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50 pickywcky about some things-what
you'd call conscientiOu Ous-might not want
to fall in with my plans and help me.
But, anyhow. although we played till
after 3 O'Clock last Sunday morning Just
couldn't for the life of me find out pre-
cisely how the Jogalongs work that signal
system Of theirs They were more than
$50 winner nc the finish, and Mrs. Jogalong
gave me the hatefullest lot of leers you
ever saw in your life, and got off lot OF
nasty remarks about people that hate
10 lose so much that they'd be willing to
keep everybody else out OF their beds for
n week Just to get even. and how IL was
a wonder some folks played poker at all
If they took a little losing 80 much to heart.
and all like that.
-Weii. do you suppose | was going JD
tolerate that shrimpish. madeup thing
throwing ont that kind OF talk? Deed
I wasn't! So | got back by putting in a
little word or two about how easy il would
bo for anybody to win il they had a chance
to play partners and work the wiRwag
system and all like that, and then Mrs.
Jogalong bridled UP and asked me what
| meant and how I dared. and OF course
my husband like he always does. took
her part and told me had no right to say
such things. and l asked him what right
he had 10 dictate TO me about my right
TO say anything. and of course things
were kind OF confused and messy when
We left the JoEalongs; but ! don't care
one bit. so don't, after the way they We
been winning from us right along by that
shady way Of playing they've got. and
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don't just wish knew how they did IL.
that's ALI I'd show them that they haven't
got monopoly OF that game.
Il do hate these greedy. grabby people
in sociable poker game, anyhow. deed
| do. Mrs. Tweetsy is another.
"She's another one that wins every time,
and deed often think that she just makes
a business Of trimming her friends and that
she'd never be able to get along If she didn't
eks out what she has with the poker money
she picks up. Why. she plays just like
man-doesn't want word said during
a game. and does just az much Of that
foolish solemn thinking at critical times
in the game as man does, and discards
only ono card when she has pat threes.
and stands pat on two pnir and wins with
'em, and always boosts II before the draw
on fourtiushes or straiyhts open at both
ends, and throws away small pairs and draws
TO the big pair when she thinks there are
threes out against her-and does all of those
smart aleclI tricky things that thesewould-
be clever men poker players do.
And she wins all the tims. OF course il =
just pure luck, or something else, I'm not
saying what. with her. because although
sine may go through tho motions nobody's
crazy enough TO imagine that she really
knows how TO play poker.
1T Just makes mo so mad all over to see
her constantly raking in the chips that |
don't know what to do. deed l don'tI And,
the slinky thing. whenever you call her
thinking she's bluffing, she lays down
straight or Q n:lsh or q fun house or some
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know what II is-and some old cake that she
buys at the delicatessen. and bottled beer
that's all And it's ali put on with a
great Display OF napery and silver. a. II
there really was something to eatl
Deed 1 suppose all OF us could make
all kinds OF display of table hxings IL We
spent so little in entertaining our guests
as Mira. Hardmitt does. 1 declare I've
been 80 ravenous at that woman-s place
that / could have eaten tripe, much as 1
hate and despise tripe; but, hint as one
will. she never has anything at her poker
parties but those terrible sandwiches and
the dry old cake and the cheap bottled
beer; and yet. when she comes 60 our apart
ments to poker parties, why, she Just eats
US all out OF house and home and stIIlfs
and stJIffs and stuffs until it's a wonder to
me that n woman would have the face to
do that when she remembers the measly
messy, skinny lunches that she herself-S
-Oh. well. my darling. ii you must gol
Remember me TO that dear, funny husband
OF yours IL he any better?
The last time he was here he looked
badly end said he was suffering from dys-
persia, and he said something, Of course
IN jest, my dear, about the kind Of hot
biscuits he has to eat at breakfast in the
morning Well. goQd-by. my dear, and
be sure TO take something for those pimples
on your facel Goo-ood-byl"
After visitors departure.I
-Huhl Guess those few little barba WI,
stick In her for a while Didn't she win
t1I the last time she played poker right
here n my own apartmentl" -. :,
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thing against your three aces. and when
you don't call her. imagining that she's
got the cards, why, she just smiles in that
measly. contemplate, victorious sort OF
way. and when you ask her IL she really
had anything she turns her cards over ana
shows you a broken flush, or just nothing
at all-why. she's just despicable in poker
game that's what she il, and she gets on my
nerves so that | almost feel like jumping
out OF my skin!
but she isn't gioaty il she is greedy;
that's ono thing will say for her. These
women that just gloat and glOat and gloat
over their winning
-You know that imitation red haired
Mrs. Tisshun, don't you?--the one that had
her hair done with heuna paste that turned
it purple. and she had to go out OF town
and stay indoors for a month or so before
she could be seen-well she's the gloaiy ono
after a poker game she's won
Deed she IL!
-Why, at our women's game a month
or SO ago, dihn't she win nearly all the
money everybody had. moro than S3j.
and what do24 she do but go and get her
"A mink null and stole with her winningsI
or course they were second hand. but that
wasn't the idaa. The idea was that she
had to go and get that mink muA and stole
with the money she'd won from US, and
then she came around showing the furs
to US and Dragging about 'em and telling
US how'd she'd got 'em with what she d
won from us. and all thati
did you ever hear Of anything 30 per-
Eectly moan and detestable In AL your born
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makebelieve. nicey-nicey way about her
that the men folks think is all right
because they don't understand the poo
noody-naddies, but whenever she needs
10 come in out of the rain Ill bet she has
to wait for somebody to come along and
tell her. It's a puzzle TO me how these
squeenchy faced ohipper-chappering women
that go around teeheeing in mems faces
all the time ever get the name of knowing
such lot. but if were
But l was saying about how the jog
alongs always win at polter-that there
isn't any brains in it. That isn't the
answer. No-ee! It's because they-now,
my dear. hope you won't ever breathe
a word Of this-it's because they've got a
little system of signalling Tut. tut! Don't
tell me! Haven't caught them at il?
I'VE played at the Jogalongs' last Saturday
might, and guess had my eyes open. I'd
just love to know exactly how they do Il.
for if did knOw--well. IN guarantee that
they wouldn't get any more OF my money.
that's all have TO sayi
-Of course. I'd hate the idea OF cheating.
but I'd consider it case of dog eat dog
30 far as those Jogalongs sre concerned.
and I'D get back some OF that money that
they've bsen draining 'us Of at their fla {
and ours. this long time past The trouble
would be. I'm afraid my husband-he' o
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Queen OF Norway

