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190 George and Teddy. They makes them—mine uncle tells you how they makes George and Teddy—Presidents over it."

"But that was from long, Izzie," Eva reminded him.

"And altogether different," added Miss Bailey.

"An' me pop wasn't there; he'd a pinched 'em." said Patrick.

"Und George had his gang along," observed Nathan Spiderwitz.

"Und Izzie," said Morris Mogilewsky, summing the matter up, "George Wash'ton, he ain't hit mans in legs mit shootin' pistols out killin' 'em. You couldn't to be Presidents or papas over that. George Wash'ton he kills 'em all bloody und dead. He kills bunches of tousens of mans. Why ain't your uncle kill somebody?"

"He hits him in the leg," reiterated Isidore sadly.

"But he ain't killed 'em. Und, Izzie, sooner you ain't killed somebody bloody und dead, you couldn't to be President and papas of countries."

In 1905 Miss Kelly married Allan MacNaughton. Her husband met financial reverses, her own health failed, and she was unable to do much more literary work.

Mrs. MacNaughton, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, about thirty years ago, came to this city with her father, Dr. James E. Kelly, when she was a young child and received her education in this city.

1. Familiarize yourself with the form of all kinds of news stories.

2. Remember that neither slang nor cheap humor is essential to a good sporting news story.

3. Be fair in your characterization of the playing of each team.

4. Avoid elaborate descriptions in the average society news story.

5. Don't use hackneyed phrases in reporting society news.

6. Be accurate in the biographical data of obituaries.