\j.’
p‘
iv"
3.
”bl.
“
‘ wilon makes for civilisao
1‘ The Nrplane promises to make
_ not along main lines of steamer
‘ Iway travel.
example. the average American
um. roaaon heretofore to go to
has been the resting
for airplanes in flights from the
, coast of the United States to
, Bluplch writes to the Na-
. ' Goon-splur- society as follows:
long. bootcshaped peninsula
’ down of! the left-hand cor-
nd of the united States belongs to
“on and is known on Mexican maps.
quBaJa: or Lower California. Early
mill) maps of America showed Cai-
ia as an island due. no doubt.
Wlimited explorations of this penin-
Mcantily known as it is to the av-.
0 American. this BOO-mile-iong
p of rocks. peaks. brush-grown
“I. and rare. fertile little valleys
Illa favorito haunt for many Yankee
Wallets. fishermen. and big-game
hunters; and here and there in the
mfavored. well- watered
ts of the higher ranges. hardy,
can cattlemen have built their
homes. where they enjoy the
limitless freedom of vast tinfenced
ms. The Circle Bar company of
Negros Ranch runs cattle over a
territory of two and a half mil»
Ion hero. and a British corporation
holds title to something like fifteen
won urea
Paz. where Cortez repaired his
rs and where. centuries later;
er, the Yankee filibuster, raised
a... another Yankee today runs
little tannery. turning out 600
of good leather every day, for
American shoe factory. Here and
e. in hill and valley Americans
to delving for metals or growing the
pie frlJole.
‘But the country as a whole, owing
ego its many desert. waterless areas,
“‘1 but sparsely settled. and. as one
,writer says. 'ln all its turbulent. ro-
jlnantic history. since the halcyon days
:‘when Sir Francis Drake dropped his
irate anchor in Magdalena Buy an,
‘leeled vehicle has trawrsed its rough
l tortuous length.‘
Rich as are its mines and fat as
. its herds of cattle. its chief
fee of wealth lion in the cotton-
wlng regions around Mexicali.
At the Colorado delta, at the bend
. . the Gulf of California. which sep-
nates the Lower California peninsula
4mm Sonora. more than at any other
point on the whole border the interestszli
of the United States and of Mexico
closely joined. This is due to the
mgular topography of that region
I rt of it is below sea-level) and
. the diversion of water from the
(blot-ado river. In the opinion of many
litigation engineers and political stu-
m thin peculiarly delh-nie problem
1,, irrigation and water rights. an be—
tween planters on the American and
melt] sides of the line. respective-
Iy. can be solved satisfactorily only
.7 some Joint treaty between the two
mobiles, involving either the fixing
If a neutral zone or the Sale of a
mall strip of territory."
a.
3 U
i” .WIIJ. ELEPHANTS GO THE
:3: WAY or BUFFALOES?
:33qu the African elephants soon have
u be protected. as are buffaloes in the
m States. lest they become ex-
”I?
he peaceful progress of farming
. the menace which the elephant
toss. Already the South African Cape
“I has decided to extemilaatc the
“I sslnethnes kill agricultural ia-
buses.
Mr Barry Johnston, famous African
to the National Geographic society:
“If. after many years of trials. the
African elephant is pronounced to be
7 m as a domestic animal (and
I should be remembered that most
. _ ,nalo African elephants in captivity
five shown themselves to be hopleas-
I) more). than at least for its mags
nice-i ivory the creature is worth
. . V l
Earn mt euTn 61%:
d its truth; around them
in many hitherto obscure r91
cam-l. Recently. however. -
grassy 1
Away down at peaceful, picturesque .
*3 NC- a
use they despoil crops ‘amdng the m ltnmrlant to he found ,
the bottle tilted it up. and absorbed
the contents. For several weeks the
delightful pet: It would allow any
one to ride on its back and seemed
to take pleasure and amusement in
this exercise. It would find its way
through diverse passages into my sit.
ting room. not upsetting or injuring
-aaything. but deftly smiling and ex-
“awning objects of curiosity with its
“like . ro§.__~
“At the same time we had in cap-
tivity a young zebra. which was also
to be the pioneer of a domesticated
striped horse. These two orphans. the
elephant and the zebra. became great;
ly attached to each other, though per-1
hope there wag more enthusiastic af-
fection.“ the part of the elephant.
the zebra, at times. getting a little
bored with constant embraces. Alas
and alackl hotll elephant and zebra
died eventually from tho unwhole~
aomencss, to them. of cow’s milk."
