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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-07
HfRRlCK TO Be
FRENCH AMBASSADOR
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, Feb. THE nOmina-
tion of former Governor Myron 7.
IIerrick. of Ohio, tO be ambassador
to France, to succeed Robert l.acon,
resigned, was sent to the Senate
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-07
N. &C. GROOM
DIED TODAY
l. "a PTaOLLER STRICKEN
/ 0oA-... WHERE HE HAD
coyr T0 ..AKE SPEECH

lated Press.)
IAN. Hon. \. {,
f Of the State 0.
Mr.. Groom passed
Uag al Ocala, where
address a meeting o!
Veterans Of that
I. known what caused
a.h. but it is supposed
aeart failure.
ii Groom was born ca
a quincy. lie was a
aY,eGcrate Veteran, hav-
nom the beginning TO
| s war with distinction.
m Quincy TO Brooks
Wl> living at that place
5s.ni5d TO fill the uneNpired
r lIui. William Reynolds,
I,roIr Of The State, and who
resident O. Lakeland many
a-5
room was appointed to the
|ot comptroller by Governor W.
kn!ne> in 1902. and had, there
served ten years in this capac-
In, has been a careful, vigilant,
officer and at all times mer-
! he confidence given him by the
i Of the State.
Groom leaves a devoted wife
BIZ son, William Groom, who
gagged in the banking business
Fhsonyillc.
|. rroom's death makes the Sec
j. occur in the Cabinet in the
|ten days, both of which were
By similar in nature. Mr.. Nc.
commissioner of Agriculture.
)iiressing the Elks last week at
~, when the Death Angel came
u, warning. and Mr.. Groom was
|l.k, mission to address the Con-
t'e Veterans at Ocala, when the
|,a,l Vas aiven.
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And their love for the tulips was proved by the
price they paid.
He evidently was struck by a streak of
materialism when writing the last line.

| X X *
DR.. William Tindall secretary to the
board of Commissioners of the District
of Columbia, has fly in his house which
last summer, when the doctor left a
window unscreened and admitted a large
swarm of the insects. all of whom were
seeking safe harbor to escape the
| rigors of The Stars swat the fly
campaign. Mrs. Tindall went west at
bachelor. Not being up on all house
hold tricks, he forgot about the screens
and admitted the flies.
Being impressed with The Stars ex-
crusade against the intruders to such
good purpose that soon there was only
one left He pursued the survivor with
eager enthusiasm, and Swatted often and
with various homicidal implements, from
a slipper to a dishrag, but all in vain.
Finally. In making desperate slap at
the foe. he struck his hand against a
NAIL and concluded that the fly had been
sent to him for some helpful purpose.
Along this line of thought he at length
sense of dread when alone in a house.
He attributed 1t to the suspense which
arises from hearing noises that cannot
be accounted for, but which can be al
layed to some extent by the purring of a
cat. the singing Of birds in cage or
even the buzzing of a fly. At any rate,
he became satisfied that there was some
good purpose in the fiy's salvation, and
let up son his efforts to follow the ad-
vice as to its determination.
No sooner had he reached this resolve
than the fly became closer than a
brother, and even roasted at times in
the Doctors hands. Occasionally 1t
varied its pose by getting mired in the
butter. but the doctor patiently forked
him out and washed him under the hot
water faucet in the kitchen sink, and
placed him in the sun in the window sill
to dry, where the fly promptly revived
and renewed his familiarity with the
doctor and his provisions The doctor
says that the familiar proverb about a
discarded as smile for vital tenacity
and the residence of the fly substituted
for it, as his fly has come back about
a thousand times, and 1.-The end is not
yet"
An official of the District public schools
was inspecting some of the manual train
ing work turned out by the children In
one of the grades. Assisting her in her
duties was a youngster who made 1t his
work to bring the individual specimens to
her for examination:
What pretty little boat" commented
the official.
YES" replied the boy, Jack made
that"
This is a very cunning ladder
Harry did that" echoed the lad
nally the official turned with a smile to
the boy and asked:
And what did you make"
oh" he replied, drawing himself up
very haughtily. Il didn't make anything.
live in an apartment house."
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Appropriate Literature.

