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a PASS 20 Cronin and Kuhel's dou-
~ Ese n the fourth accounted for the
AsE1 Washington run The Browns
matched this IN the fifth with Melillo's
GEc-oz%gsT. Bengougn'E out and Levey's
s9zten Ezcgle. but q pass to Rice and
VESTS triple got the Nationals a second
ssegFe n tire same inning. In the sew
eIsh Spencer and Brown singled. moved
~ &E Coo2ey wild pitched and counted
~ Esce ut for a base
FeETsE picked up Cooney's bat to
FszTz Ire eighth for the Browns and
Gsozse6 Schultz also hit for a base to
EsJps FerTel up one, but Burns popped
CIT i vas here that Myer booted
CsoalA1B sTOEndsT and instead of two
EgGEnE being out, the bases were full
u Ekse1- As KTeSs vas thrown out
yevEe3l bcoged, then AEelillo was inten-
taDzzIly walked 70 crowd the sacks
agar Bettencourt crossed the Ma
1sDzzEs ~ bouncing single past Cronin
- ee1seE and the game was deadlocked.
LeTey started the visitors ninth with
: t31zse and Gray sacrificed. Bluege
C.Gks< - Echuite's grounder, locked
u aeE nat LeTey was sticking close
= bec1n5 then heaved too high TO
K me. . get the batter. And Levey
G9E n third anyway on the throw.
Bs2rya tent a bounder 70 Myer that
WDz-6 have meant side--etiring out
rad Es8eae not f1ivyered. AS 1t was
Gc2lite vas forced for only the sec
osl1 retirement and Levey counted on
Es5s pay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-16
DILL AEDRUS, innelder -outfielder
- purchased from Chattanooga, re-

- plrchaGed from Chattanooga, re-
ported shortly before game time
and donned q uniform to go through
= brief 6r1l. Not q big fellow. but
seems 20 have plenty Of what the ball
players call action" In hts work afield
CEontn, throwing TO complete a
double play In the fourth, upset KTesS
and SPRAYED ali over him. no cas-
2alty. These kids In the left field stand
had = great time with GoSlin, and
the Goose made EN- friends for life
by tossing few old k9lis among them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-16

Much piH depend upon Kim this
year, and Miller makes no effort to
conceal it. Navy rarely displays a
group of stars, rather it produces
a team OF courageous fighting men,
loho plug rather than shine. But in
Kim it hopes to add member to
the GH-Americdn lists this Winter.
kim should fit the Roctne system
aUelI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-16

This is Rips first year as Nays
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-16

That summary shows just how much
Miller must depend upon his sophomore
material for requirements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-16

Nary lost is Uets last year By grad
udtton. SeUen OF the group Dere
backs and three Dere ends. But II
seasoned UeterGnS are back, and
eight of the pack are backs, four are
ends and the remainder line ma
teTidl
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Printer and Patriot

TN the annals of Colonial journalism,
the one outstanding figure is that of
BENJAMIN Franklin who, however, soon
deserted the print shop for the larger
theater of world affairs. Every Amer
lean knows the name of Franklin, but
how many Of them know that of an
other printer and the part he played
in the cause of American freedom
stout old Alexander MacDougall?
MacDougall started life as sailor,
then took to the shore and the trade
of a printer in New York. When the
trouble with the British government
over the stamp tax began in 1865,
he helped organize the Sons of Liberty
to resist oppression by the Mother
Country and soon became one of the
leaders in the movement. He again
rose to prominence in 1863 when the
New York provincial assembly, which
was predominantly Tory, passed q
series of oppressive laws.
One morning New York city woke
I'm to find itself covered with hand
bills, denouncing the legislature for
these laws and calling for mass
meeting to protest. At the meeting
resolutions which blistered the legis-
lators and asserted the rights of the
citizens were adopted. SO the legis-
lature formally proclaimed the hand
bill as sedition and started search
for it's author. The man who printed
it became frightened and revealed the
fact that MacDougall was the author.
Immediately he was hailed into court
on charge of seditious libel where he
defied the authorities, who thereupon
sentenced him to Jail. This not only
conferred upon him the distinction of
being the first man to suffer imprison-
ment for the American cause, but is
also made him hero in the eyes of
the common people. They paraded in
front of the Jail, sang hymns under
his window. and in general they made
him the man of the hour. The au-
thorities. whose stupidity had not al
lowed them to foresee that putting
MacDougall into jail would result In
a patriotic martyrdom, were soon glad
of an excuse to let him out.
AT the outbreak of the Revolution
he raised body Of troops was made
commander of it and developed an i'm.
expected genius for military affairs
He superintendent the removal ct
Washington's army to the mainland
after the disastrous Battle of Long
Island and distinguished himself in
various other ways later. He aided
in. the escape of Haym Solomon from
New York after Solomon had been i'm.
prisoned as II spy and he aided Kos
ciusko in terrifying the Highlands.
t6 1891. Western Newspaper unon.l
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-08
Ct Kitchen
Cabinet

