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Williams news., 1915-01-07
PARTICULAR USES FOR FLAGS
Has Been UnfurIed as Flag of Piracy-Red Denotes Danger.

Strike the flag" is to lower the col Ors in token of submission.
 Dipping the flag" is lowering it and hoisting it again in salute to a vessel or fort
 A flag of truce" is a white flag taken before an enemy to indicate a desire for consultation.
 The black flag from time immemo- rial has been unfurled as the flag of piracy.
 A yellow flag flown from a vessel is a sign of disease and denotes quaran- tine.
 A flag at half-mast. denotes mourn ing. When a man is lost at sea the vessel returns with. it's flag at half mast to announce the tidings of death.
 When the president of the United States embarks in his barge the Ameri- can flag is hoisted in the bow and at the main of the vessel.
 Flags are everywhere used as the symbol of rank, and the officers whose rank is indicated by them are called flag officers
 The red flag is sign of defiance and is often employed by disturbers of the peace. It is also used to denote dan ger.
Williams news., 1915-01-07
F0rhePY| UIIL>EllA
 ONES E]
EXCESSIVE ATHLETICS HURT
Coach Courtney of Cornell Recon mends' That Universities Take
 Entire Control of Sports.

MT. Courtney, the Cornell rowing coach, who for many years has been actively Identified with university ath- letics, has spoken out strongly against the system under which uni versity athletics are conducted. eff athletics are not a good thing, they ought to be abolished. If they are good thing for the boys, it would seem to me wise for the university to take over and control absolutely every branch of sport; do away with this boy management; stop this foolish sQuan- dering of money; and see that the athletics of the university are run in a rational way"
 Besides making these criticisms and recommendations, MT. Courtney has commented on the declining standards of university athletes, as measured by their class work. According to him, an increasing number of men who en- gage in university athletics show a mediocre rank in scholarship. Former ly the university athlete of distinction was desired and sought for upon grad uation by business men; he was pre- stunned to have qualities that would make him exceptionally useful or suc- cessful. Now the athlete is no longer in such high demand; instead, it is the man who has shown special ca pacity in the more technical or scienti- fic branches of his college training. The celebrated athlete, it begins to ap- pear, is so specialized in athletics as not to seem promising for any other pursuit He is no longer the 'all- around man" that his predecessor of past generation was thought to be.
 Very likely these generalizations are not wholly fair to the present-day ath- lete or to present-day athletics. They are significant, however, as indicating a gradual change that is taking place in public opinion.
Williams news., 1915-01-07

Roman striped ribbons have been used to make the handsome collar and cuff sets with which women brighten up their dark cloth tailored suits. The collar and one cuff of a set is shown in the picture. Pretty standing collars of these striped ribbons are made by folding the ribbons lengthwise so that one edge is about an inch higher than the other and laying the folded edge into box plaits. The plaits are stitched down near the bottom and in another line of stitching an inch or more higher. The plaits do not extend across the front but form a ruff at the sides and back. The ribbon is laid in folds across the front and fastens at the left side under a row of little, flat silk-covered buttons. The buttons are repeated on the right side.
 Many pretty ornaments for the dressing table in the form of pincush- ions grace the holiday ribbon counter, and there are the usual beautiful girdles and sashes in greater numbers than ever.
 JULIA BoTToMLEY.
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MESMERIZED A Poisonous Drug Still Freely Used.

Many people are brought up to be- and the strong hold that the drug. caffeine, in coffee has on the -sys- tenn makes it hard to loosen it's grip even when one realizes it's injurious effects.
 A lady writes: "T had used coffee for years; it seemed one. of the ne cessities of life. A few meaths ago my health, which had been slowly fafi. ing, became more impaired, and knew that unless relief came from some source would soon be physi- cal wreck.
 CT was weak and nervous, had sick headaches. no ambition, and felt tired of life. My husband was also losing his health. He was troubled so much with indigestion that at times he could eat only few mouthfuls.
 Finally we saw Postum advertised and bought package. I followed di- rections for making carefully, and added cream, which Sturned it to the loveliest rich-looking and tasting drink ever saw served at any table. and we have used Postum ever since.
 T gained five pounds in weight in as many, weeks. and now feel we'll and strong in every respect. My headaches have gone, d am new woman. My husbandS indigestion has left him. and he can now eat anything"
 Name given by Postum Co.,. Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs.
 Postrm comes in two forms:
 Regular Postum-must, be we'll boiled 15c and 25c packages.
 Instant Postum-is soluble pow der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly in cup of hot water and, with cream and sugar, makes a delicious bever- age Instantly. soc and soc tins.
 The cost per cup of both kinds ia about the same.
 There's Reason" for Postum.
 sold by Grocera.
Williams news., 1915-01-07
WIFE WILL WISH
 HIS THIRST AWAY
Her Mere Desire Means Presto! and She Has It," Says
 Husband.
SHE IS A REAL LINK
Teamster Tells Judge There Never Was Such a Wisher as His Wife Gould Have AIaddin's Lamp
 lf She Wanted 1t.

