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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-04
CEMENT HOUSES AS TOYS.
Twenty Thousand Make Novel Christ
mas Presents to Poor Children.

mas Pres ants to Poor Children.
Mrs. Mirabeau l.. Towns, wife of a
Brooklyn lawyer, gave an order at the
New York cement show for the max.
ing of 10000 cement toy houses which
she later distributed among poor chill.
dren throughout the city. The molds
used for the toy houses are miniatures
of the mold invented by Thomas A.
Edison FOR full sized cement struc.
lures.
Mrs Towns, who was recently ap.
pointed member of the board of edu.
cation. visited the cement show twice.
The second time she called she placed
in the hands of Mr. Beck. the manager,
a certified check to pay for 10000 min.
iature cement houses. Mr. Beck was
amazed at the order until Mrs. Towns
told him that the houses were to make
glad the hearts of as many poor chill.
dren.
There were doll houses for the girls
and factories, garages, engine houses.
stables and the like for boys. Each
house for the girls has little windows
ready for curtains and shades. There
is bathroom, drawing room, kitchen
and dining room in each house for the
girls, as well as veranda and rear
stoop. Paneled doors on hinges, win.
dow sashes with cords and weights,
a basement and a chimney are other
appointments.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-04
M'KINLEY BORN JAN. 29, 1943.
Date Fixed by CorteIyou Through In
surance Policy.

Doubt as to whether the late Pres
ident Mckinley was born on Jan. %
1873. or Feb. 26, 1914, both of which
dates have appeared in the congress.
sional directories since Mr.. Mckinley
was a member of the house of repre-
sentatives from Ohio, has been dis
PEELED by George B. Cortelyou, former
ly secretary to President Mckinley, in
II letter to Justice William X. Day OF
the United States supreme court. Mr..
Cortelyou established the fact through
an insurance policy.
Justice Day is president of the Ohio
Society of Washington, which is plan
ming dinner for the anniversary Of
President McKinley's birth, and the
date of the celebration now has been
announced definitely as Jan. so. the
dav following his birth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-04
Time, but No Money.

Street Missionary-My good friend,
why idle away the precious hours in
this fashion? Don't you know that
time is money?
Loafer-Dont you believe it, guv'nor.
If that was so 1 should be bloomin'
millionhair. l should Eve been doing
time on and OFF ever since / was a
nipper-London Mail
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-04

81 was in hopes when l married that
! could give my wife everything she
wanted"
"W'ell 2"
Il didn't Think her yearning capac
ity would be so much greater than my
earning capacity. Washington Her
aid
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-04

"Were you quarreling with your
wife when | came in? I heard you
talking lodd.'
mo When we're quarreling she's
the one that talks."-Cleveland Lead
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-04

Double Vote.
THE CITIZENS voting schedule
from January 3 to January Z at 8
p. IN.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-04
Not So RraNe-

'He was certainly brave to crawl
under the bed and engage in life
and death struggle with that burglar. u
"When he crawled under the bed
he thought the burglar was in the
basement. Houston Post
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-04
VOTE SCHEDULE
THE CITIZEN

The Regular Scale.
THE CITIZENS voting schedule
from January 23 to the end.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-04
For Good of the Community.

"Have you ever done anything for
the good Of the community" asked
the solid citizen of the weary way
farer
"Yes,' replied the weary wayfarer.
1--WE just done month"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-04

There are some who bear q gruuse
even to those that do them good.-Pi-
pay.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-04
Dentists.

Dr. c. r. BRADY. DENTIST. Honesdale. Pa.
OFFICE HoURs-8 m to pm
Any evening by appointment.
Citizens phone. 80. Residence. No. S6-X'
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-04
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
AtterneYs-at-Lsw.

III WILSON,
Oftice. adjacent to Post Office in Dimmick
office, Hone sdaie Pa.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-04

Fifty Per Cent. Schedule.
THE CITIZENS voting schedule
from January 8 to January IA at 8
p. m.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-04

Twenty-Five Per Cent. Schedule.
THE CITIZENS voting schedule
from January 16 to January 21 at 8
D. m.
The Washington times., 1911-07-12

