The Sunday telegram. [volume], March 21, 1915, FIRST SECTION, Page PAGE NINE, Image 9

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t Weather of a
By Mo.
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Director Howe of Climatologif
%: cal Service Gives a Mew
j * State Record.
' Henry C. Howe, director of tile
| f^Vest Virginia section of the climatoj,
-^logical service of the weather bureau
;,has made a general summary of the
i *>veatiicr experienced in West Virginia
! .ftfuring tlie year lil?4. He says the
'temperature for the state was ."2.2
f illegrees. or .0 or h degrpe below * the
average, for the last. 24 years.
Excepting January, the. winter and
Ir-arly spring months were much
Scolder than usual, while the late
."spring and summer. roonjtbs were
isoxnvwhat warmer than the average,
except jnJ>."Vhen nearly normal temperature
conditions prevailed. September
was abnormally cool, hut OcKtober
was warm and unusually pleasuant.
In the more} elevated sections
ikilling ..frosts, occurred until June T?
' and on - September-, 1Q,-2t- and - but
'In most of the- agricultural districts
^Ifhe season of growth extended from
m rthe second decade In May until the
B* 'last decade, in October.
I The. average precipitation was -"3.71
I I Inches.; ..The yearly state average
m\ from 1-Slf.l to 19J 4, incJttsive. is 4i.'.?7
Bu Inches. Thj?.winter months- averaged
B wetter than usual, but the late spring,
9. 'summer, and fall months were dry.
I 'except August and the iasf half of
Hi! 'Oe.tofli*>r- ftinrl j4 p/iii trh 4 %? -o/iri rl5 t m e ^**"
I. , ? WWUM \| I viifjll l(? VfUUUI HI
[railed, except for short periods, from
'"the last of May until August in, and
'again from the middle of September
, until the second ilefcade in October.
1? - 'Owing 'to favorable conditions and
light rainfall in January and March,
'there were no floods in the district.
The average cloudiness was Somewhat
below the normal. At Parkersrburg
the >tin shine averaged SI per
:cent or the possible amount and at
| Elltlns 47 per cent.
I The wind movement at Parkersj.
-burg was i~,Si6 jftiles, and at Elkins,
\ ;*4,95? milt*.
j' JYeather First Six Months,
i ' January was abnormally warm and
somewhat drier than usual. During
the last years the January tem
Iperatures averaged higher only Ave
times. The snowfall was considerably
above the average. The precipitation
jvrs well distribuated and the weather
|conditions were exceptionally favoriable.
Except. in a few of the more
elevated sections, Dearly all ihe snow,;fall
was received from the 1st to tire
.'4th, the amounts for that period rang-.!lng
generally from 4 inches to more
-'than 2 feet. The arnohnts in the Ohio
river sections were unimportant and
'1hny were generally light over the
eastern -panhandle section. The cold
Pfriod-of the- month was from the lilt.h
.to the 14th. Abnormally high temperatures,
exceeding the previous
'..January records, were recorded on the
'29th.
February ilueh Colder.
February was much: colder and
somewhat wetter than usual. The
i snowfall 'was the heaviest of recprd
fbr any*rn:6nth during the last 20
iyears.' There were three short per-j
idds' with the temperatures near or;
below ezro. In the northern and central
sections the temperatures on, the
~2>-? ranged from about zero to 22 below
zero, tho lowest readings of. record
for'any spring after February 13
- ' The wet periods were 3-7, TC-lti, 19-20,
. .. .. ^ An O a - - - >?' - - - -
11^ i<iiu &&-?.'t. neavy snow Ten on tiie
13-16 .and 23-24. Navigation was im!
peded in the Ohio by. running ice.
