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N | [ noticed Ira Thomas -afid “Eddie’. . . /J, v N ‘ ¥ g :’l’:32‘\, ' i ) | Plank working together in sa -gambe .- ! : S / 17 ' /e g T : ¥ : ; P S Sasia Y g A 4 ¥ i . e EEeR ; ? aéa“!st ‘_he Sl}hsut,\”(:‘s i '()ne ."da}' u‘ . =a) . / “?? . : . , < . - : R i \\ 3 Sy - | morhing practice. Thomag's- s gnals . | HEEExrey : 2SS _ - j 4 EERET e e . g ! : Gt LFe e eT L NG St s ? 0 : B T N : 4;5& | were so ridiculously piain. that /L ('\ ’//, B .;-‘;-,55:“%»;;;'. N . oo R ' S‘r | yeiled to him from_ my position at’ \ileaE //:’(,‘i £b\ : ! ; ' gl PO L weaen,) BEOE i lafl & 3 | second base. L R -';//f‘é.i”‘\‘f-*’ G\ R ’ : ’ gm i ‘ * . i »~"For:heaven's sake, Ira,” J-called, - . @W#" /"n 038 X, . N & . ' e o ig@ & ' . .. |“what are you ‘trying:to:ido}:A- 1. RSN Cow e e eV: ‘] 7 R : ,&} e o g - . S soo (RSt B 4 YSz A ¢ - &Rl N " B ST . blind. man in penter field could get those signals”” -7 (5 \s\; o 3 R 3 1 | o ‘ m E ‘ All I'};’}ll. “:(!d}@,” he. : fUISW(ﬁI'P‘H, “That's. what. £ \\\Q "oy ; , “]:':ﬁu',?i \‘: ; »," ! ‘ N ; A o } 7! S : ; . ; o e o S S LRS- . ke R | ; Ay i 1\ RERL e S they're for. .If's a stall. ‘We open a series-in New £ U . T, e N | casenic s VoM, Ly " York Monday,! and they may be. tipping: 'signals. 9§ - : )"\ B )N %‘Jiﬂi}pﬁ" : ‘ :%N ' e . : there.” ' - : 2k O . g R, T S . q - . VR e : / : : s ko i S oo ED . i R, %o, : . i R ’ . Instéad of covering up his signs: with’ his legs ™ > G, Ry, : \ V . S /" ot 3 sy ol e . : S ; 8 . f Rl s i as any good ecatcher will, when le. crouthes .be: - i s : e, e, f \ ; e b ' ' hind the batier, Thomas was displaying: his' signals .0 - - : /- " & RN ) e g g 0 - j 8o that coachers at both first’ and 'third base could: - : g N S~} ' T o 2D .seé them. I learned dn-due time-that the pifchers * - F . N - R i 3 3 Ae T were giving tlhe real sigis, and that Thomas: had- TR : G i ) = TR D ' devispd this sgheme to ithrow any observers witli. . L e \9‘\\ / . ' gy S ' Ly V 1) spy glasses or|other arstificial aids off their guards. . ,u}f,i-’%fﬂf&.;e. : & & v \v < ) - Tunight add th;lt;\‘ﬁs a result, in the following series ..+ .. .t'-"n;»'f“?%""”f S - R e ) o : :azz‘ of ‘the New York batters were Lit With pitehed o= oo e s A el : s & : e ' . o “balls and badly hurt. = e - /.d (B 4‘/2"’/ s . \f’ -:2 : ' ‘ . AIY L e nt rarv ity 9. t NEpe st ! Fo : 520 ‘.“*:"’4"-’»» 5 2 S N M : G } ; ) . .\: this meaps that, every time a batter faces-a .- S ,{':///, ‘*ﬂ3~ BA, : " %\ time that @ caicher throws the ball back to the pitcher in..a gdnie f ba i for s ot AT G i YA A oy ALt LA G S : PN pe ; .Di tcher in l_l ’L;dnu_) of baseball in the. hg ,]Qﬂgup?. » o ORt j,;..\~ a4} :;;./1(%/(4;/4‘” . 1 .f\\,] i ; rltt(‘hpl “’N” he -delivets it again, -a batter e A e i . i > o . s s g P i A BT e ~“:;;‘ 4 »f-_v\‘v‘:‘.‘s; VLN L e i va Q- . . . . . S . i there 1s ;L \:‘z_a}l‘ilot \\}tsi In fact, the battq s, p!n-ed e B w“’} 'f,;;g, (PSP st ’iﬂ;»’ Co G should never takoqlus eyes off the pitcher. , -against both' the piteher and the ecatcher: as the 1. S Sl LSS EP Se e — ! ' 1" of “ ” Ty : | | e : e ooy s o ey i; G 0 I = P i N 7 . All"of the “grooves” of batters are carefully incident relatéd abové will show. The acuteness of:: . osy ST S : s : ; 3 i i : i : Heicent fey T , The aguio oo B S | ity S e, So catalogued. Every. hitter in baseball, with the the duel depends on the amount of wits enlisted on:: gHEsy ; : ’ ibl ' & ¥ SIS LCR S ‘ WA S X i joi J i e e on'- 4 R . § 4 : ' - .possible exception of Lajoie and - Wagner, is sup- . eacin side. DO arernot verv keen..: = : - e c i : k NPy o i C . 2 ; ¢ drpenoL Very : . S ! Py BT - yesed to have what is know e professi Dut. althenst B Soolar of bassbalic e 1§ SRS ‘ . : \ lel — ti ’ kne wn ro' the 'pIOfCaSIOD kL oE f e BT el 1 e et | B 2 , . as a ‘‘groove,” a certain real or imagined weak- . Is called “outguessing the pitcher,’ it is really.-ont-: -1. (e . ness. Some pitchers work to fool a batter d T e . : Ll ; Ghoiild s eel e i C AT . ey : 2SS, > ners: - wor ‘ T, an witting the catéhier; jor the receivers almost-npl 00, ~x N - ri, ' - * - others aim at his “groove.” Y : (d\P dll versally. decide what kind- of a diét shall’ be“served . = . .4y 68 : £ ‘ . ! ) nd frpe. o 15 a'n‘ i e bat MR DT 0 easvedn o 8 1 . L are of the second type, and it is this style of Lile aiier, cat c y - ler disagrees an B X R =, ¢ 7 i : Sy . ~ 2 ¢ Yy a 1 1 disagrees and . - - : { pitcher that I alwavs try to make pitech to the