INFINITE are the requirements and
= profound the judgment of Librarians.
The other day little girl who does the
family marketing rushed into a library
with the announcement that the sewing
society was going to meet at her mother
house that afternoon. and wouldn't the
librarian please send around book suit
able for the elocutionist Of the society to
read aloud while the others worked? The
young woman appealed to sent the
sequel to particularly charming story
that had beguiled the tedium of that
same circle on q previous afternoon. in
short while the little girl returned the
book.
Ma says this amt the kind Of a story
they need today" she said. They aim
workin' on baby clothes and shirt waists
today. They're darnin' mems socks and
mendin' shirts, an they want something
suitable
There was a consultation Of librarians
Just what kind of literature would fit the
mental attitude of women engaged in
darning socks and mending shirts was a
question hitherto unconsidered.
They decided on a womans rights PAM
phlet called THE Eternal Warfare" APP
parently it suited, for the child did not
bring 1t back.
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! know that touching the mascot is like
fooling with buzz saw.
Be careful" was the warning shouted
to stranger a few days ago when he
displayed desire to caress the SQUIRREL.
That little thing won't bite me-" the
stranger said.
But as soon as he touched the mascot
the latter turned upon him. He shook it
on. but instead Of running away.
Vicente" returned and renewed tho at
tack.
Sergt. Passeno relates story OF the
frst and only trip Vicente" took on the
police boat Every time preparations
were made for trip the squirrel tried to
board the boat, but was driven into the
house, but 1t seemingly begged SO hard
| that one day the sergeant took it for a
trip up the river.
"As soon as the boat got a short dis
lance from the dock" Sergt. Passeno re-
lates. Vicente started crying. II got
on the city side OF the boat and remain
ed there. changing when the boat made
turn for the return trip. and when the
boat was about ten feet from the dock
on the return trip Vicente gave a spring
from the boat and landed safely on the
dock.
THE one trip" the sergeant concluded,
was enough for the mascot
Another poetcal genius. eleven years
OF age, has been discovered in the District
public schools. That he will rival all the
great poets Is not doubted by his many
little friends who gather round to hear
him read extracts from his COMPOSITIONS
One Of his compositions, inspired by q
lesson from the teacher on the Potomac
river, follows:
Beautiful ID our river
Boats 60 up and down:
People Of different places
Are boating all around.
Trees hang over the water.
Natures beauties abound:
People Of different places
Are boating up and down.
Following a lesson on the children of
Deutschland" he composed this:
One time In June
When the tulips had blo0med
The sweet little Dutchies passed with q tune:
They hummed on their way,
Were jolly and gay,
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Their State Maps.

TO that general information bureau,
: the elevator conductor. went the man
who wished to see large map of Wis
consin.
Where can I find one?" he said.
There is Wisconsin man in business
on the eleventh foor," said the starter.
He'll be likely to have one.''
Up to the eleventh floor went the seek
er. He found a map there.
How does it happen" he said to the
Wisconsin exile, that all you men from
other states keep a life-size map of your
native state hanging up in your Offices
for year or two after migrating to New
York? Is 1t because you are homesick p
Partly" said the Wisconsin man, land
partly for the accommodation of visitors
from back home. l guess you are right
about every last one of us exiles cing1ng
to home map for while. l have been
into the Offices of recent arrivals from
half the states in the Union, and every
place saw a state map. l suppose those
people got them for the same reason
did. Back in Milwaukee 1 never thought
of owning a map of Wisconsin, but now
that / am a thousand miles away it does
me good to trace familiar railroad routes
and locate well known towns. Then. a lot
of Wisconsin people here on visit drop
in, and as they expect to go back soon,
it is q material as well as a sentimental
advantage to them to find Wisconsin
map handy"
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CHEEKY Talk for Night Clerk.

