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The Washington times., 1903-11-22

nger and Jugger-he Romance of The indian CubSCenes
Manages OF the Club SVlgcr Over The Ordinary Morrill,

in his jacket would take world of en-
ioyment in just handling a pair of IN
dian clubs. after he knew where they
came from. / never take mine out of
the locker that ] don't think of it. This
is a sport, I'd have you know. that is
older than golf older than-don't talk to
me about the history behind fencing.
hearken to the story of how ] come to
be swinging these queer pieces of wood
here tonight.
When the great East India Company
was formed and first went TO the far
East. the officers and men alike wrote
home long letters telling of the wonders
OF the new country. Among other things
they mentioned a fantastic native exer-
else. which was nothing more nor less
than this same club swinging. The
sport-loving Britishers were quick TO
note the fine physique of the club
swinger, and soon adopted the exercise.
The First Club Swingers.
Il have n letter at home now. framed
and hanging on the wall of my den,
which was written by a Captain Jona-
than Stark, OF the East India Company.
and ] am enough of an enthusiast to
remember almost word for word what
the old fellow said about club swinging:
This wonderful club exercise is one OF
the most effectual kinds of athletic
training. The clubs are Of wood.
weighing from four 10 twenty pounds
and in length about two and half feet.
This exercise is a favorite one with the
native soldiery. police and others. whose
taste renders them liable TO emergen-
cies where strength is desirable The
evolutions which these clubs are made
to perform in the hands OF experts are
exceedingly graceful. Besides the great
-recommen dation of simplicity. Indian
club practice possesses the essential
property OF expanding the chest and ex-
erting every muscle Of the body con-
currently.
English officers brought native-nade
clubs home with them, and from that
time on the sport became more and
more popular in England. Today it j.
an important part OF the training of the
English soldier. and 1 doubt "a y=
could find a lustier athlete than Thomas
Atkins after a few years Indian club
training at Aldershot A brawny EEL
low he is. and stands. as a rule, FIVE
feet nine, and throws forty-three-ineh
chest.
so. YOU see. the good Nohammedan
toughened his muscles with sust the
same swings and circles that I'm using
tonight, though that was hundreds of
years ago. queer, isn't it,
How the Champion Wins.
ITO my mind it's a very pretty sight
to watch a good contest, especially OF
the championship class. The prize goes
TO the man who can execute the great
est number Of movements without re-
peating, without changing the position
of his feet. and with the greatest pre-
cision There are referee and two
judges; if the judges cannotAagree the
referee casts the deciding vote. Each
Judge sizes up every performer from
two points of view, in front OF him and
behind him. AS a rule, one and one
half-pound clubs are used. They are
beautifully made of fine wood and fin
iShed with german silver
''The last contest / attended officially
was in Chicago in 1891. when youns
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kept By Mesdames Hamilton Machens,
Wilson lthe Vice President of the
United States Mr.. Clinton. honored
Hostess Wilson as one OF her guests.
Myer. Downson Doynes, O'Neal, and
Thomson and Miss Finnegan.
Gentlemen who had their houses on
the Hill with Congressman as among
guests We're Messrs. Long, who kept
hotel: Washington. Huddlestone, and
woodsfde. The boarding house keepers
figure numerically almost as extensively
as the Congressman. There was ore
boarding house or r Street 0magine =
Street ninety-seven years ago, said the
old fellow where several members o.
No house We're located. That was
KENT by a Mrs. Luter A number Of the
members Of the Eleventh Congress at
the close of the days session would
journey away off TO distant and arsto-
cratic Georgetown. where they camped
in three boarding houses, those of
Messrs. Nourse, Crawford. and Florist.
Others formed a sort OF club. and
had their abiding place on Pennsylvania
Avenue. 1t was known as THE Wash
ington Mess" Senator Bayard, the
original of the Bayards of Delaware,
was n member of this club. Richard
Cults. Of Maine. resided, as the direc-
tory. records, lat the Presidents house.
That is about al the information the
original directory gives concluded the
old gentleman THE name OF each
member OF Congress and the place
OF his abode are presented in big black
type. Yes. that is all, but you remem-
her the old adage Large oaks from
little acorns grow In those old days
the boarding keepers in the city
were few. but so were the Congressman,
and therefore circumstances favored
each other.
Imagine what great tome the di-
rectory will be when we have annexed
cuba, swallowed the entire Dominion
Of Canada. have delegates from the
Philippine Islands, and from various
other countries on the habitable globe "
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The First Congressional Directory.

