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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL Page Three SPRINTEh BORN, NOT DEVELOPED Wan·er Brothers Most Colorful T 1-<Jorner of old city wall of Tslnan, China, which wus stormed by the Japanese In conflict with the Nntlon2-Unvelllng In New York university hall of fame of busts of Louis Agassiz, Rufus Choate, John Paul Jones, F. B. Morse and John Greenleaf Whittier. 3-Deslgn of new Constitution hall to be built In Washington the D. A. R. at a cost of $2,013,000. Indeed, these predictions were strength· ened, for Hoover gained 21 and perhaps 29 delegates In New Jersey and 14 In Alabama, and Sml th garnered 44, from New Jersey, \·ermoot 11nd Montana. South Carolina Democrats In com·en tlon elected 18 uelegates to Houston of Flood Control uninstructed but direcred to vote for a dry nominee and a dry plutfo•·m. The Stimulatea the Misnnti-Srnlth fuction lost In the attempt to Instruct the delegates to ,·ote sissippi Valley. again&! Smith "or other candidates of similar views." The New York governor, aceordlng of the lower Misslffiillpl to his supporters, alreauy is assured threw up their bats and or 003¥.! votes ou the first ballot at when the news was flashed Uouston, or within 30 of the necessary the country that President Cooltwo-thirds. His oppunents dispute 7U 1h -had signed the flood control bill or there votes. but there are few hold made It part of the law of the enough to dispute the claim that Smith Throughout the region especialis certain of nomination and that the alflectiM there were happy celebra· convPntion will l.Je only a Democratic and New Orleans particularly love feast. Heports rl'ached the s1•n· calling the day the greatest ate committee on campaign expeudi· the end of the Civil war. 'l'hut tures that the go1·ernur's campaign wa~ relieved of fear of annual floods, being financed by contractors who had go ahead with plans to take her held fat contracts f•·ou1 the :O:ew York lflllong the big cities of the conn- state or city governments; but U•ese and her Industrial and real estate were denied by W. !•'. Kenny, one of the already are out after new busi· contractors In question who has conIn lesser degree the whole val- tributed $70,000 to the Smith funrt. He to the mouth of the Missouri said be had done, In eleven yearfl, not 1s similarly stlmulatt>d, and the more than $243,000 of business with the running through the area are city and he added he was ready to steadily Increasing busi· add to his contribution to the limit of his ability to pay. Other su!Mantiai the provisions of the act a contributors made slmllar pledges. of three Is to make recommenda· Hoover's certainty of nomination Is to the President In connection more open to discussion and i~ espethe adjustment of engineering cially disputed by Lowden and his folbetween the J adwln pi an lowers. The HoO\·erites claim 3S~ ln the Mississippi riv!'r commission structed and fa,-orahle votes and 11 for flood control. Major General fH'Obable total of 467 on first ballot. chief army engineer, anu the anti give 22G to Lowd~n. But the of tile river commission are I.owden fl;:m·es are: lluol'er 329~2: members of this board, and Mr. Lo)wden, ~:iS~~; uncertain, 317. selected Carleton W. Sturte· Secretary of the 'l'rl'n~ury ~ldiun, of New York as the third mem· atldre>sing the l'enn")·inlnia delega· 1\Ir. Sturtevant Is sixty-four yean; linn, creatl'!l a sensation by gi,-in::; and wa~ recommended by memHoover us his choice for the nomina· of the American Society of Civil lion proYitled !'resilient Coolidge coulrl He graduuteu as a ci,·il not be prr;;uadetl to ruu again. from