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Where Burgoyne Gave Up.
Scene OF the Crowning Episode OF
the Rattle Of Saratoga.

TO THE NEW YORK HERALD: Most
tramps would be likely to find the jour-
ney from Saratoga to schuylerville as
unrcalizable a dream as was the French
peasants desire to see Carcassonne.
The village. hid away In the hills OF
northern New York. is an old fash
toned village Of one street, ancient
houses. n church built after the model
of Colonial times. and a monument mat
may be seen for miles.
For the average automobilist II has no
attractions for hungry tramp 1t may
have many practical drawbacks. But 10
a student OF history it has the lure OF
lena or Austerlitz for a Frenchman or
OF Gettysburg for Union soldier The
village where Burgoyne gave UP his
aword after the rout Of his Hessians at
Freeman's farm and Beinis Heights Is
surely marked for distinction. To reach
n IN time to retreat on n sure base Of
supplies was one tramp's amusement
the sheer Joy of nn idle summer day.
A bus runs on schedule from Saratoga
20 this quiet village. bus Is tramp's
cheap and quick method OF locomction.
ror n hurried tramp II is the practical
thing and Il is much easier than walking.
though less informing. But the bus had
gone and with II hope for after con-
suIting the owner OF a Ford eedan for
hire. the owner OF q high power touring
car. and at last the most attractive lode
stone for q tramp in the person Of coun-
.r-n.sn oyt at the elbows and dreaming
Of business in an ancient two seated
vavon-as extrahazardous as the won
derful one hoss shay on the anniversary
of ia hundredth birthday---as he held
the lines over n lean horse noddins
s,eepily on Broadway. nothing was
clearer than that Saratoga was prohteer-
Ing with warlike persistence and that
tramp was poor picking.
SO in ap!te Of fatigue the path worn
by cautious travellers through the bur-
dock and ragweed by the roadside tc
AVOID utter annihilation by motor car
speeders had It's attractions. l took u
! 10 the outskirts of the city Tferc ar
ancient countrywoman was tuckng @
cake of soap she had just purchased at a
crossroads store-albcit 1t was Sunday
in the box OF her one seated shay. Ap.
preaching her + asked II she was going
tc schuylervIIle. She didn't look up but
answered doggedly that she ''bc goin' tc
Gravel HILL"
would you like 70 have a good iooliine
tramp for company?'
The slowing OF the cake Of soap los
interest She looked up and scrutinizet
mc critically Apparently did mo-
measure up to her anticipation OF per.
sonal attractiveness, for she climbed into
her wagon without comment. ] kept hel
III sight as her jogging nag slowly drc'E
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WOMEN ORGANIZE FOR
ARMAMENT LIMITATION
Will Begin Work With Meet.
ing Next Wednesday.

Following neeting Of it's nominat-
Ing and organizing committees. Miss
Ruth Morgan announced yesterday the
formation OF the New York Council for
Limitation Of Armament. which Is made
up Of women's organizations, State and
city. Miss Morgan is chairman, and
the vice-chairmen are Mrs. willard D.
Straight. Mrs. Thomas Wells and Mrs.
II. Edward Dreier. In addition to these
officers the executive board includes
Mrs. George A. Skinner. Miss Mary
Dreier, Mrs. Gordon Norrie and Mrs.
Ella A. Boole. The treasurer Is Willard
d. King and the assistant treasurer
Miss Virginia ,Furnan.
The council has opened headquarters
at s East Forty-fifth street. Mary
Childs Nerney Is executive secretary.
The council will launch It's work next
Wednesday, when 1t will hold an all
day speakers class at the National
Board of the Y. w. c. A.. 600 Lexing-
ton avenue.
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WOMEN'S LUNCHEON IN
AID or HONEST ELECTION
Mrs. Selden Bacon and Mr..
C.. E. Hughes, Jr., to Speak.

