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Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17

turned out a great success. The de-
lighted emperor gave liberal rewards to
all parties concerned and made the pig
his constant companion. The animal
was given a jeweled collar, from which
hung the Order of the Purple Peacock,
his tail was trimmed with the late en-
press earrings and he was named
Coral Lily" in token of the delicate
pinkness of his skin
One day the emperor, accompanied by
his unique pet, left the imperial gar
dens and went walking through the
woods. All of a sudden Coral Lily
began to sniff and grunt in the most
unusual fashion, and before anything
could be done to prevent him left his
master and scampered through the
woods and hedges until he came to a
ditch where a herd of swine were wal
lowing. The emperor and the frightened
couriers gave chase, but it was no use
When they arrived at the mud hole it
was impossible to distinguish Coral
Lily in the assembly Of rolling, snort
ing, granting beasts. From the curious
appearance of the neck of the filthieSt
of the crew they suspected that he was
Coral Lily, but proof was impossible,
for all the jewels had vanished.
The chief justice, the lord high adj
miral, the selecter of porcelains and the
principal astronomer trembled for their
nVeS, ana the emperor was frantic with
grief and disappointment. An imperial
proclamation offered a large reward for
a perfect method of pig tanning. The
cabinet, grateful for being allowed to
retain their heads, went at once into
consultation. After forty-eight hours
of solid thought they decided on a re-
port.
ITO make pig civilized, your ma
jesty," they said, 'it is necessary to re-
place certain pOrcine qualities with
those of other animals, namely, the
delicacy of the lamb, the noble hearted
ness of the horse the fidelity of the
dog and the cleanliness Of the cat. Let
a surgeon, therefore, open a young pig
and transplant into him the spleen of
lamb, the liver of a horse, the heart
of dog and the stomach of a cat, re-
moving the corresponding organs with
which nature has furnished the said
pigs If this be successfully done, your
majesty will own a we'll bred pig that
will surprise the age
Lee-Fo rewarded his councillors and
advertised for surgeons to come for
ward and perform the operation. But
after consulting the works of seventy
seven historians, the nineteen TRACE
dams and the two epic poets of China
and finding therein no mention Of anv
surgeon who answered the advertise
ment, 1 am Of the opinion that none
ever did come forward, and that En-
peror Lee-Fo was unable to CRAFTY
one of his desires and get the better Of
his fellow sovereigns by owning a gen
tlemanly pig.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17

H HE reign of Lee-Fo, twenty-third
emperor of the Quang dynasty,
was the golden age of China. The
realm enjoyed a profound peace, itera-
ture and the arts fourished and the
inhabitants were happy. Realizing that
much Of the good fortune was due to
the wisdom and integrity of their SOW
ereign, the grateful people showered
him with gifts, until the multitude of
his acquisitions exceeded his vast in
herited wealth. So fortunate were all
his doings that he was surnamed the
Darling of Heaven" Lee-Fo pos
sessed everything that opulence could
provide, and, being a philosopher, he
was not puffed up by it, but enjoyed
himself soberly and sensibly. In fact
he was that rarest Of creatures. a con-
tented man. But Fate always has some
trick up her sleeve and finally Lee-Fo
discovered that he could be as dissatis-
fed as anybody.
One day the emperOr'S court was Wis
tied by a famous Venetian traveller.
This individual had brilliant and in
duisitive mind, but we are afraid he
lacked that power of adhering to the
truth which is so often denied to
travellers. The emperor gave him a
hearty welcome and begged him to re-
late some of the marvels he had seen
in his voyages and particularly the
wonders of foreign kings. AT this the
Venetian gave an account of the pair
of lions which the king of Abyssinia
harnessed to his chariot He then told
about the grand mogups leopard, which
was as tame as a terrier and the
cham of Tartary's tigers and the shah
of Persia's panther and the domesti-
Gated condors of the viceroy of Peru.
In fact, every ruler seemed to be able
had been given up as hopelessly savage.
AT the court of Lee-Fo there was no
such attraction, and the emperor be-
came quite depressed while brooding
over this inferiority. He decided that
he, too, would make q pet of some crea-
ture that had hitherto proved untam-
able, and, after mature consideration,
decided on the pig.
So Lee-Fo summoned the chief JUS
tice, the lord high admiral, the selecter
Of porcelains and the principal astron-
omer, who made up the cabinet, and
commanded them to devise a plan
whereby a pig could be civilized. After
celebrating thirty-Six hours the coun-
Gil advised that a young pig be taken
at the moment of its birth and be given
in charge Of the eve, that it be washed
in rose water and essence of sand!e-
wood every day, and that it be in
structed in cleanliness and manners
This was done, and the experiment
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17

