San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 359, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1914 Page: 4 of 28
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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS:
FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 191*.
SPECTACULAR C 11 A U G E S OF
HORSEMEN ARE NOW THING
OF THE PAST.
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FOR ALL YOUTHS
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HIGH OFFICER FAVORS GIVING
EVERY MALE AMERICAN TRAIN-
ING AT ARMS.
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VIENNA, Dec. G (Correspondeiico of the
Assoriatrd I'ress).— In Austria-Hungary
as in Germany a tenacious adherence to
tradition ratber than ihe lessons of re-
. cent military history lias been responsible
for the retentiou of various cavalry organi-
sations which were intended to take part
in war very uiu.-b in the manner of tho
campaigns of ami 1870. Though the
Boer War, the campaign in Manchuria, and
jnore recently the operations in the Bal-
kans had demonstrated, as military ex-
perts claimed, that cavalry was a 'thing
or the past in this era or' machine guns,
the Austro-Hungarian and German gov-
ernments continued to maintain large num-
bers of these expensive troops. Their value
now has been proved to lie slight, it is
asserted. Already most of the Austro-
Hungarian and German cavalry regiments
have modified their field work considerably
no that now they are little more than 1
mounted infantry.
For reconnaissance purposes, and what
is known as "screen" work, the cavalry re-
mains now as in other wars, :i verv im-
portant arm. It may also still be used
when reinforcements must be sent hur-
riedly, or when a flank movement of the
enemy is to be frustrated, but the old
cavalry charge would seem to have been
relegated to oblivion. The losses of the
cavalry organizations have been fright-
fully heavy in this war, tt is said, so
heavy, in fact, that they finally have
overcome the strong hold which the cav-
alry traditions had on the military work
of Europe.
Hereafter cavalry will bo used only for
field intelligence, patrol, cover and rein-
forcement purposes. Outside of that the
men now fight in trenches, as do the
infantrymen. In the Austro-Hungarian
army much cavalry has been converted
into machine gun personnel.
Excellent work has been done by the
men on horseback now and then, but
usually in operations not considered here-
tofore the proper sphere of cavalry. The
Sonveds of Hungary, for instance, became
the terror of the Servian troops. In the
Mteva campaign it was but necessary to
make a demonstration with these descend-
ants of the warriors of Attlla (o get re-
sults But the Ilonved cares little for eav-
alry tactics and Austro-IIungarian army
regulations.. True to the instincts of the
cowboy, he rides "up and at them," takes
cover whenever necessary and does saber
work only when the chances tor it are
good.
At Mltrovici some 500 Servian infantry-
men surrendered to a Honved patrol of
forty men. The Honveds, it appears, had
ridden around the Serbs so many times
that the latter believed themselves at-
tacked by at least a division of these
Magyar horsemen.
It is predicted that there will be little
cavalry in Kurope after this war and that
governments will concentrate their efforts
and means on motor transportation for
their foot troops. The trench war now in
progress leave; no sphere for the mount-
ed man.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—Military service dur-
ing the youth of every male citizen of the
United States was suggested today as a
moans of providing a sufficient reserve
army by Colonel H. O. S. Heistand, I'nlted
States Army, Adjutant General of the Cen-
tral Department of the Army, in an ad-
dress.
Colonel Heistand said the United States
is totally unp:♦pared for war; urged that
the regular army and tho National Guard
are inadequate and protested against what
ho termed false history taught the coun-
try.
"If at this minute," he said, "everyone
of the regular soldiers in the United States,
cavalry, infantry, coast artillery, were as-
sembled in New York City, there would
not be enough men to man the guns on a
war footing.
"And if everyone of the 112.000 Natloual
Guardsmen were assembled in New York
City there would not be enough to protect
those guns fr.om attack, and thos« guns
as they are now situated are a greater
inenai'o to New York than a protection,
because all a foe would have to do would
be to turn theui around and point them
at Now York City and begin shooting.
"For the purpose of defense 1 would
have every male citizen of tli« United
States in the early period of his lif >, give
a sufficient time to the United States to
qualify himself in the essentials of a sol-
dier. And I would have hiui do that with
very small pay.
"But the trouble with our people is they
are suffering from false teaching and
preaching.
"In our school histories we teach that
in the war of the Revolution we whipped
England: that in the war of 1812 we whip-
ped England: that in the war with Mex-
ico we whipped her, and that in the war
of our own rebellion we rose up from the
fields and farms and marched right out
and put «lown that rebellion.
