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Show I HINES STAR FIRST BASEMAN FOR DARK CORNER IMPROVEMENT ON USUAL HAT AND UMBRELLA STAND. That Ordinary Amateur Something Carpenter Should Be Able to Put Together Illustration Shows Effect When Completed. d J or bought for very little, ready-made- , the pegs and the boards can be purchased separately and screwed together and then nailed up In their places. When the woodwork has been placed in position, a small flounce, of material to match the curtains, should be fastened along the edge, with small brass headed nails and a brass rod arranged just inside on which the curtains may be hung. Only one curtain is shown in the sketch, but either one that will pull right across or two di vided In the center should be used. A little bamboo umbrella patstand, or one of the drain-piptern, will fit comfortably In the corner, and on the roof will be found a nice space for a pot with a fern or In 'the accompanying sketch, a capital suggestion Is given for a way of utilizing a dark corner of the hall. It Is an arrangement that is intended as a substitute for the ordinary hat and umbrella stand, which Is never a very sightly thing, and cue on which hats and coais are liable to become very dusty and dirty if left hanging up for any length of time. It Is quite a simple matter to arrange a corner in the way shown in the sketch, and the amateur carpenter other ornaments. three-cornere- e Drawing String Out. The drawing string is now obsolete, as is the appendix or the muscles. Formerly the main reliance of womans undergarments, it has been relegated by the new sheathlike skirts to a position which is completedressly Ignored by the maker. For the dressmaker realizes the importance of un- Some Views of Hal Chase, the Wonderful Initial Sacker of the New derwear in a perfect fitting gown, and Highlanders. s'..e Insists that the lingeries be adto as the figure justed carefully as the MORE DIGNITY OFF FIELD diess itself. BALL PLAYERS ARE AT never Now, the drawing strings IS DEMAND OF ROSSMAN THEIR BEST AT THIRTY guaranteed anything save convenience even in the days when skirts were Detroit First Baseman Believes Play- Generally Accepted That Men Reach flaring as a peony, and In these days ers Should Keep Up AppearTop Speed at 25 and Are their use Is sure Jo produce great In ances Life. Good for Five Years. Private welts under the skirt and bungling bodices. For this reason, no woman Claud Rossman, the big first base-maWhen is a player at his best? The who pretends to dress well now acof the Detroit Tigers, insists that question has been asked time and knowledges acquaintance with the it is the duty of major league ball again and various men have answered drawing string. players to keep up the dignity of the In various ways. It Is generally accepted among playgame in their every day life off the Rosebuds. field. Rossman and Ty Cobb have just ers that no man reaches top speed A new fad for a stickpin Is a genua handsome suite of rooms until he Is 25, and for the next five ine rosebud heavily The engaged for the season in Detroits newest and years, barring accidents, he Is at top Idea does not sound particularly atform. most sumptuous hotel. tractive, but if mint leaves and violet I moved down there because I beTyrus Cobb, the sensational Detroit blossoms may be candied, there seems lieved it was my duty to keep up ap- outfielder, Is only 21. no reason why unfortunate said Rossman. According to Clarke Griffith he' is Here I should not be pretrlfied by the appli- pearances, am playing in the greatest and wealth- bound to improve. a of cation good quality of gold. A player never reaches- - his iest baseball organization In the top They are used not only as pins, but form until he is 25, and he Improves a for season the world, earning salary also as watch fobs and pendants, and of over $100 a week. Why shouldnt I after that," says Griffith. "Of course, a small pearl attached here and there show my respect for the American one must always bear In mind that successfuly carries out the illusion of league and for the Detroit baseball the player who drinks and does not dewdrops. take care of himself Is an exception. club by living as I can afford to? This Is particularly true of the It is also my duty to dress well. It A man who Is good on ground FOR HUSBAND OR BROTHER. would be unfair to my club and to the league to go around looking like a balls, who has a good arm, and Is a good hitter, Is a good baseball player. Shaving Case Always One of the Most tramp. Its a shame and a disgrace the But he lacks a whole lot of being a Appropriate Presents. way some major league ball players great player the kind the managers all over