it come true, and so he told his little
girl all about it in a story. The little
girl that the fairy gave her wish to
had beautiful time just for bit of
a while, but the dolls kept coming that
you couldn't remember the faces of,
and the toys that you got tired play
ing with, and the books that you could
not have time to look at, and the can
dies that pretty soon got much too
sweet, and the stocking always full of
the same things, and everybody say
ing, Christmas, Christmas" and hard
ly another word, and nothing ever a
surprise any more, until there never
Was little girl who was more perfect
ly miserable the whole day long
And the worst of it was that the little
girl began to hate Christmas, and just
begged the fairy to undo her wish, and
the fairy did, and so it got back to be-
ing Christmas for just one day every
year, the same as always. And the
little girl was SO happy she said she
would never wish for it to be Christ
mas every day again. Then little
daughter, who had listened very hard
only with great many questions in
between, said she never would, either
And that is why it is never Christmas
every day.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17
CHRISTMAS WISHES

NM LILLIAN DEAN HOWELLS'
wv Christmas story for children
which he named christmas
Every Day. can be retold in a fash.
ion that will make a capital bedtime
story. Once there was a little girl who
climbed up on fathers knee and whis-
pered in his ear, II wish it might be
Christmas every day instead of only
once a year!' Now father knew that
this wouldn't do at all, but would be
really very bad indeed and proba-
bly, spoil Christmas entirely, and he
thought and thought, and wondered
how he could make little daughter
know it, too. Then he remembered
about another little girl who wished
the very same wish and a fairy made
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17
ON A VISIT

When I go to my gram'ma's an
She gets done kissin me,
wonder what's to happen mex.
Don't have to cite Golden Tex ["
At gram'ma's-no, sir-eeD
My gram'ma she puts on her specs
CHATS SOS at she can see)
More like his father ev'ry day;
Don't favor his mas folks" she'll say,
"A mite, it pears to me-"
MY gram'pa, when so outdoors
To give tn horse his feed,
Stands me up gainst tn big barn door
An marks it where I've crowd some more.
I'm GROWN like a weed!
My gramma knows it's dreffle hard
For busy folks like me
To have to stop an take an nap
An so 1 sleep right on her lap;
An after-we go
If Mr. Gingersnap is home
He has a roun'. tin house
An can help myself to some;"
An mus Mt drop a single crum',
Sos not to call tn mouse.
MY gram pa says I'll help him lots
II I'll hunt round an
witch pockets got his wintergreens
An peppermnts-I know he means
His candy! Some's for me!
Wen I'm all crowd , tall an big
dom know witch I'll be
A gram'ma or a grampa cause
They're bof so good to me!
Marie Louise Tompkins, in Harper's
Weekly
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17

often crazy over it. 1t might be well
for the kindergartners and the teachers
to eliminate this passion for the comic
supplement by creating a relish for
something better. The great impeach-
ment of the comic supplement is that
even the child discards it as soon as
he has taken good look at it-Jour-
nal of Education.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17
UNFINISHED STORY

