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New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
WILLIS TO REFEREE.

Honest John Willis has been se-
cured to act as referee at the wrestl-
ling match at Comstock hall, East
Hartford, tonight, when G. A. Ventres
will 90 up against Kid Franklin in
best two out OF three falls.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

Grounds this afternoon. was expected
to develop another pitchers battle be-
tween Way of Yale and Dyo o.
Princeton. Each university has won
one game of the series. M
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

ANOTHER PITCHERS BATTLE.
New York, June 1.-THE final
game of the Yale-Princeton baseball
series, to be played at the Polo
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
Games Today.

Games Today.
Taunton at New Haven (2)
Springfield at New Bedford.
Hartford at Fall River.
Brockton at Pawtucket.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
standing OF the Clubs.
Games Today.

New York at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at st. Louis.
Boston at Chicago.
Philadelphia at Pittsburg.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
GIANTS QUIT CELLAR
BY DEFEATING REDS
Big JEFF Tesreau Applies White
wash Brush to Herzog's Grew

incinnati. June 16.--After hoiding
the Giant sluggers hitless and run
less for six innings Yesterday Gene
Dale, local right handler, went COM
pletely to pieces in the seventh in
ming. Before the onslaught was over
McGraw's men had run up a. count.
of seven runs in succession with noe
body out and clinched the contest for
jeff Tesreau. The final score was 81
to o. The shutout victory ineident5l
enabled the Polo Grounders toI
emerge from the cellar and turn tina
berth over to the Reds. score
RI n ~
r. h. 81
New York -. 0O00oo71o--s 10 q
Cincinatti 49,. 00e0o0o00---0
Batteries: Tesreau and Smith and
Myers. Dale. Toney and Clarke.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

f.' r
They saw him charge German trench
Amid the sharpnel smear;
They watched him face the Forty
twos
Without touch Of fear;
And when the chlorine gases rolled
Across the poisoned chute,
They saw him sniff-zrd take a
And come back with the loot.
They marvelled at this magic nerve
And met him with a cheer;
But when they brought the medals
out
He spurned them with q sheer;
Compared with other years" he
said,
This STUFF is merely play
This is the softest job I've known
MY name is Hank o'Day."
Recently at the Polo Grounds
base runner was sprinting for first
base The inf1eld peg reached Mr..
Pipp, Of the Yanks, at least step
end a half ahead OF the runner. Yet
the umpire called the visitor safe
immediately the stands rose with a
bowel Of wrath, branding OLoughlin
as the sole survivor or the Forty
Thieves. But a small section Of fans
who happened to be directly back OF
first offered no criticism. For they
happened to see with C'Loughlin,
that Pipp's foot was at least ten In
ches OFF the bag. There was no other
way to call the play.
This testimony is ofrered as tip
TIC the. intense and frenzied frantic
who is addicted to the habit OF PAN
ming umpires. The fact that the ball
heats the base runner dosen't always
mean the runner is cut. And only
the umpire and a very small percen-
tage Of fans are focused properly on
the play.
Not Evers Alone. -
. Johnny Evers is a brig part of the
Brave machine, but not necessarily
ming smoothly Last summer Johnny
missed twerty-four games, and the
Braves won twenty Of these, il we
recall the figures.
The absence OF Evers has jo1ted the
Braves, but not as much as the big
slump by the Big Three-Rudol ph.
James and Tyler 1t was the rare
pitching OF this triumvirate that car
ried the Braves to glory They work
ed together In turn with q hawless
output week after week. So far their
pitching has been very ordinary, and
unless they get going again at 1914
speed the Braves outlook will soon be
very much to the notified green.
Oficia1 scorers IN the y, s. A. should
arise and emit three registering cheers
that they are not working in Hawaii
Here are q few names from one line
up in the lotus land OF tho South Seas:
Matsuichii, Kariisaki, Tschukiyarna.
Fukuschina and Miiyahairai,
! 'In spite Of the Names" writes our
South Sea correspondent, this bunch
can play baseball all fve ways.
Golf and Brains.
If it requires an abundance OF brains
to play fine golf. then 799, 892 OF the
| 100000 players in America are crazy.
fine golfer may have an un-
limited brain supply--and fine golf
er may also carry less than thin BILE
full Of the esteemed commodity The
possession Of brains has very little to
| do with 1T, one way or another. Golf
! is mainly a matter OF knack, practice;
experience and muscular control.
Piling It Up.
Dear Sir: To settle an argument
who, in your opinion, is the best
pitcher in the college ranks this sea-
son--Neyland, Way. Whitney. Sister
smith-or who ?--F. r. II.
Any opinion projected from us or
this subject wouldn't settle any argu.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE.
CONNIE SIGNS coLLEGLAN.

