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SPORTS GAMES PUZZLES A HIGH HONOR FOR AN INDIAN GIRL Boys and girls consider it a priv- Hoge to be allowed to listen to an address by a national executive, such as the President of the Ufited States. But not more than one or two boys or girls in a million ever have the honor of making an ad- dress to a president while hundreds of other citizens, famous in public life, listen and applaud at the end. When an advisory council of one hundred prominent American citizens met at the capital of the United States last winter to work out policies regarding the 340,000 Indians who live within its bounda- ries, Ruth Muskrat, an Indian girl, of the Cherokee tribe, now a stu- dent at Mt, Holyoke College, made a speech before President Coolidge in which she presented him with a Shecially bound copy of "The Red Maa of the United States." The book was one outlining the history, of the Indian from earliest times to the present day. The cover was beaded by hand at the Cheyenne Reservation in Oklahoma, to make a picture. On the front side it showed an Indian of the old day with his hand extended in friendship to the white man and on the other side the new type Indian tilling the soil with his plow. On the binding was beaded the peace pipe, the token of good will, Miss Muskrat called President Coolidge the "Great White Father" when she offered the book. She told him in her speech of the various types of famous war chiefs the In- Crack Shot : "John," said his wife, "you'll have to take' that ball from baby; he hit his sister on the head." "Yes, dear," answered the hus- band, "but you should have seen the curve the little fellow had on it." dians have had,--of the ones who offered friendship and shared their kingdoms with the white man and those who tried to defend their tribes from the invasion of the pale faces. She told of the Indian wars, and when she finished, General Nel- conflicts on the Indian frontier ex- claimed: "Isn't she fine! That's a great speech! Yes, I've seen them just like that on the: Indian plains." The costume the Indian girl wore was a beautiful beaded buckskin dress made at Mohonk Lodge in Oklahoma. There were beaded moccasins and a special headband. So fine was Ruth Muskrat's pear- ance and her speech was delivered with such confidence that it made a great impression on the members of the committee, among whom were not only many Indian leaders but such folk 'as William Jennings Bryan, Mary Roberts Rinehart and ill Irwin, well known writers, {and Miss Alice Robertson, former- ly congresswoman from Oklahoma. President Coolidge said that of all the gifts with which he had been presented since he came to his of- fice, none had been more gracious- ly presented. To show his appre- ciation and acknowledge the splen- did way in which the girl extended her greeting for the Imdian stu- dents of America, the President invited her to have lunch with him and Mrs. Coolidge. 2 Easy Goin' i "What you doin', chile?" "Nothin', Mammy." "My, but you sholy is gettin' laf yo' daddy." | STORIES OF PRECIOUS JEWELS _ King Tut's Treasures of Lapis Lazuli The recent excavations in Eevpt, which have brought to light t ..wonderful objects of art be ging to the reign of King Tut-ankh-Amen have revealed most beautiful and elaborate pieces inlaid with quanti- bl i uli, hie stone been counted one of the most ing materials for beads, earrings . and other barbaric jewe as a favorite stone for inlay work in jewel boxes, vases and charms. The most remarkable exfiple of the way lapis lazuli was used by the ancients is the throne of old King Tut himself. It is an immense gold affair, with a sort of aisle of gold walls extending in front, and a high, fan-shaped piece for a back. Every single foot of it is carved in minute designs with inlays of lapis to mark the central motifs. The ' 'whole thing is a glitter of gold im- ed with blue. Literally thou- It Easier Tit: "You know, I' I Ene 0 A. te hey. ron Tat: "If you' t the key, wouldn't have to in." Y: You SIGHTSEEING TRIPS Grosbeaks of the Valley The Grosbeaks belong to the Cardinal, as well|' the most bitter summer he stored up a layer of fat under will tide him mal he flits deftly pickin, 'with white He has a' dark beak and brown feet. sands of stones were used in its construction. The picture which forms the tailpiece here shows one of the arms of the throne formed of gold in the shape of the winged col a, a symbolic bird of the tians. All the dark indicate inlays of lapis lazuli. The entire head