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Evening journal., 1904-10-17
NIGHT IN CITY
LODGE ROOMS
What the Wide Awake Secret
Societies in Wilmington
Are Doing

Wilmington Lodge No. S07, =. p. o.
Eixs held memorial services IN their
hall on Saturday evening for the late
Past Grand Exalted Ruler Meade -.
Detweiler Of Harrisburg, Pa. This
was done BY direction OF Grand Exalt-
ed Ruler O'Brien. The Elks impress
sive memorial services were gone
through simultaneously by every lodge
OF the order. The regular officers un-
der the direction Of Exalted Ruler Gill
bert $. Jones conducted the services.
Evening journal., 1904-10-17
MADE IN AMERICA
ST. Golf Vests, soc
lMaln Asia

(Main Aisle
White, black, red, green,
flecked with little white dots ;
double-breasted; bach The same as
fronts, in most of them all seams
strapped - made carefully, you
see, in every particular.
Evening journal., 1904-10-17
SOLD AT wANAMAEER's
81 for Any of These
NightgoWns
lAfcadel

8|T'1TT' tAfLautl 3H U4H1II17|
WoHk $1.5O 10 , $s.%5@vayI-
oaS Stples 10 GAo9sss tram.
Dainty hsndkerchiefsuyol round
necks finished with lace insertion ribbon
run, V and round necks with tucks and
dainty little bind embroideries- mat
ter which style you choose, you are sure
10 get pretty, Sersiceable nlghtgown,
Evening journal., 1904-10-17
SILK Blouses. S2.25
Main Aisle

NWalh HlsiCl
Iaffeta, peau de sole, in red,
blue, gray and such serviceable
colorS-the sort Of blouse to wear
with suits. Little tucks and wee
ornaments form a yoke - Just
simple blouses for everyday wear.
No black.
Evening journal., 1904-10-17
6Oc for Csc and 81 Crepe
de Chine -
MADE IN AMERicA-soLD AT WANAMAKERS
Blue-and-Creen Worsted Plaids. 81


"Down East maker, who working on wooen
ss makes the best and Of this dressgoods Made these
Duplicates of the things here in the spring-vhen
pad were not nearly popular nowor yard Now we
have the end Of the lot for 81 a yard
81 inches wide Two sizes Of plaid with little
white pin dot the center
Evening journal., 1904-10-17
independent order Of odd Fellows.

AT the meeting OF Columbia Lodge.
No. 26. Independent order odd Eel
lows on Friday the recently elected
officers were .instalied by Past Grand
Master Goldsmith c. Nallor who was
assltsed by his staff. The officers are
Noble Grand. Harmon J. Hendercr,
Vice Grand, Lewis McCall Record
ing Secretary, Herbert Aldred; Perma-
nont Secrctary. Robert NJ Burns;
treasurer John NJ. Clarnen, r. S. ~.
c.. william d.. SedgNvicki l.. s.. n.
g. Frank p. Hunter; Warden. Harry
Pcnneil; Conductor. Harry Reed; out
side Guard II. W. Mccall; Inside
Guard William j. Mccall: r. $. S.. c.
J.. Buckmasteri l.. 81. s., Frank
Rhagen Chaplain, James Brown; r. S.
". G.. Charles Herdman; l.. S. v. Co.
George Herdman.
Evening journal., 1904-10-17
shield Of Honor.

Wenona Lodge, Shield Of Honor held
a largely attended meeting on Satur-
day evening. After the business ses-
sion the members adjourned 90 Aim
scow's cafe where a luncheon was
served. On next Saturday night the
members Of the Active Association will
go to Camden 20 attend the institution
of branch Of the active association
there and Wenona Lodge intends to
take a large crowd with them.
Evening journal., 1904-10-17
MADE IN AMERICA

Dressing SacQues, soc
main Aisle)
The minute you feel the quality
Of the ripple eideri0uB and see the
pretty cTocheted edges all around,
you know you don't often getsuch
sacques for soc.
Usually they cost 81; different
colors.
Evening journal., 1904-10-17

were made and the great chiefs were
pleased with the progress made by the
degree in the hunting grounds Of Will
mington.
Evening journal., 1904-10-17
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.

