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Mrs. Zella Davis, a star among women bowlers of Cleveland, 0., has introduced a bowling skirt that probably will become popular among women who followed the sport. The skirt isdivided, like the kind sometimes used"'ter horseback rid ing. There is a panel that buttons across the skirl when it is to be worn on the street, so it cannot be seen the skirt is divided. Coif has hit Japan with a bang and it is predicted that within a year or so Japs will play in tournaments for the open championship. Clubs have been formed at Tokio, Yokohama and Kobe and beautiful courses laid out The Japs have been quite profi cient in baseball for some time and fencing and wrestling are compul sory in the education of high-born boys. Hockey and football are being taken up. COMES TO GET BIDS FOR WAR MUNITIONS FACTORIES H.N .Riabouchiiis V Representative of Russian capital ists, who has just arrived in this country to get bids for contracts for building extensive war munitions factories in Russia. SALOON EVILS POINTED OUT BY SALOON MEN Let the city give the saloonkeeper a square deal, then make the saloon keeper give the city a square deal and there will be no trouble from the saloons. That's what two saloon keepers and a retired brewer told the municipal commission on liquor traf fic yesterday. "About 10 per cent of Chicago's, saloons are objectional," said Theo. Oehne, retired brewer. "The city can easily rid itself of this 10 per cent "About 2,000 saloonkeepers are losing money every day and cabar ets, which have an evil Influence, are helping to lose lots of money. " "Breweries own 3,000 saloon licenses and the barkeeps who work under a brewery license get much better consideration than the inde pendent license owner. Stamp out gambling in the saloons and 'keep criminals out of them." "Let the policeman patrol my sa loon just as he does his beat," said J. M. Maskell, saloonkeeper, 1159 W. Adams. "I try to keep criminals out of my place, but I can't always tell them. The policeman should be able to spot them at once. , "Saloonkeepers keeping disorder ly places are doing so with knowl edge of the police. They can't run racing handbooks or let soliciting women come into their saloons with out paying the police for the privi lege." Thos. Greif, 3227 N. Western av., who has been keeping a saloon 19 years without getting into trouble onde, says saloons would not lose money if they were'forbidden to sell anything but beer and wine. o o A lawyer had advertised for an of fice boy. He was examining an ap plicant and asked: "Do you ever tell lies?" "No," the boy replied, "but I can learn soon."