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The Washington times., 1917-05-01
FOSTER IS BRILLIANT
WHEN PLAYED AT THIRD
Midget Is Now Likely to Remain
on Hot Corner.

It's Eddie Foster for third base,
that's a cinch.
After looking at Leonard and Nor
gan perform around the hot corner,
no fan in the world could make any
mistake as to Fosters ability to out
play both of them with one hand
behind his back.
So Fattem will probably remain
there for the remainder Of the sea
son. and the Old Fox will start hunt
ing for a second baseman.
Fosters most brilliant feat yester-
day came in the ninth inning. when
Lee Magee started a slow hunt in his
direction. Foster was in like n flash,
picked up the ball with neatness, and
got it away while in the air. Magee
is a fast runner, but he lost out in
the race with the ball.
Hughey High is another speed mer-
chant, but he failed to beat out Fos-
ter's wing in the fifth, the wee Gritf-
man getting the bunt like lightning
and passing it to Judge in time for
the later to double up GiIhooIey at
third with a peg to Mcbride.
Yep, it looks like Foster for the
Griff"s third baseman.'
Du Mont pitched fine ball. though
giving the Nanks two earned runs.
Had his own team played alright
ball the Minneapolis youth would
have been returned a winner. Du
Mont is fast getting into Walter
Johnson's class as hard luck
twirlcr.
Twice Judge had chances to break
up the game with a hit. In the sec
ond he popped to Peckinpaugh with
the bases iammed and two out. In
the fourth he rolled to Maisel with
two on and two down. His double
came too late to be of use.
The Griffs contributed two brilliant
double plays during the melee. the
first going from Foster TO Judge to
Mcbride. the latter covering third
base. and the second from Foster to
Judge.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

Georgetown Props and Army and
Navy Props are meeting today on the
Prep Field. The teams will play
again on Saturday.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

Magee ruined the Griffmcn's
chances when he threw out Milan at
the plate on Rice's bingle in the
seventh. Milan was on second and
seemed to have started slowly. for
he was out by yards.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

Iris Speaker Is seldom obstreper-
Gus on the field, but he got into a jam
with Umpire Hildebrand yesterday
and was put out OF the game. How
ever. spoke" got a single in once up
5"for" being canned, so he should
worry.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

Pittsburgh VS.. Cincinnati game at Gin
cinnati postponed: rain.
Chicago VS. st. Louis game at St. Louis
rain.
Brooklyn New York game at Polo
postponed; wet grounds.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

Yesterdays win for the Browns was
their third in row over the Indians.
Bill Rumler's pinch hit in the sixth
decided the victory. to =, for his
team
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

Tonight Freddie Welsh and Johnny
Kilbane meet in the ring at the Manhat-
tan A. c.. in New York. There has been
little excitement at this meeting Of the
lightweight and the featherweight cham
pions for two reasons. In the hrst
place. the referee can make no decision
In the second. the bout is for only ten
rounds. Both boxers are ranked with
the cleverest in the world. Welsh is
not much OF hitter. but kiibane can
put them away with sangfroid. what
ever that may be. Welsh is so clever
that Kilbane is not expected to have
much OF a chance to land his sleep wal
lop, at any rate. inside Of ten rounds.
The mill will probably run through ten
uninteresting rounds, and howl Will
go up from the fans and scribes who
saw II.
Many Washington fans. to whom /
have listened in one place and another.
seem to consider the Griffmen out OF 1t
just because they are now poking
around the cellar. They're wrong. No
pennant race in the history OF baseball
was ever decided inside OF the first
month. A team may look wretched in
April and be championship organiza-
ton in October. I'm not predicting any
pennant for the Griffmen. but the fans
should not believe them down and out
merely because they have started poorly.
II you can't stay with your team. you're
not worth having a team. and you know
IL.
Washington's golf season gets
under way this week. the Washing
ton Country Club. situated across the
river in Virginia, conducting its an
nual spring tournament beginning
Thursday. / am told that the entry
list will be large and the competi-
tion brisk. The Jewell cour-" l. said
to be tricky. its greens requiring real
class for their negotiation. There
fore, the winner OF this tournament
will be deserving of great praise for
his victory.
Lansdowne Sunfiower, the great
greyhound declared the best dog in
the Washington Kennel Clubs sixth
annual bench show here last week.
went up to New York and cleaned up.
another show before the week was
out. This blueblooded animal is said
to be without fault. II this be true.
all his owner needs to do is to keep
him travelling and he will own more
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
LEAGUE STANDINGS
AM RIcAN.
where They PIav.

