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ton for doing the highest class of work in her line.
 Before the year was out Mrs. Bob had to move. She could not get a suite of rooms to suit her in the old building, and, besides, she wanted to be nearer the center from which some big orders were coming-Wall street.
 e. One day she got small order from the greatest bank In America. Tt got the same attention as other business. Evil dently 1t was satisfactory, for more work followed it. Without solicitation busi- ness also came to her from the office of the master of finance. the man who has merged more railroads, more steel mills, more factories and industries generally than any other 10 men in the world. Somehow the big men got to know that this woman who did such excellent work was thorough in one other department of business; that she took pains to guard the secrets of aher office; that any work intrusted to her would be safeguarded. Th,s great bank gets out each quarter for seleH distribution a report from its trusted agents the world over as to the state of trade in each and every sec
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 bring more of his friends home to dinner and would see tkat she had more eompan- ionship. It would not be long before she had new circle of friends and would be forgetting the country. Bob was so bright and cheery and drew such pleas ant picture that he was quite satisfied with the outlook, and when he patted her cheek and proposed a musical comedy and a bite in one of the Broadway res taurants later to brighten her up he con sidered the matter settled.
 But he did not know Mrs. Bob so well as he thought he did She had put her case cleverly, but she had not touched the principal reason for her desire for employment It was all very well for Bob to say he would be ashamed if not oisgraced to have his wife business woman. It was all very we'll for him to point out that he made from $50 to $75 week, and it would simply be scandalous for man earning so much to permit his bride to work. That weighed very little with her In her calm analysis of the sit uation. She loved her husband and con sidered him one of the best of men, but that did not blind her to his one great weakness. Twice he had been unable to go to the office. The second time the manager had been up to see him, and, although he spoke in a low voice, she could not help hearing the yelled warn- ing. She understood now why Bob rarely held a position long He made friends rapidly-lots Of them, too many of them. He was bright, clever and able, but too oongenial for his own good. His employ CTS liked him, but wished he would let liquor alone.
 Ms. Bob thought the whole matter out. She was not weepy person, and she was not of the scoldy kind. It was a bitter discovery to make, but after calm refiec- tion she thought she saw her way clear Possibly if she got employment where her husband worked he would do better. If he had to accompany her home each evening he would not be out so late with his companions. She might, without his knowledge, wean him away from his weakness. She was a patient woman, was Mrs. Bob. She realized that as the
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tion of the globe. Incidentally, this re- port contains the most authentic and most authoritative information regard Ing politics and other developments like ly to have a bearing on money or com merce For years this report was pub lished by a concern of international prominence. One day the great banh sent the copy for this elaborate report to Mrs. Bob. Since then she has printed the report each quarter.
 Two years and half after renting her cubbyhole of an office Mrs. Bob had 20 operators working. The selection and drilling of these operators was her hard est task. None but the most careful, the most accurate and most trustworthy would suit her. She paid the highest! wage known to her particular. field and exacted the highest class of work. It got so that the fact that person had worked for Mrs. Bob was taken by others as a diploma
 As Mrs. Bob climbed the ladder of sue cess MT. Bob remained stationary, or dropped back rung. He departed from the multiform concern to try another speciality line and then drifted from that to another and then to another. He was the same kindly, cheery, delightful Bob as of old and he had come to be intensely proud of his clever wife, even if he some times wished she was not in business. He was conscious of his own failings and did not spare himself in self-denunciation when he fell from grace, but his wife never had an unkind word for him and never was more devoted than when he was downcast.
 MT. Bob was having reason for being dcwncast. He was finding it difficult to get work, or at least work that brought 0 good return. He had lost caste. for he wae not considerable dependable. Two weeks of idleness that were made unpleas- ant by refusals of work in lines he form
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NEW men want their women folk in ' business. It is bad enough for girls