&c OMETIMEs the night clerks job
- has it's drawbacks" remarked the
tall, thin man behind the desk at the
hotel. These weird tales that guests
will tell in the still night"-he went
on-"they're one thing that makes a
fellow wish there were more people
around.
"One night about 2 o'clock, a guest
came up to the desk and spent an hour
telling me earnestly about the black
cat that had been sitting on the foot
Of his bed. AS he talked noticed the
fellow had queer look in his eye.
"A black cats nothing but a black
cat, but somehow a fellow doesn't want
to hear much about 'em in the middle
Of the night from nervous man with
a queer look in his eye. This man said
that the cat came in when the waiter
brought his dinner up to the room.
Then the cat took a chair at the table
opposite him. he said. and tucked a
napkin under Its chin.
"'I asked II it didn't want something
to eat the man added, but it said it
didn't-politest cat 1 ever saw
Great line Of talk. wasn't it?
"Then he started in to direct lot Of
men building q skyscraper there in the
lobby. couldn't see the skyscraper, but
he did. He had force of about 400 men
hosting stone and steel. and he bossed
the job.
"By and by he went back to his room
and tried to sleep. But inside Of half an
hour he came down again to tell me
about the man out in the back yard who
was changing hens into horses and
rubbing black cats In his hands until
they turned into pink goats.
-Four days after that / heard that my
visitor had been taken over to the hos
pital with a bad case of d. It's. and had
passed on. He was calm enough when he
was telling me about the things he was
seeing, but it wasn't CHEEKY line of talk
to listen to.
SO often around hotel. but when any
body does see thinEs-robin eggs. blue
buffaloes. purple giraffes, or anything
the night clerks the man that has to
hear all about EN-"
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Heard, Seen, Said and Done

In local school. the youngsters of
which are greatly interested in the Boy
Scout movement. a recent addition to a
sixth grade class was questioning Ids
teacher about the organization. She ex-
planned that all the scouts of the building
formed troop. but that each class had
its own patrol.
In high glee the new recruit exclaimed,
I'm going to join: never had chance
to ride in one Of them"
+ 4
A party of small girls was going
through the National Museum the other
day. When they reached the section
where the birds and birds eggs were dis
played they were much interested. There
was one case Of ostrich eggs that excited
their admiration and the eldest of the
party. who was evidently showing the
visitors around. remarked in q satisfied
tone:
You see told you they had elephants
eggs down here
How Unexpectedly the wind can operate
and how little one knows about its action
! side of the post office. Two clerks were
coming over from the Department of
Agriculture. 1t was one Of the days Of
high wind and the wind Is always worse
| around the post office than it is anywhere
else in town. When they got half way
by the 18th street side of the building an
unusually fierce gust took the hat of one
and carried it like bullet toward the
building. But it never hit the wall.
When 1t reached the deep pit that runs
| down the side Of the building 1t dived
| down out Of sight. Then. strangest of
a III. the gust brought it up out of the
| depths and returned 1t like a base ball,
straight TO the hands Of its owner
| \
'Weenie." the pet squirrel at the har-
/ Dor precinct, improves on acquaintance.
/ The little mascot never takes kindly to
| strangers. but those who have made its
| acquaintance can do almost anything
with 1t without fear of being attacked.
| Several persons have nursed bites and
| scratches ''Weenie" gave them, and per-
| sons along the river front have come to
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Time Flies.

WHEN the blind woman who plays the
w accordion saw a genial looking man
stop to read her placard she quickened
her tune in the expectation that he was
going to give her some money. but he
gave her advice instead.
Said he: Have you read that sign Of
yours Iately?"
She said she had not.
Well" said he you'd better. and then
have Ii edited. 1t is dated six years ago
and says you have six small children
dependent upon your efforts with this In
strument for support. Six years works
wonders In children, and they must be
pretty lusty youngsters by this time.
Change that date t0 b."
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Suggestive Hymn Numbers.

