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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-06
FREDERICKSBURG
DOWNS INQUIRIES

Because of their inability to connect
safely with Sullivan's twisters, Nc
Cures university school met defeat
yesterday afternoon in Broad street
park at the hands of Fredericksburg
college. The score was to 0. Only
one hit WAS secured off of his delivery.
that being n scratch one in the seventh
inning by NJ. Cogbill
Hammond, the MCGUIRE hurler. was
also in fine form, retiring ten of the
visitors via the strike-out route. sui
livan made fifteen of the McGuire's
batsmen bite at his curves In vain.
Berger, the former Richmond college
football star, caught for the visiting
team. His work behind the bat was
Of the best order, while he also con-
nected with the sphere for two
Dagger. w. Summeryille and Cannon
did some good hitting for Fredericks-
burg.
The acorA follows.
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Standing of Clubs.
Games Today.
in Roanoke.
Petersburg in Newport News
Portsmouth in Norfolk.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
ROANOKE. VA, May 5.-The Colt
show that the Richmonders promised
here today did not exactly material
ize, and the Tiger club had no trou-
BILE in winning a rather slow game.
to s.
Burleson, who started of for the
Griffin men, went lame in the. NTH.
and was relieved by Strain. Brown.
who started on the mound for Roam
oke, was yanked in the seventh. and
Efird finished the job.
The Colts gave the locals several
anxious moments. one OF the worst
being In the eighth, when Efird had
two men on bases with no one out
He pulled himself out. however. by
striking out Bresnahan and Newton.
Lusky then few out to Maths
The score.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-06
GIVE BAD BEATING
TO YOUNG BROTHERS
RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE HAS
AN EASY TIME WITH THE
ACADEMY.
Especial to The Richmond virginian..

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
ASHLAND. VA. May b.---Randolph-
Macon college easily defeated their
younger brothers." from Randolph
Macon academy at Bedford. here this
evening in slow, one-sided game of
baseball by the score of q to 5:
The Props" took the lead in the
first inning with a couple of rams. due
to errors This gave me Yellow
Jackets a temporary score and they
settled down TO work. In the second
inning they hit the ball at will and
scored for eleven runs. taking a lead
to which they added rapidly.
The game was slugfeast for the
college nine. they totalling eighteen
hits to the academy's three. The
game was loosely played on the part
OF both teams--a number of errors
marked up against both teams.
The college feels recompensed for
the defeat they suffered at the hands
of the Props, at the beginning of the
season when they were caught at an
unguardsd moment
The feature OF the game was the
big hitting by Bane, who hit for two
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-06
TARS STILL ON
THE TObOGGAN
FURNISH POOR ARTICLE OF BALL
AND vERBOUT ADMINISTERS
WHITEWASH.

NORFOLK, VA. May 6.--General
all round inability Of Pop" Skaters
bunch to come through with anything
like the proper quality of baseball, at
Lafayette field. this afternoon enabled
the Pirates to administer beautiful
coat of whitwash to the Tars. Shenn
was easy for the Pirate crew. allowing
eleven hits, in punches. The score
was to 0.
The Tars played about as poor q
game "a was ever played by Norfolk
team. and, although their error col
umns are not 20 terribly full, they
simply lacked the necessary ginger
that Is SO essential In q ball team
On the other hand, the Pirates were
on the 60 from the beginning to the
end, with yerbout pitching invincible
ball. Among other features of the
game were the fielding Of Carter.
Cook. Mundy and Howedell.
The score:
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Petersburg High
Postpones Game

For some reason unexplained by
Manager Young, Petersburg high
school has cancelled the game which
was to have been played this after
noon against Benedictine college.
This Is the second time during the
present season that games between
the two teams have been postponed,
the first of which was to have been
played in the Cockade City. Both
games will be played off on some
future date.
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TEAM CONTINUES
To HIT THE PILL

The Colts are continuing to hit the
pill at good clip and the record of
last week shows an Improvement o.
three points in the team as a whole.
although there are a few individual
slumps shown. The average OF the
team last week was .3o6 while this
week 1t is 400.
The most surprising advance in tho
batting line Is that of Outfielder La
val. who is now hitting near the
800 mark
The averages follow:
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sBatted for Hautz in ninth.
ont for interference
Petersburg

