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DAILY OM.T, one year three ilnllara All mall nib aerlptfona ptyable In ndtanre BEIX, 3000 WAt-MT KM STO.M:, MAIN .1000 JJSJP" Addn-aa nit vmnmunUrltloni lo Hlcftltia t fttatr lintcptfttlrnco Square, riitliitelthla. KSTMtrn at Tim 1'iiu.AhFi piiia ronton len as sbcoNd- CtASS JUIt. MXTTMI. liltl.AUM.I'IIIA, WLIfcSIA, APIIII. 7. I'Jlf.. It teas an (tntl-sujJinDlnt who said thai some men aic born to be hauiictl ami othcri bom to he acd, Colonel Roosevelt and l!)lfi COLONEL UOOSnVKLT comes to iitiln ttolphla not as a politician, but ns an ex plorer and mini of science, to tell oC IiIh ox perlenccs on Hip lllvor of Doubt In South America. Yet not one person who hears h!tn in the Acuilcmy or Music tonight will bo ftblo to forgot that lie Is nlso n politician, mid many will wonder, ns he talks of Jun gles nnd rapids, fevers and wounds, what his purposes nro for next year. It will r.ot be mere IJIe curiosity cither, for Upon hlni tm re than upon any other ono man depends the uulcomo of tho next Picst dcntlal election. He led the bolters In 1D12, and led them to such purpoao that he tar ried with hlrn more of the Ilepubllcnn paity than remained loyal to the regular tickets The result was tho election of a Democratic President. Mr. Ituosevolt ban not manifested very much satisfaction with what the Dem ocracy has done, either In domestic or for eign affairs. Tho principles for which ho contended In 1312 will pot be advanced by U continuance of Democratic rulo In Wash ington. They will faio better at the hands Of a reunited nnd chastened Jlcpulillcan party. Does Colonel Roosevelt Intend lo seek to perpetuate tho Republican epllt, or Is- ho ready to work In harmony with forward-looking Republicans for the ichnbllltatlon of tho party? Ho can bo of great public tcivlce If lie chooses, or he can degenerate into a mero prophet of dissension. Ills political Instincts are tho marvel of his enemies and tho ad miration of his friends, and whither they will lead him none but himself knows. Chicago Is Still in America THE mayoralty election in Chicago was not decided on the war Issue In spite of tho efforts of the supportois of tho Demo cratic candldato to win support for him by saying that a vote in Ids favor was a vote of confidence in the Kaiser and In Francis Joseph, lie was defeated by the largest ad verso vote in the history of tho city. Thoro wero other Issues Involved and tho women va'.cu xor a iuuyor una year lor uio iiihl time, but the attempt to lino up tho voters of German descent in support of a man with a German name fulled miserably. Chicago Is still in America and tho citizens of foreign descent there aro evidently Amer icans, determined to decide local questions according to their merits, and not nccording to their feeling on matters outsldo of tho United States A Vitalizing Campaign THE Chamber of Commerce is stronger by more than 700 new members today. They were secured by the committees canvassing the business men of the city. Hut this In crease in membership docs not measure tho Wholo Increase In slruigth. The nignnizn tlon has received a tunl" which has put now vigor Into every ono of the old members nnd it it Bhould not make nn gi eater numerical gains It would be twice as powerful as it was a year ago. It is nllvo today and doing things. It Is facing the futuio with the con fident hope that theio Is nothing possiblo for Philadelphia which It cannot bring to pass. Tho noteworthy discovery of tho canvass ing1 committees Is that the men whom they gee perceive tho need of a largo, compact organization prepared to speak for tho wholo city when it need3 better train .service bet ter port facilities, better legislation, better pavements, and aro ready to co-operate. A pew power In Philadelphia is being boin. All that Is necessary now Is to .see that it has proper care and that tho vitalizing energy now making things live extends Itself to tho whole State and to the adjoining Slates until this city becomes tho gieat clearing houso for all the Industrial initiative of this part' of the nation. The