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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-07
Naval Department and In renly 10 his

Naval Department and in renly 10 his
almond eyed bride al, to the time of
his return, says, when the robins
nest again" an American slang
phrase when the trusting little geisba
wife, takes literally.
The second act shows the prenarn.
ton for the return Of pinkerton from
his long cruise and tho long night NJ
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-07

committee on District Of Columbia,
which makes him practically mayor
OF Washington. Mr.. Gallinger IS also
q member Of the appropriation commit
tee, the most coveted committee In
the senate; the committee on com.
merce, which has to deal with some
extremely important questions coming
before congress; and the committee
on naval affairs. which frames the ma
val appropriation bill.
Perhaps more important than all.
he Is a member Of a committee which
docs not appear in the Official list in
the congressional directory. It has
no name, and 1t Is made up OF some
SIX or eight senators, whose length
of service, knowledge OF affairs and
wisdom entltle their opinions to be
held with respect. This committee is.
known varlously MS the steering com.
mittee. or inner circle or "the
nrlvy council" Before any great
question Of policy or line Of business
Is determined upon these half dozen
senators get together and decide what
course shall be pursued and then the
Republicans in the senate fall into line
and cat accordingly. The great body
Of senator's are content to trust TO the
wisdom Of the privy council, and II
this council Gallinger. Of New Hamp-
shire. is perhaps the most important
figure.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-07
living his name as John Mapins, who

giving his name as John Map.lus, who
was locked up early yesterday morn
Ing for drunkenness. had narrow es.
cape from being ground under Il
freight engine in the local yards q
short time before he was arrested. He
was walking down one OF The tracks
running parallel with Baltimore street
and the engine was approaching him
on another In his drunken stagger.
Ing r. stumbled over on tho other
track upon which the engine was
heading toward him, and mad It not
been for the presence of mind Of the
engineer. instead Of going TO the 20.
lice station John would have gone 10
tho undertakers.
After his narrow escape ho was.
hustled down the embankment by
members OF the engine and turned
over to Officers Joyce, and Howe. who
locked him up. Ho was later fined
$500 and costs by the mayor which
ne paid and was released.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-07
The Notable Event.

