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Wallace Road The Beech Village Green East Box Court Beulah Hill Road The Beacon Carolina Vista and Magnolia Road Mr. Tom Bitter Hr. Donald J. Eoss Mr. T. L. Kedfield Mr. J. D. G. Rumsey Col. R. A. Swigert Mr. George W. Statzell Mrs. S. A. D. Sheppard Mr. R. C. Shannon Mr. John C. Spring Mr. E. J. Sinclair Mr. A. M. Swinnerton Mr. S. J. Stutts Mrs. James W. Tufts Mr. Leonard Tufts Mr. F. "W. Von Canon Mr. Henry G. Warring . Mr. T. T. Watson Mr. Bert Wicker Mr. P. W. Whittemore Mr. George L. Wilson The Waldheim Honeysuckle Stanwood Log Cabin Red Gables Chinquapin Road Carolina Vista Main Street Azalea and Main Street Shaw and Azalea Roads Magnolia Road and Carolina "Vista The Woodbine The Chinquapin .The Arbutus The Lenox Everett - Road Maple Road Main Street Main Street Maple Road Linden Road Hawthorne Cottage Maple Road The Cones Azalea and Village Green West Carolina Vista and Magnolia Road DIOGENES VKITW DAVII Tlie QreateHt Anciut Cynic Call on a Modern Opllmiiit After a hard day's work writing let ters to home hunters; carrying a visitor to Samarcand to prove to him the feasi bility of profitable hog growing; straight ening up the fair accounts, and doing the executive committee's thinking for it I ' was sitting in the office reading the dia logues of Plato, which Doc. Achorn has loaned me. I had just reached the most excellent part of the Symposium when the office door opened and a voice addressed me in Attic Greek : ' ' Where can I find an honest man ? ' ' "Right here's where you'll find the only one in the Sandhills, now that the Outlook editor has gone to Boston," I replied without looking up. "Possibly," retorted the intruder, "but you certainly don't look it." I raised my eyes and looked at the stranger. He was a little old wrinkled fellow with a scraggly, mangy beard and gray tangled hair. His feet and arms were bare and his only garment was a roll of second hand carpet which extended from his knees to his arm pits- In his hand he carried a Green lantern. Some thing in the fellow's quick rat eyes, how ever, made one feel the presence, of a superior being and demanded deferencs and politeness immediately. I rose, took off my hat, and said, " Er have a chair, won 't you, and let me take your lantern. And, why yes, that is, won't you take off your overcoat?" '"No, I won't let you have the lan tern," he replied. "I went all over Athens with that lantern looking for an honest man. I found only one that seemed to be what I was looking for, and he tried to steal my lantern. However, I will take off my overcoat as you call it. No, thank you, you need not take it. It will . be safer if I sit on it." ' i Put it back on for heaven 's sake, ' ' I said, "You'll be arrested if anybody sees you sitting there in your birthday clothes. Besides, public sentiment might run me out of town for having you here like that. Moreover, its chilly and you need it." "No, I don't need it," he disputed ' ' I didn 't grow up with furnace heat. As for public sentiment I always ignored it. It's perfectly idiotic anyway. Proclaim a new truth and the public will hoot down, crucify you or cartoon you. But after the alchemy of time has transformed your new truth into an old falsehood whole nations will die for it. As for exposing the body, we Greeks gave full attention to the development of our bodies. We were proud of them and gave much time to making them beautiful and shapely by athletic exercise. You Ameri cans, on the other other hand, worship the golden calf and chase nickels so assidu ously that at fifty you are bald, half blind, thin legged and huge of paunch. If we Greeks had looked as much like comic valentines as most of you do, we too, would have kept carefully covered under high collars and long tailed coats. ' ' Wishing to change the subject I said, ' ' I suppose that you are Diogenes, aren 't you ? But why are you here ? ' ' ' ' I am still looking for an honest man. I saw Ralph Page 's editorial in the Pine- hurst Outlook about the progress that is being made and so I got a leave of absence from Hades and came here." "What," I exclaimed," does the Out look go to Hades?" ' ' Oh, yes, he replied, 1 ' under the new management it is expected to go to Hades steadily from now until Spring. Ralph has been writing to me. He wants a Hades correspondent he already has one in Carthage and I thought I'd take the place. My first effort will probably be an article showing the progress that has been made in the world since my time. I came here to gather data and since it's a part of your business to furnish information I decided to call on you. Now let me ask you a few simple questions- First, what progress have you made in architecture. How do your edifices excell those that we had in Athens before the Christian Era?" "Why, really, Mr. Diogenes," I re plied, "I just can't exactly answer that ours are larger I suppose. And you might take a look at the General Office Biulding. ' ' ' ' Then I guess we 'd better not look for much progress in architecture. But how about letters? Your literature must be something wonderful by this time. ' ' ' ' No, sir. I regret to say that the testi- (Continued on page seven) 7& vrnam Sfareitff7iJors an d 7 spoons In fact in the nomenclature of the table, QorffarL. TabWare is almost as well known as Irish Linen and French Cuisine. There is in ever fork and spoon Wq moke. 83 years of cumulative experience to ensure the quality and I it I v enncn ine astjn. And speaklngr of designs, perhaps the only fault with the Cforfiam selections Is that the variety Is apt to embarrass the choice! There are twenty-seven different and distinct patterns and each interprets some historical epoch or influence With the fidelity of a genuine apctioru But hov?ver the patterns and prices may vary in no wise affects the quality of Qonfiam workmanship which is best described as o Aao (gxteZeJce iticn wl not overcome Leading jewelers everywhere spoffmm Serinjfoi&rHTire and every (pjjl piece bears this trade mark. rrr THE GORHAM COMPANY Stt'ersnHfiJ and 'Godsni'Af NEW YORK Worka - Providence and NuvV York COPYHIfrHT III Gorham Silverware is to be had in Pinehurst at "THE PINEHURST JEWELRY SHOP" WHEN YOU BUILD YOUR COTTAGE AT PINEHURST You want it done well, and as quickly and cheaply as is consonant with good workmanship You want the very best independent contractors to figure on the job. E have built Mr. H. G. Waring 's and Mr. J. H. Andrews' residences at Pinehurst; Mr. John E. Pushee's residence, The Hollywood Hotel, Gould's Apart ments, the Highland Pines Inn and other important buildings at Southern Pines. I can give the very best references in the section. Estimates on cost of building made free upon request and bids submitted promptly. Do not build without my estimate. J. J. STROUD, Builder and Contractor Southern FMnei North Carolina 1 BRETTON IN THE HEART OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE YyOOIw Improved Golf Coarse Fall 6,450 yard 1UE MOUNT PLEWAUT Ralph J. HERKIMER Winter: The Ochlawaha Hotel Eustis, Florida THE 01J11 WAAUIXGTOX D. J. TRUDEAU 'Winter: Hotel Ormond Oemond Beach, Fla. Information at 243 Fifth Ave., New York, and all of Mr. Foster's offices 4SBRETT0N WOODS SADDLE HORSES AT ORMOND THIS WINTER
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