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FOP.. THE BUSY MAN
Constant Reader Tells What He
Mused in Last Week's Papers.
-You * rr ** SSJ ' Sng In our Sasi tat!r -" *°- ia th* Busy
•„.. to ti* Constant Reader, "that the Pennsyl
"T'a Railroad VMS hold up the coal men. Have
jTraflroftd officials pot out ea consequence*"
*^p.p'*' rt I'i lc2jrn > resident ass'.str.nt to President
fsssstt, rested," replied the Conrta&t Rtador.
••ut hr «aii he had retired rot because of his
"j-j. been found to have big blocks of coal
,jj for v.:irh he paid nothing, but because he
ts3 n-afhea the ape lim'.t. The probe now is to be
«»f<: or. the Baltimore A: OiAa as ■well as on the
penr-syivauin, witnesses having been summoned by
♦y" Interstate Commerce Cclr.lra3r.jon from both
ggspur.irs. Tr.e conference cf Senators and Repre
ogl2tn* his agreed 10 nearly ell of the fifty-one
oe^djnfnt* to the Railroad Ziaxe bill But rail-
Jlfis did >v>t Interest Washington and the coun
»-v si Uxs* so roach last week ac meat."
~*lVhr.t '. Hif the B<ef Trust been caught aceept
£l rebates?" ir.te*. ruptt-d the Busy Man.
•■jt is Dot a qufftron of rebates, but of filth," re
(r0 «gei the Constant Reader. 'President Roose
ty.t. teaminj that revoltsngly ur.Bar.lte.ry condi
tions tx:-*=tr t l at the Chicago stockyards, had two
fprria! investigators make an examination. The
jtport DC lJ»O inejieetonr. oor.f.rmc-d bU worst sus
pijior.s. Accordingly. Senator Beveridge lntro
tx?& a bill for a most t hor ough federal invt-Bii
ptica Ctf tr.e methods cf the packers. The beef
pa a re "*" tir -S the bill, of course, tooth and
•But how s.hout the slaughter house* right in
ttii titj r ' askt-d tl.e Uufj- Man.
-Dr. Parttngtoo, the Hoalih Commissicner. after
i tour of irsi.cction, aaJd '.h*-\ were all right." wae
xix rep!>- "Officer* of various butchers' unions
jtii otherwise, son* of them saying: that New
Icrk CJty tasrpectoni ars l>ritx-d to overlook #Js*
es«ril neat, ■which is SSI ■ for sautnages or disposed
ci In sow other way. The stir over bad beef has
grouts Europe as well, ii..- Hou»e of Commons.
*or ir.st.'ino-'. takir.g up the Question ts to bow far
the British j.ublic mlffht be protected. Tho Navy
*>j>-rtr;ent, however, is more wrought up ov*r
po»fier ttszca be»-f. Several of Its officers are ar
ca«*l ft having oon^pirwl to <srfraud the Rovem
r.«r.t c.i manj thousands of dollars through the
jen-hase of iv»wcipr at twlre Its actual value.
sJfan:in-.e da President has brezi down South. On
H-P"* 44 * 11 DajT be spoke at Portsmouth. Va., and
BBveQed a mnnument In the Naval Ometery. He
tisr. adAreaed Itoe ptutiorts of Hasn|rtTn Institute."
ferns on* was tfiling me that prizefights had
tierr. lf-fra 1 z<-i. r.nd New York*-rs wrr<=> to f*e<» all
t*!ey «a'it«-d." sail the Busy Man.
■1 don't TOader at such a report." saM the Con
itart Header. "F'?hts have been pulled off so
frcQaestly lately that one misht think ts:em tol
eraK-d by law. Govorr.or Hlspinf. however, became
trousi^J iniJ ordered Sheriff Hayes to do his duty.
The polirr- zlpn SSCSSSS active and closed up one
Vlub.' which had b?»<?n holdir.g fights almost every
Eijht. Tie Governor signed the Barnes Liability
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
SHALL WE BE SUBMERGED?
J. H. B (Saplnaw. Ml.h.): In your answer to
E. M. (Sew ton. Conn.) you discuss the various
c&uso? that may bring about •he end of the
vnrid. It pfx-TnF to ate, however, that you
ornlttM one of the most probable cruises of the
destruction of all life. c. g., a general submer
sion. Are there not scientific facts in favor of
this theory? And If *-o. how lung will it take
before our pint*- will be swallowed up by the
ocean?
The possibility of a general submersion of our
frlobe is almost inconceivably small, though if
& y>f-n»r>") consider? only one class of evidence he
rr.ight easily l*>lieve in It. Th« continents are
constantly losing their substance, which Is be
ir.s carried ir.to the oc^an. Geographers tell
us that if all asperities of the earth were evenly
distributed over Its ■ tin surface it would
form a plateau about TOO metres above the
•§& lev*]. This plateau is undoubtedly subject
10 th« attacks of the ocean and atmospheric ln
fiii'-r -«■ T. rivers constantly carry into the
fa fragments of the rocks disintegrated through
tumidity, frost, thaw, drouth, etc. According
to the eminent Scotch naturalist Murray, the
easnai delivery of the nineteen principal rivers
of our Blobe amounts to 3.G50 cubic kilometres.
STM vitt-rs carry into the sea more than one
Usßie- of solid matter in suspension dally,
that i*. I> parts of solid matter to every l<c».ii<>t
pans of fluid. This calculation, applied to the
lirjr*- Md s:r.all rivers. gH ss S 000 cubic kilo-
Ettrts- of v.a'er carrying 1" cubic kilometres of
to'Ja ir.;ttttT Into the ocean.
TV -siaves, too, undermine the continents.
