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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29
THE DUMMY.

Miss Clare Weldon, leading woman
of the new company of "The Dummy"
just reached home from Paris in time
to avoid the alarms of war. Miss We'll
don declares that the American girls
in Paris, students, musicians, artists,
singers and the like, who flock to the
French capital for the special advant-
ages to be found there, and who live
in the Latin Quarter or the pensions
the best they may, on the tiniest of in
comes, will suffer more than any other
class of Americans in Europe. "While
there are many clubs and enterprises
for the aid of the American girl stu
dents under ordinary conditions, not
one of them is so richly endowed an
institution that it is likely to with
stand the demands of the scores and
scores of girls who will be in serious
straits about this time" declared Miss
Weldon. II was educated in Germany
and have lived in Paris, and l don't
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29
HE is A SHERLOCK HOLMES
Kansas City Patrolman Clears Up Au-
tomobile Accident Mystery
With Very Slight Clue.

SIS this Samuel P. Quarles?" the
voice asked over the telephone. Your
motor car collided with another car in
Penn Valley park, Mr.. Quarles?"
YES" answered Mr.. Quarles. 'I
have just been reporting the accident
to police headquarters. l skidded into
a car that had been left stalled by the
roadside. l wasn't going more than
five miles an hour, but skidded badly.
You are?"
This is motorcycle patrolman.
wanted to fill out report"
Monday morning DR.. l.. S. Mines
car skidded into the curbing at a park
turn on Broadway and was disabled.
When the repair man arrived it was
found that the disabled car had been
rammed into ditch and badly dam
aged. No trace of the second car was
found save a grease cup that had been
broken from front spring.
With this tiny cup as a clue, o. e
Johnson, a motorcycle patrolman
started out to locate the car. The by
ISLANDERS laughed as the patrolman
slipped the little piece of metal into
his pocket.
Needle in the haystack," said one
Yet Johnson's search was short
one. Almost at once he found the cur
to be one used on certain make OF
car. Next he went to the particular
! repair shop where such car would be
most apt to be taken. And there was
| the car with the missing cup.
Mr. Quarles is a salesman living a
1913 Broadway. His car was leaking
| SO badly after the collision that hi
| drove at once to the repair shop
| Kansas City Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29
BLIND HAVE NO SIZE SENSE
Some SightIess Children Imagine
Cows Are Nc Larger Than
Cats or Dogs.

The path of the teacher of the blind
is beset with many difficulties, one
OF the greatest being the task of con-
veying to their minds some idea of
the size, shape and features of birds
and animals. In many cases, 1t is
true, models are used, but owing to
their small size they are, to say the
least, of doubtful advantage.
The ignorance of blind children is
great, often grotesque. A teacher of
a class may find that child does not
know whether sheep or COW is the
larger, or he may even find that a
hare has wings! However carefully
they are tcld that sl!ali mCGe! of
COW is only one-fortieth the size of
the real animals, more often than not
they are unable to think of the ami
mails as being any larger than the
model, and will stoop and describe
something about the size of a kitten
when asked to indicate the size of a
COW. This arises from the fact that
no standard of size, form and texture
beyond those which they set up
| through handling-can exist for those
! who have never had the use of their
eyes. Even those who have had sight
are found to lose their standards un-
less they are renewed from time to
time by actual contact. An instance
of this was noticed not long ago,
when boy of about twelve recovered
his sight after an operation, and fer
several days following went about in
state of surprise and fear, for al
most everything which he had not
been in the habit of touching fire.
quently differed considerably in size
from his recollections of seven years
before! The size of his parents
alarmed him very much, as he imag
ined they were much smaller.-Strand
Magazine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29
Collars and Cuffs.