Madam Butterfly" the most popu.
lar grand opera Of the present decade.
with music by the famous italian COM
poser. Giacomo Pucclnl,y author Of
ia Bohcme," ''Tosca" and "Manon
Lescant," Is the offering at the Grand
on Wednesday etpning, January 18th.
John Luther Long and David Belas.
co. noted authors OF dramatic sue
cesses. have woven together without
doubt one OF the most human and ten
derby pathetic stories ever set to mu.
sic and Puccini has been equal to the
task: the result is a wonder work
that has delighted the world.
The story relates the tmgic life Of
"Cho-Cho-San.' a pretty little japanese
gelsha who. contrary to custom. falls
in love with Lieutenant pinkerton. an
officer In the United States Navy, who
was stallone, in the flowery kingdom.
lie wants little wife to while away
his lonely hours while In Japan. She
Is but q playthirg for him-a purripg
kitten, which, he may thrust aside at
any time, that 1t suits his fancy. Pin
kerton consults a marriage broker who
arranges for "ChoChosan" to be.
conc his wife. Tho little gelsha loves
Pinkerton at first sight and plainly
makes the tact known during the wed.
ding ceremony, which is conducted
with all the interesting pomp and gilt
ter prescribed by the Oriental ritual.
She renounces ner family and rellg.
ion; her uncle. the high priest, and
her relatives, pronounce a curse upon
her and she Is left alone with her
American spouse. Plnkerton Is called
away In response to orders from the
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and The old phrase Is said to amply
describe 1t. The book and lyrics which
we're written by the late Frederick
Rankin, with the music by a. Baldwin
Sloane. has been q tremendous she.
cess the past three seasons. It deals
with Santa Claus Land, and the ol,arac-
tiers include the familiar Figures Of
childhood such as Little Jack HDrncr,
Margery Daw, The Wise Man From
Our Town, Princess Sugar Plum and
the Gingerbread Man. ;
The play is extravagantly mounted
and presents many attractive pictures.
Some Of the principal musical numbers
are: "The Gingerbread Man. Moon,
Moon. Moon" Maize" Beautiful;
Land OF Bon Bon." Queen OF My
Dreams" Nursery Rhymes" "John.
Dough-" etc.
The members of the company are
all well known and capable players.
and include Fred J. Nice. Adele Arch
er, John j. MCGOWAN, Lola Hrnard,
Maurice Holden, Eleanor Warning. Car
rick, Major, Rose Murray. Lutte vroh-
man, Sol Solomon and the Great Ka.
vano and q grand beauty chorus Of
forty well trained voices. This with
an augmenel orchestra under the lead.
ership Of Fed Walz, niatrs con-
nlete organization, numbering SIXTY
people,
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GALLINGER TO
BE RETURNED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Gallinger.
LOT New Hampshire, Is one Of the oc.
cupants OF Il seat in the Senate who
has no occasion to worry over the nc.
ton of the legislature OF his State. AL.
though he does not occupy q promin.
ent place in the senatorial limelight,
few senators have rs much influence
on the deliberations OF the upper
house as Gallinger, and his reelection.
which Is certain, Is hailed with delight
by his fellow members.
One reason why New England Is
possessed of so much importance in
the senate Is because Of the wisdom of
the New England states in selecting
good men to represent them in the
first place and then keeping them In
Washington as long asth ey measure
up to the requirements Of the sltua-
ton. In the senate prominence comes
largely through seniority and length
of service. and no matter how able Il
new senaor may be he must 20 to the
foot OF the class. and the state SUI.
fers In consequence.
Owing to his length OF service and
his knowledge from long experience
OF government affairs and his ability,
Senator Gallinger is member OF the
most important committees Of ne
senate and one OF It's most influential
members. He Is chairman Of the
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! q GlINf9
NOTICE..

As | am forced tsSYacatai my present
quarters by the Undertaking store
and Worth Fleming, IshaYe secured
1.-The room recently occupied By the
Globe Book Store in the Watson Hotel
where hope to serve my friends and,
patrons with the best Of nome dressed
meats and poultry as heretofore.
ct I. CIAs.s VI SROHH Y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-07
NOTICE..

AS am forced t, vacatt my present
quarters by the Undertaking Store
and Worth Fleming, l have secured
the room recently occupied by the
Globe Book Store in the Watson Hotel,
where ! hope to serve my friends and
patrons with the best Of iome dressed
meats and poultry as heretofore.
2t i5 CHAS. C. ROBB,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-07
THE STAGE
1.-THE Gingerbread Man,

'''rhe Gingerbread Man." the musical
extravaganza which Nixon & thinner.
man will present in this city at the
Grand Opera House on Monday, Jan.
18th, has been called n musical fantasy
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-07

uEoRoiASA:
I don't like your cook book-it doesn't
recommend Gold Medal Flour. lMoGISE
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-07

.air,srtszz... q -. y iaif.
s 3rpi lraTntR; that Gold Medal Flour Ia
SILVIA en- ,i,4ss THROUGH finest silk. EuoENIA.
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S;sldaszsas Tor the West vlrslnian.
The Washington times., 1909-08-22
THE HOPE OF A CRIPPLE.

