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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
More Truth Than Poetry
By James j. Montague
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The s.old-fsh as Try Cobb has stated
His words we frequently recall
Imperfectly is isolated
He has no privacy at all.
Poor fish he never can retire
Where curious eyes may not intrude
To poke the embers of his fire
In lone, sequestered solitude.
look upon the works of science
With vast admiring wonderment
Rejoicing in each new appliance
That able engineers invent.
But this device called television
which toward perfection comes apace-
l fear will wreck my one, elysian
Serene and happy hiding place.
Although I'm not the least exclusive,
To be observed, by day and night
By other folks is not conducive
Towel what may be termed dellght.
When in my own and private Railways
l do not banker to be dressed
AS careful persons must be always
For the reception of guest.
Nor do care to run the chances
On what my vision might reveal
If 1 shot unexpected glances
At other peoples dishabille
And when I'm finished with my labors,
And my old shoes and jacket don
I do not care to have the neighbors
And phone subscribers looking on.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
CAREFREE LOT
Gel F'aso Herald.)
The state compensation

employers carefree The state compensation
Law is oconside of
employe sleep at the wheel OF his
employers killed and his widow
received the award
Another employe shoveng
became The state
has a verdict in his behalf
sued by aborer who got sand in
There information
at hand on the verdict been
rendered is guess will collect
there any which Arizona employer cannot
be mad
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
SEQUELS

chances are that the king got up
in rage and had the chef beheaded
in his presence. That would make
substantial and satisfactory ending.
To carry this particular narrative a
little further there is the conclusion
which runs:
The maid was in the garden
Hanging out her clothes
Along came a blackbird
And nipped off hel nose.
That would haye mattered enor-
mously in the good old days, bu
ii the maid had been Of the present
time she merely would have gone to
a beauty parlor and had another
nose made, like Jack Dempsey did.
There is still the king, in whose
employment the maid was, was re-
sponsible under the Liability Law for
the cost of The new nose. But if he
was true to type as king he prob
ably would have found some way
to saddle that charge, on the taN-
payers
Then there is that mystery story
which reads:
Jack and Jill
Went up a hill
To get a pail of water
Jack fell down
And broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after.
In the first place, 1 for one have
always wondered why Jack and Jill
jointly or severally should go up a
hill to get a pail of water. Water
is found customarily at the bottom
not az the top of hills There should
be a few lines explaining that there
was a windmill or a gas engine
on the. top of the hill, which pumped
the water up into a reservoir from
which it flowed down into the house
occupied by the children's parents.
In this case there must have been
something the matter with the plumb
ing fixtures, but that is quite under
standable. Something is almost al
ways the matter with the plumbing
fixtures
The nature of Jacks injuries are
stated in vague and unsatisfactory
way. But whether the poet m SAINT
Dy the expression DIOhS 'H4S yiOWH
to convey the idea that Jack broke
his skull or merely broke his scalp
is not made clear at all. Nothing
whatever is said of the nature OF
Jills hurts But Undoubtedly the
instant the story got into the after
noon papers she was visited by
sob writer from one Of the tabloids,
and asked to write a signed story,
telling how she first met Jack,
whether or not she was known to
him as Peaches, and how it feels
to fall down a hill. When she had
written and signed the story, re-
cciving large sum of money for 1t.
it was written so as to make 1t
evident that Jack, having promised to
marry her, without the advice and
consent of his wife, had found he
didn't love her any more and took
this means of 8disposing of her.
This would be followed with inter-
views with Jack, and with Jacks wife.
and with Jills former suffers and
would be printed daily till not a pos
siole detail remained unsupplied.
Done into rhyme, either with happy
or tragic endings, these verses, in
stead of being mere jingles woul1
become vital cross sections of life.
If their authors had written them
in that way, they would not have
been tumbled into the oblivion which
hey richly deserve for being SO
sketchy about their characters.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
TORNAno,s TRACK

How did your house look after it
had been ransacked by those burg
lars?" asked the neighbors.
1T looked as if my husband had
been looking for something he had
mislaid,' replied the wife.-Cincin-
nat; Enquirer.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
Abe Martin

One o. th' most ancient git rich
quick schemes is marryin' 81 well 81
do" nidder. good name is "a mighty
fine thing T. have, but sometimes
think TIERS more money in good
location,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
Plucked From the Plains
DRY AQUATICS

Mother, may go to swim?''
NO, my darling cutie;
My precious pet must not get wet,
You are a bathing beauty"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
ARTEL ALCOHOL, MAYBE

