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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-21

green and gold The many electric
lights were covered with Japanese
lanterns and in the center of the fire
place was a large Illuminated Eta
Kappa Phi monogram The Eta Kap-
pa Phi extra was the feature of the
evening. Forming i'll grand march
the club girls in the lead, the young
people were banded burning joss,
sticks and ali lights but the sorority
monogram were eXtinguished. Frappe
was served during the evening. The
members of the sorority are the
Misses Abbie Burns, Evangeline Cas-
teel. Clara Crawford. Irene Don, Cora
GAZETTEER, Ruth Hemenway, Marian Nc
Candless, Jeannette Mosenfelder. Flor
ence Schneider. Blanche Smith Char.
lotte and Mabel Smith. Sarah Stod-
dard, Orpha Tremann, Nina Van
Buren, and Maud Young.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-21
PERSONAL POINTS.

w. b. Mcintyre and Dr. n Fl. Nc
Candies left at noon today for Pc
toslley, Mich, where they will spend
a month
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-21
TO TEST MERITS
Double Paddle Canoes Viii
Race Against Those With
Single Paddles.
WILL SETTLE A DISPUTE
Phil Mitchell and c. r. Chamberlain
Hold Different views-Test New
Handicap Formula.

The canoe race which the Island
City Boating association held several
weeks ago started a discussion between
Phil Mitchell and C. r. Chamberlain
i'll regard to the relative merits of the
single and the double paddles which
the. different canoemen used in the
race. Messrs. Mitchell and Chamber
lain are both old canoists of distinc-
ton, and they hold conflicting views
as to which method is the better for
speed Mr.. Mitchell holds that the
double paddle canoe should have a
walkaway, and Mr.. Chamberlain is of
the opposite opinion. After the dis
J cussion had waxed up to the wagering
point it was decided to prove which
| view is correct if possible, and accord
! ingly Mr. Mitchell has offered the Isl
and City Boating club three cash prizes
| for a canoe race run under rules laid
down by himself
| Conditions for Test.
| These rules require four entries, two
with the single paddle and two with
the double. The course is to be one
mile long and must be in a cross
stream, direction so the skill in keep
ing the canoe headed correctly all the
time shall enter into the race. For
the man crossing the finish mark first
81 will be given, the second man will
get So and the third man will get 81
a w nf nj
sympathy Three entries for the race
have already been secured. but there
remains a double paddle canoe yet tC
be entered to meet the condition laiC
down by Mr.. Mitchell. Any member
of the Island City Boating association
is eligible. and it is hoped that the
fourth entry will be. secured in time
to hold the race Aug. 81.
The races held by the boat club have
aroused considerable interest anon:
the people of the city. and boating il
, becoming more popular every day
From present indications there will b.
, at leask twice the number of boat
kept at the boat harbor next year, a
, there are this year. There are nearl
, | a dozen boats in course of cOnStruC
, ton in the city, and they will be in til
water next year.
Races Next Week.
4 Next Tuesday evening at o'cloc
the boat club is to, hold its five-mil
: handicap race for boats 20 feet an
|. over in length. A new system of hanC
icapping the boats is obtained by tai
ing into consideration the length, pow
Ter and beam, and they are landscape
accordingly. They will be given thei
0 handicap at the start of the race
which will make a pretty even fms
l. and will be very exciting. The hand
@ cap formula which is to be tried out
. the production of one of the local clu
= members, and it is much more~simpl
n than the formulas used by the Amer
5. can Power boat association, which is ;
e present the standard. If it works we
e in the trial race, it will be used in a
y, the races of the club in the future al
st will probably be adopted by the 9th,
clubs along the river in preference
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-21

Boys Have Watermelon Feast
Miss Beatrice Ostrom entertained a
party of boys from her Sunday school
class at her home last evening. A
watermelon feast was the star attrac-
ton of the evening
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-21
SOCIAL AFFAIRS

TSociety news. written or teIephoned
to the society editor of The Argus, will
be gladly received and published. But
in either case the identity of the sender
must be made known, to insure relia-
bility. Written notices must bear sig
nature ana address,
Sorority Dance Pretty AHair.-One
of the prettiest parties of the season
was held last evening at the Watch
Tower inn when the Eta Kappa Phi
sorority, composed fof Rock Island
young ladies'. gave their third annual
dancing party The hall presented
the appearance of Japanese flower
garden. ferns. golden glow and brown
eyed susans banked the mantel place,
thus carrying out the sorority colors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-21

All the news all the time THE
Evening star., 1908-01-19
HARRY VAIL.

