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NOW | don't want to endanger my
reputation for modesty. but | don't mind
telling You hat the teams selected for
this pioneer sarVice-the baseball ar
gonauts of lSIi' n newspaper man
christened them at the big sendof on
the night before sailing-contalncd some
mighty solid baseball timber. No his
tory of the game would be worth a
tinker's Cuss word with their names
left out. Note the B~eanoaters' make
up as | take them, one by one, from
my diary: \. c. S%palding, pitcher;
Jim O'RouTke. first base; Ross Barnes,
second base. Harry Schafer, third base;
George Wright, shortstop; 4, j. Leon
ard, eft field, Cal McNey, right field:
Harry Wright, centre field; Thomas Ii.
Beals and sam Wright jr,, substitutes.
Can YOU beat It.?
We couldn't win often cnougl. 10 take
the championship, although we plugged
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American League Magnates
Will Adopt loll Schedule
in Jig Time To-Day.


CHICAGO. Feb. II. Manager Hal
Chase OF the H~ighlanders IS expected
here at any hour from the coast to at.
tend the meeting Of the American
League, which opened in this city TO-
day. One OF the reasons that he makes
the hurried trip Is 20 meet Russell Ford,
the greatest pitcher in the younger
major ieagae. in orGer to get the latter
20 sign a contract.
The great sp!t5all twir.er is about the
only one who has not put his signature
TO one o, those binding documents. hu;
i; looks like a sure thing he Will do 50
to-day. President Farrell and Scout
Irwin are also here to smooth over any
objections that Fore may have TO sign-
ing.
II Will be remembered that Ford wa'
one or the stars to sign with the pro,
posed third major league. which d. A
Fletcher OF Toledo tried to organize
Ford signed a paper In which he CAV,
Fletcher an option on his services L
Feb. 10.
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Surprise Party for English.

When II came to cricket we certainly
gave them a surprise party. In those
seven games we were permitted to play
eighteen men against eleven. which
proved to be far too much of an ad-
vantage. for we defeated with ease
such crack organizations as the Maryle-
bone. Princes and Surrey Clubs IN
London. both the Manchester and Shelf
field Clubs and the All-Ireland Club In
Dublin. In that Irish game / did a
stunt that surprised me as much as II
did 'anybody-I made the highest score
OF all in our game. although l was new
at cricket. and some OF the others
the Wrights. for example-were expert
players.
Now we certainly did make a good
impression in Great Britain. When /
landed / was prepared to have lots of
chances to find fault with things. but
/ never was more mistaken in my life.
Those English crowds that came to see
us play were the best set Of
folks I ever struck. | don't say that l
should like to play ball every day in
the week before such a c~rowd-after all,
there's something mighty stimulating In
q bunch Of good, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
American rooters-but II was a relief
to strike such a well-behaved crowd for
a change. First l thought it was all
because they didn't get on to the Amer
lean game and were afraid they might
let themselves loose in the wrong
places, ! expected that when We
reached the cricket end OF the pro-
gramme they would warm up n little.
, They didn't; hat was the English a
of doing it. and they didn't knrw any
other.
For one, ] was sorry when the thirty
days allotted to our visit had passed.
! Df cntirCp had n nnnl lpnl nf nurina.
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BOXING TOURNEY OPENS
TONIGHT AT THE !. A. A. C.

