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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12


classic, The Two Orphans" In the cast were
extremely few persons besides the orphans them
selves. railway transportation and board were
both high. But the show made up in scenery what
it lacked in cast One scene. in particular, APP
pealed to the chucklefaced youth. 1t a
in which the two orphans sitting the
steps of Trinity church The snow was drifting
down over their thin shoulders Broadway was
thronged with pedestrians, Horsecars flew along
at eight miles an hour Nobody looked at the
phans But the orphans, silent as little sphynXes,
looked straight ahead-straight up the street
There was Broadway The infinite skill of the
scene painter seemed to have carried the street
clear to the horizon. Nothing but buildings and
people and people and buildings till they blended
at the finish, into indistnguishable haze of
paint
The Nevada youth could hardly keep his seat
The painted scene had fired his mind with an
intense desire He must be off to New York
All during the show, which he not, though he
looked straight at the stage he kent his eyes
riveted to the splendid vista OF Broadway The
whole thoroughare seemed to him to be a treas
ure-house of opportunity. And at dusk when the
lights begin to blaze up along the Great White
Way'-ah, 1t is all just he had dreamed it to
be, All grand All SURPRISINGLY great!
But, kind friends he dimes at no lobster palace
that evening. Nor do his magnificent Jewels glis-
ter in the horseshoe crescent at the opera With
the money that he can spare for his evening meal
he couldn't buy Holsters tail and a dryguods
box in an alley would Git him better than box at
the opera. So, he dimes poorly for sixty cents at
sidestreet restaurant gets a CLASSY eve from the
waiter for not giving tip, finds room in which
there is no light by day, pure air night or day
land goes to sleep to dream of homo and mother
The next morning he is awakened by a mis-
cellaneous assortment OF noises ranging from
elevated wheels to horses hoofs AS he puts
on the shirt that mother Numbered for him his
heart takes a sudden urch back to the old roof
He calls his heart back. He is in New York to
make good. 1t is up to him to do it. And, by the
time he is ready to go out to hunt for breakfast
his nerve is all back
With nothing to do but get job or starve, he
looks for work. He hears that motormen are
wanted on the subway Half afraid to offer his
services he nevertheless decides to do so On the
way to the companys Offices he considers all Of
the situations glorious possibilities Never in
the country did he dare dream that some day he
might make battery of motors bite off 1000
horsepower of electricity and snatch eight loaded
cars through the subterranean night
The good news goes home to the old folks that
their boy is going to run a train in the New York
subway oh, if the boy could only see the min
sled sorrow and pride that light up his mothers
eyes when she reads the letter II breaks her
heart to have her boy away but it mends it 20
know how emphatically he has made good in the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12

Miss Selma Lue's mercy she knew
and that of her mother she had forgot
ten.
Give her back to me, Mis- Tyne,
and | will put her in her soap-box
while you all git unpacked You come
jest IN time fer the party, and you
better git about fixing fer it. Thank
you, Mr.. Alan-the valise are a heavy
load fer the children"
AS she stood on the grocery steps
and watched Mr.. Alan carrying the
Tyne valise on down to the Tyne
front door with perfect courtesy, she
spoke earnestly to Blossom, who sat
in a split basket by the door Bios
SONS personality, though in the bud.
exhaled the fragrance Of sympathy
and made her a responsive mark for
conversation.
Blossom" she said in tones Of
quiet Joy, st looks like the two incest
neople in the world are going to git
married to each other, and amt it
fine that they dispositions fit into one
another like the edges of piece of
paper tored in two? Sometimes when
| see wives all wore out with
work and crossness, and husbands fed
bad and no buttons, and sick children
and too much beer at the saloon. let
alone a hard winter a-coming. | git
too much pleased with my condition,
and need jest sech thing as this
to remind me that the Lord do join
some folks, which let not man put
asunder Amen!"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12

