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q
Being triie hazy as TO the location Of
the cricket grounds, / hailed the conduc-
tor.
Excuse me-" / said sort of off hand.
Just like that, but can YOU tell me
where this cricket game is 10 be held?
lie didn't answer right away. Instead
he sort OF swelled right up and got req
in the face.
law. gwan.' he roared out presently.
what do YOU guys take me for? I've
been up agin all kinds of kiddin', but
you're the limit. I don't know where no
cricket game is-ner no snipe game.
neither. They ought 10 be a law agin
fresh guys like you fellers ridin' on street
cars
Information of this sort, while exceed
ingiy personal and 10 the point, did not
lead MS to the cricket match. and we
were az a loss until the sketch artist, who
has an unusually keen eye, perceived a
stranger in the car who looked as though
lie might be bound for our destination.
This stranger wore tweeds. a small cap.
moustache. rubber-soled sneaker shoes,
eyeglasses and a crouch.
The latter was of such a particular
variety, according TO outward appear
ances. that we We're afraid to accost him
vita a question. So IL was finally de-
cided to watch him with an eagle eye,
and then when he left the car TO follow
him. He would either lead US to the
cricket match or some place else-but the
cricket match was a good bet.
At the end OF the Piney Branch road
our stranger gathered his cane twisted
his eyeglasses more firmly on his claret-
colored nose, and made his way I'D the
grade-we at his heels. In and out among
the trees he ambled, and finally led us
to the cricket field.
/ have seen many base ball diamonds
but that was the first cricket field that
my hazel eyes ever lowered over And
Solomon in the midst of his festivities
never shone like a real dyed-in-the-wooI
cricket player. The cricket player wears
what is called a misunderstanding on
the order OF Joseph's coat of many colors
and the ~ black and red stripes can
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where lady fingers and tea are served
1t was there that / located a player who
certainly knew the game
We'll, chappie. HI don't talk to press
men as rule. but you seem to be of a
likely sort, SO H'rn give you a few
pointers. Hits this way. You see those
three little sticks standing h'up Just be-
hind the batter? They hare the wick
cts. There hare two little sticks sitting
crosswise on top h'of the Mother sticks.
and when the batter misses a ball and
hit knocks those little sticks hon h'of
the wicket he is h'out. E can either be
stumped h'out, played h'out, run h'out.
caught h'out or be put h'out with a
leg-before-the wicket. &c can also be
understand
oh Yes, l understand very well in
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et.'' objected-simply because have no
ticed that all crack reporters always OBJ
1ect In some way. THE only thing / ever
read on the subject was The Cricket on
the HEARTH"
"That'll be about all for you." growled
the s. T.. You'll find plenty OF people
now
So I went-the sketch artist and myself
II was the understanding that the criek-
81 match was 10 be pulled or somewhere
out toward the end OF the Piney Branch
car line. AMI ge boarded . car OF this
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game The sketch artist came over un-
der the trees and woke me UP. / had
been dreaming of dear Lunnon. where
the Thames wendell its way In and out.
where Punch lived and soda-and-brandy
was the national song. / was riding on
one of those high. periious omnibuses
and talking to a man with q monocle
about the situation IN Worcestershire re-
garding the coming worlds cricket series
when a rough hand grabbed my shoulder
and a voice gave forth the information
