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he said he didn't know; that 1t just
swept him on. When l asked him
what the pale Of Proserpine" was,
and how far from the gardens of
Circe It was located, and where were
the gardens Of Gree, he was
stumped. Then / wanted to know
how an island could forget the main,
seeing that everybody In this coun-
try remembers the Maine-which is
no joke-and why the low lutes OF
love should complain, In view OF the
fact that Circe wasn't a married
lady and Proserpine didn't want TO
be; and how the shadows of wan
lovers. or any other kind, could pine;
and why one should be especially
glad to know that brine was salt on
his lips, when brine never Is any
thing else but salt-except possibly
In unusually saccharine Yerse-to all
Of my insistent queries he failed TO
reply, and gloried in his failure.
When / asked him at last about the
large air" he merely threw his
arms around like windmills and
made no answer.
Next | asked him why -Proserpine"
should be made 20 rhyme with
rr and ha sa'd Il was merely a
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-14

Instead of cruising in Mediterranean
waters on perfectly equipped steam
yacht, as in the days when her hus.
band was living. this beautiful widow,
who is still youthful In face and
spirits, will cruise In and out among
the southern islands In rude native
canoes, facing danger every day OF
her life.
Danger7 Yes. Not alone the pas
Biye danger of disease, engendered
by the filth OF the people and the
heat OF the islands, but the active
dangers, due TO the warAke charac.
teristics OF the Moros, the wild men
OF the hills, as they are sometimes
called. When the United States
took over the Philippines. II assumed
charge OF their more than 5000, 900
natives. OF these. more than 1000.
900 are Moro Mohammedans. They
have caused the Government more
anxiety than all the other 1000, 900
combined. They are divided IN
groups, each group dominated by
herce and lawless leaders. One
group Of $4,000 are the descend
ants Of pirates and cannlbaIs. II 10
this group that has been In constant
rebellion. and has killed many Amer
leans who have gone 20 them only TO
help them. And II 10 to this group
and lite civilization that Mrs. Spencer
intends to devote her time and
WEALTH.
From the cultivated, high bred,
ultra-refined social circle In which
she has always moved, Mrs. Spencer
win go to Jolo, where her companions
will be either the hard working mis-
sionaries or the savages. From the
unglazed windows OF her mission
hut she will look out on dirty, un-
clad natives living In trees like great,
unclean birds. What a contrast 70
the outlook from the wide windows OF
her Newport homei There she looks
out upon the superb gardens OF the
Vanderbilt and Brown estates, or
upon her own beautifully kept lawns
The children Of her Newport and
New York neighbors have expensive
tutors and goVernesses. They are
taught all the graces Of modern civil
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-14

matter OF pronunciation, and had
nothing to do with the poetic feeling.
l admitted the matter OF pronuncia-
tion, but argued that as authorities.
as we'll as poets, differed on that,
and as poetry was sublimated eu-
phony, why make a trisyllabic word
OF IL and get a cacophonous result
that was harsh TO the ear. Wine"
TO rhyme with "Proserpine! Might
not as fitly have written:
To thee alone,
Lost Persephone.
OF course, I might, for Persephone
Is the original Greek OF II, and a
poet who would make q rhyme like
that ought to have his feet sawed on.
The Latin of 1t is Proserpina, and il
doesn't rhyme with hyena, either
He sat before me wagging his head
and grooming the lines of Lang to
himself ecstatically. But kept
right ahead, putting the plain facts
up 10 him. Following Mr.. Lang's
pronunciation-he's dead and II isn't
his fault that he isn't here TO defend
himself handed out this classic
bit:
| might adore
Fair Terpsichore.
Cs,-.rg..ht fofa
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-14
A Poem That Offended a Poet

THE poetry editor Of one of the
New York publications re-
= Gently selected one OF Andrew
Lang's poems, "The Odyssey" to de-
light his readers. But Mr.. w. j.
hampton. who is himself a poet,
read the editors poetry column and
had something TO say. This partieu-
lar stanza especially attracted Mr..
Lampton's eye:
AS one that for a weary space has
lain
Lulled by the song of Circe and
her wine
In gardens near the pale Of Proser-
pine,
Where that Aegean isle forgets the
main,
And only the low Iutes of love
complain,
And only shadows OF wan lovers pine,
As such an one were glad TO know
the brine
Salt on his lips, and the large air
again.
A poetry post read this to me In
rapturous tones, writes Mr.. hampton,
and with bated breath. and when
asked him what the dickens Il m9aT'
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-14
MrsLori||ard Spencer Yorks 4,
Mrs. Vanderbilt's Next Door
Neighbor to Glue Up Social
FriUolities and Become a
Missionary Among the
SaUages of the Philippines

