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to romantic adventure by means OF his
torfc colors. And this he has done with
real feeling and skill. A good story.
ASIA AT THE DOOR: 4 study of the
japanese Question in Continental
United States, Hawaii and Canada.
BY Kiyoshi X. Kawakami. author of
"American-Japanese Relations" With
prologue by Doremus Scudder and
an epilogue by Hamilton W. Mabie.
New York: Fleming H. Revell Com
pany.
In this book Japan presents the atti-
tude Of nation entitled to the recogni-
ton 1t, so far. has failed to receive from
the United States
I'VE forced open the doors of Japan:
now We close our doors to the Japanese"
I'VE are bidding for japanese trade. but
we Ignore the fact that trade follows
friendship more certainly than it follows
the nag THE Monroe doctrine. as in
terpreted today by our politicians and
press, virtually makes it impossible for
Japanese to launch in Mexico or in South
America any enterprise, however inno-
cent such enterprise may be- IF the
meaning of the doctrine must be stretched
SO wide. may not Japan be justified in
setting up a Monroe doctrine of her own
and declaring that henceforth Americans
must keep off the shores of eastern
Asia?" This would he no insignificant act
of retaliation. since fully half the foreign
trade of our Pacific coast is with Japan.
"It was not until the war with China
that the western world rubbed its eyes
and began to take Japan seriously AS a
matter of fact. the Chinese war added
nothing to the strength of the empire.
much less did it contribute to its culture
and civilization. The same holds true il
regard to the war with Russia"
The west Is passing through a period of
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POPULAR FOUNTAIN IN MADRID.

satisfy the requirements of the re-
modelling of the city La Mariblanca,
for instance, at one time conspicuous
in the famous Puerta del Sol. after
some vicissitudes ended in a corner of
the Park of Madrid. Another. the work
of Ribera, known as the fountain OF
Anton Martin, was discarded and for
a long time consigned to oblivion, but
finally secured a place in the modern
Park Of the West.
There is fountain in the Gale de
Toledo that has a special historical
interest 1t is called La Fuentecilla,
the little fountain and it bears
tablet, on which at one time. popular
enthusiasm had inscribed a eulogy of
Ferdinand VII, 1.-The Desired" dedicat-
ing the fountain to him. Those We're
the times when Spanish liberalism
was led to build the most eXtravagant
hopes on the accession to the throne
of man who proved the worst
reactionary Spain had ever seen. Dis
illusion was not slow in coming, and
the people in their bitterness destroyed
the Inscription. leaving not a trace OF
the name of the sovereign.
Other curious fountains are those
called La Alcachofa c'The Artichoke'D
and Los Galapagos r"The Turtles').
standing in the Retro. which also
boasts of a famous monument, at one
time fountain. called The Fallen
Angel''-El Angel Caido. The so-cal'ed
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only in tales of such completeness as
La Grande Breteche' and The Death of
Ivan Hitch
THE RED TAVERN. By c. r. Macauley
New York: D. Appleton & Co


