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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-06-13

the cheer masters fell fat-in Chi
cago at least. The harder the leaders
of the rooters worked the more apa-
thetic the crowds became. 1t was an
interesting phenomenon and | set out
to discover the reason. The first
bleacherite l met solved the problem.
Dem guys amt on de square," he
said. "Usuns out in de bleachers
don't want to rob nobody"
There was the solution. No matter
how partisan a baseball fan may be-
come, or. how wild in his desire to see
the home team win, deep down he
wants fair play, and, after time. he
will insist upon it. The rooters' clubs
died
There are few of the noted fans
now, chiefly because the papers sell
dom mention them. Perhaps they ex-
list. In the old days almost every
club had one or two such followers.
Probably the best known was Hi
Hi" This was General Dixwell, of
Boston, who for many years followed
the fortunes of the famous old Boston
club. He is wealthy, intellectual and
a cultured gentleman who became
completely absorbed in baseball He
followed the team wherever 1t went
and became a familiar figure all over
the country. He occupied a front
seat in the stands, kept a careful
score and studied the game with a
seriousness that was appalling. He
maintained a deep silence during al
most all the game, but when really
great play was made he emitted two
sharp staccato barks: Hi! Hi!' and
then dropped to silence again. His
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behind him. In fact, almost every
outfielder has his own regular pat
rons, who attend games and seek
seats as near to him as possible, and
who defend him against all corners.
To them he is the best in the world,
a Greater than Cobb" nor do they
forget him; the player who finally dis
places an idol has a hard time.
have known them to follow player
around the field when he was shifted
from one to another position and to
battle for him with the retainers of
the other fielder who dared criticise
him
Biased, prejudiced and distorted in
their views as most of them are, they
are very human and very lovable in
their blind devotion to the game, and
in their unreasoning hatred. And a
word of warning: Never try to ar
que with real, dyed-in-thewool,
thirty second-degree fan. In the first
place the chances are he is right, but
even If he is wrong there isn't a
chance to win the argument.
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These Revised Versions.