"True, we whipped Mexico. We whip-
ped Spain. There is a slang phrase about
taking candy from a baby and that is
what we did. We did not whip England
in the war of the Revolution. Great Brit-
ain was busy at home and quit because
she had not the slightest idea what kind
of real estate we had here.
"In the war of the rebellion two great
mobs of the finest citizenry that ever step-
ped up to the cannon's mouth, stepped up
to the front without knowledge of or-
ganization or warfare for four straight
years, and at the cud the one with the
longest purse and the greatest number of
men triumphed. It was scarcely a war.
It was a conflict of mob organization.
"What we want today is to teach our
people that we did not really ever in the
history of the world whip a foe worthy
of our steel, for we never have. But we
have in us the power, for there is not a
really good American who is not ready to
die for his country. I [dead for a train-
ing of every citizen, so that if the time
ever comes when w*e need to defend these
institutions under which we live so glo-
riously we will be able to do so. and In-
stead of dying a suicide or of becoming
simply a foolish victim of the foe he will
have made a good account of himself
I in the defense of his country."
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j Santa Claus Hands Out
Gold Pieces to Police
CORRESPONDENTS ON THEIR WAY
TO FRONT SLEEP IN
CANVAS BAGS.
IS
DEFEAT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT WHEN IT REACHES
HOUSE IS PREDICTED.
WASHINGTON, D, C., Dec. 24.—Demo-
cratic Leader Underwood predicted to-
night that wbon the proposed constitutional
amendment for woman suffrage reaches a
vote in the House It will be defeated,
probably by a two-thirds vote.
"I shall vote agaiust. it and so will most
of the Democrats in the House," ho said.
"The party, bv caucus action, has gone
on record holding that woman suffrage,
like prohibition, is a State issue and not
a National question."
It is understood generally that the suf-
frage resolution will be voted ou soon
after the passage of the Tost office appro-
priation bill, as early in January as pos-
sible. The House Rules Committee al-
ready has voted to present the rule for
Its consideration, largely through the in-
sistency of Republican members of the
committee.
NEW YORK. Dec. 24.—Santa Claus, dis-
guised as a fur-clad passenger in a motor
runabout, whizzed down Fifth Avenue to-
day. slowing up at every crossing to hand
out $5 gold pieces to truffle policemen.
The runabout bore a number which is
licensed in the name of Robert Goclet.
Showmen Invade The Express.
Headed by George Donovan, a procession
of showmen, representing those who will
give their second annual Christmas tree
and dinner this evening at the Gunter
Hotel, invaded the office of The Express at
1 o'clock this morning. A serenade of
Scottish bagpipes featured the invasion.
Hohl's "Account" Is Closed.
An account was closed in the detective 1
bureau at police headquarters a few days
ago with Frank G. llohl, the Cincinnati J
bank robber who was Rilled by the police
in making his escape. Seven pictures ana
u description, likewise his Bertillon meas-
ure, were on record in the Bertillon office
here. The description was sent out last
April when Holil was a fugitive from the
Blair County (Ohio) Jail. When lie was
killed data pertaining to him was removed
from a filing cabinet, marked dead ano
then filed in another cabinet for future
reference. 0
(By William G. Shepherd, United Press
Correspondent.)
ON THE HUNGARIAN FRONTIER,
Nov. fi (By Mail to New York).—Luxurious
! auto busses taken from the streets of
! Vienna are the truly excellent vehicles fur-
nished the war correspondents by the
Austro Hungarian military authorities.
Two auto busses which had served but a
short time before for the upper classes of
that gay city were loaded onto freight
cars. The freight cars were switched up
to a newly painted first-class passenger
car, a box car with a straw covered floor
was added, an engine hooked on, a sol-
dier-conductor blew a whistle, the eugine
tooted and we were off to the front along
the "great white; way." But our progress
was extremely slow. We stopped for an
hour or more at every switch to allow
trains coming from the direction of the
front to pass us. We spent most of our
time at the windows.
First It would be a tralnload of wounded,
then a tralnload of Russian prisoners,
then a train of empties going buck for
supplies. We stopped opposite a tralnload
of Russians. They were mad for cigarettes
which we threw to them. One of them cut
a button off his coat and gave «it to me
for a cigarette. Another Russian leaning
from tlie box car door for a cigarette
lost his balance and fell on the ground,
carrying with him a Hungarian sentry who
stood at the doorway, rifle and all. The
two enemies rubbed their shins, looked at
each other and laughed and climbed back
into the car. What would have been the
good of the Russian running? What
chance would he have had even had he
escaped, in a country where his uniform
would spell death for him? Wisely enough
he crawled back Into his box car prison
and grinned his thanks as he took the first
"pull" at the cigarette that had cost him
a bruised shin. The sentry could not
suioke, being on duty, but lie grinned Ids
thanks as he tucked his cigarette into
his hat.
