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rer." explained Miss Ba!nter. dlnpling
and lnuCh!ng, -but II doesn't come 10
the surface more than once IA year.
When It docs ! collapse for several
days.
II was an awful baby when l first
came to New York. l was less than
II and | was away from mother for
the first time In my life. Ia lett her
in Los Angeles and come here with
what ia rakcd and scraped during "A
season in stock To startle Broadway,
I missed mother and | was worried
about her. You see, ! lad taken care
of her since ] was IA, Put she could
live cheaper in Los Angeles than here,
and we had 50 little money, and | just
had to try my fortune with the New
York managers,
IL was no baby when II came to act
Ing. II had been my life since | was
4. There was a church kirniess IN Los
Angeles wh,u ! was 4, and the ladies
asked couldn't | be a brownie and do
some little acts and dances. Well.
made Il small hit and was retained as
topllner through the we,k. Then
went back TO private life. hut II didn't
GatiSfy me after my taste OF glory. and
when Oliver Morosco. who rCH q thea
trc out there. Cnmo TO mother and
asked her to let me DO tho child In
Nance O'Nci's play "rhe Jewess' wa
crazy to do It. Well, that was the be,
ginning OF my playing Little LORD
other child parts you could mention
I..- -..ll IL. a. .-t
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FAY BANTER TELLS OF THE
HARD ROAD TO BROADWAY

whose aspirations point to Broadway.
II wasn't conventional In this case,
though. Fay and her mother had an
honest to goodness course In hardship,
sometimes actually starvation. and It's
extremely doubtful whether tho re-
iiection that she was doing what every
future actress does In tho best selling
paper covered thrillcrS made cndurable
the struggle which shows in the girls
round face as It does In the mothers
worn one.
Sometimes II was funny. though"
she aaid yesterday, sitting In her
pretty room at the Hotel Algonquin.
II shall eve forget. for example,
walking up Broadway one freezing
day trying 10 hnd n place where |
could get n hot lunch Tor 8 cents, and
the only thing | could find "A
Jamaica ginger. In six different drug
stores and candy stores ! went with
my timii question, Have you got hot
chocolate or anything for 8 cents?'
and the answer was always. Nothing
less than TO- till one sympathetic clerk
said:
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s..g," laughed Miss Banter. "I was tho
best child cake walker in California.
Well, when | was II ! found that there
me. and | went to Seattle and played in
stock, and | played with Nat Goodwin
oh, did worl; hard. and when / had
saved $500, which wasn't till was
II. ! decided 10 make the great plunge
ana come 10 New York.
"Oh, how ] haunted the manaCer
offices. had "A little hall room in n
roomins house IL the Eighties. and
many u time walked up from Forty
second street because | couldn't afford
The carfare. I'd pull down my Veil
and walk along crying. because it
seemed as II no n would ever give
mo "A chance. ! was so hungry and |
vas So lonely. Ard at last my money
vas gone, and thtu | had to 80 back to
stock.
81 played in Toledo as an ingenue
and then became leading lady, hut all
the time Broadway was in my
thoughts, and | used to say to mother
that | was comlng back. | did, and |
got n chance In n musical comedy, but
hlleT All our rtllcHTSlnS II was q fall-
ure In New York. II ran for n time
in Chicago, though, so | got something
out OF that.
"Wel, so my life went. playing in
stock TIL | saved n few dollars. and
then trying to break into New York.
once | got the opportunity to rehearse
for understudy in the Misleading
Lady but the part was too old for me,
ana all the money I'd spent to live on
Will" rehcars!ng was n loss. But Mr..
Harris-Wi lliam Harris, Jr.-rcmem-
hercd mo after that, and when he had
IA part he thought would suit mo he'd
send for me, Bat l resolved that I'd
v come 10 New York again till ]
had saved enough money to live prop
erly-gO to . nice hotel, eat properly,
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Queen Marie of Rumania and her daughter. the Princess 1lleans

