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Evening star., 1928-05-27
How to Steal Bases
By Johnny MOstil

has to slide. Sliding is important, but
IL is dangerous, too. and lots of players
are injured at it. Never cross your legs
when you slide, nor come in with both
feet. Learn to use the hook slide, with
either right or left leg curling around
the base. Don't try to spike baseman.
but remember that he will look out for
the spikes so don't be afraid
Some of you may think that second is
much easier to steal than third. but I
find third the easiest base to reach free.
When I'm behind the pitcher I can see
his movements but he can't see me, so
| can get good jump on him and tear
into third
Stealing home isn't done any more,
except on rare occasions. If a pitcher
goes to sleep and the run is badly need
ed or a very weak batter is up then it
might be worth trying Ty Cobb used
to get away with 1t quite often in his
best days, but it hardly ever happens
| now. And a baSerunner doesn't try to
rattle" a pitcher, because big league
pitchers. at least almost all Of them,
can't be ratified effectively.
The double steal is rather compli-
Gated. Suppose a man is on third and
he signals the man on first he is going
to try to break for home. Then the man
on first goes down, drawing all the at
tention possible. If he draws the throw
the man on third will try to come on in
| to the plate.
Speed on the bases, alertness to every
motion Of the pitcher, a sense of when
the ball will reach the man covering
the base and good judgment when to
steal and when not to are essential. II
you don't want to get thrown out often
and then "thrown Off the team try to
! remember these DOif1tS
Evening star., 1928-05-27
Educating Patricia"
BY CoRNELIA H. MILLER.

! the truth when heard Sophie groaning
in her room that day and went IN to
see what was the matter. How found
her surrounded by all the things-the
way she raved on Historically about
having no friends and not even her
parents understanding her, so that she
took the things to attract attention to
herself. When / said that there was
dead silence and Mr.. Bleeck turned
his face away and covered his eyes with
his hand. I noticed that it was quite
long and slender and there was an in
taglio ring on the third finger.
;'You certainly missed nothing!"
"By this time was terribly embar-
raSsed and could see why Miss Print
had been, but Lily told me to go on.
There wasn't much more to tell except
that felt so sorry for Sophie that
decided to put the things back and you
know all about that It was then that
the most amazing thing happened"
"What?"
Lilly A. turned to Mr.. Bleeck and
said: This is a. very brave girl. She
and her roommate have been under a
cloud of suspicion among their school
mates ever since they did this thing for
your daughter and were discovered. I
have felt the utmost confidence in their
motive, but felt it best for all concerned
to allow the thing to be worked out for
itself without interference from me.
And, my dear. she smiled at me and
patted my hand in the most friendly
way. Il was simply f1oored."
Il didn't realize that we stood so high
either. Of course, you are the one who
deserves most of the credit because it
Evening star., 1928-05-27

Stealing bases isn't quite so COM
mon as it used to be in the big leagues.
But 1t Is still an important way of
getting around the diamond, and any
boy who Is fast on his feet and willing
to take a chance and who will learn
when to try to steal bag and when to
stick where he is can help his team a
great deal on the offensive. .-
AS you know, many batterS are liable
to get down to first base, but there they
"die" unless advanced by base hit.
But let's suppose that runner who
knows something about the art of steal
ing gets on. He Immediately begins to
study the pitcher.
Because, boys, it is not the catcher
you "steal on these days (if ever), but
the pitcher. If you can't get the jump
on the pitcher there isn't much use go
ing down to second and third. Any
catcher good enough to be in the big
leagues can whip them to base pretty
straight and sure and competent in
fielder slaps the ball on the runners
hip.
A big lead off base doesn't avail much,
and 1t may get the runner in great
trouble if the pitcher throws to the
baseman and the runner can't get back.
Now some pitchers have false move
ment that deceiveS a runner, but If you
study a pitcher for while you can
usually figure just about when he is
really going to pitch to the batter.
Let's return to the runner. AS ne
tears into second, he watches the short
stop (or second baseman) making ready
to receive the catcher's peg. Sometimes
the infielder Is too smart to show where
he is going to catch the ball. Then the
runner must take chance.
But he can usually tell whether he
Evening star., 1928-05-27

