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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-23
TWO AFTER THE JOB.

Louisville, KY, Sept. 28--Either Otto
Williams or Jimmy Burke will succeed
Charley Carr as manager Of the In.
dianapolis club. according to gossip
around local baseball headquarters.
Carr, who resigned last night, has not
divulged his plans for 1911.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-23
HIT BY BALL; MAY DIE

Louisville, KY, Sept. 23.-Will For
bis, the leading batsman of the Louis
Vile city league is lying at the point
of death at a local hospital, the result
of being struck by a pitched ball. His
skull was fractured piece of shat
tered bone penetrating the brain.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-23

terday with an injury to his back The
seriousness of the accident was not
learned until today, when Hassett was
ordered by a physician to remain quiet
for at least ten days and to keep out
of football for two or three weeks.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-23

series from the Sox, but asserted 1t
would be hard task the way Commy' 3
men are playing According to Mack
the Sox have been the Athletics hard
est team to beat the road and ftc
considers the series will be the best
kind of practice for. his players, who
are anxious to take at least three
games from our. players.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-23
HEART DISEASE
KILLS PLAYER

Jacksonville. Fla. Sept. 23.-Ray
Marshall. right fielder of the Jackson
vile baseball team, died at local hos
pital today from an attack of heart
failure The body will be sent to Cham
paign Ill.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-23
HOPPE MEETS
SLOSSON NOV. 2

Willie Hoppe. the present champion
of 1871 balk line billiards. has accepted
a challenge issued by George f. Slos-
son for a match game of 500 points for
the championship trophy. The match
will be played in Chicago Nov. 2.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-23
TAFT MAY SEE
ONE TITLE GAME

Cincinnati, Ohio. Sept. 23.-President
Taft has promised Chairman Hermann
of the national commission he may see
one of the worlds series games in
Philadelphia. The president says that
he does not know just how much pub
lie business will demand his attention,
but that if he can go he surely will
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-23
FOOTBALL LEAGUE
ON PACIFIC COAST

Six Independent football teams that
will play the American game on the
Pacific coast have organized and will
begin playing schedule on Oct. with
games in San Francisco. Vallejo and
Oakland. The new association will be
known as the California American
Football league, and the teams that will
comprise the organization are the Cen
turys of Oakland. the Stockton A. c..
the Winged VS. and Telegraphs of Val
lejo and the Hospital Corps and the Yo-
semites of San Francisco.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-23
Chances Men Cop First, 81
and Giants Take Second
by Same Count.


Chicago. ST.; New York 81.
Pittsburg, SIP etaoi etaoinetaoi
Pittsburg, 6; Philadelphia, 5.
Cincinnati, %; Boston, 81 (first
game eleven innings).
Brooklyn, 6: st. Louis, 8.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-23
RIPON CAPTAIN HURT

Ripon, Wis, Sept 23.-Ripon received
its first serious setback when Capt.
Hassett was carried from the field yes
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-23

Chicago at New York (two games).
Pittsburg at Philadelphia.
ST. Louis at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Boston.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-23
CALENDAR OF SPORTS
FOR THE WEEK.

FRIDAY.
Opening of 21-day race meet
ing of Utah Jockey club at Og-
den, Utah.
SATURDAY.
Canadian track and field
championships at Montreal
Automobile match race be-
tween George Robertson and
Ralph De Palma at Philadel-
phia.
Annual outdoor meet of the
New York Athletic club at
Travers Island, \. Y.
Opening of the autumn meet
ing of the Ontario Jockey club
at Toronto.
Football: Minnesota Law
renee at Minneapolis; Pennsyl-
ia-Ursinus at Philadelphia;
Indians villanova at Harris
burg; Cornell Hobart at Ithaca;
Georgetown Eastern college at
Georgetown; Syracuse-St. Bona
venture at Syracuse; Lafayette
Bloomsbury Norman at Easton;
Virginia William and Mary at
Charlottesville; Rhode Island
State Massachusetts A. c. at
Amherst; Williams Rensselaer,
Polytechnic at Willtamstown;
New Hampshire-Lowell Textile
at Durham, N H.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-23

