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"What a week of football we hare had.
That proverbial oldest inhabitant cannot
possibly have seen anything like it There
has been nothing but football, and we have
had it on a scale that even a year ago wai
never dreamed o
Of course, the Tale-Princeton game has
been the event of the week, and, as antici
pated in- these columns, the blues won. But
wasn't the straggle a great one? Although
the better team won, it cannot be denied
that the Tigers are a great team; in faot,
almost as good as Yale. They put up a
splendid game, according to reports, and
those who journeyed far to see the contest
were recompensed for their trouble. The
great advantage that Yale has over the
other teams lies in the large number of ex
cellent coachers she has. This resnlts in
Yale having a team that ran work together
lite machinery. This is their great secret
of success and they employed it not only
on Thaukgivmg Dav, but in their game
against Harvard. Their work in these
two games nfibrds manv lesions for coach
ers and captains of other teams to study.
It is a pity that Harvard and Princeton
cannot contest If these two teams were to
come together they would mike an exceed
ingly interesting came. The betting on the
result would be heavv simply because each
team have only been beaten by Yale bv a
very narrow "margin. It is to be hoped
that the d flerences between these two teams
vill be all settled next year and that the
Harvarus will be arrayed against the
Tigers. The popularity of football ought
to make both teams stretch a point or two
to get together.
And there has been just as much excite
ment locally as there has been nationally
during the week. TVe have had the very
be-.t ot lootball playing here The Three
A's are the only cnes who have upheld our
lame, and they did it well by defeating
such a team as the Cleveland. This vic
tory, which was one of merit, certainly
shows that in the Three A's we have one of
the best football teams in the country.
Lehigh easily downed the P. A. G tam,
and our champion Association team were
bailly beaten by the champions from
Toronto. Bevond nil boubt the Canadians
are tne bct Association team that ha e been
here. There are very speedy and verv
peenrate kickers. Their combination work
was ol the very btst kind. The local play
ers cau be made much better than they are.
They need practice and much ot it
President George Tann is proud of his
team, and he means to have them in great
condition to play the Chicagos on Christ
mas Say.
Baseball Affairs In General.
Things have been very quiet in the base
ball world during the week, and cranks of
the came have had to be content with a few
woids from one or two of the magnates.
President Young has aired his views re
gardin the imnie Mate future. He has not
made any startling statement One thing
he has assured us ot is that there will be
no changing of the diamond; indeed, the
League President qualifies thoe people
who are wanting a new diamond as very
stupid.
It looks as if the only change that will
be made in the playing rules will be rela
tive to the pitcher 1 mean the only
change of importance. He will probably
be put back four or five feet, entirely be
cause it is claimed there is not plenty of hit
ting as things are at present ThTe is a deal
of force in this argument for putting the
pitcher further back, although it is a dan
gerous experiment at presciit. A few years
ago when he had more liberties and vas less
handicapped than now batters had a very
unsatisfactory time with him. Then there
was alna R long odds against a man reach
ing first base. But bis power u as weak
ened and batters for a time had a much
easir time of it in knocking the ball awav.
Pitchers, however, soon developed into
just as lornndablc men as ever even under
their handicap, so that to-day it is claimed
thev haie by far too much tne best of it.
I admit that this is all very true, but it may
be that there is a mistake concerning the
public desire lor "heavy slugging" as' we
term it
those of ns who have stood and watched
the scores announced on the bulletins on
the street will have obered the sneers and
disgust that ha e al ways greeted a big scrre.
Almost to a man the crowd on the street
hae deemed the pitcher and the team who
have been scored heavily against "no
pood." It both sides have scored heavily
the contest has simply been termed in base
ball parlance "rotten." This I have cer
tainly noticed without fail both in front of
bulletin boards and on the field. Other peo
ple must have noticed the same thing.
Let us take tne other side ot it. Have
ou. dear reader, ever been in lront of a
ulletin board when the score has been 0 to
0 in the eighth or ninth iuninq? Of course
vou have. Well, haven't you seen every
body there excited and remarking one to
another, "What a great game." Certainly
vou l.aie. Ice same thing takes place on
he ball field.
Tne abo c facts lead me to believe that
he public is not hah so eager for a change
of rules as t o or three interrsted parties.
Why, just read the daily papers account
of a r:al "slugging" gams and yon find
that the contest is not rated in the same
class as the game which results in 1 to 0 in
nine or ten innings. Truths of this kind
ought to prompt the magnates,to go very
tlow.
A Tew Words About the Local Clot).
Our mutual friend, A. C. Buckenberger,
Is now president ot the local club in tact
This is really a fitting promotion for eo able
snd trustworthy man. The club will be
none the worse for it, because he knows
exactly what to do, and I know of no man
who can do business in a more pleasurable
and just wav than Mr. Buckenberger.
The new president is collecting testimony
far the Burns case, which comes up in the
Chicago ciurts next month. Several local
afhdavits will be made to-morrow; others
aie being made in Baltimore, Boston and
other cities. I think it will be shown that
Mr. Burns was no more capable of manag
ing a ball team than an elephant is to teach
Greek. I have always claimed that Burns
was one of the most lortuuate of men to get
as mucn from the local club as he did, to
giy nothing of the amount he got from the
players. True, it is hard telling what the
courts will do. Baseball law is one thing
ami cml law is another. This reminds me
that evn the magnates themselves object
to their own laws when they mterlere with
thpir pocketbook and are not in accordance
with civil law. Take Cleveland's refusal to
pay the Pittsburg fine for instance.
President Buckenberger tells me that
eveiything is going along all right for next
teason as iar as his team is concerned.
It is his present intention to keep Shugart,
believing that the young man will be capa
ble of doing good work next season. Still
I will not be surprised if Shucart is traded
for somebody else one ol thee days.
