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The Washington times., 1913-04-02
Here's a Book
(f-HE LIFE MASK by the aa-
thor Of ITO NJ. L. Co. Fred
erick A. Stokes Company. Of
New York, publishers.

(("VHE LIFE MASh- by the ao-
- thor Of ITO NJ L Co. Fred
erick A Stokes Company. of
New York. publishers.
Some novels. most novels. nowadayA
retail the affairs of one. or q group
Of human beings up to some climax.
some tragedy or comedy which to all
intents and purposes settles forever the
tenor Of their lives: some merely give
patches from lives. high lights az it
were. and still others are like VANITY
Fair and in telling the whole story
Of the lives Of several people, contain
material for a hundred Of the above
mentioned sketches.
What happens to the people after the
story is ended? 1t lis as futile as try
Ing to look in the back Of the looking
glass, but one often wonders what
happens-after everything has happen
ed.
Sometimes the world is all set to
thinking of the same thing BY the COM
mitting of a notorious crime-one can
recall hundreds OF names which to-
day mean nothing, names OF thoSe
whose public careers are closed forever
the story closed with the Tragedy
But what of the many who pay for thsir
crime are released and crawl forth TO
live again? What of their personal,
their intimate lives? They are in all
probability quite different from what
popular supposition portrays.
The Life Mask tells the unusual
story of one whose life was deeply scar
red. just how deeply one is shocked to
learn, and vet love. happiness, and the
desire to live came at last-a sweet
story and an enthralling one, with a
mystery. the suspense of which is main
tained in well-nigh unenduraole
IA sbion
The Washington times., 1913-04-02

Special announcement: Varia-
tions of the office-seeker wheeze
will hereafter be considered only
in gross lots and no attention
paid until the Star" reaches the
gross mark. At the present rate
OF progress this should happen In
about a week.
The Washington times., 1913-04-02
FAMOUS NUTS.
Chest
Nebuchadnezzar
Harry K. Thaw
Orville

The superlative in satire is attained
by a Georgetown contributor. who tacks
his name and address to a aste-energy
effort, 'in case" as he puts it. you
pay no attention to unsigned commune
cations"
The Washington times., 1913-04-02
THE HEROINE.

THE HEROINE.
It's easy enough to look pleasant
When life flows along like 4 brook;
But the woman worth while
Is the one who can smile
When obliged to pinch-hit for the
cook.
ANON
The Washington times., 1913-04-02

One is tempted to speculate. on so
wheeze-barren a day as this, as to
whether the residents Of Fonda. New
York, really are.
The Washington times., 1913-04-02

Overheard on a street car:
What's this here Damaged Goods
they're goin' to give?'
Il don't know. I think 1t must be
something about the Ohio floods"
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And "ostentatious display" charter
member Of the club. reappears in the
Post this morning.
The Washington times., 1913-04-02

AS We darkhorse the District Com.
mish situation, a candidates chances
vary inversely as the square of his local
Endorsements.
The Washington times., 1913-04-02
Some Student.

ycaroId Dick was tired Of bens questioned by the
visitors ore whom he unwilling show off.
nd YOU 20 Sunday school SUNDAY came
final tormentng question And what study thsre?
Lessons Of course" Dickie wriggied reply.-EA-
change
The Washington times., 1913-04-02

DO YOU, at your house. cling 10 tne
old-fashioned method OF brewing soup:
and Things:
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Let the Fellow In.

G. s. X. "Salaried employe" knocking
for admission Personal Friends Club
What shall ! do?
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Those Lunches.

G. s r.. The farorite trick of MY
putters-up is to insert a hard boiled
csg and forset the salt.
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Or am l just a simple. boob
/ wonder.

As somebody put 1t. and put it well,
Woodrow Wilson didn't hesitate to
travel around the country telling peo-
pie what good President he'd make
And il you've followed recent develop
ments you can finish this as we'll as
We can.
The Washington times., 1913-04-02
THIS& THAT
HnA se,net,n.es . L,tsie srtAe osAe-

