4 MORNING ENTERPRISE. THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1912. Woman'sWorld Mrs. Helen Britton, Owner of Big Baseball Club. 1911, by American Press Association. UBS. HELEN BItlTTON. Mrs. Helen Britton of Cleveland. O.. has the distinction of being the only woman owner of a big baseball club In this country and possibly in the wnrlrt This Ipcnrv the St. Louis Na tional league baseball club she Inher ited from her father and uncle. And she is the first woman entitled to sit in a meeting of the National leagne, an or ganization devoted to the interests of men. The feminine manager of 8 baseball team, according to preconceived ideas, should be a heroic specimen of wo manhood, one of the man tailored kind, with stiff cuffs, a four-in-band and a stride. But Mrs. Britton is of an al together different type, for her gowns are the last word in smartness, and she carries them with a trace to do them full Justice. The owner of the Cardinals is a clear skinned, dark hair ed, symmetrical little woman, with sparkling eyes and a wealth of vivac ity. When asked how her club got its oame Mrs. Britton replied "that red was her favorite color. I lo e to wear u uuu uu tiiuL ui tut; Lime jubl aa u touch of allegianc e. But my father se lected the name Cardinals because it was his pet color. My husband is fond of it too. Indeed, we might be called a cardinal chords, especially when a Cardinal knocks a home run." Although Mrs. Britton never misses a ball game unless staying away is absolutely necessary, she Is nothing of an all around "sport," but extreme ly domestic in her tastes, and her strong, handsome husband says "that when It comes to keeping home com fortable and happy the presiding gen ius of the St. Louis team is a pen nant, winner." Two healthy, whole some children, a boy and a girl, attest her skill In motliereraft. The boy, his mother says, is a regular c'lild leader, and to show that he Is going to fol low In the family footsteps he has al ready organized a league among bis playmates and captains the winning team. The wee daughter Is too tiny to be entered as a "fan," but certain tendencies point toward her becoming a baseball girl through and through. . Uke her mother. Mrs. Britton is a fine example of how It Is possible for a woman to pursue beauty, business, homemaking and pleasure at once and be a success In all the roles. Season's "Smart" Color Is Pink Red. At last the season's smartest .color has been settled on. It does not hap pen once in a decade that the women of the so called smart set and the wo men who set the fashions for the inner circle of society's exclusive few agree upon the season's color. They have 'lone so this year, however, and it Is a pink red. It runs through a gamut of shades from deep coral down to palest flame, almost yellow. It may be bright cerise or old fashioned "light red," but it must escape being a regular red bj several shades. It Is becoming alike to blonds and brunettes, and it adapts Itself to the modern wonders of frock making where layer of gossamer is laid over layer of gossamer, beading embroidery, fringe and metal thread. It shimmers through soft grays and cream and slatey blues. It dashes sud denly out Into view In startling places. It can be wrought Into wonderful sun set and dawn effects, and it has the advantage of combining with black la a way to give distinction. Without a doubt the season's favorite color has been well chosen this year. Mrs. Browning's Sonnets. They say Mrs. Browning showed hr husband with much diffidence the son nets she had written in celebration of her love. "Sonnets Prom the Portu guese." she called them, incorporating In the title a love name be had for her, for he termed her the Portuguese because of her dark skin and eyes. Faulty. It must be confessed, these sonnets are, hardly finished here and there one might be tempted to say. but they are as spontaneous as the Song of morning birds, as essentially true as the word we speak at unex pected meeting. Trunk Trays. Trunks have improved along with everything else In this progressive age. The trunk with one tray Is a rarity, and most trunks are made with five or six trays. There Is such a demand for trays that they are sold separately -and can be added to any trunk- when ..ever wanted. t Solving a Difficulty. ' ,A painstaking mother of two children- was aueuipuiig 10 give mem a serious Idea of her anxiety to make them good ;and to make plain to their mjnds the 'gfayttf ef the task fer& her. Over come with the impossibility of ever at taining her mother's ideal, three-year-old Frances answered in all earnest, ness, "Don't try to make us good, mother; just shoot us "-Everybody's. How, Indeed? ' ' ' Mrs. H. Her husband simply won't listen to her. H How the deuce does the lucky fellow manage It? IT "v. r - u , i K"1"M v ! I I I"! I I .1 I : ! M Hi'I'H f FANS PRESENT ANGORA $ GOAT TO GRIFFITH AS A MASCOT. 4- Mrs. Clark Griffith, the hand- X some wife of the Washington $ manager, was thrown Into a fit of hysterics the other day when an expressman called at the Griffith flat In the nation al capital and informed her that' he had some sort of a wild animal to deliver and there were charges amounting to $7.50, which he stood ready to col lect With the aid of a help er the ex pressman de- GMFFITH AND BIS posjte(j , tQe NEW MASCOT.