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The Washington times., 1913-06-28

In q minute after some ono passed up
the stairs and Eeeing the door Of the
old clock open. they closed 1t without
seeing Pussy Puss in the bottom.
BY and by Pussy Puss got over her
fright but not her hurt, for her paw
still hurt very much. but she wanted
her mother so she tried to get out.
!. Her well foot could not get her very
FAR, and back she went to the bottom OF
the colck.
Just then the most awful noise. sound
ed like thunder Pussy Puss thought, II
seemed as though 1t would never stop;
ten times II sounded, and then all was
quiet.
Pussy Puss was 80 frightened that
she did not move or cry for fully hve
minutes. she thought that terrible AMI
may with a big pin had returned with
oil his friends to stick her again.
BY and by she cried ''me-ow meow,
but no one heard her. then again that
terrible noise came. but only once, and
then all was still and Pusy went to
sleep.
But she was awakened by that awful
noise again, and this time tt sounded
eleven times before It stopped.
Pussy Puss jumped up and something
struck her and then all was still, very
still, for before that she had not heard
a little ticking sound and something
had moved back and forth, but It had
not touched her before.
Down she lay again and went to sleep.
and this time she slept without that
~ ,NIo ID har
But what she did hear was her moth
er calling her and she answered. but
her mother did not come to get her out
Of that dark place.
Again she heard her mother. and
asain she answered and then all was
quiet for a while and Pussy Puss went
to sleep again.
| The next time she awakened she heard
some one coming up the stairs and
voice said. What can have happened
to the clock; I never knew 1t to stop be-
fore Il WAS wound this morning."
| Then the door opened and Pussy Puss
cried meow" as loud as she could.
well. how in the world did you get
IN here" asked her mistress: your
mother is looking for you everywhere.
| You are the ohe WIN s'opPeu sio N''>'
aren't you?
why. Pussy Puss what is the matter
with your paw? 1t is swollen"
Meow. me-ow." answered Pussy
Puss. and then Mother Grey Puss heard
her child and came running up the
stairs.
..Your baby has hurt her paw" said
her mistress; I'VE have to. put a
bandage on II"
SO Pusy Puss had a cloth bound or
her paw and something that she did not
like the smell of put on It.
That afternoon when they were lying
IN the sun Pussy Puss told her mother
about the animal that had the big pin
and hurt her foot.
THAT was sting, not a pin prick"
said her mother. but how In the world
Aid you get into the clock?"
"I hid in there to get away from the
huzzv animal" said Pussy Puss. land
then II came back with all It's friends
and tried to find me. Oh. such a noise
al they made! Bang. Bang! Bang!
aver So many times and then stopped
for a long time and then they began
again"
"That wasn't bees" said Mother Gray
puss 1T must have been the clock
striking.
pussy Puss did not feel sure about II.
,r, every time she was near the clock
hen II struck for a long time after
,h.t she would run and hide until II
| -o.ad
The Washington times., 1913-06-28
Julia Murdock Presents the
Actress Views Upon Chi
nese Production.

lust before she closed her season
in "The Daughter Of Heaven" IN
Washington. Viola Allen an
nounced that she would sail within
q short time for Europe. with the inten-
ton Of spending the entire summer on
the other side. At present she 10 In
Paris and has written q most entertain
ing letter regarding the things she has
seen, the people she has met, and dro-
matte affairs in general. Her compari-
son Of French and American dramatic
art, and her appreciation Of French
fashions for women are interesting and
unusually valuable because they are the
opinions of a wise and experienced OBJ
server. During the last two weeks In
May, Miss Allen visited Paris, and here
are some of the observations she made
while there:
II must tell you," Miss Allen writes.
'of the first production in French Of the
old Chinese morality play. LAvise-
The Miser,' translated and arranged for
the stage by Madame judith Gautier.
What was still more interesting to me
was the fact that Madame Gautier her
self delivered q lecture on dramatic art
and the literature OF China before the
performance. Like everything else
Chinese. their ideas OF dramatic art are
80 precisely opposite from our western
standards that the play seemed almost
childlike in its simplicity, even though
1t contained many elemental truths that
were nothing short Of great, and In this
instance they were clothed In poetic Ian
guage of great beauty.
Chinese Give Moral
Lessons To People.
"The Chinese stage has continued to
fulfill its mission Of giving moral les
sons to the people. whereas the old Eng
lish morality plays. written and pre-
sented for the same purpose, existed
only until the spread Of education and
the printing Of books became 50 general
that It was no longer necessary to teach
in that way from the stage. In China.
however, when progress was shown,
and. as during the reign Of the Manchu.
they obliged the stories Of all plays to
antedate the conquest. the morality
drama naturally continued in vogue. In
"LAvise," of course, the dire effects Of
avarice are shown In graphic fashion.
yet not without some comedy. The act
Ing was excellent and Madame Gautier
intensely interesting. The loyalty Of
the French to their idols is wonderful.
and 1t was beautiful to see. even after
all these years Of devotion. the enthusi-
asm with which the daughter of Theo-
phtle Gautier was received.
Another play that I enjoyed In
Paris uas Ia Sennaine Folle' a charm
ingly acted piece containing very
strong scenes. which. though apparent
ly very convincing to the Partisan.
The Washington times., 1913-06-28