20, DOCTOR I forget to ask you
about that eye medicine?"
what about it?'
do 1 drop it in my eye before OF
after meals?'-Good Hardware.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
By JAMES J. MoNrAGUE

The mother goose rhymes would
be perfect if they were complete.
The trouble with them is that they
overdo suspense. They work you up
to high pitch of excl ement by
creating a tense situation, and then
leave you flat. None of them ever
finish the job. This may be because
they sold so fast, when they were
written thai the authors were always
taking orders for new ones, and
so had no time to complete those
he had already written am not
gifted as q writer of nursery rhymes.
Those which | have attempted 10
write never seemed to achieve any
popularity, even with my own chill
dren. But, in common with every
body else in the world, ! can tell
authors how to improve their work
and make helpful suggestions 10
;hem. OF course it is too ,ate 20
do much for the nusrery riiymers,
because most of them are probably
dead by this time. But if they were
here they might profit by adding
in rthyme, of course, the sequcls,
which, lacking Inspiration am
forced to supply in prose. For
example:
Tom, Tom, the piper's son
Stole a pig and away he run
The pig got loose
And Stole a goose
And Tom was put in the Calabo9 9se.
I will pass over the bad grammar,
which was necessary to the rhyme
and content myself with calling pub
lie attention to the fact thai 1t was
the authors business to get rom
out of the calaboose before he died
there of old age He never would
have been compelled to suffer such
punishment, even for the con.bina.s
crime committed by himself and the
pig, for whose misdoings he was
in a measure responsible.
What probably happened was this.
The society for prevention of cruelty
to children supplied Tom with counsel,
but the owners of the pig and the
owner' of the goose We're influential
in local politics, and the decision Of
the. lower court on the writ of habaes
corpus was adverse to the prisoner
But Toms mother interested one
Of Che local lawyers, who needed a
reputation, in the poor boy, and the
local lawyer took up collection
among the people who disliked tn ;
owners of the livestock for ex-
penses After trial which lasted
for three months, the jury on the
testimony of a number of celebrated
alienists decided that Tom was insane,
and he was liberated. Shortly there
after he stole another pig and another
goose-and- but we can't keep this
sort of thing up forever, even if
do have 20 disappoint my child
readers.
Then there is the story of:
Sing song of sixpence
A pocket full of rye
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in pie
When the pie was opened
The birds began to sing
Wasn't that a dainty dish
To set before a king?
What we should like to know is
whether it was or wasn't. If the
king had his mind made UP for a
mess of blackbirds, and wasn't par
ticularly fond of music it wasn't.
There is no mention of any other
nourishment, such as applesauce or
branded peaches in the pie, The
MAaMaT Tm1nAh
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
SKATING IN WONDERLAND

Mrs Edwin Evans had the mis-
fortune OF having her head cut oy
falling on the ice, which bled pro,
fuselyt-PennsElva paper.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
TELL YOUR WARNINGS

Several people have entered the
county egg laying contest. If there
ARE any others who desire to enter
they are requested to notify Miss
Ross at once.-Morrilton (Ark.)
paper.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
4 SOTTHERN DELICACY

A Gentleman-"How did you enjoy
the Mardi Gras in New Orleans?"
Another College Mantle best l
ever ate."-Colby White Mule.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
PASSING KIND

The Bore-"I passed by your place
yesterday"
The Bored-"Thanks, awfully!"-The
Bystander.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
BEYOND COMPARE

Are mine the only Fps you ever
l1issed?"
Eyes, darling, and the nicest."-
Tit-Bits.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
ANYTHING TO OBLIGE

do let me see your engagement
ring"
Sorry I've. just returned it TO
Billie; but if you're really keen I
can easily make it up again."
Punch.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
DOMESTIC ATMOsPHERE

Sergeant angrIIyJ-'B BuItOnup Ihdl
coat!"
Married Recruit (absent- -mindedly)
Yes, my dear" Answer.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
KNEw THE PRICE

"Is this a free translation?" asked
customer in a bookshop.
mo, sir replied the clerk; sit
gelist.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
INDIGNANT BOW-WOws

Many attacks have oeen reported
by dogs during the last 1S months
Suburban item in the New York
Times.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
THE AMERICAN STAKE IN NICARAGUA
Chicago Tribune.l

(Chcago Tribune)
embarg Nicaragua
Diaz the United
ofarms
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
WEAKENED TOO soon

Irate Flatdweller = Look here.
Brown, your Internal loud speaker
kept me up TIL twelve last night!'
wireless Fiend my dear old
cherub, you ought to have stuck
it for another quarter of an hour;
we got some great stuff from Paris
The Passing Srow.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
ONE or THE "BEGATS." PERHAPS