Expected Sometimes Happens PERHAPS Glfford rim hot thought that after being- the guest of his brother-in- law, the British Minister at Tho Hague, tha Hermans would permit him to travel freely about that part of Belgium which they con trol, but few other persons familiar with wartime customs believed that ho would enjoy this privilege. The Germans are not ullowlng British neent3 In the territory held by their armies. Although Mr. Plnchot Is a political Progres sive, his olTHIatlons -with the Tlritlsli are bo close that the Germans naturally assumed that be represented John Bull Instead of the Jlult Moose. There would have been occa sion for surprise If he had been allowed to pass through the German Hues, hut there is now no reason for astonishment save that which one experiences when tha expected happens. Organize Naval Reserve by Paying It . rpj$5 proposwi has -MO mada that an ef- 5 JLAelMit naval resry, can u urgnniai oy t; tdmpie dvicc of the Government paying .to wtrehant omora and -altars tB. difference tmw$n the foreign wage rate and tha AjrH-ai rate, ttita bonus to be given only to ihose employed on American ship. The 0MH would not amount to more than J1.900,- iiX yrt at least for a long period, yet the effect iould 1 immediately to counterbai- 4&t iH t measure the inequalities in coat '! operation by which Awierlcan s&lpping U to m giy iurawe. ii i. jttUsJ It detttt wg r IT"Krv m ntPgiP"' -- i '-etaCcB- iwt tmm ejspwiwafift EVENING 'T.ianrHanPTrTT.An-RL-PITTA. Wfi'lNKCTAT, even ihf moderate, fleets of war vessels which o possess Ono million rt year Would ho ft small Bum to pay for the training nnd main tenahco of Mich a reserve liowovcr, thoro Is little likelihood of the adoption of any constructive policy for tho rehabilitation of tho marine Until n Congress Is elected that appreciates the importance of the problem nnd sees In lis solution something more than a means of ocqulrlng political capital. Dangerous Amendment Voted Down TItE enactment of a Mild labor law likely to put certain industries of tho Stnlo at an Imposslblo disadvantage might readily prove lo bo an Injury lather than a benrllt to tho commonwealth, It is unfortunately true that many fam ilies arc dependent In some extent on tho earnings of children, and It Is true alsj that restricted educational opportunities In soma Instances lender elilldicn brtler off when em ployed Hum when unemployed. Yet child labor in Itself Is a thing utterly unatluMcd lo Alneilcan Id.Nils and aspirations and a Bonl of the national endeavor Is tho ultimate nnd complete emancipation of tho child fiom tho shop, it Is of extreme Importance, thcrefote, that tho child labor bill should bo ft care fully devised measure, rcpie.entlng a nice adjustment of tho diverse Intel esis Involved, piotectlng tho children whllo not subjecting them to deprivation. Such n bill Is that brought forward by iho Governor. Tho Itnldvvln nmendinent, on the other hand, sought to disturb the equilibrium ty providing for a 10-hour day and a CNIiotir week, and In Its original form it would have taken from children important protections, such as the piohfbltlon of night wotk nnd tho po-cnllod educational feature. It would, In deed, have changed an acceptable bill Into an entirely unacceptable bill. The Houso by re jecting It did tho right nnd pioper thing. If wo must have child labor we must luivo It under the best possiblo conditions, under a system of tnfoguards, and thoro must bo n gradual extension of the restrictions and Inhibitions until child labor na an Institution has ceased to exist. The Local Option Henriup; For tho Integrity of our Judiciary, for tho good of society, for Iho wclfnro of tho Commonwealth, 1 ask you to net and to uet piomplU. THIS concluding sentence from the Gover nor's appeal to tho lawyers of tho Stale to come to his assistance In seeming the passage of a local option law epitomizes most. If not all, of the uiguments in favor of the pro posed statute. The present system of gi ant ing liquor licenses Is demoralizing to tho Judges because It puts upon them a duty which Ik not judicial, but