Smmnary. EARNED Fhns-~~NeWIoTt
News. / Petersburg, /. Two-base hits
Hunt. BreneTan. Spencer. simmons
Sacrifice hits-Krebbs. Busch, Stolen
bases Early. simmons. Double play
~---Hedgepeth TO Busch to Barnett.
Struck out-~By Barton. 5: by Hedge
peth. 10. Bases on halls--0T Barton,
T.: Off Hedgepeth. 3. Left on bases
Newport News. 8: Petersburg. I. First
base on errors---Petershurg g. Wild
pitch--Barton. Tmpire-Mr. Nor
cum. Time Of game, 1;55.
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Fredericksburg ..........0 o2 o20 Oils
Summary: Double plays--Fly to NJ.
Cogbill to Leach. Left on bases-Mc-
CURES. 8, Fredericksburg, s. Base on
balls--On Sullivan. 3; off Hammond, 2.
Hits-Off Sullivan, / in 3 innings; on
Hammond, 10 in 8 innings. Stolen
bases-Gouldman Cd. Graves. NJ: Cog
bill. Struck out-By sullivan. 10; by
Hammond, 10. Wild pitch--Hammond.
Two-base hit - Berger. Three base
hit-Gammon. Umpire, Dillon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-06

John Henry. the Nationals starry
backstop. IL up and able to don his
fighting togs whenever Manager Grit
nth says the word Henry has been
on the disabled list from an injured
ankle. but II Ia well now.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-06

Cotton States League.
Meridian jackson, rain.
Clarksdale. s: Selma, 2.
Pensacola, IL; Columbus. 5.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-06
Norfolk.

Summary: Two~6ase hits--Mul-
laney Stolen bases-Mundy, Schra-
der. whitecraft, Tenant, Howedell.
Carter Cook. Double plays-Carter
to Howedell to Mundy t2). Bias on
balls-Ofr Shenn. 8, (Tennant. Carter
and Cook. Left on hases-Ports-
mouth. IL: Norfolk. S. Hit by pitch
ed balls-Howedeil. Struck out-By
verbout. 4 by Shenn. 4.-Time Of
game, 1:43. Umpires Colgate and
Shelter.
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American Association.

Toledo. 2; Minneapolis 3.
Kansas City. 4: Columbus, 8.
St. Paul, o; Louisville, 4.
Milwaukee, g.; Indianapolis, 0.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-06

Only lots on the installment plan
without interest in Ginter Park Is
"Ginter Park Terrace" 713 Mutual
Building.
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Pirates Win Exhibition Game.

HHoNT WIN AsN'"'' @AS
At Cleveland exhibition game):
r. H. f..
pittshurg -. 1904 600 o02~--6 2 8
Cleveland $40 900 oo0--5
Batteries: Counselman. Robinson
and Simon Scullop.- kahler and
ONeill Empires, Turner and Hyatt.
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Totals =. 51 5
Richmonfl.

Griffin. Newton. Lusky. Three base
hits--Iavai Stolen hases--tiinn,
Rlausser. Eberts. z: piaz. g. Base
on balls-Pressly. Blausser, 2: King.
Eberts. 2: Piez. Bresnahan. Hit ny
pitched hall--Irnscher King, Hits
OF Brown, 8; Oft Efrd. :: on
Rurlesnn. 8: off Strain. 8. Struck
out--By Brown, 2; by Ehrd. 2: by
Burleson. 3. by Strain, ?. wild
pitches--Strain. /. Time OF game,
las. Umpire. Kennedy. Attendance.
I nfNn
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Southern LeagI

Southern League.
Memphis, Z; Nashville. 3. A
MONTGOMERY, 4; Chattanooga, Q.
Birmingham. 4: New Orleans. !.
Mobile, 10: Atlanta, s.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-06
CALL ON JOHNSON
To Do RESCUE ACT
GRIFFITH SENDS IN HIS "BIG
MAN. AND HE HOLDS THE
RED SOx.
AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES.
Washington. s.: Boston, az In
nings).
Philadelphia, s; New York, 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES.
Standing of Climbs.
No Games Scheduled Today.

BOSTON. May 5.--Bungles and
bingles gave Washington a 5 to 8 VIC
tory over the Red Sox in a 12-inning
contest this afternoon. Griffith work
ed the same combination today that
he did on Saturday, sending young
Engel In for the early innings, and
when his men had chance to win
out, called on Johnson to do the
rescue act.
Score by innings: r. II. E.
Washington 600 900 030 002-5 II l
Boston 900 021 900 000---3 10 4
Batteries: Engle. Johnson and
Ainsmith: OBrien and Cady. Um-
pires, Connolly and McGreevy.
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Extra Base Hits.

South Atlantic League.
Charleston, 2; Columbus, /.
Albany. g.; Jacksonville. O..
Savannah. 2; Macon, 0.
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Texas League.

