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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16
BARRIE AND HIS MOTHER.
a Loving Sons Enduring Monument TO
His Dearest Friend.


]. M. Barrie, novelist and playwright
and the most successful Of contempo-
rary writer's for the stage, has never
written book or play that is not
monument to his mother, a monument
such as the pagan author declared he
had erected for himself, "more endur-
ing than bronze"
Most Of the material which Barrie
has woven into his delightful stories of
Scotch life and much of that which
makes his plays so quaint, so individ-
ual and so charming were furnished
him by his mother.
Barrie In that extraordinary and
most intimate Of books, Margaret
Ogilvy," tells how when he had deter
mined to become an author-a decision
that gave his simple mother a tremen-
dous shock, as she had made up her
mind that he should become n minis
ter--he continually called upon his
mother for old stories of his native
town and its rugged types, which he
embalmed in such classics as "a Win
dow In Thrums," "Auld LIGHT Idylls."
"Thc Little Minister" and, last and
most vivid Of all, the new Maude Ad-
ans play, "What Every Woman
Knows"
Besides being chronicles Of what he
is familiar with-the true matter of an
artists handiwork, according to Rus
kin-Barrie's books and plays contain
another feature which is altogether
peculiar to them. This is that his dear
old mother appears in them all. The
guise may differ, but this gentle pres
ence is in everything that this most
devoted of sons ever wrote. 1t was a
saying in the Barrie household when
the young author had begun to receive
checks for actual money from Lon
don editor for his stories (and this edi-
tor struck Mrs. Barrie as most guile
less sort Of creature, even for an Eng
lishman-to be paying good money for
what she considered only an old wo-
mans recollections Of the humble deni-
zens of an obscure Scotch town. that
Margaret Ogilvy is in it again." Mar
garet Ogilvy was the maiden name
of Barrie's mother and Margaret Ogil-
w she remained to her death. Barrie
has said that, try rs he would he
could not keep his mother out of his
books and plays. She might appear as
the elfish Babbie' in 1.-THE Little Minis
ter or as the humorous and shrewd
Maggie Wylie Of 'What Every Woman
Knows" but appear she would, and
this persistency of his mother to ap-
tho Of nlnoh Onnd n
tured chatting in the family and a
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16
A Woman On Top of the World.

Mrs, Fanny Bullock Workman, a
New England woman, has completed
the undertaking Of crossing two Of
the four greatest glaciers Of the Hima-
layas, situated on the Indian frontier
She is the only woman who ever
crossed these famous glaciers. She
left Hasmir in June, 1908, and COM
pleted her task in September. After
she and her party scaled the virgin
peaks and passes she reached the
height of the snow at an altitude of
nearly $4,000 feet. After passing sew
eral weeks on the Hispar glacier she
crossed the $4,000 foot Hispar pass,
descending the Biafo glacier, Baltis-
tan, from which province over three
weeks marching was necessary to
reach Serinagur, Kashmir Her broth
er, Colonel A. George Bullock, lives
in Worcester, Mass. An account Of
her trip was sent to him by Mrs.
Workman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16

Oct sstI Col

Unleash the doggerels of baseball
The season Is about to open with the
usual eclat. Already the baseball re
porter is rubbing his facile pen on the
seat Of his pants, preparing to grind
out something like this:
Smiling Harry came to the bat fol
the local gladiators. He was a good
waiter and got three counterfeits
Lanky Jim, who was handling the
damp spheroid for the opposing nine
finally unwound his superstructure
and put the Joy pebble to the liking Of
his merriness. Smiler pressed against
the little, comforter for a one sackel
out into right truck farm. Smiling
Harry tarried not long on the initial
sack, but when Lanky Jim was not
sitting up and taking notice immedi.
ately drug his anchor toward the sec,
ond depot, which he larcenied in safe.
ty. The long one showed symptoms OF
taking on sky pilot at this time, and
Lonesome Jim, the next batter, reach.
ed the first oasis via the charity route
However, his narrow lankships tooh
n caucus with himself, and Handsome
Ike whitfield the ozone, the understudy
for the Singer building occupying the
box for the visitors putting Ike tc
sleep with three Of his fadeaway
knockout drops. In the meantime
Smiling Harry and Lonesome Jim per.
formed twin pilfer and were safely
occupying second and third refuge
when the smoke cleared away. Hank
the Bite put fly in Lanky Jim's oint
ment by aeroplaning to the midway
plaisance, Smiling Harry ambling on tC
the lowly thatched cottage on the put
out."-Puck.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16