Nearly two hundred youngsters, repre-
scnting practically every club II. the
Metropolitan District. will compete to-
n,sht and Thursday night at the anna
ieur boxing tournament OF the Irish
American Athletic Club. Six classes will
10 decided and in vel OF them a score
OF boys viii meet the champion.
Frank Hufnagle OF the National A. c.
OF Brooklyn. who carried of the honors
al the last tournament. VIII compete In
the f25- pound class. lie has been work.
ing hard In PREPARATION for these bouts
ana yesterday he said he was in his best
condition. Besides Hufnaglc. nve OF the
SIX youngsters who won titles at tie
lAst meet VIII compete agtin.
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away at 1t FOR several seasons. and IN
tho fourteen exhibition games scheduled
Tor Great Britain We were winners only
SIX times. our makeup contained
but three men VINO were with the Ath-
letics when | Joined the club-MoBridc.
who was stli our pitcher; Flsler, who
had been changed from second to first
base. and McGeary, who was once more
our shortstop.
We sailed from Philadelphia July 16.
ana "A big crowd was at the wharf to
see us on. The voyage turned out to he
nothing more han a ten-day play
spell. With no one much under the
weather and everybody keen for what
ever sport was available. | don't mind
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"oId Cap" Tells OF Great Boom
in Baseball in 1874 and Of
Trip His Team and Champion
IBostons Made to England to
Introduce Game.
CHAPTER VIII.
Play Hall for John BOIL.

~ spite Of all our extra effort and the
FAC THAI MY salary had been raised
TO 1850. the Athletes did not SUE
coed In landing the champlonship IN the
season OF 1874 or even in securing second
place. The Bostons were again victorl-
Gus and the Mutuals of New York fol-
lowed them. this being the first time
since 'he Professional League was or
ganized that the latter club had climbed
to such a height up the baseball ladder.
Our disappointment was somewhat less
ened b. tho fact that although We were
obliged to remain ~ third place, our
Philadelphia rivals fell to fourth. The
Chicago White Stockings, OF whom such
great things were expected. could get
no higher than mn.
Well, We were getting used to dts
appointment, but I want TO say to you
right here that something happened that
season that stung ne to tho bitter-l
fell 20 eighth on the batting list. the
lowest place I had ned since | becam
q professional. You ave il straight
from A. e. Arson that II was one OF the
biggest troubles that ] had ever had
put up 10 me. I was so fused over 4.
that I didn't eat or sleep naturally for
n month, and finally | went 10 our
ger and told him Ia o made up
mind to nu!t thu game. Gee. but II
was a relief to have him call me 3
blasted fool II toll me that my salary
for tho next season would he $3.50!
Once again the Bnstons' splendid team
work had given them tho Victory. Thov
had PLAYED sixty games that We're
ounte as championship contests, had
won f,rty-three ~ them and had los'
but seventeen. | don't see now any
fan can look az that record n keep
his seat. The Athletics played ffty-two
record games that season. thirty-one to
~. nrnlI. a.L AurnnAu-nna Lam
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Stirring Finish
Gives Basketball
Game to Columbia