CUPPOSE we take a car ride into
- southwest Baltimore We don't go
down there much None of the parks
lie that way. It's a quarter Of the COM
pass of the road TO PIX sville. 1t isn't
even on the way To Csttonsville. But
wen go there this once and we'll stop
in old Pincllney street. TIE new signs
call IL Ward street, but nobody down
there knows it as anything but Pinck-
ney.
II isn't muy4 of a street. compared
with Eutaw place or Broad street or
that wonderful avenue with the Capitol
and the Treasury standing across it.
And number l145 is not imposing resi-
dence Between the gutter and the
froat door The landscape gardening is
chiefly cobbLe stones. and you go down
FOUR sharp steps. a foot high each one.
to get into the front room Everything
is dark there 10 pupils contracted by the
sunlight outside. Through the back
The Washington times., 1909-08-22
SHUT-INS STRUGGLE
WITH FATE'S CRUELTY
Their Lot in Life Is Sad as Well as Painful-Many
Are Children Who Smilingly Watch Other
Tots Romp and Play

I man? ANY simple faith. that Of cid
| Matthew Young?
we are full of vacation, we 1st-out
| Either we have gone or We are about
| to go. Some OF us have Travelled, not
/ ia search OF lessons, but ia search OF
| diversion. some OF us have heard with
| an eagerness I'VE have not tried 20 hide
| TO the mothers Of our children and
| the hale little youngsters themselves,
8at hero Is a class, nobody knows
how large, whose vacation must be had
| out the window. We must pause Ions
| enough-ycu and Ito give these less
| fortunate ones q thought The sea
shore. with its bathing in the surf. its
digging in the sand. its riding Of donk-
eys, its swooping IN cstboats. that is
not for any Of the whole corps OF
shut-ins. They may 90 and look on.
but they can never take part. So is
! the mountain and their long stage rides.
their tennis and golf. their tranlps 70
trout streams. The shut-iHs woufd ike.
on. so much. to do It all But Il Is not
for them TO enter snto II all
There's a Way
To Help Shut-Ins.
You are asking them what you can
do. well, there Is one thing you can
do unquestionably. You can withhold
yourself from rushing down % 11i5
Pinckney street, or across fgom the
Children's Hospital. or out TO German
town. You and I do not know the real
way TO put behind Us the Street or
Tired Women. We do not know how 70
straighten bones. whether they be bones
OF body or bones of mind. We must be
WatchfuI-you and I-not to let cur
sgmpathy Arrest. AssuredIy we must not
rermit 1t to undermine character. e
We walk down with money, or excursion
tiskets, or scholarships in schools, or
what not-well, it may be We shall have
them to look on and see cur mistakes
corrected. There never was yet place
in which the angels might more fear 10
tread than the heart OF a brave shut-in
In this city are half a dozen associa-
lions Of trained workers Of men and
women fortified in tact and experience
against wounding shut-in sensibilities.
against making shut-ins paupers.
They are the ones through whom To-
reach these cases. and this newspaper
win gladly tell you, if you care to
know, how to and them.
An. and it will do you good. as It has
done me good. 10 widen the eircls OF
Jour life until Il shall include the shut
in. He does not often need you as
much as often you need him. Your gifts
may be the lesser gifts Of material His
are the higher gifts O., spirit With
something like alchemy he can turn
poem your darkest difficulties into IN
consequential and out of scant sun
light he can create for you the light CT
l love for others which withers selfish
ness and sordidness, and whose single
ray Is an aureole Of glory and happiness
for the soul. This and more is offered
to you-tO you whose eyes are now on
this page-in this material but blessed
summer OF 1909. Take it. It viii safe
guard you forever from being a shut-i1
OF the spirit.
The Washington times., 1909-08-22
FEDERAL ATTORNEY
HAS CLOSE SHAVE
E. Mark Sullivan Falls Into Marsh
and Is Found Just in
Time.