that the game" was over.
Yes, II was a glorious game-but II that
shiverin' pie face OF a sportin' h'editop
never sends me h'out to h'another baily
cricket match Hill clog IL steam
whistle and send i'm 10 the nearest
'orspital, HI will, so HI Will
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point, the cover point, the slip. the long
Slip the long stop, the cover slip, the leg
and the long leg. Quite simple. h'isn't 1t,
young fellah?
lust as simple as 1t can be-" replied
I'm fact, it's SO simple that it's hard to
remember BY the way, is there no
rule about eating lunch on the dia-
mond?"
please hon the field, smoke h'or heat
h'or h'anything. You see, hin England
we ave some great matches sometimes
lasting three h'or four days. Sometimes
a single player makes three h'or four
'undred runs before they put i'm h'out.
Vas. it's great game-daWnt think
SOP
..Oh. YES. il certainly is fine game,
all right It's the composite of ping-pong.
mumley-peg, prisoners base and three
old cat"
The sketch artist and myself found a
nice grassy place under one of the near
by oak trees, and settled down TO wit
ness the game. Mr.. All was at the bat.
Mr.. All had Bill Nye expression and
a paddle that itched to connect with the
ball for a three-bagger He stood in the
batter's crease I'm Lajoie pose. and
then struck wildly at two balls which
bounded on the ground in front of him.
hi say, Mr.. Bowler, begging your
pawdon" he drawled, but please dawn't
hurl the bloomin' ball SO hawd."
Mr.. All struck at another ball which
bounded at the right of his elongated
spade of a bat. and knocked the two
little spools from the wicket. Then came
the umpire's voice.
MIR. All. HI am of the h-opinion that
you are h'out''
What! H'out did you say, Mr.. Hum
pre- Now HI sye, hold top, it's a
blawsted shyme. that's wat hit is. You
do not seem TO know the gyme. HI saw
the keeper knock the balls hon with lis
ands."
Hall right, Mr.. All, hrf you saw
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easy matter to tell who had the "put-out"
and they were so few and far between
that the lax scorer can be excused The
hit column speaks for itself Fouls are
not counted. Balls and strikes are MI
Then when the evening birds began 10
call TO their mates and the sun dipped
over the reservoir the h'umpire called the
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following one another in ring-around-
the-rosy style.
The field was laid off something like a
tennis court, but without a bare surface
for the play. Cricket, as | was given to
understand, is thoroughly an English
game. One player interviewed described
il as base ball with a college education
Well. If that is fact, a college education
certainly does not pay. And cricket is a
strenuous game, too for | saw one player
slide into home plate, and he spilled his
cup of tea.
We arrived before the game began and
found a group Of players holding what
seemed to be an interesting conversation
near the bleachers. IL was the Baltimore
captain who had the loudest voice
But HI say hold man, you cawn't
ardly hexpect us to go into the match
with h'only nine players. That h'isn't
fair. dawn't v know"
IL did not take very close observation
10 see that the captain was agitated.
I've seen base ball managers in the same
fix when half dozen OF their plug
uglies have been benched by the umpire.
Nevertheless the Washington captain
spoke:
"Ho. that's hall right, chappie: we'll
honly let nine men bat this thinning
dawn't y know. That will kinda h'even
h'up the mattah. Now we've got to ave
a h'umpire. Who wants TO h'umpire?'
| have since learned that in England,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-11
BY the Cub Reporter.

