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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24
Making Social Novels

Curtis .Clendenin, author y th
popular society novels which CAV
such close insight in;D the ways O
the ultra set, was sitting at MS writ
inC desk. lie had Just finished para
grauh:
Exquisite taste showed in l. room
Delicate tones Of rose hushed dee.
shade in the carpet. Fine. ndci
festCCns of bronze fell from III. ;Eitz.
a garland Of the same metal: 4 fuN
colored mahogany furniture y IrUCl
deep tones Of polish brown; SOS
of carnations. i'm tan. slender ~,
vases, stood ON the hearth p "a.
trasted with the pink cipoIino i
of the graceful mantelpiece. D.
gle Boucher, I'D. rich. and dim Oks
ed i'm the chimney breast"
That's getting the spirit -'lC
thing!" he eXTlted to himself
Then he stepped to the hall d {
raised his voice to the landlady rev
there. Mrs. Murphy, I've got He
some more heat Do you think co,u
AcVear my ovsrcoat out in the
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24
ARE DOUBTFUL
OF DIOAeNOSTICS
Looks as Though Early Case Would
Become Permanent Mystery.

He is not allowed to earn a living
because Zee is a leper. and he loses his
pension from the government because
he isn't leper This is the present
claims of John r. Early. the very
famous-and unfortunate-bone of
contention between two sets of rival
diagnosticians.
Following the report (of the Society
OF Medical Jurisprudens.e which mt
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24
TstsV< SF<
TENEMENT HOUSES
ALLEGATIONS OF WRETCHED CON
DITIONS ARE SHOWN TO
BE UNTRUE.

The public has heard a rreat deo1
during the last few years coDcernins,
the alleged wretched condition Of e.
tenement houses owned by Trinitv
church, New York In the discussiCy,
OF the subject we nave had much A.
hunclation and holding uD of hands 4,
hoIy horror, but few facts As -
SUIT people have formed a hazv onfD-
ION Ihat trinity is far from being an
iueaI landlord. renting a large nrm-
ger OF unsanitary dwellings in the
worst part or the metropolis To moor
dIllIleS at eXorbitant rates. Naza-
zlne muckrakers have charged tbat
l IIhIty' when appealed to. simply re-
uses 10 maintain its property i'm ia
CENT repair. The late Richard Wat-
sOn GHder, who surely should not no
!uCIuued IN the class of persons mon
.IOhed, once wrote a scorchine noon
III winch he asserted that Trinity was
recreant TO its trust. There "a, -
no doubt as to the impression which
mas gone abroad. with LITTLE a+to-,,,,t
10 correct Ii on the part OF the church
affected. O"uiC u
Now, for the first time. We have h.
iofe US the facts upon which to boso
d comprehensive and intelligent idea
regarding Iriuity's success as - Land
loiu- lney are contained i'm "a renort
lue result of an INVESTIGATION made for,
lne tenement house COMMITTEE off +be
New York Charity Organization So
clety, by L. W. Diuwiddia "a forrrS~ -.
neal Inspector i'm both New pork s~,d
L hlladelphia and am acknowledged .,
thorlty on the subject of housing In
general the sensational CHARGES orne-
greet are not sustained. The investi-
sauoh covered 334 houses. comDris-
ing olv apartments. and included all
N. ''Ii-lhSS owned by Trinity and
useu Tor dwelling purposes. Two
lhl4 us on these houses were found 70
OS u -'OI .1nditiOn and about nor
cent a ldedly bad condition The
.VHIaihoer contained defects demand
4ns immediate remedy. although the
dwellings, were no worse than others
III Tie neighbOrhood. AS to the ron.
taIs' they were found to be inyariabIv
10" IoI Manhattan. The tenants were
practlcally unanimous in \decTa RING
CheIr satisfaction with the rental thar
d9 charged. No evidences OF gambl-
IHS VI immortality were found in anv
u 1nS houses nor are any occupied
Oy saloons, as has been asserted
. ~ ANiOlN duOruS little com
tort for the muckrakers. n bv ~
means gives Trinity a clean hin ~
health. 1t is evident that Trini+v's
tenements shine by comparison With
some others, bat should the church h.
satisfied with his doubtful arhieva1
ment? We look to the church for IioS.
and leading. and when it gQ..s. -
real estate busiD 49, s
pared to set a n
us. Trinity, W
has golden 81 !.
mentS whicf &. !. !: 3
of sanitatio
She should II
doing as we :. - s. - 81
average com
his report, OF
full since il
was~.suppos Is
extent, in the 81
lie. she should prompt {.
improvements which {.
Gated as necessary. and~r
she breaches. - Pittsburg
Times.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24
Pretty BandaI.

