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15 THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK MEMORIES OP ANNIE OAKLEY Ml HUNT 'WHY THE SULTAN OF TURKEY REFUSED ADMISSION Hint , ( Sporting Powders GET YOUR GAME The Story of a Modern Alladin from Old Lyme Whose Adventures Cost Annie Oakley a Run for It ONE evening in the lobby of the Caro lina Hotel at Pine hurst I found Mrs. Frank Butler, who in other days estab lished the reputa tion of being one of the most accurate and deadly of all rifle shots in the world, in a reminiscent mood. She had spent the afternoon at the Gun Club, teaching the young idea to shoot, and had harkened back to the time when she was the sensation of Europe, by a little fancy shoot ing for those at the traps. We fell to discussing the war. She showed a great deal of inter est in many aspects of the mili tary situation and an intimate knowledge of all makes of small arms used in the conflict. She spoke with such familiarity of the arsenals of the Continent, and the opinions of the military kings and marshalls upon the various makes of guns that I ventured to ask if she was also familiar with the shooting technique and training of the armies now in conflict. "No," she said, "not all. For I have never been in Turkey." "Why did you leave out poor Turkey?" She answered this by turning towards me with the most inno cent smile possible and asking abruptly.: "Do I look to you like an anar chist or a Sultan exploder?" I hastened to assure her on the subject. "Well, nevertheless, it was not I that left out Turkey. It was Turkey that kicked out me. Fully convinced that they had thus saved a city and a dynasty." It came about this way. The World's Congress of marksmen and rough riders, the last pf the Apaches and the cowboys of the "buffalo era were exhibiting for , Col. Cody in the capitals of Europe. Mrs. Butler, shooting as Annie Oakley, held down the reputation of the girls of the Golden West on that occasion with such success that during re cesses she went with Mr. Butler to give private exhibitions to all corners of the earth. Thus in the course of events they passed the pillars of Hercules and made for Constantinople as much to see the ancient capital of the world as to astonish the Moslem in a matter of rifle fire. And as a mat ter of course they took along with them a barrel of glass balls, to be duly massacred for a Turkish holiday. But previous and hectic events over which they had no control thickened the plot at the border. The Shiek with a fez who pre sided over the customs ceremony took one terrified glance at this barrel of hardware, and forthwith summoned the corporal of' the guard and the frontier garrison. For high and sufficient reasons of State, discovered at a later period to be about as follows, and quite plainly sufficient, as any Turk would agree : THE AMERICAN SALESMAN An American gentleman resid ing on the Atlantic Seaboard of the United States made a discov ery, since become a commonplace. That certain dark and smelly chemicals mixed after his receipt would materially assist in extin guishing fire. In the infancy of his business he proceeded to turn this discovery to account by of fering his mixture to the incen diary public done up in glass balls. Hurled into a minor conflagration these balls would providentially break and scatter the contents and so the fire. Now there lived in Connecticut a youth fired with the ambition of becoming a salesman. Finding nothing else to sell he undertook to canvass the Ottoman Empire with these fire grenades. Noth ing on earth could halt or dis courage him. When he discov ered that it was of an impossibil ity he proceeded from viceroy to Grand Vizier demanding a license to sell. It finally leaked out through the compliments received I.. '2Zd When VOUr (ln(r "efarfa armahinrr li tune you want a reliable powder, one that '8 right on the inli "nil T4. C -l: t j . i . . x urn, wpuiniijj jrowuers are noiea ior tneir high velocity, penetration and good pattern, game get ting qualities which make all Du Pont Sporting Powder the hunter's reliance. . Generations of sportsmen have shot Du Pont Sport ing Powders. Why experiment and perhaps spoil your Shoot the "old reliable,' time-tested and game getting Du Pont Sporting Powders to ensure a full game sack or to Make High Scores at the Traps Try a little "warminff-uD" at tho trflnshnnfinr nlnK swift-flying, challenging clays. A little practice puts you in better shape for the anticipated sport afield. There's a royal welcome awaiting you at the shoot ing club. Every trapshooter is a sportsman, they're waiting for you, why not squad up today f If you 've never tried trapshooting "go to it 9 ' today. There are instructors and guns for visitors at the rmehurst shooting grounds. Give the trapshooting game a trial. Free booklets ajbout sporting powders and trapshooting mailed on request. Address Sporting Powder Division, - E, I, du Pont de Nemours & Go. Powder Makers Since 1802 the WILMINGTON, DEL. Uolf Ihivery Day THE YEAR ROUND AT OLD POINT COMFORT 1 Eighteen Hole Course Grass Putting Greens Complete and ready tor play now Owned and Operated by HOTEL CHAMBERLIN A Special Golf Booklet descriptive of the Course and containing the only Aeroplane Map of a golf course ever made in America, will be mailed you if you wish. Address GEO. F. ADAMS, MGR. P. O. ADDRESS, " FORTRESS MONROE, VA. "XT
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