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Evening journal., 1909-01-11
3O6 10 3a4 Market ST.
WeIch and Whisky
Music Demonstrators

one Of the leading attractions at
this store for the week of Ianu-
airy n TO 16, As tho demonstration
OF sheet music. Mesars Welch
and Whisky. publishers and demon
strators will be with MS for the
five days. beginning tomorrow.
and as usual viii give the high
class demonstration. for which this
team Is noted. MT Emmett J.
Welsh, the well-knQwn tenor sing
er, Of Philadelphia. viii sing some
of the very latest publications. he
win be accompanied by Mr.. Abe
Whisky. on the violin These gen.
tlemen demonstrated at this store
during the month Of October last
and met with such success that
we determined to have them back
az the very earliest opportunity
We look for a record-breakinc
week I'm our music department. ais
this demonstration Is tho best that
we can procure All OF Welch and
Wilsky's publications viii be sold
at 10 cents a copy
Second Floor.
Evening journal., 1909-01-11
WOmen'S HandkerchiefS

Womens unlaundried initial handkerchiefs all linen
not all initials regular II I-2c ..............loc
Womens plain linen handkerchefs I-S and I-4-inch
hefs regular $500 per dozen Special $500 and s. 50
Womens fancy embroidered hemstched handker-
chiefs: regular 2sc quality SC
Childrens plain white handkerchefs; regular SC. &c
few black liberty silks neck rufs edged with black
and white silk ribbon Observation-Disclosures. .75c
Front Elevators Ground Floor
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WOmen'S Hosiery

Womens black cotton hose; full regular made inn
regular soc. Special Ssc ............. for SIoo
Women's black Isle hose medium weight cotton;
ported regular 25c Ioc
Womens tan, lsle, hose medium weight; cotton;
regular SOC Special 3sc.... ...........-S for Sroo
Women's black Isle hose; regular 3sc. Special. 25c
Women's sample hose; black navy blue and tan:
also few fancy pairs regular SOC ......-.......Ioc
Ground Floor-Rear Left.
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Corset Covers, 2sc; Worth 35c.
c and
Nainsook; rmed n
Corset Covers, soc; Worth Csc and s5c
baektr ribbon, 5o
Corset Covers, 85c $780, Worth S1.oo and $I.25
embroidery ribbon
headings, and ribbon S1OO
Short Peticoats, 25c and 3sc; Worth and Soc
1swnr
Musini trimmed with tueks, 25c
Short Petticoats soc; Worth CSC and 75c.
Cambr lawnru
edvith embroidery,
Short Petcoats, 75c Worth 75c and $Ioo
canbrc; trimmed wi
Cambria trimmed embroidery tueks
Pettcoats, 65c Worth 7sc and soc
with ruHie with clusters of
Cherise, 35c soc; Worth soc and Csc.
Cambria; trimmed wi inc embroidery, 5oc
cambria embroidery and ribbon Soc.
Chemise, 85c and $I.oo; Worth SI.25.
mains nsooki embroidery and ribbon 85e
trimmed with lace beading and ribbon trimmed skirt soo
Chemise, ST. so; Worth $2.oo
embroidery, ribbon Insertion Sf50
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Mems Furnishings

Mems muslin night shirts with or without collar;
plain white and fancy fronts regular soc ones SOC regu
lar 7sc ones SOC; regular SIoo ones 7Oc
Mems suspenders regular 2Sc se all neat patterns;
good kid ends and nickle buckles ..............
Mems white pleated bosom shirts; sizes IA to II;
regular SIoo ........ 7sc
Mems white madras shirts; sizes Is to II; regular
SIoo ....................~. ..................7
First Floor-Left
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Soaps Cakes for Csc

Brooke's Crystal Soap, Pearl Toilet Soap, c. P
Washing Soap, Swifts Pride and swifts Pride
Washing Powder, La France Laundry Tablets.
Special ........ ............. ....'... tor 25c
Tomorrow Only.
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VictrOIa Concert