Itching Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles. Your druggist VIII refund
money IL PAzO OINTMENT fails 10
cure you IN 6 to Il days. soc.
Evening journal., 1904-10-17
s5c for a 75o kettle 1Ct3h lid
SOC for $l.I5 double boiler

That tells why many want it. 1t also says plainly as
it don't be disappointed this time because you came
too late before"
Gray and blue each piece doHbecoatd on steel Of pure
hlaigria-tke doAbe boiler Is gqAart size inside.
Evening journal., 1904-10-17

Rummsse Sale For Hospital.
The rummage sale Of the Delaware
Evening journal., 1904-10-17

There is a powerful locomotive called an
in New York which has
Evening journal., 1904-10-17
[ MADE IN AMERIcA-soLp All WANAMAKERs |
MADE IN AMENCA-SOLD At WANAMAKERS
A Busy New England Mill
Sends This Enameled Ware
(BasenenO

But hard tries it cannot send fast enough for al
who want it.
Evening journal., 1904-10-17
Store Closes at $50

MADE IN AMERICA-soLD AT MANAMAKERs
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
In Norway and snain.

Norway has a beautiful Christmas
custom. In front of every home on.
Christmas morning is fixed a pole and
from it are hung offerings of corn and
wheat for the winter birds. The Nor
wegian system of giving at Christmas
tide is peculiar. Presents wrapped in
huge trusses of straw are thrown into.
a house through windows or omen
doors, and the recipients are left to.
guess where the offerings come from
till the following Christmas day, when
there is general confession all round
In Spain all work ceases at noon on
tie day before Christmas and the peo-
pie make ready for the great midnight
mass. Three hours before this every
prison in the land is visited by Judges.
accompanied by advocates, and all
prisoners held for minor offenses are
released with benediction and a gift
OF little money. Most Spanish fam
lilies employ physicians by the year.
and their doctors bills are all paid ON
Christmas day. In the morning the
front door of every home is left omen
and scavengers, porters and beggars
enter and ask for a Christmas offer
ing, which in most cases ia freely
given.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
az have, said Rankin.
"'Then | quit. I'll be shot if l play
Romeo
81 deserve to be shot If / allowed
you, Mr. Rankin answered, give your
self no uneasiness. You will do the
voices outside"
Lackaye's Shop Talk.

The wife of Wilton Lackaye is ever
anxious that her husband should be
satisfied with her purchases. Conse-
quently, when she wished to buy a
new winter hat just before leaving
New York this fall, she hauled the
protesting Wilton with her to the mil
liners.
The milliner being engaged, an as
sistant showed Mrs. Lackaye some
hats and quoted their PRICES. Then
the milliner herself took the custom
er in charge, and a more minute in
spection of her wares ensued, while
Mr.. Lackaye looked on as helplessly
as any other man in the same circum-
stances.
Finally it came to choice between
two hats, and Mrs. Lackaye said:
Let me see-what is the price of
this one?"
THAT is sS5, madame" replied the
milliner.
why, your assistant told me the
price was $780," remarked Mrs. Lack
aye with some surprise
well, some one was absent from
rehearsal" explained Mr.. Lackaye to
his wife, in soto voice.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Miss Muffet,s Ambltion.

Irene Cromwell is the feminine
featherweight in the "Babes in Toy
land" company, and doubles in those
interesting character, Little Miss
Muffet and the smallest of the French
dolls. But Miss Cromwell is ambi-
tious out of all proportion to her
weight which is eighty-nine pounds
net, and her height, which is 4 feet
II inches.
Recently she confessed to Librettist
McDonough that she wished to do
something worth while; she wanted
to play a strong scene and have
chance to display her talent. Melon
ough wore a studied expression for a
moment. Then he replied:
Eureka! l have an idea that will
fit you"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