years the average was only a little
over 1000.
The government Of Mexico has voted
an appropriation Of $4,000 for a mon
ument to q humble hero-Jesus Gar
cia, locomotive engineer. Garcia a
year ago bravely hooked his engine to
burning car filed with dynamite
and hauled it out Of Nacazari, Mexico
He saved the town from disaster, but
was blown to pieces himself
Two Poles employed at q Palmer
(Mass) wire mill made wager as to
who could draw the largest amount Of
wire in week. The two together
drew seventy tons, the one winning
drawing only about 200 pounds more
than the defeated one. Each ton of
wire had to be handled six times, and
each man netted more than $50.
Booker T. Washington was born near
Hales Ford, Va, about 1859. His moth
er was q slave in the Burroughs fam
lily, where she was known as Jane Bur
roughs. Her husband lived on a neigh
boring plantation. Booker Washington
was educated at Hampton institute,
Virginia, where he graduated in 1875.
He taught there until he was selected
head of the Tuskegee institute, which
he organized.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16
He Got His PAPERS,

While Justice Martin ]. Keogh was
holding court at Carmel, Putnam coun-
ty, recently he took up few naturali-
zation cases. One Of them amused the
court. The applicant was Ludovico or
some name like that. He approached
the judge with the air of one who was
fully prepared to present his qualifica-
tions for citizenship. The judge, hav-
ing plenty Of time on his hands,
thought that he would test the appli-
cant's knowledge of affairs, and he be-
gan with:
"Well, my good man, do you know in
whose presence you are"
Yes, your honor" was the reply. 81
am before the Judge"
"And how does the judge get here?"
Hes elected by the people"
And do the people also elect the
governor and president"
"Oh, no, SIR" was the prompt reply.
''The Republicans attend to that
"You are quite correct" said the
judge smilingly as he signed the paper.
New York Tribune.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16
NOTICE OF UNIFORM PRIMARIES

In compliance with Section 3 of the Uni
form Primary Act, page 81, p. l.. 1906, notice
is hereby given to the electors of Wayne
county OF the number OF delegates to the
STATE convention each party is entitled to
elect, the names OF party offices to be filled,
and for what county offices nominations are
10 pc mace at the Spring Primaries to be held
on Saturday, June 9Th, 1909
REPUBLICAN.
] One person for Jury Commissioner,
Two persons for Delegates to State Con-
One person in each election districtffor
member OF County Committee.
DEMOCRATIC.
! One person for Jury Commissioner.
Two persons for Delegates to State Con-
l One person In each election. district. for
member Of County Committee
PROHIBITION.
l One person for Jury Commissioner.
= Four Delegates to State Convention,
Four persons for Acknowledgement
State Convention.
One person for Party Chairman,
One person for Party:Secretary.
8 One person for Party Treasurer.
For Jury Commissioner aypetitioner must
have no less than fifty signatures of MEM
bers OF his party who are voters for Dele
gates to State Convention, Committeeman
and party officers, no less than te igna-
tureSL
All of these petitions must be filed in the
commissioners office on or before Saturday,
May 10, 19O9
Il. K. M6kEHFNdKkL. MM65kkERENHkLE' (com,rs.
&c. MADDEN,
Attest: GEO. p. Ross. Clerk.
Commissioners Office. Honesdale, Pa,
April s. 1909 2Sw4
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16

source of the most gratifying delight
to the old lady herself, much as she
might try to conceal it.
1t is in "What Every Woman
Knows" that Margaret Ogilvy appears
most to the life Maggie Wylie of the
Maude Adams play is in every detail
of simplicity, hard common sense, hu-
NOR and a shrewd managing, tactful
knack the humble old mother Of the
great author.
Truly Margaret Ogilvy was never so
thoroughly Gin it again" as she is in
her sons greatest comedy, the finest
product of the stage in many a dec
ade, "What Every Woman Knows"
Consequently the thousands who have
seen Maude Adams at the Empire the
alter, in New York, during the past
winter and the thousands who will yet
see her there and in other cities of the
country have witnessed and will wit
ness in "What Every Woman Knows"
great writer's tribute, sons endur-
ing monument to his dearest friend,
his greatest helpmate-his quaint, hum
bic, tender, inspiring mother.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16
CHOICE MISCELLANY


