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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-23
Topics of the Sport World
By SQUARE DEAL


Sox is a stickler for discipline. Yet
he is strongly opposed to fines.
when l have felt compelled to fine
a player" says Rowland, II have plas-
tered the fine on him, but as soon as
he showed me he was trying to act all
right he got his money back again.
Vincent Campbell, who starred with
the Feds last season. was one Of the
players l once fined. 1t was for loaf
ing ON the bases. l fined him $50.
That season he stole ninety-seven
bases, when the best he ever had done
previously vas seventeen. OF course
l RENTED the fine"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-23

this being recorded in a great card in
dex system.
advice of experts was obtained as
to the best method Of compiling and
indexing this information, and the card
cross index system established is such
that if at any time the legion should
receive from the government a call as
to the availability of a given number
of chauffeurs, aviators or men of any
other special vocation it could immedi-
ately respond to that call, giving
names, addresses and exact qualifica-
tions Of the number of men required.
Suggested by a Traveller
"The idea Of the American legion
arose from a suggestion made early
last summer by e. D. Cook, a young
American ad%venturer. who was in Cos
ia Rica and wrote to Arthur S. Hoff-
man saying:
"'My belief is that some time within
the mex ten years the United States
may find herself in q mar sized fight.
l vote that all Of us who are drifting
around and who would volunteer to
fight for our country when the need
came should begin right NOW to form
some sort Of organization so that when
something turns up we should be ready
to volunteer in a body
Mr.. Hoffman published the letter in
his magazine. So many men respond
ed that General Leonard Wood was
consulted quite unotiicially as to the
value of the notion. and then on March
6 the American legion was incorporate
ed under the laws of New York state.
The first meeting was held March IL.
"Curiously enough, since the receipt
of his letter we have never heard from
+. D. Cook, and we fancy he probably
has been killed fighting in Mexico or
maybe in Europe.
There is no politics in our legion
and no nae to peace. Although
many branches may be formed, all APP
plications for membership have to come
to national headquarters III the Mari
time building, 10 Bridge Street, New
York city.
On acceptance members sign an
agreement pledying them to the fol
lowing obligations:
ITO report to the secretary Of the
legion, by letter or postcard. four times
a year., on the first days of January,
April. July and October, giving my
serial number in the legion and my
permanent address in full at that time.
"To notify the secretary promptly
of change of permanent address be-,
tween these dates.
Annual Dues 25 Cents.
"'To pay the annual dues Of % cents
on the LIST of January of each year.
"'To Wear the insignia of the Ameri-
can legion, to hold it in respect and to
do my best to persuade others who can
be of service to our country to enrol in
the legion The insignia consists Of
an enameled button. a blue star on a
white field, on the outer edge Of which
is Il red circle.
"There may be a difference of opin-
ion as to the extent of preparation
necessary for our national defense.
There should be but one opinion as to
the wisdom Of lessening our present
unpreparedness. No more conserva-
tive step in the direction of advance
preparation than that advocated by
the legion has yet been devised"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-23

about through the new ruling prohib-
ting the recall of requests for waivers.
This rule was promulgated ut the meet
ing of the National league last winter.
For some time this spring the problem
of %disposing Of Raglan has been given
much attention. 1t was planned to
send the flame haired westerner to
Newark, and no trouble was antici-
pated. SO Il request for waivers was
sent out, which was granted by all the
clubs except Boston. MI. Ebbets, it is
said, protested against the action of
James e. Gaffney. but the latter ap-
pealed to President Tener Of the Ma
tiona, league. who at once ordered Ra-
gan sent to Boston,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-23
Pat Raglan, the Brave.

Don Carlo Patrick Raglan. the Irish
Mexican farmer, is no longer a, mem
Der OF the Brooklyn team. President
Ebbets sold the pitcher to the Boston
Braves for the waiver amount, $500.
liagan came to the Brooklyns in 1909
from the Rochester team Of the Inter-
national league. The purchase of Ra-
gan by Boston is of more than passing
interest, since it is the first brought
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-23
Sullivan Would Umpire.

William J. Billy Sullivan. veteran
catcher of the Chicago Americans, who
recently a unconditionally released.
has decided to apply to President Ban
Johnson for a position as an umpire in
the American league.
Sullivan has served the league as a
player for fourteen years and Is famil-
lar with every rule of the game.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-23
McGraw's Opinion Of Golf.

