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and then discovered that Sir Thomas
chief aim in life seems to be to
assure good time to his guests It
was not food and drink alone that he
of people whose names one reads on
the first page. In ten minutes every
one was talking. But at first the host
didn't care to discuss the Shamrock "
and her potential adventures.
Here's Thomas Fleming Day." he
said. getting a bronzed. keen-eyed
American by the hand. You'll know
his name. He is the man who took
the motor boat Detroit across the At
lantic ocean in twenty-one days-the first
time such a hare-brained feat was ever
attempted. I'd as lief go to sea on a
sewing machine as to go out with Elem
ing Day in one of his gasoline crea-
tures.''
There will be no attempt now or here
after to reproduce Sir Thomas accent.
1t isn't an Irish brogue at all, II may
trust my unaccustomed ear. Rather it
is Scotch which is accounted for by the
fact that Upton an Ulster man. and
Scotsmen centuries ago But as a story
teller and host he is Irish to the core
Tell him that story about the liners
Fleming" he said to Day.
Day would not. He is a silent, self
contained man, not backward. but no
believer in conversation. SO that Sir
Thomas told the story himself.
His Story About Day.
He was coming across the ocean in
the Detroit now" said he, land it was
stormy the whole twenty days And
the liners used to think that he was q
ifeboat adrift and would follow him ub
and try to rescue him So that Day lost
patience One Of them asked him
through the megaphone:
Where are you bound for?
The coast of Ireland. says he.
DO you know says the captain of
the liner, that the coast of Ireland is
LOO miles from here?'
so Day picks up his megaphone-it
was about as big as his boat, mind you
and he called back to the liner:
Do you KNOW says he, that the
coast of America is 1000 miles from
here?"
Day silently assented.
The liners got to be a nuisance
said he. Il had to stop and tell every
they'd chase me for four or five miles"
Eventually the conversation was
worked around to the Shamrock ".
Sir Thomas was perfectly willing to
admit that he is an optimist. All Irish
men are optimists. said he. He is GER
tain that he will bring the America
cup back to Great Britain. He be-
lieves the new boat will be the fastest
craft Of her inches ever launched. and
that he will have the best sailing mas
tiers and crew that ever stepped on Brit
ish planks He is likewise very certain
that he will have a bully time when he
gets to New York.
.I never have such good times any
where else said he, glowing. why.
many's the day I have two and three
hundred people at lunch on the Erin
The tables are spread all along the decks
here. We all have a good time
Americans Good Sports.
There was just one thing that he
wanted to say. He was emphatic about 1t.
| A few days before q yachting authority
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Figure 81 typical spiral nebula.
Were this seen edgewise 1t would prob
ably present much the appearance
shown in figure 8.
PLANTATION of the reason why a greater
accumulation of ice is found around the
south pole of the earth than occurs
around the north pole. And as this ice,
by its gravitating pull. must draw an
undue proportion of the waters of the
sea toward itself, it may be that this is
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ENGLAND in the middle of the nineteenth

ENGLAND in the middle Of the nineteenth
century. but it portrays also the es-
sential interests and preoccupations of
the United States as well. Innumerable
sketches Of notable men and women
enrich this story. Here are glimpses of
Emerson, Holmes. Sumner, Lucy Stone.
Harriet Beecher Stowe and many an
other Of those who, together, wrought
so fervently in the cause Of freedom.
A free use Of Mr.. Higginson's CORE
spondence, of his own reports and rec
ords. gives to this story the intimate
Of personal reminis-
cence, making it rather more auto
geographic than geographic in its effect
1t is a fine and valuable addition to the
history of the United States preceding
the civil war.
BEFORE vASSAR OPENED. BY James
Monroe Taylor. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin Company.
This study in the higher education of
women is. in substance. body of evil
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Some Mistake.

From the Ladies' Home Journal.
What name are you calling?" asked
the telephone girl over the wire.
"McCohen." the customer answered.
IT beg pardon?" asked the girl.
The. man repeated it.
The wire was silent for q moment,
then the girl said: wait a moment,
please. I think the wires are crossed
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
NEW BOOKS ON SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY.

The following new books, most of
which will be found in the industrial
department. have been recently added
to the Public Library.
Woman.