'Let us set aside all sentiment and
try to difterentiate between the disas-
ter as such and the earthquake ITSELF"
writes Frank A. Perret, formerly hon.
orary assistant at the Royal Vesuvian
observatory, concerning the Messina
earthquake In the Century. Let us
realize the fact that IL the population
of these cities had been ten times as
large the disaster would have been
correspondingly greater, while the
earthquake would have remained the
same and the still more interesting
fact that If instead of these rubble
built cities large army had been en-
camped on the spot there would have
been no disaster whatever, the earth
quake still remaining the same Years
ago laws were passed prohibiting the
erection Of houses having more than
two stories, but avarice led to the
building of tall, flimsy structures
which would accommodate many fam
lilies and bring the owners a goodly
rental. And yet this was in well
known seismic area, where quakes
were of frequent occurrence and q
great one might be expected at any
time"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16
The Postal Shower,

"What are you going to do with all
those pOstals?" asked a girl upon see
ing her chum poring over an assort-
ment of postal cards.
Were going to give Tom a postal
shower on his birthday"
"a postal shower! What is that?"
asked the chum.
Goodness! Don't you know? We
get everybody we know to send a
dozen or so postals to our victim on a
certain day and sign them all with
different names. Now, in Toms case
we will sign Lovingly, Molly Ten
derly, Sue,' or Your Own Ruby You
might as well pick out some while
you're here. I will give you his ad-
dress"
Surely not his Office address?"
"Sure! That's the best part of it.
Jack. got 300 on his birthday."-New
York Press.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16
Pneumonia,

Lecturing at the Harvard Medical
school, DIR. Elliott p. Joslin declared
that pneumonia was the most fatal
malady in Boston in 1908, claiming
5000 victims, heart disease ranking
second in this regard and the ''white
plague" coming third. Pneumonia af-
fects all ages, and about % per cent Of
the cases result fatally. 1t is not usu-
ally contracted from cold, as is gem
orally supposed, said Dr. Joslin, but de-
velops from bad physical or hygienic
conditions and from exposure. 1t is
contagious in that one may catch it by
breathing in the atmosphere where
there is pneumonia patient in the Vi
cinitV
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16
Women's Gloves.

In a recent divorce case in Scotland
it was testified that a lady searching
her maids trunks found 200 pairs of
her own old gloves therein.
Abroad" said a dealer anent this
happening, "it isn't unusual for wo-
man of fashion to have 200 pairs of
gloves. At the sale of the Duchess Of
Somerset's things over 1000 pairs, all
as good as new, were put up.
"You see, gloves are cheaper abroad.
Over there you'll pay dollar for an
article that would cost you two and a
half here. But, aside from that, for
eign women incline to go in more for
gloves-and boots, too-than we do.
The foreign woman is likely to be bet
ter gloved and booted than her Ameri-
can r"--Philadelphia Bulletin.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16
ProGress.

How is your boy getting on al
school?"
First rate" answered Farmer Corn.
tossel. Hes goin' to be a great help
on the farm. He knows the botanical
names for cabbages an beans already,
an all he has to do now is to learn to
raise m."-Washington Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16
Musical Accent.

"Now, SIR" said the barrister to the
musical expert witness, you say the
two melodies are the same, but differ
ent. What do you mean by that, sir?'
81 meant the notes were the same,
but the accent different"
accent! What is musical accent?
Can you see it?'
"No."
"Can you feel it?'
Eyes"
"Come, sir. None of this beating
about the bush. Tell the court and
jury the meaning of what you call ac-
cent"
Accent in music is the same as EN-
phasis in speech. If l were to say,
You are an ass the accent rests on
ass But if | were to say, You are
an ass it rests on you"
This concluded the cross examina-
tion.-London Express.
Changed His Mind.
Pinero, the playwright, has the repu.
tation of being a martinez at rehears.
ais, and actors and actresses who dis.
agree with him are apt to find them.
selves severely taken to task. During
the rehearsal Of one of his plays the
dramatist was much annoyed by the
way in which one of the actors pro.
nounced certain word in the dia.
logue. He mildly protested, but the
actor would not take the hint. Il have
always pronounced the word like that
and l shall continue to do so," he said
"My dear SIR" retorted Mr.. Pinero
suavely, ''by all means do as you think
best. I would not deprive you of one
of your laughs for the world!' At the
next rehearsal the actor changed his
mind.-ATgonaut.
Subtle Self Praise.
I Once when Moltke heard himself
compared to Caesar, Turenne, Marl-
borough, wellington and others he re-
marked, mo; have no right to rank
with such great captains, for l have
never commanded Il retreat" which at
the same time conveyed a subtle com
pliment to himself.
Bismarck was equally subtle when
he was asked whom he thought to
have been the ablest plenipotentiary at
the congress of Berlin. II don't know
about the ablest," he replied, with a
| grim smile, "but the next ablest was
certainly Lord Reaconsfield."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16
In 1920.

