that tried in the West by that terrible Chief Justice, Baron JeflVevs she was the tirst woman known in English history to have of W'em. suffered death tor no worse an offence than that of having But the feature thai renders her case peculiarly interesting exercised the feminine prerogative of mercy, and the further to the hislorical psycholoffist—and it is a feature thai is in fact that, even so. this offence—technical a? it was—was ne\'er danger of l>einK o\erlookcd—is that slie cannot really be said fully proved against her, are all circumstances which have left to have suffered for tlie technical offence for which she took their indelible stamp of horror upon the public mind. There her trial. That was the preiext rather than the cause. In February, 193S

"Sir," she asked Colonel Penruddock with gentle irony, "has my house been given over to pillage?"

Bridgwater, a ruthless ruffian, who at one time had commanded the Tangier garrison, and whose men were full worthy of their commander. Kirke's Lambs they were called, in an irony provoked by the emblem of the Pas chal Lamb on the flag of this, the First Tangier Regiment, originally levied to wage war upon the infidel. From Bridg^vater Colonel Kirke made a horrible punitive progress to Taunton, where he put up at - the White Hart Inn. Now, there was a very solid signpost standing upon a triangular patch of green before the door of the White Hart, and Colonel Kirke conceived the quite facetious notion of converting this advertise ment of hospitality into a gallows—a signpost of temporal welfare into a signpost of eternity. So forth he fetched the prisoners he had brought in chains from Bridgwater, and pro ceeded, without any form of trial whatsoever, to string them up before the inn. .The story runs that as' they were hoisted to that improvised gibbet, Kirke and his officers, standing at the windows, raised their glasses to pledge their happy deliverance; then, when the victims began-to kick convulsively, Kirke would order the drurris to strike up, so that the gentlemen might have music for their better dancing. The colonel, you see, was a humor ist, as humour was then understood upon the northern shores of Africa, where he had been schooled. When, eventually, Colonel Kirke was recalled and reprimanded, it was not because of his barbarities—many of which transcend the possibilities of decent print—but because of a lenity which this venal gentleman began to display when he discovered that many of his victims were willing to pay handsomely for mercy. Meanwhile, under his reign of ter ror, men who had cause to fear the terrible hand of the King's vengeance went into hiding wherever they could. Among those who escaped into Hamp shire, thinking themselves safer in a county that had not participated in the war, were a dissenting person named George Hicks, who had been m Monmouth's army, and a lawyer named Richard Welthoip, outlawed for participation in the Rye House Plot. In his desperate quest for shelter, Hicks bethought him of the charitable Nonconformist lady of Moyle's Court, the widow of Charity that John Lisle who had been one of Cromwell's Lords Com missioners of the Great Seal, and most active in bringing King Illustrated by Harvey Dunn Charles I to justice. John Lisle had fled to Switzerland at the Restoration; but ^.tuart vengeance^ had followed him, set a price upon his head, reality she was the innocent victim of a relentless, undiscern- and procured ^his murder at Lausanne. That was twenty ing Nemesis, years ago. Since then his lady, because she was known to The battle of Sedgemoor had been fought and lost by the have befriended and sheltered many Royalists, and because Protestant champion, James, Duke of Monmouth. In the she had some stout Tory friends to plead for her, was allowed West, which had answered the Duke's summons to revolt, to remain in tranquil possession of her estates. And there there was established now a horrible reign of terror reflect the Lady Alice Lisle—so called by courtesy, since Cromwell's ing the bigoted, pitiless, vindictive nature of the King. titles did not at law survive the Restoration—might have Faversham had left Colonel Percy Kirke in command at ended her days in peace, but that it was written that those The Elks Magazine

who hated her—innocent and aged though she was—for the mind set at rest by the parting words with which Dunne name she bore, who included her in the rancour which had accompanied the half-crown for his services. procured her husband's assassination, were to be fully satis "This is but an earnest of what's to come if you will fied. And the instrument of fate was this parson Hicks. meet me here on Tuesday to show me the way to Moyle's He prevailed upon Dunne, a baker of Warminster, and a Court again. I shall be bringing two gentlemen with me Nonconformist,-, to convey" to the Lady Lisle his prayer for —wealthy men, of a half-score thousand pounds a year shelter. With that message Dunne set out on July 25th apiece. I tell you there will be a fine booty for my part, for Ellingham, a journey of some twenty miles. He went so fine that I shall never want for money again all the days by way of Fovant and Chalk to Salisbury Plain. But as of my life. And. so that you meet us here, you too may he did not know the way thence, he sought out a co count upon a handsome reward." religionist named Barter, who undertook, for a consideration, Consenting, Barter went his ways home. But as he pon to go with him and direct him. dered Dunne's Together the pair came in the late afternoon of that Satur silly speech, and day to the handsome house of Moyle's Court, and to my lady's marvelled that steward, who received them. Dunne, who appears to have men pay so dispropor- been silly and im- tionately for an that he is sent to I 1 i 1 I 1 ' I ifl honest service, he know if my lady I II I 1 1 ^ J ''^^hHRMKb came to the rea- will entertain a dAAAilil H sonable conclusion that he had to do minister named y y* y A A .A A RH fi with rebels. This Carpenter, the ^made him so un- easy that he re- steward, a staid, 1^^ solved at last to elderly fellow, ^11 lodge information oncc. Although he Jn with the may not have as- sociated an ab- Jp., pened, by the sconding Presby- of Fate that the terian parson with .^^0^ <1^^^ justice sought by the late rebellion, Barter was one he must have sup- posed at least that ^HHjjL he was one of i Du'nne, tht dock—the vindic- those against ^ij£M ' corpulent Mr. tive son of that Hicks and tall Penruddock whom whom there v lean Mr. Nel- the late John Lisle warrants for preaching in for- y / —whilst Lord High Court— sentenced to death some thirty ago for \vith the message.^ participation in an unsuccess- ful Wiltshire rising against the Commonwealth. The a stark man of forty-five, heard wiiii interest Barter's story. "Art an fellow!" With misgivings, Carpenter hailed he commended him. "Wha<. Dunne into her presence, and left them the names of alone together. The impression con veyed bv Dunne was that Hicks was in hiding from the war - "The fellow named no rants that were out against all Nonconformist preachers. But we shall dis- when he mentioned that Hicks had a companion, she desired cover that for when to know his name. we come to take them at •T do not know, my lady. But I do not thmk he has trysting-place. Whither do been in ihe army, either."" \ you say you are to conduct She considered a while. But in the end pity conquered % them?"' doubt in her sweetly charitable soul. \ "To Moyle's Court, sir, '•Very well."' she said. "'I will give them entertainment for \ where my Lady Lisle is to a week. Bring them on Tuesday after dark, and come by ^ give them entertainment." the back way through the orchard, that they may not be ^ The colonel stared a mo seen." And upon this she rose, and took up an ebony cane, herself ment; then a heavy smile to reconduct him and to see to his entertainment before he came to light the saturnine face under the heavy periwig. left Not until thev came to the kitchen did she realize that Beyond lhat he gave no sign of what was passing in his mind. he had a companion. At sight of Barter, who rose respect "You may go," he said slowly, at last, "Be sure we shall fully when she entered, she checked, turned to Dunne, and be at the tryst to take these rascals,"^ whispered something, to which his answer provoked from her But the colonel did not keep his promise. To Barter"s a laugh, surprise, there were no soldiers at the tryst on Salisbury Now Barter, intrigued bv this whvspermg and laughmg, ot Plain on the following Tuesday; and he was suffered to which he deemed himself the object, questioned Dunne upon lead Dunne and the two men with him—the short, corpulent it as thev rode forth again together, Mr, Hicks and the long, lean Xeithor])—to Moyle's Court "She asked me if you knew aught of the business," replied without interference. Dunne; "anrl 1 answered 'Xo. __ The rich reward that Dunnne had promised him amounted ''Business. .S3V st ihou.*'' cjuoth Barter. What business. in actual fact to five shillings, that he had from Nelthorp "Sure, the ijusiness on which we came." Dunne evaded; at parting. Puzzled by Colonel Penruddock"s failure to do and he laughed. his part. Barter went off at once to the colonel's house to It was an answer that left Barter uneasy. Nor was his inform him that the pair were now { Conthim-d on pn^c 39) February^ 1935 They \ Bring 'Em

B u r t Back McConnell Dead UNE of the compensa- in New "In my opinion, a jaguar is just as dan York City, for the men folks gerous an opponent as a tiger or a lion; I at least, is their membership in would just as soon fight one with the spear the Explorers Ciub or an oc- as the other. For a jaguar is as powerful as casional invitation to a smoker. he js quick. He can climb a tree with the Here one meets, at one time or ease of a house cat, yet he is strong enough another, the world's leading ex- to bring down a full-grown bull and to drag plorers, hunters, travelers, aviators, the carcass into a clump of trees. The claws photographers. Each outdoorman' is of his hind feet are as sharp and eviscerat different from the rest, but they all have ing as those of the Canadian lynx, and he one attribute in common—that intangible is far more powerful. In fact, the jaguar is quality known as intestinal fortitude. This is an the largest member of the cat tribe in the outstanding trait of the men who use primitive \Vestern Hemisphere—twice as large as the weapons in hunting big game. average mountain lion of your Western Take, for example, Sascha Siemel, of Descalva- States. dos, on the Paraguay River. You may have heard "Hunting the jaguar with the spear has of him as the central figure in two books— one disadvantage: one can't profit by one's "Green Hell and "Tiger Man." At any rate this mistakes. A single error, and it would all be soft-spoken zagayetro, who talks like a college'oro over One doesn't jab at the crouching fessor and looks like a Viking, is the only white beast; he would brush the spear aside and man m the world who has mastered the art of leap at the hunter's throat. Nor does one killing the South American tigre, commonly known hurl the spear like a javelin; he is far too as the jaguar with a spear. He can dispatch one tenacious of life for that. No; one must of these notorious cattle-killers in less than a the technique of the Guato Indians minute, without suffering a scratch perfected by their forebears perhaps thousands When he is not escorting hunting parties through he Braz^mn jungle, kernel maltes his headquar ters m New York On the floor of his liLg- room you Will find the skm of an eight-foot jagulr killed on his most recent expedition. The beist must have weighed 325 pounds when alive, and S.emel could have declared that he killed it with a spear Being honest, he did nothing of the kind he used a rifle, and said so. ' Afew months before, he had held.an Explorers Club audience spellbound by a recital of his II ploits, by showing motion pictures of jaguar hunts and a demonstration of the zagayeiro's fsnear man's) technique. At the end he was sn ?nm" pletely.surrounded by eager questioners that it^s" impossible for me to get nearer than six Later in the month, at his hotel, I asked him tn tell the story of how he goes about hunting the IV'V. n jaguar with a seven-foot spear. "First of all." he said, "von mncf ^ , that the South American tigre is not a puny 'moun tain hon; he is as large-and as ferocious when cornered—as a mediuni-sized Bengal tieer anH almost as strong. The largest one I ever killpH weighed 350 pounds, and was nine feet long. The treacher ous beast is equally at home Above and Right: ^ri in the water, on land, or in a courageous hunt- tree. In the cow country don-n his near the headwaters of the ''"f "f" Paraguay, one tisre will de- My ,he ' mo',T%Zus stroy sixty or seventy cattle exponent of this primi- la in a year. tive method of hunthig, Copyright, 1935, by Biirt M. Mc- shoiun luith a moose Connell that he killed in Alaska The Elks Magazine ing instinct and natural weapons. In all, he has dispatched 125 big cats, 98 of them with the rifle, 19 with the spear, and 8 with a combination of bayonet attached to his rifle, bow and arrow, and spear. "Do you use dogs?" I asked him. "Oh, yes; hounds trained to follow the trail and bring the jaguar to bay in a thicket, or tree him. We follow on horse back, riding over the vast arid plains and through small patches of woods. Brittle spear-grass covers much of the drab landscape. Usually a flaming sun scorches the ground. "Soon the dogs tell us, in unmistakable language, that they have treed the animal. We ride as close as possible to the spot, leap off our horses, and rush to the scene before the jaguar kills one or two of the more reckless and inexperi enced dogs. We may find His Majesty in a tree, or he may be on the ground. If he has been treed he will be found, no doubt, stretched out on a limb, quite calm in the face of the barking dogs and looking a trifle bored. No doubt he con siders the hounds a new species of wild pig—the only real \r-^t menace the jungle holds for the jaguar. But he hasn't brain ''•• i power enough to differentiate between the grunt of the pec -•Jt.. cary and the fierce barking of the hound. So he seeks shelter in the lower branches of a tree, and looks down, a trifle dis dainfully, on their mad antics, and waits patiently for them

Below: In Africa even the "king of beasts" failed to shake Mr. Young's faith in his bovj and arroivs

At top of page: Mr. Young Above: Mr. Young shooting a just before he let fly at tiuo pumpkin tossed in the air {in large and formidable broicn circle)—a feat requiring great bears in Alaska. He dropped skill. Note the arroiv in the them both pumpkin

of years ago. The big cat is startled into leaping upon the spearman, who holds his spear in such a way that the jaguar im pales himself upon it. It is very simple." Perhaps it is. One difficulty is that Siemel never knows whether a jaguar will spring upon him in a high arc, or rush at him. low to the ground, like a vicious dog. And. since the jungle beast is often not more than twelve feet distant when he decides on his plan of attack, the hunter has only the fraction of a second to bring his spear to the proper angle, .'^nd his judgment must be perfect; his timing accurate as a watch. In the com bat that follows. Siemel himself becomes a beast of the jungle, pitting his agility and technique against the jaguar's fight-

Right; Sasrha Siemel arid Don Gonzalo Moult. C.hilean Minister to Paraguay, .(I ivith their dogs and the skins of several . •J rvV —- jaguars thry

Above: Sascha Sientel ^'xih one of the South American jaguars he kills 'wit/i the spear shoivn tn the picture. This method of hunt- tng these fierce animals is as dangerous as It IS simple. The cornered beast leaps upon the hunter, ivho holds his spear so that the creature is impaled upon it. At the right one of the great cats is shoivn treed to disappear. Never having seen a white man, he does not realize that a hunter with a spear is far more dangerous than a herd of wild pigs. "You said that an Indian taught you the spearman's technique?" "Yes; Joaquim, of the Guato tribe. He had killed 39 jaguars rather crude spear. It seemed to me that if an Indian could dispatch this jungle beast, single-handed, with such a primi tive weapon, so could a white man. To test my courage and to acquire the necessary technique, I spent the next six weeks with Joaquim, hunting the jaguar. He taught me the tricks of the zogayeiro. 0" two occasions, when it seemed that the jaguar would get the better of me, he came to {Continued on page 34)

Below and Lower Right: Mr. Young used his trusty boiu and ar- roiv to ratch both the

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Above: Find the jaguar! This pic ture "uias repro duced from an unretoiiched pho tograph taken on one of Mr. Sie- mel's jaguar hunts. The jag uar's protective coloration is such that it is almost impossible to sec it until it's too late The Elks Magazine 10 Are the PINKS cJMbre 2)an- by Samuel Crowther OUR old friends the pop-eyed anarchists, who got so much fun out of setting off bits of wrought iron pipe filled with dynamite and slugs in the neighborhood of the wealthy, are no longer conspicuous. Compared with what is going on today, theirs was nice, clean play. Of course, anarchy had a certain kind of philosophy behind it, looking to the destruction of all government and all wealth, but in fact the aver age anarchist was just a lunatic addicted to speech making, and, although they all talked bombs and destruction, only a few ever worked them selves up to the point of starting to practise what they preached. They were never a public menace, in that there was never the slightest danger that any substantial number of American citizens would take up anarchy as a creed. The anarchists were always on hand during dis order—and they liked to be accused of causing the disorder they merely joined—but actually no one paid much attention to them. They were W/) just nuisances that had to be suppressed. , ,, , . . The general attitude toward anarchists and all the varieties of revo lutionists who want to seize the banks and blow up this or that, is precisely that of the London bobby who, seeing that a crowd being harangued in the historic fashion near the Marble Arch was growing too large, stepped beside the speaker and bellowed amiably i "All them as is going to burn Buckingham Palace, step to the right. All them as ain't, step to the left." The American people as a whole are not unfamiliar with social revolutionists. The I. W. W.'s were looked upon more as particularly obnoxious hoboes than as revolutionists. And in this judgment the public was quite right. For, although the organization had a creed somewhere between Syndicalism and Communism, all the leaders and most of the members were men who had suffered injustice and were anxious to get back at someone. Hence it was a society of rogue elephants and of no more social significance than the old Molly Ma- guires. Most of our anarchists and I. W. W. leaders trekked to Moscow when the Bolsheviks gained power, thinking they would there be welcome, but Lenin and Trotsky did not want any co-stars. Some of our spell-binders got petty jobs, others got six feet of earth, and others got thoroughly reformed and chastened.

modern Communists as Communists do not make any appeal, except to those who like the thrill of being radical. The average fire-spluttering Communist, on investi gation usually turns out to be a Mr, Milquetoast gone wild, a notoriety hound, a plain misfit or a plain nut. They hvive gift for kidding themselves. If one of them gets whacked on the head by a policeman, the poor cop instantly be comes a brutal Cossack hired by unscrupulous capitalists Ciili) right, 1935, l)y S:iiihkI ( icwtlicr February, 1935 11 gerous than the REDS?

Cartoons by Oscar E. Cesare

whatk the charge, becomeshonest workers.a hero and,Every if triedCommunist and convicted,arrested,isno a martyrmatter to the cause. Sacco and Vanzetti were tried and convicted of murder; the bcottsboro boys were tried and convicted of rape; but the Com munists hold as an article of faith that they were tried and convicted of bemg Communists. The Reds love parades with placards. If a dozen or so of them can pick up a motor truck to carry themselves and a resolution or two to the state capitol to present to the governor, they start what they call a hunger march '—although they do not march and are not hungry. En route they pick up enough bums and hoodlums to make a showing on arrival. If they can succeed in acting impudently enough to get kicked out or arrested, they are heroes and entitled to speak at a mass meeting. The bombastic humbug and tomfoolery are such that a normal American cannot possibly be a Communist. In fact, an American trying to earn a living has not the time to be a member of the Communist rank and file, for when a member is not meeting he is marching. The Communists as such are not dangerous. A frank statement of a program of revolution to overthrow the whole American system and establish in its stead a dictatorship of the proletariat would fall absolutely "3t if for no other reason than that hardly anyone would know what it meant.

"]p Communism in this country lies, not in the thing it self, but in the crippling of recovery through the continuous fomenting of disorder among people who are not in the least Communistic, and in the spreading of the gospel of despair by only slightly informed men have been caught by words and phrases which roll glibly off their hps without their in the least understanding the implications of IL ilSEJeTY the phrases. The undermining of the American spirit will not easily be accomplished. I 'lljljij But if any large section of the people become convinced that hope is not for upturn in the affairs of the country may be long post- poned. The danger to this country is not in its avowed revolutionists. The danger to this country is in those who permit themselves to become the advocates of a change in the social order {Continued on page 50) The Elks Magazine

e: A typically riotous Broad way revue is Thumbs XJp! It stars such popular favorites as Clark and McCullough, Hnl Le- rov and Roy Dooley. Above are Eddie Dowling {the producer, by the way) and his wife, Ray Dooley

Above: Natalie Hall oid Robert Halliday as they appear in "Music Hath Charms." a play zvith music by the celehrnted Rudolph Friml. The production is a lavish one, and the score highly tuneful. Moreover, the large cast includes, be side the two actors above, such performers as Jndrew Tombes, Paul

TO'VRoad" is roUinff dlifnff v'frjfi nicely, thank on the-crest of the present unparalleled wave of in- ^ierest in kidnapping. This melodrama of baby snatching also has its lighter nioments, most of ivhich are inspired by the sp::rkHng rvit of Lucile IVatson {center) who is starred. The othfr actors shown are Edzuard I'ielding and endy Atkin. The scene is laid in a rural boarding house in •^jOn7iecticut. which suddenly is invaded by kidnappers 'February^ 1935 E 13

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Above: // touchitig scene from the new screen dramatization of Charles Dickctis' ever popular novel, "David Copperfield." The cast is a huge one and includes many stars of the mo7>ie and theatrical world. Pictured here mco0 are Lennox Patvle, Freddie Bar .Jholometo and Edna May 01

Above: A dramatic scene from the film L.fsUt t[owap4 ' ttnd Mir!^ Lives of a Bengal Lancer." The story Oberon. in a movie version of Baroness centers about the lives of three stout Orczy's famous navel. "The Scarlet Britains, officers in the Lancers, who live Pimpernel. I hii story of the ad one for all and all for one." Gary Cooper, venturous leader of n small hand of Richard Cromwell, Monte Blue, Franchot young inneh Rovalists during the Tone and Sir Guy Standing play the leads reif/n of terror is a thrilling one. and is ivell presented hy a fine cast 14 The Elks Magazine

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At top is N. B. C/s famed soprano, Jessica Drago nette, who has for many hard-working years sup ported the baiting average for a flock of second-rate Beatrice Lillie, top right, comcs to radio as rain feminine radio entertainers. Because her voice is after drought. One of the sharpest wits of her small and needs great amplification, it possesses an time, Miss Lillie, through N. B. C. ynicrophones, unearthly sweetness of quality which has earned sprays venom at a world which is, to her mind, Adiss Dragonette a permanent place in the sun over-populated with stuffed shirts. Her astringent htanor is revitalizing in this plague of punsters The principals of Glen Gray's popular C. B. S, Casa Loma Band {lower left) are: Ken Sargent, Block and Sully, lower right, are C. B. S. come the crooner whose falsetto notes enrapture the dolls; dians who have attained popularity through the Glen Gray and Pee Wee Hunt, who yodels the well-tirned delivery of Dave Freedman's gags. many hot arid comic numbers with a mad vigor Gertrude Niesen, crooner, fills out the program February, 1935 15

