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SCHOOL BASKETBALL.
Three Games IN r. =. A. l.. Series. One
Markc cd by an Argument

Three games were played yesterday in
( the Public schools Athletic League q basket
/ bail series. one OF which at least did not end
with pleasant feelings. In fact there is
great likelihood that there will be protest
as one result That game was played In the
! Forty seventh Regiment Armory. Brooklyn,
hetveep Townsend Harris Hall. the prep
department of the city College, and Eastern
! District H.. s. Az II stands now Eastern
| District won the game by 10 to is.
According TO one version of the trouble
the official timex eeper. who was OF the
| Eastern Dist rict, let the game go three min
utes too far. Townsend Harris's time
: keeper announced IL. As Saltzman for
Eastern District threw q goal in the final
three minutes Townsend Harris wanted
that goal dropped.
I II was contended for the Eastern District
( by its partisans that this was wrong. BY
chance the second half ran slightly over
the twenty minute limit and the Eastern
( District contention il that Townsend Harris
aRreed to q minnie and halfextIa, Salty
nau threw his goal Just as the whistle was
blowing to end the game, ANYHOW, it's
fine mess. The lineup and score:
ltdhsrH DtHHa. Positions Tornsrnd Harris.
Saltznan ....,... Forward . Schuiman:
Cohen. ...... Centre. :. .Woln
Scpck ....-.,.. ... Guard ,......... Mackler
''"ae% GoSis from ieid = -ScSan,au. woin. aSctIer
60, HArber. Saltzman W. Rosenson Cohen:
Goals from foul Eastern District, II; Tcwnsend
Harris. r. Referee Mr. CleEg, p. =. 4. L. Time
OF halves N minutes Substitutes-Hellener for
Schulnan, HaTber for Amplosk.
In.tbe City College gymnasium the Boys
game from De Witt Clinton ii. s. II sas
close all the way through, Boys High leading
by four points at the end Of the t1rst half.
but eventually winning by "a to ~. The
fouls were fairly frequent The lineup
and score:
Bovs H.OI Positions. De WIZ C1n,on.
Carruthe rs .-.. OIL, .. Forward. o.. q. Smberg
johnson. ............ Forward. e.. o.. .Greenman
seaman ..,............ Centre e. o. o.. .Berkowltz
Bear. .-Guard ,.... .Helfant
swan. Guard Melltzer
Goals from held-Carruthers ~. Simberg co.
johnson, Bear Greenman, Berkowtz, Helfant
ton. IL. Time ofhaves-eo minutes
At Armory Hall in Flushing, the Com
merce team defeated Flushing by rs to "a.
JoOephs, the Commerce forward, scored
four goals from the hoor, as did Dixon for
Flushing. The lineup and score:
Commerce. PoHhons Flushing.
Pierce. Forward 81. :. Henderson
JoSephs ..,......... Forward =. =. go. johnson
Gruber. Centre e. e. go. Dixon
Joseph ...............Guard. ....... Smith
GosIs from t,eid-Josephs 90. Pierce "a. Gruber
(a, Dixon 90. Runge. Hllman, Smith. Goals from
foul-Commerce, o: Flushing. 10 Referee-Mr.
Holman. Time OF halves-0 minutes. Substi-
tute-HmAn for Runge.
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is the order and times Of che frst fifteen
Post once Games on January IL.

The annual carnival Of the Brooklyn
post ONCE clerks on January 10 promises
TO be one Of the best fixtures OF the Indoor
season. The most novel relay race ever
run will take place. 1t will be composed
OF teams from the army. navy. police.
and postal clerks. Robbins Of the U. 8. 8,
Hancock. who holds the navy record OF
10 seconds for the 100 and ri "a for the
An the other. events are filled BY Olympic
champions and cracks in the Metropolitan
district. Trlbe, the intercolle eiate Canadian
the one-half and one mile. The ten mile IN
door Marathon will be the first ever held IN
thie city. and siI Of the olympic runners are
entered. besides Joyce. Carr, Clark. BellAirs
and Lee Of Boston. -!
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NAVY WINS BY ONE POINT.
Final Rally In Basketball Game Results Ia
Victory Over Princeton.

