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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, PHOENIX, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1921
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FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1921..
VI iZ of us who are worth anything,
spend our manhood in unlearning the
follies, or expiating the mistakes of
our youth. Shelley.
What the Congress Has Don -
Our Democratic friends have been so persistent
In belittling; the work of congress that many people
w ho have only casually viewed the , work of that
body wlthm the five months In which It was in ses
ion may Ifave come to believe that It was lacking
In achievement. This was the more likely because
cf the prevalence of conditions In which a. Demo
cratic administration left the country and out of
which some of us believed that the Republican party
ought to extricate us immediately by some sort of a '
miracle. ' , .
We have previously pointed out the' necessity
which confronted the Republican administration on
March 4 this year of an unprecedented volume of
below surface work, the removal of an appalling
amount of debris, and the laying deep of new founda
tions, before we could see much of the superstructure
rising.
Tet the Republican congress In spite of all this
has given us a great deal of emergency legislation.
By emergency legislation we do not mean temporary
legislation, but legislation to meet Immediately our
most Imminent needs.
Under this head comes the Hoover-Meyer sub
stitute measure through which on Wednesday there
was allotted .by the war finance board $1,20Q,000 to
the cotton growers of Arizona to assist them In the
handling of 'their crops. There Is something con
crete in that, something that must offset the news
paper and street corner declarations" that the Repub
lican congress is fooling away its time, - The- money
which is coming to the harassed cottpn growers .talks,
talks louder than the critics of the administration.
Another great industry of Arizona has been given
the attention of the Republican congress in the bill
passed for the regulation and control' of "the1 packing
industry, for the enforcement of which the president
has asked and will receive $240,000,000.
Numerous measures have been passed to afford
relief from business conditions. Among these is the
agricultural credits act extending the powers of the
War Finance Corporation, through which we are to
receive the allotment which has been made, and which
makes it -possible for the corporation to utilize as
much as a billion dollars in providing credit for
agricultural purposes and to aid in the exportation
of agricultural products. For the purpose of facili
tating our general export law the Edge act has been
amended.
There, too, is the law by which are consolidated
the various overlapping and sometimes hopelessly
conflicting agencies for the relief of ex-service men
who for months and months had clamored in vain
for relief. Under the Veterans' Bureau act that law
is now functioning.
And then there is the budget bill whose opera
tions under the direction of General Dawes we are
daily witnessnig, and which will remove an annual'
burden of millions of dollars from the taxpayers.
These are only a few of the measures for imme
diate relief which the congress at the request of the
president in his first message, has already enacted,
the while It has been preparing the great frame
work of the two revenue measures upon which the
business of the country may permanently rest.
In all this there has been no legislation for any
special class or for any section of the country, as
there was in the first six years of the Democratic
administration. We have within five months had
legislation where legislation was the most urgently
needed, regardless of class or section.
The achievements of the congress in this brief
time fully warrant the summing up by Leader Mon
dell of the house of representatives on the eve of the
congressional recess three weeks ago: i v
It can be said without the slightest exag
geration and without fear of successful con
tradiction that no congress in American histo
ry has made a better record of continuous and ;
conscientious consideration of the public
business, or of meritorious accomplishment in
a wide field of legislation, than the present
congress.
' gpeaking particularly from the standpoint
of the house, not only does the record of this
session compare favorably with that of any
other session, but after a careful review of
the congress for a quarter of a century, dur-
Jng which I have been a member of it, and of
the congresses before my time, I feel fully
justified in saying that in no congress in
American history has the house of represen
tatives considered and passed upon, in the
same length of time, so many important, far
reaching and vital problems of legislation as
in the portion of this session which is now
passing into history.
This is not a partisan view of the accomplish
ments of the congress. The Republican Is not parti
san. It is not bound to tbe acts of Republican
congresses and administrations. It has not hesitated
to criticize as severely, though more reasonably than
some Democrats have done, the' tariff bill in its
present form, and it will continue to criticize that
work of a Republican house ot representatives so
long as It stands in its present form. But we are
hopeful that in Its finished form it will be essentially
thanged.
We are speaking only of what has be n done by
the congress and has gone unalterably into the
record.
