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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-07
Hail COIuImbia.

a New York hotel is kind enough
10 pay the city the immense sum Of
nifty dollars for cabstand rights and
then leases the privileges for 4 mere
trlfie-only 100000. But ont you
care say mean things about our
patriotic. distinguished officials, fol
they are attending to their duties.
for them to do otherwise wou!d
The end of religion:
Inc breaking up of the home;
The spread of anarchy
And desertion of the flag.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-07

The masses have e. trained up tc
what has the APPROVAL of their political
masters.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-07

and P~pportunistic Grafters. This is
absolutely necessary for otherwise
the Capitalists might have TO go to
work.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-07

There they lie, some hudd1ed. some
sprawling, and they shall never move
again.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-07
Advice to Socialists

60 to the local headquarters ever
DAY for about twelve or h
hours and talk talk. and talk. Ca,
and Opportunistic Graftcrs. This
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-07

Subscribe for the Labor Argus.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-07

Look over the advertising in your paper. Patron
ize those who pat-onize you. Remember those who
don't advertise in a labor paper are unfair to labor
and are not worthy of your patronage.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-07

o, You .Councilman-Watch the
Water Works Franchise. .a.AAsL
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-12
following committee on statistics: H
R.,-Warfleld,; OF :Morgantown; J H.
Long, Of Huntington, and John E, Day,
OF New Martlnsville. 5{g5.


Yesterday morning while passing
through 9the woods between Knots:
Vile and Cecil, Taylor county, Charles
Ludwick discovered the dead body Of
Joseph Matlick. Of Cecil, on aged and
highly respected resident Of Cecil:
The deceased was 77syea ofage and
was ayeteran Of the Civil war and one
OF the most prominent veterans Of the
Grand Army in that county and al,
ways took an active part in the reun.
ions and camp fires in Taylor and adj
Joining counties.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-12
Receives Patent.

Peterson Gas Alarm Company, Of
Clarksburs has JUST received from
the patent office at Washington the.
final papers in the patent which they
have secured on the Peterson Gas
Alarm. With this detail completed
the gas alarm will be placed on the
market without further delay. ss5
II, will be remembered that this
patent was; perfected some months
ago! and the firm was organized un;,
der alNyest Virginia charter it being
composed Of Messrs. Edmund Huglll,
Albert s. Gould, and Dr.. Fleming
Howell and others. After applying
for the patent they began manufac.
turing the alarms and have already
sold them throughout the country
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-12
Opera House Opened.

The new opera house recently com.
pleted at shinnston was opened for
mally on. Tuesday night. "The Red
Mill" was the opening attraction. The
opening was a success. The opera
houseEi is brick structure with stone
trimmings, finished inside with oak.
It3has3a gallery and seating capacity
Of 700. / :,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-12
CALENDARS.

h We are going tossend a nice little
Calendar to every subscriber who.
sends IN as much as a dollar or more
ontrenewal OF subscription. The Cal
endars viii / be sent out as; long sas.
they last. When YOU Bet your calen.
;darS you VIII know that your. remit
lance reached jus al RICH Most
every one viii renew anyway, so why
not yet lie Calendar now. 4:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-12

the Episcopal Church for West tvir:,
ginia will take place on January "a
to &c inclusive. This meeting viii pe
held at Parkersburg at the church. OF
the Good Shepherd. About twenty
ministers from different sections Of
the State. will attend the convoca.
tion. t:s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-12
{etoujndSisas'iu,ie,.

The bonds III be issued BY the Nor
gantowh sana fDaakard Valley Railway
Company sare being printed andswill
be ready! Sfor distribution within the
next 10 dnysSo two weeks. The
bonds are the denominations Of 500
and $500, $in order; that large and small
investors may have, q $chanc TO Sc.
cure some Of: the; paper. ( 4: Il
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-12
TO Establish Plant.

