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gagged in the effort to get them into the pockets of others. CUnofficial)
 Fifteen people in the hospitals as a re- suit of automobile accidents was tho record for one day this week. None Of the injured was an occupant of the cars that caused the trouble. When 1t comes to casualty lists Berlin is not pub fishing the only one you know. The sweet face of danger" Is still peeping around the corners upon this little is- land.
 The strolling minstrel Is rapidly be- coming more numerous in New York. He is equipped with guitar and some thing which someone, no doubt. told him was voice. He appears in the apar..- rnent house "courts' and back yards and sings to the windows. out of which al- ways falls money for his efforts.
 Talking to one of these minstrels the ctlfer day-a pleasant faced. human sort of a chap-he informed me that 1t was bad day indeed when he made less than SIP or $15 Great opportunity for ambitious young vocalists who can get TO regular engagement.
 Alan Dale has quit. The famous Hearst dramatic critic, informed his employers that commercialism had entered into the game. and he wanted no more of 1t. Re- rsslrkable how long 1t took Alfred J. Cohen (which Is his real name) to find that out
 Three new tubes are being constructed under East river-how these Brooklynites do hate to be seen going home. or course Brooklyn Is 8 borough of New York-but you can't make . Manhattanito Relieve n.
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a suspissious character. So he detailal q gard, consisting of three reggimints of in fintry, and lite mountain battury, in keeping with my size and importense to conduct me to the Commanding Gennerel
 This was quite an imposing procession all in my honur, but could not fully appre-, slate it at the time. In my youth I free quintly pictured myself feeding grate millitery host, but upon reealizasion of theese dreems I did not feel that perticuler enthemsiasm usuelly attindent upon such
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events. My boosum did not swell with pride--that is if it did failed to notise it.
 When was urshered into the Gennerel's presents he did not seem to be at all re- assuring. I told him I was an Americon war corrispondint, but he sed "that's what they all say" He suggested that I coff up my papurs. I had nuthing but an in compleet lettur to the paper, which he looked ovver. He red it carefully but did not seem to be much amused by my keen shafts of wit. Evvidintly he did not have
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verry best jokes and didn't evven smile I
 am satisfied if I had finnished that story before he saw it, would have been shot at sunrise. He intimated that if that was the kind of stuff was sending ovver to America for the folks to reed that he could perhaps make hit with my reedurs if he would give me a pass port to land that is fairur than this. He looked ovver the manuel of war, however, and sed he couldn't find enny excuse for shooting me.
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they started across the busy tnorousn- fare"
 Whenever, my chivalrous southerner, you read something after the fashion of the foregoing quotation or see IL flashed upon 8 movie" screen in ex- planation of the scene to follow, jot 1t down immediately in your little war rpemcranda that 1t vas not spoken upon Broadway, N. Y. c. No. sir! Had 1t occurred upon that main artery of Manhattan the phraseology probably would have been. "Go on, kid. beat 1t acrost there while you got a chanst"
 Of course. many of the old time forms and customs chivalrous live only in the memories of the more mature, even in Dixie. but here in little old New York town feminine independence and self-reliance are so strongly developed that many of the women would actu- ally resent such indulgence on the part of a male companion.
 Upstairs and down. over the throb- ping thoroughfares and on the rougn and smooth places as we'll. miladi much prefers to move unassisted. It is now .: matter of pride with her-and pro- gress, too, she says. If you would pre- fer the clinginE vine effect in femin- Unity, the little lass who loves the strong arm and the mellow moonlight come not to Gotham-she may have been here. but she Is gone now
 Only in one way does the Manhat- tan maiden admit her dependence upon the ot sedx.-sshe ia still B bit leary of going ont alone afteF4e certain hou.' of the night. and ytt many take chsAee ea even t6at But es for talk
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Blue skies and golden sunlight. both
 would pail Had We no grayer. darker days at all. w judge by contrast. and by change
 we rest
 There Is no bliss unvaried that may
 last: s
 And though I hold thee now as dear-
 est. best.
 Love must be won each day. else love
 Is past;
 He e'en. unkind---love may forgive, nor
 blame
 But say not thus: Thou'lt find me e'cr
 the same.