English pc-ologirts as-tert that the British coasts
!**d<! under the action of the sea at the rate
et three metres in a cer.tury- In France, at
Havre, tat Instance, the cliffs lose 0.25 of a
Pttre cnauaily, while the loss of the calcareous
MUliftmteia coasts is even estimated as high as
on* metre a year. On the other hand certain
Wfists rtiow hardly any disintegration wrought
ly the w.'ivf>. Now. assuming for the entire
fiobe an ablatioa of thr'-e metres in a century.
the Total iors for the whole extent of the coasts
<*the c)o\,e. which is estimated at _'•• ■»<'■ kilo-
BMtres. h as been calculated to be 300,000.< XX)
•SUe metres* <-r -j of a cubic kilometre:
Tfc»>pf- £re besides other causes of loss, such
t* t?if- dlFsolvir.sr Dower of the continental wa
in Th» r*»Fu!ts of researches made into the
nsiss the Danube and the Thames go to
j^*' ihct tbe ouantity of matter thus lost by
*^« coatiaeata through dissolution is no less
ttts fi' «. cubic kilometres annually. Altogether.
*♦ hay*. thf-r^fore. a total of 16 cubic, kilometres
r V" ■ firm land givp» up annually to the sea.
The ratface of the continental plateau of TOO
Satres bHsbt i(= 146.000.0 CM square metres. The
■Wlttoa of Ifl cubic kilometres causes it an an
*ca! leas of a slice of 11-100 of a millimetre in
j**Hrrmn. The fragments of this slice settle on
«* bo'tom vi the sea and occupy the place of a
**"*^'.ri quantity of water, thus producing a
f2"*i rt^ing of the sea.
How*ver. them is another side to the case.
£•** I* *-vid* r.ce of repeated changes of level In
** Pt-FT. whereby the rontinents were lifted
j!"*) bw to grr-at elevations. It is safe to way
«t thesr agencies wiil perform the same func
*» In the future, and thus offset the levelling
wifJen'-ies cf the weather and streams Again.
*~l* ih* couft line Is beln*y eaten away in some
*****. irs others it if beln* extended by the
•*Bsl' of foil from the interior. The delta of
g»>"— Irrini affords a good illustration of this
I**s*- These v-< 5 trier 1 rations *-ffect
to^r <!'sor#*lit the notion that the earth will be
•*eJy covered by water.
OUR ANCESTORS.
'• I 5I 5 - F. (Monroe, N. V.): What would be the
]***- population of the earth if the Increase
7 asr.kind had not been interfered with by
■Hi*
!*! * problem has been worked out by Proctor.
to him. If from a single pair, for five
*■"■■«»£ years, each husband and wife had
** fn^ at twenty-one years of age, and there
*><*r" .10 deaths, the population of the earth
*°uld L* 2.109,015. followed by 141 ciphers. It
s>ulS require to hold this population a number
£ »or.djj the gize of this. OQual to 3.106.520. fol
2**- by 125 ciphers. The human mind shrinks
*"^* contemplating such immense numbers.
MILK.
m f. '>■ (KalamajEoo. Mich.): What are the con
""^nts of milk?
-formal milk contains from 81 to SO per cent
**•* tad from 10 to 17 per cent solid substance.
*hlch about 8.4 per cent are fnts. 3.C per cent
and albumen. 45 per cent sugar of milk
£C 7 I*-r cent athes. Not every kind of rr.ilk,
Vlr < contains these constituents In the same
* Xrtions. Accordire to the food, the race, the
Z«*L <tc * the composition of the milk varies
**** certain limits. Probably the most :.-..
bill extending to railroad workmen the same rights
as to collection of damages for injury or death as
other employes. li. also signed ■ bill creating
the office of Commissioner of Deeds in New York
City, a Jab which it li said was created for Senator
Grady. He vetoed the two Patrick bills, ir.tended
to aid the fight which the condemned murderer of
William M. Rice is making to escape the electric
chair. This fight ha.- been dragging on for Fix
years. The Governor, by the way. appointed Cuth
bert W. Pound, of Lockport, to fill the unexplred
term of the late Supreme Court Justice Henry A.
Child*."
"The gas company threatens to take out my
meter unless I pay the dollar rate." said the Busy
Man. ' "But 1 won't pay it."
"The chances are. then, that you will be cut off
of pas." said the Constant Reader. A test case
in which a consumer sought to enjoin the com
pany against taking out his meter because he
would pay only SO cents a thousand feet was
decided against the consumer. Justice L<-ventrltt
•aid the question should be left to the federal
courts, where the legal fight started. The special
grand jury on insurance learned that millions
of dollars were paid out by the Mutual In fake
"ills. Most of the money went to Andrew •:.
Fields for stopping 'hostile' legislation at Albany.
The efforts to mutualise the Equitable received a
setback «tt its annual meeting. Jamos W. Alex
ander, ex-presid»»nt of the Equitable, has gone to
Europ* So al?o has John D. Rockefeller, who
left New York on Thursday on board the Deutseh
land. Meantime in:- telephone company lias cut
its rates all along thf line. It will cost only five
cents to use the 'phone hereafter at most pay
stations in Manhattan.' 1 '
"Some time ago you said the King of Spain was
betrothed," said the Busy Man. "How much longer
will he have to wait before he can marry?"
K'np Alfonso XIII married on Thursday
1 nneesa Ena of Battenbers. granddaughter of
VJue«n Victoria." said the Constant Reader "She
will be known as Queen Victoria. Her reign,
however, came rear a midden end. At the very
conclusion of the nuptial ceremony the King and
Queen barely escaped being killed by a bomb
which was thrown at their carriage. A wire di
verted the missile, however, which fell among the
crowd of courtiers and spectators, causing *hi
death of twenty persons. The assassin, the police
say. was captured. In Russia a bomb thrown nt
General Alikhanoff, Governor General of Kutais,
nearly killed him. The struggle between the
J'ouma end the Goremykin ministry became more
bitter. The ministry refused to resign as the
Douma demanded. Famine threatens some of the
provinces. Many prisoners are being executed for
political acts, and at Sevastopol another mutiny
broke out. only to be checked with the most severe
measures. A bill for the relief of the Irish poor
providing that 122.600.000 be loaned for building
twenty-five thousand cottages was introduced in
the House of Commons by James Brye. Another
part of the crater of Vesuvius fell, frightening the
peasants of nearby villages. a rebellion has broken
out in temala. the insurgents massing on the
Mexican border. General Castillo and General Bar
rlllas have been leading the attack on President
Cabrera.**
"Somewhere I heard that a well known Irishman
was toad." said the Busy Man.
