Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1916 — Page 2

The Rhome Word

By GEORGE ELMER COBB

(Copyright, 1916, by W. G. Chapman.) "That’s luck!” uttered Air. Lionel Wray, as his daughter at the wheel, their auto crept Into the public garage and stopped dead short. “Yes, I’m thankful to get this far,” echoed Lillian Wray with a sigh of vast relief. “I was afraid we would have to be towed into town." The machine had refused to take a hill on the country road two miles back. However, by using second speed and halting frequently until the carburetor had a normal supply of gas from the chocked-up feed pipe, they just managed to gain the garage at a snail’s pace. It .was a drowsy mid-afternoon hour and there was only one person in the garage. He might be the proprietor, or a customer, judging from his clothes, and Mr. Wray accosted him with some hesitation and timidity as he made his wants known. Lillian reflected that this stranger, at once Interested in their troubles, had a fine Intellectual face and she looked gratified when he announced that, although the garage owner and his helper were both away on a smashup job, he felt an ability to help them out. The young man took off his coat and the sudden transition into a jumper caused Lillian to smile. He spread a tarpaulin under the machine and was soon at work with pump and tools. “Have to take off the sediment trap cover," finally announced the impromptu mechanic. “It’s easy to pump the pipe clear, but it will fill right up again so we might as well make a thorough job of it while we’re at it. She’s stuck hard, but I fancy I can budge her,” and the accommodating

“I Got It,” He Announced.

young man once more crept out of sight, a formidable wrench in his hand. It was fully half an hour before he emerged bearing evidences of exhaustive labor and grime, but smiling courageously. “I got it.” he announced with a palpable spice of triumph in his tone and went over to a sink to wash his hands. Lillian edged up to her father. “Papa, dear.” she said, “you will have to let me have some money?— l presume this will be quite a bill —that young man had to work dreadfully hard.” “Certainly, how much, daughter? The mischief!” Going in turn through his pockets, Mr. Wray finding nothing, looked perturbed and dismayed. “What is it, papa?” questioned Lillian anxiously. “Bless me! if I haven’t left money and check book in my other clothes.” “Oh, papa!” palpitated Lillian with concern. “Only seventy-five cents,” she added, glancing into her purse. “What will the young man think of us?” The young man, overhearing, his 'bsfck to them wiping his hands at the towel, smiled quietly. As he faced about Lillian approached him with timidity. ' “The —the charge, please, please?” she faltered. “Oh, that?” responded Vance Elliott, lightly. “Let me see,” and he feigned to consult a written schedule on a desk. “Ah, yes—twenty-five cents." “Twenty-five—” voiced Lillian faintly. “Cents," supplied the smiling amateur workman. “You see, we can’t call this a regular Job, as I am not actping officially. The mechanic’s proportion would be a quarter, so—thanks.” Lillian was immensely relieved. She flashed, however, as her eyes met those of tins courteous obliging helper. There was a slightly quizzical expression In his glance! > Had he overheard her conversation-with her father? , 'An honest man!” exclaimed Mr. £—L—.— ■ : ;

Wray with energy as they left the garage. “He certainly was delightful,” observed Lillian, und there was the to • ken of a sigh In her utterance, as though reluctant to sever association with this splendid young fellow. “Hello!" exclaimed Vance Elliott at high noon exactly three days later. He was on a week’s walking jaunt, putting in the last half of a desultory vacation. He was passing a handsome villa. Gazing beyond its hedge, he caught sight of a young girl seated at a table in a rustic arbor. She had looked up to wave her hand at an old gentleman crossing the lawp towards a small building at the rear of the mansion, suggesting a storehouse or workshop. •‘My friends of the garage,” murmured Elliott, and in a pleased tone. He had not forgotten them, particularly the girl, and he recognized them at once. A maid came to the young lady in the course of a few minutes and they went into the house. Elliott was a bold, original young man. He crowded through the hedge, he approached the arbor, he glanced down at several half written sheets. “Poetry/* he smiled —“and not bad. Ah! I see she has left blank where the rhyming word does not come satisfactorily or euphopiously. ‘I drained life’s chalice all too soon —moon, rune, noon,’ she has noted down. I’ll add to the collection,” and the'fun-lov-ing invader wrote, “spoon.” “ ‘There came to me a carrier dove,’ she has got ‘grove, rove, prove.’ I’ll add my mite,” and he audaciously wrote, “move." His spirit of mischief subdued, there was no excuse for Vance to remain, although he would like to have done so. He crossed the lawn to pass the little building into which he had seen Air. Wray disappear. He glanced in a sashless window* Upon a workbench was a model made up of intricate wheels, shafts, and levers. Standing,, shaking his head dubiously as if at a loss to figure out some perplexing problem regarding the invention, was Mr. Wray. He seemed to give up in despair. He left the little workroom in deep thought. Vance entered it and looked over the machine. Half an hour later Mr. Wray, returning to the place, uttered a cry of surprise to see an intruder absolutely engrossed in working over the machine. “Hey, you!” he hailed challengingly. “Don’t bother me,” retorted the absorbed Vance. “You’re working on a great idea here and —glory, I’ve got it!" He had, indeed, expert mechanician that he was, discovered what Mr. Wray had lacked in his invention for use in a large factory he owned, had failed to find—the connecting link. One hour later Lillian Wray came to the door of the little workshop to summon her father to lunch. She flushed with a quick little gasp as she recognized Elliott. Site knew now where the “rhyme words” had come from. She also made a new discovery •—pendant frdm his watch chain was a coin—a silver twenty-five-cent piece. It turned out that the wealthy Mr. Wray needed just such an expert mechanician as Vance Elliott. It turned out too that frequent business conferences at the home of the capitalist became.quite regular, so, of course, Vance saw a good deal of Lillian. And one balmy afternoon as they were drifting placidly down stream in a row boat, he made the remark: “In suggesting rhymes for your pretty poetry, Miss Wray, I omitted a very suitable one for ‘dove.’ ” “Indeed," murmured Lillian consciously expectant of the sequence. “Yes, it was ‘Love,’ ” and. with that as his text, this remarkably eloquent ami persuasive young man proceeded to plead his cause —successfully.