where They PIav.
TODAY. TOMORROW
New York at Wash. y. Y. at Washington.
Phila. at Boston. Detroit at Chicago.
Detroit at Chicago. ST. Louis at Cleveland
ST. Louis at Cleveland lPhila. at Boston.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
10 p. NJ. SQUAD.
nnrDT re


10 p. NJ. SQUAD.
DOUBLES.
II. A. Meals and +. II. Brigham
Charles OrNeil and J. Halloran
Geo. Land and Rob't Fitzgerald
"has. Ross and Ted Helmerick
W. G. Dillon and W. A. Milstead
,. L. Deman and +. j. Moore.
ii ". Hartman & c. A. Freeman !
L. L. Downing and A. L. Logan /
1876 p. NJ. SQUAD.
DOUBLES.
z. Clark ard II. q. O'Neil.
W. r. Iseman and G. Champion
w. r. Pratt and V. ". Foakes
G. 3. Wells and p. Matchett..
L. C. Fireman and Jas. King.
Charles Klays and II. Rcidard.
Paul Clark and ! NJ. Denty zee. /
Chris Seyforth aad Frank Price /
HIS p. NJ. SQUAD.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
NATIONAL.
where They Play.

I
Boston at Phila. Brooklyn at y. Y.
Brooklyn at y. Y. Boston at Phila.
Chicago at st. Louis. ISt. L. ct Pittsburgh.
CHM. at Chicago.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

Moe Goldberg and George Cox were
on the job handling the clerical end
of the first nights rolling until 1
a. m.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

McKericher, OF the Lebanon quint,
was roundly applauded when he
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

American.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

Some excellent rolling should be
seen tonight. when a number OF class
A teams, doubles and singles, will
compete. Tonight's schedule:
7:3O p. NJ. SQUAD.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
National.

Detroit VS.. Chicago game at Chicago post
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01
ARMY CHEWING GUM.

According to very remarkable flg-
ures just published, the English have
suddenly become nation of gum
chewers, and the leading manufactur-
ers are able TO claim that within six
months they have increased their
monthly sales from 100000 to 10000
900 bars. 1t has been suggested that
the habit has been introduced by the
Canadian soldiecs. who of course share
the Americans fondness for chewing
gum, but we are assured that they have
had nothing to do with it. The spread
Of the habit is purely triumph of nat
ural weakness and advertising, says
Manchester Guardian. The most en-
thusiastic adherents, good word, are
said to be not woman clerks, but sol
diers and munition workers, with the
navy fair third. 1t seems that for
the past years chewing gum has been
sold at army and navy canteens, but it
was not until this last great advance
that it was issued as an army ration.
The soldiers theory is that it steadies
his nerves to hqYe something to chew
on, and it certainly keeps his other
wise parched throat moist in times of
stress. There is story of a wounded
man kept alive for five days by the
saliva-inducing gum, and a good yarn
about flying man who used his wad
to plug bullet hole in his petrol tank,
not an advertised use. London retail
ers tell me that for years they have
had steady sale among English peo-
pie of all classes, chiefly men, and that
the demand has increased greatly this
year, but they do not think our civil
ians have as yet become slaves to the
habit.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

Steadily the roads that lead to sue
Ter. A good many people who would
like to write fiction but have shruEk
from the labor of finding equivalents
for said" will welcome a list of SUBJ
stitutes for the necessary little word
published in the Boston Writer. There
are no less than 1856 fairly satisfactory
variations, from 'acceded'' to
"yOwled." The prisoner at the bar no
longer need say that he is innocent,
says New York Evening Post. He can
babble it, or bawl it, or blurt it, or
breathe it, to use but one letter of the
alphabet. The vindictive district at
torney can bark his questions, the law
yer for the defense can boom his OBJ
iections, the spectators may either
bristle their indignant protests or blub-
ab be- theiT sympathy. BIT me merit of
such a list is not simply that it IA
Il cilltates the management of dialogue.
a A thorough study of the 1856 substi-
4 tutes for said" will easily suggest the
4 plot and the Characterization that must
precede dialogue. The letter G, in it.
self is a compendium of plot and a
gallery of portraits. Given somebody
who cachinates, another who chuckles,
another who COOS, another who croons,
another who challenges, another who
confesses, and minor characters who
cry crOak, commune, and cut in, and
it is plain that we have a scenario al
most ready made.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

