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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23
SOCIETY dk WoNAh'S
and a M0RK

One of the handsomest of the sea-
sons receptions occurred yesterday
afternoon, when Mrs. Harry W.
'CubertsOn, Mrs. Rollin M. Shute and
Mrs. Henry IL. Stone received at the
David McWilliams home, Center
street, east.
This graceful colonial residence,
with its air of other days, is one of
the most attractive in the city, and
clusters Of white flowers with trail
ing masses of green added just the
artistic touch to the dainty interior.
In the receiving line with the
hostesses was Mrs. Tom II. Holder
of New York City. Misses Marion
Holder and Nadine Shute directed the
gnestsSto the dressing rooms.
In the parlors, Mesdames Arthur
E. Cheney. Charles Hess. Joseph T.
Matthews and @. n. Sargent assisted
informally.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23
MISFORTUNE
and DEATH
Man Who Lost All, Disap.
peared and Suddenly Re-
turned Dies at Railway
Station.

New York, Jan. %. Gustav A.
Meyers, the ship broker of Calves
ton, who disappeared last month
after telling his wife that he had
lost his fortune Of 100000 in
Wall street and that he intended
to k'dl himself, and who subse-
quently appeared nj the hospital
where his wife was under treat
mcnt, died on an elevated railroad
station platform here.
lie was attacked by the fatal
illness just after he had surrender
ed his seat in u train TO wo-
man.
When Mcydrs, disappeared, Just
after Christmas, he sent letter
TO his wife, then lying critically i'll
in a boarding house telling her of
the loss Of his fortune and saying
he was going to end it all by
death in the river. With the lett
ter was the overcoat Meyers had
worn and other effects.
Through the publication of the
story n wealthy woman became an
terested in the case and had Mrs
Meyers moved to hospital, where
a serious operation was performed
A few days later Meyers called at
the hospital but his wife resued ia
see him. He was not heard from
again until today, when his identity
became known through papers
found Ia his pocket.
He was about 65.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23

The dining room showed the pre-
vailingS&hades Of green with white.
The table canterpiece was basket
of odd shape holding growing maid
enhar fern and tied with bows and
streamers Of white tulle. Here Mrs.
Mitchell Strelitz and Mrs. Oswald
Wollenweber presided while Misses
Edna DoWolfe, Grace Culbertson,
Florence Bland and Fannie Culbert-
son served.
The hours were from two until half
after four o'clock, during which time
more than hundred and fifty callers
exchanged greetings.
At half after six covers at dinner
were laid for the hostcsses and their
assistants of the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George b. Chris
tian Jr. have issued invitations for
cards on the evening of Wednesday
January the thirtieth.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23
Recent Winds Play Havoc
With Telephone Lines.
NO SEASON ALL SUNSHINE
For Those in Charge of Tele-
phone Plants.
Lightning and Wind are the Two
Things Which Cause Most uEx-
pense in Maintaining Plant

There is probably no business that
lis effected by weather conditions as
much as the operation of telephone
plant, with its system of wires. This
is especially true when the lines
Operated extend to any great distance
in the country, furnishing service to
country subscribers and toll-line con.
nections with the various exchanges.
There seems to be no season Of the
year that an exchange is entirely
free from these atmospheric disurb-
ances. During the spring and sum-
mer months the operating company
suffers most from heavy static dis
charges in the form OF lightning. AL
Though every possible means may
be taken TO furnish discharge points
along the lines and at the instru
ments. the damage from lightning is
la source of great expense. II Is the
telephones and central office equip
Imentswhicn suffers most from light
ming storms. Receivers and trans
mitters are destroyed, ringing and
induction coils are burned out and
similar damage is done to the switch
boards. Until these repairs can be
made, the subscribers are without
connection with their Lcighhors and
trading points.
Lines in the city do not suffer as
much damage from lightning as the
lines in the rural districts. This is
due to the fact that a city affords
numerous discharge points, such as
church spires, tall smoke stacks at
the factories and tin roofs on the
business blocks with metal spouting
leading to the earth. However. city
lives are by no means free from
trouble of this source.
Another source of trouble which is
beyond human power TO prevent, Is
the wind storms. The amount of
damage from wind reaches enormous
figures every year. The city and
country lines suffer alike in this re-
spect. During heavy wind storms,
brackets are torn from houses poles
are broken off, pins are snapped from
the crossarms and wires are broken
and twisted in every conceivable
shape. II there are any imperfcctions
in the manufacture of the wire, the
heavy wind storms will bring them
to light. Frequently, no more SER
ious damage is done than wrapping
the lines together. making n sys-
ten of crosses occurring every three
or four spans. Again during these
storms trees are blown across the
wires. often breaking as many as
twenty lines and splntering the poles
on either side.
Damage from wind Is even greater
in the city. Lines, in breaking, fall
across live wires, carrying heavy
currents, and ten or a dozen tele-
phones may be damaged and often
beyond repair, by the breaking of a
single wire. These heavy currents
Frequently set fire to poles. burn
ing up cable terminal boxes and
sections of lead covered cable, and
under these conditions an hundred or
more telephones are put out Of serv.
ice until repairs can be made.
The wind storms OF the past week
have been trying ones for the local
telephone companies. Lines have
been damaged both in the city and
country, and the loss has been unus-
Iually large.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23
Brief lllention