political. They aro required not to lnlcrpicl statutes, but to Judge of the stnte of popular sentiment. Tho welfare of the Commonwealth demands that they be relieved of this function. And tho welfare of tho Commonwealth also demands that tho different communities which com poso it shall have the right of home rulo on tho liquor question. It Is not necessary to go into the moial or economic side of drink to find arguments In favor of local option. It rests upon the fundamental light of local self-govornmont. Tho demonstration In Itnrrisburg yester day was so impressive that tho General As sembly cannot plead that tho Commonwealth Is uninterested in tho matter, or that theio Is no popular demand for tcmpointo tem peranco legislation. If the liquor interests are wise they will accept the offered com promise while they may, for If they block this reform now, through the servility of tho men whoso political consciences they control, they will challenge the forces which nro demanding the absolute suppression of their business, nnd tho cliallengo will bo taken up most gladly. Too Wise a Scheme to Be, Adopted WHY not show moving pictures of tho different Stnto Institutions to all tho leg islators at liarrlsburg instead of sending tho Appropriations Commlttco of tho Houso on Junkets thioughout tho Commonwealth at great expenso to tho taxpayer? There is some reason to bcllevo that many members would get a better Idea of conditions from tho pictures than they mannge t get fiom personal lours of observation. Indeed, too many of tho excursions amount to nothing more than plcasuic jaunts for the elect. Yet there Is one fntnl objection to the plan. It would savo money, and saving monoy Is something with which no sano and modern legislator will havo anything to do. Tho gen tleman who suggests It may consider himself lucky if ho escapes ostracism. A 1Mb Tusk fr R' or Little Submarines SOME of tho crew of tho Northlands, sunk in tho English Channel, bellovo that tho ship was attacked by a now giant submarine, ono of tho largo and poweiful undersea boats of which much has been written slnco tho beginning of the war. Tho rato of destruction, howovor. by tho submarine, big or little, wilt havo to increase rapidly if any serious turunda ftio to bo mndo upon tho British merchant marine. Moro than 9000 .ships of 100 tons burden nnd over lly tho British Hag, nnd It would tako 30 years to sink nil thoso If they wero destroyed nt the rato of one overy weekday. Of course, tho number of small ships Is much greater than the number of big ones, but tho Brit ish merchant navy Is so big that tho Ger mans have not really begun setlously to diminish Its size. And the lighting navy, with morn than 200 armored ships, 238 tor pedoboat destroyers and about 100 sub marines, can stand considerable loss and still bo superior to any other atloat. They have at last provided a landing placo for high llyera In New York. It might havo required tho uxerclso of gieuter self-reetralnt, but King Edward would have done it, too. ii ii. It may be possible to work up a little sym pathy tor the J'ullman ear porters among those who have nover ridden In such a car, Johnson got the money, but "vVlllard sot the cshampior-htp, and it can be changed into coin of the realm in any theatre in any city of the Union. Those Who do buslneae in Philadelphia should attend to Philadelphia's business, and tha way to do that is to Join the Greater Chamber of Cummarao. Of 16 oountUa which held local option elec tion in Mletdjjan on Monday 14 went dry. wpfcli meana the closing of more than 200 saloons. There le a lot of "personal liberty" being poured into the gutter these days A tenement house was discovered with on family to tb loom wherefore the owner Wijta fliMMj IW. He ehuiild hae waited tu 44Bt 10s (toertere until i&e oig-inUaiiun had Vtpm to fts tbinaa at Uarrtbrjr. IDAHO'S CHOICE FOE PRESIDENT Incidents of Senator Borah's Life Said to Kcveal Lincoln-like Qual- ties Idaho Resembles the Illinois of the Fifties, By A. V. C. (Hj- Special Arrangement with the UoMon Kenlng Trdnecrlpt.) MOLWTEItANKS there nro In Congress