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The Washington times., 1916-05-24
Giovanni M. Zerega.

reEa, who died Monday were held at
$50 this morning. at his late residence,
Sl2 o street northwest. followed by high
requiem mass at the Immaculate Con-
ception Church.
The Washington times., 1916-05-24
Matte G., KidWell.

who died Monday at GARFIELD Hos
pital. will be held from the chapel of
j. William Lee, 332 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, at 3 o'clock this
afternoon. Interment will be private.
The Washington times., 1916-05-24
Irene A, Lipscomb,

The funeral OF Irene A. Lipscomb.
who died Sunday, was held from Holy
Trinity Church. at O'Clock this morn
ing. interment was In Mt. Olivet Gene
terry,
The Washington times., 1916-05-24
Marriage Licenses.

Lewis B. Clary. Richmond. Va. and Chris
tine s. Farley. Richmond, Va.
John W. Yopp. Atlanta, Ga, and Martha
Beatrice Lambdin. Savannah. Ca
Morrison 4. Goodrich and Bessie Short.
Virgil p. Martin and Maude A. williams.
The Washington times., 1916-05-24
Germans Reopen Baltic.

COPENHAGEN. May a.-German
traffic in the Baltic has been restored
says a Malmo dispatch to the Politiken,
Five German merchantmen arrived In
Swedish harbors today escorted~by a
large squadron OF German warships.
The Washington times., 1916-05-24

Gypsy Smith. Of Hnddon Heights, =
j., an evangelist. will hold city.
wide crRnRelistic services during tho
month of September. \ meeting nj
the committee was held last night In
tho Methodist Protestant church
whom an organization was affected.
The Washington times., 1916-05-24

Thomas II. Bayne, OF 207 South
Fairfax street, employed as a drug
clerk by Henry Callan, 400 North CO.
lumbus street. was burned about the
face and cut by glass last night when
a bottle exploded while he was manu-
featuring spirits OF nitre. He was
taken to the Emergency Hospital.
Washington.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-19
POSSIBLE WINNERS AT
JAMAICA TRACK TO-DAY
CHAMPION BOXERS. v1cToRs.
Norris ana Kaufman Win Amateur
BOuts nj newark

NEWARK. N. j.. May is.-Win!am
Morris of the East Side House. the ma
tiunal champion, easily won from Pierre
+. Allegart ~ Newark In tho prelifni-
naries of the 1875 pound class of the IN
tr~rnational amateur boxing tourney heId
At the Palace Hail. Newark. las, night.
The champion used his opponent AZ a
piucLlng bag. but was unable to knock
him off his feet.
In this class Fred Miller, National
Turn Nerein OF Newark. defeated Dave
Brown 81 Toronto In the first round.
Another bout IN this class vas between
J. I.isi Of Union Settlement \. {. OF New
York and NJ. Green of Educational All
auce. The former won by a shade.
Adolph Kaufman OF Trinity cub
Erooklyn. the national champion. net =
tough customer when he tackled Joseph
+. Wolf Of Central Institute OF Newark
in the iTj pound class, but won. By a
great uphill rally f. NJ Sehons or the
pijtsburg \. \. secured n decision over
william karnalt OF the East Side Housc
New York. in this class.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-19

INELIGIBLE GOLFERS
PLAY IN TOURNEY
Woodland Club Lets Sullivan
and Tcwksbury Compete
and Both Qualify.

BosroN. May 1s.-W. f. sibley, the
Amherst golf captain. with a card of
20. vas the low scorer OF more than
fifty starters In the qualifying round of
the Woodland Golf clubs spring tourna-
ment ,N-dav. NeN to him was Jesse
Guliford with an so. made with bor-
rowed clubs. clothes and shoes. job H.
sullivan and PAU Tcwksbury, two "f
the outlaws. amt mex with 81 and
S2 respectively. Gull:ord withdrew from
match play, saving he had already taken
two tournament cups In Massachusetts
this spring and he was not going to go
after this one.
considerable interest was manifested
In the appearance of Sullivan and Tewks-
bury. for the Woodland club in pcrmit-
Ting them to play violated the orders
issued by the l.. :. c. 4. The entries Of
both were accepted without question and
both will continue in match play until
! defeated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-19
SCH00LBOYS TO PLAY GOLF.
Eastern cham %pionship VIII lie
Held at ApawRmis Next week..

