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rc is lair to assume tnat ne does not IN THE WORLD OF TAUGHT THEM A LESSON. AMERICAN HYMN WRITERS. understand the strategy of the «ame.— Football Rules Committee. The Czar's Rebuke to the Officers of John Quincy Adams, Our Sixth President, SPORT One of His Regiments. The Football Code. Was One of Them. For the benefit of those who are just The czar is greatly loved by his own Announcement There has been no American hymn beginning to learn the game, the football soldiers, and no wonder, for the follow writer to compare with Isaac Watts or rules committee has decided to ing story is typical of him: Charles Wesley, both of whom wrote Buck Weaver, Chicago White publish in the official book of rules the A certain Russian lieutenant who hundreds of hymns which have become following suggestion, among others: Sox Infielder. was none too well off was one day classic, but several Americans have "You may meet players, and even seen riding in a tram. The other officers written hymns of recognized merit, coaches, who will tell you that it Is all of his regiment were furious at some of which are still sung in right to hold or otherwise violate the what they called an insult to the uni churches. TyE now feature The rules if you do not get caught. This form, and they told the lieutenant that John Quincy Adams, sixth president is the code that obtains among sneak he must send in his papers. The unfortunate of the United States and previously Florsheim Shoe, the thieves and pickpockets. The crime in young officer had no alternative, minister to Russia and secretary of their code is getting caught. but before he could do so the state, wrote several hymns which were standard of men's fine "The football code is different. The czar heard of the affair. Immediately sung in Congregational churches, football player who intentionally violates putting on his colonel's uniform of footwear. though he was a Unitarian. He wrote a rule is guilty of unfair play and the regiment in question, his majesty a metrical version of the Psalms, unsportsmanlike tactics, and whether left the palace, hailed a passing tram which was published after his death. or not he escapes being penalized he and, entering it, sat calmly down until The Longfellow brothers, Henry W. Styles of the Times, in a variety brings discredit to the good name of it stopped in front of the barracks. and Stephen, both wrote some good the game, which it is his duty as a There he got out and, assembling all of shapes and leathers, are now hymns. Francis Scott Key, author of player to uphold." the officers, said to them: being displayed. the "Star Spangled Banner." wrote a "Gentlemen, I have just ridden from thanksgiving hymn beginning. "Before the palace in a tram, and I desire to Willie Kolehmainen to Live Here. the Lord we bow," which used to be Willie Kolehmainen, the great professional know if you wish me to send in my $5 $6 $7 sung at Fourth of July celebrations. distance runner, brother to papers. I presume I have disgraced my uniform." The two Cary sisters, Alice and Hannes, recently arrived in this country Naturally the officers were dum Phoebe, who lived near Cincinnati from Glasgow. Willie Kolehmainen founded. both wrote some fine hymns. Phoebe has been absent from the MARK0WIT2 & SUMMERFIELD United States about four years, most "Sire," stammered the major nervously, wrote the hymn beginning. "One "you could never do that." of whiQh time he has spent in the sweetly solemn thought." "Then," answered the czar, smiling, Other Americans who have written British isles, competing in professional 3 CLOTHIERS "as I have not degraded the uniform races there. He won the Powderhall good hymns were John Pierpont. Lieutenant cannot have done so Charles Beecher, a brother of Henry Marathon, the greatest professional International Falls, and will thus retain his commission in Minnesota race in the world, in 1914 he Ward Beecher, and Mrs. Van Alstyne this regiment even if he, like me, dares Photo by American Press Association. was second in 1915 and again second (Fanny Crosby), who wrote' more to ride in a tram." this year. He plans to remain in this hymns than any of the others above George D. (Buck) Weaver, who so far After that snobbery died a speedy country indefinitely. named.—Philadelphia Press. this year has been covering third base death in that particular regiment— for the Chicago American league teapa, Ppfl rsnn'a The Double Umpire System. Is one of the best infielders in the EXTRAVAGANT EUGENIE. The use of two umpires in a game game. He is a veteran player and last TELLS GIRLS TO PROPOSE. was a gradual development, and it was year played shortstop with the redoubtable It is true that the cost of women's not until 1907 that the major leagues Eddie Collins on the other side of dress has so increased that it is not Young Woman Who Is Studying Blacksmithing finally decided that two men should be the diamond. These two stars formed given to the many to be as truly elegant Gives Her Reasons. used in each game. Previous to that the backbone of the defense of the Chicago as their grandmothers were able Ames, la.