Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1933, Page 77

- THE SUNDAY QTAR WASHINGTON, B. C, JANUARY 8 1933. T & . e e e e OoLLY \EOGRAPHY T SecinGg THINGS IN BerwicE ELLER, RouTE 1, BOx 78, LEXiNnGTON N C. AGED B. DRAWWK 8Y PHRYLISS STONE-, (AuGy pnP DAISY AITKEN, LEARN-! 3034 VIs1A, LoNG BEACH, STATE OF OHIO G Doawn 8y witciam Joapa (14) 8702 NEVADA AvE- CLEVELAND OO . The Adventures Of Cortes—Part [V -:- [ / M ewico Crry (TenockmiTian) TAS / TAND VICINITY - 1519 i g . > 1 o nu FALL OF 1519 HERNANDO CORTES WAS MARCHING TO ATTACK TENOCHTITLAN, THE CAPITAL OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE 1N MEXICO. THE TLAXCALANS,VASSALS OF THE AZTECS, TRIED TO BAR HIS WAY, BUT THE SPANISH CONQUISTAPORE CUT HIS WAY THROUGH THEM WiTHOUT LOSING A MAN AND FINALLY WOMN THEM OVER TO HiS SIDE . EARLY N NoVEMBER WE FIND CORTES BEFORE THE GATES OF TENOCHTITLAN. HiS FORCE, AUG- MENTED BY THE CREWS OF THE SHIPS HE HAD SCRAPPED> AT VERA CRUZ, NUMBERED SOME 500 WHITE MEN, AND WAS SUPPORTED BY 6,000 INDIAN ALLIES. WITH THIS LITTLE ARMY HE PROPOSED TO SEIZE A STRONGLY-FORTIFIED CITY OF 70,000 PEOPLE, OF WHOM 30,000 WERE FIGHTINGMEN.. ..., ... _— \ g flucemuu WHETHER THE INVADERS WEQE GoDS OR MEN,THE A2TEC KING RESTRAINED HIS FIERCE WARRIORS AND PERMITTED TNE SPANIARDS AND THEIR ALLIES TO MARCH INTO THE CITY UNOPPOSED (NOVEMBER 8, 1519) — © & 4? e ost OF THE BUILDINGS WERE OVERLAID WITH A STUCCO OF DA22LING WHITENESS, WHEN THE SPANIARDS FIRST SAW THE CITY SHINING IN THE SUN AND MIRRORED INTHE PLAQID WATERS OF THE LAKE, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS MADE OF SILVER. EMOCHYITLAN LAY OM AN ISLAND IN LAKE TEZCUCO,CONNECTED WITH THE MAINLAND BY LONG CAUSEWAYS. TuE CITY WAS CUT INTO QUARTERS BY CANALS. WiTHIN THE WALLS ROSE MANY LOFTY, TRUNCATED PYRAMIPDS, THE TEMPLES OF THE AZTEC GOP'S. e B T omezumA GREETED CORTES WITH FEIGNED FRIENDLINESS AND ORDERED FOOD AND LODGING PREPARED FOR HIS “VISITORS", CORTES, HOWEVER , WAS NOT FOOLED B8Y TH!IS SHow OF FRIENDSHIP AND KEPT ON HIS GUARD. ™ OF THE WEST INDIES, THE SPANIARDS WERE AMAZED AT THE WEALTH AND CULTURE OF THE AZTECS. THE TOWERING TEMPLES, THE ORNATE CARVINGS AND PAINTINGS, THE CANALS AND AQUEDLICTS GAVE EVIDENCE OF A HIGH DEGREE OF ARTISTIC AND ENGINEERING SKILL. 7O HORAOR AND DISGUST AT THEIR SAVAGE . PALACE LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE . INHUMAN RELIGIOUS RITES.ON THE SUMM(T ALL HIS MEN . HIS POSITION WAS EXTREMELY OF THE LARGEST TEMPLE HIDEOLS PRIEST- PEQILOUS. HE WAS IN A HOSTILE CITY EXECUTIONERS WERE KEPT BUSY SLAUGHTERING | | SURROUNDED BY OVERWKELMING NUMBERS UNLUCKY PRISONER'S OF WAR TO PROPITIATE OF NATIVES ONLY WAITING FOR THE WORD HUITaLOPOCHTLY, THE AZTEC WAR GOD. — - TO FALL UPOM THE WHNITE MEN |, . A FEW’IAL CAPTIVE WAS TREATED wiTH CONSIDERATION AND RESPECT . HiSown OFFICERS AND SERVANTS WERE ALLOWED TO WAIT UPON HIM,BUT HE WAS CLOSELY GUARDED BY THE SPANIARDS.. — TO 8F CONTINUED. [©n oNS OF HIS DAILY VISITS To THE GREAT PALACE OF THE AZTEC KING, CORTES FORCED MONTEZUMA TO ACCOMPANY HIM TO THE SPANISH BARRACKS AND HELD HIM THERQE AS A HOSTAGE . ~— &) 1933 7 Cangort MANSFIELD. D3HE SITUATION WAS DESPERATE AND REQUIRED AN EQUALLY DESPERATE REMEDY. THE SPANISH LEADER DECIDED TO TAKE A BOLD STER. THIS WAS NOTHING LESS THAN To SEIZE MONTEZUMA HIMSELF AND'HOLD HIM AS A PLEDGE FOR THE- SAFETY OF THE SPANIARDS ! » Gomes WAS WARNED THAT THE AZTECS WERE PLOTTING TO SLAY THEIR UNWELCOME GUESTS, AT THE SAME TIME ME RECEIVED WORD THAT THE LITTLE GARRISON HE HAD LEFT AT VERA CRUZ HAD BEEN ATTACKED BY VASSALS OF MONTEZUMA. . . ., . . T TR LD RERDRLL LR e often occurs in Summer “dog days,” among discerning biblophiles. To im- How to Care for Your Books Continued from Second Page the best possible arrangement for a book collection. Nor should books be ar- ranged on too high shelves, for hot air rises and the books on the shelves near the ceiling in rooms kept at a high item- perature are swre to suffer. They should also be protected from the direct rays of the sun. Rooms in which books are kept under ideal conditions are lighted with a diffused light and maintained at an even temperature. In locating bookshelves so that the books may be reasonably protected against dampness, seek an inside wall, unless the outside walls are adequately insulated. Do not have shelves under windows, where the books may be ex- posed to the elements in case a sudden storm finds a window open. During a protracted season of dampness, such as books will be grateful for an occasional drying out of the room by means of a fire in the hearth or furnace. When a house or room containing books is closed for any length of time the volumes will suffer from dampness unless subjected to just such a drying out process. THE matter of free air circulation is also important. The glass-inclosed bookcase, while it affords protection against dust, creates a condition more harmful in shutting off the protecting outer air. For this reason the glass book- case, with its appearance of elegance and expensiveness, is now a thing of the past sure freely circulating air about the books see that they are placed well for- ward on the shelves with an air space of perhaps three inches at the back. In order to keep a library book collec- tion in “the condition which its value warrants it is necessary to give it .a- thorough cleaning and general over- hauling once a year. At this time leather bindings should be given their annual nourishing dose of oil; mildewed vol- umes should be given a thorough drying out and shelves should be gone over for possible discards, repairs, etc. Bookcases can be thinned of such volumes as the owner does not wish to retain and room is thus made for desirable additions. ‘-