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laurel, beech, spruce. elm. dogwood,
eucalyptus, tulip. cypress. hazel. and
redwood Of California. -: e., -.
What tremendous changes through
the aeons as this little world speeds
through space! For in, these same
hills. 1890 feet above the crushed ice
Of the Polar sea-, we finds clam shells,
proof that at one time land was all
ocean bottom. .a.s: -.ss-s. :
/, r x-* X r"
= t's-se@.-+r
sSyIIHEN Greenland land Ellesmere
..NfLand were covered with. forests
and those now ice-filled waters were
as blue and free as the waters on
our own coasts. where : was - that
mathematical point known as the
north pole? Was the earth. at. a
different inclination to the sun s,rays,
or did warm ocean currents TOW
and over the top or the
world? - =. . :, - 70 -,
'rhe northern part Of North Amer
!. ica was at. one time covered with
|. 10000 square miles OF Ice and re-
|; mafned covered for "a. 600 years This
had happened not oncef but at least
|, Ave :-.times. swleh an. dnterGi scial
period sof $4,000 to 125.Doo- years. The
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have frozen the new, timid element.
even without meaning to do so
which would not have been certain!
Germany, after the Franco Prus-
sian war. saw that the palace OF
Prince Eugene. so called. had noble
court Of honor and fine garden. Ger
many named a purchase price and
France accepted. You would smile
at the figure. Let us not rake up old
stuff. (The British embassy came
cheap after WaterlooD Only just
this-offer Germany today 100 times
the price she paid for her Paris en-
bassy house. and Germany would
laugh, laugh. laugh-poor dead-broke
Germany! AS fact. the place is
valued at s1.500,oO0.
why, just before the war, it cost
Germany 100000 per year just suit
ably to maintain the German am
bassador at Constantinople, where he
had magnifcently furnished summer
residence, town mansion and a steam
yacht Germany deemed 1t good bust
ness. AS fact, has she not still her
hooks on Turkey?
X
TAKE Italy. Until the war she had
i her embassy in the Rue de Pen.
thievre, crowded. narrow. II fine old
, street. but mot imposing enough for
| the embassy of a first-class power
! to use the words Of their embassy
commission in 1913!
So. Italy bought the historic Hotel
dc Berwick, built by the illustrious
French warrior, James Fitz-James
son of. James II OF England. Today
the place IL worth $1,opo.ooo. Only
tho garden was not up to Italy's de
dres So. they have bought adjoin-
ling ground to make their. embassy
what IT should be-ft to compete with
| Britain.
In Paris, now. there are ten accred.
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Green Gutta.Percha.

THIS substance Is now obtained
l from the leaves Of the caout-
chouc tree and IL said to be more
durable than that procured by cut
ting into the stem Of the tree. Unlike
the ordinary product, 1t does not re-
auirs an expensive process OF purif-
cation, % that its cost 10 cheapened.
In France and elsewhere green gutta-
percha has been emplo"ed IN the con-
struction of submarine cables.
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BY STERLING HELLO.
PARIS, June 10

