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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-09
Helpful Hints For Our Young Artists.
LESSON NO. SIAN e.

gagged In digging for rat He had seen
the rat run into the hole and was deter
mined to get 1t out So. being so occu-
pied. he did not pay any attention to the
big hoy when he said: well, so long,
Puppy. (He had no way OF knowing
Speckle's name.) hate to leave you
here all alone, but mother and are CIV
ing up the house and moving Into fat
away down in the city. And we couldn't
take you with us. But another family
are moving into the house tomorrow and
l spoke to them about you. and they said
they'd allow you to stay and would be
glad to have you for keeps So I'll have
to say good-by, old fellow, and good luck
to you. Mother is leaving plenty of food
on the back porch for you. and dish
of water is beside the pump. Tomorrow
you'n have new friends to look after
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BY HELENA DAVIS.

II VI going to have II picnic on Satur-
e. NY" said Bertha TO several of her
= foung friends. And want you all
p o come"
"A picnie?" And May Rogers laughed
at such an absurd notion why. one
can't have picnic in the winter, Ber-
tina If we went to the park or TO the
woods we'd freeze sitting about on the
ground, eating a cold picnic luncheon.
Why. have you been sleeping during the
past four or Ave mouths? It's winter
now. dear"
Three or four other little girls laughed
also at the idea of picnic IN winter.
and Helen Warren said: Come, tell us
all about your idea of "A picnic in winter
Bertha. I'm Interested And you may
count on my accepting the invitation, too.
I'll be there-wherever it is to happen. p"
ooh so will come cried May eager-
" ''Pf'' - funny idea III nirnic In
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- rH00L children living In large
towns and cities seldom have the
proper amount of outdoor exer-
~ else. While the gymnasium Is very
good In it's way 1t does not furnish
the physical needs which are supplied by
fresh air and soft earth. One must ex-
pand the lungs out of doors and run and
leap on the spongy ground. Too often
the town and city children are obliged
to ride In street cars to and from school,
thus losing the exercise of going and COM
ing afoot. And the evenings at home are
so filled up with lessons for the morrow
and affairs of the family that any special
effort towards physical development is en-
tirely neglected.
But to have strong, active minds the
boys and girls must have strong. active
bodies. WE all know how difficult 1t is
to arrange for any special physical exer-
cises In the modern home, for, to quote
a boy on the subject, ''ioor-space is too
limited to allow of any jumping and run
ming" not to speak of the inconvenience
to the other members of the family while
one is using the place for q gym.
80 1t behooves the city boys and girls
to make It possible to have open-air exer-
else, and this can be done If they will
form themselves into "Out-of-door Clubs"
The respective mothers should take turns
In chaperoning the club.
There is no better exercise for the de-
yelopment Of the body than walking, and
II the club can arrange to take an early
morning walk before school-say from
$50 till 0 o'clock. they will soon nnd
themselves much benefited both physical
ly and mentally. Then, when the weather
is fine, there should be the Saturday
tramp into the country, beginning with,
say two miles, and gradually increasing
the distance till they can walk ten miles
without fatigue.
OF course, the morning walk before
school calls for early rising. And the
natural consequence of early rising Is
early going -to-bed. This habit cannot be
too highly recommended, and the boys
and girls who are out of bed at o'clock
in winter and at O'Clock in summer are
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ready to retire at la winter and half
an hour later in summer, for 1t Is a
known fact that less sleep is required in
warm weather than In cold weather. All
growing children should sleep from eight
and half hours to nine and half
hours. Late hours at night are destructive
to the mental and physical welfare of the
child; his nerves become unstrung and his
tastes abnormal.
If there are to be pleasures such as
parties and theaters for the children let
them be enjoyed In the daytime. The
matinee is always source of great de-
light to the young boys and girls and
should be given to them occasionally dur
ing the winter, but attending the theater
at night is to be condemned. Parties for
children should also be held during the
afternoon-or early evening, the gaiety
being over by $50 o'clock
But to return to the outof-door exer-
else: The walking club cannot be too
highly recommended for the development
of boys and girls, physically and mental
ly, for whatever aids our physical growth
must of necessity help US mentally by
giving the mind a good. strong body to
support It.
Skating and snowballing are also
splendid sports which greatly aid physical
development and rugged health. And
during the summer there are swimming
and rowing to take the place of skating
and snowballing. Indeed so much virtue
lies in being out of doors that it would
seem that every breath we draw in the
open Is more valuable to US than so many
dollars in gold. Sweet, wholesome
thoughts come with fine healthy body.
SO 1t is the duty of every parent to assist
his child In getting that which is his
right, and every childs duty to make the
most of that right.
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BY MAUD WALKER.

