The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-12-04


berger and John s. Ensor will make addresse
- A coffee party was held on Wednesds
night at Hamilton Hall. Harford road, 10
lowed by dance by the Ladies Auxiliary
Hamilton Volunteer Fire Company. The PR
ceeds will be given to the fire company. r.
fresbments were served. Mrs. George Seip
was the chairman, assisted by number
ladies.
- Lutherville is now in good shape TO figl
fires and there is now something of feelin
of security among the residents. The pressuI
of water from the fre-plug is strong enoug
to throw water over the highest buildings
the village and the combination hose and lad
der truck, given by the county, has bee
installed.
The farmers. the dairymen, the hort
| culturists and the bee-keepers had their innin
at the Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore
this week. They turned out in creditabl
numbers and made good showing. If thes
people refused to work for the balance of U
| we'd soon be put out of business. So we dol
our hats to them gladly.
IA successful oyster supper was held ol
Friday and Saturday nights of last week in th
old Black Rock school building. for the bene
| fit Of Falls Road Methodist Episcopal Church
The ladies 10 charge were Mrs. Wesley Roys
ton, Mrs. E. f. Gray. Mrs. N. r. Gill an,
Misses Katharine Gill, Ella and Florence Mer
rymaD and Sallie Stevenson.
- In the eighth line of the report of th
Senior Gunpowder Agricultural Club meeting
published in The UnioD-News last week, th
word senior" should have been Junior
| Such provoking little errors are always dis
covered after it is too late to remedy them.
is strongly suspected that his Satanic Majesty
plays big hand in such matters.
- The Junior Gunpowder Agriculture
Club held its November meeting last Saturday
at the home of Messrs. Upton II. and John NJ
Tarbert with Mr.. Charles II. Price as fore
man. The annual manure and fertilizer ques
tion was discussed. An inspection OF the farm
revealed much of interest, the property being
found to be in excellent condition.
- The milliOn-dollar appropriation out o
the 100000 water loan was amended or
Wednesday by a unanimous vote of the Firs
Branch City Council of Baltimore so that moi
more than $350,000 can be expended for the
purchase of the properties of the Warren
Manufacturing Company. The price first
agreed upon for this property was S725OOO.
- One of the most elaborate Thanksgiving
day entertainments given in this section was
by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter B. Brooks at Brook
fed,' their home in Green Spring Valley.
There were nearly 200 guests, 90 OF whom
were members of the Green Spring and Elk
ridge Hunt Clubs There was a luncheon
and dance, preceded by hunt, in which two
foxes made good their escape.
- The case of Lille r. Odell, who is con-
testing the will of her mother, Mrs. Annie E.
Ruby, wife of the late William III. Ruby of
Towson, which was removed from the local
court to Hartford county, will be taken up for
trial Monday morning, December IL. The
will is being defended by Attorney John HI.
Grill. A large number of witnesses from
Towson have been summoned.
- Messrs s. w. Shanklin e. Son, well
known plant growers of White Marsh, Balti-
more county, in a letter this week to The
Union-News said: Your paper has brought
US lots of new customers this season. 1t has
been of great benefit to US and is appreciated
very highly" That tells the whole story. II
you wish to reach the people you can do ii
through the columns of this paper.
81 There are still few rabbits left and also
a very few partridges. Two men who spent
an entire day in the fields were rewarded with
two birds. The past summer was a most
favorable one for the breeding of partridges
and reports early in the autumn said they were
plentiful, but they appear to have taken their
departure before the shooting season opened
A scarcity Of these birds is also reported in ad-
joining States.
- Mr.. Nicholas s. Bowen, son of the late
James P. Bowen, formerly of Towson, who
is employed as an elevator operator in one OF
the big trust buildings in PittsbuTg, performed
an act of heroism last Saturday in saving the
life of a colored man who was caught in 9
moving elevator. 1t was only the quick vii
crushed to death. Bowen, who sustained
some injuries. is nephew of Messrs. William
and Joseph s. Bowen of Towson.