The eighth annual championship Of tie
Eastern ln~terscholastic GolC Association
Will be played on Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week. May -. % aud
-, OF the links OF "a" Apawamis tluh.
The tournament IL open To studenis o.
al preparatory and II Igh schools Ia the
East.
Both the qualifying round. sixteen TO
dGti,f, for the Title. and the first matc,I
round will BE- played on Monday, Two
match rounds viii follow on Tuesday.
ANA all Of Wednesday will be- devoted tu
the thirty-six hole ina The present
champion II Fillmore X. Robeeon, who
won the title at Wykagyl a year ago. but
as he ~ now In college u new champion
will Ne crowned next week.
In charge OF the tournament is "A com
| mittce composed Of Thomas Worden
Hunter. Lawrencevillc; j. q. Hunter
and Simpson Dean.
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BARNES CAPTURES MEDAL
WHEN TRAVIS WITHDRAWS
Former Champion Proves His Skill at Garden City, but
Then Drops Out-High Winds Prevent Good
Golf and Marston Is Chief Victim.

5I..:sisS. %: ".',....",': pr, Il I. il H. J Jse$%..;
Asswam, 20. $3.50 Gardiner w. White;
u.s. %io-s5. Robert Hunter, Wee. Burn. =.
:ss-:s:: 4. y I sissSi s'' K Ssass"S, =.
H-ss; Percy .Pyne I'd. Garden CITY. ",
SIS; John n waSl. Garden cry. -.
c. y: Van Week. Jr.. Baltusro!i, 90; 4i,-sr.i
I.rnsr; Nassau, q, 's-s7' Il. T Allen
Second s~isieen-itay Twyenor,. Bridge.
hampton. q. tS-S; y; We9s,er' Gardsn
civ. 4. 4 80 A. Fssd Ba MS11s's Ssli,o SaFa =,
tsGss, Maxwell Il. Matston. Bal,usro.. a..
i?-ss r. NJ. Kerr. Maidstone. -, $50;
iadd. R~ockaway, a.. .3-so. W. D.. John
son. Garden city. 90. 60: W: j. Nc.
ConviIie. Garden cisy. "a, $50; G 81
hu. Ger's -. Gt95SSsi:.' T. r oates Flush:
ing. Is. i3-si; ". Il; Trusdell. Fox Hll!s'
- :ss--ss:, se NJ; FiT iu ! sr' GARDEN g., 1na'e en-
'0rhird SIXTEEN " McMenamy. Fox
a.. ts|is, C. 5. Lee Tuxedo. q. si-ss:
". X simons Garden city. g G-ssi
Z Il pcyd; f,n.nins' g. $50 s"%u 3
Randoiph. Jr. Lakewood. t5. +s-s.; !. T,
MacMahon, Gsrdcn CITY. IS. t6-st; T. r
/ Brown. OAKLAND. As. iS-e';. c. n. Brown
ST. Andrews. a.. is-st \. g. Under
10y IilI'' - 80 E o'; G. h MSs4wsta
HyssSiidSs%,' IL, 1852 j. $ griffin, Deal, 4
Fourth s,r,een1p RSshwea; G5,,'
50. ,isnss:. Malcolm stsvensSn. fiplni
@'y!s i z Z. IS; Y. Il. i R%ssf':oq s" "a.
CITY a. $50: A. +. Ranney, Greenwich
=. H-ssi Martin ". ,Littieton. Gardct
CIV %. go n h 4; Lynch sDr hsssf i, %cs
81, ,S-ss J. ! Blair, Tuxedo; 81 '5--'SS
MNcHale. Daichts., Is, to-ss: J. i Kelley
Deal, 81 t5-ee.
Filth ~sis'senssR W. dc,le,; Ts1eaG3
81: 3 MSrcScnss' Midland. Il. -,
4. r. Both Hdl2n. a'1 M.e aui ii' Sc =. $50
+ NJ McKeilar. cherry Valley, 81. SO.
ioi J ~ ot,lsy; Nassau. ~. Ss-iel
iOi; r a MSrrow. Great, Seek. ST. is-iol
- 3 W S%,iG'l o'T Tcs SIX. 81. ss-iS'
ii. : fsion.. G,rden CITY 81. 10,
6 ! spSrSTi' %.Iasn ci'y;; 5:. I;s'O'
,o'hsr sGoresmp Y fs'ss' hCck"rs,
Il. loo. e q Never, Oakland, 5,
s6--los. X Furmsn. cherry. Valley, =
ss-l07. F W. GMynne. Jr. Cherry Vale
20. 57-l05. \. 4 Nelson, Atlantic CO.
:. -. is-lo7 " n seaman. unat;ache.
81 ts..ioG' ": = JSsktn; fo> hi''i +
] 81. S,-iIG. ! X Van K~rsnckeu. INDIAN,
| 50. 6o-ii0 T. = Mcknight. Great \ecl
. 50. as-lio; j. + Barringer. putches
: -. ss-ii7. 4. u Walters. Garden 'i:.
-. hS-lis
E Draw Tor FRS, sIx,een-whishsm '
Barnes. Topping Va Gardner, Rh"t' Y
over. Hicks vs. Prokaw. Van Week Y
Alien. WAL vs.. Brand. Dyre W. Huntc
5, White W. Rerner
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-19
Reach Tennis Finals.

