Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1921, Page 76

THE SUND. AY STAR, WASHINGTON, GAMBLING IN RIVIERA RESORTS BRINGS TERLING BY STERLING HEILIG. Cannes-Nice-Monte Carlo-Mentone, HiElilicn\’V-rites of the “"Hotel April 20, 1921. ) N the vast tide of travel to and | Mouse' and Jewel Robberies of Past Few from the Mediterranean resorts, | Months — Young Women Join Bands .of Crooks—Paris Police at a Loss as to Solution 0{ Newest problem_“Don.ts“ {Or the Tra\'eler the following *Don'ts” are wide- | Iy published, warning visitors, | who have been carrying more valu-| ables this season than was ever known or dreamed of before: | “Don’t go away from your railway | car section leaving valuables in a bag. “Don’t carry your pocketbook con- taining money or papers of value in| Your br “Don’t « Your money \Vho Seeks Mediterranean RCSOrtS. baccarat a stakd and ne roway to or pay ehers oo rry vailway €0 that any tickets with one can see ire men T but old fellows w 3 ot for a favorable a day. u woe wait mu i et 1 erowd: o wooden . mel- ter hurriedly: she ix squeczr ancholy cha o busine swomen aquaintances of men récupe health. Wi Or at hom ot part vouns fi 0 to make much ik that it of Nf hant king np her hving at br the women. They rived,” that the Solved your mobbed” wrong at a job when he found 300 ¢ werk inother man here £4.000 two honest to come thout < to ol oivg und for i hars problem nd br ) oflicér He gave rifying that of aftern A at . reputed to monihs iz ¥ Mail takes up the theme jen thieves have little dificults in turn fnx stolen stones into money. Thes have foun their market. and | The &0 hroke s learn anyho Tt ois a rou ent for the a4 the hone Wwho are its prede If you take i moisten 1 mear iy £ their tined vie- Mo new and exactly what they will Which tearn this Lty ftims smy friend Du-| Nice: but “where g is clear, Al . your not of of the pol [ it neross the po ! are they. where do they come from.{ i\ vemain, ‘oveu If and where do they go? Pplayed with continu ‘1 know what @ hotel ra Yo |18 imperceptible Durot. “She is 4 woman in a tirTare AEtonthe BROK.H black rubber suit, sk dled or twice, except operates at night and m which is looki for it lig She can get into your room 1o catch the card at in B Your money and jewels while you ar o th b ik bt with asleep. But the rat is not improvised Dractice it I8 easy to get a The rat is a professional. She travel 'of it. both while the being dealt and held in th hands. You smear then . horizc 1 ding- 1y, and ey ccomes rkod Thus mora] principles are broken ) down in an atmosphiers of luxury Wt here on our h no bridge of values th a | faise | ) b in hoss will change it " things are known. says Du $ OF EUROPE .y it ix another thing to prov FURNISH THE OPPORTUNITI THIEVES, AND 3.0 AMATEUR CROOKS HAVE CAUSED THE PG D 0 wmuu.‘x What is t l\ "v‘ opny Ih'-"lsllhnl\ ——— " they accuse a woman el ace hotel. Her money « < in chec where you keep the latter when tick-| with a man rat to “open any door that, from Paris and 1| B ets are culled for. exists” and in her get-away. the time making “Don't leave bags unattended any- We know mo - high-cla .| women pos ng where. {1t is a difficult profession. Where are | the other women in the “Don't forget that notwitchstanding they? Even the heinted pistole,” | are the lonely rich. They all the efforts of the French railway ! shooting a combination of three Ger-|smart young woman who is amusing companies and police, first-class Ri-|man gases, was found on a non-pro- { When the police suspect the y dare not viera trains are used, on occasion, by | fessional, a Dutchman. act. They know that they will find well dressed members of a clever in-| So the answer dawned on him | nothing. ternational gang of thieves. slowly. ’ F X P S “It isn't rats” he says, “it's mice o s bl Once again, as in the field of sport THE police can lay a trap. It wi T every great hotel along the Silver | the amateurs have beaten the profes nat- exich: & wweil Dioked \mouse g : sign inside | Sionals to it. They are amateur young . ihioreticaily, cateh. & lone Shore there is a new sig . Iidy crooks, They don't need {0 mk»\‘u may, theoretically atel L the room, by every bedroom door: lock doors in rubber suits. They are|Woman operating on her own, as in “Notice Security! Bolt your door|acquainted with their victims. They|the case at Cannes, but the fact that i at night! 