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ice in the field. Side trips to view these
mAneuvers are always popular with
Frontier visitors.
Aside from the parade on the down.
town streets. the Frontier sports do not
begin until afternoon. Business houses
are closed each afternoon at 1 o'clock.
and do not reopen until the days sport
has finished at the grounds. Special
trains arrive during the morning hours.
and those arriving later are delivered
at the gates.
The Frontier grounds consist OF 1900
acres of high plateau land just out
side the city. owned by the municipality.
and inclosed by an eight-foot fence
Three excellent race tracks have their
start and h0mestretch in front OF the
steel grandstands. The largest track is
This year the Frontier show proper will
be preceded August "a by q series of au-
tomobile races over this course The
grounds also contain mile and half
mile track suited to the various events
The steer roping contests furnish one
OF the most thrilling events on the daily
program. The Wyoming code differs
from that of Texas and the southwest;
in the latter the roper follows the steer
out Of the corral. the throw being made
steer is given a start of fifty yards. and
the ropers' task Is to 1asso the animal,
throw and tie ii down-a sport more dan
gerous than under the southern rules on
acCOuHt Oh the N0TyinB cpccu.
and agility of the steer and the hazard
Of broken ropes, falling horses and
vicious steers. The steers used in these
contests are carefully selected-usually
from the southwest-and are big four
year-olds that have never been roped be-
fore. At signal the roper starts full
speed in pursuit Of the fleeing steer. I'm
aided. save by his trained horse. he must
rope the animal and throw II: then deft-
~ "hog-tie'' fore and hind foot with
a short rope in such a manner that the
steer cannot rise. The time is taken
from the signal to the instant the roper
raises his hand to indicate he has COM
pleted the tie. Mounted Judges who keep
near. then inspect the tie, and IL found
all right, record the time. This contest
furnishes one or more real thrillers
daily. The best time ever made at
Frontier under these rules was made by
Ikuu Purdy Of Hawaii, two years ago,
who holds the worlds record OF fifty
eight seconds.
The wild horse race is another intense
1y exciting sport seen daily. From ten
to fifteen bronchos, none of which have
ever before been saddled, are brought
upon the track in front OF the grand
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Opening of New Y w. c. A. Vacation Home Monday

Johnson. Miss Elizabeth Pierce, chair
man of the extension committee: Mrs.
Iheson Thompson. Miss Mildred Bartho-
low. Miss Imogene James. Miss Florence
M. Brown, general secretary Of the as
ISOLATION: Miss Ludema Sayre extension
secretary: Miss Carrie Smith, Miss Nam
ME Turpin and Miss Jessie McAuiiffe. The
furnishing committee was composed OF
Mrs. III. b. F. mcfarland. Miss Agnes M.
Hawkins. Miss Nell Middlekonf, Miss
Ardell Payne. Miss Maysie Kunsman and
Miss Ludema Sayre
With the home now done all that re-
manned for the girls to do was to cele-
brate. This they did Saturday. when a
reception was held. One plan which they
expect to carry out next year, and per-
haps even this. Is to have one girl stay
at the home at the expense OF the ASSOC
citation. This visit is to be given 20 some
girl who could not otherwise afford 10
leave the city. No one will know that
she Is not paying her board except the
association. No girl is going to be al
lowed to stay at the home unless she n
satisfactory to the secretary In charge
For this reason those wishing to stay at
the home have to register at the Y. w.
c. A. in advance. The home is TO be
opened Monday. when the first lucky girls
will begin their vacations.
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Keir Hardie's Wit.
ES1 ONION is q dun old place." sal

Ss1 ONDON is q duh old place." said Q
- Chicago woman, The only fun
/ had In London was listening to the
Observation-Disclosures they call them
In Hyde Park.
Il heard Keir Hardie. the socialist N.
p, speak for the suffragettes one rainy
Sunday In the park. Keir Hardie II Q
fine speaker, but his appearance IL q lit
tie rough.
Standing bareheaded In the rain, with
his red tie, flannel collar and blue pes
jacket. Kerr Hardie joked about his rough
and ready k.ok.
He said that the first day he served IN
the house II commons he had occasion
to go to the library. and while he was
there policeman approached and said In
q friendly tone:
Are We workin' here, mater
Yes answered the new member.
