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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-19

American Leagues most val
liable player. meets. Sisler is
practically certain to be the
unanimous choice Of the all
wise jury.
Sister came TO the American
sagus direct from the University Of
Michigan.
He mnde his debut AZ q pitcher
He IL n aouthpaw. Inside OF year
he was rated among the bea, left
handed pitchers IN the American
league. Had he continued 10 pitch,
he would today 10 the sensation OF
tho American league from twirlins
standpoint.
His hitting ability. plus his great
speed. made II seem that much OF
his talent was being wasted in mere.
~ using him M a pitcher. Tho 81
Louis club finally decided that he
would be much more valuable play
ing regularly. rather than pitching
every fourth day.
Slsier, because % his great spool
wns first used In tho outfield. He
met with fair success ana seemed
destined 20 develop into a great
fislder. Then II was decided 10 use
him af first. IL took only a few day.
for him 20 demonstrate that frs,
basing was HIS forte.
Untii Sister reached tho top Of III,
game. Hal Chase was generally re-
garded as the greatest first hasemar
OF all time. Now that great honor
has been transferred 10 sisier. Only
recently Connie Mick, who has nc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-19
|EgEhSA
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Scottish curriers' VIII reach usufas IN
January foF tsar u Canada.
The International haIkllre biiifara teur.
nxsnent 81 she fss utyls viii start a. 81.
Prnnss u ANA hotel Nsw YORK city. ~o-
semhsr Is. The games witi BE- see points
each.
Enwfsna viii .~af . cricket tsara TO
south Africa this season.
Nsnng pi<k ci~sdsa started hi.
career as saeecsssr to hts dsa -
rowing e.ssh NJ tho a. :. ~ssai
sssdemy BY seeing his eight he@s
Avuss~t. % naisimsse.
marathon race from san rrsnefsrs
20 Pacific City 10 estnx planned ss .
feature II The Columhu- dsy eslsbfstisn
AZ the Fsn Mstes resert October
Miiwsskee hs~ 90 bs~fins siIsy
tourney are ALREADY In the nskisG.
Harlem. Ss~ York city. hossts . coli
cred ssskstt&n isarsa
Harold ". B~rvva. famous huraS~s,
u to se~ist Jimmy Cnrrwn In a~set-
sptns athletes ~ Mesc~rsbarg zcud-
emy this fall
The ousenssero A. @. % fscrr Island.
vfil fraarsrsts tho Metropolitan wrest-
linz season ~fth . match between Marin
ri-stins snd rgsiff Humane sspssm-
h~r 10.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-19
Polo Right
Field Hard
to Figure
Short Fence Makes II
Tough on Outfielders
ON Defence

NEW YORK. Sept. 10. - Right
Maid at the Polo grounds Is diffi
cult position to play. Tho range
watch the ordinary field provides 10
cut on By the wall OF the right field
stand. which protrudcs at an angie.
Drives off the wall have to be fig.
uxod on an angle basis almost like
hlnards-
eRoss rPep1 Young. tho Giant
E1ght~fielder. Is n good ball player on
ether lots but he shines on the Polo
ngpunds. He has made an art Of
p1aying balls off the tricky wall that
- other player can approach.
Young Is also . good aliarcund
fIe1dcr. He has q good range back.
~ can come IN fast. he has a fair
arm and ordinarily . quick-thinking
brain. aitho he has been known to be
outzmarted- He usually bats more
than he has done this year.
Johnny Tobln. the rsght-fislder and
Ieod-off man for the st. Louis
A8V8 A4as t2V t4U0ut tot&tA lft8t ttA5 1%AAt
- well as Young II he had a. much
experisnce- Tobln Is one Of the five
beet hifters In the American league.
He IL better than a fair fielder.
aitho he does get handcuffed Mt
times on high flies.
In Bob Meuscl and Babe Ruth
the Tanks have two of tho worst
right fieidcrs in baseball. Ruth
must be given the credit for trying
and Meusei some censurs for not
trying. With his large waist line
and his slowcdup limbs. Ruth sim
ply Is not an outfieldcr and. Of
course. for tho same reasons. he
y not an infieider.
Meusci formerly was q great asset
Ut the bat but he has siumped TO
Just very mediocre baseball player.
He has the greatest arm In base
ball and that let's him out.
Figuring that the opening games
ia the series are TO be played on
the Polo grounds and perhaps tho
deciding game. Young Is the most
valuable player of tho three. Tobin
II next by slight margin ana the
Yank pair are miles behind.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-19
Men Who
Are Real
lie aders
They Can Fill Gaps With
Material They Have on
Hand

