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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10
When the Table Fork Came Into Us,

Bacon, few Englishmen used the table,
fork, and that the majority of them
knew nothing of it. But Ben JON
his comedies he ridiculed the "Ital-
ian fashion of substituting forks for
fingers" and in so doing, Saving the
table napery."
When the fork did at last invade
England, 1t was much laughed at as
a dandified device fit only for foreign
ers. And 1t took several years for it
to get into general use. A writer
on the subject is quoted here:
Thomas Coryote, an English tour
ist and writer. who f1ourished in the
reign of James l., fixes the date ap-
proximately when the fork first came
into use. He set out, ON a tour of
Europe in 1908. just when Shake
speare was engaged in writing his
masterpieces, and Bacon was deep in
his new philosophy. On passing into
Italy, the traveller encountered the
fork for the first time, and listed 1t
as great curiosity. In his journal of
the tour, he said (his photography IL
modernized): The Italians and also
most strangers who are residents in
Italy do always at their meals use a
little fork when they cut their meat:
for, while with their knife, which they
hold in one hand, they cut the meat
out of the dish, they fasten their fork,
which they hold In the other hand.
upon the same dish of meat, so that
whatsoever he be that. sitting In the
company of any others at meat, should
unadvisedly touch the meat with his
fingers, from which all at the table
do cut, he will give occasion of Of
Tense upon the company as having
transgressed the laws of good man
ners; in so much that for his error.
he shall at last be browbeaten, If not
reprehended in words"
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down in one corner by the street. The
old colored mammy's eyes snapped.
Come h'yah, you ehilluns, come
along-right dis minutel" And then,
as the two youngsters pretended not
to hear her, she threw dignity to the
winds and went after them.
"Humph!" she exclaimed, fastening
her glittering eye upon Harry and not
ing the unmistakable signs of peach
pie-filling about the corners of his
mouth. "Humphl You Is .scandlousl
Yo' ole Aunt Dinah sho am dis'point-
ed in yo'. clare, I neyah thought
it was in yo' to do sich a low down
trick as that-I nevah thought it was
in VOL"
"'Tain'tl 'Tain't!" cried Harry.
'Leastwise, 'tain't all in me! Half
of it's in Jane!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10
The Boys One And All Lcaped Over The Sides.

| Get out before it gets to going too
fast"
The boys, one and all, leaped over
the side. The girls seemed stupefied
and all crouched down in their seats.
AS soon as Hollister left the wheel
the machine swerved slightly to one
side of the street.
Gwendolyn lost no time. but
climbed over the seat in front and
grabbed the wheel quickly enough to
prevent the car from hitting the curb.
! She knew little about automobiles and
didn't pretend to know. So when she
turned the wheel she turned it too
far and the car shot over. to the op-
posite side of the street. Another
frantic twist and the car turned to the
other side. But Gwendolyn held to
the wheel and soon had it going
straight down the middle of the street.
Now, all of you sit STILL girls she
called to those on the back seat. "Ill
take you back safe and sound and if
you don't move we won't get hurt"
There was little travel at that time
of the evening and Gwendolyn did not
have to worry about prospective col
lisions. The auto was going about ten
miles an hour. The neighbors sat on
their porehes and were somewhat sur
prised to see the girls riding in the
machine alone. but thought nothing
particularly of 1t.
When the car came to the first cor
I ner Gwendolyn decided to turn and go
around the block to where they start
ed. She remembered that automo-
biles always made the turn as wide
| as possible by keeping to the. oppo-
site side of the street just before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10

rolling. twisting bunt just inside the
third base line.
The crowd gasped in amazement.
OF all thingsl If ever there was
time to Zine her OUT this was!
But Buddy was playing INSIDE
baseball" and his bunt caught the Red
Lot infield fat-footed, that is-all ex-
cept the Midget" And he would
have been, too, but for the fact that
he had anticipated the play.
In and in he came. his legs fairly
flying over the ground. Buddy"
glee, while "Scrappy" stood waiting,
with big lead off the sack, to see
If Midget" fooled the ball; then
he would dash home with the run
that would sew up the game.
On and on came Midget" Tt
seemed that he simply could not
make the play. But then-then he
took a desperate chance. Running
low. he scooped up the ball and.
without Neven steadying himself.
Hurltu IL lOWdIu HiSl, WHERE Il lnuO-
ded into FATTY Henry's glove sew
eral steps ahead of Buddy
OF course, when "Scrappy" saw the
Midget get the ball he set himself
ready to dash back to third in case
the throw to first was not attempted;
yet equally ready and set to start for
the plate If the ball was hurled af-
ter Buddy"
But, you see, he had not counted
on Midget" making the throw
without so much as strengthening up
or, 1T seemed, even looking toward
first. Therefore, he lost a second
or two and that made the difference
between his sliding into the plate
ahead of the ball or behind 1t.
And that was exactly what did
happen. The instant the ball hit
"Fatty's" mitt, he shot it back to
RIP" Dugan, the Red Lot catcher,
who touched the sliding "Scrappy'
just fraction of second before
his feet hit the home-plate.
1t was a double playl And a light
ming one, tool The game was over!
Once more the Red Lots were re-
turned the victorsi
And why? Simply because mid
get" Ellis used the baseball brains
he had been endowed with and
beat the other fellow to the play!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10
TALES OF THE RED LOT TEAM
BEATING THE OTHER FELLOW TO THE PLAY

