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the small maid was allowed to go. She
set of proudly. her mothers little
shopping bag on her arm-the idea of
gong to purchase even a ten-cent loaf
without shopping bag!
When Mamie had turned the first
corner, things looked unfamiliar, and
she could not recollect whether she
and Margery took the first street to the
right. or went on to the next. It
seemed, however. as If she had come
long way. SO she decided not to 70
further.
Queer don't see the bread in the
windows" she said to herself, walk
ing slowly. They're all full of other
things. 1 guess they must have fixed
the window over-maybe it is here"
DO you keep bread to sell?" she
asked Of the jewelers. clerk.
well. no, not exactly!' laughed the
young man. "You'll findfthe bakery
few doors above here-there's A. J.
Lamb on the sign; you can't miss it,"
don't member any lamb where
Margery and went" mused the little
girl as she went on up the street.
"and don't see any anywhere" and
she looked and looked for the little
animal Of her picture books, but none
was visible. Finally she came to
book shop; there were piles of paper
boxes in the window. She went in.
Have you got loaf Of bread?" she
asked.
The clerk nodded. and handed down
yellow-covered book. On the out
side was printed, A Loaf Of Bread.
Mamie could not read. and she
stared at it wonderingly.
1T doesn't look like bread" she said.
Mamma wants loaf for dinner"
oh" he laughed. You'll have to
go to the bakery for that kind. Il
thing it's the sixth door from here"
"Why didn't he say next door," she
unused. Il guess he meant So"
Flowers were in the window. Inside
the air was sweet.
IA loaf Of. bread? No. dear: we
haven't any," the young lady answered.
-. 1AO"SAo. DuL IICEc y h bakery
the fifth door from here.
"Oh. dear!" sighed Mamie. II don't
know where the fifth door isl"
"Why, Of course. not, dear. / forgot
you weren't big enough to count. But
1 can tell you on your fingers. This
little thumb is the next door, and
that finger Is the next door, and the
tall middle finger is the next door to
that. and this finger the next; but there
isn't any bread in those stores. This
little finger one is where you'll find
the bread. Count them of on your
fingers, and the nttle-finger store will
be the place." a
Sure enough, how easy it was! Nan
ME was soon trotting homeward with
her loaf. But she didn't quite know
which way to go; so she asked a little
boy. and he went with her to Hallam
street. In minute she was telling
mamma the story.
II should have found the place right
away" said Mamie, ''if the other folks
had told me it was the little-finger
store"
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arms and legs to the dolls. driving
the nail in each leg half an inch from
the top and into the body half way
between the top and bottom edges.
Figure 10.)
Donald made a pig like Figure IL,
which could stand upright on it's hind
legs and do other amusing things.
He chose the thickest. latest stick
he could md for the body Of the Dig
and then whitfield on one end to make
the pointed snout. (Figure III The
legs were thin sticks like the legs Of
the dog. but were only an inch and a
half long. The thin pointed shayinrs
for the ears were stuck In the side
OF the head slantinsly.s % that they
hung down on either side, and the tail
Donald made by cutting thin, narrow.
shaving from the woSd 1hich curled,
naturally. He inserted the tail IN the
body . ne did thata ~ sKss dor. {
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for the legs she split from another
straight stick two pieces little over
half an inch wide and one-quarter Of
an inch thick. These were also eight
inches long. Two more pieces like the
legs she split off for the arms and
then cut them down to measure five
and three-quarters inches in length.
For the arms must not be as long
as the legs said Polly.
Donald, intent upon his own work.
showed box of small wire nails to-
ward Polly without looking up. "Fas-
ten them on with these" he said. And
Polly, selecting several slender nails
three-quarters Of an inch long, nailed
the wide. fiat sides of the legs on the
hve-eighths Of an inch sides of the
body. allowing each leg to reach up
two inches on the body, and driving
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THE Jo1NrED DOLLS.