Texas League.
Dallas, 6; Galveston. 4
Beaumont, Z: Forth Worth, 4.
Waco. 3: Houston, /,
Austin, s.; San Antonio. 3.
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Standing of clubs.

Games Today.
Pittsburg In Boston.
Chicago in Brooklyn.
Cincinnati in New York.
st. Louis in Philadelphia.
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Fisher Breaks In Eighth.


NEW YORK, May 5.--The New
York Americans pulled stakes this
evening and departed for the West.
The Athletics succeeded in winning
today's game, to i.
Ray Fisher gave Plank a noble
battle for seven innings, but went
kiting in the eighth. He couldn't
stand the strain. His pitching was
of the very best until he buckled and
collapsed In the eighth. the break
beginning with a base on balls The
Athletics Immediately showered hits
around the field, cinched the game
and unprecedented it In the ninth, on
more hitting and sloveniy work in
the New York infield.
II was g cracking good game for
seven innings. the Athletics steady
and reliable at all times. and the
New YorKs supporting Fisher with
sharpness and spirit. The Athletics
made a run in the fourth. due to a
misplay by Stump, but in the light of
later events that tally was mere
trifc.
Score by innings: r. Fl. f.
philadelphia .. 600 100 043-8 8 4
New York 80. 900 010 0e0--1 4
Batteries Plank and Thomas;
Klepfer and Sweeney. Umpires, Di-
neen and Hart.
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PHILADELPHIA, May 6.--Threa
home runs, two by Magae and another
by Cravath. secured of the delivery
of Rube Marquard. made the winning
of the fourth straight game from
New York easy for the Phillies today.
The Anal score was 8 to 3. Marquard
pitched a good game for Ave innings.
despite the two home runs that were
scored on him during that time.
Score by innings: r. Fl. b.
New York .... 200 COZ 010-3 8 o.
Philadelphia ..010 104 00"--6 . b
Batteries: Marquard, Ames and
Meyers: Alexander and Killifer. Um-
pires, KLEIN and Orth.
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NEW YORK. May with three
men on bases in the tenth inning
today, Cutshaw drove a clean base hit
to center and sent Erwin home with
the run that enabled the Brooklyna
to defeat the Boston Nationals, 3 to 2.
Score by innings r. III. n.
Boston ...... 900 600 200 % 7 d
Brooklyn 80. 900 900 020 1-3 d
Batteries: James and Whaling;
Curtis, Ragon and Miller and Erwin.
Umpires, Rigier and Byron.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-06

International League.
Jersey City. s: Newark, 0.
Providence, 8: Montreal. ..
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.HOMERS ARE EASY
OFF Of THE RUIZ
PHuLIEs HAVE NO TRoUnLE 1l
TAKING FOURTH sTRAIGHT
FROM NEW YORK.
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.

Philadelphia, s; New York, 3.
Brooklyn. g. Boston, 2 Go In
nings).
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C7ippIed Specs Meet Iamptonzsdney TodayCos Loza
COLTS SCARE THE TIGERS, BUT ARE
UNABLE TO CATCH UP WITH THEM
BURLEsoN GOES LAME AND
STRAIN is SENT IN TO
FINISH THE GAME.
LEAGUE GAMES.

Roanoke, 8; Richmond, 8.
Petersburg. 4; Newport News, o.
Portsmouth, 8; Norfolk, s.
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Continued on Sixth Page.)
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-05-30
Booze Likes to Catch Them Young

Cheap whisky disguised with colorng
matter has been sold to New York children
as Cherry tonic" Booze likes catch them
young.-Chicago Daily News, May 23 1913
Yes booze sees the necessity of catching them
Young Recruits must be mustered if the booze bust
ness is to thrive The old topers dying off at
alarming rate and boys and girls demanded sacri
fees to maintain this poisonous drug traffic which
pays for the privilege of debauchng and women.
But please note that the campaign to get recruits
by the cherry tonic plan" pulled off in New York,
city of Io6 600 saloons If there be any virtue in the
saloon mans argument to the effect that licensing
looms kills the blind pig business in any community,
New York is a city that ought to be blind pigless.
Here is only one more striking example of how regu-
lation does not regulate.
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An Ugly Picture