The American Undercurrent Com
pany, Of Pittsbnrg. a syndicate formed
to install a new underground electric
system for trolley lines. which elimi.
mates the deadly third rail, has secur.
ed an option on large acreage Of
land along the railroad between Ellen.
tboro and Pennsboro, for the purpose
Of establishing a plant in which to
manufacture their appliances.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-12

convocatlon. ri
coilyoc ation Of the ministers of
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
GIRL ART STUDENTS CLUB

OF the 10000 girls who are studing art
in New York City, some have homes, but
q very great number have not. They are
here for that which they cannot get else
where, but they have to leave home and
home life behind them, From coast to
coast, from the Canadian border to the
great plains of Texas, each State sends
its quota. From the bosom Of the family
IN the South, from the coy little social
circle down East" from the free. wide
bounding life of Oregon or Arizona, they
come to a lonely life in New York. many
of them to live it in a small back room.
New York means so much to them that
almost any hardships seem worth while.
Music, art, literature, the drama-that
Is why they have come. But for some
Of them 1t Is at the cost of a great lone
illness in the midst of a whirling pool
Of life
This situation accounts for the Studio
Club OF New York. Nearly five years
ago a group of women talked the question
over, and the renting of a small room
supplied with magazines was the result
The students wanted a place to meet to-
gether to talk over their lives and their
art, to bring back something Of what they
had left at home. This the clubroom gave
them. But they went on.
From the first small room they moved
to a larger as they received more MEM
bers, and finally they took up the ques-
ton of the cost of living. They decided
to see what cooperative living would
elaborate club, with rooms for fourteen
girls. The club kept on growing and
they had to move again until now, at
s. West Fffty-seventh street there are
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02

rooms for thirty girls and before six
months more have passed it Is hoped to
double the capacity.
The Studio Club is affiliated with the
Young Women's Christian Association.
Besides the thirty resident members
the club has 200 more who live outside
Many of these take meals in the club
and the library Is at the disposal of all
One of the difficulties which music STU
dents encounter when looking for suitable
rooms, that of finding a place to prac-
tice where neighbors are not annoyed, is
overcome at the Studio Club Definite
hours are set aside for practice and as
each student is interested in her own
instrument the noise of those in other
rooms is excluded In the house there are
twelve pianos besides an embryo string
orchestra
During the last five months lack OF
rooms has made ii necessary to refuse
admission to nearly 800 would-be men,
beers. The active members look forward
to a well-equipped modern clubhouse
where 100 or more students may have
their home and where it will be possible
to have a total membership of something
like 1000.
On Saturday afternoons there are talks
by prominent artists, litterateurs or min
listers, and on Monday evenings there
are informal receptions. Managers of
the Studio Club are Mrs. Stephen Baker.
president: Mrs. E C. Carter, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Percy Hall Jennings, treas
urer; Mrs. Schuyler Schieffelin, secre-
tary; Miss Elizabeth Dodge, Mrs. J. w.
Auchincloss, Mrs. B. W. Freeman, Miss
Julia Dodge, Miss May Lerry, Miss Flea
nor Boree, and Mrs. John R. Macarthur.
Miss A. Evelyn Newman is general sec
rotary and resident superintendent
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02

don Lancet touching upon the morbid
phase of joking:
To call punning a slightly morbid men,
tai state may be taken as a small joke
but do not think it extravagant to call
1t so; it certainly is not IL II be a carica-
ture OF normal mentation. A miser has
been defined as an amateur pauper, the
ha bitual drunkard is certainly an amateur
lunatic, and in the same style Of speak
ing We may say that punning is playing
at being foolish; IT becomes morbid in
at least this slender sense.
But I contend that the world owes
some respect to the first punster. For
a dawn of the sense of the merely ridicu-
lous. as IN punning and IN the simplest
Jokes. shows the same thing as the dawn
of the esthetic feeling-a surprise of
mind: something over and above that
required for getting food and for mere
animal indulgence. All the more so,
too, Is there a debt If punning be that
out Of which wit and humor were
evolved.
1T is not a good sign IL a man be de-
ficient In a sense of humor unless he have
a compensation. as Wordsworth had, in a
sense of the sublime, or in great artistic
feeling. or in metaphysical subtlety-
humor, but because he has not the sur
plus intellect which the keen sense of
humor implies"
In all this DR.. Jackson leaves the prac-
teal joker outside his diagnosis But
as punning Is the lowest form of wit in
words. so the practical joker, by infer
ence, is a morbid expression OF the lowest
form of wit in deeds. In history, Laban
played the first practical joke upon the
Patient Jacob in the story Of Genesis
Afterward Jacob played his joke with in
in
teal joke is and always was q two
edged sword 1t would be a sad world
If the coroner occasionally did not sit
upon the body of the joker whose joke
went wrong as wen as upon the bodies of
the more frequent victims Of the toker's
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02

