Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1925, Page 72

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 24, 1925—PART . Giant Tiger-Shark and Saw-Fish Provide Sport, Endanger Lives wo. Yacht of Fishers Is Subjected to Appalling Onslaughts—Great Hook Is Bitten In do—if the fish game so0 cowid | After half an once more to ward the shore if the yacht came L 3 = "mm the line up, 1 hacke of it round the capstan I o % R ? {onr eninos agatnet the fah, but at|of went one of the lnes |once discarded the idea. realizing that | Pulled in mine at once. a pull like this would probably tear | strength were sufficient to move the R 2 : |the harpoon ont. yacht easily. Ahead it went —we at %, s 2 = \ S | once pulled up the anchor. and now we were off, towed by a veritable giant There was no fear of the tackle parting now the hoat was under and this time 1 felt assured we should really land monster. Mr. W. H Huggins. an Englishman. who had joined for the time being. had rever seen anything quite llke this be fore, and for some time was, I think. | almost too surprised 1o speak in pinnacles to| Straight toward the mainland the big the water's edge, intersected by minute | fish swam, farther and farther away sandy bays. This done. we all jumped | from Taboguilla out, and quickly tied the end securely hours and a half went by Lady Brown, Robbie and my other | manner before we were able ¢ now left the anchored yacht in the regaining line by using our and we all com-| most strength. The fish had menced to haul slowly— foot by foot— | ceased (o tow and seemed nearer and nearer. when presently almost a dead weight. clear of the water rose the extraordi-| Foot by foot. slowly but nary weapon with which this fish ix were pulling it in closer armed. At last we could get it no| pecting a wild dash every moment closer. so, fastening the line taut. we | Presently the line was stretched proceeded 10 wait for the tide to ebh. | straight down heneath us and what There was no further fight in the ©Ver Was on the other end commenced | creature, which remained almost mo- | (0 come toward the surface. She managed it after some diffi.! waiting | and in girth, and weighing culty. All this time I was backing the boat as hard as I could in the direction in which the fish was traveling, but in spite of the heavy bri-e-pressure, | !the line was obviously coming near | = : | the end Working my hardest, harder and harder. “I'm afrald it's no use,” she wailed. | ‘I simply can't hold It; IUs agony in this position.” * could play we. Last week Mr. Hedges, who A 1 holds a number of world's records for the capture of great fish, de- scribed how, with Lady Richmond Brown, after they had landed a number of the dreadful leopard rays of the Caribbean, then acquir- ing for the pursuit of still bigger sea creatures a 20-ton vacht (the Cara), they moved over to the Pa- cific side of the Panama Canal. At Balboa Mr. Hedges designed and had made steel hooks of unprece. dented size and bought 3.000 vards HE situation had become desperate. Of SNSUER Xope. for nb. . WALANS | 1 pulled the oars in. and. using the tackle they succeeded in hooking | creqicht care. manaced 10 reach her. | : A’ l"";‘”‘ hi sl '“"‘j"qf “*;“A | relieving her of the rod. Do or die! 1 2 ""_’E ng h"‘"m‘“" 5 hi Mhl"h | jammed the brake on full strength. | yards ahead of us flush with the hot “5';- Where the tide leit him high | ganpling everything on the hope that |tom. We had now plenty of slack AN r edges is noted in deep-sea |the line would be strong enough to lithe: on: hsaxa reacarch work and has contributed | 5tand the strain. | - | rry rowing ashore " 1 cried, “and = e After over three-quarters of an hour |tasten the end of the line round one large collections of specimens to | o this, my back and arms were ach- | |of the big b the British Museum and the mu- |5 terribly, so with the utmost cau EUIECEOXER SN ORI tion she crept up and relieved me in 3 | | turn of the rod. z 3 { By this time we had been carried over 5 miles from the yacht. Many | times we had signaled and shouted to | B " e obbie and the native on board: they | et e et were apparenly quite oblivious of our | at least to prove far better|™\y'o',.3 nassed through the channel | than theory the imminent |y, yeen Urava and Taboga, were now danger of standing or remain- |, "jn the main ocean. and soon the ing motionless in seas infesied BY |jsiands cut off our view from the| sharks. { | k1 . i | yacht. | acrom’ Taboga we had proceeded | It was really a most alarming posl s e tion. Fortunately there was hardly a Island of Melones, where we dropped 1% tons. hour it commenced swim slowly to- I sugzested that tongside we might wsten the end | ng Juck, and were about to cease when and reverse | A On another occasion after this when fishing off the vacht we seemed (o have we were with th again big tackle 1 ‘This time 1 The force and Alternately swimming and sulking |1he fish was now only ahout 30 vards | from the beach. We hauled the hoat |up short on the rope. until the huza {brute was plainly visible only a fcx us up BY F. A. MITCHELL HEDGES, F. L. S, F. Z R. G. 8, wo in o ut now o this start AL [ dinghy and joined us 3 us. be surely, we I was ex B way. | anchor just off the little sandy beach. Mr. De Ossa of Panama City, La Brown, Mr. Typaldos, manager of a newspaper, and I constituted the party. It was a tremendously hot day even for the tropics, and although we fished for some time here, our efforts were rewarded only with one sand shark weighing about 230 pounds. Ever since our arrival the tide had heen ebbing rapidly, and was now al most at low water. Knowing Lady Brown was very keen on collecting shells, Mr. Typaldos, who shared in the same tastes, went ashore with her in the dinghy, léaving De Ossa and me on the yacht to continue our fishing The surface of the water was entively undisturbed—not even school of friendly porpoises to the mo notony I must confess the heat and en- vironment out here were not conducive 10 energy, so we both placidly lolled under the white awning of the vacht, peacefully smoking, while the lines remained motionless in the water. We could see Lady Brown and Typaldos prowling about, every now and again stooping to pick up something. I rather think we were envious of their energy. We had anchored only about vards off shore—altogether I suppose we must have been about a hundred vards away. Lady Brown was stand- ing quite still in about nine inches of water, bending down with her back to the sea, evidently examining some- thing on the bottom, when to our amazement and horror we saw a big black fin making straight toward her. Right inshore it traveled, and it wa: easy to see her bare legs were the attraction. “Great Heavens!" I cried to De Ossa, “it's zoing to attack he Right up on the sand it swam a break al " | brute we had hooked into would con- | outside our knowledge. ripple on the ocean; but how long the | tinue heading for Asia was entirely Over three hours had passed. and the fish was still taking us farther‘ t This can't go on!" I panted. “If| | we ever do play the fish out, we could | i 40 | @0 esg; and if that happens, nothing most wrigzling, while she remained to- | tally oblivious of her danger. taneously we roared with the utmost strength of our lungs: “Don’t move! Look behind y Heaven's sake don't step back o HE fear in our voices traveling across the water made her realize she was in mortal danger. With wonderful presence of mind, without moving her body an inch. she turned her head. The entire dorsal fin and back of the big fish was out of the water, its walting mouth could not have been more than three feet from where she was standing. Had she made one step backward the consequences would have been too awful to contemplate. The horror of it would have remained with us all our lives. De Ossa and I were actu ally sweating in an agony of fear. I think this was the most awful position I have ever been in—to see another human being at the very jaws of death, and, owing to the distance, being utterly unable to do anything to prevent a terrible catastrophe. It is impossible to describe how our pent-up feelings were relieved when we saw her, calmly and steadily ad- vance on to the dry beach. Having reached terra firma, she turned around. The brute took not the slightest notice, beinz wholly devoid of tear. Typaldos had run up on hear- ing our shout He snatched up huge plece of rock and burled it at the damnable creature. Almost _disdain- fully it retreated from the shore, its dorsal fin remaining above the surface. “De Osea,” I said, “I" that fish. “I'm with you,” he replied Taking one of our largest hooks and lines, we baited it with a huge lump of the sand-shark we had cauzht. As far as this fish was concerned, we all felt vindictive. No quarter or merc was given, and as quickly as we could finish off the-job we brought it to the beach. Before once more going after the giants we made up our minds to see what fishing with our heaviest would yield in the Urava and Tabo; “Come on,” T id to Lady Brown as I got from the anchored yacht into the dinghy. She did not require much persuasion to join me. While I sat facing the stern, pulling, she sat look- ing toward me, turned partly side- wise, with the rod pointing hehind her. Time went on and there was no sign of a bite. She was becoming tired of holding the heavy rod. the line of which we had baited with a piece of a large red snapper I had caught “I have had en—"" She was going to say “enough” but never finished the word. A look almost of horror came over her face—the point of her rod bent over, and if she had not gripping it with both hands it would undoubtedly have been torn from her. It's almost wrenching my shoulder out!” she gasped; but I could render no assistance, for any violent move- ment in our tiny craft