It was the spirit of American people which tad con
tributed to the winning of the war.
Labor did its part, so did the Methodists and the
Presbyterians and the black-haired people and the
light-haired people. So did the farmers, to say noth
ing of the boys In the trenches. So did everybody
but the slackers.
It is no discredit to labor but It is a fact worth
mentioning that while labor was helping to win the
war that It was receiving such wages as had never
before been paid It, while the boys in the trenches
were getting $30 a month. Many a laboring man at
home was paid that much for an eight-hour day.
And it is also to be mentioned, and not to the
discredit of labor generally, that it was sometimes
not an easy matter to keep all of labor at work
winning the war especially in the shipyards where
there was insistence on working rules, where men
were cautioned against doing too much in eight hours
toward the winning of the war.
While on this side the winning of the war was a
proftiable and not a particularly unpleasant job, on
the other side there 'was no profit, much discomfort
'and some peril.
We think that the credit for winning the war
should go largely to the men who were doing the'
actual fighting, the Americans, the. French, the Brit,
ish, the Italians, to their families at home who endured
privation and grief. As for the rest of us who re
mained at home, our part in winning the war, how
ever great it might have been in the aggregate, in
. volved so little sacrifice, so little discomfort, that
we cannot with very good grace claim any credit for
It as individuals or members of a class.
We regret that General Pershing allowed him
self to be annoyed by Mr. Gompers' reiterations into
making a reply, sensible as it was. It lent a dignity
to a discussion which is really not a discussion at, alL
What Every Husband Knows
By Herbert Johnson
' Speaking Behind One's Back
This seems an appropriate time to say some
thing in these columns about a man behind his back
something about Mr. Dwight B. Heard, the principal
owner of The Republican. We embrace this oppor
tunity because Mr. Heard will shortly return after
an absence of "nearly four months and then the, oppor
tunity to speak of him editorially would have passed.
On his return we expect that some recriminatory
words from him on this, subject will be Inevitable,
but we will have had our say. ; His name for-the
first time will have been given a place In the editorial
columns of The Republican in the ten years since
he took control of the paper.
The occasion we embrace is the allotment by the
War Finance Corporation of $1,200,000 to the credit of
the growers of long staple cotton, in whose behalf Mr.
Heardwho happened to be in Washington when the
act extending that power to the corporation was
passed, made immediate application, the first that
was made. A week ago on his way home, at the
request of a Phoenix cotton association he hastened
back to Washington, to make sure of the allotment
which was announced on Wednesday of this week.
Mr. Heard left Phoenix about June 1, with his
family, ori his vacation which was to be spent in
Europe. He had long looked forward to it and
planned for it." It was to be by no means an Idle,
sight-seeing tour. Much more thought, we happen
to know, was given by him to possible accomplish
ments for the long staple cotton growing industry of
the southwest than to the pleasures which usually
attract the tourist and vacationist.
A more Important objective to him than any other
' was the second World's Cotton Conference to be held
at Liverpool and Manchester, beginning a few days
after his arrival. As a member of the producers"
committee, appointed at the first conference, he was
intensely Interested in the deliberations abroad. His
work thre was recognized by the appointment of him
as a member of the executive committee of the con
ference. '
That though was to be only a part of what he '
expected to accomplish abroad for the long staple
cotton of the southwest In visits to the chief spin
ning centers he desired to acquaint spinners with the
superior qualities of our cotton. This program, we
believe, was interrupted. Before Mr. Heard had com
pleted his tour he was recalled, three weeks before
his intended sailing, by cablegrams from a local cot
ton association and by Senator Ashurst, to Washing
ton to assist in. the fight being made there. to put
cotton on the protected list from which it had been
excluded by the house. ' s
We understand that the services of Mr, Heard
have been very helpful. We understand this only
from members of the association and representatives
of the cotton industry who have labored with him
in Washington. We have had no word from Mr.
Heard as to anything he has done at Washthgton,
and only brief incidental mention in short letters as
to his activities abroad.
We are not unmindful of the great work that
has been done in congress and outside it for these
measures for Arizona by our official representatives.
