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The Paducah evening sun., 1910-05-07

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Giiteu hutnOf.
The numerous admirers In Nash
vile OF the literary work of Mrs.
Lundy II. Harris will be Interested
to hear of a new form of literary rec
ognition that has just come to her
She has received a letter from the
attorneys for the gifted playwright
who wrote the play "Brewster's Mil
lions" stating that he now wishes to
dramatize "The Pendergrass Sana-
torium for Curables," a clever short
story by Mrs Harris, which appeared
in March in the Saturday Evening
Post Those who are familiar with
the story will realize its dramatic
possibilities. II would make a very
clever comedy, and the present fad
for health cures and the sanitorium
habit which now seems prevalent.
would make a play from the story
very timely. Some Of the most sue
cessful plays now being enacted on
the stage have been written from
short stories
Two new installments OF Mrs.
Harris recent serial, 1.-THE Circuit
Riders Wife" which attracted so
much attention in the Saturday Eve
ming Post are to appear in the Post
in the near future and their appear
ance Is awaited with great interest.
Critics from all over the country
have pronounced "The Circuit Rid
er's Wife" a remarkable piece of lit
erary work. The new installments
will come out before the appearance
Of ''The Circuit Riders Wife" in
book form June 1 8. This will be one
Of the notable pieces OF fiction of the
Dozens OF personal letters have
been written to the editors of the
Post and author by readers of "The
Circuit Riders Wife" and It has been
30 much discussed in the pulpits of
he country, in leading newspapers
md periodicals, that II has been one
Df the most talked of books Of the
Banner.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-05-07

keep secret 1t was a delightful
and Joyous occasion. The bentlful-
iy decorated rooms and the delicious
Ice course, prettily carried ont the
club colors, green yellow and white.
The letters "0ur President" in a
floral design Of white and green
were suspended across the auditor
ium and the pretty individual cakes
were feed with the letters TX. S. r."
in green and white. An orchestra
played during the hours.
An especially delightful feature
was the reading of the greetings re-
ceiyed by Mrs. Rudy from the club
members. Mrs. Elhidge Palmer and
Miss Frances Could. who are in New
York telegraphed their love and good
wishes. Many of the members who
could not be present sent notes OF
good wishes and those who were
present brought them written on
their visiting cards. Some were de
bright and clever and
many dropped into poetry" while
In all were sounded the note OF love
and appreciation.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-05-07
Enjoyable Dance.

An impromptu dance was given by
some OF the boys OF the younger set
at the WOman's club building Friday
night. The occasion was an enjoy
able one. Mrs. Harth, Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Singleton. Mr.. aud Mrs. WIN
Binklen. chaperOned the crowd
Those present were: Misses Dixie
Hale. Elizabeth Terrell, Rebecea
Smith. Rosalie Varied. Edna Moori-
ey. Ora Pryor. Mary Brown, Mary
Kennedy. Bertha Carter. Charlotte
Briggs. Laura Townes, Ruth Nc
Chesney. Edith Cope. Eliza Hale.
Rosebud Hobson, Duclle Harth. Hell
en- Van Meter; Messrs. Robert Gra-
ham. Armour Gardner. Boyd Shell
ton. John Kopf. Pitman Harth. Nc
Claim Mitchell. Edward Gilson. Georg
shelton. Horace Terrell. David Hum
phreys. Rabb Noble Kirkland. Char
les Rhodes. Richard Mason. Reeves
Eiott, Robert Bondurant. Jim Me
Glnnls. Harold Williamson. Guy Nc
Chesney. Salem Cope.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-05-07

Younger church sopranos. and Crerar
VIII be fortunate 90 retain her sery-
ices, aud il that be impossible, some
oiher church will be equally fortu-
nate to Secure her. Mrs. Reed sang
the obligatos and solos in all the an
thems, and her voice rose clear and
sweet as a bell. especially notable
was the good work she accomplished
In the Haydn piece, and her great
advance along all lines OF the vocal
are is more and more marked each
time she Is heard"
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-05-07
Mrs. Alma Hays Reed.