I slept on the straw in the box car the
first night in my sleeping bag. The Italian
and the Swiss did not want the window
of o'T compartment opened and the only
way to get fresh air was to take to the
open car. The Italian, who Is an officer
in the Italian army, explained to me that
"fresh ulr at sea was dry and healthful
but on land he could not endure It be-
cause it was too damp." The*second night
I slept on the fist car because there were
twelve men in the box car who insisted
on keeping the door closed. At last I got
enough fresh air, even though I had to dig
myself out of a drift, of black cinders
in the morning. In thirty-six hours we had
gone about sixty miles and Colonel Jolin,
our escort, decided to take to the high
roads with the auto busses. While the
4Hisses were being unloaded we took break-
ast. Then a Red Cross doctor, who was
a friend of the military doctor who had
our respective healths in charge, showed
us through a well appointed hospital train
which was standing in the yards. I would
Just as lief have been ill in that train as
In a hospital except, of course, for the
rattle of the cars.
"Come with me," said the Red Cross
doctor, after we had done the train. "There
is a train coming in soon with a cholera
suspect on It and you can see him."
The train was already in the station. In
tliQ last compartment of the last car we
saw a soldier leaning, sickly, against the
wall. A stretcher was laid out on the plat
form, the doctor opened the compartment
door and the soldier, obeying orders, stag
gored to the doorway and down the two
car steps and sank onto the stretcher with
a sigh of relief, lie looked unspeakably
ill and weak. A doctor wearing a long
white robe and a white mask covered the
slelc soldier with a sheet. Other men in
white robes slammed the car door closed
and a man with a brush and paste like a
bill poster deftly slapped a red sign over
the car door, sealing it. The sign bore
the word "Cholera." The car would be
immediately ijumlgated under the excellent
precautionary system of the Austro-Hun-
garlan army and It would not be used
again until it was clear of all possible
contagion. <
CONCERT BEGINS AT 10 THIS
MORNING, FOLLOWED BY
SANTA CLAUS HIMSELF.
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TO OUR FRIENDS AND
PATRONS
Friendly meetings, hupp!/ greetings.
In the good old-fashioned way,
Pleasures many, griefs not any.
We are wishing you today
South Texas Music Co.
The Leading Music House of the Southwest
225 East Houston Street
War at a Glance
In the west the FreV.ch report the
usual slight progress at various
points on the front, while the Ger-
mans make similar claims. In the
east the Russian commander in
chief, in the latest official statement,
reports the rout of the strong Ger-
man forces which had crossed to the
Affht bank of the Bzura River,
Poland. All the Russian announce-
ments bear on the violence of the
fighting and record the taking of
many prisoners.
Celebrations in honor of the
Christinastide are being held in Lon-
don, Paris and Berlin ar.d in the
trenches where the weary men keep
a close grip on their guns while en-
joying the good things that have
been provided lor them by people
and government.
For the first time England makes
admission that her territory ha*
been threatened by aeroplanes, al-
though reports front Berlin have
made reference to a successful flight
by a German aviator over Dover
several days ago. The British an-
nouncement is to the effect that a
German aeroplane dropned bombs
on Dover Thursday morning. No
damage, it is said, was caused by
the explosion.
Japan has not been requested to
send an army to Europe. The Jap-
anese -Minister of Foreign Affairs
has given information to this effect
to the l>i»*t. Arms lo the value of
$5,000,000 have been torwarde,
from Jauan to Europe.
Another Canadian division has
left England for the front. This is
Princess Patricia's regiment, named
in honor of the Duke of Connaught,
Governor General of Canada.
Princes Patricin is honorary colonel
of the regiment.
Vienna asserts that the French
submarine Curio has been fired on
by Austrian coast balferv while sh<-
was attempting an attack and that
her crew was imprisoned. It is r?-
ported that an Aus-trian submarine
in the Otranto Channel torpedoed
two French battleships of the Cour-
bet tvue, but that the fate of these
vessels is unknown. The French
admit that one of their cruisers was
torpedoed, but declare that the dam-
age wan slight ar.d that no one on
board was injured.