have those savage Moros on her
mind. The next Winter, when she
gave opera parties, she was still
thinking of what seemed TO her the
wretchedness of the natives on the
Island Of Jolo.
Then a few weeks ago, during the
great Episcopal Convention, held IN
New York, Mrs. Spencer was again
brought In contact with Bishop Brent,
and almost before she realized It she
had announced her intention to 20
to Jolo and work as a missionary.
paying all expenses for herself and a
companion worker.
Society was properly staggered.
Her son was dumbfounded, but moth
ing could, and she frankly says that
nothing can. sway her from her de.
cision.
In the most savage corner Of this
barbarous island she win found and
support a social mission. Every
cent OF expense will be borne by her.
Her financial advisers and her friends
say. What fearful waste of money"
She says, "Not at ALL" That it r. a
greater waste Of money to entertain
society as she has done In the past.
The amount Of money which this
Mrs. LOrillard Spencer.
From Miniature by AmaIla kussner.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-14

ization. or the 100000 children of
her Moro neighbors, only 1000 are
receiving even the crudest education.
The United States Government pro-
vides schools, under military rule. for
these children, but naturally the
Moro takes TO schooling no quicker
than to bathtubs or soap.
Mrs. Spencer's aim is 10 teach the
parents OF these children the wisdom
of sending them to school. But per-
haps the greatest need In all this
island is the social. In spite OF their
warlike aggressiveness and their
prowess In treacherous war, these
Moros are a sickly race. Hospitals
must be established where the peo.
pie can be cured OF chronic ailments
such as malaria, hookworm, black
fever and other tropical diseases
which come mainly from unhygienic
habits.
A large share OF Mrs. spencer's
fortune will be devoted to develop
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-14

most cases, wretehed filthy huts OF
straw and mud, so indescrlbably un-
hygienie that words fail In the por-
traying Of them. There are terrible
Oriental diseases among the women,
there are Scared and blind babies,
crippled children. Among such as
these, Mrs. Spencer will spread the
gospel OF cleanliness. The mothers
will be taught how to care for their
babies, nurses will be provided 10
attend these mothers in the wilder
ness. They will learn the efficacy
Of certain drugs In the prevention Of
blindness. These savage Moros kill
blind babies. They are looked upon
as something evil. and even those In
authority over the groups order the
speedy killing Of these unfortunate
babies
What will happen when this bril-
liant product OF a modern civiliza.
tion meets this personally dirty, bar
barous product OF savagery? VIII
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-14

the Sultan OF Sulu shock the sensi-
bilities of the former society leader,
with his lack of clothes, his habits,
his customs and his crueltiesf Or
will he be shocked al her temerity.
her 'immodesty" In attempting to
meet him. a Mohammedan ruler. un-
veiled and garbed In what he believes
20 be indecent clothing?
There are many among Mrs. Spen-
GERS friends who believe that her
going personally to the Philippines is
a sheer waste. Some students OF
economies would call her going a
great economic waste. These friends
and students believe that more good
would be done by sending trained
workers, paid from her great wealth.
Their contention is that her culture,
her beauty, her education win be OF
no great use in the tanning of the
Moro.
But Mrs. Spencer believes very
differently.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-14

ing such a hospital in the city OF
Jolo, where resides the Sultan OF
Sulu, head of the Mohammedan faith
in the islands. the same Sultan who
gave 70 the then Alice Roosevelt a
pearl necklace. Jolo Is the capital OF
the Sulu group Of Moros. many of
which are the so-ealled "Irreconcila-
bles" OF the Philippines.
They are perhaps the most bar
barous Of all the Moro groups. They
are highly immoral, their women are
little more than slaves. Unless in
Inundated by the presence OF the
United State soldiers. a husband will
beat his wife whenever he feels like
It. Among the subjects OF the Sui
tan of Sulu are men and women who
have never worn clothes, who hgnt
and who live Ike wild animals.
IL is among these unfortunate
women that Mrs. Spencer hopes "a
do her greatest work. She plans 20
go into their homes. which are, IN
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-14

