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Evening star., 1926-04-20

Usually IN tneSe IneIl-NS.-WolIleiI
matches Il Is customary for the man
to concede II half, that is to allow
his opponent nine strokes, taken as
they come on the card. But instead
Of doing this, l set out to give her
six strokes bisque. "Bisque" means
that the player receiving the stroke
may apply it on any hole he or she
see fit, or for that matter two strokes
on one hole. provided the decision to
use the stroke is made before leaving
the green, or at least before starting
play on the nest tee.
Hits Ball Like Man.
T'p to that time Miss Leitch was
looked upon as possibly the greatest
woman player the game had ever
produced. Athletic and well set up,
she certainly waded into a golf ball.
There was nothing effeminate about
the way she Walloped the ball. She
was noted as a long driver among
women, using the old-fashioned palm
grip, which is conceded to yield
possibly more strength for stroke
than any other She had engaged in
several matches on the other side on
the basis of receiving nine strokes
In 1S holes, and unless I am mistaken
she had lost only one of these-to
Abe Mitchell. At the start Of the
match l wasn't at all certain that 1t
was possible to give her six bisques
and. beat her.
AS matter of fact won and won
easily, but in doing so / shot one of
the best scoring rounds of golf in my
life. i had a card of 81, which was
three or four strokes better than
had ever played the Pelham, course
before. Against such scoring she
really hadn't a chance. There are
several good long holes at Pelham and
on more than one of these ! beat her
by two strokes, that is on gross
scores. so that one bisque would not
have even given her half. This was
the case on the long fourteenth, well
over 500 yards. where l got a braSsie
second home about 10 or II feet from
the cup and holed an eagle ,.
In the matter OF handiCapping
should much prefer to give an oppO-
nent nine strokes, taken as they come
on the card, rather than six bisques.
In the first place. it will frequently
happen that the high handicap player
will lose hole on which he gets a
stroke by two strokes. so that his
stroke does him no good. Then again
he may even win level at one or more
other holes, in which case also his
stroke is Of no use to him. But if
bisque strokes are given the receiver
always has the privilege of using
them where in his judgment they will
do the most good. Then there is an
other point. If you know that you
are conceding a stroke on q certain
hole, you can go out and play accord
ingly, taking, maybe, extra chances
If they are warranted. But when you
can't say whether your opponent is
going to use a stroke there or not 8.
the case is different. So far as you
are concerned, it is a sort of blind
affair.
Evening star., 1926-04-20
Goes on Long Tour.

Starting out late in the Fall. Jock
Hutchison and l engaged in one of
the most protracted exhibition tours
ever undertaken in a golfing way.
We went out through Canada to the
Pacific Coast, playing match or two
on the way. Up around Victoria and
Vancouver we played others, and then
we headed south into California All
told, we travelled something like 10,-
600 miles, getting as far south in our
Evening star., 1926-04-20
DUCKPIN GAME is SUITED
BOTH SEXES; ALL SIZES
THE Kid took the vacant chair at the table
today?" he asked.

TT HE Kid took the chair at the table.
II suppose with the choir singers the game
today?" he asked
there the Old Timer bites his wedge
Im always there But where stuff"
why explained the Kid Il reading other night
spectators; just put squae
do their while all
choir singing. See?"
Evening star., 1926-04-20
InSideGOlf
BY ChesterHortoI

A cure for n persistent hook is some
times to be found by playing a more
open stance with the ball played back
more Jock Hutchinson often takes
Evening star., 1926-04-20
Twenty Years Of American Golf
xvII-dooD GOLF TO BEAT A LADY.
BY JIM BARNES.

LONG the Fall of 1921 exhibition match Pelham Of
II interesting have had Miss Cecil Lech the British
champion and her sister had play
championship and remained for taking other
exhibition Pelham
atch betwe handi basis
Evening star., 1926-04-20
SCHEDULE FOR TONIGHT
IN DUCKPIN TOURNAMENT
SINGLES Pm.
TEAMS--S PM.
Class. Alley.

