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The Seaforth News, 1927-12-01, Page 7Ruled by.. the Spirit I. of Revolting ':apt le Scientists Sojourning in Dutch Guiana Find Djuka Bush- men Revere Supernatural Elements 'Attributed to Boa' Constritor Alligator and Cottonwood. Tree WOMEN APPRECIATED On the edge of the northeastern side of South America three is •a !unique civilization little known to the white men of this continent. We know of the strange life of the Congo, of 'the fascinating customs and the Over -present danger of the, African jungles because adventurers and ex- piorers by the hundreds have brought m the Eastern tropics the eutranc- 'ing facts of their experience.. h Negro or Djuka of But 0E the bila j of them and their '•3otch Guiana . t to craftsmanship, of their customs and iie .their medicine, little .has been tolct. These black men of Surinam are not native to tibia hemisphere. They are a transplanted people. Brought to South America as slavos in the days of buccaneering and traffic in human flesh, they revolted successful- ly in the middle eighteenth century and have Since retained their free dem. The Negroes of the north sloughed 47 off•nearly overgthiug that,was native and .African, . completely yielding to the influence. of .Caucasian civilization and eager to imitate its customs and emulate its' standards, but the Djukas 'of the Dutch Guiana' bush hold fast to the primitive habits of their African ancestors. At the American Museum of Na tural History ie a collection consisting mostly of carved wood implemouts re- cently brought by Dr. Morton C. Kahn et New Yoi'lc City who, accompanied by Howard A. Baugh, went to Dutch Guiana in the interest of the Ameri- can Museum of Natural History and the Cornell Medical College, with which latter institution Dr. Kahn is associated. Are Artists. "The Djukas decorate Practically everything," said Dr. Kahn, "Even their paddles for stirring pots are finely shaped and delicately engraved with designs handed clown from those known among their African ante;tors. They aro a fiery artistic race, and a Djuka artist gets mere consideration as a prospective husband than a mem- berof the tribe who is a less compat ent wood-carver. "0f course, the first consideration is, can he hunt, fish and provide sue- cessfully for. a family as well as hini- selC But having determined that, his bride and her fancily want prospective to .know what kind' of a craftsman he is in the working of wood, for art in that country is considered manly. Women Control Children., "The Nuke woman stands higher in the Social seleam° than in many sav- age tribes, as those Negroes have a matriarchal system of descent. She has greater coutrbl over her children than her husband,'and her parents and the maternal uncle of the Child- ron also have a hand in the upbring- ing or the young, and river yield sustenance for two wives, An exceptionally rapid and oompet- ent craftsman an da successful hunter may maintain two wives, It .soains probable that the artistic instinct has been cultivated by the social organi- zation which requires the men to please the women with the carvingof elegant domestic .tools --and utensils. s "A man can't get a wife by show- ing prowess with the bow and gun and tho carving knife and then lay down on the job and expect to keep. her. Ito also has to keep up produc- ing beautiful wood carvings for the use and edification of his wife, and if he gets lazy in providing tood and in- competent in carving he is apt to lose her. • She ran got a divorce from her. indolent partner by proving to the council of the tribe that 'bee, husband has deteriorated as a provider and as an artist," Descent Traced Through Mother. While the descent ie traced through the mother and the headship of the village p+uses to the gran-xnan's sis- ter's male child, yet the society does not discriminate against tho man who has the rapacity to make the jungle - tai Spoons and ljot-stirrets may take day of, patient carving and accomplish their purpose as household tools no bettor than a plain stick, but still the men work ou and not only carve but inlay some of the 'things with' hard- wood, Value Ar$. "The curious fact about the Djukas," said Dr. Kahn, "is that while they con eider au article of utility nearly worth. less without having been submitted to the 'skill of the wood-carver, they Pay little attention to the wooden re- presentation of their gods. "This is not accidental or"duoto religious indifference. They see a spirit in.nearly everything that lives or is. Rocks, trees, animals—all have a supernatural element within them, but the Djugas haveno fear that the god will be displeased le he is clot treated to an elaborate image. They have a firm conviction that religion is a quality that comes from within