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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-10
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20 Roll of Honor
By Alexander \. s1czcpauu,.


When the N0tre Dame football
eleven concluded "a strenuous but
successful season ON the gridiron
this fan. another name was added
90 the roster OF names whose bril-
Hart Performance of the past three
seasons have won him much esteem
and admiration In the sport circles.
The stellar athlete I'm question is
Frank X. Eydzewski. jr.. acting
captain. Entering the last game Of
the season past against the strong
Washington and Jefferson team.
Rydzevs1i determined 20 snow his
superiority over the eastern OppOn-
cnts covering the pivot station and
thus convince the eastern critics
that the west has the edge on the
east ln football Rydzewski, the
"Giant POLE did not dream for a
moment that his ambitions would be
cut short. Claiming that he caught
Bydzewsd striking an opponent,
the referee Of the Notre Dame
Washington and Jefferson struggle
ordered the big center out OF the
game. At that critical moment
RydzewskFs college athletic career
passed into history.
Before he enrolled as a student
at Notre Dame university Rydzew-
ski established an enviable record
as an athlete fra Chicago. His bril-
liant performances and wide knowl-
edge OF basketball. baseball indoor
baseball, wrestling and swimming
were known a very large number
Of athletic followers in the windy
city. Being a member Of the IA
nous Russell square quintet. Ryd-
zewski distinguished himself as an
accurate thrower. caging baskets
from difficult angles. on the defen-
sive i'm basketball. Re was simply
immune from attack IN many
games the opponents would form
combinations go check RydzewskTs
stellar work, but with no results.
Ills weight and power contributed
considerably TO his success. IL was
through Rydzewski that the St.
Stauislaus college in Chicago. one
OF the leading Polish educational in
st!tutions I'm America. gained recog-
milton When "Big Frank register
ed fin 1911 at ST. Stanislaus college
in the academic department he lost
no time and organized a strong
basketball team. Through his
coaching RydzewsBi's team finished
q close second i'm the Catholic High
School league for 1913. When the
St Stauislaus quintet entered the
league Rydzewskfs absence was
keenly felt. by ruling Of the
league he was not allowed 20 par
ticipate in basketball.
In his high school days Rydzew-
ski also played baseball and during
the winter he was entered ina anna
teur wrestling carnivals. In base
ball he was a good player, cover
ing the initial sack IN great style,
besides taking 81 turn from the
mound whenever called upon. Long
distance hitting was his favorite
He exceeded the 500 mark every
season.
TIA the wrestling game RydzewslIi
took great delight. I'm 1913 he won
the amateur he8vyweight champion
ship Of Chicago and was awarded
the Chicago Daily News trophy.
Realizing that ne could not partici-
pate iu college athletics i'm the years
TO come. Rydzevski on many occa-
sions refused hattering offers to
give exhibitions i'm wrestling.
Rood MEMO TIMEc Mont Ado
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-10
Rail ROAD HEADS HOLD
CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK. Dec. 1O.-Presidents
OF eastern railroads held an inform
al conference here today 20 discuss
the general railroad problem pre-
paratory 20 conferences 70 be held
in Washington tomorrow and
throughout the week. IL was said
that the object Of the meeting to-
day was merely "to get the benefit
OF each others views" before go
ing 70 washington for the more i'm
portant discussions that viii fol-
low. No statement was issued at
the end OF the conference.
Dad MCIHC TIMEC IIo,4 Il,
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16
Lebas' Confidence.

Many years ago the granite obelisk
that stood sentinel before the palace
of Rameses III, at Luxor, for more
than thirty centuries, was taken to
Paris. Its erection in the Place de la
Concorde was marked by fine ex-
ample of civic courage. 1t had been
brought from Egypt by the engineer
Lebas in q river boat specially con-
structed at Toulon, to navigate the
Nile and the Seine. This boat was
lowed through the sea by warship.
When the cables used in raising the
Obelisk We're strained almost to break
ing Lebas placed himself under the
enormous stone as 1t began to move.
If a single cable had broken all would
have been over with the engineer Ex-
planning his hardihOod Lebas said II
was to show the crowd of onlookerS
that he was sure Of his calculations.
A single error and he would have been
crushed, and he preferred a tragic end
to dishonOr. "This," said LIE Cri de-
Paris, twas in 1885, before our day OF
interviews and Lebas occupied only a
few lines in the Constitutional, no
more, no less, than the periodical adj
ventures Of the sea serpent"
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16
AVOID SPREAD OF DISEASE
Point Of importance 10 That Sick Chill
dren Should Not Associate With
Their Playmates.

