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I witnessed the start, thereby learning not a little I did not know about golf, a great deal I more than half sus- pected about the na- ture of woman, love- ly w . and quite as much as I ever dreamed about how gloriously the star of the new woman's empire is advancing, even in golf. When the Washington club was organ- ized, several years ago, a silly kindergar- ten course was laid out to one side of the men's course for the use of women. The distance around was about one-quarter that of the men’s course, the hazards were something for a baby's gleeful play, and, altogether, the apostle of the inferior- ity of woman, St. Paul, himself, could not have designed a more hopeless spec- tacle of the subjection of the gentle sex than women golfing here presented. In- deed, through all the provisions of the club an anti-woman’s rights sentiment pre- vailed. Wives and daughters of members | were permitted to play, but not to vote. and officers of the club were so bold in their subordination of the feminine ele- ment, they told me in so many words that women were a nuisance golfing, and that the ladies’ links had been provided for the special purpose of keeping them out of the way of their superiors—men. One member told me more, implying that moral | irresponsibility of women to compete with men in the world, whether in golf, busi- ness or politics, which is so commonly urged as an argument against equal rights. This man said another reason why the wo- men had to be put off by themselves was golfing made them so profane the nerves of a truly gcod man couldn't stand it to play in the same links with them. This was in the beginning. All that is changed now. Now, glory be to the end of the century! the women have been admitted to the full privileges of the men’s links; they pay their regular dues like little men; vote as if they all were—though I would not be understood as stating that any of them are—twenty-one years old; they have their own organization, directed by their own officers, and the lords of creation who for- merly loudly told me women are a nuisance golfing, what do you suppose I saw these while high-and-mighty creatures doing T lay? Playing caddie for any girl kind enough to let them fill the lowly office, and tickled almost to death when a girl permitted them to amble in the wake of her deadly irons and keep her score card. A Pathetic Picture. It was really pathetic to witness this downfall, and when one man who, con- scious of the supremacy of the new sex, said to me as he toiled along carrying her majesty’s clubs, what time he was not chasing her majesty’s elusive, far-flying balls, “You see, the new woman can't get along without us,” I thought of how the husband of Mary Ellen Lease, as he cooks the dinner, washes the dishes ‘and rocks the baby, amid the wreck of his THE WEA M. J. Sherriil, Miss Elizabeth Warder, Miss Harriet 8. ‘ard. The names and ccnstant handicap of the jadiea who entered the match played this week are as follows: Miss K. Wetmore, scratch; Miss Mabel impkins, 9; Miss Helen McKeever, 14; ss McCammon, 16; Miss Batchelder, 9; Miss Rochester, 14; Miss Lockett, 10; Miss Woodward, 16; Miss Hoy, 5; Miss Jackson, 16: Miss Worthington, 14. The tournament was ended Wednesday morning, Miss Hoy playing Miss Simpkins, and winning one hole up. Miss Hoy then played the “finals” with Miss Maud Wet- more. It was a close and exciting match, Miss Wetmore playing scratch and Miss Hoy a handicap of three. The scores were 54 and 58. Miss Wetmore won by one hole, which gave her the cup. Some Remarkable Computations. Si M If you can fancy a woman starting a field of twelve horses, you can have some faint notion of the experience of Miss Elsa McKeever in starting the tournament on Tuesday, though she really went through mcre than this. There was all the exact- ing excitement of “weighing in,” starting the field and riding one of the horses her- self. Talk about the execi tive ability of a mere man! Nothing less than the execu- bility of a Pooh Gah can get eff a iies’ tournement, and, added to U ds also the scientific ability of a mas- t mathematician and the powers of ab- straction of a skilled philosopher. The matter of fixing the handicaps in golf— why, arithmetic, algebra and geometry are simply silly compared with it. Miss Mc- Keever had a lot of figures indicating the nandicaps of the various entries; these she had to multiply by x, divide by two-thirds, exfract the square root of the result, raise to the z power and then Grop her pencil, and, by a strarge, weird chart on the wall, covered over with astral colors and mystic