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Wilton Andrews, the leader of the
special orchestra accompanying a
dramatic production which recently
visited Washington, told at the Gar
rick Club a curious story about a
violin pupil he once had.
"It was nt Wichita, Kan., where. I
was teaching. 1 the early '80s, that
I got hold of tills pupil," ho said.
"He was a plasterer. Don't laugh
when I say on top of that that ho
was one of the most promlsng violin
pupils I ever had. lie was a quiet,
good-natured, nawod-off, named
Frank Bnrr, but everybody called
him Bricky Ilarr, because he had the
reddest suit of cowllcky hair thai
ever entered Into competition with
a stormy sunset. He was about four
Inches over 6 feet hUh, but as
broad across the back as Hacken
schmldt, with a pair of orang-outang
arms th.it reached almost to his
knees. He cmld pick up by the
rear axle a two-horse wagon loaded
with brick and raise It live feet clear
of the ground with one hand.
"I belonged to the drifters when I
reached Wichita and organized my
class there. One evening, soon after
I'd got my scraping flock assem
bled, I was passing a mechanics'
boarding house on the outskirts of
Wichita. This crimson-haired runt
was sitting before one of the open
front windows, sawing on a fiddle.
It wasn't a violin. It was a fiddle,
and a vicious fiddle. The man mak
ing the sounds on It was, I know nt
once, an ear player. Yet there was
occasionally a certain sentiment true
nd sound about the fellow's rude
performance. So I stopped and chat
ted with him.
"He told mo that he didn't know
ono note from another, but that he'd
had the fiddle bug all his life. When
he told me that he wus a plasterer I
looked at his hands. They were
neither rough nor stiffened. Brlcky
told me that he always wore gloves
while plastering, not with the idea
t keeping his hands dainty, but so
m not to spoil them for his fiddling.
"Well, I took Brlcky into my
Wichita class. Inside of six months
he bad a safe lead on all the rest
of them, even if I had been corn
jelled to make him unlearn all of bis
Mr-playing abominations.
"Inside of a couple of years I had
lushed Brlcky, the plasterer, through
Wlcbtl, Kaiser and Kreutzer, and he
ildn't do half badly with the Danc.lo
ibow pieces that I occasionally let
ilm have to relieve the tedium of
werclses.
"Brlcky was a tractable pupil. But
rae evening, after he'd been working
it the violin under iry direction for
ibout a year and a half, something
iccurred to convince mo that Brlcky
aen't to be fooled with. He was a
lit out of form with his lesson and
" a moment of petulance I knocked
'is bow up from the strings of his
.iolin with my bow. Brlcky 's bow
vent flying across the room.
"Brlcky had a pair of thoso steely
ue eyes that a good many Western
en of extraordinary nerve have
-en provided with. He turned
oew eyes upon me for about fifteen
freight seconds and there were
teams of a tigerish topaz In them.
5e didn't say a word, but he walked
er to a sofa in a corner of the
jom. He deposited his violin upon
Ms sofa with great care. Then he
valked back to where I stood, turned
-.a around, took me under the arms
l;om behind, toted me1 over to a win
ww of the second story room as If
14, been a setter pup, held me sus
snded out of the window for an
wtant and then dropped me to the
.round.
"It was only a ten-foot drop and
"a ground was soft from a recent
-.In. No harm was done. I didn't
-.Ae it to heart, particularly; after
1 had time to think It over.
"After that Brlcky and I got on
Tfectly well together, although I
rfver knocked his bow out of his
and again. After two years I gave
t my Wichita class and went to
'jnver to take a position as orches
a leader In a theatre. A few years
er I quit music for a timo and
wit into business.
"Occasionally my business culled
- a to Durango, Col. There wasn't
jr worse town in the West at that
jae than Durango. It was a Jurap-.l-off
place for bad men. Nearly
dozen marshals none of them a
aren either had already, at that
riod, been put away by the Duran-
gun-fighters.
"When I reached Durango ono
lernoon In the summer of 18S0
re was a lot of excitement there,
d Caldwell had stuck up Schlff's
, that day. He had most of the
a-huuters of Colorado and New
lco tied in bowktiots with fear
him at that time. Caldwell be
gged to that class of desperadoes
which Billy the Kid was another
wnple that Is, ha killed whether
re was any necessity for It or not.
bad stood olf whole camps, back-
out of the camps afoot when
yd hobbled or shot his horse. He
so unerring on the shoot that the
iat determined and reckless bad
xn potters fought shy of him
"Oh this day, then, Caldwell had
wiled Into Sohllf's bank at noon
put the whole outfit back of the
rilla under his pulr of guns. He
Rructed the cashier to stack up
I of the gold and cimou -v on ti;e
uuitnr In frpnt of A;,
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"The cashier didn't make any su
perfluous movements in obeying.