That the general public, especially
the uneducated public, has no knowl-
edge of the danger Of the commoner
diseases of childhood and no apprecia!
ton Of the peril Of letting ailing little
ones associate with others at school
and Sunday school, is the assertion Of
the New York Medical Journal.
Parents should be shown" it says
mot only that their children are dam
gerous to others, but that the reverse
is true"
The fear Of having the house pla-
carded and quarantined leads many
parents to conceal a childs illness,
sending word to school that 1t has
chicken-pox, for instance, when really
it may have smallpox, tonsillitis or
even diphtheria. They do not summon
doctor, and for the same reason.
What is needed is campaign to edu'
cate parents as well as children to a
wholesome dread Of sick playmates
and to a realization Of their duty to
keep their own sick little ones away
from their neighbOrs, well ones.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16
Geranium Good Plant For
House in Winter; FuChsia
And Primrose Also Reliable

/ 1t is very difficult to keep plants in
good condition in the house, so much so
that many persons do not try 1t, yet 1t
is a pity to deprive ones self Of the
pleasure.
For reliable winter blooming moth
ing surpasses the geraniums. With
good plants one may have a wealth of
blossoms all winter long. The single
varieties win give better satisfaction
than the double. Primroses, too, are
good, and cyclamens prolong their
blooming season delightfully."-. The
fuchsia Is an old-fashioned flower that
has a peculiar charm. 1t and the abu-
tilon, sometimes called the towering
maple. will grow to a large size and
will be found very satisfactory.
If one does not have room or
porch which can be set apart exclu-
sively for plants, 1t Is still possible to
have something green, and even bloom
ing, to brighten the room. For an in
side window box have one made the
length of the width Of the window and
set it in zinc tray for drainage. Fill
this with potted plants pouring about
the pots clean gravel and sand. The
pots may be easily replaced.
Azaleas make fine showing, and
one may have lilies Of various kinds,
including the Gala and Easter lilies,
The rex and the rubra begonias have
such rich foliage that they make very
valuable additions to the winter plants.
A large bay window is good place
for keeping plants, This part of the
room may be made especially attrac-
tive by training ivy over the windows
and by hanging baskets or boxes con-
tanning vines and small plants.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16

Every Sunday morning Mr.. McGlobe
walked up to Central park from his
boarding house in the West Twenties
and looked at monuments and things,
After the walk 1t was his habit, when
the opera season was on, to look at
the Metropolitan bill for the coming
week. He inclined slightly toward
culture.
II must go to the opera this winter,
he confided to Miss Reba Gordon, who
sat next to him at the table, 'but ]
am waiting until something of MAJ
zini's is sung"
''What did he writer" asked Miss
Gordon, one Of those strange persons
who never try to mask their lack of
information.
'His best, / think" said Mr.. Nc.
Globe, "are Dio . i PopOlo' and PEN
siero ed AziOne' At least those are
the ones which appear on his monu'
ment in the west drive. But / never
see them advertised. / guess he is
not appreciated by modern opera
goers. New York Sun.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16
Miss 81"
-
By FLORENCE
LILLIAN HENDERSON
Copyright, 1911. By W. o. chapman.)

