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The Calumet news., 1913-10-24
KONETCHY TO BE TRADED.
Giants Successful in Effort to Land
ST. Louis Star.

s.. Louis, No, oct. 2i-The report
from New YORK that Edward Kou-
ctchy, first baseman Of the st. Louis
Nations, Is to be sold or traded to
New York practically is confirmed
here, though no formal announcement
has been made.
Konctchy has been. or is TO be-
traded for Catcher Wilson, Outheldcr
Snodgrass or Utility Player Thorpe
The New York club owes the :. Louis
club a player on former trade.
The Calumet news., 1913-10-24

Wamen's clubs are urging a mum
ripal dance han for Buffalo.
The Calumet news., 1913-10-24
FRANCE OUT FOR
OLYMPIC H0N0RS
Determined Effort Will Be Made
to Retrieve Former Losses

The fact that the French govern
ment has appropriated 100000 as Il
subsidy with an order TO comb the
French army for available material for
Il French Olympic team at Berlin in
1910, and $4,000 has been offered by
private individuals for the same puI-
pose. means that France is to make
a determined effort to make at least
a crcditable showing i'm the next
Olympiads.
Since the Olympic games were re-
Nived in 1896, at Athens. the showing
made by France in the track and field
events has leen lamentably weak. and
her athletes were never seriously con-
sidered, with the single exception Of
Jan Bouin, the wonderful distance rul'-
Ecr. But even Bouin had TO give wa
at Stockholm to the wonderful Han
hes Kohclmaincn of Finland In the
5000-metcr run.
Last year. at Stockholm, countiug
first, second ana third places Frame
secured but one place in the twent,
eight reco,ni events in track anl
field sports, and that by Bouin in the
5000 meter run
Frances Poor Showing.
Since 1895, six sets Of Olympic
games have been held twice at Ath-
ems aud once each at ST. Louis, Paris
London and Stockholm. During all
this period Of seventeen years, France
las secured but two first places in the
regularly recognized track and field
sports. In 1900 at Paris, Teato won
the marathon, and in 1906, at Athens,
Gouder was the winner i'm the pole
vault
other than Bouin's performance in
the distance runs. the Frcnchmen have
shown nothing remarkable. st. Ives
and Siret showed exceptional ability as
distance runners, but they were pro-
fcssionals.
No sprintcr m France can do a I
sound 10 seconds for the loo yards or
has shown better than 221-5 for the
furling dash. The French quarter
milers have performed no better than :
"a 2-j seconds for the distance, or
better than > minutes flat for the half
while the mile record is but AZ. From
two to ten miles, Bouin is faster than
any amateur runner today, with the |
exception of Kohelmainen Of Finland. !
The French high hurdlers have just
shaded the l6 seconds fiat.
Worse Yet in Field Events,
In the field crcntS, France does not |
show a9 well as on the track. and the |
best performances in the jumps, pole l
low the standard of any first class
meet held in this country.
France has a wealth of material
that could be developed into a team
that would worry the United States or
any other nation, but such team
cannot be developed between now and
the date oc the next olympic games
at Berlin. Unfortunately, track and
field sports have been neglected In that
country for years and there is no
French athletic trainer 81
note who can return TO his native
and teach American methods II
The cause of the government sub
sidy of 100000 has been the severe
and bitter sarcasm Of the
Drcss in Paris. Even since the sweep. Il
ng American victory at Stockholm
which made the sixth straight In as
many olympic meets, the writer's OF
ports I'm Paris have come out strong
y dencuncing the lack Of interest in
he Oly mpic games I'm the past.
The Calumet news., 1913-10-24
CONTRACTOR SUES coMlsksY.

Chicago, oct 24.-Charles \. Com
iShcy and the American LEAGUE Base
ban Park association We're made de
fendant in a suit for $35C97 brought
by John : Murphy. a contractor, In
the municipal court yesterday. The
money is alleged to be due ON S2,S1I
contract to the erection of boxes and
repairs on the White SoN park during
The season
The Calumet news., 1913-10-24
FLYNN VS.. CARL MORRIS.
HeaVyweishts May BE Matched for
Kansas City Bout

Kansas City, Mo, OCT 2I.-OnicCrs
Of the Grand Avenue Athletic club,
which has staged al tho boxing in
this city IN recent years. YESTERDAY
stated that the game would open up
again in November.
An effort is being made to match
Jim Flynn with Carl Morris foa
Thankssivirg day. Flynn has a.-
copied terms and IL Norris accepts
it is very likely that these heavs
weights, who gave New York one ot
the best DCuts in recent years. Will
Iet the big date.
The Calumet news., 1913-10-24

prohibition against Leslie .Iann play
ing football this fan, and The Brave
outiiclder will again be member OF
the Springfield Mass) Y. NJ. <. a..
team, with which he has starred u
past seasons.
The Calumet news., 1913-10-24
6PEHkER JOINS TOUR.

