Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 42, Number 36, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 3 May 1923 — Page 3

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<Prpared hy th Geographic Society, Washington, D. C.) A Polish map or handbook would tell you that the land of the Poles is Rzeczpospolita Polska, and that Its capital Is Warszawa—a fact which goes to show that there is sometimes Justificatioh for our habit of dubbing other countries’ place names by our own pseudonyms. Warsaw is forever being compared to Paris, and rightly. The somberuess and heaviness and mutter-of-faetness often found in the great cities of Germany and Russia and England have always been lacking in Warsaw. Even a century of oppression could not entirety break the Polish spirit of gayety and optimism nor alter greatly the results this spirit had wrought in fas'll toning the Polish capital. To carry the comparison further, the Parisians are lovers of beauty,, and so are the people of Warsaw. It is significant that the Polish President who recently was assassinated was attacked at an art exhibition. The presence of the Polish chief executive on such an occasion makes as true a picture as a French president at anew theater, a British king at a board of trade or a financial .congress, or a President of the United States dedicating a great engineering work. Finally Warsaw may T be compared to Paris In some ways upon the score of physical arrangement and appearance. The city is filled with impressive old cathedrals, churches and palaces, and has numerous stately public buildings. Wide, tree-lined boulevards radiate from the old city center, some leading to beautiful and most elaborately developed parks. But Warsaw Is not wholly a city of wide avenues and open spaces. It has its ancient portion of ri%Tow, tortuous streets, whose darkness, and quietness take one back to the Middle ages. Warsaw’s history is both long and turbulent It haa Its beginnings in the Ninth century; and its start, like that of many other great cities of Europe, was around the- castle of a feudal lord. In KtoO it became the capital of the then powerful Polish kingdom, and- lifts since pmyed a role of importance in European history. Inevitably it grew to be a great city and inevitably it felt the band of numerous conquerors. For geographical position marked It as one of the greatest of European centers. Has Strategic Trade Position. One feels that, like the lines of force about a magnet, Warsaw's lines of trade must have ‘existed from the first, though Invisible. Now they have tqkea shape in steel and wood; railroads extending from the city like spokes of a great wheel, off toward Petrograd, Moscow, Odessa, Vienna, Prague, Berlin and rope at peace It would occupy much the position of St. Louis in the United States, though reversed" as to directions, lying in a strategic position between the raw materials and food- % stnffs of the East and the factories and consumers of the West; nnd at the same time helping to exchange products between the North and the South. ■ln addition Warsaw Is Itself nri.important manufacturing center. Its trade and industry and politics together have huitt up a population close to the mll- - mark, making it one Sf the half dozen greatest cities of the European mainland. The country of which Warsaw is the capital must not he looked upon ns one of tlie “little lands” that sprang Into existence after the World war. It Is more than half as large as Texas, and has a population six times ns great. To put it more emphatically, Poland’s population is practically a tpiarter that of the United States. Situated half-way between Petrograd, which may betaken as rcp.esent- ' Ing the north,- and Venice on the warm Mediterranean, Warsaw is probably thought of usually as In temperate latitudes. It is in reality as far north as the southern shore of Hudson bay or the northern coast of Newfoundlnnd. Tts wliiter. itowever.- ig not - .so severe as the location might suggest. but it is more nearly comparable to that of New England. lie who wanders about the streets of AV-.’i-saw cannot remain is ignorance of t’ -irriouFliast of Poland or the

