MANAGER ISBELL HEARS ONE ON HIMSELF
Frank Isbell, Manager of Des Moines Club.
The following story is told on Frank
former major league star and
present part owner of the Des Moines
team. It happened recently v.-hen
Izzy and his bunch were on their way
to the southland.
Secretary ,\{cMullen of the Wichita
Club says: '& didn't pay much atten
tion to what they were saying for
quite a little bit, but after a while I
heard the visitor saying thing about
'that Prank Isbell,'" and thetl I
began to iisten. The fan was limn?
Izzy up as several kinds of a repro
bate and horsethief, and Old lzzy was
siding in with him in everything he
said, even going a little stronger most
of the time.
" 'Most ungrateful man I ever knew
anywhere," declared the fan. 'Made
ill his money here in Wichita and
hen pulled up and went off some-
K Ajfcere else to spend it.'
Mfg#r' 'Yes, I reckon that's right," said
The Brooklyn club has released Out
fielder Coulson to the Newark club.
Hilltop patrons rather like the play
ing of Zinn. He handles fly balls with
judgment and ease.
Chase is fielding his position as well
as ever, but always has hit better
than he is now doing.
Higgins, the new Brooklyn catcher,
handles himself like an old timer. He'll
get a chance in a regular game some
day.
Big Tesreau of the Giants looks as
if he would have a regular turn in
the box. He's got everything, includ
ing nerve.
Louden, last Newark infield
er, has made a big hit at Detroit's
third base and Hugh Jennings says he
keep him there.
If the Cincinnatis will take $5,000
ft r the release of the Cuban outfielder
>.-arsans the Washington club will pay
that amount in a jiffy.
Griffith has the Washlngtons fight
ing and hustling for everything, and
likewise he's rather a nuisance with
his chattering from the bench.
Russell Ford. Ed Walsh, Nap Ruek
er, Walter Johnson and Christy Math
ewson are pitchers of note who have
been subjected to defeat this season.
There is still hope for the High
landers. Only a few years ago a Bos
ton team started off the season with
nine straight defeats and yet it won
the championship.
The magnates are partially con
vinced that the championship season
begins too early, but they don't con
template a change in view of the way
the fans crowd around the box office
■windows.
Pitcher George Bell, formerly of
Brooklyn, has notified Manager Mc-
Ginnity of Newark, that he will be
unable to play this season on account
of having had a floating cartilage re
moved from his knee.
Many competent authorities figure
the Boston Nationals 25 per cent,
stronger than they were last season,
and there are Boston fans willing to
wager high hats, neckties and boxes of
candy that the Braves will finish in
the first division.
Theodore Breitenstein. the veteran
left-hand pitcher, who was a SIO,OOO
beauty many years ago, has at last
abandoned himself to fate. He has
Hccepted a position as umpire in the
Southern league, where, they say, th»
fans have perfect control and the pop
bottles never miss their mark.
Isbell. 'lie probably didn't have a dime
when he came here. Probably never
anything much in the big league, even
if he was up there 16 years or so.'
" 'No, I reckon not. He probably
was a mighty cheap player up here,
anyhow, and I suppose be blew in his
money about as fast as he made it I
understand he is an awful gambler
and rounder.'
"'Regular bug, I guess,' chimed in
Izzy.
"Pretty soon the conversation waned
and after a bit the fan wandered out.
Izzy pulled off his hat and rubbed his
hands over his bald head.
"'Say, Mac,' he said, 'did you hear
that guy? Well, sir, I sure did enjoy
his conversation. I oelieve that is the
most fully correct and unvarnished
opinion of myself I ever did get hand
ed out at first haad. Wish I knew
who my friend waa. I'd like to send
him a box of cigars.*"
COLLINS IS IMPORTANT COG
Athletic Second Baseman Signals
Outfielders What Kind of Ball
Pitcher Will Throw.
Eddie Collins liad more to do with
the succsss of the Athletics last year
than he is generally given credit for.
It was Eddie's duty to signal the
Philadelphia outfielders what kind of
a ball the pitcher was going to throw
in order that they might shift accord
ingly. Eddie would g«jt the signal
from the catcher and then tell it to
Eddie Collins.
tho outfielders with his Rands, feet or
body.
The other clubs knew what he was
doing, but it was impossible for
to decipher his signal code. Almost
every Tiger pitcher and catcher took
a hand at the detective work by warm
ing up on the edge of the outfield and
behind Collins both in Philadelphia
and Detroit, but they were unsuccess
ful.
The other clubs of the league soon
got onto the fact that Collins was
working this system and they all plot
ted to learn the signals, but he kept
them guessing the entire season.
