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The Arvada enterprise., 1923-10-04

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Mrs. Iennpolc wnn giggiing to her.
self ns she rcnd the paper.
"CAnt you stop that giggiIng." Do
mnnded Mr.. I5canpoic. "Iiow can ]
get my accounts nuditedf"
She preserved n hurt silence.
''Thrrc you CO." snnricd Mr.. BrRn.
pole. "Snlic. cO,snrn it."-I.0uiSyills
Courier Journal.
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-10-04

More than 5000 persons srs en-.
gnxed In the papss esi0 is1sstsy 10
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-10-04
speed 10 Osngsrous

speed 10 Dangerous
Iie-wby do blushcs creep over
girls fnccsi
She-Iiccausc n they rnn they
would Kick up too much dusi.-An-
swcrs.
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-10-04
Wall. Maybe.

Wall. Maybe.
Whnt seem To rs but dim funcrsal
inp-rs. mny b. henycns Distant inmpa.
-L0ngfrllow.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
Bolivar, South
Americas Washington

One hundred and forty years ago
Simon Bolivar, the son of wealthy.
influential man in South America,
was born In Venezuela Aristocratfc
and we'll educated. It seemed he had
everything to be desired, but Bolivar
was not satisfied. There was one
thing that he wanted more than any
thing else; for this he gave up
wealth and position. He wanted to
free South America from the tyranny
of Spanish rule.
Bolivar loved an ideal and lived for
it. His ideal was liberty" The
money he inherited from his father
he gave to his cause, and to prove
his sincerity, he freed all his slaves.
The task Bolivar set for himself
was almost hopeless Spain was
strong and South America was not
organized. Bolivar had to create
nation and bring the people together.
Three times he carried forward his
plans for rebellion, but each time he
failed-Spain was too strong. =
In 1924 his fourth rebellion was
successful and he founded the Grand
Republic, composed Of Colombia,
Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador and
Sucre. They made him president OF
Colombia. but of the $4,000 salary
he received, he gave half to the
widows and orphans Of the soldiers
who had fought with him.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
The Grasshoppers' Anti Tobacco League.

Her speech was SO convincing and
her lovely complexion (due to her
stunning Of the bad habit) so enticing
that even the worst old chewers were
moved They admitted that they had
felt queer pains around their hearts
lately, and Priscilla proved conclusive
ly that 1t was due to the tobacco. 1t
was not long before the frightened
grasshoppers formed the "Grasshop-
pers' Anti-Tobacco League" and they
all signed the pledge never again to
chew.
All week long Priscilla worked. and
at last late Saturday night she had
the name Of every inhabitant Of Hop
perville on her pledge.
What is that peculiar smell?" Pris-
ella wondered. 1t reminded her that
hey should have had some sort Of
celebration, a bonfire or something. to
ark this wonderful change in Hopper
lille. Maybe some Of the dear young
rasshoppers that had helped her IN
.er campaign had thought of II.
Priscilla followed her nose to inves-
tieate. She was led around back Of
the barn. There the>lovely missionary
tainted dead away to discover all the
younger set of Hoppervilie learning to
smoke cigarettes.
Evening star., 1923-07-01

Priscilla was strong for reform;
The speeches she made, long and warm
Against all the chewing
The choppers" were doing,
Converted the Grasshopper swarm.
PRISCILLA GRASSHOPPER felt
that she had a mission In life
When she thought it all over she had
to admit that is was UP to her. She
would have to convert the whole grass.
hopper tribe. She was the only inhabi-
tant of all Hopperville that did not
chew tobacco. Priscilla shuddered al
the thought. Poor. ignorant creatures!
They had all been brought up wrong,
They did so need a serious-ninded mis-
sionary among them to teach them the
error of their ways.
Priscilla had borrowed book from
the family of June bugs next door
and had been reading up on the harm
full effects of nicotine. She had dis
covered that there was only one thin;
worse than chewing tobacco and tina;
was smoking cigarettes. She was
glad that all her townspeople were not
addicted to that terrible habit.
And so Priscilla committed q speech
all about the evil effects of chewing
tobacco and went around to the vari-
Gus clubs and delivered it,
Evening star., 1923-07-01
SHORT STORIES.
IMA e hk-kaAA
Ferdie's Rolling Stone.

