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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-18
RIGHTS OF A RUNNER
Cobb Declares Spikings Are Re-
suits of Attempt to Block.
Greatest OF Baseball Players Says He
Would Not Intentionally Injure
Fellow PIayer-FootbaIl Tao
tics Are Used.

''I hate to be referred to as a
BRUTE" says Tyrus Cobb, greatest of
ball players. and now in the zenith OF
his grand career. 1T isn't very pleas
ant for fellow to be called a rough
performer and a deliberate crippler of
his fellowmen. / wouldn't Intentional
ly hurt another player for twice my
salary, and yet, whenever somebody
bumps up against these spikes Of
mine, they all say do it intention
ally, and discuss which would be the
better way-to eliminate the spike or
to eliminate T. Raymond Cobb.
Let's have a little understanding
about this thing and, also, let's go
back into baseball history little way.
Long ago there were players, some of
them much slower and heavier than
myself, SO am told by veterans who
knew them, players who, despite this
bulk and slowness, stole more bases
to the season than l do nowadays. l
find from the old guides that there
were dozens of men who made good
baserunning records, say from thirty
wasn't considered at all remarkable.
And yet fail to find in the old news
papers mention of many collisions, or
many cases where basemen were
spiked by the sliding runners.
What does all that mean? Simply
this: that in those days everybody
recognized the right of the base run
ner to clear field and fair chance
to steal the next cushion if he had the
speed and skill. Nowadays the in
fielders think that the way to stop a
runner is to use football tactics; to
step way over on the side of the base
nearest to the approaching stealer and
They receive you on their shins or
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-18

the close of the eighteenth centu1y
Whitney's gin was invented.
The beneficence of the cotton plant
as an agent of civilization can hardly
be overestimated. Its sudden develop
ment is almost unparalleled in the
history OF economic products, and it's
enormous Importance to-day in the
agricultural, commercial and indus
trial life of the world renders it diff
cult to believe that scarcely more
than 200 years ago cotton was prac-
tlcally unknown to the civilized ma.
lions OF the west. The superiority of
raw cotton for the purposes of textile
manufacture consists in the fact that
the fiber of it's floss has natural
twist possessed by no other vegetable
fibers, which renders it peculiarly
adaptable for spinning and weaving.
Cotton and cotton WOOL in medicine,
surgery and dentistry, have an ever
increasing number of applications.
Finally, goods manufactured out OF
cotton are relatively cheap.
The usefulness of cotton does not
end with its adaptability for spinning
and textile manufacture Its seeds
furnish an oil which is edible and OF
Industrial value. The stems and
leaves furnish an admirable fodder for
live stock. Indeed, there is no por.
tion of the plant that has not a high
value. Human ingenuity has con-
stantly discovered new applications
of its products. notably, the manufac.
ture of gun cotton, highly explosive
substance, obtained by soaking cot
ton in nitric and sulphuric acids, and
then leaving it to dry. This sub
stance, when dissolved in a mixture
of rectified ether and alcohol, yields
an adhesive liquid called collodion.
much used in surgery.
Every republic in Latin America
grows cotton. In some of them
Peru, for instance-and along various
parts of the Caribbean coast cotton
Is an indigenous plant, and was used
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-18

feet, they strive to check your slide
so that it will be physical anpos-
sibility for you to arrive at the base,
and then they bring down the ball for
the putout.
It's worst of all at the home plate.
for there the armored catcher, with a
big body protector and shinguards,
meets you as you come in and squats
on you or on the base path, SO that
you can't butt through or squirm past
his huge bulk. AS a result of these
tactics nobody dares to slide head
first nowadays. Duff and Mccarthy,
who were great base runners in the
olden times, have told me that in
their day the acme of perfection was
the head-first slide, twisting the body
to one side and reaching out a hand
to touch the base. The man who tried
that now would get his hand spiked or
his neck broken.
Now, under all baseball law and
the logic of common sense, the base
runner has right to try for his base
with clear field and no football
blocking. l believe that, and insist
upon it. Furthermore, | don't want to
play hog. Half that base is mine. and
l claim that half whenever | go after
1t.
Il don't slide past the bag, nor even
over the boundary of the half that's
mine. If the baseman stands where
he belongs, on the half-base that is
his, or on the farther side, he won't
get spiked, and he has a fair, even
chance, if he is active with his hands,
to touch me out. That's square enough.
isn't it?
IF the baseman deliberately comes
over the base, standing in the road so
that have no chance to slide in ex.
cept by violent contact with him,
whose fault is it if he gets the spikes?
Think it all over and then decide; am
l brute, butcher or a reformer?
l think that I'm a real reformer, cor
recting abuses and trying to bring
back certain phases of the game to
their condition in the earlier days"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-18
Children's Garments.