IPSWICH. Mass, Aug. RE. Mark
Sullivan, Assistant United States At
torney, had a narrow escape from
drowning when he fell into deep hole
in the Ipswich marshes early this morn
ing. he was about to so down for the
third time when his companions, G.
Frank Hathaway and ". ". LufkiE.
who Is Representative Gardeners sec
rotary, rescued him.
Sullivan was following a flock OF shore
birds snd fell into a deep hole and was
unable TO pun himself out.
The Washington times., 1909-08-22

door We can see q patch Of grass and
hear voices above the hurl of a sewing
machine
Tho workers are mother and a
daughter OF fourteen. When Hood
wrote Il was IL Song OF the Shirt
stitch, stitch. stitch Now it is thr-r-r.
thr-r-r. thr-r-r, and il is a song of
jumpers and OveraIls for men TO work
in The mother is willing enough. as
she catches her shirt waist at the throat
to pass us OF to the daughter And
then we see real shut in"
annie Waidman is the name. The
girl sits cUriously. il is a minute or two
before you realize that she is cased IN
something hard. She smiles while the
lids drop over her black eyes and shade
the gray circles underneath and she
touches der side as though to say. 1T
is the only way 10 make my body
straight" There is nothing Of the peas
ant about her costume. The skirt is a
black walking skirt and however ehOddy
the material 1t was ready-made accord
ing 10 the prevailing, slender fashion.
The waist is mercerized and though 1t,
too. has been caught together az the
throat, it reveals neck pitiably in.
The Washington times., 1909-08-22
Feels Much Pain
With Casing Of.

"Ah. yes, she can walk Once-this
is a glow Of pride-she walked three
miles. But that was years ago. Now
when she steps her legs seem TOO long
for her trunk, and even with the cast
there is a rocking OF the shoulders.
There isn't much pain, she tells you,
looking directly into your eyes, only
when the casing comes OF. She doesn't
sleep IN it. you see, and az night there
are sharp pains as though right across
the stomach. But she doesn't think Of
that very much. She tries 10 think all
the time &C what she's gOin to be-
What she's goin' to be?' You catch
yourself as you hear that! Then, be
cause you have come 10 find out what
these "snut ms" really are, you lead
her on to talk.
IT want to be soInethin'." she says.
IT can read an / can write, and ! can
speak German. y'know-y' see papa
and mamma are German-and I've al
ready learnt to write tn typewriter a
The Washington times., 1909-08-22
OLD MATTHEW TEACHES LESSON.

MOT all the shut-ins are children, Far
N from It. The ''Neighborhood Guild"
could tell Of scores OF venerable women
and men in Philadelphia whose move
ments out-of-doors are limited 10 less
ar walks than We take for a glass Of
soda water. Thus at 44 New
Market street is as crystal an illustra-
ton Of courage IN the face of hsfhiug
difacuity az we are ever likely TO dis
cover.
is about seventy, he says, aud he Jas
The Washington times., 1909-08-22

invalid chair 4 house-painter father
and one OF the worldwide sisterhood
Of mothers have made the room a
rest for the boys eyes. Home neat
ness. not hospital neatness, impresses
you everywhere. The lad smiles cheer
lily as we enter. The mother tells US
with a little show Of pride that he
talks very plainly But to you and
me he says only ''Ye5sir'' and ''NosiT.
Has the little Fellow been taught2 you
ask. On. yes; he can read and even
write. So pillow goes behind his
back, and piece Of paper is pun on
his lap The right shoulder iifts-slowly.
A pencil Is taken in the hand as you
or I might take a yard stick between
the thumb and forefinser. The child 5
smile fades into a pressure OF the lips
together. The fingers slide over the
paper. A minute passes-two minutes,
three. Then we are expected to note
the result
What If we can't read it? What II
II is only a kindergarten sort of a
scrawl? The boy can read IL, and so
can his mother. But we don't care TO
linger over It. SO we ask him about
the fairy tales ne loves so much.
Does he know Grimm? ''Yessir." Does
he know Hans Christian Anderson?
''Yessir." And we think OF another
youngster forcing his way on our knee,
spreading q book under our noses, and
kicking us on the leg while he waits
to hear:
I'm China the Emperor is a China
man. and all the people are Cinnamon,
too"
The Washington times., 1909-08-22
Unsel6ss Children
In Carroll Family.