the University or Mls· "lloowr seems to come clo;;e~t to the In 1884. In his early years, Mr. stan<.lunls we have set fur this iligh had charge of surYey work office," he Bald, but at the same time government engineer on the ppl as a private engineer. He he urged the delegates to remain un· employed on the Panama canal committed to any mndiuate until they reached Kansas City and could lie· had charge of engineering work termlne In caucus what course Wll>' America and In Mexico. best for the party and tile country. To bill centers authority In the reporters Mr. MPIIon suit! ufterwur1ls: of the President and the army "It Is not certain that Mr. Cooliuge Actual construction work bandied by the present Missls- will not consent to the use of his rlver commission under the dl· name. The Pe:;ident may be a cundl· of the secretary of war and date." In which opinion he agrees with Charles D. Hilles of New York of the chief of eng!· and other Easterne•·s. It was >:-alu in An appropriation of about $~5. l'hilndelphin that Mr. Mellon's declara· wlll be required for the ftrst tlon concerning Hoover was prompteu The net authorizes a total ex· by the knowledge that William \'are, of $325,000,000, but the Pres· local Republican boss, was ready to and General Jadwin believe the come out in favor of the secretary of outlay during the next ten or commerce. And this \'are did shortly years will be at least $500,000,· after the ~Ielion statement. Lowden Mr. Coolidge's fears that a lund and Dawes parti<ans still !nsi>t that would arise were allayed by a some of the 79 Pennsyll•ania <.!~legates that the government shall nc· will be against Ilonwr. flowage rights only on such lanil not now subject to overflow. IIIAXG KAI·SllEK, leader of the Chinese Nationalists, rejected ~lar· more big pieces or legislation put up to the President when sllal Chung's proposed t•·uce !n the civil war for the tmrpose of unil.lll~ ..,nAt·.. adopted the conference reon the farm relief and merchant against ,Japune~-e U;(gression, .and both bills. That the former, known the SouthPrners and their allies, the McNary-Haugen measure, was forces of General Feng. resumed their to be vetoed by Mr. Coolidge movement on Peking. t 'hang pretmrell generally admitted, and Its sup· for the withilrnwnl of his troops mul were not •ore they could mu~ himself to Manchuria hut !•'eng inte•·· enj>ug:h votes to pass it over the cepted him at Machang where there report on the merchant 'rna- was lleav~· lighting. l~arly capture of was accepted only after a both Peking and Tientsin wlls foreconducted by radical sena- seen, and both American and Britisl1 wbo attacked It as a ship sub· forces in that region w~re made ready measure In dll!glllse, the postal to protect their nationals. The .Tap· and construction loan fen- anese, In full pos,-ession of Tsinan an.J especially being denounced. Nine tbe zone along the railway, decided to leans and eleven Democrats send troops to Mandll!l'ia if necessary In the negative. Though a ma- to' prevent dli•turhanees there. The of the house rnlea committee are Ameri<'un force in north China totals the Boulder Dam bill, the ex- 4,400, 1110~t of whom are nt Tientsin. active lobby boosting that forced the committee to put REMIEH llHA'l'L\!\0 of Rumauin to the house and a special rule defles his en£>mies, nnd has tolrl granted permitting Its considera- parliament that h!~ cabi11et has no In· with eight hours of debate. This tentlon of resigning or heeding other prPvent the plannl'd adjournment of th~ demands of Lhe tu•asants. Juliu at the end- of this week, ~Ianiu, lender of the pea~ant~. snys Is unlikely that the filibuster they will now boycott the gol'!'mment the bill, announcrd b.l' Senator completely and If that doesn't have can be brcken •lown. eiTl'rt tl:cy will resort to uclive resl~tance· In nonpayment of taxes. \ 'arol. former crown pl·inl'e of HuL.'