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The Washington times., 1912-12-24
News Oddities

Clay county. Missouri's first woman
jury. all sunragettes, found its first
prisoner. a man, guilty.
n-months-old Henry Hittson. of
Fort Worth. Tex, has seven living
grandparents. They are prouder of it
than lie IL.
DR.. Harlow Brooks told the Academy
of Medicine 1t was harder to get q
good cook or chsmbermaid In New Yorl;
than Q good nurse or doctor.
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OF blended rose and purple light DER
all
The luscious landscape spreads-like
pleasure blush
And glows DER wave. sky. flower and
palm tree tall.
'Tis now that solitude has most Of rain I:
Vague apprehensions Of approac ching
night
Whisper the soul. attuned to bliss. and
fain 3d.
To find In love equivalent for light.
g. Mrs. N. q. Brooks.
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Eating Sunflower Seeds.

Sunflower seed eating In the favorite
holiday pastime OF the Spanish Hebrews
OF the Levant. The kernel of the seed.
which IL about rs large as q grain Of
rice. has q nutty, oily flavor. somewhat
after synagogue. Hebrews all over the
Orient are to be seen munching the sun,
flower seeds with gustO The Weather
classes substitute the salted pistachio
for the sunflowcr seed.
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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds.

In some of the rural districts Of
Macedonia the peasantry consume large
quantities of pumpkin seeds, salted and
roasted brown. The taste Of this ''nut.''
vice, and some persons never succeed in
acquiring Il.
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THIS&THAT
CHI RIS T N A S .
W0A .sosseffsses a kafls srfAs OtAer
oh. would pen an ode about the Joy

oh. I would pen IN ode about the Joys
OF Christmas time;
The child, the thrill-oh. all Of II, I'd
put In fauitlsss rhyme;
I'd tell tho Joy Of givinG. be the sift
one great or small.
And too. ia tell Of all Of those who
have no Joy. At al.
yss. I would sing a. nns Q song a.
any'd wish to hear.
And you who paused to read II could
not help but drop q tear:
A lump would MI your throat up. be
you e'er % adamant,
Excepting. as L. Carroll said. except.
ing that I can't.
I cannot move the softest heart: con.
not wiring tear:
draw no answer from the crowd-at
best, a scoffing jcer:
II In not mine to stir the soul. to cause
strong men to choke:
hear tho sobting only when I try to
crack Joke.
And since know that words OF mine
will not move you not = jot,
And since they'll be the words Of only
one. among . lot
30. for my "Msrry Christmas" and my
greetings for the year."
crave the very smallest boon: Believe
that they're sincere.
Well. 10 II going to be Q white Christ
mas?
Rather. unless they postpone II.
One Of the noticeable things around
. newspaper office 10 the ease with
which ono gets proofs. copy boys and
everything else-on December "a.
When the-last-person-in-th the world-I-
ever-thousht-w was-g going to- -sive.me.any-
thing walks In and gives II to you, to-
morrow morning. what are you goinx to
do about II?
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Big Mans Simple Life.

Now chap comes along and says Mr..
Marshall. the Vice President-elect.
shines his own shoes. Well. why not"
Woodrow Wilson rides OH a bicycle in
gets n chance, and John u. Rockefeller
likes to pedal for a mile OF two when
he can forget business long enough to
put his mind OH his feet.
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CONTEMPLATION.

And happens that pleben pnishnm robbed you
Of oil illusions there must be fresh revelation and marvel
the that hao baneted the this morning before you awak
ened Beneath the traffic Of the city silent Here and there
aued horseback thrust grim, grey shoulders through
mane Of increasing white BY the whole aspect Of ngs
ransfomed and vouchsafed the tired spirit the kind Of
quiet comfort that gives always hibeatins earth On the
other hand fancy bent that way just There
be some Of us, Peter Pan, who don't believe in fairies
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New England's Advantage.