In Mr. Harry Vail. the new rowing
coach engaged by Georgetown University.
the local institution has a man with an
enviable record both in amateur and
professional sculing and as coach to
some OF the leading eights in the coun-
try.
Vail began his rowing career in 1881
in two-mile race with Russell of Fred
ericton, n. b. 1t proved unfortunate for
the former. as his boat was swamped at
the outset. putting him out of the race.
But October =. 1888. he was one of the
" B.. which took part in the centennial
regatta and captured first purse. Half
an hour later he stepped into a shell to
row, having as competitor Leroy Willis,
but after winning the contest handily
the judges declared him a professional
and withheld the prize.
The same month the Logan crew Of
st. Johns were matched against the crew
in which Vail rowed and met defeat at the
hands of the latter. In 1884 Vail defeat
ed Nagle in single in a four-mile race,
and repeated the feat the following year.
After this the pair doubled and won sew
eral races as team.
In 1870 Vail competed in different
single events. his best performances being
third against Gaudaur. Lee and Hosmer in
a remarkable race on the ST. CroiX river.
and winning in regatta i'll which his
competitors were Mccormick. Brayley.
Guiggy and OHara. lie again defeated d
OHara in a threemile match race for
$500 side on the kennabeccassic river
by ten lengths in oGm. 30s. Later he de-
feated Day of Halifax in good race.
and was fourth out of ten competitors
in a great Fourth of July regatta AT
Boston in 1886
In 1889 Harry Vail. now in his prime.
defeated Galanaugh champion of Phila-
delphia. He captured the champion
ship OF the Delaware river in skiff boats.
and won three races III Halifax. y. S.
His last race was with Ten Eyck at Bal
timore in 1907. in which he was victorious.
Success With the Ariels.
Mr.. Vail has been connected with the
Ariel Boat Club OF Baltimore for thir-
teen years o. more, but has also handled
Evening star., 1908-01-19
ENTRIES FOR MONDAY.
New orleans-City Park.

First race. three furlonss: purse-MiFand4
Miller Elizabeth Harvooi. Catherine card""li,
Catherine T. Marcy Blues Miss 1mogeh Rus
cana Helena kfdder Lady Chiffon. Lady Vas
sar Miss Highland Inela. May Lee. Rlanch"
Herman Lr,.ia v. 10
Second race siecpicchaSe: short caurse-EoNy
u WontsiRc t..5 Cold Circle. Gault. Jim Hut
1ou. MrAllister. nadra. III: capt. iarr.t; i.,o
Grtceland. l%1: Coal BLACK Lady. li6: l'eli the
cat /. FL. Grhlo. lis: Monte Carlo. ihesplan.
I..i: Nood>ir@ and Bclr the cat Elippen entry
Third race six furlonSS: seIling-Mrot. Ahing
don 80: Zintandcl. Des;op. iG2. Ottoman. Jack
I:raiton. AuimuS. iai: Black Mantilla, la': Abe
Meyer Western Duke. Land Ereez". flo"a"aF,
.;ffi>on. Lord Pike. 1o7: Bra'ien. llo
IuuTth race seven firlou@S: handicap-Miss DE
lan,.v aa: Royal Ben. -: I."e Reach. %: ti"ne.
~ chief Hayes aS: Comcdiennr. lR: 81 he
lam" fot: TiIrin~. l0.: Pasadcna- liz; !aeo-
bite. 100. Jack .ttkiu Ia.
iifth raeo mile and sixteenth selling Miss
SIazzonj orena. Eanrida. -; Sabado. Moscow
EclIc. Ipo: Eittcrmau. George III. White. lo2
Nrrnw Swift lua: Jeunies Eeau. Rrakesneare
S'.FcrlS Florida Glen. los: M"Ney Mead. Hans.
105 Gold Quest. III
SIKH race. mile aid eighth: selling Lad
Vincent Nancy. a0: Lord Stauhope %: tsild.
al. Donna loo: 'rivou l9l: Bean Brnnsmell.
loi; Laneastran. loI; Oily II. DIR. McCluer los
Evening star., 1908-01-19
An English Weston.
From the Leeds Budget.

