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London, January Il. l77e. says: 4 can
see the rebels camp very plain, whose
colors. a little while ago. Were entirely
red: but on the receipt of the king
speech. which they burned. they hoisted
the union flag. which is here supposed to
intimate the union of the provinces
In the summer and winter of 1916 The
Royal Savage. one of the little fleet on
Lake Champlain. commanded by Benedict
Arnold flew Just such flag.
Now. tradition to the contrary not
withstanding. there is absolutely no
evidence as to who designed it. Wash
ington it would apear. did not In 1918.
according TO the correspondence of the
period. his best ideas on the subject OF
flag appeared TO be the pine tree flag.
with the motto, An Appeal to Heaven.
which flag already was in use on the
water batteries of the colonies.
so ! think You will agree that am
right in saying that the parentage of the
it is the result of evolution and accident
rather than deliberate design-the most
beautiful accident in history.
who designed it is not so important
as the fact that il was designed ana
that it was bors by resolution of Con-
gress. June Ii III. To my mind the
Fourth Of July and the 18th of June will
come in time to be regarded as the
greatest days in the history OF the
American continent.
=
More men have fought and more men
have died under our flag than under
any other emblem. unless it be the cross
of Christ. The flag of the United States
floats today over one-tenth of the earth's
dry land. 1t Is a flag on which the sun
never sets. 1t is the oldest national flag
in the world, as you will learn If you will
but look up the history of national flags.
The royal standards of monarchcal coun-
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ham-like fist and placed it close to u
nose of the rabbit-like young man.
DO you see this?" he questioned.
"Ye-yes," faltered the other.
Well" said the barkeep grimly, "
just soak me like that again and yoa
go on
He paused and added:
And believe me, kid, you'll never com
back"
TT would be interesting to hold a popu
l larity contest in an effort to deter
mine what part of the scoreboard's &C
tivity meets with most general approva
Some of the fans are enthusiastic abou
the fielding. Others are reused whe
the gong rings. A double play will il
terest one fan. while it takes nippe
base stealer to arouse another to Il
high point of enthusiasm.
Two fans were arguing this point dr
ing Wednesdays game.
It's the hittin' that means the gam
said the first.
Sure. it's the hittin'," agreed e
second.
st like to see 'em bust fences" add
the first fan.
That amt what I mean" said ne
second. Its hittin' 'em to places wire
the fielders get EN- that counts
NNE of the most inspiring sigh In
~ Washington Is the noble char OF
government clerks from the Post nee
Department toward the scoreboard hen
the closing hour comes. There wipe
pretty fair crowd around prior THAT
mil he ftxrrn
fortably settled. The game will unS
der way.
Then from the curving entrancesf the
Post Office building will come OF ten,
a score hundred clerks, headed .aight
for the scoreboard. They will joe and
push until they get their place And
then all will be serene again.
CPEAKING of jostling forpaces.
- there were two men durinpne of
the games last week who We're itching
the game. One of them had aeat on
the curb. The other stood dirtly be-
hind him. The man who wa sitting
down got up for moment and fore he
had gone dozen steps the or man
had corralled his seat
In a short time the first man turned
He gazed at the usurper and an avs
sion of hurt surprise overspread his &c.
Say he said, Il was sitting tbe~
"Oh, were you?" remarked the tier.
indifferently.
Sure said the other I wa there
before YOU"
Not me-" replied the usuper, .almly.
II sat on this curb back ii 1Ss when
Mckinley was inaugurated.
MOST of the fans one m tsn front .
4VA of the scoreboard arr 1ling to
talk to any ono who will ttlko them,
but there were two men whb We num-
my-like exceptions to the rti1eE
1t was during one of the mothrilling 1
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Mrs. Isabel Worrell
Bal. Who Has Made
a Life Study of the
Subject, Says Design
of he Stars and Stripes
Wa the Most Beauti-
full Accident in His
tory Asserts That
Geoge Washington
Had Nothing to Do
Will Making It-An
lconclast on Flag
Lore.