and is not stimulated by exterior objects. "Each village has its god, and they hold as semi -sacred the "boa-coustrict- er, the alligator and the cottonwood tree, which they call the 'con -con dice.' Over algid above this world of spirits they believe in an overruling god of the universe." The Djukas revolted in 1750. They developed military leaders and an un- canny knowledge of the swamps and tracks of trio jungle which trapped and decimated their white masters. The Dutch and .their British allies found it impossible to make headway against them because the jungle swal- lowed up almost every force which at- tempted to . penetrate the camps of the Melees. .A. truce was made and friendly re- lations established, but the Djukas, 177 years after this colonial war in a hemisphere where the whites overran• subdued and wiped out Incas, Aztecs and other Indian tribes, still retain their independence and occupy some of the main waterways into the in- terior of the country. • Proud of Independence. "The Djukas are very proud of their independence;" says Dr. Kahn. "They have no feeling of inferiority in re- spect to the whites. The white man has nothing that they cannot do with- out and they trade or not, as they choose. "Tho hush Negro may use a shot- gun, buy some trade brass for brace- lets around his wife's arms or lege,. make au exchange for lengths of cloth and axes, but the white pan' does not control the Negro's necessi- ties. He likes a bit of candy and uses tobacco by soaking the leaves in water, using the liquid for suiting up the nose, but otherwise he lives on what he grows in the way of crops and the game of the jungle and tiro river fish. "111 tho Surinam jungle the Negro, unlike some of his African brothers, has not succumbed to the white man's vices. The Djuka is pure black and is proud of his furan and his kinky hair. Ido tolerates no race admixture and the Negro of the busk looks down up- on the black men who live in tite Dutch towns. They have an approbri- ous term which they apply to the town black, "bucicrashlaft' — buckra meaning white num and Weide mean- ing slave. Control Hinterland. "The Negroes still control the high- er parts of tho river roads into the ire terior, - tor'ior, the Upper. Surinam, the Kara- mecca- and the Marowyne, aped their villages are chiefly above tlto' catar- acts of these three streams, There is no other way to enter the interior, and those who travel and trade do so because the inhabitants tolerate then." While the African colored man works under the law of a white mas- ter an dtho unrestricted exploitation ter, and the unrestricted exploitation scandals of Putamayo and Kimberley and current charges of peonage in Kenya, in Surinam the bush .Negro trades or works as he wills. "The white man obtains ,from the Negro only what ' he is willing to give," says Dr. Kahn. "There is no conflict between the Dutch and the Djukas The Dutch control is most considerate and tolerant. Each side realizes that the present situation is a satisfactory ono and the Dutch make no attempt to impose upon the Negroes. `Besides the protection given them by;.htaturo, the Djukas' feeling of su- periority nperiority is based upon the word-of- mouth literature of the successful re- bellions. Maintain Saga of bends. Three Literary Giants SIG IN BODY AS WELL.AS MIND - "Big Wigs" of letters fall to ogres. "Do We Agree?" was the somewhat: inappropriate title of a debate betwee i George. BernardShaw (left) and GSibert.K. Chesterton (right), which took place in London the other night. Hilaire Deiloc (centre) acted as chairman, in his pocket and ,ordered another and good-natured if someone ales gets Djukas have • eon—, forgotten Premier ' ruses: Some time later.they were cup of tea around. Shortly thereafter through first, You'll need a' referee ja A �A�;1�t'TP ������ again united, and they vreie.the whole to decide who first finishes correctly. everything about .msely s before the party broke up with Mr. Churchill; their transportation o Dutch rebel- metal 9 History of Canada, with ' an moved. arrangement giving Lady Houston a paternal pat' The 'other children Ahead: follow Their history begins with the rebel- � �� m �� ®�, whereby the capital mvedaround lion and they know nothing of Africa. "The Djukas respect themselves Hist a ry's Most Holiday Gamma Ell .pe .sive Party For the Kiddies Exclusive "Tea -for -Three" A NEW MOTHER GOOSE Costs Lady Houston CAME $7,500,000 DEATH DUTIES I'or this game ask Mother or some- One wild t'emembsre Mother Goose to _write tile trust line of a number of rhymes ou separate slips of paper and Chancellor Maintained the to number the Slips, petty, please Right to Tax Estate of hand one to every child and we shall begin, Late Husband Tho child' who hag Number Ono Loudon—The most expansive