Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1915 — Page 3

THE SPELLBINDER

By GEORGE ELMER COBB.

"You’ve got to go to work, sir!” declared old Bara Porter stormily. “You haven't raised me to work and I don’t know how to do it,” replied bis nephew and heir, Ronald Duns tan, not impertinently, yet with a shade of defiahce in his tone. "Then what did you waste live years on an education for?” snarled the irate old man. “General knowledge and training.” replied Ronald calmly. “It led to my winning the prize in oratory. I came to you the finished article and told yon my bent. You wouldn’t have it. Your heart is set on my being g physician. Why, sir. I’d break down at the first patient! I can’t bear the sight of pain and distress.” “All right, then,” berated Mr. Porter, "start out and earn your own living. Until you do, I disown you." “I shall have to do that, since you insist tpon it,” observed Donald in his usual smiling, imperturbable way. “It may be hard at the start, for your kindness has spoiled me, but I will try and keep respectable.” “Ugh!” growled the old tyrant, fairly wrathful because he could not frighten this independent young man into becoming humility. "As a penniless ad-, venturer, I hope you will not have the presumption to continue your attentions to Miss Delevan.” “Ah, Constance?” Intimated Ronald, and actually looked happy and hopeful, and old Ezra thrashed around anew at this further exasperating evidence of the perfect confidence of his nephew In himself and the future. “Why, sir, we are engaged.” "Her father will settle that For the last time—the medical profession?” "Never ” * “Then the book is closed!” “With a characteristic slam of your right royal and powerful honest old list, my dear uncle,” railed Ronald. ■“The world is wide. I’ll hit something.” "You’ll hit poverty and disgrace, young man!” blustered Ezra Porter. “I’m through with you.” It was pretty lonesome for the old man when he saw the last of his irrepressible relative going down the road, whistling cheerily and waving his

“Next to Clean Hands and Faces la Clean Politics."

hand back at his old home, smiling as brightly as though its owner was sending him off on a well-financed pleasure trip around the world. Then he went down to the counterpart of his own fine mansion, the home of the Delevans. He evaded pretty, anxious Constance, who gave him a pleading, reproachful look. To her father he said confidentially: “I hope you see the necessity and wisdom of giving that disobedient nephew of mine your ultimatum, that you have no room in your family for a shiftless wanderer.” “I have thought it over,” announced Mr. Delevan gravely, “and have told Constance that she must not see Ronald nor correspond with him.” “Famous!” gloated old Ezra. "TO bring him to terms, or break him. Orator! Spouter! Roald’s got his head lull of Demosthenes and all that! Bah!' He'll be a doctor, or starve.” When, Mr. Porter came to see his friendly neighbor again, however, things did not seem so “famous” to him. In fact his first -vociferous remark was: “Infamous!” "“What now?” queried Mr. Delevan. "That nephew of mine. What do you think? He’i vicious, yes, sir, vicious! He’s trying to drive me into rescinding my firm determination. He’s playing an organ. On . the public streets! With a monkey!” “You don’t say so.” “I do. I heard of it, I saw him—at a distance. There he was, grinding sway, smiling at everybody, telling his Jolly stories and receiving the pennies in a tin cup!” Mr. Porter groaned. It was trap, hut the next day the newspaper explained that “our generous hearted and original minded friend, Mr. Dunstan,” had given two days to helping out an invalid cripple by assuming his place temporarily “and providing

Two more days and Ronald had lert the town. Three more and old Ezra appeared at the Delevan home in a new high state of exasperation. Worse and worse!" he raved. “Ronald has engaged with a traveling peddler to sell soap on the public streets.” Just this Ronald bad done. He would have balked at patent drugs, more harmful than helpful, but soap was a cleanser. It was good soap. He went from town to town and his storytelling qualifications, his eioquenoe, his mimicry drew crowds and sold good 8. One day Ronald arrived at a large town where the coming of the advance salesman of'the wonderful soap had been widely advertised. In the public square was a platform used on mass meeting political and municipal occasions. This had been leased from the town by Ronald’s employer, big placards set about it and a good crowd expected, A well dressed man appeared on the spot as Ronald was directing the decoration of the stand. "I wanted to see if you would not sell your stand privilege here,” he remarked. "I’ll give a good bonus.” "Soap, too?” insinuated Ronald, with his smile that never came off. “Oh, dear, no!” dissented the other in a dignified way. “I am a candidate for state senator; the campaign is on. This is the only date I have for a speech here and you have pre-empted the'only available speaking platform. I will pay liberally for the use of the stand. There is my card, sir,” and Ronald with considerable interest read the name “John T. Delevan.” He be-, came thoughtful. This was the uncle of Constance. “See here, sir,” he said, “my employer would not be willing to give up the privilege here, but if you will supply me with some of your campaign literature I’ll promise to do you some good." Mr. Delevan was in the crowd about the stand that evening. He was greatly edified. Within an hour, as was usual, Ronald had a great crowd in high good humor with his funny stories. When he had sold out, said:

“My friends, next to clean hands and faces, guaranteed by our famous soap, is clean politics,” and he went on to boom the abilities of Mr. Delevan. When he left the platform the crowd was cheering the candidate he championed, who came up to him aglow with delight, and offered him a generous salary to speak for him exclusively during the rest of the campaign. 80 Ronald drifted from soap into politics, and with great' success. One evening a month later Mr. Porter went over to his neighbor’s to find two unexpected guests there. "My brother, Just elected to the state senatorship,” introduced the father of Constance, “My campaign manager, Mr. Dunstan,” spoke the fortunate politician, and Mr. Porter stared at his smiling nephew. “You see,” resumed the senator, “he has elected me and I’ve offered him a very fine position in connection with the state central committee.” Old Ezra saw that Constance and her father were very proud of the achievements of his nephew. A senator maker in the family was no trifling circumstance. , “He is a natural orator. Mark me, he will make a record as a future Patrick Henry,” enthused the senator. “I suppose I’ll have to forgive him,” observed Mr. Porter, shaking hands with his renegade nephew, "Ronald Dunstan, you are simply irresistible!”

“Ha Is, indeed!” fondly murmured the blushing Constance, and, although her eyes were lowered, her lovely face was filled with pride and confidence. (Copyright, 1915, by W. q. Chapman.)

HOW THE MASTERS WORKED

Great .Musical Composers Used Different Methods in Getting Their Melodies Before the World. Mozart loved company, wine, and good fellowship. Operative managers were driven to despair by the fact that he would linger in the wine room or at the billiard table when they were in sad need of perhaps an overture that he had promised, but bad put off writing until “tomorrow.” But the overture was sure to be forthcoming just at the last moment, for was it not all completed in him head, and had it notbeen for many days or weeks? It was the manual labor of writing out that he shirked. Who that has copied music can blame him? Schubert lingered much at the tavern. Well, perhaps it was more cheerful than bis home. No clatter of plates and glasses or chatter of busy tongues could stay the flow of his beautiful melodies. The fountain must flow even though . the world thought naught of the stream. Many of his songs went for twenty cents apiece, while, their author lacked the necessities of life. Haydn would shut himself up In his sixth story garret and pen the symphonies which paved the way for Mozart and Beethoven. So absorbed in his work would Haydn become that the absence of food or fuel was unknown; the Joy of composition was enough to produce oblivion to all minor matters such as food. But a scolding wife may have had somewhat to do with his voluntary isolation.

May Be Joking.

“A police commissioner says, "The professional criminal has almost disappeared.* ** “Do you believe that?” “I wish I had a tenth of his optim-

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CHICAGO WHITE SOX HAVE NEW MANAGER

Clarence Rowland, Leader of Chicago American League Team.

“Look out for the White Sox thla year!” That’s what the fans who favor the American league local team are saying. There’s a reason, or, rather, there are a number of reasons. One of them is that the White Sox have a new manager in the person of Clsrence Rowland. Now, maybe you don t know much about the said Mr. Rowland. Well, we can’t blame you. Manager Rowland has got to show the goods. The fans say he can do it. They point with pride to the great showing he made with the Peoria team. They say speed is Rowland’s middle name. But, then, of course, Clarence has never played in big league bail. He’s a “never was.” at that he comes with a good reputation for snap, vigor, vim, ginger, pep and all that sort of thing. The other reason Is Eddie Collins, formerly of the Athletics.

WILDING, WAR MOTORCYCLIST

Davis Cup Champion Berving With English Forces—Played ThirtyFive Matches, Losing Nins. Anthony F. Wilding of New Zealand, the hero of 26 Davis cup lawn tennis matches, Is at the front with the allied forces. Wilding Joined one of the infantry regiments, but was transferred .to the motorcycle corps, as ho has been an expert at the pastime for years. Wilding, with Brookes, took the Davis cup away from here last year to

Anthony F. Wilding.

Australia, and when the cup first went to the country “down under” from Singland, in 1907, It was the same pair that did the trick. In all Wilding has played Ip 36 Davis cup matches and hap won 26 and lost nine.

Connolly Lauds Keeler.