numbers, she would ascertain the handi- cap for any given girl's play and at what holes it was to be given her. That 1s, she weuld ascertain this if she ever was let get that far, but no sooner would she knit her brow over the knotty problem before her than a girl would rush up to her and heg, Yh, Elsa, do give me a lovely big handicap, won't you?” The gentle captain of the green would lock up with all the patience of a saint and. all the firmness of a martyr and reply: “JT have nothing to do with that, I can’t make figures lie.” Then just as she would get to work again another girl would break im upon her, abstruse calcylations to ask her authoritative opinion on whether it was tco cold to play in a lawn ghirt waist, and before she would have settled this point and got back to her figuring stft another girl would want to know was her skirt too short, and another, was she going to stop at the club for lunch, and anotiér and an- other and another would wart to know something no less important, until finally the poor, distracted lady captain would give up momentarily, amd in plaintive tenes of despair cry: “Barker.” : Barker is all that is left in the Washing- ton Go:f Club of man’s supremacy over woman. He is a professional golfer from England. He came to this country as part- rer of the well-known Willie Wood, and has b2en in attendance upon the Shinnecock Hills Club, St. Andrew’s and a number of others among the most famous clubs on this side. Incidental to his chief office in the Washington club, he keeps the green, manufactures and repairs clubs and balls and gives lessons in golfing. But most im- pertant of all his various duties, he is the power behind the throne of the new woman golfer. Barker. “Barker, Barker — where's Barker?" “Won't you please come here, Barker?’ “What do you think, Barker?” “What do you say, Barker?” , Thus it goes in a chorus of appealing, deferential female voices that would drive crazy any man lees conscious of his sbso- lute authority than Barker.. He comes, he thinks, he speaks, and whether it is the Tength of a golf skirt, the selection of a golf club or the cube root of a handicap that is to be determine], when Barker has given utterance the flat has gone forth. As with Rome in ecclesiastical disputes, so with Barker in all vexed questions of la- * wolf: “Barker hath spoken; the cantroversy is ended.” § If a fair player sighs for the post-gradu- ate exercise in golf of using a brassy, a nibleck, or some other extraordinary club, and Barker says ‘‘no,” she instantly re- nounces her ambition and taddies off per- fectly satisfied with her common, every- day cleet and driver. Barker is not a large man—in no way is he commensurate in size with the enor- KER SEX. sometime manly power, consoles himself with the same thought, jollies his drooping self-esteem with the same joily, “She can- not get along without me.” The first advance of woman on the men’s golf course was apparently a concession to their weakness. At considerable cost to the club teeing grounds were built es- pecially for them nearer the holes, lessen- ing the distance for them to drive and at the same time still measurably removing them from the men’s way. But nothing less than bringing out the troops from Fort Myer could have forced the aspiring cnes to play from these sexed tees. They not only played precisely where and how the men played, but they began having medal plays and matches until in self-de- fense, to have even time and themselves that they could call their own, the men urged the organization of the ladi club. Of this cluD Miss Josephine Patten is presi- dent, Mrs. Henry May vice ident, Miss McKeever captain of the green, Miss kett vice captain, The members in- clude, in addition to wives and daughters of the men who are members of the origi- nal organization, Mrs. N. L. ‘ Miss Cornelia J. Aldis, Mrs. Calvin Miss Helen Hurst L. Z. Leiter, Mrs. D. P. Morgan, Mrs. Minor, Miss Alfleen O’Dornell, Mrs. John C. Poor, Miss Mary E. Patten, Mrs. Eliza- beth K. Riley, Mrs. E. H. G. Slater, Miss 53 mous Influence he wields, thoughohe is mus- cular, as would be expected:.af the expert golfer he is. He has an gatogratic eye, a firm voice and he uses;-neither soft glances nor soft words in ;delivering his decisions, Rare as the dodg, mastodon or icthyosaurus is Barker’s masterful man- ner among the lady conquergrs of the mas- culine nation, in marked cgnt<gst with it last Tuesday appeared the bearing of the iale members of the club who stood humbly by to do any odd job in the ladies’ tour- nament that might come ir way. Mr. Lockett and Mr. Riggs essaygd to help about welghing in and. gett! horses— I