tho,. clear ana s;r'Gcrt voices pro-
CLAIMING their Joy.
Gcfor. J could d.smour. ! vas sur
rounGcG ~ a aari: sYaria OF nuns
making humble gestures o. greeting,
crossing themsclvea. falling TO their
,.noos aai pressing their ~forehealS
araiust the stones or :hs ground,
| catching hold CT my hands o. part Of
nv scrlncnt, which they kissed. w!ilc
they cried and murrnurc!. mumhlinG
| many 4 prayer.
, Tho mother nbbos.. n venerable, tot
| ,cr!u; old woman. whose face was
gcarea W ngc, conducted me toward
the ope.i church door. From time 10
t,mc she wou!d furtively Kiss my
shoulder IN q sort oc ioUly ecstasy.
Tho other nuns troopcd after VI like
q feel, OF black p!uncd birds. THEN
dark volts waving In the wind.
| WltL!n the sanctuary h lighted
tapers were az swarms OF iireiilcs in "A
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dusk filled forest. The nuns grouped
themselves along the walls. their dark
dresses becoming one with the shadow,
so that their faces were rendered al
most ethereal by the wavering CANDLE
light.
More pompous were tho receptions
I received In the larger monasteries'
One of these has for me an Irresistible
charm.
White and lonely. II IL hidden away
in wooded regions greener and sweeter
than any other. Perfect Is the form
Of It's church; snow white the colon
nades that surround IL tranquil court;
sober are its sculptures. Whenever ]
60 there the nuns receive me with
touching delight.
The building forms a quadrangle
round the church. three sides Of which
are composed Of . double colonnade,
built one above the other. the upper
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ave can give you Jamaica ginger,
miss and ! had TO giggle, though I
was SO cold and hungry.
Maybe it's a good thing that stage
struck girls don't realize what they're
in for when they hitch their WACO 10
the dream OF being n Broadway star.
Maybe It's a bad thing. but then n
really staHestruck girl isn't to be
frightened Off by the prospect OF hard
ship. There was II thing / was
spared when | was haunting the man
ayers offices. I was never i~nsulted-
except nee. 7 never seemed to at.
tract that sort Of thing. Not that I'm
any better than other girls. | know
nlco, refined, self-respccting young
women who have encountered dread
full things In their search FOR II Job on
the stage, Men will tell YOU To come
back and keep leading you on with
the hope OF work. ma then Well,
as | said. ! never mt this but once.
ma tncn / gave tho beast what was
coming to him. I spent fifteen min
utes telling him what he was, and then
I went to my hall room and was sick
In bed two days. I've . nendish tenn.
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Serious Effort Here to Create
Good Theatre, Says Mime. Guilbert

coherent story. an incomprehensibls
plot and music which means nc glory
for q country receiving on its hos
pitable shores every year the greatest
singers and instrumentalists Of the
world and having developed since q
few years the most remarkable musical
life.
Il do not wish TO say that the pro-
duction Of a SHOW Ia not legitimate.
II is. Ono cannot expect that a popu-
lation Of one hundred million people
should have tho same elevated taste in
seeking It's amusements; but the pub
lie should be taught to Identify Its the
aires each with a certain kind OF
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one forming an opeH gallery running
round the whole. Behind these colon
nades are the nuns snail cells-little
domcd chambers. w~hitcwashod. humble
and stl!l. The church. largo, noble
OF lire. rich OF sculpture. is fronted
by a large covered porch supported by
richly carved stone pillars, and dec
Grated all over with ~frcscoes. artlcss
and archaic.
The fourth side OF the quadrangle
Is shut IN by a high wall. with a door
opening upon n path that lead, to-
ward n second smaller temple. as per-
f"ct III shape. Here the nuns arc
buried; the strangely shaped wooden
crosses hat mark the graves stand
amid high waving grass and veneer
cb!c apple trees. All around the beech
forests upon low. ~undulat.ng hills. and
as a background. mountains. blue,
hay. unrcachable, form a barrier
against the outside world.
Hidden within the mouth OF a cavern
lost IN tho widest mountain region
there lies a tiny church. so small that
n must bend ones head 10 step ovcI
the threshold: II appears to be a toy
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Madame Yvette Guilbert,

