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a Not so many years ago the American people had the
t materialistic point of view that making money and having
brains were synonymous. If a man had
plenty of money and a goodly share of this
THAT world’s goods he was considered an out-
HATH — standing success and worthy of the respect
= of the entire community. If he had little
| money and- few of the world’s goods he was considered
a failure no matter how good a thinker he might be or how
happy he might be. It made little difference how a man
night have obtained his money, whether through fair
eans or foul, he was a success if he had it and won the
admiration of his fellow men.
TO HIM :
Now the question, arises, if there were so many smart |
men four years ago when everybody had money, where are
e smart men today when nobody has it? Our evalua-
5 must have been wrong four years ago or there has
n a sudden disappearance of men with brains. The
sgwer is simple enough, our evaluations were wrong. We
ericans were not God’s chosen people. We Americans
e no greater or better than any other people on the
e of the earth. We were prosperous because of circum-
lances and because we happened to be favorably located
h a great growing nation in a land still open to exploita-
kon of its natural resources. We did very little thinking
xcept along: narrow materialistic lines. Money to us
eant happiness and a full life. Our thinking was con-
ined to checking the stock market reports, watching the
rice of mexzhandise and planning ways and means of
naking big profits with as little effort as possible.
Now with the depressoin weighing heavily upon us
ve can do nothing but talk about it and bemoan our fate.
We have apparently lost our capacity to think or solve our
\ blem. Instead we waste our energies in cheap talk and
d iScussion of panaceas to get us out of the depression
quickly. We blame the depression on everybody but our-
selves. The war, the president, the bankers, Wall street,
Andrew Mellon, the politicians, taxes, prohibition, ma-
chines and a hundred other causes are blamed for our pre-
sent state of affairs. We like to pass the buck.
~~ _ The responsibilty for the depression rests on every
one of us as individuals. This is more true in a democracy
“such as ours than in any other nation in the world. We, the
people, are theoretically the rulers in America. Our whole
_ plan of government is built upon that premise. If we
don’t want to take the responsibility that is ours, then we
Rill have to pay for our folly just as we are doing now. We
ave been amused by a great political sideshow and we
ave elected to office men who were better fitted for a
M¥ircus sideshow than for deep thinking on great problems.
"We, the people, have asked the government to spend
money on all sides and now we, the people, complain be-
cause taxes are high. We, the people, blindly followed
Phrainless leaders into a world war and now we damn the
leaders. We, the people, through our leaders discarded all
the lessons of history and all the teachings of economists
“= to put Germany and her allies completely out of business
B with the treaty of Versailles. We don’t think we follow.
: - All our mouthings about the wonders of Democracy
are as nothing if as individuals we fail to see the respon-
sibility that is ours. Four years ago we were great, in our
pwn opinion, because we had money. Today, we are facing
"defeat, not because we have no money, but because during
the. soft years our best brains were devoted to making
money rather than doing constructive thinking along gov-
ernmental, economic a; ines
Managing Editor
Advertising Manager
a Garamount Gicture
Based on the novel "THE LION’ S WAY”
By C.T. STONEHAM oH Ye
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| wind in the best cover available.
ANN cau (COPYRIGHT 193) BY CHARLES THURLEY STONEHAM
The
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‘old lion and |Nguva would make a
circuit of the herd, uttering their mel-
ancholy
(effect of ventriloquism, ‘appeared to
come from all points of the compass.
* * *
Synopsis
Kaspa, a four-year old boy, is
found by a roving family of lions
in the heart of the jungle and
adopted by Kali, a powerful lion-
ess whose cubs had just been
killed by hyenas. Her mate, Paka,
the leader of the group, Nguva,
another male lion and his mate,
Mua, tolerated the child because
Kali had adopted him for her own.
He is brought up with the other
young cubs. Mua is caught in a
trap laid by natives and killed In
full sight of Kaspa and the lions.