1 do rats’ work fn full daylight. no jewels have been recovered veri- Yet the los: women of intelligence, good fies that front and unb | hard have continued. espe-| bl eiaty in. ho villus, balls and ca-! [JOW do they gel the nerve? How | sinos. The SARtional fewel P do they slip down to it. morally Ly oc; ‘A')zo";;"‘“»"rmm! {How do they find an honest “fence” | . rked money, and tithe “d Put a piy in the figure. In Paris|to buy the jewels they sneak offices™ of the Riviera (whose the year 1920 hay been called “& year, It begins with bridge rather than|p.ce is admittedly to pick up bar with baccarat. If you could see them | from ruined plavers at the tables mished reputation are 50 long ds they aveid to trap. mond busi- of robberies.” The figures are just “Counting thefts of money, jew- stocks, bonds, etc., the year's losses amounted to 24,000,000 francs. Of 25.027 people arrested, 4,033 were foreigners.” You see, in this Riviefa season of three months, when arrests have been few, convictions nil and practically mnothing recovered, a greater total has been lifted than all the professional criminals got out of Paris in a year. By whom? Who did it? Why, young lady amatcurs and undetected new beginne Such is the astonishing conclusion to which the best police in the world | have 1 professionals alone | been guilty they would know it. Pro- fessionals lenve a trace, especially in these days of passports and teamwork | between the police of cities. Here, there is nothing to take hold of. It is scattered work of unknown parties, undistinguishable from their victims. It is not the heavy touch of men, but the elegant hand of the woman. How should not women turn crook, in the temptations of these gambling cities? i Look at the white hands against the green cloth of the roulette and baccarat tables! Eliminate the bodies at the elbow. Picture the coffin- shaped table surrounded by & hundred sbeautiful. clutching hands! Read the local newspapers. I quote only from the past two weeks, repeat- ing nothing from my former letters. “An American woman lost 12.000 francs Monte Carlo. Khe minaged to get as far Lyous. where whe arrived without money to| continue her rallway travel or for a hotel ory food. in trying to cash a check duce the Americ: consul it. Later, the check | proving to be . he feit obliged to make a compiaint er. From Cannes: ““The mild excitement of playiog ls boule (a Kind of roulette With nine numbers) is very popular amonz English women visitors to the Canino. who hover amund the tables in rows two of three deep, trying to win enough to pay their “five o clock “Quite extrao witnessed lute the 9. whici and the times cons few days later u playing her first game o micipal Casino of Cannes, of 35,000 frapcs.” o ox BSERVE the fon. From boule, at whose popular stakes| you can lose, at most. only a few hun- | dred dollars per sitting, they promote themselves to baccarat, where you can win tens of thousands. The third step is to make up for losses when no cash remains to stake you. A case that e immense sensation is thus ¥ runs of numbers ha 1 saw a man playing “lve times in succession: bac cmrat we awar winner suce. to an ageney telegram from #aid to bave contained 5.000 f; “'For meveral months 3 in alleged, | thefts of pocketbooks have taken pluce on the course at Cannes. Th found it 4if. o earry out their investigatioms. owing to fhe fact that most of the peopla ‘oncerned were ipent British socistr folk Eveatually, ver. & trap was Lid and thw detectives Ropt watch, d sguised as gardeners Mr. _in thirty-five years of age and Bas dove much entertaining oo the Iiviers.' “The final step is to go in for jewels in a businesss-like way. Of course, their peplexity. trembiing and loss when, a8 %0 often happens. a girl goes in on her lonesome and sells, one piece st & time, 0 the advertising “ brokers"” u’:d ewelry offices pwarm in these gambling cities, “pay- fng the highest prices” to visitors who have gone broke at the tables. The only safe way is to “wor ACCORDING TO TH PARIS POLICE, THE PROFESSIONAL THIEF, * with some y - y el i ol 3 3 t mun who knows an hopast| oLy A A BOTEL RAE" WEARS & RUBBER SUIT WHEN GOING receiver of stolen goods—to ABOLT H WORK. HER OMMITTED AT NIGHT. WHEN JEWELS AND MON . the honest man is no pro- fessional | He never sola a pin. nor wouldn't! | Play bridee | big hatels youltru advertisements, “all | It is admitted on all sides that| Would und it fidentin ‘“there is a new catagory woman | Verse ! mouse Ars gloves Joewel thieves, who haunt the best ho- | lonely | B ludy that she tels and restaurants by day and by|ly an to|h Teay zer prints, night~ skl it mpossible for a hright [ Only poor 1s -valets ind cham- e London Express sees it from|Zirl 10 = more or e ble to| bermalds aving their Bertillon Nieec recognize | queezed” high ourdy m' uutokraphs all over the furniture, A the small lump in dealing th Offvalet at Monte Carlo stole 86,000 e ey of vell mobamen. ! course. it begins with signaling. | francs’ worth of jewcls from one of the podkats of wealthy men who have been| YOURE ladies lcarn mapidly when they [ the rooms he had to care for. He Boscad ¢ carim ete. They sit In bocel diming' take flutters at roulette, boule andraised cash on them across the fron- 1 win | draw | {sure money even in erooked }they are ripe for the major with the| fwocden leg. and