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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
Why TOMATOES Are GOOD for US

n TT ANY persons VINO fond of tomatoes have
INl hesitated TO eat freely of them for fear that
they we're unheathful. Even in medical circles
The belief has prevailed that tomatoes tended to cause
sout' rheumatism and similar diseases account of
inc oxallc acid they were supposed to contain
Inc latest Investigations, however, show these ideas
we're all wrong, and that far from being harmful, to.
naoes deserve to be ranked among the most valuable
vegetables human beings eat.
\ French chemist has discovered that the peculiar
acid flavor Asich tomatoes have Is due not to oxac
Sclo' out 10 iac acid which is also in unripe
grapes IN cherries raSpberries; currants and sour
apples. Mac acid Is not at all harmful. In fact il
Counteracts the tendency TO rheumatism and other
diseases which oXalic acid produces
Mac acid Is found in large quantities in cider and
cder is often prescribed with good for sufferers
from govt II is also found in leaves which when
tseo as bandages for the painful joints, have been
touno extremely helpful in cases OF rheumatism
only the alntest traces of oxalc acid exist in ia.
hatoes IS preciptated By soluble calcium salts and
Wouo therefore be readily revealed in filtered Juice
OF canned tomatoes, which is rich in these salts Bt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
ELECTRIC
CLOTHES to
Keep Us WARM
and HEALTHY

rLECTR1C clothes are the latest marvel which
r. science llas devised for mankinds health and
comfort. The invention OF apparel which In.
cudes an electrical apparatus for warming tho body of
the person who wears 1t has already passed the ex-
perlmental stage. There being made in
France garments whose fabric ingenously conceas a
compact electric heating powerful enough to keep
person comfortable even in weather.
For the present the high OF manufacturing these
garments prevents their coming into general use but
mere Is good reason believe that will not be long
before way will be found to bring them within reach
or everybody. And science could offer nothing more
useful than this invention which enables each indi-
vioual' Wherever he is, to be warm as he peases
around him.
Ever since man climbed down from the tree tops
and began TO shed the apes shaggy coat of hair the
problem OF keeping his body has been serious
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
10 Prevent Your Garage Burning Up

is always liable TO become the starting
point Of a disastrous fire. With Wow
to 1essening the amount of property destroyed
through garage fires the National Fire Protec
tive Association has issued the following SEN
sible rules, which should BIO enforced wherever
even single automobile is stored:
Never allow open flame lights in a garage.
Run the auto outside when filling the tank so
that gasoline vapors will dissipate
Do not keep quantities of gasoline or calcium
carbide inside Of garage dwelling. An ap-
proved underground storage tank is the safest
method for keeping gasoline.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25

steps that may be danced with a rope are
the barn'dance steps, a few simple steps used
In tho modern dances and many more intricate
ones that may be adapted. By combining dane
Ing and skipping we find the girls become
quicker and lighter on their feet There are evil
dences that the new form OF exercise will Guilt
Eate more grace than ordinary physical training"
Many modern occupations and amusements
are blamed for this progress OF the race toward
a rotund, ball-like, catbefore.the-fre shrinkage
But as matter OF fact it is not bookkeeping
hoor-walking, sleeping in short beds, carrying
market baskets, fetching bundles, digging
ahoVel!ing, bending fiddle playing, banging on
typewriter, playing on piano, operating tele.
phone switchboard or bending over desk which
causes this. Not at all.
According to Dr. Philip de Vilomin it Is due 10
me tendency OF all evolution toward shrinkage.
Economy Of space and time has always
been the patchwork OF creation, and it is mani
1ested most In the case Of human kind
Ineref 'Ts II you wish to contribute your mite
to"ard saving OF these human deformites of
curYea spine, nat feet, bent head, round
shoulders, knock knees and nipaon tooS ,o.,.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
y DR.. L. K. HIRsHBERG, ABB, MA,
MID. (Johns Hopkins).