Here Is how the spirits OF the wise
sit in the clouds and mock us. 'Even
at the risk of arousing Western preju-
ali broken, hiily. rocky countries have
n decided advantage over regions OF
great fertility. In that human stupidity
and mole-eyed greed can never wholly
divest them of forests.that their sterile
crags and steep activities must mainly
he left to wood forever. Horace Gree
lev
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Business ID rushing! Four thousand
dollars contributed to the inaugural
committee In one day. and almost third
Of that amount freightsd to the As
sociated Charities in one week. Hurray!
THINGS WE DIDN'T KNOW.
With tho advent Of colder weather.
advances In the prices Of all grades Of
coal will become necessary.-News item.
Coming back to the inaugural prepara-
tiOns. we note the formation of com.
mittees for approximately eversomany
purposes: but-no committee on weather!
It Is obvious. therefore. that Mr.. Eustis
intends to leave the question Of weather
in our hands. We accept the trust.
and shall endeavor to provide q bright,
sunshiny day.
BY the way. our tailor has asked an
extortionate price for putting q storm
collar on our winter overcoat. We shall
pay II, however, rather than catch cold
In the blissard on March I.
The committee on illumina ton, We SUD.
rose. will be given control Of the o..
looms.
| The Balkan peace conferences are
held in the picture gallery Of st.
James Palace. This may account for
the amount of work tossed off to
date. our guess being that the envoys
put in the time looking at the pic
lures. While we think Of II (bus. of
yawning). the pleni-etc. will meet
again next Saturday morning,
YES: AND MAKE TURKEY TURN.
| KEY.
g. 9. K.-If they decided to lock the
envoys up until they came to terms,
would they put them In . plcnipeni-
tentiary? SAL AMMoNIAc.
Additional reason why theatrical
managers will all travel down hill
- forced to curtail q successful
metropolitan season in order to full
NJ important road engagements"
l
treme democracy Of Miss Helen
Gould's hancee. who went to church
with . derby hat OH. This would bs
all right II they didn't head the stor,
with q cut of the gentleman leaving
church. end In which he II wcsrina
. silk hat However. It's q good story
SEEN IN A DAY.
@. 8. K.-Just witnessed a miracle
Two boys were fixing q .32-caliber re,
volver that wasn't loaded, and no.
body got shot. N.B.B B.
Which 10 better than we did. Watch.
; full as We were. all th6t we Elimpset
; was . woman using sealing wax OF
q letter. and making a neat Job Of II
A great little suggestion comes sliding I,
, from \. b.. who hints that we ought /,
borrow some one-inch type from the New
York Journal. In order to make our spen
Ing ditty take up . little more room.
sort Of appeals to us. eve are using thi
; style OF type to keep A. D. from accusin,
Us Of putting this In to al out the column.
Tomorrow being a holiday, We shel
sleep until 8 In the morning. Only tw
editions. instead Of the customary three
The United States. as We pointe,
out last week. Is IN need of NOR
men for the aviation corps.
| Won spell II with an "e"
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The Price.

To the Piigrimettes who hit the Al
bany trail to glory:
be not discouraged. though sore; nci-
ther maurnful, though weary: nor yet
fearful though brimming with sobs.
Even historical romance has never pic
tured Valley Forge as pink tea. In
the Dismal Swamp were only mosIui-
toes, malaria, break. .bone fever and the
chant OF the chaplain. In Libby Pris-
on poison gloom.
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TSa % ) @]%SSSS}G SS}Gja50v

sa ton with gestures to Muller and Raf-
ferty. and Mr.. Michael Angelo Dinkston
on the outside butting in.
Friend OF mine." said Mr.. Jarr care
lessly.
The rroup in front and Gus behind tho
bar regarded them carelessiy and went
on with their arguments. Mr.. Jarr'
employer felt hurt that his induction
had caused go little excitement. Here
was a saloon and no man with heavy
black dyed nustache-a man wearing a
check suit with sack coat with a silk
hat and exc a red necktie-had stepped
fc rward and said:
Tip us your f,ipper. old sport! You're
Just In time to pick out the winning
eard!"
There was no such Individual in sight
The crowd was an utterly commonplace
one. Mr.. Jarr's boss had been 30 busy
getting rich when a young man and &C
bothered keeping rich when older grown
that he had never been In a corner sa.
loon before.
His Employer Wonders
About Knockout Drops.
Mr.. Dinkson had edged into the larg'
est groCp and into the conversation b,
the time the boss had noted the absence
Of the saloon CRATER he had seen &c
many times In pictures. Mr.. Jarr's EN-
ployer was now gaxing at the bottle,
| behind the bar and wondering which
one contained the knockout drops. Mr.
Jarr could have told him they all helt
knockout drops II one took drop to,
much out Of them.
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A Bet Down.

Good cheer. Sisterettes! Blisters?
Were not the knights Of chivafry raw
jointed from their Iron harness.? Cal
iouses? Did not the feet of Peter the
Hermit paint the highways scarlet?
Corns? Fremont shredded his sOles On
mountain peaks.
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in GOTHAM
NEW YORK. Dec. q.
TIERE's man near Providence
who makes a good living by rais-
What BroadiOay Is Talking About

guinea pigs-for medical schools
and biological laboratories. The demand
for the cavio IL such that prices run
| about on the level OF those for chick
| ems.
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Uncle Zeke
has some queer
notions. Says he
thinks the high.
class restaurants
ought to serpe
bread cut all the
way through the
loaf.