Ion the roof! said the policemsn-the
roof was at that time being repaired
mo, not ON the roof Mr.. Hardie res
piled. On the door."
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stand. At the word of a starter they
must be saddled, mounted and ridden
once around the half-mile track The
confusion can be imagined: some OF the
are docile until saddled and mounted.
and then frantically seek to unhorse
their riders. Others cannot he made to
go I'm the right direction. or refuse TO
bulge at all. The winner generally de-
serves his victory. and his triumph Is
one of the jubilations of the day.
=.
The backing contest Is upon more ex.
perienced horses-"outlaws." indeed. that
men have tried to tame and failed: horses
that have learned every trick OF equine
wickedness that their own instincts or
ignorant handling can prompt, or their
strong limbs. sound wind and western
breeding can execute. Months before. the
committee advertises for these vicious
animals. and in addition TO paying a good
price for each horse received. prize OF
$500 to the seller of the worst bronch0
always fnsures plentiful supply. This
year they have captured near Shoshoni.
Wyo., what is believed TO be the most
vicious specimen OF horsef1esh on western
ranges-a four-year-old stallion. 1t took
ten cowboys to round up and corral the
animal. The outlaw horse that can give
good account Of itself at Frontier
time makes a name that endures for
years. and is a coveted mount for the
aspirant to Frontier honors. The most
famous OF these horses is "Old Steam
boat a big black gelding: for seven
years this animal successfully ENDORSED
every rider. but was conquered two years
ago by Dick Stanley. OF Portland. Ore.
Stanley was defeated last year by Clay
ton banks of Wyoming. but claimed this
was because he didn't have mean enough
horses to demonstrate his ability Danks
and Stanley will be in the contest this
year, as well as some forty other riders
from all over the west and southwest
There are few pauses in the Frontser
program. made up of races OF every sort.
western games on horseback. relay races
for men and others for women. trick rid
ing and roping. stage hold-ups and Indian
dances. As the red sun tinges with
wonderful color the cleaning mountains
and piIed-up clouds. the days fun ends,
while down In the city the twinkiing
blue street lights beckon the visitor 10
the scenes of carnival. which last late
into the night. a characteristic western
street crowd. bukbling over with fun and
frolc. furnishing no small part OF the en-
tertainment for the average eastern Wis.,
tor.
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@0HE other evening in New York
a taxi chauffeur who whirled
me through the park for lit
tie ride for myself fell to tell
ing me how some New York
folks. after riding In his registering We
hicIe. tried to lose him.
.If a taxi shuff had as many eyes as a
bee. he'd get the hornet put on him just
the same and just often said the
shufY. HE never has any way of doping
Nv looking at 'em which of the cushion
loIlers is going to hand 1t to him. Those
that look the squarest are often the slick
est
Take IL by and large. women are the
smoothest at the taxi beating thing. Only
a few days ago / was scuttling along
ed street into Broadway when a highly
kapoo woman of forty or So diked like a
Daughter of Something or Other on big
spooch day. gave me the summoning digit.
She was for a shopping tour. she told me.
and named the first place that she wanted
me TO glide her to. She looked like all
the coin this side of Minneapolis
When / took her on Ii was about III 30
am. and I skidded her around to all of
the department stores on the big buy
beat. She didn't spend more than twenty
minutes or so in any of 'em until along
toward o'clock she landed in a big
plant. I began TO get just little fretty
when she stuck In there for about three
quarters of an hour.
There's a big back exit to this DEPART
ment store where she made the long stay.
and that didn't subtract any from my
worriment An hour passed. and still she
didn't pop. Then 1t began to look pretty
bad and so just TO stake myself to a
kind of run for the coin. l mooched into
the department store to look for her
After a long prowl / found her writing
letters In a little pavilion near the middle
Of the ground floor. That tossed a CLEAN
of comfort into me. but still 1 didn't feel
safe about the thing. for II isn't like a
woman, even IL she's got a Rockefeller
wad. TO sit down and twiddle with a pen
m the Underwriting stun when she's got
any kind OF a coin-costing vehicle watt
fng for her outside. So, just to see kind
a. where / stood. mooched up the short
stairs to the little gallery, where she
SAT writing her letters. and. giving her
the brim touch to the cap. says to her:
.Do you want me to keep on wait,
ing, ma'am2
what did you say? says she. look
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est men. its crack riders, its most famous
to the Cheyenne show. that constitutes
the last word OF the west of yesterday
to the world of today When the cur
and women from Texas will give the glad
hand to others from Montana and Cali
fornia, from Mexico to the far-off Ha-
waiian Islands.
