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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-19

MEET IT BEFORE IT BREAKS--OUTDOOR EXERCISE vs. GYM
Take off Your Rose
Tint Glasses and
Sail In.

circuit will have to get 1t amputated
from his mitts with an ice pick.
Speaking Of the spit-ball. sonny I've
given some study TO this pesky pitch
with the cuspidor trimmings. and I'll
put you next TO how to soak the splitter.
Some guys might tell you To watch it
closely and swat 1t on the dry side, but
some pitchers are so liberal with their
tobacco juice that the dry side is usu-
ally on the inside OF the ball. and you d
have to get a can opener to get at IT,.
II you've ever looked spit-ball in the
face you know that it floats up TO you
like a lump of lead. then when you're
about TO slap II on the back IL sud
denly and with malice aforethought
lodges around the corner Ike IA guy
you'd loaned a five to last week II
you want 70 Kill the spit-ball chase up
In the box and slap 1t on the mug be-
fore IL breaks.
Beats One-Eyed Kid at a Circus.
watched this young guy Liebhardt.
whom Nap LajoIe yanked out Of Mem
phis. and he's got a splitter that keeps
the batter hustling around like a one
eyed kid at a three-ringed circus. This
slobbery slant OF his ambIes up and
splits in the batter's eye, lodges around
and whispers in the umpires ear, gives
the gleeful giggie in front Of the play
ers' bench. and then floats over the pan
about knee high while the swatter is
tanning around Up among the clouds
The place 10 soak this nasty piece Of
impudence Is about three feet IN front
Of the plate, before it starts running
amuck.
Now that you've got going in that
knowledge factory I want TO stick up a
few danger signs TO show you what
machines TO shy at A college course
Is a mighty good thing, but you've got
to store it away like you store apples.
You've got TO pick out the bad from the
good or the whole outfit win go on the
blink before you are ready TO use them.
You'll get a lot OF slOp dumped into
your trough by a bunch OF ancient
relics OF the institution. but you want
TO nose around and pick out solid food.
Those Healthy Manhood pamphlets
you sent me are all right for the guy
with a coddled past and a moHycoddle
future. but you are not entered To trOt
In that class. You often read about the
athlete who never used tobacco or
liquor. never uttered an oath" etc, but
that's about all you ever do read about
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insist on dishing up baseball before the
kids have quit throwing snOwbaIls, and
then serving up trapped championship
games for dessert in the fall. And
right here is where you'd stick out
from the rest Of the bunch like a sore
finger on Paderewskrs' thousand-dolIar-
a-nights.
While the other guys are cuddling
up behind the base bags and rubbing
snow on their frost bites. you'd blow
IN from the Klondlke League with a
palm leaf fan and a basket OF iced
drinks, and show midsummer form
that would give the sporting editors a
brain storm.
Plenty Of Rest Between Innings.
It's a great scheme. son, and it's got
all other press agent dodgers tied to a
post. Then you ought 70 have a cinch
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-19
BY J. S. A. MACDONALD.

