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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-05-20
RENTING A BRIDAL VEIL.
An Incident Of a Fashionable Wedding
In New York

An incident Of n Fashionable Wedding
In New York.
Not long ago one OF the wealthiest
charge customers" Of a well known
department store In New York pur-
chased u $500 wedding veil for her
daughter, which was charged to her
account and duly delivered. The wed.
ding was a large one and celebrated at
high noon in one of the downtown
churches.
1t happened that one OF the girls
from u department store went OUR
luncheon at this hour and. seeii a
fashionable wedding In full swing.
slipped into the church with the crowd
and into one OF the back pews. After
the ceremony was over she hurried
back to her place behind the counter,
too busy with her special sales TO even
think about It
The next morning, however, when
she read an account OF the "magnif.
cent wedding In - church and a de-
tailed description OF the wonderful
veil worn by the bride. valued az
$780," she laughingly told her numer-
Gus friends In that department that
she had been one OF the honored
guests and had seen that $500 veil
with her own eyes" Just at this thrill.
Ing point of her story one OF the floor
men stepped up TO her and said:
You are wanted at the managers
office. Miss B."
AS she entered the Office to her per-
rect amazement. she beheld the identi-
cal bridal veil just under discussion.
Miss B., can you tell me II you ever
saw this veil before?" asked the man.
ager.
Yes. sir; l saw 1t yesterday"
Where did you see it,"
She took from her pocket the clip
ping from the morning newspapers
with the account OF the great wed
ding. the costly veil and q picture of
the bride. Laying 1t upon the desk,
she said:
This Is picture OF the VEIL"
How did you happen to be at this
wedding instead of In your place here
I'm the storeY"
1T was my luncheon hour, and I
went to the wedding instead of to
lunch"
The manager smiled.
Can you positively identify this veil
as the one you saw yesterdays"
Miss b. took 1t up In her hands and.
unfolding 1t. ran her fingers through
the mesh and into the tiny folds where
the orange blossoms were caught, then
with some difficulty picked out three
little pieces Of rice and handed them
to the manager.
She went back to her counter. and
the charge customer. whose ac-
counts ranged In the thousands each
year, was rendered bill for $500
Tor the use OF bridal veil worn by
her daughter"
A check for the $500 was Immediate
ly sent. and the wealthy charge Gus
toner" still continues to charge.-Chi-
cago RecOrd-Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-05-20
SHE LOVED HER OWN.


This is the epltaph of Rose May
sival taken from Chicago newspaper:
"Defying the warnings of doctors.
Rose Maysival worked for eight years
in sweatshops to support her wild
owed mother and two younger sisters
and yesterday died victim of con-
sumption.
She had repeatedly been told TO go
into the country. but she willingly
sacrificed her health to buy food and
shelter for the family.
when she began work In the shops
where ready made clothing is manu-
featured she was only thirteen years
of age. When she died she was TWEEN
ty-One."
That's all. .
Rose Maysival lived. loved. toiled.
sacrificed aud died Here is one Of the
brief chapters in the short and simple
annals of the poor.
Where will you find finer chapter
OF devotion?
Picture to yourself the WEAKNESS
and the dull pains. the heart sickness
Of those toilsome days when the poor
girl dragged herself to the tedious
tasks, performed In weakness
She knew ali too well the inevitable
days were creeping on TO the final
darkness. No soldier facing the for
lorn hope knew better.
And. knowing, Rose Maysival smil.
| ingly piled high ON the altar of her
devotion the remaining hours OF the
waning life. And after eight years of
sacrifice she paid the hast full meas.
ure OF suffering.
Having loved her own, she loved
them to the end.
The pathos OF IT,! And the mystery
Of It!
Somewhere In n city cemetery is n
nameless mound over which agonized
bereayement asks the old. old Ques.
tion-why? Why suffering? why
death? Why?
II we only knew! No wonder the
poet unused concerning the mystery
OF the growth OF the flower I'm the
crannied wall and said IL we knew
that mystery we would know the
universe and God and ALL
| IL We could see into the mystery of
that humble human flower. Rose May
| sivai. sprung out OF the soil OF com
mon life. we could understand the
puzzle of the universe.
1t is the mystery OF selfiess love.
But we know this
There are such things In the world
as sacrifice and love and faith and
hope.
And we know that these things are
more mighty. more vital. than all the
other things that men would call Inn
portant They are the real things of
| life
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-05-20
Heart toHeart
Talks.
THE CRY OF THE CHILD.