the country are looking for live and dress. Any suggestion for a home-mad- e What must an outsider think of a if he lacks baseball sense. And the present which will really be useful to a man Is worth remembering, since it player whose salary Is known to he youngster doesnt possess that. must be confessed that the gifts with from $2,000 to $5,000 a year who goes Many fans have the idea that baseball Is a game for the very young. which lovers and brothers and hu3- - around dressed In a room Theyre mistaken, although I am willsuit, who lives In a and eats around at the cheap beaner- ing to concede that a man of 60 hasn't ies and hashhouses; a great deal of business In the game. I believe that the baseball who accepts a dollar from the club for player a gentlemans meal and then buys a who takes great care of himself is at sandwich and put 90 cents . in his his best at 30. I know I was a better pitcher at that age than ever before. pocket? A man is just as strong at that I am ashamed to be seen in the age company of a lot of men in the base- as he ever was In his life. Hes been ball profession. They seem to have in baseball long enough to learn all no appreciation of the fact that some- the ropes. If he had any sense at the thing in the way of dignified conduct start his brain Is developed along the Is due the great organization with lines of his profession. He thinks which they are Identified. If ball play- quickly, clearly and usually does th6 ers only realized the fact and would thing he should. act accordingly, they would wheedle No, I can see the argument that a hundreds of people within the gates baseball player is better at 25 than by their own show of prosperity1. any other period of his life. As foi A major league ball player ought me, Im better than I ever was never to be seen In a saloon; ought la my life. never to wear cheap clothes or soiled linen; ought to spend at least $20 a HALF-MINUTE TALKS week for his living, if he Is a single man; ought never to be heard using Clark Griffith When a pitcher Is profane or improper language; ought, In winning form he usually finds that in fact, to show his employers and the Give me the fans that he appreciates his big salary luck breaks his way. all Of course, the time. lucky player and appreciates the chance to appear ability is everything, but luck counts in the spotlight of publicity. a deal. g n Gold-Plate- Hall Corner with Curtain. need have no fear in undertaking it. When the curtain Is drawn entirely across it forms aeklnd of cupboard, in which hats, coats and umbrellas may be kept out of sight and entirely free from dust. For the roof, a triangular piece of wood must be obtained, cut to fit the corner, and this is supported at a suitable height by means of two bars of wood nailed to the wall on SIMPLICITY GIVES IT CHARM. Visiting Dress In Severe Style Is Much Admired Costume. This dress is an example of the smart yet simple styles that are In favor. The charm of the dress lies in its excellent material and perfect cut, rather than In elaborate trimming. Our model is in chiffon cloth; the right side of front of the skirt wraps over in a kind of tablier, which Is embroidered at the corner. The kimono is tucked Saxe-blu- e e over-bodic- horizontally at intervals, the fronts and large armholes being trlmmad with embroidered galloon. The blouse worn beneath Is of of the same color as the cloth. The yoke is finely tucked, and the sleeves are puckered the entire length. Crinoline hat, trimmed with ribbon and a feather mount. Materials required for the dress: Seven yards 46 inches wide, four yards trimming. crepe-de-ch!n- e d gold-plate- lds hand-me-dow- n four-by-si- x Pretty Bedspreads. An effective bedspread and bolster cover are made of Persian lawn or India linen. A graceful design of sprays of chrysanthemums tied with bows of ribbon Is worked In the shadow embroidery on the wrong side of the material, which, of course, must be sheer. The edge is trimmed with lace, and the covers are used over a lining of sateen which corresponds in color with the room. bands are sometimes presented wre neither useful nor ornamental. A shaving case fpr traveling purposes, w'hich will hold a pair of razors, a shaving brush and a packet of shaving papers, may well claim to being considered thoroughly useful and practical. Just such a case as this may be seen In our illustration. It Is made in art serge, lined with Never idea the that little get things are trifling; they make just the difference between a woman who Is lookbeautiful because ing and a beauty whose looks are ruined by carelessness. Since it is no longer the thing to have dry, hair, women are doing everything to regain that that has glossy look of been lost so long from constant misuse. One young woman who has traveled In the orient has adopted the Chinese method of polishing the hair with cloths. A little oil is sprayed on a clean woolen cloth and the hair and braids are rubbed with It until they snlne. As there is a marked distinction between glossiness and oiliness, care must be taken that very little oil is used. Too much proves a dust cob lector, which makes the hair unsightly In a day or two. 