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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31
UMPIRE BILLY EVANS FINAL
STORY OF HIS WINTER SERIES
He Writes of the Tremendous Hold Base
Ball Has on the Enthusiastic
American Public.

The following year, 1906, the two Chicago
clubs contested. Although the weather
was far more favorable even for foot bail
play, six contests drew 3a.S45 fans. Tor n
total of $I06. 800. The next TWO years the
receipts varied but little.
The Pittsburgh and Detroit teams In
1869 took a whirl at setting some new
figures. Seven games Melted SlSs.Se.5"-
Exactly 145,293 fans paid to soc the IL
gers and the Pirates in action In the only
series that has required the seven games
to reach a decision. In 1910 the Ath-
letics and the Chicago Cubs. although
they played only five games. almost
eQualed the seven-game total of the
Pittsburgh Detroit series. The five games
drew an average of about 1900 a game.
Records Smashed Last Year.
1t was up to the 1911 series to smash
all previous records. With two great
bail teams as the attractions, and two
ideal feds to stage the battles, il was
freely predicted all attendance records
would be smashed. All such statements
We're verified at the opening game, when
Ss,2s1 paid to see the Athletics ana
Giants In action at the Polo Grounds.
This immense crowd Melted S11fi3J9, more
money than was taken in during the en-
tire five games of the 1898 series. In
fact, the first, third and fifth games, al
played in New York, each Melted more
money than the entire 1905 series. That
certainly is going some. The figures for
the six games showed a total of 119, 81
fans for a total of 342136f.J9
These figures conclusively show the
rapid strides made by the national pas
time. They are pretty tribute to the
hold the game has on the American pun
lie. There is no denying that the honesty
of the sport has been the predominant
figure in the games success. II Is aa-
mitted that the consideration shown the
public by the owners. in looking after
their safety and comfort, has done much
toward popu lariZng the game. In con-
clusion, it must be said that the conduct
OF the games and the department of the
players have aided greatly in tightening
its hold on the public.
Base ball fans as class are wise ana
intelligent. They go out to the game TO
see a game played. not a display of row
dyism. They have consideration for the
umpire and admit that he is not always
wrong. They know he makes mistakes.
but not nearly many as they We're led
to believe in the days of old Naturally.
they desire to see the home team ira
umph. but a goodly percentage of the
spectators want the victory to be clean
cut Games won through unsportsman-
like tricks no longer receive the com
mendation of the fair-minded fan.
Some one recently called base ball a
trust. Perhaps ii is, but ii Is a pretty
good trust for everybody connected with
it. Certainly no business pays much bet
ter for the capital invested and the hours
devoted to il.
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bOOKIES Hit HARD
Five Out of Seven Races Won
by FavoriteS at Charleston.
FEATURE HELEN BARBEE'S
Burtchell's Game Filly Beats Trance
in Battery Park
Stakes.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