the fine old fellow Jwith the white musta picks out { his 3 | He has no use for boys. He lets them | go. But what we rightly eall nice | Rirls and women of zood position. {when they start on the jewel-lifting career, develop nerve. audiacity and -nius. They have confidence. There a serious boss behind them. full of I wise suggestions and I prudence. | They have no bother to sell the jew- {els.” He do 1 that part and divid ! honestly. nd when they find money ving loose they need not fear a trap OUT A NEW KIND OF WOMAN CRIMINAL tier, in small part, from the Italian government pawn shop. This was his hane He was caught on his finger which, alone could never have convicted him, because he had a right to b here. Convietion came by con- froniing him with the Itallan govern- ment pawnshop clerk, who had no reason to keep silence. Is there anything to_go on? Dr. Locard. head of the French police school at Lyon. has made a discovery, the most important since Bertillon establis crime detection by fin- zer prin Not only can a person be fraced by the prints of his fingers. | but. just as well, by similar prints im de by any part’ of his or her body. Any of the pores of the skin leaves junmistakable dist:nguishing marks. Dr. Locard calls the new science “po- | roscap: His discoveries ure. naturally. the result of investigating crimes where Prrpetrators used cloves and thus balked finger print detection. Where | professional male crook wore gloves, Ibut in the course of his theft rested | his forearm on a glass case. Dr. Lo- rd was able to identify the criminal taking forearm prints of several He says that he can iden- @4 man by imprints of the pores ny part of his body. The feet, clbows, knees, forearm, may telltale traces to land a crook in Jail A crook in Paris, for example, in opening the drawer of a jewel safe. rested his left elbow on a marble ta- | ble. Of six suspects, all well known professionals, the man whose elbow I correspond to those left on the [ marble table was convicted. Here, one would say, is a chance to get the mics Yes. truly, you can take pore prints o gl opped dressing tables, mar- | ble-topped chiffoniers, against white enameled woodwork, varnished furni- ture or even wall paper—wherever mousic may have leaned. for an in- stant, listening, all excited, before pouncing on pearl drops. But wait. Why should it be mousie? Might not any of ten other woman guests have left those pore prints? You'll say no, not if they correspond with mousie's dimpled elbow. | Ah. not if, of course. of course! | If you have nerve, says Durot. to go asking fifty ladies in a hotel to please let you make prints of their feet, toes, cibows and forearm: the emerald ring and ! April n History. | THE thirty days of April have been | important and momentous ones in ! America’s history. In distinction to | the calm and springlike nature of the month whose name probably comes from the latin verb “Aperire,” mean- { ing to open, April has been connect- ed with some of the most eventful | happenings of American history, and marks the beginning of all her most important wars. The first Congress of the United ates under the Federal Constitution ©t on the 1st of April, 1789, und George Washington was inaugurated the first President on April 30 of the same year. The battle of Lexington, the first blood shed in the revolutionary war was fought on April 19, 1775. The civil war began with the firing upon Fort Sumter April 12, 1861. War was declared upon Spain in April, 1898, and the last great war was entered by the United States on April 6, 1917, when Congress declared war on Ger- many. But if April is fertile in producing wars, she is no less active in bring- ing them to a close. On April 19, 1783, eight years to a day after the battle of Lexington, Gen. George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Army, proclaimed the war with England at an end and discharged the Army. The civil war ended when Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox { Court House. Va.. on April 9, 1865. The Spanish-American war ended with the signing of the peace protocol by both powers April 13, 1599. April 19 has been an ominous and memorable day in American history. Besides being the date on which the revolutionary war began, it marks the date of the first actual blood shed in the civil war, when Massachusetts troops en route to Washington were fired on in Baltimore and a number of men killed. On that date also Lincoln proclaimed a blockade of all the southern ports. and on this same April 19, thirly-seven years later, Congress resolved that Cuba must be | free” and independent. an act which foreshadowed the actual declaration of war with Spain a few days later. Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1565. The San Francisco earth- quake was on April 18, 1906, and the Titanic sank with 1,500 souis aboard on April 15. 