<G happened last weex to cl,ange the pre1liction of the manin, dril·en out of ~;ngland, took •nd Smith boosters that their •·efuge in Belgium, where he was told candidate~ would hnYe he mlght ·remain so long as he bewalkaways In the ltepuhilcnn haved himself. l•'riends ha\-e learetl national convrntions .. for Carol a!lll his companion. ~Iagtln Lupescu, the magnificent d' Ardennes, near Din ant. REVIEW OF RRENT EVENTS C P Chateau HE Yankees have their Ruth and Gehrig, th£ greatest home-run hit· ting pair of nil time, hu the Pirates, National leagu£: stnn1lard-hearers In the lnst fall's world's series, boast or one of the most colorful or outtleld combina tlons, the famous Waner brothers. Born und raised In Oklahoma, sons of an old·tlme baseball star, they learned the rudiments of the game by pitching and hitting cornrobs hehind the barn. Paul and L(,,yd Waner were the "hits" of the Nnti11D11I league last season. Paul, twenty-Hve, ~stabllshed ilimself as a top-runklng gtar last yeur. Lloyd, twenty-two, like his brother, muue good In his flrst season Both are natural players unu horn hit· ters. Paul. Is less colorfUl than Lloyd In personality, but his batting perlormnnces stamp l1im as one of the greatest all· around hitters in the game. During most of lust season. l'uul not only topped all rlvuls in per1·entage, but led the lengue In hits, doubles, triples anu driving in runs. Lloyd, allied hy Paul's timely wai· lops, leads the league in runs scored. Th~y call them "Little Polson" '!nd "Rig Poison" a1·ound the circuit be(·ause Paul Waner of their consistt>nt and timely ahiilty at bat and brilliant defense work. The picturesque brothers came to the Pirates from opposite sides of the country. Paul was ~urchased alou11: with Hal Uhyne, from the San Frnnclsco Seals during the 1025 world series. for $50,000. Lloyd came direct from the Columbia club of the South Atlantic association. He batted .345 In that circuit and has done as well In the major league. That Is Opinion of Coach Jennings of Marquette. s ECHBT.UtY OF ST.\TE KElr LOGG'H anti-war treaty plan was warmly Indorsed by the British hou'e of lords when It unanimou»IS adopted Lord lteading's resolution call· ing on the government for "prompt, favorable consideration of these pro· po;;a!s.'' l'remier Bruce of Australia ha~ given the proposals his hearty uppro,·a!, aud Japan's reply is expected to be an acceptance of tile prin~iple:; enunciated. It is reporteu in Paris that ~Ir. Kellogg will be gh·en this year's Nobel peace prize by the .:-lor· wegian parliament for his work In for· waruing world peace. The award will not be made until November. I Howard Ehmke Develops the "Hesitation Pitch" After eght .vea•·s of conscientious effort, lloward I~hmke, ian!;y right· hander of the Philadelphia Athletics, believes he has mastered the "hcsita· tion pitch" und lool;s for his fifteenth season In the American lrague to be th~ best e,·er. l'he "hesitation pitch" Is not n new wrinkle, but Ehmke believes that he has mastered it so completely that what was once considered "tril'ky pitching" will be aj)proved by the baseball powers. His "h<'~itation" ronsists merely of a rause In his wind· up designed to throw the batter ofT his su·itle. "For a time," said Ehmke, "1 was asked to discard this style of pitch· lng, !Hit I argued my ca~ and won It Of cOlii'Se, the rules forbid any hesl· tation in pitching with men on base. When that hawens