days2 thought I'd just take the wind out
of her sails by telling her that knew that
her nun and stole were second hand, but
the twisty. slicksy thing came right back
and said of course it was second hand,
and she was glad she'd been able to buy
il at such bargain. and did mean TO get
any furs this year-she'd noticed last year
that my furs we're rather worn looking
because il l did she knew OF the beste5t
place to get them at bargains; and then
when told her that no indeed l wouldn't
think OF wearing second hand furs that
nobody knew who'd used before. why,
what does she say but that il l continued
to play such shocking poker as she'd seen
me play l might count myself lucky IL l
ever had any furs at all
Deed she said that or course she
tried to carry IL of AZ a sort of joke and
laughed and gigglel and uttered while she
sail Ii. but OF course the cat meant it To
stick, and | was SO fiabbergasted over
her impudcnce' that I didn't have n word
TO say in reply. IL isn't often that I'm
caught that way, but the sheer nerve OF
this woman came near taking mo right on
my feet the brazen. cackling, hair touched
up hussyl
did you ever play poker at Mrs. Hard
mitt's apartment Well, I'm to 20 to the
women's game there tomorrow. and sup
pose, as usual, we'll all starve.
such cheap. horrid, skinny lunches az
that woman does give her poker guests
just a little stack OF some awful mys-
TEDIOUS kind OF neutrality-suspicious. butter,
or mixed salmon. or sonethiDg. l don't
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TIE LADY or THE GENTLEMAN