BJoerkman, r. NJ, ed. Woman s,Inrae. Kwz.
w 5ssse' " i The Emancipation of English
Chesssr, r, Z Is $; Woman. Marriage and Mother
Galiehan, G. G. H. The Truth About Woman.
s. SwsMnwisk Mrs H n The Future of the wOm-
Iayler; J. L. The Nature of Woman. 1912.
Mathews. l2v. KWW-Ws42.
Law.
Countryman. Edwin: The Supreme Court of TIE
United States. KAHUA-Cs36s.
Organic .aisu Act Of the D. c. 1872; +ks5o -Des5.
preme Court Of the District OF Columbia. u. S.
rs; Richard asarringt1n St al Indictment for
Nichols. F. c.. and Rogers. r. E Teachers
aando9ok to accompany Short Course in COM
Ritter E F. Moral Law and Civil Law. 1910.
International Relations.
IL,
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Child Mrs. G. B. The Efficient Kitchen RY.
Kittredse. NJ. H Practical Homemaking. RY-
Larned; D., Ms Is! L. H. One Hundred Cold De.-
Jar aarned, Mrs. l. H. One Hundred Salads RE-
pillsbnry Flour Mills Co. The Pillsoury Cook
Reed. Myrtle. Everyday Desserts. 1911. RE-
Mathematics.
BIrkett. c; "; and swartzel. K. D. Farm
Clifford J; B. Everyday Arithmetic. Lc-G3s4e.
Nichols. ". F. New Arithmetical Problems.
Society for the Promotion of Engineering Edu-
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Science.
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Coulter. J. G. Plant Life and Plant Uses "
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Farmer. / 3. Plant Iifs. SB.Fs@sp
Cutie. z. 2 Definitions In Physics, LH.Gs7Td.
Jacoby. Harold. Astronomy. LR-Jl54a.
LIE Blanc. NJ. ]. L. A Textbook of Electro
chemistry. LO-L495 E
Maunder. E. W. Are the Planets Inhabited'
Miller. w J. The Geological History Of New
York State MCs51- M615gn.
Murray. Sir John. The Ocean. MJ-M9S2o.
Page. C. S. The New Philosophy. LH-P145n.
Parker. g. W. Elements Of Mechanics. 1911.
mercial Purposes. MI R34eu
Chemistry. LO-Sm5t.
Walton. G. L. The Flower finder NV wlTsf.
Washington Academy of Sciences Washington,
D. q. Journal. V. IL. 19ll-l2 +LA-sw2T3j
Industrial Department.
Gardening RG-M17ap. -
Meehan. W. E. Fish Culture in Ponds and
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North American Construction Co. Bay City.
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Engelman. R. A. Autocraft st-Z-Ens4
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SIR THOMAS Upton
LAUDS AMERICANS
Is Made Genuinely Angry by
Charges They Are Not Good
Sportsmen.
PROVES A WARM HOST
ABOARD THE YACHT ERIN
Confident of Lifting Cup in Races
This Year-Loves U. s., Where
He Got His Start.
BY HERBERT COREY.
reign Correspondence of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.
LONDON, June 15.-There may be
others. but there is at least one man
in this world who enjoys himself all
day long. who sleeps soundly at night
and gets up in the morning with a
good appetite. He Is Sir Thomas Lip
ton, when he is on board his schooner
yacht Erin.
1t was an unusual experience for me.
I am not thoroughly broken to baronets.
All know of yachting Is that the kicker
usually breaks down when you are four
miles of shore on a hot day. And
shall never be able to learn how to eat
strawberries--big strawberries. about the
size of an egg-with fork. first dipping
them into powdered sugar. especially
when there is Isle of Wight cream on
the table that is thick enough to eat
with chopsticks. I shall probably never
get used to these things.
1 had written to Sir Thomas suggest
ing that as the Shamrock Nv had taken
| the water without serious difficulty. and
| the big race for the American cup isn't
too far in the foreground, he might be
willing to send a brief message to
America had anticipated an optimistic
declaration OF certain triumph. Instead
| received a thoroughly characteristic
| note from Great Britain's foremost
yachtsman.