|0NE Saturday Mary and Jes-
IL sizes little cousin, Carl, came
" to spend the day. He was
quite little fellow and thew
wanted to do something that he
would enjoy; SO they planned a
trip to the parks to see the ami
mails, but the day dawned cold
and rainy, and it soon became
apparent that a trip was impos-
sible.
The children were greatly
disappointed and they asked
mamma what they could do.
Mamma laughed and replied
that she had invited six or seven
little friends over for the after
noon and evening. There were
many games to play during the
afternoon and in the evening
there was to be a candy pull.
The~children were DELIGHTED
and spent most of the morning
planning the afternoon enter
tainment.
What fun they had that long
rainy afternoon, playing one
game after another.
Finally some one suggested
hide-and-seek and one Of the
boys was chosen as 'it."
Mary and Jessie started down
the hall with the rest, but Carl
pulled Mary's sleeve to stop her
and whispered, Come with me,
you and Jessie I've found the
best place to hide" and then led
them up the stairs to the garnet.
Entering, Carl ran to two large
oaken chests which stood under
the caves, and lifting the lids,
motioned the girls to get in.
Then he climbed in after Jessie
and pulled the cover down after
him.
For a long time they lay there
shaking with laughter. Down be-
low they could hear the shouts
of the children as they ran over
the house, but little by little the
three, 1u1led by the patter of the
rain on the roof, and tired by
their play, dropped off to sleep.
Complete this story describing the
long search which the little guests had
for Mary and Jessie, and finally how
her parents joined in the hunt. De-
scribe the sensations of the girls when
they awakened cramped and stiff from
their combining positions and tell how
they were finally found and by whom.
Write from $50 to 800 words on one
side of the paper, leaving margin at
the top and side of each page, address
the letter neatly to Aunt Laurie, The
Herald Junior, care The Herald, Los
Angeles, Cal, and be sure that it
reaches this office not later than Sat-
urday afternoon, January %.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17
THE COMIC SUPPLEMENT

TN HE International Kindergarten I'M
ion, representing 10000 kinder
Il gartners, is making a raid on the
comic supplements of the Sunday pa-
pers. It will be interesting to see
what influence the union can COM
mand in this warfare. The comic sup
plement is so crude and rude that it
would not seem to need much of an
attack, but true it is that children are
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17
CONTEST FOR YOUNG ARTISTS

Boys and girls of public school age invited to compete
for prize of $lO be given pen and ink drawing
strictly original illustrating the phrase
"A Morning Call
All work submitted for this drawn in let
black drawing ink smooth white Bristol board Sketches must
be 4 inches and the picture include two figures
Pictures for this contest must be accompanied by name adj
dress and grade of school M any the artist must be re-
celved at this office not later than Saturday afternoon January
No drawings will be returned
Address all drawings Aunt Laurie Sunday Herald Junior
The Herald Los Angeles, Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17

The Herald Junior is published by the Her
aid company for the children OF the south
west. 1t is devoted to their interests, and
viii publish principally their own writings
All children {, public school age are wei
Come as contributors The editor wishes to
encourage correspondence and suggestions
from teachers
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17
ABOUT PRIZES FOR HONORABLE
MENTIONS

4 Competitors in any contest are i
\ entitled to a handsome book prize X
! when their work has received hon i
J. orable mention three times. \
! They must claim the prize, sub \
= hitting copies of their letters, sto- \
+ ries or limericks. 4
Evening journal., 1909-05-14
IO'BRIEN PUTS
ONE ON JOHNSON
Forces Black Man to Take
Percentage With Him in
Wednesdays Fight
BY United Press Leased Special wire.

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
PHILADELPHIA, May 1i-Jack. Nc
Guigan and Jack oBrien have put one
over on the worlds champion, Jack John
son, according to the sports here. When
the pair were matched for their fight.
which takes place here next Wednesday
night, johnson insisted that he would have
no part Of a percentage division. Name
your figure" demanded McGuigan. and
the giant negro said 5000" That was sat-
isfactory to MoGulgan and he rendered a
somewhat smaller amount TO the Phiadel-
phian. The latter baked on this ME
for the percentage" he said. Il am game
enough 20 take change and believe 1 am
a big enough drawing card in my home
town to draw box office receipts that will
break record"
McGuigan gave in promptly and it is now
believed that O'Rrien viii receive more
than $1,000 as his bit Of the gate receipts.
Tickets are already at premium and
Il is believed here that the crowd will be
the largest that ever witnessed an indoor
fight I'm this city. OBrien is trained to the
minute, and will have many hackers that
he will outpoint the negro in the six
round go.
Evening journal., 1909-05-14
SPORTING JOURNAL
HOLY NAME SOCIETY LEAGUE
TO OPEN ITS SEASON TOMORROW

