Judge — April 4, 1914 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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) with! aviators! 1 the air 1m isn’t r the de. es. We red five. without ced us s aman, > him in ttle help hunting miles up bear, to f action | say it cheesey a wife! ife y strife About Diamond Stars WEY ] Roger i (=<) Bresnahan © iy HERE is a tale that will please the fans, and Roger Bresnahan is made the doubtful hero of the incident. Ac- cording to the story-teller, a friend of Roger's asked him to take acertain young St. Louis lady to a ball game and explain its mysteries to her. ‘*Bres’? was game, and one afternoon when he was not catch- ing he escorted the miss to the ball park and found seats in the stand well toward the front. “Do you like baseball?”’ asked Roger. “Oh, I dearly love it!’’ replied his com- “The games are so exciting!’’ |, just sit tight, and I'll tell you all about it, so you'll thoroughly under- stand its fine points.’” “When will the game start?’’ was the next que: “It’s starting now,'’ said Roger. ‘‘Do you see that man standing out there in the center of the diamond? Well, he’s what we call the pitcher. He pitches the ball—see? The man who receives it is the catcher, because he sometimes catches it—ha, ha! From right to left we have the first baseman, the second baseman, the shortstop and the third baseman, and those 'way out toward the fence are the fielders. Now the batter has just hit the ball for a single. It is called a single because he is allowed to take one base on the hit.’” “Yep,’’ came back the fair one, “I know that; but what is the boob tricking off first like that for? Don’t he know that he can’t take a lead like that and get away with it? Who does he think he is? Ty Cobb or Bescher? There he goes like a simp trying to steal second with Dooin catching! Can you beat that for a solid ivory play, and the backstop signaling for a throw-out all the time? If Ihada brain like that, I’d_use a vacuum cleaner on it. Of course he’s out a mile, the poor ‘busher’! I thought you were tak- ing me to a ball game. Why, that fellow shouldn’t be permitted to wander around without a nurse! If this is ace-high base- ball, I'm woozy, and the next time’’—— But Roger had fled. Unseen Forces Behind Your Telephone T HE telephone instrument is a common sight, but it affords no idea of the magnitude of the mechanical equipment by which it is made effective. To give you some conception of the great number of persons and the enormous quantity of materials required to maintain an always-efficient service, various comparisons are here presented. The cost of these materials unassembled is only 45% of the cost of constructing the telephone plant. Poles enough to build a stock- ade around California — 12,480,000 of them, worth in the lumber yard about $40,000,000. Wire to coil around the earth 621 times— 15,460,000 miles of it, worth about $100,000,000, includ- ing 260,000 tons of copper, worth $88, 000,000. Lead and Tin to load 6,600 coal cars —being 659,960,000 pounds, worth more than $37,000,000. Conduits to go five times through the earth from pole to ole — 225,778,000 ‘eet, worth in the ware- house $9,000,000. Telephones enough tostring around Lake Erie—8,000,000 of them, 5,000,000 Bell- owned, which, with equipment, cost at the factory $45,000,000. Switchboards in aline would extend thirty-six miles—55,000 of them, which cost, un- assembled, $90,000,000. Buildings sufficient to house a city of 150,000—more than athou- sand buildings, which, un- furnished, and without land, cost $44,000,000. People equal in numbers to the entire population of Wy- oming—150,000 Bell Sys- tem employes, not in- cluding those of connect- ing companies. The poles are set all over this country, and strung with wires and cables; the conduits are buried under the great cities; the telephones are installed in separate homes and offices; the switchboards housed, connected and supplemented with other machinery, and the whole Bell System kept in running order so that each subscriber may talk at any time, anywhere. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One Policy One System Universal Service For Liquor and Drug Users A scientific treatment which has been successfully administered in half a million cases during the past thirty-four years, and the one treatment which has stood the severe test of time. Administered by medical experts, at the Keeley Institutes only. For full particulars write Lon hageies, Cal. Marsh-Sireng Ride. Plaieniel4. Tod. San Pranelees, Cal cS : ‘Douglas Bide. atlas, Texes. alt Labs City, Cead. Following Keeley Institutes: + Pa Seattle, Was. Waubesha, Win, Wiasipeg, Man. Gaatewale City, Cant, Pashia, Mexice, In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE, It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com