1912. That April has been an important month in the history of the United Slg§e! is shown by the following table: First meeting of Congress under federal Constitution, April 1, 1788. First newspaper 'printed in the United States made its appearance April 4, 1704. United States declares war on Ger- many, April 6. 1917 Discovery of gold ported April 4, 1897 Discovery of north pole by Com- mander R. E. Peary, April 6, 1909. System of registering letters in- troduced in postal service April 3, 58, Bank of United States incorporated with capital of $35,000,000, April 10, 1800. Fort Sumter ordered to surrender, April 12, 1561 End of Spanish-American war; peace protocol signed April 13, 1899, Lincoln assassinated, April 14. 1865. anic sank after striking iceberg, April 15, 1912, £ lschers in Alaska re- Lincoln _signed bill abolishing 7Ifia\';;%'nin District of Columbia, April Paul Revere's ride. April 18, 1775, Jo5an Francisco earthauake, April 18, George Washington Inaugurated first President of the United St April 30. 1759, -t Louisiana VoS to France, April 30, 1803. COLORED MOVIE PICTURES. Despite the work of hundreds of scientists and the filing of patents in all countries relating to systems of color photography, there seems today as little prospect of a successful sys- tem as ever. For years Investigators were sure i that they were near the solution of the problem. There seemed only a lrew details of mechanics and opties i:u-‘llwzen them and success. Still they ail. Pictures have been produced fn colors, to be sure, but have you ever seen a colored motion pict looked 1ike the real thing? - Colers movies are made through three lenses, each filtering one of the three primary colors of light. There {8 a red, a ‘blue and a yellow lens. But the lenses cannot “shoot” simultane- ously. Two are always a little slower than the other. The colors “fail to jelster” and the result on the screen s a rainbow whenever is are there is quick The second great fault is t 3 [ 1sh reflection ‘of light. = A mer it | & blue suit has & brown suit in the picture, because the walls of the room ! were tan and the suit's color blended ! with it (o produce brown. One side of the river Is fringed with green trecs and the other by rocks. The | kreen light reflected by the trees is caxt by the water on the rocks. The rocks show green to the accurate eye of the camera where they would be brown to the human eye. Science, ordinary folk have come to believe, is invincible, but it looks as though it may take the count in the battle to produce photographs in natural colors. Purchase made by en-| D. C, MAY 1, 1921-PART 4. NEW SECRETARY OF LABOR ROSE FROM He Was Born at Trede- gar. Wales, and Came to America in 1881.| Parents Settled at Sharon, Pa., Where the Boy Drove Cows to| Pasture and Delivered| Newspapers—His Work With Labor Unions—Organizer for Fraternal Order—The Mooseheart Home for Orphans. | BY JAMES A. BUCHANAN. HERE are many reusons why President Harding selected | James J. Davis to be Secretary of Labor. The President real- ized that the member of his official family to be placed in charge of the portfolio having to deal with labor problems must possess qualifications which would enable him to view problems from every angle. For the man who is to assist the President in Euiding the administration through troublesome waters must be able to grasp the view point of employer, em- ploye and the public While, no_doubt, many of the other candidates for this position possessed qualifications of a high character, it is extremely doubtful if any of them had all the qualifications possessed by Secretary Davis. He is dynamic, he is human and he is endowed with vision He is opend-minded and fair. His early lite gave him an opportunity to view the position of the man who loils with his hands. His subsequent rise in the financial world taught him that the employer has rights that shoyld be respected and his work in connection with the Loyal Order of Moose enlarged his field of vision. * % % x MR _DAVIS, like his predecessor, A1 william B. Wilson, is of alien birth. He was born in Tredegar. Wales. October 27, 1573, from which place the father, mother and six chil- dren came to the United States in 1851. and the fact that they came as steerage passengers has never been spoken of regretfully by the man who is a member of the official family of the President of the United States. | Nor has he ever announced the fact| boastfully. The family settled in Shar- on, Pa., in May and one day after the arrival of the littie Welshman he was | at work. The job was driving cows out to pasture and back again at night. Being of an extremely ener- getic nature, he became the handy boy of the town—sold newspapers, delivered messages for the telegraph company and picked nails out of wood strips, throwing the good nails into kegs. This latter essay in the