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The Omaha Sunday Bee
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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1919.
'Probation Officer Tells
Reasons Why Men Get Drunk
Twenty-six Excuses Given to Court Officer by Men
Arrested for Intoxication ; Everything From Birth
days to Rows With Family.
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Warning! Don't twit the Kid
about his being a prognosticator!
Also listen to this. If you want to
win a bet on any fistic encounter
take the opposite side doped out by
the sporting editors. The odds'll be
with you. ' This is the way it hap
pens. The Kid was, for a number of
years, welterweight champ of the
world." Get that? The office force
Bouquet of Live, Human Interest
When They Wooed and Won
In the days of old, when knights
were bold, and barons had credit
st the corner grocery, it was the
..custom fpr y6urig Lochinvars to
. ride posthaste to the habitat of
: their": Imegene, - ttirow a rose into
the'open window, or otherwise offer
some material evidence of their
state of mind. The fair Imogene, if
she should be in a reciprocal mood,
would throw a kiss in token of her
love,1 or she might slam the window
down with a pout and a haughty tilt
of her nose; The animal on which
the j Lochinvar would be astride
would be known as a "steed," or a
"charger," and mayhap the young
lord would wear a shining sword
and. he may have been - incased .in
armor. If the young, woman in the
case tossed a. rose,4he young man
would be heartened; to return the
call and meet the folks.
J. CDahlman', former, mayor ot
Omaha, and now in the government
service, did not have. a. "steed or
"charger," when he was a cowboy
' and sheriff at Chadron, Neb., and
along about the timewhen. he was
foreman of the Newman ranch on
the Niobrara river, out in the sand
hill country. He rode a "cow pony,
or a broncho which was as lively as
a bunch of firecrackers. When this
critter can-.! to a full stop it left
four holes in the ground where it
had planted its feet. In other words,
it came to a Stop on all fours.
When "Jimrf Dahlman was a
young" man he lived in the saddle.
It was 40 miles from the Newman
ranch to the nearest trading point
up in' the Pine Ridge agency. He
knew Colonel Blanthard who had
Biting On Rubber Bait
-,' Makes Even Bass Feel
r like a Great Sucker
When V fish is hodked after; he
has sunk hii teeth into a nice,
juicy piece of bait, he at least has
the satisfaction of having had a nib
ble at. something worth while. as a
compensation for his doom. .But the
latest thing in bass bait does not
" give him that satisfaction.
Out in Kansas City is an angler
to whom goes the credit for the
latest novelty the "rubber neck"
" bait. The "rubber neck" bait is an
Imitation of pork bait It consists of
. I little w4d of white rubber, through
which the hook is driven, and to
which is attached a little narrow
. nnin nnra white sheet rubber.
. "This bait reproduces perfectly.
says the inventor, xne scrpenune
" wriggling motion Of a real live min
now v:hen seeking cover. Beside
being very durable, it "has the ad
vantage over real pork, bait of be
. ing easy to carry and clean to use."
The "ruber neck' 'is rapidly be
coming popular witbA bass fisher
men nd the inventor is. reaping a
harvest Th bait is attached either
directly to i spoon hook, or is
fastened by tacking in back ,of a
floating wooden Dowagiac minnow.
T -r - Needed ' L. .
"Di4yoirtver, notice that motion
pictures have vogues? For instance,
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OTHFX MAN
accordingly has had much respect
for -his judgment. The Kid won't
admit it now, but before he left for
the big scrap he slipped it into our
ear and other ears that one; to wit:
Jess Willard had slightly the bulge
on the challenger. Did the boys
around the office take heed.? They
did. Let's look behind the scenes.
What the M. E.' lost no one -knows.
Maybe nothing, but, . it certainly
interests at the agency and also at
the Newman ranch. A young
woman who was serving at Pine
Ridge as private tutor also knew
the Blanchards, and it was through
that acquaintance that Mr. Dahlman
met the young woman.
On a spring day, after having
James 'CBaMimn
vampire, western and society stories
are popular at different times."
"I wish there would be a good
picture vogue." . "
From July Film Fun.
Fort Omaha Balloon
Man Predicted Trip
of British Aviators
The flight of the British dirgible
to this country was watched with
keen interest by( Leo A. Stevens,
aircraft pilot, designer and builder,
who has been one of the prominent
advocates of the lighter-than-air
type of craft for commercial use.