shakes his head. Successful men behind the bzz_flvl An the.big' leagues have made - a éayetiil, study 'of . battess; their “grooves” ‘and’ man: nerisms, and it is on this knowledge ".ﬂ)atﬁ_f@ pit_(-hgn“_dopen'cls. »Therefore, in the majority of cases, it is the = batter outguessing the.

", ¢ateher: Ih only a few instances - .does the pitcher give the signals. - So much taith have some pitchers - -In- certain catchers that they pitch _altogether a different brand of base- - ball to other men. This is particu- ;" larly true of Krause, the Philadelphia left hander, whé pitched such sensa: T tiotnal ball in the season of 1909, and . of “Ford, of the New York American Teague club, ‘“who was the thrill of the league last seasom with his. * double breakmng spitball. Krause had _no confidence in:any catcher. except - dra . Thomas; :ihd Fo;"d._ ér)’u}d‘not work harmonionsly without “ld” Sweeney. These catchers did- all the thinking . for the two great twirlers, and their | work. in the box was purely me chanfeal. @ . = - Krause ranped ten straight vic : tories in a 4 row before hsl fell, in &' ten-inning game with the St. Louis ‘team, ther, as wsual,.in last place. The secretis this.” Thomas was catoh- - Ing hin for-the ten he put on the shelf. sLapp was behind the-bat for the