In darker ages the expression Col
lars and Cuffs meant the late lamented
king of England; the Importance and
significance of collars today, however,
lies in the fact that they are holding
their own in an amazing way with all
the newer accessories of dress. The
collars have been getting sitter and
sitter, and now there are to be stiff
cuffs, too. You may get them In very
nearly every material, but the most
popular is pique and linen. These stiff
collars are made mostly after the
Gladstone pattern, but the sheer ba'
tiste has been disregarded, since 1t
would be ugly if starched. Both col
lars and cuffs are cut with flaring
points, and the nice part of the starchi
ness is that the material does not
rumple and soil half as easily.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29
MANY FAT LITERARY LIGHTS
zola, Gautier, and other Famous
Writers Were Remarkable for
Their Great Corpulence.

The connection between feeding
and literary genius is commented on
by Robert Sherard in his Modern
Paris. Zola, he says, wrote best when
he was very stout, and that when his
bulk dwindled so did his talent. The
ophile Gautier, himself enormous,
maintained that man of genius
should be fat, and for proof pointed
to that more barrel than man." Bal
zac; to Alexander. Dumas, always
fat and jolly" to "the hippopotamus
in breeches," Ross!ni, and to the plump
and well-fed appearance of Victor
Hugo and Sainte-Beuve.
Byron would never have agreed
with Theophile Gautier's dictum that
men of genius should be fat. For the
increase of his too, too solid flesh was
the one thing of which he was
afraid, and various freak diets were
adopted to keep 1t under. Don Juan
was written almost entirely on gir
and water and in 1913 he lived on SIX
biscuits day and tea. Previously al
Athens he had tried q diet of rice II
small quantities, washed down by
vinegar and water, and later on he
tried one thin slice of bread for break
fast and a vegetable dinner, keeping
down hunger by chewing tobacco. Anc
apparently such diets stimulated the
brain while mortifying the flesh.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29
MAN THEIR FAvoRlTE DISH
canniballsm in the solomons Is
Looked on as Religious and
Tribal Rite.

A letter descriptive of one Of the
chief cannibal settlements and the
rites of the savages was recently re-
ceived here from Sydney from trav-
eler, who had spent some time in the
cannibal-infested Solomon islands in
the Pacific. The Solomons are the can
nibalistic hub of the south Pacific, al
though human flesh is also eaten oc-
casionally in the Marquesas and New
Hebrides islands.
"Maneaters on land, maneaters in
the water; for Gods sake, steer clear
of the Solomons!" was the advice CIV
en- to the writer when he first ex-
islands. In Fiji travellers are still SO
advised.
"At Suva," says the writer of the
letter, "the mate of a trader told me:
You can chuck a pig overheard any
where in the Solomons, and five min
utes later walk ashore on the black
dorsal fms of sharks. But what's the
use? The blacks will snap you up and
pick your bones the minute you reach
the beach
"Cannibalism, which has always
been practised in the Solomons, owes
it's persistence not to any particular
prediction for human fiesh," says the
writer Of the letter, 'but to the fact
that it is looked upon as religious
and tribal rite.
"The sacrifice is not always-in fact
is not usually-a white man. But if 6
trader or a missionary happens to be
within striking distance when victim
is required, the prophets or priests are
more than likely to receive intimatioT
from the spirits that only the flesh o.
a foreigner will answer the purpose:
of the ceremony."-NewY York Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29
THE BLINDNESS OF VIRTUE,

By the eminent man of letters, Co.'S
mo Hamilton, is one of the strongest
and most vital dramas ever presented
on the American stage, dealing with
the question of sex ignorance. No
play written in the last decade has
evoked the discussion nor created such
a profound impression as this one has.
1t is said to be the strongest lesson
that can be given to mothers and will
be presented at the Valentine COM
mencing Sunday, with the usual matt
nees. "The Blindness of Virtue" is a
protest against false modesty that
mothers adopt, which conceals from
the daughters that which is most es-
sential for them to know when verg-
ing on the borders of womanhood.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29
LAST WORD IN PRECAUTlON
Nigsardly Passenger on Transatlantic
Liner Was Quite Ready for ANY
Emergency.