UTE Insuspecting,
] received an as
signment last Mon
day afternoon-La-
Dor day-to cover
the cricket match
between Washing
ton and Baltimore.
Naturally, b e in &
that most unfortu-
nate OF all human
beings. a cub. /
vas vastly elated-
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deed said /, hopefully. VERY simple
when yon get next to il, isn't it?''
"HO. vas. very simple, indeed. Hin
fact, hit Is by far superior to your base
ball game. dawn't y know. Now, We
have eleven players. These players are
the wicket keeper. two bowlers, the
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WASHINGTON.


box score is correct, but you have IL Just
as 1 kept 1t. 1t needs a slight explana-
ton, to wit:
A man can go to bat once and make
200 runs On the other hand You can
count every time he makes a run as being
at bat once. It's a sort Of toss up, but
1 counted both ways in order to cause
no criticism. The error column may seem
a little bit large. but l only gave errors
according to the base ball rule book.
never counted an error on a ..Ione
chance and often didn't count them
when the players had their hands on the
ball and then dropped il. There is quite
mix-up in the assist and put out
column. but believe me or not, Ii was no
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variety. Now. the sketch artist seemed to
have very clear idea of the game of
cricket, having read at one time, so he
informed me later. several En- fish period
icals on the subject. But my knowledge
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especially when / began TO mediate upon
the Importance of the assignment
''kiddo.'' called the sporting editor.
there isn't any base bali game IN town
today. so | won't need you TO sharpen my
pencils. You can go out and cover that
cricket match between Washington and
Baltimore
But don't know anything about crick
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Sometimes one OF the players fills the
position as umpire, and sometimes a
spectator with knowledge Of cricket
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lot seuereperseuere The try the less
you'll sigh Rest before best and you've failed the
Add wW to skill and you'll grow you CO.
Without audacity and pernacity, knowledge force
Only the thorough through The crowded
with who just lack the wnd ncapabe of but
chained posts nsgncance by resolion and hopessne
Leaders ordinary with extraordinary determna-
ton The difference between and
much matter of physical mental superiority of application
Ncors bascay stronger they simply keep longer
They last until they're first They work little faster and think
a little clearer and are daring where you're sparing.
They develop man-poUer per minute of each
muscular STRIFE for the that for
In the words of Rasu They something they kno what
they want; they want it hard enough and they get it"
You precisely what you deserve be- you fit for what
you're fitted for. Your tailored you
grow robe of office we'll give you larger You
have to proclaim progre-youl be conspicuous
ganghng youth in high Daters and short sleeues
You'll show your proper form inevitably butterfly
splits his way out of his grub clothes
We can't hold down you're better n,an-but there's
MUST DELIVER THE GOODS
I HE CUB REPORTER REF OR TER !
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before they start a cricket match, the
band always plays God Save the King"
but here they've changed 1t to God Save
the Humpire." Anyway, as soon as
some one volunteered to take on the
duties OF arbitrator the game started.
There are usually eleven men on a
side, but some of them have a late
lunch, and are thus delayed until after
the game starts. The game last Monday
started at noon. and was to be stopped
at q o'clock on account of darkness. Two
innings constitute a game, but the inn
ings are not like those in base bali.
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be seen for miles and miles. His cap is
made of the. same material, the stripes
following one another in a ring-around-
the-rosy style.
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''Mr. H Ainsworth hat the bat" called
the score keeper
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bI
IS You Wish For
Kaufman
fyoure obsessed with the notion that the majority
it's time realize that must be who
considers the worLd askew stood ghost of show
Progress in democracy regulated by social gravity.
Weakngs flop to the bottom and fighters battle the top
There time when privileges regulated when
children inherited economic handcapswhen pres
tined position
But dispensed with passes and pass keys year
1776 The Minute Man sounded the signal for the Man the
Hour and established by revolution competition
You make your way through life bearing purse ability
Fortune does close her bazaar for No
what hour you arrue you'll find the Open Door.
You and make your choice you can't purchase
than for You lay down your limit labor
and in return get the full reDard that you
steal ahead inef1icency will beray you and
advancement you obtain promotion under false pre-
lenses, your ignorance and weakness will indct you
You may scheme and and conrue until YOUR
hairs whten but you'll find substitute for HARD
WORK.
You beat the game with half energy ingenuity
frttered away in a fool attempt to cheat the
The Washington herald., 1910-12-17
SCHOOL SHOTS GET MEDALS.
Mai. Gen. Wood 20 Present Cup TO
Techniears Prize MarlEsmen.

Workmanship medals. won at the re-
cent interscholastic match. will be pre-
scented members of the champion rife
team of Mckinley Manual Training
School at the school auditorium. next
Wednesday. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood,
u. s. A, Will present to the champion
ship team the Army Cup. and will also
make an address on the value of rife
practice.
Mai. Gen. Wood will be accompanied
by Commissioner Judson, William r.
Guide, Lieut. Gen. John c. Bates, and
Lieut.. Albert s Jones, Of the National
Rife Association of America. under
whose auspices the match was con-
Quoted, and prominent school officials.
Mr. Guide. a representative of Secretary
OF War Dickinson, will present the Sec
retary's Cup to n. W. Miller. OF Central
High School, who will also receive the
Gen, Robert Shaw Oliver medal and the
Chamber of Commerce Cup. The Bust
ness. High School team will be awarded
the National Rife Association Cup, won
in the interclub match.
Principal George E. Myers. OF the Nc
Kinley School, is in charge of the pro-
gramme for the day, and will preside at
the exercises. Relatives and friends Of
the students viii be invited to the cere-
monies.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-17
BY DOROTHY AVERY HOWARD

