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He Had Tried 1t.

 Have vol, ever tried a soft answer for he purpose of turning away wrath:
 Yes, and ] find that in about nnety- nine rases out of a hundred it only makes the ether fellow think you're afraid of him Chicago Record Her t,1
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OF course, neither calls the other liar
but that's because they are both. by pro-
fession, punctilious in observing the cour-
tesies of life.
Just then, perhaps, his young hopeful
rushes into the room attired in complete
foot ball regalia. He's just got to have a
new noseguard! Bit the other one clean
through in practice yesterday. So his
dad digs down into his jeans and pro
duces the necessary seventy-hve cents.
With shout Of delight the kid PUSHES
out of the room with visions of himself
"buckng the line and gouging the eye
out Of the left end on the opposing team
THAT little shaver's crazy about foot
ball" he smiles proudly. THE little rascal.
He deserves a college education and LII
give him one, too.
All Foot Ball Crazy.
BY this time his wife has finished d.
recting the servants In clearing up the
remnants of the Thanksgiving feast. she
enters the library half asleep. Church
and turkey and the decorating Of the
table have just about worn her 10 a
fragile. She only wants to know If ne u
be home for supper in time or if he In
tends going around with that crazy
foot ball crowd AS for her. she's gong
to sleep just as quick as she can se'
there. She'll read about the game Ill
the paper next day.
Then dad feels in his pocket to make
sure he has the reserved seat ticket he
purchased two weeks ago, before the
specuIators had chance TO get busy
That boy of hiS-the eldest one-lS PA!
ing halfback on the red-and-blue team III
the game, and they say he's the most con-
sistent ground gamer on the eleven. Or
course, that's the only reason why he's
going to the game-to see his son play
for surely a man who stays away from
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fitting way to celebrate IT was. indeed,
a serious day, a solemn celebration. and
yet one of great joy to all the Pilgrim
Fathers. More than all else, it was the
day of all days for the family. Not even
at Christmas We're the Puritan families
SO close in spirit and love as at Thanks
giving. Amusements such as those of the
present day were undreamed OIL.
An occasional. hunt-and for the need of
the game, not the sport of twas the
sole relaXa ton.
In the Present Day
There is a vast difference today. The
modern descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers
arises late, attires himself In a sleek
frock coat and goes to church with his
wife, where comfortable sermon on
crops Is heard. He looks aslant at the
four corners of the church to locate his
neighbors, and then settles uncomfort-
ably back in his pew until the close Of
the service. Afterward, he goes home to
a table grooming beneath d huge turkey
and all sorts of indigestible trimmings.
Arising from the table after his two
hours gorge, he bites the end off Il thick,
black cigar retires to his library with a
few papers. heaves several signs of graft
tude that he didn't eat any more than he
did. and begins cOnscientiously to read
the Presidents Thanksgiving proclama-
ton. After wading half way through 1t
he turns to the sport page" where is
given in black type the dope" on the
weight hair. teeth and previous condi-
ton of servitude of the giants, ShaVen
and unshaVen, of the two local loot ball
teams ready for the afternoons fray.
He finds that both coaches are confident
of victory, though each of them has sew
eral men just "A trif1e .'overtrained.' Each
also claims that the others team out
weighs his own ten pounds to man..
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field all his satanic majesty's domain
breaks loose at Once-which is just an
other way of saying it. Every last de-
scendant of the Puritans present, old or
his lungs out. If he doesn't know one or
the other of the college yells he just yells
Yeah and lets it go at that.
See him." shrieks dad to the man next
to him. whom he doesn't know from Ad-
am 1.-The one with the torn red and-blue
jersey on-the big fellow-corking speci-
men. and game as they make EN-; he's
my son: chip of the old block. too. Sure
he'll play today, and just you watch him
rip up their line, | tell you a man can't
help feeling thankful on a day like this.
when he's got a son like that. can he?
Makes Thanksgiving sort of real you
know"
"Oh. Name. just look at him. cries
Gwendolne, Historically. there's Jack.
See him? The one with the ball now,
Isn't he just grand?"