Chester Merrill was lonesome-that
was, In fact, his normal condition OF
late. He had left little country vii
iage to better himself amid the larger
opportunities Of a great city and had
succeeded. There was no complaint
on the score of income and progress
Ills success, however, was the result
BIZ c.cse application to the Office duties
and studlOus hours in his solitary
room.
There was little adornment to the
place, for he had followed simple
tastes since coming to the city. In one
WindOw there was a flower box, thickly
planted with morning gloTies. In the
other was q tiny cage and canary
bird. The former occupant Of the
room, when leaving for q distant city
che day that Chester arrived, stated
Ills inability to care for the bird. Would
the newcomer accept 1t at the original
cost Of the cage alone9 Merrill con-
scented. 1t had been quite some COM
pany. Every morning it tuned its mel
low song to notes of harmony. Every
evening 1t chirped him a genuine well
come.
Just across the court, twenty feet
away, Merrill had discovered one day
. lady with q little girl on her lap.
They were listening to the singing Of
the bird, and the little one was clap
Sing her tiny hands in delight and
teaching toward the canary as If eager
20 possess and pet 1t.
Merrill went down to see his land
lady after a minute or two of refiec-
jon. He saw way Of completing sat
lsfactorilly a plan that had fingered in
bis mind for several days.
Mrs. Agnew," he spoke to his land
lady, there is young lady and
child in a room in the next building"
Il know whom you mean" prompt
~ announced Mrs. Agnew-"Miss 81"
miss Thirty-oner repeated Chester
vaguely.
"That is what they call her, or at
least my sister, who is landlady of
the next building, does"
Rather queer name, isn't it?" sug-
gested Merrill vaguely
"She has given no other. She came
there a month ago with the little girl,
does light housekeeping, goes out very
little, pays her room rent on the dot,
troubles nobody and has no company
whatever"
"H'ml Something of mystery"
commented Merrill. However that's
her business. ] noticed the little child
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16
BOASTFUL
IGNORANCE
BY DR.. SAMUEL G. DIXON
Health Commissioner fPennsylvania

The boastfulness of ignorance is or
dinarily not worthy of comment, but
when it jeopardlzes the health of other
people, 1t is perhaps worth while to
take up the cudgels.
There is a class of individuals who
pooh-pooh all warnings regarding mat.
tiers of hygiene, and usually end their
assertions by informing you that their
grandfathers never paid any attention
to "sueh nonsense" and what's more
they never have, and here they are
alive and well to show for it. Sta
tistics, however, show that these peo-
pie who violate. the laws of nature
often meet an untimely death. I'm
fortunately, some give an ear to such
foolish hessssttii:2.ss :.3 ;; s;s Accs:a!cHss
into danger.
The transmission Of disease by
germs is most frequently attacked by
the ignorant. Those people who ac-
cept without comment the statement
that the world revolyes upon its axis
as a part Of the solar system, and
thousands of other things which they
are incompetent to work out for them
selves, will buster about the absurd
ity of germs causing disease. That
typhoid fever, diphtheria, yellow fever,
tuberculosis, anthrax, malaria and
pneumonia are caused by germs has
been proven, just as definitely as the
fact that the world is round.
Fortunately, exposure to disease,
even of communicable type does not
always mean that the individual so
exposed will contract 1t. This is the
reason that the boaster
MAY boast and stay
And live to boast another day"
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16

In the question Of light rooms 1t is
a fact that windows grouped together
give more light than the same num-
Der and size Of windows scattered
about the walls. For the too-dark
room, therefore, II is sometimes pos
sible to remodel to the extent of cut
ting through the wall and joining
two separate windows in a bay. An
other advantage Of such step Is to
apparently and actually increase the
extent of the room apparently
through the vista afforded, and
through the increased light in the
room, actually by the two or three
feet added in forming the bay. Or,
if a bay is not possible, the forming
Of line Of windows. instead Of the
two separated windows, will still
furnish the vista and the increased
light.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16
Wealth Of ROumania.

AS far back as 1900 Roumania ranked
third among the grain-producing ma
lions Of the world; and though several
countries have since passed It. its an
nual contributions to the worlds sup
ply OF food have steadily increased.
ITS average exports of corn during
1911, 1912 and 1913 were second only
to those Of Argentina; in wheat ex-
ports it stood sixth among the worlds
cations, and in eats exports fifth. This
is accomplished with total area
somewhat less than that Of the state
Of Arkansas. Roumania also has enor-
mously rich oil wells, operated to a
considerable extent by the American
Standard Oil company.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16
Why Do Boys Leave the Farnp
By JAMES J. WHITE
By JAMES ]. WHITE