Ou circus day the morning newspapers
usually carry a story of how the "biggest
on earth" came to to\vji. From the facile
pen of the press agent there is a yarn
which begins like this: "Long before tho
break of day four double-length trains,
eighty-five cars in all," and then and there
begins a recital of the tented city cover-
ing twenty-seven acres with its 1,201) per-
sons, 700 horses, 00 dens, a glittering
street parade, along with a word picture
that sheds its rays on what the average
laymen believes are the mysteries of these
Twentieth Century caravans.
Well, there's another circus in town—not
one of those Ringling, Baruutn or Hag>>n-
baek leviathans—Just the old-time one-
ring affair, in which the clowns will have
something to say, the beautiful lady will
ride her prancing. $10,000 Arabian steed
ami there will be the silver cornet baifd
so the elephants will not miss their cues
and the wildest lion in captivity will eat
out of the "Signer's" hand. Now this is
just merely an insight to this world-fa-
mous organization which has slipped into
the Gunter Hotel and in the lobby of the
hostelry the ring will bo in tills action
from 1 o'clock on this afternoon, for this
is the date of the second annual snowman's
A Merry Christmas
and a Musical One
We extend cordial greetings and good wishes to our
many friends and customers on this Christmas day
A WORD ABOUT OUR SERVICE:
RIO BUSINESS CERTAIN.
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Everything Is right, for that individual
known as the "twenty-four-hour man,''
who travels a day ahead of every circus,
was here yesterday, put his "O.K." on the
lot and said the location ought to result
in sitting them on the strawr* All of this
means there should bo capacity business
at the Gunter through tlm day.
In lieu of tho glittering street parade,
and as circuses do not parade on this par-
ticular day, there is something more,fit-
ting. The day's program is scheduled to
gel under way this ipornlug at 10 o'clock,
when the Christmas chimes, played by the
liurdick Brothers, will send out this mes-
sage of good cheer to the show folk and
all the rest of the folk. This will be
followed with Yuletlde selections by a
large orchestra and a double quartet. A
cornet solo by Mrs. Eugene P. McKonna
and "Home. Sweet Home," and other selec-
tions by Madame Alicia Petltclerc will
complete tho musical progrum for the fore-
noon.
The genial old Santa Claus, imperson-
ated by Manning B. Pletz, will be in the
spot light from 11 o'clock until I and there
will be presents in plenty for the kiddies
and a Jot of the grownups. The great
Christmas tree erected for tin* show folk
received its final tenches last night, it is
resplendent with hundreds of electric
lights, yards of tinsel and scores of bril-
liantly colored ornaments. It is a great
affair, ami dwarfs the tree set up a year
TH11 PROGRAM.
The circus will start at 1 o'clock. Tho
doors will be open this morning at G, the
admission for adults is nothing and twice
as^nuch tor children under 12. Jay Cough-
1 i11 1s the ringmaster or equestrian direc-
tor, and Johu l'ollitt the superintendent.
Here's how the acts will go:
Miss Essie Fay and the talking horse,
"Arabia," assisted by Raymond Hitch-
cock and Master Buddie Miller, big and
little clowns. "Arabia" is from the Wor-
tham shows.
Captain Augustus Folger, alias "Whale
Oil <Jus," assisted by his able mariner,
"Little Monday." Wort ham shows.
Willie Pilgrim, armless and legless won-
der. Wort haui shows.
Lucky Tull. High School ponies.
The wrestling near. Miller shows.
To th ose who received
Player-Pianos and all
owners of Player-Pianos.
We maintain a service in
Music Rolls that satisfies
your every wish.
Artist-Played Rolls
Vocal Style Rolls
Special Dance Rolls
Ask about our Circulating
Library of Music Rolls.
Saves you the expense of
buying rolls outright.
To those who received
Victrolas and all Vic-
trola owners.
Here you will find the most
complete stock of Victor
Records in the South.
Special Dance Records
A great variety of Tangos
and one-steps. You will
appreciate your Victrola
more if you know its possi-
bilities for perfect dance
music.
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Thos. Goggan k Bros.
Established 186G
Corner Houston and Navarro Streets
San Antonio, Texas
eddy
GERMAN ARMY USES AUTOS AND
CREDIT THEM WITH MANY
SUCCESSES.
Miss Ernestine La Rose and her
bears. Wort ham shows.
Dogs and the trick mule. Lucky Tull
shows.
Acrobatic offering from t lie l)e Kreko
shows.