Chicago-"My wife," affirmed Fred Kaczmarek in the court of domestic re- lations, has everything in the world she wants. All she's got to do is wish, and presto! she's got it. What she's hauled me into court for can't make out"
 Drunkenness and non-support are the charges explained the clerk. Kaczmarek looked disgusted.
 Now, ain't that just like a woman? ?" he demanded. Haul me into court for things that are her own fault. If she wants me to cut out liquor all she's got to do is wish. If she wants to be supported she can wish for that, too. If she wished was an alderman, SUD- pose I'd have to be one. I tell you, judge, you never saw wisher like my wife,
 Never Wished for This.
 "Has she ever wished for Aladdin's lamp?" inquired the court.
 'I don't know whether she has or not, judge, but believe me, she could have it if she wanted to. She could have any kind of a lamp. She could have an indirect lighting lamp in the kitchen and in the cellar if she sim ply wished for it.
 Another time she says to me: You loafer, I hope you dislocate your shoulder and so of course had to do 1t.
 Wished Horse to Step on Him.
 "Then she said she wished the horse would step on me. and I couldn't get away from that horse to save my neck.
 "She ain't a reGSar wife at all, judge; she's jinx; she's Q witch; she's regular fate!"
 Do you think" inquired the court,
Williams news., 1915-01-07
OVERCOMING SPIRIT OF WAR
First Thing for Boys to Do Is to Rec. ognize Men as Men, Despite
 Their Race or Country.


 When this hideous war is over all the nations will be filled with the spirit of hate, for without hate there could be no war, writes David Starr Jordan in Boys Life. It is for you boys to try and overcome this spirit, to help each man and each other to real iZe that men are men, wherever they may live or whatever language they may speak.
 A boy in one of the continental coun- tries now at war told me once that he saw soldiers of a neighboring country going away on the train One soldier leaned out of the window, put his arm on his mothers shoulder and reached down to kiss her. The boy was great ly surprised. He had been taught to hate the people of that neighbor coun- try, and he thought they were not hu- man. He did not know they loved their mothers just as he did. When he knew that, he did not want to fight them, but wanted to make them friends.
 If a nation is victorious, it has at the end the same troubles it would have had if it had been vanquished. War is two-edged sword without any hilt, and it cuts every one that yields it. And as bad as the sting of defeat is the curse of victory. The defeated nation wants to fight again, to rev enge itself; and the victorious nation wants to fight again because it feels sure that 1t is strong enough to whip any body. And each of them hates the
Williams news., 1915-01-07
DIES AS HEe KISSES WIFE
Shock of Her Unexpected Return Causes Death to a Brooklyn
 Bookkeeper.

Brooklyn.-Shocked by the sudden entrance of his wife, who had returned unexpectedly from a visit, Frederick Breebe, a bookkeeper, died at his home in Brooklyn. Mrs. Breebe had been visiting Tn Rye, N. Y., and, forget ting that her husbands heart was weakened by his illness, walked into his room without letting him krow she was in the house.
 Breebe drew himself up on his pill low to kiss his wife and then sank back dead.
Williams news., 1915-01-07
CANARY BIRD WHIPS MOUSE
Attacks and Blinds Hungry Roden, Trying to Steal Seeds in
 Cage.

Hastings, N. J.-At the home oi whipped mouse in fair fight. When the battle was over the bird gave. evi .dence of it's elation by trilling some of its sweetest songs.
 The mouse entered the cage of the canary when it stood on a table, evf dentIy suffering from hunger. It began to eat up the seeds put fh the cage for the canary. The bird became enraged and attacked the mouse.
 It took only a few seconds for the bird to blind the mouse with it's bill.
Williams news., 1915-01-07
On the Trail of Friend Husband.

