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New-York tribune., 1907-08-29
PAGERS WELL MATCHED
SONOM1 GIRL SCRATCHED.
Close Races at Providence Furnish
Good Sport on Grand Circuit.

Providence, Aug. 2S.-The third days racing
Narragansett Park furnished most interesting
race the 20i class for PAGERS, which required four
heats, all the starters pretty we'll matched
The event of the day. the Roger Williams Stake. of
$500 for PIP trotters brought out larger crowd
than either of the first days, about thou
sand being present. In this race Highbal1 and
SOnoma Girl were both entered. and the withdrawal
of the latter a great disappointment TO the
spectators Just before the 1T announced
that SonOma Girl was in condition TO do any
racing AS was then expected. Highban away
from the field. getting heats with very little
trouble. though Geerss geldng lame. The
feature of this race was the fight for second money
between Athasham. Wilkes Heart and Berico. each
OF which succeeded in nosing out the place badly
wanted ts- the others
The first race. the 22o pace. with eight starters.
handily by Laura Bellini in straight heats.
Both heats hotly contested by the and
Moy. Laura winning by narrow margins. The third
the 2:oi class contest for PAGERS. puzzle.
Ardele. ArGOt Boy and Kruger all looked like first
money. Four heats were necessary to decide this
event.
Ardelle led all the way in the first heat. with
Kruger and Argot Boy fighting IT out neck and
neck for second place. In the stretch Kruger drew
away, finishing about two lengths ahead of the
Boy and about length behind Ardele. In the
second heat Ardelle and Argot Boy travelled neck
and neck with Kruger and Kip two lengths behind.
phenomenal burst OF speed put the gelding and
the little brown equal footing with the lead
ers when about one hundred feet from the wire
Another length would have seen Kip capture first
place, but Kruger took the heat, with Kip second
and Argot Boy third Geers and Ardee finished
fair fourth In this heat Argot Boy wore hopples
and showed better form.
In the next heat Kruger took the lead. but broke
at the three-quarter mark, giving way to Argot
Boy, who finished first. Geers, who had been keep
ing Ardele in the of the field. spurted I'm the
stretch but far behind to catch up to the
leader. although succeeding IN getting second place
At this point the brown mare seemed TO go lame,
a fact which noticeable in the final heat.
Only the heat winners started in this heat Argot
Boy at once took the lead. and was never headed.
though Kruger put up a game fight. racing neck
and neck with the Boy to the last quarter. TIE
starters finished in a procession. Argot Boy first.
lengths ahead OF Kruger. which In turn was
two lengths ahead of Ardelle.
The last the card went to Thornfeld, tho
conceded favorite. after game fight In which
Zaza and Wild Bell figured. In both heats Thorn
field was headed first b. Wild Bell. then by Zaza.
but was not be denied finishing first after driv-
ing around the rest of the bunch The summary
follows:
New-York tribune., 1907-08-29
I RACE--For two -year-olds; about six fuTongs.
irt bad Won easily. Time I:1O+. Winner. b. c.
Don de Oro-EigIeaf. OMner II. /. Thomas.

SIXTH RACE-Selling; for three -year-olds; mile
three sixteenths. start good. Won driving.
Time. 2:0Ir- Winner. b. e. by Wadsworth-Dres
Owner, j A. Sykes.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-29
MAR0CZY REGAIEs CHESS LEAD.

Apprentice allowance
New-York tribune., 1907-08-29
GOLF SOLONS 1CQUIESCE.

.Raced n hopples after first heat.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-29

FIRST RACE-For madens years old five and
half furlongs good Won easily Time. 1:0T+s.
Winner ch. c. by misunderstanding Brass. Owner.
William GersI.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-29

Totals 81 S13 q II 2
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24
Autobiography of Mark Twain
Continued }J7o. pagr 6

