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pY DEBUT AS
A STAGE CHILD.
Lb How ’my Sister and I Saved the
l ■ Family Fortunes at a Critical
Time.
By May Irwin.
jl I was born a baby—a tiny little bit
Ifcf a thing only so long (twelve inches)
f*nd so wide (half a yard), and—oh,
Bon t be afraid to speak, up, I have
(stayed that shape ever since.
was not born singing, but I can
luce the best of witnesses —my
tthpr—to prove that I sahg duets, and
correctly, with my sister Flo,
■Mb could talk.
- frhefe was I born? Oh, I honored,
■he tov.-n of Whitby, in Ontario, Can-
Hda, a little hamlet not famous even
wet. I lived there until 1 went on the
■tage.
I From the time I was eight years old
until I left Whitby, I sang in the Epis-
Bpopal church there. I was the only fe
■nale soprano and the only child in the
PChoir. Singing came naturally to me.
wly voice never had any cultivation. 1
Harmonized as naturally as I talked;
■ny voice was naturally placed., and I
■produced tones by the law breathing
■aught me and not by any other rule.
■'All through my childhood I sang in
■U the cantatas and such folly that is
■.part of going to school. I suppose it
■Ta: my .success in those affairs that
Suggested to my mother: “If ever these
■iris have to do something for them
■elves, as all girls in this age are lia
■la to, I can put them in the thea
■er.”
■ The time came when it was neces
sary. My father, who was a lumber
merchant, died suddenly and left us
.■nniless. Flo, my sister, and I, had
■ng all sorts of duets together, so
took us one day across the line
■MBkiffalo. That was the nearest place
States, the easiest to get to, and
»ast expensive.
IB \4s a tot in dresses to my knees,
At legs bulging out over the tops
my prunella gaiters. Well, you can
BHst fatycy me. I was barely in my
Hens, hearty, healthy and good nat-
Mfed.
■ Mother tiok us to a hotel. Then she
Hot a pape r and looked ever a list of
Hie theaters i. She selected the Adelphi,
■hen run by Dan Shelby, a real variety
■heater. There was no such swell thing
Hs a music hall in those days, and noth-
Hg, like a vaudeville show. It was all
wain variety business.
■he took us down to Shelby, told him
'■■at she wanted, and asked him to
ffoßr us. He just laughed outright when
■Htooked at us. Flo was just as slight
fWV was broad, and we were both so
But he was willing enough.
orchestra man was not there and
could be found about to play our
so sister Flo, who
beaut* fully, was perched up at
piano, and, we did our little “act."
■r. Shelby engaged us on the spot,
|Rpd we made our debut at the princely
rwlary of. ■*'30 per week for the two of
I Tlfcßrk , hing wa ever sang In pub
111c ”\ let Genevieve.” I remem
| ber it ABn t were yesterday. I was
I as cool las Jati please—much cooler than
II am n|w. But poor Flo, who was al
lways dSHgtc, fainted away after the
| first nulohe*’, and I had to go on and
Icing anHHbre alone.
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1 ten *TCK to row abroad.
I H. Ten Eyck, who
Ittron the fejamond Challenge Sculls at
Ithe HenlH*Regatta in 1897, is practis
|lng hard nfct the rowing machines in the
■UniversityVb* Pennsylvania gymnas
ftfum. The i<Sampion will go to Paris
land take pkS in the Exposition races.
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HOW I GOT
ON THE STAGE.
Advice to the Girl Whose Friends
Thiuk She has Talent.
By Edna May.
Less than four years ago I went on
the stage as a chorus girl. My salary
was sls a week.
It may interest the countless girls
who are following in my footsteps to
learn how I rose in so short a time.
What I shall set down here is no fic
tion or moralizing, but the square truth,
based on my own observation and ex
perience.
I had taken singing lessons for some
time. My friends praised my voice and
advised me to go on the stage. My
head was turned by their silly praise
and I began to believe, at last, that
the operatic stage was my vocation,
and that an enthusiastic public only
(Halted the chance to fall at my feet.
