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TO SPREAD THEOSOPHY
Mr®. Katherin* Tingley, High PriMteia,
Will EiUbliih Home in England Sim-
i!«r to That al Point Lom«
in California
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A Tin* i
I-milton Mm Kaiherln
!• . ti lull prlntcm, hi Tliroiuiphy, hi
IUkiI lu UmiiIiiii with Kin-, great
"«ii tropical Km licit mi iuIiI.mI witii
Ao Iiiiililini;n „f hn(*|(int Aryuii urchi-
J, iu., , , ~ faMUlf, IIM'liiillliu ifHlilftll fn mi «(•„,
ll rl , V !' ^ I *«• '•. HO.I Mil amphitheatre mi
lu, dJiST, ,., . SM "wUmkiHl liy «„ Aryan t..n,p|« with
iSTti",; -i* h- ... «.b.
hr ..I ,h .. . I «hed the ||«j« Vow m IiimiIh —uti in
'•Miiiijff d( in*' uimtfrii IhroiMiiih I mMtiticiii ^ 4
I ciiiH an .(
>|ilrliiml •«Iiii'jiiinn.
<• mini
phyil
•'ill mill
A« ill.- fmiin „( iii,, hi'Iiimi H|ir«'U<l
the millibar of Hiuiti<niM multiplied,
mill |iil«Kriiui K«M with muiii' in i iu<
|ilHr«> fuuii many land*.
tntsr Public Nuriery Early.
A Sicilian element w.ih introduced
I. .I..I. I . n: :'-r" •lltuttoi, whlrh s u, „|„
"V'""1 * • «" "'h'H'll«m.Ih an «.qU l balance o, .„,.niai.
li.ii« ilu' ini'tnnry i,t iin* imc William
W .Imlgt III \i w Vol k. h Iin Iih4 Illicit
ili'imiimid b> Mm Hi-miii it. N char
iatan. and in ihihIiIIhIi in i|u. h*nrt „f
ilu- Now Pure*!, iiKNr Kinitwinid m
ilnii i.|iliiml academy ttlinllnr in that
maintained l.y Mr*. Tingley in |*uint
l<omii, Tnl Through lark nl funilti. If
inn through luck nr personality. Mm I ""'I u child tif the colony, it* noon an II
llcmml t, is11|t ii|hin English Iheosnplt *"'■ h iI«. in leave |u mother. wim ron
l i lulu liccn gruduallv waning. anil lb* public nursery, where
t"r atniic time i>iim( t|n< advocates of "* welfare win. looked after by an ex
eoiiiertc culture have wtrely felt the I l>erienccd cor|iN of tinmen. physicians,
"ceil Of ill) enlbUKluRlle lender, who. "'"I teacher*
vlth n i Kiwcr to ntake converts. ahonM The day begins al I'olnt I .iniin ui fi.
can e fundi, lo Dow Into flic tic o'clock, half an hour later the mud
■olTum of the aoclciy. lent* ici ulr lo the Greek theater for
k In New York, In Cuba and I I'hjalcul exercise, the glrin IndtiK
ha shown. ao certain dressed In while and the boys in
J-,n«li*h Theosophlsts think. Mm. 'I«'hh..h wlih dark blue Irouanra.
