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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-20
JIMMY RIoRDAN.

.tlhM1 tftchDAN.
Captain of the c. B. c. football eleven.
can readily attach to one man in this re-
spect. 1t is impossible for a coach to give
the Individual members of football team
the care they require. at the same time
looking after other branches of athletics.
Coach Mcmillan. who will attend TO the
football branch of the game, has had con-
siderable experience as a player, having
been Il member OF the Williams College
football team for three seasons. Before his
college career. he played for several sea-
sons on the team of the Dwight School.
Nolte will captain Smiths team this
year. He will have enough of last
years squad back to give him the strong
est kind of a nucleus for an e.even. The
team. 1t is said. VIII be stronger and
faster than ever before, to Judge from
present prospects.
Coach Everhardt. who will handle the
baseball and physicaI-culture end OF the
game. was coach OF last seasons football
team Al the opening of the present fall
he decided TO take up the physical culture
and baseball branches of sport and to
have successor in the football line
As yet. IL is not known whether Ed
Stanard will return to the institution. His
weight would prove of value this year, as
IL mas done in the past. II is thought
probable. however, that he may take up a
course of studying under a tutor. which
would bar him from the school team.
The boys will practice on special lot
on Won Nersen avenue this year. The place
Is much more accessible than the Pas7irne
grounds. and 81 clubhouse has been erected
for them there. All connected with the
team are well satisfied with this years
prospect
Coach Delaney will probably have Coach
Caldwell OF last seasons Marion-S{n.s
team as an assistant this year In handling
the University eleven. The Marion-Sirrs
and St Louis aggTegations have consol-
idated. with the affiliation between their
respective institutions, and a strong team
should be drawn from the combination
Peehmanr Wfthnell and Moriarity. ends
of last season. will return this wear. .Jo1
and Otto Hendricks will also be back.
Schiafey and O'Brlen viii return and
Hays will also be on hand. Fitzporter
and McKeown will not be allowed 10 play
Until their standing in the good graces of
the A. A Z. Is assured.
Add to this aggregation four or five of
the strong men on the Marion-Sinns team
of last year and quite good sound Is
ready to start the season with. Delaney
will work his men out in the college yard.
teaching them signal practice. and the
simpler formations under the new rules
Hard practice will be started as soon as
they get solidly into Sportsfnan's Park.
Coach Todd OF G 3. c. has been going
quietly along with work at the Cote Bril-
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
George McAanus. assistant secretary of
the local race tracks, enjoys a wide ac-
Quaiutance. As theatrical manager he
:,rew almost all the actors and actresses
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-20
CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON

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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-20
GEORGE MMANUS' STAKED A BOOKMAKER,
THEN BROKE HIS OWN BOOK IN ONE BET.

Mac knew the old fellow must have
had a good tip or he wouldn't have been
speculating as to the disposition of the
three. So he asked him what he knew.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-20
LOCAL FOOTBALL TEAMS HAVE
FAIRLY SETTLED DOWN TO WORK.

Smith Acdemys Prospects Are Slightly Better Than Those of
High Owing to the Number of Last Seasons Players Who
Have Returned Acaemy-WashingtOn Unversitys Elev
Gets Out Early Work Each Day Under New Ruling.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-20
A GREAT RECORD
OF EIGHTEEN YEARS.
WE HAVE THE ONLY CURE
FOR CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON
KNOWN TO THE WORLD.
A RECORD OF EIGHTEEN YEARS
Has Proven II Bsyond AII Doubt.