Inc FIRST Congressional Directory
Said an old and welI-known book
worm resident in this city. to a repor-
ter Of The Times. IF the saees and
solons who were In Congress when the
first Congressional Directory was is
sued should burst their cerements and
get a glimpse of the directory just is
sued, with its more than four hundred
pages. it maps Of States and Territories.
more or less elaborate biographies. and
observe the general makeup of this i'm
portant volume. they would assuredly
wag their heads in wonder and 20 back
abashed 20 their honored sepulchres-
The first Congressional Directory, q"
continued the old bibliomaniac. was is
sued just after the converting Of the
Eleventh Congress. In 1906. II was the
merest sort OF a booking it's extent in
width and length scarcely rivaling the
little penny primers Of our infantile
days, wherein we were informed that
g a was an Alderman, jolly and fat,
3 was q Baker. and wore white hat
And so on down 10 Z.
The original directory was IMPLY a
publication of the abiding places Of the
members Of the first house and the
members Of the second house. respec-
lively, the bodies We now call the Sen
ate and House of Representative.
1t appears from the pigmy document
that a majority OF Congressman were
located on Capitol Hill The boarding
houses in that section Of the city were
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~ OBJ AND PHIL are brothers. one
X is wer-known attorney in
l. y Washington; the other an emf
net jurist in Chicago. says VII
lis Brooks IN the Brooklyn Eagle But
never mind what they are now. our
present Interest in them runs back some
forty years or more, to the time when
they were ten and eight years old re-
spectively. Their mother. having been
born and reared in England, naturally
chung with affectionate memories TO the
dear old home long after She and her
young husband had come 10 live in
America Naturally, also. she taught
her first two boys 10 entertain profound
respect for England and everything taat
England produced.
Wen, one morning Rob got up with 50
bad q cough that his mother resolved
10 put a mustard plaster on his chest.
But she knew his obstinate nature too
well TO give him a suspicion of her real
purpose. so she called both boys to her
and showed them a tin box OF mustard
bearing a label with the well-known
lion and unicorn and the name Of a Ia
nous English manufacturer.
Now, said she, whichever of YOU
two is the.better boy all day today shall
have a real English mustard plaster
tonight"
The boys looked at the box with eager
interest. They had never heard Of a
mustard plaster. but it must be some
thing wondrously pleasing TO have. foI
there was the label with it's manifold
evidence shat the mustard came from
England. Each had resolved to do his
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kkT T is s-~esting to note the nu-
mero1z ways in which a
person may express the same
thought said Francis II.
whitney. private secretary to Postmas-
ter General Payne. recently; and in
this connection it may be recshsd that
the postofice authorities found a great
deal OF trouble few years ago ia pre-
seribing the proper sentence to be used
on the face Of a postai card.
''One Of the earliest cards was made
TO bear the sign. Nothing but the adj
dress can be written on this side
which was untrue. as many persons
could write more If they SO desired
Shortly afterwa I'd il was changed so as
10 say, Nothing but the address is to
be placed on this side, which was more
sensible, but was clumsy. and was soon
discarded. The next issue OF the cards
were inscribed. The address only 20 lie
written on this side which It was soon
seen could easily be construed TO bar
the use OF a typewriter The same OBJ
lection could be raised 10 Write only
the address on this side.
Finally the authorities got hystericaI,
and the nex- issue OF the cards in
formed the user that he could Write the
address only on this side, the message on
the other which was not only clumsy.
but ambiguous. and conveyed a wrong
meaning, Is the officials really, down
in their hearts. had no objection to Z
person writing the address on both
sides OF the caEzi. Later the word only
was dropped b II without much i'm
provement Il sals finally decided that
there was no us, in trying TO be orig
inal, and so they fashioned the phrase
