Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1923, Page 19

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOX, D. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1923. 13 e T — L) L] !of a rolief expedition being unable |=eals in thelr holes and the birds gonc!mmsfll cautiously forward, ready to | southwest and Maurer went after |lack of effort. It was due here, -s!‘l'he laws of the wilis are always more ar UC mn untl'l eals to reach them the following summer. | south. assume his role the instant the biunt, | him, but the seal went down before | elsewhere throughout the whole |inezorable than those of crowded In May flocks of ducks appeared, The boys appreciated the need to|bewhiskered muzzle of the animal{he got him. Then another seal |tragic expedition, to their inexpe- 181 T e o o tcoming from the south, The air was |make the most of these days. rises from the ice. A good sealer can | showed up to the south, which I figured | rience. jotties. There is a stern and bruta D |1illed by the honi honk of the white | worked early and late, but because |almost always get within fifty yards | was my meat. I had no more luck than Hard to Stalk Them. logle in them. The chain of destir Ogge en On ra'lge 8 e .uulls_‘_;uu] terns circled :véfljg}unemncv they dissipated their hef«lm- shooting. Frequently it takes thqd:lrheru.h{or dw;x;;nhe! “w:‘: u;hlmi;‘? “Y have seen seals killed on the ice | i5 more dependent on cach individual . abou e mp. £nowv vas van- | @ 0 Ir g & v 5 10 a B . | ¥ 'rom him, do . 8 - i 3 vhi he ; D. The snow w us long as two hours to stalk o seal. | yards from bim, down he went. I start. | . o o1’ 1o and have done the same |1inK. Something which in the | zpones 3 5 island was , ki v ¢ ; The boys on Wrangel Island stalked | t1ere the accursed seal had comc up |myselt,” continued Knights diary, 1";“;1 . !“Dl » , o . | trickling and gurgling with the sud- ars to master the technie The boys s Sta'ked | ngain. Maurer, who all this time had|entry of June 9, “but I have never |SPell tragedy the following wint i den brief marvel of an arctic spring. T 11 #uspicious animal. uls before they got one. Ci been waiting patiently at his scal hole, | yet peen meals who were s 4 . Youth and Inexperience Responsible, De- ;i il s i ity e , 7 Znijel fSLent satls batars (Faj/eol phis Craw | ey walbiog g tlyxe i seallbole: L erissen meals ienoiwersino fipht | L oo anatin e iar Testavesv, {eling it dropped closc to the horizon |up his p he ed back to camp. He saw the seal that |ing or walking, no matter how far | T D ! it 4 G 3 o {lead or beside e the ot which Ki 8 8 I . 7 % 3 (Copyright, 1923, in T. &. and Canads by clares Harold Nowe, Analyz"lg jat midnight and stood high In the |lead or beside I nd | i i gis i | lad " disappolnted mo and had the | the dlstance, down. they go. I wiah | (77" n aud Cansds by heavens noon. Seals, abandoning hem} e luck. I could understand why." 4 Americen Newspaper Alllance, Co {ishing, grass sprouting in the soaked. | Seal hunting is an art which requires ' spongy earth. The whole Istand was | skill and patience. It takes most white BEMY Seat st ¥ait. . 5 their Doles, came up to’ bask in the | Fater at the first inthmation of d .