Two friends boarded a great trans
atlantic liner and set sail for Cher
bourg. One was a good fellow. The
other was a niggardly man. The
first night out they went to their
stateroom.
Say, Bob" said the niggardly man,
1"I wish you'd step out on deck while
Il undress.'
4! That's a remarkable request" OBJ
jected the good fellow. why have
you developed this streak of bashful'
ness at this late day? never saw
any signs of it before"
Never mind about that said the
lniggardly man. You get out!"
After a long and acrimonious argu
ment the good fellow went out or
deck and stayed half an hour. Wher
Ihe returned to the stateroom the mig
gardly man was stretched out in the
upper berth. Moreover. he was dressed
like a Christmas tree in a beribbonet
nightgown and woman's boudoil
cap.
"Say!" exclaimed the good fellow
"What in thunder Is the matter? VIII!
have you got that makeup ong
Look at me and be wise,' sai'
the niggardly man. Remember TN
Titanic. In case of wreck, womel
and children first, Maga
Zine. -,-----,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29
Breathe clean Air.

No matter how carefully screened
the windows of sleeping car may
be, dust and dirt will sift through the
netting. So when you travel in train
at night you are forced to breathe In
some unwelcome particles of SCOT anc
soil.
To keep out these particles carry 6
roll of cheese cloth or gauze when yor
travel and at night wet square OF il
and tack 1t with thumbtacks or pins
over the window screen. In the morn
ing this square will be thick with 500
and dust-and your lungs will be fret
of just that much less. So will you
clothes, which is another considera
ton worth while.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29
The Miners Bath.

Mrs. Rose Pastor Phelps Stokes said
at a recent sociological convention in
New York:
"The economies that some of the
rich would force upon the poor! Why,
they'd have the poor as impossibly
economical as the miners wife in
Trinidad.
"This woman said to missionary:
"'Talk about economy! Well, sir
every night when my Bill comes home
shove him in the bathtub, clothes
and all, and after he gets out / sieve
the water and make briquettes of II
for the fire."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29
Can Extend Life Fifteen Years.

That the proper use of knowledge
now in possession of scientists will ex-
tend life Is years was the startling
statement made by DIR. Victor G..
Vaughan, president of the American
Medical association, at the annual
meeting of the organization in Attain
tic City. While there is doubt as to
the feasibility Of such use still Doc
tor Vaughan claims it can be done
with the cooperation of state and mu-
nicipal governments and he ought to
know. The prolongation of life has
been worldwide question for some
time, Whether 1t can be worked out
Eemains e be seen-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29

The story is that Of young girl who
is unjustly convicted and sent to
prison for theft, who tries to live
honestly when released, but is hound
ed by the police until she loses her po-
sition and who then turns on them and
matches her wits against their bru-
tality, keeping "within the law" and
employing the intricacies and false
standards and technicalities of the law
to shield her from arrest. She de-
velops ingenuity, daring, and makes
the man who sent her to prison pay
for her four years of drudgery for
him and her three years in felon's
cell, almost brtaking his heart
through his son and heir.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29
Problem of the Prisoned Cork.

1t often happens that in attempting
to uncork a bottle, the stspper is
forced into the bottle instead, and it
thus floats on the liquid. This would
perhaps not be drawback were it
not that each time the bottle is to be
emptied the cork comes to the neck
and causes an obstruction, preventing
the flow of the liquid.
This can be avoided very readily,
and all that is needed is to bend a
piece of stiff iron wire in long u
shape, properly fitting it in the neck
of the bottle so that the loop portion
projects somewhat below the neck
Upon inverting the bottle, the wire
loops prevents the cork from reaching
the neck to obstruct 1t.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29
"WlTHIN THE LAW"

Lovers of good plays and fine acting
are certain to welcome the announce
ment that "Within the Law" Bayard
Veiller's absorbing melodrama of mod
ern American life, which is the cur
rent dramatic sensation in New York
and Chicago, is to be given a local
presentation Nov. /, 2, 3 and at the
Auditorium.
Forsaking the conventional paths
pursued by playwrights, Mr.. WELLER
has, in "Within the Law" devised a
virile and exciting drama of certain
phase of contemporaneous life in the
larger cities that appeals with equal
force to every class of theatergoer
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29
Avoid self.consciousness. SIS.