Mrs. Theodore F. Shuey and Miss
Dorothy Shuey left today for Inter
vale" their summer home In the She
nandoah valley Of West Virginia, to
spend the summer. Mr.. shuey will join
his family later In the season.
The Washington times., 1913-06-28
LOCAL MENTION.

Love and War" Thrilling Drama. To-
DAY only. Virginia. pelishttully cool
The Washington times., 1913-06-28
Seen in the Shops

LTHoUGH 1t may not seem SO,
this is the time to replenish
the wardrobe Of the young lady
who ia going away to school In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-01
.OU|MET TELLS HOW
He NEARLY MISSED
WINNING GOLF TITLE
Says President Urged Him
To Send in Entry for the
Championship

Boston. November 30.--His golf clubs
put away for the winter, Francis oui-
met of Brookline. the youthful amateur
whose victory in the United States open
golf championship surprised the golf
ing world. told friends recently how
nearly he missed winning the tile.
II sigh now to think how 1 might
never have had a chance at the cham
pionship." said Ouimet. 81 did not want
to compete in the United States Golf
associations championship tournament.
Because I felt I had no chance to win,
told close friends, 1 would not enter,
saying 1 would rather learn something g
of the game from prominent golfers
who would play.
later, during the tournament at At
lantic City, President Watson of the
association asked me why 1 had not
sent in my entry for the championship
and 1 replied: What's the use of a
player of my standing attempting to
compete in such an event. don't want
to make a boob of myself
"'Thats all right the president said.
but we are trying to get a good entry
of amateurs so just hand In yours
"I did so. but as I turned away said
to myself, I'm doing this under pro-
test"
The rest is recent golf history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-01
CRIMSON WARRIORS
H|TLESS WONDERS
OF THE GR|D|R0N
Harvard Has Failed to
Score Touchdown i'm Either
of Their Big Games
BRICKLEY EQUALS
TRAFFORD'S RECORD
Kicked Five Field Goals in 1890
Against CorneIl-Pat O'Dea of
Wisconsin Makes Longest
Place Kick

New York, November 30-Several years
ago, when the Chicago White Sox, under
the leadership of Fielder Jones. were
winning games and championships with
few hits, they were called the hitless
wonders. This year 1t might be appro-
pirate to call Harvard the hitless won
ders of football, for they failed to score
a touchdown In either of their big games
Harvard has proved that 1t is no longer
necessary to score touchdowns to win
championships. All is needed, Harvard
men say, is Charles Briclxley. Prince
ton and Yale athletes quite agree for
BriclSley beat Princeton to- 0 while
against Yale last Saturday the Everett,
Mass, star kicked five goals, four from
drop kick and one placement. BY so do
ing Brickley tied the record for field goals
kicked in one game
Back in 1890 b. w Trafford also of
Harvard. drop kicked five goals against
Cornell. Two of his boots were from the
35-yard line while the other three were
from the 3o-yard marker. Twenty-three
years later Charles Brfckley Kicked one
goal from placement from the 37-yard
line and four from drop kick as follows:
81 30, "a and % markers
Sprackling Kicks Four
These performances crown the drop and
place kicking feats. Two noted foot ex-
perts have kicked four goals in one game
while a few more have three to their cred
1t. Among the latter is Earl Sprackling
former east high athlete. who scored three
goals from place kick for Brown against
Yale in 1910 All of Spracklings goals
were from the 30-yard line.
Alex Moffatt of Princeton still leads
the hooters who have four goals in one
game to their credit. In 1888 Moffat d.
rected his best footwork against Harvard
and scored goals from drop kick from
the So As, 40 and 40 yard lines
Walter Eckersall, the western star
who kicked Chicago into more than
one victory and was placed on tho
American team by Walter Camp.
kicked four goals against Wisconsin
in 1903 All were from the 25-yard
line.
Graham of Pennsylvania kicked
three goals against Princeton in 1885
when he lifted the ball over the bar
from the 40. sS and 35-yard markers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-01
Official Batting Averages
OF The National League