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. is.--srhe
man who can play with the material
he has on hand and shif; II about
10 I'm the gaps IL a great leader In
any game.
Tina, iH how Connie Mack built UP
the old "Inyincibies." George Stall
lngs and bred Mitchell made the
Braves OF 1914 champions OF the
world by that system. Pop Warner
DID Il year after year At Carlisle.
and since then at Pitt.
A. tho present time numerous
walls are drifting IN from many col.
lego Rridirons 10 the effect tina, this
one would have a great team " u
did not have seven weak spots In
the line and that one would be a
championship array ~ Il had four
good backs. Inevitably the ono that
needs iin~mcn claims to have great
backs and the other with poor backs
has q strong line
And once IN n while q coach
oofnns along who n versatile enough
70 take scrne Of the good material
from the bacixfieid 20 bolster up the
limo or tho other way about.
Two years ago Hugo Bcrdek had
10 many good backfieid men he
could have turned tho team around
and ruin n the other way. Bis line
was tho anernic sister. He promptly
proceeded 10 pick out the captain.
Harold Hess. who was a high.ciass
limo smnsher. and convert him into
iineman. Then couple Of lesser
lights werc shifted forward and
State had one OF the beat lines In
the country.
As mentioned above. the man
who can shift his material about 20
put Il In the gaps where II Ia most
needed II n great leader.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-19
SOCCER LOOP
NEARLY READY

Seven clubs viii bs In the city
soccer league this season. Fort Law
ton. West Seattle. Maple Leafs,
Woodland Park. rostoffico and two
Bocing Aircraft clubs win mako ur
the loop.
-Four junior clubs have been signed
The Alien Athletic association. Ben
Paris Billiards. West Seattle and
Washington Park joining.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-19
BUSH STOPS
BROWN STAR

BULLET Joe Bush stopped George
Sisters hitting record yesterday
when he let the Brown first sacker
down without blow IN four trips.
Sisler had just broken Ty Cobh's
record for major league consecu-
tive hitting the day before when he
hit In his 4ist straight game.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-19
What Do You
Mean, Brother,
by Amusement?

Virginia courts are trying 20
decide whether golf In an amuse.
mont an exercise or a diver.
sion. Under the child labor law
In that state II In contendcd that
boys under 10 cannot be ON.
ployed as caddlcs. The claim Il
that golf course Is q place Of
amusement.
Any man who oan play Is
holes and drive the ball into the
rough from each and every one
OF the Is tees. and will admit
that he 10 amused, should be
presented with silver cup.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-19
George Sisler Is Big
Star of Americana LOOP
Worthy Follower of Ty Cobb Says Billy Evans, Fa
NOUS Umpire; Brown First Stacker Can Do Every
thing on Ball Field Well
BY billy EVANS
GEORGE SISLER OF

GEORGE SISLER of the St Louis Browns Is certain 10 be
VI selected the valuable ball player in the Ameri-
can league for the of 1922.
Ty Cobb generally has been considered the greatest ball
player that ever lived Cobb nearing the end Of his
able
George sser stands out worthy successor to Cobbs
crown.
When the commission Of experts selected 70 iudpe the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-19
BOUT POSTPONED

NEW YORK. sept la.-Co'd
weather and small house caused
the postponement. last night. Of the
scheduled i5-round bout between Pal
Moran. New Orleans lightweight,
and Clonls Slater.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-19
SMITH To INDIANS

NEW YORK. Sept. ia.-sherry
Smith. veteran southpaw pitcher, OF
the Brooklyn Robins. has been re.
leased 20 the Cleveland Indians for
the waiver nrIce.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-19
GARDNER OUT
IN THE LEAD

