The Alamance gleaner 1
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VOL. UV. GRAHAM, N, CM THURSDAY MAY 10, 1928. NO. 14. I
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DOINGS OF THE WEEK [
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
? Smith's Victory in Califor
nia Seems to Make Nom
ination Certain.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
UNLESS most of tbe political proph
ets are sadly fooled, California last
week settled the Democratic national
convention at Houston, so far as the
Presidential nomination ts concerned.
Few of them now venture any other
prediction than that A1 Smith has the
prize all wrapped up, and it is gen
erally believed that the rush to get
Into the band wagon will result in -tbe
nomination of the New York governor
on the first ballot, probably by accla
mation. The California primary .was
admittedly a test for Smith, for Mc
Adoo strove to lead the dry Democrats
of hie state Into the Walsh camp, and
Senator Reed also was a live contender
for the preference vote. But HcAdoo
fell down so badly that the Montana
senator ran third, Reed standing in
second place. Smith's victory was de
cisive, bis vote being greater than the
combined votes of the other two. With
most of tbe precincts heard from, tbe
result in rohnd numbers was: Smith,
133,000; Reed, 58,000; Walsh, 46,000.
Of the 58 counties, all bnt one were
won by Smith. Imperial county was
claimed for Reed. Former Senator
James D. Phelan, bead of the Smith
delegation, bas displaced McAdoo as
the Democratic leader of California.
The wets rejoiced in the apparent-fact
that the state had Joined the wet cdi
umn, but Dr. Arthur H. Briggs, head
of the California Anti-Saloon league,
asserted the wet and dry issue was
not a determining factor in the fight
Smith's delegates to Houston now
number 497, this total including 157
uninstructed but known to favor him.
He Is expected to garner about 140
more in tbe next few weeks and to
go into the convention with at least
635 votes. His managers believe the
Ohio and Maryland delegations will be
quick to shift to Smith, and that many
of the Reed delegates also will climb
into the band wagon promptly.
Wilbur Legette of California, state
manager for Reed, asked Josephus
Daniels by wire if he would run for
vice president on a third party ticket
headed by Senator Reed or Senator
Borah. Mr. Daniels replied that he
woqfa) not accept a nomination on any
third party ticket, and declared the
only hope of wresting tbe government
from the hands of "privilege and cor
ruption" lies in a victory by the Dem
ocratic party. He said he intended to
support the nominees of the Houston
convention and believed enough dry
Democrats would be elected to con
gress to guarantee no weakening of
the prohibition laws.
Claude G. Bowers, an editorial writ
er of the New York Evening World
and a political historian of note, was
selected by the Democratic convention
arrangements committee" to be tem
porary chairman at Houston and to
leliver the keynote speech. This
choice had been expected.
Herbert hoover was unop
posed In the California Repub
lican primary, bnt the Republicans
flocked to the polls to vote for him In
surprising numbers. The total G. b.
P. rote cast was more than twice as
large as the Democratic vote. The
Golden state delegation of 20 gives
lloovgr an estimated total of 306 dele
gates to date, though 211 of these are
uninstructed. His supporters now claim
he will enter the convention with 528
votes, only 10 short of the necessary
545 majority. Last week the Ten
nessee Republican convention Indorsed
Hoover and also Instructed the state's
delegate at large to vote for Con
? greasman J. Q. Ttlson of Connecticut
for vice president
PROBABLY It will sot cost as orach
to nominate and eject a President
thin year as It hat aometlmea lo the
past, for tbe senate has adopted a reso
lution for an Inquiry Into the cam
paign contributions and expenditures
of both parties. Tbe special committee
naated by Vice President Dawes In
rfadaa Stelwar of Orerna. chairman;
Dale of Vermont, McMaster of Soath
Dakota, Barkley of Kentucky and
Bratton of New Mexico. Senator Rob
inson, the minority - leader, who pre
sented the resolution, made no charges
of Improper methods In the present
preconrentlon campaigns, but said It
was considered desirable to hare a
committee go Into the matter Just as
the Borah committee did In 1924 and
The Kenyon committee In 1920.
BY A vote of 204 to 121 the house
passed the Haugen farm relief
bill, wliicb Is almost Identical with the
MeNAry measure passed by the senate.
