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New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
HAVERFORD WINS AT SOCCER

Philadelphia, Dec. 11.-The Haver- ford soccer team defeated the Univer- sity Pennsylvania here yesterday by a score of 2 to 1 and therby pre- vented the latter from winning the Intercollegiate League championship. It was Pennsylvania last scheduled game and her first defeat.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
ARE AFTER WALTER
Boston and Cleveland Said to Be Ready to Part With Big Sum for Johnson.

Boston, Dec. 1.-The Boston Americans will bid $60,o0o for the services of Walter Johnson, crack pitcher of the Washington club if he Frazee of the local club stated today.
 His statement was made in connec- tion with a report that the Cleveland team was prepared to bid $50, ,000 to obtain Johnson President Frazee said nothing had been done officially in the matter as yet
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
w. AND l., PICKS CAPTAIN.

Lexington, Vt, Dec. 11-Albert F. Pierotti of Boston and Allein Beall, jr., of Vicksburgh Miss. have been elected captain and manager, respect lively, of the Washington and Lee foot ball team for 1917
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
Ball E'laycrS to Strike

They will-On the same day Sir
 John D. Will pay billion for a lime Upon the same day Andrew c. Will get down to his final dime.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11

Washington, Dec. 11.-Manager Griffith of the Washington baseball club said today that he had received no offer for Walter Johnson, and if he had he would not consider it for a minute''
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
M. E. Baraca Eeague.

High single, A Stotts, 122.
 High three string, A. stotts, 331. High team string, Wesleyans, 449 High team total, Wesleyans, 1914.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
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pounds is one thing. But when the discrepancy passes sixty, eighty or one hundred pounds, the proposition is as logical as 1t would be to match Johnny Kilbane and Jack Dillon
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
Getting By.


 In spite of the paucity of rival talent, Willard is still managing to eke out an existence.
 He has done we'll enough when one figures that as heavyweight champion he has devoted but thirty minutes of time to active competition in nearly two years. Since January, 1916, the Big Fellow has drawn $90,000 from the circus, of which $72,00O remained after a 20 per cent allotment to his Syndicate. The one battle netted $45,000 less 20 per cent-which makes Willard's total salary check for the year something above $100,000.
 When a champion can enter one ten-round boxing exhibition within twelve months and finish with trife above 100, 900 iron men he is doing well enough in a modest way.
 Baseball has six months; football two months. But you can play gol1 twelve months a, year, if you pick your locations, and talk it for fifteen months annually
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
MaNimS of the Nineteenth Hole

There are times when the driver wOrketh not and the mashie is an abomination. But when the butter fivvereth, then is anguish beyond all words.
 He that toppeth three shots in a row without losing his temper hath a soul composed of cork Trust him not for there is no human trait about him.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11

It isn't any harder for the Army to get good football dates than it is for the average citizen to step out and pick UL 5000 in 9 back alley. All of the leading Eastern elevens are willing to play at West Point for expenses, except Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Penn, Brown, Colgate, Pittsburgh, Dartmouth and eight or ten others.
 In the same way we hopC no sched- ule makers this winter will break their right or left legs in a mad rush to get Pittsburgh hooked up for next fall.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

of the flouncing, with long and very
wide sleeves. An overbodice in bolero
effect is made Of the georgette crepe,
with two rows Of tiny s~atin-covered
buttons down the front. The long
overskirt Of the crepe shows the in
tiuence of the pannier inspiration in
the folded drapery at each side. 1t is
gathered at the waist line across the
back and caught up to the underskirt
at each side, below the drapery.
A wide crushed girdle of soft satin
fastens at the back, finished with two
pointed ends less than a half yard in
length.
Little capes of satin and others OF
taffeta silk are shown among the new
neckwear. Capes like them in size
and shape appear on frocks and coats,
in the same color as the garment, but
the separate cape is in white or a
light color. Since silks and satins
are made washable, these light colored
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

can be done so it may be removed on
ironing day, by driving nails into
board B at the sides Of the iatiron
SO the heads come down upon the
base, as shown in Fig. 8, and provid-
ing a nail to drop in a hole at the
fiat end, as shown in Fig. ;. The fat
iron can then be slipped between the
nails, endwise, and locked in place
by dropping the loose nail into the
hole made for it. Double pieces of
cardboard or tin. beneath the nail
heads, will hold the fiatiron better
than the heads alone Gig. 81. The
flatiron not only provides weight for
pressing, but erv also as a handle
for operating the press. Nail block
E Gig. 81 to one end of board A as a
stop for board c to strike against
when the press is opened.
Newspapers are good for placing
specimens between for pressing, as
they are sufficiently porous to absorb
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