I __..___
MALMEDY: wmoon lsu:
REUNQUlSl-IED BY
PRUSSIA
In patching together the picture puz-
zle of European nations to fit more
‘iineariy racial and historical units the
peace conference commission on Bel-
.gian claims approved Belgium's de-
mand for Malmedy.
Malmedy long formed one of those
alien racial clusters that seem to cling
like baruaclas to many a European
boundary line.
In the case of Malmedy and the
region about that town a group 61"
Walloon: was left in Rhenish Prus-
aia when the historic Benedictine Ah-
bcy of Stavelot-Maimcdy was cut in
two in lth. Malinedy fell to Prus-
aia while six miles to the west. across
the pre-war Belgian border. is Stave
lot.
The latter town was the seat of the
abbey which was independent until
‘the Lunevilie peace of 1801. The ab-
bey fell to France until its partition
14 years later. The abbey was found-
ed in the Seventh century and later
its abhols ranked as princes. They
ruled many small villages along the
Ambicve. on which Stavelot is slim.
filed, and along the Warche, which
flows through Malmedy.
Charles Martel grandfather of Chur-
r-lemaano, who ruled the Franks “8L.
he let their kings rellm on. won a de-
dalr‘e victory over \cUstria at Stave—
lnt 1200 years ago.
Mnlmedy lies in a pretty valley of
the aforementioned river. ‘20 miles
south of Aix-in- Ch:.lpelle The town
the w.ar Dyeing paper making and
tanning were its industries.
The term Walloon is used to desig-
[flute those Belgians who speak either
[French or a Flemh dialect.
restoration for lingual as well as for
mur a movement for the revival of Wal-
century—was \veii under way when the
war began.
spcnkinlz neighbors Malmcdy and its
environs preserved the old Walloon
dialect, whereas among many Belgian
“'nlloonn it has been supplanted by
pure French.
_§...___
THE STRAITS OF MESSINA
Between the rocky masses of Sicily
and the “toe" of the ltaliau penin-
sen. known as the Straits of Menina.
Yet this ribbon of water might be
ocean-wide. Judged by the divers; civ-
ilizations of Italy and its island neigh-
bar.
The Sicilian and ltalian banks. which
border the Straits of Hessian for near-
iy 21 miles to the east and when
in a cruise of the Mediterranean. Mag-
nificent golden groves of lemon and
Orange. and orchards of pom
with their brilliant red frmnm
Vwollda'fully with the flowers of uhe
almond trees which perfume the whole
region.
The straits are entered from the
Tyrrhealan sea, on the north. at the
ligation for his terrible
$.- mmtmimu‘
med censor-them '1
1olephant throve and became a meet
.‘atl less than 5000 population before ‘
The Wul- I
loops of Belgium desired Mulmedy'a .
sentimental reasons. In Liege and Na-
ioon us a literary language—for it bad '
been Sn used until about the fifteenth ‘ ‘
ill the midst of German '
suia, there is but a narrow lane of -
{homer didynot accord '. «9% fib-
'
Isaw’ in the mythic“
' ' his mars with a: has. and
a dozen feet. who barked like a dbl.
She dwelt in a lofty cave from which‘
*th rushed whenever a ship tried to
pass beneath. and she would snatch
9" unlucky seamen from the will
bring to guide there vessels
81c perilous passage. Gnarybdisdwda
nnder a rock only a bowahot am.
§n the opposite in. The second
creature sucked in and blew out ass-
hater three times a day. and woe to
the ship caught in the maelstrom of
la mouthi
-——-e——
NEW REBELLION lN
. GARDEN OF EDEN
"hfasopotamia. Upper and Lower.
ales with Egypt in datum the honor
it being the home of ancient civiliza-
tion." says a bulletin of the National
phic society, quoting from sev-
arai communications concerning the
land of Adam and Eva where the
{British recently sent more troops be-
fame of native uprisings. ‘
L‘Mesopotamia comprises the valleys
of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
filers iloaridied the Chaldean. Baby.
