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The Washington herald., 1911-06-25

dinal Svampa, in his day daring and
progressive beyond almost any italian
cardinal Of recent centuries, is dead.
Selection is, OF course. limited to
Italians. There is no written law to
that effect, but there is an unwritten
one, and relations with the italian gov
ernment, present and possible, probably
make II essential that none save an
Italian be chosen, even did Catholic
tradition not do so. The field is an
open one for Italian cardinals, with six
or eight names in the public mind OF
well-informed Catholic circles.
Francesca Cardinal Casseta will be
seventy in August next, but he Is so
much a part of the administration, and
stands so high in family, that his age
may not prove a barrier to advance
ment He is one OF the five cardinal
bishops, those who administer the sub
! urban sees of Rome itself. He comes
of a noble italian family, and Is him
self loyal to Pope Plus x as he was
to Pope Leo XIII, but he has relatives
who are prominent in political affairs,
and are supporters Of the present
italian King. He was born in Rome,
almost the only cardinal now in the
college who was born there, and edu-
Gated at the College Capranica and the
Academy of Noble Ecclesiastics. Dur
ing his earlier years he was attached
to ST. John Lateran. He was created
titular Bishop OF Amata i'm 1884, Arch
bishop of Nicomedi in 1887. and Patri-
arch of Antioch in 1890. He was
created cardinal in one of the last con-
! sistories held by Pope Leo Kill
Domenico Cardinal Ferrata, much
younger than Cardinal Casseta, Is
really one of the men who may be
chosen at the next conclave. He is only
sixty -four, splendidly preserved, Wig
orous and handsome, popular and en-
tering heartily into the affairs of the
Curia, or the administrative body of the
Catholic Church. He was born at Gra-
dola and was educated at the Jesuit
College at Orrietto. He began as pro-
fessor of theology in the College OF
Propaganda, and rose to be president
of the Academy of Noble Ecclesiastics,
succeeding the late Cardinal Satolli In
the latter position, when that prelate.
not then a member of the Sacred Col
lege, came to Washington as papal
delegate. He was made titular Arch
bishop of Thessalonlca, and sent as
nuncio at Brussels, and a little later
the same at Paris. He was created
cardinal in 1895. If he proves to be
the next Pope IL Is said he will have
definite and perhaps vigorous policy.
Names of other cardinals are mem
toned in view of a possible conclave'
but none with more earnestness by
their friends than that OF Cardinal
Ferrata.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25
SCHOOL DAYS.

Lord, let me make this rule;
To think of life as school.
And try my best
To stand each test,
And do my work
And nothing shirk.
Should some one else outshine
This dullard head of niue,
Should I be sad?
will be glad
To do my best
At Thy behest.
II. weary with my book,
I cast a wistful look
Where posies grow,
Oh, let me know
That flowers within
Are best to win.
These lessons Thou dost give
To teach me how to live.
To do. TO bear,
To get a share;
To work and pray
And trust alway.
What though I may not ask
To choose my daily task,
Thou hast decreed
To meet my need.
What pleases Thee
That shall please me.
MALTBIE D. BABOoCK.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25
Christians Commencing President'A
Plans.

The Federal Council of Churches OF
Christ in America issues an appeal to
pastors and. ministers of America to
give larger emphasis to the Importance
of support for international arbitra-
tion and peace. 1t urges that Sunday.
July 2; Tuesday, July 4, and all out
door mass meetings this year make
prominent the theme Of world peace
and the relations of Christians to II.
1t states that 'it Is as truly the func-
tion of the Gospel to minister to the
establishment of law as 1t is the runc-
ton of the law to be the servant of
the Gospel" 1t also observes that
Christian agencies, having brought into
existence many of the institutions OF
civilization, are bound to stick to the
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25

The annual trolley ride Of the Alpha
c. z. Society Of Ninth Street Christian
Church, on Wednesday, was very popu-
lar and proved a complete success.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25
Lutherans, official Newspaper.