80 o do the unexpected in base
~ ball is. experts agree, one of
"a the real secrets of a teams
w. success. But mark you, the
unexpected" can be done in two
ways. The first is to do it yourself.
catching the other fellow off his
guard and thus sending the runs
around. And the other is to keep
your opponents from doing it-by
beating them to 1t!
Only last Saturday afternoon Bob
Ellis, the Red Lot third baseman-
they call him Midget" by the way
pulled off one of the latter sort, q
defensive play that saved a hard
fought game for this crack Juvenile
nine whose battle-royals have enter
tanned you before.
They were playing the Mohicans, a
team considerably older than them
selves and from whom they really
had no license to win. But then, you
must remember, there are all sorts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10

"Scrappy' stole second on the second
ball pitched he die not go up in the
air. He had two strikes and two
balls on Curtis, the next batter. and
put one straight over the plate, hop
ing that Curtis would figure ON "a
wide one" thus striking him out. It
takes nerve in a pitcher to do that,
too.
But Curtis was on the job and
caught the straight-one for a bound
ing grounder down to Ned Williams.
the Red Lot second sacker. Ned got
1t without a semblance of an error.
turned to see If he could head off
the flying "Scrappy" at third, saw
that he could not, so shot the ball to
Fatty Henry at first. making the
"out.'
1t was well worth it. though. from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10

n was one evening after supper
q and all the children of the neigh
u borhood we're out playing in the
8 street. 1t was a custom of these
children to gather out in front of
Hoffman's for their evening play, be-
cause four of the bunch" two boys
and two girls. were Hoffmans.
On the evening in question the
children had just finished a strenuous
game of run, Sheep. Run" and were
sitting on the curb debating what to
do next, when Uncle Dick Hoffman
drove up in his new seven-passenger
motor car. He had just come from
the nearby town of Granger, where
he lived. Of course, the nephews and
nieces were glad to see their uncle,
but after he had shaken hands with
the boys and kissed the girls, he noted
that they were just little bit more
interested in the car than they were
in him. As he was walking toward
the house, Hollister, the older Of his
nephews. called after him:
"Oh, Uncle Dick! Do you care If
we sit in your auto?"
No. just so you don't touch any
Of the levers or switches" came the
reply.
1t was not long until the auto was
chuck full of children-so full that
had il not been new car it's springs
might have cried out in protest. But
being new, they bore up bravely un-
der the strain. The boys crowded in
to the front seats, Hollister being first
TO seize the coveted position at the
steering wheel. The girls filled up the
rear seats. not caring to play "chauf-
feur."
Let me take the wheel once"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10

of upsets in baseball and you can
never figure out beforehand, with any
degree of certainty. exactly how a
game is going to finish. That's what
makes it the greatest sport in the
world.
When our young ball-tossers went
into the game. they did so grimly,
doggedly, not really expecting to win
and hoping In their secret hearts
that they would not be defeated by
an overwhelming score. 1t had been
Capt" Allison's intention to send his
star pitcher to the mound, Smoke
BALI Thompson. But, unfortunately,
two days before the game Smoke
balr' developed a severe cold that
seemed to settle right down in his
arm; at all events. when he tried to
warm up he found that he couldn't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10

the Mohican standpoint. for there
was "Scrappy' dancing around safe
on "the hot corner" whence a hit or
even a fly would score him with ease
and tie up the game.
The Mohican rooters were yelling
like wild men.
Up stepped Buddy" Ryan, the Me-
hicans' cleanup man." 1t couldn't
have been more auspicious for them,
not even had 1t all been arranged
beforehand. Buddy came up,
swinging his bat viciously and grim
ming all over. If ever a fellows act
ions indicated that he already saw
himself landing on the ball for
keeps" his did.
And right here was where Midget"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10
JIMMY.