Business ID rushing! Four thousand
dollars contributed to the inaugural
committee In one day. and almost 4 third
Of that amount freightsd to the A.
ISOLATED Charities in one week. Hurray!
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I'!|l|E|!g!q Egq'

A Mr.. Jarr and his employer came
IN near the blasing portals Of
n Gus's popular house Of call ut
the corner the old man drew
back q bit and SILVER went UP his
plastic spine beneath his rich fur coat.
A rich man does not like to be in
strange places unguarded by private
secretaries. office boys. parasite friends
or an expensive wife-the last seeing
nobody gets anything from her husband
because she feels It 10 being taken from
her.
"Cheer up!" advised Mr.. Jarr. who
noticed his boss falter. II am only
showing you how the other half enjoy
themselves. We are not going slum-
ming"
Call me MFR. Brown when we get
inside!" whispered the boss.
NIX. nix on incognito stuh." re.
marked Mr.. Jarr airily. I'VE are going
among saloonites, not soubrettes."
"Friend Of Mine,"
Says Jarr, Calmly.
All the familiars Of the place were
present; Mr.. slavinsky making conver
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Good Stories
Excellent Plan.

~ SEE" said Mrs. De Jones. while
- Mrs. Van lyle was calling. that
you have Chinese chauneur.
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The United states. as We pointed
out last week. Is IN need OF more
men for the aviation corps.
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You spell 1t with an "e."
q. Q. X.
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TOMORROW beIhg q hoIIdAy, We shall
sleep until In the morning. Only two
editions. instead Of the customary three
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One Of the noticeable things around
. newspaper office 10 the ease with
which ono gets proofs, copy boys and
everything eise-on December "a.
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THINGS WE DIDN'T KNOW,

THiNSS WE DIDN'T KNOW.
With tho advent Of colder weather,
advances In the prices Of all grades Of
coal will become necessary.-News item.
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BY the way, our tailor has asked an
extortionate price for putting q storm
collar on our winter overcoat. We shall
pay II. however, rather than catch cold
In the blizzard on March I.
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The committee on illumina ton. We SUP.
pose. will be given control Of the %.
looms.
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SEEN IN A DAY.

g. 3. K.-Just witnessed a miracle.
Two boys were fixing .32-caliber re-
volver that wasn't loaded. and no.
body got shot. N.B. n.
Evening journal., 1912-04-03
APRIL'S The MONTH
BASEBALL BEGINS

The baseball fans all over the
country have been awaiting the ar
rival of the month OF April, the month
Of sunshine and showers, and now
that it Is here they will all be ready
TO give vent to their enthusiasm over
the gerat national pastlme. It Is
the month that sees the opening Of
the real baseball season, the majority
OF the leagues Of the country getting
their pennant races started on some
day during the month.
The Pacific Coast League formally
opens the season tomorrow with the
American Association getting away
on Wednesday. April 10. The Na-
tional and American Leagues start
on April II as do also the Southern
League and the Cotton State League.
The Texas League gets away on April
II. the Southeastern League on April
IS. the Northwestern League on April
l6. the international League on April
is, and the New England League OH
the day following Other minor
Leagues including the New York State
League start their season of 1912 dur
ing the last two weeks of the month,
The Tri-State and four other minor
leagues begin their season on May /,
while the Mid-Coast League gets away
June /.
Evening journal., 1912-04-03
CITY GETS The
BOXING GAME
0nIy Scientific Bouts without
Pay or Bruises to be
Tolerated

