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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07

fore going in to dinner had noticed that the
largest and best furnished room on the main
floor was a music room. 1t contained large
piano. the busts Of many composers and a great
number Of chairs And when during the meal
our major turned the conversation, which had
hitherto dragged, to the subject Of music, the
ice seemed all at once to be broken.
The talk now became animated We dis
cussed Chopin, Mozart and Wagner, and the
young girl, who spoke good German readily
disclosed an enthusiastic interest in the tech
nique Of music. We soon discovered why music
played 50 large a role with our hosts. The
baroness told US that her son was a composer
He was in the field somewhere, and she suf-
fered beyond words, she said because, since
they had been for over year within the sphere
Of German military operations, they had been
unable to get news of any sort of him. At
these words the girls eyes filled with tears.
But then we got back again to music. With
intense pride the baroness showed US some
pictures of her son. One big portrait in oil
hung over the fireplace of small reception
room, adjoining the living ROOM While we
were looking at il the servant handed around
in little silver cups some coffee procured from
our regimental mess.
As my eye fell, on accidentally lifting the
cup, on its delcately engraved under surface,
felt something like stab through my heart.
saw traced there a oat-of-arms-three oak
leaves about Tyre. But at the same moment
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She told me this with a weak smile, as if in
gentle apology for such superstition. But
despite her smile her eyes reflected once more
the fear and trouble that were in her soul.
| felt incapable Of saying another word. The
horrors of war, its ruthless destruction OF
hopes and attachments, have never so deeply
moved me on the battlefield as they did in the
presence of this innocent, hoping, loving girl,
for whom | carried with me death sentence to
all her happiness. Again felt as if some power
conveyed to her at that moment all my thoughts
and feelings. Before the portrait she slowly
bowed her face, turned about and vanished.
| never saw her again.
That night | did not close my eyes. What
ought | to DO? To have to act as messenger
of misfortune is to a sensitive person often
more dsagreeable than to suffer misfortune
ones self. But it also seemed TO me a crime to
leave the house without having fulfilled the
messengers duty accidentally devolved on me.
And have also realized in this war; both in
my own case and in the cases of others, that
certainty of knowledge, be it ever so crushing
at the moment, is much to be preferred TO
waiting on in torturng uncertainty.
Our departure had been fixed for an early
hour the next morning. They had set the break
fast table for US, and so | found an opportunity
TO go again into the music room. There
opened the piano, put the wallet with the dead
mans song on the keys, closed the lid and left
the house.
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lance, melody began, whose first accords made
me Shudder.
1t was the love melody which ! carried in the
wallet in my breast pocket. Perhaps | might
not have recognized it again in the young girls
soft, dreamy playing, if it had not also been
written in my soul.
Absentmindedy the young girl got up and
gently closed the piano, as if she was closing
some holy shrine. AS she saw me standing
alone in the door Of the reception room, she
turned toward me. think that have never
in my life lived through more painful, more
torturing moments. Could she suspect any
thing? There is said to be a mysterious aura
which conveys one human beings thoughts to
another. In the glance which she directed tow
ard me believed that saw for moment an
expression Of questioning fear. | almost lost
my power of speech as she now stood before me.
What was that song that you played just
now" | managed to ask And | had the feel
ing that she must guess everything.
MY fance wrote it," she answered, with an
fntonaton of sadness. HE wrote it for me
before he went away, as a remembrance. But
| don't know whether play it right
had the words on my lips:
Yes. you play it right"
unfortunately, do not possess the manu-
script. Ny fance took it with him into the
field And when asked him to send it to me.
he said it would be bad omen if he sent me
his song Of parting from the 'front.'
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-21
PREPARE TEAMS FOR BIG
\. S. INTERCLASS SERIES

