Show TRIES GARLAND UTAH THE GARLAND I SHE OWED Ij$1VE HUNDRED $ DOLLARS I by D J Walah) ADELAIDE had hajj a practical mind of course It would never have happened But ai It was when her hopeful little millinery shop' died s'Blow" death and loft her k la strange town with $00 and a she had no more Idea what to do than If she had suddenly been called upon to carve the Black Hills memorial To make It worse she owed $500 to the Collins wholesale house whose officials wrote firmly that An gust the first was the last date on which payment could be accepted And August the first was one week made a face at the letter and tightened her lips Mow could Adelaide Lovell to whom even shorthand and typewriting were and who fed Inexplicable mysteries jStray kittens her breakfast cream and staked small boys to dog licenses— how under the blue heavens could Lovell obtain $500 In one Adelaide IP week? “Well" said that young lady uncurling her taut little figure front the — one— deep hair- her - room boasted will have to turn up” “something A French doll dangling by one leg from the lamp cord regardabove a shock ed her sympathetically of henna balr But nothing turned up “And I suppose" Adelaide further remarked “that I must go out and find that something" She brushed the wave back into her hair tilted a provocative scarlet hat over her left eye and ifared forth It was mere chance of course that hat should that same provocative leave Adelaide's head at the first windy corner while she meditated on what price the wardrobe trunk might and tumble across bring sidewalk until It came the to a precarious halt well out Into the street Some man made a foolhardy dash after It captured It and came triumphantly up to Adelaide after the 'manner of men He was very tall she saw in the hurried moment of her appraisal and rather young with an alert courtesy that delighted her She smiled at him with an extra flicker of her lashes and observed that his answering smile lighted a darkly serious face But he had not the slightest reto $500 Adelaide jammed semblance on the hat and departed Doubtless It was chance too that made Mile Helene telepathist extraordinary and otherwise known as Helene Jo Peterson slip and wrench her ankle a moment later and a half block 'farther on—so near that Adelaide Into her own helped her protesting room and Into the one chair While Adelaide applied bandages and iceMile Helene sobbed only to think" she lamented for the sixth time “that I've come all the way from Grandview for a engagement at the Guellck club ‘and now at the last moment with reservations simply flowing In I can't appear I" She collapsed Into tears packs And again Adventure was leaping In Adelaide’s blood “The worst of all Is they’ll probably think you're shamming” she “Are there many said comfortingly reservations so far?” There were nearly 300 at $5 each iBut It was not that which broke Mile Peterson's heart It wns the damage to her so far spotless career She wept great splotchy circles on Adelaide's best pillow at the thought “Well" announced Adelaide when the time was ripe “it's rather nnusunl but I suppose I might arrange (to understudy for you for— shall we any Since we of the receipts? In are both comparative strangers town I think It Is possible" She masfoot swollen the demurely saged So It was that while Mile Ilelene still In Adelaide’s gay little room congratulated herself upon having ena member of her own procountered fession Adelaide herself was shivering In an anteroom at the Guellck club and wondering what she would do when the performance began Iler closest acquaintance with telepathy — shades of the Yogi philosophers— had been cultivated in circus side shows she was utterly at sea "The thing to do” she decided Is to go as far as I enn before I stop and maybe something will turn up” Something did turn up as she and lier dubious assistant the latter imperfectly mollified by Mine Helene’s note entered the crowded clubroom The dnrk young man of the hat episode turned up and Seated himself on d lira ptnee Adeluide sat down rather weakly Some one from was blindfolded audience came and felt the blindfold and remained at the assistant’s request to make sure of the Integrity Adeluide decided rOje performance at the last moment she would pretend to faint At the very last and the moment “Can you name this object?” the asvoice came to her across InAdelaide gripped the table befinity fore her with trembling fingers yoj tell us—" This was un dou'jedly the last moment but per Imps she might guess correctly “Gold watch" said a whisper In- rredlh'y low She was not sure she had lictrnl it “The object la a watch" she said “A gold watch" It on'y he would far the number’ She hud trnpt'cl Mile Helene into g'ring