The other employees of the bank,
also recognllzng Caldwell swept all
of the bank's ready cash, $16,000,
Into the leather pouch suspended
from his neck by a strap. Then he
backed out the door. None of the
bank people had made a move ex
cept the cashier, and the cashier
only moved to do what Caldwell told
him to do. Caldwell got on his horse
In front of the bank and made for
the canons at a leisurely amble.
"As I say, when I got to Duran
go, three hours after the thing hap
pened, Durango was a heap per
turbed over the thing; but nobody
seemed to want the $5,000 reward
which the bank Immediately offered
for Caldwell, dead or alive.
"The folks stood around and talk
ed aboutlt In the groggcries and gam
bling Joints and hnkatonks, but
nono of those quick-trigger people of
Durango had lost any $5,000 worth
of Bud Caldwell that they were anxi
ous to recover. The Idea of ramping
on Bud's trail wasn't even suggested
by any of them.
"About 7 o'clock that evening 1
was having an after-Bupper smoke in
the 12x20 lobby of the Hcll-Nor-Pete
Hotel, where I was registered, when
the hotel buckhoard came up from
the railroad station with a new guest.
He'd swung nlong from Dcadwood.
He was Brlcky Barr, my former vio
lin pupil of Wichita.
"I recognized him at once, al
though he had picked np some bad
and disfiguring knife scars on the
left side of his face. He remember
ed me, too, and he was kind enough
to say, n his foolish loyalty to his
first instructor, that, although he'd
heard Wllhelml aand Remenyi since
seeing me last, he considered that I
had both of those renowned violin
ists eaten up In a limekiln when It
came to sure-enough fiddlln'.
"Bricky had been prowling around
the new mining camps of Colorado
for some years, ho told me, and we
were having a pleasant time, talking
fiddle and fiddling, when Brlcky's
attention was attracted by the up
roar of caloric talk in the bar over
Bud Caldwell's visit that day. Bricky
pricked up his ears at that and in
stantly lost Interest In the fiddle con
versation. I told him briefly about
the Caldwell business.
" 'Anybody goln' after himT' In
quired Brlcky, getting up and address
ing the thirty or forty men lounging
around. Two or three ot them mut
tered that they hadn't lost any Bud
Caldwells.
" 'Well, you're a pigeon-livered
lot o' Junipers,' said Bricky, where
upon I instantly ducked behind a
partition In tho rear of the office,
not hankering for any lead ballast,
" 'Poor plasterer,' I breathed to
myself as I made the shelter of the
partition, 'you've fiddled your last
double-step In G major or In any
other key!'
"But, to my intense astonishment,
there was no fusillade. Brlcky had
got by with his savage crack. I
peered from behind the partition.
They were all standing fixed in their
position, looking curiously at Brlcky.
He was a natural captain of men. I
observed that the topaz glitter I had
caught once before in bis eyes was
there again. The others in that lob
by and bar seemed to be under the
Influence of that eye of Brlcky's, too.
Anyhow, not a man of them went
for his guns, despite the hot gibe
from the lips of this stranger In the
camp.
" 'Is there anything In it for fetch
ing the coyote in?' Brlcky Inquired
of the crowd in general, after the
long pause. "
" 'Five thousand,' two or three of
them chorused.
" 'Well, that's a slick enough piece
of change to be worth tearing off,'
said Bricky, not in any boastful tone,
but with the air of a man expressing
approval of a business transaction
that looked pretty good. 'Any om
brey here stake me to a couple o'
guns?'
"Well, I could see them rubber
ing still harder at the red-haired
chap then. He had given them all
that raking about being plgeon-llv-ered,
eh, without having any guns
on him at the time he spoke? It
was plain that they couldn't make
anything out of Bricky. But a' big
ruffian of a camp terror brought his
mallet-llke fist down on the bar.
" 'He ain't no gopher If he
is a rod head,' tho ruffian bellowed.
"And then he strolled over to
Brlcky and handed him a pair of
.45's, butts foremost. Then he un
Bhlpped his cartridge belt and Brlcky
buckled it around' his waist.
" 'Any hawss loafing about camp
that can get out of his own way?'
Inquired Bricky then.
