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The Washington herald., 1911-02-04

ing. and his words are distinct enough
to be heard easily all over the house.
There will be two other performances
Of The House that Jack Built" next
week. when the children and lovers of
children and of the beautiful will have
other opportunities to see this pretty
work and refresh the memories of their
childhood
The lobby and the theater were filled
with beautiful girls in quaint costumes.
selling flowers. candy. cigars and souve-
mir programmes. Among them were Miss
Mae Henry. daughter Of Representative
Henry. of Texas: Miss Pou, daughter of
Representative Pou. of North Carolina !;
Miss Claudia Minatree. Miss Edith Gra-
Gle the Misses Poole, Miss Elizabeth
Reside. Miss Ida Norment Smith, Miss
Roberta Amies. Miss Elena Calderon,
Miss Stella Carusi, the Misses Angela
and Genevieve Small. Miss Lucinda Pen
nebaker. Miss Marshall. Miss Crumpe,
Miss Donnally. Miss Morton. the Misses
Saunders, Mrs. Taylor Timberlake, and
Mrs. d. White. The costumes of these
young women were particularly attract
i've, including Spanish girls. gypsies
others.
The PatrOnesses.
>. IL,
Mrs. Ballinger. Mrs. Robert L. Taylor.
Mrs. Bankhead. Mrs. Overman. Mrs.
Swanson. Mrs. Burrows. Mrs. Fletcher.
Mrs. Gore, Mrs. White. Mrs. Lurton
Mrs. Champ Clark, Mrs. Clayton. Mrs
Dent, Mrs. Pleasant Champan. Mrs. Saun-
ders. Mrs. Robert II. Chapman Miss Nam
ME Heth, Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, Mrs
Archibald Oracle. Mrs William +. Dennis,
Mrs. Smallwood. Mrs. Ramsey, Mrs
Mary S. Lockwood, Mrs Sanders john
ston, Mrs. James W. Pinchot. Mrs. Kicks.
Mrs. Samuel Blythe. Mrs. Marian Butler.
Mrs. John j. White. Mrs. Joseph E.
Thropp, Mrs. Pillow. Mrs. Horace West
colt. Mrs. NJ. Z. Ballinger, Miss Virginia
Miller. and Miss Thornton. of Virginia.
Boxes were taken by Miss Mary
L. Wilcox. Mrs. Matthew T. Scott
Miss Hill. Miss Martin. who enter
tanned a party from New York; Mrs.
Duncan c. Fletcher, who entertained
party of young folks from Annapolis,
and Mrs. c. D. Merwin, who entertain
ed the president general Of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, the COM
mander-in-chief of the Sons of Confeder-
ate Veterans, and the six presidents OF
the District chapters. She also had
as her guests a representative from the
Sons of Confederate Veterans. from the
Confederate Veteran camps, and the
president of the Southern Relief, Miss
Mamie Randolph Heth.
Large Audience Well Pleased.
A large audience. which filled the Co.
lumbia Theater from door to roof.
greeted the players. and every one left
with the hope that they could see it
again. The success of the performance
is due first to the skill and gift Of the
director, Miss Martin. and next to the
executive ability of Mrs c. d. Merwin.
president of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy of the District of Columbia,
tc whose efforts and enterprise the Civ
ing of the play and the assured success
of the whole affair is due.
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II looks like a big night tonight at
Convention Hall.
Tuesdays will be the baseball squads
day for use of the gymnasium at Busi-
ness.
Business High School battery candi-
dates will be given their first workout
next Tuesday.
Manager Minnix, Of the Central base
ball team, says that he has a thing
or two still up his sleeve.
AS Central and Business will open the
interhigh school season, the second game
will find Tech opposed to either Western
or Eastern.
Techs pitchers and catchers yesterday
had the best workout Of the week. Flynn,
the crack Southeast Y. NJ. c. A finger,
Joined the bunch, and made cutie an i'm
preston on Director Hecox and the
school coach.
With Hunt and Kelly in the scholastic
hurdles, Central should show class in
that event. Hunt won the hurdles last
year and is improved greatly during the
present season. The man who beats him
to it will have to be going some.
The members of the Eastern High
basketball team will go to Front Royal.
Va, on the 18th to play the Ran
dolph- Macon College. Because Of a
school regulation prohibiting the use of
the High School name on such trips.
they will go as the Eastern Athletic Club.
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AMATEURS PLEASE
IN CHARMING PLAY