night.-whCh WAS a penalty sometimes bear
able. perhaps but rule 1t was not, and
avoided 1t for the sake of my constitution.
She would never believe that | had been t.
church until she had applied her test: she
made me tell her what the text was. That
was simple matter. and caused me no trouble
didn' have to go to church to get a text. |
selected one for myself This worked very
well until one time when my text and the one
furnished 10y a neighbor who had been t.
church. didn't tally. After that my mother
took other methods. | don't know what they
were now.
In those DAYS men and bows wore rather
long CloakS IN the winter time. They were
black, and were lined with very bright and
snowy Scotch plaidS One winters night when
| was starting to church to square a crime of
some kind committed during the week hid
my cloak near the gate and went of and
played with the other BOYS until church was
over. Then | returned home But in the
dark put the cloak on wrong side out entered
the room, threw the cloak aside and then
stood the usual examination | got along
very well until the temperature of the church
was mentioned. Ny mother said
1t must have been impossible to keep
warm there on such a night
dldn Z see the art of that remark and was
foolish enough to explain that | wore my
cloak all the time that | was in church
She asked II | kept it on from church home
too.
didn't see the bearing of that remark |
said that that was what had done
She said, " You wore it in church with that
red Scotch plaid outside and glaring? Didn't
that attract any attention."
Ot course 10 continue such a dialogue would
nave been tedious and Improbable, and | let
1t 90, and took the consequences.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24

for there could bc no considerable amuSe-
mcnt To- hc gotten out of skating AZ night If
nobody was gong To- object to It About Md
niEht when We were more than half mile out
toward the Illinois shore We heard some. or,i-
nous rumhling and grinding and crashing 90
ing on between us and the home side Of the
rlvcr. and we knew what IT meant. the ice. WIS
brcdkng up We started for home. pretty
badly scared, We flew along At full speed
Whenever the moonlight sitting down between
the clouds enabled uS L. tell which WIS ir, lrd
which was water. In the pauSeS We waited
started again whenever there was a good hrifr
ot zee, paused again when we came To- naked
water, and waited IN distress until a H,atino
vast cake should bridge that place.
II took Us an hour To- make the trim tim
winch we made IN a misery of apprehension ail
the time. But at last we arrived within n very
bret distance ot the shore. We waited aeaiu
there WAS another place that needed bridging
All about Us the ice was p,unging and grinding
along and pilng itself up in mountains on the
SHORE. and the dangers were increasing not
diminishing We grew very impatient to get
% soma ground; So we started too early and
went SprlugIng from cake t. cake Tom r,,f,.
mlScalculation, and tell short He qot \
bitter bath; but he was SO close to shore thar
ne only had To SWIM a stroke or two. then his
teet struck hard bottom and he crawled out
arrived a little later, without accident
we had been IN 4 drenChing perSpiration.
and Toms bath was a disaster for him U
took 70 his bed sick, and had a procession nj
diseases he closing one was scarlet fever
and he came out of It stone deaf. Within a
year or two speech departed of course. Rut
some Years later he was taught to talk. after
tashion-one couldn't always make out what
It was ne was TRYING To say. OF course he
could not modulate his voice, since he couldr't
hear himself talk. When he supposed he W.
talking low and conhdentially, YOU could hear
him in Illinois '
-Four wears ago (Ioo2) was invited bv tb,.
University OF Missouri To come out there and
receive the honorary degree of LID / -
that Opportunity To spend a week in Hannibal
"A city now. village in my day 1t had
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24

Oh. look and see, Whom have We here
With Coun- n-te-nancc So smrk-v:
lies saying grace OF course you've guessed
Tis Thanksgiving Tur- key
Now do not ask what makes him proud, -
I'm very poor At guessing,
The best part of a Turkey cock
| think Is in the dressing.
Ill Mature students say the chest
Qt may not be a fa-ble)
OF Turkey cocks Is better on
Than at the dinner table
But this | know his strut-ting ways
So vain and pert and perky.
Convince me that par-lorS not
The proper place for Turkey
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24
How Tom Nash Lost His Voice

THAT was about 1870 Tom Nash was
boy OF my own age-the postmaster'S son.
The Mississippi was frozen across and he and
| went skating one night, probably without
permission | cannot see why We should 60
skating in the night unless without permission,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-14
For the Young Folks.
The Story Of the Hollv Sprig

Inc Story OF the Holly Sprig.
Id be the shiniest green"
Wished once 4 Sprig OF holly
lhat e'er at Iule was seen,
And deck some banquet jolly
I'D be the cheerlest red"
Wished once The holly berry,
That e'er at board rich spread
Helped make the feasterS merry.
The life within them heard
Down dark and silent courses
For each wish is word
To those far-hidden sources.
All summer In the wood.
While they were ripper growing,
The deep roots understood,
And helped without their knowing.
In little market stall
At Iule the sprig lay waiting,
For fine folk one and all
Passed by that open grating.
The eve of Christmas day
II had been passed by many.
When one turned net away
And bought 1t for a penny
Hers was home of care
when not a wreath made jolly:
The only Christmas there
Was that sweet sprig of holly.
''oh. this is better far
That banquet thought the berry;
The leaves glowed like star
And made that cottage merry.
Arthur Epson in St Nicholas
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Extra for Labor.