STTHE earth itself must, like the whole solar
system, shrink and more as ages
go by. Everything in tho universe as it
sp'ns and moves tends to so toward centre
Dead matter and living energies are always col.
lapsing and contracting.
Now. mankind has like the rest Of the uni
verse been taking in more and moro of It's out
ward appendages. The giants that lived in the
days OF flying dragons, dinosaurs, mammoths
and pterydactyls shrunk to six feet and
under The tails. long arms and long noses are
gone and now round shoulders, fat feet, curved
spines and bowed heads are beginning to come
IN This is most emphasized Of 1atc in the
"sumpy" walk OF girls and women. The tango,
too, with its bent knees and bowed dips, is part
or the same processes which are invislbly acting
all over the world upon the human race
The Whole race seems destined, if something
Is not done to bend more and more until we
Shall all become folded up like jackk knife or 4
cat before the crate fire.
Miss Elizabeth Burchenal, OF the New York
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25

a metal waste can should be located at con.
vermont place outside the garage for all waste
ana greasy rags. Burn these every week:
IL Is unsafe to use sawdust shavings to
absorb grease and oil in a garage. II the floor
is wooden scrub 1t occasionally with hot water
i'he use or gasoline for cleaning parts of the
automobile In the garage is dangerous thing
Inc garage should not be heated by means
ol Stove or open fire OF any kind, unless It Is
isolated In another room, so that the gasoline
get to It.
Keep an approved fire extinguisher and pail
or sand In the garage. Water thrown on burn
ing gasoline merely serves to spread tho flames.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
The SUNDAY AMERICAN Almost REACHES HEAV VEN

~ course. everybody knows that the Wool
I worth Building, on Broadway, in lower
New York, IS the talest building In the
world. Eight hundred feet up In the air, above
the noise and dust Of Broadway, is the highest
up" city newsstand in the world. And on this
newsstand the Sunday American is on sale
1t is the enterp.ising firm of L. Jonas G. Co.,
formerly OF the old Astor House. that had tho
idea OF opening this book and newsstand among
the clouds, and along with the best sellers" in
me u. book world was placed the "best seller in
tho Sunday newspaper field
Explaining Why there Is demand for a
newsstand far up ia the tower of the building,
Mr.. Jonas said:
Besides the regular trade, which comes to
the Star Company Great Britain Rights Reserve
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25

expelled likes the degree OF hunger,
ana the rapidly Of its expulsion
SHOWS the rate at Which hunger Is in
creasing
When Dr.. Carlson first demon,
Strated this method before medical
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25

The coid.blooded man whose health Is mcnacea
Dy the open windows, which the others I'm his of.
nee enjoy. will welcome the new electric clothes.
with one of these suits on he can warm himself
around him uncomfortable ~
ecc current OF ordinary voltage Just as you do IN
electric iron fan or a lamp. storage ba,ter,e,
caSried IN tue pockets Will be sufficient 10 keep the
suits heated for short periods and auomobists can
mako connection with powerful batteries in their cara
when they feel tho air is too cold
When these electric clothes come into uso thor. NIL,
DC great decrease In the number OF colds aud cases
or bronchitis and pneumonia for there Will then be no
excuse for letting the body become suddenly chilled
4uey VIII enectuaily Danish the errors Of working ia
shop or office whose occupants ideas OF the nronor
temperature range ell the way the freezing point
TO FEVER heat While the stout warmth FLOODED man or
ooldblooded individual working at the same dest viii
turn on the current In his electric su-aud nobody
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25

TEN will be of the greatest to automobiles,
face the cold for long periods"
hot too cold-and most OF us are forever "tokinr
cold" as a result OF these unscientifc methods of
keeping our bodies at the proper temperature
These electricheated garments will remove all these
difficulties. Clothed in them the woman who "can't
near tho cold will be able to drive her automobile in
comfort all Winter long. The minute she feels the
slightest chill she will simply press button and like
magic she Will be warm from the tips of her toes to
the top OF her head Or IL she desires she can heat
up the upper half of her body and lower or the
right side and not the left, OF vice versa
The motorman, the sailor. the railroad man--cverr
body whose work or play takes him into the cold
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25

at once the appropriate sort OF physi.
cal culture that you, your offspring
and your imitators may miss the
slouchy. clumsy, awkward. jack-knife
ngure which Is otherwise In store for
the human family.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-06
CHESS MARVELS
PROFICIENT At
VERY EARLY AGE

