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Middletown transcript., 1915-11-27
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touching his kinky wig with the tip Of
one finger. when does everybody
love storm7"
Interlocutor Ted Teasdale roved his
eye over the assemblage, Of fifty OF
more, in his own ballroom, and smiled
in superior fashion. The ebony.
faced semicircle of impromptu min
strels, banded together that morning,
leaned forward with anticipatory grins.
They had heard the joke in rehearsal.
1t was a corker!
when it's a GAIL" he replied,
whereat Gail Sargent, at whom every
body looked and laughed, flushed pret-
tily, and the bones and tambos made
a flourish, and the interlocutor an
nounced that the Self Help Glee club
would now sing that enhancing ditty,
entitled MARY Had Little Calf"
1t was only in the blossom Of the
evening at Ted Teasdale's country
house, the same being about eleven
o'clock, and the dance was still to be
gin. Lucille Teasdale's vivid idea for
making her house party notable was
to induce their guests to amu5e them.
selves; and their set had depended
upon hired entertainers for so long
that the idea had all the charm Of dis
tinct novelty. Fine? No end of it!
One could always be sure of having
a lively time around Lucille and Ted
Teasdale and Arly Fosland. Gerald
Fosland was at this party. Fine chap
Gerald, and beautifully decent in his
attentions to Arly. Pity they we're sc
rotten bored with each other; but
there you were! Each should have
married a blonde.
Gail Sargent fairly scintillated will
enjoyment. She had never attended
so brilliant a house party. Het owl
set back home had lot of -Ssh, bu
this was in some way dY then Th'
people were no more G. pros1ther'
were more clever people, me lhem
that was it. There had7 Mchl1dei
range from which to PICK, are twas
why, in New York, there ans sc
many circles, and circles ipuljir
circles.
The men whom Lucille and Arly hai
collected were an especial Joy. The
had all the accomplished outward syn
bols Of fervor without any Of its OF
pressive insistence. Gail, as an agree
able duty to her new found self e.
perimented with several of them, an
!, found them most amusing and plea
: ant, but nothing more disturbing.
Dick Rodley was the most persis
: ent, and, in spite of the fact that h
!, was so fiawlessly handsome as to e,
cite ridicule, Gail found herself, b
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CHRISTIAN EPIC IN STONE
s.rassbura Cathedral, Just Behind
Battle Line, One Of the Glorles Of
.- Gothic Architecture.

Just back of the line Of battle in
EIsace, within the zone where thor
ouvhgoing destruction is threatened,
another Of the marvellous, most worth
while works of our civilization stands
exposed to the varying chances of bat
tie. This is the beautiful cathedral OF
Strassburg, an architectural glory
which makes mock of modern salts
faction at the expense of earlier cen
turtles.
The enormous old minister, famed
wherever Joy in the Ideal is felt, one
of the choicest Gothic visiona eyel
dreamed by master mason. is mem
ory Of ages when art was more pas
sion and religion and less a meane foi
preference and daily bread
strassburg cathedral is a ChrietsaI
epic in stone Exquisite in propoFtioi
and detail. It rises. great pile 8 II 9
the surrounding city. Its spirg Rie
with the loftiest daring Of thf n
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CHAPTER VIII-contInued.

"You are blaming the church with a
fault which lies in the people," pro-
tested the rector, shocked and dis
turbed, and yet feeling it his duty to
set Gail right. He was ashamed of
himself for having been severe with
her in his mind. She was less frivol-
GUS than he had thought, and what shc
needed was spiritual instruction. "The
people are lukewarm."
What else could they be with the
watery spiritual cruel which the
church provides?" retorted Gail.
Il am interested in knowing what
your particular new religion would be
Ilike," remarked Daddy Manning, his
ltwinkling eyes resting affectionately
on her.
at woald be a return to the simple
faith in Cod" Gail told him reverent-
lily. 1T is still in the hearts Of the
people, as it will always be; but they
have nowhere to gather together and
worship"
Daddy Manning laughed as he de-
tected that bit of sarcasm.
According to that we are wasting
our new cathedral"
Absolutely" and it struck the rec
tor with pain that Gail had never
looked more beautiful than now, with
her cheeks flushed and her brown
eyes swapping with indignation. Your
cathedral will be a monument, built
out of the profits wrung from squalor
to the vanity of your congregation. II
were the dictator of this wonderful
city of achievement, l would decree
that cathedral never to be built, anC
Vedder court to be utterly destroyed
"It is perhaps just as well that yor
are not the dictator of the city" The
young Rev. Smith Boyd gazed down a.
her from his six feet Of serious pur
pose, with all his previous disappro
val intensified. "The history Of Mar
ket Square church is rich with in
stances of its usefulness in both th'
spiritual and the material world, will
evidence of its power for good, witt
justification for It's existence, with res
son for its acts. You make the com
mon mistake of judging an entire bod
from one surface indication. Do yo
suppose there is no sincerity, no COZ
science, no conservation in Marke
Square church," His deep, mello'
baritone vibrated with the defense G
his purpose and that of the institutio
which he represented. "Why do yo
suppose our vestrymen, whose time
of enormous value, find space ami
their busy working hours for the a
fairs of Market Square church? VIII
do you suppose the ladies of our gull
who have agreeable pursuits fer ever
hour of the day, give their time
committee and charity work?" +
paused for hestant moment. "Wt
do YOU suppose l am so eager for IL
building, on American soil, of the mo
magnificent house of worship in Il
world?"
Calls pretty upper lip curled.
Personal ambition!" she snappe
and. without waiting to see the pail
which struck his face to stone, 81
heeled her way out through the mi
to her coupe.
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rhe Demand and the Pax.