" LII of a sudden Speckles found
himself alone-the house empty and
no sound of human voice to an
swer his bark, bark bark. 1t was
early III the morning and Speckles
had been asleep in the old barn at the
rear of the house. This barn had been
his headquarters during the winter, and
the people In the house had been his good
friends. Not that SPECIFIES really be-
longed to the household, for he had only
found the place just as the hard winter
days were setting in. During the summer
months SPECIFIES had lived with some
boys who had carried him away from his
mothers kennel one dark night, and who
had named him Speckles. and who used
to take him about the streets with them
and sometimes to the country on fishing
trips. But when the cold weather came
these boys seemed to forget Speckles, for
every morning they went away from the
place where they lived and did not return
till late In the evening. OF course.
6peckles did not know they were going
to school. He only knew that he was
lonely and that his summer friends were
beginning to neglect him. This was very
hard to bear. for. being a dog. speckles
loved company.
So one morning after his two-legged
comrades had left him for the day,
SPECIFIES decided to find some other
friends who would use him with more
consideration. So be ran out Of the yard
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winter. But. tell us where and when 1t
10 to be-"
IT said on Saturday" replied Bertha,
unrufied by her friends laughter over
her ''absurd notion" as they had put it.
And the hour Is to be O'Clock r. M.
And the place-well, all assemble at my
house at the hour named and then III
conduct you to the picnic grounds"
"All right" agreed each of the little
girls. Then Bertha ran off to invite sew
eraI other school friends, among them half
dozen Of the boys-jolly chaps, who
would furnish all sorts of jokes and
puns to make the picnic crowd lively, be-
sides bringing their pockets full of pop
corn and peanuts. The boys always had
such a store of things in their pockets.
For the remainder of the week the boys
and girls invited to the Saturday after
noon picnic at the home of Bertha Avery
lived in eager anticipation. wondering
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did not wait.
Well, to hurry through the story, Spec
kles took paws in hand, so to speak. and
trotted away from the place where he
had been left alone. He entered coun-
try road which seemed very pleasant,
for the snow had been worn away by the
many wheels that ran over 1t, and the
sun was unusually bright and warm for
January morning.
So down and up the road he went. over
hills and through valleys. And about him
stretched meadows Of woods and fields.
And once he crossed a stream-walking
over ON the ice. All, how cold 1t was to
his little paws!
About $3.50 o'clock he saw some chill
dren coming to meet him. They were rum
ming and jumping and laughing, and
seemed so happy that SPECIFIES became
AAppys too end wanted to ahaxo In thsix
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NAMED where he was. But this he did
not know, so he decided to go away from
the place where he had been very con-
tent. To be sure, he had missed the COM
partnership Of children, for the big boy
and the old lady could not play with him
as children did, although they had al
ways been SO kind to him. But he did
not mind doing without children's society
so long as he had a good home.
But on this morning Of which l write
speckles realized that he was now home
less. Poor puppyl Could he only have
waited few hours, he would have seen
a very nice family move into the old
house But-perhaps after you have I'm
ished this story you will be glad that he
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Two-Story Play House for Little Girls

admirably. First, 1t gave real joy to her
little daughters, who spent many hours
daily In 1t; and second, 1t afforded a place
where they might keep their playthings
together and in order. Before having the
playhouse their toys and dolls had been
scattered about In one room and another.
never being kept In any one place.
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Miss Sophia Wright, of New Orleans.
is the first woman to receive loving
cup from citizens. Several years ago
she started a night school in that city
for poor children and 1t has been a great
success.
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15le Snowfall Battle

GEE the soldiers all in Incl
~ Now the battles onl
Every man will have to test
His mettle and his. Drawn.
Ammunition's piled up high
To use throughout the fray
Which just begins when school is
out
And ends at close of day.
The Big Snow Fort is near at
hand,
And soldiers, great and small,
Will strive to win the victory
With the powerful SNOWFALL.
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know she won't refuse when I tell her
how we found him-a poor little wall on
the road"
And the teacher excused the little girl
from school that morning, allowing her
to lead SPECIFIES to his future home. which
turned out to be the happisst home In
the world to him. And ever after that
be was a contented puppy.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLES.
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winter. But. tell us where and when 1t
{o 70,
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
Dude ARCHDALE
Wins OHIO STAKE
Event Valued at $4,000 Goes to
Speedy Mare at Grand
Circuit Meeting