I suppose every stage-struck girl feels
the same way. Poor things!
I had no idea of starting as a chorus
girl Like all the rest, I fancied my
voice and talent would float me into a
Ss(l a week job at the very least.
In the summer of 1596 I started out
to get an engagement. I went first to
E E. Rice. It took me two whole days
to get access to him. He was most
courteous, but said he could find no
opening for me, and didn’t even ask
me to sing for hint. As ho dismissed
me he said: . ,
“I don’t want to discourage you, but
unless you have a really marvellous
voice you stand very little chance of
getting even a small part in any Broad
wav production.”
Next day I went to Klaw & Erlanger.
It was three days before I could see
one of their representatives. I forget
Ills name. % ...
I stated my business with as little
conceit as I could. He asked where I
had played last. I told him it was my
first experience: He raised his eye
brows took down my name and address
and said he’d let me know if he could
get ine placed. He evidently could find
no place for me, for that was nearly
lour years ago, and up to this morn
ing I have heard nothing from him.
i next went to a theatrical agency
on upper Broadway, where 1 had heard
a chorus was being collected. The man
ager tested my voice, found it satis
factory and asked:
“Any experience?” •
“None,” I replied.
‘•How do you think you’d look In
tights?”
“I’d never, never wear such tilings!’
“Good by!”
My heart sank as I went away.
I have computed that about one girl
in five who applies to a first class man
ager gets a position. She will secure
this for one of four reasons: “Pull,”
good voice, good shape or pretty face.
The girl with the last three qualities
Is bound to get a position soon or late.
A friend gave me a letter to Oscar
Hammerstein, whose new Olympia was
just then the talk of New York. He
was preparing his tuneful opera, "San
ta Marla,” for the stage there.
I entered his otiice and presented my
letter. He read it and asked:
"So you want to go on the stage?
What can you do?"
“Anything I’m told to,” I answered.
“I’m a novice, but I’m willing to be
gin at the bottom of the ladder, and
I’ll work ever so hard to climb to the
top.”
"They all say that,” he sighed, “but
somehow they never do it. I’ll send
you to my stage manager, Mr. Smith,
and let I,lm try your voice.”
Mr. Smith heard me sing, then went
back to Mr. Hammerstein with me.
At last Mr. Hammerstein said he
would try my voice. He sat down to
the piano, and with fear and trembling
I sang. He tested the range of my
voice and tried me on sustaining sev
eral high notes.
Then there was another pause, and
again my heart fell to my boots.
At the end of a century of thought
Mr. Hammerstein actually offered me
a part in “Santa Maria.”
It was a chorus part, but I had, be
sides, a few words to speak.
A month earlier I would have scorned
so insignificant a role; but now I. ac
cepted it with rapture.
I am told that some managers ask
girls insulting questions, speak to them
insolently and make things generally
unpleasant. Other managers humiliate
applicants by insisting on judging for
themselves as to the girl’s physical
qualifications for chorus costume.
These brutes, I am glad to say, are
seldom found among first class mana
gers. Such managers are trained to
tell at a glancp if a girl’s figure Is suit
able, without forcing her to pose for
them in any degrading costume.
Mr. Hammerstein told me to report
for work on the Monday following my
a'-tLOB _A
engagement.
I went home with my head in a whirl
of delight.
At ten o'clock sharp that Monday
morning I arrived at the Olympia, reg
istered with the doorman and was ad
mitted to the stage. A lot of other
girls were there already. By 10.15 the
whole chorus was on hand.
The stage looked dim and dirty and,
dingy. The empty, dark auditorium
yawned blankly in front. Where was
the fairyland gleam and glitter? How
were these chattering business-like
girls, in more or less shabby street
clothes to be transformed into the
houris of beauty whom I had so often
envied from across the footlights?
And thus another of my illusions fled.