Mayor Woodruff Of Peoria turned
with disgust from a revised version
of Mother Goose" He said:
When one wishes to give a child a
present Hans Andersen or
Grimm or 'Slovenly Peter'-one
finds these books all revised, all
spoiled.
Give me original versions. | don't
like revised readings, which are usu-
ally as unsatisfactory as the young
wife found them.
This young wife, after a stormy
scene, cried:
1t was different before we mar
ried. All, yes, you loved me then
and now!'
81 loved you now and then said
her husband, calmly. Revised YER
sion, don't you know"
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song of the Sox rooters when they
scent victory
One of the most dramatic displays
of loyalty / ever saw was in 1907,
when the team, beaten and displaced
from the championship, came home to
close the season. They had gone
away in high hopes, and failed. 1t
was Sunday, and as the defeated
team marched down the field 1900
men and women stood silent and I'M
covered for a moment, then broke
into applause that swept the stands.
1t is small wonder that team back
ed always by such loyalty won even
during years when it seemed much
weaker than it's opponents,
| have heard opposing players de-
clare they would rather face anything
in the game than the grinding root
ing of the Chicago south side fans.
The only duplicate | know is the
rasping, nerve-racking, long Yale yell.
Not all players are frank enough to
admit that the roofing has any effect,
Indeed it is a common pose to pre-
tend that they do not even hear. But
they do. Even among themselves
they pretend they do not care; but
once in while they tell their inner
feelings. They know that half the
men who quit the major leagues are
driven out by the voice of the fan.
have seen men break and go all to
pieces, rave and swear and abuse
everyone after suffering a cruel grill
ing by crowd.
Walter Wilmot, one of Anson's IA
nous old Chicago players, came to
game en- the old grounds fifteen years
after retiring. He looked across to-
ward the left field and said:
There's some of them out there
now I'd like to choke
Yet the roar of the crowd does not
break them as quickly as does some
sharp thrust of sarcasm or biting wit
from an individual. Perhaps that
shaft is only the last straw but when
a player is in a nervous collapse he
usually RACES at some Individual who
said something to him. Josh Reilly,
one of the merriest, happiest players
ever knew, blew up one day and
had to be restrained from assaulting
three or four thousand men in the
bleachers
Did you hear what he said?" de-
manded Reilly as the other players
tried to restrain him.
What did he say?'' inquired some
one.
He said; Reilly, you're disgrace
to the Irish" and then he ragged
again.
One of the quickest things I ever
heard was a remark from a Wash
ington fan which upset Frank Isbell,
the veteran, completely. Isbell's head
is as bald as a concrete pavement,
and usually he kept his cap plastered
tightly on his head to shield himself
from the gibes of crowds. This time
he tried to steal second and made
desperate, diving slide around and I'M
der the baseman only to be called
out He was SO enraged that he ran
at the umpire, grasped his arm, ar
gued and raved and finally in sheer
anger, jerked off his cap, hurled it
onto the ground and jumped upon it.
His bald head glistened in the sun
light and the crowd roared. Then,
above the roar came voice:
Put on that cap. They pinched
Mary Garden here for less than that"
Possibly more trying than any con-
certed roofing is the incessant nag
ging to which players on the Polo
grounds, New York, are subjected.
The one great bit of rejoicing among
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in the Office of journalistic neigbbor
a fact that probably explains why wo
can read with smiling composure an
elaborate editorial apology which an
pears in the Hartford Courant.
Its able political commentator triad
the other day to say that "unfortun-
ately for Connecticut" Ebenezer
Hill is no longer a member of CON.
gress. Printer and proofreader corn.
bined to deprive the adverb of its
negative particle, At least the able
political commentator so declares. and
we wouldn't question his veracity for
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the National league players last year
when they saw the wonderful Brush
stadium was that the crowd could not
make itself heard on the field as it
did in the old stands. The Polo
grounds crowd is odd. Somehow
fans who occupy box seats either are
not as rabid as those in the cheaper
seats or they are on their good be-
havior, and a fringe of box seats is
an effective shield for players
Strangely enough the crowds on the
New York American league park. al
though quite as noisy. are much fair
er. than the crowds at the Polo
grounds
One would think that visiting plav-
ers would like to play on grounds
where the home team is unpopular
through defeat or other causes. but
they do not. They rather resent the
home crowd abusing the home men
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the world, but sorrowful experience
has taught most of US that it's safer
to get that sort of editorial disclaimer
of responsibility into print before
looking up the copy, and perhaps
the worId-enlightener who knows"
that he wrote unfortunate" because
that is what he intended to write.
didn't rashly chance the discovery of
his own guilt before he convicted the
composing room of it.
Be that as it may, the meaning of
the sentence was cruelty changed, and
a friend was grieyod CT offended Not
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SOMETHING TO CAUSE LAUGH
Typographical Errors, Not Infrequent,
Seldom Give Rise to Feeling Of
MaIIciousness.

Typographical errors come only too
frequently from even the best regu-
lated newspaper presses. They are
always humiliating, often a cause of
anger, and occasionally dangerous, but
now and then they are distinctly
amusing This latter quality they are
s.lost i.pt to have when they are made
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Saloon Closed for Cat.

Closed on account of the loss of
Scotty's cat Niger.
This sign on the door of Scotty's
saloon at Ninth and Elm streets, Gin
cinnati, caused much comment. Two
days ago the cat disappeared.
When the cat did not put in an ap-
pearance, Scotty hung out sign
draped in green tissue paper and Dor.
dered by carnations to tell his custo
mers that he had closed the saloon
in mourning for his pet.
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so long ago a more astonishing error
than this one crept into a book review
of ours-a very solemn and scientific
book. 1t consisted of the substitution
of the word caribou" for the word
carbon" in a paragraph dealing with
the chemical composition OF the stars.
In that case the writer's fierce self
explanation is at least highly plausi-
BILE, as it seems hardly possible that
he wrote caribou" when he intended
to write carbon" but even he was
cautious enough to make no deep In
quiry into the matter.
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PROGRESS.