"You mean Michael Davitt." said the Constant
Reader. "He died after a long and painful illness.
Others who died last week were Representative
lir.},.-rt Adams, jr.. of Philadelphia, who committed
suicide because of financial lasses; Charles H. Knox.
ex-president of the Board of Education of this city
and an active Tammany man. Dr. Charles TV. Allen,
of this city, who died at Gibraltar; Miss Ellen
Burg, the actress; Zara PYeeborn, a sculptor, and
James E. Scrimps, the Detroit journalist."
portant constituent of milk is its fat. The fat
in found In the form of minute globules that can
only be detected by means of the microscope.
Ex.ict measurements go to show that the diam
eter of thes*- globules is from 0.0016 to 0 01 milli
metre. It has been calculated that a litre (1.1
quarts) of milk \>lth 2.3 per cf-nt of fat con
tains 1.883,700,000,000, and with .'-5.3 per cent of
fat ■.KS.SOO.OOO.OOQ, of these fatty globules.
HUSBAND'S CLAIM TO WIFE*S PROPERTY.
Inquirer <Walden. N V.V (1) If children have
been born alive during the marriage the hus
band has. by courtesy, the rents and profits of
the rial estate for his life If there are no chil
dren nil thr- wife's property goes to the husband.
Y<->u (an, bo we vet. by wil! so dispose of your real
estate and personal property as to prevent your
husband from getting anything.
TO STOP BLEEDING.
E H A. (Bridgeport, Conn): Can you give me
c preparation for stopping a flow of blood from
small cut^ 0
No special preparation is needed for this pur
pose, th«> in 1 ■Sill 11 of a carefully cleansed finger
being the best temporary device to stop bleed
ing This is true no matter how large tht cut
vessel may be. If there be more than ene bleed
ing vessel two or more fingers may be used,
or the finger may be changed If tired. When
. - only moderate in amount or occurs
-:nall arteries or large veins just beneath
th^ skin, it can almost always be stopped per
tly by a firm pad of gauze bound over the
wound with a bandage. General oozing of blood
mail vessels may be stopped by the ap
., n of cold and beat. Cold may be applied
by pouring tee water into a wound or by putting
lee directly on the bleeding surface. Hot water
a a temperature of 120 to 125 degrees F acts
by contracting th*> vails of the vessels and bast.
ening the coagulation of the blood.
COINS.
A. M D. mansomville. N. V •: "Will you kind
ly* (-tare the value of the following coins: (1)
An English halfpenny of ITS 3; (2) tiny, six
cornered gold pieces of 1853. 1855 and IST2.
mlrked 'California. ',; dollar." (1) No value
(27 These are only tokens, not coins; worth 2o
to 7.". cents.
X M. W. (St. Paul. Minn.): What you call
Mexican dollars are Brazil 1.200 reis pieces,
worth 40 cents. The Continental $20 note retails
at 25 cents.
H (Vermont): The gold quarter of IRTI is
worth from To to ", cents, according to perfec
tion; the rest are all common.
SHORT ANSWERS.
j a W E rjßstetO. Fla.>: Please inform me
wtoera I caj» obtain a copy of the -Preliminary
List of Three Hundred Simplified Words," as
mentioned in your article on spelling reform.
Apply to the Simplified Spelling Board, No. 1
Madison avenue. New York City.
D. W. S. (Phillips. Me.): There is only one
textbook for learning Esperanto to be had in
this country— i. c.. J. C. O'Connor's "Esperanto. '
which you can obtain from Brentanoa, book
sellers. New York City.
DEM (Recce, Kan.): Please give the total
number of farmers in the United States, accord
ing to the last census. Farmers, planters and
o£rUrß. 5.674.875. Of this total number
L 4K J , '315 are farmers and planters, HA.OIMI farm
ers (members of family); milk farmers, farm
and plantation overseers. 17,<x>..
H. Q. C. (Port Jervis, N. V): We do not find
the MM sfSlspntH «" the "Gazetteer." As to
th«- pronunciation, the a should be pronounced
as In father
B. T. (Kingston. N. V.): Will you kindly tell
me who composed "They Knew It Was Teddy,"
who is the publisher and where can I get it?
The composer of this hit is Hope Chatterton.
Tho publisher is Severance Johnson, No 154
Nassau street. New York City It can be bought
in any New York music store for 2"» cents.
THE CANTANKEROUS MEMBER.
Elder Kwpalons — When we hear of these ter
rible calamities happening in other parts of the
world, deacon, we ought to be ftxeeedlngly thank
ful that cur lot Is enst In a favwd land. , . ,
Deacon Ironside— the contrary, elder. I l**-i
like resenting it. What Hunt have we got. 1 d
like to know, to be better off than other people?—
Cftloago Tribune.
MEW-YOEK DATLY TRIBUNE. BUNDAT. JtJBB S. 1000.
PRESENT DAY BASEBALL
Enthusiasm, of Fans Contagious—
Work of Professionals Strenuous.
A Pessimist who had convinced himself that
baseball was a foolish, outworn sport went to
American League Park the other day. He
had argued that It was a national mistake. For
why should a man delight in watching others
exercise, and what profit to behold a horsehide
sphere swatted into the air? Who cared about
three-base hits fnd rooting for the home team
and childishly hissing the foe from Washington?
It would surely be tedious to mix with the self
hypnotized mob of fans, who fitted the Scriptural
definition of a peculiar people, since they had
neither the football lust for blood nor the gam
bling pa salon of racegoers.
'I am going to the game just to prove my
theory," said the Pessimist.