CTOWCII DLONH CttdT CIsILS 70 I1UTI IOr
d. Athletics.
Providence, June 15.-Crowell, first
string pitcher Of the Brown university
baseball team, signed three-year
contract with the Philadelphia Amer
lean league club today He will join
the Athletics on Friday.
Darlington, a Brown infelder, will
report to the New York National
league team this week, having signed
to terms some time ago.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
Baseball IN
a Nutshell
COLONIAL LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results.
All games postponed on occount OF
rain or cold weather.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

New York 9, st. Louis 4.
Chicago VS. Washington (rain.)
Detroit VS. Philadelphia (wet grds)
Cleveland We Boston (wet grds.)
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
Slim Beats wheescr

st Louis. June 1s--The Dc1gel
lost the third game Of the series
the Cards yesterday, score TO
three of THE home teams runs bei1
the result of errors Dell was paird
against Sallee, who had not bed
going any too well of late Score;
.r. h
Brooklyn o2ooooo0o--2
St. Louis 0o0l2010x--4 10
Batteries: Dell. Appleton and NJ
Carly; sallee and Snyder.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Pittsburg 5, Brooklyn 2.
st. Louis /, Newark 0.
Kansas City 9, Baltimore 4.
Chicagot VS. Buffalo (wet grds)
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
NATIONAL. LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results.
New york s, Cincinnati 0.
St. Louis 4, Brooklyn 2.
Chicago 4, Boston o.
Philadelphia VS. Pittsburg (wet)
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

Adams; seven, Gamble; six, Whittle-
sey; five, Fox; four, Kositzky; three,
Atkins; two, Gilfillan; bow, Minson
coxswain, Captain Pratt. First var
sity stroke, Morse; sever. Wiman;
six, Meyers; FIVE, Captain Sturtevant;
four, Sheldon; three, Law; two. Ben
nettff1 bow. c. Coe, and coyswain. Me-
Lane.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
Sts1nding of the Clubs.

Games Today.
Pittsburg at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at Newark.
Chicago at Buffalo.
Kansas City at Baltimore
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.
Games postponed, rain
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
Big Jim in Form.

Chicago, June 1s.--The Cubs de!
feated the Braves yesterday whe I
Vaughn. pitching spectacular ball
BANKED the worlds champions, 4 u
0. Tom Hughes remained on th)
mound for Boston throughout IN
game Bunched hits coming aftc,
Hughes's support had chances 10 n
tire Chicago batters cost Stating
team the game. Score:
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
StAnding OF the Clubs.

Games To-day.
Chicago at washington.
Detroit ct Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Boston.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
Piling It Up.

Dear Sir: To settle an argument,
who, in your opinion, is the best
pitcher in the college ranks this sea-
son--Neyland, Way, Whitney. Sister.
snith-or who ?-F. r. II.
Any opinion projected from US on
this subject wouldn't settle any argu-
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

I'm spite Of the Names writes our
South Sea correspondent, this bunch
can play baseball all flye ways. Z
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

Offlcial scorers IN the u, s. A. should
arise and emit three registering cheers
that they are not working In Hawaii.
Here are a few names from one line
UP in the lotus land OF tho South Seas:
Matsuichii, Kariisaki, Tschukiyarna.
Fukuschirna and Miiyahairai,
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