western jobber recently sent an as
pring young man on the road to open
up a new territory where a new railrOad
was going through. All tie towns be-
ing new. there were no hotel aeconfm0-
dations. aud il was necessary for the
salesman to secure meals and lodging
at restaurants, etc, whore the price was
- cents per meat On looking over the
expense account the manager noticed all
meals charged at 80 cents.
look here. Charlie 1 see you have
charged us 80 cents per meal on your
trip. and / am reliably informed that il
is impossible to get a mea! for more
than - cents in your entire territory.
How about itg'
well" said the salesman. "you are
right il did cost me but p cents per
neal but ! tell you. sir, it's worth the
ether - 70 eat those meals. "-Philadel-
phia ledger
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to us the story of woman who one,
lost Christmas out of her wear. Just
before the day, misery and disgrace, and
At last, crime came into her family Sh,
carried the load for while. and ther
fell under it, sick unto death. The
blessed day dawaed and passed, but she
was lying unconscious and knew nothing
Of i. When she came to herself the
people Of the town had forgotten that
there ever had been a Christmas. But
the day had always counted for much ia
Jane. 1t seemed TO her like a word OF
cheer from God Himself on her weary
climb upward, giving her hope and
strength and encouragement for the
whole year Go come.
Jane kept the village postofiice She
was apt TO be sharp and cross, because
she was old. and had secret aillnent
which at times tortured her But when
she took up her work on the very first
day that she was able to do so, it sud
! denly occurred to her.
why not pretend that this is Christ
mas day, and keep it, though nobody but
God and me win known
She opened the window, and as she
gave out the letters had cordial word
Tor every one of the neighbors outside
children and hard worked women and
feeble old men. They went away laugh
ing and surprised, but strangely heart
ened. When the office was closed she
bethought herself of gifts, and baked
some of her famous crullers and carried
them to folk so poor that they never had
any crullers. and to the old paupets in
the almshouse.
She astonished each of them. too, with
the gift of dollar.
II can do with my old cloak another
year" she thought, "and they will feel
rich for days!" TN His name,' she said
to herself as she gave each of her poor
presents.
The little gifts held out for long time
as she carried them from house to house,
her face growing kinder as she went and
her voice softer. 1t seemed to her that
never before had there been so many sick,
unhappy folk in the town. Surely ii was
right to make them glad that He had
come among us-even if il were not
Christmas days
She was very tired when she had fin
ished her days work. She thanked Him
when she knelt down at night that He
had put il in her mind to keep His day.
in this secret fashion.
But she could not sleep for thinking Of
other poor neighbors to whom she might
have given some little comfort or pleas
urc.
"Why not make them happier that He
has come tomorrow, as well as today ~
she thought, with a shock of delight in
her discovery.
So t came to pass that this little post
mistress made Christmas out of every
day in that year for her poor neighbors
When She had no more gifts for them she
threw herself into their lives, she nursed
them when they were sick, dragged them
up when they fell, cried with them when
they suffered, and laughed with them
when they were happy,
Aud thus 1t was that she taught them
Of her Master and led them to be glad
every day OF the year that He had been
born into the world to be its Helper
Rebecea Harding Davis in ST. Nicholas.
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A FOOL MIGHT SAY.

That the glitter Of gold is better than
the gray garb OF brDtbery love.
That it does not pay to be forgiYing
in world which so rarely forgivcs.
That the one to whom the laurel ID
given necessarily deserves IT,
That the plaudits Of the mob are bet
ter than the appreciation Of those 8hO
zee most clearly.
That a million dollars Is more to be
chosen than humble and happy home.
But what would you expect of fool!
Alfred j. Wateriouse ia Success Mag
aZiue.
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Her opinion OF Them

Iu the vicinity Of Germantown there
lived worthy old Quaker lady and her
son Iohu, who were once called upon to
entertain a number Of ladies at dinner
during quarterly meeting.
As john began 20 carve the broiled
clf.rkens, he entered upon fowery
speech If welcome but in the midst Of
his iiaftering utteFauces his mother. who
was somewhat deaf. pipel up from the
other end Of the table.
You needn't be Draising Of 'em np,
John. I'm afraid they're LOT of tough
old hens, every Que Of en-. "-Iippiu-
colts.
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Christmas Don is.

