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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-09

The first and third lasem-n would bo
enabled 10 play closer to the plate for
hunt, but nj the same time tn" batter
would have five feet less to run In order
70 reach fret safely The pitcher would
be able TO watch runners on first and
third more closely. ss the bases would
he trine In front Of him instead OF
at right angles as they are at present,
Same Since ts%6.
There has been no change In the shape
or measurements Of the baseball diamond
since lst5 when the rules were made to
read that the distance between first and
third bases and home plate and second
base must be forty.t~o PAGES There
has been considerable discussion as TO
just what PAGES" meant. hut the gem
orally accepted inference Ia that pace
IN equivalent TO a yard. In order to clear
1858 to read that the diamond must be a
square every side Of which measured
ninety feet
Decreasing the width OF the home pls te
would naturally Give the pitcher less lee.
way for the manipulation OF his curves
and shoots. At the present time the piate
Ia seventeen inches wide and y two or
rubber the hurler would have TO come
nearer growing the ball In ORDER 10
reeister q called strike and the halter
would have less area to protect while
waiting for a ball that suited his idca oi
what ne could hit safely.
Changes In the size and form of the
homo plate have been more frequent than
alterations 30 the playing diamond. For
some years previous to 1900 tho plate
was a twelve Inch square no placed that
one angle pointed directly At the pitcher
and the greatest width was seventeen
inches from tho points that would be
Represented by first and third bases On
the larger diamond In 1900 the square
plate measuring seventeen inches acros,
The base; s,s 1nches on the aides and
twelve inches on the two ansies thai
!. foen tise, point which suli faces tb'
pitcher as he deiiy ers the ball.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-09

Syndicate
ssVv, ELL, Uncle wiggily. what 10
Nv sssS sss.y 'a!". .:s.a s' A'sss: sr:s to ,.s: .s:
w Fuzzy wusIy. the muskrHt
lady housekeeper OF the rabbit gentle
man, 90 ne started awny from his hollow
stump bungalow one morning
.,..s "TSs,. ,.,s', !; no telling" answered tho
NO. ! suppose not" agreed Nurse
Jane. But you have had some queer
adventures Of late meeting Slnbad the
Sailor. snd tho other Arabian NIGHTS
u, 10 odd. but It's real jolly" laughed
q them scdsy. j, T a. much fun a.
WSsnsr 0eose." and wHS . wave Of his
tai ellis bat 10 Nurse Jane, of ne hopped
ever the ield, and thrcagh the woods.
hsioes. iust q he came 10 !. place whsv.
4, tfSA bad fallen down, mailing . esod
place 10 cit and rest. there the rabbit
6AM 4 queer .iooking man.
Well. u there Isn't smother of those
SrS.n rsx S'ss: ara.r SnAps No f,c';,@sd TS: x:
man had a long, black beard on his
Ne had on rrd leather boots that came
all the way ~ his legs and ho had on
2 turean. which !: sort Of hat, mado
pa ~ so,',ns assss, TSsssn ,nam so~s' arou"d your
"a "xh.m" en-. escsimeS uncl. wirr,,y.
and the man looked up quickly. His Taco
ss' g W very z; A. and ~he" no saw tho bun
~ yeHdsr q you could help me to-"
ry. IT rs roast bsef or baked po-
tetoee or rice pudding or anything like
thst you want me 20 heip you 10 I'm
afrsId ! can't. a. there isn't any herc,
.Ch, don't want anything IKE that
ssie tns BLACK. bearded man, DO YOU
bunny. u have met net sInbsa he SAILOR, ",
Aladdin and his wonderful iamp. and
Iupted the black. whishefsd man. bvt not
mpoa,'ss'l ,!sa ss'lnA.s fSS''; e. In mns': IVY W!rrE
'o s.s only ne os.r Se ass az SsAs .S.rxms; 8. xS
told me how hind you were 70 him. As
10 going To- send your alyshiV. tAek seqn." |"
There 10 no hurry. saId VAS nbbit
gentleman But ! don't seem to know
vi am All B.ba Of the Forty rhI.vss, 9
waa the answer.
!k!,yssi" ss:psS Uncle wIssiiy' "rhssN
shat's \ good many. lsn', M;.
,r,s.I AZ sV%: %.ss folks %!sh hSs thin, ,Ss, 30 an n
buoy. You may have heard & us| h %Ss
ashed. Ques,icnInsly.
oh, yes" snswsred Uncle Wlesiiy
,ycV nSed N . cave. ths rocky dccs b
which s&uns 10 and fro when you said
ana H. cav, sc ~. 70: MI TYss'S - 10 sSy:s ~
diamonds and jrweiry and q man feSnS
out how. 10 get IN and took soHs of yOuI
eold and your forty thieves veva beljSS
In c!l cr oiled IN boil, ! forgot which !"
With. q sigh. u vas mt ike captain 81
The hand, but ths man who found oul
The secret of'th cave. Hut were moi
Forty Thlevcs any lsNssv ,llN fact. IN
.fCr,ss 9uly.., instead d rh'svesr
"Essciiy," psid An Baba. Ian IN.
- - :; y " y; ;s::.ss: !: sd 81 81 81,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-09
@I6RKTRES