If the pitching rules are changed then
new calculations will have to be made re
garding the pitching strength of the team.
To put the pitcher bacK Jour or fh e feet,
means that some pitchers who are now
good will be much worse in comparison and
that others who are not rated superior will
be correspondingly better. President Buck",
enberger thiaksltbat the proposed change
will suit Pittsburg all right
The Amateur Athlctlo Union.
The recent meeting of the Governor of
the Amateur Athletio Union suggests
many things. Prf-narflyjjlt remind ui of
tne sigantlo stridts tht-'.uttm. l tak-
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ing in this country. The rulers of the A.
A. TJ. have indeed a big charge on their
hands and thf ir meeting of last Monday
showed it I have great respect for the A.
TJ. TJ., notwithstanding it has so many op
ponents. It may not have always been in
the right, but not one of us can deny the im
mense amount of good there has been done
to amateur sports by the Amateur Athletic
Union. Wise and s fe guides like W. B.
Curtis and James E. Sullivan are sure to
do good to the union.
True, there are internal dissension!
among the amateur moguls, but that is
simply because a few "youngsters" are, by
audacity mostly, forcing themselves into
prominence and disputing the authority,
the wisdom, and the methods of the veter
ans who made all the progress there has
been made. Youthful ambition is often
laudable, bnt there are times when it is
fraught with too much personal vanity and
backed up by too little ability and ex
perience. There iB a very great difference between"
amateur athletics to-dav and the time when
-the A. A. U. was organized. Certainly I
do not claim that the remarkable progress
made in amateur Bports has been all the
work of the A. A. U., but as an "outsider,"
I do claim that the A. A. U. has, more
than any other agency, kept amateur sports
within limits that have made them ai suc
cessful as they have been. There are gen
tlemen ar tlfe head of the A. A. U. wbo
know exactly what an amateur athlete
should be, and men of this class aro rare.
IV can, therefore, rest assnreJ that as Ion,;
as the A. A. U receives tho support of tbo
public we will always have a standard of
amateurism that will not discredit the
country.
The Death or TTllllam O'Connor.
Quite a surprise was given the sporting
world Thursday morning by tho announce
ment of the death of William O'Connor, tho
ch implon sculler of the United States. He
was cut down while in hispiiine and while
lie was almost in the act of going forth
in search of young bone and sinew to per-
petuate the sport and art of which he him
self was ciiampion. O Connor died with
lam els on Ills brow.
Ibecareeror William O'Connor has not
been a busy one, simply because he lauded
on the scene when the palmy days ot profes
sional sculling, both in this country and in
England, were over. He lias almost only
one gie it victory to his name, viz., Ins de-
leat of Teenier for the American champion
ship lour yenis ago, which he won. Hid
O'Connor been beiore the public eight or ten
jeais earlier Iaminclined-to think that ho
would have had an extiemely brilliant
career, because he would have had oppor
tunities to distinguish himself which ho uas
not had in Ins time. Tiue, he was beaten in
Australia tw o i ears ago by Siansbury. That
defeat did not conclusively prove that the
Australian was the absolute superior ot the
American ciiampion. The latter was in a
strange climate' and on a strange water.
Mntteis might have b-en different had the
Australian came here and c in tested against
O'connor on one of our stream.".
Doubtless there will be much discussion
as to tho standing of O'Connoi as a sculler
in comparison to others of the first rantc.
Was Jie a better sculler than HanlanT is a
question that I heard not later than yester
day several times. An answer can only be
mo.e or less conjecture. In mv humble
judgment, I have seen Hanlan when he may
nave beaten O'Connor, the latter being at
Ills best. I say lie may at least had thev
been matched, and both mfti at their best. I
feel sure that the odds would have favored
Uaulan. Excellent Judges have told -mo
mat Hanlan never saw the day whn ne
could defeat O'Connor. At any rate, the de
ceased champion must be rated as one of
the best sculleis we have ever had.
As a result or the death oi the champion
we have no champion scullei now, and we
mar. there ore, leiy on a race lor the titlo
sooner or later. Tho number of aspirants is
very, veiy small. Keaeonably we can only
have Hanlan, Teemer and Gaudaur trying
for the title, except there is some young
man in the background. There is an unlot
tunate liature about our professional scull
ini; that will detract from any contest that
may take place betw eon the above men
tioned rowers. The p blio has no fuitn in
any one of them. I am not savin.; whether
tie public is right or wrong in this, I am
only stating a fact that is too well known.
The Battle To-JIorrow Night.
There is more interest in the glove con
test to-morrow evening between Gteggains
and Costello than I had expected to find.
More than ordinary prestige is given to it
because of the announcement that tho win
ner is to fight Hall or iitzsimmons. This
part I hardly credit. At least if either
Gieggalns or Costello were to fight either
Hall or Htzsluimonsl should think it a real
good thin:: to back either llall or Fitz.
To-morrow night's battle is almost sure to
be a despeiate one. Latest reports state
that boih men are in excellent condition.
Greggains as an a'nateur won 19 contests,
and during his professional career has de
fc ited La Blanche and Turner. Ho has only
failed once toscoioa win and that whs when
he made a draw with Costello attei fighting
50 round".
Costello has only one defeat recorded
against him and that was when F. P. Slavin
defeated him on the tnrf -under the prize
ring rules. Costello has n ostly fought
against heavy weutbts. He will meet a good
man to-monow night, and while I have not
much to sav about tho result,! have a notion
that Gieggalns will win it. I do not think
that Costello is in ns good form as he wag
when he fought Greggaius befoie.