was a close second in home-run max
ing, having Is. In stolen bases, Max
Carey of Pittsburg leads with 81.
Heinie Zimmerman of Chicago, who
led the league in batting last year with
an average of 1872, is fourteenth on
this years list with mark of BIB
The champion Giants got but one reg
ular, Meyers, with $40, in the select
300 class, although Arthur Fletcher
was close to the mark with .297. The
veteran Honus Wagner put to his
credit of having gone through II con-
secutive seasons with a mark of 900
or better, just making the even .30C
this year.
OF the player-managers, Tinker oi
Cincinnati leads with .317, standing
eleventh on the leagues list the 9TH
ers being Evers of Chicago. fortieth
with .285, Higgins of ST. Louis forty
first with the same mark and Dooin
of Philadelphia eighty-fourth with
256
The New Yorks led in club batting
with .273. st. Louis being last with
PAT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-01
All-American Teams Hold Interest
INTEREST IN SOUTH
RAMPANT UNTILLAST
Many Hoty Contested Battles Mark Closing Grdron
in Dixie-Struggle Between Texas and Notre Dame
was Chief in Interest slaughtering of Tigers
Was the Biggest Surprise

Atlanta, November 30.-Although the
football championship of the Southern
intercollegiate Athletic association was
decided one week ago yesterday, when
Auburn administered decisive defeat
to Georgia, interest in the games which
last Thursday marked the close of the
south's gridiron season was in no whit
abated.
A number of the contests played
Thursday We're between institutions
which for years have been rivals for
gridiron glory and the enthusiasm dis
played by the undergraduate body in
the Thanksgiving Day battles was
greater, If possible, than in previous
years.
Chief in interest was the inter-sec-
tional game between Notre Dame and
the University of Texas, in which the
eleven from the northwest triumphed
by a credible margin. The fact that
Texas was able to score against a
team that this year had defeated both
the Army and Pennsylvania State was
regarded in the light of a triumph by
adherents of the Lone Star" eleven.
Unexpected Result
Probably the most unexpected result
was that of the annual clash between
Vanderbilt and Sewanee. 1t had been
predicted by southern football experts
that this game would be CLOSE, with
either team apt to win by a narrow
margin. The Commodores, however lit
orally smothered the Purple Tigers by
their aggressive attack, winning 63 to
13. The defeat of Clemson by Georgia
Tech, "a to 0, also came in the nature
of a surprise.
Some of the best games of the day
were played in the southeast, among
them being that between Washington
and Lee and the North Carolina Aggies
which the latter team won to 0. An
other notably close contest was that be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-01
FOOTBALL INTEREST
WILL BE SUSTAINED
Selections of All American and Sectional Teams Will Sustain
Interest in Football During Early Part of December
Enough Material Hand to Select Represen
tative Team-West Deveopes Stars

| New York, November 3O-Although the
football season of 1913 ended officially
with the playing of the Army Navy game
here Saturday, the leading coaches play
ers and authorities, sustain gridiron inter-
est during the early days of December by
selecting all American and sectional
| teams. These mythical strongest elevens
of the year express the opinions of close
followers of the game and furnish food
for football discussion during the months
when gridiron paraphernalia gathers dust
in dark lockers and corners of the gym
nasium. Many of the coaches follow every
action of pupil and opponent during the
entire season with the idea of an ''all'
team always in mind and the first fruits
of their observations already are avail
able.
While several of the leading gridiron In
structors and authorities are still puz-
zling over the problem there is enough
material at hand a result of selections
by prominent coaches and players to
form the basis of an all-eastern eleven.
Some of these authorities who have wit
messed one or more of the intersectional
American teams, but the majority, having
confined their choice to eastern combina-
tions, the all eastern eleven by early
| consensus of opinion, appears to be as
| follows:
| Left end Hogsett, Dartmouth.
| Left tackle, Talbot, Yale.
| Left guard, Kecham Yale.
Center, Marting, Yale.
| Right guard, Pennock, Harvard.
Right tackle. Ballin, Princeton.
| Right end, Gilchrist, Navy.
Quarterback, Wilson, Yale.
Left halfback, Mahan, Harvard.
Right halfback Guyon, Carlisle.
| Fullback, Briclley Harvard.
Leading Selections
Among the leading selections from which
this consensus team is formed is the fol-
lowing:
Coach, Edwin Robinson, Brown; ends,
Hogsett of Dartmouth and Hardwic< of
Harvard; tackles, Talbot of Yale and
Bartlett of Brown; guards. Brown of Navy
and Gelb of Brown; center, Ketcham OF
Yale: quarterback, Miller of Pennsylvania
State; halfbacks, Mahan of Harvard and
Guyon of Carlisle; fullback, Brickley or
Harvard.
Professor Gettell, Trinity college ccach
ends, Avery of Yale and Hogsett of Dart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-01

