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Men of Montenegro.
(Prepared by the National Geographic
Society, Washington, D. C.)
Little Montenegro, which was tho
tiniest kingdom In Kurope, hns been
merged since the World wnr -Into the
big new kingdom of Jugo-Slnviu. Its
well-loved king Is dead; Its capital
only the seat of n province. But half
a millennium of dearly bought Inde
pendence and the most Intense patriot
Ism has made its Inhabitants not alto
gether willing to lose their Identity;
so from time to time commissions ap
pear to present Montenegro's case to
the world and lo keep alive Its mar
velous history nnd traditions.
This little country, then smaller than
Deluware, and sometimes with no
more than 8,000 lighting men within
its borders, has the distinction of be
ing the one patch of land In the broad
expanse of the Balkan peninsula that
kept Itself free from Turkish conquest
during the five and a half centuries
since the Turks crossed the Hellespont.
One after another, tho regions that are
now Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia and Al
bania fell before the excellent Turkish
lighting organizations, nnd settled
down for hundreds of years under n
condition little better than slavery to
Moslem masters. Montenegro remained
free and was practically a Christian
island in a sea of Molianimedonism.
Only on ts western border wns it In
contact during this long period with
other Christian territory, n narrow
strip of Adriatic coast controlled by
Venice.
Upon the final overthrow of the an
cient glory of the Serbs on the field of
Kossovo, a few valiant souls retrented
to the rocky fastnesses of Cernagora
to seek asylum with the Volvode of the
Zeta. A few years later, abandoned
by their ruler -who preferred a life of
ease at Venice they turned to their
bishop, made him also their prince,
nnd with him retreated still deeper
Into the hills and there set up that
long line of the Vladikos which did
not end until well Into the last cen
tury. Tributes to Their Bravery.
There they maintained their free
dom, with suffering indescribable and
wIWi courage Illimitable; and won
from Gladstone, the great English
apostle of Balkan freedom, those
words' of undying praise, in which he
gave It as his "deliberate opinion"
that "trie traditions of Montenegro ex
ceed in glery those of Marathon and
Thermopylae and nil the war tradi
tions of the world"; and Inspired in
Tennyson what lie regarded as the
finest of his sonnets. Inscribed to the
". . . smallest anions peoples! rough
rock-throne
Of freedom! warriors beatlnjf back the
swarm
Of Turkish Islam for five hundred years.
Great Cernagora! never since thine own
Black ridges drew the cloud and broke
the storm
Has breathed a race of mightier moun
taineers." Within but a stone's throw of the
Adriatic sea, Montenegro was long cut
off from it until in the middle of the
Nineteenth century her arms won An
tlvarl from the Turks. Cattaro has al
ways been the logical port of the coun
try and Its natural gateway from tho
"West, yet It remained until the World
war In the hands of Austria. Now
Cattaro is Jugo-Slavlc and is no longer
tinder a control alien to that of Monte
negro. In the days before the World war
the few diplomats and travelers wfio
visited Cetlnjo, the cnpital of Monte
negro, considered the ride over the au
tomobile road from Cattaro one of the
grandest scenlcally to be found In
Europe.
Ascending the marvelous zlgzug road
which leads up from the port, one ap
proaches tho stern and gloomy defile
which rorms the portal to this historic
stronghold of freedom in the Balkans.
Splendid engineering Is this road.
Built for post and military uses, it
clings to the face of the sheer rock
nnd weaves back and forth in a multi
tude of "hairpin curves" which the
chauffeurs of the post nutomobllo treat
with that contempt which familiarity
nlone can breed.
Up and ever up, one goes. Below
stand forth tho dusky cliffs which Jut
Into tho southern fiord; nestling be
neath them, and hemmed In with the
massive battlements of those giants of
3EC
an earlier day who stretched out tho
lion of St. Mnrk'B from the Lido to the
Bosporus, lies Cattaro which was
Italian In appenrancc, Austrlnn In al
legiance, but Serb In feeling, Its heart
ever In the Highlands. Beyond smiles
the Adriatic, and nbovo tower the
gaunt gray rocks, against which the
road seems a veritable ladder laid
upon a wall.
A Wilderness of Rocks.
Threading at last a narrow defile,
whose walls are pierced with caves
where lurk the fables of the moun
taineers, and crossing a pass too often
swathed In clouds, one turns n corner
and comes face to face with the au
clcnt realm of the Vladlkas.
The smile of the soft blue sea lies
behind, and before stretches a wild,
turbulent ocean of rock, rising and
sinking In angry gray waves flecked
with white, which seem to leap and
rage nnd battle together like a sea
lashed by n storm. Stones, rocks nnd
crags, nothing else; not n tree, not a
blade of grass ; scarcely even a tuft of
brushwood to relieve the dreary scene
of desolation.
At the creation, so runs the Monte
negrin legend, an angel was sent forth
to pick up the superfluous stones on
the earth's surface.- He placed them
in u bag. which burst as he was flying
over Cernagora -nnd certainly the
landscape bears out the tale.
