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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: 26, 1909. plane took &n even kes! axain, while we | started to rise up once again | T could scarcely breathe, the breeze was | y "mr.wmg up my coat sleeves, the machine | D I R E C T O R Y was shivering and shaking to the vibra OF AUTOMOBILES AND ACCESSORIES | tlon of the engine, and the exhaust was - DECEMBER ¥ o . “THE OMANA S IN AN AERO " An Airship’s Motion Like that of a | Bucking Broncho. | JUDGMENTS | B HAVE of Jjoking OMAHA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, pouring out a deafening roar. We were ‘nhmll thirty feet up. | Some Fancy Bucking. “Then the plane started to buck and act contrary. There was a terrific gale blow. Ing past us beeause of our speed. On the | eround this was fust a breath, yowd not notice it. But up In the eky the zephyr ;mnln' that the air, on which we were rid | Ing, was full of pitch holes. eddics, whirl: | pools, undraughts—boiling worse than the HOW IT FEELS TO AVIATE Bxperience of o Man Whoe Wante Fly and Did—No Smooth, Swoop. ing Semsation, but Lots of g Roadster, 4 cyl, 3 passenger ....... Touring Car, 4 ¢yl, § passenger ..... Touring Car, 8 eyl 7 passenger Coit Automobile Co., 2209 Farnam St. ) TANKS ni PUMPS Fitehle 100-Mile Electric M. E. FREDRICKSON AUTO. CO. 2044-46-48 Farnam Sireet. “Detroit Electric In the habit| Denver for its mid-| season promise of the team u} will have the coming season, but things are shaping themselves now to give these promises form and | gorce. If thers s anything In signs and | sorter got Exeitement. %o as NEW YORK, Dec. %.~"1 think 1 should sigrals, Deénver s golng to have a ball team for 1910 that will make the seven teams In the Western league xo some. This mah McGill, who joins Gun- thorpe In the ownership of Denver, Is looked on as a man of action; Gunthorpe, while not a veteran In professional base ball, I8 & sound business man and the two, with Jack Hendrix as manager of their team, are very likely to give Denver one of the best seasons it has ever en- joyed. Hendrix Is a man with a partieli- larly good record as a manager. While it is too early for any teawa to be certain of its line-up, there Is enough ground already on which to base the assertion that Denver s going to have a strong glub. No city In the league will do more for a strong club than will Denver, Un- fortwnately the town does not warm up to & loser. It would not be surprising to see some radical changes in the stand- ings of this league at the end of next gpason. If Bloux City falls, as did Des Moloes after, its heydey of unbridled success, fans, generally, wont be sur- prised. Omaha 1s bound to be stronger than it was in 1909. Last season was one of hapless experiment for Omaha. Pa Rourke was up against the necessity of prac- tleally reorganizing his he came out with remarkable results, under h umstances, he found it a rocky travel. He was forced to swap in the middle of the stream ver quite regained his footing. His pitching staff was unstable and disorgan- lzed all season and there was this and that hard luck streak to eheck any”plan made for the Improvement of the team. Fut with almost the same in and outfields and new material in the box, Gonding and Cadman behind the bat, Pa Rourke ought to have 4 team capable of running neck and neck with the best. The election of Thomas J. Lynch as president of the National le appears 1o have been cordially received by the base ball public. Mr. Lynch is up against a stiff situation; he must satisfy the ex- acting demands of that little coterie of base ball bandits that superinduced his election, please the fair-minded team own- ers and players and meet the demands of a justice-loving public. If he can do this he can do more than any other man has been able to do since the political control of the old league fell into the hands of this bandittl. Lynch is a strong gharacter, he knows the game to the letter and he served many years as the “king of umpfres.” These elements and ex- periences ought to qualify him for the place, They may and yet not insure his success, for such qualifications are not the ones that geo into the makeup of a §00d tool: What has got to be done in the Natonal league before ever Lynch can administer the affairs of his office with Justice to all and credit to himself, is for the decent element of the league to regain the upper hand and for the indecent ele- ment to be everthrown. Now, it President Lynch has any suggestions to offer toward bringing about this result he will have done his first and greatest Bervice, not only to the best interests of the National league, but to base ball as a game and to the gemerous, patlent and long-suffering public supporting it and enriching these low-browed bulldozers, There is a note of pathos in the advice Jimmy McAleer has given to Comiskey, not to trade for George Stone. 