Women interested In various social
and civic activities will meet ut lunch
con tomorrow in the Colony Club
through the courtesy Of Mrs. John L.
Pratt and Mrs. Charles l.. Tiffany. Mrs.
Seiden Bacon and Mr.. Charles e.
Hughes. Jr., will urge the necessity for
insuring an honest election. Mrs. Min
turn Pinchot will preside. The meeting
is to be under the auspices of the Hon
est Ballot Association. The speakers
will emphasize the importance of wom-
ems service as watchers at the polls on
election day to safeguard the sanctity
OF the ballot.
Reservations for the luncheon have
been made by Mrs Edward Mcviclar
Mrs. Arthur II. Scribner, Mrs. Francis
MacNeil Bacon, Mrs. De witt Clinton
Falls. Mrs. Edward s. Hardness, Miss
Mabel Choate, Mrs. Charles Stewart
Smith, Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee, Mrs
August Hetkscher, Mrs. Richard L.
Beckwith. Mrs. John r. Rousmaniere
Mrs. Francis Dana Winslow. Mrs Percy
X. Hudson, Mrs. Edward NJ House,, Mrs
William Bayard Cutting, Mrs. George
3. Agnew, Mrs c. Temple Emmet. Mrs
William Alfred Perry, Mrs. William H.
Hyde and Mrs. John II. Janeway.
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mAss was seeking the highest poIIt-

MANN was seeking the highest polit-
ical honors of his country. There
are few men whose names are better
known in Germany. His extreme in
dependence in the past and his free
dom OF expression in governmental
matters several times brought him
into a clash with the Hohenzollerns.
He championed the cause Of the
people rather than that of the priv
ileged classes in some Of his most
read works, and though he has
grown in wealth from the success OF
HIS writings and his dramatic works
he never forgot that his grandfather
was q weaver or that his father was
hotel keeper.
He shared with SUDERMANN the
distinction of being looked upon as
prophet in his own country and of
having fame that reached over its
border. He was above all "a harder
working man than a peasant" as he
once expressed it. KAUFMAN ia
admired by the German "intellec-
tuals" and he is immensely liked by
the German people. On the face of
1t there appears no man whose per-
sonal popularity Is greater and no
man, If properly groomed and ad.
vised for the race, who might draw a
heavier vote.
J Why Herr KAUFMAN so promptly
punctured his own political boom
may be laid to an understanding Of
the conditions confronting him.
What Germany most needs as a
leader is man of action, not a man
who has spent most OF his life In the
seclusion of the study with his books
for companions. Besides, the brief
administrative career Of his Italian
brother in letters D'ANNUNzro must
have convinced him that the ways Of
the poet and the politician lie far
apart.
But in spite Of his denial Of politi-
cal ambitions the suggestion Of his
name for public service in Office is
still heard in Germany, where men
anxiously seeking leadership are not
to be diverted by the mere announce
ment that the object of their desire
has no ambition for public place. 1t
sometimes happens that the necessity
| for denial imposed by circumstan noes
on men. HAS opened the door through
which those honestly devoted to pri-
vate life have been forced into po-
litical place.
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Quick California Mails.
Another Evidence Of the Improved
Postal Service.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Aftei
reading In your paper Of October the
experience OF "E. 7. c." with the inn
proved postal service wish also TO add
that my New YORK HERALD is delivered
to me daily by mail at Carmel. Cal,
within five days OF its issue at New
York city.
THE NEW YoRK HERALD OF October 4,
1891. received at Carmel the afternoon
OF October s. This Is exceptionally good
service as Carmel is more than sixteen
miles from the main line Of the Southern
Pacific Railroad and Ave additional miles
by stage from Monterey, our nearest
railroad station. We all appreciate here
very much this splendid service.
c. II. YATES.
CARMEL, Cal. October 8.
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The First Amonnsro.