Many girls are gearin&
rons made of two huge
ored bandana handkercd
One forms the aproM
point down. and the
the same way, is M
cut with a round
to get through, Il
falling GRACEFUL
In bertha wsR.~1
The point1
and NUT ON - =
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24

lie. she should prompt
improvements which
Gated as necessary. and
she breaches. - PittsburgV
Times.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-04
Gaynor Again
In Active Harness.

New York, Oct. 3.-Mayor William j.
Gaynor Is again the active head of the
New York City government. The mayor
came to City hall today and took hold of
the executive reins there for the first
time since Aug. last, when his intended
vacation trip to Europe was cut short by
a bullet from the pistol of James ]. Gala
CHER, discharged city employe, who shot
the mayor down on the deck of the
steamer on which he was about to sail
abroad. The mayor remained in hos
pital in Hoboken, N. j., until he was
able to be removed to his country home
at st. James, l.. l., where he spent his
period of convalescence. committee of
representative citizens joined with the
city officers in welcoming the mayor back
to his Office. The mayor declared that if
the citizens of New York, 'in spite Of
clamor, vituperation and senseless
noise," stand shoulder to shoulder with
him, much could be accomplished
John Purroy Mitchell sent to the mayor
today a voluminous report detailing his
stewardship as acting mayor and again
recommending the dismissal of William
E. Baker as commissioner of police. The
much -talked-of letter by Commissioner
Baker in reply to one sent him by the
acting mayor, in which vice and gambling
conditions in New York and Coney Island
were called to his attention, were made
public with Mr.. Mitchers report. 1t is
sharp retort and Mr.. Mitchell, comment
ing thereon to the mayor, says its gen
eral tone is insubordinate." Because Of
this and the failure Of the police depart
ment to suppress vice and gambling. and
because, as Mr.. Mitchell declares. "of the
falsehoods Of which the commissioner had
been guilty." he recommends his dis
missaL The mayor had no comment TO
make on the matter but has taken 1T un-
der advisement.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-04
LITTLE DoRRlT's LAND.
Tabard Street, Historic London Street
Be Demolished.

Though there are few folks living
except perhaps it's actual denizens-
who are not glad that Takard street
should be wiped off the face of the
earth as a disgrace to modern civ
iliZation. it has to be confessed that
hardly street in London is so fam
ously connected with history, poetry
and every circumstances of greatness.
In the old. cid days before the new
Dover road wheeled round from the
borough into the Kentish highway,
Tabard street was called Kent street,
and was the main approach to London
for everyone who arrived from any
where in Kent. from Canterbury, from
the Cinque ports. and so one might
almost say from Europe.
U.p Tabard street nearly 600 years
ago. rode the Black Prince. conquerer
at Poictiers. bringing with his in
triumph the captive French king, a
pageant compared with which these
10Th century shows are but half-heart
ed pieces of make believe. Up Tabard
street swarned the peasants of Kent
under Wat Tyler. and later on Jack
Cade and his Kentish men, pouring in
the Lancashire lads" of that day.
Down Tabard street some time be-
fore either of these events the Can
trbury Pilgrims clattered over the
stones on their way to Becketts
shrine. laughing, jostling. jingling in
the May morning, a bevy of jollity and
color.
Yet even in those far off times
Tabard street seemed to have made DIP
its mind to prove unworthy of this
honor Of the welcoming the coming
and speeding the parting guest AS
long ago as the 18th century it was
haunt of depravity and poverty. III
Shtlkespeare.s time it was Stunned
by all respectable folk. For centuries
It was deplored that distinguished for
eigners coming from the Continent
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-04
AFTERMATH or RAIDS.
Wakefield Chief Of Police Charged
With Malfeasance.