licr sistant's “rn ak $ the scheme for numbers In casual conversation that afternoon "And this?" the assistant demanded out of the thick Bllence “Handkerchief” prompted the whisper “White with a green monogram" Adelaida loosened her hold on the table and things went easier after that How long before 'the whisperer would denounce her? ner answers grew too glib and the crowd stirred Then out of the smothering blankness about her the blow fell “Let her tell my name a suspicious voice challenged from the rear The whisper was silent Adelaide waited “Stall" came the whisper at last lower than ever Out of Bheer Inspiration Adelhtde spoke “The gentleman's name — one on the name please — there is a conflicting current of Adelaide shuddered and thought" took the plunge iThomllnson— Tho mason— one moment— Thompson 1" There was silence for a moment Then wave after wave of applause shattered the bush Adelaide bad a confused Impression presently of excited comment and com as rose audience leave to the jecture After a long while the blindfold was removed there were hasty Introductions two psychology from boys classes which had attended en masse hovered over her and at last she was out n th e st a t fragrance of evening with the dark youngmaa— whom she strongly suspected — miraculbeside and the subdued asher ously sistant lagging behind Much assist ance he was Adelaide said to herself angrily The dark young man Introduced himself He had a name that was made to wear with great height and good looks and he had a green sport coupe with a rumble seat for the assistant “But good heavens” he said— his voice was much more masterful now that he no longer whispered — "good heavens" he said when they were to Adelaide’s rooming house "what if I hadn’t known Helene? What If I hadn’t seen you were bluffing and helped you along? What If you hadn’t guessed that idiot’s name — Lord knows how I” “Oh well” said Adelaide confidently “something would have turned up!” She leaned back happily she had Just noticed that the young man had brown eyes and Adelaide adored brown eyes Will Take Centuries to Replace Forests have In the United States about 470 million acres of land that are trees chiefly valnable for growing wood or They will either produce nothing for they cannot profitably produce agricultural crops What we do with these acres determines our success or failure In providing this nation with cheap and abundant wood Already we have “cut over” all but about 130 million acres timber Our best and most accessible is already gone Some of this land has begun to grow new forest and with protection from be productive fire It will ultimately again But some of it bas been cut over with such severity or has been burned so completely that no form of tree growth remains It amounts to a great region of devastation totalbetween 50 million ing somewhere acres and 100 million It Is a manmade desert It contains no forest growth and never can contain forest growth unless artificially reforested Forestry bo far as this great area Is concerned reduces Itself to a problem of tree planting The rate st which we are doing this may serve as a yardstick of our success or failure The facts are not very heartening the years 1925 Up to and including the United States forest service estimated that a little more than 1500000 acres had been planted by all the Two agencies In the United States years later In the American Tree association estimated that about 00 million trees were being planted yearly-j- ust about enough to reforest 00000 acres At this rate It will take between 500 and 1000 years to replant our manmade desert always provided that man's destructiveness and fire’s ravages do Dot In the course of that time add still more — Charles Lathrop Tack In the American Review of Reviews We Calamity was continually losing hls Bobby Seldom pens and pencils at school nn evening went by that be didn’t come home In tears because be had lost LIS pencil once again To put an end to this sad state of affairs hls mother carved hls name on the pens and pencils But that evening be came home crying as usual nVbat’sthe matter?" asked jijs father ‘‘They’re gone again" walled Bobby name and all t" Lighting Expletives The flood light system of Illuminatibuildings has had a new application at a factory engaged In the manThe operators ufacture of explosives of the plaqt desiring to avoid any possible source of accident because of electrical sparks worked out a system of flood lights by means of which the light was sent Into the building from skylights the Interior being a3 well luminated as though the lights were Inside "yet every bit of wiring was outside the building ng An Eddie Acquisition — Cun you heat ll? twenty and she's is only head