Very Sensitive,

The famous author and the author whp was not so famous traveled together to the seaside inn. The proprietor had had the famous author for a guest before, and he welcomed him back cordially. On the second day of their stay the famous man summorfed the laqdlord for a confidential interview. “I want to talk to you about this young friend of mine,” he said. “He Is now in the writing game, and earns very little money. As a favor to me I should like you to make his bill as small as possible.” The landlord, highly gratified at tne great man’s friendly attitude, even though it touched his pocketbook, promised. Two days later he was sent for again. “By the way,” said the great man, “don’t let my bill be any bigger than his. It would humiliate him. Boys like that are so extremely touchy. New York Times.

Wheat in California.

California, once an important wheat state and noted for large bonanza wheat farms, is no longer classed as a wheat-producing state. Twenty years ago it produced 45,000,000 bushels of wheat, shipping much of it Toy Europe. This year its production will probably be not much more than 4,000,000 bushels, - and it will need to ship in from other states 10,000,000 bushels or more to meet its own food require meats.

Municipal Art

“Who designed that hideous mono* meat in the public square of your town?” asked the visitor to Gopherville. ‘ “That wasn’t designed by no art> Ist,” replied the native. “It was designed by the mayors brother-in-law.”

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PARTICIPANTS IN MATTY DAY CELEBRATION

Here’s one of the mosfc expensive combinations in baseball: Manager McGraw of the New York Giants, ex-Manager Herzog of the Reds, and now a Giant for the second time, and Manager Alathewson, late of the Giants, now manager of the Red.s. Matty received a wonderful ovation at the Polo grounds on his first appearance there as manager of the Cincinnati Reds, an ovation he will never forget. A strange sight to the eyes of the New York fans was the great pitching star In the regalia of the Cincinnati club, and they so far forgot themselves as to‘root for a Cincinnati victory. They did not root in vain for the Giants, too, seemed imbued to start Alatty right and they played with that end in view, apparently, for the desire to win was not at all manifest except on the part of the Reds. Herzog returned to the Polo grounds, another cause for jubilation, but “Buck” had a bad day. He did not make a run or hit and contributed a costly error. All of Christy Mathewson’s friends hope he will succeed as manager of the Reds.

TWIRLER THRIVES ON WORK

Klepfer Expected to Be “Iron Man” of Cleveland Team —Has System «. for Keeping in Shape. Ed Klepfer is one Indian hurler who thrives on work and it will not be his fault if Fohl does not call upon him often. Ed pitched 378 innings in the Coast league in 1914. Consequently he is of the opinion he had a vacation last year, when he pitched only 55 rounds. That is, he pitched only 55 innings on the mound. While with the White Sox he pitched 200 or 300 Innings in the bullpen. Ed has a system for keeping in shape to pitch that is just the reverse

Pitcher Ed Klepfer.

of that owned by nine out of ten pitchers. The average hurler wants to lay off and refrain from warming up the day after he has pitched his full limit game. But say that Klepfer should pitch his nine innings on a Monday, he takes a good, hard warming up on Tuesday, rests Wednesday and is ready to go the route again on Thursday. __ Klepfer gained the title of “Iron Alan” while pitching for San Francisco in 1914. Right up to the close of the season Frisco thought it had a chance to win the pennant and as Klepfer was very effective against Portland, which did cop the bunting, Ed worked overtime against the embryo champs. He pitched and won the last two games of a series in Portland. Returning to San Francisco he worked three of the next four games against the Beavers, winning four of his five games pitched wl th only two. days of fest-

STAR COMBINATION IN BASEBALL.

