The Baltimore County union, the Towson news. (Towson, Md.) 1909-1912, 1909-11-13

Personal Mention.
MIR. o. E. Weller of Park Heights avenue
registered at the Murray Hill Hotel, New York,
on the 9Th instant.
Mrs. Asa B. Gardiner. Jr. of Cockeysville,
is spending this week in New FORK city attend
ing the wedding of brother.
Miss Mary Linzey of Towson is visiting
her brother, Mr.. Urban L. Linzey, who is en-
pioyed in one of the departments in Washing
ton, ID. C.
Mr.. Ed j. Hermann of Rossville, the
well known auctioneer, who was in Towson on
Tuesday, is recovering from serious injury to
his right hand.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Stewart Diffendertfer and
daughter of Green Spring Valley will spend
part of the coming winter at some of the lead
ing resorts in Florida.
Mrs. Jackson Piper and daughter, who
spent the autumn in their country house 10
Towson, will next week establish themselves
at The Stafford in Baltimore for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs George w. Yellott and daugh
ter of Rdgeview Farm, Long Green Valley,
have taken an apartment on Madison street,
Baltimore, and will spend the winter in the city.
Master Eugene Perkins, only child of Mr..
John G. Perkins, editor ofthe Baltimore County
Democrat and Journal, who has been very sick
for several weeks, is improving and his early
recovery is expected
The Misses Cherbonnier of Timonium,
well known as accomplished horsewomer, APP
peared at Madison Square Garden, N. Y, this
week and rode the entries of the Blenheim
Stables of Baltimore.
Mrs. Heisse wife of Mr.. James B. Heisse,
a well known teacher of the Second district,
who last week submitted to an operation at st.
Luke's Hospital in Baltimore, continues to
improve and will soon be able to return to her
home.
MIR. Richard Swormstedt, Jr, who sold all
his personal property on his fathers farm at
Baldwin, Green Spring Valley, October 81 has
removed to Baltimore and is now living with
his parents on St. Paul street. He expects to
engage in other business.
MIR. Thomas W. Offutt, president of the Sec
ond National Bank of Towson, enjoyed fine
sport at Romney creek, Hartford county, on
Wednesday Accompanied by his brother,
Mr.. James P Offutt, and William A. Lee, they
killed large number of blackhead ducks.
MIR. J. Frank Parks, who bought the prop
erty on the corner of Joppa road and Baltimore
avenue, Towson, from Mr.. George G. Tracey,
moved his family in on Wednesday. Mrs.
Lowndes, who had been occupying the prop.
erty, removed to house on Bosley avenue.
Mr.. Zachariah S. Alban, well known
farmer near Forest Baptist Church, Fifth dis
trict, who renewed his subscription to The
Union-News on Tuesday, said the drought is
getting to be serious matter in his section of
the county as well as elsewhere. We hear of
springs and streams almost daily that have
become entirely dry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aborn Tanning Smith of
New London, Ct, have issued invitations for
the marriage of their daughter. Miss Margery
Dean, to Mr.. John Howard Fox, popular
young member of the Towson bar who was
elected to the House of Delegates on the Demo
cratic ticket in this county on the I'd of No
vember The ceremony will be performed at
the brides home, Wednesday, November II,
at 6 P. NJ.
IL @ w. L Irv \
dent of Govanstown, was among the callers
at The UnionNews Office this week. He was
formerly a resident of the old Twelfth district
of Baltimore county. Many years ago he dis
posed of his valuable property there, when he
retired from business and has since been liv
ing at Govsnstown Mr.. Ogler, who has been
a patron of this paper for perhaps fifty years,
renewed his subscription and also subscribed
for copy to be sent to relative at IligaD,
Moro Province, Philippine Islands.