Every afternoon at 230 we
Give a concert on the new Victrola
In our basement We have ar
ranged a program for every after
noon. one that we think will suit
from the great operas. The latest
song hits OF the day. comic songs,
dialogues and vaudeville sketches.
Come and stay as long as you
wish. The concert is free and lasts
for TWO and half hours.
Basement.
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Underwear, rpReductiOnS

Women's medium weight white fleece vests and
pants in all sizes very good quality; regular selling
price soc Special white sale price ............ 3sc
Women's heavy weight peeer cotton ribbed fleece
vests and pants regular SOC Special 3Sc
Ground Floor. eft
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Mems Goods, Special January Prices

Mems cotton handkerchiefs; hemshtched. &c
Mems fancy hose; black fancy embroidered. Ioc
Mems laundered white shirts linen BOSOM regular
z5c: very special White Sale Price S5c.. for SIoo
Mems half-hose; blue, tan, brown and gray y
quality, ..,......... ............,...3 Tor 25c
Evening journal., 1909-01-11
Mems Linen Collars, 9 Cents

Mems triangle brand collars; s-py; latest and
best styles. This is the best mans collar sold at
IL I-2c; sizes from II IL to IS only to one GUS
Tomorrow Only.
Evening journal., 1909-01-11
High Quality FOOtwear--LOw Priced

Specially heavy reductions have been made on all our
Winter Shoes All leathers styles and sizes are in the
assortment. and the quality and durability is that Of
much higher-priced footwear than this
Womens patent coltskin shoes black cloth top; but
ton; all sizes widths. ........... $500
Womens gun metal blucher cut shoes plain toe
neat nobby shoe all sizes and widths ........ $500
Womens high-gradc slippers all sizes $500, $3.50
and $500 values so
Women's button and lace shoes; broken sizes and
ample lots gun metal, colt and kid skins widths AA to
D sizes II to I2 some larger sizes S2oo to $3.50
values Observation-Disclosures. S 50
Women's patent kid button shoes; narrow toe;
Golden Brown. Noi Kid Napoleon high cut widths AA
to c: not every size .SIS5
Children's and misses gun metal shoes; button and
lace; regular $500 and $3.50 ....... SI75 and $500
Chldrens patent colt lace shoes; $2.25 and $3.50.
$I.75 and $500
Broken sizes in childrens patent colt and gun metal
shoes 81 so and s. values sizes O. Special SI35
Mems heavy and medium weight shoes sizes TO
II $3.50 is the regular value .:......... $500
Ground Floor-Extreme Left.
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Yelling

Polka dot and plain yelling different colors:
yard
Flandkerchiefs; embroidered hem and embrod
cred edges few initials regular I-2c. Special oc
Evening journal., 1909-01-11

Peticoats 8sc Worth SIoo.
wide hsmstched
Petticoats $1oo; Worth SI.as and $r.so
cambr trimmed ruH Of fine tucts embroidery stoo
Petticoats, $Iso; Worth $r7s and $2oo.
cambr tucks
$780,
Peicoats, $a.zs Worth $a75 and $500
trimmed
embroidery Of
s225
Drawers z5c; Worth ssc
of etueksa
!
csmbric umedwi ruH I'M fne uu 25o
Drawers, 3sc Worth 4sc and soc.
trimmed with eambre rua tuoEs,
Drawers soc.
trimmed with nruHe
loped ruhle and dtuoks
Evening journal., 1909-01-11
Girls Coats

ito IA years all of the newest materials both plain
and mixed colors some made plain others very prety
trimmed with braid and buttons; fancy collars Those
Evening journal., 1909-01-11
Boys Clothing

Extra values Special prices.
Boys refers; cashmere and worsted, blue brown
and gray sizes IL TO II years:
Regular 500 $500
Regular 600 .......-..........SS $500
Regular S 500. o..................S $500
Regular $1,000 .................. $500
Evening journal., 1909-01-11

