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The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23
WHY EYESIGHT FAILS
INFERIOR ARTIFICIAL LIGHT FIRE.
QUENTLY THE CAUSE.

nluminants OF the Past, One and All,
Have Serious Defects-Acetylene Gas,
With Its Clear, ~Unwavering, Yet Soft
Flame Cannot Hurt the Eyes.
New York, June 2O.-No one can go
into our schools or meet q group Of
children on the street without noticing
how large O number of them wear
spectacles. The proportion seems to
increase yearly, and there are many
more who ought to wear glasses. The
experience of one teacher might be du-
plicated by the score. She knew Alice
was inattentive and she thought she
was unusually stupid. She said SO
to the principal and sent a note to
the mother, requesting that the child
be helped at home if she wished her
to keep up with her class. One day
after a blackboard explanation, the
teacher called upon the child and found
that she had not seen what had been
written. She was kept after school
and by dint of much sympathetic cues
tioning Miss c. found that Alice had
been able to see what was put
on the board and that her head had
ached so often and so hard that she
frequently failed to hear what was
said.
Such a condition may be caused by
lack of proper food, but in our Ameri-
a homes it is usually due to the poor
quality of the artificial light. The yell
low, insufficient light of the ordinary
kerosene lamp, with its smoky CHM
ney, is about as bad for the eyes as
can be imagined. The Pickering light
from a coal gas jet is but little better,
and even the electric light, brilliant
as 1t usually is, has an u~nsteadiness
due to variations in power, and a glare
peculiarly trying to the delicate nerves
of sight. The comparatively new IL
luminant acetylene gas produces as
nearly perfect an artificial light as has
yet been found. 1t gives a clear white,
u~nwavering light, very brilliant, yet
perfectly soft, and so nearly like the
rays of the sun that even colors APP
pear as in daylight.
Fortunately, acetylene Is very easily
~ho NhSoplJ plOouSOuJ uAu INT SlllplS
apparatus necessary can be purchased
and installed in any home at a very
moderate cost, and the acetylene can
be piped to convenient points In the
house where a light is needed. 1t is
then lighted and eXtinguished and used
exactly like common city gas.
Acetylene is rapidly coming into
common use in homes, churches,
schools and institutions of all kinds,
and 1t is reasonable to expect that as
its use in the home Increases, there
will be fewer defective eyes, particu-
larly among children. Poor eyesight
and the many ills resulting therefrom
will undoubtedly be much reduced by
the use of this new illuminant.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23

James Braid, with q score of 31S, won
the open golf championship at st. An
drew, Scotland.
Thirteen automobilists completed the
economy tour of the Long Island Auto
mobile Club within schedule time.
Michel Ephrussi's Finasseur. with
Nash Turner, the American jockey, up,
won the Grand Prix at Longchamps,
France.
Beals C. White and William A.
Larned won in singles in the round
robin lawn tennis tournament at the
Crescent A. C.
The third annual summer dog show
of the Ladies' Kennel Association of
America was held at the Fair Grounds,
at Mineola, l.. l.
Bryn Mawr defeated the Philadel-
phia Country Club in the first polo
match Of the tournament for the
Goughacfes Cup.
In a mile spin OH the Hudson. mt
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, the first varsity
eight of tie Columbia defeated the sec
ond varsity by four lengths.
Miss Lucille Alger and Miss L. n.
Grace won the lions share of prizes
with their poodles at the bench show
of the Ladies' Kennel Association. at
Mlneola. L. !.
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DECLARES WAR ON LOBBYISTS
Herrick Proposes to Drive Bribers of
Legislators From Ohio.

Sandusky, Ohio.-An open declara-
ton of war against professional lobby
ing i'll the Legislature of Ohio, made
by Governor Herrick, has stirred up
politicians all over the State. In a
speech at the banquet of the Ohio AS
ISOLATED Dailies, at Cedar Point, the
Governor said:
Lobbying is a deadly poison in the
Well-spring of legislation. 1t is respon-
sible, in the main, for the low estimate
in which Our law making bodies are
held by many throughout the entire
country.
THE professional lobbyist is a GRIM
1nal. BY that l mean the man who Of
fers a fixed bride to promote or restrict
legislation. His great crime lies in the
destruction Of the faith in the honesty
of our citizens and the honesty of man
kind.
"We must do more than arrest. we
must cXterminate the professional
lobby.
"Other communities have risen and
eradicated this pernicious practice, and
Ohio should move with no laggard step
to do likewise. AS far as it lies within
my power l purpose to set on foot this
reform."
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BOSTON HOLDS RECORD.
Cost of Running Public Buildings De-
partment Highest Of American Cities.