Did / not hope
That Penelope
Would be my fate;
Unless Hecate
or something worse
That she-cat Circe-
Got In her curse
And fred my shades
Plumb down 20 Hades.
But 10 proceed. Among the last
six lines-of Mr.. Lang's, not mine
| find these three:
So gladly from the songs of modern
speech,
Men turn and see the stars and feel
the free
Shrill wind beyond the close Of
heavy flowers.
Which gets my goat" as the Satyr
said 10 the Dryad. Nothing short OF
a search warrant or a magazine edi.
tor could get the meaning OF that, In
my judgment. What Is a shrill wind
beyond the close Of heavy howers7
What shrills the wind and closes
the heavy flowers? l am inclined
10 think the late Andrew, WHO was
something else besides a poet, was
passing out a puzzle 10 the posterity
row.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-14

settlement will cost will be no greater
than the annual expenses OF her
Newport house, her season in New
York and her trips abroad.
thing out. Instead OF leasing an
opera box for the season, she will
squip q hospital for the Moros. In
stead OF opening her Newport man.
sion and lavishang money on her
friends, she will support q school
where Moro children viii be taught
the three RS and habits Of personal
cleanliness. Instead OF spending
thousands of dollars on gorgeous
clothes for herself, she will spend
that money clothing the savages.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-14

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-24
EW YORK. July 24-Baseba1
contains many practical jokers,
men who thoroughly enjoy fun at

the expense of others They generally
work their pranks during training
trips when one or more backwoods re
cruits form easy prey. 1t may come as
a surprise to many to learn that man
ager McGraW of the Giants is one OF
the keenest practical jOkers of the lot
Down at the Giants Marlin (TeXas)
camp in the springtime many badger
fight and snipe hunting affair has been
staged. They have had poor recruits
stand kneedeep in water at sunset,
holding a net and a lighted lantern be-
tween his teeth, waiting for the bass
to swim in.
One of the latest stunts now played
on recruits is the honey run" 1t may
be an old dodge, but it certainly works
like a charm. Here's the system;
At dinner time veteran player
comes in all excited and tells every
body he has discovered a tree that looks
as if it might contain a bunch OF
honey He tells how the bees were
swarming around it. Immediately all
the players plan on having honey
hunt the following evening just at
dusk. As a special favor they let a
couple of the recruits in on the sport.
Finally coming to the tree, recruit
is given the honor of climbing up after
the combs. First they tie a mosquito
net around his face, so the bees won't
sting. a pair of gloves protects his
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Puffs From the Fans Hop Pipe

~ ANIMY Harris, manager Of Kid
Williams, has declared that if
something does not turn up soon'
he will take Williams back to Bald-
more and New York Harris said they
were not going to chase Campi but if
he wants q chance at the active
champion he had better hurry. Harris
SAYS that Williams is ready to meet
Campi, on August II, OF any date be
fore
Ty Cobb is dissatisfied with the Tig
ers Despite his So, 500 salary, Cobb
says that he would welcome a change"
Discussing the report that he would
be traded to the Red Sox in exchange
for Iris Speaker, Ty said that there
are two American league teams with
which he would like to play, but said
he does not think that Boston would
part with Speaker
Leach Cross is holding out for catch
weights in his match with Matty Bald
win Eddy Murphy, manager of Bald
win, says that Matty can easily make
12S pounds so why should he meet
Cross at catehweights- If they are
WelterWeightS and cannot make the
lightweight limit why don't they come
out and say So" declared Murphy
x
Tommy Burns, manager of Arthur
Eelk6ys mas u6pOSlL6Q SGs9Uu Win EQQle
Graney to be covered by Louis Parente,
manager Of Charlie Miller, as security
for a match between Miller and Pelkey.
When asked why he selected Miller as
an opponent instead Of Gunboat Smith
or Willard Burns said that Parente
declared he had 81, 500 which said that
Pelkey could not dispose OF Miller.
Ray Bronson has decided to take his
charge, Young Saylor, to the coast in
an endeavor to get to the top of the
heap IN quick order. Coast promoters
are dickering with Bronson for a match
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-24

between Saylor and either Leach Cross,
Tommy Murphy, Joe Rivers or Bud
Anderson
Jimmy McAIeer, president Of the RED
Sox. has ridiculed the report that the
Boston magnate had been negotiating
with president Navin Of the Tigers for
a trade of Iris Speaker and Ty Cobb.
Hughey Jennings has also discredited
the report
Joe Wood will be out Of the game
several weeks as the result of an in
revealed a crack at the end Of the big
hone, and indications are that piece
of the bone has been Clipped off
Ban Johnson has announced that no
Official action will be taken in con-
nection with Frank Chances complaint
that he had been tricked in the recent
trade with manager Jimmy Callahan,
pick of six men and he took BertOn
and Zeider," said Johnson. Zeider was
playing regularly with the White Sox
at the time Of the deal
Charlie White, who knocked out
Jake Abel recently has returned to
Chicago with his manager, Nate Lewis.
White declared that he was ready to
meet Britton OF any other lightweight
in the country
Joe Mandot is authority for the
statement that Willie Richie has a
knockout wallop. Mandot AYERS that
when he boxed Richie, in New Or
leans, he thought he had a shade in
nine and a half rounds, until Richie
crossed his right hand to Mandot's
jaw. Mandot declares that the right
cross was the toughest proposition he
ever ran up against.
Pitcher Miller, of the Chicago Ameri-
can league lean has been released to
the San Francisco club, of the Pacific
Coast league.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-24
DRIVER IN GRAND CIRCUIT Is
FINED: POOLS ARE CALLED OFF,