Senators Cameron and Ashurst and Representative
Hayden; nor are we forgetful of the services of other
Arizonians who have been at Washington throughout
the struggle. There is credit enough for alii and all
have earned it by loyal service. The Republican
has previously and often recognized the usefulness
and loyalty of these gentlemen and others who have
labored at home to these ends.
We can tell an optimist by the absence of spare
tires attached to his automobile.
We see they are talking of making Christy park
, an automobile encampment. Until we get Cave
Creek headed off, if we ever do, it will be a better
parking place for hydroaeroplanes.
Secretary Hughes' protest against "disarmament
conference" as the name for the forthcoming con
ference,, is made we suppose only to keep the record
straight. "Disarmament conference," however inap
propriate, is about the briefest expression we could
devise.
It was stated more than a week fego that the
Philadelphia mint had reached the greatest produc
tion in its history. We have perceived no visible
signs of it, and certainly time enough has elapsed
for the flood -to spread this far.
Winners of the War
The conflict between General Pershing and Mr.
Gompers as to "who won the war," must be a fruit
less one. It was precipitated by Mr. Gompers even
before the dinner of La Fayette-Marne day. He had
previously and often put labor into a conspicuous
1,;ace among the winners of the war, notwithstanding
AS TO LUCK
"Do you think Friday is unlucky?"
"Xo, I was born on a Friday."
"Well, what do your parents think?" Boston
Transcript.
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TrfAT MEANS A SAVING $3S
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THE ONCE 0VE1
1L By H. . PHILLIPS ii VL
WOMEN TENNIS STARS
American women, it is emphasized
more and more each day, are getting
into positiono formerly occupied by
men. Which doesn't need any more
convincing proof that the pictures
of feminine tennis stars in the pho
togravure sections. Rare is the
young woman who Is pictured in the
newspapers these days with both
feet on the ground and her hands in
her lap.
A glance at the old family album
will show that the girls were con
sidered properly posed in the old
days when they were sitting in a
rocker with their knitting, standing
near the grape arbor with a cat, or
leaning against the piano lessons in
the front parlor. And they were as
a rule fully dressed, including necks
and ankles.
Today she Isn't considered worth
the passing attention of a regular
union photographer unless she has
both feet at least ten feet off the
earth, her general pose being that of
a wild Bulgarian pinwheel in pursuit
of a hysterical mate.
Of course a girl still can get her
picture in the papers by the standard
system of shooting a husband or
running away with one, but the one
surefire way to stampede the pho
tographer is to don a white suit, grab
a racquet, and practice tying herself
in a sailor's knot while trying for a
new altitude record from a standing
start.
At least oone leg should be wound
around the neck.
ABOUT TE3E STATE
NOT YET
Mother Those little playmates of yours look
rather common, Bobbie. I hope none of them swear.
Bobbie Oh, some of 'em try to, mother, but they
ain't much good at it. Life.
State I Contractor i
PRESCOTT The state of Arizona
is the contsactor on the seven mile
road connecting Seligman with the
end of the state highway, as a re
sult of the accceptance by the coun
ty highway commission of the bid of
cost plus $10 offered by the state
engineer.
The contract has been signea, ana
the directing engineers, Olmstead &
Gillelen, are preparing to start worn
just as soon as the state crews are
ready to go on the job. The contract
was let by the highway commission
at the request of the state engineer's
office in order to complete a project
that otherwise would be left unfin
ished Journal-Miner.
Gobs Help Celebrating
TUCSON A Southern Pacific spe
cial train of 13 cars stopped in Tuc
son at 7:45 Monday night long
enough to spill into Congress street
and various other portions or tne
city 400 naval recruits bound for San
Francisco from the Great Lakes
naval training school.
Confiscating flivvers. baggage
trucks and other devices on four
wheels, the rookies marched, rode.
and yelle through the business sec
tion of the city for an hour, adding
a fit and noisy conclusion to the La
bor day celebration. citizen.
Report Book 'Audit
GLOBE The report of W. R. Kelly.
certified accountant representing
Thurston ana oriuer oi n.i raso, em
ployed by the city council to audit
the books or ex-cniei oi f once rt. l,.