The other day visited a large or
phan asylum.
The spectacle OF SO many little waits.
orphaned babes. would make any heart
sad Not one of these poor kideens
and kiss the place ito make it we'll
or to tuck it in bed and listen to the
lisping prayer.
Motherlessl
There is no other word i'm the Ian
guage full of SO much sorrow.
But, on the whole, | was glad for
my visit. Here was the cry OF the
motherless being heard and answered
in my day.
Ever read the story of Michelangelo
and the street urchin?
Everybody in his day knew the
great, kind hearted artist. And so on
zone occasion little street waif con-
fronted Michelangelo with a pencil and
piece of paper and besought the art
list TO make a picture.
Michelangelo loved children. and he
sat down there on the curbStone aud
made n picture for the boy. Would
the sketch had been preserved.
Now, you would predict that an ap-
peal from a child would touch the heart
of big man like the great painter.
But
In Michelangelo's day there were no
orphan asylums worthy of the name
In his day parents might sell their
children as bond slaves and often did
so. and the child slavery of that time
is full of cruelty and sometimes death
Why. even within the memory of old
men in England the child was a chat.
tel, the property OF the parent. espe
cially the father
Orphan asylums and homes foI
friendless children and humane socie
ties are the indices of this age. youl
age and mine, the best and brighte>
epoch in the worlds sad history.
Let me put this picture over again
that of Michelangelo and the boy:
Theodore Roosevelt stood on the
platform shaking hands with
crowd OF people. Looking bcy3nG
crowd. he saw on its outskirt: :;
lorn little figure OF n girl whr lnr
timidly and hopefully tOwaid II
Theodore Roosevelt was president
the United States. but
Pushing aside the throng. he Jump
down, made his way to the little MAI.
and. after shaking her hand. took hi
boutonHiere from his coat and gave /
TO the little one
There is the difference between tn,
age OF Michelangelo and the age %
Theodore Roosevelt.
Here and there in the former days
man might sometimes stoop to pleas,
n boy; i'm our day philanthropy pushes
aside the elders to make its way {,
the forlorn little ones
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-05-20

Opportunity was on hand. but they
were too busy or too ignorant or too
incident to answer the doorbell.
Listen, Do not put your fingers in
your ears. And. above all. DO not
make up your mind that your day Is
over. IL you are I'm that mood you will
not hear even though Opportunity
shouts at you through the keyhole.
Listen for Opportunity.
She is really kind hearted when you
come TO know her. And she has
pounded on your front door many n
time. She has even begged you TO let
her in. She would go in partnership
with you. And you turned over in
your bed and snoTed. Ii is wonder
she did not permanently strike you
Off her visiting list. But she did not.
Listen for the raps.
When you hear so much as whis-
per or even sigh sit up and pay at
tention. 1t may be Opportunities self
Rub the mists of sleep out of your
eyes. At the very first rap get out OF
bed and open the door-quickly, mind
you.
No opportunity for you?
"You say the world is all wrong ::
Why, Gods in his heaven and ais
we'll" Only you-you are all wrong
Even now Opportunity waits, and YOU
will not heed.
Smile at the jade and she will smile
back. Scowl at her too often and one
day she will snub you as you deserve.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-05-20
IN THE MAKING.

In one OF George McDonaId's books
Is this scrap or conversation:
Il wonder why God made me-" said
Mrs. Faber bitterly. I'm sure I don't
know where was the use OF making
me-"
Perhaps not much yet" replied Dor
othy: but. then. he hasn't done with
you yet He Is making you now, and
you don't like It."
We are In the making.
what we shall be doth not vet apI
pear. because we are only In the proc
ess OF completion.
1t Is difficult. looking into the loom
and seeing but the one side. to proph.
esy what the pattern OF the perfected
weaving will show.
Nor can one judge the picture by the
first few strokes OF the artist ON his
canvas
Nor can one sense the flavor OF the
fruit until II is ripened.
II We could get these facts firmly
nxed In our minds we could bear with
better grace our painful experiences,
better understand the meaning of our
failures and better content ourselves In
the midst OF inperfections.
The fruit is not yet ripe. The pic
ture Is not painted. The weaving is
not completed.
In every life Is design. Although
we may not be able to see the pattern.
the Weaver knows. No life Is acct
dental or without ultimate purpose.
There Ia a e,ufdinn o1rro. t. a
hewiDg and shaping and polishing and
perfecting. even as the potter shapes
the clay.
Take your failures. Every man OF
middle life. looking back on the way by
which he came. easily can see that his
failures oftentimes were blessings in
disguise.
At the time the failures were griey-
Gus. but out OF them came new purpose
and new opportunity. Out OF the fur.
mace or trial came the pure gold Of
character. Therefore let us be patient
On. j know IL is hard sometimes 10
get our lessons! And sometimes the
tears must fall on the pages of the
DOCK. But we have not yet mastered our
lessons. We are still under tutelage.
wait! Life Is a serial story, COM
pick. fun OF plot and action. full OF
pain and blessing and Ito be contin.
ued." The final chapter has not yet
been written.
wait and trust Most miserable Is
ne who must stand and wait with hope
less heart There is an outcome. never
FEAR. God reigns. You may sometimes
strain your eyes In vain. but
he has not done with YOU yet"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-05-20
A Shady Place