THE RED TAVERN. By c. r. Macauley
New York: D. Appleton & Co
Looking about for the entertainment
that lies in high-handed adventure, this
romance in fifteenth century England
At that time Richard III, having made
away with the two little nephews that
stood between him and kingship, was on
the English throne, wooing the peoples
forgetfulness and favor by all sorts of
measures speciously planned to look like
compliance with the public will, like re-
gard for the common veal. In the ret
inue of the king was Sir Richard Rohan,
the hero of this romance. In the course
of events. having won the disfavor Of the
court, Sir Richard was sent into Scot
land on seemingly momentous and
secret mission. The road from London
to Scotland was set thick with the kings
own murderous ambush and hostile lure
The astonishing devices invented by Sir
Richard to run this long gantlet of haz-
ard in triumph and ultimate safety make
up the stirring adventure of THE Red
Tavern.
Mr. Macauley appears to realize fully
the difficulties inherent in the novel that
is based upon historic fact. To repro
duce the flavor of the period rather than
to present n body of its attested facts is
the manifest aim of this story. The
authors wise method is, too to push the
reader forward in the full tide of excit-
ing event without according him any lei
sure for critical reflection. or any free
time in which to measure the perplexing
alien ways of looking at things and talk
ing about them that separate one period
from another Obviously, the most that
he planned to do was to impart realism
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disallusionment in its attitude toward
Japan-and that nation, in turn, has had
to revise it's firm faith in the United
States which was inculcated by the benef-
icent visit of Perry.
How the orient and occdent may come
to a friendly understanding advanta-
geous to each is promised in this very
forcibly convincing work written by a
Japanese who writes personal friendship
to this country with loyalty to his own
THE LIGHT OF WESTERN STARS: 4
The Riders of the Purple Sage,
etc. New York: Harper & Bros
This is the romance of Madeline Ham,
mond, the young eastern woman who.
tired, as so many modern rich girls are
her brother into the southwest. There.
buying ranch. she set up for herself
in independent and capable fashion. The
story advances swiftly and eXcitingly
through those disturbances along the
Mexican border that We're merely re-
Elections of the condition of all Mexico
after Porfirio Diaz released his hold
Bandits. guerrillas and the constantly
outbreaking antagonisms between ''greaS-
err and "gringo' keep the adventure
at white heat throughout its entire
course. In the center of the danger and
turmoil is Madeline Hammond. around
whom is a knightly Gordon of cowboys
and ranchmen. This author tells vigor-
Gus and picturesque story. The ability
to do this. however. stands second here
to the amazing power in which the splen-
did face of the country stands revealed
And not the face alone. but the moods
and feelings and behavior of the great
west stand in high degree open and i'll
Illuminated and alive through this un
common gift of description.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

BLUEBEARD: A Musical Fantasy. Rv
Kate Douglas Wigsin. New York:
Harper & Bros.
THE CARPENTER AND THE RICH
MAN. BY Bouck White. author OF
The Call of the Carpenter" New
York: Doubleday, Page & Co. Wash
ington: Woodward & Lothrop.
THE CHILDHOOD OF THE WORLD,
4 Simple Account Of Mans Origin
and Early History. BY Edward
Clodd. New edition. rewritten and
enlarged New York: The Macmillan
Company.
ONE HUNDRED COLD DESSERTS. BY
Linda Hull Larned New York:
Charles Scribners Sons. Washing
ton: Woodward & Lothror-
LOVE. BY Mildred Champag gne Boston:
Richard G. Badger.
THE JAPAN YEAR BoOk. Is1s-I..
First issue. Yokohama: The Japan
Gazette Company. Ltd.
THE FULL OF THE MOON. BY Caro-
line Lockhart. author of Me
Smith" etc. Illustrations by Charles
II. stephens. Philadelphia. T. B. Lip
pincott Company.
THE FLOWER FINDER BY George
Lincoln Walton. NJ. D. Frontispiece
photosra phed by w. IT. Stedmsn.
Other photographs by Henry Troth.
Pen and ink sketches by the author
Philadelphia: J. 3. Lippincott Com
pany.
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Selected Bits.

THE late Henry Townsend Martin
was one day describing to New
York reporter his adventures in the Lon-
don slums.
'Slum butcher Shops he said are
very interesting. especially on a Satur-
day night when the Sunday meat il
being bought.
Once. in the New Cut. stopped pc
fore a dreadful-iooking stall of meat.
There was platter of particularly vile
stuff called selected bits. These selected
bits the butcher WAS offering to an old
lady for threepence, but she insisted that
this was too high.
Take 'em for tuppence, then said
the butcher Best selected bits. a plat
terful for tuppenee. You can't do better
nor that
II don't know. said the old lady. re
seems rather high
viii We give a penny for 'em7
still the old lady hesitated
Here said the butcher. here hang
it, maam. I'll turn my back while you
pinch en- "
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The Sarcastic Millionaire.