The Boxers Are Very Quiet
The leading boxers and latter-day pugilists
have been very quiet during the week. Cor
bett, to be suie, has made his nsual number
of speeches and made his usual number of
threats to Mitchell. James J. almost daily
tells us what he'll do with Mitchell when he
gets bold ot him. All this may sound well
to Coruett's friends, but I wonder hy the
champion did not "punch t. e tSritlsh blow
hard" when the latter was It. tho act or in
suiting Corbett, James J. every day keeps
lepeatlng how Mitchell insulted him and
he'll whip him on sight tor it. Why didn't
Corbett do his whipping at the time. A
thoroughly game man would have tiied. at
nnyrate. Just take my woid or it, corbett
will not do hull of what he says he'll do
wneii ho meets Mitchell, either in or out ot
the rin.
As matters now look, it seems as if the
null audFitzsinininns battle will not take
placd lor that ;4u,(XK us m tanged. There aie
various ruinois flying round relative to the
uiTnir, and all ot them point to the aus
picious nature of the proposed.contest. One
minor has it that the Crescent Club has
made an nimngelnent with Fitzslinmons to
have tup flht theie. Fltz, accoidin to re
poit,fstoget $15,000 ir he wius. Theclub
thinks It is a cuitaiuty for Fitzsimmons. It
Hall wins of course he'll have to cet the big
share ot $40,000. But there is still considera
ble uncertainty about tbo contest, and It
seems to me that a contest for even a $20,000
purse between Hall and Fitzsimmons will
not pay, becatise the sporting public are
very suspicious about those two Australian
wot thies.
An Eastern authority states that Goddard
and his manager, William Madden, have
dissolved partnership. Goduard,so tne story
-Oe, does not believe in gladden going
round as a gentleman ot leisure, doing no
w oik and snaring the money maue by God
daid. 1 comers iii-t this ditterence, real or
ailtrsed, looks queer to me. It may and ft
in. iy nut have something lodo with the bat
tle between Maher auu Goddard.
There is little or no ino-pdcc of a battle
lor 1'eter Jackson. It loos as if Coruett
will never laco the colored wonder aain,
and this may be a wise thing lor Corbett to
do, ot rather not to oo. It may be that if
Godd ird defeats Maner anyway handily, he,
Goddard,-w ill be matched against Jackson.
I w ill not be surprised if this is the case, as
Goddard, in the event of his defeating the
Irishman, will bo willing to fijht anybody.
rjUKGLK.
Facts to Bo Considered.
Everything in our establishment is new
and ot this seasun'a lashions. Boys and
childien's suits and overcoats are the most
stylish to be fouud in Pittsburg.
bOLOHO-" & KUBKIt.
Db Tfrrr'a Lfttle Early Risers. Best pill
for biliousness, nick hcadacho, malaria.
i MS -raits of natural wool and camel's hair
underwear, heavy weights, ull to-morrow
at 8a cents a suit, at Sailer's, oorner Smith
Held and Diamond stroeta, ,
AMONG THE AMATEURS.
The Wind Up of a tirely and Eicit
ing Football Season.
WINTER 8P0ET PREPARATIONS.
Athletic Association Hen in Training for
Ceming LTerfta.
GOSSIP FODKD IJ- VARIOUS FIELDS
For GO days the fever of football has been
upon the people, not only of Pittsburg but
of the entire United States. Scarcely a
hamlet from the Atlantic to the Pacific has
escaped untouched by the contagion. Prom
the far "West to the Eastern confines of the
continent the supremacy of the game has
been undisputed. It has reigned supreme,
and from an event in which only a few
college boya were interested the sport has
grown into one which is' attractive to thou
sands in every community large enough to
support one or two elevens. "When the
rapid growth from comparative obscurity
is considered, the average, man is at a loss
to know where and when the swelling tide
of popularity will end. Certainly not next
year in this part ot the world, for prepara
tions are already on foot for the formation
of better teams and more of them. And
not only is this the case here, but in every
locality.
Pittsburg has had two excellent teams
this year teams with which few athletic
association elevens could compete success
fully. But, as in the case of-all elevens
Dean D. Gotvey,
composed of yonng business men, there was
a lack of practice that failed to put the
teams on a par with those of the larger col
lege. The material was good enough,
probably better' than is to be found in the
majority of college elevens, but without the
constant practice which gives perfection to
team work, their weakness in anvthing bnt
rush line work precluded the possibility of
gaining a victory over such fully trained
men as were sent here by Le
high. It is proposed to alter this
state of affairs next season. The P. A.
C, especially, has in view the formation
of a football eleven which shall practice as
frequently as the college organizations.
Already a partial list of stars who are to be.
on the team is in the hands of Manager
B'arbour whose idea is to keep the team
busy with several games a week during the
s"eason. Some of those who have played
brilliantly this year have announced that
they will give wav to others next season,
but wnen the fall of the year approaches
they will be found in the ranks again. The
game has a fascipation for the players as
well as the people.
As a whole Pittsburg has every reason to
feel satisfied with the records ot her teams
this year. They have had an opportunity
oi seeing how well each of them could hold
down the scores ot college trained
men, and there has been just about
enough of the sport provided to keep
the interest in the game at an even point
The record of the A. A. A.'s in making a
tie game with the Colombia A. C team and
in defeating the "Cleveland A. C eleven
away from home shows that star players
without the necessary practice can hold
their own against better training. The
mooted question as to which of the two
teams, the A A. A or the P. A. C. is the
better, is still unsettled, and it is probable
that it will come to the front again next
year, when it is to be hoped that there will
bs no rincers on either side. Tne P. A. C's
record is also one which has attracted wide
spreal attention. It lined up against two
of the strongest college'teims in the State
teams that have had battles with the Uni-
A. X Phelan, P. A. C.
versity of Pennsylvania eleven, of the In
tercollegiate league. In both cases the col
lege elevens were disappointed. They ex
pected to roll up a big score, bat instead
the points were kept down to 16 and 21, and
these were onlyjsecured by the superiority
ot team worl? gained by constant practice.
