MORNING ENTERPRISE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1912
For the Children
Young New Yorker Taking
a Drink at the Fountain.
Photo by American Press Association.
July 1 the children of New York city
were afforded great joy by the open
ing of vacation playgrounds in vari
ous parks." These grounds are placed
In the most populous sections of the
city and are a source of continual
pleasure to both boys and girls. Base
ball is the most popular game with
the boys.
Another game which is very popular
Is basketball. Rope quoits and hand
ball are also liked, and some of the
playgrounds have a shuffleboard. Re
lay races and other athletic sports vary.
the proceedings. Many of the play
grounds are arranged for girls ex
clusively, and they run potato races,
do gymnastic exercises and have as
good a time as the boys. Many of
the playgrounds have shower baths
and a few maintain swimming pools.
The picture shows a young athlete in
summer costume refreshing himself at
a fountain in one of the parks.
How the Catcher Was Caught.
How can you catch two fish on one
single hook at the same time? A man
down in Texas did it the other day,
though he had not had any expectation
or intention of doing it. The man
had gone fishing by setting a line over
night. That is, he put a live frog on
the hook and put the frog in the
water and tied the other end of the
Une to a tree on the shore of the river.
The next morning he came back and
found that there was a fish on the line.
He looked closely and saw that It was
an enormous- catfish. The line it was
hooked on was small and would ordi
narily have been broken by such a
big fish, but it was still entire. The
man investigated. He pulled the fish
up on shore, and then he found that
inside it was a smaller catfish that had
swallowed the frog before the big fel
low had come along. The little fish
was in the big fish's stomach, and the
struggles of the latter against the line
had pierced the stomach with one of
the little fish's sharp fins.
The Game of Letters,
Empty the contents of a box of "ana
gram letters" on a table so all the let
ters are in a pile, face downward. The
players sit around the table.
The leader begins by turning up one
of the letters and saying "Bird." The
letter is laid where all can see it, and
the first one who responds by giving
the name of a bird beginning with that
letter is given the letter, and it is then
his place to turn up another card and
call out "Bird," "Animal," "Fish" or
"Famous man," or any other class of
objects he wishes.
Suppose the first letter turned was
"E," and a player answered it with
"Eagle;" the next might be "G," and
"Famous man" called. Some one would
be sure to say "Grant."
The one who answers the most and
has acquired the greatest number of
letters is the winner and should receive
a prize if it has been decided to give
prizes.
The Months A Game.
The leader need be the only one who
understands this game. He asks,
"What month are you going away in?"
One player might answer, "Septem
ber." The leader then asks, "What will
you wear?" "What will you take with
you?" and "What will you do?"
All the answers must be given with
the initial letter of the month chosen.
For instance, the answers to the above
questions may be, first, "Silk stock
ings;" second, "Sardine sandwiches;"
third, "See the sights."
The answers will probably be mixed,
as the players do not know the trick.
Each one who misses pays a forfeit,
and the leader questions the next play
er. When one or two do "catch on,"
the more ridiculous they make their
answers, the funnier the game.
A Riddle.
A blind beggar had a brother; the
brother died; deceased had no brother.
What relation was the blind) beggar to
the one that died?
Answer. A sister.
The Soldier Laddie.
He was a soldier laddie,
And he stood erect and grandx
With toes turned out and cap a-tllt
And musket in his hand.
Oh, the way he held his musket
Was indeed beyond compare.
Such firmness, such precision,
Such a military air!
Was his muBket a real MauserT
Was his coat of khaki made?
Was the frown upon his forehead
One to make a foe afraid?
JJo. His jacket and his musket
And the cap upon his head
In fact, this soldier laddie
Was all made of gingerbread.
Touth's Companion)
LIVE WITH A PURPOSE.
Seize then the minutes as they
pass. The woof of life is thought
Warm up the colors; let them glow
by fire or fancy fraught Live to
some purpose; make thy life a gift
use to thee a joy, a good, a
hope, a heavenly argosy.
lulon.
fit of delusions
where a man
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MEREDITH'S QUICK
RISE TO FAME
Winner of 800 Meter Olympic
Event Is Only Nineteen.