BosroN. May 1s.--Thc New England
college tennis players reached the finals
rounds in both the singles ard double
championships. ". :. Maynard, Will
Jams, and II. T.. Jones. Wesleyan. are the
singles 'iEalists, and for the douhl"s
title Maynard and lockwood. Williams,
will meet N X. stewart and i. l.
Woodbridge. Technology.
MAYNARD defeated Woodbridge IN Ia,
seni-nnal singles. 3-6. 81. 6-2. and
Jones won from stewart. e.. -
Maynard and lockwood defeated fI"f
ner and Jones. Wesleyan. e., s-4
while stewart and Woodbridge won From
! Blair and McCloy, Amherst. e., -
1u--S.
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D CITY. l.. l.. May 1s.-Just to
show that he Is still In trim Walter J.
Travis led a field OF about 140 golfers
In the qualifying round Of the Garden
City Golf Clubs invitation tournament
to-day and then withdrew to go to Buff
falo. 1t was an 81 that the veteran
made and his withdrawal left the medal
10 r. Mortimer Barnes OF E~nslewood,
the efficient secretary Of the Metropolitan
Golf Association, who made the round
In ~. Travis and Barnes did not
furnish all of the interest In the days
proceedings. however. for Max Marstoi.
fresh from his term In "A Jersey Jury box.
acquired even more than his share of the
imelight by failing to qualify in the
frst sixteen. His 50 left him In the
second division. but to bear him COM
pany were Reginald NJ. Lewis and Fred
Herreshon. so his lot was not a lonely
one. Marston came down with Lewis
IN the latter's automobile. and then
played with Hcrreshon. SO the trio should
form an agreeable little family party
in their second division home.
II Is not often that scores above so
win medals In Metropolitan tourna-
ments, but there MAS ample excuse for
such n happening to-day. hat Is. ample
excuse for the average American golfer.
although II In rumored that on the other
side Of the Atlantic the golfers don
mind the vim at all. BE that as IL may,
1t was the wind. and "A bitter wind II
was, that raised havoc with the scoree
here to-day. Playing golf wac not es-
pecially good fun. and what fun there
was IN II was old fun. which. as golfers
all agree. is one Of the worst kinds.
pArnAS VahA s- n
a 2 on the second hole. and IL so en-,
courased him that he kept right on play.
Ing good golf. AZ least II was good gol
considering the conditions. He slipped
UP at the eighth, where n i. but reached
the turn In 10 and was we'll satisfied
Coming in he took another 6 on tn,
thirteenth, but the rest of the round wa
good enough to bring him In ahead o
the remainder Of the big field. Hi
card:
Z. Mortimer Barnes. Englewood:
In ..:. t-G-s
Henry J. Topping OF Greenwich. tn
Ardsley winner. and DR.. c. II. Gardner
Agawam. were two strokes back Of tn
leader with 81 apiece. there wer
several at So. including Gardiner White
George Brokaw and Robert Hunter. TIL
top score In the first sixteen was 81.
Five sixteens qualified for the mate
play rounds. which will begin to-morro'
morning, and the most promising look
ing match in the first sixteen Is tina
which the luck of the draw has decree
between Topping and Or. Gardner.
four ball competition was played TIL
afternoon and resulted in "A victory "a
=. NJ Kerr and Or. Gardner. who's
. score was 7%--4. 20. The scores In III
qualifying round
First Sixteen-E. Mortimer Barne
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FORTY WOMEN FIND
APAWAMISTO HARD
TwO-thirds Of Field Pick Up
in Tourney on Wind
Swept Links.
MISS BISHOP Is LEADER