which is now in use after the one used
on the postal cards issued by the Brit
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to taste to the fuII the pure JOY Of liv-
ing and to see how rugged health coIors
the view of things and people about you.
Besides. reader, If the chances of life
should ever force you, which here's
hoping they never vsilI 10 ask man on
Ia lonely road what time it is. pick out
some ordinary mortal, Put on a de-
termined air and carry Il big stick. al
may then 90 well. But if YOU meet an
Indian club swinger commence shooting
at him as soon as possible, or better
still. hurry on with never a thought OF
his mepeiece- He's an ugly uStcfner
aid as the poet SAYS Uncommon strong
in the arms.
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desk work: here. too, is where the fu-
ture triumDhs of the country in peace
and war; in business. in science, in
diplomacy. are being prepared.
The Art in Practice
Ia The center Of the gymnasium floor
man in duck trousers and jersey is
swinging and juggling Indian clubs. He
is keeping three OF them going. Now lie
drops one on the mat in front of him,
puts the toe OF his shoe over it. hirts
1t up into the air. and so-has three
great bottle-shaped pieces of white wood
twirliqg. flashing. and twisting all about
him. over the arm?-certainiy: behind
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Rushaw met ard defeated Gus Hill.
That was a championship contest OF the
highest class ! acted as referee. and
had an excellent chance TO see every
thing You can put down Gus Hill as
the father OF Indian club swinging in
this country He had given hundreds
OF exhibitions all over the country at
that time. and was counted one OF the
best Before he met Rushaw, though.
he had taken up the heavy clubs, and
that always makes man clumsy and
slow when it comes to neat, fast work.
I've seen Hill take a compound club
and roll it over his shoulder, but
Rushaw could stand stock still and 90
through one different motion after an
other for ten minutes ut stretch OF
course. he 'xon hands down.
The Fine Points of Juggling.
club juggling's a good deal different
from club swinging, as no doubt you've
noticed. One is far harder 10 get
smoothly than the other. You see the
principle in one is just the reverse of
that in the other IN Juggling the
longer you can keep the clubs in the
air the better juggler you. but in swing
ing they must not leave the h4nd. II
takes a long while TO get a motor down
that club up in the air and catch il be-
hind my back a moment ago? Wen. it
took me six months before could SO
much as lay hand on that club Some
times IL takes a solid year 20 get a DIM
cult motion perfectly. I've often sat IN
the theater and watched a clever juggler
and thought how little the audience
knew OF the time it took him 10 prac-
tice on those motions that seemed SC
easy. I'm sure that many men hold a
% tent right in some device and have
their Uncle sam to look after IL for
them, though they haven't worked over
il my harder than the club juggler at
his trick. which is regarded as common
property by another Juggler.
.'Oh. yes; have my pets roRg these
clubs For juggling I use TIE $ They'r
Just balanced to suit my tasse Thsy
weigh twelve ounces exactly. An Indian
club-that is the better grade OF work
is turned on lathe split in half length
wise. followed out and Joined together.
It is then fitted with a solid handle of
some tough wood. and then the body
IS covered with canvas and painted
For club swinging I use a two and
one-half pound club made OF willow.
/ make it a point to watch the wood
worker personally when he Is making
my clubs. More depends on q we'll
balanced club than the Iayman would
think.
81 Give You Fair Warning"
We'll" said Mr.. Marsh. as he brought
his clubs up in front OF him TO a carry, .
{ preparatory TO n series OF movements.
you can test what I've said very read
{ TX Invest IN a good scheme of the
noble art and mystery OF club swinging
ard a pair of clubs. Let me warn you.
though, at the start, that you'll need
I plenty Of enthusiasm for the game. In
afzn club swinging calls into play mus
cies that have done but very little work.
I They naturally protest very strongly.
! All this stiffness and soreness, however,
I passes away quickly. but I would ad
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A Cnol 60 Thief

