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70 zee the participants natives OF the
countries they represent. but the Yale
observation-disclosures contest was
more intercollegiate thar international.
Therefore Putnam. the American
Rhodes scholarship man. had a very
good right to represent his college.
Just as many a foreigner has lone for
an American college. We have been
told much OF the superiority OF the
American athlete. especially after the
Olympic games. a contest thai Is IN
ternationaL a great many Of these
American athletes" are foreisn-born;
some OF them well dey eloped when they
first saw America, Examples. Mo-
0rath, Flanagan. Sheridan. Mcdonald,
Con Walsh, Lawson Robertson. Simon
ellis and many others. ] might also
add that there Il a fresh lot OF I'm
ported athletes ready TO uphold the
athletic clubs OF New York at the next
Olympia J. 8. Md
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concession will be made in a spirit Of charity. If the experiment
proves too costly, it need not be repeated another summer.
For wha. We are about to receive let us be duly thankful. But
there is no occasion Just yet for fireworks and public rejoicing. II
the r. r. T. and the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company
cannot now Sc reasonabeness in anything short of a ten-cent fare
for everybody all the time, there seems little hope that the philan-
thropic test now proposed will bring about any change Of heart
IN short, the oppressive ten-cent tariff may still look forward
to long life and prosperity. Evidently the Public Service Com
going to stand in its way.
Why should a matter Of such great and immedfate importance
be subjected TO dubious experiment?
Must a rich and powerful corporation apply such wearisome
precautionary tests to discover If II can afford to carry the Gtys
millions to their own natural breathing spot without charging them
double fares?
Why should the city establish a public bathhouse at Coney Island
beach if the people can't afford 10 50 there7 Shall the opening Of
these baths, promised next week, be further postponed 10 await the
result Of the r. r. Ts experiment.
What do commuters and real estate investors on the far side
Of Kings Highway think about the matter 20 far2 Do they want
more time FOR consideration and experiment.
Representative citizens who attended tho hesrinss on Monday
and Thursday Of this wrek, when the Public Service Commission or
dered the transit officials to appear and answer tho question - 10
whether they wore doing the right thing by the people or not could
have given expert testimony in tho csse, had they been permitted.
But the companies required moro time for consultation and invest-
CATION, hence the abrupt adjournment
The B. R. Ts uitimseum va, well Aeht n out on this ten
cent line, il it takes all summer"
In all probability Il 10 going 10 take longer than ths4.
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and declared II drove HIM mad to do
anything. He wanted to think.
o course. she's a fine gtrl!" said
MI. Silver. intellectually. The finest
girl i know. But who am l that I
should marry a nice girl like that She
should marry some fellow who could
appreciate her"
You're all right. Jack" said Mr..
Jarr. I'VE all have to come to Il. It's
like death and axes"
But Williamson! She won't under
stand Williamson. poor fellow" said
Mr.. Silver.
"She won't try to-" said Mr.. Rangle.
grimly. you have got the harpoon
and Williamson will get the hook"
IT don't car for Williamson. al
though he does know my ways" said
the bachelor feelingly, but, boys. I
couldn't stand a wedding-marching
down the aisle with everybody grinning
and the brides mother and all her
friends weeping. And then q lot Of
mirthmakers throwing rice and old
shoes and following US to the depot
blowing horns n shouting. They're
married.! Look at en- and tying
white ribbons IN our trunks!
Gents, I am a peaceable man, but
you can warn fresh humor!sts you
know that the first man who throws a
grain Of rice. the first man who ties a
white ribbon on my trunk will welter
in his gore.
II shall carry an automatic revolver
up the aisle. and the first grinning
jackass that adds humiliation to my
other woes will be turned into a target.
And you can read In the papers:
"'MANSLAUGHTBR AT FASHION
ABLE WEDDINGS! RIGHTEOUSLY
INDIGNANT GROOM STAYS A
LoATHsOME WEDDING JOKER
WITHIN THE SACRED FANEi
JUDGE CONGRATULATES HERO
AND RELEASES HIM ON HIS OWN
RECOGNLZANCE! 1T IS NOT
THOUGHT ANYTHING WILL BE
DONE FURTHER IN THE MATTER
EXCEPT TO PRESENT THE FOOL
KILLER WITH A DIAM ON ID
STUDDED MEDAL"
"Oh. don't take 1t so hard" said Mt.
Rangle. you wouldn't want to de-
prive your bride of a fashionable and
conventional weddingY"
II suppose not" gloomed Mr.. Silver.
"But-but-they tell me they even re-
hearse II all with you n the groom
has to wear a frock coat and lavender
trousersl"
This picture was evidently too much
for Mr.. Silver. He got up and Kicked
over the table.
You guys get to-you know where
out of thts,' he yelled. You rot me
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Mr.. Jarr Gleefully Watches the Struggles Of a
Poor Cupid-Chas Bachelor to Escape the Net