And then the game starts The half
backs and the tackles and the guards and
the water boys and the spongers and the
referees and the doctors and the city
ambulance al! get mixed up in one slor-
Gus indscriminate heap In the middle of
the field Then they untangle themselves.
and get mixed up all over again, until one
side or the other proves it contains the
better mixers. OF course. the side that
has been mixed up the worst and tied into
the strongest sailors knot is the one that
loses And there you are!
Dad-and thousands of other dads ana
descendants of the Puritan FatherS-Go
home in blaze of glory and Joy and en-
thusiaSm, if his team won, and in despair
if it lost.
Oh no. Thanksgiving nowadays isn't so
No indeed! Only as regards the "trim-
min So
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anything which concerns his own child
is an unnatural father. To be sure he is!
Foot ball? Nav, he doesn't care for the
game itself, Not a bit of it, If he had
his choice it would be nice. quiet old
fashioned Thanksgiving for his. But since
he hasn't-oh. well, When in Rome, do
as the Romans do you know.
The Field of Blood.
And then he hikes off to the game. The
cars are crowded with red and blue or
orange and black-or what not-ribbons,
all waving defantly in the swirl of the
car. 1t is to be supposed that there are
people under the ribbons, or over Them
or beside them, for they couldn't of them
selves hang on to the Straps-but, to the
outsider, 1t looks like carload Of colors.
At every corner another bunch of ribbons
manages to squeeze on board. Occasion
ally a tally-hO passes with its blaze OF
color and it's blatant. belligerent horns.
And the crowd! Everybody in town is
there. And the noise. Horns, cheers.
brass bands and squeaky. feminine shrieks
cleave the air. The irrepressible '.rah,
rah rah' of the college 'rooters'' is awe
inspiring. True, it is but a degeneration
of the famous, terrifying war cry Of Cd
kicked-in-the-Rib. But 1t is fierce enough
for the present day-and eminently salts
flying. Take d dozen Observation-Disclosures
and put them on one side of the field and
tell them to cut loose, with variations,
and the rooterS on the other side would
pass away with envy Straightway every
man jack of the redskins would he given
scholarships for the next season and
made cheer leaders of their respective
good old days. Rooters of the present are
but amateurs. That's where the Pilgrims
had it on them. But nobody cares.
When the two teams come out on the
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VALIANT Hor-FooTED IT For TIE STocKADEI'

giving nowadays a la foot ball there
should be much of interest in this incl
dent. In the first place the chasing of
Valiant by the redskin was the origin of
the American game of foot ball. There
are some who claim that the American
game Is the outgrowth of the English.
This is sad mistake Again, Kicked
in-theRib originated the college yell. All
the time he viciously pursued the trem-
bling Puritan he kept up & series of
rhyming grunts and yells which have to-
day degenerated into the mere ''rah, rah,
rah" of the college student. Further
more, Valiant secured the first patent
appliedfOr on the way to carry a foot ball
while running. when he clutched the tur-
key SO tightly under his arm. Poor
kicked-in-th e-Rib missed his tackle, as
many good end does nowadays on the
gridiron. The Puritan Fathers standing
on the side lines interfered with the other
man and thus allowed Valiant to score
a touchdown within the stockade, just
as sometimes happens now at even the
best of we'll regulated contests. And last.
but by no means surprising, the VictorS
cheered the minerals and "a tigered"
Valiant to the echo and bore him aloft
on their shoulders. Valiant was the orig
inal foot ball hero. But there is one
more point that clinches the argument.
Did you ever stop to think of the evo-
luton of the foot ball! Clip the legs,
wings and head off of the average tur-
key and you have the model for the
preSent-day pigskln.
Handing Down Fundamentals.
When colleges and universities first be-
gan to spring up all over the thirteen
original states their supporters thought
over the matter of the foot ball game as
played by Valiant, and started to i'm
prove upon it. They've been improving
it ever since. They're improving it still.
Incidentally, it also improves the pos
Sibilities of the medical profession.