&c, II verdis green brass Of copper.
are very artistic and quite inexpen-
sive Candlestcls. with shades 20
match, are made OF artistic paper.
painted in the daintiest OF designs,
desk sets Of hand decorated leather
or linen, waste baskets ornamented
with strips of leather set with medal
lions OF gold. and other such unusual
things are shown
~ NE of the prettiest OF the flow
ering Christmas plants is the
~ begonia. known as the Glory
de Lorrain.
It's blossoms have a beautiful warm
pink color which is very much liked
for the holiday decorations or as a
gift offering. Azaleas are also much
used at this season-formerly these
We're looked upon almost entirely as
Easter plants
A great many of both kinds of
flowers are now exhibited al the shop
of a frm Of florists in + street. near
Thirteenth street, in luxuriant bloom,
ready for the dawn of the Yuletide.
Very pretty plants may DC ordered
for a dollar each.
4 VERY practical and much ap-
n preciated gift for the holidays
L y is a hamper of specially select
cd wines from a weli-knoWn
firm in T street. between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets. 4 present OF
this sort may be ordered for almost
any price one chooses TO pay for il,
according TO the kind of wine and
the quantity. A hamper which is dec
GRATED with bright holiday ribbons and
contains a round dozen bottles of diff
ferent kinds of liquors may be bought
now at the special price OF $3.50. and
if desired. it will he shipped TO any
part of the country, where ones friends
may be sojourning at the Christmas
season. This offer includes a bottle
each of champagne, whisky, sau-
terne, tOkay, sherry. cocktail, brandy.
burgundy. port, catawba, muscatel,
and angelica-a variety to suit all
The Washington herald., 1910-12-17
Shopping Suggestions for Holiday Time

TN a dry goods store in F street, be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth,
a there are now exhibited some
very handsome toilettes, which
are reduced 10 nearly one-half their
original prices Some very modish
gowns are included in the assort-
ment, some of them having wraps
to match. Among the best values
there is a very smart costume OF
black velvet, including a full-length
Wrap. with the semi-hobble effect
which is now marked $1l0, its former
price being $40 The richness Of the
velvet is enhanced by the trimming
and lining, of a vivid green satin,
crepe. and handsome lace. making 1t
a gown for the smartest occasion.
NE OF the most attractive Of
the holiday books Is Sir Wal
" ter SCOTS Lady az The
Lake" in a cover decorated
with the famous Tartan plaid, and
illustrated with beautiful drawings
by Harold Chandler Crristy. THIS
is but one of the many handsome
Christmas books exhibited in a popu-
lar establishment in + street, near
Twelfth street.
A WOMAN always likes pretty
n belt buckle, and some of the
I y prettiest seen this season are
the ones of sterling silver to
be found in a jewelry establishment
in PENNSYLVANIA avenue. near the
Raleigh Hotel All sorts OF shapes
are shown, round, oval. or oblong eff
fects. in either the plain or engraved
silver. being noticed, at prices which
begin at S.
~4E shopper in quest OF odd
things Will find a number OF
IL unusual novelties in a little art
store in f street, near Eff
teenth. Besides innumerable kinds Of
holiday cards. letters, notices, and
calendars, here are exhibited some
very attractive little fancy articles
and ornaments in arts and crafts de-
signs. Watch fobs, belt buckles,
The Washington herald., 1910-12-17
Christmas Dance Held.

The regular Christmas dance OF the
Army and Navy Preparatory School was
given last night at the school. About
twenty-five couples were in attendance.
The dance was held in the gymnasium.
which was beautifully decorated in holly
and the school colOrs. The feature OF
the evening was the moonlight dance.
Among the ladies present were Misses
Keenan, carusi, Hodgkins, Orme Bat
tey, Horney, Stone. Mech. Cole. Buss,
Meachuogle, Carson. Church. and Penne-
bake.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-17