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AN EARLfDEsGN


turning to class-"how many are
two eggs andve eggs"
But historyvas harder than arith-
metic- Teacfg history by word of
mouth. dependy largely on recollection
and making q utmost of q few scant
volumes, is nolight task This Young
teacher, Isabel rorrell, had never heard
Of the Montes' method and yet she
had something the idea. Her thought
was to make Thing graphic. Hence.
she tried to teiEstory in the stories of
hags- Fort Ieenworth was not far
away and the cnren knew what a flag
was.
x
She told them che discovery flags"
as she called therthe ensigns borne by
the early explore the flag of Spain,
borne by Column; the flags of the
portuguese, the DIM the English, and,
centering interest these. she wove in
the tales of whathose who carried
them accomplished
Shut your eyes a make A picture of
1t in your minds - she would saw.
and the children, W fast closed eyes,
would try hard to hgine the blazoned
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dance hail. its 'indows bore the legend
In strasgling leers, saloon" Its roof
and thin walls IRE ventilated freely by
bullet holes .teSying to the smoking
up actlvities OF owboys.
x
Inside, crude bsches were marshaled
In what was oncehe barroom. Behind
the BAR. using 1t aaer desk was a gray
eyed slip of girlyoung, enthusiastic.
earnest, fresh from an Illinois village.
wrestling with theprobem of making
bricks without stra3
Here she had SON fifteen or twenty
pioneer chlldren- lHr parents had en-
gagged her to give the the rudiments of
an education. OF b,ks she had few;
practically nothing in he shane of a text
BOOK And yet she must teach these
children something.
In the living rooms ,ack of the bar
room were domiclied tr family-father.
mother and brood of cAdren. the teach
er's little brothers and sters Now and
then the mother woui appear in the
door
Belle. YOU must brig back those
eggs. need them to tok with right
this instant
But, mother, would mad the teach
er. just wait moment We will be
through with the arithmet lesson then
anu CHI give them back. low, Johnny,
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games of the year. The duo stood side
by side and their attitude suggested a
pair of sleeping cab horses. Double plays,
long hits and fine pitching came and
went, and still they stood specifically.
Finally the game was over. Washington
mad won and the crowd was wild One
of the pair turned to the other and de-
livered his first and last remark.
THAT bell don't ring very loud, does
it? he said.
THERE is a propensity on the part
! 1 of the superstitious to send the
Washington management innumerable
'jinX-killers'' when things are running
against the home folks. In The Star
scoreboard crowd there are many who are
superstitious, too. One man was telling
a companion of his remedy.
II have a mascot he declared, that
will take bad luck off of anything.
Caught it myself, too, out in West Vir-
ginia."
What is it?'' asked the friend.
"a black snake with green eyes" eX-
planned the other proudly.
well, you can take it from me- said
the friend, that Griff would rather have
the hoodoo."
TT takes the scoreboard to bring about
the perfection Of democracy. Even
at the ball game you will find the caste
system, as measured by the dollar The
man in the seventy-five-cent seat feels
that he has something on the bleacherite.
But at the scoreboard all this disappears.
During a recent game well dressed, pa
tronizing sort of man stood behind a la
borer. and as the laborer was taller, the
individual could not see par
ticularly well.
My man. said the latter, 'if you'll
move out of my way I'll give you a half
dollar"
You got the wrong number. mister"
replied the laboring man. I'm here to
see base ball. not to make money
X x
ing Tuesdays game.
~ said the first proudly. ''can re-
the days of old Tom LOTUS and
Ed Delehanty."
so can l." remarked the second. But
I'm not telling everybody about it,
Most of the fans seem to feel that way
about the teams of years gone by.
*
A BOUT every race and nation on the
\ face of the globe has at some time
viewed the scoreboard. The latest ac-
,uisition is a Chinaman. A week ago he
was ambling by in his native costume,
With one of those new-style straw hats
ltop his coled queue. The ball started
O move just as he reached the corner of
he Avenue and 18th street. 1t seemed to
ascinate him. Tucking his arms in his I
leeves, he rested them across his abdo- S
men. squinted his eyes until they We're
Llmost shut and proceeded to take in the
est of the game.
What he thought of 1t nobody knows; 6
tut he has returned every day since his {
irst appearance. He never cheers, never t
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curious and ancient volume. containing
hand-colored representations of many
European flags and among them I found
the one carried by RENAL. 1t was of
dark blue with five black dots
THE French discovery flag was diff
cult, also. to determine, since France
has changed her flag SO many times, but
eventually l learned that the one car
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T was the autumn
of 1873. The scene
was a p a W n e e
ounty, X a H.. =.
schoolroom. y n d
such a schoolroom.
A b e a k , I'M
painted, t IL m b | E.
down structure it
was. set on the
very edge of the
old Santa F'e trail.
Dnre . fro n fipr
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TT o the pessimistic believer in the lit
tleness of humanity there Is no
better place to prove his theory than
the top of The Star building when the
scoreboard is in operation. Far be-
low him on 18th street, packed on
either sidewalk until it seems impos-
sible that another can wedge in, are
the thousands of fans who have come
to root for the Nationals.