ALL CASES OF BLOOD POISON THAT HAVE BEEN Akp
THOUSANDS HAVE ONLY COUNTRY BUT
OTHERS CLAIM, WE PROVE AND GUARANTEE PERMANENT CURES
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-20

Coach Todd OF G B. c.. has been going
quietly along with work at the Cote Bril-
fante institution. and has his men settled
down to THAR steady duties. Jimmy Rior-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04

"Of course"
'Then, Miss WiIilams-Bessie," he
cried. turning on Neil. Il have de-
ceived you. l am not Philip Stacy at
all; l am really Frank Thomas, and
Thomas there is the real Stacy; but
I love you with all my heart; will you
marry me?'
AS l said, Neil was quick witted. Her
face lit up with a glorified smile And
l am not Bessie Williams, either" she
cried. Il am really Neil Jones; there
is the real Bessie; and l will marry you
with all my heart
Frank and I looked at each other
no, I mean the real Philip and l look
ed at each other. "Why!" l gasped,
in a low tone that the real Frank
could not hear; why, you can't be
Philip Stacy. Uncle Jim told me he
was hideous."
Philip started. Uncle JIM" he
cried. why, it was he who told me
that you were homely as q mud fence
with a heart of gold. but"
For a moment we stared at each
other. Then almost together we ejac-
ulated. disgustedly: Sold"
I telegraphed the news to our law
yer, and received the following reply:
Dear Miss Williams:
Il congratulate you and Mr.. Stacy
on your engagement. which l do not
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04

now so much in vogue than blue tulle
picture hat untrimmed except for its
own puffings, and a wide tie of the
same tied at the front of the throat in
a great crush bow which resembles a
choux.
From scarfs to fichus is an easy
transition, especially since many of the
wider scarfs are being worn fichu-
wise across the shoulders. They as
sist in the attainment of the fashion
able long shouldered effects and can re
deem a gown from plainness.
A striking French importation. which
may be termed a fichu, is of white
plisse chiffon, 1t is ruf1led into shall
low sort of shoulder cape, edged with
two rows of inch wide black velvet
ribbon, which give something of sta
bility to the shape. The ends Of the
cape come just to the sides of the
bust in front and are finished off by
chCuX of black chiffon. From beneath
these the wide sash ends of the white
chiffon fold across the breast and are
tied in the back at the waist line. The
sash ends extend to the hem of the
skirt and are trimmed by two rows of
the black velvet.
A pretty fchu is of coffee colored
net. 1t is wide over the shoulders,
These hang down to the knee. The
net is laid in narrow folds, held in
place by occasional appliques of lace
medallions. 1t is edged with wide
lace flounce. The fichu is intended to
be worn united and well eff the Shout
ders. 1t may be kept IN place by a
jewelled pin or two. Fichu pins are
becoming a necessity.
Lace stoles and collars are being
made in one piece, as in the spring,
but it is noticeable that the collars
are deeper and the stoles narrower
than was the case with the earlier va
rieties. In measuring them the col
lar is quoted as being a certain
length and the stoles another.
London is an extremely cheap place
to buy laces. The summer tourists
have been taking advantage of the
fact, and this winter will astonish
their friends with lace collars and
scarfs. AS one traveller said: III
seemed extravagant to spend so much
for one thing, but then lace is as good
an investment as diamonds"
She was right, and especially so this
winter, when lace is a necessity. A
Maltese lace collar and deep cuffs will
transform a simple velvet shirt-waist
into a thing of elegance. Velvet
should be popular this winter, since il
furnishes so adequate a background
for lace.
Many of the rare lace importations
are such as a year or two ago were
rarely seen outside of museums. But
the fashionable taste for lace grows
more extravagant. and all Europe is
being ransacked to please the Ameri-
can woman. She pays the price. but
the results seem to justify her extrav-
agance. Even an indifferently cut
gown can be redeemed by an exquisite
Cavalier collar of old Brussels lace,
while the lovely pelerines of Italian
lace are veritable works Of art.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04

doubt was entirely a matter of true
affection. Before anything becomes
irrevocable, however, l feel it my duty
to tell you a secret that has been care
fully kept from YOU all these years.
Your Uncle Jim's will contained
codicil referring to a certain sealed pa
per which he provided was to be open
ed at the end of three years. The
court, however. refused to permit so
important a document to remain sealed
and it was opened forthwith and
spread upon the records, where you or
anyone else could have seen it at any
time If you had cared to look. 1t
changes the will as you know it in one
respect only. 1t throws out the friend
less cats and divides the fortune
equally between you and your cousin
at the end of three years whether you
marry or not. I felt it my duty to re-
main silent all this time, but now
must speak out.
Yours very truly,
Henry Mason"
When read this knew at last what
I had never been able to understand
before--how Uncle Jim could have been
willing to risk disinheriting his own
kin as he would have done under the
first version of the will II Philip and l
hadn't found our afinities in each
other.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04