Barry Celebrates Birthday.
John J. Harry, the crack shortstop
of the champion Athletics, celebrated
his twenty fifth birthday the other
day. llarry was bora in Merlden,
Conn.
START OF CHARLEY O'LEARY
Was Messenger Boy of 17 When H»
Broke Into Fast Company—
Now With Indianapolis.
The release by Detroit or Charley
who goes to Indianapolis, re
calls an Interesting story of his entry
into professional baseball. From a
messenger boy's uniform to that of
a major league club all in one after
noon was the lightning change ha
made.
O'Leary had played ball aromd the
lots In Chicago all his life and had dis
tinguished himself as the star of the
Mandel Bros. nine. One afternoon in
1900 he was sent out to the White
9DX park when the South Side team
was new in Chicago. It happened the
shortstop, Shugart, had been injured
and the club was not provided with a
capable man to take his place. The
Sox really were in desperate straitd
and hardly knew how they would fill
In their line-up until somebody who
knew O'Leary spied him and said:
"There is a kid who can play the
infield; give him a chance."
The manager asked O'Leary if he
thought he could fill the bill and Dip,
who was willing to take a chance on
almost anything, replied that the job
was made to order for him. They
dug up a uniform for the boy, then
but seventeen, and he doffed his mes
senger's togs.
He made good from the jump and
might have finished the season with
the Sox if he hadn't sustained a broken
arm as a result, of stopping one of
"Rube" Waddell's wild ones with his
person.
O'Leary went to Des Moines of the
Western league the next season and
Charley O'Leary.
played with that club for several
years, going to Detroit in 1904.
The White Sox won the pennant the
year O'Leary was with them and his
fine playing was responsible in a large
manner for this success. Comiskey's
reason for letting Dip go the next
season was that he had an idea the
youngster would be a better ball
player if given a chance to gain some
minor league experience.
DREYFUSS SEES THE PENNANT
Pirate Chief Is Certain of Victory In
National League This Year
—Breaks His Rule.
President Rarney Dreyfuss of th«»
Pirates is a silent man. In all the years
of his baseball experience he never
claimed anything in advance, at least
verbally. Now he has broken the rule.
He says Pittsburg will win the pen
nant.
"It has been my motto never to
claim the flag until it has been won on
the diamond," said the Pirate chief.
"I believe in sawing wood and letting
the other fellow do the talking.
"It is different this year. Pittsburg
will take the pennant. I never felt so
sure of anything as I do of that. I am
absolutely certain we will show the
way home this year. I can't see any
thing that can beat us. Good or bad
luck may break our way, but we have
the team, and that's what does the
business."
So there goes another record. Drey
fuss never talked that way before.
Couldn't Worry Clarke.
Fred Clarke was awakened at 3
o'clock in the morning in Chicago by
somebody who told him that Alex. Mc-
Carthy had fallen In a fit and had
been run over by an automobile and
was removed to the Cook County hos
pital. Knowing that the little infielder
is not subject to any fits excepting his
fits of fine ball playing, also being
sure that Mac would never be out so
late at night, Clarke asked the in
formant what color the Injured fel
low's hair might be. When told It was
very black the Pirate chieftain saw
there had been some mistake and
hung up the receiver.
Konetchy Is Indifferent.
"Why do the St. Louis pitchers
persist in throwing to Konetchy when
there is a runner on first? He doesn't
even try to put the ball on the re
turning fugitive, but Bimple catches It,
never looks at the runner and tosses
back to the pitcher. Doesn't care to
overwork hlmseir, apparently," says •
oopteinoorary.
"Please write something about treat
' ments for disfigured finger nails. Mine
are very tender and ugly from a long
course of housework, but now I've got
some help I want to improve my
hands.
"A COUNTRY READER."
The working housekeeper's hands
have many injurious Influences to en
counter, but the very worst of them is
the constant Immersion in water
' which dishwashing and other cleaning
up Involve. Rapid changes from hot
to cold water, and the reverse, are
very hard on the hands, the changes
of temperature making the nails brit
tle and scoring them with the ridges
so often seen on much-used hands.
The texture of the skin is also coars
ened, while the soaps used in all
forms of housework, being full of al
kali, may so attack the delicate fiesh
about the nails as to loosen them. So
a proper care of the nails certainly
means a proper care of all the hands,
I and it is easy enough to protect them ,
! when doing some forms of coarse
work. There are heavy white cotton
: gloves for sweeping and dusting which
> cost only ten cents a pair. Before put
ting these on.the palms and nails
should bo greased with olive oil or
vaseline, either unguent rubbed well
into the skin and all about the nail
scarf. The gloves should also be regu
larly washed, for when they are
grimed with dirt they are certainly
useless for beautifying purposes.