Wakefield, r. L., Oct. 3.-An aftermath
OF the raid on the Narragansett Club
Aug. last, made by Constable John @.
Cross, who claims that he found about
30 prominent New York society people In
the clubrooms which contained many
gambling implements, came up In the
second district court here today before
Judge Nathan B. Lewis, when Chief OF
Police Caswell of Narragansett appeared
on charge Of malfeasance. Several wit
nesses, including Cross, testified that
Chief Caswell, although in the clubroom
at the time. took no part In assisting
Constable Cross in conducting the raid.
At the conclusion Of the states testimo-
nv Attorney A. J. Gushing. lawyer for
the defence, moved to have the case dis
missed. Attorney Gushing laid great
stress on the fact that no testimony had
been offered to show that Chief Caswell
was the town sergeant. To prove this
recess was taken until afternoon In order
to allow the town clerk to appear and
produce the needed records.
Constable Cross testified that he had
raided the club shortly after midnight
Aug. and that although Chief Caswell
entered the clubrooms shortly after this
he did not assist him.
Chief Caswell was discharged by the
,ourt after the noon recess. Judge Lewis
said that insufficient evidence had been
presented
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-04
SERIOUS SITUATION.
Mount Vernon Reduced to Half Por
tions of Water,

Mount Vernon, N. Y, Oct. 3.-This
city was reduced to half portions OF
water today and the situation which
was relieved week ago, thanks to
New York City, again became serious.
New York's dole of water was
poured into the New Rochelle reser-
voir. but today New Rochelle baked,
into the Mount Vernon mains than
New York was pouring in. AS a re-
suit, the gate connecting the two sys-
TENS was closed and the supply here
is very low.
Mayor Fiske appealed to New York
City tonight and obtained permission
to tap the greater city's mains at a
new point. eliminating New Rochelle.
The work will be completed tomorrow.
Meantime, water is so scarce that
residents are saving refrigerator drip
pings. sending live stock across the
city boundary lines to be watered and
having nearly all laundry work done
elsewhere.
The water situation throughout
Westchester county is growing more
seriously hourly. Each day without
rain reduces still further the small
reserve Of the cities and villages.
1onkers is near the end of it's re-
sources and only New York's supply
remains to be drawn upon and with
the drain by Westchesters population.
that supply cannot last indefinitely.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-04
WATERv|LLE.
Field Aver.