was a boulder of the polished stone. The ancient .Arabians used lapis lazuli, calling jt Azul. The Chi- nese also carved it' into vases, caskets, buttons and cups and painted on it with porcelain paints. t is mined now in Chile and Si- beria and used as a setting in mod- ern jewelry. Often it is heated and blown into a blue glass for cheaper imitations of high-grade material. Lapis lazuli frequently a green cast to it or it may be tured green by heating it and adding saltpetre. It is opaque, has a slight lustre, and is generally mottled with brown or gold-tinted spots. : All Fixed Up Mr. Newlywed: "This lettuce tastes awful. Did you wash it?" Mrs. Newlywed: "Of course I did and used perfumed soap, too." WITH THE BIRDS Binns and the ine beetle, . The re Graabeah is in northern North America, spend- ing the winter in the northern United States. He: is prepared for cold, for during the his feathers which keeps him warm, and if a day comes when the ie cones and buds do not yield a meal, his stored-up food In color he is the most delicious peach pink. 'In the landscape of snow and ice where he is found, he kes a most artistic appearance as in-and out of the pine trees, out the seeds of the cone with his beak, which is to im what hands are to a person. His call is a whistle of three or four notes. Grosbeak is a pink color bars on the black wi brown r The Pine son A. Miles, a veteran of many] A PAGE FOR pion for the whole United States! That is Harlin Mc- Coy's title. He won it last June in She Aurmmt a Atlange City, ew Jersey, when he played aga the best marble shooters Ei cities of the country, Harlin was only an ordinary player to begin with. But constant Practice plus a steady nerve nade im the prize winner. This sprin Harlin will give up his title to a new 'champion at another Atlantic City tournament. Who knows but that the new champion may be you! You'll be sure to sign up for Yom city match after you've read here what Harlin did. When Harlin McCoy, of Colum- bus, Ohio, National Marble Cham- pion of the United States, first eard that a Columbus paper was sponsoring a marble tournament, he did not give it much thought. He was sure that he did not play well enough to enter, but the other bdys kept after him to send in an applica- tion blank, until, after having writ- g|ten and torn up three blanks, he finally got up nerve to send one in. That was late in April, 1923. In June he traveled to Atlantic City, together with 40 other city cham- pions, and on the 18th of June he won in the finals, and became Na- tional Champion. BOYS AGIRLS THE NATIONAL MARBLE CHAMPION TELLS YOU HOW HE WON HIS TITLE ed in the different: grammar and junior high schools in the city. Only boys under 15 were eligible to try. Harlin played among the fellows of Crest- view, his own school, where le was enrolled as an 8 A. In a short time he was school champion, and then he played the champions of other schools, until finally about the first of June, in Sunshine park; the cham- pions of all the schools got together for the final games. It took several days, and Harlin was not a bright and shining light during most of the playing. The first few days, all he { did was to stay in the game but it {was soon noticed that each time the other fellow's nerve seemed to be leaving him, Harlin came up from behind, and walked away with the game. He was given the lovin, cup for Columbus Champion, an was advised by the paper that he was to go to Atlantic City. Harlin says that there is no such thing as luck in scientific marble playing; nothing but practice and ay nerve amount to anything. He was known-as an ordinary marble player all of his life, until he started intensive practice for the JOKES STORIES | RIDDLES. | never enjoyed it half as much a baseball. His ambition is to be a professional baseball player. He says that he really learned to pla marbles between April and June, and that he did it by playing every, chance he got. He began to "get! good," as he calls it, when he -~ covered that by shooting with thel marble resting upon the flat top of his thumb, the lower side of his thumb resting flat upon his second finger, he could absolutely control the distance and direction of the marble, and thatthe could play twice as long without tiring. He has neverr had 'one skinned knuckle since he began playing, while nym- bers of the other fellows wha turned up at the finals had bleeding and sore knuckles, He plays with: 13 little clay marbles, just slightly less than 3{ of an inch in diameter. That is the type