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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05

chestnut tree. and there he saw Far
mer Browns Boy just starting to climb
down. 1t was his climbing of that tree
that had forced Bobby to try to get to
the big pine tree. Bobby felt in his
heart that he hated Farmer Browns
Boy, and yet he had a queer feeling
that somehow it was because of
Farmer Browns Boy that he was alive
that very minute. And the fact is, it
was. You see, just as the hunter with
the terrible gun had put it to his
shoulder to shoot at Bobby, Farmer
Browns Boy had yelled, and that yell
had SO startled the hunter with the gun
that he had missed. If 1t hadn't been
for that yell from Farmer Browns Boy
there would be no more stories about
Bobby Coon.
Farmer Browns Boy pretended that
he had yelled because he was excited
AMI had seen Bobby trying to escape,
but Mistress Moon, looking down and
seeing all that was going on, knew
better. She had seen Farmer Browns
Boy smile, and it was smile good to
see, when Bobby had safely reached the
big pine tree. All the other hunters
looked disappointed. but Farmer
Browns Boy didn't, and because he
didn't he took great care to keep in
the shadows where the others would
not notice his face. Bobby didn't know
1t and the others didn't know it, but all
the time some one was doing his best
to help Bobby Coon, and that some one
was Farmer Browns Boy.
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Dramas of a Great City.
Being a Collection Of Scenes from
Here and There.
THE MANAGERS,

Two rather shabby looking men are
walking down the street toward that
section of the city where a great and
kindly government permits them to
abor from am. until 4:30 pm. Despite
the beauty of the morning, they travel
slowly and haltingly. 1t requires nc
keen observer to see that they are un-
enthusiastic.
First maxwell. sir. the waste tina,
this government permits is something
outrageous. If any private firm at
tempted to conduct it's business as the
government does, it would go bankrupt
in six months.
Second man (impressively)-If / was
at the head of the Treasury Depart
ment 1 COULD save $4,000 in two
months. just on the little things.
First man-It's the little things that
count
Second man mot to be outdone in a
contest of erudition)-Theres many a
true word spoken in jest
MUTUALLY impressed they shuttle
along silently for a few moments.)
First man-Now take my bureau
Jones is the chief Jones is an ass If
1 were Jones (Fifteen minutes of
elocution showing the imbecile ineffi-
ability of the first mani.
Second mani don'tk see why the
PreSident-
(Twenty minutes of vivid oratory,
during which the second man is aston
iShed at the blindness of the President
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Bobby Coon's Close Call.

close call means a narrow escape,
a very narrow escape. And that is
what Bobby Coon had when he tried
to cross from the top of the big chest
nut tree to the top of the big pine
tree. You see Bobby's mind was so
full of the idea of getting into that big
pine tree that he forgot how bright the
light from Mistress Moon was, SO
bright that of course the hunters at
the foot of the tree would see him the
very minute he showed himself.
He was halfway along the great
branch that reached over to the big
pine tree when he remembered the
moonlight, and just as he remembered
he heard great shout from the hun
tiers down below and he knew that
they saw him. 1t was of no use to turn
back now. SO he did the best thing he
could do-hurried ahead as fast as ever
he could.
Bang! Bobby had almost reached the
big pine tree when the terrible gun
carried by one OF the hunters startled
everybody in the Green Forest with
its dreadful roar. It frightened poor
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The Capital of Venezuela.
from the National Magazine.