Goodness me! the little old lady The
Jordans spoiled little could be You
those Jodans loved each other when they married The
trouble they didn't have OF
them together during that difficult
over and before they have lived together long enough to be welded
1T wasn't very long honeymoon
began TO realize that they happy they be
Neither could tell what the There wasn't anything
which could this
wrong but they just gradually began 0 grow apart.
For time they still kept all the little forms of affection
but the old spirit wasn't there Gradually the little obsevance of
love left One late and left the house
in such haste he didn't kiss Mrs Jordan good-by
That night her greeting top epadde
mouth full OF curtain ostenby cordial In reality she knew
@ and he knew was but subuse to avoid the perunct9ry kiss Of
his good-by from the gate with elaborate casuaness
Stayed Downtown Nights
Jordan stayed Jordan up
So things until word look would have them
off for all time
Now, neither of these people wanted
They had nice sensible right of ideas people
married life They knew things and down
each onged for the other and piona wanted things right
but either proud the other that they noticed
anything lest the other should the half
Then Jordan sick The little old lady smiled complaceny
to herself Liver said the DOCTOR don't medicine
exercise! yours grden-digr
Jordan started dig around his garden Mrs Jordan
sedpanned Jordan throwing suggestion
and then things plant By and by both interested Jordan
hoed, Mrs Jordan raked.
"They answered alluring soil and like children
forgetting pride differences paraon dug the brown
earth.
they together again.
And let tell YOU said the little old lady,
ings there's ngrowing fanced hurt pride black
mood ougrOwng of things can't Vegetables
and dep Content and all thew did was Just to ~
The little old lady paused and then began something
like grinu if she suspected the formulating
mind she gathered hngsor knew what
do. | home and DIG!
The Washington times., 1911-07-12

We've got a kat at our house, wtch
Is avI the time having kittinA Its q
black kat, but its kittins are awl kul-
lirs evin yello.
It wood be awl rite II It ony had l
kittin, but 1t genrilly has q hole baskit-
full, sumtimes I. and sumtimes 8 and
sometimes 9. Pop sed II she evir had
them-agen he was going to get nd of
her, and hear she went and had them
agen last weak.
This Is the last strawr, sed pop. As
soon as we get nd Of these confoundid
kittins, he sed. we will get lid of this
confoundid kat don't want eny kat
that don't no wen to stop. Every time
you tern erround thares q new brood.
Wat They Have
Kats don't have broods. sed ma, they
have littirs.
1 don't kare wat they have. sed pop.
thare not going to have them erround
hear any moar.
The trubble with our kat Il she leeves
her kittins awl ovir the house as II
they was sumboddy elses httins fnsted
of keaping them down the seller ware
they belong.
This moarning I woak up and sum-
boldly was hollering. It was pop and
he was holding up a kittln by the
neck. It was q wife and black kittin.
In my shoe. pop hollered, in my
shoe. Aint that fine, having q kittin
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
ACCORDING TO SAMMY

in my shoe in the moarnIng. Eny
animufe that has no moar respeckt
for its awfspring than to leeve them
GROUND IN peoples Shoes in the
moaning awt to be put out OF It's
mizery, he sed, and I've got q good
mind to send the animule wsggin up
aftir that kat today.
o. don't do that, Henry, sed ma.
we've had that kat almost yeers
now. and Id hate to do enything IKE
that. 1t seams crool.
Well, Id like to have q dollir for
evry kitten that kat has had, sed
pop. The animule Is kraEy on the
subjeckt
Another Find
Jest then he went to get a koIlir.
and he sed. Hah, a kitttn in my kollif
books. I'm thro. That kat dyes.
And pop held up anuthir kittin.
wich was yello with black specks.
o, Henry, I wish you'd have q littla
payshunse with her, sed ma.
Payshunse, sed pop, payshunse.
tell you eny kat that wood put her
kittins in a mans kollir books and
shoes is no lady, to say the least, and
I'm going to send up that waggin
aftir her today.
time a wa&gin kums to the doar ma
hides the kat In the kloze baskit
and runs TO the windo to see II It
is the kat waggin. but If its kuming
1t hasenet got hear yet
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
Reddy Smith On The
Woman Who Learned

Did yu noterce de one dat jes passed,
de wun wild de light hair an de blue
eyes, de pretty one?
1 feels sorry fur hur. Jimmie: but it s
hur own fault dat she's sad.
Yu see. Jimmie. she arays had uh
lot Nv fellers. She luved dem all an
played dem fur all dey wus wurth.
Wun day she meets uh quiet-lookin'
feller dat 'cumes smitten wild hur. She
thinks she luves him an so It goes on.
Dey lived uh long distance uhpart, an
he wurked hard an saved an wus true
tn her. an she run uhroun' wild every
feller dat cum uhlong. Den he finds it
out.
He forgives hur, an she starts over
uhgain. But, she 'jes played an played
wild him, an he sees thru It all an has
nuthin more tu do wild hur.
Not long afterwards, she finds out
dat he wus de best Nv all hur fellers,
but she finds it out too late, fur he's
married uh good little hometown gurl
an is settled down.
OATS why she's sad, Jimmie-cause
she learned dat good clothes, an dia-
monds an money aint all in uh per-
sons life, an she learned 1t hard!
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
Loretta's Looking Glass
Drawn for The Washington Times.