Pinyan. shows that Mr.. Pinyan was
short in his accounts Jf.b6o.zt, repre
senting moneys collected by him in
his official capacity as city marshal
and chief of police, and of which it
is alleged, he failed to make an ac
counting.
The report carvers the period of
' nine years durinfe which Mr. Pinyan
held office. Arizona Kecora.
Bogus Check Charged
Tt'MA With his preliminary hear
ing set for Saturday, Sept. 10. and
his attorneys attempting to arrange
a bail bond in order to procure his
release, J. B. Smith, 'head of the
Grand Canyon Honey company, i
held in the county Jail as the re
sult of several alleged bad check op
erations, while county authorities are
Investigating his past record.
Smith's friem's remain confident
that the charges against him will be
dismissed. Sun.
' ' Was Double Crossed
GLOBE That R. Martin, who by
his confession helped to rob the Cit
izens Saving bank at Curlew, Iowa,
Aug. 19, was double crossed by his
conferedate In crime was learned here
on the arrival last night of Sheriff
J. N. Jackson of Palo Alto county,
who is In Globe to get Martin and
take him back lo Iowa.
Sheriff J.ckson stated that the
bank was robbed of $S00 cash and
government bonds of the value of
, $7,000, some of which were regis
tered. Martin, in his confession to
Chief ot Police W. W. Cunningham
of Globe last Thursday, claimed that
the loot amounted to only $500 cur
rency. In a statement made to Sheriff
Jackson, Martin said that $250 was
all he got; that he stood guard at
the door of the bank while 'Charlie1
held up the assistant cashier. Miss
Easton. Arizona Record.
Northern Ranges Depleted
TUCSON The northern ranges
are seriously depleted or livestock and
although ranch n.en are anxious to
secure sheep and goats with which
to restock, there is little or no mone
avanauie ior tnis purpose, it was
stated by J-. C. Kinney, president of
La Osa Live Stock & Loan company.
Mr. Kinney has just returned from a
trip of several weeks in Montana,
where he has cattle interests. While
there the sale of 2.500 head of cat
tle was negotiated from his ranch at
Forsythe, Montana. Star.
Investigate Alleged Graft
TUCSON A thorough investiga
- tion of alleged graft on city water
department employes' salaries was
begun late Tuesday afternoon by the
city council.
Ramona Montes, who has charge
of the pipe gang, testified that he
made out the men's time slips ac
cording to the amount of work the
men did, and all slips received Wa
ter Superintendent Smith's o. k.
From testimony heard at the spe
cial session of the city council Tues
day aXlernoon It developed that the
men were led to believe tnat tney
were receiving $2.50 a day, while
they were paid at the rate of $2.75.
Montes repeatedly affirmed that
he acted under Smith's orders in all
matters.
It is charged that Montes would
not give the men their checks, but
endorsed them with an X and gave
them cash, after deducting moneys
he had lent various employes.
One employe, L. Telles, testified
Tuesday afternoon that he has been
working fcthe city two months and
has never seen his check, and that
he can write his name. Citizen.
To Eliminate Damage
CASA GRANDE An extensive
campaign will be inaugurated during
this month by the Southern Pacific
railroad company among its employes
for the purpose of demonstrating
what can be done in the elimination
of loss and damage of freight.
The assistance of local shippers Is
desired by the company in the work
of packing, marketing and loading
packages. Carload freight is packed.
loaded and braced by the shipper.
The function of the carrier is to
transport the- car with reasonable
dispatch. If freight is not properly
loaded and braced in. the car, dam
age will occur -Bulletin.
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T Questions And
J Answers
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Both legs should be as far above
the "seelevel" as possible.
One can get the same exercise
flyswatting as playing tennis, but
the managing editors don't consider
the pictures as thrilling. $
The country is becoming quit
tennis mad. All the "athuletic gurls"
are doing It, and the first question
one asks in inquiring about a young
woman today is, "How far can sha
Jump?" If she can't leap 15 feet
in the presence of a photographer sha
is excluded from the worth-while-set.