AoAn ehe t>duondl Magazine.
left Guaira at half-past s in the
morning for Caracas, the capital. 1t Is
only seven miles away. as the crow
flies. but twenty-five miles by rail. The
railway, built by English capital, cost
a hundred thousand dollars a mile. The
rails cling to the perpendicular surface
Of the mountain like vines to a castle
wall. They crawl to the edge of the
precfpice and reach a height of 5000
feet before losing sight of the sea. The
view is beyond.all word pictures and is
alone worth the voyage to Venezuela.
Caracas is an old world city, founded
by the Spaniards in 1867. 1t rivals
Santiago and Rio in its situation. Its
climate is unrivaled. Heat and cold
are alike unknown, and the place is
perennial spring.
This was the birthplace of Simon
Bolivar, the Washington of South
America. And here he proclaimed a
Declaration of independence in 1911.
Though nominally a republic, Vene-
zuela has been a thorough autocracy
from the start. Even the thirteen gov
ernors of the states are appointed by
the president. No president has ever
actually come into power through an
election. And no president has ever
retired from office except through a
revolution. There have been a hun
dred revolutions in hundred years,
one for each year. There is popular
superstition that all the South Amer
lean revolutions are inspired by men
claiming in broken accents that the
United States is their fatherland, and
selling non-eXplosive cartridges, made
before the invention of gunpowder, at
exorbitant prices. This is all a mis-
take; the revolutionary spirit is in
digenous in the south.
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PENN GRADS UP IN ARMS.
Indignant Over Action of Varsity in
Condemning Foot Ball Coach.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, December s.
The unusual action of the majority Of
the University of Pennsylvania foot ball
players in voting against the retention
Of George H. Brooke as head coach next
year, and the stand taken by nearly sll
of the freshman team in expressing their
utmost confidence" in him, has compli-
Gated the athletic situation at the uni
versity to such an extent that no one
will venture a prediction as to what is
in store for the foot, ball squad next
year.
Some of the old graduates are express
ing Indignation at what they term the
precipitate action of the varsity team,
while others declare themselves as not
surprised at the stand taken by the
players in view of Pennsylvania disas-
trouS season.
The turn of affairs will be considered
next week. when the new foot ball COM
mittee will be appointed after the an
nua meeting of the athletic association.
Coach Brooke's contract has one year 10
run. He has stated that he will hold the
athletic association to his contract, as he
does not want to quit loser.
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GIVEN LITTLE CARE.
Physicians With German Army
Overworked, Fall Asleep on Jobs.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
GENEVA, November 1s.-The cargo
boats that formerly carried coal and
cereals on the Rhine have been trans
ferred into ambulances. and are con-
veying wounded soldiers from Colmar
to Cologne.
The German wounded generally are
well cared for in the hospitals along
the Rhine. but their numbers have in
creased to such an extent since the mid
die of October that there have not been
enough doctors to give them prompt
attention. and many slightly wounded
have died on this account. So over
worked are the surgeons that they
often fall asleep while on duty.
A story comes from Colmar to the
effect that a well known surgeon. after
having worked for a fortnight with
very little rest. fell asleep over an i'm
portant operation. Pressing calls have
been made upon the doctors In Ger
many, including the most aged. to
remedy the difficulty.
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LIFE AND MIND.
Manifestation of an Intelligence
That Pervades the BODY.

John Burroughs, in North American Review.
knowing as we do all the elements
that make up the body and brain of
man, all the physiological processes,
and all the relations and interdepend-
ence of his various organs, and if, in
addition. we know all his inheritances,
his whole ancestry back to the prt-
mordial cells from which he sprang, and
| If we also knew that of every person
with whom he comes in contact and
who influences his life, could we fore
cast his future. predict the orbit in
which his life would revolve, indicate
| Its eclipses, it's perturbations. and the
body? or could we foresee his affinities
and combinations s we do that of
chemical body? Had we known any
OF the animal forms in his line of
ascent. could we have foretold man as
we know him today? Could we have
toretold the future of any form of life
| from its remote beginnings? Would
our mathematics and our chemistry
with such problem? Biology is not
in the same category with geology and
| astronomy. In the inorganic world,
chemical affinity builds up and pulls
down. 1t integrates the rocks and,
under changed conditions. it disin-
tegrates them. In the organic world
chemical affinity is equally active. but
1t plays subordinate part. Vital
dCtlVltleS, II we must SnOn the term
vital force do both. Barring acct
dents, the life of all organism in termi-
mated by other organisms-micro-
organisms and their bodies reduced to
dust by the same agents. In the order
of nature. life destroys life, and COM
pounds destroy compounds.
What is that in the body which at
great attitudes increases the number
of red corpuscles in the blood. those
oxygen-bearers. so as to make up for
the iessened amount Of oxygen breath
ed by reason of the rarity of the air?
Under such conditions the amount of
hemaglobin is almost doubled. I do not
call this thing a force; l call 1t an in
telligence-the intelligence that per-
yades the body and all animate nature.
and does the right thing at the right
time We no doubt speak too loosely
of it when we say that it prompts or
causes the body to do this, or to do
that; 1t is the body: the relation of the
two has no human analogy; the two
are one.
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JACK OWSLEY BOOSTS HINKEY.
Old Yale Man Praises Coach and
Hopes He Will Get Support.

