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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1916-08-01

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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1916-08-01
granSeisenttums Sppoibefen.
Reue Sbpot9efen.

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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1916-08-01
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-29

cite, 46 to SO. The relay race decid-
ed the meet. The Maroons were han
dicapped by having several stars out
of the meet.
Northwestern natators defeated
Chicago swimmers in the Purple
tank, Al to q. Redmon, holder of the
worlds record plunge, went length
of the tank in % seconds, setting a
new Conference mark. Scoles, Pur-
pie captain, was individual star.
Holy Trinity indoor baseball play
ers are claiming the Catholic high
school championship on the strength
of a defeat administered to De La
Sale, 2 to 1.
Important changes will be made
in the size of baseball diamonds, fol-
lowing discovery that mistakes in
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-29

The rules say the distance should be
measured from the intersecting
boundary lines of the diamond at the
rear of the plate. The plate is II
inches long, so pitchers, when the
distance has been measured wrong,
have been II inches farther from
batters than they should have been.
Seventeen inches is plenty to spoil
the effect of "a curve ball. The ball,
in that case, would break so far
ahead of the plate the batter could
see it and tell what kind of ball was
being served him.
1t has been understood bases
should be 80 feet apart This is
wrong. In cases where there have
been 80 feet between the bags, run
ners have had to go feet, 8 inches
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-29

measuring the pitching distance and
placing bases have handicapped
pitchers and baserunners.
With baseball split-second propo-
sition and games Ringing on deci-
sions where fraction of a second oran
inch of space would make big diff
ference, pennant races have been eff
fected by the mistakes.
There is no telling how many run
ners have been called out when they
should have been safe or how many
batters have made hits they did not
deserve.
1t is said that in some cases the
pitching distance was measured
from the front end of the home plate.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-29

farther between the plate and first
base and the same between third
base and home plate than they
should have gone.
A runner on first, where the bases
are 80 feet apart, would be compelled
to take a lead 221a inches greater
than the normal lead to steal second
with the same effort if the base were
correctly placed.
First and third bases, according to
rules for laying out a diamond,
should be entirely within the bound
airy lines and only one-fourth of sec
ond base should be within the lines.
The distance of 80 feet between home
and first and between home and third
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16
THE BILLION DOLLAR TOY.

Theodore Newton Vail IS the man
who has put all Americans-north,
south. east and weston speaking
terms. writes B. c. Forbes in LesIie's,
and Mr.. Forbes continues:
1t has cost much hrain-sweat, fore
sight, imagination. enthusiasm, cour-
age-and a billion dollars.
Nearly forty years ago when Alex
ander Graham Bells crude invention
was but toy Vail conceived a picture
OF America cobwebbed with tele-
phones, every citizen in telephonic
communication with every other citi-
zen, no matter how remote.
A few months ago, a great engi-
neering association, instead of calling
a national convention in ons city
conducted its proceedings by telephone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
A Sewing Basket.

An economical little basket for en-
broidery work may be made by taking
a four-quart-section peach basket and
covering it with any kind of cloth
desired, gathering the sides of both the
and sewing straight pieces on the bot
tom of the basket.
Then sew on the inside of the bas-
ket on one of the short sides a three
by-one-inch pincushion with small
rosettes or ribbons, that matches the
covering, at each end.
Sew a pocket with rosettes on the
two upper corners on the other short
side, for scissors and thimble.
Take two strips of wood, each eight
and one-half inches long, sixteen
inches wide and one-half inch thick,
and cover with CLOTH Put in each
strip five brass-headed lacks, driven
in only halfway and about two
inches apart. Then have four rubber
bands for each strip, and by slipping
one end of a band over one tack,
winding it twice around your spool,
which the whole skein or embroidery
thread at once is wound on, and put
ting the other end over the next tack
the spool will be securely fastened
Repeating this process, you will have
eight Spools on the two strips
Then to the two outer tacks of each
strip tie pieces of ribbon, which are
tied together and sewed to middle of
basket at the top on long sides of 5as-
ket. Also sew rosettes where ribbons
are tied together.
The strips of wood then hang as a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16


