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mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound" You will get
a large bottle of this old-time
recipe, improved by the addition of
other ingredients, for only rs cents.
Everybody uses this preparation
now, because no one can possibly
tell that you darkened your hair,
as 1t does it so naturally and
evenly. You dampen sponge or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time; by morning the
gray hair disappears, and after an
other application or two, your hair
becomes beautifully dark, thick
and glossy and you look years
younger advertisement
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answer questions put to them by
immigration inspectors and pay tax
of % pesos about SID 20 OF when
is to be refunded after six months or
when they leave the country.
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c o mpounded.
brings back
color and luS-
ter to the
hair w h e n
faded, streak
ed or gray.
Years ago the
only way to
this mixture
o make it at
uvhfnf, &c
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his daughter, who had been cared for
at the hospital. Here the 80 babies
each year-babies of the sovereign
people of the United States-open
their eyes first on American soil and
American faces!
The American Hospital is the pride
and the central institution of the far.
famed American colony Of Paris, the
capital Of Americans living or wander.
ing in Europe!
The hospital was actually opened
in the smaller buildings, II years ago.
Then the war came, and it took charge
and responsibility of the historic
American Ambulance Hospital of
Paris. which. until our doughboys
came over to fight and be wounded,
cared for thousands of wounded
French soldiers. The wounded French
were extremely content--as the babies
are content, now-and some of them
were picked up on the ba ttleffeld with
a paper pinned inside their uniform
IF | am wounded, send me to the
American Ambulance Hospital Of
Paris, where I have friends"
1t was not true. They had no
friends there, poor fellows. but made
the claim merely in order that the
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pened to be born on American soil in
Paris.'
Congress has actually chartered the
American Hospital of Paris
Good grown-up Americans lin the
name Of the whole American commu-
nity) own the great and beautiful mod.
ern buildings and their beautiful
grounds; and Congress chartered the
institution precisely that American
babies might be born there, with
other things.
They are as much native born Amer
lean babies as if it had happened to
them to be born looking out on the
Back Bay Of Boston!
At the American Hospital Of Paris,
they look out on park with lawns,
trees, gardens and flowers-and on
an extremely big building and other
smaller buildings, all dark red brick
faced with white stone copings, unlike
the uniform gray stone common in
Paris. And the buildings, trees and
flOwers--and the soil down to the CEN
ter of the earth-are all American by
act of Congress and by purchase and
adornment by Americans and for
Americans, in a strange land.
Here Secretary Mellon came to visit
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French might send them there! But
they found friends, right enough.
when they got to the American Ambu
lance Hospital of Paris
The most notable Americans of
Paris were behind this service Of the
hospitals; in particular, American So
ciety women of the French capital.
After the war, a drive was begun for
a $1.000,00O building, as a memorial
hospital Of all this united bravery and
sacrifice of the two nations.
And now a new drive has been made
for needed buildings for the nurses,
too-since patients are more than
tripled in number; and more babies
knock at the door each year for aid
and comfort!
The plans are that this shall be
1.-The most modern school of nursing
residence in Europe"
A. Kingsley Macomber. who was
chairman OF the campaign executive
committee for the nurses, is one of
those Americans who drive France
and America four-in-hand. He has
the famous racing stable which was
organized near Paris by the late w.
h. Vanderbilt; and his colOrs appeared
last month in all the great events.
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admirers, and then were escorted to
carriages which conveyed them, the
band leading, up the Avenue to
"Cronin's base ball emporium" at
Thirteenth street, where they were
kept busy for hours shaking hands
with old friends. AS their carriages
proceeded through the crowds on the
Avenue. the players all sang Justify
Toss the Ball. and Home, Sweet
Home"
Despite their triumphs in the West,
their national championship was not
admitted. The great test was set for
August q, when they were II clash
with the Mutuals of New York on
their home grounds, at Sixteenth
and S streets.
The Mutuals reached Washington
the morning Of the game and imme-
diately were taken in hand by their
rivals, shown around the public build
ingS, and later taken to the White
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disabled in the first, trying to stop a
fly, but it covered him with glory as
base ballist."
Four days later, July Is, the Ma
tionaas We're received as visiting roy.
atty by the city of st. Louis, where
they played the Unions. Part of their
entertainment consisted Of a carriage
trip through ''the botanical gardens
attached to Mr.. Shera's palatial resi-
dence." The next day they repaid
this hospitality by beating the Unions
113 to rs. Socially, the game was not
particularly a success. A crowd of
5000 crowded on the field, including
several hundred ladies in carriages,
but there were many 'toughs" who
brought disrepute to the game by
their betting and profanity. The
game was played in a pasture with
clumps of high grass, gullies and
hillocks, and enclosed by an ordi-
nary farm fence, over which rowdies
and barefooted urchins climbed with
impunity."