man with the smile that always drew
Bonnie Dobbs-and others She
watched him drive away in his sedate
old gig, and then turned, not to the
apartment of the difficult Mrs. Jack.
son Page, but down the hill to the
bluff, where turmoil and excitement
and life called.
And she found them in abundance;
in fact, the bluff fairly teemed with
them and spilled over and ran out to
meet her. Bonnie headed the on.
slaught and was followed by Ethel
Maud and Luella Kinney and several
Tynes of assorted sizes. as they
brought up beside her, Ethel Maud
stepped on one of her own feet in
most amazing way and fell spraying
in such manner as to Craze her little
retrousse nose on the tip of Miss Gym
thia's shoe. A mighty wall ensued,
which was augmented by Bennie's
most unsympathetic prediction that
she would be denied the privilege of
attendance at the party
"Oh-oh-o-ho, | can go, too
don't eat with my nose, and see with
my eyes and they won't be nothing to
smell Ohio, can't | go, Miss Gym
thie?"
YES, indeed you can" answered
Miss Cynthia, as she wiped the parked
little dot with her clean handkerchief
and failed to notice the smutty prints
from the small fingers that chung TO
the sleeve of her snowy frock. Ben
ME mustn't say that. He knows it
wouldn't be a nice party If you had to
stay at home with sick nose. Now
come on and let's get your mother to
put some camphor on it." And they
all proceeded down street.
Mrs. Kinney hailed them from her
open window with the rollingpin. She
was almost, literally speaking, elbow
deep in pies, and the aroma thereof
spread across the street. Her front
stoop glistened damply In the sunlight
and the front walk was spotless. The
gate was tied up as signal for the
children to jump over the fence and APP
proach their home with caution-on
the grass.
CTo BE CONTINUED.)
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12
FIotNS By TIoRNNS q. Il eTTNeF-
lit 1905, THE BOBBS MERRILL COMPANY

could borrow the heavy iron Mis-
Simmons presses Mr.. Simmons with
and do 1t in no time"
Miss Selma Lue's sweet solicitude
went to Mr.. Alan's heart and he took
her hand as he said:
IF my mother had been With me,
Miss Selma Lue, she would have let
me tell her-about-it all-and she
would have-asked about the trousers.
wonder If 1t is because you are not
anybody's mother that you are every
body's?"
Mr.. Alan, you are the first person
that amt put that to me pitying-like
about not having no children, and
here you are giving me the whole
world to mother Well, my heart
amt crowded yet; they is room fer
EN- all, big, little and grown-ups too.
Seems like sometimes grown-ups show
mighty hankering fer a little moth
ering, and I amt the one to hold 1t
back from 'em. Lands alive, If there
amt Mis- Tyne and all the family
come back! You pick up Pattie and
bring her out here, fer l know her ma
is jest dead to see her, and will run
and help Sammie and Ella Virginia
carry that valise."
AS Mr.. Alan approached the group
that seethed around and against Miss
Selma Lue, the mother. of Pattie Sc
gregated herself from the mass and
without warning precipitated herself
on Pattie and so necessarily on that
young lady's new friend.
"Oh, please excuse me, SIR she
painted, gaining her equilibrium and
her offspring at the same time. II was
jest that excited! Seems like l could
eat her up. Miss Selma Lue, you
can't never know how good it is to git
back TO one you've left" which SEEM
ingly, only seemingly, ungracious re-
mark had the edge taken off by Pat
ties emphatic squirm and whimper to-
ward Miss Selma Lue. The quality Of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12

bringing the color to Miss Cynthia's
cheeks and lending an additional
sparkle to her eyes. Miss Cynthia's
eyes. however. had been very bright
through a very wide-eyed night, and
her heart had been dancing in an I'M
accountable way since she fed
through the fields with the echo in
her ears.
Generally speaking, a woman pre-
fers a irst-hand wooing. but to Miss
Cynthia the outburst in the grocery
had had an especial charm. There
is something propitiating and alluring
in an affection that is daringly out
spoken and declares itself at the first
opportunity, whether or not the listen
er is the inspiration. Her state Of
mind might have been guessed by the
careful process of her toilet, though
| she only intended to descend to the
bluff for the purpose Of aiding Miss
Selma Lue in her hospitable prepare
tons. The visit of her friend Evelyn
had lost all aspect of an embarrass'
ment; rather it partook Of the nature
Of triumph
Her trip to the Bluff, however, was
postponed for an almost uncomfortable
length of time, for in the hall she en-
countered Mr.. Everston in the act OF
taking his departure after an inter-
view with Mrs. Jackson Page. The
expression of extreme harassment on
that good gentleman's face conveyed
| definite idea of the interview, and
Miss Cynthia followed him to the We.
randa and invited the explosion.
Most unreasonable, my dear, most
unreasonable! The land company is
willing to wait no longer than two
weeks for definite answer. 1t is an
exceptional opportunity and the only
way to settle the estate so as to in.
sure a suitable to your
mother's-er-needs. The price of the
house Is, l may say, fancy one, and
l cannot see another way of getting
the property on the market except at
a sacrifice. Couldn't you-er-er-my
dear, demonstrate with your mother?"
Remonstrance with Mrs. Jackson
Page sounded stupendous even to the
ears of her own daughter. but Miss
Cynthia's head went up a trifle and
she answered in tones slightly akin to
those habitually used by that most
impressive lady:
IF you please, Mr.. Everston, pro
coed with the business of the sale,
and when the time comes l am sure
she will sign the papers. Thank you
for your kindness and-your pa
tience." and Miss Cynthia held out
her hand to the flustered old gentle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12