A hotel keeper near New York city
Is Frenchman. and his family know
little more about English than be does.
His suburban hotel stands In the GEN.
ter OF square filed with large trees.
When the proprietor wanted TO call at.
tention to this advantage he put on his
cards. THE most shady hotel around
New York" The reputation of the
place Is beyond reproach. and the pro-
prietor does not know yet why so
many persons smile when they read
the line quoted.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-05-20
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
Ekahzzc RAILWAY GO.
Piankatank River Line.

schedule in effect Saturday. April s3rd. 1910
o. Steamer leaves Pier Light Street wbsr,
Daumore. every Sunday and Wednesds,>
weather permitting, for treeport and fnIay
ihSulate landings as follows:
sa% onse b5 ~ ~ p M. Mia 80 a. m.
ION :, din6s 10 Reedvile 40. Hardings q
lin o To- trace Point 40, b, rdton S20.
nSiHnlHarhock .;;O. Ocrans S.i5. Jacksons Cr,eE
H. cricket Hill u 30 Calls ii las Fitchett 10 IN
=. m, huarks %. Warehouse las, Conrads >
rive Frceport $50. ~ "A-
returning steamer leaves Freeport for Raj
s,itoI IT, ana lnterme diate landings every Tues
anu FRIDAY. weather permitting as foIIows.
Leave rreeport a. no.. Blands 10 Stamn
Srs a,". 0reen Point 7.45, G nrads Wars
,rse ~, Ruarks s.45. FitcAetts 10 CsiIis
Az ~, cricket Hill l0+5, Jacksons Creek n al
Ocrans m, kilmernock lao Grace Point
LOU Byruton2 Hardings 3. HarveysS IA Flee
LOT 4.SO, limbs AS, Rockville < Mia ~
u ackweils 645. Iipers q. Sampson, G. g.. arrive
III nnnlumore next morning.
Ills Time table shows the times at wbioh
steamers may be expected to arrive at and de-
part from the several wharves bur their ar
rlVal or departure at the times stafed ia NOT
guaranteed, nor does the Company hold Itself
arising therefrom.
WILLARD THOMSON Gen. Manager.
"a IL: heaven. Agent. Baltimore.
Gen. Freight and Passenger Agent.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-05-20
SHOPPING FOR LADIES.

Save travelling expenses and have our
shopping done by Mrs. j. p. Meanley.
22O4 Oak ST., Baltimore. She is In
close touch with the best stores and can
save our ladies money on their purchases
IN all lines. II costs them nothing extra.
samples sent upon request.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-05-20
Not the Seaiskin.

A speaker apropos OF wifelv svm.
patny SAID at a recent dinner In New
YORK: How hard 1t is when the wife
is unsympathetic. Poor Jones trudced
home through zero weather one win
ter night and. blowing on his frozen
hands. said solemnly:
well. I've got the sack
oh. yoC dear his wife cried The
sealskin or the other one:'
THE other one said Jones. .auch.
tnR hitterls-" Washington Star
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-05-20
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


Leave Tappahannock, westber oerrD,,.,u-
Ra nHiy pm. stopping at wellfords. Wares
towers. Sbarps. BAY Port, Wheaton, Water
view, Monaskon. Urbanua Burtons. Rurhans
TmIitenoeck; Merry Point. Ottoman, Morsns'
No orhs' en- "eernS. White Stone, Mill Creek
da re, ming, steamer will leave Norfolk Mon
ba ay o Y. m. weather pernittin for Tappa
nsanhS0ck, Stopping at landings as above ex-
c cp MERRY Point, Ottoman. Morans and Bay
ror,. stopping at Bowlers. Wares and we'll
'oros on return trip to Baltimore on Tuesdavs
sreiRht Will not be received in Norfolk
after p m on sailing DAYS.
lhls timetable shows the times at which
steamers may be expected TO arrive At and de-
paIt rom the several wnarves, but their ar
n .,, or departure 1t the times stated Is not
guaranteed, nor does the company hold itself
aeSsH0nsiple Tor any delay or any Consequences
on sailing days. - !"
WILLARD tn oMSoN. General Manager.
L. hUhDoCH. Genr Fri. and Pass. Agt.,
w. ID. SCOTT. Agent Fredericksburg.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-05-20
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Steamer, leave Tappahannook I'm
wuuesuay ana Hhursdav. stopping at WellTords
wheaton ~wS stcr Shsrps M So nay Port
burton, Burhans. MilIenbeck Iry;.n1'
"se eris; white Stone. Mill Creek. North End
oa,. r,n. ny IN Baltimore Wednesday and Fri.
@, steamer to Baltimore on Thursday will nor
stop at Urbanna and Bay Port. VIII "oe
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-05-20
FRED'G. TAPPAHANNocK & p,ro