\ remarkable and hair raising hnlsh
save the Columbia basketball team n
victory over the University OF Pcnnsyl.
vaniG tnat caused the 5000 spectators
10 break into a riot OF JOY. In many re-
tpCets u Was one of the most exciting
games ever played on a local court.
When part of' the second half had been
played Pennsylvania was five points In
the lead n It looked certain that Co.
lumbia would lose.
All OF a sudden there was a break In
the luck, and Niondl OF Columbia began
10 show NiS real form. There was a
slambang rush lasting for ten minutes,
and wnen It was over Columbia had
scored seven points ana had tire lead by
4 fair margin, They then played for
time and kept the Pounsylyanians safe
~ away from the basket. The Ina
score was; Columbia, II; Pennsylvania,
10.
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ii.i nSI9;Ga ., has 'isO,d qp sam Msysy, The col,
l@ns'onl BIZ Lang battle. for twenty rounds
Tommy Burns. the retired c%Nht.ysgght
he orler Of Hugh Mcln;o,h ,nd Jimmy coiirp,!i;
Mn 'est Intention IN s,es: Tommy has inl hid
;hs Lesisiature TO permit botins bouts Of ten
rounds duration. The senator say, Ne has enough
votes to psss The measure in the House
1t va, not Johnny Kiibaue. the, re., little
Cleveland f~eathefveisht, who was knessed ogt
d, i5ni nam. Of Harry KIfiihsius'D kslSane has nsye!
i iops = c On rads c titr' 81 oPa the report i Is gwen With
the greatest Of pleasure.
~ It ar !. '.id s tina; tn; ki SllR'i f.r 4; C .D has Is. sSn' tic ts
nsat' Tii. Ct i, INC ii cur s;e d ia' aSG rs sst l "a. ' Sssn
i3{,gd . to r HssaS S2En K ,r'sSG, iBs tsS.ly me % Ssss1
ccitd5.scsd iitss doors after tie epn;c., be;sesn PHIL
MeGovcfn and Monte A'icll. The Reno A.. C..
81 Brooklyn IS another club shat has Just shut
down.
Joe Hes. who ha, rfereed bouts at the Long
Acre A.. g. ard National sporting club. l-yill not
act IN that g%spacity again ior az least .htss YEAR;
f = ne w o4s '' Texas. ''i IlS ss" 20, 1S along nicSlS in the
boxing game until he disqualified Ma;ty Baldwin
,icousi sporting ciaSS. 'ffl.n Joe los, his 100.
Dave Dc.hlc,. The harl hitting velterse.shi
NJ Philadelphia, have been matched by Jimmy
Kelly TO meet for ten rounds at the next stac
of the Rrookyn Beach 4. e. On Thur day night.
Corbe,t has fought all the good men a, his weight
IN the Quaker, CITY and consequently should give
Deshler a stiff battle.
Packev Mcfarland has been matched to meet
phil Brock. the Cleveland lightweight, for ted
rounds at q show 20 brought off At Lorain, o,
on Feb. 90. After packey had been informed BY
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien that his bout with Al.
Nnlgas;. which was slated for Feb. ~ 81
on EMS club in Phiily was off. he Immediately
narrnIr-l tcrna TO fight Nrnck.
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telling you that poker lost none OF it's
charm at sea, and m luck kept me
cheerful most of the time. For my
part. ] was sorry when we reached port
with those fourteen games OF ball
ahead OF MS and also seven games Of
cricket. which | forgot to mention until
now.
You may take II from yours truly
that there was some curiosity over on
the other side 10 see the great American
game Big turnouts greeted us wher-
ever we appeared, and l have nothing
but praise for the manner in which we
were treated. Our British friends didn't
understand the game and didn't seem
To be anxious to learn II. but they fell
ali over themselves In their effort to
make us feel at home and enjoy our
visit. They went almost daffy over our
batting n fielding, but they couldn't
catch on to the little peculiarities OF
tha ma
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R:Gx~A
NAg
Owen Moran Meets Ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt on Railroad
Train Coming From Detroit,
and Interesting Dialogue Pro.
vides Amusement for the
Passengers.
! WEN MORAN dropped in to-day

WEN MORAN dropped in to-day
with a story OF an encounter
with Americas most strenuous
c~itizen-r. r. Roosevelt. They met IN
the diner OF a train bound from Detroit
10 New York. Charley Harvey had
Moran in tow. and the ex-Presldent wa
in the company OF Senator William
Alden Smith and several other states
men.
Roosevelt came right down the aisle
when he heard Moran was in the car"
said Harvey. ! introduced him to the
fighter and he got enthusiastic right
away. Bring me a chair he called to
the waiter. and he sat down and began
to hurl questions ut Moran. lie had
the little fellow going for n while. but
haally Moran got his win and zane
hsck at him"
II never met n man like Mr.. Roose-
VOLT" said Moran. taking up the story.
Hes so Democratic. lie Just sat down
there and gossipod with me like one
OF my spsrring partners. lie knew a
lot about nghting. too. lie used to
box himself. he told me. He said he
mad TO stop boxing bccause a blow
over the eye affected the sight Of one
eye and as his eyes were weak any
how he couldn't afford 20 take chances.
"He was very much interested In
fighting. he said. He said II was great
sport and he was sorry he couldn't get
around to see the fights. He had been
20 very busy that he hadn't been able
TO keep up with affairs OF the ring. but
he made mo tell him every little de.
tail of my battle with Nelson.
1--WE got very confidential at the end.
! told him that In my country there was
class Distinction: that the ordinary folk
never came IN contact with the upper
classes. I told him that the members Of
the royal family always travelled In
their private cars. or curse he under
stood that didn't think he was a king
or anything like that. but he had been
President OF the United States and he
understood that ! was paying a compli-
ment TO his democracy"
"Yes. n you should have seen him"
brpke In Harvey. Roosevelt stood right
up In the aisle and threw out his chest.
Everybody knew he was going to say
something worth while and everybody
was waiting for n. And. believe me, he
sprung a good one.
MIR. Moran he said. II never saw
a king I couldn't talk to. and any hon
est man can talk 70 me-"
n n oRAN closes his theatrical en-
INI gagement this week. Hc Is APP
~'A pearlng In the Bronx now. He
says he Is going TO Lakewood to get
into shape for Wolgast or n other
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Maloney:S Short Right Hand
UppercM May Beat Ahearn
BOXING STAGS TONIGHT.