THE PLANT OF A FAUX
PASSER.
If I'm inpited out someWhere-
Say, hidden to a dinner
l never come away from there
A winner.
First thing, / likely go to it
Dressed simply, like one ough-
And find the rest appareled fit
To slaughter.
And dinner forks9 It's ten to five,
If the affairs a long one,
That when desserts arrived at,
Ppe
Inc wrong one.
If dancing is in order, then
I lack the simplest graces;
/ always trip and tear expen-
Sipe laccs.
On other state occasions, too,
! always come a cropper;
1t seems that can nepcr do
What's proper.
And yet knop an awkward con-
Who tries those things, and,
fu'ther,
He gets away With them, somehow
Or other.
Is it that horny Fate, in Cub
Ist mood, picked me to blunder ,
Or am just a simple. boob?
wonder.
The Washington times., 1913-04-02
Whit S on tie Program, in
Washington Today

The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight: LodSes+Washine-
ton Centennial, No. II, NJ. NJ; Osiris,
No. 26, F. c.; King Solomon. No. ii.
p m. f. A. Knights Tenplar-Po-
tomac CommaLdery; NO. ; sleeton Sn. OF
ter. No. 10.
The following 7. o. o. F. organizations
will meet torisht: Lodges-Eastern.
No. I: Harmony, No. .; Federal City.
No. 20: Friendship. No. L. Encamp-
ment-Mt. Neto, No. s. grand vista
ton Rebekah Degree-Martha Wash
ington Lodge. No 3. degree.
The following X Of P. organizations
vernon. No. 5. business: Union, No.
-. rehearsals. Pythian Sisters
Friendship Temple. No. 9, initiatorv
work Military Department-wasn-
inston Company, No. /. business
The following Red Mems organizations
will meet tonight: White Eagle,
Tribe, No Il; White Eagle Council.
No. 4.
NationaI-"The Girl from Mont
martre," 2:I5 and s:I5 D. m.
Coiumbia-"The Woman" Sis p. m
Bela.co-"The Sun Dodgers" 3:l5 and
Poii'sE"The Girl of the Golden West"
s:Io and Sis y. m.
Chase's-Polite Vaudeville. s:i5 and
,sademy""snobs." S n; Sis p. m.
Cosmos-Naudeville.
Casino-Vaudeville.
Lyceum-Miner,s Americans. ais and
a.i5 p. m.
Ga y-Knickerbocker Burlesquers.
els and Sis .. %.
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Poll Players Good in Brady's
Drama" heads The Times" anent
THE Girl Of the Golden West" William
A. or James Buchanan? And isn't Dave
Belasco entitled to a kick?
The Washington times., 1913-04-02

THE trouble" says the Post" lis
centred not in one place, but in many"
Centerins a thing in many places should
go down in history as neat little job
of centcring, anyhow.
The Washington times., 1913-04-02

Perpetual line: president Wilson
declared that his mind is still open on
the subject"
The Washington times., 1913-04-02

or are you a bouillon cubisi'
u. ). h.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25

Joe Birmingham is the youngest
manager in the major leagues, being
but twenty-seven years of age. He
first gave evidence of his ability as
diamond leader last year, when Harry
Davis was let out after a disastrous
experience as pilot of the Cleveland
team. Davis, SUPPOSED to be keen
baseball general, having been the
right-hand man of Connie Mack on the
Athletics for a number of years, was
placed in charge of the Clevelands at
the beginning of the campaign In 1912,
although the Cleveland fans wanted
George Stovall, who had made good in
the latter part of the season Of 1911,
retained. Davis got away to a poor
start and matters kept going from bad
to worse. Finally in the closing days
of August Davis threw UP the job of
managing the team and Joe Birmine-
ham was called into the breach. I'm
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
LAJOIE HITS HARDEST
slberfeId's Experience With Can.
non Ball Drive.
Former Major Player Relates Interest.
ina Tale Of Accidental Catch Of
Line Drive From Big French
mans Bludgeon.