NEW HAVEN, December 5-The fol-
lowing. in the current issue of the
Value alumni weekly. is from Jack
Owsley. former Yale head coach:
Il have read Mr.. Luther's letter de-
handing Mr.. Hinkeys retirement as
the head of Yale foot ball
II believe that Mr.. Hinkey is the
right man, and that another year will
find him using all the coaching ma
terial that Yale has at it's command
that is of any use at all. The condition
in Yale foot ball circles has been such
since the new game that Hinkey had
to take the steps he did this fall in
order to cut out the element which
caused discord and confusion in pick
ing plays and players. i have known
what trouble the man in charge of
Yale coaching has had heretofore with
the graduate coaches Radical action
had to be taken. I feel that next years
Yale team will not be found wanting
in any details. Mr.. Hinkey. hope. will
receive the support of all those who
know anything about foot ball at Yale
and of those who do not.
Up. E. OWSLEY, '05S."
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HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE.
Bv Earl Goodwin.

THE older I become the more con-
WINGED 1 am that physiology should be
a fundamental study in the public
schools of the United States" said Sen
ator Tillman of South Carolina when
at the White House recently. I'VE
cram our children full of everything
else. but neglect the foundation Of the
health and manhood of the country.
There is a woeful. regrettable lack of
knowledge of self. The ignorance on
this subject is profound. worldwide
Millions Of men and women go through
their short lives and pass away with
out having had more than a slight
knowledge of the functions of the or
gans of their bodies, Their lives might
have been prolonged many years had
they known more. 1 believe that if
physiology were thoroughly taught to
children at the beginning of their
school years. simple at first and in
more detail later. the world could get
along with one-f1fth of the doctors and
be twice as happy and contented as
now
Senator Til1man has himself fought
off death for years. following a stroke
of paralysis. II knew nothing Of my
ser until l had let all the machinery
OF my body become wrecked and
clogged," he said. Then I began to
study and read. information which I
should have had as a young man and
carefully given attention to-"
John Monk, who is a newspaper cor
respondent of rare attainments. had
the nerve to take with him to his sum
mer camp in Wisconsin, his new motor
car. And, honestly. it is a region
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NEW HENLEY WILL NOT
SUPPLANT OLD RACE
Yale and Harvard Will Continue to
Row in Dual Regattas on
Thames.