Run down to Southampton and take
lunch with me on the Erin" he had
written. "Theren be some people on
| board you'll like to meet"
Bubbles With Good Stories.
| So that I ran down to Southampton
and lived in awe Of beautifully uni.
formed oficials on the Erin's gilt.
| tering tender during the voyage from
l %hA Al fomn n,,av ~ The tSida
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higher circles or society than the one in
which he was reared
Anyhow. I'll have no other" said he.
IT had too many mascots the time be-
fore. Somehow among 'em was q hoo
doo.'
More than once he expressed a warm
affection for Chicago and the south-an
even greater feeling than he held for the
remainder Of the states.
IT lift the cup. I'll take 1t to Chicago
before I bring it home" said he. Il
| think sight of Chicago will do the cup
good
The experts on the Erin did not be-
lieve that the Shamrock Tvs chances of
success will be materially imperilled by
the delay in launching, due to the fact
that some Of the contracts for the pat
ent metal. Of which her hull is composed,
were not finished on time. The plan is to
here against the Shamrock III, twenty
three-meter boat. and to sail for New
York about the third week in July. The
voyage across under sail will take close
to three weeks, as the boat will be ham
died very gingerly under her jury rig in
order not to strain her. In the races,
by the way. she will be handled by Capt
Turner as the professional and by Mr..
Burton as the amateur sailing master.
They have sailed together about the
British waters for the past nine years.
and during his yachting career Burton
has won more than 500 races. They are
considered the most dangerous patr OF
yachtsman in Great Britain.
"And there's another good omen" said
the master Of the Erin. Lady Shaftes-
bury christened the Shamrock Wand
the unnumbered Shamrock won all five
of the cups she offered for the Royal
Ulster Yacht Club. She ought to bring
US luck"
Remembers Humble Beginning.
Now and then one caught glimpses Of
the inner nature of this bluff. witty, OPEN
handed man. He spoke of a speculation
in which he had been engaged through
the unauthorized action of one of his man.
ayers.
After was in. had to stay in said
he. ut never does to run"
But you made money!"
People said 1 made f1,OOO,OOO,'' said
he, slowly. II really lost 100000 But
never told. You must not tell of your
losses"
And as we rose from the table after
tea and strolled down the mahogany
the old days in New York came to him
the days when he had been poor ana was
just beginning to be rich.
IT lived then at the Fifth Avenue Ho-
tel" said he. after breakfast every
Sunday morning I'd light cigar and
stroll down to Washington street and
take a look at Mike McColligan's board
ing house
" There's where you started, my boy
I'd say to myself Don't let your head
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fast by the freplace"-pointing to a
bronze statuette perhaps three feet
tall. but once it cast loose, and lept
across the cabin. Thank you. sir.
Many American Decorations.
The most striking thing about the
Erin, to an American, is the evidences
of American affection that greet one
everywhere. A long companionway Is
lined with the cartoons of Sir Thomas,
accumulated during his various adven-
photograph of Jefferson Davis. bearing
his own autograph, which was pre-
sented to Upton by Miss Minnie A.
Davis. daughter of the president Of
of Americans. ranging from Mark
Twain and Theodore Roosevelt to
Thomas Edison, are scattered every
where. On the wall is the charter Of
the ship Cincinnatus. dated 1924, and
signed by President James Monroe and
Secretary of. State John Quincy Adams.
In all his conversation there appeared
the same liking for Americans and
things American.
You know said he, 'T made my
first money in America. 1 got my BUSH
ness training there and saw how things
can be done. 1 wanted to come back
home because my old folks lived there.
But my methods have been American
A little later an old "Reminiscences
came up.
Il ate my first meal in America in
Mike McColligan's. boarding house, at
23k Washington street, New York."
said he. Il had just landed at Castle
Garden-a green Irish lad-and saw
runners for boarding houses going
about among the immigrants. I went
to McColligan, who was there hustling
for business.
What will you give me If I get you
custom 1 asked. He said he would
board me until I got a job.
He was silent for a time. Then
You don't think the American peo-
pie will like me any the less because I
am not a swell?' he asked
Back on the quarterback, sitting about
under the awnings, England's green
shore appeared a mile away, across
Southampton's shiny waters. Some one
asked what mascots he would take on
the Shamrock this year.
Something About Mascots.
