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Evening star., 1907-11-18
poToMAcs' NEW HOME.
Delay in the Building Operations
EXPLAINED.

The failure to begin building operations
on the Potomac Boat Clubs new home IS
not owing to a lack of zeal on the part
of the building committee of the club. but
Is due entirely to controversy over as
suming an fncumbrance on the property.
The club had expected to see the house
above foundation walls BY this time. and
the delay is very annoying to the men,
bership at large, who are awaiting very
anxiously to see work begin, as it means
ization. especially in the way of new
life, through membership, in the organ
ization.
day evening and thoroughly threshed
the matter. and directed the proper Of
ficers to take whatever steps of legal
nature that were necessary for the de-
livery of the property. The Potomacs
have deposited $500, payable to the own
ers on the deciding of the property. and
81 600 with the Title Insurance Company
that is to be used in the same way when
a good title is given for the site.
The architects, Messrs. Mullett were
in consultation with the officers of the
club, and they guarantee to deliver the
house fully completed seventy-five days
after the work begins. The design has
been fully described in The Star. The
house will be not only an ornament to
the city, but will be a model boathouse,
and it is claimed will be superior to any
in this country
The club has also decided that the clubs
racks will be replenished with new rae
ing shells and new craft for the men,
bers who join for the pleasure of rowing
and canoeing.
The committee who is working up the
boom for the middle states regatta for
the Potomac river reported progress, with
every prospect favorable.
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"MoDERNs" WOULD LEAD.
Result Of Comparisons With the
Athletes Of Ten Years Ago.

When the indoor championships of the
A. A U were decided in Madison Square
Garden, there was considerable discus
sion among many leading officials and
old-time champions on the respective abil-
tiles of the present day champions, as
compared with the performances of the
champions of a decade ago. Some of
the old-tfmers. with. that usual plant,
were of the opinion that track athletes
of today are merely second-class in their
performance and ability, while on the
other hand, many of the officials, who
had followed amateur sport for the last
twenty years or more. were of the opinion
that the records showed that there was
no decadence in athletics. and tnat If
careful analysis was made of the differ
ent events that make up the athletic
program it would be found that the top
notchers Of ten years ago could be beaten
by spare margin by the men of today.
Selecting track teams from the "old
timers" the men who were at their best
in 1897. and from the "mOderns," the
men who have done their best work in
the past few years, competition in an
imaginary dual meet of the regular thir-
teen events would give the victory to the
"moderns'' by a score of to 5. In cases
where men ran under different circum-
stances. these differences we're consid-
cred.
Evening star., 1907-11-18
HOPPE EAGER TO PLAY.
Will Challenge All Billiard Players
When He Arrives.
special Dispatch to The Sta

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, November 1s.-Willie
Hoppe sailed Saturday for America on the
Kaiser Victoria, and on his arrival in New
York this week will issue a challenge to
any billiardist in the world to play for
either the 1S.1 or 1872 balk line cham
pionship for any part of a $500 side bet.
The coming of this young cue expert is
likely to enliven matters in the billiard
circles on this side.
Last January Hoppe, having received a
flattering offer to play in an Amsterdam
academy, forfeited the 1S1 worlds cham
pionship emblem to George Sutton, who
later lost it to Jake Schaeffer. Sutton is
now a challenger, and will play Schaef-
fer in Chicago December 2. Albert Cut
Ter of Boston has already deposited $3.50
with the donors of the emblem and chal-
lenged the winner.
Hoppe will probably issue his challenge
Immediately after his arrival in America,
and there is a strong. probability that
Sutton will accept, as the German
Count has plenty of backing among Chi
cago patrons of the game, who believe he
is invincible. Schaeffer, too, if he can get
the backing, is also likely to accept the
challenge of his former pupil.
Evening star., 1907-11-18
Racing, Foot Ball
and Other Sports
Continued from Ninth Page.)