Now, it was a sunny day, and the air in th?
grandstand was good to the nostrils. The Hud
eon River and the Palisades w*re a restful back
ground. A sweep erf emerald lawn, sprinkled
with golden dandelion?, a generous space beyond
the chalk and earth marked diamond, artistical
ly matched the blossoming apple trees across
the fence. A small boy was perched in one of
these. Two wedge shaped black groups of tech
nically dishonest spectators occupied the rocks
overlooking the grounds.
The bleachers were fining rapidly. The grand
stand tchoed a scuffle or' fe-^>, the voice of the
peanut boy and the man with cushions to hire.
A member of Congress, a fat lawyer and a lean
Wall Street broker met in an aislo and shook
hands, grinning broadly. Three Oortd, jovial
looking priests p:h together, and two lit cigars
and one began to munch peanuts. A tall, liur.l
some woman in a magenta gown and an ostrich
feather hat marked ;; score card with her gold
ca.sed pencil. Gray, sedate persons and fastidi
ously dressed youths, judges, bankers and clerks
seemed to relax into an easygoing camaraderife.
Everybody made remarks to his neighbor, asked
or answered question.-. It was as if some secret
password had revealed a common membership
in a high, ancient and honorable order.
"These must h*-> the fans," muttered the Pessi
mist. "Whatever inspires thorn. I admit they're
a eheerfu! lot. ... Of course it is rather
pleasant out here— ouch! Get of! my corns:
. . . Yes. I have half a mind to buy pome
peanuts myself."
The blue clad Washinfaons and the white
shirted Yankees, who had been prancing around
for exercise, batting and catching easy balls,
took their positions. A white shirt t wirier made
snaky gestures in the box. a squatting catcher
dipped his fingers in the dun as secret token, a
blue visitor nervously waved his bat up and
down, and the youthful umpire, with a full size
baby's mattress <>n his ch.-st. peered forward
like an auto fiend in a mile-a-minute race.
THE FUN BEGINS.
Swish! Thud!
"B-a-all o-one!" droned the umpire.
"A-h-h-h." breathed thr.e thousand throats ln
tense 1 spe< tancy.
Next minute It seemed that the air was full
of balls that Railed backward Into the Hudson,
sideways among the spectators and plump into
the hands of outfielders. Men were running,
sliding, dodging around the diamond like rabbits
chased by a grayhound. Coachers and players,
grandstand dignitaries and bleacher enthusiasts
Joined in vnried cries:
"What's the matter?" "Keep It going!" "Cut
the heart of the plate!" "Run. ye tarrler!"
"Right over. Johnny!" "He's out! He's out!"
"Get some specs. Mr. Umpire!" "'Go on, go on!"
"Beat It home. Mike!" "Come back'" "Slide!"'
"Take off your carpet slippers!" "That's right,
converse with him. Mr. Manager!" "Where'd
you get them boots. Senator?" "Yah. yah, down
and out!" • Sklddoo, Washington!"
The Pessimist woke up to find himself yelling
with the rest. He simply couldn't help it
Anyhow, it was good for the lungs, and made
him feel as he did ln the long departed time
when the circus came around. Besides, it was
a duty to aid fellow New Yorkers and down the
disgustingly arrogant Senators, who thought
they knew how to play.
Si ton after th* Yankee manager and a fat
umpire got Into a dispute. The umpire ordered
the manager from the field, and furthermore
pwurig a pudgy fist and hit him on the jaw.
"Bobber! Robber! Kill the umpire!" shrieked
the Infuriated mob Of fans, the Pessimist among
them, and clambering over the seats they
start-d to succor their beloved representative
and attack the trembling minion of authority.
It was only the ,-irrival of half a dozen police
men that prevented a general scrimmage and
a glorious old fashioned umpire chase over 1 1 < I ' 1
and fence, and perhaps into the cool waters of
the Hudson. The fellow was fat. but doubtless
he would have put on speed with so much en
couragement at his heels.
• I have become a fan— it's In my blood," aw
fully whispered the Pessimist to himself, home
ward bound.
This, however, was a premature conclusion
It takes at least two days to become a member
of the high, ancient and honorable fraternity,
as the Pessimist discovered, for th? second
day he hissed the New Tork manager, Jeered at
the home pitcher and applauded several vi?iu>rs.
Fickle tngrate! Since no other reason c-ouid be
assigned, he confessed, this, too. was In the
blood of the fan.
• Baseball from the players' point of view is
as uncertain as politics and as heartrending as
grand opera. It is a good thing that most pro
fessionals are built with Jaws like the overhang
of cup racers and bumps of sensitiveness re
duced to the vanishing point, else they would
soon pine away from grief. If the iron had
not entered their souls through a hard appren
ticeship of blacksmithing and boilermaking
they would go about the world weeping like
Werther and moaning like Coriolanus.
FICKLE PUBLIC.
To-day they are idolized and feted, garlanded,
hoisted on the shoulders of shouting worship
pers. Pretty girls ask for their autographs.
Small boys beg the privilege of carrying their
luggage. The evening papers print their pict
ures, and some editorial writers overlook the
European situation in giving praise to the na
tional champions. To-morrow from this dizzy
height there is maybe a plunge into unfathomed
depths of scorn. The grandstand hisses or is
coldly silent. Instead of crying "Bully boy!'
the bleachers tauntingly shout "Four Bushur!"
A mutfled ball elicits a Jeer anent frozen lingvrs,
and a base stealer caught in the act is advised
to count fifteen and eight The small boy who
was carrying the hero's luggage now shri/ks
epithets and makes gestures of tine:- imrort.
Worst of all, the fickle fans approve the efforts
of the enemy and openly rejoice when the
strangers score against the home town.
•>.. disgusted became 10,000 Brooklyn fans
as they saw the home team beaten to a pulp,"
it was recorded the other day, "that they be»an
to root for the aggregation from the City of
Brotherly Love."
It was not disgust, probably, up much as plain
everyday fickleness. The fan would not be satis
fled even if the home team made no mistakes
and won forever. The fierce alternations of
love and hatred seem necessary to his being.