eleventh, and it Yell off and smashed. Krause _ pitched without * confidence i his catchei’s * judgnient to dutguess the batters, and He lost. " The same. thing was -true of Ford ‘in .the . post-season Series ‘with the Giants. In 7 the

early innings of .the first =ae, - ‘Sweeney ‘had his hand split open. with one of Ford's eccentric spitters. The Highlander was never ~ ~the same again. He did not pitch < .the wonderful ball-e*he is capable - of in_that ‘series. He had no con-’ fidende in the lumbering Mitchell ..o handle :his “spitters,” to think - fast; in short, to outguess the,batters. .0 - 0 0 - .- Some catchers have a very busy ~ habit of talking all the tifme to annoy a‘bhatter in an effort to distract his attention from his work. John Kling. of the Chicago ‘Cubs, known. in baseball as ia bad man with a batter, “chewed” incessant1y during the world's series in « .which we won the championship from the Cubs. He seemed to .“want_ fo distract attention from. . the pitcher. A fayvorite line of® bis was: R .‘Now, let’s try him on a fast - one,” v - Ttiis sort of an unwritten law:

of. baseball te:let the first one goby to-gef-a look at- the style. Kling would say: -"He liked the locks of that. Let’s'try him ’n anotber.” Then up would come a curve. ‘. A favorite trick of his is to get the batter

into an:argument, and have - his. pitcher .shoot over a fast < ore. He <¢ried this on sme in tie first world’s! series. . "So they say that; you are the best baSe,‘runnir in the American league,” was his opening Hne. “Well you are not up against ' American league ‘catchers now, young fellow. ‘Let’s see you steal a . base if you get down.” - I paid no attention to him, . although he evjdently hoped . that I would turn around and reply,’ so that I would .be caught off my -guard. And ‘not in conceit, but, as a’ historian, I relate the sequel. T - did get down to first base,: ““and by vretending I’ was go;nf to steal, mhde him signal tolOverall to waste two balls. Then, when he had to put a strike ovdr; 1 went down. Sometgmes a catcher will - overplay his part lin this re-

spect; and a remark dropped by him will give .1 batter the key to the situation which will - 2nable him to outguess the pitcher., A thing of this!sort.happ ned to me in Chicago one jay last season, 'with Walsh pitching “and, i Payne catching, S e el i Payne dropped a remark, which set my mind

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‘Mrs. Brown, It Must Be Conceded,? Had by Far the Better End 1 S of the Joke. . - " Mrs. Brown, telephoning to’a friend .one morning, happened to say: ' “] have such a bad sore thrqat, I'm afraid’l cannot go to that dinner-party temorrow nightf , g « Just,then something went wrong Witr—fhe conection, and she lieard a - gtrange volée! break in: e

Cyie il A NS . working. and-whi(jh led mé to forecast what ‘wag coming. This cue and the resultant con'_C’l_\{éid’;‘,t'l drew, based on the hasty hy/fothesis of Payne's remark, resulted in a timely base hit.]" The eonditions and circumstances of the

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‘reticent man, and his reiark surprised me. . -~ Walsh had refused. to pitch until he had fe‘¢éivei, a’ ¢ertain sign. .This made me think ‘that 1t was not going fo be a “spitter” or a ‘fast one, evidently the first two signals given.

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verse English on it. It was a case of him out‘guessing me. The veteran Clevéland pitcher is as different from Walsh, in his style, as white is from black. “Cy” relies on a curve and a fast ball, never using a ‘“spitter.” Young had

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that Tie'could throw one.' He simply outguessed ‘me and caught me in the arms of, Morpheus. ‘He had wet the ball, while walking away from ‘thie ;plate with his back to me, after getting it from Easterly, thus giving no hint that he was gaing -to threw a “spitter.” . o Young -invented this trick and applies it oc- .