To THE NEW sYoRG HERALD: It Is not
a matter Of very great Importance
whether the excellent strakosch AIDA
performance was Incompatible OF
whether The undersigned considers Mr.
Gatti-Casazza's magnificent. but for the
sake of accuracy permit me TO point on,
20 Mr.. Livingood that Mr.. Del Puente
was not the Amomasro OF the first per.
formance. given In February. 1874. the
part being superbly sung and acted by
the great artist who is still among us
Victor Maurcl. JACQUES MAYER
STATEN ISLAND, October Is.
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Copyright, 1921, by TIE NTw York HuaaLD
New York Herald Bareau.
Paris. Oct. 10.
Miss Florence b. Kane. an American
sculptor. is visiting at Alx-les- Bains
until her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Brcvoort Kane OF New York, arrive tc
spend the winter in the Riviera.
Mrs. S. Barton French. who remained
in Paris to attend the wedding of the
Princess xenia and Mr.. William b
Leeds. has opened her villa In the Riviera
for the winter.
Miss Miriam T. Fenno Of Boston. who
has been engaged In relief work in the
scissors area since February, will re-
turn home In November with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Brooks Fenno.
Lady Gerard Lowther. who was Miss
Edith Blight of Philadelphia. and her
daughter. Miss Edith Lowther. who have
been stopping at the Hotel vouillemont,
intend to pass the winter in. southern
France and Switzerland.
Miss Maria Sermolino OF Miss Ammo
Morgan's Committee for Devastated
France is visiting Rome before return
ing to New York In November.
Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston has
arrived at the Ritz from Berlin and will
remain a fortnight.
NJ. and Mrs. Edward Everett Of Bos-
tor are stopping at Biarritz. where they
will remain a month before sailing for
Irdia.
Miss Cornella Ripley of Boston, who
has been passing the summer in Tou-
raine. has returned to her apartment r.
Paris
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Presley Of Wash
ington, d. c., who have been spending
several months at Carlsbad. now are in
Dresden and will sail for America at the
end of the month. He formerly was In
the United States consular service in
European cities.
Mrs. Walter v. Cotchett. wife Of the
American Military Attache and mother
of Mrs. J. Frank Eddy. Is spending a
month In Venice and Florence.
Mr.. George w. Caldwell Of New York
has returned to the Hotel Continental
after business tour in Spain and Portu-
gal.
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The Amateur Mechanic.

I am not rich. my modest pay
Can barely fend the wolf away.
/ hire man the lawn to NOV
And in the winter shovel snow.
I've. got a husky yokei. too.
The kitchen garden work to do.
And one to stoke the furnace when
The mercury drops down to ten.
Another strapping youth keep
The porches and garage to sweep,
And still another one to feed
And tend my hens of fancy breed,
And also one to do the chores
AZ night and morning out Of DOORS
For thus find that have far
More time to tinker with the car.
MINMA IRVING.
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Hsuptmann Not a Politician.

The German poet and playwright
GErHARr HAUPTMASY acknowledges
that he is no politician and then sets
about to prove his assertion by say
ing that he Is not going to run
for the German Presidency because
he IS utterly inexperienced in prac-
tical politics and has no desire for q
better acquaintance"
The reason for this statement is
the frequent and very persistent re-
port from Berlin that Herr HAUpT.
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her to crossroad, where she left the
highway and disappeared 2.