SIS: NJ. Gardner. 10. j. Rainey eb, J. Gard
ncr. So; Mcclure, II, Novalk, CT; Harring-
ton. or J. Dsney. RI; Haley and Daney'
subs
Both teams are composed Of eNcep-
tionally good material and the game
promises TO be one of interest.
At the meeting Of the representatives
Of tho League held on May 18th. II was
decided to permit each club TO file a
list Of sixteen players from which each
club is TO select players to compose
the team.
The list Of each club is AS follows:
St Mary's-J. Henry. /. Ackermann
J. Ford. T. Pinkerton, I. Conlin, J
Polnger +. Welsh. J. konitzer. n
Kane. d. McGranary, +. Kane. j. De
tuch. #. Thompson, ID. Casey and Johr
Murine. manager.
ST. Paurs- Glynn. Walsh, Mahoney
Early, Ryan. Shannon. Alexander. Mul
vena. Russell, Long. Burke. Hsrkins
NJ McDonough. r. McDonough, Elliot
and L. Rigney. manager.
St. Elizabeth's-Edwar Mcclure
James Connor. James Rainey, Rs,
lyle. Hugh Daney. John Gardney Joh
Novalk, Peter Harrington. Joseph Stin'
S Elliott, u. Rainey. r. Haley, r. pufiS
James Daney, NJ. Gardner and Thoma
Haley. manager.
St Patricks-Harry Hampel, Fran
Lyman. Michael Bonner Joseph Tag
CART. Victor Brennan, John O'Connol
J William Gibbons. Edward Lynch,
D. Stinile. C. Collins. Dan. Grant, W. Rob
erts, Robert Hanley John Malone!
Charles Kane and 7. X. Horty, mana
ger.
St. Peters. New Castle Emm
McGrory, John McGrory. James Hsnc
Edward Mcdaniel. Edward Gormle
Andrew Lenoir. william Palmer.
Leonard. r. Leonard James Malone
: Hugh Duffy. James Toman. VILLA
Lawler, John Doris. John Foster ar
?, Ebert Grant manager.
Evening journal., 1909-05-14
cnlornd Rennhlioana Meet.

The Sixth Ward Republican Club met
I'm Turn Hail last night and was ad-
dressed by a number Of candidates.
The meeting was held i'm the interests
OF DR.. s c. Elbert and was enthusiasts
tic.
The Young Mems Colored Repubi-
can Club of the Sixth ward has reor-
ganized and will hold special meet
ing this evening at the club rom, No.
S31 Walnut street. These are the OFF,
GERS. President. William II. Segars;
vice president. Evan Henry; secretary
caleb Byard; assistant secretary, Wal
ter Mercer: treasurer. William Hin.
This organization has a membership Of
about sixty and would like to have
many more.
Evening journal., 1909-05-14
TWO GAMES ON
c. [. SCHEDULE
duPOnt.SOuth Side Here, New
Castle -RiVerVieW at RiV-
eFVieW
COUNTY LEAGUE SCHEDULE