The Lutheran General Synod, which
concluded its biennial session last
week here in Washington, voted to
create an Official newspaper, after the
manner of the official Advocate in the
Methodist Church. The paper will be
a new one, and published either In
New York or Philadelphia. 1t is ex-
pected that it will absorb ultimately
the present unofficial religious weeklies
of the synod. Radical changes were
made in the foundation of the synod
publication board, bringing that board
into harmony with other synod agen-
cies, and almost the same thing was
done with the district mission boards,
to bring them into closer relations ITO
the general mission boards, home and
foreign. great advance was made by
Lutherans of this synod, the oldest In
America, in gifts to foreign missions
as noted in The Washington Herald
during the synod sessions. Last year
these gifts amounted to $212,000 as
against $4,000 the previous year. The
president of the synod for the next two
years is the Rev DR.. J. 3. Remen-
snyder, of New York. who is chairman
of the Lake Mohonk committee of min
listers on world peace. The synod in
dorsed President Tafts arbitration
plans, and voted toJoin any general
peace committee which may be formed
in conjunction with ministers of Ger
many and England.
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To-morrow's meeting, to be led by WILL
lam l. Speiden, will be the last Sun
day prayer meeting Of the society until
after the summer vacation.
The Beta Christian Endeavor Society,
Of Ninth Street Christian Church, held
a very successful meeting last Sunday
evening on the subject. Grace for
common duties" The meeting was in
charge Of Mr.. P. F. Drury, Of tho Dis
trict Union.
The First Presbyterian Society gives
special recognition to members who at
tend twenty-six consecutive Sunday
meetings Of the society. During the cur
rent month four members have reached
the goal and have been presented with
pins bearing the c. E. monogram
At the June business meeting Of thu
Mount Pleasant Congregational Society
officers to serve for a year, from Octo-
Der l. were chosen as follows: Bruce
Cleveland, president; Emelyn shedd, vice
president; H. P. Greenwald, recording
secretary; Russell Lynch, treasurer;
Helen Harrington, corresponding secre-
tary. The lawn fete held on Tuesday
and Wednesday added to the society's
treasury about SIS, which will be used
for missionary work The philanthropio
committee will take a number Of Door
children for an outing on July l, and
other similar excursions are planned for
the summer.
Good crowds are expected for the rail-
lies for girls and boys to be held to-
morrow afternon at $50 o'clock at I'm
manuel Baptist Church. Miss Ruth Rob-
erts, will preside at the girls meeting
and Harry Gates will have charge Of the
boys gathering. Rev and Mrs. H. S.
Pinkham will be the principal speakers
The Disciple Endeavorers' rally which
is to be held on Friday evening, July Il
in Vermont Avenue Christian Church,
will be addressed by National supertn-
tendent Claude E. Hill and by Mr. z. P.
Gates, former president Of the District
Union. Arrangements for the meeting
are in charge Of the committee composed
Of representatives Of all the Christian
churches OF Washington, Of which COM
mittee @. G. Ref Is chairman
The First Presbyterian Society has
voted to accept the local agency for g.
time for the Presbyterian organ known
as the Continent, and will solicit sub
scriptions to that publication. which Is
recognized as the best and most COM,
pIete medium Of its kind for the Pres
byterian denomination.
The annual trolley ride Of the Alpha
c. z. Society Of Ninth Street Christian
Church, on Wednesday, was very popu-
lar and proved a complete success.
All In fha In Al
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25

public worship, and who are changing
in some measure the character OF the
drummer class.
The Sunday school convention, In
session in San Francisco from last
Thursday to next Tuesday, is composed
of workers who publish and use the In
ternational lessons. They are the best
organized and the largest body of Bible
and Rible school teachers ever formed,
and their lessons and lesson helps are
used in every Christian land in the
world.
A ConcIave ana New Pope Likely.
Pope Plus X entered on June upon
his seventy-seventh year. From Rome
comes, through private channels, talk
of conclave and a new Pope. Indeed,
the predictions of a consistory, so often
dashed during the last three years
since none was held, have given place
TO predictions of a new election for
chief occupant OF the Vatican. The
number of cardinals in the Sacred Col
lege is reduced by death to forty-nine.
the lowest in centuries, but talk OF
new elevations to the college gives
way to mention of names of italian
members who may succeed Pope
Plus X.
In some quarters It seems to be as
sumed that Cardinal Rampolla, at one
time pontifcal secretary of state, and
now for more than a decade arch or
| head priest of St. Peters, will be
chosen in the next conclave. 1t will
be remembered that in all probability
he would now be Pope but for the po-
litfcaI Intervention of Austria during
the last conclave, which intervention
brought about the election of the
| Patriach of Venice. Advices from we'll
Informed sources are to the effect that
| there is no certainty on this point.
Conditions have wholly changed in ten
years.
At the last conclave Cardinals Gotti,
the Vannutelh brothers, and Svampa,
the last named the famous Archbishop
of Bologna, at one time considered by
many certain OF election to the papacy.
figured in the Papal predictions. No
newspaper art department in Europe
or America thought of wasting day
without having their photographs at
hand. Now, through age, they are In
all likelihood wholly out of the run
ming. While the Catholic Church has
ever been conducted by mature men,
II is the aim of cardinals when in con-
clave to elect one among their num-
her who has decade or so ahead of
him, that the church may not be dis
turbed again almost at once, ana that
the new Pope may have years in which
to put policy into effect.
On the 18th of the approaching Au-
gust Cardinal Rampolla will be sixty
eight. but~th age might not bar him.
The younger of the Vannutellis, Vim
cent. who is fairly well known in this
country through his several visits. is
| seventy-fve and the elder. Serafino, is
two years his senior. Cardinal Gotti,
the famous Carmelite whom everybody
loves, is well in the seventies, and Car
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25
Too General.