"Yep. it's a tough thing to b*» catcalled by
your own friends," said a horny-handed profes
sional TO the writer. "Too expect the gaff when
you're in other cities, and don't mind it. But
Bay! whenthem home folks who've been throw
ins HuU-to-the-Chief bouquets suddenly start to
give out heads of verbal skunk cabbage. it puts
ye sore, it makes you feel Ilka emlgTatln' to
Borneo."
The pitcher, in proportion to the idolatry ne
receives as the main factor In -a team. Is derided
and Insulted above his fellows. He is to blame
for nearly everything that happens, including a
rainy day and poor batting on his side. >\ hat
ever blame misses him is heaped on the mana
ger. Of ooursa. ■ th» • umuJro • may.; have trouolea,
too. but no human being ever has thought of
looking on his case with a sympathetic eye.
Umpires and apies are born to the universal de
testation of mankind.
"If it wasn't for the home gaff and a few rank
decisions from behind the plate, we'd be happy."
said a red headed twirler.
There is said to be ln general as little jealousy
n the baseball profession to-day as exists be
tween political bosses of opposing parties. It's
a matter of business with the plnyers and the
country controlling trust that er.-.ploys them. A
player is bought and sold in the open market of
the league . !ul>s without b°ln?: consulted in th»
matter. Every team has forf'g-n talent that is
constantly being renewed. If individual feeling
shows itself over the salary question at signing
tirpe. or th^ pitcher is believed t'< be ratting an
undue share of glory, this does not usually
hinder a businesslike behavior In the field. Time
was when clubs shared the rurtous rivalry of
random." and desperate tricks were played by
jealous heroes; hut the modern professional is
anxious to conserve his vitality and hold his Job,
.Ukr tne opera artist, he cannot afford to get
angry or excited; 'twould h=- reflected in his bat
ting r-erc^r.tace.
TEAM WORK BULES.
Everything in the modern game depends on
team work and an elaborate system of sex-ret
signals. The apish genuflecUoas of pit- her and
cat.;. p r have a precise Interpretation. Borne
times a mosquito bites the twirier's neck and he
-to m ratch for fear of keir misuu
od. Three fingers at the left eat may in
form the right fielder that a ball throur to con
nect with tl.f tip of the enemy's hat wii! he
coming his way. A kangaroo pose may signify
an inshoot for the left fielder. When the co?xher
at first bass shouts gibberish he is probably giv
>tim tioi:s.
The player is called on for a deal of head
• - w< li as f. 01 and hand activity; and the
• -is of leading professionals in
law and business show the all around quality of
brains. A <i art forehead and big Jaw may drr
well enough for ci romon ; urposes, but it lakes a
model, arith thin checks and eag^r ey*s
to earn ofl the high honors. On the other
. nd - ■ "ducation minus brawn and =kill
does not hi tp to win p traants
"The best stuff is educated in the alleys and
c^'uk i.,t .. ■ „t l, i an oldtimer. A college player
nas to unlearn sudden and various things *Of
"i'i--' ; we have some clever lads with Greek
roots hanging to their names, and their influ
ence is all to the refinement but a husky fellow
unos been brain fed in a machine shop shows
up a better average."
Ph ii" s .' . ci , li^ s lo °* aUke to the professional. A
roiladelphla expects extra jeers in New York
and Minneapolis and St. Paul, like all n^ighb.r
ing communities, make it a point to accentuate
mutual scorn The South Is hot-headed, and the
west lacks police protection f^r umpire and
visitors. It is sometimes embarrassing to play
in a Western town where the fans carry six
shooters and tie sheriff wants to be re-elected
Bostons <-ultuie is shown in discriminating ap
e\fn thr bleachers use refined epithets
and the irony of the grandstand is so delicate tnut
tne visitors often mistake it f..r compliment
New lork is a severe critic. There is alleged v>
be a metropolitan deathwatch that goes to the
games just to gloat over misfortune.
While travelling the player is under the
paternal eye of the manager. His food water
sleep and tobacco are carefully prescribed He
Is forbidden to enter saloons and must be abed
at ths hotel by 10 o'clock. A man m:iy he worth
more than his salary to the manager; h» repre
sents perhaps a bonus of several thousand dol
lars paid' to another club; and therefore too
much care cannot be taken to keep him fit.
At home, however, this dose supervision does
not obtain, for a majority of the players have
families and go to live wirh them. The manager
then trusts to honor that the road rul^s are
obeyed, and occasionally scouts through the
Broadway cafes to see whether an errant cham
pion is dissipating
STERN DISCIPLINE.
It is told that a famous player once broke
loose, went to the theatre, and at midnight held
court in a Rialto rathskeller. He was drinking
champagne and graciously accepting the homage
uK actors, sporting men and messenger boya,
when the manager entered and said:
"Tom, what are you doing here? Drop that
mug and slope for the bed^uilts."
"Yes, Mr. ," replied Tom. meekly. "I
was just going. Forgot how late it was."
Light gymnasium work is indulgf-d ln by some,
while most players take no exercise beyond the
game and an hour or two ot preliminary prac
tice. The professional skill seems even mote
remarkable in the preliminary, warming vi, than
in the regular game. For instance, two men
standing fifty feet apart bat and catch a ball
half a dozen times without letting it drop to
carth — the batter not touching the sphere with
his hands.
The use of chewing gum is equally popular
among fans and players. This may partly ac
count for jaw development.
Th* average age of professionals is twenty
eight, but there are youngsters of twenty-one
and veterans in the forties. Romantic marriages
with grandstand admirers have occurred and
several unions with actresses which have given
more or less business to the divorce courts.
Some one has laid it down as a rule, that artists
ought not to marry artists; yet stars of the
stage and the green diamond continue to be
temporarily fascinated with each other.