At Fairnont A. c., Young
Ahearn. the English fighter, and
Tommy Maloney will meet in the
main bout of ten rounds.
At Browns Gymnasium A. A..
Biz Mackey and Al. belmont Will
be the stars in a ten-round bout.
At Irish-American a. c.. pre-
lIminary bouts in amateur boxing
tournament.
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Cracking Good Battle of Ten
Rounds Expected at the Fair
mont A. &. Tonight.
BDJ0HN

xIOtNG AUEARN, the English
" lightweight who has won nine
battles in rotation and can get
backing FOR $500 to meet Knockout
Brown, Young sammy Smith or any
other Of ;nc topnotch lighters who VIII
agree 90 do ;he lightweight Limit 1873
pounds. weigh in at the rinss,dc, viii
engage iH another fight tonight. Ills
opponent Will be Tommy Maloney. he
west side Aghter who is rapidly com
ms 20 Inc front as a consequence OF
several Victories In succession. They'll
clash at the Fairmont A. c.
II Ahe1rn's winning streak is 20 be
broken, Msloney is likely to accomplish
TIE trick, as he is n strong. rushing
fighter who goes right after an oppo-
nent and Keeps sending In blows with
both hands continually. Maloney Uses
a short rlght-hand uppercut. which Is
the blow that is likely to beat Ahearn,
as The latter usually ducks after scor-
Ing with a left jab aud might possibly
YGH i1.l his punch v:,h his Jaw stuck
out. Naluney Is In the best OF condi-
ton "s he realizes that a victory over
Ahedr0 vail enable him to get on many
important battles go the future and on
that account he intends to go right after
him from the bell with the hops OF
scoring a knockout.
jim Barr, The Chicago hco,yvrgA,. will get a
nance az Con OKclly, the husky Irish fighter,
VINO was formerly a wrestler until Tommy RYAN,
he retired m.ddleweig.lt champion. took him ia
and and made a fighter Of him. Barr aud
% Kelly viii meet an a t]cn-ruund bout al a show
70 take place at SyractsC, y. T., on the night ot
Feb. =. harry should beat O'kclly. a. he is too
strong and also knows too much for him.
No: being satiSiel Will having a big fighting
club IN London, Hugh McluiplI, the fight pro-
itoier. has 'ust secured y lease On the llippo-
lromc In pags, whore he will hold important
fiSs'a IN the future between the host men In the
Uu;OsIon. For lie opening show there on Mara
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YOUNG poMohUE BEATS
FRANKLIN AT M

Young Donohre Of Boston beat Benny
Franklin In a lively ten-round hout at
the Olympic a. G, Donohue wa the
AGGRESSION, did most of the leading ana
LANDED the c~leanest punches. In tho
eighth round, just before tho bell rang.
Franklin went down from a half punch
sne twist while he was hanging ON.
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Howard Whips McKinnon,

iNlttldl 70 lut iNtHlAS W ora,
MEMPHIS. Tennr Feb. li.-What
was caIdcd as the feature OF tn, weekly
stag at the National \. G. IN the shape
of an e!ght-round bout between Jimnv
Howard of Chicago and BUl M~cliinnoa
developed into one OF the slowest cv-
h,htions of the season, with Howard
showing barely enough class IN tho
Anal two rounds 20 gain the referees
decision.
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Young Wagner Defeats DAILY.