 The famous old Ben Hur chariot race electric sign on Broadway has yield ed precedence to e cigarette advertise mert. ls fact the Ben Hur sign has been out of commission a long time and the most gorgeous electric display in the white light section of Broadway calls attention to certain brand ol Turkish cigarettes. And when one re- members that there Is hardly a square inch of this part of Broadway which fs not covered by an electric bulb, ono Is forced to confess that the said cig- arctic ad is quite deserving of tho prominence 1t receives.
 1'reahing into the movies is easy baseball pitcher. walked into Imp. headquarters at Forty-second and Broadway recently, said he would lfks' to try the movies as regular thing and left few minutes later with a signed contract for several years work however. he has nothing on tho Uui- ted states Senate.
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Getting Arrested
 as a German Spy

He sed he was satisfied that wasn't spy, for neerly all the spys he had run across weere pretty brite fellows. | thanked him verry much, and told him he was man of keen perseptsion, and that enny boddy could tell rite off the bat that neethur he or | was cut out for spy. Then I tried flattury on him. I have always herd that when evvery thing else fails that flattery may succeed. l told him that had been watching his career, and that so far as could tell, being novvis, that he had one of the niftiest little careers at large. His strattigy, I sed, was creddited by all the war-corrispondints as being responsibul for the pressnt situasion- whatever it was. I told him the war corrispondnts all voted that he was the longest heded strattigist on eether side of the continuing forses. They all think you have an awful long he'd, l told him--long and thick. I could see that I was making hit with him so I keept it up.
 Finely he sed that | could go. He sed that they weer too short of ammunision to shoot me, and that all the bug houses weer full, so I could beet it. | laffed, showing him that could take a joke and could ap- prostate humor whether he could or not. But 1 certainly do feel sorry for enny of theese ordinery war-corrispondints like Richerd Davis Harding and Sammevil G. Blyth, if they fall into the hands of that feller. If they attimpt to stand on theere dignnity and indulge in enny back-talk it mite proove fatel. It takes dipplomat : to get by with that Gennerel. l saw that Just as soon as I saw him. Mellow dram mer stuff wouldn t be duce high with him.
 So that the reesun like Rome so well as a phase of repose and solitude. The solitude heer is grate One can get all the solitude he wants for small cost. By at tinding one of theere justly sellebrated villas wheere red ink is distributed for comparatively nuthing for few bones one can get all lit up till he's as crimson as q Turkish turban. After this is accom- -plshed the solitude cums easy. The po- lise departmint will attind to that, they will put you away in dark cool phase wheere you can pile up enuff solitude to do you for sum time. Then theere is an air of refinemint and distinctsion about 1t all For all you know you may be confined in the same sell that once held Cleopatra or Mark Antoney, or Brntns Corpocristy or sum of them Guys. Mark Antoney was a membur of the Legislature heer sev- verel thousend yeers ago, and was q sele- brated charactur. He got in the news paper by carrying on too much with Cleo patra who was the Belle of the Village. Outside of that tho they say he was all rite He died quite suddenly by request. it is whispered, and left no aires. This should be sollem warning to all yung men not to get too gay just becawse they gain a little cheep popularity Mark An toney's case was sertainly sad one. Hop ing that you are the same Yours trooly,
 BILL VINES.
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here they appear to like it immensely. The old attitude of man is completely changed as a result. He no longer bends the knee in homage. Woman has com manded him to stand erect and then has said: See, though you are now at your full height, you will observe that am still the taller.''
 We'll there Is nothing like progress. Speed the day when 1t shall advance to that really profitable stage (for mascu- linity) when woman will give the little dinner invitation. pay the bill, and the tip, and likewise furnish the small for- tune required by the taxi driver.
 FAITH How pitiful is he who little knows. Yet on that little bases his poor
 theme. And cries to man that God iz but
 a dream; Poor fool. who but disturbs his own re-
 pose. He sees "the primrose by the rivers And. cioven- -hoofed. he kicks 1t in
 disdain.
 As if to prove it's little life were Nor dreams its children yet may thrive
 o'er him. O. wise one! He has come at last to
 know
 That two and two make four, by hu-
 man count, s,, ,t:sss : 7 { And having drunk thus much at wis
 dom's fount. Would scorn its undiscovered source
 of flow. Q. look around ye. well; have sye not
 heard
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The difference between poverty and comfortable circumstances in New York Is gauged by whether you. live in an apartment which has an all night elevator or In walk up.'p The reason for the foregoing lies in the amount required for tips to the ele- vator boys. tts
 THE DEADLY MONOTONE. Nay, say not thus: "ThouIt find ms
 e'er the same:"
 Thou art too fair. to have no fairer Each day I'd find for thee a diff'rent
 name,
 Though charms I'd see in thee, yet
 others hide: Be e'er myself, whom now do adore. Yet add new selves. that may love them more. We are so formed by nature that per- There must be change. else surely
 do we turn To seek some other. more inviting
 course. And that which won us once. We later
 spurn: So let me not In weary sameness Thy hues should be E the kaleido
 scope. The lake toward which new waters do
 not flow.