Gowns, soc; Worth CSC, 75c and S5c
of trimmed with
heni low neck ose
Gowns, CSC nd 7sc Worth s5c and $Ioo.
ribbon and 'snoy
Stitching
Gowns 8sc; Worth S1oo and SI25
low
mmed " hensttched s5c
Gowns $780, Worth $2s, SI.5o and SI75.
:trnnme with Lace and ribbon s1oo
mbroder dyoke; mmed will
yoke
eel ksnd see embroidery, $1o0
Gowns, S125 and $so Worth $I6s SI.75 and $225
henithed
nd sleeves tmme with emb
with embroidery and ribbon siso
Gowns $175; $2.a5 and $aso
embroidery
St75
Gowns, S2.oo and $25o Worth SAYS $500 and $475
med dvdthla and rib
Nsnsook trimmed edwiahhne embroidery
Evening journal., 1909-01-11
Economics Rare and Timely in Great New Stocks
UndermuSIinS, White Wear and Yard Goods

Immense new shipments Of White Goods now ma
selling
This store mas many brilliant White Sales to its
them all We orecased the recent decline IN the cost OF
heavy orders at toucA-boom prices. Alert watchful
ary special purchases big concessions Thus it IS poss
Magnificent New Lines Of Dress Goods
Kinds Silks, Mems Goods, Shoes, Etc,
Qualities are the kind you would choose if you pal
larly priced.
Timeliness is the essence of a bargain. Bargain
thirsty Needs for the winter months many and grea
of record breaking White Goods selling.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

are seriously written her chief purpose would
seem to be to make them interesting. Give her
q good subject and she will make out OF it a
good story This she has done in her new biog-
raphy OF Mirabeau. a book which in it's modest,
picturesque fashion gives an admirable pOr-
trait of the great Frcnchman and indicates very
effectively the part he played in Revolutionary
politics.
It is tempting to philosophers about Mirabeau.
to reflect upon his principles and to speculate as
to how far the drift of events might have been
changed if he had been permitted 10 live ten
or even five years longer He had genius for
statecraft. and the idea of adjusting the difficult
ties between the King and the people fired his
soul. He at work the problem when he
died. and though the historian may regard the
Revolution as one of those movements which no
man could have averted. he will always be in
clined to linger i'll wistful revery over the
chance" that embodied in Mrabeau. Yet
the author of the present volume not only dis
closes q wise sense of her limitations but uses
sound common sense in subordinating the poll
tician to the man in her study. After ALL Mira
beau's work remains a rough sketch partially
blocked out torso. and if he is to be brought
near to the reader he must be painted, in
measure, for the ideas which he enuncated, but
still more for the personal force which he put
behind them. He is one of the most tangible of
the pOrtents Of his time. intellectual TO the core,
and at the same time doubly enthraIng because
of the body in which his mind was lodged. be-
cause of his traits rs an intensely human Great
ure These traits are vividly exposed in this
book. The author paints Mirabeau's difficult
childhood with free brush. shows him to us
suffering under the exactions of an unsympa-
thctc father relates all the essential details of
the unfortunate marriage that he made, and
then unfolds in a series of lively scenes that
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

drama in which the passionate young Southerner
little by little found himself as thinker anu
perpetuaHy lost himself as a sentimentalist'
This biographer succumbs more or less 10 'hs
besetting sin of the hero wOrshipper She au-
mits the bad warp in his character. but goes on
to say that "the impartial judge will not deny
that he brought with him. innocent INTO the
world an awful heritage of lcentiousness. Which
was fed and fOsteTed by education. by exalhPle
and by the appalling depTavity OF the age IN
which he lived 1t is better to state bluhuT
that Mirabeau was morally corrupt and nave
done with it,
He led a persistently evil life. but just as ne
fascinated most of those with whom ne came IN
contact winning over with his charm and MS
eloquence the most prejudiced Of interiocutorS'
so in this volume he seizes the imagination ana
touches us only with sense Of his stupendou5
energy and power. ''MirabeaU knew everything
and fOresaw everything" said Nine de Stael
and he himself had profound conviction or the
services he was fitted to render to his country
Thus while he is prepared to run after every
petticoat that crosses his path. the ground
swell of his activity is significant of but one
thing-a devoted constructive patriotism. 1t is
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

