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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-10-27

Hats trimmed while you wait. In the
same way in winter her foundation
hat may be turban OF black velvet
one side. This whole crown can be
doubled to fasten over the buckram
crown which can be substituted when
one wears gray furs for an afternoon
Of calling; also a violet silk crown
with knots OF artificial violets and
leaves peeping from the folds. which
can be worn to a reception with a law
ender dress. Let's learn to be adapt
able these days. when purses won't
stretch.
You can make fascinating curtains
and bedspreads for your rooms. girls,
by using the white crepe material
often used for shirt waists. which re-
quires no ironing. A pretty white
fringe that Is washable can be stitched
along the edges of both curtains and
spreads.
Here's a beautiful way to save time
in placing ribbons In under garments
before and after laundering. Have
some fat white tape (linen) the width
OF ones ribbon and of equal length.
Tie one end of the ribbon to a piece
Of tape and pull out the ribbon. draw.
ing the tape into its place. Unite the
ribbon and send the garment to the
laundry with the tape where the rib
bon ought to be- After the garment
Is washed and ironed, reverse the proc
ess-tie the ribbon to the tapes end
once more, pull on the tape and draw
the ribbon back into place. Just as
easy as A. B. G. That stands for Any
-Body-Can!
At girls luncheon where many
tapers were used this ingenious sub.
stitute for candlesticks was used: Po-
tatoes Of uniform size were selected,
and hole cut in the center Of each
to admit the candle. Artificial paper
daffodils were then pinned over the en-
tire surface of the rest of the potato,
except on the under side, making a
perfect flower ball of each one. The
effect could be varied by using any
preferred flower, for Of course every
girl has her favorite posy!
Here's an idea for the good, studious
girl: Use a card system for chance
opportunities for studying. On square
cards which will fit into your card
case, write lists which you wish to
memorize, poems which must be
learned for college exams. verbs which
must be declined, etc. You can help
your mother iron, and one OF the cards
can be laid by the ironing stand, where
your eyes can rest upon 1t while work
ing. AS the trolley car speeds to and
fro on your way to friends house or
to the city, you can conquer the con-
tents of one or more Of your cards.
and many an odd minute can be saved,
and while other girls have to study
you will be that much ahead.
Girls with straight hair! Attention.!
Wash the hair frequently with luke
warm water and good pure soap,
rinsing number of times, and In one
of the rinsing waters, add a little
borax. Comb out the hair, fun it
about the face loosely. forming POM
padour, and insert cheap round comb
to hold 1t thus while drying Make a
second DUN of hair back OF the first
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the crook makes what he calls a get
away" he suffers constantly from the
fear of detection. That comes sooner
or later and then comes the misery OF
arrest and the haunting fear that
mother or wife may be in want or suf-
fering. Attempts to care for them with
tainted money usually ends as did the
Pierce-Agar compact. Honesty, there
fore, Is not only the best, but the most
comfortable policy.
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A Black Reputation.

"That ladies' tailor is man Of
dark designs
"In what way?"
"He makes a speciality OF mourning
outfits"
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Naturally So.

Ibid the fat woman submit to be-
ing put out of the line where she had
forced her way?"
mo, she didn't submit. She offered
a stout resistance"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-10-27

NE September morning sew
eral decades ago, when the
EXPRESS officials lifted out
the bullion which had been
brought to Boulogne by
way Of the Southeastern
railway, they noticed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-25

that the Shirra is dead and gone lang
syne-Duncan keeps faith with the de-
parted: If, indeed. there was any formal
pact. which 1 take leave to doubt.
Probably there was never a more Curl
Gus situation on any golf links in Christ
endom. 1t appealed to the Advocate, who
told his part of the story very well.
hope l may be enabled by the muses. to
conceal the denouement as cleverly as
he did until the last moment. Well, as
1 remarked. there was surely never a
queerer situation on any golf course than
that which is the cause of humor in this
story That it could have arisen at all
Is due TO a popularity OF the Scots judi
cial system. This circumstance is quite
as 1t should be in tale wherein Sheriff.
an Advocate. a caddie, and an Indifferent
golfer and scribbler are concerned. How
fortunate it is for literature that Scot
land kept her own laws at the Union!