Cost of Running Public Buildings De-
partment Highest of American Cities.
Boston, Mass.-According to official
figures Boston municipal "grafters'
hold the record. The statistics pre-
pared by Harvey S. Chase, an expert,
In the Mayors office, show that the ex-
pense per capita of running the Public
Buildings Department alone is twenty
four cents a year, estimating Boston's
population at 100000. This, according
TO the same source of information, is
against the per capita cost in New
York for the same department of TWEEN
ty cents; Philadelphia, fourteen cents;
st. Louis, ten cents, and Baltimore.
sixteen cents.
Fictitious names have been found on
the rolls and ~syndicates have been Or
ganized to do carpenter work and cleo
tric wiring for public buildings for
which men were already carried on the
pay rolls, while one concern has a mo-
nopoly In disinfectants which is max
ing it rich.
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Mexican Imports Expand.

Statistics for the first nine months OF
the current fiscal year show that Next
can imports amounted to a gold value
OF $57,5OO,OO0, a gain of $4,000 over
he corresponding period Of the pre-
vious fiscal period. The chief increase
is in goods from the United States.
The total exports, silver value. was
S13S, 10000, Il decrease of 50, 1914, 900,
mainly in lines of henequen fiber, fine
woods and Mexican dollars, expectation
of when has fallen off considerably,
owing to the monetary reform.
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NERVOUSNESS and
WEAKNESS CURED
BY PE-RU-hA.

Miss Sadie Robinson, 4 Rand street,
Maiden, Mass, writes:
"Peruna was recommended to me about
a year ago as an excellent remedy for the
troubles peculiar to our sex, and as | found
that all that was said of this medicine was
true, l am pleased to endorse it.
81 began to NSe it about seven
months ago for aCeaEneSs and nerU-
business, caused from OCerlCOTE and
SteepteSsalesS, and found that in q
TeO days L began to grOlO strong, my
appetite increased and 1 began to
steep better, consequently nNy nerU-
business passed array and the 1UeGk-
"ess IN the peJUic organs soon dis
appeared and I hare been tOelE
and strong Der since"
Address DR.. S.. b. Hartman, President
Of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
o., for free medical advice. All cores
pondence strictly confidential.
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An amusing story of Hans Won Bue~
low, the famous German pianist and
conductor, is contained n the volume
Of his letters that has just been is
sued in Germany. After a very sue
cessful appearance which he made at a
concert in Chicago he came forward
in acknowledgment of the applause.
Beaming on the audience, he began:
"After all, ladies and gentlemen,
there is only one city"-here he was In
terrupted by a prolonged burst of APP
plause. When there was a lull he
concluded, "and that is-New York.
Harper's Weekly.
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Watch Made in 1878 Still Running

Edward W. Nuckolls, a jeweler, in
Eldora, Iowa, has in his possession
one Of six hand made silver Swiss
watches which were constructed by
John Sampson in London, England,
in 177S. There are three cases, the
first, or outer case, being made Of
black tortoise shell, richly embossed
and beaded. The watch proper has a
silver hunting case, which is chased
by hand on the outside. Silver figures
in relief make the case a very hand
some one and show a great deal of
work and skill. The third case is Of
silver, the works are Of the finest
watch metal, richly chased and en-
grayed, and the specimen is indeed
beautiful. The watch keeps splendid
time, and is more accurate than some
of the modern watches as a timekeep-
er. Over twenty-five years ago q
stranger who said that he was a farm
hand brought the watch to Mr.. Ezra
Nuckolls for repairs, and since that
time he has never been heard FROM
Des Moines Register and Leader.
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Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot Ease.
Apowder. 1t rests the feet. Cures Corn3,
Bunions. Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching
Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens
Foot-Ease makes new or right shoes easy. AT
all Druggists and Shoe stores, Is cents. Ac-
ecpt no substitute. Sample mailed FREE,
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
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BOWEN IS DISMISSED
President Roosevelt Acts on Venez-
uelan Diplomatic Scandal.
LOOMS SEVERELY REBUKED