PARIS, June 10.
American flag Is tired of
being on the move in rented
houses"
Such were the last words
OF the embassy commission, as il sailed
home. 10 report 20 Congress. in Novem-
Der. 1909.
The commission made no secret of its
conclusions.
Every American embassy should be
housed under our flag In our own prop
erty." said f. Clarence Jones. the chair
man. Every citizen should have the
same pride and the same rights in it as
in the White House at Washington"
That was November, 1909.
Long before 0or thirty years past in
my own experienced il was the senti-
ment of every American ten days in
Paris. Our embassy was all over the
town.
Where Is the American ambassa-
dor's?" the question ran. Don't know"
replied the natives. He used to rent
an office in the Rue de Galilee." But at
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added a small building to it, the place
IS estimated at $4,000. In 1918
Switzerland bought fine place,
cheap. for 750. 900 francs Today it is
estimated al 100000 francs.
Little Hungary recently bought a
property for 500, 000-there's good
money for little power which knows
what's business in diplomacy. And
little" Spain. Why, little Spain has
just spent 100000 to buy and fur
! sh a proper Spanish ambassador s
house in Paris--not counting that
half beautiful, old furniture and tap
estries are coming up from Seville
and Madrid.
Put in a pin in the word EUR
nished."
What can the United States get fol
its modest 100000?
say modest. Would that every
congressman would ponder on it! 1t
is modest. when you reflect that prop
or, settled ambassadors houses have
their chancellery Offices grouped
around them, in their property. yet
not interfering with the residence of
the ambassador for entertaining
/ For, you know, ambassadors must
entertain-how otherwise shall they
accept official invitations" We can't
change diplomacy. and say: Come to
the office" Half the big things are
Learned, started, guessed at, fostered,
interfered with. etc, etc. socially.
Also ambassadors must have Offices
for routine work. At this moment
the United States is using thirty-t w o
rented rooms for the purpose.
+ n y y
NOW, there are two great prop
~ critics today In Paris, which
could be bought by the United States
still at a bargain-real and grandiose
embassy properties. possessing every
requisite.
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years ago. for her personal use. She
paid near $1.0oo.0O0 for house and
wooded garden, and spent. they say.
100000 on improvements. Then, she
gave it, gratis, to the Austrian crown
as an embassy building.
Neither is recognized as an en-
bassy house today The soviets have
never had a footing here. and the
place remains, vaguely, imperial ter
ritory, cared for by the Baron Mar
koff of the old embassy. and visited
at times by the grand dukes and
others-who might willingly agree
to its disposition. building specu-
lator could not hope to buy it.
Both these grand properties have
been allowed to run down, since 1914.
Neither is in perfect condition-al-
though the running down Is merely
superficial. Considering the truly
bargain price at which the United
States might secure either. $4,000
or $4,000 spent in renovation would
give us a grandiose American am
bassador's house, on which a sur
prised Congress might discover It
had made 100000 profit in the next
ten years-and perhaps double.
1t is rumored that our government
Is negotiating with the French re-
public for one of this two properties.
In such case. the ambassador would
have both chancellory offices and
vast wooded garden giving op his
residence, and all inside his own
high stone walls.
X X X
T<HOSE who mistakenly propose
i simplicity" for our embassy in
stead of 'Tain display" should re-
ceive this Jolt which they merit
the display" which is essential. has
always existed. The United States
has always enjoyed it-although our.
CONTINUED on Fifth PaSs)
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$4,000 SEE MARINES :
PLAY MICHIGAN TEAM

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov. 90
Two hundred and twenty-five thou.
sand persons saw the University Of
Michigan football eleven in action
this year, records of the Athletic AS.
ISOLATION show. Two of the eight
games were played out of the State.
The game at Iowa City drew 1000
spectators, and $4,000 saw the VOL.
verines beat Wisconsin at Madison.
The Ferry Field games that drew the
greatest crowds were those against
Ohio State, the Quatico Marines and
Minnesota. The attendance at the
Ohio and Marines games was $4,000
each. Minnesota attracted 1000 less
The opening game Of the season
with Case as the Opponent-brought
10000 to Ferry Field, and the Mich.
gan Aggies contest doubled that fig
ure.
The total attendance at all game
was 1000 greater than a year ago.
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WALK 125 MILES
To SEE TECH
PERFORM

First, Mike Pugh, at Western
High: then Ed, Jim and Charlie
Pugh in succession at Tech, all
brothers and all football players
of the highest scholastic caliber.
Now comes Bobby. also at Tech
and this seventeen-year-old member
of the Pugh family shows signs OF
becoming the hottest shot Of them
all.
Perhaps Bobby win never ascend
to the heights reached by his older
brothers as q performer. But at
this early stage one mark has ap'
peared in his favor, or perhaps 1t
may best be said an indication has
appeared tending TO show he will
have at least one asset as a grid
ironer.
To play football well one must
be keenly interested IN the game
Itself, and be possessed of spirit
that has for its foundation q loyalty
to alma mater.
Bobby scores touchdown on each
count.
Today Techs champion team lie
1h y
battle with the Harrisburg, Pa,
High School eleven.
And somewhere on the 1875 miles
OF road between Washington and
Harrisburg are three spirited strip
ings walking to the game. They
started at p. m. Tuesday.
One Is Robby Pugh, determined
at all costs to see the next steL
above him in the family Iaddt
Charlie. shine against Harrisburg II
proud eleven.
Robby and his fellow hot.footers
could have ridden in q comfortable
train seat to Harrisburg, but staunch
OF limb and keen in Tech spirit,
they thought 1t a-lark worthy Of
letes.
1t looks a bit foolish, perhaps.
OUT there Is q need of something
admirable about 1t at that.
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YALE VICTORIES
PUTSB|G TRIO
ON TOES