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6inched to a 6yclone hy Paul Annixter Illustrated by Frederic M ize n ryy I HE daddy of all rodeos at Cheyenne's famous Frontier Park was well into its second gala day when Solly Stoner rode into town from the north on his well-known sorrel top- orse. There had been a deal of side betting among the boys as to whether Solly would show this year, many believing "Solly, listen," she said. that the game was gone for him, that he had been stopped for "It's plain suicide! I good the Fall before, when the outlaw horse Man-killer had know what you're think stacked him in the dust and left him with a broken leg,,three ing—why you're doing it." cracked ribs and a shoulder chewed to the bone. Not that Solly was injured past mending—but there are worse hurts pletely worsted by any horse. The result was a queer.and than broken bones in the rodeo game. Those who knew Solly growing obsession in relation to the blac"k horse, Man-killer, intimately, however, had offered five to one that wherever that few suspected. Man-killer was Solly would be sure to come. These knew that No one, however, not even Russ Armstrong, Solly's ^'best nothing could have been better designed to bind Solly to the friend and runner-up in last season's contests, knew how many outlaw's destiny than that drubbing in the arena. Solly was angles were entailed in that psychological defeait. There :vias that kind of a wrangler. the attitude of Jean Maitland's, for instance, after he:had first For years he had been known as one of the best of the hard- been thrown by the killer at Calgary. For two seasons sorrel- fanning, copper-riveted fraternity, following the rodeos each headed Jean had quite devastated Solly, and it had looked-.;last Fall, Wyoming state champion three years running, and always year as if he had a real stand in with her. At least, she .had close to the top of the game. He had a quiet and pardonable let down her Gibraltar enough to give most of her time to him prhie-in his horsemanship, and never before had he been com- and advise bim playfully and go aad. ask Jier. Dad about it if Copyrightedr"I935, by'Paul'Annixter he was reatty as serious as he seemed. And Solly, who had laid by a comfortable stake in his thirty years, besides a thriving ranch up in the Mad River Coun try, had been working up his nerve to do that little thing to the end that Jean might boss his outfit and keep said savings from straying any—when Man-killer had entered the game. Not so much to go on in his break with Jean, from the standpoint of the ordinary male masher, but plenty for one of Solly's lonely and integrated pride. A look and a remark of Jean's, for instance, after he had first been thrown by Man-killer—he couldn't quite remember her exact words, but they had rankled afterward. And later when he had passed up another chance to ride the killer because of a crocked tendon he had gotten from his first throw, and had let Russ Armstrong ride in his place, ( Jean who had stood beside him laughingly re- marked; "You must have been flattened for sure, to give up that ride, Solly." '"We figured Russ could do belter with him than I could this trip," Solly had explained, chagrined v' but not caring to tell about the tendon. \ "Don't be ridiculous," Jean Maitland had said. ^ "You can outride Russ or any other man in the game. Still. I don't much blame you for shying off a second ride. Once is plenty." 'You don t blame me for—what?" Solly had demanded. "Why, everyone knows there isn't one of the boys but what avoid Jean, and later she had would take on any two other horses rather than Man-killer. been seen going about with Dirk I've heard them sav it." Fleming, a famous lady killer. Solly had stood staring at her for several seconds. "You The more Solly had thought think Im buffaloed by that bronc?" he had demanded. about it the surer he became that Afterward he hadn't been able to recall just what her answer he'd never had a chance with was, but it had .sent hitn off in a fume, shown him that he Jean anyway. The Maitlands didn't stand more than deuce high to a tumble-bug with her. were clear out of his class; too The rest of that season a crazy wrathful pride had made him many cattle rallied round the waterholes on that big two thousand acre ranch of theirs up arena boss in his office back of Frontier Headquarters. He in the Piperock country. What you might call the real came right to the point with Titus, whom he had known for aristocracy of the cow-country, the Maitlands were; men years, and it was as he had figured, competition would be less spoke of old Roger Maitland as a cattle king, not a rancher. than none at all for the privilege he requested. So far this .And what a nasty lip the old man had. But he'd show them season, Titus explained, the management had carried Man- whether he was afraid of Man-killer. killer around simply to shoo off the hog-wild local dare-devils Solly had followed the show south from town to town for who threatened to cop the big prizes, which role the stallion the sole purpose of riding the outlaw again. His chance had had played very well, thank you. There was no law, however, come at Pendleton, with the result aforementioned, and Jean against a contestant choosing any horse to ride he so desired. Maitland had been watching from the sidelines. Only the Man-killer was an acknowledged drawing card; it would help swift action of the pick-up men had saved Solly from certain ml the stands. However, according to the new rules they'd death that time, and for two months afterward he had been have to book Solly's stunt as a special. His name, too, would bed-ridden. Hundreds of times since, with the steely sharpness of an be kept dark till afterward. etching, he had lived over those moments in the arena when he lay prone in the dust with the black outlaw rearing above It don't matter to me how she comes off, as long as she him—hoofs flailing, nostrils red. his yellow buck teeth flashing comes, said Solly. "And let's bind it in writing, if you don't as they reached to tear the flesh from his bones. But nothing mind. I come a heap o' miles to get a chance at him again, like that had wound Solly up with the Killer. He hadn't an I don t want no slip-up." more than begun showing Jean Maitland what he was made of All that summer he had chafed and stewed and kept himself V. eyed him keenly.began making"You outmust thebetypewrittenhonin' to die,agreement.Stoner," in trim, waiting for the time he could pit himself against Man- Might look that way," Solly replied, dropping his lanky killcr again in the Fall, driven by that high-fire temper all the muscle-corded body into a chair. "But that horse got in on Stoners had, the thing that had sent Solly's father to a pre last year—if you get what I mean. He's been ridin' me mature death in his long battle against the dry-landers. goin' to ride him or die in the— Well, I'll have one more try at him, that's all!" Titus grunted his understanding and prepared to change the M EANTIME Man-killcr had gone on his sensational way next day's program with a bit of high-powered advertising at He had become known as the worst horse in the rodeo game" Solly Stoner's expense. He had a pretty good idea of why which was saying a loadful, for the mavericks of the west' Solly was so intense over the matter. He had heard the gossip killers of all the ranges, were shipped to the rodeo association and had a good insight into the working of horse-wranglers' each year. Man-killer had now taken two lives in his two minds. Stoner had been quelled the season before; for the seasons m the arena. He had crippled at least ten riders and first time in his life he had been "blow-flied" as the phrase it was runiored that nme out of ten times the ambulance had had it. Something like fear had entered his heart. He had had to follow him mto the arena. This season the natural to prove now that he was not afraid of the worst outlaw in distaste of the management to mar the show with tragedy had the game, or doubt would gnaw the pith out of him, Titus kept the man-eater out of the regular bucking contests. Wild figured. It was a lot more than a mere grandstand gesture. broncs were the regular fare at Frontier Days, the wilder the "Luck," called Titus as Solly rose to go. better. But a large percentage of the most seasoned riders in "Got it," said Solly. the game had agreed that it was courting suicide to allow any He left the office with a sense of a big weight lifted from one to leave the chutes on the back of the blood-crazy stallion his chest. What happened now was up to Man-killer. and had so advised the officials. It was not that the twisters He looked in at Headquarters for a moment to make sure were afraid to tackle him, they were only sensible men. And that Jean Maitland was among the contestants as usual this Man-killer was an incorrigible. year. Not that he cared a hoot in a hurricane in the old way, Solly Stoner had heard all this before he hit town, and he assured himself, but it was highly essential that Jean be therefor^; knew that his chances of drawing Man-killer'were among the spectators for that last play of his. He wanted slim indeed in the ordinary contests. But there were other Jean to be sorry—to remember. ways when a man was bent on getting kicked to kingdom Her name was there, of course. No rodeo season would come; hadn't even a hope of coming out alive. Certainly he have been complete without the Maitlands on hand. Jean, the would not be troubled by competition in the course he had keenest woman trick rider who ever performed gymnastics chosen. on a galloping horse, known as "The Prairie Lily" from coast He took a room at the Moose Hotel, left his mount at the to coast; and old Dan Maitland, owner of one of the biggest top-horse tent and went immediately to see Jim Titus, the strings of buckets in the west; rodeo (Continued on Page 46) 18 The Elks Magazine

EDITORIAL

SIXTY-SEVEN— ship among its members which has always distinguished STRONGER AND FINER the Order. And their patriotic enthusiasm has never been more convincingly manifested in times of peace. N the sixteenth day of this February, the Order It is, therefore, with assurance, and with a very just of Elks will celebrate its sixty-seventh birth and confident pride, that the Order of Elks, on its sixty- day. In the consideration of some editorial seventh birthday, may be acclaimed as a stronger and comment appropriate to the occasion, a stir finer fraternity than ever before in its history. ring sentence in Grand Exalted Ruler Shannon's speech of acceptance, at Kansas City, was recalled. He said: "I have observed the Order grow greater and stronger with every year;—greater in numbers in the years of WHOM HAVE YOU IN MIND? prosperity; stronger and finer in the years of adversity." AND WHY? Surely no more fitting text could be adopted. HERE are but few Lodge meetings yet to be During the past several years, when business and in held before nominations of officers for the en dustrial conditions have been so abnormal and so chaotic, suing year must be made. This is a matter practically every individual and every organization have which should be receiving thoughtful consid experienced such losses and reverses, that they might eration now by every member of the Lodge. What at justly term that period "years of adversity." Fraternal tention are you giving to the subject? Whom have you orders have been no exceptions to the general rule, inso in mind? And why? far as loss of members and curtailment of incomes are concerned. And the Order of Elks, happily in lesser It is quite likely, in the great majority of the Lodges, degree, has shared this experience. that there is an assumption that the station officers will be moved up to the next higher chairs. It is possible that But those who know the Order, as the Grand Exalted this will be the wise course to pursue. But is should not Ruler knows it, realize that he spoke truly when he said be taken for granted. There is too much at stake. it has grown continually stronger and finer, even during that unfavorable period. It is possible that your Esteemed Leading Knight started several years ago on the road of annual pro The real power and influence of a fraternal organiza motion, and that he has shown a capability and loyalty tion, such as ours, is not to be measured solely by the that justifies his selection for the highest office. If so, he roster of its members, nor by the aggregate value of its should be elected to it; because he has actively displayed physical assets. They are contributing elements, of such qualification, not because they are assumed. course; but its real strength lies in the true spirit of fraternity which pervades its ranks; in the loyalty and But if he has merely drifted through his several terms, devotion of its members which inspires them to worthy without any real interest in the affairs of the Lodge ex achievements; and in their earnest purpose to maintain cept for his own personal advancement; if he has given its highest traditions of patriotic and benevolent service. no evidence of the possession of the peculiar ability which the higher office demands; if he has not succeeded in A glance at the statistics, containing the record of its demonstrating that he is capable of a leader's part, able charitable activities during recent years, brings convic to draw an enthusiastic and cooperative following; then tion that the Order of Elks has maintained its place he should not be slated for promotion. of leadership in this chosen field. It is obvious to the most casual observer that there has been a consistent Particularly is this true of officers who have been negli development of that splendid spirit of fraternal fellow gent of their duties in the subordinate stations. One February, 193S 19

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who fails to observe his official obligations as Esteemed which Elks know so well how to provide wh'en they Lecturing Knight will be likely to display a similar negli undertake such a task. gence as Exalted Ruler, It may be assumed that each Lodge of the Order is Now is the time to be thinking over these matters. striving to do its full share in relieving the distress and They deserve more consideration than can possibly be misfortune in its community. But it is because it is so accorded to them if it be delayed until the session when surely the way to a specially gratifying experience, that action must be taken. And every Elk should realize the the suggestion is here made that each Lodge seek out responsibility which rests upon him as such. the neediest case in its jurisdicton and adopt it as its own fraternal job. Not only will a worthy cause be All this is so obvious that it would seem needless to served but the Lodge's helpful identification with it will comment upon it. But experience has taught that all too be less impersonal and more gratifyingly direct than in little thought is given to the question by the rank and ordinary relief cases. file. That experience justifies the individual query in the caption, as a reminder of the individual responsibility in It would be an interesting variant in the practice of volved. It justifies the repetition here of the suggestion the Acts of Friendship, if the consideration of such pro which has often been made: Deal with the situation so posed act at one of the meetings should be directed to as to serve the best interests of the Lodge, and not with the ascertainment of such "neediest case" and to a gen a view to promoting the mere personal ambition of some erous response to its peculiar claim. individual member. BACKSLIDERS

THE NEEDIEST CASE ID you make a lot of good resolutions on New Year's Day? And have you failed to keep NE of the great metropolitan dailies, for a some of them? Well, don't worry too much number of years, has featured a Christmas about it. Just take a fresh grip on yourself charity which sought to meet the demands of and try a little harder. If it had been too easy, perhaps certain specially selected "neediest cases." In the need for the resolve would have been less urgent. each instance the need was great. But that alone did not Even the most purposeful and the most earnest have control its selection. There also must have been some their moments of weakness. That of itself is not serious. definite circumstance, of cause, of peculiar condition, of The real danger comes only when there is too long a present exigency or of future promise, which justified yielding to that weakness and it is permitted to become Its inclusion in the list for which special aid was asked. a chronic condition. Christmas, with its own seasonal impulse to charitable Blacksliding has a significant meaning in those circles deeds, has passed. The general demands of every com in which it has become a current word, indicating one munity continue to strain the available sources of relief. who has "fallen from grace." But there always inheres But in each city there are yet to be found those cases in it a suggestion that it is a temporary condition. A which make a specially direct and compelling appeal backslider may reinstate himself. He is expected to do where all the facts are known. And it is suggested that so. He really wishes to do so. the subordinate Lodges will find a congenial task in Well, if you are a backslider, just translate that wish searching out such neediest cases in their respective juris into a fresh purpose and no great damage will have been dictions and providing for them in the spirit and in the done. manner which will be most effective. And how about imposing a little penance on yourself In the majority of such exceptional cases the ordinary by improving your record for Lodge attendance and by service agencies are unable to meet the peculiar require greater interest in its fraternal activities? That really ments in the way that insures the best results. It may is not a punishment. But it might help if you so re be that the thing most needed is just that personal, sym garded it until you had derived from it the pleasure it pathetic interest and continued watchful helpfulness is sure to bring to you. The Elks Magazine

J.HE campaign of militant Americanism laid down by Grand Exalted Ruler Michael F. Shannon in Kansas City last July has been growing apace ever since. Wherever Mr. Shannon or his District Deputy Grand Exalted Rulers have appeared they have emphasized this program of action, with the result that many Lodges now have well organized Pro-America Committees whose members, in cooperation with the representatives of other patriotic groups, are effectively stamping out local evidences of Communism. An excellent example as to how a Lodge of 161 members is snccessfidly eliminating subversive influences from its community is given by Elmhurst, 111., No. 1S31. The officers of this small but progressive Lodge have spon sored a Pro-American Society. As reported in detail in last month's issue {page 21), this organization grew out of a meeting to which were invited representatives of all the local civic, Grand Exalted Ruler fraternal and patriotic groups. The members of the Pro- Shannon SivinS his American Society have pledged themselves to investigate anti - Communist Elmhurst schools, colleges and public libraries for evi- recommendations be- dences of radical propaganda. Anything of a subversive fore the Special Com- nature that is turned up in this way will be reported to rnittee of the House of proper authorities, and the Society's work will not pomtVd^^to"investisat'e Communism has been eradicated un-American activities Elmhurst. Another Illinois Lodge that ts fostering a splendid program of Pro-Americanism is Macomb, No. 1009. A r ^ , series of patriotic meetings is being held at the CCC Camps of the territory, as a result of which some 750 y- boys and young men are becoming better citizens. These j / meetings will continue regularly until April 1st (when the present camp members will be discharged), at which time the members of each Camp unit will vote for the boy who is most outstanding in his knowledge and • practice of American principles. Macomb Lodge will ! present medals to the winners at appropriate ceremonies. On December 18th, 1934, Mr. Shannon was called to Washington, D. C., by a Special Committee appointed by the House of Representatives to investigate un- American activities. He was one of several leaders of national organizations who were invited to the Nation's Capital for this purpose. The Grand Exalted Ruler's statement, together with his recommendations (which intrrnationai given in full bclow) Were received with acclaim by the large number of listeners present—particidarly when I ^ he stated in ringing terms: "My appearance here is the The Grand Exalted Ruler'sU20J* 3 result of the mandate of my Order which has committed its every resource and its entire man-power to militant _ combat until the last vestige of revolutionary, interna- Pro-America ProgramAlll. tional Communism is destroyed in these United States." Mr. Shannon's complete report is given below. Gathers Increased Momentum

^^INCE the time of Plato men have blamed their troubles on and organizations who have offered the destruction of all existing kj Government and have offered fantastic Utopian dreams as social order by force and violence as a cure for social inequalities substitutes for ^oinjr concerns. and as a means of cstal)lishing a constant economic balance. From Under no system of Kovernment—theoretical, fictional or real, hunger, want and suffering the destructionists have always at except our own—ha? the spectacle ever been presented of a citizen tempted to muster the man-power of their combat forces. With seeking to be the Chief Executive of a great commonwealth, who the return of employment and good times the forces of violence first subordinaterl himself to all decisions of an organization, inter have become less audible. But for one factor, international Com national in character, the purpose ot which was the overthrow by munism would be sure to decrease in intensity in the United States violence of the very Government which he ostensibly sought to with the employment of men and the return of normal living govern. conditions. In a western state, in the November elections of 1934, one Sam So strong in the hearts of the majority of our people is love of Darcy, an organizer of the .American Section of the Communist country and so great is the appreciation of our inheritance of International, was a candidate tor Governor. Sam Darcy did not individual liberty and opportunity, that until this most recent expect to be Governor; neither did the fourteen thousand persons period our countrymen have had comparatively little cause to fear who signed a petition filed with the Secretary of State alleging they the force of any movement, individual or mass, within our land belonged to, or were affiliated with the Communist Party, expect having for its purpose the overthrow of our institutions. him to be Governor, because few of those persons cast their vote The World War afforded the opportunity for a small group of for their candidate. Sam Darcy of California, and all the other men—less than the acknowledged membership of the American Sam Darcys who appeared upon State ballots all over this nation section of the Communist International—to seize the machinery of in the November elections, merely used the ballot as one of many Government and with it the power and wealth of a vast nation. ways of advertising and fiaunting a subversive and destructive That this revolutionary group might be perpetuated in power, international movement- hundreds of thousands of human beings, regardless of age or sex, Sam Darcy is not a California problem—he and his prototypes were slaughtered in a gory demonstration of the theory that might are symptoms of a national disease that is being allowed to grow makes right. and spread unchecked by official action of our Federal Government. For many years before the Government of the United States existed, periodic economic disturbances, world-wide in scope, mercy, compassion, the love of a Supreme being, filial afflicted the nations of the civilized world. We have suffered devotion, the refining influence of the home or human love of any recurrent major disturbances, in duration and intensity comparable kind might not deter the progress of a minority plunging a nation to the depression the world has suffered during the last several into a mad experiment for power, churches were destroyed, church years. men persecuted, the idea of an all-wise, all-just, all-merciful God Beyond the time of anv living man there have existed individuals was held up in scorn to a confused and terrified peasantry. Indi- February, 1935 '

vidual home life was discarded for supposed communal living combat until the last vestige of revolutionary international Com efficiency. Disrespect of parents by children was condoned and munism is destroyed in these United States. encouraged to the point where an expression of doubt of the suc When a daily newspaper, brazenly flaunting its connection cess of bloody revolution was made a serious offense, and penal with an international movement to destroy government by force, servitude of fathers and mothers was ordered on the evidence of passes unchallenged through the United States mail, or travels their own children. All of this might well arouse the indignation of the people of without hindrance through a Government-regulated interstate the United States, but it might not be sufficient to justify Congres commerce; sional legislation were it not for the fact that a dream of world When men, women and children, singing the Internationale, domination by this powerful foreign revolutionary group threatens march the streets of our cities under the banner of a foreign the pcace and security of our own people. organization which threatens confiscation of property and de struction of government; In 1920 a careful, scholarly report, following an exhaustive When there exist schools of education to teath the young the investigation by a Legislative Committee of the State of New ways of violence and terrorism, each day's instruction com York was made, showing that the seeds of a bloody revolution mencing with a youthful salute to a red flag; were being planted in the soil of America. Too little attention When a whole race of people, numbering approximately ten has been paid to the study contained in the four volumes of the millions, are e.xhorted to separate from the Federal Government Lusk Report because our people generally have felt that the soil and to organize armed forces; of America is not hospitable to revolutionary Communism. While the American people were well employed and while a When the fears, superstitions and prejudices, born of age-old condition of prosperity existed in our country that made for peace, conditions in foreign lands which find no counterpart in this happiness and contentment, many thoughtful persons were startled country, are played upon to bring trouble and terror into the —and many more should have been—when in January, 1^24, the life of America; present Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, When every social, racial or occupational difference or in in his then capacity as Secretary of State, submitted a report to equality is agitated, each within its own group—and not to the Senate of the United States in which he spoke of "the existence alleviate or readjust but rather to intensify—human misery; (within the United States) of a disciplined party equipped with a program aiming at the overthrow of the institutions of this country When organized attempts are being made throughout the land by force and violence," and stated that the essential fact was that to thwart the efforts of the President of the United States to this "organization in the United States was created by and com bring order out of chaos, and when public employment offered pletely subservient to a foreign organization striving to overthrow from the bounty of a public treasury is referred to as enforced the existing social and political order of this country. . labor and slavery; In 1931 a Committee of the House of Representatives held hear When Asiatics and negroes, not representative of their races, ings in various communities throughout the United "fl?® are, as a part of an international plan to increase strife, made Washington, (D C), New York, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Seattle, to lead violent mass attacks upon relief agencies; Portland, (Oregon), San Francisco, Los When all this happens it becomes the duty of an organization Birmingham, Atlanta, New Orleans and Memphis, whose chief reasons for existence are patriotism and benevolence, of this Committee listened to approximately two hundred and to ask of the Congress of the United States the immediate amend seventy-five witnesses and examined a vast quantity ofdocumentary ment of existing laws and the passage of such new legislation as evidence. , ji may be necessary with proper and forceful administration to insure This Committee found that certain that the peaceful enjoyment of citizenship. substantiatedthe Communists atand the theirhearings,sympathizersnamely;have that0"'^ it is ® TTnited States not to obtain control of the Government o the ^btates We respectfully suggest the following as the most necessary through peaceful and legal methods as a P^jitjca P establish by force and violence in the United States and all objectives of immediate legislation: other nations, a "Soviet Socialist Republic" of .^^e pro'^tanat^ J. Investigation of subversive activities of organizations and indi I^do not go so far as to believe that there bSt I viduals by the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Jus of the overthrow of this Government by force and ^,ijhin the tice, with the authority in the Department of Justice to take the am convinced from studying the reports coming to m necessary legal measures used in investigational work, and supplied year from all parts of the country, that there are revolution with ample funds arid personnel. The Department of Justice should groups affiliated with the international efficiency to the that are constantly increasing in numbers a federal force, also be charged with the discretionary power and duty of publica point where, unless opposed by intelligent and lawfu^l tion of the truth about organizations and individuals engaged in they may soon believe themselves strong enough subversive activities. Communism will and already has caused ^overy of our 2. Declare organizations which advocate the overthrow by force bas constituted a serious check to the econ present a and violence of the system of government guaranteed by our Con country. It will, unless eradicated by ral acUon, p stitution to be illegal organizations, and prohibit their existence in constantly increasing and expensive national pr any territory under the jurisdiction of the United States. K ®Joyal citizens of the United States w department 3. Effectively close the United States mails to newspapers or of nn astonished to l®arn that t financed to other publications advocating or encouraging—or affiliated with any in\rner Government authorized, emp p^„,.,jnient may be organization advocating or encouraging—the overthrow of our Gov contfn and^ore-armedgather withthe factsknowledgeso thatof sub grgjve^^j^n^itteeactivities.of the ernment by force or violence. Hou'sp f 1 ^^^^Ption of the investigation . with 4. Prohibit the interstate transportation of newspapers or other publications advocating or encouraging—or affiliated with any organization advocating or encouraging—the overthrow of our Gov ernment by force or violence. oi communism. ^ conducted 5. Declare it a felony for an individual to publicly or secretly advocate, promote or encourage the overthrow or change of our entirelJ'T'^^^entire y by newspapersnational fightbyagainstunofficialCommumPf"°V« individualsAll of thisandis form of Government by force or violence. lauTS'"^"^-laudable but relativelyand^ by ineffective.oca^ police departmentsin theAll [\ L 6. Make clear and certain the laws for the deporta- groups have caused what has been referred to ijl j lion of all aliens advocating the overthrow or change public press as a "rising tide of Americariism. joy^ of our system of Government by force or violence, the leaders of practically every great national p and make certain the impounding without bail of any organization are in the Capital of Nation a ^4 such aliens pending deportation. of them will, I believe, request of C^^'tainst sub- 7. Prohibit the entry into the United States of any mediate passage of punitive legislation g individual who is known to advocate the overthrow versive activities FK or change of Government by force or violence, and f clarify the law so that there can be no possible con- ' fiict of authority between Departments of our Govern IandAPPEARProtectiveas Orderthe Chief of ElksExecutive of theof the^Be^nev^^^^ over America, a great national fraternity everv walk mtfl B ment in the execution of this law or regulatiotis made five hundred thousand American hundred 'Wl J y under it. of life, with organizations in almost result of 8. Revocation of the naturalisation of any natu- American cities. My appearance here its ralized citizen who advocates the overthrow or change the mandate of my Order, which has committed^ .Ppr? of our Government by force or violence. every resource and its entire man-power 22 The Elks Magazine

ACTS OF FRIENDSHIP IN EACH LODGE ON EVERY MEETING NIGHT

Stories by Holcomb Hollister -'f*' '•*!