WHO was Shylock, Aunt Ethel?"
my dear And you go to. Sunday
school and don't know thatri-Life.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11

like the servant of an oriental po-
tentate
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
RUBBING 1T IN

The meanest man we know Of is
the warden who put a tack in the
electric chair.-AT:zona Kittykat.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
Like Jack Spratt Et Vx

Ja
o is
of
Runnn Low
Nothing S wa except
Every
to a
Copyright Syndicate
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
ONLY SMART ALECs DAMAGED

college education never hurt
anybody who was willing to learn
something terward.-Boston Trans
cript.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11

What we should like to know is
whether it was or wasn't. If the
king had his mind made UP for
mess of blackbirds, and wasn't par
ticularly fond of music it wasn't.
There is no mention of any other
nourishment, such as applesauce or
branded peaches in the pie The
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11

Tom, Tom, the piper's son
Stole a pig and away he run
The pig got loose
And Stole a goose
And Tom was put in the Calabo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-01
Scott Drives Like
Hammer Hits Nail

If you were to drive nail with a
hammer you would undoubtedly
use the wrist of your right arm to
turn the trick. If you will go a
step farther and note the wrist do
ing this job you will have a fairly
clear idea of its duties in the golf
swing. In driving the nail the wrist
is in. the back of the hand used is
on parallel plane with the one
the hammer head carries through.
That is the way Paul Scott, pro
at the Montecito Country Club,
Santa Barbara. explains the duties
Of the left wrist in playing golf.
He's star with the wood; gets fine
distances and exceptional accuracy.
Scott dotes on the grip, the left
wrist at the top of the swing, and a
gradual speeding up of the club
head on the down stroke. Use any
palm in the grip, he says. and your
wrists and arms are tense. AT the
top of the swing the left wrist
should be cooked. the back of the
hand straight and in line with the
hole. Fail to get the left wrist in
at the top and your stroke goes
amiss. Scott's idea for preventing
the common fault Of hitting too
soon is to time the downswing.
Say 'one" to yourself and hold the
''one" until you hit Say two"
just as you hit. Then you'll not
hit too soon and dub your shot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-01

/ skill in the air. to be mentally alert,
resourceful and without physical de.
fects.
Four other licenses for women are
pending in the aeronautics branch of
the Department of Commerce at the
present time. The applicants are
Polly Ahern of Dellwood Wis: Mrs.
Frank II. Friedman of Little Rock.
Ark; Marian Green of ST. Louis. Mo.
ana Peggy Sasha Hall of Santa. Ora,
Calf.
Capitol Athletic Club mermaids did
not fair so well as usual i'm their
meeting with the Bayshore SWIM.
ming Club yesterday at Ford Howard
The latter team defeated the locals.
IS to IA, in an outdoor meet
Loretta Cannon of Baltimore. Bay
Shore star, was the heaviest scorer.
winning first place in the 80 and 100
yard dash events
Florence SHADING and lone Whaler
were the leading performers for the
Capitolites. Miss SHADING won the
lO0-yard breast stroke. nosing out
Louise Downey. while .one Whaler
outswam Virginia Kerns for first
place in the 100-yard back.stroke
event.
Results
@O0-yard relay--Won by Bayshorc fCan.
non, Warner. CalIigan and nerns,: second
Washington Canoe Club. III ne. ...Ij
50yafd dash girls WOLF by Grace War
ner. Bay shore, second. Louise DuWneS pay
OBJ
50-yard dash fwomeu1 Won by Loretta
cannon. Bayshore: second. Louise Calltgan
Bay shore: third, Belmar Shepley. Washing
ton Time. 0;32
l00-yard back strOke-WOn nv lone
Whalen. Washington: second Virginia Kerns
Bayshore: third, Louise Calligan. BayshOre
1Oo-yard ;breast stroke-won by Flor
eence Skaddng, Washington: second. Louise
Downey. Bayshore: third, Alma Whalen
l00-yard dash--won by Loretta Cannon.
Bayshore: second Grace Warner. Bayshore:
1:06M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-01
W. J. TRAVIS, FORMER
GOLF CHAMPION, DIES