Next year the college teams will be given
a closer vab, and if Manager Barbour's
ideas are earried out the scores will be on
th other side.
Of the light welgn't teams, the P. A. 0.
seconds and the Holv Ghost College finished
with the besi records, Heither suffered a.
defeat and
tht
y wound up the season with
Most of the light weisht
a tie game,
elevens started
iu too late in the fall, but in
every case the1
has been an expressed de
termination to begin at least 30 days sooner
next fall. W llitinsburg A. A., the Shady
side Academy iKiskiminetas, Crafton A.
A., and otlier light weights have made good
records. The Central High School team has
perhaps played more actively than any
other of its clas, and it has done some ex
cellent work until t)ie last Later on sev
eral of the plaj erswili be heard from in the
bigger teams.
There is an indication that the football,
influenza will extend clear down into the
baby classes of the. schools next season.
The small juniors. Who heretofore have
played baseball witH heart and soul, are
now familiar with tl(e game and they will
be in it next season, lit has an advantage
over baseball in that itrequirei the services
of four more playerii and this to the
Juvenile mind is one of the best features.
Let them play. It will do them good.
The Xeyiton Bioyth Club will seea
nve Into its new (lubboose o Hewe
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street This will be a most comfortable
home for the cyclers, and will add to the I
already great popularity oi me urgnujxa
tion. The Keystone club has been the most
active organization of cyclers in this part
of the State so far as the public is con
cerned, and great things are promised for
next year. Among its members are officer!
otthe State Division of the L. A, "W., and
they have the interests of the wheelmen In
this part of the State at heait During the
past season the Keystones have given two
road races, and they intended to have given
a paper chase on Thanksgiving Day. but
the weather was nn obstacle that could not
be overcome. Next season it is very prob
able that the Keystones will arrange for a
wheelman's meet in iPittsbtirg in addition
to the road races. The prizes awarded by
the club have always been handsome, and
the medals valuable from an artistic point of
view as well intrinsic. Next year they
will be still more valuable.
This week the pictures of A. X Phelan,
Eugene S. Beilly and Dean D. Ooeway, all
of the P. A. C. football team, are given.
These young men have contributed not a
little to the success of the team, and they
will probably be among the stars of next
M
Eugene S. EaUy, P. A. C.
year. Mr. Phelan has had charge of the
right end for the P A. C's and he has
played a great game. He obtained his first
knowledge of the game at Fordham College
in" New York. Mr. Eeilly was also at
Fordham College, -where he played left
tackle, the Fame that he has played with
the P. A. C's. He is 18 years of age and
weighs 175 pounds. Some of his work this
year has been great, and his tackling has
aided more than a little in keeping down
the scores of the college teams.
Dean D. Goeway had the misfortune to
sustain an injury early in the season that
took him out of the late games. He was
the right tackle ot the team and he man
aged to get through the opposing rush line
in a style that took away their breath. He
began playing with the P. A C's in '91
and is one of the kind of players whose
heart and soul are in the game. Toward
the end of the season, when his ankle be
came stronger, he plaved a great half-back
game for the second eleven and was on the
substitute list for the first team. Next year
he will be at the front again.
Following is a table of the weights and
heights of the Lehieh tram that ran up
against the P. A, C's on Thanksgiving day:
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Qoarter-b'k
McClanjc S 74 115 Junior. and captain
Ordway 5.1'), 16: Junior. Half-back.
Half-back
Ritchie 5. 8 171 Senior. and tickle.
Hutchinson... 5. 8 140 Junior. Fall-back.
ooden 5.1t 17s Junior. Center.
Greenwood.. . 6. M 1"3 Freshman. R. guard".
Tr&rton 6, 1 182 Freshman. L. ftnard.
Budd , .... 6. 171 sopoomorc. L. tackle.
Houston 5 10 167 Sophomore. R. tackle.
Van Clere 5.94 141 senior. Right end.
Chamberlain., i a,'i I5i) Senior. Left end.
Half and
Roderick 5. R'i 152 Junior. quarter b'k.
Marr 5.10 157 senior. Lettcnd.
Undertrood. .. 6. 172 Junior. (,uard.
Held 5.9 165 senior. Tackle.
Now that football is over, the athletic
associations will turn their attention to
their winter evenings' sport The A. A. A. 'a
have in view an indoor meeting which will,
it is nsserted, be the forerunner of several
of a similar nature to be given before the
annual spring meet The stars of the asso
ciation in their various lines are keeping in
good trim, and they expect to lower their
records in tne first open-air meet
The winter classes at the P. A. C gym
nasium have been well attended, and Pror
Kirchner has his hands full in directing the
traininsr. More than 500 members are now
paying their dues and the sinking fund has
about $3,000 to its credit It is beginniug
to be apparent that the present gvmnasium
is not large enough for such an association
as the P.' A. C, and a movement is on foot
to build during the year more commodious
quarters. The financial standing ot the P.
A. C. is of the very best, and as it numbers
in its membership some of the wealthy men
of this city, the new gymnasium will prob
ably be one of the most comnlete ot its
kind in the State. Horace J. IIiLr.
Wheelmen's TVhlspera." '
J. W. sroGowrrr. of the Keystones, tried a
ride in the snow Thursday.
A. L. Baisxer lias not yet returned from
Toledo, but is expected back soon.
Mb. Wilsos; of tho Allegheny Cyclers,
will be in training early next season ior the
races.