'This glossing process, 11 thoroughly done, should last & week, r at least for three or four days. dead-lookin- s to-da- y great MAJOR LEAGUE NOTES Bugs Raymond is pitching great ball for the St. Louis Nationals. Cantillon has paired Jack Warner with the young pitchers, while Street will work behind the bat when the veterans are on the mound. In and cut In a very simple the meantime Mique Kahoe will warm so that it can be folded over up the pitchers. shape, Elmer Flick, the great outfielder and tied across securely with ribbons. It will not take up much room in a and hitter, Is weak and way under suit case or bag, and will be very weight as the result of his .stomach ustful for week-envisits. A simple trouble. He has responded to treatmonogram should be worked on the ment as well as can be expected, but It will be six weeks before he gets outside, but no other embroidery. back Into the game again. Tiny Satin Tie and Tassel. Pitcher Durham, drafted last fall by A tiny band of black satin about the Connie Mack, has been returned to end of a collar Is attractive, even If Louisville, while Willie Sudhoff, there Is no other black on the entire farmed out two years ago by Washingrostume. Finished off in a small flat ton to the Colonels, has been recalled bow knot or tiny jabot with long ends by Cantillon. Sudhoff pitched one finished with a tassel or fringe, this game for Louisville this spring and little tie gives an attractive note to showed up as good as ever. any gown and Is especially effective Jim McGuire says an offer of $7,500 with a somewhat elaborate lingerie, for Cy Morgan wouldnt tempt him a lace or chiffon bodice. In Paris these minute. Cy is going to stay right ties are worn in all colors and with al- here where he belongs, says Jim. The most every style of dress, being St. Paul pitcher never before displayed formed generally of a soft satin fin- the form he is showing this year and ished silk, with a tassel of gold or sil- Jim McAleer wishes he bad not let ver thread. Cy get away. wash-leathe- d off Sullivan There may have been greater fielding shortstops than George Davis, but there was never one who so well understood the art of making a base runner, who had reached second, hug the bag. Third base is rarely, if ever, stolen when Davis Is In the game. Addie Joss Neither great Batting nor fancy fielding no, not even wonderful pitching will win a pennant for a team 1! Its men are dead on the base lines. Good Is the biggest factor of all in a championship race. Jiggs Donohue Many ball players wonder how Dusty Rhoades gets away wth so many games, but I think I know the answer. Watch Dusty closely and youll see that he rarely puts one over where the batter wants It. Its just close enough to be a strike, and just far enough away to be hard to hit safely, Fred Clarke When Wagner starts hitting, Pittsburg is sure to climb. The best pitching staff In the country cannot keep Hans from getting his portion of the hits. Charley Comiskey As a rule youll find it's the extra men aud the substitute players on a ball team who eat the most, do the most and are the hardest to handle. Billy base-runnin- g fault-findin- proving. Our revised statistics 'show ' that the production of copper in the United States in 1907 was 879,241,706 pounds, against 917,020,000 pounds in 190G, says the Engineering and Mining Journal. Shipments from the Bull valley district in Utah are to begin at once. Ud to the present time the locators hav simply sacked their ore and left It on the ground, but now they are going to throw it on the market. At the Bear Top mine, In the Coeur dAlenes, at a depth of 1,000 feet In a 1,000 tunnel, four feet of solid galena has been followed for thirty-fivfeet, and every foots advance show's that the shoot is growing larger and richer, of Jesse A syndicate composed Knight and associates has bought a controlling block of stock in the Old Emma mine at Alta. Associated with them will be the stockholder's who have been developing .the mine since last August. The Goldfield News shows that during the week ending May 15 the camp produced 2,072 tons of ore valued at For the week ending May $143,280. 