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DO yoM remember how you cheered as achild when—just in From Page III the nick of time—the Fairy Godmother waved her Magic Oct. JO—This page has a Mother for a heroine—a Mother who Wand and gave to your hero and heroine the charm which saved had been widowed and whose nimble fingers and talent as a them from the Cruel Witch? seamstress had made her able to assume her double burden ade Asheville, North Carolina, is lucky! It has—no, not just a Fairy quately. Her three children had been well taken care of and shewas Godmother—but a whole Host of Fairy GoAjalhers. They are proud and glad. But when eyesight fails, sewing is no longer pos members of Elks Lodge No. 1401 and they have discovered that sible—and this Mother and her Little Ones were left to public relief. ACTS OF FRIENDSHIP are a more potent Magic Wand than any Yet all that was needed was a pair of glasses. The Magic Wand Godmother ever possessed. And since this Wand was placed in supplied them—and the last line on page 3 reads: So a Mother their hands they have waved it regularly—EVERY MEETING and her three children became independent again and lived NIGHT—and the results far surpass the "happy-ever-mores" of happily!" the Fairy Tales of Old! The pages they have so far written in their From Page IV Book of Modern Fairy Tales are filled with romance and adventure and, as we turn them for you to read, you will understand why Oct. 17—A hero is before us this time—a real hero despite his Lodge No. 1401 likes its new role. brief seven years. For little Roy is crippled and has never walked. Our kindly Godfathers found him dragging himself about the floor, courageously insistent upon helping himself as much as he could. From Page I When the Magic Wand waved this time it meant an operation, a Sept. 19—Our heroes and heroines are sixty little school children plaster cast, and months of treatment away from home—hnt ittle whose fathers and mothers are very poor. All are undernourished Roy did not flinch. It was his one chance to be like other little and many are without books and proper clothing. As our God boys and he grasped it gratefully. The page ends, "when the God fathers talk with the teachers to find what is most needed, a little fathers learned that the operation was successful^ and that little lad faints—and they learn he has not eaten in thirty-six hours! Roy would some day walk, they were very glad. The Magic Wand is swiftly waved and soup and fresh milk and clothes and books appear. Every day these little folks are fed and From Page \ warmed and made happier. "So," the page ends, "the Witch of Poverty and Adversity was driven from their midst and they Oct. 24—The little hero who peeps out from this page is » laughed and played once more." nine-year-old lad who had been forced to fight a battle with tuberculosis for six long years. And because Robert had been a From Page II good soldier he had won his battle and his long frustrated hopes and ambitions were to be realized. He could go to school again Oct. 3—A little blue-eyed girl comes dancing onto this page. A and run and play and study—what's this? He could go—but first child full of life and energy, but without the power to speak. And the Doctor said he must have warm clothing to protect him. And she knew she was different and suffered under the ridicule of her —Father had no job, so there was no money to buy them. Was playmates when, because of a cleft palate, her laughter and words he to be stranded again? NO—the Magic Wand waved! And the were uncouth. Can the Magic Wand help her? It means surgical page ends with these words—"another happy little boy trudges procedure, hospitalization and loving care. But the Wand is power gayly off to school and play." ful—and little Fannie found her voice. Her Godfathers freed the childish tongue which Nature had so unkindly bound, "and," the From Page VI page tells us, "her little friends circled about her, laughing and happy and amazed that she could speak and be understood." Oct. 31—Why do Cruel Witches seem to choose such baby vic-

News of the sudden death of Exalted Ruler Claude B. Harrison, Asheville Lodge No. 1401, Asheville, North Carolina, reached the office of the Grand Exalted Ruler just as "Modern Fairy Tales" went to press. These stories, setting forth the Acts of Friendship inspired by his splendid perception and limitless vision of service, are a tribute to the strength and beauty of a Friendship which will not swiftly fade. Asheville's Acts of Friendship set a standardfor human relations which Lodge 1401 will treasure and zealously maintain. Februaryi 1935 23 tims? This is a tale of another little girl born with club feet, whose chance for permanent correction seemed about to be snatched From Page X from her. There had been an operation which straightened her Nov. 28—Back to the heroines! This page is dedicated to a tiny ankles and Baby Betty had been brought gleefully home. fourteen-year-old Miss whose name is Louise. It was Louise's pride Soon she would run and romp like other children! But first there and joy" that she had made honor marks all through her grades— must be especially built little shoes to prevent those we^ ankles so you can guess the shock that wag hers when, a few months ago, from relapsing, and there was no money to purchase them. The she had to leave school because she could no longer see well. It page reads thus: "The Magic Wand danced as it waved for little was heartache and despair at an age that is very sensitive. So the Betty—danced in prophesy of how Betty's feet will dance in Godfathers investigated and an eye specialist performed a slight years to come!" operation and provided glasses. Presto! Just one more wave of that Magic Wand and—^what is that last line? "And the young From Page VII lady thanked the Godfathers very prettily and declared that so Nov. 7—^Verne is the hero of this page—a nineteen-year-old long as she lived she would always believe in the Fairies of youth who little deserved the ill-fate which overtook him. An Friendship." accident a year ago robbed Verne of his Father and Mother and left his only sister a cripple. And he dearly loved her. He yearned From Page XI to give her the care and comfort she needed and worked hard for Dec. 5—Oh—oh! This page is a story of a sad little girl be long hours to make his dreams for her come true. But he brooded, witched by an unkind fate which had crippled her since birth. It too. and one day a sun-stroke felled him and clouded his mind. is a story of a struggle against poverty in her home while Father It was an acute test to meet this need—but the Magic Wand did and Mother sorrowed over their child because they could not afford not fail! It found the right psychiatrist, provided the time for his to aid her. And it is a tale of brave patience and cheerfulness in treatment and recovery, and shouldered his responsibilities until he the face of apparent helplessness as the little, girl grew old enough could assume them again. How does the page end? Oh—"and the to realize her plight. But little Martha has renewed her faith in young man knew that Friendship was a power that could dispel Fairies. For the Magic Wand was waved for her and her God the dark clouds and he rested upon it. fathers stood by her while the surgeons examined their Godchild and told them she could be made to walk. So they left Martha with him to be made like other little girls—and the last page says: From Page VIII "There was great rejoicing in that home and the Godfathers learned Nov. 14—Can you think of a more appealing hero than an anew how precious was their Magic Wand." eleven-year-old lad who is 70% blind? The Godfathers found Ralph struggUng against pathetic odds. His Father dead; his From Page XII Mother re-married; and his Step-father dissipated and dissolute. Dec. 12—^Aha! It is not always the children who come under Little Ralph liked caring for himself and did it ably until his the spell of Godfathers and Magic Wands. We see on this page sight began to fail. Poor boy—^he wandered in a fog of blame the happy face of Mrs. Kelly—beaming with a deep gratitude for and his teachers, knowing he was bright and intelligent, but not the understanding and friencUiness that aided her. For Mrs. Kelly realizing his handicap, rated him shiftless. But the Godfathers had had one abdominal operation and faced another one imme understood; they waved their Magic Wand with vigor and glasses diately—^unless she could secure an especially designed abdominal appeared which have completely restored Ralph's courage and support. It was not only the physical suffering which made life happiness. And the last line says, "and the Godfathers laughed seem hard. There was the feeling of helplessness to aid herself with joy when they saw this little boy changed from a discour unless she could be up and about again. The support has been aged and unhappy child to a keen, rollicking youngster again. It provided—the second operation avoided—and a fiiie woman is made their Magic Wand very precious to them," staging her come-back with joy and thanksgiving. From Page IX From Page XIII Nov. 21 What does this page tell us? A three-year-old boy- Dec. 19—How hard is life without good teeth! That is what an hero with a squint —and a fanatically reUgious Father who be elderly, cultured woman had been thinking for months—and she lieved it w^ an "Act of God"! So it seemed as though no amount is a real heroine, too. For it requires courage of a rare sort to face of well-wislnng and reasoning would permit the Magic Wand to life under a handicap after the sixties are reached. This heroine's save httle Fred from permanent sight affliction. But the God teeth had been removed to effect other physical relief—but before fathers armed themselves for the fray and found a number of the gums had healed and new sets were made, financial difficulties quotations m the Book of Books which routed the Father's con interfered and she found it impossible to secure them. A sense of victions. The Magic Wand DID wave. Baby Fred had his eyes personal disfigurement and a growing feeling of incapacity crept straightened by a fine surgeon and glasses provided to keep them over this sweet woman—a feeling many can understand. The that way. And read this last line! "So the Godfathers made a Godfathers did—and having their Magic Wand, they used it to little boy safe against loss of sight—and found their Magic Wand make her happy and at ease once more. And the last line says: more potent than they had dreamed. For the little boy's Father "It was very potent Magic for the heroine who had begun to believe learned to have such faith in them that HE accepted glasses, too." no one cared. Now she knows the power of Friendship and is ^ow don t you believe the Godfathers laughed a little at that? eager to be of service in her turn."

HAVE YOU LOST YOUR FAITH IN "HAPPY ENDINGS"? LET ASHEVILLE ACTS OF FRIENDSHIP RENEW IT FOR YOU!

A—CTS OF FRIENDSHIP undertaken EVERY Meeting Night are S—afeguarding the future for hundreds of unfortunates. H--ealth is returning to the frail bodies of undernourished children. E—yesight comes again to struggling youth and suffering age, and V--igor is being restored to misshapen limbs. There is a new I —ndependence for those who eagerly sought it, while L —ight comes to a mentality clouded by adversity and L—aughter rings from baby lips that had never spoken. And the word E—Ik has a richer meaning in the heart and mind of an entire community! The Elks Magazine

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Ortin Davis, of Fort Collins Lodge, luith his prize buck. The gentleman to the right of Mr. Davis did not send in his full name, hut you can guess the first one easily. Fort Collins Lodge stages a contest every season and R. Van De Veght arid Fos- avjards a prize to the mem- Humphrey, of Fort Collins ber luho bags the first buck. 'ge. had to be satisfied i^ith The accompanying photo trophy, but it proved to graphs prove conclusively he finest of all. Obviously that the members take this 'iratulations are in order unique competition seriously this splendid big buck

•j! Devvey JV. Francis r and Floyde Head- lee luith iiuo fine bucks killed near Fort Collins on the opening day of the season. They luon the brass ring for scoring first honors. And this in the face of mighty keen competition

Carl Kuhre, of Fort Collins Lodge, •tcaj not left in the lurch by any means. His buck v:as a ten- G. Martinez, of Fort Collins Lodge, with his pointer and provided considerable excitement before buck—also killed on the opening day of the season. he txas brought do-zvn. It looks as though the Mr. Martinez, as you can see from the snapshot, country around Fort Collins provides ideal deer uses an old saddle gun, and from the results he hunting conditions. The Editors ivould like to secured ive knovu that he can shoot it. hear from other Lodges ivhich stage contests ^935 fishing season opens 'why not_ get members to singe a group fishing competition. February, 1935

Famous Bridge Hands by George Coffin

Card Editor

(With tivo cartoons draivn by George Shanks)

IN playing around at du- plicate tournaments one - .• B| often has to compete against 5 weird bidding systems. Of course, it is impossible to learn a complete system in " ^ — one minute of explanation by its exponents. In order that players do not have to be handicapped by playing against methods which they do not nent bids a suit and I double, that is for penalties; and if he understand, the rules provide that a player has the right to bids one notrump and I double, that is for a takeout. Now ask the partner of the opponent making each bid to interpret my partner uses his doubles just the opposite way, except when its meaning. opponents are vulnerable and we are not. Furthermore, when Geoffrey Mott-Smith, a well-known championship player of we are vulnerable both of us play all of our doubles just the New York City, has a good de- reverse!"' fense against freak systems. He Of course, this ridicule of the opponents' system produces a r W listens patiently while his op- psychological shock that neutralizes any unfair advantage the ponents outline their systems be- opponents may enjoy from the private nature of their signals. fore he explains, "Now boys, we Today, unusual plays have more interest than unusual bids, because clever plays are necessary to win crucial hands while play the regular Culbertson sys- fancy bids rarely yield results better than those obtained by 1 tem except that we have our own peculiar method of dou- ordinary common-sense methods. Norman Bonney of Boston, bling. If the opponent on my Mass., played the following hand brilliantly: right bids one in a suit and double, that is for a takeout; NORTH SOUTH (Bonney) V/IBP but if he bids one notrump and K J 7 3 2 A9 5 alH^r I double, that is for penalties. J 10 2 AK5 in/iVil i However, if my left-hand oppo- 0—J3 2 0—A5 ♦—10 2 ♦—A Q J 8 5 Mr. Bonney, playing South, dealt and bid one club. Al though the hand contains Syi honor-tricks, it has too many losing tricks to warrant a forcing two-bid. West bid one diamond, North one spade, East passed, and Mr. Bonney A Prize Will Be Given to Every Elk jumped to six notrumps. Although we feel that this call was unduly optimistic, the answer is that Mr. Bonney has won Who Submits the Correct Solutions national championships fulfilling optimistic contracts. He is to the Two Problems Below: one of the best card players we have today. West opened with the king of diamonds, and exposure of the dummy revealed holes in every suit—a sorry assortment Problem No. I. In the hand discussed in the text, to set before even the great Bonney! He cannot afford to if at Trick 3 East covers North's lead of the ten of chibs lose a finesse because, if he does, the defense will cash the with the king, how can North and South make their setting trick in diamonds. Mr. Bonney won the diamond lead small slam against the best defense by East and West. with the ace, East playing a small diamond. To Trick 2 Mr. Bonney properly led the five of spades and the queen dropped from West. North played the king and East followed suit. Problem No. 2. Spades north are trumps. South leads. At Trick 3 North led the ten of clubs. East and South played —none North and South must win (^_AQ 5 low. and the ninespot dropped from West. all eight tricks against the 0—A Q 5 STOP, LOOK, AND PLAN. Before reading further try to best defense by East and ' A2 figure out how you would fulfill your contract if you were West. How is it done? WEST EAST Mr. Bonney. He did it. Remember, North now has the lead. Analysis: This deal is unusual because the entire hand can none be counted accurately as early in the play as at the third trick. O-J10 9 Unless West is falsecarding, which is unlikely, the fall of the Mail your solutions to #—9 8 queen of spades and the nine of clubs indicate singletons, both problems to SOUTH George Coffin, Card revealing eleven red cards with West. Furthermore, since Editor, The Ei.ks Hampshire. 0-6 41—6 54 West would have made a jump bid over South's original bid of one club. In addition, the lead of the king {Continued on page 49) 26 The Elks Magazine

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District Deputy Charity Ball, of New York East, a Big Success The beautiful Lodge Room of Fresno,Calif., Lodge, formally decorated Two thousand Elks and their friends at for a recentfunction of an important nature tended the "First Annual District Deputy Elks Charity Ball" held at the Westchester County Center at White Plains, N. Y., on the Ball were Past Grand Exalted Ruler will become an annual event from now on. December 8, 1934, by the 11 Lodges of the James R. Nicholson and Mrs. Nicholson, and Past Grand Exalted Ruler the Hon. Mur New York East District for which James Daniel A. Kerr, Pres. of the New York State ray Hulbert was Honorary Chairman of the Dempsey, Jr., of Peekskill, is District Elks. Assn. The success of the affair prac General Committee of the Ball. Robert L. Deputy. tically assures the Elks of the East District Dymes of Ossining was Chairman, Edward Among the distinguished guests attending that the District Deputy Elks Charity Ball Murray of Yonkers, Vice-Chairman. John

A Candidate for Grand Exalted Q UEENS BOROUGH, N. Y., Lodge, tees, serving subsequently as Vice- No. 878, announces that at the 1Q35 Ruler Chairman, Approving Member and Sec reunion of the Grand Lodge, to be held retary. in Columbus, Ohio, in July, it will pre ordinate Lodge of the Order in number In addition to rendering service to his sent Past Exalted Ruler Judge James of members. own Lodge and to the Grand Lodge, T. Hallinan, for Grand Exalted Ruler From 1923 to 1924 Judge Hallinan Judge Hallinan has been busily engaged for the year 1935-36. served as District Deputy Grand Ex in other activities of the Fraternity. Judge Hallinan's record of service in alted Ruler for the Southeastern Dis He is a member of the Past Exalted the Benevolent and Protective Order of trict of New York. At the Grand Lodge Rulers' Association of the Southeastern Elks extends over a period of twenty- Session held in Boston, Massachusetts, District of New York, of which body three years. He was initiated into in 1924, he was appointed Chairman of he served as President for the year Bronx, N. Y., Lodge, No. 871, on the the Grand Lodge Committee on Distri 1924-25. From 1921 to 1935 he has 20th day of June, 1912. Upon hii re bution. From 1926 to 1928 he served served as an active member and Chair moval to Queens County in 1916 he as Chairman of the Grand Lodge Com man of various committees of the New affiliated with Queens Borough, N, Y.. mittee on Good of the Order. In 1928 York State Elks' Association. Lodge, No. 878. After serving Queens and 1929 he was appointed a member Judge Hallinan was born in New York Borough Lodge as Esteemed Lecturing of the Grand Lodge Committee on City in 1889. He is a member of the Knight and Esteemed Leading Knight, Judiciary, In 1930 he became Chair Bar of the State of New York, having man of the Grand Lodge Committee on he became Exalted Ruler in 1920. been admitted to practice in January, As Chairman of the Building Com Judiciary, and in 1931 he was elected a 1912, after receiving the degree of mittee of the Lodge he was instru member of the Board of Grand Trus Bachelor of Laws in the New York Law mental in the successful planning and School. In November, 1929, he was erection of the magnificent Home elected District Attorney of Queens of Queens Borough Lodge, costing over County, New York, and in November, one million dollars, remaining as Presi 1931, as the nominee of both political dent of the Building Corporation until parties, he was elected to the position the present time. The excellent finan of Justice of the Supreme Court of the cial position of Queens Borough Lodge, State of New York for a fourteen-year with its small outstanding indebtedness, term. is an evidence of his executive ability Queens Borough Lodge invites con and untiring zeal. Through his leader sideration of Judge Hallinan for the ship Queens Borough Lodge has sub office of Grand Exalted Ruler on his stantially increased its membership, ad record as an Elk and his standing as a vancing in numerical strength to its thoroughly representative citizen of the present position as the leading sub- country. February, 193S

Thefamous Elks Chorus of Columbus, O., Lodge, No. 37, has been Reunions. It will have a prominent place on the program of the ^^ond Lodge Convention to be held in Columbus the weekof July 14.1935 The 1935 Grand Lodge Convention npI HE Convention Committee of Columbus Lodge has expected to participate. Fifty beautiful floats, each received most encouraging reports, all of which depicting some important event in the history of the indicate that the attendance will be the highest re Nation or one of the charity or welfare activities of the corded in many years. An elaborate program of enter Order, will be integral parts of the Parade. tainment is being arranged, with an unusual attraction Every State Association and Lodge which can sponsor featured on each of the four days. a float is urged to do so by the Convention Committee. Americanism will be the theme of the Grand Parade. The floats can be made in Columbus. The Committee Under the direction of Grand Esquire Edward J. Mc- will be glad to send sketches and prices to all those Cormick, of Toledo, O., assisted by Chief of Staff Col. interested. Inquiries should be addressed to Col. William H. Duffy, of Columbus, uniformed marching C. W. Wallace, Secretary, Columbus Lodge, at 256 E. clubs and drill teams from more than 100 Lodges are Broad St.

P. Doyle of Mt. Kisco, Secretary, and Ben more gifts than usual this year. On Christ General Chairman Henry J. West spoke to jamin Shea of Port Chester, Treasurer. Other mas night a special moving picture P" orm- the assemblage about the Terre Haute Con Committee Chairmen were Joseph Downing, ance was put on, and another was held on vention of the Ind. State Elks Assn. The Entertainment; Fred A. Niles, Publicity; Ray the following Saturday evening. program closed with a general discussion. C. Delaney, Decorations; Frank H.'Wells, Members of the Home were honored guests W. G. Taylor, Secy. Floor; Edward Murray, Budget; Joseph Car at a oarty given by Roanoke, Va., Lodge, Indianapolis Lodge, No. 13 roll, Refreshments; George A. Danner, Pro No. 197, during the .. ! gram; Leo V. Feichtner, Tickets, and James and dancing by students of the Floyd Ward Past State Pres. Bryar of H. Moran, Reception. School were featured. On New Year s Eve Dowagiac, Mich,, Lodge Dies Serving on the Reception Committee were the choir of the Washington Street Baptist The death of William Bryar, who passed D.D. James Dempsey, Jr.; State Vice-Pres. Church, directed by Dr. G L. A. Pogue away in Lansing, Mich., on October 17, 1934, Max K. Leeds; P.D.D.'s Charles S. Hart, provided a program of entertainment. Ihe came as a severe blow to his fellow members Sydney A. Syme, R. Leo Fallen, Frank J. first half of the program was composed of and his many friends. Mr. Bryar was one McGuire, Joseph E. Vigeant, Gerald Nolan, spirituals and during the second portion there of the organizers of Dowagiac Lodge, No. William C. Clark and Fred Hughes; Past were readings, songs and dances. 889, and was the holder of membership card Vice-Pres.'s Herman Engel, Isaac Hotaling, R. A. Scott, Snperintendent No, 2. He dimitted from Kalamazoo, Mich., Oscar E. T, Schonfeld, George A. Danner and Lodge, No. SO, and was a life member and Peter Soeteman, and E.R.'s of Lodges in the Indiana E.R.'s and Secy.'s the second Exalted Ruler of No. 889. District John B. Hoppe, Edward R. Dowd, Mr. Bryar was at all times one of the most Edward Murray, Paul J. Haber, R. R. Hold Annual Meeting ^ ^ ^ active workers in the Mich. State Elks Assn. Reynolds, Raymond R. McGee, Samuel The 16th Annual Conference of Exalted He was State Pres. in 1912, and served as LaRosa, Henry D. Holden, William A. Fass- Rulers and Secretaries of Chairman of the Scholarship Fund Directors hauer, John J. Hayden and John P. Doyle. nate Lodees was held at the Hotel Antlers for a number of years. in Indianapolis on Dec. 9. The affair was Millard F. Hunter, Secy., run off in the form of a luncheon which was Doioagiac Lodge Christmas at the Elks partakeri of in the Oriental Room. National Home The opening introductions were handled Secy, of Marion, O., Lodge by State Pres. Clarence J. Joel and the Warns Against Impostor A spirit of cheeriness and goodwill pre subordinate Lodge roll call Was read by State Secy. William C. Groebl. Our Plans The Secretary of Marion, 0., Lodge, No. vailed at the Elks National Home at Bed 32, wishes to warn the Order against the ford, Va., during Christmas week. A large and Policies" was the subject of remarks made by the District Deputies present activities of an impostor who claims that his Christmas tree, with lights and tinsel, stood membership card in Juneau, Alaska, Lodge, in the lobby, and the decorations in the Hinkle C. Hays, a member of the Grand No. 420, has been stolen. The man may at dining-room were unusually beautiful. Gifts Lodge Activities Committee, spoke on Sub one time have been an Elk, as he possesses sent by subordinate Lodges of the Order ordinate Lodge Activities." and by friends and relatives were distributed Past State Pres. Robert A. Scott, Superin a fund of information about the Order. He among the residents of the Home by Santa tendent of the Elks National Home at Bed claims to be a printer, is about 35 years of Claus on Christmas morning. There were ford, Va., was also featured on the program. age, and has a peculiar twitch in bis eyes. I

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He is about five feet five in height and Queens Borough, N. Y., Lodge weighs about 140 pounds. Welcomes Matthew J. Merritt He has obtained lodging and loans from Lodges in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and Endorse the Grand Ex Tuesday evening, January 8, Queens Bor from Marion Lodge. Thomas Sherrick, ough, N. Y., Lodge, No. 878, entertained James Geronimo and James Scott are some alted Ruler's Pro- members of the Lodges of the Southeast of the names used by the impostor. District of New York in the homecoming reception to its Past Exalted Ruler and T. A. O'Leary, Secy. America Legislative present District Deputy of the Southeast Marion, 0., Lodge District, Matthew J. Merritt. Program District Deputy Merritt, who was recently Sullivan, Ind., Lodge Mourns Secy. Hairy As this issue went to press, a copy of Julius Hatry. aged 71, a charter member the following telegram to Grand Exalted of Sullivan, Ind., Lodge, No. 911, and the Ruler Shannon was received from Con Lodge's Secretary for 28 years, died recently cord, Mass., Lodge, No. 1479: at his home in Sullivan. His death followed an emergency operation at the Mary Sher man Hospital. Mr. Hatry was a native of Zweibrucken, Germany. He was well known Lodge Number Fourteen Seventy among the Lodges of Indiana, his long ser Nine at Concord, ^Iassachusetts vice in Sullivan Lodge bringing him into —WHERE IN Revolutionary Days prominence. THE SHOT WAS FIRED THAT WAS The funeral was held at the Sullivan Lodge HEARD ROUND THE WORLD TO START Home on December 20 under the auspices of J. D. Grady, of St. Augustine, the Lodge, the eulogy being delivered by THE FIGHT FOR HUMAN LIBERTY— Fla., Lodge whose three sons, P.E.R. John W, Lindley. Burial followed BY UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION PASSED shown with him, recently became in the Elks plot at Center Ridge Cemeterv. IN MEETING TONIGHT, REQUESTS Elks Mr. Hatry's activitie.s in the life of Sulliva'n YOU AS Grand Exalted Ruler of Lodge were many and valuable. His loss is elected Congressman-at-large. is one of the keenly felt by his fellow members, OUR Order to summon all Lodges, most popular members of Queens Borough THE MEMBERS THEREOF AND THE R. P. White, P ER. Lodge, and the attendance throughout the CITIZENS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE district as well as from other parts of the COMMUNITIES, TO PETITION THE State attested to this fact. The Association of the Past Exalted Rulers of the Southeast Congress of the United States District was in charge of the reception, at TO IMMEDIATELY ENACT INTO L.AW which more than 1200 people were present, AS A MINIMUM OF THE LEGISLATION including 300 guests. .against SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES, THE The meeting of the Association was held EIGHT REQUESTS FOR LEGISLATION in the afternoon. Later in the evening dinner was held in the main dining-room of SUBMITTED BY YOU ON BEHALF OF the Queens Borough Lodge Home in honor THE Benevolent and Protective of District Deputy Merritt. At_ the regular Order of Elks to the Committee Lodge session in the evening, introduction OF THE House of Representatives of the distinguished visitors present was conducted by Judge James T, Hallinan, investigating Un-American ac P.E.R., P.D.D., and Grand Trustee of the tivities. IMav THIS CHALLENGE BE Grand Lodge. Judge Hallinan was accorded AS EFFECTIVE AS THE ONE SENT a tremendous ovation when his candidacy FORTH FROM THIS SAME CONCORD for the office of Grand Exalted Ruler for the IN Seventeen Seventy Five. 193.'^-.56 term was mentioned by one of the speakers. Of those introduced by Judge Hallinan, the following delivered brief addresses: The eight-point program referred to is Matthew J. Merritt, D,D., the guest of published on page 21 of this number. It honor; Past Grand Exalted Ruler Joseph T. Js the Grand Exalted Ruler's keen desire Fanning; Past Grand Exalted Ruler James that every Lodge in the Order will act R, Nicholson; Past Grand Exalted Ruler promptly and favorably on this vitally Murray Hulbert; Charles S. Hart, Chairman of the Grand Lodge Activities Committee; The Arlington, Mass., LodgeTug- important part of his Pro-America Prl Daniel A. Kerr, President of the New York of-war Team, Champions of the gram. Stale Elk? .A.=?ociation; and Geortie Riedler. Nexv England States Jr., of Brooklyn Lodge, State Vice-Presi- denl. 'I

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Thefootball squad of Hampton, Va., Lodge and members of the Lodge

Dr. E. Kiffin, Past Exalted Ruler of The initiation was performed by the fol- brook Lodge; Louis L. Kaess, of Patchogue yueens iiorough Lodge, presented the guest, lowing distinguished Elks: John F. Scileppi, Lodge; E. J. C. Smith, of Southampton ol honor with a beautiful cellarette on behalf of Queens Borough Lodge; Harry Wolff, of Lodge; Daniel F. Kiernan, of Bronx Lodge; ofnf members ofr,( theT— Lodge.t.- Vocali selec_.i.. _ ® ^ ® . ' f tions were rendered by the Queens Borough Brooklyn Lodge; George H. Sternberg, of Arthur R. Brennan, of Huntington Lodge TA fii /II . v" Statenoiaieii isianaIsland i^uugc,Lodge; Johnjuiui P.r. O'Connor, and Robert Palmer, of Great Neck Lodge. f Club, after which a class of Glen Cove Lodge; Ferdinand Pecora, At the conclusion of the initiation the ol 52 candidates was initiated under escort of New York Lodge; Dominick Guando, of Drill Team gave a splendid performance of of the Queens Borough Drill and Degree Hempstead Lodge; George S. Johnson, of intricate formations. A reception and buffet Team. Freeport Lodge; Michael Leftoff, of Lyn- supper were held for all the members present in the main dining-room.