Mnreeline — Gosh My sister got a bald has he got money? Art Shires’ Greatest Thrill SHIRES Chicago White Sox first baseman is a youth of according to former classmates at the veraatlUty (Texas) high school which Shires attended a few years ago In addition to giving out first class service as a prep baseball player Shires also earned local renowa as a football player And he also had a reputation as a boxer Shires told friends recently that be received hla greatest athletic thrill in a football game between Waxahachle and Hillsboro high schools It consisted of a 53 yard dropklck near the end of the game to give hla school a 9 to 7 victory “We had been battling on even terms during all t?e game" Shlrea said “and then Hillsboro scored a touchdown and kicked goal to take a 7 to O lead Late In the game when It waa almost too dark to see passed over the goal line but missed the dropklck for the extra point and Hillsboro still led 7 to 8 with shout two minutes to play “They kicked off and when we carried the ball to midfield the coach lent In Leaky Wilson with instructions to try a dropklck The Inconi lng substitute could not talk on — the first play but I thought that the coach had Bent him In to hold td p!aceklekf Be couldn't tell me differently until after a play had been completed and when I signaled for a place kick and he made no move to catch the ball and hold It for me I took the pass from center and dropklcked It I followed Us flight but barely could see it as It passed between the bans to give us a 9 to 7 victory as Hillsboro could not score la the regaining time" — — Since accomplishing this— feat Shires has taken part In numer- ous thrilling contests but he describes bis debut in the American league with the White Sox at Boston as containing hls greatest baseball thrill “On my first trip to the plate" Shires relates “I wns lucky enough to hit a long triple to center field the ball being one of the few ever hit over Flagstead's head for he plays deep 'Well they didn’t keep me from getting one hit In my first big league game’ I said to myself “Then on my next trip to the plate I singled and as I trotted down to first base I thought that I must be making a pretty good Impression for a triple and a single In two trips was not bad “I came to bat a third time and failed to get a hit but did not worry for I figured that two out of three was fairly good for a rookie who had not played a professional game for about days “On my next trip to the plats 1 singled again and felt elated for three out of four was more than I had hoped to obtain but when I got another safety I received the greatest thrill I ever got In a baseball ART a 111 H 4IHII $4 ED MORRIS SLOW IN CLIMBING UR Runaway Building “ ' Nearly Wreck Train ( Red Wing Minn— A railway Landed With Boston Red Sox wreck waa narrowly averted After Missing Twice here when an engineer brought hls train to a stop Just a few It took Ed Morris sensational pitchof the Boston Red Sox eight years An old saying to mako the big show used to be: “Three times and out” With Morris It has been: “Three how? times and For eight years Big Ed has been trying to make the major leagues In fact back In 1920 when be signed Fla for $15 a month with Branden be passed up $250 he was making In ball Just for the chance to start In organized baseball and reach er ln"And tbe top Seven of those Eight long years years were spent In pitching for three Southern league dubs ' He never had record a very pretentious but three major league scouts who looked him Tbe over thought him worth while Chicago Cuba tried him In 1922 and sent him back after working him 12 “Too wild" they said CinInnings cinnati tried him In 1925 and chased Ed hod a sore arm him back There Is no denying the fact that Morrla was tbe sensation among the r men of the American league for 1928 and Jils work waa all (he more surprising when you figure out hls 1927 record with MobRC— With the latter bt won 15 and lost 17 walked 131 batters hit 14 and had 6 wild to enthuse over Nothing pitches Nothing to Indicate that the holder of snch a record would win 19 and lose 15 games for Boston a in the majors that be would allow less than one bit to an Inning and ) walk only 70 batters in 256 innings7 that he would master every other club Apt? In the league Manager Bill Carrigas picked no" soft spots for To (he contrary Ed had to Big Ed best with the battle pitcheri the opposition could send him Being the Red 8ox ace he had to pay the penalty But it Is some honor to become the ace of a major league pitching staff the first year and In so doing Ed game" has followed at the age of Before the former Waxahachlan played hlg first major league game the example of Dazzy Vance who did him telling him