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Endeavorists. Leopold Schepp, Manhattan coconut importer, known as "The Coconut King,"* last week set aside $2,500,000 to found a most original organization. It will enroll boys of between 12 and 16, who will sign a pledge to abstain from bad habits, particularly alcohol, to comply with the laws of any country they may happen to be in, to treat their companions kindly, to make themselves better men for the women they are going to marry. If they keep the pledge for two years, they will receive from $100 to $200. They will be called ''Endeavorists." Said Mr. Schepp...
...Said Mr. Schepp to reporters: "I noticed in some of the papers that they refer to me as Coconut King. Please note, I am not worthy of this title, neither does my firm handle more coconut than others...
...seem to care where you place the flora of Africa as to temperature or habitat. On page 8, Jan. 12, item Albert A'hunting, with mangroves and coconut palms on the high plains south of Nairobi and monkeys in juniper and olive trees in that section, you are telling us Travelers' Tales that set us, who are familiar with Africa, a-wondering. You ought to have that flight 'of fancy in the "View with Alarm" column...
...thousand miles over the sea on a strip of coconut matting 22 yards long was being played a test* match between England and Australia. The scene was set upon a sward near Adelaide, South Australia; and in the presence of thousands of people England was making her stand with the bat against the fast balls and ready hands of the Australians. Every movement of the 22 players was sent slithering through the ether to the isles of Britain...
...high plains to the south of Nairobi in British East Africa the monkeys jabbered noisily as they swung themselves from the mangrove to the coconut palm and clambered about the juniper and olive trees. The chattering stopped; curious faces peered through the leaves toward the ground where a disconsolate lion roamed through the tall grass...