1f Stone, in his very prime, 18 going back as McAleer in- tinates, it is & matter of deep commiser: tion. But McAleer does not base his ad- lvice upon any defects in Stone's ability, | except it is affected by the series of accidents, which has befallen him. Last year he was practical worthless to the Browns, because. of an old injury. Of course, there is a chance and maybe a better one than McAleer knows, for Stone to come around in normal shape. In which event James' advice to Commy would be . bogus, for he is some ball player when in torm. Bt. Joseph business men have indicated at the outset that they really mean bus ness in pledging their support to Owner Holland next season. They have put up §7,600 for him as & starter, which really looks like the bona fide thing. With a paying constituency In St. Joseph and a wihning team In Denver and Des Moines, ‘the Western league ought to have its greatest year in 1910. * Heydler showed the good, hard sense of & man to accept his old office of secretary- treasurer after he was turned down on the presidency. And his sense sharpened into business acumen when he softly suggested that to supplement the word of Murphy, Brush et al, they kindly make out a lit- tle contract for three years before he ac- ‘capt the position. Mr. Charles Webbfoot Murphy is now wading Into the newspapers with denials of everything they sald he sald. Well, the newspapers certainly can have no kick coming at a proposition to submit thelr word as against Murphy's to the public. Michigan lost no time In notitying the world of the misteke made in electing Mil- ler oaptain of the foot ball team when he was incligible, and now all colleges awalt the answer o the problem. It séems stran, & man could play under such conditions, Somehow We can't help feellng that Chubby Charley and John T. Brush will not be able to give orders to Tom Lynch He doesn't look lKe the man who would truckle to persons of this tvpe, nor does his record of old days suggest it It Comiskey can dedicate his new park, W8 &id Barney Dreyfoos his, with a pen- nant winning team, it will at least serve other | team and while | | out of the way,” 10 Impress the fact that the South Side is “still on the map. “ Jimmy MoAleer evidently expects to find ‘something for Dutch Schaefer to do next meason. He bas ordered him to appear at Hot Springs not later than February 1 _The American league burled fits "pike guestion In Ban Johnson and Charloy (Comiskey, They are both deep enough to sink it out of sight. . And, by the way, that ought to about (mettle Pueblo for the Western league. . It would not be astonishing or regrettable it Isbell made the others get up and look for Wichita next season. Fogel s In enviable position as boss .of the Philles, ot busy, ke to go up In one chines, of these flying ma- sald the fat man. “It must feel fine to go sweeping smoothly through the alr, with the wind whistling past your ears. I see they're just putting them on the market commereially.” “I've had my share of 'em, and that's Just where you're about a milllon miles said the man who had bought one of them, as he flung down the illustrated paper containing pictures of the recent Itallan meet. “See that pieture there? Well a machine like the one you see In the air was offered me. : “I was wildly enthusiastic about getting | % one of 'em, and the philanthropic guy that had this one got wind of the incautious ex- pression forced out of my contilding heart Came right up to me the last night of the meet, and told how he'd another little machine like it at home; wanted to popu- larize his model, would sell this one cheap.” in ph m “I suppose you fell right into his arms. Paid him on the spot for it, eh?" said the fat man, “No, I wasn't that much of & fool." The ex-flyer grinned sheepishly. “I ac- eepted his offer to give me a ride or two. We sat around talking about the flying game, and when we parted this fellow Thibeaudeau told me to meet him at § o'clock the next morning at the shed where the plane was housed.” “I was up bright and early and found Thibeaudeau and his mechanielan work- ing at the engine, and taking a last look at the whole machine. It was & grimy assortment of dirty canvas planes, spat- tered with oll from the engine and much thumbed woodwork. Getting a Good Start. . “The whole contrivance was set on three little wheels, and I'd judge it was about forty feet wide. Thibeaudeau had a seat In It, and he'd added a board @cross it so we two could sit side by side. He had a steering wheel, something like an auto wheel, just in front of him and there was a crossplece below where we could put our feet. The engine was almost under us. They got the thing fixed to their lik- ing and we three shoved it out of the shed. Thibeaudeau motioned me to the seat on his right, 4nd 1 sat gingerly on the edge of the board while he took his seat at the wheel. The mechanician took hold of the propeller and twisted twice, while the engine chugged lazily. and a tremendous bang, like a gun, just under me. The spark had caught. The whole machine started to shiver. push us over the hard, smooth ground. Jarred the affair so that I thought my teeth would drop out. The racket was something flerce. 