Buffalo. N Y, July 24.-ChiIds, the
driver of Leita J., winner of the 2:1A
pace, the first event on the card of the
Grand Circuit at Fort Erie Wednesday.
was fined $3.50 and the judges declared
all pools off on the race. The Assessor
and Blue Line were equal fayorites in
the pools, and GeerS with Assessor won
the first heat handily. Blue Line cap
tured the second heat from the Assess
or The third heat went co the Assess
or, with Blue Line and Leita J. follow
ing closely. Leita J. then captured the
fourth, fifth and sixth heats. Driver
ChiIds was called into the sta nd and the
judges announced the fine and the de-
Claring off of the pools, claiming that
the driverN did not try in the early
heats.
The feature of the card. the King
George v stake. $4,000 purse, for 2:16
trOtters, was won in straight heats by
the Lexington mare, Tenara, driven by
BenyOn-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-24
McAllister VIII Tackle Hard BattIers
Pacific Coast ddewght McGoorty Cabby;
RodeS Seeks Fight With GunbOat Smith

By ''HOp''
By THOS. S. ANDREWS :

, Keep in touch with one fighter for any
length Of time Sam managed some or
the lesser lights and then took hold OF
Eddie McGOOrty, but only for a time,
Jack Dillon the Indianapolis middle
weight, and for a time they got along
fine Jack worked like a champion
and at the present time is considered
in line for title honOrs along with
Jimmy CIabby, Frank Klaus, and Eddie
McGoOrty Now comes the split be-
tween sam and Dillon, the latter hav-
ing decided to look after his own
business with the assistance Of Brother
Tommy. Sam was not idle long. HaV-
inc heard that Gus Christie, the Mil
waukee middleWeight, had split with
Teddy Murphy, a conference was ar
ranged for and it is a good bet that
the two will hook up and try for some
of the big things this fall Christie
has made a splendid showing the past
year and is considered a very prOmis-
ing 15S FOUNDER
There are probably more good ban
tamWeights in the country today than
for a number Of years past-boys who
can do the bantamweight limit, 116
pounds ringside-Without the least
trouble and give a good account OF
themselves Since the days OF Jimmy
Barry, Harry Forbes and George Dixon
when the latter was claSsed as a ban
tam, the class has not been overstocked
with extra good boys. but now there
are numerous lads in the class who are
far above the average, among them
(besides the champiOn) Johnny CouIOn)
Kid Williams, Eddie Campi, Charley
LedOux. Digger Stanley, Bill BeynOn.
frankie Conway, Kid MahOney and
others. All are high class boxers and
a tournament among the lot would
prove most interesting event
There is no clause in the boxing
rules that provides for a referee being
put out OF commission, although il is
very likely any time there is a con-
test Recently in London, a bout was
held and during the same the referee.
in trying to break the men received
a WallOp that put him out OF business
for a minute. There was nothing to
do but wait until the official recovered
his senses and again took charge OF
the mill In Paris 1t is a common oc-
currence to have the referee take the
10 count Here is a chance for the
club promoters to get together and
formulate some rule TO cover the point
in question
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-24
GLOBE WINS FROM
TEMPE AND MIAMI
Max ReardOn Pitches IA Inning Vic
tory Over Tempe-GIObe Now
Claims State Championship.

GLOBE, Arlz-, July Z4.-GIObe cinched
the series with Tempe and Miami here
Tuesday when they walloped Tempe in
a double bill, after taking two straight
from the Miami team Out of the series
Globe won three and lost one. Tempe
was second in the percentage column
with three won and two lost The cred
it of winning the series for Globe goes
TO Max Reardon, who twirled II in
nings of the greatest baseball ever
the series the Globe team now claims
the championship of the state of Ari-
IONA Tempe lost the first game by the
score Of to 3, which went Il innings
Johnson, formerly of the Hurley Con-
contractors. in the Copper league, won
the second game for the Globe team
by the score Of 10 to 1.