Nobody loves outdoor exercise more
than l do" says John McGraw Of the
New York Giants, land l find that golf
is the best game for keeping in the
open air that l ever saw ! still have
my doubts about it being a good thing
for ball players, especially those who
are expected to hit we'll. during the
regular season. but it is a gooc thing
for me, and l expect to keep it up until
1 play a pretty good game. l improved
enough at Havana to do the nine holes
in "a, which, they tell me, is pretty
good for a raw beginner. Hitting a
golf ball is entirely different from hit
ting a baseball"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-23
She Quit.

She Quit.
Mr.. Styles-Who We're you speaking,
to so sharply just now?
Mrs. Styies-The cook.
did she sit up and take notice"
"No: she stood up and gave notice.
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-23
The Sunday School Lesson
SENIOR BEREAN.

Golden Text.-The fear of Jehovah
is the beginning of wisdom. - Prov.
tx, 10.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-23

After Lusitania Disaster New
Members Poured In, and Within
a Week the Organization Had
Treb|ed-Its Aim Is to Register
All Citizens Willing to Be Called
In Case Country Is Attacked.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-23

Renting the Fine.
Boss Rowland of the Chicago White
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-23

N ECENT events have made mat
tiers hum in the offices of the
American legion. Since May
The Washington times., 1915-08-26
Lot OF the Knife Is Hard
Utensils Are SineWs of Kitchen
Warfare, But Are Badly Used.
BY MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK

we'll with such blunt-nosed knives
as there Is not sufficient draw to the
cutting surface.
For cutting bread and cake there
Is the excellent knife with serrated
edge. Such knife must also be
long and slender so that when the
blade 10 pulled back as the slice is
cut, the food will not be broken or
ashed by the bluntness OF the
knife. The kind Of slicing knife
called a "slicer" has q II or l6-inch
blade to accomplish this very pur-
pose.
Small vegetables or preparing
this same triangular shape. The
only knife where the blunt nose Is
services able Is In the butcher" knife
which Is used to hack, and get large
pieces OF meat away from the bone
But such a butcher" knife Is use-
less in the average home where the
nrst preparation OF meat is done
In the shop.
Next to blades, comes the point
Of handles. Better the riveted han
die than the one In which the blaze
Is encased to the handle by means
OF collar. Then. and here Is the
real sorrow-all knives snouId be
hung up, or fastened In strips. and
not banged in drawers where their
contact with other articles. by
their knives ye shall know them
the housewives, And the woman
who paid rs cents and 81 for a really
good knife will see that II isn't laid
In a drawer to become dulled ann
blunted. The 10, %. and 2o-cent
knives are not worth carrying home
If a real. lasting tool 10 desired,
for cheap knife Is dear at any
price. ~
The Washington times., 1915-08-26
Plan to Prove
That Woman'S Place Is No
Longer the Home Would
Wreak Havoc If Tried Out.

six druggists and six Overs. to say
nothing of fifteen osteopaths and
eight owners Of cigar and tobacco
stores. would certainly be missed II
they Joined the suffrage strikers.
Suppose Washington's 1870 dressmak-
ers closed their sewing machines
for a day--imagine the effect on the
styles!
Six hundred and sixty nurses on a
strike-with the doctors doing all their
own work and hospitals lacking the
soothing feminine presence might
be another outcome! Ham and eggs.
three times day" would be an
ambroslal banquet II ia boarding
house mistresses decided to stop
work for twenty-four hours. Dan
cling teachers-fourteea Of fthem-could
let their monographs run down and
give siRhs Of thank kfllness for a short
RESPITE from the fox trot and the
pigeon walk.
Several "Movies" Would Close.
Several motion picture houses
would close and others would find
Themselves handicapped if the fair
maids at the ticket window decided
to Join their striking sisters. Walters
would have gala day OF it. for
the lack Of Mattresses would cripple
practically all the lunch rooms Of
the city.
Those patronizing department
stores would be greeted only by n
few melancholy floor walkers. for
the "salesladics" are Of no little i'm
portancc in WashinRton's business
world. Stenographers are another
large contingent. and their employ
ers might I've willing to grant that
their services are truly valuable
after day of painful correspond
ence in long-hand.
But Strike Is Hardly Probable.
Among the others whose absence
from work might affect the business
world are the heterogeneous assort-
ment Of women employed in other
trades. including architects, claim
agents. artists, and dcsiners. libra
rians. bakers. confectionere. deiica-
tessens. authors. and even stock bro
kcrs and dealers In real estate
IN washington the women far ex-
coed the men in number. and there
Is an unusually large proportion Of
able to support themselves. Few will
deny that. II even for one day. all
Of them could remain away from
business. few thousand frantic
employers would fervently testify
that they are Indispensable
To be sure, II Is scarcely probable
that several hundred thousand wom-
en- in one town could be induced to
agree upon the same thing at the
same time, yet. as in the case OF the
matter in New York, the very dis
cussion OF such a possibility may
hA In,
realization and acknowledgment by
business men that not for the world
would they keep women IN their an
Cient citadel-the home.
The Washington times., 1915-08-26