From then on Kaspa realizes that
man is his enemy. Because of the
danger from Paka
leads his family away to the dis-
tant ‘mountains.
hunting roars which, by an
yin a bunch, uncertain which way to
i run, the lions would suddenly rush
then and in the stampede that fol-
lowed, Kali would jump out and catch
the nearest one and kill it.
Kaspa at this time was unable to
| kill any of the larger creatures. If =»
| smal] gazelle were mixed up with the
| zebra, herd, he would catch it and
| break its neck by the leverage of the |
(horn. In many encounters he was cut
and beaten and once sustainéd sev-
| eral broken fingers. In this way, he
[learned the astonishing hardihood of
wild creatures which enables them to
run and fight even when seriously
the natives.
CHAPTER 3
The new den was sixty miles away
i
| While the confused zebras gatherea |
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Tana
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ALL Hed Y
TIME! oy
skin, for the playing of lion ‘cubs % Lenouan to resist Infringment of nis
not gentle. He quickly learned that |rights. He was entitled to figure as
he was no match for a lion in sheer a guest at this meal, and it would.
strength. He discovered that his best [take more than an old warrior ang,
{chance in holding his own with them two young cubs to keep him from it
on the upper reaches of the Noyoka
River.
now nearly six years old,
learn something
began to
of hunting and the
customs of his adopted people. The
.child was unusually tall and devel-
oped for his ‘years. He was quite
naked, tanned, and his gright golden
hair formed a cap of curly thickness
for the protection of his head. He
was fleet, agile strong and hardy as
His sense of hearing and
sight had been abnormally developed,
but his scent, though infinitely keen-
er than that of the ordinary man, was
vet inferior to any of the wild crea-
tures. He made up for it by
creased intelligence and by his hands-
instruments of utility beyond the envy
a lion’s cub.
It was here that Kaspa, being |
l'color
in- |
the natives a wide berth. As soon as
wounded.
He seemed to thrive on a diet of
raw meat, berries and such fruit as
he saw the monkeys eat. At an early
age, the boy's mind had developed far
beyond that of an animal and he was
aware that he was not a true carnl-
vore. In shape he was not unlike the
natives he had seen murdering Mua,
but he
their
whiter
was convinced he was not of
tribe
and
and texture.
his skin
of a different
Neither was he a
monkey, He came to the conclusoin
that he was a kind of ape born of a
lion. (
Paka, warned by
be cause was
his hair
Mua’s fate, gave
the natives vacated the horn country
{DOES NOT
and returned to the high veld, "the
lions went back to their old liar in
Here Kali re-enforced the
| pack with two male cubs, the pro-
| geny of Paka. They were called Dogo
j and Ruka,
| like their
of understanding of his* companions.
they enabied him to climb, which no
lion could do. By observing the mon- the kopje.
keys, he soon became agile and fear-
less in the branches,
His education went forward apace. and were both black manes
He was taught the lion’s wav of hunt-
ing zebra and %kongoni. The easiest |
method of hunting was by the drive. :
Having located a herd of game, Paka | with them as cubs and bore the'scars
would teeth
father.
These two were Kaspa's
and constant companions. He played
brothers
post Kali and ‘Kaspa down- {of their and claws upon his
It does not deter or lessen crime.
It stimulates crime instead of preventing it.
By it, the State imitates the
very crime it aims to curb.
Deliberate murders are the ex-
ception; they usually result from
sudden passion, due to sex, rage,
jealousy, fear, or drink.
The death penalty is irrevocable. Many innocent men
have been executed. Society cannot call them back to life.
Life imprisonment leaves a loop-hole in case of error.
The death penalty is brutal. It breeds brutality. It
often prevents convictions, for Juries hesitate to convict,
knowing the awful penalty. Would you be willing to throw
the electric death switch?
The death penalty discriminates against the poor man.
The rich man by employing skilled lawyers, legal technicali-
ties, and by appeal to those in influential positions in Soci-
ety, seldom pays the extreme penalty.
The criminal is not stopped by fear of death by law.