The Musical News, Of Chicago,
speaking OF an oratorio given at the
Crerar Presbyterian church recently
in Chicago. says of Mrs Alma Hays
Reed. formerly OF Paducah:
Mrs. Alma Hays Reed. the so
prano. has a beautiful voice. and she
and Mrs. Emery have worked togeth
er to such good purpose that they
have been OF mutual benefit far be-
yond the ordinary. Mrs. Reed there
fore stands today as one Of the best
equipped and best routlned Of the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
ROYAL ARCAhUM HAVE
BIC TIME IN RAILWAY

Members of the six councils of the
Royal Arcanum in Middlesex and
Union counties are looking forward
to the ladies' night, under the aus
pices of the Regents and Past Re-
gents Association of the two coun-
ties, to be held in the Auditorium at
Railway tomorrow night. The grand
council will furnish the entertain
ment, and an elaborate program is
to be given.
The committee from the assoCia-
ton has arranged all of the details.
Invitations were sent out last week
to each member of the eight councils
and they, with their wives and lady
friends, are expected to turn out III
full force.
The councils that are taking part
in this affair are Middlesex, of this
city; Carteret and Abernethy, of
Railway; Metuchen Council, of Me-
tuchen; Adelphi Council, of New
Brunswick; and Woodbridge Coun-
Gil, Of Woodbridge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
new BRUNSWICK MAN
MEETSDEATH ON STAGE

Newark, Feb. 17:-George Sully,
thirty-four years old, of New Bruins
wick, N. j., an acrobat, was injured
in a Newark theatre yesterday after
noon, so that his death is only q
question of hours. He, with his
three partners. was at the American
Music Hall.
The finale of their act has been for
Sully to leap from the stage floor to
a table and then onto a chair stand
ing on the table, the fight being
done so that 1t looks to be one jump
from the floor to the chair.
When Sully hit the chair at this
afternoons performance 1t toppled,
and he plunged with it to the stage.
The curtain. went down SO quickly
that many IN the audience did not
realize Sully had fallen.
His companions picked him up.
He was rushed to the City Hospital,
where it was found his neck was
broken.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
To START ON
NEW POWER
HOUSE SOON

Preparations are under way for
the construction of large new pow
er house for the Public Service Cor
poration on it's newly-acquired tract
at the foot of Buckingham avenue
Plans will be completed in a few
days, after which it is expected the
work of construction will be started.
1t is the intention of the corporation
to have the station completed and
running by September.
The structure will occupy the
larger parts of the six and a half
acres of land on the tract at the
north side of Buckingham avenue,
which was recently purchased for
the purpose. The building will be
of brick construction and about
eighty feet high. Machinery of the
latest type will be installed.
The object of the p S. G. In erect
ing this station is to furnish more
current for light and power in this
district. Although the erection of
this station is not done with inten-
tions of putting the smaller stations
out of business in this district. it
was said by Representative O'Toole,
of the concern, this morning, that its
erection will ultimately result in
such action being taken.
Workmen have been on the prop
erty the past few days carrying off
moulds belonging to the Atlantic
Terra Gotta Company and making
tests to ascertain the foundation
qualities. An old three-story brick
factory structure will be removed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
SOUTH AMBOY WOMAN
HONOREO BY PYTH|ANS

Trenton, Feb. 17:-The Grand
Lodge of Pythian Sisters is holding
it's annual session at Pythian hall.
The principal business yesterday
was the election of officers, which re-
suited as follows: Grand chief,
Theresa Morgan, of South River;
grand senior chief, Mary Deacon, of
Jersey City; grand Junior chief,
Louisa James, of South Amboy; mis-
tress of finance, Mary Duncan, of
New Brunswick; grand mistress of
records and correspondence, Lillian
M. Bacon, of Freehold; grand mana
ger, Charlotte Clark, of Jersey City;
grand outer guard, Bessie Long, of
New Brunswick; grand protector,
Carrie Westling, of Passaic.
Mrs. Mary Smith, of Sayreville,
retiring grand chief, was given a
gold watch and chain. Past Supreme
Representative Frank Stanley made
the presentation on behalf of the
lodge.
Sessions of the lodge are being
held today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17

Paris, Feb Scientific men
throughout the world are flooding
the Sorbonne, the famous university
or Paris, with requests for fnforma-
tion about polonium, the element
Just discovered by Nine. Curie. CO.
dfscoverer with her husband of ra-
dium. Polonium is described as "a
new element possessing a radio-ac-
tivity superior to radium." Unlike
the latter marvellous substance.
which conserves its energy for an
indefinite period of time, polonium
loses its radio-activity rapidly, the
small quantity thus far produced by
Nine. Curie, one-tenth of a milli-
gram, having lost half in the 14O
days covered by her experiments. Po-
lonium is not altogether a new dis
coyery, as Nine. Curie announced the
existence of an element thus named
by her as early as 1898. 1t was then
more or less impure The recent dis
covery is pure or almost pure form
of the element. Its radio-activity is
believed to be from 1000 times
stronger than that of radium Nine.
Curie is professor of physics at the
Sorbonne, having succeeded to the
chair held by her husband, who was
killed by accident In a Paris street
in 1906. She is native of Poland
and named her new discovery in hon
or of her native land.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
TYPHOID FEVER IN
THE REF0RMATORY

