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The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
HOW ERWIN WAS BROUGHT OUT
Coach Forbes Used Strategy to Make
Star of West Point Guard.

From the New York World.
Football experts are hailing Erwin,
the West Point guard, as probable Sc
lection for the An-Eastern team this
year. Before the Yale game he was
known as but a member Of the Army
team.
When In the first few minutes OF play
on Saturday Erwin broke through Yales
admittedly strong line and threw Bo-
mar and Wyle. Yale's half backs, for
losses, the cadets, massed IN one OF the
grand stands. shouted, Good boy, Red;
that's the way to do it, They were
overioyed and taken unawares-
Two years ago Erwin made the Army
team because Of his strength. Last
wear his was a place in the line few
teams tried more than once 10 break
through, but he was not looked upon as
n PLAYER of Individual bTilliancy. In fact
he so underestimated his own power that
his teammates constantly feared be
would not use It,
This fan. when Bob" Forbes, Yale's
great end Of last season, took hold or
the Army squad, he quickly saw In EF-
win the making Of a great player, and
| he detected just as soon the big red
haired Kansas boys fault-backward-
! ness. Several times Erwin stood like
an image and let another player do the
/ tacklng, thinking he might miss himseit.
| Forbes donned a uniform and got In the
| scrub line opposite Erwin.
| AT first Forbes stepped back when the
/ ball was put in play TO let Erwin
through the line, but the latter wouldn't
/ take the advantage offered him. Then
Forbes resolved upon another place He
decided to arouse Erwin's tember If
/ there was any IN him. No one had seen
any sign of IT,
For two days Forbes lunged at En-
wins stomach, tripped him on the open
/ field and made a bean bag of him gen
/ orally Then he relegated him 10 the
/ scrubs That was the making OF him.
/ The next day Erwin appeared on the
/ field. and IN the first scrimmage laid
Capt Smith low by picking him up with
/ the ball in his arms and throwing him
/ bodily back ten yards. Mountford got
/ the next dose, and with the varsity be-
/ ing broken up Forbes called a halt and
put Erwin back on the first team. That
night he gave him talking 10 and told
| him the Yale game was his last chance
When play began ETwin's prowess
stood out above ali else. He waded
/ through the Yale line at will, sprinted
down under punts ahead Of the fleet
Army ends time and again, and ht
/ tackled all over the field like a field
Five minutes after the start OF the game
he was West Points main defense. The
Yale players laid for him, and twice he
was unable 20 get up from under hear
until cold water had been dashed in hi.
face Then he was on his feet again il
short order and as anxious for the fray
I as before.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27

Both teams res0rted to kicking 10 save
their goal. Carolina frequently used the
forward pass TO advantage. To the first
part of the second half Thomas. Caro-
llna's right end. after several attempts
had been made TO get through the Vir-
ginia line. fell back and kicked the ball
between the goal posts for the hrst score
OF the game. Virginia took an immediate
brace. and by successive END runs and
OCCASIONAL line rushes carried the ball
through for a touchdown. He failed 10
kick goal Honaker. for Virginia, made
a sensational run with the ball for 50
wards. and Immediately thereafter fen
back for a successful drop kick for tne
final score of the game.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
Mother and Daughter Ynnirh.

Miss Vida Romer, and her mother have
mysteriously disappeared and there are
whispers of foul play. The mystery is
cleared up, however, by S. r. Crockett, in
his grand new novel, '"Fhe Iron Lord,
which will begin serial publication in this
paper (before being published in book
form on Friday. November L Order
early.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
Lonaoners Prefer swaIiowtniIs

The Savoy Hotel. London. which
maintains rule reqairing evening dress
in its dinIng-rooms, has taken a vote OF
patrons which overwhelmingly upholds
the rule. Only one man in ninety voiced
a protest against the maintenance Of the
rule
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27

special 70 The Washington Herald
Richmond, Va, oct. 25.-Tcn thousand
cheering rooters to-day yelled themselves
hoarse on the Broad Street Park grid
iron, when the University Of Virginia
and North Carolina met in their annual
exhibition of football. The grand stand
and bleachers were crowded with the
best society Of the Tar Heel State, and
the Old Dominion. The Orange and Blue
Of Virginia was predominant. except in
the western bIeachers, where the Caro-
Ina adherents intermingled with the girls
from the Tar Heel State, yelled vocifer-
ously while a brass band. during the in
tervals. played Southern songs. 10 cheer
the Chapel Hnl boys 10 victory.
Virginia won the game by superior
kicking and beautiful interference IN
running end plays Carolina was the
stronger Of the two teams in the line.
Virginia never gaining in running her
tackles. The score at the end Of tho
game stood to 4 in favor Of the Vir-
ginfa eleven
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27