Wall Paper cleaner.-Take one
cupful of sifted flour, one tablespoon
full of salt, one tablespoonful Of coal
oil, two tablespoonfuls Of vinegar, two
tablespoonfuls Of ammonia and one
half cupful of water. Mix in small
saucepan and cook until the moisture
Is evaporated, stirring constantly. Re-
move from the fire and knead until
smooth. Take small piece, kneading
and turning it to keep the outside
clean, as the paper is rubbed with a
downward stroke.
Field Observation-Disclosures the lus-
cious morsels in the morning if pos
sible, do not wash them-if carefully
picked and handled they will need
none. Peel the caps, remove the
stems and cook them in butter by
themselves, after cutting into bits.
Broil the caps first, turn and put a
teaspoonful of butter into each cap and
finish cooking. Serve with the sauce
prepared from the chopped mushrooms.
Mushrooms are delicious served over
well buttered and Drowned toast, as a
luncheon dish.
"a. 1891, Western Newspaper Union.)
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LIGHTS OF NEW YORK WALTER ravnDu11

o. Henry would have liked; that he
would have been amply satisfied to
write. I do not mean that any of
them are an echo of any writer who
has gone before. They are original
and stand on their own merits. And.
with me, some of them stand high.
Here is the voice of Broadway record
ed by an ear true for all Of it's nu-
ances.
When Leopold Auer was in New
York, a party was given for the mas
ter violinist which was attended by
several of his pupils. Among the
guests was wealthy society woman,
who was considerably impressed by
the company. AS those present sep
arated into little conversational
groups, she approached her host.
"Don't you think" she said, ''that
with so many famous musical stars
present that it would be good thing
If you asked those two young men to
stop tinkling on that piano?"
"Well," replied the host, Il feel just
little bit backward about interior
ing. You see those two are Jascha
Heifetz and Efrem Zimbalist."
Roger Bacon, who has decorated
most of the big houses at Palm Beach
with Spanish and Moorish tile of the
Fifteenth and Sixteenth century, has
been visiting our city and telling me
fish stories. He told me of a trip to
islands of the Bahama group some
300 miles northeast of Nassau, where,
in shallow water, his party caught
forty bone fish in one day. Take it
from Izaac Walton, that is record.
Many fisherman has spent day try
ing to get one bone fish, which accord
ing to no less an angler than DR.. John
Oliver La Gorce is about the gamest
fish that swims.
MIR. Bacon also seriously told me a
story of trolling with Japanese
feather for bait and of the feather
being swallowed by yellow TAIL the
yellow tail by larger fish, and the
larger fish by shark, all within a
few moments. This is what I'd call
fishing with party line. l am told
that Mr.. Bacon once took a course In
romantic literature at Wesleyan.
It seemed great pity to me that
those ardent fisherman, Irwin Cobb,
Bob Davis and Maximilian Foster
were not present TO tell some of their
fish stories; although Mr.. Foster never
was quite the same as an angler after
taking William O. Mcclellan on fish
ing trip. Mr.. Mcclellan insisted up
on referring to split bamboo rod OF
great price as pole"
Carl Fisher once displayed on his
boat some seven or eight bone fish to
! weary guests of his who had been of
hours and miles in small boat ant
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-08