Railway, Feb. 17:-Typhoid fever
has broken out in the New Jersey
State Reformatory, two cases having
developed in the institution within the
past few days. The superintendent,
Rev. DIR. Frank Moore, is at loss to
understand the real cause of the dis
ease, but proposes to make a full in
vestigation at once.
When DIR. Moore was asked if he had
any suspicion that the drinking water
supplied to the institution had anything
to do with it, said that it might possi-
bly, be that the disease emanated from
that source, but that at the present
time he was not prepared to BAY posi-
lively that such is the cause.
The water supplied at the institution
is from what is known as a dead end,
it being the end of the main in that
direction, and 1t is supposed that If
there were any disease germs in the
water at all they would probably be
found at such terminal.
Superintendent Moore has hopes that
in the near future the institution win
be able to have water supply of its
own. This, he thinks, will be realized
when the State fully understands its
needs. He also hopes that before
great while that the grounds will be
enclosed by stone wall which will
take the place of the present high board
fence
DR.. Moore says that 1t may take
three or four years more to fully carry
out the plane which he has laid out,
but that when they are completed the
reformatory will be a model institution
in every sense Of the word.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
AN INTERESTING LIFE.

Colorado Springs. Feb. 17:-
Henry G. Childs, recluse whose
life story is full of interest, died at
Colorado City few days ago. Born
In Massachusetts of Puritan stock,
he became an orphan at the age of
eight years. Educating himself, he
went to Illinois in early manhood.
serving for twelve years as mem-
ber of the state legislature. of which
body he was speaker in 1879. Thirty
five years ago, in obedience to what
he declared to be message from
the spirit world, he came to Colora-
do. In Ute Pass, eighteen miles west
Of Colorado Springs, and on the over
land trail to Leadville, he founded
-Crystola, which has since become
summer resort. Here he secured g.
GEO acres of land, which he stead
fastly believed to be underlaid with
ore deposits rivalling those of Grip
pie Greek. His will bequeaths his
property "for humanitarian benefits"
and calls for the formation of CO.
operative colony and the erection of
sanitarium. In accordance with
his directions, his body was Gre
mated and the ashes scattered to the
four winds.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
DANISH M. {. EPWORTH
LEAGUE To HAVE SOCIAL

Arrangements for literary meet
ing and social under the auspices of
the Epworth League of the Danish
M. e. church to be held in the chapel
at 8 o'clock tonight have been COM
pleted. An excellent program has
been arranged, consisting of read
ings, vocal and instrumental music
and an address by the pastor, Rev. C.
w. Hanson. The offering to be taken
will be for the Danish hospital in
Brooklyn. Refreshments will be
served.
The program to be given is as fol-
lows:
Song, No. s, /. S. No. 2.
Prayer, by G. T. Nelson.
Song, No. 32, /. S. No. 2.
Scripture reading, by John Mel
son.
Solo, Miss Emily Jacobsen.
Piann solo. Miss Lillian Hanson.
Song, by choir.
Song, ladies chorus.
Address, Rev. C. w. Hanson.
Song, by choir.
Offering, which will go to the hos
pital in Brooklyn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
RELATIVE TO
FUNERALS
IN CHURCHES

A rule that funerals from church
es in cases where the deceased died
from an infectious or contagious
malady is not permissible, does not
seem to be understood by the for
eign element of this city and the
Board of Health at times expert
ences difficulty in having it's require
ments in this respect carried out.
case came up before the notice
of the board and Health Officer Lund
a few days ago. Despite requests
from the family of the deceased, ser
vices at the church were eliminated
The deceased had been a victim of q
contagious disease and it would not
have been good policy TO have per-
mitted the corpse to be carried TO
the church.
This is rule of the health author
tiles that will be rigidly enforced at
all times, despite any protests from
relatives or friends of the deceased.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
incorporation OF A
NEW LUMBER COMPANY

Articles of incorporation of a new
lumber company, termed the Georgia
Lumber Company, in which num-
Der of local men are interested, were
filed at the Office of the county clerk
in New Brunswick yesterday. The
company is capitalized at S125,0OO,
divided into 1850 shares at 500
each. The paid in capital amounts
to 81, 900.
There are three incorporators,
Hyman Friedman, controlling four
shares; Francis P. Coan, three
shares, and Jack NJ. Klein, three
shares.
Lumber of every description will
be handled by the new company. 1t
is the intention of the incorporators
to locate an office in the Jefferson
building at 1913 Smith street and
place in charge S. l. Wood, formerly
connected with the S. l. Wood Lum-
ber Company.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17