was all your idea. I only trailed along"
Louise remarked generously.
,"Oh, blah!"
But what did Mr.. Rleeck say to all
that?"
HE got out of his chair and came
over and bowed over my hand and said
he didn't know how to thank me. I
could swear there were tears in his eyes.
He went on to say that he felt that he
was to blame for not having earned his
daughters confidence and asked me
what thought he ought to do. Asked
me! Imagine my sensations! I didn't
know what to say. just looked at him
and pltled him as much as I did Sophie.
It seemed such an unnecessary mess all
around.
He repeated his question and I saw
there was no evading an answer so ]
told him that thought if it were my
father he would take his daughter away
with him some place and try his best
to get acquainted with her And with
that turned and fled from the room
I don't know how it is going to turn
out, I'm sure but hope he will take her
some place when she is well enough,
because think it would be the best
thing in the world for her, Don't you?"
eyes. I doubt If she would ever be
happy here after all this because it
would be pretty hard to make the whole
school see the thing as we do. If she
goes away and starts all over she will
at least have gained friend IN her
father; I think, thanks to you. You
seem to have handled the situation re-
markably we'll"
"All I can say is that I hope I am
through with it. 1t has been too strenu-
GUS for me throughout"
But Patricia was not through vet
| at least not quite. That night at the
close of chapel services Mr.. Bleeck STEP
ped onto the platform and announced
to the whole school that he wished
publicly to thank Patricia Hollingshead
and Louise Davis for their surprising
friendlineSs" to his daughter in allow
ing themselves to be implicated in an
unfortunate affair in which the guilt
was not so much hers as his own, He
, expressed the hope that the two girls
| would in the future be held in the high
esteem which they deserved and had
so braVely earned.
He bowed low and was gone and there
arose murmur of excited whisperings
Patricia and Louise found themselves
surrounded by the very girls who had
been first to accuse them. Now ali
were eager to applaud them, which is
so often the way Of the world. It is
easy to trample on the one who is down
and easier still to befriend her when
she is up and does not need it.
Evening star., 1928-05-27
CHINOOK
rNe OLD TRAppERs'L 'LANeVA6g
BY FL col4ANcHo
| II II E

KONAWAY.-Accent the first syllable,
pronounce the o as in On, and each
A as in Fate. This word means All.
Whole, Entire, Finished, None Left.
HALO or WAKE used with it changes
the meaning to None. KONOWAY
MAN MANAGE is "All men see."
KULLAKULLA.-P the u as
in Up and the A as in Father, accent
the first and third syllables, and say
ULL-AH-KULL-AH. This is the
Chinook word for bird, or for anything
that flies or moves freely through the
air, except clouds and other things con-
nected with the weather. The words
with it determine its specific meaning.
KULLAKULLA MUCKAMUCK STICK
is a Woodpecker, or bird that eats
wood" PEAH-CHICK KULLAKULLA
CKEOKE means THAT is an airplane, T"
literally "f1re-it-goes-by- -like-train- bird. "
KULLAGAN.-The u is sounded as
in Hull, and the A as man in each
syllable The first syllable is accented.
This means Fence and nothing else. 1t
is not often used. bdf Is correct
Chinook
Evening star., 1928-05-27

The man who tried to kidnap you, and
who tried to kill me? Why, he should
be in the blacklist dungeon in Mo-
vanial"
King Philippe glanced around ap-
prehenSively. Take care" he eau
toned. Then he lowered his voice. 81
quite agree with you," he said, "but
that is Just one of the evils of court
intrigue. know he is my enemy, but
he is so powerful in the kingdom that
cannot crush him Even after the
attempted kidnapping, his influence with
the newly appointed regents kept him
from punishment. And unless some
thing is done, he will bring such pres
sure to bear upon me and upon my
mother that we will have to consent
to his marriage with Sonia"
Don shook his head angrily. "How
does the Princess Sonia feel about it?"
he asked.
"Sha loathes him!" replied the King
"She is deeply in love with Capt. Koe-
mig, but she realizes her duty to the
state, and no matter how bitter her
feelings, she will say nothing to me
to influence my decision. 1t seems so
strange for young boy to have so
large a part in choosing his big sis
ter's husband!" he finished, with a
sad smile.
Don was silent for moment. Sud-
denly his face lit up.
Say" he cried, 'is the only objec-
ton to Capt. Koenig the fact that he
isn't quite an important enough noble?"
"Yes." replied the King.
"Well, who has the power Of max
ing nobles?" asked Don. "You have
haven't you? Couldn't you make him
duke or something's"
King Philippe looked startled. why
why, it has not been done for years,
but I believe I have that power. The
nobility has been entirely hereditary
from father to son during the past few
generations, yet know that at one
time the King appointed them. Don,
] believe you have solved this problem
for mel"
II hope I have" replied Don fer
vently. "It would be step toward
repaying my debt to Capt. Koenig."
''I would have to get the consent of
the regents" continued Philippe, land
there, of course, would meet the op-
position Of Duke Boris. But Capt.
Koenig's record is so splendid that it
might be possible to overcome that op-
position. Certainly it is worth trial"
Suddenly they heard running feet
coming toward the court. They jumped
up as Princess Sonia appeared, breath
less and excited, on the far edge Of the
playing space.
"Philippel Philippel" she called. as
she approached. They hastily ran to
meet her.
what Is the matterp" asked Philippe,
alarmed at his sisters appearance.
ooh, Philippe, come quickly!" Two
tears shone in the beautiful eyes Of the
girl. 1.-THE council of regents has just
sent for Capt. Koenig to examine him,
and I hear that they suspect him OF
treason"
Treason? Capt. Koenig? Impossi-
ble!" But King Philippe's voice was
worried as he uttered the words, and
with hurried request to the bewildered
Don to follow him, he hurried toward
the palace.
To Be Continued Next Sunday.
Evening star., 1928-05-27