Social ssttiement work In the factory
district Of . city forms the basis Of the
House Built Upon Sand" Triangle Pho:
wsdnssday, Lillian Dish appeare a. .
social butterfly who weds q fantory
asannse. snd u scvc~A into charity work
Thursday the Empveas will offer Frank
Keenan, and Enid AAsklcy In Jim 0rigGs
Boy"
Fe,ly.
Cleo Madison, beautiful, emotional
Biueblrd star appears In her most Law
ish production. BLACK orchIds" at the
Folly today and tomorrow In connection
with four excellent hntsgos variety
features-es good hill as Manager
Powell has provided for hts patrons this
are proving popular and are drawing ca
Liberty.
-Four excellent vaudeville features are
appearing At tho Liberty the first half
Of this week In connection With Ches
.fans..m" .s %T' f.s,uri~S the program pro 1 y
Perkins Hlckvllie hand 10 the feature
vaudeville attraction, enrolling eleven
finished comedy musicians. The pro-
gram In tho hrgest ever to appear a,
the Liberty.
Majestic.
Crane Wilbur appears today at tho
Majestic In The Wasted Year," q
wonderful exposition Of his ability 10
express feeling and character on tho
sereen. Also L-Ko comsdy,. 'On the
Trail Of the Lonseoms p4ll" Thsda
nara In "Dold and tho Woman" Il the
FOX feature for Friday,
g ptsam,sNd.
The Millionaire Baby" featuring
Grace DeArmond leads Drtamlsnd'p
nins.rcel program today and wednesday.
The Capture" chapterthree Of The
Purple Mssk,' featuring Grace Cunard
and Francis Ford. II better than ever this
wsss sop,.,.. M.fry Il. ~i," fS: s"Is:,:
detective star souvenir will be given
away 10 AL children attending perfor.
mances today and tomorrow.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-09
10 switch his program. conserving his
natural energies for next April

TO switch hi. program conrerying his
natural energies for rert April
usrs vagro, an r,o,o aro,ns 90 p,.,
Ap'N' w
sArt pit'hing before l'Ie
Percy Haughton and n number of 9th
rndoubtodIv mo.tcr.d "a. ,r.ds This
preval.nce Of the de,ens. is tho one
weakness in IN. nlaving .ec,ion ~ the
game. for hard hlt,ing moi onIv makes
Tor a more snectacuIar a,,,cL b,,, aj.o
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-09
'Strangler' Lewis
Defeats kervaras

LOS ANGELES. Cal, Jan. edwin
(Rtranglsr) Lewis. Kentucky heavy
weight wrestler. defeated Gus kervaras.
at the Los Angeles Athletic club here
last night IN a rough match. Lewis won
tho first fall on a foul. Kervaras knesinG
Lewis and refusing to break a strHnGle
hold on his opponent until the referee. had
called for police aid.
Lewis picked Kervaras up In the sec
ond round AFTER twenty -eight seconds
wrestling. held him high and threw him
10 tho floor on his head. Kervarss was
stunned and Lewis pinned his shoulder,
10 tho mat Kervaras was unconscious
for about ten minutes,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-09
FUNSTON INSPECTING
TROOPS ON BORDER

TUCSON, Arir, Jan. o,-Maj. Gen.
Frederick Funston. commanding the
southern department u. S. A., arrived
here early today from Yuma and
planned to leave tonight for Nogales
to inspect the troops stationed there
lie will leave Nogales Wednesday
morning, proceeding by rail 10 Fair.
bank from which place he will trave,
by automobile to Douglas.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-09
Salaries of Boston
Players Not Cut

BOSTON. Jan 9.-Harry II. Frfe,
president Of tho Boston American leaGue
& sebal club. announced that there were
no reductions In the salaries OF regular
players contained In the new contracts
which were sent out today. Ruth. shore
and Agnsw arc the only members OF the
club at present under contract.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-09
Greenleaf Winner In
First Billiard Block

