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Evening journal., 1908-11-05
ODDS AND ENDS OF SPORT

Before Frank Chance tore himself
away from Chicago for a vacation i'm
California he announced that Artie
Holman will be the regular center
fielder of the Cubs next season. Slagle
will act in the capacity of utility
gardener.
Jimmy Casey the former Brooklyn
third sacker threatens to give up the
game for good. The doctor expects TO
hang out his shingle and start the
tooth carpenter job in earnest
This has been a bad year for foot
ball captains at Harvard Yale, Prince
ton and Penn. Burr, Burch, Dillon
and Hollenbach all have been out Of
the play. but Harvard is the most for
.tunate, as Burr's indisposition has been
only a cold
Lieutenant Graves. who is coaching
at Harvard, is wanted at West Point
to whip the team into shape for the
battle with the Mddies.
Cold weather is seldom blamed for
misplays in football, yet that excuse
is handed out as the result Of much
fumbling in the Princeton Army game.
"Billy' Gilbert will probably be the
man who will be elevated to the man
agement of the Cardinals. Gilbert has
aspired to the position ever since he
joined Stanley Robinson's crew. Gill
bert has about finished as a player
During the last year he has taken on
weight until now he is almost too
clumsy TO be a bench manager, and il
is safe to say now that Gilbert viii get
the chance to show his worth as a
leader of a big league team.
| doc" BlouEh, former Tri state
player was married last week to Mrs
Julia Woomer. of Lebanon.
Evening journal., 1908-11-05
TWO DAYS TO CROSS STREET
Time Occupied by a Letter in Getting
From One Corner to Another.

The odd things that happen to letters
are many. One of them is the combina-
tion Of conditions that prevents letters
from travelling diagonally across an ave-
nue. under two days, says the New York
Sun.
The case is that Of man who lived
formerly at Broadway and Ninety-seventh
street. Then he moved down TO West
Seventeen street. where he remained for
a year. Meantime letters coming to the
former address we're forwarded to the
place further down town
After a year in West Seventeen street
the man moved back uptown again, go
ing 10 a house at Broadway and Ninety
eighth street. The letters that still come
to the Ninety-seventh street address 90
down town TO Sevenueth street and then
come back 10 the present place of be-
ing. spending two days on the way al
though Il is a matter Of two minutes
time walking between home No. and
home No. J.
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the part. one particularly novel and
clever scene is that between the COM
sem and the show girl who tempor
arially taken a position in the millinery
shop. O'Connor recalls TO the girl the
halycon days when he as a college boy
bought her reed birds and other dainty
dishes at the lobster palaces. The
types that the author has drawn are
not only unusual but interesting. The
chorus is without question one OF the
lest aggregutions OF pretty girls ever
seen at the Garrick. The musical num-
hers go with a swing that make IL diff
hcult to keep ones feet on the floor.
The cast is a large one for vaudeville.
comprising nine people.
Evening journal., 1908-11-05
"A HORSES IN
LAST MATINEE
Entry List for Saturdays
Races the Largest Of
the Season