tastes and purposes. A small holiday
Offering may include a fancy straw
covered decanter OF sherry or whisky
for 70 gents OF 80 cents. which would
be a very suitable gift for one who
is III during the general season OF
rejoicing
~HE old masters of art are rarely
found outside Of national gal
4 ieTies. where they may De wor-
SHIPPED By all classes alike.
This is fortunate condition, as other
wise the Pierpont Morgans OF the
world might add them 10 their own
private collections and deprive the rest
Of Us from the great privilege OF
studying them. Not until just re-
Gently have these pictures been re-
produced with any degree of success.
as the old copies by hand upon can
vas have never been satisfactory or
true 10 the painters thought, while
the more recent method Of printed re-
productions with colOrs were equally
incapable OF interpreting the original
But with the Introduction OF painting
proofs" a wide field OF opportunity is
offered TO the art lover. who may now
own reproductions OF the originals
which are so nearly ike them that one
need no longer deplore the fact that
they are not for sale
This very wonderful thing has been
accomplished just within the past year
by q process perfected in England
whereby the proofs OF the oil paint
ings have been photographed upon
canvas so they retain the color. tone.
and texture OF the masterpieces. A
series of seven pictures thus copied
has just been announced in this
country. the first one 10 appear
being Sir Joshua Reynolds picture
1.-THE Age of Innocence" probably his
best liked painting. Washington art
lovers should consider themselves
fortunate that this first illustration Of
the success of painting proofs" is
now on exhibition in an art gallery in
G street, between Twelfth and T'hir-
teenth streets, where it may be viewed
by those who have seen the original
in the national gallery in London.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-17

Former Star Of THE County Chairman " The
Round Up" &c.,
In the Great Character Comedy. The Weleher. .
Sgnor Trogato, The Creatore Of the Violin"
Mr. Clifford Walker BerZacs Comedy CIRCUS
The Rob't De Mont Trio. GLADYS CLARK & Henry
Bergman The Great Richards. The Actors Fund
Field Dav."
Next Week-Marion Murray Co. in a Prima
Donna 5 Honeymoon The -Four Melody M0narchs.
DR.. J. C. BOwker's Passion Play Trayelogue. &c.
Buy Seats To-day.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-23

he finds standing side by side under
exactly the same conditions and re-
ceiving the same feed both in quantity
and quality, two cows, one OF which
is producing 100 pounds Of butter q
year while the other Is producing 900
pounds of butter in a year. It takes
only a moments consideration to dis
cover. when his attention II drawn to
this fact, that one Of these cows-eVen
though she consumes five times as
much feed-reQuires Eve times as
much labor to care for her and milk
her; even though she might occupy
five times as much space in the barn
or pasture, is FIVE times the more
profitable COW Of the two.
Doubling the Production Of Butter.
This is a fact that is found on near
" every farm at the present time, and
right now the dairyman Is struggling
TO get rid Of the poor cows and keep
n larger number of cows, but it is diff
fcult for him to find them because
during these same years his neighbors
have paid very little attention to the
building ND of their own dairy herds
and the same conditions are found
unon their farms-a few real good
cows and a number Of real poor cows.
He too. has discovered the difference
between good cows and poor cows,
and the result is that to build up at
once good herds Of dairy cows Is prac-
tIcaIly an impossibility, and 1t Will
tale a considerable length Of time to
make the great necessary improve
ment in our herds. Nevertheless, the
necessity Of lettering our dairy condi'
lions il apparent. 1t Is possibility
m double the production of dairy
products with the same number OF
COWS in milk, which means that there
"a q possibility Of producing annually
IN iowa instead $50, 100000 worth Of
aairv products, S120,OOO.0OO worth.
which lack a very little Of amounting
TO as much as does the annual corn
crop Of the state.
This. no doubt, will be a surprise to
the reader, as 1t Is a matter OF Iowa
history that the corn crop Is By far
the most important Of all Iowa In
dustries. There is. however, no area
the size Of Iowa In the world that u
better fitted for q large, economical
and profitable production OF dairy
products. Everything except the good
COW Is present There IL no better
feed than corn when fed in proper
amounts and proportions, and there
is an abundance Of pasture grasseh
cloVers, good climatic conditions. frsah
water. intelligent farmers and good
markets
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-23

No one breed combines all the re-
uuIrements for eggs and meats. II
Dne desires to raise the best fowls for
market, egg production should be q
secondary matter. II 1t Is eggs we are
after. we do not want the large breeds.
while we are waiting for the large
hens TO mature we are losing money IN
the way OF egg production. Hens Of
the small eggproducing breeds under
favorable condition. win pay for them
selves with eggs 1t present prices)
elore larger breeds reach maturity.