Illness is no respecter of persons or
pocketbooks, and vast is the number
of comfortable homes In cities as we'll
as country where the family of the
patient finds a $25-a-Eeck nurse a
strain on their purses equaled only by
the physical strain of doing without
her. Here is the practical nurses OPP
portunity. Her very lack of hospital
training comes as an asset, for 1t en-
ables her to accept far less than her
trained sister and widens her field i'm
mensely. The pay she usually COM
mands, $40 or SIS weekly. as it in
cludes board, well worth the while
of a young or middle aged woman
who is seeking dignitied and remuner-
ative employment. Such a woman's
opportunity to raise her salary little
by little lies in proving herself earn
est, thorough, and reliable to every
doctor with whom she comes in con-
tact. and highly Indispensable and
pleasing to her Womanz q
Home Companion.
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sYNoPsIs.

AT vestry meeting Of the Market
Square church Gail Sargent listens to a
discussion about the sale of the church
tenements to Edward e. Allison, local
traction king, and when asked her opin-
lon Of the church by Rev. Smith Boyd,
says 1t is apparently lucrative business
enterprise. Allison takes Gail riding in
his motor car. When he suggests he is
entitled to rest on the laurels of his
achievements, she as0g the disturbing
question: ''Why?" Gail, returning to her
Uncle Jim's home from her drive with AL
lison, finds cold disapproval in the eyes
OF Rev. Smith Boyd, who is calling there
At bobsled party Gail finds the world
uncomfortably full of men, and Allison
tells Jim Sargent that his new ambition
is to conquer the world Allison starts a
campaign for consolidation and control OF
the entire transportation system of the
world Gail becomes popular Allison
gains control of transcontinental traffic
and arranges to absorb the Vedder court
tenement property of Market Square
church, Gail visits Vedder court and meets
Boyd there.
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The establishment of the village on
the rim of the crater overlooking the
lake would be ideal, but in certain sea-
sons the SHOWS are so late in melting
that tourists might never reach the viii
lage in the season of their travel. The
solution. therefore, appears to be a
double village or two stations, one at
the lower level, which opens several
weeks before the upper levels, and one
at the rim of the crater. By this
means tourists may arrive at the lower
station, where accommodations may
be found. and proceed to the rim OF
the crater by foot when the road is
not passable for vehicular traffic. AT
the rim of the crater should be estab-
lished a secondary village in which
sleeping and eating accommodations
are provided, together with stores and
studios which might supply the wants
Of the tourists.
Sailing and Fishing on the Lake.
The desire Of the tourist upon arriv-
ing at Crater Lake National park is to
reach the rim of the crater at the
earliest time. Once there, his all-con-
suming desire is to descend to the
surface of the lake and to sail upon
this bluest sea about the phantom
island and in the shadow Of the jagged
rim. After he goes this far, his next
consuming desire will be to hook the
glorious trout which may be seen
swimming in the depths beneath his
boat A trip of this sort will only I'LL
him with a further longing to encircle
the lake on land around the rim, 80
that he may drink in the sparkling
colors and deeper shadows from all
angles The problem, therefore, which
confronts the secretary of the interior
is the development of roads and trails
about the lake SO that the tourist may
receive full satisfaction. and to do this.
plans have been drawn and work be-
gun on the roads and trails and vii
lage.
Congress has appropriated money,
which is being expended through the
war department. for the construction
of an encircling road to be built
around the crater. This road is under
construction and a material portion OF
it has been completed. The three en-.
trance roads, one from Medford on the
west, one from klamath Falls on the
south. and one along Sand creek on
the east, have been completed and are
now open to travel. The trail from
the rim of the crater to the lake sur
face indicating the location of the pro
posed rim village has been constructs
: ed and will this year be widened and
improved lodge or hotel has beer
constructed on the rim of the cratel
! and roads connecting it with the su
perintendents headquarters at Anns
Spring at the lower level have beer
completed
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and by, defending him against her
own iconoclastic sense of humor. He
reached her after the minstrel show,
while Houston Van Ploon and Willis
Cunningham were still struggling pro
fanely with their burnt cork, and he
stole her from under the very eyes q
Jack Lariby, while that smitten youth
was exchanging wit, at a tremendous
loss, with caustic Arly Fosland.
Have you seen the new century
plant in the conservatory ry?" Diel
asked, beaming down at her, his blacl
eyes glowing like Goals.
! He strolled with Cali to the seat be
hind the rose screen, but it was full
engaged, and he led the way out tc
ward the geranium alcove.
Where is the century Dlant?" H
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words, proper names and dates, purely
as names, however, for he would often
recollect the name by a roundabout
process of reasoning. as, for instance,
when asked on December 81 what
holiday occurred on the following day
he said. 1t amt no regular city holi.
day. it's the last day of the year. New
Years."
This alexia is ascribed by the doc
tors to lesion in the left hemisphere
of that part of the parietal lobe known
as the angular cyrus. where the visual
memory center is probably situated
New York Sun.
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CHAPTER X.

