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IN A" JAPANESE WOO0MEN5 CAMP Japanese Woodcutter*' Camp In British Columbia. A LAZY creek, almost current Ichs through salt marshes, at I??\v t l?l?* quite <leep in its muddy hod; a salty, >veedy. slightly smoky, coilary, and plney smell upou the air; wlndro^vH of kelp and oilier weedy drift upon the siitle erlug slope of hunk ; squirt of Hums, in every fairly flat plain*, ami rippling acuttle of lloundet's upon the hotlom; drifting moons of stray medusae lumi nous In the water ? there 1m a typical woodland setting In northern British Columbia, snys u writer in the Chrls tluu Science Monitor. The crow is ubiquitous, not unlike a raven ; beloved lie Is of tntemlc designers ami eurvers. from Tillamook up to Nome, calling Ids hoarse "cinv" from the shadows of Home disheveled cedar. On -tiie high 'water mark or spring tides, rugged cedar and pessimistic looking hemlock in silhouette ugulnst the sunny blue, purple-courses with raven-like shadow the distant moun tain side. At the base of the Irivgu Inrly standing timber, spared of log gers, an Impenetrable thicket of sullnl. Hnluioa and button berry, blackberry hramhlc and whortle berry, under u taller growth of alder, willow and pop lar, together mask a tangle of fallen trunks and upturned roots, amid which the eplloblum, the firewood of the Pa cific coast, overtops a man's head, a spire of vibrant pinkly purple flame. At the forks of the creek, a wide caved hunk house, Its foundutlon posts lifting Its floor well u hove the damp ness of the marsh, stands upon a bit of ground where solid soil, washed down from the heights, supports rank grass. Rapidly built throughout of collar, walls und roofs of split cedar shakes, In weathered redness It has a fitness to Its place. Smaller shacks near. In color and size, match piles of coftlwood near the water; awaiting a scow, a favoring high tide, and trans portation across the water to the city. Tho Ever-Welcome "Chow." A scrap of straw- matting and a mo mentary glimpse of a short and sturdy figure, round and black of bead, the bronze Hkln In quiet contrast with blue overall*, showed It to he a Japanese woodcutters' camp. The sun was high and the shadows short by the time the sketch was finished. An eruption from the woods and; oordwood piles toward the bunk-house suggested possible re freshment. oven If the calling of the dish-pan. 'hanged with a stick of fire wood at the door, did not. There was too much good sketching about for the artist to want to return across the harbor for such an Inconsequential thing as lunch, which, however, would quite llk?dy suggest its lack some time between then and the sundown he knew he would linger for. So. port folio under arm. ho strolled to the hunk h??iiM>. Within, mi either sM<\ were two tiered hunks airainsf t h ?? walls. stop plnc short of the further end, which, stove beneath the ??ml window ? :i roar door letiitW In In and sunshine ? whs combined kitchen, dining room. I and |ilii< i' (if asM'iulily About six per sons, on either side of a three plank tahle cowred with oilcloth, looked curiously and courteously at the strancer In* stepped within. The cook poi>inc loaded dishes on either hand, nodded and smiled the inscruta ble Japanese v 1 1 1 i I e. The mention of "ehow" brought a cheerful irrin to three or four faces at once and vvel eoininu Indication of a seat at i he end of the tahle. as the three on Mia! s,i!e hunched idontf to make a place- deftly shift Im: food with them. In in sec onds more? with a tfrave courtesy ? was placfl before the uuest the usual 1 food, each portion in a blue and white I howl: to him wa- apportioned n sejf- I arato teapot and a handleless < up | both of paleirreen sekl-ware. Art in a Woodmen's Camp. The artist ate and conversed. Such of these woodcutter** as spoke Kngllsh (ami they nearly all did), spoke In measured rn reful ness. out of whieh at Intervals cropped n "Chinook" word or a phrase of this roast as bold amid the careful Fnsrllsh as a sincle dark cwlnr In n nrreen meadow. I/o<%tnc ,abont. tfe ^uest noted a print on the bunk house wall. lie fret up and walked aerois to fret a better view. He knew 1 i 1 1 1?