Both contain the equalization fee fea
ture which Is especially objectionable
to the President, and It was taken for
granted that be would vetawthe bill
that comes out of conference. Nearly
all the western and southern repre
sentatives voted for the Haugen bill.
The eastern Republicans voted against
It, but It was supported by a consid
erable number of Tuinmady Demo
crats.
Veto by President Colldge also Is
expected for the Hood relief measure
which was reported to the bouse by
the conference committee, since the
conferees Insisted on retaining the
flowage rights feature to which he ob
jects.
DARTY lines were drawn quite sharp
' ly when the senate begun debat
ing the tax reduction bill. Repub
llcans on the finance committee had
cat down the total reduction o( the
house bill from $290,000,000 to about
$200,000,000, which la the limit placed
by the Treasury department. The
Democrats still Insisted on a total re
duction of $323,600,000. The fight was
mainly over the corporation tax, the
Republicans wishing this cut frpm 13H
to 12H per cent and the Democrats
arguing for a cut to 11 or at most lltt
per cent The Democrats also would
retain the graduated scale of rates for
corporations with Incomes of $15,000
or less as voted by the house. Sen
ator Smoot expected the debate In tbe
-senate would last over a week.
HARRY SINCLAIR appeared before
t4e senate's Teapot Dome com
mittee and told something of the Con
tinental Trading company deal, bat not
near enough to "satisfy the Investi
gators. He fenced skillfully with Chair
man Nye and the others and made
tew admissions except that he had re
ceived $757,000 of the Continental's
profits, which sum, with Interest, he
said he had recently turned over to
the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing com
pany. The committee Is making dp its
report, but expects later to Investigate
the oil leases In the Salt Creek field.
RETURNING from Washington,
where they attended the funeral
of Floyd Bennett, the GerWnlrlth
transatlantic flyers were given the
usual uproarious reception that New
York accords to such celebrities. It
Included parades, banquets and valor
medals and the aviators were almost
worn out by the attentions showered
upon them. Next they Journeyed back
to the national capital where they
were officially welcomed to the United
8tates by Secretary Kellogg with dig
nified ceremony. They lunched at the
White House and President Coolidge
pinned on their breasts the distin
guished flying crosses which congress
had voted them. In Arlington Na
tional cemetery tbey laid wreaths on
the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Among those who greeted them In
Washington was Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh, who had flown there lo his
"Spirit of St Louis" for the purpose
of placing that famous plane la the
Smithsonian Institution. Thursday
Baron von Huenefeld. Captain Koehl
and Major Fltzmaurice flew to New
York to arrange for their air tour'of
the East and Middle West
Geo. Umberto Nobile and compan
ions left Stolp, Germany, Thursday In
the airship Italia for Spitsbergen.
1,700 miles away. The Italian explor
ers plan to make several flights over
the polar regions daring the summer.
Delegates from ati port* of the
world ire inembled In Kidmi
City In attendance on the quadrennial
general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church. They hare a lot of
bnalneae on band, bet It Is not likely
their doings trill he tinged with sensa
tionalism. since at the Hart they roted
overwhelmingly against a formal dla
canton of fundamentalism and mod
ernism. In their episcopal address the
44 bishops recommended that full nil
vantage be taken of the chance to as
sign responsibilities to younger mem
bers of the church. They held the
possibility of a world union of Chris
tian churches to be beyond considera
tion at present. Among the laity there
la a strong movement for the demo
cratization of the church government.
Including the election of bishops for
a term of years Instead of for life.
The conference approved a court of
17 members to try Bishop Hast of
Copenhagen on charges arising out of
his conviction In civil court of misus
ing church funds. Kev. Fred S. Stone
of Chicago was chosen prosecutor. ?
CHIANG Kul-sbek. generalissimo ol
tlie Chinese Nationalists, hy
moved his headquarters to Tslnan. cap
ital of Shantung province, and Is lay
ing his plans for the final drive ugaiurt
Peking and the armies of Chang Tao
lln. It Is reported that Chang lias
gathered 100,000 men In the vicinity
of Tecliow, where thera Is a large
arsenal, and presumably the next big
battle will be In that area. The situ
ation between the Nationalista and the
Japanese was relieved when the for
mer agreed to reopen the Shantung
railway and permit the Japanese troop
trains to .operate between 'Tslngtao
and Tsinanfu. But the Nationalists In
Shanghai are keeping pp tbelr anti
Japanese boycott.