Nine years ago Stevens propresied
that within 10 years the Atlantic
would be crossed in a lighter-than-air
machine. He now maintains
that the heavier-than-air machines
will be outclassed by the big gas
bags which are capable of carrying
scores of passengers and tons of
freight.
Reel Two.
"What's the star so mad about?"
" "During the cafe scene he forgot
himself and tipped the waiter with
real money."
Fronf July Film Fun.
Hotel rooms wilt cost twice as
much when prohibition sets in.
They'll be worth it. -Who wants to
sit up all night at a soda fountain?
'Pittsburg is no better to live in
even if you spell .it without the h.
looks suspicious when he tells us
that an article with illustrations to
kid the Kid woufd be acceptable.
Heinie Bets Quarter
Heinie the office boy and picnic
fiend backed up his belief with a
large sized quarter and now opines
the Kid should reimburse him for
his lose. The city editor, it is told,
lost three bets and we saw him with
a bookay of brick-bats laying in
wait to avenge his misplaced con
fidence. You've read the Kid's articles. In
forecasting it is always best to have
a joker or amendment. You notice
with what pride the attention is
brought to the prediction that the
first one to land a blow with a kick
in it would be the winner. The
next time you meet the Kid ask
him if he really and truly didn't
favor Jess, and then watch him
hedge. He will, too, but watch him
switch to the first blow prediction.
Shucks! When it comes to predic
tions 6r prognostications or what
ever you call 'em, I'd like to bet
the Kid or any other sport writer
any amount that the next fighter
that gives Dempsey a knock out will
be the next champion. Any takers?
Schlitz in Dry Toledo.
Y'otta hear the Kid tell of his
:- y Edward Bia
ridden 40 miles from the ranch to
the agency in about nothing flat,
he invited the young woman for a
ride "this evening." Now it must
be remembered that he was from
the south, where evening meant the
hours usually known up north as
afternoon. The young woman was
from the New England states, she
understood evening to mean the
hours after sundown, and she so
understood the invitation. She
plainly and quickly told the young
cowboy from the sandhills that the
young women of her set back in
New England did not consider it
proper to go out riding after dusk
with young men, unchaperoned. The
young cowboy explained that he
meant evening as he understood it,
meaning before the evening meal
time. : She accepted the explana
tion and accepted the invitation. He
obtained a tractable cowpony for
her and they went out for a ride,
and then there were many other
rides together.
After a while she said she thought
she would return to her New Eng
land home, but he told her of the
great and growing west and asked
her if she would join her fortunes
with his.
So the boys down at the Newman
ranch were invited to the wedding,
and the teacher who came all of the
way from New England' out to
"where the west begins," is now
Mrs. Dahlman.
And afterward Mr. Dahlman was
careful not to. ask his wife to go out
with him in the "evening," when he
really meant "afternoon."
Says Fish Comes if One
Whistles for Him; Maybe
He'll Do the Shimmie Too
Frank Elias, charge d'affaires in
the office of the city department, is
telling his latest fish story, and he
has told it so often that he believes
it himself.
According to Frank, there is a
large bass among the many fish in
the lagoon of Miller park. This
bass has been in the pond for years.
It has been there so long that it
knows the people and it is the boss
of the other bass, the bullheads and
the gold fish.
"All I have to do is to go out
there and whistle and this bass
sticks its nose out of the water,
holds its head sort of slantwise, as
much as to expect a piece of cake.
It will not eat bread, because I
have "spoiled it with cake," Frank
related. : '-
Mr. Bass plows through the wa
ter and sends all of. the other fish
helter-skelter. It has a particular
aversion against the gold fish, and is
content to lord it over; the bull
heads. . .
This piscatorial pet can wink and
can catch in its mouth pieces of
cake thrown by Frank Elias, so the
story goes.
You never hear anyone knocking
the Erie, the New Haven or the B.
& A. now. Nix. They go direct to
headquarters and knock. th gov
ernment, ...5T " - ,
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Toledo trip. Honest! its criminal
to come back here with the ther
mometer flirting With blood heat
and tell about rea beer. Nor near
beer, but honest to goodness Schlitz
with the old time kick to it tell
about high balls and things and tell
how hot it was there. The Kid
sure has a tin ear if you tell him
that the moving picture machines
register seven falls, for the Kid
knows different. He was there. He
counted them himself. There were
five falls. Count 'em. Five! and
he reassures us he was not affected
by the heat.