The Yale victories over Harvard
and Princeton are going to have
q stimulating effect on Big Three
football. The Crimson and the
Orange and Black have their work
cut our for them net session. The
Ell triunphs will create an appe-
tite for more victories.
The period of glorious defeats
and moral victories seems to be at
an end in New Haven. No football
revival OF recent years has been
quite as impressive as the rejuve.
nation Of Yale this season. It was
in the air. The feeling that 1t was
an Eli year was evident from the
first.
The first expression of this re.
vival Of football spirit at Yale Is
seen in the addition of Dartmouth
to the Eli schedule. IT means a
hard game every week for the
Blue, which, after all, is aboul
az good way as any to develop a
high-class eleven.
Stiff competition should be more
exh'larating to the football athlete
than soft, easy games. There T.
always the danger of making the
schedule too hard. Notre Dame
made that mistake this year, and
the team lost to Nebraska at =
time when the players were SUI
fering from the physical strain o.
q hard game every Saturday.
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FOOTBALL Gets
ANNUAL KNOCK
FROM GRADS

The annual objection that foot,
ball tends TO detract public atten.
ton from the educational side OF
the institutions Of learning is again
heard In the land. AS a matter OF
fact, the modern undergraduate has
so many different interests that
football has only few brief weeks
OF attention every fall land is then
forgotten.
One would think that all that
undergraduates had to do was to sit
around until late at night and talk
football. Nothing Of the kind
What about his bridge sessions,
dinner dances, weekend parties,
Nah Jong skirmishes. and other
social obligations?
AS for overlooking the educational
side OF college life. it would be
difficult to find q student who has
been able to forget it and remain
in college. The boys who are care.
less enough to forget the educational
side of college life can be found
back on the. farm.
The real noise about football comes
from the estimable old grads. They
never forget it.
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ENGLAND AFTER
MAN To MEET
DEMPSEY
By JACK CARBERRY.

NEW YORK. Nov. 29.--John
Bull has properly adjusted his
monocle--he's going to find a
heavyweight to match with Jack
Dempsey or box himself to death
in the attempt.
Such, at least, Is the prediction
OF Eugene CORR. England's famous
referee. who tells OF the virtual
White Hope epidemic raging in the
British Isles.
tie as bad. said CORR. as the
nalady through which the United
States passed after Jim Jeffries
went to sleep down In Havana
after Jack Johnson had found the
button.
CORR credits the picturesque Tex
O'Rourke as the germ which has
infected the Brftishers. Tex. ! Il
seems, Is going hither and yon and
elsewhere from Cork to the north.
ern extremity Of the home OF the
stuff the Atlantic ram fleet is
selling off Sandy Hook. hunting In
every nook and corner Tor q ballS
bounder to do fisticuffs with the
Manassa Mauler for one OF Tex
Richards million dollar presents:
CORR says: i
"o'Rourke has three young
giants under his wing now. Money
patience and experience are being
lavished on the tito.
PEGGY Bettinson, another
trainer. has a string OF huskies.
too: He is trying out his young
maN at Covent Garden.
Fifty strapping striplings have
sent their names in to Peggy as
cand dates. =
II have lived a long time, bur
never have I seen sc many bows
anxious to don the padded rnttts
as the present crop. It may be
the tales OF the money being paid
for fisticuff's in America has much
to do with the abundant crop of
hopefuls..
1.-THE fever has spread to the
London hobbies At all the bar.
racks they are learning the art of
sock.
"One 'peeler'-Glyn Frank Ste.
phens, a Welshman, shows much
promise.
1.-THE Crystal Palace authorities
are setting out in the quest, too,
Jimmy Hulls is at the helm Of the
venture"
CORR points out that England
was the land of birth for the ring
game.
Surely" he comments, Eng.
land cannot let the game die for
lack Of international competition. "
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Plays Tennis With
Racket In Each
OF His Hands

Conservative tennis players of
England were recently startled
by the appearance Of a player
in a north of England tourna-
ment who played with rae
quet in each hand. In spite
of remonstrances he insisted in
playing in this unorthodox man.
ner. AS there was no rule
regarding the number of rae
quets which could be used by a
player, he was permitted to
carry on, as an English COM
mentator wrote.
Much to the surprise of his
competitors and the gallery, he
played fairly well, using right
hand or left hand racquet as the
occasion required. He also
served right-handed and left
handed, although his service
was to some extent handicapped
by the necessity of throwing
the ball up while holding a rae
quet in the same hand.
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NAVY CREW LOOKING TO
CRACK AT oLYMPic RACE