 Finding no outlet, soon hath stag
 nant grown f!ft So should life's ripples move and nov
 Ing grow:
 There is naught deadlier than the
 monontone:
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That fools rush in where angels
 fear to tread?'
 Shall pygmies swear no giant lifts his
 head
 Above their own? And shall we take
 their word? With all mans vaunted wisdom, he But little of Gods wondrous scheme
 of things;
 The power that moves the veriest in-
 sects wings, To him mysterious is as winds that
 blow.
 Who scoffs at God as but dreamer's
 wrath.
 And holds up Christian faith to rid- Deserves but Christian. pity for 2 The world could move no step--except
 for faith.
 Unfortunately. many who come here from elsewhere begin to ape the cus- toms of the New Yorker. and seem for some mysterious reason to desire to be considered such themselves. Don't see why this is done. but for those who do it. here Is a tip: Never walk with either one or both hands in your pocketa. It is not done by the com morolite. and if you indulge in 1t you are sure to be addressed by the sight seeing car spieler. who will want you to take the trip. to Grants tomb and other places where everybody goes except the New Yorker.
 Add late bulletins: Report has just come In that the reason New Workers ueyer walk, with their hands in thei- pockets is becauSe they Are Always enss
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ROME.

7 ROME
 "ISTUR EDDITUR: I still lingur in Av4 Rome. If one is in enny respects
 9 behind in his inguring, Rome is certainly good phase to catch up in. One can hngur heer as well, if not bettur than enny nther phase I have found in this { country. That is to say with much moor cumfurt and safety. Theere is no pleasure in inguring unless it can be dun in cum furt and safety. While was in Franse. had one or two verry narrow escapes frum inguring indefinitely in a country wheere linguring is no longur in the leest attractive. On one occasion fell into the clutches of few unreesunabull soldiers who seemed to doubt my newtrallity. In spite of the fact that I was verrv newtral and had been all the time, they looked upon me with cold suspission I can rite of this insidint now that the cold and houghty eye of the sensor does not look 1t ovver and erase it frum my copy. As say, l fell into the clutches of theese sol diers largely becawse they saw me furst If this fact had been revursed if speed is wurth enny thing I would have escaped. am not as rule verry speedy especially of late yeers cents I have begun to ac- cummulate a rathur imposing frunt thro' an ovver-indulgense in the American pie of commerce and uther luxuries, which, before I becum prominint, used to be con fined to Sundays and birthdays It is not so bad in the ordinery pursuits to presint an apperense like cuvvered waggin, or possess the gennerel lines of architecture affected by Willyum Howered Taft, but when one is acting the roll of war cor rispondint, he would feel moor cumfurta- bull if he was moor along the gennerel lines of shouting croozur, long, thin and trakish, so to speek, than he does as rolling round ovver the scenery like a super dreadnought. Theese countries air small ovver heer enny way, and they air using most of them for war purposes. So when fat man gets round in the visnnity of battle he feels sum how that he is taking mp entirely too much room. At leest this is the way I felt about it. Nevertheless, as l started to say, evven with theese handicaps, I could have given a pretty good immitason of number three two hours late, if I had not been taken by sur prise by them soldiers. In ordur to fully presurve my newtrallity I beleeve that I could hasten away frum battlefield quite flewintly. I am not sertain that could out-run dum-dum built, but I could give troop of cavalry good rase.
 But enny how was captured and con- ducted to the offiser in command of the troops. Sum how my frank and open and strictly honnest countenense failed to inn press him. This discouraged me verry much for used the same bland child-like and innosent fasiel contorsions on him that have previusly employed with grate sue cess on bankur when trying to renew note. He did not respond wurth sent. Insteed he strongly intimated that was
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EW YORK, October 17.-(Special.)