The newspaper photographers
hunt women tennis stars the wp? .
hunters hunt quail. They stroll out
into the country watching for tha
"rise." The moment they behold a
white figure in full flight, they shoot
with deadly accuracy, seldom missing
a garter
Then it becomes a race to the
newspaper office, where the manag
ing editor looks over the wet printa
and finally calls a staff conference
to decide which way the pictures
should be printed to show that tha
ladies were right side up when
"snapped."
The tennis star is . running tht"
bathing beauty a close race for pho
togravure section honors. In fact,
she has the pump on her.
The usual caption under a photd
showing a fair feminine tennis star
in midair (skirts slightly higher) is1
''Forty Love." But it should be be
yond all manner of doubt "Forty -Luwa
Mike!"
(Any reader can get the answer
to any question by writing The Ari
zona Republican Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Haskin, Director, .Wash
ington, D. C. This offer applies
strictly to information. The bureau
cannot give advice on legal, medical
and financial matters. It does not
attempt to settle domestic troubles,
nor to undertake exhaustive re
search on any subject. Write your
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age. All replies are sent direct to
the Inquirer.)
Q. At what distance are storm
clouds visible to the naked eye?
K. D. K.
A. The weather bureau says that
the distance at which storm clouds
are visible to the naked eye varies
greatly with ones position and the
kind of clouds. If a person is- in an
open flat country and the clouds are
of the broad stratus or layer type,
he may not see them more than 30
or 40 miles away, and even not half
so far if the air tends to be misty
or hazy. On the other hand, when
the air is quite clear a well de
veloped cumulo-nimbus, or thunder
storm, cloud may, in favorable cir
cumstances, be seen more than 100
miles away. '
Q. Is American coal selling read
ily in the foreign market at this
time? A. H. D.
A. The National Coal association
says that the only American coal
operators who are doing any off
shore business at present are those
who hold old contracts. While Great
Britain's mining costs are higher
than those in the United States, be
cause of out-of-date mining meth
ods, lower transportation rates give
the. English operators an. unsur
mountable advantage over Ameri
can dealers.
Q. Does the Red Cross employ
male rurses? F. O.
A. The headquarters of the Red
Cross states that male nurses are
not employed by this organization.
Q. Are prairie dogs found in much
or ini Tirming lana in inn csun
try? O. M. C. .
A. The department of agriculture
says that not less than 100,000,000
acres of range and agricultural lands
are infested by prairie dogs. These
animals sometimes change the most
productive valleys into devastated
barrens.
Q. When is Expectation Week?
G. I. I
A. This Is a name sometimes ap
plied to the period between Ascen
sion Day and Whitsunday, since dur
ing this time the Apostles continued
praying in earnest expectation of the
Comforter.
What was the date of the Galves
ton flood? D. W. S.
A. On September . 1900. a flood
inundated Galveston, Texas, in which
about 8000 persons lost their lives
and property worth $20,000,000 was
destroyed.
O. How high is the highest look
out on any ship in the United States
navyr A. 5.
A. The navy department says that
the highest' lookout on any ship In
the navy is 110 feet, measuring from
the water.
Q. What makes a thermos bot
tie heat and cold proof's J- T.
A. A thermos bottle is a double
walled receptacle. The air in the
space between the walls is complete
ly exhausted and the walls are sil
vered like a mirror so as to reflect
radiation. This guards against the
access of heat or cold from without.
Q. How did Esperanto get ita
name? C. C. H.
A. Esperanto received its nam
from the Russian physician. Dr.
Zamenhof. He first published a
treatise on the subject in 1S&7. sign
ing it Dr. Esperanto, meaning "Hope
ful." 4
Q. What system is used by the
Japanese to dwarf pines? A. E. A.
A. The Forestry service says that
the system used by the Japanese to
dwarf pine trees is kept secret by
them.
Q. How many islands are there in
the Barbadoes? E. H. C.
A. Barbadoes or Barbados, is a
single island, the most easterly of tha
West Indies. Its name is Portuguese,
and means "the bearded," so-called
on account of the bearded fig tree,
which is found there in abundance.
Q. What plant was known as "th
white man's foot?" F. H.
A. A large variety of dock which
was not known to the Indians be
fore the advent of the white man.
and which . followed his progress
westward, was given the name "white
man's foot."
Q. Which Enqlish sovereign reigned
the longest? M. C.