which should GOu Say on This showing
OT Facts was UnEraciOus2
Which OF these two was un gracious, X
either was? And il both were. which was
the more so' Here are the facts: +'
Awoman having with her a suit case and
hand bag riding on Sixth avenue surface
car and sitting down at one end, removed
by the space OF one seat from the door.
And in front of that seat space next her abe
had placed on the floor her suit case and on
that seat next her. but close up TO her. her
hand bag. So with her suit case in front
of II she practically blookaded that empty
seat, while with her hand bag NJ least partly
on IL she occupied part Of IL: and thus with
herself and her belongings she practically
occupied two seats in the cur. though there
Were people standing in il.
But though there were people standing
nobody tried TO take the seat which in
the manner described the lady had barred
on until there came through from the other
end of the car man who apparently thought
that not even lady ought 10 occupy two
seats in the car in such circumstances.
This man. when he sNw that srcce by tho
lady's side, occupied IL without hesitancy,
his legs coming down to the floor Of the car
over the lady's suit case, still standing there
in front OF che sea-.
II WASN'T the most comfortable seat in the
world for the man, hut he wss making him
self "a comfortable in IL as he could, while
as for the lady she appeared as unCon-
sciOus Of his presence as if he had l'een in
Kalamazoo or faraway KamchatSa. aN art
in which woman has got man beaten by
something like hundred and forty-eight
Thousand million miles.
Now, as to whether either was ungracious.
and II either was, which was the more so.
may be question. though from the lady's
having that travelling equipment with her
il might be inferred that she was a stranger
and So that she kept the two seats as she did
without thought, that she was pTeoccupied
with looking out for her destination, while
il might be- said as 10 the man that he was
holding a cigar between his fingers, which
was certainly point against him; but the
| facts were as stated.
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xcueno, Nov. 2n.--It was historic racty
sl.e .,atbsred AT tho Kings W" chcon ts'f
Al Windsor Castle last SuE5-J. i@nd per
,..rsnt reo,rda Of H. have boon pre- served
An a eerieN OF most remarkable photographs
Of royalty that tho camera n''S o'''
aurnished.
Moat striking and satisfactory from the
artistic pont oR view is tho photograph OF
e,vbt crowned heads-three Kings and
S,Vo Queens. comprising King Edward.
EnDeror wilhelm. King Alfonso. and the
O,,eeua of Great Britain. Germany. Spain'
Norvay and Portugal. Each Of the group
has Obtained a remarkably clear ana per-
feet likeness.
The larger photograph of twenty-four
ruval hiRhnesses Ia not quite 80 perfect
uhotographicaIIy speaking. Little Prince
Olaf especially proved difficult SUBJECT
Several negatives were exposed and IN
OrFv one Of them did the royal younGster
keep still enough to yield u good likeness
The company included, besides the eighC
above named, the Prince and Princess OF
Wales. the Duke and Duchess Of COnnauGht.
the Princess Royal Princess Victoria.
Princess Patricin Of Connaught. Princess
Henry OF Battenberg. Prince Arthur OF
. COnnaugnt, Nhanu buho "HN DNO"
Vladimir Of Russia. Prince and Princess
\ Johann Of Saxony. Infantn Isabel OF Spain
and Prince Olaf Of Norway.
Tho photographs were taken by the
veteran court photographer Wiiiism Dow
new. An arc lamp OF 10000 candle power
was used to aid the fading daylight. the
s hour beirg about P. NJ. Mr. Downey
, says OF the occasion:
& Never in all my life have had the Op-
portunity Of taking such a remarkable
group The Master OF the Household as
eisted in the preliminary arrangements.
and the formation of the various groups.
let me tell you, was no easy matter.
sYt was not easy to put into position such
O distinguished party, mono of whom was
lsss than royal highness.' and great was
the nnsrriment Of the party as suggestion
after suggestion wGs made. IL was first
Of all proposed that Prince Olaf should
cit on King Edwards knee. but he stayed
there only about one minute. for he ran
back quickly TO his mother.
Unfortunately he moved at the critical
moment in every picture but one
King Alfonso has roussd the admiration
Of his British connections and friends in
many ways-by his democracy. his fund
Of animal spirits. his absolute devotion to
his young cOnsort and his thorough appre-
citation Of everything British.
When he made his first visit to these
shores he was not exactly what the Fastidi-
ous EngIishman would call well grOomed
to q certain picturesqueness Of style which
The sun., 1907-12-01
NHRS. RUBBERINO
Wl PLAYS POKER
And Has Something to Say About
the Women Who Win Her
Money at the Game.

well. folks can say what they like about
the JOgalongs being such n nice. com
Portable couple. and so devoted and all
that. but I'm not going to let what folks
say influence me against my will. and
in my opinion there's something shady
about the JORalongs." said Mrs. Rub
berino 20 her woman caller. What Trakes
me think 40? Well. maybe you've noticed
or have yOu?-that the Jogalongs win at
poker every solitary. blessed time
-Oh, you have noticed il, then, and you
think it's because they're good players?
Don't you believe il. my dear. It takes
brains to he good poker PLAYER. and I'D
Just like 90 know how anybody by the
widest stretch Of the imagination could
ever accuse Carrie Jogalong Of having
enough brains 10 last her from HOboken
10 Hackensack-I would
n s0f course. she's got that sinpering.
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always offends British taste. He indulged
IN frtlled dress shirts and had a gRudy tastS
In waistcoats, and his clothes were not out
according to Bond street.
That is ali changed now. The most
careful OF twentieth century Beau Brum-
mels Is not more correctly and entirely
English in his style than the youthful ruler
Of Spain.
IL 10 no secret that he ia tailored almost
altogether in London. and no doubt King
Edward. whoss slrtorial taste il acknowl-
edged to be extremely good. carefully
suggested certain notifications in the form
and cut Of his nephew's clothes. At any
rate when these two Kings appear in public
together there is a strong similarity in their
style OF dress and they can easily take
precedence as the two best drssssd mon
archs OF the day
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~ Taken a, King Edwards Luncheon Party Windsor Ce-Es