* and cared less of name* and ? dates ftimlilurly spoken by parlor talker* on Japanese art, but he (ltd feel decorative values, color and drawing, and all the rest of It ? whatever It Is, In Hhort, t^ilf ppikoH thn print so Interesting. This had they all, he said, as he returned lo his seat. Ills auditors were visibly pleased, though with the reserve characteristic of their kind; the artist's neighbor pointed nt his portfolio, and Interro- j Knted: "You make picture too, may-; be?" ami evoked admission.; "You! show us." Sundry sketches of filings and places near brought smiling sldewlse com merits of recognition, but most -of all a single sketch op fir tops, dark above a morning mist, with the misty prow of h bout and tiie oucomlng ripple of an easy tide, attracted attention. This was appreciatively passed from hand to hand, and one said : "Now we show you, maybe you like?" Kinship of the Pastel. ? From one hunk nnd another came curious wraps of mats and cloths, out of which again eanie a finely made box or roll, exposing In turn a silken bag, J holding carvcn, founded, or wrought treasures, a kakemono wrapped in a fragment of temple silk, or a oouplc of shingles keeping Hat between them prints of modern photographs of ! Japan. Presently the table, cleared of dishes and food with approving consideration, was an exhibition field on which one and another, singly, and seriously j smiling, displayed bis treasure for the; guest's ?delight. Half a dozen prints of samurai, a famous actor, a geisha, a landscape, and a couple of utter dec orative abstractions, each slowly pro* duced and lingered over, were lnt?<r-j spersed with bits of east and carved bronze, Iron, curved Ivory, kakemono* of two or three types, and even u bit or two of pottery and cloisonne. The noon period went swiftly, pro tracted though It was far beyond Its regular length, and ended with slow reluctance and a smiling Invitation tc the departing gtiest to "coine-see again soon." Through the length of the afternoon and the years since there has lingered with the artist a satisfy ing sense of having met In the wilder ness the fellowship of the seeing eye. EACH AGE HAS ADVANTAGE Hard to Tell Which, From Childhood to the End, May Be Called the "Best." Which Is the host age? Are we.tcl believe the professor who tolls us thai a man's best work Is done before he I? ! forty, or Robert Browning, who exnlts ! old age ?? n?l cries. "(Jrown old alonp ? with me ? the best is yet to be!" Childhood, remarks a writer In I^on don. Answers, has a magic and a mys tery which can never he regained. Oul I i>t' its imaginatUm a child shapes it? own world and creates its own de lights In life. Youth is the time when wo tirnl our greatest physical expression. < Hit ideals take form and w c ure neither, fettered by failures nor spoilt by suc cess. Normal youth believes lj can conquer all obstacles and achieve all ends. Maturity knows better. The man o 1 forty is balanced by experience, .ind whilt bis mental faculties should havf reached their hi host point of develop ment. physically he is not a back num ber. And what of Browning'* old aye? [? t he best yet to be? Perhaps. The man who has been a failure i< near the end' of Ms earthly .troubles, and the man who lias succeeded await^ with a sense ; of fulfillment, the m-xt grent adven- ? ture. Taking It for Granted. "What are yon reading these days?" asked the talkative man. "Gibbon's T>eoline and Fall of Ilo ; man Empire.'" answered the studiou* person. "Ever dip into that work?". "No. I'm satisfied with lust know-' ing th<| /toinnn empire declined and j ftfll. without going Info all the details** : ? Birmingham Agr Herald. IN WILD FRENZY | TO GET SHOES I Italian's Need of Footgear Most j Crying Demand of Postwar Days. SEIZED REGARDLESS OF SIZE ' . ..... '? j ^ _ 1 8alee of Commandeered Profiteer Footwear Cauee Excitement In Many Cities ? Stores Ran* ?acked by Mob for Food* Florence, Italy.-? If Dante Allghlerl llv I iu Florence, today he might bo inspired to write another "Inferno," with shoes as the prime cause of evil. I Nothing >>as been so evident during these postwar days as the need of Italians for footwear. The recent public demonstration/* backed by tho Camera del Lavoro, or "chambers of labor," where stocks of goods of all descriptions In the hands of profiteers in many cities were com mandeered and ordered sold at reduced prices, precipitated uhusuul somer saults of trade, but the wildest scram bles were In the shoe stores. Here the demand for Hhoes produced scenes of the wildest disorder. Frenay Over Footwear. In Home, Milan, Forli, Hologna and Naples the search for shoes continued many days. The struggles In each city were so great that few law abiding persons tried tQ^accure- shoes. There appeared to be no attempt at fitting anyone. Hhoes were handed out in boxes and the buyers took them, seemingly not.