Paris theatrical managers who arc also
business men. but they ara not OK
slusively business men, md I think
this f.. besides its glorious tradition,
me Of tho advantages Of tho French
btase in comparison with the Amerl-
can stage. I havc been many times
IN America, the first time Just twenty
pears ago. nnd ! thini; that I know
enough OF the American stage to speak
? little BIT about Il, II not with COM
patience ut least with some experience.
Ono has the Impression that the
khsatre IN this country has become n
nal estate business: whenever you re-
Turn TO the United States, and 70 what
evcr city you so, you find within q
Isw years nearly n dozen new theatres.
In the last forty years We have had
IN Paris. which has now n population
pf nearly thres million people-wc
BAN had, l ray, only two new theatres
built the Opera Csm.quc to replace
the n destroyed by fire. md the
rheatro Ges Champs Eiysees, wei,
known to American visitors in Paris.
II the system cf tho stool, company
which existed some twenty years ngo
h this country could have survived
Augustln DAILY and Nr. Pa!mer and
could have been mado tho policy OF
each new theatre In New York nnl
outside Of New York. the American
ptake would have become the leading
btaSe OF tho world. But what hap
)sned2 Mr.. Daily and Mr.. Palmer
paw not left q tradition; they are al
paoet forgotten. and I imagine old New
Forkers who pass Days Theatre to-
~ turn painfully away when they
~ At it, doors the display OF cheap
tinema posters. Daniel Trohman, one
bf the pillars of the American stage,
who used to give In his old Lyceum
Theatre performances 30 delightful,
unfortunately forsook the American
btase first when he abandoned the
bystem Of the stock company and later
second time when he turned to the
movies.
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Queen of Rumania Writes
of Her Country Shrines
By QUEEN MARIE OF RUMANIA.

The foHowing article 10 one Of Q
series entitled "Rumanian Sketches"
by Queen Marie of Rumania and
prepared for the London Times
New York Sun service.
r T is the old converts and monas-
teries Of Rumania that have,
L above all. guarded the treasures
Of the past. From the very first they
attracted me.
The Rumanian monks and nuns
know how to select the most enchant-
ing places for their homes Of peace. !
have wandered from one to another
discovering many q hidden treasure,
visiting the richest and tho poorest,
those easy Of access and those hidden
away in mountain valleys.
Once at dusk after q whole days
riding over tho mountains I came
quite suddenly upon . sanctuary
whitewnshed and half hidden amons
pines and venerable beech trees. On
my approach the bells began to ring
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have mother with mo. And now AZ
last I have money ana a part that g.
all | could wish, and everything
right. Sometimes people tell mo tHat
having had such a struggle helps me-
to act wei. l don't subscribe 10 '''i
theory" said little Miss Banter, 'A'-
ping her foot, in its little pink sliN'.
impatiently.
Now. ] believe In happiness ne H'
educator. I'm not complaining. G.i
do hate people to assume that '
can't act sad parts without h1
suffered n lot WHY, II n woman ''
n little imagination she can enter nv
the sufrerings of others and lc0r'
lot that way don't boli"v" a woman
has I" los" a baby and have her h1s'
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In THE Golden Legend"