DUPONT VS.. South side Front and Union.
New Castle VS.. Riverview. New Castle
DUPONT and South Side, and New Castle
and Rivervlew will play the second satur-
day schedule Of County League games to-
morrow. the former pair at Front and
Union streets and the latter at New Cas-
tie.
The duPont-South side game will be du-
Points opener. There will be parade OF
players. pennant raising and music by q
band previous to the opening. Mayor VIII
son is expected to throw out the first ball.
Many fans are expected at each game.
Following win be the batting order
at Front and Union streets:
duPont-Shuler, ss; Mckinney, 1b;
Prentiss, rf; Harrington. II; Bacon, 2b;
Beatty. 2b; Floor, C; McDonough, 3b;
Burke. CT; Crouch, p.
South Side-Virden, RI; Rangler, ss;
Dugan, 3b; Tierney 2b; Finnan, cf;
Finger, Sb; Barnhill. II; Bannar, p;
August, C. Umpire Dawson.
Following will be the batting order at
New Castle;
New Castle-Neylan. C; Chase, 3b;
Wright. SIS; Lawler, II; Wilhelm, 2b;
Mckinley. 2b. Stab. CT; Renn;e, p 1b;
Kee. p. IF; McGrory p; Duncan, 10. IF.
Thomas. c: Walraven, p;
Hall. 1b: Echrich, 2b Green. IS; NJ.
McDonough. -3b; p. McDonough. III;
Babby. CT; Agard, RI. Umpire, Nc
Mahon.
Evening journal., 1909-05-14
PICKS
PAPKE TO WIN
Big Fellow Says Kelly Can't
Take Much Punch.
ing

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
CHICAGO, May L-If PapKe is in shape
he ought TO win"
This is the opinion James J. Jeffries ex-
pressed to-day when asked 10 give his
views on the "rhunderbolts" fight with
Hugo Kelly In San Francisco tomorrow.
"Papke is a much stronger fighter than
Kelly, and can take more punishment lie
is the kind Of man who can take a punch
and give one and next 10 Ketchell, Is the
hardest hitter in the middle weight class.
Papke was sick the last time he met Kelly
and had no real chance. Kelly is clever
boxer but in a long fight Papke will win
IL he IS In condition"
Jeffries says he has taken on % pounds
since he began training in New York. He
is doing daily training stunts now. To-
morrow or Monday he will go to White
Sox Park. don a uniform. and work out
with the players. He has made a bet with
Ed. Walsh that he cannot strike him out.
Evening journal., 1909-05-14

The Holy Name Societies connected
With 81. Pauls. 81. Marys ST. Patricks
and ST. Elizabeth's r. G. Churches. Of
Wilmington. and ST. Peters r. c. Church.
of New Castle, have formed Catholic
baseball league.
The representatives selected by the sew
eral societies held a meeting at the
Brownson Library Hail Thursday evening
and perfected rules for the government
Of the league and formed schedule OF
games TO be played by the vsrlom clubs.
The officers selected to serve as the di-
recting heads Of the league were elected
at meeting held May f.. aud are as fol-
lows: Thomas r. o'Donncl. president. j..
=. Murphy. vice president, James r. Mul.
rine secretary.
Tho opening games will be played TO-
morrow as follows: st. Peters Of New
/ Castle VS.. ST. Paurs. Wilmington on the
grounds at union Park. Sycamore and
Union streets; st. Elizabeth vs.. ST. Mary
on the grounds Of tho Browntown Outinl
Club. Ninth avenue and Duncan street.
Great preparations have been made 70
the game between tho ST. Elizabeth an,
ST. Mary teams. Arrangements hive beer
made by the management OF the 81. Eliza
beth team for a street parade through th
Eleventh ward preceding the game. Tn
teams will assemble At the club house o
the 81. Elizabeth team and proceed 10 IN
hall field headed by the Polish America
Band Of seventeen pieces. The ST. Eliza
beth and st. Mary's Holy Name societie
will also form in line and Join in the pre-
cession.
The lineup Of the teams will be a
follows:
St. -Bolinger. n; Pinkerton. q
Kane IS; Ford, III Ackerman, rf Mu
rine. 3D. Walsh. CT; Henry C Konitzer, !
McGranery, p.
St. Elizabeth-E Elliott. C stine. p Como
Evening journal., 1909-05-14
HIDALGO TO GO
FIRST LOCAL RACE

