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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30

New York. March 2S.--Supre me
Court Justice BLUR decided today
that a mother who would feed q
-months-old baby pickles. and then
give II gin for the stomachache. was
not proper person to have the Gus
toby OF the child. The case cams
before the court on the application
of Joseph Fries for the custody Oh
his three year-oid son. pending his
suit for a separation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30
Athletic

Breathes there a man with soul so
dead.
who never to himself hath said,
"Id rather play baseball than eat?"
Whose hat were never thrown IN air.
Who's never shouted, Foul or
Fair"
Gets mad. indeed. when home
teams beat.
If such there be. go spot him out
He has dyspepsia or the govt
His thoughts are only of himself
or means to gather earthly pelf.
He never strolls on moonlit nights.
With sweetheart, meath electric
light.
For him. Nay. nay" the happy
bunch.
Who from the umpire gets the
bunch
or how the homo team wins the
game,
To advertise the citys fame.
Let wretched man. where'r he be,
Take this straight tip from even
me:
II he should die as die he must.
His bones may wither in the dust
For none ther'li be to bid him stay:
They'll speed him on his downward
way.
Clarke Griffith and his Washin 1t on
Senators will be the guests of the
Richmond team again this afternoon
at Broad street Park. the contest be-
ing scheduled To begin promptly at
o'clock. Harry Harper, portsider.
and Hopper. one of Griffith's best
will xsnYk IA painGt he
locals today, while Shamlin will prob
ably start against the American
Leaguers.
The work of the VirgInians yester-
day afternoon against the Washing
tonians was very pleasing TO the iocal
pilot The boys worked together and
it looked as II II might be formid-
able contender for the International
League gonfalon this season. Man
ager Dunn says he Is very we'll pleased
with the boys. and declared that ne
hopes To see them romp away with a
victory today.
It's understood that Hoch, the first
baseman who has been trying out
against Albert McInnis for first base.
will be given his unconditional re-
lease McInnis has shown lots OF
pep" since he arrived in camp and
it Is very probable that he will he
a permanent fixture at the initial cor
ner this season. Koch ia a good first
baseman and will make some team a
good man.
For eleven innings the Washington
ians and Virginians battled in mid
season, form, but the contest was final
Ixv or rnnd when the dark shadows
began 10 hover over the baseball field
and Umpire Black announced that the
game must cease. 1t looked as If
Richmond was going to win out in
the tenth, but safe knock was not
forthcoming at this opportune time.
Some Of the Washington scribes that
visited Richmond with the t~-n, in
their accounts of Saturdays contest.
declared that Richmond would have
to get "a better team OF their chances
for annexing the International League
flag this season were slim. II that be
80 IL looks a little bad fo- the Wash
ington team after their exhibition
Yesterday. AS a matter of fact Rich
rnond has about twice the chance to
cop the International rag as the Sen
ators have OF winning the American
League pennant However, maybe the
Washington correspondents have
changed their minds bit after watch
ing the virginians perform yester-
day.
Friday morning the John Marshall
High School team will leave for EN-
porta where II Is scheduled TO play
the Emporia High outfit series of
three games. The first game will be
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30
Washington.

Summary: Two-base hit-Foster
Sacrifice hit--McInnis. Stolen base
Henry Double plays--Kellogg to
Ball to McIrnis. q Mcbride to Nor
gan to Gandil. Struck out--By john
son. 8; by Shaw. Z; by Morrisette, i;
by Russell. 5. Base on balis--By
johnson. !; by Shaw. 8: by Morri-
settle, /. Hit by pitcher--JBerger
and Hassan. by Johnson. Innings
pitched-By johnson, s; by Morri-
settle, 6. Hits made off Johnson, o.
off Morrisette. 8. Umpire--Mr.
Black Time--2:f0.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30
BASEBALL
BROAD STREET PARK
Richmond international
Washington Americans


TT F4SDNN, NNNVH sSVEH
Game Called at p NJ.
25c, Grandstand, soc; Re-
served Seats. 75c.
Grandstand and Reserve Seats ON Sale At
w b. ELAN Co. 1&th and Main SITS.
w. u Crenshaw Co, nth and Main SITS
Straus Cigar Co. 9th and Main Sts
Arthur Well st6 f. Main St.
McCty's. Sth and Broad SITS.
HeIistern Bros. 7th and Broad SIS.
L. p Levy Co. sos L. Broad ST..
PEOPLES Drug Store, Fulton.
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prernier,a Mother Dead.