llnglry to he niicIi a leader When J "||H ••rlllln* lasts for iiliont ibree
lOnvntsky died several yearn '■'""'••"a «'l an hour. Then a hreakfaat
«««. Mr Judge asserted that, through which milk U largely taken. In
ictelatlona made lo him by the Ma ""•"Veil. During the breakfast iih well
iiuluiaa. her mml had transmigrated In "" 1,1 "Ihw nienla there Is inualc. In
nia body and he had l eeu deNlunatcd mtiale and dannltiK form a larisc
a* her aucceaaor. Mm, Tingley wu I I'Arl of th
Aft
1 ley, with the ee-oi>«nat|nn of Mlaa Her
h rl and th« llaaauna, dccideii to
eaiahlUh In the New Korea! and lu
tlwedun ibeoMiidilcal acbuula nlmllar
l« that no aucceaafuily lualuialued al
l^itia. M.l«« Herbert and the
llaiiaona will i-rnceed lo Mweden lo
curry out one nan of the i> ron ram,
while Mm. Tlnicley. now known mm the
I'uride Uiiu* Mother. Jiut aa Muie
UlavaUky a. deacrlbed «a the While
lattua Mother, will remain In Knuland
fur the |iut|Hn e of eaiabllablnf the
acliiail* In (he New Pnreat, lo deaion-
■•rale her imatilou aa head of the ao-
clely over Mr*. Heaani. and, a. baa
heen aald, to rrhabilfiate among Kim
Hah Theoki>|iblai* the uietiiory of Mr
Judge of Nt w Ymk whom Mm. Ileal
Judiietrf New Yiirk, whom Mm, Heaani
bad nialiuneii.
Mra Tingley had nol been a day In
Uiudoti before be ic|ialrcd lu the Kit-
ropcan headquanem of the "I'niveraal
Hrotbei hood Orgnnliatlon, luteination
al Urolberhnnil league, and Theoaoh|i-
leal aoclely." Her ri>ce|ti|un there will
probably caiiac Mm. Kenan! to declare
thai there have been tmllori In her
camp, for Hie I'lirple Unit* Mother waa
received and acclaimed aa the only
lore, of which knutfledgH the riie.ieo
Phlata of I'olut IAiUia are aald to be
deficient. Lively time* mar. there
ftire be «*|iected when word coinea
from Mra Hea«nt that the Mahatniaa
are flghtlug ou her aide.
Meaiiwhile Mm. Tingley baa re-
Italred lu the former Herbert reel
tleme lo the New Korea!, which now
Hlvea the appearance of « caravan
aer«l In the wllderneaa. It la ou a
high pari of !be foreal, overlooking
Ihe aea and Hie lal« of Wight, while
two mile, away la the village of King
wood which for centurlua waa an Ini-
iHiriant market lown, aud not only
Ih mated of Ita Annual fair* aud we k 1
ly market duya, but alao had a flour •
tailing luduatry In the tuntilag of
leather, gluvuuiaklng and churooal I
burning.
Oue of t)i«< laht charcoal burner* ,
wa* a man called Hijua. who had clear i
ed for hlttiNidf an abode In tho New — W1
h\ re*i. and Anally acijuired a *quat- ,0.r1'*' • iroup of New York
ler'a right* thereto. Ou hi* death lulll'un rlea ha* acquired an empire
the proijerly waa put up at auction °ut "f "'I* empire, repreaentlng In
and pur« baaed by Hon. Auboron Her- ^",c, *n«l Indirect control a region of
her!, author of -|*olltlvlttn In Trouble | "MOO *i|uare mile*, they «in«ct ,0
About ill* Houl," "Had Air and Had ihelr mlllloita, perhapa to
Health," and uunieiou* |iamphleta 'hem Into billion*.
RICH MEN PLAN
AFRICAN EMPIRE
AMBITIOUS SCHIMC IN WHICH
NIW YORK MILUONAIRIt
WILL INVItT MONCY.
fARTNERJ OF A MONARCH
Thomaa T. Ryan, Jam** 0. •tillman,
John 0. Neekofoller, Jr., and Oth-
•r Havo J.lnad King Leopold In
•fort to Open Up Dark Continent
and Incidentally to Turn Tholr
Mllllona Into ailllona.
h"fr!.0'
ii lm
Jileted i
Her wn
i 'nllfrirnlii
Knglli
Tlngli
.Mine
then hi lleuienanl
Routed Mm. Beiant.
AImiiii the aamn time Mm. IteHant
repudiated Mr Judge,, revelation*
ami declared that the noiiI of ih,- Ilia
\miik.v bad been iraii*mltted to her.
Judwho wa* a skillful lawyer.
mi argued an to place the burdeti of
truth upon the tingllitbwoman ||,.
""'d: "Prove that I have not received
communication* from the Mahatman.'