From Miami, Fla, comes the report
that algocus, a liquid fuel, largely al
cohol, manufactured from green veg
etable waste, is proving substitute
for gasoline in running automobiles,
with the advantage that apparently
while yielding as much power, it
leaves no carbon in the cylinder, and
costs only a fraction over cents a
gallon, says Milwaukee Wisconsin. For
some time the public has been expect
ing an announcement something like
this, for everyone knows that much
success has attended the use of prac-
teal substitutes for gasoline in Eu-
rope.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01
ON GROWING OLD.

Age filches the roses from once fair
checks ard turns hair that had been
clustered dark as the ravens into thin.
ming gray or white, while wrinkles and
burrows are defacing the brows be.
meath. Advancing years tend to bow
the manifest form and induce the dim
vision and faltering gait, while ones
thought suggests the advent of iecond
as grand old man" has not grown OBJ
solete even in this progressive century !;
nor such text from Holy Writ as ''the
hoary head is a crown of glory if il
be found in the way of righteousness"
Gladstone never spoke more eloQuently
in the British house of commons than
at eighty-three, and in his ninety-eighth
year Titan, the famous Venetian,
painted his battle of Lepanto. The
tree life is judged by its fruit rather
than age. Our years are only mile.
stones to serve for marking intervals
as we pilgrims Journey on, says Knox
vile Journal and Tribune. Not a few
demur at such prominence for birth
days, and deem it impertinence to be
asked their real age. BY their fruits,
not years, they would be judged. Yet
Father Time is much indebted to Dame
Nature. Over his roughness she trails
her woodbine and bitter-sweet. His
classic ruins she silently wells in the
emerald of historic ivy. The decaying
trunk of fallen oak she tepderly COW
ers with green MOSES to embalm its
memory. Human nature shows its
kindness, as opportunity offers, even
for advanced age.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

From what we can gather from a
Slight acquaintance with society, we
infer that Emerson is not read near as
much as he used to be. This is a great
misfortune. A later writer has said :
'In applied wisdom no American has
surpassed him." That is what this
age needs more than anything else
applied wisdom; something that
doesn't whirl or make clatter or show
itself in color and glitter, says Ohio
State Journal There is no book that
can 90 a serious-minded boy more
good, when he gets to the age of under
standing, than 'Emerson's Essays 1t
should be in every family library.
There is nothing that states the truth
like this book, and the age goes down
hill that loses interest in it.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

Experiments which have been con-
Quoted under the auspices of the gov
eminent bureau of fisheries suggest
that sharks will not be always as great
a menace to American bathers as they
were last summer. Sharksb!ns, 1t is
demonstrated, make a very serviceable
leather, which is tough and durable,
some showing beautiful surface. The
bureau is supplying tackle to Florida
fishermen and is cooperating with
men on lightships off the South At
lantic and Gulf coasts to obtain large
number of sharks.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

In the axis, or upper burial ground
of Germantown, there is a tombstone
which gives the age of him who lies
beneath it, one John Adams, as six
hundred and sixty-nine years, says
Philadelphia Public Ledger. The rec
ords, believe, show that his age was
rightly slxty-nine, and the explanation
given is that the stonecutter cut his
nine first and then found he had no
room for the six. So he filed in the
nine with cement and cut behind his
nrst markings. Time having worn out
the cement reveals the tomb of an an
Gent fit to be classed with those mem
toned in Genesis.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01
STATISTICAL NOTES

United States welcomed 100000
aliens in 1916.
California has harvested $4,000
acres of sugar beets.
United States in 1916 produced o.
600 tons of manganese ore.
United States mines in 1916 pro-
duced $520,OO0,0OO worth of copper.
California last year harvested 210,-
396 tons of kelp for making potash.
Lead production of the United States
last year exceeded Go, 900 tons.
New York In 1916 had 729 deaths
from auto accidents, 1892 in New York
city.
Yearly disease and insects destroy
100000 worth of trees and plants
in the United States.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