With the inter class series an
nouncing itself in most informal man.
! ner, Coach Evans has been Kept on
the Jump for the last two days pre-
pairing the teams Of the four classes,
| both the boys and girls.
Monday afternoon the court repre-
sentatives for the girls of the differ
ent years reported to Evans for their
first instructions. He ran them
through several rehearsals. Each
class had, at least enough material
present to choose two teams, which
were placed on the floor for the stag
ing of a ten minute game.
Yesterday afternoon the boys an
swered the call to arms and meand-
cred through similar steps taken by
the girls on the previous day. Coach
Evans was especially pleased.with the
large turn out and the enthusiasm dis
played by the various students. The
representative for the senior. junior.
sophomore and freshmen teams play
ed part game among their respec-
tive class with result that the SEN
iors loom up as the most logical con-
tender for the class championship.
F. The number reporting to Coach
Evans is so large that 1t is impossi-
Bile for him to impart to them a lit
tie knowledge of the indoors game
with Justice to all. He has appointed
every member of the varsity team to
tutor the various classes. The seniors
are under the instruction of Captain
Wilentz; juniors under the guidance
of Roth and kutcher; sophomore
coached by Evans himself, and the
freshmen under the tutorship of
Pfeiffer and G1ochau.
While as yet the full schedule has
not been arranged the games are GER
tain to be under full sail before next
week has elapsed. The Iateness is
caused by the many games booked by
Manager Weinstein with every lead
ing neighboring high school team.
Coach Evans Is anxious to complete
the inter-class series with the purpose
in view of taking full control of the
baseball team which has been per-
forming in a light practice of late.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-21
BUSY PROGRAM ADOPTED
BY S. S. A. |. FOR SEASON

Many important matters were de-
cided upon at well attended meet
ing of the Sunday School Athletic
League officers held Monday night at
the Y. M. c. A. Plans were made
for an individual field and track
championship meet, for a bowling
league, baseball tournament, an
other basketball series in which the
winners of the league will meet an
for Friday nights banquet were
made. ~,
1t has been decided to conduct the
Individual championship meet Sat-
urday night, April z. with a large
silver loving cup for first prize and a
smaller cap for second. There will
be six events, the twenty-yard dash.
220 yard run, running high jump,
standing broad jump, potato race and
sack race. A small admission will be
charged and each entree will be given
five tickets to sell. If he sells all Of
them no entrance fee will be neces-
sary, he being responsible for the
unsold tickets. All entries must be in
by April and no juniors will be per-
mitted to enter the meet. No men,
ber of varsity or another track
team can compete.
Each Sunday school voted to put
1
start league in which each of the
six teams will meet every other team
once. This will mean five matches
for each team, or fifteen games. Two
loving cups will be awarded. one to
the winning team, and the other
team making the highest total pin
fall In the entire league. The same
rules apply to this league as to the
basketball and track, every one on
the team being registered S. S. A.
L. member and must not bowl on
another team.
Arrangements were also made for
an indoor baseball league with six
teams entered, each team to play the
other three games. A schedule is
being mapped out by Physical Di-
irector Pew and will be announced
shortly. There will be seven men on
team. to be composed of senior
members only.
1t was also decided to have the
Second Methodist basketball team
play a series of five games with the
| Senior South Amboy Pennsylvania
| Railroad team. TIFF M eth odist
l+taassr ssill p, ,al,s the kcsstn xnSog snn.
iors on Saturday nj ght together witt
the first of the series between th'
Seniors and the Second team. There
lis a possibility of a game between
the Baptist and Presbyterian teams
at this time also.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-21
CANTON OUT, RIVIES HAVE
STRONG OPPOSITION FRIDAY