Don't leavS the cost .nalk On pres
ents.
Don't let money dominate your Christ
mas giving.
Don't let Christmas giving deteriorate
into trade.
Don't embarrass yourself by giving
more than you can afford.
Don't try to pay debts or return obli-
cations in your Christmas giving
Don't give trashy things. Many an
attic could tell strange stories a bout
Christmas presents.
Don't make presents which your
friends will not know what 10 do with,
and which would merely cucumber the
home.
Don't give because others expect you
to. Give because you love 70. If you
cannot send your heart with the gift,
keep the gift.
Don't give too bulky articles to peo-
pie who live in small quarters. unless
you know that they need the particular
things you send them.
Don't wait until the last minute TO
buy your presents, and then. for lack
Of time to make proper selections, give
what your better Judgment condemns.
Don't decide 10 abstain from giving
Just because you cannot afford expensive
presents Tho thoughtfulness of your
gift, the interest you take in those to
Nupu you give, are tue pflnClpul tbinES.
The intrinsic value Of your gift counts
very little.
Don't give things because they are
chean and make "A big show for the
money. AS Il rule it IL q dangerous thing
to pick up a lot Of all sorts Of things at
bargain sales for Christmas presents If
you do. there is always the temptation
to make inappropriate gifts. Besides
there is usually some defect in bargain
articles. or they are cut Of style. out Of
date. or there is some other reason why
they are sold under price.--Drison SWEET
Mardeu III Success Magazine.
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Changes Style of Soaking.

Robert Hyde The noted vellum illumi-
nator Of Santa B,trbara's colony Of art
lists, was talking the other day about
work.
"A disinclination to work is the artist =
great trouble" be said a lazy artist
will fool even himself about his work.
lie viii sag Ia bis journal that be has
worked seven hours when he knows well
that half Of those homs were passed in
dreaming
Yes. ii * a common thing for artists
10 fool themselves about their work.
They are ike the man who took the
pledge.
"A minister saw this mans daughter
fastening h0meward with q pail Of fresh,
foaming beer lie halted her and said:
Ny child. whore are you taking that
beerT
Home 10 father, sir
"'But surely Your father doesn't drink
beer. said tbe minister, now that he has
signed the pledget
Oh. 40, sir. said the girl He don't
drink it. He only soaks his bread ia
il. San Francisco Chronicle.
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WHY He Did Not Dance

Tie other day a young man gave a
reason for not dancing. the spirit of
which might be made to apply TO n good
many failures in life. II should ike 10
dance" be said. ''and ! should dance,
only tile musie puts me ont and the girl
gets in my way."--Tatler.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-14

don Wall. 1t is open daily from $50
A. M. to a. M to all, irrespective of
creed. II IS close to the Liverpool Street
station.
Tie church is lighted and warmed IN
winter, sewing is permitted for the girls
and women, books are provided for nll
and a short service is held at a. M.
A voluntary organist is present every
morning aud hymns are sung ut inter
tins church every week day morning is
nearly 800 nleN, women and girls.
The Church III st. Katharine Cole
man. IN Eenchurch street, one minutes
walk from Fenchurch Street station. is
open every weekday morning from 80
o'e,ock especially for the benefit of WON
EN- and girls who come to the city by
Wcrkmen's trains and have to wait until
their places of work are Open This
church. too, is well lighted and warmed.
and books and magazines are provided,
al . O'Clock a short. bright service is
held, lasting about twenty minutes.
There is not the least doubt that these
services exercise a beneficial and lasting
influence upon the minds of the listeners
As might be expected, they step our
from these coy and welcome giving
churches better able to withstand the
temptations and pitfalls which always
beset the paths Of the young and mex
pcrienced in a great city.
New York like London, is rich with
missions and charitable Institutions. But
it is at night that the hundreds of mis-
sions, churches and societies do the most
good. 1t is then that they throw wide
open their doors to admit those whom
fortune has trowned upon and who are
anxious even al the last hour for some
ray Of goodness to brighten their lives
New NOrk Tribuna
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Who VIII Succeed Mrs. Astor2