really and truly in love-I was sure
of it--yet he seemed to hesitate to
let her know it. Actually. the man
would join me when | knew he was
longing to join Nell. and talk to me
by the hour about Nell. I hoped that
he could understand his own reasons
for feeling this way; I'm sure
couldn't. Anyway, he and Nell man.
aged to make each other tolerably mis-
cradle, each anxious TO go forward, but
each hanging back.
Mr.. Thomas also seemed miserable
He would look from Nell to me, and
from me to Nell in the most desperate
way entirely inexplicable by any
knowledge in my possession. l believ-
ed that he was fond of me, but every
now and then he would seem to feel
it his duty to make desperate love to
Nell, who finally made up her mind
that it was her duty to meet him half
way and leave the field free for me
with Philip. OH we made ourselves
sufficiently miserable for a week or
so that June.
At last. Mr.. Thomas brought things
to a crisis. One day he turned des-
perately on me. Miss jones'" he
said. resolutely, Il am a poor man
dead poor-but / love you with all
my heart Will you be my wife?"
For a moment my breath was taken
utterly away. Then l turned on him,
saying good-by to Uncle Jim's for
tune as I did so. "Mr Thomas" 1
replied, in much the same tones as
his, Il am a poor girl-dead poor
but ] will"
The printer can put row of stars
here, for / intend to draw a veil over
the events that followed next. It's
easier to do this, anyway, for / never
could tell a love story properly. After
n while, we went back to the hotel to
Join the others, and found them just
starting to find us. Both of them
looked utterly woebegone, in marked
contrast to our happy faces-although
/ was little disturbed over the neces-
sity of Tossing up.
Neil made this easy for me, how
ever. She always was sharp-eyed, and
she guessed how things stood in a
moment. why. Bessie, she cried, ex-
citedly, calling me by my real name in
stead of my assumed one, do you
mean"
yes, 1 do. Neil, you dear. you. I
have-we have"
yes" chimed in Frank. Con
graduate me. old man, I've won the
sweetest-hang the fortune
Then Philip became tremendously
excited all of a sudden. Then
then" he cried, I'm free to speak"
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nave come on for the funeral. When
ne recovered, he stayed away on MIR
pose / suppose he didn't relish hav-
ing girl pitched at his head anv
more than liked having a man
thrown at mine. Six months latar
MHeh June came along and our first
So So meeting was to take place.
wioIe 70 MN. according to the terms
Oh uncle Jim's will, and asked his
consent TO postpone the meeting for
one year. AS an incentive to this
course Of action. I enclosed a picture
OF my best friend Nell Jones. who
though the dearest, sweetest girl in
the world, was not-well, not exactly
beautiful OF course, I didn't say
that the picture was of me: if Philip
fault NY
1t seemed, however. that he did not
need any deterrent. as he sent a reply
with quick delivery stamp, agreeing
win me fully and enclosing the por-
tralt OF the very uglist man I ever
saw. 1 took it to mother in horror.
Really, mother" I said. there is no
use in waiting any longer. I simply
cannot marry a man who looks like
that, no matter how many golden
hearts he may have. You must write
and break off the match definitely"
But mother hesitated. There's no
use in being in a hurry, Bessie" she
said. THE property must remain as
it is until the three years are up, any
how. So don't be precipitate. You
aren't in love with anyone else. are
you?"
Certainly not" I answered, truth
fully.
Then let things rest for a while"
! yielded, of course, and possessed
my soul in patience for another year.
Then, as June drew near once more,
CHANGED 10 see in the paper one
day an account of an accident to a
namesake of mine, by which her face
was badly SCARED. This wasn't at all
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04