This is the straw hat time. In the
crowd one can find hardly a score OF
derbies and only a sprinkling of soft
hats Surrounding and enveloping
these are the serried rows of straw. 1t
looks like a mushroom patch in a wind
storm-assuming mushrooms are able
TO sway. The great mass of white
straw hats will be tensely quiet, as
the board shows the balls and strikes
Then there will be the sound of the
gong and the hats will start moving
forward as if drawn by an invisible
cord.
The gong will ring again. Now the
hats are in a raging frenzy. Some or
them lily into the air. They are NOV
ing in all directions. prey to lnou-
sand impulses.
has scored and the fans are awaiting
developments.
A CERTAIN theatrical publicity man
\ viewed the second game of the
double header between Washington
and the New York Yankees. Engle
was pitching, and he passed nine men.
The theatrical man stood it as long as
he could. He turned to go away.
Gosh" he said. but that man Engle's
certainly in the wrong business. He's
got more natural talent when it comes
to papering a house than any man l
ever saw.
TN a crowd like the one before the
scoreboard there is always bound to
be variety of pests. There is one
young man who is going to be slaughtered
in cold blood some day while Washington
is in the throes of a ninth-nning rally
The young man looks something like
rabbit. He has long, expressive front
teeth and not enough chin to make 1T
worth while mentioning. His forehead
slopes sharply backward and his ears are
large and red.
During the early stages of the game
the young man remains fairly quiet. But
when Washington starts to pile up runs
or break UP a rally by the opposition, he
commences to get wild
During the game which Shaw pitched
against New York, you remember, the
pitcher hit out home run. That start
ed the human rabbit. He lifted one hand
and brought it down with a solid smack
on the shoulders of the man standing
next to him. You could hear the crack
ten feet away. The man who was greet
ed has the general appearance of a bar
tender whose digestion troubled him.
go on!'' urged the rabbit-ike one,
keep on GONG
Tlle .s,t.aht barileep doubled UP
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VIZ
banner OF Spain, with its quarterinSof
castles and lion. or the cross OFT
George on the English nag. T
Teacher" would mourn the childA
II can't see it."
Back the teacher would charge 10 IA
other rooms and raid her mothers sew
ing basket for bits of paper cambrici
With these she then would construct the
nag she was describing, and the children
could see it.
One day the history lessons had pro-
ceeded down to the time of the Stang
act and the rebellous sentiment prevail
Ing among the colonists. She told of the
pine tree flag of Massachusetts,
but, teacher said these prairie born
and prairie-reared children, what is a
pine tree?" She told them over and over
again. but they could not see it, They
knew nothing of trees
Mother" declared the worried teacher
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recited as legendary, makes this COM
ment:
"A careful examination of the rough
and smooth MS journals of Congress in
the Library of Congress, and of the files
EFF the original drafts of motions made in
We Continental Congress in the Depart
Snt of State. instituted at my request
, Athe librarian of Congress, shows that
y is the first legislative action of which
. We is any record for the establishment
99l national flag for the sovereign
!aa6 States of America
q, 1re is absolutely nothing to show
: .naa,eieorge Washington ever took an
l 60 Interest in the matter of design
ior y flag" continued Mrs. Ball. He
~ oer and. TO him. no doubt, more
: ii''P0i It matters ON hand. In the first
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whie. Subsequently the number of stripes
wa raised to ten, to twelve, and later
to thirteen.
in early representation of this flag
shxs it with ten stripes, with the cross
oft George on white in the union How
cloely this resembles the flag of the
Urted States.
Though Congress, in October, 1775,
ha taken steps to put navy on the
ses no one seemed to think of the neces-
sit of a national flag until the winter.
Tim new flag appeared at Washing
tofs headquarters at Cambridge. The
kings colors. or crosses. or union JAG &.
were retained in the union. representing
the still recognized sovereignty of Eng
land but coupled with thirteen stripes,
alternate red and white.
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Now / have a theory on the subject,
but. mind you, it is only theory THE
population of the colonies in those days
was made up of men of all nations, men
who had owed allegiance to all flags.
They had seen in their national banners
BIRDS and beasts and all manner of ami
mate and inanmate things, and they
wanted a change. They wanted some
thing that would represent to the world
the high ideals of the new nation. Also
they wanted to symbolic a united ma
ton. They wanted to show that no mat
ter where some Of the colonies had stood
at the beginning, matter what the
tory sentiment might have been in some
of them the year previous-1776-now,i in
TIT, they We're standing together. Moth
better than the thirteen stripes.