mean the ladies—off: ang. filtuokalant holding court in the tenth story. of-an apart- ment house is not a more pathetic spec- tacle of a deposed monarchy than these ne presented. a . Lockett would drop the flag and shout and Mr. Riggs would ring the gong, Exqroughbreds rand arenes Kick exactly pleased, and when accordjrig to thetr 5S sweet will and their own notion of the way to start they were off at last, the two kind, well- meaning, but, oh! so down-trodden men 1 have mentioned couldn't get any more giory out of the occasion than evige' "Wein over tn over course times encugh to convince me that I have as little SREY {0 Keeb up with golf as Ihave a g0-as-you-; ralking-matoh, I did not attempt to follow. the for a fact a kindergarten course where beginners are coached. [ would love to take golf lessons of Barker. I should come cut of it not more than sixteen years old in the sweetness of the submissive disposi- tton his training develops in a pupil. This pretty girl, who by reason of her breeding was naturally as high of spirit as she was clean of limb and high stepping, answered “Yes, sir’ and “Thank you” to every- thing Barker said to and with the docility that once upon time character- ized any woman receiving orders from any man, she promised Barker to practice driving an imaginary ball from a chalk line in her back yard at home seven hours a day every day till her next Tesson. Golf for Women. “Golf is a great thing for a woman,” Barker said to me. “The lady champion of the United States was first made to play golf by her mother, who set her at It to improve her health. The fact that the young lady has become the champion shows what the game can do in developing pkysical endurance, and this lady’s record shows, too, what one can accomplish with keeping at it. The main strength re- quired for golf is in the left wrist, but the Barker. motion of driving requires poise and a free, forceful movement of the whole body. See?” and Barker, hts arms swinging in a circle, straight out and around from the shoulders, his whcle body turning as on a pivot at the waist, drove a ball with won- @erful force and exquisite precision in demonstration of his point. “It take: muscle, plenty of it, to make a telling dri and women compare with men in this cording to their general strength. But in putting, where the skill required is more delicate, womer. are not seldom superior to men. There are two or three ladies in this club who can drive as well as any man—Miss Wetmore, Miss Josephine Beardman and Miss Simpkins. The great- est trouble with the ladies is they don’t take golf seriously enough,” Of course, Barker saying this made it se, but it had seemed to me that they were taking it quite, quite seriously. As I stood on the teeing ground at the start, I couldn't for some time understand why it was, my ordinary tone of voice sounded as much cut of place as laughter In ‘he presence of a corpse. Feeling sorry for the downfall of man’s glory as evidenced there, I tried to cheer up Mr. Riggs 4y speaking to him as if he were really the equal of me or any woman—made some kind remark about it being a pleasant day, and hoped he would enjoy his mile-and-a-half walk carrying that score card. He looked scared out ef his wits, and I wondered whether these Washington men golfers are so tyrannized over by the women it frightens them to have any one make any sort of assumption of their social equality. Then I attempted to ask Miss McKeever to initiate me in the mysteries of the handicaps she had written on a piece of paper in her hand, at which she looked ready to ery “Barker,” and taking me solemnly but with great dis- patch one side, she whispered: “Sh! It is @ rule of golf not to speak while any one is playing.” I knew this—that is, I read it once, but I had quite forgotten it, and the various sensations I experienced learning how this and other rules are now being enforced at the club caused me to be surprised that Barker should say the ladies do not take golf seriously. “Taking It Seriously.” However, he afterward revealed to me just what seriousness in golf means to Barker. He took me up in the neat shop where he makes clubs and balls, and, hang- ag on the wall, he showed me a picture of the members of the Ostego Club, where he has been the past two summers. “Ah, they are fine players,” he said; “and these two,” indicating a couple of men, “were as fine as any I ever saw anywhere in England. They took the game seriously —seriously as it demands. They started to play in a match’ last summer, and you know there ts a rule in golf that anybody starting must play to the finish. Well, a terrible storm came