who truce icseinblnnces between them selves and Abraham Lincoln, but tho man In that body today who not In physique, but In mental and moral make-up suggests Lincoln moro than any other has never ex ploited tho fact. This Is William Kdgar Borah, Senator fiom Idnho. He halls from a region which lifts ninny points In common with the Illinois of the later littles, and from a capital which beats about the samo icla Hon lo tho frontier of civilization that Springfield bora when Lincoln's fame brought his homo town Into prominence. Lincoln was an Immigrant In Illinois from nn older community; Borah, having In llko manner moved westward to seek his for tune, Bettlcd In Boise City to practice law, nnd gradually drifted Into public affairs. The Prophecy of Friends, The human quality that distinguished Lin coln from most of his piofesslonal and po litical competitors' was a poise of Judgment which compelled the admiration of men whoso own effusive partisanship stood In tho way of their discerning the lights nnd wrongs In everyday things. A llko trait holds Unrah In not only the respect but tho affectionate icgard, even of men to whom ho has been obliged to tell unpnlatnblo truths. Lincoln cnteied the Ilepubllcnn Na tional Convention of 1SG0 with no "machine" to push his foi tunes, nnd won the presi dential nomination, nnd later tho election, on a platform of progressive pilnclples. The frlendw who know Borah best prophesy that he will parallel this record in 101(5. It Is certainly woith noting that, without any vis ible pressing of his clnlms, his nnmc Is on Iho lips- of voters In nil parts of tho country ns one of the Imminent possibilities, and on the basis of promising a sane solution of problems with which neither extiemo radi cals nor exliemc conservatives seem lo havo been able to cope. , Borah's First Law Case Ills first case nt the Idaho bar was not pnrtleulmly profitable, nnd nffoided him slight scope for the display of any tnlont but ono for holding his- tongue when silence would be wiser than speech: but It was typical of the place nnd time, and gave him a fr"sh point of view. A customer In a cheap icstnurant had forced an altercntlon with the Chinese cook, shot him while he was trying to run away and ictnlneil Borah ns attorney for tho defense when indicted for the homicide. Anywhere In tho Knst such a case would have nffoided a brilliant clianco for an unknown attorney; but nn tho frontier Chinamen were regarded as fair gamo for snlpeitf. and the nvetage .ludgo and juiy weie lather apathetic toward whatever con cerned the yellow iiiteilopeis. In this case, after an apology for a trial, tho ptlhoner was acquitted. Boinli, having discharged his private piofesslonal duty, felt that ho still owed an obligation to tho pub lic, nnd as he walked away from the court room with his client he said: "Now that you are flee, I am going lo add a little more ad vice to what r linve given you during your hi deal. Almost nnywheie In the civilized world to take even the meanest human life as wantonly as nu took that poor China man's is n crime punlshuVle by hanging. Ono day tfmt will bo tho rulo' here; ho, If I wero you, 1 should lose no time In lighting out and settling where my record was unknown." Tho client, to whom this sort of talk was a nov elty, took the hint, nnd by tho following morning that ncigliboihood had ono unruly denizen tho less. A Drnmatie Piece of Evidenco This was tho first instance In which tho young lawyer spoko his mind In disregard of tho custom of tho vicinage. A second was when, In the face and teeth of popular sentiment, he took up n Mule but Just linlm for damages against a railroad company and won it. As the company had all the other lawyers theonhout either under letalner, or hoping hoou to be, ho had nn competitors for tho service of his client, who enme to him after having been In vnln to attorney after attorney. Ono had declined on the ground that tho plaintiff had no enso In cither law or equity; another because, having drnggod along for three or four years, tho claim would arouso an ndverso projudico In tho minds of tho