PRICIaARD ELECTED
CAPTAIN OF ARMY
TO SUCCEED HOGE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-01

mouth; tackles, Talbot of Yale and Bal
lin of Princeton; guards, Pennock of Har-
ward and Brooks of Colgate; center,
Ketcham of Yale; quarterback, Wilson of
Yale; halfbacl Brickley of Harvard and
Mahan of Harvard; fullback, Hudson of
Trinity.
Coach McCaa and Captain Wogen-
hurst, Lafayette; ends, Gilchrist of
Navy and Hogsett of Dartmouth
tackles, Talbot of Yale and Storer OF
Harvard; guards. Ketcham of Yale and
Brown of Navy; center, Crufkshank OF
Washington and jefferson; quarter
back. Barrett of Cornell: halfbaeks,
Mahan of Harvard and Dunn of Dick
inson; fullback, Brickley of Harvard.
Coach J. M. Duff. Jr, University Of
Pittsburg; ends, Wagner of PittsburS
and O'Brien of Harvard; tackles, Bal
lin of Princeton and Howe of Navy;
guards, Brown of Navy and Ketcham of
Yale; center Marting of Yale; quar-
terback, Marshall of Pennsylvania
halfbacks. Guyon of Carlisle and Mahan
of Harvard; fullback, Brickley of Har-
ward.
Many Stars Developed
In the western football territory,
which includes Ohio State on the east
extremity and the University of Ne
braska on the other end, the consensus
of opinion is that the section named
has developed this fall some of the
greatest players 1t has ever known.
There were so many stars that great
variety of selections are being made
for the allwestern eleven by experts.
An approach to unanimity is found in
the makeup OF the backfield. Sritics
generally award Eichenlaub, Notre
Dame, fullback. his position. Craig of
Michigan and Norgren of Chicago were
given the halfback places and Dorais
of Notre Dame seems the favorite for
quarterback. Solon of Minnesota is
given one end almost unanimously,
though Rockne, Notre Dame captain,
was pronounced nearly as good. But
ler Wisconsin's "allAmerican" tackle,
is generally selected for tackle on the
allwestern. but the critics differ wide
ly as to his running mate. Brown of
South Dakota, Pontius of Michigan,
Shul1 of Chicago and Halligan of Ne
braska all were considered available.
Allmendinger of Michigan, Keeler of
Wisconsin and Gallagher of Missouri
have earned prominent positions as
guards.
Desjardien of Chicago apparently is
considered by most experts the best
for center, Desjardien's capacity for
hard work in the line, his ability to
cover ground and tackle and his good
headwork. it is declared by the critics,
put his In class by himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-01

tween V. M. I. and V. p. l., which ended
in to tie. Virginia won its game
from North Carolina 26 to Z. In the
south the to tie between L. S. u
and the Texas Aggies, together Nith
the defeat of Tulane by Arkansas at
New Orleans IA to 0, probably were the
hardest fought games of the day.
Good Kickers Lacking
1t is remarkable that while a major
ity of the games in the east this year
have been won through the ability of
skillful kickers to place the ball be-
tween the goal posts and over the
cross bars, there has been little scor-
Ing in the south through kicking either
of placement or drop goals. Apparent
ly the southern coaches have been sn-
able to develop players with educated
toes" for they have stuck closely to
the style of play known as straight
football"
From a financial standpoint, it is re-
ported that the 1913 season has been
the most profitable in the history of
southern football Increased interest
among the general public, coupled with
ideal weather from the standpoint of
the spectators. are ascribed as the con-
tributory causes for this.
Injuries to players in the south this
season have been remarkably few and
generally of minor nature.
Selection of an "All Southern" team
this year apparently has been given
much care by southern football au-
thorities, with the result that they
have, in many instances, agreed unan-
imously in their awards of positions.
This selection applies, however, to
elevens that are members of the S. L.
A. A AS viewed by selections already
published the S. I. A. A. "All Southern"
eleven would be:
Center, Pitts, Auburn; right guard,
Thigpen, Auburn; left guard, Lockwood,
Auburn; right tackle, T. Brown, Van
derbilt; left tackle, Schilletter, Clemson;
right end, b. Brown. Vanderbilt; left
end, Robinson, Auburn; quarterback,
Paddock, Georgia; right half, McWhor-
ter, Georgia; left half, Skies, Wander
bilt; fullback, Harris. Auburn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-01