From the Omaha Bee.
The scientist who tells US that the
climate of Mars is very much like that
of our earth might go on and specify
what part OF the earth he meant Texas
Africa. or Nebraska.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD

button a large part OF the change for
which Mexico hopes will be religious
liberation and the ending of fanaticism
and through the American Bible So
eiety and religious bodies contributing
their parts, Christian people OF the
United States are called upon to per-
form a large service during the next
few years.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25

The first stand chance than the last the only time at
The Washington Herald Office be-
Thursday following publication of puzzle The contest
body but must be on
methat is if
lists collectively have all the
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25

GfdeOns Invade San Francisco.
Commercial drummers and Bibles do
not. perhaps, go together in the popu-
lar mind The Gideons, travelling men
who are militant Christian workers. as
they have opportunity between sales
and while waiting for train connections,
have just bought two carloads of
Bibles, the largest shipment Of Bibles
or any other single book ever made.
There met in San Francisco on
Thursday the International Sunday
School Convention, with about 1000
delegates and alternates In attend
ance. and on Friday afternoon, as re-
ported by wire, there was street pa
rade of men. A large delegation
making up the parade were CONNER
cial men from every part of the coun-
try, but chiefly from the Coast. Each
parader carried a Bible. Tomorrow
special service is to be held in
prayers for the convention, and when
all Is over during this coming week
the Bibles, 5000 of them, are to be
given to the hotels of the Coast to
place in rooms for the use of guests.
The Gideons form one OF many relig-
ious organizations coming into being
within the past few years. and made up
of classes, as young men, young women,
working girls and others-a division OF
forces that has always obtained in
other lines of effort. Gideons are lin
tied in active membership to CONNER
cial travellers who are men, and they
started with the aim of putting Bibles
into hotel rooms. either by gift or by
inducing landlords to purchase them.
Through their efforts thousands Of
hotels are thus furnished with Bibles.
Gradually there have come in other
lines of effort, until Gideons are now
q militant force of men who are slowly
Increasing the proportion of men at
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25
For Correct and Neatest Answers this Puzzle

prizes will awarded the nest and best appearing e
make it. An
nounceent made Sundays edition Send all
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25
THE TREND OF THINGS

The original Chautsuqua. on the lake
of the name in western New York. is
to have this year church problems
week, the exact dates being August 20
to 81. Preachers on the Sundays viii
be the Rev. G. A. Johnston Ross. of
Bryn Mawr, and the Rev, Sylvester
Horne, of London, the last named the
Free Church minister who is a mem
Der Of the British Parliament. The
Two questions to be presented during
the week, and forming the main prob
lens for solution, are "the church in
the city, its difficulties and dangers.
and Church advertising, including the
use of newspapers The Presbyterian
labor bureau and its country church
bureau will provide most Of the in
structors, and efforts will be put forth
to get ministers and. church officials to
attend. For the benefit of the former
there will be given during the week
one series of addresses intended to re-
enforce the sermons of country minis
ters Studies are to be made OF the
canvasses of country church condi-
tions in Vermont and Wisconsin, made
by the federal council. Chautauqua ex-
poets this year 1000 visitors. Yet, 1t
IS only one of many Chautauquas In
the country, the whole visited perhaps
by a million persons. Chautauqua has
become what Bishop Vincent, aged. but
still living and enjoying the results OF
his vast labors, intended 1t to be, q
popular system of Christian education.
Especially did he aim to reach men
and women who were unable, when
young, to take college courses.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25

person will To be single list must have them all ght
should Only prize will be awarded to any
debred the
No figures should be used than
offered
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1911-03-16
Zabija mOrderce-