Harry Gardner. the venerable Or
eEon onion king, Is leading the Sc
attic twsrlcrr. according TO late fIg-
ures. He has won Is games and
lost IL.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-19
GE0RGE sHAnE xvINs

BOSTON. Sept. 19.--George Shade.
California. won a tenround decision
from Harry Silva. Billy Shade stop
ped Jack Mcclellan In seven rounds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-19
JOHNSON WINS


NEW YORK. Sept. 1o.--F1oyd
Johnson. Pacific coast heavy,
knocked out Larry williams, Bridge.
port, I'm the ninth round.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-28
AUCTION SALE

BY Thomas l. Carter, Auctioneer.
AUCTION SALE:-Sale of a de-
sirable two story frame dwelling and
lots upon which it is built, located
in Arlington County. Va.
BY virtue Of and pursuant to the
terms of deed Of trust dated De-
cember %, 1920, executed by E. J.
Comeau, unmarried, 10 CORTLAND H.
Davis, a trustee, and of record in
Deed Book IT'S page l26 OF the land
records of Arlington County, Viz
ginia, at the written request and
direction Of the party thereby Sc
cured, default having been made ir
the payment of the Indebtedness Sc
cured by said deed Of trust, the un.
dersigncd Trustee will offer for
sale at public auction, in front of the
ROYAL Street entrance to the market
house, in Alexandria City, Virginia,
on WEDNESDAY, April 18th, 1922,
at II o'clock NJ, that parcel or
ground with the improvements there
on and the appurtenances thereto
belonging, located in the County of
Arlington, Virginia, and known as
follows:
All those two lots or parcels OF
ground with the buildings and i'm
provements thereon and the appur-
tenances thereunto belonging, being
known and designated as LOTS No.
SIX and SEVEN C & y in BLOCK
SEVEN Gu of certain plan of lots
known as PARK ADDITION to
Alexandria, according to plat record
ed in Deed Book No. i, page 231, of
said County land records, and being
the same property which was con-
veyed to the said +. j. Comeau BY
NJ. B. Harlow, widower, by deed
dated July 10, 1920, and recorded
among the land records Of said
County in Deed Book ITO page 400.
Above property will be sold sub
ject to a first Trust for S2,50000,
which comes due December 10th,
1928, and interest from June 10,
1921. Interest will be adjusted to
date of sale.
TERMS OF SALE:-Conveyan-
cling at the cost OF purchaser or pur-
chascrs, including revenue stamps.
Balance over first trust to be paid
cash BY purchaser.
Courtland II Davis,
70-9c. e. o. d. Trustee.
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Many people believe that to drive
a dove out Of the house will bring bad
IN MEMORIAM

COLBERT-In sad but loving re-
membrance of our dear wife and
mother, ALICE V. COLBERT,
who departed this life one year
ago, March 81, 1921.
The Lord who gave has called you,
To His will we all must bow,
You are free from pain and suffer
ing,
Not a pain can reach you now.
Time may heal an aching heart,
Time may make the wound less
sore,
But time will never stop the longing
For the loved one gone before.
l never can forget you Alice,
While in this world | stay,
And my heart has never been the
same,
Since you have passed away.
74-1p. BY the Family.
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SPECIAL NOTICE

The annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Great Falls Power
Company, for the election of direc-
tors and the transaction of such
other business as may properly
como before said meeting, will be
held at the Office of c. c. Carlin, 107
North Fairfax Street, Alexandria,
Virginia, on Thursday, April 6,
1922, at 1900 o'clock noon.
lille. S. r. Bowen, Secretary.
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NOTICE

To the Stockholders OF the Columbus
Country Club, Inc:
Take notice that meeting of the
stockholders of the corporation will
be held at the Club House, Fort
Berry, Arlington, Virginia, on Mon
day, April 10th, 1922, at S o'clock p.
M. to take action upon resolution
adopted by the board of directors,
March Goth, 1922, declaring that in
the Judgment of the said board, ii
was deemed advisable and for the
becnfit of this corporation chartered
and existing under the laws of the
State of Virginia) that it should be
dissolved.
Dated March 21st, 1922.
John D. Powers,
71-12c Secretary.
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Rich'd, Fred. L. Pot. L. Il.

