THE WAGRYORKER
By W. M. MAUPIN
UBCOLS,
KBBKMKA
France is going to police the air.
With ay cops?
If the shoe pinches take aback. The
municipal court says so.
Here is where the mosquito casts
his vote for the open-work shirt
waist.
Jul' Verne once more is "-indicated,
but the trip to the moon is still
to be taken.
A tree appears to be to an airship
what an unchartered rock Is to an
ocean vessel.
The new Dutch baby U going to be
very important as long as she has
no little brother.
It should be noted that the Zeppe-
lin airship hardly ever has to be car
ried home in a baggage car.
Count Zeppelin would have better
success It he could train his airship
to stand without being hitched.
The girl who tost two 30 bills
through a bole in her stocking has
learned that a stitch in time saves
nine.
Canada retorts airily that her pros
perity has removed much of the re
cent necessity for more ne:ghborli
ness. Perhaps this will be tie last sum
mer in which man can enjoy a view
of the deep blue sky unobstructed by
,airships.
They hissed one "of ITAnnunzIo's
plays in Milan. This means it will be
as great a success in New York as it
is a failure In Milan.
One of the leatures of the twen
tieth century life most horribly mis
branded Is that form of gasoline in
toxication known "Joy riding."
Statistic show that there are twice
as many births as deaths in Grand
Rapids. Still, this does not account
altogether for the growth of the
place.
A Jailed affinity broker, whose spe
cialty was duping widows, credits his
downfall to his good looks. He should
have remembered that handsome is at
handsome does.
That new-born future Queen of Hoi
land will be quite In line in that com
ing day when woman is to rule the
world and mere man be taught to
know his proper place.
A member of the douma says Russia
is on the brink of economic and politi
cal ruin. And only a slight push is
needed to precipitate her where she'll
land with a dull, sickening thud.
The reported discovery of a Vien
nese physic an that every man has his
bad day is no new one. This life is
for very few, one whose succeeding
days make it one grand, sweet song.
Judging by the number and promi
nence of wealthy "Friscans involved
in the silk-smuggling scandals. San
Francisco is taking kindly to the new
exclusion law and making the best
of It.
One hundred Chicago young women,
describing their ideal for a husband.
united In demanding that he must be
the "head of the house." Those artful
minxes are evidently determined to
catch a man apiece.
In a bankruptcy case in New York
It developed that one of the partners
of the firm In question received sal
ary of $12,000 a year to keep away
from the business and do nothing. It
would not take a lasy bug's bite to
make a large percentage, viewing such
a Job, fairly die with envy.
An English peer made an abject
apology to Lady Granard, formerly
Miss Beatrice Mills, of New York, for
calling her in a political address
"dumped American heiress, fortunate
enough to secure a title." Which lit
tle incident throws quite an interest
ing light on the manners and customs
him to be foolhardy.
There Is not much enthusiasm about
the proposed balloon Journey ten
miles skyward to establish communi
cation with Mars. And probably if
communication were established the
first news to be flashed to the earth
would be that there Is a real estate
boom on the planet and that now is
the time to invest in planetary lots.
The movement for beginning and
quitting work earlier to get more time
for daylight recreation does not ap
pear to be as popular In some quar
ters as had been supposed. A poll of
the employes of the navy department
In Washington showed an overwhelm
ing majority against the plan. The
idea may be regarded more favorably
by other government employes, Uat
there is little testimony to that ef
fect. A Chicago woman wishes to buy a
husband and has avi seriated for that
purpose the humiliating sum of $200;
but. on the other hand, it must be
borne in mind that she naturally ex
pects to get nothing but a Chicago
In the town of Worcester, Mass, any
one wishing to whistle on the streets
must take out a license. It is difficult
to understand the sense of such a law
unless It may be that too many men
tell Into the habit of whistling away
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The anion printers of the United
States and Canada, point with pride
to the Union Printers Home at Colo
rado Springs as one of their most no
table achievements. This model home
and sanitarium has the unique distinc
tion of being the only institution of
the kind maintained by a labor organi
sation in this country.