Occasionally some good friend Of the League in
forms the editor of the Issue that the cartoons appear
ing on the first page not pretty nor decorative
This is true They fall as far short OF decorating the
American Issue as saloon does of decorating street
If anyone can picture the grog shop or the liquor
seller as things of beauty, he must be artist OF the
cubist school,
The picture appearing this week is especially I'm
attractive but this is not apology for its appear
ance 1t is protest against the inertia OF the people
that allows such conditions to prevail set forth by
the picture How much evidence must be re-
oured before the people will the saloon to be what
it is-the chief ally of the social evil and OF graft and
the headquarters for corrupt politicians Progress to-
wards the overthrow Of the saloon is being made be-
cause more and the people seeing the saloon
in its true light, and yet there many apparently
Indifferent good citizens.
Vice commissions have made Investigations re-
Gently in our three largest cities in the United States
These commissions in every instance have reached the
same conclusion-hat the liquor business is INSOFAR
ablv entaneled with vice. The findings of the Rookie
Teller Commission. which investigated conditions IN
New York City were made public last week. In citing
the chief causes for the white slavery traffic this
mission specifically mentioned the liquor vendor The
Philadelphia commission, in speaking of the drink
evil and its relation to vice, says:
It PLAYS a part in the ruin of young girls.
It adds to the profits of the and women
who keep resorts in which gross immoralties
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THE AMERICAN ISSUE
May 80, 1913.

are committed. 1t is an essential part of the
bertine entertainments given in dance halls
and notorious resorts. The saloon is
compartment to the brothel.
Drinks are served in almost all the dis
orderly houses of the city and frequenters
required to pay exorbitant price for them.
Intoxcants are used bait in places where
girls regulations ruined, and are lavishly
offered by women who try to invelgle men in
to dsorderly houses Drink is an inseparable
part of the makeup OF every institution that
is remotely connected with the established
vice business
The conclusions reached by the Chicago vice
commission are we'll known to everybody. The chair
man of that commission Dean Sumner, branded the
loon as the chief ally to vice. Lieutenant Governor
OHara, chairman of the Illinois senate vice COM
MISSION met his greatest obstacle to carrying his
investigation in wholesale liquor dealer of SPRING
field
There is question about it. Rev. Jenkyn
Lloyd Jones is right in his declaration when he says:
at (the liquor question: demands attention the
part of all those who would better society," And the
social WORKER settlement center other agencies
that hope to lift little Of the VICE. to lessen the
burden of poverty the cry of the dsordered
home without touching this, is sophist, and works
on idle lines . Now decent saloon that obeys
all the ordinances, respects all the legal limitations,
does not pander to nebriety, but sops-to fav-
orite phrase of the moderate drinker-'when man
has had enough is conceivable in the thought but it
is hardly possible in practice There is not business
enough within the limits Of the law to sustain the
seven thousand saloons in Chicago 1t is that illicit
plus which lets in the minor establishes back door
nections with the brothel, and makes the saloon
rallyng place for criminals pmps and gamblers, that
makes the business profitable An honest decent law
abiding saloon is commercial fallacy. 1t cannot keep
it's place in business"
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-30
Jokes

A wealthy trader recently received
an invitation for himself and better
half to spend Z weekend with q well
known peer. At breakfast on the
morning following their arrival Mrs.
Nouveau Richie. in trying to chip OF
the top OF an egg with her knife,
exercised 80 much strength that the
egg was knocked out OF the cup and
rolled under the table.
Not knowing the correct thing to
do In such circumstances, she ap-
pealed to her husband.
@John.v she Whispered. Il have
dropped an egg. What am to dor
..Don't cackle." replied the matter
Of fact John.
An american merchant discovered
that a man had been falsely repre-
senting himself as q collector for the
Arm, and taking more money than
any two OF the frm'a agents.
ssAnd so" said the merchant to the
polics. II want him collared as
quickly as possible
Detective-AI right I'll have him
In 3ail IN less than = week,
Great Scot, mani
don't want him put IN jail; want TO
engage him.
The thirst for knowledge reveals
many things, amusing as weA other
wise. remarked an eminent author.
eand as an illustration will tell you
little story about an once boy em-
p1oyed BY = Iffend Of mine.
II noticed one day that the boy wa
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-30
In the Tourist Car