"Jeskop died while under the infiu.
ence of liquor"
TOO bad. He was an aeronaut Of
considerable ability"
"True. But last night he mistook a
chimney for hitching post, and when
the furnace started up this morning
he was suffocated.' Puck.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16
Its Reason.

II see the empire styles in dress will
be the rule for the spring"
"That's the force of habit"
"Habit?"
"Yes. If you notice, women are al.
ways getting back to the empire style.
1t matches so well with their love Of
ruling. ."-Baltimore American.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16
Appropriate.

Boothby-Ah, me boy, well met! And
what have you been playing of late?
Lushington-I've been out with a
tank drama.
Boothby-Melodram eh? What part
did you play?
Lushington-The tank. Cleveland
Leader.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16
Joys of Being Rich.
Cure Worse Than the Disease.

According to this magazine" said
Mrs. Dillingham;, 'sliced onions scat
tered about Il room will absorb the
odor of fresh paint"
Il guess that's right" rejoined Bif
bingham. Likewise also broken
neck will relieve a man of catarrh."-
Detroit Tribune.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16
Her Constitutional Rieht.

Gladys - So you've sent Herbert
about his business, have you?
Maybelle-Yes. But l have since
used the--er-recall on him.-Chicago
Tribune.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16
Discards Hockey For Golf.

Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden
who some day will be queen Of that
country, has discarded hockey and
taken up golf as the more dignified
game of the two.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-16

Ida-What's your idea of a properly
furnished house?
Alicia dozen packs of cards and a
nest Of bridge tableS.-New York Life.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-06-26
WHY HE LIKED TIGHT SHOES
Little Remark That Threw Great
Light on the Home Conditions
of Amos Dore.

Eve always wondered a little how
Amos Dore and his wife 90. along
really" Aunt EN-" Macomber said,
frankly. Some in the neighborhood
said they'd never overheard a single
loud or cross word on either side, but
Lie Daniels always stuck to 1t that
Amos was as mis- able at home as a
man could be.
"TIe never spoke right out till Amos
died and Mis- Dore went back up,
country to her folks. Then he let
out"
"What?" queried Aunt Ems visitor.
"Well, Amos worked logging along.
side Of Lie every winter, and sum
mers they hayed together most al.
ways, and it seems" said Aunt En-, i'm
pressively, that Amos complained OF
his shoes hurting him about all the
time Finally Lie asked why he wore
tight shoes.
"Why don't you get a pair big
enough says Lie, one day.
Well. I'll tell you Amos says.
When | wear tight shoes forget all
my other troubles youths Com.
panion.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-06-26

mcnse resources He gave an ear to
the astute McGraw and the willy Nc
.nnity He learned one thing and
invented something else. The value
of restraint, as our actor friends
would say, was duly recognized and
his repertoire was enriched to that eX-
tent During the campaign of 1904
McGinnity was the nominal leader,
but none knew better than the Iron
Man" himself that far greater force
than he was gradually and surely lit
ing the New York club to the proud.
est station in the domain of profess
siuual sport SO much has been writ
ten about the worlds series Of 1905
that further reference simply amounts
10 waste OF ink. Every one con-
cedes, therefore, that Mathewson, in
that desperate clash, hung up mark
for the pitchers of The future to shy
at Indeed, SO unique was his tri-
umph that the grizzled spokesman of
the opposition was stirred into uncork-
ing the most lattering and compre-
hcnsivc tribute ever paid by writer
10 a player. Strange to say, the two
seasons that followed revealed the
tremendous scene of Mathewsons
powers II was n term Of GONZALES
ccnco for him. Thin, drawn, fleshless,
he was covering the tedious route that
leads from antitoxin to normal health.
And yet, so profound was his knowl-
edge OF the science of pitching so &C
curate his cnfeebled arm that he
managed to lead the Giants twirling
stan, as usual, and stand well up in
the general list, each year
Last year found Mathewson once
more sound and ready. 1t was one
OF the best years of his amazing ca
! reer, In fact, II was the very best. al
/ lowing that he was not backed by
! standard team. Credit him with that
! fairly-earned win over the great Cubs.
/ later declared a tie. and he again
/ topped the pitchers of America. He
averaged less than single base on
/ balls per game His total OF strike
outs far eNcelled that of any other
/ pitcher In either league And It may
! be added that some of his most bril-.
/ liant performances are recorded In
| the lost column. chiefly because the
long arm of fate guided number of
his oponents' puny splashes into safe
, territory at critical moments
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-06-26