WAS TRAINED LIKE HORSE.
His Father States He Prepared Boy
For Athletic Career Just In the Same
Manner as He Did His Prize Winning
Steeds.
James Edward Meredith, who won
the 800 meter run at the Olympic
games in world's record time, is only
nineteen years of age, and' his home is
In Media, Pa., where his father is a
contractor. Ted, as he is known by
the athletes, spent a couple of terms at
the Williamson trade school learning
bricklaying and in the meantime ran
some races for the Aquinas Catholic
club of his home city. Then he went
to Mercersburg academy. Meredith
did not meet defeat during the entire
scholastic season.
It would be impossible to describe
the joy In the home of Meredith when
the news of his great victory was re
lated to his family.
His five sisters were the first to hear
the news, his father being busy on the
farm, which is near Elwyn.
"Isn't that just grand!" cried one
sister, while the others echoed her sen
timents. "I had no idea Ed would
win the race, but we were all hoping
for the best Somebody, run and tell
father." In the meantime Mr. Mere
dith strolled up to the house.
"Ed won his race, father!" cried out
one of the Miss Merediths, and imme
diately the father quickened his pace.
"Tell me all about It," said he. He
smiled as he heard that his son bad
Photo by American Press Association.
TED MEREDITH, WINNER OP" 800 METES
OLYMPIC EVENT.
not only won the race, but also had
broken the world's record for the dis
tance "I had Ed picked as a sure thing for
one of the first three places," said Mr.
Meredith. "The men I was afraid pos
sibly would beat him out were Daven
port of Chicago university and Cald
well of the Massachusetts Agricultural
college, both men to expect big things
of, but neither of these men was even
placed in the event
"Ed has been trained just as I train
ed" my horses. I made no distinction
at all. This method of my own In
training, which has made prize winners
of dozens of my horse breeds, I decid
ed to try on my boy, and my method
has been successful. I started to train
Ed when he was fifteen years old,
nothing very much, of course, because
he was too young then, but just to
keep a watchful eye on him to see that
he should get the proper idea as to
how to run. He had a natural in
clination to this form of athletics, and
I merely encouraged him to continue.
I saw no reason why Ed, with my
previous experience to guide him,
should not become a star as a runner.
He is temperate In all his habits, but
one thing which Is generally emphasiz
ed in the training of a runner which 1
didn't put much stock in was the eat
ing. I always gave him all he could
eat pie, Ice cream, almost anything.
There has been a story circulated that
I was in the habit of fastening him to
the back of my dogcart whenever I
went for a jog about the country, but
this is not so. Of course, being in close
touch with Ed and being his real train
er ever since he was a boy, I was- well
aware of his ability as a runner and
knew just what he was able to da
Consequently the news of his victory
does not come as m sarprise."
How Paul Jones Countered.
When the English government de
nounced John Paul Jones as a pirate
the American naval hero neatly-countered.
He replied that he had looked
In the dictionary and found a pirate
defined as "an enemy of mankind,"
and, "as England was then at war
with the whole of America, the greater
part of Europe and much of Asia, not
to speak of a bit of Africa, she in point
of fact came as near being the enemy
of mankind as could well be conceived
and that England was therefore the
pirate and not Paul Jones."
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She Appeared Only
to a Child
By F. A. MITCHEL
We in America who have outgrown
a belief in the supernatural are not im
pressed by those legends that are still
in vogue among peoples nearer to na
ture. Science, while it has advanced
us, has taken much of the imagination
out of us, leaving us like the stalks
from which flowers have been stripped.
I have envied those untutored persons
who still believe the dead may at
times mingle with the living.
While traveling in Spain I stopped
for a few days in the province of La
Mancha. The peasants of the region
are much given to legends and believe
in ghosts. I was walking through a
ralley one day when I came to a little
church surrounded by the typical yard
studded with tombstones. I went
through the gate and came upon the
sexton, who was digging a grave. It
was a peaceful place, a hamlet of the
dead, "each in his narrow cell," and I
found myself regarding it as such
rather than that the heaped mounds
should cover only earth. I spoke to the
sexton, who got out of the grave to
answer certain questions I asked him.