NEW YORK, May 1S.-The Brooklyn
Handicap, at the spring meeting of the
Brooklyn Jockey Club down at Graves
end. L. J., Is going to be a corking race.
even if the quality of the field Of pro-
bable starters is not quite up to the
standard of the years gone by when
Irish Lad, Kinley Mack, and Tenny
won the famous fixture.
AS in the case Of the recent Metro
politan Handicap at Belmont Park the
Withdrawals and the added starters
which will be made an hour or so be-
fore the field goes down to the post,
may completely alter the complexion
OF the race. Therefore the oversight
entries just issued do not give an ade-
quate line on Just what horses are going
tC show at the post.
About eighteen horses. three-year-olds
and up will struggle over the one and
a quarter miles route for the $4,000
hung up. Owing TO a slightly strained
tendon, DR.. Gardner, the hope and re-
lance of the Big Three" in the handi-
caps OF 1907. may not go.
IF DR. Gardner were able TO come
right back with the nace he ran in the
Excelsior Handicap at Jamaica he
would win Mondays Brooklyn Handi-
cap, but 1 don know whether his own
ers will start him until the eleventh
hour declared Trainer Frank Weir in
conversation with the writer. The
absence Of DR.. Gardner would certainly
rob the Brooklyn Handicap Of consid-
cradle interest, for the horse is a public
idol.
Last year the West triumphed with
Tokalon, a . to l shot, who beat DAN
dehon by a short margin. running the
one and a quarter miles in 2.05 3-5 viii
lightning strike in the same spot this
year?
Bob Tucker, the plunger-owner
now at Louisville. Ky, says that Arctic.
the Alvescot three-year-old. which
worked so well for the Kentucky
Derby, but did not start owing TO the
heavy condition Of the footing. could
win Mondays Brooklyn Handicap and
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several minor circuits. which do not
take in fair organizations. will distrib-
ute sums ranging from 5000 to $4,000.
This will be a great year for the har-
ness horse.
There Is every prospect that the trot-
ing and pacing meeting at Brightwood
near Washington, d. c., on May 2S. %.
and 30, will be a huge success. The
purses have recently been increased.
amounting to $500 race. The entries
VIII be thrown open and outside owners
and trainers invited to take part in the
events. This decision was reached at
a recent meeting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-19
B0YDS TEAM DOWNED
BY Rockville SQUAD

ROCKVILLE, May 1s.-The BovIs
baseball team visited Rockville TODAY
and suffered defeat at the hands of the
junior local aggregation in two well
played and interesting games Tbs
scores were 10 to and TO 8. both he
ing ten-inning contests.
Rockville made fifteen hits and tbree
errors and Boyds twelve hits and five
errors in the first game, and RocISvflles
eight hits and five errors and Rovis
eight hits and six errors in the second
The batteries were Robertson and War
field, first game, and Hicks. Robertson
and Dawson, second game. for Rock
vile. and Harris and Emmert, both
games for Boyds.
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Pack Your Nerves in Tobacco

respectively; high jumping. with
twenty-five-yard start.
Regulars, Militia, and Cadets.
These events are open 70 the regular
army national guard, cadets Of West
FolhI ana all military academies. All
entries must be in writing and addressed
10 James K. Sullivan. honorary director
OF apnletics. jamestown exposition, Nor
toik' Va not later than June 8 Regu-
lar army officials are TO interpret the
rules and judge contests.
Inc program arrangement is under
Lieut. II. y. Cootes. Twelfth United
states Cavalry, military secretary Of the
exposition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-19
JAPANESE SLEEVE DOG.

The Japanese spaniel. or sIeeve-doe
Of Japan. is one OF the long located va7
rieties which is much admired. They
have been hard to acclimatize. and
many disbursements have Eeen met
with in their introduction. They have
large heads, with big dark eyes set
wide apart and very full Their little
taEs curl up over their backs like
Tea her busters. One pound is the true
slee ve-dog weight.-Suburban Life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-19
BLOWING Bubbles at
Every Game You
See Don't Go.
Written and Illustrated by
jim NASIUM.