CArTAnt "W. M. Mrtintwas out on his wheel
Thursday. Ho rode to the football game in
the snow.
Miss PETncor.D, ,who took a trip to Dayton,
O., on her wheel with her brother, has re
turned home.
Miss Fbasces Speer, of Duquesne Heights,
has returned from a wheel trln to New
Castle, wheie she visited Miss Craigs.
John V. Bnioos can led ff the honors at
the hard time smoker Wednesday, for the
manner in which he sustained the tough
character he undertook.
Oitly the hares and J. W. McQowin, of the
Keystones, showed up for the hare and
hounds chnso last Thursday. The weather
frightened iho rest away.
CHAKLE3 H. Petticord and Harry S. Mercer
rode to New Castle one day last week during
a snow storm. They were ten hours on tho
journey, but they enjoyed the run. Ml. Petti
coid intends to ride to Butler to-day.
Football Field Note.
4 Lie Voiqht, of the Second P. A. O. team,
has the making of a great player.
Bodes, of tne A. A. A-'s, played with more
llle toward tho end of the season than at
first.
Haktxtoit, of the Second r. A. G.a, did
some excellent work In the games of the
club. The Wilkin sbnrgs will probably play the
Western University Beserves on Decem
bers. ,
Eo wash, the A A A.' center plays a great
game. He's a bard man to run up against in
a ;.ame.
Emery Dravo managed the affairs of the
P. A. C.'stsecond team In a most acceptable
manner.
BLUTtT.of the A. A A.'s, says he won't play
any more. He should not be allowed to quit
for he's ono of the best.
Dr. Proctor says this Is his last season,
but nobody Delleves it. He couldn't quit
playing if he wanted to.
J P. CCLBETTSOir, or the A. A A's, threat
ens to give up football. He's two valuablea
player to bo allowed to guit.
The Barr brothers, ct the Holy Ghost Col
lege teani, play a aood game and were a
large part of the team in all of the games. .
Ewrao, the quarter back of tho A A A's,
played a gieat game all the way thiough the
season, and it was his work that helped to
waid victory.
The Holy Ghost College Juniors are ready
to play any team , whose members' aces
-range from IS to 19 years. Address Captain
W. 3. Carroll, Holy Ghost College,
dtmiERT, ofthsP. A a. lntimatM tb4
he -won't play any more. His reasons are
rood, but he, developed Into a line player
ana win o anu him w tarn him,
THE CLUB WOMEN.
Ta1
Jrs. J. C. Croly.
The originator ot two of the most potent
facts in the life of to-day women in club work
and women in journalism, Mrs. Jennie Cun
ningham Croly "Jennie June" possesses
exceptional interest for that great army of
readers who are clamoring to know about
"women who have amounted to something. "
Mrs. Croly has amounted to a great deal.
A little over 36 vears ago she was an un
known school teacher in the village of Fish
kill, N. Y., to-day she is the floui'shing ed
itor ot half a dozen prominent magazines,
the founder of two celebrated rlub3, a lect
urer on her chosen profession in a famous
women's college, and the author of several
books. It would not be surpising if success
had turned the little school teacher's
head. However, she is said to be still the
same modest, unassuming woman that she
was always.
She has been writing for newspapers since
1856, beginning shortly before her marriage
to Mr. D. G. Crolv, then of the staff of the
New York Herald. Since then she has
either been a contributor to, or a member
ot the staff ot, every metropolitan news
papei of note. She was the inventor of the
manifold system ot supplying out-of-town
papers with correspondence or special mat
ter that has since grown into that giant, the
newspaper syndicate. Her chosen field,
not because she is especially fond of ruffles
and feathers, but because it has
paid better, has been the fashions
gossip which the average editor firmly be
lieves the 'only style ot literature adapted
to the crivings nnd comprehension ot his
lady readers. She has made it a principle
never to speak ill of any woman, and no one
is more rea'iy tohelptheambitiousstruggler
of her own sex. By her years of work she
has gathered together a modest fortune,
and has a cozv home on "West Fifty-seventh
street, Xew York.
Twenty-five years ago 12 laiies met In
Mrs. Croly's parlor and organized what
was the nucleus of the present Sorosis.
Mrs. Croly was its first President, and
held that office for 12 vears. She is still
honorary President, Dr. Jennie de la M.
Lozier being active President. The club
was the first organized, maintained and con
ducted entirely bv women. Its membership
list contains the names of women world
lamous in literature, art, science and the
diaina.
To the Women's Press Club, of Now York,
of which Mis. Croly was fonnder and is
Piesident, more intciest attaches owing to
the unique character of the cluh. It, too,
first .-an thollght in Mrs. Ciolv's pixlors.
As its founder is the first woman journalist
it wis natural that she should be elected to
the executive chair. The rluli 1ms ptcasant
quartois nt'-'t Union Squat e, where regular
meetings, half social, half literary, are held
semi-niontlilv. "Unitj, fellowship andco
opeiation" is its expressed object. Nutn
beied among its members arc the brightest
women joni nalists of that paradise foi writ
ers. New York City.
Prominent among its members may be
mentioned Mrs. Eliza Punam Heaton, Sun
day editor of tho New Tork Recorder and
writer oi the populir fashion article-. signed
Ellen 0born;Mis. Edith Sessions Tnpnor,
New York co-respondent for tho Chicago
Jiaaldnni special writer for the American
Press Association and Sundav TFWd; Mis.
Helen Watteison, the Now York Sun's one
time brilliant "Woman About Town;" Mrs.
