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GA. L. FINISHES 1914
 SEASON IN STRONG SHAPE

to LaGrange here today by the score of to l. Instead of the usual farce played by teams where the standing cannot be effected the game was snappy from start Both teams fielded perfectly, and the feat ures were the batting of Tisdale and a long throw from left field by McLin, who cut off a run at the plate. Bob Rags dale, Annistons first manager, hit the
 last ball, and it was received by Ban mister of I.aGranee Score.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING
Browns Blanked Twice

Philadelphia, August Philadelphia
 shut out St. Louis in both games here
 today. the scores being to and to o.
 In the opening event Bressler held St.
 Louis to three hits and famed 10 bats
 men, Pennock not only kept the visitors hits scattered. but he scored the only run of the second contest on his triple and Murphy's single. Scores; First game: Nil .E. St Louis ................,.uVV Vo uoV-o tBnll0uelpnla ..-..s...ss. .oN' VVi w Batteries. I.everenz Baichley. Mitchell and Agnew and Hale Bressler and Schang.
 Second game. R.H. h. St Iouis .........000 GOO GOO Oo0-0 Philadelphia ..............0oO 0Ol WI | Batteries James and Agnew; Pennock and Schang. Empires, Connolly and Chill.
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Dallas: Dallas {, San Antonio 2. At Ft. Worth: Tt. Worth Galveston. rain.
 At Beaumont Beaumont 6-2, Austin 3-l Second game five innings)
 At Waco: Waco 4, Houston O.
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American Association

At Louisville: Louisville -Minneapoiic. postponed wet grounds.
 At Columbus: Columbus Kansas City. postponed, wer grounds.
 At Indianapolis: Indianapolis ?. St. Paul 1.
 At Cleveland: Cleveland o-6. Milwaukee
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WILDNESS OF KARR
 ALLOWS PELS TO WIN

New Orleans, August 25-Karr's wild ness and the timely hitting of Lindsay and Adams made it easy for New Orleans to defeat Memphis today to 0. Wilson was invincible when the visitors threat ened. A double header was scheduled but wet grounds prevented. Two games will be played Wednesday, Score:
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At Montreal: Montreal 1, Newark O.
 At Toronto: Toronto 4. Jersey City 0. At Buffalo: Buffalo l, Providence ,. At Rochester: Rochester l, Baltimore 3
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SOUTH ATLANTIC

At Charleston: Charleston ,, Columbia 2. At Albany: Albany 13, Jacksonville !. At Augusta: Augusta O. Savannah ,. At Columbus: Columbus 1, Macon 0.
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Memphis 000 GOO 00es-v
 Summary: Two-base hits. Starr ?, Syl- vester. Sacrifice hit, Stark. Stolen base, Hendryx. Double plays, Stark to Mullen; Mccormick, Stark to Dunckel. Struck out, Wilson 6, Karr ?. Bases on oalls, Karr G. Hit by pitched ball, Karr (Bluhm) Time. 2:o5 Umpires, o'Toole and Fifield.
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Maps Register Over Sox

Boston, August 25.-Cleveland won by . score of to 1 from Boston today. The visitors scored all their runs in the fourth inning. one of them being homer by
 kirke. Score: R.H E. cleveland .,... GOO 300 00O-3 D Boston .............00 .001 900 000-1 6 3 Batteries: Mitchell and o'Neill; Shore, Wood and cady. Empires, Hildehrand and O'Loughlin.
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New York, August 25.-New York made it two out of three from Chicago today by defeating the westerners to O. Benz was knocked out of the box in less than an inning and the veteran Walsh also was treated badly. Score R.H.E E. Chicago ...............0 GOO GOO 000D New | OrK .....-.........sfV HUI ufV w
 Batteries; Benz, Walsh, Iathrop and Schalk and Mayer; Cole and Sweeney. Empires, Dineen and Sheridan.
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Knox Stars in Final Game

Talladega, August 25.-(Special.)-- 1.-The Indians defeated Opelika the fourth straight game here today in one of the most exciting gaines of the season.
 Thompson started the game for the In- tContinucd on Page Thirteen.)
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Games Today

Games Today Chattanooga at Birmingham Atlanta at Mobile. Memphis at New Orleans. Nashville at Montgomery.
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Husky Spit Baller Holds the Visitors Safe and Also Hammers Howell's Offer ings
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING

Results Yesterday Birmingham 5, Chattanooga 1. New Orleans 5, Memphis 0. Others, rain.
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Summary: TWO-base hlt, McII1n. Thfee- base hit, Allen. Stolen base. Lamar. Double plays, Holland to Amason; Lamar to Stephenson. Sacrifice hits, Stephenson Head, Holland. Base on balls, Batson 9 Bannister 5. Time. :35. Umpire, Black. burn.
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Johnson Outpitched by Reynolds

Washington, August 25.--Detroit defeat- ed Washington today to l. Reynolds outpitched Johnson and the latter's eror in A wild throw to the plate in the third inning. aided in his downfall. Score
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Sox Lose Again

son and Ainsmith. Empires, Egan and Evans.
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FEDERAL LEAGUE
STANDING
International League

No games scheduled.
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Few Really Bad Kinds Give MONEY

companied by grease. would not be required to
Che extent it is. for greaseess dirt would for
part he detached by the application OF
chanical movement aohe.
prompt method Of removing grease would be by
the application OF akal! but this is inadmssibe
since ahal has irritating because solvent. action
upon the skin. The ereasedissoving effect O. alka,
however be obtained by Introducing ii In the form
OF comparatively unstable compound OF fat and alka.
and this Is what soap amounts to- Soap hydrolysis
solution associates into free alkaI and
acid soap The acid soap rise to lather with
AID the alkaii Is available for extracting fatty
matters
THE proportion ., aikali liberated from soap is small
with small quantity OF water. and large with large
quantity The addition OF large quantity OF water
does therefore, greatly affect the concentration (the
amount Of free alkali in given volume OF water)
since although produces much free alkali
I simultaneously dilutes il.
In word the advantages Of soap for cleansing pur
poses by there automatic regulation
small and hence the wash water Is free from injurious
properties This is the secret OF soaps power
fatty matters which otherwise hard to detach
Grease is the anchcr OF dirt weighs the anchor
Soap is nowhere provided by nature 1t is mans
tion, and is in fact. chemical.
According examination o. OF toilet
fancy recently purchased upon the open mar
ke;, II would appear that, generally speaking. tine
makers contrYe furnish product of good standard
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FURNITURE That CAN'T BE MOVED

the development OF the new idea
that furniture shall be made part OF
tho apartment. indeed. the time
bids fair 10 arrive before very long
when people who rent unfurnlshcd
flats viii have very little furniture
to buy. Stationary furniture Is fast
taking tho place Of the oid.lashioned
temporary and movable kind.
Long ago the builrin sideboard mr.
rived. and the built-in hatrack has
come TO stay. bookcases, the china
closet and the refrigerator In an up.
to-6atc apartment are all built in
the last being supplied by pipes
with cold air, 80 that IL is not even
necessary Ia buy ice for II. The
little fiat inspected with such pleas.
IRE by Mrs. Simpkins. had no
kitchen, properly speaking: 1t did
not need one. The opening OF what
looked like a closet door revealed.
In space no deeper than two feet,
gas range and a sink, with cup
boards for china aud food supplies
Ali such innovations have for their
object the packing of as many pco.
pie as possible In given amount Of
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fact that starch is sweet and delicious q NOR
sci to disease germs as candy is to a child. The
microbes thrive on It, Starch Is an ideal food for
Tnoulds OF ringworrs and the bacteria OF boils,
carbunces and other troubles common to the
back OF the neck.
Under the microscope brand new col
lar reveals along its edge line o' teeth-likc
projections similar to those OF In these
teeth notches. which the naked eye cannot dis
tingush, nor the hand feel. the microbes,
ished by the starch, thrive and multiply.
Now, even the most perfect fitting COLA
stantly rubs against some part OF tic neck. and
Is apt at any time to set up an irritation. When
this finally leads to break in the skin another
rub OF the collar piunges OF the germ.adc
points into the wound. and You inocuated
with living bacilli as effectively as II physician
had performed the operation with vaccination
need
II you are run down. over-worked not getting
enough sleep, or below par in any other way
the microbes you receive from your collar Will
quickly rts ait in boils carbuncles eczema or
other trouble.
All this explains why epidemic or boils and
carbuncies Will often through the employ
ecs OF store or Office, or the pupils OF school
Our habit OF surrounding necks with .
stiff. starched linen collar is breeding place
for germs.
BY wearing collars. even the characterization.
lists are being constantly vaccinated against
their wishes. IL their necks escape bois car.
buncles and other troubles. 1t is because the
sues has finally resulted In making them Inn
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spacs In closet .. the aat de-
Hcribed there were even pigeon.
holes for shoes. Shoes scattered
about take up great deal OF room,
and are neither slightly nor easy TO
ind, but assembled in pigeonholes
they are readily got 1T and take up
very little space.
Tho tendency to replace movable
furniture with built-in furniture las
been showing itself for a long time.
Stationary tubs long ago replaced
the old-fashioned wooden washtubs
with handles, which had 10 be filed
with hot water aud lifted about from
place to place. And in the newest
arrangement OF this kind there is
actually washing machine. built
into the tub and forming part OF the
Inter.
One thing that particularly struck
the eye OF Mrs. Simpkins when she
looked over the fiat was water tap
directly above the gas range. in
tended. of course. TO till kettle or pot
when there should be occasion with
out removing the receptacle from
the stove.
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Than Others Do