Hamburg and Biscuit-One pound
hamburg steak, add three pints of
water, one onion, salt and pepper to
taste. Put baking powder biscuit in
pan they are touching, then pour
around the hamburg mixture. Bake
till biscuits are done.
Potato Salad-Boil one dozen pota-
toes; when cool cut in squares: add
four hard boiled eggs, two onions, one
tablespoon celery seed, sugar. salt.
vinegar to taste. Add one pint sour
cream for dressing.
Lemon Custard Pie-Four eggs. one
lemon, one cup sugar, three to ble-
spoonfuls corn starch, butter size of
egg, one pint boiling milk. Beat grated
lemon, sugar, melted butter, yolks of
eggs and corn starch. Mix well. then
add the boiling milk. Let this cool.
then beat in lightly the beaten whites.
Bake in rich pastry. This makes two
pies.
Warm Weather Custard-Two eggs
and four tablespoons sugar lightly
beaten together; one pint milk added
to eggs and sugar. Fill four or five
custard> cups (according to size and
CRATE nutmeg on top of each cup.
Cover cups with small inverted sauce
plates, after placing in granite kettle,
with about an inch of boiling water
Cover kettle. place over blaze and al
low to boil just ten minutes. Remove
and cool. Equally as good as baked
custard and requiring not more than
twenty minutes in preparation and
cooking
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16
JAYMAWlKER JOTS

Most every man is a sucker, points
out the LIE Roy Reporter. It's only
a question of being tempted with the
right kind of bait.
Here's an analysis of human nat
ure, via the Madison News: If it's
your neighbours baby it squalls. If
it's your own it cries.
Bill Slivers is quoted by the Toronto
Republican as having remarked:
"Heerd a man say to his boy, You
keep yer mouth shut and learn some
thin a-lis'enin'.' Lots O. grown men
ort to do the same thing"
Nature knows how to keep things
balanced all right points out the Lam
sing News: Under the new styles
about seventy-five out of 100 women
are wearing skirts with stripes that go
up and down, and about seventy five
out of 100 men who see them are go
ing round and round.
A little dissertation names by the
Howard Courant: Elizabeth is a good
honest name, of which any woman
should be proud. But, Lizzie, the
diminutive of Elizabeth, is about the
worst ever-sounds like a Ford. Two
years ago the Kansas people came near
electing a Lizzie to a state office. The
Democrats have nominated a Margaret
for a state office, and she has the good
sense to sign it that way-not Maggie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16
QUAKER NiEDITATToNs.

lF'rom the Philadelphia Record.
Love isn't SO blind that it can't dis
tinguish between pedigree and a
bank account.
About the only exercise some fell
lows get comes from turning over new
leaves.
A woman is apt to change her mind
several times before she marries, and
then some.
The only noise some people ever
make in this world comes from their
exploded theories.
You never can tell Even the man
of few words may work his limited
vocabulary overtime.
Time is a lightning change artist.
Many a fellow who is thought to be a
coming man is a goner before we real
ize it.
The struggling author takes little
consolation from the fact that there is
plenty of room at the top of the waste
basket.
Nell-"She's rather eccentric, isn't
she ?" Believes, she even thinks
her own brother is as nice as other
girls brothers"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16

Regulating railroad rates has been
in order in this country and its sew
eral states for years now. The peo-
pie in this section of the land are
pretty familiar by this time with the
efforts of public authority to regulate
gas rates and the rather sorry failure
IT has been for so many years not
only so far as the people. the gas
consumers. are concerned but also as
this attempted gas rate regulation has
affected the gas company, nearly to
the point of prostrating it. But, and
except for here and there in the coun-
try one seldom hears any suggestion
even about the desirability, perhaps.
of regulating bread and flour rates, or
the sizes of loaves of bread. And the
price of bread, or the size of its loaf.
is more important to the poor people
of Topeka and Kansas and the whole
country than is the size of freight
rates or the price of gas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16
SIDE TALK
"As If I We're Her Age"
BY RUTH CAMERON.