that it was members of the Sox club bad encouraged not make tbe grade In the big show Just a ball game After he obtained four hits In five trips in this conand had pei was until be test he remarked aa he entered the clubhouse formed ten seasons In the minor “So this Is the great American league that we bear so much about leagues down In Texas" now one of Morris Control long suits was hls greatest fault In 1927 Morris takes great pride In the fact that Babe Ruth wus not able to call Likes him “Cousin” during the 1928 camIn fact he felt pretty cocky paign after hls first game against the Yankees last spring a game In which Simmons with two on be replaced Lon Nlebert St Louis outfielder one out and Koenig Ruth and has signed with the Columbus club of no Big Ed caused Gehrig coming up the Southeastern league force to Shealy at third He Koenig on Ruth worked carefully and Babe Pete Ritchie former San Francisco bore Then he forced Combs Seals catcher bas been purchased by down and struck out Gehrigreally Indianapolis of tbe American associadid Morris prevent Ruth tion but from bitting him for a homer he mystified the entire Yankee team Leach Pittsburgh star of to the Tommy same extent the only old has signed as couch and assismade off him being by Clssell tant to Manager Wilbur Good at Aof St of the White Sox Brannon tlanta Louis and Miller of the Athletics “John Sewell" says Morris “Is the Greensboro of the Piedmont league In has sold Outfielder Sut Austin to the toughest man You the league for me to pitch to simply have got to Fayetteville club of the Eastern Cargive him good balls The whole Cleveolina league I beat the land team was my Jinx Indians once but they took three from Taylor Douthit St Louis outfielder me off the rubber excelled all other major leaguers dur- me and knocked twice" ing tbe 1928 season In number of accounting for 547 Golf Landis BASEBALL NOTES Skipping Rope Aids Kenesaw Mountain Landis czar of organized baseball la seen quite often on the golf course before and after the baseball season The Judge la a good shot Tom Nash former Georgia Tech football star has signed a contract with the Asheville team of the South Atlantic league He will try for an outfield position horses is world The won only the one In teams for of the race turf football teams have four games with the from the pitcher Muskogee club of the Western association for 1930 delivery The Dallas Steers cut one name off the dining room list at tbe Corsicana camp when Chief Gaddis a pitcher was dropped The release of Gaddis was made as a favor to the player France plans to send a tenm numathbering from twenty to twenty-fivletes to the Olympic games in Los geles In 1032 contract with organization The for boring receipts gate for 1028 matches In Massachusetts were $1075511 as compared with In 1927 $82208040 The Columbia wrestling tenm elected Orrln 11 Clark captain for next For two years Clark bas been year a member of the team Gordon H Harper Baltimore youth who Is now attending Cambridge unhas won the cover iversity In England point position on the lacrosse team there Alexander llyzer (Ohio) boy has signed a the St Louts Cardinal He Is an outfielder and will be trained at the Danville clearing bouse Clyde day slty magazine to stu Tbe Newark Bears may chnngt their nickname to the Gray Eagles In honor of the new manager The Rochester club last year got the new name of Red Wings Balt more al ways has been “Orioles!" Among the famous Jacks of prlre the ring history were Jack Dempsey Juck Johnson Jack Mn Nonpareil roe Jack McAullffe and Jack Dillon ryit to forget the modern Jack Hemp — sey - Connie Mack who at the age of six la the oldest hlg league mini ager In the history of baseball hegm hls professional (fliimnnd career 4f vears ago ns catcher of the Merldun team In I lie Eastern league Unlike American colleges and Cambridge universities land limit athletic competition dents who ore not over years of age Oxford In Fng- who rose from Fredd!e Llndstrom he at Cfilcagolo-TLoyola academy heights of baseball fame as third suckfor the New York Giants finds skipping the rope effective to keep him In trim for the 1929 campaign er Rip Radcllffe an outfielder with the Paris team of the Lone Star league last season has been obtained by MuHe skogee of the Western association wns the property of the Dallas club of the Texas league Lr Doesn't Waken When Dragged Out Unhurt New York— Peter Backe Bronx L R T repairman sat on a bench In' the Hunter's Point station of the subway In Long Island City recently and' He had been working all' yawned He stood night and be was sleepy up to keep awake to catch a train — -B- ut-hls lid closed The rumble of the asleep on hls feet train failed to rouse him' approaching