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER. Colo, August 1.-Walter
!. Travis, who 20 Years ago occupied
much the same position in American
golf as Bobby Jones does today. has
sunk his last putt.
The veteran New Yorker died here
Yesterday after a long Illness and his
body will be taken East today for
burial at Manchester. VI.
From 1898 when he made his first
bid for golting greatness. until the
war Travis was Il mighty figure III
the amateur ranks. He was the first
American player to win the British
amateur championship. He won At
Sandwich against field of 1o4 COM
petitors in 1909 while he was still
amateur champion Of the United
States. Travis was ~ at that time.
His achievement abroad, strangely
enough marked the hiEh-Water mark
of his golting career. and never aga II
did he figure as n contender for ma
tional championship. In all. Travis
held the American amateur title thre"
times, the metropolitan championship
four times and countless other titles
Travis was born in Australia in
1862, and although he came to the
United States while a young man he
did not take up golf until he was ga
Realizing that he never would he a
sensational driver, he devoted hours
Of practice to perfecting his approach
shots. SO that he could land the ball
close enough to the pin to be down in
one putt.
Travis gave up his amateur stand
ing in 1927 when the L. s. g. 4. ruled
that amateurs were earning money By
golf architectural work could not hope
to retain their status. Travis had de-
signed several courses for we'll known
clubs.
At one time he was editor Of the
American Golfer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-01
WOMEN in SPORT,
BY CORINNE FRAZIER

IN order to facilitate the manage
! ment of the interplayground
doubles tennis tournament, which
| i will get under way Wednesday of
this week, the local Fairgrounds
have been divided into four sections,
grouped according to their geograph-
zeal location.
The winners of the four sections will
meet in the Semi-finals, Section / and
! Section 9 champions playing in the
| upper bracket and Section and Sec
/ ton 4 opposing in the lower half.
! The sections, as announced by Maude
Parker. director of girls playground
activities. will include the following
/ Fairgrounds, respectively:
Section Chevy Cnase. Georgetown
Happy Hollow. Mitchell Park and Montrose
Fairgrounds
section Iowa Avenue. Park View, Phil
section "-Bloominedalc, Burroughs, Co
iumbla Road New York Avenue and Rose
Section Clarified, Hoover. Plaza. Van
Ness and Virginia Avenue Fairgrounds.
Women have been coming to the
front in various sports during the past
decade which were once held the eX-
elusive hobbies Of their brothers.
Last year q woman startled the
yachting world by plotting her own
speedboat to victory in Il premier
water classic on the Potomac River.
Since then. several woman speed boat
pilots have exhibited daring and cour
age said to equal their male competi-
tors in races Of first importance.
Now comes the news of women air
pilots licensed under the recent air
commerce act Another dangerous
sport has been tried and found to the
liking of the weaker sex.
Two licenses already have been
granted to women. according to Off
Gals Of the Commerce Department,
and each of them has been a trans
port license, the most difficult license
to obtain. Mrs. Phoebe Fairgrave of
Crosstown, Tenn. and Miss Ruth r.
Nichols of Rye, n. Y, are now fully
licensed to indulge in any class of air
navigation they may desire and over
as great a distance as they may feel
inclined
A license as transport pilot carries
with it all of the privileges of other
classes of pilots and in addition per-
mits the pilot to operate any type of
licensed aircraft (but not unlicensed
aircrafD carrying persons or property
for hire or reward To obtain this IL
cense the pilot must have proved her
self to have more than the average
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-01

WOMAN SWIM MERS
LOWER MORE MARKS
Hy ihc AsRutiated Press

ny the Associated Press
MASSAPEQUA. n. Y. August l.
Records in all the swimming fixtures
were shattered during the for.day
National A. a. L. Senior Aquatic
Championships. which closed here yes
tCrday.
Members Of the Women's Swim
mint. Association won every event
held and scored So Of the % points.
Yesterdays victors included Martha
Noreuu9, who won her fourth con
test with the 8S0-yard free style
swim: Helen Meany, who added the
high fancy diving crown to the spring
board title she picked up last We'd
nesday. and Agnes Geraghty who
captured the 220-yard breast stroke
fixture.
Records were established by Miss
Norelius in the free style test u247
$50 and Miss Geraghty, who won the
breast stroke event 1928 2-5)
Miss Norelius came through with
the individual all.around champion
ship for the second time. She scored
20 points.
Walter Spence of Brooklyn broke
universal long course record with
;55 AS for the $50 metres in a time
trial and Miss, Adelaide Lambert won
an invitation 11O-yard back stroke
in les 20, thereby clipping 4 seconds
off the listed standard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-01
sBIC THREE" OF AMERICA
TO AGAIN CARRY BURDEN
Youths Will Be Tested, But With Future i'm View.
Bills to Play Singles, With Big Bill and
Williams Pairing i'm Doubles.

