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treatment, but fall under the general
head of woven baskets. The flat splints
are usually shaved from a log by special
machines so adjustable that the splint
may be any width or degree of thinness.
Rough baskets can be made by hewing
the splints by hand, but it is a very
laborious process, the inner bark of the
poplar tree, stripped when the sap is
flowing freely, is used for home-made
splint or wicker baskets. Factory bas
kets are made of white oak, ash, or pop
lar. Palmetto is also shredded into
strips of equal width by a machine, and
it is really cheaper, if one's labor has
any value, to buy the shredded palm
than to try to strip it by hand. We
think that every native material our
umateur basket-makers are likely to dis
cover can be treated under one of the
above heads.
Harriet Cusiiman Wilkie.
GllAVITY lOILKD.
Without UiiIeriiiii Flight of C.olf Ilall
Would he Short.
Professor Petrie Guthrie Tait had little
skill at golf, but a vast deal at science.
Among the many problems to which lie
applied his genius were some concerning
that apparently simple thing, the flight
of a golf ball. And here lie found diffi
culties so ballling that, though he worked
over them for years and called on other
scientists for assistance many mysteries
still remained. One question that he
solved, however, is of curious interest.
The force of gravity is the one force
we know as most constant and inevita
ble. To defeat gravity is almost to sus
pend one of Nature's laws. In his in
vestigations, Professor Tait suddenly
became aware that gravity was defeated
by the golf ball. The fact admitted no
doubt. On timing the flight of the ball,
lie discovered that it remained in the an
al most twice as long as it should under
the influence of gravity. Thus, with
gravity acting as usual on other things,
a drive of two hundred yards would be
completed in three and a half seconds.
A thrown ball, for example, describing
the same trajectory, would remain in the
air only that length of time. The golf
ball, in passing over that two hundred
yards, floated serenely through the air
for six and a half seconds.
It was clear, then, that in some man
ner gravity was thwarted. Professor
Tait attacked the problem of the means
and in the end he solved it. After search
ing long, he found the cause of the pro
longed flight in the rotation given to the
ball by the club's impact. The secret
lay in the manner of the stroke from the
tee.
The first principle of the explanation
is in the simple fact that an object poised
in the air has an equal atmospheric pres
sure on it at all points. The second
principle is that when a sphere rotates
in a current of air, the side of the sphere
which is advancing to meet the current
is subjected to greater pressure than is
that side which is moving in the direc
tion of the current. To illustrate, when
the golfer slices his ball, it is made to
spin in such fashion that its front side is
constantly in movement to the right.
Therefore, the pressure of the air is
greater on the left side than on the right,
and the ball curves to the right. When
the ball is pulled, the operation is le
versed, and the flight bends away to the
left. So, if the ball is topped, the spin
ning direction of the front is downward.
Thus, the pull of gravity is aided and
the flight is swiftly checked. But every
properly driven ball receives an under
cut. By the underspin thus imparted,
the front side of the ball is made to spin
upward ; the added pressure is from be
low, and is, in consequence, directly
opposed to gravity. The result is a
flight sustained but little less than twice
as long as it would be without this
underspin. Moreover, Professor Tait
demonstrated that, without this under
cut when driving, the ball would travel
only about half its usual distance.
The ordinary golfer is quite unaware
that he gives any underspin to his best
drives ; but he does. Without the under
cut, his driving would be a continuous
failure.
llrilg- at The Mecklenburg-.
Chase City, Va. Bridge parties have
been well to the fore at The Mecklenburg
in furnishing entertainment for the
week, while the lovely weather has
proved a drawing card to the Northern
visitors. Everything is taking on a
Springlike air, with budding trees and
flowers beginning to push upward.
Several fox hunts have kept the hunters
on the go, a large one taking place on
Thursday, Mr. Shelburne getting the
brush. The hunting Lodge has also
been a popular rendezvous during the
week.
Mrs. W. O. Ludovici of New York,
gave a farewell bridge party the evening
prior to her. departure ; dainty refresh
ments were served and a very handsome
prize was won by Mrs. W. G. Peterson
of Connecticut, and Mrs. W. P. Whit
taker of Virginia.
Unusually enjoyable was the sacred
concert Sunday evening, with singing by
Miss Ellen Norfleet of North Carolina,
W. C. Lloyd of New York, and E. T.
Beasley of Virginia.
AMONG THE GUESTS.
Mr. Alphonzo Hart, Ex-Governor of Ohio, la
enjoying an extended stay. Mr. and Mrs. Unas.
A. Graham of Philadelphia, will remain several
weeks. Mrs. George C. Pettis of New Haven,
Conn., is also here.
Recent arrivals from North Carolina are Jos.
W. Burwell and W. D. Burwell of Henderson,
Miss Ellen Norlleet, of "Winston, Pattie Moring
of Raleigh, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hill of Durham,
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. N. Bissert, Miss Laura Blake
Young of Raleigh.
Mrs. J. C. Neil of Columbus, Ohio, came this
week. Popular guests from New York are Mrs.
Thomas W. Dixon, Jr., and Miss Louise Dixon.
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman of Harristown, Pa., are
late arrivals. Mrs. A. E. Huston of New York,
was a recent guest.
Other late comers are Mr. and Mrs. Bert G.
Hathaway and Mrs. G. L.Anderson of Wash
ington, Mr. Jas. L. Cottrell of Richmond and
Mrs. Arthur Herring and Miss Louise Herring
of Brooklyn.
Villag-e Cluh Meeting-.
The next meeting of the Pinehurst
Village Club will be held in The Holly
Inn Dutch room, Wednesday afternoon,
March 18.
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