~ IAIMY'S mother was surprised to
4 see him heading toward the flow
- er yard with a garden rake.
why, Jimmy." she exclaimed.
What on earth are you going to do
with that rake?"
II am going to rake your flower
pot" answered the youngster.
What for?" demanded the mother.
why, for money" was the re-
sponse. 81 heard papa tell Uncle
Harry that he raked a pot last night
and got $50"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10

Ellis got his first hunch to pull off
the unexpected defensive stuff" The
very fact that Buddy was making
such a great show of his desire to
Zine the ball out" was the very thing
that set the baseball kinks" in that
doughty third-sacker's brain in mo-
ton. So he set himself. ready for
anything.
Curly" wound up and let the
ball fly. 1t was meant to be an out
drop that would break just before
it reached the plate and elude Bud
dy's" mighty swat.
Almost the very second Curly
delivered the ball Midget" saw
'Buddy's" right hand slide up his bat.
Instantly he came running in toward
the plate. And of all the people
there, either on. the field or off; he
alone had anticipated the play.
For Buddy" laid down slow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10
Not All His Fault

twenty minutes ago that Aunt
- Dinah had placed her crisp, fresh.s
ly-baked peach pie in the window to.
cool. And now-it was gonel
She looked out the window, up and
down the yard, for a possible tramp
sneaking off with the fruit of her
culinary skill. But there was nbheI
in sight. The yard was deserted, ex-
cept for Harry and Jane playing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10

to adopt the table-fork. Other Euro
pean countries soon followed the Ital-
"sneered at such a Device and re-
fused for a long time to use it. Writ
ers of old-time customs tell us that
during the time of Shakespeare and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10

TDE now look upon person who
H&H uses his knife to convey food
wv to his mouth as being ill-bred
and a boor. But the time was when
all our ancestors ate with their knives.
for the knife and the spoon were the
only table implements with which to
eat, unless ones fingers might be call
ed such. Italy was the first country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10

hand. first of all I will produce an
animal. Secondly, small sharp
pointed bit of metal. Thirdly, tiny
vegetable and, fourthly. vessel used
in cooking"
Can you guess what he produced? :?
(Each of the things produced can be
found in the spelling of the fruit
which he held in his HANDY.
TOPSY TURvY STATES.
Seven western states slightly tang
led:
1. Go Nero. 2. Hating nows. 8.
o L had. A. O my wing. s.. Coal
door. s. Nice OK NEW. Z. Rain zoa.
8. Not a man.
ANSWERS.
MAGICIAN PUZZLE: Pineapple. l.
Ape. 2. Ndil 8. Pea. 4. Pan.
Topsy Turvy States: l. oregon. 2.
Washington. 3. Idaho. 4. wyoming.
S. Colorado. 6. New Merico. Z. Ari-
coma. 8. Montana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10
q Our puzzle Corner *

mission. l will endeavor to entertain
you with little performance of my
ability as a magic artist. From this
bit of fruit which you see in my
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10
MAGICIAN PUZZLE.

The magician held piece of fruit
in his hand. Ladies and gentle
men," said he, with your kind per-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10

BLACK SHEEP PUZZLE.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-09-12
Business 11otices.

Notices under this head ten cents per line
first insertion; five cents per line succeeding in
sertions. Count seven short words to line or six
long ones.]
Mileage Books at Marshas.
Hair switches at Gee Sisters.
Jelly Tumblers at Shedon's.
New fall hats at Gee Sisters
Mileages to rent. C. F. Rich.
Wide white belts at Gee Sisters.
Poultry wanted at Gorhams market.
so lbs. of lard atil3c Id. Gorham & Son.
Royal Cocoa, large tins. 25c at Benedicts,
Latest styles in fall millinery. Mrs. Brough.
School supplies. See the window Sheldons.
Wanted-Girls in dish room. The Addison. 2ltf
Clearance sale summer millinery. Mrs. Brough.
Girl wanted at the Sargent House. 29tf
Grapes both in bulk and in basket Joe Calvi.
Try three salt mackerel for 25c. N j Boudreau.
WANTED-Two bell boys at the Addison Stiff
Furnished rooms to rent. Weybridge St. 96t3p
Wedding gifts in china, sterling silver and cut
glass. Sheldons.
Roomers wanted. Call at p Seminary street or
telephone 1912. 36tf
Board and rooms to let at 40 Seminary St Mrs.
j. E. Clark. 36tf
Fresh nut meats. sailed peanuts. wanuts
almonds and pecan meats at Benedicts
Dry mountain stove wood for sale, $40 a
cord. Phone BOIL 33f
Delicate cans of Chef Salmon, 10 and II cents
per can, q sizes) at Gorhams,
FOR SALE-Another carload of red cedar
shingles at reasonable prices. A. N. Brown.
S2tf
Engraved printed calling cards at the Regis
ter office
FOR SALE - Good new mich Jersey COW,
Jewett & Co. 37tf
When in want of good groceries call Gorham S
grocery. old stand. telephone 1868.
Large up-to- date furnished cottage for rent at
Lake Dunmore. W. l.. Forbes. 26tf
All millinery at half-price. Gee
Sisters.
For good printing of all description call at Reg
lister office.
Trimmed and untrimmed hats at half price
Gee Sisters
All the best kinds of fruit jars also can rub
bers. at Benedicts.
When in want of good meats call Gorham' S
market, opposite postoffce, telephone 1862.
Portland cement for sale Inquire of Joseph W
Calhoun under postoffice. l7tf
splendid line of olives. also pure French and
Italian olive oil at Benedcts.
WANTED-The Addison. Woman in laundry to
do ironing. Good wages. steady employment
Lost-A ladies' crochet ecru hand bag contain
ing leather purse and of money. Kindly
leave at Register Office. 35tf
Large corn house and granary for sale. Mrs
M. E. Grant. East Middlebury, Vt. 37tf
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-09-12
MlOOLEBURY LOCALS.