| while King a few soundings| “Now comes the strangest thing of | Poor Knight did not realige what | right British Isles by Londen Daily New Dlar of Lorne K 1 hl jwurmth. And with the coming of |1f thers is broken icc nearby, aff :racks and seal holes. A nice | all, Crawford saw a seal to the east | the Eskimo boy learns almost as soon | Copyright Australia by Melbourre Heral _)’ n g 12 {spring und that season’s renewed ac- | COVET to the hunter, his task iy fairly |shot at clghty yards.” and started crawling seal fashion. A |8 he is old enough to climb off his | Copsright South Amerioa by La Naclon. A [ tivities the boys' spirits rose. They 35, He slips from block to block, | It was to be their last for a long |drizaling rain sturted. Crawford | mother's back, that whenever a seal | HiEhts reserved | felt a gratitude toward the woman ;Stalking his quarry much as the man |time. Hard luck dogged their foot- | thought he was close enough to shoot. | thinks he sees a2 man he takes to his | = — who had “seen them through" the | Vho is hunting from the cover of trees|s ©A typleal entry during tho|He shot. The seal's head still re- |hole, It is only when he has been By HAROLD NOICE, Ifrom the retrievér and went under|rigors of an arctic winter. In(i? @ forest. But if the seal is lying |J i : | mained up. He shot again and again | hoodwinked into imagining he sees| F/ YO8 ZR A Leader Wrangel Island Tescue the slush. Although weo worked till | Knight's words: it on level ice the hunter must crawl Yesterday Crawford sa seals | and again. Four times altogether, and | a fellow geal that the hunter has the | Yy O/ Expedition. dark, we did not sce him again. By Teibate o Senaateoio s close as possible. Usually he can|to the south and h E ]uown ‘went_the seal. Instead of the |ghost of a chance. | this ‘time ‘the other Seal ha® lsap. 8 - within two hundred yards of bis|shot at the e cal being forty yards, as he thought, | ~ But for Maurer the party would | Time sHps by ‘in the arctic w ed completely “I have not #aid anything much for a he is discovered. 1 to the s e t was 126 yards. Crawford had |have been in a bad way for fresh | ' P with Mttle varlety to mark its p g other of the many oc- {long time about the seamstress, but wiil Xpes hunter then lics | distanc s meat even as early as the summer ' ] . , Ll = flat he ice, broadside to the se | v 2. s ' sage. With the beginning of winter Casion: 3, skin boat would have | tako the time now to say that she is on the ice, broadside to the 3 X of 1922. He once got a3 many s y % n plays seal himself until he b {four seals in @ day. Young Galle,| |4 i Y\) a man squares his shoul stimu- | the pr s ,_ well ‘as any one could wish. {hoodwinked his intended vietim a seal to the 1 too, who had already proved to bs ‘ ‘ lated by the nec facing | ed. r ade « « we did not bring her believing that two of a k reat deal of wadin they suc : baggiug |the best trapper, despite his youth /4 A he deluded ‘ altimate a A {wet s he o 4 1 e 1 told. If they had |and Inexperience, was developing into / terner season. It in from < E T g ol and dishwashe secure, length o seq . ce. p hunters eac & a fairly good hunter. A Knight's dlary that, Christmas over,d emy 5 sat and | OF hat work as w s E age of these i v S o | Saw jueger tim ght have killed that nu 3 | T doubt whether any of them real- | .J/ AY1Q ) 5 the ng, the ing. She iy still homesick s men. JHBRULES 50 st edie . A sed tainly thelr failure was 3 | 1zed the significance of their faflure. | ", boys found the day ng, the i “ ¥ 5 C e e e e O e st S A e O e DT et e e e e e e e e e e e drum > Al Ghi tind entries during e dis hows that game was plen- : routine palling, and the |, £ 0 4 fer wioiA niRtara e pi last stretch from January on 10| their winter i Sl T, — spring a long, tedious pull. t s blowlng a howling gale out- |, e EFEit haryest heriod for the artle Lorne Knight, recording the march Z'd"'x Aol ol cant nes ';‘,'Lfffil for [lie must spend every ounce of hi of the days on Wrangel Island, be- | 3¢ drifting snow. s energy in the quest for food. o Lo drifted over, and our stove is red hot. | Sforo up ment against the lean season. gins the new year rather dismally. an all hans are happy. Galle is|when everw .