,SNHY DEAR LORETTA: Won't
M you please say a few OF
the cutting things you know
so well how to write about the
man who keeps coming to see a girl
and acting like a lover, but never pro-
poses. 1 don't think It's fair. when a
man knows that the girl has to wait
for him to make the advances, for him
to take advantage of the fact and de-
fer speaking the words he ought to
say. really believe this man loves
me; and / think he has an idea that he
must wait till he is better fixed. But
it's hard on the girl. Please tell me
what you think Of him and of the situ-
alton. Very sincerely,
WAITING ONE"
This is such a common MAN CUES
TON. And like all the others, it, too,
is a WOMAN QUESTION. If I could
only force into one girls head the truth
that 1t Is hers to control the world
of courtship and love, but that she
MUST manage II or go under, 1 should
feel happy. This man is a DOUBLE
DEALER. And the reason he can be
so is because you and other girls LET
him. He cannot continue to take you
about, treat vnu as a lover, and then
not propose IF YOU WILL NOT GO
WITH HIM.
know where the shoe pinches. You
he will come to the point. Well, he
WONT. He is one of the selfish alb
sorbers who soak up privileges and
The Washington times., 1911-07-12

beans, after he'd warbled that I
mustn't give the apple sauce.
1t seems that he's dippy on that kind
OF pun lingo, and I'm afraid II can't
come back at him every time he'll
get sore and take his trade up ne
street. And it's some trade. He started
again today.
You're a smart young man. Slug"
he pipes, winking at me across the
counter, but you can't beet sugar"
Il guess you've got the best Of me.
Mr.. Gordon" I tells him, put you
can't whip cream"
Maybe I wasn't right there. eh7 But
I'm afraid some time might fall down
on one OF EN- and It would be just Ike
the old man TO get mad.
The Washington times., 1911-07-12

fair young woman's mother, herself
a handsome, well-preserved matron
and not at all made up. What are
you quarreling about, anyhow"
IL don't know confessed the
younE man. ''She-she probably
knows"
Il can't remember exactly, either"
the beautiful girl admitted. but what
ever IT was he started It,"
Nothing of the kind" he protested.
You started it-whatever 1t was"
Il didn't. You did"
Il didn't. You did"
And so, now having really some
thing to quarrel about, they again
turned their backs upon each other.
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
she HOLDS IT UP TO TK1
MAN WHO DOUBLE DEALS

have not the faintest shadow of an
idea Of proposing.
You indulge your hope and deceive
yourself with the thought that he fears
he Is not making enough to satisfy
you. Did he ever tell you that7 No,
he has IMPLIED 1T. OF course. That
implying dodge is a favorite one of the
Double Dealer. He has worked 1t SO
often that he does 1t well.
To be quite clear, I think no Is a
marplot, and the situation is literally
shrieking for strenuosity on your part
Invite him to desist in his monopolistic
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
With One In the Audience

Look here" exclaimed young Mr..
Cotter Tartar. in desperation, is this
or is 1t not a wedding tour?"
why. Of course snapped young
Ers. c. T. It's our wedding tour
What on earth did you think II was?'
well. I'm beginning to think it's a
lecture tour. Now cut II out; see!'
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
Might Go Both Ways

Anxious Old Woman-I say, my good
man, is this boat going up or down?
Deck hand-Well. she's leaky old
tub, mum, so I shouldn't wonder II she
was going down. But then, again. her
b'ilers ain'r none too good, so she might
go up.
The Washington times., 1911-07-12

that dny they se. the idea into their heads id be real crime let
the conductor nickel by possible they freeze
onto and use for really useful purpose later
you're clever enough all o
make the conductor feel he's insutn by ook
that fapease when O. fact still
nickel into the palm hand with that death
grip that with long practice.
One Two of the Dodges
method fr instance That's
the poplar Its handy crowded after the
and can't remember whether he's
captured your nickel He'll look with that
half piful half hreatenn look and start to Did get yours
look right through him and shut him forever It's
anything o that Belle The beauty of
question O. far from mind that anybody DARN
the subject is Hbe instant arrest The
ductors fall for it time
the rather bothersome o movn through
conductor comm goin
the end the conductor started FROM
KNOWN already collected there probby won't be
until the cars far want And the
the he does back, won't hurt
you o walk a few squares
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
Feathers From the
Bird of Wit
ENGLISH Joke FOR TODAY

