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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE
BY Earl Goodwin.

rushed helter-skelter to the factory. just
across the road. where a red flame was
beginning to shine through window.
They simply had to put out the fire 1t
was varnish factory, and the only FAC
tory in town, and the source of three
fourths of the local pay envelopes. They
rushed to the factory and left Mr.. Jones,
on the theory that business had
natural precedence over pleasure.
The varnish burned merrily. The fire
burst through the roof and shot heaven
ward as our rest police reporters would
say of all fires.
About that time Frisco Pete shuffied
along and stood in front of Samuel.
Say, YOU moke, you're the foolishest
looking thing I've seen in two months
bummin'. What you doin' on the bar
rel?"
Samuel shivered. but his wit came a
me? Wha' TO is 1 on his yeh bar
rel?. Oh, Use posin' TO a movin'
pitcher
us that right?'
1T sho' is Does yo' see that factory
on fiah?"
Seeing that the entire sky for some
miles around was lighted by the blaze.
Frisco Pete acknowledged that he did
see Ii.
We'll yo' see. in dis yer movn' pitch
er show. is de one what is supposed to
hev set dat factory on fab. Now when
dey gets dat fab out and takes enough
pitchers of 1t. dey is goin' to come back
hyah an mex believe hang me. an tex
pitcher Jes' dat away. Seer
Pretty soft" averred the hobo And
how much do you get for it?'
Ten dollars
"I'll do it for five. Jump down. Tie
me up. put the rope on my neck, and
when I get paid l split with you. Two
fifty"
Samuel Emanuel Aphasia Jones came
down from that barrel with considerable
speed. After he had tied up Frisco
Pete he left that neighborhood with
still greater speed.
1t was some time before the fire was
under control and the tramp was tired
out before the mob returned 1t was a
matter-of-fact mob. for it just took hold
of the other end of the rope and ran
down the road a few yards without
stopping to have a last look at the per-
son in the moose He swung up into
space for a few feet and then the limb
of the tree broke. letting Frisco Pete
drop to the ground with a crash. He
was unconscious for few minutes.
complained petuantly. in a weak voice.
Say, some O. you moving picture guys
will. hurt somebody some one o these
days"
An old man sat and wept in the smok-
ing car. His clothing was of the old
circuit rider variety and very badly
mussed. His beard was that of a
patriarch. He was in trouble.
a travelling man. young and pert, went
over to the elderly gentleman and put
his arm upon the aged shoulder.
why do YOU cry?' asked the youth
in voice which was t!nged with pity
The old gentleman pulled from his
pocket red bandanna kerchief and as he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06

for six and for eight; round chess"
(played on a circular board for two,
three or four players: and different
modes of playing two-handed chess on
square. oblong and cruciform boards.
All over the world there are countless
variants of the game Of chess. In a great
many games the board has leo squares,
10 by 10 In the so-called Prussian ma
tional game the hoard has Ia squares.
In the Duke of Rut,and's game. played
in the eighteenth century. the board was
fourteen squares in breadth and ten IN
height In Alfonso the Tenths game.
played at Seville in the thirteenth cen
fury, the board has IA squares, twelve
each way. In the older Turkish game
the board had 100 squares. IL by ID
Three-handed chess is described by a
Neapolitan author writing In l'2o. 4
Mr.. Cox. who travelled in Russia about
the end of the eighteenth century, saw
four-handed chess universally PLAYED there
then. But four-handed chess would appear
To date still further back. if we are 10 lie
lieve Les Oeuvres de Sarasin f6eD,
which states trat il was invented by
Palamedes ito prevent the Greciaas from
being tired of themselves during the siege
of Troy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06

some more Finally she told him the
aluminium soap dishes were in the alumni
mum department. and that she was in
charge of the celluloid department. with
a fine lot of celludoid soap dishes at 10
cents the piece.
He went downstairs, and couldn't get
an aluminium soap dish for love or
money. Then he remounted the steps.
drawing himself to dignity within his IL
fitting clothes, and faced the laughing
clerk again:
If you think you can look at me with
out laughing yourself to DEATH" he re-
marked in tones of ice. Il would like to
buy one of those celluloid ones"
And the girl replied:
Honest. Mister. / can't help it. Every
time l look at you have to laugh. even
If l was to get fired for It,
x X
Samuel Emanuel Aphasia Jones stood
upon a barrel He was black as
night His hands were tied behind him.
and a peculiarly omnous-looking rope
lay noosed about his neck. Farther up
in the air. the moose stretched out into
a rope which in turn lay across the
stout limb Of a tree. and at the extreme
end of the rope was a large, excited. de-
termined mob of southern gentlemen
who had about decided That Samuel
Emanuel Aphasia Jones had better be
jerked hence.
To say that Samuel Emanuel was
scared is putting it mildly. Truth is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
Revenue Cutter Service