II it requires an abundance OF brains
to play fine golf. then 7s9.892 OF the
100000 players in America are crazy.
"A fine golfer may have an un-
limited brain supply--and a fine golf
or may also carry less than q thin ble-
full Of the esteemed commodity. The
possession Of brains has very little to
do with 1t, one way or another. Golf
is mainly a matter Of knack, practice;
scxnerience and MUSCULAR control. 9.M
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-05

pay, they strive for efficiency for It's
own sake-and for the sake of their
endangered country
For example, 1t is stated that Lady
Gatacre and Lady Colebrooke have
gained promotion 10 the delicate
task OF operating machinery which
turns out fuses for shells. Miss
Ethel Armitage, member of an old
and wealthy English family and a
favorite in the best known society,
who was amusing herself with settle
ment work in the London slums
when the war broke out, is now
trusted with the important duty of
adjusting the caps on three-inch
shells. She has to handle heavy
metal tools, and some OF the ma
terials in her department are so
rough-edged that heavy gloves are an
absolute necessity.
Miss Toynbee and Miss Buxton,
who never before had to lift finger
higher than to summon servant,
were early volunteers at one OF the
new English munition factories.
They were put to work at the
simplest "roustabout work." But
within few weeks they were so IA
miliar with three-inch guns and their
ammunition that they were assigned
to the eSacting task of assembling
the parts of shrapnel shells.
Lady Gertrude Crawford has be-
come an expert at the lathe, where
forged shel1-forms undergo the first
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stage OF machine shaping. All about
her are stacked up the rough forged
forms. which she has grown 10 handle
with the ease and precision OF .
competent machfn1st
During all OF the long work-day
these Thousands OF women who, all
their lives, had existed as social
butterflies, are surrounded with tho
implements Of the toughest, most
firing labor, and their ears arc nued
with the grinding and cIanking OF
machinery. Formerly this would
have put their nerves on edge" per.
haps sent them TO a sanatarium, or
upon a luxurious yachting trip. Now
they are healthy-eyes bright
muscles firm and elastic. and they
have no nerves" at all.
Some Of the work these ladies per
form IN the munition factories sub.
1ects them TO the danger or painful
injuries. and TO scars which they VIII
bear proudly as long as they live.
Such task Is the soldering OF fuse
sockets or shells. sometimes bits
OF melted solder fly from the tools,
landing on hands or face and pro.
ducing annoying burns. In other
times this would have been q
calamity; now these scars are re.
garded as marks OF honor-the
victims are proud OF them, and with
nobler reason than the students at
German universities are proud OF the
scars they gain In their "dueIs."
Another risky task allotted to
these deft-hngered ladies is the I'LL!
ing OF shells with bullets-just the
right number by weight-and pouring
melted resin over them to give the
mass of missiles a certain rightly
within their metal case until the
bursting charge OF the projected shen
shall send them nying IN all direo-
tons. Melted resin Is even moro
prone to spatter than is melted solder
and many Of these fair faces and
hands. too, will bear the scars OF
military service"
When the war is over, and their
country's cause victorious, 1t may DO
imagined with what pride. in the re-
opened London drawing rooms, these
fair veterans" will display thelr
honorable wounds.
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IT. HERE is hardly any practice INDUCED in
generally By humanity that is more N he
deplored and dangerous .han that of lick
Ing the flaps OF letters for sealing them In the
very first place there is great danger of cutting
the tongue by drawing the sharp edge across lis
surface This has caused wound which later re.
ceived the germs of tetanus and more than once
nave people d!ed from this particular action IT,
however, any Dc careless as 10 continue in this
pracuce, the danger Of cutting the mouth is much
lesseAed ny licking the flap up in several sue.
cessive short Jerks, rather than drawing The edge
across the tongue.
But even this latter is not without danger. for
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the glue on the flap is peculiarly fitted for the
reception OF germs and dust II Is on the order Of
gelatne, the stuff which research men use to breed
germs on. Especially is all this true damp
day when the glue Is partly moist and sticky.
There are several small office devices sold
generally "hich wet the flaps almost without
trouble and once persons get in the habit OF using
lheN they are as convenient the old tongue
method In tho absence of a regular device, how
ever, damp sponge reposng in old ink well
VIII serve we'll enough. Certain 1t is that person
with any regard whatsoever for his health should
habit.
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There is another habit, found chiefly among ner-
people, which is even worse than the above.
That is the one of biting the finger nails No
matter how clean they may look they the
positories Of numerous germs of varied character.
This is necessarily so. for when the hands
washed water gets under the finger nails to any
eXtent-for there is small amount OF air en-.
closed which keeps the water out. But a very
thorough washing. washing in hot water will
certainly clean them fairly we'll. But the hands
do not many times week receive such a LAYING
Of course the above is applicable to some finger
nail biters more than to others and depends upon
the character of work the person is in.
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Periodically Careless of Thei
Lady Colebrooke, Lady Gate
Among Others, and Euera Soc
Buds, Are Working at Lath'
Assembling the Parts of
Shells, Soldering Fuse
Sockets, and Otter
Outstripping Men a.
These Tasks