Miss Susan E. Archibald returned
Saturday from Kramer, Indiana, where
she has been the past month.
Miss Clara Bruya has returned from
New York, where she has been on a
business trip.
Miss Nellie Blinn has returned to her
duties as assistant superintendent of
the Proctor hospital after visit to her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. S. Blinn.
Miss Zoa Brookins is in Orwell, where
she will teach school the coming year.
Miss Laura Goodrich is spending six
weeks with relatives in New York city
and vicinity.
Miss Emma Lura of Rutland, who has
been substituting in the telephone office
for several weeks, went Sunday to
Brandon.
Mrs. Charles R. Cheney and daugh-
ter have returned from a visit to rela-
tives and friends in Rutland.
Miss Gladys Coursey has accepted a
position as teacher in Whiting.
John Sears went to the Mary Fletcher
hospital in Burlington Friday for treat
ment
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Swift are visit
ing her fl Their, eX-Gov. John w. Stew
art, for short time.
Regular convocation of Potter chap
ter, No. %, R. A. M, will be held in
Masonic temple Tuesday evening, Sep
TENDER 16, at o'clock. Work, Mark
Master degree.
Several shipments of merino sheep
and fancy cattle are being made from
this section to the state fair at White
River Junction.
John j. Stephens returned to his home
at Burlington Tuesday after few days
stay with friends here.
Walter V. Wright of Cambridge, N.
Y, former resident of this village,
spent few days with relatives here
this week.
Bernard Burns has gone to Brandon
where he has a position as assistant
principal of the high school.
Miss Edith Brown, who has spent the
summer at her home on North street,
has returned to her duties as teacher in
Whiting.
Harry H. Taylor will leave on Mon
day for Boston, where he will take a
course in the College of Pharmacy.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-09-12

Arthur c. Lamb, clerk in the H. F.
Joy store, has returned from 10 days
vacation.
Cushing Hill is spending few days
at Mallet's bay, Lake Champlain.
Fremont Abbey has moved with his
family to the E. G. Piper farm on the
Cornwall road.
George H. Chaffee, as administrator
of the estate of the late Mrs. Mary
Eckley, sold her household effects at
auction on the premises Tuesday morn
ing. M. K. Moore was the auctioneer.
DR.. Samuel Sheldon, who has spent
the summer at The Addison, has re-
turned to Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip B. Stewart and
son, Wolcott, of Colorado Springs are
visiting at the home of ex-Gov. j. w.
Stewart.
Mrs. William A. Tyrel, who has been
confined to the house the past few
weeks with tonsilitis, is again able to
be about.
Mrs. E. R. Clay of Lebanon, N. H.,
is visiting in town.
Miss Stella Wooster has gone to
Highgate, where she has a position as
assistant to the principal in the High
school.
Miss Irene Burns is visiting in West
Rutland
Vittum' s orchestra will give a dance
at the Brandon Inn this evening follow
ing the band concert
Jerry Haley and daughter of Dame
mora, N. Y, who have been visiting in
town for few days, have returned to
their home. Mr.. Haley was a former
resident of this town
The first frost of the season took
place on Tuesday night, doing consider
able damage to garden vegetables and
corn fields. Ice to the thickness of
window glass was formed.
A. W. Eddy, district superintendent
of schools, will shortly move into the
house he recently purchased on Wey-
bridge street.
George M. Wright received the APP
pointment of road commissioner at the
meeting of the village trustees Tues
day evening.
Almond j ohnson, aged SO years, died
Monday morning at his home in West
Salisbury. The funeral was held We'd
nesday morning. He is survived by
his wife, one daughter and a brother.
Mrs. X. R. Flint and son, Winston,
returned Monday to Mortified after
spending several weeks with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Thomas.
Mrs. Thomas accomp inied them home.
Mrs. Olive Smalley Baker Fletcher
died at the home of her son, Albert
Fletcher, in Salisbury Wednesday
night. The deceased was 95 years old.
The funeral was held to-day friday
at Forestdale with burial at Goshen.
Fire was discovered Tuesday after
noon in the vicinity of the Monkton
mountain on which there is much valu-
able timber. Men We're at once put to
work fighting the blaze to prevent it
from getting into the thick forest.
Messrs. Lyman Eldridge and A. D.
Whipple of Williamstown, Mass, who
have been here for four weeks engaged
in the work of surveying Otter creek
from the falls at Middlebury to point
near Leicester Junction in the interest
of the orators in the chancery case of P.
B. Cloyes and others against the Mid
dlebury Electric company, have COM
pleted their work
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-09-12