HTHE scientific management craze
and the efficiency engineering
craze are as hysterical and false as the
white slave craze itself. We ought to be
ashamed of ourselves for yielding to such
crazes.''
The speaker was Senator Shafroth of
Colorado. He resumed:
THE claims of scientific management
and efficiency engineering are so ridicu-
lous that they remind me of Goodwin's S
sarcasm.
"A man entered Goodwins office and
said:
Your sign is Incorrectly puuctuated
You have omitted comma between
Don't say another word. groaued
Goodwin. i can't bear to think of it,
| guess you must be an efficiency engi-
neer. Here I've only made million
and a quarter out of this business in
ten years. Well. when ] think of what
! might have done if I'd only hired you
to punctuate my sign for me. I feel like
suicide, honest to goodness
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The Trimmer.

ct He late Bishop Bowman" said a
Philadelphia minister. "once re-
buleed my too soft and conciIiatory lean
ings by telling me a story about a little
girl.
This little girl. it seems, had written
with great pains composition OH the
COW. The composition ran as follows:
The COW is very useful animal
THAT evening the bishop dined at the
little girls house, and her mother. since
she was a very little girl indeed, was
proud of the composition. and requested
its author to read 1t aloud.
The little girl got her manuscript, but,
instead of reading it as it stood, she
amended it on the bishops behalf so that
1t ran:
1.-The COW is the most useful animal
there is except religion
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Human Bricks.

n OBERT HERRICK. the novelist who
N holds the chair of English literature
at the University of Chicago. is a realist
in fiction Mr. Herrick said the other
day at a reception:
bert, Dostoyevsky, Balzac. You will
find idealization nowhere in the work of
these great masters.
Don't idealize," repeated Mr.. Herrick,
and then, with smile. he ended:
why idealize mankind? Even the
bricks among US are only made of COM
mon clay"
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abroad last summer. These have been
temporarily placed in the James Ormond
Wilson Normal School.
1t is interesting to note the increasing
interest in the decoration Of school
buildings. not only in Washington. but
all over the country. The Municipal
Art League of New York has recently
undertaken to secure mural decorations
in sculpture and painting for the Wash
ington Irving High School for Girls at
Irving place and 18th street. wherein is
now located the Municipal Art Gallery.
1t has already been very successful, Sc
curing commissions for several panels
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by distinguished artists as gifts, and ap
propriating from it's own funds the sum
of 81 0Gn toward another panel. In no
better way can appreciation for are be
upbuilt or the real value of art mani
tested.
THE Troubetskoy exhibition has prov
ed rather elusive, having been post
poned for a second time for several
days. 1t is now. however, open and to
be seen for a week at least i'll the Moore
galleries on 18th street.
Paul 1'roubetskoy is without question
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and have been hung in the Taylor School
Miss Margaret Simpson gave to the Lenox
School, named for her uncle, six coiored
prntS-'The Cries .of London (which
were hung i'll the room of the principal.
Miss Henry. daughter of the late Prof.
Henry gave new frame for the portrait
of her father IN the building which bears
his name Such gifts have been found
most acceptable.
The league has also acquired by pur-
chase Chief among the pictures bought
during the last year. are five colored
mezzotnts gotten for the league by Mr..
Rice of the Library of Congress when
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The Reactionary.

wv BouRKE COCHRAN. discussing
W. in New York Sir Edward Carsons
antagonism 70 home rule, said:
Carson is making a great mistake.
He is doing his reputation a great deal of
HARM
But" said listener, what a splen-
did fight he is putting up, I tell you, his
name will go down in history
"Humph.' said Mr.. Cochran. 1T Is
better to leave no footprints in the sands
of time than to show that you were walk
ing backward.
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any more, it looks like home!" From
first to last it was a story of cooperation
between school officers. teachers, pupils
and experts. and the result goes to show
what excellent things can he attained In
such manner.
During the past year the League for
the Decoration OF Public Schools has re-
ceived several valuable donations. A. G.
Robinson has given large number of his
fine photographs, which have been framed
and placed in the new home schools
recently started in the sixth and eighth
divisions. Two large framed photographs
were the gift of Mrs. Marvin r. Scaife,
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Back and Front.