sap. A h~alf-dozen or SO sheets are
none too many to place beneath and
above each specimen.
When ready to transfer from the
drying papers to the herbarium sheets,
daub glue here and there along the
under side of each specimen; then lay
the specimens upon the sheets in as
natural positions as possible. Narrow
strips of court-plaster Tapped over the
thick portions of stems will help hold
them securely.
The name, place of finding, and 9TH
er data, may be written or printed In
the corner OF each sheet. as Indicated
In Fig. 2. Glue index tabs to the
edges of your sheets. in the same way
that letter-ile indexes are put on. ON
which to letter the name OF each ge-
nus, to simplify the finding of specl.
mems.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

7 must be a great pleasure to those
who create beautiful things for fair
women to look their fairest in,
when a commission is given them
to make party gowns. With fancies I'M
hampered by any considerations e--
cept that of beauty they are at liberty
to make apparel that does not seem to
belong to this workaday world-and
they do. One of these dreams come
true is portrayed above. The camera
shows that the artist has made the
most Of embroidered net and georgette
crepe in an adorable gown, which is
so simple the wonder is that omeone
else did not think oft too. But each
gown tells its own story, a little DIFF
ferent from any other. Therefore,
where the discourse is of party frocks
it is unending and always ito be con-
tinued."
Transparent materials are the de-
light Of modistes because they make
opportunity to play with color. Frocks
in the order of that shown here are
made in combinations of two or three
colors. Blue and green, blue and pink,
white and maize, and any number of
others less familiar have been used
in the seductive gowns and airy fab
RIGS designed for the new season.
Georgette crepe is used with lace and
with net, sometimes two nets are com
bined. and, in white gowns especially,
net and lace are liked together.
The underskirt in the gown pictured
is made of two sections of embroidered
net fiouncing, moderately full and
without draping.
An u~nderbodice lover a short
foundation Of thin silk is also made
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

pile of books. Make yourself a regu-
lar press, or ask brother or father to
make n for you. Figs. 3 and 4
show a practical press easy to con-
struct, and Fig. 5 a working diagram.
Make base board A ~ inches wide and
12 inches long, and nail the three
cross strips B to the under side, one
at each end and one in the center;
and make the upper board c IL inches
square. Cut the hinge blocks d 6
inches long, three-fourths inch thick,
and one and one-fourth inches wide,
and bore a screw hole through each
one-half inch from each erd. By
means of these blocks, hinge board G
to A, being careful to locate all four
blocks in exactly the same relative
positions so they will work together.
Mount a flatiron upon board C. This
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

capes are about as practical as neck
wear made of sheer cottons. The
cape pictured is cut to fit about the
neck and to ripple at the shoulders.
Its edge is hemstitched, and small
s~atin-covered buttons are set in a row
at each side of the front. 1t is a very
becoming little accessory. and quite
as attractive when made of organdie
as it is in silk.
A cape-collar is shown, in two
views, at the left of the picture. 1t
is made of organdie and finished with
a lace banding about the edge. 1t
narrows at the front, where it slopes
to a long point. Similar collars, made
without lace, and finished at the edge
with hemstitching and very elegantly
decorated with one or two rows OF
hemstitching, are set in near the
edge. The same neat effect is Sc
cured by inserting extremely narrow
lace in the collar and finishing the
edge with an equally narrow hem
stitched hem.
Considering these styles, one might
think that high collars have suffered
a total eclipse, but this is not true.
The mode appears to have compro-
missed on collars high at the back
and open at the front. In suits and
frocks these are conspicuous, and in
many of them a narrow band of the
material extends across the throat,
from one side of the high collar to the
other, where it fastens. Fashion ap-
pears loath to give up the smartness
of the high collar, but anticipates
their defeat in warm weather.
There are many varieties of the
cape collar, some of them with cuffs
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18


through a hole in piece e, with a
crosspiece N Gig. g. screwed to the
lower end, and a %handlebar o Gig. 81
screwed to the top. Uprights P and
@, and block r Gig. 81 support the
steering post. Bore a hole through
r for the steering post. Screw a pair
of screw-eyes into axle block H, and
another pair into c~rosspiece N. near
the ends Gig. g., and connect these
with pieces of chain or rope.
All that now remains to complete
the pedalmobile is the attachment of
the treadles s and T Gigs. 10 and III.
Make these of strips 1 inch thick and
3 inches wide. and hinge their for
ward ends to ~crosspiece G with strap
hinges (Figs. IL and 12).
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long. Spike pieces E. F and G to
crosspieces C and D.
Staple front axle A to an axle block
Fl Gigs. 2 and g., and pivot the block
to the wagon bed with a carriage
bolt Il, Fig. 81 long enough to extend
through a hole bored through pieces
E, C and Gigs. 2, 5 and g.. Block
H must be deep enough so when the
wheels are mounted they can turn en-
tirely under the wagon bed. Notch
the under edge as in Figs. 2 and 6, to
provide for the bolt head. Spike
blocks j., X and L to pieces e, F and
G Figs. 8 and y. and staple real axle
B to them.
The steering gear consists of a
broom-handle post NJ Gig. 81. stuck
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18
DICTATES OF FASHION