I'm spite Of expostulations and en-
treaties from the head waiter and all his
team mates, Waddell insisted, and finally,
when he was told that his request was
unreasonable, and that it could not be
complied with, he left the table in a
huff The next d2y he did not show up
at the game, nor the next. nor the next.
The fourth day. and our last in New
York on that trip. he joined us at the
railroad station just as we were leaving
for Boston. still grouchy and complain
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
Erection of Stands.

Another large element In the cost OF
getting ready for the Yale game is the
erection Of stands. Yale is compelled
every year 10 do much repairing OF her
grounds, for the equipment there is Of
wood
The stadium viii hold about 35 900 per-
sons. But the attendance on the coming
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
VIRGINIA VICTORIOUS
North Carolina Beaten in a
Hard fought Game.
FIELD GOALS BIG FACTOR

After Tar Heels Make Four Points
by DOOting Ball Between the Up-
rights, Virginia Comes Back with
Touchdown and "A Goal from Field.
Superior kicking Tells the Tale,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-28
GO TO CANADA FOR TIMBER.
Lumber Men I'm Scramble For the
Great Forests There.

America is turning to Canada for
for the pine, cedar and fir forests
there is going on. Americans have In
vaded the land and are buying In by
the wholesale the richest of the Can
adams timber. In very few years
1t will be all gone"
That was the assertion of e. X.
Carnes, in Kansas City recently.
Mr.. Carnes had just returned from
Vancouver, British Columbia, where
he went on pleasure trip.
vancouver is the only clearing
house for Canadian land grants" b"
Mr.. Carnes said Twenty years ago
It was nothing more than a logging
camp-a few cabins and a sawmill.
To-day 1t is a town of 10000, and
you hear land grants and sawmills
discussed on the streets like you hear
gambling spoken of at Monte Carlo.
The town is simply alive with lum-
bermen, and hardly day passes that
one doesn't hear of sales of grants
which run as high as $1,000,000.
Down Skagitt Valley, just east
of Vancouver, fir trees are growing
from $50 to 200 feet in height, and
some cedar trees are 100 feet in
height. Some of these trees are from
six to fourteen feet in diameter at the
base. This is the kind of lumber
that men are fighting for. Sawmills
are being erected in these forests.
and the lumber jacks are working
under electric lights at night, con-
verting these trees into boards
Fraser River, from its mouth in
Puget Sound, is navigable for 200
miles, and thousands Of log RATS
come down It each day to the Van
couver and Westminster mills. The
English have heretofore been hand
ling what little lumber was taken
from the forests, but in the past few
years the Americans have been seek
ing 1t.
LAS a rule, the Englishman comes
down to his Office about 10 o'clock in
the morning and begins business
about II. He Is now up againit an
army of men from this country, who
arise at o'clock in the morning, are
down town by 730 and by are deep
into business. And it's this hust-
ling way that's giving America the
Canadian timber"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-28
The Standardized Staircase.