hydrolysis than the old soaps By authorities
this regarded retrograde step The modern soap.
maker tells US, on the other iiand that and
pam-kerne oils not used merely for ~heapness or
for producing firm soap but because of wonder
full efficacy soapmaking material. And besides they
are sweet ana entirely OF vegetable origin not
easily become rancid. The soaps produced with these
oils prove also to be rapid and economical washers.
To summarize, the results show that the toilet soaps
the market whole evidence degree of purity
and adaptablity for toilet purposes which rebound to
the credit OF the sonpnaker 1t is obvious modern
soapmaking Is generally speaking, scientific
lines and system OF control which turns out a.
standard product equal ascertaiued require me IT,
appear TO exist.
The only foreign ingredient found present in I'M
portant quantity and 10 which exception may taken
account OF its irritant properties sugar. The
presence OF free alka In toilet soap comparatively
rare occurrence, but 1t would appear that in some in
stances the degree OF purity attained in ,oie, soaps
induces makers to demand very eXtrayagant price,
and apparently hlghgrade to as
whether toilet soap is rendered acceptable TO the
skin By the scenting process
Essentially, soap Is required cleansing purposes
and long toilet soaps fulfil this without doing
TO the skin they perform all that necessary
We found this function discharged By soaps sold
at moderate prices. Even the purest soaps may give
rise irritation certain decaely constituted skiing
And 1t must be remembered that in any the use
OF connotes the OF weak but regulated guam
tity Of akai and It's excessive employ should
be avoided When the work OF cleansing has been done
IL is we'll TO remove OF with all reason
able speed.
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Which Is BETTER for Your HEALTU UMBRELLA or RAINOAT?