THE last time" said he, 1.-The boat was
all clutted up with mascots I think there
were twenty-four OF them, running all
the way from a green hen that came
from Terre Haute to Irish terriers. The
boat was full of Irish terriers"
That shifted the current of talk for
moment.
One of the terriers got away when We
were lying at the wharf in Brooklyn"
said he The New York policemen got to
know it, think every policeman in New
York Is an 1rishman, and they are all my
friends-and whenever they saw an Irish
terrier:
'Whoosh. said they to themselves.
That's Liptons.
so they'd just scoop it in and bring it
to me. 1 was overrun with the beasts"
This year he is to take one mascot that
being a peculiarly ugly baboon, which
Sir Thomas Dewar bought, caught or
looted in Africa. The baboon is now I'M
derEoing a course of treatment for jungle
manners Sir Thomas has obvious doubts
whether he will ever be fit to move in
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moon, the star figure so formed will not
be SO striking as II the approach were
closer.
In the telescope this bright evening
star is seen to be but little more than
half full: the dark shading Of its sur
face as the boundary line between the
planets day and night is approached and
the twilight effect due to its dense at
mosphere are already becoming very
conspicuous.
Mars is still quite high in the west, but
it's distance from the earth is 80 great
that it is now an unsatisfactory object
In the telescope. On July l it is a little
way to the east OF Regulus. and, like
ward, entering the western borders OF
Virgo by the end of the month.
The observer will notice how very rap
idly the brilliant Venus is overtaking the
waning Mars. The brighter world will
pass to the east of Mars on August 5: at
this time the two planets will present tho
appearance of an interesting double star
in the western heavens and will form a
beautiful figure for observation with a
small telescope
Jupiter is little way due south from
the star at A, Figure 1, and is just be-
yond the borders of our evening star
map. After $50 o'clock throughout the
night, however, 1t is conspicuous OBJ
ject in the southern sky.
Uranus is also beyond the borders Of
our map. almost in the center Of the
constellation Capricornus. Saturn and
Neptune are both morning stars, and are
too near the sun to be well observed
during this month.
On July 2 at pm. the earth is at its
greatest distance from the sun; it is then
3, 100000 miles farther away than when
in January these bodies are nearest to-
gether. On account of this varying dis
lance our northern winters are slightly
warmer and also shorter than are the
winters of the southern hemisphere. It
is natural to seek in this fact an ex-
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of England had written letter to the
Daily Mail. in which the craftsmanship
of Americans was sneered at. Sir Thorn
as was genuinely angry over this.
You can take this down from me-
said he. There Is not more sports
manlike people on the face of the earth
than the Americans. They drive good
bargain-just as we debut when that
bargain is concluded they are more than
generous
He had half dozen stories to tell to
prove this They need not be repeated
although they made his point. Down in
the cabin there is silver four-leafed
shamrock. The leaves bear the photo
graphs OF the four pretty daughters OF
Commodore Fred G. Bourne of the n. Y.
Y. c.
Mind you," said the baronet, Bourne
was the boss Of his show. He was doing
all he could to beat me. just as I was
doing all l could to beat him. But the
girls sent me this shamrock for luck. On
the day of one race one of the girls was
sick.
"'Papa's boat Is ahead her mother
told her.
Now I'm sicker,' said She
Every now and then he required to this
attack upon American craftsmanship.
Capt. Day had replied to 1t in dignified
letter. and this particularly tickled Lip
ton.
IF I were An American newspaper
|
a big thing Of this. Don't you see how
the English yachtsmen would resent that
sort Of an attack from an American
writer of authority"
Likes Sandy Hook Course.
He particularly likes to race at Sandy
Hook, he said. It is not merely that the
waters there are just the sort of waters
that he is used to sailing init was once
suggested that the race might be held at
Newport, and he declined on this &C
count-but he likes the manner in which
New York yachtsmen have always treated
him.
Il do hope" said he. that they will
give me the right to do a little towing
during Gains, on the voyage over. 1t
will be a long enough trip as it is. and
hard on the men who have to sail the
Shamrock. But thew have always been
fair and kind to me-"
We were wandering about in the cabin
where the Shamrock's plate is displayed.