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 26.--In the second sue
cessive game the Naval Academy basketball
team won to-day by point. their opponents
being representatives OF Princeton Ihe
score was 20 to 2s. Last Saturday q single
score gave the navy team the victory over
Georgetown.
As indicated by the score to-day's game
was splendid contest. The score seesawed
in the first half. with not more than point
or two separating the teams at any time
and the half ended In a tie, is to l5 Wilson,
the navys crack forward, was not as acon-
rate in his shooting in the early part Of the
game as he was a week ago. but more than
made UP for It by his brilliant part In the
nnal rally, which gave the midshipmen tne
ing was at It's best. He contributed fve
field goals and Ave from the foul line to the
Eayy'a a aCOra ..af..H
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SCORE Naval Academy. -: Princeton. -
bischoiI. Underwood. veeder. Hughes. S Keys
:: Meese Garter Goals from touis--Wnson 8;
Veeder 4 Fouls calied--On Naval Academy.
To- on Princeton. q. Umpire Foster. University
OF pennsy Ivania. Substitutes Naval Academy.
Rischon TOR McClung. Underwood for Douglas,
Jacobs for WIS: Princeton. Carter for Keys.
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IAnney VIM Church Leasue Run.

MOUNT VERNON. n. v, Dec. 2s,-Pinney
Of Trinity Church won the cross-country
run OF the Mount Vernon Church Athletic
League this afternoon going 81. miles In
Methodist Episcopal was second; W SniIi.
van. Sacred Heart. third. The First Meth
Sd,ss , P'rIt poIpta; ssnT.d sTs wen 9e The team prize
aeooa1, with 20 points ~ ~ was
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Fifteen expert marksmen reported At the
Club 70 prsdtise for the big shoot tkst the
organization Is going to giye on New Years
Day! The weather conditions were not
strong wind blew across the nleadows and
sent the blue rocks flying In every direction.
~ QeuRhaD, q newcomer at the Bergen
noon. The best scores:
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, bHAaPIoKsHtP-ibo rARokrs.

Trophy Shoots targets. handlcap-h. Stlner
MP w hefstt O. lS D: Lesey. Z IS Y; s
, 6r. Adams a 8 T. W. STAKE. j. .; /. Z. Hopkins.
8 n: u, Vanderveer. :, :; 4. 3. HendrichSon,
e ss.%ber WI aeei1s ,.rEs,s =; sss ssnais.pe
stssasn'Ga e Sn yr: r. s Hyatt S, 30 NJ stInsr'
scratch Shooi: Is TareetsaH. u. Brigham. IS;
Adams, Is B. 4: isshy, III i. i. Allan, il; ?. ".
I; Z Sslrssiids: e; 70 i. $ilssS s F. S. Hyatt. & &
Trophy shoot IS Isreets: Handicap-L. c. Hop.
s1s " Il o. II hsch}E r. X Il k.S p Ds r. 4
e,atEee5 T, y e iss g ayS az r ESs JI
IS; 81 T. " SAKE 4. IL, Dr.. Adams =. b: q ".
Hissilng. :. z 4 Y: Ernst >, 2; y: S.Insr. 4: z.
Bsssios ssSiSc T1PPSs,dR Psiss dpdsa " L'"hy i l. Q.
stsphsnson and u. 7. fesSy, .. ii y. stiner end
L, e. Hogkins. Q. q: J. y. Ernst and Dr. Adanls.
l. =. EefdrIr,,son and 4. n. Allan. I. ss. u '''
HIATT sEH. II. brigham, Q. q: W. v. nsrshai.
,Issb,ia. "a ~ hsiiei q "a y T. Ems; AZ
ysadsTsser. 4 20 g. 4. Isei%cod. 5. d z. 4.
drielsoh. 2 70: R. Z: Foi. ". q is; Dr. Adams.
: az NJ Steiner. 4 ie T. W. Stake, 8. 1871 p.
: TTopSy ssa shoot . Targets; H.Ydls.p-A, Z.
Hendiickson. z, q; G: A. lockwood ., q; W. ".
Msrsh.n q I G. HoPsips. 9, q, g; 4. HiekllnG.
SsiSoSiids II: T. p isrsis W Il II. 3. E. Van u q
fhsre was an event at. 100 targets de-
Sidsd e Re BSth Beach traps e the Msrins
w. 'fS @ FOR tss pris: VIII score sne
Of 90 targets each, The event was shot in
strin &c Of 75 and the scores were es follows:
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M ker Meadow Members In Medal P,s,
81 .S''r..., Handicap.

