davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1903-05-04
. average, .063; fielding average,
Coughlin, Third Base.
Batting average, .Z3Ji heIdlng average, 8.
De Montreville, Second Base.

Batting average, 400; fielding average, .965.
Moran, ShOrtstop.
o 0 0 0
Batting average. OOO; felding average, 600
The Washington times., 1903-05-04
Clarke, Catcher

Battlng average .83S: heIding average, 300.
Lee, Pitcher.
ALB. r. H. TB. Pc A. z. 2B. SB. HR.
o 0 8 0
Batting average. 900; fielding average, 1000.
Townsend, Pitcher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02

grade of skins. Probably the most notable
glove-making machine is the multiple
needle machine, for stitching the back of
gloves. which sews two. three, four and
even six rows at the same time. The auto
matte trimmer, which Is attached to the
head, or needle bar of the machine, was
introduced in 1893. and has greatly facili-
tated the work, it trims the leather
much better than do shears.
AT various periods and in different coun-
tries the glove has been the theme for
many fanciful and poetic theories. 1t has
been customary Offering in occa sions of
JOY and sorrow; the pledge of friendship.
of love and of safety. the symbol of hatred
defiance, humiliation and honor; the token
of loyalty and the tenure by which estates
have been granted or held.
The origin of the glove is unknown and
It's material history is not aided to any ex-
tent by the history of the world itself.
From all the evidence obtainable the glove
probably constituted a part of mems dress
from time immemorial. If recent discoveries
in the geological world are to be credited
1t formed part of the costume of the pre-
historic cave-dwellers. 1t is supposed that
the gloves of the cave-dwellers were made
from roughly dressed skins and sewed with
needles made of bone, and were not of
ordinary size, but reached to the elbows
thus anticipating the multibutton glove of
the victorian era. They were known to the
creeks and also the Persians and Romans
Among the Greeks they were chiefly used
Dy the laborers as protection for the
hands In gathering harvests. Among the
Persans and Romans they were also worn
as ornaments chiefly by the higher orders
particularly the military
They were considered necessary adjunct
TO the regalia Of royalty and they were
not generally worn by women until about
the period of the reformation The manu-
facture of gloves i'm the United States dates
from 116O. In the early period of the in
dustry the Indian process of tanning was
exclusively used. The distinguishing fea-
ture Of the process was the use of the
brain OF deer. which insured durable
as well as soft and pliable leather The
brain OF hog was subsequently tried. but
II was not entirely satisfactory as 1t lack
ed certain properties possessed by the deer
brain. At the present time the sheen and
lamb skins used are received in what is
known as salt pickle" which is applied
to the skin after the removal of the hair.
When the glove maker gets the skins he
stretches them and then shaves them down
to the desired thinness, and then they go
to the cutters. From the cutters room the
leather. which has assumed the shape of
a glove, goes to the ''silkers," who en-
broider the back. and then to the makers"
Some sew the fingers and put the thumbs
In. while others welt or hem the glove
around the wrist. and others. called point
ers, work the ornamental lines on the
back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
First Election in Washington.
BOXERS A POOR LOT.
Most Of the People in China Regard
Them as Nuisances.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
An American who is back from China, af-
ter considerable exploration in that land,
says that there is good deal of misappre-
hension in this country as to the makeup
of the Boxer legions. They are not politi-
cally important, In his view; on the con-
trary they represent the revolutionary, I'M
clean. ignorant element that is to be found
in every nation, in the sans culottes of
Paris in the dynamiters Of Madrid, In the
rioters Of Pennsylvania. the communards of
the Belgian. mill districts. but lower still
than these because the highest level of So
ciety and intelligence In China is not very
high. The emperor he found to be weak,
indecisive and inconseQuent; the empress
who has usurped his power. is shrewd and
foxy. AS to the Boxers, he says: They are
the poorest lot in China and they have
been hypnotized by Prince Tuan and the
other leaders.
Whats the attitude of the mass of the
people toward the Boxers? Why, every one
is down on them. That's because the peo-
pie who are intelligent enough to see the
drift of events realize that every outbreak
of these mobS makes the nations position
more difficult and perilous. They don't
further excuses on the part Of Europe for
interference with their government, and
they realize that it's to their own interest
to keep the Boxers quiet Still, the Chinese
have no love Tor white men. They regard
them all with suspicion. Foreign devil is
still the common name for US, and the ma
tives who have been Christianized by our
missionaries are known by phrase that
might be translated. secondary foreign
DEVIL I"
When ii is remembered that very few
white men are in China for their health,
any more than the Chinese are here for
ours: when the forcing of the opium trade
on China is recalled when the violation of
tombs and temples, unutterably sacred
in Monaghan eyes, is borne in mind;
when. also. it is seen that the profits of
railroads. telegraph lines and other enter
prises are going largely into the hands of
strangers, 1t does not seem remarkable that
the Chinese should have little affection for
the foreigners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
BOYS IN TRAINING.
The Young Athlete Should Have ALL
Around Development
From st. Nicholas.

