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CAPTAIN DES JARDIEN PRAISED BY CAMP
Captain Des Jardlen of Chicago Maroons.'
AVnlter Camp thinks much of Des Jardlen, the center of the Maroon
eleven. Hero's what he says of Des Jardlon: "Ho, Is tho best center
In the country steady, rollnblo, absolutely dependable for his Bhare of
line work on attack, and a power on defense."
Conch Stagg seems moro fortuuato than his brethren In tho matter of
varsity and sophomoro mateil.il on hand. The presence of Captain Des
Jardlen, one of the few westerners honored with an all-Amerlcan berth In
recent years, on the field of six candidates for end, several for quarter,
nnd so on, Indicates that the director will havo the pleasing task of re
. .c.ng the squad rather than rounding one up.
HAILED AS A COMING CHAMP
BJxteen-Year-Old Wizard of Maneon,
Iowa, Impresses New Yorkers
With His Great Skill.
For tho first tlmo slnco "Wllllo"
I'oppo cued his way to the premier
t oaltion In the balkllne billiard world
I' seems the defenso his masterful
t'ay has proved will bo pierced. His
own is in Jeopardy. When tho storm
t oud gathering on the horizon la mi
nutely studied It assumes the form of
'elker Cochran, tho sixteen-year-old
yiuth of Manson, la., who, In his prao
ie matches In Now York, has shown
rcch Impressive form that critics are
reed he will ere long climb to a po
sition among tho professional players
uhcre he will be hailed as champion
3r the next thing to It.
Tho arrangementa vblch both
Hoppo and Cochran hao mallo for
!''.o coming season make It Impossible
that they will meet In a championship
tilt until late next spring, if at all dur-
Welker Cochran.
Ing the season. Yet a titulnr meeting
between tho pair Is but a matter of
tlmo, and the longer it lu deferred, tho
brighter will be the prospectB of tho
erstwhile newsboy.
A mutch between Hoppo and Coch
ran would afford the best billiards that
could be Been. Doth are masters.
Cochran'B stroke is Blmilar to that of
frank Ives In every detail, and every
bllllardlst know what that means.
The prevailing opinion Is thut Coch
au will strip Hoppo of his laurels
when they do get together. Cochran,
like tho present champion, is a con
Distent player, fortified with an Ideal
temperament. As a match player ho
Is Becond to none, with the possible
exception of the champion himself.
Venice to Visit Honolulu.
Tho Venice team of the Pacific Coast
league will go to Honolulu this fall
after the season closes In California.
Great preparations are being made to
entertain the Amorlcun players. Base
ball has made rapid strides In Hono
lulu In tho last five years.
Praise for Shields.
Le Fohl, manager of the Water-
bury club, which has sent First Base-
Wan Shields to the Cleveland Naps,
ays Shields Is the best young first
Imneman he lias been In many a day.
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5P0RFD0M
Ebyszko is now a prisoner of war.
Wo hope tho kaiser keops a toe hold
on him,
You don't havo to have .300 stickers
on your club to win tho rag, says Mll
lor Muggins.
Frank Loughroy and Jim Coffey
havo signed up with Al LIppe for a
tour of Australia.
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.yinnesota has a j.ramlslng lineman
U Veycrs, who plnyed on tho fresh
man team last yoar.
Harvard Insured Charley B.-ickley's
too for $50,000 and then ordered foot
ball practice to start.
Phehor "Ilubo" Oldham, now with
Detroit, had a trial with tho Philadel
phia Nationals In 1912.
Mugsy McGraw says that Christy
Mnthcwson Is worth $250,000 and la
good for five moro years.
Joe Mandot wants a divorce, but
this time he can't blame his manager
for making tho bad match.
Jeff Tcsreau.has an ambition to bo
coino a heavyweight pugilistic cham
plon. Whore's Heinle Zlm?
Outfielder Dave Itobertson of the
aiants used to bo a motorcycle fan,
now ho has the automobile crazo.
Pitcher Eddie Plank of tho Athlet
ics has pitched more Bhutout games
than any other pitcher in baseball.
A number of American league
critics pick Dlneen aud Egan as tho
ideal umpire combination In that cir
cuit. It Ib said that tho full quota of G2
000 seats In tho Yalo bowl will be
ready for the Harvard-Yale game on
November 21.