The best-selling styles in children's
garments are those that are copied
from women's wear, says the Dry.
goods Economist. 1t is surprising how
becoming these little coats are. For
example, the shawl collar and side
fastening, so popular with the grown
ups, are also meeting with great sue
cess in children's coats. The same
is true of the hood effects, pointed col
lars, new shape sailors and Incroya-
BILE revers. Even the cut-up seams are
being employed by the designers with
considerable success.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-18
AD0RNMENT FOR THE BABY
Much Consideration Has Been Given
to Designs for the Small
Household Monarch.

Sunray shirring is coming in again,
and very quaint 1t looks on the little
white bonnets for infants and their
sisters of two or three years. The
backs of the bonnets are stiffened
and round and the side portions also
are shirred.
One dainty little bonnet Of this
style is bordered with a band of white
fur, and second has a narrower
band of mink and tiny dabs of the
mink over the ears.
Pink apple blossoms apepar on one
model, and a cluster of round, pink,
unopened buds on another. A wreath
is also very pretty decoration, one
being just an applique of alternating
leaves and petals, the leaves being of
moss-green velvet and the petals of
pink silk. White chiffon makes some
of these bonnets and white bengaline
others. One combines the two mate
rials, the chiffon being shirred in
bands and used to trim the more
severe outlines of the bengaline.
For very new baby long dress
has a three-inch ruffle at the foot,
applied with cording. A bow OF pale
blue ribbon, with streamers that
reach almost to the hem of the long
skirt, is caught at the left side near
the shoulder.
For a little tot in short dresses
there is dainty coat of accordion
plated white chiffon, with a forward
turning hem, and a little cape made
of white bengaline, embroidered.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-18

by the natives before the discovery
of America; in others it has been in.
troduced because the soil and climate
were found to be particularly well
adopted to all the needs and require.
ments of successful cultivation.
Mexico, Brazil and Peru are the
three republics in which cotton cult
walton has the widest el tension. In
Mexico the native cotton was found
along the eastern shore, but every
state in the republic can grow or is
actually growing cotton today, and
the annual yield would be very much
greater even than it is if other crops
did not prove at present more profit
able.
The same assertion may be made
in regard to Brazil. Every state has
its cotton fields, but only along the
Atlantic seaboard of the mid-tropic
state is 1t cultivated sufficiently to
form staple for export. Almost
every state in Brazii also has cotton
mills. and these form very pros
porous industry in the country. One
third the entire industrial capital of
the country, representing $6O,NOO 900,
IS invested in cotton mills.
Before the time of modern COM
merce the manufacture Of the raw
material into the finished product was
necessarily matter of domestic actiy-
ity, but as the mechanical arts prog
ressed in the United States and Eu.
rope raw cotton was exported, manu-.
factured abroad into cloth. and as
such imported by the cnun ry grow
ing 1t. The United States eI en- today
continues this practice, as great guam
titles of raw cotton are exported to
the spindles of Europe to be returned
transformed into delicate fabrics
The same process is going on in Latin
America. The factories of these coun.
tries cannot keep pace with the do
mand for cloth
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-18
RKlNG THE FALL COSTUME
y New Ideas Are to Be Found
Among the Latest Effects
Designed.

factically all the new coats are
Ie full length and cut on straight
+. They are made up in pongee,
finished taffeta and rubberized
Inong the novelty coats for fall are
Ie made Of taffeta or silk serge
lined with heavy cloth, the cloth
2g used for the trimming.
|lks, and especially silk velvets,
in the highest favor, and three
frocks are seen now where before
were shirtwaists and suit skirts.
be large collar revers and deep
1-back cuffs are much in evidence
|ew jackets. Quite a number have
IS trimmed to correspond with the
Iets.
le grandfather frill is still in IA
Formed of triple frill of point
brit net falling in cascade down
side of the corsage, 1t makes a
" finish for almost any gown.
hen sleeves are of the peasant
large folded back cuffs are usu-
employed as trimmings, with per-
a narrow undersleeve of some
white material, net or all-over
foidery.
hck or dark blue taffeta tailor
es, trimmed with fringe, are one
e inventions of the year. Taffeta
Pming into more and more favor
a strenuous vogue for 1t is un-
tedly ahead.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-18

|e modest little jabot which used
/ in the V of the coat opening
looks prim and old-fashioned, in
New jabots are stupendous af-
which make the whole coat
white and fluffy with sheer ma
and lace frills. This jabot has
|ne side rever of tucked lawn
/ ACE. At the straight edge of the
is a jabot frill of plated lawn
ace, very wide at the top and ta-
/ g to nothing at the bottom. The
turns hack over the left side OF
2oat front, the rever lying fiat
S the right side.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-18
Little silk Boleros