Cnicago. Oct. s4.--rr,s Speaker Of
- Soston Americans. who has sign.
LOT the world tour of the Giants
ca. go White Six, Joined the sox ~,
''oux City Ia, yesterday.
The Calumet news., 1913-10-24
WeLTERs RUSH FOR PACkEY

New York, Oct. 24-Since Pacltey
Mcfarland announced his intention OF
lighting wcltcrwcightS he has been
svpmpcd with offers from wcitcrs all
over the country for matches. He was
handed Il bunch of kilograms today o
foot high and every one Of them asked
for a match with the stockyards boy.
Spike Kelly of Chicago. Wildcat Ferns
Of Kansas City, Billy Walters of Chi
cago Lee Houck OF Philadelphia and
Young Denny OF New Orleans were
some of the boys who asked for bouts.
The Calumet news., 1913-10-24

queer thing about Bakers home
runs. He played at the Polo Grounds
in eleven games against the Yankees
this year snd never made a home
run. but whenever he faces the Giant
twlrlers he proceeds TO mako himself
obnoxious to the New Workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-17
CARGO OF HUMAN BONES.
Skeletons Of 5000 Chinese Beings
Returned to Their Home Land.
rom the San Francisco CAll

From the San Francisco Gall.
Some time within the next six months
a ship will leave San Pedro with the
most curious and gruesome cargo tnas
ever left southern California The cargo
will consist Of the remains OF between
ZOO and 5000 Chinese, who have died
in this country during the last nfty
wears. It will be the largest single re-
moyal of human remains In the worid
history, and the preparations have been
carried forward SO quietly that no COM
ment has been occasiOned.
Nearly a year ago the Chinese Consol-
dated Benevolent Association OF San
Francisco. sometimes known as the Chi
nese Six Companies, took out permits
for the removal of the remains OF the
Chinese who are buried in Cahforma"
and up to this time more than oUoo skei-
etons have been exhumed and prepared
for shipment. .h
in a. separate piece of soft cloth, In Or
der that they may not be denied oy
handling nor injured by undue f1croh,
and are then placed in tin box ana
carefully sealed. On the outside OF the
hoxes are placed characters giving the
name and the family Of the deceased
and the village, district and province
from which he came.
when a Chinese leaves homo to enter
another country and seek fortune he
goes in a totally different way than does
q man Of any other nationality. There
is in it the spark of adventure and the
average Chinese makes no effort to main
tain his station in the country to which
he goes. Scholars and poets sometimes
work in kitchens and over laundry tubs
in order to get the wealth necessary to
r.+rrn to China and hold their proper DO
sition there. Until late years there were
no Chinese who did not fully intend to
return, SO their fellows feel that they are
only doing their duty in sending the re-
mains back to relatives and thus ending
the pilgrimage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-17
Plea for Native Flora.
From the Seattle Sun

From the Seattle Sun.
Indiscriminate slashing and cutting
of native trees and shrubbery is Ia
miliar species of vandalism in Seattle.
and it is a practice which has shocked
more than one lover ofsA14nre. Men
have ruthlessly cut lbwn tees and
shrubs having much greater ornamen-
tai value than the trees and shrubs
which bring high prices in the nurser-
les. -,
Naples, madronas, dogwoods. wild
currants, wild roses and a considerable
number Of other trees and shrubs have
been wantonly destroyed by siashers
who have opened streets and roadways
and cleared lots in the city OF csaIele;
IT has been and still is a display OF
vulgar indifference to the orn mh nao'
value of these native plants. Inc PEG.
pie are now paying for IT, Iney ar
buying and replanting. at consioerauIe
cost in some instances, trees ana snr LIE ,
of the same kind reckless sIasners cut
from their places
For beauty and shade, for both arts
tic and utilitarian value, the NAVE
trees and shrubbery Or Wasnihsl Ion
cannot anywhere be excelled
The hillsides and swales are now
pink with the beauty of wild currants.
The lockwood is in bloom. The maple
is passing to the period OF It's leanng.
Everywhere the glorfes or the summer
are beginning to show in the outlying
districts of Seattle. What pity II 10
that more home owners have not kept
more of this native beauty in their
own yards!
Merely because we are on the edges
of the forest is no reason why we
should be Indifferent to the beauty of
native flora. Already we see and feel
the marring influence of the slasher's
work. Hereafter we should exercise
more care when we are opening new
streets and clearing lots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-17