- caring whether they fitted or not Just so they \\Tre on tho basis of a HO per cent re duction In price. It was a common sight to see a man loadedv up with shoes for his entire family. To obtain admission to a shoe store was fully as difficult as buying a ticket for a world series baseball game. For hours the shoe hunters would wait In long lines before they were TlmnTy~^ulnTTtted Into the storerooms. Shoe merchants fixed two hours In the morning and two In the after noon for the opening of their stores, .but the long line was waiting for shoes several hours before the 'sched uled time arrived. Impatience on the part of the crowds caused, In most cases, the sum i mary seizure of goods and the resort I to ransacking. Food stores were j treated first In this way, but the law lessness soon spread to clothing and shoeshops. Stores ransacked would be depleted of every commodity ? eat able. wearable, or portable. There , were examples In Spezla of carrying out ail the commodities loading them | In a motor truck and taking them some four, or five miles outside the city for distribution. Whole hogs heads of wine were rolled out of the city in this way and distributed. It seemed as if the mob had desig nated for them the stores to be loot ed. There was apparently the most systematic pillaging of those accused of ' war profiteering. Merchants known to have violated govprnmen tal regulations by selling prohibited articles during the war were treated in the same way. Soldiers sent to restore order In some cases were charged with accept ing gifts from the Hoters and at other times filling their pockets with eat I ables, Including biscuits, fruit, nuts and chocolate. General Shortage Results. The new Hltuatlon created by the arbitrary . commandeerlngs and fixing of prices Is now beginning to react. Storekeepers are refusing to ruh their businesses on the new basis, while there Is evidently a general shortage throughout the various cities affect ed by the new economic changes. Many well-to-do families who have always been lawahidlng have found themselves suddenly finable to buy food. Some merchants have closed their shops and gone to summer resorts In the hope that when summer ends the eruption will have subsided and there will be a return to normal con ditions. Discovers Contraband Booze Under Setting Hen Macon, <!a. ? Three gallons of contraband whisky was found In n hollow stump, under a nest In which a hen was setting on efjps In a box when Deputlen E. P. Pierre, Kd Newberry and F C. Tlndal raided the house of it. F. Haves, In LaurensL county, recently. The camou flage fnlled to take into ac- ' count the odor of the liquor. Ancient Idol Dug Up. Kallspel, Mont. ? An Idol, pronounced officially by the SmlthRonlan Institu tion Washington, to ho of Aztec origin Rnd at least 10,000 years old, has heen du* tip In a sandpit near Eureka. The Idol la of Htone. It Is evidently of a god and sits on Its legs with Its hands folded In Its lap. The thing has a Chinese look, but photographs sent to Washington brought a reply that It ffl nn Aztac idol. 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Friday. lie was (55 years old aud was for many years a drug gist at lialeigh. ? <Jueer uses are made of the intestines of the walrus aud the sealiou. The l'%:;iinos make the former into sails for their boats, and the latter they slit and dtioch together to form hooded coats that ii re far superior to rubber ay water proof garment**. Captain J. A. Allison, for 43 year* a Southern railway conductor, dropped dead last Wednesday morning at Winos-' boro, S. C., where he was attendiujj court for the Southern. This cozy home may be ~ An attractive!, snug, convenient, roomy little bungalow; Graceful lines, embodying the most modern of ar?hitectur?I ideas; securely, substantially built to make it lasting and com fortable in the most severe weather. Built with a view to con venient arrangement. While small in appearance, its rooms ar? in reality of ample size for every comfort. BUNGALOW NO. 44 while beautiful, convenient, roomy *? nd .,hoF?