TSEW men want their women folk Tn business. It is bad enough for girls \ who must support themselves or for women who are thrown upon their own reources. but for a bride to enter tho field, that seems to be beyond the limit.
 MT Drew. ordinarily one of the most good-natured and even-tempered of men, showed evidence of something approach ing anger when his wife, despite his fiat footed declaration that her suggestion was absurd. persisted in her pleading to be permitted to seek office position of some sort in the great world of down town.
 She gave nearly every reason but the true one as to why she wanted to go to work She went into detail as to how lonesome it was for her during the day. They had been married only two months. She never had been in New York until she came here a bride. The little fiat they rented far up town was charming, but to so vigorous a young persons as Mrs. Drew 1t did not give enough household employment to keep her busy more than TWO QOu1Ss A ltW tAPtilCllCCo WASAA EOS sipy and borrowing neighbors made her suspicious She had been born and brought up in a small town and was a bit straightlaced in her ideas. The big city seemed a dreadfuly dreary place to her in the long hours Bob was down town. likeness was punishment to her
 She needed something to keep her mind and her hands employed. It mattered lit- tle to her if she got only few dollars pay a week if she could feel she was accomplishing something, and if she did not have to sit at home and count the hours until Bob came home.
 Dr Drew assured her that she soon would change her view. Every young woman who came from the country to the city had the same attack of nostalgia, he laughing1y declared. but soon recov- cred and came to love city fife. He ad- vised her to go out more, to go to a mat inee once or twice a week, look around the shops, visit some of the museums and before she knew it she not only would find her time fully occupied. but would be Eeenly interested. Besides, he would
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erly would not have considered for a mos ment brought him to a bitter realization of his position. Scarcity of money, too. embarrassed him. His wife had plenty. but he was too proud to borrow from her.
 One evening after dinner he told her he was going to take the first job that was offered to him. He was becoming distracted he said, by the long-continued dleness
 "Bob,' said Mrs. Bob, If I were you wouldn't take any job that keeps you out sioe. Your trouble Is due to your good nature. You should give up the selling field. There is too much conviviality con- neoted with it. You ought to try to get office work"
 Bob never had done anything but se,I stuff, but he knew what his wife said was true
 ''Pll look for an office job," he said, "and if you hear of anything try to fix it for me. Don't worry. I won't give You cause to regret it."
 The next night Mrs. Bob was quite excited when she met her husband.
 T knew of a job you have a chance or getting. Bob" she said. '.I'll know positively in the morning."
 'Good!" exclaimed Bob. "What time will you know?'
 By 10. I think"
 "All right; I'll be at your office at 1o."
 Bob was there at 10.
 What did you hear?" he asked.
 It's all right" she answered. You can have it. The business Is young, but it's growing, and there's a good chance for the right man. You can get $50 week to start on, but the boss Is mighty strict"
 That's all right said Bob joyfully. I'll make good. What concern is lt?'
 Right here," she answered, with a little break in her voice. That's your desk, Bob"
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downward movements of the ship due to meteorological changes. Hence its name. It was unnecessary to carry sane or water to throw overheard. Our ser pent, if he had behaved as well as a. well-made reptile ought, sl ould have held the America at an altitude of from 100 to 200 feet above the ocean, saving us ballast-which means fuel-on one hand, saving gas on the other, and enabling us to prolong the voyage from the forty eighth hour practicable without serpent to the seven or nine or ten days which we figured would be required for crossing the Atlantic.
 we had previously tried the same principle over the Arctic sea, and there the device rode smoothly, and we were
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The F1attering Likeness

From the Washington Star.
 Have you observed the portraits of our candidate?" asked one campalgner.
 Yes" replied the other. 'I don't sus- pect his methods in conventions, but I'm morally certain he has subsidized the photographers
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very curious as to how our new and improved sea serpent would behave upon the Atlantic. Would he serve or sting
 us? At any rate, a voyage of $500 miles by airship is impractlcable without tho aid of some such device; and this one was the best we could do out of our ex- perience and study" =
The Washington times., 1910-06-05
DUGAN IS RIDING
IN GREAT FORM
Belmont's Jockey Is Plotting
Winners With Fine Judg-
ment and Nerve.