- “'Gargle your fhroat with cooking soda, and I think you will be able to 2o to your dipner” . . | - - “Whois this speaking?” asked Mrs. Brown, startled. - - . ~ “Oh; thdt you will never know,” answered the voice, ~ Mrs. Brown was greatly amnsed and decided to: try- -the remedy. Her throat improved and she went to the party. . During dinner, she chanced

_-hit are net likely to occur often.in “acgame with. Walsd pitching. . He s fa'spit‘ball pitcher entirely. He . uses his “spitter” and a.fast ball: - with no ‘curves. .On this occasion, - Pdyné signalled . for either a spit ~ ball or a fast one, I don't know “which, Walsh shook. his' head in j.-,re'ply, and Paine gave him another signal to which he again shook his . chead.~ .. 7/ - - . . . “You don't want this one?” Payne Cmumbled in his mask, but loudly . - enocugh for me to hear as ‘he gave * -another - signal. WalsH "nodded as-’~s__§'>n-t", G . 5 - § Now here is what passed through “my mind, after listening to ‘the hint _ carelessly -dropped by Payne. Two ~were out at the time,-a®man .was . on ‘third base, who, if he scored, - would put us abead, and the count on me was two strikes and no.balls. "My flash "of thought must have been - ‘nstantaneous. 1 try never to pay _any attention to the ‘moniologue’ of - < a’catcher, but Pavne.is ndturally a =

by Payne. He can't intend to waste 8 balll reasoned, because the man son third, and he doesn't think - he is going to try to steal.. Then it struck me. , : ‘ ';‘.“Can it be a (‘ufx_'e?” I asked myself . surprised. . “But' he - never throws orie,” 1 argued in.my mind. * . Then I rémembered the surprise: .bet:ra'ye'(.l ‘in Payne’§' “You don't " want -this oné.” The remark, mum- - bled in his mask, had supplied the ikey: 1 took a chance. ~lt was a curve, and. I calied the ‘turn. It ~was- the first and last ohe Walsh ever threw me, and probably he would have slinped it over, had it ~not beén for Payne’s. poorly suppressed surprise. That cost Walsh ,the game. It -must be remembered by the reader that all this. giving _of signals and reasoning took place -in about a minute’'s time. A -ball “player must think fast. - ~ Old “Cy” Young, one of <the “Solons of basebail, crossed me’ onde in almost the same way with re-

‘two.strikes and one ball on me in ‘a game in Cleveland.” He'walked out of the box and part way to the c¢afcher to receive the ball ‘Basterly, catching, signed for an oftering that did not coincide with. “Cy’s"” idea of the exigencles’ of,the Situation. The old fellow shook his Thead twice,. which immediately forced .me fo conclude that. it would be neither a curve nor a-fast one. ' - Oldring wason first base at the time,. and I guessed that *“Cy” amust want to waste one, thinking he was going to try to steal. W’h,e_'n"the’ball came-to me about cliin high, I at once concluded that my diagnosis was the correct one, and I let it\go. , But, when' about two feet ngfronb. of e, it broke across my letters, a beautiful strike, and .I had not’ even taken my bat off my shouldér: - “Cy” had dished up a spitter from somewhere in his assortment, and I didn't even know

to overhear the gentleman opposite say to his neighbor: T “I had an amusing experience the other morning. 'I was telephoning. and the wires became crossed. I suddenly heard a lady’s voice say: ‘I have such g, bad throat, Y shan’t.be able to go to that dinner party.’ Just for fun, I broke in and said:x ‘Gargle your throat with cooking soda, and you'll be all right.’ The lady’s voice in.reply sounded.rather surprised. . 1 wonder if she took my advice.” Mrs. Brown was greatly>tempted to

5 5 - & : - 3 - . casionally to great advantage, I ﬁ;zwe“”leamed sice, catching a batter off his. guard. But he depends for the mest part on a curve and a high, fast ball, relying on his wonderful control. to put the ball where he wants it. That