Baseball elephants from the Wortham
shows.
Some real snakes, handled by W. A.
(Snake) King and Mrs. King.
introduction of these freuas; The fat
lady, tin* tattooed man, Aztec twins,
Mamma Monkey and the baby, six-legged
sheep, three-legged rooster, two-legged
dog, the baby lions, the bear cubs.
Earle Walker is the boss candy butcher
and the Wortham boys, Clarence Jr. and
Maxwell, will help peddle the goobers and
red lemonade. Buster Lytic is another
of the clowns. .lames Ferris ami .Toe
Bauer are the property men. The "razor-
backs" of the show will be none other than
George W. Farley, Hon Stevenson, Charles
Lytic. Bob LoBrun, Eugene 1\ McKenna.
James T. Brady, Gabe DeKroko, l>oc Dan-
ville and a regiment of two, four and
six horse drivers will be on the Job, so
none of the kids peek under the sidewalls
of the hotel.
THE GREAT DINNER.
It's going to be more than a two-hour
show. Most Wkely the band will be play-
ing until the showman and others sit
down at •" ;:;o o'clock to break bread. A
number of the members of theatrical com-
panies now in town will Join the show-
men at the big dlnuer, which lias been
specially arranged by Percy Tyrrell, man-
ager of I he Gunter. There will be an
abundance of "eats," with an invocation
bv Rev. I'. F. Nichols. While there is
going to be n flood of oratory, none may
talk longer than two minutes, according
to the ruling of the toastmaster.
Those who will have a few kind words
to sav and their subjects are:
"What We Are Going to Do in 1915."
C. A. Wortham.
"The Man Ahead." Manning B. Pletz.
"What San Antonio Means to a Show-
man." John B. Carrlngton.
"The Showman and the Public." George
Loos.
"Little People." George W. Falrley.
"Texas." Don C. Stevenson.
"Newspapers." Johu A. Pollitt.
"Today and Yesterday." Colonel John I*.
Wlsmer.
"Girls Twenty Years Ago." George C.
Johnson.
"Amusements as a Diversion." Rev. Hugh
McClelland.
"Do Kreko Brothers Leaving Damascus."
Jean Do Kreko.
"Hotels." Perev Tyrrell.
"Vaudeville." Edw. Raymond.
"De Movies." W. J. Lytic.
"The Irish." George Donovan.
"War." David Lachiuan.
"Horses I Have Met." John Archibald
Murray.
"Thrills." Jay W. Coghlnn.
"What Is a Contract?" IL B. Danville.
"Shows and Railroads." V. B. o'Neil.
"The Circuit Forty Years Ago." Mike
Bod kiu.
"Juice and Chieken." W. David Colin. j
Invitations to the big dlnuer have been »
extended to every showman of note in i
America. Many acknowledgments have
been received. A great host of the amuse-
ment purveyors will be here iu person to !
Join in the fun.
The committee having under charge the
showman's dinner and tree follows: Man- I
uing B. Pletz, Jack Burke, <\ A. Wortham, j
Edw. Raymond, John A. I'nllftt, W. J. i
Coiiroy, Charles G. Kilpatrick. Horace H. I
Shelfon. J. G«*orue Loos, James T. Brady, ;
Don C. Stevenson. Paul Hunter, V. It. j
O'Neil. George Padgett. David Lachman.
Ivan Snapp. W. David Colin. W. J. Lytic,
Eugene P. M• Kenna. J. H. Harvey. Percy
Tyrrell. Steve A. Woods. John It. Carrlng-
ton, J. C. M« Caffery, Charles M. H ark lies m,
George W. Fairl^y. William Epstein. 11.
B. Danville. J J. Barnes. G«»orge Witting,
John G. Miller. Harry Lewis, Forest Fay,
Jean 1h» Kreko, Plain Dave Morriss, R.
G. Coulter.
Making Dustless Dusters.
Wring out pie*f* of eheeset loth in hot j
water and saturate with «Tiide oil. Another '
was of making a diiwtle** duster Is to *atu ,
rate the cli«»Hpck»tli with ke roue He oil and i
h:iP| it in the sunlight to drr I
BERLIN, Dec. ti (Correspondence of the
Associated Press.)—Trains of motor trucks
are the principal menus of transportution
of the supply department of the Germun
forces operating In the eastern theater of
tho war. The territory in which the cam-
paign is at present carried on has been oc-
cupied and evacuated several times by the
Germans and Ruslsans in turn, with the
result that the railroads are now no longer
in existence. What the Russians did not
tear up on a retreat the Germans destroyed
when they had to leave the district.