Kid Elberfeld, late of the New York
Ind Washington Americans, now man
aging Chattanooga, in the Southern
league, is the greatest fan in the
country, according to the majority of
ball players In the big circuit. He
BATS, sleeps and dreams baseball all
The time, off the field and on it. He
has also had very long career on the
diamond, and for that reason knows
whereof he speaks.
1t happened at a Cleveland hotel
during one of the series of games
Washington was playing in that city.
The talk had turned to the hardest
hits ever made, and every one was
having his say, the Kid alone except
ed. Finally, when the other players
had noticed that he was strangely
quiet in conversation on a theme of
which he was as well qualified to
speak as any present, they all turned
to him with one accord and demand
ed his opinion. He pondered second
before beginning, then said, slowly:
well, boys, l have seen ball play.
ers come and go, many of them
mighty hitters, but when it comes to
right down picking the hardest hitter
Of them all, you've got to hand it to
the big Frenchman right here in
Cleveland. He hit the hardest ball
ever saw hit, and may the saints
keep me from ever becoming mixed
up with another such drive as he
slammed at me several years ago on
the hilltop in New York
"It happened in about the seventh
inning Of hotly contested game.
Larry had been hitting the ball on the
pick all through the game, as he
usually does when in New York, and
|, from my position at third base, was
thankful that none of his drives had
come anywhere near my territory.
In this inning the king was up
first, and l recall that l was playing
back rather deep at the time. The
pitcher, don't remember now who he
was, put one in the alley, and Lajoie
took mighty poke at it. l was bent
over with a hand on each knee, and
the sound of wood and leather had
hardly reached me before I saw that
ball come shooting through the air
toward me with the speed Of a rifle
bullet. All l had time to do was to
take my hands off my knees and close
them between my legs. when the ball
reached me, struck fairly in the center
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
Kid ElberfeId.

of my glove, and stuck. But l went
On. l went right up into the air, and
came right down fiat on my back on
the grass about three feet back Of the
place where l had been crouching.
For a moment was stunned. The
irst thing knew the Cleveland coach
er was standing over me and demand.
Ing to know where I was hurt. But
I wasn't, although l was dazed a lit
tie by the shock of my fall. l took
the ball out Of my glove and wrupg
my hand to see whether had broken
any of the bones in it. Luckily my
glove had borne all the shock, though
the member felt numb for several
hours. Clark Griffith ran out from the
dugout and shook me by the hand,
while all the other players congratu.
lated me. But, boys" and the Kid
wagged his head with emphasis, 'if !
could have got out of the way of that
ball l would never have made the
catch. That is why 1 say Larry is
the hardest hitter. And 1 shall be
l1eve he is, too, to my dying day"
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25

ing, by the way, raised a great row
among the ignorant inhabitants of
Panama. They could not understand
into the street and their houses filled
with evil-smelling fumes, and they
were inclined to offer forcible re-
sistance until the zone police took
the matter in hand
Much more difficult has been the
task of eradicating malaria, for the
Anopheline mosquito, which makes a
speciality of carrying this disease, is
widespread and of several varieties.
1t is the female only that bites, and
she needs blood-preferably red
blood-for the development of her
eggs. The eggs are deposited in
slow moving or stationary water and
hatch out into little larvae or "wrig-
glers" At least once in two minutes
the larva must come to the surface
to breathe, and that is where the san
itary department gets it, usually.
As one wanders about the zone he
sees at the headwaters of every
stream, ditch or other water course,
and at the edge of every pool, a big
tin can or a keg. From this recep-
tacle there is a constant drip, drip,
drip of larvacide, black, oily-looking
compound of crude carbolic acid,
caustic soda and resin. This spreads
out over the water, an iridescent
film, and when little Anopheline
larva comes up for air he meets a
swift death. To replenish these cans
of larvacide a small army of Jamai-
cans is kept travelling about the zone,
and others go around with tanks. of
the compound strapped on their
backs, spraying every pool they come
to-
Another measure of determination
has been the draining and filling in of
swampy ground and the Strengthening
and clearing of water courses so that
their flow will be too swift for Mad
anne Anopheline. The work of drain
ing and filling has been extensive and
near the Pacific end of the canal has
resulted in the reclamation of large
tracts of land for building SITES
The third part of the anti-mosquito
campaign is the careful screening of
buildings occupied by human beings.
Ordinary mosquito netting would not
do and only copper wire will stand
the climate there. Consequently
fine meshed copper screening is used.
If any Anophelines escape the larva-
eide and succeed in gaining entrance
To a habitation, the mosquito-kille
are summoned and seldom fail to get
them. Nine days must elapse after a
mosquito has bitten malarious per-
son before it becomes Infectious, and
this gives the mosquito brigade plenty
of time to kill the insects while they
are asleep on the walls. The isoia-
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
To Aid Jackson's Batting.