THEN the Washington players
= jumped to Chicago, where they
met their first defeat at the hands of
the Forest City team of Cleveland by
come to the Windy City with q repu-
tation for invincibility, while their OPP
ponents were considered second.raters
who several times had fallen before
the sluggers of the local Excelsiors.
The Chicago fans leaped to the con-
clusion that the Washington team
had been overrated, and when they
played the EXcelsiors two days later,
betting was heavy against them.
They upset the dope" by beating the
Chicagoans 40 to 4.
This gave rise to ugly rumors, the
first base ball scandal" The dis
gruntled gamblers insisted that the
Forest City game had been thrown to
attract sucker money, the Washing.
ton players being certain of victory
in their next game.
This cloud on their regulations
evidently did not affect their Wash
ington supporters. When they ar.
rived in the National Capital on
August Is. they were given the first
great homecoming reception ever ac-
corded to an aggregation of athletes.
A band awaited the tired. grimy men,
"attired in white linen busters which
they wore over their uniforms when
travelling" as they stepped off the
train. Individual players were pre-
scented bouquets of marigolds. gera-
NUNS and gailardias from their lady
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House, where they shook hands with
Andrew Johnson, the first presidential
base ball fan.
On their return to Wizards Hotel
they were rendered by the proprietor
two splendid coaches, each drawn by
four horses decorated with red and
white plumes,' which conveyed them
to the ball park
This was field 400 feet square,
level and generally dry" on the
north side of which were rooted
stands to accommodate 1900. The park
was surrounded by a fence 10 feet
high. The walls were plastered with
signs, Betting Positively Prohibited"
In front of the stand were set
two blue silk banners with the EN-
brOidercd word Nationals" Just to
the left of home plate was a fly tent
for players who might have an OPP
portunity to rest during the game.
The attendance was estimated by
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shiny. for they. probably had been
scrubbed with some of Prof. Cook s
Balm of Life highly recommended
| for ladies by various Government of
| ficlals, Army officers and local clergy
men. who declared in their testi-
monials that it represented the
greatest achievement of science"
\ X x x
THE one man in Washington at the
time thoroughly fitted to have
written an imperishable word picture
Of such picturesque development in
Americana unfortunately was unable
to attend, for the Chronicle of the day
before records that mir. Walt Whit
man has been called to Trenton, y. j..
to the bedside of his mother, who is
seriously ill.," And even then he was
working on Leaves of Grass" the
publication Of which was to send
him from the Government service in
disgrace. And the same day The
Washington Star announced in its
personal notes, that MIR. Ralph
Waldo Emerson is spending few
days at Nantasket Beach"
1t was hot and dusty afternoon.
Fourteenth street was congested with
in carriages. Those on foot cut
across lots, through fields and groves
and scrambled over fences, singing to-
gether. And in a dingy courtroom
downtown one young man must have
felt desperately discouraged and alone,
for few years before, Surratt, the
theological student, would have been
among the leaders in a civic activity
of such Importance
Admission to the park was 25 cents
and rowdies were excluded. The gate
was reached by a pleasant stroll
through the woods. The crowd in
cluded Several hundred ladies'. who
watched with glistening eyes. peerins
out from beneath charming little
jockey hats. saucily perched for
ward, and dainty, bugle-trimmed para
soils elevated" Among the men.
also, the contemporary chronicler re-
cords, there were hundreds of UNI
brellas of blue cotton and black silk
to protect the bearers from the sun" !
The blue flannel pants and red belts |
of the Nationals We're somewhat |
soiled after the western trip. but the !
Mutuals wore spotless uniforms, con |
sisting of dark blue broadcloth pants !
with narrow stripe, red belts. light !
blue and white checked shirts and !
white flannel caps with blue stars.
During the sixth inning there was a
commOtion OF the gate and the game ,
was halted while President Johnson.
with his military aides. was escort ii
to the grandstaEd. where he remained |
an interested spectator until the last
put-out. Then he descended to the
field and shook hands with the play
ers Of both teams.
After the game there was "a fine
in the clubhouse" with |
brief speeches and toasts by the play.
ers. But 1t was sad day for Wash
ington. The marvellous Williams was
off form and despite the fine work of
the fielders Washington was defeat
ed by the close score of 10 to 16.
But base ball at last had gotten into
society and has stayed there ever
since.
