Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-11
HOME RULE BILL up PLAY BALL THE CRY
Crowd in Parliament When Big League Season Opens
Measure Is Offered. This Afternoon. ri
INTRODUCED BY PREMIER EMPL OVERS HEAR EXCUSES
Mr. Asquh Tells the History the Surprising Number Deaths Among
Movement Office Force Relatives.
FIRST PRINCIPLE OUTLINED GREAT DAY FOR ALL THE BUGS
a Detroit, Cleveland; New
Representatives York. Louis, Chicago. :
Big League Season Opens
This Afternoon. al
EMPLOYERS HEAR EXCUSES
Surprising Number of Deaths Among
Office Force Relatives.
GREAT DAY FOR ALL THE BUGS
Nationals Appear at Philadelphia;
Detroit, Cleveland; Boston, New
York; st. Louis, Chicago. i

me grandmother's dead" the ONCE boy said.
Garessing his eyes with his sleeve:
100 bad said his boss. with shake OF the
''You must take . day or for to grieve."
I've pain In me dome.'' was the bill clerks
As he rubbed his knob. which was hairless:
hou better Lay on" said the boss. with .
Your headache might make you careless"
The rest Of the force. with no sign of remorse.
And the boss. with a glance at his calendar
Hung sign out: CLOSED for the game
This afternoon the cry Of play ball,"
reverberated throughout the land. Small
boys will turn back fiipfiops Of surprising
joyousness. Dickey birds will carol:
peanut vendors will also carol. and
great shout of gladness will arise from
incalculable ball fields.
For today is the day, brother, when
those who have used up their available
stock of grandmothers begin on closer
kin. fall i'll from mysterious maladies.
yea, and even risk a prison sentence to
watch the Mick Centers wallop the
Inlanders.
Such is the call of Americas king OF
sports, the opening Of the ball season.
and blessing 1t paralyzes business,
opens pocketbooks. makes the newly
married late to dinner. brings the
rival OF spring.
Bugs, Buglets and Bugettes.
There are bugs. buglets and bugettes.
in order Of rotation. all and each of
xub biCb he
afternoon. The bug proper is the male
Of the species. He cares not from which
quarter the wind doth blow nor how the
sea rageth. When he is on earth he
reads the sporting columns. joins the
Office pools and has even been known to
steal the milk money to indulge his pas
sion; and when he scars aloft he cavorts
about a sea of bleachers. throws lam
guage at the celestial Jumps" and other
wise conducts himself according to his
nature.
Buglets are little bugs. shoru~ Of hair
and whiskers. They bore holes in the
bali park fences. poster fond fathers with
childish opportunities. consume prodig-
ious quantities of ball ground peanuts.
wreck the quiet Of the domicile with
piping narrations Of prowess with bat
and ball, and invoke a mothers critical
"I do declare, John Henery. il you amt
growing up to be a bug just like your
father"
And so they are Otherwise the genus
would die out and future generations
would read heavy literature, worry about
coal strikes. and mayhap tote about
bomb or two.
alter ego of the bug; the female OF the
species, the suffragette Of balloon and
the very apple OF the bugs eye. she
sits in the grandstand with avid. earnest
interest and when the battle hangs by
thread. forecasts the decision with the
petals Of a flower carelessly plucked from
her Easter bonnet. quoting to the drop
ping of the leaves. They win; they don l.
They win; they don't" And IL through
any trick of fate her prognostications
fail, she brings sympathy to the home
and alIeviates her husbands sorrow by
carrying up the kitchen coal. moving the
lawn and bathing the throbbing dome
of Mr.. Bug, she whispers into his
tear-choked ear Never mind. Magnolius,
my own; perhaps they will win another
day, and anyway. that Mr.. johnson is
just the loveliest man..
Three Big Cities Without Game.
There are only three big league cities
that will be without a game today. They
are Washington, Detroit and Pittsburgh.
In these cities the first official scheduled
games will be a week from today.
Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland and
New York are the cities that stage an
American League contest today, while
Boston, Brooklyn, Cincinnati and st.
Louis will see their National League
teams In action.
The opening days games OF the Ameti-
can League are as follows:
Washington at Philadelphia
Detroit at Cleveland. &,
Boston at New York.
ST. Louis at Chicago. Il
The National League openings are:
New York at Brooklyn.
Chicago at Cincinnati. SIS
Pittsburgh at St. Louis. ..s, a
Philadelphia at Boston. III