In the olden days, before the coming OF
steam vessels, a voyage across the At
lantic was a tedious and hazardous trip
When a white-sailed ship set out tt
cross the ocean no one knew whether il
would reach the other side or not
With the coming Of steamships much
of the tedoUsness and some of the dan
ger that characterized the voyages made
by the sailing vessels was done away
with. and ever since there has been con-
slant Improvement, until now one i
practically as safe on one of the giant
ocean liners as in ones own home
Each Of the dangers that made travel
ing by sea so hazardous has its remedy
in some safety device Even seasick-
ness win be banished in a short time, it
is thought, by the application Of the
gyroscope principle The gyroscope is
a wheel that is placed In the hold of a
vessel, where it revolves rapidly and
does away with the rocking and rolling
motion of the ship. 1t has already been
tried successfully on small boats and on
cars that run on one rail The wonder
full instrument, IL has been found, causes
the car TO remain upright and prevents
the ship from rolling in rough water.
Wireless as a Safeguard.
In former days the list of catastrophes
on the ocean resulting from collisions,
fires, and storms was large. Nowadays
thousands of men and women cross the
ocean each week with no thought of
DANGER The wireless telegraph has
eliminated many of the dangers of navi-
cation, and the picturesque figure of the
wireless operator at work at his post
he III Ch Ia exhibited
the full
Probably the greatest danger that the
old navigator had to cope with was
fog He could tell his direction by
compass. but with a thick. impenetrable
gray blanket of fog obscuring his vision
he frequently had to literally feel his
way through the water. An iceberg,
white and ominous, was apt to block his
path: he was likely to lose his way and
run his ship aground or collide with
another vessel Now the big ships are
practically immune from these dangers.
On each ocean liner there are two
small, box-like affairs attached to the
sides of the ship under water. Day and
night, in storms and clear weather. these
boxes are sending warnings to the man
in the wheeIhouse- Inside each box is
small and delicate instrument that re-
ceives and records waves vibrations just
as the wireless telegraph records air vi
brationS
Wires run from the box TO the wheel
house, where the findings of the instru-
ment are reproduced by the ringing of
bells. The automatic recorder picks up
the vibrations from the booming Of the
surf on rocks from three to fifteen miles
away. The presence of lightships. fog
stations, and the churning of screws on
other steamships are all recorded.
Proof Against Sinking.
If by any chance a collision did take
place. and the water came pouring
through the sides of a ship. remedy
could be instantly applied and the yes
sci would be in little danger. The mod
ern water-tight buIkhead divisions of
have been improved so that
they can be operated in a few seconds !
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02

Bias" The Eastern Morning News adds
that MIR. Farnol gives US a Maurice
Hewlett plot in a fashion that is distinct
fy his own while the Sportsman says
the book is more fascinating and even
more human than Blackmore's Lorna
Doone.'"
Probably Jenery Farnol had no idea
that he would be classed with such dis
tinguished company when he delivered
THE Broad Highway" to his publishers,
for Mr.. Farnol is quiet young man, who
is completely engrossed IN his literary
work. Not since George Douglas Brown
secured fame with 1.-The House with the
Green Shutters" has there been such a
literary sensation as 1.-THE Broad High
way" has produced.
J. B. Lippincott Company announces
for immediate publication work which
and interesting books Of the year. It is
the "reminiscences Of Carmen Sylvia, her
majesty Queen Elisabeth of Roumania,
and bears the title Of From Memory's
Shrine" In the preface Of this remark
able book her majesty writes: 1T am
about to throw open the sanctuary have
50 long jealousy guarded from the world
Ia private chapel within whose inches
my memories are enshrined"
or equal Importance is The Capitals
Of China" by William Edgar Cell. the
author Of 1.-The Great wan Of China"
DR.. Cell is a noted explorer. and his re-
searches have extended to Africa, New
Guinea. and China. His most recent and
most herculean task was nothing less
than the making Of Q visit to each Of the
several capitals Of the eighteen provinces
of China. mapping out their sites, and
collecting on the spot their typographical
treasures. q mass OF literature destined
10 form the basis OF Chinese library.
The book viii be profusely Illustrated
with 100 half tones and about II maps
Another new volume on the Lippincotfs
list which should be of general interest
Ii "A Short History OF the United States
Navy" written by Capt. George r. Clark.
u. 8. N. and others connected with the
navy. The object Of the book Is to pre-
sent record OF exactly what happened,
without personal. sectional. or national
pre1udice, and to record naval Affairs
from professional. rather than = plc-
turesques point q 49,
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
D FACTS ABOUT BOOKS AND THEIR AUTHORS