NJ A. Leese Business Men s. " l
Brodts Business Mensl ... .
5. kann's Co Business Men 50 3
Hecht Co. business Men'sl -; 4
Walkover Shoe Co. (Merchants) b 8
Carl's Garage (Merch antsl 80. g
National Biscuit Co. tMerchants) G 7
Simpsons Dairy tMerchantso 3
f. Norris Sales Co. (MerchantsD 8
Conference Unit corp. Audit) -. G 10
Wash Loan & Trust (BankersO IL
Second National Bank (BankersD b 12
Evening star., 1926-04-20
HANDLEY PEEWEES SCORE.

Handley Peewees yesterday de-
feated the Young Sluggers, 8 to 0.
Evening star., 1926-04-20

(Next: Old Scenes Revisited.)
The Washington times., 1926-07-06
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
~ nR. TRANK CRANE
IIIae OELH Pr0cticaL PL0II

YyE only practical plan under which human beings can
expect to live together in peace IS the Golden Rule
We must love one another and do as We would be
done by.
not ideal Sunday School precep but It Is rule
that has teeth and claws Unless obey shall
suffer. And not one party but all parties suffer.
War demonstrated be about disastrous to
the victor the vanquhed The successful allies IN the
recent great World War; such Great Britain Italy, and
France almost bad off the unsuccessful group
consisting of Germany, Austria and so forth.
War not only and Intellectual but it does not
beings In the long to cooperate and
As General Grant said it is doubtful It
fought about that could not have been
better settled other way.
The great war makers are egolsm nate and
fear Jesus told us long ago that the only method Of getting
along together was by love and trust We have not yet
that precept based and
impractical command.
Germany writing revertng toward areactionary
government as is Italy England in the throes of labor
unrest The ministry IN France is maintaining itself with
difficulty and the franc falling Belgium IS upset. and
there is revolution in Poland
heava and disaster These things cannot be permanently
cured by an increase force any sde but only by
increase of charity and the spirit of compromise.
It takes long while for human beings to learn how to get
on with each other It much easier to revolt and stand for
our rights than patiently to seek status quo.
The main thing people to learn that there be
no abiding peace that is not founded upon justice:
The prophecy said ancient times that righteousness and
neace shall kiss each other Until this is done there is
abiding harmony progress
The Washington times., 1926-07-06

GSPEAKERS OF English have at
- their disppEaI the richest store
of words that is possessed by any
language in the world. Their
number amounts to hundreds OF
thousands. The majority, to be
sure, are OF the nature Of technt-
cal terms, not current in ordinary
usage. For the meaning of many
of these even the best educated
persons are compelled to resort
to dictionaries.
But the language also possesses
q vast number Of descriptive and
synonymous terms that are uni
versally useful. but which re4a"
lively few writer's and speakers
have mastered so far as to have
them freely at the end of the
tongue" or "the point OF the
pen"
Thousands Of words are known,
in the sense of being recognized
and understood when heard, or
read, by persons who never, or
very rarely. en1p1oye them them
selves. The memory of them
turks in the back OF the mind,
ready to be awakened by their
sound or appearance, but seldom
spontaneously bringing them for
ward in connection with thoughts
which they might most appropri-
ately express. In consequence the
speaker or writer who has not
trained these words by frequent
use to be in constant attendance
finds himself hampered in expires
The Washington times., 1926-07-06
A Great Governments Injustice
to Its Own Employees