{an_all hans are y evervt is R A second dog had dled w day or two | making a palr of deerskin pants, and |mettr g 15 frozen solld, the . = - |is doing a good job of it, too. Trap- before, and a third was showing | 'OUE B BOCE 120 G toxes so far. symptoms of illness. In Knight's de- | Galle and 1 are sealing, but have a 9 ucription of the death of the second | great deal of difficulty in {genlnx near a o mpeal: e ¢+ | the open water. Day before yester- og he trled to speak lightly, but it|fhe open water DAV DLOTS Wit is evident that he was worried. e fore T Gl SeCOWEr It Bt “After making the cntry for yes- e next thme” £k terday T wen o & dog ater we sec boredom settling down o s s ont to loolcat the doga | | on e« The high spirit of 605-607 7th St. lying stretched ou same posi- | wdventure of the first duys Is gone. Bet. F &G i 7 3 V 3 » y Footwear FflshiOll) lon as the former dog that di i “Trying to Kill Time. | ¢ uled wood, and one time to kill time," writes 1 $ Y 2 n slightly o e oute : : ) 55.55 tiful during spring monthe. This ‘ h 3 and blowin but as he seemed to be working Dogs ure fed and nothing to do. Have T paid no att, _He ate' h resd and played solitaire and talked | ) about nothing. This get hed . ; - ( D e 3 liven 1 cra kes al | : 4 7 £ Asdat$ zreatly felt i munity.” R ooaull e | e : / : ; usual ¢ In the fir: 7 d: \ wear. Almost every de peft] 3 ; Winter model has a p ) s {up the monoto: feed of nice. | N 2 H P > these groups. Four stvles ar fan Qo) toest Jthem Moms tender, milk-f bear cub dld : : 3 . sketched h?lf»v‘ i Tecords the party’s dectsion to aban- | ““The Februsry and March entries ' ¥ S5 Ll e fald don the trapping camp for the Dres- | ghow the boys leading a life of little st variet iting their traps find- Stick to Main Camp. Ing anoccasional fox in the “Last night Crawfor from | T¥Ing about the fact that they ha Rk e Pl e <out | cook part of their own stores for th lunting for bears. the trappers |Suftering, half-starved dog: Liave been at thelr camp for @ month | &nd hauling Wood and fee. % and have only caught one fox, and as | the entries read merels ting and te wood is 60 very b jaul, we | tleeping. v hink the best thing tond 10 paul, e " Already it is evident that they had vne to llve at the maln camp until begun to reckon with the possibility | o trapping gets better. We have e 411 decided that this plan is t ? - < e -4 SALE ’ : ‘ Model A—$5.85 nuary 1§ breakfus; Across from W. B. Moses i 4 ! 2 : I 2\ smart patent lea On lllfl‘l S‘t. N.W.( NI:. F ! e A ; ool two-button effect — ible business building. 1sting 2 £ : ate S or is @ v c o . oole SHOPS AXND TWO i i E;“L;‘li“l“:';?tr a % mile from them Crawford shot s APART M(L\le,'..". P z i ’ When we r oninis] Deep lot to alley. #et within a hund I . Seal." There was notht " Price, 560,000 Lope that the ¢ would chas 4 ’ An hour or so (See Mr. Greesr) #eal about seventy 8 2 1807 H St. W, <dge of the firm | tool i David E. Barry, \ial."isoi iriever and got him to Member of Real Lstate Board the slush ice, about thirty feet from ic. The seal there became detached Match ! Model B—$5.85 Your & A black satin with dis tinctive suede trimming 0dd WA Luxurious Furred Coats | =i Coats | At Two Modest Prices In the first group are rich, velvety fabrics—gor- 539 50 . With Our . geous fur trimmings—linings of plain or brocaded silks—warm