Thin «.f course, Mm. lleKant could nol
on. but she continued to proclaim her
lu*iruction ut Point l^mia
hreakfaat the children and
■Undent* break up Into their varlou*
group* for their day'* Inatructlon and
recreation The little one* are taken
back lo ilu- nursery or to the shore ir
the weather i* fine, where they are In
atrucied in ntiimai and planl life; the
youth* and maidens repair to the
Haja Yoga *chooI. while ti
students go lo Academic (irove to
listen lo Icctureif or Ui debate on phil-
oRophlcui subjects. Luncheon Is serv-
ed ut 12, the meal consisting of vege
nn
Caravan in Which Mr. Herbert Lived.
Jeaderabip, Rnd gathered urnund her in ' fubu'* und fruit, and artor luncheon
Kngland a desultory following. ni(' athletic games and music
When Mr. Judge died, Mrs Tingley "''ore, und conversu
became his successor by a similar """K b,Mw,'''n l'uPH« and teache
token, and her enthusiasm, her charm
of address, and her executive ability
placed Thensophy upon a broader
more practical, aud popular basis than
that which had formerly held it. Some
12 years ago Mrs. Tingley acquired a
Jong point of land, called point Urniu
Ju California, and there established
her Philosophical Kdueatlonal Insti-
tute. SI* years ago she was Joined
1 here by the Hon. Nan Herbert, daugh-
ter of the Hon. Auberon Herbert and
Light* Out at 9:30.
A vegetarian dinner Is served at Ii,
and in the evening there may be
play at the theater or a concert; but
by half past nine all lights ate put out.
and stillness reigns at Point Homa. It
Is said that in seven years only two
deaths have occurred there umong the
children. Punishment Is a thing un-
known. Children, at an early age. are
tausht the principles of law and order,
and the personal misfortune that
irjNuitnfi
House in the Now Forest,
one and true head of the Theosophical
society,
Supplant* Engliih Leader.
Figuratively and literally speaking.
Mrs. llesnni's picture was found turn-
ed to the wail, and those who were
supposed to he her most trusty lieu-
The men who Bro exploiting this
un rodden wilderness of forest, moun-
K HviT r ""d 1'MOr"M "ro
kJiTn ' ° John D.
Kockefeller, Jr., H P. Whliney. K. B.
O h«r l',"' UuK«Hnht,"n broihom.
other names hnvo been mentioned, In-
«• "u"? J M,,r« n. Thomas
w*l h *•"! Anthony N, nrgdy. who
maj; own stock In Ihe two great com
panics which have been formed, but
they «re not directors In either and
"" "" *
These men have us partners Uo-
pold, king of the nelgiun*. and a few
llelgian financiers.
Their'empire Is in the heart of the
Congo Free State; In fact It atretchea
almost across Ita greatest breadth,
from east to west, and consists of ho-
tween 8.000.000 and ii.0H0.000 acres
or. roughly speaking, an area about
the size of New Hampshlro and Ver-
mont. Over this they have powem
which are virtually absolute. Nom-
inally tho Congo courts have jurisdic-
tion over the territory and It la gov-
erned by the lawa of the Congo, but
actually these Americans are its mao-
tera. They have the right to police
t and the terrna of their conceaslon
Thomas F. Ryan,
Jamoo D. •tillman.
Is from rubber, the mlnerala being
virtually untouched. Ho Mr, Kyau and
his a**ociates have every reason
hope for large profits.
against taxation, who had become dls- en,Sv native , Z " dU,y
Kusted with the world and bad de- ; im,wtcLil"s^ *1 T may
termlned to spend the rest of hi* 'they ^^ke^ "
life In quietude among bis books.
Herbert's Forest Home.
In order to sustain bis squatter
thoy like, but there is no doubt they
I will employ natives.
Project Originally Hammond's.