DAVENPORT. Iowa. Jan. Ralph
won the first block Of the 40 point bill
lizard match here last night from Tom
Huston. former xYha mpion. by 4 score
OF 1853 TO loi Gfeenlesf secured high
run Of -. while Huston's high figure was
2s. The game was played In % innings.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-09
Mf2$5E9RT]L{jGHT 3 !!;Z][:!;!jS;

TO show how talent viii at times concen-
trate
Poole on certain occasion, coming to
a l5O.ysrd hole al Allston. dropped the
ball into the cup for a I. trine later.
playing the course with friend, he
came to the same hole II Is needless
10 say that Pool" narrated the incident
OF his first holins out from the tee in
one shot Having finished the MARIA
tion, the two golfers playsd from the tee
and Poole duplicated his /,
Nou can ftgur. ont the mathematical
possibilities against this, hut they 20 too
much farther into the billions than We
can count
The Worlds Shortest Drive.
on--yr fuAsc- will the gbm 2i3 u l22
Ever hear NJ the worlds shortest drive
Ia golf Hanna sends us the details
from the Kansas city country club,
where the classic event took place.
dub player took a mighty swing az
the tee. and as dnbs win looked up 10
see the flight Of his hall. He didnbt zee
II and turned TO hts caddy with Where d
It so, caddy? Did you see ~"
The csddys wits had been wool gath
ering. but he tried TO bluff II out. "surc
I saw It," he said II went over there.
vince his man that II was lost. and az
he and his player we're kicking around In
the grass there came voice from the
tee they had just left. Hey" yelled
the voice, which was that OF ployci
following on. lis this your ball!'
Back 10 the tee went the player ant
| his. esAdy, and suro enough. there wal
his ball, all teed up as he had fixed II
He never had hit n when he swung. bu
he didn't know that. and his caddy. no
on the job. took II for granted that ih'
ball had been driven
| That boding hush which has faller
upon the landscape Ia merely the van
shed uproar from Sir Benjamin kaun 4
| year ago Benny was overlOadinx tn,
spotlight and rcsoundinE up and dowi
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-09
GERMAN STEEL OUTPUT
BREAKS ALL RECORDS

WASHINGTON. Ian. 9--Dc,pne the
war Germany Is producing more steel
than ever before. according 10 reports
10 the depsttment Of commerce. A pro,
duction Of i.<2J,jSS tons in October e,.
tablished . new record, For the ten
months .endine In October the cutpu,
wee lAj1eAlo teus ~. 80
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-09
Racing Program For !
Berlin Is Approved

BERLIN. Jan. s.-The authorities havl
announced their sanction OF the 1917
racing program for Berlin, comprielng
seventy -four days at five tracks larger
number Of horses than before will appear
during tho third war season. II 10 ~.
pected. because the daily program ~
been increased to eight instead Of ssvGD
races. 4
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-09

Two Creeds.
The world at large would only know
Tho rank which you attain below.
We're you the victor Of the day?
Or yanqushed In some hard fought fray ?
Or Jagged before the Fates red wrath
Victor or VanquIshed? How YOU fought
Or strove or struggled. worked or
wrought.
Counts naught before the worlds raw
creed
which only crowns those who succeed.
Victor or vapgushed. In the gloom
The laurel withers on the tomb
World plaudits - on the far winds
tossed
Are hushed where where nerveless hands
lie crossed:
The cheering sweils and then there
comes
The monody OF muffied drums;
But when at last we track the night
or death to face the further Hight
That waits beyond the only test
That lives 10 this-"He gave his best
We notice where some promoter IL vii
ling to offer Sl20. 000 for WillsrdCar-
pcniier battle We take Il the offer viii
stand until the day Carpenter leaves the
trenches and starts for America.
In the same liberal spirit We hereby
offer a purse OF $500. 900 for a tsn-round
contest between the kaiser and Lloyc
George, at catch weights,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-09
The Record Coincidence.

WHAT'S the worlds record cotncidince
In sport. In our opinion, Colone, William
II. Hanna, golfer. tourist and scribe. has
discovered the answer The story In
Question--and II Is a true one-is built
around Fred Poole. Poole In the old Yale
cat cher In the days Of Stsgg. whom Poole
handled back OF the bat. Tho Yale star
used TO play golf on tho Allnton course.
In Boston, now the home Of the Braves.
which Ia neither here nor there. except
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-09
lIKIFW6dN
AmHlShEIS

uncle WISELY and All ssba.