fleld of labor netted him 45 to 50 cents a day. He was working not only to heip fill the family purse, but also to |secure money enough to attend |school. During the hours of study at ithe old Central School he paid strict attention to his lessons, but as soon as the class had been dismissed he was busy at odd chores around the town, passing bills to the show at the town hall, and he often earned 50 cents additional a night as a super on the stage. When he was eleven years of age he left school for family reasons and started to work in @ puddie mill. A year later he was third hand to the puddler. assistant to the pri- vate gecretary, so o speak. At sixteen he could run a furnace and was admitted to the association, one of the youngest members of the union. There were just five mem- bers of that age belonging to the funion in the United States and young Davis took an active part in the union work. Leaving Pittsburgh, he went to Birmingham. Ala, and worked at several other places, and | Just before arriving at his majority | went to Ellwood, Ind., where he se- cured a job in the tin mill.- The Wilson-Gorman tariff bill shut down nearly all the puddle mills. Undaunted, he started to learn the tin business, and by his close appli- cation and indominatble will soon rose to the position of boss roller, i, the boss of a crew at $10 per day. This same position pays $14 or $15 per day now. It was not long before the people of Ellwood sepcted young_Davis to be city clerk, and after having systematized the work of that branch of the municipal gov- ernment, he was elected county re- corder. 'In the Indiana election, in those days, the successful candidate did not take the oath of office until September following the May elec- tion. After the election he returned to Sharon, Pa. to take a business course in the school in order that he might be prepared to successfully fulfill the duties of the office to which he had been elected, and a man who had attended the school told the writer that Prof. Anspoke. head of the school, when he gave Davis his coveted bit of sheepskin, said: “James, here is your diploma. You have been here four and a half months. started last and you finished firs While young Davis was attending {school he also assisted his father, | who was working in the mill there, [ by making a heat or two for him, i eating dinner out of a tin pail and then going back to school. He served ias county recorder until 1906, at !which time marks. to many. the ! turning point in his life, because it was in that year that he joined the Loyal Order of Moose, of which he afterward became the head and di- recting spirit. * % *x % (CONTRARY to the general belief of the people of the country. Mr Davis did not organize the Moose | that body having been organized in llnul-vllle. Ky. In 1888, At the time Mr. Davis joined it had only 246 members and was heavily in debt. It mow has about $10,000,000 in assets. Realizing that the principles upon which the order was feunded were sound, Mr. Davis went into the work heart and soul. He worked day and night to develop it nationally, to make it commit { {itself to something tangible and to | cause it to have an appeal to the | better instincts of mankind. 1 James J. Davis had vision. He saw that by placing hefore the thinking men of the country the principles of the order he might take the weakling and develop it into a power for good. With the same en- ergy he had displayed in rising from the humble positions in the puddle mill and tin mills, he applied him- k of bringing the tion up to & point of the country would oud to say they were members o A dorganization. Day in and ! day out he labored to perfect his| plan of organization. He consulted ! Yith the heads of many organiza- ! tions. more than 90 per cent of whom told him that he was a visionary und that it was Impossible to accom- plish the work he had laid out. Rebuff after rebyff was encountered, discouragement after discouragement was received, many, so-called, friends told him that he daft, but he per- severed, with the result of teday the organization has sodewhere between three-quarters and L million mem- bers in good standing throughout the / { i SECRETARY OF LABOR DAVIS ON HIS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO AS A LAD, AN IMMIGRANT HIMSELF. “TOWN HANDY BOY” TO CABINET MEMBER United States. One of the things Mr. Davis had in mind when he took up the work was the establishment of a home for children—children with- out father or mother. children with- out a father and children without a | mother. A home where these littletots might be taken care of. where a help- ing hand could be extended to them in their first steps along life’s pathway. and the slogan he nailed to the mast head was “Every child is entitled to at least a high school education and a trade.” It the present Secretary of Labor had never