With Jimmie Canton out of their
line up this week, the Rivies may
have a hard time in defeating the
crack Prudential Athletic Association
team, of Newark, when the two quin-
tets clash on the X. of p. court at
South Amboy this Friday night. The
Rivies expect, of course, to be able
to get away with the Rock of Gibral-
tar" team, in spite of the fact that the
insurance representatives have in
their line up such men as O'Gorman,
Ogden, Tate, Harlow and Robinson.
Handerhan to PIay.
Ray" Handerhan, the miminutive
West Side tosser who now sports the
RIVE colors, will get in the game to-
night as the side partner of Harold
Evans. Johnnie McCreery viii be
called upon to jump center, and the
redoubtable Allen-Burns duo will do
the guarding.
Burns was not able to get in last
Friday nights game, and he also took
night off Saturday, when the Rivies
defeated Company H at Asbury Park.
'Scooter" himself requested Captain
"Rufe" not to send him into the game,
rather than break up the combination
that overwhelmed the Rutgers team
the previous night. Scooter" by the
way, is deserving of long g-deferred
bouquet for his playing. His work
perhaps, is less appreciated by few
of the fans than that of any other
Riverside player, and yet Allen de-
clares that Burns is a mighty valuable
cog in the RIVE machine. His work
may not be spectacular when COM
pared with the shooting honors thai
go to McCreery and Thomas, and YET
he is In there fighting every minute
1t is his Riverside spirit: his willing
ness to forego personal honors in or
der to see his team win, that makes
him such a popular member of the
Riverside inner circle.
CANTON, through the connivance OF
Mr.. du Pont and Lou Bloodgood, will
/ be unable to be on hand this week
! and Hank" too, had to return to
/ Blair on Sunday. The Rivies had
| hoped to have their full strength
| against Joe Hills crack outfit, but they
have more than fighting chance, and
| expect Handerhan and Evans to dc
i effective work in the forward posi-
i tions.
i The Newarkels-are to come to Soutl
i Amboy by fast line the game start
? ing at 8 o'clock. "WaS@-2fH,i viii
: referee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-21
Beware.

Many captivating coed has lost
perfectly good stand-in by guessing
the wrong name over telephone
Minnehaha.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-21

majority of their six games away
from Keyport.
The victory of the Y. M. G. A.
came big surprise as the Bruins
wicks have won the large majority of
their games in the league, and this
made the first match which they
have lost this season. The local pin
ners were in supreme form and top
ped the Oysters at every stage.
Bert Golden kept up his splendid
work in the league by again averag-
ing 205 for the night. His high wa
ter mark was 222, and his second
game 213. Elwood johnson hit the
best score with 227, and the second
best average with 191. Clarence
Hoffman hit the pins well in the last
two games.
Disbrow led the Brunswicks with
206 for high score and 1876 for high
average. The local team hit an aver
age of 915 for the games, the second
game at 948 being the best mark.
The two teams will meet again on
the Brunswick alleys in Keyport on
Friday night.
The scores made in the match:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-21
WOODBRIDGE FIVE i
CLIMB TO SGG;5j,GiijaD s.;
Three Straight from Keyport,
While Roosevelt Loses
Match to Parish House
Causes Boost.

Three straight games were the
order in the Middlesex County Bowl
ing League last night when the Y.
M. G.. A. team turned the unexpected
and defeated the Keyport Bruns-
wicks, the first time that they have
lost a full match this season; the
Woodbridge team won three from
Railway, and won three forfeited
games as well, advancing them six
games, and Roosevelt dropped three
straight games to South Amboy.
Woodbridge, by defeating Railway
in three games, and then having the
Rahwegians forfeit three games
which are scheduled for Friday,
stepped from Fourth place to second
over the heads of Perth Amboy and
Roosevelt with a lead of one game
over the Y. M. G. A. The Y. M. c. A.
team topped Roosevelt by winning
and by taking the match at Keyport
on Thursday night they will be able
to work their way into second place
over Woodbridge, providing they
again take three straight. BY win
ming two games they will tie Wood
bridge. After the Keyport match on
Thursday they have three matches,
or nine games, to roll against Rah-
way, which are assured victories.
they feel, and that will allow them
- ~exai N chance to step into first
IL Roosevelt Is able to take a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-21
ores made in the match:
Woodbridge Wias Six