Copyright. 1917. by Mcclure Newspaper
synAicateD
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-09-01
ABOUT PAINTINGS.
The Great Value of Letting a Child
Amuse Himself.

The Great Value of Letting Child
Amuse Himself.
Prepared by the Kansas state board of
health.l
Play material of a sort which best
pleases children is at hand in nearly
every home. The baby often finds
more pleasure in a string of empty
spools or few clothespins than In the
rattles and balls which have come from
an expensive toyshop. As the child
grows articles and materials at hand
will, If properly utilized, give the great
est joy. All sorts of paper may be used
for folding and cutting or for scrap
books. Magazines furnish a wealth of
pictures to cut out or to paint.
Wooden boxes make stores, doll
houses and forts, while chairs and ia
bles readily become horses. steam
boats, stages and a thousand other
things by the use of a little magma
tion. Old cotton cloth torn into two
inch strips and sewed together end to
end will make yards of reins, enough
to drive the coach and four which is
so easily created out of the dining room
chairs.
When toys are to be bought or made
for children they should be the mate
rial out of which the child may con-
struct his own amusements rather than
something which he is merely to watch.
1t is a well known fact that many Of
the expensive mechanical toys are dis
carded after a brief acquaintance or
ruined in the attempt to find out what
makes them go, because the child
wants to do something rather than to
be amused or entertained. Among the
mechanical toys, however, railroads
and trains Of all sorts have perennial
Joy for all small boys, because, with the
tracks In sections and the different
kinds of cars and engines, they are
able to construct their own systems &C
cording to their own ideas.
Toy figures and toy dogs, cats and
other animals lend themselves readily
to many uses. ALI sorts Of vehicles,
such as wagons, carts, tricycles and
carriages, garden tools, small brooms
and carpet sweepers and all sorts of
articles for doll housekeeping are
adapted to play in which the magma
tive element is most important. Books
and drawing, sewing, writing and
building materials all have their place,
and many Of these are at hand in every
home.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-09-01
WEBS IN THE GRASS.

This morning while l was walking
In the field 1 saw in the grass the tents
ola bold robber band.
thought / heard Mrs. Fly say as
she flew by me: There are those spi-
der webs stretched out on the grass.
Well. the spiders won't catch me this
time. 1t was very kind Of Fairy Dew
drop to sprinkle the webs with drops
Of water so that we may see them and
keep out of trouble"
But as it got warmer the drops were
drunk up by the hot sun and went sail
ing up into the sky to make clouds.
Then unless you had sharp eyes and
looked closely you could not see the
lacey tents, which were, after all, traps
in which the sly spider hoped to catch
dinner, breakfast and tea
One spider caught a little brown
skipper butterfly. AS soon as he felt
the web shake from the struggles Of
the insect up he darted through his
funnel shaped stairway and pounced
upon the butterfly.
Once big brown wasp came buzzing
across the garden and In flying too
near the ground struck spiders web.
The minute the spider saw what he
nad caught he was so frightened he
was most ready to run downstairs
again, but he feared for his precious
web. 1t had taken a whole hour to
spin it.
So the spider hurried to the edge of
the web and began cutting away the
threads that held the prisoner.
In a minute the wasp was free and
dropped to the grass Soon he was
able to fly away, and then the spider
came out of his hole and mended the
broken web.
But the little dewdrops that had gone
up to the sky and joined the nice big
clouds must have told tales, for after
awhile the clouds rolled over the sky
till the sun was hidden. and host of
big raindrops came pattering to the
ground
They battered at the spider webs till
they were torn TO bits, and the spiders
crawled away into holes under stones
or in the ground. waiting for the rain
to stop.
And. of course, there was no supper
for the spiders and no breakfast the
next day, for it kept right on raining.
But as tomorrow promises to be
sunshiny day perhaps you may notice
whether they have set their traps again
in the grass.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-09-01
Delicious Salad Dressing,

Dainty and oriental in flavor Is a
salad dressing made with white wine
vinegar, one-half cupful Of vinegar
boiled with two tablespoonful Of sug-
ar, one-half stick cinnamon, five cloves.
Chill this sirup on ice and when quite
cold pour in, drop by drop, one-half
cupful best grade Of olive oil. Beat
Il while mixing and continue until II
assumes a creamy appearance. When
done add a pinch of salt and a liberal
supply of Hungarian paprika; no black
pepper.
This strip should be so finely blend
ed that no flavor predominates. Do
not have 1t too sweet Use it on veg
etables or fruit salads. Save the Juice
left over, provided youihave served 1t
from large dish instead Of individual
dishes, and the flavor Of fruit or veg
etables makes richer the oil, which can
be used in potato salad or deviled eggs
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-09-01
LATEST MODES.
New Autumn Frocks
Even Have Names.