Thirty years ago." said woman
of middle age, 'it was the custom of
demure girls to sit in public convey
ances with their silk-gloved wrists
crossed. 1t is now the custom Of de-
mure girls to sit in public conveyances
with their silk-stockinged ankles cross
ed. New York Sun
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is quickly relieved by bathing the af-
fected parts in solution Of two tea
spoonfuls of Tyree's Antiseptic Pow
der to a pint of water. 25c. at all
druggists or sample sent free by ]. 8.
Tyree, Washington, d. C.--Adv.
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Plenty of Fuel.

Goals out" announced the office
boy.
I'm"
Shall l try to scare up some
more?"
No said the rural editor Spring
poems will be coming in soon"
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a PrereClIisite

Where should you advise me to go
for my vacation"
why not try Shoreville?"
Can | have a good time there?"
Yes, If you take it with YOU
Judge
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Not to His Taste.

Why did you put me at dinner be-
tween those two women? They near
ly talked me to DEATH
Why, | thought you were SO fond
of tongue sandwiches"
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Let us leave the world wiser and
better than we found it, and we shall
leave it happier-Shuttlew
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The average man fears storm al
most as much as he fears his wife.
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A woman is really brave when she
is trying to make some man better.
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EXPERIENCE
OF motherhood


The experience of Motherhood is try
ing ore to most women and marks Dis
tinctly an epoch in their lives. Net one
woman in hundred is prepared or un-
derstands how to properly care for her
self. Of course nearly every woman
nowadays has medical treatment at such
times, but many approach the expert
ence with an organism untitled for the
trial Of strength, and when it is over
her system has received shock from
which it is hard to recover. Following
right upon this comes the nervous strain
of caring for the child, and distinct
change in the mother results.
There is nothing more charming than
happy and healthy mother of children,
and indeed child birth under the right
conditions need be no hazard to health or
beauty. The unexplainable thing is
that, with all the evidence OF shattered
nerves and broken health resulting from
an unprepared condition, and with am
pie time in which to prepare, women
will persist in going blindly to the trial.
Every woman at this time should rely
upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, a most valuable tonic and
invigorator Of the female organism.
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In IN an y homes
once childless there
are now children be-
cause Of the fact
that Lydia E. Pink
hams V e g e t a ble
Compound m ak e 8
won en- norm a |,
healthy and strong.
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II you want special advice write to
Lydia Z. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held In strict confidence.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-21

lakes is the beneficence and bounty OF
Cod Mounting from tine plains to the
heights we find that each variety OF
soil has peculiar elements OF nutrition
change of temperature and altitude
though slight, is marked by new KINDS
of flowers and plants. Every Granny
and chink of the mountains is over
flowing with life and bloom.
THE TREASURES or SNOW
1T was asked of Job 5000 years ago.
Hast thou entered into the treasures
Of the snow2 He had not, but we have,
for the treasures Of the snow Of our
mountains are frrigating thousands of
square miles of our valleys. making
what was once barren mesa one OF the
most productive regions of the world.
But Gods nlunificence ib often In
vain both In the physical and spiritual
realm.
II know meu and women with rich
might be great blessings to the world.
As San Gabriel mountains challenged
southern California to tap it's reser-
voirs of life and power, so Jesus says,
All power is given unto me. There is
power enough in me to make all the
desert wastes of human life blossom as
the rose
"Oh. how many there are who have
great natural gifts. but they are bar
rem deserts, And all the while there
rise the hills Of God above their beads.
with their treasures of life and power
waiting to be brought down through
the channels of sttrrersdet-3 faith and
prayer. Oh. If they would only lift
cometh help. God would change the
desert Of their lives into a place of
broad rivers and streams. Bring the
grace of heaven through the channel
you shall be AS a field which the Lord
hath blessed"
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-21
PRECINCT BOOM
FOR RAIL BONDS
COMMITTEE of 100" Plans to
Garry Rolph Measure
by $4,000