- front parlor a crate decorated with letters that spelled out the words "Wash ington Club Mascot." Half a dozen names were inscribed on the rough boards, including a sign which read: "From Craig, Mont. Feed this mascot every two days. He is fond of tin cans and old shoes." The burly expressman pried off a board and revealed to the astonished eyes of Mrs. Griffith a fine Angora goat, fully equip ped with curling horns and a big league beard. "Oh, what shall I do? Where is Clark? The poor thing must be hungry!" were some of the exclamations which escaped from the manager's wife, who promptly dashed off to the kitch en in search of something to feed the animal. French fried potatoes, roast duck and other delicacies were offered the goat, but he refused to eat. Finally a copy of a Cincinnati paper containing a flattering story of Griff's work with the Beds was handed to the Angora, who swal lowed it with a relish. Manager Griffith was soon In formed of the arrival of the goat and had a good hearty laugh over the incident "Some of the boys out on my ranch probably sent it on for a joke. The ouly thing I'm sore about is the fact that I've got to pay the express charges." Arrangements have been made to house the goat at the Wash-, ington ball park for the winter. 'CHICK" EVANS BUSY GOLFER Covers Most of United States and Some of Europe In One Year. Charles W. Evans, Jr., the well known Chicago golf player, has-covered much territory during this year. Last winter he went from Chicago to Atlanta and Pinehurst, then back to Chicago, then to Scotland, England and France; then back to the Essex Country club, thence to Detroit, back ' , ' , f Photo by American Press Association. "CHICK" EVANS, CRACK CHICAGO UOLFER. to Apawamis, on to Vermont a little later at Trov, Buffalo and Pittsburgh. This is believed to be the busiest year of competition that any golfer in history can boast of. SUTTON TO PLAY HOPPE. Chicago Man . to Try Again to Beat Champion at 18.2 Balk Line. Billiard followers were surprised at the challenge of George Sutton of Chi cago which almost immediately fol lowed his defeat at the hands of Wil liam F. Hoppe for the 18.2 balk line championship. Many of them felt that Sutton after his defeat In New York recently was displaying a temerity that was not supported by his skill in that match. Sutton and his admirers profess to believe that Hoppe displayed signs of a falling off In execution at the recent meeting. The fact "that he played n string of 500 points with an average of only 22 16-22. with runs of 80, 75 and 52, they cite as evidence in support of their theory. Sutton even in poor form counted 26t points with an aver ag of 12 2-22 and runs of 124. 38 and 33 It has been arranged that the second match will be decided in New York. The date has not been set. but it will probably be the latter part of January or the first week in February. ' Malice and Superstition. In the middle ages malice and super stition found expression in the forma tion of wax images of hated persons. Into the bodies of which long pins were stuck. It was confidently believed that in that way deadly injury would be done to the person represented. This belief and practice continued down to the seventeenth century.. The super stition Indeed still holds its 'place In the highlands of Scotland, "where," says a well Informed write, "within the last few years a clay model of an enemy was found in a stream, having been placed there in the -belief that a? the clay washed away so would the health of the hated one decline." 1 Kind to Fatner. Dorothy (affectionately Father, you wouldn't like me to leave you.would you? Father (fondly) Indeed I would not, my darling! Dorothy Then I'll marry Mr. Lnmley. He Is willing to live here! ' - - - Called. ".' "I asked the audience to lend me their ears," said the verbose speaker, "but In throe-quarters of an hour they were dozing." "I see,',' replied the financier. "They called the loan." Washington Star. Proplietic Strokes A Clock Whose Hands-Had Not Moved For Years Sud denly Strikes at Night By F. A. MITCHEL ? t ! In the Harz mountains stands the castle of Wertheim, though it is now a ruin. In the castle tower was a clock, which was said to be one of the first ever made. During the period when the castle was last inhabited fhis clock had long ceased to strike the hour. Its clumsy frame was still perched away up in the tower, so rusty that even a strong man could not wind it even if, the weights were removed. The old baron remembered having heard it strike when a child, but he was sixty years old and the only one in the castle or in the neighborhood who remember ed the sound of its bell. But it was even then like the death rattle In the throat of a giant. Since that day the staircase in the tower ascending its four sides in fre quent right angles some seventy feet had completely rotted away, leaving the clock on the strong floor that had been built for it. Baron Ludwig Wertheim was the owner of the castle at the period of this story. He had but one son. below "THAT'B KOT MEWS TO MBl" whom there was no male heir to the title. Caspar was forty years old and his wife thirty-eight, and they had no children. This was a source of dis tress to the old baron, realizing, as he did, that with his son the title would become extinct. Since