The Shamrock-not one of the numbered
Shamrocks, but the twenty-three-meter
boat which. Sir Thomas raced lately
seemed to have taken about everything
in sight. In addition, there were won
derful trophies of former victories. A
great gold cup was inscribed with the
best wishes of the American people for
his soortsmanlike conduct during one of
the recent challenge series. Another
great silver cup bore the greeting of the
Chicago Press Club. Half a dozen SOW
ereigns. including the late King Edward
and the kaiser, were contributors to the
exhibit There were f1fty-four pieces in
all.
''They are a great trial." said the
chief steward. later. a look of grief
coming into his patient eyes. when
we go to sea we have to unship them
all and stow them in boxes"
On a recent visit to Burmah Sir
plant, weighing perhaps 800 pounds.
and equipped with ivory tusks and
toenails. That elephant has never been
to sea.
"And what we shall do with i'm. I'm
sure I do not know" said the chief
steward. we ave dashed that figure
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rs my wife forward7" asked the pas
senger on the limited.
She wasn't to me. SIR" answered the
conductor. politely.-Purple Cow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27
Bv Prof. Doolittle of the University
of Pennsylvania.

-HE two most striking changes
which will be noticed among
our evening stars since last
month are those due to the
complete entrance of the Won
derful summer branch OF the MILKY way
into the eastern part of the evening
heavens and the temperance or the
striking and always interesting group OF
the Scorpion In the south. The former,
that Golden Pathway crowded with
swarms and clouds OF distant suns. now
stretches entirely across the eastern sky
from the south point of the horizon to the
north. the highest point Of its arch being
nearly two-thirds of the way from the
eastern horizon to the zenith There Is
now, therefore. an excellent opportunity
not only to study its wonderful structure,
but also to examine the beautiful con-
stellations which we meet as we follow
its course over the sky.
To one who wishes to become familiar
with the star figures there is indeed at
this time Of the year no better way
than to begin his study with those groups
which border upon and are immersed in
moonless night, he will have no difficulty
in finding Perseus. not very bright
group, almost on the ground in the exact
north, while above this are the bright
stars Of the w-shaped Cassiopeia- and
1t is here that the Milky Way is narrow
and brighter than in any other part
Two especially bright regions are at the
points E and F., Figure 1, the former be-
ing the beautiful Double Cluster in Per-
seus-the most satisfactory OF all star
clusters for examination with a small
telescope Then follows Cepheus. while
the highest part of the arch is occupied
by the beautiful Northern Cross and the
very brilliant Vega with the other stars
of the Tyre.
Descending the arch toward the south,
we come next to the faint Arrow, the
curious group Of the Dolphin, or Jobs
Coffin, the Eagle. and finally. but little
above the ground in the south, there is
found the long group sagittarius. the
most noticeable feature of which is the
verted position. the end Of it's handle be-
ing at c and the front edge Of the bowl
at D.
The long stream Of stars which, be-
ginning at II. extends down almost the
exact center Of the Milky Way, belongs
to the tail Of the Serpent, the head Of
this very long constellation now lying
almost due south at the point B. The
fainter stars in the great, comparatively
vacant, region between this winding
stream and Hercules form ophiuchus,
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made up Of thousands Of bright stars
crowded closely together.
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BOOK REVIEWS.

EUROPE AFTER S.15. BY H. L. Menck-
en-. George Jean Nathan, Willard
Huntington Wright. Decorations
by Thomas II. Benton. New YORK:
John Lane Company.
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moon, the star figure so formed will not
be SO striking as II the approach were
closer.
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There was just one thing that he
wanted to say. He was emphatic about It,
A few days before q yachting authority
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fast by the ireplace"-pointing to
| bronze statuette perhaps three feet
tall, but once it cast loose, and lept
across the cabin. Thank you, sir.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-16
MARYLAND WEEK

Baltimore, Md, Nov. 16.-Tha
week commencing today has been
designated as Maryland Week by
four of the largest agricultural or
ganizations in the State who have
united and are holding their annual
exhibitions through this week. They
are the State Horticulture! Society,
the Crop improvement Association,
the State Dairymen's Association,
and the State Beekeepers' Associa-
tion Of Maryland. Maryland Week
has become distinct feature in the
State and is looked forward % with
much interest by both city and rural
people. This years exhibitions far
excel those of any previous meeting.
A large horticultural EXHIBIT will be
held in connection with The exhib-
its Of the societies named.