this that somehow withdraws attention from
the elements in his career which it is i'm
possible TO extenUate. He moves across the
scene the eve of the great catastrophe like
a force of nature, brilliant. irresistible and.
perhaps sinister. He seems at times almost
dehUmanzed. just a tremendous influence. Yet
in the same moment his human frailty the
simplicity of his nature, little things of
thought. emotion action, will come home 10
US poignantIy that We forget the deTngOd
in contemplation of the man. His stormy tenn
per, his generosity. his unstable heart his
venality. his mixture of the ferocious and the
urbane in his Intercourse with men. his crea-
tive gift as a statesman and his utter recB-
lessness in many of the relations Of ufe-aU this
we have here faithfully presented. faithfully
because with just sense Of proportion No
popular biography of Mirabeau so good as this
has been written.
The first volume of Professor filings work on
"Mirabeau and the French Revolution" sug-
gests biographical scheme which may ulti-
mately justify itself. but at this stage seems
little too cumbrous. The author takes nearly
five hundred pages TO cover the period of his
hero's youth. This means a rather unnecessary
heaping up of detail. Now and then we are
grateful for the minute care with which Pro
fessOr Fling has pursued his researches On
Mirabeau's marriage. for example. he cites data
ignored in the volume we have Just traverscd.
and supplies fuller light on an important aspect
of his theme. In the main. however. the ex-
haustive character OF this narrative does not
markedly increase its value. save. perhaps. for
the students purposes of reference. In follow
ing the tissue of facts so painstakingly put to-
gether we very nearly lose track of that fiery
spark which was Mirabeau. his spirit seems to
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
Gbe Nemllla:k gribaames
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 70, 1909.

The discussion of the Dramatic Censorship
which has been going forward in London under
the solemn auspices of a Parliamentary Com
mittee has made good deal of amusing read
iug in the papers. Divers pIaywrights and crit
s,s have appeared before the Committee and
Save unpacked their bOsOms Of much edifying
Nuif 1t is interesting 20 observe that some of
the most competent of these witnesses have de-
clared themselves as, on the whole, in sympathy
with the Censorship. They would have the Office
modified, but they would not abolish it. Mr..
~ T. WalkIey. the dramatic critic, has put some
OF the commentators in Il terrible taking by his
REMARKS aprOpos of the suppression of "MOnna
Wanna" which he considers IAN entirely moral
and beautiful play" but which he thinks the
English stage can comfortably do without 1.-The
public has been deprived of the advantage of
seeing that play" he said. Does that amount
TO much? They miss an evenings aesthetic
E,atiiic;ltiOn Is that a very serious matter?"
This sounds to "The London Nation" like fiat
baSphemy. In the opinion of that journal an
evenings aesthetic qualification is a very serious
nJttcr indeed We dare say that Mr. Walkley's
heart is in the right place and that he knows
we'll enough how serious one ought to be on this
I, pie, His seemingly cynical assertion that the
Importance of art is "apt TO be OveTated" was
probably grounded upon a weariness of the
things which are nowadays attempted in the
uIne of art"
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
FRENCH HISTORY.
Books ON the Revolutionary and
NapOleOnic Periods.