1t is strange how these three are
colnselors to all the shut-in little chill
dren that one sees! In the very heart
Of philadelphia lives the family OF Alex
ander Carroll Upstairs at 926 Spring
Garden street they eat and sleep and
The mother and four children spend
their DAYS in a single room. Between
the windows is the bed; in one corner
is the range: here is a table set out
from the wall: there is box between
two chairs. Mrs. Carroll hasn't walked
for three wears And Mary. who bears
the mothers name, has come at twelve
wears 70 bear a large part Of the moth
er's burden. II you would know bow
near at her hand walk Patience, Tn
selashness and Love you have only TO
seer her with hve-year-old brother 10
when Johnny. aged ten, gets a Lincoln
nennv for telling the gentleman whose
uortrait Is on the face
For perhaps an hour you and talk
u,jfb the four children while our guide
Miss van Braam-hears the mothers
story in unaffected sympathy and with
6ne TACT. We are a little puzzled 10
know how 10 talk with these children.
John who is ten. knows no more about
the kind OF EHH you anu -Ae-A al A-Al
age than little 10, who is five. Charley,
who ought to be hearing "Once upon a
time" stories slips out to the engine
house even when the little mother is
watching. And Mary, with keeping John
at home and running after Charley, and
minding baby Jo-what time has she
for paper dolls and hop scotch and run
sheen run? Mrs. Carroll would seem
to be the real shut-in here. But you
must understand that this is a disease
which no patient ever endures alone
and sometimes 1t reaches down to a
little mother like Mary Carroll to bind
her in a room above a steam laundry
and 10 bleach out the bloom OF her
girlhood I'm an atmosphere Of steam
and bad smells. cinders from nearby
railroad tracks, and the morals or im-
morals OF one Of Gods gardens which
we stewards have let grow up Ia weeds.
The Washington times., 1909-08-22
PITCHFORK IN EYE.

BERWICK, Pa, Aug 23.-Standing
erect. Just as his brother was throw
ing q pitchfork load Of fertilizer. on a.
wagon, Harry kingston. OF Brier Greek.
received one tine OF the fork IN his
eye.
The Washington times., 1909-08-22
PHILADsLPHIA,s SAD CASE.

WTE have rare experience in Phila-
W delphia. We go out 10 German
town. los West Horter street, and there
We find little Sara Barger. Il win oe
a long time before you ana 1 forget
her-and we ought 10 be the better
for knowing her ali our lives. For
Sarah is one 10 teach as what is
meant when il is saids a little child
shall lead them
Al the station we come upon young
parents with a buster six-year-old like
Sara Two or three men catch at the
baby's hand as it hangs over the
fathers shoulder. One Of them laughs
good naturedly. ike the broadface he is,
and pats the tot on the head The child
burrows MS face ia the daddys shout
der and the latter strokes the short
curls while he says:
well. well. we'll Never mind little
man. We're on the way TO grand
mothers aren't WEI
And you think OF a poem in a maya
zine you bought for your own siz-Year.
Old beginning:
One day We went 10 grandpa's:
We had the incest time.
For he has COWS and horses
AuQ aEple trees 10 Niliuo-
In the car IS another youngster, lit
lie girl with her doll This lady want
I'd cookies: then she had to have a
drink She didn't give the passengers
q minutes time 10 think" And while
Ne say Shat over 10 ourselves and smile
20 think how another little girl VIII say
Il 20 herself. We get on in Germantown.
We and sara in a small brick house
set I'D on q hiu and back from a plot
Of grass one OF the most singular
things about these shut-ins is that they
al seem 10 live where the picture fran
ed by their window includes = wisp Of
green: sometimes IL IS a poor sort of
green and sometimes II IS pretty near
yellow. but shut-ins find IL, no matter
how insignificant IL is, with a satisfac-
ton in 1t that tugs al the heart.
Sara Is Propped
Near Sunny Window.
The bed IS up close 20 the window and
baby sara is pTopped upon pillows. She
lifts her head from the sill as we come
into the room. The motion IS a sort OF
progression-drst the head. then the
right shoulder. then the left shoulder
following after theu-just a littie-thC
body. Each stage OF the progress has
It's vince Of pain, You look away
around the room-anywhere The Bar
gers are not in ICED: that's plain. They
have a sweet little home out here ia
Germantown. They-you are brought
out Of that by your FIRST view Of q
shining little face. Hip disease? A back
that hurts ALMOST all the time2 Twinges
that line features not yet fully devel-
oped2 And a face Ike that. with eyes
that smile as well IS lips? no wonder
the nelgh0ors call her Little Miss
Optlmist
WHAT does sara % all day. ,Mel,
The Washington times., 1909-08-22
Many Are Children, Battling
Courageously Against
Painful Affections.
ALLLARGE CITIES
HAVE SAD CASES
Boy and Girl 'Shut-Ins" at Local
Hospital Are Buoyant
PIaymstes.
Continued from First Page)