One minute of his working time ev
ery day is what every union printer in
North America gives as his mite to
ward the maintenance of the Union
Printers' Home at Colorado Springs,
CoL Every month every one of the
45.000 members of the International
Typographical Union pays an assess
ment of 15 cents halt a cent a day.
or less than the amount the average
printer will earn in a minute's work
ing time. It is a small sacrifice, but
it is this small sacrifice, coming from
every man, working in co-operation
with his fellow laborers, which gives
the home an annual fund of $90,000
for maintenance and improvements.
The printers have built an main
tained the home themselves and ihey
are proud of the fact. It is their
home; every man has an equal share
in it, an equal right to partake of its
bounty if the time should come when
old age or illness should make it nec
essary for him to retreat to the shel
ter in the rearing and maintaining
of which he has done his small part.
In the beginning George W. Childs
and A. J. DrexeL proprietors of The
Philadelphia Ledger, made a gift of
$10,000 to the International Typo
graphical Union. With this as the
nucleus, the home fund was started
Since the foundation for the main
building were laid in 1S91 nearly
$SOO,000 has been spent in buildings,
furnishings, improvements and main
tenance. Every cent of this, with the
exception of the Childs-Drexel gift
and the income from the Jnila A. Ladd
endowment of $1,000, has been con
tributed by the printers themselves.
Not only has the Union Printers
Home proven to the world a splendid
example of what can be accomplished
by harmonious co-operation, but it has
been to other labor unions and fra
ternal organizations an inspiration be
cause of its humanitarian features. It
has been the pioneer institution in its
field and has become the model from
which others copy ideas and methods.
Figures may tell a part of the story
of the Union Printers' Home, But it
is not sufficient to know that the prop
erty, which stands on a commanding
eminence east of Colorado Springs, is
to-day valued at $1,000,000 when 20
years ago this tract was barren prairie
land which could have been bought for
a few dollars an acre; or to learn that
there are now six buildings on the
grounds, the main building, the tuber
culosis sanitarium, the superintend
ent's cottage, the laundry, heating
plant and barns, besides . the $30,000
addition, the beginning of which has
I just been authorized by the trustees.
It is not enough to know how these
SO awea have been reclaimed from
barren waste until they form one of
the garden spots of the continent; nor
to be told that in all more than 1.000
men have been admitted to residence
since 1S92. that the average number
at any one time is 145, and that the
average cost, per resident, is $33 a
month, this sum covering all ordinary
expenses in connection with the prop
erty. It is far more significant to learn
how this home has been so managed
that it has become indeed a sanitari
um where the sick may sojourn for a
time to build up. in Colorado's health
giving climate, their broken constitu
tions and restore lost strength and vi
tality, a haven where the aged and in
firm may retreat to a peaceful closing
of a life that has been spent in toil
and battle in a world of labor and
strife. Really, to understand the work
that in being done requires an inspec
tion of the buildings and grounds, a
few hours random chat with the resi
dents and an investigation of the
methods and regulations enforced by
the efficient management. Many of
tie printers themselves scarcely com
prehend the scope and importance of
the home, and the annual convection
i
Springs in order to give the member
ship at large a broader understanding
of the great institution they are sup
porting. Of the residents, some there are
who are cripples; some are blind,
many are old. and numbers hare been
exiled with a death sentence from tu
berculosis, but are slowly building up
the bodies that have been wasted by
disease.
The printer, when he is admitted
to the home, is supposed to bring with
him a certain amount of clothes. Aft
er .that everything, even to a weekly
pension, is furnished him. Every care
is taken in securing a food supply that
is of the best. Milk and eggs are pro
cured from the home's own dairy and
poultry farm. An excellent library
provides reading matter. There are
facilities for all kinds of sports, while
there are many festive occasions, such
as the Fourth of July barbecue, the "an
nual picnic in North Cheyenne Canon,
the Christmas tree and the monthly
winter night entertainments.
In the tuberculosis sanitarium every
precaution is taken to safeguard the
patient and to assure him of the best
of treatment. Regular habits and
hours are required and the drinking of
intoxicants is strictly prohibited. An
sanitary regulations are rigorously ob
served and the buildings are excep
tionally well ventilated.