Tom Connolly, the veteran American league umpire, thinks Willie Keeler the best man who ever swung a bat. “No player ever had an eye like Keeler.” sayi Connolly. “If a ball was an inch outside Keeler wouldn’t go for it The umpires naturally came to have a lot of respeet for Keeler’s judgment particularly as he never kicked. I remember in one game a catcher protested that the umpire had missed a third strike on Keeler. Tim Hurst was the umpire, and he wouldn’t listen to the kick at aIL It must have been a bad one,’ said Urn, ‘Willie didn’t swing at it’ ”

Wagner May Play First Base.

Pittsburgh writers declare that Hans Wagner will be seen at first base with the Pirates this year. Clarke has found Gerber a most promising shortstop. The veteran Wagner, who has had experience at first is by far the

NOTED of the DIAMOND

Among the rare exhibits at the Panama exposition is Ping Bodie, late of the Sox. • * * Ralph Works, former Tiger, has been released by the Kansas City American association team. * • * The Detroit club has released outfielder Fred Nicholson to the San Antonio club of the Texas league. • • •- ... Pat Donovan, former manager of the Boston Red Sox, has been signed to lead the Buffalo Internationals. * * • It is said that Mike Mitchell, released by Washington to Richmond, will quit baseball to follow the ponies. * • • Joe Benz of the White Sox has become 'an ardent golfer and probably makes his tee shots with a cleaver. • * • Fred Banding has quit baseball and will remain on his Michigan farm because he has grown too fat to play well * * * Lee Meadows, the only pitcher in organized ball who wears glasses, is making a big hit with Miller Huggins. - . • • • Some crank has introduced a hill In the Indiana legislature against Sun* day ball and all other forms of amusement on Sunday. • • • Connie Mack and Clarence Rowland both agree that dancing aids base running—but the Athletics tango and the Sox hesitate. • • • The Cleveland club has purchased second baseman Walter C. Hammond from the Springfield club of the Eastern association. A• • • Wellesley girls have recognized baseball and we hope the fans will recognize It when they see Wellesley’s team playing It - . ' • • • Following the example of the American league, the Pacific Coast Baseball league has placed a ban on the socalled “emery” ball. • • * Hans Wagner tuned in his sixteenth contract to manager Clarke of the Pirates, so the shortstop position is settled for the Smoky City nine this year. • • • Ray Caldwell's salary last year was $4,600, and he Jumped the New Yorks. This year he will draw SB,OOO from the near owners and It's ten to one he’ll stick. • • • Tip O’Neill umpired a game in California- There is one umpire no ball player ever will talk back to a second time. After Tip gets through talk tug there Isn’t any language left

RECRUIT UMPIRE IS A GIANT

Qsminick Mullaney Is 6 Feet, 3 Inchee Tall. Weigh* 225 Pounds—Native of Kentucky. American league players who hare thoughts of mixing things up with Dominick J. Mullaney, latest addition to Ban Johnson’s staff of umpires, will think twice before doing so. He has the build of a white hope, weighing 225 pounds and being six feet, three Inches tall Mullaney is a native of the Blue Grass state, having been horn In Louisville, November 9,1877. Nineteen years later he played his first professional ball under John McCloskey, present Red scout, at Dallas, in the Texas league. After that Mullaney paßtimed in the Virginia, South Atlantic, Southern, Blue Grass and Three-Eye leagues and American association, among the clubs he was connected with being Rock Island, Bloomington, Columbus, Savannah, Montgomery and Jacksonville. He was the leader of the Floridans for four years, and they won the pennant under his direction in 1908. Mullaney also managed the Montgomery club of the Southern league and the Savannah team of the South Atlantic league.

Among the famous players Mullaney has been in the same leagues with are Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb, Nap Rucker, Joe Jaekson, Jimmy Archer, Mordecal Brown, Harry Sallee, the late Addle Joss and all the members of the Delahanty tribe with the exception of the lamented Ed. When Mullaney was an able athlete first base was his position. His highest batting average was In 1901, when he hit .313 for the Rock Island club of the Indiana-lowa-Illinois league. For Montgomery of the Southern league, in 1908, he hit .300. Mullaney umpired in the Texas league last year. He also officiated In all the spring exhibition games played in Jacksonville by the Athletics and other big league clubs.