tea= must stand up and call silt his line, for -three in history—with Lady lions- holding his slip of paper above his teat, widow of Sir Robert Houston, head. Tho ehl1al or ,children who can , multi-milelonaire shipbuilder; Chan- fiuieh it must jump' up qulekIy repeat seller Of the Hogg, :liar Churalio and mg the remainder of the rhyme. e to Sir Douglas Hogg, ;chin legal oillcer one who knishes first and says it cors for the Crown, ,discussing high Tina rectly takes the slip of paper from nee over the cups -e -rias enriched the thehand of Number One, Many Government by $7,500,000. times several children' are finishing After the third cup of tea Lady tlW rhyme and trying to grasp the Houtonwroto the Chancellor of the paper at tho ams time, and t big Exchequer a cheque for seven and. a makes it. very exciting. Of course, 11a1f mJildon. The Cllaucollor put it'we shall remember to .be very polite on the back, with their lines and the one holding from one town to another. It was on- Right Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King at Women's Cana- dian Club IMPORTANT ROLE situation,the proposal was The huge payment represented a the most slips at the end wing the y after the Parltament Building had compromise figure between the $12, game. been burned in Montreal that the -0:-- . Med those who visit them. Their pride 000,000 which the Government said does not sptl over into arrogance. and Capital was established in Otteeva- uld 1 This remained so until the 60's Sir Robert's $35,000,000 estate owed A New Dish, for Late Suppers are as courteous as one wo in inheritance tax, and wbatever -re- An excellent dish for the late sup expect to- strangers in whom they when, after several rapid disorganized es of duction Lady Houston 'could negoti-per en cold winter evenings when have no great curiosity or especial in-. government Iced disorganized 'the ate. something Hearty is not unwelcome is forest. political Sir Robert, who left hie entire for- reccfmmended by a writer,in the brought forward, that instead of leav- Must Have Good Will. brought to the wife he married late in Homo Institute of the December "You cannot travel far in that coup- d a life, had one great hobby, --'to escape. "Delineator." ' The die. is cold pork oto a little batx sen em try without their good will. Alone, a F h 1 1 t th n a British the inheritance tax, A Sew' years pie. , white man would be helpless in the they should bo !nv rod j e e A rapid review of Canada's history, aa a land of mystery first, sought by ing the Maritime provinces to negoti- explorers an • adventures, as unionthemselves French colony later, e i to cin' foto colony, and finally a cotifeclorateit with Quebec and Ontario; in forming a mn nion playing aCanada. the community .of Brills. nations, The famous conference fat Quebec was constitutedthe ma n' partof- dress delivered by Right Hon- W. L. Mackenzie King, Premier of Canada, before the Women's Canadian Club at Montreal recently.° History of Yesterday The, history of yesterday was al - asp he made his legal residence in The recipe for this English dish is jungle; he cannot live without the D i 1 ging u important role in Jersey, Channel Islands, where there, as follows: help of the. Djukas and they are so solid united Dominion of is 0o inhere ante tax. But the acv 8 lbs, lean pork, 14 teaspoon cayen- competent to look after themselves in i the ad of Engt mai0tained he waa a resident e, 1 -teaspoon salt, 1 onion, chopped, called, the Dominion of Canada was 1 tablespoon bho that environment that they. regard the formed, and was formally both on of, Pruwattclpiled parsley, Ye pint helpless white man as a weaker crea- Jul 1,1867. It was a posthumous strobe of water, 14 teaspoon pepper, ge tea• tura because of his inability to cope y irony, therefore, which gave the Gov- spoon sage. with the conditions of life in the jun- Canada was Hien a Dominion of ernment $7,600,0•00.' Cut the pork in very small pieces: gig tour provinces, for Prince Edward Is- <The idea of negotiating with, Mr, Add seasoning and water. Line a "News of one's arrival is sent up the laud did not come into the union and Churchill my own settlement of the deep dish with short pastry, pour in river by the beating of the drums, the other Maritimes had to deal with tax came to me spontaneously," Lady the meat, cover with pastry and bairn There is a tom-tom code and this drum days so recent that no one every i mttc. interior opposition to the deal. Houston said, in a moderately hot even two .ours. wireless anticipates the arrival of a knew much about !t, Mr. King said, These communities at this time It might be added, In this mimeo- 'When cold, this becomes nicely lel- visitor, IP you have made a bad lin- and this was particularly true of the were still only small