And yet the scene cannot be said to
Inck charm the charm of majesty al
ways to he found among the hills. And
while Cernagora at first sight gaunt,
gray and drear, an arid wilderness of
bare rock tells lo one blow of the suf
ferings of centuries, pity does not long
endure; It passes almost at once to
praise for n people who have pre
ferred liberty In this desolation to
slavery In fat lands.
From tho old Austrian border to
Cetlnje one encounters but one village,
NIegush, nestling In a little cleft In
the hills and claiming attention as the
cradle of the Petrovlch dynasty, which
for more than two centuries ruled the
destinies of the lnnd. Here wns born
'not only Danllo I, progenitor of the
lino, but most of his successors, Includ
ing the late king, whose tiny villa Is
the show-plnce of the toAvn.
Prom the pocket of NIegush, one be
gins tho ascent and an hour's climbing
brings him to the top of tho pass, In
sight of Cetlnjw. The distance as tho
crow flies Is short; hut the winding
road multiplies the miles, and one has
ample opportunity to survey the tiny
former capital which boasts albeit
somewhat Inaccurately that its
streets alone of all the Balkan capi
tals have never echoed to tho tread of
a conquering Turkish host.
Cetlnje, the Capital.
Two broad, parallel streets, connect
ed by Irregularly laid out cross streets,
comprise the town, which lies hemmed
In on every side by the'stern hills. The
green fields, the elms, tho buttercups
by the roadside, and the steep gables
of the houses, which often He banked
to their enves with winter's snows, are
reminiscent of n White mountain vil
lage. European dress has made slight In
roads In this part of tho world. Though
the army, thanks to Russian generos
ity, wore khnkl, the palace guard wore
Montenegrin garb to the end, and It
was tho habitual dress of both king
and queen, the latter having pointedly
refused the suggestion of her daughters-in-law
that, together with the
royal title, she should take on modern
gowns.
Montenegrins are nearly nil giants
and they stride as though each wore
seven-lengue boot1. Indeed, when n
Montenegrin wants to go anywhere in
a hurry he walks, not using tho splen
did roads with which his mountains
aro threaded, but taking tho old short
cuts among the hills.
These Montenegrins are a race of
warriors, and before the World wnr
sat about In the coffee houses bemoan
ing their lot. "WhiU a life for n man !"
they said. "Thirty years without n
war; nothing for a man to do," But
there wbh nlways plenty for the women
to do, nnd the women of Montenegro,
so nlert and graceful In their youth,
soon lose their good looks and become
bont and bowed and ugly.
Living Monuments to 303 of Missouri's
Hero Dead Line the Famous
Kino's Highway.
Living memorials, sheltering those
who come their way, nlways serving,
808 pleasant shade trees nlong icing's
highway In St. Louis stand as a mon
ument to 308 Missouri lads who gave
their lives during the World war.
PRIVATE
In Memory or nero Dead.
Each tree bears a gold star. A hero's
name, the name of the unit and
branch of servlco to which ho was at
tached aro engruved on cuch star.
The trees were planted on Arbor
day by members of the American Le
gion. Many of the mothers of tho men
In whose memory tho trees stand
helped place tho gold stars on the
European sycamores, sweet gums and
green oaks that Hue either side of the
parkway.
RANKING WEST POINT CADET
Charles Barrett, Former "Buck" Pri
vate, Honor Man of Class of 1022
at Great Academy.
From a "buck private in tho rear
rank" in 1917 to the highest ranking
cudet at West
Point Is tho rec
ord of Charles J.
Barrett, "honor
man" of the 1022
class nt the mili
tary academy.
Barrett went to
France as a mem
ber of the 20th
division. With 184
other "h and
picked" soldiers
he was chosen to
taKk, tne exam,
lnntions for West Point, ne took high
est honors.
At the nendemy, he wnB made regi
mental commander, editor of the
school magazine nnd chairman of the
board of governors. Despite his other
activities, he has found time to do
enough studying during his four years
to land him at the head of his class.
MARSHAL F0CH HAD THE TIME
Famous French Fighter Aids Blind
War Victim Seeking Wounded
Soldiers' Institute.
The splendid spirit of Marshal
Ferdinand Foch of France, who won
the hearts of the American people
when he toured this country as tho
guest of the American Legion last
year Is illustrated by a story from
Paris.
A blind veteran tapped his way
along the sidewalk. "Excuse me, am
I nenr the wounded soldiers' Insti
tute?" he asked of a passing pedes
trian. "I've only been there twice
and I am not quite sure of tho way."
"You aro close to it now; let me
take you," came the reply.
Arriving nt tho door of tho Institute,
the guide said to tho Janitor: "Kind
ly take fids man to tho section for
the blind."
"Take him yourself," growled the
Janitor. "Under the archway on the
other side of the courtyard."
The civilian did take the veteran,
but on the wqy out ho addressed tho
Janitor again.
"Could you not ho n llttlo more
obliging to the blind?" he asked
gently.
"There are too mnny nnd I haven't
the time," was tho surly response.
"It seems to me that It Is your duty
to help them," said the other. "I can
find time nnd I am Marshal Foch."
Plants 530 Memorial Trees.
Memorial trees for MO veterans who
gavo their lives In tho World war have
been planted by tho Washington
(D. O.) post of the American Legion.