King Leopold secretly sold these
• ■ II* I UIUOI I I tlol > lit II* It* m f A I "*'•
tenants hailed Mrs. Tingley ns a do- ' ' ,r' "wrbert built a bed sitting- ) A'"erican8 this concession
llvcrer. On Ihe evening of her advei..
she gave a large reception, in which
all classes of society were represent-
ed. For tiie ponce she eschewed all
the mystic phrases which English
Theosophisis bad so long listened to
from Mrs. Ilesunt, and at once got
down lo n practical basis by explain-
ing the principles of education carried
out at Point Lonia. She sjioke with en-
room around Squa's hut. and then bit j ago. Mr. Ryan is not a man
liy bit added a room here and there, ,s 'he habit of going into gl-
uutll the craxy pile, "such as looms up Kant'c transactions without knowledge
* 1 ■ (if whnf tw. i.. j_i . . b
to-day. between the heights of lloidri-
wood and Berry Beeches, was com-
pleted. Just before his death, last
December, he constructed un observa-
tion tower, which today looms up
unfinished over the accumulation of
- - buildings; «nd beneath the shadow of
thusiasm, even with eloquence, and ' its w,thln & little clearing sur-
lier well-modulated and musical voice ( luundo<l by tall elms and poplars, the
and Hashing eyes held her audience ! vanislu'11 host lies at rest.
with rapt attention. She said among j , "And do >'ou think," one of Mrs.
other things: j 'I'inglcy's most trusted aids was ask-
"The gre;tt feature of all successful I ' l'mt -v"u w'" be able to get your . . auu
work is organization. The organiza-' <;hildr,*n R0 out-qf-the-way and I e Kn,!W that, even If the gold, the
'ion of the Raja Yoga system of edu- y spot 88 that "l the 0'd House copi!er' the sllvei' should not pan out
■ • 1 in tho New Forest?" 118 he cxpected, there was enough
"Why not?" she answered musical- nloney to n de out of the Rubber
ly. "It cannot be lonelier than Point 1 f" the w"od to reward handsomely
Unna was when we started. Whv the , w should open up the coun-
jack rabbits and snakes were still . .[y' P°n hfs supported by
tiiere, and the place was a tropical jlhe rep0rU of other experts. Mr. Ryan
ilesert. Now there are 400 children at
of what he Is doing or without some
definite assurance that he will reap a
substantial profit from his Investment
The man who advised him that there
was big money to be made in the
Congo was John Hayes Hammond,
the famous engineer, who had looked
Central America over In a general way
and who knew the vast mineral wealth
that lay'hidden in Its immemorial
rocks. He had (raveled through its
forests of rubber trees, ebony ma-
hogany and other valuable wood's and
I«act Investment Unknown.
The exael amount they are in vest
lug In the Congo Is difficult lo aaeor-
lain, but It Is known that they paid
Klug l/eopold 91.600,000 for the con-
cession. and that ho and the Belgian
stockholder*,retain a substantial block
of slock In the Hoclote Internationale
Forestlerc et Minora du Congo, one of
the companies thoy have formed. The
other company la the American Congo
company; just bow the shares In this
are allotted Is not yet known, lie
Sides these companies there are Ihe
two great Belgian corporations which
have hud enormous conceMHlon* for
many years; these are the Anglo-Bel-
gian India Rubber company and the
Katangu compnny. In both of these
the Americans huvo bought large
blocks of stock—enough to secure a
dominating Influence. Tho former has
a concession for 25.000 square miles,
Ihe latter for an area avuruging 420
miles long by 300 miles wide.
These latter companies nre Im-
mensely profitable. They collocl the
taxes and police their own territory,
and the methods used by some of
their employes In collecting the taxes,
which are paid in rtfbber have sup
piled the enemies of King Leopold
with ammunition for their campaign.
Whatever truth there may be In the
stories of "atrocities" must be laid at
the door of these concessionaries.
Their experience with the natives as
workers will be valuable to the Amer-
icans, as the latter will have precisely
the same conditions to meet and have
almost as plenary powers as their
forerunners. These powers have
been curtailed within a year, as a re-
sult of the abuses which a Belgian
commission discovered. Tho conces-
sionaires have been forbidden, for In-
stance, to use armed native sentries
or armed overseers.
cation has been the production of re-
markable results, which. I believe, are
superior to those achieved by educa-
tion on ordinary lines Duty is the
first principle taught, but its benefit
is taught with understanding. While
the practical side of life is not disre
Difficulties in the Way.