—Miss Tura A. Hawk, Iowa time extra umpires had worked in partnership infield. Weaver is a sensational State college's only girl student of to be at comparatively small cost. with regulars for several years, fielder and a strong and accurate But, then, those were the days when blacksmithing, has further demonstrated while other umpires worked alone. thrower. Last year his fielding average an elaborate ball gown consisted of her versatility by winning the faculty The advantages of the double umpire was .939 and he batted .268. yards of* flounces of tarlatan or some cup for the best extemporaneous system are many. As the game grew "ire me raffia interchange or omciai FATALITY IN A WORD. other light and uncostly material. address, and she did it with the subject, in speed and strategy one could not communications. In the time of Julius Holding In Football. "Why Women Should Propose." Empress Eugenie., it is said, declared handle all the plays. Caesar the system was so well organized Holding is prohibited by the rules because Why France Changed the Name of the "There are three reasons why women she never wore the same gown, twice. that of two letters the great soldier it does not belong to the game of "Life Saving Belt." She it was, by the way, who made should propose—physical, spiritual and wrote from Britain to Cicero at Hahn Retained as Brown Coach. football. It is unfair play. It eliminates A vivid illustration of the power of Worth, the renowned Paris couturier, moral," said Miss Hawk. Rome the one reached its destination Archie Hahn, former Michigan athlete, skill. The slowest man in the mere words over human beings was famous. The great luxury in those "I ask you, is there any reason why in twenty-six and the other in twentyeight twice winner of the (lashes at the world could make a forty yard run in once brought to the attention of French days was to wear several ball gowns a strong, able bodied woman should days. Olympic games and coach of the Brown every play if the rest of his teammates people by Francisque Sarcey. during the course of a single ball. not support a husband if she chodses? Private citizens were obliged to resort university track team this year, has would hold their opponents long After the wreck of the Bourgogne Dressing rooms were provided, and the No only a time worn prejudice rears been re-engaged for a long term, according to the services of slaves, and it enough. The game is to advance the many passengers were found floating ladies retired to reappear resplendent itself against such a procedure. was not until the end of the third century to announcement by Professor ball by strategy, skill and speed without drowned with life preservers on. These and as fresh as at the beginning of "For the spiritual reason, there is the that there was an establishment F. W. Marvel, head of the athletic department. holding your opponent. life preservers were fastened upon the great saying, 'Whatever ye would that the evening. The gowns of the day, of a postal system for private persona Mr. Hahn went to Brown Perhaps a good game could be inTented bodies, but round the middle instead which were flimsy of train and spread men should do unto you, do ye even so by the Emperor Diocletian, but how last fall from Whitman college. Walla the object of which would be of under the arms, and the greater by crinolines, suffered much from an to them.' As women should rightfully long this system endured history does Walla, Wash. Norman Taber, holder to advance the ball as far as possible weight of the upper part of the body be the manager of the. oldest of all in evening's wear hence these wasteful not inform us. of the world's record for the mile run, with the assistance of holding your opponents, ways. had tipped the head under water and stitutions, the home, is it any more The supply of horses and their maintenance is to assist in the coaching. but it would not be football. the person of course was inevitably than fair that she should be permitted There is a tale of the lovely Empress was compulsory, and only the It would probably become a team drowned. to ask the man of her ideals to help Elizabeth of Austria which recounts emperor could grant exemption from wrestling match and, unless drastic Now it appears that the greater number her found and operate that home? Must her appearing at a function in a white Sure to Grow. it.—Washington Star. rales rigidly enforced prevented it, a of the persons so drowned were woman, tulle gown, flounced and ample, decorated because years of common prac "What you said about Jack isn't free fight If your coach cannot show French. The French term for life preserver with garlands of real camellias, tice have established a custom, wait worth repeating." Weakness of the Great. you how to gain distance without holding is ceinture de sauvetage, or "life and changing both gown and camellias when she is ready to begin her life "It's young yet, give it time."