The Woodbridge Parish House
bowlers made 1t night of threes by
winning from the Railway Y. M. C.
A. team. The latter were unable to
get a good team score in and de-
spite crippled five the parish house
five won easily.
Roy Valentine, one of the best
bowlers in the league and with the
Woodbridge team, has been laid up
with pneumonia and his absence, has
been felt by his team. Tom Cody is
taking his place until Valentine is
able to again heave the balls.
After the match Railway gave the
parish house team three games by
forfeit, which does away with the
games at Railway on Friday night
This allows Woodbridge six games,
and margin of one over the Y. NJ.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-21
ALUMNI GAMES SHOULD
ATTRACT CROWD TOkIGHT

Games which are expected to at
tract a large crowd of fans are the
contests to be played in the high
school gymnasium tonight when the
Girls and Boys varsity of the high
school will stack forces with the
Alumni teams. No doubt the games
will be hummers from the outset and
close battles are looked for.
The high school has one of the
best boys basketball teams that has
represented the Crimson and White
for several years and up to the pres
ent possess a wonderful slate of
victories. Captain Wilentz is conf
dent that his gangsters will win the
honors against the Alumni crowd
without much difficulty as his part
ners are in fine condition and fully
prepared to meet whatever the Alum
nj clan have in store for them.
The alumni team is also well
equipped with many stars of various
outside teams and Is certain to prove
a worthy foeman for the varsity. All
the participants are in splendid shape
with Scott Burns, Nate Goldberger.
Carl Mullins, Isador Jacobsen, L.
.Koplowitz and Rufe Allen forming
the Alumni combination. Scott Burns
and Rufie Allen are considered
among the best guarding pairs of the
state and have been playing very
consistent ball with the Rivies the
entire season; Isador Jacobsen is a
performer on the Newark State Nor
NAL School; i. Koplowitz has not
forgotten how to cage the sphere
with his playing with the Y. NJ. H. A.
Seniors two and three times per
week, and Carl Mullins. an enthusi-
astic basketeer and a player of the
Y. NJ. c. A. court representatives OF
last season.
The girls varsity is the proud pos
SCISSOR of record nearly as good as
the boys. Coach Evans has taught
them a system of team play that Is
certain to bewilder opponents. In
many of their struggles during the
season they have displayed brilliant
exhibition of passing and they have
several good scorers in the double
decker department. The team to
face the alumni aggregation viii be
composed of Misses f. Lewis, s.
Jones, A. Jensen, d. Willis. Z. Ma
can, A. Metzendorf and Captain Ruth
Macan.
The alumni representatives are
certanto furnish good strong npo-
sl6Son for yre PMS v.ifsfty g{s l3l
team is composed of many old tim,
stars of the Crimson and Whit
colors Miss Ruth Fletcher, Miss
Irene Warter, Miss Ruth Stacey
Miss Dorothy Greenbaum, Miss Mar
garet Conquest, Miss Jessie Conquest
and E. Doris.
The girls will alternate during the
halves with the boys and the game
promises to be just as exciting as the
! boys game.
What promises to be a forerunner
( of the cheering that will be present
at tonight's contest was indicated
, yesterday when the entire four class
es rehearsed their many cheers undel
the leadership of Pat" Wilson
= An informal meeting of the alumni
! association will be held prior to tn,
games in the auditorium after which
S will follow an inspection of the class
rooms.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-21

Roosevelt Drops Match.

On the Y. NC. A. alleys at South
Amboy last night Roosevelt repre-
sentatives were unable to take a sim
gle game, hitting the wood far below
their usual form, and they dropped
three to the Amboyans, dropping
them below Perth Amboy and Wood
bridge in the standing.
Stephenson did the best work of the
night, with 233 score to his credit In
the first game, and 201 in the second
his average being 1877. Wortley was
second best man for the South team
Roosevelt was far below form and
could not touch the scores made BY
the Pennsylvania bowiers.
The scores:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-21
But Es Meant In Size.