"The horse was In front of the
Hell-Nor-Pete Hotel in less than five
minutes. It was then 8 o'clock at
night and pretty black. They point
ed out the west trail to Brlcky as the
one Caldwell had taken.
"After tho plasterer had vaulted
into the saddle I shook hands with
him, not without a bit of pride as the
only man In camp who knew him
well enough to do that.
" 'Bricky,' I said, 'you've got a
swell chanco to figure in one of those
bone-bleaching things down yonder
In tho canons. But, still, you've had
a pretty good time with yourself,
barring the working at your trade,
and you seem ready enough to give
the keno yell and cash In. We've all
to die some time. .You'll probably be
qualified as a stringed Instrument
performer long before I cut your
trail on the other tide of the big di
vide, mid when you make your cash
In don't you forget what I used to
have to keep dinning Into you keep
THE COLUMBIAN,
WOMAN YET SAVAGE,
PROF. STARR KNOWS
The Famous Student of Monkeys
Finds Her Still in a Primi
tive Condition
LIKES EVIDENCES OF SLAUGHTER
8ys AM Her Practices Are Fierce
Her Fondness fcr Dloodshed Hs
Considers Still Pronounced Makes
Use of Deception and Treachery.
Chicago. Frederick Starr, profes
sor of anthropology la tho University
of Chicago, described the twentieth
century woman as a savage, who
gains her ends by deception and
treachery and who delights In evi
dence of slaughter and bloodshed. He
asserted that women have not chang
ed since the days, when the human
race hud tails and lived in the Jun
glo. This attack upon women la a new
line of activity for Professor Sturr,
who Is best known to the world by
his studies of the monkeys In Africa.
The professor at one time entertained
the hope of catching the talk of mon
keys upon the phonograph. Three
months ago Dr. Starr made the pre
diction that Theodore Roosevelt would
die of fever on his African hunting ox
peditlon. Tho professor Hirs his knowledge
of women in an article called "The
Women Men Marry." He begins by
making It clear he believes women
never must be permitted lr rise above
the savage state, for he reasons that
the existence of the race Itself de
pends upon the savage or barbaric in
stincts in the heart of the feminine
half of the world.
"Woman, the eternal savage," de
clares Starr, "whose only salvation
lies in the fact that she always has
been, always will be a savage!"
Then he continues to say it is im
possible to civilize women, "for the
fundamental nature of woman Is bar
baric, and the continuance of the race
depends upon the rigid assertion of
the fundamental difference between
man and woman."
Professor Starr then challenges any
one to point to a single first class
achievement In literature, in science.
In art, by woman. He has been un
able to find one, for the simple reason,
as he holds, that there has never been
a first class woman artist
"Woman's religion is also notably
that of the lower culture," continues
the professor. "She Is always seeing
Blgns In everything; she avoids hav
ing thirteen at her table and starting
on a Journey on a Friday. She is the
chief supporter ot the spiritualistic
mediums; she is the founder of new
sects in which the religious attitude
of savagery Is given high-sounding
names and maintained by the most
select Individuals. Further, woman
dabbles constantly in the occult, and
spiritualism, mental science and the
occult are among the oldest Ideas of
savagery."
Starr says that the twentieth cen
tury woman shows herself no further
advanced than her sister of the jun
gle by her love for bright colors, her
fondness for decorating herself with
birds and the furs ot animals, also In
her love of jewels and her use of per
fumes. "In the very fundamentals of her
character, In her very Instinct," says
Starr, "woman has come down
through the ages unchanged. Savage
Ingenuity In gaining ends through de
ception and treachery has become pro
verbial. The modern woman retains
theso practices of savagery. When
It would seem equally easy for her to
tain her end by straightforward and
Jirect methods she delights to resort
to sinuous means and duplicity. Wom
an lives In an old, old world. She
thinks the old thoughts, feels the old
emotions, Is moved by the old Im
pulses; she dresses in the old gew
gaws; she Is thrilled by the world-old
hopes and fears."
Starr's parting shot Is at the charge
of fondness for evidence of slaughter
ind bloodshed, and he says that in
this respect woman's savagery Is most
pronounced.
FATHER OF MUSHROOMS.
Giant Found Near Pittsburg, Only 48
Hours Old, Weighs 33 Pounds.
Pittsburg. The father of all mush
rooms was discovered a few miles
back of Pittsburg by Dr. Allen J. Wll
lets, Professor of Economics and Eug
Ish in the Carnegie Institute. He
jund the mustiroom at the base of a
reat oak tree near Millvale, It Is
2 1-2 by 32 Inches by 9 Inches thick
nd weighs 33 1-2 pound3.