No. my dear but captious friend, 1 am
not conceited. I assure you my thoughts
were all of Sir Walter Scott, the Shirra
OF Shirras.
But the odd situation occurs at the end
OF the story. There is a beginning. like
wise a middle, to be unfolded first for
this little drama, BELTS a thing born
in an ancient university city, is framed
on the strictest Aristotelean canons The
beginning was enacted by the riverside,
the middle in a court of justice, and the
end upon the links. At the beginning
strangely enough. We lose sight of our
protagonist. That may only have been
because the action--a sadly Illegal ac-
tion-took place in the twilight. 1t is
impossible to decide the matter with any
certainty. Some said il was and some
said it wasn't, and, truth to tell. it must
have been hard enough to see. But the
water bailiff said he had noticed figure
armed with a cleek-not the golf iron OF
that name, but different instrument
with a different use-movirg stealthily
along the deep-wooded bank toward the
cruives. For a while the man eluded
him: he was evidently an old hand: and
at length the bailiH thought he had
taken fright and made of. The Official
cottage stood not far away. He turned
about and sauntered leisurely home
ward. Going in, he banged the front
door smartly. and Immediately hurried
out by the back way. Yes, his strata
gem had succeeded: his man had been
watching and had been quite deceived.
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the risk. Take. for instance, some
of the Drury Lane dramas that have
ceased touring and that demand an
enormous amount of mechanism and
a large stage. II they were revived
at Drury Lane they would instantly
be worth money-at any rate, to
the authors. But under ordinary
circumstances they might be SO
much waste-paper.
On the whole, l should say that
the play that has brought more
money to the owners of the copy
right than any other In the history
OF the stage is The Silver King
For twenty-eight years it has been
running somewhere or other-in
England, America or the Colonies
without single break. 1t is still
on tour.
Among the more recent plays
that have brought fortunes, there il.
OF course. Peter Pam though 1t is
possible that OF all Mr.. Barrie,s
plays The Little Minister has
made most. with its enormously sue
cessful tours. Mr.. Shaw is credited
with having added very tidy sum
to his exchequer by his vogue in
Germany. but in general Continental
rights are not worth as much as
might be thought, as the runs are
shorter than they are here"
AS showing that the playwright
himself does, after all, share pretty
largely in the fruits OF his labors. IL
was recently calculated that the
total royalties made by Sir Arthur
Pinero. Sir William Gilbert. Mr..
Henry Arthur Jones and Mr.. Barrie
would in each case run well into
six figures.
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Gamble of Plavwritinp
Fascinating

Captain Robert Marshall's will.
Captain Marshall wrote a score
of successful plays. yet the
having value OF 81 each!
At least three OF these plays
"His Excellency the Governor"
THE Second in Command" and
THE Duke of Killiecrankie"-can
be counted among the most popular
productions of recent years. One
weeks royalty dues from Mr..
Charles Frohman for His Excel
lency the Governor" alone amounted
to 500. What. then, was the ex-
PLANTATION?
AS with most mysteries, the truth
is probably simple enough. This
was proved in talk with Mr.. Henry
Bridgland, of French's, upon whose
shelves SO much of the present-day
English drama awaits either immor-
tally or the buster.
There is probably nothing in the
whole world where value is so ut
terly incapable of being reduced to
rule as that of stage-play. Rough
ly speaking, a play may be worth
absolutely nothing. or it may be
worth many thousands.
THE actual value OF plays, SO far
as the future is concerned. can hard
ly be gagged by any one. One may
take it, indeed, that a new play by
an unknown author is, until it's pro-
duction, valueless. If it is a success
its worth makes up instantly to hun
dreds and thousands as the case
may be.
always, Of course, the bigger the
play and the more elaborate the
production necessary, the greater
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with but step between him and the full
judicial scarlet. may hold Socratic dia-
logue with his caddie, to the detriment
OF neither party. Even Senators OF the
College of Justice itself may do likewise.
Dignity is never compromised on either
side.
Duncans reputation as character had
endeared him to the Sheriff, and that
afternoon, when the Court appeared on
the links, 1t was not ill pleased to find
the shabby humorist at it's service. As it
happened, Duncan was just then wearing
cast-om coat of the Sheriff's, which
might possibly, in accordance with a
theory already indicated, give a legal
color to his reflections. There was an
other bond between master and hench-
man that afternoon, but one of them at
least did not supect 1t.