A card of seven events will be pro-
vided at the special matinee race Sat
urday afternoon at the Gentlemen's
Driving Park under the auspices of
the Delaware Horse Show Association.
1t will be the last matinee Of the sea-
son and record attendance is ex-
pected. The entries are the largest of
the season. The card follows:
Glass A. Mile heats. Best . in 8.
Fred Weir's b. Lulu p.
Benjamin Dickey's b. g.........Ben u.
NJ. McElwee's b. h.. .singerly Wilkes
J. r. McClure's b. g.....William Maci.
S. f. Jackson's or. Fleet
~. A. Kellys TO. m...... .Mollie Murphy
Glass b. Mile Heats Best ? i'm 3.
A. II. Tyson's b. m............ .Electa
Brookdale FARMS b. m.... Little Lady
Fred Baldt, Sr.'s ch. M. Miss Rosalie
II. b. Tyson's blk. m..... Guy Rector
Glass c. Mile heats. Best i'm 3.
II. Z. Wallace's br g.. Free Mason
Fred Baldt. Sr.'s TO. h....Hal Duplex
A. II. Tyson's blk. m..... Lady May
w. J. Kellys b. g....Judge Harrison
II. NJ. Cldlllblu > 10 ilts sss. 10 70 -'Ae-At-
Chas. Portlock's g. g.....r. Dandellon
Class Il. Mile heats. Best i'm 3.
Dr. w r. Miiler's b. m...... Frances
NJ T. Haydens blk ....ENpediuon, jf-
Washington House Stables b. &c.
Delaware Boy
Ad Thomas b. Newsooy
A. II. Worrilow's b. M. Queen Esther
G. IL. Diggans, b. g..-.---..--..Jih baS ara
class T.. Mile Heats. Best in 3.
J.. r. Jeneris' b. g........Thaddeus Is.
Concordvile Farm, b. h.,
Delightful Chimes
H. C. Buckmaster's b. m. Lady Ians
T. W. Swede's b. 6. ..............W w -'d
| Peter Orth's 6. 8. .....''..'..-'.. .hocN
| w. y. McCroary's b. g.......Red Roch
class c. Mile heats. Best in 3.
L. r. Miller's d. h.......''..A Ashlaneer
Howard Jordan's ch. m. .Llewellyn q.
H. B. Foards br. m....... Sweetheart
ID. G.. Jones b. g........-.-.... .Moke
| j. C.. Boulden, b. m..-.'.......'Dora morn
Clarence Fraim's b. g.......... Don L.
H. G.. Coles b. g..........'... AMY L.
John Kelly's ch. m.....'.-.. Maud =
Evening journal., 1908-11-05
TOWNSEND

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
TOWNSEND. Nov. Harry Strad-
ley. of Philadelphia, visited here on
Tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. John Carpenter, Of
near Odessa. spent Tuesday with Mr.
and Mrs ". n. Watts
Mr.. and Mrs George Van Dyke had
as their guest this week Mr. and Mrs.
r.. Van Dyke and daughter. of near
odessa. and Mr. and Mrs j. Van Dyke
and children, of near town.
Miss Lille Bramble. of Baltimore, rs
spending Some time with W. y. Hart
and family
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Lee and son,
of near Clayton. spent Tuesday with
her sister, Mrs. Harry Gill.
Evening journal., 1908-11-05
New Rulea for Llfe savers.

New rules have been issued to life
savers which are calculated 10 bring
about more dignined condition in
the service They require that each
man address the keeper as Captain
and not as Tom" Dick and Pat
as has been common In the past while
the first man will be accosted as
Mister" Some Of the men arc said
60 be experiencing difficulties in adopt
ing the new form.
Evening journal., 1908-11-05
ON THE ALLEYS
Scores Made by the 6owIers in tn,
Amateur League.

The teams of the Wilmington Amateur
League rolled some good scores last night
on the Academy Alleys. Columbus de-
feated Atlas, MindNadale defeated the
Colts and Waverly won from Pastime by
default. The scores:
Evening journal., 1908-11-05
GRAND OPERA HOUSE

The reno r',~Nio prosperity and won
derful longevity attained by East
Lynne can be explained only by the
fact that they story the play unfolds is
intensely human. Although number
less dramas have been written in imi-
tation OF this play. not one OF them
reaches the depths Of feeling or sounds
'e ~0'" Of human appeal as truly as
does this dramatic picture Of tho JOYS
and sorrows Of the beautiful unfortu-
nate Lady Isabel. The engagement al
the Opera House commencing tonight
is for three days with Friday and Sat.
urday matinees.
Evening journal., 1908-11-05

A 1000 horsepower vertical gas
engine. said to be the largest of its
kind. was recently put into operation
at Runcorn. England. driving an cleo
trio generator.
Evening journal., 1908-11-05
Eootball At southsioe Park.