= HAVE often said in lectures and
In articles (but 1t bears repeat
ing that knives are the most
mistreated of all kitchen tools.
and that when time permits I am
going to write a really affecting
novel or sonnet on the Sorrows OF
a Bread Knife!' Knives-all OF
them. big and little-are the sinews
Of kitchen warfare. We cannot cut.
pare. slice. peel. without them. Yet
OF all tools theirs is by far the hard
est lot.
In the first place, most women
don't know what Is good knife.
Second, they are seldom willing to
pay the price that a good knife must
command. Third, they don't care for
their good tools when they have
them. / have found the poorest,
badly shaped knives in dozens Of
kitchens, knives without a good cut
ting blade, and of the wrong shape
to give true purchase in cutting. II
such tools are on the market, 1t Is
for the housewife To learn to dis
criminate and pick the worthwhile
and best
knives that cut meat or slice it
should be of the French or Sa-
batter shape-Ihat Is, with the slic-
inS edge long and tapcrinG. and the
whole knife blade shaped like
blade the hypotheneuse. This shape
is directly opposite to that of many
knives used as Cutters-kniyes that
wrongly have a straight blade, with
only a short-cutting surface at the
Zip. II 10 impossible to cut and siics
The Washington times., 1915-08-26


eehharacteristics. Darw!nians hold that
thcsc are passed on in Inheritance to
Iuture generations. In the course OF
some generations. no individuals will
,e DC ieft alive in that tribe wanting those
ascumulaton Of favorable factors 10
alone left alive.
True enough. many characters in ami
fully In different kinds of surroundings,
which. II absent. would allow them to
be extei minated. The mimicry of col
oring in insects. birds. and beasts may
idea. however. Gregory Mendel. a monk
, who lived at the same time as Darwin
but whose researches were buried In
! a small scientific journal out Of reach
win and most scientists-had discovered
the truth about the origin OF these
adaptations This was resurrected by
| Prof Hugo De Vries. Of Holland, in
1890. Had Darwin known of II. the
whole Darwinian theory would in all
probability have been different.
A Primrose Experiment.
! Another OF the keystones OF the Dar-
| winian arch Is that the change Of one
| type Of plant or animal into another
! Is due to natures selection OF small
differences. which would make headway
| in the struggle for existence. Darwin
held that even the most minute differ
ence in habit. color, structure or shape
Is enough to point to the ultimate
! death OF a race.
| Practically all experimental zoolo-
gists and botanists as well as practi-
cal naturalists have abandoned this
Darwinian view. Prof De Vries. the
great Dutch naturalist. was one Of the
many who first brought an abundance
, OF facts to confound the Darwinians.
Field prGmroses kept by the thou
sands were found to show abrupt
| and sudden changes into new indi-
viduals. These became the progenitors
Of new races. They breed true" a.
biologists say. These mutations are
now found constantly to appear In all
plants and animals.
/ New races. therefore. do not arise as
| Darwin supposed by the drop, drop.
drop. that wears away rocks. but sud-
denly in a leopard-like leap. without
regard to environment. adaptations,
degenerations use and disuse. or any
! struggle for existence. "
The Washington times., 1915-08-26
PRETTY BETTY BRYNE
WINS SUFFRAGE PRIZE