Early in the game the Sheriff got a
bad lie. He asked for his iron. Duncan
of law.
Il would TAX that to ayizandum
Shirra.' he suggested.
Now for the benefit of the uninitiated,
be it said that avizandun is the term
used in Scots law to signify that the
Sheriff has reserved Judgment.
"Well?' queried the Sheriff.
Duncan handed him his niblick. He
was justified of his choice. A moment
later the Sheriffs ball was well up on
the green.
Il didn't know you were learned in the
law, Duncan the Sherif remarked. as
ne holed out, and they moved towards
the teeing ground.
'Oh, freely" Duncan replied, al
though we've maybe aftener seen the
inside O the kirk than the Shirra
Court
The Sheriff's partner was an eminent
divine. who happened at the moment
to be within hearing.
Were you at the kirk on Sunday, Dun
CAM" the divine asked
oh. ay, sir"
What was the text?"
Thou shalt not steal" Duncan an
swered, with queer look
Quite right" said the divine APP
provingly.
The game claimed the attention OF
all parties. and for time there was a
Pause in dialectic. A little later, when
the partners were separated by the
exiSencies of play, the Sheriff con-
tirued, Il suppose Mr.. Maciagan gave
you a very fine discourse. Duncan"
He dill that. sir; j wat he can preach
better than ne can gown. although
that's nae sayin' muckle. But / maun
say there was ane or twa piats on
which / coHldna' agree WI him."
"lndeed?" said the Sheriff. and VIVA
were they. Duncan"
The follow-up of neat brassey
stroke gave the necessary interval for
Duncan's reply.
"eel, We see, sir, as Mr.. MacIagan's
congregation doesna consist exactly o.
the criminal classes. 1t was rayther wi
the spirit than the letter o. the law that
he was concerned As he said himself.
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he took high spiritual view o. his text.
and dwalt on the sanctity o. property
generally. / liked him weel eneuch when
he denounced the iniauity O. 4he haste
10 be rich, and the more doubtful meth
ods o the stock market; but I wish he
had made an exception. There's the
game laws. for instance. / can not Sec
Sir, how the wild thing. be 1t beast o.
bird, or nsh for that matter, can be the
property o. landlord. We're told that
the earth is the Lords and the fulIness
thereof, and that surely means that the
good things are free for man"
Il fear. Duncan, that wouldn't be q
defence In law against poaching.'
'Ye ken best about that. sir. sup.
pose you never heard it offered 81
Il have not"
1T micht ha' been offered" Duncan
sighed. "if had been the pieader.''
You would nave got credit for inge-
nuity. but not verdict, fear. Duncan
-ah, Mr. Maclagan has lost his ball.
see.'
They went over among the whins to
help in the search, and for the rest Of
the match Duncan spoke only when his
official duties required. AS the play
ers returned to the clubhouse. the cor
pulent officer surged up from q knoll
and kept them in view at respectful
distance. AS soon as Duncan had re-
ceived something for manners" and
the major officersof the law had turned
the caddie and touched him on the
shoulder. at the same time producing
his warrant.
What has he gi'en me?" the prisoner
asked. nodding in the direction Of the
sherifs retreating figure
Five pounds or three nonths."
viii ye bide or / clean his clubs ?.
Oh. surely" said the policeman.
But dinna be over lang about il"
Within doors the Sheriff and his
partner sat over cup Of tea, Another
player entered with news.
Poor Duncan's taken up.. he "a.
marked; the bobby's waiting for him
out there. Three Misunderstanding
salmon"
Good feavens.' the Sheriff az.
claimed is he the poor devil s~n.
fenced to-day? But the name-let ma
see? l thought 1T was Morrison
HIS names Duncan Morrison-be II.
ways gets plain Duncan here.
II I'd only Known said tba
Sheriff He did not close his Conditional
statement. but merely added, .Poor Dun
cant"
The policeman and his charge na~.ea
the club windows. A few moments Iater
the steward brought in the SherifY,s cI,,h.
faithfully cleaned. $3.50.