Despite the, snow members of the Dyker
Meadow Coli Club competed In an eighteen
hole medal play handicap yesterday. II. G
Duyd won with net score OF 90 assisted
by an etshteen, stroke allowance. The
Ss1.bsna best sgaYs, N,S sGsrss g. were returned by
bat q ak plus penalty sent his net up TO o.
There was alsq q handicap on ChrietmRs
day which resulted In 9, J. CroeEaii Win.
@ bed S's g. sss sess ssd q =: 'i Nav = y PHI,
were - fellows: Tq' 80
;A-G Dgyai sos. is-eo;F. W. sbiblsy, q, %
800. = Tsy. - NJ whitla'eh @. ~. o! Y.
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look home prizes and D. T.. .Leahy and
j.. e. Hopkins vided trophy, only. how
gunners were again tied for the cup. d. T.
Leahy and @. q. Stephenson, Jr.. won
another lee-on the team prize With score
Of - out 'of possible so targets. The
scores: 800
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at the Staten Isisnd traps of the FoI Hills
Golf Club yesterday. The feature Of the
won by DR.. A. H. Thomas and 8. Bottone'
The winners returned a card OF II, G.
peohtel and G. Lembeck made 20 and W.
team In the shoot, made total OF rs, - :
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The special feature Of this sale, is the
genuine economies offered in High
Class, Ready Made Garments embody-
ing perfection Of Style Fit and Work
manship.
The sun., 1908-12-27

Goals from 1eld-Josephs (D, Pierce @, Gruber
l2 Dixon 90. Runge. Hllman, Smith. Goals from
Holman. Time Of halves-0 minutes. Substi
tutc-HilmAn for RunRe
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money. to DR.. Chatin, the ten-dollar-a-
clip specialist-and forced him to care for
her.
1t was an infectious fever. At Uriage,
a mountain health resort. Chatin at once
organized secret Gordon round the out
house. There was a tremendous row.
What children! Sheltering a contagious
tramp and without papers! Anarchists!
Without law Disobedient! Scheming.
Deceitful! Systematic in wrong doing.
4
I will not tell you the punishment they
meted to the kids who were too kind
1t would but anger you. In excuse. how
ever, that widowed old marquise. An
gele's grandmother, explained 20 us that
"all the unhappiness that have come to
France in these late years raay be traced
to the foolish weakness Of fond parents
toward their children
Fondness! Weakness, Ask 1.-The good
American Nat Goodwin, what he thinks
of the old school the marquise represents.
Whatever brought the veteran American
comedian and his young wife to such an
utterly un-American watering place as
Uriage 1 cannot fathom: but now he has
we'll content protecting Angelo!
You know how Americans spoil chill
dren. From the start "the good Ameri
can" delighted in the little fairy heiress
Oh great name, IHOUSn SHldl property.
Soon they had an amusing tacit filtration,
full of joking pretended surprises.
For example, when the good Ameri-
can" returned from the Casino. he would
thoughtlessly lay a new bright fan upon
the garden table. smile at Angelo nom
committingly-and then forget the brand
new pretty fan!
Angelo would slip up, timidly examine
the luxurious object. fan herself coquet-
tishly and then, when she would
finally hand it back to 'the good Ameri-
can" he would pretend surprise My
fan? But no. ! think it is your fan. 1
think 1 saw you buy it? Or did I see
some one buy 1t for YOU? If 1t is not
yours, whose can it be?'
Angelo would laugh and flirt her fan.
1t was such fun. The next day it would
be little box with three big peaches or
a silken bag of Uriage drops
what do I know? Never would he give
them outright. Always he would leave
them lying under pretty little Angeles
nose and then disclaim their ownership
or else attract her notice and pretend to
hide them. Quot! 1t was a game they
played together.
I knew it. Many of us took a pleasure
in it. Life is humdrum in these watering
places where our comforts and our pleas
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WIDOWS OF FORMER PRESIDENTS ARE STILL LIVING

