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WELLS HAWKS, 'THE BOOSTER'
Noted Publicity Man, Who Has Been
Active In Formation of Legion
Film ServltM.
Ho hits told you nil about the won
ders of "the most gorgeous mill stu
pendous tent at
ti action on the
I'ltrth." what your
fmorlte movie
star wears for
breakfast n n d
why ; what thoy
do In the navy
and when, etc.,
etc. For the Inst
J SO year. his writ
ings have beo5
read more widely
than those of per-
hups uny Amerieun author, hut his
numc has not heen signed to them.
He Is Wells Hawks of New York,
formerly press agent of Mingling
Brothers' circus; puhllelty ropresontn
live of several of the leading motion
picture corporations; personal repre
hvntntlvc for 12 years of Charles Frolw
man, the theatrical producer, and dur
ing the war in churge of publicity for
tlio navy.
Mr. Hawk)), n lieutenant commander
in tin nnvnl reserve, organized and for
three terms commanded the S. Itunkln
Ji row post of the American Legion,
composed of actors nud actresses,
movie and legitimate, puhllelty and
newspaper men of New York city. He
lius heen active In the formation of the
American Legion illm service of na
tional headquarters, which Is supply
in;; projection machines and films to
Legion posts of the country.
KNOWN AS FAIRY GODMOTHER
State President of Minnesota Women's
Auxiliary, Mrs. Sandy Hamilton,
Is Warm Friend of Veterans.
With n post of the American Legion
of Minnesota named in lienor of iter
son who fell In
France, Mrs.
Snndy Hamilton,
Minneapolis, who
has Just taken of
fice ns state presi
dent of the Wom
en's Auxiliary of
the Legion, has
adopted nil the
wounded veternns
of her state in
memory of her
boy.
During the year that she was chair
man of the Legion Auxiliary hospital
ization committee Mrs. Hamilton spent
rrnctically her entire time In visiting
and ministering to disabled men In As
bury and Thomas hospitals. The un
fortunnte service men came to know
Iter smile and her tenderness ami to
them she was "our fairy godmother."
Mendlug the report of her work be
fore tho recent state convention of
the auxiliary, Mrs. Hamilton told of
tho loneliness and suffering of the
brave men who had sacrificed their
health for their country. When she
had finished there was not a dry eye
in the big meeting hall.
TO ATTEND LEGION. MEETING
Marsha! Foch, Noted Military Leader,
Plans to Honor Convention
With His Presence.
The governors of Missouri and Kan
sas, the mayors of Kansas City, Kan.,
und Missouri, and n federation of tho
principal clubs and societies of those
cities Joined In a formul expression
of the honor they feel on the occa
sion of the visit Marshal Foch will
make to the United States In October
to attend tho opening of the third na
tional convention of the American Le
gion at Kansas City.
A memorial to this effect wns pre
sented the marshal at the recent ded
ication of the Fllrey monument In
France by Charles W. Burtlett of Knn
sas City, chairman of the distin
guished visitors committee of the con
vention. Mr. Burtlett accompanied
tho Legion pilgrimage to France for
this purpose.
The marshnl asked Mr. Uartlett to
convey to the people of Missouri and
Knnsns how deeply he was touched
by this honor and to assure them of
the eagerness with which lie looked
forward to seeing more of tho Legion
when lie should como to tho United
States.
Aerial Exhibition at Convention.
Altitude trials, parachute drops and
a spectacular aerial derby In which
most of the country'sMiost aviators
will tnko part, will bo Included In a
flying circus to bo held during the
third annual convention of tho Amerl
can Legion nt Knnsns City, October
BO, m nnd November 1. Eddie Kick
fnhuckor, William Fu,rlow and Edgai
Tobln nro nmnng tho nces who will
he seen. A raid with Illuminator
bombs will fenture tho night Nylin
proprum. Stunt flyers will chnngi
plane In nlr, walk on the wings nm
loop the limp in contest for a larg
prlo
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Carrying On With tho
American Legion
Despite tins long trip, the Massa
chusetts department of the American
Legion will send two large bunds to
the annual convention of the service
organization ut Kansas City, this full.