Q ENATOR TILLMAN said the other
- day, apropos of his recent criticism
of southern railroad management:
my criticism will please few people.
The critics task is an unpleasant and
unpopular one. When You criticise a
man, he is first taken aback, and then
he takes affront"
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@PAIN'S capital has always been
famous for it's fountains. Ger
vantes. in his Voyage to the
Parnassus. sang the artistic beauties
of the Prado in the seventeenth century,
making especial mention of it's foun-
tains, and successive dynastic periods
have done a great deal for the adorn-
ment of Madrid. 1t was particularly
during the latter part of the eighteenth
century, in the reign of Charles III
that the monuments and fountains
of modern Madrid originated.
Charles, before ascending the Spanish
throne, had ruled the kingdom of
Naples and imbibed Italian art. He was
the moving spirit in the beautifying
of Madrid, while Ventura Rodriguez
was the artist to whose credit stand
especially the famous fountains of
Neptune. of Cybele and of the Four
Seasons or of Apollo. They are placed
in the Plaza de Canovas, in the Plaza
de CASTELAR, and in the Prado. adorn-
ing central points of the capital.
Some of Madrids fountains have led
wandering existence. being moved
from one site to another in order to
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The fiction listed below has recently
been added to the open-shelf collection
at the Public Library. Recent additions
on cookery. women and other subjects
are also listed below
isy sryani ant, Marsueri.". Thy dominant Passion.
Chestcrtoo. q. X. The Flying Inn
Crawford. F. NJ. Love in Idleness. and Marion
Darche.
Crockett. :. Il. The Iron Lord
nairymp,. Iona Ditlc Of the Green Van
De Morgan W. F. b When ,Hs Ghost 0e, Meets Ghost.
Dcstoe,skii. L. NJ. The Possessed
Farnol. Jefery. Ny Lady Caprice
Fur1nan. Lucy Motherinc Pcrilous.
Garland, Hamlln. The Fcrester's Daughter.
Gielow. NJ s Uncle sam.
Green 4. h. Dark Hollow.
Grey. Zane; The Ligh, of Western stars
Haggard. II. K. The Wanderers Necklace.
IIannay. j. o. General John Regan-
Hartman. L. F. The White Sapphire.
Josika. Baron Nicolas Meath tbe Hcof Of the
Tartar
IAut A C. The New Dawn
Lincoln. J. c. Capt. Dams Daughter
Marks. ]. A. Leviathan.
Mason A. f. W. The Witness for the Defense.
The Odd Farmhouse. by The odd farmwife;
Stories.
Rinehart. NJ r. The After H"mse.
Strindbcrg. August. In Midsummer DAYS
Tinayre Marcelic Madeleine at Her Mirror.
Wallis A. F. Idoaia
Warner. Anne. Sunshine Jane.
Williamson. {. " and A. NJ IL Hsrpcned IN
Egypt
Ersniser. X. d. Home Work for womea. kwx.
Holmes. ]. II. Marriage aud Divorce. kwM-
I7:sm
Woman suffrage Movement. kwAHsS4
Minnesota University Vacations open to Coa-
lege Women. XIV WN-MG66y.
M"zans, H. J.. pscud- Women in Sceure- XIV
MS79w.
RrBar,lctt. Lucy. The Coming Order. Is,l.
shurter Il. d. Woman Suffrage kwz shaIv.
Reference.
Hearing Before the Committee Rules Reso-
luton Establishing a Committee on Woman Snt
Wright. Sir A, f. The Ine.purzated Ease
Agaiust Woman Suffrage. kWZ Wa3+u.
Medicine and Modes of Cure.
American University. Chicago. Extension Dept.
Chiroprartic: the Science Of Spinal Adjustment
q An39-
Caro- N. 7. Restricted Diet Made raIatahIe-
Fuller. u c. The Qualitative Analysts OF
Chemistry Of Food and Dietctfcs. OK. k5sir.
Diseases.
Ely, l.. ". Joint tuberculosis. 1911. oFcR-
Iierms W. B. Malaria. oFR-H4cs.
Ross. E. H. The Reduction of Domestic Flies.
OF RI3sr.
Woodruff W l.. Hints TO Hcalth-seekers. 1911.
QFC..- .-Ws6e
Cookery.
Barroli. Mrs. NJ. L. II. Around tho World Cock
Book. RE- B27j.
Campbell NJ G. a Textbook of Domestic Sci
for High Schools RZ-,154t.
t;urney. L. NJ Things Mother Used TO Make
IlZ -ti36Gf.
Keoleian A. IL The oriental Cook Book Ez-
k4;.,o.
Rorer Mrs $ l. Ice Creams Water Les.
Frozen PiiddnSs Together With Refreshments f'-
All Social Affairs RZ- Z-E,s'2i.
Williams. Mrs. VI. ". Dishes aud Beverage ~
the Old south RI W61id-
Military and Naval Affairs.
Hnlbr,.os /. Il: The Moss Officers Assistant
1911. UMM-Hso.
Lea Homer. Tnc Day Of the Saxon. C,4a-
L4ed
rrstt W NJ Tin Soldiers tKPsss.
u. s. Laws. Statutes. ctc Navigation Laws OF
the u s. 1871. UEM-Jn:,n
Bancroft, J. n, comp Cbildrens Games W.
Campbell H. W. and Co. comp. Tie Puzzle
Solver's Guide VN-Cia2p.
Tinkhau. L.. A. How to Play Bridge. 1909
NN- N-Tt9Ih.
Physical Culture.
Hall Miriam. Tennis for Girls vK-Hir.
Fleming. ". r. I'D. Physical Culture Ilsssica.
~. 1909. W F6s6p.
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BOOK REVIEWS.
OF THE NEW BANK