Leaders in Mayor Rolph's committee
of one hundred" plan precinct organ
ization of San Francisco TO promote the
proposed s3,5O0,000 bond issue for ex-
tensions to the municipal railroad sys-
tenn, which will be voted on at a special
election August 2s.
Garry the bonds by majority of
10000" is the war cry that will an
nounce a no let up campaign for the
mayors pet issue after the organization
meeting of the committee in the cham
hers of the board of supervisors at the
city hall Wednesday night.
Eustace Cullinan, president of the
Mission Promotion association, who was
named temporary chairman of the COM
mittee of 100, said:
We will name a permanent chair
man, secretary and treasurer at the
session. Committees on meetings and
campaign funds will be chosen. !
think the general idea is to form a
precinct organization, with commit
teeman personally responsible for each
precinct TO institute a vigorous CAM
paign at once until the polls are closed.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-21
MRS. PANKHURsT
0UTWITS POLICE

LONDON, July 20.-Mrs. Emmaline
Pankhurst. the suffrs gette leader, again
has succeeded in oufwitting the police.
1t was thought she had been arrested
last night. but 1t was another woman
impersonating Mrs. Pankhurst whom
the police captured in taxicab and
took part way to Scotland Yard. Then
they discovered the mistake and lib
Grated their prisoner.
At first the whole affair was consid-
cred a hoax, but it developed into an
apparently we'll laid scheme whereby
Mrs. Pankhurst could escape from her
fiat by another passage while her i'm
pefsonator was Turing away the police.
Meanwhile, however. the fiat was un-
guarded and it began to dawn on the
police that probably they had been
There were lights In the
Pankhurst fat again tonight and there
We're detectives in the streets, but all
information was refused.
Many mail boxes in London and the
provincial cities were damaged last
night, it is believed, by snffrasettes.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-21
GAYS C. E. WORK
~ WILL SAVE YOUTHS

At the First Baptist church Pastor
George f. Burlingame spoke at the
morning service on The Young Peo-
pies Movement topic suggested by
the recent Intsrna tionaI Christian En-
deavor convention in Los angeles,
which he attended The text was from
John i31: The two disciples heard
him speak and they followed Jesus
He said IN part
Wonderful indeed is that gift of
ours which enables us to move the
souls of others when we move our own
lips. Longfellow has expressed this
truth In his poem of The Arrow and
Life began anew for John the Ash
erman that day; for when he heard
John the Baptist speak he followed
Jesus: he came into personal relations
With Jesus for time and eternity. 1t
was more than the beginning of new
life for one man. 1t was the beginning
of movement full of significance for
the world.
AT heart the young peoples move
ment has everywhere and in all ages
the same formative principle-that Of
a personal relation with Jesus Christ
as Savior and Lord, realizing itself in
conversion. conservation and service.
The young peoples movement offers
to youth safety and success and salts
faction. and the prime significance of
the young peoples movement In the
kingdom of God is in its provision of
these values to all who follow Jesus
Christ in faith and obedience
The platntive query of King David
concerning the recreant iAbsalom z ha
its echo in many burdened parents
heart today. is the yo1ng man safer'
-E' Many and cruel and mighty are the
forces which ever seek TO lure routh.
into worldliness and sin, and tragic,
are the defeats which youth experience
in their futile battles against these
forces. Jesus Christ reinforces the
moral nature and turns the tide Of bat
tie and safeguards young people dur
ing their time of conflict and peril
TO youth the fullest satisfaction for
every legitimate desire and worthy as
ptration. Jesus meets the heart hun
ger for peace, for cleansing for holt
ness with his forgiving and sanctify-
ing grace.
"He sets before his followers such
visions as never dawned on any Alex
ander or olumbus-visions OF a king
dom of God realized in the world, Wis
ions of paradise regained, visions OF
world peace, visions of eternal glory
He sets before his followers herculean
tasks. and for these tasks He empow-
ers them by his indwelling spirit; the
reshapIng of human souls. the trans
forming of communities. the diverting
TO new channels of the streams of ma
tional life and human civilization.
The Young Peoples movement is
among the most significant spiritual
most sympathetic attention and CO.
operation of all who labor and pray
for the coming of the Kingdom of God
on earth :"
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-21