A. Queen Victoria, who succeeded
to the throne on June 30, 1S37. and
reigned until January 22. 1901. en
Joyed the longest reign in English
history.
Q. What kind of sheep produced
the most wool? N. I
A. The department of agriculture
says that In this year's tet shearing
the Rambouillets scored highest.
They averaged 11.14 pounds of wool
per sheep, Columbias standing second
with 10.85 pounds per sheep.
Q. Why are hangnail so called?
R. G.
A. The word "hangnail" ia a cor
ruption of "agnail." It is derived
from two words meaning trouble or
vexation, and nail.
Q. In which one of Shakespeare's
plays does the character Cobweb ap
pear? J. F. S.
A Cobweb is one of four fairies
that appear in Shakespeare's Mid
summer Night's Dream first In ac$
3. scene 1, and later in act 4, scene
1.
A Weekly With a Hump on It. We Cover the Desert.
Price: Tut! Tut!
Ariz., September 9, 1S21
One Hundred and Thirty-first Trip"
AS THE philsosopher remarked
- n Ft .L,A 1 .. 11.,... r""" .i ...1...,
tier difficulty. "There are champions
and champions." The prize ring, the
athletic field, the turf, the tennis
court and the baseball diamond have
their champions, and even among the
pie eaters and the consumers of near
beer there are those who have merit
ed the designation. The champion
ship horseshoe pitching contest hasi)
been held recently, and connoisseurs
of fashions are looking for the bare
knee champion.
There are, . therefore, champions
and champions. They litter up the
pictorial sections; they fill the sport
pages, and once in a while they get a
place even on the front page. We are
used to them but we are not used to
a variety news of which has just
come from France. That this cham
pion is a woman is to be expected
not from any consideration of her
title, but from the mere fact that
feminine champions are becoming
quite the thing.
The new champion is Mme. Val
lombrosa, wife of a Parisian who is
now making his bid for fame as his
wife's husband. M. Val lombrosa is
suing for divorce, and in this does the
matter of the championship appear,
for he has named 43 separate and
distinct co-respondent, and until time
of going to press Mme. v allombrosa
has not denied the soft impeachment.
Forty-three co-respondents, with
perhaps more to be named as the
case progresses! Surely this is
record, and the laurels are gone for
ever from the ws of Lillian Rus
sell and De Wolf Hopper and Nat
Goodwin, who have bid fair to hanq
up records that would last until a
modification of the divorce laws.
How M. Vallombrosa has been able
to keep an accurate record of the 43
who may achieve a permanent
niche' in history as the "famous 43"
we are not informed. We may be
lieve, however, from the premises
that M. Vallombrosa is a man of slow
thought processes, for we know
thousand American husbands who
have become exceedingly active after
discovery Just one co-respondent, and
we know of none who has not hit
the ceiling after discovering the first
dozen or two. But if we are not in
formed as to the manner in which
the husband kept count of thom.
neither are we informed concerning
the wifea' method of accounting. Did
she have a social secretary? And did
she always keep her dates unmixed?
Did the gentlemen in the case bid for
her friendship en masse, or did they
follow one another in the orthodox
American way? These, and a hun
dred like speculations, intrigue the
inquirer, who finds his curiosity in
creasing as his surmises take added
number. Were they all blondes, or
arl brunettes, or did the lady have
varying fancy? Terhaps we shall
never know, but, thank heavens, no
one can take from us our privilege
of guessing.
On thing Is certain, at least to Te
Editor of The Camelback. Mme. Val
lombrosa is a champion of the first
water. She has won the rubber
toothpick and the furlined dinner set.
She has set a mark for the ambitious
wives of the world to shoot at, and
she may be certain it will be un
touched for quite a little time.
To M. Vallombrosa go our sympa
thies, and, in some measure, our con
gratulations. He has made his mark,
and he has set a warning that was
needed. All of us may hare wives.
Only one or two may have a cham
pion. And perhaps the aggrieved
husband in this case may recall, per
haps with a shudder, the beautiful
ditty we used to know about "the
leaves of Vallombrosa." celebrated
for their beauty but much more so
for their number. And they never
have ALL been counted!
o .