her to a crossroad, where she left the
highway and disappeared. 2.
Four miles out of Saratoga was
hailed. 1t was by the chauffeur of an
old car, a 1908 model which. like a book
out Of print, is rarely seen. He had two
passengers on IT. one seat. His, hands
were rough as was his apparel. But
his heart was on the right side OF his
body-the heart Of tho countryside.
Hop aboard I'll take you's far's be
goin' your way" Then with the caution
Of his kind after coupling the links IL
his chain OF reasoning. he asked: 'Isen
to the track?'
told him that had ard he exclaimed
to his companions with a hearty laugh
'By gosh. I told you SO. Believe me,
know jest how he feels!"
$50 they walk after a nloet at Sara
toga just as they do from Belmont Park
and Aqueduct?' l asked.
"You oct they dot They been't aole
here any more than down city way to
ngger with the ponies"
He dropped me at the bridge over Fish
Creek. the outlet to Saratoga Lake and
a historic waterway at the battle OF Sar-
atoga, and pursued my way afoo'
through Grangerville. where youth ir
a flivver offered me lift. got aboard
wondering how many people in Saratoga
county had sympathetic feeling for q
fellow who loses his money at the track
! wanted to quiz him about the races.
But he was reluctant to discuss the
subject. Then recognized him as the
youth had seen at the track the day
before who was audibly bewaillne on the
grand stand his Ill luck. excla inning that
he couldn't make any money at tho races
Sympathy is great virtue. and mistak-
ing the nature OF fnans misfortune
sometimes Is not amiss. The youth
stopped before brick hotel In the
village and got down. Unlike the
French peasant had reached my Carca-
some, but unlike his it was not a city
where
One ga=es there on castle walls
As grand as those OF Babylon.
a Bishop nnd two Generals.
II was just Schuylerville. o New Yorl
village amid rolling hills in q peaceful
country. Obscure. forgotten by many
FREQ born citizens. unknown to aliens but
not unsung. Il has had, like Carcaeonne
it's two Generals. Fame has marked Il
for this DOING hamlet records the crown
Ing episode OF the battle OF Saratoga II
Is the spot where a proud British Con.
erai IN n rcsplendent scarlet uniform
gave up his sword TO slouchy com.
mander wearing tho shabby dress OF til.
army of the Continental Congress.
G FfHpLAY SAcKErT.
SUMMIT, ". j.. October 10.
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The Cheapest Sen Carrier.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD The
tramp steamer owned by corporation
the shares of which are owned by ship
builders and their employees. exporters
and importers and their employees. the
captain and other officers and employees.
can be and has been the cheapest carrier
known.
Our merchant marine seems 20 require
good captains. good ship brokers. less
Government interference and more NOR
camille support.
AMERICAN.
FrrruoLp. ". j., October 15.
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The Issue in Germany.

To THE New YORK HERALp: The let
ter from S. Miles Bouton. dated Berlin.
September 10. gives light on the present
attitude OF the German mind and should
receive wide and careful consideration in
our country
The world struggle to-day is between
the ideals of Abraham Lincoln and those
OF Karl Marx. u. d. AUSTIN.
New Yonx, October 90.
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Saratoga Battlefield.