| Ferdie ran a few steps into the
cave, then Topped down and rolled
out again. The big fox, seeing no
footprints leading out. would natu-
rally suppose Ferdie was still in the
cave. Outside the mouth of the cave
| was big stone. Ferdie rolled out of
sight behind it. He was just in time.
too, for the terrible fox came around
| tree Immediately.
Ferdie was lying nat on his back.
At the sight of the big fox his hair
stood on end so that 1t raised him
| right of the ground. He was much
worse looking than Ferdie had thought.
Ferdie trembled SO that he had to fold
his feet across his stomach to keep
| them from flying out on all sides Of the
rock.
I'll get you! I'll get you!" growled
the terrible fox through clenched teeth.
Ferdie ,trembled until be bounced right
up and down on his back. 'Ha! You
/ thought you would hide from me. did
your" sneered the fox, following the
footprints right into the cave. well,
I thought you had better sense than
that. Here's where i get you, sure
! enough. You can't get away from me
now!' The big fox's tail disappeared
into the cave.
| Ferdie quickly jumped up and rolled
the stone over against the opening. Il
thought you had better sense than that
Here's where l get you. sure enough.
You can't get away from me now!'
| FerCie ye,led
Evening star., 1923-07-01
Ever See This One?

Take the eight Of spades and the
nine Of ciubs--lay them on the top
of the deck: take the nine OF spades
and the eight Of clubs and put them
on top OF the other two cards. Ex-
plain to the audience that you will
take two cards from the top Of the
deck ana let them see them for just
glance. Do this. ana then allow
some one TO place the cards back
In the deck. Then put tho cards be-
hind your back for q second and
bring them out In front again and
take the two top cards and show
them.
SOf course. they will not be the
same ones which you first showed
the audience. but many people will
believe that the eight OF spades and
the nine Of clubs which they are
shown the second time are the nine
Of spades and eight Of clubs wAich
they were really sAswn
Evening star., 1923-07-01
The Arm Action.
Lesson Three.

tThis is the third OF series Of eight
articles by Pierson l.. Maxwell, q swim
swim at municipal beaches. ocean beaches and
private pools. Mr. Maxwell has been q iife-
guard and a racing swimmer for number OF
years. He knows what he IL talking about
when it comes to swimming. Clip these arti-
cles and follow them IL you want to become
q good swimmer)
nEFORE proceeding with the arm
ID action do tho dead mans float
and crawl leg kick combined. as
taught in the two previous lessons,
three times. Then get out Of the pool
and stand on the bank
Place your arms out in front Of you.
parallel to the ground, palms down
ward. Start the right arm slowly
downward and bring It around in q
complete circle. Do the same thing
with the left arm. After having
done this several times, como to the
original position once moro. Start
out moving the right arm again, and
as Il passes the body and starts its
upward swing start the left arm.
The two must be moved together.
like a pair Of slow-turning wind
mills. They must always be 1s0 de-
srees from one another. that IL. as
they are travelling around there
should be a straight line from the
tips of the fingers Of the left hand
to the tips Of the fingers Of the right
hand.
When this movement works
smoothly. get In the water. Start
out with the dead mans float. begin
your kick. and then start your arm
movement. Make the legs move
rapidly and the arms move slowly
that Is the secret of a powerful
stroke. Take several strokes with
the arms and then come UP. for you
Evening star., 1923-07-01

other catches. OF course, real ball Is
not used, but each time It is pretended
that the ball is thrown. the pitcher
reaches into the hat full Of slips and
draws one, which designates what play
has resulted.
II, because Of the plays which have
gone before. It ts impossible to carry
out q play which is drawn from the
hat, the slip will count as q strike.
Sometimes. two plays might be put on
some Of the slips, with the side at bat
having the choice of which play they
will use.
When there are only two players.
the catcher becomes the pitcher whom
his side has three outs. the catcher
representing the side at the bat and the
pitcher representing the side in the
field.
Evening star., 1923-07-01