up—simply awful; rain, wind, thunder and lightning; but ‘those men knew their duty, and they kept at it until they were both struck by lghtning and killed.” “Upon my soul, that was serious,” I an- swered. “Ah, yes,” responded Barker, with a sigh; “it was beautiful—such determination, such devotion; and I give you my word, there is no other way to succeed in golf.” Taking golf according to Barker, I dare say, then, the crimson jackets the ladies wear on the links may be interpreted: as the “red badge of courage” necessary to golf. Barker himself, while, complaining of the lack of seriousness on the part of the fair golfers of Washington, admits that they are nevertheless looking up abit every day, and he has great hopes of their 4uture. To be sure, they have yet to score @ death from any cause on the links, but they play in all sorts of weather—rain, shine and snow. They tramp through mud without a qualm, and when it rains they never so much as have a caddie hold an umbrella over them. Accordingly, they dress for the game. They wear stout boots that, as they walk through the corridors of the club house, cause thelr steps to re- sound with anything but the tic rhythm that in olden times marked the then “fairy footfall”. of the lovely sex. Some above, ahd some very much ebove, their ankles PPPS OO eeine a Do yor: Know what Sterling riders say and why they always try to sell Sterlings to their ae friends? All the beautiful ex- apatite, MANGE TY |, pressions and terse sayings in bi cle nomenclature—*“Stand- ard of Standards,” “Honestly perfect,” “Highest of High % Grade"—apply to the Bicycle WE do not think—but we know that the eefs “Built like a watch.” Sterling is the most beautiful and the best wheel in the world for $100.00. ROY MITCHELL, ete tea, 14th & N.Y. Ave. cycle essons. Professional instructors. Drop a card and we will call on you. 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One morn- ing I had tramped an unusual distar from camp and suddenly came upon thr Feminine Influences. The piazza in front of the house is be- ing covered with a much-needed awning, which the generosity of the reigning sex has provided, and elsewhere about the house and grounds is to be seen evidence that a maternal form of government ts not so bad after all. It has improved and beautified even the African caddies. They put on a measure of style to harmonize with the graceful task that, with the ad- | vance of women in golf, has fallen to them—the task of not only chasing balls Re ee eee ae Ot ate fae tint | half-grown cubs rolling and tumbling over pets and the huge bunches of violets which | ¢ach other tn play. I shot one and the women love to wear in the spring, but | other two beat a clumsy retreat. Setting which are peeled off with everything clse cub my gun agairst a tree I reached my while he was still kicking. “Hearing a noise, I whirled around to find the mother coming at me, her mouth wide open and her eyes glaring. There wa< no chance to reach the rifie. I’m no sprin- ter, and tcok the only alternative by shio- ning up a tall pine tree. She stopped « minute to examine the victim of my sh | and was more enraged than ever as © came climbing after me. Once in the tu ed top of that pine I did some faster thir ing, gentlemen, than I ever did on any question of state. The bear was coming and losing no time. I was without weapon of any kind. It looked as though bruin had the drop. “But a man in my predicament overlooks no chances. In my vest pocket I had a well-filled match safe. In my hip pocket was a pint of brandy, minus one moderate ip. In my hunting jacket was a bunch of tow. I saturated that with brandy, and, as the bear approached, I anointed her with the remainder. Dividing the tow so as to have two shots, I Mt the first half and dropped it on the bear. I didn’t need the other half. There was a flash of light as though a pan of powder had been ignited. The air was filled with the odor of burning hair. ‘The bear let go and fell down, be- cause it was quicker. Then she left a fiery streah toward the horizon and made more noise than acy ordinary thunder storm.” superfluous, as the feminine golfer waxes profanely in earnest over her play. The men, too, exhibit a uniform smartness of attire they did not affect in earlier times. If I may properly speak of such a thing, 1 saw something new in men’s garters Tuesday, like which I never saw_ before. In connection with the decline of man’s temporal power on earth, they reminded me of the brilliant frivolity attendant up- on Mark Antony's last days, and for filp- pancy in the face of fate ‘they rivaled Nero fiddling at the burning of Rome. They were