What is described as "a clockwork
cook" has been invented. The new
machine" we are told, will perform
one complete revolution a minute for
ninety-hve minutes without receiving
any attention whatever" There should
be a great demand for this in South
America-Punch.
The Washington times., 1911-07-12

methods. Emphatically assure him that
he is no longer welcome. He will be
angry. And you will-Oh! I'm afraid
you will back down and submit to the
condition that you cry out against and
manufacture for yourselfl
II this self-considering octopus who
reaches out the multitudinous arms OF
his desires and seizes you and your
time has the enormous and brazen ef-
frontery to grab SO much, he will also
have the nerve to come back to you. A
more sensitive man would not. But II
he had been Of the sensitive type he
would not have proven himself an oc-
topus! He will come back on one con-
dition-if he loves you more than him
self. Or rather, II he loves himself %
well that he misses your society be-
cause 1t PLEASES HIM.
Better Fish in the Sea
Personally, I think the only thing
that he deserves is a harpoon with
a sharp and wounding point But you
well, I know girls! You would fling
yourself into his tentacles for life-if
he would but ask you. And, when he
has you and squeezes the very life out
of you with his selfish exactions, you
will whimper and beg to be released
from the grasp of the devil-ish. Oh!
woman! woman! woman! what a queer,
dear creature you areI But don't be q
fool about THIS PARTICULAR MAN.
He isn't worth II. There are lots Of
better fish IN the sea than octopuses!
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
For EXCUSES

DO you have oratory in your cam
paignsT'
''Some." replied the political boss.
Just enough to enable the people
who vote our way to give some sort
of an excuse for It,"
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
NO TIME YET

Mrs Younge-My husband promised
me that 1 should never hear a harsh
word from him in all Of our married
life and 1 never have.
Mrs. Oldun-H'm! How long have you
been married?
Mrs. Younge-Let me see. Just two
days and four hours.
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
Our Grocery Clerk
Says, Some Chatter

It's a harder job than I thought to
keep old man Gordon on as q regular.
He's the eccentric old guy that cap
tured the other day by telling him that
he might kid me but he couldn't string
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
The Turned Backs;
Or, ThornY! Thorny!

They had turned their backs upon
each other. 1t was sad to see so
black a cloud on so perfect a silver
lining.
Come, come, make up" said the
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
A Comparison

"A horse is mans truest friend"
said the lover Of animals.
He's more like a relation than a
friend" replied Farmer Corntossel.
He makes me think Of my boy John;
allus ready to eat an liable to kick
II you put him to work"
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
Better Fish in the Sea
FRIENDSHIP

The Bruised-You shouldn't have
knocked me down the way you did.
Why. I thought you were Q good
friend, Bill!
Bnl-well, II I hadn't been q good
friend I'd skilled you.
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
At His Word

Daughter, did not see you sitting
on that young mans lap when I
passed the parlor door last even
ing"
Yes, and II was very embarrass-
ing. I wish you had not told me to"
Good heavens! I never told you
to do anything Of the kindr'
You did. You told me that II he
attempted to get sentimental I must
sit on him.
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
NJ a m ie
-T Ellis
B e Ii e
That Folks
Just Hate to Pay
Fares

the golden gates closed Belle, to all the people
that think it's honest to look the other way when
the trolley conductor tries to catch their eye
poor old St. Peter can't have much company. ri
bet if all the people in this country that never
cheated conductor out of his fare in their lives
were to form club, it'd be the most exclusive
organization in the world. Every member could
be an officer.
1t must be this soulless corporation business,
Belle People have read so much about the heart
less graspin trolley corp'rations and how they
love to take away O the seats in the cars
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
No Use

Here's q terrible misprint. SIR.
called Jim Sweet a practical polltir
clan. and the typesetter has made It
'piraticai.' Shall we stop the pressesT"
Editor-I guess not There's 50 little
difference.
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
Good Salesman

Hes a financial genius. Split a cup
Of coffee over fellows colored
trousers -"
And got out OF paying for the trous-
ers, chr
why. he talked the other fellow into
paying for the coffee"
The Washington times., 1911-07-12
Adventures
-IN--
Married Life
What the
.Jordans' Garden
Did

)ODNESS ME-! said the little old lady, love and
due reverence of duty are all mighty we'll for the
real works of a matrimonial alliance, but it
tainly takes few little interests in common to
ubrcate the places of daily friction and keep the
real works going.
Just look how the Jordans garden is grow
ing" continued she, apparently very irrelevantly
Through the open window the little old lady could
just catch sight of the Jordans garden just the
end of way down street" There wasn't much
that street that the little old lady didn't
ally catch sight of-for what she didn't
came, in the end, and told her.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-14
WHITINGHAM.