Pitcher Christy Mathewson has had
AN interesting career Some years ago
Cincinnati reached ont languidly,
gathered him IN. delayed try-Oat and
finally traded MIN to New York ioi
secondhand bolt, or something OF that
sort The raugcy novice was sent into
two games in the fall OF 1900 and
came out plastered with defeat each
time ne managed to hold over, how.
ever. aud In the spring OF 1901 handed
the annual opener to Yale by a slump
in the ninth inning Then the curtain
rose ON the regular league season
aud. without warning, "A great trans.
formation scene was sprung upon the
public The crude proposition hoclcd
the slab and wullopcd the big clubs,
one after the other The heaviest
aluEgcrs were like infants in his
hands Tie had the speed Of a Rusic,
the control of a Young, the endurance
Of a Nichols and curves that were be
yond any other pitcher, ii T., decisive
victories. his perfect style and the 70
nance Of his career fastened the at
tcntIon OF the entire sporting world
on New York's representative In the
old National league.
That ancient body was facing. per
haps. what threatened to be the
gloomicst season In It's history. but
the exploits of the handsome college
hoy lightcncd the sky for the time be
ing and put an end to all worry con
corning the loyalty of the fans" OF
the metropolis
II will be recalled that New York
finished In seventh place In 1901 after
a grand start The following season
was still more dismal. the lucklcss
Giants bringing up in the extreme
rear without "A struggle. Mathewson
held up his end. but internal affairs
were so rotten that real cndeayor
found no reward. With things at their
worst McGraw and Brush came 10 the
rescue The air was disInfected, the
dead wood replaced with sound tim.
her In 1908 the New Works jumped
seven notchcs into second place and
| Mathowsou began his climb to the
highest pinnacle of pitching fame lie
had. 20 begin with, that serenity OF
temperament which Is so often cater
| cousin to the trained mind
Il occurred to him early that hC
! was not making the most of his I'm
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-06-26

There was once upon time coun-
try lawyer who was noted for his Sc
date manners and his judicial bearing
In the course of time he was elevated
to the bench, whore he conducted him.
self and the court with becoming de-
meanor, and where he won a reputa.
ton for sagacity based nearly alto
gether upon his solemn accents and
his corrugated brow.
One who knew him well was asked
by stranger who saw the Judge pass
upon the street whether he was really
An efficient arbiter.
Well" said the acquaintance slow.
ly, II think | may say that John pre-
sides with more dignity and loss abil-
ity than anyone else ] ever knew
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-06-26
tuberculosis Afflicts Japanese.

Consumption among Japanese labor
ers is increasing to such degree that
the figures are becoming a source OF
anxiety to Japanese merchants and Of
ficials. A large percentage OF labor
ers who are sent back to Japan by
the Japanese charity associations are
consumptives. 1t is claimed by the
Japanese newspapers comenting on
this matter that through the lack o.
hospital accommodations in the Jap
anese labor camps tuberculosis IN
creases at an alarming rate. They
suggest that new system be en-
ployed in dealing with the sick IL
these camps, as the Japanese are
quite ignorant of even the most sim
pie health safeguards.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-06-26
Files.

God bless the man who first invent
ed screens, and God pity the man who
is too indolent or indifferent to place
them between his family and the
spreaders of deadly disease. There is
absolutely no excuse for the man or
woman whose place OF habitation
swarms with flies and whines with
the voices OF mosquitoes. They can
be kept out, and IS cents spent in
keeping them out is equivalent TO
keeping out a doctor who would cost
s2a, or possibly to keeping out a much
less welcome visitor.