In those olden days joviality had but
little place in the celebration. The day
was devoted to prayer and feasting. the
former being out of all proportion to the
latter. Papa Goodman got up at some
unearthly hour of the morning and dress
ed himself in clothes painfully plain and
uncomfortable and opened the best par
lor Mamma Goodman attired herself in
Il similar garb of somber, unpleasing ap-
pearance. And all of the little Goodmans
were tortured into high collars that chafed
the neck and biOuseS that pinched and
squeezed.
In the Olden Days.
Then they all packed off to church.
Elder Meekly preached the sermon-not
a sermon of the present day of twenty
minutes duration, but a long, exhaustive,
somber discourse. Many little shaver.
in whose breast the love of wild, wild
fight on the foot ball field would have
burned had he lived nowadays, had to be
repeatedly prodded and pinched to be
kept awake. The day was intended as one
of thanks for the mercies of the past year
and was strictly observed as such. Church
and prayer and worship seemed the most
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As the embassy is adequately heated by
steam these braZiers make unique orna-
ments and seem to reconcile the residents
somewhat to unfamiliar methods. Tie
lace and silk shades OF the embassy have
all been displaced by wide Venetian
blinds. which are tremendously drawn up
by scarlet-clad footman when the baron
eSS is receiving. Washington delights in
the foreigners who follow their own ways
serenely instead of copying American
methods. The baron merely tolerates a
phone for the benefit of his embassy STAFF
and for the large corps of servants. But
lie rarely permits personal messages de-
livered and then only on the most formal
business. To send anything like per-
sonal invitation or message of n per-
sonal nature would be a grave breach OF
etiquette.
The Italian ambassador and baroness
have two sons both of whom are serving
their country, one in the army and the
other in the navy. That she must be
separated from her only children is one
of the reasons why the baroness would
prefer European post for her husband.
She apparently likes Washington. Neither
the social nor the political customs ara
to her liking, though being tactful and
gentle. she has never wounded the Suscep-
Utilities of her friends by limiting this.
The baroness has made no close friends
either in official society among
the women of the foreign corps. She and
the baron are still as lover-like as IL
they had not passed the honeymoon. He
is her constant and most punctilious at
tendant walking, calling and receiving.
They studied English together, and ono
of their delights is to get in some girl
friend of the baroness and practice the
vernacular The baroness, having no
daughters Of her own, delights to shower
pretty attentions on the daughters Of her
friends Mrs. Longworth received more
attention from the deS Planches during
her belleship than in any other foreign
home 1t is probable that to Miss Ethel
will also be extended many courtesies.
The baroness is more French than Italian
in appearance, and she is among the
richly and correctly CARRIED women of the
high official set.
Copyright 1905, by Margaret B. Downinx.)
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cerned. The Baron Fava resided in an OBJ
scure part of New York and his en-
bassy office in Washington was situated
over a barber shop. The courtly man
ners of the Baron DIES Planches. the grace
and social tact OF the baroness, to which
must be added the prestige of comfort
able personal fortune. have made people
forget the humilations Of the Fava re-
gime.
:. ):
One Of the first official acts of Signor
des Planches. for he has been raised to
the peerage only in the past three years,
was to purchase Il suitable embassy and
eouip it in proper style He selected the
Phoebe A. Hearst mansion on New Hamp-
shire avenue and purchased 1T furnish
ed.
The Italian government has aided the
deS Planches with lavish hand in equip
ping suitable home for its representa-
tive. In the great ballroom are life-sized
portraits of King Victor Emannuel Ill
and of Queen Helena, occupying the
north and. south wall spaces They are
gOrgeously framed and over the top Is
the royal insignia of the house of Savoy.
A fine old battle flag is also noted
decoration of the ballroom. On the grand
piano, a gift of Queen Helena to the en-
basSy. is a photograph which interests
American visitors. 1T is a large photo
graph of Mrs. Roosevelt, taken in the
nursery of the White House with the
three younger children clustered around
her. 1t has the words. with affectionate
regards of Edith and Kermit Roosevelt
to the Baroness Mayor des Planches,'
written in the corner On the mantel is
the Presidents photograph, taken in the
act of jumping Il four-foot hurdle. There
are pictures of Mrs. Longworth, of the
younger Roosevelt children and of Ad
miral Cowles the Presidents brother-fn-
law all hobnobbing with dainty little
sketches of the royal children. bits of the
royal park at MonZa and some pretty
scenes near the home of the des Planches
in Turin.
