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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-21
SCOUTING NOT SOFT
Charley Barrett of Browns
Says Job Is No Snap.
HE WAS PINCHED ONCE
Riding Around in Trains Is Not as
Easy as It Looks
to Fans.
E WAS PINCHED ONCE

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 21.-The aver
age person knows little about the duties
of a base ball scout, and as a general
rule thinks it is one soft snap. They fig
ure there is nothing for a scout to do but
board a RATHER to some town, sit around
and look over the phenoms. and if they
see some one who looks good send him
to the majors.
This may be all that base ball scout
has to do, but then it is tough job
that is, if the word of one who makes
his living picking up young players "or
a major league club is taken for any,
thing.
Charley Barrett. the St. Louis boy who
scouts for the Browns, is one who does
not think it is SO awfullv soft. On the
other hand. he thinks it is just about as
hard as any other occupation.
Not as Easy as It Looks.
Gee! The general public and the base
ball fans think that we scouts have the
softest jobs in the world. They think
that all we have to do is to ride around
to the different towns and have a good
time. But let me tell you, it's not as
soft as it looks.
Anyway. it is anything but an easy
task, when you are maxim tho small
leagues. l guess it is easy picking 'em
up in the class IA leagues. but not in
classes c and D. In the class AA or
CARNATIONS you can get finished ball
players There are some there who are
just as good, if not better, than some
drawing salaries in the majors.
1aac iS f.
ferent You can't get a finished ball
player there. You have to look years
ahead If you see kid who looks like
he might develop in time, you send him
up and take a chance. Maybe he will
succeed and maybe he won't, you are
just taking that chance.
Riding Around Gets Tiresome.
"And just another thing about this scout
ing job. Riding around in trains gets
awfully tiresome. Why, you might be
way down in Texas somewhere looking
over a youngster. when you get a wire
from the home office to hike for Canada
or some other distant point. to look over
phenom there. That's another thing
that makes 1t a hard task.
LAS far as wearing whiskers and other
DISCUSSES goes. we don't do that. At
least, I never did. But, then, we have
to keep under cover most of the time.
Sometimes when you are seen you have
to make them believe you are looking
over some other player and not the star
of the club. But you sure do get to see
the world.
II remember one time when I was
scouting In the south. 1 happened to be
in town where they were looking for
a man who had stolen a lot of money
from big tobacco firm. I happened to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-21

Thomas Fuller. eighty-two years old,
OF Ellicott City. Nd, slipped ON the pave
ment Friday and broke his right hip. He
was taken 70, Maryland University Hos
pital, BaltiHtore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-21

II. c. Brown, manager for the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Company
at Cumberland, Nd, has been promoted
to position on the headquarters staff in
Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-21
Gave $4,000 to Spain.

The recent death of Baroness Frederick
Truchsess auf Wetzhausen, an eccentric
Bavarian aristocrat. recalls the assistance
she rendered Spain during the war with
the United States. She was of Spanish
stock. and gave practical expression to
her sympathy by a cash contribution of
$4,000 to the Spanish war chest. After
the defeat of Spain she retired entirely
from public notice, disappointed and en-
FILTERED.
She is best remembered in Germany as
an admirer of the unfortunate mad
king" Ludwig II of Bavaria, and for the
effort which she made to prevent him
from being deposed as insane in 1886. She
was living at Hohenschwangau. near the
kings palace, when she learned that it
had been decided to place him under re-
straint. ~Daricg the night she went to the
palace to warn the king. When re-
fused admission she raised such a tu-
multi that she was finally allowed to see
the king as the only means of quieting
her. He prevailed upon her to leave the
castle. She kept warm place in her
heart for the unfortunate monarch, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-21

Harry Huber. councilman at Richmond,
Va was found dead in a gas-filled bath
room at his home Thursday. The discov-
Der.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-21

Charles H. Middendorf, eighteen years
principal of the public school at Joppa-
Nd. has resigned. He will give up his
work April 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-21
FIVE V|RG|N|ANS
GIVEN POSITIONS
Factions Recognized by Pres
ident in Nominations Sent
to the Senate.

