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Evening star., 1922-08-20

that-one of The sort of people who
know how many stars there are and
the names Of them. what makes a
Hertzian wave wave-in fact, one of
those persons who are just SO full Of
knowledge that there is not much
else to learn. guy that is analytical
to the nth degree. When he took
his place in the valley Of sorrows.'
as one beginner called the instruction
tee. he. in calm. measured tones.
informed the pro" that he had been
giving much study to the game of
golf from a scientific standpoint and
he proceeded to elucidate at length.
1t not only went over the head of
the pro" but 1t also escaped the
rest of the crowd that was standing
around. There was nothing that the
instructor could do but listen. You
gets started, and. besides, the pro"
was getting paid by the hour FL
nally. however. the long suffering
teacher managed to get the distin-
guished one up to the starting point.
And. say. il you. could have seen this
highbrow swinging at the ball you
would have enough laughs to last
you the rest of the year. He might
be - long on etheric convolutions,
relatiyity and a lot Of other of those
things. but when it came to swat
ting one on the. nose and sending
it HURTING down the fairway for a
good. clean. long drive, why. he
wasn't one, two. six. You've got to
have more than a toned-up intellect
to get the ball past the heart break
ing traps that infeet the average
course. =, =. = y, s...-4se
1t was very. evident. that this was
not the professionals lucky. day, for
the next pupil that hove in sight was
of the class they call flappers: and
believe me, boys, when it came to
looks and general all-around attrac-
tiveness she was some peacherino,
and the way that she could twist
those lamps Of hers around ought to
get her job out at > Hollywood.
whether Will Hays would like it or
not. But to give the kid credit. she
learn, and the "pro" said after she
had finished that if she would just
get men out Of her head for a while
and practice three or four. times a
week she probably would make a
player far above the average.
kk ~
THERE is an old adase that says
troubles never come singly, and
this was forcefully illustrated when
No. 6 stepped up for his turn. He
was one of those "know-it-all" per-
sons-the kind that read the papers
about golf. take two lessons and then
pose as experts-one Of the kind that
is known among real lovers of the
game as "a talking golfer" If yours
truly had been on the instructing
end of the game instead of the man
that was giving the lesson. yours
truly probably would have now been
languishing in some Jail with
charge of assault to kill placed
against him.
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winces when he sees a shot poorly
played or a player doing some of the
many things that should not be done
in this great game of skill they call
golf.
The pro" in question, after his
days work is done-or rather. to
be exact, postponed until another
day-delivered himself of the follow
ing (the following" however, was
strictly edited copy" as many young
people read the papers nowadays and
harsh or other kind of language
might have a bad influence on their
after-lives). -
Yes, he began, you had a chance
to stand by my elbow today and see
what was going onto see how they
do it and to see how 1 do it. Do
you wonder why there are silver
threads among the gold? Do you
wonder why my wife keeps the kids
away from where 1 do my work?
You know how women are. They
don't want the young ones to be
anything but refined. so they are
tabooed from the links while poor
old father is doing his daily stunt.
If my wife did not have the sweetest
disposition of any woman in the
world we would have split up long
ago, for this method of earning your
daily bread is not only by the sweat
Of your brow but also at the cost of
your peace of mind"
1t is not the easiest task in the
world to describe the appearance and
actions of the would-be Hagens and
Saraxens or Sterlings, but. as near as
possible, a description is given Of
some Of the pupils and their actions.
+ X 4 +
THE first to appear was a rotund
= "hurry-up man." evidently a
broker or the head of some prosper
GUS concern that did a rushing busi-
ness. He bounced out of the club
house, inquired (no. to be accurate.
he bellowed). where's that PROF."
and. after having glimpsed that
worthy at the point where he should
be. the to be instructed one demand
ed. in raspins tones. how long it
would be before he could put 1t over
on his bosom friend and pal. The
pro-. refused to be caught mapping
Evening star., 1922-08-20
Here Are Some of the Reasons Why a Golf
Professional Ages Before He Is Really Old