4 “Wle moved faster and faster, right across the parade ground, the plane bump- ing every time it struck the least little lump in the ground and the engine speed- ing up all the time till-the whole machine shivered with a steady vibration. The breeze began to fan our faces, partly from the ‘suction of the propeller, partly from our motion. at a good forty mile clip and the plane was jumping six Inches or so at every little lump. The engine was making a terrific nolse just under me. Up in the Alr. “The bumping over the ground began to change. We didn't come down, with & hard jar any more, though the machine bounded up violently. It was as though we were falling back on a feather bed. “l suppose that would be the planes beginning to catch the wind,” said the fat man. ‘““You'd be gefting up flying speed at the rate you were going. “All at once Thibeaudeau touched his vertical rudder arm, on a bar in front of him, just above the steering wheel. The whole business tiited up at a gentle angle and we left the ground, speeding up all the time. “I looked down between my legs at the parade ground. It was a funny combi- nation of streaks of red ground and green grass patches. We were only up about six feet from the ground, but climbing higher at a long slant, “ “Take care,' yelled Thibeaudeau to me. ‘Hang on tightly. We're golng to have trouble in & minute.’ I gripped the bar in front of me and wedged my heels against the rest. “All of a sudden the whale machine tilted down on the right side and we started to swoop sideways and drop down- ward, Thibeaudeau twisted the rudder (o bring our tall over to the right, and the &t al th FICHTENBERG al the Nebraska Keunel rapids at Niagara thit sometimes doing all three things at Thibeaudeau after another, adjusting them continuously ““We were pitching around on our seats the Jumping, | wriggling, while the machine staggered and reeled drunkenly through the morning sunshine. 1 wasn't feeling anxious and half a mile before T fiy? it around once or|and tremendous crash, badly damaged. American Association report of the committee make changes adopted. which were reported on fayorably by the ‘alls. “The plane started to dive up and down right or left, slow in all directions onee, slammed over one the oce tornado of board of rushing air was gyrating, twisting, squirming, and tell you what, fall that thirty feet “T cotlld see myself hitting the ground on | the mott comfort of three blades of grass heels for then tumbling head over stopped. You ake it a best bet that I hung onto that bar, and wedged my heels tightly against the thin MNttle stick of wood. “We whizzed along something like “We bumped and jumped Making a Landing. “The horizon was rocking drunkenly, and the shed stood like a small speck on the [ far edge of the review grounds the gov- ernment had loaned for the meet. mechaniclan could just be seen, black dot, and Thibeaudeau aimed for him, shed swelled every second. The plane shivered and rocked and tilted, and the engine ex- hause roared beneath us. “We started to drop to the ground where Thibeaudeau 'wanted to make a landing close to the shed, and were Hylng with un- dimished (speed. Just as we were about four or five feet up one of those whirling eddles got under the right end of our plane and it dropped to the ground with & bang and a ripping of canvas. “Thibeaudeau and I were shot out over the left end of that board like lightning, the plane struck the earth with a slewing right around “All of a sudden I felt a terrific jar | sideways. The thing slid along for about forty or fifty yards and then stopped. “We pleked ourselves up from the tan- The | gle of broken wood, mechaniclan gave a yell and started to|wheels, splinters and guy wird Thibeau- deau had all the skin off his left arm, and “Every explosion of the engine made| way cursing it wildly in French. The me- a deafening nolse, and every explosion | spaniclan came up, a smal “We rushed toward him. The canvas, “It was abolt Bought the Machine. ‘“You bought a machine, then, from this Thibeadeau?” the fat man asked. Thibeaudeau explained that the “Yes. but due to the weather and to the extha passenger making the machine hard to handle.” How did you get on? Did Thibeaudeau ve you lessons?” ‘“We found the plane wasn't really very Thibeaudeau and the assistant had it fixed up the next day with a little wood and canves and some new bicycle wheels. I had & few falls, but wasn't hurt particularly. The machine 'ways takes the brunt of the shock. I got my hand on the engine once, though, and ‘was badly burned. “But you mustn't get an idea that the flyilng machine is a smooth, gliding car. It's one of the roughest kinds of trans- portation, and you don’'t want to buy one unles you expect to get shaken up a bit golng and coming.” GOLFERS CHANGE THEIR SCOPE to Broader Field. Have =a CHICAGO, Dec. 25.