Gus colors--red. white. blue, yellow and
brown-cluttered a table nearby and
wer, on the floor, together with cigar
and cigarette ashes and ends.
A good wife would have been horri-
fed at such disorder and would nave
promptly driven the men out OF the
place. Strengthened II NJ neatly-and
then wondered why men stayed out OF
a house that was kept like a pin for
them.
But Mr., Silver al a bachelor and
had no loving. self-sacriicing wife TO
keep his house In order, lie only a
a housekeeper and a man servant. and
you know how much those creatures
care.
In fact. the "A servants CWilliam-
son) only care appeared 70 he that Mr..
Silver and his friends did not die OF
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Truly Spoken.

Ow often the student. facing q difficult
examination paper. for which he I, not
thoroughly prepared. 'ius. sueses,'
Sometimes he hits 1t right: ~oftsner. whatever the
plaudbility n his effort. ne fails. as the boy did
Of whom Punch tells.
During the term instruction had been given a.
10 the visit ~ the Dutch fleet 10 the Midway. In
examination the following question was put:
Explain the context II the passage. This
would never have happened II Oliver had been
alive"
One answer vas ss follows:
This was sad when they dug M the body of
Oliver Cromwell after the Restoration. Youths
Companion.
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7 KNEW an old sailor who spent
forty years OF his life at Sailors
= Snug Harbor, or Staten Island, who
used TO earn twice as much "bacoy sill.
ver'' as his messmates by whiting u
and selling an ingenious little contriv-
ance which he called The Puzzle
Boat."
The object OF the puzzle is TO move
the Get OF pegs from the right TO the
left and those on the left over 20 the
right. from one sausre to another with
the additional privilege OF jumping over
. peg 10 a vacant hole 10 expedite mat
tWA The roblsan 70 TO transpcss ths
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thirst during the hot spell.
Ever n anon Williamson appeared
with tall tumblers and cold siphons and
other things of the sort on a silver
tray and served in silence.
lie seemed to know Just what was
wanted. And commands that evidently
sirnihed That's plenty" or "A little
more ice" were merely grunted.
cheer up. Jack. The worst 10 yet to
comet said Mr.. Jarr consolinEly.
Mr.. Silver groaned and tilted back his
chair iii his hot forehead touched tho
cool wall covering. This was a thing a
w1fe would never have permitted. It
marks up the paper.
Mr.. William Rufus Rangle flipped a
deck OF cards idly and snickered. They
were not playing. They had been. but
Mr.. Silver had simply stopped playing
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parative bulk OF objects OF the same
proportion is TO secure the cubes Of
their lengths or diameters. II the
eight-inch egg, the cube OF which II
bi2. cost ELISE, or three times the cube.
then the 6 which sold for es4 must
have had a cube Of 81 is, the root Of
which gives 2,77st+o inches for its diam
stsr. The other two eggs must be OF
to the smaller ono will equal that of
the s-inch ess. THU as inches for
the diameter Of each of the other two
! sgss oils the rsausrsrnHtA
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A Defect.

n OERTA1N skeptic was contending hefors 1
~ minister that the work Of the Creator N
manifestly imperfect.
Have YOU not yourself" he asked. NOTED d
f~cts In the human organism. for instance, "a
thought II better contrivancesi"
To his delight there wa the frank reply;
Why, yes. I really lhink I have"
I'm what r~especti"
Why" dravled the panon. YOU ~. vAn 4
want TO shut out anything diayreeable from ms
sight, ! can draw down nv syclids, and tia ali
done; hut, unfortunately. | haven't any flsps u
my ears"
Free conversation ceased at about tina, poiut -
The Christian Guardian.
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He hadn't an
collar on. other.
But this was moth
Ing strange. for
near him sat Mr..
Jarr with mis- coat
on and minus his
collar. And form
Ing a trio Of coat
less and c~ollarless
males was that
good man and true
William II ufu 8
Rangle.
Some disks Of
celluloid IN vari-
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The May Manton Fashions
. resi- variations Of.
the peasant blouse