in thirty years, and had 20 fry some more In such
a hurry to put ON her "otheT dress" and to
Mrs. Pratt's to tell her: my boy is coming home"
The boy came home When he took mother in
his arms and held her for a full minute she couldn't
speak. All choked up. So glad to him, she
couldn't say word And, when she did speak the
first thing she said, she looked up into his brown
eyes, was: "oh my boy how pale you ere!"
He was pale. lie knew it. Subway air makes no
red blood-corpuscles. Kills some Of the red ones
that exist. Nor does the electric light Of the sub
way brown the cheek as the sunlight browns the
cheek OF the farmer All the year that he had
been away. mother had carried in her mind the pic
ture of her farmer boy. Never had dreamed that
her farmer boy would come home with a grayish
white face Didn't need to say she shocked
Looked it. The boy caught the message and laugh
ngly replied:
"oh, mother, all city folks are pale"
During the week that he remained at home. the
boy kept talking Father and mother con-
stantly asking questions. Seemed to mother as If
she couldn't ask questions enough Wanted to get
frsthand information about everything of which
she had read
Six months after he returned to work, his mother
had an opportunity to see for herself Just how big
New York A telegram told her that her boy
had been hurt She and father found him in n hos
pal, with his head hand9ged until they could bare
~ see his eyes AT the end Of lis run he had
tried to the tracks TO catch another train back
and get to dinner more quickly. Didn't see a train
running in the opposite direction. Car struck him.
Picked up for dead. Seemed 70 have a fractured
skull Fortunately, did not Revived in the hos
ptal and would get wen
Oh but the mothers heart was gad when she
heard the best instead Of the worst Glad until she
and father went to the boys room. Not his room
in the hospital but his room in lodging-house
Glad until she saw how mlserab'y he he'd lived
dirty street dirty house dirty he'll cheer
less room, Little light Pad afr. a skinny bed A
frayed Counterpart. Not a decoration save her
own picture, stuck in The edge Of q mirror
Her boy could afford no better place to live Ills
pay only 81 Is a day. That is his IVY from
the company was only 1925 a day THE lire Of
New York made up the rest that was needed to in
duoo him 70 stay.
Such Is life for millions in New York Not life
as the newspaper dispatches describe It, Not life
the stage pictures it, Life as it is
few draw colossal prizes. a few more draw
good prizes. But if only those should come to New
York who can earn better living here than they
can elsewhere, handcar running once day. would
almost bring them in. Ninety.two per cent Of the
population have not drawn enough prizes to enable
them to own their own homes Yet people come
Come from every state in the Union Come from
every town in every state-every hamlet Come
from Italy, Norway Sweden, Turkey-come from
everywhere
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12
SYNOPSIS.

Miss Selma Lue. spinster guardian angel
OF River Bluff. presides oyer an I'M.
promptu day nursery for the babies OF
yhe neighborhood in the rear of her gro
cery. Her charges are known as Soap
SoX Babies" The fact that she Is single
makes her an object Of sympathy to the
mothers One of her friends Is Miss Gym
thIa Page daughter of Widow Page.
cynthia visits Miss Selma and learns that at
kkian iSent n Young artist who wishes to
establish studio in b her barn arm d Blossom som
$hia is very fond OF. shows an evident
preference for Alan Ian When 81 Cyn It Ia
dancer of losing the old homestead. A
pew rukus. Alan admires CYNTHIA. Sc Sc
blaze and start the haven for little ones
she suspects that Cynthia Is responsible
mortgaged Page place considered. Alan's
portrait of Cynthia Is discovered. Evelyn
Branch. Cynthia's close friend. shows in
Serest in Alan Kent. Cynthia relieves Sc
tina for day. cooks dinner for Mr.. Kent
and makes a sorry mess of 1t. Alan de-
clared a favorite with all the Bluff folk.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12