and gently but firmly signaled the
fiery one to take his place on the tee.
The pupil stamped into position. only
to wiggle nervously into what was
intended to be q stance. When he
was finally set he turned his head
for approval or censure. You could
just see what fight it was for him
to give in to another. His stance
was awkward, his grip was wrong
in fact. he did just exactly opposite
to what he had been told to do the
morning before. He lost his temper.
he fused and he fumed; but he could
not get away from the fact that the
pro" was right and must be obeyed.
So for an hour the struggle contin-
ued. He sliced and he hooked, he
topped and he dug up many bits Of
dirt: but just before his lesson was
over he made a dandy drive-one Of
those that go whistling down the
fairway for great distances. one of
the kind that brings abs and obs
from a gallery. Like a flash he was
changed man. He fairly yelled:
We are making great progress. old
top. You just hold me to 1t and in
side of month III beat that old
crab Anderson a mile" .'
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A HUGE vessel steamed into port
"a no, that wasn't it, either-it was
the extremely obese wife of one of
the members of 1.-THE greens commit
tee. She was firm In her determine
ton to take of dozens and dozens OF
pounds of fat before the next social
season arrived.s She WAS just going
to get thin. no matter what the cost
might be. Her. costume-one can
feel that question being asked right
now by Helen. Minnie or Mauds. She
had on short-a sport .(these words
those fuzzy kind of stockings, that
look itchy even IL they are comfort
able and shoes of varied hues. Her
waist line, or rather, the place where
it should have been, was encircled
by a Roman sash that had funny lit
tie jiggers dropping down from the
ends-lovely nice things to get in
the way when a woman swings. Her
sweater was a heavy, thick wool and
silk mixture, worn, no doubt. to help
along the reducing process. Her
headgear was a alcombination of pre-
VoIstead headache and a composite
picture of the work shown at a
| cubists' exhibition. She came ele-
phantinely up to the point where the
| daily task started; a moment gal
loped forward; she was in or rather
| OH her stance; she posed. she poised.
the club was held aloft, she was
ready to smite the little pellet, and
| then-she commenced to talk. Just
imagine a swing held in midair SO
that one could chat. hold converse
and exude language. Can you pic
ture what her Instructor, the winner
of many trophies. thought? A good
thirty minutes passed. and she. per-
spring from the million and one
pores that scientists tell US we pos
sess, looked like miniature Niagara
Falls as she retired from the course
Evening star., 1922-08-20
BY SANDY MACPHERSON.


~ RAY hair and crows feet are
very often the result of busi-
ness or domestic worries:
~ they may also be caused by
affairs Of the heart; In fact, they and
other signs indicating age may be
caused by dozen or more things.
Men Of big business, as a rule. ex-
hibit these signs at rather an early
period. more especially IL the market
has for a number of years been go
ing against them and they are teeter-
ing on the edge Of a financial preci-
pice.
All OF the foregoing and before
mentioned causes are not. however.
the things that bring lines and
creases. They are not responsible
for the haunted look and melancholy
aspect that you view if you scan
clasely the features and attitude of
the man who makes the teaching of
golf his life's work
If some day when you are brooding
and you have the idea that your lot
In life has been cast along lines that
are anything, but smooth, jump into
your car. drive out to some golf
club and follow the pro" around
during the daylight hours: watch him
at his task. take heed of the things
he has to contend with. listen to the
thousand and one things that he
has to listen to. and you will be
amazed that PROS" live as long as
they do. Do not forget to take into
consideration how his very heart
must bleed when he sees some
''duffer," male or female. violating
every rule. Of the game. Euthlessly
smashing every known principle of
this ancient Dutch pastime-its origin
Is not Scottish. as is generally supposed.
Picture to yourself how he must feel.
after having given the pupil a dozen
or more lessons, to see him go out on
the course and proceed to do a mil
lion and one things that he should
not do and not to do the very things
that he has been taught to do.
While, Of course. it is not so. yet
it appears to the pro" that his pupil
is just forgetting what he has been
taught on purpose. just doing it to
show him up. to cast reflections on
his method of Instructions: and this
feeling Of chagrin and resentment is
far more acute II a pro" from a
neighboring club is present when the
duffer takes his place at the No.
tee.
X
TT was the writer's good fortune a
few days ago to visit well known
golf course and to spend the day with
the clubs professional instructor
and before putting down on paper
the words Of this really good teacher
and admirable player let US remem-
her that the truly good instructor is ar
Individual who loves his work, and
that he is as sensitive as a vio-
linist who hears a discordant note
Both suffer intense agonies. The
really good instructing pro" nc
matter how strong his nerves may be
during a match play, involuntarily
Evening star., 1922-08-20