Nieiltosciwym morderra jest "a
palenle slepej kiszki, pochfauiajace
wiele of,ar, lecz Drsa Ring'a New
Life pigufki ,abija ie przez FARO.
b;eten.e. Ona }ayodnie regulu:a
zol9dek, watrobe i wuetrznosci, rs
,poblega,a obciazeaiu kt5re powodu-
je zapalenie 6lepej kiszki, lecza zap
chanie. b6l g}owy, zHciowosc i
.drzaozke $50 " apiece NJ. J.. Xo-
walewskiego.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1911-03-16

piinuie ognia; starsza niewia-.
sta, liczaca moze lat 10, 60
tuje jak4s potrawa, lecz
m2odsza towarzyszka siedzj
niewzruszona ma kamieniu, i
zatopiwszy W ogniu ponury
wzrok, b%ynajmniej uie mysli
o tenn co sic oko}o .niej die
je.
"Siostrzvczko! czy ME sko-
sztujesz z nami wieczerzy??"
zapytala starsza niewiasta, re
:: Fs..sa$,Ar y ." So r-.E- "'t -
ka g1aszczac zachmurzone
colo mlodej dziewczyny.
= Dziekuje! ME nam g}o-
dull - %odpowiada stanowczo
m}odsza.
- Jezeli ciocia sic ME 20
sill, jake dopelni swego
6lubu? - odezwa} sic chic
piec.
Racya masz! music jesse,
abym mog}a dokonac zem-
sty. Zabili mi OLGA, brata i
meza! romscic sic music ma
naiezdnikach mojej ojczyzny,
i ME znajde pokoju, az moja
reka zg}adze trzech wrog6w
Dw6ch juz zginelo, take
trzeciego znajde j uciesze sic
widokiem umierajacego po-
CANA. Pierwszy, kt6rego ku'
Ia ugodzilam, prosil Q ratu.
mex, VOLTAGE: ratuj mnie,
mara zone W domul - dru'
81, kt6regom mieczem pre-
szy}a, wyrzekal: 10 go u
boga matka " domu oczeku
]e! - OdpOWledzlafam I'M: -
umierac muscle pod moja
reka, DO j ia mia}am OLGA:
brata i meza, q wy6cie mi
wszystkioh zabili! - Hal &C
to "a rozkosz, widziec pred
SODA wykrzywione cd bolescj
usta j rozpacz ma twarzy u
mierajacego wrogal Me zlnam
lito6cil bylam kiedy5 dooro'
dusznaslec teraz jestem lwi'
ca, kt6rej szczenie ukradli
zamordowali. lyle tylko d,
zemstYl
! - Uspok6j sic siostrzycz
ko!-prosila starsza ME
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1911-03-16
(Ciag dalszy.)

Je&eli zauwazymy, 10 i ka
tolicka wiara w;aze .oba ma
rody, }atwo sym
patye Polski ola Francy',
kt6ra i W ostatniei wojnie
zanosi1a molly do Boga 0
pomySlno6c francuzkiej ar
mil, W dow5d odwiecznej mi
}osci braterskjej, iaka to diva
narody z}aczy}a.
Przywiazania Francyi do
Polski doznali !czesto kroc i
wszedzie nasi G6rnoslascy
zO1nierze, DO llekrOc przem0-
will pc polsku, Francuzi u
wazaiac ich jake Polak6w,
~przyjmowali ME jako nieprzy'
jaci6i, le:z jake swych braci.
Gdy niemcy mimo gr6zb i
na1ega6 czasami mic ME do
stall i mic ME znalezli, aby
zaspokoic g}6d, ola polskich
G6rno6lazak6w otwiera} Fran
cuz swe najskrytsze 6pichle-
RE, i podziela} sic z mimi os.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1911-03-16