A system of standards is the order
OF modern life, and in many direc-
tions standards are convenient If not.
in some cases, Indispensable. We
have, for instance, standard cages for
railways and tramways, standard
threads for various screws, stand
ard sizes for boots, shoes, and gloves,
standard qualities for articles of
food, standard weights and meas
ures, coinage, and so on. But there
are still some directions in which
the need of a standard is not only in
dicated but is urgent. The desira-
bility, for example, of standardlzing
the steps of all staircases is seen In
the fact that so often a fall on the
staircase is due to the irreguarity
in the height of the steps. A COM
mon cause of accident on the stair
case Is the kicking of the edge of a
stair when ascending. In descending.
also, an irregularity in one step may
easily upset the equilibrium of a per-
son. To the aged and infirm the de-
oNCh, VI uh hlcBuldlly oltDDcu
staircase is source of terror.
Yet how many staircases are
constructed absolutely alike as re-
CARDS the height of the steps? We
should say very few; and not only is
there little uniformity existing be-
tween some staircases, but the steps
themselves in the same staircase are
often irregular. Staircases and the
steps in them should be standardized;
there should be uniformity of height
and breadth, and in regard to the
latter there should be room enough
on the step to accommodate the whole
foot from toe to heel, so that there
Is no undue call on the energies when
ascending, as by going on tiptoe, so
to speak, or any feeling of insecurity
when descending by reason of there
only being room for the heel. Seri-
GUS falls on staircases are by no
means rare and common cause Of
such accidents is the fact that stair
cases are not standardized. Even in
dark places the staircase, IL stand
ardized, would be more safely nego-
tiated than well-illuminated but ir.
regular stairway. The perils of an
ordinary ladder would be enormously
increased il the rungs were placed
at irregular ntervals.-Lancet.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-28
Jury Was ScepticaI,

Judge Fox, of the Supreme Court,
killed a turkey in southeast Mis-
souri, the day after the hunting sea-
son closed. When his attention was
called to his violation of the Law he
went before the grand jury and made
complaint, telling how he had made 3
wonderfully long shot and did not
expect to kill the turkey, but instruct
ed the jurors that it was their duty
20 indict him, especially as it was his
duty to know the law, and his owe =
sight was therefore the more inex-
cusable.
When he afterward inquired why
he was not fined for the misdemeanor
he was informed that the jury did
not believe he could have killed a
turkey as far as he claimed to have
shot.-Linn Creek Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-28
MILK CANS.
How Small Dealers In London Appro.
pirate Cans.

In the vast world of London and
It's suburbs the number of dealers In
milk counts up to thousands, and
with all these people in any consid-
cradle way of business, the question
of the special cans which are left
daily with the householder becomes Z
very serious one indeed, and as many
housewives deal with one man at one
part of the day and another at later
hour, the cans of one dealer are COM
monty handed to another
In addition to this, thousands Of
cans are stolen, and after being ma
nipulated In such way as to paJtly
erase the name stamped upon them,
are sold to small and inscriptions
milk-sellers whose whole stock of
cans, sometimes, will thus consist of
the property of other people. To OBJ
viate this, most of the larger firms
have secret private marks, not easily
observable to the uninitiated, on
their cans, and they employ class
of man which has arisen during the
last few years in London, known as
"reclaimers." These latter quietly
mark the portable cart os suspect
and the cans hung around it, and
when the suspects back Is turned for
a moment they examine his stock of
cans, very frequently finding some
specimens belonging to their own
employers.
A reclaimer must be a stalwart fell
low and determined one, for the
cans are seldom given up without q
great deal of wrangllng, and often
enough an appeal to the law In the
shape of policeman. Most OF the
reclaimers are paid by results and
commission, but some of the larger
dairy companies have their own sal
aried reclalmers, usually pensioned
police officers.
To show how needful such men are
1t may be mentioned that the chair
man of a great dairy company esti-
mated tina. In 1908, before his firm
employed regular reclaimers, 1t lost
about f200 in respect of its special
patent cans. "a dlligent reclaimer
even on commission can generally
earn thirty shillings a week." said
this gentleman. AS a rule the cans
are giving up after a talking match,
threat of prosecution usually fright
ening the man In possession Of
them, for in great number of cases
he is using tnem without he knowl.
edge of his master and selling some
milk on his own account.-Tit Bits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-28
A Real Crows Nest,

The fame of the Crows Roost on
Timber Hill may soon be history, for
the authorities of Labette County
are considering the plan of giving a
bounty OF five cents on crows heads.
and If such scheme is carried
through the slaughter will be great
in the western part of the country.
Hunters and sportsmen would be
attracted In droves to that place, be-
cause the most conservative estimates
place the number of crows that night
ly roost there at figure not less than
100000 or 100000.
Every evening about sunset the
sky around that place is black with
dense throngs Of crows that have
come for miles to roost in the hills.
In every part of Labette and Mont.
gomery counties these birds have
been feeding on the crops of the
farmers, and when night comes they
wish to visit the others and gossip
over the days events. The noise in
the evening that they make can be
heard for miles. When morning
comes the birds fly away to their day.
light haunts again with more cav
ing, also making the sky black with
their numbers. 1t is mystery how
the farmers living in the vicinity can
raise any crops.-Topeka (Kan.) }
Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-28
FEMININE NEWS NOTES.