“whisker” trimmer. of his, which _is @ .high, fast one in the.vicinity -of the neck, is a villainous ball. _A pitcher 6f Young's type would just_as soon tell the batter where ‘he is going to try to throw .the’ ball, because it is génerally known that he is pitching at a batter's weakness. .’ - : ' . So batting {n the big leagues is * Jargely a game of thought. The man who outguesses the pitchers accumulates the most hits and the largest batting average. Lajoie is the only exception to this that 1 can recall. Of course, self-con-. fidence is an absolute necessity to any successful: hitter, but the Cleveland second baseman Is more chock.full ‘of reliancerin his own batting: ability than any other player I know. It is not conceit, _just faith in his eye, He shuffles out to the plate, almost carelessly, -and bangs his bat down two, or three times as if to say to ‘the

pitchery . Lo N “Toss one up here and hurry up. about fit. I'm. not particular.” . T ’ o He seldom lets the fiist one go past him. He gets his poise, takes 43’ couple -of short steps, wades into the ball, and 'bang! e

“You can’t get’ one by me,” his manner appears to challenge.” He is simply bulging with confidence. He is the one hitter and the only successful one I ever saw who apparently doesn’t try to guess what .the pitcher is going to throw and really doesn’t care. Pitcheérs have never been able to discover any “groove” that ‘he ig concealing. HMHe siniply wades in and hits at any kind of a ball. He is one batter in a thousand. - : o B Tyrus Cobb, the Detroit star, is the exactly opposite type of hitter. He is thinking all the time he is at the bat, figuring, planning, to outguess the pitcher and the fielders, in basde®all parlance ‘‘to cross” his opponents, a legitimate pracedure. If he thinks that the third baseman expects a bunt, (he will hit it out. ‘He never chases a bad ball, and he makes a pitcher work to the. last notch. He worries many of the ‘men in the box by his restlesépess, and because he is constantly guess-

ing right. He has almost clairvoyant ability to outguess a pitcher. i . . : In some games, I have been able-to guess right almost every time that the pitcher has thrown the ball tg.me @nd yet -have not beer able to get a hit. - .

. There is a great difference in pitchers. Sonie . are easy to. outguess, ' and others are-as bad as ‘g, a jig-saw puzzle, and T S never worked out one X 3 of those in my life. I -‘=l~'s3?::‘="-5: know some men who have mannerisms in the box which betray defin--itely the sort of a ball to be delivered. These little physical eccentricities are true indices and often cost men, who would otherwise’ be successful pitch- . ers, many games. It may be the twist of the wrist in throw--ing a curve ball, or some motion of the foot peculiar to a “spitter” that divulges the essential secret. 'This tell-tale sign 1s fatal to a pitcher, when dlayers get on to -it, and it usually does not take his opponents long to discover and associate it with a certain kind of ball. ‘

Working in combination to outguess the batters, a eatcher will oftefi help a pitcher out by tallging incessantly, hoping in this way to distract a hitter’s attention' from his business. Street of the Washington club is one of the worst talkers in the business, and is®called in some strata of baseball “Gabby.” From -the

reveal her -identity as the heroine of the ef)isode, but she:decided she could get more fun ‘in another way. She made careful inquiry &f her hostess as to the gentleman’sfuﬁi}ﬂ name and addresg, and next morning called him up. When be answered, she said: - “I just wanted you to know that I took your advice, gargled my throat with cooking soda, and was able fo go to the dinner.” . : “Who—who is this speaking?” came ar astonished 'volce froin the other exd of ‘the wire : . :

VWA E VHWL 4 RrRATVERJg Y Ly VWO ALY gsvvar W viAYT limit, as they have to depend absolutely on their control. S | The catcher ig ohviously included in the guessing match which always results when a batter faces a pitcher. I recall a funny instance of “Hal” Chase making ¥ra Thomas look: like

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of his nose. : “What are you going to do, Hal,” asked Ira, “frame up soOmething there?? e Thomas did not expect to find-out anything by the question, but’ wanted to drag Chase into conversation to get his mind off his work: :

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coming. Thus; Chase double-crossed Ira. A ‘ball player is L;i'ying to outguess the pifgher frem the time he leaves the bench until he sits down again. He: doesn’t terminate his engagement at the plate. As soon as a bats- . : man becomes-'a base runner, his