The Virginia patronage fight was set
tied today when President Wilson sent
to the Senate five nominations for good
federal positions there. They are:
Richard c. l.. Moncure of East Falls
Church, for collector of internal reve-
nue. OF the eastern part of the state.
John NJ. Hart of Roanoke, collector of
internal revenue for the western por-
ton.
Richard f. Byrd of Winchester, Unit
ed States attorney for the eastern dis
trict.
John G. Saunders of Richmond United
States marshal for the eastern district.
Norman r. Hamilton. collector of
customs II Norfolk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-21
Bavarian Statesmen Alarmed.

until her death laid a wreath upon his
tomb at every anniversary of his suicide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-21

If you want work, read the want col
umns of The Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-20
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Sews OF the Town and Village Void Brasfb
Tor Busy Readefn-

Miss Mary Casey is spending a few
days in Troy and vicinity.
MS. Lyman Papers has gone to
Rutland for a weeks visit with rela-
tives.
Branch No. 3, of st. Mays Guild,
will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs,
j. NJ. Ayers.
Charles Green of School street has
returned from North Adams where
he was called because of the death
of his father.
Boys suits at 81 worth So. Young
mems and mems oyercoats at IS
worth $40 and SIS. Mems suits and
overcoats at SIS, worth $25, Hart,
Schaffner Il Marx make at Mulligan
& Roche's. S9t2
The committee of the Old Ben
nington cemetery association com
posed of Rev. Isaac Jennings, George
NJ. Hawks and S. Everett Harwood
have completed the raising of an en-
dowment fund of $4,000. This fund
was started by the late Col Scott
who gave $500 on condition that the
remaining $4,000 be raised The
raising of the entire amount has been
complied with since Col. SCOTS
death and his contribution has been
paid by the estate.
The Parent-Teachers association is
making a special effort to secure a
representative gathering of Benning
ton people at the public school hall
Thursday evening when Governor
A. NJ. Fletcher of Cavendish and Sup
erintendent of Education Mason S.
Stone OF Montpelier will be here TO
speak upon educational topics. The
association has arranged with the
different church organizations to
hold the regular weekly prayer meet
ings at 7 O'Clock instead of 1870 in
order to secure a larger attendance
at the school house.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-20

government and ii Is the best OF
these each after its Kind. that We
would like to see discovered. standard
lied and codified in Washington.
We have evolved. il seems 10 me. n
very practicable and sensible plan. In
the report which we have sent TO
President Wilson we ask. first. for q
survey of the city looking to a precise
knowledge OF Just what II needs and.
second. for the presidents Influence
TO be put upon the three commission
ers OF the District Of Columbia to have
put into practice there all the valu-
able things discovered in all the Amer
lean cities.
BY this means we hope TO produce a
scheme Of government for Washington
which viii not only meet its own
needs. but will by its adoption else
where work similar benefit
The Importance Of the preliminary
survey must not be overlooked. We
Go not want 10 GO down 10 Washington
and construct an ideal city ont OF
some mans head We want to find 10y
the most scrupulouS and exhaustive
search what it is that Washington
stands most in need Of. and We pro
pose TO supply her lacks by means of
the information we have collected in
other cities.
That is to say. we do not wish TO do
It ourselves Mr.. Bruerc and myself
have no ambition TO get the job or
even the supervision OF 81. We hope
merely that President Wilson win find
us reasonable enough and promising
enough to set out along the lines we
have suggested and that when the
ncc,l arises FOR expert service in the
execution Of the plan he viii be aide
r. get the best brains OF the country 10
sssist him
VIII the project we have outlined AZ
feet the physical aspect II citiess That
Is rather a difficult question at the
present stage of our work, but
should say that Il VIII
We are deeply interested in the lay
ing ont OF cities Much more depends
on IL than beauty. valuable rs that is
Yes. ] think that - orr plan natures
there viii Dc uo nerd for uriinoss o.
our cities. at least not that ugliness
which Gomez from Ignorance
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-20
ORIGIN OF THE TELEPHONE.
Il Sprung From Bells Efforts to Teach
The Deaf to Speak.