Friends School football team viii
play the Wilmington Business school
eleven at south side Park tomorrow
afternoon. The game viii be called at
80 o'clock.
Evening journal., 1908-11-05

In the last half dozen years the earn
ings Of the cable lines between Europe
and India show an annual profit OF
81 .O0O. 900 70 81 100000.
Evening journal., 1908-11-05

For Work try Journal Ads
Evening journal., 1908-11-05

doc" Blough, a former Tri-S state
player. was married last week to Mrs.
Julia Woomer. of Lebanon.
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The duke. on the contrary. is scarcely rec
ognized when he appears. I am not exag-
gerating in saying that he Is better known
in the United States than In any other
country The American girl has always
had a great attraction for him. He likes
her frankness and self-confidence. The
European is too conscious of his rank,
and, therefore, ceases to amuse him.
However, on one occasion he got a snub
which might have come from the most
Independent American beauty.
He was at a great ball in Rome and
had danced indefatigably. The belle OF
the brilliant assembly was Principessina
Marie Ruspoli. blond of the purest
type, who attracted all eyes, a daughter
Of Prince Francesca Ruspoli, master OF
the holy hospice Of the apostolic palace.
and therefore a stanch adherent Of the
pope. The duke. forgetting, perhaps, In
the excitement of the dance. that women
are not to be taken too lightly. even by
royalties, approached the princess with
out an introduction, and bowling pro-
foundry, asked the honor Of q dance In
the large hall there was a moment of ex-
pectant hush, when, without the CULVER OF
an eyelash, the proud beauty drew pack.
and the discounted prince. notwithstand-
ing his rank, passed on, and the incident
was over, but not SO the gossip, which
ragged for weeks.
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The Moon and Mount Hood,
From the Portland Oregonian.

