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m joq tgary n ' if Miss Helen Gould is the only one of the women who says she doesn't want to be a deputy sher iff. She says she has troubles enough of her own. Mrs. Young, wife of a million aire banker, but better known as Mme. Nordica, the grand opera singer, has no doubt abou accept ing. "Assuredly I shall accept." she said today. "It is only right that women should be given the op portunity to act as guardians of the peace." Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont declar ed that she would be more than pleased to receive her commis sion. The only thing at which she would draw the line, she said, would be raiding gambling' houses. "I don't think women ought to be expected to do that. But .there is plenty of other work for wom en deputies. The women, you see, don't want to oust the men ; they want to work side by side with them, each doing his or her kind of work." Mrs. James . Lees Laidlaw, chairman of the borough of Man hattan for woman suffrage, said she would accept the ''honor" of being a deputy, while Miss Inez Milholland, society leader, suff ragette, law student and herself arrested once at a suffragette meeting said she was perfectly willing to serve. The only difficulty that has arisen so far is ust how the wom m are going to carry the tradi tional revolver of the deputy sher iff. When the question was put to some of the prospective depu ties, they said vaguely that they "would find a way? but refused to speculate on possible solutions, o o REAL SPORT LEADERS Frank Gotch, Wrestling Champion. A Culinary Paradox. "Your cook is a contrary kind of creature." "How so?" "Because she is a rare cook, yet all her works are well done." -Baltimore American. , o o "One way to save money is to pare your apples and potatoes thin," says Uncle Hez. That's all right, Unk, but if you are too careful, you'll waste "twice what the potatoes arc worth in time. Has to be some happy medium.