WHY ARE You NOT A TIMES
READER?
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-14

was the ideal hospitality which al
ways reigned supreme In his early
life 1t was Tolstoi's pleasure to en-
terrain lavishly for his arfstocratic
Russian friends. Later. when fame
came. bringing with mighty literary
and philosophic following. Tolstoi
opened his doors and was lat home"
to the whole world Believers from
every land travelled the intervening
miles to become n guest at his
patriarchal home. People who doubt
ed. but admired. nevertheless made
the pilgrimage in order to become con-
WINGED. And they were convinced.
many OF them, and returned home to
preach the faith that Tolstoi taught
them-the faith of the true life What
this faith is IL would take volumes
to tell. Tolstoi occupied many volumes
in giving 1t to the world
His mode of living. which was as
varied as II was eccentric. created
very nearly as much discussion as his
literary works By a gradual and not
entirely consistent evolution he came
to the life simplified." as he called It.
and 1t was through the peasants
Jacket and the peasants hoe that he
thought to find the life simplifed.-
With advancing age his eccentric
ideas and habits became more pro-
nounced. and finally eliminated in the
foolish and apparently aimless pill
grimage which precipitated his final
illness.
Tolstofs hold upon the people of
Russia was beyond calculation A
constant thorn in the side of the
car, Siberian exile would have been
his but that the reigning autocrat real
lied that to harm a hair of his head
or to interfere in the slightest degree
with his liberties would mean a revo-
luton on the part of the adoring
masses which would have drenched
the country in the blood of the nobili-
ty and have sent the throne of the
Romanoffs crashing into oblivion. De-
faint of the government, he was as
scornful Of the denunciations of the
church and accepted excommunicatfon
as the empty and harmless protest of
a false and barbarous religion And
great as he was in Russia he was
greater in the worldwide realm of
thought and literature.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-14
NEW FEATURES IN STYLES
etrappInos Cut on the Bias Are Used
to Finish Travelling or Motor
Coats.


Strappings cut on the bias are used
as a finish to many of the tailored
travelling or motor coats. The strap
pings not only define the seams, but
outline the collar and cuffs and peck
cts and the lower edge of the coat.
giving a smart touch to the garment.
While the vogue for kimono sleeves.
mandarin coats and other oriental
things exists, 1t is not surprising that
the Japanese sash finds favor. The
broad. soft silk is tied with short
loops extending to the shoulder blade
and long ends reaching all but to the
ground
Marabou wraps, or capes. as they
are called by courtesy. will have I'M
usual lines this fall. Some are long
in back. extending almost to the waist
line. and others are little more than
scarfs In back. while the depth in
front suggests the so-called dolmans
eof two generations ago.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-14
COUNT AS A PEASANT
ToIstoi, Born of Wealth and Title,
Preferred Poverty.
Remarkable Man, Who by Word
Could Have Hurled Cars Throne
Into OblvIon-Hated Blood
and Loved Peace

Astapova, Russia.-In the passing of
Count Lyon Nicholaievitch Tolstoi.
the aged novelist and philosopher. the
world lost one Of its most remarkable
men. Born of wealth and title he
came to prefer the coarse garments
and the scant fare of the peasant;
having served heroically in the
Crimean war. he became the apostle
of peace and non-resistance; in a land
OF despotism he preached a doctrine
of defiance to authority. and even the
mighty car dared not arrest him; his
heart torn by the poverty and suffer
ings of the peasantry of Russia. he
would have given away every cent of
his inheritance, every acre of his vast
estate. and become bare-footed wan
derer on the face of the earth had 1t
not been for the influence of his fam
lily aided by the power of the govern
ment; entitled to be an honored figure
at the glittering court of St Peters
burg, he preferred the mental COM
partnership of revolutionary thinkers
and the physical companionship of the
crude peasantry.
Tolstoi, who when he assumed the
peasants costume assumed his work
as well. was accompanied in his Jour
neys over the country and at his work
In the fields by one or more of his
daughters who wore the rough clothes
and did the rough work which he had
chosen for himself. In the last few
years. owing to a gradual decline of
strength with advancing age. the field
work gradually lessened. and several
times during the last year 1t was an
nounced that Tolstoi would give up
his farm work and his country home
for the easier life of the city.
The predominating and characters
tic feature of Tolstoi's life and home
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-14
Holiday p.r.Ie. for Children.