Washington turned the tables on
New York on September of the
same year, when the Nationals de-
feated the Unions of that city. 81 {
TO IS. The Unions reached the Ma
ional Capital lastly attired in light
blue pantaloons with narrow red
stripes. white shirts trimmed with the
etter u embroidered in red, white
belts and white caps decorated with
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the Washington Chronicle of that day
at more than 5000. One man who at
tended as a small boy tells me it was
closer to 10000. Extra horsecars
were put in service on 14th street and
many chung to the sides and roofs as
these conveyances jerked along north
ward into the open country. Hun
1reds of gentlemen in white and brown
duck suits walked. accompanied by
some ladies', doubtless equipped with
Duplex elliptic walking skirts and
Everlasting steel corsets. 10 cents a
pair. both advertised for the occasion
by c. Baum's hoop-siiirt mandatory.
ut ~ Louisiana avenue. Some of the
gentlemen We're fortified for such
long hike on hot afternoon. for the
day before G.. Gauthier. 232 Pennsyl-
vania avenue. had advertised a bar
gain sale of 600 barrels of whisky at
wholesale prices.
But the faces of the girls We're
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red stars. The intensity Of interest,
| however, had subsidized. Andrew John.
son. his mind engaged with the sem
sational Surratt trial and already In
| difficulties with his cabinet, ignored
| the game.
DUBLIC enthusiasm revived the
L next Summer, but it was shared
by two semi-professional teams.
The OlympiCs had been organized to
contest the supremacy of the Ma
tionals and to get their share of the
big gate receipts.
The leader of this new aggregation
was Nick Young, then clerk in the
Treasury Department and afterward
the first president of the National
League of Professional Base Ball, the
immediate predecessor of the present
National League.
The new team laid out its playing
field and built its clubhouse at Fiji.
teenth and T streets, almost adjoin-
ing the quarters of the Nationals.
The crack eastern teams-the Mu-
tuals of New York. the lawmakers of
Troy, the Atlantics of Brooklyn. the
Athletics of Philadelphia. the Harv-
ards of Boston. the Richmonds of
of the two agGregations here that
Summer, and when there were no
visitors, they provided entertainment
for the city by contests between
themselves. There was a ball game
nearly. every pleasant afternoon dur.
ing the Summer of 1858 Washing.
ton was divided in its allegiance. The
two teams fought bitterly and play.
ers were bribed back and forth.
The great game Of that year was
between the Philadelphia Athletics
and the Nationals, late in August.
Early in July the Washington team
had beaten the Atlantics of BROOKLYN.
Then the Atlantics heat the Athletics,
So to II. With this record before
them, the Philadelphia players looked
like easy bacon for the Nationals. A
good share of the Government pay
roll that week was placed on the
home team and many a milk bill went
unpaid. for the Nationals went down
under an SS-to-1I score.
1t may be noted, however, that
scores are getting closer this year.
Scientific base ball is in it's birth
throes and with 1t professionalism.
During these late sixties the status of
the National and Olympic players is a
bit difficult to define. They were not
actuaHS PAID Tor playing base ball,
but nearly all of them. on thu .!rength
Of their records as base ballists," held
jobs in the Treasury, the requirements
of which either we're very light or
non-eXistcnt. After big games, when
they had been instrumental in win
ming big sums for the Washington
fans. collections were taken up for
them through the various depart.
ments.
The Treasury Department. how.
ever. was the real birthplace Of profes.
sional base ball in Washington. When.
ever the teams needed STRENGTHENING.
Z job there always could be arranged
Tor some out-of-town players who
might be induced to come to Wash
The sport seems to have Jagged
1ere during the Summer of 1869. That
Fear marked the breakup of the first
strictly professional team, the old
~incinnati Red Stockings. champions
# the West. Five of the PLAYERS came
o Washington, including the pitcher,
8rainard and the catcher, Allison.
The four others went to Boston. Judge
Nicholas Longworth, father of the
present Speaker of the House. for
=. Continued on Sixth Page.)
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w YASHINGTON'S first great
~ base ball pitcher, am in
wv, formed by elderly residents
who watched his perform.
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BY STERLING HELLO.
PARIS, August 4.

T n 1926, there were 80 American
babies born at the American Hos
pital of Paris. That is the yearly
i average, nowadays. Some are
resident; other families are on the
way home to the United States. Some
are very rich, with a silver or gold or
spoon in the mouth.
And some are like you and me. with
a modest living If we work. But all
are alike in being good Americans
who come to Paris, not las the old
saying isl when they die, but when
they are born!
ut happened to me to be born in
Paris" said Judge Walter Van
Rensselaer, Berry. That was before
the Civil War. When he returned to
Paris. after graduating at Harvard,
practicing law in Washington, and
serving as judge in the international
tribunals of Egypt. he was made
president of the American Chamber
of Commerce in France. Then, he
might have said. in noting changes:
~ J had waited. might have hap
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ancestors-to pillow with crooked
stick, reap with a cradle and thrash
with a fail
All the land in America would not
feed our 12O,OOO,O0O people if we did
not have farm machinery with which
to pillow and cultivate and harvest.