Professor Alexander Graham Bell
is reported TO have explained in a lee
ture how he came to invent the tele-
phone rs follows:
MY father invented a symbol by
which deaf mutes could converse, and
finally l invented an apparatus by
which the vibrations OF speech could
be seen. and it turned out to be a tele.
phone. It occurred 10 me 10 make a
machine that would enable one to hear
vibrations. went 10 an aurist. and
he advised me O. take the human ear
as my model lie supplied me with a
dead mans ear. and with this ear I
experimental. and upon applying the
apparatus ! found that the dead mans
ear wrote down the vibrations.
Il arrived az the conclusion that II I
could make iron vibTate on a dead
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-20
PARTISAN SAGE
FOR THE HAIR

If your hair is too OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ess-thin-stringy- falling out-use
Partisan Sage-now-at once.
1t stops itching scalp, cleanses the hair
of dust and excessive oils, removes dand-
ruff with one application, and makes the
hair doubly beautiful soft - fluffy -
abundant Try soc. bottle to-day.
It will not only save your hair ndmake
II grow, but give it the beauty you desire.
W. L. Gokay.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-20
SYNDICATE

Rev. j. r. Robinson was in town
calling Friday.
c, d. Bentley spent Saturday and
Sunday in Salem, N. Y.
Miss Vivian Smith is at Miss Net
tie Mears for a few days.
VIM. Thomas of Cambridge was at
d. H. Wcodcock's Wednesday
Anton Schneider has bought saw
and grist mill of n. J. Woodcock
Ray Bentley and Harley Dyer of
Bennington was in town Friday and
Saturday.
Epworth League Fiday night at
the NJ. e. church. Leader. Rev John
Robinson.
Fred Woodcock and Mrs. n. ].
Woodcock were in Bennington on
business Saturday.
Ross Bentley has bought Of Ray
Bentley, the old Bentley homestead
on the upper road.
Oscar Wyman OF Cambridge was in
town with three teams drawing hay
one day last week.
Born Sunday, Jan. is, daughter
to Mr.. and Mrs. John Brant.
Hearty congratulations
Mrs. VIM. Lou lie. Miss Anna I.our-
ie and Roland Robertson are on the
sick list with grip colds.
donation and oyster supper will
be held in the parlors of the NJ. FL
church, Wednesday night Feb. II.
Every one welcome.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-20
NEWSB0yS ON HORSEBACK.
Carriers Make Quick Time to the SUBJ
urbs In MonteVideo.


urbs In MonteVideo.
Most American newsboys think
themselves we'll of If they own a good
suit of clothes, but in the Uruguayan
capital Of Montevideo there are over
dfty newsboys who own horses and
peddle their papers on horseback.
Montevideo has 100000 inhabitants,
out it spreads over more territory than
an American city Of the same popula-
ton, there are almost no tenement
houses. and there are several large
parks.
Like Americans. the Uruguayans
want their evening paper as soon as
possible after it comes from the press.
The horseback newsboys supply this
demand with astonishing rapldity La
Razon. one of the leading evening jour
nails. is issued at . o'clock. About
twenty minutes before that hour the
newsboys, mostly young men from
eighteen to twenty-five years of age.
gather in the street In front of the
newspaper Office. When the papers are
brought out the clerk hands 4 bundle
10 each, and away he starts at a full
gallon. All the business in the center
of the town is done by ordinary foot
newsboys;" the horsemen race away
10 their beats" in the suburbs, shout
ing with all their might, Ia Razon!
La Hazon"
A customer who wishes TO buy a pa
per steps to the sidewalk and holds out
his arm. The horse knows the signal
and pulls up so short that it is a Won
der the rider is not catapulted over his
head.
So efficient is this system Of eques-
TRAN newsboys that a dweller in the
outskirts of Montevideo gets his even
ing paper almost as soon as the man
who lives in the very heart of the city.
Youths Companion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-20
WALKING TO ASIA.
This is Not Difficult When 5erins
Strait Is Frozen.