The Ladies Auxiliary Of the u b.
Church will meet Thursday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Cox, on Sugar
street.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Reformed Church will hold its
monthly business meeting Thursday
evening at the home of Miss Alice
Knehler, on South Main street.
Company d held its regular drill
Tuesday evening, after which some
trmc was devoted to cleaning up the
armory. The boys are preparing FOL
an inspection by some regular
army officer, about the middle of
next month, the date not as yet
having been definitely fixed.
r. s. Parsons, general supervisor
of maintenance of way of the Erie
road circles because of his frequent
visits here, has been promoted to
the position of assistant general sup
.erintendent of the Eric between Sala-
'manca and Chicago. The appoint
ment will go into effect next week.
The Epworth League of the Ger
man NJ. e Church held its regular
monthly business meeting in the
parlors of the church Tuesday night.
The attendance was only fair The
regular monthly reports were sub
mitted, showing very interesting re-
Isults from the work of the organi-
zation. a short social session con-
cluded the meeting.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23

The members of the G.. r. c. 6.
club met last evening and journeycd
in body to the home of Mrs.
James Thatcher, pleasantly surprising
her AID presenting her with hand
some remembrance. After tarryiDg
for few moments the party pro-
ceeded TO the home of Mrs. Ray
Shaifcr, where Il complete surprise
was in order Tho hostess invited
the club members in, and tho even.
ing was pleasantly spent in music
and games, after which q dainty
luncheon was served. Mrs. Shaffer
was the recipient of n number Of
beautiful and useful presents, gifts
from her friends and guests.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23

Mesdames Harry w. Culbertson,
Rolln VI. Shute and Henry H. Stone
will entertain with luncheons on the
afternoons of Thursday and Friday,
January the twenty-fourth and twen-
ty-ffth
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23

Members of the w. S. j. Club en-
joycd the hospitality of the Stol!
home. Vine street south, Tuesday.
The afternoon amu,emcnts were of
Il most Informal nature including
music and embroidery. A dainty
spread was served at the tea hour
with the hostess, Mrs. Marion Stoll
presiding.
Miss Myers, of Bucyrus, and Mrs
o. G.. Gompf, Of Lucille, Idaho, were
present from out of town.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23

Eyes tested and fitted with glasses!
Ozone cures catarrh, electric massage
cures deafness. See DR.. Lunger, Hub
Ter Block. 1-23-Gtp
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23
The Price of Peace

The terrible itching and smarting,
incident to certain skin diseases, IS
almost instantly allayed by applying
IChamberlains Salve. Price % cents.
For sale by all druggists.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23

Dade's Little Liver Pills thoroughly
clean the system good for lazy livers,
makes clear compilations, bright eyes
and happy thoughts.
Sold by FlockeD's Drug Store.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23

Only routine business was transact
ed at well attended meeting Of the
Red Men, held in the lodge halls
Tuesday night.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23

Pine Salve Carboli2ed acts like a
Doultice; highly antiseptic, extensive
ly used for Eczema, for chapped
hands and lips, cuts, burns.
Sold by Flockon's Drug Store.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23

A most delightful social was held
by the members of the Catholic La
dies of Ohio in their hall on North
Main street, Tuesday evening. The
affairs was in the nature of dress
up party the old style costumes of
the days of our grandmothers being
utilized. An old-fashiOned square
dance was enjoyed by about 125
guests during the evening, and ele-
giant refreshments were served.
A great deal of credit is due the
entertainment committee composed of
Mesdames John Nayin, p. II. Neidig,
II. Warren, r. j. McGrath, l.. ID.
Artz, s. w. Cusic and Misses Agnes
|Hannegan, johanna OConnor, Kath-
'erine Kirchner and Alice Blum.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23