I had no earthly notion of the real
work I would be expected to do. All
I had planned was to look pretty and
win applause. I soon found out the
truth.
I stood in a corner, very much scared,
watching the other girls, and envying
their professional coolness.
At last Mr. Hammerstein bustled on
to the stage and called out:
"Now, ladies, get together; Sopra
nos, step to this side of the stage. The
rest stay where they are!”
The plunge was made. I was up
against my first rehearsal. I was at
last upon the stage.
BOXERS TO GO
TO EUROPE.
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“Farson” Davies Negotiating to Take
O'Rourke’s Aggregation to the
Exposition.
If the present arrangements are car
ried out there will be a stringency in
the pugilistic market about the time
of the Paris Exposition, for every Am
erican fighter of note seems to be look
ing forward to a visit to the French
capitol on the occasion of the big fair.
To visit Paris is, of course, an entice
ment and to Visit Paris during the Ex
position is a pleasure doubly to Vie de
sired, but when to this is added the
fact that there are to be many fights
pulled off there at this time the temp
tation to take advantage of this op
portunity to combine business with
pleasure becomes too great to be re
sisted.
Among those who contemplate an in
vasion of Europe this spring is “Par
son” Davies, who expects to cross the
“pond" at the head of a string of fight
ers chiefly recruited from the large and
eminent aggregation that is under the
direction of Thomas O'Rourke. Long
before the athletic, carnival was an
nounced the “Parson" had decided to
visit Europe with some of the good
American boxers, and he was already
negotiating with O’Rourke when it was
stated that he would have an opportun
ity to display his talent at the Exposi
tion. He immediately redoubled his ef
forts and things now look as if he would
succeed in carrying out his scheme. If
such is the case, he will proceed to
match his boxers as often as possible
with the foreign pugilists, and will also
have them ready for matches with any
American fighters who may chance to
be on the scene.
Of course every one knowns Charles
E. “Parson” Davies, for he is one of the
best known, best liked and squarest
sporting men this country has ever
produced. Although by no means a
“parson" his dignified bearing, his dark
clothes and his gentlemanly address
won him his title and it has stuck. For
many years Davies has been interested
in things pugilistic. It was he who
guided the fortunes of Peter Jackson
and Joe Choynski, and the fact that he
is at the head of such an enterprise in
dicates that the Parisians are to wit
ness some excellent sport along this
line this summer.
Among the men who will probably
cross the ocean under the direction of
Davies are Sharkey, “Mysterious Billy”
Smith, Walcott and George Dixon. Da
vies is of the opinion that with these
men to do his fighting for him he can
get any pugilist who may turn up in
Paris, wherever they may come from.
In order to entice some good men to
the capital, however, he is willing to
put up purses large enough to induce
the pugilists to come to France from
England, Australia and other parts of
the world, and if other f'ghters from the
United Slates should wish to enter as
contestants for the money, they w’ill
not be barred.
That there will be plenty of these
other men on hand there is not a shad
ow of doubt. Both McGovern and Mc-
Coy have already been approached, and
they would undoubtedly consent to
make the trip if they were assured that
they would have an opportunity to meet
reputable men of their class for good
money. In addition to this Jeffries has
already given his consent to the pro
posal. He will go to Paris in Company
with Ernest Itoeber, who expects to be
able to meet some first-rate wrestlers
at the Exposition.
Among those who have given their
unqualified approval to the project is
W. A. Brady. In speaking of the mat
ter he said:
“Everything has been settled, and the
pugilistic tournament is now a cer
tainty. Plans for the building, show
ing the layout of the rings, have al
ready been sent me, and I suppose that
the men are now at work upon the
building. Of course, as the result of
such an opportunity, many of our good
American boxers will go to Paris for
this occasion. For instance, Jeffries
will surely box In one of the contests,
and while his opponent has not yet been
selected positively, he will naturally be
the best man available in the heavy
weight class. No telling, perhaps, it
might be so arranged that Sharkey
could fight Jeff I understand that he
talks of being there. Now If he was to
post a suitable forfeit with some reput
able person it Is not Impossible that
he might receive even an earlier con
sideration. Jeffries hates to be ‘called’
worse than anything in the world, and I
believe that a good deposit would be
covered.”