So the children set to work. They
soon found that for the arms and legs
OF the dolls and for the legs Of the ami
mails the wood must be split into thin
ner and smaller pieces. but as 1t was
soft pine wood there was no difficulty
about that. The sticks were from seven
to eight inches in length. though of
varying thicknesses. and to avoid
shortening them they adapted their
toys to these lengths a. far az pos
sible.
The stick Polly selected for the body
Of her doll was eight inches long, one
inch wide. and five-eighths Of an inch
thick. This included the head: Then
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4 is the back, Figure half Of the front
and Figure is the sleeve. From the
neck to the bottom edge, the coat
measured seven inches. and the sleeve,
from top to bottom, was five and one
half inches. When the fronts were
sewed to the back. the seam Of the
sleeve sewed in, the coat was finished
and all that remained to be done was
to turn in the two front edges to the
depth of half an inch. as shown by
dotted line in Figure s, and crease the
fold sharply to keep it in place without
hemming. The trousers went on first,
and in adjusting the coat Polly found
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She dips his paws till skin
and hair
Are red and sticky every
where.
'In stealing Grandma's
JAM" says she.
You are a worser thief
than me-"
Alas! that Tiddledewinks
should slip,
And suddenly her chair
should tip!
Then, while the room goes
round and round,
She trembles at a fright
full sound,
And sees about to pounce
on her
An avalanche Of claws and
fur.
Yes, Teddy Bear has
"growed" to be
Quite twice as big and
spry as she.
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little paste. A small bow cut from
hlack M nor <o.xaaxa +le >i.A.

little paste. A small bow cut from
black paper formed the necktie, which
was also pasted in place. Polly thought
1t a bright idea to use the paper top
Of milk bottle for her mans hat. It
really did look quite like straw hat
and she pasted it on top of his head to
keep 1T from falling of. (Figure 81
Grille. as Polly called her woman
doll, was arrayed in dotted lawn gown
made with straight, gathered skirt,
nine inches long and twenty-five inches
wide. The straight full sleeves were
four and one-quarter inches long and
SIX inches wide and were gathered at
TOP and bottom. Figure is the pat
tern OF the waist which was double.
with the fold on the shoulders. with
sash OF the dress material. hat made
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He does TO her, and with vim.
He twists her legs till eacn bone
creaks,
And twists her arms until she shrieks
He rummages the cupboard shelves,
In every nook and corner delves,
And then with, Oh! such cruel pains.
Takes all the jam that now remains,
And smears 1t thick upon each cheek
or Tidd!edewinks. ere she can speak.
That's what you lately did to me:
How does it seem to you?" says he.
He drags her to the kitchen sink,
But not to give the maid a drink.
Beneath the tap he holds her tight,
Until she's drenched and made with
fright
That's what you've often done to me:
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in the nail half an inch from the top
of the leg. When both legs were at
tached she fastened on the arms in the
same way.
1t was only the dress that dis
tinguished the man doll from the wom-
an doll, for Polly made the two exactly
alike.
Polly made the little mans suit Of
soft white cotton material. For the
legs Of the trousers she cut two pieces
OF cloth nine inches wide, then fold
ed each piece lengthwise and sewed
the edges together to within three
Inches Of the top. Figure 2.) After
that she sewed the edge of the slit
Of one leg to- the slit Of the other leg
and ran gathering thread along the
top edge. (Figure 81
Figures 4. s and are the patterns by
which Polly cut the little coat. Fgure
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THE LITTLE.FINGER
STORE
BY EMMA c. DowD.

rrN H. forgot to ask Margery to
stop for loaf Of bread on
her way home from school,"
said mamma. "And with
papa coming home early to dinner!
How could I have been so very care
less?'
I'll go to the store and get it man.
ma, spoke up little Mamie.
"oh, no. dear, you can't go alone, I"
smiled Mrs. Burnham. II wish you
could"
"Oh, please let mel" the little girl
begged. "1've been with Margery, and
I know the way"
So, as the bread was really needed
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TAKING FIREWOOD TOYS
BY ADELlA BELLE BEARD.

-nOLLY," said Donald, II believe
we can make something OF
. this kindling wood: see." and
he held up several sticks Of
the wood that had Just been brought
in for starting fire in the wide fire.
place.
Yes" answered Polly, doubttully.
"but what can we make Of that rough
wood? Do you mean that we can
whittle something out Of it,"
mo. Use it as it is. or with very
little whiting and no smoothing off.
But what can we make?" insisted
Polly.
Il was thinking Of jonted toys that
we can put into all sorts Of positions. !"
Well. I will! make dolls and you
make animals. then we will see what
else We can do"
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1T necessary to turn the little mans
arms straight back from his body. then
she could slide the sleeves onto the
arms and turn the arms forward again.
A straight strip Of white paper half
an inch wide served as collar. The
points were turned over in front and
the ends fastened to the neck with
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Of a circle Of white tissue paper. crimp-
ed on the edge with the scissors, and
q white neckerchief. Girlie's costume
was complete.
To allow FREQ movement Of the arms.
Polly did not sew the sleeves into the
waist. but tied them on the dolls
arms. as in Figure 8. winding the
thread several times around thS arm
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How does it seem to you?" says he.
At last big Teddy Bear relents
AS Tiddledewinks her sins repents.
Out through the door away he leaps,
And on the floor the maiden sleeps.
Dear Grandma comes and finds her
there,
And holds her close, and smooths her
hair;
Forgives her every infant sin,
Puts her to bed and tucks her in.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28
CARL MORRIS WHIPS KENNEDY
HOPE ON. WHITE RACE!