Troubles continue to come, for next
there appeared foursome-two
young men and their sweeties. The
young men. having played for a year
or SO, thought that the time of the
pro" should be devoted to their fair
companions while they stood at one
side and made observations. and per-
haps suggestions. The suggestion
part of their program was speedily
blocked by the teacher by one look.
The young men subsided and retired
to a part of the green a few yards
away. For one solid hour the pro"
labored with these two pieces of
femininity; he explained, poised and
postured; he demonstrated and sug-
gested. But the best he could get
out of the pupils during the sixty
minute period of instruction was
series of giggles and line of nom
sensical chatter or remarks relative
to this falls dances or what was go
ing to be worn during the coming
season. These pupils were the kind
that prefer hammocks to links. They
are more deadly with glances than
with niblicks.
r Old Dame Trouble is a foxy rindi-
vidual, and there is no use of you
trying to beat her. because no matter
what your attitude may be she
always has one up her sleeve to
hand you; and in this particular in
stance it took shape in the form of
the next seeker of knowledge. the
said seeker being a gent that swings
a club on the port side-a southpaw-
or, to phrase it so that genteel folks
may read, a left-hand golf player.
Can you imagine atteacher that for
weeks and months has been instruct
ing along certain lines and has his
mental combinations all arranged
suddenly having to switch his form
Of instruction and to turn 1t COM
pletely around, transposing such
phrases. as lifting your right shoulder
to the left. propelling with your right
foot to that of the opposite side. and
don't do this or you will slice it. when
to a left handler 1t would mean q
hook. Some golf authorities have
stated that 1t is hardly possible for a
left-handed player to take rank
among the top-notchers, but this gen.
Evening star., 1922-08-20

tridges. They never hesitated to ex-
change a pet monkey for a handful
of salt. Because Of its scarcity in the
lowlands OF Bolivia. salt is considered
great delicacy. DIR. Mann paid a
native one .44-caliber cartridge for
one of the monkeys that he brought
to the Washington Zoo.
He started back to the United
States with several Interesting speci-
mems, but some of them died on board
the ship. One OF the most interesting
of these was a tapir that he had pur-
chased from a native when the ami
NAL was very small. He tanned it so
| that 1t would follow members of the
party about like a dog. When they
boarded a launch to go down the
Amazon the trouble began. The tapir
proved to be as highly temperamental
as some grand opera stars. 1t OBJ
jected to any unnecessary noise.
Every time the whistle on the boat
sounded the tapir would become ter
rified and jump overheard. The boat
! then had to be stopped while they
fshed 1t out of the water. When they
took the train the almost incessant
| footing Of the whistle was more than
the tapir could bear. Its nerves were
soon shattered and it died on board
the ship shoyt time later, victim
| Of sheer fright.
DR.. Mann succeeded in turning over
| to the authorities at the Geological
Park about eighteen monkeys and
| nearly fifty parrots. He has brought
specimens back from every trip he
has made, and DR.. Holiister, superin-
| tendent of the Washington Zoo. has
declared that they were among the
most interesting ever acquired.
Evening star., 1922-08-20

for the day. You turn to the PRO"
and congratulate him in helping her
regain her girlish figure, but he,
shaking his head with an air of
grief and hopelessness. stated that
she would probably go home. take a
nap, and that after that she would
probably sit down to a heavy-course
dinner. Just time wasted and money
foolishly spent. he averred.
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THE next entrant was likewise of
the feminine persuasion. She.
however. was a graceful young crea-
ture and tripped daintily out to the
tee. She turned her great grayish-
blue eyes on the pro" but if she
had any idea that she was going to
have him modify his course she was
in error and the effort was wasted.
for when he is instructing he thinks
of the game alone. The young sprite
performed more like a classic dancer
than she did like a coming cham
pion. Undulating swishes seemed to
be her forte. She just did not seem
to be able to get full. healthy.
swing at the ball, and as she tripped
from the tee one could. without
effort. imagine her draped in some
gossamer-like stuff doing an inter-
pretative dance on a hillside. This
young thing could never keep her
feet on the ground long enough and
firm enough to get set for good
long drive or even a moderate dis
tance iron play. When she was told
by the pro" that she possessed too
much artistic temperament to be
good player she seemed very much
pleased and insisted that she con-
tinue her Lessons, as she thought that
she needed the outdoor exercise. The
pro" afterward said that her first
alibi when he admonished her for
topping the ball was that she was
afraid she might cut the pretty little
thing"
X X
THE fourth seeker after knowledge
was evidently a professional
mana physicist or some such learn
ed gent-one of the kind of indi-
viduals that can tell you the differ
ence between an atom and an ION,
. moiechls ana the next thing to
Evening star., 1922-08-20