1t was on October IT, 1777, that
the ambitious and strategically sound
plan Of Lord HOWE and General BUR
GoYNE to separate New England from
the other colonies by establishing a
line OF British occupation from Can
ada through Albany and thence down
the Hudson came to a sensational
end in the surrender Of BURGoYNE's
army to the Americans under GATES
at what is now Schuylerville, in Sara
toga county.
Above the spot where this capitu-
lation was made n lofty monument
stands. In the distance are Free
mans farm and Bemis Heights,
where the fighting took place. On
the four sides Of the monument are
iecesses for four statues. Three Of
them are filled. They hold the eff
gies of GATES, SCHUYLER and MORGAN.
The fourth is not occupied. 1t never
will be. 1t Is at once a lasting me-
mortal to the gallantry and services
Of one who did much for his country
and an enduring reproach to his
treason. In this now vacant space
would stand the statue of BENEDICT
ARNOLD, who earned much and for
feited all; the man who could sup
port the agony of wounds, unper-
turbed face death In the wilderness
and in the field, but could not with
stand the impulses of thwarted am
bition or curb the promptings of a
vengeful spirit.
The field of the fighting which
sealed the fate of BURGoYNE's expe-
dition is intelligently preserved and
marked. Patriotic societies and in
dividuals have erected stones with
suitable Inscriptions to guide visitors
in folloHing the progress of the en-
gagen1ents. Some of the structures
which were used in the battle are
still standing, with furniture as it
was when the fights were in prog
ress. Indeed, the spot where the
plan to isolate New England from
the other colonies was brought to
failure remains practically un-
changed, shrine for all lovers OF
their country, a memorial to the
brave men Of the countryside who
answered the call to arms and by
their constant attacks on the in
vader, by STARK's success over BAUM
at Bennington, and finally by COM
pelling the surrender of BURGoYNE,
revived the spirits of the hard
pressed patriots and gave to the
world understanding of the serious
ness of their purpose and of their
capacity in arms.
Senator CALDER has introduced in
Congress a bill for q survey OF the
battlefield and the compilation and
preservation OF records and data con-
cerning the campaign which culmi-
Lated there. This would be prelimi-
nary to the acquisition OF the field
by the Government and its erection
into a national memorial. This
should have been done long ago; the
nation has been derelict in conserv-
ing this historic site. 1t would be
highly appropriate to begin the work
of acquisition now and to dedicate
the park on the 150th anniversary of
PURGoYNE's surrender, which will
come In 1927.
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Special Cdo,e to The NEW YORK HERALD
Copyright, 1891. BIZ THE New York HnRALp.
New York Herald Bureau.
London. Oct. Is.
There still are good number Of trans
atlantic visitors In London hotels. At
the Hyde Park are Mrs. Grace II. T3en-
jamin, Capt. and Mrs. Charles III. Har-
low, Mr.. and Mrs. William Little, Mrs.
NJ II. Alexander, Mr.. and Mrs. William
n. Coombs. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A.
Corliss Of New York.
At the Carlton are Messrs D. G. Bird.
Harry Carpenter, II. A. II. Edwards.
Rufus r. Zogbaufn and James Talbot
Eager. Mr.. and Mrs. Addison 3. Calling,
Mr.. Irving e. Goldsmith, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Wilson McNeely. Messrs. Robert
p. Nessler, J. W. Reeves and Frank
Samuel. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank s. Turn
bull of New York and Mr.. A. Jacque-
line Stewart Of Washington.
Stopping at the Ritz are Messrs.
james Simpson and John McIIaren OF
Chicago, Mr.. and Mrs. James Evans Mr..
Harry Evans OF Atlantic City; Mr. Ed
ward Kenna. the Misses Mary and
Madeleine Kenna. Mr.. and Mrs Frank
u. b. Close and Mr.. Samuel Sachs Of
New York, who arrived from Paris. Also
there Is Commander Emory Scott Land,
The New York herald., 1921-10-17

It can at least be said of long range
weather prophets that they are pre-
else and fearless lot A number of
professional climatologists are sever
rightly: "It is not unreasonable to ex-
pect next winter to be cold": hoard
ing of large supplies of nuts by squir-
rels is not a sign of cold weather: ut
requires about ten years to run the
gamut Of all the elements" 1t is COM
forting to have the matter thus def
nitely settled.
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His Credo.

When portray wars misery
or talk of trench and battlefield.
He's silent and his thoughts to me
Stand unrevealed.
When declare in earnest way
That war is only bane and blight,
lie listens but he docs not say
It's wrong or right
But have heard him say his mate
Is stubborn and can throw like sin,
Enforcing her demand with plato
And rolling pin.
SO though he does not talk of war,
know which way his thoughts are
bent
I'm sure with all his heart he's for
Disarmament
NATHAN NJ. LEVY.
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Private Pocket Docks.