Ionian. and Assyrian empires. The
T“! of Bagdld. With all its glamor-
'éf mystery and made. is in the heart
‘ofMesopotamia.
.7 Lift!
iworid. the granary of the ancients:
yet. in spite of all that it has been.
hands have encroached upon the fer-
tile fields. while the clogged canals
have turned other portions intor
“pumps and marshes.
"What population there is~not more
than one million—la of Arab origin
and the Arabic language is spoken
throughout. There is. in fact. a very
distinct dividing line between the Arab-
ic and the Turkish-speaking portions
‘of the former Ottoman empire. This
.boundary corresponds with the line of
the Reader! railway from the Hedi-
terranean to the Persian Gulf. It in
for the exploitation of this rich. ""4.
of Mesopotamia that the famous Baa-
dad line was built.
“Syria closes the east end of the
)iediterraneen and is bounded oh the
Jinrth by'the Taurus mountains. The
Syrian and Arabian deserts limit fur-
ther settlement to the east and south.
But in connectlou with world oom-
in the Data Gardens of Bandad.
merce it (Syria) has always been
«cloaeiy related to the fertile valleys
of the Nile and the twin Mesopotamian
rivers. and its commercial life of to-
marrow cannot be disorced from that
of Mesopotamia.
"Mesopotamia is in fertile today
as when it was the birthplace of
"human history and when the civilian-
;tion that developed there had only
the Nile valley as a competitive add.
“Various factors delayed the inevit-
in modern times. -
*Nowhere. however. did trade fol.
low the railway to a mater extent
musingmmmmuim
“album's-am
commercial center of German mos.
At.thehoeelsmgiuoersandmaruhants
crowded the dining rooms and talked
of a mighty future in lesspotamia.
,Thatsummar.wareame.aadthb-I-
3r as they stood at the' helm ddeav- ‘
through
m'Thia was the richest land in the ,
it today lies largely waste. the duert _
Reductions in this fie
n-
Wemeenti'em
one haifof19m20 prices
mmmnwmasugfia ,3
Go
TheReadFurflhlrels fie am: that is
mdeinAmerica. Mmyfiflieaetsnndscpa-
maplemb‘w die nap mum at Madi-
oomEe, B'srkey. and Gay, and other famous
Craftsmen in the furniture world. Rednrfions
aremndefromtherelaflprioesoftodayand
warrepresen
carpetandsm
Grass and Fibre Ru
1' galowa.
Oriental Rugs, file first shipment since m
ting many choice weaves in bo'fl
Summer Furnit ure
represent about
minister Tapestry Brussels in 3 lat
‘ spring pm
831.50? porchesandliuu;
l .{l
. (generous Reductions 'from present dag
1‘-
Domestic Boga, M
mmkugsanann
mlnmm large and
amallsizesatprivosb“
low {bday’s maria
rains.
Oriental Rhgs, New Lot
“Wty,mfim dummy; l]!llsi2e131x9.9 ' R“§%?015 a...“
W pug. a... m Size 11.4 x 88 $350.00 $2180.
Armchair decanted in green, $15.50 75 311-3 10-7 X 7-4 $2500) $200.
to match, $15 m fih Size 12.9 x 8.6 $135.00 $15.“
30““ to match, $2150 m . Size 10.4 Mg $195.00 $156.00
Hour Chas Chair $14.75 $11.“) Doaar, in size 5 x 7, $125.00 sump
aw :13“) $16.50 Moussoul in small size only, is 60m & 48.00.
I g .50 '9 3 7.“ . .