dEsh Crowned Heads in One G~PTwnyFH E+gne Another
,DNEg of Nrwya Of TmMben to the
The Washington times., 1907-05-22
MILL EXPLOSION
KILLS FIVE MEN

PITTSBURG, May 1.-TWO Ameri-
cans and three foreigners We're Gre
mated, ana four foreigners were se-i-
ously burned. when an explosion &C
CURED at the Eliza furnace, No. !, of
the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company,
limited, in the Lakewood district OF the
city. or the crew Of ten men az the
furnace when the accident happened,
only one. a foreigner. escaped unin-
cured The dead;
i. B. WILLARD, assistant furnace
superintendent.
JOHN a. WEST. head blower.
Three unidentified foreigners.
The names Of the four foreigners who
" ere injured were not asccrtained. They
were hurried TO a hospital, horribly
burned.
Three accident occurred without a mo-
ments warning. The ten men were
about ready 10 draw off the molten
metal. when the ore slipped. falling TO
the bottom of the furnace.
The heavy weight Of the ore forced
The gas with terrific pressure through
the FIRST dust catcher which was unable
To stand the strain. and therefore burst
For fully ten minutes the flames shot
out before the furnace for a great DIS
lance. and when finally the gas was
turned on only a few bones Of the FIVE
men were found.
The Washington times., 1907-05-22
RIOTERS RIOT
IN NEW YORK
Drive Umpires Off Field.
Steinfeldt Calls McGraw
A Yellow Cur.

NEW YORK. May 22.-ChicagO's vic
tory over the Giants. 3 TO ?. in the frst
game of the series yesterday was fol-
lowed by riotious demonstration at the
Polo Grounds against Umplres Emslie
and O'Day. in which guns were pulled
and a shot fired TO drive a mob of 10000
Infatuated fans away.
The whole place was in an uproar. and
cries Of Lynch the umpire!" XIII
himt' were shouted back and forth:
The Chicago players surrounded the UNI
pircs and the Giants also rushed to their
assistance. The disturbance soon quiet
ed, but the crowd hung around the field
for some time.
There were several close decisions dur
ing the exciting game. and the big
crowd thought the Giants had received
the worst of it. This left a bitter feel
ing, which ranked after the last man
Lad retired
Steinfeldt. Of Chicago. and McGraw
had wordy battle. in which the Cubs
third bascman called the manager a
big yellow hound and the "yellowest
cur that ever lived" McGraw dignified
the insult with silence. Then some
mounted city police rode on the field and
drove the crowd out
When the special policeman fired the
shot the crowd forgot its anger at the
umpires and turned on the specials. who
fled i'm terror under the grandstand.
Fast inficld work by the Champions
and Brcsnahan's errors beat the Giants.
The Washington times., 1907-05-22
CONFEDERATE SOCIETIES
FORM INAUGURATION

The Confederate Memorial Associa-
ton OF Washington was formally or
ganized last night at a meeting CT all
Of the Southern patriotic societies Of the
District, held in Confederate Memorial
Hall.
a constitution and bylaws were adopt
ed by the board of trustees The new
general organization is made up OF the
Confederate Veterans Association, the
five chapter OF the Daughters OF the
cOnfederacy, the Southern Relief So
ciety. and the Sons Of Confederate
Veterans
The board Of trustees is composed Of
Mary r. thompson Harriet Harris. Lil
iian Pike RoCme. Mary Desha. Jeane r.
Walsh. Joseph J. Darlington, ]. Me.
DOweH. Darlington, William a Cor
dOn. john NJ. Hickey, Leigh Robinson,
John T. Petty. Seth Shepard. John T..
Callashan. Robert Narrower, and J.
Monroe Britt
The purpose Of the organization is
the perpetuation of Southern memories
and the preservation Of the truth Of
history OF the Confederate war
Arrangements We're perfected for
Confederate Memorial Day. set for
June @
The Washington times., 1907-05-22