LOSES RACE
FOR OFFICE

Trenton. Feb. 17:-A barrier on the
aspirations Of youths Of eighteen years
desiring Pythian degrees was placed BY
the Grand Lodge Of Knights Of Pythias
at its session yesterday at Masonic
Temple. A resolution to admit youths
Of eighteen 10 the mysteries Of the
order was presented from the MillviIle
lodge, and after warm debate the res
olution was rejected The age limit is
now twenty-one years.
The evening session developed a spfr-
tied fight for the position of grand ou-
ter guard, which is the only position
voted upon by the Grand Lodge There
were half dozen candidates out for
the place and it took six ballots to de-
eide that Charles x Linden, Jr, Of
Hoboken, was the victor.
During the afternoon a number of
addresses were listened to by members
of the Grand Lodge. Union B. Hunt,
Of Indiana president Of the insurance
department Of the order, talked to the
members Of the insurance feature. Viii
liam A. Ladrew, supreme representative
of New York, and G. A. Lemmerman,
also of New York, spoke on the work
of the order.
Grand Lodge degrees were conferred
on sixty-two yesterday and there viii
likely be more candidates today
Reports of the grand officers were re.
ceived and referred to various com
mittees at yesterday morning. session.
At today's session ii is likely that
resolution viii be adopted providing
for the appointment Of committee to
devise means for the establishment of
a home for Pythians on the order Of
the Odd Fellows home
These officers will be installed this
morning: Grand chancellor, A. Lewis
Drucker, of Elizabeth; grand vice chan
cellor, Harry c. Keeler, of Newark;
grand prelate, William D. Quick, Of
Somerville: grand keeper of records and
seals, Elmer f. Margerum, Of Trenton;
grand master of exchequer, John Pat
ric, of Rutherford; grand master Of
arms, Samuel A. Robins, of Mount
Holly: grand inner guard, George H.
HilR of Morristown; grand outer
guard, Charles K Linden, Of Hobo
ken.
A celebration of the forty-sixth anni-
versary of the Grand Lodge will be
held today.
The reading of reports showed the
following:
Grand exchequer's s report: Receipts,
$s,979.s0; accrued interest, $6l.75; to-
tai receipts, S9,041.55. Expenditures,
S., ,S56.s7, leaving a total balance on
hand of $3,1s46s.
Report of finance committee: Total
receipts, $9,041.55; disbursements, So
S56.s7: balance on hand February 2,
1910, $3,1s4.6s; estimated expenses for
session of 1910, $1,161.00; estimated
expenses for 1910, $4,000; total esti-
mated expenses for 1910, $6.35l.00. Re
eapitulation: Balance on hand, $3,l84.-
IS; inventory supplies on hand. s361.s0;
office furniture, $4,000; total worth Of
grand lodge, $4,1S6.4s. The finance
committee recommend per capita.tax
of 35 cents, the first installment of 20
cents to be paid on June 80 and the
balance, 15 cents, to be paid December
31st.
The report of the printing committee
showed that $s17.90 had been spent
during the year 1909. The report fur
ffer~ ~sAaNed that an inventory taken Of
the stationery on nsru-S1s~-snf-
ficient for three years demand. The
printing committee approximate the
printing required for the coming year
TO amount to $500.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
THE WALRUS AND


THE SOCIALIST
In Washington the moon was up
And shining with all It's might,
Doing it's very best to make
The nation clean and bright,
No other effort of the kind
Was anywhere in sight.
The sun was shining sulkily
Because the moon, he thought,
Threw no light on the problem;
The which, of course she ought.
There's so much moonshine now,'
said he.
THE nations sore distraught."
The Walrus and the Socialist
Were strolling softly aft.
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of graft.
II greatly fear, oh, Walrus dear,
There's little hope from Taft"
"If seven suffragets with votes
Stormed in for quite q while,
Do you suppose" the Walrus said,
'They could reduce the pile?'
II doubt it." said the Socialist,
And tried his best to smile.
"Oh, Congressman, bestir your
selves"
The Walrus did implore.
THE cost of things is going up
. And more and more and more.
The trusts have got us by the throat,
It Ia deuced bore"
The Congressman all shook their
heads
And winked the other eye
A hint that they could make 1t right
II they would only try,
And then a movement to adjourn A
Was carried sine die.
Prom Success Magazinss
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
FOR TOMORROW NIGHT