that this may easily he made aseptic, and
kept SO, whereas the coat and cap may net
he So easily dis!niec;cd and coming in closer
contact with the person Of the wearer at
more points, ana liable 10 greater handling
should be ol greater menace 10 the weayer
and others through the scattering OF the
specified germs
Also, the majority Of rancoat wearers
carry umbrella, while many carriers Of um.
brellas DEFEND with confidence in the pro-
lection OF the umbrella alone. firmly con
v!nced t. VIII keep them comfortably dry
II properly constructcd-unless the storm
prove extraordinarily severe.
In addition 10 this tie umbrella serves
as walking stick-an'i IL storm aba,ca
and the sun appears taad the season Dc
summertime the umbrella instead al add
Ing TO the heat, VIII tie raincoat. may be
employed TO ward on the suns hot rays"
From the rancoat authority:
- hrsioaaa rauctat Is scientific
prodlot and, therefore j. nioIe OF less costly
as !a!ncoats 20 cheap raincoat is miser-
able initiation of Waterproof cloth and has
absolutely no value But Il good raincoat ls
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There is very wide range in regard to prices
which toilet soaps are sold Tho transparent soap,
which is free from sugar ana Slycerine, probably
therefore. made with the aid alcohol but I'M scent ed
is sold at nearly half the price of similar compositions
that are scented. Scent seems to be the chief ngre-
dent relied uioa TO enhance enormously the
SOAP for it will be noticed that as a RUE the scented
soaps aie the most expensive
Viewed as mere cleansing agents these costly soaps
are worth nothing like the money charged for them.
neither do they exhibit qualities which them
particularly mre suitable for personal cleansing
agents than the wel-inade soaps costing twenty-five
cents ~ less per pound. There is further point
regard to scent il is maintained by authorities
that certain essential oils tthe bases OF SCENT
suitable for tender skins these oils are known
produce sknitddening action. Among essential oils
the Irritating effects OF mustard oil turpentine
thymo we'll known
Sugar replaces gycerine for the purpose Of producing
transparent soap with the advantage that 1T does not
sweat hut unfortunately has decidedly irri
tating action upon sensitive skins sugar soaps
should be avoided BY those who possess easily irrated
skins.
Transparent soaps OF excellent quality prepared
which contain neither glycerine sugar but which
prepared by alcohol process the only disadyan-
tage of which IL to add cost Of production and there
fore to is price to the consumer For toilet purposes
II appears that the unscened transparent prepared
for personal including the OF sensitive skin.
Cocoanut OIL or palTnnut oil, requires much more
a!kali for specialization than docs olive oil! alow,
castor or rape oil, and soap made with cocoanut
oil or palmnut oil would yield alkdii hydro
in water than made with olive oil, taliow, castor
other oils.
For the most part modern toilet soaps made with
the history OF soap-makng ,aow and olive oil were
employed Modern soaps therefore yield alkali
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There arc really only two distinct quail
ties OF waterproof clothing. namely, good and
bad; By this mean that garment produced
IRON good fabrics properly treated with d
compound OF pure para rubber and carefully
made, will invariably give excellent service,
while any attempt TO cheaper the cost Of the
material will render the garment worthless.
FOR when the water begins TO seep through
the goods 1t washes out the cheap compost.
ton and leaves bare a fabric which In many
cases strongly resembles cheesecloth
There Is nothing that can be said in favor
~ the cheap raincoat it has not one redeem
ing feature; 1t is simply a waste OF money
to buy one at any price and the cheaper the
raincoat the worse for YOU"
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She has read is told that these signs of beart
disease and then her life is made miserable
In the slang OF to-day Forget It," and your hear.
trouble will disappear Should these attacks OF palp.
taton continue, look to the OF your living Ex
element after good dinner. dancing and eating cold
drinks when overheated, anger and other violent emo
Tons disturb the process of digestion. This leaves
hard substances in the stomach which directly affects
the nerves and initiates the heart Then come paIpi.
taon, shortness of breath, sometimes ainting when
the heart stop.
Gas in the stomach due to the same cause produces
the same effects. Eating meats and drinking milk
soua water or alcohol III form at the time Will
oHe!i cause such insult the stomach that the
heart beats In dsgust-beats scare you and warn
YOU SO never give fainting any brandy or
whiskey IL you know she has full stomaci--no one IN
TACT Many deaths in the middle-aged pronounced due
10 heart disease really due to Indigestion i
Unless you have been 4 sufferer from some acute
ieore disease-nfammatory rheumatism, for example
and if you under forty OF age you are fairly
sale from heart roubethat is il you have lived right
SO don't worry about your heart beats Don't count
thcm. II do they will up rapidly and scare YOU
II is all due to the concentration OF the mind when in
slightly nervous state And one of Us who amounts
TO anything has these nervous periods.
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w sss, ' Vi, s ":: .a .s' ' ss:
w band the other day to look
at fats in new apartment house,
she found some things that she had
never dreamed OF before. For en-
ample, the fat that pleased her
fancy most had folding bed that
was certainly wonder. II came
literally out OF the wall. and when
folded up il disrnporrod TITO the
wall again. a door with long mirror
concealng 1t so entirely from view
that nobody would have imagined
that there was anything behind IT,
This, however. was only the he
ginning Tnc most attractive fea.
ture OF the tiled bathroom was tho
tnh. which. instead OF standing on
legs In the ordinary fashion. was
built.in. Thus thore was no space
beneath OF behind II 10 invite the
collection OF dust. As every hoise.
wife knows. the hardest place to
keep clean Is behind the bathtub
In other notable respects the little
1at took step or two forward In
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desirable and necessary article.
In the first place the material used must
be of a closely woven fabric OF good quality,
with body capable of resisting proportion
ate amount Of rain, and that will accept and
retain the rubber used in the process OF
rubberizing.
THE high-grade raincoat is fully cencnted
on all seams. The Tapped seems, or the
are securely cemented TO the body. and over
this is cemented a strip of material known az
strapping; when this Is properly done tho
seams are doubly reinforced and arc both
alright and waterproof. Each and every
seam is treated in this manner and the result
Is finished product. which will outwear a
dozen limitations
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Things to Re
member When
You BUY SOAP

