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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-17
to git used to the riggers of this

to git used to the riggers of this
climate.
There is a old proverb which
says that if March comes in like a
lamb it will go out like thunder
ashton and if it comes in like a run
away TEEN it will go out as meek as
Moses.
Well, how was it March coined
in this yr we ask? Why it coined
in like a ottymobeel fld with a pas
sci of them fellers from the City
going thru Bingville at the rate of
about a hundred miles a hour
that's how it coined in. Well. then
how will March likely go out we
ask according to the old proverb to
which we have referd? Why I'M
less all signs fail March will go out
on the 31st of the present munth
as mild as kitten, that's how it will
go out and when March goes out
like that why then we can be safe
in saying that "Bootifool Spring
has came
Old Dad Henderson says we be
a going to have a urly Spring this
Spring but whot does old Dad know
about the fuchure? Anser-he
don't know nothin, that's what he
knows. Old Dad Henderson cant
reed the fuchure mulch bettern he
can reed fine print with his long
distance specs on. We hope that
Dad is rite however. We wood well
come urly Spring this Spring
with great cheer.
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Lokal Items

Miss Phronicia Watkins one of our
most respecktful yung ladies has had
a turrible time with her corns of late
Miss Phronicia has been trr1bbled with
corns more or less all her life and they
was brung on by wearing tite shoes
which was too small for her. Miss
Phronicia has No feet and whenever
a girl with No feet tries to crowd
EN- into No. shoes. then corns is
shure to result. Miss Phronicia has
the sympathy of the entire COMMON
itty in her suffering.
Hame Peters reports that the rats
has been eating his oats outen his oats
bin like everything lately. Tother
night Hame vert and set steel trap
in the oats bin and cuverd it up with
oats and next morning his wife Mary
Jane went out to the oats bin to git
some oats to mix up with the hen feed
and not knowing ennythink about
Hame settin the steel trap she had to
went and stuck her hand rite into the
trap which went off with snap and
ketchd two fingers of her hand and
she run for the house hollerin and
skremin like everything and Hame had
to pry the trap loose with cold
chissel.
Miss Sally Hoskins our talented
pome writer whose PONIES on various
subjecks has apeard in the Bugle and
some of EN- have even been printed in
some of the co seat papers-well. Miss
Sally the last time she was over to
the co seat on visit went to a moov-
ing picksher show and ever sinst then
Sally has a idee that she was horned
to become q mooving picksher acktress
and has wrote to big mooving pick
sher concern in N. Y. City offering
her services as a acktress at the ridick-
lus low rate of $40 per wk. and board.
Although its been moren a munth sinst
Miss Sally wrote this letter to which
she amt reed no reply she expecks to
heer emmy day. We perdickt that if
Miss Sally ever becomes a mooving
picksher acktress she will astonish the
world.
Miss Jerushy Perkins states that she
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-17
Personal Breefs