~ EAR SON-I see you're at your
old game of blowing bubbles
again In every bubble you see
a picture painted IN all the col
ors of the rainbow, but you try to grab
one and you'll find you've nothing in
your mitts but a wet spot. I'll have to
stick pin in this last bubble of yours.
You pass up this Southwestern trip with
that bunch of bone diggers from your
knowledge factory, and confine your sci
entiic researches to the study Of the
baseball bug.
l know you've got the Western fever
and have painted yourself a lovely pic
ture Of the boundless prairies. the free
dom of the West. etc, but I'm also next
10 the fact that your picture resembles
the real article as much as a May How
ard poster resembles a Whistler. When
you've hit the high places for as many
years as I have you'll get wise TO the
fact that about the most widespread dis
ease on this little pill is Inflammation Of
the imagination. You'll find most guys
wanting the things thyre furthest away
from and know the least about It's the
old story of distance lending enchant-
ment TO the view. When you trim your
lamps on something away of all the
colors blend tremendously, and the ugli-
est old wart on the face OF the earth is
mighty pretty to look at. But when
you duck in and clinch with II you get
neXt-tO the bum spots and put the whole
picture on the blink.
Take OFF Your Rose Glasses.
So take of your rose-tinted glasses.
son, I've got tip for you that makes
this bOne-digging jaunt look like a
funeral excursion. There's been some
guys from the Klondike down here try
ing to sign players for the new Klon-
dixie League, and when you get oft Of
that knowledge factory Wen hit the
trail for the ChilkoOt Pass, where you
can get some valuable training for the
early season games in the big leagues.
The towns on the Klondilke League cir
cult are Juneau, Skagway, Lawson,
Fairbanks. Douglas City. and White
Horse. About one season on this
trapped circuit and you could come
back here and kick into the early sea-
son games with a bunch Of ginger that
would make the other guys look like
the deuce Of spades in a bobtailed dia-
mond straight flush. The diamond dads
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ty-one years on the diamond 10 drown
the whole anti-tobacco league, and he's
the only one Of The old bunch who
wasn't chased of the St Louis Ma
tonals this year by younger players.
Old Father jim O'Rourke was be-
hind the bat on his hftieth birthday
with wad OF tobacco in his mug big
enough 10 smother the guy who wrote
that pamphlet you sent me.
Pack Your Nerves in Tobacco.
Some guy might try to shove il into
you that these are the exceptions. but
they're not; they're the double riveted
cinch rule. You can take all the bah
players from the big leagues down 10
the Epworth League, and you'll find
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-19
SOUTHERN RAILWAY GAME

In game marked by many sensa-
uonal plays the team representing The
treasurcr's Office, of the Southern rail-
way. defeated the Freight Auditors bv
1G to 3.
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Freight Auditers.O C 0301O1O-5 8
:, B6Satteries-Early. Dell Cole. Conner.
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~ EAR SON-I see you're at your
old game of blowing bubbles
again. In every bubble you see
a picture painted IN all the col
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-19

Too Heavy.
$50 the engagements off between
May Plumpers and Jack"
Yes, he says she was simply In
supportable
Il guess 1t must have been rather
a strain on his knees: she's no fairy,
that's a fact
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3 No man keeps up his reputation by.
talking about it.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-19
UNIQUE WORK OF FINANCIER
Geo. II. Earle Gains Fame BY Restoring Defunct Con-
Germs to Prosperity.

ceiver held in his hand authority to
act for every dollar that has been on
deposit in the bank. In asking the
proxies he promised reorganization
on the basis of half the money in cash,
the balance in bonds of the reOrgan-
lied company.
Then he put the screws on the rich
directors, who did not direct, and
forced them to advance two and
half million dollars in cash.
Further, he examined the assets OF
Segal, and by clever deals realized far
more cash from them than. had been
hoped for by the most enthusiastic OF
(, his partisans
This done he showed the bank ex-
aminer of Pennsylvania that the instl-
tuition was solvent and asked permits
sion to resume. This was granted, the
court released him as receiver, and
with Mr.. Earle at the helm, the unani-
nous choice of 5000 stockholders, the
bank opened two months from the
time of the failure Its success has
been immediate, and it promises to be-
come one of Philadelphia's most stable
banks.
This remarkable exploit in itself was
enough to make the reputation of any
man, but the fame of Mr.. Earle does
not depend on it alone. He has done
the same thing dozen times. In fact
his most notable work in finance has
been the rehabilitation of concerns
that had failed or were tottering on
the brink.
So successful has he been in this
direction that against his inclination
he has been forced to give up his law
practice in order to devote himself to
what may be properly termed con-
structive business.
1t was an accident that first told
him wherein his greatest talent lay.
His family owned some stock in the
Pennsylvania Warehousing company,
concern that had never paid a cent in
| dividends and whose stock was selling
at SIS share
Mr.. Earle thought the stock had
| possibilities, and began to investigate.
He convinced the directors that the
stock could be made to pay, and they
F.! gave him authority to go ahead. He
quickly cut out the dead wood, gave
places to energetic young men, and in
| stalled modern methods. He got the
! company to buy certain wharves,
which later he had the satisfaction of
renting cut to railroads at splendid
rates. The company. began to pay,
and its stock is now worth anywhere
from SIS to $500 a share.
| The Guarantee Trust and Safe De-
post company, concern that had
! been put in bad shape because of the
| tendency of one Of it's officers to take
too much part in promoting, had no.
ticed Mr.. Earle's rehabilitation of the
| Warehousing company, and persuaded
| him to accept an election as vice pres
| ident. The application Of his methods
soon put this company on its feet
again.
BY this time he had found out that
he was carrying too much responsible
! ity for one man, and he must cut loose
something. Reluctantly he gave up his
place in the White & Earle law firm.
Next he was elected president Of
the Finance Company Of Pennsylvania,
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Not in His Line.