Joe Jackson, of the Cleveland Maps,
is a wonderful hitter at home, but he
always loses lot of ground as soon
as he is asked to play on eastern dia-
monds. But for his failing to hit up
to his standard in the east, Jackson
would probably have led the league in
hitting for the past two years. Biz
mingham has figured it out That the
sun fields which Jackson has been
forced to play in the east have had
bad effect on his eyes. He proposed
to avoid this in the future, and Jack
son will be shifted to those fields
where the sun does not interfere with
him il the hope that he will be able
to keep up his terrific gait with the
stick on the road.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25

Ancon, c. Z.-All the world gives to
Col. W. c. Gorgas, chief sanitary off,
Ger, and his assistants full credit for
the wonderful work they have accom-
plished in making the Panama canal
zone healthful and keeping it so. All
the world that knows gives equal
greater credit to those American, Ital-
ian and English doctors and soldiers
who sacrificed their health and in
some cases their lives to prove that
yellow fever and malaria, the two ter
rors of tropic America, are transmit
ted by the bite of mosquitoes. 1t is
not my intention to tell over again
the latter story. The devotion of
those brave men actually made pos
sible the building of the Panama
canal, for their work has been TAX
en- full advantage of by Colonel Cor
gas and his forces, and the zone is
now one OF the most healthful places
in the world.
Before the coming of the Amer
leans the isthmus was a veritable pest
hole. The French canal builders and
their workmen and the laborers on
the Panama railway died like flies,
usually of malaria or yellow fever.
Today a fatal case of malaria is
rarity, the more malignant form being
almost unknown, and not single case
of yellow fever has originated in the
zone in several years.
The Stegomyia mosquito, the yellow
fever bearer, has not been exceed
ingly hard to eXterminate because it
breeds and lives only near human
habitations. When the Americans
had substituted q regular water sys-
tenn and underground sewers for the
rain water barrels and the open
bitches in Colon, Panama and the
other towns, and had fumigated all
the dwellings, Stegomyia was prac-
tically extinct. That job of fumigat-
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
AROUND
~ BASIS
The Giants refuse to stop winning.

The Giants refuse to stop winning.
Mattick appears to be a sparkling
fielder.
Manager McGraw expects Jim
Thorpe to be a regular in his line
up next season.
Moriarity of the Tigers is regarded
by many American league catchers
as one of the most dangerous men on
the paths.
Manager Evers of the Chicago Cubs
is said to be contemplating making
Catcher Archer the regular first base
man Of the Cubs.
Connie Mack has signed another col
lege chap. The old fox got Capt. Dave
Morey, pitcher off the Dartmouth col
lege baseball team.
The Tigers are enthusiastic over
their young pitcher, Dauss. They say
he will rank with the best boxmen
before the campaign is over.
Ty Cobb is flirting with trouble
again. He is arranging for barn
storming tour to California next fall,
and has been sounding players on
the proposition.
Vlox, the young second baseman Of
the Pirates, is playing a brilliant game.
He is batting and fielding like regu-
lar. Hans Wagner says. he will be-
come star before long.
Manager Stallings has kept the
Braves on their toes at all times and
the fighting spirit of a second division
team has been applauded by the Bos-
ton fans via the box office.
OF all the players on the Brooklyn
team Nap Rucker, the star Southpaw,
was purchased for the lowest sum.
Rucker was drafted from Augusta in
1907 for the small sum Of $500.
Chief Wilson Of the Pirates has
recovered his batting eye and is
banging the ball now as he did last
year, when his run of three baggers
formed one of the seasons big sensa-
ions.
Fred Snodgrass, the gent who pull
ed off the memorable muff in the
worlds series, is now doing great
work for the Giants. His hitting has
helped the New Workers win many
battles.
Charlie Deal, Ed Onslow, Walter
Scott, Bob Troy, Paul Hunter and
Lefty Clauss were sent up to the big
show by the South Michigan league
last year and the only one of the half
dozen who stuck is Claus. who is with
the Tigers.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25

der Birmingham the club took big
brace and won 26 out of the last 80
games 1t played. So well did Biz.
mingham fill the bill that he was Civ.
en- the managerial position again this
season. He justified the high hopes
entertained for him as manager by
producing an organization that has
been a winner from the beginning of
the season, and given every promise
for continuing so.
Joe Birmingham is New York
state boy, hailing from Elmira. He
first made his mark as a diamond star
as a member of the Gloversville-Am-
sterdam-J ohnstown team in the New
York State league. He was signed by
the Cleveland team and made good
from the start in fast company. Joe
is fine batsman, a fast fielder and
one of the best throwing outfielders in
the game.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
Woman Heads Flock of Geese.

