New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
HER BOYS" ALL THERE.
~rMother0 C0chrane Care Them an
OIdtip1e Pittsburg Dinner.

They had nice, old-fashioned honey" party at
No Il West S7th street last night With all the
shades down and everything snug and cosey inside
81 was Just like the old times in Pittsburg quarter
of z century or so ago. when the first thing the
.r,ovs' did on getting home from work was to
look in and greet Mother Cochrane-"
The novs'' as she still loves TO think and speak
of them. were all newcomers in Pittsburg then
nris,at and industrious young fellows c. S. Wight
now freight traffic manager Of the Baltimore &
Ohio had taken a fancy to them when ne was
division freight agent at Columbus, Ohio, ana TOOK
them with him the Smoky City when he was pro-
.laoted the post or general 1reiShI agent VIII
headquarters there
Mrs Cochrane had moved to Pittsburg after the
death of her husband. once associate judge Of Arm
strong County and the Columbus Colony as the
quintet was known, went 10 board at her house
She had three boys and girl Of her own, and as
,hA newcomers al her table OF about the same
age they made big. jolly. happy family. ana
what more natural than that everybody should call
Mrs Cochrane mother
. The t,ovs are all grown up nov and occupy Offices
IF honor and responsibility with big transportation
companies Only two OF them are now living in
ri+tsb1,rg the Constans boys. Oscar, who IS the
general freight agent OF the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, and John F, who holds like place with
The Chicago Peoria & St Louis Railroad
W Callaher or Tom" as he used to be called
s.,sn AZ .DIo1her'' Cochranes house in Pittsburg.
and as he was called Just the same by everybody
last night is another general freight agent for the
baltimore & Ohio Railroad, in Baltimore With
hin, from the Oriole City came another of the
s1,oxs T G. Smiley general freight agent OF the
Western Maryland Railroad
The only one OF the boys who is able to drop
g, sn5 have a meal with Mother Cochrane now
.n5 then is s.Jacl' Rowland He lives in New
yerlz but ike his old chums. he has risen to q
batter post, being traffic manager for the Bruns-
wick Steamship Company.
1f,s q long time since the folks all sat down
.nxether-perfaps twenty years Mrs Cochrane's
daughter was Just beginning to attract the atten-
,ton Of newspaper readers in the Smoky City by
her contributions over the signature Nellie Bly,
rate- she came 70 New York and made trip
arnn,nd the world In less than eighty days. Then
sb4 married Robert c. Seaman, president Of the
Iron Clad Manufacturing Company, whose busi-
nes, sae has herself managed sncs his death. The
sons all scattered too. they were called by pro-
nations TO various cities, and, though they have
1onz been planning the reunion, last night was
..he first time they all could come together,
Mother Cochrane. Of course sat at the head Of
..ba table and all around the room were floral
s-frtes from the boys and little presents to the
,i5 lady 10 mark the occasion.
As 10 the dinner itself? Well no would
sav inst what they had. but Mother Ccchrane
tad told the boys that they would have TO take
xfat she gave them. They used 20 do II, and they
ssid that was just what they wanted They seem
20 have got it, for when they went away last
-igff they all told Mother Cochrane that they
hadn't had such a meal or had such good time
since the Pittsburg days