Am-'ng college men in the profession are
Christy Mathewaon, the Giants" idolized twirler.
and Clarkson, the Yankee pitcher, who was in
and out Of Harvard. Fultz. of the Yankees, who
quit baseball for law. came from Brown. Bender.
of the Athletics, and Leroy, of the New York
Americans, are blooded Indians who have learned
everything In the curriculum at Carlisle. It is
said that these well educated players are con
ri derate of their comrades' feelings and do not
flaunt their knowledge on the diamond. If they
chant c to have a c >py of Emerson in their
pcM ket they keep it th<--re for fear of off>nd!ng
rs of the Nh k Carter library. They cut
out allusions to alma mater, protoplasm and
ornithorhynchus paradoxus. Perhaps it is just
a? well. Most colleg' champions have not had
tirrif- to k<i deep into mere learning.
Salaries range from S1.&00 to jio.nr.o ■ season.
The latter sum is said to be earned by John
McGraw. manager of the Giants. He used to be
hitter an-1 base runner, and is now <,ne
of thf» quickest thin^rs and best leaders of
nun in the profession. Chesbro. the spltball
twirler, is s'':i>po.sf>d to get 18,000. William
Keeler, f;;-i as as a ri^htfielder and batsman.
.• " while the peerless Laj'Me.
- f the develands, gets in \hf neigh
1 of $S.ftft'>. The modern player generally
knows the value of money and after 0 few
seasons has saved a snug little bankroll. In
wintei h.- works at somf trade like boiler
making, paperhanging and carpentry or keeps
books or 1 lerks Ir. a store. Oldttaners were con
tent to loaf in winter and use up their summer
earnings, but thrif' is the motto of the new
gi aeration. It 1? realized to-day 'hat there is no
home for brokendown players, an^ the public
'> >ut as much regard for an ex-champion
as for <'i last year's bouquet.
MOTOHIKG IN INDIA.
An Experience with a Procession of Mahom
etan Fanatics.
During the Mohurrum festival, which usually
lasts two or three days, culminating in the
immersion in the sea (or a river, if an inland
town) of the image or Idol representing some
of their heroes, all Europeans keep chiefly in
doors, or survey the scene from some safe win
dow seat.
In the ordinary way there is not much to see
but a howling rriob of fanatics beating on tom
toms ar4 yelling either maledictions en their
oppon or benedictions on their patrons.
Therefore, we were warned that to take our car
out during these days was dangerous, and
watching the crowd chiefly from behind closed
lattices, we r^st'S^d our sou ' s in patience
But evening had ccme. and the stifling heat
v.as succeeded by & pleasant breeze from the
s»»n. "Let's have a run." Bald we. Although our
courteous hrsi, with Bis thirty-five yecirs of
India behind him, warned us of danger, we felt
that a anon trip to the palm forest of Mahlm
was not only off the route of the Mahometan
pilgrims, but that with cur trusty car we would
be easily able to avoid trouble, and so oft we
went
At first our way ran alongside the sea, and
then we came to the great palm forest of Mahtrn.
and "caution" was the word, for the road Is
but a bullock track, and a too eager turn of the
steering wheel would land us in a smash.
"Subber kurro!" (Stop the carriage) cried a
native suddenly to us. for we almost ran over
him. We wished in a few moments that we had
taken his advice, for we rounded a sharp bend
of the road and, before we cuulil pull up. saw
straight ahead a procession bearing right down
on us. ..
To turn was Impossible, to reverse almost
equally no, and there in front was the *>ffl*y
carried aloft by the bearers, while the fanatical
mob was whooping, yelling and howling. We
stopped the car (not the engines, though) and
hoped the procession would pass: but. alas! no.
Whether they were blinded by our lights or
drunken with excess of zeal, we shall never
know, but without pause they rushed right at
us, and in a moment the figure god was landed
on the Cur. vhllo lampa wot* smashed and
Amusements.
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; \ The Giddy. Glrlr. Gorgeous Rouid of Fle&iaro ■
I THE SOCIAL WHIRL!
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IX E V BROWN of I
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■\ Bn ■'• diverting comedy. ■"■ La *<ir *f /-A jfC !II ■
jM THE MAN oTm BOX "V\" v^^ L
/P 5^ rramatizei by Grace I. FurnJw (lorn Haroli **-•*« the _Old otm * S%m
f« JlacGrath'B famous noveL Kfep* tae To*mr ■""««:
%K^ LYRIC THEATRE— SPECIAL.
X jvsr. 12 & is. m
Tue». and TA>d. HZ*"** and Wed. Ma*. ■
i LAST OPPOnTUXITY IN NEW YORK "JO SEE THE WOSIIW ■
IjrvE * 3005. SA2&AH ■
Thm. Mid Wed. Ev'sa sad We*. BBSS. ■
L.\ST OPPORTIMTY IN NEW YORK TO BKB TH» 'WORI-rj'a ■
GREATEST ARTISTE. SOCK. SAXAH I
P; P 1 pi i\i H A R DT !
3 EVENINGS. A COMPOSITE BIIJU rSCLCTtrVO I
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ro'^^k jjggSJM 14th St.. n««r 3'way.
SA Subway Express Station.
**^ !~rr i>vRFORM\NCE I:s* TO 10:30 P. M. K. F. AXBKE. Oca. X|n.
CONTCSCOCS F^'j l^^ orlSj^ts two weeks In »avane«..«.
: , ■ I*-!, n F Ri 7^.^^!*- i f WALTER C. KKIXY. 11 • MEXA>I TRiCC
VOVR FORD>. ; h wiieCIIKsYkR. I UXS * HAS.SBN. \\ PRICES 150. »n<J J<fcfc
SNYDEB * BCCKLET. I D J\Vi.'.v -MiTH I / SALMON i CHEATER, f ! SO— GREAT ACTS— «a.
&VI- gfan 6 er. Br MM a adnlla d nIIe rt fUQ. *Loo. **>.
TO-MORROW AT 8:20 P. M.
TH, T-^S&^SSiTSSIwA*
THE
GEO. il COHAH
in THE SUMMER SONG SHOW
I GOVERNOR'S SON
WITH AN ENSEMBLE OF SO.