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parts her sons havX played in. the world drama. He will encounter palace after palace—a targe enough number to entitle Warsaw to dispute with Genoa the nickname, “city of palaces." They were built mostly during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries, when Warsaw was without a peer in Europe, save Paris. Not Broken by Oppression. No other people in all the world's history has borne oppression so bravely and gloriously as the Poles, except tlie Jews. It was said of Warsaw before 1914 that the ‘‘Russians had to keep a garrison of 200,000 troops to overawe a city of 900,000 people.” But the vivacity, the gayety, and the quick wit of Warsaw’s people survived oppression and even the most gruesome tragedies. As recently as tlie years of our own Civil war the Russian army mowed down thousands of men and women as tiiey knelt in tlie snow, singing their national anthem. Deportations are an old story in Warsaw, every effort at nationalization was followed by slaughter, and hundreds marched the long trail to /Siberian exile. . i.. ___ Poland's.. spirit., became a synonym for the iiiddihildble. Tlie success of the Russification of Poland has been described as tlie process of keeping 12,000,000 Poles pinned to Russia by bayonets. Politically nonexistent, for even Poland's name was expunged from all official Russian records, tlie piewar Warsaw vied with world capitals in science, particularly medicine, in manufacturing, in trade, und In literature arid art. Although Warsaw fell to the Germans In tlie World war, it fell only after months of siege by guns such as hud not been known before. It was -without doubt, and still is, one of the best defended cities of eastern ' Europe. Its immediate line of forts is thrown before- it; at n radius of about 10 miles from the heart of tlie city. In tlie immediate line of fortified towns beyond the Warsaw forts, varying from 25 to* 40 miles in d'.stntice from the city, are Gar-wolin in the southeast, Grojec in tlie south, Sklerniewice in tlie southwest, Biotiie in tlie west, Novogeorgievsk in tlie northwest, I’ultusk and Segrje in tlie north, and I’rnga across tlie Vistula to tlie east. The most powerful of these fortresses is Novogeorgievsk. Stands High Above the Vistula. The country around Warsaw Is a plain, low and flat, intensely cultivated, and dotted with many industrial villages. This plain stretches away to the Prussian frontier. To the souths there are hill clusters, while in tlie north, throughout' the region adjoining the- confluence of the Narew and the Bug with tlie Vistula, there are con : ■siderahle stretches of tangled and treacherous marsli land. During the spring and autumn rains, this region frequently suffers from disastrous floods. The floods now and then prove to be terribly destructive. Novogeorgievsk fortress lies upon the confluence of the Bug and Vistula, and the swampy stretches near it are part of its 1 schennrof defense. ; The Vistula cleaves through this district, through fortresses before Warsaw, through the heart of the metropolis, und through fortresses toward the German frontier, in s broad expanse of between a quarter and a third of a’ mile in width. Parts of the river's banks are high, and Warsaw stands over the Vistula on a steep terrace, lying between 100 and -140 feet above the river. All the country before Warsaw Is nn open way of fariq, and factory. While the soils are not very fertile, being chiefly clay, and sand deposits, large crops are raised upon them, crops that tieea-heen forced higher and higher to "meet t lie -needs of llitLg relit; next-door market. Then, too, the Warsaw district Is tlie most modern and progressive district in Poland, progressive In its agricultural as in its manufacture and trade. The Industry of tlie metropolis spreads out over the city, through the neighboring; villages"and towns. For 20 years before the World War the Poles turned” their energies to Industry with nil the seriousness which tiiey formerly displayed In poll -ttcih ami—with bettor 'organizatto”