The real punishment falls on the family of the condemned.
Capital Punishment reverts to the antiquated desire
for vengeance. Life imprisonment is the modern corrective
punishment. Eight of our States have adopted it, and they
find that it WORKS.
DEATH PENALTY
PROTECT
The many associations against prohibition have all
protested vigorously their opposition to the dry law solely,
on the ground that it does not prohibit,
that it increases drinking instead of de-
creasing it.
Apparently, however, the brewers and
wine makers have objected to it on. quite
another ground — that it destroyed their profits and put
them out of business.
The way they have swarmed Washington for the hear-
ing on proposed beer legislation is eloquent testimony to
where lies their interest in the problem. Their eagerness
and aggressiveness, moreover, have been so dominating
that one of the ringleaders of the wets, kepresentative La-
Guardia, finally suggested that all be thrown out.
The brewers are looking to the future in what they
call the “educational field.” Brewers were always great
“educators,” for they realized their future profits de-
pended upon building a trade among the young. Now they
have their eyes on the colleges. Read an advertisement in
the Brewing Industry for November 9:
Not one-tenth of one per cent of the youth
in college know what really good American beer
tastes like. To them it is little more than a name.
They will have to be educated . . . But beer can be
restored to its former favor in colleges, which means
the youth of the land. It cannot be done over night.
Some say had it not been for the brewers, America
would never have had prohibition. Is it possible that
chiefly because of the brewers America will decide to keep
prohibition?
They will do well not to spend in advance the 800
million dollars in profits they. are said to have estimated |
the return of beer will bring them each year. |
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THEIR
MOUTHS
WATER
| the events of a
jem sixteen vears of amg,
f
j scarcely
and win a place in their regard lay
in his agility. Quick and springy as
a cat, he could leap ,dodge and run
in a manner most puzzeling to his four
footed companions. But despite his
it seemed that
be able to conquer
lion. His equipment was too meager.
He dodge a parry a
stroke, place himself in a position to
inflict damage but when he had done
superior agility,
would never
he
could rush,
so, the damage was beyond his power
to inflict. His teeth were negligible
as weapons and his claws were futile,
There remained hands, deadly
weapons against most things with his
enormoys strength but of little use
against teeth and claws. At times he
would try to throttle his playmates
but the lions would wrench loose his
grip and throw him off without any
trouble. Straight punches sufficiently
severe to cripple a man, had little
effect upon the burly heads and mas-
sive bodies of his of
course, he could always run away but
this . was not very To
live among savage companions and he
unable: to compel respect is a dan-
gerous eXistance, as he found out by
his
antagonists.
satisfactory.
summer which found
a very old
his teeth
loose in his head and his sight failing.
He did but little hunting and but for
the activities of
Paka was by this time
lion His muzzle was grey,
his pack would al-
most starved to death or been driven
to man-killing, He still tried to assist
but he had
become so slow that his efforts were
more harmful than useful.
One night when a kongoni had been
hunted almost into the jaws of Kali
it turned at the last minute and tried
to break back through the drive. It
made straight’ in Paka’s direction, and
the old lion unhesitatingly launched
himself at its throat. But his fading
eyes were not keen enough, hig mo-
tions too slow. He missed his hold on
the throat, and the beast with lowered
horns charged straight into his chest,
knocking him out of the way and
making its escape to the open veld.
Paka struggled to his feet and roared
his rage and disappointment. He did
not seem to be hurt at the time but
after they returned to the cave, hun-
gry and tired, Kaspa was surprised
to notice that Paka made no attempt
to leap on to his flat-topped rock, but
lay down in the sand beside it. In
the day he awoke several times and
heard the old lion groaning in his
sleep. As usual, Kaspa roused him-
self in the afternoon and set out on
his rambles along the river bank,
rambles in which the lions had’ no
share. When he reentered the cave
at dusk it was to find Kali standing
over the prostrate body of her mate,
sniffing at him in a frightened way.