From the Portland Oregonian.
Perching itself for a few moments on
the very top of Mount Hood. the big new
moon illumined that majestic peak at IL
o'clock last night so clearly that its
mantle of glistening white toned to a soft
yellow hue. could be distinguished plainly
from Portland and vicinity. Never before.
say old-time Oregonians. has the moon
been observed to scale the summit so
fairly and with such perfect balance as
last night The big yellow disk apparent
ly could not have been more accurately
adjusted to the top of the mountain. And
as it passed on upward the top of the
mellow circle buried itself in a big black
cloud. SO that no great stretch OF the
Imagination was required to fill in the
picture Of an eruption from the peaceful
old mountain.
From an artistic standpoint the spec
tacle was one to be boarded in the fond
memory and those who saw 1t may re-
gard themselves as having been PECULIAR
ly fortunate. Every year the moon pays
visit to the big peak. but possibly not
once In centuries would 1t climb to the
precise central point on the summit and
present a picture perfect.
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could give a poet dollar and a quarter
to turn me out one to order
"Wel. I don't know said the hotel
clerk. Sometimes I wish, Larry, that 1
was a poet. I don't mean one of those
sordid. commercial poets that gets $4,000
for thinking up a word that will rhyme
but true poet who can put his mind
above such common earthly things as
board bills and room rent and where he's
going to get his next meal-a poet that
can spurn all thoughts of the vulgar
struggle for mere dross. which is a poets
name for u. S. currency, Larry-and just
ma turally soar aloft into the starry realms
of fancy like frightened bullbat That's
the way with Varilod J. Hicks He
wouldn't make a success as porch
climber or a pawnbroker or United
States senator. or at any other profession
calling for the ability to size up the none
tary possibilities of a proposition off
hand. But as a poet he's the real brus-
sells sprouts He has no use for money.
Or very little. No true poet has. When
you hear of a poet being financially en-
barrassed. 1t means he's come into money.
Il love to hear Varloid discourse on
his art. He puts sea shell to his ear,
and shuts his eyes. and hears the MUIR
muir of waves and the dash of breakers.
and that's poetry. l pointed out to him
that you can take one of those old-fash-
Toned tin cuspidors and hold it to your
ear and get the dash of waves or the
dash of orange bitters or whatever 1t is
just the same as if it was sea shell you
had, yet that wouldn't be poetry. Vari-
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pay and the opening of the summer stock
that's always going to pay old 81 Whit
lock has a surcease from telling Ralph
Delmore, the wolf in Sleeps clothing.
that he came there with his slick city
vest and his striped ways and stole the
little gal avail
"And SO rugged old Uncle 81 and vii
famous Ralph and all the others move
right In and settle along the Big Road.
where there's so much passing, and make
life the brighter for the rest of us. The
old-timer who understudied Booth. but
was a long way under, is here with the
setting OF moth eggs nesting beneath
his fur collar. waiting for warm weather
to hatch out: and the veteran scenery
bitter that tells the waiter to bring up his
eggs Of a morning in voice like Wash
ington's Farewell Address to His Cen
erals; and the lady who contracted
spear-carrser's hip in the first Rice's
'Evangeline' company, but who's still
good for ingenue if You don't put the
accent on the last syllable; and the SOM
Der comedian who talks in whispers be-
cause some imitator might steal the stun
that he stole from Mcintyre and Heath
in the fall of 81: and the newly shared
show girl with the startled-doe eye and
the Dutch cheese compexion-red for the
first coat and then a high polish put
afterward-they are all with us in the
springtfme. Larry"
us spring your favorite season." asked
the House Detective
1T is until 1t comes, and then II amt"
said the Hotel Clerk. And that's the
way with nearly every body else except
the Varloid J. Hickses.''
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newspaper. AS explained by Col. Harvey
the model newspaper will contain no
crimes or scandals or divorce suits, such
as everybody deplores SO deeply and reads
SO eagerly. 1t will be a publication such
as you could put into the hands of a
young woman with every assurance, and
take 1t away from her again with even
greater ease. The only illustration will
be fine view Of Greenwood cemetery on
Monday morning. Its editorial page
will be free from sensationalism. There
will be leader on the decline of the
stewed prune industry in southern Cali
fornia weighing from twelve to fourteen
pounds, troy weight; spirited attack on
the pernicious boil weevil, and two chaste
Harveyized paragraphs. but never any
more. The sporting department will be
edited with the same care. Parties who
desire to know the ration at which the
successor of Herr Hans Wagner is swat
ting the leather-clad spheroid with the
elongated hickory cudgel must look else
where. Those seeking for expert opinions
as to whether the newest middle-weight
champion has two medium size chunks of
yellow i'm him, like double yolk egg. or one
large chunk, like a grape fruit, will be
disappointed. Col. Harveys sporting page
will contain a column devoted to chess
problems with exciting diagrams, and a
story on the result of the membership
contest in the West Side Y. NJ c. A. His
sporting editor will be Edward K. Box.
1.-THE model newspaper will not be
bulky cumbersome thing. 1t will be
small. compact. well-ngh dainty affair,
such as can be folded ard slipped in
the breast pocket and easily forgotten.
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house detective. "A baby'd know better'n
that
"A baby might but poet wouldn't"
said the hotel clerk. MOT a true poet
like Varloid. He was sitting there upon
the greensward. only it's not green yet
but chocolate-colored, watching the nod
ding fowerlets and getting inspiration
for a poem"
Where's any noddin' fowerlets. or
flower lettices, either, in Central Park
this time of year," asked the house de-
tective.
'On the hats of the ladies that were
driving past" said the hotel clerk. Goodies
of EN-. They were swirling by in their
little-neck cabs and their gravy-boat vic
torias and their little hot-lobster-new-
burgh automobiles, and he was sitting
on the only grass he could find-one
tender young blade. two inches long
beholding them swirl. They were pity
ing Variloid because he was wearing
that two-tone collar l told you about
just now. and a coat with glacier effects
along the seams: and he was plying them
because they couldn't see anything in the
promise of budding spring time, except
mental pictures Of shad roe and those
new tailored-Suit coats like all the women
are wearing this year with little hip
roofs sticking out behind
We'll. II you're askin me. I'd blame
sight rather he pirootin' along the east
drive In my own little gasoline go-cart
than all spread out en- a damp slope
soppin' up influenza germs through my
pores said the house detective May
be I wouldn be able to write no poems
on spring, but any time l wanted any !
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loid told me 1t wouldn't, and he knows If
anybody does.
"a lot depends on the point of view
Variloid will know spring is here by the
lush. green grass. and you and nell
know it's here by the lush, green mint
ju.ep. For lushing purposes regard the
julep as having the grass beaten the
length of this bar. But Variloid don't
think so. He'll go incoming along trying
to pump divine aff1atus out of his sys-
tenn until a cab or something runs over
him.
''There's lot Of signs telling me spring
Is at hand that wouldn't appeal to him.
I guess it's fine in the country with the
nervous young debutante hen laying the
dropped egg and the suburban dairyman
figuring on tapping the new aqueduct and
charging his business The sap. by now.
is mounting upward in the water maple
and the rah-rah-rah boys. The golden
dandelions will soon be buttoning the
meadow down the back. With baited
breath you will speak to me of young
onions. and 1 will turn my head away,
overcome by the rush of reminiscent
memories. and altogether We will prone
made to the lunch counter and partake of
the new radish. that fastest of fruits,
that sometimes you can taste for hours
and hours and hours.
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way of reminding the duke of his home
and those awaiting him there with anxiety.