Jury nnd suspicion In the mind of tho Court; others, frankly becauso they wero pledged to tho defense of tho corporation. This victory Improved his professional for tunes considerably, for It gavo him an Intio ductlon to a number of important persons who admired his pluck in leading a forlorn hope qulto as much ns tho skill with which ho handled the case on Its trial. During tho riots In tho Coeur d'AIeno min ing district In 1899 a lubor leader named Cor coran was Indicted for shooting a .nonunion miner nt Wardner. Tho plea In defense was that Corcoran had not been In Wardner on tho day of the shooting. Witnesses for tho TlircUR Is a good deal of Action In history history as a record but the higher criti cism has failed to destroy some of the treas ured tales which perpetuate famous sayings of American naval ofllcors. John Paul Jones hoisted for his flag 13 white and red stripes and Inscribed under a serpent ready to stWka the motto, "Pon't tread on me!" But his most memorable bit of phrasing was Ilia reply t th captain of the Serapls, who, at the end of an hour's conflict, asked him to surrender, "I have not yet begun to fight!" retorted Janes. And events Justified his assertion, for the Bonhomme Richard (named In compliment to Benjamin Franklin) took the larger vessel. Later, when Jones was told that George IJ had knighted the captain of the Serapls for his gallant conduct In the battle, Jones said; "Never mind: If I meet him again lit make j an earl of him!" Steuben Decatur's destruction of tho frigate Phliadelplila lu the harbor of Tripoli was de clared Uy Lord Nelson to have been "tho beldMt and, most daring act of his age!" But It is as an epigrammatist that he Is mentioned here Decatur gave the famous toast at a Norfolk dinner: - our country! in hr Intercourse with far tign nations may she; alway be in the rlghtf but our uountiy. rlghA op wrong!1' Uba Otwitur aapturea the Maaedontan her FAMOUS SAYINGS OF NAVAL HEROES "NOW piosccullon Insisted that they had seen him that afternoon traveling by rail from Waul nor to Burke, lldlng on the loof of u high freight car, with a ilflo In his lap and his legs hanging over tho side. The defenso pooh poohed the story, on the ground that tho road ran thiougli u nanow canyon with so many sudden twists nnd tunih Hint no per son could Keep his scat on lop of, a car theio: nnd conductois and biakeniengaloio worn willing to swear to this. All the expert itt-stimony failed to shako the confidence or Boiah, who had been re tained for tho piosecutlon, and by way of showing that It wns perfectly possible to do what his witnesses said they had seen Cor coran doing, he arranged vvitli' the rnllro.nl company to run a tiain of tho kind described over tho samo Hack and on tho samo tlmo scliedulo: and, perched on a high enr-roo'f, with a tiflo in his lap and his legs dangling, ho made tho Journey without accident. Tho pioduetion of this proof wns tho dramatic climax of tho trial, nnd Corcoran was con victed. A Cosmopolitan Frontiersman When Borah mado up his mind to run for Senator ho was defeated In his first at tempt because, though the people weic with him, tho Legislature was divided. So ho began forthwith a propaganda lor the pop ular election of Senatots, which lesulted In the 17th amendment to tho Constitution. This seemed to him better thnn denouncing tho Constitution as an outworn survival; for lie admlies its funnels ns men who "understood tho science of government as no other Mnglo group of men has ever understood it." For llko rca.sons, instead of holding up tho rich to oxccintlon ns a first step toward bleed ing them for tho benefit of tho poor, ho steered to success a constitutional amend ment authorizing an Income tax, but de chued unequivocally for tho "piotcetlon of wealth legitimately acquired, and tho ab boluto gunranty of property nnd property rights," as "essential to tho wclfaro of thoso who do not possess property ns well ns of those who do." In oUernnlH, Bornh is the typical Mountain Stnto Westerner. Though not n tall man, his still dy frame and M'lf-rellnnt cnirlngo givo him tho eifect