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 29.-The Naval
Academy crew win have two home
races this season, so far as il now
indicated Princeton on May 8 and
Syracuse on May "a. II win proha-
bly, row in the American Henley at
Philadelphia on May 81 and viii
enter any contest which viii deter
mine the crew to represent the
United States In the Olympics at
Paris. The Navy win not row at
Poughkeepsie in 1924.
Harvard has declined to renew tho
arrangements by which 1t rowed an
nually against the Naval Academy
and Princeton. and Princeton and
the Navy viii continue the races on
q home and home basis Yale. also,
declined to row the Navy, though
the latter offered to row at New
Haven and under almost any con-
ditiOns.
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ALEXANDRIA FOOTBALL
TITLE TO BE DECIDED

The Alexandria independents aud
the Praying Virginians will clash
IN their annual Thanksgiving bat.
tie "for the football title of Alexar
.'ria today. Both OF these clubs
have made fine records this season
7nd banner football is expected.
The game will be handled by
early, of Virginia: Referee Harmon.
OF Bethany, as umpire. and Kelly,
Holy Cross, linesman.
1t ts expected that 5000 will see
these two teams battle for football
supremacy OF Alexandria. TIL"
Same will be played on Baggett's
Field at 2:3O n m
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that he doesn't rest his arm be
tween games.
In uniform ne twists ban N
most constantly with the fingers Of
the left whip.
Pruett is too valuable not to
handle with silk gloves and SisleI
intends to arrange an entirely new
program for the Mizzoo boy next
spring. If 1t serves its purpose and
makes Hubert eligible for full
game every time he faces the
Yanlxs, Tigers. Nationals. and
White Sox, Sisler expects his eati
mate Of fifteen victories to be
tilted.
IS so
One big Improvement should be
noted in the Browns long before q
hall Is tossed next spring. This
should Nappear In the team morale
Instead of assembling with grouches
the players promise to be all steam
ed up with enthusiasm due to regu.
lating the organisation during the
winter.
The upset ln the Quinn.Foh
regime an the 1868 season started
plus Sisters ahaenc& wrecked the
snirits Of the atI1IeteaA They were
stin talking about the nerlk-and.
neck finish with the Yankees,
particularly that cruslllnk a2 de.
feat In fhe final game So9 the
series with the New Workers.. md
they waited GAiiIy for the arrival
Of George Sisler..
When It became known that SisIer
would not report they lost their am
bition.
They told themselves that they
~n',l'n't win without Sis and they
played that way.
Sister on first or on the bench
will not tolerate lazy tactics. Every.
body will he expected to get our ana
hustle. With Sis striving for his
own success the team should change
TO an entire happy family.
Mediocre hall PLAYERS. exerting
themselves, have become stars.
Look at Casey Stengel and johnny
Rawlings during their careers with
the Giants! During his laws with
The Pirates and Ph'llias Stensel was
regarded as an ordinary PLAYER. He
made circus catches and hit nome
runs in the pinch for McGraw.
Sisler does not seek personal
friends on his clubs. It is a bust
ness proposition from now on which
Is to drive at burning pace from
start to finish.
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AHo ISdl ODJ0CS oI FRAMING IS 10
acquire a settled form, for the good
player is one that averages high;
the veriest dub may be able at
times playing subjectively, to make
fine round. Therefore, / par
ticularly advise the player who
hopes to improve to make a great
effort to find a few regular hours
OF solitary practice during the
week.
1t is my theory that the problem
before each golfer Is how to adapt
his individuality to the game. In
working this out he will necessarily
make many mistakes, and it is best
to meet and conquer them alone.
The OnlOOker is likely to Judge
one too lenientIy, or too severely.
The hard conscientious worker
needs q tempered judgment. It
must not be severe enough to dis
courage, nor lenient enough to
overlook serious faults. 1t il
easy to crush a beginner by crit.
cisln, IL Is equally easy to smother
out any good game by undue
fIattery.
For these many reasons I advise
after acquiring the fundamentals
from a professional to spend a
little systematic time In solitary
practice, striving to look at ones
game impersonally and keep ones
judgment clear and level headed.
have never forgotten the re-
mark OF a fine old professor who
did his best to make something of
me In. my academy days. He said
that all actual learning must be
done In solitude-the way of the
student was Indian file. That was
graphic way Of stating a golfing
truth as we'll as an educational one.
To my early recognition OF the fact
that this truth applies also to the