Under these circumstunces unother means
of transportation had to bo used by the
Germans. Already the value of the inptor
truck had foe (In learned in the campaign of
Belgium and when the forces under Field
Marshal von Uindeuburg advanced again
from their railroad base in East and West
Prussia and Silesia It was decided to use
the motor trucks. Large contracts were
let for the manufacture of a type of mo-
tor truck which had been tried out In re-
cent maneuvers.
It has been impossible to ascertain how
many of these trucks are now In commis-
sion. It is known, however, that the tralus
formed by them must be counted in hun-
dreds. A supply officer stated yesterday
that possibly there were more than 100
such trains. The trucks have rather low
and broad platforms and are moved by
gasoline engine of 80 to 100 horsepower.
Each truck has a trailer, which may be
abandoned if necessary.
To make possible the operation of these
trains the Germans have been obliged to
build many miles of roads In Russian Po-
land. It is asserted that the effort ex-
pended in this would have rebuilt all the
railroads which have been destroyed. But
the Germans prefer to use the roads in-
stead of railroads, which in Russian Po-
land are few and far between.
It is well known that tho motor truck is
responsible for many German successes in
the east. The numerical superiority of the
Russians has been discounted only by the
quick distribution of reinforcements. With-
out the motor truck this would have been
impossible. It is asserted.
Now and then a motor truck column is
attacked by a small force of Cossacks. A
lively scrimmage results as a rule, and
the Cossacks are said to have lost gener-
ally.
The Better Half.
When Charles married he entered the
lists with high resolutions.
"Edie," he whispered to his beloved, as
they lingered by the waterside on their
honeymoon, "all that I have is yours."
"Oh, Charles!" murmured Edle, who, nev-
ertheless, had fully made up her mind on
1 hat point beforehand.
During the first week of their married
bliss Charles heroically handed over thirty
ot his thirty-three. The next Friday, how-
ever, Charles retained the thirty, and hand- i
ed over three to his good lady.
"Charles," came an ley voice, "how do 1
you think I can manage for a week on
three paltry dollars?"
"Hanged if I know," acknowledged !
Charles. "I hrtd a pretty rotten time my- |
self last week. It's your turn now!"
An Oat Barometer.
A straw may show which way the wind
blows, but It Is given to oats to tell what
the weather Is going to be. This particu-
lar oat is of a very swarthy complexion
and conies from the great cereal fields of
Central Itussla.
One solitary oat only Is taken from the
bunch, and It Is fastened In the center of
a small decorated card by a baud of .rib-
lion round Its waist. The curd has fancy
pictures us to the state of the weather left,
right and center. The oat has two long
"feelers," like those of a lobster, and If the
weather is likely to be on the "change"
these stick bolt upright in tile center, bill
ii it. is going to "rain" they very appro-
priately move over towards the left side.
Hut If, on the other hand, the weather Is
going to be dry or "set fair," and means
to keep fine and sunny, then, being double-
jointed, they move directly over to the
right-hand side.
To Wash White Silk.
Add a tablespoonfnl of ammonia to every
two quarts of warm water. Don't use soap,
lJlp garment up and down, and when it
looks clean place In clean water, rinse and
iron Wore dry.
More Comfortable Shoes.
Paste a round piece of black velvet in-
side your low-cut shoes when they begiu
to stretch, and you will not be bothered
with (hem slipping up and down.
"LUCKY" WRIGHT
FINAL BLOCK OF POCKET BIL-
LIARD MATCH IS WON,
599 TO 475.
The final block of the pocket billiard
match at the Brunswick Billiard Academy
was played last night, Lucky Wright win-
ning by the score of 473 to Clarence Saf-
ford's 5B9.
Safford needed only twenty-six balls,
ran twenty-five and made a mlscue on tho
winning ball. He was playing Wright a
handicap match, tlOO to 475.
Wright performed brilliantly and electri-
fied the audience frequently by his mar-
velous shots. Safford shot his usual good
lime, but there seemed to be something
gti m t
In a
mjino after all, so "Lucky" Wright
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To Our Friends
and Patrons
Christmas bells are gaily ringing,
Christmas angels heavenly winging,
Christmas anthems now are singing
Full of Christmas cheer.
Take our wishes ever gracious
For a Christmas grandly spacious
And a bright and most audacious
Prosperous New Year.
A. E. Staacke Auto Co.
Avenue D and Third St.
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