On the Trail of Friend Husband.
 Mrs. Fury-Has yo' seed anything O muh husband, Brudder Lopp?
 The Night Owl-W'y. howdy, Sistah Fury; howdy! Nome, isn't seed him since Tong bout ten o'clock. But what brings yo' downtown at dis time o. night?
 Mrs. Fury-Lookin' for dat man O. mine. And hopes to de Lawd nuth'n' happens to him befo' I finds him, uh-kaze Is gwine to bust his head wid dis club when kotches him!-Kan- sas City Star.
Williams news., 1915-01-07

T HERE is a lot of comfort to be had | out of remodeled dress It seems, and is. wasteful to discard a perfect iy good garment. that has nothing the matter with it, except that some new idea in outline has come in and dis placed that on which it was built. The sense of being economical is sol acing, and when a remodeled gown has all the earmarks of a spick-and- span, up-to-the hour new model, the Joy of the average woman is com piete. She has achieved economy and style at the same time.
 This season the incoming of the tunlc, the vogue for thin sleeves. the wide girdle and the girdle made of the fabric of the dress have all played into the hands of her who is determined to remodel her gowns instead of discard ing them. Skirts set on the yokes have helped out, too, for the skirt too narrow at the bottom has been cut of where it began to narrow, and the missing length provided for by a smoothly fitting yoke. Thanks to the tickle, but not always unkind goddess of fashion. short skirts are the prop- ,er thing forNthe street, and some of : the bottom edge may be trimmed away from those that show signs of wear.
 Then there is the skirt with the bat clement edge at the bottom, that is, skirts slashed into shallow, straight edged scallops about the bottom edge, sometimes bound with braid This one alteration gives an up-to-date touch to last years gown.
Williams news., 1915-01-07
AUTOMATIC ADDING MACHINE
Illustration of Responsiveness of China and Japan Shown in In-
 vention of New Device.

Most of us are familiar with the original abacus, invented by the Chinese, with it's colored balls strung on wires. Now a Japanese has shown the wide difference between the pro. gressiveness of those two nations by
Williams news., 1915-01-07
CRIES LIKE A HUMAN BABY
But Unlike the Real Infant, It's Noises Are Under controi-DoIl Is Built
 on Spring.

Something new in doll babies is making its way into the nurseries, the recent invention of a German. The baby is built on a spring. which main- tains the body part in a distended condition. When this is collapsed as by a squeeze of the hand the air is permitted to escape readily. but in
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straight, plain underskirt of satin. the problem of changing many cloth and velvet dresses of last winter into styles introduced for the present sea- son. The tunic of plaited chiffon worn over the skirt of last years silk gown and the introduction of wide girdle about the waist have helped out immensely in altering afternoon dresses.
 Nothing has been more helpful to the economically inclined than the very fashionable band trimmings of fur and fur cloths. By means of these tunics have been heightened. the fashionable collars and cuffs in troduced on jackets, pretty turbans to match suits made possible. All the pattern books abound in suggestions for clever remodeling.
 An attractive dress shown in the picture may be copied, using a last years dress as foundation if the owner had the forethought to buy a little extra length of goods with a view to remodeling her gown. Where a provision of this kind has not been made, it is best to make an un- derskirt of satin and convert the cloth skirt into a tunic. Or if the cloth skirt is very narrow the underskirt may be finished with a panel of satin up the front and the cloth tunic set in at each side of this.
 Very wide silk braids are fashion able for trimming, and, like the bands of fur and fur cloth, have been most useful in the remodeling of gowns
Williams news., 1915-01-07
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.

Lace is very important factor in the costume of the day. Not only does it form 1ounces and frills entirely coy ering the bodice and skirt, but it makes modern or ancient Iappets and tunics
Williams news., 1915-01-07
Agreed With Mother.