world Of sport / owe much Of my
success at golf.
In saying this I do not mean 70
write anything against that delight.
full feature Of the game-companion.
ship on the links-for nothing can
take the place Of that, but I do
mean that for the ambitious golfer
who wants to learn how to control
his shots a certain amount of soil.
tary practice is absolutely neces
sary. Now that winter approaches
| the attic comes to mind.
One may play well at times in
matches but the sort of skill thai
results in a reasonable certainty OF
| being able to produce q given shot
at a given time must be the product
OF q practice that is something akin
| to the practice of scales by a must
clan. Muscles must be so trained
by intelligent repetition that the
power TO make the correct shot be
comes largely automatic.
|. Copyright John F. Ollie Cor
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In dealing with his prospects fos
the future, aisler before departing
for his winter quarters in California
talked about Pruett. II the LEFT
arm snaps az It did In 1922 and
again IN 1928. then Sisler win have
to swing over TO his recruits for the
development Of another southpaw
The uncertainty Of fame Is illus
trated In Pruett's career. He Wna
q new hero in 1922. In 1923 he
won four games and lest eleven.
Considering hiF effectiveness
against profninert clubs, Pruett with
a sound arm will be more valuable
than any . member OF the hill staff.
The Yankees, Tigers, Griffmen and
White Eox etagger around when q
iefthander Is on the hill, especially
Pruetf. The Yanks must be brushed
aside. The Tigers next.
Pruett made his mark In 1872
In striking ont Ruth and other
and other Tigers dance 70 MS
spectacular faaeaway stuff.
Pruett's standing In 1924 Win not
he. officially known until he has
gone through the test. He cannot
win any games during this winter
season. No one appreciates this
better than Sisler.
Up to the very close Of the 1928
training. period PPuett apparently
had recovered from the strain Of
the previous summer. But nature
balks. That fadeaway coming from
a sharp snap at the wrists and ex-
tending up to the elbow joints.
A pitching arm can hardly with
stand the constant jerk such as is
necessary In the delivery of that
freak fadeaway. That Pruett's
twisters strain the wrist and the
elbow has been proven in the past.
a duplicate Of Mathcwson, McGin-
nifty, Mordecai Brown, Walter
Johnson, Jack CHESHIRE, Grover
Alexander, Urban Faber, or Stan
COVeleskie to make his mark. 4
dinky curve. medium speed, and
fair control and he will win more
games than he win lose.
Pitching records show the
prominence Of southpay pitchers.
PenmOck Is not rated the best
pitcher" in the American League.
He was for 1923. according to the
figures. having a record Of 10 VIC
tories and 6 defeats. Bert Cole,
who was ON Ty CObh's bench sew
eral years, won is and lost 5.
Warr1Oth. who faued 70 stick
out the season with Griffs, won
and lost 4. ShcIrOd Smith was
foxy enough to win 8 out OF Is
for the Indians.
Then there was Mike Cvcngros,
who was waived out Of the Nationa
League and claimei by the White
Sox. He won IL and lost 1S for q
SIKH place club.
The chief trouble with Pruett Il
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ASVS Why WAAA SLAG Two Teams battle
strenuousIy as they have In the
past for the glory Of their respsc.
tive institutions, gut there is an
added incentive this year In the
form Of their coaches Both Bezdek
and Warner respect each other
highly, and as this ends their
Turkey Day series, each IL highly
DESTROYS Of carrying off the last
victory.
The heavy rains Of last week have
rendered the gridiron at Forbes
Field Of uncertain footing. But this
- not unusual for Pitt-Penn state
games. Some Of these conflicts
have been played in mud more than
ankle deep. However, both squads
are accustomed to this kind Of sc
ing-Pitt from playing on Forbes
Field and the Nittany team by prac
ticing with a heavy ball in the re
cent doWnfalls.
Penn state is given an edge "a
win today due to their moro Inn
pressive record Of the current
season. The Nittany squad has
victories over Navy and Penn and
3 tie with West Virginia, whereas
the Smoky City lads have lost 70
Penn and the NfOuntaineers. Pre-
ViOus scores count little, however,
when these two teams get to-
gethor.
But the Nittany squad has ono
advantage over their rivals and
that is Harry Wilson. Warner has
no ono to match his tow-headed
halfback. II may be that the con
ditiOn OF the field will make IL DIFF
ficult for the brilliant back to gel
away on his dashing spirits to the
goal posts which have featured
Penn state games this year.
Whether the field Is fast or slow,
Pitt is certain to have an eagle eye
beeIed on Wilson.
This game will be Wilson's Iasi
for Penn State. This win be his
third game at Forbes Field and his