New York Dec. 2S.-Hope on, oh
white race. Carl Morris may be 1t yet,
though probably not soon.
With all the fury of an offended be-
hemoth. the Oklahoma locomotive set
upon Tom kennedy at the Empire A.
c. last night and gave him a most in
artistic pounding through ten rounds.
The Sapulpa man must have been
out to get revenge for what Jim Flynn
did to him. Showing marked improve
ment and some agility his ponder
Gus feet. he buffeted the curly-haired
New Yorker full sore every step of the
way AT the finish he had kennedy
punch drunk and Toms face was
masked with blood little further
and Morris might have acquired a real
X. o.
Morris showing was really a big
surprise. Kennedy was expected to
outlook him through the early stages,
but Carl beat him to it and kept the
youth riding the ropes SO constantly
that Tom had no chance to box. Nor
ris cuffed him with weighty blows on
both sides of the head and crowded
mighty punches into his middle.
The worst used man in the ring was
Dan Tone, who was selected to referee
after a wrangle, and who had his
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28
INDIANA HARBOE.

Skate and dance Thursday night at
East Chicago Rink.
The Boston College Bloomer Girls will
play local boys team at basket ball
Friday night 27-2t
InSita tions were issued yesterday for
the reception which is 10 be given Jan.
3 by the Round Table club. The hours
are from to and from A to s.
Mrs. Marion Hover and Mrs. Newton
Hemhroff entertained the Erthston club
Of Hammond and few Indiana Harbor
women yesterday afternoon. The guests
all brought their work guessing
contest was a feature of the ehter-
tainment. Mrs. J. c. Graves of Ham
mond winning the first prize. while
Mrs. J. X Stinson won the BOBBY prize.
A two-eourse luncheon was served. The
house was decorated in Christmas dec
orations.
T. ]. DonneIy and daughter Marion
left Tuesday to spend the holidays with
Mrs L. b. Leonard of Waterloo, la.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ Hover and Mr.. and
Mrs. Newton Hembroff formed a party
Monday night a TipTop Inn, Chicago,
for DINNER. after which they took in
the play louisiana Lou" Mr.. and
Mrs Glazebrook were also Chicago Wis
iters on Monday. taking Skinner at one
of the cafes and attending the theatre
later They saw Excuse Ne"
/ Mr.. and Mrs. j. Malone and Mr.. and
! Mrs. John Babcock and son Clark OF
LAGRANGE. Ind, are visiting Mrs. b. e
| Lukens and Mrs. II. p Hinesley during
the holidays. Mrs. Lukens entertained
with a family dinner in their honor on
Tuesday, while Mrs. Hinesley did like
wise yesterday. A number of diver
sions are being planned for the guests
during their stay which will last until
some time next week. This afternoon
| they will be piloted through the Inland
! mill in company with Mrs. Hinesley
and tomorrow the guests and both theil
hostesses will go to the city for the
day,
Mrs NJ Hover will go to the city
next Wednesday night to take In TINS
grand opera at the Auditorium.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28
GOTCH THROWS BRITISH
. MAT CHAMPION TWICE
IN 20 MINUTES 5 SEC.
Alec Munro Gets Rough;
Discovers He Is Baby in
Americans Hands.