If you are willing the Kid will
show you how the first blow was
delivered a left, mind you, not, a
right, as some low brow nuobserv
ent writers would lead one to be
lieve. ' '
Aside from all this we know of a
pool or pot. We won't divulge the
participants or place. The betting
was on the number of rounds the
fight would last. Did the know-all-about-it
sports win? They, did not.
A lovely bit of feminity walked
away with the gravy" anjd chortled
to us as if she had shown great
prevision, and we doubt very much
if she ever heard of the Marquis
of Queensberry.
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INTERESTING INFORMATION.
The feathers of the Abyssinian
wild plum are used in making cigar
ettes. Ham and cabbage was invented
by a poor" cobbler in Ireland. He
was good-nighted by the king and
died in great agony.
Elmer Thomas was named while
still a small child. His parents called
hiih "Elmer", not "Mr. Thomas."
The output of the turnip mines of
San Domingo last year was 9,874,
309.2 tons. , , .
Silas Greenhorn of Spinach Cor
ners, Kentucky, holds the endurance
record in a Ford car. He drove one
34.3 miles without a stop. He spent
seven weeks in a hospital but is now
apparently nje the worse for his
terrible experience.
Scientists have never been able
to explain the taste of those human
beings who like tripe.
Our revolutionary forefathers
knew nothing of the Victrola. It was
invented long after their day.
Very powerful telescopes are re
quired to see the names of the fixed
stars.
The Peruvian bulbutus builds its
Two More Bachelors Eager to
Find 'Only Girr Through Bee
One of Men, Who Appeal to Metropolitan Page Editor,
Has Nice Farm, While the Other Is Building a
Home in Nearby City.
Encouraged y the results secured
by R, U. Ready, twentieth century
farmer, who appealed to the Metro
politan page editor to find him a
mate, two more.bachelors have writ
ten the editor asking aid in finding
the "only girl."
Both have good dispositions, they
say, and possess loving natures.
Better still, both are in a position
to furnish homes when they find the
girl they are looking for, according
to their letters. '
One has a home in the process
of construction in a neighboring
city. That the homebuilding in
stinct is as strong in the breast of
the man as in that of the woman,
has , often been shown, but, what,
after all, is a home without a wife
waiting to welcome you at the door
after a hard day's work?
No doubt the "Homebuilder," let
us call him that, has begun to real
ize that although the joy of build
ing a home for a time may suffice
to fill his life with joy, only the
presence of a little woman he can
call his wife will bring complete and
lasting joy. ferhaps, also, he pic
tures a group of happy children
playing about the doorstep, waiting
to greet him his children.
I am five feet seven inches tall.
writes the Homebuilder. "My hair
is dark brown and my eyes light
brown. I have a fair job with a
wholesale firm, and would like to
correspond with some maiden of
from Z5 to 35 years old."
tiacbelor Mo. . who, .wishes, his
Kicr Hike Aarn nookea dv
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Fishermen at Carter Lake
Chamber of Commerce Members Discuss Tale of Fourth
of July Outing of George H. Walker and Fish That
Escaped From Hook.
There has been a revival of the
annual story of the big pike having
been seen in Carter lake. This time
the fish was seen by George H.
jWalker, member of the Chamber of
Commerce. He has filed an affi
davit that the story is true to the
letter.
Walker spent a greater portion
of the Fourth of July on the waters
of Carter lake, tempting the bass to
take the lure. He failed to land
any bass, but in his affidavit he
alleges that he hooked a pike, or
some other kind of a fish, and that
it was as large as a small whale.
According to Walker, he was cast
ing for bass when all of a sudden
something struck his hook, run the
line out to its full length and as
soon as it felt the prick of the hook,
turned and made straight for the
boat. It was then that Walker got
a glimpse of the fish, and he avers
that if it was an inch, it was four
feet long. Starting to reel in,
Walker again pricked the fish and
off it -went, dragging the boat. About
this, time the rod flew into splinters
and away the -fish went, a little
by a . stiwobiL
nest in. branches of watermelon
trees
Scales are being built by an Osh
kosh firm which are strong enough
to weigh Dan Butler and Gus Miller
at the same- time.