Eleven-year-o!d Betty Bryne. daugh-
ter of Mrs. Bertha Bryne. OF the Cairo.
won second prize in the burlesIuc d.
vision OF the Asbury Fark baby rarade
yesterday.
Blonde little Miss Bryne represented d
The Saloon in l9i0-Woman Suffrage. -
Her choice as q pr.ze-winner was par
ticularly pleasing to the surragists in
the audience. who regarded it as a
happy omen for their cause this
autumn.
Seven hundred babies we're entered in
the parade. which celebrated the TWEEN
ty-fifth anniversary of this annual
event.
The line OF march passed along Ocean
avenue, going to the throne of Queen
Titania in the amphtheatcr for the
awarding OF prizes.
The Washington times., 1915-08-26

org to make himself believe that h0
They don't live in the broad daylight.
these people who dwell in the shadow
land Of crime.
Right is never right with them. nor
wrong, wrong. Honesty 10 not the only
possible thing to them; 1t Is simply the
best policy. perhaps.
The habitual liar may be. to. all ap-
pearances. a harmless kind Of fool. but
he has. within his soul. the potentialities
And the habit Of lying affects the
mind az smoked glasses affect the eye
sight. There are no clear edges to any
thing: what begins here does not end
with a vague. whispering kind Of
shadow, that may mean one thing to-
day and quite another tomorrow.
And. finally. when the poor liar has
he really doesn't Know the difference be-
tween the truth and a lie.
He believes what ne says and what he
wants to say himself. and when he once
him or for those who trust him.
I've seen a man begin telling lies to
keep his courage up about himself.
Then he lied from cowardice and the
fear Of the opinion OF others: and then
to steal the fruit Of other mems brains
and the light Of other mems hearts. and
he lied and lied and lied. And the
worst OF IL was tnat ne COulO make MIN.
self believe his own lies. and now they
call him craAy.
A Horrible, Truthless Nightmare.
II liar called me to his death-bed
and told me something OF great i'm
pcrtance. I would not believe a single
word he said, for no man can lie habtiu-
ally and ever tell tho plain, honest, fear
less truth. even for once.
How can he tell what he does not
know. and no liar ever really knows
anything that he doesn't want to admit
that he knows.
What a twisted. warped. shifting.
shifty. cowardly. terrifying world they
live in-the liars.
l should think life would seem to them
like one of the dreadful dreams that
come sometimes after q late supper
the dreams where you are talking to
your mother and she turns suddenly
!, into a cow or q dog. ana the dog begins
to speak, and then you realize that It
Is not a dog at all, but your old school
teacher who has been dead many years
and yet-no. 1t Is the little china man
DARN from the mantel in the room Of
tho aunt you visited once year ago.
How came he here. in your dream?
And then some one wakes you and tells
you you cried out in your sleep.
Nothing real, nothing steadfast, moth
ing tangible. I would rather see a son
of mine dead in his little coffin than to
let him grow up to be a liar.
The Washington times., 1915-08-26
How Some "MutdtiOnS''
Question Ddrzvin'S Theory
Of Natural Selection
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE H1RsHBERG.
Copyright. 1915 by Newspaper Feature sergic Inc

tSOpyT1knt ny ENeWsl
T 7 Mess doctors are daily work
ers In the laboratories Of ma
~ ture as we'll as in those Of re-
search institutions. they are
prone to become one-sidcd.
When the French snvant Lamark. n
hundred years aso. said that an in
dividuars surroundings played more i'm
portance In shaping his character than
his past ancestory. ''the authority Gu
vier. the great French naturalist, drove
so icrcely against Lamark's dictum
that acquired habits arc passed on to
future generations" that I-amark was
forgotten until Charles Darwin resur-
rected him fifty years later.
After twenty years OF research and
collection OF facts. Darwin in 1869 pub
lished his acceptance Of the pagan
Greek idea that living things diverge IN
type from each other In neture-by ma
ture's selection-and thus give rise 10
now varieties Of living things. Darwin
here explained the matter more in ac-
cord with a multitude Of concrete facts.
What Darwin Meant.
Natural selection. in the Darwinian
view. means that all plants and animals
multiply more rapidly than future ex.
istcnce warrants. A struggle Is thus
always maintained. The victors remain
alive and perpetuate themselves. The
vanquished are exterminated once for
all. Luckily this Is now known not to
hold for any and all races Of plants and
animals.
Other essentials OF the Darwin con.
ception is that living things are diverse
this means some are better fitted tc
fight and conquer than others. His
, position and that of his followers. ID
that only the most At survive. The less
At are destroyed. Natural selection re-
moves the UNIT things. The words mt
test to survive" are used by Darwin
and Darwinians very loosely. That
which survives as the most Of fit' pnd
that which is most At. survives'-a re-
ductio ad absurdum. because II means
merely "ft to survive and nothinE
| else. This theory, too. Is now as nearly
universally accepted as disapproved.
II a living creature. plant or anima
survives by virtue Of some one or more
The Washington times., 1915-08-26
Domestic Relations Courts