As u part of the Memorial duy exer
cises each year, wreaths made up to
resemble tho Legion Insignia and
American Hags will be placed on each
troe.
The Economy
That's What
BEST BY TEST
The World's
Epitaph 1
"Ilere Lies a Fisherman.'-'
They keep it up even when they
are dead. Richmond Tlmes-DIspatch.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
OASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for Infants and children, and sec that It
"Honrs tlin
r srr
Signature of UZa&cZ&LWi
In Use for Over 80 Xears.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
STORK MADE LONG JOURNEY
Bird Flew From Africa, to Germany
With a Message From Exile to
tho Fatherland.
The population of LIskau, Germany,
noticed one day recently that ono of
the mnny storks which annually re
turn to tho neighborhood from dlstnnt
southern zones to rebuild their nests
wns carrying something about Its
neck which only human hands could
have fastened there.
Repeated efforts to appronch the
bird had failed, but one of the vil
lagers finally lured the stork Into his
barn and then nnd there learned that
tho bird carried a little leather case
In which a note wns inclosed. Tho
note revealed that tho stork had come
all the way from East Africa, where
n German colonist, Willi Bucha, has
his llttlo farm nenr Victoria lake.
Bucha must have anticipated that
tho bird spent his annual mention In
his beloved fatherland, so no wroto:
"Just n greeting to tho fatherland,"
nnd used tho stork to convey his
message.
No heat
Made
BAKING PQWDER
Millions o Housewives Do
They know that Good
Baking Powder can't be
sold for less; that "More
for the Money" means
bake -day failures, waste
of time and money; that
Calumet is pure and sure,
Greatest Baking Powder
Advised to Jump.
"What's Blinks going to do with his
now noiseless typewriter?"
"If ho takes my ndvlco he'll marry
her." Life.
No ugly, grimy streaks on tho
clothes when Red Cross Ball Blue is
used. Good bluing gets good results.
All grocers carry It. Advertisement.
SAFE PLACE FOR VALUABLES
Harassed Citizens of American Cities
Should Welcome Idea That Comes
From Buenos Aires.
In these days of lawlessness, when
tho honest citizen ennnot take a walk
around tho block with nny certainty
that ho will not bo held up by a
bandit, tho novel Idea of Antonio Mon
aco, a citizen of Buenos Aires, ought
to be of value.
lie suggests suspenders with pock
ets attached to them two pockets,
that is to say, each of them being
fastened with n buckle to tho loop of
tho "gallus" nt tho front. Tho lower
end of cuch pocket has two button
holes, which button onto the ordinary
buttons of tho waistband of tho trous
ers, thus making the pocket llutly so
euro against tho body of tho wearer.
To prevent escnpo of Its contents, each
pocket Is provided with a buttoned
Hup.
Few bandits would think of looking
for loot beneath a man's waistcoat,
and so tho suspender pocket should
afford excellent hiding places for
money. Against pickpockets they
ought to furnish a perfect protection.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
with
this summer meal
A DISH of crisp, delicious Grape-Nuts, with cream
or milk (some berries or fresh fruit, too, if you
like) is cooling to 6erve, cooling to eat and cooling
to digest with a charm of flavor and goodness that
rouses appetite enthusiasm. No preparation, no
cookingno heating of the body afterward, as heavy,
starchy meals do but well-rounded nourishment
for every bodily need.
There's a noticeable feeling of lightness and com
fort after such a meal.
Try this way out of the heat, bother and uncertainty
that usually goes with the midsummer food problem.
Order Grape-NutS trom your grocer today. 1
"There's a Reason"
by Poitutn Cereal Company, Ins.
Battle Creek, Michigan
His Bluff Called.
Young Lawyer "I haven't lost a
cose yet." Rival "Oh, you'll get ev
caso Borneo day."
Shave With Cutlcura Soap
And doublo yoifr razor efficiency ns
well as promote skin purity, skin com
fort nnd skin health. No mug, no
slimy soap, no germs, no waste, no IrrU
tatlon even when shaved twice dally.
One soap for all usca shaving bnthlnjg
nnd shampooing. Advertisement.
AS BOBBY HAD IT FIGURED)
Quito Satisfied That Auntie's Appear
ance Must Have Undergone Con
siderable Change.
I nm rather proud of my looks and!
always tako pnlns to appear my best
for company.
Ono morning I was Just finishing:
tho sweeping when my brother nnd
his family, whom I had not seen for
n couplo of years, drove In the ynrd'.
With thorn were a couplo of well
dressed women, nnd I wns naturally
embarrassed to havo them find mo
with hair disheveled nnd dust
streaked face. Ilowover, I welcomed!
them graciously and we sat down to
talk.
I noticed that Bobby, my smnlU
nephew, wns studying me intently
and during a lull In tho conversation
ho said : "Auntlo, you must hnvo been,
good looking when you were young."
"Yes," I beamed, with my pleasant
est smile, scenting n compliment
"what makes you think so, dear?"
"Because," answered Bobby, "uncle,
would never marry you tho wny yom
look now." Chicago Tribune.
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