Il never walk into a public dining hall
and see lot of hats on the rack that
I don't think Of trick played on hotel
clerk here in Washington a good many
years ago" said James a. Hendley. OF
the Patent ONCE. THE story was told
me by the victim, so 4 have every rea-
son 10 believe it is t-He and II It is
the man who worked the game was
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ITS 81 the very best clubs fof o youu~ste-
t. belong to.''-The Solid Muldoon.
A y arc lamp coughs and sputte-s
~ at the ceiling OF the big y. NJ.
"A c. A. gymnasium. three young
athletes are grunting over health
lifts, lively wrestling bout is in prog
ress. and from the gallery above come
the quick ciatter Of a punching bag and
the soft thud of gym" shoes on the
the running track. 1t is nearly time for
the class in athletics to begin; IL is
after the banks and counting houses OF
he city have put Up their shutters. Here
is where their srks get the physical
trim 10 carry the.h through. their day Of
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ish government. Our English cousins
say. The space below is for the adj
dress only and Uncle Sam has, This
side for the address only
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Wen ate until
Wen hold no more
Then wish that il
Was ate before.
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our turkeys fate
Is two by eight
our turkey 8 fate
is TO be ate.
The Washington times., 1903-11-22

~ OBJ AND PHIL are BROTHERS. one
X is a well-known attorney in
4 y Washington; the other an emil
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-27
THAT SUBJECT FOR DEBATE.
Communication Received in Answer to
the Question.

In Mondays issue, under the head
ing, ga Subject for Debate, the
Evening News published the follow
ing question, which wal sent in by
one of it's readers:
"How can the stockholders of any
factory receive more money in divi-
denos than they do at present by pay
ing more wages to their employees and
not reduce their help"
AS far as known no society has de-
cided to undertake to solve the prob
lem, but the following communication
has been received:
Editor Evening News:
The stockholders Of any factory will
receive more money in dividends by
employing capable men and by paying
them better wages they will be able
to endure more work which will more
than make up for the amount raised.
III. D."
This is a question which applies
very forcibly to Perth Amboy where
40 many factories exist and our read
ers are invited to discuss the subject
freely through our columns.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-27
MONEY NOT NEEDED.
Trade Transactions in Which There
Is No Cash. un
Foreigners and Farmers In Chicago
Do Get Supplies and AccOmmo-
dations in Exchange for
Produce.

When, the other day, a woman passen-
ger on an Elston avenue car, finding her
self without change, paid her fare to the
conductor by giving him q can OF to-
matoes, and the story got in the papers,
there was much establishment and not
a little laughter, says the Chicago Tirb-
une.
Yet thousands of dollars worth oil
business is done in Chicago every year
upon the same terms, and many a tran
saction which would swamp some cash
stores is carried out without the ex-
penditure of a nickel. The custom, winch
is deeply imbedded in some parts OF
Chicago, rose in one of two ways.
At the Office of City Sealer quinn,
where weights and measures are
like books, It is said that the habit Of
barter comes to Chicago from New Eng
land. A man who has a hotel out IN
Milwaukee and who is the center
of a trading population in which money
is seldom used, said that he believes the
barter and exchange custom, as used II
Chicago. came in after the Chicago fire
and was a product of those ~dfsorderec
days.
1t is out in Milwaukee avenue, toward
Dunning, down in Blue Island, and west
ward, near Hawthorne and Clyde, tina
much of this moneyless commerce is car
ried out. Yet so close to town as Hay
market square many deals are pu
through without the necessity on TN
part of either the buyer or the seller O
putting his hand in his pocket.
Money among some parts of Chicago1
cosmopolitan population is used solel!
as a medium of saving. In some part'
of the Italian and Chinese quarters 6
dollar spent means that $40 or $50 nav
been laid away. Many of these resident!
of Chicago are transients. They 1901
forward always to the time when the!
may go into the ticket ONCE u Du.
passage back to their native n
In the businesses in which they ar
engaged here they usually have littl'
capital except their labor invested. The!
sell fruit or brooms or rugs or they shin
shoes or do laundry work or sell tea II
small quantities. 1t follows that ne7e
at one time have they much money Ct
hand for spending purposes.
They cut their living expenses dow
to a minimum. Those industrious stats
ticians who calculate to the penny o.
how a family can live on $3.50 a wee
and who indulge in similar mathematics
feats, would be surprised to see hoy
many thrifty Greeks or econoNical ltal
ians can live BEAUTIFULLY ana happil
through a day which has seen tnly e b
of dry bread and a piece of hakon as il
! table luxuries. J.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-27
MANY PEOPLEASSEMBLE
FOR RELIGIOUS SERVICE
Five Congregations in the Baptist
Church Other Services in
the City.