Livingston, Mont., Lodge Warns Order of Impostor Register Now for the 1935 Elks Livingston, Mont., Lodge, No. 246, an nounces that a member, Frank J. Carey, of National Bowling Tournament 1331 Castro Street, Oakland, Calif., has lost his membership card, and that the card is Ciccro, 111., Lodge, Illinois were present. It is expected being used for the purpose of cashing rubber No. 1510, will be host checks. that the publicity being accorded the The swindler also has in his possession to the bowlers of the Tournament will encourage 150 teams other cards belonging to Mr. Carey, includ- Order when the Eighteenth Annual to register. Special committees have mg an American Legion Card, V.F.W. Post Elks National Bowling Tournament been named to canvass for entries. 1010, at Emeryville, Calif., a 91st Division gets under way next month, continu Reduced fare rates will prevail on card, one at _San Francisco and one at Oak ing through April. land; a California chauffeur's license card all railroads for Elks attending the and a Richfield Oil Company credit and A recent visit to the Tournament Tournament. The rates will also in courtesy card. The checks are being cashed, City was made by the Promotion clude the families of Elk bowlers. in most instances, at gas and oil stations, Committee and arrangements for the Only Elks in good standing will and at stores in California. San Bernardino, event were completed. The Com Calif., Lodge, No. 836, also reports having be permitted to compete in the na cashed a check for the impostor. All Lodges mittee, consisting of Pres. Harry P. tional meet. Contestants will be re are warned to beware of this man. Gottron, P.E.R. of Fremont, 0., quired to show membership cards Arnold Huppert, Secy. Lodge, and Secy. John J. Gray, of prior to bowling. Milwaukee, expressed its entire satis Nine diamond championship med faction with the plans formulated by als will be awarded the winners of Cicero Elks for the entertainment of the different events. The cash prize the Elk bowlers, list for the competition is divided The contests will open on Satur into two classes—regular and good- day, March 23, with the entries for fellowsh'ip—the first going to scores the events closing at midnight on of merit and the second drawn for March 1. Joseph Krizek, of Cicero, those who have not shown high

General Chairman of the local Tour scores. nament Committee, and the sub Officers of the Elks Bowling Asso committees appointed by him, will ciation of America are: Harry P. take care of entries, transportation, Gottron, Fremont, O., President; hotels, reception and entertainment. Frank G. Mitzel, Detroit, Mich., The games in the 1935 meet will be Dave Wells. Louisville, Ky,, S. A. bowled at the Windy City Associa Hanson, Oak Park. Ill, Phil Birken- tion recreation rooms, where 32 tour hauer, Toledo, 0., and Joseph nament alleys in first-cIass condition Krizek, Cicero, III., Vice- will be available. Presidents; and John J. Cicero Lodge held a recent booster Gray, Milwaukee, Wis., gathering for the coming tournament pTm W Secy.-Treas. Lodges de- Inlcinntioniil .Ytii-s I'Uot'i at which 200 representatives of Rev. Dr. Preston Bradley, Chap siring to enter teams lain of Chicago, III., Lodge with Lodges in the Northeast District of HHE should write Secy. Gray. E. R. Harry E. Eckland andJames Hamilton Lewis, U. S. Senator from III., at a Lodge meeting 30 E The Elks Magazine Eastern Edition This Section Contains Additional News of Eastern Lodges

Asheville, N. C., Lodge recently entertained District Deputy L M. Cook on his official visit to the Lodge, at a meeting attended by those pictured above. A class of candidates was initiated. Shortly after this picture was taken Exalted Ruler Claude B. Harrison died a most untimely death. {See pages 22 and 23.)

Joseph G. Buch Confers with The program for the formal dedication of died instantly. He was greatly respected. President Roosevelt at the Lodge room and the unveiling of the Mr. Scars was for many years active in Altar emblems was broadcast. Attorney all the good works of the Lodge as well as Warm Springs John H. Bigelow of Hazleton was the those of the Knights of Columbus and the Joseph G. Buch of Trenton, Chairman speaker. .All of these functions were largely Order of Foresters. In both organizations of the Crippled Children's Commission of attended by out-of-town Elks as well as he had held high officcs. He served Spring the New Jersey State Elks Assn., spent a field Lodge in all the offices from Esquire ft-uitful weekend at Georgia Warm Springs those in Freeland. Among those who took prominent parts in the four-day program through the chairs to the Exalted Ruler's Foundation with President Franklin D. were Scott E. Drum. Pres. of the Pa. State station. At all times he was ready and eager Roosevelt. The invitation was extended to Elks Assn.; Past Presidents Clem S. Reich- to devote his services to the promotion of Mr. Buch for a social visit and also a dis ard, F. J. Schrader—who came from Chi the Order's interests. cussion of crippled children work as prac Mr. Sears' death is a great loss to his ticed at the Warm Springs Foundation. Mr. cago to be present—and Max. L. Lind- heimer; P,D.D, J, G. Thumm; E.R. James community as well as to his family and large Buch's work in behalf of the crippled chil circle of personal friends. dren of New Jersey has won him nation A. Collins, of Hazleton Lodge, and Clinton wide recognition P. Eilenberger, Deputy Postma?tcr General Charles L. KeUicnr, Correspondent of the U. S. Remodeled Home Dedicated by Mahanoy City, Pa., Lodge Catskill, N. Y., Lodge Freeland, Pa., Lodge Honors Frank C. Ball Holds German Night Frank C. Ball, one of the community's Instead of purchasing a new Home, Free- Catskill, N. Y., Lodge, No. 1341, held its prominent citizen?, was recently honored at iand, Pa., Lodge, No, 1145, remodeled its a banq_uet by Mahanoy City, Pa.. Lodge. three-story building to suit its needs. A new second annual German Night recently, the dancing and entertainment being performed No. 695, in appreciation of his valuable con Lodge room was built upon the third floor, tribution to the Lodge through his active a dining room on the second floor, and a in the German style. Chairman Ebneth and grill and card room added to the first floor, his Committee are to be congratulated on identification with the affairs of the Elks' their work in making the affair a pronounced Home Association. with a 42-foot extension added at the rear success. The Lodge and the public await the At the conclusion of the dinner Mr. Ball cl the building. The old Home has been was presented with a handsome silver shield practically converted into a new one, with Nationality Nights held at the Lodge Home with keen interest. mounted on ebony and suitably inscribed, as better facilities for handling social func The official visit of D.D. Charles J. Mul a surprise feature of the program. With a tions, Lodge meetings and other gatherings. len to Catskill Lodge was another event to few words of sincere api)rcciation, he re During the winter months the House Com be remembered. Mr. Mullen was accom sponded to the presentation address made mittee expects to conduct a number of in panied by 23 members of his home Lodge, ^y E.R. Dr, A. T. Liachowitz. P.D.D. teresting social affairs. George J. Post, veteran Secretary of the The work was instituted and begun during Kingston, No, 550. Among the visitors were Past Vice-Pres. William T. Rowan and Past Lodge, acted as master of ceremonies, the term of office of E.R. Lester A. Stine and continued and completed by the present Trustee William F. Edelmuth of the New Speakers on the program included the York State Elks .Assn., and E.R. Aaron second oldest P.E.R. present—County Com officers, headed by E,R. Claude C. Miller. missioner James H. Kirchner; Glen Garvey The Committee worked diligently for many Lipkin and hi? ?taff of officers of Kingston Lodge. Preceding the meeting the Lodge Jackson, immediate P.E.R. and Pres. of the months to perfect the plans and bring the served a turkey dinner in honor of the Dis Board of Directors; Dr. Liachowitz, and work to final completion. \ new spirit of o hers too numerous to mention. The affair progress prevails in the new quarters. trict Deputy and his escort. At the regular was a history-making event for Mahanoy The dedication ceremonies and festivities meeting five candidates were initiated, with extended over a period of four days. At Mr. Mullen delivering an instructive address. ^'ty Lodge. Full credit for its success is the Friendship Dinner, one of the major Kingston and Catskill Lodges have always accorded to Dr. Liachowitz who engineered events, P.G.E.R. Lawrence H. Rupp of Al- enjoyed visits with each other, but this one It and to Mr. Ball who inspired it- Icntown was the principal speaker. After a frcm D.D. Mullen, and the officers and mem James P Tolan, Chairman, formal program, the assemblage proceeded bers who accompanied him, has done much Membership Committee to the new annex for an evening of music, to bring the two neighbors even closer to song and special entertainment. Other events gether, Varied Activities in Refurbished were a Ladies' Night with cards and dancing Bert Hayes, Est. Lead. Knight orne of Leominster, Mass., in the dining room, the dedication of the Lodge Lodge room, and the meeting which cele Springfield, Mass., Lodge One hundred and seventy-five guests, in- brated the opening of the Home. This event Loses Exalted Ruler ^udmg the Mayor, members of the City also served as the occasion for the formula While marching with his Lodge in a uncil and visiting Elks, were present at an tion of plans to support Hazleton Lodge in parade to publicize the opening of a three- it? arrangements for the entertainment of open-house held by Leominster, Mass., day theatrical performance for the benefit Lodge No. J237, to celebrate the coinple- the Pennsylvania State Elks Assn. at its of the Lodge's Charity Fund, Ernest F. on of the work of reappointing and re- Annual Convention to be held in Hazleton Sears, E.R. of Springfield, Mass., Lodge, No. next August, aecorating the building The Lodge has 61, was stricken with a heart attack and spent $9,000 in transforming its quarters. February, 193S

One hundred and fifty comfortable seats have been installed in the Lodge room which has a new ceiling and has been refloored. The card and grill rooms have been shifted and enlarged. Between these is the kitchen, also enlarged, and equipped with modern furnishings and utensils. The gas stove was presented by the "Friday Night Club," an auxiliary organization of the Lodge. The large library, parlor, and billiard and poo) hall are now perfectly appointed. V% •: The work was planned and designed by E.R. Charles H. McCarthy whose death oc curred before its completion. Dr. John J. Curley was electcd to fill Mr. McCarthy's unexpired term, and he followed carefully Children partaking of a feast offered them by New Kensington, Pa., and carried out the program of his prede Lodge cessor. The opening was marked by extreme goodfellowship and fine entertainment, pro praised the Lodge for its high standing in the vided by the Reception Committee headed death, he was serving as State Assn. Trustee. Elks of the District feel that his loss is State. by E.R. Curley and P.E.R. Frank J. Morin, More than 50 Elks from Newport News, and assisted by the officers and P.E.R.'s of irreparable. The death of so faithful an Elk and so fine a man leaves a distinct void Portsmouth and Norfolk, Va., attended the the Lodge. meeting and were guests at an oyster roast One of the events of the winter season was in the fraternal life of the entire State. E. Mark Kincaid, Secy. at the Hampton Yacht Club and the social the official visit of D.D, Arthur L. Ryan, of session that lasted until midnight. Webster, accompanied bv present and past North-Central Dist. Assn. of Pa. officers of Fitchburg, Clinton and Webster Berlin, N. H., Lodge Presents Lodges. He was given a royal reception, Meets at Williamsport and had the pleasure of witnessing the initi The North Central District Assn. of Penn Life Membership Cards ation of a class of 31 candidates. The Lodge sylvania held its quarterly meeting on De Before a record attendance of members, also held a Ladies' Night, with bridge and cember 9 at the Home of Williamsport, Pa., Berlin, N. H., Lodge, No. 61S, recently be bid whist, a buffet supper and other enter Lodge, No. 173, with about 65 delegates at stowed life membership cards upon P.E.R. tainment. tending. Dist. Pres. C. D. Keefer presided George Treggett, Frank H, Cross and W. A. Milo H. Bemis, Correspondent Hodgdon, the presentation being made by at the general business meeting which was John P. Welch, Chaplain, Charter Member followed by a discussion on proposed char and Honorary Life Member of Portland, D.D. James Detnpsey, Jr.^ itable undertakings. Me., Lodge, No. 188. Speakers on the pro Visits Beacon, N. Y., Lodge D.D. G. Earle Hoffer, of Bellefonte Lodge, gram were Eugene F. Martin and Leo F. More than 100 members of Beacon, N. Y., was present, and Bloomsburg, Renovo, Jer Mahoney. In attendance at the meeting Lodge, No. 1493, and guests from out of sey Shore, Danville, Milton, Kane, Sunbury were four life members, 12 P.E.R.'s, 10 City town were present at a meeting of the and Bellefonte Lodges sent representatives. officials, and 29 members of the Order of 25 Lodge held when D.D. James Dempsey, Jr., A turkey dinner was served m the grill room by the Williamsport Elks. The next or more years standing. of Peekskill, paid his official visit. Max K. George H. Gagne, Secy. Leeds, State Vice-Pres., was also officially meeting of the Assn. will be held at Blooms present. P.D.D. James H. Moran of New burg on March 3. Rochelle Lodge was one of the guests of William V. Welker, Correspondent Saranac Lake, N. Y., Lodge honor. Mr. Dempsey was accompanied by Initiates Class E.R. Paul J. Haber and a large delegation Holyoke, Mass., Lodge On the occasion of the official visit of of Peekskill Elks. Mr. Leeds was accom Holds Old Timers' Night D.D. F. Arthur Miller, Saranac Lake, N. Y., panied by former State Vice-Pres. George Holyoke, Mass,, Lodge, No. 902, observed Lodge. No. 1508, initiated a class of 10 can A. Danner. didates. The ritualistic work called forth Old Timers' Night with more than 300 Elks favorable comments from Mr. Miller who Dinner was served for 40 invited guests in attendance, including a delegation from and was followed by a regular meeting of Springfield, Mass., Lodge, No. 61. Old time suggested that the Lodge enter the Ritual the Lodge and the initiation of a class of members were presented with badges bear istic Contest to be held during the St^tc candidates. Mr. Dempsey made an inter ing an elk's head, with a small piece of Assn. Convention this coming summer. esting address in which he commended ER Among the candidates were iEugene P purple ribbon attached. Among those pres Keough, son of E.R. J. E. Keough, and John J. Hayden and his staff for the excel ent was Mayor Henry J. Toepfert, who was lent financial condition of the Lodge. He James Munn, son of P.E.R. M. M. Munn. congratulated on all sides upon his election Both young men were in the 21-26 Class. pronounced it one of the finest in the Dis victory. ^ t. trict. He also spoke on the Acts of Friend Dinner was served from 6 to 8 P.M. with J. E. Keough, E.R. ship program which the Order is carrying Steward "Foot" Ruel in charge of the cater on, ing Music was furnished by an orchestra Sanfordy Fla., Lodge Visited Beacon Lodge was also praised by Mr. composed of John Reynolds, Michael Griffin, by New Smyrna Elks Leeds whose address was complemented by F. Geran and Howard Lucey. Mio Boggio Headed by Pres. Caspian Hale of the talks delivered by Mr. Moran and P.E.R.'s was Chairman of the General Committee, Fla. State Elks Assn,, and E.R. C. R, Kee- Henry L. A. Forrestal and J. Gordon Flan- the members of which were Frank Judge, sey, of New Smyrna, Fla., Lodge, No. 1557, nery. Following the meeting a buffet lunch Arthur J. Brouillet, James Tisdell, George a delegation of New Smyrna Elks journeyed was served. The officers of Beacon Lodge F Stone, James T. Devine, Harry Ernst, to Sanford Lodge, No, 1241, to attend its executed the ritualistic work in a finished William O'Hare, George Hurley. Archie "State Association Night" meeting. Mr, Hale manner. Presentation of a handsome leather Fletcher, Jerome O'Connor, Emmet Cauley, and G. W, Spencer, State Vice-Pres. for the case for newspaper clippings to E.R. Hayden Fred W. Hunt, Stephen McCormick, Ralph district, were guests of honor, and delivered was made by Mr. Leeds. The case was a Valencia and James Barron. inspirational addresses on the occasion. All prize for the excellent publicity work carried John J. Murphy, Correspondent visiting Exalted Rulers were called upon on during the past year under Mr. Hayden's for short talks. direction. District Deputy Pays Visit Initiation ceremonies were conducted, and after the meeting supper was served bv the to Hampton, Va., Lodge host Lodge, The other Florida Lodges rep Prominent Member of Bluefield, When D.D. C. B. Packer, of Portsmouth, W. Va., Lodge Succumbs resented were DeLand, Cocoa, Orlando and paid his official visit to Hampton. Va., Daytona Beach. On December 11, 1934, P.D.D, Max G. Lodge, No. 266, he witnessed the initiation Witten, known as the "Grand Old Man" of of the'"Thomas L. Sclater Class" of 13 can West Virginia Elkdom, passed away. Mr, didates, so named in honor of the veteran Knoxville, Pa., Lodge Honors Witten was one of the best known Elks in Secretary of the Lodge. Mr. Sclater has held Former Secretary the State, loved and respected by all who office continuously for 37 years, 33 of which Knoxville. Pa.. Lodge, No. 1196, recently knew him. he served as Secretary. After the initiation, tendered a testimonial dinner to if! former Initiated into Bluefield, W, Va.. Lodge, No. Mr. Packer made an address in which he Secy,, P.E.R, P. W. Lascheid. Mr. I.ascheid, 269, on -•August 28, 1895, Mr. Witten began stressed good fellowship and urged a con who IS 75 years of age. retired from office one of the most active careers in Elk circles tinuation of that spirit of comradeship and after 25 years of service to his Lodge and to in the District. He was a P.E.R., a Past fraternity that has distinguished the Order the Order in general. He is credited with Trustee and a Life Member of the Lodge, in the past. He also complimented the De having attended more meetings of the Pa. P.D.D. for W. Va. South, and Past Pres. gree Team for the able manner in which it S. W. District than any other delegate. of the State Elks A?sn. At the lime of hi? conducted the ceremonies of initiation and P.E.R. Bcrl Soper, Secy. 32 E The Elks Magazine

L. A. Kaufer and Paul S. Miller of the Cristobal High School, arranged the pro gram and carried it to its conclusion. A large number of spectators turned out. The possibility of making the affair an annual one has been advanced. The Committee is greatly indebted to Commander Maximino Walker for the services of his Bombero Band, which furnished the music for the event, and to James Lewis, Manager of the Washington Hotel, for the use of the swim ming pool. '-a? E. S. MacSparran, Secy- New Brunswick, N. J., Lodge Celebrates 39th Anniversary New Brunswick, N. J., Lodge, No. 324, y<:rnv 0- U celebrated its 39th Anniversary with an open Principals and officials of the Dade County public schools dining house, entertainment and dance. Eleven of with Miami, Fla., Elks at the pro-Americanism banquet given by the 57 charter members are living and most Miami Lodge of them attended. Heretofore these affairs have been for the members only, but ladies Miami, Fla., Elks Start Danville, Va., Lodge Officially were invited this time and the event marked Patriotic Campaign Visited by D.D. Kushner a new era in the social activities of the Miami, Fla., Lodge, No. 948, recently in When Benjamin P. Kushner, D.D. for Lodge. Virginia, West, paid his official visit to his Among the prominent Elks on the speak augurated its campaign to inculcate positive ing program were D.D. Edward L. Grimes, Americanism and renewed faith in the insti home Lodge, Danville, No. 227, he was of Somerville; State Pres. Richard P. Hughes tutions of the Nation, with a banquet in greeted by a large number of local members of Burlington; State Vice-Pres. Herbert B. the McAlHster Hotel. Forty-three principals and visitors from nearby Lodges. As a Gould, of Westfield, and the Rev. William and officials of the Dade County public result of the recently inaugurated member A. Giefillan, of Phillipsburg, a member of schools were honor guests. ship campaign, a large class of candidates New Brunswick Lodge. Talks by P.E.R.'s J. Wayne Allen and was on hand for initiation. Commodore Charles A. Mills outlined paths Upon the conclusion of the ritualistic Edward Burl, Secy. into which Americanism could be led astray, ceremonies, Mr. Kushner was introduced by and suggested means by which the Com the Hon. Maitland Bustard, and addressed Portland, Me., Elks Honor munistic menace could be evaded. The work the meeting, outlining the nation-wide pro Chaplain on 7Sth Birthday and program carried on in the public schools, gram of Grand Exalted Ruler Michael F. John P, Welch, Chaplain of Portland, Me., teaching a high standard of respect for Shannon. buffet supper was served in Lodge, No. 188, was feted recently on the American traditions, was explained by the auditorium of the Lodge Home, where occasion of his 75th birthday. About 100 Charles M. Fisher, Superintendent of Public the guests were entertained with short talks members of the Lodge gathered in the grill Instruction. E.R. Hayes S. Wood presided. and a program of music. room to present him" with a birthday gift Miami Lodge has offered a $25 prize for Dave Rovian, Secy. and pay tribute to his long and honorable the best essay written by a student in the service. elementary or junior high schools on the State Pres. Drum and D.D. Hoffer Mr. Welch has been Chaplain of Portland subject; "Why I Am Proud To Be an Visit Lock Haven, Pa., Lodge Lodge for 36 years, and is one of the oldf^t American." The second best essay will re chaplains, from point of service, in the ceive a $15 prize and the third best a $10 About 115 members of Lock Haven, Pa., Order. He is a charter member and also prize. Announcement was also made that a Lodge, No. 182, assembled on the occasion an honorary life member of the Lodge. prize of $50 was being offered by D.D. Alto of the official visit of D.D. G. Earle Hoffer Many of Mr. Welch's fellow members spoke, Adams for the best essay from a high school of Bellefonte. The Lodge was honored on praising his service and expressing the student in the area from Cocoa to Key West, the same evening by the presence of Scott E. Drum, Pres. of the Pa. State Elks Assn. pleasure that his friendship had given them on the subject of Pro-Americanism. during the years. Hayes S. Wood, E.R. Three new members were initiated, the offi cers presiding being taken from the ranks Everett J. Plaits, E.R. of the P.E.R.'s of the Lodge. James P. Concord, N.'C., Lodge Entertains Dennehy acted as E.R., assisted by J. Max P.D.D. Moran Elected Ptes. State President Morton Basinger, Lawrence F. Probst, Carroll J. East N. Y. P.E.R. Assn. John J. Morton, Pres. of the N. C. State Crowley, M. Shampansky and Dean H. P.D.D. James H. Moran, of New Ro- Elks Assn., recently paid an official visit to Fredericks as Est. Lead., Loyal and Lect. chclle, N. Y., Lodge No 756, was elected Concord, N. C., Lodge, No. 1593, where he Knights, Esq. and Chaplain respectively. Pres. of the Past Exalted Rulers' Assn. of spoke vigorously on the "Activities of Elk- The pre.sence of 43 of the first 100 mem the East District of New York at a recent dom in North Carolina." At the same time, bers of Lock Haven Lodge, and its oldest meeting held in the Home of Peekskill Lodge. E.R. Harry L. Scofield, of Charlotte, N. C., member, aged 93 years, was a feature of the John Murphy, of Yonkers Lodge, waselected Lodge, No. 392, extended an invitation to meeting. Credit for the success of the pro Vice-Pres. and Oscar E. T. Schonfeld, of^Mt. the Concord Elks to join Charlotte Lodge in gram was due to the efforts of E.R. Lester Kisco Lodge, was elected Secy.-Treas. Com a forthcoming meeting. G, Deise and his fellow officers, who planned mittees were appointed immediately and the Sid A. Perry, Secy. and carried through all the arrangements. .^ssn. got into action with laudable dispatch. Lester G. Deise, E.R. Burlington, Vt., Lodge State Pres. Drum Entertained Aids Crippled Children Cristobal, C. Z., Lodge by Williamsport, Pa., Lodge Burlington, Vt., Lodge, No. 916. has in Stages Swimming Meet Over 200 guests attended the testimonial augurated a campaign to aid the inmates of Cristobal, C. Z., Lodge, No. 1542, re dmner given by Williamsport, Pa., Lodge, the Goshen, Vt., Crippled Children's Home cently carried out a large and well-attended No. 173, in honor of P.D.D. Scott E. Drum, by collecting old magazines and selling them. swimming and fancy diving meet for the of Hazleton, to celebrate his election to the Recently the Lodge started a series of Na children on the Atlantic side of the Isthmus. office of President of the Pa. State Elks tionality Nights, the first being "French The meet was conducted at the spacious Assn. The Hon, John H. Bigelow, also of Night." An appetizing dinner, cooked in Washington Hotel pool. Sixty-five boys and Hazleton, was the principal speaker. -Among characteristic French style, was served. The girls competed for the beautiful gold, silver the Williamsport Elk® present were Past price of admission was 25 pounds of maga and bronze medals awarded the three placing Slate Pres.'s Max L, Lindheimer and How zines. In this way the Lodge realized about entrants in each event. There were 20 ard R. Davis and P.D.D. Dr J. Roy Cherry. two tons of old magazines to be sold. events in all. The Antlers' Club of No 173 held its an The Goshen Crippled Children's Home is Swimming as a sport had been allowed to nual party at the Lodge Home which was situated in the mountains about six miles die down on the Isthmus since the beginning elaborately decorated for the occasion. from Brandon, Vt. Doctors and dentists in of the school vacation period. When the About ISO enjoyed the dancing and buffet Brandon give their services free, and the Lodge was approached in regard to the mat supper, Steam radiation has been installed local citizens generously offered their cars ter it decided to boost the sport by staging on the spacious enclosed porch that sur as conveyances in order that the children the meet. rounds the Home. This feature adds much might be taken to the churches of their E.R. Vincent J. Clarke, and P.D.D. Arthur to the comfort of the members and their choice on Sundays. W. Goulet. Chairman of the Committee on guests. Edward J. Dailey, E.R. Civic and Social Welfare, cooperating with William V. Welker, Correspondent February, 1935 Chevrolets for 1935