To think about oneself all the while
is to turn energy in on oneself con-
tinualiy that might much better go out
in unselfish action. The self-con-
scious person needs to pour out this
force Of attention and thought, instead
of concentrating 1t on self and wasting
it in awkward embarrassment and
hurt pride.-Great Thoughts.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29
Costly British Sport.

An expert has calculated that, In
Guiding the personal expenses con-
nected with the game incurred by the
hundreds of thousands of amateurs,
and by the wealthy professional clubs,
together with the interest paid on
shares and the gate money of the
millions of spectators, British football
costs about seven millions Of money
annually.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-10-29
Valentine Theatre.

know where my sympathies should be-
long in this contest of nations, but l
can tell you am glad am an Amer
lean and on this side of the Atlantic!"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07


~ which did main
the taking while again
play invented by Charles Jamon coaching the Peue
resident OF
basketball
The difference between this
the first fake to the tackle instead of to backfd
had tackle who really the ball
bound all the
that tackle
Careenng
o n
pecay when they the him the ball
This odd fake line
having both halves precede him the which
all
side shown by his block
be following around while the right blocked OF
from following. {
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
RINGSIDE NOTES

Eddie Hanlon. Kid Young and Jimmy
Grant. the three winners in last nights
fights at Harry Staten's old club, should
be heard from in the future. These boys
begging for chance to get on. but they
certainly showed the stuff that they are
made Of last night.
Hanlons chief asset appears to be a
hard right-hand wallop that he shoots
over in a half-hook fashion. Eddie can
also take a punch, which he proved in
the opening round when Mickey stung
him with o right cross. Eddie came
back harder than ever after that. which
seemed to take the heart out OF game
Mickey.
Grants wolgast Style Of milling made
a big hit with the fans. Jimmy doesn't
know what ii means TO stop coming and
the harder he Is hit the faster he rush es
his opponent. Grant is q wonderful boy
for his weight and should give the best
of them hot fight.
kid" Young proved beyond 8 doubt
last night that he is one of the greatest
fighters OF his inches when in condi-
ton. Young is fighting demon and
the fans surely give him big hand
after he stopped Kid Ruff.
Young is again under the manage
ment of Louis Cohen, the boy who had
much to do in bringing Young out
Louis knows the game from A 70 ? 0nd
II Young sticks to him he is bound to
reach the top of the ladder.
Ad Wolgast. former lightweight cham
pion, who for the last several months
has shown unmistakable signs OF com
ing back" has been matched to meet
Johnny Dundee in a ten-round bout at
New York on February II Wolgast is
to receive a guarantee OF $4,000. while
Dundee will receive 30 per cent OF the
remainder OF the gate receipts.
The National Sporting Club OF Lon
don after long consideration has decided
TO offer a purse of SIS 600 for a s0-round
bout between Jack Johnson and Sam
Langford. II the colored boxers accept
the match will be fought in June.
kid" Young, the newsboy champion,
will not have to worry for BOUTS in and
around Atlanta for some time Young
meets Kid York at the Business Mems
gymnasium in the Steiner Emery Build
ing Tuesday night and has bouts pend
Ing in Macon. Athens and Jacksonville
Battling Kelly. the voungster who
held ice Superior TO a draw the other
night. is certainly a likely looking
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Hot Campaign On to
Raise Big Fund for
Auburn Gymnasium

A determined campaign for a Eymna.
stun fund has been launched by the
Auburn Alumni Association. and Atlanta
Alumni and friends OF the famous col
lege are being hombarded by appeals
for help.
The most effective appeal is that borne
by long panorama picture OF the Au-
burn football team of last season, the
proud southern champions. ON the
same folder is an architects prospectus
of the desired gymnasium, with the cap
ton: our Vision Will you help us
make il reality"
Auburn, with its 900 students. being
one of the largest Southern colleges,
has long been without worthy gymna-
sum- and this is the lirst concerted at
tempt to establish one. The campaign,
according TO the announcement In the
ALUMNI periodical, was started by the
faculty athletic committee. and taken up
by the alumni association. The profits
Of the 1918 football season will form
the basis OF the fund. The announce
ment OF the campaign has been sent to
the 5000 alumni and former students
OF the college.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
EVANS
To BATTLEFOR
FRENCH TITLE
Heinrich Schmidt, Now Training
for British Tourney, Forwards
Paris Note to "Chick."
BY "Chick'' Evans.