NEW YORK, December 5.-Alumni of
both Harvard and Yale, as represented
at the clubs of the respective colleges
in this city, do not look with favor on
the proposition for an intercollegiate
Henley" such as has been proposed by
the recently organized Collegiate Row
ing Association. if it means abandon
ment of the New London race Con-
sensus at both clubs may be tersely put
in this way. as voiced by one of the
veteran oarsmen of Yale, and Endorsed
by the Harvard men who heard him ex-
press himself:
Harvard Yale races on the water are
purely family affairs. The contests have
been bequeathed to the colleges by the
fathers of rowing at both institutions.
We do not care row of pins whether
Cornell, Columbia, Syracuse. Wisconsin,
Princeton or Annapolis can beat the
winner of the race between the two
crews that represent these old New
England universities by yard or a
half mile There is no question of
championship involved. and we are per-
fectly willing that the winner of the
annual race on the Hudson river or of
the suggested collegiate Henley shall
be called the champion crew of the
year. 1t may be poor sportsmanship
from the popular point of view, and
probably is. Let it go at that
Yale and Harvard graduates as a
body are only interested in what the
crew representing their particular uni
versity shall do to the other crew in
successive years Ours is a traditional
rivalry handed down from father to
son, and we hope may pass on to our
grandsons. Every true Yale man wants
TO see his crew beat the Harvard crew
each year and every true Harvard man
wants the rowing scalp of Yale each
year.
We are not opposed to a collegiate
Henley If the rowing men in the uni
versities wan it. But We do strenuously
object to any step that shall put a stop
to the little family quarrel We have had
for SO many years, beginning on Lake
Quinsigamond, and one which we hope
10 see the undergraduates of the two
universities continue for another half
century"
That Yale has no intention of aban-
donlng the annual race with Harvard
on the Thames at New London is evil
denced by the fact that the Yale Row
ing Association is now erecting new
boathouse at Gales Ferry
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Jones is laying for me, and he'll give
me an awful bawling out if I don't get
in on the dot
Second mani guess our bosses must
be a lot alike. My chief is laying for
me. too Raises thunder whenever he
can get a chance
First man lin voice of deem determi-
nation)-rm going to get out of the
government as soon as ] can. The gov
eminent is no place for a man of
ability.
Second man-rm planning to go into
pay is good. and you require practically
no experience.
First man othoughtfully)-I have
written a number of things.
Second man Gin "A voice of concen-
trated fury, as a sense OF his injuries
comes to him)-I won't be boss"i
around all the time by an old fossil
with a bald head and no teeth. only
yesterday j misplaced letter HE, ~
thing that might happen anywhere. and
the old man jumped me like a wildcat.
I found it in ten minutes, too. | wont
stand being bullied and nagged all the
time,
First man-Great Caesar, You don't
think that's much, do you? l. get
jumped on for absolutely nothing at All.
If I'm ten minutes late you can hear
old Jones roaring "A block away. He
SAYS it's chronic, Well. suppose il is
What does ten minutes mean? II
was a day laborer or milk-wagon
driver
(Two minutes of rapid speaking, dur
ing which the first man establishes the
superiority of a government posltloh
over a job day laborerD
First man CONFERENCE.-The fierce,
(They reach the government building
and dart hurriedly in. The clock points
to one minute after 9. They rush up
different corridors giving vent to in
coherent ordinations of self-pity)
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NOW AFTER BENDER.
St. Louis Feds Want Him as Team
mate to Eddie Plank.

CHICAGO, December 5.-Charles AL
bert Bender, Connie Mack's Indian
pitcher. will sign with the st. Louis
Feds, within few days, according
to President James Gilmore of the
Federal League. who yesterday after
noon received a telegram from Ba1ti-
more announcing the fact.
Bender. the message said. was eager
to join his teammate. Eddie Plank, on
the st. Louis team.
Bender is one of the pitchers on
whom Manager Mack asked waivers a
few weeks ago. 1t has been reported
for several days that the independents
were dickering with the chief" Ben
der recently went to Gettysburg to
see Plank. and an agreement as to
what course they would pursue may
have been decided upon at that time
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and voices the suspicion that politics
may be playing a large part in the ap-
pointments.)
First man (bitterly)-It's the man at
the bottom who has to do all the think
ing and all the work.
Second man-It's the truth.
First man (epigrammatic again)-In-
f1uence counts more than ability.
Second man thinking rapidly)-All
need is the chance.
(They near a huge white pile. A
clock, nearby. warns them that it is
three minutes of O'Clock. They in
crease their pace a trifie. 1t almost
resembles a walk. Uneasiness shows
on their faces, and though they both
try to conceal it. each senses the feel
ing of the other. A constraint falls
over them.)
First man determined to break the
ice)-I hope 1 don't get in late. Old
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Prussians by Oath.
From the London Chronicle.

If the report is true that Austrian
troops are to be compelled to take an
oath of allegiance to the kaiser as well
as to their own emperor this. strictly
speaking, will make them Prussians
rather than Germans. The so-called
German army is made up of distinct
units from the various states of the
Observation-Disclosures, Bavaria, Saxony,
Wurtemberg, etc.-and the officers of
these contingents takethe oath of al
legiance, not to the kaiser. but to their
respective sovereigns. With the navy it
is different. That is Imperial" and all
the officers swear loyalty to the en-
peror.
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ALL IN SAYS SHAWKEY
Of PLANK AND BENDER
Connie Mack's Pitcher Thinks Jack
Coombs Will Come Back,
However.