ROSIE By MOLLIE MATHER

1925, Weatarn Nawapapar Union.) QTAMFORD WARREN stifled a yawn of boredom, then smiled good-naturedly. After ull, these simple country folk had little in their lives to talk about; small wonder that the absent daughter should be to them a never ceasing marvel of clevernes. Politely lie had listened to tlie mother's OLlKosle’a brlglupesp" ln.llie.vU-. lage s.-liotO' lw ttrl-Pfif cnT fine’. ’ "Why, Rosie Could play the organ when slie’wa* a tiny tot," Mrs. Dory would boast, "us good as tlie player in tlie church. Even visiting folk suid so.” Stamford, out for local color for his forthcoming novel, heard uguin and again the self-same tale. It was be coming rattier difficult to pretend interest, wiille engrossed with die incidents of his story. Barnston, this primitive village among tlie mountains, bad been suggested to him ak aA Ideal stopping pluce for his purpose of study. The Inn accomrrrodtifton, several miles away In well populated country, hud not appealed to the writer ami neat Mrs. Dory was persuaded, because of Ills pleasing personality, to give him tlie shelter of her attractive small home. Then Rosie came homy. He was not there when she arrived on the mountain stage, but he met her later, sit-" ting far out on tlie bank of a little stream, Tommie by her side. Stamford Warren was obliged to admit at once the fact of her prettiness. When nosle looked up to see who might be coming. Stamford thought that even he, with all his experience of eye-gazing, had never beheld orbs of such an innocent, unclouded blue. “How do you do?” greeted Rosie, naturally; her voice was low and sweet—“Mr. Warren, of course; there are so few strangers in this locality. Mother has told me about you.” Tlie acquaintance progressed rapidly, allowing for the fact of being com tinually thrown into each other’s company. When one lias been for some time a lonely man in search of material for romance, one may grasp gratefully at an ingenuously entertaining young woman's society. On tlie other hand, when a young woman transported from n recent city expedience, back to the silent home of lonely inemories'hapcers to find there a young and good-looking man of fame and fortune —well. Stnniford began to fear (lint his heart was slipping tmw its assured possession, into tlie k™;>ing of tills humble little Rosie of the wood. Stamford had ri more-ambitious and advantageous plan for the furtherance of Ills writing fame. Os Rosie’s heart, be was amusedly sure. Tlie open delight of tier blue eves when he went to sit by her side —the sweetness of her welcoming SiETtte! Stamford was not certain liow lie was to dispose of Rosie’s Heart, when the time of departure came, but be still walked with her "down the long winding paths in the sunshine or moonlight of the hills. And lie made love. * He bent,one day to admire nn unusual ring she wore. A faultless emerald in a chased setting. "1 wonder," be asked her in tlie gentle reasoning tone lie - took wlih her, “if you realize tlie value of this ring, Rosie? Was it an old one in your family?” . ..■ ■ “Our. family? Why, wo have not had a valuable jewel, 1 believe, through generations. The ring was given to tne. It waq at one time the betrothal riiig of a dear old lady.r 1 met her 'while I was in-Ute-city.”-Stamford Warren thought; ns days passed, with a sinking heart, of ids going. For soon, now, lie must go back to tlie'great home which waited —buck to the woni. n, wlib was, after she had become Ids wife, to help him through Iter valued name and money on to tlie furtherance of his own fame. And little Rosie must lie speedily forgotten. "Rosie of the llllls.” Thors would be .“heart interest” In that story., He pretended to hope that sbs would net grieve for him too deeply—she wk was the Idol of tlie people who had given of their daily toil that she might “.be a lady."” Tint StamfordWarren's, Jealous hope was that the unclouded blue eyes of Rosie might know mistiness always In memory of himself. He decided to leavs abruptly, and so'came down one morning to the Dory kitchen, ready to start at the call of the\ mountain stage. Then he stood amazed in the doorway. Rosie —surely not, and yet, as surely*—Rosie —was there before him. Bending, too. to kiss her mother good-by. A Rosie In modish tailor-made, a strangely aloof, still gracious Rosie. “I have been called by telegram,” she explained to-him. "My happv vacation, cut short by a concert engagement. My managers are inconsiderate folk.” .Stamford, the writer of books, stared as one of his own chagrined heroes might have done. "You see,” Rosie explained, "I am known in operatic life us ‘Roslyn Doray’ —yes, you have heard of me. And—noWv -too, you WJJ.L. understand abmitllie"rlng,Mr.:\Varreß;4e-ls-mj-engagement ring, though It did belong to an old lady ns I told you. The denr old Indy, who is my fiance’s mother. Roslyn Do-ray's coming nnp tials have, I know, been heralded. How pleasant that we may ride lnte town together. Our little sojourn here has been so agreeable.” Stamford Warren followed hesitat ugly to the coming stage. The story of "Rosie of the Hills' .adanToSlTigsatisfactory- ending; — I

THE NAPPANEE ADVANCE-NEWS

CHIEF BENDER HELPS AT COLUMBIA

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5 DRIVES BALL OVER TRAIN t | _ I j Miss-Glenna- Oolletvthr na- | ? tional women's golf champion, j i plnyed a unique shot at Belleair | t Heights, when she drove over a j • moving railroad train. which' i 'af- 1 j forded her anew kind of a huz- j * ard. Miss Collett was at the tee ! j Jnst us the train came along. J i One of the players Iti the Knox i ! Foursome asked her if she mind- j j ed tlie train acros her path. She ? i replied almost instantly by hit- ! t ting her tee shSt straight and far t t down the fairway, clearing the ; t train by a wide-margin: f