r. resi- variations OF
the peasant blouse
constantly are sp Z
pearing. Here In thu
Illustration II Is made
with a fancy collar and
with a yoke effect q,
the back, but II Z
palmer waist Is wanted
the back can be lsft
plain and the collar ana
under sleeves omitted,
as Indicated In the back
View, II will be found
equally well adapted "a
the separate blouse and
to the entire gown, and
1t can be worn with
high wasted skirt o.
with one that is flniahsl
with a belt.
The blouse Is made
with side portions and
sleeves that are cut IN
one. and centre front
and ccntre-back. The
centre back can b
made of two materials,
to give a yoke effect, OF
OF one. The cent e-froni
Is made of yoking ma.
terial above the trim
ming and of material
to match the blouse Dc,
low, while the SHAPED
trimming portion coy
ers the edges OF both
The fancy collar. whica
Is optional, Is arranged
over the shouldNrA
Guns can he used a
finish the sleeves o.
the edges can be left
plain. The under sleeve@
when used are AZ.
tached beneath thA
cuffs.
For the medium sist
will be required Q 81
Yards of material
! is yards SO or ~ In,
ches wide. with 81
yard IS for the fanoJ
collar and cum, 81
yard of satin for thu
trimming, rs yard II
For yoke end unds,
sleeves.
Pattern No. 7Os8 n
cut In sizes for q a.
49,, 80. ~. ~ and Al
inoh bust measure.
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NuquM "A common foot fault in cara IL planting one or both pedals
a Ss seat facing or in front. OmitMng the doormat and walking
owr tapestry carpets and Persian rugs with muddy shoes may be
n~agnified to q foot crime. Trading on your partners feet in
dancing belongs in the same category. Shutting, stamping, gum
shoeng, or wearing squeaky totgear, all are minor misdemeanors
which ought to be discouraged. Tight shoes, also, are O the list.
Spats, especially white ones, involve a question that has never been
iudicdly settled. But the unwritten law is against them.
Not TO be able to open ones mouth without putting ones foot
in il, is undoubtedly a foot delinquency. So is the chronic habit
Of kicking at everything and everybody. Pumping the pianola after
II p M. is always reprehensible foot work. With too many people, at
any hour, it amounts to murder-of music, at least.
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FOOT FAULTS.
= DOT FAULTS IN TEN

vi FAULTS IN TEN
MS" \ the title Of a
current technical thesis
which doubtless ID sound
and helpful enough, as
far - II goes. But some
live stuff about foot faults
in general would have a
vastly wider application
than what merely touches
on and appertains to the
tennis player who in serv-
ing loses . point BY swing
ing bis tree foot over the
bsselins while hitting a
swipe at the ball with his
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WHY EXPERIMENT.?

RESIDENT WILLIAMS,
of the B. X. r., announces
through the Public Service
Commission that during the
next two months his com
panywill voluntarily try the
experiment Of granting a
fve-cent fare to and from
Coney Island over its ele-
waited lines at certain in
convenient hours Of the
day, and not including Sat
urdays, Sundays and legal
holidays. It is not . rea-
sonable proposition, the
Colonel declares, but the
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positions OF the black n white pegs
in the fewest moves and the board Is
marked north, south, east and west to
enable puzzlists to record the sequence
OF their plays,
Remember that the pieces move
sauarewise so as TO change TO an oppo-
site color each time. except when a
Jump is made, Diagonal move or Jumps
are not permitted, In how few moves
can you perform the feat7
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By Roy L. MCCardell.

n HR- JACK SILVER sat IN his shirt
|\/U sleeves in MS den In his bache-
WI Tor apartmentA
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A Strange
Atonement.

You are the murderer Of m y IN" she sasped at sight Of Landry. 90
You have said. your heart is dead. hav no longer a place among yini
men. Go! I hate and despise you"
You wrons me" he answered. MY hearti is living. Catherine. I nave cos
muned with the dead. an l coli TO 90 myself before yu, repentan, low
you. I six for pardon. And I AM pardoned Is It not So, m y nrti v.a inc mi
.lastT'
He kissed her and rushed ron he room Hury1ng to Arthurs cell n. n
leasedth he youth and. unrecognzed.. took the latrs place in the cart hat y a
waiting to bear a group of prisoners to n guiloine Arthur. freed on al
very threshold of death. ran to he room where his mother awaited him. From
the window they saw a tall figure moun the steps of the scanod m fearessl,
Il Was Robert Landry.
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The Man Who
Vanished.