Isabel Mallon, the bright and versatile
"Bah;" Sara J. Lipplncott,Grace Greenwood,
a one-timo Pittsburger and a very success
ful wiitor lor children: Mrs. Fiauk Leslle-
Wilde publisher or the licsllo magazines:
Miss Bhzibctli Joidan, of tho NewtYork
Tl'oi'd, who conducts tho best newspaper
edited children and women's departments
in the country; Miss Cvnthoa U'estovor,
writer, geologist and Inventor; Miss Mar
garet Manton Men ill, special writer for the
American Press Associiitlon, dramatic
reader and author.of u monologue, "Mario
Stuarv'which attiactedthe ravoraole atten
tion of Loid Tennyson. The-entire mem
bership is something over 00 women. An
earnest effoit is belns made to obtain per
manent quaiters. Last winter a mammoth
benefit was Iven in their behalf at the Met
ropolitan Opera House, and in which tho
leading New York actors and actresses took
part.
I have orten wondered from wheneo comes
the money that supports tho averaee char
itable institution. Tup other day I asked a
woman who belongs to half the philan
thiopic societies In town. "Where do we
get monejT" repeated she. "Not flora the
society or intellectual women, I a'sure you.
The other dav I went to .see Mrs. Blank, a
friend, who is supposed toTjo on the inside
circle of tho upper ten. 'Oh.dear,' exclaimed
she; when I stated my enand. 'Please don't
ask me to gtvo you anything. Actually, I
haven't a dollar to spate. With my six
servants to support and to keep up aie
spectable appearance 1n society, I have nil
that I can uo.' Mrs. Blank's husband is one
of the ncilthy men of tho city. I then tried
the Piesident of your club. She ha always
expressed gieat s inpathy with our mission
rot supplying red flinnel to tho natives of
South Afiica. I told her the Signal Servico
had predictel an' unusually saveie
winter.' and onr society Mould liko to
send out an especially laige supDly
of flannel to the poor lietthen. Sho
said the Africin Government onht
to take care ot the flinnel supply themselves
but she gure me a half dollar to buya yard
of flannel for some particularly deserving
savage Sho said their club had been study
ing political oconomy.and sho didn't believe
in encouraaing pauperism. Who gives the
monoj? Mostly the,iniddle class and poor
people. Thoio are many kind hearts among
the nchjbut yon will Und thoy aro not.ot the
socioty element. Mis George H estinghouso
wasalwajs a kind friend to us. Tho poor
lot a powerful ft lend when she left Pitts-
butg. I think what I have told you will be
found to hold good In almost every city in
the Union."
Club Notes.
Mbs. A-tdbew Eastojt, of the Travelers'
Cluh, left on Friday for Florida, where she
spends the winter.
At to-monow's meotlnr of tho Tourist
Club "Mo-cow" is to be the topic for studv,
and will bo in the hands of Misses Williams,
Andiews and Wheelerand Mrs. Patterson'
At yesterday' meeting or tho" Woman's
Press Cluh the social meeting of two tveeics
ago was discussed and mutual explanations
01 some lntei est hoaid The sociui meeting
was pronounced a success.
The newspaperwomen of Chicago have or
ganized a pi ess league whose object U tho
entertainment of newspaper women vi3ltin;
the World' Fair. Mrs. Mary Temple Bay
ard was appointed their lepresentative for
Pennsylvania, and on herrecent visit to Chi
cajjo was banqmed in honor of that event.
Mbs. Mrth a PnESiXEr gave f i ea trade a
scoring at Friduy's meeting of tho Tiavel
er's Club. Mrs. M. E. Dinwiddle gave an ex
cellent synopsis of the colonial history of
New England, whilo Mrs. S. G. Mooro told
many inteustlng fact9 m roaid to witch
craft. . Mrs. Jasper Stevenson read a very
clever sketch ot the lives of ttoi-er Williams
and Anne Hutchinson. The Scarlet Letter
was reviewed by Mrs. LB.DnI and Mr. J.
D. Shaffer.
Inn U no lars-ar or better ssleotad stock
of diamonds, watche, Jowlry, eta, in this
oity tban-yotr will find ar-M-'O. Cohan's, !
Filth avenue. Call and examine tho itook
and pr!o. It will pay ro.
THE KEY NOTE.
A Johnstown Gentleman Sounds the Key-
Note of Drs. Copeland, Hall
and Byerg' Suco833.
They Are Successful Because They Under
stand the Diseases of Their Specialties
and Their Years of Experience Have
Given Them Opportunities but Few
Physicians Possess Bead To-Day's Tes
timonials. "I came all the way from Johnstown to
consult you, doctors," said a gentleman or
that place to Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers,
this week, "and I cut out of last Subdat's
Dispatch this description of symptoms
which covers my case exactly. I don't want
you to ask me any q ies"tions," continued he,
in response to an Inquiry, "for tnis descrip
tion is better than any I can give yon. I
have every symptom named there and I Just
want you to examine mydungs and see If the
trouble has extended too far for me-to hops
foraoure. I have been doctoring and doc
toring and swallowed all kinds of patent
medicine for my trouble, which started with
the la grippe one year ago, hut I am gradu
ally eettini; weaker every day and couh so
much I can't get a bit of lest at night. I
want to put myself nnder your treatment
tori know if anything can be done for me
you gentlemen can do it, for any physician
who understands these different systems as
you surely do, ought to also know the means
to get rid of them."
Hit the Nail on the Head.
'Bight here is where our Johnstown friend
struck the keynote of Drs. Copeland, Hall
and Byers' success in tho treatment of such
troubles as he complains. Thoy see on an
average of one hundred patients every day,
all suffering from pretty much the same
symptoms, and have grown so familiar with
the history, progress and termination of
such diseases that they do not 'have to ex
periment with different'medlcines.butknow
just what to piescrlbe at each particular
stage of the disease.