The Elks Magazine Selects Chevrolet Cars for the 1935 Good Will Tour

Eight cars will proceed on four TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTES—TWO FROM Boston, two from Tallahassee and FOUR from Sacramento—to the Grand Lodge Convention at Columbus, Ohio

Left—M. E. Coyle, President, Chevrolet Motor Company, and one of the new 1935 Chevrolets selected by The Elks Magazine for the forth coming Good IFitl Tour

BIGGER, better and more en the same City will journey south as Ambassadors on their long journeys. thusiastic Good Will Tour is being far as San Diego and then head east The Elks Magazine selected Chev planned for 1935. This year, the through Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, rolet cars this year because it was felt purple and white cars will be Chevro Missouri and nearby States. that the importance of the event war lets, equipped both with United States All eight cars will end their trans ranted the use of cars which, besides and Goodrich Tires. The cars will continental jaunt at the Grand Lodge having the essential qualities of speed use Quaker State Motor Oil and Ethyl Convention at Columbus, Ohio, the and beauty, would also possess the Gasoline exclusively, as heretofore. week of July fifteenth. sturdiness needed to endure the wear While previous Tours have traversed The cars, as is the custom, will be and tear of a transcontinental journey. tiie United States via three transconti painted with the official purple and In addition to these requirements, the nental routes, the 1935 Good Will Tour white of the Order. They will be pi nature of the Tour merited the use of will cover the country via four routes. loted by professional publicity men cars which would reflect the very lat Two cars will leave from Boston, Mas who will secure newspaper stories for est in engineering and design. sachusetts; two from Tallahassee, Flor the Lodges visited. Each car will also The reason for selecting United ida, and four from Sacramento, Cali be accompanied by an entertainer of States and Goodrich Tires is, of course, fornia. In Good Will Tours of other repute, whose talent will make it well obvious to anyone who has used them. years, six cars have been used, but worth while for members to attend the Only tires such as these can stand up this year, due to the insistent requests welcoming ceremonies which mark the through the grind of such a journey of many Lodges, The Elks Magazine arrival of the cars in the hundreds of and finish with little evidence of wear. has added two more cars, thus making Elk cities scheduled to be visited. In a Tour of such magnitude as this it possible to visit many more localities. At the time of the first Good Will the itinerary must be maintained with The two cars leaving from Boston Tour there was no intention of making railroad-like precision. No matter will visit the Lodges of New England this nation-wide journey an annual what happens, the show must go on. and many of the Eastern Atlantic affair, but the results in good will, Hence, at each city visited, the cars States. The drivers of the pair which friendliness and publicity for the subor undergo careful inspection and groom take off from Tallahassee, Florida's dinate Lodges were so impressive that ing. Only the finest brand of oil is Capital, will renew acquaintances with the Tour has since become a yearly used—Quaker State—and, of course, members of the Lodges of the South event. Every State in the Union has Ethyl Gasoline. ern and Midwestern States. been visited, as well as almost every Since their inception in 1929, the Two of the cars which leave from city where there is an Elks Lodge. Elks Good Will Tours have traversed Sacramento will journey northward Governors of States, Mayors of Cities more than 200,000 miles of American along the Pacific Coast as far as and two Presidents of the United highways, and have visited some 2,400 Seattle, and then swing east to visit States—Herbert Hoover and Franklin subordinate Lodges. It is estimated the Lodges of the Northwest and Mid D. Roosevelt—have participated in re that the pilots of the cars have con west. The other two cars leaving from ceiving and speeding the Good Will tacted more than 400,000 Elks. 34 The Elks Magazine They Bring 'Em Back Dead

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my assistance. At the end of this appren "Up to this time I had been on the de ing is done within a hundred yards. A good ticeship, we came back to the ranch, and fensive; now, gathering all my strength, I bowman can shoot as accurately as the aver there I hammered my own spear out of a toppled the jaguar over on his back, al age man with a revolver. When you hear piece of tool steel; the head was twelve though he weighed almost twice as much someone say that a certain bow "weighs" 80 inches long, and the shaft six feet. as myself. The experienced Joaquim prob pounds, he actually means that the string "With my dogs and an Indian companion, ably would have followed up this advan of the bow requires a pull of 80 pounds to I drifted down the Paraguay in my house tage, even though the dense underbrush would draw it back 28 inches—the length of the boat—the Adventuress. One evening, from have hampered his movements. But I old English cloth-yard shaft. close to the river's edge, a jaguar spoke. His quickly drew out the spear, ran into the In the opinion of Stewart Edward White, voice was low, deep and rumbling—the cry clearing, and faced about. the bow and arrow makes a hunter in the of the male in search of a mate. Soon it "Driven mad by pain, and vowing no best sense of the word. In the first place became louder and more insistent. My dogs doubt that he would teach this two-legged a bowman must have the same accuratc and growled deep in their throats, for the beast upstart a lesson, the beast was upon me interesting coordination as a good golfer. He was very close. However, we stayed on before I could get set; his weight upon the must have a good knowledge of woodcraft. the boat all night, and at daybreak I took spear brought me to one knee. I wheeled, He must know the habits of the animal he is the dogs ashore, leaving my native com slipped, and struggled for a footing, mean hunting; be must be a good judge of dis panion behind. I carried no other weapon while keeping clear of those murderous tance; he must be able to read signs like than my new and untried spear. claws. Blood and froth fiew in my face The Deerslayer of Fenimore Cooper, and "It was impossible to see more than ten almost blinding me. But the jaguar had track a wounded deer like Uncas. feet in any direction, so dense was the lost a great deal of blood, and the spear had The modern rifle, with a striking force of undergrowth. Wild pineapple bushes tore penetrated his windpipe. Gradually he 2,400 foot-pounds, depends primarily upon at my clothing. weakened, and I bore him to the ground and its shocking power. The arrow, on the other pinned him there. His breathing became hand, inflicts a long, wide cut that bleeds Soon the dogs picked up the trail, and more labored. The round, yellow eyes, so freely and remains open. This, and the en brought the jaguar to bay. I could hear expressive of ferocity and bate, became try of air into the body cavity, are fatal. him snarling on the other side of a clearing. glazed. The dying monarch of the jungle There was an uneasy feeling in the pit of spat and wheezed, a quiver passed through Once fairly hit with a steel-pointed arrow, my stomach. Perhaps, after all, it would his entire length-—and my first combat, single- an animal practically never escapes. In have been wiser to have brought along my handed with a spear, was over. shooting lions with the bow and arrow in Indian companion and a rifle. Apparently "Perspiration was pouring down into my Africa, Dr. Pope once sent a broadhead en he thought so, too, for his last words were: tirely through the king of beasts. In fact, eyes and mouth; I was gasping for breath. the head buried itself so far in a tree that " 'What shall I do with your boat if you But in a moment I recovered sufficiently to it had to be pried out with a knife. Art are killed?' indulge in that bit of savage exultation that "Suddenly a wave of loneliness swept over Joaquim always voiced when he dispatched Young has killed mountain sheep, deer, cou me. It wasn't too late, even now, to return a cattle-kilier with a spear. Stepping upon gar, moose and grizzly bear with the bow to the houseboat. ,But that lasted less than the jaguar's shoulders, I gave vent to a yell and arrow. He has killed ducks on the wing, a minute. My main concern was the dogs, of triumph that must have startled any salmon in a stream, prairie dogs_ at their faithful companions on many a hunt. Shout jungle animal within half a mile. This was holes, rabbits on the run—and African lions. ing encouragement to them, I dashed across the signal for the dogs to rush in and worry Undoubtedly he is the greatest living ex the clearing. The palms of my hands were the big cat; it is always good business to let ponent of hunting with the bow and arrow. wet with perspiration, Carefully I wiped the dogs think they have had a hand in the The writer is no weakling, yet he was unable them on my trousers; the spear must not slip killing. to pull back the string of Young's favonle in my grasp. This action, strange as it may "My shirt was dripping wet. I took it off bow. seem, had the same effect upon me that spit wrung it out, and used it as a towel to moo The feel of a bow in one's hand is sure ting on the hands has for a youngster get my face and forehead. The sun beat down to awaken that love of archery which lies ting ready for a fight—it bolstered up my upon the clearing; a shimmering haze hung dormant in the heart of every Anglo-Saxon courage. For, after all, my only protection beneath the trees; a few lizards scurried Every boy passes through the period of bar against the most dangerous beast in the here and there; brilliant-colored macaws barism, and during that age he is stirred by South American jungle was a primitive and burst out of the foliage, calling in their the call of the bow. The Stone Age man unfamiliar weapon. raucous voices. Jungle life went on as be was obliged, in self-defense, to take up "Halting at the opposite side of the clear fore. weapons against the beasts about him. He ing, I parted the bushes with ray spear. I "But for me the whole outlook on life killed game with club, axe, spear, knife, and could not see the mottled beast, but I could was changed by that single encounter with a sling. Eventually some nimrod, probably hear him breathing in short gasps. Suddenly jungle cat at close quarters, using only the by accident, devised the bow, which enabled the panting stopped. This, and the whim most pnmitive of weapons. If a full-grown the hunter to shoot a miniature spear. It pering of the dogs, warned me that tigre was jaguar couldn't 'get me down,' as you say in was this implement of the chase, more than about to charge. Instinctively I stood firm. America, nothing could—not even the de any other, that enabled man to win his way Joaquim's instructions flashed through my pression. Since then I have killed 18 jaguars in the world. mind; I braced my feet, bent my knees with the spear alone. The time of the en Today we do not have to fight for our slightly to take up the shock, and took a counter has been reduced to half a minute lives and kill game for food, but the hunt firm grip on my spear. And not a second "I destroy tigres because they destrov ing instinct per.=iists in all of us. Interwoven too soon! For the next instant the arched cattle—but I don't blame them for thaf with the laws of the chase is a deep appre back of the big cat appeared above the fo Their stomachs are made for fresh meat anci ciation of the great outdoors. The writer liage. He coughed hoarsely, and I had a they are simply following their natural in has hunted many kinds of game, from rab momentary glimpse of a huge spotted form, stincts. Is a sheep or a cow more righteous bits to polar bears, and he has found that it glistening white teeth, and a pink, cavern than a jaguar because their teeth are made is not the actual slaughter that brings satis ous mouth. The jaguar's breath, blown di for grass?" faction, but the battle of wits between the rectly into my face, smelled of rotten meat. You will see from the above that Sascha hunter and the hunted. Art Young's story "In a fraction of a second I estimated his Siemel is philosophical, as well as absolutely of his successful stalk of that elusive animal, line of flight, pointed my spear-head toward fearless. the mountain sheep, illustrates this point: his throat, and rested the other end on the Young is six feet tall and athletic. He ground, so that Mother Earth would re Then we have, in the United States a saw through his binoculars one day a mag ceive the impact. small group of enthusiasts who hunt with nificent big-horn at a distance of about 750 "There was a thud and a jar as the tigre the weapons of Robin Hood. The bow and yards. He was lying on a ledge, overlooking became impaled on my spear. The shaft arrow as developed by the late Dr. Pope a valley, and Young stood on the opposite was driven several inches into the soft and by Compton and Young, however are side. There was no suitable cover between ground by the weight and momentum of the not the slender weapons and delicate shafts the archer and the big-horn, and no chance beast. His powerful forepaws scratched the used in shooting at bull's-eyes. The bow is for Young to work around in back of the wood between my right hand and the spear the same that our forefathers used in the animal. For the ram had seen him, and at head. He threw himself backward thrash Middle Ages; the steel head of the arrow is the first suspicious movement on the part ing his head from side to side, spitting, an inch and a half long and an inch broad of the hunter he would be up and away. coughing, growling—all at once. He tore at The bow IS usually about the height of the A close study of the big-horn through the the spear with his claws, trying to draw man who shoots it, and has a range of at glasses convinced the archer that this par it out. least 250 yards, but the most effective shoot ticular old-timer was quite sure of himself; {Continued on page 37) Pebruaryt I93S 36

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(Continued from page 34) a little contemptuous of hunters in general PAT O'BRIEN and of Art Young in particular. This hurt the bowman's pride; he made up his mind, Ex-footballstar. Made Hollywood de then and there, that he would get that ram but in 1929. Now featured in "Devil with bow and arrow if it took a month. He Dogs of the Air," a Warner Bros.'pic would out-Ruess him. ture. A UnionLeadersmoker since 1930. Prevented by the natural setting from screening his advance up the slope, Young put his binoculars back in their case, and started out at a brisk walk, not in the direc tion oi the big-horn, but at an angle that would permit him to catch an occasional glimpse of the creature. The impression he "Believe me wanted to give the ram was that he, the hunter, did not know of his existence; that he was merely out for a stroll. Instead of keeping an eye upon his quarry heres the best as he stumbled over the rough terrain, Young carefully avoided even looking in his direction. By the time he had covered a thing a quarter of a mile, the sheep began to show a mild interest in the archer; he got to his feet. But, instead of showing his heels, as he un doubtedly would have done had Young ap proached directly toward him, the ram stood dime there, watching the erratic climb of the two-legged animal. Soon the ledge cut off the hunter's view of the bifc-horn. This was all according to plan; if the ram permitted his curiosity to is good for overcome his natural instinct to rush away from a new sourcc of danger, the hunter might eventually out-guess his quarry. The question that Young kept asking himself was: Would the big-horn run? As if in reply, a wide, massive set of perfectly curved WHO says the best horns appeared over the ridge, and Young felt, rather than saw, that he was being things always cost closely scrutmizcd by a very curious moun- tam sheep. Still unconcerned, to all outward most? That rule doesn't appearances, although his heart was pump ing madly from the rapid climb and the ex workwhenitcomestoto citement of it all, Young continued his indi rect ascent. bacco. Because one thin Soon the ledge again came between him and the ram; again he came forward and dimebuys atin ofUnion peered over the edge of the cliff. Young plodded on, paying no attention whatever to Leader, and if any fancy this magnificent specimen. For the third time, when his vision of the hunter was cut mixturecantop thisold, off, the big-horn came forward, apparently mellowKentuckyBurley to decide whether to keep an eye on him or to flee. This time Young was within ISO yards of his quarry. When the ram's horns for aroma, flavor, and again disappeared behind the ledge, Young, knowing it was now or never, changed his downright pipe-pleas course directly toward the sheep and broke into a run. ure, I've never found it, He was within eighty yards of his quarry when the curved tops of the massive horns and I've smoked some slowly appeared. This was his cue to stop and fit an arrow to his bow—also to catch pretty snooty brands! his breath and steady his aim. Boldly the (Greatforcigarettes,too.) ram stepped into full view; majestically he fixed his keen eyes on the spot where Young O p. Lorillard Co., Inc. should have been had he continued in his general direction at his usual rate of speed. Too late he spied the hunter almost directly below the ledge. Young drew back his right arm, loosed a steel-pointed shot, and held UNION LEADER his breath for an instant. The arrow swished through the crisp Alaskan air, straight to the chcst of the mighty ram. By the time Young had scrambled up the slope, the ram was breathing his last. For the first time in history, so far as we can learn, a civilized human had brought down the elusive moun tain sheep with the bow and arrow. Killing bears with the bow and arrow was an achievement of which our primitive ancestors must have been proud. However, it has faded so far into the dim realms of the past that it seems almost mythical. No doubt the dread of this animal has been in herited from our remote forebears. All the more credit, therefore to the man who faces one of the brutes—black, brown, grizzly, or Kodiak—with no other weapons than a bow and arrow. It is a primeval sport, and as (Continued on page 38) THE GREAT AMIERICAIV SMOKE 88 The Elks Magazine