 1" Permit to assist you,' gall lant.'' said Gerald, offering his arm to his fair companion as
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
Wolgast Would Buy
Stock in Cub Team

CHICAGO, March 5.-Ad Wolgast,
former champion lightweight of the
world, to-day expressed an ambition
to become a baseball magnate. He
wants to join syndicate with James
Coffroth. of San Francisco. who has
said that he might be a bidder for
the Cub team.
Wolgast, who Is training in Mil
waukee for his contest there a week
from tonight with Willie Richie,
sent his manager, Tom Jones, the fol-
lowing telegram, saying:
heavier.
IF Coffroth takes over the Cub
team. tell him I'll take 100000 worth
of the stock Let me know how things
are going"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
YOUNG STOPS
BROWN WITH
PIVOT PUNCH
Greek BattIer in Great Fight
Against Newsboy Champ for
5 Rounds-McMah Wins.
BY Left Hook.


\ one of the most thrilling scraps
staged around here in some time,
Kid Young, the newsboy cham
pion. stopped Kid Brown. the durable
Greek frol Terre Haute Ind, in the
fifth round with a pivot punch that
landed square on Browns jaw and
knocked him cold.
The boys put up a Wonderful battle
While it lasted, and the GreeH scrao-
per deserves much credit for the game
fight he put up. Although pitted
against a boy who has a record Of be-
ing Auantas best fighter FOR his
weight, Brown kept boring in under
an Ad Wolgast shell, and until Young
caught him with the fatal punch
seemed sure of goin~ the limit OF six
rounds.
Youngs victory last night proves
that he is one of the greatest little
rngmen Of his weight. He carries
powerful punch in his RICH hand. bat
has one big fault OF sticking out his
jaw. Against a boy carrying stif
punch this habit OF Youngs may
prove fatal one Of these days
Brown need not feel discouraged by
his defeat, as he was forced TO give
away about five pounds in weight, aad
against a boy Of his own poundaec
should have little trouble getting ON
around here.
Jack Mcmahon. OF Kansas city, won
his third victory Of this week over
the knock out route when he stopped
Eddie Collins in the fourth round OF
fast 60 Mcmahon is a tough battler,
and It will take an awfully good boy
Of his weight to beat him. stiff right
to the Jaw put Collins away after ne
hit he canvas Ave times
Kid Wonder tried to win two bouts,
and after stopping Joe Turner IN the
first round met a tartar in Battling
Sheppard the corlsing little newsboy
scrapper. Sheppard surprised all by
winning the verdict At the end Of the
fourth round Of a dandy scrap. Shep-
pard is developing rapidly into
wonderful little boxer.
All the fighters were examined by a
physician before they entered the
ring.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
Feds Not IN Needof Advertising
Magnates Getting Much Publicity

magnate. Now they fight for the
privilege of drinking Otto's beer.
Also in the ranks of the Federal
League moguls, assistant moguls, Sec
retaries, vice presidents, counsels, ad
ViSers, angels, there are gentlemen
who are engaged in the business of
selling coal, oysters, ice, legal advice
and sundry other of life's necessities.
And each and every one has been
given a mighty large portion of free
advertising that has brought in
creased business and of course,
greatly increased revenue.
EDWARD E. GATES. chief counsel
- for the Federal League. has
reputation for being a mighty good
lawyer in Indianapolis, his home
town, But who ever heard of him.
outside of Indianapolis, up to three
months ago? And who is there now
when the name of Edward f. Gates
is mentioned, who doesn't immediate
ly know who he is--the lawyer who
Jumped into national prominence al
most over night through the medium
Of his success as one of the legal ad-
visers of the outlaws"
Former Judge Harry Goldman is
another Of the Federals' legal ad-
visers. Judge Goldman for many
years had enjoyed an enviable repu-
tation as a lawyer in his home town,
but since he became mixed up with
the Federals-and especially since the
Federals seem on the high road to
prosperity-Judge Goldman has be-
come the town hero.
As he passes along the streets even
the kids look at him in awe.
Oats de gent" they'll tell you.
what give dis here town major
league club. Horray fer him!"
And the demand for Judge Gold
mans services as an attorney have
grown to such proportions in the last
month that II seems the only way
he'll be able to meet it is to forsake
sleep and devote q hours a day to
Strengthening out the legal tangles OF
his clients and in collecting his fees
! therefor
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
BY Frank G. Menke.