Impressive THANKSGIVING services
were held in this city yesterday. Five
congregations, consisting of the Pres
byterian, Simpson NJ. E.. Danish M.
e., Swedish Congregational and Bap.
fist, fIled the latter church where a
patriotic sermon was preached by
Rev. A. Hanson, of the Danish M. E.
church. All the pastors took some
part in the service. The collection
amounted to 1923. 43, which will be
given to the hospital.
St. Stephens Danish Lutheran
church was filed with its own con
gregation and that of Grace Lutheran
church. who united with them. Ad-
dresses were made by Rev. ]. F.
Christensen and Rev. E. J. Keuling.
At ST. Peters Episcopal church the
rector, Rev. j. L. Lancaster oficiat-
ed, and at 2 O'Clock yesterday after
noon services were held in temple
Beth Mordecai.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-27
These people. who brt tarry "

1hOo1 PNOpl@s - 49, 49,
our gates, always live in n~eiehbcrhccts
which are populated mostly by their
fellow countrymen. When they reed
clothes they get them from the mar
whose relatives they lnew in Naples or
Athens. With shoes, drinks. cigars, med
icines it is the same.
They deal, many of them, with their
own people, and not always for cash.
They have something, some part OF their
small stock, or some share oftheir labor.
which they Willingly exchange for what
the other man has.
This trading among some strata OF the
aliens is done for the most part without
the use of money. Most of the money
that comes in is put into the channels
skin bag, which is kept back Of the
loose panel in the walls, under the board
under the bed or in the safety deposit
| vault, which is sometimes the only thing
| for which money is actually paid.
But Americans who have lived here all
their lives, and who expect to die here,
J GO not always pay money for what they
ct. In a larger way they are like the
woman in the Elston venue car who
paid a can of tomatoes for car fare. Many
of them are farmers. They drive into
town in the morning with q load Of prod
uce. Their first stop is at the hotel.
Never at a downtown hotel, but at one
of those countless farmers homes" or
farmers rests" that dot many OF the
outskirts.
The hotel keeper often does not make
out his bill in dollars and cents. He lets
the farmer put his wagon and his horses
! in the hotel shed and he charges him sc
many pecks of apples or 20 many bush
els of corn.
While the farmer is out selling his
produce his wife, or perhaps his daugh-
ter, may be trading needlework or but
ter for some article which is needed out
on the farm. Most of the money that II
used comes into the farmers family. II
does not go out Of it.
1t is useless to deny that hundreds o.
prosperous farmers who come into towr
each day spend money and spend it free,
y. But the percentage of those whC
cannot afford money and who exchange
rather than sell or buy is high. EveI
many of those who have bank accounts
prefer to do business in the old way ant
keep their money for themselves.
That this custom is neither the result
entirely of foreign nor of rural environ
ment it is only necessary to turn in thi
paper to the for sale or exchange column
There will be found the advertisement
of many city bred men and women VIII,
have some possession for which the.
want another. Money is not the nub 0
these transactions. They are cases o
genuine barter and exchange.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-27

OGDEN, Utah, Nov. 27.-One hun
dred and two miles of track. compos-
ing what is known as the Ogden-Lucien
cutoff across Great Salt Lake, has been
formally declared completed and made
a part of the Hartman system. The
dedication of this track has cost the
Southern Pacific Railroad company
many millions of dollars, but it is esti-
mated that it will result in a saving
of more than 100000 yearly in operat-
ing expenses.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-27
RUM MAGE SALE.
Ladies' Cleared $I53.35 for the Hos pitaI-
Thanks to all who Assisted. +,

The rummage sale that has been
held in the Goldberger store on State
street, closed Wednesday night. The
receipts are $l35. So.
The Ladies Auxiliary take this
means of thanking Mr.. Goldberger for
the free use of the Building, to Mr..
P. Convery for coal given and to the
press for advertising and all Others
who assisted in any way.