the umpi•·es correctly call It a balk." Sande's First Race REDS from sixteen countries, loelud· lng the United States, attended a Communist convention at Ca!;·scl Germany, held under the auspices ol the Third International and pre>'ided over by n nephew of Rykoff, assistant Russian commissar of foreign an:atrs The discussion was mainly concerning means of extcntling Communist activlt,l in the armies and navies of "capltali>~tic" nations and was extraordinariis frauk. !'1·ogre:;s in this work in th{• navies of England, ~'runce and Amer lea was reporteu. but ~Ioscow dele gates were told the tJrospects of revo lutions in EUI·ope were discoumging. e~peC'ially since the failure In Vienna last year. tion that it has built for the army ail corp>' an aerial camera with a mngr· of eight miles, designed to photograph areas as large as four square mile' Picture taking at heights of 30,000 ferl or mo1·e will be possible by device, which Include an elect1·ical heatin~ !iystem to prevent the shutter from fr!'ezing at temperatures as low as 61 uegrees- below zero. The machine ha> complete automatic C<'ntrol and opera tiou, including a device to record the time the picture was takeo, the altl tulle, the time of each exposure and other useful data. .\~Cl~:ll'S new electoral law wa> F passed by the Italian senate. It re- forms the chambl'r of deputies and <lholishes demodatic popular suffrage. The new chamber will be made up from a single list of 400 ~Iussolinl pickeu men, whom the people will approve or reJect ' tn a srr2cial "yes" or "no" plehiscite. No opposition list I• to he Jlre,entell. b going Into the busiUNCLBof manufacturing and disposS.\~1 n~ss Ing of fix<'d nltrati'S and electric power, If the ~Iorin resolution IHiopted by the house i~ accepted by the ;-enate in lieu of a ~imiiar resolution by Xorri~ already a!lopted h.v the upper hOUS(> and berome~ law. The measure, re lating to ~fu.,cle Shoals, may be vetoed by the !'1·e~ident. In addition to set tlng up a $10,000,000 corporation for the operation of the obsolet1 nitrate plants, unci the disposal ol power, the hill auth"rizes expendituro of suflil'it•nt funds to complete dan· No. 2. l~stimatrs on the nuthori~eil impruH'ments run aq hi~rh as $10,000. 000. 'J'his will be In addition to tl11 ~110,000.000 which the government hn• alreatly q1ent on the ~luscle Shoa! .project. LTY on two chn rges of lm G L'Iprudent and unminlsterlal con duct and susi~enlll'd jlerrnanently fl'On the functions of a hishot was li1e venlict of the ~Iethodist !'J'I~ ropnl e<·clf·~iastirnl court in the cast of nt'hop Anton nast of CopenhagP-ll tl'l<'d r!Ul'ing the gPneral conference In Kan~as City. '!'he court continued tht• Danish bl~llop In his rnemhe•·sllip anil ministry nnd recommender! provision for his support until the next meeting of hi~ cnnft'renre. The charg~s against Hishop l:ast lnvol,-ed misuse of c!larit1 funds. exerd>in~; BASEBALL~ NOTES MJ The Louisville Colonels fired n rookie JJitcher named Friday. Ue might have expected that. • • • Joe :\agle, formerly a player on the Brooklyn and Cincinnati teams, Is fl Chicago lawyer now. • • • Albert Ellis, outfielder on the Louisville team, has been sol<.! to the Dallas tlub of the Texas league. • • • Etldie Roush has been In the big leagues 16 years, and In nil that time he failed to hit .300 In but one season . • • • • • The smallest player In the mlojor leagues this season Is Walter Gau· treau, second baseman of the Boston Nationals. • • Dave Bancroft, Brooklyn shortstop. has entered pm·tnership with his broth· er-ln-iaw, John G. Gisin, and now ls president of a Duluth shoe sto•·e. • • Leon Ames, Jr., son of the ,-eteran pitcher, was credited with n win in his first out for Wichita, pitching the Larks to a 6-2 victor~· over Tulsa. • • • The United States Naval academy untl Unlteu Stntes Army squads will clash in bas~ball, lacrosse and in track and field ~port this summer. • • • • • • • • • • • • Outfielder Fran!' \\'llson, ohtalned by the Portlanu B!'a1·ers of the Coast lengue trom tile f'hicngo \Yhite ~ox has been · •·eturned to tbe Chicngo club. • • • Man mving about golf lands In cell. -lleullline. And so at lust the poor fellow rnaile a hole in one. • • • Don Carlos Lyoa roller-sl;ated nil of the way from 'l'acoma, \\'us h., to Los Angeles to entc1 11 school. • • • Another companiunate marriage, ot the stnnilard type, is tile one between a golf widow and ~ bridge wi<.low!'r. • • Heeney, hy the ~~; ay, Is a plumber. .Mr. Tunney, howPver, will do the plumbing In this tight. It's a pipe. • • • Archie Campb<'ll, rookie hurler with the New York Ym;kees, has a weak· ness for u•·t workl. lie buys all the booi>s untl picturrs on art he ran flnrl. •• • Because slnoking has b~en put un tier bnn, sporting fnns a1·e uskin~ permh·siun to cl1ew tobacco while watehlng fi~:hts In ~!mlison Square gal'tiPn, New \'orl; eft~·. . • • • Sid T!'rl'is, East sid~ light\\ right flash, IHHl B1·uce Flower~, sensnt ion(ll llPgTO tightpr~ hHY€' :-;igtiPil Hl'ti<-1P~ fm• a t~>n-roullll hout I:rooklyn, June r.. ut ••• Ehbets flelil , A golf team, llHlllu np of Slllllrnts from Oxford nr11J l'amllriil~<'. is plan· ning to ,-hit th1• U11lted Stalt•s jJuring the coming o;;:pasnu to engage In mat1·hes with Ynle. llalTarJ, l'rince· ton and :~wnell. • • • Pitcher Waltrr Moran or Grand Haplds und lntit>lder llitchie ltyan from Geor;:;etown uniVPrsity, have heeo sl~:ned by Lynn of the New l•:nglilnd lPague. • • be "That 'soldier ol ll1e sea' seems to decide~lly blue." "That ought to mu!;~ him an ultra- marine." U n:restraint A day this world set out to find When every one could speak his mind. The Tower of IJahel's discontent \\'as caused br the experiment, Madison Square Garden Takes in Much Money No Favoritism An English lahorrr's wife was h~V· in;( her bally cllris;eneil, and gave the name "Act~. " 'file a.W>nished v!<·:u ;;aid: "Do you mean that I am to chri,ten this child 'Acts'?" "\\'ell, yrs," the mother replied. "\\'e'1·e got Matthew , ~Ia•·k, Luke and John, why DDt give Acts a turn 1" Different Now The vettoran actor came around on ~aturday uutl besought 11 loon of ll friend. "\\'lint's the matter?'' inquired the accosted. "You >.lways used to have mouey ou 8atm·da~·s." "YP,," l'Pt•lietl tile the,pian sadly, ·'but I'm tl1e mnn~gPI' uow." Dad Know$ ~:lid l lan~·ll('l\ ''"hat ts a ('ll:lnt lt 1ic ,. ': ., "lt's llfl efl\·r-tlvr J:,.:hting nrrangt· nwnt hun~ (rom tl:e ceiling th. t would c>uab!t~ n man to get around tile tlvln~ rnom without haddn~ his shins lf hi~ wife 1\'oUIII IPt ilitn ~witch it on," ·'Pa!' 1 I grun;~::~::· TOO LONG New World's Record • llr-Reems to nh' we'\·e been en· gnged Ion~ enou~h to get married. She-Too long. The regulars on the Rutgers base ball squad this sea~lttl, In New Bruns· wic·k, N. J ., lndurle six captains nud former captains of 1·nrsity nnd f•·esh man athletic iemns. Decidedly Out • • • ''Three strikes! rer out.'' the umpire cried, Directors of the Portland club In the :\ew Englund league have come to t<'rlll~ with Dnft'y Lewis and the forrnPr Boston outlielrler will again be at the . helm of the team. Quo: h the l:ilugl(er then "Nny, nay." A.ntl e'er the argurnc:nt had died He was out-a full week's pay, Those Mad Wag1 • • • ''LI't's ~eP. wP sometimes cull a man a .Jon:1h, don't we?'' "Yes, whPn he Urln~l-' n disaster.'' "That'~ the funny thing about it. rhe original Jonah was a prophet, while the muderu '.Jonah' represents f lc·S:-::;." Outft,·lcler Aluhama .Jones of the Augusta Sally league Ti!