Not in His Line.
Lawyer-You should learn short.
hand and typewriting, Billy.
The Office Boy--Aw g'wani never
cared for flowers an candy!
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WOMEN CONDUCTORS.

Their Employment in Chilean Town
Attend Well to Their Work.
The most remarkable feature of the
Valparaiso street car system is it's,
conductors; they are women, says the
Los Angeles Times.
The sex is also employed in like ca
pacity in Santiago and all the other
cities of Chile that have horse or
electric trans. This practice sprang
into being at the time of the revolution
of 1891, when men and money were
scarce and women plentiful. Having
apparently given satisfaction to their
employers during the intervening
years they are still retained
The first women conductors were
said to have been young and pretty
and to have been. dressed in natty uni
forms. Tradition even goes further
and says that at that time youth and
good looks were a part of the ZEN
trance requirements" In the light of
the present this seems hard to be-
lieve. It is also recorded that after a
while the natty uniforms were
dropped, and it is just possible that
the apochryphal youth and beauty
clause was stricken out at the same
time.
To-day, Judging from what have
seen in somewhat painstaking sur
vey of the situation, I would say, that
the possession of youth and beauty,
far from being a requirement, was now
the means of earning a flat disqualifi-
cation. The customary dress of lady
tram conductor Of to-day is broad
brimmed clouch hat, short jacket
with the sleeves turned back an inch
or two and short black skirt, always
hanging with a heavy port or star
board list.
s@ They are neither flirtatious nor pru-
dish, and no scandals are heard about
them. To foreigner it is an inter-
esting sight to observe the street car
girl, to note how capably she man
ages her car, and the quiet, business
like way in which she goes through
the routine of collecting fares, giving
change, discharging passengers and
seeing that the rule regarding the
number admitted is not broken.
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which company he promptly braced