gagement book. found that there was
but one more on the list. An instant
later and from the spacious veranda
came ambling well set-up but
stocky individual Did he wear
| knickers? He did not. He had on
pair of white linen pants lit
tie bell-bottomed. His gait was
slightly rolling. Yes, you guessed
it-ne was retired naval officer.
who. as he expressed it. had heard
SO much about this darn fool game
that he was going to take 1t up as a
matter of sslf-protection. Why. three
or four Of his cronies. all deep-water
seagoing men, admirals and COM
manders and the like, yes. even down
to the midshipmen at Annapolis. did
not talk anything but golf. morning.
noon and night, at the club: so he
was coming down here to see what
it was like. an an instant the pro"
was a changed man. Here was q
real life human being. one Of the
sort that would say. Damn the tor
pedoes!" This lesson didn't . last
sixty minutes; 1t lasted nearly two
hours, and the old sea dog gave .
thousand and one evidences of the
grit that characterizes the men of
the Navy. Swing after swing he
missed. but he never faltered in his
determination to land at least one
good crack on the ball. Never a word
of complaint, never a sound from be-
tween set jaws: it was the Navy spirit
of do or die. Suddenly. with a hitch
ing of the belt. he slightly changed
his stance: swing of his mighty
shoulders, a resounding crack rs the
clubhead squarely met the ball. a
whistling through the air OF the
little white missile as it winged its
way over yards and yards Of fAif-
way. Striding over to the pro-" he
stuck out one generous heavy hand
and said: "Humph! 1 guess there may
be something in this darn fool game.
after ALL" ..
Evening star., 1922-08-20
Story of the Potato.

THOMAS CARLYLE once declared
that "the biggest gold nugget
ever found was never half so useful
to the world as one good mealy pota-
to-" Yet the potato had a hard fight
for recognition. 1t Is probable that
the potato was originally an Ameri-
can plant, but its use became univer-
sal through its adoption as an article
of food in Europe.
There are many claimants for the
| honor of It's introduction. Some say
that it was the naturalist Clusius
who planted the tuber in the botani-
cal gardens at Vienna in 1888, but the
Spanish say that the plant was
brought from South America about
$780, They assert it was taken from
Spain into Italy and Belgium. and
that it was from a Belgian that
Clusius obtained his roots.
There are other stories, however.
Sir John Hawkins. on returning from
Sante Fe in 1868, had with him some
potatoes, but it is probable that they
were yams or sweet potatoes. the
same that Columbus described as mot
unlike chestnuts in favor" Sir Wal
ter Raleigh is said to have got the
real potato from Virginia in 1886, but
his claim is disputed, and it is as
serted that the genuine Irish" potato
is a native of Chile.
Tradition has it that Sir Francis
Drake made q present of potato roots
to Raleigh. who planted them in his
garden in County Cork in 1894, but it
is not until 1910 that we have any
authentic record of potatoes in Ire
land. In 1897 book on herbal medi-
cine was written by Gerard, the
frontispiece to which was a portrait
of the author holding potato in his
hand.
When potatoes were first used for
food 1t was the seed" or apple" that
was used, and 1t was some time be-
fore the tuber was found to be the
most delicious food.
Up to the end of the seventeenth
century the potato was out Of the
reach of people of moderate incomes.
1t is recorded that In 1852 potatoes
were sold at 1 shilling (25 cents) a
pound in the London markets. but the
sale was small because so many peo-
pie believed that the potato caused
leprosy and fever. Others declared
that il they ate the potato, since the
tuber was not mentioned in the Bible,
they were endangering their souls.
1t appears that nothing or little
was known Of the potato in Scotland
until long past the middle Of the
eighteenth century. The Duchess of
Buccleuch. in her Household Book
for 1901, speaks Of the potato as IAN
esculent of great rarity"
There is mo doubt that the Irish
were the first people to recognize the
value Of the potato as staple article
of food.
Evening star., 1922-08-20

The depth of a river or of the sea
device which measures the interval
Of a sound signal and the receipt OF
its echo OF the bottom Of the water.
Evening star., 1922-08-20

Flies increase at an enormous rate.
In the breeding season-about three
MONTHS single pair of fies Will be
responsible for about sixty-thres tons
Of diea ----.--,
Evening star., 1922-08-20
BY d. JAY CULVER.