CLEVELAND. o., Aug. 11-Dudie
Archdale, winner of the $4,000 Mer-
chants and Manufacturers stake at
Detroit last week, landed the $4,000
Ohlo stake, the biggest feature of the
program at North Randall. today. The
event being run on the three heat plan,
resulted in Dude Archdale losing her
hrst heat of the season in the third
Geers was presented with two silver
cups for winning this stake and also
the Edwards stake on Tuesday.
The first division of the Tavern
steak race, the second feature of
the day, could not be finished because
of darkness. Henry IL winner of the
first two heats, appeared to have cap
tured the event easily, but was set
back from first to third place in the
third heat because he mixed gaits on
the home stretch.
The event will be finished tomorrow,
when the 2:15 pace. which could not
be started today, will be the feature
Presiding Judge Newton announced
that Uhlan will try tomorrow to lower
his own worlds record of 2:01 for
trotting geldings to a wagon, if the
track and weather conditions are fa-
vorable. Summary:
2:12 trot, $1,000, three in fre-Gamar won
Captain George second Margate third. Best
2:os- pace, $1,000. two in three-shaughraun
won Good Goods second, Coreeno third Best
time. 2:o5A.
2:14 trot. Ohio stake, purse So 200. three heat
plan-TDudie Archdale won, Billy Burke second
Reraldo third. Best time. 2:06h.
2:l6 trot, Tavern stake, purse 5000. first
division, three in five, to be concluded tomor-
row-Henry won first and second heats. Rob-
ert won third heat. Creighton third. Best
time. 2s10I5.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
SMALL HANDICAP
BEAT MOLLILOU
Local Entry i'm Hawaii Race
Made a Comparatively
Good Showing

Mail just received from Honolulu
gives the first official records of the
yacht race to the islands, which re-
suited in a victory for the Hawaiian
yacht Hawaii. The record is as fol-
lows:
Hawaii. Hawaiian yacht club Captain Charles
W1lder--Elapsed time, IA days hours % min
time. IA days hours as minutes 20 seconds
Sweetheart, South Coast yacht club, Captain
Il: Harris-Elapsed time. IA days 21 hours 10
seconds.
10 seconds; handicap. s hours; corrected time, IA
days % hours minutes 10 seconds.
Considering the distance sailed the
race was close one. The local yachts
men were under the impression that
both the California boats had about Is
hours handicap, but the advices proved
otherwise.
Commodore Louis T. Ward of the
Aeolian yacht club writes to his club
mates that all the visiting yachtsmen
are receiving the greatest of kind treat
ment at the hands of the Honolulu
yachtsmen and all are 10th to come
home. The local yacht, though Is feet
Snorter, ana with but half the sail
area, only received an eight hour han
dicap and finished % hours after the
Hawaii, the winner, and 10 hours after
the Sweetheart.
The Hawaii was accorded a great
welcome upon its arrival When
sighted by the lookout of the Hawaii
yacht club at Diamond head three
whistles announced its approach to the
harbor and in less than an hours time
the wharves were crowded with people.
AS it proceeded toward the wharf in
tow of tug the Hawaiian flag was
raised to the foremast and the throng
along the shore cheered to the echo,
and with the stars and stripes futter-
ing in brisk breeze the island cham
pion came to its anchorage.
All the yachtsmen report that light
breezes prevailed throughout the rac1.
The best distance made in any one
day was 205 miles and the slowest. los,
while the average was 1S5 miles.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
Inland SAILORS
READY TO CRUISE
Two Hundred of the Boys
Will Line Up Next SUM-
day Evening