TIERE'S flrecracker cannon which
and lots Of fun to work after 1t Is
made. When you load this cannon
you have to use two hands. SO there
Is no danger OF getting the light near
the fuse until all is ready.
First, hunt up an old tin can. A
square coffee can will do best because
1t is much easier to work with than
a round can. A round can may be
used, however, IL square one is
not available. In either case, the
can must be one which has a top
to II.
The truck Is made according to
the diagrams and the can is mounted
upon It, Do not fail to let the end
on which the top fits project out
over the back end Of the truck q
little way, or It will be difficult to
put the top back on after an ex-
plosion has blown it of.
In order to get the spool into
the can properly. the fange on one
end must be cut of. The spool Is
for holding the firecracker. as shown
in the illustration.
Wheels are made OF wood. cut out
carefully, although old roller skate
wheels would be fine. Placing the
one screw through the bottom of
the truck and through the can allows
the barrel Of the cannon to be point
ed in different directions and holds
it steadily to the truck. A screw-eye
is placed in the forward end OF the
truck so that q piece Of string may
be attached for pulling the cannon
along.
Red and black makes a good color
combination to paint the affair. red
for the spool and truck. and black
for the can. It may also be daubed
here and there with all sorts OF paints
and made to look like the camou-
faRed weapons used in the great war.
Evening star., 1923-07-01

THIS Is the last OF q series Of nut
dolls which you can make OF
nuts, millinery wire, No. z, and crepe
paper. The features are put on the
nut laces with black and red crayon.
The body of the cat is made of a
large~peanut Cut q piece Of wire
about four inches long and run II
through the peanut lengthwise, al
lowing n inch to stick through at
the other end. Insert this in a hazel
nut for the head. The longer end
Of this wire is curved UP to form the
tail. For the legs and feet, cut two
pieces Of wire about zh inches long
and insert through the side Of the
peanut q short distance from each
end. Make loops at tho end Of the
wires u inch long to form the feet.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
Ferdle was small, but so sly
sTwas no wonder he always got by;
Though scared most to fits,
He held on to his wits,
ps%ernIoed he never would die,


He held on to his wits,
Determined he never would die.
EERDIE FOX was sly-very. very
II sly. And he was also wise-ex-
tremely wise. In short, Ferdie was
a fox.
Ferdie was also a good runner.
Across the fields. over the hills and
through the woods he ran just as fast
as ever he could. Ferdte was In such
a hurry because another fox Gone
that was wise and sly and also a
good runrer) was after him. The
other fox was almost twice as big as
Ferdie, too Poor little Ferdie was
frightened half to death.
Faster and faster he ran, until he
was so tired he almost dropped. But
thought of the terrible fox that was
after him kept him going. He tore
into the woods. For a moment he
was out of sight of his pursuer. If
he could only find place to hide!
Then, just as though his wish had
been answered, Ferdie saw cave In
the side of hill. 1t was just the
sort of a place he had been longing
fer. But Ferdie stopped a minute
to think before he ran in. The other
Ferdie's footprints would lead right
into the mouth of the cave. The fox
would follow him in and corner him
Evening star., 1923-07-01
The Black Cat of Nut own

Cut a strip of black crepe paper
y inch wide, fasten end to peanut
with paste and wind around the nut
until covered. Cover legs and tail in
the same way with strips q inch
wide.
For the ears cut small triangles
Of black paper and paste them on
as shown In the illustration. If you
want your cat to have whiskers, paste
or glue a few bristles from an old
brush on both sides of the mouth.
Miss Hazel Nut and her brother,
Phil, arrived home today from long
trip through the west. Their many
friends were at the station to meet
them, and proceeded to the Nut home,
where a party was given for the
travellers.
One accident marred their home
coming. Miss Nut brought with her
q dog given her by her uncle, Mr..
Wall Nut. On their arriving home the
new dog caught sight of the family
cat and proceeded to tree it. Mr.. Nut
was severely bruised in a fall from
the tree when he tried to rescut it
Evening star., 1923-07-01
How Tanks Were
Named.