rrs SoeaIners leave fredericksburg Sundav
uuuesoSy and Thursday . p m. for RstcIitfsys =
loyal 1reenlaws. wiImont Saunders ieeSst
Nsypo,s s a.; IN, Laytons Carriers, Bianfieid
WeIiSs' DO, =. m. Tappsbannock 7:3O a m
Rsy Dr., uWW,ares. BoMlers. Shsrps a;SO a. Ind,
T I%H T0r.' h,eaton, Water View, Monasiop
Merry POM Inv oI p; ~, hurhans. MilIenbeck,
I.s,i,y. Oiu III %'oO y. m. ottoman Morsna
l Ir5NolngIon Weems. White Stone Mil GraaL
''' % r =. W., North h"d p. IN. westland
Sat,r,. III baltimore Tuesday, Thursday and
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-05-20
Maryland, Delaware & Virginia
RAILWAY COMPANY.

baltimore, Fred
za5ssssNsfSGNE ericksburg, Nor
folk
Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-12
rotaIs 23 ! a419 ; rotals.
Local Laconics.

Lorenzo D. Richmond spent Sunday with relatives in New London.
 oscar Sheffield and daughter of Jersey City are guests of James H. Thompson.
 Another big addition is to be made to the plant of the C. B. COttrell & Sons company.
 William H. Fields of Willimantic formerly of Westerly, visited friends here Saturday.
 The fire company connected with the Lorraine mill had it's annual outing at Watch Hill Saturday.
 Representative Albert H. Langworthy took a party of friends on an autOmo bile trip to Ocean Beach Sunday
 James Crowley. engineer at the R. A. Shermans $ Sons company, was severe ly burned in the head. neck and shoul- ders when a back draft forced the flames from the furnace door. He was shoveling shavings into the furnace when the accident occurred.
 Mrs. James McMonnes is soon to leave Westerly to join her husband in Seattle. At meeting of Clan Leslie, Daughters of Scotia Mrs. Bessie M. Reardon, chief daughter, in behalf of the clan. presented Mrs McMonnies a handsome goat seal travelling bag
 Michael Donohue. who has been play ing baseball with the Fayetville, North Carolina, team in the early season, and who was taken sick with typhoid fever July 1. and who has been under hcspitdI treatment since then. returned Friday to his home in Westerly. All the expenses at the Fayetville hospital! $26 a week. were borne by MT. Dono- hue the baseball club paying no part of the expense.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-12
Borough Small Notes.
VIOLATED BANKING LAWS.
Joseph Santela IT Trouble in New Ha-
 Ven Soon After Leaving Derby.

Joseph Santella. who for several years was engaged in the brokerage business In Derpy. IS in trouble in New Haven says the AnSonia Sentinel. being ar ralgn7d in the city court there yester- day, and after d preliminary hearing GA was released on bonds Santella alter leaving here, went to the Elm City, where he has, it is said, since re- sided. The matter for which he is now being arraisned, as is allaged. is for receiving money for the purpose of for wardiug it without having made q re- port to the bank commissioners that he was engaged in such business and without having filed with the state treasurer security bond in the sum of tlO,UO0 AS Is required by law.
 SAntella is The editor Of the Corriere Del Connectlcut. publication which is said to have q large circulation not alohe tn lh- Elm City put among lUal- ian people throughout the state The ofT-nSe alleged against Santella was committed on Aug. 5th last The case was heard before Judge Tyner of the city court and Mill be given another airing. it is expected. within q few days. In the meantime Santslla is our under bonds If $500 which was fur nished by frlendS
Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-12
HEAVY TRUCKS ON HIGHWAYS. Town of Granby Gets Injunction
 Preventing Their Use.