"We are forever trying to get away
the contradictions of life. We think
we should be happy if we could find
some principle that would explain life,
without having to ever face some other
principle which seems 10 contraolct II.
But such quest is both vain ana TOOL
ish. In a world of limitations there
must be contradictions.
The basis of all human life is aItru-
ism. We live truly only as We sacIl-
fee in order that others may have the
blessings. we relinQufSh.
The Christian attitude toward healtIi
is determined by this same prlnclpie.
The social consciousness when mas
fundamental TO an abiding Chrlstlan-
fty Health Is TO be sought with re-
spect to it's value to the public good.
"On the whole, health is an asset.
duty to seek II. For one thing we owe
it to the public to be economically pro
ductive. 1t is right that we shouid pro
duce as much as we consuhe. 80
morally reprehensibIe. and therefore
contrary to the demands of CHRISTIAN
ity TO accept pleasures and oenen1s
which cost our fellow creatures more
than we return to them. GOOD health
is necessary for our largest economic
produetiveness AS social duty tnere-
fore we should. maintain our health at
the highest level.
But we owe society more than eco
uomfc duties AS citizens we are unde 7
obligations to contribute to the ldeais
of citizenship. We have no right TO De
ignorant OF the things that make Tor
progress in the body polite. A torpid
liver or a dyspeptic stomach does NOT
make for that alertness of mind OF
buoyancy of spirit essential to SOUND
citizenship. Pessfmism IS not only q
DubIfc nuisance: it is unchrfstlan. For
il finders the moral progress of the
community. Ia the interest Of alert
mind and sound Judgment II Is the
business of Christian citizens 10 strive
for health
The body must always be suhor-
dinate to that which Is spiritual: health
TO ideals: self TO society. Man Is IN
nentlv TO the appeal of comfort as the
highest good. The Christian appeal te
strength of moral fiber to soundness OF
character 10 the supremacy or spirit
,TaI deals though it be at the price oi
suffering and self-giving, viii eVentu-
ally win.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-21
TWO KILLED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
Missoula, Mont, FURNISHES
Lead for Usual Story OF
Sunday Tragedies

MISSOUI4A, Mont. July b9.--i" poi
sons were killed and two injured III ar
automobile accident two miles west -
the city late tonight. The dead
MISS C. c. HILL. Missoula, aged ~
years.
EARL VAUGHN of Bonner. suburb
The injured:
JACK BURNS of Bonner. genera ny
bruised but not dangerously injured.
IDA NIMPSTER of Missoula, paoiy
bruised and shocked.
Kenneth Ross Jr., son of the manager
Of the Big Blackfoot Milling companE'
was driving the car At speed est-
mated at SO miles an hour
The accident occurred when young
Ross came within sudden sight or an
irrigation ditch, which is on a curve
The car was thrown end over end sev-
eral times Miss Hill being instantly
killed Young Ross escaped unscatneo'
Two Dead in Santa Ana
SANTA ANA. July 2o.-Luiz Domin-
guez. age 49, was killed and Mrs FLOYD
Fritz probably fatally injured In
motorcycle collision today at Ell Mo-
dena. The woman's husband. who was
driving the tandem cycle. was unin-
jured Fritz and his wife live at
Orange. Donlinguez lived at FL Modena-