Continued from Page Five.
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NATIONALS OBTAIN GILL
FROM MINNEAPOLIS CLUB
Big First Baseman for Washington Is Report From
National Commission Headquarters.

ball commission issued this evening a
list of the men who have been drafted
or purchased by the two major leagues
from the minors. According to this list.
the Washington club gets four players, Of
whom three are from Youngstown. in
the OhiU-Pennsylvania League, and one
Is from Minneapolis. in the American AS
sociation. This latter player is GIL. who
is credited with an excellent record. and
should have a great season this summer.
Players Meyer. Conway. and Sheney. of
Youngstown, are all thought we'll Of in
the O.-P. League. and may make clever
men for the Washington club. These are
the only men secured from the O.-P.
League.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-04

old and went to Cincinnati. where he
learned bookbinding with the firm of
Wilson. Hinkel G. Co, now the Ameri-
can Book Company.
He helped organize the first bookbind-
ers union in Cincinnati, the meetings
being held at his home. He afterward
engaged in the bookbinding business for
himself. both in Cincinnati and New
York.
He came to Washington in 1877. and
became identified with the big print shop.
where he remained until he died. He
is survived by his wife and six children.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-04
AGED BOOKBlNDBR
CLAIMED BY DEATH
J. J. Burke Long Employed
at Big Print Shop.

Solemn high mass will be celebrated
Monday morning at 9 o'clock at St
Aloysius' Church for James J. Burke.
veteran employe of the bindery divi-
sion of the Government Printing Office.
who died at his residence. 9O3 First street
northwest Thursday. lnterment will be
in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Mr.. Burke was born in Ireland. and
was seventy-one years old. He came to
this country when he was thirteen years
The Washington herald., 1911-02-04
By WILLIAM PEET.

According to The Washington Herald S
Cincinnati correspondent. the Nationals
have obtained Gill. the Minneapolis first
basemah.
This announcement comes as sur
prise, for it was understood that Tom
Hughes was the only Minneapolis player
for Washington.
Manager McAleer could not be reached
at his home, in Youngstown. by wire
last night, so the report lacks confirma.
ton
The Cincinnati dispatch follows:
Cincinnati. Feb. 3.-The national base
The Washington herald., 1911-02-04
LEACH CROSS BEATEN.
Young sammy Smith Wallops New
York Fighter.

New York. Feb. 3-Young Sammy
Smith. the nineteen-year-old Philadel-
phia boxer, made q mark Of Leach Cross,
Of this city. in fast ten-round bout at
the Empire Athletic Club tonight. Smith
was by far the better boxer. He avoided
many Of Cross dangerous swings and
was so swift in his movements that
Cross was cleverly outclassed. The
Quaker has two good hands. He jabbed
90 effectively that he closed Leach's left
eye and came very near putting him
down ON several occasions with great
upper cut. Summing mp the
rounds by points. It may be said that
Smith had seven out Of ten. the nrst
and sixth were even. while Cross showed
. slight .sdvantage In the ninth.
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Chic Theater
Caps.

Page illustrations of this
latest, bewitching Partisan
novelty, with description by
"Marjorie."
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HATCHETITE ANNUAL MEET
SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT
Events at Convention Hall-Capacity
House Assured Entries

With the advance sale of tickets the
largest in the history of the sport at the
institution, insuring capacity crowd
the fourth annual George Washington In
door meet will be held in Convention
Hall tonight.
Promptly at 7:20 O'Clock the trial heats
for the dashes will start, so that by the
time the crowd gets comfortably set
tied the finals can be held.
The programme consists Of fifteen regu-
lar events, in addition to the eleven relay
races. and also possible special exhibi-
ton by Johnny Hayes, the famous Mara
thon runner Hayes will be at the meet
and has promised to run if he feels no
ill effects from his match with Al Shrubb
in Baltimore last night
In the twenty-siX events more than 800
athletes will compete. The struggle for
the handsome trophy cup prize for the
club. college, or school winning the most
points, promises to be keen. 1t is gen.
orally conceded that this battle will be
between Virginia and Hopkins, as both
institutions have entered their best men.
George Washington lost SO many good
men by graduation that the Hatchetites
cannot be seriously considered in fiSur-
ing for the major prize, but the down.
town collegians will be we'll represented
in almost every event. and the final race
of the evening will be run between the
Hatchetites and V. P. I. relay teams.
The management wishes to call atten-
tion to the fact that all athletes who
have not registered with the =. A. L. and
received their numbers before noon to-
day, will he barred form competition;
also, that in order to assure that no
spiked shoes will be Worn, the contest
will he nr1a n white
sheets of paper. so that hidden contriv-
ances such as thin strips of rubber COW
ering spikes can be detected. Any athlete
caught with the goods will be barred
from competing.
The official entry list follows:
The Washington herald., 1911-02-04
New Tales of Famous Men.