1t is objected to the British order in
council empowering the board of agri-
culture to take over unoccupied lands
for cultivation, that planting the I'M
occupied lands in many instances will
spoil beautiful landscapes. But how
can people enjoy the view when they
are short of food?
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

most of its playing cards.
The twO-edged weapons are found
among the earliest specimens of Japa-
lese metal working.
1t is estimated that the daily at
endanee at the moving-picture the
lters in the United States is more than
.5,OOO.O00.
A Michigan contractor is the inven-
.or of motor-driven riddle which
quickly separates gravel or sand into
six different sizes.
Chief Joseph's band of Nez Perez
Indians, once the terror of eastern
Washington, has petittoned the legisla
.ure for a ''bone-dry'' law.
Dark-colored soils absorb more heat
han light-colored soils, but the dark
soils contain so much more humus. as
A rule, that they are coolest.
The point of new soldering iron
for electricians can be set at any angie
From it's handle and is hollow, so that
solder can be melted within it.
Among the many fine gems that the
new Austrian emperor has inherited
from the dead Franz Josef is an opal
which weighs IL ounces and is eStimat-
ed to be worth 100000.
An American sterilization plant is TO
be installed at Lima, Peru, to purify
the water used by that city. The water
system of Lima will probably be recon-
strueted and enlarged in the near fu-
ture. a
Up to March there had been ship
ped from the new sugar crop of Porto
Rico 106,2S3 tons of sugar, or some
what more than 20 per ceDl of the esti-
mated crop for the yer, which has
been placed at slightly in excess of
100000 tons of 1000 pounds each.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01
OFFICIAL NOTICE.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.


Sealed proposals win be received by the
Board OF Public Works in and for the city
of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. until 1880 o'clock
p. NJ. Of Monday, June ith, 1917, for the
grading paving and construction of curb
and gutter Greenfield Place from 'the
Northwest line Of West Main Street to the
North end of the street.
Bids win be asked on each Of the follow
ing kinds of pavements;
l. LIGHT TRAFFIC SHEET ASPHALT
PAVEMENT
Approximately
g15 cubic yards Of grading
$40 iineal feet Of combined cement
curb and gutter
$40 square yards of paving.
2. BRICK BLOCK PAVEMENT.
APPROXIMATELY
$40 ineai feet Of cement curb.
SIS square yards of paving,
295 cubic yards OF grading.
3. CONCRETE PAVEMENT.
ApproXiU ately
215 cubic yards Of grading
734 square yards paving including
integral curb and gutter.
4. TAR MACADAM.
$50 cubic yards Of grading.
SIC lineal feet Of combined ce-
ment curb and gutter
$40 square yards OF paving.
certified check viii not be required but
the bidder must submit the bid on form
which is contract and surety hond COM
plete in every way except foi The signature
on behalf OF the city.
Payment VIII he made with Special I'm
provement Certificates or Bonds for abut-
ting property and cash for street intersec-
tions.
Bidders must make an examination of the
work and submit bids IN accordance with
the detailed plans and specifications on file
in the Offices Of the City Clerk and the City
Engineer.
The right to reject any and all bids re-
ceived Is reserved 10 the city Of Wauwa-
tOsa.
Dated Wauwetosa, Wisconsin, May 25th,
1917.
The Board Of Public Works,
~ A. v. BRIGHAM.
f4w2 Secretary.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01
IN-SH0oTS

Every man swears by his own doc
tor and his own auto.
1t is easy to judge the crooked fur
row after it has been plOwed.
If one cannot be a favorite son, he
can by proper effort become a promi-
nent kicker.
A little knowledge is not so danger
Gus when in the right head.
There are a lot of dark lanes lead
ing from every great, white way.
Conceit is one of the greatest stimu-
lants.
The ordinary mutt can sometimes
advance by hard work, provided he
does not wear himself out in the effort.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01
THE
MILWAUKEE SANITARIUM
no Al CT
THE