They have no fight with the family physi
cian, whose time is taken up with bedside
oiseises and accidents, such as levers, frac
tures, dislocations, births, etc; indeed, they
each employ their own family attendant in
such cases. It is only when these family
physicians attemDt to treat a special line of
colonic diseises, for which they are not
fitted either by special training, special
eq-iinment or snecial experience, and also
wnen they attempt to scoff at the good work
Drs. Copeland, Hull and Byers are doing in
this community that they leel like chastis
ing them.
Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers do not
claim to be mlalilble, but they do claim that
in treating all diseases of the mucus mem
brane, and the sequlue of such diseases on
thegeneial system, their method of treat
ment, which is tbo result or years of experi
ence as well ns special training, is the very
best that ha3 been discovered. They see
more patients suffering irom a special line
of diseases and gathered from a radius of 100
miles of Pittsburg In one week than a
family physician will in tlio course of a
whole liietitne's practice.
Tho-Working People's Physicians.
Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers know just
exactly what position they occupy In this
community. They know they are doing a
world or good for suffering hutnanity,for few
physicians would care to perform such hard
and laborious work for the same small
compensation. It is not an unnsual thing for
them to perform several times a day work
which otner high-priced physicians would
perform but once a week, and tnen charge
$50 or $100. They always keep faith with
the public They do not advertise one price
and charge a higher for difficult cases, and
it is because of this low rate of treatment
and the good they are doing for a claas of
patients who cannot afford to pay more.and
who would have to go without this special
treatment, that they have been dubbed by
a noble-hearted lad, ' the working people's
physicians." They are prond of this title,
and also of the fact that patients of mod
erate means receive the same kindly court
esy and sympathetic consideration in their
offices as the wealthiest.
Dis. Copeland, Hall and Byers believe in
specialists aud In special treatment for
special diseases. A physician treating a
special lino of diseases day In and day ont
is able to recognize each condition as it
aiises, and apply the proper treatment at
once. The specialists are doing the bost
t ork that is being dono to-day, viz: Special
ists m medicine, specialises in law, special
ists in manntacture, specialists in merchan
dise, specialists in real estate, etc, etc
Chronic Diseases Keqnire Special Treat
ment by Specialists, Specially Trained and
Fully Equipped.
HE ACHED AIX( OYEB.
Be Sure and Bead Mr. Hood's Wonderful
Statement His Case Is the Most Typi
cal of a General Catarrhal Condition of
the Whole System Ever Published.
Mr. August Hood, a coal miner, in the em
ploy of tho Langhlin Nail Company, who
lives at Don P. O., a little hamlet one mile
west from Martin's Ferry, says: "I had been
troubled off and on for several years, and
doctored from time to time with little or no
benefit, till finally I grow so bad I became
seriously alarmed about my condition and
felt that I would have to have immediate
relief or give up my work. I achad
Mr. August Hood, Don P.
all over nearly nil the time, and my body
felt as sore as if I had been ponndnd with a
clnb 1 had a constant pain over my eyes
and through my temples, and my eyo balls
ached aud pained mo away back into my
head. I aHo had shooting pains through
my chest to each shoulder blade, pain and
soreness in the small of my back, over the
legion of tbo kidneys, and pain shooting
down the legs to the knees, with at times
a numbness and pricking sensation, as of
needles jag.:ing me. I had rheumatism all
tluough my body so bad at times I could
not go to sleep.
"My nose and throat were, constantly
stopped ud with a stictcy, tenacious mucus
and I would often lYawk out little chunks of
hard stuff as black as coal. My throat
Anally got so sore and swollen I could
scarcely swallow. My ears were also af
fected by roaring and hissing sounds.
"Tho appetite became affected and noth
ing I ate seemed to agree with me. After
eating my stomach would swell up like a
drum, nnd I was troubled with belching of
gas, palpitation ot heart, dizzy and smoth
ering sensations, etc.
"I could not sleep well, my HeeD was
troubled with horrid dream?, and 1 worked
all iu.rht in those di earns, and awoke in tbo
morning tiled, unrefreshcu.soie and itching
all over. Hnally night sweats sot in, which
made me veiy weak and nervous.
"1 shall nlways bles the day I was di
rected to Di. Copeland and his associates,
forthey have done lor me what no other
doctors could do, they havo cured me sale
nnd sound, and now! feel like a new per
son. I have no aches or pains, eat and Meop
well, and awnkein tho morning ieted and
anxious for mv daily work. I shall nevor
forget what they have done for me."
Ifyoa have any doubt as to your trouble
and of Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers'
ability to cure j oa Head air. Hood's state
ment carefully.
SEVERE STOMACH TfcOUBLE
Cured Dy Drs. Copeland, Hall apd Byers
Mr. John Moonly's Grateful Apprecia
tion for the Rellot Obtained.
'Vhen.I.ipolIed to Drs. Copeland, Hall
and Byers for tieatment," says Mr. Mo, inly,
who Is In the employ of Eisr Bros' Brick
Manufacturing Company at Sallna, Pa., "I
was in a. very bad oondltlon. My principal
trouble was with my stomach, although mv
head, nose and throat alio troubled" m a
srreat deal.
O.. Ohio.
"1 was bo pTtparsd,
t iMltrr Mat at.
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nofT
tarrh could cause all tho distressing symp
toms I suffered irom until thev explained to
me how catarrh affected the whole system
by the mucus dropping down into tho stom
ach, poisoning tne blood and interfering
with proper digestion. Their success in
my case certainly proves the correctness of
their theorv, for my health is greatly
improved. 1 can now eat hearty and it does
not make me feel the worse for it. Before
treating I could hardly eat anything, and
what I did eat did not appear to do me any
good, and it would cause such a soreness in
my stomach. Now it does not matter how
much I cat it does not bother me in any way
aud I am feeling good all the time
"I have-felt better In the Ia9t month back
than I have for the past year, and you cer
tainly are entitled to more praise and honor
than I can express."