Mark All. the veteran Greenwich me-
chanical engineer. who. at the age of sew
enty-two years. started August u. 1900,
from Fleet street. London. to walk l0O,-
600 miles with the object of falsifying the
too old at forty theory. called at LiV-
erpool Thursday. having up TO date
walked IS. 116 miles. He hopes 10 COM
plete the remaining 81. .So4 miles by Au-
gust, 1910. He is now in his eighti2th
wear and looks sound, hale and hearty.
So far his daily walks average forty-hve
miles He walked from Preston on the
previous day. doing the thirty-one miles
in six hours and ten minutes. His best
walk he reckons to be from Canterbury 10
London-fifty-six miles-which he accom-
plished last year in eight hours and a
half. His tour embraces ten visits 10 each
Of the principal towns in the United
Kingdom. and his travels have taken him
through France. Holland, Germany.
Switzerland and twice into Russia On
the last occasion. he says. he got TOO fGf'
into Siberia. and would have been shot
Evening star., 1908-01-19

I other famous clubs. as for instance. the
| Institutes eight OF Newark, which. in
| 1897. defeated the University OF Penn
| sylvania on the Passaic by two lengths
| in mile and half. The Vespers. whom
he coached in 1900. had a good season.
| beating the crack Pennsylvania Barge
| Club at the peoples regatta at Philadei-
| phia. and the following year winning
the worlds championship at Paris under
| Pat Dempsey
1895 Vail took the Baltimore Athletic
| Club eight in hand and defeated every
| thing in the south This crew won the
national championship at Saratoga Four
| years ago the Ariels under Vail defeated
| the Potomac under Dempsey in the Labor
| day regatta in this city. and two years
ago Dempsey. turned the trick on the
Arieis' coach over the same course.
These two rowing generals have often
taken part in the contests with varied
success. but they are still good friends
and as fond of the sport as when
they were striving for honors as amateur
sculiers. Mr.. Vail says that there will
be no radical departure from the Demp-
sey stroke. which the Georgetown boys
have been rowing for the past five years
The style Of the two coaches is very
similar and there Will be only a few
changes in the minor details much of
which will depend on the material al
hand.
Georgetown boathouse Mr.. Vail and 9th
ers will address the candidates for the
| coming season. which will begin tomor-
row with the first clang of the rowing
| machines. 1T IS the intention of the
rowing management to arrange for more
races at home. uniting, if necessary. with
the rowing clubs of the city 10 hold
irst-class regatta on tlf Potomac some
time in The spring or eaSy summer.
Stickler for Form.
Vail is great stickler for form, but
at the same time lie sacrifices not bit
of the power of any man in the crew.
and at the middle states regatta two
years ago Jim Ten Eyck. the Syracuse
coach, remarked Of the stroke of Wallis
Ariel crew that ii was ''the finest piece
of perfect Craftsmanship he had witnessed
in forty years experience. That means
a good deal. considering the source o.
the criticism. and Georgetown is bank
ing To great extent on Wallis past per-
| formanceS.
Evening star., 1908-01-19

Eosr. Instant. Harry Stanhope. Lady ousiity'
Roy Junior and Furnscc also ran.
Fourth race. mile and one sixteenth: selling
1'rcfcnsion. fO2 tNusgrayei y to |. won: Georg.
= Davis 100 tBurnsl, Is TO /. second: Rapid
Water. 10 Dugan 10 ;. third Time, ~ -.
KILLER Marster and Ed Ball also ran.
iifth race. two miles: selling-Big Row W.
tNilanol : to = won: Mamie Algol. lu3 MUS
cravei = tc = second; Rip Rap. - 'Burnsl =
Ia 10 third. Time a.2a Ten Row. Eoston
sixth race seven furlungs: purse-Phil> II lgoe.
III. ,Harty}. 20 10 l. won. Homeless. lob tSchil-
iingl : to I. second P-oliiic ~ IMart,ht = 10
l. third Time ..T -. Kirkfeld Belle. &lh
rida Pepper and salt. Miss iiimyur, Esther b..
Sfaney Ice and Buster Jones also ran -
seventh race. mie. pursc--DoihinuS arNl. ~
,Kuxtant. II 10 =, won. brtdger. 30 'Mussra.e,'
- To second Tuupe". 1at tReest : 10 y thlru.
Time - = =. AInprdn. tontsdeFa'e, b"huaEt'
Ado ration and Scntado also ran
Evening star., 1908-01-19

but for the small Union Jack which lie
always wears on his arm when touring.
He has had many narrow escapes: many
times he has lost his way: five times
almost overwhelmed in snow drifts, be-
sides being attacked by wolves: four
times robbed and left in state of mud
ity He has gone four or five days with
out food or shelter: he has worn out
forty-three pairs Of boots since he
started on the journey. seven suits Of
clothes, forty-tUo shirts and socks By
the gross. BY doing odd jobs at his trade
he has earned G2oo during his tours and
about E15U has been voluntarily given Ia
him by admirers to help him on. Raisius
he has found to be most sustaining
food He has only two meals a day.
bread and butter and cocoa for his break
fast and a mutton chop at night, If funds
allow but fish mostly. lie left Liverpool
TO walk TO Chester. then to Shrewsbury.
Woverhampton. Birmingham and ta
London: thence through Cornwall back
TO Southampton. and across to Hayre to
walk 20,OG0 miles in France.
Evening star., 1908-01-19
Motor Cab Whistles.
Edom Home Notes.