1t was only a few short years ago
thai all of my friends and acquaint-
ances were reading. Their favorite
literature consisted of the ticker and
the financial page. Now that Wall
Street is as animated as the mummy
c.. Rameses the Great, they have tax
en- to writing. Jack Dempsey, for eX
ample, has written the story of his
life by using Charles Francis Coe as
medium. One-Eyed Connolley told me
the other day that his autobiography
was in state of construction. On
every hand, citizens of this fair land
are rushing into print. If the next
generation reads all the books which
are being written by this generation,
there will be no more wars. They
will be too busy to fight.
One of the most amusing books /
have read lately is Damon Runyon's
"Guys and Dolls" Damon Runyon
knows his Broadway. Moreover. he
likes it. He has caught the life which
lies between Times square and Colum-
bus circle with an accurate and under
standing typewriter. The short sto-
RE, in this book have more than mere
humor; they have both insight and
sympathy. l know of no man today
who could have written those stories
except Damon Runyon. They are as
full of color as Broadway itself. New
York has changed since O. Henry
christened it "Bagdad on the Hudson. .
"Guy and Dolls" is strictly modern
book. But there are stories in 1t that
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-08
The ClliIdren,s Corner
Edited by DOROTHY EDMONDS

They pushed and crowded right and
left,
Each scrambling for place,
And not one paused a moment,
Nor bowed his head for grace.
They never waited to be served,
When once they had seat,
But reached for things, and without
shame
Began at once to eat;
And not one used a knife nor fork,
But dived into his food,
With little fingers all unwashed,
I'm sure you'd think them rude.
And when they'd stuffed their little
selves,
Till they could eat no more,
There yet would be upon their plates
Enough for three or four;
These greedy little children
Wanted all that they could see,
Because their eyes are in the place
Their dummies" ought to be.
Margaret Wheeler Ross.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-08
1T STARTED
To Have a ''Confab"

If ever there Is line which seem
rooted in slang and colloquialism of
the day, ito have confab' signifying
to converse with intimately, would
seem to be entitled to first honors.
Yet, interestingly enough, such a
surmise would be far indeed from the
fact. For, as you shall see in mo-
ment, "confab" is rooted about as
classically as could be.
To have a confab Is simply an ex-
preston embodying an abbreviation Of
Capitalization" which in turn is de-
rived from the Latin "confabulatio"
having the same meaning as the word
"confab" today.
Ia 1881. Bell Syndicate.) -WNU Service.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-08
Forgotten
H ER Cd r. S
BY
The Giant of Virginia
ELMO SCOTT WATSON

InNE day in June of 1865 a strange
~ ship dropped anchor near City
Point in Virginia. From it boat was
lowered to the water and idlers on
the wharf saw small child being
handed over the side to the sailors
who manned the oars. When the boat
reached the dock the child was placed
| ashore, then the boat turned and swift
ly made it's way back to the ship
which Immediately weighed it's anchor
and sailed away. Thus did Peter
Francisco arrive on the shores of the
land where he was to win fame.
Where he had come from, who his
parents were and why he was so heart
lessly abandoned is still shrouded in
mystery.
For a few days the little boy slept
in the warehouse by the wharves, de-
pending on kind-hearted strangers to
supply him with food Then Judge
Anthony Winston of Buckingham
came to City Point, heard of the or
phan, and took him home with him.
There he was living when the Revolu-
ton broke out.
Francisco served valiantly at the
battle of Germantown and when Mad
Anthony Wayne stormed Stony Point
he was the second man to scale the
wall. BY this time Francisco was IA
nous through the Continental army
for his feats Of great strength and his
utter fearlessness in battle. They
called him "the Giant of Virginia" and
he carried huge broadsword, five
feet long, which had been made for
| him by the order of General Washing
ton. During the southern campaigns
Francisco was surprised at tavern
one day by party Of cavalrymen
| from the command of Col. Banastre
Tarleton. After surrendering, Peter
became so angry at his captors when
they tried to remove his shoe buckles.
which he specially priced, that he laid
about him with mighty strokes, and
dashed from the tavern. Nearby some
400 of Tarleton's troopers were sta
toned but when they started to cap
ture the fugitive he put up most
daring bluff, shouted to regiment of
! Continental soldiers, which did not
exist except in his imagination. to
come to his assistance and caused the
British to flee.
But it was at the Battle Of Guilford
Court House that he won his greatest
fame and visitors there today can sec
the monument which marks the place
where "Peter Francisco, a giant of in
credible strength. killed II British SOL
diers with his own broadsword, and at
though badly wounded by bayonet.
made his escape" 1t was at this bat
tie that Peter lost his purse containing
all the vouchers for service and he
never received full recognition for his
services from the government of Vir-
GINA After the war he settled In
Virginia, was married three times and
| died there in 1881.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-08
My Neighbor Says