Armchair with double seat 33 50 310.1!) Srngfl Rugs Chiffonlers
Round Tabfi, 1 $1-93 ’1 9‘”: 031132112“ Bugs at. spe— .Mahoganyl fiin‘f» dio-
m m mm Gm Pin-altars Size 9 x 12 $18.66 ““0" 1'11“} who» a
is handed in at. an. » — Size 7.6 no.6 $14.00 Golds“? Pnce 5980:
~ Sne‘ 6x 9 s 9.00 on Oak mm «m
Revised Price sale Price - -
M P mm »' Bag 3 , {1110 " r lllii'i'nr. ruse-ii lam)
Ghouls; Billion with curved back, $12.; $33 Sizes” “83 1 “mg, $33.01!. Sale Price $25.50
to mate ' 36 x 72 inches, $3.35 M ,-
m will?! flat bar Kilt-13 $13 30 x C” 113911987 32-50 1111251111813? “(Lk .: It:
Belles, 6 ft. vath lattice back, 3mm $29.00 27 x ”4 :Ch‘fiv , 310° $2M). Sale Plzc 6 $200
match. $25.00 $21.00 W“ - Golde on. . or.
m‘fimfith heavy P0313, $30-00 $25.50 Fibre Matting 50 cts roi'. l'i'VlEi'il l'!"- ~ ‘~ -‘ "i1.
8 1" 36 inches“ $34.00 329-00 3"" W ‘5 1’“ Sale Price 5:24.00
A Few Garden Sets
slat
in center of table.
Revised price $75.00
Steel Table 45 inches, and four wood and metal
chairs. Large tilting umbrella covered with heavy
striped canvas and mounted on a hard wood pole is set
831° W“ $60.00
Fourth floor
Furniture for Dining Roor'ns
Sets of ten paces
Fourth floor
Office Furniture
Tables in mahogany finish, 6 ft.
Tables in golden oak, 3 ft.
Tablas in quartered oak, with heavy
top and two drawers, 7
Roll and Flat Top and TypewriterD
Rl‘\l.‘*t‘d i ‘ 1"
$‘_‘fiiiil ~ All!
$19,...» 41.60
ft 32mm (1 329.00
‘-
“PSI.
C
are in oak and mahogany _
A hm assortment at generous reductions
Separate Chifforobes
\d.‘ i"l
Refined Pfle. a” ma Revwfli i'*‘= ‘ 'r ‘
Cathedral an; $60000 $400.00 Burl Walnut Wardrobe Chifforolms. a: 76m 39900
musing“ 3* ‘1‘. $5550.00 $45.00 Burl Walnut Wardobe Chifl‘orobcfl. t 623'“ E=‘: “1
“1;, $6ao.oo 395.00 mm, WW1» style. $11M“ SM"
Mayan Walnut. Queen Anne, $38000 32mm Goldm» Oak Chi'flOnier with five _.
Jacob": O l' $350“) Moo drawers, «‘5 3“)“ $11190
1%]: William and Mary, '25 U ‘m mm Glance Chm onier, 42 inches,
08k, William and Mary, mm m fitted with lock, 95 31m) $25.00
Beds - Odd Dressing Tables Dressers
m 4 ft“ dungeons-d ‘ 3...... m, a“, m FumedOak“;”'-- .3
8m V18 N . ill t
. _ Brownlahoganyfinish, tnple mirror,$ 60.00 $45.00 egg Bag}... $2250!
. mill-hm, triple minor, $ 65.“) $9.00 Oakwithlwul l ,mri‘
”1'“ “Vanity" Table, $ 85.“) w.” plate Inimr if 31!.1‘1-
mwmmmlemirmr, 8 481!) $35.11) Sale Price 521150
“mmmfie mirror. 333.06 M Famed Oak: 1.111113
Eshqgsay. . maid Sheratumwith ~_. - , $25.00. Sale Price 3‘9-
tnrtn mum 3110.00 slam Mahogany limo. a. m4.
nut Walnut, huge sine, 313100 N vised $44. 00 m
Ilium-r. “ unity" nine. $120.00 seam Sale Pfi°e “1
' ‘ IvoryDresser,l""“"11
, ‘ $42.00 SalePricei‘ @341”
Tea Wagons Flatware; . C b nets
* . V . - , Kitchen 3 1
.~ mem learn; an... , Mr.
glass tiny. Revised in * ‘ ». mm]. u. 331% "1 g01. ”1 l ;
_. . $19.” “18'“, ‘. ,5“ Revised price ‘23.: (H M
W Inflow; Sale Price $19
Kitchen Tables
8:03eg made 'W 1‘
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