accomplished anything else for mankind his work in bringing into being the home at Mooseheart, 111, for the orphans would have won for him the deepest respect and highest re- gard of all thinking people. The putting of life into a practically dead organization Wwas mnot accom- plished by Mr. Davis with ease. 1 re- member distinctly on one occasion at a national convention of the order. at which the writer was present as a representative from a western state. when a little coterie of men endeav- ored to change the policy of the or- ganization because in the early days of the Moose, as in many other or- ganizations, there were men who were actuated by selfish motives, and_this group started to wage a bitter fight, making attacks both on the adminis tration of the order and upon Mr. Da- ally. vis personally. THOSE who were present will never forget his attitude. For personal abuse he cared but little, but when the principles of the order were at- tacked he became an irresistible force, and, taking the floor, answered the critics at length. Ho took their argu- ments, one by one, analyzed them and showed the fallacies contained there- in. No general ever handled a situa- tion in a more skillful manner, and no orator ever carried greater weight in the presentation of a case than did Mr. Davis when he marshaled fact after fact and presented them to the convention for consideration. staged, while the movies, consisting | of the best films and instructive edu- eational reels, are shown. In the | athletic department there are fur. nished such amusements as tennis, | croquet, track work. base ball, swim- ming and other kindred sports in summer. while in winter the Fox river makes an ideal place upon which to skate. A band of seventy-five pieces is one of the prides of Mooseheart. and there are few bands in the United States that can compete with it. In fact, heart band will give, at some date in the near future, a special concert for the President. 'During the late war | a number of the older boys in school | enlisted under the Stars and Stripes. Practical work at Mooseheart fits these youngsters for life’s battle. The officials of the Supreme Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose are com- posed of some of the big men of the United States. Two of them are in Washington at the present time; one is Secretary of Labor James J. Davis while the other is Arthur Capper, sen- ator from Kansas. Mooseheart was made possible by a man chosen by President Harding to preside over the destinies of the Department of Labor, a man selected by the President be it is being arranged that the Moose- | zive u square deal | i emplove alike. If Jam: as any hobby, it is childr ball g on t lake with the rs at Moos: heart, and beforo taking up his dutic in Washington he usually took hi summer vacation by going to Moosc heart, 80 that he could romp with the children. His nents and diver sions are few iz is his chiel exercise. In suminer. occasio visits the golf link a golfer can be gue his_scorc has never been pub lished. His chief diversion is work generally arrivinz at his office at X am. and leaving about 7 p.am. During the strenuous days when together with Sccretaries Hoover and Wallace, the packer ultiex were being arbitrated ched in his office, and, if memory serves correct ly. the repast 1 of an egz sandwich, a red i and a glass of water. Mr. Davis is honest in hix answers. When~ asked what he thought a cabinet officer should be he replied he did not know and that right now he was trying to master the job of a Secretary of Labor. and that it was a little early for him to attempt to outline that job in all its details. By Edmond Haraucourt. { | Transinted From the French BY WILLIAM L. McPHERSON. HE residence of Don Diego Lopez Pacheco. Duke of Esca- lona and Marquis of Villena, was known by all in Toledo and beyond its borders as one of the most noble of that noble city. In the ancient capital where in turn had ,tleman, who was barely twenty-five vears old wlen he fought the battle |0f Marignan. and who covered him self there with laurels™ | 7“1 know his bravery.” interruptec ilhe duke, “as well as his military tal ents, and 1 know also that his king Francis the 1st. has rewarded i with one of the highest of title “Unfortunately, or. rather, fortu- | nately for us. a bitter quarrel arose | between thke queen mother, who is He was | reigned for centuries the civilization | very haughty, as you know, and this Dleading not only for the life of the | e Rome the warlike Goths, the in-:Proud gentleman. jealous of his honor orgahization, but for the children. It was to bring happiness to the liv | Unpardonable words were spoken es of | dustrial genius of Moors and the art| The Emperor Charles heard of it and thousands of children and content-|of the Arabs, Castilian pride and;subtle politician as he is, he at oncs