From ST. Nicholas.
The first care of the school athletic train
err should be to remember that he is train
ing boys, and that he has not full-grown
men under his charge. The growing boy
is capable of a great deal of work, but this
should not be made too severe or he will
lose the nervous force which Is at the bot
tom of all success in any kind of athletics
The exercise should be made as pleasant
as possible and the young athlete Should
not be allowed to specialize, or, at least, not
In the same manner as the full-grOwn ath-
lete 1t is all very well for the young ath-
lete to have his favorite event and to have
one IN which he is most proficient but he
should also have a certain amount of
sprintihg distance running, hurdling jump
ing, and especially exercise in some form
of light gymnastics, such as the chest
weights, Indian clubs or dumbbells This
will give him the necessary reinforcing or
auxiliary muscles which he will need later
on when as college man he makes a real
speciality of some event. BY giving the
young athlete exercise that tends to an
all-round development the trainer will be
fulfilling the object of scholastic athletics
winch IS TO send the young man forth from
the school fitted for college not only in
mind but in body well. In their great
desire to win OUT many trainers lose
sight of this real object of athletics in any
cost. and they force the young athlete to
such an extent that, though while at school
ne does some very creditable performances
he is never heard of afterward because his
nervous force has been impaired This is
the great danger toward which competi-
tive scholastic athletics is drifting, and 1t
Is the duty of the principals to see that the
future health of the boys intrusted to their
charge Is not forever lessened through over
anxious athletic Instructors
Inc principal should also be most careful
IN the choice of a trainer, who because he
Is older, may exercise a very great Influence
on the boys ideas of fairness and true
craftsmanship. - w
With but one remark on diet wa shan
turn our attention to training proper. The
young athlete need not undergo any sys-
tenn or diet. He should be merely cautioned
asalnst eating too much pastry. &c. and
three or four days before a comnetttion
the trainer should ask him to give up every
thing but plain. healthy food. leaving oi,t
pastry candy and all sorts of highly sea-
soned vands' for If he attempts to put
them under strict regimen they will either
go TO one extreme or the other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02

goods. The enormous importations of
American goods into Canada and their char
acter explain the reason why this inequali-
ty is maintained. Canada must have
great deal of material from the south to be
used in accomplishing her present rapid de-
velopment. and it would be an expensive
policy for her people to raise the price of
the materials they are consuming so freely
by retaliating against the United States
through increased import charges.
The Canadians are continually fretting
over an economic position which forces
them to admit these American goods at a
low rate of duty. and they are hindered in
any retaliatory move by the fact that they
would be injuring themselves more than
they would injure the country to the south
A similar condition exists in the fiscal re-
lations of Belgium and France France is
a highly protected country and Belgium is
low tariff The Belgians cannot retaliate
against France without injuring themselves
and France apparently remains Indifferent
feeling secure in the advantage she has
which lies in economic rather than political
relations.
In Canada. however. there Is a growing
determination to check American importa-
tons. even at considerable cost to the Ca
madam consumer. in the hope that Canadian
industry will feel the stimulus and within a
short time respond to the demand or that
the United States will give way and con-
cede something to Canada, her third largest
customer among all foreign countries
]. d. WHELPLEY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
NO MORE PINK TEAS.
Paris Sets a Fashion in Simple and
seasopahle Dining.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Drop the pink Teas land the yellow din
ners and all such colored fads They are
no longer the style in Paris. Those who
give dinners and feasr there have returned
to the normal and sane ideas of eating nat
urally. Freak foods aafd freak decorations
have been brushed aside together and
things of the season must be eaten in sea-
son. III
It is now the fashion, to have everything
in season. the flowers as well as the FOOD.
Forced dollhouse plants and vegetables are
to be avoided. as weiE as imported meats.
Spring flowers arechosen Tor spring iunch-
cons and dinners,s jpstr as summer MOWERS
are chosen to decorate. summer tables with
the vegetables that are in season ana con-
sequently at theirsbesG
The elaborate, ribbon and the lace &C
cessories which formerly adorned tables
are entirely dispensed with. The tablecloth
Is of rich damask. Handsomely emDroloerec.
with the napkins to match. ana decorated
with centerpiece Of seasonaDle MOWERS,
encircled with wreath of green foliage or
vine. Masses of silver and gold plate are
left on the sideboard.
Only one knife and fork are placed for
each person. and Changed FOR others with
each course. but the rows OF knives and
forks on sch side OF the plate are scrupu-
lously avoided. together with all kinds of
specially shaped knives and forks invented
by the teweier to create want, but which
are to be dispensed with: even the oyster
fork is made to resemble the ordinary fork
as much as possible. and many smart host
esses do net even use a special fork for oys-
ters s....n.s
AS for the finger bowl. it has completely
disappeared from all smart tables and is
caricatured even in the salon under the title
of jules Bath a picture by Jean Veder,
showing a big fat woman washing her
hands In large finger bowl after dinner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
Student Houseworkers.
From Good Housekeeping.