JOHN BOLL U likely to cancel h!(
agreement to help Uncle Sam sttp
the smuggling of Illegal liquor lutu the
United States, for he la getting great
ly peeved over the Impetuous actions
of some of the American rum chasers.
Coast guard boats have been entering
Bnhama and Bermuda porta without
warrant, and foreign ships have been ,
seized by them allegedly without right.
The British government made formal
protest, and Secretary Kellogg, after
replying In apologetic tone, ordered all
coast guard craft to remain away from
Bermuda ports. Only a few days ago,
too, Canadian authorities complained
that our enforcement agents In the De
troit area were firing shots that
crossed the river and endangered the
lives of Canadians. This was denied
b^ Washington.
EGYPT Isn't going to lose Its Inde
pendence Jurt yet, but It must
I mind its step. Great Britain's protest
against the Egyptian "public assem
blies bill," which It was said would
hamper the protection of foreigners,
was followed up by the sending of sev
eral warships to Alexandria, and open
threats to reduce the country again to
a dependency. But the Egyptian govern
ment postponed consideration of the
objectionable measure and the war
ships were called oflf. However#For
eign Secretary Chamberlain warned
Effypt that there must be no revival of
the controversy.
GK1E.MA.NV lias unqualifiedly ac- j
eepted Secretary Kellogg s pro
posula fur a multi-lateral treaty to out i
law war. The Berlin government In
doraca the plan enllitislaMth-ally and i
says It la ready t<i enter negotiations !
with the leading powora for the eon- |
summation of such a pact. The tier ,
mag note holds unfounded the French ,
fear that an nneondldonal anti-war '
treaty would conflict with the la-ague
of Nations or a nation's right of self
defense, and take* the position that
reservations to the American draft
treaty are unnecessary.
PREMIER RAYMOND POINCAUE
won a bl( victory In the French
parliamentary election* and la aaaured
of a working majority of about one
hundred In the chamber of deputlea.
The country thorn gave evidence that
It vrlihee him to continue his teak of
putting Ita Snancea In order without
Interference from the radicals who had
threatened Ida plana with deatrurtfon.
Aa a preliminary to ataMllzatlon of
the franc the premier haa announced a
heavy loan to reimburae the Hank of
France for advancea to the atate.
DEATHS of the week Include that
of Congreaaman Thaddeua Sweet
of New York, killed In the <-ra?h of an
airplane: and of Palmer B. Andervon.
United Statea mondial for the north
ern Illinois dlvtrlct Mr. Andernon haa
been aucceeded by H. C IV. l-auben
hetmer.
No "Fixed Stars"
The position* of the stars with
reference to one another seen to re
main constant, altboagh they are coo
tlnoelly changing their places relatlve
I, to object* on the earth. Hence the
term "toed stars." Bat this I* only
seemingly the proper tap res* I on. In
reality all are speeding through space
at very high velocities, hot so Indefi
nitely removed are the stare den as
that thay appear t* be at rait hi
though quite the reeeree. ae we know,
from tlxed. the term la atill seed, be
caoee la the astronomically brief per
iod from generation to generatioo, the
changed are ao alight that the naked
eye la powerieaa to detect them.
Prlttjt Great tegiai
Id Greek mythology Narciaane waa
a beautiful youth, a eon of Ceph lease
aad the nymph Urlope. otetamor
pboeod loto a flower. For Ma Manual
bUlty to loeu ha. waa caaaad by Kane
aala to AMI hi lotfl wtth Ma awa Ma
?-? n _
/. ' _ ' . _? ?
age reflected In water. enable to
grasp this shadow, be placd own? and
bream* the flower which hears his
name. The nymph Echo, who calalj
loeed him. died from grief.
