The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04

to his fntfmateS, was ON hand in TOOL
BAH costume. Three men attended
him: one man carrying q carriage
cushion and the other two a pillowed
chair.
Then the man who carried the car
position in which he sat on a carnage
cushion with a pillowed chair at MS
back he would turn so that hrst one
hand and one knee struck the ground,
and and then the other hand and the other
knee Usually this was done FOUR
times without resting.
Earned % Gents Each Roll.
Then the man who carries the car
riage seat with the pillows would
place 1t where MT. Parr would fall on
| II. Two men who carried the CHAIR
with the pillows would place 1t IN the
way of the roller. Parr would fall
against it, fold his arms, rest halt q
minute and resume. He rolled the dls-
lance in 10 hours and 10 minutes,
with fntermissions for rest. Each roll
meant four feet He covered 1880
feet and made about $500 rolls. Ev-
cry time he rolled he made % Genus.
II viii be remembered that Balti-
more was also the scene of wadtng
party of 1.-The Three Graces. One
of the foremost of THE Three Graces
was Miss Lucille Polk. She was a
member of the famous Brass Band,
of which Harry Lehr was member.
Walking home from a party, someone
dared 1.-THE Three Graces" to wade in
the fountain in Monument Square.
Miss Polk was the first to take the
dare, and the story was the talk OF
Baltimore and the country wherever
newspapers are read for weeks after-
ward.
Freak Election Wagers.
Election time is when freak wagers
are made. In 1912, when Roosevelt
Taft and Wilson ran for the presi-
dency, Miss Myrtle Hays, OF Addys-
ton, a Cincinnati suburb. felt sure
that T. r. would reach the White
House a winner as result OF the
balloting. Roosevelt was not elected.
and Miss Hays paid her bet. She roll
ed a peanut through the streets of
Addyston for three blocks. pushed
only by her nose. It took three hours
a lot OF fun watching her do ii. The
winner of the wager hired brass
hand to play when Teddy Comes
Marching Home"
The Washington. police are always
called upon day or two after cleo
ton to stop fool stunts. The day af
ter Taft lost the presidency. a man
was seen rolling a peanut along
Pennsylvania avenue, using crow
bar as motive power. Then the po-
lice chased him and the crowd.
Before the police could get to one
man he, fried an egg on the steps OF
the Capitol.
Another man tried to climb the
Washington monument balancing an
egg on salad fork.
Wore White Pumps in Winter.
Last winter Catherine A. Henry, of
South Norwa1k went 10 school all
winter in white silk hoisery and white
pumps because she lost an election
bet.
When the Giants lost the champion
ship, Walter Stone. of Phillipsburg,
n. j., did penance for a day by wear
ing four white beans in each shoe.
Not so long ago that both women
DO not remember it. Mrs. Elizabeth
Wir and Mrs. Mary Flynn, of ~ Vine
street Brooklyn, had a dispute about
their lifting power. A test OF strength
was decided upon. Mrs Weir weighs
ed at that time 800 pounds and Mrs.
FLYNN 100. They decided to hoist
each other in turns up rope attach
ed to a pulley. Mrs. Weir was the
first and last She had been raieed
ten feet from the ground when Mrs.
FLYNN lost her grip. The law of
gravitation prevailed. Mrs. Weir was
taken to the Long Island hospital,
much bruised up. The wager was
never decided satisfactorily. for Mrs.
weir never tried to see how high she
iconld lift Mrs. Flynn.
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