Fdom Home Notes
Rich yellow is the color of the four hum
dred new taximeter cabs. which are 10 he
placed on the London streets. The inte-
rior of the cabs and the uniforms of the
drivers viii be of maroon. Among other
novelties which will be introduced be-
sides the two hundred luggage-carrying
iimousines will he taximeter cab whistle
which Will have a peculiar note of its
own. and TO which only the motor vehicles
will respond The whistles will be placed
on sale when the new cabs start run
ming.
Evening star., 1908-01-19
To Permit Sunday Ball.

ALBANY. y. y. January Ex-senator
Thompson has introduced a bin 10 permi!
Sunday bas. ball games. making il Illegal
for child under fourteen years of age to
ne admitted unless accompanied by par
-ht>. Except for this feature. the measure
IS the same as taat defeated last year.
I'll. main argument against the bill last
year was that Sunday base ball led chill
dren away from Sunday school, said
Senator Thompson. I'VE have fixed that
trouble and 7 believe the bill will pass"
Evening star., 1908-01-19
Harvard to Row Middies.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. January 1S.-At
the same time that the Harvard Eniyer-
sity base ball team is in camp at Annap-
oils the Crimson varsity eight will meet
the Middies in regatta. April c2 is the
date SET for the rowing match. which will
be held on the Severn. This will be the
first time that the crews of the two insti-
tutions have met on the wate.,
Evening star., 1908-01-19

stories that are printed. happen that are
given no publicity at all.
/ believe / could put my hand on
twenty fellows OF prominence at least.
who got their final >knockdown through
addiction TO the horses, and yet no line
of that sort ever was printed when they
d disappeared from view. | think the
Jockey Club would do better to flag itself
# it really has any idea of sending out
a man. especially to disprove the state
ments that men do. right often. go 10 the
bow-wows through their passion for the
gee gees
Evening star., 1908-01-19

Mr. Vail has been connected with the
Ariel Boat Club OF Baltimore for thir-
teen years o. more. but has also handled
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
DIR. w. J. SMITH,
Graduate American School Of Osteopathy, Kirksvile, Mo

SHng Board Without treatment 4.
This Institution is designed and constructed flor the comfort and accommodation OF
patients who seek relief aud recaperaiOn and the recovery oflOst health: Its location is
LOUIS and 64o feet above that city. Nestled at the foot Of Shepherd Mountain, embow-
cred among majestic trees,r just off the main streets and free from its noise ant dust, and
aonesde,a an connected with, the famed Emerson Park, with its shady walks and drives
ways, Sylvan Lake and Grant SPRING and their attractive surroundings, no more beautiu
or rem rereat for the invalid and convakseent, or the weMY ad careworn, can be
in all Amerca. t#N
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
WORLDS CITIES HARD TO KILL.
Rome Twice Burned, Six Times
Starved-Paris' Eight Sieses.

Few of the worlds great cities have
not faced, at n time or another, to-
tai destruction. But a city is hard to
kill.
Take Rome, for instance. She has
been swept by pestilence no fewer
than ten times. She has been twice
burned and six times driven to submits
sion by starvation. Perhaps it is on
account of her great vitality that she
is called the Eternal city.
Paris has gone through eight sieges,
ten famines, two plaques and one fire
which devastated it.
Constantinople has been burned out
nine times and has suffered from four
plaques and five sieges. In addition,
she has been ruled by monarchs who
were worse than a plague. Yet Con-
stantinople still fourishes.
London has been decimated five
times by plaques, in addition to vista
tons of typhus, cholera and other cpl
denies. She has been burned more or
less severely several times,-Stray
Stories.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
WENT BACK ON aENEFAcToR.
Philanthropie Women Disappointed In
Their Protege.