it was one of the oldest and most respected In the land those living in the vicinity felt the same regret. One night when a bleak November wind was blowing those asleep in the castle and those at the base of the hill were awakened by a strange sound, a sound that thrilled theui and filled them with wonder.. Tliey beard the stroke of a tower clock. To those on the hill it sounded close by. To those at the bottom it seemed to come from a distance. The only clock capable of creating such strong vibrations within a hundred miles was the one in the tower of Wertheim castle. And what a sound It was! Some said that it seemed to them like the distant boom of a gun on a sinking ship, some that it was a knell, some like the angelus that summons mor tals to prayer. All agreed that It was a dirge, and to 'all there were that hoarse wheezing and creaking that might be expected from" long disused and rusty mechanism. One, two, three! Then there was a silence, while the listeners counted the beating of their hearts, at the end of which the strokes were resumed. But what a difference 'between the' first and last series of beats! Instead of being funereal the second were joy ous. Could those silvery tones come from the old clock in the tower? And yet what clock was there near by that could be heard so distinct, so vivid? None. One, two, three, four, five, six. seven, eight, nine, ten! The strokes were counted by every person in the castle, beneath the castle and within hearing distance of the castle. They Kvere heard by persons living ten miles way. These joyous strokes sounded differently to different persons. To some they were like the sound of wed ding bells, to some the chimes of East er, to others those which ring out at a christening. Of all who heard them the old baron was the only one to interpret them. He counted the first strokes and when he heard the third knew that his broth er, as he sometimes called the clock, bad sent him a message. Then when the ten strokes that followed ended he jank into a restful slumber such as he had not known for years. -. "Tho next morning the castle yard was filled with people looking up at the tower and the clock above. There was a babel of voices, some averring that a trick bad been played upon them by some mischievous person who had climbed up to the clock and struck the bell, that It was superstition or imagination alone that led those who heard the sounds to attribute to them different intonations. One of these skep tics entered the tower at the bottom and looked up to determine if he could see any evidence left above as to how it could have been scaled. There was nothing but the four Interior sides, showing marks here and there of where the staircase had been built against them. But even this man beat a hasty retreat, for while he. stood gaping upward a piece of stone - Or mortar fell from above, landing with in a few feet of him. He was too frightened to notice what it was," and no one else" dared enter the tower. Only the baron failed to discuss the cause of the old clock suddenly re suming the strokes that it had given for 200 years and had ceased to give for nearly' sixty. But it was noticed that from -that memorable night be, who had appeared youthful and vig orous for his years, began to show signs of decay. A cold storm in De cember brought on a chill, from which he emerged much weakened. In Feb ruary he received a shock from which it was evident he would not recover. One day his son entered the room where he lay with news that he hoped might rouse his father to rally. He announced that a child would be born to the house of Wertheim. "That is not news to me," said the old man, and, turning over, fell into a sleep. Hours after this his daughter-in-law approached the old man's bed to receive his congratulations. He was still sleeping and so still that she be came alarmed and called her husband. The baron was dead. A great concourse of people attend ed the funeral of the man they loved so well. It was held in the chapel of the castle, and after the ceremony the body was lowered into a vault under the chapel floor. Then the throng, having left many a garland on the re placed marble slab, withdrew. That night it was rather in the small hours of the morning those sleeping in the castle were awakened by a crash so loud that it was heard, like the mysterious sounds of the bell, for miles around. No one got out of bed to learn the cause of the noise; all lay shivering with an unaccountable dread. But with the first light of day many jumped out of bed and, putting on their clothes, went -out into the court yard with a view to learning what had disturbed their slumbers. They huddled. together exchanging re marks and looking about therJ to- see if there was any evidence th:tt any part of the old walls had faileu. But the walls were the same as the nir;ht before. Then one man went to the clock tower and looked inside. lie s.".w a heap of old. rusty iron and rotten wood. It was the clock. The event, happening the night of the baron's funeral, strengthened the position of those who had averred that there was something more than human In the mysterious strokes which had been heard at the close of the previous year. Might not they have foretold the baron's death? "How could that be." protested the doubters, "since there