Among the savage tribes of Sene
gambia it is stylish for the women
to wear furs in the summer time.
A single whale will yield a large
amount of whale oil and wholebone.
The larger the whale the greater the
amount of oil and bone it yields.
WE. SURRENDER!
(Ad. In London Tlmea.)
Telephone Every effort having,
been ' ttmda to secure the Installation
of fthertelephone but without auccees,
-.-.will mme generous and patriotic -telephone
subscriber In the South Ken-
sing-ton District afford the most val
uable, assistance and help to two de
mobilized officers, who have recently
started In business and are employing
several demobilized soldiers, by sur
rendering; their telephone number,
" thereby rendering them the most sub
stantlaF assistance In the foundation
of their business. Box C-742, The
Times.
THE.WRpSTLING MATCH.
"3:16 Lewis misses dive for
Lewis' legs and comes up in Lewis'
Iname signed as" "Your Chance," is
not particular about the looks of
the"w6man he marries, as long as
she is a, good dresser, he says.
."I am a lonely bachelor farmer."
writes Your Chance, "and would
like to meet someone who would
like a good home. -1 want some one
who has a true heart and a good
disposition. I don't care for looks,
as long as she dresses well.
"I quit school in the ninth grade,
started farming, and have kept it up
ever since. I am not homely or
good looking, just common. How
ever, I am good natured, and have
a loving disposition. I will make
an effort to meet all -who care to
write to me. and I will answer all
letters."
Here are two men who are of
fering homes, one in the city, and
One in the country. Take your pick.
The . Metropolitan page editor
will watch with much interest to
see if the Homebuilder, with his
city property, or Your Chance, with
his broad rolling acres, will receive
the most replies. It isn't fair for
the same girl to write to both of
them
Letters to either will be forward
ed with only one request on the part
of the editor; that in case a happy
marriage should result, the news be
brought to him.
Lillian Russell and Mary Rob
ert Rinehart brine more fame to
Pittsburgh than BarneV Dreyfus'
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later the line disappearing beneath
the water.
The incident of Walker and the
fish is said to have taken place about
midway between the Carter Lake
club grounds and the red ice houses
on the east shore of the lake. It
was near this point that Dr. C. W.
Hayes, deceased, hooked and land
ed a 15-pound pike some 10 years
ago.
Whether or not Walker's lure was
struck by a gigantic pike is some
thing that Chamber of Commerce
men are debating. However, it is
believed that some immense fish of
this family inhabit the lake. Some
25 years ago, when Lew May was
Nebraska fish commissioner, he
planted 10,000 pike in Carter lake.
What became of them has never
been known. Few have been caught,
and it is said that if they are still
there and have grown as they
should, by' this time they are as
large as small whales.
"Taneerine" 'and "lingerie" al
most rhyme. Tangerine is yellow on
the outside and red inside. Lingerie
is usually pink on the outside and
that's as far as we've seen.
Stories
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headlock, .which is easily broken,"
says the account of the struggle in
an evening paper.
Which calls to mind the recent re
port in another paper that a soldier
in France, at the recent athletic tour
nament, "threw the discus 40,000
meters.
FARMA VIRUMQUE CANO.
(By Lowell Miller, 18, son. of Probation
Officer "Gus," who haa Juat returned
from the farm.)
In the evening, soft and low,
When you're got a girl or so,
Don't yon wish that yon ctiold go
Back to the farm again? Oh no!
11.
When yon alt and look at her.
And as Into her ear yon purr
All emotions yea endure,
Dont you hate that farm? Why sure!
III.
And as you ait there on the couch,
Her old man begins to crouch
I'p behind you with a grooeh,
Don't you say that simple word? Just
Ouch!
IV.
And In the morn when you forget
That against the farm you're act.
And you forget the girl you met,
Don't you lore your farm? You bet!
SIGNS
Iu the Union station barber shop,
"PRIVATE TOWLS."
"Buggy" Woman Wins
Her Mention on "Bug"
Page by "Big" Dinner
The scene was a large restaurant
at a busy hour. Waiters were hur
rying about bearing heavy trays and
hastening to remove used dishes.