died four years before his wife
Martin Van Buren, almost equaled the
record of Jefferson, and lived forty-three
years after the passing of his wife.
The first time pension was ever sug-
gested for the widow of an eX-President
was when William II. Harrison died one
month after his Inauguration. Prior to
that time there had been only one in
stance of a widow getting any favors
whatever. This was when Dolly Madi-
son was granted the right to publish in
other countries for her own benefit the
manuscript debates on the Constitution.
The death of Harrison peculiarly ap-
pealed to the sentiment of the nation. and
MIS- Harrison was voted outright So, 900.
Even this sum was not extravagant, for
she had to live on it for the twenty-three
years she survived her husband.
The second Mrs. Tyler. who married tho
President during his stay in office. occu-
pied the White House for eight months.
When the former President died in 1852
1t was found that he had left his widow
SO poorly provided for that government
help was imperative. Therefore pension
of 5000 yearly was granted, which Mrs.
Tyler continued to draw till her death
twenty-Seven years later.
Franklin Pierce outlived his wife six
years. Buchanan was a bachelor. Fill
moreS second wife outliYed him seven
years. but never received government aid.
In the burst OF pity and affection that
followed the off-taking OF Lincoln the
for those who had been dear to him. An
outright $4,000 was granted 10 the widow.
and she was further given a pension OF
$1,000 yearly.
Johnson's wife outlived him but one
year. There was no pension in that time.
The distinguished services that Grant
had rendered his country received some
Acknowledgements in the shape of 5000
pension for his widow. which was un.
douhtedly welcome since the misfortunes
of the former President in the banking
business had gone far to reduce his for.
tune.
Mrs. Hayes died before her husband.
Mrs. Garfield received pension of 5000
a year. which she still continues to draw.
and It is a question IL any of the money
that goes from Uncle Sans Treasury il
paid more cheerfully by the American
people.
hrs Mckinley accepted a $1,000 pension
after the death OF her husband, and there
will lie no opposition on the part of Con-
gress to making a settlement on Mra
Cleveland. should her circumstances de-
mand it.
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ures are planned with such calm perfec-
ton that 1t bores us But the
marquise. Angeles old grandmother chat
makes two at the Hotel du GlobeD. lived
in the past was intimate with none, a
naughty. hard-up. ancient relic of the
aristocracy.
The marouise knew nothing Of the
game
So she was Mortified. one morning when
the bald-head from America slipped into
the west garden and hid ostentatiously
q basket of good strawberries beneath a
bush. to see her grandchid wait till he
was gone-and tiptoe up and smouch
them!
/ came later with two ladies'. Soon.
however the monotonous cold voice
brought others. wondering paralysed:
Angele, whence come those berries?
From the tone the child knew that she
was accused of wrong What could she
say? No one had given her the berries.
Grand mere, l found them-beneath
Angelo has lied!' the voice went on.
She did not find the be -ries She had
seen the good American put them beneath
the bush, to keep them freshr'
How could Angelo explain? Her face
was guilty. Don't tell me that innocence
has its own look!
"Angele has stolen. Yes. she waited till
oOONA
his berries! She must now wear Thief"
and Liar on her hat
1t is a heartless punishment Angelo
fell to the ground and writhed in terror
of the shame.
Grand mere! Grand mere,' Her voice
would melt a stone. Grand mere. grand
mere. not that"
But the old relic had already written
the words on two squares of paper. She
found two pins in her corsage.
Angelo. GOMEZ" she codly said; and
then we all but witnessed most awful
thing. There is old well in the hotel
garden. By pure accident, it was left
open. Before we knew what the child was
up to. she had run-and made dive.
head-first, into it! Louis Brun who had
been picking currants. grabbed her little
skirts just at the proper moment,
Wicked old woman'' / cried but the
French folk stood silent, too respectful Of
parental authority to make a comment.
What's all this?" exclaimed the good
American as he came gaily bustling
into the excited throng.
Great Scott" he said when all was
explained to him and he had cleared
Angeles character as white as snow
The old marquise makes me understand
the French revolution. I wonder Why
they didn't guillotine her in the Gays OF
Louis XVI: STERLING H--ILIG.
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last week In what inconvenience may