municipal nu;hor,tlc7. thc United
states viii Sccomo the l;icorSio 0. the
theatre.
am o. course fully awnre that
there are admirable players In Amer
lea. bat their activity proves better
still thu impotence OF tho American
stage. Misc Maudo Adams has hacr
playing for years In Barrie's plays. Mr..
Faversham Is playing a Shaw play.
Miss Grace George has devoted hnr
last season mostly 10 Shaw pla.'s; tho
greatest success " this theatrical
year was Galswov'hy's Justice; Miss
Anslln has produced q play of the
English playwright Maugham; Mr..
Haokott played Shakespeare.
One canno, discuss the American
stage and lass over in silence the
IN OF the late Charios Froh-
man. Charles Frohnan. l think, dHi
more 10 discourage than TO encourage
the American playwrishtg by his
wholcealc importation OF English aGi
French plays. Tho invasion OF foreign
! plays IL without harm there only whore
a national dramo-if ! may say so--.s
highly developed. Tho dramatic lit
craturc Of Il people. represents more
or less what We call IT. 'ctat dame"
IS state OF mind, .ts critical, phi!osophi-
c2l or satiricn, element. From this
point OF View, Z farce Ike "I.c Con-
trolear DIES W~a9ons-Lits" In Just as
legitimate 3 stage work as some pow
orful drama, say Of florvicu. Our daily
life comprehtnds tho drcma as well
as the practical joke.
There H. 10 seasc at all ir trans
planting a farce or q drama o. one
country 10 another H. any other way
than in u enc literal translation. keep.
ing tic character OF tho play intact
THIS has V Leon done In America
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consequence All these cities would
have created their John Drew. their
Maude Adams. their Faversham. their
Mrs. Fiske. their Grace George. and 1t
would not prevent John Drew Of Bos-
ton from appearing as a guest In
Chicago. while John Drew Of Chicago
was making a trip to Boston. and 1t
would not be necessary to carry the
scenery. the properties. the stage stan
and the interpreters Of minor parts
from one city to the other for the
benefit Of the railroad companies and
for the manifestations Of that highly
intellectual being called the press
agent" II each Of the important
cities of the United States will have
at least one theatre with a stock COM
pany. aided perhaps financially by the
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The Stage Here Influenced Too Much
by Real Estate Considerations;
Not Enough by Art

It Is. OF course. a difficult task to
provide SO many theatres with plays
and the task became almost impos-
sible when one of the American man.
ayers conceived the idea Of combining
the control Of all the theatres in one
hand and directing them from one CEN
tire. From a business standpoint n
most remarkable idea, and II II has
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TO. is isn't Il strange nsms. 1t may
Il sound like It. but II isn't.
y Father BANTER and Mother


IN sound like It. but II isn't
= Father BANTER and Mother
Banter chr!stened her "Fay" out In
the little BANTER home in Los Angeles
twsnty-three years ago. when they
hadn't any more idea hat the brown
syed mite with tho fuzzy yellow head
would be IN actress than they had
that She would be n Toman voter
when she came of age.
However, Fay went ON the stage at
he early & Of four. We have
Mother Bainter's word for that. for
Mother BANTER. a small. silent. worn
looking woman watche, ovey her
daughter now that she t. scoring n
success az leading woman In "Arm.,
ana the Girl" ~ the Fulton Theatre
% she did IN the days when Fay was
eating crusts sailed with her tears In
The conventional struggle Of the girl
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By YVETTE

1--WE factors decide the destiny Of
the stage: the manager, the
playwright. the actor. the
press and the public. OF these i've
mo playwright and the actor depend
pn the other three.
The theatrical manager Of to-day
p . business man FIRST; We have in
Milford chronicle., 1916-07-28
DAGsBoRo.