steamship companies have been tell
ing the Meyer investigating commit
tee more about what the city does
not get for its pier leases but what
private pockets do get.
| EDGAR F. LUCKENBAcH, president of
the Luckenbach Steamship Company,
had no end Of trouble trying to lease
from the city the piers he wanted,
because he was declared to be a
profiteer, But, he testified under
oath, he was approached by man
who said he could fix up pier lease
for him in Brooklyn for $4,000. The
$4,000 would not go to the city but
would go to the fixer or to somebody
for whom the fixer was acting. Mr..
LUCKENBACH says he refused to fat
ten the private pockets; he didn't
get the pier.
The Kerr Steamship Company, ac-
cording to the testimony of ALBERT
E. CLEGG, vice-president, did pay s34,-
500 into the private pocket Of "some
one" and did get the pier.
The Oriental Navigation Company
wanted a permit for Hudson River
pier and according to the testimony
of JAMES f. GILL, the treasurer, was
able to get it after paying s13,5o0
into private pocket. .,.,
The French Line was unable to
obtain the piers required for its
great passenger and freight business,
as testified by OSCAR r. CAucnoIs,
assistant general representative of
the company in this country. So he
was compelled to divert various ves-
sells with their cargoes to Boston and
Philadelphia.
But the France and Canada Com
pany, which, according TO previous
testimony, put $4,000 into a private
pocket for pier, was able to make
$25f, SOC out of it in 1919 and $780,
099 in 1920.
And FRANK J. Holy. former
steamship company clerk who could
get pier leases from the city for a
song, could sublet them at such
enormous profit that there we're hum
dreds of thousands of dollars in It
for him-or for somebody. So the
firm which he established for his
easy money dock business had bank
deposits from 1918 to 1921 Of $685..
600. His own bank deposits for
the same period were more than
81 ,000, 900.
The public dock system in which
SO many tens of millions OF the city's
money has been invested is not much
Of q business proposition for New
York under such circumstances. The
municipal treasury Is out by what IL
might get If the grafters and the sub.
letters did not get it. The port of
New York is out by what shipping
commerce is driven away to other
ports. The business houses OF New
York are out by what trade is thus
lest for them, and our labor is out
by what work is done elsewhere
inste of here.
Bur mis- Kind OF dock business is
gold mine for the private pockets
into which are poured the fabulous
fortunes coming to them out of the
public dock system of New York If
the public thinks this Is what its
great dock system is intended to be.
There are three weeks more in
which the voters of New York can
make up their minds whether they
want another four years of munich
pal business mismanagement under
which such things can be, or whether
they want new Mayor. a new deal
and a chance for the city to get all
that Is coming TO 1t from its great
dock system.
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Three Tragedies.

From the Arl,dnsdio 7hoDids car.
In a mans life thers nre three tragedies.
The first ls when lie decides he's too old
for Lord Fauntleroy curls and mamma de-
cides otherwise because they're too cute.
The second Is when the high school Beatrice
ne can't live without marries and he, doesn't
die. The third Is his shape IN bathing suit
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NINE. DEsrrxN ARRIVES.

Nine. Emmy Destinn, operate soprano.
arrived yesterday by the French liner
La Savoie to go on concert tour
which will embrace forty concerts and
take in all Of the large cities to the
Pacific coast. She has been passing
the summer in her palace in Bohemia.
Arriving here with her was Georges
Lapeyre. who will be her accompanied
during her concerts.
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GIRL SCOUT DRIVE ON TO-DAY.
women's Committee 20 Begin
Campaign Tor Members.

n COMMITTEES OF one hundred women.
hea ID by Mrs. Arthur Osgood Choasc.
national president OF the Girl Scouts.
will open Girl Scott Week to-day b.
starting chain OF dollar associate
memberships. Every member Of the
committee is pledged 60 enroll six adult
members every one OF whsr, will enroll
FIVE new members and 50 on unsy ~"
chain ia closed.
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Those who like TO analyze Senatorial
votes and to attribute motives therefor
will probably seek some significance
in the fact that on the roll call on the
Panama Canal tolls question every
INC" In the Senate voted against free
tolls: McCuMBER. McCoRMIcK. McFIH-
LEY, all Republicans; and McKHd-A., .
Democrat.
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The typewriting championship of the
world is to be decided at the National
Business Show which opens In New
York city to-day. Several speed artists
from Europe will attempt to dethrone
GEORGE L. HossrELD, the American title
holder. 1t Is contest worth holding,
for quick and accurate typewriting
plays an important part in modern
business transactions.