The great difficulty ahead of Mr.
Ryan s men is the Improvidence and
savagery of the natives upon whom
they will have to rely to do the work.
Money meanB nothing to them. They
must be paid, at any rate at first, h,
something they can use—such as cot-
ton, bends or knives, and It is the in-
tention of the Americans to furnish
the natives with food and lodging as a
return for their labor. Hut It is ex-
ceedingly difficult .to persuade these
men to labor at all. They care noth-
ing for the development of tho coun-
garded, advancement to it is taught I J,<>buoi', "'ere and 1,300 applications to
by an understanding of what may tie ' un<i-"
achieved by beauty, sweetness and
light.
Her First Shot at Mrs, Besant.
"Tho organization is not in any way-
associated wit* the society with which |
'And how is the teaching of
Pheosophy to be applied to the chil-
dren?"
The Application to Children.
"oh- " is difficult to say. It is to
Mrs. Annie Besant is connected. 1 j sll|,'-v children, to sympathize with,
hold that Theosophy is based on com- j thei"' and to enter iuto their amuse-
mon sense, is practical, and can be ap- llienls and 'heir sorrows; to enfold
plied to everyday life, and whenever ! fhe,n in one's arn' , lo make mud pies
one is found teaching to the contrary ilnd tl,llld castles and palaces and fort-
find theorizing without giving the 1VS8'*S with them; lo ride over the
practical demonstration, that person
is not necessarily to be relied upon as
a teacher or benefactor. Ambition and
love of power may be more to such a
one than the claims of humanity.
"When. Mrae. Hlavatsky first started
her great movement she appealed to
all classes of minds, but some of her
moon on a broom; to teach them
love music and colors and flowers and-
sunshine, and to play with them at
being kings and queens. Then, you
see, they grow up to be kings and
queens—real kings and queens."
Besides her brief speech In the man-
sion In St. John s Wood, Mrs. Tingley
(.ister of Lord Lucas. Mr. Herbert wes
an eccentric English scholar, who
lived the life or a recluse in what had
once i>een a squatter mansion in the
iTvew Forest, Hampshire.
Quick Success at Point Loma.
Success early crowned the efforts .of
comes to one if they be not observed.
Four months ago the Point I.oma
school was in full enjoyment of Its
spring session, when two important
items of news arrived. One was that
some friends of two devoted Swedish
students, Mrs. Walter Hanson and
Mis. Tingley at Point Ixima. The Miss Margaret Hanson, had bequeath-
jiiace was little more than a desert | ,,(i t0 the society a large tract of land
promontory inhabited by jack-rabbits 1 "''joining Ihe Royal Forest in Sweden
end rattlesnakes. On the east it was The other was that the Hon. Nan Her-
n-ashed by the Bay of San Oi'ego. bert'8 father had died in December,
■across which all the building material | ,pavinS her in possession of his es-
required had to be brought; while on! ,ate in ,he New Forest. The bene-
the west the Sierra Madre mountains i hciary at once turned this property
filled the background to the sky. ! ov<,r to the society.
This desert place has now become | After much deliberation Mrs. Ting-
teachings have been, unfortunately, > ,las Prepared for those of a theosouh-
A {,.«...1 1... r a ! _ i . . _ Innl I < > __ l I ..... 1
1 'urn of mind a little statement in
which the question: "How May One
Become a Theosophist, and What Is
Required of a BeliSver?" is answered
It has a sting in It for Mrs. Besant
It reads as follows:
"First, a careful study of the self
distorted by fanatics. In spite of the
untiring efforts of Mme. Hlavatsky
aud William Q. Judge, her successor,
there are still those leaching Theostv
phy who. according to my philosophy,
confuse the public mind. Thus are the
simple and beautiful teachings of The-
GEfi MAN.