VERY great city has its rogues
T gallery. but most of them are
reserved for criminals only.
Evening star., 1922-08-20

THE recent expedition to Bolivia was
1 organized by DR.. H. H. Rusby Of
Columbia University. who was particu-
larry interested in the medicinal plants
Of South America. He invited DIR.
Mann. Dr. o. e. White Of the Brooklyn
botanic gardens and N. e. Pearson Of
the University Of Indiana to accom-
pany him. TWO movie camera men
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-06-24
TRIED TO PERSUADE HIM
TO TESTIFY FALSELY
Declared Paul Roman in Regard to Mrs.
Obenchain, Who Was Tried for
Murder

Los Angeles, Cal, june "a Testify
ing that Mrs. Madelynne Obenchain
sought to persuade him to give false
testimony for her in her first trial for
the murder of J. Belton Kennedy, Paul
Roman, now a convict, was a witness
in her second. He identified about a
score of letters as having been writ
ten by Mrs. Obenchain from her cell
in Los Angeles jail, TO him in Folsom
penitentiary. The last missivc, which
Roman said was handed 10 him in the
county Jail, having been brought from
prison to testify for Arthur G. Burch,
co defendant in the Kennedy case, read
Paul, my sweetheart. love you.
believe me. Don't give me up now. II
you do will take you with me, 20
help me Heaven"
There was no signature. Roman said
the handwriting was Mrs. Obenchains
and that the note with a S. bill was
brought to him by a jail "trusty."
THE false testimony" Roman said
he was to give was that he overheard
two ragged men" plotting TO kill Ken
nedy, after having tried 10 blackmail
him. Mrs. Obenchain, at her fret trial,
testified that when Kennedy was shot
in Beverly Glen she saw "two ragged
men, disappearing in the bushes, after
two shots had been fired at Kennedy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-06-24
FEWER MOTORISTS
Because of Action BY Secretary Of
State.

Harry A. Black, secretary Of state
has removed the automobile operator.
licenses of several persons because they
have infringed uport the automobile
laws of the state. B. +. Brown OF
Wilmington had his license removed
indefinitely because of claim he is s
careless driver; Edward Bissonette OF
Burlington suffered similar treat
ment; John S. Riley of East Fairfield
suffered revocation of his license
having been convicted of being intoxi
Gated when driving a machine. Har
old Ramsdell of Westfield lost his Ii
cense for an indefinite period because
of careless driving, while Horace Har
ris lost his for 100 days for similar
offense.
Houghton Sawyer of Whitinghan
will not legally drive car for an in
definite period because it is alleged he
had been driving recklessly Arthur +
Collins of Arlington has been suspend
ed for an indefinite period because he
operated an unregistered machine with
out a license. J. F. LAWNS of NORTH
Bennington was careless in his driviIs,
and will not drive a machine legally
for an indefinite period.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-06-24
BIG FUNERAL PLANNED.
For Field Marshal Wilson at St. PauPs
Next Monday.

London, June "a. lBy the Associated
Press The funeral OF Field Marshal
Sir Henry Wilson will be held next
Monday in St. Pauls cathedral the
empires military pantheon. The body
viii he inferred in the north transep.,
beside the grave of Field Marshal
Lord Roberts. Full military honors
will be accorded the dead soldier
Expect for the portion Of the cathe-
dral reserved for relatives Of the field
marshal, members Of Parliament anil
other prominent persons, the whole Of
the vast edifice viii be thrown open
without tickets TO the general public
Over the long route from Eaton square.
the home Of Field Marshal Wilson to st
Paul's. others of the public viii have
opportunity 10 pay their last respect =
The two men arrested as assassins
of Field Marshal Wilson. were ar
raigned on a charge of murder yester-
day. and formally remsnded for =
week in order TO enable further ".
vestigstion. Little has been added TO
the identity of the motives Of the as
sassins, except that they prove TO be
former soldiers and one Of them was
employed as a doorkeeper in a govern
ment Office.