Young Wagner. the Italian bantam
weight. defeated Johnny Daily. the lltt'e
fighting youngster OF the east side. In
a ;en-round bout at the Postman A. G.
stag. The contest was a hard fought
one every inch of the way.
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Title Of to-morrow's chapter: II WI,
q Capital Prise"

Copyright, 1911. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate. Copyright In
Great Britain and Canada. AZ rights
reserved)
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HARRY VI. WOLTER, RIGHT
fielder Of the New York American
League team. Is confined TO his ned az
San Jose, Cal. with a severe attack OF
tonsilitls and will not be able TO report
with the rest of the players at the
training camp at Athens. Ga. until the
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IN J.lFs NJ lZ.F4 a.. Nh ~ -
Three Cushion Billiard League tournt
ment now going on at Pit:sburg. Pitts
burg beat Brooklyn by a score Of 70
10 a..
THE c. 9. ". Y. SWIMMING TEAM
suffered a defeat in their dual swimming
meet with the Princeton swimmers at
Princeton by a score OF Al TO II, the
Tigers capturing first and second places
in every event with the exception OF the
fancy dive.
BY DEF EATING G. +. WALES OF
Boston in straight games at the Racquet
Club at ri iladelphia, +. s.. White zap
tured the United States squash cham
plonship for the first time. His scores
were 1913. Is, and bill.
1T HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED OFF,
cially at Juarez. Mexico. by the man.
agement OF the Jockey Club. that the
race meeting there will be extended until
April /. The stakes have been arranged
so that the Derby and Oaks will he run
on the closing day.
FRANK CHANCE. MANAGER OF
the Cubs. Is now on his way TO Chicago
to take charge OF his team. He left Los
A geles, Cal, to-day weighing about
twenty pounds more than during the
playing season. Chance said that he eN-
poets his team to win the pennant again
as he says he will have all his old team
In line and many good youngsters.
THE HARVARD TRACK TEAM
will probably do their spring training
at Annapolis. The Navy Authorities
have extended an invitation to the
Crimson cohorts 70 come South during
the spring recess. which invitation
will probably be accepted. II the An
napol!s offer IS declined the Harvard
warriors will spend their Easter vaca-
ton In Philadelphia.
HARRY VI. WOLTER, RIGHT
fielder Of the New York American
,o,~ L. confined tn his he'd at
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HARRY LEWIS. THE AMERICAN
Hshter, scored another win by a knock
out on the other side. he putting Cor
poral Harris. ar English fighter. away
In the nth round at Hugh McIntosh's
Olympia Annex at London. Harris was
the middleweisht champion Of the Brit
ish Navy.
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JOSEPH MILLER OF THE NEW
York A. G.. won three skating races at
Newburg, n. y. in the eastern outdoor
championship tournament. winning the
quarter mile, half mile and one mile
contests.
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j. GORDON DOUGLAS OF NEW
York defeated Harold F. Mccormick OF
the Chicago University Club In the final
round OF the national amateur racquet
championship at the Tuxedo Tennis and
Racquet Club. with a total OF IS aces
to &c.
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5 q
NEWS AND No7ts: AZOUNOlP