runaway horse, and so hurt that he
died a week later. Mother and l took
mis- fate a great deal harder than he
dld. In fact, he made, or, at least,
ne pretended to make, jest OF 1t, tell
ing me over and over again that the
only thing he regretted was that he
couldn't live long enough to get even
with me. At the very last he glanced
at me with twinkle in his eye. Too
bad l couldn't get even with you, Bes-
Sic he said.
When his will was read l understood
thA twinkle. He had left all his Tor
tune in trust, the income to be divided
between me and my first cousin, Philip
stacy, for three years, and the prlncl-
PAL 10 come to us at the end of mat
time provided we married each other
IN the interval. If either married any
one else or definitely refused to marry
the other, the entire fortune was 10
vest in the other We were to spend
me month of June each summer at
certain watering place in order to get
acquainted with each other If eItner
Oh us stayed away, the money was 10
revert to the one who came unless the
meeting was waived by written agree
H'eht. If the three years ended WIFI
out our marrying, the money was to go
TO a home for friendless cats.
Now, neither the Stacy nor the VII
mans family was especially well to DO.
a fortune of half a million dollars was
NOT TO be despised, and our family as
wen as our Stacy cousins would hesl-
late Tor some time before giving it up;
YET what girl could or would rejoice
III being deliberately told off to marry
man whom she had never seem
specially one as repulsively homely as
OhcIe Jin-who was the only one OF
Us VINO had even seen our Missouri
was.
Fhllin Tracy has a heart of gold,
5 I%.a Uncle Jim, again and again. "A
1eor1 OF gold, but a face as ugly as
MA, r.at OF the devil himself. However
iDu don't mind that when you know
t fni. Thinking of this afterwards, l
wv sure that Uncle Jim was trying
W., prevent the shock he knew that |,
a WIN my ideals OF manly beauty, must
eAA ,5ei when I should meet my
l. uslh' II this was his hope. however,
60, was not realized for long time,
gu II was nearly three years before
N.Y., oil us laid eyes on the other
tca,I IIs postponement of the inevitable
vi vile about very naturally Philip
H. cry III just at the time of Uncle
ueath or I suppose he would
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04
UNCLE JIM'S
POSTHUMOUS JOKE.
By CRITTENDEN MARRIOTT
Copyright, 1908, by Critenden Marriott.
Bv CRITTENDEN MARRIOTT.

1,-,Ar the lawyer had finished 1
,oo,,od at him in utter desperation.
M Mason" I exclaimed, almost cry
;ro do YOU mean to tell me that IN
ole Inns money will all go to a set of
ouev cats unless 1 marry a man l
Ever saw in my life--a man who, &C
cording to all accounts, is one of the
most repulsively ugly creatures that
ever eXisted?"
Mr. Mason looked distinctly sympa-
.batic. I'm afraid that is the state
~ the case. Miss Williams he an
s,yared your uncle insisted on leav-
ing il in that way and instructed me
n tell you, if you protested-and he
seemed tolerably certain that you
would protest-that beauty was only
skin"
IFS monstrous! Horrible! It's car
rving a joke too far"
a ioke!" the lawyer repeated fee
blv, 4 shouldn't exactly call it"
THAT'S what it is-a posthumous
iokel | knew Uncle Jim would get
even with me in some way, but l never
dreamed he would do anything as
rr1el as this. 1t was positively wicked
of himIwhen he knew how much
mother ana WOulu llSeu llAS HlOllSy'
But perhaps I had better explain.
Every man has his own fancy, l sup
nose. and Uncle Jim's was for practi
raI iolMng. To say that Uncle Jim
would rather joke than eat is to put
the thing too mildly, since he had in
vented and worked out this last alleged
Joke on his deathbed. He owed me one
in return for trick 1 had played on
him some months before. Uncle Jim
always made a point of paying such
debts, usually with interest.
I was on the watch for his revenge
for a long time but forgot all about
it one day when the dear old fellow
was brought home knocked down by
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04