22, the mines of the district produced 2,439t tons of ore, the value of which was '$211,537.50. The Cumberland-Elproperty In the Ely, Nevada, camp has been under development a little over a year and a naif and In that time its Veteran ore body has been opened and 3,000,000 tons of ore placed in sight that will average 3 per cent. The discovery of an old Mexican mine near Florence, Nevada, recently, Is another evidence of the richness of e y that district. There are forty-twinches of ore in place at the end of a tunnel, estimated from pannings to be worth at least $60 per ton. 'Washington. Approximately is the estimate of the cost of the coal consumed in the Atlantic battleship fleet when it av i have finished its cruise around the world The estimate of the cost of coal necessary to move the fleet from San Francisco to Hampton Roads by wa of Honolulu, Manila and the Suez canal has been reported by the chief of the bureau of equipment as amounThe navy departing to $2,039,000. tment has been in receipt of unofficial communications from the Australian government offering to furnish without cost the coal required during the visit of the command in Australian waters. Of course the government could not think of accepting such an offer, and all arrangements have been made to use American coal for the entire cruise. 000,000 1 Gallinger Takes Cheerful View of Ship Subsidy. Washington. That the ocean mall bill, which passed the senate on March 20 without a division and later was sustained by the senate in the appropriation bill by a vote of 46 to 12, Is not killed by the action of the house in failing to accept it on a narrow vote of 145 to 153, Is the firm conviction of the friends of the measure. They believe that next December It will win by a decisive majority, The exultation which the temporary defeat of this measure has aroused in and Hamburg, Liverpool, London among the foreign ship owners and merchants, is hasty and premature,1 said Senator Gallinger, In discussing post-pffle- e the subject. o Collisions in English Channel, Dover. A heavy fog In the chan rel Sunday night, which lasted for Immense bodies of fluxing ores, twenty-fou- r hours, has been responjust the kind to mix with the silica sible for several collisions. The Britrock from the Goldfield district, are ish steamer Queenswood was towed lying almost dormant In the districts Into the harbor, having been seriousof Ubehebe, Palmetto and Sylvania, ly damaged In a collision with the awmiting only cheap transportation to .Spanish steamer Bermeo. Before she give the section a first position by could be got to her moorings, the leaps and bounds, says the Goldfield tank In the harbor. The Queenswood Tribune. Bermeo arrived badly leaking. A At Wardner, Idaho, the recent openportion of the crew of the steamer ing of the Last Chance mine has put Loanda, from Hamburg for west new life into the camp, and the fa- .Africa, who lanfied here Sunday mous Wardner lode has been doing night, report being In collision with some remarkably Interesting stunts in Murdered at Church Door. the way of new ore development during the past few months that puts the Wis. While attending Oakfield, stamp of permanency on the Coeur services at the Meth-odischurch, dAlenes. Grant Poole, aged 35 years, shot and The officials of the United States killed Mrs. E. H. Orvis, a leading Smelting, Refining and Mining com- resident of the village. Rev. Sabin pany were made glad last week by the Halsey had completed the services receipt of the first carload of struc- and had gone to the vestibule door to tural steel for the new roasters. The bhake hands with the members of th company has ordered about 200,000 congregation as they left the church, pounds of this steel, and the first re- Mrs. Orvis was about to shake hands ceived Is that which goes into the with Mr. Halsey when Poole pulled a foundation. revolver, firing three shots in rapid For the past quarter of a century succession. Mr. and Mrs. Orvis had Butte has supplied 25 per cent of the objected to Poole's attentions to their worlds copper, and whether or not Its daughter. values are inexhaustible, it Is demonYouth Confesses to Knowledge of strating right now that the old reliaChicago Murder. ble camp is just as rich as ever and Is producing ore In a way that must be Chicago. iDavid Jacobson, 19 years gratifying to those who have banked old, who was arrested here on suspictheir all on that camp. ion of having knowledge of the murSeveral hundred Plttsburgers are der of Robert C. P. Holmes, purchasstockholders of the Amador Consoli- ing agent of the Edison Commondated Mining and Development com- wealth company, who was found dead pany, whose property In Montana has m an alley on the morning of May 21, worthless. The .stock was has confessed to the police that ha proven widely