Monomania In Bowen's Case-President
Reviews Entire Affair In His Letter
80 Secretary Taft-Loomis May Get a
Minor Post MIR. Bowen Refuses g
Give Out Any Immediate Statement.
Washington, d. C.-The dismissal of
Minister Herbert w. Bowen from the
Diplomatic Service and the retention
B. Loomis, although after such a
scorching rebuke as has seldom been
administered to an officer of his rank,
are the results of Secretary Taft's
long investigation of the scandal af-
fectlng the two men. The report Of
Mr.. Taft and the. Presidents reply
were made public at the War Depart
ment.
Mr.. Bowen's departure from the SER
vice was anticipated, but it was sup
posed that he would be permitted to
resign. Mr.. Bowen made his dismissal
necessary by telling the President that
he would regard a resignation as an
admission of misconduct. The Presi-
dent In his letter says that until this
scandal came up he had intended to
promote Mr.. Bowen.
The action taken with regard to Mr..
LOOMS is more of a surprise. 1t had
been expected that the Assistant Sec
rotary would escape either scot free
or with a light rebuke. Instead, Mr..
Taft, while acquitting him of the
charges brought against him by Bowen,
scores in strong language his behavior
in mixing up i'll business investments
in Venezuela. The President adopts
this language as his own.
Mr.. LOOMS is a candidate for an en-
bassy. The view of his conduct taken
by the President and Mr.. Taft makes
it unlikely that he will get it. Mr..
Taft's language, however, is taken here
as indicating that he may be let down
with a less important post.
Secretary Taft's letter is fully re-
viewed in the Presidents letter.
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Bowen at East Orange.

Herbert w. Bowen, who has been
dismissed from the diplomatic service,
returned to East Orange, N. j., late
in the evening, unexpectedly to his
family. He was stopping at the home
of Arthur Clegg, 124 Prospect street.
Il will say nothing now" said Mr..
Bowen, after listening to a synopsis
of the Presidents letter. "Such a doc
ument calls for a careful and full re-
nlv."
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REFUSES WOULD-BE BRIDES.
Eloping Couples From Pittsburg Were
Sent Back From Ohio Unmarried,

Pittsburg, Pa.-No more can Pennsyl-
vania would-be brides invade Ohio and
be legally married. The Probate Court
Of Ohio has decided that the justices
of Columbiana County, the "Gretna
Green" of Ohio, cannot secure marriage
licenses by telephone as heretofore.
Then, again, the marriage license can
not be granted unless the prospective
bride is a resident of the State.
Recently numerous couples who have
not become acquainted with the new
order of things have been disappointed
In not being able to get married. Eight
couples were turned away by one Jus
tice in East Liverpool recently.
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make you irritable; you can't sleep,
you are unable to quietly and calmly
perform your daily tasks or care for
your children.
The relation of the nerves and gen.
erative organs in women is so close
that nine-tenths of the ervou pros
t%ration, debility, the blues,
sleeplessness and nervous ~irritability
arise from some arrangement of the
organism which makes her a woman.
Fits of depression or restlessness and
irritability. Spirits easily affected. so
that one minute she laughs, the next
minute weeps. Pain in the Ovaries and
between the shoulders. Loss of voice;
nervous dyspepsia. A tendency to cry
at the least provocation. All this points
to nervous ~prostration.
Nothing will relieve this distressing
condition and prevent months of pros
tration and suffering so surely as Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. NJ. E. Shotwell, of 103 Flatbush
Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y, writes:
81 cannot express the wonderful relief /
have experienced by taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. / suffered for
a long time with nervous prOstration, back
ache, headache, loss of appetite. l could
not sleep and would walk the floor almost
every night.
~ had three doctors and got no better, and
life was a burden. l was advised to try
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and it has worked wonders for me.
am a well woman, my nervousness is all
gone and my friends say l look ten years
younger"
Will not the volumes of letters from
women made strong by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound convince
all women of its virtues Surely you
cannot wish to remain sick and weak
and discouraged, exhausted each day,
when you can be as easily cured as
other women.
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Mayor Weaver Arrests J. w. Hill.
Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia, Pa,
caused the arrest of John ". Hill on
the charges of forgery and of falsify-
ing books and papers belonging to the
city.
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Trade REPORTS Irregular

Although trade reports are still ir.
regular and in many cities below ex.
pectations, there has been improve.
ment in response to higher temperature
and less rain.
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Cholera and %dysentery are still raging
at Hardin, the Russian city in Man
churia. The death rate is 100 a day.
There are now $4,000 sick and wound
ed Russian soldiers at Hardin.
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DEATH FOLLOWED LAUGH.