AS IL L NCfo hCE ASC.
''Why. she insisted on my coming in
and she showed me all over the house
and made tea for me and talked to
me just as if I were her age"
AS 1 write that, it sounds to me like
what a little girl might say if some
grown-up lady honored her by treat
ing her just as If she were grown-up,
too.
On the contrary, the speaker was
an old lady. I'D
While calling on one Of her own
friends in the farther part of the
town she had stopped at the nearby
home of one of her grandchildren's
newly friends to leave a message.
And instead of being treated with
the courtesy due her, she had been
met with the warm friendliness that
some natures are ever quick TO give,
No long preachment on how much
it means to the old to have the
young folks not merely treat them
courteously, but make friends with
them, would have impressed me half
SO much as the sparkle in that old
iady's eyes and the happy note in
her voice as she told Of her call.
She had evidently had a memoir
able afternoon.
Some day Pm going to tell that
warm-hearted girl how much she gave
| in thus opening her heart and home
| to her visitor.
Youth is so rich in life and spirits
| that it scarcely realizes how much it
gives-or withholds.
Youth is warmth and light and life.
Older people love to warm their hands
at the blaze. They cannot get the
warmth into their blood as they used
to do, but at least they can feel its
glow, and that is something.
Another old lady in my own house
hold spoke of a young girl who some
times calls me up on the telephone.
IT love to answer when she calls she
said. 1--WE have the loveliest talks.
| She isn't a bit like the ones who just
ask how I feel because they know they
ought to-
Children's delight in being treated
| like their elders is amusing.
The old folks pleasure in being
| treated like young people is infinitely
| touching
1t makes one ashamed that one has
| not given far more of what is so little
to give and SO big to receive
Copyright by George Matthew
| Adams)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16

in a score of cities at once, a motion
being proposed by one city, seconded
by another and adopted by all stimuli
taneouslyi
Was ever youthful dream more
gloriously fulfilled?
How did you succeed in doing so
much more than the average man at
tain5?' I asked Mr.. Vail.
by never being unwilling. when
young, to do another mans work. and
then, when older, by never doing any
thing somebody else could do better
for me. 1 was always fond enough of
detail to thoroly master what L was
undertaking-and then hated detail
to the treatment of the general sub
ject.''
The United States today has twice
as many telephones as all the rest of
the world. Our farmers alone have
more than the entire population of
England, France or Germany.
Today there are 9.25O.00O Bell tele-
ly, one for every two families turnout
the length and breadth of the land.
Between 100000 and 27,OOO.Ooo
telephone talks are held every day, or
at the rate of 5000, 900, OoO-nine dol
Iona year.
The American Tel. & TEL has
some 100000 miles of wire, enough
to stretch from the earth to the moon
eighty times, enough to circle the
earth $50 times. enough to string
$500 wires between New York and
San Francisco.
1t has assets of over $1,000, 900. 900,
making it one of Americas two bill
lion dollar" industrial corporations.
Its receipts pour in at the rate of
SIS. 100000 every week.
1t pays dividends of well over half a
million dollars weekly to over 10000
stockholders, of whom one-third are
Bell employees and one-hals are wo-
men.
1t has more than $50, 00o employees
and with growing business is swelling
the number by one thousand month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16
oHIo,s GOOD PLAN.

Every state in the Union. says Farm
Life, should adopt the plan recently
announced by Ohio Agricultural COL
lege, of sending out soil expert, on
request, to advise with farmers on
their own particular problems. The
Ohio plan was evolved especially to
meet the potash shortage. 1t would
be splendid thing to extend this SER
vice. Each state should find it prac-
teal to give advice not only on fer
HIKING, but also on farm manage
ment. Nearly every farm could be
made more profitable. A survey would
show the weak points in its operation.
The farmer wants to know how, with
out increasing labor and expense. he
can increase his income. and the state
should be able to tell him this. County
agents have been of great value to ag-
ricultu-e in many sections, but there
are many counties which have no
farm advisers. If it pays railroads
and factories to have an efficiency ex-
pert survey their plans of operation,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16

Fred Funston is always OH the job.
On his suggestion the military wise
acres at Washington have suspended
the orders that would send the re-
naming modified units of the Ma
tional Guards, at their home stations.
TO the Mexican border. AS General
Funston has probably figured it out,
these National Guardsmen still at
home might be needed in case of a
nationwide railroad strike and the
disorders that might follow. 1t
doesn't seem possible. though, that
such a strike can come. But old, OF
rather young Fred Funston. is on the
job, as usual.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16
BED Time TALES
MRS. TOMMY PLAYS HOSTESS
BY CLARA INGRAM JUDSON