Tlsnt much of life, bein' a hired
man, when you work for some folks.
There l was out in the prairie coun-
try, miles from nowhere. A long days
work, and when it was done, nothin'
to do but sit around and wish you
was back at the old home again. And
thinkin' an dreamin', dreamin' an
thinkin' till you fell asleep. cross
grained, stingy, quarrelsome man to
work for; one you couldn't satisfy, no
matter how well you did your work;
and with wife that matched him.
But it was diff'rent after Nellie'd
come to work there; diff'rent for me,
mean. They didn't change any, I'M
less twas to grow harder to please.
But what did | care for all their
meanness after Nellie'd come? Pshaw,
didn't notice it, for I'd something
better to think about.
Z l can't describe folks looks-never
could. I'm afraid l can't make you
feel the half how pretty and dainty
Nellie really was, with her clear, gray
eyes that at times seemed to be look
in so far off, and her figure so slim
and graceful, and her soft brown hair.
How did she come to be workin'
for them, so different from them as
she was? Well, that l never knew
exactly, for they never spoke to me
about her, and she never talked much
about the things knew was troubling
her, for all her laughin' ways. l had
kind of an idea, though, that she
/ NuoC
pie was dead, an that she'd been Of
fered home there for her work
Well, the days run along, and Nellie
and / was gettin' better acquainted
all the time. | come from a rougher
stock than her, and wasn't naturally
her sort at all, but l know l was
better man, and cleaner one every
way than before she'd come into my
life. The sight of her filed me with
determination to make a success of
myself. But what could l hope to do,
stayin there on that farm? l felt
l must get up and out, and rub up
against the world, and make a man
of myself and then-oh, perhaps then
win Nellie.
I've said l was dead in love with
Nellie, but don't think I'd told her so.
Perhaps she knew it, for somehow a
girl generally guesses at a mans feel
in towards her, though he mayn't
have said a word. But il she did she
| never let on.
Just before Nellie'd come I'd writ
ten to my brother, who was pros
pectin up in Montana, askin' him il
he thought there'd be chance for me
up there. Well, one day, sev'ral
months after that, his answer reached
me. He said for me to come at once.
Instead of goin' to Nellie then and
there, like man, and tellin' her how
l felt towards her, and askin' her if
she'd be willin' to have me for her
husband; and, if so, if she'd wait for
me till got my start-instead of that,
thinks l. I'll just slip away without
sayin' anything, and when the proper
time comes I'll come back and ask
her.
That evenin' when began to pack
up my things, Nellie saw me, an
asked what | was dom.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Seems to me / ought to know YOU"

Seems to me ! ought to know YOU"
after day, week after week, gettin'
what we'd come for-the mountains
gold. We'd had more'n usual luck,
and twice had struck it rich. But
hard as l worked, and eager as was
for success, there was one thing l was
always thinkin' about, an that was
Nellie. What was she doin'? Did she
ever think of me? Did she care for
me? Such questions was askin' my
self all the time. But, fool that was
| didn't write to her, for was think
in all the while, "I'll be goin' back to
her soon; then there1l be time for her
to answer all my questions"
I've said we'd had more'n usual
luck, my brother and 1; so after eight
months or so, one day, says to my
self, 'Now's the time for me to go
back and ask Nellie"
I'll never forget that journey back
What happy world this looks like if
you're only happy yourself. was
two days on the trail back to the rail
road town. 1t seemed a rough, lone
some road when l was comm; but
goin' back l could feel the beauty of
the wild country. And then on the
train, two more days. How diffrent
it all seemed from when went. /
was interested now in everybody and
everything saw.
At one small town where the train
stopped few minutes | looked out,
and there was little jewelry store
across the street. A sudden thought
came to me. an out dashed. | guess
that jeweler thought was a crook
when burst In and asked to see the
best diamond rings for ladies he'd got.
But my roll showed him meant
straight business, and 1t was soon
done. Back to the train ran, and
got 1t just as it was pullin' out.
WELL" thinks l, at amt much of
ring. I'm afraid; but gladly I'll get
her better one, IL only she'll be
willin' to take 1t from me, and wear
it,"
Twas toward nightfall of the sec.
ond day, just In the gray of the twi-
nSnt, tnat the train reached my stop
pin place. 1t had been a happy jour
ney back. Out piled into the cool
air, and walked along the platform,
lookin' to see if there was anyone |
knew. didn't see anyone at first,
but when the train rolled on east |
noticed farmer on wagon just over
the other side of the tracks, and saw
twas Mr.. Welker that lived couple
o. miles past Morse's farm, where /
was bound for.
Good evenin', Mr.. Welker," says l..
IF you're goin' to be headin' for home
soon, will you give me lift as far as
Morse's?"
The old man looked sharp at me.
Seems If l ought to know YOU" he
says. why, amt you the young chap
that was workin out there at Morse's
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Greenroom GoaaIn.

Eugene Du Bots has become a
member of the stock company at the
Bowdoin Square theater. Boston.
Jack Barrymore, brother of Ethel
barrymore, has been engaged to play
in Clyde Fitchs new play, Glad of
It,"
Blanche Hall has been engaged by
Edward G. White to take Mildred Hol-
lands role in THE Power Behind the
Throne"
Adelaide Warren has joined the
New Park Theater stock company, in
Providence, and opened in Woman
Against Woman" making hit.
Pauline Fletcher and John P. Lock
ney now featured in "a Hidden
Crime" will star next season in a new
play under the management of ]. M.
Ward.
The musical comedy, "McAdam and
Eve" by oliver Herford and Henry
Waller, has been accepted by Henry
w. Savage and will be produced after
the holidays.
Christie Macdonald is to have the
principal singing part in Weber and
Fields production of "An English
Daisy" The comedians are to be
Charles Bigelow and John C. Rice.
Theodore Roberts, late with James
K. Hackett, has been engaged by Ed.
ward c. White for prominent role
in the new drama, The Triumph OF
an Empress" in which Mildred Hol
land will star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Ludlcrous ronaue sIlps.