A cloud no bigger than a mans
hand has been sighted by automobile
enthusiasts on the political horizon in
the nelghborhood Of Rockville.
Vague rumblings have been heard
against the speed fiends which portend
some great Outburst OF righteous indig-
nation at the next session Of the Mary
land Legislature.
The citizens OF Rockville, together
with sister communities OF Montgomery
county. goaded to the point of destrac-
ticH by the reckless manner in which
autoists have been hurting through that
municipalities streets (and with this
feeling of Indignation further quickened.
perhaps, by a knowledge OF the rapidly
swelling Golfers OF Glen EchO) are now
discussing the proposition of requiring
every autoist to take on speed pilot
the moment he enters the city limits.
This is the startling innovation now
uppermOst In the minds OF the Mont
gomery county residents, according 10
the following dispatch to The Times
from Rockville today:
''Tc say that the people Of Montgomery
county are thoroughly out Of patience
with the growing practice Of automobile
EcOrching over the public highways and
through the towns and villages OF the
county Is to put the state OF their feel
inEs very mildly They thoroughly In
dorse the attitude OF the authorities of
Glen Echo in their efforts 70 put stop
10 the dangerous speeding of autos over
the Conduit road, within the limits Of
The Washington times., 1907-05-22
BARREL OFFICE" LETTERS.
FROM LONELY GALAPAGOS
Mailed on Desert Beach of Pacific Island in 1905 Found
by Ecuadorian, Delivered by Dead Letter
Office

quest the department has forwarded her
through the postmaster at Odessa. the
name and address Of the finder OF the
letter. in order that she may personally
communicate TO him her thanks for
being the means through which she has
been able 10 hear from her son, who,
with another American. settled In that
unfrequented spot in the Pacific.
The other letter was delivered 10 Mrs
r. r. Clifford. of Alameda. Cal, whC
says the writer was a member Of q
scientific expedition, sent out by the
California Academy OF Sciences In the
schooner Academy.
Barrel Postofice."
The barrel postcffice" is on top of
a pc on the beach above high water
having been erected there by the British
war hip Amphion. in the early nineues
The French cruiser. PrOtet. and II. NJ. 5
Leander had also visited the place, as
their names were cut upon the post
The department has thanked Mr.. Mann
for his courtesy in transmitting the
letters.
The Washington times., 1907-05-22
4 MOUNTAIN CLIMBER
cains IL Lbs. on Change Of FOOD.

When a change in food can rebuild
man sevcnty-seveu years OF age. & is
evidence that there is some value In a
knowledge that can discriminate in the
selection OF proper food to rebuild the
body. few months ago the physician
attending man sevelty-seven years
old. told him that death from old age
would soon claim him. TTe suffered from
general weakness and debility.
An old lady advised him to quit cof-
Zee. drink Postum Food Coffee, and eat
Grape-Nuts food every morning. He
look the advice. and has gained twelve
rounds Says he is as wen as he ever
SOS. and can take long trips in the
mouatains. which Ee lad been unable
to do Tor "a long time.
There Is reason for this; IN the FIRST
place cJifee acts as - direct nerve de-
pie. both young and old. ami many peo-
Itle haven't the knowledge 10 select
gouiishiug. healthful rebuilding food
Both Postum Food Coffee and Grape
Nuts food are made from selected parts
of the field grains that contain delicate
particles OF phosphate OF potash and al
bumen- These two elements combine In
the human body 10 quickly rebuild the
gray matter IN the brain and in the
nerve centers throughout the body.
Direct. sure, and certain results come
from their use and can be proven by
any person that cares 90 make the trial
There's a Reason" Read The Road
70 MELVILLE in pkgs.
The Washington times., 1907-05-22

Reports received by the Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General show that two
letters which were recently received
by the Postoffice GrHartment from Ale
jandre Mann, of GuayaqGil, Ecuador.
having been found by him in a barrel at
a point called Bay. in the Galapagos
group OF islands. I'm the Pacific. of the
west coast of Ecuador. have been de-
livered TO the persons to whom they
were addressed.
The letters were written ia October,
1905, and although badly weather stain
ed and somewhat damaged by insects,
the addresses were sufficiently legible
TO permit OF the communications being
forwarded by the department TO their
respective destinations. The work of de-
livery was accomplished through the
division Of dead letters.
Both Letters Delivered.
One OF the letters was delivered TO
Mrs. l.. A. Stewart, at Odessa, Miss.
Mrs Stewart Is the widowed mother OF
the writer OF the letter, and at her re-