STORIES of the DIAMOND

“Bill” Wambsganss is playing a splendid game at second for the Indians. * * • Chicago critics are singing the praises of “Bill” Wortman, the new shortstop. Joe Birmingham is confident his Toronto International club will capture the pennant * * '• George Sisler, the Browns’ first baseman, is climbing steadily in the batting averages. ♦ * * The feature of the defensive play of the Tigers has been the work of Mitchell and James. “Bill” Carrigan, manager of the Red Sox, Is worried over the condition of his pitchers. * * * “Dick” Rudolph apparently has regained his one-time effectiveness after a prolonged rest Hughle Jennings has purchased Howard Ehmke of the Syracuse team. He is a former Fed player. * * • “Joe” Engel, one-time pitcher for the Senators, is doing excellent work in the box of the Buffalo club. * * * Christy Mathewson is beginning to realize the managerial berth in Cincinnati is not a bed of roses. * * • “Pat” Moran has given strict orders to his players to refrain from criticizing decisions by umpires. • • * “Bob” Veach is recovering his batting eye and this has served to increase Jennings’ pennant hopes. • • • “Bert” Shotten, left fielder of the Browns, is leading that club in batting, with an average well above .300. Th&* Pittsburgh “fans” have given “Al” Mamaux a diamond stickpin by way of showing they think of him. • * • Chicago critics say the Cubs have lost enough games because of a weak shortstop this year to put them in first place. • • • “Jack" Graney, according to Cleveland critics, IS having nearly as much to do with the success of the Indians as “Tris” Speaker. • • * The Cubs do not seem to be making much headway in their battle for the pennant, even though they are getting new strength every day or two. • • ♦ In Boston the critics are talking of the Braves winning the National league flag and the Red Sox repeating, so they can have the world’s series all to themselves.

TRIED A DOUBLE-CROSS

One Play Manager Stallings Couldn’t Dope Out. Two On, Two Out, Hap Myers Bunted, but Couldn’t Get Away With It— Easily Thrown Out and .... Braves Lost Game. The score was 3 to 2 against the Braves. This was In a game played in Boston in the summer of 1913. It was the ninth inning. Two men were out and the Braves had a man on first and second. “Hap” Myers, the lanky Boston first sacker, walked to the plate. A long hit would either tie the score or win the game. “Hap" let the first one pass—and bunted the second. He was thrown out by at least ten feet, and the game was over. The Braves had lost , Myers In Terror. “Hap,” in terror over a» possible rebuke from Manager George Stallings, sneaked into the clubhouse. Stallings was there, enshrouded in deepest gloom. Baseball never knew a hanTer loser than Stallings. But Stallings never said a word to Myers then, and Myers ducked out of the clubhouse and went home thinking Stallings had overlooked the bunt-out. But Stallings hadn’t. The next morning found Stallings at Myers’ home. Myers had just gotten up. “‘Hap,’” said Stallings, “I want to know why you bunted with two out and two on bases." “Well, you see, boss,” explained “Hap," “I thought I’d double-cross the other fellows.” “Double-cross ’em?” asked Stallings, puzzled. Looking for a Hit. “Yes. You see they were looking for me to hit it out, and I thought I’d catch ’em asleep with a bunt.” “Oh, that’s it, eh?” said Stallings. “Thought you’d double-cross ’em, hey? Well, you didn’t double-cross them, but you did double-cross me. I’ve spent the whole night trying to figure out why you bunted. That’s the reason, eh —wanted to double-cross the other fellows?” “Yes; that’s it.” “Well, lemme tell you this, ‘Hap’ Myers,” and Stallings poked a menacing finger at his big first baseman, “if you ever again try any of that double-crossing stuff there’ll be a funeral in this particular neighborhood. Good day, double-crosser.” And Stallings walked away.

HEAT WORRIES LEW M’CARTY

Hot Weather Got Best of Dodgers’ Catcher on Trip Through WestBrief Respite in Bath. “I used to think I could stand the heat, but it certainly had me all in on

Lew McCarty.

you got out and dried off the heat got you again. “I thought Jeff Pfeffer would fade to a grease spot. But the boys stood it and we’re all in good condition now pnd will go right ahead proving that any team which cuts into the world series will have to beat us to the goal.”