The wedding Of Fred Thomas Fies
and stella Mae Aver, which took pla,
Saturday evening at the home of TIN
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Olin P
Aver, Union street, Auburn. is Of IA.
terest to Wsterville people. Relatives
and a few invited friends were invited
TO witness the ceremony, which wa
performed by Rev. ]. True Crosby q,
Auburn. tie single ring service being
used. The marriage vows were taken
under a canopy of asparagus fern and
white asters. The room was decorated
with quantities of hydrangeas and
ferns. The bride was becomingly al.
tired in white silk with lace TRIMMINGS
She carried a shower bouquet of white
pinks and white sweet peas.
The bridesmaid, Miss Grace Field,
was gowned in reseda green silk, her
bouquet being pale pink asters The
best man was Claude Perkins Mrs.
Frank G. Aver played the wedding
march from ''Lohengrin.''
The ring bearer was Marion Jose
phine Crosby and she looked very
sweet in a dainty white dress Lillian
Bubier. another attractive young miss,
received the guests as they came in.
In the dining room the color scheme
was red and green, which consisted Of
autumn leaves and fir boughs, taste.
fully arranged with red sweet peas
Ices. assorted cakes and salted nuts
were served. The wedding cake was
cat by the bride and given to her
guests. Misses Grace Field and Eta
Collins, schoolmates of the bride
served and were assisted by four youn,
misses, Elsie and Eudora Frost of Wa
terville, cousins of the bride. and LII
liam Bubier and Marion Josephin
Crosby of Auburn. Many beautifu
gifts were displayed, consisting Q
china. silverware, two handsom
clocks. linen and embroidery. Two ver
dainty doilies of Mexican work an
thread lace We're noticed among tn
gifts. These were made by Mrs. Jan
Durham Of Auburn, who is over
years old. The bridegroom is a Lewis
ton young man of excellent qualities
He Is employed in one of the shoe fac
tories and is very popular among hi
friends. His bride is a well-known Au
burn young lady. until recently en-
gagged in the millinery business Th
numerous gifts sine received show th
esteem in which she is held.
Mr.. and Mrs Field will take no wed
ding trip at present. but will be a,
nome after Nov. / at s Union street
Auburn.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-04
PLANNING SIGNALS.
Curtiss Arranging for Chicago-New
York Aeroplane Race.

Chicago, Oct. 3.-Signals for aerial ma
riners will be planned and arranged fol
this week by Glenn Curtiss for the Chi
cago-New York aeroplane race which will
begin next Saturday for the $4,000 prize
offered by the Chicago Evening Post and
the New York Times.
Mr. Curtss will leave tonight for Cleve-
land. Ohio, to arrange relay stations for
the flyers and to obtain aid from railway
officials whose tracks parallel the propos-
ed line of flight in mapping out the course
for the flyers.
Smudges giving out thick. black smoke
by day, and dull red glow in the even
ing. to be put at railroad crossings or
branches to acquaint the sky sailors of
the rights of way, are now being planned
for. and in open country flags will be
used.
Today a sudden gust of wind blew down
the big tent in which the five Curtiss
aeroplanes were housed. slightly damaging
them and bruising two of the entrants TO
the Chicago-New York race j. A ID. NC
Curdy and Eugene Ely. Glenn Curtlss
and Mrs. Curtiss were in the tent at the
time but were not injured. The damage
done to the fragile machines by falling
tcnt poles was insignificant, the air men
DECLARE
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-04

should get their first impression Of
London from Tabard street. and some
times they used to be hurried through
by night SO that they should see as
little of it as possible.
So on to our own times. The recent
resource OF changing it's old name to
something pretty and poetic has had
absolutely no effect. Vice and dirt
seem to be in it's very air. and since
the creation of Dover road turned the
stream Of traffic elsewhere it has just
quietly degenerated into black slum,
from the associations OF which one
fancies the very earth will heed to
be cleansed.
Yet with it all the very ding!est-
though not the worst-features of
Tabard street. still have a romance
for us Of today. For their last dis
tinction was that OF being touched
by the genius of Charles Dickens.
Not hundred yards from Tabard
street Little Dorrit was born. At st.
Georges Church hard by she was mar
ried, and there, too. is the vestry
porch where the kindly beadle laid
her to sleep with the burial register
for pillow.
Even the old Marshalsea, the debtors
prison, where Mr.. Dorrit was so dis
tinguished a resident, where Dickens's
own father was not unknown and to
which Dickens himself paid many a
visit as a boy-is still to be traced
to far greater extent than can be
imagined. One has only to dive into
Angel place-the little court on the
left just before one comes to St.
Georges from London Bridge-to find
the grim old walls of the Marshalsea
standing as they stodd century ago,
with here and there an old grated
window that still recalls those times
of tears.
Following the old walls round by
warehouses and Offices, flanked by
grimy little paved alleys that are prob
ably themselves Dickens survivals, one
reaches the Southwark Mortuary-a
blithe resort by comparison, surround
ed by a little garden Of old fashioned
flowers. Close by is a battered old
door--once an actual door of the old
Marshalsea. If one peeps over the
wall here from across the alley close
by the entrance to the mortuary one
may catch glimpse of the old Mar
shalsea belfry still practically just as
it was when it rang out locking up
time for Little Dorrit and her old
father. Coming round into St. Georges
churchyard one has completely en-
circled the famous old prison that
was the world of Little Dorrit's girl
hood.-London Chronicle.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-04
Rudnieff Flies
Over St. Petersburg,