Next day, to everybody's surnrfse
Duncan was carrying as usual. The -.
act circumstances of his release -.,~
never explained, but nobody do,,htaS
who had paid the fine. The fact thaA he
never poacfied again led some acute y,er-
sons TO suspect bargain: but. FRANKLY
l think they take too low q view ~
human nature That Was not tha
Sher.rs way.
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had rcassuring manner His coat
seemed to have enducd him with Chris
tan charity. for never by word or look.
or-what is still more terrible in a cad
die-by indefinabIe and satirical supe-
riority OF manner. did he make one feel
that 1t had been better not to have been
born. Only by this and by occasional
hearty words of praise-quite we'll de-
served, although I say 1t myself I'M
blushingly-did Duncan show that he
was a man out of the common. But he
said nothing original. and I was frankly
disappointed with him. The fact that 1t
was Monday night might have had some
thing to do with his lack of brilliancy
Who knows what subtle influence a coat
may bring from former wearer, and
the Cloth. one knows. is never at its
best on the second day of the week.
The quip pleased me for time, but
afterward l heard a more rational ex-
PLANTATION of Duncan's moodiness.
The truth is. he is never quite him
self on Monday, because on Sunday he
shaves. with Duncan that is a weekly
ceremony. on Saturday, when the
brstles hedge his jowl like a Zareba his
wit Is at its sharpest. But on Monday
when his lantern jaws are overcast with
melancholy blue. Duncan's spirits take
the same tone. When he is dull he
broods on an event. which was in some
ways fortunate for him. but not an I'M
mixed boon. for II robbed him for ever
of the great pastime and passion OF his
life. Duncan's honor makes his renunci-
alton final.
Anti-sentimentalists may read further
without fear. This is no mawkish tale
OF blighted love, but one that good
sportsman may hear and repeat without
reproach.
II is well 20 remember that Duncan Is
a sportsman first and foremost Consid'
cring how his wings are clipped nova
days. one wonders whether II would be
more correct 10 say that Duncan was q
sportsman: but perhaps the present tense
Is stili true. The desire must be there
although fate has taken away the per.
formance. In his day Duncan was q
doughty performer. The mere mention o.
his pastime makes his eye light up for
moment. Then the CLEAN fades and {
wistfui hook takes its place. Some day
some nighs--again-who knows-but
nay: Duncan. whatever his failings. is q
sh!rra his word for IT. 1t does no, matte.
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- APTURING a Wild elephant
alive Is considered such a d!f.

~ APTURING a Wild elephant
alive Is considered such d!f.
Acult and hazardous undertak.
ing that elaborate expeditions are
usually organized for the purpose.
but In siam. where elephants are
employed to do most OF the hard
work connected with telling timber.
building roads and similar opera
lions and where. consequently. the
big animals are required in large
numbers. the natives capture them
Wholesale. '-'
Elephants are plentiful enough in
Slam. where they gather in large
herds. but 1t would be almost i'm
possible to capture them save by the
use OF Strategy The natives resort
to tho old expedient OF employing
- thief to catch a thief" or In other
words. OF using tanned elephants to
catch the wild ones.
When the Siamese Government Is
In need OF elephants, a herd OF wild
ones Ii sought out. Then expert.
enced elephant hunters-and almost
every S.amese Is taught from child,
hood how to handle the big beasts
are sent out with a number OF
tanned elephants. some Of whom are
mounted. while others are allowed
their full liberty.
Tho tame elephants without rid.
ers are used As stool pigeons" so
to speak. and mingle with the wild
herd. while the hunters surround 1t.
The tame animals among the herd
know almost as well as their mas.
tcrs what Is expected OF them. and
they urge their wild companions to
follow them toward a specially con.
structed corral, or kraal. as they
call It. built Of strong timbers with
large doors.
In this manner the whole herd IL
slowly but surely driven through
forest and field. and sometimes even
across large streams. Once In q
while one OF the older elephants
tries to break away, but Is as rule
easily driven back by the hunters.
who are armed with long spears.
with which they goad the recalci.
trants into lire.