oouih North
New Notwithstanding
49, d. m ia. Z. ~ -. 1880 y. IN.
NashiEtstou- hichmrnu
i'0i e. H. ..... tLoc6ll 49,. ll:4T d. IN.
Ne" A"rh-AtIuutu-Jach.on yliic
3'4- q. III. g. i. LII -. $50 D. M.
seW aork-kIuridu
S:4i q. IN. Il. &. l.. So. gil 4. m.
"dShiuSton-f'rcGertck
klV:2o a. III. tLocaU 80. s:u4 q. N.
Washington Richmond
l2.o2 p. III lE%preSS) -. 2:16 p. II.
WsshinS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
zo.ei y. IN. ....H tLocal) $3.50. S.u4 q. ID.
New lork-AuEusta-Flurlda
1852 2. N. Ga. Z. L.) =. 1906 p. III.
n-Atlnntn- Blrmin CHAM
5:17 p. III. IS. A. Id -. 1853 j. N.
Washing ton-Ktc
S:27 p. M. -. tLocaD 49,. -o:52 y. N.
New Iork-Columbia
s:12 y. m. Is. a. Id -. T:lS Z. m
New fork-FIorida
1851 .. II. =. GA. c. Id -. Sis a. N.
New Iork-TampR-St. Petersburg
lO:o2 n. m. -. IS. A. L.) -. 6:2S a. N.
tk)-Sundays only.
(a)-Week days only.
c)-~eek days. On Sundays ST.!
q. N.
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W3SHINGTON-yIR RAILWAY
co. NOTICE TO IRE PUBLIC.
Winter schedule of trains between
Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Yer
non, effective loo A. NJ, December /,
1921. Daily except Sunday and hell
days.
Ltavc Washington for Alexandria,
Mt. Vernon and Intermediate stations.
i. NJ, GOO, 6:l5', 6:35, $50, 1905, 7:10,
I:i5', 1870. T:25. 7:33, 1886, 1:I9. 1850,
SEQ, $40. S:l5'. S:3n. Sis. 9:OO'. s:15.
$500. 9:45. 10000. 1915, 1880. 10;45.
Il:0O', 11:l5. 1880, 1885 1900 noon,
l:SU'. las, ZOO, ELS, 2:30', 2...5. 5000.
3:l5, $780,. 3:45, S:53. 1900, 1905, 4:10,
i.l5, 40, 4:25, 4:36. ABS, 4:40, 4:45.
1850. 1856, 5000, sos, $40, ELS. $40,
SIS. 5:35. SAB, $50. 5:55. 6:JU'. sos,
6:l0. G:15, 6:2O, $50. 6:45, 7:O0s. 1920.
7:40. 5000, $50, $40, 5000, 500, $40,
10000. 1920. 1O:4O, 11:0O, 11:15. 11:25s.
l1:45. 1915, 1850.
mt. Vernon trains.
Leave Alexandria for Washington
and intermediate stations: a. NJ,
$500, $40. 500. 6:t5. $50. $40. 6:i5.
6:55. 700. 7:lo, TT. rs. a:SS. 9:4o.
5s s ss s ssS Sc s55 s &c. s si5 sas
9:40y $50, 1910, 1925. 10:40, 1885,
l1:16. 1925. 11:4O. 11:56.-P. NJ, 1910,
1925, 12:40, 1885, l:1O, 1925. lac, 1856,
2:1O, 2:25, 2:4O. 1855, $40, 1925, $40,
3:55, 4:10, Ais, 1923. 4:25. ABS, 4:40,
4:45. 4.52. 4:55. 500, sos, Sis, $40, 5:25.
$3.50. 5:35, $40. 5:45, 5:55, 6:10, 6:26,
$40. 1900, 1870. 7:4o, $780, $40, $40,
900. 900, $40. 1000. 1920, 1O:40. 1885,
l1:15, 11:4O, 1915.
Leave Mt. Vernon for Alexandria,
Washington and intermediate stations:
A. NJ, 6:15, 7:15. $50, 912, 1000. 1900.
1900 noon: r. M. loo. 2:0H, 800, 400,
! 500, 600, IFS. Sis, 9:15, 1915, 1l:15,
l2:20x
! Leave Alexandria for Mt. Vernon,
daily except Sundays and holidays:
A. NJ, 5:35, Gas, 7:45, S:I9, $3.50, 1890.
I11:3O. =. NJ. 1890, 1870. ESQ $3.50, 1870.
$3.50 $40. 1886, $3.50. 9:3G, 1886. 11:55x.
! 1886, 11:56.
! xTrain runs To Four Mile Run only.
| Pocket schedule may he obtained at
/ all ticket offlces.-Washingtc n-Vlr-
! ginIa Railway Co.
| 282-tc
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SNOWDEN AND HOLLOWELI
SCHOOL LOTS OFFERED
FOR SALE