In Chicago tho conviction is grow
ing that Hogor Hresnalian will suc
ceed Hank O'Day as the Cubs' man
agdr next Beason.
Nations complain of the use of dum
dum llllllntu Ik 11. ,. !.-
... i European war;
fans complain of dumbdumb players
In the baseball war.
Manager McOraw has added a pitch
er to his staff by tho name of Scull
2.i l8..frC!m ,U, MWetown team
of the Atlantic loague,
Manager McGraw admits that Mr
Klein Is a good umpire, and when Mr
Mcdraw admits that an umpire la
good he must bo good.
It Is said Catcher Sovereld, whom
tho Drowns purchased from Louisville
of tho American association, coat
Colonel Hedges $10,000.
It la claimed that Walter Bnrbaro
of New Orleans haa the biggest hands
of any player In tho game. Barbara
is to Join the Cleveland Naps
Charlie Whlto Bays he 0Bt $30 000
on account of a bad hand. We never
ost much on a bad hand; It was get
ting good handa topped that hurt
Stalllugs haa been pnlnted as a bear
that bltea when approached. If that
la what wina ball gamea, lot some of
the ploasant-faced managers tako the
Clark Griffith says clgarettea have
kept the Washington team down In
the American league rnce. Griff fines
tho smokers, but they smoke Just tha
same
STUDY THE FOOTBALL RULES
All Players Can Get Copy of Them
for Nominal Sum Suggestions
for Boys Are Given.
After teu days of more or less Irk
somo practice by his variegated squad
In the rudiments of football, either
tho captain of a sand-lot football team
haa made good as a raptain, estab
lishing a firm hold on tho other mem
ber of tho gang who are trying for
tho team, or else n revolution haa
taken place and tho erstwhllo cap
tain has become a private In the
ranks.
It Is also possible that tho captain
has found tho Job too big for him,
and has gracefully stepped down be
foro ho could bo set down.
Hut, In nny caso, boys, at this stage
you should decide once and for all
who the captain is going to be. It
does not do to have 11 captains on a
footbnll team, or oven two. Tho cap
tain must and should be the boss In
every senso of tho word. Lot him do
the talking and tako your orders from
him henceforth.
He In turn should welcome and en
courage BUggestlons from tho players,
but these suggestions should not bo
mado during practice hours, when the
captain voice should bo the only
voice heard to any extent.
All other things being equal, tht
captain of tho team should bo either
the quarterback, who directs the at
tack In nny case, or the man who
playB dofenslve quarter, nowadays tho
most lmpdrtant position on tho team.
If you havo a manager he should
now seo about arranging games
ahead, taking plenty of time to Investi
gate and see that the teams sched
uled are neither too heavy nor too
light, and that they have a suitable
Held to play on In case you are to go
to them.
Do you know the rules? There
should bo at least one ten-cent copy
of tho olllclal guide In every football
camp, and, If you can afford It, by
all means have your own Individual
copy. Any sporting goods concern
can supply tho rules books, which
you should study at least as faith
fully as you do tho geography.
Resides tho rules, the guide book
contains many valuable suggestions,
also pictures which show legal and
illegal methods of play.
Football is a rough game and you
Should play it rough, but always with
in the rules. No first-class coach
teaches or encourages his men to
brenk the rules, as he knows, for
ono thing, that there is a heavy pen
alty for every infraction when the
officials get wise to It.
Study the rules until you can pass
with a mark of 100 In an oral or writ
ten examination on them.
WINS WOMAN'S GOLF TITLE
Mrs. Jackson of "assachusetts De.
ftats Miss Rosenthal of Chicago
for the Championship.
By defeating Miss Elaine V. Rosen
thal of the Itnvlsloo Country club ol
Chicago, 1 up In the final round in
tile Woman's Natlona' solf champion
ship tournament nt the Nassau Coun
try oub, Mrs. H. A. Jackson for tha
aecond time won tho title. As MIsa
Kato Hnnley she won tho tltlo at
Chevy Chase In 1908. Mrs. Jackson,
who halls from Massachusetts, has
Mrs. H. A. Jackson, Woman's National
Golf Champion for Second Time.
boen In tho 'semi-finals on three other
occasions. Tho first time Avaa at
Wheaton In 1903, when she waa put
out by Miss J. A. Carpenter. Tho fol
lowing year nt Marlon, Mra. Jackson
lost to Miss Georglanna N. Bishop,
tho ultlmato winner, and again nt
IluKuurol l.i 1911.