When the herd Is nearing the
corral, the bunch Is slowly thinned
out until II forms In single nle. the
animals trotting willingly behind
each other. A tame elephant leads
the line and enters the corral, and
all the others follow him quite un.
suspectingly. AS soon as they are
all inside the stockade. the doors
are closed and 1t is not till then that
the wild elephants realize that they
have been deprived of their natural
liberty.
sometimes they charge the bar
ricr and injure themselves In con.
sequence. for the stockade Is built
OF sturdy teak logs. twelve feet high
and driven eight or nine feet into
the earth. Usually. however. they
acqucsce In their fate After they
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thor's royalties on
a single popular
drama may insure
him an income OF
from 500 to $500
per week, accord
ing to the number
of companies en-
gagged in perform
ing it, through
the entire season
of forty weeks.
and con tinuing
for a long period
of years.
No wonder that
more stage manu-
scripts are writ
ten t an any
other kind - al
most everybody
who writes at all
should make at
least one trial for
this rich prize,
even without any
training whatever
in this most ex-
acting department
of the literary art.
That playwrit-
ing is, even with
the adopts, no
more than a fas-
cinating gamble is
again shown in
connection " | t b
the reading in
London of the late
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T,n,,aH ms !, ,, sno,', r., Of s s,Sas,
Now. will you take the
character or tho sowfer?"
"oh. by all means" said. give me
the character. lie Is In my vein. The
Gowfcr would hold me very cheap He
would be a trying taskmaster; and to-
day. at any rate. am out for pleasure
so let me have the character"
was only visitor to the Links.
where the Advocate. undcterred by my
email skin In the Royal and Ancient
Game. had most kindly insisted on my
playing a round with him. had told
him honestly what he might expect.
but tho good man would not be denied.
lie said he feared men at games they
did not understand. and l would have
felt complmentcd but for memories
OF the Heather chinec. The Advocate
made haste to say that All Sin had
not been In all his thoughts: and In
golf. To he sure. IL Is Impossible to
keep n long drive or a fell putt up
ones sleeve. except metaphoriealy, So
] accepted the invitation in the spirit
In which 1t was offered: and now
beautiful afternoon. clear and sunny
and bracins. as only Northern after
Moons can be. found us ready to begin.
You need not try to discover the To-
Guilty. There are other places where
the sea Is blue. the salt spray flies In
feathery plumes from the crest OF the
waves. the sands are golden, and the
greens are velvety and fragrant after
rain. but what. you say. OF the river.
rich In noble salmon--the river that
winds beneath one perfect Gothic arch?
What OF Thomas the Rhymer. and
George Gordon Noel. Lord Byron, and
tho weird prophecy that made him dis
mount at the bridge? oh. my dear sir.
you know too much. Besides, you are
quite wrong: and I am just going out
with my friend to play golf. more or
less. and my caddie Is n character.
We shall discuss topography another day.
We picked up our henehmen al the
corner OF the fence. and tho game be-
gan II was quite uneventf1l. There was
no great distinction or great disgrace on
either side. Perhaps the duh meciocrity
depressed Duncan. He key; his charac-
Ter well hidden under his long and loose
black coat. which had q susp!ciously
clerical CUT. I have little doubt. indeed.
thai u was the gift OF some reverend
end solnny father. Ny caddis. however.
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K REoundin4Up a Herd Of Elephants

have quoted down somewhat they
are lassoed with strong ropes and
their legs are tied 10 the strong
posts of the stockade.
The wild elephant of Siam is not
generally savage, but unless he is
harassed he is quite gentle. and the
elephant drive Is witnessed by large
numbers of the population who fol.
low the drive without fear of any
danger.
OF course. there are plenty OF
savage elephants in Siam, but these.
as a rule, do not travel with the
herds, but roam singly through the
primeval forest. The natives know
well enough to leave them alone.
but they provide the most exciting
sort of sport for the foreign hunts
man.
The King Of Siam is an expert
Oh elephants. and he invariably at
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from the fear that the animals may
kill each other. and the herd be so
much the smaller as a result
After the return of the Crown
Prince of Siam from Oxford, Eng
land, and this country, a special ele-
plant drive was arranged for his
benefit. A herd of two or three hun
dred wild elephants was located in
the jungle and a large Gordon of
tame animals was employed for the
roundup. The affair was made a
great society event and all the flow
er Of Slams aristocracy was on
hand to watch the proceedings.
The royal elephant drive used to
be an annual event in Siam, but OF
recent years the custom has died
out and these round-ups occur only
on special occasions or when the
need for animals makes then. neces-
sary.