One woman, blissfully ignorant of
the rush, was perusing the menu
card for dishes to suit her fancy.
For five minutes an impatient waiter
had been standing at her side.
"Have you soft shell crabs to
day?" or "What is your best kind
of salad?" were questions that kept
coming at . intervals as the clock
marked the lapse of time and angry
and hungry diner glared.
After the condition of the oysters
had been ascertained and numerous
queries answered the waiter poised
his pencil for at least a 10-course
dinner order, when the fair diner
said sweetly:
"Please bring me a bottle of pop."
Dreadful Threat
"Late again!" cried the irate mov
ing picture director of the members
of his company. "Do you actors
think that you can stroll into the
studio at half-past ten every morn
ing and get away with it? This
isn't a national bank. But, by hum
phrey! I'll get even with -you! To
morrow we start filming that Alpine
drama with the fog and cloud ef
fects. Reports at the old quarry at
4:30 a. m. You are all going to be
shot at sunrise every morning for
a week" Being shot at sunrise is
harder hardship for a movie actor
than it is for a prisoner of war'
Hodge Podge.
"Pa, what is a nightmare?"
"It's .something that men who
write, comedy. motion picture scen
arios get very frequesly "
erFrom July Filar
Twenty-six reasons answering the
eternal question: "Why do men
get drunk?" have been promulgated
by a probation officer who has
studied the problem intimately for
many years. Here are the underly
ing reasons: . "
1. They want liquor and they
will have it. But it is an acquired
taste. After taking the first drink
of whisky in his life nobody ever
hankered for the second, although
he learned afterward to like it.
2. They need their beer or ale to
relieve thirst, so they say. Very
often this is true."
3. The doctor ordered whisky
f- h.m nnr nnnii a time, and that
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prescription lasts forever and for all
things. Whetner n is cniiDiams or
iA.thrt, .rsmn or nain. stomach-
luuiuaviiv, . - - - i
ache as some men tell the judge-
influenza or rupture, or pieunsy
way down in their abdomen, whisky
is their panacea.
4. Financial troubles of every
name and description.
5. Family rows. Husband is
jealous, generally without cause.
Ufif Hiiv tnn manv thincs on the
instalment plan. - Perhaps there is a
star boarder. 1 he daughter s gen
tleman callers are objectionable to
the old man. His filthy talk and vile
accusations, absolutely inseparable
from-the booze habit, break up the
family life and lead to more drink
on his part. '
6. Bad weather. Too hoi, too
cold, too stormy, etc. !
7. Death in the household a very
frequent cause of drink.
8. Wife is going to have a baby.
The poor husband loses his nerve
just when his assistance is most
nHri anrt th natrnl wapon lucrs
him off to the police station.
9. Disappointed in love. After his
best girl jilted him Charles squared
things up with' her by getting drunk.
10. Keligious disagreements.
11. Too many convivial com-
Danaons. Drinking then may be
classed among the contagious
diseases.
12. Celebrating a hohdav. a birta-
day or the like.
13. Because he went to a funeral,
a wedding or a christening.
H. rear ot ridicule ana tne jeers
of friends. ,
15. Fear of arrest or a summons
to appear in court.
About
Eligible Omaha Bachelors
If Harry M. Christie had re
mained a country school teacher he
would not now count his wealth in
six, figures. That' seems a fairly
safe statement. But he abandoned
the three "R's" for the big "R" or
real estate and now look at him!
Wealth as srarerl hicr automobile.
apartment in the Hamilton, member
of many clubs, long vacations spent
in travel.
He lives like the heroes in the
Traffic Signal .Box
On Sixteenth Street
, Entertains Crowds
Speculation was rife around Six
teenth and Harney streets last week
when the new traffic signal station
was being installed as to the nature
of the queer. "box on a pole." One
pedestrian suggested that a light
house was being built, while another
said that it was to be an observation
tower to scan the country for boot
leggers. A landing platform for air
planes was expected by one pro
phetic gazer to be the resulting
edifice of which the steel column
was the first support. At last a
traffic cop ended the speculation by
telling the purpose of the heavy
steel question provoker.
tlndesirable Citizens.
And don't you yearn
To smash Jack LJaw, -
Who always vows
that tit nas saw.'