"Do you believe the dead ever come
out of their graves and walk about
here?"
"I have seen them myself, senor,"
he replied.
"In what form?"
"Of a moonlight night I have seen
airy figures moving about among the
tombs."
"Near by or from a distance?'
"From a distance. They are shy of
us mortals."
"Don't you think what you say you
have seen were rays of moonlight com
ing through the branches of the trees?"
"Oh, no, senor," he replied. "They
are really the dead. But it is of no
use to try to get near them, for as soon
as mortals approach they become" in
visible." "Are there no persons they will per
mit to approach them?"
Now, I asked the question with a
purpose, for I confess I am not a dis
believer in communications between
the living and the dead and have a be-,
lief in the theory that some persons are
susceptible of being impressed by spir
itsin other words, are mediums.
The man leaned on his spade and ap
peared to be thinking. The southern
sun gilded his wrinkled brow as he
framed his reply, and it occurred to me
that he would make a fine model for
an artist.
"The only persons I have ever known
them to appear to in their human
shapes are children. There is one per
son buried here a woman who will
always manifest herself to a child.
They say, senor, that she lost all of
her children before they reached the
age of twelve. If a child comes here
she will arise from her grave and sit
upon the tomb built over it and look at
the little one wistfully."
This was something definite, and I
became interested. "Will she permit a
child to approach her?" I asked.
"The children who have seen her say
that as they approach she fades away
and when they get to the tomb there is
no one there."
"Do the children only see her when
theyare here alone?"
"Children are never here alone. They
are not admitted when alone. If they
come it is under the care of older per
sons." "And do the older persons see this
spirit?"
"No, senor; they do not"
"I cannot believe your story, but I
admit there is something about it that
appeals to me."
"If senor will bring a child he will
be convinced."
That would be easy. I was traveling
with a party ' of Americans, among
whom were several children. I could
easily bring one of them to the church
yard. I chatted" for some time longer
with the sexton; then, putting a piece
of money in his hand and telling him 1
would be with him the next afternoon,
I left him.
i There was a boy of seven in our
j party, a delicately organized little fel
; low, and I asked him the next day
! to go to walk with me. He gladly as
' sented, and I took him to the church
yard. The sexton was there putting
supports under some of the tottering
stones, and I chatted with him while
the boy played among the tombs. I
kept my eye on the child and presently
saw him looking in the direction of
the tomb of the lady who appeared to
children. Then he began to move
slowly toward it. The sexton noticed
him and gave me a knowing look. The
boy kept his eye fixed on the tomb
and approached it with timid steps.
When he came near it he paused.
Then presently he turned and retraced
his steps.
"Why did you go to that tomb?" I
asked him.
"Because I saw a lady sitting on it
who beckoned me to come to her. But
when I got to the tomb she wasn't
there."
"What became of her?"
"I don't know."
"What did she look like?"
"I thought her a kind looking lady,
and it seemed as if she wanted to take
me in her arms and pet me."
"Did you ever see her before?"
"No."
"You see." said the sexton, "I did
not tell you an untruth."
Nor did he to the best of my knowl
edge and belief. I do not expect others
to believe that the boy saw a spirit,
but for myself how can I help it?
BECOME YOUNG AGAIN.
We are too busy, too encum
bered, too much occupied, too
active. We read too much. The
one thing needful is to throw off all
one's load of cares and to become
again young, living happily and
gracefully in the present hour. We
must know how to put occupation
aside, which does not mean, how
ever, that we must be idle. Mrs.
Humphry Ward. - V
CI1PRI
BOAST Or
SEATTLE
San Francisco Can Profit by the
Achievements of City 'Which
Looks to the Future.
STREETS CONTRASTED
Northern Thoroughfares Clean,
Sightly, Made of Material That
Lasts for Decades-
BY EDWARD H. HAMILTON.
(Special Dispatch to "The Examiner")
SEATTLE, July 23. While booster
excursions are quite the thing these
days, I would suggest that San Fran
cisco get up an excursion to be head
ed by Mayor Rolph and to include the
supervisors, the Board of Works, the
City Engineer, the Board of State Har
bor Commissioners with their engi
neer, the Playgrounds Commission
and certain assorted citizens from the
improvement clubs and associa
tions and such civic societies as the.
specially interested in putting San
Francisco a little ahead of her times
in the way of material improvements.