March was unseasonably cold and
t:he precipitation was much deficient,
"in most sections: Only one March
[ since. 3SP3 was drier, but the auowI
fall was the greatest of record for
h March. As the snowfall melted durJ
:ing ehprt periods or warm, rainy
J weather, there.was.no .flood in the
1 district. The previous March tempertil
atupe .records were broken1 at several
a of. the central mountain stations on
the.. twenty-first, when readings from
/ rero to 7 degrees below zero were re
corded.. Tire readings were also low
mj orn the first, second and twelfth
?r . Warm , weather prevailed on the lSr
Iff .17.and after the twenty-fifth.
fti "April .was slightly warmer and con'
$idcraibiy. wetter than usual, with a
/ favorable precipitation distribution
11 .In ..most sections freezing temnera
I turps did not occur after the rwenr
|y, 1ipth and. the last week was favorable
|| . for growth. Abnormally cool weal hij,
* er prevailed from the eighth to the
[5."* eleventh; Most of the precipitation
W .ncciirretl on-the t-3. 1 ii?il6. 19-20 and
j ] ; 25-26. Light, snow ; or snow flurries
[ '. occurred in many sections on the third
I . "* fifth, and. eighth-.
[u # -May a Dry Month.
I May was chaacterized by dry
ft weather, an excess of sunshine and a
short period of abnormally high temperatures.
On! r on< month or record
|i from 'May to. August, inclusive, wan
dVier, am" more sunshine was re-ceivI
ed than during any other May of recI
Sees a Prosp
I Outlnt
I Governor of Territory Says It is
about to Have-a Great
0. Development.
bk SAN' FRAXCISCO, Cal.. Mur. 20.?
An era, of unprecedented prosperity
and development is about to open to
H Alaska, according to Govenor J. F.
I v A. Slrorifr. who. accompanied by Mrs.
; Strong, has arrived in San Francisco
front.Juneau. Mining and Rgrieultur
al .-d'eVjelopmenjt. ihe building of th?t
government railways, the opening of
} the Panama canal and the KH,r? dxpo
- sltion in San Francisco are the agen
\ cles; combining to brighten Alaska's
H-l' ' ''fllfllVfi CQ VC 0+t?A?* #y -
k' AJIV I CflfWl fcJUVIi^i
I Speaking of general conditions in
?.' Alaska, Governor Strong said:
lv "On the whole, the outlook for all
L : of. Alaska is vbry "bright?brighter
j than it ha? ever been before." There
H i 1 Is to he a big .development in every
H "There is a big future for the trade
.and commerce with the United States.
Hit * I>ast year it reached a total of $60.,-.
I O00.000. With the firm development
now -setting in. it is going to be in
creased to several rimes-this amount
H dtirJnjj the next -few- ' years. This
H trade, it seems to me, is well worth
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! Year
nth and Days
y - -
ord Heavjr to killing frosts occurred
ink !.be more elevated sections until
near the clot e or tne second decade
causing considerable damage. Then
drojgbty conditions prevailed during
the last decade. The highest tenrperatures
occurred generally on the
twenty-ninth, and the lowest, on the
first and fifteenth to seventeenth
; About three-fifths of the rainfall was
i received .on., the foprth to sixth.
; . The rainfall in June was light and
i favorably distributed, <he sunshine'
! abundant, and the temperature avev!
aged the highest Tor any June .for the;
last I-" year?. Onl? one Jutj.o of rec-,
}ord,was drier. The conditions were
: droughty until the beginning of the:
last decade, causing much damage to
i vegetation. High temperatures pre!
Taliec front the ninih to the eleventh
! and twenty-first to the twenty -eighth
i On the morning of the seventeenth a
f temperature of 20 degrees was record|
ed at "Bayard, (iranf county, and
| tnreh damage resulted to vegetation
j in" that, section; Moderate showers orjcurred
on the fourth to ftfth. and the
; twenty-second to twenty-seventh.
High Temperature.