The second Of the summer series OF NATL
nee events will be given at Horse SHOW
Park commencing at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon. The principal event on the card
is a match between Garden FARMS Min
ME Nixon, and John +. Jones Hidalgo. II
will be Hidalgo's first appearance ON q
local track, The black gelding has Z
mark Of 2.ort. lie is expected 10 break the
track record in his first effort tomorrow.
There are five other events on the card.
There win be big crowd Of horsemen
out to see the Hidalgo- Minnie Nixon heats
Evening journal., 1909-05-14
.SEAFORD TO
HAVE BALL TEAM
Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
SEAFORD. Del. May 14-As the
baseball season is approaching the
fans are naturally growing more and
more enthusiastic, and have called for
public meeting to be held tonight.
Soaford is TO be represented by tho
strongest team that was ever brought
together in this section Of the country
and are expecting to win the title
Of champions" OF the Delaware and
Maryland Peninsula. Meetings will
also be held during the week at Cam
bridge. Hurlock. fredericksburg, Cris-
field, Salisbury and other towns, for
the purpose Of discussing the baseball
outlook.
Evening journal., 1909-05-14
EVEN MONEY ON
KELLY-PAPKE FIGHT

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14-Fieht
fans are anxiously waiting for the
starting gong TO sound tomorrow IA
the Hugo Kelly Billy Papke fight. The
betting here is even money. The ma
jority here are OF the opinion that
Kelly has a little the advantabe over
Papke, yet they are unwilling to bcf
anything but even money Both men
are trained TO the minute.
Following is the Church League base
ban schedule for Saturday ~ NJ c.
a. VS.. Bethany, at Elsmere; Silver
brook VS.. Delaware Avenue az Silver
brook; Edge Moor VS.. Harrison Street.
at Edge Moor; Grace VS.. Old Swedes
at the Military School gounds
Evening journal., 1909-05-14
SENIORS TRIM
JUNIORS, 10 TO 9

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK. Del, May 1.-THE Senior
class OF Delaware College defeated the
Junior class by the score of 10 10 .. The
game was loosely played throughout Each
class had all their rootors on hand and
made plenty of noise Ward, tho pitcher
for the Seniors was taken out in the
sixth inning and McGarvey Was put In
Cam, the Juniors pitcher was hit so hard
in the sixth inning that Ellison was Put
i'm. but the Seniors kept on scoring just
the same
on next Thursday the sopbomores and
Freshmen will play. on the Thursday
following the Senior team will play the
winner.
Evening journal., 1909-05-14
GEORGETOWN TO
HAVE BALL TEAM

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
GEORGETOWN. May l4.-Enorts
are being made 10 organize a frst-
class baseball team here, and IL Is
thought that fast clubs will be organ
lied in the other towns OF the county.
Ball fans throughout the county are
desirous of seeing a county league
composed OF Bridgeville, Laurel, Sea-
ford Delmar. Milford, Milton, Lewes
and Georgetown. and each club when
organized to play two games week.
Plans were made last season for q
county league. but they never mater
ialized.
Evening journal., 1909-05-14
dupont School Won.

The DUPONT School defeated the
Salesianum baseball team by the score
of 10 to 9. The features of the game
were the batting of the DUPONT team
and the pitching of Biningsley. The
dupont team batted the first pitcher
out Of the box. The DUPONT team
would like to hear from any 16 or II
year-old team in or near the city.
Their lineup is as follows: r. Lloyd.
c.: b. Wallace. D.; G. Bird, S.; 3. Hab-
bart. h.; r. Wilson, 2b.; A. Mousley.
3D.: A. Tyre, H.; d. Hudson. r.; and
p. Wallace. CT. Send challenges 10
Roy Wilson, Henry Clay.
Evening journal., 1909-05-14
Newport Juniors VS.. Cool sprina.

The Newport Juniors will play the Cool
Spring +. q. tomorrow on the Newport
grounds. Newport Juniors will have tho
following line-up. Galloway, e. Groonie.
D; Ruth. IS l.. Hayden, ID J. HAYDEN %;
Hainesworth, 9b; Hanna, King. Cunning
ham, outhelders. The Newport Juniors
would like 20 hear from any u-year-old
team, Maps, Clayton A. C.. and Washing
ton Stars preferred. Send challenges to
John Ruth, Newport.