Business Man Expires After Hearing
Funny Story on Train.
Fort Dodge, Iowa.-Ralph T. Jack
son, a Dubuque business man, laughed
1mmoderately at a story told him by
the conductor on the Illinois Central
train. Twenty minutes later the con-
ductor passed Jackson, who appeared
to be asleep. The conductor shook him
and asked If he wanted another story.
Jackson made no response. He was
dead. A Coroner's jury declared he
expired of heart failure.
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Kidney Pills l told
the readers of this
paper that they had
relieved me of kid
ney trouble, dis
posed of a lame
back with pain
across my loins and
beneath the Shout
der blades. During
the interval which
has elapsed | have
had occasion to re-
sort to Doan's Kid
ney Pills when l
noticed warnings of
an attack. On each
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23
Views of an EXDert.

James Dalrymple, Glasgow expert,
says municipal ownership of railways
will not succeed in America unless alb
solutely divorced from politics.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23
Explosion Killed 200.

Five hundred persons were killed il
the explosion which occurred at the
Ivan c~olliery ct Khartsisk, belonging
to the Russian D0netz Company.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23

In the Uganda protectorate, described
by Sir Henry Johnston, there are the
largest lake. the largest swamp and
the largest forest in Africa.
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FITSpermanently cured. No fits ornervous-
ness after first days use of DIR. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer S2trial bottleand treatise free.
DIR. r. H. KLINE, Ltd. ,931 Arch St., Phtla., Pa.
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in Canoe.

Seven men were drowned near 1Ia-
zleton. b. c., by their canoe being
wrecked.
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One Million For Fairgrounds.
The New York City Board of Alder
nen voted 100000 for Fairgrounds.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23

Harvesting has begun in Texas. ia.
vored by dry, hot weather, and some
cutting is reported north as far as
Southern Kansas
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma-
ton, aliays pain, cureswind collie, 25c.a bottle.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23
Steel Mills Rusv.

Many steel mills are unable to make
deliveries for several months, owing
to the amount of business already on
the books.
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and every occasion the results obtained
were just as satisfactory as when the
pills were first brought to my notice,
| just as emphatically endorse the
preparation to-day as | did over two
years ago."
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y,
proprietors. For sale b.v all druggists,
price so cents per box.
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One of the great pyramids CT Egypt has
been struck by lightning.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23
Retail Business Good

There is Il larger volume of retail
trade and an improved recorder bust
ness at wholesale.
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Ever Tried Coffee This WAY ?

Oyama says he attributes mis- success to
the virtues of his Emperor.
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Little Speculative BUYING

There is little speculative buying.
but more disposition to provide for fu.
ture requirements.
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SHOT HER s CHILDREN DEAD.
Wife of New Mexico Sto~ kman Then
Turns Rifle on Herself.

Tucumcari, N. M.-Mrs. George
Campbell, wife of a prominent stock.
nan whose ranch is four miles west
OF this place, suddenly went insane
and took a rifle and shot her five chill
dren to death. Then she committed
suicide.
The woman first attempted to shoot
her husband, who escaped and went
for aid. When he returned he found
the family dead.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23

A Partisan complains that kissing is out
Of fashion in France.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23

am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-Mrs. THOMAS Rob-
ERTs, Maple St, Norwich, NY Feb. II, 1900
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23

Emperor Nicholas of Russia received
the deputation from the Moscow COP
gress at Peterhof.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23

Veteran Joshua Heller, of FOG South
Walnut street, Urbana, ILL.,, says: I'm
the fall of 1899, after. taking Doan's
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23
Secretary Hay at Washington.

Secretary Hay arrived in Washing
ton, d. c., and had an interview will
the President.
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Prosecution of Cork Abandoned

The proceedings against Maxim Cor
XII, the author, who was charged with
melting the disturbances in st. Peters
burg, Russia, last January, have been
abandoned.
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AN AWFUL SKIN M
Covered Head, Neck and ShOuIders-Suf-
fered Agony For Twenty-Five Years
Until Cured by Cuticura.