"GentIemen, There Is Your Empire!"
The seven quiet gentlemen who sat
with Allison at his library table, fol-
lowed the concluding flourish of his
hand toward the map on the wall. and
either nodded or blinked appreciative-
ly. The red line on his map was COM
plete now, a broad, straight line from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, and to 1t
were added, on either side, irregular
angling red lines like the legs of a cen
tipede, the feeders Of the various sys-
TENS which were under control of the
new Atlantic-P Pacific railroad.
That's a brilliant piece Of engi-
neering, Allison" observed huge Rich
ard Haverman, by way of pleasant
comment, and he glanced admiringly
at Allison after his eye had roved
around the little company OF notables.
The feat of bringing these seven men
together at a specific hour was great
er than having consolidated the bril-
liant new Atlantic-Pacific railroad.
Lets get to the Details" barked a
nard. It came from Arthur Grandin,
! the head Of the Union Fuel company
I which controlled all the wood and coal
in the United States, and all the oil in
the world. His bald spot came exactly
on a level with the back of his chair
and he wore fierce mustache.
"Pm putting in the Atlantic-PacifiC
as my share of the pool, gentlemen,
explained Allison. my project, as
have told you, is to make this the
main trunk, the vertebrae as it were
of the International Transportation
company. have consolidated will
the A-P. the Municipal Transporta
tion company, and l have put my en-
tire fortune in it, to lay it on the tabl'
absolutely unencumbered."
He threw down the Atlantic-Pacifi,
railroad and the Municipal Transports
tion company in the form Of a one
sheet typewriter paper.
WED better appoint someone t
look after the legal end of things,
suggested the towering Havermar
whose careless, lounging attitude cor
trasted oddly with his dignified lon
beard.
"I1l take care of it," said W. T. Chi.
holm of the Majestic Trust company
and drawing the statement in front G
him, he set paperweight on it.
"The first step is not one of incol
poration," went on Allison. "Befor
that is done there must be but on
railroad system in the United States.
Smooth-shaven old Joseph G. Clar
nodded his head. There was but on
cereal company in the United Statei
and the Standard, in the beginning
had been the smallest. Two of tn
heads of rival concerns we're now
Clark's employ, one was a pauper, an
three were dead. He disliked the pal
per.
Robert E. Taylor of the America
Textiles company, a man who ha
quite disproved the theory that col
: structive business genius was confine
to the North, smoothed his gray mu
tache refiectively, with the tip of h
middle finger, all the way out to Il
long point.
> II can see where you will tear L
the east and west traffic situation to
: considerable extent" he thoughtful
commented; "but without the impo
tant north and south main trunks yC
cannot make a tight web"
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CHAPTER TX.