At Columbia University statistics were
taken to ascertain how its students were
earning money to obtain an education. The
variety of callings was large, probably be-
cause New York city offers to any one who
is in search of work more lines of activity
than can be found in any other one Amer
lean city. One young man who as a boy
had learned to help his mother turned
houseworker for a family of three profess
sfonal women, who were in the city all day
and kept house in a Harlem apartment.
This student took all the care of the apart
ment. He arrived on the scene each morn
ing in time to wash the breakfast dishes
and do the marketing. Once a week he
gave the apartment a thorough cleaning
from scrubbing to busting. The young wo-
men handed him each morning a list of the
supplies they required, and all that awaited
them at night was their cooking. The YER
dict of his employers was that their work
was better done than by any of the women
that they had ever had.
This student was not the only Columbia
man who saw possibilities in housework
Twelve of them earned their board and
lodging by living in apartments where the
servant question had become more than q
problem. During leisure hours they wash
ed dishes. swept, scrubbed, cleaned. shook
rugs, cooked; one man actually did the
family washing, and did it we'll. So ably
do the students fill these positions that &C.
caSionally a Harlem or Washington Heights
patron is found advertising for a Columbia
student who will emancipate her from help.
less help
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
HIRE GIRLS TO SAY "No.v
Plan of Young Argentinos to Escape
the Celibacy Tax.

From the New York Press.
A new and lucrative field for woman's
work has been opened in the Argentine Re
public by which the fair daughters of that
favored land are enabled to earn good in
comes 1t is business requiring no capt.
tai. and all the work can be done at home
but one which is confined. in the nature of
things, to widows and maidens.
The women who engage in this easy and
lucrative calling are known as professional
lady rejectors," and their business is giving
much concern to the Argentine authorities
1t all came about by the passage of the
law taxing bachelors in the Argentine As
the law was thought to bear too hard upon
young men who really tried to get married
and could not do so from the fact that no.
body would have them, clause was in
serted by which a man exempt from
the tax if he could prove that he had pro-
posed and been rejected. They are not 50
slow in those Latin-Amercan countries as
we people up north imagine The profess
sional lady reflector at once made her ap-
pearance on the scene.
The fair daughter of the south who
chooses the reflector business in prefer
ence to typewriting or becoming a sales
lady does not hang out a sign nor send
around cards engraved with "Carmencita
SaureZ. Professional Lady Reflector. Office
Hours, 2 to TO-" but she causes it to be
known that she is in the business and will
tain stated sum she will consent to be
wooed by an eligible bachelor tax-dodger
for reasonable length of time. He can
take her to the theater, buy her ices and
pay for her bouquets and bonbons until the
expiration of the time limit. when he asks
her to be his, and according to contract,
she promises to be sister to him. But her
work is not yet over, for when the tax on
bachelors is due and Jose goes to the al
calde to swear off his taxes Carmencita has
to go with him and make oath that he has
proposed to her and been rejected.
This seems easy and pleasant way of
making ones living; but the girls engaged
in the business say that it really is one re-
quiring the greatest self-control and fire.
quently causes the greatest agony of spirit
to the practitioner, especially If she has a
large and wealthy clientele. For spinster
whose chances of matrimony on the
wane or a buxom widow who longs to be
consoled, to resist the temptation to vio-
late her contract and Say"YeS' when some
nice young man with nice fortune pro-
poses requires phenomenal business integ-
rity and is a severe wrench to the feelings.
1t readily will be seen that 1t is not every
woman who can succeed in the calling of
lady reflector. She much have the faculty
of convincing men that her rejection is GER
tain, or they will not trust her, and she
cannot get business. The young girl just
entering the profession has hard time of
1t; it is only the old. reliable lady rejectors
who are able to accumulate fortunes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
FACTS ABOUT GLOVES.
Have Constituted a Part of Mems
Dress From Time Immemorial.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The principal material from which gloves
and mittens are manufactured is the roans,
including all kinds of domestic sheepskins
Horse. COW. seal, hog and dogskins were
also used A horse or cow hide is generally
split up the back, and it is estimated that
In each hide there is 80 square feet. Mocha
and imported kid are used for fine lined
and unlined gloves for men, women and
children, and the domestic kid is made in
to the more common varieties The Cab
retta and Brazilian sheep skins are cut
into mems medium grade gloves for driv-
ing, while the roans or domestic sheepskins
are made into mems low grade gloves and
mittens. the cheapest leather gloves manu-
fa ctured
The horse and cow hides and the goat
and seal skins are used as substitute for
deer skins in~the manufacture of mems
imitation buck gloves and mittens. The
manufacture of ladies' fine gloves has net
yet been attempted to any considerable ex-
tent in the United States. This is due to
the fact that thus far glove manufacturers
here have been unable to secure the finest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
For Alleged Voting Frauds.