July was characterised by two periods
of high temiperature. three abnormally
cool spells, light nr.d i:ai
favorably distributed rainfall .and an
j excess of sunshine. The high and
J low temnerature records for July were
' nearly equalled. The average iemperature
was normal. A severe
( nrougnc-prevailea until me tmrteeniri
; and the "conditions were agaip very
droughty at the close of the month j
Crops suffered from lack of moisture
and the rivers and streams were un-|
usually loV. High temperatures pre-;
vailed from the ninth to the seven|
teentli and the weather was abnormally
cool on the first. ntneteenm +
twentieth, and twenty-eighth to thirty-first.
?\Iost of the rainfall was received
on the twelfth to sixteenth and
twenty-fourth to twenly-eijjhth.
Justice Lets
Chicks Settle
A Court Gase
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Has Hen and Brood Turned
Loose in Field and They
Choose Home.
XORTH UiMBEJRLAMD. Pa? Mar. 20.
j If ITrn ?r Qnlnmnn n*?r? eklitrA VI J ?-vV? ia!
I ah. {3 *^V?W T* V* ^ Mti ? *?l ,
I P. Tierney, r local justice of the
j peace, would be running neck and j
I neck with him as the wise men of the j
age, Tierney's friends aver.
John Brienepk rushed into his office
and declared that Michael Malieck, a
neighbor, had stolen his hen and four|
teen chicks which had just been hatched
and were the apple of: his eye. The
irate foreigner could not be quieted
and finally a warrant was issued for
his neighbor.
i 'Both side6 persisted in claiming
i ownership, and Squire Tierney, who
j was raised on a farm, instructed his
, constable to get the hen and chicks
, and take them into a field near the
homes of both.
The hen led her chicW straight to
.Brieneck's coop and Malieck cheerfully
paid the costs of $1-0, according
to,the squire.
EXPERT STUMP-BLOWER
HAS NARROW FSRAPF
> vt ?w ?* avti W taWVIII k
I His Pipe, Containing Dynamite,
Persists in Going Out,
Luckily for Him.
KENTON*. 0., Mar. 20.?Jake Bodine,
prominetn tailor and stump blower of
Kenton,, sat at his ease and smoked
bis pipe.
AVhen It went out he lighted it
again. "When it went out a second
time he decided, he had had enough
and laid the pipe aside.
Hie had heen.*hlawjng. stumps with
dynamite during the day, and had
brought four large cans home in his
pocket.
Keaching into his pocket in which !
he had put the caps, and in which he 1
carried his smoking tobacco a*; well,
he found three caps instead or four.
"When he emptied the ashes from his
pipe in search of the'fourth cap, that
fourth cap rattled out, badly scorch- :
ed.
j "It's a frood thing my pipe went out |
: when it did.-' he says. "If that cap liafl i
| gone,, off,, like., as not it. would have |
j ru-in'ed one of the best stump blowers
in. Kenton.' [
erous
yk for Alaska
i- "? r-r- :?: ' :
going after. In recent years, the
i Alaska trade has b^en. controlled by j
Seattle. In earlier days*, San Fran-!
cisco got the. major portion of it. This!
I city was in a fair way to recover its j
1 early prestige when crlODlwl hv th?
fire of 1JWH>. The present is the psy-j
etiological moment to go alter It'
again. Portland is reaching out a!
hand for it by, establishing . a direct ;
steamship line -with Alaska. The trade i
with San Franoieco is due to some in- j
.crease naturally. ?by. reason of the exposition-and
the opening of the canal, {
but why not push the opportunity
along and increase its returns?
"Within the next ten years south-'
1 net&rn A lncl"? S? "* '
!v*J iv AiaoAA in ^UiUft IU Lit* II1W I
greatest and richest mining district'
, in the world. AVhile the ore is low.
grade, we have huge mountains of It
land splendid .water powerfacilities to
laid in .its 'cheap production. Alaska
has virtually been untouched by modern
mining methods. The^ building o?
;jthe.\.railroads will -draw; a large
[amount of capital and many people
will open big new development. The
Panama, Sustina, -.Kjuskofcwim and
pook inlpt districts^ possess great agricultural'possibilities.
and ,>0,000,000
acres of soil arc Waiting . practical
tiUa8e" \ '
AUSTRIAN OFFICE!
\jyflH
The picture shows a scene in
which by the Russians is momenta
highest degree. Many messages i
ing to a Petrograd claim.
MASONS It
TO HQLI
Qf the Scottish Rite in the City
? c I i. j_;'S?'-"._"i *? it
or nunungion in ivjonin
of -April.
HUNTINGTON. Mar. 20.?In behalf
of Huntington l-odge of Perfection,
Number Four, J. Marshall Hawkins
extended to Dr. John W. -Morris, sovereign
grand inspector general of
West Virginia, an invitation to hold
in this city the annual spring consistory
reunion of Scottish Rite Masons.
This meeting is held in April
and would bring to "Huntington a consistory
reunion for the first time in
the history of the city".
In .writing to Dr. Morris, Mr. Hawkins
unofficially called to his attention
the fact that this city is' well
equipped /or suoh a convention, not
only as to lodge facilities, but as to
hotel accommodations. Ml*. Hawkins
mentioned the fact that the Wheeling
Masonic temple was recently de>stroyed
by fire and that he understood
It would.be inconvenient to lidld
the sPrinz reunion in that cttv He
pointed out the feeling of extreme cordiality
Avhioh existed between thevMasons
of the two cities, adding that
the invitation in no way tended toward
the permanent removal of* the
consistory to this city, as had recently
been suggested in some quarters.
Mr. Hawkins stated that he felt
such a removal inconsistent; and, in
fact, an impossibility.
At the same .time, however. Masons
of southern West Virginia, including
Charleston, Blucfleld, Williamson,
the Guyan and Big Sandy
valleys would be eager to attend a
consistory reunion in "Huntington, Mr.
Hlawkins stated. The meeting would
undoubtedly be marked by a large attendance,
and would be stimulating
to ihe fraternity-in this section of the
state. It is estimated more than two
hundred visitors, of prominence would
attend. ...
"While we realize it is too early
to think of getting a consistory iii
this end of the state," said Mr. Hawkins,
"we are well equipped to hold
the sprtng reunion and would be glad
to have the pleasure of entertaining
_ LfiJ. Li
nit? cunrenuan:
The Charleston Masonic temple Is
no win process of "being rebuilt, as
well as that at Wheeling. Huntington
now has the Scottish Rite degrees
only to the fourteenths or Lodge of
Perfection. "Whenever 'members go
beyond that degree a trip to Wheeling
has been necessaryWOMEN"
PI jA 1"?SUX- . ...... ..
Smashing through the barriers of
man made convention! women are invading
the high class billiard rooms
in the big cities and are devoting
many of their leisure hours to the
mastery of the games of pocltet and
three ball billiards..
Woman, by nature, is a natural billiard
player, and in. the days before
the-French, revolution woman ranlied
a.e I.: 11:..
mnunK ine greitL?t;i, mjwn.ru jwnjers 01
tie world. The women of the Fredch
nobility and artLstocracy played billiards?an&
played the game wonderfully
well. And In those days proficiency
in th'e game of .billiards was
as much of- a social asset for women
as is dancing today.
Shunned in France.
Billiards lost in favor In France after
the revolution. * The noble women
who formerly played it were dead and
the other women shunned the -game
because they thought it an evil one
because it had been played by the
women in the'gay, frivolous court of
Louis XVII.
In the last fifty years the game of
billiards has been almost exclusively
a man's game. Men have made it-so
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oy uirovbiu$ ?i uaincr aruuiiu iv HTLii
permitting odly those of their - own
sex to enter. Billiards has been held
up as a gatne for men only, yet thefe
is no game that is. more suited fcir
women and wotnan's peculiar temperament.
' It is a gentle game?one that does
nol call for any show of.strength or
endurance. But it does call for a delicacy
of touch, a keen eye and a -light
jnuscular development?the vcrythinig
4n which woman, by nature, is man's
superior. ; <
!jl ManJIandlcapped.
i Man really..is naturally handicapped
ft a game of billiards.- He is strong.
He has powerful muscles, the tend
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JVITED
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power. Man must subdue that smashing,
crushing impulse, because smashing
means failure 09 times out of 100.
Women, on the other hand, has no
such Impulse to conquer. Hers is a
delicate, sensitive touch?one that is
ideal for the. game.of billiards where
lightness of touch and. delicacy of
stroke is an aboslute necessity at ail
f tm oc
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Now that women have gone in for
billiards there is a possibility that
within the next four or five years we
will be treated to ohamplonship billiard
matches between men and
men. It wouldn't be surprising to see
a woman as the world's billiard champion
during the next five years, provided,
of* course, that some women
will go into the game with theix
whole heart and soul, as have the men
who "have arisen to the crest ot the
billiard world. Billiards Is a game
where perfections comes only through
constant practice. Views
are Changed.
. The invasion of public billiard
rooms of the high class sort by women
was distasteful to the proprietors
at first, but they have changed
their views. The presence of women
in the pool rooms has been a silent
influence for better conduot among
the men patrons and has caused almost
a total absence of cuss words "by
inen over .failure to make shots while
women are present.
In some of the New York cafes the
proprietors have taken cognizance of
the new feminine demand for a game
of billiards. These felli-in.-*
chopped off part of their dance floor
space and made that portion into a
billiard room for women. And the
tables are always busy, many women
preferring billiards to the fox trot.
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Laid by Plymouth Rock Hen is
Wanted for the World's
Fair.
'IT OROVIfiUUE, Gal'., Mar. 20.? am
j Mark's Plymouth Rook hen, which" recently
laid an egg hearing the He.!
brew word for "peace" neatly insciihed
theron, is bringing her owner much
: fame and large daily mall. The p^es|.ident
of the Panama-iPacific exposition
has written to Marks, enclosing
; a free pass to" the exposition and askjing
Marks to bring the wonderful egg
and "Martha," the -remarkable ben,
with him. *
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Professor
Wants Us
t? rr.J
i u jjtcti nay
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Says Grasses-Taste as Well as f
' Cabbage "if "We only
Think Sot - M
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| Pa-imUADEOiPiHlIA. Mar. , 20.?Smoky!
alfalfa for* breakfast, stewed* timothy
ifor lunch and broiled clover for sup- ,
j.pcr?this Is the menu for the future;'Prof.
'Henry Walters, a Pennsylvania i
j botanist, suggests. He says It is pos- j
i sible by chemical treatment to make ;
the "lilies of the field" as palatable ;
as boiled cabbage.
"We arc slaves of the nerve of taste
found in our mouths," the professor ,
explains In his best, scientific man- i
ner. "What you like to eat does not .
depend on your stomach but on your
sense of taste concealed' in a little-J
nerve in your mouth and tongue. That
1 little nerve is' eating up your grocery ;
; bill.'-'
He proposes that experiments be
made with grfcsses so they will taste
us well as cabbage and potatoes. The
nourishing juices of timothy and clover,
he says; possess a higher food
value than cabbage and potatoes.
- "Let the experiment station give
new'tastes and flavors to 'the-grasses
and prejudice against using, theip can
bo removed fcy giving -them high
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ltion at przemysl i
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fo*D*?wooo a urotmwooo
artress of Przemysl, the capture of
officers and the equipment is of the
intercepted by the Kussians, accord
STATEM
Is Being Prepared by the Warden
of the State Prison
for Spring Planting.
Rapid progress is being made by a
force of convicts from the state penl-tonitary
getting the state farm east
of Itloundsville in shape for the spring
and summer planting. During the last
three weeks over 200-acres of the 2-75
acres of planting ground has been
plowed up, and with two more days
of-fair weather the work of plowing
for the present spring will have been
completed.
The irrigation system on the farm,
installed last fall by Warden M. 55.
White, is being placed in first class
shape for this season, and as the water,
which is distributed over the farm
by a canal system is secured from
Aloundsville's city water mains, a good
supply of water will be furnished
throughout the summer months, and
there is little danger of the crops being
hindered by droughts,
Houses Are for
Rent in
Says Evangelist
. rs i_ wme* ii. a . i
amy s>unaay i ens Auaience
about Mental Visit into
the Beyond.
PHUiIjA. DEJLtP3-ri A, Mar. 20.?Billy
Sunday paid a mental visit* to heaven,
shook hands with. Abrahstm, _ohatted
with Isaiah and Daniel, saw a lot ?I
real estate for rent and then came
back and toM a big tabernacle audience
all about it.
Tie saws houses that yere ready
for Rodcheaver and Ackley, two of
his assistants, and Joseph M. Steele
and George C. Shane and other members
of the Sunday campaign commit
tee. ituzt mere was a '"eor jxeni' sign
Billy- said, on a..big house meant, for
a Philadelphia banker, another for a
University of Pennsylvania professor
and a third for a member of the board
of education.
The evangelist talked about heaven
as-, freely and informally as though
he had just naid a visit to a main lltte
suburb and had come'back to tell hia
folks -what the place looked like.
The upshot of the sermon was a
procession of 302 penitents, \yho came
hurrying down the aisle "to take the
for rent sign off their mansions In
glory." There were 30o converts in the
afternoon, making 607 for the day*.
GIRL WEEPS AT DEATH
OF HFR KISSING MM
1WWHBW WW IB
Faints in Court When She Identifies
the Skins , of
Her Pets.
ST. (LOUIS, Mo.,. Mar. M.-JMIbs
Frances E/ Peteca* a wealthy spinster'
of Kirkwood, feinted in police
headquarters when she identified a
cow skin found . on.i two negroes ae
that of Pearl, a thoroughbred cow she
raised herself, and was accustomed to
kiss good night every evening.
"Regaining consciousness, she became
hysterical and sprang , at .the
negroes to attack them.
Sheriff Bode, of St. Louis county,
hurried the prisoners away, white
Miss Peters, moaning and wringing
her hands, stood on the sidewalk, begging
for a chance to get at the slayers
of her "darling." .
Miss Peters said that Pearl and her
companion, Nellie, had been raised
by her from calves, and that she had
so lavished kindness .on thenr that
If when7 each evening they put up
their noses to be kissed, she tailed'to
do eo, they -would "moo" throughputs
night until sho >ent to them.
The negroes admitted skinning the
cows .but said they had found them
GonVtct~Buii
Again Kt
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Voters to Decide Question of
Permitting Prison Labor on
v Outside Public Works.
t TjOUISVtll^LiE. K\\. Mar. 20;?To the
voters of Kentucky there is to be
i submitted thie autumn an amendment
j to the state constitution which will
make it possible for the; prisoners
\ of the state to labor outside of" the
prison walls on roads and other public
works. The state "constitution at
present prohibits the use of prison?
;ers*in road work in Kentucky was
labor is leased to contarciors itptlcr
; the old system., which is^ nr.w being
; generally regarded its something that
should be abandoned.
Two years ago, an amendment pro
vkllng for the employment of prisoners
1 nroad work in*; Kentucky, wia
Voie'd upon: and carried by a large
; majority, bun unfortunately, not advertised
within the required time! and
.in consequence the courts'decided the
' action unconstitutional. The legiijlai
ture. which met in the winter of 19*11,
provided that the amendment be resubmittde
to the voters.
In the meantime the contracts at
the prisori expired and a strong effort
was made to have them renewed for
,a term of years. Owing to the persistency
of the labor representatives,
:Miss Linda Neville, the Kentucky representative
on prisons and prison la|hor;
the warden of the penitentiary
i and others, renewal of contracts was
jmade for one year only: hence there
I will be nothing to hinder the develop|
ment of the road work once the
| amendment if earned.
j Already several of the candidates
d for governor have declared themselj
vea opposed to the contract, system,
iand the prison labor representatives
1 believe the road amendment will car?>
' I ny a verv large majority,
j ' Kentucky will then be in a position
.to afford her convicts an opportunity
j to regain their strength and manhood
through healthful outdoor work, similar
to that which Colorado has givj
ep to the men who built the famous
"Sky Tdne Drive."
j -i.
Sketcke?zf?
?LDAie
W -?a ?N<
NGBtV YORK, Alar. 20.?Glenxnore
i Stuffy) Davis, to whom life is sort of
\ a continuous tacky party, entered -i
[ I hotel in Toledo, O., recently and ask;
ed for a room,
"Tlie house is full," replied the
[ -clerk.
'Davis approached a friend v in the
lobby.. ^He says the house is full,"
[ he aald. "You see if you can get me
a room." Davis is the only critic in
'New York who ever wore a sweater
to a first night and got away with it.
After all of the hodge-podge musical
shows that have been put before a long
suffering public this season, Klaw and
Erlanger came along quietly and "unauspicious
like" as Tom Sharkey
' i would say and put over what is knowa
i in Broadway parlance as a "hlinger."
TVio .nomft r\# ttiA rt an? m nciool rortift
: * ac 414U4C vi Luvi ?im uiumvai t uu
r which has set the theatrical crowd
by the -ears is "Fads and F*ancies,"
and there was not a lot of would-be
j stars and would-like-to-be stars hcr;
aided on the billboards; It was rnerei
Iy put on with the "K. & B." endorse;
merit and that meant, a big house
I which did not know that such a musical
surprise awaited them.
Thereyue sparkles In every line and
t j the songs are now being whistled on
. i every street and . sung in every cafe.
! The show was one of those surprises
that is talked of hut rarely material
i Izes.
In the cast are Conroy and Lemaire,
f Tom MtiNaughton. Frank Moulan
j Lydia. "Lopokoya, Frank Doane, Leo
j Carrillo, Stella Mohan. And one of
i the best aotors was hidden from view
under av dog" skin and the name of
, Mtushagoogoo. Mis name . is David
Abratns.
When Trvin Cobb gave his war lec^
ture at a Forty-second street theater
, Sunday night he announced before he
got into his subject that he was not
a lecturer'and would not use high
| flown language. "I want to warn you
J ^ * i
Triplets FiOe
One Ft
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'
Nineteen Children, Thirteen
f Living, and All are Boys Under
Five Years*
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SOUTH BEND. Ind., Mar. M.-Mr.
and Mn?. Frank Scott, who dwelt'near
South Whitley, have gone west to establish
a new home. Their hope is
to find in Kansas or Oklahoma enTSugh
tillable land to provide employment
and sustenance for the whole-r^-Scott
> -^family and it is some family; in
- fact, a record breaker. * '
Although married only ten years
i* MY. and Mrs.'Scott are the parents
11 of nineteen, children, thirteen of
: whom are living, all sons and all unI
dor the age of-five years.
As explained by Prank Jt Pugh the
Scott's hold the Tecord for triplets,
i fixe sets having 'been born to them.
There were also two seta - of twins.
AH Ride on One Ticket."
At present the Scotts and their fam:
fly of sons are at Highland. Kan:, but
r they* .expect to locate near Muskogee,
'? s : ' -ft" ;-f 'V.;: ,V.-r-'
Okla. ,
When en route to tlie West, Mrs.
Scott boadred a train with her brood
and non-plU6sed the conductor by presenting
one first class ticket.
"We can't carry a Sunday school
class on one ticket, madam," said the
MaflnAAiV vmh
railroad man.
"But they are all my children/! de
LEAGUnRGllZED I
TO REDUCE ARM|ES
XifiTiY YORK. Mar.-20~A. movement;^ ??|
to Ittlng about a world wide res^tcHtioo
Ot armies- and navies by intcptiajy
tsonal'agreoment after the Kuropeajt
; war is ended - is announced'
] American league to Eimit Armarhent.
j The crusade 'is being .
j through conferences and corres^oti;
rlence with leaders of public opinion
in several foreign countries 4t (Was
"We pre undertaking to so'll
; movement and co-ordinate the
j along this line xvti'ile-- the >yrar,-.ia.
ih progress in order to make the I
strongest ppssible presentation of
issue at the earliest opportune mo- ' I
ment," says .the league's announcement.
"We are not proposing meth- I
ods to bring peace to En rope until Eu
rope is ready to stop fighting of l|.s -, |
own accord. We staTul by what wey . 1
hoki to be the main, proposition?thai
the reduction of all 'a.rmameats' to thW
i least proportions epnsistent with the 51
I demands of normal tranquility .and , I
the use of the money now going into - I
destructive agencies of peace Is
true solution of the ]|eace problem." 1
BIG ENGINE TO BE AT I
'FRISCO EXPOSITION I
PITTSEITiR'", Mar. 20.?The biggest: :|
electric passenger engine in the world ;
has just been completed in a plant I
of East Pittsburg. The steel raonster
weighs h?i6 tons and Is capable 1
of pulling a full train sixty miles an 1
hour. It will be shown on a special :
turn table at the San Francisco expo- I
sition next month. Later it will be
put in service. u^|
am, V / ^ I
IWXOQU
OQfffmfyiQj v j I
about this in. advance." he said, "sc...
that you can, if you wish, return to "
the box office and get your money
back. And"?as an -after thought? >
"be careful of your arms and legs,in
Marie Ca.hill and Daniel V: Arthur . I
I are broke again. It is their almost
annual plunge Into- bankruptcy witll S
the wolves of creditors at their heels - I
.and the process servers just aroiiud. V
the corner?and gaining fast.
Miss Cabiii. who is Mrs. Arthur, st- ?
tributes her latest misfortune to the *
play, "iNinety in the Shade.*' at the I
Knickerbocker. Daniel V. Arthur:has
! spent large fortunes trying to get a Sj
suitable play for his wife. Time after, *
time they have failed and time after /
time they have come back again with 9
fresh hopes, * Neither scetna io.he.di
That they are pretty badly broke
was indicated by the fact that the I
[liabilities were $?MG2-and the assets
j$S2t). A friend met Arthur near tha' *
Times J>uilding the other afternoon. |
wen uan,' ne. saio, "wnat are yo:
"I don't .'know exactly;" said Artbi
and there was a glint: of hope in.
J eyes, "hut I am looking around for
I new play for Miss Cahill and when
I I But the Mend had fled.
For the first, time in years the street
J cleaning commissioner handled a sno i
jjitonu in Xew York without heing
Reaped with red hot criticism^The ? p
, snow that fell last week was handloS-, :
; in a masterly manner. Motor^p loughs
iflakes fell and the hig gangs were.alsQ
m to work flushing th^stree^atld.; I
shoveling the snow into the sewers
lilurbs across the front in I
The place you have been looking f>
Times,
imt/y Kecorct |
Scott showed a. partiality for the If
Ashbell, Archer and Austin,'triplets J|
. .Arthur and Arnold, 3 1-2 years old. I
Allen, Almon and Alb?nt triplet
Alfred. Albion and AdtiTph, triples
Abel and Abner^ twins, .6 months
4 The reason for this partiality h.
-tri"T * ] , \ *j* ? ** - t''1 ' "9^"'v"*11
never been' revealed, but a humbrist
has suggested that, the parents con
lemplated going: through the alpha#'
later. Cttrs. Scott is 30 a.nd her hu- ^