Hen Weathersby prop of our geHl
store reed big supply of gloves and
mitts last wk which he saws ort to
of been shipd to him last November
being as he orderd EN- as urly as last
August Being as its now too late to
sell these gloves & mitts for use this
winter being as winter is most went.
as we mite say, Hen desires to q
nounce that he will hold a cleerence
sale of these gloves and mitts in order
to close EN- out regardless of how
mulch he gifts for EN- (pervidine of
course he makes handsome profit
on each pr in order to make room
for new goods. Why wait until fall
to buy your gloves and mtts when
here is chanst to take time by the
forelock? Buys your cloves and mitts
for next winter NOW-then put EN-
away where the moths will chew EN- all
to peeces.
Sim Gookins dropd into the Boogle
offs tother day when we was all
rand UP with work and bizziern ole
cat luggin around mess of kittens
but like a blamed fool we went and
drapd everything and was as perlite as
could be to Sim thinkin that he had
cald to pay us somathink on his back
subscripshion which is moren Ia yrs
back and when Sim puld up a cheer
and set down by the stove we set down
besides him and discusd the various
topicks of the hour thinkin evry minnit
that he would plune his hand into his
pocket and pull out SIS or praps $40
and hand it to us on acct but after
Sim had took about a hour of our
vallyble time dogblamed if he diddent
git up and thank us for gittin his feet
warm and said he had a pleasant chat
and would come back agin some time
and then he left the offs We was so
flabbergasted that we was speechless
until after Sim had departed and when
we did git our speech back we INDUCED
in stitch awful perfanitty that we was
ashamed of ourself afterwards and are
turrible glad that neither our wife nor
Rev. Saml Moore paster of the Bing-
vile church to which we belong was
sent neither of EN- present to hear
whot we said AS for Sim Gookins
he incident mind making another cali
like that unless he brings some mummy
with him AS for the way he treeted
us we call that adding insult to injury.
There was quite a snow skwall in
our midst last Tuesday and after it
was over folks hereabouts was a good
cal surprised to find that neerly two
inches of new snow had fell This
added to whot was alreddy on the
ground makes the snow in the naber-
hood of two and half # deep on the
level or ennywheres up to IL # deep
some places in the valleys where it's
drifted
Hen Weathersby prop of our general
store desires to a nounce to the gents
OF this vicinity that he happend to be
Kidding up his store tother day and
come acrost hull box of sellyloyd
collars for the huming neck which he
diddent know he had onlland Hen
has put these collars in the show case
where every man who comes to the
store can see EN- and a nounces that
owing to the war sellyloyd collars has
went up in price but he will sell these
collars at the same price he marked
EN- when he purchased same several
yrs ago. The advantage of sellyloyd
collar is that all the warshing you ever
haft to do to it is with damp cloth
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says he is SO goshblamed hungry thai
he could etc a COW raw, yet all he gits
is soop. PRO BONO PUBLICO.
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desire to inform the general pub
lick and all others who is interested
that I will open my sugar amp
down Snake Bend way for biznes
next wk-pervided the weather Is
warm enuff | have got the spills al
reddy drove & the pals to catch tho
sap in. | calkilate to boil down and
run off somewheres in the naberhood
of so gals of mapeI honey this sea
son to say nothink of mapel sugar.
Them as desires these luckshuries
ort to put in their orders now unless
they desire to be disappointed becuz nv
mapel sugar and napel honey allus
sells like hot cakes. Last yr ! got d
dollar per gal for mapel honey and
this yr I reckon | will get the same
unless the price has went up. Mapel
sugar is worth 10 cts per lb.
Yours for mapel sugar & mapel
honey.
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TO INCREASE THE NAVY.

President Wilson has issued call
 that the navy Of this country may be
 increased The United States navy
 will be needed with full equipment on
 short notice, and the call the presi. dent has made will no doubt find a
 prompt response among the men of inc nation.
 The navy offers especial adyant- ages to young men The young men
 wanted at this time must have stuff and ambition within them. They must have more than spirit of patriotism They must be open to training. and they must train them selves to keep up the standard ol the American navy.
 The American gunner has been the pride of the nation for years. The American gunner is a man with steady nerve, true eye. and has no equal in the world The American guns will soon have 10 open np 10 protect American commerce on the high seas, and there will be much demand for the kind of men who can shoot straight.
 In keeping with the call Of Presi- dent Wilson the recruiting stations will be opened up rapidly, and any young man, sound physically, and properly fitted for this demand, can find himself readily accepted and sent to place on some on one Of the great giants of the waters under the flag -s-~Trl Glory
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The dope book to some persons that is men who are inoculated with the turf eerm"--is as sacred as an heirloom is 10 a connessieur ot rare antiques.
 Many of the followers believe i'm plctly in the dope book They will not go outside of the little pamphlet which gives the past performances of the ponies"
 Did you ever go down the street .and notice men peerng into a little black cloth covered book-talking to themselves and obHyious to every thing around them?
 We'll they are slaves to the dope book. There are hundreds of them at every race track
 Some never read anything else but the dope book. IL is sate to predict that there are a number Of turfites, that don't even know that the United .States has broken diplomatic rela- .t!ons with Germany.
 But take this same person and ask him about a certain horse he'll tell You the thoroughbred pedigree, the workout, and who owns the steed
 The turf business is just like any other business II you attend to it carefully and have no other worries on your mind, one may become sue. eessml hy following the ponies But the eases are very rare
 The reason that so many people follow the races from one city to qn- other and make a livelihood, is be. cause they are imbued with that spirit-the spirit of watching one horse try to beat another Then there is that far-off possibility that one may some day have Dame For tune smile upon him and roll up a fortune The thought of finding the
 pot of gold binds the tmfites together. There is no organization among the book makers their clerks or clockers. There is. however, m0tual under standing between them and if an out slider attempts to "cut in" he is event ually ceased out of the game , One dopester always is under the opinion that he knows more about a certain horse than the other. This fact causes many arguments A dopster may work many hours and some of them do -on a days races and have each horse figured out to certain percentage He is ready ! to play heavy on his own information. Bat sometimes the clements upset his calculations and his hard work has been done for nothing.
 Rain has caused many a dope book
 slave to say thines in an undcrtone. l. means that the man must go all
 over his dope and figure out the pos
 sible winners on slow or heavy track Take il out of the book Judy
 and the horse cant win said a dop- ster But | tell you Benny you re
 wrong; throw out the last tow races at New Orleans and take that race he
 ran at Juarez and the horse is d nor | tai oinch,T responds the other turfite. lThen there is a continued converse i tion between the two men. violently
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In time to come il may be realized that the tenacity of the ordinary Brit ish sailor in keeping the vessels of Britain afloat despite the horrors of submarine warfare constitutes one Of the worlds best bits of heroism.
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Emperor William has been advised to take the cure at Homhurg. That is the wrong place. The Hague is the proper spot
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And in the meanwhile Hot Springs has had its full quota Of publicity one way and another and all of good tenor.
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Manager Hickey Of the St Louis baseball team doubtless will feel at home in the Cound City. it having been the home of the late renowned Col. Hickey, who invented the high geared drink which bears his name.
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Englands temperance movement shows how the food shortage is teach. ing men to confine themselves to eat ing grain instead Of drinking 1t as we'll
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The big league teams that trained here will be ready 10 open the season with big league action which is an other reason why they all like Hot Springs.
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That old fashioned person who formerly complained of too much pc lato in the codfish ball now complains of too much codfish in the potato ball.
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Somebody says that Nicholas Ro- manofr has a personal fortune of g. 0e0, 1000, ,000, which mtNt be nearly as much as Charlie Chaplin makes an nnally
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But then the April showers will have found themselves displaced There won't be any such animal this April
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salem, but they are fighting for trade territory now and not for religious sentiment" The world moves, but does it progress?
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Also it will be time within day or two to try out the straw hat and see what the breezes will do to it
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Tue boycott idea is a weapon with two edges. and some times cuts the Wrong way of the track
The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-27