The ban against boxing, which has
been in effect in Wilmington for some
time. has been lifted, and hereafter
boxing will be allowed-that is until
somebody gets hurt.
The Police Commission yesterday
afternoon received the opinion of City
Solicitor Hastings on the question Of
boxing IN which he defines what is
termed prize fighting and what may
be considered boxing bouts, such as
it is intended to hold at the State
Arsenal, Twelfth and Orange streets.
After reading the opinion. President
Jones. of the Board said he under
stood that the city solicitors opinion
on the subject was approved by At
torney General Gray, and that with
this knowledge. there was little the
Police Commission could do.
Mr.. Jones said that the opinion re-
lieves the department OF any RESPONSE
blity should anything occur.
Mr.. Bowers added that the bars had
been up tight and now, under this
opinion. they were let down.
The city solicitor holds that boxing
exhibitions for the pure sport. without
bruises and profit are not violation
OF the law. and Mr.. Jones said that
while his opinion differs, the latter
was the lagal advisor of the city, and
there was nothing further TO do.
The commissioners received let
ter from a person who failed 80 sign
his name containing four different
court decisions against prize fighting
AS the communication was anOny-
nous the Board did not consider it
After quoting the decisions, the
writer said: From the above II
would appear that an athletic eXhi'
| ton would be a prize fight, If thS
spectators were charged an admission
/ fee of fifty cents, a part OF the fees
| to be used in paying reward I,
| the successful combatant; and par.
/ ticularly so if six or eight negroes
were placed on platform and told
/ TO go at each other. the one stand
! ing up the longest to get $40. or j
! two negro pugilists were engaged II
a sparring contest. the spectators al
the while yelling get i'm get i'm
and cheering wildly whenever one
/ fighter drew blood from the other.
The Police Commissioners pointed
out that they cannot discriminate anc
II boxing is 10 be allowed az the arm
p, ory it will have TO be permitted ir
and under the jurisdiction OF any
other club that wishes TO give boxing
exhibitions
The commissioners declared. how
Ntfsts.
4 law without the law bearing on priz
fighting. to reach the combatants
promoters and others interested. jus
as soon as the privilege was abuse
! or the boxing game is made nui
sance, or the source Of financial pre-
> fit
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AUTO RECIPROCITY WITH
JERSEY STARTS TODAY

Beginning today. Delaware motor
lists. and, in fact, any registered auto
mobile owner OF other States, that Of
fer similar reciprocity may tour in
New Jersey without making an outlay
Of money for that State license. New
Jersey regained its place on the
motorists map yesterday when Gov
ernor Wilson signed the automobile
reciprocity bill which recently pass
ed the Senate
The new law provides
ANY meteor vehicle belonging TO
any person who is nonresident Of
New Jersey, and who has registered
such motor vehicle and has complied
with all the laws of the State Terri
tory or Federal district Of the United
States in which he resides with re.
spect TO registration of motor vehicles
and the display Of registration num-
bers. and who shall conspicuously
display such registration number as
required thereby, may be driven IN
this State for a period Of not to ex-
ceed fifteen days in each calendar
year. without providing with or being
subject to Sections 10 or 2i of The
act TO which this is supplement, OF
either of them. or with any of tho
preceding sections of this supple
ment."
Since last summer nonresident
motorists who had license tags from
their State of residence were barred
from touring in New Jersey unless
they acquired a yearly privilege &C a
cost ranging from three TO ten dol
lars Previous TO this time nom
residents we're extended the privilege
OF touring I'm the State Of level
roads" at a cost Of on dollar for a
period of eight days
AT times. especially IN the summer
season, when the automobile is used
most. the ruling against non-residenI
motorists I'm New Jersey was so strin-
| gently enforced that as soon as a
Delaware or Pennsylvania motorist
reached the Camden shore Of the Del.
aware river he was forced to take oui
a yearly Jersey license to proceed any
4 further Under the new law tn,
Delawarean will have the privilege oil
! touring in the sister State for perio,
not TO exceed fifteen days without ad
ditional cost, providing his car Is
registered In this State.
In the future the prices Of th.
yearly licenses OF resident motorist:
Of New Jersey will be at fifty pei
cent increase. The new fees 0r'
s4 80 for cars up to ten horsepower
81 80 for ears from eleven TO twenty
nine horsepower. inclusive. and 81
Evening journal., 1912-04-03
TWENTY GREATEST BLUNDERs IN BASEBALL.

list OF the 20 greatest
bnnders in baseball history
a kid named Mathewson for great
pitcher pamed Rusie
Three-Fngered Brown to Chicago for
Murphy lobby of the Waldorf
a policeman
with three
JACKIE championship wild pitch
Nerkle fai to touch a
WhenM Baker
grooyed
Murphy panncd commission
allowed Miller Huggns to leave Cincin
his grounde Bobby Wallace
October 4, 1908
belted Fnneran the bugle
Cleveland Alex
owhen Cincinnati Marty without
80
underesimated Babe Adams 1903
Kilan Detroit
Umpire Billy Klein
Horace HerrmanMurphy
Evening journal., 1912-04-03
ATHLETES LOSE
THEIR MANY KINKS
Delaware Baseball Players and
Track Men Rapidly Round
Into Form
speeial 70 THE EvENINa JoURNAL