Patricia HouingsItead. and Louise
DduiS, her roommate, haze opened an
establishment for dreSsnlGking, tutoring
and shoe shining, to raise money during
Lent for the Missionary Society. They
jfnd that their only patronage comes
from their o1on group, the Nifty Nine,
due to the fact that Marjorie Seaman
has been spreading propaganda con-
cerning their connection NTH the re-
turn of the UGriouS articles Ultch had
been disappearing from the rooms OF
girls at Miss StGnhops'S school. The
truth is that Patricia dtScovered that
Sophie Bleeck loGS the guilty one and,
through feeling OF pity, decided to
help her aUithout telling any one. In
the meantime Sophie has i0orked her.
self into teUer over the affair and is
in the infrmdry.. At length, Miss Print,
the nurse, has her curiosity aroused By
Sophie'S deltriouS babblt7g about the
stolen thiudS -.tt
Evening star., 1928-05-27
CHAPTER xxx.

Patricia and Louise had been talking
together in their room for some time,
Louise busted with a vehement polishing
of Elizabeth Stanton's tan oxfords, Pa
tricia engaged in cutting out night
gown on order. when they were inter-
rupted in their activities by knock
at the door,
Come in,'' called Patricia, and the
face of Mary, the little housemaid, ap-
peared
Miss Stanhope would like to see Miss
Patricia in her study" Mary announced.
"Oh, heavens, now what do you sup
pose has come to pass? Bet you a hat
It has something to do with Sophie'S
Evening star., 1928-05-27

words, and looked at the King with
blazing eyes.
do you mean to tell me-" he cried,
chat that traitor Boris has the i'm
pudence to want to marry your sister?
Evening star., 1928-05-27

with my sister. Now, to make matters
more dificult, Duke Boris, whose line.
age is faultless, is rival for Sonia's
hand"
Don jumped to his feet at these
Evening star., 1928-05-27

2. The words in the squares are pace,
aped, cede and Eden.
3. RENT-sent-sen d-sand-said--
PAID.
BALD-ball-fal l--fail-fair-HAIR
4. Banned, band.
5. The animals are bear, lynx, deer
and SEAL
Evening star., 1928-05-27

In the following sentence the missing
words have the same sound but differ
in spelling and meaning. Can you
guess them?
1.-THE drummer played SO poorly
that he was--from appearing with
the"
Evening star., 1928-05-27
THE PUZZLE CORNER

School is ending very soon, and in
honor of it we are giving you puzzle
this week in the shape of a book.
Number II horizontal is something that
starts when studies end.
Evening star., 1928-05-27
A Long Way Off.

A group of visitors were going
through the Jail. and a burly negro
trusty was called to open doors for
them.
How do you like it here?" one of the
women asked.
Like it, ma'am? II evah All gets
out, Ah'll go so fer from here it'll take
SO to SEN me postal card"
Evening star., 1928-05-27
Good-by, Books! !