were but three strokes and the baron did not die for four months?" "Granted," was the reply. "But he died in the third month of the year. And, as to the clock, surely it gave notice of its own as well as the baron's death." One thing puzzled all the fact that the old man when his son announced to him that a grandchild would be born to him not only replied that it was not news to him. but manifested no interest that it might be a boy. Most of them believed that, whatever the message the clock had given, the baron alone was accorded a power to understand it. In time it was announced that the child would be born in October. Then some one remembered that October was the tenth month in the year and that the cumber of the second series 'Of strokes that had been given by the old clock had been ten. At this discovery nearly every one who had doubted the supernatural be havior of the clock gave, in, and those who did not admitted that if Bar on Ludwig's grandchild should be a boy. they, too. would be converted. On the 10th day of October a baby boy came into the world, and not a soul within the castle inclosure or among the retainers living roundabout but believed that the baron's "brother" had foretold the day of his death; of its own destruction, and that he would be blessed by the birth of a male child to perpetuate the family name of which he was so proud. . The astonishment at this prophetic announcement was nothing to hat of one who was In the secret of the mys terious strokes. A young man with a mania for climbing, by throwing a looped rope over a projection of the tower, had succeeded in getting up to the clock and had made three sounds with a piece of iron, which he follow ed by ten more with a piece of wood. So astounded was be with the coin cidences which subsequently occurred that he almost believed he had been sent to the tower by some guardiap spirit of the baron to make the an nouncement to him of events that aft erward occurred.- When the first flush of wonder had died out the climb er confessed that he had done the striking. . Only a , few believed him. and they accused him of witchcraft. He left the place to save himself from being burned alive and never re turned. The child born at the time became the father of many children, most of them beys, and the title Is still in ex istence. . More Than Petit. Madge He stole a kiss from me. Ma belWell, that was only petit larceny. Madge It wasn't; it was grand. Large Wardrobe Necessary. "My wife dresses according to the weather." "My wife hasn't that many gowns." Boston Transcript Mogok Valley Rubies. Ruby mines of the Mogok valley are known to have been worked since the year 1600. 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If you want the MORNING ENTERPRISE delivered by our carrier in Oregon City, Glad stone or Willamette, combination price will be $5.25 'PUPILS TAUGHT TO AID PARENTS (Continued from page 1) Pupils were given Ave minutes for milking a cow, five minutes for light ing a fire, five minutes for sleeping in freah air, five minutes for taking a bath, and so on through the long list of common duties incident to home-life and country. The rule of the school is if any pupil who has earned six hundred minutes may have a holiday, at the discretion of the teacher. If the pupil asks for a holi day to use for some worthy cause the teacher grant3 it providing it will not interfer too much with his school work. It is further provided that no pupil may have more than one holi day in twenty days. Space will not permit my giving a more detailed account of the plan. I trust that enough has been given to show the principle involved. The teacher was subjecting to vol ley after volley of questions from the superintendents, but was able to answer all of them with alacrity. The chairman called upon the par ents to. give their testimony as to the success of the movement, I can not write here all that was said, but will give two as fair samples of all. ' One good motherly looking country woman said "before this plan was started I got up in the morning and prepared breakfast for the family and after -breakfast gave time to the prep aration of the children for school. Now, when morning comes the girls insist upon my lying in bed so that they may get breakfast. After break fast they wash the dishes sweep the kitchen, and do many other things as well as make their own preparation for school. I think the plan is a suc cess. My only fear is that it will make mo lazy." , One father said, "I have two boya one in the High School and Jack, here. It was as hard work to get the older boy out In the morning a3 it was to do the chores, and as Jack was too young to be compelled to do the work, I let them both sleep while I did it. Now, when the alarm sounds, I hear Jack tumbling out of bed and when I get up I find the fires burn ing and the stock at the barn cared for, so all I have to do is to look happy, eat my breakfast, and go about my business. Yes, it is a great suc cess in our home." At this point Superintendent Alder NOT EXPENSIVE Treatment at Hot Lake, including medical attention, board and bsths, costs no more than you would pay to live at any first class hotel. Rooms can be had rrom 75 cents to $2.50 per day. Meats in the cafeteria are served from 20 cents up and in the grill at the usual grill prices. Baths range from 50 cents to $1.00. , We Do Cure Rheumatism ...J' 4 f-"'; HOT LAKE SANATORIUM HOT LAKE, OREGON. WALTER M. PIERCE. Pres.