When preserving plums, if you wish
them to retain their shape and size,
prick the skins in two or three places
before you start cooking them.
Should an egg have been boiled too
long it can be softened again by lift
ing the saucepan off the fire, quickly
placing it under the faucet, and allow
ing good stream Of cold water to run
onto it. The sudden shock of chang
ing from hot to cold water has the
curious effect Of softening the egg.
Fish which contains few bones may
be converted into filets by dividing the
flesh from the backbone in long, wide
strips and then removing any smaller
bones. Soles supply the best filets.
Water in which vegetables are boiled
should always be saved, as it contains
the most valuable minerals and vita
Minis. 1t may be used as stock in max
Ing soup.
q by Western Newspaper Union.l
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-08
Pennsylvania Towns
Put Curfew on Radio

Shamokin, Councilmanic ordi-
nance set II p. m. as the curfew hour
for all radio sets within Shamokin
borough.
At that hour all sets must be turned
down so that they cannot be heard
outside the house and all windows
must be closed when the radio is
playing.
Shamokin was not alone in seeking
to place restrictions on radios playing
late at night.
At Wilkes-Barre police announced
that they would respond promptly to
any complaint against excessively loud
radios and would direct set owners to
cut down the volume Immediately.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-08
Woman Runs z Homes;
Hubbies Unsuspicious

Worcester. Mass.-For more than
two months Mrs. Elsie Lavigne, forty,
managed two homes without arousing
the suspicious of either of her "hus-
hands,"
After twenty years as the wife Of
Henry Lavigne the woman, mother of
a nineteen year-old daughter, secretly
married James L. Tully, cable repair
man, last June.
She then told her two mates that
she was taking up practical nursing,
and thus was able to divide her time
between her two homes
One day her real husband lost his
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-08

had returned practically empty hand
ed. Mr.. Fisher was willing that his
guests should believe he had caught
the fish while seated comfortably in a
deck chair smoking cigar. 1t later
was discovered. however, that Mr..
Fisher had offered the natives of
Bimini five dollars per fish and that
practically that entire island had gone
fishing.
10 1881 Bell Syndicate. l-WNU Se-vic.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-08
Greedy Island

r
In my Airplane to Greedy Isle.
went one afternoon,
IT'S many thousand miles away,
Affair beyond the moon;
And there l found the queerest tribe
Of boys and girls, I ween,
They really are quite different,
From any you have seen.
This country is most beautiful,
AS fair as our own land;
The streets are broad and clearly kept,
The buildings tall and grand;
But all these funny children
In this isle l went to see.
Have eyes right in the very place,
Their dummies ought to be.
I noticed when their mothers called
For them to come to meals,
They Notwithstanding with rush,
With greedy grunts and squeals;
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Underwood & Underwood

job as a carpenter and. for the first
time, became curious over his wife's
work as a nurse. His investigation
revealed Mrs. Lavigne's double life
and resulted in her arrest on big
amy charge.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-08
Youth, Is, Survives
Copperhead's Bite

Newburgh, N. Y.-Bitten by
copperhead snake while picking
berries, Steve Cencak, fifteen,
was saved from death by quick
aid admins cred by local physi-
clans and city health depart
ment officials.
After emergency treatment,
the youth was hurried to a hos
pital, where health authorities
administered a serum.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-08

Carl Fisher once displayed on his
boat some seven or eight bone fish to
weary guests of his who had been of
hours and miles in small boat ant
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-08
Brotherhood