There is simply no end to the useful
ness of ribbon for frock trimming.
Paris favors the use of many artif-
cial flowers for trimming evening
gowns.
Occasionally there is al extreme
gown which shows a trihe of Turkish
influence.
There is a suede waistcoat, soft and
easy fitting. to wear under the motor
coat
Cape attachments are considered
smart. While there may be a few high
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18
A PEDALMo BILE.

Fig. 1 is about the most satisfactory
pedalmobile that a boy can make.
The front axle of the p~edalmobile is
straight GA, Fig. ~; the rear axle has
two drops in it tB, Fig. 81. Fig. 4
shows a large detail of the rear axle.
You will probably have to secure help
at a plumbing shop or machine
shop in preparing this. If you
have the axle that belongs to
the rear wheels, the bent portion OF
axle b should be made of a length OF
gas pipe just large enough to admit
the threaded ends of the wheel axle.
These ends should then be cut OF and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18
sherman's Phrase Endorsed.

General Sherman's epigram. WA
is hell" has an apt paraphrase In a
personal letter recently received from
a surgeon of the British forces in
Flanders: This war, as / see it here,
in the trenches" he says. may be
summed up in three words-mud
blood and blasphemy." The atmos-
phere OF Flanders, it will be remem.
bered by readers OF "Tristram
Shandy." is conducive to profanity
our armies swore terribly In Elan
ders." said Uncle Toby.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18
5 HANDICRAFTFOR BOYS AND GlRLS
By
: A.. NEELY HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS
FOR A H%EReARIuM.
,Conyright. by A. Nicely Han)

You have all gathered wild flowers,
but | wonder how many of you have
a herbarium, or collection OF varie-
ties. with a record of both the COM
mon and botanical names, location
where found, kind of soil, and other
data.
A 25-cent letter-fle is better than
a book to keep specimens in Gig. u.
and the heavy, light yellow wrapping
paper used in butcher shops. cut up
into sheets to fit the letter file. is gooo
material to mount specimens on.
In addition to the herbarium file,
you must have a press. Don't use a
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18
Modern War conditions.

The sword is the costliest single
article in the equipment a subaltern
officer of the British army must buy,
and since under present conditions
this weapon is worn only when roy.
atty reviews the troops that form OF
celebration is proving none too wei.
come in the new armies. Presumably
grandchildren Of veterans sixty years
or 30 hence viii weep over the dear
little rusty tin can in which the old
hero carried his bouillon to the battle
line at Mons.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

riveted in the gas>pipe ends as indi-
Gated in Fig. 4. If you haven't been
able to get this axle for the a
wheels, it will be cheapest to have
the new n bent out of a piece of
round iron, to the shape shown in
Fig. 4, and then threaded on it's ends
for the axle nuts. The dimensions in
Fig. 4 allow a space between the
wheels of % inches.
Fig. 5 shows the framework of the
wagon bed. Make ~crosspieees c and
D out of a 2 by 4 of the length Of
the dimensioned portion of the rear
axle B Gig. AZ; and cut horizontal
piece z from a 2 by 4, and pieces
F and G from a 2 by 2, each 4 feet
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

collars. the high ones will be of the
convertible order, for who wants to
swathe the neck in humid weather?
New knitted materials form smart
sport suits. Glazed kid trims many
suits and is used in combination with
velvet and cloth when it does not form
whole garments.
Suit jackets r somewhat shorter.
They have belts and pockets; also far
ing tails.
~Picot-edged taffeta as well as tat
feta pinked as to edges forms a substi-
tute for the inevitable fur trimming.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18
Had Old Gentleman euessIn,

Bobby Crying to get away)-Ssay,
pa, wait a minute. Didn't you tell the
callers last night that | couldn't be-
beat for mischief" Father--"That's
just what did, you young rascal"
Bobby-"Well, then, what do you NEAR
by beating me now?"-Boston Tran.
script.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18
Small Hats.