Bids will be received up to noon
Monday, April 3rd, 1922, for the
lots of ground located in the four
hundred block on North Alfred
Street, and the six hundred block
in South Pitt Street formerly used
for school purposes. The right to
reject any ana all bids is reserved
Alexandria City School Board,
Tide e. o. d. Gilbert j. Cox, Clerk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-28

Winchester-Mrs. Sarah Ruth Hill
ward. has no recollection whatever Of
going through marriage ceremony
on February 2S with Harrison L. Hill
ward, and living with him three days
and nights, according to testimony
she gave last evening IN Municipal
Court; when Hillyard was arraigned
on charge Of feloniously. attacking
his wife while she was leaving mo-
tion-picture show with her father, Will
liam D. Grim.
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Southern Railway System

ovul.i, -NDtlb
o:Zt k.m..-. memphis Spec,R. .-..E:l3 Am
. .Si ..Ll. " asauls i!LUa1uIE ono p.L".
LUX
1887 ALL. Washing .vu-i,ln .lIts 6:Lo pm.
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tEIp fessJ
b.li a.m. New GUrk-4Sew Orleans lU.i3 p.n
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LOCAL
s.4i p.iG... B!rniasuam SpecIs! ..i2:lo L.in.
Az pm. HasA!ys tUH-nartl ll:uo An.
tLuSsi1
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o:22 y. IT,. Washing l3a- " drrsnlon 1859 4. ~.
,sucslt
f:i' Pm. " Y.-Aususts-Ashevil!e T:i3 an.
wv p.u... Issuing ,Ur-alrulx t.2.5 on.
Ao'At r'u'. euattdl.osu L.iIitv,, :. 40 ALL.
LAX p.n. Nen 1UrA-,en urtv-.s o., ala.
lLImItIGJ
'Daliy except SuHuuys.
o. ~. Slc!tv., 1IChel a.sent. AlsssudrlA, Va.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-28

Danville-Notice of an interesting
suit has been. filed in the Corpora
ton Court, Harnsberber's, Inc, bring
ing action against Harnsberber,s De
partment Store. The subject of the ac-
ton is whether OF not w. E. Harnsber-
Der has the right to use the name
"Harnsberber," when Isaac Schuster,,
who bought out "Harnsberger's, inc.
still operates the dry goods store I'M
der that name.
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MARRIED

On March 9TH, 1922, at the resi-
dence OF Mr. A. NJ. Gray, of Alex
andria, Va, WILLIAM W. Wal
DEN. of Baltimore, Md, and MRS.
ELLA J. BECK, Of Baltimore, Md.
74-lp.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting OF the stockholders
OF the Washington Sanitary I'm
provement Company will be held at
the office Of James K. and Harry
B. Cation, No. Ill South Fairfax
Street, Alexandria, Va, on Tuesday,
April 4th, 1922, at 2 o'clock p. m.
GJ-l4c. Geo. S Wilson. Secty,
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FOR SALE
Two good young cows.
One good young horse.
One good buggy and harness.
100 good young r. !. ~ hens.
One good one-horse mower
One good one horse pillow.
One good cutting bCN.
One good horse and cow clipper. ana
other things useful on the farm. Terms
to responsible parties.
THOMAS ELLIOTT.
Phone 696-W Braddock, VA.
74-tf
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WALL PAPER
PAPERHANGING
and
DECORATING
r. L. WALKER
PHONE 1043-W
1107 Prince Street
NOTICE