special Dispatch 10 The Star
CHARLESTON, $. G.. March Gothic
wise betters gave the bookies quite jolt
today as five of the seven races were
captured by favorites and but one eX-
trcme outsider went under the wire first
Col Brown was the long shot, as good
as IL to 1 being laid against his chances
and he beat the favorite knights Differ
after a hard battle down the stretch
The feature race OF the day, the Bat
terry Park stakes, was captured by Helen
Barbee, who defeated the heavily played
! Trance by a narrow margin. The track
was heavy and holding and for this rea-
son it was thought the outsiders would be
winners IN a majority of the events, but
starting with Forward in the first the
wise money continued to cop" and con-
tinued throughout the afternoon. Sum
marieS
First race. purse, $500: twoyear-olds; four
furlongs-Forwar,i lis tMartin,. 2 to .. / to a
and oct won; Miss Edith, 119 McCabe,. 80
10 ,Fainl. 10 to l. ; to and ! to 10, third.
! Time. o.4S. Yorkyile. Brush, Insurance Man
oIds: seven furlongs-Queen Bee, 1o6 Tor-
s. the,. : TO 10, 10 and out. won: Dipper,
ond: Stelclia. H. Peak. II to /, to 2 and
s to ). taird Time. 10 10, Sadie Shapiro.
Third race, purse, $500; three year rods; mile
and furiong -Jawbone, Ia Hopkinsl. IL 10
10, > TO and out won; Flamma, los tButwelI.
4 10 ], to 10 and out, second, Manager Mack,
1OT tKoernerl, to 5, 10 and out, third.
Time 1.55 Is. Duval also
Fourth race, Battery Park selling stakes:
purse, $1,000; three year-olds and upward; six
furlongs-Helen Barbee, 1i9 (Hanover), TO j,
and to 3, won; Trance, ia tkOernerl,
l.; 10 TO- 3 TO and to I, second; Tom Mas
sic, Ill tWilson) to /. TO / and to 10,
/ third. Time, II 30. Efficiency, James Dock
cry Sylyestris. Commoner's Touch, Royal Cap
tive and MOntcalm also ran
Fifth race-Purse. $500; three-yearolds; six
furlongs-Coi. Brown, III Peak), Is to ], to
2 and TO B. won; Knights Differ, ZIG Weed
EN-. to >. I To 10 and l to ), second; Gold
mine. III WILSON, TO ], to . and to D.
third Time. lis %. Orpherth, Warhorn
Kind Sir, Bay Cliff. Hearthstone. Wool Tax,
As Irologer, Eaton and Congressman James also
sixth race. selling; purse. $3.50; four-yearo lds
and upward; six furlonss-Ragman, los Peak
: TO 10, 1 to 3 and out. won; Al Muller. IL
! ,Fan), lo 10 /, 3 to = and even. second; Rye
D. sairi. TiIne r15 20. Belle Glen, Anna
l.. Daley Ranlazon and Capsize also ran.
! Seventh race, selling; purse, $500; four-year
/ olds and upward; mile and sixteenth-El ORC
I1G Dam. 10 l. TO and TO D, won
Hatteras. 1914 tSchweioig). , to =. to . and
! ) 20 ;, second; The Golden Butterfly, 113 but
Weill, 10 10 ], to and to i, third. Time
! 10 is. Ny Gal Barndance, Bonnie ElOise
ST Joseph. Naughty Lad. Ursa Major, Bad
/ News II and Montgomery also
T0HMNV C0IIT0N R11CY
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.ws II and Montgomery also ran.
JOHNNY COULON BUSY.
Has Fire at Home, But Takes Time
to Agree on Three Scraps.

CHICAGO. March 30.-While Johnny
Coulon, bantamweight champion, watch
ing the fire that partly destroyed his
residence here today, this telegram was
handed him:
VIII you fight Young Salisbury, Phil
McGoVern and Young Wagner before the
Grogan Athletic Club. in Brooklyn, dur
ing April?'
Il should say I WILL, said Johnny
rapidly writing an acceptance of the
offer.
CouIon will leave for Brooklyn mex
week He Will meet one man weel
for three weeks over the ten-round route
The fire destroyed part of Coulon's
training appara tus. His loss was small
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Honesty in Game Undisputed.

/ don't believe / ever had anything
tickle me more than the winning of the
toss of the coin by President johnson of
the American League, and his immediate
selection of Detroit as the place for the
seventh game. 1t decisiveiy killed all
rumors about playing the tie off at
Forbes Field. The worlds title appealed
far more to the Detroit club owners and
President Johnson than the money end
of the game. 1t was the prestige they
desired. Believe me, l often have made
use of that argument since. when teams
began to see-saw in an important series.
The honesty of base ball is beyond dis
pute. If it wasn't what an easy matter
Ii would be for released or blacklisted
players to cough up their secrets when
deprived of their livelihood through fail
ure to deliver, or for some other cause.
No player in the long history fthe
game ever has done such a thing.
There is no denying that the uncertain
ty of the sport has done much toward
populariZing the game. You can never
tell what is going to happen on the ball
field Just when team appears TO have
freak of luck or misplay throws it away,
and vice versa.
Yet, after all. the progressive spirit
constantly manifested by the men back
Of the game perhaps has done as much
as anything else TO fasten its hold on
fandom. The good old game of base ball
is a pretty good article Of sport as it
stands today. Club owners and officials
having reached such conclusion. decided
that if they couldn't improve the game
they would improve the parks. AS a
result nearly every city in the two major
leagues boasts of park that is a monu-
ment to the progress of base ball. That
the public appreciates this move Tor their
comfort and safety has been proved by
the increased crowds at games through
out the country.
Several years ago a well known base
ball man made a remark that base ball
was in its infancy. Coming from this
person. the statement was given much
publicity and also was much ridiculed
1t would seem from the strides that base
ball has made in the last half dozen
years that the man who made the start
ling statement about the infancy of base
ball had sized up the situation correctly.
Nothing, perhaps. better illustrates this
than a glance at the worlds series fig
ures of the last few years. In 1893 the
New York and Philadelphia teams played
five games to a total attendance of 9l,123
people, the receipts amounting to SOS, 43e
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BROOKEVILLE'S GOOD FINISH
0vercomes Rockville's Four-Run
Lead and Wins Out.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, March 3O-Base
ball got a start in Rockville this
afternoon with a game at the fair
grounds, between teams representing the
Brookeville High School and the Rock
vile Athletic Club, the School Boys
winning, to 4. Considering the condi-
ton of the grounds, which were heavy, as
a result of the recent rains, the game
was we'll played and interesting and was
marked by a number of fine pays, the
work of Lamar and Burns being espe-
cially clever. Rockville jumped on Small
wood for five hits and four runs in the
opening inning, but after that. the
Brookeville twirer held the locals safe.
The score.
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Scores of Other Games.