Kansas City, Mos Dec 2s-Frank
Gotch. the Iowa farmer. champion
wrestler of the world, pinned Alec
Munro, the English champion. to the
mat twice last night in 20 minutes and
5 seconds before a crowd of 5000
wrestling fans
The first fall was gained in IL min
utes. while it took the Iowa farmer
only minutes and seconds to gain
the second. half nelson and crotch
hold. favorite Gotch grip, brought the
downfall of the English champion in
each tussle
At the sound of the first bell Mum
70 plunged at Gotch. but the champion
wasn't there No whit discouraged the
big Scotchman chased after Gotch and
nnally grasped him with a regular go
rilla embrace and dangled him in the
air Gotch descended with safety
Munro then became. rough. Evidently
Gotch didn't care for that brand OF
treatment. He opened up with his hes,
and gave Munro a sample of his class
| Munro was on the defensive from
then on almost entirely and finally
was caught in a grip from which there
was no. escape. The second fall wa:
the same thing over again. Dave Por-
| teous was the referee.
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hands full trying to pry the mastodons
apart. The clean breaks bothered Nor
ris quite a little.
Morris plunged in with gigantic wal
lops and during the first, second and
third rounds he had the supposedly
more agile Kennedy piled up against
the ropes.
The fourth round was fairly even
and in the fifth Kennedy seemed to re-
cover from his establishment and
fought back. He had a shade in this
round In the sixth he found his foot
ing and lodged some of the heaves of
the Oklahoman. but Carl kept march
ing in stoldly. driving Tom before him
with large open swings.
From then to the finish Morris
was best, but he had nothing on Tom
in gameness. Carts great, left told at
all times-and he had the greater
punching power. They frequently
locked together head on, in the middle
of the ring, and swung like a pair OF
grizzlies.
It was an exciting struggle through
out and Morris demonstrated that he
Is surely coming along-with some
distance to go, however.
p. S.--Beware. John A. Johnson-be
very ware
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EAST CHICAGO
and
IND. HARBOR !.
EAST CHICAGO.

skate and dance Thursday night at
East Chicago Rink.
The Boston College Boomer Girls will
play local boys team at basket ball
Friday night 27-2t
Miss Beulah Emmett is here from
Canada on a visit to her aunt and
uncle. Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Johnson of
Northcote avenue,
Miss Ida Phillips of Beacon street.
who was quite i'll Tuesday night. is
all right again.
Rev. Father George Bauer of st.
Mary's church is enjoying a weeks
visit with his mother in Fort Wayne.
Ut is Father Lauers custom to go
cry year at this tine to Fort Wayne
for visit with his mother.
Mrs Mary Ross entertained num-
her of ladies at a pleasant affair yes
terday
Invitations were received yesterday
by a large number of East Chicago
women for the New Years reception.
which win be given Jan. 3. by the
Round Table club at Indiana Harbor.
ID. j. Lowman of Beacon street has
returned from Elmira n. Y, where he
has been visiting relatives for the past
couple of weeks or more. At the time
Ell left he was in poor health and he
believed he was about to experience a
rather serious illness. being threatened
apparently with typhoid, but his rest
and the change has done him much
good and he is now restored to his
former good health
The Tuesday Reading club is having
a recess for the holidays. There was no
meeting this week on account of Christ
mas being the day before the regular
meeting day and the usual New Year
reception has been dispensed with this
year. so the club is left without pro-
gram next week.
Installation will take place next
Thursday evening al the meeting of the
Eastern Star Refreshments Will De
served and good time enjoyed
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body and head with such rapidity that
Caponi was easily beaten.
Caponi barely lived through the
first round. Flynn landed on the Chi
cagoan's jaw with such force that Ca
poni was groggy at the bell BY
clinching and some clever footwork
Caponi survived the second session, but
was completely all in at the third.
Flynn declared after the bout that
he would demand that Jack Johnson
box him for the heavyweight title of
the world, and shat If johnson refused
he would take the title. Flynn said
lie was willing to bet any reasonable
sum that he could beat Johnson.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28
BOXING.

AL Kaufman will endeavor tonight
to show that he is still one of the class
lest of the white heavyweights. He
will take on a tough person. AL Palzer,
for ten rounds in New York. and the
outcome will be awaited with interest.
Palzer is rated fast enough to give
Kaufman a thorough tryout. If Kauf-
man isn't right he probably is in for a
trimming.
The Dixie Kid and Harry Lewis, the
American middIeweight, have been
matched to fight on Jan. IS in Liver
pool. George Carpenter, the French
champion. will meet the victor in the
English bout.
Jimmy Howard, the Chicago middle
weight. left last night for Pittsburg,
where he fights Jack Dillon Saturday.
Howard expects to make good show
ing in the six-round go with the Hoo
sier crack.
+ Ray Bronson's offer to defend the
welterweight championship has met
with an answer. Jimmy Hurst of
Kansas City on behalf of Kid Ferns has
posted $500 forfeit to bind the match
Charlie White, the crack Chicago
featherweight, left last night with
Manager Nate Lewis for Cleveland
Charlie boxes Battling Schultz there
| in ten-round bout tonight. White is
still marked a little from his battle
with Johnny Kilbane, but expects nc
trouble beating Schultz.
Jack White is plugging away daily
at Gilmore's gymnasium in preparation
| for his championship battle with ABB
! Attell at New Orleans next month
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28
.BLACKBURNE WRITES
HE is FIT TO PLAY
$4,000 Beauty Receivers
From Injury to Knee and
Discards Bandages.