Two hours after the discovery the
Iarncgle Institute had tho find, which
i said 'to be the largest lu history
ave one. Many years ago a mush
room weighing forty-five pounds was
discovered. This find appeared to
have come up within forty-eight hours.
"O. U. Kidder," He Told the Judge.
Bloomtngton, 111. "What Is your
fame?", asked Judge Whitney of an
'ate man who called upon him In the
'eoria County Court for legal advice.
"O. U. Kidder ' was the reply.
"What?" ejaculated the Judge.
"O. U. Kidder, I said."
"Now, cut out the kidding. This' is
tio place for foolishness."
"I told you my name was O. U. Kid
der," repeated the visitor, "and I'm
hot kidding, either. I want a war
rant." Then the Jui.ze saw t'.iroi'n'j It .
BLOOAlSEUfr
HAS UNWELCOME JOB,
"Dob" Meldrum to Clean Out Wyom
Ing Cattle Rustlers.
"Bob" Mekiruin, a typical gun-flgiit-er
of frontier days, has been given
the Job of "cleaning, out" the cattle
rustlers who have been making l.fe
miserable for the cattlemen In one i f
their last western strongholds the
Little Snake river country, on the
Colorado-Wyoming line, near Utah.
Putting one man against a band of
outlaws who would Just as soon kill
a human being as a steer, does not
look like the accepted Idea of "fair
play," but those who know "Bob"
Meldrum have no fears as to the out
come. The cattlemen of the Llttlo
Snake river country are backing the
sinewy, keen-eyed deputy sheriff
against all tho "bad men" who In
font that part of the country.
For years tho country adjoining the
Llttlo Snake river has been the haunt
of characters more or len underslra
ble. It Is a wild and unfrequented
country, remote from railroad:!. Oa
the vast ranges run countless thou
sands' of cattle and sheep. Tlioro
have been bloody conflicts between
the cattle and sheep men, but finally
their differences were niij.i-ty.l
through the recognition of a "Ocn 1
line." The sheep are kept north of
tho Colorado-Wyoming line, and tho
rattle range ouuUi of that Hue, except
when being driven to the railroad for
shipping purposes.
Before this "dead line" was estab
lished clashes were frequent between
herders and cowboys, and many par
tlsanstof the sheep and cattle barons
lost their lives in duels with rifles.
Cattle rustling used to be a flourish
ing industry in this locality also, and
some ot the old log cabins along the
Little Snake river have been the gath
ering places of bands of desperate
outlaws, ready for any mischief, from
cattle rustling to robbing trains.
"Bob" Meldrum made his reputa
tion as deputy at Baggs, where he
broke up the rustler army and drove
the last one out of the country.
Curiosities of Longevity.
One of the most curious Instances
of longevity is found In Miss Louisa
Courtenay's "Notes of an Octogenar
ian," says the Denver News Times. A
witness in a will case in which Bel-lenden-Ker,
the great English convey
ancer, was engaged, was asked if he
had any brothers or sisters. He re
plied that he had one brother who
diel 150 years ago. The Court ex
pressed incredulity and documentary
evidence was produced In support of
the statement.
' This showed that the witness' fath
er, who married first at the age of
nineteen, had a son who died In in
fancy. The father married again at
the age of seventy-five, and bad a son
who lived to appear in the witness
box at the age of ninety-four, and
made the above startling statement.
Frledrich Theil, a peasant of Rauda,
In Saxony, whose leisure hours have
been devoted to the study of Greek,
Latin, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Arabic and
Gaelic, is seventy-five years old. He
Is beginning to study the English lan
guage. Theil is in correspondence
with some of the leading philologists
of the day.
A Tale of a Tape Measure.
The explorers were sitting ono on
each side of the President when Dr.
Stein produced from his waistcoat
pocket a small spring tape measure
in a tiny aluminum drum. "It was a
very curious thing," said Dr. Stein,
"but in 1906, when I was In Eastern
Tibet, I picked up this measure at the
foot of an old ruin. I have carried it
ever since and use It constantly." Dr.
Sven Hedin took the measure In bis
hand. "This is mine," he said at
once. "I lost it In Tibet in 1901," and
he named the spot where he believed
he had dropped it. with the number of
miles It was distant from a certain
great lake. This proved to be the
spot where it was found.
Deep Breathing Beneficial.