A downtown rest room for the con
.enleiice of farmers' wives In the city
for supplies and for city wives on
shopping tours has been opened in
Drumrlght, Okla., by the Women's
Auxiliary of the American Legion post
theie.
Because they considered the post a
community asset and worthy of rec
ognition, citizens of the town of Walts
burg, Wash., recently purchased n ho
tel building and presented it to Sam
uel W. Southard post of the American
Legion for use us a clubhouse.
When heavy rains washed out the ,
roud to the village cemetery, the
American Legion post of Natchez,
Wash., called upon Its farmer mem
bers. Each man brought a team of
horses, gave two dus work and a
new rond was constructed.
Advocntlng n playground for tho
kiddles of the community members the
Saylessvlile (Rhode Island) post of tho
American Legion brought the matter
to completion by leveling the ground
and putting the equipment In place
with n saving of several hundred dol
lars to the city.
The athletic tastes of the young
war veterans of Oklahoma were evi
denced recently when the Btate de
partment asked each post of the
American Legion what games they
wanted at n state athletic meet
Ilorse-shoe pitching contests led tho
list, with tennis and golf poor seconds.
Ex-service patients in hospitals of
Oregon have been extended free mem
bership In the American Legion of the
state, the posts waiving post dues nud
the department paying state and na
tional fees, that the disabled may ro
celvo copies of the ofllclul magazine
and tlie benefits of membership.
John Broudhcad Wallace, son of the
secretary of agriculture, nnd Miss
Margaret I'owell, Cedar Itaplds, la.,
recently married, have been receiving
the ofllclul congratulations of Argonne
post, the American Legion, Des
Moines, of which Mr. Wallace is a
vlov commander.
By besting a wnlklng record which
iind been undisturbed for years,
George N. Brown, EmHcott, N. Y., won
a wager of $100 which he divided
equally between two American Legion
posts of tils vicinity. Mr. Brown holds
the world's championship pedestrian
record.
Chimes Installed in every city and
town of America, to play "The Star
Spangled Banner" each evening, would
be a most fitting memorial to the war
dead, according to u resolution intro
duced into the recent convention of
ho American Legion of North Car
olina, seeking support of the state
in the project.
After hnvlng nchleved distinction
In Pittsburg, I'n., by being tho first
sailor married In an American Legion
post, P. C. Koso was stranded In Al
bany, N. Y., In the middle of his honey
moon because he couldn't collect his
bonus money. Members of the Al
bany Legion helped him to complete
the wedding trip.
Insurance against rain, high winds
nud liability to spectators, is being
sought by' tho Kansas City Flying
club In preparation for the annual
convention of the American Legion
there this fall. Applications for tho
"l'reuk" policies have been made to
American companies and to Lloyd's
of London.
An American Legion emblem,
(vrought In exquisite crochet In mem
ory of the dead and wounded soldiers
of the World war, which won first
prize in u national knitting contest
for Mrs. Vcliim S. Cole, Blnghumton,
N. Y., lias been presented to her local
post of tho Legion. Mrs. Cole Is un
invulld. v
Holding that a sense of shame would
work where entreaties failed, the
American Legion post of Zlllnh,
Wash., recently took photographs of
every dirty and unsightly back yard
In the city. These photos were dis
played in several stores of the city's
main streets, nnd within a week, ev
ery bnck yard laid been cleaned to
perfection.
Transferred from San Francisco to
St. Paul, Private Charles Gilbert, U.
S. Marines, gained permission to hllw
to ills new station. He completed tin
record match recently, after having
been lost in tho desert country of
Battle Mountain, New, nnd without
water for two days. lie was "lifted
along" by various American Legion
posts which ho visited along th
route.
A romnnco of tho Rhine ended trag
ically recently when Scrgt. John Wolf
of tho army died shortly after return
ing to America with his young Ger
man bride. Penniless, following the
illness of her husband, the widow wns
taken in charge by the American Le
gion of New York and will bo sent
bnck to her home at Coblenz with
money contributed by the Legion-
I nulres.
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Amir Amanullah Khan
(Prepared hy th Nutlonal Gencraphlo So
ciety, Washington, V. C.)