DID you ever wonder how the big.
numbering war machines called
tanks" tho from monsters which
helped turn the tide Of victory to-
ward the allies. got their name?
One Of the workmen IN q plant in
Sussex where the fighters were being
manufactured was asked ono day by
a British general what he thought
the fighters looked like. He replied. IT
don't know what they look like. but
they look about as much unlike a
tank Of ale as anything can think
Of
Evening star., 1923-07-01

must not yet attempt to breathe.
It will take practice to get this
movement Of arms. legs and body
working together. but with a little
work you will fnd that you are NOV
ing along with a greater speed than
you ever swan before. While you
are practicing these motions, remem-
Der to keep your head 30 that the
water is breaking over your eye-
brows, and arch your back q LITTLE.
When the arms have finished a
stroke they are brought back out
in front OF the head, out of water.
When doing this, or making the re-
covery. as 1t is called. relax the arms
as much as possible.
Evening star., 1923-07-01

HERE'S q garne which will make
i i the tiresome hours on the train
pass BY quickly. II Is a form Of base
ball which IL lots Of fun and will not
disturb the other passengers. Two or
four may play.
To get ready for the game. a series
Of paper slips are prepared, on which
all the common plays Of the game are
placed. A. a starter. try = set made
in the following proportions. Is strikes,
Evening star., 1923-07-01

charming-whoily charming, every
where and all the time.
Georgette's daintily distinctive ap.
pearance is half the secret Of her
social success. She's chic and stylish
You note . colorful vivacity in her
costume that accords with the pi-
auancy Of her manner. Rings on her
fingers and bells In her laughter
you'll find the music OF her voice
wherever you find Georgette.
Evening star., 1923-07-01

WITH Georgette's arrival the fun
w begins. When she comes flying
through the gate, curls bobbing. eyes
wide awake and laughing. the dullest
party becomes suddenly gay.
Hello" she calls, and in some
marvellous way everybody's shyness
and reserve appear to vanish. Just
~hat is her business, anyway? To
keep the conversational ball rollingi
And how well she does itt She is
Evening star., 1923-07-01

10 balls, one-base hits. two-base
hits. Q three-base hits. homo run,
out at first, 9 ny out, 1 safe bunt, /
bunt with batter out at first only. 8
foul flies. and any other plays which
you wish to include.
After the slips are made they are
placed In a hat and shaken up. The
two players who represent one team
take their stations at opposite ends Of
the aisle. One player pitches and the
Evening star., 1923-07-01
Who's Afraid2

Ed-Awi You're afraid to fight!
Milton-No; I'm afraid my mother
will ind II out.
Ed-How!
Milton-She1l see tho doctor going
to your house.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
Batter Up for the Train Game

ground Il? The
vacation
Evening star., 1923-07-01

Peanut cats can do all sorts of
clever tricks. They'll make the
cunningest sort Of favors for your
summer party.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
BuInsteaasW sWO1nSYruD

'aTo children an angel Of mercy. Where
directions are followed. 1T NEVER FAILS.
Despite scarcity and enormous cost Of SAN
ToNIN, It contains full dose. Stood sixty
yearH' test Sold everywhere oe BY maii, ooe
Est. d. A. Voorhees,. N. DID, phiisdslohiv
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
Next Week in Series