THE LIFE OF MIRABEAU. BY s. g. TaIlentyre
with portraits. Svo. pp. viii, SOL Mohat. YARD
& Co.
MIRAREAU AND THE FRENCH REVOI.U-
TION. BY Fred Morrow Fling Phi: ID In three three
volumes Vol l. THE Youth of Mtrabeau
illustrated. SvO. PIP. XIV. 497. G. p. Putnam
Sons
MEMOIRS OF THE COMTE DE RAMBUTEAu-
Edited nv his grandson Translated from the
French by ]. C. BTOgan. With an Introduction
and notes by NJ Georges Lequin. Svo. pp XxXiI'
324 G. z. Putnams Sons.
A FAVORITE OF NAPOLEON. Memoirs of Mile
George. Edited from the original manuscript
by Paul Cheramy. SvO. pp. 10. The Johh
Mcbride Company.
The lady who calls herself upon the title
pages of her books IS. c.. Tallentyre'' possesses
something of that faculty for narrative which
distinguished her clever relative. the late Henry
Seton Merriman. She has the light touch of the
novelist. and while her historical monographs
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
ASLEEP.
BY MARY PRESCOTT.

BY MARY PRESCOTT.
Sound asleep: no sigh can reach
Him who dreams the heavenly dream;
10 Tomorrow : silver speech
Wake him with an earthly theme.
Summer rains relentlessly
Patter where his head doth lie:
There the wild fern and the brake
All their summer leisure take.
VioIets blended with the dew.
Perfume lend to the sad rue,
Till the day breaks fair and clear,
And no shadow doth appear.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

Observers who possess some sense of humOr
can contemplate with calmness the hysteriCal
gyrationS of those individuals to whom the mere
word Censorship is as a red flag. Sir W. S.
Gilbert has himself had grievance against the
office for The Mikado" was once forbidden on
the ground that it might give offence to Eng
lands japanese allies and as he told the Com
Mittee, music from that opera was at that very
moment being played the Japanese ships in
Tn" Medway. Nevertheless, Sir William testified
that he considered a censorship of some kind to
desirable, saying:
think that the stage of a theatre is not a
)1oper pulpit from which to disseminate doc
trinas possibly of Anarchism, Socialism and Ag
mysticism. 1t is not the proper platform upon
which to discuss questions of adultery and free
love before mixed audience composed of per-
sons of all ages of both sexes, of all ways of
thinking. of all conditions of life, and of various
degrees of education.
1t is easy to argue around and around the
essential point in this business of the Censor
ship 1t is difficult Of course to formulate just
the right safeguard. But it is nOnsensical to
Try Ia obscure the real issue by talking at large
about art" and all the time ignoring the true
drift of many SO-Called artists
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

Over and over again in this place we have
commented on the Importance to almost any
Nriter Of some contact with affairs and the
practical side Of life. The subject has recently
been touched upon by the London Times in
an article on "LteratUre and Business" The
writer declares that the art of composition
being an art of address, training in some kind
of busjncs may serve TO help an author where
L. is most in need Of aid The argument con
tiLueS follows:
There is common idea that the writer who
IS IN artist ought 10 shut himself up in his room
ami forget all about the vulgar herd. There =
no form of literature. like the Greek and Eliza
Deti;4n dramas. in which the greatest of writer's
can address themselves directly to the great
Indss of mon There is Of course, the novel; but
The novel is prose, and every year the division
grows sharper between novels that popular"
ana novels that are artistic" The popular
olst learns no art except OF address; and OF that
he learns only much would be useful to
Cheap-jaCk. The artistic novelist scOrns the art
of address because it has been much vulgar
lied He despairs of the public and therefore
jouts them. If he knew the world better from
.he practice of some prOsaic business he might
got think i'll of it and might take more pains
10 make it understand what he has to say. \
prosaic business would give him not only knOwl
edge of many things that he would find useful
but also the habit Of making things plain to
plain people.
There could be no better testimony to the
Justice of this contention than the familiar
spectacle presented by the of actiOn-the
soldier. the traveller the great administrator or
the man of wide general experience in the do
main Of industry-whO for one reason or another
finds it desirable to write book or Il magazine
article. In the routine OF literary craftsmanship.
In the things that are To give form and balance
60 his book as Il whole he sometimes needs help;
but ne rarely has any difficulty in making
things plain 10 plain people
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-09-02
SAMPLE BALLOT
HAS ARRIVED