-Mgr. man said, "Jack, stand, we want to see you," and Jack, a bright, manly appearing country boy of fourteen years stood blushing, while we looked our appreciation. One man told of the many things his daughter had done .whereupon, it was suggested that, she might do so much that her health would be in danger. A pleasant smile flittered across the face of the father as he said, "daughter, stand and let these men see if they think you are in juring your health,"' a bright, buxom, rosy-cheeked girl the very picture of health and happiness arose while we laughed and cheered. To the question "does this work in terfere with the work of the school?" The teacher pointed to the record of the school in a spelling contest that is being conducted in this country and read "100 per cent for this month, 981.2 per cent for that" and said, "no I find that the"" children have taken more interest in their school work and. are making more progress than before." When alone, after tim for reflec tion, I thought, "one swallow does not make a summer" and one school does not prove that this is a good plan. In - Spring Valley the conditions are ideal a board of directors who do their duty, a citizenship that is far above the average, girls and boys from well-ordered homes of a prosper ous people, a teacher who would suc ceed anywhere with half a chance, a wide awake, sympathetic county school . superintendent, and yet I thought if this is good for Spring Val ley school might it not be a good thing for all our schools. I have not reached a conclusion, but have had much food for thought, and am more than pleased with my experience and observation., - What do you think about it, gentle reader? Is it a passing fancy? A fad, if you please? Or is it a means for training boys and girls to habits of industry and to a wholesome re spect for honest toil? Will it bring the home and the school into closer relation? And will it cause the coun try boys and girls to love their home3, to love the country with its singing birds its babbling brooks, its broad fileds and slender hills? I don't know, teach me? Hot Lake Mineral Baths and mud given under scien tific direction have cured thousands. Write for illus trated booklet descriptive of Hot Lake Sanatorium and the methods employed. Hot Lake Sanatorium is acces sible as it is located direct ly on the main line of the O.-W. R. & N. railway, and special excursion rates are to be had at all times. ,Ask agents. GROWERS HOLD SPUDS FOR HIGHER PRICES While weather conditions have been such that a fractional advance has recently been forced in the jobbing price, of potatoes the market in gen eral is showing practically no im provement. While plenty Qf business is availa ble for the Oregon product, still the prices asked are out of line with what buyers are willing to offer. The re sult is that Oregon potatoes are scarcely showing any movement while competitive markets have been sell ing potatoes right along. With its greatest crop available for market, Idaho is now supplying th3 potato demand that was recently com ing to Willamette Valley producers. This change of buying base is due to the willingness of Gem state grow ers to sell the product at whatever price buyers can be induced to offer. Oregon growers continue to hold and even though a better price was avail able, it is not likely that any material increase in the marketing would be shown here. As a rule those who retain best quality potatoes in this section are holding out for 2c a pound flat. Ac cording to dealers, there is always the possibility that an extreme value will be received, but the probabilities seem to be that the market will ease oft after general marketing starts. Only severe damage to the potatoes being held in store is considered as a factor toward a higher range than at present. Prevailing Oregon City prices are as follows: DRIEn FRUITS (Buying) Prunes on basis of 6 1-4 pounds for 4 5-50 's. Fruits, Vegetables. HIDES (Buying) Green hides, 5c to 6c; salters, 5 to 6c; dry hides, 12c to 14c; sheep pelts, 25c to 75c each. Hay, Grain, Feed. HAY (Buying) Timothy, $12 to $15; clover, $8 to $9; oat hay, best, $9 to $10; mixed, $9 to $12; alfalfa, $15 to $16.50. OATS ( Buying) ;-Gray, $27 to $28; wheat, $28 to $29; oil meal, $53; Shady Brook dairy feed, $1.25 per 100 pounds. FEEEV (Selling) Shorts, $26; roll ed barley, $39; process barley, $40: whole corn, $39; cracked corn. -$40; bran $25. FLOUR $4.50 to $5.25. Butter, Poultry, Eggs. POULTRY (Buying) Heus, 10c to 11c; spring, 10 to 11c, and roosters, 8c. Butter (Buying) Ordinary coun try butter, 25c to 30c; fancy dairy, 40c. EGGS Oregon ranch egg3, 35c to 37 l-2c. SACK VEGETABLES Carrots, $1.25 to $1.50 per sack; parsnips, $1.25 to $1.50; turnips, $1.25 to $1.50; beets, $1.50. POTATOES Best buying 85c to $1 per hundred. ONIONS Oregon, $1.25 to $1.50 per hundred; Australian, $2 per huTidred. , Lvestock, Meats. BEEF (Live weight) Steers, 5c and 5 1-2; cows, 4 l-2c; bulls, 3 l-2c VEAL Calves bring from 8c to 13c, according to grade. MUTTON Sheep, 3c and 3 l-2c; lambs, 4c and 5c. HOGS 125 to 140 pound hogs, 10c and lie; 140 to 200 pounds, 10c and 10 l-2. SuDscribe for th Dally Enterprise.