THOMAS l.. CARTER, Auctioncer
Auction Sale of Unredeemed Pledges
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING,
MARCH 30, 1922, AT 10 O'CLOCK.
| will commence to sell at the es-
Establishment of E. Heidcnhcimcr Inc,
sos King Street, Alexandria, Va, all
pledges upon which the interest is
overdue up to this date, consisting of
Diamond Rings, Pin, Ear Rings, and
Gold, Silver and Metal Watches, all
kinds of Fine Jcwelry. Guns, Revolvers
Silverware, Books, Umbrellas, ETC., to-
gether with a line Of goods generally
found in a loan office. Ticket holders
kindly take notice.
E. HEIDENHEIMER, INC.
69-6t.
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WANTED-100 PERSONS
to eat in The Virginia
Lunch, 403 King Street.
63-26c.
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FOR SALE = CONVENIENTLY Lo-
Gated 7-room and bath brick house.
in excellent conditions. inside and out.
Electric lights. latrObe heat. Price,
terms, and inspection on application.
Richard L. Ruffner 51S King street.
Phone 1921. oS-i
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To1TND~poCKET BOOK ON KING ST.
owner may have same by identifyins
and paying for this ad. J. I. sWeehes y.
pufcau Wvthe 74-1p
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1osr-R 1y1LDING LOAN BOOK. ON
Washington street. today. March -:
Reward If returned to Mrs. Annie
Campbell, 7oT Pendleton street.
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1osT-CAMEo PIN, SATURDAY AFT
ernoon, on King or Washington 81.
Reward il returned to cot South FAR
fax street 73-2p
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-24

more time in railway travel, the
danger to your life is less than half
as great as it used to be. If you
have ridden once in the last SO years,
YOUR chances Of being killed were one
in 100000. Or, if you have taken
one trip each year during that period,
you came as near losing your life as
one is near 100000. One ride taken
last year imposed a hazard on your
life of only one in $4,000, and on
your twelve customary journeys, you
were as far from jeopardy as 473,000
is greater than l. Altogether, the
railways in the United States carried
in 1920 about 1,300,000,000 passeng-
ers. with one killed for each group
of 5,673,000 carried while in a total
of 472,0OO,00O people carried in
1889, the death rate was one in /,
$4,000. The danger TO life of rail-
way travellers in 1920 was therefore
less than one-t third of what it was in
1889, most of the reductions accruing
since 1907. To be sure there have
been very bad years and exception
ally good years, but the general trend
throughout the whole period has been
decidedly towards the increasing
safety of the travelling public.
The foregoing figures are the re-
suit of statistics compiled and
issued by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-24
THE MOST ANCIENT SWEET

Everybody likes sweets. Sugar
is more than something good to eat.
1t is a very necessary food. During
the war, when the supply was limited,
all of US had to reduce our consump-
ton of sugar in order that enough
might be sent abroad to the Allies.
Cannon and munitions were left
behind on this side in order to make
room on ships for sugar. That
shows how important sugar is. The
body can hardly exist without sugar
in one form or another.
But what did men do before they
knew anything about the sugar we
know today? Cane sugar is of
comparatively recent origin. Be-
fore that was discovered, what did
they use?
There were a number of different
sweets that man enjoyed before he
learned how to extract the sugar from
cane. Most fruits contain a con-
siderable percentage of sughr.
Honey provides sugar in a pleasing
form. Syrup was extracted from
trees like the sugar maple
Of all the fruits the date IN olden
times was the chief source of mans
supply of sugar. In fact, it has beer
cultivated so many centuries that il
seems likely it is really the most
ancient sweet. For thousands OF
years it has been grown in Mesopo.
tamia and the best dates today still
come from the region near the june.
ton Of the Tigris and Euphrates
rivers where, according to tradition
the Garden of Eden was situated.
The date gives . particular health
full foHNof sugar for two reasons
It is the only fruit that is drieC
right on the tree. Also, most sugar
must 90 through a chemical change
in the body before it can be digested
but this is not necessary in the case
of the sugar in dates.
From the earliest times of which
we have any record to the presen
day dates have been eaten by younl
and old-and today,with the i'm
provements in growing and packing
they are better than ever.