Mother-Don't you think that a boy of your size could take the tacks out ot this carpet if he wanted to?
 Small Boy-I guess so. Shall go see if I can find a boy who wants to?- Magazine of Fun.
Williams news., 1915-01-07
Slow Sleeper,

Bridget, a servant girl, was taken to task for oversleeping herself Well, maam," she said. T sleep very slow and so it takes me long while to get me nights rest"
Williams news., 1915-01-07

assuming it's normal shape under the action of the spring the outside air is drawn into the interior and in its pas sage noise like that made by an in- fant~in crying is made.
Williams news., 1915-01-07
"she Says: q Hope You Fall Of the Wagon,' and That Same Day l Did"

''that you can keep sober now and support your wife if release you on probation?"
 "It all depends on her, judge" said Kaczmarek, with a shrug. ''If she hopes I'll be sober I can't help it and if she wishes for my pay I can't hold out dime"
 Take your husband home and wish" ordered the court, addressing Mrs. Kaczmarek Next case"
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to twist any old thing a man says into a proposal.
Williams news., 1915-01-07

If you wish beautiful, clear white clothes, use Red Cross Bag Blue. At all good grocers Adv.
Williams news., 1915-01-07
HWatchfuI Waitina."

What are we to do for fashions, if the war in France continues?"
 Wear as little as we can, and wait Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Williams news., 1915-01-07
Reason for a Hat.

Reason for Hat. Why does a miller wear a white hat? Ans.-To cover his head
Williams news., 1915-01-07

the quality of food and of all other objects, and, in an elementary way make records in their memories for use on succeeding occasions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27
Up to the Minute A@- |
|ZNSA SPORTlNGNEws6 X@sA
LgSNS From Everywhere. ~!
aG0OS BY"cLuo" 1
SOONERS VS.. N. D.
Game May Be Played With
Catholics in X. C..
Baker Has Not Replied to
Normal Challenge.

Today, when the final whistle puts
an end to the Army-Navy game at the
Polo grounds the curtain will fall on
the 1915 football season, and aside
from a few unimportant contests and
a rev post season meetings that may
be arranged, there will be no further
activities on the gridirons untI next
fall.
OF the post season games that are
being talked of, the NOtre Dame-Ok-
lahoma Sooner clash in Kansas City, if
it is arranged, will be one of the big
gest in the whole United States.
To date nothing definite is known
regarding the negotiations that have
been under way for some time, but
both Notre Dame and the Sooners
have -a~reputation for gameness that is
unsurpassed, and there is little doubt
but that if the faculties of the two
schools will permit it, the game will
De staged. 1t is thought that such a
contest would draw the biggest foot
ball crowd ever seen in the Missouri
Valley.
Baker Is Silent.
Regarding the challenge of the EN-
poria Normal team 10 play a post sea
son title settler" with Baker for the
Kansas conference championship, the
Baker authorities are still silent, and
if any reply has been made to Coach
Harg1ss 1t has not been made public.
All true lovers of football are anX-
ious to see Baker and the Teachers get
together. Unless they do the title to
the Kansas championship is doomed
to remain clOuded, and Baker is
doomed to face The charge of having
been afraid to meet the strong Normal
eleven.
However, the end of the season
finds other conferences in a muddle
over the championship, and in almost
every section there are two or moro
cOntenders for the title. In the Big
Nine" Illinois and Minnesota both
have indicated conference records.
But inaSmuck as these two teams
played each other to tie once, there is
little possibility that they will meet
again.
Southern Title Clear.
In the south most critics concede
the au-SOuthern hOnOrs to Virginia;
but in the east Cornell and Pittsburg
seem to be about neck and neck in
their final standing. Many hoped
that one of these two teams would be
eliminated Thursday in their last
games of the season, but Cornell wal /
loped Penn "a to Q. and Pitt won from
Penn State 20 to 0.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27
N. V. CONFERENCE RECORDS.
EITHER GILMAN OR HARTE.
Only Two Likely Candidates for Cap
taincy of Crimson Eleven.

Cambridge. Mass. Nov. 27.-AI-
though several players are eligible to
become HarYard's football captain
next season, the preference among the
boys who will make the choice seems
20 be between Gilman and Harte.
Gilman played a great game at tackle
for Harvard this fall and two years
ago was rated as one of the best line
men in the east. He is in the class
of 1917, although he was affiliated
with 1916, the class with which he
entered college. Harte played end this
year with the varsity for the first
time, but is very popular, and many of
the players believe he has unusual
qualifications for leadership.
Gilman, who is % years old and
weighs 1877 pounds, has been a real
power for Harvard two years, and was
a fine football players before he came
to Cambridge from Phillips Exeter
academy. His home is in Honolulu.
Dick Harte. Harvard's baseball catch
er, also has one more year at college.
He played with the freshmen after
entering from Pomfret school, but last
fall he was not in good trim after
hard lawn tennis campaign, and did
not try to make" the team. Harte's
home is in Philadelphia. Both men
have good backing and the voting
promises to be very close.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27
WHO Is THE BEST COACH?