The spreading wings of the aero
plane must have been the motif for a
smart little close-htting hat seen a
short while ago. It's dark velvet brim
was Offset with a l~ight-colored
stitched crown, which was finished on
a point and Tapped over the front in
envelope fashion. The spreading
wings were of a vivid red. which gave
a snappy appearance to the hat.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18
Josh's Abilities.

How is your boy Josh getting along
with his books?" First rate" replied
Farmer Corntossel. Hes learned a
whole lot" Knows more than you
do, / bet" Il won't say that. But he
kin tell me a lot of things l already
know In language / can't understand"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

Harry Putnam of Rochester, N. Y,
trapped a robin recently and found
tied to one of it's legs a note written
by Miss Beatrice Human of Wash.
ington, D. c., inviting the finder to
address her if he was under thirty,
single and good looking. Mr.. Putnam
replied at once.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

Aluminium mined in France will be
refined in electric furnaces in Norway
at a plant supplied with power by a
waterfall where there is 10000 horse
power available.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

ness league, under the sanction of the
family of the deceased leader and the
trustees of Tuskegee institute, and
that the local league pledges it's heart
lest cooperation with the national
league in a movement looking toward
that end"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18
White Marquisettes.

White marquisettes with embroid-
cred dots or rings r thirty-eight
inches wide. These are among the
most popular of the dressy white ma
terials for sheer frocks.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

According to the Dutch legation in
Stockholm, an extensive aluminium
smelter is being organized at Hoy.
anfjord, Norway. where there is a wa
terfall which may supply 60. 0OO-horse-
power. It is proposed to develop 90.
0OO-horsepower at once, to provide for
the production of 1000 tons of alumni.
mum a rear. The capital stock of the
company is fixed at $3.350,000. OF
which s .6S0,OO0 is subscribed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

They are agitating the question of
digging a canal along the south shore
of Long Island. Evidently there isn't
water enough around Long Island to
satisfy them.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18
Removlra Marks.

To remove marks on the table
caused by hot dishes spread a thin
paste made Of salad oil and salt on
the spots, leave for an hour or 80.
and rub OF with q soft cloth.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

A gas range has been invented with
interchangeable parts that permit it
to be fitted to meet the conditions en-
countered in kitchens of almost any
description.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

An English firm puts up tea in
blocks like plug tobacco for the con.
venience of travellers.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18
Harsh Moorlsb cu.,o,,

Among the Moors, II a wife does
not become the mother of a boy, she
may be divorced with the consent Of
the tribe.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

Wisconsin was a part successfully
Of Indiana, Illinois and Michigan be-
fore it was made a state in 1S4S.
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Handsome Little Accessories.

to match. They are demure and
dainty looking, ~undeniably becoming,
and bring the frock they adorn up to
date.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

It's their crooked ways that enable
some men to make both ends meet
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

At q special meeting of the Wash.
ington branch of the National Negro
Business league, held at Washington,
a committee was appointed to draft
resolutions expressive of the sorrow
of the organization over the death of
the founder of the league, DR.. Booker
T. Washington.
A recommendation was adopted, to
be laid before the executive commit
tee of the National Negro Business
league, urging the setting apart of q
national Booker T. Washington day."
IN which occasion each year the col
ored people all over the land would
assemble in their churches, school.
houses and other public places and
emphasize the constructive work done
by the deceased for the intellectual,
commercial. economic and social up
lift of his race.
A second recommendation was or
dered to be SEM for the consideration
Of the executive committee of the par.
ent body, to the effect that it is the
of the local league that a suit.
able monument should be erected to
the memory of Booker T. Washing.
ton; that such a movement should be
fostered by the National Negro Bust
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

Rev. DR.. NJ. H. Harris, in a sermon
at Temple Israel, in Harlem, paid a
high tribute to the late DR.. Booker T.
Washington, the Negro educator, in
which he reviewed his life and dwelt
on the lessons to be learned there
from.
He not only sought to deepen the
respect of the Caucasian for the Ne
gro," he said, but one of the high
est purposes of the Tuskegee Insti-
tute was to awaken the respect of
the Negro for his own people. For
he had found now and then a scorn
of the black for the black-a desire,
though unavailing, to get away from
his own. He taught this lesson by
example. He showed them that he,
a Negro, was Just as proud of being
"a Negro as a white mar could be OF
being of the white race"
In conclusion Doctor Harris said;
rs not his biography n to inspire
the youth of the land? That he, with
all his disadvantages, achieved so
much, should not l, with my opportu-
mites, do something worth while in
the world? A great nan helps us all
to ONE to greatness"
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Pneumatic balls as well as springs
support a new bicycle saddle.