¥ & | | i if 'gone brown,' and everything I ate i all my lite." Called Beautiful [= Maidens Are Fat ; and Sloppy. 3 bands may be plucked from the trees, § | Mets, but fine, handsome and charm- ing men from Holand who go to a THDRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1088. ee HALF CLAD ISLANDERS | SPOILS FINE SCENERY South= San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 19.-- The South Sea Islands have beer rh diculously overrated, according to a statement made here recently by Mrs. Whitney Sperry, San Francisco so- | eldty woman and globe trotter, who | Bas just returncd from a 75,000-mile Jaunt including a tour of the Orient, the South Seas and the Antipodes. : rs. Si sald she visited the South Sea Islands expecting to find a | land of dreams and romaace. "1 found beautifui scenery ruined by fat, half-naked men and women," she continued. "There was every sort of mixture of race and drink. Prices Were three times higher than they should have been. The place was full of half-dressed artists who have gave me indigestion. The food wis responsible. The South Sea Islands Bave been ridiculously overrated." 'In Java, Mrs. Sperry said, hus- bushes and the road side. not human wrecks or doddering dere- These are Java to make their fortunes. ""The heat is so intenge that most 'women refuse to live there," Mrs. Sperry went on to say, "so the only Siternative these men have, if they, wish to exchange single blesseduess for harnessed cussedness, is to marry | the native women. So you see what B golden opportunity there is for single white women. "In Hong Kong I met many Ameri- eah and English. women stranded without a cent, whose real reason for going to China was to get married. Most of them were more than thirty years old and more or less unattrac- tive. They had heard, incorrectly, that there were so many more Eng- Msh and American men than women in China. Once there they couldn't return. Java should have been their goal." "Mrs. Sperry entertains a bitter and hearty grudge against those writers Who have painted glowing word ple- tures of the South Seas and the maid- ens thereof. She says: "I received the biggest disappoiatment life when I landed In the Solth Sea The scenery is beautiful, Yes, but nothing startling. Java is ® beautiful. And those beauteous maidens one hears of, they are fat, Dearly all of them, and sloppy. Vo- fuptuous, yes but oh, so broad! They are derelicts of every race and na- toh, gone to seed. Of course there 48 quite a colony, of writers and art- - 38ts, but even a large number of these "Rave gone to seed. What struck me Particularly was the number of white ; educated and cultured, many them successtul i , who have married the nas women." a -------- Inertia Foe of Longevity Bays Senator 101 Years Oid | Los Angeles, Calif," Sept. 19. Cornelius Cole, formerly United senator from California, one Of the few living men who heard am Lincoln deliver his Gettys- pure address, was 101 'years old on day and his descendants planned B® quiet reception in his honor at his 'home here. "Longevity does not thrive on wn. Bria," Mr. Cole declared. "One must keep moving. 1 eat what I to eat, three times a day. are no 'don'ts' in my re- gime. "I gave up tobacco six years ago. I thought it was doing me mo good Bnd perhaps a lMttle harm. I have used alcoholic beverages temperately Quarrel's Fatal Ending Due to Swallowing Teeth Pittsfield, Mass., Sept. 19. --Wil- Jam B. Hill, a textile worker who died suddenly a few days ago after & Quarrel with Emil Belot. was suj- focated as a result of swallowing Lis upper set of teeth, an autopsy had - Yovealed. Belot, who was first charg. with manslaughter, will now be tried on a lesser charge because of $ evidenge. xs Turret Cape has Narrow Escape, Prescott, Sept. 19, -- The steamer : Cape had a narrow escave in rapids at the head of the canal yve Morrisburg, when, in attempt- Ig to enter the canal, sho fadled to] (80, and had to turn in the rapids, £0 back aguin and take the canal In again trying to enter the gate wes smashed, causing 08 ble delay to boats going up - down the river, as, owing to the An he gon water, boats are ohlig- { the carnal both ways. Had ot been able to make the turn pids, the vessel would have gone on the rocks. She was not da- government has announced admission to Russia would be for the purpose of accom- visitors to the commerchil hin Moscow, Americans de- to enter the Soviet repudflc ill find dt difficult to obtain permis. | » from Moscow, permission without | on with the central gov-| In Moscow and delays are as @s they were before the of my| writers "and | ut, of & change in policy. onssimini THE Il A SAVING O 3160 'NOW On or about January 1st, 1924, we will be in ~ production of a new four-door sedan and a new coupe, identical with those now being produc- ed in the United States. The prices on these new models will be-- Four-door Sedan $985 Coupe $755 Ford dealers have on hand a limited number of the present coupes and two-door sedans which can be obtained at the following prices: Two-door Sedan $685 Coupe $595 ) This frank statement of merchandising and pro- duction policies is made to settle all the rumors that have been circulated regarding Ford cars and prices in Canada. The saving in price on present models gives you the opportunity of driving your Ford closed car this Winter. . $300 and ON THE SEDAN Wy PRICES OF PRESENT MODELS Two-door Sedan . $685 Coupe $595 PRICES OF NEW MODELS : Four-door Sedan . $985 + Coupe $755 (All prices quoted above are F.O.B. Ford, Ontario, and do not include government taxes.) With winter closé at hand this difference in price should be all the more attractive. obtain the advantages of closed car comfort a nd distinction by availing yourself these prices. ! THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, Lindited FORD, ONTARIO | | ; "You ean -- EE ---------------------------- et CE YOUR ORDER NOW AS THESE PRICES WILL ONLY PREVAIL UNTIL THE CARS ON HAND ARE SOLD. UVEN BROS el, ¥ "PHONE 1609 1