man. with his pet elephant, Imogene.
Capt Aaron does everything that mari
ner on shore ought not to do. He is made
chief of the village fire department and
| drags its sanctiied regalia in the mire.
He is made Selectnlan much against his
will, and is a tower Of strength, usually
at the wrong time and in the wrong
place. But he has a way of coming out
ahead in the end, and he wins respect
+ The story of THE Skipper and the
Skipped proceeds through gusts and
squalls Of humor, but through all his
absurdities the captain stands out as a
real fesh-and-blood man of many ad-
mirable traits. Mr.. Day shows resource
.fulness in the invention of picturesque
language TO take the place of profanity
that excites increasing surprise. and the
perfectly harmless, heat-lightning oaths of
the captain are not the least entertaining
features of highly refreshing book.
London, March ENTHUSIASTICALLY the
most remarkable novel of the holiday
season was. Jeffery Farnols THE Broad
Highway" which has already reached
its third printing. Not only have the
booksellers and circulating libraries con-
ceded the great popularity of THE Broad
Highway" but the usually conservative
SSA-eSA
selves in favorably comparing Mr.. Far
nols book with the work of Dickens, Bor-
row, Blackmore. Dumas. Stevenson, and
others ''old masters" The Daily Tele-
graph, for example, says 'The Broad
Highway" contains series of incidents
las swift as any of the romances of Du-
mas" The Standard is on record with
the remark that ito those who know
their Borrow and their Jeffries. 1t will
come with pleasure and surprise" The
Pal Mall Gazette asserts that Mr.. Far
mol leaves the open road now and then
for lay sermon In the Fielding manner,
and he treats US to succession Of coun-
try taverns a la Smollett" The Book
man compares Farnol with Charles Reade
and Conan Doyle, by stating that the
book Is '.as fresh. as Individual as ssThe
Cioister and the Hearth or The White
Company. The Graphic discovers /
real Dickens character. In '.Perfession-
al Sambo.r The Commentator finds m
the book "a Highland piper who il worthy
of Stevenson" The Evening standard
declares that The Broad Highway IL .
direct descendant OF Il sage's GIL
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
DID YOU EVER NOTICE 1T:

ter with my brain box. I dropped into a
place of rest with friend just now,
and about the third watch, while we
discoursed on Mexico, the tariff, and
other revolutionary topics, the conversa-
ton naturally drifted 20 my late visit
10 the Pacific Coast, upon which my
friend says TO me and this is what he
said:
Did you ever notice, in these large
Western towns. where there are more
men, women, and children than there
are inhabitants, that the population is
greater than in smaller Eastern towns
of the same size where there aren't near
so many people?'
Now. write it down-and write it
slowly" said the doctor, after listening
carefully a second time.
The doctor read and reread the mystic
remark half a dozen times. Then. hand
ing it back to the newspaper man, he
said, after deliberations:
Send your friend up here; he's the
one who needs to see mer
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
WHAT IT COSTS TO
RAISE DAUGHTERS
Vast Difference Between annual Ex-
penses of Wealthy Girls and Their
Poorer Cousins