Talking Parrots
The Mexican doable yellow head Is
probably the beat talklna Wni ainotia
American parrots Thle Is pr.Smblj
?anal la tha African *r*?. wlilch Is
the Old world tarnrlr*. Parrots mnsi
b* taagbt (a talk wblla young, oldei
birds Mara tfttl* and xrrj slowly.
I OLD WEED I
| WOMAN |
(? br D. J. Walsh.)
CUNA BORDEN was bending
over her strawberry bed bunt
ing tor the first ripe berries.
It she was successful In her
search she was going to make a short
cake. She had just discovered s
stem of luscious, big red berries when
she heard some one coming Into her
garden. Turning, she saw Mrs. More,
her neighbor from across the way.
"I just stopped In on my way to
town, Cuna, to see If there was any
errand I could do for you." and then
as her eyes fell on the berries she
exclaimed: "Ripe strawberries 1 Cnna,
your garden Is a wonder. It's way
ahead of mine. I tell my husband
that the sun always seems to shine
warmer In your yard thai, anywhere
else on this street But all the same
It's a shame that you have to live next
door to old Mrs. Kerr. Her place will
never be anything but an eyesore to
the community as long as she lives.
It spoils the whole tone of the street,
let alone broadcasting seeds from
every weed Imaginable. 1 suppose we
might just as well make the best of It
John says there Is no law In this vil
lage that can compel a man to clean
up his yard. And old Mrs. Kerr will
never do s thing. She hates the neigh
borhood. She told Mrs. Fry the other
day that she peases one way and an
other she gels just as many weeds
as she sows. The conversation trailed
off Into other channels and finally
Mrs. More went on her way.
After Mrs. More bad gone Cuna
stood for sereral moments contem
plating the adjoining yard. It was a
shame. Just as Betsy More bad said,
that nothing could be done to make
old Mrs. Kerr clean up her yard. In
the bright sunlight It looked as If It
were covered with a fleece of fluffy
white cotton, so thick was It strewn
with dandelion blossoms gone to seed.
Even as Cuna looked a puff of wind
swooped down. An Instant later the
air was filled with a cloud of dande
lion fluff. Each bit of fluff, as Cuna
knew all too well, carried a tiny seed
which eventually would appear as a
full-grown plant In every carefully
kept yard for several blocks. Cuna's
eyes followed the flight of seeds. What
was thetuse of all her labor year after
year If old Mrs. Kerr's ueglected yard
was allowed to go on broadcasting
weeds? She thought of the old lady
herself, bent and gnarled with pierc
ing, dark eyes, which, somehow, in
their depths seemed to hsrbor such
an unfriendly gleam. Mrs. Kerr had
well earned for herself the title of
The Old Weed Woman. But what a
dreadful thing It must be to he old
and disliked. A moment Inter a
thought came to Cuna that sent her
flying Into her bouse.
Two days later Mr. Gray, tbe green
house man, delivered a whole cartload
of plants. All the rest of the day
Conn worked like a beaver setting ont
plants. Directly on the line which sep
arated her lot from old Mrs. Kerr's
she thickly set lioll.vhock*.> These she
flanked with phlox, zinnias, lupines,
nicotines, puneles. Old Mrs. Kerr
watched from her tiny hack porch.
Her attitude was belligerent. Kite
meant ber presence to warn Cans not
to set foot on her premises.
Weeks went by and Cttna's hedge
began to bloom. It was a glowing
beauty. People drove past the place
In tbe evening Just to ratcb a whllf of
the fragrant nicotines that glowed like
white stars In tbe moonlight. Cane
tolled, watered and watched. Her
bands were calloused and blistered
with weeding. Then one day a mes
sage came saying that her sister need
id her. There was no time to think of
anything. Cuna packed as quickly as
vhe could and left without having time
to bid Mrs. More good-by.
It was Ave weeks before Cuna again
saw ber home. She arrived on a late
?vohog train and sllpepd Into her
bouse and to bed without even wait
ing to make herself a cup of tea. She
slept profoundly.
Next morning Cuna was awakened
by the sound of rain driving against
ber window. The sound made her
want to snuggle down under tbe cov
ers for another hour, but she was out
yt bed lustautly. Her Angers fairly
Aew as she slipped Into a house dress
ind twisted ber dark balr and pinned
It Into place. Her one thought was of
ber garden. She bad read that Plne
rllle bad been visited by a drought.