RYE. y. v. May S.-rhreescore
women started and exactly two-thirds 81
them fell by the wayside In the one day
tournament OF the Women's metropolitan
Association at the Apawamis Club
to-day. The winds were harsh and the
ground was heavy under loot az a re-
suit Of the rains OF the last three or FOUR
days. so most OF the feminine golfers
found that the game was more ike work
than play and picked up long before the
round was over. The wind was JUST
strong enough to keep the womens Tee
shots from carrying the stretch "r ions
grass In front Of the tees, and as the
Apawimis long grass is a feartul 'mhe
for any golfer to get INTO the women
preferred picking up TO the scemins!.
endless struggle with the wind the c"rn
and the rough. such good golfers az
Mrs. ". j. Faith, Mrs. J. :, Irving and
Mrs. NJ. d. Paterson gave up the night. so
the others Of lesser fame VINO dNd hot
finish could hardly he blamed
The best gross score Of the day was
made by Miss Georgianna NJ. Bishop or
Brooklawn. who was playing htr thlIu
round Of the season. She made an even
100. and 1t would have been IA really en-
Cellent score nut Tor u ulstr'SNA'% w
the long ninth. The former national
Champion TOPPED her drive. but u BAL
went over the fence out Of bounds. and
when she finally holed out had all Flt
could do to remember the >'igscFin-
total. Even with the 10 size was u N
81 and then catnc back III ~. Tier caro-
Miss q NJ PISTON. airc'''lv
Out. 30 . = . 20 ,-
ln....... ....f d M
The scolr " Miss Bishop u good
start In the r.c" for ~. gross trophy,
which vii be- awarded at the end OF tht
season.
The frst score Of tAe day To he posted
was the iUg-i2. -. made by Mrs, II. u
Montgomery ~ inc home club. AID II re-
manned the low score for the rest ~ th'
day. Mrs. Montgomery taking home th'
net prize. The putting competition WA
Won by Mrs. william Chilvcrs of Dun
woodie. whose score was 81. The score
| In the handicap:
/ NJ. H. l. M"ntsomery Mpsnnn,.
Brookiawn. loo. %. Mrs : Her2oe
Knn,iwooI. iis-ii. ioI Mr. W Rlfl
Dunv poiie liO-5. tg3: MIss l. With.r
bee, wes,h-ook. loe :. ioa' W g =
re.s, ven'IWTgi Nod" % To-, Mi,
\ v Gi.kes, SIwauoy. ii3.s. io5 W..
W. \ Cane. Arcol,. l-E-is. los Mrs. J l.
paws Piping Hock. NJ. 100 ST., \ J
Mors,n pip,nS ROCK, ,ls; ios Nj.
Constance = Robertson. Kno,'"ooi. il5-;
i9s. Mr. ~ Moor, Sl''pE H5.nN
isS-l7, ils Miss JULIA T.. Er,d, E-''
county, l:e-s 100 Mrs - nuckn"'
5 wsnoy' Is II, Mr-. ttars ',q-
81 IA ~ IL
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slhhOuAiks NUiiIkA.

IN PURSUANCE OF an order OF Honor.
abe JohO L. Cohslan. u Surrogate Of ths
County OF New York, notice In Lereey given
TO ali persons having claims against George
Nash. late Of the County Of New York. ds
ceased, to present the same With Vouc.sri
thereof to the subscribers at their pace oil
t-ansacting business. at the otice Of TIT
m Loan ana Trust Company. No. z.
William Street. in the Borough Of MaEhat,
ia. city OF New York. on or before the is
day OF July next,
DATED. New York. the 18th day OF De
,:mber, 1913.
Nv upwiS GiRps. AsNt Sscy,
WALTER y. HOPPING, Executors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-19

Teller and George NJ Biilafer Of Inspector
Keliy's stan The men will be arraigned
In the Jamaica police court this morning
and charged with disorderly conduct.
Their names are Robert Garfield. IA
rving place. Jamaica Albert Leyrer.
Is Irving place, Manhattan lohn Cor
rigan. Mount Morris Baths. Manhattan.
and Norbert Martin, 320 East Nineteenth
street. Manhattan.
sheriff Paul Stier IA six deputies al
the track. but they could discover nc
violation IL tho anti-ga1 bling laws.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-19

joe Azeyedo Of California knocked out
frankie Smith 81 Wcstchester in the
fourth round last night at the 'lermont
Athletic club. In the third Smith was
iloorcd for the count of nin,. In his
weakened condition he fell easy prey for
"A blow to the stomach in the fourth
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-19
\. y. Yacht club Cruise Amuust I