EAST
AFRICA
osophy obscured and rendered inef- and ,he recognition of both the hlghek
fectlve when applied to practical life." : and ,he lower nature of man—a recog-
Lively Time* Looked For nU<0n that raan ls dlvlne and In es-
Thus *:rs. T.ngley delivered her j ^wer 1seJfist "nature^bVih'"nn,.lh0
ply has been made. The silence, bow- whlhll.'r.Lse,r;c°W«t.
ever, is regarded as a calm before the
storm, for Mrs. Besant still has ad-
herents in London who look upon
Mrs. Tingley as a usurper, and
Mrs. Besant's strong hand is certain-
ly a knowledge of Indian mystical
Map of Western Africa 8howing the 166,000 Mile* of Territory Contmii.H
" " Through
which gradually transform the temple
which has become Impure and per-
verted to a fit tabernacle for the
spirit. A man Is a transmitter'of eith-
er good or evil, and only bv self-
knowledge and self-control can either
be enhanced or mitigated.
I GOT SANTA ANA'S CORK LEG.
Alan Who Captured It in the Mexican
War Tells How He Did It.
The man who captured Gen. Santa
'Ana's cork leg, the most- interesting i
cork leg of the general aud passed It
out to the soldiers who followed.
Ii was sent to the rear as a prize of
war. and eventually was placed in Me-
morial hall at Springfield, 111., where
il is yet on exhibition.
Klliot also found a basket of lunch,
DELIVERED A HOME THRU8T.
Ss®Hot,ywUiv^w |
.vZ ! food wa«t'uick,>- d*v°ured By the bun®
iKliot comes the first authentic account
mf the capture, says the Mexican Her-
ald.
In the course of his narrative Mr.
"Eliot describes the scene when the
Mexican batteries were attacked by
the American troops charging across
the open plain. The Fourth .Illinois
advanced rapidly to the J^lapa road,
in which stood the luxurious and gay-
•ly caparisoned coach of Gen. Santa
Ana harneMed and ready to leave.
This coach, however, had been ren
tiered unserviceable by the artillery
Are, oae of the mules having been
_ i B and H charged down
pi aarf Private Edward Elliot waa
to reach the carriage
secured the
gr.v soldiers. Continuing his search,
| Elliot found a bag of gold.under the
| seat. The coin waf kept under guard
1 until an aid of Gen. Twiggs came up.
when it was turned over to the com-
mander-in-chief as a prize of the gov-
ernment. The sack contained in all
110,000.
Mr. Elliot's regiment, the Fourth
Illinois, saw much hard service in the
ensuing month, but the war ended in
September. 1847. and the Boldiers
were mustered out in the following
year. The capture of the leg was pro-
ductive of much merriment at the
time, and many accounts of the Inci-
dents have been published, but the
story of the man who secured the leg
ia probably the only authentic ac-
count.
Waiter Got No Tip, but at Least He
Freed His Mind.
The duke of the Abruzzi. dining in
Philadelphia, discussed tolerantly the
souvenir craze that has of late begun
to make American visitors rather for-
midable objects in the eyes of hotel
keepers, sea captains, sextons and
curators.
"And here I am reminded." said the
duke, "of an incident that happened at
the Savoy in i>ondon during the sea
son. It was rather a home thrust.
"You know the Savoy. The lofty
spacious rams with their red carpets
and delicate white walls, the hundreds
of little tables, the tall, lear, elegant
men, the beautiful women >0 their
pale toilets, with jewels flashing on
their white arms and shoulders—ah
there is nothing like an after-theater
supper at the Savoy ;a the season.
"Well, our American supped there,
and the rush and harry of the supper
displeased him. for he did not know
that every restaurant In London must
cloo* at 12:30 sharp. And. being dis
pleased, this American, though a rich
and generous man. decided not to tip
the waiter. 1
"When the waiter, at the supper's
end, saw the American gather up all
the change, from the plate, leaving not
so much as a little silver threepenny
bit behind, he bent down and Lid "n
a sorrowful voice:
" Beg pardon, but haven't you for-
gotten something, sir?*
"The American
accepted the suggestion of the king
>f the Belgians that be take a long
lease of this vast territory.