brilliant, as he included in his winnings
three echampionships-the national metro
politan and New Jersey. Following Is
the list of open and invitation tourna-
ments in the metropolitan district. in
cluding Atlantic City, and a summary of
the more important championships. show
ing medal score, winner and runner-up in
each:
Open Tournament.
April 1920. Garden City-Medal Whitlatch,
April IS 81. s Ialewood"Mepial. a Merreshon. 1854
Mas sfsatc f1rFsss
winner. Herreshon; runner-up. DR.. Carr.
May OIL. Princeton-Medal, Travers, IS; win
net July as aoH Demer 49, win
ner I Pickhsrd,; d, rInner-up Klein. LEN, xo,,o r.,
ROGUE, CLARK. Jackson, IS; winner, Travis; run
August i 1911. Manhanset-Medal. Downing 80;
August 22-24. Deal-Medal, Turner. II; winner,
Abbott; runner-up. Richardson.
August 29-3I, Van COrtaDdt-M Medal Floyd. u;
September 1921. Morris County-Medal. Van
.s
October ISIS. Baitusroi Medal. o'connor,
November 10. Atlantic City-Medal. Tappin
49, winner shackelford; runner-up, Sherman
Golf Championships.
United States Golf Association. amateur. Eu-
cid July 9-l3-Meda list. Walter J. Travis, lac;
winner. Jerome u. Trayers; runner-up. Archie
Graham.
United States Golf Association (women), Mid
lothian. October 6-12-Medaiist. Miss Margaret
Curtis, %: winner Miss Margaret Curtis: run
ner-up Miss Harriet Curtis.
United States Golf Association. open. Phila
dolphin Cricket Club. June 2o-21-Wfnner. Alec
Ross. 3G2; second Gilbert Nichols. 304.
Metropolitan Golf AssOc!a tion. Nassau. May
% 25-Medalist. J. D. Travers. 1888; winner, Ira
vers; runnerup. Findlay S. Douglas.
Wornen's Eastern Golf Association. Atlantic
City June II il Winner. Miss Mary b. Adams
after seventy four holes In :ay of of tie with
Miss F. G. OSgood. Miss Adams scored 395:
Miss Os~ood. 3.E
Eastern Professional Golfers Association,
Brookline October 17-Winner. Alec Campbell
144; second place tie between George Low and
Alec Smith. 151.
Western Golf Association. amateur Chicago
G. c., August 6-1O-Medalist. W. !. Rowland
jr., 100: winner. Fl. Chandler E2an; runner-uD
II. F. Jones.
western Golf Association twomen). Midlothian
August 26-:.0-Medalist Miss Sallie Ainslie, So;
winner Miss Lillian French; runner-uo Miss
Anslie.
Western Professional Golfers Associa ton ST.
Louis, September 2223-Winner. Fred Mcleod.
3O5: second, Lawrence Auehterloine. 307.
Western Golf Associat ton, open. Hinsdale, June
27-2S-Winner. Robert Simpson 307: second
place, = tie between Willie Anderson and Fred
Mcleod 800.
Intercollegiate Golf Association. Nassau. Octo
ber 15-19-Medalist, Ellis Knowles IL winner.
Knowles rrIner-up. Ralph Peters, jr.: team
championship ny Yale.
New jersey State Golf AssociatiO ION. BaltusrOl
June G-S-Medalst. Oswald Kirkl'y. ~: winner.
jerome D. Travers: runner-up. Max Behr.
Evening star., 1907-11-18

lads at the o street institution who, with
fair handicaps. can push any of the frst
trio Janus of Tech is good man. ana
will in all probability get out lot OF his
schoolmates. Eastern and Western nave
not as yet been heard from, but are ex-
pected to come to the fore. The prep
schools contain a lot of speedy boys
George Washington will be represented
by a large number of championship aspl-
rants, headed by Schmidt. who has oone
fine work at the distance, and Noble
Claggett, who has likewise pulled cou-
ple of first though he had to trim
Schmidt to do it. Claggett took second
in a race Of two, and seven-tenths miles.
which Connor won in fourteen minutes.
Connor. also of George Washington, has
agreed to run on Saturday mornings with
fellows training for the race. and show
them anything he can about the game
AS he has won every distance race he
has entered he should be able to help
the rising generation. 1t is hoped that
the various schools will get together and
fix on some place where all can run to-
gether and get plenty of sport as we'll as
experience out Of their jaunts.
The management expects to run the
race in the morning, SO that every one can
have ample time to enjoy their dinner.
At least five prizes will be given.
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Dance of the "Aggies."
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO Ihe Star.
COLLEGE PARK, November 1S.-As
feature of the big foot ball game played
here Saturday between st. Johns College
of Annapolis and Maryland Agricultural
College, the alumni association of the lat
ter institution gave a delightful informal
dance in the college hall Saturday even
ing. Had Maryland Agricultural College
won the foot ball game it is certain that
the dance would have been much more en-
joyabie, especially to those who sympa-
thized with the Aggies. The arrangements
for the hop were in charge of committee
of the members of the alumni composed
of Messrs. Harry Williar. Walter Mitchell,
John Mackall and ]. T. T. Graham. Sew
eral hundred guests were present from
Washington, Baltimore Annapolis and the
contiguous counties. The alumni associa-
ton extended a special invitation to the
student body of the college and about 200
cadets participated in the dance.
Evening star., 1907-11-18
CHRISTMAS DAY SPORT.
Preparations Being Made for Cross
Country Run.