hearts glow since the world began. Now
he tettered over to the violin case and
cornet beside the blue coat, which be-
speaks The fathers membership in the
Marine Band. Now he prattled while
he lifted his black eyes up to "Mutter."
Now. by Gods hand" he is found TO
have a knot in his spine! A few days
more and the - me is broken.
Babies of two and a half years are
al wondei ful- We might travel to-
Sether the world over ana not md
one which did not smile and COO and
win his way into our love before we
realized his tiny hands were near our
hearts. But there Is that about Carl
Pouer which puts us all-nurSes. doc
tors, newspaper men, mere casual Wis
itors-shoulder TO shoulder with the
eager German parents down by the
Navy Yard. He has = fine head. The
binding OF his body has not made the
cheeks pale or the chin the less pleas
ing. The eyes rest on US only for a
mornent-and we are caught.
Hov much would we smile. wonder?
How Quietly would We lie and wait?
None of us can know. But this we can
know eonfdently-har when this little
spine is straight and the wobbly legs
begin 10 carry their burden in the tod
ding manner of ali babies, we win re-
1oiee. you and l. that being shut-in has
not seemed to subdue the spirit Of the
little child whose parents wait with
such wholesome German love to have
their home made complete again.
The Washington times., 1909-08-22
Charley Can't Run,
But He Reads and Writes.

AS we turn toward the more familiar
Northwest Baltimore we must put our
thinking caps on. For we are going to
see a boy who has reached the eleven
year gate into fairy land. He lives on
another kind Of street-at CPS Mosher
street-Gnd in another kind Of home.
But he, too, is a shUt-in.
We ind him leaning far back in an
The Washington times., 1909-08-22
Little Olivia
Plays With Carl.

Shut-ins can be better pisSmates than
We might think fhus at this same
hospital is Olivia Van Wriswick, her
body weighted by hip disease, but her
spirit buoyant as her red hair. Hers
il a quiet temperament. as you and
see il. We do not know her, however
as Iittle Carl knows her or It may be
our eyes would follow her round the
sun parlor as do his. She must walk
with her knees held close together. I'M
certain, weak. pitable. Yet this is not
the only sense in which such a babe can
be shut away from the joys OF child
hood.
The hospital authorities do not know
where TO look for this child's parents
The address given when the child Ngas
brought was 1O5 Fifth street northwest.
There is no such number. Now try hard
as the officials may IN this institution
and they are foster parents of won
derful kindness-they cannot be sure
always where 10 look for those who
have given their own flesh and blood
10 the keeping OF the institution Some
times this IS not important. as when
the parents come to visit their baby
But little Olivia. in the quiet which so
strangely contradicts her red braid.
would seem To be shut-in not only
from the Wilderness Of the out-of-doors,
eut from al the prospect OF home as
we'll