NEW YORK, June 5.-Eddie Duzan
has his ins and outs like any boy, but
taking him for all in all you can 20
through the list u jockeys available
at the Gravesenc meeting from top 20
bottom and back again from bottom
to top and you won't md a better. The
boy with the freckled face and the
undershot chin is at his best Just
now. a condition he's been gradually
coming around 70 for the last week or
two.
Some Of Eddie Dugan's rides Of late
will be remembered for a long time.
Go back as far ar the Babbler- Novelty
race al Belmont Park and YOU in
stinctively think Of the boy that made
Babbler win That was a finish par
excellence That fast but faint-hearted
horse, King OIympian, would not have
the record OF victories that he has to
day were II not for August BeImonts
jockey.
There are more things than finish
Ing 70 a good ride, Of course, and 8Ir.
Dugan can taFe care Of them all. he
has head and he has been using Il.
and he knows pace like a stop watch
His faUltless ride on Fitz Herbert.
when he won the Brooklyn Handicap,
will 10 down in history alOnE with the
winners name, not printed, but re
membered- The main trouble with
DuEsn is that he doesn't always run
true 10 form. as witness a late ride on
Candleberry Also he is sometimes
given 10 rough riding When he does
the latter he's a terror. But one
must go back 20 last season 10 md
Dugan at fault on that point So let II
go at that
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CCNROY SHEDDING
WEIGHT At THIRD

Although fl f. hard 60 believe,
still Wfd COnrOy. the Washington
player. VOuches for the yarn. that
= player who adOrns the bench for
u brief period viii lose on an aver
age of two pounds n day for the
Hrst six or seven days that he
pInya Rs n regular again. Wild
broke into she game at third base
for the Nationals In the first game
at New York. He played in all OF
the four games there, Hnd after
the final show he tipped the scales
at Isl pounds. compared 10 I6O
before the first contest.
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DOWN TO FINALS
At CHEVY CHASE
Tennis Tournament Will Be
Concluded Tomorrow
With Five Matches.

with the hnals IN several OF the hand
cap events completed. followers NJ rhs
tennis tournament, which has bea7 n
progress at the Chevy Chase courts fo-
the past week. are now awaiting tba
results Of tomOrrow's events. which z-f1
end the competition.
Five matches are scheduled for to-
morrow. They are in the mems singles
'scratch), mixed doubles fhaudfrsno
mems doubles Chandicap). and wonen,s
doubles Chsndicap)-
Inc hnal round in handicap events OF
Doln mems and wOmen's singles vas
played yesterday, the first named re-
sllung IN victory for Moorehead and
the latter for Miss Davis.
Aoorehead worked his wsv n rba
semi-fnals in spite of his heavy hz75i-
cap and with comparative ease de-
Iealed Davidson, who in p-sviovs
matches had proved a PLAYER OF mora
than ordinary ability.
In the women's singles Miss David
son. with handicap OF plus Il. de-
ieated Miss Chew Cscratchl s-s- s.
g.
MISS chew played an excellent game
IN the face OF the handicap.
In ADDITION 10 the mems singles ror-
soiaJons, the following matches viii bs
decided tomorrow afternoon
Mems singles. scratch; dnaI round-D
r uiier vs. J. l. AIoorehead- winner 70
meet r P GrOsvenor in the chsHle1rs
round for the title and navy cup"
mixed doubles, handSsap: first round
SllsS Oliyer and A Fuller tscratchl rs
SIlSs n Downing and Dom tscrarch)
Seni-nnai roUnd-Nr- and Mrs. poe
lpIlS halt-l5) vs. winner Of OIiver-Fui-
leI-DOWnlng-DOun match Mr.. and N-s
S-dsseils tscratch) vs. Mrs Clifford and
NeWbOid tscratchl- winners Of fl.ess
matches to meet in the finals
9len $ doubtless handicap; final round
Tld-httdd ana Davidson fpIus 15) VS..
Dom and Johnston (scratch)
W omen. 3 doubles. handicap: seni-frsI
round-Miss Y. Downing and oIi--e-
lscratch) vs. Mrs MCCammon and Mrs
Cnnord tsCratCh), winners TO meet Ms.
n Downing and Miss Chew (scratchl
In the finals
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CREWS ARE HEADED
FOR POUGHKEEPSIE
Columbia Already There
Syracuse Starts June 9.
Wisconsin on Its Way.