of one. Ills'round face, keen blue eyes, combative nose, cleanly cut mouth nnd a hnblt of using his lips hardly per ceptibly in speaking, nil suggest tho frontiers man. So do his direct, unpretentious man ners1, his low voice, which carries without ef fort, and his refusal to get excited under fire. But tho gift of leal eloquence Is In him, nnd when ho gives It vent ho becomes a cos mopolite. There nio no flowery periods la his speeches', no dips Into tho pool of sentiment; his reasoning Is nil ho cares about, and If that enn bo mado to stand tho test, ho leaves lis veneer to chanco. KING AND PEOPLE Bmrllsh liberty today icsts not so much on tho Government as on those lights which the people have wrested fiom tho Government. The rights of the KngHshnien outnumber the rights of Hie BuglUhmcn's Mag. Oarfleld. BLIND BUT NOT INVISIBLE If a man leoKs slmrply and attentively be shall nee fortune, for though she is blind sho U not Invisible. Lord Ilacon. captain, Cardan, tendered his sword. The American bowed and said, with a emlle: "I can't tako the sword of a man who has bo bravely defended Ida ship; but I'll thank you for that hat." The two oftlcers had met prior to tho beginning of hostilities, arid each map had bet a hat on tho fighting qualities of Ills bhlp. This was la tho war of 1812-15. The Macedonian lost her mlzzenmast. Decatur heard a gunner remark, "We've made a brlff of her," and Immediately gave the order! "Aim for the mainmast, boys, and we'll make her fi sloop!" John Barry was first conirnodore of the young American navy. On the way northward from Havana he was hailed by a British frigate and the Identity of his small corvette demanded" "The United States ship Alliance, Sauoy Jaok Barry, half Irishman, half Yankee!" he shouted. "Who tha devil aro you?' Barry had made his record for patriotism when he said to Lord Howe, at the beginning of war, lu answer to an o'er of 15,000 guineas (fTSOOQ) and a commodore's commission, f he would Join the royal cause; "Not the value Qf the command of the whole British navy would win me from the American cause!" Equally patrletie was the reply of Nathan Coffin when approached with a similar propo sition, although lo captivity "Hang me at the ardarm, tmt don t ask me o become a traitor to my ewuarYl'" 5& r, k$k$&$$A dp' '5 vadSm rv iW'' llV I- "I to ! i 11 '5 . . 1 APRIL 7, 1915, WATCH THE SWATH I StV'.jr fKk till H ..., i I,,. ...,. ,,. . ,. , --,.. , , BEST THOUGHT IN AMERICA .DIGEST OF THE MAGAZINES (1) American Magazine "Somo Team." (2) Baseball Magazine "Why I Signed With tho Federal League." ('.',) Vogue "America nt P.ilm Beach." (I) Collier's "Life and Sport." PLAYING THE GAME LOVK may hold poetical pre-cmlncnco ns a J spring-tlmo fancy for young men, but in i entity It has to sharo Its honors with base ball and tho sports. Love Is a matter of coincidence and fate, whcicas baseball Is tho spring-tlmo diversion par excellence for men of all ages, from tho youngsters playing "catch" in tho backyard, to tho old grads ut tholr TiOtli reunion, making up a scratch team, and pretending to believe what they tell each other about not looking or feeling n day older tiian the day they graduated. Woman's spring-tlmo diversions used to consist of receiving young men's fancies, nnd, even moio generally, houseclcanlng. This latter detail lias been handed over to tho vacuum cleaner, and women, too, hail I tho opening of tho baseball nnd golfing and tennis sens-ons as eagerly as tho men. . Illng Lardner, the humorist, helps to open tho' season by picking out an "All-Amcilca Team" in tho American Mngazino (1). Tliiu j is a favorito diversion of both fans and sporting writers, nnd Is ono of tho chief i means of keeping up tho all-winter conver sation on the subject while thero Is nothing actually doing In tho game Itself: j Well, sir, that's a tough one. I wns think- I In' about It tho other day when somo fella como out in tho pnper with an all-star club picked on actual figures. It was a mighty Hweet lookln" club, too, when you first looked at it. But when you como to dope It out, you seen whero they wns