crime. There never was time when
the individual did not stand for a LOT
more out in the country or small town
than In the big city.
Why then do the boys leave the
farm? There are several reasons:
l. This is an age of unrest. We do
not stop to think that our present
prosperity and happiness depend upon
what our fathers and our grandfathers
have done. Changes are looked upon
as improvements.
2. Some young men have a special
leaning toward other business.
3. They become dissatisfied with
their present surroundings They see
the difficulties of the business in which
they are engaged, but do not apprecla-
ate the difficulties of those with which
they are not acquainted.
Here are several reasons why boys
should not leave the farm:
i. Farming is the most independent
life. Farmers are their own masters.
2. No business In which you get so
large q return for the investment.
3. No business in which you find so
many leisure hours.
4. No business in which success is
so assured.
8. No business in which there is a
better chance to go.
Not long ago the Farmers Breeze
published an article on this subject.
The writer says:
"We have three great, big, iovial, in
dustrious boys who are pining to get to
the farm. One Of them-the eldest
has just resigned an honorable and lu-
crative position in one of the largest
banks in the South to go back to the
farm. There Is reason, and 1t is this
The surroundings on the farm are in
viting, the labor pleasant and remun-
erative, the authority supreme and
comfort and plenty abounds. In the
majority of cases the parent is at fault
when the boy leaves the farm. 1t is
always to his credit when he re-
turns"
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16
A Little Bit Of Everything.

The destruction of birds costs this
country $1,OOOOO0,0O0 a year, 1t is es-
timated.
All white garments should be hung
in the sunlight; colored garments in
the shade.
The working force of the British
navy, afloat and ashore. includes more
than 100000 men.
New tinware viii never rust If
rubbed with fresh lard and baked in
the oven before being used.
IT has been estimated that every
square mile Of the ocean is inhabited
by 1200O0,0O0 living beings.
Among the students at the famous
English preparatory school, Elton,
this term, are 10 Belgians, including
Prince Leopold, the eldest son Of King
Albert.
OF staff Of 1000, Y52 clerks Of the
British railway clearing house have
enlisted and 342 have attested under
the Derby plan. In the spost Office
$4,000 of a possible 5000 have enlist
ed or attested.
The state Of Bahia, one Of the larg-
est and most important of the Union
of Brazil, occupies an area four-ifths
the size of France, and has a popula-
ton estimated at 100000. Of which
the capital, the city Of Bahia, contains
10000. It's coast line of 635 miles
is longer than that of any other state
in Brazil and the great Sac Francisco
river is navigable for $40 miles within
tile state.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16

Curious Habits 81 q Typieally Kaowa
AmerlsaH Animal Are q Nest
latssssalag Study.

Few American Wild animals are
more widely known or excite more
popular interest than the racc00n,
which occupies most OF the wooded
parts OF North America from the
southern border Of Canada to Panama.
with the exception Of the higher noun
tain ranges.
Their diet is extraordinarily varied,
and includes fresh-water CLANS, craw-
fish, frogs, turtles, birds and their
eggs, poultry, nuts, fruits and green
corn. When near water they have al
curious and unique habit of washlngl
their food before eating ii. Their fond
ness for green corn leads them into
frequent danger, for when bottom-landl
corn tempts them away from their US
ual haunts raccoon hunting with dogs
at night becomes an especially favored
sport. Raccoons are extraordinarily
intelligent animals and make interest
ing and amusing pets.
Racc0ons began to figure in our
frontier literature at an early date.
"CoOnskin" caps, with the ringed tails
hanging like plumes, made the fayorite
headgear OF many pioneer hunters,
and "coonSkins" were recognized
article Of barter at country stores.
Now that the increasing occupation OF
the country is crOwding ont more ana
more of our wild life, 1t is a pleasure
to note the persistence with which
these characteristic and interesting
animals continue to hold their own I'M
so much Of their original range.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16
Observation-Disclosures
An InvaIid's Request.
when | am i'll and sore beset

When am Ill and sore beset
With all the aches that flesh Is heir to,
When must lie in bed and fret
And swallow dose do not care to.
When on the table standing near
Are powders capsules, pills in dozens,
have no great desire to hear
OF something that relieved your cousins.
When as you sit beside my bed
A violent coughing fit attacks me,
And my pale cheeks turn fiery red
And you behold how sore 1t racks me,
In silence let me cough it out,
In silence even let me smother,
That's preferable beyond doubt,
To being told what cured your brother.
II you can tell with just glance
For all my symptoms plainly show IT.
That my disease removed your aunts,
Just pass 1t by. Don't let me know 1t.
Just bear In mind couldn't hope
BY passing up my daily yations
TO swallow all the kinds of dope
That cured your friends and their rela-
tons.
Edgar A. Guest, in Detroit Free Press.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16