As the result of this general approval
the Paris carnival of boxing is the chief
topic of conversation in the pugilistic
world. Everywhere the fighters and
managers are talking of the excellent
opportunity that is to be given for the
pulling off of fights in a country where
there would be practically no police to
contend against, as they have been
given to understand that the authori
ties will not Interfere or attempt to
stop any fight that Is being conducted
in accordance with the rules of the
ring.
AFTER KID BROAD.
Although " Kid ” Broad has been
doing wonders in the ring of late, yet
there is one manager who believe the i
he has the superior of the Clevelander
and is ready to back his statement.
That manager is Jack Dougherty and
under his wdng h< hc.s Frank Patter
son, the Brooklyn feather-weight. So
well does Dougherty think of his
man's chances with Broad that he has
posted a forfeit of SIOO to ulnd a match
at 122 pounds, weigh in at 3 o’clock on
the afternoon of the battle. Patterson
has already two decisions over Broad
and has yet to suffer defeat. Marty
McCue also believes that he can beat
Broad, anu is anxious to arrange a
match with him, but In the event of the
Cievelandlte »ot accepting the defi ho
will take on Patterson.
SPRING GOLF
HAPPENED.
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And the Game is Bdiig Revived With
a Thousand Times all Former
Interest.
By James Laing, Crescent Athletic
Club Professional.
There is not a sport known to the
American public which has come to the
front so rapidly and taken such a firm
footing in ail parts of the United States
as the game of golf. It Is one of the
simplest and at the same time most
fascinating sports upon the face of the
earth, although it has for centuries
been played almost exclusively by the
Scotch people.
The game offords most exhilarating
exercise, and the time is not far dis
tant when the workingman will be able
to enjoy the sport fully as well as the
millionaire.
Such is the case in Scotland, where
many of the links are public property',
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LEFT-HANDED NIBLICK.
and even in this country R v is simply a
case of the people learning-the game,
as links will be provided for qftem just
the same as beautiful parks are pro
vided for the public. There are com
paratively few of the working classes
who have taken up the game.
The first tiling necessary is to pur
chase a good set of clubs. The select
ing of the clubs is a rather important
matter, and in order to prevent get
ting a set of clubs made up of odds
and ends, a beginner had better get a
professional or an experienced amateur
to do the selecting.
In selecting a sot of clubs those most
used by a beginner are a driver, a bras
sey, cleek, • mid-iron, mashle and put
ter. The niblick is a club that nearly
every golfer carries in his bag, but sel
dom has occasion to use. it is a club
that the beginner can dispense with,
as a mashie will answer the purpose
quite as well.
FOR THE BEGINNER.
Brute strength is not necessary in
playing the game of golf, which is al
most purely a game of knack. One has
to depend more upon the swing anrl let
ting the club do the work than in at
tempting to force the club to do its
duty.
Accuracy is the chief feature in golf,
and it is far better for a beginner to
strike easy at a ball and make sure of
hitting it than it is to endeavor to see
how bard it can bo hit.
A player must keep his eye on the
ball to obtain accuracy and this can
only be done by using the greatest pre
caution. One has to learn to strike the
ball easily and.very deliberately at first
and as he becomes more accustomed
to it and gains more confidence in him
self he will find that he is naturally
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ONE OF THE BALLS.
gaining greater distance in his drives
without realizing that he is uncon
sciously putting more force in the
stroke without the perceptible effort of
additional strength being used. It
seems to come to a person slowly but
surely.
Forcing a club to do its work is what
is called “pressing,” the most disas
trous habit a golf player can fall Into,
and one that unless curbed will not
only prove demoralizing for the time
being, but will eventually ruin his
game.