At what age may the playing d
chess commence, with reasonable
depreciation of achieving eniinence a
the game? When does one reach his
maximum playing strength? At what
time of life does deterioration Of pla,
evidence its approach? ts-z-s.,:.. y.
Maximum Power at Early Age
To the first of these questions Il
may be said that the ''geniuses" of the
game seemed to reach the fullness oil
their powers at an early age. Morphy
learned the moves at 10 and scored
his greatest triumphs at the age oil
81; Pillsbury won the worlds tourney
championship at the age of %, having
played the game five years; LaskeI
was taught the game during boyhood
attained masters strength at q and
defeated Steinitz for the worlds cham.
pionship when %; Capablanca was a
brilliant of the chess armament al
20. On the other hand, many famous
players, such as Tschigorin and AL
bin, did not undertake the serious
study of chess until nearly 80.
No Fixed Rnle to Govern
Evidently there is no hard and fast
rule by which the matter may be de-
|termined. 1t is probable that Morphy,
Pillsbury, Lasker and Capablanca
would have accomplished as much
had the game entered their lives at a
later period.
Possessed of the requisite mental
powers, there seems to be no good
reason why one may not exercise
them in other fields until middle age
and then successfully apply them to
chess.
In practically all intellectual pur-
suits progress usually continues until
old age. Chess is competition of in
telectual skill. The playing faculties
are subject to rules governing them
in other endeavors. They awaken
and decline early or late, according
to individual considerations. The
game is inexhaustible. No player has
more than scratched the surface OF
its infinity. The prod of experience
is the best corrector of playing faults
Ones combinational insight and ana
lytical powers may reach their maxi
mum after a few years of play, but
the veteran player, with many valu-
able lessons driven home by hard
knocks, has the advantage over the
tyro AS the burned child shuns the
fire, so the experienced player avoids
the traps and pitfalls into which the
inexperienced confidently enters
Steinitz at 81, Bird at IS and Black
burne at "a all creditably competed
in masters tournaments. With these
encouraging examples before US, all
may strive without ceasing for high
er skill and greater enjoyment in the
game of games.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-06
pONEH6U ATHLETIC CLUB
ELECTS PRESIDENT AND
THE FIELD EXECUTIVES

At a meeting Of the Punahou Ath-
letic Club yesterday morning Ebert
futile was elected president Of that
organization. The other officers chos-
en- were John Watt for secretary and
treasurer, william Inman for mana
ger. Gordon Brown for captain of the
track team, and John O'Dowda for
fifth man. The p. A. G. is a club COM
posed OF Punahou men, graduates and
students who are interested in track
and who are going to enter a team
in the annual A. A. U. meet which
comes off in the near future. -
Tuttle has had q good deal of ex-
perience in the line OF work which
the presidency Of the Punahou Club
will require and he viii be just the
man to round up good Punahou team
for the amateur meet. The Punahou
team won the largest number of points
last year and the new officers will
do all in their power to build up a
good team this season. -.
Some of those who will be on the
p. A. C. team are Watt, Brown, Patty,
Nottage, Midkiff, Baldwin, Gay, In
man, o'Dowda, ouderkirk, and Bur
dick.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-06
JUNIOR LEAGUE ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR THE SEASON

The Oahu Junior Baseball League
held its first meeting of the year last
night to make plans for the opening
of the 1914 season. There were pres
ent representative from the follow.
ing clubs: Pawaa A. c., Portuguese
A. c., Jrs,, Japanese A c., Chinese
A. U. and the Asahi, Jrs. The meet.
ing was presided over by NJ. Perreira.
and the reports from the different OF.
ficials show that a most successful
season was ended last. year, with a
nice balance on the right side of the
treasury.
The first business taken up was the
election OF officers for the season of
1914, with the following results: M.
Perriera, reelected as president:
Johnny Motley. vice-president; w. Tin
Chong, secretary; Henry Williams.
auditor and manager. NJ. Perreira will
else hold the bag as treasurer.
Another meeting will be held March
l, when arrangements will be taken
up for the opening day.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-06