Again Richard of the Lion Heart and Saladin the chiyalrous confront each other before the walls of Jeru-
The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-27

The spring garden has taken its place in the sun and Is there now to be hood
The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-27

Try our Merchants Lunch and Home Cooking. PERFECTION CAFE. oppo- site Arlington Hotel. 1i.f0-tf
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N Glory.

Now Nat March has sobered and settled. eNerything will be all right
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Everything is in readiness for the opening day at Essex race track. which throws its gates open Friday
 Several horsemen began to ship their stables to Essex and they are all pleased at the pdrses which are to be given.
 Sam Davis, general manager, an uounced that everything was in tip top shape and a banner opening day is anticipated. There are stable ac- commodations for an and many of the best horses which have been sent to the barrier and several who did not appear at Oaklawn will race at Essex.
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turning back the pages in the book and doping out the horses"
 When dopsters are in the midst Of their study" they refuse to come to the breakfast table and also leave word not to be disturbed. These men want to concentrate their minds on the horses--just like a seer-and their horse arguments are as interest- ing to them as the movement of tho various armies in the European con iict
 The dope hook 10 most of the turf. ties is like a tonic to sick person.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-20
ASKS INFORMATION
CONCERNING ROAD
sHEEMAN-SHER HIGHWAY OF
FIC1AL INQUIRIES ABOUT CON-
DrTION OF ROAD.
Plans to Use Road as a Means OF Tran5-
porting Freight Are Being Made
Road in Good Condition.

y letter was received yesterday hh
the Wheeling Commercial aS>n"AiI"h
from ". 7. Foley. secretary al ih'
Sherman Sheridan Highway aS$'"'lhti'n
mt Cinciunati.' asking far iui"rlnall"h
concerning til" road between her" AMI
that city. The highway HSS"riati"n -
gathering information which VIII u"
plarcd hrforr tn" public. telling If iii'
advantages "f transporting; Freight ~
way Of tn" road.
The communication further asked Tor
informal ion "f III" trucking lAHI!iti:%
here and some of thu products ~ nlan4-
facturerS that could liz Transported Ivy
auto trucks. II thu ::rh"ln" now on loot
is completed III" highway Will h" used
extensively ana VIII thus aid the rail
road freight congestion.
The Commercial nss"Ciaii"n imm"di-
atcly forwarded thu. desired inI"rmailnl.
The ShcrmHn-Sh sheridan highway con
meets Wheeling and Cincinnati VIA
GAINESVILLE. II will hr great h""Si l."
towns along the way when constructed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-20
SIDE TALKS
Those Living Books
Read Them!
II xUT CA1H1oX,