Mrs. Mary Randinsky, the human
incubator" Of Gary, Ind, the the mother
of five healthy goslings. She is the own.
er of a poultry farm and for the past
few weeks her stock has not been in.
creasing with the rapidity she hoped
Recently a hen deserted Matching OF
goose eggs. Mrs. Radinsky made belt
of cloth in which there were pockets
for five eggs. She placed the eggs there.
in and for Is days wore 1t day and
night. She was rewarded when every
egg hatched.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
SCALP TROUBLE FOR YEARS

268 Harrison St., Elyria, Ohio.-"My
case was scalp trouble. l first no
hced small lunches on my scalp which
commenced to itch and l would
scratch them and in time they got
larger, forming scale or scab with a
little pus, and chunks Of hair would
come out when / would scratch them
off. 1t caused me to lose most of my
lair. 1t became thin and dry and life
less. I was troubled for over ten
years with it until it got so bad was
ashamed to go to a barber to get my
hair cut.
Il tried everything I could get hold
Of, -- and --, but received no
cure until / commenced using Cuticu-
ra Soap and Ointment when the scale
commenced to disappear. The way l
used the Cuticura Soap and Ointment
was to wash my scalp twice day
with warm water and Cuticura Soap
and rub on the Cuticura Ointment. l
received benefit in a couple of weeks
and was cured in two months" !"
(Signed) F. j. Busher, Jan. %, 1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
Some Baseball Game.

1t appears that the famous ball
game between the Upper and Lower
Rossiter (Pa) teams, played q few
days ago, was something of a hum
mer. The contest was featured by &:
home runs, So triples and "A errors
Fifty-seven players participated and
eight umpires worked in relays. Ex
perts summed up the box, score afte,
nearly two days work.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
A Mild Suggestion.

"Are you in favor OF woman suf.
frage?"
YES" replied the timid looking
man. But I'm little apprehensive
about the Importance they attach to
the ability to go without eating. Once
in a while some Of them ought to sus-
pend the cry votes for women in ia,
vor Of three meals day for men,"
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
Would Get Larry In On It.

Grantland Rice rises to remark:
Speaking strictly as a noncombatant
we'd like to see our old side-stick,
Larry Lajoie, get one whack at that
worlds series fluff after II seasons OF
stardom, minus any part of it. To
say nothing of observing Larry just
once up in championship series with
the bases full and score fairly com
pact"
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25

after taking part in fourteen games
was sold to the st. Louis Browns.
Davy refused to report to the Browns
and Jumped to the Chicago Nationals.
After playing three seasons with the
Cubs he was released to Minneapolis
In 1905. The following year he re-
turned to the big show as member
of the Detroit Tigers. He held down
Ia gardeners job with the Tigers until
this spring, when he was released to
the Chicago White Sox. The White
Sox recently released him to Toledo
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
Gabby Street to Return

Gabby Street, once the receivins
end Of the famous battery of johnson
and Street, it is reported, will return
to the big show after the close of the
Southern league season. It is assert
ed that Gabby is catching In his old
time form and throwing, too. as vel
as he ever did
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
JONES RELEASED TO TOLEDO
Former Detroit n 5er outfeIder Goes
Back to American Association
for the Second Time.

David Jones, who played in Detroit's
outfield for seven years, was born in
Cambria, Wis, June 80, 1880. He was
a member of the Dixon college nine in
1900 and the next year joined the pro-
fessional ranks as a member of the
Rockford team of the Three Eyes
league At the close of the season
Jones joined the Milwaukee club and
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
Exact Copy of Wrapper.
He Was a Lucky Architect.

He Was a Lucky Architect.
Secretary Bryan was listening to the
praises of a financial magnate that a
senator was singing at dinner.
He's the architect of his own for
tune, too,' said the senator; entirely
the architect of his own furtune."
WELL" said Secretary Bryan, 'it's a
lucky thing for him that the building
Inspector didn't come around while
the operation was going on"
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
ParadoxlcaI.

ParadoxlcaT.
II would walk on hot p1owskares
for your sake, my love-"
"Yes, and the minute you tried 1t
you would get cold feet"
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
Corrected

Corrected.
Her gown was quite outre."
"No, it was summer silk"
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25

Charlie Deal, Ed Onslow, Walter
Scott, Bob Troy, Paul Hunter and
Lefty Clauss were sent up to the big
show by the South Michigan league
last year and the only one Of the half
dozen who stuck Is Claus. who is with
the Tigers.