When the Indians owned this coun-
try, the land was virgin and fertile,
yet it could have been bought for a
cent an acre. Such corn as was
grown had a husk around each kerr
mel and the Indians depended for their
food largely upon the fruits of the
chase.
Today the world depends for it's
food upon the pillow, the disc, the har-
row, the planter, the mower, the ma
nure spreader, the binder, the rake,
the tractor. We cannot produce food
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the enormous acreage was handled
with tractors. In two years time the
number of tractors in use on the
farms of Kansas increased 100 per
cent and what is true of Kansas is
largely true of many other states.
Under the pressure of war times
many farmers who had been operating
from 100 to 160 acres, learned to cul-
tivate, with tractors, from 400 to 500
acres, and despite the scarcity of
farm labor, have continued to farm.
this increased acreage-an achieve
ment that would be impossible with
out tractors and other modern ma
chimes.
Not only are modern machines TAX
ing the place of thousands who have
left the farms, but they are keeping
many thousands of others on the.
farms, by eliminating much of the
drudgery both in the field and in the.
home.
The shortage of farm labor and the.
substituting of farm machinery will
results resulting-in undermining.
the farm.
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LAKE ELEVEN

Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Felt of Wright,
Mimi, visited relatives here this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Braun, and
Miss Mae Braun, spent the week end
at Kelly lake.
Mrs. Hugo Braun entertained the
Larkin club at her home Wednesday
of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Kingsley spent a
few days at Mankato this week.
Monnie Peterson, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Peterson, who is ill at the Uni
versity hospital in Minneapolis.
John Sand who had spent the sum-
mer at the Andrew Wallin home, left
last week for Anoka. He was ac-
companied by his son, Rev. Alex
Sand and wife, who had spent a few
days here.
Miss Inga Johnson left Sunday for
Minneapolis, after spending a week
here.
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steel harrows; the seed is sown with
a mechanical seeder; the reaping,
threshing and sacking of the wheat
is done with the binder and thresher.
When we cut wheat with a sickle,
one man could harvest half an acre
day; when he used a scythe, he
could harvest an acre a day; with a
cradle he could harvest 21a acres a
day; with the first reaper, six acres
day; with modern binder, 20
acres day, and with modern trac-
tor and two binders one man can
harvest 40 acres a day.
An even greater saving of time in
preparing the soil for planting is now
possible.
One man can spade about lie of
an acre of ground in 10 hours. With
a two-horse team and a walking pillow
he can pillow two acres of land in 10
hours. With gang pillow having two
14-inch bottom plows drawn by four
horses or small tractor, he can
pillow an average of about five acres;
with gang pillow with three 14-inch
plows drawn by a 1920 horse power
tractor, ~ acres; and with a gang
pillow with four 14-inch bottom plows
drawn by a 1880 tractor, an average
of 10 acres.
Until a few years ago the common
method of harvesting corn was to
husk it by hand. One man with a
team and wagon drove through a field.
The man walked behind the wagon
and pulled the corn and husked it
from two rows as he went, throwing
the ears into the wagon.
Now, especially in large fields, the
work is done by the corn picker. This
machine is generally pulled by five
horses or a small tractor and husks
the corn and puts it in the wagon as
fast as the team can walk. From
five to seven acres a day can be
husked in this way.
With corn binder three men and
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the weeds would starve

without tools-the weeds would starve
us out.
To meet the demands upon us we
must do good blowing and that means
modern steel plows. To get good
yield of corn, we must have corn
planters that will drop as many ker-
nels as we want and drop them true.
To insure a maximum of produc-
ton we cannot depend upon the shovel
and the hoe. We must have discs and
cultivators for cultivating the soil
spring tooth harrows to kill weeds in
our alfalfa.
To harvest our crops and take care
of them we must have mowers, bind
ers, rakes, harvesting machines
threshing machines.
In 1902 it was stated by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture that the
amount of human labor required to
produce bushel of wheat from be-
ginning to end is only 10 minutes,
whereas before the introduction OF
improved machines the time was
three hours and Is minutes. During
the same interval the cost of human
labor required to produce bushel of
wheat decreased from 14s4 cents to
3 1-3 cents. At the present cost of
labor these figures will vary, but the
relative proportion will be still more
in favor of machinery because of the
more general use of gang plows and
tractors.
Originally the heavy clumsy pillow
was used, the seed sown by hand, har-
rowed into the ground by drawing
bushes over it, the grain was cut with
sickles, hauled to the barn and
threshed with fails; the winnowing
was done with a sheet attached to
rods on which the grain was placed
with shovel, then tossed up and
down by two men until the wind had
blown out the chaff.
Now, the ground is plowed with the
modern steel pillow and pulverized with