Donning an old slicker and not wait
ing to put anything on her head she
ran downstairs and out of the bouse.
A moment later she stood staring In
imazement at what she saw. Her gar
den was as neat and well cared for
as If she bad not been away even for
ooe day. Her tomatoes were carefully
trimmed and staked up. Her Sowers
had not suffered from the drought.
That meant that some one had wa
tered them. There was not a weed to
he seen. The hollyhocks bad grown
Mil and thick. They were covered
with a wealth of brilliant bloom. Tbey
completely bid the adjoining yard. A
hoo-hoolug from across the street
caused her to turn quickly. It was
Betsy More.
"When did you get home, CunaT"
lira. More called.
"Last night on the late train," Cuua
answered. "But, Mrs. More wfiat I
wsfct ;o know Is, who Jt was that took
such good care of my garden."
"Guess i" Mrs. Mora's eyes twinkled.
"I cant," Cnna admitted.
"Just take a peek over In Mrs.
Kerr's yard." Mrs. More laughed her
good-natured laogb, "then 1 guess
you'll bare better luck guessing,'' and
still smiling, Mrs. More turned and
ran home.
Gun a parted a big bunch of holly
bocks and peeped through Into the
next yard. She gave an exclamation of
surprise. She actually rubbed the rain
out of her eeya because she thought
she was not Melng right Old Mra
Kerr's yard wss as well trimmed as
her own. The grass bad been clipped
until It was as smooth as relret. There
was not a weed In sight What did It
mean? Cnna must And out A moment
later she was knocking at old Mrs.
Kerr's back door. Almost Instaotly
the door opened and the old lady ap
peared.
"Ob, Mrs. Kerr," Cuna cried as she
bent forward and grasped the old
lady's band, "how can I ever thank
you. Tou eared my flowers?I am so
grateful I"
"Come In, child," Mrs. Kerr threw
open the door and Cooa entered the
tiny kitchen, which wa* Oiled with
an sppe tiling odor of brewing coffee
and browning toast. "Jnst alt ya down
and hare a anack of breakfaat with
me and III tell yon all about It I've
bad the nicest time. .The only really
happy time In years. I will confess
that I waa mad as bop the day I saw
you setting things so close to my line.
I resolved I'd destroy them the flrst
chance 1 got. The day yon went away
1 went oat there with alckle and spad
ing fork. 1 meant to do damage, bat
Just as I waa pressing my foot to the
spading fork by glasses dropped off. 1
waa Just stooping to pick them up
when I found myself looking straight
Into the face of the prettiest yellow
pansy I'd ever seen since I was a lit
tle girl. My mother always bad a bed
of panslea and there waa one particu
lar yellow kind that I loved. I hadn't
thought of 'em since she died?but
there It was looking lue straight In .the
eye. I?well?I Just couldn't hurt' It
by destroying your plants?I got kinds
In the habit of going out there morn
ings to see that It was all right It
was kinds company nnd I fell to
weeding nndf when the drought came
I carried out water so things wouldn't
dry up. Then the flowers looked so
aorta distressed by the side of the
weeks In my yard that I bad Able
Cole come and clean up my yard. I
thought It would b* good for 'em to
let the sun In from my side of the
line. Well, one thing led to another
until?ontll?"
"Until." Cunn Interrupted. Her eyes
were glistcnlog.- "Until, you old dear,
you did the nicest possible thing you
couldtinve done?or anyone could, for
that matter. I'll never forget It as
long as I live."
"Neither will I." old Mrs. Kerr's
eyes too were moist.
And that was how "The Old Weed
Woman" of Pink street lost her title
and Pink street won a neighbor and
lost Its weeds. /
Sign* in the Shy
A glorified "magic InnterD." mid to
be capable Of projecting photograph*
and algna onto the cloud*. I* the
lateat contribution to the science of
advertising.
The device, atlll In Its laboratory
form, conalata of a powerful search
light mounted behlod a aeries of leoace
and a allde bolder. The whole ap
paratna reaemble* a cannon, and I*
able to project Images for a distance
of live mllea on a cloud bank.