colonies. They tion, that the Government impounded lied. Any bones from the meat may art is wall .history of Canada. Only during the =were united by the Si. Lawrence river her $2,000,000 yacht in which she be covered with water' and allowed pression, tiny h.nsawrn in btihad moat Confederation celebrations known throughout the community and only a.a a means of transportation. likes to ride the seven seas. to simmer slowly to make a stock to Yon will find that they do not care to Canadians become fully aware of the Few people realized how recent mod- tr d ith or assist you greatness and rapidity of Canada's t •ern means of transportation were "I sent a telegram to Mr. Churchill use in place of the water, Government my share of the tax as "Meet the Wife" not find them anxious to trade any Every nation likes to clave a his- of the Brat businesses dealt with was a e w you saying that I wished to present to the In the Upper Surinam River I did development, When the first paitament met, one 'They have maintained from genera- tion to generation a sort of saga in which the names of the loaders, the stories of the big battles, the anec- dotes of magic protection against white mon's bullets and the incidents of individual heroism and cleverness have been preserved. The history is told in a literary or ceremonial lang- uage which is compose dlargely Of modified African words. It le noble speech or "cleepoe-talltee,' which means what it: sounds like—deep-talk, while the commonespeecjt is ielkeo- talltoe, a mixture of African, Dutch, French and English. Captain R. H. McIntosh "Clue of my guides who wee from Who, out to establish 1+1nglish bong the 'town and spoke 'talkee-taliroe' ristauce re^ord in fl ight to India, 18 could not understand 'deoPee-talitoe, 140W reign -tad lost. 1 "It is an interesting rot that the way - I had the assistance of 11, W. toric background, and people natural- Rogan', chief forester; Alexander ly dig back to remote days in search Wolff and W. M. Strang, men of muck of their national origin People some - experience in the country, and • the times said Canada's history went whole -hearted co-operation of the back 400 years to the discoveries of Dutch authorities, • and the natives j Jean Cabot. It was not until a eon - only sold mo stuff as a favor and bo- i tury later, however, with the settle - cause my guide explained that I had went of Champlain in 1608, that come a long way and greatly admired :authority began to be established 1n the products of their handvieraft, They !Canada and Canadian history began. the repurchase of lands given pr•evi- 1au acs oc grecs. A delicious bit of exalted writing by ouster to the Hudson's Bay Company. "The Chancellor invited mo to tea the "enraptured reporter" 1s found in Thus in 1870 the province of Madat the Treasury in Whitehall. the world's account, recently, of i Douglas was there," 3110 added. toba was formed. "We Dwight Morrow's reply to the Meal - 1 diacuased settlement of the tea ?' Now, on the west of coast of Northcan tousel s speech of greeting at America was a British community between sips of good tea. Laredo: only to be reached by sailing round; Vitally I borrowed Mr. phurchiIt's ",Now it might have been expected Cape Horn, and they opened negotia- pen and signed a cheque for one and .it would have been natural enough bans to get into union with the Can- a hall million pounds -without miss- that a man, a banker by prnfes,sian, oda of the east. All they wanteC lag a °1p. c 1 cheque unaccustomed to speech on Pubile or- twaa a' "Absolutely, signing of the c q cations, in a foreign land, speaking to like candy, but will not accept itin i Ever since then, the story of Can- in the way of ti feeling that it should be thrown ada had been that of the develop waggon road, but the Government de- ^ dill not spoil my tea. We parted hap- a forelge Mind nue character, would trade, gpYly, Sir Douglas with bis books, ee +.iff, e t 1 1 '1n 1. lt:d in in as a bonus." ment of immigration and govern- aided to give them a railroad. The WITChurchill with my cheque :ted I with Tho collection of household articles, ment, , first effort ata railroad attempted by!q Ti Tia"rot yea. mere leas 1 f• implements, drums, etc,,f Then, 150 years again, with the the Government itse:l was not vct • t:s Pat on int lack," int} o. d me t tee to con ii him. p w1,1,.1t Dr, Kahn brought here is one 1 change of national government from ;ucoessful but It was followed by the 1 +:W,t ahem eittelee until be had talked e.! of the nest of its kind in the country. French to British rule, came the great dovelopmeet of the Caeadtan yst.S That ! 08g • with 13 Pr :;i 1 iF l,s.', . b i 1 to Ile paid fur it mostly is tobacco c in oP another era And GO years Pacific Rlilway. 