At first Tommy Tittle-mouse was
afraid that his cousins would bother
him. He thought he would want to
run in and out the back way all the
time and that he would have to stop
each time and say by your leave"
But Mrs. Tommy reminded him that
as he had forgotten all about the back
entrance until by chance it occurred
to him. and as he hadn't usd the en-
trance for weeks when he could have
gone out that way as easy as not, it
was hardly worth worrying about it
now.
1T will be nice to know they are
there to guard the back from danger"
said Mrs Tommy sensibly; you know
you never can tell what might hap
pen."
That's so,' replied Tommy thought
fully, .and now that I'm a 3. K. /
ought to be willing to share a log with
my own cousin"
Indeed. yes laughed Mrs. Tommy;
and, moreover. you ought to intro
duce him to the garden. Just think
Maybe he doesn't even know Mr.. Gar
den Toadl"
How Tommy did stare at that! 1t
seemed unbelievable that anyone
should not know kind Mr.. Garden
Toad, who was a friend of everybody
I'll ask Slippy," said Tommy sud-
denly, and off he darted toward Slip
py's end of the log.
Mrs. Tommy chuckIed to herself.
She knew that once Tommy was start
ed being friendly he would be busy
all the day And with him and Slippy
occupied exploring, she and Mrs Slip
py would have time to get acquainted
in a quiet, housewifely fashion.
After Tommy had gone. she finished
tidying her house, brushing I'D every
scrap that didn't belong on the floor.
and then she crept down the passa ge
toward the other end of the log.
Good morning, neighbour" she
whispered softly
How Mrs. Slippy did jump She
wasn't used to having folks creep up
behind her and she was quite taken
off her guard But Mrs Tommy spoke
again before Mrs. Slippy had had time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16

And now comes the news that the
high cost of white paper may hit the
printers hard by possibly throwing
thousands of them out of work.
Everybody seems to be getting hit
pretty hard these days by something
or other. and their pocketbooks, of
course, are their vulnerable parts. It's
too bad the profits of this war" pros
perity that these United States are now
enjoying are not distributed around
more generally. But there is an end
tc everything some day. And the
world will probably do considerable
staggering under the snock that seems
almost certain to be incident to the
ending of the big fight on the other
side of the Atlantic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16
JOURNAL ENTRIES

AS rule, the pay of genius is in
no way commensurate.
* X X
A question without two sides to it
is not a very important one.
* * =
Some men are never conservative
until an opportunity is presented to
them to get into a fight.
X x X
There is nothing in this '-even
trade theory. One of the parties to
every trade is sure to get the best of 1t.
X x X
Most people who find it difficult to
get along on their incomes should re-
member that many others do very well
with less.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16
FORM OF CONFLICT.

It's d season sentimental,
When the breezes warm and gentle
'Mongst the roses far and near are softly
straying,
But the sentiment has vanished
And the bright bouquets are banished
AS the candidates their forces are array1ng.
They are people philanthropic
And the uplift is topic
They discuss and call each fellowman a
brother.
It's their generous ambition
To improve each mans condition
Yet the candidates are canning one another.
Now with motives elevated
Mighty men have congregated
For a purpose that must rank as duty
solemn,
And the words of strong affection
For mankind from. every section
You have daily been pursuing by the
column.
They're promoters of contentment
And each feeling of resentment
They declare they viii find ways and means
to smother.
There are hints all mild and mystic
OF future altruistic-
But the candidates are canning one another.
Washington Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16

If President Wilson'S Democratic
co-workers in congress do not adopt
his legislative program before long.
the presidential campaign will be
nearing its end before Mr.. Wilson is
notified Officially" that he is the
presidential nominee of the Demo-
cratic party. and before he has a
chance to get busy with his end of
the campaign. And. in the mean
time. Governor Hughes appears to be
making considerable medicine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16

said she, I've come to nav yo,, -,
IT, Are you getting settled nicely p.
es, yes, replied Mrs. S;ipov
ana we like this log SO much. 6riv
M near. nearly starved. I'm so hungryi's
mink OF that" cried Mrs. Tommy
corn," iuii or
Pantry full of corn?" asked Mrs
'Appy Where did you get IL ?"
AT the barn--the store-room Is
ems Tommy and / always zee, LICK mex
on hand to eat on rainy days or
tunes when we don't feel like <orse.
ing Come with me and you NAV est
all you wish" cat
Mrs. Slippy gladly followed NJ.
lommy down the dark haIIw,v -
the 1ittie-mouse pantry. where she
mad fine feast. Wasn't Mrs To-,nv
good little 3. K to be so gensrons7
'SoDsriKht-ciara Ingram Judson.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-16

suggesting ways of increasing output
or lessening expense, 1t certainly
would pay the farmer. And the best
farmer would be most anxious to have
this help.