And oft you've wished
To see impounded
Jim Jenks, who. wept
When friends were drownded.
It drives me madder
Than ever jazz did
To hear Bill Brown
Murder "haa did,"
16. Fear of an impending opera
tion or a tooth extraction.
17. A desire to be smart, tough
or the real thing.
18. Because a stranger offered
him the liquor.
19. Because of unusual hardships
and other disagreeable features
connected with their job. Herein
lies every imaginable excuse.
20. To stimulate an appetite. 1
can't eat anything unless I have a
ball first," or "I can't eat fried
stuff."
21. To encourage sleep.
22. To brace up his courage gen
erally or to forget his sorrows.
23. Many men, such as teamsters
or icemen, deliver goods at the sa
loon or are constantly driving by
the door, so that the temptation is
always with them.
24. Because the saloorv is a social
center and a very convenient one at
that. He must be a mighty cheap
sport who won't support the insti
tution which he frequents.
25. The saloon is a convenient
banking institution for borrowing
money or cashing checks. The fav
ored person, of course, returns the
kindness by buying a few drinks.
26. For countless thousands of
men the saloon is the public com
fort station, providing the only
available toilet accommodations dur-.
ing business hours and open till 11
o'clock at night. This is one of th
chief causes of drinking and is a
feature of the problem that most of
the temperance and prohibition peo-
Only 1 5 Men Turn Out
When .General Wood
Inspects Fort Crook
The 20th infantry, United States
regulars, established at Fort Crook
two weeks ago, has been stripped
from 1,750 men to 157 officers and
men. Seven distinct companies are,
now organized at the fort.
Some skeleton!
Col. J. W. Jordan, commanding
rffirr aaiH that hut IS nlistM men
were avananie ior uuiy wiicn ma
jor General Wood made his trip of.
inspection last week." ' '
The entire 15 turned put.
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People
"movies" except that he hasn't a
Jap valet so far as we know.
Harry was born in Pennsylvania
in the ancient town of Greensburg
in 1870. He came to Iowa with his
parents when he was a small boy
grew Up at Stewart, la., where he
went through the public schools,
including the' hjgh school. Then
he took a course in the Dexter Nor
mal college at Dexter, la., and was
already to teach. ;
But $60 a month didn't prove
attractive to him very long. He
was a 12 o'clock feller in a 9 o'clock
town. So he moved to a ,: 12
o'clock town, to Omaha, and went
into the real estate business -on the
south side in 1895. He prospered'
and later associated himself with
W. Farnam Smith, in which asso
ciation he still continues. .
Harry is one of those efficiency,
fellows who has the gift of accom
plishing a great deal with a mini
mum of effort. Though apparently
never in a rush, he does an enor
mous amount of work.
He is a bachelor, but not a
woman hater. No, indeed! Quite
the opposite. He likes to take the
girls riding in his motor car and he
likes to dance with them- at the.
Athletic club, Field club, Semour,
Lake club and other clubs to which
he belongs. He likes to take 'em
to the theaters and movies. In
fact he makes himself very useful
in this respect.
He was president of the Omaha ,
Real Estate exchange and is active'
as an officer in several other city
organizations, as well as some cut
in the state.
"Marry in haste; repent at lei- -sure,"
is Harry's motto and hi
sticks to it.
Trusty Pours Water
on a Police Captain
and Latter "Blows Up"
The quiet of Police Captain Vy'
nous' sanctum was rudely broken
when a stream of water poured,
through his open window and
drenched his new uniform.
Turnkey Charlie Elotts told a
trusty to take a hose and wash xff ;
the front steps. The captain's win,
dow was open and very handy to the
steps.
A wag chanced along.
"Be sure and water those flowers
on the window sill," he instructed
the trusty.
Mr- Trusty believes "orders is or
ders.' He turned the hose full on
the flower box on the captain's win
dow sill.
The flowers were well wet. But
they were not alone in their glory.
Vanous' snowy white cap with gold
eagles and silver doodads all over it
was also well wet. His shirt and
trousers, too, were well wet.
With a roar and a sputter, he
raced from his deck. Trusty, turn
key, sergeants, patrolmen, every
body even the reporters were ob
jects of his tirade.
Ball players will cost three cents
a mile while traveling this season
and a lot more than that while
they're eating, " ,