Did you ever think, as you saw some
white haired old lady. some white beard
ed old man sitting r1ustnS. while the
Younger life eddied and Swtrled about
them and set left them aloof. what
volume each one ts OF old romances ana
tragedies, and SORROWS outliTed anu
strange experiences. and fultiumenes
and disappointments!
Did YOU never wonder why We young
or folks talk to and OF ourselves ana
leave those precious volumes unopened:
Out OF the emptiness OF a few shall
low years we chatter.
We Henr out our few experiences by
telling them over and over. and exc out
our conservation with our ready opln-
IONS on things Of which we know so
li,tle that It In easy to DO positive
Why Do We Prefer M1ds Up Stortss7
And then VIC turn to books and mag
azines and read the stories that some
man spins out Of his brain-pale re-
Elections OF life.
While all tho ttme these living books
liz neglected on the shelf,
A little old lady In lavender dress
and a white and lavender jersey and
crowd OF silver white hair. started this
train of thought. She sat By the Tire
knitting for the soldiers. set apart from
the rest Of us in the double isolation OF
are and slight deafness.
We had boon chattertng the usual
chatter-our likes and dislikes in the
way Of food. our opinion OF the con-
servation program and how it was being
handled: n Red Cross argument: and
then somehow. one OF us happened TO
ask Madame how many children she had
had Six" she said. eight Of us used
:. sit down TO the table regularly.
Sometimes 7 Dread to Live And Xot-
Sh. has but two now and is Il Wild
,,w. That Thought in itself opened 81
vista. II sometimes find myself dread
my 70 live becnuS., sorrow uf som" kind
must come TO M. I have not had my
share. il nust h" waiting for IN" around
,he corr,,.r How shall I bear it? And
this woman has lived through all that
and yet her fac. is serene and not I'M
happy.
Again in answer to some questions
she told about her youngest baby who
died Hhan he was year and a day old.
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charter members Of rho clue. that they
be made liz. members. which WAS unan-
imnuSIy approved Th" members are
Mcsdnmcs Charles MORRISON Harry Mem
del. Katherine Kyle. 7. {. Eurk" and
Dent y. Taylor.
Tho drCurntinmr used tnr this most de-
lightful affair Of the year. w"r" pretty
in their patriotic simplicity. being con-
fined exclusively 10 American Flags and
drnpinGs uf Red. Whit" AMI Elite
The guests at yesterdays pleasure
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-20
ECONOMY MOVE

WASHINGTON. Dec. l9.--nrganiza-
ton of nm automobile dealers wnr serr-
ice committee to promote the more eco
nomical operation of selling agencies
and garages was decided upon "a; Il con-
ference hers today between A. ". Shaw
chairman Of the commercial economy
board Of the council of national defense
and representatives Of organizations "f
retail distributors.
1t was agreed thor" were many opp"r-
tllnIties for saving in Il business using
such larS" quantities OF gasoline, oils
and raw stock in repairs.
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NlCSUlanicS,