Of'course it is something of a gam-
ble. for the American explorers are
going Into what is virtually unknown
country, and the difficulties, sanitary,
engineering, economical, etc.. may
prove so great that they will not Im-
mediately make anf profits. But the
odds are so heavily In their favor that
the chance was well worth taking.
The crown tjomaln. which is a large
part of the Congo, returns at a con-
servative estimate a profit of at least
$700,000 a year, and almost all of this
try. preferring to live by hunting, fish-
ing and gathering the fruits and nuts
with which nature has supplied them
so bounteously. Many of them are
canibals still' and would practice their
gruesome rites If it were not tor their
dread of the stern punishment that is
meted out to any who may be caught
eating human flesh. This is made a
crime by the lawB of the Congo and is
punishable by death. Cannibalism
has been stamped out of the parts of
the Congo -along the coast and the
banks of the great rivers, but there is
no doubt that It still flourishes In the
wilds of the interior, where are situ-
■tod the concessions of tho Amorlcaa
mllllotilArt**.
TO Induce these natives lo work,
tho Belgians devised a plan by which
••eli man Is taxed an amount of rub-
ber each other day that a careful cal-
culation estimates should bo collected
In 40 hours. Kor this he la paid at
the market rate. Home such system
as this which Ihe missionaries In tho
employ of Congo Reform association
persistently call "slavery" will have
U> be adopted by the Americana.
Rockefeller, Jr., Interested.
The American Congo company waa
formed oepeclally for dealing In rub-
ber. John l>. Rockefeller, Jr., |a |n-
teresled In this company and plana lo
apply a newly discovered proceaa to
of rubber Tha Ro-
dele Internationale is to exploit tho
mineral resources and it la thla In
which the Guggenhelms are Interest-
ed. This latter compuny's engineers
ore now In the Congo making a sur-
vey. The party Is In charge of A.
Chester Beatty, an associate of John
Havs Hammond: with 8. P. Verner.
Dorsey Mohun and L. N. Boll. They
started laat spring and It Is their task
to make the preliminary surveys for
a complete geological survey of the
region.
The concession waa granted on con-
ditions that make certain the Immedi-
ate opening of tho countrv. The
Americans must open 30 miloe within
six years, and they are to have the ex-
clusive right to the product of 30 of
these for 99 years.
Copper and gold are the mlnerala
they expect to find In the greatest
quantities. Gold has been found ia
rich deposits in the adjacent British
and French territory, and the same
veins run into the Congo. The ex-
istence of copper, all ready to be
mined, has long been known.
Plan to Benefit Natives.
It is the plan of these Americana
whom King Leopold ha« interested ia
his African territory to. treat the na-
tives on a plan that differs slightly
from that of the lielgta'n concession-
aires. They will start plantations of
bananas, peanuts and all the other
fruits, grains and vegetables, for
which the climate is adapted: they
will develop the fisheries of the great
rivers and employ the ^natives to can
the products of both. They will at
first supply the natives with every-
thing .they, neod; Including food and
lodging, and pay them beads and
trinkets, .gradually teaching them the
use of money as a trading medium.
They will have ,to| Star(< schools and
hospitals, and here Mr. Ryan will find
wide Bcope for his phl^nthropy, al-
though Ihe field is not Virgin soli, for
the priests and nuns oi several re-
ligious orders are already in there
and have done much sjiendid work
among, the Batlves. |
Thus it ig, that New ffork million-
aires are at'work exjioiting alto-
gether about 160,000 sqjjjkre miles of
African jungle. surveyi« virgin, for-
est. boring, into unknov# mountains,
building roads MiJ'lVaiiifeads through
trackless wildernesses a£d exercising
naked inan'-eaf^g'^vag^, with a rea-
sonitblfc'prospefct, -WhetHfer they strike
mineral wealth or-miss it. of raising
their millions to the billion mark.
She Said the Wrongf Thing.