Women are to have boards, says a
Chicago professor.
The great artist Whistler, the
greatest Of modern painters, was the
son of a Wilmington, N. c., woman.
Over 900 women are employed by
the Russian Secret Service, and sew
eral Of them get salaries Of more than
$4,000 a year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic r. Coudert,
returning from Europe, told Of meet
Ing Anna Gould In Paris, and said she
would not marry Prince de Sagan.
OF the nineteen women just elected
to the Parliament of Finland. five are
teachers, two are editors and num-
Der are well-known philanthropic
workers.
Mrs. Coils p. Huntington, of New
York, has purchased the Paris house
of the late Baron Hirsch in the Ave-
nue. Gabriel. The price is said to
have been 100000.
The distinction OF being the first
woman minister in the world belongs
to Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell,
who has recently moved from New
York City to Elizabeth. N. J.
Mrs. John A. Logan has shipped
from Washington, d. c., to SPRING
field, ILL.,, the splendid memorial coll
lection Of souvenirs of General Logan
and her son, Major Logan, thirty
cases. as gift to the State.
Current gossip says that the Duke
and Duchess of Marlborough are to
make another effort to initiate the
birds who ain their little nests
agree" and that Consuelo Is willing
to take back the Duke, on probation,
as 1t were.
Mrs. Honor Coleman, who occupies
little cottage at Cleeve, in the
County Of Somerset, is generally con-
sidered the oldest woman in England.
She Ia 107 years Of age. Her mother
was a centenarian. her grandmother
died at 101 and her daughter is
eighty.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-28
To the Sixth Generation.

II Is given to few men, as to M. T..
Wullschleger of the Canton of Vaud,
to celebrate the birth of a great
great-granddaughter, but even more
remarkable experiences than this are
on record
DR.. Plot, in his Natural History
OF Staffordshire," quotes the case Of
Old Mary Cooper, of Kings Brom-
ley, who lived to see the sixth gener-
alton of her descendants, and was in
the position to say, Rise up, daugh-
ter, and go to thy daughter, for thy
daughters granddaughter has a
daughter" while Horace Walpole
lived to see seven desecents in one
family, the progeny of Mrs. Godfrey,
mistress of James II.
1t Is not long since the Dowager
Duchess Of Abercorn died, leaving
more than 200 direct descendants,
at least four of whom were great
great grandchildren. About the
same time Mrs. Sarah Ann Woolf, OF
Utah, nursed her twenty-third great
great-grandchild, one of 3O3 living
descendants; while 1t is said of a
Spaniard who returned from Ameri-
ca to his native land few years ago,
that ne was accompanied by ESQ of
his descendants, including three
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-28
A Motor Car Speedway.

Some time ago we had occasion
cordially to commend the project of
creating on Long Island what was
variously called an automobile speed
way and an automobile parkway. 1t
was, at any rate, to be an extensive
roadway, meant and preserved for
the exclusive use of automobile ve-
hicles, which should be at once a
means Of promoting the use and en-
joyment of such vehicles and also of
obviating the misuse of the common
roads for motor car racing. On both
of these grounds we we're inclined to
welcome the construction of such a
speedway or parkway, and the prog
ress which is from time to time re-
ported on 1t emboldens US to hope
that the project will not go the way
of its predecessors of the same kind
at Pennington. N. j.. and elsewhere.
but will in the near future be carried
to fulhlment.-New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-28
4 Bargain in "OrChids.W

A New York woman, who has a
summer home il the Catskills, was
delighted a few days ago when some
of the native children brought her a
flower which appeared to be a rare
orchid. She promptly offered the
children three cents apiece for each
plant of the kind that they would
bring her.
Next day the group returned bear
ing sixty plants of the desired va
riety. The second day the force of
small laborers, was augmented by
every onild for miles around, bring
in all three hundred orchids.
The third day farmers who had
been working in the neighborhood
with their teams abandoned all other
occupation for the gathering of or
chids, with the result that the b: .-er
had to TAX $500 of the plants, all Of
the same variety, before she ccald
call off the contract.
She is now studying How to Tell
Orchids From Potatoes. New York
Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-28