would have r sulted in our turning turtle. “Slide into the bottom,” T said, kneel down facing astern.” ‘and rods | passage between | been | Simul- | HEN they came alo; | | | that swam on the line, fighting all the ™ 20Ing 10 Zet | ;¢ heuching the fish that day, even If | | never tow it back think 1'd better cut the line. “Oh. stick it a bit longer? my companion. “After all this time would be terrible to be heaten.” | Ahout 10 minutes later. Lady Brown, who then had the line. called out ‘It's weakening 1 now seized the to the yacht. I begzed | rod and zave all| the butt T possibly could, then started | to pump the fish. Slowly 1 could feel | that this was having an effect—! was | regaining line. Alternately we laboriously sweated at our task—yard after yard of the line was belng regained. Suddenly, deep down in the clear water I saw a huge shape. “Don’t reel in any more line.’ cried; “we've got to cut. We're fas into a big shark! If we get it along- | side and it strikes the side of the| dinghy with fts tafl, it'll smash it like | can save us out here.” I had no rifle with me—or even a revolver. All we had was a gaff. The thought of cutting the line after the fight we'd had was really cruel. But I could see no alternative I took out my knife. “Waiti—waif out_excitedly: Brown nes the vacht!” Never wa lad to see any- | thing in my life. Out from behind Urava, cutting the water at full speed, | came the Cara. We had been missed | at last, and they were searching | for us called = > xo* ide we had almost to be lifted to the deck so utterly spent were we both, and, —for | while the boy fastened the dinghy |U astern, Robbie took over the rod. The biz fish appeared not to have a kick left in it, seeming thoroughly ex- hausted. I got my rifie and shot it and away we went back to Taboga, towing the carcass behind us. It proved to be a sand-shark, weighing 620 pounds. I went down to the cock-pit, dy Brown, now to find the excitement was over, stretched out, completely pros- trate. And I was similarly exhausted. It had taken over five hours from the time of first striking the fish to the time it was nltimately dispatched and fastened to the stern of the vacht. For sheer brutal exercise I Know nothing that can compare with pla inz 2 big fish on a rod and line. There | 15 no doubt it is a little too strenuous, | and can cause serious organic injury, | for the syain on the heart Is tremen’ dous 1 had to zo to Panama to be medi- | Iy treated—my heart was again giv ing me considerable trouble. The doctors once more impressed on me that I must take it easy, and that the human frame could not endure what | 1 expected of it. When, after becoming thoroughly rested, we resumed fishing, we had a battle of two hours with a great fish time, around the yacht at anchor. There was the utmost danger that it would foul the propeller with the line. Since it was past 3 o'clock and nearly low water, there was no hope we finally managed to kill it. And it was three hours before we ohtained a sight of it. Slowly it was becoming exhausted. “It's a huge tiger-shark,” I cried out. As we obtained a plainer view, it could be seen that in its almost eel- like movements it had wrapped itself round and round with the line, which had hitched in the narrow base of the tail, and we were hauling it in slowly but surely tafl-first. As it came along- ide the yacht, the cavernous mouth opened 1o its full width, then snapped V.2 7 P | cumference, [Mowed us. “*GREAT HEAVENS with a force that would have severed a man with the greatest ease. Like |the smaller one previously caught. the big black eyes every now and then were covered with the curlous protect- ing discs—it looked like the embodi ment of vindictive hate. 1 do not know why. but one conld almost sense its remorseless What a brute! Thix, however, was by no means the end of the battle. More than six times the fish got alongside. only, to lunge downward again, its sheer bulk pre- venting us from arresting the move ment - * * * HE 1 only waiting a favorable opportu- rifie was all ready. and 1 wa nity to smash « bullet home; but it is| a curious fact—I seemed obsessed with a fear of 1 knew not what. Possibly it was the knowledge that nothing on sea or land is as viclous as this veri table “lord of the ocean.” Every time it came to the surface | we could not resist the temptation of | quarter looking over the side at this mam moth. All at once I was compelled to roar_out “IKeep back!" At that moment the danger heen anticipating materialized W roar of water—the 1 had There gigantic | u second lashed into the air, | | feet higher than the deck—then, with {day or two later we went after saw |a dreadful crash which shivered the|fish boat, struck the side with a sick- eninz force. the shock—had it touched one of we should have been killed in- Again the blow was repeated. had fastened the line short up round the capstan and running aft. clear of the