The sole redeemng feature of the civil service retirement
act hurrdy passed closing hours OF Congress is that
gives aged retired employees few more dollars each year
upon which attempt subsist in the last years Of their
lives.
There COLDER unjust proposition perpe-
ated upon employees by any government Inc most imam
cy Of European governments would scorn to
nc upon workers such measure as that which
now becomes law.
The Senate conferees retirement legislation yielded to
House and to Administration at the last minute only
humanity faithful and women who have long
served their Government Loyalty and efficiently Even the
attempt of the Senate to relieve employees of the
additional burden put upon of maintaining the retirement
funds their pockets failed because of the terrible fear
that the Government might be committed to the obligation
Of time in the future having to contribute from its
own Treasury.
20 the $4,000 year the existing retirement
law This is because the bill deducs SO per cent from the
salaries of Government workers instead OF 2 per cent as
Briefly the increased annues to retired employees will be
paid through increased deductions from the salaries q thou
sands Of updrpaid and women on the payros OF the
Government
there surplus of $50000000 in the retirement fund at
this time It money taken the pockebooks Of Govern
ent workers The most liberal bill proposed in Congress
would not have required dollar from the United States
Treasury for many years come, at all Not taxpayer
n the country would have contributed penny TO what IS
called civil pensions enormously believed IN many sections
70 be money paid by good old Uncle Sam to those who work
for him.
Uncle Sam does pay the annuities true but he first
takes the money from the pockets of his workers and
then il workers who being retired because
OF old age The Government gets all the benefit OF young
workers taking the places superannuated without bit
of It makes preense of being oneenth
thousands Of American industrial and business establish
nens are to their workers in the of retirement bene
fits doesn't approach European countries which pay
retirement pensions from public funds.
The House bill law accepted by Federal employees
only Of human fairness to the aged It not salts
factory single Government worker certainly not to the
thousands whose salaries already low and from whose pay
checks increased deductions annuies must be taken
fight amend the law basis Of just contribution
no matter what opposition from high quarters Federal
employees stand together and they should sernly
election days those who responsible for the new
law
The United States should pay fair share Of retirement
hnnuies and relieve civil service workers of part of the
heavy burden imposed upon them There has been vast
lot of bunk about Government obligations in connection
with retirement but obligation all the Government has
The Washington times., 1926-07-06
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
by Helen ROWIand.

Speaking of Men
"ANY a man who lazily writes
1N1 AZ love you" in the sand,
at this time Of year, would shiver
at the idea Of writing it in in
delible ink.
When love dies, a woman likes
to give it a beautiful burial-but
man always insists on bringing
the next woman" to the funeraI.
Watch out! 1t takes only one
or two evenings under a summer
moon to turn a spring romance
into lifelong ma trimony.
Somehow, the One Big Love
never seems to come to woman
until she has decided that keep.
ing open Heart" is a foolish
waste Of energy-and has locked
the door and thrown away the
key.
Many man is washed up at
girls feet on a wave of emotion,
at this season; but luckily he
usually "recedes" before she can
anchor him.
After IS a man might as well
give up the struggle and get mar
ried: because he is going to grow
bald and grouchy or fat and flab'
by, anyhow.
Half the time what girl is
really thinking of when she looks
drcamily at her fiance, is all the
little ways in which she is going
to CHANGE him after marriage.
Any man who can look into a
girls eyes, in the moonlight, and
give her an accurate definition
of love, wouldn't know the emo
ton IL he met 1t face TO face.
Loneliness Is not solitude; 1t is
company without companionships
like 30 many marriages.
The Washington times., 1926-07-06
By ELSIE ROBINSON

She has that urgent desire 10
hester, common to all the breed.
But she expresses 1t by looking
-for.your.wel She's the
Merry Sunshine who always re-
minds you to wear your ruboers,
when you are vehemently set on
forgetting to do the same. She
fuses herself into a sick head
ache If you miss your regular car
from the office. she's always
wanting you to Do Something Tor
your dandruff or your chilblains.
Do you need to go to the dentist!
She reminds you. Are you
putting off paying your taxes?
She pokes you up. In short she
insists On making an orderly, re"
spectacle citizen Of you because
she loves you So" And while you
meekly obey. your heart seeths
with murder!
All these types. however. are as
naught in comparison to the
viciousne3s of the REPAY.EVIlr
WITH GOOD NAGGER. The Pos'
lyanna nagger at her worst. is
preferable to this pest. She only
smiles, but the REPAY-THE-EVIL-
WITH-GOOD NAGGER. Does
You Good with fell intent. There
is no more vicious habit on earth
that that of Doing A Good Deed
To The Other Fellow when be
emphatically doesn't want it done.
Is such action animated by love
for ones fellow man? 1t Is NOT.
It's animated by desire to make
him look and feel small. and to
plant a halo on your own brow.
The Repay-Evil- With Good Nagger
would become extremely un-
popular If he followed his natural
instincts and gave his offender
kick in the shins. Also. he'd
probably get one in return. SO
he nobly represses his carnal
nature and hands him Good
Deed instead. Thus making him
feel like thirty cents. Which is
what ! call a spiritual spit
ball
The Washington times., 1926-07-06