Michigan Gets New Track Team.
Goolltz, the former MercerBburg
acadomy (Pennsylvania) hurdler, will
enter Michigan university with Albert
Smalloy Itoblnson, thla fall. Thoso two
nro a track team In thomsolves. Goolltz
ias the making of tho best all-round
athlete America has over produced
pot oven excepting Jim Thorpe, whllo
Robinson has proved one or the best
printers in scholastic ranks.
Winner of Many Games.
Fred Clarke has won more ball
games since ho became n manager
than any other leader In tho business
During hla 14 yeara ns pilot he won
four pennantB, finished fourth twice,
and all other times waB second or
third.
Players Return to Turtles.
With tho cIobo of the Georgla-Al.v
bania beason four players who wer
with the Selma team undor optlov
from Memphis return to the Turtle
They nro Pltchora Kimball, Morrlsoi.
and 8h!roy and Outfielder Uurko.
MOSLEM WM
IN THE III IS
SHADOWY DANGER
Germany's Threat to Stir Up Mo
hammedans Lacks Strength.
DIVIDED SPIRITUAL KINGDOM
Sultan of Jolo, Who la Under the Do
minion of the United States, Ranks
Second as Most Excellent Po
tentate In Moslem Land.
Washington Probably few realized
recently when Germany threatened to
stir up the Mohammedans of the world
against the allies that, tho second most
exalted potentate of Moslem lands 1b
a protege of tho stars and stripes.
According to tables of precedence
approved at Mecca tho sovereign rank
ing next to the sultan of Turkey Is
the sultan of Jolo.
Tho tactful American army officer
lets the sultan of Jolo retain all his
string of titles Including that of "Over-J
lord of the United States," but his real
power Is almost nil over tho 350,000
Moros in the Philippines. He la al
lowed, to bo exact, the powers of Jus
tice of the peace of Malbun, In the
southern Philippines.
Put by Mohammedan law he Is yet
the religious and political guido of mil
lions of Moslems in Slam, Johor, the
Federated Malay StateB, Malacca,
Penang, Singapore, Java, Sumatra,
Dorneo, Celebes, Mindanao and other
Islands of tho East Indies.
Nothing could Illustrate better the
lack of unity in the Mohammedan
tribes and natlona and tho decadence
of the Moslem world in a political
sense from the time of tho conquests
of the Saracens and the Turks.
Tho ancestors of the sultan of Jolo
for centuries controlled and led nu
merous pirate fleets that harried the
Asiatic coast from Hindustan to Ton
quln. They converted by the sword
the Inhabitants of the East Indies
Sultan of Turkey.
to the faith of Islam. On these serv
ices the sultans of Jolo received rank
-freely accorded to the present sul
tan on his pilgrimage to Mecca only
second to the commander of the faith
ful. If tho sultan at Constantinople
should proclaim a Jehad or holy war
through tho Shelk-ul-lslam, the sul
tan of Jolo would probably consult
aomo American second lieutenant on
the subject and then roll a cigarette
and discreetly rotlre to the depth of
bis harem.
ThlB brings us to the question how
much Mehemed V of Turkey could as
sist tho German emperor.
Despite tho reduction of his domin
ions In Europe by tho Balkan wars,
the sultan could put moro than a mil
lion men In tho Hold If he could ob
tain money and equipment. Ho could
compel Russia to defend its trans-Caucasian
possessions and could trouble
Great Britain on the Egyptian border.
But the threat to Incite the immense
Moslem population of Asia and Africa
to rlso against Great Britain, France
and Russia should not bo alarming.
There are about 283,000,000 Moham
medans, comprising one-seventh of
the world's population.
Of these 87,000.0d0 are under tho
British rule In Africa, Asia nnd the
Enat Indies; 41,000,000 (If we count
Morocco) owe alleglanco to Franco;
and 14,000,000 aro in Russian posea
aionB. The only Independent Moham
medan countries bealde Turkey aro
Persia and the Wahabl tribes of
Arabia.
The Ottoman Empire has 20,000,000
Inhabitants, but not all aro Moham
medans. Also, In many parts of Arabia Ills
authority 1b reduced to a constant
effort to defeat, flying bands of rebels.
Theoretically tho Sultan requests
tho Shelk-uMslam, the highest Mo
hammedan church dignitary, to pro
claim a holy war against the Infidels.