At Columbia. :. columbia iSouth Atlantic
League. 10; University OF South Carolina, 3.
At Athens, Ga--Cniyersity OF Georgia. 5;
Clemson, j.
AT Chanel I'LL, y. C.--Winston Salem caro-
lima Association, 4; University of North Caro-
lima, =.
At whitsett. y. C.-Whitsett institute, s;
Bingham School, j.
At Oxford. -. C.-Horner Military Academy.
2; Trinity Park High School. ].
At Norfolk, Na.-Boston National League. 4:
Norfolk Virginia League. q.
At Newport News. Na.-Boston lanigans
Nationals, IL; Newport News Nitg.niI
League. 1.
Lafayette. o.
At Lexington, ya.-Iir=in's Military Insti-
tule, o; Hampden Sidney, Ia.
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LOSES LONG GAME.
Central Trimmed by Treasurer's, 9
to 6, in Twelve-Inning Contest.

The Treasurers of the Southern Rail-
road League beat Central in a twelve
inning ball game yesterday by to g.
Central gained an early lead and held it
till the ninth inning. The Treasurers
tied in the ninth and gained one in the
eleventh period. Central evened it I'D in
it's half of the eleventh. but lost out in
the twelfth chapter. The score:
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at match play Saturday, June 8. are not
qualified to compete in the handicap event
on that day The entries will be made
through the secretary, DR.. T. J. w.
Brown of Bannockburn Golf Club be
fore June T. at s o'clock. Entries for the
handicap will close June Z, at O'clock.
The Chevy Chase Club has extended
the privileges of its course and clubhouse
to all players entered in the tournament
from June 3 to June 8. both inclusive.
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%RatTod f1T DeoastrO IN nIlTh.
Amherst ..-...... q O - . q 7 q 81
Virginia ..--....-..-. - a. o > . D Ks
Runs Lie e.. Douglass. NeT. Carter Fitchett
p. Hewitt. kimIaI Burt Stolen bases-IIew-
u. EItrs - TSo-b3se hit-CaTter Three base
aits-I-i.e F-tch"tr- Home ruus-Lfle. FItchett.
Bases on bal.s-OT RXey, 9; of Nhitenau .;
II Giideu =. IefJ ou bases Virginia 10: Am
aeTst. Z. Hit ~ pitchev-By Whiternan Landcs,:
~ Ii.den tHewitU. HitS-OT WhterhaD. : ia
four and one -Aird innings: m P-oudfo3t , in
,nr inning. 81 Ti.deu. I In two and two-thrds
innings Passed bali~-Laudcs -, Strahan.
>tru'S out-By Rixey. l.. ny Whiteman, j. by
i-deu, . iupire-Mr. LUSH OIoatreaIt. Time
y game hours.
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WALKERS WORK FEATURES
Game in Which Alexandria Beats
Episcopal.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

ALEXANDRIA,, Va, March 80, 1912.
The Alexandria base ball club opened
its season by defeating the Episcopal
High School team in a closely played
game g.. Andy Walkers playing fca-
tured the contest for the winners, while
Kinsolving pitched Il creditable game for
the High School boys striking out eleven
OF the Alexandrians In the fifth inning
Walker drove out home run with three
men on the bases.
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Giants Yannigaffs Defeated.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, March 80. -
The Chattanooga Southern League team
defeated the New York National League
second team here today, 8 to 1. Evans
and Pierce pitched for the major leagu-
erS.
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Totals :. 6 1926 II ) Totals. 9 II SO % Z