-; OF April. It's physician says that
he VIII need a res; after he RECEIVERS
from his Illness.
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IL TIE NArIJsA.a AMAiG,.'
Three Cushion Billiard League tournt-
men. now going on at Pit;sburg. Pitts
burg beat Brooklyn by a score Of '6
20 a..
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n, uLrON Fulton st. = N'str'd Az. Wppk ni
Mat. daily 10 y ~. Eve. 1918, 49,
Adele Richie, Arthur Forbes 4 req. IL |
Co. The Great Tall Man. Others. /
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II Mcintosh has signed up sam Mcvey, the col
Ot'' heavyweight. 10 meet the winner " the sam
lAnsford BIZ Lang battle, for twenty Touuds
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Not being satisfied vih having a big fighting
club IN London, Hugh Mcintosh, the fight pro-
itoier. has 'ust secured y lease On the llippo-
dromc In Pass, whore he will hold important
.-1'7 IN the future between the host men Ia the
rv;tssion. For lie open ne show there on Mara
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-03-24

A high pressure Jet Of water win
bowl over a man as easily as a box Of
matches and leave him half stunned
1t will even turn bullet from its path
Experiments have shown that jet Of
water can be produced at such high
pressure that it becomes practically a
bar of iron, Swords haye been blunted
in attempting to cut through these ex-
ira high pressure jets. Some years ago
an armed thief attempted TO hold up a
high official of the Bank of England ia
his private office. The official man
aged to get out Of the room unharmed
and locked the door. A resourceful at
tendant brought the fire hose. He
opened the door sufficiently to insert
the nozzle In a few minutes the
would be thief was picked up sense
less.-Pearson's Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-03-24

A good deal of the tea consumed by
the working classes In the days when
Arthur Young complained Of the ad-
diction to this luxury had never seen
either India or China. In one Of John
Ashton's works on England be cites a
case In which a boy charged with
gambling stated that the money found
In his possession had been made by
picking tea leaves. This led to the dis
covery that many persons made liv-
Ing by picking sloe leaves and white
thorn leaves in the fields near Gambler
well and selling them to local COW
keeper for penny a pound One man
said he picked from fifty to sixty
pounds day aud always found mar
ket for them The leaves were subse-
quently sold to a wholesale merchant.
who obtained as much as shillings a
pound for them under the guise Of tea.
The merchant was prosecuted and
fined. not for aduIteration. but for de-
frauding the revenue. And she tea
leafern is still the slang name for the
petty thief.--London Standard.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-03-24

A correspondent writes that during
the course of a voyage when midway
between Marseilles and the strait Of
Bonifacio green fash was seen at
sunset The sky was perfectly clear
after a cloudless day. with little wind.
As the sun approached the horizon the
line 'twixt sea and sky for about forty
Eve degrees each side of the sun be-
came suffused with a rich dull rose
pink, and the waves reflected a mar
velous ruby shade on their surfaces
facing the sunset. while the other
faces were an opalescent blue or green
from the upper sky. The two colors
flashed and changed in marvellous
way. Such intensity Of coloring had
never been seen by those on board.
The sun set clean into the sea. and
about ten Tor lessl seconds after 1t had
disappeared bright green single aash.
just like n railway signal lamp. but
brighter far. met our view and re-
warded our watching for it.-Symons'
Meteorological Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-03-24
A Gnnd cread-

To be able to look every man square
ly in the eyes; to make friends and
hold them: to keep clean of mind and
body: to smile at i'll fortune; to laugh
at my mistakes; to frown when temp
tation comes avisiting: to be ready
with a word of cheer when that word
will help; to strive to develop to the
utmost the heart. head and hand
qualities endowed by the Ruler over
all; to hold all women In respect and
to love one; to weave the thread Of
eternal optimism into the lives of all
with whom may come in contact; to
worship nature and the Great Spirit
that conceived IT all-ln a word. to play
the game of life with a steady hand
and qualmless conscience and a real
desire to be of service-that is my re-
ligion. And. say. If ! can live up to
the mark, don't you think I've corralled
about all the creed that is necessarily
Backbone Monthly.