Drivers of automobile and auto trucks will be interested in the out come of a suit which the town of Granby has brought against Fred G. Button and T. c. Porter of Springfield. The case will come before the superior court, but the defendants are under an injunction issued by Judge $. Bullard of the city court.
 The complaint says that the town of Granby in the performance of it's duty. has built and maintains within the limits of the town, for the general public, certain highways and bridges It is alleged that during the summer the defendant Butler entered upon the highways and bridges of the town with a motor truck of unusual and extra or dinary size and weight. some eight feet wide and weighing some five tons and loaded with about six tons of lumber, and used the highways and bridges although he had been forbidden to do So
 The complaint further alleges that Button had BE the Granby railroad station a steam traction engine weigh ing about nine tons which he intendal tc Use on the highways for the purpose of hauling a weight of twelve tons.
 It is alleged that the vehicles com plained of will obstruct the highways to the general use of the public and that they will so fill the travelled and worked path of the highways that, other vehicles will be excluded from their use. It is also declared that because of the great size of the truck horses of ordinary gentleness will be frightened when driven towards them. Bridges also will be rendered unsafe.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-12

management for the three cows making the best showing. Two of the three were Jerseys and the third prize win her was an Ayrshire. The money was divided in prizes of $50, $30 and $20. The test was conducted strictly in ac- cordance with the rules and regulations of the association and MT. Fitts in making the test used the Babcock ap paratus. As two of the three winners were Jerseys. the Jersey remains the best cream giving COW and is therefore the best butter producer.
 The Seers Frankie, a Jersey of ma ture age. owned by k. R. Dunn of Southington, was credited with the fig ureS given herewith: From the 36-3 pounds of milk that she produced in tke twenty-four hours the test showed 49O3 per cent. of fat, 1.7795 pounds of fat, 3 pounds and 1 IA ounces of but ter. The Seers Frankie won $50.
 A. F. Pierce's Jersey, ForpaShires Benedictine, a mature COW. produced 33.S poiinds of milk in the time limit. 4964 per cent. of fat, 1.6777 pounds of fat. 1 pound and 15 1-3 ounces of butter. The second prize of $30 went to MT. Pierce.
 An Ayrshire, Barcheskie. Blythe Kate. the property of the Ryanoque farm. produced the greatest amount of pounds of milk, 42.9. but only 3.903 per cent of this amount was fat. aggregat ing 1.6742 pounds of fat, or pound and 15 IA ounces of butter. This COW secured the third prize of s20.
 The remaining cows produced more than a pound of butter by the test, diff ferences of nine of the cows being very small
Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-12
sTONINGTON
Silas B. Wheeler Addresses Caucus on Democracy for Democrats'-Funer- al Of Nelson A. Pendeton-Accident to Fire Engine.

At the democratic caucus rally Fri day evening in Borough hall the fol- lowing were nominated
 F1rst se1ectman, Fernando Wheeler: second selectman, Joseph Chesebro; ; town agent, Fernando Wheeler: agent town deposit fund, Fernando Wheeler; town school committee, James Coop CT and Joseph Leahy: auditor town accounts William C. Robinson. as sessor for three years, E. Everett Wa ters; board of relief. Eugene Palmer and William A. Armstrong;: collector of taxes, William F. Ryon; constables. Christopher J. Ledwith, Ernest c. Cushman, Samuel Stewart Eugene Drlsccu; registrars. William C. Rob- ihsoh. John Morrison, George Wheeler Rlchard Smythe, Abel HinckIey; tree warden Fernando Wheeler: democrat lc town committee for ensuing year, Charles Foley, John E. Curtin, Abel Hlnckiey, George A. Wheeler, J. J. HurtilI
 There was a contest for the nomina tlon of second selectman. Joseph F. Chesebro winning oyer Herman Hold floge f by vote of 64 to 35. A fea- ture of the evening was a speech by Hon. Silas B. Wheeler of Old Mystic on Democracy for Democrats which was brought about by W. J. Gilmore's S trying to get Henry Stahle nominated Tor seiectman. It was proposed that 'iC uSlIlOCIdtS endorse the republican nominee for first selectman wherelp- on NIr. Wheeler arose and strenuouslv denounced the attempt MT. StahIe. who was in the gathering, addressed the meeting to have it understood he did not come to have his name used n a contest with two democrats at q democratic caucus.
 There was contest between two constables, Driscoll defeating McMa hon by vote of g to 25. J. H Me Catfrey was chairman of the meet ing and Joseph Wilcox clerk
 Borough Officials Meet.
 The monthly meeting of the warden and burgesses was held Friday eve ming. James H. Stivers, street com was instructed to look aft CT repairing the street fountain, also repairing the drain in the marsh and hXlng up the sidewalk there for the school children