Halifax, N s., March 2s.--MrM
Hannah Borden. mother of Sir Rob-
ert Borden. Premier of Canada, died
early today at her home in Grand
Pre-.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30
Fast Contest Is
Won by Carolina
From Wake Forest

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
Wake Forest. n. c.. March 2s,--wake
Forest lost TO the University of North
Carolina here today in "a close game.
resulting in score of l to 0. The locals
were strong in pinches and Ellis
pitched himself out OF several bad
holes. The work OF this freshman
pitcher was the feature of game. He
got two OF the four hits and struck out
five men. Zoilicoffers running catch
of Hinaley'z drive to right was Caro-
lina's prettiest play.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30

Friday morning the John Marshall
High school team will leave for EN-,
poria where II Is scheduled TO play
the Emporia High outfit a series OF
three games. The first game will be
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
ENGLISH AS SHE Is WROTE

Reasonable persons would hardly search the col
umns of a country town newspaper for models Of
good English. If they were to do so they would be
wasting their time. 1t is not essential that the
contents of such papers be perfect in unity, mass
and conference. The issues as they appear are cir
culated by the publishers with entire complacency
so long as they are presentable geographically.
Readers cannot expect to find in the news items
phrases fashioned like those of a Ruskin or an
Emerson, considering the low subscription rates.
1t is not altogether unreasonable, however, to
look for fairly good grammar and somewhat re-
spectacle rhetoric even in the smallest and most
Insignificant papers An 'awkwardly constructed
sentence may not only lack cearness as to its in
tended meaning, but may convey meaning entirely
different from that intended. The following am
biguous sentence is taken carefully word for word
from rather weprinted paper in a nearby
county:
Ezra c. and John H have again bought some
cows since they rid of the mouth disease
If Ezra and John really were themselves afflicted
and refrained from buying until they were rid
of the disease, then the grammar is all right but
such condition of affairs is so peculiar that it
seems improbable. The natural assumption is that
the had the disease and that the rural corre-
sponden had difficulty in expressing himself prop
erly.
From the same newspaper many examples of
remarkable sentence structure might be TAKEN
which are not exactly misleading but which never
theless CRATE on sensitive persons. One more gem
will suffice. 1t is the introductory sentence to a
startling account of secret marriage and jolts
along as follows:
Frank s., of joval and well-lked citizens
known by the synonym of Butch, he being butcher by
trade but at the present time conducting fruit
North Prussian street succeeded in keeping his wedding
long secret it becoming only generally known the past
few days.
1t is only to be regretted that newspaper which
shows little respect for the English language does
not have contemporary in its community which
eonducts>a so-called funny column and makes
practice of seeking diligently and then exposing
the opposition's grammatical and rhetorical errors
Such an arrangement would be the means of show
ing the offending paper the error of its ways and
perhaps of reforming it,
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
SOLDIERS IN posTMEN's CLOTHES

Not only are Great Brtains Postoffice employees
bring greater burden than the men in any other
Partment of the country S civil service because
iced to handle vast volume of letters and parcels
fsing to and from the troops in France and in
Per places, but they have now been deprived of
Fir uniforms that newly recruited soldiers may be
fbed In them to go to the front.
Through the sacrifice by the Postoffice of its sup
of uniforms, the War Office has been able to
|the hundred thousand soldiers most of whom
now on the field These troops in the uniforms
|postmen, must be objects of much curiosity to
|ir khaki-attired predecessors at the 'front.' and
hbtless are not able to escape good-natured quips
led forth by their appearance.
II seems strange that men should 90 forth to war
the uniforms of peaceful postmen. Such an
|angement is, of course, merely temporary and
intended to continue after sufficient supplies
Khaki uniforms are on hand, but it is little
|gh on the postmen. The workers of the busy
ttoffice Department are made by the war to toll
Usually hard, and now their clothes are taken
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
MR. BROWN AND THE CONSTITUTION