OPERATION OF THE NEW BANK
tCT. BY Thomas Conway. jr.. PHI. D.
assistant professor of finance, and
Ernest NJ. Patterson. Phi. D.. instruc-
tor in finance. Wharton school Of
finance and commerce. University of
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: J. B.
Lippincott Company.
- PECIALISTS in the many sided
subject of finance. and besides.
possessed not only of the methods
~ of critical ANALYSIS. but of the i'm
partial attitude also of scientific
investigation. these authors bring a
splendid equipment to this important
study of the new federal reserve act To
supply the material for this study and
10 answer its purposes the new bank
act is submitted in its entirety for a
survey OF its ..-'""ai meaning and intent.
Following tins. Vs. ~ provision of the act
is scrutinized for an Interpretation of
its meaning. and its purpose as part
of the whole. A forecast of the large
workings and effects of these provisions
accompanies the analysis of each of them.
Supplementing this study is a summary
Of the defects and dangers lying IN our
present system of finance-dansers and
defects that stand as the cause and oc-
cason of this new federal reserve act
Along its course this study asks and an
swers many important questions that the
public is already asking in regard to
'he new system. These questions relate.
among other points. to the advantages
and disadvantages lying in the new act
FOR both national and state banks: to its
fleet upon the New York banks and upon
the stock market. and upon the business
II reserve city banks: to the changes of
method entailed by 1t on the part of
business men in financing their business
10 the business possibilities opening under
: TO national banks for loans on farm
ands and doing a trust business
The study as a whole, from its authori-
ative source as to the theory of finance.
rom Its readable and intelgiibe quality
I'd for the comprehensive change in our
uancial system that it enbodies is emf
emily calculated as a text book for
hich there is already an urgent and
despread demand.
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WILLIAM P. SILVA, who was active
" ly associated with the Society of
Washington Artists for several years.
writes from Carmel. Cal. where he now
makes his home with enthusiasm over
the picturesque character of the scenery
on the Pacific slope.
TT is a wonderful place" he says.
The climate is such that one can prac-
tically work out of doors every day in
the year and the subjects are as varied
as nature can make them. 1t is at Car
mel that William NJ. Chase will this year
have his summer school. which for SO
many years was on Long Island, then
for more years abroad and last year in
Venice LEILA MECHL1N.
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T.: ): :::: !: !: :: :: !:
evening with d private view and
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THE Society of Washington Artists
annual exhibition in the hemicycle
hall of the Corcoran Gallery of Art re-
mains open until the end of the month.
and continues to attract favorable at
tention. the interest growing rather than
diminishing as the days pass. 1t has
indeed much to commend it and it is to
be hoped that it will be generously pat
ronized.
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THE talk which Mr.. Messer was to
have given last Monday of Mr.. Mo
ser and his work. taking the form of an
appreciation. was postponed until next
Monday on account of the first date hav-
ing fallen on a school holiday. 1t will
therefore be given at 4:15 in the Corcorau
School, and all who are specially inter
ested will be freely granted admission.
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THE memorial exhibition of paintings
l by James Henry Moser likewise of
fers much that is of interest to lovers
of art. his pictures being of a type which
gain both by aggregation and through
This too, continues for fully
another week
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
NEW FICTION AND OTHER NEW
BOOKS.