Many potatoes are being shipped tC
northern markets, also crabs. The
crabs are bringing very good prices
the highest known at this time of the
year for many years.
The ladies of the NJ. p. Church will
hold a festival in the church grove,
Saturday, August 5th Proceeds will
go toward painting the parsonage.
Several people attended the funeral
of A. L. Burton at st. Georges Chapel
last Monday afternoon. His many
| friends extend their sympathy to the
bereaved relatives.
We think it time our town officers
awake to the fact that street lights
are needed here. With the high rate
of tax that is being collected, we think
some might prOftably be spent on
street lights. Anyone passing our lit
tie village can scarcely distinguish the
place in the evening. Every town near
is well lighted. Why can't ours be?
John Brumbley, of Selbyville, visit
ed relatives Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland Lynch, of
Millsboro, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ezekiel Lynch.
Elisha Cannon seems to be slowly
improving.
l. A. Hudson motored to Lewes Fri
day, accompanied by George West and
family.
Miss Margaret Townsend is attend
ing Summer School at Newark.
Herman Chandler is home from
Boston on his vacation.
The NJ. p. Sunday School will give
their annual picnic at Sandy Landing,
August 2nd.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Helen have moved
in the home vacated by Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen Hudson.
Misses Bertha and Anna Cannon are
friends at the Swain Cot
tage at Oak Orchard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph West and chill
dren, of Philadelphia, returned there
Monday.
Elmer Layfield is working for A. L.
Lingo, at RehobOth.
Mr.. and Mrs. ZenO p. Long and
Edith and Bertha Bunting are i'll.
Milford chronicle., 1916-07-28

Joshua C. West, Sr., of Suffolk, Va,
arrived on Thursday to spend the sum-
mer months with his daughter, Mrs.
X. ]. Hooker.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. 2. Townsend made
trip to Philadelphia in their auto
mobile on Saturday.
Mrs. Daniel H. Powell is visiting
her husband and other relatives in
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Stephen E. Evans spent last
week with her daughter, Mrs. H. M.
Manning of Seaford.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M.
E. Church was entertained by Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Harmon on Tuesday
evening.
Miss Hattie McCabe is spending
sometime in RoXana.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harmon, Of
Frankford, were guests Of their son,
Horace Harmon, and family the first
Of the week.
Milford chronicle., 1916-07-28
MILLVILLE.

After three very dry weeks this sec
ton was visited by successive rains
on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, and everything is drenched as
a consequence.
Mrs. Caroline Williams returned on
Saturday from a months visit with
relatives in Philadelphia. She was ac-
companied by Mrs. Harry Williams
and son Harold.
Charles Tunnell, of Frankford, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Town
send
Miss Marion West returned to Phil
adelphia on Sunday. after spending
two weeks in Millville.
Mrs. Kate Warren, accompanied by
her son and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Warren, of Camden, N. j.,
spent the weekend with her sister,
Mrs. Thomas e. Dukes and family.
Milford chronicle., 1916-07-28
Taking Big Chances.

1t is a great risk to travel without a
bottle of Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, as this prepara-
tion cannot be obtained on the trains or
steamships. Attacks Of bowel complaint
are often sudden and very severe, and
everyone should 60 prepared for them.
Obtsinable everywhere.
Milford chronicle., 1916-07-28

The second quarterly conference
will be held in the M. E. Church here
on Saturday evening.
Mrs. Kate Anderson is visiting her
children in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Lynn Hooker, Mrs. Ralph
Steele. Miss Edith McGee, James Dale
and Harry Dale, Jr., of this town and
vicinity, are on the sick list.
Milford chronicle., 1916-07-28
Columbian National Bank, Indain-
apOlIs, Indiana,

says: I'VE were bothered quite little
by rats in our basement, destroying
our stationery, but after distributing
your RAT-SNAP very thoroughly, we
are pleased to report that we IRE no
longer bothered with them" Prices,
one cake package 15c; two cake pack
age 25c. Sold under written guaran-
tee by The Pierce Hardware Co.
11-12-1y
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-08
Bowling llts Az
M. @ a. Alleys,

In the second round doubles last
night in the bowling tournament at
the y. AZ. C. a.. the Mapel and Hus.
tead team defeated the Bente1 and
Coleman pair. Fleming won the semi.
finals from Mills in the singles.
n Results in Singles.
Third round.-Gardner forfetts to
Mills.
Fleming. ALB: Hustead, 375.
notwithstanding, Sf9; Mills
Bell and Linn, COG; DOllfsOn and
Curtis. 5l2. -.
Heintzelman and Fleming, $50; Cum
uingham and Thorpe, 532.
Stanhagen, SCI.
Nelly, 537,
Second round
Mapel and Hustead, 6S3; Bentel and
Coleman. 66S. u..
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Pittsburgh