The annual cruise OF the New Norr
Yacht Club will start from Glen cove,
l. /. on August !. The course will he
east to Buzards Bay. Further details
will hs later By Commodore
Baker.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-19

New HAVEN, Conn. May lS.-Yale de
f,ated Penn at tennis to-day I mItche
To .. II won three out OF IA. -four single
and split even In the doubles The most
spectacular match was bet Rowland
OF Penn md Stoddart OF Yale.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-19

Sigma M, lost TO Delta Tau be,''
yesterday IN the Columbia interfratoru.i.
baseball tournament hN II score ~ . to :
Sigma M had FOR Is battery Bud "a
lotion n .Ieff Ii'aly. D!cte.s and Sh..'
ley were the battery for the v.cto's,
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TOCks.
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straight Forward. a two-year-oid son OF
Star Shoot. Johnny McTaggart had the
mount and this helped to make straight
Forward an odds on choice. 1t looked
blue for the favorite when he was cut
of Just after the start. but McTlggar'
reused the speed OF his mount In the
stretch and Straight Forward 1ustifed
his name in the stretch by rushing 10
the front and winnin by two lengths
from Clifford A. Cochran's Levonie.
sam McMeekin. the horse nat cos'
Angus, Belmont $4,000 last year. vas
entered In the NTH race and ~cltalogued
10 be sold for $1,000. He had only two
horses to beat and Haynes scored MS
second victory In the Belmont colors'
finishing t~hree-auarters Of a length IN
front OF the Marrone stables Gallop'
rms las, race was an upset as Ambrose
he odds on choice, wilted under the
weight and James Buffers per'ish weh'
to the front In the stretch to win os '"o
lengths The summaries:
rypsT RACE
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FOURTH RACE

s..u rood. won going away. straight For,
star 49, nv Star shoot ranknes;'
ow An" by r. T. wilson, Jr.; trained oy T. .
Healy.
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Ptoie tae hackers of the f~avori,e had
p" 'p congratulate themselves on the
,oHl showing OF their choice Schu'tinger
sent sand Marsh along with "A burst OF
speed that stood the others on their
Heads. He rushed by the struggling
'ho-.ushhreds In II fash and before tho
'eld had gone IA quarter Of a mile the
race resolved itself ipto a hare and
tounds Chase, with "A dozen eager racers
'ry.rg vainly to catch Sand Marsh or
get r'jr enough 70 him to make he race
''cres'ing. Rounding the turn Sand
'ar'- had opened a gap OF three lengths
nd "A, this stage Clifford A. Cochran's
'irco nf Como was leading the follow
''c bunch. Montresor had been cut of.
80 ll.ch Noon was struggling along
eame'y lr he walks Of Prince of Como.
VIII sand Marsh out the race would
ave heeu q good one, but the amazing
.rNd - his Lightly weighted colt made
'e I's. DIZZY, and as they turned into
'r 'rclon the race resolved into a
.r,'.Hs 81 which could get nearest
. '., ,ll " SAudringAam, All through
.' .'rr.h LOTUS was hard At work
.. Iteh Soon, and It tool his best
'tfor'- 80 land the Butler cracH IN
.'"pn' place. five lengths behind Sand
Marsh and Il neck in front Of W. X.
GOES Jlcoba. which finished with a
rush and Just beat Slumber H. for
'rl money. The winner was tralne,.
rs r. o. Miller, who in his day has
handled such well known racers as
Major pa!ngerheld and The Turk.
IT, most picturesque scene OF the
lay was staged when the horses went
- the post for the first race and the
''.lstals Of racegoers saw the gayly
'r' - th~oroughbreds that they had
waited for through the dreary winter
.a~ The fed was composed OF
H.t...al'y uutried two-year-olds and II
"fs only fitting that this. the Initial
parade II 1916. should be led by August
Belmont home bred colt Woodtrap
O smart looking son of Trap Rock
N"0ib'rc r. r, Wilson. Jr, anoth-'
pillar OF the turf, had his colors carried
aF %ght owl, the second horse In the
parole, thsn cam Clifford 4. Cochran,
Warning Dun and W. II. Goes Jacl
Mount, an imported horse which failed
90 Low remarkable form. Next II
limo "t. the first candidate OF Congress
% Loft TO appear under his racin,
.E.Nfa This was the appropriated!
canned Caudyland which. however. dix
t' aap any Of the sweets Of victory.
New Jockey IL Good.
IT,. race introduced a new locke!
NJ u and resourc to New Yorker
81 HAYNES, a brother Of Barrett Haynes
v as done good work as Il steeplechas
r'.. Woodtrap was next to last II
go ( away, but Haynes took him u
Held gradually and performed
20" stroke of jockeyship when o.
....1g the stretch he shot up on tn
# md squeezing through a small hol
going away by "A length. Jane
u rs Bal.y ou'gamed Night Ow
'I!ly leader. and took the place by
re-
N Whalen provided a real 900
IN Iawhuska which won the sec
ace in a gallop, Foxhall Keene'
'' Fan Ally Queen Nab was mad
''', but never was In the hun
lska had been played down fror
10 , to | and ~ 500 az Fairbrothe
-' him away never left the issue !
'' ~ winning "ased up by two lengthI
Wilson colors We're carried TO tn
300 the Suffolk Selling Stakes b
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FIRST RACE
SECOND RACE