At this season most mothers are
planning for some kind of holiday
parties for the children and busy
times are in prospect for all house
holds with children home for vaca-
ton. Rooms festooned with holly.
mistletoe and the lovely trailing
ground pine need no other decorations
besides red bows of tulle or ribbon
which may fasten the wreaths. I
helped a dear little mother OF three
plan this pretty party and I am glad
to tell all about It. When all arrived.
some twenty or more happy. excited
youngsters. we asked two of them. =
boy and a girl. to go into a side room
from which they soon emerged draw
Ing a sled to which they were har-
messed by red satin ribbons. On the
sled were white crepe paper snow
balls. one for each child. They were
easily made by taking a piece of cot
ton the size and shape of = real snow
white crepe paper Q inches long and s
wide The narrow edges are pasted
together and II is then gathered M
the top and bottom. The paper IL
stretched in the middle to ut around
the ball of cotton. Then roll the ball
lightly in gum-arabic water and then
roll in diamond dust or what is called
Christmas tree sparkle or snow. Have
a large wreath of holly hung In a door
or arch way and each guest tries to
throw the snow ball through IT. All
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-14

various small kitchen gardens carved and painted
by poor man and his sister after their regular
working hours. and bought by Mr. Muller at high
rates as his pet philanthropy. In this shop. now
100 years old. are seen all Of the most novel of
the toyvillnge playthings. The store was crowded
with MORE children thirty than under thir-
quaint attractions.
The dolls house of Nuremberg leaves nothing
to be desired Not only the usual rooms of con-
ventional menage are found in IT, but conserva
tories with miniature orchids fountains and wa
tering cans: school rooms with tiny desks. a
schoomaster. very stern. with goggles and ruler
and children in aprons and carrying states. the
latter a sixteenth of an inch big fields of flowers
for the back yard and a swing for the smallest
doll
In all German art Of which toy making is by
no means insignificant department. perfection
of detail has always been the salient feature. Ev
cry phase of home life Is reproduced in micro
SCOPE form in German toyland. down to the
wee pairs OF hand-knitted stockings and sweaters.
the hob-nailed shoes and blue bouses which make
up the wardrobe of the volks boy and girl.
The tourist season is second Christmas for
Nuremberg people. and they sell many play
things I'm the period the other. An inter
esting point brought to light by this fact Is the
early differentiation of the American and Euro
pean Individuality, which shows itself choice of
games and pastimes. They say In the shops that
an American child is invariably fascinated over
the mechanical and complicated that he finds in
tense interest in mastering the technicalites even
OF playing. while the European child likes sim
pier but brilliantly colored toy cherishing often a
curious sentiment for traditional objects such AZ
typfy old world conservatism.
They are blessed with Imagination these viii
lage people. and they not ashamed of show
Ing their simplicity of spirit. Their souls are
bound up in the heritage Of centuries. The trag-
edies Of their city's history wind about the toys
they make. breathing into the wood Characters
tic vitality-the vitality that comes Of centuries
OF striving. of centuries Of patient achievement
As you sit in swirl Of red ribbon and foemy
paper. doing up" your Christmas presents. re-
member that many Of them have come from this
quaint little Village Of Always Christmas 1t
may add to your holiday happiness to know that
no pleasure which the toys may bring can be
greater than the pleasure Of those who made them.
and that no good will of yours can Guido the quiet
sincerity OF purpose with which the simple people
OF Nuremberg have given their part toward this
season of the universal gift
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-14