.'ICHNtk!ll'S-
II. MAYNARD KIM Russell Shelton.
bcrlpnd A. H. Murrir.
Carey II. Brown. John Henderson,
Malcolm RriCr, James *. Hunter.
t. W. Bates. l.. NJ. Stevenson,
May k"nncy Lewis. w. l.. Smith.
r. F. Faris, William Ncsbitt
G.. o. Magic. ]. VI. McFadden.
H. r. Best, H. O.. Branum.
Robert Groves. Crawford Booth.
Walter lhrichorSt. VIM. luimby.
r. NJ. Addlcman. Frank look.
w. r. Atwood. William kirbach.
Madame Pierre w. T.. Wolfe,
C'nrlrn. l.. J. Blodgett
II. hamburger. George BISHOP
q. J. Burklnnnon. Frank Stringer
Iuhu Arhcu2. Calvin Gruy.
Dean Unuklns. VIM n. Wilson,
q. +. Hopkins. W. IL. Shafcr,
". q. Alexander, Pnul Morrison.
+. puis, Blanche Dunlovy
George NeuinAn. Stecnr"d
NJ Y. Flood W. H. Hicks,
Y. r. iiaaESma. Harry MendeI.
Harold W. Becker. thaS. DoughertF'
i. w. Bryan. u. y. IhEior'
Charles Morrison, j. w. Bryan.
John y. Kyle. = /. CfriStlah'
charles Berry. +. y. Mahon'
Elmer Rcidcma". +. l.. F1crhhuGh
Misses:
I.ucIll. Hicks Jennie MCGOWAN,
El,zab"ih RuuEce, Mabel Hail.
Sarah Mrizuer. Dora Ncininger,
r.mIiv Shepherd. Bertha irons.
Helen CrickcnhCrg~r Miss FRANKLIN,
lrr. Elizabeth Kcay, Mary Kurncr-
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during tho past few months these boys
have hcon making all sorts OF clcverly
devised decorations for The Tree. The
progran Will begin at o'clock on Fri
day afternoon. and Will consist OF the
singing; of Christmas carols and appr"-
nrIate rc.itatinns. folk dances, and all
The merr!lncnt which usually attends
Gathering around u Community Christ
mas tree
The location selected is Thirty-tifth
street.
Christmas Music ut st. Lnfe'B
In St. Luilc's Episcopal church the
Christmas music will be heard or Sum
dav evening. December card. mt T:30
o'clock. This service will be "A departure
from the regular Christmas cantatR. ana
instead. the old traditional carols" Will
be sung by srlo voices AMI III ensemble
Tho Sunday school will also take
part in this service.
The program follows:
Organ Prelude ............... selected
Miss Nan Smith.
Hymn Professionalism the Herald
Angels Sing ............ Mcndolssnhn
Gloria in Excclsis. Old Chant
Cantnto Domino. ..-----.... HnmrhtFS
Bonum est.--.--.- --.--......-- Sm'th
Carols.
Away In n Manager. ............ Spillman
Sunday School
God Rest YOU Merry Licntl"men....
.:................. StRiner
Good King Wrucolas ......... .Strain"r
Solois;s--M;s@ Tutil". Miss lInll.
snprnnr$: Mr.. Miller, tenor; Mr..
Meyers. baritone: Mr. Ho"lzIe. tenor.
We Thrc" Kings Of Orient Are. Hopkins
Soluists-~Ar. Meyers representing
MrIichor: Mr.. MrCarty. representing
Caspar: Mr. H"elAi". representing
Raliha2ar. and chorus
The First NnwrIl-Traditl"nr! .Stnincr
choir and Sunday School.
Shepherds Shake the br"wsy Sleep.
go. 1900 '''.' '3'a'"'i
Miss AlcN1"rhen and Miss SOmervillr
What child Is This. ............S tainer
Misses L;tu" and Ewing and Choir.
Short Talks on Traditional Carols.
DR. HrittinEham.
! O Holy Might .......,,......... Adams
Miss Ni"eIui', T'igby and Choir.
Ofrrrt"ry Chorus from
the Messiah ................. Handel
Choir.
Recess inu:,l--lr H..mr Upon the Mid
night clear ................. Willis
Miss Nan Smith at the Organ.
Mr. Elmer i. llo"lZlr Music Director.
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Hort xs1u 0e1Am

Je~eIry Bargains a b~a L
Sons. Closing out sale to rSetro fem
business. % Eleventh street.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-20
BOY SCOUT NOTES

Every member OF the Boy Scouts in
this city is urgently requested to he II,
the y. II. G.. a. auditorium this eTen'h;
at 1870 for a rehearsal for the conlman-
i,y Christmas tree celebration SundaT
The boys who can sing will be trained
for the singing, and III" others Will Dc
Hlven instructions for usherinG. EFerF
Boy Scout Is needed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-20
Football Team Surprised

The football boys of III" wheeling
hiyh school wrrr d"ljGhtfuliy surprised
Yesterday when The girls Of the senior
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-20

Notice-All Roy Scouts who ara i"
take part in the farewell parade FOR The
drafted boys this afternoon are ordered
to report at the assembling place be-
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets
on Eoff at 12:l5 at noon. From there nc
boys will march to their place in line. y
large turnout of boys is desired. ana
every Scout who can will please b" "n
hand promptly.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-20

Several boys are still looking for w""I'
for Christmas. and Scott Executive
Portz wishes to got. in communicated
with merchants who need extra help s"r
the holiday rush.
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class presented each member with 4
duinty Christmas box, found to contain
stuffed dates.
Coaches Brooks and Calvin. and Cap
thin Simpson. did the honors for the
team IN their speeches Of thanks. Be-
fore the happy group dispersed. pic
ture of the football team was taken.