cific contracts for various sorts of
cloth are elaborate and go into the
technical side of the matter; the num-
Der of threads to be use to the yard,
the kind of wool to be used in the
manufacture-for the United States
soldier has to be we'll dressed in
clothes that will stand the strain of
weather and of work. On Governors
island, New York city, there is test
ing Laboratory for CLOTH A specifioa-
ton of the weight per linear yard of
each kind of cloth is weighed, and If
1t falls short of the proper waiGht 1t is
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12

acid tests for perspiraticn and the ma
terial must stand boiling for ten min.
utes In certain soap solution. slow
ing that it viii stand washing with
strong alkalis; and finally comes the
weather test, the material being ex
posed 30 days on the roof without
changing color appreci5bly. If the
cloth has passed its examinations suo
cessfully, each yard Of each piece is
inspected. being run over machines
for the purpose, while inspectors
watch for any imperfections in the
weave.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12

thrown out. Next the question of wear
and tear is considered and again the
specification is stated that each special
kind of cloth will stand strain of so
many pounds to the inch work way
and so many pounds to the inch filing
way So after Weighing, the next test
Is to cut a sample and try in a ma
chine the strength of the cloth. If it
won't stand this test the cloth Is
thrown out.
After the cloth has been pronounced
perfect for weight and strength, the
dye tests are Dade; 1t must stand two
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12
CLOTH GOVERNMENT BUYS
United States Soldiers Wear Clothes
That Stand the Strain Of Wealth
err and Work.

The men of the United States army
come nearer knowing to certainty
what they are buying in the way of
cloth than do any other consumers in
the country. When the government
gives out a million dollar cloth con-
tract, it sees to it that II gets material
lccording to specification = The sDe-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12

home, and why he left home
He and another boy craved
the big life. They wanted to
be in the midst of something
and be something. Only, the
other boy had a little hitch to
his ambitions. He wanted to
go to Chicago, where he had
an aunt who, in an emer-
gency, might be induced 20
provide food.
The boy who stood before
His Honor waved his com
rade away.
81 told my chum," he said,
that | would rather be in
New York, broke and hungry.
than be in Chicago with a
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12
CHAPTER VII.
A send.off for Mr.. Alan.

"But amt II good thing TO think now
there's guiding hand, child, guiding
hand?"
Miss Selma Lue.
The stir and hustle on the bluff be-
gan early and rose at times to a tu-
mutt. for an afternoon tea was thing
that had seldom come the way of the
older citizens and was fraught with
the mystery of the unencountered for
ali the small fry. BY eleven o'clock
the excitement had spread telepathi-
cally to the Hill mansion and was
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12
NEW I2RR NI4TrP
FRONT EROM dkRSN
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big town. Going to run a
train driven by electricity.
Going to run a train bearing
fifteen hundred human be-
ings, each of whom has put
his life, for a time, in her
sons keeping! Such conf
dence as the company must
have had in her boy to in
trust him with so grave a
responsibility. Oh, it is such
a comfort to her to know
that her son, whom she has
loved since she felt his first
heartbeat; for whom she has
toiled and suffered and de-
MED herself-it Is such a
comfort TO her to know that
he has been recognized at
what she knows to be his
true worth. by the most won
derful city in the world
A year later, what rejoicing
there was in the little home
when the boy wrote that he
was coming back on a vaca-
ton. Mother could hardly
read the letter. she was so
excited. Ran to the fields to
tell father. Ran back to get
dinner. Could hardly cook
burned the eggs to a crisp,
something she had not done
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12

that rich persons would not think of stealing Yet,
against them as the law is, patrons of the box
cars pour into New York at all seasons of the
year
An Ohio boy one morning last winter, was in
court for beating his way into the metropolis. He
was only sixteen years old and rather small for
his age His coat fitted him a little too soon and
ankle grease was on it. Hadn't had time to slick
up since he was pulled from the trucks. Still, he
was cheerful Answered the courts questions as
If if were a pleasure Told all about the folks at
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-01-14
INCREASE IN CONGRESSMAN
Proposed Reapportlonment Would Give
Utah, Idaho and Montana one More
Representative In Congress.