He swayed At that moment the train thundered In and Backe fell In front Three cars rumbled past beof It fore the brakea applied by Motorman Charles McGuirk stopped the train A few minutes later tbe emergency reached crew the station with a A member of the clanging of bells squad crawled under the train and found Backe wedged anugly In the of the rails depression The policeman cocked hls ears Inas he heard a stentorian credulously He seized Backe by tbe legs snore and dragged him out into tbe light On the way The snoring continued to St John’s hospital the repairman even when be waa lifted slept to a cot "Unconscious?” tbe pollcemaa naked ' Doctor Plsera “No Just a natural nap He Isn’t even hurt" a!d tbe ambulance Burgeon and a particularly stentorian snore verified the diagnosis ad Husband Slayer Walk Out of Detroit Prison Detroit Mich— Mrs Maude Cushing Storlck serving a life aentence for murder of her husband Clauda escaped recently from the Cushing The Detroit House of ' Correction murderess who for the last three months hns been the private cook for the family of Edward Dennlston suof the Detroit Instituperintendent after discard- tion walked to the liberty belng her prison garb for clothing lieved to have been smuggled to her by an accomplice The escape waa noticed ahortly after nine o’clock when Mrs Minnie Walters matron In charge of women trusties In the Dennlston residence Pofound Mrs Storick’a cell empty lice and prison guards were dispatched at once to watch all railway of $100 reward A and bus terminals Mrs was offered for her capture Storlck Is termed “a dangerous and clever woman" exceptionally Cheese Rolling Roll Two Thieve to Jail Helples Mail Send Dog With Note to Neighbor Howard Williamson Houston In the Texas outfielder with has league of being a great artist some While attending Texas unlver-be drew cartoons for tbe comic iiiiiiiti-iiKiiiiit-s- furtive appearing character guiding Its progress with a stick of the Corporul Reed took charge and guided It— as cheese’s progress well as Us previous master— to the The would be thief concity Jail but would not tell where he fessed got the cheese Just as the thief was abbut to be locked up In rolled another cheese and behind It came another policeman thief and another would-bThe story Just bad to come out There was a big shipment of then cheeses at pier 19 and some of the the temptaboys Just couldn’t resist x tion of rolling them away Kansas City of the American association bas purchased Walter Collins Helen Hicks young golf sensation saya she Is not going to participate In women’ tournament this the British summer Tit FALLS UNDER TRAIN “ SLEEPS SOUNDLY ON San Francisco— Two San Francisco had never seen a profespolicemen sional cheese roller In action before and as a result they captured two would-bthieves Corporal John "Reed noticed a large cheese rolling slowly down one of Sab 33 bills and behind It a Francisco’s Bill White Georgia’s baseball coach has only one arm but be bits fungoes In dally practice and also can shoot 18 holes of golf In the nineties He pitches now and then treatment latest thing short of a “runaway building" which blocked the tracks The building It may be explained got away from workmen who were moving it from one location to another The Chicago Great Western railway engineer saw the obstruction In time to halt bis train Workmen hacked away one comer of the building and the train continued its journey feet George Lott Also Star With Many Textbooks George Loit third ranking player in the nation Is almost ficient with books as with a racket tennis as eftennis He polled 12 "grade polntsfor the autumn quarter or better than a""!!" average at the University of Chicago e If heenn points during the current quarter he will he elitilble for western conference competition In both lentils and baseball this — season While In liigh s laml lolt was rat ed ns one of tbe leading prep school a Wis— Charles Mlnlck Cornell road patrolman lay helpless In his here suffering home near bachelor from-JJiolenL attack of rheumatism Mlnlck called hls alredale dog to tbe tied t message to the dog’s bedside collar and repeated the name of a The message neighbor several times the animal and was delivered by Mlnlck was taken to town and given medical care For Belay Helpful York— Disarming a boldup New man Is one thing but trying to turn firearm to New over the captured York police is something else Oliver did Just that taxi driver Dcarilorff for Illegal possesand wns arrested sion of firearms Wildcat Gets Hex as claimed Is— Bounty Antlpo recently by Wood e Uibha on a wild55 pounds and that cat weighed almost six feet from front measured paws to the 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