The storm Center Of Magnetic At
traction.
"Brother Bones" said Interlocutor
Ted Teasdale commandingly, with his
knuckles ON his right knee and his
elbow at the proper angle.
"Yes, sir, Mr.. Interlocutor." replied
willis Cunningham, whose "black-face
makeup" seemed marvelously absurd
in connection with his brown vandyke
brother Bones, when does every
body love storm?"
81 don't know, Mr.. Interlocutor, ad
mitted Brother Bones Cunningham
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Ar and Appetite.

"Your singing tonight was divine!"
exclaimed an enthusiastic sdmirer to
the prirna donna. 4 could see BY the
expression on your face and the light
in your eyes that you we're inspired
Il fear you are mistaken. said the
prima donna. with her most engasins
smile, -Our art is so exaeting that We
don't care to eat a hearty meal be-
fore singing. l VAS ravenously hpnE.
and was thilpking of all tn w
things would order when ths
was endadr
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] CAFE Pranks RrlnQ PoIIee.

,Iah Cats Franks Bring Police.
wn cat whose paws caught in the
vor by which the gas lamps we're
d on and OF brought six police
to the pawnshop of Morris
|, IL les. 1O6 Washington street, Pat
N. j., at one o'clock in the
Ing and Rhodes in pa1amas to
4, Iiewalk shouting "Thiefi"
- light watehman saw the lights,
Ri the police station and the re
s2agc1 1squad hurled out
aS proprietor's cat was found
dsb ahg by its forepaws from rings
or lamp chains. Pussy was freed
me- IS predicament 4aused BY play
tnP4I,iSh u the chains.
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a reduction in the velocity Of sound.
In the case of nitrogen and hydro
gen the velOcities are increased. al
though not to the same extent as
when X.rays are employed. The rays
of radium exert no appreciable effect.
and neither do the variations pro-
duced by an alternating electric Held.
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TURNING x-RAYs ON SOUND
Scientists Have Found They Cannot
Always Depend on Laws That
Are theoretical.

The theoretical deductions of Boltz-
mann and Maxwell on the constitution
of gases lead to certain conclusions
respecting the rate of proportion of
sound waves through gases. For the
most part gases obey these theoretical
laws. but oxygen presents anomalies.
This departure from the normal be-
havior Of gases on the part OF oxygen
was attributed by Richard to the heu'
tral ionization of the gas. and conse-
quentIy a systematic study has been
made by Kupper on the Influence Of
various ionizators on the velocity Of
sound In various gases.
On submitting atmospheric alr. oxy.
gen and nitrogen to the actor of x
Se velocity OF sound proi ation
these gases is gre in
e fE\(\bSche ultraviolet ri rom
w. amor lam Ives
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Size and RrIIIIansr Of stars.

Stars are designated BY astrono-
mers as of certain magnitudes. The
popular impression is that this refers
to the size % the stars, which Is err
roneous. It applies to thtJr bril-,
liancy; the actual size and an lance 81
but few stars are known-only ~ about
seventy-five. Even in the ms POW
erful telescope star is only Npoinl
of light. 1t is not magnifled nar
ticle, it's brightness only being 4
tuated. The stars are Rll sur
our own great luminary
viewed from a star would
as a mere Pot ht1
ing star, and wv
planetary sys
view, s.
|fls
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prediction that Reims cathedral
be restored.
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nlhnrent In Real n.

Different In Real Life
Ter society girl has given up
herIoIo as war nurse and Is coming
ho1lgo lola Bcss.,,.sher friends say. there
waae sa % ubbing, In the nov
els u st'sA' have to scrub wheu
one -=. Dear, no; one mar
ries rich man-o Or some
thin
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-21
BY "PETER."

II Charlie stevens, Tacoma's
sensational backstop, haunt
slumped this week I'm his hitting,
our Tigers might have won yes
terday's game.
But Steve has slumped, sad rs
the fact may be. And In the
ninth inning yesterday, with the
score to / against us. runners
on second and third, and two out.
all Steve could do was a cheap
little grounder to third.
As we mentioned before, had
Steve been hitting this week In
the form that he has shown In the
previous three weeks, when he hit
any old ball for q double or
triple, we'd have won that game.
Joseph J. McGGinnity and Rob-
ert W. Wicker, who used to OPP
pose each other wheh Joe was
star twirler on the New York
Giants and Bob was the best
piecher on the Chicago Cubs
staff, battled for nine fast In.
nings yesterday at Athletic park
in one of the prettiest contests
ever seen in Tacoma.
Wicker, who is now man.
aging the Spokane Indians,
had the best of McGGinnity.
He is a younger man, and
although IL Is evident that he
has not as much baseball
wisdom I'm his dome as the
"Iron Man." he has more
steam and more reliable
hope. He allowed Stoke to
get dinky single In the Sec
Ond inning, and then held the
Tigers hitless until the
ninth.
McGinnity, on the other hand.
allowed a couple of singles in the
second, that were prevented from
scoring by clean double play, a
single and triple in the fifth that
counted for one tally, two dou-
bles in the seventh that counted
for another run, and a single in
the eighth. The Tiger team play
ed errorless ball. Coltrin made
the only bobble for Spokane,
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WHOLESALE
QUOTATIONS
Prices Paid Producers For
Meats, Butter, Eggs. Poultry