The fiction listed below has recently
been added to the open-shelf collection
at the Public Library. Recent additions
on cookery. women and other subjects
are also listed below
Evening star., 1914-04-18

to romantic adventure by means OF his
torfc colors. And this he has done with
real feeling and skill. A good story.
Evening star., 1914-04-18

NTARY DEL C. JOHNSTON Mrs. lie
AVA Grand Johnston) has been holding
in her home in Georgetown an exhibition
of her paintings which has been found
very interesting. The majority of the
pictures shown were portraits and figure
studies, but there were also some land
scapes painted quite recently. The work,
while by no means faultless, possessed in
no small measure the charm of sincerity
and the suggestion of something beyond,
of a deeper significance, which lifted it
above the commonplace.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-23
MAGEE AND OWNERS OF
TERRAPINS FAIL TO AGREE
Another Oncr VIII BE Mndc ro-Dpy.
baltimore Ia Not After Catcher
Doom.

BALTIMORE, MD, December 22.-
The chances arc about even that we
Will make Sherwood Magee an ofrcr to-
morrow. and there is about ono chance
IN hundred that he will accept it,
The Baltimore club is not after Catcher
Doom. and as far as | know, no other
club in the league is"
This is the manner in which Gustav
l., Stewart. chairman OF the PLAYER
committee of the Baltimore Federal
League club summed up the situation
tonight, after long conference here
this afternoon with the two PLAYERS
According TO Mr.. Stewart, the players
are asking by far too much for their
services these days. and the present eff
rather large salary list.
The MaEce matter took up consider
able OF the afternoons discussion
While his value as Il player is realized
it is felt that his salary demands are
too great TO he met at the present time
The Quaker outflelder is highly re-
Gardcd by all of tho local directors
Magce is not pleased with conditions in
Philadelphia
The general opinion of the committee
is that DOOM would he of little benefit
to the Tcrrapins, due to the fact that
he is not young enough. AS for Magee
while the locals could use him. the
price mentioned to him to-day did not
suit by long odds. While new offer
will he made tomorrow, 1t will not
come up to Magccs price, SO il is GER
tain that the offer will be turned down.
just as the ono made to-day was re-
trade two men in order to get good
catcher. The men slated to figure in
the trade are Iniielder Simmons and
Pitcher Frank Smith.