Afghanistan, long almost a synonym
for fanatical Isolatlon'from tho rest of
the world, is at last apparently show
ing a desire to enter the family of
nations. The Moslem kingdom, which
even now continues Its old policy of
excluslveness pending the outcome of
Its negotiations, recently sent u dele
gation of nobles to Washington to pe
tition the United States for the es
tablishment of diplomatic relations be
tween the two countries.
Afghanistan's excluslveness is not
accidental. Situated between the
southern-growing empire of Russia and
nortliern-sprendlng British India, it
hns been the typical buffer state; Its
natural excluslveness, due to religious
fanaticism, has been nccentunted by
the political rivalries of Its great
neighbors.
Forbidden Lhasa itself Is no more
exclusive than brooding, suspicious
Kuhul, the capital of this isolate, un
friendly rearm of fanatic tribes, of
rocks, deserts, Irrigated valleys und
towering unsurveyed ranges.
Not u single railway or telegraph
line lias been permitted to cross this
hermit country or to run into it, lest
the pernicious ways of the world leak
In. And the six or seven million people
have been hardly on speuklng terms
with any other nation.
Few Foreioners Permitted to Enter.
Night and day, from stone watch
towers nnd hidden nooks along the an
cient caravan trails that lead In from
India, from Persia and Russia trails
used long ago by Alexander and Jen
ghlz Khan squads of bearded, tur
baued Afghans, with imported field
glasses and long rifles, have kept
wutcli against trespassers from with
out. Only a few Europeans, mostly Brit
ish but occasionally also an Ameri
can und now and then u few Russians
or (Jermaiis, have been permitted to
enter tills country and to sojourn for
u while in Its curious cnpltnl. But even
on such rare occasions ns when a for
eign engineer, or a doctor whose serv
ices are badly needed, Is admitted by
the grace of the amir, the visitor Is
subject to a surveillance that amounts
almost to Imprisonment. "Splendid
Isolation" Is n sort of Afglinn tradition,
n conviction that the coming of the
foreigner will mean tho end of the
uinlr nnd of his unique, absolute rule.
As It Is, no other monarch now
wields Mich undisputed authority or Is
In closer touch with the every-dny life
of his subjects. Ho personally runs
his country's religion nnd its foreign
nffnlrs, nnd he even supervises much
of Its commerce. Ho nlso owns and
censors the only newspaper printed In
nil Afghnnlstnn. Incidentally, ho keeps
r8 nutomnblles, nnd he never walks.
Even from one nenrby palace to an
other he goes by motor over short
pieces of road built especially for his
pleasure.
Though the nmlr took no nctlvo part
In the World wnr, ho emerged from It
with singular profits. His old and
once rlvnl neighbors, Great Britain and
Russia, drawn together as nllles In the
conflict, left him n free hand. In WW
Great Britain ofilclnlly recognized the
polltlcnl Independence of this much
buffeted buffer state, to whoso rulers
she hnd so long pnld n fut annuity.
Keeps In Touch With the World.
Afghanistan, with nn area of IMfi.OOO
square miles, is, next to Tibet, the
largest country In the world that Is
practically closed to tho citizens of
other nations. But political llfo nt
wary, nlert Mohammedan Kabul is In
Rharp contrast to tho meditative seclu
sion nnd classic nloofncssvof the Bud
dhist Inmas ut Lhasa. Through agents
in India and elsewhere Amir Amanul
lah Khan Is In close touch with tho
world's current events j and, as the
Inst remaining Independent ruler of a
Moslem country, now that the power
of the Turkish caliph at Constanti
nople Is broken, he wields a far-reach-lug
Inlluence throughout the Moham
medan world. And It Is probably that
because his laud happens to He Just
ns It does on the map of the world, he
will bo for n long time to come nn
active force In the political destinies
of middle Asia.
The amir's word, his veriest whim,
Is law to his millions of subjects. He
Is, In truth, the last of the despots, u
sort of modern oriental patriarch on
a grand scale. His Judgments are, of
course, based primarily on the Koran,
or on the common law of the land.
There Is no statute book, no penal
code und no court.