While golf is a more or less expen
sive game, an outfit for a beginner
should not cost over ten dollars. This
will allow two dollars for the driver,
a dollar and a hair for the brassey and
one dollar apiece for the cleek, mid-iron
and mashie and putter, making seven
dollars and a half, which leaves two
dollars and a half to invest in a caddy
bag.
It is really not necessary to purchase
a golfing costume, as any old, loose
fitting garments, which will give per
fect fre< doin to the arms and shoulders,
will answer.
The only other equipments necessary
for the pleasure of the new aspirant are
the balls. New bails will cost $4.50 per
dozen, but I should advise the begin-
4£giSßfi|k
BEGINNING THE CLEEK SHOT.
ncr to do his practice work with re
made balls, which he can purchase
from any club professional for twenty
five cents apiece.
■>- It does nfit require a wplt-kept golf
course to learn the game upon, as any
stretch of country wll do, providing
the grass is nqt too ra.nk. **
The object of starting with a full set
of clubs is to have the beginner use the
proper clubs for each He as it occurs.
The first impression is. always the most
lasting, arid a person starting properly
will have no bad habits to break him
self of later on, and his advancement
will be more rapid.
My reason for desiring a pupil to
take the first lesson in driving is that
a great many people starting in the
game of golf are very stiff, and tak-
I; ; their first lesson i i driving limbers
them up, and also gives them a good
idea of playing their brassey or cleek
shots through the fair green, as the
swings and follow through is the same.
The player must take a firm grip
upon the club near the end of the shaft
with his left hand in such a manner
that the palm of his hand is against
the side of the shaft instead of directly
underneath. The back of the hand, or
knuckles, will point in the direction in
which the ball is to ho driven, while
the “X” formed by the thumb and first
finger will point straight down the
shaft. The right hand is grinned im
mediately below and close up to the
left hand, with the “V” already dc-
FUTTER.
scribed likewise pointing down the
shaft. The fingers of the right hand
curve around the shaft till they ap
pear almost on the very top of the
shaft.
After the grip is satisfactorily ar
ranged the next thing to be done is to
address the bail. The club should be
solid just behind the ball, and thus
your stand should be taken to the lee
of the club.
LINE OF BALL.
The ball should be almost in a direct
line with the left foot.. Ball, club, shaft
and hands and eye : could be on about
Ihe same vorth al ; with the club
resting at exac. ri - cnglest with the
ball’s intended direction oi flight. The
right foot should be slightly advanced
toward the ball by at least an inch and
a half or two inches. This 'will give
the player the advantage of a good fol
low through, which he could not obtain
M ID-IRON.
if his feet were on a perfectly straight
line.
In a full swing an arc must be de
scribed on a line with the course with
which the ball is to take, and unless it
is a true arc the ball will either be
pulled or sliced.
in swinging the club it should bn tak
en back slowly, and at the same time
the eye should be kept on the ball in
a direct line with the left shoulder. In
bringing down the club to come in con-
FOLLOW OF THE .STROKE.
tact with the ball. It should be swung
swiftly, but without any great power,
and the elub must continue on through
after hitting the ball until the eye is
directly over the right shoulder. The
head is kept perfectly still, while Iho
shoulders move with the Might of the
club, which forms almost a complete
circle.
The eye should not be taken off tho
ball, while any portion of the stroke
is in progress.
In the backward motion the weight Is
all upon the right foot, and as the
body turns gently the left heel raises
from the ground and lhe player finds
himself balancing slightly on the left
toe, while the downward swing brings
about the reverse condition, the weight
of the body being transferred to the
left foot, and ns tho elub follows
through after coming in contact with
the ball, the player finds his right heel
has raised from the ground and he is
merely balancing with his right too on
the ground.
The same stroke is used In brassey
and cleek shots.
Putting power in the downward
stroke is what is called "pressing,”
which is the worst habit a beginner
could get into, and a thing which has
caused tho defeat of many expert golf
ers.
I* A. W. GOING WEST.