The main building is four stories
in height and is of white lavasrone
with red sandstone trimmings. It con
tains 75 rooms, with the offices, kitch
en, dining room and library. The
building originally cost $75,000. The
two-story addition will adjoin the
main- building on the north and will
increase the library and housing fa
cilities. The tuberculosis sanitarium
is to the south of the main building
and near it are the SO tents of the
solarium. This building is three sto
ries in height, the total cost being $27,
000. The superintendent's cottaga is
north of the main building, while the
laundry, heating plant and barns are
in the rear. A magnificent stone gate
way spans the entrance to the grounds.
The trustees have within the last
few years devoted especial attention
to the treatment of tnrberculosis.
disease to which printers are partic
ularly subject because of the nature
of their work. The methods employed
by the Union Printers Home in its
successful battle against the "white
plague" are attracting attention all over
the country. At the International con
gress on tuberculosis, held in Wash
ington last fall, the Printers Home
was represented by a prize-winning ex.
hibit, and the model tent was present
ed, upon request, to the national as
sociation for the prevention of tuber
culosis, for display during the winter
tour of the principal cities of the Unit
ed States. During the last few years
special commission has made a
study of the disease, and as a result
of its investigations the most approved
and scientific methods have been
adopted. The results have been little
less than marvelous. So satisfactory
have the results been in the "City of
Sunhine." as Colorado Springs is fa
miliarly called, that a proposition
made at the Boston convention last
August for the transfer of the tuber
culosis sanitarium to Arizona was de
feated by a decisive majority. In
1904, ten tents were erected near the
sanitarium building. They have prov
en a valuable acquisition to the hos
pital service and their efficiency has
been so thoroughly and satisfactorily
demonstrated that the number has re
cently been doubled. The experimen
tal stage in the tent treatment of tu
berculosis has long since passed; and
officials of the union are authority for
the statement that fully 50 per cent.
of the patients who have had the ad
vantage of tent life have recovered
health and strength and have been
enabled again to assume their busi
ness duties. The percentage would be
higher but for the fact that too many
are not sent to Colorado until they
are in the last stages of the disease.
Those who are sent there in the earl
ier stages are. with proper care and
treatment, sure of a prolongation of
life, if not of permanent and absolute
recovery.
To Count a Billion.
To count 1,000,000,000 would require
a person to count 200 a minute for a
period of 9,512 years, 342 days, five
hours and 20 minutes, providing he
should count continuously. But sup
pose we allow the counter 12 hours
daily for rest, eating and sleeping,
then he would need 19,025 years, 319
days, ten hours and 40 minutes in
which to complete the task.
Concrete from Mill Refuse.
Concrete is made from the refuse
REASONS FOR THE SUCCESS OF
M'GRAW AS
Christy Mathewson tells why Man
ager McGraw has been so successful
as the leader of the Giants. He says:
I have often been asked to what I
would attribute John MeG raw's suc
cess as a baseball manager. In the
first place, his method of handling
players conduces to getting the best
possible results out of them. All
players cannot be treated in the same
manner. One man has to be patted
upon the back, while another needs a
sharp reprimand to make him put
forth his best efforts or rersfdy his
faults
A second great factor in McGraws
success is his knowledge or inside
baseball. He is constantly planning
to pull off the unexpected, and in the'
execution of his plans he always
takes into consideration the abilities
of the players called upon to carry
out his scheme of play. The squeeze
play, so popular with some managers,
does not appeal to McGraw, but every
other trick or device by which a run
can be put across the plate has con
stantly been successfully used in his
campaigns on the diamond. He ob
jects to the squeeze play because he
believes that a brainy pitcher ought
to break up the play and prevent its
success by pitching the ball so wide
that the batsmen is not able to bunt it.
"The delayed steal, the bunt-and-
rvn from second, the hit-and-run from
first, or the clean steal of third are
all plays that can be worked with a
fair degree of success by certain men
against particular teams. These and
many other plays that contribute to
teamwork or inside baseball are con
stantly practiced by McG raw's team,
ready to be sprung whenever the
watchful eye of the alert manager
sees an opening.