The simplest way to get warm after
exposure to cold is to take a long
breath with the mouth firmly shut. Re
peat this several times until you be
gin to feel the heat returning. It re
quires a very short time to do this.
The long breath quickens the puis,
and thus causes the blood to circulate
faster. The blood flows Into nil parts
of the veins and arteries, and gives
out a great deal of heat.
It ts stated that this method of deep
breathing prevents colds and a great
7 other ailments If begun in time.
Of Interest
to Women
Flan to Win Stale Aid in Securing
Small Tracts of Land oa Which
Women May Ena$a in Profitable 8
Agriculture A Refuse for Mass.
100,000 Who Can Never Marry I
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To solve the problem of what to do
with the 100,000 spinsters and widows
of Massachusetts who can never hope
to murry owing to tho scarcity of men
lu the Buy State, and who are obliged
nt present to drag out a weary exist
ence, threo score prominent business
and professional women of Greater
Boston have formed an organization
for tho purpose of winning State aid
In Deeming Btuall tracts of land near
largo citle3 where women can engaco
In profitable agricultural euterprio.
The Women's Massachusetts Home
stead Association plans to encourage
tho many thousands of women of all
rges who are forced to struggle night
nnd day to gain a livelihood, to tako
up the cultivation of small plots of
land In tho suburbs and raise flowers
herbs, plants, mushrooms, strawber
ries, vegetables, squabs, chickens,
bees and pigs.
To achieve this end the association
wants the Commonwealth to buy
tracts of land wherever available, di
vide this land into acre lots and then,
through a commission, supply women
particularly splnslters who would
like to engage in such pursuits with .
F'la'-e of the land. If the State is not
willing to furnish the land free, then
p association asks that It take a
mortgage on 'and bought by philan
thropists, develop this land, build
cheap, comfortable homes, barns and
outhouses on it, and then furnish the
necessary implements for cultivating
tho soil.
" This plan, says the members of tho
Homestead . Association, will take
thousands of women and children out
of the large cities of Massachusetts,
will thin oiit the congested slum dis
tricts, and will place these women and
those dependent upon them where
they can be profitably employed un
der sanitary conditions, and instruct
ed In garden and truck farming.
"Man owns the earth and has heav
en preempted," says one of tho most
enthusiastic members of the new as
coclatlon. "We ask the right to live.
Wo want homes. There are 100,000 of
us in Massachusetts who cannot get
them because there are not husbands
enough to go around. We must either
be provided for or else taken out like
worn-out horses and shot.
"Think of it! There are 100,000
women without husbands who have
ro future under present conditions.
Besides that, there are thousands of
middle-aged married women, either
widows or the heads of families de
pendent upon them, who are willing
to take advantage of the legislation
we seek if the oportunity were offered
them."
The Homestead Association has es
tablished a literary bureau for the dis
tribution of literature calling atten
tion to the necessity of women shar
ing in any legislation which would
tend to provide homos. Tho associa
tion has also organized a lecture bu
reau, and plans to have women, well
versed on the condition of women
workers In Massachusetts, lecture be
fore all the women's clubs of the
State to arouse Interest In the cause
of the organization.
The members of the Massachusetts
association declare that their work
has been greatly aided through the
statistics nnd Information gathered by
ono of the members before the asso
ciation came Into existence.
This woman has Interested
wealthy New York woman in the pro
ject of providing small tracts of land
for spinsters and widows, and It is
announced that she will spend from
$200,000 to $300,000 if the cause ap
peals to her in buying land for strug
gling "old maids" and mothers of fam
ilies. Options have been secured on sev
eral farms. One farm, consisting of
G acres of land, and located but eighl
wiles from Boston, can-be bought for
53,000. There Is also a philanthropist
living In Brookllne, who offers to give
I1I3 big farm for experiment, if the
State decides to aid widows and spin
Bters in earning a living from tha
toll.
Fruit for Children.
It la an old-fashioned rule, which
many yet obey, that every one should
talto a tonic in the spring of the
year.
Every child in years gone by was
compelled to swallow that nauseous
tloso of oil which he so dreaded, or
el.-o that equally awful sulphur and
molafiKcs.
Truo, these things may not do any
creat harm, but there are correctlbles
which will do as much good and are
more pleasant to take.
There is nothing more healthy for
man, woman or child than the fresh
spring vegetables and fruit which are
now on the market, and which are not
expensive. Nothing will do more to
luip clear up the system than these
fresh greens.
The eating of meat should be re
duced, but not altogether discontin
ued. Every man requires meat. Veal
and pork should be discontinued in
tho summer, and in their place plenty
of fresh vegetables should be eaten.