The nnnual meet of the League of
American Wheelmen of 1900 will be
held in Milwaukee. This has )ust been
decided unanimously by the Executive
Committee, The date will bo fixed
later. 1
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THE BEST HAND IN PINOCHLE.
BASEBALL TEAMS
PRACTICING.
College Nines Already Preparing for
the big Contests That are to
Occur This Spring.
In spite of the sac; t’. h. yet sev
eral weeks before it v • i. ! • . ■ ,--i- : • co
play tin.' first gar: ■ of r.rue <nl
nines of ti e various colley a al
ready making ■ .parations for m ■
champions! ■ nr..- that is to open
as soon as ft to vv- it ho • b- om r settled
and fair. Naturally 1 i j first s o was
the selection of t!- ■ i.: on to fain the
teams and if ;.n-i- each ho. an thing to
do with the-future w rk of U.e
there is no reason why there shot
be some rema cnbly clever nines ... < '
collegiate diamond next spring. ' no > ■’•
all the men tv,iu have b ■ a eh i ,’t :
perform t! .- mpon >t <i
scarcely one who has not a.hvany- dis
tinguished himself in pome oi tl: • n i
leagues. In fact, to belong to !i sue- I
cessful profess!,mil ban'-ie.!! club ap
pears to be one of the i n .c ipal requis
ites required of the men who liar been
engaged to coach the candid . for
the nines of the repn ? id i’i.c colleges
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KID NiI'HOLS.
this season. In almost every instance
the inan selected has been a member of
one of tlie good teams of the National
| League.
I - “Kid” Nichols, the pitcher, who has
helped to land many a championship
lor tlic Boston club, has been engaged
as coach by. the athletic officials at
Yale, and his selection is remarkable
for the fact that r.e will bo the first
professional bas. ball coach that that
university has had for many year's. As
usual Fred Tenny will coach for Brown
University, but his selection occasions
little comment, as he was a member of
that college team before be became a
professional player in the Boston club.
Lewis, another Boston man, will coach
this season for Harvard, and Hughey
Jennings, the first: baseman of the
Brooklyn team, will perform the same
duties for Cornell. “Bill” Clark, of the
Boston club, has been engaged by the
athletic authorities at Princeton anfl
the team of the University of Pennsyl
vania will be coached by Arthur E. Ir
win, the well-known player dnd man
ager.
From such a list of coaches it can in
seen that the athletic authorities of tin
various colleges are looking forward to
an interesting season .his spring.
What is more to the point no one seems
to question but that they are correct
in their surmise. ..Professional baseball
is not as popular in some sections as
it was a year or two ago and the sup
port of the professional clubs Is by no
means as great, Wlest it comes to in
ler-coUegiatn baseball, however, the
lovers of the Sport I:now’ that these
carries am to lie played for all they are
worth, and wherover the larger clubs
arc neglected Just so much more atten
tion will be paid to the playing of the
college niijcs.
The practice work at Yale will com
mence within a few days for, although
the conditions will not be favorable for
any infield work for some time to come,
the field is in good shape to allow the
catching of long (lies as well as for
general batting, throwing and battery
practice. The Yale authorities are con
templating a radical change in their
policy for the coining season, however.
In the past It has been their practice
to arrange for u certain number of
games with professional clubs early in
the season, but. it is now stated that
this rule, wifi be violated this, year and
that few If any of the professional
challenges received will be accepted.
Although it if. yet early in the season
the eager candidates for places on the
Harvard team have been at work for
more thnn a week, tiny after day they
have met at the gymnasiums to piuetlee
themselves in the deveral skillful
twlstß and twirls that- are considered
byi older and wiser 1 leads as bfilirtictuj
for development of the muscles that
are called Into play by the gum- of
baseball. What a boon for such train
ing tWe "new Harvard cage hr; was not
thoroughly recognized until the present
year, »d can hardly be afcpreolated by
uny those who have paid a visit
to since the' coaches have
a\ work with their charges.