The cold weather and a closer ad-
herence to the saloon closing ordn-
ances has had the effect of !esseninS
the lumber of common drunks occu-
pying cells in the city prison. In the
past week, the number of drunks
ARRESTED has been very small, and
it has been several days since an
arrest of the kind has been made.
The police state that when the
saloons close up q; eleven o'clock the
number If drunks on the streets
ABOUT midnight is greatly reduced .
The saloons are closing up tight at
the regular hour and the regulars
are keeping oIt of the hands of the
Icoppers.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23

One Of the most delightful social
events of the season in Prospect So
ciety circles was the surprise party
Iperpetrated upon Mrs. ]. n. Free
man, at her home in that village,
Tuesday night.
The guests, numbering more than
one hundred people, assembled at
the home at o'clock and reminded
Mrs. Freeman in an impressive way,
that j. was the celebration of her
forty-tlfth birthday anniversary.
The evening was passed pleasantly
in various delightful social diver
siOns. The New York" symphony
orchestra was present and furnished
an excellent program of music. A de-
licious two course luncheon was
Iserved at 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Freeman was the recipient OF
many useful presents.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23

st. Louis. Mo-. Jan. 90, 1907
Sporting Ed. Mirror,
Marion. Ohio.
Dear Sir:-I will make one more
'ffort to get n match with FREQ
Bartl and to show You | mean il
! will agree to throw him five fall.
in 90 minutes. II your Marior
man is game he surely WI answer
this. Enclosed find some pape,
clippings about
Yours truly,
CHARLES OLSEN.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23
OLSEN ANXIOUS

The following letter has been re-
ee'vod hv tho snorting editor of
the Mirror from Ole Olsen, the st.
Louis wrestler:
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-23
COLD WEATHER
HAS EFFECT
Of Lessening the Number of
Common Drunks.
CLOSING OF SALOONS
Assists in Keeping City Pris-
on Free From Lodgers.
First Arrest Under New Poolroom
Ordinance Takes Place with Tom
Tunnison the Offender.

The first arrest under the new or
dinancc regulating the closing Of pool
and billiard rooms was made today
when the police served warrant On
Tom Tunnison. the boy proprietor of
a pool room at No. Sll East Center
street.
The warrant was served on Tun-
nison as he was leaving the local
high school which he attends. He
later appeared in the mayors court
and pleaded guilty to the charge OF
keeping open after eleven o'clock
last night. Tunnison claimed that
he endedvored to close his place Of
business at the regular hour, but
that at the time several men were
playing pool and refused to leave and
allow him to close. The men stayed
until late hour and would not heed
the orders Of the proprietor to get
out.
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

and more nearly inaudible. Ny a.
tist companion suggested some
outlandish tablets, which immedi-
ately convinced Miss Robson that II
it was as bad as that she had best
try Dr.. rather than fly to
the ills which she knew not Of.
"GoOd-by," came a voice from the
recesses Of that mountain Of mil
linery as it disappeared through
the elevator door Then It oO-
Cured TO me that all that vanity
which was conspicuous for it's ab-
sence when II concerned her face
was lavished on hats.
She appeared in the cast that
night as usual, from which fact I
assume that DR.. was IN some
respects unlike that other physi-
clan who would have forbidden her
going on the stage when suffering
from such a cold
RALPH GRAVES.
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

not pleasing. but because you were
expected to be funny looking
rather than good looking"
"Hes, that was the biggest sur
prise have ever given the public
since I first created a character
part, that of a slavey in The
Hoop of Gold That, by the way,
was the first time that type of
English servant was ever shown on
the American stage"
did you get your idea Of slavey
from drawings" l asked.
"oh, dear, no. You see England
is my home, or rather, Australia
was. and I was educated in Eng
land"
The Hoop of Gold!" ! couldn't
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

Oh, Those Doctors!

do you know, DR.. -7" abe
whispered. 'T am scared to death
at the thought of going to see him,
for these doctors are an awfully
treacherous bunch. l know, for my
husband is one. DR.. , who
has been recommended to me, is
just as apt as not to give me some
thing that will put me out of the
cast for twenty-four hours, and
never know it until wake up to-
morrow afternoon. He will excuse
the treatment on the ground that
1 have no business playing with
such throat.
''It is really a good time to take
a dig at Washington weather, but
then you want me TO talk about
ugly faces and not atmosphere that
you can chop with n meat cleaver.
At the present moment, however,
The Washington times., 1907-12-22
Knows Face She Needs.