The late Mrs. Clara Dewey How of
Philadelphia, whose philanthropic
work among immigrants made her
well known, had a trenchant wit, and
one afternoon in Philadelphia, dis
cussing the woman suffrage movement
with a clergyman. she said;
You men are all alike. You all re-
semble the orphan that Mrs. Stanton
and her friends brought up. Mrs.
Stanton and a body of ladies from her
church. all interested in woman suf-
frage, once took a little newsboy from
the gutter and educated him superbly,
They sent him through school and
college and finally made a minister oil
him.
This young minister, the work OF
their hands, preached his first sermon
in their church. That was a proud
Sunday morning for the good ladies
They thought they had at last firmly
planted among the male sex a strong
and splendid supporter. So, in theii
best bonnets, they filled the church
that Sunday morning. They were OF
tiptoe with expectation. Who coulC
tell but that their young charge might
preach in their honor a woman suf
frage sermon?
Imagine their emotions when the
youth arose in the pulpit, looked calm
ly and even sternly e the congrega
ton and announced that his tex
would be from st. Paul:
LET the women keep silence in thu
church.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
TOOK THEIR MATES ON TRIAL
ohe-Year Marriages Once a Common
Thing in Scotland.

They who talk glibly Of short-term
marriages and afinities do not know
that in Scotland a one-year marriage,
termed a handfasting, was once legal
and fairly common. 1t was abandoned
on account Of its injustice to the wo'
man..
Scott, in THE Monastery mentions
this one-year marriage, making Sir
Julian Avenal say:
& 1--WE take our wives, like our horses,
upon trial. When we are handfasted,
as we term it, we are man and wife for
a year and a day; that space gone by
each may choose another mate, or al
their pleasure, may call the priest tc
marry them for life"
There was no disgrace attached tc
handfasting. 1t was, indeed, more
often practiced among the great than
the lowly. But the poor girl whose
trial husband rejected her at the
years end rarely found 1t possible tc
III a permanent mate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
CAUSED LISTENERS TO SMILE.
CIergyman's Announcement Tickled
the disabilities.

As may be inferred, each profession
has its stock jokes-its stories in
numerable-each of which having a
flavor of its own. That the point of a
joke or jest lies not in the tongue Of
him who makes it, but in the a that
hears, is the testimony of the great
dramatist.
The doctor on his rounds and the
Judge upon the bench have both an
audience ready and willing to accept
as the highest wit the bon mots of
the speakers; and there is no club or
gathering of men that does not &C
claim one of it's members as supreme
in this respect, and are ready to
yield due recognition of the gift.
1t must be admitted that the blum
ders and jests clerical stand for some
reason pre-eminent both in number
and in mirth producing qualities. The
reason, of course, is not far to seek
the very surroundings, in which they
occur-the very upsetting of ones
~preconceived notions of reverence, all
tend to cause a reaction in the or
binary mental equilibrium, and the
simplest mistake or accident under
such circumstances assumes the pro
portions of a huge comedy.
Recently a divine, in drawing the
attention of his congregation to a spe-
cial communion service on the follow
ing Sunday informed them that the
Lord is with us in the forenoon and
the bishop in the evening"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10

The system of education pursued in
this institution Is designed to develop the
moral, intellectual and physical powers
Of the pupils; to make them refined, ac-
complished and useful members al society.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Why Women Tolerate Men.

you see that old woman and the
young one in the corner of the ROOM"
said he. They come here every
night for dinner. / don't know
whether they are mother and daugh-
ter or a rich woman and her attend
ant, but wish you could hear their
comments upon the men in the place.
Critical as to their manners, their
looks, their talk. | get quite discour-
aged when happen to sit near enough
to hear. Ever any man with them?
Not that | ever saw, but it is the
women who never go with men who
are most critical. Those who do are
lenient with their little foibles. They
excuse them for the sake Of whatever
good traits they might chance to pos
gess.p
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
IRONTON MO

NOTICE to Picnicers and Excursiouist-
Hacks, Spring Wagons, Single and
Double Buggies, Three-Seated Carriages,
Two-Seated Carriages, with competent
drivers; also, the best Of Saddle Horses for
Ladies and Gentlemen can be had at
REASONABLE RATA.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-09-03

Mr. Bryan's speech at Indian
apolis on Tuesday ought to be
closely read and carefully digest
ed bv every American citizen
who is capable of approaching a
correct and learned exposition of
the trust question. Mr. Bryan
stands squarely upon the demo-
cratic platform, advocating the
imposition of both fine and i'm
prisonment for violatcrs of the
law. He wants the high officials
illegal combinations punished
like ordinary criminals.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-09-03
Congressman Crawford's ex.

Congressman Crawford's ex.
PLANTATION of the democratic posi-.
ton on the wood pulp issue false
ly raised by the republicans is
conclusive and .unanswerable.
He refers to the Congressional
Record to substantiate his con-
tentions and calls attention to
the fact that democratic platform
pledges are. in exact accord with
the recommendations of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. So there you
are. Mr.. Republican. The people
have long ago learned that w. T.
does not misrepresent
or anybody, and what
he says will be believed.