pretty all left-hand ' hitters: all but ono as I lemember outside i tho butt ry positions. But if I was to pick a team, I. wouldn't como right out nnd say It was tho best that could bo got together. It's Just a matter of 'pinion, and I don't know no moro about It than the next man, not as much, prob'Iy ns a wholo lot of 'em. So If I hand you my lino of dope, you don't need to think It's got to bo right In ev'ry pnrtio'lnr, though I don't bellovo nnybody'd call mo for namln' Cobb, say, or Johnson. Last year was a bad one for Johnson, but a wholo lot o' pitchers would bo tickled to death If they could havo seasons ns bad as hls'n. If somo dub had como through with Ids record, he'd of wanted his contrao' doubled. Nobody In tho world would pick a all-star club and leavo him off It. Cobb could piny left field all right. Ho could pitch if ho mado up his mind too. If that birds got a weakness, or It they's any thing In bnscbnll that ho can't do, ho's been keeplu' It pretty well hid from yours re spectively. Tho team ns Lardner named It, includes tho following players: Pitchers Nap Rucker, Willie Mitchell, Johnson, Alexander, Matty nnd Kddlo CIcotte, Catchers Archer nnd Schalk (with Schang for a third choice). I Infield Daubert, Collins, Maranvlllo, Baker nnd Jack Miller. Outfield Cobb, Speaker, Jackson and Becker. Plnchhlttor Ham Hyatt. Umpire Bill Klein. Tho very name of the Basoball Magazine Is a striking proof of tho nil-year-round popularity of baseball. This month It la a Walter Johnson number, with pictures, of Walter Johnson, hla wife, his family, his wife's family, his home, his chickens, his cows and his dopr, Thlre aro many articles about Johnson and a statement from him, "Why X signed with tho Federals" (2). He says in part: When a man has mado nl mistake, It Is easy to criticise him, I have nover yet made an nlh and I never expect to make one. But I claim tho privilege common to all of being heard before I am Judged. When I signed with the Federal League, I expected to be criticised, but I felt there was1 nothing dishonorable In such a course, I was always Impressed with the Federal League. They looked to me like a gumo crowd, apd I always admired their courage. In 19lrf, I signed with Washington for ono year at a salary pf J10.000 with a bonus of J2000. A professional player owes it to him self and to his family to make 'the most of his opportunities, Even ministers are not criticised for accepting large salaries else where. I do not eee vvhy a ball player should be criticised more than they. . . . Qrlft'th wrote asking me to meet him in Kansas City. There were no lawyers present at this interview. But Griffith showed me where ho thought I had not done right by him and by the Washington club. I had got Into u poeltlon where whatever I did was wrong. I had to injure either the Federal League or Waalington, and I decided in favor of Washington. Perliaps I was wrong, but I aoted for what I considered beat. If the Court deeldea I belong to Chtoago. I will play for Weeghman willingly and with the i oeji epiru. uurwt, l win give Wash ington, as I always hate done, my very best efforts i AH this technkaiity about contracts, and battlns averages, and the Uke makes pj CUT! baseball, as must bo apparent, a very learned and complicated sport. Thero really Is no .such thing ns n buscball amateur any more, even among the spectators. Either you take basoball seriously or you don't tako it at all. , Tho real amateurs of Ilfo aro down at Palm jj (,i-li;m, III 11113 IllUIill'Ill, UUt UVCH UlCrO inej Jjfl imvu very strict anu (icimito ruics oi conduct according to Vogue (H): At Palm Beach ono mny swim, fly or go on wheels, but it Is not smart to walk Bicy cles aro considered ultra-smart and aro rid- den by sedate mations ns well ns society- buds. The most popular vehicles, howover, js are, ns usual, the wheel cliairs propelled by dusky slaves: tho basket electrics are, of course, their chlefest llvals. Thero Is an unwritten law that to go Into tho water befoio 11:4.1 In tho morning is to loso caste somehow; one may oven bo taken for a ninld or vnlet. However, It