I'm sure I'm not running the train.
II l were. things would be quite diff
ferent. You certainly will have to
see that there's nobody in the berth
over me.
''Oh. yes, ] meant to tell you that
you'll have to get the mattress ont of
the upper berth into mine. I'm not
accustomed to sleeping on hard mat
tress, and simply can not rest on one.
Yes. / know you can do 1t. It's
often done, and / shall centainly in
sist.
IF I pay for the whole section?
Well, I'm certainly not going to pay
for the whole section. I'll speak to
the conductor.
"Porter. you'll have to do something
to stop those Children from running up
and down the aisle. They make such a
Noise and when persons as nervous
as am-and you'll have to speak to
that woman with the baby, too. II
that child cries half the night, as It
did last night, simply can not stand
1T.
why, there's quite nice looking
young man just coming into the car.
hadn't noticed him before. He must
have got on at the last stop. thought
! saw rather nice looking man get
ting In with dowdy looking woman,
out was talking to the conductor at
the time. so did not really get q good
view OF them. oh. he's going to sit
down at the end Of the car. He really
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isn't SO very nice looking, merely nice
looking for person travelling tourist.
It's quite laughable, isn't it. how ones
ideas-change?
Porter, you simply must see that
that man In the berth over me has
another berth. / can not 1have him
there. and simply will not have him
occupying the seat In the section dur
ing the day See II you can get the
young man that just came in to change
with him. IS
There's no reason in the world. por-
ter. why you shouldn't ask that man
at the end Of the car to change with
the one in the berth over me, and II
you don't I'll speak to the conductor
myself.
i've q mind to go and ask that
young man myself IL he won't get the
man in the berth over me to change
with him. don't believe it will do
bit OF good to talk to this porter.
and simply will not tip him. /
won't
It'll put those things back into the
berth. porter. while you go and see
about changing the berth.
Ny friends just screamed with
laughter when they saw mo starting
out with all these packages. You
know. At home WON'T carry the
smallest package. I'm 80 sensitive
about that kind OF thing hut do
50 dislike going into the dining car
alone that / brought enough lunch
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SMART REPLY

The captain Of a certain troopship
conveying cavalry regiment to the
cape was noted for his wit. and at
every opportunity that offered he
|loosed his shafts Of humor. to the
|chagrin and embarrassment Of their
targets. Sooner or later the stinger
gets stung, however, ana this chronic
pun artist was no exception to the
rule.
On pne occasion, when about two
days out from port. he approached =
group Of soldiers who were swabbing
the forward deck, and, singing out 8
mig, raw boned Irish recruit. who was
experiencing his nrst taste OF sailors
life, he gravely ask ed:
Can you steer the mainmas{ down
the forecastle stairs r.
Quick as Hash uafne the reply:
Yes. sirr, l can, II you Will stand
below and coll 1t up."
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Us Boys

rHE elderly blonde woman with the
| youthful complexion sank into the
= seat beside the quiet little woman
tourist in the section opposite.
May I sit with you while the
norter makes up my berth?" she In
ouired. languidly. i feel that | must
retire early. I'm really 50 exhausted
with all this common crowd and
noise. 1T has been almost too much
for me. have such a sensitive nature
/ ought never to have come tourist,
but / was simply determined to do so,
for the experience. don't you know?
I'm such student of human
nature, and I knew that the people
would be so different from anything
I'd ever been accustomed to. such an
entirely different class, don't you
know? My friends were really quite
shocked when they heard of IT.
have the reputation of being SO ex-
elusive. 1t isn't that I intend to be,
but I'm naturally fastidious and re-
firing, and anything common CRATES
on me so.
PORTER, is there going to be some
one in the berth over me tonight?
No. can not have It. You'll have to
see that he changes. I'm entirely too
sensitive. II know that there's some
one In the berth over me can't sleep
q wink. And the man that had the
berth last night was such a common
creature. He snored--heard him dis
tinctly.
How can help 1t il the car is full?
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to last me to the end OF the trip.
And then l don't believe in encour-
aging the prices they charge in the
dining car. And then the tips. too.
! think 1t is the duty OF the public
not to encourage
did you ask him to change. por-
ter? Well. certainly shall speak
to the conductor. Or perhaps it would
be better for me to go and speak to
the young man myself.
oh, my dear, is he your husband?
Then suppose you wouldn't want
him to change. I'll just speak to
the conductor and see If he can't do
Something about changing the other
man from the berth over me. I
simply will not tip this porter. That's
the worst thing about travelling tour
ist--they don't seem to recognize a
lady when they see one
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oopyrIght, lela. International News servic,

reading q volume OF Shakespeare, and
his expression denoted great interest
and happiness. I was surprised to find
q boy of his age SO engrossed In
Shakespeare.
Going over to him. asked him II
he liked the book.
"soh. yes SIR he replied. It's great.
Did you ever read it, sirg
YES replied.
Dyer know what he talks about.
sirr he asked.
Why. yes. my boy. think do.
why?s
Then maybe you can help me.
What is it?' / asked
Well. sir he said, want to
know which was the man. Romeo or
Juiiety'"