A MoNG the millions vino soap with as much
y regularity az they 90 10 their meas probaoy
= - there Is ONLY very small percentage who really
know anything about the various compounds bearing
that general gnation,heir constituents and their
action beneficial and otherwise, upon the skin.
An interesting Of facts OH this subject is pre-
scented issue OF the London Lancet On the
whole these facts encouraging leaving little room
tor apprehension concerning most OF the soap products
an general use
/; appears that today the manufacture oi soap has
reached hitch OF Refinement upon which both consumer
and manufactures may be congratulated The quality
OF soap is OF considerable Importance, having regard
the frequency OF its i'll domestic economy, for
it IS employed with regularity and orthodoxy
parable with the ritual Of mea-time. Soap aud food
in TACT. rival one another matters of the
regime OF The domestic day
Soap occupies this position owing its property OF
removing greasy materials which among other things
responsible Tor soiling the skin clothing. lis
essential chemical quality is, in fact its solvent effect
upon fatty substances II dirt not invariably
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BY WILLIAM LEE HOWARD, MID.

ST1HE majority of girls ard young women worry ct
times about their hearts. This anxiety Increases
the cause Constant attention Is called to the
beating OF the heart the vicious completed
Very few-very few, remember, young people have
real disease OF the heart, but most of them have
periods which make the heart apparently Jump
and throb.
There is absolutely for worry about these
conditions Real heart disease does show itself
tis way EN- opt in certain affections OF nature
angina pectorstne5e is seldom pain around the heart
This disease in middle and late life and mostly
In men, seldom in OF any age.
The pain in tho region of the heart often felt by girls
and young women, is generally due to temporary
ralga OF the little muscles surrounding the Ere
quenty the bosom in developing twinges with slight
pains, and the girl at once thinks Of her heart
Now the more you place your mind upon active
organ the you alll notice lta action; that IL d
girl has her attention called slight pain I'm the region
of the heart her whole minh is concentrated upon It,
This brings about nervous tension which acceerates
the heart beats through the controlling this or
fright Is the result. Fright affects the little
controlling tbs blood vessels of the skim and the girl
becomes suddenly pale has blue lips and palpation.
1914 by the Star Great Britain Rights
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By DR.. Leonard Keene Hirshberg.

by Dr. Leonard kcene FilrShbefS.
TORSES wear coll , more for useful
RI than FOR decorative purposes but the
- - human family wears them as ornaments
or hangmans uooses. The fashion at present OF
women wearing those highback lace collars, ali
open down the front in big Y, reaching half
way and more 10 the waist, is useful mode
as 1t is beautiful. These iluify lace collars, mod.
elled upon a style in vogue centuries ago. are
sensible because they allow free access Of
fresh air and sunshine TO the necks OF their fair
owners.
This exposure Of the skin to the air needlessly
worries anxious mothers. who accustomed
TO bundle up their children's necks with hannels
and furs Persons who hudde close around
their stoves in Winter. who never venture out
without threeply rnufher twined around theft
necks, are apt TO have sore throats, colds
nnd pneumonia. than the girls OF to-day who
wear these fluffy. wde-open collars
The tango collars and ties which men
are beginning 10 wear those
women have adopted.
In every factory office and store girls may
now be seen with WIDELY exposed necks and
chests. The boys and men around them. in
s,ifay starchcd. inelastc, germ breeding collars
of hardened linen look slngu.ariy absurd and
uncomfortable by contrast
But colds" and pneumonia are not the only
dangers which threaten from wearing stiify
starchcd linen collars. Ever? collar, no matter
Row carefully Numbered. Is alive With bacteria
Of carbuucles, hollis, p!mples, eczema eryspelas