- Last Sunday was an ideal fall day and
the parks and suburban roads we're crowded
with people enjoying the pure country air
Automobiles are about entirely monopolzing
the roads now and the speed at which most oi
them travel makes one keep his mind on bis
number if he don't want to be run down. We
are glad to see that some of the Baltimore
police justices are soaking the speed law
violaters good and heavy. A fine of S25 and
costs should have deterrent effect.
- Several hundred school teachers, schoo
commissioners and superintendents gathered
in Baltimore to attend the meeting of tht
School Com mmissioners and County Superin.
tendents' Association of Maryland at the State
Normal School on Wednesday and Thursday
1t was the most successful meeting in the his
tory of the association. Superintendent A. 8
Cook of Baltimore county read paper on "a
Feasible Plan for County Supervision" anC
Assistant Superintendent John T. Hershnel
one on Improvement of the Rural School,"
Minstrels at the Auditorium-Lew Dock
stader, comedian, monologuist, and now avia
tor, will make fight in his aeroplane from
the stage of the Auditorium next week owe
| the heads of the audience. Dockstader, al
usual, will be accompanied by his own min
strels. The minstrels will be seen in al
entirely new offering called The Possum Aer'
| Club" The curtain rises on scene showing
the exterior of the Possum Aero Clubhouse
! 1t develops that Dockstader, who is bug OIL
! aero navigation, has been hypnotized by th
president of the organization into the belle
| that there is a mythical country in the hear
of Africa called "Doughland, where money
diamonds, pearls rubies sapphires and othe
precious stones grow on trees Little believing
| that Dockstader would try to find this cline
| his comrades urge him to set out on the vOy
age. 1t is at the conclusion of this scene tha
Docksiader. after having picked up all OF tn
money and stones that he can comfortably
carry makes his escape in an aeroplane, ,actuall
flying the machine over the heads of the audi
ence. The Shuberts announce that Blanch
Ring, in "The Yankee Girl; Blanche Bates
| George Arliss, in "Septimus;' Frances Starr
in THE Easiest Way" "The Chocolat
Soldier" Sothern and Marlowe. Lew Fields
Sam Bernard, Nazmova and Lulu Glazer wi
| be among the attractions to be seen at th
Auditorium this winter.
"
What Every Woman Knows. ."-Charle
Frohman will present Maude Adams at th
Academy of Music, Baltimore, next week in
N. Barrie,s play, What Every Womal
New York last season and in it Miss Adams
credited with having scored the greatest sue
| cess of her career. The story deals with
little Scotch woman, who is married off by he
three bachelor brothers to poor but ambition
young man. The latter would become gres
little wife endeavors to aid him, inculcatin
into his stubborn head the ideas which brin
him to the attention of the government leader
in Parliament. The husband is arrogan
bumptious and a stupendous monument c
egotism. Never for minute does he give hi
wife the credit that is due her for the shapin
| of his course. There comes a time when b
would leave her for all affinity" but sh
never wavers, she knows him better than
knows himself and in the end all is we'll.
takes four acts to unfold the story and it
cumulative in its strength and it is only in il
last line that Barrie tells the riddle of whs
every woman knows. The matinees will
on Wednesday and Saturday.
Anna Held at Ford's.-Anna Held, wh
has not been seen in Baltimore for two year
will come next week to Ford's Opera House
a revival of miss Innocence" the music
comedy which has had a run of an entire SCI
son at the New York Theatre. 1t is beir
presented en- tour in the principles by the san
company as at the Metropolis. Miss Held
said to be as sprightly and magnetic as ev
and has hosts of admirers who enjoy her sim
ing, her rolling eyes, her laughter and b
many little mannerisms, besides the numeroI
gorgeous gowns, including the famous diamor
bedecked one. Charles Bigelow is irresistib
as the waiter; his giving an artificial "pop"
lifeless bottle of champagne beggars descri
ton. Lawrence D'Orsay appears to advanta
as a heavy English swell Miss Hageman al
Miss Lunaska and others have congenial role
Among the latest song hits are: Pm learniI
something new every day" "Yankiana Rag
1--WE lost my little Brown Bear" II wond
an Aeroplane," There are said 10 be so AMI
Hold STAGE heanties in the chOrus There W