For the field of the flag they wanted
to represent the divine power above. One
method would be by using the cross, but
this was traditional in the English flag,
and they must get as far away from this
as possible. Further, in New England
there was a sentiment against using the
cross in this manner. In early colonial
days good old Brother Endicott had been
imprisoned because he had sought to de-
stroy the cross character of the English
flag in the colony by cutting off one arm.
leaving but three
An alternatiS 2 was the moon. cres-
cent, but this was used by the vilest Of
oriental nations and also had been used
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place. he, as we all know, was something
of an egotist, and was prone to write of
his own actions in some form. If he had
had much to do with designing and or
dering the flag he would have written
about it somewhere. If he had deemed
the subject of much Importance, and if
he had figured at all in it, you may be
sure he would have set the fact down in
black and white.
'All there is to support the Wash
ington-Betsy Ross tradition is that he was
in Philadelphia for a day or so at about
the time stated; also, that Betsy Ross,
being a fine needlewoman, made shirts
for Gen. Washington, the handsome frill-
ed shirts that the men wore in those
days. On these facts alone the legend
is erected.
From my extended research into the
subject / am convinced that the star
spangled banner design was the result of
lucky chance and evolution more than
anything else 1t was a most beautiful
accident. There is nothing to show that
much thought or attention was given to
it by the fathers The record of the
enactment ] have quoted is preceded by
nothing referring to the subject.
1t pumps right into the resolution and
then stops.
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This new flag, known as the Cam
bridge flag, was hoisted for the first time
at Washingtons camp at Cambridge, jan
uary ?, 1776.
The captain of British transport,
writing from Boston to his owners in
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KHOST of the fans one m ktsn front
4VA OF the scoreboard ar Wing to
talk to any ono who will tlko them.
but there were two men whb We num-
my-lke exceptions to the rule
1t was during one of the mothrilling
The Washington herald., 1914-07-14

New York. July I1-charies comiskey,
Of the White sox. feels grateful-about
$500 worth-toward Barney Dreyfuss.
OF the Pirates. II ali comes about
through a little happening. Of six years
ago.
At that time Charles. Barney, and a
bunch of other magnates were shouting
themselves hoarse in raising each other s
bids for pitcher named Marty O'Toole
who, at that time, was setting the Amer
lean Association on fire with his wonder
ful twiriing.
Well. the bidding finally simmered
down to Charles and Barney, the other
magnates figuring their bankrolls weren't
huge enough to enable them to aequire
the St Paul phenon. Charles bid $4,000.
Barney whooped II up TO $4,000, Charles
countered with 81, 900. and then Barney
shot the price TO 1880.
Charles debated for some time about
raising the Dreyfuss ante, and then de-
cided to let Barney have O'Toole, al
though Charles surely did want the
American Association star to bolster up
his then somewhat weak pitching stan.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-14
TO DEMAND IMMUNITY
WAIVER FROM cARMAN
Prosecutor Announces Purpos. if
Doctor Take. Stand in Grand jury
Hearing Of Murder cese.

Freeport. n. Y. July 1A-If DR.. Edwin
carman takes the stand before the grand
jury which tomorrow viii be asked 70
return an indictment against Mrs. Car
man. who IL accused OF the murder of
Mrs. Lulu Duryea Bailey in the DOCTOR 8
once on the night Of June &C. District
Attorney Smith probably will demand
that Carman waive immunity.
This statement was made by the dis
trict attorney today. He added that
should Mrs. Ida Powell, the accused
woman's sister. be called to the stand.
she, too. probably would be asked TO
waive immunity.
Ipasmueh as the district attorney has
repeatedly declared that he did not be-
lieve Carman was telling the truth aud
that rumors OF a break between the sis
tiers have arisen because Mrs. Powell has
never visited Mrs. Carman since the lat
ter was taken to jail, his statement was
considered Indicative OF sensations to
come.
Justice Of the Peace Norton oricialiy
postponed the hearing OF Mrs. Carnan
today. The case goes before the grand
Jury tomorrow
The Washington herald., 1914-07-14
DREYFUSS GETS O'TOOLE;
COMISKEY NOW HAPPY.

Barney got o'Toole. after separating
himself from s22.5oo. and he got lemon
o'Toole never has had a good season
since he took up his pitching chores un-
der the Pirate nag. So poor has his
showing been this year that Dreyfusl
asked for waivers on him. and It Iookr
certain now that II win beSonly year
or two longer before the man who
brought the record price in baseball WI
find his way back into the minors.