Something quite new in footwear
are high buttoned shoes. finished with
a turnover piece of the leather, called
a collar" around the top. This col
lar Is tied together with a cord and
tassel and is usually of a leather con-
trasting in color as well as kind with
the material of the shoe.
Black and white effects are all in
great vogue for both evening and
afternoon dresses, as well as for
street frocks. Black and white is the
thing in Paris at present. 1t IL
thought that we shall have a black
and white vogue for fall. with navy.
royal blue, ravens wing and brown
used in combination with black for
all types Of dresses and costumes.
Tailored models are mostly made
of rough materials in cheviots and
serges. A few hard-twisted mannish
effects are included in the showing.
but are not as popular as the rough
ly woven fabrics.
For afternoon and street dresses
the elbow length sleeve is generally
used. although the sleeve length
reaching above the elbow on most
gowns is helped to the desired length.
by . lace undersleeve.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-14

anu snowy "hite caps-crumbly fountains and n
castle with secret passage All the elements of the
fascinating past and the strangely proxressive
present within a stones throw OF each other The
realization OF all that Nuremberg has been and
has undergone comes one most wildly as one
stands looking down into the Schloss well $50
feet deep. where prisoners used to come to fetch
water underground their passage led from the
dungeons to this unlit circular pool for pris
oners were never permitted to see the light and
the hollow splash of the water which the attend
ant drops into the well seems to re-echo after an
interminable haifminute. the hopeless pilgrim
age of those countless victims of medieval fanat.
fcism Such is the potency OF the ended. While
the vitality Of the occurring emphasizes itself not
Tar on. IN one or the dozens of toy factories
whose very machinery whirs modernity men,
women and chidren-that is. children over six
teen-are massed into this building all intent on
the one idea the creation of better and newer and
more wonderful toys for everyone's children. in
everyone's country.
1t is seldom the industrial planet can boast OF
a broader ambition than this of the craftsmen of
Nuremberg. To bring the greatest possible amount
OF pleasure. legitimate and often educative pleas
ure. to growing. active minds is surely an aim
worthy of the finest art in the world II even
seems as though the thought back of the TOYS
should surround them with deeper meaning as
gifts this Christmastde. since the added gfft-the
biggest gift-es In the patient Interested inven.
ton and accomplishment of which they are the
exponent
As for the inventors. strictly speaking. their
reward seems infnitesimal according to our stand
ards. The boss" controls ideas as well as mate-
rails OF output, and 1t is chiefly profit that
new inventions in toyland rebound The man or
woman who first thinks of or improves unon sor,a
plaything gets very small per cent OF the in
come from 1t. To our world standards of
commerce 1t seems strange that the originator
should receive such scant recognition and that
without grumbng.
Very. very few Nuremberg toymakers have
ever grown rich over their ingeniousness II is
true that ideas az well toys in Germany sell
for double what they sold for eight years ago
even. On the other hand the price of living has
gone up appreciably. and what would have seemed
a large purchase price then is only moderate now
The stan of artists employed by the Nurem
berg factory boss is in itself n not inconsiderable
expense and many quiet charity is undertaken
by these men who at home would be absorbed
In getting rich In the shop of Fritz Muller are
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-14

those who get theirs through on the
first trial receive a candy cane.
Next we had the game of Christmas
candles. A wee tree brilliantly lit
with tapers IL placed on a table Just
the right height; child at a time is
to be blindfolded. then turn around
three times and told to blow hard.
The one who blows out the most can
dies with one hard pun receives a
gauzy stocking filled with goodies.
After this we played TWAS the
Night Before Christmas" just like our
old-fashioned game of stage Coach"
Only all the children had names of
the characters in the well known
Christmas lyric. At the words st.
Nicholas" all changed sea -. The very
last game before refreshments we
called christmas Stockings" and the
children were perfectly delighted.
sheet was pinned up on the side of the
wall upon which fire place had been
roughly sketched with charcoal and
red chalk. Every child was given q
doll size stocking with a good sized
pin; then each in turn was blindfolded
and told to pin the stocking to the
mantel piece. II successful a tiny
favor was slipped into the stocking
before the eyes were unblinded. II not
the stocking was left empty. On the
table for the centerpiece was a huge
snow ball Jack Horner" pie with
scarlet ribbons running to each place.
1t was made by taking wire and ma
king a frame 18 inches in diameter
with an opening at the top large
enough to take In the favors; then 1t
was covered with sheet wadding. then
with whit, crepe paper. Liquid glue
was brushed on and diamond dust
plentifully sprinkled over 1t. The gifts
are wrapped in tissue paper tied with
silver cord and then attached to the
red ribbons going to each place.
wreath OF holly went around the snow
ball and there were individual Christ
mas trees for each child on which
the wee candles were lit. then the
guests were summoned to the dining
room. AS the hours were from i've to
seven quite a substantial supper was
served. consisting of cream OF chicken
soup. waters and wee finger rolls.
slated nuts. fruit salad and individual
ice creams in shape OF Santa Claus.
a sprig of holly in his arms; lady
fingers and maccaroons with lovely
bell-shaped candy boxes filled with de-
licious peppermints.
MADAME MERRL.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-14