Today and she seemed quite in love
with my canary. AS the cold weather
comes on my room will be chilly, with
out heat during the day. ] was think
ing of selling or giving poor Dick away.
/ believe the little one and her mother
would take good care Of the bird. And
r-1hey are 50 lonesome, never going out:
Dick might be quite some company to
them, don't you think? Now, couldn't
you In a nice way, impart all this to
your sister and get the bird to those
people, so they would understand the
gift and not resent my presumption as
an intruslon?"
'BIess you, yes!" declared Mrs. Ag-
new spontaneously. why! Who
wouldn't say thank you for such
kindly offering" and that settled it and
Dick in his cage was delivered by Mrs.
Agnew to the landlady next door,
Merrill glanced across the court
with good deal of interest the next
morning. The window was up and its
curtain fluttering in the breeze. He
viewed form vaguely outlined, half
shielded by the lace drapery. A fair
white hand motioned, not to him, but
evidently to the little one, There was
I cry Of excitement audible to Mer-
rIll. Then in her pretty night robe the
little child ran up to the window, the
cage in her hands. She set it upon
the sill, she drew back with bewilder-
ing smile of gratitude. bowed with the
Craze of some titled lady and kissed
her dainty finger tips to the donor Of
the feathered pet.
The memory Of the face of Miss
Thirty-one fingered in the thoughts Of
Merrill all that dag. Miss, they had
called her. Then possibly not wife.
mother nor widow. And the little one
4. -. -, ...s,..1As.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16
Downtown AnrIcuIturlet.

''The farmer has no show! !" moaned
Mordecai Morose. Ever since can
remember have lost money on that
last car of hogs / shipped to Kansas
City. Alfalfa is only fad, and silos
are worse than useless. When the
prices Of corn and wheat are decently
high l don't make half a crop. Taxes
and mortgages eat up half Teller can
raise. If the other half escapes the
chinchbugs the middleman grabs it.
Ar-r-r-r-r!''
'Just sol" returned progressive
Farmer Broadhead. According to
your own showing, Mord, you owe the
middleman about six hundred dollars
and the chinchbugs an apology. Prob.
ably it would have been money in your
pocket II you had never been born. -
Kansas City Star.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16

Mans idea Of happiness has always
been D city. In the Pilgrims Prog
ress" Bunyan's hero was headed for a
city. Heaven is pictured as q great
city. Man is gregarious. He likes
company. There is something about
the stir and rush of the big city that
attracts him and he goes there. After
a while he finds out that the big city is
unsatisfactory and mighty cruel to
large part Of It's inhabitants; that the
happiest man in the long run is the
one nearest the soil. But as long as
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16
~ aPT PUPl

'sThe great trouble with you,s said
Mrs. Jaggsby to her husband. the
morning after the night before, So
your inability to say MOI Learn 70
say It at the proper time and you win
have fewer headaches
Il can see where you have the right
brand Of dope, my dear" replied he Of
the throbblng temples.
by the way" continued Mrs. ].
Il want to do little shopping today.
Can you let me have $40?
'No," answered the willy Jaggsby,
without moments hesitation.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16
Naturally Grave.

II have here said the party with
the unbarbered hair who had elected
his person into the editorial sanCtum
when the Office boy wasn't looking, "a
little poem entitled "A Pauper's
Crave"
"Huh 81 growled the editor. ''Noth-
ing remarkable about that. Who has
a better right to be grave than q pau
per? You certainly wouldn't expect
his mirth to slop over, would Your
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16
LARGE sum Involved.

Guess yen have ter break dollar
BILL" said the rural visitor, with a
reckless air. II amt got thing
smaller"
"That's all right" answered the
cashier of the help yourself restaur-
ant. "Tl break 1t out in the alley so
the noise won't disturb our patrons"
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16

auman nature is as it is now, the city
will be attractive to the farmer boy,
syen though he does not leave the
arm for the city.
There never has been a time when it
vas not really easier to make living
tut on the farm than in the city, that
S, for the average human. There
lever has been a time when the cities
lid rot reek with dirt and misery and
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16
What Worried Him.

"Papa, dear" said the anxious
daughter, "you must not worry be-
cause Harold is going to marry me and
take me far away from you and
mamma"
"oh, a little thing like that isn't
going to worry me-" replied the fond
parent, "but if he ever does anything
that will cause you to come back to
us again, I'll certainly do him bodily
injury"