the world is returning to medieval
and even more primitive methods Of
warfare in this great European con.
iict. Men are using helmets and
armor OF various kinds. fighting at
close quarters with ali kinds O
primitive weapons. using hand
srenades and LIQUID fire. which
like the old Greek fire" with viii
The Greeks defended Constantinor
AGAINST the barbarians. They
even using kind of cross-bow in I
French trenches and other antiqf
weapons. Ana now, to put the fin
fishing touch on this return to an
cient days. the soldiers wife is max
&c guns and shells for MIN. just as
knights lady would polish his
word and eird ii on for him before
ha.went 10 the war.
y total of 7?,946 English women
are now registered as willing to do
work on war munitions. and nearly
the whole OF then, are now engaged.
at It,
Lord Kitchener set his warmest
thanks 10 two Glasgow firms for the
sHlendid work done by women en-
ployees on shells. Among them were
many women OF title and high social
position who st0ove 10 set an ex-
ample 10 their sisters in turning out
shells OF the fines, and most deadly
character.
AZ the same time most OF these
women are enrolled in a military or
sanization which is ready TO fight
against the Germans in the field il
necessary. The Marchioness OF
Londonderry, beautiful young wo-
man OF vast wealth. is the command.
e. OF the "Women's Volunteer Re
serve" of England. She enjoys the
actual title OF colonel in the army.
Lady Helen Percy. daughter OF the
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IT. tE patriotic devotion OF the
women Of ali classes is becom.
= ing more and more the great
moral example furnished by the Eu.
ropean war. Ali wars recorded in
history have shown women cXpend.
ing their energies 10 the utmost,
while their sacrifices were always
i7com arably greater than those
borne by the fighting men. But it
remained for the highest civiliza-
ton 70 exhibit women of wealth and
refinement cheerfully performing the
rough and humble tasks Of men Ia
horers in the factories which supply
their country's fighters with death.
dealing implements
Formerly the LADY nigh, polish
her war lords sword and his armor.
Historians of the golden age Of chiv-
airy delight in describing her allie
sorical task OF buckling on her
knights sword belt Now she goes
prosaically TO work from early morn.
Ing till night in factories and ma.
chine shops where his sword is made
and al his other death-dealinc tools.
The "noblewoman" has become noble
in fact.
The movement among English
titled women TO go TO work on war
munitions has spread with astonish-
ing rapidly Englishmen who re-
gardcd Il at first as almost a pleas
antry have been surprised 20 ind
tia, their women are literally in
deadly earnest.
Women Of title, delicate society
beauties. mistresses OF splendid
houses and estates are working
away with tools that will misshape
and d!scolor theft delicate fingers
TAey handle rough materials and
tend machinery that -eeks with oil
and gr!ne-and glory in it,
Among the prominent women
working q; one munitions factory in
the north OF England are Lady Cole
brooke Lady Gatacre, Lady Gertrude
Crawford. Mrs. Gre!g. wife of the
Colone! Q; the London Scottish reg.
iment, Mrs. Pearson, wife O: Colonel
Pearson, Mrs. England, Mrs. Charles
Susi:, Mrs Moir, Miss Rosemary
Horthcroft, Miss Toynbee, Miss Bux.
ton and Mrs. Cowan.
Lazy Co,ebrook, it may be ex.
p!aihed. is the wife o. Lord Cole.
brooke ana sister OF Almeric Paget,
Who married Pauline Whitney,
daughter OF William c. Whitney, Of
New York. The Pagcts belong TO
the family OF the Marquis OF Angle.
seq, and are al the head Of the mos,
distinguished and influential set in
the British nobility Lady Gatacre
IS the wife OF a well.known British
general. :.
Among those women who urged
their sisters 10 work in munitions
factories at an enormous demonstra
ton in London were Lady Leith. o:
Fyvie; Lady Glannask, Viscountess
Dupplin, Lady Colehrooke, Lady BY.
ron, Lady Butlin, Lady Knollys and
Princess DhuleeD Singh. Mrs. En-.
incline Pankhurst vas the leader Of
this great demonstration, but it is
perhaps more signifcan that tho
aristocratic and titled women who
ordinarily do not think Of manual
labor should be engaged in il, The
factory already referred to where so
many society women are working
was one OF the first results OF this
demonstration.
After all, it is very curious how
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1t is on record that these rich and
delicately reared women actually vie
with one another in earning advance
ment in their factory work. They
submit to the regular factory rules
and ask for no favors Unlike ordi-
nary workers who seek promotion
from one grade Of work to a higher
one for the sake Of the increased
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Duke of Rich
mond, and a very
beautiful girl,
member of one
Of the most his
toric families in
England. is one
of the many titled
women working
on munitions.
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Company Great Rights
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
SHOE TOKEN OF Subsection
Ancient Significance of Custom Which
Is Now Looked Upon as
Merely a Joke.