{Continued from page 37) bellowing, the four continued their family their scent away from the trail. The nights such it stirs up emotions that have lain dor quarrel, entirely unaware of the cause of were cold, and the moon nearly at the full. mant perhaps thousands of years. The thrill their pain. Then Pope glanced up from his Hardly daring to whisper, they huddled to furnished by the very nearness of the beast, bow in time to see the mother bear's hair gether that first night; their only reward the ancestral blood-lust, the deep baying of rise on the back of her neck; they were in was the sight of an old female with two hounds on the fresh tracks of the bear, the for a charge! She steadied herself and cubs. But they passed on without discover air of expectancy in the deep shadows, and looked at the man with red, glaring eyes. ing the archers—which was, in itself, encour the prospect of close contact with the fear The guide sighted along the barrel of his aging. some brute—all these combine to produce a rifle, for he realized that only the shooting stiffening of the backbone that, strangely power of a well-placed bullet would stop At dawn, stiff and thoroughly chilled, they enough, does not disappear with the ad her. Then she lowered her head and stole back to camp and slept. Another vance of civilization. charged. dreary night passed without incident. An The very idea of killing a grizzly bear with The guide's bullet literally knocked her other female with three cubs threatened the bow and arrow will strike the average head over heels. Half-way down the hill to charge them on their way back to camp, person as absurd. The friends of Dr. Pope side she checked herself. Rising on her but changed her mind—at which they and Art Young "joshed" them so unmerci haunches, she bravely faced her tormentors. heaved a sigh of relief. The next day, at fully about their plan to hunt this danger Two more arrows were loosed at her, and sunset, they got their first glimpse of the ous beast that the two archers made up took effect in the side. Almost immediately great bear of Dunraven Pass. He looked their minds that they would show the skep she sprawled out on the ground; she would like a giant in the twilight. It seemed pre tics a few things. never kill any more cattle. The arrows posterous that they were going to attempt First of all, they made them to kill this savage beast, almost selves bows that would shoot as big as a horse, with bow an arrow through the carcass and arrow. of a horse. In spite of the That night they again saw grizzly bear's reputation for the female with two cubs, but ferocity and tenacity, they not the big fellow. But the agreed that after all he was next night they heard him com made of flesh and blood, like ing down the canyon, in close other animals, and that an pursuit of a brown bear that arrow through the lungs would had entered his domain. Far finish him. They got themselves off they heard him tree the in good physicial condition by invader, meanwhile growling running, the use of dumb-bells, his loudest and ripping bark and other gymnastic exercises, from the tree with his sharp and engaged as guide the most claws. Finally, grunting and experienced grizzly hunter in wheezing from his efforts, he America. Their hunting ground came slowly up the canyon, but lay in the northwestern corner not within sight of the bow of Wyoming. men. These archers knew that the The next night they heard grizzly would charge upon the soft footfalls after midnight slightest provocation, and that and soon the lady with the nothing would turn him aside. three cubs appeared. The Mu They knew that his speed was seum wanted a family group, tremendous; that he was able and they loosed arrows at the to catch a horse or a dog on first two cubs. For some un the run. Also, that he could known reason—instinct, per not climb a tree. Knowing that haps—the female started in retreat in an emergency was their direction. And at the useless, they decided to clamber same instant the big fellow, at up a jack-pine or lie flat on the Internattonal tracted by the squeals of the ground and feign death if their Dr. Pope and Art Young with a bear they shot with bow wounded cubs, appeared from arrows had no effect. nowhere. Their guide took them to the and arrow "Take him!" whispered Pope head of a valley where they to Young; the Doctor himself encountered, not one grizzly, but an old were the primary cause of her death, but she chose the mother bear. His first arrow and cranky female with three half-grown had been within eight yards of the hunters caught her full in the chest; she reared, cubs. The guide had his trusty rifle, but when the rifle bullet knocked her into a staggered and fell, roaring and tearing at was instructed to use it only as a last resort. back somersault. Two arrows had passed the shaft. She rose to her feet, stumbled Proceeding up-wind, they came within completely through her; the body of the forward, and died on the spot. Mean twenty-five yards of the four bears without one cub to receive an arrow was found a while, the monster grizzly, looming bigger being discovered. Peering cautiously over a quarter of a mile distant. The single shaft than ever in the moonlight, was raging ridge, the two archers picked their game, had sufficed. back and forth, unable to locate his ene and let drive. The two bears who happened mies. His deep, booming growls might well to be on the receiving end roared in unison. That night the bowmen learned of the have struck terror to the heart of_ any This being preliminary to going into action, presence, a few miles away, of a big male hunter. But the archers, aiming quickly, the two archers fitted more arrows to their grizzly. His tracks, said the forest ranger, loosed five arrows at him; it seemed impos bows; the guide brought his rifle to his were eleven inches long, as against an aver sible that they could miss so large a target, shoulder. age of nine inches. He was killing elk by even in the dim light. Nevertheless, the But the wounded bears, instead of charging the wholesale; in fact, he was so well big bear galloped off. The hunters thought the archers, began a free-for-all fight among established that he had worn trails in the of the chill, weary hours they had spent in themselves such as few men have ever seen. hillside. the blind; of the risks they had taken; of Pope's bear leaped at his own mother, biting The guide had promised his services to the discomfort they had endured in their her with savage fury! Having been chas another party; nevertheless the two archers cramped quarters. And now to lose the tised many times by the old lady during his decided to go through with the hunt. They biggest bear they had ever seen! It was three years, the cub probably thought she straightened their arrows, oiled their bows, pretty tough. had nipped him with unneccessary force— made new bowstrings and sharpened the They skinned the female by the uncertain and he promptly retaliated. She, in turn, steel points of their arrows in preparation gleam of a pocket flashlight; the arrow was bit him in the shoulder. The spirit of revolt for the big fellow. buried in her heart. By that time it was promptly communicated itself to the other They studied his methods, and checked daybreak, and they soon found the dead wounded cub; even the third youngster, up on his comings and goings. No other cub. Next, like good archers, they went in which had not been wounded, joined in the male bear was allowed in his territory; search of their arrows. attack against the old she-bear! and he did his killing at night, they One of Young's arrows was missing! The four animals were milling about in found. Had he hit the big fellow, after all? this glorified family row, pawing,biting, mad Picking out the most-traveled trail, the Thoughts of sleep or food were forptten. with rage, when the archers again loosed archers built themselves a blind, being care Quickly they took up his trail- This was their steel-tipped shafts. Just at that mo ful to select a spot near a tree with low- dangerous business, and they knew it. But ment the mother reared on her hind legs, the hanging limbs. For they expected to have they persisted, and soon found a few drops better to cuff her rebellious offspring. Young's to run for it, once they had made an ani of blood. A little farther on they found arrow was already deep in her chest, and mated pin-cushion of the big grizzly. The where the big grizzly had clambered over a now Pope drove in another. Rearing and wind blew steadily up the canyon, and carried windfall, leaving a trail of blood. Deep in February, 1935 the forest of jack-pines he had rested. Be yond that point they found the fore part of Young's arrow; it had gone through the monster! Nearby they found the feathered end, which the bis prizzly had pulled out with his teeth. They came upon his bed, at the foot of a great fir. Then they lost W'. si the trail completely, For five hours they searched. At last, worn out by their exer tions and the excitement and lack of sleep, they lay down upon the hillside and slept through the daylight hours. .At sunset, still determined to find that bear, they began the search all over again. They retraced their steps, and again lost the trail at the big fir. Plodding about in ever-widening circles, they discovered the huge monster, cold and stiff in death, on a ledge below the rim of the canyon. The one arrow had killed him. Sustained by steaks cut from the cub, they spent the en tire night skinning the brute. Later they weighed him in sections, and he tipped the y scales at almost 1,000 pounds! Had he been fat, as grizzlies are in the autumn, he would have weighed 1,400 pounds—more than a good-sized horse! He stood nearly four feet high at the shoulders. ... The sun rose over the mountain ridges and gilded the tops of the jack-pines. The weary nights of watch ing, the danger, the short rations—all were forgotten in that moment of triumph. The hunters were content. The Night of Charity (Conli/jued from page 6) at Lady Lisle's. "Why, that is very well," said the colonel, his smile more sinister than ever. "Trouble not yourself about that." OurTyear old whiskej^ And Barter, the unreasoning instrument of Fate, was not to know that the apprehend ing of a couple of traitorous Jack Presbyters was of small account to Colonel Penrud- dock by comparison with the satisfaction of is older than7years the blood-feud between himself and the tions require us to call a "blend." But House of Lisle. When we say, "Not a Drop is Sold Meanwhile the fugitives were being enter Till it's 7 Years Old," we mean it it is a blend onlyof the same whiskey tained at Moyle's Court, and whilst they sat of different ages. at supper in a room above-stairs, Dunne literally. We have never lowered the So you are getting whiskey older being still of the party, my lady came in aeeine time by so much as a week. than 7 years for a price that is most person to see that they had all that they We never will. On the contrary, we reasonable for 7 year old whiskey. It required, and stayed a little while in talk add older whiskies to each run—often %vith them. There was some mention of is exactly the same as we are selling Monmouth and the battle of Sedgemoor, quite a few years older. This produces in Ireland. Have you tried it? It is which was natural, that being the topic of a finer product and we shall continue very good. the hour. to do It. This is what U. S. regula My lady asked no questions at the time regarding Hicks' long, lean companion. But It occurred to her later that perhaps she should know more about him. Early next morning, therefore, she sent for Hicks as he John Jameson was in the act of sitting down to breakfast, and by her direct questions elicited from him that this companion was that Richard Nelthorp outlawed for his share in the Rye House Plot. Not only was the information alarming, but it gave her a sense that she IRISH WHISKEY had not been dealt with fairly, as indeed she JOHn"^MESON 6-son ltd. bow street, distillery, DUBLIN, IRELAND told him. "You will see, sir," she concluded, "that you cannot bide here. So long as I thought it was on the score of Nonconformity alone I BY APPOINTMENT TO ^ that you were suffering persecution, I was willing to take some risk in hiding you. But yClHy Hl$ MAJESTY THE KING since your friend is what he is, the risk is greater than I should be asked to face, for my own sake and for that of my daughters. Nor can I say that I have ever held plottings and civil war in anything but abhorrence— as much in the old days as now. I am a IMPORTED AND GUARANTEED BY W. A . TAYLO R & C O. N.Y. {Conlinued on page 40) 40 The Elks Magazine (Continued from page 39) military cynicism. A mirror was shattered, loyal woman, and as a loyal woman I must and some boards of the floor were torn up bid you take your friend hence as soon as because a sergeant conceived that the blows your fast is broken." of his halbert rang hollow. The corpulent and swarthy Hicks stood When the tumult was at its height, came dejectedly before her. He might have her ladyship at last into the room, where pleaded, but at that moment there came a Colonel Penruddock stood watching the op loud knocking at the gates below, and in erations of his men. She stood in the door stantly Carpenter flung into the room with way leaning upon her ebony cane, her faded a white, scared facc and whirling gestures. eyes considering the gaunt soldier with re "Soldiers, my lady!" he panted in affright. proachful question. "We have been betrayed. The presence of "Sir," she asked him with gentle irony, Mr. Hicks here is known. What shall we masking her agitation, "has my house been do? What shall we do?" given over to pillage?" She stood quite still, her countenance en He bowed, doffmg his plumed hat with an tirely unchanged, unless it were to smile a almost excessive courtesy. little upon Carpenter's terror. The mercy "To search, madame," he corrected her. of her nature rose dominant now. And added: "In the King's name." "Why, we must hide these poor fellows "The King," she answered, "may ^ive as best we can," said she; and Hicks flung you authority to search my house, but not down upon one knee to kiss her hand with to plunder it. Your men are robbing and protestations that he would sooner he hanged destroying." than bring trouble upon her house. _He shrugged. It was the way of soldiers. But she insisted, calm and self-contained; Fine manners, he suggested, were not to be and Carpenter carried Hicks away to bestow expected of their kind. And he harangued him, together with Dunne, in a hole in the her upon the wrong she had done in harbor malt-house under a heap of sacking. Nel- ing rebels and giving entertainment to the thorp had already vanished completely on King's enemies. his own initiative. "That is not true," said she. "I know of WITH SOOTHING no King's enemies." IVTeANWHILE, the insistent knocking at He smiled darkly upon her from his great the gate continued. Came shouted demands height. She was so frail a body and so old to open in the name of the King, until from that surely it was not worth a man's while ABSORBINE JR. a window my lady's daughters looked out to to sacrifice her on the altar of revenge. But challenge those who knocked. not so thought Colonel Penruddock. There Colonel Penruddock, who had come in fore he smiled. person with the soldiers to raid the house of "Two of them, a snivelling Jack Presbyter YOU can take the word of ath his hereditary foe, stood forth to answer, named Hicks and a rascal named Dunne, letes—men who Have to get very stiff and brave in his scarlet coat and are taken already. Pray, madame, be so black plumed hat. free and ingenuous .with me—aye, and so quick relief from bumps, bruises, "You have rebels in the house," he an kmd to yourself—as if there be any other or pain-knotted muscles. The way nounced, "and I require you in the King's person concealed in your house—and I am to make thatthrobbing torture dis name to deliver them up to me." sure there is somebody else—to deliver him And then, before they could answer him, up. and you shall come to no further appear is to rub on Absorbine Jr. came Carpenter to unbar the door, and trouble." admit them to the court. Penruddock, She looked up at him, and returned him standing squarely before the steward, ad smile for smile. No matter whether that ache monished him very sternly. "I know nothing," she said, "of what you comes from an accident, over- "Friend,'' said he, "you had best be in tell me, or of what you ask." genuous with me and discover who are in His countenance hardened. exercise or "the weather"—no your lady's house, for it is within my knowl 'Then, mistress, the search must go on." edge that some strangers came hither last matter whether it's in the mus But a shout from the adjoining room an night." nounced that it was at an end. Nelthorp cles of your arm, your shoulder, The stricken Carpenter stood white-faced had been discovered and dragged from the and trembling. chimney into which he had crept. your neck, your back or your legs "Sir—sir—" he faltered. —just massage the throbbing tis But the colonel was impatient. "Come, come, my friend. Since I know Almost exactly amonth later—on August sues with good old Absorbine Jr., they are here, there's an end on't. Show me —^be Lady Alice Lisle was brought to where they are hid if you would save your the bar of the court-house at Winchester and you can feel the delicious 3 charge of high treason. own neck from the halter." The indictment ran that secretly, wickedly,' warmth sink in and the pain It was enough for Carpenter, The pair in and traitorously she did entertain, conceal, the malt-house might have eluded all search comfort, uphold, and maintain John Hicks, come OUT! but for the steward's pusillanimity. Incon knowing him to be a false traitor, against tinently, he betrayed the hiding-place. the duty of her allegiance and against the It makes you feel so good, you "But, sir, of your charity do not tell my peace of "our soverign lord the King that mistress that I have told you. Pray, sir—" now is." want to tell the world about it. Is Penruddock brushed him aside as if he Demurely dressed in grey, the little white- there a bottle of Absorbine Jr. in had been a pestering fiy, and with his men haired lady calmly faced the Lord Chief went in, and straight to the spot where Justice Jeffreys and the four judges of oyer your home now? There certainly Hicks and Dunne were lurking. When he and terminer who sat with him, and con ought to be. You can get it from had taken them, he swung round on Car fidently made her plea of "Not Guilty." penter, who had followed. It was inconceivable that Christian men any druggist—$1.25—it takes so "These be but two," he said, "and to my should deal harshly with her for a technical little to give relief that the cost knowledge three rogues came hither last offense amounting to an act of Christian night. No shuffling with me, rascal. Where charity. And the judge, sitting there in his per application is almost too small have you bestowed the other?" robe of scarlet reversed with ermine, looked "I swear, as Heaven's my witness, I do to figure. Or write for a free sam a gentle, kindly man; his handsome oval, not know where he is," protested the afflicted youthful face—Jeffreys was in his thirty- ple, addressing W. F. Young, Inc., steward, truly enough. sixth year—set in the heavy black periwig, Penruddock turned to his men. was so pale that the mouth made a vivid Springfield, Massachusetts. "Make search," he bade them; and search line of scarlet; and the eyes that now sur was made in the ruthless manner of such veyed her were large and liquid and com searches. The brutal soldiers passed from room to • passionate, as it seemed to her. room beating the wainscoting with pike and She was not to know that the pallor which musket-butts, splintering and smashing heed gave him so interesting an air, and the ABSORBINE JR. lessly. Presses were burst open and their dark stains which lent his eyes that gentle contents scattered; chests were broken into wistfulness, were the advertisements at once RoKeves sore muscles, muscular aches, bruises, and emptied, the searchers appropriatine of the delDauch that had kept him from sprains, sleeplessness, Athlete's Foot such objects as took their fancy, with true his bed until after two o'clock that morning and of the inexorable disease that slowly February, 1935 41 gnawed ,a\vay his life and enraged him out of all humanity. And the confidence his gentle countenance inspired was confirmed by the first words he had occasion to address to her. She had interrupted counsel to the Crown when, in his opening address to the jury—composed of some of the most considerable gentlemen of Hampshire—he seemed to imply that she had been in sympathy with Monmouth's nlvW cause. She was, of course, without counsel, and must look herself to her dcfence. "My lord," she cried, "I abhorred that re bellion as much as any woman in the world!" Jeffreys leaned forward with a restraining gesture. "Look you, Mrs. Lisle,".-he admonished her sweetly, "because we must observe the common and usual methods of trial in your case I must interrupt you now." And upon that he promised that she should be fully heard in her own defense at the proper time, and that himself he would instruct her in the forms of law to her advantage. He reassured her by reverent allusions to the great Judge of Heaven and Earth, in whose sight they stood, that she should have jus tice. "And as to what you say concerning yourself," he concluded, "I pray God with all my heart you may be innocent." He was benign and reassuring. But she had the first taste of his true quality in the examination of Dunne—a most unwilling witness. Reluctantly, under the pressure put upon him, did Dunne yield up the tale of how he had conducted the two absconders to my lady's house with her consent, and it was sought to prove that she was aware of their connection with the rebellion. The stubbornly evasive Dunne was asked at last: "Do you believe that she knew Mr. Hicks before?" He returned the answer that already he had returned to many questions of the sort. "I cannot tell truly." & road will tour the nation end to end. Jeffreys stirred in his scarlet robes, and Here is ^ r..rJnirli^Q^istantlyrailshard for thedriving. crowdingRoad intoschedules eight shortmustweeks,be maintained of many his wistful eyes grew terrible as they bent thousands ofm -j delavs encountered must be made up between cities. from under beetling brows upon the witness. "Why," he asked, "dost thou think that she would entertain any one she had no Throughou" ail conditions of weather and temperature, engines must function per knowledce of merely upon thy message? fectly regardless of strain. Mr. Dunne, Mr. Dunne! Have a care. r, -I • to liavc becn selected to protect the Chevrolet Fleetduringthe It may be more is known to me of this 1935 G°od \\I1 • iaiiy under severe punishment. It will keep valves work- matter than you think for," protect all n?stons and cvlindcr walls when engines are pushed to the limit "My lord, I speak nothing but the truth!" bleated the terrified Dunne. -in^rcirpouTand^adr otherwise necessary "I only bid you have a care," Jeffreys repairs. ,.. smiled; and his smile was more terrible •! -11 fnrvourcar, too. It willsave you many times its cost in trouble than his frown. "Truth never wants a sub Pyroi will ^ motor life. If you haven't tried Pyroil, do so terfuge; it always loves to appear naked; free,today silkyInsist peon Its ^ ij j filliiit? of gasoline, oiland grease whichbelL.you it needs no enamel nor any covering. But lying and snivelivtg and canting and Hicksing Slnnl^aut^Tn^G^ed bv P.roil Company W. V. Kiddor, Pres., 606 always appear in masquerade. Come, go on LaFollette Ave., LaCrosse, Wis., U. b. A. with your evidence." But Dunne was reluctant to go on, and out of his reluctance he lied foolishly, and Geniiino Pyrnll ia protected pretended that both Hicks and Nelthorp by U. S.. Ciinuclian and were unknown' to him. When prised to foreign patents issued to say why he should have served two men W. V. Kiddcr. its inventor. Not sold under nny other whom he had never seen before, he an name. Look for tliis sig swered : nature on every faclory- "All the reason that induced me to it scaled cnn. was that they said they were men in debt, and desired to be concealed for a while." Then the thunder was heard in Jeffrey's voice, "Dost thou believe that any one here be lieves thee? Prithee, what trade art thou?" pyroil Company "My lord," stammered the unfortunate, "I— 606 I-nFolIettc Ave. LrtCrossc. Wls., U. S. A. I am a baker by trade." J nrn in knnutnic further faetfv of Pyroil'^ jTnp^'PtAncp to tbo j«*nt oncfJ^tiotx "And wilt thou bake thy bread at such of my Plcn"c 'cnd ftfd Trtu/ Ttil easy rates? Upon my word, then, thou OJff, at no obUf^lion. art very kind. Prithee, tell me. I believe thou dost use to bake on Sundays, dost thou not?" '"No, my lord, I do not!" cried Dunne indignantly. {Continued on page 42) The Elks Magazine (Continued from page 41) "My lord," said Dunne foolishly, "I was "Alackaday! Art precise in that," sneered frightened by the noise." the judge. "But thou canst travel on Sun "Prithee, what needest thou be afraid of, "COME OUT, FIDO days to lead rogues into lurking-holes." for thou didst not know Hicks nor Nelthorp; V // ' Later, when to implicate the prisoner, it and my lady only asked thee \^hether Hicks was sought to draw from Dunne a full ac were a Nonconformist parson. Surely, so -FRED^WONT count of the reception she had given his very innocent a soul needed no occasion to companions, his terror under the bullying be afraid, I doubt there was something in to which he was subjected made him con the case of that business we were talking of BITE YOU!" tradict himself more flagrantly than ever. before. If we could but get out of thee Jeffreys addressed the jury, what it was." I_ "You see, gentlemen, what a precious fel But Dunne continued to evade. low this is; a very pretty tool to be em My lord, I heard a great noise in the ployed upon such an-errand; a knave that house, and did not know what it meant. nobody would trust for half a crown. A bo^^I went and hid myself." Turk has more title to an eternity of bliss "It IS very strange thou shouldst hide than these pretenders to Christianity." thyself for a little noise, when thou knew- And as there was no more to be got from est nothing of the business." Dunne just then, he was presently dismissed, Again the witness, with a candle still held and Barter's damning evidence was taken. close to his nose, complained that he was Thereafter the wretched Dunne was recalled, quite cluttered out of his senses, and did to be bullied by Jeffreys in blasphemous not know what he was saying. terms that may not be printed here. But to tell the truth would not rob thee of any of thy senses, if ever thou Barter had told the Court how my lady nadst any," Jeffreys told him angrily. "But had come into the kitchen with Dunne, and it would seem that neither thou nor thy how, when he had afterwards questioned mistress, the prisoner, had any; for she knew Dunne as to why they had whispered and nothing of it either, though she had sent laughed together, Dunne told him she had for them thither." asked If he knew aughl of the business." _ "My lord," cried her ladyship at that, Jeffreys sought now to wring from Dunne i hope I shall not be condemned without what was this business to which he had so being heard." mysteriously alluded—this with the object of God forbid, Mrs. Lisle," he answered: establishing Lady Lisle's knowledge of and then viciously flashed forth a hint of Hicks treason. Dunne resisted more stubbornly than ever V forces of Nemesis at work against Jeffreys, exasperated—since without the ad lateI husband's time—you^know practicevery in yourwell mission It would be difficult to convict her what I mean—but God be thanked it is not ladyship—invited the jury to take notice so now." FIDO'S no man's fool IHe isn't afraid of the strange, horrible carriage of the fel of Fred's teetli, but he IS leary of tlie low,^ and heaped abuse upon the snivelling, canting sect of which he was a member, C AME next the reluctant evidence of Car Kcavy tear-gas that pufFs out of Fred's penter and his wife, and after that there finally, he remmded Dunne of his oath was yet a fourth equally futile attempt to never-cleaned briar. to tell the truth, and addressed him with a sort of loving ferocity. drag from Dunne an admission that her lady They tell us Fred is a dog-lover, hut What shall it profit a man to gain the ship was acquainted with Hicks' share in theycan't tell us he's a pipe-lover or he'd whole world and lo.se his own soul?" bel the rebellion. But if stupid, Dunne at least lowed that_ terrible judge, his eyes aflame. was staunch, and so, with a wealth of groom his briar now and then and switch Is not this the voice of Scripture itself? and addressed at lastJeffreys the prisoner,dismissedinviting him, to a pleasanter tobacco. Like Sir Walter And wilt thou hazard so dear and precious a thing as thy soul for a lie? Thou in her own defence. Raleigh. This unusual blend of friendly wretch ! All the mountains and hills of the to do so, fearlessly yet gently. world heaped upon one another will not My lord, what I have to say is this. I Kentucky Burleys has trotted to the front Knew of nobody's coming to my house but ^ver thee from the venceance of the Great Mr Hicks, and for him I was informed rank in popularity because it really IS God for this transgression of fal-^e-witne^s that he did abscond by reason of warrants milder, cooler, delightfully fragrant. Try bearing," tnat were out against him for preaching in "I cannot tell what to say, my lord" private meetings; for that reason I sent a tin... andhearyour friends yelp for Joy I gasped Dunne. to nun to come by night. But I had never heard that Nelthorp was to come with him, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation I In his rage to see all efforts vain, the judge's language became that of the cock nor what name Nelthorp had till after he Louisville, Kentucky. Dept. E-52 pit._ Recovering at last, he tried gentleness '"y house. I could die upon again, and very elaborately invited Dunne, suspect that he had beenI did in not the in army, the least be FREE in my lady's own interest, to tell him what ing a Presbyterian minister that used to BOOKLET was the business to which he had referred preach and not to fight " tells howto make to Barter. your pipe taste "She asked me whether I did not know you." Jeffreys interrupted better, sweeter. that Hicks was a Nonconformist." " ;' there is not one of those lymP- Ike carb Write for a copy. snivelling, cantering Presbyterian rascals but "That cannot be all. There must be one way or the other had a hand in the late PI ft something more in it." "Yes, my lord," Dunne protested, "it is hornd conspiracy and rebellion." all. I know nothing more." and the practices' abhorredof the both late rebellion," the principlesshe "Was there ever such an impudent ras cal?" roared the judge. "Dost think that, that if she had been tried after all the pains I have been at to get an m London, my Lady Abergavenny and many answer, thou canst banter me with such other persons gf quality could have testified sham stuff as this? Hold the candle to with what detestation she had spoken of the his brazen face, that we may see it clearly." she had been in London Dunne stood terrified and trembling un "V/f f^°"mouth had been beheaded. . der the glance of those terrible eyes. tKo i had known the time of my trial in "My lord," he cried, "I am so baulked, the country, she pursued, "I could have had 1 am cluttered out of my senses." the testimony of those persons of honour for ."^pam he was put down whilst Colonel Tih ^ have been told, and so Fenruddock gave his evidence of the ap thought It would have been, that I should prehension of the rebels. When he had told not have been tried for harbouring Mr. Hicks how he found Hicks and Dunne concealed traitor,T I did abhorhimself thosebe thatconvict were as m under some stuff in the malt-house, Dunne the plot and conspiracy against the King. was brought back yet again, that Jeffreys I know my duty to my King better, and //V Ti^^—AND IT'S MILDER might resume his cross-examination have always exercised it. I defy anybody _ "Dunne, how came you to hide yourself in the world that ever knew contrary to in the malt-house?" come and give testimony." February, 1935

His voice broke harshly upon the pause, "Have you any more to say?" "As to what they say to my denying Nelthorp to be in the house," she resumed. "I was in very great consternation and fear of the soldiers, who were very rude and violent. I beseech your lordship to make that construction of it, and not harbour an ill opinion of me because of those false re ports that go about of me, relating to my carriage towards the old King, that I was anyways consenting to the death of King Charles I; for, my lord, that is as false as God is true. I was not out of my chamber 'y all that day in which that king was be headed, and I believe I shed more tears for him than any other woman then living. "And I do repeat it, my lord, as I hope to attain salvation, I never did know Nel thorp, nor did I know of anybody's com ing but Mr. Hicks. Him I knew to be a Nonconformist minister, and there being, as is well known, warrants out to apprehend all Nonconformist ministers, I was willing to give him shelter from these warrants, which I knew was no treason." "Have you any more to say for your self?" he asked her. "My lord," she was beginning, "I came but five days before this into the coun try." "Nay," he broke in, "I cannot tell when you came into the country, nor I don't care. It seems you came in time to har bour rebels " o my She protested that if she would have ventured her life for anything, it would have been to serve the King. You may combine the qualities "But, though I could not fight for him of Samson and Clark Gable . .. myself, my son did; he was actually in arms on the King's side in this business. You might be able to provide It was I that bred him in loyalty and to silk, satins and rich sable; fight for the King.' "Well, have you done?" he asked her But justthe some a man like you brutally. can't satisfy my craving. "Yes, my lord," she answered, and re It's high time someone told you that sumed her seat, trembling a little from the exertion and emotion of her address. His charge to the jury began. It was very You can't get by long, and the first half of it was taken up with windy rhctoric in which the Almighty withoutshaving was invoked at every turn. It degenerated at one time into a sermon upon the text of "render unto C.Tsar," inveighing against the Presbyterian religion. And the dull length of his lordship's periods, combined with the monotone in which he spoke, lulled the wearied lady at the bar into slumber. the Gillette"Blue Blade".Thisblade She awakened with a start when suddenly Comic Valentines sometimes hurt ise.specially processed for quick, easy his fist crashed down and his voice rose your feelings, butmany of them in fierce denunciation of the late rebellion teach important lessons. Here's one strokes on sensitive faces. Its edges But she was dozing again—so calm and so for every man who iscareless about are smooth—automatically ground, little moved was she—before he had come lioned and stropped by methods not to apply his denunciations to her own case shaving. If you know one who and this in spite of all her protests that neglects his beard—appears mpub to be compared with those used by she had held the rebellion in abhorence. lic with stubble on his face—why any other manufacturer. It was all calculated to prejudice the minds not do him a real favor by mailing The Gillette "Blue Blade" is rust- of the jurymen before he came to the facts and the law of the case. And that charge him this Valentine? It might do a resisting, tempered by exclusive of his throughout, far from being a judicial lot of good. For apparently some process and is "anchored" in its en summing-up, was a virulent address for the people still don't realize that bristles velope so it reaches you undamaged prosecution, just as his bearing hitherto in arerepulsive—make a man look un —as keen as it left the factory. examining and cross-examining witnesses had tidy, ill-kept and often lose him the been that of counsel for the Crown. The These facts will be apparent the statement that she had made in her own respect of others. defence he utterly ignored, save in one Todaythere is absolutely no ex first time you use the Gillette "Blue particular, where he saw his opportunity cuse for neglect. 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(As if that were not at advance...NOW...wbUo you Curtly he answered them that beyond can tako odvantntco of Mid- 54VE TO t^ time a common topic of discussion.) west'n ncTuational vnhics.'* doubt it was, and upon that assurance the Lome, come, gentlemen," he ^aid. with no tni^ldlemca'a profitn to jury withdrew, the Court settled down into pay. You savo 30% to 60^ ;..you Ret 30 daya FflEB 50% an expectant silence, and her ladyship dozed trial...as little oa S5.00 down puts q Mid- wofit radio in your boma. Sendcoupon or again in her chair. We ^do notWhistlerremember,was notmyyetlord,satisfied.that it penny posteard for FUEE eatalog! MIDWEST RADIO CORP. nTTr Established 1020 C5> The minutes passed. It was growing late, tlon asked any such qucs- Dept.69-A.Cincinnati, O., U.S.A. W. and Jeft'reys was eager to be done with this That put him in a passion. prejudged affair, that he might dine in iDcace, His voice broke the stillness of the bellowed, "you do not remem- F/l££ MlMtArVRE DIAL ASff court, protesting his angry wonder at the nMnnt t passed. Did not 30-DAY TRIAL OFFER../'iSf#CATALOC need to deliberate in so plain a case. He 2 MIDWEST RADIO CURP., Uccr-Agents Chi U such a discourse, Dept. 69-A, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mako Eaty was threatening to adjourn and let the jury ?i?rh ?rr, there were no • WiUjtnit obligation on my pnrt send Extra Money He by all night if they did not bring in their S ac your Dow FREE 1036-30 cataloK, mpJtment of the thing^""cumstancesare as full andproofmanage-as can Cbcck Hero verdict quickly. When, at the end of a half- S FREE Miniature Dial, and com- for _ E'5^ dotnils of your liberal 30-diiy Dotaila •I hour, they returned, his fierce, impatient Mrs n doubt of!" ^ • 'ilEEtiiolofler.TbisisNOTanoKler. glance found them ominously grave. There was a faint "My lord," said Mr. Whistler, the fore my lord, I hope—" she began, in j Name.. 5 man, I'we have to beg of your lordship some or'fT°V°" srey old facc.. ; : directions before we can bring our verdict. f"'ther ' ^ • Addreis S We have some doubt upon us whether there • : fprrin • "ow!" thundcrcd 5 Town State ; be sufficient proof that she knew Hicks to silent thus struck her ^ n Cbock hero if intorcat«d in abntt«iy nulio. S have been in the army." Well might they doubt it, for there was will «as soon at an end. Withinhis formidablea quar- Febritory, 193S ter of an hour the jury announced their verdict. They Tound her guilty. '•Gentlemen," said his lordship, "I did not think. I should have occasion to speak after your verdict, but, finding some hesitancy and doubt among you, I cannot but say I won der it should come about; for I think, in thevm my conscience, the evidence was as full and plain as it could be, and if I had been among you, and she had been my own mother, I should have found her guilty." cuippiNG PORT She was brought up for sentence on the morrow, together with several others sub Sr sequently convicted. Amid fresh invectives against the religion she practised, he con demned her to be burned alive—which was the proper punishment for high treason— ordering the sherifi to prepare for her exe cution that same afternoon. "But look you, Mrs. Lisle," he added, "we that are the judges shall stay in town an hour or two. You shall have pen, ink, and paper, and if, in the meantime, you employ that pen, ink, and paper and that hour or two well—you understand what I mean it may be that you shall hear further from us in a deferring of this execution." What was this meaning that he assumed she understood? Jeffrey had knowledge of Kirke's profitable traffic in the West, and it is known that he spared no means of ac quiring an estate suitable to his rank which he did not possess by way of patrimony. Thus cynically he invited a bribe. It is the only inference that explains the subsequent rancour he displayed against her, aroused by her neglect to profit by his suggestions. The intercession of the divines of Winchester procured her a week's reprieve, and in that week, her puissant friends in London, headed by the Earl of Abergavcnny, petitioned the King on her behalf. Even Feversham, the victor of