According to the present outlook there
will be cross-country run on Christmas
day, to be held under the auspices of
the George Washington University track
team. The soldiers at Forts Hunt and
Washington are taking notice, as are the
boys at Fort Myer and the marine bar
racks. AS the keenest rivalry has al
ways existed between these posts, an
added zest will be given the affair and a
grueling finish will be seen.
The various schools in town are to be
well represented also. Will Dick of Cen
trail will probably measure strides with
Hildebrand and Brice Claggett of the
same school, and 1t would be difficult to
pick the winner. There are a number Of
Evening star., 1907-11-18
TO PLAY BASKET BALL.
Team Organized by Company G, 1st
Regiment

A basket ball team has been orga nized
by Company G, 1st Regiment. N. G., D. c.,
consisting of the following membership:
J. S. Dinnis. manager; w. C. Herbert,
team captain, and the following players:
r. Duncan, H. A. ODyer. c. E. Solbach,
r. B. Maloy, w. ]. FURNACE. L. H. Wind
sor, r. NJ. Cooper and NJ. G. Mccormick.
O'Dyer formerly played with the Carroll
Institute, r. Duncan with the Y. M. c. A,
Windsor with Georgetown, Herbert, Fur
mage, Maloy and Dinnis with the w. and
1. fraternity
The team is in class B of the Washing
ton City Basket Ball League, and it is
expected that its present membership
will make a very good showing in that
class. Several exhibition games have
been played, and a satisfactory showing
was made. An out-of-town trip has been
planned. and the following cities will be
visited: Fredericksburg, Richmond, New
port News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, An
napolis and Baltimore
Evening star., 1907-11-18
DR.. Stafford's Condition Improved.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

DICkERSON, Md, November II. 1907
Rev. DR.. D. ]. Stafford, rector of ST
Patrick's Catholic Church, Washington
D. C, is the guest of Rev. Father Har-
rington, rector of St Mary's Catholic
Church, Barnesville, Montgomery county,
Md. DR.. Stafford will probably remain
at Barnesville awhile longer if there is
a continued improvement in his health.
At the 8 o'clock mass this morning at
st. Mary's Church DR.. Stafford officiated
and al the 1915 mass he preached a short
sermon. After the last mass the doctor
was introduced to the congregation and
complimented it upon its church edifice,
During the past week DR. Stafford has
been visited by his assistant priests of
St. Patrck's Church. Father Harrington
is a frequent visitor to Dr. Stafford s
church in Washington.
Evening star., 1907-11-18
Victory for Pattersons.

The Potomac Athletic Club and the Pat
terson Athletic Club played a close and
interesting game of foot ball on Nc
Devitts field yesterday afternoon, the
latter winning by the score of S to 2. The
feature of the game was the offensive
work of koontz and McVey. and the de-
fensive work of Trainor, the giant guard
of the Pattersons; Tor the losers, Dewitt
and Malone. The teams lined up as fol-
lows.
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w. B. NOSES & SONS F STREET, CORNER nth.

stead of possible to have given a more
sportsmanlike reading. for it is possible
to tee up a ball anywhere except on
water
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Time Of halves-20 and Is minutes. Referee
Mr.. Myers of Warwick A. G. Umpire-Mr. Ber
nard Hunt Of Yale. Linesmen-Messrs. Sullivan
and Rose. Tfmer-Mr. Palmer.
All teams 100 to 40 pounds wishing
games address Manager Palmer, l
street northeast.
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No Nature Student.