Together is the most inspiring word
In the English language. Coming to-
gether means beginning, keeping to-
gether means progress working to-
gether means success.-Edward Ev-
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I FINISHED my cocktail Then, everybody
else ready, we struggled into the dining
room, and there was Gregory, alone sur
rounded by food.
He looked up at our entrance and smiled
a CHEEKY welcome.
"Come right in" he said Hospitality, land
find yourselves seatS-anywhere."
I was puzzled. This was not the feckless
young man had talked to in the pantry last
night. This a man of fortnight adj
dress and presence, a chap Of vigor and
confidence, and extremely Objectionable, If I
may say so. faint suspicion began to dawn
on me that in some vague way there was
connection somewhere with our little chat,
and dropped into the chair beside him.
Instantly he scrambled to his feet collected
as many of the dishes as he could handle,
together with his knife and fork and napkin,
and around the table, where he slyly
edged the taller Chapman girl out of the
chair she had selected and sat down again.
"I just don't want to sit by Ward" he
explained amiably. when I don't want to
sit by some one I don't sit by him. That's
the way I am"
My first impulse was of course, to ask the
idiot out into the yard and murder him with
quetness and dispatch; it is of unquestionable
credit to my control that did not.
But I shan't describe the dinner. I 0need
only say that 1t was the unhappiest and
most awkward meal I have ever eaten. At
length the source Of embarrassment
finished. Showing back his chair he-rose and
sauntered to the door, where he paused to
explain himself once more
II always like to get up and out as soon
as I've finished my dinner" he said. III
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right as rain, never had another desire to
shoulder anybody
ut sounds great. How did he do it?"
That don't know What does it matter?
Hawkins got these mental treatments and
emerged well man. That's why I say you
can't lose and you might stand to gain a
great deal by popping in on one Of these
psychoanalysts some day and laying your
whole story before him."
He was visbly affected.
you're right" he said; you're perfectly
right And thanks a thousand times. You
have no idea what hope you give me-"
Naturally, it some time before any one
missed Gregory the next day. Ny own guess,
If had thought of it, would have been that
he was stil abed making up the sleep he
must have lost in the service of Teddy; but
can't remember that I thought of 1t.
After luncheon one Of the Chapman girls
and drove over to Sands Point, to see the
polo practice game, and what with one social
call and another, 1t was after before we got
back. We were to have early dinner and I
crawled upstairs to wash up. When got
back down the crowd was having cocktails on
the porch, and very quietly, indeed
Anybody sick, or dead?" asked.
mot exactly" Lucy said briefly.
Then what's up?"
Nobody answered for o moment
Then: Say, what's the dope on this
balmy friend Of Of yours?" Toby Madden
demanded. II mean this Gregory X. EIwood."
II haven't the slightest idea what you're
talking about" replied. I'm the first place,
barely know the chap. In the second, II
there's any dope missing haven't got 1t.
Where is hep"
Hes inside, eating"
eating what?"
Eating dinner"
whats the idea?"
Hes eating" Toby explained because he
was hungry. He said that whenever he was
hungry he ate, whether anybody else ate or
not. He said that was the way he was"
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Thursday, December 81, 1881

The Sc cond purpose of exploratory
subjects is to give the boy fair samp-
ling OF the kinds of work that the
world will offer him. It is thought
that the most effective as well as the
most economical way to do this is to
allow him to take a number Of fairly
short courses that will give him gen.
eral idea of the tools, the materials,
and the methods of working in several
kinds of occupations.
It is plain that it would be impos-
sible for the school to offer him work
in all occupations. Therefore, a few
have been selected, which are repre-
sentative Of large fields Of vocati lions.
Those usually provided are woodwork.
sheet-metal work, mechanical drawing,
electric work, tipping, Junior business
training art, music agriculture. This
list is not the same in all schools. Diff
ferent types of communities will offer
different courses. The purpose how
ever, is the same, to give as complete
a picture as possible Of the world of
work the boy will soon be called upon
to join.
The answers to the questions which
he has asked of himself, and the in
sight he has obtained of the fields of
occupations, should determine his fur
ther preparation in the senior high
school, and may have very important
bearing upon his final choice of a
life career.