I HEW YORK THEATRE ,
j B-v & 4"th Evi 8:15. Mats 2:15 m^~~~
f KJaw & Erlauger... Managers PRICES
I _ ij-jiiiii ■ _^__^_^^^^^^a^a^st 25^.» OHO. , «5f ., ♦•
™" *~~ ALFRED F. AARON? Presents
HIS HONOR I MAYOR
«n* -uo, » H-prv^TERM <JZ.?£S~
Book by Campbell * Skinner
Muslc by Julian Edwards and Alfred E. Aaron*.
(Direction. WILLIAM RAYMOND SILL.)
with BLANCHE RING
THE ORIGINAL PONY BALLET
100 OTHERS— MOSTLY GIRLS.
.MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND bATt RI)A\.
WISTARIA gRGVEI rKETrTEST
On the New \"<vrk Theatre. PI_\CE IX TOWS.
"The Conserve of Coolth." PL-\CE IX TOW>
OPENS TUES. NIGHT, 8:30.
THE MUSICAL SNAPSHOT.
"SEEING NEW YORK"
with CARRIE DE MAR. AT. LEECH. CHERI
DAH SIMPSON. CLIFTON CRAWFORD. Etc.
Preceded by Some
VERY HIGH VAUDEVILLE
SALERNO. SIX PROVEANIS.
THE HANDY DIXIE MINSTRELS.
Spi-.ell Bros. & Mafk. the Vamomotos.
COLONIAL BROADWAY
COLONIAL « -
• CONCERT ttggßl*£sr™n3sF£.
* LUlNwtKl HISSELU JfAS, J. CORBETT. Etc.
Week Bt-Kinnin^ TO-MOKKOW .Matinees Dally.
I POSITIVELY LAST WEEK IS AMERICA
VESTA TILLEY
RALPH JOHNSTONE ?mc' II KDK DD c s v?E. l^ rasT
WALTER JONES INO MABEL HITE
CSNAKO * lIAILEY. (II V- A. >IV-'i\. LEW
KELLY 4 CO.. EDNA LIBY. .MANELLO. MARWITZ
TROUPE, FERRY COKWEY. THE 3 ROSE;*. Vitag.
Sin/ItfRDA "th Aye. and 12« th St.
A LliA.iiOKA -Phor.e 50.» A —Morn.
**■ CONCERTS TO-DAY. 2:15 and S:ls.
Week Becteatas TO-MORROW— Matlaeee Dally.
The Mysterious I* Black Hussars.
PA Y S JOH - j T ' llamold ' 8 Animal*.
£ Jrk. AVJ EVA. Sidney Grant.
DELIGHT Raymond 4 CaTerly.
BAKSCH THE Da^ell.
BROOMSTICK Couture & Gllette.
W ITCH ES^ ! The Vltagroph.
MOTOR CAiS
Theatre, Shopping. Sight-Seeing,
Races and Suburban Resorts.
NEW YORK TRANSPORT&TIOH CO.,
Ucjhlh Avenue and 49th Street.
Telepfcone 2^st> Columbus.
-Greater Aut&motile Uvery «»labii«nm»nt la
th« world."
Writ* for HTuttrate-i booklet, giving retea.
PASTOR'S 20 and 20 CTS.
TUT MIMIC FOUR. TOM & EDITH ALMOND.
THF HOLI SW^ 'KTHS WESTON SISTER*
™^' ' V&SR * -T^'KWEIU
6fS ikkOVE FKED CO»!ItOVE.
MAURICESCOfE. Ulil. ' UAljl ' AKH
'S*e./!PI!C?* TIIeLITKE. r.ror.dnay an-1 40th St.
Crnrfnc nn v s* s : T5T 5 - Mats - w<?cL and Sat -
LA S T WEE X .
n^nscmf 9 R B*l R f*2 C\ "> n J - "*■ Harris's
ftiAUßfc ftßflfeS PETER FAX
LYCEUM JSS^SSSS&SSS.
L» I *-* 11. V/ 1 I*l Ma .:
Skf&THEUaN-^tHEMMMK
_**_i---^- Now playing •Iraultan-.ously
Vj'^ «SJS* t.» capacity in three '•'■'■'■
ti^*»^i New York — Cntea«o— l»r:'ion.
/wTTtTftV TSIEATKK. 34th «t & B way. Evh.S:2o.
£* A i? K3 i M*ttne«« Wad. and sat., at 2:1».
SAVOY n GiRL PATSY
ye&SS-THfe Oii^L PATSY
••Mi.s Rraa'a »otlnt 1» *tm?»iol»v in itse'.f. with
out we^ta endeavor t.. 1>» t:-ai,'':. the effect is
overwh^liiur.g. and the auiiirr.ee ga^e hT round
I after rojr.d ol applautt.."— X- \ ■ Daily New. '
"topis"' or hats were crushed, an.l we were in
the vortea of 'i " mob.
There was but one remedy and that a desperate
one _full speed ahead. The dear oM rexhausC
saved the situation. We had curse.l ii enough
for Its backfirtnjr. ffoodn^ss knows, but hr.w we
blessed 11 now. EanK 1 . Fang! liang! To us only
ba«-kfiring. but to the native mind an armored
train at least They fled yelling in all directions,
and we arrived home safely.
IMPORTANCE OF HOBBIES.
For the wcllbelne and «taMe balance of every
mind it is normally necessary that every man
6hould have some pursuit which shall be uncon
nected with his buslutss. which he must pursue
with absolute seriousness. The hobby may be a
game. II may '•• a ceilectlon of some sort (even
Stamps), or it may be »om» artistic achievement,
and whether a man scarcely attaint mediocrity
even in it matters not at all. provided he pursues
it with the ru«.v>i ui<-a that nothing ei»c la th*
world matt«rs.-The Quean.
r Amxi»rment».
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
C. G. GIUVIORE ft nth 8C aa«
ECGEXE TOMPKIXS. 3«st» Xrsiaa J>l*o^
BUT THREE WEEKS MORE.