The training quarters along the Hud-
son, near PCughkeepsie. are being swept
clean for the varsity Oarsmen.
In a weez or ten days practically all
the crews which VIII compete in the in
tercolIegiate regatta, on June ., viii be
housed along the course.
COlumbia's navy IS already installed.
with g squad Of thirty-fve men on
their newly painted barge.
On June 9 Coach Ten EyCk. o. SyTa-
cuse, will take squad OF twenty-six
osrsmen and four CoxsWains 10 the
Hudson He has announced his seIec-
tions for the squad as follows.
Varsity-Stroke. Banks: No. Z. Put
nam: No 9. Sinner: No. 5. FrawIey.
No. 4 Dodge; No. 3. Camp, No. .. Will
Jams; bow. Peterson; coxswain, Ed
redge.
Varsity four-oared-Stroke, Grimm;
No. 3. Topping. No. ?. Babbitt; bow,
KIOck; Hewes. substitute.
Freshman crew-Stroke, Thurston; M.
:, Vaughn, No. S. NOxon. No. 3, Grim
Minis; No {, JeffOrds: No. 3. Gregg: No.
2 Weatherup; bow. ingalls,: substitutes,
Han, Mshan, Rich, Smith. and Nix
These men comprise the Syracuse
squad, with the addition Of three cox
swains: Varsity, Richardson; freshman,
Witzel and DunneRan.
The younger Coach Ten EyCk will
probably bring his Wisconsin crews 20
the river soon.
Wisconsin beat the University Of
Washi gtOn yesterday in three miles on
Lake Mendoza, Wis.
The contest was one which has been
heralded for some time in the West. II
was proposed by the washington -OW-
ing officers, and both institutions used
many and novel plans 70 defray the eX-
penses Of the long trip from Puget
Sound to Madison, wis.
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ATHLETES TO PLAY
PROMINENT PART
Business High Alumni Ex-
curSiOn TO Marshall Hall
Tomorrow.

Business High Alumni Association s
excursion 10 Marshall Hall ton norrov. Is
today looked forward 10 by many en-
trants IA the athletic events and boat
races. V hich will be a prominent feature
Of the day.
A great amount Of interest has been
aroused by the races. and each Of the
Washington papers has donated hand
some silver cups as prizes. The Corin-
THAN Yacht Club has offered the use OF
the clubrooms for the occasion. and
boats are 10 rendezvous there at bout ;
O'Clock 10 receive their class flag and
the number Of their boat. a preparatory
gun Will be fired at SIS. and at O'Clock
the starting gun Will be fired.
The judges viii be Don +. Clarke. J.
Edwin Lawton. Ross l. Fryer. Fred ".
Cromwell. Adrian Sizer, and Tom Scott.
The athletic meet viii be started al {
O'Clock in the afternoon. The events will
all be scratch.
For novices there Will be three races.
75-yard dash, SS0-yard run. and standing
broad jump For first year students
there will be a 75-yard dash and Sl0-yard
Iuu- open 10 all scnooi boys VIII De a
10o-ysrd dash, 6no-yard run. I-mile run.
12-lb. shotput. standing broad jump. and
a relay race q mile) Of teams OF four
men.
Gold medals viii be given for The
firsts. silver for the seconds. and bronze
for the thirds. A silver cup also will be
given 10 the individual athlete scoring
the largest number Of points.
At O'Clock Commissioner Rudolph
will present the prizes TO the winners at
the pavilion.
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CLARKE AN INVENTOR.

Josh Devore. the only manicured out
fielder in captivity. has ordered one OF
Fred Clarke's new patent caps with sun
glasses attached. The cap is worn high
on the forehead when the glasses are
not needed, and all necessary to adjust
the glasses is a pull at the peak of the
cap. which can be done even after a
fender starts for the ball The Pirate
manager is quite an inventor. Clarke
has just had the cap patented and is
beginning 10 manufacture them
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HltS-On Noung, in I INNINGS; OF
Linke. in > innings Two base hits
Perring, Gessler. Unglaub, Mcbride
Three-base hit-Gessler. Sacrifice hit
Milan stolen bases-Graney, Conroy,
Lajoic- Bases on balls-Oh Young. >: of
Llnke. L; off Johnson, /. Hit by pitcher
BY Johnson. I. by Linke. l. Base on er-
rors-Clevelaud, /; washington, . Left
on baSeS-Cleveland 3: Washington, S.
Struck out-By Young. ., by Johnson. 3.
Double plays-Niles 70 Laioie; Perring
10 DajOie to Perring. Umpires-AIessrs
Egan and Evans
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weather like this
That change in the batting order Of
the Washington team by which Cess
Ter was moved TO third and Unglaub
TO fourth has worked well so far
Gessler was on tap yesterday with d
triple and a double that scored runs,
while Unglaub came to the front in
the last inning with a double that
also sent men over the plate. In
fact this slugginS combination trim
med Cleveland S 10 and made il an
even one game out OF two for Wash
ington, where It was reasonable to
expect thet the Nationals would take
two out OF four for the whole series,
or maybe three.
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Johnson has hit well this year.