AAS AS4AAAeA0AA0 NAN'
Horizontal.
/. Like.
8. Exclamation.
s. Us.
6. Labor.
10. North America abb.
IL. Light (Abb).
IL. Girls name.
l3 Eastern time abb.
Ia. Sound made by babies.
Is. A deadly disease (Abb).
II. Holidays.
49, You.
90. Negative
%. Possesses.
"a. Afternoon (Abb).
&c. A young goat.
%. Printers measure.
30. Recompenses.
80. Toward.
Vertical.
/. Sharp, pointed tools.
2. Matched group.
3. A number.
T. Head coverings.
6. To copy.
Z. Once over (Abb).
8. Part of the verb ito be-"
8. A classical language.
IA. Periods of time.
16. A volume.
Is. Her.
81. Trouble.
%. Part of verb Ito be-"
"a. Father.
rs. Belonging to me.
81. Neuter pronoun.
,
In four word square the first word
is a step, the second means initiated,
the third means to give over, and the
fourth is a famous garden. Can you
form the square?
Here are two word chains that
ought to keep you busy for a few
minutes.
Change RENT to PAID in five
moves.
Change BALD to HAIR in five moves.
Evening star., 1928-05-27

Policeman-Yer can't go there, miss.
it's one way street.
Lady-But only want to go one
Way
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THERE WAS A DEAD SILENCE
AND Mr.. BEEECK TURNED HIS
FACE AWAY AND COVERED
HIS EYES WITH HIS HAND.
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Easily Satisfied.

To Be Continued Next Sunday.
Evening star., 1928-04-12
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

This afternoon was making my imi-
tation mouse run around on our frunt
payment, all you haff to do being to
wind 1t up In the stummick and leeve
It go, and Lew Davis came up saying,
G, ware did you get that?
Bawt 1t at Mommy Simminses, how
do you like It? sed.
o, its all rite, I CESS, its nuthing mar
velliss. 1t jest keeps on doing the same
thing all the time, Lew Davis seq
Proving he wished he had 1t, ana l
kepp on working it and pretending l
was lady and ssreetching and jump
ing out of the way wen 1t came eny-
wares neer me. and after vile Lew
Davis sed, Wat do you wunt for 1t?
Nuthing, I wunt it, Sed, and he Sed.
Well know one thing I wouldent
give you for it, and that's this lucky
Chinee coin.
And he took a peece of Chinee
money with hole In the middle out
of his pockit and looked at 1t as II he
thawt it was the greatest thing he ever
looked at, me saying, Watts lucky about
that?
Watts lucky about it9 Everything,
that's wat, the guy that has this jest
naturelly gets lucky and nobody can
stop him, Lew sed. And he put 1t back
in his pockit careflll. saying. That's the
original Chinee lucky coin, its 10 thou
sand yeers old and gets luckier every
minnit. enybody that swapped this for
a imitation mouse would be crazy.
o yes, maybe its lucky. maybe with
capital If. sed. It's all rite YOU
standing there saying It's lucky, but
how you going to prove It? ] sed, and
he sed. wen Ill tell you wat Ill do jest
TO prove I'm a friend OF yours, I'll swap
it for that imitation mouse and IL
don't prove its lucky you can swap rite
back.
Sounding like a fair ideer and we
snapped. me saying. All rite now prove
its lucky.
Wen holey smokes. it got me this i'm
itation mouse. dident it, don't that prove
Its lucky? Lew Davis sed.
Being o heck Of argewment but
hard to deny, and enyways Ii can
swap 1t the same way with somebody
elts for something good 1t viii prove
II was reely true.
Evening star., 1928-04-12
SPRINCTIME
ny ID. G. PEATTIE.

Because the table needed center
piece / walked across the fields to the
neighborhood greenhouse in hope or
finding narcisSus or jonQuil for the little
green bowl. / entered the greenhouses
and waited for some time for some one
to come and sell things to me, wonder
ing what was the peculiar sense OF sad
ness that came over me in O spot OF
which am particularly fond. Looking
about me I discovered little by little
that the greenhouse had been deserted.
Some flowers still bloomed and the sun
on the glass maintained its earth
smelling heat. But the hothouse pets
had been left to their fate: paneS OF
glass were broken, the beds were parch-
ed with thirst, while out of doors the
air was Springlike and the first flowers
we're coming bravely forth in the chill
light winds. / fed the place as haunt
ed spot and came home, but not empty
handed.
| would try what the season afforded
me for flowers. decided. early though
1t was. So on my own property stop
ped to clip few twigs Of the red maple,
bursting with its crimson buds, and in
my garden broke some canes Of forsythia
whose flowers were Still unopened, and
of spirea of which the leafbuds showed
q tenderest green. In the green bowl
all opened out inside of six hours and
now for the mere trouble of cutting
them I have q bouquet OF Iovable,
tight-clustered maple buds. crimson
petaled and bursting with golden sta
mems, of forsythia dropping Its golden
bells and for greenery the infant foliage
of the spirea--althogether an effect OF
earliest Spring that would delight the
soul of any lover OF flowers.
Evening star., 1928-04-12
The Upside Down Chap.
Wrong side m to you may he
What is right side up 20 nle.
silly the Sloth.