—The Western Golf assoclation will change its name’to the Afnerican Golf assoclation : any organized golf club “in North and South America and the islands pertaining nd will make ereto” eligible for membership, if the appointed to in the constitution is These proposed amendments Made in Germany Club Show. rudder can a bat, T guess. Have von ever seen a batl He hasn't any tail and goes hobhing up and down in an aimless sort of way. Well, our rudders weren't any too lmber, and Thibeaudeau only had two hands, and he was always a little slow In meeting the conditions at the moment. | and twisted around like a broncho buster on a regular devil of a horse. I hung on tight, slipping along the board a little bit, every second getting vibration treatment. took me out we started back for the shed. Thibeaudeau couple of miles, and then The smashed shouting 6,300 minutes and & half. We had done about three miles and a quarter In two and a half minutes. as rough a ride as I ever had—that two ‘minutes. There wasn't any smooth swooping in it. It was a regular shakeup from beginning to end, But it was exclting, I'd have put up. 320,00 for. an- other ride and in my own machine.’” J. M. PINKERTON, 5624 Brandels Building. Al R COOLED AUTO| The car that solves the dellv: 201 South Tenth problem. Call up for demun!ntr 0.1‘&. 0. COMMEROIAL AUTOM e t Donglas Streef s 3724 | teetering MOTOR CAR “Wallace Automobile Co. 24th — Noar Farnam Streat. Jackson PIONEER IMPLEMENT COMPANY, noll Bluffs, fowa, Coit Automobile Co. Rambier, 2200 Farnam St THE PAXTON-MITCHELL CO. Doug. 7281— 2318 Harney Street. AUTOMOBILES Storage and Repairs t =—A2011 2025 Farnam Street. W. L. Huffman & Co. Headquarters 4-Cylinder Cars Inter-State, $1,760; DeTampls, | $650; Hupmobile, $7.50, | BRUSH RUNABOUT A MARVEL OF WORKMANSHIP T. 6. NORTHWALL CO. o St Detroit-Electric - JACKSON eer Implement Co. | Council Bluffs, lowa. | Wood’s Electri WhiTE STEAMER DRUMMOND | 2024 Farnam St MIDLAND MASON Mason IEEu_I! BROS. & ASHLEY, 1102 Farnam St PEERLESS SMITH, 2207 FARNAM ST. For REO, FORD, PREMIER. ATLANTIC AUTOMOBILE CO., R R KIMBAL Stevens-Durysa, C. BABCOCK ELECTRIC 6 Fernam Strest. H. E. Fredrickson Automobile Co . 2044.46-48 FARNAM STREET Thomas, Hudson, Pierce, Rapid, ® Chalmers-Detroit BABCOCK R.R. KIMBALL, 2026 Farnam St. 1 Deright Automobile Go, Stoddard-Dayton, Waverly, Lexington, 1814-16 Farnam, BAKER ELECTRI Elcctric Garage DENISE BARKALOW, Proprietor 2218 Farnam §uuL Henry H. Van Brunt Overland, Pope Hartford Council Bluffs, lowa, “MURPHY DID IT” ago 14TH AND JACKSON Repairing alnting Trimming MARMON The easiest riding car in the world. C. F. LOUK, 1808 Farnam Street, State Agent. SWEET-EDWARDS AUTO CO. 2052 FARNAM STREET AMERICAN $4,000 MOON. $1600 ARRY ....$1285 M. E. WILSOX. Standard Automobile OMAHA, NEB. | CHAS. MERZ Garage and Repairs $tandard Six & National Co. AUBURN 2 Cylinder 24 H 4 Cylinder 30 M. OMAAA AUTOMOILE CO., 216 S. : RIDER LEWIS *saigt ° 1§ HALLADAY In its class without a peer. C. F. LOUK, State Agent, 1808 Farnam St. Apperson APPERSON SALES AGENCY 1102=4 Farnam 8t. WHITE Steame Woed's Electric DRUMMOND 2024 Farnam St VELIE Nebraska Buick Omaha Branch, LEE HUFF, Masages Auto Company B E. SIDLES, Gea'l Nasager Linceln Brazch, C. . SHORE, Nasager Bulck and Olds- mobile Cars. MOTOR CARS VELIE AUTOMOBILE 0., 1202 Farnam St. John Deere Plow Co.,. Istributors, Temporary Location Ford Motor Co., 1515 ramn st onea, e, INTER-STATE $1750 Fully Equipped —4 Cyl., 40 H. P, L. HUFFMAN & CO,, 2025 Farnam St Distributors Locomobil NMattheson J. J. DERIGAT CO. 1818 Farnam St, committee will be voted on at the annual meeting in this city on January 16. According to statements by prominent golfers in the west, the Western Golf assoclation belleves that it has not been given proper consideration by the United States Golf association on several occa- slons, and In the past it has practically been ‘“taxation without iepresentation.” The Minikahda and Detroit Golf clubs have applied for the western amateur champlonship next summer. The proposed action of the Western Golf asociation caused little surprise here. . It was said that trouble had been brewing between the two asoclations for some time, and the “secession” of the western asociation had been expected. The United States assoclation will prob- ably take official action in the matter, and formally expel the western assocla- tion in the event of the adoption of the proposed amendments at the annual meet- ing of the latter body on January 16. s difusan Do Subsn ) . Gentle Cynicism The only cure for old age is to die young. The truth that lies at the bottom of the well is apt to stay there. Money talks in spite of the fact that lots of men want to keep it quiet. When we occasionally do meet a man whose head hasn’t been turned by success, we naturally conclude that he has & atiff neck—New York Times. A K C 3038 IMPORTED GREAT DANE DOG, OWNED BY JOHN BUCK OF OMAHA, PUGS DRAW THE BIG CUSH Fight Game is Now Thoroughly Sat- urated with Commercialism. PROFIT IN MOVING PICTURES Indications Are that Fight Will Be of Some Length and Some Say 1t is for Benefit of the Plctures. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—The pugilistic | game has become so thoroughly saturated with commercialism that the optimist is becoming suspicious. This talk about $30),- 000 profits that is expected out of the pictures has started the old school of fight followers talking about fake fights. They say ring battles are now conducted, not to decide champlonships, but to mulct the public out of money. b But there really is no justification for this line of talk. The fighters will tell you | that the price of everything has gone up and why shouldn't the pugllist raise the ante. But this is not the real reason for the so-called frenzled-finance In @&l branches of sports these days. It Is com- petition thflt\l! causing the sudden boom in these days. It is competition that Is causing the sudden boom in fight purses. The same kind of competition that is re- sponsible for booms in other lines. In the days of the Horton law in New York, $30,000 was a fabulous purse to offer for a hegavywelght champlonship battle. The reason for this is easily explained. There were only a few clubs bidding in those days. Now there are dozens of fight promoters in the field and when anything blg crops out monled men form syndicacs and enter the competition purely for pusi- ness reasons. It is the moving picture rights that these people are after. There is where the profit comes in. The picture-taking business has been so thoroughly perfected that nega- tives made on a clear day will show you every move of the fighters and you see the fight just as clear and as minutely as If you sat at the ringside. Moving pictures of big fights are always in great demand throughout the civilized world. And there has been so much talk about the coming battle between Jeffries and Johnson that theatrical concerns throughout Europe are al-eady offering fabulous prices for the use of the fiims. The people who are crying fake &t this early date say that the battle is being conducted purely and simply for the mov- ing plotures and are willing to wager that there Is going to be no action until at least six rounds of fllms have been used. This may sound like a §o0d argument, But just as many people will want to see the pictures if only one round is fought, particularly If Jeffries wins. But then no one expects that the fight will be decided In ome round. Johnson is too crafty to take any chances with Jeff in the early rounds, Jeff has the wallop and will try to land It early In the fight, but Mr. Johnson s going to keep moving until he sees s chance to end the fight. He knows that his chances are better the longer the fight lasts. i 1f you hev ything to sell or trade, Bowlers Are to Visit Detroit This Winter American Bowling Congress Convenes in February at Home of Tigers. DBETROIT, Mich., Dec. 2%.—Preparations are being made for the tenth annual A, B, C. bowling tournament, which will be held here from February 26 to March 15. The coming meeting of the knights of the pin will excel all those of past tournaments. The increasing popularity of the game is sald to be due to' this as we!l as the new high marks for entries and prize money, The conclave was held in Pittsburg last vear and nearly 3,000 men entered the var- lous events, It is planned to make the tournament a larger one than ever before. Already I 000 entry blanks have been printed and will be sent out In & few days. From these it is thought that a record-breaking list pf entries will be had. Speclal rates will be arranged for by the tournament committee for those who will attend the meeting com- ing from cities of far distance. The bullding which will be chosen as the battle ground has fourteen alleys. It is also said that promises will be made to allow women bowlers to bowl In an event of thelr own. One point which will attract the bowlers {8 that every five-man team will shoot at new pins. The contract given by the tour- nament company calls for 40 sets of of- ficlal A. B. C. pins. Heretofore pins have been changed dally, but the decision to make every team use new pins will equalize things as never before. When the five-man teams are through with a set of pins they will be used by the two-man teams, and er by the in- dividuals. Thus no team will have an ad- vantage by reason of shcoting at pins which have been subjected to an all-day bembardment, which s apt to make them fall casler. QUAKERS WANT T0 SEE NELSON Plan to Have Him Fight Three Local Men Two Weeks Apart. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2.—Arrange- ments are under way to bring Battling Nelson, the lightweight champlon to this city, to meet three local boxers. If the plans are put through successtully, Nel- son 'will appear here during the latter part of next month. The.men whom It is planned to oppose so the Dane are Young Erne, Johnny Willetts and Mickey Gannon, It 1s sald that the fights will take place prior to Nelson's scheduled mateh with Freddle Welsh. Nelson has already been sounded on the proposition and appears to be In favor of the plan. Nejwon stated, however, that In case he fought the men he wanted two weeks between each bout, and insists that the weight be 138 pounds at 6 o'clock. ) G Rule of Other Pe Do as you would be done by.—Persian, Do not that to a nelghbor which you would take {1l from him.—Grecian, What you would not wish done fo your- self, do not unto others.—Chinese. advertise in the Waut Ad columus of The Bee. One should seek for others the happiness one desires for himself.—Buddhist. The true rule in life Is to guard and do BUY YOUR AUTOMOBILE NOW The enormous rush of spring business will soon et In: prices on good Second-hand cars will them advance 2 per cent, We have an enormous stock of cars for you to ohoose from, including runabouts roadsters and ars. Prices from §.00.00 up. the lergest firm of automobiie dealers selliog new and second-hand cars. Owing to the fact that we purchase machines in such enormows quantities and al pay pot cash, we secure the best bargaing at the lowest prices. We work on & small mArgin of protit and that is why we quote prices from #0 o 4% per cent lower than it I8 possible o obtain elsewhere. It will pay you to call or writs for & fres 0Py of gur Times Square BULLETIN. TIMES SQUARE AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, 131834 Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111 BRANCHES—New _York ' City; Kanss Oity, Mo. St. Louls, Mot by the things of others as they do by thelr own.~-Hindu. All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye 80 to them.— Christian. Let none of you treat his brother in a way he himse'f would disilke to be treated.—Mohammedan. The law Imprinted on the hearts of all men Is to love the members of soclety as themselves.—Roman. Whatsoever you do not wish your nelgh- bor to do to you, do not unto him. This ia the whole law. The rest is a mere expo- sition of it.—Jewish. T00. M Feelings When UCH OF A GODD THING of Proud Father of Tem ‘riplets Enlarged the Family, ““One s enough, but too much is plenty.* Sam Goldsteln, 1069 Frank street, Chicago, had a few hours before he sald this Bunday become the father of three more bables. At the Chlcago Lying-in hospital Mrs, Goldstein gave pirth to triplets, and their arrival makes thirteen children in the Gold- stein family. A boy and two girls came as & Christmas present to Sam, who s & junk dealer. He takes the arrival of the gifts most serlously, for indeed their presence is a serious matter In the family “Oh, yes, I love bables,” he said last night as he wiped away with a grimy hand a trace of molsture from his eyes, “But T wasn't expecting so many more at & time. A boy and two girls. Well, they're here and we'll have to make the best ofit.” Goldstein gave a sigh. “I wonder what'll become of all of *em, he went on. "I'm not making much money and it's awful cold weather. My wife's get- ting along wll right, and I guess the babies are. But thirteen children—so many of them youngsters, too—is an awful big fam- lly for a junk dealer, “No, we haven't named 'em yet, we will tomorrow. Away up & narrow, bare flight of stairs in a dilapidated two-story frame bullding the Goldsteln family lives. In a small, dimly lighted room filled with & great as- sortment of bables' and other children's wearing apparel, cradles, tables, chairs and household effeets, and reached through a tiny hallway almost obstructed with clothes lines, Goldstein was found. A daughtor Wwas trylng to put things in order as her father talked. Goldstein seemed happy, In & wiy, and then again he didn't. He was wondering what the future would bring to him and his wife and thirteen youngsters when he is but & junk dealer whose business, as he says, I8 bad right now. The two new girls and boy weighed, to- twelve and three-quarters pounds. The welght of the boy was flve pound one girl welghed four and one-quarte pounds and the other three and one-half pounds.—Chicago Tribune, Maybe

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