>u5^1ltIA<Tfh stantial, Is built at a tremendously reduced cost , jlue WW immense sayings in quantity production. From t he fl to the roof, from the siding to the Interior finish .It ? ? ready prepared for erection and partially built, in dujw? n QlilCKBILT Bungalow you S A VE IVjA STF* the material Is Already prepared and the laMj t Waste piles of scrap lumber are thus ellraltuttd. ?Kvery root of lumber Is used. You buy no surplus material TJMF^ry ptcce of material has Its own place. Ererythlni tVMM* Is numbered and systematized. The Instructions to the carpenter are complete and the order of erection simple. No ti?* Is lost !n looking for material. The time ordinarily required In preliminary cutting and trimming is saved. Furthermore, as a hrgt nortlon of the house is already built fn panels, just that much tuM and coat Is eliminated In construction. 'ho entire process of erection systematized nnd Instruction con ,? 4u f t ?"d . tjjc great building "bugaboo" ? preliminary preparation*? tM minattd. the labor In the erection of a QUICKBILT Bungalow Is reduced to a mini therefore, of minor consideration. A carpenter of average speed ?nd experience with two laborers, can erect the house In 8 da>s. The ordinary houM take almost as many weeks. MONEY- *"r,r'C In waste of material, time and labor. Is ? wdnf erection is cut In li?/Fr?n??m a QU,CKB,LT Bungalow the expanse of fee. The erection i? f' not *"? Y?U need not pay * contractor! intelligence enn ft an^ systematic that any carpenter of arer*jre pay no architect'* r WJl! ease. Many owners build them themselves. You truc lon/? fn .7', The complete plans with all specifications and in study by the LS ? 'f l URK . And >ct' th? ?>'?"? nre made after ireful lne waste nn?i i 8* ?*P*r'?nced of architects, with a view to ellraliut Ktrencth The ?*?# Rreatest possible convenience, economy and n. The cost of the material is further reduced by the f.ict that yo# ? -- ' the tt' I u> It from the mill, manufacturer and forest In one. Pur complete pwnw tire process, from, the tree to the completed house. You pay no middle- man a prw* buy direct from the source of material. In oiir complete plants In which nunflfw* -* * ? ? * ~ u mrd and every nf?hnn!!i.("rffK 'il?"1! ,fic. source ?f material. In otir complete planis in win... nvoMrf.t a- .i L ?,n,u't*neously, every short cut to perfection Is used and every ... ' ? hoU?es are made In great quantities you fain the advantage of the Jo* cost or quantity production. <>? SA VES HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS an(Pi.iM?'r.Mn?r,<>uti0n' T*,e price includes all necessary material, except the brlrfc wodt one ?!rt ? ?9 ,f !,OVfr ?ftM' 21*ft? 5,n- x 30-ft. 6%-ln. There are two large bedroo*' kltch?n ft ft ? ?r x 12- ft., one spacious living room 12-ft. 18-ft. * The hoii'?^ V. Vfi ii VR . room 9"fl- x 6 ft" *nd an attractive front porch 12-ft. X ? '<? -v wpll lighted, spacious, well ventilated and convenient. The construction J? nS/i ? Hi CaroUn* Pine? "the Wood Universal," thoroughly kiln dried flooring and celling Walls built In panels of siding, lined with heavy builders' paper to to ? Je?W?rin ? Durable, flre-reslstlng, standard asphalt ?trlp shingles with slata green iff red finish. Artistic ixineled Inside finish. Excellent doors and sash. All ixcdjl ' nails and hardware furnished. Houso comes with exterior wslls stained any on* ??. number of standard colors or painted one heavy coat of priming paint. Ulterior "? and instu* tfnl.nh pnlntctl with one heavy coat of priming paint. WRITE T O-D A Y uici(?u for further information and a copy of our attractive. Illustrated book. ?ulJL(ijn Bungalow*" No. A-4'>. It will explain all about No. 44 and m?n> other aw-* QUICKBILT Hun*alows. It la FREE for the aakin*. Merely fill below and mall it. Hotter Mill, if Runfalow No. 44 fllla your needs, ten color desired and instruct us to ship immediately. COUFOM? CUF HERE AMD BAIL TO-DAf QUICKBILT Bungalow Dept., A, C, Tuxbury Lumber Co., Charleston, S. j PIiim Mud m? your book "QUICKBILT Buni?lo?* No. Am ????eUlly lnt?re?t*4 la * ? r*?m houtc NAME .... ADDRESS 5 Large Rooms Big Home-like Living % Room will