Deserted wives and families are
one of the difficult social problems
OF large cites. Sending the husband
to jail for non-support leaves the
family dependent upon charity or
else sends the mother out to work,
and too commonly commits the child
rem to an institution. To meet that
situation the Domestic Relations
courts have been established.
The social side OF the work OF these
courts and their probationers. In the
way of keeping together families
which would otherwise 90 to pieces.
and thus maintaining home influences
otherwise be robbed of them. is even
more important than their saving
for the charity budgets, though 1t Is
not so easy susceptible of tabulation.
The children's courts and the Domes-
tic Relations courts are the two
doing most in the modern cam
paign for moral improvement. That
campaign Is based upon the belief
that 1t Is cheaper as we'll as better
for the community to prevent recruits
from joining the army of crime than
after they have become criminals.
Privately, that work Is carried on
through many agencies. but officially
through these two courts. The re-
suit Of their labors has been SO
highly beneficial that their aban-
donment would be simply unthink-
able.
How far 1t will seem wise to tho
lawyers in the convention to extend
the power of the Domestic Relations
courts we do not know. but the work
that they have already done shows
that there Is more hope In the ex-
tension than In the restriction Of
their powers. They have made such
good use OF their present oppor-
tunities as to make a prima facie
case for placing further means for
usefulness in their hands.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
The Washington times., 1915-08-26

Y. VA bad cold contracted In the
early spring affected my larynx From
tho cold / recovered. but to this day
an: annoyed by what seems like ac-
cumuiations Of Inuscus low down In the
larynx. What do you advise? t9 Two
toes on each foot are giving me trouble
They do not pain me but l am COM
PEELED to wear my very oldest shoes to
be comfortable. Can anything be done
for this?
"a Evidently that cold left chronic
infection which an operation may re-
move. Go to a hospital for an exami-
nation. 90 This may be fallen arches.
Morton's toes or other deformittes from
sim leather shoes. Try foot exercises
such as twisting the foot around and
around. until you hear the bones crack.
as 1t were. repeat this several times a
day. each time practicing 1t for Ave or
ten minutes. 1t is lots more beneficial
II done without either shoes or stock
ings on. Also practice rising on the
toes.
J. P.-About two weeks ago noticed
| what I thought was bite: this
a cluster OF pimples In the same place
some are on my hip and others are on
| my limbs. What do you advise?
These are like hives, due to some food.
possibly tomatoes or berries. and pcssi-
bly, fish; fnd the disturbing food and
eliminate II IRON your dlet. Apply the
| following to the affected spot each
night:
| Calemine Observation-Disclosures. 2h drains
| Zinc oxide :. ................. 2 drains
| Glycerine .................... 2 drains
/ Phenol NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Il dram
Lime water and rosewater
enough to make three
| ounces.
| j. 8. B.-What shall l DO for nervous
ness? tremble at the slightest excite
ment. and especially when writing. ..
What will remove blood spot from
| the eyc-ball? About two years ago |
The Washington times., 1915-08-26
Life.

Have / yearned and suffered and
called in vain?
What is your own you cannot
lose
Sang the roses out in the rain.
/, the lover OF life. have missed the
Light,
Tho Light is above, about, and
within YOU"
Sang he stars of the misty night.
Though search the Light, it Is
night and | die.
"''h1" "rnnot d!e--the children of
l.'~,t"
SANG the hills 20 the far blue sky.
| suffer and out of my pain cry,
There Is not that can harm the
Spirit of Light"
Sang the winds In the storm clouds
high,
Clara Moorman. in September
Nautilus.
The Washington times., 1915-08-26
Let There Be Justice.

1t is not incumbent on the women
to show that they are entitled to
the ballot; it is incumbent on their
opponents to show that the women
are not entitled to il.
Half Of the population has been
singled out and branded as incom-
petent, not after investigation, but
as matter Of course. Even an in
sane man is entitled to a lunacy
The Washington times., 1915-08-26
Once a Liar, AlzUays One,
Even in Face Of Death
1t Is Hard to Reform
Habits of Fasehood Affect Mind AS Smoked Glasses Do
the Eyes, Once Acquired Clear Vision Disappears
/. Till Truth Cannot Be Distinguished
BY WINIFRED BLACK.

b
NOTED to re-ong
N Gently a a even never did It at all , ,,