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Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16
Merely a Fable

A frog and COW stood together by
the side of mill pond.
do you think?"- asked the frog,
"that by expanding the air in my sys-
tenn I could attain your dimensions?"
The COW cAewed her cud refiectively.
TITS a hypothetical question:" she
replied.
"Wen, you'll admit that hot air ex-
pands indefinitely! You also know
that the epidermis will stretch a mile
before it tears an inch! Now, If take
a large mouthful of air and hold my
breath, won't the heat of my body
expand the air and stretch my cuticle
until am as large as you?"
IT can't say" replied the cow.
Frame it differently"
The frog drew in long breath and
closed his mouth. Slowly his body
bulged out. A passing flea buzzed ,an
objection. With loud report the frog
exploded.
Moral: Even the smallest brain is
subject to storm.--Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16

running up through many stories
should be guarded by brick or rein
forced concrete walls, fitted with
double metal rolling doors bolted to
the walls to allow for expansion or
with automatic sliding doors and wire
glass partitions. There was little or
no provision for cutting off the draft
of air that will ascend through such a
shaft during fire, and great destruc-
ton resulted in consequence.
1.-THE Call building took fire by draw
ing the heat from the power house be-
hind 1t on the other side Of Stevenson
street, through the tunnel to the ele-
vator shaft, up which 1t rushed with
the fierce draft, given by the eighteen
stories, breaking glass and burning
doors, furniture, trimmings and office
contents.
Capitalists and owners must under
stand that perfect fire protection for
structural steel is necessarily geXpen-
sive. Any so-called fireproofing that is
cheap and flimsy is a delusion and Will
not serve. The application of an eff
fective method insures permanence OF
the structure and at the same time Is
a great reducer of the rates of insur-
ance
"Steel columns may be we'll fire.
proofed by surrounding them with four
inches of the best quality of stone or
cinder concrete, or by three inches OF
either, when hollow tiling is put upon
the exterior.
Fire walls of brick extending UP
above the roofs of buildings We're ef-
fective in resisting the spread Of the
fire; but the support derived from
metal bands and anchors was often
neglected, like much other masonry in
San Francisco, and such walls there
fore fell, in many instances, both dur
ing the earthquake and fire, particu-
larly when laid in common mortar.
Cast iron columns in many buildings
endured the quake and the fire quite
well, but undoubtedly would have beer
broken or shattered had cold water
been thrown upon them in the midst OF
the great heat. They should no longer
be used
Capt. Sewelps conclusions on \ fire.
proofing are equally interesting. He
says
I'm my judgment columns should be
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16

covered either, with four inches of
brick work, laid in Portland cement
mortar, and with all the interior spaces
filed with concrete, or else they should
be inclosed in an expanded metal
basket and the entire interior filed
with concrete so that the minimum
thickness of the concrete shall not, in
any case, be less than four inches.
THE results at Baltimore and San
Francisco did not, by any means, indi-
cate that either hollow tile or concrete
is altogether failure or altogether a
success. Both fires indicated very
clearly that commercial methods of ap
plying both materials are inadequate,
both also Indicated very clearly that
successful results can be attained with
both materials.
"a conflagration never yields reliable
comparative results, but from such
comparative results as are available
think there is no question that the
best fire resisting material available at
the present time is the right kind of
burned clay"
The reports of the three engineers
show that, as a rule, the amount of
damage to buildings in San Francisco
varied according to the character Of the
materials and the class of workman
ship. Buildings constructed of first
class materials with careful workman
ship suffered much less than those con-
structed of poor materials with inferior
workmanship. This fact should be a
lesson to owners, engineers and archi-
tects in all parts of the country.
In spite of the lessons taught by
great confiagrations, it is to be de-
plored that a great deal of poor ma
terial and workmanship will enter into
the construction of many buildings.
Some of this is due to the desires of
owners who want their buildings con-
structed as cheaply as possible and are
willing to sacrifice quality to cheap
ness. Much of it. however, is due to
the fact that information is lacking in
regard to the use of many materials of
construction. This is particularly true
of concrete and reinforced concrete
construction, the present. rapid develop
ment of which is Ina its infancy, and
emphasizes the great need of additional
information in regard to structural ma
terials. That the government is alive
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16
Little Bobby on Bees