wiasta, mozesz sic ms:ic
ma wrogach, leoz teraz chodz
do mas i posil sic DO inaczei
zachorujesz H..
- Me zachoruje, az zem'
sly dopelnie! = krzyknefa
mlodsza i odpycha;ac sio.
sire, wziela bro6 i chcia|a, O.
.puscic iaskinie.
- C;oteczka mas opusci?-.
.zawofaf ehlopak, i rzucit sic
do n6g: odchodzacej dziew-.
czyny."
Chwilowa goraczka opusci-
Ia m}ode ~idziewcze, kt6re
spojrzawszy IA kleczacego
pred MIA lchlopca, bezw}ad-
ME z ,eki1 opusc;1a bro6 i
%siostrze ~prowadzic sic pozwo'
lila do wiie9eczerzy ma kamie-
niu r~ozstawionej. Milczaco
zaiadali, a potem obok 6cia-
ny po1ozyli sic na spoczynek.
Abyscie wykrzyki m}odej
dziewczyny zrozumieli, opo-
WIEN wan HISTORIC jej ME-
szcze6c, ahy6cie poznali US
|posobienie ludu francuzkie-
20 podczalss $. wojny, i sami O.
sadzifi, jezeli -postepowanie
franktyrer6w i niewiast "a
sluzy}o ma bezwgledne pote-
picnic, jake wyrzek}y mad
F:ancya niemieckie gazety.
laden nar6d ME kocha tax
goraco ojczyzny, jak Francuz
i Polak, kt6rzy swoja ziem'e
nazywaia 6wieta. Ola tego
tel rza1ko znajdziemy Fran
cuz6w ma obcej ziemi, chyba
podr6zuiacych, kt6rzy pre-
chwalajac sic 2 duma z pote-
gi bogactw Francyi, sw6j Pa
lryz nazywaia kr6lowa wszy'
stkich miast caiego 6wiata'
|Czyliz man: dowodzit, jak
goraco Polak kocha swa oj-
czyzne? Prawdat: ze mn6zt'
wo Polak6w tu}a sic po OBJ
Gel ziemi, lecz czyliz to czy.
nj d%obrowolnie? Kiedy knu'
ii tyrania moskiewska wype.
dza 90 z rodzinnego kraiu,
wtedy z LA W oku zabiera
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1911-03-16
Sprzedaz dewocyonali religijnych

Sprzedaz dewocyonali religij nych
ma rzecz budowy kosciof6w rzymsko-katolickicll W
Cza1cu, w PysZtOWie i W PrZemySlu OO. Selezyan0W.
"a %wszystkich tych co to przedmloty pckupla odprawia-
ne beda msze 6wiete 10 wieczne easy "a zywych umar-
}ych " tel familii. Nadto kazdv z ~przesy}ka otrzyma juz
darmo maly krxyzyk, r6zaniec t. p. po6wiecony " Rzy-
ten spos6b zaskarbicie sobie }aske u Boga a pc smierel
otrzymacie kr6lestwo niebieskie. Chociaz porto i co
drogo kosztuje do Ameryki iedpak sic VAN to ~wszystko
oplaci, DO to ma cele. dobroczynne Boze.
Adresowac prosze: JAN BYSTRYK, w Majdanie-
KOlbusZOWskim w NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Cena zdatek Reata
/ ozdobna z}ocona pasyike Naszego Pana i
Zbawicela Jezusa Chrystusa bez muzyki "a $500 80 $1.50
l wspanialy obraZ stani0lowy w ramach
"a szktem Z.5O 5O zOO
1 krzyz 2 muzyka a......:....... $50 so 200
ramac6 "a szklem m. .... $50 so 200
/ obraz ma p}6tnie W ramach. ........... 200 so 1.50
| piekny obraz ma kanwie malowany W %#@ ~
ramach "a szk}em "a. ............ 200 SO $50
l KapGczka ozdobna z muzyka ,,Se,deczna
Mako" l t. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3.UO ~ Z5O
1 piekny ~rzezbiony obraz Pan Jezus ma
/ ~w.paniaie atlasem o~zdobiona ~kapliozke
Matki Boskiej Nieustajacei Pomocy.. 2.20 40 100
! ~wspanialy obraz prawdziwegc Oblicza
Naszego Pana i Ztawiciela Jezuea Chry-
stusa lie stto %prswdziwa odbitka z chusty
kw. Weroniki, znaidujaoej slew ko6ciele
sv. Piotra W Rzymie) -Obraz ten "
pieknych ramach ia szklem kosztuje. ~ 200 so. 1.5O
"a zaliczka drozej.
Pc otrzymaniu zadatku wysela sic zaraz reszte "a
pobraniem pocztowen.
Zadatki prosze posela6 W i6cie markami pocstowemi
kt6re przyjmuje jake got6wke -wedlug kursu dziennego
tFrosze zamaWlac. 80 .x Ms ##@%#~
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1911-03-16
tatnim kawa}kiem chleba.
Pc kr6tkim tym ustepie,
obja5niajacym przywiazanie
Francuz6w do Polak6w, po-
wracamy do naszej %powiesci.
"Franktyrerka"