In the library and drawing room may
be seen the Italian predCminating over
the style of furnishing in vogue under its
former chatelaine. There are huge brass
braZierS such as are used in the big pal
aces of Italy in lieu of stoves or Iatrobes.
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THE Wife of the Dean of
/ the Diplomatic Corps is
a Cultured and Amiable Social
Leader-Just Now She Chafes
Over the Notoriety Given Her
Home Through the Abruzzi-
Elkins Romance - She Fills
Her Position in Vanity Fair
With Quiet Elegance, and
Though Rather Unapproach-
able She Has Made Many
Warm Friends, Including
Mrs. Roosevelt - Home Life
is Simple and Dignified.
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tho corns maintains an uncompromiSlnS
Catholic attitude. He proffers hospitality
to Cardinal Gibbons and other members
of the hierarchy who visit Washington
He exchanges calls with the popes rep
resentative Mgr. Diomede Falconio, and
several times a year the auStere looking
Franciscan, clad in his dark gray ralnleht
with purple episcopal trimmings, may De
seen in the stately draWinS-room or the
baroness. chatting with her callers and
enjoying a cup of her admirably prepared
PiedmonteSe chocolate.
notwithstanding the diGnlted expos
tulations of the baroness against think
ing Of her home as the mere environment
of the Duke of AbruZZ during his visit
to Washington last winter. and the pos
sible scene of his wedding. there is no
denying that the Italian embassy has
gained tremendous popularity during the
past ten months Even the tourist car
now journeys away off its beaten track
to point out the casteilated towers and
signify that this residence is the Italian
embassy the place where the Duke of the
Abruzzi dwelt during his impetuOus court
ship. This is only in keeping with the
interest which the baron tells himself
of the Americans in Italy traversine the
Abruzzi. This year the tourist traffic to
that wild and romantic section just south
of the former papal estates increas q Il
hundred per cent. Sketches of the best
points of the AbruZZi brought fair for
tune to some artists In Rome this sum-
mer, and whereas last year not one
decent inn could be found in the interior
of the mountains. a dozen enterprisins
Swiss landlords intend to start first class
hotels there next summer. Thus has
the romance it's practical side, a side
which Baron des Planches appreciates.
though he dislikes the same interest as
applied to himself and his embassy.
1t may be said that the des Planches
made the reputation of Italy from the
social standpoint, and it is broadly limited
that they were sent to this country as
much for that reason as because a Wig
orous and energetic man was needed on
the political field Under the former am
bassador. Baron Fava, the embassy was
non-eXistent so far as social life was con-
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game in the woods. lust outside the high
stockade with his double-jointed blunder-
buss. He was not particular what sort
of game he shot. He had no object in
view except the securing of some sort of
animal to grace his table on the morrow
after the long. long service of franks
giving was over Suddenly, with great
joy he beheld roosting in the tops of a
diSconsolate pine tree an obese and self
satisfied turkey.
Valiant planted the stick that supported
his gun firmly in the ground, fitted the
butt snugly to his shoulder aimed care
fully with Puritanical preciseness-and
blazed away. The ensuing roar nearly
broke the breaking waves that dashed so
high on the stern and rock-bound coast.
The turkey. necessarily lacking that de-
gree of sophstication so characteristic of
the present-day birds of his feather
around Thanksgiving, gave a squawk of
surprise and indignation and fiuttered
down to Va.iant's feet. Valiant solemnly
picked up the red-stained. crumpled pile,
with fleeing. inward qualm as he real
lied he had taken a life.
But as the brave marksman. carrying
his turkey, was about to leave the field of
achievement he heard sound that caused
his aristocratic hair to stand up on end
and his blue blood to do ancient sort
of Merry Widow" waltz through his SEN
sitive veins
Puritan Makes Touchdown.
A
the dread war cry of Old Kicked-in-the-
Rib, the sworn enemy of the Puritans and
a "heap-much" Indian. Valiant clutched
his turkey under his arm, hastily deposit
ed his hat upon the top of a nearby bush
90 decoy and hot footed it for the stock
ade.