Little Bobby wrote an essay on bees
as follows:
1.-THE bee is queer sort of an in
sect, that gives people a few points
that they don't appreciate. The queen
bee bosses the hive, just like ma
bosses our house. The drone bee is
like pa; he don't care much about work.
There are other kinds of bees, including
political bees, quilting bees and husk-
ing bees. But the best bees of all are
the kissing bees. There is a kissing
bee in our parlor every Sunday night
and get a nickel not to tell about it.
When it comes to choice of bees, give
me a kissing bee every time,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16
A Bad Break

The lady missionary to India sat up
in bed with a spiteful jerk.
"You are a man ater?" she said,
looking the tiger severely in the face.
II am" replied the beast, licking his
chops with as horrid JUNCTION as he
could summon.
"Well, I declare to goodness! cried
the lady missionary. "What ever led
you to suppose there was man here?
Scat!"
But, madame
mot a word, sir!"
OF course the tiger had meant no
disrespect, but inasmuch as the lady
missionary would listen to nothing and
covered L her head withal, 1t was
only left to him to r...nk away.-Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16
He Placed an Order

A small, sharp faced boy, one of
whose eyelids had an inclination to
droop in a chronic wink, entered a
tailor shop on upper Broadway, ap-
preached the proprietor and silently
handed him a button. The tailor took
1t and looked puzzled.
whats this for?" he asked. II don't
want it, I've got plenty of buttons"
Oats all right" said the youngster.
"But yer wants business, don't yer?"
''Yes."
well, just sew pair O. pants on
dat button,
The small boy was half way up the
block before the tailor reached the
door.-New York Globe.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16
The Backwoods Limited

what is all the excitement?" asked
Uncle Jason Hardapple as he entered
the Chicago skyscraper.
Why" replied big broker, 1--WE are
kicking about the eighteen-hour train."
do tell! Why. that is just what the
folks down to Bacon Ridge were kick
ing about when came away"
"What? Do you mean to say yol
have an eighteen-hour train down in
that out-of-the-way placer"
Certainly, neighbor."
"And you are kicking because it goes
too fast?"
''No, we are kicking because it goes
too slow. You see, it takes eighteen
hours to make iifty miles,"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16
As the Romans Did

Manager of the Rome Nine-How
about the game tomorrow?
Augur (aside)-What's the private
advices from the ALL EtTurias?
The Hostage from Gaul-There has
been the grand shake-up and Bason
Ballikrates, the Greek, goes in the box.
His pitching is of a wildness.
Augus-The auspices are favorable,
Paius Bacchus Salarius.-Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16
Proof

Does your husband love you?" we
asked.
"Madly, devotedly!" she answered.
Are you quite sure"
Quite. How can doubt? He has
shut me up here in this little cage of a
place, where he expects me to spend
all my time, with nobody's company
but his own. If he does not love me,
why does he take so much trouble to
make me miserable?"
And there shone in her fine eyes the
beautiful strong light of mistaken
conhdence.-Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16
His Scheme Failed

II wonder why 1t is" remarked one
of the two men who had just lunched,
turning to speak to the other, that
they always have pretty cashiers at
these restaurants"
But the pretty cashier, though she
blushed and smiled. did not fail to de-
feet the Canadian quarter he threw
down in payment OF his check.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16

to this need is clearly shown by the
work it is carrying on in its labora-
tories at ST. Louis, Mo-, where extern
sive tests and Investigations Of struc-
tural materials principally cement,
concrete and reinforced concrete are
being made. The result of this work
will tend to establish on safer and
more practical basis the claims of diff
ferent types and materials of construc-
ton to their respective merits.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16

AUTOMOBILES are not nearly SO safe
as the good old-fashioned family nag.P
mine is far safer"
"Saferg'
"Sure: our good old family nag
whenever my wife went driving, used
to stop at all the saloons / was in the
habit of visiting; but my auto goes by
them as If 1t had never seen them.''--
Houston Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16
gratifying alike both to your judgment and pocket book
Second Floor

MEAN JUST THAT-nohng
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New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
ROWING NEWS AT YALE
Cre7cs VIII Start for Gales Ferry on
"Wednesday of This Week.
LBv Telegraph 70 The Tribune I