Pricklv porky is slow of Wit. He
takes q long time to think things over
That is because, being armed as ne Is
with the thousand little spears that ne
carries in his coat. he never mas 10
Rhink quickly And he is stubborn. he
as seldom willing to agree with any
horsv Boomer the Nighthawk had Just
been telling Prickly Porky about the
aatter's iong-tailed cousin in the Trop-
Scs and Prickly Porky had stated natly
that he didn't believe he had cousin
with any such kind of tail. Inen
Scrauuer the Kingbird had come along
and had said that 1t was true. You
see. both Boomer and Scrapper so away
down in that land where there IS no
Winter
Prickly Porky considered this for a
Few minutes. Finally Boomer said
sDont you believe it now2
mo- grunted Prickly Porky, and
began chewing a piece of bark
There you arel" said Scrapper lne
Kingbird THAT is what comes OF Nv
ing in one little place all the time. II
Prickiy porly had travelled as you and
] have, he wouldn't be SO SET IN MS
ways or SO ignorant"
AT that Prickly Porky bristled up and
his thousand little spears all stood out
OF his fur coat. who says I'm igno-
rant?n he demanded.
II do" retorted Scrapper the King
bird. You believe only what you have
seen, and you refuse to believe what
others have seen. Now, Bobby Coon
has never seen any of those queer mem
bers of his family down there in the
Tropics. but he believes they are there,
because we have told him they are
there. Isn't that so, Bobby?"
Evening star., 1928-04-12
BEDTIME STORIES 'T z. r"Hssse' sSsss,s

Bobby nodded. Certainly" said he
st have reached the point where can
believe almost anything. II you should
tell me that have a relative down
there who walks upside down, I'd be-
lieve It."
Scrapper the Kingbird began tc
chuckle. His eyes twinkled. Well. y
said he. you haven't any relatives
down there who walk upside down
but there's chap down there who does
travel upside down just the same. He
spends most of his life upside down.
BOBBY Coon looked very hard at
Scrapper. Then he looked very hard
at Boomer the Nighthawk. as he tell
ing the truth?" he asked of Boomer at
last
Nothing else but" replied Boomer
promptly. 1T may be hard to believe,
Bobby, but there is an upside down
chap down there"
HAS he got legs2" demanded Bobby
Coon.
Certainly" replied scrapper. "He
has four legs, and they are quite long
legs, too"
Then viii you please explain to me
how ne can travel upside down? II he
is upside down, he would be on his
back, wouldn't he?" demanded Bobby.
Il told you those fellows were not
telling the truth" grunted Prickly
Porky.
"Oh. yes, We are" replied Scrapper.
blandly. This upside down chap
doesn't travel on the ground. When
he moves about at all, it is In the
treetops. He hangs from the under side
OF a limb. So. you see. 1t can be done,
Bobby"
Bobby scratched his nose thought
fully. Perhaps" said he But can
not for the life Of me see how he can
hang on that way. What Is his name?'
Silly" replied Scrapper, promptly.
silly the Sloth"
tCopyright. 1a@Sl
Evening star., 1928-04-12
WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
by MEHRAN X. THOMSON, Ph. D.

Since the spirit of a man could talk
In dreams to other spirits the savage
assumed that these communications
were significant as to the future of the
dreamer.
The Freudians have good deal to
say about dreams. They tell us that
dreams are very important, not so much
in predicting the future as in shedding
valuable light on the present and past;
that the strong fears and wishes which
we suppress in the waking moments
come to light in dreams. They claim
that every dream Is important In re-
vealing some hidden wish that every
detail of the dream has some meaning.
Whether with the savage we regard
the dream as means Of foreteliing
future events, or with the Freudians
as revealing hidden wishes and fears,
or with the psychologist who says the
dream Is merely disconnected brain ac-
tivity during sleep. the dream remains
an interesting phenomenon of nature.
We cannot help but be interested in
dreams just as we are naturally at
tracted by the weird fantasy of novel
or any work of fiction. It Is fasci-
mating pastime for the imagination.
copyright. 102S.D