The dressmakers have experiment.
ed with boleros for two seasons, and
they seem to have landed them into
fashion at last. They are worn in
bright colors with white muslin gowns
or old-fashioned frocks of floral or
candle. They are finished around the
edge with plated ruching of ribbon
or a ruffle of lace. The severe ones
have only thick cable cord covered
with silk or satin.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-18

and Wagner never underwent that
torture.
Manning, who used to pitch for the
New York Highlanders, set down
Tyrus three times in a game played
in New York. That was some time
ago. Still, Wagner and Lajoie never
experienced the same displeasure un-
til recently. and a peculiar coinci-
dence was that both Larry and Hans
famed three times on the same after
noon.
George Suggs, former Tiger pitcher
Tor Cincinnati, handed 1t to Hans.
while Ed. Walsh, VINO won fame this
season by pitching no-hit no-run
game. struck out Larry In nTee out OF
eur times at bat
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-18
To clean silver Mesh Bau.

Any woman who owns a German
or sterling silver mesh bag or purse,
and who has learned how one soils
light dresses and gloves, will be glad
to know that she can clean it in a
few minutes herself at home. Just
take plenty of soda Common baking
soda), this is what the jewelers. use.
and little water and brush, rinse
we'll and dry and think Of the econ
omy-It looks as good % new.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-18

4 = ALKING COSTUME.-Cloth or
M serge would make up we'll in
M this style; the skirt has a
floating panel down front TAX
to within a few inches of foot.
basque of the Russian coat is add
under a belt of black satin, the
|ers are also of satin edged with
PIX and white striped silk; this
|h a binding of satin trims the
eves; frill of soft lace adds a
|sh.
Fat OF black satin, trimmed with
Eich feathers.
listing Dress.-Eau de Nil Vene-
! cloth is used here, the skirt is
|htly high-waisted, and is trimmed
/ way down each side by cord
/ n on quite straight, with a waving
narrower cord between; a row OF
ions is sewn on the inside, little
pings are left at the foot, to show
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-18
BIG SLUGGERS STRIKE OUT
Tyrus Cobb, Larry Lajoe and Honus
Wagner Have All Famed Three
Times in Single Game.

Those discussing the relative mer-
ils of the big league batsmen, Ty
Cobb, Larry Lajoie and Hans Wagner,
can no longer remark in any argu-
ment against Cobb that the worlds
greatest ball player has been famed
three times in one game while Lajoie
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-18
Co770W Nc700YIYf 10 u eW1zzS0 aT1zX "a

y HEN and where cotton was
\ first utilized in the indus
trial activities Of the world
cannot be definitely estab-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09
WOODBRIDGE

Mrs. M. McCarter spent Friday in
Newark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin we're Perth
Amhoy visitors Friday afternoon.
Miss Grace Huber, of Railway,
spent Friday night With Miss Ruth
Braley.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Weygandt are
the proud parents Of a baby boy
Mrs. Forbes was a Perth Ambey
visitor Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Robert Valentine is confined
to her home in Green street with an
attack of bronchitis
Miss Mary Prall and Miss Cert
rude Farrell were Perth Amboy visi-
tors Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Herbert A. Owen, of Glen
Ridge, visited the teachers of No. l
and the high school on Friday. Mrs
Owen was formerly Miss Mnrch, one
of the high school teachers.
Mrs. Thayer Martin was an out-of-
town visitor Friday.
Mrs. Rebecca Morris and Mrs. C.
A. de Russy were Perth Amboy visi-
tors Friday afternoon.
Miss Victoria Brown, the little
daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Charles
Brown, who has been very Ill with
pneumonia, is reported much i'm
proved.
Mrs. Raymond Moore was q Peril,
Amboy visitor Friday afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09
YOU GAN HAVE
HEALTHY HAIH
Usc weyah's Sage and Sulphur, A
Harmless Remedy That Makes
The Hair Grow.