Washington. - The apportionment
bill introduced by Chairman Crum-
packer on Friday fixes the membership
of the house at 433. The bill was re-
ferred Immediately to the census
committee where the entire subject
will be taken up.
Should the bill as presented become
a law. it means an increase over the
present membership Is follows: Ala
bama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Ida
no, Louisiana, Michigan Minnesota,
Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah and
West Virginia, one each; Illinois, Mas
sacllusettes, New Jersey, Texas and
Washington. two each; California and
three each; Pennsylvania
and New York, six each.
A majority Of the members of the
believe that this plan will
prevail.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-01-14
eRAFTERS GETTING Off Il
.-st : asz. 49, xs4s. =
state o. Pennsylvania Accom-.
Hon and . Half and Drops p,..t
eutIon Against Capitol Ra,c,.

Harrisburg. Pa.-Restitution NJ ,
300,O 900 and the SURRENDER of war
aggregating 100000 upon which !.
ment had been stopped were MAJ.
the Dauphin county court on Tuss.
by the men convicted or otherwiss .
plicated by Pennsylvania in the =
toll frauds. =
In consideration, the CONN.
wealth agreed to drop further cri,'
al action against the defendant, !
dicted; and, with the exception NJ
case of Joseph M. Huston Of Phi,s
phia, who is under an indetermI,s
sentence of from six months IA .
years, and who has an appeal N !.
supreme court, the capitol fraud 81
are declared ended and the STATE ,
isfed.
The new state capitol, a mas,s
cent structure, with it's rich fur,is
ings, cost approximately s13,ow n
Of thE, the state alleged it had i.
defruaded out of about 49, 0 .0@ h
to date, the state has expended m.
961 in prosecuting the cases. Rests
tiop of $~1,595.740 is said to have h.
made by certain defendants.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-01-14
VIEWS OF WOOLGROWERS.
Livestock the Only Practical and
Proved Insurance Against Forest
Fires.

Portland, Ore.-At the Friday ses-
sion of the National Woolgrowers con-
vention, Secretary Walker Of Chey-
enne, in his annual report, urged that
the association organize a tariff board
of its own, with a we'll equipped bur.
eau of publicity as an auxiliary in a
sustained effort to educate the people
on the subject of the tariff as it af-
fects woolgrowers and manufacturers.
Judge S. A. Lowell of Pendleton,
Or, who delivered an address on
Forests and Flockmasters," charged
the black horse cavalry" of the east
as responsible for most of the timber
thievery which has "plundered the
people of their heritage
Daniel P. Smythe, secretary of the
Oregon Woolgrowers' association, Pen
dleton, Or, in an address, asserted
that livestock, especially sheep, is the
only practical and proved insurance
against fires in national forests. He
pleaded for scientific investigation
and revision Of the restrictive meth
DDS of the forestry bureau, and ridi-
culed the policies of Clifford Pinchot,
closing with the declaration: "One old
W is worth a dozen forest guards"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-01-14
may F0RT|Fy CANAL |
.opmEa SENATOR FORAKER SAYS
LIMITED STATES RESERVED
RIGHT OF MILITARY PATROL
In Communication to President at
\ Declaration 10 Made That Eng
land Always Understood the on''eo
states Would Fortify Canal.

wasbington.-A contribution de'
s,oned TO clarity the confused sltua'
,ion that has arisen over the rign'
., the limited States to fortify tne
panama canal was submitted on sun.
dav by former Senator Foraker OF
Ohio to President Taft, who made II
public. .Ao
Throughout the period in when tne
uav-Pauncefote treaty was negotiated
and ratified, Senator Foraker ADVISED
John Hay. then secretary Of STATE, and
made many of the suggestions that
we're incorporated into the treaty pre-
serving to this government the rlght
To take such means as it deemed nee
essary to protect the canal ana tne
shipping, without specifically author
lied Notifications. >.
Senator Foraker's letter to resi-
dent Taft reviews the acts OF the SEN
ate in connection with the treaty-maK-
ing with England and laws passed
subsequently to the ratification OF the
existing Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
Senator Foraker shows concluslveiy
that the United States reserved the
right of military patrol, and that Eng
land always understood that the canal
would be fortified by the United States.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-01-14
Given Toga of His Father.

Charleston, w. Va.-Davis Elkins
son of the late United States Senator
Stephen B. Elkins, will be the sue
cessor TO the vacancy caused by the
death of his father for the few days
that will elapse pending the election
of a senator by the legislature. Gov
ernor w. E. Glasscock signed the com
mission Sunday night and Mr.. Elkins
accepted. Davis Elkins is the eldest
son of the late West Virginia states
man. His home is in Morgantown, w.
Va, but he is now in Washington, at
the home Of his mother. Mr.. Elkins
is president of the Elkins Coal and
Coke company and the Morgantown q
Kingwood railroad.