Players are as much a part of the
well-regulated human family in which
accidents are bound to occur as any
one else, and the frequent and often
times ludicrous slips in dialogue dur
ing the presentation of a play are
proof of the fact.
1t is told of an amateur in a West
ern city, playing part in temper
ance drama, that he had the line:
And promise never to drink another
drop" But the young man, becoming
bit flustered, declared with conf
dence and distinctness: "And | prom
Use never to drop another drink"
Blanche Weaver an actress in the
company supporting Mr. Sothern in
srhe Lady of Lyons" on one occasion,
had the line which runs: mo divorce
can separate a mother from her son"
But what Miss Weaver said was, mo
divorce can separate a Sothern from
his men," Mr.. Sothern was himself
on the stage in that scene. He saw
the topsy-turvy sentence coming
something intuitive warned him of it.
and he FASTENED to cover up the lines
with his next speech. But he was not
quick enough to conceal the blunder
from the people in the foremost rows,
and laugh went up that interrupted
the action of the play and caused won
der in the rear of. the house, where
the error had not been detected. Miss
Weaver was so overcome with morti-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

last year. and went to make your for
T. ne somewheres out in the wilder
.ass?"
Guess you're right" says |.
AND so you didn't get your for
tune"
what makes you think that?"
"Why, natural enough; | figure that
no one that's ever left old man
Morse's will yearn particular to go
back except he's dead broke
well. you're not so far off there"
says l.; but then you see it's some
body besides Morse and his wife I'm
goin' to see."
"Then I'm feared you won't see
him, leastways not tonight says he,
for there amt no one elst Twin with
EN-"
through me. "You don't mean," says
|, that there's no one at all Twin
with 'em?"
Us there?" says he.
why, Nellie-Miss Wesley-you
know-isn't she stayin with 'em
still?"
The old man looked at me long
time before he finally shook his head.
MY boy" says he, you won't find
her there And so you hadn't heard
of it? l guess 1t want very many
weeks after you'd left. Yes, my
daughter knew her a little, and after
hearin' she'd come down, used to ride
over occasionally to see her Tho doc
tor said twas the typhoid was ailin'
her; but my girl thinks twas that an
somethin besides, somethin that was
wearin' on her mind. | reckon them
miserable Morses hadn't treated her
any too good; for though she didn't
complain, bein' of the gentle sort, my
daughter suspicioned the poor child
was dying, for some reason, of a
broken heart"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Banker Wanted Inforna.ion

In his memoirs Adolf Kussmaui re-
lates curious story of Heidelberg
banker. This banker was known for
his naughty, forbidding manners; con
sequently DR.. Nuhn, the professor Of
anatomy, was much surprised one day
when the banker came and sat with
him in railway car and, after pleas
ant chat, asked him all sorts of ques--
tons, especially about the anatomy OF
the heart. The next day he even
called by permission in the medical
department and watched the profes,
sor dissecting one Of those organs.
Then he drove home and committed
suicide by skillfully plunging dagger
into his heart.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
THE MINISTER MEANT WELL.
But His Good Wishes Bodied III for
the Congregation.

NhS ONiiSi N5ahiOiis
The debt of the struggling little
church had all been paid off but $500
A minister noted for his skill and
success in raising church funds had
been sent for and was presiding over
the meeting. The work of stirring up
the audience to the requisite pitch of
enthusiasm had begun. Subscriptions
rose rapidly to 5000, tnen to $500, and
after considerable effort to $500,
where they stuck. In vain the visit
ing brother exhorted and pleaded. The
limit of the cash resources of the
congregation appeared to have been
reached, and at last he sat down dis
couraged.
Then Brother Burymen, a highly re-
spected undertaken, who had made a
liberal subscription already, rose and
said:
Brethren, this thing shant fall
through after it has got as far along
as $500. l believe in a man giving as
he has prospered, and, although have
given a pretty good-sized donation. [
am ready to do more. I'll pay the last
$500 myself"
Il don't know your name, brother, >"
shouted the visiting preacher, jump
ing to his feet with enthusiasm. but
l hope your business will double dur
ing the coming year, and believe il
will"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
fication that when the curtain went
down she wept and would not be com
forted
Lionel and John Barrymore.