resa VS.. Plaza, Randle, SIS p. m;
b. no game.
Junior CLASSIFICATION A, Elliott
VS.. Winton, Union Station plaza,
o:lo p: m; B. Langdon VS.. Epiph-
any Langdon, $50 p. M; c, ST.
MaErin VS.. fremont, Seventh and
Monroe northeast, SIS p. m.
Thursday.
Unlimited CLASSIFICATION A, no
game; B. Boiling Field VS.. Brook,
1and, Boiling Field, Sis p. M; C,
Milan VS.. ST. Joeph, Fifteenth and
northeast 5:15 p. m.
senior Class.-Section A, Roamer
vs. Mohawk Prep, Randle, Sis
p. M: Il, no game.
Junior Class.-Section A, ST
Joseph VS.. Warwick A. c., Union
Station plaza, SID p. M; B. WaV'
cry VS.. Shamrock Juniors, Union
fark, BIB p. m. G, Clover VS.. War.
WICK Prep, Seventeenth and D
southeast, Sis p. m.
Friday.
Unlimited Class.-Section A, Mer.
curry VS.. American Legion, Central
stadium, 5:15 p. M; B, Mona Wls
vs.. Dominican, Union Park, 5:16
p. M; c. Comforter VS.. Milans, FiS
teenth and c northeast, 5:15 y. m.
Senior Class.-Section A, ST. The,
resa VS.. Waverly, Randle, Sis
p. m; B, no game
Junior Class.-Section A. Elliott
VS.. Argyle, Handley Field, Sis
p. m; B, no game; c, Mt Pleasant
vs. st. Martin, Union Station plaza.
5:15 u. m.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
HARVARD s iGRlD
| STARS LISTEN !
FOR CALL
Crimson Roundup viii Be
Staged Third Week in
September.
TIMES srAFF PNOT0

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Aug. A.
Harvard football players are spread
far and wide over the United
States and Europe on their sum-
mer vacations and will begin to
answer the call Of the roundup
about the third week in September
Vacations, however. means not q
rest but hard work with which to
attain the wherewithal to remain in
college another year.
Capt. Charley Hubbard IL II
Terre Haute with one OF the Stone
& Webster companies getting prac
tical experience for his engineering
course at Harvard which he com
pletes next June. Charley Eastman
and Heinie bunker, who took part
in the international track meet, are
lettering about the continent. East
man, wearing the Harvard cOlors
won first in the shot-put against
Cambridge-O Oxford. and bunker
placed third. These boys were
Harvard's regular tackles last fall
Henry Grew, the big regular
guard, is touring Europe with his
dad, while Percy Jenkins is tutor.
ing boy at Bar Harbor. Jenkins
was regular end last year, and his
partner, Louis Gordon, is at sum.
mer camp in this State.
Jimmie Lee, who started the
Yale game at quarterback, is in
Norway with Charlie Buell., the 1922
captain. Hal Greenough, sub
tackle, is also overseas, while Jack
Hammond is at his home in Rox.
bury. Ken Hill, sub end, Is work
ing in Falmouth, while Frank Ker.
nan, sub center, is with his family
on one of the Thousand Isles.
Standish Branford Is doing special
work at the Harvard summer
school
Head Coach Bob Fisher recently
concluded his vacation and is now
busily engaged In making up his
staff of assistants for the autumn.
Tommie Campbell. OF Fishers team
in college. will be freshman coach,
and Jimmie Knox will look after
the second eleven again.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
Monday.

Monday.
Unlimited Class.-Section A, w.
F; Roberts vs.. American Legion,
Mt. Rainier, $3.50 p. m; B, no game;
c, Mariners VS.. st. Joseph, Wash.
ington barracks (pending).
Senior Class.-Section A, Waiver.
ly VS.. Mohawk Prep, Union Park.
5:15 p. M; B, no game.
Junior Class.-Section A, Argyle
vs.. Warwick A. c., Handley Field.
Sis p. m; B, no game; c, Mt.
Pleasant VS.. Warwick Prep, Union
Station plaza, SIS p. m.
Tuesday.
Unlimited Class.-Section A, Gar.
field VS.. Junior Order, Union Park,
SIS p. m: B, Boiling Field VS.. Park
View, Boiling Field, 5:15 p. m.; G,
Milans VS.. Pills. Fifteenth and c
northeast, Sis p. m.
Senior Class.-Section A, Roaner
VS.. Lexington, Rosedale, 5:l5 p. m;
B, no game.
Junior Class.-Section A, no
game; B, Waverly VS.. Park View
Union Station plaza, Sis p. M;
Clover VS.. Simpson, Randle, 5:15
p. m.
Wednesday.
Unlimited Class.-Section A, Mer.
curry VS.. Petworth, Washington bar.
racks, Sis p. M; B, Mohawk VS..
Shamrock, Union Park, 5:15 p. m.
c, Comforter VS.. O'Donnells Eff.
teenth and c northeast, Sis D m.
Senior Class.-Section A, st. The
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
UMPIRE BATTING.
IS SLUR UPON
BASEBALL.
Arbiter Only Has Two Guesses
on Close Plays and Must
Choose One.