What a pity It Is to observe so
many people with thin and faded
hair and then realize that the most
Of these people might have q fine,
healthy head of hair IL they would
but use the simple sage tea" OF our
grandmothers, combined with other
ingredients for restoring and pre-
serving the hair. No one, young or
old. need have graz hair. weak, thin
or falling hair, dandruf, or any
trouble Of the sort II they would but
use Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair
Remedy. On the contrary. It is pos
slble to hava healthy, vigorous hair,
OF perfect color. by a few appiica-
tons Of this remarkable preparation,
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair
Remedy quickly removes danSruf,
leaves the scalp clean and healthy,
promotes the growth of the hair,
and restores the natural color of the
hair which has become faded or
gray. 1t is a clean, wholesome dress
sing, which may be used at any time
and with perfect safety. Don't me-
elect your hair. Start today with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur.
This preparation is offered to the
public at fifty cents a bottle and is
recommended and sold sy all drug
gists.
Special Agents, Lauer Drug Co.,
Cor. Smith and State streets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09
SONG RECITAL
AT JAMESBURG
Railroad Men Hosts TO
Enthusiastic Audience.
spsotal 70 .As EYENrNo WE'VE.

Jamesburg, Dec. 9:-The local
Railroad Mems Association evidently
a popular chord when they
booked the famous Tennessee Jubi-
lee singers and entertainers Judging
by the large audience that turned
out Wednesday night in Lange's
Hall. The IS. r. o." sign was early
displayed and every one OF the
large audience was thoroughly
pleased with the two hours of solid
song and mirth supplied by the coll
ored artists. A varied program con-
sisting Of real old plantation melo-
dies, camp-meeting songs that were
very typical of the southern darkey,
the latest sentimental and ragtime
solos, i-nterspersed with witty say
ings and story telling and an exhibit
ton of fancy wing and buck dancing.
That the concert was a success is
due to the untiring efforts of this
hustling organizations entertain
ment committee who have arranged
a series for the winter months, this
being the second. About thirty dol
lars profit was realized.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09
SOUTH AMBOY

Mr.. and Mrs. J.. r. Fulton, OF
First street, were New York visitors
yesterday.
George Mcdowell, justice of the
peace in Monroe township, was a
South Amboy visitor yesterday.
Miss Charlotte Miller, of Beverly,
is visiting her father and sister, Of
John street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon Hutchinson,
who formerly resided in this city, at
present residing int Long Branch,
We're South Amboyi visitors yester-
day.
Mrs. John Buckle, of Broadway,
was an out-of-town visitor yesterday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs, S. ]. Dillon, of Riv-
%erton, were South Amboy visitors
yesterday.
Peter Clayton. OF Union Valley,
was a South Amboy visitor yester-
day.
Mrs. Joseph Schuyler, of Main
street, vas a Hightstown visitor yes
terday.
Mrs. August Blum, of George
street, was a Perth Amboy visitor
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. George Allen, of George
street. spent yesterday afternoon
out of town.
Miss Nellie Mason. of First street,
was a Perth Amboy visitor yesterday
afternoon.
Baird Perrine, of East Spotswood.
was a South Amboy visitor yester-
day.
Mrs. F. l.. Deacon, of Second
street, returned home yesterday at
ter spending several days with her
parents in Pemberton.
Mrs. Richard McC1oud, Sr., of
Broadway, was q New York visitor
yesterday.
Mrs. A. r. Chatter and daughter,
OF Main street, were out-of-town
visitors yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. A. H. Thompson, OF Second
street, spent yesterday afternoon out
of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry stratton, of
Church street, were New York visi-
tors yesterday.
Mrs, H 8. Brown, Of Second
street, was a Perth Amboy visitor
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. l.. F. Meinzer. of Borden
town avenue, spent yesterday after
noon out of town.
Fred Stults, a locomotive engi-
neer, Of Camden, was in South Am
boy yesterday and spent a short
time with his daughter, Mrs. Theo-
dore Manduka, of Main street.
Mrs. Ida Leary, Of Second street,
was an out-of-town visitor yesterday
afternoon.
Mrs. M. Williams, of Bordentown
avenue, was an out-of-town visitor
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Richard Rue, of Main street,
was q Newark visitor yesterday.
Miss Clara B~loodgood, of David
street, was a Perth Amboy visitor
yesterday afternoon.
The Exempt Firemen's Associa-
ton will meet next Wednesday even
ing in Fireman's Hall in Broadway
Ex-Mayor G. H. Muriheid has in
his possession and carries it with
him daily. a pocketbook that has
been in the family and in use since
1917. n. P. Mason, Sr., has one
that formerly belonged to his father
that has been in use since 1881.
Could they speak they might tell oil
large sums of money.
Frederick Diebert has awarded
the contract for the erection OF g
new dwelling on Bordentown ave-
nue. to jonathan Compton.
Frank Dlsbrow and William Dill
are spending this week in Virginia
on their annual cunning trip.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09
FORDS