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a sort of instinct which some players have andothers never attain.. A man seems to do it by intuition and often cannot tell just what concrete hypothesis leads him to reach a certain conclusion. But believe me, it is a great srt for a ball player to have, a great art, and one to be ‘cultivated. - : :

six nickels in a game last summer. - Thomas formerly played on the Yankees, and, at the time, Chase’s sign for the squeeze play was given by putting bis right hand to.'his nose. Ira had seen him give this many times when they were team inates. _ - But on this occasion, Chase was playing on the New York club, and Thomas was catching on the Philadelphia team. .Tt was in. the eighth inning with the gscore tied, and a New York runner on third base, champing on his spikes .to get home when Chase stepped to the bat. One was out. “Hal” went through the usual preliminaries of knocking the dirt out of his spikes, fix-) ing his hat the firmer, as. if he ‘expected to take a long run and didn’t want to be called back to getl thg cap, and ,spitting on his hands.i Then he put the first digit of his right hand to the side

“Sure I, am,” replied Chase, and ke repe‘at;ed the old sign very deliberately’ ) : “What.” exclaimed Ira, ‘“you're not.giving me that sign, thinking I'm nof jerry to it?” " “That's right, Ira, answered Chase carelessly. “I had forgot: ten you knew, but it goes anyway.” .° b This conversation . was carried on while Plank was pawing around in the box and preparing to pitch. As the tall southpaw wound up, Daniel started in from third base. Plank delivered a perfect strike, and Chase haH bunted and(li;ﬁhit the ball, which allowed Da%s to score. “Hal” had beaten Thomas at his own game. He had given a sign that Thomas knew, and which the latter did not for 3 moment think had been passed out seriously. Therefore Ira did not signal for a pitchout as’ he would have done if he hall guessed the play was

object is advancement. Every ball player knows exactly how much of a lead he can take off first base on a certain pitcher and not get caught.-There are recognized standards in the "big leagues. For instance, I know that I can go fifteen feet away from the bag and get safely back with “Doc” White of Chicago pitching, but if I go a step over ten feet on Walsh of the same ~club I will probably get nipped. 1 can't exactly explain what 1 mean, but when I once get accustomed to a pitcher's delivery, 1 know how far to venture. In base running, I believe . - that the secret of : success is the start, ‘ ~_ absolutely. Speed is V"\.\ a great asset, but W the start is " every i thing. e . Outguessing the .pitcher and cateher is

“Oh, that you will never know,” answered Mrs. Brown, laughing, and rang off ~—Lippincott’s. ; o e e o : .+ A Glad Relief, :| - “Thank heaven, those bills- are got rid of,” said Bilkins, fervently, as he tore ugma bundle of statements ot ac count dated October 1.. B “All paid, eh?” said Mrs. Bilkins. “Oh, no,” said Bilkins. “The dupli: catés dated November 1 have come in and I don't have to keep these any lopger.”—Harper’s Weekl?. ;

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| greatly -broadened, thus givihg a selec- | tion that did not exist in former days; ’anvd this advantage is etnphasized by | vastly improved transportation facili- ! ties which place at the disposal of the I builder the varied materials, not only | of this entire country, but: of the enl tire world. . It"is only, however, within the past thirty years, with tiee revival of the long-lost. 4rt ®f concrete working, the advent’ of the steel structural frame, } and later the combination of steel and | concrete in what is known as the “re- | inforced concrete” type of construe- | tion, that anything of great importance | really new has been developed in the [ art of building-in' this country. Even | to this day,:outside of the Spanish ‘ missions, there can hardly be said to be any distinctively American type of architecture, the results so far developed ‘being merely an eclectic| treat--ment based on well-tried old-world traditions, though infused in some fare instances, as in the buildings of the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, with a breadth of conception and an ineffable spirituality of treatment which have been seen only here, | . It is probable ¥hat in the "colon‘al” style of architecture—a modification | of the type developed in England during the reign of the four Georges, and hence sometimes called the “Geor-