Livestock--Cows. s a &c; hogs,
6h @7c; lambs, SC. Dressed hogs,
lie; steers, SO 7c; heifsrs, 6 n o.
6hc.
Butter ana Eggs-Nancn but
terri 20@22c; strictly fresh ranch
eggs, 16 017c.
Poultry - Unickens. dressed.
12@ 16c; ducks, 12c; squads, -
2.25; rabbits, SO Sc.
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Summary: Double plays-Ho-
gan (unassisted); Wuffli TO shee-
ly; Coltrin to Wuffli to Sheely.
Two-base hits-Sheely, Murphy.
Stoke. Three-base hit-rMur-
ply. Sacrifice hits = Stevens,
Wuffli. Struck out-By McGin-
nifty 1, by Wicker 2. Bases on
balls-Off Wicker 1. Time Of
.game-1:12. Umpires - Frary
and Lynch.
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Cheese-Washington, Is q 14cj
Tillamook, 13014c.
Eggs-FTesh ranch, 17019c.
Buttef-Wasnfng son creamery.
24025c.
Wholesale Meat Drlcos.
Fresh Meats - Steers. 11h0
lac; cows, 110111sc; heifers,
12c; hogs, trimmed sides. 16s;
ewes, lac: mutton. wethsrs.
lao; lamb, 80.
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! when he fumbled . flat grounder
that rolled straight to him from
Stokke's bat.
Tacoma's only chance to score
came In the last inning. Johnson
singled to the right fence, but the
bases were cleaned with q double
on Hiester's infield hit. Wilson
and Hogan singled, and Stoke
brought Wilson home with q pref
ty double to center. II was then
that Tacoma's star hitter, Stew
ems. fell down in the pinch. The
score:
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OH II STEVE HI
HAD ONLY HIT +!


. Spokane at Tacoma ts:15.) Seattle At Vancouver
. Victoria a Aberdeen. .
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Everyone at the Tiger bench
felt certain before the game that
Tacoma would win. Old Man Sup
erstition had spread the tip. Dur
ing batting practice Dick Kauf-
man found a rabbits foot in the
diamond. Dick tossed the emblem
of good luck into the grip that
carries the Tigers baseballs, and
everyone was enthusiastically pos
tive that the game was already
won. It must have been a sage
brush rabbit from the Spokane
country. however.
Bill Hogan made q play ysstsr-
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RiQht off the Bat

day that is seldom seen in a ball
game. The Tacoam centerfielder
made an unassisted double play.
It was in the seventh, with one
out. Altman was on third and
Murphy on second. Coltrin pop
ped q Fly behind second. Altman
thought there were two outs and
started home. Hogan caught the
ball and ran to third base before
Altman could return to the bag.
making o double.
Wicker's fast fadeaway had the
Tigers baffled. The Indian man.
ager would lob q few slow ones
and then shoot in q fast one with
'whiskers on It. The ball had a
quick jerk downward, and Taco
ma batters simply couldn't see 1t
at all.
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Harvard Enters

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, May IL.
Harvard win enter the second
varsity eight, the sophomore
class crew, and N. p. Darling, In
|dividual sculler. In the Ameri-
can Hanley regatta at Philadel-
phia on Saturday.
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Amateurs viii
Join Association

Following the suggestion of
James Carroll, athletic Instructor
at the Armory, pupils of the Ia
coma School OF boxing are pre-
pairing to form an amateur or
ganization and seek admission to
the Pacific Coast Amateur Athle-
tic association. By affiliatipg
with the amateur association. the
boys can maintain heir amateur
ratings as long as they box for
pleasure or exhibition.
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Selling Prices TO Retailers
For Butter, Egg and Cheese
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Wholesale Hay and Grain
Prices