New Haven June ALL three of the Yale crews
who Will meet Harvard in the annual regatta on
'he Thames on June % will leave here next
Wednesday for their permanent training quarters
at Gales Ferry about six miles up the river from
New London. The quarters Of the oarsmen there
have been put in order by Manager Dixon of the
navy. With yesterdays long row the oarsmen
practically finished their rowing on the New
Haven haTbor. although light rowing will he or
dered for tomorrow and Tuesday. The shells will
be shipped on Tuesday night The launch Ehu
Yale will steam along Long Island Sound to
New London Wednesday morning
About twenty-five oarsmen will be taken to New
London-the varsity eight. the varsity four. the
freshman eight. varsity and two freshman
substitutes and three CoxswainS. Professor
Durtee, Of the faculty, Will accompany the
men TO superintend the examinations in scholar
reach Gales Ferry
The varsity eight leaves the New Haven har-
only once Although the eight rowed I'm good form.
II has been in rather unsettled shape for two
weeks, owing 10 the plans to send eight 10
Philadelphia for the American Henley races. and
the final order will not be attempted until the eight
goes to New London. The last week the order has
been follows of the time: Stroke, Boulton;
No. l. Captain lde; No 6. Howe; No :, Taft; No. I.
HOppin. No ;. AuChinCoss: 10. 2, Mayer and Girls
wold. and bow. DunlIle. Graham who r0wed No.
in the Harvard race last year, may get his seat
back No > and Rockwell who bow
last year, has returned TO college after six
weeks absence due To appendicitis, and may get
back the bow position.
The condition Of the eight is much improved, and
the feat Of the second eight in defeating Harvard
the generally Oette-ed condition In the varsity
eight The victory Of the Yale second crew at the
coached by John Kennedy has met a crew coached
By Courtney. of Cornell
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
OCEAN RACE YACHTS ROLLING.
Four in Gravesend Bay The Rest Hauled
Out on Drydocks

Rolling quite hard in the long easterly swells
that came around Coney Island Point into Graves
end Bay yesterday. four of the yachts that to
take part in the $50 mile TO Bermuda
pulled hard at their anchors, while the shippers
and remained below. hoping for better
weather in which to prepare for the long task
ahead OF them.
william H. Fleming's yawl Flamingo, Fred +.
Iafond's yawl Sayonara, II. Cohen's sloop Zinlta
and Vice Commodore w &. TOwen'S schooner
Tammany were the four at anchor, The schooner
Priscilla and the sloop Zena hauled out at
Morse's drydock, the schooner Shamrock at the
Marine Basin, Ulmer Park; the schooner Dervsh
at City Island and the rest at other drydocks.
where they will be put in first class condition for
the
yacht Electra came into Gravesend Bay to look
over the yachts that are to start In the race. His
yacht anchoTe ed there for the night At the Brook
iyn Yacht Club yesterday there were few visitors.
en- account of the storm, The officers TrgIe that
after this storm the weather Is likely to be good
for the start of the race which Will be made of
the clubhouse Wednesday,
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
AUTOMOBILING.

Industrial commentators have been calling at
tention 10 the effect the increase in automobile
manufacture has had in stimulating other in
dustries, such tire making, body building. up
holsterng and forth, but the most interest
ing and important phase of this subject IS the
great progress the automobile has caused in the
strictly mechanical field. represented by the
advancement in the making OF machine tools,
according to James Joyce. the general manager
Of tho American Locomotive Automobile Com
pany. Mr.. Joyce says this subject:
This phase of the progress that has been made
and is being made, is important, because,
without this remarkable development in machine
tools, which has been instigated by the demands
Of motor car making, the improvement OF the
automobile TO its present standard would not
have been possible There has been a collateral
progress in cars and the tools for making them.
With the evolution Of the automobile TO Il stage
Of practicabity, there began a demand in the
factories for varieties Of machinery never
thought of before, and this demand has contln-
ued. Not only have the automobile manufact-
urers had the best brains in their shops design
ing new machines for making various parts,
but those regularly engaged In the business of
making machine tools have been steadily at
work in the same direction, so that the best
mechanical genius of the period has been con-
centrated on invention of this sort. The conse-
ouent advance in factory machinery mas had as
much 10 do with the improvement or the auto
mobile as anything else, especially IN respect 10
attaining accuracy and interchangeaDllty IN the
parts OF cars and insuriug a reliable product
TO cnumerate the tool machines that nave
been designed to meet the wants of automobile
makers would he TO give an almost complete IN
ycntory of the factory equipment. The cost "i
creating and installing these machines has been
tremendous. The builder of high grade cars
cannot balk al any expense IN ms duecllon'
however. for ne knows that the future OF his
business depends upon his product being as
ilaa Iy 0g
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03