1 aukt"cl i+ r i t t " i.ui h.., worde. leave d 1 nP.n g 11 .. s an candy. ago when Confederation came to be, That brought Canada's iristor7 rd I:1 spite ul better pavements, tide-' Pr i ii: . African. Pashton. Canada had advanced to be a group of dowu to 1871. vlllc• floors •and stairtaye the per IC nasi very kind of v;stt , i'. a Follow �snrallcnlonies. To -day that grouping "'Che women and some of the men � 1 volas Ito rin them to 'rowing ec3 :in l i - - .i e t Elth:e 10 t•nmz. he.l t'1 l nt t -e Rapid Settlement beautify ypreserved ry d that it was possible cent bli of ae luolite cl ..i :,blip .t•, n1° h''' . scud. 'I think 71.11 v''''':t.1 , P themselves b raising Sear so Prase e th re was still a small corn - is steadily tripping or foes of ba! tern �Iay 111re:•.,1it Yen to Mrs, eleri use ' and face," he said. • to visualize the origin of Canada's Then e to steadily gouhg up, Tho gal , .•,t.,,; In ether wnrrls, filo Aniba �.a hr,, "issue on the body "This fashion of embossing the body i eivization and the development to-: munity outside of the Dominion, err the part of the victim is the >x- summoning curry mental r- teurr .if cutting the flesh in pat- ward Confederation. :Prince Edward Island and in the Planation given by the Stain Aidtu;- tanone shortby t -the beneer and dip1(1100, €aiu re the ht linos and then -While one thought of Quebec as the 'nearer wast Thera was a wide unset- trial ('nmmissianer, Employers !n xbeniean official. j11001t the wife." -- become tiv' terns g straight Me rubbing charcoal into the cuts. These oldest part of Canada, there were, on tied territory on which Indians and Caw York State paid rli,>ia0dt0o in flier New 'York livening Post. become raised like welts and few wo- the Atlantic shores, three British buffalo shared the land. After the last twelve months in cuinpeusating men without a pattern of this kind' communities, now known as Nova building of the railway, came rapid 18.000 workers who fell, Only hail' ...-4 e on their face or body have Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince settlement and Alberta and Saskat-of that number were injured in like aA Flashlight Trick ny claims z any to beautytattire" Edward Island. At one time these chewan grew up and were constituted' manner in 1021. Ou attire the causes A new use for an ordinary flash ed provinces thought 11 a good -thing to provinces in 100th which completed the for falling might have been etinrtn llglit is to make cut-out paper men Therapy Develop et to ether and form themselves building of the Dominionas It is ated with a little more care. Catch - g dance upon the wail in a dark room." e The occasional traveler coming out 'Into a province. Mr. Icing thought it 1a10vyn now. En that sense this year of Surinam has reported that the !would not be a bad idea it they would was only really the 22nd birthday of medicine men of the Djukas have de- carry that scheme out to -day. But Canada, for it was only 22 years ago volopod a remarkable system of that then there was ,one largo proviuco that Cho Canada of to -day came to be. flash light apy and that they know how to cpm- known as Canada, and those three And this year Eor the first time in tables or other makeshifts used in the room. bat the jungle fevers an dtho' venom settlements, which decided to become the history of any Dominion Canada trying to reach something account for Now hold the dancing mutt by his of snakes. The anti -snake concoction In 1776 the whole of Outeri° bad'seen the t•epresentatives of the hundreds of accidents, Wet floors hat in one band and the flash Iight, is said: to be so powerful that a per - heel part of Quebec under one British Parliament and of the British were charged with 700 slips on level turned on the wall in the puler. In - son who has rubbed it into a cut on had been government with it And as amat- Crown coming to Canada in the per -surfaces sustained by restaurant side lapel hg moue! of lighton enlarged the ll the the skin or taken it internally turns ter of fact it was largely due to the 000 of the Prime minister and the workers and cleaners who should • away the snakes in his vicinity. How - French settlement in Quebec that Prince of Wales, to congratulate Can- have been on guard against that con•- not, ae,ording to how near you stated ever, Dr, Icahn says that there is lit - Canada se h to the wall, Now, by keeping the Canada was to -day a British Domini oda on her fltbtloe• dittos. Many others fel while carry land holding the dancing man per - broke real Proof of this. ion, for whop the United States Ail this should inspire Canadians ing trays, dishes or packager. Pesr- "This snake medicine," said Dr. a from the Empire, if the with a great lasting pride in the vast sons who fell while walking on level fectly still, and moving the flash light Karin "#s made by arranging a