There is something refreshingly frank about the
ay Attorney General Brown, in the statement he
anded out to the newspapers yesterday, hgura-
vely tore up the State Constitution and consigned
to the waste basket. His outspokenness goes
&eat way toward convincing us that, notwithstand-
the apparent belief of an influential Phiadel
lia newspaper that his appointment to his high
fice was in some measure influenced by political
nsderations, he is, at least in large measure inde
ndent of the Republican organization which
aceu the present administration in power.
For il must be concluded that if the Constitution
as faulty as he believes it to be and if we in
Rnnsylvania are "woefully in the rear of other
ates because of the burden that such Constitu-
pn imposes upon us, it must be laid chiefly to a
elk of the progressive spirit in the Republican
ganization which has for so many years domi-
ted the affairs of this Commonwealth.
certainly if the present Constitution is so bad
at we do not and cannot in this State have
vernment by and for the people; and if, as the
torney General says, it is absolutely necessary
adopt another Constitution if Pennsylvania is
maintain its position in the nation then it is the
ut of the Republican machine for not having long
% brought about the changes that Mr. Brown
eves to be essential to permit us to arrive at the
ulflment of the hopes of our forefathers.''
MIR. Brown S courageous criticism of the Consti-
tion in its present form, for which instrument his
IN party is responsible because of its failure to
ep it abreast of the times which it might have
ne by amending the Constitution as occasion re-
ired in the past, or by paving the way to throw
out bodily to give place to new one, strikingly
ggests that Mr. Brown is the right man for his
b. 1t puts him in the light of the man who is
dependent enough to break away from what he
ieves to be wrong in his own party, and an
icial of such courage can hardly, with fairness
classed among those who owe their offices to
bservience to political machine that has stood
the things that he now opposes.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
CYCLE COMPANY'S GROWTH
West End Industry, Established Seven
Years Ago, Makes Rapid Strides
in the Business World

The West End Electric and Cycle
Company was first established seven
years ago in a small frame building
size 10 by IL feet and one story high,
on Susquehanna avenue, near PETER
street. Five years ago the business was
moved to the present location at the N.
E. corner of Green and Maclay streets,
at which place in 1913 the second
story was added, now being used as a
machine shop. :, Connected Herewith is
the only concrete motorcycle garage in
this section of the State.
The West End Electric and Cycle
Company now gives employment to ten
persons and at times as many as twep-
ty people are employed. H. 2. Ross
and G.. F. Hewitt are the owners of
this business and are the local dealers
of the Indian motorcycle. They are
exhibiting at the Chestnut street show
this week. They invite full examina-
tion and careful survey. The new mod
el is brilliant example of engineering
skill and mechanical progress.-Adv.
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A Modest Hero

All prizes for brevity, and few
more besides for modesty, 90 to Ba
den peasant who for some time has been
with the forces in Flanders. His wife
has just made public the following In.
comic letters from him. The first
reads:
"Dear Wife: am still alive, and
have received your bundle. If the boy
is bad, spank him. Greetings, Adolph. y
Shortly afterward came second:
''Dear Bertha: am still alive
which surprises me very much. If the
boy still is naughty, spank him again.
Greetings, Adolph.
The third communication was in the
form of photograph of Adolph S
troop, showing him decorated with the
Iron Cross No mention, however, was
made of the medal, and the picture
merely bore out on the reverse sile this
brief note.
Dear Bertha: | was wounded but
am we'll again, and tomorrow l 90 at ii
again. If the boy is naughty, box his
ears. Greetings, Adolph.''
Perplexed, the wife wrote her hus.
band demanding to know how he had
received the Iron Cross, and received
the following Illuminating reply:
ut was very simple about the Iron
Cross. The major ordered me to stand
still, and the sergeant major pinned it
on. Greetings, Adolph''
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Tonaue-End Topics
Largest typewriter IN the world

ASx6eSt xypoWx1tor IN tuo W0kao
One of the exhibits at the Panama
Pacific Exposition which can hardly es-
cape observation, is a typewriter of gi-
gantic proportions, says the "Scien-
tifc American. Lest their product be
overlooked among the myriads of type
writer's that are to be put on exhibition,
an enterprising company has hasi ma
chine built 1,72S times larger than a
standard typewriter. 1t is not merely a
colossal image, but working model
that actually writes; and during the
Exposition it will type news bulletins
on sheet of paper feet wide, in let
ters inches high and . inches apart.
The monster machine will be operated
by electrical connection with a type
writer of standard dimensions. For in
stance, on depressing key of the small
machine the corresponding key of the
large machine will respond. lever is
usel for the return of the carriage and
for line spacing or rotating the cylinder.
Ahe oAS WciShc II tVuS uS
against so pounds, which is the weight
of a standard machine. 1t is 21 feet
wide, in action, by 10 feet high, and
requires for its operation room meas
uring 20 by 80 by 25 feet. The plat
en-, 3 feet 6 inches long by 81 inches in
diameter, weighs 1900 pounds, and the
carriage $500 pounds. Each key cup,
which is the part of typewriter that
is pressed by the fingers, is inches in
diameter, while each type bar is SO
inches long and weighs as much as a
standard typewriter. This mammoth
typewriter has been under construction
for about two years and cost $780,
000.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
Counterfeit Money in Mexico