repeated revolutions Of Mexico are de-
picted. II even a part OF what 10 told In
this form 10 true American armies
should be on Mexican soil within a fort
night.
The story. which opens with a prologue
In which the gold OF the desert Is found.
and the two men who find il enter the
shadow as the treasure 10 grasped. deals
with the affairs OF Tom Bedding. United
States inspector and rancher: Belongs
family, including his foster daughter
Nell: Ladd and Lash. two cowmen ana
riders OF the desert; Rojas, Mexican in
surgent'' and bandit: Thorne. United
States cavalryman; Mercedes. his Mexi.
can sweetheart; and Dick Gale. foot oali
star, wanderer, clear grit all through.
Add to these characters Mexican raider $.
a Yaaui Indian chief. some horses sucn
az never were bred outside the covers OF
a book, and set the whole amid the ourn,
ing shifting sands. the cactus-covereo
plains and the blistering. arid rocks OF
southwestern America, and II VIII De seen
the combination Is one to make stirnns
reading. Flavor 1t with intrigue. ADD a
heart-gripping battle in the heart or the
mountain and conclude with the restora-
ton of daughter and sweetheart to fatner
and lover and the relocation OF the lost
desert gold" and the narrative IL one
which will not be willingly laid DOWN.
once 1t has been begun, until the maj
page is turned
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ought to. be. that this author makes his
sympathetic and knowing examination Of
its" adventures into the various human
realms of interest-fr5endship religion,
society. These are searching thoughts.
thoughts honest with themselves, set
down without reserve. The writer is close
to youth. aware of 1t in it's development
and relations to life. 1t is this quality of
nearness. nearness back from wide out
looks. and the companionable way Of the
writer that make this volume. Of essays
one to lie near the reading hand of those
who wish to know and hold fast to the
rich flooding energy of youth.
THE DECLENsION OF HENRY Dali
BIAC. By, v. Goldie. New York:
Frederick A. Stokes Company.
This story begins quite currently in a
London thoroughfare with the rescue Of a
young and comedy militant from the
hands OF rough-and-tumble crowd The
rescuer is a social lion OF aristocratic
French source, who. passing that way
chivalrously and promptly delivers the
lady from further molestation, though
she was. In fact, suffragette in search
of arrest and martyrdom. Henry DIAL
biac is the accepted lover Of the most
beautiful, the most exclusive most prin-
cessly girl in all England. The first step
in his downward course comes with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-17

their car Injuries q tiny boy. The hero
Inc takes him to Mother Cary's home
near by, meets John Ogilvie. "the coun-
try doctor" and gives up her trip to
nurse the child. The romance Of these
two makes the story. of course, but
the mountain. with its woodland folk
including moonshiners. have a fasci-
nation OF their own. Incidentally, the
girl. on the eve Of their marriage. Sc
cures for her doctor q professorship in
the University Of the North"-which
seems to argue that. after all, 1t was
love and not the mountain that figured
on their map OF happiness as the land
Of content"
DESERT GOLD. BY Zane Grey. Illus
trated by Douglas Duer. New York
Harper & Bro.
Zane Grey is in his element when tell
ing a tale OF the desert. His Heritage of
the Desert" and Riders Of the Purple
Sage" published a year or more ago.
struck q new note IN the fiction OF today.
and this note is predominant again in
his latest story. Desert Gold is a nara
tive Of the southwest-the desert lands
that lie partly within the borders OF Ari-
iona and New Mexico and stretch across
the international boundary 1t is a
story In which the struggles Of Americans
living within the baleful zone of the oft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-17