dead broke aw Y nlmunity had been Hostile deVetoPmeOt olid wonderful Progreso surfaces outnumbered those inpnred up and down, the pian will chance in a F eh co ing the heel of the shoe anti nhis)udg' Mother or sister can easily cut out a ing the step aro prominent in the ox- dancing man. Next, get Daddy's planaiiors and turn out the lights in Ladders that slipped, boxes, abatis, snake's head with its tail thrust into ren its mouth. This is slowly baked over to Britain, the British settlements Canada had made in so short a ti a fire and the remains ground into a would undoubtedly have gone with It should also inspire a great respect the rest. for the unity of the great British Era - block powder.. I dirt not got an op- Commonwealth of nations, portunity to investigate their system whit. pito or r made the progress of therapy, but found upon inquiring in the town that •the snake cure is well thought of by some of the peo- ple, "I also learned that the ' Djukas have a medical center up the river, and sick men and women are often taken up to this town, spelled Da- homey but pronounced 'Mummy, "As the bush is very thick, the Ne- groes live along the river. They have trails through which they hunt the Peccary, the tapir and the ogoiti with shotguns and sometimes they crash for some distance through tho under- growth, but the villages are all on or near the waterways. The clearings are one pr more miles apart and each village. is governed by a captain or gran -man. "Far up in the interior lives the Icing o f the rivor—the gran -gran man -and he is the lord and ruler of the captains of. the villages. The. Djukas plant quite some cassava, peanuts and the like, and this, with hunting' and eahing, provides for meet of their needs;," Workmen in ancient Brittain are said . to have been paid in salt. In l had to be li'oraI Mose days a man 1 t.. y worth his salt to hold his job. me. by fella Froin elevations, hut their lively manner on the. wall. falls were not 140 serious, As a teat- ter of economy the employer is now A Christanas cad trying to make his premises safe, but Ilnliow nut tiny rcn+'hut I) d',...:1, the worker seems still tee entertain leaving 0 cup --•#111 with finely eh1p- the idea that accident chooses its vic- E Separate Provinces and de - Atter the revolution the Uuitecl'velupment of the British Dominions possible. That unity was something that would endure .and something of which Canadians could well be proud. A little girl was travelling in a tramcar with her mother, a woman of very slight build. Presently an ex- tremely stout woman boarded the car, and sat down opposite the little girl. The train started off with a jerk, and the child contemplated the woman op- posite her for some minutes; then, turning to her mother, inquired in a loud voice: "Mother, is that all one lady?" Looking teem her drawing -room window, a lady saw, as she thought, a poor wretch of a man 'shivering un- der a lamp -post. 1u a moment 01 pity she sent him a ten -shilling note wrap- ped in paper, on which She wrotethe words, "Never say diet" The next night there camera knock at her door, :i'he man who knocked was the one she had seen under the lamp -post, and in handing five peltnds ten shill- Ings to the lady he remarked, "here's HA110 ON THE PURSE your money, lady, £ever Say Die "My, Out the girl you travel with 'von at ten to one, and you wore the ale easy on the eyes." ,, only one who backed It, Happy to "Very—but hard on the purse. oblige any time, remembelrl"' ' mpire Loyalists really founded (M- ario, and after some years Ontario and Quebec were made separate prove time ar'.rording to their lurlc. "Absolutely chic and obsoletely @ s 't less h cath thick are Iia eitrgt!t tot en• . y an! ped celery, previously marinated in a highly seasoned dressing. Arrange a few capers ,o er the top. bald drain, cd horseradish into mayonnaise of bolted i11t swing (about one tublespnnn to 0 cup). Arrange two or more beets to a serving depending, on their sue and pour the oiayounaise around and between them. "Severe punishment in school makes a permanent impression on the Child mind, says a psychologist. The Brand of Cane, as It ware. "Mother goes to the Methodist, Church," said a little girl to the new neighbor, "And isn't your father cit_. the state denomination, dear?" "1 don't kneW 1001111 what daddy is; he don't go in antral. 10131 nhe illi. 'Miele Robert sold daddy 10051 be a Seven Day Abeentlst," Theatrical agents so- m- etimes have to be rather cruel One day a some- what faded woman calledi to apply for the position of chorus girl "Sorry," said the agent, tactfully, "you're too lata." Tho applicant, knowing this was not true. burst into a volume of abuse, ending with, "I don't believe 'I'm too late at all." "Olt,s yea said the agent, "About 38 Stare,"