James B. Morrow tells interesting irst-hand
Fighting Bob Evans, James Whitcomb Riley,
Gov. Marshall, of Indiana, and other notabes III
The Washington herald., 1911-02-04

KEY TO ABBREvIATIONS.
c. H. S.-Central High School. of Washington.
I. A. C.-Tfenont Athletic Club. Of Washington.
V. r. I.-Virgnia Polytechnic.
T. S. and r. I.-Tome Institute.
Va-University Of Virginia. ..
+. Y. NJ. Z. A.-Frederick Y. n. C. A.
B. c. C.-Baltimore City College
J. Fl. U.-Johns Hopkins University.
{. Y. NJ. &. A.-Central Y. N. c. A.
W. II. S.-Westen High School. Of Washington.
Fifth Rest- A. A.-Fifth Regiment Athletic ASo-
ciation.
&. W. U.-George Washington University.
G. U.-Catholic University. Of Washington.
{. c. C.-Cross Country Club Of Baltimore.
W. Z. G. C.-Washiny.on Cross Country Club.
n. c. S.-National Cathedral School. Of Washing
ton.
A. n. P.-Army and Navy Prep of Washington
+. P.-Phunny PhelleTs. Of Washington.
st. J. C.-St. Johns College. Of Annapolis.
L. of Pa.-University Of Pennsylvania
W. y. NJ. &. A.-Washington Y. NJ. c. A.
T. H. S.-Technical High School, Of Washington
S. A. C.-Southern Athletic Club Of Washington.
Md. A. c.-Maryland Agricultural College.
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they, Davis. former crack athlete ct
Business, win 50 70 Boston next week
has alrsody male goef at the Hinteo m
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-01-25
SYNOPSIS.

At the expense of a soiled hat Robert
Orme saves from arrest girl in a black
touring car who has caused a traffic lam
on state street. He buys a new hat and
is given in change a five dollar bill with:
Remember the person you nav this to >"
written on it. A second time he helps the
lady in the black car, and learns that in
Tom and Bessie Wallingham they have
mutual friends, but gains no further hint
Of her identity. He discovers another in
scr1pton on the marked bill, which, in a
futile attempt to decipher 1t, he copies
and places the copy in a drawer in his
apartment. Senior Poritol, South Ameri-
can, calls. and claims ne marked bill
Orme refuses, and a fight ensues in
which Poritol is overcome. He calls in
try, to vouch for him. Orme still refuses
to give up the bill. Orme goes tor walk
and sees two Japs attack Alcatrante He
rescues him. Returning to his rooms
Orme is attacked by two Japs who eff
feet a forcibIe ex M lge of the marked
the black car waiting for him. She also
wants the bill. Orme tells his story. She
recognizes one Of the Japs as her fathers
butler, Maku. The second inscription on
the bill is the key to the hiding place Of
important papers stolen from her father
Both Japs and South Americans want the
papers. Orme and the Girl start out in
the black car in quest of the papers. In
the university grounds in Evanston the
hiding place is located. Maku and an
other Jap are there. Orme fells Ma<u
and the other Jap escapes. Orme finds in
Maku's pocket a folded slip of paper. He
takes the girl, whose name IS still I'M
known to him, to the home of : friend In
Evanston. Returning to the university
grounds Orne gets in converS' ton with a
hear a motor boat in trouble in the dark
ness on the lake.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-01-25