"oh yes, II may interest you 10
know that never work out a
makeup before the final dress re-
hearsal Of play. l have heard so
many men and women who have
character parts 20 90 say that
they work with their grease paints
in their rooms days and days be-
fore a premiere. Somehow / have
never felt it to be necessary. l al
ways have in mind just the kind of
face I need" Osn't II simply
great to be able to change your
physiognomy just as you would
your collar) I'm my present play,
for example, conceived Aunt
Mary when was reading the book.
She reminds me of Aunt Hannah
l said to myself. A relative read
the book shortly atterwarG and his
first remark wa: Isn't .nis Aunt
Mary like our Aunt Hannah,
thought" That decided me. I
wrote to the author and secured
permission to have it dramatized.
when 1 went to ray dressing
room TO make up for the dress re-
hearsals. I had Aunt Hannah's
kindly old face in mind First
blotted out my own face entirely;
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

just covered it with a mask, as it
were, so that there was nothing
left but the holes where my eyes
shone through and my nose and
mouth made apertures. Then I be-
gan to build. A heavy line here,
wrinkle there, a line of severity
drawn downward from the corner
of the mouth aud then one right
above IL slanting upward 10 denote
kindliness. for you see Aunt Han
nah, mean Aunt Mary, is only
severe when she talks, while be-
meath the surface there s all that
gentleness and human sympathy
that makes the character so low
able. To get those t express
sions of severity aud + hdliness in
one face was the hardest makeup
work l ever attempted. Then, after
you get all the lines IN, the real
work comes in smoothing them out.
You see If you leave well-defned
line on the face it may be effective
for people sitting in the back Of
the house, but it looks like some
dreadful scar to those who are sit
ting in front. And you know the
critics generally sit right under
your nose. so it's worth while try
ing to make the best impression
possible ON them. SO go to work
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

Almost any other actress would
have been unable TO conceal a feel
ing Of chagrin that the hat rather
than the woman had caught the
artists eye. But 1 was not sur
prised when she failed 10 notice
the nOncOmpliment, for any wom-
an who willingly and habitually
makes herself ugly when appearing
before the footlights, lacks that
almost universal feminine quality
of personal vanity
Its all a matter of instinct"
she continued. You see, I was an
artist before ] became an artistic
l used TO paint score cards and
sketch dinner cards before going
oR the stage. ! first took an inter
est in caricature work when on
one OCCASION / was given n descrip-
,ion Of some of the guests who
were to be at a dinner. / made the
place cards resemble each guest as
nearly as possible. Since then L
have been studying faces. l notice
you said in The Times today that I
sewed a great deal while on the
train. While that is true, there are
lots of times that l have my sewing
in my lap when I am i reality
busy with a pencil making a sketch
of funny Irish face across the
aisle. You see I keep a pad IN my
bag, AMI when l want a tase for a
The Washington times., 1907-12-22
Now, Hold Old Was Annei

Had I had any idea what the
answer was to De I would never in
the world have asked such a ques-
ton, OF, rather, I would never have
imagined that I would get an an
swer
"Tweuty-three years" she re-
piled.
was ,isibly embarrassed.
You ought not 10 have told me-"
l replied. Ten or twelve years
would have answered the purpose
and the question just as well. But
then, of course, YOU were a mere
child when you went on the stage"
And 1 hurrfedly asked another
question, for this remarkably
frank woman who has no vanity
about how attractive, or more
properly unattractive, she looks
upon the stage would perhaps hsvs
told me at what age she gave up
drawing dinner cards for Tiffany,
not that the added years would
have made the total so much
greater than twenty three, but you
know it would have been dircon-
eerting 10 have been placed In the
light OF asking pOint-blank: How
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

r course you have read
with avidity every
manner of interview
on the subject OF
How to be Beauti-
full" with a capital b;
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