Such an excursion would not have
to travel far afield to get some eye
openers that would shake the mem
bers out of any conceited self-complacency
with which they may have
started the trip. . They needn't go to
New York or Chicago or any of the
great population centers of the land,
but just to some of the cities of our
own coast.
For instance, I'd like to note the ex
pressions on the faces of the party
when they came out of the Harriman
system depot" here in Seattle and saw
the pavement spread out before them
in contrast to the mixture of dirt and
irregularity that greets the visitor
who steps out of the Ferry depot and
enters upon San Francisco.
Why Not for Us?
Here are wide spaces of brick pave
ment, clean as a whistle, even," lasting,
effective. The natural inquiry . would
be:
"Why can't we have such pavement
at the entrance of San Francisco in
stead of the rough basalt blocks
dumped on sand that make the Em
barcadero unsightly and inefficient?''
Perhaps the Harbor Commissioners
could answer that question. Perhaps
they think the present conditions are
good enough. Perhaps they are will
ing to remain in a backwoods state
of development.. But if they'd come
up here and see, they'd hardly have
an excuse" for keeping the Embarca
dero as it is.
Now Seattle has 165 miles of paved
streets paved with this smOoth brick
pavement that seems so desirable for
medium traffic conditions; with as
phalt, or with cement or "stone blocks.'
The cement and stone blocks are
not rough, irregular shapes, dumped
down recklessly on sand to be dusty
in summer and muddy in winter, as
are our basalt block streets, but these
blocks are shaped to a nicety and then
laid on a firm footing of concrete or
other material, bound and grouted so
the surface is almost as smooth as
asphalt. When cleaned these streets
do not at once spit tip more mud or
dust to foul themselves again as 'so
many of our streets do.
Note: Mr. Edward H. Hamilton,
the writer of the above article, who
is recognized as a keen observer has
been sent by his employers, the pub
lishers of the "San Francisco Exam
iner," to inspect and report on mun
icipal and civic conditions and ad
vance in the cities of the Pacific Coast.
This article is taken from his report
appearing in "The Examiner" dated
July 24, .1912.
WINS GAME EASILY
OAKLAND, July 30, (Special.)
Although Oakland hit Higginbotham
hard, making 11 bingles, Portland won
i 6 to 2. Pernoll held the visitors to 6
hits. Portland made 5' in the fifth as
follows:
Howley fanned, Higginbotham walk
ed. Doane . forced Higinbotham.
j Coofle to Leard. Doane stole. Ban
croft singled and stole, and on KoTi
rer's wild throw to third to get Doane
the latter scored and Bancroft took
third. Lindsey walked and stole.
Krueger hit by pitched ball. Butcher
homed clearing the bases. Rodgers
out, Leard to Tiedeman.
The results Tuesday follow:
At San Franiscj Portland 6, Oak
land 2.
At Los Angeles San Franisco 6,
Vernon 2.
Ati Sacramento Sacramento 5, Los
Angeles 4 (11 innings.)
National League
New York 10, Chicago 4.
-Pittsburg 3, Philadelphia
Cincinnati 5, Brooklyn 4.
Boston 7, St, Louis 6.
American League
Chicago 6, Boston 5.
Detroit 7, Philadelphia 6.
St Louis 5, New York 1.
2.
The Ducking Stool In England.
The latest recorded use of the duck
ing stool in England (the designations
cucking and ducking were, of course,
synonymous in the days of Queen Eliz
ath) was in 1809. It was at Leomin
ster, when a woman" named Jenny
Pipes, 4'as Jane Corran, was paraded
through J, town on the ducking stool
and duckd . tne water near Kenwa
teF bridge by orjer of the magistrates.
In 1S17 another woman, called Sarah
Leake, was wheeled round the place
in the same chair, but not ducked, as,
fortunately for her, the water was too
low. The instrument of punishment in
question has not been used since then.
London Notes and Queries.
Alsace-Lorraine.