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"The funny man of baseball" is tlie universal term applied to Nick Altrock, a very valuable asset to tlie Washington "Grist's.” “Nick,” with Ills flow of ready wit, has “rattled" many a good baseball player in contest with the Griffnien. Has SIOO,OOO Worth of Baseball in Him Willie Knmin, the Paeific'coasf third baseman, lias got nliat it takes to make a $100,00) beauty. This was the judgment of tlie White Sox camp followers at Segnini, Tex., ufler uniching Kninm work tmtnikUind third base. Even Kid Gleason was optimistic, declaring: "He’s the best jnfielder that river broke in with tills Dull club." Kabm is a long, rangy sort of a chap,-but carries sufficient weight to intake him well proportioned for an athlete. The whole SOS camp is talking about tlie stuff that Kanini has shown. Me is speedy, goes after tlie ball with ease and throws from any position. He Is a modest, unassuming chap and will make many friends. How Firpo Compare* With Jeffrie* in Size Monsumnents of Firpo and Jeffries ■how that the “Taitab of the ring” Is higgoj* in chest* and weight than "‘Big Jeff” wns at thirty-five years, when he fought Jac* but the Utter'S hiceps and wrists were larger than Ftrpo’s. In all other respects they measure nearly tlie same. FIRPO. JEFFRIES. ( ft. 2% in HHsht 6 ft. IV* In. IT in Neele .• 17*4 in 79 in Reach 79 in. ISViln \B\ceps 16 in. 44 in Chest '(.normal) 39 in. 4S\fc in Chest (expanded) 42 in. *6Va In Waist 34* in. V>4 in Wrist ....10Vs in. iTttjdn % Tliich 23 in. 15 Tn Calf 15 in. in Ankle <. in. 38 years Age 35 yearn S3O pounds.. Weight 212-pounds Simply Can’t Overlook Strong Detroit Tigers "Don't figure tlie Yankees out of UnAmerican league race simply because of the horrible showing tlie New Y’ork team made against tlie Giants," says Connie Mack. ’ "The Yankees are sure to be dangerous. Perhaps tlie second reverse st the hands of tire-Giants will work Tor good. ‘‘ln doping out the American league race you simply can't riverlook. Detroit. Pratt will fill the hole at second, while ltigiiey and Blue are certain to ha even better players the coming season. -“Collins Is a fine pitcher, but Inclined to be erratic. If he gets away to a good' sturt he may be just tlie nan to make tlie Tige/s a strong pen-

Sporting Squibs of All Kinds : Coach Hugo' Bezdek's Penn State baseball nine will play 24 games. • * • Newark, N. J„ boasts twenty-three golf links in the city and suburbs. * * • Lafayette college, Easton, Pa., will occupy Its new $300,000 gym In the fall. • • • "Nap” Rucker, old National league pitcher, may become coach at Princeton. • * •- If Babe Ruth has to pay that $50,000, the official scorer will say he Is out. • • • The prince -of Wales will become president of the National Polo society next year; • . • The Thirtieth Annual Crusts Dog show held in Islington, England, had 5;766 entries. • * • J. 11. Cartnack (’25) has been elected captain of the University of Pennsylvania basketball team for 1923-24. . . . The Pittsfield club of the Eastern league has sold Outfielder Adelbert Capes to the Toronto Internationals. * • • Both Willie Hoppe and Jake Schaefer started their brilliant billiard careers as boy wonders at the age of six. • * • It is terrible to think what would have happened to spring baseball training if the North had lost the Civil war. . . • Bob Forward, a Nova Scotia pitching recruit released by the Pittsburgh Nationals, has hen taken on for trial by the Red Sox. * • • -- A total of 4.537 horses took part in racing programs throughout England last, season. The total for. North America was 5,949. Catcher William Novak of the St. Joseph Western league clul) ‘goes hack to the Dakota league. He has been sold .to the Aberdeen, club. t •' Jimmy Johnston, once regular third baseman of the Brooklyn Dodgers, will be seen at shortstop this season, barring injuries to himself. • .* * Bobby.,Tones; Atlanta's famous hoy wonder at golf, celebrated his twentyfirst birthday a few days ago. He is studying at Harvard university._' * * • Jim McGuire, veteran catcher, minor league manager nnd later scout and coach for the Detroit Tigers, Is in bad health at his home nenr Albion, Mich. * * * Yale basketball, hockey, wrestling nnd swimming teams hare nil come through, so It wilt be up to she Ell ((nsebnll and fnptbnll outfits to reund out a banner year. • •■ • Herman Hathaway '24, winner of all hut one of his bouts In the 158-ponnd class In tlie dnal meets, has been elected captain of the Northwestern university wrestling team. • * • Montgomery, Ala., lias suited the Athletics so well ss a training camp that President Shlbe and Slanager Connie Mack have agreed to return to the Alabama capital city next spring. Would Fight Firpo