H. Il. Knowlton was in Shelburne Falls
Friday and Saturday.
Ida Murdoch is working for Mrs John
Carrier in South Readsboro.
Miss Fannie Rice of Charemont Is
visiting at her uncle's, John DiX's.
Ruth Goodnow and Mabel Kent re-
turned Monday to school in Wilmington,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Chase left Tuesday
on a western trip. They expect to go as
far as Detroit and to visit in Buffalo and
Chicago.
Mrs. l.. II. Sawyer and children, Vesta
Houghton and Elliott, were with Mrs
Sawyer's parents in zoar several days
recently
George Weller and daughter have
moved to North Adams to the farm
which he bought last fail, Mrs, Weller is
staying indefinitely with her sister, Mrs
Underwood.
Mrs. Cora Gould of North Adams Wis
tied relatives in town this week while
returning from North Heath where She
had been six weeks caring for her niece
Mrs. Arthur Sumner
Schools i'm town will begin Monday
April II. May Monahan will return tc
the Gnlett school and Della NJ. Clark Of
Valley and Miss Ward of Amherst, Mass,
will teach the Sadawga schools
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-14
WEST HALIFAX.

The schools will reopen for the spring
terms April "a.
Miss Mary Hall of Wilmington Is as
slsting Mrs. Israel Hall.
Mrs, Laura Phillips and Mrs. W. sum-
ner are improving slowly.
Mrs. Ralph VIM is entertaining her
mother, from Bennington.
Judge Frank Worden and Worden
Sumner are attending court In Newfane
Ruth Crosier and Mary Hitchcock were
guests of Maud and Lucy Thurber Thurs
day.
Miss Edith Collins has returned home
after assisting Mrs. Lewis Sumner some
months.
Mrs. Fred Worden is still In Glaston-
bury, Conn, helping care for her moth
err, who Is Ill.
Clara and Addie Warren and Maud and
Lucy Thurber have returned to Brattle-
boro high school.
A good number attended the auction at
Mr. Caron's. We understand the farm
has not been sold.
Mrs. +. S. Upton and Mrs. F.. c. How
ard of Christian hill were recent guess
of Mrs. Worden Sumner and Mrs Laura
Phillips.
Mrs. George Worden, who has been III,
is now able to be about the house, j.
VIM, who was seriously Ill Sunday, Is
now able to be about.
Mrs. Lewis Sumner has returned from
Bernardston, where she went to see her
mother, who is i'll, We are glad 70 re-
port that Mrs. Legate Is improving.
1t is expected that Philip Hitchcock OF
Mount Hermon will spend Sunday with
his parents and will be accompanied by
Robert Gyles, who will assist in the SER
vices Sunday, April 16. We hope a good
number viii be out, and we should be
pleased with any plants or flowers, to be
used in decorating the pulpit; also bring
your best voices. Everybody earnestly
invited to be present.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-14
JACKSONVILLE.

Ernest Pierce visited in Brattleboro
over Sunday.
Mrs. Ella Duncan of Mansfield, Mass,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Tenney
Miss Mary Brown and her aunt, Mrs.
Ida burlington, of Colraln, were guests
at w. a. Browns over Sunday.
The young peoples meeting next sun
day at las will be in charge of Miss
Louise Temple, The subject will be
Easter Service"
c. II. Grousbeck and Willard Faulkner
We're drawn as jurors to serve at the
April term of county court now In SEES
sion.
The village schools will begin next
Monday, April H. Miss Mabel \. Knox
teacher in the grammar school, will
board with Mrs Edwin Murdoch. Miss
Mable Corse will teach the primary
school.
On April the immediate friends of
Mrs. Juliana w. Greene gathered In the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Schuyler
Murdoch, to remind her that the occasion
was her S7th birthday anniversary. a
social time was enjoyed Grandma"
Greene, as she is familiarity called, re-
ceived over 80 post cards and many other
gifts. for which she is very grateful.
birthday cake was made by Mrs. Nj, Muir
dock 1t was surrounded by 81 lighted
candles. Refreshments served included
Ice cream, cake, fruit and candies, All
departed at an early hour, wishing her
many more happy anniversaries