And what figure will ft iEto such
scenery and events SO perfectly, argue
those people of mountain and plain, as
that of the mighty hunter Of the jungles-
himself westerner of westerLers-who
energies from the terrors and triumphs
western than ever?
The westerners promise something every
minute-doings that will efface all mem
DRY of jungle rOars, Of languid tropics,
the blare of musketry and the fanfare of
t-umpets from the mind of Roosevelt
and then more doings- For the colonel
will be as heat to the fire. as light to the
flame as the st sting to the S Mnds that
him greeting: The great Rough Rider is
the ideal of every western horseman,
every man who loves life in the OPEN
handed, open-hearted west. And these
the Roosevelt ideals Of manhood. Be
sides. the members of his famous regi-
ment. with the veterans OF the Spanish
American war, will meet their former
commander at Cheyenne and accompany
him to Denver for their annual convention
Immediately after-and several hundred
Wyoming ranchmen and riders will make
up a guard of honor to escort Teddy to
the Colorado metropolis at the close Of
the Cheyenne show.
Something stirring with Teddy here"
say the men Of Wyoming and those in
charge of the big frontier show. while
those who are perfecting arrangements
for the Denver convention are planning
to make the visit the greatest and most
splendid western demonstration that has
happened since the tired eyes of Pike first
beheld the glories OF his now famous
peak.
August - the colonel will speak to the
frontier crowd from a small platform
placed in front sof the big steel grand
stand. and earlier in the day he will head
the frontier street parade. These are the
only scheduled events for the former
President Three Of the best boxes in the
steel grandstand. directly opposite the
judges stand, have been reserved for the
colonel and his friends. and duriag the
roping and bucking contests. which take
place In the center of the racetrack circle,
the former President will occupy a seat
in the judges stand to get the best pos
home of Senator F. L. Warren during his
stay I'm Cheyenne.
Roosevelt as the guest OF honor at the
frontier show will place in the spotlight
Of a nation. for three days at least, what
is undoubtedly the most unique festival
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H2SS or OMzWs- Ar TIT ERNuEQ SLOW

Cheyennese term frontier. as the thun-
ders Of the Roman coliseum are to be
compared to the twice-a-day victories of
the rafting chariots of Barnum.
Cheyenne, the famous frontier cattle
town from which the arrOw-scarred
Deadwood stage started for many a year
on it's perilOus trip through a hostile
country, the scene of many cowboy
orgie and where some of the most excit-
ing adventures in the lives of Wild Bill
and his contemporaries took place, is nat
urally the scene where the old life is to
be found, If anywhere. Now highly re-
spectacle and peaceful, each year Chey-
enne surrenders to the plainsman who,
sunburned and dusty, comes with his
crimson paint pot and decOrates the city
with a panorama of the west as it was.
Last year 10000 people daily packed the
big steel grandstand at the frontier arena
and. filled the long rows of bleachers to
overlooking. This year another big
grandstand was erected and the bleach
ers doubled. With Roosevelt as the guest
of honor, no one has had the temerity
to even venture an estimate as to the
crowd this time.
Every year in the latter part of August
one may see a sudden awakening in the
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the place. This determination was reached
after those active In the maintenance of
no girl going away for two weeks should
need Q trunk or washing done.
-.
The way in which the vacation home
grew from a supposed far distant hope
into a reality reads almost like a ro-
nance. 1t begins by all rights with the
statement that Miss Margaret Taber
Johnson Is an honorary member OF the
association and member OF the board OF
managers. Then comes the Hateful year
Of 1907. 1t was then. at the request OF
Miss johnson. that the girls or the IN
door-Outdoor Club thirty-six in all. went
to her father. DR.. Joseph Taber john
sons, beautiful country home at Cherry
dale for a house party. They fell In love
with the ground and DR.. Johnson's home
at once, and spent one of the happiest
times of their lives during the Wis
II. The idea occurred to them that
1t would be perfectly lovely to have
some place of their own. where they
could hold house parties: linen tns
story skips to 1909. In November OF
that year Dr. johnson presented to the
association a half acre OF land on wnicn
to build their hoped-for house. and only
a short while ago gave them announcer
half acre.