With an exclamation, Orme seized
the steering-wheel and swung it over
to the right.
There she is" he cried, and then:
Excuse me for taking the wheel that
way, but 1 was afraid I'd lose her."
Il don't see her." said Porter.
mo; but something dark cut of
the lights of that steamer. Hold her
So" He let go the wheel and peered
ahead.
Presently they both saw a spot of
blacker blackness in the night. Por-
ter set the motor at half-speed
"Have you got bulps-eye lantern?"
asked Orme in an undertone.
Eyes, in that locker"
Orme stopped and lighted the Ian
tern in the shelter of the locker.
Now run up alongside" he said,
land ask if they need help"
The outline of the disabled boat
now grew more distinct Porter
swung around toward it and called:
Need help?"
After a moments wait, voice re-
piled:
Eyes. You tow me to Chicago.
pay you"
1t was a voice which Orme recog-
inzed as that of the Japanese who
had been with Maku in the attack
at the Pere Marquette.
Cant do that" answered Porter.
''Tll take you in to Evanston"
mol" The tone was expostula-
tory. 81 go to Chicago. l fix engine
pretty soon"
At this moment Orme raised his
lantern and directed it's light into the
other boat. It shone into the blinking
eyes of the Japanese, standing by the
motor. 1t shone-
Great Heaven! Was he dreaming?
Orme could not believe his eyes. The
light revealed the face of the one
person he least expected to see-for,
seated on a cushion at the forward
end Of the cockpit, was the girl!
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-01-25
CHAPTER VII.
A Jananese at LARGE.

What was the girl doing out there
in mid-lake in the company of her
enemy? Orme had seen her enter the
house of her friends in Evanston; had
hidden her goodnight with the I'M
derstanding that she was to make no
further move in the game before the
coming morning. She must have left
the house soon after he walked away.
Had she known all the time where
the Japanese was? Had she hunted
him out to make terms with him? II
that were the case, her action indi-
Gated a new and unsupported distrust
of Orme himself. Her failure to call
for help when Orme and Porter came
up in their launch seemed to show
that her presence in the other boat
was voluntary. And yet Orme could
not believe that there was not some
simple explanation which she would
welcome the first chance to make. He
could not doubt her
The immediate thing to do, how
ever, was to find out just what she de-
sired. SURPRISING his excitement,
he called out:
Girl"
At the same time he turned the Ian
tern so that his own face was IL
Illuminated.
"Mr. Opme!" she cried, rising from
her seat. You here?"
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her and speaking in low voice, TRY
to forget it. Tomorrow l am coins
after the papers. l will get them"
She looked up at him. Her eyes
were softly confident. 81 believe you,"
she whispered. You never give up
do your"
NO." he said, 81 never give up
when l am striving for something
which l greatly want" There was
meaning in his voice, though he had
struggled to conceal IT. She lowered
her eyes, and said no more
Slowly the lights of shore grew
brighter. After a time Orme could
distinguish the masses of trees and
buildings. grayly Illuminated by the
arc lamps of the streets. He spoke
to Porter in an undertone.
Can you land us some distance
south of the life-saving station?" he
asked
Sure. I'll run in by the Davis
street pier"
I'll be obliged to you" Orme
sighed. Il made bad mess of it.
didn't II"
ooh, don't know" replied the life
saver. eve got the lady"
Orme started. YES" he said, I'VE
got the lady-and that's more i'm
portant than all the rest of it,
Porter grinned noncommittal grin
and devoted himself to the wheel.
They had saved the girl! In his
disappointment over the escape of the
Japanese Orme had forgotten, but
now he silently thanked God that Por-
ter and he had come out on the water.
The girl had not yet explained her
presence in the boat. In her own
good time she would tell him., But
she had been there under compulsion;
and Orme shuddered to think what
might have happened.
He stole a glance at her. She was
leaning back on the seat. Her eyes
were closed and her pose indicated
complete relaxation, though it was
evident from her breathing that she
was not asleep. Orme marveled at
her ability to push the nervous ex-
C1LSluSnl VI lIS SNShlLS away anu
snatch the brief chance of rest.
When at last the launch ran up
under the end of a little breakwater
near the Davis street pier, she arose
quickly and sprang out of the boat
without help. Then she turned, as
Orme stepped up beside her, and
spoke to Porter. eff you and Mr..
Orme had not come after me-" she
said, there's no telling whether l
should ever have got back. l should
like to shake hands with you" she
added; and bending down, she held
out her firm white hand.
Then Orme laid his hand on the
life savers shoulder. you've done
a piece of good work tonight" he
said.
Porter laughed embarrassedly. Il
only ran the boat for you," he began.
"You took me at my word" said
Orme, "and that's good deal in such
a case Goodby. I will look you up
before l go back east"
CTO BE CONTINUED
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-01-25
CHAPTER VI.-continued.