With these gloves and a mop, dishes
and cooking utensils may be washed
without injury to the hands, or, If
preferred, rubber gloves could be used i
for the dishwashing.
The first care of hands injured with
housework begins with the cleansing
: bath, with soft water barely more
than tepid, and the soap of a very
' good sort. If the water used is hard
\ uoften it with a teaspoonful of borax,
and before using the soap shave it up
| and boil it down to a jelly. Get a
: cake of good old castile for the pur
! pose, and after the soap is dissolved
pour In about half a cup of benzoin, i
stirring it well into the jelly. Begin
1 the bath by wetting the hands, and j
i then rub the jelly on them, working
the hands together in the usual way
ias when using soap. Wash off in one
water and then rinse in another of the
same temperature, drying the hands
at once on a clean, soft towel.
Such a hand bath should be taken
; every night before going to bed, and
when the hands are dry some unguent j
• must be rubbed at once over and
about the nails either oliva c.il or vas
i eline, as hitherto stated.
As numerous baths, even with the
| best soap and softest water, are not
: always good for sensitive nans and
i delicate skin, it Is wise to clean the
| hands several times during the day
: vith olive oil or palm oil; if the hands
I are well rubbed with either of these,
then dusted with talcum powder, and
wi])ed off with a coarse and yet soft
' towel, the soil will be entirely re
moved. Coarsened nails are much im
! proved, too. by the wearing of loose
I old white kid gloves, both during the
! day and at night, while the regular
| gloves worn should also be fairly loose
and of a soft leather such as chamois
or doeskin.
KATHERINE MORTON. I
Pretty . Decoration for the
Handkerchief or Glove Case
A white silk priori or handkerchief case may he charmingly decorated
with this little basket, worked In colors. The daisies are worked solid In
white with yellow centers; the rorfcet-iu-enots in blue with yellow centers,
and the leaves and ferns In green The stems are done In tna outline
stitch In green. The basket Is also worked In the outline stitch In a light
shade of brown, and the ribbon Is done In the solid satin stitch In yLak,
lavender or green. Use Hlo doss for the embroidery.
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Budget From "Newly Wed."
I am a very Interested reader of all
your good advice and suggestions to
the many asking aid from you. May
I, too, ask a few questions? Am Just
married and moved Into our dear lit
tle bungalow, and look to you for ad
vice. For which foods are finger
bowls used, and does a finger bowl
stand In a glass plate? When are the
finger bowls placed on the table?
When Individual salt dishes are placed
on the table with salt spoons, is the
salt conveyed to the plate with small
spoon? Please give me a recipe for
a fruit salad containing grapefruit and
one without, also a cabbage salad
recipe, if not too much trouble for you.
In having cards printed shall I have
my husband's name on my card, such
as "Mrs. IT. B. Jones" (or Harry B.)?
Is it good taste to have a door plate
with name on on our new home? —V.
G. N.
Finger bowls are necessary whrn
fruit Is served or corn on the cob, and
many hostesses have them brought in
with the dessert service or after It.
Each bowl rests on a glass plate to
match or on a china plate on top of a
fine finger bowl doily. The salt spoon
is used by the individual to put the
salt on his plate. I cannot take the
limited space to write out recipes un
less for some very unusual dish that
will be a novelty. What you wish will
be found in any up-to-date cook book.
Your cards should he engraved with
your husband's full name. Door plates
are seldom used now.
From "N. 3. D."
Will you kindly answer through the
paper whether it Is proper to bring a
box of candy or chocolates when tak
ing a lady to the theater? Also which
side should a gentleman be on (right
or left of lady) in escorting her across
the ballroom floor, and on which side
should he seat himself?—N. B. D.
There Is nothing improper about
taking a box of candy to the theater,
but it should be eaten during the in
termission and not during the play.
A man walks at the left of a lady and
sits at her left, offering his right arm
when occasion requires it.
Glove Etiquette.
Ts it necessary to remove the glove
before shaking hands? Are there cer
tain occasions when this is or is not
necessary?—"WAlTlNG."
If a man should be working nnd
h;*ve on heavy soiled gloves he should
remove them before shaking hands,
otherwise it is not necessary.
MADAME MERRI.
Breeze Baskets.
The bedroom that is redolent of the
old-fashioned scent of lavender sug
gests refreshment and lt lt Is
not enough to line the wardrobe
shelves with lavender sachets, though
to do so is a step in the right direc
tion.
Very pretty are the hanging
"breeze", baskets which every breath
of air from the outside encourages
to send forth a delicious scent. The
baskets are hung upon ribbon and
slung upon +v 3 locking glass or upon
the handle of an escritoire, out of
sight maybe, but not out of mind.