The bold sailors of the Indoor yacht
club are all set and ready for another
rough cruise around the festal board.
Some 200 of them will line up at the
new drydock. 149 Powell street, on
Sunday night where they will sail
around in a finish encounter with the
best which can be brought into play.
The anchor will be weighed at Z
o'clock
There will be speeches and enter
tainment and songs and other stunts
which all good inland sailors generally
take part In.
The affair will be incharge of the
following committees:
Directors-Frank J. Hennessey commodore;
Joseph s. Lewis, vice commodore; James s. Mul-
vey. purser; James W. Conroth Harry Sullivan
Charles McClain, John l.. Herget, Ben Selig.
Pete Ashcroft
Reception committee-Dr John ]. DriseolI.
p. Smith. =
Entertainment committee-CIarence CoIman.
stage director; ". Kid Nelson and Tiv Kreling
Refreshment committee-Moe AItmayer, din
Frank j. AicManus Fred Jenson William l..
Crayton and Henry simmons. assistants
Program-The Rumdum minstrels: McNaugh-
tons sailor maids Lee. Lloyd and company; Al
Newman; Clarence Kolb: Kid Nelson Freddie
Ihau and company; Miss Richards: Otto Wall
nsch; Jack Campbell: L. Y. C.. choir in the club
anthem. The Captain Went Below
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
Tennis TOURNEY
NEARING FINALS
Washington State Champion
ships TO Be Decided Today
at Seattle

SEATTLE, Aug 1.-THE finals OF
the women's events in the Washington
state tennis tournament will be played
tomorrow
There was a large attendance at the
courts today, but the matches devel-
oped nothing out of the ordinary.
Results of matches in which visiting
players entered:
Mems singles-JOhnson of Seattle beat W. o.
Batchelder Of Everett. 6-1, 6-$: Russell OF
Seattle beat R. T. Batchelder OF Everett. 6-1,
6-2: Hughss OF Seattle beat $. Pulford OF Ia
coma by default Fitz Of Seattle beat Marshall
OF Victoria. ID. S-3: Lyon OF Tacoma beat
Hughes Of Seattle by default
Mems dOubles-Wildes and Pritchett OF Ever
EFT beat Grabhorn and Perry OF Seattle. 6-f.
6-3; Shannon and shannon OF Seattle beat Lyon
and Thompson of Tacoma by default: Wildes
and Pritchett Of Everett beat shannon and Shan
non of Seattle 6---3. 6-3: Miller and Hart of
Seattle beat Fisk and E. Fl. Batcheder of Ever
ett. 90. e.; Fitz and Russell Of Seattle beat
Johnson and Richardson OF Seattle beat Smith
and Marshall OF Victoria. IS. 6-S. rs.
WOmen's dOubles-AIme. de LObel- Mahy and
Miss Rogers of Seattle beat Miss Pitts OF Vie
tOria and Miss Livingston Of Seattle. g.. 81.
Miss Hotchkiss OF Berkeley and Miss Garrett OF
Seattle beat Miss Danner and Miss Danner Of
Seattle. 6-3. 6-2: Miss HotchkisS Of Berkeley
Miss Erwin Of Vancouver. e.. 6-4.
Mixed dOubles-Miss NJ Pitts and Marshall OF
Victoria beat Mrs. HuiSkauk and DIR. A. shannon
of Seattle. So. e.: Miss HOtchkiss Of Berke-
lev and Smith of Seattle beat Mrs. Gange and
Whyte OF Victoria, 81, 6-1.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
LANGFORD FAILS
TO MEET BIG AL
Boston Cave ans Demands for
Posfp0nemenf or 81, 500 Too
Much for Promoter

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. IA dis
agreement over the division of the re-
ceipts resulted at noon today in calling
off the six round bout between Sam
Langford and AL Kaufman, which was
scheduled for tonight on the grounds
OF the Philadelphia National league
baseball club.
The fight was originally set for last
night but rain caused a postponement.
Langford, who refused to fight, for
feited $3.50. which will be divided be-
tween Kaufman and Harry E. Ed
wards of this city, the promoter of the
bout.
After the bout was postponed last
night, Joe Woodman, Langfords man.
ager, notified Edwards that Langford
would not fight kaufman tonight, but
was willing to sign again for a bout
next Wednesday night. The, reason
given was that Langford would not
be in the best condition after a lay
off of "a hours, and that his reputation
was. too valuable to risk that way.
A hasty conference was held, and
ager. ridiculed the excuse given. Wood
man said that the negro would agree
to go on tonight If guaranteed $500.
The men had agreed to fight for q
percentage. Edwards asked time to
consider the matter. and today an
nounced that he would not agree to the
proposition and called the bout off
An effort was made to have another
heavy weight meet kaufman, but Ed
wards would not listen to it.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
SpO1rLNGM1rS
ON Sp0R rs