eousy unkempt. and had endured a living death. one impulse alone had X
him alive the mad yearning for reveng against Latour and St Valerie the n
who had robbed him off freedom and OF love.
Old friends in the Bastle moi recognized thu wretched captive. They nur
him back to health and strength. Bit by bit he learned all that had happa
during his n imprisonment Latour "A prosperous. Catherine Duval was
rich Countess de st. Valerie. and had seemingly forgotten her I'D sweethes
The world lay empty and dreary before Robert Landry. Prison itself had b
less horrible. In anguish he cred:
MY heart is dead"
Henceforth he devoted every energy to vengng his m The Revolut
burst owe France Aristocrats b y tn hundred were dragged to the gulot
The People weret taking terrible revenge for centuries of oppression. Lam
rose high in power among tn revoiutonsts At length the time that he
awaited arrived. Both Latour and Arthur de 81. Valerie were tracked down
thrown into prison. Death sentence as passed upon them.
As Arthur "a merely guilty fathers son, Landry wa content ( let
young nan perish or the sanoh. But this seemed to him too hight a pena
Ito inhict or Iat0ur. He had Latour brought from his cell intoa an ONCE Of
choose me of them and to fight for his life. The duel vas brief. II a
Landry had laid Iatour dead at his feet
On tho dead mans body wal found IN old letter from tho Count de
Valerie Landry read II. The letter proved that the Count had been deceived
IAtour and had had n o part In planning Landrys terrible imprsonment Scare
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ANSWER TO Aux EGG PUZZLE.
The method Of ss~osrtsaninx Ne CON,
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had Landry read this when Catherine en'
She had again and again pleaded with mir
life. But he had always refused to forel
Now. on the morning fixed for Arthur's exc
come TO bid the sad farewell.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-04-07

It. is doubtful if the sanitary con-
ditions of any city, were ever more
thoroughly inspected than we're those
of Welsh, last Saturday.
DR.. Oscar Bowling, president ol eno
State board of health, together "lVn
his corps of able assistants, arrlS'"
here in their special cars at 9;l' 0as
urday morning, and we're weIco"eo
as thew came in, BY the Welsh 'bano'
who rendered several excellent seleo-
tions Of music. which DR.. Downing
assured his audience, in the 'eVeii'nS'
was both great surprise and also
greatly appreciated. .u.
Immediately upon ARRIVING, the cars
comnosine the health train "el'
. switched onto the house track "io'
Chow uore visited by large number
y of the people of Welsh, lncluoin'
D MANY Of the school children, Inc eN
D hibjtion on these cars, which conS's'
D ed, in a large measure, of pa'nolos
3 oo1 snecimens and pictures, we're IL
Z tenselv interesting and instroc'''
z alike to young and old There WEI
y nanv other things in this exhibit Vii
D wore educational in their scope SUI
h ao,s of MANY of the latest sat
4 tary apparatus now in use IN We
. regulated homes.
q DR., Bowling proved himself TO DC
q man of action as we'll as OF sclen'
D Immediately upon his arrival ne "
n met by Mayor A. 7. Jones Dr. h'
Lewis, local sanitory Inspector !
Inc. H. Cooper, president of the c
d hoard of health, and number Oh .
d or citizens. After a brief CONVEX
\ ton he set out on his tour OF 1h'e
: gation, visiting the bakery nov
, restaurants, diaries, meat marx
, s,auebter pens, drink emporlu
q groceries and barber shops
y While the Doctor is an exceeui'
, pheasant and agreeable gentleman
: rss thoroughly familiar with the
( no had in hand and.did not mlnce
tors ipltbe least, pointing out to the
y nrietor, the points wherein DIS e.
, 3o;lod tn comply with the
I as, requirements, and offering ne
l 4 srccestions relative to bringing
,ho rocessary standard, Late
q tho evening the Doctor read the
6 of his findings to the large au'
! who had assembled at the Auo,'e
r A ~ hear the lectures given by Ihe
G f.rent health officials. While ne
moro or less TO critlcise in the sa
X ton of each of the establishment u
N : ho visited, we are impressed wit
- d ;1ea, as we compare his findings
- ,n;th those of other places us
IN lisbed in the various papers {
IN ? state, that he found We'sh IN ID
, tor sanitary condition than ma
50 the places he has visited
Els While DR.. Bowling was max
y, tour,of inspection, Miss Agnes les
NV ris, who travels with the n heal'7
KS . ,lot With the ladies of the Civic
ID met WIN , v" matters of civic
y ness with them. sne a eSp and
self as greatly surprised a at;on
& 9TH the excellent organ,iZa.lo'ul
! league Ea here, and .oo Of tine sms
D ( work they had accompl asnn
said said the ladies had - a aceb'I
AAN more here, in the brlet ~on'A
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-04-07
WELSH RECEIVES VISIT FROM
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH OFFICIALS
DR.. Bowling and Assistants Spend 'w ,se'r '''
Hours in the Cty.-~-Their VISIT 'Ae'p-
full and Instructive.