When you do eat meat, add plenty of
water cress to it.
See that your children substltuts
fruit for candy. Be -eure it Is ripe
WMjet them go ahead.
HORSES KILLED IN BATTLE.
Fine Memorial to Them Erected In
8outh Africa.
Horses killed In battle now have
monument to their honor. It reccntlj
has been erected at Port Elizabeth
South Africa. When Lord Byron pui
up an elaborate monument to his dog
Bosun, everyone regarded It as a maj
caprice, but now a general public bu1
scrlption has been raised by English
people for tho purpose of perpetuating
the memory of "tho services of u
gallaut animals which perished In the
ArsIoBocr war, 1899-1902.". Picturea
of this monument are being sold iu
great numbers, mostly among army
ol'lccrs, though tho animal-loving pui,.
lie Is also buying them largely.
Tho first horse mo:iatv,enl evct
raided by public Gubsciipiion consists
of nn oblong pilo of granite on tin
top of which nro two figures a lifo
liicd brour.e korso rnd a kneeling s(,;.
dier offering the animal Ita food. Tin
figures arc beautifully executed. Tin
granite base of tho statue scrvts a
utilitarian purpose by forming a lino
drinking fountain, both for man r.nd
beaut, a huge granite block being l,oi.
lowed out Into a trough. Into which
water flow3 from three Bpouts In tin
form of lions' heads.
On tho base of the monument Is thj
significant Inscription: "The en t
ncss of a nation consists, not so n.u'ii
in the number of It.s people, or ti.a
extent of its territory, as lu the ex-
if j22 JlI
W if l
Monument to Dead Horses.
tent and justice of its compassion.'
The services of horses In the South
Afrlcau campaigns were quite as es
sential as those of men. Many of
the battles were cavalry engagements,
and troops had to be moved rapidly
from one part of the country to an
other. Enormous numbers of horses
were requisitioned from all parts of
the world, and tho mortality among
these animals was very great, thouga
there are no definite figures at hand.
The monument to these "gallant
steeds" has been raised by small sub
scriptions from all parts of the Brit
ish empire; a large portion of the
funds coming from various "humane
societies" and from officers and men
In the army.
Freaks of Wireless.
Wireless telegraphy has many ap
parently mysterious qualities for
which scientists have been unable
satisfactorily to account to the lay
man. Failure to operate on account
of the conditions of the atmosphere
has been the chief source of annoy
ance. Another fault, which has re
cently been remedied, is in the ab
sence of secrecy In transmitting mes
sages. Lightning and other electrical dis
turbances have also caused some in
convenience, but In the event of a
storm the aparatus is now usually
grounded in roder to prevent Injury.
It is reported that lightning will seri
ously Injure If not entirely destroy in
struments, even though it might 6trlke
at a point five or ten miles distant
Why the wireless has worked bet
ter at night or in cold weather rather
than hot, why transmission is better
on the Pacific Ocean than on the At
lantic, or why communication is bet
tor In one direction rather than in an
other, have all been puzzling questions.
These elements of unreliability and
disappointment are now disappearing,
however, and the confidence of the
public has been won.
Originator of the Base Ball Field.
Our veteran base ball writer, Mr. T.
H. Mursiane, declares that to Alexan
der J. Cartwrlght, of New York, be
longs the credit of conceiving and
mapping out the ball field just as it
remains to-day. In fact, the bare lines
that ho laid down at the foot of Mur
ray Hill, New York, In 1884 have nev
er been changed an Inch, Speaking
of the event Duncan F. Curry, of New
York, once Bald: "Well do I remem
ber the afternoon that young Cart
wrlfcht came up to the old field and
unfolded his pet game, then practical
ly without rules. Never do I remem
ber noting the sunbeams fall with a
more sweet and mellow radiance than
on that particular afternoon In May."
The game still depends largely on the
weather. Boston Globe.
Clipping the Finger Nails.
Clipping the finger nails was one of,
the most important services the ancl
ent barber rendered to his patrons.
Martial, chaffing a fellow who had
tried to dodge the barber by using
piasters tq remove his board, asks
sarcastically, "How about your nails?"
And the miser In Plnutus collects the
parings of his nails to make some
thing out of them, seemingly, never
dreaming that he could have clipped
them himself. . The nail clipping of
to-day, or manicuring, hus passed from
the barber to young women from
whom radiates a perfume strong
enough to help In the work, , and
whoso modern coiffure gives the Mglv
tst touch to the art.