New York. November 30.-Jake Dau-
bert, Brooklyn's star first baseman, is
the National leagues champion bats
man for the season of 1913. The official
batting averages of the league, made
public today, show him third on the
list with an average of $50 in 139
games. OF the two men nominally out
ranking him, however, one, Yingling of
Brooklyn, is a pitcher and took part in
but 40 games, while the other, Charles
Mcdonald, of Boston. who played in
but about half the seasons games, is
no longer a major Lacquer, having been
released to an international league
team some time before the season
closed. Yingling batred 1888 and Nc
Donald .355.
CraVath of Philadelphia is second
among the regulars. who played in 100
or more games, batting .341 and he also
led the league in home runs with nine
to his credit. His team mate, Luderus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-01
COOMbS RELEASED
FROM HOSPITAL
Athletic Star Will Remain in
Philadelphia for Several
Weeks Yet

Philadelphia, November 90.-"Jack"
Coombs the Philadelphia American
league clubs pitcher, who has been a
patient in a hospital here since be-
fore the worlds series last October,
left the institution today. He Will re-
main in this city for about three weeks
before undertaking the journey to hi
home in Maine.
Coombs contracted typhoid of the
spine during last springs training sea-
son. After convalescing at his home he
attempted to get in the game toward
the end of the season but suffered a
relapse. Coombs expects to be in shape
to join the Athletics next spring.
Evening journal., 1913-06-09
GOSSIP OF THECOURTS
BY

The Civil Tribune of the Seine has
granted a divorce to Baroness yaug-
han, the morganatic wife Of the late
King Leopold Of the Belgians, who
married NJ. Emil Durrieux in August,
1910. She started divorce proceed
ings in 1911, but after some time
withdrew her suit Recently she
lodged a new suit.
Baroness Vaughan is only thirty
one years Of age, aud is described as
a woman of unusual beauty She Is
of humble origin and at one time
studied with a view TO going upon
the stage. Her FIRST husband is said
to have been a gardener in the SER
vice Of King Leopold. IL was in 1900
that the King first met her. and she
accompanied him, at his invitation.
to Germany and to the South OF
France. He created her "a Baroness
i'm 1905.
There have been strange stories Of
her marriage to King Leopold, one
being that the couple were driven in a
motor car to little Franciscan chapel
near the Italian frontier and that the
ceremony took place there. The gem
eral belief, however. is that it took
place al Lacken, tie Kings summer
palace, near Brussels, during his last
illness.
King Leopold supplied her with a
sumptuous villa ON the Riviera, and
lett her an enormous fortune,
consisting for the most part of
Congo securities and the famous Mic
derfuldbach foundation. all of which
led TO protracted litigation. The rea-
son assigned by the baroness for
marrying Durrieux was that he had
consented to be a legal father to her
two sons by the late King.
The late Mr.. Pierpont Morgan left
among his vast collection of unique
articles the only perfect copy in
existence of Cations "MOrte d'Ar-
thur il IS. one of the rarest books
in the world, and fell into the hands
of the late millionaire at a public
sale in London, for the tremendous
price of $500 pounds. That is to
say. every page is worth about so
pounds. Some years ago when the
Antwerp collection was sold at auc~
tion. an American collector. coveted
the First Folio Shakespeare which
was included i'm the sale. His agent
Travelled 5000 miles to secure the
treasure and returned to the United
States with the great book But he
left behind him the. record price.
$500 pounds. In. 1872 this book had
fetched III pounds, 16 shillings.
There Is a story of the mearth-
ing Of a Caxton at Thorneck Hall.
Lincolnshire. The butler was intrust-
ed with the work of wedding out su-
periuous books. A perfect copy of
Dame" Juliana Berner's "Boke of
st. Adams was thrown aside and
sold TO a peddler for ninepence. The
latter believed himself lucky when
he sold it to a Gainsboroush chemist
for three shillings 1t was soon sold