Then the hosts of Islam gather around
the standard at Constantinople and
launch themselves against the Infidels.
But this la tho year 1914, not 650
nor yot 1453, There aro now nq less
than seventy-three Mohammedan
Beets. Aud never did Arian and Ath
nnaaian hate each other moro deeply
than do the Sunnites and tho Shuahs,
tho two main divisions of the Islam
ites. The Turka are Sunnlte8. This
bare right away from service with
DOG GETS THE SHOW HABIT
Runaway Animal Found by Its Owner
Trying to Enter a Dog
Show Cage.
Soattle, Wash. A cocker spaniel
owned by Mrs. C. F. Johnson of Ev
erett has acquired the dog show hab
it. After the exhibition of tho Seattle
Kennel club had closed Mrs. Johnson
took her pet home from Its box In the
show.
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ANCIENT CATHEDRAL LAID IN RUINS
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Interior view of St. Itombold's cathedral at Malines after the German
shells had destroyed Its priceless treasures. Tho cathedral was begun in tho
twelfth century and completed, except for the tower, In the flfteonth century.
them the Mohammedans of Persia,
who are all Shuahs.
It bars, too, the Moslems of Hindu
stan, for the Shuahs here are tho moro
Influential, though fower In number!
And the Shuah to tho Sunnlto 1b "a
cursed heretic," while the Sunnlto Is
called "an unreasoning fanatic" by
the Shuahs.
Then, too, the different Mohamme
dan communities aro separated wide
ly, geographically. They cling tena
ciously to tholr religion but they have
little Intercourse, either of goods or
of news.
It Is fair to believe that a proclam
ation by the Sultan nt Constantinople
would not reach Moslems' for many
mqnths or even years. Then It might
bo flouted.
Ethnographlcally the Cossacks aro
closely related to tho Turks. But the
hard riders of South Russia were In
the front ranks of the Czar's troops
in the Russo-Turklsh war and In the
present struggle they would be unlike
ly to desert on account of the com
mand of the Shelk-ul-lslam. And as
for the Persian Mohammedans, they
would probably be attacked early -in
tho war by tho Sultan's men. The
Kurds .would raid toward Teheran and
Russians, Mohammedans and Persians
would oppose them.
Tho sultan of Turkey might, how
ever, cause a great deal of trouble by
rouBlng tho wild tribes of Arabia.
These Bedouins, always fighting the
Constantinople ruler, might yet be
brought to his standard by a combina
tion of religious fanaticism and desire
for booty. In British Somaliland, too,
there are 500,000 Mohammedan ne
groid natives, who remember vividly
tho wars of the "Mad Mullah" and
might be induced to take up arms
again.
The Germans promise to take ad
vantage of Egypt's discontent. Egypt
has boen under the domination of
Great Britain since 1883. There have
been many pilots against tho govern
ment In recent years nnd Turkish
emissaries havo lately been very busy
in Egypt. But the discontented class
In tho Nile valley is small. The
Fellaheen, who are not flghtera any
way, realize that British domlnaflon
haa meant better crops and better
tlmea. There are, however, about six
hundred thousand desort nomads la
Egypt and these might be rallied to
the Jehad.
Cairo is the seat of Moslem learn
ing. Here Is tho Mosque and Univer
sity of El Azhar, with 15,000 students.
The Shelk-ul-lslam Is himself a gradu
ate. Tho students would Join In a
Jehad and' their Influence would be
considerable. But tho 18,000 Egyptian
troops, who are officered by British,
probably would stand by their masters.
HOW 10 READ THE WEATHER FLAGS
OISPLAYEO BY THE U. S. BUREAU
Ho. I, No. 2. No 3.
White Flag Blue Flag, Whltt d Bins
Flag
Clear or fair
weather,
Washington. The weather bureau
displays at certain points the Infor
mation contained in its forecasts and
warnings by means of a system of
llaga, While the flag system has tho
advautage of being comparatively In
expensive to Install and maintain, it
Is not In general ubo, since In largo
cities the nags nro quickly discolored,
and on account of tho prevailing
smoke and hazo It soon becomeB diffi
cult to distinguish them.