I^^ABINET
a (freat thing. O my br«thJ
r«n, for a fellow Just to
i! ' ay
j His hand upon your shoulder In a friend*
ly sort of way! —Riley.
TRIFLES LIGHT AS AIR.
During the warm weather desserts
are more fitting that appeal to the eye
and are so light, that they do not tax
the digestion. Most people, especially*
! those of the masculine gender, feel!
i that they have had no dlrner If they
are deprived of a dessert. It behoove*
the cook to see that a dessert appro
; prfate to the meal is served.
Company Apples. —Pare and corw
eight apples. Arrange in a baking*
dieh, fill the cavities with apple Jelly
find chopped raisins. Cook until ten
! j der, basting with sugar water and lem
on Juice. Ten minutes before remov
-1 ing from the oven decorate with quar
ters of almonds blanched.
Snow Puffs. —Cream a half cup of
butter, add a cup of sugar, two and a.
half cups of flour, a half teaspoonful
of salt, three teaspoonfuls of baking
1 powder and a half cup of sweet milk.
Beat well and fold in four stiffly beat
sn whites. Steam forty-five minutes
' In buttered cups. Serve with straw
berry sauce.
Italian Cream.—Soak two table
-1 spoonfuls of gelatine In a fourth of a
i cup of cold water, scald two cups of
milk, cool and add the yolks of three
eggs well beaten, a pinch of salt, and
a fourth of a cup of sugar; cook un
-1 .11 thick, add the gelatine, chill, and
is the mixture thickens the whites of
three eggs well beaten. Mold and
serve. Any flavoring may be used,
coffee, canton ginger, chocolate or
fruit Juices.
Bavarian Cream. —Soak two table
spoonfuls of granulated gelatine In a
third of a cup of cold water, dissolve
In a fourth of a cup of hot cream;
' add a half cup of sugar and the whip
from a pint of cream when the mix
-1 ttire begins to thicken. Do not stir,
but cut and fold in the cream. Flavor
t with vanilla and mold.
L Chocolate Junket. —Melt an ounce of
• chocolate (a square), add three table
i spoonfuls of boiling water. Crush a
iunket tablet and dissolve in a table
i %poonful of cold water. Warm a
i juart of milk until Just luke warm,
j add a fourth of a cup of sugar and a
teaspoonful of vanilla and the melted
chocolate and Junket, and pour into
serving cups.
IK VOl" have a friend and you
love hlni well.
' I.et my adviee on your friendship glim
mer—
Print all his faults In nonpareil
Liut publish his virtues iti hlsr Ions:
primer. —Robt. Burdette.
MEMORY JOGS.
1
• Plain walls are best for a small
j room and a good background for pic
tures.
Dates stuffed with left-over icing fla
vored with lemon Juice, are a most ac
, ceptable sweetmeat. Good for the
. J lunch box.
i If you have a faded paper, with no
, red or runny colors, a coat of calci
mine over it will make a fresh wall
. decoration.
Plain white cheesecloth with a strip
- i of some color to harmonize with the
! room makes most dainty curtains for
i ; a bedroom.
, I Left-overs cannot be carelessly sea
| soned and be at all palatable. They
' need more careful seasoning than do
1 the fresh dishes
If you have an unsightly fence or
building, cover it with the wild cu
cumber vine. It will grow in sun or
shade, and is a graceful vine, adding
' beauty to any place.
Don't throw away a little left-over
1 boiled frosting, as it can be kept soft
;if set in hot water. A few nuts and
raisins chopped added to it and drop
on wafers, bake to a light brown, and
| you have a nice little cake to serve
| with a cup of tea.
Did you ever notice that we usually
i do the things we want very much »o
j do? We are bound to find time for
them. Are you house-cleaning and the
violets in bloom? Just keep in mind
ihat dirt we always have with us, but
violets come but once a year.
Keep an eye out for the delicious
mushroom, learn a few and have a
I dainty dish served at least once a
: week. Early in May the bonny little
j caps appear with their frills of pink
j and lavender, and they last until th»
! freezing frosts of the autumn.
Their Fate.
"What became of the Jwo clerks you.
J iad here named Gunn and Ball?"
"A similar and appropriate fate over
took them both."
"What was It?"
"*?unn was tired and Ball was
i iounced."
Th« Ruling Passion.
S Did you ever know a man so proa
j perous he wasn't figuring how ha
could make a little money off a side
line? —Atchison Globe
Soon.
Money talks, but the world soon
gets a poor opinion of the man wtw»
lets his mouoy do all the talking