A.. r,od. ~on driving wooistrap. Oh, G.
Start soUu. Voody,na. owned by August
~ pe,r,nnt trained by s {. Hldre'h'
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start sood; THn h o"%.S BY 1e Jsms: p Butler
trsined By J. Mccormack
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a,.r, good. won easily Sand Marsh u g,
30 - Marshmallow owned by
! = Rose; trained by Il o. Miller
FIFTH RACE
Sailing. -four. year. olds and upward; sun,
,cr,pt,ou OF q and $500 added; one mile ana
" Horse and age, VT. Jockey. Odds, I'm,
sam McMeekin. lis. Haynes ct, J.: on! ~
GaIIop. 5..."""",ms Metcan'" ~ o oW
"' Tme-la1.
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Gas, ,oor won easily Pa~husks en- ";
Sus"hha nna",,e Mercedita: owned ana Nra'ne'
nv ,Iohn whelan.
" THIRD RACE.
Suffolk selling Stakes, Tor t".yeair {U,,,,onaiI.
subscription o., 'uGr,onSs:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-21
SIDE TALK S
The Praise Glutton.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

The Authorman had received an in
vitation to spend weekend during
his wife's summer absence with bus
mess acquaintance who had bought
handsome new summer place.
He refused.
We asked him why.
81 went to his other summer place
once he said briefly.
We persuaded him that an innuendo
like that was worse than frank con-
fession, so he finally explained him.
self.
Hes a praise glutton," he said;
leafs it UP as fast as you can man
ufacture it and then hollers for
more.
you know the kind I meau-all
the way down you are supposed to
admire the car and listen to the
reasons why it is the best car sold.
Then, when you finally arrive, he
hardly gives you time to wash your
hands before he takes you all over
the house. Of course you are ex-
pected to rave about every room,
Including the bathroom. And he
isn't satisfied with an adjective for
mire the furniture, the size OF the
room and the view from each window
separately.
Eat dinner he draws your attention
to the cigars, tells you he picked them
out especially for you, so that ne can
have a chance to intimate how much
they cost. And all the time you are
smoking them you are expected 10 let
off ecstatic admiration at intervals. II
you don't he prods you by some little ne
remark like Pretty good flavor! or
Not bad for a cent cigar?
"If YOU take a walk, he acts as if he
had arranged the clouds and the sun
set and the scenery ard ought TO pc
praised for it. If you go in swimming
or pIay tenris on his neighbours court,
trihl1tn
for your pleasure.
ct know it sounds ungracious to talk
about a man after you have accepted
his hospitality but, by ginger, felt
as If 1 had paid for all [ got in ad-
jectives before I got away! Hos
pitality isn't hospitality when you pay
for it-and are overcharged into the
bargain
If you've met the praise glutton,
I'm sure you'll readily forgive the
Authorman.
If you haven't, let the fact that we
teased him be his justification.
Some weeks ago I explained the
phrase "a flash in the pan," as re-
ferring 70 the gold in the prospector's
pan.
Several Of my readers have kindly
come to the rescue and corrected my
mistake. l will let one of them speak
for the rest
You have an erroneous idea of the
origin of the phrase flash in the pan.
This dates back to the Revolutionary
war, when the old style flint and steel
muskets were used. The pan ON the
side of The gun lock was filled with
powder to receive the spark produced
by the flint so arranged in the ham
mer of the gun, and the vent or
touchold filled also with powder would
communicate with the powder in the
barrel of the gun and fire the charge.
When the powder in the gun failed to
discharge, why it would be said it
was a flash in the pan'."-(Copy-
right by George Mathew Adams.)