MILWAUKEE SANITARIUM
FOR MENTAL AND NERVOUS DISEASES.
ESTABLISHED In 1884.
Located at Wauwatosa Ga suburb OF Mliwau-
kee on G. NJ. & st. p. Ry.. "a hours from
Chicago. Two lines from Mlw aullee, s
minutes walk from all cars.
Psychopathic Hospital. All appliances for
acute cases. Continuous baths. Fire proof
building separate grounds.
West House. Attractive rooms suite;
private bath connected.
Modern bath house.
Gymnasium and Recreation Building.
Secluded. yet convenient. Five buildings
for patients set a hill" Individualized
treatment. Thirty acres beautiful lawn and
forest.
Address: RICHARD DEWEY, AM. NJ. d..
(in charge) Wauwatosa. Wis.
EUGENE CLANCY, AM, MD,
WILLIAM T. kRADWELL. NJ. D.,
Assistant Physicians.
Chicago Office: Marshall Field Annex Bldg.
Hours: / to ) Wednesdays (except in July
and August).
Milwaukee ONCE: Goldsmith Bldg, Room bO4
Telephones: Chicago-Centfal ira
Milwaukee-WavS "a tOsa 1e-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

Protest was made against inducing
boy scouts to shoot sparrOws and re-
Spouse is made that it is only intended
that they tear out nests, with fledg-
lings and eggs, next spring. In the
old days when puttees to shield ones
shins from brambles were unheard of,
such a movement would have been re-
garded as slightly unethical.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

1t is very pleasant to read that this
years crops are worth nearly $780,
VOO,OOO. II makes US all feel quite
pulled up. But Incidentally we should
ike to know whether that sum repre-
sents what the farmer receives or
what the consumer pays.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01
NEW THINGS UNDER THE SUN

An Englishman has perfected a belt
driven automobile, changes of speed
being effected by moving the belt from
one set of pulleys to another.
The United States army owns pat
ent for wireless equipment for air
planes that weighs but seven pounds
and will transmit messages seven
miles.
been planned for Indo-China that viii
be powerful enough TO communicate
with points more than 5000 miles
away.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

1t doesn't hurt to get $4,000 volts
through ones body, says a Detroit
workman who underwent the expert
ence. Yet, as matter of choice, most
Oh us would prefer to have tooth
pulled.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

II seems, according to jury, that
an automobile that is worth only $500
.or purposes of taxation is not worth
'@'-oo in a suit for damages. Sounds
Reasonable.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

Most of the people who get in bad
are the victims of the idea that this
world was designed to enable men TO
get by in pomp and circumstance with
ont doing any work.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01
Chairs.

There are numerous monuments
found in Oriental countries that bear
carvings Of chairs. Most Of these,
however are without backs. The first
chairs with backs of which we know
are said to have been introduced into
Asia Minor by the Persians, who, in
turn, got the idea from the Assyrians.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

some people say life is a joke, and it
IN many respects, but be serious
' Tough in your part of it to live your
ALL day without being nuisance.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01
MUCH IN LITTLE

Spain is now supplying Cuba with
most of its playing cards.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

LOST 49, open work brooche pin with
small diamond in center and small
pearls at either end. Leave at this
Office or return to Mrs. J. r. Benoy,
All Wauwatosa Avenue. Reward
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

The two-edged weapons are found
among the earliest specimens of Japa-
lese metal working.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

FOR SALE!
BEST NORTHERN WISCONSIN Cutover
Lands and Fs rms--fO Acres to Sections
in the Fruit Belt. Best Transport atoms,
Roads, schools and Markets. Satisfactory
Terms. Call on address
+. DUNNEBECKE, Manager,
Bayfield, Investment association,
Ashland, Wisconsin.
Office: Ashland National Bank Building.
FRANK Il. LOVELAND, Local Agent.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

1t is estimated that the daily at
,endanee at the moving picture the
lters in the United States is more than
95,O00.000.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

A Michigan contractor is the inven-
or of motor-driven riddle which
quickly separates gravel or sand into
six different sizes.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

Conceit is one of the greatest stimu-
lants.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

A little knowledge is not so danger
Gus when in the right head.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

California last year harvested 210,-
396 tons of kelp for making potash.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01

Every man swears by his own doc
tor and his own auto.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1917-02-09

wintering places be burned as
the best control measure. Dur
ing summer, dust, tar, or oil
barriers can be used to keep the
swarms from reaching the corn,
The bugs must not be allowed
to reach the corn field before
the barriers are used.
The best time to use fire con-
troll is in the fall when the rub
bish in which the insects win
ter is dry, Farmers have gener-
ally neglected to apply the torch,
but effective work may still be
done, if the weather is dry
enough to permit burning win
ter quarters of the insect. OBJ
viously the most effective con-
troll can be had by cooperation
and community action.