Californians absence from the Sea
bright tourney this week for the first
time in years. Seahright, in the past
three years. has been Johnston 5
"jinX" and by avoiding il he per
| haps feels he may change his luck
in the later and more Important fix
lures. After carrying off the Sea
bright bowl three years in row. Lit
tie Bill struck Il Snag III IVA, les
ing to Howard kins2y IN the finals.
The next year he was put out in an
early round by Dr. George King and
in 1926 bowed to the hard-httinG Jap
anese, Takeichi Harada, early in the
tournament.
One year at Seabrjght Johnston
lost seven pounds in the tnal match
against Williams, played under broil-
ing sun. He went on the courts
weighing III and scaled ITO after
ward Later the same season, 1923,
the Californian lost his first Davis
Cup singles match To Jim Anderson
Of Australia-and was easy prey for
Tilden in the national singles final,
VIII he Selected Soon.
The Davis Cup team will he officially
selected on August u at the con-
clusion OF the trial matches for
>0tttN VI d t4cAt II lliHtN FAo 1T ! VI VI
Hills. but apparently the only issue
to be settled is which of the nine,
outside of the big three" will get
the fourth or reserve position on the
team.
TO determine this. the Davis Cup
committee will study closely the work
Of such youngsters as Johnny Doeg.
Cranston Holman. Lewis White, as
well as the performance Of more eX-
per!enced players. including George
Lott. John HenneSsey. Alfred II.
Chaplin, jr.; Frank Hunter and Or.
King.
The team will gather under the
leadership of its non-playing captain.
Charles S. Garland. at Newport, r. T..
competing probably in the invitation
tournament there August % and later
in the national doubles at Boston.
August %, in completing preparations
for the challenge round of Davis Cup
play at Philadelphia. September s, 8
and 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-01
TILDEN SENT LIMIT
TO BEAT HENNESSEY

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August William T.
Tilden I'd won the Illinois singles ten
mis- championship by defeating John
Hennessey Of indianapolis yesterday
in a desperately fought tive-set match,
81, 6-3. 60. 6-8, SIS.
Tilden seemed far from his old form,
but he had the final punch, and there
were flashes of his cannonball speed
Hennessey's shots, carrying plenty
Of topspin, bothered Tilden through
out.
In the last few games the cham.
pion's accuracy was uncanny as he
ran HennesSey from corner to corner,
awaiting an opening for a killing.
Mrs. Alfred Fl. Chaplin, jr., of Hyan-
mis-, Mass, and Marion Leighton of
Chicago successfully defended their
State womans tennis doubles cham
pionship, defeating Clara Zinke and
Mrs. Olga Well OF Cincinnati, I'll
Cd
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80 PLAYERS IN D. C.
WOMEN'S NET EVENT

With 80 fair racketers entered--a
record number for local tournament.
the Women's District net champion
ships were scheduled to get under
way this afternoon. Play was pre-
vented this morning by weather con-
ditions, but it was expected that the
courts would be dry enough to be
used by o'clock this afternoon.
It was hoped to complete all pre-
liminary and first-rcund matches to-
day, but ii is proba Bile now that some
will have to be held over until to-
morrow.
Arrangements have been made for
the entertainment of visiting players
during the tournament and the com
mittee is planning a reception in
their honor to be given the latter
port of the week.
Pairings in the singles follow:
PRELIMINARY ROUND
Betty Pyle vs. Margaret coulahan 'Cum-
Josephine Durham vs. Miriam sydnor
Mrs Frances wlns'ow VS. Marion Wells.
Mrs Ruth Martinez va. Eleanor Wells
De'phire Hcyl Va. Virginia Olmstead
Ruth Lyns Cumberland Mrs. Duffy
Fiifond.
FIRST ROUND.
Frances krucoff vs. winner Pyle 0oulahan
match,
Miss Glover Wilmington vs. winner Dun
ham -Syduor match,
Miss Lloyd tRichmond) Va. winner Wells
Winslow match.
Sarah Jane Taylor VS. winner Martinez
Wells match.
Vera Coding vs Margaret Ryan.
Mary Ryan vs. Marie Diddcu
Katherine Brrrall vs. Charlotte wheeler.
Mrs Rene Studer VS. Frances Walker.
Helen Sinclair VS. Florence Poston.
Isabel Snuthgate VS. Lillian RiXey.
Jardueline Amcs VS. Frances Bethel.
Edith Claude VS.. Elizabeth Bethel
Laura Pettirgcr vs.. Peggy Douglass.
Mrs. Mary Clapaak VS.. Jessie Edmondson.
Margaret Wooden vs. winner yl-Omstead
match.
Corinne Frazier vs. winner LynsGifond
match