—Expanse. The two greatest men who appear in your opponents get another coach. saving belt." This word ceinture suggests work because only the men who are every now and then to preserve the "Julius Caesar"—namely, Caesar himself to the mind in its moments of not her ideal will, nronnso?" impression of absolute and uncrumpled and Cicero—are allotted but mi^or disorder and unreadiness, such as a freshness.—Vogue Magazine. parts in Shakespeare's play, and to great catastrophe brings, the idea of each with daring originality the drama* putting on a belt, and as a belt is put Bird Stories. tist has attributed a physical defect, round the waist and nowhere else the A German scientific journal published for the existence of which history supplied'him frightened person instinctively adjusts in 1897 a story to the effect that a with no evidence. Caesar, the life preserver close about the hips. golden eagle shot In that year at Eszeg, for instance, confesses to deafness, The result is that as soon as the Slavonia. was found to have a bidding Antony— person so provided falls into the water ring about its neck engraved on which "Come on my right hand, for thlw his body tips over, with the heavier were the arms of a Slavonian family ear is deaf," while Brutus speaks of part downward, and the head is plung and the date 1646. Cicero's "ferret and fiery eyes," as if ed beneath the surface. In 1793 the Gentleman's Magazine no one could fail to note them. Respect The word "belt," therefore, was the told about a hawk, captured when flying for those two immortals was no doubt cause of the loss of many lives in the In the vicinity of the Cape of Good thus diminished, but by showing them Faced by demands from the conductors, engineers, firemen and brakemen Bourgogne disaster. Sarcey accordingly Hope and taken by an Indian ship to as not above human weaknesses Shakespeare that would impose on the country an additional burden in transportation costs of proposed to counteract the fatal effect made them more easily realized. England, which wore a gold collar inscribed: of the French word by renaming $100,000,000 a year, the railroads propose that this wage problem be settled by —London Opinion. the article and calling it a brassiere, reference to an impartial Federal tribunal. "This goodlie hawk doth belong to which is a kind of waist, and by bringing his Most Excellent Majesty James. Smiling at Breakfast. With these employes, whose efficient service is acknowledged, the railroads the word bras, or arm, to mind to King of England, A. D., 1610." One should always wear a smile at teach people to put a life preserver on have no differences that could not be considered fairly and decided justly by such If this bird really escaped from England breakfast. If you are in a good humor just underneath the arms. ft public body. in the reign of James 183 years at breakfast you will be merry and elapsed between its escape and its recapture, bright all day. The breakfast face is ANCIENT POSTAL SERVICE. Railroads Urge Public Inquiry and Arbitration and it had flown a distance of the most important face to cultivate. 6,500 miles away from its former The other faces take care of them* The Old Persian and Roman System of owner. selves, for if the face is pleasant and The formal proposal of the railroads to the employes for the settlement of Couriers on Horseback. .easy to look upon in the morning it the controversy is as follows: While the Roman postal service of wlil improve as the day goes on. But Have a Cheery Kitchen. ancient days was, of course, a crude One should bear in mind that the if the breakfast face is hard, scowling "Our conference* hive demonstrated that we cannot harmonize oar differences of opinion and that eventually the system, yet the mails were forwarded and forbidding it becomes set in kitchen is the engine room of the home, matters iD controversy must be passed upon by other and disinterested agencies. Therefore, we propose that your with considerable speed. The system and the comfort and happiness of the its disagreeable form, and it takes proposals and the proposition of the railways be disposed of by one or the other of the following methods: of couriers on horseback was borrow family depend upon its running smoothly hours for it to smooth out into a smile, 1. Preferably by submission to the Interstate Commerce Commission, the only tribunal which, by reason of Ha ed from the Persians, who, according and well. Lack of system, inadequate and that smile is of the sickly, halfhearted accumulated information bearing on railway conditions and its control of the revenue of the railways, is in a position to consider and protect the rights and equities of all the interests affected, and to provide additional revenue equipment, inconvenient arrangement to Xenophon, had established it under nature that only expands the necessary to meet the added cost of operation in case your proposals are found by the Commission to be just and of furniture and utensils and the Cyrus. The Roman adaptation of this heart slightly. It is worth trying. reasonable or, in the event tfejjtjntorstate Commerce Commission cannot, under existing laws, act in the premises, total absence of beauty and cheer are was the best system of transmitting that we jointly request