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judge for ten years, always a familiar figure Solly avoided his old friends and moved prancing to and fro in the arena on his on toward the "death cells" as the wild AIRFLOW showy bay horse. horse corrals were dubbed. Abruptly at a Presently Solly was piuting down toward comer he saw Jean Maitland talking with the wild horse corrals having a mind to Dirk Fleming. The sight of them together take a look at the outlaw. took the starch out of him, but he had It was past mid-day now. Within the presence of mind enough to turn deliberately grounds of Frontier Park was a swirling, away as Jean turned and saw him. changing, colorful pageantry of the old West He ducked into a bar, hurried through and as it has been preserved for the modern out the back way. A bit later he was rodeo arena. climbing to the narrow plank walk at the A Man's Pipe A steady stream of people, mostly tender- top of the corrals. His eye had already PATENT feet, were filing into the stands; over all OLai^fi bowl holds sufB- PENDING centered on the big black he had come to deot tobacco forareal, hung a happy babble of voices and laughter, ride—the one horse in the world that had comforting smoke. 1935 punctuated by the yelling of pop and candy ever gotten Solly Stoner's goat. Easily Cleaned vendors. Man-killer here, as everywhere, was a ©Spiral air channel, big Solly leaned on the stockade, watching the creature apart. He stood in the far corner enough todothe job doings with moody and superficial regard. of a corral, and the dozen other mavericks right, catches all sludge, A reckless, defiant mood gripped him. The easilycleaned—just slip with him gave him a wide berth in their spiral outand clean like old zest and gusto of the game was quite m.illing and rearing. Whenever they came an ordinary pipe. gone for him this year. He was here for too close the black lashed out with his hind Doubie*BarreIed but one thing—the business of riding Man- legs and sometimes turned to slash with grin- ©Extra air-cool killer to a stop or being kicked to death nmg white teeth. Then he would subside ing chamber doing it. Outside of that nothing mattered. into immobility again, standing with head assures cool, clean, The quicker he could get it over with the down, sad-eyed, as if whipped or dejected. dry smoke. No better. He hadn't signed up for any of the Other pipe has it. That hoss must be sick," Solly remembered usual contests. one peeler remarking the year before, and he recalled the way the old hands had Abruptly ahand dapped him forcefully laughed. He had found out the meaning on the shoulder. He jerked round angrily of that laugh later. to confront Russ Armstrong. If there was Roosting on top of the chute Solly anyone he didn't want to see just now it watched the black for a while, studying him was Russ, who had been his partner and irom all angles, drawn by a fascination to runner-up for two seasons. "Solly!" Russ jubilated, gripping his iind out what kept the demons dancing in narrow tortured brain-pan. He dif friend's arm with both hands. "So you de fered from the other buckers in that he cided to come after all." Solly didn't answer. showed few of the obvious and ordinary NOW! "That letter of yours saying you wasn't signs of his ilk. From the side, his eye was entering this season, just about steam-rolled he saddest thing Solly had ever seen, some FOR A me," Russ hurried on. "There's somebody thing like human grief written there. But else'Il get a jolt out of this too. Jean Mait- presently, sensing his enemy, man, close by, LASTING COOL Smoke land. Saw her this morning and she was turned and looked at him squarely 'T*HE AIRFLOW is a gentleman's quality-pipe asking about you." TheTk changeu ^^ddenwassnoringstartlingintakeThereof thewas breath.Killer, _ —a hand finished masterpiece in pipe mak "She was, eh?" said Solly. ing—made from selected briar roots (if a root "I told her you weren't coming down and written as plainly as if the capital letters of isn't perfect, it doesn't make an Airflow), with she bet me five to one you'd show, and I the word flashed in red light froin _those the beautiful, smooth, natural true briar finish. took her up on it. What changed your thewhite-rimmedhair stirredeyeballs.at the backIn spiteof Sollyof h'^self,s head. One size; one shape; sold at one price—$7.50. mind, kombre?" "Nothing," said Solly dully. "I ain't here For years he had known the outlaws of Guaranteed for 5 Years to contest, Russ. Just blew in to settle a the game, most of them runty, duJl-wUtcd The exclusive patented features of AirfJow in no way certain matter—" weaken its construction. The easy-cleaning parts will "Not goin' to contest?" cried Russ Arm hke old Rail Fence, standing just stand years of use. Study the photograph and see how helow him, relying on brute strength, too simple and ejfective are the improvements. No juices, strong, "And you the bustinest horse-hand flakes or ash can come through the two air channels. in Wyoming! Listen, Solly. Give it to me TInHUndertaker, looking'^thal; otherscalm andlike thequ'ej,elderlybut straight. Did Man-killer hurt you bad last "mbusting with devilish squealings the mo- BE FIRST to Smoke One season; is that the reason?" "No hurt that didn't heal," said Solly, whv flanker was tightened. He saw TRTST1 mrlJj /^TnTfTR Smokejf yQuan Airflow not completely10 dayssatisand meeting his friend's look squarely, "I'm off Man b-n been able to stay uith fied, return it and we will promptly refund your money. the show game, that's all." w^"^ " ^peculiar brand of bucking. He "Solly, you blamed fool, listen to reason, W longer geared than any out BEAUTIFUL HANDY I and you throwin' in together have got law m the pen; his breeding was thorough- about half of them prizes hooked before we 5«^v-horse. But what a beauty he FREE Pipe & Tobacco Pouch start and you know it. Jack Wright ain't ^as, barring those eyes and the mud and A practical, fine calfskin here this year; neither is Newt Home. combination Pipe and c"ean''A°K hidewhich no one da ed Tobacco Holder, with Snap out of it, fella, and be yourself." ^0 fit any man's deep X'•our 3-letter monogram in Some quality in his friend's insistence hair k sensitive ears c ^ -2-KgoIdon2; it- {Thispouch sent Solly's temper surging. atone is woTtli S2.00.) A com Hbs straight back and well-sprung plete pipeset you'll be proud "Damn it, you got my answer. Leave me to own and happy to enjoy. alone!" he snapped shortly and turning hi/^f: "movement the stallion shoved away through the crowd, 10 DAY TRIAL ORDER COUPON A bit later he was hating himself for s^narlecl terrible teeth and actually doing such a thing to Russ .Armstrong. No ''That's right," said Solly, LANDON & WARNER Tell 'em what vou'll do to the next 360 No. Michigan Ave., Dept* ^8 one could have a truer friend; there was CHICACO, ILL. nothins Rus? wouldn't do for a man. It that ndes yuh. Yuh poor lonely _ GENTLEMEN: Yes. send me the dZ] was the temper of his scrappy sire that had never had a real chance, thats AIRI'LOW for 10.(lay trial under money-back-if-I- am-not-satisficd aRrceracnl. Also the free pouch with gotten the better of him, at that mention of PL "tatter with yuh." fUgj toy inonoiirain in gold. Jean. For It had always been Solly's theory hat Enclosed OS/ deposit. ScndG.O.D. Down the street Solly shouldered his way through the thickening crowd, mostly city hut horses in the game «ere folk who had been finding tenderfoot ex dcncd'livcr" " citement through the forenoon in replicas It was remarkable how swiftly of old welcome and gambling hells built and eot round that someone was TOWN STATE named expressly for that purpose. Faro and Man-killer as a special stunt next -——PUBA8B MAIL 08BPDL CARD CATAU>0 Q—i Early in morning the word was g ^g monte games were booming. he rounds among the contestants. February^ 193S

Stoner's name was still withheld, and the majority believed that some fame-crazy local rider was to make the try. But that only increased the expectancy. At noon the programs were out. By one o'clock the stands bid fair to be filled to overflowing, for the crowd today would be OLD BUSHMILLS sure to get its money's worth. Here was meat to satisfy their morbid sensation- hunger, for the chances were high that Man- killer would kill his rider. Likewise bets ran high, for the well known character of WHISKEY Man-killer gave heart to the gambling fraternity. Two o'clock P.M., hot and windless, and the calf-tying contest nearing a close. For twenty minutes some of the greatest work the crowd had ever seen had been going on in the dust. Bud Van Ness, an'unknown youngster from Idaho who had lounged in front of the hotel all morning eating candy bars and ice cream cones, was unexpectedly showing up Bob Davis and Paddy Gillan, the old top-notchers in the game. The kid TRADE MARK was putting some new acrobatics into the AitoMue $nDi6nns»> work, which were spectacular and not a little dangerous, and pulling yells from the stands. Van Ness's final tie was made forty feet ☆ from where Solly perched on the boot-worn walk above the chutes. The judge dropped his hat, the calf cut the line and charged across the arena stiff-legged and bawling. Van Ness streaked after, his pigging string Its flavor puts between his teeth, throw rope looped over his right shoulder. The rope whistled down \\ within a hundred feet of the start and Van this honest old Ness was off his horse before it tautened. There seemed hardly a pause between the thud of the yearling on the sod and the rais whiskey in a class ing of Van Ness's hands above the dust r- ®iyiSIHlMIJl!.lts marking the finished tying. ' "Fourteen seconds flat, and the winning tie," bawled the announcer through the completely by it relay of loud-speakers. "This boy's quite an artist, but nobody's suspectcd it so far but his folks. We'll be hearin' more of him self ... before the season's out." A BUNCH of the boys crowded around young Van Ness, pawing and clapping his shoulders. There was Jack Conroy of Tuc son; Windy Johnson, the Montana bucking champ; Hod Archer, the best bulldoggcr Our trade mark 1 SHAW I on every bottle known to the game; and Tex Riley and Bob Davis, both from Texas and aces in their THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF QUALITY line. Solly would formerly have been down among them; now he sat watching moodily What call had a man who would presently ALEX D. SHAW & CO., INC., 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK be hauled off the arena in the meat-cart to get steamed up over a new champ? Another bunch of entrants now trotted into the arena for the roping contest—five "fturfiet tanned and leathery men who could loop ^Wiicn all else falls end your suffw- uncanny skill into their lariats, here to com ingwiththe fle.\ible "no metal pete for the coveted Roosevelt Trophy HccfncFsuKWT Solly watched, picturing to himself what cKnc roil nu aoaxiMt would happen in the arena a half hour from now, when he would come racking out of the chutes on Man-killer for the ride that would live in vivid detail in the minds of learn at home the spectators for months to come. For the Heelner Atih Supvort C#. 45 M. E. Taylor Bid;. Loriwaifl. Ky. Arc yoii adult, alert, ambitiousjwillingto study? idea had steadily grown on him that he InvestigateLAW! We gxiideyou step by step- would never live through that ride, grown furnish all texts, including14-volumeLawLibra to a conviction that sprang from the pit of ry. Xniining prepared by leading law professors fear the killer had first opened up in him. and given by members of bar. Degree of LL. B. He had spells of foreboding as if someone pracUcnl huudbook. (or flsbcrnicn. conferred. Low cost, easy terms. Send NOW had kicked the wind out of him, and the laficijtaI i^ Mjnb^lo ^ui for Free,64-page"LawTniining'forLeudership." more he mulled the stronger they grew. He LaSalle Extension University, Dept.2328-L, Chicago thought of Joe Haskins and the feelings he CREEK CHUB BAIT COMPANY . ^ had had the day before he was killed in the Randolph Street ^arrotttjnd. arena. And there was Slim Mellott who had talked of a premonition for a week before RAISE BULLF^GS WANT A STEADY JOB? a Bramah steer got him. Such thoughts as A NEW INOUSTRYI BIG PROFITS. NO COMPETITION these swirled through his head, snapping his llcMdcr Inja lU.OUU -.ich vvir. IBcllKrO.;' fl t" Sj ''"i- No Work for "Uncle Sam" Ourridii'; I'm';.' ••tlitti.T. WrilH' ttid »y Start SI,260 to S2,/00 Vcar morale. AMERICAN FROG CANNING CO. New Orleans. La. ^ MKN'- WOMIvV IS tr> oO. Common That sort of thing would never do. He jy IMiio;iil<»ii iisu;illy siiitU-li'iil. Miiiiy Tr .^pi iiix 0 x n m i n a I i mis oxiiocli'ii. dropped from his high perch determined to Wrilo ImiiK'iiiati'ly for froo SU-PUBO bolster himself with the false courage of red ' Qiuw (Hushrooms In your collar . liiHiU. vvUti list ni' imsltions unU or shed. Exclusive iiciv iirucuss. BlKser. bolter. / loHiiit; Imw to KCl llicm. hquor if need be. But on the way he saw QuiiUaTcrops. Moromoncyforyou! Enormousfi HOW cicuiiind- Wriio for Free Booh. American W FRANKLIN INSTITUTE {Continued on page 48) Mushroom lndustries,Dopt. s&l.XoiODto.Ont.A' Dept. N233 Roetiaster, N. Y. 48 The Elks Magazine

(Continued from page 47) high drama in that which only seasoned Jean Maitland and Dirk Fleming together hands could appreciate. again, coming from the grandstands, and the The gate swung free, the crowd around hurt and bitterness that welled up in him the chutes scuttled, and squealing, careen at sight of them was stronger than any ing and plunging the killer shot out into drink. Abruptly his mind sluffed off its the arena. misery. He was glad that he had carried For a hundred feet Man-killer rocketed, out this wild idea of getting kicked to death. kicking at the moon like a cat in a fit, pull It would be quick and easy enough he ing yell after yell from the stands. The reckoned. One second after he was thrown first six racking twists almost uncoupled the outlaw's hoof would put him out. Solly's spine, but he stuck. Reaching up he "About fifteen minutes to go, Solly," said raked his steel shod heels across the manure- a voice, and he turned to see Jim Titus be stained shoulders, left and right, high and side him. "They're puttin' the saddle on handome. It wasn't called for in this REDUCE him now." special stunt, but he was bent on fighting "Have 'em screw down that hull tight, and winning now according to the rules. 4 to 6 Inches will you?" Solly asked. The answer was a scream and a renewed "You bet. It's shore goin' to surprise 'em plunging as if the saddle beneath Solly were cinched to a cyclone. The horizon pitched some when they find it's you on that hoss. crazily; on Solly's left the sun-baked earth ...without drugs The announcer's tipped off. We'll play it shot up suddenly so close that he flung out up right. Say, how about that flanker?" an arm to save the impact; then the ground "Cut him in two with it," said Solly dropped away again like a flapped canvas; ..without dietinq grimly. then up, but he had stayed. His hat was Approaching the chutes again, Solly off now and slapping at the flat scarred ears stopped and tried to turn aside, but Jean while his spurs raked again from shoulder Maitland stood directly in his way. She to flank. . .orYour Money was tense and breathless. Dimly he heard the yelling of the crowd "Solly," she began, and there was a qual as the stands reeled past. A crash as the t Refunded .. ity in her voice that started his pulses racing. "Where have you kept yourself? horse hurtled into the arena wall, but some I've been looking for you all day." instinct swifter than brain had jerked his "I been well hid," he said sarcastically, leg up in time to save it from being mashed. His teeth cut into his tongue and he spat out "behind Dirk Fleming's shadow." "Solly, you fool—" she began, then a mouthful of blood as he recovered. Then checked herself with a great effort. "Lis out across the arena again, Man-killer's hind ten, are you—is it true what I heard—about quarters lashing sidewise like a black-snake your saddle going on Man-killer?" with its head pinned to the ground. Solly clenched his teeth, holding back the dark "Who says that?" "Two or three of the boys were talking— cloud that lowered over his brain. Blindly he fed steel again, because it wasn't true that and I recognized the saddle myself-—" *'I wore the Director Belt and reduced "Just another nutty rumor," said Solly he was afraid of Man-killer now. Also be my waistline from 42 to 33 inches. Prac harshly. "Is that all?" cause Jean Maitland would be watching. tically a(l adipose tissue can surely be He was riding—the ride of his brief unhurt "It is true then—I know it. Solly, you life. .And he could do it again. All his old eliminated by its faithful use. I have can't! You mustn't do it!" recommended it tomanyofmy patients." "What business is it of yours what I confidence had returned. (Signed) R. A. LOWELL ride?" snapped Solly, then turned sharply His power began to mount, a great tri Physician aad Surgeon away, afraid of the giant force that gripped umphant force that rose from his very boot him as he looked into her eyes. She caught heels and gripped him till his jaw muscles stood out with it. He was fighting through, How DIRECTOR Works his sleeve. Director is fitted to your individual "Solly, listen," she cried. "It's plain sui slowly and surely mastering his horse! measure without laces, hooks or buttons. cide. I—I know what you're thinking— Raking and fanning and sitting it through, Its elastic action causes a gentle changing pressure on why you're doing it. I'm sorry for anything because of that vision of Jean Maitland's the abdomen bringing results formerly obtained only face at the last, as she stormed at him with by regular massage and exercise. Now all you have to I did. I couldn't stand it if anything hap hot tears in her eyes. He had to win—to do is slip on Director and watch results. pened to you—" "Better save that for Fleming," he flared. return and reap the promise behind those Improve Your Appearance She looked at him a moment. "I always eyes! This remarkable belt produces an instant im knew you were an idiot where women were provement in your appearance the moment you put it on. Note how much better your clothes fit and look concerned, but I never thought it would go Suddenly Solly was laughing, a wild, without a heavy waistline to pull them out of shape. this far," she said. "Do you think I don't crazy laugh that rose to an exultant yell as know the difference between a real man and Man-killer gathered himself anew and threw Restore Your Vigor a bunch of local color? Is it a girl's fault every last bit of deviltry into a iinal des "I received my belt last Monday," writes S. L. if someone starts making a play for her?" perate effort. Swapping ends with a snap, Brown, Trenton, N. J. "I feel IS years younger; no more tired and bloated feelings after meals." He started to answer but his voice his back arched to the stiffness of whale Director puts snap in your step, helps to relieve sounded far away. It died out entirely as bone, head low between his front feet, red "shortness of breath." restores your he took another look at her eyes and saw mouth and nostrils whistling forth squeal vigor. You look and feel years younger the moment you start to the truth there, heard it in her voice. Love after untameable squeal, he shot across the wear a Director. —and an actual fear for his safety. arena again, executing a soul-jarring whip Abruptly the electric announcing system lash convulsion at the end of each bound. Break Constipation Habit above the judges' stand began to bellow. But Solly, tougher than tungsten steel, still "I was 44 inches around the "Now ladies and gents," bawled the great stuck without pulling leather, while the Waist—now down to 371/^—feel bet voice of the horns, "comes the big event of mob in the stands ro«e to its feet to a man, ter—constipation gone—and know the belt has added years to my life." the day. A well-known rider is going to cutting loose with a roar that made the D. W. Bilderback, Wichita, Kans risk his life in the arena on Man-killer, the whole region echo as far south as Denver, Loose, fallen abdominal mus worst horse in the rodeo game, the horse so the evening paper caid. Then, though cles go back where they belonc Reduce The gentle changins action of Like This that has killed—" saddle and horse =eemed still between his Director increases elimination I,et uB Another instant he stood irresolute, knees, the whole world suddenly upset, the and regularity in a normal way prove our stunned and dizzy-glad at once by the great without the use of liarsh, irri claims.We'll earth struck upward mightily and that was ocnd aUiroetor confession he had read behind her tears. tating cathartics. or trial. If yon the end. do&'t (fet roflnttfi Too-late now to withdraw, even if he would. At least a hundred faces seemed hovering Mail Coupon Now! 70a owe oothlz^. Nothing he could say, even. *••••••••••••••••••••••••• over him when Solly came to, lymg on f cot Turning suddenly he sped toward the in the farrier's tent There were ten or eleven • LANDON & WARNER Depl.S-16 chutes. really, but ihcv swarmed around him like 2 360 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. Even the old contest hands, riders who I Genilonicn; Witliout obligation on my part bees; hands that had never before been ex H ple;tse send me the complete story of Director had witnessed a thousand rodeo events, were tended to him reached out to paw his shoul g Belt and give full particulars of your trial offer. quiet and attentive to a man, eyes on the der in a new camaraderie; hilarious voices chutes, when three minutes later Solly lauded him. But Sollv didn't hear the words. Name dropped into the saddle on the rearing tight- One thing only stood out for him, and he re- penned outlaw. For Man-killer was not Address called it with a groan. „ only the worst horse in the game, but Solly He stacked me in the dirt City Stale. Stoner was renewing a battle in which he dern brute!" came out with a g" P ^ had almost been killed before. Points of misery. "I didn't even stick out the whistle. February, 1935 "Whistle!" snorted Russ Armstrong, kneel ing beside him. "You stuck out two whis tles, palto. The trouble is nobody ever heard them whistles anyhow. The crowd Are You STILL in the was howhn' so for you that chunks of throat was comin' loose with every howl. You give 'em a ride they nev'er saw before. Lis ten to 'cm yellin' yet; that's all for you, hombre." Outside jubilant cries still sounded. Solly DEPRESSION?? listened wonderingly. "It don't make sense," he muttered. "Last I knew the ground was comin' up at me and Since this plan brings Man-killer was just whirlin' to pound me results into the dirt—and here I am with the old X Business bean still attached." He looked down the the rut—well ahead of a length of his wiry frame, still articulated in year ago. Millions of men works independently of all its several parts. have gone back to work, "That throw you got don't count none unbelievable as that may agamst the ride," Russ assured him. "Your There's more money in hoss let go all holts and somersaulted He was whirlin' on you though, and he'd a' got you only Jean Maitland galloped her hoss head-on into Man-killer an' knocked him you, if your pay check is clean off his feet. Before ho could get up still written in depression two-three of us had ropes on him " figures? I J depression all their lives. "Who licensed you to go spilling all you The few who forge ahead know, Russ Armstrong?" said Jean Mait You weren't so dis- 'm' . land s voice. The group parted to let her contented a year ago. In ride to success the same through. Some new and different under- business tides that sweep standmg could be felt between the two as fact, you considered Jean sat down with concern on the edge of yourself lucky to have a the majority to failure. Solly s cot. Catching Russ Armstrong's The LaSalle Success-Bu-ilding Plan is covert signal the boys filed out. job. But now—you have begun to won When they had gone, Solly sat up and der and worry why the oncoming tide made for men like you—men with cour Jean, assuring herself that he was not really of prosperity hasn't reached you yet. age, ambition, persistence, who need ex hurt, began to explain in her own way. But pert guidance to make the most of their she didn't get far for a farrier's tent is a The situation is getting desperate. Bills most conveniently deserted place on a bu-^y continue to pile up. You can t get along efforts. But LaSalle supplies even more rodeo afternoon, and when presently her forever ona "shoe string" budget. You than that. Not only individualized train lips were free again for speech, there was ing and coaching to help you meet to leally nothing left to explain must win back those pay cuts. Other men are doing it—how can you? day's crying needs . . . but also the very Certainly, you can't work any harder steps you need to take to fill the job than you have been. And it isn't a que.s- ahead, and force that pay raise quickly. tion of your intelligence, honesty or Any synopsis of this plan we could give Famous ambition. Those virtues do not solve here, would give you only an idea of this today's problem—they are often insuf service. We suggest you mail the cou Bridge Hands ficient to hold down a job, as millions pon for complete details on your own line of work. {Continued from page 25) unemployed sadly testify. Butthere is a way to get back to the Today's Danger of diamonds conventionally shows the queen prosperity pay check. A way that's and probably the ten behind it. With live There's real danger to accepting "de hearts and Ea.t with only two, the chances probably far easier than you have are five to two that West holds the queen of dreamed. A plan that has been de pression pay" these days. A danger that hearts also. This reasoning gave Mr. Bonney pression-tested. lower wages will continue to dog you— folbws'^^^^ of all four hands as During the worst period ofthe depres for no employer will pay more until he sion, this plan was helping thousands of is convinced you are worth more. Some day, some way, you've got to convince north men and women forge ahead. Today, A—K J 7 3 2 during recovery, these same men and him. 1 here's no time to lose. The sooner V—J 10 2 you begin, the better. ♦ —J 3 2 women—their ranks swelled by thou If the LaSalle Plan has fulfilled this 10 2 sands more—are being picked for top WEST aim for thousands, isn't it logical to ex EAST positions. They are escaping years of Q A—10 8 64 monotonous, routine service achieving pect it can do as much for you? This 9 8 7 3 V—6 4 coupon can easily become your pass ♦ —KQ1098 7 ♦ —6 4 theirdreams while theyareyoungenough *—9 ♦—K 7 6 4 3 to enjoy success in its fullest measure. port to better times. Mail it today. SOUTH 9 5 V—A KS ♦ —A 5 LaSalle Extension University- Dept.2328-R,Chicago 4i—A Q J 8 S I would like to know about your Success-Building Plan and service in the busi ness field I have checked. As the king of clubs is too well guarded n n..einr«< ManaComcnt • Low: Degree of LL. B. • Business CorrespondenceCorrc.spondeoco to be pickcd up, Mr. Bonney properly aban H AccotVnta^^cy • Expert Bookkoepinft• D Business EnftlishEnglish S ivianafiement • C. V. A. Conchinft . • EfTcetiveEffective Speaking doned the club suit at Trick 4, and led a • Office ManagcmenC n Modern Salesmanship • Industrial Manaftement O• OfficeStenotypyManagemenC low s[)ade, linessing the nincspot. Then he nu Commercial Law • PersonnelModern ForemttnshipManatiumcnt • Stenotypy led hi? ace of spade.--. This established two good spade tricks with North, but no direct entry to North was obvious. Therefore, Name — Mr, Bonney had to get West to help him get the lead in the dummy. To Trick 6 Mr. Bonney led a diamond and West grabbed Address. the trick with the queen. No matter what West ted, he jnit dummy in the lead, and the rest of the trick? were easy to win. LaSalle Extension Universily 50 The Elks Magazine Jfi^nd H^YABIA Are the Pinks More CONN. SHADE GROWN WRAPPER gROADLEAF BINDER Dangerous than the Reds? {Continued from page II)