Two letters addressed to Jimmy CAL
lahan yesterday brought joy to the
heart of the Sox manager. One was
from Russell Blackburne. the other
from w II. Genest Blackburne writes
that his knee, which was operated on
here last winter is givings him no
trouble at ALL and that he finds its pos
sible to indulge in violent exercise
without the aid of the specially made
bandage which he wore all last sum-
mer. Genest writes from his home in
Pittsfield, Mass, that the time between
this and the date set for the opening
Of the spring training trip cannot
elapse too soon to suit him and that
he is going to do his best to annex one
of the regular outfield positions
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28
ZANDERS SHADES
GUS CHRISTIE

Madison. wis. Dec. 2s-Ernie Zand-
ers of Chicago outpointed Gus Christie
of Milwaukee in six out of ten rounds
Taught last night before the Madison
Athletic club. Zanders won easily and
the Chicago boy was given an ovation
as he climbed out of the ring. Christie
tried hard TO land haymaker, but
Zander's clever footwork kept him out
of danger. In the semi-windup young
Mccain of Madison won over Kid
Powers of Superior Gene Cannon OF
Milwaukee stopped Frank Wiegand OF
Madison in the opening eventA
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28
FLYNN KNOCKS
OUT TONY CAPONI
IN THIRD ROUND

Salt Lake City, Dec. 2S.--Jim FLYNN
of Pueblo lived up to expectations here
last night by knocking out Tony Ca
POM of Chicago in the third round Of
scheduled ten-round bout. Cap0ni,
the smaller man by many pounds, was
no match for the smuggling Flynn.
Flynn gave Caponi no quarter forcing
the bout from the start and putting
Capeni on the defensive. Flynn shot
right and left hooks TO his opponents
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28
Brief Bits Of Sporting News.

Jack said yesterday he already was in
great trim. would have no trouble do
ing the 122 pounds ringside and that
he expected at least to hold the cham
pion even.
Mickey Sheridan is recovering from
an attack of yellow jaundice and will
not fight for a month or so. He had
a chance to box Freddie Daniels at Pc
oria last night, but was forced to re-
fuse.
Willie Ritchie and Morris Bloom
went three dandy rounds at OConnelrs
yesterday. Ritchie is In great trim
for his clash with Paul Kohler at
Cleveland Monday night next.
BASEBALL
Jack Keary, who is being doomed fol-
the presidency of the WI league, is
one of the best and widest known base
ball men in this section. He has beer
connected with baseball for the last
fifteen years and his friends think ht
ought to make a good leader for Tho
league.
The Boston Nationals yesterday re
leased Pitcher Patsy FIaherty to tn,
Rochester team of the Eastern 1eague
Patsy was sold under an I optiona
agreement for $500. the Boston team
to recall him in 1918 if it wants hin
back
President Ward of the Boston tear
has given out his clubs training plans
Boston will go south about March /
and train two weeks at Augusta, Ga
Games will be played with Yale
Princeton and Georgetown. No Sun
day exhibition contests will be book
| ed. Ward being opposed to them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28
RENO WANTS FLYNN
JOHNSON BATTLE

Reno. New. Dec. 2S.-Report that
Jack Curley favors Nevada for the
proposed Johnson-FIynn fight develop
ed the fact that Reno will welcome 1T
here "Of course every taxpayer in
Reno will do all possible to get the
event here" declared one of the most
prominent business men today And
July next would be the time for 1T.
All talk about there being any oppo-
sition to amount to anything is all
bosh''
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fessionals. He has prepared a summer
ball rule which will be presented at
the conference meeting to be held in
Chicago the last week in January. DIR.
Johnson asserted that representatives
of five conference schools have found
that the Summer baseball" rule has
been violated and that they would vote
for the proposed rule A two-thirds
vote is necessary to make the measure
effective.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28
JOHNSON FAVORS
SUMMER BASEBALL

Indianapolis. Ind, Dec. 2s.-Dr. H.
w. johnson, chairman of the CONFER
ence and representative from Indiana
university believes college athletes
baseball without being classed as pro-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28
SAMMY TROTT AND
SCHWARTZ DRAW

Dayton. O., Dec. 2s.-Sam Trott of
Columbus and Yankee Schwartz of
Philadelphia fought fifteen rounds be-
fore the Dayton Gymnastic club last
night to a draw, Kid Clark of Column
bus had much the better of his bout
with Kid Safro of Minneapolis. SAT-
ro's seconds threw up the sponge in
the eighth round.