Strait is Frozen.
On Aug. 10 we sailed through Be-
ring strait and were ut last In the
arctic. The straits are thirty-six miles
wide. with East cape. a rounded, dome
shaped mass of black basalt. on the
Asiatic side and on the American side
Cape Prince of Wales. headline Of
sharper outline, but neither so lofty
nor so sheer. In between the two
capes and in line with them lie the
two islands Of Big and Little Diomede.
Through the three narrow channels be-
tween the capes and the islands the
tide runs with the swlftness of a riv-
er's current
The Eskimos constantly cross from
continent TO continent in small boats.
In still weather the passage can be
made in a light kyack with perfect
safety. The widest of the three chan
nels is that between Big Diomede and
East cape, and is. | should say. not
more than fifteen miles across While
we were passing through the straits
we saw a party of Eskimos in skin
boat padding leisurely across from
America to Asia. They no doubt had
been on a visit to relatives or friends
on the neighboring continent. We were
told that in winter. when the strait
is frozen solidly, the Eskimos frequent
ly walk from one continent to the 9TH
er.-From "A Year With Whaler," by
Walter Noble Burns.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-20
PLAN TO create
The CIVIC IDEAL
Scheme 10 Survey Washington,
The Capital City.
MODEL FOR LESSER CITIES.


John Purroy Mitchell outlines What Is
Needed 10 Make washington Stand
ara OF Efhe'ency to Which Smaller
municipalities May Turn In Solving
City Problems.
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" y H"''gl 'f'''"ih.iEil' i' .i'e i''s-
'ticl ~ ''tafahi'i Al PEE suggestion
of HE president the commissioners
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-20

mans ear / could make an instrument
more delicate which would cause
those vibrations to be heard and un-
derstood. | thought if placed deli.
cate piece of steel over an electric
magnet / could get a vibration. and
thus the telephone was completed.
The telephone arose from my at.
tempts TO teach the deaf to speak. II
arose from my knowledge not OF cleo.
tricity, but rs n teacher of the deaf.
Had been an electrician | would not
have attempted it,"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-20
A pIrerenee in working Hours

a mans working day is hours.
His bod yorgans must work perfectly
"a hours to keep him III for hours
work. Weak. sore. inactive kidneys
can not do IL. They must be sound
aud healthily active all the time.
Foley Kidney pills will make them
sound and well. You can not take
them into your system without good
results following their use. They
are tonic in action, quick in results.
and contain no habit forming drugs.
Try them. Coles Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-20
All Hail the Child!
BY DAVID II. GREER, Protestant
Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese
of New York

Christmas is the day of the child
both in sentiment and doctrine. 1t is
the day when the child is on the throne
and when lie reigns supreme Willing
ly and gladly, with our gifts and pres
ents, we pay our tribute to him. For
this one day in the year at least the
heart rules the head, and we learn
therefrom the lesson which it is the
ultimate aim of all theological doctrine
TO enforce-that we must as little chill
dren enter the kingdom OF heaven.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-20

Genuine overcoat economy Is nav
ing the garment made to YOUR IND
VIDUAL MEASURES by us-then
you viii obtain an overcoat that isn't
a ridiculous extreme in style, but of
the finest aristocratic fashion prevail
ing this season. The oversoat WILL
hold its shape-it will not have to be
laid aside next year. We are show
ing some exclusive overcoatings now
splendid fabric designs that cannot
be duplicated hereabouts. Our prices
are reasonable.
c. w. PETERSEN
Hawks Block BenniugtOn,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-20

And rather than go home some
noon or night drop in to LaFortune's
restaurant and get a real meal i is
surprising what he can put out well
cooked, promptly served and perfect
" wholesome. Il Is cheaper than
your wife is able 10 feed you and
you can have just what you want for
that particular meal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-20
Between Dear Friends.

Gladys - Jack proposed to me Inst
night.
Maud - suppose you turned him
down, like the rest Of us girls?-Ba,ti-
more American.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-20
The Other Side.

''The early bird catches the worm"
observed the sage.
Yes" replied the fool. but look at
how much longer he has to wait until
dinner time Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-20
Psychological Moment.

Crawford-What's the best time for
a man to get home at night?
Crabshaw-W When his wife is asleep.
Judge.
The Washington times., 1914-03-15
CHICAGO WOMEN AID
CITY MARKET PLAN
Members of Civic Organizations
Pledge to Help Campaign
Against High Prices.