ment to the minds of their parents. When he had finished all delegates to the convention, with the exception priestly splendor, few houses were richer or more celebrated. The silver- the advantage which of this French might be wrangle. som¢ | saw ! got out not sure whetter he made m of a few disturbing elements, rose to [smith of Peter the Cruel had built it!overtures to the constable or whether their feet and cheered him for over|three-quarters of a century before, |the latter acted on his own initiative ten minutes. It was not alone that they believed in the director general of the order and its principles, but they wanted to take occasion to let every one know that they appreciated what he had done for the body of which they were members. During his speech one could feel the dymamic force of his presence throughout the auditorium, and if any body of men, be they representative of labor prob- lems or employers, or groups of citi- zens, come to the office of the Secre- tary of Labor with a proposition that is not fair and square and above board. they had better be prepared for a fight and a fight to a finish. Courte- ous and considerate is Mr. Davis, but when aroused he is extremely force- ful.. A friend of his once remarked: “The only way you can lick James J. Davis is to kill him.” This story would be incomplete if one did not give a brief description of the school and home called Moose.- heart. The keynote there is “Prepa- ration for Life.” Mooseheart is lo- cated thirty-seven miles west of Chi- ad and from the main buildings the ground slopes gently down to within about 100 yards of the Fox river Here is a perfect stretch of con- crete boulevard, a link in the great Lincoln highway, which from New York to San Francisco. Across the highway is the Moose. heart station; to the west are twol great stone posts. at the top of which is a sign showing the visitor a wel- come. Winding driveways lead up to the beautiful white biuldings, on the way to which we find pretty exam- ples of landscape gardens. A little further we fing the administration building. More than a thousand ildren are housed in the different edifices, and these orphans, from tiny babes to young men and women, have thelr welfare looked after with the same care as if they were a son or daughter of a multi-millionaire. Physicians, dentists, nurses, dieti tians, etc., care for their physical welfare; teachers of recognized standing act as instructors. ‘Thess children are not garbed as are chfi- dren in some institutions. Individu- ality and self-expression is encour- aged. Work of a paying nature can be performed by students of suitable age and may be done by them if they 80 desire. They are encouraged to save so that when they graduate they may have a little nest egg. Mooseheart boasts of its department store, confectionery and barber shop. The food given those who live at Mooseheart is wholesome and clean, as well as abundant. The average consumption of milk is about a quart 2 day to each child. “This all comes from Mooseheart's famous heard of Holstein cows. These children may take up a course in printing, farming, machinery, elec- tricity, gardening. nursing, dressmak- ing, concrete working, sewing, st nography, music, etc. Matrons pre- side over the homes. assisted by some of the older girls, ko that the latter may receive cducation as practical homemakers and homekecpers. * ok ko F["HERE are a number of instances where mothers live in Moose- heart. and where, If possible, the: mothers are made matrons of cot- tages. There is a beautiful theater located en the grounds. Amateur dramatics, vaudeville and lectures are and this wealthy craftsman. whose name was Samuel Levy, had left it filled with treasures when he died. his throat cut by the king whose zealous servitor he was. Since then its somber stone walls had known other dramas. It was said that the Bishop Carillo de Ac- unar had many times crossed s threshold on 'mysterious errands. From it, too, it was told, the Car. dinal Francisco Ximenes de Cigueros, the inquisitor general, had sent thou- sands of heretics to death. Fi moreover, Guilllaume de Groi. former preceptor of Charles V, had set forth for Worms, to perish in that city by poison. The hostoric residence, as rude on the outside as a fortress, presented within all the sumptuousness of a regal alcazar. The floors were of white and rose colored marble. The gold of the Indies glittered in the re- cesses. A fountain bubbled in the cen- tral basin of a patio illuminated by petal-shaped windows. On the walls of the rooms Persian rugs, in which many-colored silks were woven into the warm wool, hung in cascades of ever-living flowers. Flanders tapes tries. raised in gold and silver, deco rated the partitions or covered the doorways. Sicilian velvets, embroid- ered with foliage, were spread on the stretches | jow divans. Here were