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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
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'-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'"
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APRIL 7, 1915,
WATCH THE SWATH I
StV'.jr fKk till H
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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
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