The. training begins promptly at 2
id v.iie i the battery candidates
■t i pond pit ti:r>q ar.d catch-
Ihi j...r, do the cage di-
V! d’ into four pai'ts. by the use of
nets, Vo i hat fiyin pairs <?f men can ’ll
1 . . fie i. ’ 10>' At
; d i hes fe-tjets.'i in faker.
I ' ' ' whole c . ee is -ninths one
: b eu • udi 0.. tile m-n frying
| *. o, ’i utkins. .Those canal
I aat, p T ; dj -»-o:;k far,,,about;im
an hour, \ .., i . .. y. arc. n~t out-bn
1 run Mo i , I; t Up' : ; -(>ai
The e;i;v. . hico- t his pra-.'fihe? -wo
i; * done id ; tyftl t v tit . hm» , o
mi’rtii Its. , . atnlc'i.* diiMr .
<r \ -:y coil.; • • oour.iry, it h
very lat,y- ~ , . ~|. j y i;d;. ’ •
and Inlying a : . d nr ca
f illy I’nv.'l! d i l;
of the players. the t'V rk t* d
fielders lias consi a; ;|y ,r: :■
ping ground-:s ur..
Up to this time tile. ,is i’n' '
tempt whatever a? !>..• w. . fie - 1 ,
of all this, the ■ i.v ■ ■ ; , v jj'jst-l?
Invaluable aid to the p:.*cfice v o.k-uf
tire team.
The conditions that exist a' Trr>va: 1
and Yale have practi ally !j.-r,; tj«n’i
cated at the other college*, ,'t i>dn»»
ton and i-’.^n'";vr | - « ns:.! 'a'"
•ai l;' start v. , v giW U '■
: of c.u ~ i . ,|,....
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no; I ihi.* in tores-: in # .ti _ ,
.contested i d'timn i.s .
iv : ,i a- this time oi
J Mm t'.VMV
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Old German Flay Which lias
Recently Heroine Populal'iia
New York*
..Pinochle is a distinctly O'cr'man game,
J*i is usually played with- forty-eight
'cards, using all cards above the eights
One thousand points is the.gar-.e.
The cards are dealt, in two-n&r.d I
four at a time, and the last or.e
trump. i
Then they are melded.
Meld is from the German, and manic,
to announce.
Th“ nine of trumps counts ten, ar
the holder takes the trump card f.
it.
The ace, king, queen, jack and .
of trumps count ISO.
Feur aces count 100; eight, l.Cf
game.
' o king and of trumps cu
fort y.
Utli - • kings and queens, in * y.ne s
matched count tw.-nty each.
. Pour jacks count forty, four queer,
sixty' and four kings eighty.
After the cards are played per
son adds to his meld by counting the
cards, their value being as agreed.
CYCLES FOIi 1900.
Looking at the wheels of 19(19 and con
sidering the differences in the way they
ir, put together and construcfi’d ,'fo:
winning purposes, it will be only the
greenhorn who do.es not see thatvther
is smaller tubing being used, a tendency
toward condensation in the frame linos,
which means a shortening of tile out
set- measurements ,nd the.wheel base.
From forty-five inches the wbec-f j.s
coming again toward forty-three inch
es. Even where there is an increased
rake in folks the frame tlm-s. are
changed in a way that necessitates the
slightest change in the length of ihe
wheel base. ' .
There is also an alteration in- fork
crowns, which may be seen after you
have considered frame lines and .aims
and spokes and hubs, arid note the ie
turn of some of the heat makers fft the
solid one-piece drop forging for-a..con
nection between the uyo !lsj,i ( .p..(j
pieces of tubing call, d fork Rid,.s' and
the big tubular bead into wh(ch the
handle liars fix. ■
.Speaking of handle bars, they will be
diff lent, wider mainly; grips will -be
different, better in quality, jn be,a;:ly.gs
there an- too many changes tin tain
about, while in tie-s and general ac
cessories there is an endless story,-
.
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