Tho Interpretation of these dlspluys
may bo moro easily mastered If It Is
kept In mind that the meaning la con
ditioned on the color and form of the
Hag; thus a whlto flag, If displayed
alone, menns clear or fair weather,
Tho next morning she discovered
that tho dog was missing, and Immedi
ately notified tho police. Lnter in the
day she casually visited tho exhibition
at First avenue and Seneca street,
nnd, much to her amazomont, found
hor dog trying to get Into one of the
empty cagos.
Girl Bags Big Brown Bear.
Chlco, Cal. Miss Katlq Berdan of
Berdan, a little settlement in tho sec
tion of Chlco, haa gained an enviable
reputation aa a huntswoman She has
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Riln or Local rain
Snow, or Snow.
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K-ZZXSZZy
In the rest of Africa, Tripoli, re
cently conquered by Italy, might re
volt. But Tunis and Algeria, which Is
supplying the celebrated TurcoB,
would be loyal to the tricolor.
Moat of tho negroes of Africa are
now Mohammedans, but there la little
unity among them. On the whole, tho
39,000,000 Mohammedan Africans
under French rule, the 15,000,000 under
the British rule, and the 2,000,000
under Italian rule could scarcely be
roused to serious efforts against tho
whites. The Kaiser has only 1,000,000
Mohammedans In his African territory.
Afghanistan is wholly Mohammedan
and Beluchlstan 96 per cent, but the
Sultan of Turkey Is not held In es
pecial veneration.
Of the total population of tho Indian
Empire, nearly 300,000,000, about 21
per cent, is Mohammedan. With very
rare exceptions tho Mohammedan com
munities are pro-British. They de
spise the Hindus and seek to ally
themselves with tho English against
the majority race. Both Hindu and
Mohammedan regiments from India
now flght for Great Britain In France,
They vie with each other which can
do the most for King George V.
RING ON 6,000-MILE TRIP
With Nothing to Tell Whom It Be
longed to, Little Gold Band
Returns.
San Francisco. The travels of a
little gold ring were Interrupted when
Assistant Agent Drlscoll of the South
ern Pacific company found It hanging
on a nail inside Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul freight car No. 504216. Tho
ring belongs to a freight handler em
ployed by the Judson Freight For
warding company of Chicago.
Fearing that he would damage hla
ring while loading the car, he hung It
on a nail and forgot all about it until
after the car was sealed and had de
parted. Ho wired to the coast and tho
tracers were put to work.
The ring was found, placed In an
envelope and sent back to the freight
handler, who will receive It after It
has traveled more than six thousand
miles.
Finds $15,000; Gets $250.
Portland, Me. C. B. Clark, a farmer
of North Brldgeton, while driving near
Poland Springs found a bag containing
$15,000 worth of Jewelry. He reported
his find to tho police, who notified Mrs.
Myron P. Moulton of Ardmore, Pa.,
who had asked them to recover the
gems which she lost whllo on an auto
mobile trip from Bretton Woods, N. H.,
to the Springs. Mr. Clark will receive
$250 reward offered by Mrs. Moulton
for the recovery of the Jewels.
Nfc4. Ho. 3.
Black Trlngulr Whlto Flag wit i block
Flag. iqaaroln comer.
Temperature.
Cold Wav.
with practically no change In temper
ature; a blue flag alone indicates gen
eral rain or snow, with stationary tem
perature; a flag composed of equal
portions of white and blue indicates
local rain or snow, as contrasted with
general rain or snow. A triangular
flag 1b used to Indicate temperature
changes, When displayed above any
one of the flags already mentioned It
indicates rising temperature; when
below, falling temperature.
Forecasts of decidedly lower tern
porature, or much colder, are Indi
cated by tho display of the cold-wave
Hag a white rectangular flag with a
black square as a center. The cold
wave flag Is always displayed alone.
Beveral bear skins hanging In her
rooms as trophies of 'the hunt, nnd her
Inst exploit was when she brought
down a big brown bear that tipped the
scales at 471 pounds. ,
Miss Berdan was out gathering wild
pluma, and whllo at work picking the
fruit she heard a rustle In the bushes
on the opposite side of the patch.
Looking up she saw a big bear eating
plums from tho same patch. Miss Ber
dan always carries a 30-35 rifle, and
she took aim and brought bruin to
, tho groum'
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HOME,
Tow!