' I shall never forget the breakfast I
gave to a pretty girl whej I first knew
her," the short man begab. "it would
make your mouth water to hear what
it was. Grape fruit to begin with, the
most delicate of breakfast food, with
cream, a choice broiled chlchen, a
small champagne cup with it—it was
a late breaicfast—the finest of fruit.
coffee. 1 can't remember the things
I ordered for her at that hreakfaat,
and what do yoli think she aald when
she finished? - She aald: 'You needn't
have gone to. go much trouble. 1 don't
care for anything but a couple of * ■
for my breakfast and a piece of
toaat.'" :
"It was the wrong thing to aay, I
will admit," sighed his wife. "I was
that girl and I have been living over
since on .- a couple of eggs for mr
breakfast and a piece at toaat.'"
A light heart lives iong.-
speai*.
•Shakw
Warned by the Minister
classic question.
sneered at that
' I don't think so.' he said coldljr
Are you sure, olr?' the waiter
softly persisted.
T6"'' Mid ,be American; 'i,„jt<,
sure. Then he frowned and asked
angrily: Why. what did you think I
had forgotten*' " '
"The waiter, perceiving his case
was hopeless, said cuttingly:
" Usually. I believe, air. ron take >
sonp ladle, a silver coffee pot or a half
dosen fish knives with yoTalr Thar,
all, air.'"
Path of the Upright .
He who commits' no crlma reaaires
J ao law.—Aatlphanea. -_
"Did you ever eat a pate a choux?"
asked Ross or McKinstry. They were
early arrivals at the annual banquet of
1 the Men's club of the Fourth church,
; and were standing aimlessly around,
greeting other members as they en-
tered and carrying on a rambling con-
versation with each other.
"Suffering snakes!" gasped McKins-
try. "Have you been having a dose
of ptra. Higga' cooking lectarea. too 7"
"Have I? Well, rather. A month
ago the trouble began. My wife and
daughter have developed a mania for
culinary experiments that is doing
things to my digestion and incidental
ly enriching my grocer. They don't
seem to run to anything that's filling,
lt'a all flummeries and fancy meaaea''
"By the way." iaterrupted McKins-
try. "what ia a pate a choux r
"Bleaaed if I know. The
sounds so like a sneese that it atoek
to me and now it just stands for aay
••d diah with a «V*nch title aad ao
flavor. Here's Bangs. Welf, bfa^hlip*
we're discussing the Hlggs cooktkg
lectures and their effect- W tfce.jm*-
munlty. I understand that Mrs.
Bangs attended them. -Wfcat dtd yoa
draw?"- ' r ._j
"Oh. salads and souffles (Baaga)
pronounced it to rbhyme with ruffles
and Turkish pilaf." M .
"Turkish how?" queried McKinstry
"Pilaf." answered Bangs. "It's got
rice In It, but I don't like rice. Then
we had dream biscuit."
"Dream biscuit?"
"Yea. bnt they gave ma laaomaia."
"Oldham mint have had aa expert
eace," aald Baaga. "Mra. Higga told
my wife that Mrs. Oldham came to her
one morning and reproached her for
furnishing recipes that wouldn't work
out Under close questioning aha ac-
knowledged that a he had sobatituted
lard for the olive oil called for by the
recipe, becauas ahe didn't hava aay
olive oil ia the boaae aad dMa't aap-
poae it made any difference. I under
stand that Oldham's disaosaloa of the
creatloS ^Vewi^iby the recipe toned
him for tWa-Wfcs after,to a diet that
of pepgK"
SftfiSir^tfte minister," said
RnW- "lieonr Uleaaefl, aa U he had
-noaa^^«hmfcHutaformatlon to im-
part." •
ting waa moat
®te^ whisper
..) ^ Wrned that the bona-
SL
famous Mra i
tares have I
-xanposed for tfea amt
Prepared hy Mra. Baafe-
*n .frggeationa glee, hy the
**l«gB. Whom mml lee-
been of laeatlmahla value
WOD,en I hope to Bee you
Aa ha left the group w —
glanced at oae awiilier i
That was la deed vaha
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