Towson Reservoir Filled.-A public work
of considerable magnitude, costing over $50,
900, which few persons outside of this imme
diate vicinity were aware was in progress, has
been finally completed by the Baltimore Coun-
ty Water and Electric Company on the Hillen
road, east of Towson, and on Monday the first
Jet of water shot up and overlooked from the
big steel funnel on the concrete conical col
umn in the center of the reservoir. Last Sun
dreds of persons, who admired the smooth
stone wall which slopes from the 1O-foot en-
bankment to the bottom, a distance of about
"a feet. The floor OF the reservoir has been
puddled with specially prepared clay. The
reservoir has a capacity OF over 4,OOO,OOO gal
Ions, and is intended to supply subscribers
east and south of Stevensons lane, and also
those residing on the York road. Work was
begun on the project March %, where there
was at that time a heavy piece of woodland
containing oak, chestnut and hickory. The
reservoir is about 900 feet in circumference,
and will be enclosed with substantial iron
railing 1t is located at one of the highest
points in this section, and a short distance
away one can get spledid view of the Chesa-
peake.
Hospital for the Women of Maryland
This splendid institution which has been closed
for some time during an important enlarge
ment, will be opened about January l. The
plans for the three floors show most conven-
lent arrangement, with provision for rooms
and wards which must be light and airy, and
therefore cheerful. This is the only hospital
in Maryland exclusively for women. 1t is
non-sectarian, and there is no clinic attached
where patients are used as object lessons for
crowd of registering students 1t is open to
all reputable physicians for their patients.
The surgical staff is Drs. Riley. Earle, Wilson,
Hundley Finney, Russell. Follis, Hummer,
easier, Dobbin, Harrison, Rowland and Eliza
beth Hurden. The hospital was opened In
1883 by Drs. Howard and Wilson: Its work is
largely among those who are unable to pay Tor
their treatment, and they are admitted free on
certificate of clergyman or other responsible
person. 1t is maintained by donations, by the
States aid and by the few pay patients. The
hospital is located at Lafayette avenue and
John street, Baltimore.
the popular New York Coincidence will ap-
pear at Ford's next week in her latest comedy
hit Detective Sparkes," play that has In
terested the Metropolitan public for three
months, and in which Miss Williams has q
role which she lends charm and magnetism
The play is by Michael Morton, who has never
accom- plished more effective comedy and dra-
matte work The curious thing about its con-
struction is that the person whose name gives
title to the play never appears at all. "Detec-
tive Sparkes" has no place on the programme
nobody knows what the sleuth looks like OF
where he is, yet everyone is talking about him
and in the end everything that he has done II
done by Detective Sparkes." Ihere are Ioui
acts and many scenes of wild adventure, mar
row escapes and heroic achievements, all lalt
in English upper Glass; life. There will b
matinees Wednesday and Saturday. For TIT
week of November %, j. e. Dodson, in "Th'
House Next Door," which played two entlr
seasons IN New K, Is At OIu 2
Baltimore County Delegate Stirs UI
Hornets Nest.-A dispatch from Raleigh
N c. dated November 8, says: Ut. Alval
Merritt, a Baltimore county delegate, caused
sensation today in the Farmers National Con
gress by insisting that resolution he Offered
early in the session for anti-saloon Legislator
throughout the United States be recalled iron
the resolutions committee and put on its pas
sage. He charged that the committee substl
tuted a meaningless resolution. Merritt wa
ruled out of order. He appealed to the congress
to vote him permission to bring up the resolu
tion. This was also declared out of order
Merritt then said it looked like the congress
was controlled by the whiskey interest, and b
ironically urged that the next annual meeting
be held in Baltimore, where he said there wer
more saloons and whisky houses than any
where else in the country.
Mr.. Merritt is well known retired 1trucl
farmer of Patapsco Neck. He has pronounce
views upon any cause that he espouses and i
entirely fearless in expressing them"
Maryland Theatre.-Nat NJ. Wills, tn
clever monologue man, with brand-neV
version of his experiences with his fat Hor
tense, will return to the Maryland next weel
and will tell you all about her. They hav
had some funny adventures during the sum
mer while they were on their vacation
Another entertainer will be Miss Elizabetl
Murray, who has not appeared in Baltimor
| for several years. Miss Murray is singer AM
| talker who has achieved great success in vau
deville The extra feature of the bill will b
| tabloid comedy entitled"The Leading Lady,
featuring Marguerite Haney, Ralph Lynn am
| Edward Coleman, late of the Gaietv Theatre
London. There are 10 people in the cast an
| special scenery and stage settings. Others @
note will be Jane Courthope, supported by he