) we can, with our habitually more
limited vocabularies.
have Just been looking at q
reproduction OF a satirtcM pic.
ture now IN the Paris salon,
representing q large family gath.
ering deeply engaged In the solu.
ton OF q crossword puzzle.
Some clasp their bowed heads
with linked hands, some stare fix
edly at the ceiling. some consult
the dictionary, some throw up
their arms invoking the god OF
memory, and some widely yawn.
They may be laughed at, and yet
their occupation IL by no means
an Idle enc. They are enriching
their diction. Yes, this humble in.
tellectual game To q good aid TO
language mastery. It could be
made q better aid IL all those who
engage in 1t would fix its lessons
firmly In mind by immediately put
ting into daily use the great vari.
ETY. of synonyms words OF similar
meaningl which 1t introduces to
them.
One Of the most noticeable weak
nesses in ordinary speech is the
S0AAN4SAN(S -S-@AAN(
over and over again when a syn
onymoIls term would equally well
express the meaning while at the
same time relieving the rnonotony
Of hearing the Identical expressions
endlessly repeated. In the cross
word puzzle the attention ig lured
by the play instinct, while the ef-
feet is decidedly educational. It is
verbal athletics.
Wizard at Words
Rufus Choate, who as q public
speaker was q famous WORD wiz.
ard" made 1t practice to read a
page of the dictionary every day.
No doubt today he would be seen
pencil in hand working at cross
words. Books like old Taylor's
English synonyms Discriminate
ed" which greatly impressed me
when / was OF school-boy size, have
multiplied Of late years, and in
some ways are preferable for
study to the ordinary dictionary.
In Taylor's book the discriminative
element is specially valuable, not
because it 10 always convincingly
used, but because 1t Is astonishing
ly stimulating ana provocative of
thought and leads to more correct
and telling use of language. For
instance, see how Taylor discrinin-
ates between 'benevolence" and
''benefIcence:"
"Of these two words. one is the
intention. the other is the act:
benevolence (well-willing) being the
desire Of doing good; beneficence
(well-doing) being the realization
of that desire. A benevolent man
delights in beneficence."
Words studied in this way be-
come true jewels Of speech.
The Washington times., 1926-07-06
CROSSING
RUBICON

AT the breaking out of civil
"A war with Pompey. Caesar
with his army crossed the stream
called the Rubicon. exclaimtng
'"'the die is cast" This was one
of the three streams falling into
the Adriatic and forming part Of
the northern boundary Of Italy
proper and on that account the
Roman generals were forbidden to
pass it with an armed force. To
do so was considered equivalent
of declaring war against Roman
authority. And 90. ''to cross the
Rubicon' now means to take .
decisive step in any enterprise.
The Washington times., 1926-07-06
Forty Cents an Hour
That's Progress, But Not Enough.

The United States Department Of Labor authority for the
the wages of unsed labor averages
about 40 cents hour.
long only mechanic in the Uniteda
much 81 day all the round
hour does represent progress and especially
Cor the prosperous You reminded that all the rich
can get part Of what the little earns and the more the
little man earns the the big man accumulate.
EMPLOYERS trying get rich should learn by heart what
Henry Ford has to about wages. 1t il:
eSna0u hurts business more than 1t does labor
laborer earning barely enough to keep himself and family
alive cannot add to the general prosperity
Forty cents hour does represent progress BUT NOT
ENOUGH
If that wage least doubled it should be, how
many do you think would be built this year? How
many more homesites sold?
The Washington times., 1926-07-06