CHICAGO, March 15.-Representatives
of more than fifty civic organizations
have proposed to the municipal mar
kets commission in the council cham
Der plans for reducing the cost of
living.
Men prominent in big business or
ganiZations have expounded their theo-
ries But the women demonstrated
several times that they knew more
about the value of municipal market.
The gist of the speeches was that
municipal markets should be estab,
hshed Many contended there should
be q market in each section of Chicago.
After the representatives of organiza-
tions had presented their arguments
Chairman James H. Lawley announced
the commission would formulate its re-
port without further hearings.
The report will recommend city mar
ketS as a remedy for high cost OF food
stuffs. The members OF the comfnissio9 Y
were eager to learn from the women II
they would patronize the city markets
Most Of us are not $1,000 women,
Mrs. Charles Belts, Of the chicago
Woman's Club. said. Some OF us have
10 make few dollars go long way
Nun; cipal markets would be OF great
assistance to- those women"
Every woman in Chicago must be IN
terested in such a project. MRS. w d.
Richardson. of the Chicago City Gar
dcns Association. said.
will the women go to the markets.
Mrs. NJ. Seidl, Of the Bohemian's Wom-
ans Club. was asked
Certainly they would-with theiI
market baskets" she answered. 81
certainly would. There are lot OF
poor people in my ward. and city
market would solve the problem of pro-
viding for family on $40 to sl5 a
week
Under the present conditions" Rufus
Dawes, Of the Civic Federation of Chi
cago said. the grower suffers. the
dealer is not benefited. and the public
is injured"
The Washington times., 1914-03-15
Capital Council Sets
Record for Membership

Washington Council Of Boy Scouts Of
America has made a record for registra-
ton since last October, according to re-
ports of officials here. The number
registered in the District since October 1
is 500. OF these. 37s are tenderfoot
scouts, 154 second class scouts, and Ss
badges have been awarded to scouts Ii
the District since October 1.
Scout Commissioner E. s. Martin re-
ports a total of $50 lost scouts" in the
District. This includes all those boys
VINO" failed to register undGr the new
scheme as well as those who have been
unable to affiliate with an active troop
since that date.
Many Of these lost scouts'I are being
taken into troops. In some cases they
have swelled the membership of active
troops to almost double proportions.
Troop AZ, under Scoutmaster III. l.. Tay-
lor now has sixteen additional members
through having taken in lost scouts
ard made transfers Of registered scouts
from other troops.
The Washington times., 1914-03-15
Wild Mice That Every Scout
Ought to KnO1v

mails, for they are unusually numerous
around Washington this winter. and un-
less the hawks and owls kill most OF
them before spring, they will do great
deal of damage to crops.
The little field mice eat the farmers
grass and clover and grain. and, worse
still, they gnaw the bark from the base
of young fruit trees and bushes and
kill thenI In this way, field mice do
many thousands of dollars worth oil
damage to crops and trees
There are two kinds of these little
rodents-the meadow mice and the pine
mice. They are easily caught in any OF
the little "snap'' traps that kill them
quickly. so that trapping them is not
cruel. II you learn how to trap them
you will find out much about their
habits, and also help hawks and owls
and foxes and weasels to protect the
crops on the farm.
Try it, boys! There are a lot of other
mice and other animals that you never
saw. and ~hich it would be worth your
while to study. Many of them do a
great deal of harm, whereas others do a
great deal Of good.
The Washington times., 1914-03-15
Eighteen Merit Badges
Awarded During Week

A total of eighteen merit badges was
awarded last week to Boy Scouts Of the
District, there being nine boys and one
scoutmaster among the number of sue
cessful applicants. The recent award
ing Of five Eagle Scout badges has
stimulated the boys to great activity.
The honors last week were as fol-
lows: Norris Gaddess. masonry, paint
Ing, and leather working; Mark Shoe
maker, swimming. craftsmanship. pub
lie health, and personal health; n. A
Biggs, music, camping. carpentry,
and machinery: Samuel Rosenburg. in
terpreting; Lloyd Harrison. pathflnd-
ing; Charles L. Thurtell. pathfnding;
F. W. Watson. ffremanship; c. W. Da-
Wis, automobiling; H. E. Greenfield. bee
farming; Fred L. Harries. craftsman
ship.
The Washington times., 1914-03-15

The national banks will make an
other payment TO the Treasury De-
partment tomorrow on account of
crop moving and District tax money
deposits.