BUTLER, Pa, December 5.-Evidently
Bob Shawkey. the famous twirler OF
the Athletics, does not intend to jump
to the Federals, for he has already
stated that he intends to go south with
the Athletics and train ready for
grueling test in the American League
race next season. Bob Shawkey and
his bride, formerly Miss Marie La K5er
of Philadelphia, are spending their
honeymoon here as the guests OF the
pitchers cousin, H. D. Shawkey. BOD
Shawkey has been with Connie Mack
champions for the last two years. When
asked to make a statement regarding
the action of the Athletics manager In
asking waivers on Plank, Bender and
Coombs, Shawkey said:
We'll, think he did it to cut down
expenses. You know they had bad
wear at the box office last season. Ana
then. YOU know, Bender and Plank were
ALWAYS used against teams Connie knew
they could beat. Their games were all
picked for them. Bender never worked
against Detroit or Boston for the iast
several years. Both of them are both-
cred a whole lot with rheumatism and
will probably never again pitch WIN
ming ball in the American League.
Thinks Coombs Still Good.
"As to coombs, I think he will come
back. He and 1 spent twenty days in
the Maine woods on bunting trip and
landed back in Philly the day before
was married. Jack gained twenty
pounds in those twenty days. and he
went along just like the rest of US.
packing his load on his back. He did
not know where he would play next
season.
I'VE didn't get much glory out of the
world series. Plank's game should
have been won, but Collins lost fly
the Braves Outside of Meanwhile and
Evers there isn't good player on the
Boston team. They couldn't trade the
whole outfit for one of our infielders.
Mack has some good players who
haven't done any work as yet. Bressler
is a southpaw who is destined to be-
come a second Plank. He pitches in the
same style and has everything.
Predicts Success for Yanks.
II think the New York team will
make a great showing in the American
circuit next year. but I can't see Bos-
ton with a field glass.
II wouldn't like to make selection
in the National League. The players in
that league are all old men. and you
can't tell much about them. They squirt
for a while and then go to pieces.
NO, l don't think the Quaker city
fans are down on Mack for letting his
three pitchers go. Mack answered the
comment of the critics, and / think
every person understands the situation
thoroughly now"
Shawkey and his bride will go to
Charleston, w. Va, and then take a
short tour through the south before
returning to Philadelphia.
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GAFFNEY BUYS LAND
FOR NEW BALL PARK
Braves Head Closes Deal for Larg-
est Plot of Any Major
League Club.

BOSTON. December 5.-James E. Gaff-
ney, president of the world champion
Boston Braves. closed a deal by long
distance telephone yesterday for a par
Gel OF real estate at Commonwealth
and Babcock streets, upon which he
plans to erect a steel and concrete ball
piant Tor the local National Leaguers.
secretary Herman Nickerson of the
braves declared that it was Mr.. Calf
neys intention to commence building
Immediately. 1t is believed the new
park Will be ready for occupancy be-
lore the middle of the 1915 season.
Inc site of the new home of the
Braves is one of the most accessible
IN the city and far more commodious
imam any major league grounds in use
at present Its frontage on Common
wealth. avenue, where the main en-
frances will be. is SIS feet. The meas
urements ON the Babcock street and
fieaSant street extension sides resnec-
livery, are 923 and $50 feet The hack
tracks for a distance of 6S5 feat
The new park is supplied admirably
with surface car connections from ali
sections of the city. A station of The
f SUBWAY system opens directly in
front OF the main entrance The Ros-
ION ana Albany railroad will provide a
station near the rear entrance and will
run special trains direct from Rroad
street station at f1ve-cent fare.
Gaffney Confirms Purchase.
NEW YORK. December 5-James
CARNEY at his home last night con-
hrmed the Boston purchase.
The site is an ideal one," he COM
mented. We will have the biggest
playing grounds in the country. and
one of the finest stands There is an
hiuch room that i intend to leave annie
parking spaces on both the Pleasant
street and Commonwealth avenue sides.
Al the back it will he possible to ar
range suitable switching facilities for
the street cars to load and discharge
their patrons without the least con-
fusion on the big days.
VI course. as yet l have not asked
Tor plans from the architects, and
until my engineers have gone over the
ground 1 shall not decide upon de-
tails. If it is possible to construct a
single-tier stand capable of seating
10000 l shall not build a double
decker.
Il shall build the stands and bleach
ers myself of steel and concrete The
foundation is gravel and sand to a
depth of thirty feet. The sand and
work, which not only will minimize
the cost of construction greatly, but
also will eliminate the necessity for
pile work.
II believe" concluded Mr. Gaffney
that the new park will be ready
within d couple of months of the OPEN
ing of next season.