The nmlr reserves to himself tho
right of passing death sentences. The
cruel Afghan forms of punishment,
such ns shooting a prisoner from the
cannon's muzzle, sabering off his bend,
stoning him to death, burying him
alive, cutting off his hands and feet
or putting out his eyes, nre seldom em
ployed nowadays; yet often the crimi
nal himself will chooso n quick, though
violent, exodus to paradise rather thnn
suffer long Imprisonment In n filthy
Iron cuge, perhaps to die eventually
of starvation.
The wny of the transgressor In Af
ghanistan continues to he uncommonly
hard, liowcer. Time and again, in
the recorded history of this land, de
posed amirs, troublesome relatives and
polltlcnl enemies have been deliber
ately blinded, there being u tradition
here that no man with any physical
aflllctlon may hold a public otllce of
honor or profit.
Its Mountains and Tribes.
Politically, Afghanistan Is divided
Into four provinces: Afghan Turke
stan, Kabul, Kandahar und Herat.
Topographically Its most conspicuous
features are the high peaks In the
nortlieast; where it touches the great
Hindu Kush, tho Tlrnch Mir attains a
height of over 2H.000 feet.
Through these mountains of north
east Afghanistan wind some of tha
most picturesque ami historic trulls of
the whole world. For centuries tho
trade between Turkestan nnd Inillu
lias flowed over these high passes,
and the story goes that often these
annual caravans number ns many as
120,000 loaded animals, Including cam
els, mules and horses.
Afghanistan is a Babel of races and
tongues; more than half its population
nro not Afghans ut all. The majority
group embraces tho Iranian-Aryan
Tadjiks, who Inhabit the settlements
and Inrge towns ; the- Mongolian Hazu
rahs, who roam the mountulnous cen
tral regions of tho country, nnd tho
Turkomans nnd Uzhegs of northern
Afghanistan. Tho real Afghans, or
"Pnhtos" (Pnthnns), ns they cnll them
selves, live In the high ranges stretch
Ing from the Sollmnns pnst Ohnznl and
Kanduhnr to the west, toward Herat.
The tribes nre divided Into minor
clans, called "khel," nnd they live al
most entirely off their herds of 'cattle,
camels nnd sheep.
Persian culture hns molded the boi
clnl llfo In Afghanistan through cen
turies; notwithstanding the religious
hatred between the Sunnls nnd tho
Shins, Perslnn customs hiwo been more
or less' ndoptod in tho upper ranks
of nil mlddlo Asiatic Moslem society.
From the Persians tho Afghans got the
ideu of mnrrylng more thnn ono wife;
but, like the Perslnns, too, they have
found to their dismay thnt polygamy
Is nowndnys n most expensive custom.
Amlr Hnhlhullnh Khan (who was
nssasslnated In WW) hnd a harem of
100 women, nnd among these, strange
ly enough, were a few Europeans. Tin
present nmlr, Amanullah Khun, bai
but one wife
WONDERFUL GAIN IN
WEIGHT REPORTED
Voung Woman Only Weighed 76
PoundsNow Welnhs Over 100
and Is Gaining Every Day.
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weighed 7(1 pounds, I now weigh over
one hundred and am gaining every
day," said Miss Laltuu Davis of Chut
tiuioogn, Tenn.
"1 bought my first bottle of Tnnlac
at Gas City, 1ml., and it helped me ho
much that 1 continued using It. 1 have
uluays heei. very delicate and suffered
a great deal from stomach trouble and
rheumatism. 1 rarely ever had any ap
petite and simply could uot relish any
thing. I fell ofT until I only weighed
70 pounds nnd was so thin I looked
perfectly awful. This Is the condition
I was In when I began taking Tiinlac.
"Oh. I feel so different now. liven
my complexion Is Improved. My anno-
! tite Is good and 1 can lumllv eel
' enough to eat. Tnnlac Is simply grand
' and 1 can truthfully say It Is the onh I
medicine that has ever done me any
good." i
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Elsie So Jack Is engaged, Is he7
' And Is Fanny the bride-to-be?
Ella No she Is the tried-to-be.
It miiv he said that one Is nn moro
responsible for his genius than for
his beauty.
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