AH, WE THOUGHT SO!
The following Is clipped from a
Nogales paper of Monday, Sept. B:
"All the Nogales hotels are crowd
ed today, with visitors here from
Phoenix, Tucson. Bisbee. Globe,
Douglas and other points who have
come down to spend Labor day in
Nogales. The visitors began arriving
Saturdas evening, and "kept coming
yesterday and today on train and
stage and many in their own cars.
They know that here on the border
they can enjoy themselves to the ut
most.
Many of the visitors spent last eve
nlnir in the dance halls in Nogales,
Sonora. and many will attend the big
baseball hop tonight at the American
Social club.
Good morning! Have you found
your blankets yet?
With the coming of the cool weath
er there also arrived some other fall
visitors with whose attentions we
could well dispense. We do not want
to go into details, but the artist has
HIGHBROW DEPARTMENT
This department is conducted ex
clusively for . those residents of
Phoenix living east of Central ave
nue and north of the Grand canal.
Other Phoenicians are requested not
to interest themselves in it. The se
lection this week is "A Bahaman
Love Song," taken from Richard Le
Gallienne's latest collection of poems.
"The Junkman and Other Poems."
Le Gallienne's place in modern poetry
has already been firmly fixed as it
has been in fact In all the realm of
modern letters.
The morning like a river runs
With feet of music through the
palms.
Come match your glory with the sun's.
And breathe with me a thousand
balms;
The dawn Is like an azure door
Flung open wide for us to flee.
And watch along the surf-ringed shore
The heaving Jewel of the sea.
And we will find some coral cave,
Where you shall doff your linen fair
By the foam-ljped up-running wave.
And ftee the marvel of your hair.
And match your whiteness with the
spray.
And match yotir strange eyes with
the sea.
And, like- a nereid. you shall sway
Cradled In lapiz-lazuli;
Then turn, and, like a dolphin, glide
Through hollow walls of glimmering
jade.
Where solemn gleaming fish abide
Forever in a twilight glade;
And I shall watch you sink and pass
Then dive, and midway we shall
meet.
Two dreams within a magic glass
That join dim lips with sea-salt
sweet. j
Then We shall hoist a snowy sail.
And, in a boat with crystal floor.
Gaze down on shapes in rainbow mail.
Star-fish and branching madrepore.
And peacock fans and faery flowers
That in a mystic garden dream.
Of moon-white sands and coral
bowers.
Tranced deep in the pellucid stream.
There might I dwell as in your eyes.
And never to the world return
But lo! another Paradise
Of beckoning palms and tropic
fern ' ,
Ton Island ringed with sun-kissed
foam:
O let us thre our boat careen.
And I will build our hidden home,
. And you shall be the island queen.
And I will serve you. morn and eve.
Of golden fruits shall be our fare.
And garlands for your body weave.
And dive for pearls to deck your
hair;
And Love shall be the Island laws.
Love all its business, all its play.
The world and all its silly sang
A foolish legend far away.
grasped the Idea perfectly in the cut
below:
The Camelback having adolfced a
policy of the greatest good for the
greatest number, its readers are re
quested to remember that Ye Editor
is always glad to receive communi
cations. If a poem or a near poem
is interfering with your respiratory
functions, get it off your chest by
mailing it to us; if a merry quip or
quirk seems worthy of general dis
tribution, fire it in to the Camelback:
if the baby has knocked you for a
goal with a bright remark, let us
have it. It will amuse our subscrib-
ers, and it ,ill take some of the load
from Ye editor's shoulders.
The Camelback expresses its
thanks this week to Its contemporary.
The Roundup, for the advice given
last Sunday in that Justly famous
page. One of Ye Editor's neighbors
has lopped his palm trees, a motor- .
cyclist across the street has put hia
machine in cold storage, and the lady
next door has canned her player
piano. But there is an auto fiend '.
near by who still cranks his Henry
roadster at 7 a. m. and then forgets
to turn it oft and who needs another
shot in the arm. '.
Prospects are that the Cave creek
dam will be completed in 1936. The
various interested parties are to he
congratulated on the progress they
are making. The West End is par
ticularly happy over the speed shown,
to date.