HELP5
BUILD HOMES FOR CITIZENS
English Municipalities Erect Building
That Rent for Exceedingly
1 Moderate Sums.
iA shortage of houses at Newport,
Monmouthshire, England, Is encourag
ing prlvnto enterprlso and stimulating
tho public authorities to supply tho
necessary homes, according to tho
United States consul at Cardiff, Wales.
The official architect of Newport has
presented a scheme to tho town coun
cil for constructing 248 houses, 16
feet wide, containing two bedrooms,
In blocks of six, four nnd two, at a
cost of $924.63 each, and to rent at
$1.82 per week. It 1b also proposed to
erect 87 houses with a frontage of 25
feet, with three bedrooms, at a cost of
$1,070.63 each, to rent at $2.04 per
week. Tho land on which theso
houses will bo erected varies in coat
to tho municipality from $1,703.27 to
J2.189.92 per aero.
The Cardiff municipal government
has adopted the small dwellings acqui
sition act, 1899, which authorizes tho
city to advance money for enabling
resldonts to acquire the ownership of
houses In which they live, provided
tho value of such house and lot floes
not exceed $2,000. Three-fourths of
the market value of the house and lot
will bo advanced, to bo repaid by In
stallments spread over a period of 20
years, the rato of interest being four
per cent a year. A Cardiff household
er living In a house of tho value of
$2,000 will henceforth bo able, if In
possession of $500, to borrow $1,500
from the city $nd acquire the feo sim
ple of the property.
ALL ARE SHOWING INTEREST
Progress of City Planning Most GratU
fylng to Those Who Have tho Sub
ject Deep In Mind.
The other day I asked Georgo B.
Ford, the well-known city planner of
New York what had most Impressed
him along progressive city planning
lines, and ho replied: "Tho recent
interest which the real estate bodies,
in particular tho moro enlightened
real estato men, have been taking In
city planning."
"Tho Increasing number of real es
tate men at our conferences," he said,
"and the sessions devoted to city plan
ning at tho convention of real estato
exchanges at Pittsburgh, promises
more for the wholesome extension of
city planning Interests in America
than almoBt anything that has yet tak
en place. I also am most favorably
impressed with the Interest shown by
the chambers of commerce and mem
bers of boards of trade throughout tha
country, and the fact that it was even
recognized at tho recent convention of
tho Chamber of Commerce of the Unit
ed States of America." The Living;
Church.
Use Hardy Plants.
In gardens of large 'extent, such as
usually obtain In rural districts, shrubs
and other plants should be chosen that
need little care or attention. Those
that really need nothing more to carry
them through tho year alive than the
winter's rains are ideal, and tho nearer
all approach this standard tho moro
popular they should prove. Plants
from similar climates, as Australia
and South Africa, for example, ara
sure to prove satisfactory In most
parts of California. Thoso from Japan,
Europe, and the eastern part of our
own country need too much humidity
both In soil and atmosphere. Los An
geles Times.
Back to the Land.
When tho country has schools equal
to thoso of the cities, roads and high
ways comparable to streets and boule
vards, when sanitary methods prevail
that aro equal to thoso in congested
centers, and transportation of agrl
cutural products from small stations
to the central market Is as economical
In tlmo and money as that between
large cities, then, and not till then,
will thoro bo a real exodus "back to
tho land." When this happy day ar
rives, and It Is rapidly approaching,
large centers of population will bo al
most deserted at night.
Training Building Officials.
Facilities aro now provided In every
largo city and Important center of
population In Germany not only for
tho technical and business training of
builders, contractors, building me
chanics and construction engineers,
but also for tho Instruction of pro
spective building Inspectors and other
public officials, to whom will bo In
trusted the enforcement of state and
municipal regulations relating to build
IngB and construction operations of all
kinds.
The Latest.
"I'm so sorry!" exclaimed the sym
pathetic woman. "Did you hurt your
self?" "Hurt myself!" responded Uncle
Flopsole. "Certainly not."
"But your foot slipped and you slid
quite a dlatanee on your chest!"
"Of courae. That's the latest figure.
It's called the walrus wallop sup
posed to represent a walniB sliding off
a cake of Ice. I do It rather neatly for
a beginner, don't you think?"
Noncommittal.
Redd Which of the cupdefensa
yachts do you think will win?
Greene I dunno.
"Some fcay the number of letters In
the yachts' names has something tu
do with It."
"So I heard."
"One of the yachts has eight letters
and the others have seven."
"Yes, I know that."
"Well, what do you think are tha
chances'"
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