"Of course, the plays are not al
ways successful, for quick-thinking
opponents may anticipate them and
break them up; but if a play fails be
cause of some act of omission or com
mission on the part of his players.
McGraw is quick to detect the fault
and devise a remedy. Some 'man
agers have considered football and
lacrosse as suitable for spring prac
tice for baseball players, but the
Giants are drilled and drilled in base
ball, not only physically, but mental
ly. Tactics play a large part in Mc-
G raw's method, and a player who can
not learn the fine points of the game
under him will never . excel in our
national pastime."
Making Record as a Traveler.
Ward Miller, late of Wausau, Wis,
Is making a record for himself as a
traveler. He went south with the
Cubs in the spring, and when waivers
were asked on his services Pittsburg
stepped in and took him. He posed
as a sub-swatter with the Pirates for
a short time and Barney Dreyfuss,
finding he could make a deal with
Clark Griffith, turned Miller over to
the Beds for Blaine Durbin, whom
Dreyfuss has been after for many
moons. Durbin, who is a southpaw,
never had a fair trial while he
was in Chicago, Chance having too
many good pitchers. Dreyfus thinim
Durbin is a wonder and will help the
Pirates to many victories this
son.
Archer, one of the understudies
the World's Champion Cubs. From
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BASEBALL MANAGER
Ballplayer and Lifesaver.
Lifesavlng at . Ormond beach in the
winter time and playing baseball in
the summer . manage to keep Jimmy
Murray, St. Paul outfielder, pretty
busy the year round. Murray is a
great swimmer and a pretty good ban
player, but he has been laid up all
spring with a bad leg. He broke
bone early in the year, and has been
playing only lately.
Browns Sign Dick Padden.
President R. L. Hedges of the St
Louis Browns has signed up Dick
Padden, the Brown's old captain and
second baseman, to serve as the
team's scout. Padden immediately
left for a trip throughout the minor
leagues.
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of Pat Moran, the regular catcher of
all reports he has the making of a
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GRATIS.
Youth (at a bun emporium) I say.
you know, this mfTk Is soar.
Sweet Tiling Well, there's plenty
of sugar on the table, ain't there?
Hypothetical. ,
"Let me," said the strzsger at the
basebaU gate, "ask yon a hypothetical
question."
'Go ahead.
'Supposing that I had ten rests.
and desired to witness an exnibizios
of the manly sport inside the en
closure, the price being 2S eeas; and
supposing that I were to approach yoi
for 15 cents necessary to fruiticn tst
my hopes, what would you say?"
"That's easy. I d say: "Lend me the
IS cents as I have Just IS myself, and
am a rabid fan.
Thus, after all this subtle eloquence.
there was nothing doing.
Laundry work at home would
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is nsaaBy neces
sary to sse so roach, starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of -nxrcB.
thickness, which no coly destiujs the
appearance, bat also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou
ble can be entirely overcome by usias
Defiance Starch, as ft can be apoEed
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes
That's a Reason.
Take off roar coat. Herkimer,
said the boss, in kindly tones, as mm
directed the electric fan s little sore
toward himself.
Herkimer Hoskias blushed farS-
ously. ,
"Thank yon. sir." be said, -bet er
the fact is my wife makes my
shirts."
The extraordinary popularity of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch a matter of great im
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from aH injurious chemicals, is the
only one which Is safe to nse on fine
fabrics. It great strength as a stiE
er makes half the usual quantity of
Starch necessary, with the result of
perfect finish, equal to that wkea the
goods were sew.
Gratitsde Poorly
An old woman was profuse ta her
gratitude to a magistrate who had
dismissed a charge brought against
her.
I thought you wouldn't he 'ard on
me. your worship, sue remarKeo. a
she left tit dock; "I know 'ov of tern -
kind 'art beats belsd s sgiy face."
Not Noticeable.
Little Mose Laatbiack De teaehest
done sent me bocce, mammy, "cause
you didn't wash man face.
Mrs. Lamblack (angrily) Ton fool
chile, what fo yon done tole her I
didn't? Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
Scoring :
T thought Jenks had made s mis
take in that story, so I Just nailed him
down."
-wenr
"And found, as I expected, that he
was on the wrong tack."
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