come when European children quit the
hard-and-fast rules made for them in
generations of ruled living.
One Of the first things bourgeois child
Is taught is not to foregather with stran-
gers. Now. there are more children at
the Hotel du Globe than Lili Regnier.
Helene and Angelo. but. / contend, all
are lonely. because they are mere appur-
tenances Of their grown-ups: may not run
together unquestioned: cannot arrive at
collective consciousness as a gay pack Of
children! So two families. the Duponts
and the de Cernays. two boys and two
girls from nine to twelve. did an outrage
Gus thing-out OF mere mingled thirst for
righteousness and copper-riveted boredom.
Charity" is great thing taught to
French children. 1t consists in giving
pennies to a beggar, on the route to
church Of Sundays. but the charity that
does things out of its own head is rank
concealment-and a horrid vice.
Well, there came through Uriage a
troupe Of those Romanchels gypsies. who
are being bounded from prefecture to
prefecture. of course, a bare-faced lot of
five bears, three great apes, four dancing
girls, three acrobatic boys-and did good
business till they were run out of Uriage.
They possessed no papers"
10 you Know Wnat IL is IN Europe not
to have your papers, They show who
you are, where from. what done, military
service, prison. good and bad together.
Without papers you are a lost. hunted
thing in France. And each child knows
1t.
Well. it seems there dragged along be-
hind the gypsies a poor woman with a
baby-without papers. Nat Goodwin says
that the de Cernay boy would make a
true American. He is round-faced. freck-
led. mussed up more than usual French
kids, grinning, willing, unafraid and pack
full of initiative. He don't refrain from
trying new things.
The poor woman was a new thing,
worn. weak, hungry; and the baby was a
white and shriveled organism; and those
four kids, the Duponts and the de Ger
nays, without fear of organized society
before their eyes. fixed her a bed for the
night in an clubhouse of the Hotel du
Globe where no one wants to store an
auto because across the road are tennis
grounds
They sneaked her bread. cheese, cold
meat milk and wine. Nobody knew it,
Two days passed. The woman fell sick.
The four kids nursed her through four
days of fever. Then. with the nerve and
sense of grown persons. they decided for
a doctor-and went with So, their own
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drive. And the lonely little girl was hap
pier yet to have found companion and a
protegee. They often went out riding
those three. after. and nobody noticed
that Helene was much in the big apart
ment of the lonely little girl and her &C.
centric, pretty mamma until one day two
weeks later. when NJ. Brun asked Helene
before us all to recite.
''Wof, wofi Oh la-la"'
She stood up before us In a quite new
manner. put a knowing little discreet
smile on, half apologize, and said Bo-
trel's childish lines as .Botrel himself
would say them, or Coquelin cadet. or
Marthe Regnier. for the unknown lady
with the lonely little daughter turned out
to be that consummate actress.
Say a fable" spoke her little protec-
tress
Yes, yes"' we exclaimed. not knowing
yet what the extraordinary change in
Helenes diction might portend. but
tore off "The Fox and the Crow and
1.-The Wolf and the Lamb like a true
little artistic. Oh. the combination Of the
charming little face and voice and figure
with the art-concealing art taught to her
by the great Partisan actress! We would
not have been human had we not looked,
almost grinning. at the silly old grand
parents who had called our Helene stu
pid, limited and we, Of course, knew 1t
to be Marthe Regnier's revenge for
Helene on them to teach her to say a
lot of things impeccably. But the grand
father had been colonel. a commander OF
men. buffer to the core. So he just took
no notice until Helen finished: then said:
Now thy English! We are proud of
Helene's English. Her grandmother
taught her"
And then out came, miserably. the poor
''Trinkle. trinkele, leetel starrr.
Did the old man correct her? Not a
bit! He leaned back. puffed up with
complacency. I'VE taught her that" he
eff an English-speaking child could be
taught diction like these fables" said Nat
Goodwin, I'VE would look upon her as a
marvel, But, great Scott! what a price
they pay for all this department. deli
cacy and self-possession in their chill
dren. Poor kids. Don't dare play. for
fear of getting dir y. Mayn't run and
whoop. because it annoys grown-ups! ]
call it repressive cruelty-like the Chi
nese woman's fOot"'.
And yet we had an object lesson only
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. GRovEK CLEVELAND