Is quite correct to put on n bathing suit nnd walk around nnd talk to friends until tho psy chological moment arrives. Promptly at 11:45 every ono repalis to the pool and splashes around, each trying to outdo tho other. The men dive splendidly fiom tho I oof of tho Snll Fish Club, nnd one mottling, not to be outdone, a young woman climbed to tho roof and plunged Into the pool. In tho applause that followed, few noticed that she bnd splashed buckets oi water over a chlffon-clad spectator, who was obliged to bent a hasty letrcat to the dress ing room, a sight for gods, hut not for men. Piomptly at t2:4!i society goes to the colon nade, at the Breakers, for tho aperitif nnd dance. After tho aperitif, it is tho thing to wm .,,. , n Dhh Jtnl.n .....1 t.innll I, ilia inftT nlr, and It Is heio that some of tho smart wf luncheons nro given. During tho course ot tho evening, every ono In society and sunburn nnd pearls mny bo seen at Bradley's, for one must dine, you know, and It Is smart to dlna at Bradley's. However, unless tho magic password Is known, the Palm Beach guest will never bee tho promised land. Lunching on Bradley's veranda W like lunching on Ciro's terrace, with tho Medi terranean only n stone's throw away, that Is, It would be, wero It not for that peculiar, pungent, exhilarating breezo which blows (n from tho Atlantic Ocean, and does not blow In frnm tlin Mediterranean. Nowhere on the whole Itlviera are such snappy nlr and such pretty women to be found ns nt Palm iicacn, Walter Camp, tho famous Yale conch, con tributes an nmuslng column of epigrams on Life and Sport to Collier's (4): Coxswain Tho man lu the stem who tells you beautiful but untruo things when you want to die. Crew Klght men cursed six months for the pleasure of hearing a coxswain Ho to them for four miles. Victory Tho ultimate sensation when, on crossing the.flnish line, you can seo tho other crow without turning round. Oolf A gumo devised to mako wise men foolish. Golf is tho mortgage that middle ago places upon tho athlete. .y Thero aro some holes In most golf courses where tho straight and nnrrow wny Is tns worst approach. Tho man who thinks himself a natural golfer usually winds up In the duffer class, Many a golfer who tells of his scores makes his comjclenco quite cnllous in time. You will nevor find a golfer so modest that no wiBlies to tear up a good earn. The fascination of golf lies In the possl blllty of miracles happening. THOUGHT I nm not poor, but I nm proud , Of ono Inalienable right, Above the envy of the crowd Thought's holy light. Better It Is than gems or gold. And. oh! It ennnot file. But thought will glow when the sun grows coldd And mix with Deity. TUlph Wslrto Emerion. FIVE SOULS First Soul I was a peasant of the Polish plain ; I left my plow because the message rant TlliKftfn. In flnn&pr. npeded pvnrv nlnn To sayo her from the Teuton; and was elatJi-. ic iiiw (i for freedom lnl Know." For those v)ha laile me fluht had told me so- Second Soul I was a Tyiolese, a mountaineer; I cladlv left mv mountain home to fight Against the biutal, ticacberous Muscovite! And died In Poland on a Cossack spear. oiive n life for freedom this I know- For those tcho bade me flaht had told m so- Third Soul I worked In Ljons at my weaver's loom. When suddpnlv thp. Priiaslnti riennnt hurled His feloi blow at France and at the world I Then I went forth to Belgium and my doom. oaue mu life for frttdom this I know- For those who hade me fight had told m Fourth Saul I owped a vineyard by the wooded Mala Until the Fatharland. beelrt bv faea Lusting her downfall, called me. and I r"4 tjwi to llie can and died In fair mrraiu nave mu life for freedom this I A-now- For those tefto Daefe me flaht had told me Fifth Soul I worked In a great shipyard by the Clyde, There ame a sudden word of wars declared, of Belgium peaeauL helpless, unpiepar Asking our aid I Joined the ranks, and die gace my lift fajp freedom this J fcMOW '. For those wAo itti me fight hail told me it TV. K. Bww to M J-oq4JO MUS"- fl h Sfi SfiN- -Ssgtk.
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