) === - = T ; . . a H ) ] L} : .':. s - : Al 1 e S %f L | | ’i LI ‘1 = | First Floor Plan. : gian—with its quaint freedom of treatment of the Roman orders and its traces of classic refinement, we approached as near as we have ever done to the development of a truly national type of American architecture; and in our modern work it is not safe utterly to disregard the rules upon which it was based. A few features traceable to the “colontal” influence, with its central hall and symmetrical layout on either side, fts clvssic.columned and balustraded porch across the entire front, its curvad light above the center window in the dormer, etc., have been embodied in the cottage illustrated in the pergpective view and floor - plans shown in the accompanying.cuts.” A house like this can be built complete, under favorable conditions as to location and labor, for $2,650 to $2,800. It is 37 feet wide by 31 feet 6 inchsg long, not including the length adde by the front porch. It contains seven rooms, besides a spacious reception ball. This hall, in the very center,

entered directly from the .veranda,, opens at the left into a commodious and well lighted living room running the full léngth of ‘the hofise from front to rear. Half wav along the outer side wall is an ample fireplace, whose hLearthstone is the magnet for many a genial and happy family gathering to enjoy the true comtorts of heme when the weather is too chilly: curside to use the spacious autdoor retreat of the ample porch. Along the opposite wall may be ranged the bookshelves, piano, couches, or. som& of the other furnishings ordinarily found in the room ‘where the family, spend much of their time. Tble dining

) CC P o TR B ] v o e S QA oA ))N A g Brp Room bhoy 2o S i A / " zz.,p«,.\ j W B .o - -' G ned : . S ) ‘ 1 . ..\) - . . oW NN o 2 j ! s 4 o A R ’}i oL e I il pacems T i b i.i&; el e A ;;.;-::7;.’:5 Second Floor -Pian. room is at the right of tbe hall, and is provided with a buffet A door opens directly "at thé rear, on the right. . into the pantry, which is alsoe. connected with the kitchen in the center of the house by a hallway that may be entered from the vestibule opening directly off the back porch. The stairs to second flgor ascend~from rear of reception hall, and those to Wsement open off a closed passage-

way connecting the reception hall in the front with the kitchen in the rear. ) ) , .The hall upstairs opens directly into three ®pacious bedrooms on the sides and front ofthe house, each well lighted and provided with ample closet accommodation, the large bedroom: c¢n the left having two of these conveniences -so. much appreciated by the housewife, lThe designer showed his further regard for the needs of the family by providing a good-sized sewing room directly over the kitche’n. The bathroom is on the second floor, opening directly ‘off the upstairs hall. A well-lighted basefaent extends under the entire house.. . -

President Taylor’s Address. - “The great want of the world: cannot be met save by the way of the devotion of the life, and it may come in many a way. How it ‘comes -OF where it comes: is not so important as that it come. Pure democracy, for example, is ideal; but actual democracy needs to invent.restraint .to curb its logic and its ‘passions. - A wave ia passing oVer us just-’how that: threatens to wash away the dikes. We' must elect senatdrs_by direct vote; we must have an income tax.even if our specific scheme breaks down the state’s power in favor of a central government that may, like others of the past, become a tyranny: and we may recall judges by a referendum.” —James Monroe Taylor. = ..

Resenting the Lie Direct. “The statement that a man was a liar does not bear the weight it used to do. There were times when, if one man called another a liar, that man was called to.account for it—it might even be in a duel” said Lord Justice Vaughan Williams, speaking at the Union Society of London with regard to lies told at recent election petitions. e ) ) ) “I have come to the conclusion. that the world in general is coming to think that it does not matter very much . if one's neighbor calls you a Har or not. You éan smile, nieet him in society,” go out and play golf with him, and shake hands with him. I wish people resented more this impuw tation of being liars.”” . .