Umpire batting has been particu-
larly acute in the minor leagues
this year. In the case Of the Cot
ton States League it developed into
a case Of umpire beating. Charley
Bell. manager of the Jackson, Miss,
team called on Umpire Baird at the
latter's hotel at Meridian, Miss,
Bell taking a committee Of players
with him.
Evidently the spirit Of the Ku
Klux Khan got into those Cotton
Leaguers. They believed in direct
action. and after they got through
with Umpire Baird he looked as
though one Of those Dixie cyclones
had hit him. Some one had to COL
lect the pieces.
The officials Of the Cotton States
League suspended Bell for sixty
days. This was not drastic enough,
in the opinion of Mike Sexton,
president of the National Associa-
ton Of Minor Leagues, who has
barred Bell for eighteen months
III Ohl ACd60C OcAAs
January. 1, 1925. Various jackson
playes were fined sums of $25
and $50.
Unquestionably the severer pen.
atty fixed by Sexton was justif.able
under the circumstances. The job
OF umpire is a poor one at best
One Of the weak points of profes
sional baseball is that players dc
not want umpires to render fair de-
cisions: they want all the close
ones. and yell bloody murder II they
| don't get them. Obviously an UNI
| pire must call the close ones one
way or another.
In the minors, umpiring is espe
cially a thankless task. The PAY
is small and leagues are unable tc
advance umpires the same expense
money they get in the me jors
The deeper one goes down in the
minors the more rabid becomes the
partisanship. If an umpire, there
fore, is beaten up by a mob OF
players. led by an irate MANAGER
1t is a sorry blotch on the game
II the culrrits are not punished
| to the limit
The Washington times., 1923-08-04

blows, one this past week bringing
his total to twenty.six.
Strand last year led the league
with an average OF 1884 and seems
in a fair way to repeat His per-
formance.
If your first name is Paul, you
are hitter. Young Paul Waner.
Of the San .Francisco Seals. Is prov.
ing decisivily that he il no flash
In the pan. Although he has toed
the platter fewer times than Strand,
the Seal marvel clicks the agate
at the terrific mark OF .l26. That's
certainly a mark for the$ told veter.
ans to aim at. s
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
Yanks Should Have
No Trouble Holding
Their Lead

1t is going to be easy sailing
for the Yankees from now on.
Of course, accidents can hap
pen in baseball, and there is
plenty of time for reverses to
come along. Allowing for the
ordinary amount of luck, how
ever, that usually goes along
with a winner, the Yankees
should have no trouble in hold
ing their advantage.
They finish the season at
home and with a big lead at
their command. There will be
no occasion to overwork the
pitchers, as they had to do
during the past two seasons.
The veterans will have plenty
of chance to rest and should
be in great shape for the big
event in October.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
Otto Borchert Bets
He'll Stick Il
Out AGAR

Otto Borchert, who owns the
Milwaukee ball club and is in-
terested in the boxing game
also, had a partial stroke the
other day while at the park,
and his partner, Frank Null
kern, took him home. On the
way, Frank offered to bet Otto
$25 that he would not live .
year.
Cheerful" said Otto, ''but
! will take the bet"
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
If You Don't Believe
This, Try It On
Your Wife

The oId-tiHne pugilists, who
not only fought without band
ages but fought terrific fights
with bare knuckles under the
old prize-ring rules, seldom in
jured their hands. They punch
ed correctly-with the knuckles.