Congresrto take such action as may be necessary to enable the Commission to consider and the things that make drudgery of letters among the ancients. promptly dispose of the questions involved or rne following sign is displayed in a housework. Servants are as susceptible All along the great Roman roads stations certain bathhouse: t. By arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Federal law" (The NcwJands Act). were erected at distances of five to surroundings as their mistresses, "This Place Is Closed at 1 p. m. Sunday Leaders Refuse Offer and Take Strike Vote or six miles from one another. At and the little aids to housework, such So We Can Go Home and Take Our as cheerful aspect and pretty furnishings, each of these stations forty horses Baths." do much to secure a more loyal were constantly maintained, and by a Leaders of the train service brotherhoods^ at the joint conference held in New Which is very similar to the note the help of relays it was easy to travel interest and co-operation. A harmonious a traveling man found on the door of York, June 1-15, refused the offer of the railroads to submit the issue to arbitration 100 miles in a day. environment in a kitchen will go lunchroom in a small town: or Federal review^ and the employes are now voting on the question whether a long way toward making a happy These services were intended for the "Gone Home to Dinner."—Indianapolis state only, jt being imperative to o-. home. Harriet Sisson Gillespie in Authority shall be given these leaders to declare a nation-wide strike. News. Mother's Magazine. The Interstate Commerce Commission is proposed by the railroads as the public body to which this issue ought to be referred for these reasons: Feminine Confidence. EXPERT UUPQHENT OF TOBACCO. "I shall never scold my husband No other body with such an intinsste knowledge ploy as as wages and*the money to pay increased wages again for spending so much time at the •f railroad conditions has such an unquestioned poet* can come from no other source than the rate* paid club." THATS W-B CUT, (too in the public confidence. by the public. "Tell me about it" I WANT TO euy SOME OF.I I BECAUSE A SMALL CHEW The rates the railroads nay.charfe the public for THE BEST AND CHEAPEST! LASTS LONGER THAN TWO The Interstate Commerce Commission, with its control "Well, last night a burglar got into TOBACCO YOU SELL. I CHEWS OF ORDINARY transportation are now largely fixed ny this Govern* over rates, it in a position to make a complete the house, and my husband knocked [TOBACCO.? •ent board. investigation and render such decision as would protect him senseless with a poker. I've heard Out of every dollar nceived bv the rai railroads from the interests of the railroad employee, the owneie several men speak of him as a poker the public nearly one-half is paid directly to the em­ of the railroads, and the public. expert He has evidently been practicing A Question For the Public to Decide 2 at the club for just such an emergency."—Judge. The railroads feel that they have no right to grant a wage preferment of $100,000,000 a year to these employes, now highly paid and constituting only Near Enough. "When I was a young girl," mused one-fifth of all tne employes, without a clear mandate from a public tribunal that Mrs. Lapsling, "a poet once sent me shall determine the merits of the case after a review of all the facts. some verses. I read the first letters of The single issue before the country is whether this controversy is to be settled by an the lines downward and found they spelled the words 'I adore you.' You impartial Government inquiry or by industrial warfare. know, they call that sort of poem an "OU can't go wrong, if you follow the agnostic."—Chicago Tribune. National Conference Committee of the Railways Ckahmam judgment of men who have found the EUSHA LEE. Enjoy It Now. Om't Ummmtw. rich tobacco. A ten cent pouch of W-B AIVNinm P. B. ALBRIGHT. O. H. BMBBSON, N. O. MAHBR. WwfrwM.w, As to -whether the nebular theory applies Adaaric Coait Lia« Railroad. Graat Northara Railway. Norfolk ft Wtalara Railway. Gmt'l Gtm'l GUT Chewing has got more tobacco satisfaction to this earth or not doesn't matter t» W. BALDWIN, C. H. BWING. JAM B8 RUSSBLL, GmV JVmtiir. CMrtral of Gaortfia Railway. much now. The main thing Is to Philadelphia ft Raadinf Railways Daarar ft Rio Graadc Railroad. Gm'l Mmastte. in it than twice as much ordinary chewing. Take a W.GRICB, 7 Smtt. Tramp.. C. L. BARDO. A. M. SCHOYBR, CHMmi fkfAn, enjoy it while we're living on itFlorida half as much at a- chew—that's the idea. The touch Nnr York, N«w Havia A Haitlertf Chaiapaaka ft Ohio Railway. Paanaylvaaia Lioea Wau. Aul. Vict-Prtt., Times-Union. a N. COAFMAN. Ytf-PmUm*. A. 8. GRE1G, ItcWm, W. L. SEDDON, of salt brings out the rich flavor, cuts out the grinding SoaChara Railway. 8t. Louis ft 8aa Fraaaiaao tailriil Saaboard Air Lisa Railway. Gtm'IMmmmtm. W.KOUNS. Gm'l JVmiir, and^spitting, and makes it a gentleman's chew. S. B. COTTER. C. A. J. STONE, ViM'PmUtmt. Nature has placed nothing.so high Wabaak Railway. AtsMaon. 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