THE Sunday morning service had been
l arranged to the satisfaction of the
pastor but the clerk telephoned up that
one or two Of the hymns would have
to be changed.
"Ill never have the courage to chalk
those three numbers down on the bulletin
board in the order Of selection" he said.
why not?' the pastor asked.
Why, just look at the numbers. said
the clerk. ALA. The congregation
would have a fit.
The minister, being a wise man. knew
why and he substituted hymns with lea
suggestive numbers.
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manager of the company.


"All right said the motorman, "Pl
be ready to start soon.'
Il am making front platform trips dur
ing rush hours on my Doctors advice. y
the man said. "A year ago 1 was a men,
tai and physical wreck. nerve special
ist took me in hand. He says now 1 am
cured. To make sure I can stand the
severest kind of mental strain he has
ordered me to stand beside the motor
man and see how I would meet emer-
gencies
He has put me on my honor in re.
porting to him. If child turns a somer-
sault in front of car or a man falls
Immediately what would do il in charge
of the car. II / can think as quickly and
as straight as the motorman does. my
recovery will be pronounced complete. II
not, the treatment will have to be con-
tinued while longer.
Before / got sick I would have
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An Umbrella Bath.

tSyYIASHING umbrellas speciality" was
w the red-letter notice printed on
cards distributed by a certain laundress.
When seen she carried bundle OF UNI
brellas which customers had yielded up
fearfully for a thoroughly scrubbing.
why should umbrellas be sent to the
washtub?'' she was asked. Don't they
get washed often enough by rain and
snOwg'
often enough" she said, "but not the
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A Nerve Cure.

wv HEN asked II he would allow a
w passenger to stand on the platform
beside him, the motorman replied that
1t was against the rules.
II know that" said the applicant for
the post Of honor. but maybe this will
put me through"
He presented letter signed by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

right way. At the end of winter every
umbrella that has seen much service is
beginning to look shabby. What 1t needs
is hot, soapy bath. That is the kind 1t
gets at my house, with soft brush mas
sage thrown in to rub the spots OFF and
an application of glycerin to the ribs to
prevent rusting.
IAN umbrella that has undergone that
treatment and been hung out open IN the
sunshine to dry will look like new.
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The Real Puzzle.
From the West Chester Critic.

From the West Chester Critic.
Father Gmpressively)-Suppo should
be taken away suddenly. what would be-
| come of you, my boy?
1rreverent SOn-I'd stay here. The
question Is, What would become Of you?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

thought an ordeal Of that kind sufficient
to cause nervous prostration, but per-
sons who pass through that doctors
hands seem able to stand it. and nearly
all Of his patients are subjected to the
test"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

Pinero-s Mind the Paint-Girl." now be-
ing played in London is the second of
three comedies on stage life which Pinero
planned to write. '"Trelawney OF the
Wells being the first.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

THE Pink Lady" scored a big hit in
London it's first production there
though some objections were made to
part of the dialogue. All of the principals
received an ovation.
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DANCING.

PROF. WYNDHAM. sie 18th N.W.-CLAss.
1880; dancing $3.50 to IL 80 every Tues, Thurs
4 Sat- sves.: teaches all dances; private lessons
any hour: lessons. Soc: for $3.50. Ph M.j679.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

The one-act play, 1.-The Drums of
Dude which David Beiasco is to pro-
duce with Martin Beck. is a play of the
Sepov mutiny in India in 1857
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

Theodore Burt Sayre author of Tom
Moore" and Cleveland Rogers have writ
ten drama. called "Ransomed, which
will be produced by John Cort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

Cyril Scott is appearing in double bill.
one play being called THE Best People"
a story Of fashionable life and the other,
a one-act play on the Arabian Nights
order, entitled THE Gods of the Noun
tain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