Until Cured by C~uticura.
"For twenty five years 1 suffered agony
from a terrible humor, completely covering
my head, neck and shoulders, ~discharging
matter of such o~ffensiveness to sight and
smell that / became an object of dread. l
consulted the most able doctors far and
near, to nc avail. Then / got Cuticuras
and in a surprisingly short time l was COM
pletely cured. | advise all those suffering
from skin humors to get Cuticura and end
their misery at once. S. p. Reyes, l49
Congress Street, Boston, Mass"
No fewer than ff~ty-seven British
peers have no heirs to succeed them.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23

A pig is usually kept in every stable in
Persia.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23
Heavy Rains in Ninpoeo+a

Heavy rains have not hurt sprina
wheat in Minnesota and the Dak6tas'
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Gains Over Last Year.
All measures of trade movement still
point Enthusiastically to large gains in
all lines over q year ago.
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New Canal Omen
Feminine Notes.

The Truckee-Carson Canal, below
Reno, New, was opened.
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ALL DONE OUT.

Los Angeles now claims 1000 in.
haDltants. N.Y.-25.
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Prohibition Maxim From JaDan.

Prohibition Maxim From Japan.
1t is difficult to beat the Japanese in
philosophy, too. One of their wise saws
is: "First the nan takes a drink, then
the drink takes a drink, then the drink
takes a man."-Washington Post.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23

Plague of Caterpillufs.
Eastern and Southeastern Texas
have a plague of caterpillars.
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8bs4NqBtcts
Wholesale Prices QaOte1 in New York

MILK.
The Milk Exchange price for standard
quality is &c. per quart.
RuTTE
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Nervous Women
Their Suferings Arc Usually
Due to Uterine Disorders
Perhaps Unexpected
A MEDICINE THAT CURES

Can we dispute
the well known
thatAmerican
women are ner-
?
| How often do we
hear the express
sion, Il am so ner-
lvous, 1t seems as il
u should hy;" or,
g Don't speak to
me" Little things
annoy o and
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-21

for life. The home for consumptives
will be benefited.
OF the "Dream of Fair Women" it
would be hard to say too much. The
bellies never looked fairer than in the
quaint costumes of the years of long
ago. Under the direction of Frank
Pollock every detail of the performance
was carried out in the most perfect
manner and his charming wife as Marie
Antoinette made picture that will long
be remembered, after the talented
couple have returned to New York.
In the role of the poet Roy Jones ap-
peared to advantage, and Helen of
Troy as portrayed by Miss Grace Mellus
was indeed beautiful. Miss Georgina
Jones was Cleopatra and Antony could
hardly have known a more handsome
one. Miss Ellie Mosgrove was Iphi-
ginia, and Miss Echo Aliens blonde
beauty was we'll suited to her part of
fair Rosamond. Mrs Robert Farqua-
Georgia Caswell as Joan of Arc would
have HAD not a particle of trouble in
conquering anyone. Miss May Ridge
way was excellent in the role of Mary
| Stuart
Chiaffarelli's band assisted with this
production and also played for the
dancing which followed.
In Charge of Booths
The candy booth, always a favorite
| spot with those of the sweet tooth,
was in charge of Mr.. and Mrs. D.
Mountjoy Cloud, Mrs. Henry Carlton
Lee, Mrs. Harry l.. Bixby, Louise
Burke, Adelaide Brown, Louise Nc
Farland and Bri Conroy.
The refreshments were served by
Mines. Ramsey, Jessica Clark, Jameson
Mckee, Loomis, Hyman, Groesbeck
and the Misses Lucy, Katharine and
Inez Clark, Mary and Margaret Lee,
Ruth Sterry, Marjory Brown, Elsa
Burt, Grace Rowley, Mclaughlin
Eleanor Paralta, Bonny Ryan. Dorothy
Hutton, Phyllis Lindsay, Cochran, Eff
fe Corson, Frances Coulter, Lila Lett
Grace Carr, Helen King, Edith De
Luna, Eline Frevet, Grace Lavaya and
Ethel Fraser.
In the flower booth Mr.. and Mrs
Cosmo Morgan were seen and they
were assisted by Miss Jane Wiltshire
Miss Clara Carpenter, Miss May Ridg-
way and Miss Dorothy Jones, little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Jones.
The lemonade table was in charge Of
Mr. and Mrs. E. Avery Mccarthy, who
were assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Ton
Otis and c. Wesley Roberts. Don Nc.