CHARLES FSOHMAN Presants
£*. H.
SOTHERN
JULIA
MARLOWE
IX SHAKESPEARIAN PLATS
AT POPULAR PRICES.
we 1 !* Much Ado About Nothing.
Matin*?* Wed. and Sat., Z. Bii«las». S.
Jan* 11. 12. 13 OVed. Mat.). TAMING Or THB SHXIW
•Tun- 14. 15. M (Sat Mat-> MERCHANT Or VBNICB
June 18. 19. 20 (Wed. Mat.) TWELFTH NIGHT
Juno SI, 22. 23 (Sat. Mat.) HAMLET
Prices 50c. to 1.50.
Seats on atila tor the thre* week*.
HALfI&JEDCTCIU'C victoria theatre.
AMrnSlnO I -IN O 4-* a St.. Bway. TtS Ayr,
To-duy Mat.. S5. .*.<•<-. To-nlsht. Ssc. 91. Ills BSI.
TO-MORROW (MONDAY)
MATINEE K« \\ NIGKT ATSiIS
A* SI' AL. i W«isasßrrD?r» r i ■ aisjsj
ENTIRK ) SBJBBk J*^. SSJBB
roof bih. \ wm £r^k m\ ILa
25C, 50C. H It %J \J V
LAT.I.A SEI.BINE. RICE & PREVOST. CAPT. WOOD
WARD'S SEALS. COLLINS & HART and 1? Bis Acta.
DC"! A O C\ THEA., *rd St.. W. of & way.
DtLAbuU Ev E . Mat. Sat. *
NINTH MONTH IN NEW YORK
DAVID BELASCO Present*
BLANCHE BATES
■ "THE GiRL OF THE
GOLDEN WEST"
A rlay sl '■**> Sc*ne In California.
By DAVID BELASCO.
4 • -»
THE PEOPLE'S PLAYGROUND.
BRIGHTON
BEACH PARK
IN THE ARENA — Mar»»Iou» Feats of "Wild lUltl— l
Training Death Defying Acta by Daring Trainers.
FUN FOR THE MILLION ALONG XBM PIKB
THURSDAY. JUNE 14th.
GRAND OPENING
Pawnee Bill's Wild West
and Great Far East.
Over 1.000 Men. Woman and Horses Eisptoyed Is
Depleting the Primitive YT»*t and _Qors»ouij _OrtM%
ONLY WILD WEST SHOW EC AMERICA.
THOMPSON A PCHUI'B OREATBTB
LUNA PARK
In Diversified Magnificence and Varied
Entertainment Surpassing Anything
Ever Before Conceived. Continuous Free
Vaudeville and Circus.
S3 Mlnnte* by B. B. T. Luna Park >■»■■■■ from ■Ssflss*
DREAMLAND
NOW OPEN
Entirety reconstructed at enormous outlay.
Take Iron Steamboats To-day from Pier U North
: ..-;..- every hour from 10 A. U. U, 8:45 T. ML
__^____^____— _^ —^ — — — — — — -_
LIAR.!
Whereas It has come to my notice that a eertatn In
dividual or Individuals have wttb malicious intent olr
cuiav-i*. the report that Baltimore, the notorlou* lion,
no longer forms part of the big lion group presented by
tr.- SMrlani French trainer. Nervy Gatllard. this Is t»
Klve nutlce that I will pay to any New York charity
th- sum of $5,000 If such a report Is not a Ue. Th«
giant group of lions, includlns Baltimore, are on th*
Bostock program at every performance and th* dartnc
Uaillard handles them with Impunity.
(Signed) BOSTOCK.
PROCTOR'S Tio""" 3
8i.1.1.N.MM. MONDAY ANT> .UL WEEK.
OQl' BT. AU Mar Vaudeville.
*•'■' Ma'B Daily (Henry I**. 5 — Lfccusions — a
« Z.. Smirh & Campbell. L*»lcy-RaU«
15. .«. ; Quintette. Paul Barrier. J.,.
Phone M;t Ch»l»»a. '■ Nlghta. IS. 3T5. >5. SO. IZ.
•joe ST. i -m ran VIOLIN."
• tJ Mats. r>ai!r, Mtase* Mnrsttn. 0?»hon. Scott.
All r*ats. 13. TV [Mr. McAllister. Cum3iln<3. Star
Photic ::•»* lUrlera. Vaud. Nights. IS. :;. :;%. l\ - t i.
PC.NDAY CONCEPTS ALL I'KOCTOR HOcSES.
VS EST fcIND Jfm l Hto£
En \r m world in WAS. Tb« omi jb**>
E- U C- l^ < ivj.M MiH.UArH Every Kour.
>ll •!.». Estr.. Annwttoß*. Hnax ■ -.0.
The Turf.
RACING AT
BELMONT PARK
MAI 10 TO 1». MAT SS TO JINK ft.
Train* !>•..>» foot »•:«• s*t* «t. <ll:2u>, «ll:e»>. •!-»»,
15:10. (12:;t)> 12:30. 12;«. k\S:W\ 12:13. !**». 1 m V.-M,
1.30 (l 401 1:50. :S3 Uaav. FUibu»n Ay«. ti2:Co> 12:1^
O-:ls>. H:»>. 12 «l I*. 1 '.."> 1.30.,
Train* in brackau run on ap«r.ln« day. Saturdays and
Dtroraiioa Day only. » -.
Parlor cars on 1 * 12:00 and 1:00 trains from SJMS
84th St reserved tor. m*mb«ra of tba Turf ana VMS'
Club and annual wt»-r - 1.1.
i:^xr» on mlc at rf-A»:- .1* and Pttlh A««BU«
Hotel. Flnt rar*. 2:*> p. m.
MU'tUK I'AU-* AND MOTOS CAR-S
TO TUB TK.4.CK.
E ectrSc Vehicle Cnarato« titailoc en n< SMHinda.
New York Tian»p- ;■ Co..
tin At*, and «frta St. Ttles^oo* 3380-- Colua»ml.
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