without knowing the real nature of the agitators backed up by thugs. He does not ^I POST change they advocate. In fact, most of these understand that there is a difference as wide PACKED IN A people do not want the change they talk as the poles between the Communist-led METAL HUMIDOR about—they do not even know they are strike and the ordinary strike. He does not advocating a fundamental change which can know how to act when an appeal is made GUARANTEED be brought about only by force. to him as a member of the "working class." 15/ QUALITY Many of those who talk so much about Let us start with that expression and see the "under-privileged" and the "industrially what it means. There have never been any disinherited" do not know that their words classes in this country. Of course there are 3^{L eachFreshforcigarsFactory-rep imply the existence of a system which is what the newspapers call "society people," resenting 50 of basically wrong and which therefore must the 100 brands we be rebuilt on wholly new foundations. The but they are Just grown-ups acting like the manufacture, up to little girl who refuses to speak to her play thedeluxeSOc hand, clergymen who talk about "production for mates when she has on a new dress. Every made cigars. Mild, meN use instead of production for profit" and low — dellclously fragrant the evils of the "profit system" do not know community, down to the very poorest neigh cigars put aside by our borhood, has conventions and distinctions, Inspectors for slight color that they are asking for a new system in variations, etc. We guar which the individual must give up every and the further one goes down the social antee. on a money-back scale, the more rigid are the distinctions. A basis, that you will smoke right—including the right to have a religion railroad tramp regards a country tramp and enjoy every one of choosing. They do not know these fine cigars—Just as as a very low person. though you had paid the Uiat they are asking that their own church lull retail price. None doors be permanently shut. shorter than S inches, and All this mumbling about and playing with These distinctions are not to be confused most of them longer. LORD words_ would in prosperous times be of no with classes. A class >s a definite sphere into EDWIN^ more importance than a craze for cross-word which one is born and from which few ever puzzles. It IS very important now in this emerge. It might be imagined that Social Money-Back ism, Communism and all other equalizing it spreads the conviction Guarantee that the individual is not, after all, the schemes would be against classes. In theory fountainhead of all prosperity but only a they are, and Communism is supposed to if you do not receive IN helpless robot to be moved around at will. develop through a number of stages until YOUR OWN OPINIONat finally there is a classless society in which all least SS.OO worth of su men are equal. But in order to attain this iniiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiii preme smoking pleasure iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiMiiniiniiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii end it is necessary to have a class \yar in from these SO ciaars. Just which those who have nothing—that is, the write us and we will re fund every penny of your proletariat—organize to destroy those who money!—and the smokes THE NEXT TIME— have something. Those who have somethinK will have been on us. are contemptuously known as the bourgeois, anybody "sounds off" to you about the joys and it is recognized that the great obstacle to the class war is not to be found in the of •'production for me," the "redistribution very wealthy, bccause they are necessarily of wealth," or the like, don't "sound off" in limited in number, but in the petty bour geois—that is, the small merchant^ or em return. A study of this significant article ployer or the man who owns his home. HANDSOME iviU give you all the right answers. Therefore, the first step in the United States is to try to make the man who works for POCKET wages believe that he belongs to a down CIGAR "Ill" trodden class from which he and his chil dren will never emerge and that his only It may be that the system under which hope for betterment is to be found in revo free wilh all "Get lution. Aequainled" erders for oughtlueht"?o"to be scrapped. It may be that oursand The difficulty here is that the American S0 ol lhes« hand-made cigars wage earner believes nothing of the sort. In DELIVERED FREE country and that we the vast majority of cases he thinks that he TO ANV PART OF THE U. S.! 'We pay postage). Send chock anothers, nfh that it hasm caringnot provided for it abovethe is on his way to becoming a boss and the or money order for SI.50. or pay ostman when these ciaars greatest opportunity the average man ever owner of a home and an automobile. Ho\v- you.We have been makina ever hard his life has been, he hopes that his nne HAVANA CIGARS for over SO years. References: Dun-Brad- SStiT'x^J'until we put luxuriant never.getbushes aroundanywherethe children will see something better. stroet.any bank in U.S. or N.-itlOnal City bank, Calla Preslctento Zayns. be called Karl Marx and, with some stubbier This hope the Communists must destroy, Havana. Cub.i. Our Money-Back Guarantee and they are verv active in a great number protects you. LSn Thomas Jefferson into Nicholai of directions. If they can get in on a strike, the strike is never settled until they are Bi?But It would seem to be the part'I" a" of ordithat. thrown out. Many people are surprised at S EDWIN CIGAR C0.@ the demands made in some of the modern lOO-AH East 16^^." St.. NYC. '"St a little strikes—demands for impossibly high wages, mLSTmight be better to know now ratherAndthanit impossibly short hours and guarantees of employment that no employer could honestly gfant. For he would have no means of Fortunately, the average American making good his part of the contract. The CaliforniaWINE has not spent any great portion of his time in old line unions, when they struck, always WINESYRUP,' the idea! wine- asked for a great deal more than they ex making material is made 100% making a study of social systems. He ha= from California wine grapes 505^ pected to get, in order to have something with a rich sugar content de on which to compromise. But in a Com rived exclusively from grapes, A GALLON S i ^ ^'here they of- munist strike the impossible demands are WINESYRUP makes SIX wine types with an ended his common sense. Then he used the alcoholic content of 12 to 15% and of crystal ballot box or, if the thing were local, organ insisted upon for the longest possible time, clearness with delightful taste, color and aroma ipd vigilantes. He has never bothered about and no sooner is a settlement arranged than Quick, Simple Proccss - - No Long Waiting' doctrines and so he finds himself unablfJo something else crops up. These strikes are DISTRIBUTORS WANTED AT ONCE answer or to meet the flood of doctrines further distinguished by rioting and damage state and county territory ooino fast BinsDst sales oPBortunity ever offered. Wholesales at S2.60 a ease of that has inundated the country, Also he to property. The honest workmen who are 12 cans, assorted if desired—exprsM paid. Each can does not know how to meet new situations forced out through fear in the first place makoj I gal, tOD to 300 per ccnt profit. Sell stores hun- very quickly drop out of the strike, and the o' conduct a smaller local biitinosi. WRITE TODAY. Trial order for I onl. sent orepaid 50c whou"hJ do not want to strike arewhichsuddenljmen picketing, rioting and damage generally are WINESYRUP. Ltd., Werdin PI,. Los Angeles. Cat. K 46 forced from their work by a small group o^ in the hands of local and imported rowdies. The reason for all this is that these strikes February, 1935

are not called to gain any benefit for the all over again. There is really no difference. working man. They are called and kept A companion theory is that machines are going as long as possible in order to impov replacing men at so rapid a rate that curbs SWEETENS erish the working man and to arouse the ut will have to be put on the introduction of most bad feeling between him and his em new machinery, else there will be no jobs. ployer. The Communists prefer conditions Nearly everyone has a tale of some machine after a strike to be worse than they were which does what ten, twenty or a hundred before, so that the workman may learn to STOMACH men used to do. hate the employers—or, as they put it, to develop "class consciousncss." For the same These arguments are all plausible, but reason the Communists are against all labor none of them are founded on fact. Ours is CENTLY {^,'SSl) welfare measures and anything else which not a capitalistic system in the old sense. IT Delightful Mint might serve to make the relations friendly. Neither is it a profit system. It is a proht The Communist papers—and there are no and loss system. The ownership of wealth • V ^ Relieves Gas.. end of them scattered through the country— does not greatly matter. Anyhow, we have ^ Heartburn..Sour are filled with extraordinary tales of injustice no reliable figures on the ownership of to workers. One would imagine from read wealth. It is said that from fiftep to twenty ' /S Stomach..Quick ing the Detroit Communist papers that the million people own our corporations. H \ve IP^ Relief forMillions automobile workers were speeded to such a take this figure as true and add to it the point that at the end of a shift they dropped home owners and farmers,_ the small pro r ^ PHYSICIANS have exhausted and simply crawled home. Any ^ ^ warned against treat- one who is so unlucky as to be in a Detroit prietors, the insurance policy holders, the ^ ' ing acid indigestion savings bank depositors and the building with harsh, raw alkalies—the tumbler and street car when a shift is going off will find society members, the total of those who have spoon method. Strong, water-soluble alkalies, out just how exhausted the workers are! a stake in the country will be very large in taken in excess, may turn the stomach juices Nothing could be more sardonic than the deed—even after allowing for all possible into an winalttral alkaline condition—actually interest of the Communists in the workers. duplications. But it isincome, notownership, arresting digestion! They never inject themselves into a situation TUMo free you from this danger. They act that counts. as an acid "buffer." The scientific explanation e.'^cept to make it worse. They aim always Taking round figures, in 1929, 87% of the of TUMS is that it acts gently—just enough of to provoke bloodshed in order to gain pub national expended income went for w^es the antacid compound is released to counteract licity, to increase tenseness and to have a big orer-acidity. When your heartburn or sour funeral with a lot of speeches and possibly and 13%j for interest and dividends. But stomach is corrected—the balance passes on another riot. The odd part of it all is the all of this 13%did not go to the rich._ More inert and undissolved, without affecting the than half of it went to investment institu blood or kidneys. preat number of well-meaning people that tions, like insurance companies and savings T^ TUMS. Munch 3 or 4 when distressed. the Communists succecd in deceiving— funds, and to people with incomes of less Millions have turned to this gentle, effective people who have never an inkling of the than ten thousand dollars a year. vVitn ine treatment—it's quite likely you will, too. 10c fact that they are lending aid to the driving at all druggists. 3-roll carrier package, only 25c. flown of the American standard of living in very great depression decreases in total na tional income earned, and consequently in 1935 Cftiendar • Thermometer, besatifolly do* order to prepare the way for revolution. national income paid out, the perccn^p elsned ia colors niid crold. Also suDples TUMS ''Capitalism has broken down and we must paid in wages has risen since 1929. the do something about it," is a favorite pro total production did not rise abnornially FOR THE TUMMY nouncement among those who like to be from the end of the war to 1929, but at about considered deep-thinking. How many of the normal rate of 4^%—which is the rate TUMS Ihcse men really know what they are talking that this countrv has maintained since the TUMS ARE about? How many of them know that they Civil War. Some fairly heavy stocks ol ANTACID .. are not saying anything new or original but agricultural products had accumulated m NOTA LAXATIVE are simply repeating a stock Socialistic argu- 1929, but they were not greatly out of line. For a laxative, use the safe, dependable Vecetahle IA nient that is trotted out during every major These are a matter of record, and also we Laxative NR (Nature's Remedy). Only 25 cents. depression? have rccords of the inventories of manulac- turers and retailers. These were on the low H ERE is the way the story goes: The side. So the theory of the breakdown of wealth of the country is supposed to be capitalism simply does not hold water. owned by a small fraction of the popula We had a great boom in stock prices, an tion, and they thereby receive a large share immense amount of foolish investment in of the total income. Say that 10% of the both foreign and domestic securities, and a population receive 50% of what is produced. wild speculative jamboree. This was caused If we increase production, the 10% may be by the mismanagement of credit, and its unwilling or unable to consume any more collapse shattered the whole price structure. and the 90% cannot consume any more be That had nothing at all to do with the capi Men and women who use ^jrajT cause their incomes are not sufficient. There talistic system, and there is just no factual Glover's havefound thatreg- fore, increasing the facilities of production support whatsoever for the notion that chok ular GLOVER Treatments do more to pro only stores goods until stocks are so high ing off consumption brought on the depres mote vigorous scalp health and luxuriant hair that it is necessary to lay off the 90% in sion. growth than anything else they ever tried. order that they may not further add to the GLOVER Treatments consist of the Glover surplus. Taking the work away from the There i? likewise no factual support for SystemofMassage,andapplicationsof Glover's 90% brings on unemployment and a de the notion that machines have been displac MangeMedicine (the famousVeterinaryMedi pression which lasts until the surplus stocks ing men at such a rate as to break up our cine with the clean pine tar odor). Shampoo are consumed. Since 10% of the people whole economy. The truth is exactly to the with Glover's Medicated Soap. have 50% of the purchasing power, it is contrary. We can progress away from pov This manipulative and medicinal treatment will not pointed out that depressions must be chronic erty only as the machine releases man from produce encouraging results unless you are persis«nt about it Follow this System regularly and you will find and that the lot of the 90% must steadily labor. It is true that a machine seems some thereis nothing like ic for stoi^ing excessive Falling grow worse The way out is naturally to times to displace a certain number of opera Hair,Itching Scalp and Dandruff. redistribute income in some fashion so that tives. But there is only one reason for in GetGlover's Mange Medicine and Glover's Medicatcd there will always be enough consumption to vesting in a machine, and that is to lower Soap at your druggist's and start using it today, or have absorb production. your Barber give you this treatment .regulady. Illus costs. Lowered costs through competition trated booklet explaining it free. Write GLOVER S, All of this sounds very wise and learned. always bring lower prices, and lower prices Dept. 76H 4S2>468 Fourth Avenue* New York. It is exactly as wise and learned as the always increase consumption. cru.-hingly conclusive argument of many cen The increase in consumption may not be turies a^o that it was absurd to conceive of enough to employ the men who have been the earth as round because, if it were, no displaced by the machine at the same jobs one could stand up on it. And obviously that they had before. But some of them people were standing up. Towards the end will be re-employed and at better wages than of the great depression of the nineties, before—for machines always increase wages. Thorstein Veblen restated this economic The making of the machines employs men, Natlonwldo oppoHuDities for tralncHl incn. Good Pay Qualify in lolBure time. Provloua esporl- theory in America with great force and and so do their repair and maintenance. But cncc unnecessary, FREE Boot gUea dotalls. Fascinating gained quite a school of followers. Marx the big employment comes in other direc LEWIS HOTEL TRAINING SCHOOLS Work and Ennels had staled it long before him, tions. Take the automobile industry, in Room LB-6590 VVashln(iton. D. C. and others had stated it before them. The which machines are kept up to date and are \'eblen school sot lost in the prosperity used whenever they are better or cheaper BE A RADIO EXPERT which began about 1S96 and continued, with than men. The result of this is the low- MANY MAKE J40, »60, $75 a week. Iladlo's bic Ktoivtli miiUInc many fine jobs. Lenrn aiiickli' at hoinu In spare some ups and downs, until 1929. Now a priced motor car. Compare the value re- time. BIb Um'k frcw. Write for It. National new school has discovered the same old stuff {Continued on page 52) Radio Institute, Dept. 5BX9. Wnsliington, D. C. 52 The Elks Magazine

(Continued from.page 51) - • could'be set up'if the profit test were re never had the slightest experience in manage ceived in a motor car with any, other value, moved?' '-• ment of any kind. and it become astounding. Profits could not simply be lopped off in But suppose the thing could be managed; About 300,000 men are normally employed dustry (and agriculture) by law and the what then? Could any man be his: in the manufacture of motor cars. But here nation go on as before. It is one thing to master? Originality of any kind is.incom- is a roster of the number of men employed lose money against the hope of some day patible with a planned economy. Every hu because motor cars are made cheaply enough gaining it, and quite something else to try man being must live and act like every: othet to be-everyday commodities: tire, parts and to get on without profits. For without human being. The slightest divergence .w:oiild accessory-workers, 200,000 ;• dealers and sales profits there could be no fund to take care have to be punished because that would up men, 290,000; garage and repairmen, 405,- of losses. The present system can function set the plan. We have seen in Russia, and 000; chauffeurs, 450,000; truck drivers, 1,- only on profits. Taken as a whole they are in some extent in Italy, that even an. ap-- 500,000; and insurance, financing, e\c.," 12,000. very small, but they are absolutely neces proach to a planned economy means tyranny; That is, the employjnent of 300;060 men in sary. Where is the sweetness and light which 'the direct making gives employment to about Abolishing profits means instituting pro advocates of production for use -promise? two and three-quarter millions by reason of duction for use. What does that phrase It just isn't. None of these people have the products they turn out. It is estimated mean? It means first the abolishing of all thought their schemes through. They have that motor cars also em thought how nice it would ploy 1,478,000 more peo be to have a world in ple indirectly, and this which everyone had all he figure does' not include the needed and in which no roadside restaurants and one had to work hard. For stands or the thousand among these people is a and one occupations that curious abhorrence to, use serve the motorist. ful labor. They refuse to. Nothing could be more face the fact that someone unreasoned than to look must do the work' of tlie only at the men displaced day—that nature does not at one point and not to freely give of her gifts. investigate the men who Take security. One, of find new employment at the great arguments for a other points. The Owens planned economy or "so bottle machine drove out cial control" is that the the glass bottle blower, worker becomes secure. but it made glass bottles a What power can guaran commodity and is respon tee security? If the com sible for a complete re bined brains of a nation organization in the meth cannot give security under ods of selling medicines the present system, how and many groceries. So can a state control guar those who talk about re antee security? It cannot stricting the use of ma prevent floods, droughts or chines in the interest of pestilences. Russia, since the workers are not work the Soviets came into ing for their interests but power, has had one of the against them. The trouble most devastating famines is not with the machines in the history of the but with the lack of fa world- And how many cilities for quickly putting people really want security men in touch with new at the price of progress? jobs. Everyone would like to have security and progress Profit," "production —would like to play a for use," "social control" game with winning a cer and "social planning" bulk tainty. But that is not large in modern lingo. The today in nature. "profit system" is the fa And so to what end will vorite goat, and it seems the undermining of the that abolishing profits United States bring us? would bring universal Our present system makes peace and joy. Now, just Urtiicn ('V (Jcoroe Hhants no grand promises. But what would abolishing What's the matter. Joe? You've been avoiding mefor days!" it has a record behind profits mean? it. Other systems make Business as a whole has promises. But none of been carried on at a heavy loss since 1930. private property. With the right to property those promises have ever been fulfilled. No one is the happier for that. The abolish goes the right to liberty. To produce for So why tolerate the steady boring ing of profits in 1929 would not, according use means producing only what the people into our institutions, if the net result to the figures given above, have greatly need and can use. No one can ever know can only be a worse life than we now helped wages. Even if interest, as well as the wants of the people. So the only alter have? profits, were done away with, the pot for native is for some board to set up what a But why should the pinks and the reds be division among the wage earners would have man or a family ought to have during the what they are, if they have nothing real to been smaller than the normal advance in offer? Samuel Gompers, in his memoirs, wages over a prosperous period. No one year in the way of food, clothing and so on probably gave as good an answer as can be would greatly benefit by taking away profits —all the way through to tooth brushes. Un found. He said: —that is, in a monetary sense. less needs are absolutely standardized and "My personal knowledge of Socialists ex then the exact production schedules arranged tends over a period of six decades. My judg Who would lose? Those who formerly for the whole industry and agriculture of ments have not been based upon second got the profits? Of course they would lose, the nation, we shall be no better off in so far hand information. ** =i= I know Socialists but they would not be the big losers. The as regularity of work is concerned than we from practically every approach. I think I man running a small store or shop gets his are today. have met a representative of every one of wages in the form of profits. Some pro the fifty-seven varieties. * * * According to vision would have to be made for his liveli The immensity of such a task of regimen my experience, professional Socialism accom hood, so by no means the whole fund classed tation staggers the imagination. The Rus panies instability of judgment or intellectual as profits in a good year would be available. sians have tried it on a very low standard of Likewise some millions of people—mostly living and have not succeeded even passably. independabiiity caused by inability to recog women and the aged—live off small estates nize facts. The conspicuous Socialists have A good part of every Russian's day is spent uniformly been men whose minds have been accumulated by someone else. They could standing in tine for food, and most of Avhat warped by a great failure or who found it not be left to starve. So their support would we consider necessities simply do not exist have to be derived from some fund. And for him. And it must be remembered that impossible to understand fundamentals nec then what? Who would provide the management of this kind is proposed for thi« essary to developing practical plans for in funds for new ventures? These at present country, not by men who have had expe dustrial betterment. These were Socialists come out of profits. What test of efficiency who were profoundly pessimistic about ex rience in direction, but by people who have isting society." /m

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Roscoe Turner flew from London ro Australia —11,323 miles —in 93 hours and 7 minutes! When questioned about his smoking, Colonel Turner said: A speed flyer uses up energy just as his rnoror uses 'gas' —and smoking a Camel gives onea 'refill' on energy. The way I notice this especially is thatafter smoking a Camel I get a new feeling of well-being and vim. Camels never upset my nerves."

PHYSICAL INSTRUC ARCHITECT. W. R. TOR. Charles Adams: Ballard reports as fol SmokingaCamel quick lows: "Whenever I feel ly gives me a sense of listless, a Camel restores renewed vim. I enjoy this my energy And I also 'lift.' Camels never inter find that my mind is fere with healthy nerves. clearer. .. more alert.

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WALTER O'KEEFE CASA lOMA ORCHESTRA ANNETTE HANSHAW WALTER O KEEFE TED HUSING MRS. LANGDON POST, young society leader: "When tired. I find that smoking a Camel gives me a 'lift,' and I feel fresher afterwards." THURSDAY

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