arm was not dislocated tried for a
hard right. The blow, had Il landed.
would have ended the contest then and
there. but Thee was In, the other cor
ner and no harm was done.
Referee Warns Fighter.
Bontoc tries for Theo's ear and
lands heavily to the stomach. Thee
had figured that Bontoc was leading
for low punch. but was too late in
getting a glove there. At this juneture
Theo whispered something In the
Kids ear which brought both men to
an exchange of let's and rights. and
one Theo. remembering his education.
received in France. tried the La Sayate
on the Kid. but being out OF condition
could not score no higher than Bon
MES knee. Referee Eppie warned the
red-haired warrior not to repeat this
trick as the round ended.
The second round brought lighting
Thee from his corner with a rush. and
/ 1t was ssan at once that he was there
&c win IN is short a time as possible.
With a powerful right he landed on
the Kid midway between the pick and
plexus: after a minute lost In extract
Ing the glove. in which the timekeep-
er refused to take out time. the con.
test was resumed. The Kid rushed
Thee to the ropes. Thee slipped, but
the man from Bontoc kept after him
hammer and tongs. Theo climbed up
the Kids knee and the men came 10
a elinch, the Kid all the time ham
mering severely on Theo's vertebrate
Both men call each other q few
names familiar only to these who
have been to college. and exchanged
rapid rights and lefts, one Of which
caught the kid In the hip. seriously
handicapping him for the rest OF the
round The round closes with both
men struggling furiously. II was any
body's round.
Last Round Fastest Of Three.
The last round was the fastest OF
the contest. The referee announced
that this was to be the decision round
| and both youngsters were there for
/ the honors. Bonnie began operations
and raised an ugly lump on the back
OF one of the Kids hearers, but this
blow was at the sacrifice Of a badly
sprained knuekle bone, as the Kid
has q natural protection Of bone at
this part Of the head. The red-headed
veteran WINGED with pain. which was
bad move. as It only led the Kid
on to greater efforts.
Bontoc PUSHES his lighter opponent
to the ropes and the referee becomes
entangled In the Wild rush OF swings.
Hearing something Of the English
rules, Eppie decides to act as third
man from the outside looking IN. Ever
generous Referee HI allows the men
TO box an additional stretch OF time
and the terrific pace was telling on
the boxers At the end Of the round
both men dropped in their corners,
bruised. battered, and bleeding
The contest was decided q draw
but did not give satisfaction to either
party. both boxers swearing that the
referee was crooked in more places
than HIS nose.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-06
ALI. SERVICE
AND CHINESE

The AllSeryice team will appear
against the Chinese tomorrow at Ath-
letic park, and accounts that have
reached the city from Fort Shafter
indicate that the soldiers have been
working hard at practice, in order to
make a good showings in what will
be next to the last game Of the Mid.
Pacific Winter league series. Sunday
the Hawaiis and the Chinese close the
season. s-.5. S. e>
Heretofore it has been hard for the
men at the different posts to get to-
gether for baseball practice, and the
result has been lack of team work
with service organizations. The pres
ent All-Service team has been work
ing together for some time now, and
Is IN position to make a hard fight
for the long end of the score.
The game will start at 3 o'clock
sharp, Robinson will pitch for the
Chinese, and probably Lawson for the
soldiers
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-06
BIG ATTORNEYS FEE
ALLOWED IN NEW YORK
Legal Firm Receives $4,000
for Services Rendered
to Trustees

NEW YORK.-What is probably the
biggest attorneys fee ever awarded
for services rendered to trustees in
bankruptcy was granted in the United
States district court recently to Hays,
Hershfield & Wolf. The Judge allow
ed the firm $4,000 for their work in
the proceedings against ]. NJ. Fiske
& Co, brokers. In addition to being
attorneys for the trustees, Hays.
Hershfeld & Wolf acted in similar
capacity for the receiver and got a
fee of s12,500.
The failure of Fiske & Co. was due
to their participation in the Hooking
Coal and Iron pool of 1910, which was
managed by ]. r. Keene.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-06
FIGHT GAME in MANILA PRODUCES
some Wild AND WEIRD CONTESTS