Who is the 1915 All-American
coach? Should the honor go to
Speedy Rush. of Princeton, Glen
Warner of Pittsburg; Jumbo
Stiehm, of Nebraska; Bankhart. of
Colgate; Zuppke, of Illinois; Har-
per, of Notre Dame; or some other
man whose team has been success
full this season?
Critics and near critics here,
there and everywhere are now busy
picking all-American and all-con-
ference elevens, and it is not likely
that any of them will bother about
picking an all-American coach. But
it would be interesting just the
same to know what mentor the
majority would pick, among all
the good ones of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27

Ado About Nothing" Measure for
Measure" Richard ILL.," Macbeth"
Titus Andronicus," "Cymbeline,"
king Lear" and Hamlet"
In several other pictures certain
characters must be omitted. Taking
Cleopatra out of Antony and Cleo
patra," naturally leaves little for
the theater going public. The effect
of this woman, the censors claim, is
deleterious to woman and children.
Iago was cleft from "Othello." The
main portion of Julius Caesar was
that soldiers assassination. That had
to come out. As for Juliet in Romeo
and Juliet" it was utterly impossible
and immoral. She was too love sick
and consequently her character was
butchered by the censor's shears The
Motion Picture World" in it's current
issue devoted several pages to the al
legged "antics' of the Penn state CEN
SorS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27

Emporia, Kan, Nov 27.-The En-
pOria and Wichita high school teams
have won all their games and both
have defeated some of the strongest
teams in the state. Both are claiming
the state high school championship.
The EmpOria school has writer
Wichita a challenge for q post-scason
game. The Emporia team offers
Wichita $125 to come to Emporia for
the game next week, which, if PLAYED,
will be one of the fastest high school
games ever played in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27
Sport Wheezes
by CLUG-

If Baker university's sporting
blood is stronger than most people
think it is, she will accept the En-
poria Normal challenge for Il post
season game.
The suggestion that the game be
played in Topeka seems to be n good
one, and Topeka would welcome
chance to see the two teams i'll action
here.
Also, It is probable that a much
better crowd could be drawn in To-
pel1a than in either Emporia or Bald
win. If staged here either the Wash
burn field or the Western league park
could be used.
However, the consensus of opinion
seems to be that Baker Will ignore
the Hargiss challenge and will be
content to divide honors with the
Teachers. Baker will be afraid To
risk it," a local football authority
stated to this column, and l don't
think there will be a game anywhere"
Strange as it may seem, most critics
agree that if it had not rained x. u.
would have won from Missouri by a
bigger score. The strange part about
it is that a soggy field is supposed to
handicap a light team more than a
heavy one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27

Mrs MacDermid, the dramatic soprano,
is an American singer who has achieved
remarkable success in her chosen field.
Naturally wonderfully equipped by nature
with an unusual voice, she has added to
its power by splendid training both at
home and abroad.
The program of these two talented ar
lists is unusually interesting in as much
as the latter half of their program is de-
voted to the songs of Mr.. MacDermid, the
noted composer. Beside being SO fine
composer. Mr.. MacDermid is accom-
PIANIST of unusual sympathy and under
standing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27
Pete Russell.

Pete Russell, captain of this years
University of Chicago team, is placed
at quarter back and made captain of
the ail-star eleven of the western
conference. selected by Waiter Eek
ersoll The Maroon was a more fin
lshed player this year than last and
was a factor in every game played,
handles the ball cleanly and is strong
backs position.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27
Boy Killed by Baseball Bat.

Chanute, Kan. Nov. PA dispute
over the third strike in a Thank sgiv-
ing baseball game here resulted in the
death of Forrest Hobart, II years Old
Forrest was catching behind the bat
A playmate at bat insisted there were
only two strikes against him and in
anger turned and tossed the bat aside.
It struck the Hobart boy under the
chin, paralyzing a branch of the pneu-
mogastric nerve