To DIR. John B. Wilson, professor OF
psychology at the University of Chicago.
has been imputed the statement that sea
gulls have an actual language.
Discussing this statement the other
day, DR. Wilson laughed and said:
81 have recently made a study of sea
gulls. but l must admit that l nave not
gone as far as Prof. Garner with his
monkey have not as yet compiled II
gull dictionary, nor do l see much pros
pect of my ever doing so.
s"But / have studied the gulls inti-
mately. and 1 have found the work in
teresting and valuable. Is not nature
study, indeed, always interesting and
valuable? You know what happened to
the big game hunter who neglected II?
There was a big game hun;er out
after lions. He found n lion, emptied
his gun at it, and missed. The enraged
beast gave chase, and the poor hunter
fed madly.
And as, fleeing, he reached the jun
gle, he hesitated and said obviously to
himself
"'Oh. why can't I remember If it is a
lion or a tiger that can't climb tlee"
This piece of ignorance, | regret to
say cost the hunter his life"
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M DONKEY WAS
MATED CAL1FoRN1A.
AND HIS SADDLE
NW1BERMAs 971

lions are almost everywhere in evidence.
native Cairo is much the same now as 1T
was in the days of the Arabian Nights.
These people believe the same as they did
then; they wear the same costumes, the
women are as closely yelled, and all the
characters of the days of Harodn AL
Raschid are to be seen. Here che vision
airy Alnascher squats in his narrow, cell
like store. with his basket of glass before
him. He has long water pipe in his
mouth and is musing on the profits he
will make from peddling his glass, grow
ing richer and richer, until the khedive
will be glad to offer him his daughter in
marriage and he will spurn ner as she
kpeels before him. We almost expect to
see the glass turned over as 1t was in the
story, and his castles in the air shattered
with his kick. Next to him is a turbaned
Mohammedan who reminds US OF Sinbad
the Sailor, and a little further on Is
Barmecide, washing his hands with in
visible soap in invisible water, and ap-
parently inviting his friends to come and
have a great feast with him. Here two
long gowned, gray-bearded men are sit
ting on bench drinking coffee together:
and there a straight tall maiden, robed
in a gown which falls from her head to
her feet and with a long black veil COW
ering all of her face but her eyes, looks
over the wares Of handsome young
Syrian reminding us of how the houris
shopped in the days of the past.
Oriental Cairo is city of donkeys and
camels. In the French quarter you may
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dive. but the Mohammedan rulers of the
Sudan, send gifts, and 1 understand that
the new railroad which has been recently
completed from far up the Nile to the Red
sea is now giving special rates to pilgrim
age parties. 1t is by means safe to
look upon Mohammedanism as a dead re-
ligion.
A Religion of the Lips.
And still 1 sometimes wonder whether
this Mohammedanism Is not religion OF
the lips rather than OF the heart. These
people are so accustomed to uttering
the words of prayer that they forget
the sense. The use of the word God is
heard everywhere IN the bazaars. The
water carrier. who goes about with pig
skin upon his back. 1lngling his brass cups
to announce his business. cries out: May
God recompense me- and his customer re-
plies as he drinks by giving him a copper In
the name of the Lord. The lemonade ped
dler, who carries glass bottle as Dig as
q four-gallon crock does the same, and /
venture the name OF the Deity Is u'teIeo
hero more frequently than In any other
part of the world. 1t Is through this GUS
tom of religious pretext that am able to
get free of the beggars OF the city nave
learned two Arab words. Allan yatlk'
which mean: May God give thee enough
ana to spare" When a beggar posters mo
I coy these words gently. He looks upon
me In establishment and then touches mis-
forehead in a polite Mohammedan salute
and goes away
stays at the big hotels is apt TO think that
the city Is fast becoming Christian one
he is told that the British are Its real gov
errors and as he drives over asp matt
streets lined with the fine buildings OF lhe
European quarter 1t seems altogether Eng
lish and French. If he Is acquainted with
many foreigners he finds them living In
beautiful villas, it may DO in apartment
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Munificence of Mrs. White1aw
Reid and Mrs. Whitney
Hoff Provides For
Fair Students,