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.luck Rouault, Canutliun ’heavyweight champion. Is anxious to meet Luis Firpo, the South American “sock king.” who defeated BU! Brennan recently.-- ' ' *

HAVE PENNANT WON Tlie Yankees may lack several things, but confidence Is not tine of them. The other day the six regular and veteran pitchers formed a pool, each contributing $25. The *l5O will go to the pitcher who wins the most games this season, and each of the six was willing to bet a lot more that he would win 25 games. Six times 25 Is 150, which means that the Y’ankees would lose only 4 of their big league schedule of 154 games during 1923. It • looks as If somebody. Is. slightly exaggerating.

Miss Ida Schnall

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Miss Ida Schnall .of Brooklyn, N. Y., all around woman athlete champion, who has won numerous championships at swimming, diving and other sporta and who has derided to enter the fistic game. Miss Schnall would like to arrange a match with the French woman featherweight champion Jeanne La Mar In a decision contest for the women's featherweight championship. GOOD HITTER SHOULD CULTIVATE PATIENCE No Ball Player Will Ever Succeed Who Makes Practice of Striking at Bad Balls. __________ y • By CARL LUNDGREN, Baseball Coach, University of lUinola. As one of the leading authorities on baseball has often said, “No one Is a good batter or will ever become one who makes a practice of striking out on bad bulls.” Patience is the virtue you must cultivate. Wait for the good one, because one good clout will do more good than a dozen foul tips or easy grounders. Determination is another necessary factor. If the pitcher works you into a hole, never give up, hilt keep the Idea that you can and will lilt the ball. Y'our degree of selfconfidence will often" determine the difference between a hit and a strikeout. One greut fault of batters Is stepping away from the plate. Instead of stepping toward the pitcher, that left foot (in case of a right-handed batter) Inclines to step toward third base. He is then an easy victim for every ball that Is sent to the outside'of the plate. Nothing will ruin your ability more than tills. Bunting Is another very important part of a good batter. As in hitting, you must pick out a good ball to bunt. Follow the ball very closely with your eye until It reaches your bat. One way to bunt is to slide your hand up within six or eight Inches of the large end of the bat, while holding the bat loosely in your hand. Allow the ball to hit the bat, but do not hit at the ball. Be sure that you get the bat on top of the ball, turn your body a little toward the pitcher and allow tlie ball to light well in front of your body. The direction of the bunt may be controlled by the position of the small end of the bat. Follow the ball down with your body and arms both. With a little practice you will know how lightly to hold your hand on the large end of the bat. Another way to bunt Is to slide both hands up towards the large end of the bat and follow the above instructions. These are two methods for sacrifice hitting in which you do not attempt to conceal your intentions as long as you do whrin you are trying to buqt safely and beat It out. The common method Is to start the stroke as in hitting and finish by allowing the bat to come over and down, the hall hitting the bat nearer your hands than you intend to when hitting. _ The utmost attention should be paid to hatting. In fact, every team should spend at least foil? times the amount of time in batting In fielding. Even the best batters have difficulty in hitting a good pitcher- To develop Into a hitter requires the utmost concentration of will power, the use of the keenest kind of judgment, and a tremendous amount of batting practiced Three of the greatest fundamentals to remember as yoij step to the plat* are: 1. Watch the ball. 2. Hit at nothing except good balls. 3. Do not swing too hard. Asa final word about batting, do not wait to strike until the bull is over the plate. Try to time your swing and step so that yon will meet the ball Ij front of the plate.

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