1t will be recalled that John Barry
more, the third of the Barrymore chill
dren, recently made an appearance as
an actor In the company supporting
Nance O'Neil in "Magda." John is an
artist by profession and preference,
and paints very good pictures, but he
recently made up his mind to act, and
his appearance here was the result.
To Lionel Barrymore, the brother,
the incident has recalled his own first
experience on the stage. He, too.
made the plunge with a company man
aged by Mckee Rankin. And he was
also the juvenile. THE position was
not arduous," says he. Edwin Holt
was playing the leads, and | was not
intrusted with anything more serious
than Richard Hare in East Lynne
81 never had any illusions about my
romantic ability, and find mucn more
pleasure in playing the hard-headed
old burgher than any young heroes.
Zone day Rankin put up the bal
cony scene in Romeo and Juliet for
a curtain raiser.
81 went straight to his hotel.
"Took here, / said, I'm not kick
er, and don't want you to regard me as
an insubordinate, but here's where
quit / understand that you have put
up Romeo and Juliet won't play
Romeo
THAT'S right said Rankin What
of it?'
"'Simply this want to know
whether you have cast me in tbs
piece?'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Kelvin pIsIIkes EIeetrIo Lluht.

1t is a curious fact that Lord KEEL
win, who has done so much to ad-
vance the worlds knowledge Of cleo.
tricity, dislikes the electric light.
When he visited this country a few
years ago with Lady Kelvin they
spent weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
George Westinghouse. whose Lenox
home after shutdown is blaze of cleo
ericity.
The first night they spent there
Lady Kelvin rang up servant to beg
they might ''be accommodated with a
couple of tallow dips, as they were
unaccustomed to such intense light i'm
their bedroom"
Lord Kelyins country home i'm
Scotland is an transformations house
overlooking the Clyde at I.args. where.
electricity is unknown even for public.
Illumination
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

"oh, just goin' up in the country a
ways" says l.
81 suppose it must seem dull to you
here" says Nellie. But you're not
goin' to be gone long, that is, very
long, are your"
The pretty child. l could see she
was trying to talk in lively, cheer
full way; yet she couldn't keep an
anxious tone out of her voice.
WELL" says l, "that'll depend most
ly on whether have luck or not.
There's girl. too, thatll have some
thing to say about it,
l could see Nellie give start when
/ said that, and thinks |, she knows
Of course | mean her" But just then
was called away by MIR. Morse. my
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

employer, who wanted some help out
in the stock sheds, and was kept
longer'n I'd expected, and so didn't
get to tell Nellie that night what I'd
finally decided | would. Twas late
when l got through an went back to
the house, an Nellie'd gone to her
room.
had to be up and off early the
next mornin', for there was a long
walk to the station, and the train
went through about five o'clock. |
hung around, waitin' for Nellie to
come down, but she didn't appear.
Then l began to think she might be
stayin' back purposely, dreadin' to
meet me because she didn't care for
me after all, and was afraid of what
l might ask her. Fool again, / was
So l didn't wait quite as long as |
might, but went away feelin' as If I'd
a lump of lead in my heart.
Montana's a great country. My
brOther'n [ worked side nv side day
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

The New York artist who left direo-
tons in his win that one of his friends
should look over his paintings and de-
stroy all the bad ones evidently picked
out the right man. The friend says
that all of them are good.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

1t has been practically decided that
those wind shields and paced records
will not be admitted as regular, but
will have to go into class by them
selves. That's right, give Father Time
q square deal, just as he gives every
body else.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

Mrs. Ogden Goelet says she is dis
gusted with America. and will in fu-
ture make her home in Europe. She
has not decided. however. to refuse
TO touch any more filthy American
iucre.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

Commander Robert e. Peary. who
in June next begins his farewell tour
10 the north pole. says: 81 shall not
take my wife with me-" Now, per-
haps Mrs. Peary wouldn't put 1t in
Just that way.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

The whole number of pieces of
stamped paper sold by the postof1ce
last year was 7.O24,902. 1856. This coun-
try pays big stamp tax now without
complaint.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

As usual at this time of year, the
more one looks at the literature in the
Christmas magazines the more one is
disposed to admire the truly beautiful
pictures.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

A New York preacher became the
father Of triplets few days ago. II
be can go on preaching peace on earth
now 1t will have to be admitted that
he's a wonder
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

There is renewed talk of shortening
the college course. But how can an
expert football player succeed In doing
in three years what he is expected TO
do in four years?