fortunate that the Brown Pennsylvania game
was unable TO be played account Of the
weather, for it would have helped considerably
in the ranking of the teams. Brown from
Yale by the score Of 3 TO and defeated Har
ward to o. the same score by which Cornell lost
to Harvard Earlier in the season Brown played
an extra inning tie game with Yale. The Har-
ward Cornell game remarkable I'm that the
winning team did not get hit Deshon pitched
a mastery game with the exception Of one inn
ing in which he wild. and let in the only
run Of the game. Princeton and Yale met in
the first game of the series on Saturday, and it
took the Tigers twelve innings 70 win finally by
the score of 9 to :. Princeton played the better
game and should have earlier but Yale took
advantage OF every misplay and always
dangerous on Wednesday the Orange and
Black team defeated Pennsylvania State. The
son, beat Cornell after seventeen innings Of
1narkable ball. Princeton was never playing a
better game than al present and should be the
favorite in the second contest with Yale. In
the middle Of the week Cornell defeated Penn
syIvania for the second time this season Fall
ing back on comparative scores, which are al
ways unsa tisfactOry Cornell seems TO rank first
with Brown and Princeton fighting ii out for
second honors with the odds strongly favOrng
the former. In the opinion of many followers
of intercollegiate baseball, Brown has legti-
mate claim the championship, while others
favor Cornell OF the other teams which
playing consistent and winning ball may be men
toned Williams, FOrdham and Lafayette The
ranking pitchers are Deshon Cornell; Heyniger,
Princeton; Tiff, Brown; Hartford Harvard;
Drewes, Princeton. and Mahoney, Fordham.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
COMMENT ON SPORTS.
NO LULL THIS WEEK.
Wecc8 and Tie1Cs on Current Tones
Amateur and Professional.

After week Of brilliant snort which, ,o,y
not have It's equal this season. a IuU ,,igb+
come without causing much regret. but there
will he no Iull. Another active and inte~estt, .,
week is IN prospect, IF yesterdays cold storm,
does not amount TO more than one last fing ~
g winter that simply viii not die The Yankees
viii return after a long trip away from home
10 entertain the fans at American League Park.
racing will be continued for three DAYS more M
Belmont Park, when another change will ba
made 10 Gravesend, with the second running of
the Westminster Handicap as the feature the
golfers VIII find plenty to amuse in the re-
newal Of the New Jersey state cbannionsbtn
tournament at Baltusrol. in which strong
field will start: two three important college
baseball games Will be played which should have
distinct bearing on the final placing for the
season. while the lawn tennis players, yachts
men, cricketers and oarsmen will not lack for
something 10 see and do
The most striking features Of the week Just
closed, from a sporting standpoint, were the
enormous crowds which turned out on Memo
rial Day. the many record breaking perform
euces in the best intercollegiate track and field
meeting ever held. and the victories of James
Z. heene'S Commando colts, Peter Pan and
Colin. in the Belmont Stakes and National
Stallion Stakes, respectively. Other important
happeningS included the defeat of Eben NJ.
Byers. our national golf champion. in his final
match for the championship of Great Britain.
the defeat of Yale by Princeton at baseball. the
victories Of Cornell and Wisconsin I'm eight
Dared shell races over Harvard and Syracuse,
resuect iyely, the double victory of the lOWly
Superbas over the Giants at the Polo Grounds
and the good showing of the Columbia crew in
the Harlem regatta. The details of the defeat
Of Rvers at st. Andrews lacking, but
golfers here were sadly disappointed that our
champion did not play more important part in
The blue ribbon golfinG fixture of Great Britain.
Some persons had expressed their confidence in
his ability TO follow in the foQsteps of Walter j.
Travis and win the title, and the feeling had
been general that he would reach the semi
final round at least.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL.