Recently the Hammersley children.
Katherine and Louis Gordon, brought
suit to have their incomes from their
SIS. 900 heritage raised from $500 to
$4,000 each. And the court granted their
wish
little while back Mrs. Adolph Laden
burg made a similar request on behalf
o. her daughter Eugenia, whose expenses
were alleged to have been 81 900 for the
PREVIOUS year. In this instance, how
ever, the court was not so obliging. and
5000 was adjudged to be sufficient to
maintain Eugenia in peace and comfort.
Still further back Mrs Frank Jay
Gould was granted $4,000 year for the
support Of herself and her two daugh-
again, and her children are now being
cared for by Helen Gould. 1t is to be
surmised that they get along very well
on considerably less than their share of
the $4,000 income, and 1t is certain that
millions of other daughters are well pro-
vided for on tens and hundreds, where
they have thousands.
Notwithstanding which, II is expensive
TO have daughters, whether you are
rich American or a poor foreigner. Did
you ever stop to realize how much the
future wives and mothers cost the in
habitants Of the foreign quarters of our
big cities? If not. read on and be en-
hghtened.
Daughters of the Poor.
So much for the children of the rich.
Now for the other side of the story. It
is principally to the Italian mother that
the expenses are heavy. There are chris
Jennings. parties on birthdays. and the
child's saint day, then the numerous
church feast days. that need a new dress
and veil. and, perhaps. flowers to strew
in the church and street. The first holy
communion and confirmation must not
be overlooked. They mean new dresses
and perhaps a sumptuous breakfast.
Then the weddings. They are not as
expensive to the brides family as you
may think. The bridegroom generally
provides for the merrymaking festivities
These range from 500 to $500 The bride
pays for her gown and veil or hat, which
usually costs about $50 and the carriage,
of course, at 81.
But when a relative or chum is getting
married, that is the time the young Ital-
ian girl suffers, so far as money is con-
cerned. There is a gift. of course, a car
rage, and a new dress and hat.
So far as weddings are concerned, the
Jewish bride of the foreign quarters is
the most expensive. For. as a rule. there
is a dowry. substantial one in their
eyes, ranging from 500 to 1900. Father
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02

a popular young newspaper man re-
turned to town last week after an ex-
tended absence. His friends hailed him
with repeated acclaim-and he never
failed to return the reclamation when it
came his round. The other afternoon,
after convivial morning, he met long
time acquaintance, and together they
strayed into place where you could
get a glass of water without leaving
your seat.
About an hour later the young journal
list softly pushed his way through the
door of the private offioe of a noted
specialist on mental diseases. Wrinkles
OF anxiety furrowed his brow and black
care was plastered over his countenance
an inch thick. He carefully closed the
door behinu him. and thus he spoke to
the medicine man:
Doc, l wish you'd get out your stetho-
scope and binoculars and other medical
machinery and find out what's the mat
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
LITERARY NOTES.

The Camera Fiend." a detective story
by E. w. Hornung, involving curious
psychological elements, has just beer
published by Scribner's. Its writer, noted
for '.Raf1es.'' THE Shadow Of the Rope,
Tho Amateur Craftsman" &C. was
born in Middleboro, England. in 1855
When eighteen he went to Australia, tc
spend two years there; and this gave him
material for several OF his successful
books. His first story was "A Bride
From the Bush" the romance Of an Aus
ralian girl who shocks English society
with her outspeken manner and her back
woods accomplishments. In 1889 Conan
Doyle had practically a monopoly on de-
tective stories. Mr.. Hornung suddenly
set before the public in the craftsman,
Rallies, a rival for Sherlock Holmes, "
Craftsman" the first Rafies book, and
started people wondering whatever would
happen IL Sherlock Holmes should be set
on the trail OF this supreme crook. !"
Several books interviewed; then came the
novel "Rafies" itself. to be almost i'm
mediately followed by THE Shadow of
the Rope" In one respect Mr.. Hornung .
detective stories differ from almost any
others-there Is much In them beyond the
mere running down Of the criminal The
characters are interesting In themselves,
and are not merely part Of mechanism
of crime and detection. They have real
individuality.
Justus Miles Forman. whose new novel.
The Unknown Lady" tells Of an Amer
lean in Paris who painted i've portraits
Of q woman he had never seen save In
himself studied portrait
with the great Bousuereau 1T
had become the fashion," says Mr.. For
man IN an appreciation Of the master.
ito poke fun at N. BouEuereau's school
Of art-to can his rosy nymphs and hiS
cupids and his sweetly sor-
rowful Madounas boite de bapteme'
accuse him Of insincsrity
and eommercialism. am afraid the hottie
de bapteme' verdict win never be re-
versed. but the two other charges were
as cruel and rs false as ever charges In
this world There was never Q senti-i
uentalist who worked harder % mocs