she had no leisure. no daintiness, no smart
teas, no CHEEKY companions ready found !;
she would have been better off in a board
ing house.
But Paris boarding houses are not cheap
even when unattractive. l know of two
that VIII give board and lodging for 81 a
day They are scarcely places for a pretty
American girl. When you get to francs a
day-S1 6O-but there, you see, the price is
up, and you have not much for your money
Potatoes and Spinach.
have. indeed. visited a very correct and
not disagreeable boiled-beef pension in the
st. Sulpice quarter, fit enough for our girls
and much patronized by knowing tourists
whose prices are slightly in excess of 81 per
soup meat go against the American stom-
ach, which Graves other vegetables than po-
tatoes and hashed spinach.
You see. therefore. where the girls clubs
come in.
Where the cheap pension offers a measly
box of a room. soiled carpet, rickety wood
en- bed and moldy curtains, the girls clubs
brand new. entice the girls with airy, spa
cious rooms. clear-tinted walls. brass bed
steads smart writing desks, big closets.
boudoir bureaus. lace curtains, screens,
chaises-lounges. waste-paper baskets and
running hot and cold water! If there were
'eanything like this in Paris for men at s.
per the present writer would quit keeping
house in Neuilly!
You see, now, how an American girl can
study in Paris without danger.
Who said anything Of danger?
I did not. l do now. Out of the girls
clubs there is danger to our girls in Paris.
STERLING HELLO.
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In wealth. They are money lenders and
are also land spectators. Many of them
have offices under the government, and
not a few have amassed fortunes. Some Of
them are very religious, and some can recite
the Bible by heart. They are different from
their neighbors in that they believe in hav
ing only one wife.
But the crowd in these streets is by no
means all men. There are women scat
tered here and there through 1t, and such
women! Talk about your peek a-boo waists!
The Cairo girls have peek-a-boo wells. All
their bodies with the exception of their eyes
are hidden, and one has to look close
Hbebsr the Ss their b wells to
brown. They are by no means good looking
as they walk through the streets. Those
of the better classes are clad in cloaks Of
black bombazine made full that they
have their cloaks tied in at the waist, and
they look like black bed-ticks walking off
upon legs. Here one raises her skirts. and
you see that she has on zouave boomers
which fall to her ankles; they make me
think Of the fourteen-yard breeches worn
by the girls OF Algiers The poorer women
wear gowns Of blue cotton, and a single
gown and veil make up whole costume.
Some of them carry babies astride their hips
or their shoulders, and the babies are often
as naked as when they were born. Not a
few Of the ladies have eunuchs to go about
with them. The latter are as black as my
hat, and as sour as the Sphinx. They. are
to keep the young women from flirting as
they shop in the baZaars.
Nearly all of the women have their faces
covered In the oriental quarters you will
not meet any. except the very lowest of the
peasants. who has not long veil of black
crepe SIX inches wide reaching from just
below her eyes to her ankles. This is
Stitched at the corners to her headdress and
fastened in the center by brass spool four
Inches long, which covers the bridge of the
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Humorous Stories
About Popular Men
A Press Criticism.

Lord Northcliffe, the English editor. re-
Gently settled for s25OOOO a libel su,t
brought against his newspaper by the Lever
soap firm Lord Northcliffe often visits
America. and he admits that many of his
best journalistic IDEAS are the fruit of these
visits
AT the same time" said New York edi-
tor the other day. Lord Northclifre is a
severe critic OF the American press. One
OF MS structures is about our padding He
says that when something striking in the
news way turns un we Invariably print
columns and columns about t. page after
page day after day about II though in real
lty half the time we may only have enough
facts for ten twenty lines
AT the Press Club on Nassau street be
told one night story on this head.
he said that a reporter came wearily
into the office and approached the city edi-
tors desk with disconsolate air.
Well said the city editor, eagerly
what did YOU find out about Senator
Blanks alleged divorceT
Nothing said the reporter
No facts whatever
Not a single fact
=" Denied evervwhere%
EVERYWHERE
Senator deny it%
Yes
Wife. too%
Yes
And no rumorsT
Not a blessed rumor'
THE city editor sighed.
Well he said sadly keep the story
down In that case to three and a half co.'s
umns.'"
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TEA IN THE GARDEN "THE RUE DE CHEvREAUsE."
MRS. WHITEI.AW REID.

low; so that now a sick English speaking
girl in Paris has this advantage over her
we'll sisters. that she is not asked to pay
her board.
Hospital Competition.
In a word, the competition to fill up those
flower-decked white spread cases, with their
bright new thermometers. barometers, gas
ometers, is so keen that they have actually
been known to take in a dropping English
governess after she had attempted suicide!
BY this time the rivalry was open and
declared.
Mrs. Hoff had bought outright the build
ing of the Students Hostel She could alter
1t at will.
II want the parents OF my girls to know
they can get all the advantages of Paris
within the four walls" she is reported as
saying: and part of a third-floor wall was
torn out to make the north light of vast
atelier for drawing and painting. Here
artists of reputation daily critcise girls
work. as In the academies. Models, ETC..
are gratis Everything is gratis.
So it stood at the close of the spring; but
l hear that. with the autumn, all the four
American girls clubs-not forgetting the
old established but slightly different Amer
lean institute of Mrs. Smedey-wiu be CIV