(ers, has noti!ierl Bu~iness Manager Troy Agnrw that he will not report to the cluh until later, hecau'e of eye trouble. • • • !larry llPilmunn, Detroit's >-luggin~ ontfiel<.ler, has won the American league hatting championship In odd years rturing tl•e past t>i;;ht s('nsons. He expctts to break his "jinx" this Devotio'!t lihe---Of COUl''e I loH' you. lloldntdlan Lover- \\'ell, jnst sny thP worrl nnd an)·thlug ~-ou St~ i~ • • • yom·:.;, Outfieluer Johnny Gill, purchase<] from ~hrel't'pnrt, has been fnrmeu lwei; to the l'p<lrts hy ('lrl'eland, with the un1lerstnnjlin.t: that he plays fir~t ha~e The ln11inns hnpe tn de\·j•\o:J IJim !Ill~ a gmmlian of the Initial cushion. Breaking It Gently ThP llaid-1 till 1 IH•a •· you sur there \\'l'rl' a bundrrtl pie('es In the dinner set? 'l'l1e Wstn ss-Yes, a hundred • • • Nell' York may have its Andy ('ollU1>'. hut Ikooklj'll l:us it3 llarry llk"nda. Foll;s of l'lat,•u<io a•e clai:uing that their ltuli:m 'uti!•ldcr 1; ~~iu~ to crowd the Giant:;' ,Jewl~l star f•;· hoth popuiJrit.l' und p',IJi"~ uhil· lly. \Vhat a rahhl<' It will he when the Giants and Rollins J:et together. AN ULTRAMARINE George Sisler lust year seo•·ed n batting average of .3~7. At this mo· meot he pusse~ses a lifetime hatting average of .343, wnlch Is the highest ever registered by a first sacker ~ince the ~;ame hegan In 1876. For a num· uer· of year• or, up until 1923, Geo•·ge SisiN's batting average of .3:i3 for a lifetime work, stood as the highest ever recorded by a first baseman. This is Sisler's thineenth season. Dm·e Orr and Dan Brouthers, with lifetime batting averages of 332 and .348 respectively, n1•w hoi<.! ti1e throne and are the hea\·it•st hitting duo of first ~asemen the game ever had. Des ~Joines has obtained Infielder .Joe Mellana from Portland of the t 'oust league an <.I the acquisition Is expected to be a big help to the Demon lineup. Yanl;ee .Tuck Smith, a new1·omer to the ring In New York, is a former baseball player. may become n track star, Instead of just n track athlete," said Couch Jennings. "Throughout the United States nnd Cnnnda, I would estimate that at least 10,000 college men compete In track athletics. Out of this group but 30 are chosen on the honor roll for tile entire country. One can readily see that but a small percentage re:H'h the realm of stardom; that n larger per cent reach the class of the neargreats, and that more than 80 per cent are meuiocre. This perhaps Is true In all 'human endeavors.' "There Is no question but that nth letes must have certain body ndnJltahility for the sports in which they compete, but stlll more, their minds must dominate and direct the bouies. With the right mental attitude, the boy ran develop his body and can go far in his chosen line of sport. 1 often compare the nervous impulses of t11e nth· lete with th~ timer of an automobile. Unless the mind can send the impulses to the leg muscles at n certain speed, the lndlvl<.lual cannot be n great sprinter. "I do not want to discourage any young man In his track endeavors," continued the Marquette athletic dl· rector. There is no question that consistent training, Improvement of one's form and clean living will bring results, and thnt If the indil'lduai has certain inherent qualities he may reach the top rung of the ladder." Sisler Has Average of .353 for Twelve Years 'l'he Cincy club is compo~il in main of a hunch of little felhm._ Dut yet there's iligllpocl;ets George Kelly 11'ith