BUG BIT INDIAN BOSS EARLY

President Dunn of Cleveland Always Cherished Ambition to Become Big League Owner. The new owner of the Cleveland Indians, James C. Dunn, hails from a town made famous by that immortal pioneer of the national pastime, A. C. (“Pop") Anson of Marshalltown, la. It was in the lowa town that Dunn, who now weighs 240 and wears a No. 17 collar, got his start as a contractor. The son of a farmer, he began contracting on a shoestring when nineteen, and has amassed sufficient wampum to buy the Indians or any other old ball club he wants without missing the change. Jim is forty-eight and married. He lives in Chicago. The baseball bug bit him when he was quite young. “I was quite a fan as a kid,” Dnnn says, “but not much of a player. When a ball club was formed in Marshalltown I was made its president. Ever since I’ve been able to muster the cash I’ve had hopes of becoming a bigleague owner.”

CAMPBELL JOINS SEMI-PROS

Former Newark Federal League Player Is Playing With Maryland Athletic Club in Baltimore. Vint Campbell, last year with the Newark Feds, who recently refused many big league offers, including a flattering one from the Cincinnati Reds, has joined the Maryland Athletic dub team in Baltimore, where he Is now residing.

a recent trip we made through the West,” said Lew McCarty, backstop of the Brooklyn Dodgers. “When you went to bed you just lay there tossing around and sweating. Plunging into the bathtub afforded only momentary relief, for just as soon as

HOME TOWN HELPS

WOULD GUARD AGAINST FIRE National' Board of Underwriter* Urges Greater Care in the Construction of Dwelling. Realizing the large annual losses sustained by thousands of home owners through construction which , tends to spread fires Instead of retarding them, the committee on construction of buildings of the national board of fire underwriters has issued a booklet of 115 pages on roOhods of in-, creasing the fire-resistive qualities of dwellings, says Engineering Record. Builders everywhere, especially In localities outside the control of building ordinances (and by far the majority of ordinary dwellings are built In such localities), will find valuable information in this presentation of methods for making houses reasonably safe from fire. Particularly important, not only for builders, but for owners and the general .public, are the sections devoted to floor and roof construction; chimneys, flues, smokepipes and fireplaces; fire stopping and general precautions, for fire protection. Generally recognized dangers from such old offenders as shingle roofs, unllned chimneys, unprotected stairways and .shafts ’are strikingly illustrated, and many simple and effective, while relatively inexpensive, devices in construction which retard the spread of fire are clearly explained. Every potential house owner will find It profitable to become familiar wlth these building precautions,' which may prevent lose of life as well as of property. Engineers, through their positions in building departments and their participation as plain citizens in civic associations, chambers of commerce and similar organizations, can let it be known that ordinary dwellings can readily be improved as to their fire-resistive qualities, and can direct interested parties to the propef source of information.

INVITES AND PROTECTS BIRDS

Massachusetts City Has CommonSense Plan of Guarding the Trees' on Its Streets. The town of Brookline, Mass., Is teaching the country at large a valuable lesson. First of all, of course, Brookline had to learn the lesson for Itself. The town prized its trees, and sought by the usdal means to guard them against the attack of insect pests. The campaign, however, was not entirely successful. The leopard moth Invaded Brookline, and against this tree enemy poisonous sprays avail little. Birds alone can hold It in check. So Brookline, a few’ years ago, w’ent seriously about the business of inducing birds to come and stay. In 1910 It w’anted woodpeckers, and it issued its invitation, but only a few responded. Three years later Brookline had learned enough through experiment to justify the municipality in building and placing 100 nesting boxes. - That was the beginning; year by year since then the work has been expanded. The nesting boxes Increased in number and variety, and during the wdnter thousands of birds were fed dally at 125 municipal feeding stations, operated by the tow'n authorities at the public’s expense. And now, says a report from Brookline, “the plans for the securing of bird help in Insect destruction will be carried on during the coming season with greater determination than ever.”

Vegetable Ashes.

Do not throw away any vegetable ash, for all ashes have a decided garden value. Some seem to have the Impression that trashy material returns ashes of little worth,, but the reverse ds often true. Ashes from cotton hulls have shown as much as 30 per cent of potash and sold for S4O a ton. Some weeds would prove equally rich. Tn addition there is always some phosphoric acid and a heavy per cent of lime. That most precious element, nitrogen, however, was all burned out, therefore these substances would prove of greater value if allowed to decompose in the soil rather than be destroyed by combustion. Ashes of deciduous trees, being nearly all hardwoods, are of more value than those from evergreens, for the latter are nearly all conifers —pines, cypresses, etc. ,

Making House Entrance Attractive.

To one who must watch expenses carefully, the solution of the entrance to t|ie grounds of the country house is often a difficult task. When one can afford to employ the services of a landscape architect the problem is, of course, simplified. The guiding spirit here, aa in the structural features of the house itself, should be to create aij entrance, simple,! attractive, substantial and in harmony* with the surroundings. Stones are generally easy to procure* in the country; therefore stpne pillars with a durable gate between make an attractive entrance, within reach of even the limited purse. throwing vines and flowers will add! greatly to the general attractiveness of this approach and furnish the connecting link between entrance an<s grounds.