Catarrh of the Stomach Often Resnlts
Fromjfeglected Nasal Catarrh, and Can
Always Be Cured.
ANOTHER GREAT CURE.
The Case of Mr. "William Foster, of Butler
So Weak He Conld Scarcely Get to Drs.
Copeland, nail and Byers' Office In One
Month He Gained Seven Founds and
Worked All Day Without Tiring
Mr. William Foster, employed in tho
planing mill of Messrs. S. G. Purvis & Co.,
and residing on Cleveland street, Butler,
sajs:
"I had been tronbled with my heart.throat
and stomach for two years previous to con
sulting Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers. I
had all the usual catarrhal symptoms of head
and thioat such as dull, heavy feeiing over
eyes and through temples, clogging up of
nostrils first ono side then the other, drop
ping of mucus into the throat, w itli hawk
ing and spitting. My throat became dry
and raw, tongue coated and parched, with
bad taste in the mouth in the morning,
loss of appetite, especially for breakrast,
and what little I forced myself to eat caused
distress and bloating np aftorward. I lost
flesh and strength right along.
"Finally night sweats set in, which weak
ened mo greatly, nnd alarmed me so I felt
something more would have to be done for
me than nns being dono nr I would liivo to
give up. Hearing so much oi the good work
of Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers in cases
similar to mine, I decided to go to Pittsburg
tand co.isult them.
wnen i nrst went to their oince i could
hardly walk I was so wenk. was sore and
ached all over nnd ennghed inccssintly.
They examined me cuicf'illy, and gaeme
Mr. William Totter, Duller, Pj.
a month's supply of medlcino to tiiKu ho ne.
and I c.in't Just express what benefit I re
ceived even nidi the first month's tioat
meiit. '"I gnincd seven or eight ponn is tlio first
mouth, and can do n full dt 's wo-lc n ithouS
tirinsr, tho flight sweats havo disatpoirud
and 1 leei like another per-on. I ciircr'ully
recommend all patients bu tin ring with ca
tarrhal troubles to consult the.- eminent
specialists hc once and not triflu with their
health and get into the serious condition in
which 1 was."
The statement of Mr. Foster verifloi the
MaflcJa.l resnltn nrTr.Cnplnd, H&Ilaad
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In Cham,
bcr Suits !'
tve haves j
them frora
$12 to
400.
xoo sam
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our floors
to choosa
from.
Parlor
Suits, our
leader only
$30, and
up to "S300.!
150 de
signs in all
woods and1
finishes,
- and everj.
known
covering to
choosa from.
Byers' home treatment In general catarrh
-fcaS
conditions of the whole system.
DO TOTJ HEAR TEIJ'.T
Try One Ear and Then the Other and Asoots
tain How the Hearing of Ont Ear Ca-rf
Bo Lost Imperceptibly.
This is a remarkablo faot. Haven't yea
observed how many of your friends make
yon tako the right or left band side, as th
case may be. so that they can hear you!
What is the cause of lit
CATARnn !
The eustachian tubes are small tTfbec
abont two inches long, leading from the up
per back part of the thioat to the middle'
ear. Their uo Is to permit the passage of
air inside the drumhead or tho ear. Every
ordinary drum has a small hole in the barj
The nbovc cut shows an interior new ofthfoet,
eustachim tubes and enr civities: Ao. 1 u th
drum of the enr; s and SAccarij of the Inner
ear nnd the small bones of the ear; U the auditor
ncrte.
rel to admit tho air on the inside. This is
done to allow the pressure of air to be equal
on both sides of the drumhead, and witnoul
it the drum would be worthless.
So it is with tho middle ear: the pressure
must bo equal on both sides, so that tha
drumhead (called tho tymnaiiurn) mav bo
sensitive to respond to tne delicate vibra-j
tlons of air, which, when communicated to
the brain through the auditory nerve, pro
duce sound. It anything happens toobstruct
tho eustachian tubes hearing is very mnoa
Impaired, if not entirely destroyed. Tha
illustiatlon makes It plain how easily it Is
for the catarrhal proctss to extend from tha
noo to the throat and thence up tho eus
tachian tubes to tlio middle ear. Tha
mucous lining of theso little tubes beootr.es
inflamed and thickened, and tho tubes
wholly or partially closed up, tho equilib
rium of air pressure is disturbed and tha
roaring, buzzing, cmcEIng and hissing
noises, so annoying to thousands of catarrhal
subjects, follow, accompanied nearly al
ways bv dullness or entire loss of bearing.
Ii thedloeiiseris permitted to run on un
checked the small bones of tho ear, markod
2 and 3 in the illustration, will bo destroyed
und the drum attacked, periorated and de
stroyed, and total defnc-s will follow.
Drs. Copeland. Hull aud Byers have un
qualified success in tho treatment of theso
cases. Tneir methods are the result ot
m ny years ot study and practice, and havo
bt njleuionstrnted to bo the most sucoess
tu. in uso at tha present time.
Drs. Copeland, nail and Byers treat my
cessfnllv all curable cases at 66 Sixth avs
nne. Pittsburg, Pa. Office hours, 9 to 11 x. jc,
Ztoor.jx.ann7to9r.il. Sundays, 10 J. x.
to T. it. Specialties Cattrrli and all dls
eaes of the eye, ear, thront and lungs; dys
pepsia cured; nervous diseases cured; skin
diseases cured.
Many cnes trented successfully by mail.
Send 2-cer.t stamp for question blank.
Address all mail to
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to Sixth avenue. Pittsburg, Fa.
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