TOtaIS... o 1850
Cox out for not touching second.
Central y o q O 3 o O L O-6
Southern r. r. 0 0 o D o . / o l SO
Two-base hits-Beatty, Mess, Fair, Biscbon.
Three base hit-Jones. Hits made-Of Taggart,
Z: of Cox 5; off Young 8; of Risdon. 8. Dou-
BILE plays-Degman to Benton Degman to Ben
Southern Railway 5. First base on errors
Central 3; Southern Railway, 3. Hit by pitcher
BY Young, 2. Passed halls.Fleming Bisehof.
Wild pitch-Young. Umpire-Mr. Leonard. Time
of gane-I hour and 90 minutes.
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Kuns-KoIler CT, Miller, Wright, Wams1ey,
Citrano, Labor. Two-base hits-Battiste, Roller
Three-base hits-Rasmussen. Lalor. First base
on balls-OT Brick, 2. Struck out-By Brick
s. by Morrisette. >. Double plays-Boyle to
Barry to Lalor to Hubbard to Lalor to Hubbard
Ieft ON Observation-Disclosures, 4; Mt. ST Joseph, 8.
First base on errors-Gallaudet, 2; Mt. St
Joseph, A. Hit by pitcher-By Brick, Boyle and
Hurnbard,. Sacrifice hits-Citrano, 2. Umpire
Mr.. Taylor. Time Of game-1 hour and 80
Minutes
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Runs-Miller, Scrivener, Walker t2l. Snowden,
Willis J. H. Cronly Darlington. K. ID. Cronly.
Burnett. Kinsolving. First base on erroTs-A.
d. G., .; r. H. <. ;. Left on bases-A. b: c,
q: f. H. s. . First base on balls-On Willis,
| 3: of kinsolying =. Struck out-By Willis,
3: by Kinsolvine H. Home run--Walker.
Txo-hase hifs-Walker. Scriyener, Massie. Sac
rjfice hits-I.yneh Burnett. Stolen bases
Snovdeu CO.. Burnett. Passed ball-Patterson.
Umpire-Mr Carter. Time of game hour and
80 minutes
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the inmate of some dippy institution?
There are hundreds Of reasons that
might be offered to explain the place
base ball holds in the hearts of the fans
of the good old L. S. A.
Perhaps foremost Of all reasons is the
honesty of the sport. Base ball has been
clean Of the many shady deals that often
have blackened other branches of ath-
ietics. People go to ball games knowing
that all transactions are on the square.
that they are to see a clean exhibition of
a manly sport, that no outside influence
will be brought TO bear to make one team
a winner. that the game will be decided
on it's merits.
l often have heard the suspicious per-
SON say this or that thing is fixed in
base ball Such a person simply displays
MS ignorance py SUCH an utterance- Dur
ing the worlds series of 1909. between the
Pittsburgh and Detroit clubs, the two
teams for the first time in base ball his
tory alternated in winning every other
day. The Pirates won the first. third and
fifth games, and the Tigers the second.
fourth and sixth, making necessary the
playing of the seventh game to decide
the title of worlds champions.
Such a series always makes the skeptics
shake their heads and say they are SIM
ply out to get the money. l umpired in
that series between the Tigers and the
Pirates. l would have forfeited my sal
airy official if L could have had some
of those wise persons take my place for
that meeting. 1t wouldn't have required
more than a couple of innings to have
made them change their opinions. In that
series the games at Pittsburgh far out
drew the contests at Detroit. l we'll re-
member how the doubling ones said the
seventh game surely would be played at
Forbes Field, in Pittsburgh. They didn t
figure for a minute such an important
game would be staged in Detroit, before
in Pittsburgh. They reckoned the money
was all that appealed to the base ball
mOgulS
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il has on the Amer
lean public?
What is there
about the game
that causes the
S ane, intelligent
person to lose his
reason for the time
being, and makes
him commit acts
that would mean
the straitjacket for
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BEST COLLEGE TEAMS IN
COUNTRY WILL PLAY HERE
Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Harvard on Local
College Schedules Within Next Ten
Days-M. A. c. Draws En-
tries From Many Schools.

all the teams in the various organiZa-
tons will be more evenly balanced than
ever before.
The Regent Athletic Club desires to ar
range ball games for the coming season
with teams in three classes. Those de-
string contests should communicate with
John ID. Writ, 923 Rhode Island avenue.
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Runs-Burns (2), Craver. Speck Musgrove ~,
Garrett, Lamar. Warfield, Dawson. Two-base
ht-Warfeld Three-base hit-Musgrove: First
Sacrifice fy-Story. Stolen bases Burns, Story.
Smaliwood. Speck, Garrett Struck out-By
Smallvood Q: by Hicks, Z. Left on bases
Brookeyille S. Rockville, s. Passed ball-Story
Wild pitches - Smallwood. Hicks. EMPIRES
Messrs Watson and Nicholson. Time of game
/ hour and 40 minutes.
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BY BILLY EVANS.

Why is base ball such a popular game
How does it retain the tremendous hold
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Amateur Games Wanted.