Infurlated creature. J fired bullet after bullet Into its bulk— seven times the missiles thudded home before its terrible flurry ceased and we could look over the side in safety at the muscle-quivering but lifeless body. With as little delay as possible we towed It back to Tabosa. Its meas- urements were 20 feet 9 inches in length, 11 feet 7 inches in girth, and the jaws were 7 feet 4 inches in cir- its welght being pounds * % % 2 N a day when we resumed opera- | tions with very big lines near the point of Taboguilla Island we struck a monster fish. 1 knew by the tremendous shock and strain on the line that it was by far the heavi est T had ever smashed into. On the ropes becoming taut. the yacht rode rapidly ahead, tearing up the anchor. This we hauled in as quickly as we could. After that we awaited developments. point this monster towed us, and out jove!" I said. “This is some ! We're heading for the Pearl Islands. If ever we land this vou'll see 2 sight that will stagger you! Lady Brown was intensely excited, for it is indeed a wonderful experi- ence to be sitting in a 20-ton vacht towed by an unknown invisible force. “I think we've got It firmly hooked this time.” T said. “It may take hours, but I believe we'll get it in the end.” 1 had become rather confident of my heavy tackle, believing the extra length of chain attached to the hooks would put an end to the lines being severed. For over two hours this big fish Time and again we all gripped the line, but no man—nor 20 men—could have moved that fish voracionsness. | The boat rocked under | Round the | an inch. The rifle was all readv— one might almost say the decks were cleared for action. At the height of our anticipation the line dropped slack. It was quite obvious what had happened—the fish had gone! We pulled in the dangling line and were staggered to see what 1 am sure to many will appear past be- Hef. Two inches from where the eve the steel shank was bitten in two! It must be remembered that this was half-inch spring steel. 1t would seem impossible that anything could sever it, yet we had actually had on some marine leviathan that had gone a carrot. What the strength of jaw must have been to cut this through is be- yond imagination. Of course, knows what the jaw power of the fish must be when they can sever a hu- man thigh as clean as if cut by a razor. This with an adult (I believe |T am correct In saving) requires a | pressure of not less than one and a tons. But to cut through |flesh and bone ix totally different | from biting through half-inch spring | steel. Once more 1 was brought face to face with the almost strength of the monsters of the deep. The loss of the fish in this unprece | dented way was certainly a rude shock to my belief in my big tackle: but a Anchoring the yacht s usual, | we ‘entered the flat-bottomed panga. | which we always had to tow with u as it was impossible to *h for these fish without it | Reaching the locality where they We |l should be, we proceeded to drift. look- | |ing eageriy over the side through the clear water, in the hope of seeing a | shape outlined on the bottom. Sudden- Iy the harpooner, who was standing | up in the bow, called out in Spanish “Back water!” Excitedly he then “Pull ahead hard:” As our little craft shot |down went the long pole with its | sharp steel weapon. plunged with its | full strength towards the bottom. Mo- | mentarily I noticed that about 2 feet cried 1,760 | of the wood remained above the sur-| | tace before, with a terrific rush, the {line was tearing over the bow of the | panga. | There were four of us in the little {boat and. seizing the rope. we ex pended our utmost strength to ease | the shock before the end was reached, fearing the seat to which it was tied would be torn out with a wrench. The boat suddenly shot ahead so violently as to fling us all backward {on the bottom. Two of the natives immediately got.out the oar: started to pull as hard as they could |in the opposite direction 10 the one in | which we were traveling. In bad Spanish I asked What are we fast in?" “Big sawfish,” was the reply I signaled to the vacht to start the engine up, so that they could follow us and render assistance if necessary. Traveling at_well over § knots an hour. the fish passed the rocky promontory, and now swam strongly but soon changed its mind, and, as we could not help ourselves, we fol- lowed. In a semicircle it traveled, and now looked as if it were making for Taboga. It continued in this di- rection for some time, when once more it altered its course and proceeded almost straight back (o where we had struck it. Arriving there. it at once started to sulk, hugging the bottom, nor could . « . AT THE SAME MOMENT A PERFECT WAVE OF WATER CAME COMPLETELY OVER THE YACHT.” of the hook was fastened to the chain | through it as easily as if it had been | one | irresistible | forward. | and | in the direction of Flamenco Island, | | | I