NUT under the sunny skies of
Santa Barbara a little Eastern
golfer is spending his leisure
hours on the links. Probably few
know that he is there. for Heinrich
Schmidt a.. a quiet little chap, whose
movements are not usually heralded
by the journals. From a letter re-
ceived from HIM he other day, which
bore an invitation to me for the
French championship from Monsieur
Deschamps, the father" of golf Ia
Paris, | learn that he expects to try
his golhng fortune across the water
again this spring. Heine Schmidt had
an unfortunate season in America
last year, and 1t was all the more
discouraging coming after his fine
that he was completely overgolfed
by the time our big events arrived
Now, after a winter in California, he
will, no doubt, be in pretty good shape
for the British championship, which
starts May is.
THIS brings us to the fact that no
American can expect to be in
the best condition for a May cham
pionship. unless he Is able to 20
abroad weeks before the event.
Even in early spring May golf bes rs
little resemblance TO the summer va
rfety, for the condition of the ground
would be totally unlike tie firm b,i-
suongy midsummer course. There
is, too, a great difference in the at
mosphere and surely both ground and
atmosphere affect the behavior Of golf
balls.
After the winters Information.
May finds the American golfer an
the American course both soft. -
| Clubs are probably dried out an
| break easily and American golf in
May can hardly be called golf at al.
| Therefore. If our entrants to the Brit
ish amateur championship at Sand
! witch make good showing they de-
serve especial credit, for their own
season is never at It's best before mid
summer.
&c uR prospects, however. look
- brighter than usual this year. and
| our players Will perhaps be more de-
4 termined and go in better season
Ouimet, | understand, will go to Pine
! hurst again and leave for England in
| time 10 get In two or three weeks
practice. Il is said Travers and
| Herreshoff will give themselves
about month, and Heine Schmidt
| expects 10 go to England In time for
good bit OF practice. These players
are fortunate to have the time, and
with their known skill and hoped FOR
good luck great things may happen
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Bv w. s. Farnsworth,

IN DDlE HANLON. a local middle
weight, stopped Mickey Gan
non. OF Pittsburg, in the second
round OF SUGGEST at Harry Staten's
Viaduct Club last night. During the
round and half that the mill lasted
there were fireworks galore, and had
not Cannon broke his left arm II
would have probably been one of the
most sensational -and-take af-
fairs ever staged hereabouts.
That Cannon broke his arm there
is no doubt. The following certificate
from DIR. Simon l.. katzof is proof
enough:
This is to certify that on Feb
ruary s, 1914. ! was summoned to
the Gambler Building Turkish
baths, where l examined Mickey
Cannon and found a complete
dislocation of the elbow joint,
involving the muscles and sur
rounding tissues of the left arm"
1t was probably one of Hanlon's
terrific right punches that broke his
opponents arm for Eddie was swing
Ing and hooking that right home wiki
terrific force.
Had not Cannon broken his arm
| am sure Hanlon would have won
Just the same. Eddie outweighed his
man by fully Is pounds, can hit hard
rr and was in better condition than
Mickey.
N HE scrap opened with both men
shooting rights 70 the head. Gan
MINIS punch landing the cleaner. The
blow, cut a two-inch cash over Ed
dies left eve and blood flowed all
pver both lads. For fully a minute
the lads stood toe to toe and slug
sed with honors even. Then Cannon
rrossed a wicked right to the Jaw
that shook Eddie badly. but he soon
pulled himself together and just at
the bell snapped a right hook to