After an extended cruise over the lane
used by the transatlantic steamships and
finoing no ice the commanding officer OF
the revenue cutter Miami so reported and
the United States ice patrol, which was
maintained by revenue cutters for three
months, was officially declared to be a,
an end July l. The cutter Seneca. one
Of the vessels that did ice patrol duty,
is to go to the repair station of the
service at Arundel Cove near Baltimore,
for extensive repairs. The cutter Miami.
the other vessel of the patrol service.
after docking at Baltimore to clean and
paint bottom, will return to her station
at Key West, Fla.
The good work done by the cutters in
keeping steamships informed as to the
location OF dangerous icebergs has been
of great Importance to navigation and
gave vessel masters confidence of safety
in passing through the portion of the
Atlantic that is invaded by ice from the
ton by the cutters is recognized in let
ters OF appreciation sent the Treasury
Department by the maritime exchanges
Of New York and Philadelphia.
Another letter of thanks for services
performed by the vessels of the service
Is sent from Alaskan waters by Capt
Chiswell of the cutter Tahoma, which
recently rescued the passengers ana
crew or the steamship Yukon Of Seattle,
which was wrecked on the Alaskan coast.
the letter as signed by the six passen-
gers and forty Of the crew OF the Yukon
and expresses their appreciation of the
kindness of Capt. Chiswell 10 them while
taking them aboard the Tahoma 10 I'm
alaska.
Responding to an appeal for assistance.
the cutter Bear Capt Ballenger. has
gone to the aid of the steamship Corwin,
ashore on one of the Alaskan islands
aged she will be floated by the cutter
and assisted into port. where she can
be repaired
The Corwin was for many years one
of the ships of the revenue cutter service
and has made many cruises in Arctic
waters with the vessel that went to her
aid. Several years ago she was sold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
Why Not Change the Names?

From the New York Times
The dances still called new" which
fit the popular syncopated tunes, are sub
jects of vehement discussion in American
cities. and in London and Paris as we'll
Experience has shown that this kind of
dancing, when the dancers are graceful
and modest. is as commendable as the
ancient waltz and polka. The vulgarity
associated with ii is the personal attri-
butte of certain women and men not a
fault of the dances themselves They
have survived two years of jest and abuse
and are growing in popularity. 1t would
be only fair, therefore. to give them new
names. Turkey trot' signifies nothing;
good dances taking the simple steps as
ISOLATED with this once droll but now
tiresome name do not resemble turkeys
Similarly the bunny hug" need not be a
hug at all.
The dancing masters naturally object to
steps so easily learned and 1t is their
function to favor the introduction of new
dances But they will serve their cause
better if instead of trying to suppress
these dances. which will last until others
equally attractive to the multitude are
invented they will endeavor to fasten
new names to them. and to teach their
pupils how to make them as graceful as
possible We are to have whole sum-
mer of turkey trotting: let us get rid of
the turkey and the trot and accept the
dance, in its best development, as inevi-
table.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
CURIOSITIES OF CHESS.
An Extensive Literature ON Game.
Chess in Ancient Times.

rrNn harper weekly
The origin OF chess is the subject OF an
extensive literature. The game was known
in exceedingly ancient times both In
China and India The Cyclopedia OF the
Arts and Sciences published in 1856
quantity says of chess: In China X
makes a considerable part of the educa-
ton OF their females. and seems TO take
the place OF dancing among us The
Hindu game, chaturangs. was played by
cour persons. TWO being allied against
TWO. as n whist or bridge. The derva-
ton o. the word is from chatur four
ana anga. a member The word chatu-
ranga became modified on its journey
westw ard, and subsequently by progress
sve changes turned 10. thus giving us
the English check, leading 10 the i'm
portant and quite different word 'ex-
chequer'
nest chess players to hear that the an
Gent four-handed version OF the game is
still alive and fourishins. The Four
Handed Chess Club OF London is now its
chief home, though there are coteries of
players at the universities OF oxford and
Cambridge. The Four-Ianded Chess Club
numbers upward OF seventy members.
AID never Tuesday evening passes
without an attendance sufficient to make
several sets. Each set plays al a
board of huge size, laid out in The form
of a Maltese cross. The board has 1Gg
squares. and on these squares are ranged
the sixty-four chessmen (white. black
yellow and red, which are To he ex-
changed in battle. At the tables sit
Quartets OF players partners opposite
each other. as in a card game-and over
NIL, under the soft light OF the overhang-
Ing glowlamps. reigns solemn silence.
among both players and spectators. for.
needless 20 say. the game is an Excess
sively intricate one
number Of distinguished nathema-
tcians have been players Of faur-handed
chess stranger forms of chess. how
ever. :.re Known 10 the dilettaoti IF the
zane. Col. Lloyd-N.rney. who wrote al
exhaustive treatise on 'CA@ss ECcertrtci-
oaa describes chess for three persons,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06