way of reminding the duke of his home
and those awaiting him there with anxiety.
She is most punctilious about family an
niversaries. SO she chose a number of
presents with great care, each had to
be tiny and Of little weight. Each parcel
was tied by the queens own fingers. with
the daintiest of ribbon in different colors.
and each had written inscription. 70
be opened Christmas" or June q, 1907"
the fete Of San Luigi, the dukes name
day, or January %, 1902 the dukes
birthday, and SO on, one for every ami
versary during the three years that he
full, considering how many there were,
how small they were in bulk. This en-
abled them to be easily carried when the
ship was abandoned and the expedition
betook itself to the sleds. Who can say
what comfort Prince Luigi gained by q
contemplation Of these visible signs Of
royal solicitude. when far removed from
all signs of human habitation and in the
midst of the dreary wastes and the
strange silences of the inhospitable north?
*
The duke delighted the heart of his
aunt. Queen Margherita on his return
1t will be remembered that she gave g.
votive Offering in the form Of a magnifis
cent model. in silver. Of his ship, the
Stella Polare, as a thank-offering for his
sale 1ctuTu lIOlIl pOldE regions, ana ne OK
pressed his gratitude for his success in
much the same manner At Courmayeur,
accompanied by Capt. Cagni, whose name
in connection with the famous arctic
journey is almost as well known as his
own. and the guides, he assisted at a
mass ir. the church there. His Offering
was an elegant miniature scene Of the
far north. 1t represented an icefield with
a sled with two figures in it, drawn by
dogs in full gallop. After mass the duke
found some of the real dogs which went
with the expedition outside the church.
They threw themselves upon him in such
delight that he had to cry for mercy and
be relieved from their too bold caresses
The duke remained some time at Cour-
mayeur, climbing all the available noun
tains. In the company of his guides. who
did their best to induce him to promise
to return to the far north and, of course
take them with him. Let us outdo our
own record" they urged, and, with mag
nif1cent conceit, You and we, sir, can
outshne the world!' Prince Luigi only
shook his head, but it was whispered that
he was already tired of the amenities of
society life, and thirsting, If not for new
adventures, at least for exciting ones II
was not made to be a prince he con-
f1ded to friend. but to be an Arab and
scour the desert, Or an Esquimau and
search the icefields." Not long after he
was off to conquer the Ruwenzori.
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BY putting a heliotrope border on the
upper edge, and sprinkllng 1t with Florida
water it can be made to pass for a neat
pocket handkerchief
But there's just one drawback, Larry
Its circulation will be limited. The circu-
lation will be confined to the faculty of
Harvard College, Richard Watson Glider
and Col Harvey's club set. It's going to
take a lot of education to wean the
masses from the Sunday newspaper that
don't contain anything but two or three
thousand columns Of cable news and spe-
Gals. and features. and pictures. and
magazine pages, not to mention cut-out
puzzle. paper toy, a water-color paint
ing suitable for framing, a comic section,
and the complete words and music of the
latest popular song hit as rendered in the
Green Cheese musical comedy. entitled
They Used to Call Me Birdie Because 1
Had the Thrush
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"And I know it's epring, or approx
mately so. when 1 stroll up Broadway
The actors that are congested there tell
me so. That is to say. they don't tell
ME in so many words. because no expert
enced actor is going to waste time talk
ing about the seasons of the year when
he can assemble together a patient audi
ence Of from one person up to talk about
a more congenial and attractive subject
to wit himself. In the interval between
the closing of the road show that didn't
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81 know" said the hotel clerk. But
Variloid got his sitting on the hillside in
Central Park where the soft and fra
grant grass is growing. or will be in Il
month from now if we have good luck
with the weather. sparrow cop shooed
him away In time to save him from pneu-
monia. but he's got lovely cold that
with the proper care, ought to last him
until time for 1t to merge imperceptibly
into hay fever"
''Wot in thunder WIZ he sittin' on the
ground up in the park for?' inquired the