Highest so Lowest 80.
Thursday clear: Friday. clear; Saturday,
clear; Sunday, cloudy; Monday, cloudy; Tuesday.
clear; Wednesday. clear
Record kept by H. A. PECK.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-11-06
OPINIONS DIFFER
OVER STATEMENT
SHARP CONTROVERSY OVER RE
MARK OF JUDGE ROAM IN
FRANK. CASE.

Atlanta, Nov. 5.-Sharp controver-
sial difference has arisen among lead
ing Atlanta lawyers as to the status
Of the statement by Judge H. S. Roam
hat he personally WAS still in doubt
as TO the guilt or innocence of Leo
NJ. Frank.
/ 1t will be recalled that Judge L. S.
tOan, the trial judge in the Phagan
case, while refusing the motion for
Few trial, said that his own mind was
not absolutely made up as to the guilt
" innocence of the condemned man.
The question now involved is what
legal effect that statement will have
on the appeal pending before the state
supreme court. Will it impel that
body to grant a new trial, or Will it be
of no legal value whatever? Both
views are taken by Atlantians learned
in the law.
The attorneys for Frank said that
since Judge Roam made such a state
ment the supreme court could avoid
giving Frank a new trial only by up.
setting a well established precedent
and by reversing former supreme
court decisions which have borne on
the trial judges duty to set aside q
verdict of guilty for which he was net
convinced there was sufficient war
rant.
Reuben r. Arnold is quoted as say
ing:
The supreme court has repeatedly
ruled that the trial Judge, If he is not
fully satisfied that the evidence has
demonstrated the guilt of the defend
ant, has no other course open than
to order new trial.
Judge Roam went out of his way
to make his stand in the matter per
fectly clear. He mentioned that the
case had given him much concern and
worry-more than any other case
over which he had presided. He then
made the important declaration that
though he had listened to the evidences
and argument for thirty days, he was
not yet convinced Of the mans limo.
cence or guilt. The law as interpreted
by the supreme court clearly laws
down the principle that the judge has
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-11-06
GIRLS STOP WASHING
THE HAIR WITH SOAP
SOAP DRIES YOUR SCALP, cAuS.
ING OANDRUFF, THEN HAIR
FALLS OUT.

After washing your hair with soap
always apply little Danderine to the
scalp TO invigorate the hair and pre-
vent dryness. Better still. use soap as
sparinGly as possible, and instead
have "Danderinc Hair Cleanse
Just moisten cloth with Danderlne
and draw it carefully through your
hair, taking one strand at a time This
will remove dust, dirt and excessive
oil. In a few moments you will be
amazed, your hair will not only be
clean, but it will be wavy, fluffy and
abundant, and possess an incompar-
able softness and lustre.
Besides cleansing and identifying
the hair, one application of Danderine
dissolves every particle Of dandruff;
stimulates the scalp, stopping itching
and falling hair DanGerine is to the
hair what fresh showers of rain and
sunshine are to vegetation. 1t goes
right to the roots, invigorates and
strengthens them Its eXhilarating
and Reproducing properties cause
the hair to grow long, strong and
beautiful.
Men. Ladies'! You can surely have
lots of charming hair Get % cent
bottle Of Knowlton's Danderine from
any drug store or toilet counter and
try it.