of intense scarlet, and from the band that went arourfd the leg under the fold of the stocking there hung down, fluttering on the breeze at either side, broad loops and fringed ends of scarlet. But, ‘in spite of the benefits consequent upon the rule of women, also in spite of the cheerful submission ‘to the inevitable that characterizes the New Man, I sus- pect the “old Adam” is to account for an odd and very conspicuous feature of the links that, so far as I know, has been in- troduced under the present regime. That is a pair of fierce billy goats, that browse on balls, grass, caddies—anything they can find to eat, after the gourmand fashion of goats. They threaten ever and anon to browse on a girl, and then the way the new woman flees, screaming for the pro- tection of a men—well, such a pretty, flat- tering, red-iight tableau of man in his old role of brave defender of the weaker sex ensues that I am quite confident the goats are paid a salary by the men to stay on the links, and by their antics thus restore to the captive male element of the club a tradition of their former power. That, however, is not an established merely the opinton oi facet Z PAULINE PRY. eat ES BEASON’S POKER GAME. He Got Desperate and Almost Risked His Greatest Treasure. From the New York Journal. The poker game was at its height. Bea- son had lost all his money, but he was burning with'the gambling fever, and would not leave the table. He pledged his watch, a gift of his deceased father, for chips, and quickly lost them all. ‘Then he laid on the table a ring which had been given him by a loving sister. The chips he received In ex- change lasted just three minutes. For a moment he hesitated, his face flushed, and he started to leave; but, when he heard a sreering remark about his poker abilities, he uttered an oath, sat down again, and converted Into chips a diamond pin, which was a birthday present from the Baad cee A POISON FACTORY. A Terrible Place Where the Most Deadly Drags Are Manufactured. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. In London is a strange establishment, be- hind a wilderness of warehouses and tum bledown tenements, in a remote suburt, Its massive gates are locked and Jealousig guarded. A visitor must not only be carefa’ where he steps and refrain from touching, he must also breathe with great caution, Ore of the terrible poisons manufactured here is pure anhydrous acid, a drug seldom seen outside a chemical laboratory. This is the deadliest of all known poisons. The discoverer was stricken dead from inhaling its fumes. From 3 to 5 per cent of thit chemical added to % or 97 parts water makes prussic acid. This diluted poison causes instant death, even when taken ig minute quantities. Next to anhydrous acid, the worst poison they make is cyanide of potassium. Last year they turned out over 1,000 tons of it Five grains being a fatal dose, the annual output would be sufficient to kill 2,500,000 loved. In ten minutes he was people. In the work room, where men are again. in gathered around a witch's caldron contain- "The fever was now burning fiercely irg over a hundred weight of molten cya- and he cried recklessly: “I'l put = Sa I possess—tne shirt on my back, if it comes to that. Wid with excitement, he sprang to his feet and shouted: “I will do you fellows yet. } will keep up the game even if I ha’ io risk—" He stopped. His face became livid. He lcoked around like a caged beast. Then, making a rush for the door, he moaned: “Not that! Oh, heavers, I cannot risk nide, a strange picture is presented. The seething mass of white-hot liquid poison, with the lambent play of the furnace fires, the phantom faces of the workmen en- veloped in an uncanny-iooking glass mask. peering into the heart of the dreadful mix- ture through the thick atmosphere, are @ terrible sight. In another room, where arc tons of the finished product, looking like crystalized sugar, “good enough to eat,” cre man is never allowed alone. For som. that! No! No! No!” inexplicable reason it exercises a sti As he disappeared one of the players re-| fascination for men who inhale its marked: “Poor devil! I guess he wes going | tomes. They are haunted by a desire to to put up some ke from-his mother.” | eat it. But, knowing that satisfying the But such was not the case. For one a1 craving means instant death, most, but noi ful moment m had been tempted to} ali, are abie to resist it. Aside from this risk his bicycle. tion its manufacture is not consid- es ~. | «ved unhealthy. The same cannot be saii “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they Its fumes are dead- answers, of corrosive sublimate. bring yy.