'You mustn't ask the ladies' how old
they are" said the mother jokingly to
her little boy, who had been question
ing her mothers guests as to their
age. The little boy was silent for a
moment, then he turned to his mother
and pointing to a young girl in the
room: "Can / ask her how old she isl
She don't lONk like lady"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-21
GAMES PLAYED NIGHTLY
IN N. C. A. BILLIARD TOURNEY

Seven games have already been
played in the Y. M. c. A. billiard tour
nament for the championship of the
association at the cue game. A e:
Lee, Thomas Garretson and Elwood
johnson have registered defeats over
Hubert Stevens and Pete Hanson.
There are ten entries in the tourna-
ment at present and games are being
played nightly in the tournament.
The entries are p. Hanson, l. j. Rel
mers, E. C. Sims, G. A. Richardson,
H. Stevens, A. c. Lee, w H War;. e.
johnson, r. Preston and Thomas Gar
retson.
rrbo prasapt standiner iS as foil ows.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-21
JAMESBURG HIGH LOSES
TO MIDD. COUNTY STARS

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
Jamesburg. March 21-The high
school team lost out to a pickup team
under the name of the Middlesex
County Stars on Lange's hall last
night, the score being 35-17. The
score and line up:
j. III. s. IL Stars s5
philips Smoke
Timberman Smith
forward
Beckney ..... t. Timberman, Riggs
center
Straubel, Wideberg
Riggs, ]. Timberman
Beckney, Wideberg ........ Mount
guard =. =. .. 80.
Field goals: Phillips 4, wideberg Q
Tlmberman 1, Straubel l, ]. Timber.
man 6, Smith S, Riggs /.
Foul goals: ]. Timberman 3, Phil.
lips 1.
Referee, Franklin.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-21
unassaiIabIe Conclusion.

'T am coming to the conclusion"
observed the restaurant philosopher
at luncheon today, ''that the fewer
sons-in-law and brothers-in-law a man
in high political life has, the better
off he is."-Marion Star.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-21

C. A. for second place in the league.
The parish house team has yet to
meet South Amboy in three games
at South and three at Woodbridge
before closing up their season.
Tho spnrac.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-21
Who Eares7

Queen Elizabeth, it is said, possessed
as many .. 1900 gowns at one time.
All were made of the rlches stuffs.
trimmed with lace, embroidery and fine
jewels.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-01-26
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
"CaIifornia Syrup Of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup Of
Figs" that this Is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! II coated, give a
t~easpoonful OF this harmless fruit
laxative" and in a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
~undigested food passes out Of the bow
els, and you have a we'll, playful child
again. When its little system is full
Of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good inside cleaning should
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Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup Of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for q 90
cent bottle Of California Syrup Of
Figs" which has directions for babies.
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-01-26
ALL RUNDOWN
And NERVOUS
Says This Lady Who Had to Sup
port Family Of -Four. Read
Below Her Statement
About Cardui.

Tallapoosa, Ga.-Mrs. Sallie Edison
Of this place, writes: II IA in very
poor health, all rundown, nervous,
had fainting spells, dizziness and heart
iuttering. 1 had these symptoms u.s.
ually at my . times. / had q
very hard time, working for seven
years in a hotel after my father died.
I had to support our family Of four. /
read the Birthday Almanac and
thought I would begin taking Cardui.
l received good benefit from 1t. ! am
sure it will do all that 1t claims to do.
I took three or four bottles before 1t
began to show effects. After that I
improved rapidly and gained in health
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all. This is the only time I have
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and I gained to 100. I felt like a new
woman. I couldn't sleep before and
had to be rubbed, I would get so nerv-
Gus and numb. And all this was
stopped by Cardui."
The true value Of a medicine can be
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sands of letters we have received
every year for many years from
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tributes to it's worth and effectiveness.
If you suffer from womanly ailments,
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-01-26

7 will wait just below, but from where
we are we can see nothing. You I'M
d~erstandT'
Surely. monsieur; I am TO remain
here and watch then signal you when
the fort gates open"
"Ay. that Is II; or II those savages
advance into the open-they may not
wait"
Yes, monsieur"
His lips touched mine, and heard
him whisper a word Of endearment.
you are n brave girl"
"No. monsieur; T am frightened, ter
ribly frightened, but-but love you,
and am a Freuchwoman,"
He crept back silently, and was
left alone on the great rock, gazing
out anKIously into the gray morning.