his six feet four to even up things. Jack McGrathe was the first Briti~h hautam champion, claiming the title in 1842. A young woman who Is uttending the kindergarten ect.ool or Western Hesene university was asked by a friend: "\\'ill you get a degree when you a•·e gmduated?" "l'\o," was the n•ply, "not for kindergarten work." "I~n't that tr•o bad!" the friend exclaimed. "Now you will not be able to teacll klndergart~n in high school." -Youngstown Tel~g•·a m. Gt·oss re,·enues of ~1allison Square Garden corporation for 1027 reached $7,Gi:\O,ii1 s. an inrrea~e of 3 per cent ol'er l!l20. Net Income was $1.014,10!1 after all charges, Including federal taxes, equ!YaiPnt to $3.12 a share on the capltnl stock outstanding, n gain of 30 per cent over the $2.42 a share earned in 1926 on sightly smaller cap· ltalizntion. George L. Rickard, presi<.lent, In· formed stockholders that in the tast two years the corporation had paid admission taxes of $1.661,871 nud otb· er tuxes of $746,620, or a total of 32,133,4!)7, exceerting the net Income of Sl,'j()S,S33 earned du•·ing the samP two years. The company enderl the )'ear with $98G,DGG cash and cash equiYalent out of total quick ussets of $1,166.7!17 an•! had net working capital of ~GI3,!l~O. A statement of ron,olidated Income for l!l2G and l!l27 slH)wetl r<'<'eipts from all sources of $:!.1jG1,771,. of which S1.~~~.·lG!J was ailtled to cap· I itai account for luvpstment in plant m11l reduction of mort;:u;:es, and only \ S~4G,479 paid out in divi1lends. Wee Willie Keeler hit safely In 44 wnsecuth·e games in the season of 1Sfl7. 'I his mark has never been equaled. • • • The photo shows a close-up or mud· IJooputtered Earl Sande, who rude Half-Pint in the third race at .Jamuica. It wus the first real race since his reInstatement, having previously com· peted In the united llunts meet. LIMIT ATIONS "It Is difficult to explain how one l'he baseball experts get paid for picking pennant winners but the Pres!· dentlal dopesters presen·e a strictly amateur standing. Is made t>y the A :\:'iOI.:.\TE)lEXT Fairchild APrial Camera corpora- 1 A great sprinter Is born. not developed! Conrad M. Jennings, ~!an)uette university track coach anti athletic dl· rector, Is nut:Jority for this stutem~>nt, and he adds: "1 n!wnys tell the couch who has a ,vondet·ful athlete not to pat himself on the shoulder too hard; he may have had a share ln the development of the athlete, but the good Lord did more." D ft. GUS'l'AV STHESEMANN, for· elgn minister or Germany, lay al· wost at the point of death most or last week, but at latest reports bls condi· lion showed a little Improvement. His illness created great anxiety lu Germany and his political enemies, the Nationalh1:s, took au,·antage of It to push their candidates in tbe general election set for Suutlay. UFE'S UTILE JESTS 1 ir'CC'~. Tht• )laid-You II lind nhout u hun· photo shows ~!Iss Aglu•s d•·etl and tw<'llty t•le<'es now. Gera~hty of the \\'oman's S. A., who hrol;e the world's recortl for the 200· Big Opening yard b•·east st•·oke at the Olym 1,j 1 ! .\tlpli•nnt·-1 lo:ll(' u world of ilu· hl•netit water carniml held hy tho ng ·1. ·n1:, sir, nnd~letropolitnn A. A. U. at :O:ew York. 't 11:.- g,.os-Fiue! I'll put you to Uer time was 2:39. Wl''" at the notions counter. '1'!1e 1 I Fisherman's Luck "Yes. it wu tbe biggest e>er hook'tl-and lo~fore I I \l'llS pull••li dean oat of ''You nn:st have ;;ot a fi>h I have realized It the boat I'' nasty wet· till~.'' on ". 'ot a hit of It !h~ fish." ~1ercenary You sec, I fell Mate "~o rnn nrc wedd<'d to ~·our art." "Yes. but I shouldu't ohJe<'t to a dl\ orce If tlwre were suffil'icnt nil• IUOily." |