The Giants met unlocked for setback last
week, as two games We're lost TO Philadelphia
and two 10 Brooklyn. and Chicago now holds
the undisputed lead in the championship race.
The Superbas actually climbed out of last place,
q position they have held since the season began,
and St. Louis is in that unenviable place
As has been pointed out several times in this
column the Superbas are deserving of a moro
forward place in the league race as the team
Is good one, although somewhat unfortunate
one The Giants have themselves TO blame.
however. for the double defeat at the hands Of
their neighbors. as errors we're largely respon-
sible for the loss of both games Brooklyn
played we'll and deserved victory. but not we'll
enough 70 win II the Giants had not shown a
certain amount of instability at critical times.
With The Chicago Colts at home for the next
three weeks and the Giants on the road. it Is
safe TO predict that the local fans will have TO
do 4 lot Of hard roofing to help the home team
our. The Giants will play their last home game
until June q with Brooklyn to-day weather
permitting, and must then pack up and go to
Chicago for four games, beginning on Wednes-
day. This series will be hard one. and much
depends on II. Chicago won two OF the three
games played here. and even break IS about
the best the Giants can hope for in Chicago.
This would satisfy
after a long and arduous trip. and their fol-
lowers now look for a gradual Improvement
IN ihelr standing Ine ight Tor me pehhant ls
far from lost, even If the chances do not look
80 bright three weeks ago. The New York
team is in fourth place. almost two hundred
points behind Chicago. and several games be-
hind Cleveland and Detroit. which are second
and third respectively. The Western teams have
had advantage up to this time, however, in
PLAYING most Of their games at home, so that
there Is some reason for hope. The Yankees
must play more game in Boston to-day and
then four with Cleveland and one with Detroit
a American League Park. The fans are count
Ing on four Of the six.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
WALTER CAMP GOES TO EUROPE.
Yale and Harvard New Athletic Agreement
May Not Be Signed for Some Months
rRv Telcerarh 70 Tho Tribune ]

New Haven June 2.-The departure Of Walter
Camp, the Yale athletic head. for Europe makes
II practically certain that new Yaie-Harvard
agreement will be signed before the close OF the
present school year.
1t is no, likely that tho agreement will he nego-
tiated before the beginning OF the school year.
In Sop-ambcr. Harvard has shown little inclination
TO sign agreement. although football game
between the two universities has been arranged
for fall, and II is practically certain that
basketball and hockey games Will be played,
The agreement under which Yale and Harvard
athletics were PLAYED for four years expired last
March. and the games which have taken place since
then constituted a part OF the spring athletic
schedules which had been previously arranged. It
expected at Yale that Harvard would request
conferences to frame n agreement, with re-
modelled eligibility rules. but that has not been
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
COURTNEY PRAISES HARVARD CREW
Yale Oarsmen Will Have To Be at Their
Best to Beat Crimson, He Says.
rRv telegram IN The Tribune

Ithaca Y Y. June 2.--Chares E. Courtney, coach
of Cornell. in an interview to-day said that Yale
will have 10 send TO New London this year the
best that ever represented the university. To
win the annual race with Harvard
Courtney was much impressed with the Harvard
varsity which rowed Cornell at Ithaca on Ne
mortal Day and said before the race that the Cor
nell men would have to pull better than they ever
had in practice in order to win from the wearers
Of the Crimson. Harvard spurted during the entire
race with Cornell. Courtney predicts that II the
men have the staying power they will defeat Yale.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
BALL PLAYERS BADLY INJURED.
TBy telegraph - The Trlhune !

5y leieEIeEn 70 ne ITi"Ail'.
Chicago. June Smith, catcher Of the Pitts
burg National League team. in the third inning OF
fo-day's game between Chicago and Pttsburg, was
seriously injured by being hit on the head by a
pitched ball. Iuudgren. Of the Chicago nine.
had his ankle badly injured, and was forced 10
in the seventh inning when he tried 10 stop
line drive.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
MoRDANT WINS FRENCH DERBY.

Chantilly June 2.-The Prix de Jockey Club (the
French Derby, a for three-year-olds, at one
and one-half miles, resulted to-day In the uneX-
pected victory OF Maurice Ephrussis Mordant
Mordant was outsider I'm the betting, 26 to be
ing laid against him He won by nearly three
quarters of a length. Edmond Veil Pcard's Biniou
was second and Raymond de Monhels Bravo was
third. Fourteen horses started. Many thousands
of American visitors saw the race.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
sTYRIAN WINS AUSTRIAN DERBY.

Vienna June 2-The Austrian Derby, valued at
s25 600 was won to-day by Count Wcukheim's
Stvrian from Count Hcuckel'e Come In Time. Herr
Szonlere's I.angoIo ana Herr Won Willcr's Hicrony
mus ran u dead heat for third place The distance
vas one mile and a half.