As sort Of sequel to this yarn Is the
story that concerns comiskey and Joe
Benz. When Dreyfuss outbid comiskey
for the possession OF o"Toole. comtskey.
being IN great need of pitcher. exercised
his option on a worth named Benz. who
then was pitching In one Of the small
minor leagues.
Benz didn't loom UP largely, but Com
iskey needed q pitcher and he took q
chance on the party with the racing auto
mobile name Well, Benz delivered, and
in such a way, that he Is regarded today
as one Of the best pitchers in the big
leagues.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-14
BASEBALL BOOMING.

Chicago. Ill, July 13.-According TO
Frederick 2. Eager. Of Brisbane. Queens
land. who passed through Chicago on his
way home, baseball is booming in the
sntipodes as a result of the visit of the
White Sox. and Giants to Australia last
winter. Mr.. Eager, who was born in
Toledo. Ohio, is In the automobile busi-
ness in Brisbane. and IT was he who
made it possible for the globe trotters to
play in Brisbane while there. Baseball
is now being played in Northern New
South Wales as well as in Queensland"
said Eager, "and this is all due to the
visit of the White Sox and Giants. II is
really becoming a national game over
there, being played in the public schools,
colleges and by scores Of seni-pro.
teams. The chances are that In a very
few years every CITY and town in the
this will include
New Zealand-RiH have teams"
The Washington herald., 1914-07-14
With the Running
Horses
EMrIRE CITY.

EMcIRE CITY.
FIRST RACETvo-ysar-olds; selling; Eve fur
loagA Miss Fielder. lo4 Mlrco), 10 !. ! 70 ~
out, won; ChAnteuse. le2 CNlcCahey1, d TO 70 p
out, second; TEmira lO4 tKederis). 70 L 70 "
out, third Time 90 IS. Business Agent also ran
SECOND RACE-Maiden three-yearolds and w
ward one mile and seventy yards king BOX. U'
(SehuttinFsrl . to . to 5. to 5. won; Balsee,
10 (GangeD, to !. to l, even, second; Marsaret
Meise, los (Buxfonl 10 10 ]. TO l. 70 ), third.
Tine, la Early Morn. CooSter, and Frontier
also ran
THIRD RACE-Three-yezr-old and upward; han
dicap; six furlo1Gs Hester Prynne 100 thcCaheyl,
Is 10 s. to s. to 10, WON Leo skolney, III
CBuxtnnl. 6 to l. 10 . TO 5. second; Surprising.
l0s Turuerl. 70 l. 70 l. to S, third. Time.
LA Spring Board. Superintendent Gipsy Love.
Working Lad. and Benanet also rEn-
FOURTH RACE-The Demoiseile Stakes; two
year-oId hlies: ave and a half furiongs- Coquetie,
lls Buxton. 10 2 7 70 10. out won; Comely, l9s
tKedsFisl, 10 5 to 4, out; secoad; BriES Sister.
II tTsyIorl. to S. 10 5. out third Time, lG.
Only three starters
FIFTH RACE-Threeyesr-old and upward: sell
ing; one mile and seventy yards Reno, los Narcol.
Il TO 5, to $ ? to s. won; TAy Pay. IL tTurnerl,
% to l. to l, 10 l, sscondi Lohengrin, III
FatrhrUtheTl. TO 2, even. 70 ?, third Tine,
la5 rs. Big Dipper. HeTmiS. IT.. Yodeling, Robert
Oliver, and Capt. Swanson also ran.
SIXTH RACE-ThTee yeAr-olds and upward: sell
ing; one mile and a sixteenth. Granite, Ill but
weln. to s. out, won; Rolling Stone, Ill tSchut-
tingerl, 10 / to !, 10 10. second; PeTthrock.
IS Sumter, y 10 l. to l. even, third Time, Isl.
Honey Bee and Star Actress also 1n.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-14
BALKAN KETTLE OvERBonMG :

Vienna, July ia-In diplomatic circles
here the political situation in the Bal
kans is considered very serious. Austria
Is firmly determined to settle the Serv-
ian question, destroy the dangerous
Greater Servia" propaganda and pre-
vent the union planned between Servia
and Montenegro. This result, IL Is fear
ed, cannot be achieved without resort to
forcible means.
Germany has already declared her in
tention Of backing Austria with her en-
tire resources.