NEW YORK, March 5.-HaVe you
" some little business that needs
lot of advertising to keep II
a success? Are you pining for some
free advertising for your aforemen-
toned little business?
Yes? Wen, then, become a Federal
League magnate. It's the greatest
little gratis publicity getter that has
been discovered since the whale swal-
lowed Jonah.
Charles Weeghman owns string
Of twenty restaurants in Chicago, Be
fore he became a baseball mogul ms
heaneries did thriving business put
since then he's been doing so mucIl
business that there's almost riot
each day among persons VINO want 10
gat into his different food dlspensa-
riae co that thew later may boast 10
rostaritv that once they ate some or
Wcephman's egg sandwiches, once
~. einned some Of his coffee ana
once fhev even talked--on intlmat e
terms too mind you--to some OF ms
walters.
ONCE Weeghman became a p9se-
- nan magnate twenty new points
90 interest have come to light in the
u1i,oie CITY. Persons visiting there
rowadays pass up some or Cnlcdso
historic spots because they're 700
huev giving the up and down 10
Weeehmans different eaterles
Talfo me case of Robert B. Ward
.hl bolerv nerson. Of New York, L.
G Ward manufactures pralld ~
broad called "Tip-TOp.' For mum
bar NJ wears he has been spending
scapdalous amount of money In tell
inc the public through the adVertls,-
iS ,,,odi,,ns to please eat his bread
Rnt Mister Ward isn't going 10
srard much money in advertising
"a, ,,aar Doesn't Mister Ward own
EaderaI League ball team tnat VIII
Srbabit Brooklyn during certain por-,
,ione az the coming summer and VIII
visit seven other cities at odd tlme.s,
during the same period And won
W. tam he called wards TIP
Tons9" Ard won't people ask why
mo-. are called that And won theN
no told that it's because Ware, the
o1ner is baker, and that he bakee,s
o,rin-Top" bread the bread that VIII
make you feel ike king?
And then there's Jimmy Gilmore.
"A tne affable prexy Of the Fedora
outft Teems is in the Ventilatins
business, since he's Jumped into the
baseball business his Ventilatlne
produce has gotten more free adver
Using than it could have paid for In
AZ Years. Otto Stifel owns the st
louis Federal League franchise. otto
also owns some brewery stock. 81
T,ouis always thought Otto's beer was
pretty good stuff. but it didn't go WHO
over it-that is, not until Otto became
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
NATCHNAKERS
MUST WANT To
KILL CAME HERE
Bows in Unfit Condition and I'm
evenly Matched Seem to
Please Some Promoters.
Bv w. S. Farnsworth.

BV w. >. FafnSWOrIH.
rNLESS a physician examines
some of these alleged fighters
- who are robbing the pubic
around here, an undertake. instead
Of a referee is likely to do the count
ing out.
And Mike Saul, who refereed the
bouts at Staten's the other night, is
making the biggest hici of all those
who saw The farce. Writes Mike:
by matching boys so unevenly, as
was done at Staten's Tuesday night,
one of these days a fighter is going
10 he killed, and then 1t will be good
night for the game in Atlanta. |
think there should be a boxing COM
mission to look after such affairs as
this Surely every club Should hire q
doctor l. examine the men before
they enter the ring.
AND Mike is right.
y Not a single boy who. boxed at
Statens Club Tuesday night was in fit
condition. Sharkey and Jackson were
in terrible shape. Within a minute
dlItI lilt PROCEDURES ia olhA DOAh
We're blowing" and Saul threatened
TO stop the mill. Jackson was so tired
when he went to his corner in the
first round that he could hardly hold
4. his hands Sharkey was just as
bad. according to the referee,
If we can't have a boxing commits
sion then it is up to the police to stop
bouts of this Kind.
Tie boxing game in Atlanta was in
q terrible fix two years ago. Local
fans realized it, and the game was i'm
proved a heap During the past eight
cen months boXi-g has flourished; the
best boys in the country have dis
played their wares here.
1t doesn't take champions to make
good bouts, but it DOES take two
evenly matched boys to make scrap
interesting.
TT is up O the clubs to get physl-
clan to examine every boy whA
climbs through the ropes. One seri-
Gus accident aid the game will be
Killed forever,
The trouble with many Of the local
promoters is that they would rather
take this chance than to separa e
themselves from a five or ten spot
whichever it may be, that reputable
physician charges for looking over the
boxers