With such a beginning the girls went
bravely to work to get the necessary
money to erect the home. On the ~
Of last February the campaign began.
One hundred business girls, under the
direction of the Indoor-Outdoor CLUB, set
to work to collect the money. seven
thousand dollars was needed. OF which
all but about 81 200 has been given. MosI
of this money has been received from
women, for the most part the women
who knew what IL was to have 10 work
and just what Ii would mean TO have
such home to go to in the summer.
Four thousand dollars was collected IN
small amounts. ranging anywhere from
5 cents UP. This was nearly all collected
by the girls organised for that purpose.
aided by the board OF managers and sec
retaries. Eight hundred dollars was
raised by apron and rummase sales and
concerts. Some large contributions there
were. too. One for $500. few of 500
and several OF 500 The building com
mittee consisted OF Mrs. William Hamil-
ton Bayley. president of the Y. w. c. A.:
Mrs. ]. 8. Scully, Miss Margaret Taber
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FORMER President to Be
! Drawing Card at Chey-
enne Frontier Show-Will
Lead Parade and Watch
Western Sports-As Guest
of Honor, He Will Be Lead
ing Figure at Unique Festi-
val-Old-time Life On the
Plains Will Be an Attraction
Expert Cowboys to Show
Their Skill-U. S. Army Will
Give Exhibition.
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of their quick-eyed, nervous ponies: you
will be awakened from early morning
slumbers by the thunder of hundred
hoofs as bunch of ''punchers'' with
their string of extra horses comes in
from an early beef roundup to see the
fun. The warpath has been grass-grown
for many years. and the red men of the
reservation within easy distance of Chey-
enne are prosperous. They gladly ac-
cept the invitation to join the frontier
fun, and with their beaded and fringed
papooses and squaws. with few ponies
for the Indian races. the picturesque
late
The frontier parade on the downtown
streets during the morning hours is utter
ly unlike any other ever witnessed. for all
of the characters that entered into the
old life Of the west pass before you in
decorous review Roosevelt. dressed in
his Rough Rider uniform and astride a
magnificent black gelding. specially re-
served for his use at Frontier, with a
guard Of honor recruited from the ranks
Of his famous regiment. will head this
unique parade this year. Next will come
one OF the crack military bands from
Fort Russell. every man mounted on a
big, steady horse, while the burst Of mar
tial music starts every drop of American
DlOOO In your veins WIN n HuSn OF en-
thusiasm. The cowboys folow-wiry, I'M
pretentious. easy. with only flaming
shirt or handkerchief to mark their
recognition Of the pageant. Girls. riding
astride, accompany them, adding color
and freshness to the scene !
The Indians ride we'll, and usually ap-
pear mounted. Whether afoot or horse
back. however. they are always dressed
for the occasion. and their glory Is as the
glory of Solomon. Then comes the stage
coach with its six mules, looking as
though they had left Deadwood the day
before. driven by typical "Alkali Ike, :"
who has not forgotten the old tricks.
though he may have been conducting a
prosaic livery stable for decade.
The road from Fort Russell. three miles
away, Is dusty in August, and when the
cavalry and artillery arrive to take their
places in the procession 1t does not re-
uuire a great stretch OF imagination to
fancy them in one of their grueling rides
after renegade Utes or Sioux. and the
creations of Remington and Schreyvogel
appear in life. Fort Russell. now one Of
the largest military posts In the United
States is the location of gigantic ma
neuver camp, with every arm Of the serv-
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OOSEsyELT week !
That's what the
people of wyoming
and color a d o
call tia glorious,
ripping. corkin 6
hurrah, sid e
which their noisiest
Fourth OF July Gel
ebration will be
made to resemble a
vention OF
Egyptian mum
mics, and along
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washington can welcome
another institution built for
the sole purpose of aiding the condition
Of the working girl. This institution is
the first of it's kind in the National Capi-
tai and places Washington on an equal
footing with numerous other cities which
have been enterprising along the same
lines.
The vacation home will fill a long-felt
want In the life of the Washington work.
ing girl. II is being started with the in
tention of providing some place for the
girl who is compelled to work through
out the entire year. or has only a short
vacation, to go where she will not have
to pay such an enormous rate as to
greatly decrease her spare cash.
throughout the remainder of the year.