interlinings—coltars convertible or chin- chin styles. They're side-fastening models—in the more fashionable colors—in sizes 16 to 42 for miss or matron. - Trousers : I'he second group displays coats and wraps. of 65 : ] almost every possible description—plain or fur trim- ° i b med. Rich, lustrous fabrics—some with large fur : ; collars of beaver, squirrel, platinum wolf, Bulgarian And Up : : Verc o-ats lynx, etc. ‘Some have stitch trimming; others have Model D—$5.85 To Warm Every Heart ! i i 9 borders of reverse stripes. The sizes are 16 to42. A black suede i one-st Eiseman’s is the 7 {The Heckt Co., Second Ficor) and far logical place to This gorgeos the effect. fur-trimmed match your odd hiodel, $50.50. (The Hecht Co., Fizst Tl coats— HERE are two sorts of men coming to the two Fashion Shops for overcoats these days. Those who put them on— and those who ask us to put one | ¥y Chiffon and Lace SR e | Because —you i ° (] P ™ 0 2 o away for afew weeks. have the largest va- TWlll Dresses o Y :,‘ sz N Clox Silk Hose, $1.@ Whether “you are ready for riety of solora, pa;- ; 3 t G ; - l}"u‘l‘l-(;’a;hionc]d hose — vour topcoat or overcoat, or not, terns and materials i 7] (e e e NOW IS THE TIME TO SE. to choose from. 52 5 LA o g i g LECT'IT. Of the more exclusive - (The Hecht Co., First Tloor.) things duplicates are unobtainable. i Because — every P Pair is all-\yool and : We'll Hold Your is finely tailored to e o i New Plaid Printed Silk Newest Fall Shades in Coat T111 Wanted! - - side fastening effect. Smart Skirts Blouses l\(vaxsterGSlgl;Iaep $5 55 ris r We have topcoats and overcoats troBu:eij u;r: :;1]5 tailored models, braided or 79C to warm every heart. $19.75 ones. i p . id effe i $35 ones, ?46 ones SS% ones $9&0 i ‘t_he guaranteg | H £ - a2 Large plald eftects e The new.prlnted. lmportcd chamoisette ones ey ot A T that if they do not bit of dainty frill to offset on gray or tan back- silks — radium, crepe gloves — with _ three-row that part. And you are the one S s eantony | the tailored effect. These grounds. Also plain de chine, embroidered embroidered backs. In 4 wear we will replace camelaine skirts— crepes and beaded shades of coffee, mode, tg.deflde fiwhether {3“038’&]53001““ them with a new pair are in sizes 16 to 4. Also wrap-around styles sty{):s Hhese qee in griy, beaver, brown and thing as fine as a N ey of trousers. . e el . = = 2 7 oak. o s Crombie, a Montagnac, a Shet- 8 i - the new novelty cloth dresses trimmed with novelty hip blouse effect so (The Heebt Ov., Fist Floor) ’s ] il 2t = i tri d checks buttons. Or wool popular. Others. in e weam Bring in your odd o TR crepes in varied plait- plain colors with more popular priced ones. coats and vests and | . —at the price of $25. In ed effects—and in all novelty cloth insets— Ca“le_',s‘%nio“ Suits These are the overcoat shops let us match them sizes 16 to 38. colors. also $5. or women = 1 v i f 5 = 3 Carter’s is just as’up-to- of all NOTIONS! “.‘I‘g:seisne“jrh‘)(:a‘;;; i (The Heeht Co., Secand Floor.) (The Heeht Cv., Second Floor.) . (e ERafic st Eec) Site io e fjashioning 55 embroidered, or a vest or a your latest frock. . It will . you necgl to piece out : fit just as properly, too. we ?15“‘0“ aha your suit is here. Tine ribbed cotton suits. C e 3 - low neck, sleeveless and knee-length sizes, 36 and FRED PELZMAN, President. 9 ! fi; pl:‘iECd 'Sl'ésél zsgizc\. « to 44, priced $1.25. == ||| EISEMAN'S ellec O. 15t11 & G Two Stores 9th &’ E silk and wool, fiber and Next te Welth's Opp. Crandail's 605-607 7th St. Seventh at F : : wool, priced $3 to $4.25. & &tfiF&G (The Hecht Co., First Floor )