Levi Cooke-that real handsome man
was conversing with a large and husky
colored person whose object in life is to
get the mud off Lewis motor car after a
strenuous run. The stage setting was
that of a large garage. and the Othello
of this sketch was wearing boots and
had a rubber hose in his hand. There
was another motor car near at hand.
owned by physician. The colored per-
son motioned toward the car and spoke
to Levi Cooke.
"Doctah Sniff suttinly is big doctah.
Man, he ride free run'erd and TO hum
erd mile ev'ry day Jest to look aftah his
patients All reckons he has a thousan'
er two patients ev'ry day. He come in
hyah all tired out an smellin' o. dat
medical stuff PERFECTLY drefrul ev'ry
night.
"Yo' know Aid like to be a doctah,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
Vegetables as Hair Ornaments.
rom the London Chronicle

From the London Chronicle.
Now that fruit has reached the hair, in
the shape OF little oranges for the brides
couture. Will ii come to vegetable again,
as IL did among the absurdities of Masie
Antoinette's time? Ask my niece
Nine. de Matignon." we read III the me
mors of the Marquise de CreSny, IF il
IS not true that in 1855 she had her head
dressed a la jardiniere. with a red check
duster into which NJ. Leonard uhc
queens hair dresser) had artistically In
serted a small artichoke. broccoli. a fine
carrot and some radishes. When Dondon
Picot the Comtesse de Lameth-Picot. a
rich creole) saw II she was so delighted
that she exclaimed. II will never wear
anything but vegetables. 1t is so simple
and more natural than flowers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06

placed it to his fearful eyes about $50
worth of blue chips ratified from his
pocket to the floor.
1--WE been. up to the city" sobbed the
old gentleman. land l had the gol
durndest time We ever saw i'll all your
life. / got busted and all l got is my
fare home l sent a telegram to my
wife last night. and I'll be gol burned IL
! remember whether I said ! would be
home tonight or whether / said ] was
detained on business, and | jest know
I'll catch ALFRED heck no matter which
way it was"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06

he was shivering. and it was a hot day.
The determined-looking gentlemen who
held on to the other end OF the rope had
also provided themselves with some shot
guns and revolvers. One of them had been
so careless as to let a bullet whiz by
Samuefs ear. just 10 let him know the
sound of singing lead.
Just about the time the rope began to
tighten some enc yelled:
The factory's afre.''
Every one ran The determined look :
ing men dropped the rope left Samuel
standing shivering on the barrel, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
' Aid like to be a doctah

but. jes' same, All don't want to be no
doctah lax Doctah Smif. Aid be jes'
one kind O. doctah."
And what kind of a doctor would you
like to be?' asked the genial Levi
Well" responded Othello. "Ah would
be a lameness doctah an cure nothin
but parallelical cases."
Which reminds me Of the old NANNY
who leaned over a fence where a young
school teacher was planting flowers.
Amt they pretty?" she said. Deed,
missy, they's the prettiest flowers All
evan did see. What's them goin' to be
when they grows up?"
why this is phlOx and these are n.y.
drangeas, and over here will be some
nasturtiums, and | believe this little
patch will be japonica."
Now yu knows All don I'M stand
German" said nanny.
A little later she re-entered the con-
versation:
missy. yo' remembers Ill Miss Har-
ding? She done got married. Ias'm. IL
sho was a fine weddin'. She got two
hun'erd million presents. and one OF EN-
was a mahoganit chair. She had lovely
cruso. an they was a gran deception
aftah de weddin' They went away some
whah. All don know where, but they
challenged a private cab. She was ole
ollect the old man. He ct someth'n an
died o. toenail pison."
= x X
A friend of mine went into a five-and-
ten-cent store to buy an aluminium soap
dish. He walked up to clerk OF the female
sex and asked for one. Now. my friend
was wearing a Norfolk jacket. white
trousers and elegant white shoes, but
none of them fitted him at all. The coat
bulged. the trousers bagged and the
shoes were miles too long.
No wonder the girl laughed. Ny friend
looked daggers at her, and she laughed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
Dreams.