CRIED. ‘IT'S GOING TO ATTACK HER!'" | we dislodge it. We pulled and hauled together on the rope. but it made not the least impression—it refused to |budge. There was only one thing to BY STERLING HEILIG. l PARIS, May 14 A not laugh at the Marriage | Fair of Fontenay, near Paris. | It makes marriages. When all the girls of a nice resi dentical town want husbands right away and only a few are getting | them, because there are not enouzh | men 'in the neighborhood, what are| |the zirls to do? At Fontenay there were 36 of mar | riageable age, and only % men to make | possible bridegrooms. In the natural course, the girls hal | no chance. | Knowing themselves to be desirable {and worthy to be loved. they saw themselves condemned to live solitary —just because men who might have |been glad to ask them did not know {them, had no opportunity to meet them The girls of Fontenay made oppor. | tunity. | Today there are only remaining unmarried, and, 6 are engaged: The marriage fair vears. |” Do not imagine that the girls of | Fontenay were forward or bold in | putting themselves up for marriage in a semiannual fair, well advertised, in their own initiative—whose unique purpose is to find them hushands. Behind them are mayor and mu nicipality and the powerful Federa tion of Ward Committees of Fetes of Paris to safeguard the dignity of the gay functions. Husbamds and wives are not secured |in an afternoon at the marriage fair. | It ix & three-month process, carefully {handled by the discreetly reticent | delegates of the Societe Amicale de la |Jeunesse Parisienne. The girls are backed up. thus. by | the city fathers of their community and the dignity of their marriage | fair is guaranteed and quietly aided | | by the great organization that sees | {to the decent ordering of all the | | fetes of Paris and suburbs. | Furthermore, the Societe Amicale | (which has another network of in fluential membership) actually keeps | the registers and investigates appli cants { 17 of the 36 of these 17 did it. in four o ox % | r!il-;lll-: is good reason for powerful 1 civie organizations stand by the girls in their apparently desper- ate experiment—a marriage fair has something laughable about it, lack ing dignity, at first glance. Because, take note. the predica ment in which France finds herseif | since the war justifies every aid 1o | marriage. | During the war 1.357.000 French men died. and 4.266,000 were wound ed. It is calculated that. of those together, 3,000,000 men were put out of marriage! A marriageable man is between and 40. Those were precisely the ages struck hardest, so that there are practically only half the previous | number of marriageable men remain- ing. Also, women were already in considerable excess, before the war in_France as in England. So, taking the permanently maimed into account, only one first-class mar riageable man remains in France for | three marriageable women. | You would think that a marriage fair, in such conditions, would have no_succes: You would think that men. with an excess of three to one to choose from, all around them. would scarce- ly look into a fair to find a wife. Yet Fontenay has been such a bril lant success, this season, it is getting the attention of all France, and is being copled in other communities! The reason is understandable. The war also made a great shak ing up of fortunes. Sons of profi teers are coming to marriageable age —and their parents, coming up so rapidly, made practically no social effort. Great quantities of young men have been making big money | since the war. In a word, despite man-power losses, there is a striking proportion of men with new money—who desire | to marry and have not acquaintance- ship to get started. They are timid and yet resentful of the supposed social superfority of almost every- body! The marriage fair captured great element from the start. At its semi-annual assembly. this present season, a particular call had been made for all “old couples” (who had met and married from the fair in| aix vears pass) to make a showing by | their presence. 3 | About 16 such “old couples” brought | | their children—loyal to the fair where | they met. Not all these young mam- | mas were girls of Fontenay, as will appear. In fact, 10 couples bringing children were of outside origin for wives as well as husbands. -As to these latter, all had the same look of business hustlers, risen rapidly to marriageable situation in the unusual financial opportunities of the after- war. “A husband or wife in three months!” has been the slogan of the tair. This slogan has influenced busi- ness hustlers newly risen—it takes all embarrassing preliminaries of® their 5 this tionless. and, ax the water receded and the hideous head became visible, I crashed home two bullets, aiming for where 1 thought the heart must be. The brute gave one convulsive lunge. A few seconds after it reared up, mak ing a peculiar loud grunt—then