existence, than similar ORGANIZATIONS
IN many cities do in the first year o'
their organization. Miss Morris also
oadrossed the Southeast District Teach
ers' association, which held us nion'"'
" session here instead Of at Jehhlnss'
80 has boon the custom, for some time.
uer talk was along the line OF tea'i''
ing cleanliness to the children III 'ne
mblic schools; not only by pfecep''
but by making clear to them the fe
lation of cleanliness to healthluI''e'''
In the evening the Auditorium was
e,1ad with an interested audience wAo
listened to the different members Vi
the board discuss important features
. Of sanitation, and the prevention VI
g disease. ,:.
= The first speaker was DR.. Dowl'ps,
o who after complimentlng the loc",
=, health board for the work they h"0
= done, the Civic League upon the gen
; oval airofneatness prevailing through
ont the city, and the Welsh Band LOT
10 the reception they had given INT
~ health officials upon their arrival
- discussed various phases of persona
S q, and General cleanliness. He handle
~ his subject without gloves, calling
IL "snade" a spade. His addres
~ obtained much food, not only &c
q thought, but for actual ,applica''o'
90 Nv the majority, at least, of all pre-
,as ent. ,., 4;
n Dr. Sidney Porter, the medical
Dr. spector in charge of the kockele''
-, hookworm work, followed DR.. Do'
,th. inc with an interesting and lns'fu'
,sa. i've description of the hook-wo'
,sti. and it's effects upon its vlctl"
o,s &C we'll as an account OF the We
.ets that is now being done to conn
&c ravaqes. His lecture was
1,strated by number OF stereop'i'
,o,v views, which added greatly IN
no pressing the subject upon the mi
work. of the audience.
W.T. Miss Norris also appeared on
nno. nlatform and explained NUMBER
~ ,,;otrres thrown upon the canvass
a w. the moving picture machine.
1,t,,, A number of moving pictures
.pl .,,o, chowu. some of them being Q
~ :! ~; comical nature, for the entertain
" a;st Of the children, while most OF
gov ,noro Instructive, showing the ell
, ',;,,n Of unsanitary conditions. Inc
- a.. mon house fly came ia for the la'
,ouna mart of this line Of work. us III
,:.a and life circle being shown from
y .hat time the eggs were depos TIED IN
=, tho Of refuse, such as are all too ire'
horo around the back door and IN 1he
NH. ward of many premises throus'
:. ' tho maggot stage, the wingless stage
- hot 70 the fully developed fly, which,
~ If disporting itself to safety on
10y " among the vilest filth imagl'
ing his finally h.es ""s. w.. ,.a ,oos upo
, tr m sugar, fruit and other food t tn
LIE ague too soon 10 W AVA
cleanli- lily meal. o,oso of the meetin
ID her Az VIC ,o oa h;s findings of the
pleased Dowilng lI low suggestions, after
of the oterins, o.. d It tho audience for the
cunt OF ne tna"he ~ . tho c;tv officials TO,
d. ,;, PM hearty cooperation and asslsta
ny lp', the;r the workIof the day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-03
LOCAL GUNNERS WIN
Victors in Interstate Match at
Seagirt Tourney.
CAPTURE BRIGGS TROPHY
1st District Regiment Team Sets q
Fine Record.
FOUR MAKE PERFECT SCORES
Sergt. Groom Hits Possible so at
1000 Yards-Capt. Smith Of
Jersey Wins Officers Match.

RIFLE RANGE, Seagirt. N. j.. Septem-
tember 2.--Rifemen from the 1st District
of Columbia Regiment competing here
today in the twenty-first annual rife
tournament of the New Jersey State
Rifle Association won victories in a close
match for the interstate regimental
trophy. The trophy is handsome bronze
presented by United States Senator Frank
o. Briggs Of New Jersey The entire
winning team made a remarkably good
score on the 6OO-yard range, where
total Of 800 out of possible 300 was Sc
cured. No man made less than Al.
Light conditions were ideal for the con-
test. but there was a very ftful wind,
which puzzled the contestants at times.
In spite Of this. Capt Owen Smith of
the 4th New Jersey Regiment made
possible score Of so at 600 yards, and
Sergt Charles Groom Of the I'd District
Of Columbia team duplicated the per-
formance at 1000.
The match for officers and inspectors,
open only to those who are In commits
sion as ordnance officers and inspectors
of rifle or small arms practice, brought
out a field Of twenty-four.
Capt. Smith repeated his performance
of earlier in the day and made possi-
BILE score Of 30 at 900 yards. Capt. Ben
South of Ohio made a perfect score of
1000.
Monday five matches are scheduled, two
company team contests, the veterans
team match. the Nevada trophy match
and the all-comers' expert match.