surprising, of course, as there are
plenty named Bessie Williams in the
world, but it put an idea into my head.
I clipped it out and enclosed 1t to
Cousin Philip, asking for a fresh
postponement of our meeting time
1 didn't say that the accident had hap
pened to me, but of course the infer
ence was plain enough. However, 1t
turned out that l needn't have f1bbed,
for scarcely had I dropped my missive
in the mail when ] received letter
from Philip, written the day before
mine, telling me that he had been i'll
with smallpox. He added that it was
hoped that he would not be much
SCARED, but that he was still weak
and would be glad to postpone our
meeting for another year. could
imagine his appearance after having
a choice assortment of pockmarks
added to his already horribly ugly
features-for, of course, l understood
what his optimistic remark about not
being much SCARED must mean. So
I lost no time in writing again and
gladly accepting the proposed delay.
But finally the last June of all drew
near-the June when we must meet
and decide to marry or lose both IN
come and principal of half million
dollars Mother and / would be sad
Nv pinched without this money, ana
| couldn't help letting my thoughts
wander to my distant cousin nor re-
frain from wondering whether he
might be possible after all to. l
ended by writing to ask him whether
there was not some way in which we
could arrange to divide the money ana
cheat the friendless cats, without nav
ing to take each other for better or
worse.
In reply Cousin Philip wrote that ne
was sorry to say that he could see
none IT appreciate your teelngs
nerfectlv." he concluded. at pelhg
obliged To marry somebody you never
saw. / feel the same myself. though
IF course, in a less degree. being a
man. But l don't want to give up TINS
money any more than / suppose you
do. Why not let us meet, Wlthout
nreiudice, as the lawyers say? IT'S
INST possible that we might fall des-
nerately in love with each other at
first sight. In that event, everything
would be all right. If we don't there
viii be no harm done, and anyway IL
we decline to become lovers. we may
at least become friends.
There was something cold-blooded
about this, but there was something
sensible about it. too. The more l
thought of it. the more liked the
idea. So at last wrote that l should
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY OCTOBER l. 1908

spend June at the place designated in
the will and should hope to meet
him there.
But as the time drew near I could
not make up my mind to go to be
inspected like an animal for sale.
Finally, when just about to throw up
the whole thing, brilliant idea struck
meat least, 1 considered it brilliant
then. 1 would take my friend Nell
Jones along with me and would
change identities with her. She should
be Bessie Williams and 1 Nell Jones.
Then, if l found Philip impossible. 1
could easily get away.
So I did it, We went to the springs
and as mother wrote her name and
mine and Nelrs on the register, we
saw the names of Philip Stacy and
Frank Thomas. both of st. Louis,
writing l had grown to know to well.
Philips got a friend with him, too
said mother, meditatively. You both
evidently need some one to help you
through.
We met, of course, almost at once
and. strange to say, we all became
very chummy. Nell was always ready
for fun and 7, feeling entirely at ease
in my assume ed character. could afford
to be as jolly as any one. So, in spite
CT the fact that Cousin Philip was I'M
QOuDleulN the uBIleSt man llNItlSs WE
got on famously together for two
weeks.
OF course, we soon paired off, Philip
had to be- especially nice to Nell
whom he supposed to be me-and Nell,
acting for me, had to be specially nice
to Philip. This left me-the real me
to Philips friend, a big, broad six
footer, as handsome as poor Philip was
ugly.
AS I said, for two weeks we got on
famousy, Then the situation became
strained. The fact was-I can confess
it now-Cupid began shooting blindly
and hit everyone of us. l had found
that Philips heart was really golden,
but. all the same couldn't quite make
up my mind to his other qualities. Be
sides l found my fancy straying alto
gether too persistent to his friend,
Frank Thomas Nell. on the other hand,
seemed to appreciate golden hearts at
their full value, and Philip, truth to
| tell, seemed nightly taken with her.
Under the circumstances. however, she
could not but feel certain that he was
thinking more of Uncle Jim's fortune
that he was of the real Nell, and, of
course, she didn't want to be courted
under false pretenses.
| Philip, too, was acting in the strang-
! est way. He was in love with Nell,