Pfttsburg. Pa.-Embalming that will
maintain the human body hundred
ages-the lost art of Egypt-is said to
have been discovered by Homer j.
Paar. a graduate of the school of
pharmacy of the University of Pitts
burg. Paar has been experimenting
on rodents, and has a number of num-
my rats which he uses as paper
weights on his desk. and one large one
which he uses for a door check He
claims that body properly protected
can be rendered immune to the disin-
tegrating influence of time and would
carry thousands Of years into the fu-
ture Its beauty of today.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-14
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS
THAT WILL
HELP THE HOSTESS

Counting the days Till Christmas.
Sweet days of tender care
That loved ones may on the blessed morn.
Find longed-for treasures fair.
Thus dreaming. hoping and waiting
That holiday draws near.
When Peace on earth. good will to
men,
Ring out the joy bells clear"
That is what we are all doing.
counting the days till Christmas"
with more or less complacency ac-
cording to how We are progressing
with the thousand and one things that
must be done.
I want to tell you about a star"
party a mother is planning for a bevy
of youngsters, aged from 8 to IL. The
Invitations are red stars. the writing
In white or gilt. On arriving each
child is to be given a crown with a
gilt star in front. Then there will
be a hunt for gilt stars scattered
through the rooms and a prize of a
box of candy in a star-shaped box
Then there are to be puzzles. made
by cutting large stars into bits. first
FASTING on thin wood. the. cutting
out. A quiet time will thus be insured
for fifteen minutes.
The dining-room IL to be decorated
with hundreds of gilt stars suspended
by invisible threads of black from the
ceiling and there are to be stars of
green's around the room with a beau
tiful stars done in tiny electric lights
over the table. The ice cream is to
be in star shaped molds and the cakes
small in shape. each with a tiny light
ed taper
When all are seated the mother In q
few brief words will tell the reason
Of using the star and asi the children
to remember why the star shone in
the east SO many. many years ago.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-14

season late in the autumn. making the
trip both ways in sailing vessels that
are engaged during the winter months
In the coasting trade on the coast of
Africa. A skillful cranberry picker
can earn from SO to IS a day, so that
the "oravas." as these invaders are
called. can within few years save
enough to live in affiuence in their ISL
and home. Under the new conditions
not only is the picking OF the cranber-
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-14
MADAME MERRI.


Wool embroidery is the latest trim
ming for afternoon gowns. Some of
the combinations seen are blue wool
on white gazon de sole. gray wool on
gray tulle over satin Of the same
shade and mauve wool on blue linon
sole
The wool used Is the same kind
that is employed for knitting or Gro
cheting. On heavier materials It IL
used in various bright colors in an
oriental effect. and il very striking.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-14
Non,ads of the Cranberry ogs

1t never fails to surprise tourists
who visit Cape Cod for the first time
to find this large foreign population,
which has no parallel anywhere else
In the country and most of whom
speak little or no English. Many of
the Cape Verde Islanders are true no
mads in their visits to the cranberry
country. arriving in the spring when
cultivation on the boys opens and re-
naming until the end of the picking
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-14

some Of the daintiest ladies' of the
old days sat down with the humblest.
by way Of example. Five hundred
Boston girls are now securing the
country for spinning wheels. and they
Will take part In the pageant of 1915.
They have made their own clothes
after the pattern of those worn by
Felicity and Priscilla. in a contest in
1725.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-14

In the good old days of story. Ros-
ton women had spinning wheels and
were encouraged to make the material
for their own clothes in order that
the colony might not have to depend
10 such great extent upon the i'm
ports from Great Britain. Consequent
there were often contests on the
common with prizes offered. and