In an effort to check the wide
spread activities of counterfeiters, the
Mexican authorities are making a spe-
cial roundup of these criminals who,
when caught in the act of making the
bogus money, are to be shot without
trial. Coinage has long since disap.
peared, even the despised copper centa-
vos having been hidden away for safe
keeping, so that paper cents, dimes and
twenty-cent pieces, together with dollar
and halfdollar bills are the exchange
units of everyday transactions. As
this money is made on the ordinary
printing the temptation to make
bogus money has been too great for
many to withstand. 1t is estimated that
millions of dollars in counterfeit paper
are now floating about the republic.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10

the beautiful Woronoco valley, sur.
rounded by hills and mountains, 147
feet above sea level and close to the
center of production for the large va
riety of r'w material required in the
production of up-to-date motorcycles.
The engineers of this company stand
upon their simplicity of design, beauty
of lines and finish, power and dura-
bility.
Chester B. Smith, local dealer, has
fully equipped his present location,
1915 North Third street, for all re-
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
Redemptionist Dies Brayely

The Rev. Frere Jean Baptiste Jean
marie, who died of wounds received in
the battle of Vrigny November 12,
was the thirty-frst of the Redemption
ist Brothers killed in this war.
81 am not afraid to die; 1 shall
only regret not to have been able to
say mass" were his last words.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
May Melt the Statues

Swiss newspaper reports of a meet,
ing of iron manufacturers in Dusseldorf
February 4 say that DR.. Shuster stat.
ed to the meeting that the lack of
metal was becoming grave question in
Germany and suggested, the reports
add, that it might be easily solved if
all the bronze monuments raised to the
honor of the Emperor and other mem
bers of the royal family were melted
down.
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from them and put on soldiers that the soldiers may
be made presentable for slaughter.
Of course, if the women in England continue to
take upon themselves mems responsibilities SO far
as to invade the mail service, postmen uniforms,
heretofore designed, will no longer be service
able and may in that event just as well be worn
by the soldiers as not be worn at all.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10

pairs and carries motorcycle and bicycle
sundries. In the early part of 1914
he secured the Pope agency and feels
that he may be safely classed at the
mead of motorcycledom. He is exhibit.
ing at the Motorcycle and Bicycle
Show on Chestnut street this week.
Adv,*
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
THEY ARE ON TO HIM

Jm-"What kind of fellow is Briggsi"
JackOh he's the sort that leaves his car front of
the church and goes the street to shoot game of
pool!''-Yale Record
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
WOULDN'T MATCH

Wife with newspaper)-"Here's advertising
to sell green baby carriage for only Sc"
Husband-"But our baby is pink."-New York Even
ing Post.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
CLEVER ACTOR

Patience-"So she married acter9"
Patriee-"Oh, yes"
"Was he good actora"
oh yes; he acted if he loved her-Yonkers States
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EXPRESSING 1T POLITELY

The French are the most polite people in the world.
They don't call a man bore They say he is a
raconteur, and let it go at that--Louisvle Courier
Journal
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
JUST THE SAME

Every time l read Shakespeare discover some idea
that hadn't struck before
YES. replied the man who yawns; "but isn't pretty
much the way with insurance olcyf-Washing.
ton Star
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10

DIR. Leland o. Howard, Chief of the United States
Bureau of Entomology, has promised give his brains to
Cornell We doubt whether universities need brains as
much of other institutions.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
oUTFIGURED

Whats the professor of mathematics making the fuss
about7'
He was just short-changed by banana peddler"
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10

Pennsylvania has thrived wonderfully well considering
it has such weak Constitution.
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EXPERIENCED

Il hear Mamie trowed you down"
"Aw, she needn't brag. been trowed down by better
girls dan Mamie
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10

If You haven't theory to advance to the origin
the word jtney You much behind the times us il
you don't know how to fox trot.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10

The fuller skirts of ought help the buy
ofcotton' movement
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Pope MOTORCYCLE AGENCY
Chester B. Smith, Local Dealer, Fully
Equipped for Repairs and Carries
Big Line of Sundries

The Pope Manufacturing Company
completed its great plant at Westfield,
Mass, last year The location is in
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10

Senator Mcconnell Receivers
Senator Mcconnell, of Shamokin,
who had been seriously i'll with ton
silitis, is again in his seat.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
FOR A TIME

Even cheap skate may cut quite lot of iee.-Cin.
innati Times Star.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
SAME AS WAR

$50 you're not to be married."
No. He says he has changed his mind"
whats his excuse?"
"The war" :
"And you have witnesses love lettersf"
mo"
well, isn't war just what they say it isf'-Bufal,
Courier.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10

YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, Al; lowest, 2S; a m, 26; s p. M, 40.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
WEATHER FORECASTS

Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair
weather tonight and Thursday with
not much change in temperature.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair weather
tonight and Thursday with not much
change in temperature.