There will be no attempt made by the Y.
w. C. A. to make money out of the en-
down to the lowest possible basis, the
only feature which figured being the alb
solute cost Of securing good food. the
necessary help. light and heat. Another
thing which Is going to make this home
popular Is that it is solely for the use
Of working girls. and any girl staying
there will find herself among a group
likewise employed and ready to give her
the grip of good companionship rather
than the cold shoulder. The home not
only SIduuS lOI Tie klIl, out was
built by working girls. assisted by the
people Of Washington.
-.
Building a home such as stands COM
pleted at Cherrydale, just a short dis
lance OF the Great Falls car line, is not
a feat which can be classed among things
simple. The house and its contents rep
resent $1,000. which was contributed by
the girls Of the Y. w. c. A. and from
the people Of Washington who are in
terested In the project. The idea orig
inaily started in the Indoor Outdoor Club
of the Y. w. C. A. but once started the
enthusiasm and get 1t" spirit spread
until every member OF the club has felt
a personal pride in doing something to
help the cause along.
Built on a slight knoll, the house faces
north and overlooks a charming country
road. On the other three sides are to be
seen wooded stretches of ground which
take the oniooker away from thoughts OF
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side Of which even Denver's national
democratic convention will be remen-
bered as an annual gathering of dear
mutes by comparison
Since the former President promised
he would attend the annual frontier
show at Cheyenne. Wyo.. August 2o-27,
the men of Wyoming have been redoub-
ling their efforts to make this really
and truly the greatest show on earth"
IN fact, as many Of them already firmly
believe il to be. Roosevelt's visit will
bring to Cheyenne more than twice the
number of people attending any previous
show, and to accommodate this immense
crowd tents are being erected and cots
are coming in from Denver by the car
load Arrangements are being made for
$1,000 visitors, but this will not estimate
the attendance. as thousands Will come
overland. prepared to camp out. Special
trains will leave Denver hourly to bring
the thousands from Colorado to Chey-
enne. while excursions will run from
Omaha and Salt Lake on the days of the
Cheyenne show.
cay
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crowded city streets. busy stores and
hard work in general. The style which
was chosen for the home is one particn-
larly suitable to the surroundings. being
of the mission or California type. The
lower floor Is given over almost entirely
to one enormous room. with fireplace OF
large proportions. The beamed ceiling.
long French windows and doors and win
dow seats make it the ideal "loafing'
place Of a lot OF girls looking for jolly
vacation To one side of this room Is
the kitchen and pantry, unpicturesque,
but nevertheless necessary.
chief attraction to the girls. Here are
six large bedrooms. The adjective large
is not misapplied. for the rooms are of
more than the usual hotel proportions.
Each of these will be fitted up for two oc-
cupants. Then there is a large sleeping
porch, which is to accommodate ten.
Open on three sides. all but the north.
and well screened. the girls who are for
tunate enough to secure a bed here will
have all the advantages reaped from
camping out.
An interesting fact concerning the in
side rooms is that they are all going to
be furnished by one or more persons.
Mrs. Esther rockingham Noble Is going
to furnish one, and asked that 1t be
called the Louise memorial room"
That was the beginning of q plan which
developed into all the rooms being named
after some girl. There will be the Mar
garet and Katherine room" which is
furnished by Mr. ]. Philip Hermann:
the Barbara room." which Is the gift
OF Judge and Mrs. Lorenz. in memory
of their daughter; the "Martha-Josephine
room" which is the gift Of two of the
Indoor-Outdoor Club girls. Miss Joseph
inc Van Hook and Miss Martha Carrie
Smith. Aside from these. there is yet
one room to be furnished and named.
Besides these rooms. there is the -secre-
tary's room. on the same Moor. and
large dressing room for the use Of the
girls using the sleeping porch.
The home does not make any. preten-
ton of being a place where the girls
staying there will be waited upon hand
and foot. Each girl will be expected to
do her share toward keeping her room In
order No trunks will be allowed. This
is because the time limit of each visitor.
is placed at two weeks. Already there Is
much excitement on this score, and many
girls are bemoaning the fact that they
cannot spend the entire summer Each
guest has to furnish her own towels. and
no pressing or washing Is allowed on