st Petersburg, Oct. 3.-The first
acroplane flight over st. Petersburg
was made today by Lieut.. Rudnieff in
Farman machine. Starting from the
aviation ground in the suburb of No
vaya Docvnaya, the aviator followed
the course of the river Neva twice
circled about the spire of Saint Isaac's
cathedral and in returning, passed over
an island in the Finnish gulf.
Lieut.. Rudnieff is one of the group
Of officers in the engineering corps
who are participating in the aviation
meet organized by Boris Souvenir, a
son of Editor Alexis Souvenir.
M. Gouchkoff with Colonel Ulianiv
for passenger, flew for 10 minutes.
Lieut.. Matyevich established a Rus
sian altitude record of 3937 feet, using
Bleriot machine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-04
MIDDLE NAMES,
Once Forbidden by Law, They Are
Now Quite Universally Used.

Middle names, hard as it is to credit
in this generation, We're once illegal.
The old English law was very definite
as to the naming Of children, and, ac-
cording to Coke, "a man cannot have
two names Of baptism" ut is re-
quisite," this law goes on, that the
purchaser be named by the name of
his baptism and his surname, and
that special heed be taken to the name
Of baptism
Royal parsonage have always been
allowed to have more than one given
name, but as late as 1900, it is said,
there were only four persons in all
England who had two given names
In 1920 the Mayilower sailed for Amer
lea, and there was not a man or wom-
an upon it who had middle name
Even a century and half ago dou-
Bile names were very uncommon. The
English used to dodge the law at
times by ingeniously compounding
names. Thus on old parish registers
in England there is occasionally seen
such combinations as Fannasabilia,
which is Fanny and Sybil joined to-
5ether, and Annameriar, made up of
Anna and Maria. Maris is one OF
the earliest middle names of record
for boys. 1t was given in honor of
the Virgin Mary. AS much as they
dared, beginning along in the 18th
century, parents evaded the zone
name-law.'
But even as late as 100 years ago
custom was against the middle name
IL the names of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence be look
ed over. it will be found that only
three of them had middle names The
first five Presidents OF the United
States had only one name each
George Washington, John Adams,
Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and
James Munroe. Before Grant, 18th of
the line there were only three double
named executives-John Quincy Adams,
William Henry Harrison, and James
Knox Polk.
When middle names got going and
became the fashion, the law having
dropped into disuse, parents went to
work combining names for their Off
spring enthusiastically. One custom
was done away with in England in
| consequence of this, the plan of nam
ing the eldest son for the estate, par
ticularly when he succeeded to that
estate through his mother. This old
idea is still followed to some extent
in this country by the mothers maid
en- name being given to the eldest
son. 1t Identifies the boy when he
grows to manhood. and SO has a posi-
tive value. During the time of the
Civil War and just after hundreds
Of parents named sons simply Lin
coin or Grant. Asl'ak.u
Such instances have. however, been
uncommon the past so years. The
| middle name has become well-nigh
| universal. Sometimes the case arises
| of man prominent in public life or
literature leaving off his first name
| altogether and becoming known by
his middle name. Grover Cleveland.
whose baptismal name was Stephen
Grover Cleveland. has been the most
conspicuous example of this.-Harper's
Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-04
COLLEGE BRED MEN.
Thought to Be Those Who BOUGHT
.. Explosive to Blow up Times.