speak out and declare them all to be
true. Surely there are things of the
mind and spirit beautifully true, even
though not ponderable. AS for US. we
deliberately choose to take this delight
full autobiographic story as a word by
word truth. and to love DIT not for this
alone but for its sheer and compelling
charm as we'll.
THE CROCK OF GOLD. BY James
stephens, author of Mary, Mary"
etc. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
When "A poet of Irish turn chooses an
irresponsible philosopher for mouthpiece,
when he at will throws down any bar
rier that time and treasure may have
built up, when he reckons fancy more
glorious than fact. when he makes no
difference at all between fairies and plain
folks. when he impresses to service any
pagan god that chances to be passing by
instead of calling properly upon some
saint, when he counts a heather myth
as true as inspired story, tradition every
bit as good as history-in all these cir
cumstances. why should not such man
write delectable story of beautiful non
sense and call 1t a Crock of Gold.' He
not only should, but he did do this.
JOHN o. JAMESTOWN. BY Vaughan
Kester. author of The Prodigal
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y NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS -

all present might see the Transformation
that had taken place under the directions
Of their decorative committee. From be-
Ing tho most forlorn and unattractve OF
our public schools. 1t has blossomed into
q charming little home for the children
during their long hours Of confinement in
classrooms.
So remarkable is the influence Of beauty
that the teachers here have had no &C.
casion to punish single child since the
league converted their dreary quarters
into interesting and attractive study
rooms. First of all, the halls and class
rooms were tinted in pleasing colors,
then window curtains and colored prints
were chosen that harmonized with these
backgrounds, many other improvements
were added and finally. boxes filled with
blossoming plants were placed in the win
dows. The league supplied all the ma
terials except the paint for walls, which,
with the labor, was furnished by the mu-
nicipal architect, representing the Dis
trict Commissioners
The league is now in it's third year.
and has about 300 members. paying an
nual dues of 81 each. Considering this
small income, 1t has really accomplished
wonders, owing to the energy and eff
cheney Of its officers. The we'll known ar
chitect, j. r. Marshall, is president;
Charles J. Bell, treasurer, and Louis A.
Simon. chairman of the decoration COM
mittee. These officers have been ably Sec
onded in their efforts to improve class
rooms by the members of the different
league committees, as well as by the Dis
trict Commissioners and those in charge
of the school buildings.
All have CO-operated with great good
will In the purpose OF the league, which
is to aid the cause of public education by
awakening the pupils interest in beauti-
full surroundings and creating an atmos-
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phere conducive to happy study. Many
OF the older Washington buildings do not
come up to the now recognized standards
of public school equipment.
X
Improvement OF such conditions is the
special work OF the league. and where
their limited means permitted they have
carried out the modern improvements
now adopted in all new buildings. Let
tiers of thanks are constantly received
from both teachers and scholars. Their
deep appreciation proves the educational
value of the work already accomplished
and the pressing need to extend these ad-
vantages to all the schools.
In many cases tho children have be-
come so interested in pictures that they
have begged their teachers to take them
to the Corcoran Gallery. When there
they carefully studied the paintings and
compared them with the colored prints In
their schools One boy insisted that
Corot looked exactly like picture In his
classroom. On Investigation this proved
to be a photograph OF a Corot In Paris
showing how keen was the lads observa-
ton when he could recognize an artists
style from one reproduction.
This doesn't seem like q school; ~
seems lust like home.' exclaimed a child
when he first entered newly remodeled
building.
Gee, but this looks nice. said another
The happiness OF the children ID some.
times pathetic. They take sucn prlue ~
their snecial schools and are so eager to
have them made beautiful that 1t seems
cruel to disappoint any OF them, but until
the league membership increases 1t VIII
be impossible to supply their fast grow
ing desire for beauty.
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-
they are so placed in the red
room as to be seen by all callers and
friends of the President and his family.
This unusual honor was rendered the art
ist by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson because of
her great admiration for the work of this
noted American sculptor.
The little figures possess significance
far beyond their size. expressing as they
do elemental truths-mother love. the alb
solute dependence of the child, the purity
and sweetness of girlhood-universal quail
tiles which are as clearly expressed as
though these were life-siZed figures instead
OF lilliputian In their dimensions.
Take the unobtrusive group Of young
woman and child: with what ineffable
tenderness this mother gazes at the small
atom of humanity seated on her lap, one
bare chubby foot crossed over the other,
Baby's hand is only large enough to
grasp her thumb; a second hand is re-
quired to hold fast one of her fingers-a
very natural, simple detail. but it enor-
mously emphasizes the litteness and help
lessness of infancy. And yet, such is the
power of this artists genius. there is a
dynamic force in this tiny creature which
makes itself felt in spite of the very APP
parent helplessness. and one is sure that
here is an Individual who will later take a
valiant part in the battle of life.
Another and more girlish mother
passionately kisses the soft. round
against her. it's little arm pressed
around her neck. Even in bronze the
baby flesh looks soft and warm against
the cooler. more solid contours of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-17