The Image la visible for mllea
around, while a revolving screen In
front of the mozxle of the projector
can be used to produce color-changing
effects.
Boat Modolod on Fioh
A yooog German Inrentor baa re
algnad a Daw type of apeedboat after
a thoroogb at ad 7 of Babee. The ecrew
la oot, aa oaoal. In tha atern of tba
reeeel. bol la froou beneath tba <ra
tar, lo a hollow or foooal lo tba ablp'a
bow. Tba watar aocfced lo b7 tba
acraw la paaM throofb tobaa 00
elthar aide and la tpooted through
apllta openlog lo Uie middle of tbe
aeaael'a atria*. Tba blndarpart la pro
aided with protoberancea raaambllng
tba aealaa of a abark.
Hooting Balm
Tba, balm of Giiead from tba earll
eat anUqolt7 bad a rapotaUoo a* a
healing agent. The people of Ollaad
prepare It trao at tba prtaaot time for
tbe benefit of pllgrtma to tba B0I7
land. Tbl* boweaer, la tboogbt to be
laaa I Ik el 7 to be tba true balm thin
tbe Jnlce of tbe atjrax (Strraa offl
oalta), a common plant of GUeod,
which in aodaat timaa waa mocb Mad
for healing. |
A Syrian Rebecca Returning From tha Wall.
(Praparol bp tba DaUaaal Oaactaitk
Hoclaly. WaalilMlotfD. C.I
TUB (trip of Syria and the Holy
Land at (ba eastern pod of tba
Mediterranean pea hna ever been
a binge for momentous world
events. There tba civilizations of
Bgypt, Meaopotamla and Aaia Minor
met. their armies marching and coon
A few miles north of Beirut, at the
point where Dog river enters the sen.
the foothills of the Lebanon come
down to the very shore of the Medi
terranean, and alnca soldiers and
armies have always sought to travel
on the level, whether they have fought
that way or not, the passage of this
point where sea and mountain meet
was always a difficult feat.
One army after soother cut its
path along the towering cliffs, and
when the passage of this narrow de
file was thus Insured, the commanders
left the record of their passing. Who
the first men were no one knows, fur
the troops of Napoleon 1(1, In passing
this point, were too lazy to turn over
a new leaf; they simply Inscribed their
record on a limestone page from which
the record of some ancient Egyptian
had been erased by the band-of time
But the first record that still stands
was left by the armies of the moat fa
mous of the pharaohs. Barneses the
Great, when they were on their, way
northward to wage war against the
Kheta or Ulttltee.
The great Assyrian, Ashnrnaslrpal,
left' his record here and his succes
sors, Sltalmaneser and Adadnlrarl. did
the same. Theo there was a lapse of
more than a century, from 812 to 705
B. C.. wheo Sennacherib and his son.
Essrhaddon, had their names chiseled
In this stone bonk of history.
Railways on Old Caravan Routes.
If political conditions become defi
nitely stabilised In this part or tbe
world. It Is not ton tuarh to belles*
that heavy trains, fired wltb oil from
the Persian fields, will thunder along
trade males which plodding camels
marked out when tbe world was
yonng. Already, one may dine In Cairo
and base luncheon the following day
in Jernsnlem. Tbe step to Aleppo,
Mosul, and Bagdad Is abort and all hat
300 miles of the line I* now open to
traffic. However popular the route
through central Europe along the fa
mous Berlln-to-Bagdad line becomes,
the safety of the British empire de
mands that the railroad wblcb fol
lows tbe old line of communication
between tbe valley of tbe Nile and tbe
valleys of the Euphrates and the
Tigris shall be kept In a state of per
fection. There will be no Amanns or
Taurus tunnels on this trail of tbe
modern caravan, and an absence of
beavy grades throughout a large part
of the tight of way will make It pos
sible for the hoped-for Calro-to-Cal
cutta express to beat tbe fastest sea
route by several days.
The Uanran, south of Damages*,
bas long been a granary and the mas
sive ruins of Baalbek dominate a
plain whose fertility was ones suf
ficient to maks possible lavish local
expenditures and at tbe same time
return large Uses to Imperial Roam,
which used Syria not as a sinking
place for public funds, but as a source
of reveooe for tbs treasury on the
Tiber. When Roam ruled, this remote
province bad enough and to spats;
but not for long did golden eggs from
Syria enrich tbs greedy Turk.