San Francisco, Oct 3-The theory ad-
vanced by the Los Angeles police that
the explosive used to blow up the Times
building was purchased in the Giant Pow
der Works at Giant, Cal, has been
strengthened by the Investigations con-
Quoted yesterday.
The strongest circumstances offered in
corroboration is in regard to the dynamite
= found at the residence of F. j. Zehand-
laar In Los Angeles and which bore the
label: tF ~
80 per cent. Giant gelatine, Giant Pow
der Co, Giant, Cal, Sept. 2O'
8 Frank Rollar, superintendent Of the
Giant works, has identified the dynamite
by a telegraphic description. He said
last night:
'"rhe only 80 per cent. gelatine dyna-
mite we have manufactured in several
months was made about Sept. 20 on an or
der from our San Francisco office to be
delivered to the launch Peerless.
1T was a special order for 500 pounds
and was stamped with our label in the
same manner as the dynamite found by
the Los Angeles police was labeled. Three
men carried on the transaction at our
Office In San Francisco"
Bruce McCaul, chief invoice clerk of
the Giant Powder Co. Consolidated, said
today he could identify the three men
who purchased 500 pounds of gelatine dy-
Mantle from his company on Sept %.
The man who paid for the dynamite
gave his name as A. J. Bryson and, ar
cording to McCaul, his description tallies
with that of the man who gave the name
of Leonard at the powder works when he
called for the explosives. Bryson was
accompanied by an unidentified com
panion.
McCaul said today the men impressed
him by their speech and clothing as be-
ing college bred. Bryson said he woul,
use 1t to clear his ranch near Auburn af
stumps. McCaul said that few days
later Morris came for the explosive
which was delivered to the launch Peer
less,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-04
IRISH pEPUTATloN PROTESTS
AGAINST Abandonment Of Queenstown
Az q Port Of Call.

Washington, Oct. 3.-An all-1rish
deputation, headed by the lord mayor
of Dublin, Michael Doyle. called up
on Postmaster General Hitchcock to-
day to protest against the abandon
ment of Queenstown as a port Of call
for the Cnnard line mail steamers.
1t was explained that the stopping
Of the Cunard vessels at Queestown
would mean a delay of less than an
hour and insure the delivery of mail
intended for the North of England,
Ireland and Scotland twenty-four
hours earlier.
Addresses were delivered to Post
master General Hitchcock by Coun-
cillor Michael Doyle lord mayor of
Dublin; J. Fl. Campbell of Queens
town; w. A. Lindsay of Belfast; Sir
Edward A. Fitzgerald, Bart, Of Cork;
Sir James Long of Cork; E. F. Long
of Limerick; Charles O'Callaghan
of Queenstown and M. Loughrane of
Killarney
Mr.. Hitchcock said that the repre-
sentations were excellent grounds for
appeal to the Cunard company, and
promised to take the matter up with
the line.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-04
SOME CENSUS FIGURES.
Chattanooga Shows Big Increase
Population Of Delaware.

Washington. Oct. 3.-Populatlof
statistics, as enumerated in the 13tf
census. were made public tonight as
follows:
Chattanooga. Tenn. 44,6O4. an in
crease of 14,45O, or AS per cent over
3O,154 in 1900.
Lincoln. Neb.. 43.973. an increase OF
1904, or 95 per cent over 4O,l69 In
1900.
San Jose, Calf. 2S,946. an increase
of 7446, or S4.6 per cent over 21.5oc
in 1900.
Pasadena, Calf, 30,291. an increase
of 21,174 or 1922 per cent as compared
with 9117 in 1900.
Washington, Pa, washington coun-
ty), 1878 compared with 1870 in 1900
The population of the State of Del
aware is 2O2,322. This is an increase
of 1857 or 9.5 per cent over 1S4.465
in 1900 when the 18th census showed
an increase of 16,242 or 9.6 per cent
during the previous ten years.