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ralph, OF
Keasbey, moved into their new resi-
dence on Thursday which he recent
ly purchased from Joseph Diltz.
Mrs. e. B. Mundy was an out-of-
town visitor Thursday.
Mrs. Joseph Ling spent Friday In
Railway visiting her sister.
Mrs. John Nelson was an o%ut-of-
town visitor Friday.
Mr.. William Fullerton, OF Me-
tuchen, was a visitor on Friday al
the home of his mother, Mrs. james
Fullerton.
Mrs. Clarence Durham was ar
out-of-town visitor Friday.
The Misses Margaret and Eliza
beth Egan spent Wednesday II
Perth Amboy visiting friends.
Joseph Fitzgerald. Of Keasbey
was a local visitor Thursday even
ing.
Robert Ceiling spent "wednesday
In New York city visiting friends.
Mrs. Bates was a Perth AmboS
visitor Friday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09
sAYREvlLLE

James Herlock,rchief engineer of
the powder works, is i'll at his home
from injuries received while open
ing the gate to leave the trucks
in the yard on Monday. The team
started off before Mr.. Herlock had
the gate fully opened and the hub
Of the wheel caught his leg and
bruised it badly against the gate.
The driver of the team, Jerry
Waterman, was to blame.
Robert Hunter and Peter Green,
of Parlin, were South River visi-
tors Wednesday.
Mrs. Bertha Helms, of Dane street.
has excepted a position in Joseph
Jumps embroidery factory in South
River.
William McCutcheop, Of sayre-
vile, was a South River visitor
Wednesday.
Evelyn Herrell, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Gus Herrell, who fell out
of its high chair and nearly bit its
little tongue off recently, had the
stitches taken out by DR.. ]. H. Beck
ma on Wednesday Is doing consid-
cradle well. They think the child
will have an impeachment in Its
speech.
Arthur Heiberger and Alois Luker
of South River were SayreviIle Wis
itors on Wednesday evening.
Margareth Gottlich of Dane
street has accepted q position in
Bohe's embroidery factory In South
River.
John Chevaiier, of Lower Sayre-
Vile, Will leave here shortly to go
to Paris TO get a legacy left him by
his grandfather.
William Reese, of Upper sayre-
vile, was a New Brunswick visitor
Wednesday.
Fred Amen, Of Albert's hill was
a Midtown visitor Wednesday even
Ing.
Charles Ahrlet was a South River
visitor Wednesday.
Margaret Dreamer, of Church
street, has accepted a position in
| Herman Auken Co.'S factory at
South River.
The box makers in the Interna-
tfonal Smokeless Powder and Chem
ical Co. are so busy that they must
work evenings until 8 o'clock.
Fred Lit. of Albert street, and
| Miss Tena Moran, of New Bruins
wick, will be married tomorrow.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09
SEWAREN

NJ. E. Turner left town last Satur-
day morning for a few days ~sojourn
at Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Demarest
dined with friends at the Knicker-
booker Hotel, New York, Thursday
evening, later attending the theatre
and returning to Sewaren on the
midnight train.
Mrs. G. w. Boynton, who has been
away from home for a week visiting
on Long Island, is expected to return
on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. F. Grant leave
home next Tuesday for Washington,
d. G.
Mrs. Mittendorf, of Reading, is o
weekend guest at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Fred Turner, of East
avenue. Mrs. Mittendorf will dc
her Christmas shopping In New
York before returning home.
Mrs. Clarence Kemper, Mrs. Ham
NETT and Mrs. j. H. Smith were
among the shoppers or Friday al
Perth Amboy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09
SEWAREN HAS
CIVIC PRIDE
New Association to Better
Condition of Sidewalks.
spsctai TO ne EVENING NFws.

Sewaren, Dec. 9:-The monthly
meeting of the Sewaren Civic Asso-
citation at the home of Mrs. w. T,
Ames Thursday evening vas an in
.teresting one. The association has
the signs now In place warning auto
lists to Ego slow" one sign being on
Holton street, another on the corner
of Woodbridge and East avenues,
the third opposite Whitaker's store,
corner OF West avenue II found
necessary other signs will be put
up where needed.
The next work of the association
will be to try and remedy the very
bad sidewalks IN the principal
streets in town. Since freezing
weather came, after the ground
thaws, many of the walks r al
most impossible and to improve
these conditions will now be the
first efforts of the association,