CHICAGO. June 2.-One man was arrested
last night and warrants were issued for
four more for alleged fraud in the vote of
the eighteenth ward in yesterdays judicial
election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
Cuban Duty on Coffee.

Minister Squiers at Havana cabled the
State Department that the Official Gazette
| OF May 30 promulgates a law raising the
duty on coffee from S12.15 to SIS per 100
kiloS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
Whetting Their Swords.
From the Kansas City Times

from the kansas City Times
Japan and Russia are both protesting a
determination to be good, but each is dili-
gently preparing to be bad.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-09
Badgers I'm Winter Time.

A writer on natural history has the
following to say of badgers: I'm hard
winter weather the badger lies much in
the earth, alternating for long periods
much after the fashion of the bear, and
sleeping, like that animal. with one paw
in its mouth. At this season the beast
closes up the mouth of its den and slum-
bers away it's time for many days. even
weeks together. In milder weather it
ventures forth again in search of food.
In the business of digging the badger is
one of the finest opponents in the world,
making its way underground, even amid
the greatest obstacles. with strength,
celebrity and perseverance that are truly
marvellous. have always regarded the
aardvark, the ant eater Of South Africa,
as the champion digger of the animal
kingdom. having been witness to some
of his exploits; but the badger takes a
very high place in the art of getting I'M
der ground"
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-09
A WOMAN'S SECRET.
WOman's Husband sixty
Thousand Dollars

Sir William Playfair, who has re-
Gently died in London, after having
been for years one of the leading ply
sicians of England. had a painful, but
instructive experience early in his
practice, relates Youths Companion
A patient confided to him in the
course Of his illness certain facts about
himself Sir William mentioned them
to Lady Playfair. his wife. She passed
them on to an intimate friend, also a
woman, and in the end they became
public property. The patient brought
suit for damages against the physician
and recovered the enormous sum OF
$50, 1000.
The incident has been used hundreds
of times by lecturers to medical stu
dents to point the danger of violating
professional confidence. 1t might well
have been taken to heart by women
also Probably the wife might better
remain in ignorance of her husband's
professional secrets. But she who
knowing them, uses them to spice her
conversation is surely more deserving
of contempt than the confiding hus-
band.
The "I'll never tell" of a woman was
long regarded as sort of permissible
joke-everybody understanding that
the phrase meant nothing Plutarch
reports of Marcus Cato that in his
whole life he most repented of three
things, and the first of these was that
he had trusted a secret to a woman
But the twentieth century has nearly
outgrown that bitter word. With the
extension of women's education and
their responsibilities there has come a
deepening of their sense of honor
They make fewer protests of secrecy
and they practice it more.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-09
A BRIGHT BOYS START.
How Basket of shoes Figured I'm
the Upward Career of a Pros
porous Man.

Opportunity, like sunshine and air,
travels everywhere; and may be en-
countered out on quiet country road
with just as much possibility as on a
crowded city street, says the Detroit
Free Press.
Never shall l forget" said a pros
porous man, how my first chance to
get on in life came to me. One sum-
mer day when | was Il, was walk
ing along rough country road on my
way to the nearest little town to buy
pair of shoes. In my hand | was jing-
ling 81, and it had been earned slowly
by selling and picking blackberries
AS l walked l wished l had So more to
buy suit of clothes. My idea was to
look respectable, so could get clerk
ship in the nearest city. Farm life did
not suit my aspirations. | wanted to be
where men were thicker-where
could learn more.
"At a turn of the road I met one of
our neighbOrhood farmers, who had
been keeping little crossroads store.
which he decided to close On his arm
he carried a rough splint basket, home
made-and it was filled with children's
shoes. We stopped to talk, as country
people always do, and he noticed the
81 in MY hand. / confided my ambi-
tons to him.
Joseph he said, ri sell you this
basket of shoes for your ST. You are
younger and spryer than l am-you
can go around the farms and sell all
these little shoes at so cents a pair
they are worth it-and this will bring
you III the money you want
at was my first business risk. but
took it. For two days peddled shoes.
far and wide. At every farmhouse.
nearly, was a child who needed shoes.
cleared So on the shoe business,
bought my clothes and shoes, and OBJ
tanned the situation which helped me
on to a wider field and success in life "