decided upon to be used in all future championship playing. Un-| like most fellows) he isn't interested! in a large collection of fifferent} kinds of marbles. While playing fo city championship he won 'more than half a bushel--all kinds and conditions, but he sold them to other fellows before leaving for Atlantic City, and' since his return he has played with nothing but clay. The city champions played fi eight days in the Atlantic City finals on the beach, where clay platforms had been built, with as high as 12,000 ple watching them each day. jw Harlin was not in th limelight, until the other fellows b: gan to lose their nerve. He just managed to be good enough to sta in the games, but as the others los! nerve he came up as calm and cool as ever.and carried on. Next to the last day of the tournament he almost, lost place to a colored boy, the Chi cago champion, but his nerve saved him, and on the eighth day he won and was presented with a wonderful thin-model white gold watch, with a fob, to which was attached a solid gold marble, cast exactly like the one with which he finally won. Harlin will be 15 before the open< ing of the nekt tournament, and so will be ingligible, but he is keenly interested' in it, and will act as an organizer among the boys in school, urging them to enter, and giving] them pointers. = He will travel to Atlantic City again this year with the new city champion and the newspaper representative where he will hand over his title to the new National Marble Champion of the championship. Of course he pla: marbles--all fellows do--but he had United States. . How Does It Feel avin, parti in games on A ar ball player, fe been or A EDDIE COLLINS Gren t six world's series, and in more world guess is one of the reasons 18 game of the series. You watch, on your mind more thag in a World's Series? for This Page.) he dhe TELLS HOW IT FEELS TO PLAY IN A WORLD SERIES You are anxious--actually nervous for the series to begin, ough a 'gainst Yale, Princeton, C preciated why a coach togk his team away previous to an important game to a quiet place where they would be away from all the turmoil, etc., that is always so®prevalent at such a big game, until I played in the world's series; but when I finally get into a uniform and on the ball field, I feel quite myself again. As far as the game is concerned, it is no different from any other hard fought balli.ggme. It is only. the time in between games that angs teen hundred and eleven was the worst im this respect, when five con- tinuous days of rain kept the Ath- letics and Giants idle. I think the only time I have been conscious'of it being any different from any other game 1s when it narrows down to the final play. 'I remember, as if only yesterday, Jack Barry calling to me in the ninth inning of the last game against the Cubs in 1910, 'Only one more man and we're champions." At this zero hour you seem to sense the fact that it is most over and only one more man to retire. +" « ? more the last world's series in whic than any other play. 'As my cartoon- ist friend might say, "Ain'tita grand and glorious feeling" when "it's all over. . The Father of a Dozen "Yes," said the principal of the [young ladies' seminary to the proud parent; "you ought to be happy, my dear sir, to be the father of so large a family, all the members of which appea r to be so devoted to one an- other." -out in every y college football man and a pla era - ennsylvania, I never before ap- Y heavy and I feel ill at ease. Nine-|. Possibly that it why I can recall i I have played|, lass houses shouldn't a new dear children, the story is "The about to hear the call. That's can't speak for himself--he's Jane: "Just think, Mother, a poor worm provided the silk for my ress. Fig Brown: oTm shocked. Jane, that you should speak so disrespect- fully of your dear father." pes False "Say, Rn rs de "Fair? J haven't heard ' about any fair. Tuffy: Den' de Paper lies. It} 'fair tonight and ednesday.' ¥ OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN with his lamp Jooking for an his bedtime story. If he'd o notice that there are other Snoppies strolling in 'the Park--Miss Priscilla, for instance, and her throw stones, as you know, but once Weasel to chase, and she hit the Pop! went the honest man, nly look u besides himself dog Weasel. poor dog- Weasel, and she had to take overcoat. Miles Sandwich, who is rapidly going forward' .obli Is he reading an essay ohn laughing' too hard, on "How to plant bulbs"? No, of the Koad" and Miles is Alden in the backgro