Tomorrow night, in the lecture
room of the Simpson Methodist Epis-
copal church, the fourth and last
quarterly conference for this ecclesi-
astical year, which closes with
March, will be held. Rev. D. B. F.
Randolph, D. D., the district super
1ntendent. will occupy the chair.
Reports will be made by the heads
OF the various departments Of the
church; and new officers for the year
to come will be selected. A large
attendance of the officers of the
church is expected at this important
meeting.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

sayreville Township and South Am
boy.
massage of a bin for the annexation of
a part of Sayreville Township to the
city of South Amboy both In the
County Of Middlesex.
Notice Is hereby given that the un-
dersigned intends to apply to the pres
ent Legislature, for the passage OF a
bill. the general object of which will be
to provide for the annexation and con-
solidation with the City of South Amboy
the following described territory; all
that land lying east of an imaginary
line drawn from an angie In the wes-
terly boundary line of the city OF south
Amboy, 1900 feet southerly from Box
dentown avenue. to point In the
r0rtherly side of Cheesequake creek,
where said line would divide the proper
Ties commonly known as the Salt
Works and that of Leonard Furman;
provided that the question of such an
nexation shall be submitted to the vot-
ers of said Township OF Sayreville in
the section above described, in the
manner provided by law, at the next
general election held in said Township
Of Sayreville for their acceptance or
rejection, and to the Common Council
of the City of South Amboy for its ac-
ceptance or rejection.
February IT. 1910.
ARTHUR VAN NESS,
Morgan (Middlesex County, Sayreville
Township. N. j.
0094- 2-17-7td
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
FUNERAL or MR.. kREiShEE
WAS HELD YESTERDAY

Funeral services for George
Kreischer, of Buckingham avenue.
took place from his late residence at
$3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon and
was attended by many friends and
relatives from this city besides a
large delegation of members of the
German Hungarian Sick and Death
Benefit Society, of which he was a
member Rev. Dr. Jacob Ganss, pas
tor of st. Paul's German Lutheran
church, officiated. Interment fol-
lowed in Alpine cemetery. Several
floral pieces were received. The
employees OF the Roessler & Hass-
lacher Chemical Company and the
society to which he belonged each
sent flowers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
COURT AMBOY To
CELEBRATE APRIL 29

The eighteenth anniversary of Court
Amboy No. 5S, Foresters Of America,
will be held in Washington hall on
Friday, April 20. At meeting of the
court held in their hall last night, P.
r. MantOn, chairman of the committee
Of arrangements named at the last
meeting, announced that the hall had
been secured for the above date. 1t is
proposed to have a dance and recep-
tion.
At the meeting Of the court last
night one candidate was initiated.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
C. A. R. TO MEET
BUT ONCE MONTHLY

Major James H. Dandy Post No.
4S, G.. A. r., decided last night to
hereafter meet but once a month, on
the third Saturday in each month.
The post has now only nineteen
members in good standing These
members are all well along in years
and 1t is hard to get them out to a
meeting. s. G.. Garretson has been
elected Quartermaster in place OF
Charles H. Hagerty, deceased.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
BLAMES LAWYERS FOR
THE NATIONAL GRIMES
Special By United Press Wire.

Special By United Press Wire.
Chicago, Feb. 17:-Richard T..
Crane, attacking "the educational
evil' for the second time in the Valve
World, a trade journal issued by the
Crane Company, blames the lawyers
for half the national crimes. He
says: "The over-crowding of the le-
gal professions make lawyers resort
to all sorts Of dishonest measures to
make living, and they humbug
judges and jury. They make whole
sale thefts possible and give these
crimes the air of respectability. The
overcrowding of the medical profess
sion brings about a similar position
to those brought about by lawyers
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
WILL INVESTIGATE
INSURANCE METHODS
CONTINUED from page ~

er when the legislature convened on
Jan. 8. Mr. Woodruff wants every
body investigated. He gave out the
following interview:
There is 10 difference of opinion
among Republicans regarding the
present investigation or any other that
may be properly proposed and insti-
tlted. l voice the sentiment Of the
Republican organization of the state
when / say that / am unqualitiedly in
favor of the most searching and ex-
haustive investigation of any charge
Of corruption emanating from a re-
sponsible source made against any
member of the Legislature or public
officer and the severest punishment
which can be meted out to fit the un-
aardonable crime Of dishonesty"