Complimenting the Modern Girl. The girl of today is extremely impa tlent of compliments which éutrun-het own estimate of herself. On the other band she loves to be told she is a good gelfer or a fine shot or a geood companion. The focus seenis to have shifted from, her- appearance to her €apacities, which 'is a healthy thing. —Gentlewoman. / . Uncle Hawhee’s Philosophy. . “Dey tells us dat de fiddle am an invention o' de devil, but vo'll nodice one thing, sah. Dis is it: Every time a fiddle is made dey has to kill a-pad ‘der trifin’; no-'count scoun’rel of a’ tom ia,t to git de strings. Ain’'t dat s@ Brudder Lobstock?’—Puck -

B . . ° \ . All Relieved by/Tydia E. Pinke ham’s Vegetable Cempound. Sikestopy2fo. — ““ For seven years 1 suffered’"everything:- I was in bed e for four or five days e Sl ala 4 time eve rg G e i o onth, aud so wea %1% | Lcouldshardly walk. ~_\._.\ =271 cramped and had @Z > | backache and headi & #iache, and was so S<2 BEiidinervous and 4weak N A that 1 dreaded to see anyone or have iaB P, anyone move in the 0 ,7/’, ,% room.\ The doctors il / i /71 A 4 gave me medicine to St r il idease me at those timgs, and sa2id that I ouglit to have an operation. I would not listen to that and when a friend of my husband told him about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Yegetable Compound and what it -had done for his wife, I was willing to take it, Now I look the picture of health and feel lik# it, too. I cando myown housework, hoe my garden, and milk a cow. I can entertain company and enjoy them. I can visit when I choose, and walk as far as any ordinary woman, any day in the month. I wish I could talk toevery sufferingwomanandgirl.” —Mrs. DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo. The most sucgessful remedy in this country for.thé cure of all forms of female complaints is Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. . - it is more widely and successfully used than any other remedy. It has cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, in. flammation, ulceration, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearingdown feeling, indigestion, and nervous prostration, after all other reans hadfalled. Whydon’t youtryitd

"THEY DON'T WANT WRINKLES, 5”? !;\'zr‘-;;.". ' E . . Eap R . ‘:L;’-'l‘ : ",.'??; 887 - NSE Ry TS - AR o CNCA 1 /5 D, f . [y TR A PSS ;e - ’///’} A ! %‘ 7,/;'/’7/’7 | N Lk d \4,‘:&‘ \ ) .1y G , L ‘ i\ . : /- . s,\ | \ Ve / ) "\: ) i é: § © She—Jiir. Smith advertises all the new wrinkles. - i - He—Fatal mistake. He won't get a woman in his store.* - , ) A Busy Place. ) . “*Where is that spot you cal,i»the ‘lovers’ lane?.” diffidently asks the young‘man while the }'oul:g'l;ld)' waits. on the hotel piazza.’ : 2 “Right . down yonder,” replies the clerk. “Just keep golng until you see the porter fraoam the barber shop. Lovers’ lane is so crowded now that we have-him stationed there’ to give the guests checks, so ‘that each may have his turn.”"—Judge’s Library. -

Maternal instinct: I Mrs. Rattle—l am’ sure that is my - baby with the = pink tibbon over there. . i I : * Mr. Cynic—Ho#. can you tell it sc readily? - _ Mr. Rattle—l c(anﬁrec{qgnize it py my pet poodle the nurse has wiih her. . , o s ) S S ' Exactly. . Noting that another é‘;iece of valuable china had been Hroken. Sena tor Allen asked his -hoxfs_eke;eperhow ) the breakage-occurred, and she hast ily replied: i “It fell down and just broke itself.” - “Merely af automatic brake,” quiet-~ 1y commented the senator. : ' ' Extravagant. \' Ada—Cholly Saphedde was {n a brown study the other day, ahd [ offered him a penny for his:thpughts. ~ Edith—You spendthrift!" You never dld know the value of uioney! | Feminine Reasoning. Stella—Her gown is-just like yours. . Bella—l don’t care if-hers is a duplicate of mine, 'but 1 don’t want mine a duplicate of hers.—Puck.

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