came terrific smash with its saw, after it showed no further signs of a which life. Later thoroughly creature, mea we could examine it proved a weird-looking uring 2415 feet in length when it where better could their seek a wife—than at a Also gl e hands. business fair of w These girlk marry. They do not playing society. Their fuil of “a gond time.” gory of direct men marry have gone they want pretend to be heads zre not A whole cate who desire 1o straight to Fon- admit o | tenay the girl candidates are pretty well guaranteed by mayor municipality and the great civic or ganizations which patronize them and pratically run their fair for them. A direct man recognizes such guarantees they appeal to his good sense Oh. the girls of Fontenay have heen well rewarded for their courage: A husband or wife in three months!” is going strong, in spite of powerful aids and encouragements “To introduce worth-while voung men to suitable young ladies” i the fair's avowed object. in its statutes Nothing said about the girls of Fontenay, in particular * * Finally. §O. it came about S fair's first success number of young ladies, not at all of Fontenay. but from neighboring resi dential towns and even from Paris, presented themselves for registration: Such girl outsiders were not edged away They were given equal chance with girls of Fontenay In a word. they were rigorously investigated: Those who stood the “given a number.’ almost from the that quite a completely test were ME OF THE GIRLS OF THE MARRIAGE alled out and for it any nearer Look!" suddenly | gins, “look down, ake don't bring yacht!” I looked beneath the water and saw an awful sight—a huge shape which seemed (o be almost the size of the boat appeared. with. out from the front of the head. a grotesque projer tion serrated each side with the curious poinied sharp teeth of the | sawfish [ 2We Hug the must get this one, Huggins,” “All young girls and all young men demiring to contract marriage should fill up & printed form. indicating their names, their age, their profession and , their particular tastes,” runs the large poster containinz the rules of the “and will be given a number So from the start the rules appear te nose. hecause there follow, sim ply, on the directions and for mula for “vounz men having a num ber” to present themselves to “‘voung zirle having a number.” 1o ask them to dance, to efreshment 1o exchange views on married life But such exchange of should quite impersonal general talk about matrimony 1 think I should prefer “It seems 1o me to obtain glimpses of each other The next day. if the man continues interested. he writes a letter to number of the t in care Marrfage Fair of Fontenas after this (if the zirl consents) does he learn the girl’s name and address if. even. he learns her vith her name: In fact. he can learn girl before he is finally her name and addre: Like this: The fair's reports from the Societe Amicale's investizations | of the girl are thrown open to the young man, who may ask them sim |,m- on her number as soon the | zirl consents that the reports be shown him. (She knows they are fa vorable, or she would not have number.) And this i take or note be just Now first the the Only address the with all about trusted vou mav helieve (e FAIR heaven's | 1 sald. “it’s a long anything I've yet landed Inch by inck, higher and higher. we raised it. Now the wicked-looking | eyes in the top of itx flat head were | planly visible. and the hu broad | Nappers on either side moved feebly in | the water. As it rose to the surfs 1 saw at once by its colossal bulk it was a female, but 1 had much |learn of the habits of these fish Give the rope a half hitch this stanchion.” 1 called out hold it there while I gei the rifle I was just on the point of firin when the motionless form was seize with a maniacal fury—I had just time to notice the huge saw flash round | when the thud and shock as it struck | the boat shattered the nerves of all of |us. At the same moment a perfect | wave of water came completely | the vacht, blinding us for the instant | When we again looked over the side our mortification intense to dis pver the fish had disappeared. the hook having been wrenched comple Iy out the mouth with the mendous force to which it had subjected We were thing. Then sadly and said I'll dream of that and I'm quite sure believe me when I tell the long do vou think il w “Without any exaggerat have heen at least 25 feel uddenly I cried Robbie, run below | are taking in water—it wouldn't sur | prise me if that terrific blow with the {#aw hasn't pierced the bot of the hoat Rot all was way bigzer than roond and of tre too surpris Huggins fish it must and see if we returned with the news well: hut subseq beached the Cara to h leaned 1 found that ther holes driven completely 1l copper plates on the Marriage Fair Supplies Husbands For Enterprising French Women | she has read up the reports made the Al