DEADWOOD COSTS $200,000

Secretary Foster of Now York Giants Discusses New Rule Limiting " Clubs to 21 Players. A most excellent reason for the new tale limiting all ball clubs to 21 player* is given by Secretary Foster of the Giants in the statement that the deadwood last season cost the two leagues more than 8200,000. “Personally, I think a limit of 25 would have been better,** said Foster, “because it would give the managers a chance to make arrangements for the future, but there are very good reasons for the new limit "As you know,” he declared, “very few clubs ever use more than twenty players for actual playing purposes. The rest, therefore, are carried either as prospective youngsters looking for experience or veterans too old to be of

Secretary Foster of New York Giants.

actual service, but who* have been kept largely through regret at having to let them go. * “You can estimate that no less than fifty of these veterans were carried last year when they were of absolutely no use to the clubs. It was merely burning up $200,000 for the sake of sentiment, and some of the weaker dubs felt that they could not stand it. A saving of that amount of money to organized baseball means a whole lot when we realize how many ether pur* poses it can serve in the rather procarious times.”

Acosta Is Satisfied.

“That’s all bunk, plain bunk,” replied Manager Griffith of Washington, when told of: the Cuban report that Merito Acosta might hop to the Feds. “Acosta has never been told by mo that a year in the minors would hdp him. I want him tor my own ball club and that’s where he is going to remain. That tale from Cuba is merely a dream. There’s nothing to it in the slightest’’

Buemiller Goes to Los Angeles.

Shortstop* Alßuemiller frmhthe l*ttisriHo club of the American assoda-

Home Town HELPS

GOOD IN FLOWER GARDENS

Their Cultivation I* of Help to the Children and to the Neighborhood. Those having in charge the garden tjork of the etty schools are also encouraging the building of children's gardens at home. These Juvenile efforts may control the whole garden or be confined to a small space only, appropriate prises having been offered for each, and also for every possible* phase of home gardening. This -work should engage the serious attention of every parent to the extent of provision for children's gardens In the* home premises just as soon as the 1 hardest seasonal rains are over, which should be about the time these words appear in print. Several years ago,i when personally interested in the starting of school gardens in Ixm Angeles the City Beautiful editor reprinted the 1 following good reasons why children should have home gardens and be encouraged in the work. Nearly everyone of them applies with equal force to school gardens. *• 1. Wherever it has been tried, the children have been more willing to stay at home and have taken more interest in the home because they love pretty things.’ 2. They have learned to be neat and regular in their work and to take a personal pride In it, that goes a long way toward keeping them good and happy. 3. It gives light and pleasant exercise in the open air and offers something that can be seen and enjoyed in return for the work. 4. It gives safe companionship. 5. It teaches many things about outdoor life that are worth much more than those learned in the streets. 6. It makes the child feel that he does something for the home, and this is a great safeguard. 7. It gives occupation and relieve* much of the restlessness that is so trying to the mother. —- 8. It gives a feeling of ownership and control that strengthens character. 9. It will give flowers for the house ail summer and fall. 10. A flower garden is contagions. It appeals not only to Its owner, but to a wide circle of people In looking at it, neighbors begin to realize that their houses, their lawns, their walks, their doorways, their back yardß, are all great gossips that tell to io« to every passer-by, and unlike most gossips, they tell the truth.—-Los Angeles Times.

PLAN FOR CITY MANAGERS

Kansas Municipalities May Be Given Power to Hire Expert to Look After Affaire. An enabling act that will allow the cities of Kansas to name a city manager to handle all the business of a city was introduced in the senate by Senator Howe of Dickinson county, Abilene, Senator Howe's home, has been operating under a city manager plan. Tbe bill provides for the selectipn of city commissioners and a mayor as under the present commission government law. They are to receive a nominal salary and are directed to name a city manager, who Is to serve for an indefinite time, and cannot be removed except upon written charges, and must be given a chance to defend himself. All city employees are to be named by a civil service board, except the heads of each city department. The commission is to have nothing to do but pass ordinances for the government of the city, and the city manager is to attend to all the business of the city and is directly responsible to the city commission for his acts. The law requires that the manager be experienced in handling engineering and utility problems. The law is made optional and before the city can hire A city manager a vote must be had in favor of the plan.

Usefulness of Gardens.

A writer in the Southern Woman’s Magazine calls gardens “the solution for misspent leisure in childhood.” “There is great economic truth,” she says, “at the bottom of the garden movement, and its value has been recognized long ago in JBuropean conntries, which have brought about different forma of development Austria established experimental gardens in its rural schools as ftr back as 1869. Switzerland, Germany and England have a garden course In their public schools, while France goes farther and maintains not only flower and vegetable gardens, bat includes orchards, forestry and bee industry. The garden, movement is of special significance to cities where large numbers of children are turned out on the streets to loiter, tease and maraud. When the welfare workers and educators fully realise the the tryIt is remarked that the school garden “C toSThas 0 given it per* D aas suit of it there are said to be 50.00 G