Of Future
WdrShiDS
HE enormously destructive pow

II He enormously destructive pow
er OF the big Elm at close
ranges; The unwilingness OF
an admiral 20 expose ais cost
ly ships to the swift destruction which
a close-rangs engagement would IN
volvs; and his natural desire to utilize
the skill Of his gunners TO The utmost
by forcing the supposedly less skill
ful enemy to fight at the greater
ranges. are responsible for the fact
that IN the japanese war the range
was about 5000 yards, ard in future
wars Will probably be 1000 and over.
But at long ranges II Is only ths
larger guns that can do effective
has come to be pretty generally oon-
ceded that for this purpose the IL
inch piece Is the most satisfactory. It
IS true that the 50-calIber, N2-iuch
gun. and Iong-calleer pieces Of 10
inch and L-inoh cRliber are also ar
uOr-piercers at this range; but Il
belt baroette, and turret armor, and
the destructive effect of the heavier
proiectiIes is enormously greatsr.
Furthermore, the harter trajectory,
or curve Of flight Of the larger gun
means a much wider danger spacsi
that IS to say. the Pinch piece can
hit a ship with a much wider margin
OF error in elevation than a s2-innh o.
1O-inch gun; and, although the small
or gun will deliver more projectfles. Il
is now generally conceded that ths
greater destructive efreots and the
greater certainty Of hitting OF the Il
inch overbalances tho advantages Of
greater rspidity OF fire OF tlrs uEhtsr
guns.
Now. although. the above oonsid-
Grafton win lead 10 the eEnina-
tIon from the main batteries OF fu-
ture battIeships o. mixed batteries
OF 5-inch. 7-inch. S-inch and I2-inch
guns. such as are mounted on the
GeorSia and the Connecticut, there
le AlONueE ana AnV1L A4AAPOf Ne-AN No-@-
siderauon which will lead 70 the
mounting OF onl- one celIber OF Sun
on future ships. and that is the quss-
ton OF fire control" The latest
method OF obtaining the range and
OF directing the fire is not depend
ent, as II popularly supposed. upon
the range hnder. Because of ths
narrow base line Afforded by evsa
the largest ships. 1t Is impossible
to estimats distances. az the great
ranges which are now used. with any
accuracy. By even the best form OF
range finder. The method now adopt
ed Is to have ''nre control station
In some lofty position on the ship,
and find thu range by trial shots.
The observing officer notss the splash
OF the shell and telephones the result
20 the gun. End the elevation -
changed until a hit is mAda. Nov,
when three or four calibeFs of guns
are firing Indiscriminately, it be-
comes difficult TO distinguish tbs
splash OF one caliber Of shell from
that OF another. With one type of
gun on the ship. there can be no error
Of this kind. and the FIRE can be d.
rected with great aoouraoy.-F'rom the
Navy Number Of the Scientific Amer
lean
The Washington times., 1907-12-22
Observation Of n Man.

The first time ever saw you
your makeup disappointed me
very much" | remarked.
when was thst?" queried Miss
Robson with = tone of astonish-
m.nt, either at my frankness OF
my lack Of Judgment.
Last year, in The Mountain
Climber. explained. hastily.
For I had heard so much about
your character faces that when you
came on the stage as yourself,
voluntarily murmured oh pShaw,
not that the stage presence was
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

after you have left Washington, ii
was suggested, but il will not for
get the severely kind face of Aunt
Mary. Now, how do you do it?'
Miss Robson was asked.
why, ask him." she replied,
pointing to nay artist companion.
Il do it just exactly as he draws
that sketch of --"
Your hat" replied the artist.
THAT creation" had caught his
eye, too.)
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

future characterization I make the
bare outline on this pad without
removing it from the bag It's just
line or two that l put down; a
peculiar twist Of the mouth, a. com
ical squint of the eye, an odd tilt
of the nose.
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

recall having seen such a play, and
so, without thinking. asked i'm
pertinently, How long have you
been doing these character parts,
Miss Robson"
The Washington times., 1907-12-22
How to BE a Child.

"oh, yes" she replied. "In that
case the process Is very much sim
pier. Instead OF making lines, you
merely nave to blot them ell out
and then color the face properly.
Complexion is the secret in make
up for children, and also the round
ing out of the face"
BY this time Miss Robson's whis-
per was beginning to grow more
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

and erase all the lines, leaving only
shadows. The face must be con
structed Of high and low lights. 1
do not change my makeup at all
between the acts, but allow the re-
iuvenation to take place merely in
my expression"