"Wow-wow-ei-ei-ei.
The cry was drawing nearer as the
owner of the megaphonc voice followed
Valiants fleeing footsteps. Valiant APP
preciated by this time that his position
was in q certain way embarrassing. Be
fore he had run another hundred feet
he beheld the jovial Indians form in the
clearing behind him. Harder and harder
he ran. launching the precious turkey un-
der his arm. Dear old kicked-in-the-Rib
pursued only one can pursue whose
mouth is watering for turkey.
BY this time several of the Puritan
Fathers within the stockade had been
reused from their labors by the Noble
open the gates, they rushed forth, guns
in hand. to find out what the trouble
was. With lusty, ringing cheers, they
urged on the painting Valiant in the
meantime firing vigorously away at
Kicked in the-R In chorus and .singly
they tried to lend wings Ito their com
rade's faltering steps \ bullet GI.tzed
the Indian and he straightway ceased his
howls and turned back to the tall timber.
Valiant reached the stockade. where he
was lifted alofi on the shoulders of his
Compa ujons and borne within amid great
rejoicing That Thanksgiving was a real
one-for Valiant. at least
To the enthusiasts who celebrate Thanks
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y the four great
divisions in which
official society at
the National capt.
tai Is arranged the
wife of the dean OF
the dip ! o m Il I j C
corps is a COM
manding fl ure i.
w h e n l. o r d
Pauncefote Ii e Id
the deanship he
claimed next Mace
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is a delightful hostess and a fascinating
companion.
Runor has it that the baroness chafes
somewhat over the implied Importance
given her husband, herself and her home
through the romantic affair between the
Duke Of the AbruZZi and Miss Elkins-
When royal princes wish to form roman
tic and unconventional attachments 1T
makes life all but unbearable for certa IN
court officials Baroness Mayor des
Planches has been OF the defensive, so to
speak ever since the iI,ue blind god
aimed his shaft mt the sailor prince of
Savoy and those who met her this winter
for the first time have not seen her at the
best 1t is suggested that to hint added
social Importance for the Italian en-
bassy through this love affair is to offer
an affront. The Italian ambassador is
sufficiently important. and so is his house
hold to need no uplifting. as it We're. SO
distastefu has all allusion to the AbruzZl
and Elkins affair become that for two
months past the dean and his lady have
lived in almost complete isolation. They
We're embarrassed that leading questions
came from high sources, and they found
security only in secfision.
Baroness Mayor DIES Planches is her
husbands cousin. and lived during most
of her girlhood at his fathers home near
Turin She is partly French, and her
maiden name was De Nun Chevalier.
She comes of an old and aristocratc
family, partly Piedmontese and partly
Vallois, and she has always had the adj
vantage of speaking French, Italian and
German Familiarity and with the fiuency
of a mother tongue. The baron and his
wife belong to the generation that knew
the Italian heroes and liberators as ia
miliar friends The baron looms before
the public of his native land the pro-
tege of Crispi and the man of whom
the foremost Italian statesman of mod
'ern times predicted brilliant future.
The baroness also knew Crispi and her
sitting room has many interesting photo
graphs of him and other great men who
figured in the unification. She almost
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Puritans Had Tur-

THE Puritans Had Tur-
i key, But No Foot Ball
When Valiant Goodman Shot
His Turkey and Made the
Touchdown That Saved His
Life, His Turkey Clutched
Beneath His Arm-Kicked-in-
tine-Ribs, With His "Wow-
wow-ei-ei-ei!" the Original
Cheer Leader-The Modern
Foot Ball in It's Evolution
From the Turkey of the Puri-
tan-Dad, Mommer and All
the Children Have Their
Share in the Days Celebra-
ton.
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after the President on all official and So
cial occasions. Only after an acrimo-
NOUS controversy with the then Vice
President did the Britisher take third
place. No leader of the foreigner cohorts
has renewed the controversy. but most
jealousy do the ambassadors cl!pg to the
rank assigned by the State Department
that is, they precede chief Justice. Speak
er Of the House and all other officials Of