lustrious of which was Martha Washing
ton. wife Of the founder, whose body lies
beside that of the immortal George in the
simple tomb at Mount Vernon.
Martha Washington died in 1902 hav-
ing survived her illustr.ous husband by
three years.
Thomas Jefferson outlived his wife
forty-four years. a most remarkable ex-
tent Of time. She died in 17S2 while life
did rot go from the body of the grea. est
of democrats till 1926.
Mrs. Mad son lived thirteen years after
the cath Of her husband.
John Adams outlived his wife. so did
Andrew jackson. John Quincy Adams
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NRILeE5AGARFlE1p
Who HAS, 1uRyNED HER
HUIBAMD TWENTY. SEVEN Years.

the affections Of the people. and when in
1892 the vote Of the people carried Grover
Cleveland back into the chair of Wash
ington many a republican found the
pangs Of having q democratic President
lessened by the fact that his selection re-
turned Mrs. Cleveland to her old place.
Her triumphs of the first term were
abundantly repeated, and when once more
the pair retired to private life to take up
their home in beautiful Wristbands. their
Princeton abode, Mrs. Cleveland remained
q beautiful memory to the nation that
had genuinely loved her.
Mrs. Cleveland completes q notable line
Of White House widows, first and most IL
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whole life of this lovable woman. since
her RirlhOod days. radiated around the
life of the only man the democrats have
succeeded in putting in the White House
In half century Of effort. They were
welded in the White House during the
first term of the then New Yorker.
For the remaining three years Of his
term Mrs. Cleveland presided with
charm and dignity that were irresist-
thorough popularity than any woman Of
the many who have held the title Of first
lady of the land"
For four years more in private life Mrs.
Cleveland continued to hold q place In
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NkR TIA A11i1nGron -
fiR5r WDOWOF ML ~
WHITE HoU5E. -

surroundings. Sewing and reading are
her favorite occupations. She is a sweet
and gracious woman, gentle and kindly
and always ready to speak Of the tri-
umphs of her husband.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison was not ac-
tually lady of the White House, for her
distinguished husband had retired from
public life before he wed the beautiful
Mrs. Mary Dimmick. the favorite niece Of
the frs; wife of the President
She became a member Of the Harrison
household prior to his election to the
presidency, and after his Inauguration she
took a prominent part in all the activ-
tiles of social Washington.