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEWARK. Del, April 3.-After a
rather strenuous day yesterday, Coach
MacAvoy eased up bit today on the
Blue and Gold baseball squad. and
only light batting practice, fielding
and base running we're indulged in.
All the members Of the squad report
ed, and after a slight jog proceeded
TO work themselves out in the way
best suiting them. After limbering up
a bit, the Varsity came i'm from the
field to take their chances with the
ash. Goehegan was placed in the box
TO deliver the pill, and each member
of the Varsity, preceded by the coach,
took one strike at the ball. The SCRUB
men assumed the various positions OF
the team. and fielded each ball that
was crashed out. Goehegan was later
relieved by Houchin in the box. and
later Jolls ,ook Houchin's place.
Captain Ennis. with his squad or
PAGERS. is making progressive strides
in the track line, and already such Of
the old men as Dean Manning and
Sandon are wondering whether they
will retain their places with bunch
Of green horns already doing one
hundred. and two-twenty dashes in
record time Captain Ennis is frank in
his praise Of the squad. there being
from fifteen TO twenty men out every
afternoon.
Todd and Millington are plugging
steadily away at the weights, and are
beginning TO make their respective
two hundred and ten pounds represent
that much bone and muscle. Neale,
a rather dark horse in the field events,
has been coming out rather strong of
late, and both Toddie and Millie are
Tightening up a notch or so to retain
their old prestige with the weights.
Todd is steadily approaching the col
lege record with the sixteen pound
hammer and expresses himself as be-
ing confident that he will leave Dei-
aware this year with a new hammer
record. If Millington is able to re-
tain tho form which he now possesses
with the discus. il looks very much as
II he will be in line for another medal
The record for the discus is about
ninety four feet: and already, he has
succeeded in putting the huge plate
dUouA hili nhAllAu oih WV AARA ahN
seven inches from him.
On the shot put. Millie has not yet
/ regained his old form. Yesterday was
his first trip out and thirty-four feet
and six inches was the best distance
to his credit. against his previous col
| lege record at last years interclass
meet Of thirty-five feet and one inch
Tn the field events another form o
sport is about to be enrolled. in which
the cadets may strengthen with skill
1 The new sport which. il is believed
will hereafter be classed as a regula
field event at Delaware, is hurting th'
| iavelin. Though the students have hal
but a short opportunity TO hecom
skilled in this novel sport, some hay
already become highly proficient
Sawin. the game little senior. whC
as captain of last seasons Varsit
basketball squad. so ably defende
Delaware. is perhaps. at this stage {
the game, the most proficient 2
heaving the oarbed stick Though th
little senior is a Bit lacking in weigh
he fully makes up for it in his ski
Evening journal., 1912-04-03
PHOENIX COLTs Wa.

Phoenix Colts defeated the North
End Juniors Tuesday by the score Of
% to z. The Phoenix Colts would like
TO receive challenges from any 15 year
old boy team in the city. The lineup
is V. Bennett. captain and catcher; II.
Freeman, pitcher; E. Denny. pitcher;
]. Morrow, shortstop; NJ. Marcus, first
base; L. Murphy. second base; n.
Doelling, third base; Z. Wardle. left
field; G. Brooks. center field; n. Le-
rates, right field, r. Bennett, right
field Send challenges to Manager
Harry Freeman, No. 1921 French
street.
Evening journal., 1912-04-03
OLD SWEDES NOT
AN OUTLAW TEAM

Sporting Editor THE EVENING
JOURNAL
In regard to an article which ap-
peared in local paper on Tuesday
morning about a new baseball leageu
composed OF several of the different
churches in which II was stated that
last years champions and pennant
winners would be represented in
same, wish 10 emphaucally state
that Old Swedes. thee hampions and
pennant winners Of the Church
League last year, will not be repre-
sented IN this new organization. as
they are well satisfied with the rum
ming Of affairs in the present Church
League.
They open their season on May 4
with Eastlake on Old Swedes grounds
at Vandever avenue and Heald street
On next Saturday Old Swedes will
play preseason game with Vande-
yer. of the All-Wilmington League
on their grounds.
Old Swedes would like to have somC
practice games for Saturdays during
April Would especially like to hear
from Highland. Madison. Marshalltor
and some Other good teams AlsC
Newark and Middletown.
Respectfully.
Claude ID. Hollett,
Manager Old Swedes
d. and A. Phone 5SS7A.
Wilmington. Del. April 3.
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sPEAkMAN VS.. DUPONT

The newly-organized Speakman
team of the Wilmington League
will play the strong DUPONT team at
Thirtieth and Spruce streets, on Sat
urday, April 8. A big game is looked
for as Manager Slomonson has had his
team out for practice for the past
two weeks. while DUPONT trimmed
Penn A. c.. of the l-Wilmington
League last Saturday. Manager
Gawinski. of DUPONT, has instructed
Captain MCGOWAN to drill the boys
hard for Saturday Skip Brown ana
rHock" Glynn will do the big league
~unt in the box.