The base ball team Of the Trimond Ath-
letic Association, which has just been
organized, would like to arrange games
for their grounds at Drummond, Md,
with clubs composed Of players under
eighteen years of age. Address w. S.
Stamper, manager. Bethesda, Md.
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Does Well in Fourth.

Virginia came back in the fourth, when
Carter started with a walk and scored
on Fitchett's triple Landes was hit on
the arm and RiXey scored Fitchett with
a single TO center. -Four more were
added in the fifth. Little led off with
smash to right for four bags. Douglas
grounded out 70 first, but Neff was safe
on al error by the shOrtstop going to
third on the overthrow. Carter brought
him in on the squeeze play, and Fitchett,
who followed. got the second homer OF
the inning. Hewitt was hit by the pitch
and scored on singles by I.andes and
Rixey. Grant ended the inning by flying
70 right.
Virginia increased her score to eight in
the sixth and Amherst got two in the
first half OF the ninth on two errors and
a single by Burt. Vernon, the heavy-hit-
ting Amherst pitcher. was sent into bat
for De Castro IL the hope OF stemmins
the tide. bur the most lie could DO was
end the game with a fly to center
Outside of Rixey the hitting of Lille and
Fitchett was the feature. In The fourth
Lille hit 10 left center Eor three bases. and
later in the same inning Titchett got
three-bagger in LETT Again in the fifth
Lille put one across the running track in
right center fer a homer, and Fitchett
followed with one il the same spot, TAX
ing the circuit All were clean. hard hits
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Company c, list Battalion Of Engineers,
has organized a fast base ball team for
the season, and would like to arrange
games for Saturdays and Sundays during
April and May. Out-of-town teams pre-
ferred. Address Sergt. Ross Company
c. Engineers, Washington barracks, d. C.
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WINS SECOND GAME
Virginia Trims Amherst by
8 to q Score.
RIXEY FANS TWELVE MEN
Orange and Blue TwiTler in Fine
Form and Holds Game
Safe.
RIXEY FANS TWELVE MEN
speclaI pisnatch 70 The Star.

SpttaaA I4>iitNtu a. 1 NJ NidI
TINRLOTTESNII.LI, Va, March so
Virginia turned the tables on Amherst to-
day, trouncins tho latter 5 TO in a more
one-sided game than the score would in
aicste. The Massachusetts team was
helpless before Rixey. getting only two
hits III the nine innings. Twelve went
down by the strike-out route. and in the
fifth RiXcy only used nine balls to fan
the three men facing him in that round
This Is quite a feat for college base bail,
and the big southpaw cannot be given
too much credit for his performance.
on the other hand virginia pounded all
three pitchers used by Amherst, getting
twelve safeties. tor d total of twenty
three bases. The fielding of both teams
was rather loose, and had it not been for
the five errors made by Rixeys team
mates he would easily have scored a
shut-out- Amherst started the scoring in
the first. ID. Fits got TO first on fielder 5
choice, stole second and came home when
1andies hit the batter IN the head with
the ball in attempt TO catch Fits
stealing third. The bail bounded TO deep
left field and Incidentally made quite an
impression on Capt BUrts head.
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There will be fewer leagues playing
amateur ball this season, and there is no
question but that it will result in a SUI
perior style OF play being seen in each
of the circuits. The better-class leagues
are drawing the majority of the best
players, and as one or two of these will
not be able to compete on teams in other
circuits the result will probably be that
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The coming two weeks Will find many
of the amateur leagues meeting TO reor-
ganize for this season. Many o.
the circuits have already got their bust
ness in such shape that they could start
the season tomorrow were the schedules
complete. but there are others that have
done little or nothing along that line.
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Western High will open it's season to-
morrow when 1t meets the Cathedral
School nine. On the following day, Tues
day. the Red and White will play again,
the Georgetown Props being the team
which is scheduled.
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The Georgetown Props Junior team beat
a boys nine from Chevy Chase by a one
sided score yesterday afternoon on the
Props field.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03
still. il Seemed Warm.

A Cherryyale merchant came home
from the breeze Of an electric fan and
three iced cakes last night ard said
peevishly to his wife: you can GER
tainly get this house good and warm
What do you do to do it, And the
VIE replied meekly, as she pushed
back the few straCgling hairs and
nailed them in place with a erinning
wire hatpin. Il don't see Why it is
hot; ! put ham on to bell at six
o'clock this morning and baked bread.
and did little ironing, and while /
had the oven hot baked batch of
cookies and a couple of pies ard he2t-
I'd the water for the children's baths
and scrubbed the floor. But haven't
had any fire to speek of except 10
broil a steak and bake some potatoes
since five o'clock this afternoon 1t
seems kind of cool like to me. Cher
ryyale tKan Journal