KEMPToN PARK. Eng. Aug. 1.-THE Mort
lake year old selling plate of so sovereigns
distance FIVE furlongs. on the straight course,
was won here today" by Colonel Millard Hun
sickers Dart II. Islwyn was second and the
Iris flly third. There were 10 starters
CHICAGO. Aug. 11.-Ninety-fve long dis
tsnee swimmers, the greatest assemblage OF
swimming talent ever gathered together in a
single natatorial competition in the middle
west, will contest on Saturday for the $4,000
William Hale Thompson cup In the Illinois ath-
letic clubs Chicago river Marathon.
MISS0ULA. Mont. Aug. u-Iieutenant
PhioOn of the Fourteenth United States infan-
try. stationed at Fort Missoula. has been re-
called from the maneuvers at American lake
washington, TO assist in coaching the West
Point football team during the coming season
He was captain OF the cadets .in 1908 and a
substitute on the All American team picked by
Walter Camp.
SARATOGA. Aug. 11.-Exceptionaliy good
prices were brought at the sale Of yeariings
here In the paddock before the races TODAY
The star OF the sale was chestnut colt by
Meddier Bonny Blue H. which went to T. n
Madden for 81. 500. J. c. Ireland paid 81 500
for the half sister to CherryoIa.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
Tex Says He's Through
With Fighting


Tex Rickard breezed into the St.
Francis hotel yesterday afternoon from
Los Angeles, where he had been taking
long rest as the guest of James j.
Jeffries. Tex brings with him the
startling news that he is out of the
fighting game for keeps. He has a
mania for becoming a coal baron and
he is soon to start for the Coos bay dis
trict, where he intends to go into busi-
ness
You can put me out Of the fighting
game for all time," says Rickard. Il
got away with that big one and 1 am
satisfied. / will devote myself to the
coal mining business for, a while, and
besides. my affairs up in Ely demand
my attention. I would not handle any
sort of match any more. -
II left jeff in good spirits. He seems
to have recovered entirely from the
effects of that Reno affair and / guess
that he is going to settle down for the
rest of his days and enjoy some of that
$250,000 which he managed to clean up
since he started out on the road and
ended up in the Nevada ring There is
no chance of ever getting him into the
ring again. He is satisfied that none of
them can come back and he does not
propose to give anybody chance to
experiment on him any more
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
Saratoga Results

SARATOGA, Aug. 11.-Olambala. / to 4, IA
vorite, easily won the Champlan handica n sone
ana an eighth miles, here today. He SO over
W,neimingiy s, outclassed his field that there prac
tlcaily was no betting on him. Textile at to
l. easily won the Albany handicap from a good
field. Summary:
First race, one mile-Danoscara. to 3 won
L. third. Time, 1:43 1-5
Second race steeplechase. about two and
nalf mlies-blackridge. even. won Ticket of
Leave, = to 1. second; Jimmy Lane. III to s
third Time, $50. - =
Third race. six furlolgs-TextiIe. to i. won:
Time. lis 3-3. = ~
Fourth race. one and an eighth miles-Olam.
bala, to f. won: Pretend. 5 to L second. Sea
Cliff. 10 TO l. third. Time 1865
:, Firth race. hye and a half furlongs-Helene
10 to 1; o won; hormak. to 1. second; Royal
Lodge. II to /. third. Time f:1O
Sixth race, six Observation-Disclosures. 2 to =
won; Henry Munro. 16 to 3. second; Montcalm.
to ?. third. Time, 1:1T 2-5.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
YACHTSMEN PLAN
CRUISE and RACE
San Francisco Club Members
Will Sail to Vallejo on
Saturday

The yachts of the San Francisco
yacht club will cruise to Vallejo on
Saturday afternoon, under the leader
ship of Commodore j. ]. Hanify in his
schooner Martha, and on Sunday after
noon will race back to Vallejo. The
course will be from a starting line
drawn from the Vallejo yacht club to a
point on Mare island shore directly
opposite to a finishing line drawn from
the committee boat anchored off Bluff
point to the most easter1y point of
Angel island. The judges will drop
flag when boat crosses the finishing
line. The race will be sailed in two
classes.
The regatta committee of the club
has issued the following instructions:
Start-At 11:25 a. gun will be fired and
the blue peter hoisted on the committee boat. At
n:5o a. m. a gun will be fired and the blue
peter lowered, which will be the start for class
A. At 11:45 q. m. q gun will be fred, which
will be the start for class b.
The handicaps as follows: