Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1924, Page 20

final reading, Howard Bryant, presi- dent, said: “The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize the city to acquire this property by purchase or condemn- ation in the event private subscrip- tions, now being raised, amount to BALTIMORE MAY TAKE HISTORIC SHOT TOWER May Condemn Site if Owners Re- Legends of the From the New York T fuse to Lower Price for $27,000. This money will be tendered the owners of the property. If they Bl refuse to accept it the city will go Epecial Dispatch to The Star. into condemnation. BALTIMORE, September 1.—The| The Union Oil Company, owners of the property, have asked $50,000 eity council has unanimously passed . for it. an ordinance authorizing the acquisi- tion of the Shot Tower by purchase or condemnation and it will be sign- ed by Mayor Jackson as soon as ap- proved by the city solicitor. The ordinance directs that the prop- erty be acquired “for a public place or reservation.” Submitting the mea- sure to the council for the third and Sept. Furniture Sale Sept From Capper’s Weekly. Distracted Wife (at bedside of =ick associate with legend which more its origin in the o husband)—Tell me, doctor, is there any hope at all? first what you are hoping for. ., Fuarniture Carpets Listed below are but a few of the many attractive items offered during this sale. FOLKLORE OF INDIANS. Have Background of Locality. Washington Irving’s ideal of Seelng an American folklora created has never been reallsed, chiefly for the reason that except in a few places the American people have had little occasion to do more than embody in tradition the exploits of famous local characters, and, on rare ocecasions, to some But if the white race has been backward in this respect and has Doctor—I dunno, madam. Tell me|turned to the fairy tales of Europe for stories to tell its children, this THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, . D. C, MONDAY,. SEPTEMBER 1, 1924 OSAGE INDIAN CHIEF TOURS IN AUTO LUXURY From the Waco Times-Herald. a specially constructed and luxurious Cadillac eight limou- sine valued at about $10,000, with trailer attached carrying complete camping outfit, Chief Isaac Bear of the Yakima Tribe of Indians, from the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma, accompanied by Mrs. Bear, arrived in is not true of the negroes nor of the Indians. Too little publicity has been given to Indian folklore. Much of it is still bound up in musty volumes of museums and journals of ethnol- ogy and anthropology. There have been, of course, a number of attempts to popularize some of the Indian tales. A dozen or more years ago & volume of Zuni Indian myths was published in popular form, and a number of other tribal collections have also been put before the public. But _there is still general ignorance geese came to migrate and how the chipmunk got his stripes, how the birds got their color and similar topics form the subject of numerous storles. Various Tribes New Dish. ¥rom Judge. The young man who was accus- tomed to having an early breakfast every day was absent one morning. having gone to see his wife off on an early train. Returning. to the house sone time later, he said to the cook: “Well, Jane, I have no spouse this morning.” Riding In jmes. of the fact that in the various Indian Laredo, Tex. tribes is a wealth of material p sessing poetical and literary val and having the background of locall ty, which Is the principal charm of “'Tain't my fault, sur,” she replied so many old world legends. indignantly. *“I sho’ cooked it fo' It is only natural that many Indian | yuh, but you jes’ wouldn’'t come eat tales deal with animals. How the |it.” landmark & often than not had 1d world. INQUIRE ABOUT OUR DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN . W MWoses & Sons Established 1861 . F Street and Eleventh The handsome limousine in which the Yakima chief and his wife are traveling Is one of the most expensive cars ever brought to Laredo and will be here several days before the party proceeds on its way to the Browns- ville country and thence on to Hous- ton, Galveston and back to Okla- homa. Chief Bear and his wife visit La- | redo semi-annually, and while here | Duke of Szn Fernando and Ramon make side trips to old Mexico. Dur- | Baillo, two Spanish grandees and ing his visit here last fall Chief Bear | former member of Parliament, are to had his car stolen and later wrecked | take part in a bull fight, which will | by those who took it, but this time, | shortly be held at Manzanares, in the with his fine car, he is more careful | Province of Ciudad Real. They will and keeps it in a local garage under | Wear the customary bull fighter's la watchman. costume, and act as picadors. Chlef Bear is one of the wealthiest Indians of Oklahoma and has & num- ber of producing oil wells on his Jand, and from these he has a big monthly income. _— By taking aboard 274,500 bushels of wheat in six &nd one-fourth hours at Montreal, the steamship Innerton, it is believed, created a new world record for rapid loading. Grandees to Aid in Bull Fight. SAN SEBASTIAN, September 1.—The 4= From Capper's Weekly. The prosecuting attorney was ex- amining 2 negro witness. us what “Never mind what you think. Just tell us what you kno: “But, boss, I ain't- no cain’t talk without thinkin’ Sept Furniture Sale lawyer. I Linens Upholstery ember Furniture Sale Each article of merchandise on our floors bears a substantial September reduction. Four-piece bed room suite, combination rose wood, maple and mahozany dresser, full size bed, dressing table and chest of drawers (as shown). $400o00 Four-piece bed room suite, combination walnut, 45-inch dresser, three-fourth vanity, poster bed, chifforette (as illus- trated above). = $312.50 The above bed room suites are only examples of the good values that compose our stock of approximately two hundred styles, prices ranging from $189.00 to $2,000.00 Ten-piece dining room suite, combination walnut, 72-inch buffet, 8-foot extension table, semi-closed china case, enclosed server, one arm and five side chairs. Artistic cane insert backs and seats upholstered above.) in tapestry. et §259.00 Ten-pieca dining room suite, combination walnut, 66-inch buffet, 8-foot extension table, china case, enclosed server, one arm and five side chairs, upholstered in blue hair cloth (as shown). $469.00 Four-piece bed room suite, combination mahogany, 50-inch dresser, bow-end bed, princess vanity, chest of drawers (as $312 50 illustrated above). (Four-poster bed at same price). o Chair separate—price, $18.00 Night Stand separate—price, $17 Four-piece bed room suite, combination walnut, 48-inch dresser, full size vanity, poster bed, with enclosed foot board; chest of drawers (as illustrated above). . $1 80.00 High back chair, Mahogany Tapestry am Consisting of two pieces, full size davenport with arm chair to - covered in pattern Spinet Desk, chair, combination match, covered in heavy velvet, taupe color withdblack stripes, with nsisting of full size davenport and arm chair to tapestry, mahogany mahogany silk rose thread. Loose cushions and spring edge in mole antigune mohair with rose and gold back m’::;“eh’ cwm! fois frame ......$35.00 $49.50 frame ......$4950 (as shown). $250.00 ! reversible, the reserve side covered in green broca- i, telle. (Illustrated above.) $360.00 In selecting a refrigerator there are a number of important facts to be considered. Our refrigerators combine sanitation with economy in Ice consumption. 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