Feou TO florida Times-I MON.
Sometimes a man calls a girl a dream
and .her wonders why dreams are not
always truo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06

orders for the annual encampment Of
the brigade are to be issued next week
The camp this year is to be at Harpers
Ferry and will be held from August
to Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06

The rife range is to he opened again
about September ID and will not close
until October 81. During that time mem
hers of the guard who do not shoot at
the July matches will have an opportunity
TO do so. About October IL the annual
competitive matches of the guard will be
shot. They will continue for three
days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06

To clean and paint. the cutter Algonquin
on the Porto Rico station has gone to
Culebra Island. and after repairs are
made she will spend a week or two Civ
ing her officers and crew practice with
her heavy guns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06

In the past week the steam schooner
Francis Hyde. which Was ashore i'm Nils
boro inlet, Fla. was fioated after several
efforts by the cutter Yamacraw and e.
corted into port, where repairs can he
made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06

Members of the guard competing for
the rifle team to shoot at Camp Perry.
kOhio. August -. are daily practicing on
the range. There are now twenty-one
men in the competition. The scores Of
the contestants are close and 1t is stated
there will be some difficulty in eliminating
the three men to get the team down
to its correct number. William E, Har-
vey is directing the shooting Of the con-
teStantS for the team
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
L. & N. to Pay $500
A Share for Ala. Road

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 23.-The
agreement regarding the purchase of the
South and North Alabama Railroad
Company by the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad Company, details of which
have just been made public, provides
that the Louisville and Nashville shall
acquire all the property, and all other
assets of the South and North Alabama
by the payment in cash to minority
stockholders of 800 for each share Of
outstanding common stock held by them
The payment is to be made within three
months after the contamination Of the
sale.
The South and North Alabama Rail
roads main line extends 1872 miles, from
Decatur to Montgomery, Ala, with
branches extending eighteen miles. The
road was Incorporated in 1854 and the
main line was opened in September,
1872.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
TONS|L|T|S MAKES
CHILDREN STUPID
Health Board Issues Bulletin Urg-
ing Parents to Take Precaution.
Operations Recommended.

If one of your children is back
ward in it's studies or sicllly looking,
get a physician to look at it's tonsils
at once, is the advice given by
the Georgia State Board of Health,
in a bulletin issued Thursday. The
whole trouble may be there. A
chronic or acute disease of the tonsils
is serious and dangerous.
The enlarged tonsils may perma-
nently stunt the child's physical
growth and retard it's mental devel-
opment. The State Board of Health
urges parents whose children are so
suffering to have them examined and
operated on, if necessary, by skilled
physician or surgeon.
Operations in nearly all cases re-
suit in complete cures, while failure
to operate may leave an otherwise
normal child stupid and sickly
through life.
Injustice to Sufferer.
Many boy or girl has been put
down as lazy and good for moth
ing" and has been unjuStly pun
the real trouble was nothing but en-
larged tonsils
Children suffering in this way some
times have been considered half-witted
because of the open hanging mouth and
silly expression, which often results
from the INSTRUCTED passages in the
throat and nose-their whole life married
for the lack Of comparatively simple
operation.
The parent who fails to inquire into
such symptoms and to have the child
properly treated is guilty of neglect that
Is almost criminal
Is Contagious Disease
The second most important thing for
the public to realize about tonsilitis,
says the board. Is the fact that acute
tonsilitis is contagious, and that per
sons suffering from 1t should be iso-
lated and some precautions taken to
prevent Its spread, as is done in case
of other contagious diseases
One case of acute tonsilitis may not
justify an operation. 1t is in chronic
cases or in cases where the acute form
recurs frequently that operations are
absolutely necessary
In addition to the acute and chronic
there is also a third common form OF
the disease. called suppurative tonsiltis
or quinsy.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
DIXIE AUTO MEN To
SEE ATLANTA SHOW
Exhibition AIl-Southern in Scope
Factories to Send Agents,
Paying Expenses.

Practically every automobile agent
and salesman in the Atlanta territory,
which comprises several Southern
States, will come to the Atlanta Au-
tomobile Show, which will open at
the Auditorium November 8 and con-
tinue a week.
This information has come to the
officers of the Atlanta Automobile and
Accessory Association in reports from
factory representatives travelling the
South and urging the agents to visit
Atlanta.
Several factories will send every
dealer in the territory to the Atlanta
show and pay all the expenses" said
one local branch manager Thursday
They consider such a. trip equal to
visit to the factory, and less expen-
sive. The factories are rushing new
models for the show and Atlanta mo-
tor enthusiasts will see new ideas
and designs never shown in any city
before.
II think there will be a notable ab-
sence of freaks. in cars and accesso-
ries this season. Cars are becoming
standardized rapidly. Perhaps the
newest wrinkle will be the two-spaed
axle and the electric gear shift. in
which the driver merely presses 4
button on the steering wheel to
change his gears, and the old levers
are abolished. This, with the wire
wheels and a number of self starting
devices. will be of especial interest.
THE flower parade, to be held on
one day of the show, is something new
Every motor owner and especially the
women. will be invited to enter a
decorated car in the parade and prizes
will be given for the handsomest dec
orations. And Sousa's Band, Of
course, will be the greatest drawing
card we ever have had