.
These three great victories gave
Earle a commanding reputation, and
when the Tradesman's National bank
got into deep water, Earle was Called
to go to the rescue. He did so and
sent the stock from SO to 100.
Next came the Market Street Ma
tional bank. 1t was foundering along
in desperate straits when some wise
director suggested that Earle should
be secured. He became president.
and boosted the stock till to-day it Is
selling at a premium of sixty !
Mr.. Earle also did excellent work.
for Reading railroad stock, together
with Frederick P. Olcott of New York,
and virtually save dthe Choctaw, Okla
homa & Gulf railroad when it got into
bad shape.
But the greatest Earle exploit, be-
fore he fixed up the Real Estate Trust
was in saving the money of those who
deposited in the Chestnut Street Ma
tional bank and the Chestnut Street
Trust company.
Those were ventures of the late
William M. Singerly, editor of the Phil
adelphia Record. Singerly prospered
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public gaze through decollete gown,
it IS seen to be the very perfection of
feminine beauty. Her arms are per-
fectly rounded, and her neck and
shoulders would fit the dream of a
Sculptor la Cavalieri attributes the
faaltless throat to the fact that she
never muffles up.
Most singers keep the throat COW
cred all the time, but La Cavalieri has
it bare, even in the winter time. Her
furs never cross it, and in the coolest
and stormiest of nights the most she
has over At is q piecesof thinnest lace.
La Cavalier is a pupil of Jean de
Reszke, whom she admires as the
greatest of singers.
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for many years, but he had so many
irons in the fire that when he became
involved in one failure all his interests
went down, and the bank and trust
company failed.
All that remained to the receivers,
Mr.. Earle and Richard Y Cook, that
had earning value was the Philadel-
pllia record. Against his newspaper
Mr. Singerly had borrowed a great
sum of money, and it looked as though
the creditors would only get about II
cents on the dollar.
But Mr. Earle and Mr. Cook person.
ally raised the money necessary to
save the Record. They conducted the
paper for four years at big profit,
and then sold it at such an increased
value that they were able to pay the
depositors Of the bank in full, with all
interest, and to those of the trust COM
pany with only a little less than the
principal.
Mr.. Earle is of Quaker stock, is
something over fifty, has charming
wife and seven children.
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She was amazed at their splendid
healthfulness and fine eyes, and made
no secret of her opinion that in point
of figure and carriage they far out
stripped the beauties of Europe.
But" she said, ,"they do not know
how to make the most of their attrac-
tons. They have no coquetry."
That which La Cavalieri says Amer
lean women lack, she herself has to a
conspicuous degree. She is mistress
of every accomplishment, every facial
change, every movement, every grace
that will add to-her attraction.
Her eyes are large, soft and brown.
Their expression is gentle, and belle a
somewhat aggressive hint conveyed in
the poise of her head, which is always
carried well back, with the chin up
lifted.
In the depths of her eyes is seen all
the magnetism of a woman who, if she
willed to use her power wrongly, could
accomplish most any catastrophe.
Her eyes we're shaded by the most
marvellous pair of eyelashes that droop
to her cheeks in the occasional times
when she droops her eyes.
Cavalieri has not the brown Italian
skin. Hers is creamy, and she watches
over it with solicitous care. Her IA
vorite bath is hot water, hot as posi-
BILE. This she considers the best help
to the skin. The milk bath, which
Anna Held believes in as the ideal
skin tonic, La Cavalieri speaks of with
disgust as sticky and unpleasant. She
is afraid of cold water.
In protecting her $1,000 a night
beauty La Cavalieri has no fixed rules.
She eats sparingly, goes out when she
wants to, takes plenty of exercise and
a liberal Amount OF sleep. She also
breaches a proper amount Of work as
an excellent means Of keeping the
mind pleasantly occupied and avoiding
the wrinkles that come with care.
The famous prima donna is tall, full
five feet six inches.
In street costume she u BIT de-
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asked permission to have her educa-
ted in music
Then she was transplanted to- the
studios of the best musicians, who
found that her voice was in a class
with her wondrous beauty.
In no time she could sing French
chansons with marvellous charm,
and when Paris called for the new
queen of music and beauty, La Cava-
lieri went to the French capital, and
scored an enormous hit ---.,z
This was gratifying, but it was not
the career the tall Italian had planned
for herself. Mingled with the wonder
full beauty was genuine love of art
She wished to sing the roles written
by sher idolized modern italian com.
posers, and the success of Partisan
music halls, and the alteration of the
jeunesse doree would not compensate
her for loss of genuine musical ca
reer.
So she forsook Paris and went to
Italy to make her deput in grand
opera.
She first appeared in Naples, and the
role was Mimi. Her success was in.
Simultaneous, and was followed by
triumphal tour of Russia, in which
grand dukes jostled each other in the
scramble to lay their wealth at her
feet.
In st. Petersburg and Moscow La
Cavalieri received enough adulation
to turn the head Of any woman, but no
offer of marriage, no matter how
brilliant, could change her love of the
stage, and she resolutely stuck to her
career.
La Cavalieri is very intelligent
woman, with powers of observation
and strong personal ideas about
things. She had not been in this coun-