When the electors of Pennsylvania
proceed to cast their vote ut the next
election they will find themselves con-
fronted with blanket sheet, the larg-
est ballot ever employed at any elect
ion held in this state. The customary
specimen ballot arrived at the court
house yesterday and to put it mildly
it is a curiosity.
The amendments to the constitution
to be voted upon are responsible for
the unusual size of the ballot and they
occupy probably nine-tenths of the
space. To be exact the sample ballot
is thirtyfour by twenty-five inches.
At the top are four short columns pro-
viding for Estate Treasurer, - Judge
of the Supreme Court" and Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas " The
last column on the right is blank
None of these columns are over three
inches long The first contains the
names of the candidates for State
treasurer in their places with the us
ual instructions for voting the second
column, the names of the candidates
for Judge of the supreme court with
instructions. The column for judge of
the court of common pleas is left vac
ant while the last column, also blank,
has no designation.
The rest of the blanket sheet is oc-
cupied by the proposed amendments
to the constitution, ten in number,
which are to be voted on. Each amend
ment, in order to make it explicit, is
printed out very fully, the lines i'll
plain type running clear across the
ballot.
At the right of each amendment is a
block of four squares. Two of these
bordering on the text contain respect
lively, the words, Yes" and mo. "
Adjoining these on the right are two
blank squares. An marked in the
square at the right of the word yes"
indicates vote for the amendment.
\ similar marked in the square at
the right of the word no. indicates
a vote against the amendment.
At the bottom of the ballot is a
proposed schedule for the proposed
amendments, which are to be voted ON
in the same manner.
The proposed amendments, which
We're printed and given a wide circu-
lation throughout the state, are pretty
generally understood by voters. AS set
forth on the ballot they are very
plain and those who have neglected
to read up on the subject Will have no
difficulty in getting at their true
meaning
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-09-02
THE CENSUS LAW

On account of many false returns
sent i'll by enumerators of western
city ten years ago in an effort to boil
ster up the population, the present
act fixes a severe penalty for a census
taker who violates his oath If he
shall willfully and knowingly make a
false certificate of fictitious return
he shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and upon conviction shall be
fined not exceeding 81, 600 and impris-
onment not exceeding five years The
bill also makes provision for those
who may handicap the census taking
work by refusing to answer questions.
Any person who ignores the questions
propounded to him by an enumerator
is liable TO fine of 800 and the same
penalty is prescribed for those who
shall willfully give answers that are
false.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-09-02
THE DRINKING CUPS

Individual drinking cups for pupils
is subject that is being discussed by
patrons of our public schools AL
though no general action in the matter
has been taken by school boards, yet
there is a constantly growing senti-
ment throughout the country in favor
of individual cups, not only for use
in schools but also for railway trains
and other places where many persons
meet and all classes mingle.
Borough superintendent Dieffen-
bacher Tuesday evening stated that he
is aware that such "A sentiment exists in
Danville. He himself is in favor of
pupils using their own cups in school
and is pleased to note that not few
of those attending our schools this
term are provided with individual
cups.
While nothing has been done as to
the matter yet this year at the open
ing of the term last season Mr.. DEF
fenbacher stated, the teachers were
urged to take up the matter with their
pupils urging the use of individual
cups. As a result last year individual
drinking cups seemed to be almost the
rule in some of the buildings
Several of our physicians We're in
terviewed yesterday, and without ex-
ception they went on record as in
favor of individual cups 1t was ex-
planned that with the opening of the
school term each year an increase in
infectious diseases among children
may be noted due, it is believed, to
the practice of all or many children
drinking from the same cup at
school.