IN SKI SPORTS
They Furnish Winter’s Amusements
in North of Europe Countries.
Some Wonderful Record* at Hui>iiin%
and JumpiiiK' in Xornay — Their
Introduction Into Switzerland
nnd I «c in the Allis.
Ski sports are familiar in nearly all
the non h of Euorpe countries, and grow
rather than decrease in popularity in
most of them. This is especially true of
the nations bordering the northern
shores of the Baltic sea.
The earliest mention of skis is in the
works of Strabo. The earliest picture
of skis is in a book by a Norseman of the
sixteenth century. In those days, how
ever, ski-running was only an adjunct to
other sports, and not a sport in itself.
The early Norsemen put on their skis
to go hunting in winter, just as in sum
mer they put on their boots; and it was
only towards the end of the nineteenth
century that separate ski sports came
into existence. They were practiced in
a crude form by the villagers of Tele
marken; but their introduction to more
civilized circles is due to Dr. Nansen.
He saw the Telentarken lads disporting
themselves on skis, and he took lessons
from them. In particular they taught
him to jump on skis. The new amuse
ment became popular inChristiania.and,
in due course, competitions were organ
ized. The first competitions were rath
er a “hole-and-corner” affair, and took
place at Telemarken. Afterwards they
were transferred to Holmenkollen,
where they assumed such importance
that the meeting is sometimes spoken of
as the “Norwegian Derby.” It is a three
days' meeting, and two of the days are
devoted to steeple-chasing on skis. The
A NORWEGIAN SKI GIRL.
third is given up to the famous sport oi
ski-jumping. The competitors come
skidding down a snow-slope until they
reach a cliff about 12 feet, in perpendicu
lar altitude. This is thetaking-off place,
and they see hov; far they can jump from
it. The taking-off place is artificially
constructed by banking up the snow, and
below it the snow-siope continues as be
fore. The distances jumped by the best
men are prodigious, the record beiUj}
something like ISO feet.
Ski-jumping in Norway, however, is
an old story. Another, and a better
story is the introduction of skis intc
Switzerland. It came about because
Herr Zdarsky, of Austria, went to live
on an estate at Lilienfeld. where the
winters were severe and the snowfall
was heavy. Remembering to have heard
of skis, he decided to import a pair. II
is not very easy to learn to manage
them without assistance, hut lierr
Zdarsky managed to learn. He not only
mastered them, but he invented im
provements. After many experiments,
the Lilienfeld ski was evolved. It is
more convenient than the Norwegian
ski for many reasons, hut chiefly be
cause you can wear it witli any kind of
footgear, including the heavy hc!>
nailed hoots used by mountaineers.
Having thus perfected his skis, Herr
Zdarsky taught his visitors how to use
them. It was gradually recognized that
they afforded a novel and agreeable
means of getting about in the winter
snow, and they were taken up by climb
ers. Herr Paulcke succeeded in crossing
the Bernese Oberland on skis; Sir Ar
thur Conan Doyle made a considerable
expedition on them. They are now
ordinarily used by mountaineers in
winter.
There has been talk of late of the in
troduction of the sport into the British
Isles. It is of course only in a limited
portion of the British Isles that it is
feasible in such mild winters as have
fallen to them of late. The fact, how
ever, has not prevented the formation
of a Ski Club of Great Britain, or the
successful pursuit of the pastime by
keen enthusiasts. It has been pursued,
ia particular, in the district south of
Loch Ness.
HIS FATHER’S TIN LARK.
It Had n Cover and a Handle and
His 1'utlier Got Beer
la It.
One day Mis? Bailey brought her Shel
ley dovy^ relates a writer in McClure's,
and readhis "Ode to the Skylark.”
"Now, don’t you think that’s a pretty
thing? she asked. "l)id you hear how
the lark went singing, bright and clear,
up and up and up into the blue sky?”
The children were carefully attentive,
as ever, but riot responsive. Morris Mo
gilewsky felt that he alone understood
the nature of this story. It was meant
to amuse; therefore it was polite that
one should be amused.
"Teacher fools," he chuckled. "Larks
ain't singin’ in skies.”
"How do you know?” asked Miss
Bailey.
" 'Cause we got a lark by our house.
It’s a from tin lark mit a cover.”
“A tin lark! With a cover!” Miss
Bailey exclaimed. “Are you sure, dear,
that you know what you are talking
about?”
"Teacher, yiss ma’am, I know,” Mor
ris began, deliberately. "Mv papa, iie has
a lark. It’s a from tin lark mit a cover.
I’nd it’s got a handle, too. Cnd my papa
he takes it all times on the store tor
buy a lark of beer.”
"Lager beer! O, shade of Shelley!”
groaned Miss Bailey’s spirit, but aloud
she only said: "No, my dear, 1 wasn’t
reading about lager beer. A lark is a
little bird.”
Proof Positive.
Husband (reading)—I’m surprised to
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fashion notes for the woman’s page in this
paper.
Wife—But, dear, how do you know that
such is the case?
“Listen to this item: There will be no
change in pocketbooks this season.’ Now,
only a married man could have penned
that.”—Cincinnati Enquirer.
On Pneumntle Caster*.
The rapid multiplication of motor-car
riages has created a demand for experienced
drivers or chauffeurs, and schools of train
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An automobile expert in charge of one of
the»e schools says that an applicant recently
entered and approached him. "1 want to
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“It was only five years ago that I start
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Mrs. Newitt- "Mr. Feeder is coming to
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Colds Invariably Result in Catarrh, Which Sets Up a
Host of Distressing Diseases.
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Miss Rose Gordon, 2,100 Oakland
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Daring the winter I caught a heavy
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the bronchial tubes anil nn inflamed
condition of the respiratory organs.
The doctors were afraid that pneu
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Is the Beginning of Most Winter
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It, seems strange that as well known
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Catarrh May Permeate the Whole
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