"Franktyrerka"
w znanej wan jaekini, do
kt6rej przez diva dni Mkt ME
zajrza}, a W kt6rej J6zef
przez brata swego do do}u
by} wrzucony, znowu Jamie
szkali ludzie. Oko}o kot1a
krzataja eie uzbrojone osoby,
kt6re nawet podczas gotowa-
MIA potraw ME odpasa}y mie-
cza; try strzelby powieszone
ma kole powiadaja nam, re
many pred SODA Frankly
rer6w (wolnych etrzelc6w,
kt6rzy zycie swe po6wiecili
Ola obrony ojczyzny.) Cos
osobliwego! Tu zamiast bro
datych mezczyzu widzimy
pred SODA dwie ~niewiasty i
12'letniego ch4opaka.
Ch}opak donosi drzewa
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1911-03-16

kawa}ek ziem nj i nosi ia Q So
ba jake sw. relikwie, a u
mierajac prosi obcych, ably
ojczysta ziemia posypali po-
wieki jego.
C6z vice d~ziwnsgo, jezeli
jak Polacy dawniej, tax W
:ostatniej wojnie !ud francuz-
XII widzac polite armie Ma
poleo6skie, chwyoif sic ore
ia i be- wyprawy do wojny
rzucat sic ma niemieckie. VOL
ska?
Rozwine pred oczami wa
szemi obraz z mie6ciny La
Charp, aby5cie usposobienie
ludu francuzkiego poznali.
Wszystek lud, ME wyjaw-
sly kobiet, nienawidzi Mem
COW do krwi. Prawie ws:yst-
kie ~niewiasty mostly za1obe,
3adna z Mich, chocby mai
brzydsza, nav ct okiem ME
rzucita Id Prusaka; stare ME.
wiasty miafy cafy dzien oczy
zaplakane, ma ulicy zaledwie
mona by}o dostac odpo-
wiedz ma zapytanie, nawet
dzieci unikaja zetkniecia si+5.
z Niemcem. Take usposobie
ME panowafo W miescie, lecz
o wiele gorzej ia poblizszych
wsiach; ~wiesniscy So najzdra-
dliwszymi, be napadaja Mem
Cow i zabijaja, skoro sic ME-
co cd wojska oddala.
Gag daisy nastapi.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-29
Checker, Golf, Poker and Gro
quet Players Would Change
National Pastime

The solons of football have SO altered
the game that a player who has been
away for some years would only rec
ognize his old pastime by the appear
ance Of the ball and the markings of
the gridiron. If the two jor base
ball leagues adopted all the Sugges-
tions advanced by rabid fans they
would make the revisers of the foot
ball code look like pikers. There does
not seem to be a single city, town or
hamlet which does not contain at
least one man who thinks he has an
idea that would benefit the game.
Those communities where the winning
teams foregathered are satisfied With
the present rules. So is the veteran
baseball bug of any region. He is a
true conservative and resents any talk
OF change. 1t is the men who regard
baseball as a pastime instead of the
sacred science which it is who wish to
alter the rules. Suggestions which
originate in their fertile brains are first
tried out on their friend and then put
into literary form and mailed to some
innocent newspaper.
The checker player thinks 1t would
be. fine idea If the runner. having
completed the circuit Of the bases
should have the privilege Of q king
the moment he touches tho home plate
and be allowed to run back In the 9TH
er direction. thus scoring indefinitely
until captured.
The golf player suggests that batting
be encouraged BY the construction ol