Il know why he went out so far"
remarked Porter. "He is running
without lights"
THAT in itself is suspicious, isn't
it," Orme asked.
why, yes, 1 suppose so-though
people aren't always as careful as
they might be. Our own lights aren't
lighted, you see."
Have you any clue at all as to
where she is?"
only from the direction the
sounds came from just before the ex-
plOsions stopped. She had Roadway
enough to slide some distance after
that, and I'm allowing for it-and for
the currents. With the lake as it is,
she would be carried in little"
For nearly half an hour they contin-
ued straight out toward mid-lake.
Orme noticed that there was slight
swell The lights of Evanston were
now mere twinkling distant points,
far away over the dark void of the
waters.
Porter shut off the power 1--WE
must be pretty near her, he said.
They listened intently.
Perhaps I steered too far south" "
said Porter at last.
He threw on the power, and sent
the boat northward in slow, wide
circles. The distant steamship had
made progress toward the northeast
bound, perhaps, for Muskegon, or
some other port on the Michigan
shore. She was a passenger steam
er, apparently, for lines of portfolios
and deck-windows were marked by
dots of light. There was no other
sign of human presence to be seen on
the lake, and Ormes glance ex-
pectantly wandered to her lights now
and then.
At last, while he was looking at it,
after a fruitless search of the dark
ness, be was startled by strange
phenomenon The lights of the
steamer suddenly disappeared. An
instant later they shone out again.
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There he had spent one summer vaca-
years past, but this pose, the rope in
his hand, flashed it oack to him.
Now they were almost on the Japa-
nese. For the moment he seemed to
waver. He glanced at the approach
ing launch, and reached uncertainty
for the boat hook. Yet it did not
seem to occur to him TO yield.
And then, as for the hundredth time
he laid his hands on the motor, he
uttered cry 1t was plain to Orme
that the cause of the supposed break
down had been discovered. But was
there time for the Japanese to get
away? 1t was doubtful. He opened
the feed pipe and let the gasoline
again flow in. The launch was now
so near that Orme could almost have
leaped the gap, but the Japanese bent
his energy to the heavy fly wheel, tug
ging at 1t hurriedly.
The motor started The boat began
to move.
Even now it looked as though the
collision could not be prevented, but
the Japanese, Selling the steering
wheel, turned the boat so quickly to
starboard that the stern fell away
from the bow of the approaching
launch. There was no crash, no hard
bump; merely glancing blow so
slight that in that calm water it
scarcely made the boats careen.
Then Orme threw his moose. The
distance was less than ten feet, and
the loop spread, quick and true, over
the head of the Japanese. But, swift
though the action was, the Japanese
had an instant to prepare himself.
His right arm shot up. AS Orme, jerk
ing at the rope, tried to tighten the
ed it over his head and it slid over
the side into the water In a few
seconds the swift boat had disap-
peared in the night.
Tightening his lips grimly, Orme
drew the wet rope in and mechanical
say. He had failed So good an op-
portunity to recover the papers would
hardly return.
Silently he turned back to the 9th
ers. Porter had swung the launch
around and was heading toward the
distant lights of Evanston. The girl
was peering in the direction whence
came the sound of the receding boat.
Thus, for some time they remained
silent
At last the girl broke into a laugh.
1t was a ripping, silvery laugh, ex-
pressing an infectious appreciation of
the humor of their situation. Orme
chuckled in spite Of himself. If she
could laugh like that, he need not stay
in the dumps. And yet in his mind
ranked the sense of failure He had
made poor showing before her-and
she was laughing. Again the corners
of his mouth drew down.
81 suppose the notion is amusing"
he saba cowboy at sea-"
ooh, 1 was not laughing at you"
She had sobered quickly at his words.
81 shouldn't blame you, if you did"
'It is the whole situation" she went
on. "And it wouldn't be so funny, if
it weren't so serious
Il appreciate it," he said.
"And you know how serious it is"
she went on. But truly, Mr.. Orme,
I am glad that we did not damage
that boat 1t might have been ter
rible If he had been drowned" her
voice trailed off in a faint shudder,
and Orme remembered how tired she
must be, and how deeply disappointed.
'Now, Girl he said, bending over
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-01-25
a Canarv's Ears.

A canary's ears are back of and a
little below its eyes. They are not
hard to find when one has learned
where to look. There is no outer ear.
such as animals have, but simply a
small opening which is covered by
feathers. It is quite surprising that
birds possess the very acute hear
ing which they do, while lacking the
f1eshy flap which enables the animals
to catch sounds-St. Nicholas.