The making OF five runs in the ninth
was a great tribute TO the marked abiI-
itv of the Nationals 10 pound a pitcher
at odd moments. With two out in the
ninth and the Cleveland fans roofing for
a biz brace by the Naps in their half
Of the ninth. Johnson singled again.
Singles by Browne and Milan. Graney's S
wild throw 20 the plate and two
bagSers In succession by Gessler. ing
laUb and Mcbride. rolled rp the total
for the game TO eight
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It's gloomy in Cleveland TODAY. too.

The Maps made their first run in the
second inning. when StOVaN brutally
crossed Johnson by hitting the first ball
Ditched. This is decidedly bad manners.
The batter IS supposed to stand there
Ike q wooden Indian. allow the pitcher
TO toss over IN eesY straight one. get
him one strike to he bad as A mvTe
preliminary then reduce IL TO a two
strike proposition BY really working to
fool him on the next few balls. Stovall
upset that high standard OF ethics by
wallOpinG the straight shoot for a single.
going TO second on EaSterly's out. and
scoring on PerTingS double.
After seven innings Young was re-
moved 70 allow Bemis 10 hit for him.
Bemis fooZeled. Link went in. and
Washington had the big splurge in the
ninth.
Here is the tabulated score Of how
one game was won In Cleveland.
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Let the good work continue.
There are some rough spots in the
thinking ~ the Washington lineup.
and there is room for Improvement in
the matter of our young men keeping
their heads when an emergency
arises Both yesterday and the day
before bunts that rolled into doubt
ful territory toward first base pro-
duced dire results by drawing in all
the bespangIed heroes in that neigh
borhoOd, with the result that first
was left uncovered. and a CIevelander
was safe when he should have been
out. 1t would not hurt a bit for the
helders to take counsel one with an
other, so that there may be some sort
Of well-planned defense against this
play While admittedly confusing 10
even the best regulated teams. ii is
likely TO become a habit with the
other clubs when they note how
Washington falls down on il.
Maybe KiIlifer could set over there
and cover first while Unglaub and the
pitcher are drawn in. II is not against
the rules for him to do so.
George Browne has never been noted
for excessive speed in thinking, but he
is certainly feet of foot and appears TO
have his batting eye with him. He was
one Of the merry throng that Jumped oil
Link for six hits in the ninth inning
The Cleveland papers speak Of the fast
way in which he gets around the bases
and in the OUtheld, and il he will only
use his noodle a little more he should
make good his predictions that as soon
as his leg got well he would strike the
same pace in batting and fielding that
he was setting when he was injured last
year
Mcbride has not fallen into that field
ing slump as yet
Killifer is playing a remarkably in
snd-out game at second, and II must
puzzle McAleer 10 know what 20 do
with him. One day he covers a lot Of
ground and does all sorts of fielding
didoes and the next he fUsses up all his
chances and is a sore trial 10 even the
most patient. Graney hunted in the
fifth inning yesterday and reached first
because the bag was uncovered. IN
Eiaub threw past Johnson, who did not
cover the base killifer got the ball
and shot it away beyond Mcbride at
second, and Graney went TO third. That
is not refined in any sense There was
nobody on bases, and II is hard TO un-
derstand why killifer was not on the
job at first 10 take the throw when
johnson DidINQ II WIOuS. EpAI ne was
In the neighbOrhOod. which was some
encouragement, only he then showed
inability 10 get the ball where he want
ed 10 get IL in a hurry.
That run gave the Maps a lead of
one and only the batting rally in the
last innings saved Washington.
Walter Johnson pitched a great game
toward the end, but was wObbly at the
start. It was his own miSplay, that,
Joined with Killifer's, put his game in
danger. After Graney had reached
third, Niles sent Johnson a EroUnder
on which Graney should have been
nipped at the plate, but Johnson elect
ed to throw out Niles. and Graney scOr-
ed when he should have died Johnson
does. not pretend to be a great fielding
pitcher, and hiS Improvement during
his first year in the American League
was phenomenal, but this season he
has been in a decided slump in the
matter of protecting his position. Some