Alsace-Lorraine has an area of 5,601
square miles and about 2,000,000 In
habitants. Its people are noted for
their thrift and industry. It is rich in
mineral resources, and its Industries
are many, varied and progressive.
Loose Leaf
Systems and Devices for
every kind of business
and profession. A 'phone
call will bring us, or, bet
ter still, come in and
view our modern plant.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE
NOT TO BE DROPPED
WASHINGTON, July 30. President
Taft's refusal to accept the resigna
tion of United States Judge C. H. Han
ord until he has conferred with the
subcommittee of the house judiciary
committee which investigated im
peachment charges in Seattle against
the jurist, has caused the belief here
today that the president plans to make
Hanford's case an example, illustrat
ing the theory that -impeachment pro
ceedings are as expeditious as the re
call of judges. The subcommittee is
expected to arrive tomorrow
Several days ago President Taft an
nounced that he would not accept
Hanford's-resignation if the subcom
mittee reported that the evidence was
sufficient to result in impeachment. In
the latter event the Hanford investiga-
tion would proceed "as originally plan
ned. IT.
Mrs. F. T. Barlow, one of the en
thusiastic rose culturists of Oregon
City, and who has won many prizes
at the rose shows given by the Clack
amas County Rose Society in this
city, has dahlias growing in her gar
den that are the finest that have been
grown in this city. Some of the Sou
venir De Doazen variety have a diam
eter of 7i inches, and circumference
of 221 inches. They are of a bright
red. Mrs. Barlow says - the Geishas
will be blooming in a few days. The
bulbs were planted -early in the spring
and the only fertilizer used was
ground bone. The dahlias are grow
ing in sandy soil. Jn the garden of
Mrs. Barlow, as well as of her neigh
bor, Mrs. R. D. Wilson, are sunflower
plants, literally covered with golden
colored flowers, the stalks of which
are over twelve feet in height.
One View of It.
"What is this here osteopathy?"
"It is the science of manipulating
bones."
"Pshaw! Then It's nothing but the
end part of the minstrel show." Balti
more American.
Any time any whiskey tastes so rough and strong
it makes you shake "your head and say "bur-r"
let it alone.
Never put anything into your stomach your palate
rejects.
That' s why Nature gave you a palate.
Try the New Cyrus Noble
the numbered bottle "the soul of the grain."
W. J. Van Schuyver & Co., General Agents, Portland, Oregon '
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FREE CANAL FIGHT
TO BE CONTINUED
WASHINGTON, July 30. Five
members of the house committee on
interstate commerce who have led the
fight for free passage through the
Panama canal for American vessels,
announced today,- that they would
"stick out for free tolls even if it takes
all summer." Representatives Hum
phrey of Washington and Knowland o
California are two of the free toll
champions.
The matter of fortifying the canal
occupied part of the afternoon in the
senate. Several senators favored
heavy fortifications with provisions
for free passage of warships in time
of war.
TGUEST OF HONOR
Mrs. George Boylan, a former resi
dent of Oregon City, but now of Sea
side, had an enjoyable surprise at her
home Monday, when her daughters,
Mrs. Frank White, of Portland, Mrs.
W. C. Green and Mrs. A. R. Williams
of this city, who were her guests at
Seaside, gave a dinner in honor of her
sixty-third birthday. Mrs. Boylan was
taken by a member of the family to
the beach to watch the bathers enpoy
ing the surf, and upon the return to
her home found the tables prettily de
corated with flowers, and a most de
licious dinner waiting. One of the en
joyable occasions of this event was
the gathering of four generations of
the Boylan family.
Present were Mr. and. Mrs. George
Boylan, of Seaside; Mrs. W. C. Green
and son, Clyde, of Oregon City; Mrs.
A. R. Williams and son, Allen of Ore
gon City; Mr. and Mrs. Frank White
of Portland; Robert Green, of Oregon
City; Mrs. Laura Guillott and son, Vir
gil, of Portland; Charles Boylan, of
Seaside.
REV. SMITH PREACHES AT
WILLAMETTE THIS "VENING
Rev. E. A. Smith will speak at Wil
lamette tonight. His subject will be
"The Supreme Grace." He will preach
at Logan August 4, on "Making a Re
cord." 5v
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