PiTTSBuRGH, april S.-Thc specu'
lativc market must have thrown out 4
sail to windward yesterday 1nosmuch
asJthe operations on the local stock
exchange presented fas broader OK
pansion than they have done for some
dine: No less than "a different issues
were dealt in, and every one of the
various divisions furnished one or
more Representatives In the transac.
lions.
The glassware group seemed to be
lInsthe dumps, especially the windows
American Window Glass Machine COM
mon reacted and closed at 511s on
Salesto of 220 shares, while the prefer
red, selling exdiVidend, 10 the extent
of8S0O shares, changed hands at 1856
aud 1856, closing at the former figure
Whichiis % points below the last quo
Ration with the dividend OH. Pitts.
Sburgh Plate Glass and United States
Glass both sold unchanged In COM
paratively small quantities.
The oil and gas group was we'll rep.
PRESENTED in a somewhat diversified
market. Caney River Gas sold IS
shares at. 3s1s:. or y point below its
recent$price; Columbia Gas and Flee
5tric closed unchanged at 1G, notwith'
standing the favorable report issued
by II the company; Manufacturers
Light and Heat improved its position
for ia quarter: Ohio Fuel Supply re.
manned unchanged: Pittsburgh Oil and
Gas {sageed for fraction, while Pure
oil common did the same, but Union
Natural Gas rose TO i44, making an
advance Of 2M,
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BATTING

stand close to the plate when bat
ting. Don't lose your nerve If the
pitcher tries to bean you. Some fell
lows like to choke their bats or grip
the handle about four inches from the
end. MY father don't approve of this
style. He taught me to take hold at
the en1 Of the handle. Grip tightly.
Don't try to knock every ball out of
the lot.
Learn to place your drives. Practice
bunting. Don't go after every ball de-
lIvered. Make en- be over. A base
on balls oftentimes does as much TO
help win a game as single. Don't
argue with the umpire. II you are hot
headed you hurt your chances to con
meet with cooI.headed pitching. M
Above all be natural and at ease.
Don't strain yourself. Keep your eye
on the ball and Try TO just meet 1t.
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FINANCE, OIL, GAS AND PRODUCE
New York-

NEW YORK. April S.-The tinan.
cial district was alive yesterday with
rumors bearing on the international
8ituation, more especially the status
of relations between Washington and
Berlin. These rumors were OF such
Circumstantial and detailed character
este cause hurried selling of stocks,
Athe general list. with few note.
worthy exceptions, averaging losses of
S2stoR3 points.
Exchange on Paris, demand bills fall
ding to- 60111s. was again the faremost
Feature Of the International credit
markets, the break being concurrent
with reports OF another successful
German move in the Verduu cam
gpaign
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a new record for the importation OF
thO.oughbrcds. according to ". II
Rowe, registrar OF the Jockey club.
From Jan. to March 30 there have
been 81 arrivals and many more are
TO come. In addition there are mum
her hero that have not been regis
tered.
Statistics show that in 1914 Sc stall
lions and IS mares were imported, ma
king total OF 81 received in this
country from England while eight
stations and the same number oil
mares we're brought from France.
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Hard Final Drive
Wins for Marshall

HUNTINGTON. W. Va, April s.
Marshall college took the second game
OF the series with West Virginia Wes-
leyan yesterday by garrison finish
in the ninth inning. with three hits
by Echols. Fisher and Cook which net.
ted two runs and overcome the lead
held by the Ministers. The pitching
OF Morrison for Wesleyan was the
chief feature He held the Normal
sIHggers safe until the last inning.
Cold weather and a drizz1tng rain
made the game a slow affair. The
score:
Marshall ......n 0 2 0 . 2-7