carved wooden chests, lavishly designed: there, ves- sels of gold on sideboards from which mounted naked goddesses and veiled virtues. Then there were Florentine bronzes, boxes filled with Jjewelry, Damascus armor and swords te pered in the waters of the Tagus— the reflections and scintillations of opulence enjoved in perfect security. * * k¥ ON DIEGO seldom. left his palace, and the people of Toledo, who gossip of his servants, were not sur- It was whispered that he owned books, sent from Venice, Mayence and Paris, and that he knew how to read. He was said even to take delight in reading and to know by heart the verses of a pagan poet named Virgil and the prose of a phil- osopher named Aristotle. In spite of all this nobody suspected him of here- §y. For Don Diego was a just and austere man, who feared God and seldom smiled, but whom everybody respected. He was seated in his grand hall, a book in his left hand. meditating, when a page entered. bowed and said: “The Seigneur Count de Bivar, en- voy from his majesty, is here and wishes to speak to your lordship.’ The envoy of the emperor and king. Charles V. was brought before the duke. who stood up to greet him. Welcome to this house, which is at your disposal.” . ‘After which the two gentlemen, stalled in tall chairs embellished with | few intimates. fonts-of-arms, faced each other. suff and unbending in their lace pour- points. | The king's messenger said: | | “Without doubt, your lordship. al- thougt he lives at a little distance he court. has heard of the visit: ::l‘:;‘t:hl his Catholic majesty rsceh‘ed! this morning. An illustrious French- man has arrived from France, a prince of the ruling house, a descendant of St. Louis, a cousin of our master, and, in addition. a great captain—the Con- stable of Bourbon. This valiant gea- \ ’ knew of its splendors through the| | bade any one to carr: {But the fact is that this great war rior, on whom our enemies foundec |80 many hopes, presented himself be fore the Emperor Charles and offerec our sovereign his sword and his tal ents.” “Against—against”"—— The duke rad given a start as he uttered this single word. He didn't finish the sentente. He tightened hi: lips as if to imprison the phrase: which were about to burst forth, an kept looking straight ahead. The envoy continued: “Mon Dieu, ves, against his kin and his count It is a matter fo his own conscience if he thinks th the rights of his wounded honor con ahead of his other duties.” “It is a matter of conscience, i | deed!” _ i “He has decided. We shall pro What do you say about it | “Nothing." * % ¥ % "THE duke was determined to mal no answer. whatever he thougt The count, who had a keen ey tealthily observed the crimson pou: point which rose and fell on his host® breast as if some violent indignatio possessed him. But the envoy cour tecusly feigned not to see this, an | continued: “His majesty properly appreciatc: | the valuable aid which the constable defection brings our righteous caus In his gratitude to God. who sends u: this good fortune. he intends to dc | honor to this gift from heaven. Ir ! order that the illustrious captain ma) | better contrast the affronts which the Louvre has put upon him_ and the favors which the court of Spain has in reserve for him. the Emperor ’ v The Honor of His Roof “I ’ Charles has decided that this velun- # teer in his service shall be treated as | & prince of the blood: that he shall live near him and that he sehall be prised at that. He received only a lodged in the most superb residence in Toledo.” The duke didn't even clear h throat. He saw the blow coming. He waited impassively. But his dark face grew pale “In consequence his majesty, wha loves you. has sent me to invite you to entertain worthily the glorious guest he has chosen for you.” Don Diego Lopez Pacheco straight- ened up and answered: “His majesty is at home in this house, as he i in the house of every Spaniard. My property is his property and he may dispose of it aceording to his fantasy. The guest of our august master will find my residence ready tor his use and my servants at his orders.” He accompanied to the door the bearer of the royal message and gravely saluted him. But as soon a he was alone he had a horse saddled, enjoined his servitors to obey their new master and rode away. As long as the traitor lived there no one saw Don Diego again in To. But when the constable depart ed for Germany in the emperor's suite the duke reappeared He brought with him three wago: filled with dried vines, pine and lr:-IT which he piled in the halls. He for- out the treas- ures collected under his roof. When all the servants were outside he said: Nothing could ever purify a house in which a man has lived infamous enough to go over to the enemy -n’ serve against his country.” ‘Then, with his own hand, Don Dieso Lopes Pacheco set. fire to his palaste W 4 M !