afternc The “fill really the eandidate’s to “receive ing mar which n is of up the printed form last on ¥ < hir en- adhesic number perm 5% hegir nc joving the fairs privileges Yefore it has been the aquie ous investigat Every Sunday afterno. summer they ‘meet and fine hall of the treats No. 61 to and No. trimony And The marriage it makes zirls of Fontenay all married « But. also. 19 tenay have marri 10 of them It is a 1es in the munic 83 dances with Ne s strawherry 3 excha quiet ¢ ma wha ire mammas Fle ted marriag e more Hamptor Some Ar can_town Why ne The mily tion Every plan at and plan to give a g nA_admirable in may 3 honorable State's foun amilies Ever OF FONTENAY (Copyright by Sterling Potomac Discovery and Visit To Washington Site Described: (Continued from First Page.) a cross. similar to other crosses on the same map high up on the rivers he explored. Of these cross-marks he In which Mappe observe this, that as far as you see little crosses on rivers, mountains, or other places. have been discovered; the rest was had by information of the Savages. and are set downe according to their instructions.” Then he adds in verse: “Thus have I walked a wayless way, with uncouth pace, Which vet no Christian man did ever trace; But yet I know this not affects the minds, ‘Which ears doth heare. eyes doe finde."” % Did Smith anticipate the skeptics and prepare for them? Modern excavations have disclosed the remains of an Indian village site that extended from the mouth of the Eastern Branch up the eastern side of that stream, where Anacostia is now located, well beyond Benning, D. C. It was evidently a populous region at the time Smith visited it. He locates a King's House on his map at this point, indicating its im- Pportance. ““The river 10 miles above this place,” he writes, “maketh his passage downe a low. pleasant valley over- shadowed in manie places with high rocky mountaines, from whence dis- il Inumerable sweet and pleasant "E‘:}’.f& wes phatnty tatking of (he as that which |main river, so it would appear from all the circumstances. Doubtless he was describing the present site of Washington, surrounded by hills and buttressed on the northwest by the so-called Palisades of the Potomac above Georgetown. After all, is it no unlikely that Capt. Smith, who ex to the heads of navigation, should have failed to do so in the case of the Potomac, largest of them all? On the contrary, there is abundant evi dence, as we have seen, that he was more determined to find the head of the Potomac than any other of :ihe rivers that flowed into the Chesa- peake, except perhaps the James, on which the little colony was located. He and the other colonists had been instructed before they left England to find a passage to, or nearly to, the western ocean or the Gireat Lakes, |and they never lost sight of that object until they found it was a {chimera. | * ox % % | CAP®. HENRY FLEET. who took | up bis abode with the Indians |of the Potom#c River as a trader 15 |vears after the discovery. has been Eiven credit by some writers for being the first white man to visit and de- scribe the site of the National Capital. The late Ainsworth R. Spofford, for many years Librarian of Congress, who wrote learnedly on the early his. tory of the District of Columbia, leaned to this view, and he said th it is _“supposed rather than proven that Smith visited the site of the pres ent Washington. But Mr. Spofford also seemed to be unacquainted with | plored “the lesser rivers of the bay | Smith’s “old friend Mosco,” and other | facts bearing on the subject Some historians who have seemed | to delight in squeezing evervthing in | teresting and remantic out of his |tory have called Capt. John smith [a braggart and cast doubt on every thing he said. even including the mouns story Pocahontas. hev |Yrave doubtless influenced. although | perhaps unconscionsly. writers about Smith’s trip up the Potomac River land encourazed them to throw an |atmosphere of doubt about the whole thing. But if anybody needs to have his faith in Sraith bolstered up let him read what Prof. Edward Arber famous editor of Smith's Collected Works, has to say on the in | his notes thereon, or what the Amer |ican historian, John Fiske, in “Old | Virginla. and Her Neighbors.” says ahout the facts that have heen .un earthed to prove the honesty of | Smith’s history of his life and adven- | tures, | Bome of the men who accompanied him on that first voyage up the Po- tomac assisted him in writing and editing his history of Virginia.. Smith [made enemies, but he also marde ! many and fast triends, who stuck by |him to the end. No one who has read the history of the Virginia col ony can forget the horrors of the “starving time." subject . Need of Oxygen. HE amount of oxygen required by the human body in walking or running rises with the speed, till at the speed of a 100-yard dash ten times as much Is required as when standing still.