boomed and two experts were was present at the killing of Holmes, sent to Montana to make a thorough although he denies having taken par examination of the property, a favor- In the actual murder. Jacobson, in able report being received. his confession. Implicates three other Thd first stamps were dropped In men, who are also in custody. the Seven Troughs district on May 27, Makes Two Million In Corn, when the Kindergarten mill at Seven Troughs and the Mazuma Hills mill in Mayj corner Chicago. The at Mazuma started a battery of fiv corn which has been run by James A.' stamps each running. The trial in each Patten of this city and his associates1 case was highly satisfactory and as a came to an end Friday, and the Pat-- , result both mills will be running as ten Is generally credited with crowd soon as a few alterations can ba made about $2,000,000 on the having made. New machinery has recently been deal, although it is admitted that all Installed at the Indian Queen mine. In estimates are largely guessAvork. Mr. Beaver county, and from now on Patten personally declared that he did not know how much had been splendid progress can be expected in made. The corner has been largely driving the tunnel to the logical point in May corn, and Patten's holdings to find the real resources of the mine. of this option were accumulate! The tunnel is now in a distance ol 55 and GO cents. over 500 feet. The mining camp of Round MounArizona for Bryan. tain, Nev., has a dividend payer, the Tucson, Ariz. The Arizona DemoRound Mountain Mining company last cratic convention met Thursday and week having posted its first quarterly elected and Instructed its delegates tl dividend. The company will pay 4 vote solidly for the nomination o. cents a share, or $40,000. The earn- William J. for president. Th Bryan ings for the month of May are said mention of the name of Bryan occato be $50,000. sioned prolonged cheering. A leasing company Is ovation of the day, however making good t a progress-otunnel on the was tendered Delegate Mark A. Smith Lucky Ridge ground at Pearl, Idaho, who has represented Arizona in conto strike the Lone Star ledge, which gress for twenty years. He was hearts and endorsed. Whet, averages six feet in width with an ily commended name avos his before the conbrought average of $22 a ton. The Iron Dolfor full? vention the cheered delegates lar leasers are in 200 feet with their ten 340-fo- t n n eross-cu- t -r-- MINING Is Strengthening With All Haste B The present rate of output of Goldfenses of Port Arthur and Dalny i field mines is very close to $1,000,000 Vancouver, B. C.- -G. C. Druce f per month, and each week is showing mer mayor of Oxford, England a gratifying increase. has arrived here from a trip Pearl From the present outlook, Orient, declares that: Idaho, will have a prosperous year la Japan, although poor, i3 the mining industry, with companies gressive nation which will an not . preparing to start operations and the render her advantages, won by a leases that are working. eessful Avar, even against a unit' Prospectors on the Easter Mining front, unless she gets some comJ! companys claim at Pearl, Idaho, a sating advantages. Japan is in jla few days ago discovered ore that as- thuria to stay. The coming 0f th concenwill and ton, sayed $150 per American fleet has not been ove trate to an $84 product. looked by her statesmen, who believe A wage scale operative until March In preparing for any contingent, 31, 1909, affecting about 40,000 operwhich may arise In the next atives in the Pittsburg district, was years. signed last week. Tne agreement is Port Arthur, which withstood the same one in force two years ago. long siege before its downfall, i8 A map of the mining district of Park ing made almost impregnable, it . a second Gibraltar. During my visit City, Utah, is being prepared by Child, I saw evidenees of great mili Cole & Co., Salt Lake brokers, which there New batteries are bein activity. tary will be eagerly sought for by mining built everywhere. If Port Arthur men, owing to its accuracy and comstrong during the Russian occupation pleteness. it will soon be rendered comes from Seven Dalny Is also being fortifieddoubly so The news with al that with every most feverish haste. Troughs, Nevada, on the round of shots the conditions Harris lease of the Seven Troughs Will Cost $5,000,000 to Take the Fleet are Im Florence Mining company Around the World. either side underneath it. A glance at the small sketch at the top comer will explain this, t.nd "A" marks (he two bars of wood supportA few ing the roof of the cupboard. inches under this are fixed two rows of pegs; articles of this kind may be left-han- AND - mm 200-foo- tunnel. minutes K |