As specially applied to weddings.
there is suspicion that the throwing
Of old shoes-or new slippers, for ali
that-had at first a significance which
would surely be most Objectionable to
Notwithstanding brides. 1t seems 10
have been token of the complete
subsection of the bride to her lord
slipper was publicly borne at the head
of the bridal procession in indication
of the brides subsection, and at some
Jewish weddings the bridegroom used
to strike the bride a blow with his
shoe as a sign that she was thereafter
to be submissive to his will. Among
the HISTORIANS it was the custom for
the bridegroom to kick the bride, and
for her to remove from his foot the
shoe with which he had kicked her
To this day there is a common Gus
tom in Russia for the bridegroom on
to pull off his boots. In one of them
is whip, and in the other a gift. If
she pulls off first the one containing
the whip, she gets a stroke from the
lash, and is to expect fioggings there
after, but if the gift is first disclosed
her married life will be happy 1t is
related of Martin Luther that once,
after performing the wedding cere-
mony for couple, he took off the
bridegrooms shoe and placed it upon
the brides pillow, as a sign that she
should in all things and at all times
be subservient to her husband
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Russia Becomes Temperate.

The prohibition of selling brandy
in the government monopoly shops
was introduced throughout the Rus
sian empire from the beginning of
the war, on the day of mobilization,
and has now been in force for more
than eight months. One of the Rus
sian papers has made inquiries con-
corning the results Of this measure,
and has published some of the stats
tical data that were collected. The fol-
lowing list shows that the consump-
ton of vodka in the city of Moscow
in 1914 compared with the preceding
year: July, 612,6S6 gallons in 1913
and 359,124 gallons in 1914; August,
667, 1926 gallons in 1913 and 23,373 gal
Ions in 1914; October, 707,68S gallons
in 1913 and 2,913 gallons in 1914. Dur
ing the first three months vodka could
be obtained at the first-class restau-
rants for consumption in the same,
the selling of vodka in bottles being
prohibited under a heavy fine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
BIG REWARD FOR INVENTIONS
Ideas Tending to Improve DeVel-
opment of Army Equipment.

That there are handsome rewards
for those who are able to devise i'm
provements in guns and machinery is
shown in sums that have been paid in
fees to inventors at army ordnance
factories for the year ending March,
1914. No less than $4,000, for in
stance, was paid to Col. G. l.. Holden,
late superintendent of the royal gun
and carriage factories, for various in
Ventions and Improvements connected
tools, ETC., in addition to $500 paid on
another account; while 92,S50 was
paid to Mr.. w. T. Thomson, chemist
and manager, respectively, of the
Royal Gunpowder factory, for improve
ments in the manufacture of nitro
cellulose and accompanying apparatus,
in addition to a previous Ell, $50.
Smaller amounts, such as $3.50 to
Mr.. w. H. Turton, manager of the
Royal Gun factory, for improved ma
chimes for the manufacture of ord
nance; 9100 to Mr. w. Lambert for
process for testing steel bullets; ELS
each to William Rogers and E. F. Pull.
lar for labor-saving and improved
tools for use at the Royal Carriage
department, and EGO to Assistant
Foreman S. Capon, Royal Gun Factory
FORCES, for improved muf1e for use in
FORCES, have also been paid.-Tit-Bits.