1t is not difficult to make a snap
prophecy at what the new French
gowns will incorporate as special fea-
lures when one hears some of their
names.
Kerensky and Pershing are the
names to be giyen to two new coats;
Brusilof, Verdun, Petain, Victoire and
LouFain are others, and among these
it is rather interesting to see Peter Pan
and La Tnsca.
1t is said that the highlander's cos
tune Is still source Of delightful in
SEPARATION to the French designers, and
that they will not relinquish the idea
Of plated skirts, checks and tartan
plaids, curious shoulder draperies and
short, belted jackets.
Another bit of information about the
new fashions concerns the Innings of
coats. Last spring the French intro
duced colored linen as a substitute for
silk In the jackets that belonged to
suits. This autumn they will intro
duce corduroy. A buyer who has just
returned from Paris says that this
corduroy is called a trench lining, but
one who is fed up with stories Of
the trenches and their communicating
roads might say that the name cordu-
roy indicated the road over which the
"trenchers" have to come and 60.
One is quite sure that France will
adopt something from the uniforms Of
our army, to which she has been CIV
ing such happy approval during the
month. The milliners will have an eX-
cellent chance in the picturesque hat
which our troops wear, and one has
already arrived in this country made
Of satin and velvet. 1t may be, how
ever, that the American woman is too
familiar with the staggering brim and
punched In crown to warrant an ex-
pensive milliner making an appeal
with 1t to her purse.
No doubt the Frenchwomen will
adopt the hat with enthusiasm. Sure
~ the milliners will find an easier sale
for the attractive and rollicking hat of
the United States troops than they did
for the French marine cap and the
queer hat of the Grenadier guards.
The poncho, the sombrero and the
Pershing overcoat may become rivals
Of the Russian boot. the Cossack cap
and the Algerian skirt.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-09-01
PHILIPPINE EMBROIDERY.
IL ls Supplanting the French, Being
Both Pretty and Cheap.

At last women are discovering the
beauty of Philippine embroidery. That
statement is hardly true, for they have
known of the beauty of Philippine en-
broidery for years. But the Philippine
women have been embroidering gar
ments that could not possibly be trans
formed to suit American demands.
There is some tale that the Filipino
women, when they were taught to wear
our clothes, asked for American pat
terms. That happened to be in the day
when the never to be forgotten but
never lamented Mother Hubbard was
In the height of its power. Hence the
Filipinos were given, it is said, a
Mother Hubbard pattern. And that
has remained the foundation pattern Of
their shapeless costume ever since.
In the same way, when the Filipino
women first began to do embroidery
for the Americans must have been
some time shortly after the close Of
the Spanish war-just when American
women were wearing their first Sim
gerie waists" They were white
blouses in their least attractive form
with high, tight collars, and they fas-
tened down the back. And so the Fill
Pine women have since then been CIV
ing us "waist patterns" nicely en-
broidered, to be sure, but one and all
cut on those old fashioned lines-nnes
that could not be reconciled with the
present mode.
Recently somebody with clothes
sense must have gone down to the
Philippine Islands and told somebody
there that American women changed
their mode of dress with the passing
years. For recently there have been
wholly wearable garments, hand en-
broidered by the Philippine women.
cut on fashionable lines.
There is really very attractive under
wear embroidered in the Philippines
It is cheaper than the French work,
and It Is equally attractive, although it
is different. Let us all be grateful to
the enterprising soul who changed the
current Of Filipino industry from
those endless and useless blouses that
came in just after American acquisi-
ton Of the islands.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-09-01
Autumn Colors.

Already Paris is busy planning fall
fashions. and the very first thing to be
decided is the question of colors. so
that manufacturers of materials may
set to work. After that there will be
time enough to arrange about styles
and silhouettes.
Decidedly rusty Is the shade that
promises to be most fashionable next
fall 1t Is called rouille. which. in fact.
means rust.
There are two rust shades, both red
dish brown. but one very much bright
er than the other. All the new grays
are metallic grays-nOthing so soft as
smoke.
Silver, nickel. gun metal and iron
gray are represented. There is plati-
mum gray. too. and there is pewter.
Even aluminium gray is not forgotten.
Quite appropriately for autumn time,
the new green's are called duck greens.
and the browns are known as pheasant
browns. Most Of the new blues are
called army blue. and the shades num-
Der as many as there are kinds OF blue
uniforms In the world. or course the
choice Of Paris Is the French uniform
blue.