mother. To thus differentiate the quail
tiles of flesh is a technical triumph
which Mrs. Vonnoh shares with the
great Rodin and only years of earnest
study, of patient modelling could pro-
duce such conquest of a medium as
Obdurate as bronze.
The same plant. yielding feeling is
found in the dainty figure robed IN
lightly coiled about the head; perhaps
college girl ready to take part in
some Greek play.
The fourth bronze might be called
Ophelia. with its wistful. tender look
Of uncomprehending pain and it's
youthful figure. half child, half woman,
revealed by the soft clinging draperies.
The last of the five is a child in a
hand raised against it's cheek as
though in deep thought. The lifted
arm gives a beautifully curved line to
the figure. suggestive of a 1.-the. sup
pie young body beneath the flowing
gown.
Mrs Potter vonnoh was born in ST.
Louis and studied in Chicago under
dorado Taft Her early work was I'M
but her later art is entirely her own,
and is a valuable contribution to Amer
lean sculpture. She has been accused
of initiating the celebrated Tanagra
not yet seen those marvellous little
sculptures when she produced the
figures which led to this accusation.
While resembling them in size and
delicacy of handling. her bronzes pos
sess a charming decorative quality Pc
culiar to themselves and are essen
TALLY American in type.
MISS LETITIA MAXWELL whose
AVA painting, Egg Rolling at the
White House, received such favorable
notice in the exhibition of Washington
artists. has recently completed number
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE CHILD, rts Care, Diet and Cou,-
mon IIls. BY E. Mather sill. NJ. n.
lecturer In diseases OF children at
the New York Polytechnic Medical
School and Hospital, etc. New York:
Henry Holt & Co.
WOMANIAs which, to Notice. tt Re-
hOOveA BY Man f. Tho New York:
Hilton Publishing Company.
THE TUDOR sHAkEsPEARE-HAM-
LET, PRINCE OF DENMARK.
Edited by George Pierce Baker.
A. b., professor OF dramatic ltera-
ture in Harvard University. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
THE TUDOR sHAKEsPEARE-SO
NETS AND A LOVERS COM
PLANT. Edited by Raymond NJ.
Alden. Phi D.. professor OF English
in the University OF Illinois. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
Myself AND I. BY Fannie Stearns
Davis. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
BRIEF COURSE SERIES IN EDU-
CATTON-6CHOOL HYGIENE. BY
Fletcher B. Dresslar. Phi. D.. special
ist In school hygiene and school
sanitation, United States bureau OF
education- New York: The Macmil-
Ian Company.
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Of very interesting portrait-sketches in
OIL These quick, snappy little paintings
made in a couple of hours. often give an
impression Of life and movement lost in
the more finished work. Not but what
Miss Maxwell is capable of carrying a
portrait to completion, as Is proven by
the life-sized painting of her mother,
also recent work. This Industrious
traiture. has been making many plain
air studies of children at play in the city
parks and out in the Zoo.
Miss Maxwell works in water colors
also and has just been elected a member
of the Washington Water Color Society.
She hopes to leave shortly for Blue Ridge
summit, where she will spend her sum-
mer studying landscape painting and
sketching figures out Of doors
A N interesting exhibition is being held
= in the Gorham Company Galleries,
New York. OF the work of thirty-six
woman sculptors. Many Of them are al
ready known to fame. few are
debutantes whose originality of concep-
ton and splendid technical qualities are
attracting much friendly criticism.
Among them. Sarah Morris Green and
Florence Lucius are carrying off first
honors. In this group Of representative
woman sculptors there are many whose
genius refuses to be Influenced even by
the new Paris god, Bourdelle. This
sculptor Is supposed to be so up to
date as to make Rodin ancient his
tory; but as some ancient things are
SURPRISING good. this iniputation need not
disturb the admirers Of the great French
master.
THE cubist sculptures and futurist
! paintings recently exhibited in New
York have prepared Americans for the