into the night. And we suppose
that's all there Is to the breed.
But alas it is only the beginning.
When it comes to variety and
virulence the Naggers have all
other vermin backed off the map.
First. there's the SUFFER-IN-
SILENCE NAGGER. This type
is 500% worse than the noisy
numbers. You have offended one
of them. Does she proceed to
make violent outcry and retort?
No indeed. Her mouth sets in
that monkey wrench grip peculiar
to all our best martyrs. Her eyes
assume a CLASSY uptilt of extreme
anguish. which, of course, is all
YOUR fault, She moves slowly.
painfully. It is obvious that
something is busted inside her.
YOU busted 1t. Surely one so
afflicted should 20 right off to
bed. with a nice hot poultice or
a few ice packs. But does she
go to bed? She does NOT. She
sticks right around where you can
see her suffering every minute.
You try to jolly her out of 1t.
Her grief, and silence, become the
more exaggerated. You ask her
seriously what's the matter. She
doesn't even echo. Finally, driven
to an extremity, you argue, cajole.
plead. sneer, yell. roar. bite your
nails, kick the cat. slam the door.
All is futile. You simply succeed
in making yourself seem more
ridiculous and criminal. She'll
come out of 1t when she's good
and ready. son. and not before.
And when it comes to enduring
qualities, the Suffer-In- Silence nag
ger makes the sphinx seem like
q soap bubble.
On the other hand, and quite
distinct from the noisy or silent
nagger. is the SMILE-BRIGHTLY
NAGGER. She has been cut to
the heart. Never has a mortal
been so wounded. But will she
shaw her anguish? No indeedy.
Shg will carry ont Her head.
though bloody. will continue aln-
The Washington times., 1926-07-06
LISTEN, WORLD!

bowed! She win
be a little Polly
anna. She viii
srnileand smile
"A N D SMILE.
After one day OF
his treatment.
you would vel
come the thumb
screw. the brand
ing iron. rack or
any Of the MASTER
forms Of med
ieval torture IN
preference to her
brightly beanling
face.
T h Q n there's
t h g DO-TAKE-
CARGO F-YOUR.
SELF NAGGER.
This form Of nag
ger does not act
out Of resent.
ment. although
her effect is all
most as irritating.
The Washington times., 1926-07-06
Short Observations

Al Smith big dinner to answer the ques
ton 'Wi you for Governor of New York again this
fa He wouldn't but the things that he said about
Republicans Yor Democracy to be certain that
will have Governor Smith for candidate once more.
He will rum OF COURSE, for he must. And in 1923 you
will see shndes in the Democratic Convention win
you that the party of Jefferson and jackson
has come life again, after of its long sleeps.
Philadelphia Sesqu Centennial refuses to close Sundays
That annoys gentlemen with money and leisure week days
and therefore think and believe they help themselves to
better Heaven by interfering with working people that
have only Sunday free.
That exhibition is inspiring, instructive elevating
What objection there to inspiration eeytton and inruc
ton on sunday2
The Washington times., 1926-07-06
ONCE-OVERS

TIVE FACE

ssApe is not improving his disposition woman
heard to say
She was speaking of relative in her family Of whom
she was very fond but with whom she having hard
time
If that man could have known what was being said OF
him would it have made difference IN the control OF s
temper2
why is it that as many older, they more
irritable2
First of all the young person who allows himself her
self to indulge outburss OF temper bound
to grow worse as he she grows older.
Many really fine face has been married because OF the
FREQUENT oubursts of temper which have twisted it.
Bad temper never made friends and sweet, wholesome
frendlness radiates and draws friends like magnet.
Which do you want to havea
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The Washington times., 1926-07-06

sion, while vainly striving to re-
call terms OF whose existence he
is dinly conscious. and which
would instantly clarity his think
ing If he could get hold Of them.
why We Need Words
There are thousands Of interest.
ing things that everybody could
say IL only everybody had the
The Washington times., 1926-07-06

necessary words at command.
Speakers of some other languages
than English seem to be more
voluble Latin voIvo. ITO turn
about'g than ourselves, perhaps
because they use more words. The
abundance of words enables them
to get around corners in speaking
more quickly and gracefully than
The Washington times., 1926-07-06

COMEDAY I'm
~ going to write
to those wise
boys who get out
the hand books
on Cockroaches.
Woodticks. Ants,
Hornets. Lice and
o t h er Domestic
Pests and ask
them to issue q
neat little booklet
on that common
est and most per.
nicious nuisance
or all Z HI T.
NAGGER.
Most of us
think we know
all about naggers
that there is to
be known. We
are familiar with
the ordinary var
iety which scolds
and weeps and
1oA1k4~es fn~ fn1s
The Washington times., 1926-07-06
Sunday Golf
Some Clergymen Approve 1t.

In Congregational church West last Sunday twenty
five members appeared in golf costume and the minister
approved their playing Sunday The ban Sunday golf
Is lifting everywhere.
This tolerant view is spreading It is indicative of the
broader spirit Sunday recreation and spora spirit that
reaches only golf but baseball and other popular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-29
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