Kaspa sat down to watch. It was
strange that Paka did not awake, and
he began to understand that the old
lion was not as usual. In a few min-
utes Kali communicated to him the
intelligence that the leader was dead.
At dusk they were abroad again,
and Ruka almost immediately struck
down a fear blinded doe that crossed
his path. He set paws on the carcass,
and raised his voice in the roar of
triumph that announces a kill The
in the capture of game,
doe was dragged into a suitable posi- |
tion under a tree, the belly opened
and entrails removed, and the lion |
family gathered to the but |
had Ruka torn first
feast,
his
| mouthful from the haunch than a low
grunting was heard close at hand and
every head was expectant to watch
a newcomer emerge from the brush.
He was an enormous tawny-mane
in the prime of his strength. He
paused in the moonlit clearing and
grunted an inquiry. The answering
grunts were doubtful, and uninvitins,
but the big male came forward witn
the confidence of one who is on his
and strong
own hunting ground
= that . their leader should
Kaspa he ignored, summing him uf
las some sort of freak creature—a hy-
| brid ape, perhaps. Kali snarled at him
las he came forward, and he walked
| wide of her , as became a male ‘when.
la lady insulted him, but this detour ks
a a | bought him within a few feet of Ngu-
boa, who, unwilling to be ousted by
|this handsome fellow snarled also.
Quick as a flash, Bulu turned ‘and
attacked the old lions with fang and
claw. Nguva, half surprised, i
but Suffered severe gashes on
and forearm, :
lion was back at him,
i tearing and snarling like
Nguva was knocked about like
less cub. He was dazed from
cesion of blows upon the sides of his
| head, and the other gave him no time.
to regain his wits. 2
In a moment he was in full re
into the with Bulu after is
Kaspa, watched all this astonished. 0
was the first fight,
| petty differences of. half-grown cubs,
{that he had seen. He wondered ‘whet- :
her they should interfere on Neuva’y
behalf, but before he could make un
his mind on this point Bulu retur ed
|and stalked up to the kill as thoug
|he owned it.. This was too much for
Ruka's self-control. It was ‘his
pond Bulu was an uninvited guest. H
marched forward snarling, and im
mediately was overtaken by the samd
bush,
unfortunate Ruka thought a full-grow
and powerful youngster, was given rf
opportunity to prove his prowess. “Hd
crouched down, growling defiance, bu’
plainly showing that he had no 4
sire to dispute the ownership of th
kill with so dangerous an opponent|
In a lordy manner Bulu began to eal
Kali came up for her share, and be.
yond a sideways glance at her he: ig-
nored her presence, but the instant
either Dogo or Ruka attempted to fol-
low her example a warning growr
made them retreat, - ?
Kaspa and his brothers a and :
watching the new leader eating his fill, i
and when at last he was satisfied he
moved a little way apart and lay down :
as though making the others free of
his leavings. Ruka and Dogo went
forward, but the moment Kaspa joined £
them Bulu rose and without Marning
made a rush at him.
The boy, warned by the fe
of Nguva and Ruga, had never taken
his eyes off the big lion, and he was
not caught napping. With a sudderd
effort he leapt five feet : of the
ground and caught a bough above hig
head pulling himself up until he ‘was
well out of reach. He sat there snarl-
ing at the attacker and wishing he had
the strength to descend and fight’ if)
out with him. Bulu Jay down again,
but at every movement of the boy in
the tree he growled and looked war-
like.
Kaspa,
got no food that night. He
sat up in the branches watching the
others feed under the savage eye of
the big tawnymane. Ruka and Dogo
| were depressed and nervous. All there
{lives they had been subjected to the
| leadership of Paka, and now they did
what attitude to take to-
wards the confident interloper. Kall,
obedient to the law that governed
tho
not ‘know
kind, conducted herself as
nohing unusual had happened.
was in the best interests or the,
redoubable fighter and a forge
character. Bulu was both.
(Continued next week)
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