"The root of the domestic tr' -
dies which make matter TO. conve: g.
sation over so many cups of tea is
that the mistress has never tried to
do what she expects her servant to
do" says an observing housekeeper.
THE mistress says to the maid, DO
this, and she does it, and then -i-.s
goes on saying, Do something else,
until the girl takes her for a b. e
whereas sne is only stupid - ig-
norant. II she had only learned by
toilful experience how mu;h trouble
1t takes to keep a household in run
ming order she would be more :areful
about the needless labor she caused.
New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-28
Good Manners.

Unselfshness is truly the founda-
tion OF good manners, but not the su-
perstructure. Many conventions. re-
strictfons have grown about social
relations. Some can be explained b.
the demand of kindness and some
cannot. Could child infer from his
desire to help others that he should
not eat with his knife? .hany Of
fenses against good taste interfere in
some way with the rights of others,
but many others do not.
Still, no set of rules to produce a
polished lady will achieve a result
fit for the strain of life. The man
ners Of the French boarding school
may adorn the ballroom, but are too
likely to fail at the breakfast table
or in the crowded car. The woman
of perfect manner must reinforce
her unselfishness by social rules, and
conventionality must be vitalized by
the warm desire of others pleasure.
The best of life never comes natur-
ally" whether in manners or morals.
The secret Of charming manners is
the desire for them. When the moth
er wishes them for her daughter as
much as she wishes the other goods
OF the world her daughter will have
them.-New Haven Register.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-28
AR FRMks IN
mAAsAsSleMB

Waistcoats OF embroidered linen
are frequently worn with woolen
street suits.
There seems to be some falling off
in the popularity of colored stones
for ornaments.
Buckles of silver in varying size
appear on shoes, belt and arm bands
on numerous costumes.
Tortoise shell" is a new light
golden or yellow brown, and is one
of the favorites of the moment.
Blues and browns worked solid
and outlined with black are very eff
fective for crash porch cushions and
table covers.
Long coats are seen Ia many di..
ferent materials, from Venetian to
Irish lace. and English embroidery to
plain linen.
Sailor hats whose crowns are coy-
cred all over with auttering coque
feathers are very chic, the white
feathers being especially smart when
SO used.
Very pale tan shoes and stock; 81
are In better taste with frock of
the same color than are shoes of the
color introduced into the trimming of
the frock.
Given white dimity. colored China
silk f lining. with lace motifs and
edging for decoration, one could
make one of the daintiest matinees
imaginable.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-28
How She Won Success.

"Steadiness and perseverance are
ever sure of their reward"
! studied shorthand at home, and
kept at it until could take dictation
at moderate rate of speed and
transcribe it accurately.
When l accepted my first position
I realized that the lack of business
experience would prevent me from de-
manding much salary, and SO I
started in for small amount, max
ing up my mind that l would learn
"all about the business" and make
myself as valuable as possible to my
employer. l practiced writing short
hand whenever / could get anyone to
read for me in the evening: copied
from books and papers; reported lee
lures and sermons, etc., believing that
the best way is to deserve promotion
and it will come. II we seek ad-
vancement our minds must expand,
and this can only be done by .:quir-
ing knowledge.
BY acqIainting myself with all the
details of the business, remembering
how matters we're handled, and as
sisting my employer in every wa-
possible-beiieving that IL ;t was
worth while to do thing it was sure
ly worth while to do it weli-my first
position was successful one, and l
soon found that my employers co.,
sidered me valuable to them and my
salary was increased accordingly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-28
To Dance woodticks Out of Valley.

A social junction, probably the first
event of the kind in the history of the
world, will be given at Florence next
Saturday evening. The affair has
been heralded throughout the valley
by means Of posters, which read as
follows:
"Woodtick dance. To be given In
Woodmen Hall, Florence, Saturday
evening. June 90, 1907. This dance
Is for the purpose Of raising funds
to burn brush and other necessa-y !
measures to rid the west side OF its
pest, the woodtick. Tickets, includ.
ing supper, $3.50"
The theory is generally accepted
that the so-called spotted fever is
caused by the bite of an infected
woodtick.-Hamilton Western News,