Mrs William Aston, queen CT Ameri-
can society for a third of a century, has
laid down her scepter and the elite are
eagerly scanning the social realm for a
worthy head upon which to bestow the
crown.
Social sovereignty is neither hereditary
nor elective. No claimant can come for
ward and der land the succession by right
of birtk~x>n4r can any election be held.
If Ward McAllister were alive he might
exercise his once famous censorship and
become a queen-maker, but under pres
ent conditions the new doyenne must
prove her worth and establish her SUI
premacy in the impending social war,
says the December Broadway Magazine
in an interesting article.
Mrs. Astor's regime extends back to
the year 1874. and during all that time
she ruled without a rival. Her strength
lay in her elegance, dignity and great re-
serve. She was born Schermerhorn,
and married an Aston a trader in furs.
She made no fight for social sovereignty,
as would-b leaders must do now. She
was a woman of superb consistency in
her social life. and her stately ball on the
second Monday in January became as
much Of Il social law as the English
Drawing room. Her guests were always
people of distinct culture and position.
but in her visiting list she became far
more tolerant in the latter part Of her
reign than during the last twenty years
Of the nineteenth century She never
sought novelty. and wouldn't think OF
entertaining her guests with freak par
ties. but she was never known to pro-
rest against those who did. She was
Travelled, well-read and liberal minded.
She never sought to govern the mental
attitude of everyone around her. SIZE
was always a great lady aud no cofdi-
ton or situation could cause her to lose
her stately poise.
establishment of dignified and elegant
social supremacy would Ike to have eth
or Of two women become the leader
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt. senior. or
Mrs. Ogden Mills. Both have millions,
both have mingled from childhood with
fha most distinguished people on both
] continents: both are Of high birth and
are fitted to lead and command. Either
/ of them could carry out Mrs. Aston
policy.
London's "Places of Rest"
| Several years ago certain wise philaE-
| thrOpists in London recognized the need
/ Of some places of shelter and rest for
early morning workers from the suburbs
/ and outlying districts skirtiGg the great
city The city workers often We're com,
peiied to wait an hour or two, exposed
/ 10 the Clements and the city's dangers
I before the workshops and business
houses in which they were employed
/ werc opened.
70 meet these needs several places
/ which have been described as places oil
rest were opened. Two # these are
situated in tie very ce.1ter Of London
One Z the Church of All Hallows, Lon
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-14
Removing Stains.

Benzine will effectually remove tar
spots and leave no trace of the stain.
This is far better than lard or grease of
any sort, which is in the method usually
recommended and benzine is cleaner and
more satisfactory in every way, making
less work; if possible, wash the spot
out afterward in warm soapy water: if
the goods cannot be washed, and the
benziae leaves a mark, remove this with
gasoline or chloroform. rubbing with a
piec of the goods and laying blotting
paper underneath.
OF all fruit stains. peach and plum
are the worst, because they are not notice.
able until after the article comes from
the laundry, when they are firmly im-
bedded in the texture, and show up dark
and grimy Only long soaking IN
Javelle water, followed by a thorough
laundering and rinsing. will remove them
at once, but if il is near the end of the
season, TIE articles may be put away
until the first frost; if washed and hung
out of doors, as usual, this first frost
effectualy removes them without the use
of either acid or bleach. Fruit stains
win also disappear if wet in clear water
and laid on tiiawing snow, or upon the
grass in the orchard underneath fruit
trees that are III bloom. This is the
method used by our grandmothers, and
is sure to produce the desired result
We are often told to sprinkle fruit stains
with salt as soon as made, or to pour
boiling water through the spot. and while
the latter sometimes takes out the spot
it is just as likely to FIX it in the
fabric. The sprinkling of salt upon al
most any stain is useless. So it is best
to proceed with very weak solution of
oxalic acid, and when the stain is
loosened to wet the spot with ammonia
and rinse thoroughly. This answers for
all fruit stains save those mentioned
above.
Milk. tea and coffee stains may be re-
moved by moistening the spots with the
following mixture: To one part glycer-
inc add nine parts water and one-half
part aqua ammonia; apply with a brush,
leave for half day, renewing the treat
ment occasionally as it dries in, then
rub with clean cloth and press, after
every bit of the dried substance has
been scraped away with a penknife. This
treatment is excellent for doilies and for
table linen in generaL-The Housekeeper.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-14
90 christmas Year.

Prom little southern village comes