Manila has no reformer to clamp
down the lid on the fight game. and
in consequence there is plenty Of box.
ing to delight the ring fans. They
must have something out of the ordf.
nary in the islands once in while
to judge by accounts which appear
in the Manila papers. Here is a weird
account Of a mill which took place
a few weeks ago.
1t describes an amateur battle be-
tween two members of the Olympic
Club for the championship. What
championship was at stake wasn't
mentioned. but We are led to believe
that the club title was the only one
for which the men competed when
the fact is taken into consideration
that the contestants came about as
close to being of equal weight as an
elephant and a mouse
The combatants in that battle
which, by the way, wasn't the first
that had been staged in the arena OF
the Olympic-entered the ring carry,
ing fancy handles" one being known
as the Bontoc Kid. which the other
was Theodore. They weighed in, The,
odoro tipping the beam at 123 pounds,
Then his opponent, the Boutoc Kid,
stepped on the scales. When they
had finished juggling the beam 1t was
found that the Kid weighed a small
matter of $40 pounds. Some match
Pretty hungry for boxing, one would
say, when such a pair Of uneVenly
weighted human beings enter into bat
tie? That is the general opinion. but
1t shows they will go to almost any
extreme In Manila to see one. Of those
real battles with the padded gloves,
Contest Called Even One.
AS unique as anything else, however,
was the finish Of the battle. 1t was
called o draw when, after three rounds
Of one minute duration, both millers
were In such a state Of collapse that
further milling was impossible. The
reporter who gave the news of the
affray to the Manila public wasn't
quite up to our methods OF reporting
fistic doings. but his line Of oonversa.
ton certainly covered the salient fea.
lures of the combat as furnished by
the Bontoc Kid and Theodore. What
he wrote about the battle in part fol
lows: Ks
\ Seldom II ever before In the history
Of boxing was such vicious, Zero.
cious,. sensational three rounds tolled
off and thoughtfully Hiram Hi.Sign.
ed the Hi-Balls during the two min.
ute intermission between rounds; a
foresight which probably saved many
doctor bills. as several Of the audi
ence were on the verge of collapse at
the closing Of each round
The first round opeped up with
both men sparline canllously Bon.
toe tried for 3 triple shift, but on
the second turn his feet became tan,
|gled and he fell IN a sitting position
for the count of one. This maneuyer
frustrated by the agile Thee gave him
great confidence, and he scored with
a sharp left to Bontoc's crazy bone.
Bontoc was game, and finding that his
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-06

move the bath robe from COrbett S
shoulders. No statue of an athlete
carved out of marble ever looked more
perfect than Corbett that night. There
was not an ounce of superfluOus flesh
on all his tall, we'll formed, athletic
body. mis- muscles stood out like whip
cords and he appeared as 1.-the, active,
and graceful as a well-trained grey
hound.
There were mild cheers when De-
laney led Corbett into the arena. The
building rocked with the coming OF
John L. Sullivan. He came with the
old Sullivan swagger and the old Sui
Ivan smile of contempt for his OPP
pOnent.
The fight lasted 81 rounds. In that
time Corbett kept away from Sullivan,
and so we'll that only once did the
champion land fairly and squarely.
Seeing that Sullivan was completely
exhausted from chasing Corbett
around on the sand. Delaney finally
ordered the latter to go in and finish
his opponent This Corbett did with
right and left swings. The end came
when Sullivan fell head first and
buried his face in the sand.
Crowd Cheers Fallen Idol.
AS Corbett stood over the old cham
pfon ready to strike him again If he
attempted to rise, the Sullivan adj
herents tossed their colors into the
ring. After the cheers for Corbett
had subsidized there we're cheers for
the yanuuished. Then it was that Sui
Ivan took hold Of the rope and said:
81 was beaten, but by an American.
The old man went up against it just
once too often"
That was. the real finish, Of perhaps
the greatest heavyweight pugilist that
ever lived y .~&: