Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1913 — Page 2

SPORT THAT COSTS $26,600 A DAY

| ' ™S F racing it the sport of $ 1 kings, polo is the sport of II millionaires. Any king, even though he may II be an insignificant Indian all*.’ potentate or a ruler of a 1 1 J Balkan state, with a pock* etbook of slim proportions, may own a racing stable, but only a man of great wealth can afford to maintain a big string of polo ponies. For race horses, if they are fast, can earn their keep and make a profit for their owner. But a .polo pony is nothing but an expense from the day he is bought until the day of his death. The only thing he can earn is a modicum of glory and a few cups which as a rule do not cost as much as his saddle and bridle. From this it may be gleaned that between racing and polo there is a distinction with a difference. Harry Payne Whitney spent $20,000 on the international polo series of games played at Meadowbrook, L. I. The duke of Westminster’s expenses tor the polo challengers amounted to $60,000. All this for the sake of a silver trophy worth $4,000. f The cost of polo depends largely upon the inclination and desire of the ipolotsts to spend money. Some men can enjoy the sport at an outlay of a tfew hundred dollars a week, while others will spend as many thousands. !H. L. Herbert, chairman of the Polo ■association, recently said in reference ■to the cost of polo: “It all depends on Ihow much a man wishes to spend on the game. One man may be satisfied *o own and maintain three ponies, while another will want at least thirty at his command. The expense is much like that of the opera. One man can ■enjpy it for a dollar, while it will cost another thousands for a box.” Harry Payne Whitney and the duke »f Westminster own and keep in training the largest string of polo ponies an America or England. The maintenance of these ponies costs them ithousands of dollars each year. They fare the financial backbone of the ’sport in this country and abroad. Both enjoy the sport thoroughly, and as they are experts at the sport the money that they spend yearly is to

'them but a trivial matter. t But for their generous support of the game there would not have been any International matches during 1909, 'l9ll and 1913. Mr. Whitney supplied jthe "sinews of war” which sent abroad lln 1909 the American team, of which ihe was the captain. It was his outlay 'Of money and purchase of many great -polo ponies that enabled the Americans to win the cup which the Englishmen had won and kept for 23 years. This year the duke of Westminster defrayed the expenses of the English challengers. Until he came to the financial rescue the English players had abandoned all hope of bringing the ponies over here to play for the trophy. Whitney and the duke of Westminster each own 30 polo ponies. They hire trainers to develop the speed of the ponies and teach them the elementary parts of the game. The salary of these trainers is $4,000 each. In addition to that there are a big corps ol stable lads to support, for the attendants not only receive salaries ranging from $25 to S4O a month, but in addition are allowed their lodging and board. This, with the cost of food, saddles, bridles, bandages, lotions, medicine and the attendance of a veterinary costs many thousands of dollars. A good polo pony these days costs many thousands of dollars. In many respects hie value is as great as a race horse, though his earning- car pacity is considerably less than that of the latter. The best ponies are bred In Ireland and England, but of late years the ponies bred in Texas, California and the Hawaiian islands are equal, if not superior, to the foreignbred horses. There it now such a great demand for polo ponies that they are specially

WOMAN’S PLACE IN THE WORLD

While woman's place in the world la not merely that of a useless ornament, she surely never was Intended to detract from the general art effects of nature. And this she does when she ambles along in awkward ungainliness, dis tortlng every beautiful line which is her divine lnherttahce and making of hem If a most unattractive picture. Feminine heavy is not a matter of

bred for that purpose. In 1876, when the first games of polo were played in New York, it was possible to buy ponies for prices ranging from $36 to SIOO. Mr. Herbert once bought a pony for $35 that afterward developed into a crackerjack and his value soared to $2,000. Of course that was an exception. Nowadays ponies suitable for polo cost from SSOO to $2,000 each. When Mr. Whitney prepared for his campaign in England in 1909 he spent $85,000 for ponies. Since then he has added many more to hie string and has spent at least $40,000. It will be seen by this that he has expended in the neighborhood of $125,000 for ponies alone. One of his ponies -cost him $16,000. This was the high-water mark paid for any pony, but many good ponies have cost $6,000. The duke of Westminster has spent in the neighborhood of $125,000 for his aggregation of ponies. The ponies that were used in the international matches were made up In large part of those owned by Mr. Wjhitney and the duke of Westminster. Several ponies, however, have been donated for the use of the players by various Americans and Englishmen who are interested in the game. ' “It takes several yeats of hard training to make a pony suitable for pole playing. He Is usually bought when three years of age and for two years is taught the elementary parts of the game, such as not to shy at the mallet, to follow the ball, to “break” quickly and to obey the slightest touch of the reins on his neck. Most ponies are trained so that the rider may guide them by simply touching them on the right or left side of the neck with the reins. Many persons not familiar with polo consider the fastest pony the best pony. This is an erroneous idea. While speed is an essential qualification for a pony, he is utterly worthless if he does not know the game thoroughly and is not subject to inBtant control. If his speed cannot be

A Good Example of an Attractive Farm Table.

White table-linen is important in making- things attractive. If white ta-ble-linen is not within the reach of everyone, it is surely in everyone’s power to set the table well. The knives, forkß and spoons are sometimes apparently thrown at the table, with no idea of order. One has to oe careful to get his own water glass, etc. The knives and spoons snould be placed on the right, and the foras on the left of the plate, at even distance from the edge, of the table, with the water glass at the end of the knife. The napkin is usually placed at the left of the fork. All dishes should be placed inside the line of plates, and so be out of one's way

patches and is perfect only in absolute completeness. There are graces innumerable of the mind, of the heart, and of the speech, as well as of the body. Usually these graces help to develop each other. The girl with bouyant thoughts speeds on her way with buoyant step. The discouraged heart is always borne along with slow, discouraged tread. Our actions Indicate our

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checked he’ll run over the ball and carry hifc rider out of the zone of play. A pony that will twist and turn, as though on a pivot and then “break” and race at top speed and stop instantly at command is the ideal polo mount. His value is beyond price. There are many poloists who cannot afford to maintain large strings of ponies and hire a trainer. Most of these men have from three to six ponies in their siring. They place the ponies in a public training stable. The cost is S3O a month for each pony. These public trainers hir# stable lads to exercise and take care of the ponies. One boy looks after four ponies. The actual cost of feed for a pony U sl2 a month. Some of the expenses other than those of buying and maintaining the ponies, cost the players many dollars. The balls, made of light willow, are furnished to the Polo association at ten cents each. ,One firm has a contract to furnish the polo associations with 20,000 balls. The mallets are worth from $2 to $3.50 each. The heads of the mallet are frequently broken in the game or during practice. It costs a dollar to replace the heads. The helmets the players wear cost from $4 to $7 each. The riding boots are worth from sls to s2!>. The riding breeches cost from $8 to sl2.

Device to Keep Record of Hens.

To record hens’ egg-laying capacities two New Yorkers have patented a simple nest, in leaving which a hen is forced to mark a board with crayon attached to a foot, different colors being used to distinguish different hene.

Valuable Feathers Destroyed.

Approximately ten tons of feathers plucked from birds by poachers four or five years ago in the Hawaiian islands have been burned by the government scientists in Honolulu.

in eating. Cracked and broken disks* are not permissible at any time. The cracks and chipped places hold dirt and microbes, and are unhealthful, beside being ugly to look at. A little garnish of parsley on a coldmeat dish, or a hard-boiled egg sliced on the greens, or the butter made into neat pats or slices, will help wonderfully in making the meal attractive. In this connection we might mention the use of flowers on the table. Most farm tables I have seen have been too crowded for flowers, but when we do away with some of the unnecessary things, there will be room for a flowering plant, or a vase <)f pretty cut flowfers.

moods, our manners are evidences o! our thoughts. We are continually giv tng outward expression *to our prir> ciples. sentiments and beliefs.— Ex. change.

Thought Destroyer.

Mrs. Binks—Now that you hava a little son and heir, 1 think you ought to stay at home evenings and thinly about his future. Mr. Binks—That’s Just the troubla He raises such an eternal racket * have to go out to thlnju—Puak.

FOR SUMMER NEGLIGEE

MANY AND VARIED ARE THE DAINTY THINGS OFFERED. .j- ■ .r. : r v_ . - *4 •; 4 Airy Chiffon Jackets Designed Expressly to Bid Defiance to the Hot Weather —Washable Fabrics May Be Employed. During the very warm days „ when one is inspired with no loftier ambition than to keep cool by lolling about and sipping iced tea, the lovely thin negligees with airy chiffon jackets become things of beauty and a joy for-

Dainty Negligee With Goat of Flowered Chiffon.

ever, being designed expressly for this purpose. One positively needs these dainty things if one expects to look well while keeping cool at the same time," and indeed they seem Bimple enough to run up at home at little trouble and expense. - The-petticoat-part doesn’t matter in particular, for one wears' what one happens to have. It may be a messaline one, taffeta or lingerie, but it should in most cases be white. Crepe de chine makes the nicest kind of a negligee petticoat if you are making one specially for this purpose. However, the matinee or jacket portion is what we give most of our attention to. ' In the sketch, pastel flowered chiffon is used for the pretty negligee jacket The blouse portion is cut with elbow-length kimono sieves and cross-over fronts. The sleeves are puffed into a double-edged ruffling of fine white lace. The lace ruffling is used to outline the entire wrap, and at the neck forms an outstanding medic! collar. The lower part is cut away in front and rounded across the back, extending half way to the knees. A broad fold of azure blue satin is draped low around the waist and then up under the bust in front, where it is tied in a large, flat bow that hooks across the opening. A washable negligee can be made from the same design by using some of the pretty flowered dimities, mujls and swisses. These, too, are dainty and cool, decidedly Inexpensive.

Wash Silk Waists.

Cool and comfortable are the separate waists of white wash .silk. A heavy cord of white is the finish to tfye low-cut, turnover collar.

SLIPPERS OF BROCADED SATIN

Intended for Wear With Summer Negligee, They May Quite Easily Be Made at Home. To wear with the summer negligee the shops are showing dainty slippers fashioned of brocaded satin. These are rather expensive if your desire to purchase them, but if you are clever at needlework they can be duplicated at home for very much less. First purchase a pair of -soles the required size and bind them with a fancy silk braid of the predominating color used In the brocade. When chooßing the brocade select a design which will look well oh the* top of the foot. Frcm heavy muslin cut a piece of material to form the toe portion the slipper. This must fit smoothly to the sole and be able enough to comfortably accommodate the foot. Using this as a guide, cut two similar pieces from the brocaded satin and baste the two together. Outline the design with twisted silk of the same tone and improve the slipper toe by embroidering tiny flowers here and there. To the back of the puslln whipstitch a lining of white silk and bind the top with braid to match the soles. Join the toe portion to the soles with strong silk thread, whipstitching the two together. They are quickly made and the result speaks for Itself. A case oan be fashioned to contain thse slippers from brocaded satin of the same design. Make it to resemble a large envelope and place the •Uppers between the folds fastening

LOOSE COATS CUT STRAIGHT

Masculine Lines Adopted for the Newest Wraps That Have Taken \ Popular Fancy. » * If the pretty maids at the shore this summer, or on the steamer if you are going abroad, wear loose straight coats with “no shape or make” to them, do not look surprised—even if you are. For they will simply be wearing the newest thing in wraps—the very last word In topcoats. They are partciularly adapted for younger girls and women, these new coats, and very jaunty they are, with a certain boyish style that is most fetching. Made of the thick, closely curled chinchilla cloth, they are suitable for much hard wear and on many occasions when the “wind blows cold.” As to the cut, they are quite straight with masculine-like shoulders aud sleeves. They come just below the hips in that length that is best liked this season, and at the waist line there is an outside belt of the material, about two Inches wide, which is slipped through loops of the material. Another peculiarity is the fastening, for they button through, with buttons and button holes on the edge of the coat, and extending from the throat to the edge of the coat The button* are quite close together, and shining pearl affairs about the size of a quarter. White coats, of course, are very fashionable—very summery and very becoming, but the new blue shades (those lighter, dull tones) and the soft pretty rose tones are aIBO very smart. And maidens whose complexions will stand the test will like the bright yelr low coats, for this hue is also Included in the list.

Landscape Costumes.

A landscape costume is a novelty made of soft silk with a pattern upon It It looks as if copied from an ancient Japanese print, and, though the design is vague, anyone possessed of imagination can see a tree and bukh, a. fringed pond bank, a house and horizon. Such silks are made up into what Is called the wrapper or “uncut” skirt, which consists of two straight lengths of very soft fine material, gathered Into the waistband, looking rather full, but not bulky, about the hips, and falling in at the ankles* where It must be Invisibly weighted.

PRETTY HOUSE GOWN.

Though the .lines of this little bodies are simple, there is a deal of work on it, as any dressmaker will attest It is made of white chiffon, laid over flesh pink chiffon, and is trimmed with shadow lace, corded pipings and rhinestone buttons. It accompanies a draped skirt of dove gray lansdowne, a silk and wool fabric that is graceful and clinging in character.

the flap with a pearl button and a buttonhole.

DICTATES OF FASHION.

. The plain skirt Is no more. Plaits, drapery, gathers, insets, panels, tucks —every form of self-trimming has been resorted to in the styles fox spring and summer. The short dolman mantles of fu» seem to be gaining. Usually they gr« fastened with a single large buttoh or buckle, or tortoise Bhell or stress stones. Red, with gray, makes a beautiful color scheme for all enveloping evening wrap. One of the season’s most attractive models is made of flame colored velvet, with a lining of smokegray charmeuse. Plain ratines have borders of cop trastlng bands, woven, embroidered, In open Irish work like hea*** crochetted lace, self-colored checks, colored stripes, and Bulgarian bandings. Printed ratines hav 1 © all over tiny- flowers In pompadour effect in beautiful colors. The fashionable idea Is the white costume with a touch of color. It sometimes comes in a border print ov embroidery, again as a girdle or collar, or as decorative button. Sometimes the color is seen in the weave, a yard of bright color Intermingling with white.

A Practical Gift.

Her club, composed of five members besides herself, each gave to the bride a beautiful-flounce for a skirt. The upper part of the skirt was made of a plain material, and arranged so that the flounces could be buttoned <* when a change was desired. v ~

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Nothing iB denied to well-directed labor. —Samuel Bout. #_ Mrs.Winslow’* soothln* Syrup for Children teething, softens the gnms, reduces tnflsmmn. tion,allays pstn,cares wind s bottled* Easiest Way. "Where did you get al\ that hard cash?" “From a soft thing.” | Her Varying Preference. Until a girl ie eighteen any sort of uniform supplies a man with the* necessary credentials. But after that her interest does not respond to anything short of a pair of shoulder Btraps. Improving the Shining Hours. Blobbs —Why -do you liken Harduppa to the busy bee? He’s not particularly industrious, is he? Slobbs—Oh, no, ' it isn’t that, but nearly every one he touches gets stung. Not the Way. An "advanced” woman tells the New York Tribune that “women are headed strafght for trousers.” We heg to inform the dear girl that the manner of approach, be reversed before the effort ean bis successful. — Louisville Courier-Journal. ==S== ; Gone Forever. Mother (to little Ethel sobbing as if her heart was broken) —Well, well, what is the matter, dear? Ethel —Tabby got losted. Mother —Never mind, darling, we’ll advertise in the papers for tabby. Ethel (still sobbing)—She’ll never, never come home ’cause she can’t read. Stung. "I want my money back for these here socks,” said the man as he handed the clerk a package. “The sign you had up said the socks was guaranteed fer three months.” “Well, what’s the matter with the socks?" asked the clerk. “I only wore them three weeks, and I had to take them off and buy another pair because thie pair had holes in the toes,” replied the man.

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