Water holds a high place, not only
In the view of tbe abstemious Moham
medan, but of the Syrian Christian as
well. Tbs main attraction of the Da
mascus cafe Is a tiny fountain, wboss
sight and aoond delight tbe eso of tbe
desert vacationing In tbe nrimn oasis,
or tbe Bart of Ramarfcaad, wearied
by Ufa desert asgisk to Mecca, wfea
ttop* here and dream* of hi* distant '
Zerafshan.
From Abraham to Allsnby.
Dan and Beeraheb* are popularly
considered the termini of Palestine, m
the* formerly arere of Hebrew terri
tory. One grew op around a saarea
of the Jordan, the other owed Its
existence to the age-old wells arbaae
limestone rims hare bees gtoored and
polished by a million backet ropes. lie
hotel register attests so long and die
tlngulsbed a line of guests. -
From Abraham to Alleaby. the rape
worn signatures that rim Bi mhihafli
sercn wells bespeak romance and
passions broad as bomsn life. Bare
Abraham arrived with Sarah, Us wtfa,
and being unused to town ways and
fearing them, they registered as broth
er and sister. Inter Sarah Indnead
Abraham to drive Ha gar and lehamsl
out Into the desert to die. Evidently '
cross-roads life did not Improve
Sarah's character.
Here Abraham, the father of Us
race, received a message to kill Ms
only son, Isaac, and from this spot ha
set out with heavy heart to accomplish
the task which be was saved from
completing. Here Jacob robbed Esso
of his birthright by methods that ?*
mind one of Launceloi Uobbo. and ,
here he later stopped when, a* an old
man. be was on his way to visit Ms
famous son. Joseph. In Egypt.
A single spring determined the alts
of Nasareth. and Jacob's well still
provides water in an otherwise thirsty
land. To the tired traveler from the
bills of Mnob. the dirty Jordan seeaM
a blessed refreshment after the dry
ride: hut Naaman. the leper, becsssi
be was accustomed to the crystal
streams of his native city, scorned the
coffee-colored Hood which had been
recommended ss a cleansing agent.
Water hounds Syria oo tlie west.
The lack of It defines the eastern and
southern boundaries. Many of the
moat pleating page* of the Bible
ripple with the eongm of running
brooks or ptalse the "mill waters" of
wells whleh have long marked the
resting places of weary flocke and
heavy-laden caravan*.
Bathing In I ha Otad Baa.
The Jericho region la supplied with
three kloda of water, and this prodt
gnllty, coopled with the historic fane
of the Jordan valley. has fomlabad a
regular formula of hathlng far pil
grims to thla hot depression, nearly
a quarter ef a mile below the level
of the sea.
Of course, every tourist has to bathe
In the Dead sqa; It la the thing te da.
Lucky Is the man whose skla doss not
crack la the heat of the valley, far
Daad saa water oo a cracked skla or
the Sim of the eye reminds ooe of
boiling oil and the Spanish Inqalattlou.
Having performed the necessary rite
and dutifully completed an experience
which can be recorded In the diary of
tbe trip, the poor pilgrim, laved with
a tenacious fluid that seems to be cons
posed of salt, kerosene, and lye, drives '?
off to the Jordan and seeks relief la
the muddy waters of that river. ThaaT
aa night rapidly settles In tbe deepest
wrinkle oo the face of Mother Earth,
tbe tired traveler rides between the
miserable hovels which coosdtate
modern Jericho and dismounts at the
Sultaa's spring, ooce sweetened by
M aha
The traveler who Is arise will not
try to sleep In the hot hotel, whose
confining walla seem to radiate dis
comfort. but will stretch hit had bad da
tbe still waters of Sultan's pool.
Water or tba lack ef It muet always
affect the development of Syria, bet
the supreme value of the land aa a
link between the prod action centers ef
Europe and tbe populattoa centers ef
hale moat always make trade routes
and crossroads of traffic lbs liiallttil'
Bar largest growth. v