A new play is to be produced in Chi
cago by Chicago author. W. A.
Mcguire. is called The Divorce Among
those engaged for the company are Shell
don Lewis, Charlotte Granville and Ed
ward Emery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

II is said that Viola Allen is likely to
be the leading lady of the stock company
which William Gillette will establish In
New York next season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

Winthrop Ames intends next fall to
produce plays for children in his Little
Theater. in New York. beginning with a
dramatization of Grimms fairy tale
.Snow White"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

Tyrone Power will bring his tour in
THE Servant in the House. to a close
this week 1t has been a very profitable
one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

Margaret Morris, a member of The
Winsome Widow company, broke her
leg while going through a rehearsal of
the ice-skating scene She will be out of
the cast for some weeks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

A. III. Van. Buren, gave the Beau Brum-
meIs of Washington's younger set a new
sartorial thought last week when he wore
black satin pumps a part of his full
dress regalia in 'Nobody's Widow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

James Stevens. who is with the Aborn
English Grand Opera Company. will be
remembered here for his excellent work
in the part of Passion. in Henry W.
Savage's production of ..Everywoman."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

Mrs Danes Defense is to be revived
in London with Sir Charles Wyndham
and Lena Ashwell in the leading roles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

The weekly receipts of Bought and
Paid For and .'Bunty Pulls the Strings
n New York average each week between
sln.O90 and $1,000. Next season four or
five companies of each production will be
sent on tour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

A new tenor. formerly a poor shoe
maker in the Pyrenees, has been d1scov-
cred by an operate manager in Paris
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

The tnwritten Law" by Edwin Milton
Royle. produced in Atlantic City last
week, is said to be the authors strongest
play yet produced The first three acts
are full of interest but the last act con-
tanned a genuine surprise which, accord
ing to accounts, made the audience sit up
and gasp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

Frank Mcintyre. the star in "Snobs"
and Everett Butterfield of the Butterfield
Players started their stage careers to-
gether in the same little summer touring
company that opened in Bar Harbor
twelve years ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

After five years absence. Edwin
Hughes will return for plano recital to-
morrow evening at the Washington Club.
ut s:15 o'clock. Mr.. Hughes has studied
In Vienna under Theodore Leschtizky.
taught in Detroit. and appeared In con-
cert frequently in the west. He Is about
TO make his home in Munich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

Blanche Yurka's favorite exercise is
walking around the speedway every morn
ing. She says she does not feel at all
like herself unless she has walked sew
eral miles every day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

Charles Frohman says the rest of the
country, owing to certain conditions, is
now Independent of New York in the
reputation is no longer all that is neces-
sary to insure their success elsewhere
in this respect differing from England,
where other cities and the provinces take
their plays from London.
One of the amusing anecdotes in 1.-The
Virginian," which is remembered by every
reader is the story of the old hen who
was always setting. but never Matching.
On one occasion when one Of the cow
boys played a joke on the motherly old
bird and placed brood Of chicks in her
nest, Emeiie tthe hem flew up in a tree
In such a state Of nervous excitement
that she died.
Mrs. NJ. f Henry-Ruffin Of Mobile
author of THE North Star" Eden on
the James" and John Gildart." is writ
ing new Irish play. Her poetic drama
of Ireland. Tara. or the Heart of a
Harp" may eventually be produced as a
grand opera. following the suggestion Of
the Shakespearean actor, Frederick
Warde. John Craig of the Castle Square.
Boston, is said to be now considering
one of Mrs. Ruffin 5 Irish plays.
In his pleas to President Taft, Col.
Roosevelt and Speaker Champ Clark urg-
ing the enactment of some law which
would enable actors to vote while on
tour in pursuit of their profession AL
Reeves stated that it has been computed
that fully half a million voters are de-
prived of the right OF suffrage merely
because OF their peculiar vocations.
Travelling statesmen comprise more than
half of the number, while actors con-
stitute more than 80 per cent Of the total.