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in Washington which, "hlle
having considerable member
ships and definite plars OF actiV-
ity. are not well known at least
e., far as regards the general pupIIo
Washington possesses many such organ
y,tions all of them working on definite
lines. toward definite objects. Among
thern is the Washington Readers CUB
Organized early i'll the spring OF lT'
Cor the purpose OF meeting aud entertain
80, ,,,e mem hers Of the National Assoc
do, ton Of Observation-Disclosures known as
The Association for the Advancement OF
the speech Arts-~hich met III convention
IN Washington In June, 1909. the organl-
zatiou was made permanent, Mrs. Eilza
both r Walton, at whose call The or
Yanizing meeting was held, beng the
cluh.s tret president Mr.. Walton, who
ID. , well known member of thu staff OF
teachers at Central high school was as
sisted in the work of organization by
Mrs NJ Landou Reed and Miss Mice
P,4rct.
Tb.. charter members Of the club were
AIR. Walton, Mrs Reed. Miss Paret, Miss
II,rfie. Havlcy M!Ss Grace Ross, Miss
l.uayI,.v,s PoSo. Miss linda Burke, Miss
= r. Marshall, Miss Nell hiueS iior&
Miss T. r. Wolfe. Miss AGNES McChcsney,
Miss Isabel NJ Pcchu. Mrs. Aurclia Bar
Josephine Rich, Mrs. Susie Root HI ades,
Messrs William II. Saunders. Charles ,.
Richardson Fred Barber, Albert l.. pgS
ana Clayton L. Emich.
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ing ourselves to the dirt FOR them unhint
words we have spoke.
We get through the forenoon somehow.
lunch blithely on pickles and cellars. and
go home Saturday evening with Sctl~r
of well-beng and an anticipatory feeling
for regular eats. Naturally fGiSrtfti|-
everything appertaining 10 Thanks-iNin-
has passed completely from our m.fB.
We preiiGLre something saNor9 II al
ayhaD ham and aigSt Tha tfu1Elt
speeds us 10 our Gat,-dies and ham
As we nudge toward our dom.ci'v Our
nostriis are affrighted by the eiiuyia ~
something distressing familiar ian /,
be? Yes. Sage
We hope it's sage coming from the
house next to ours
Vain hope As we enter ;he vestiaa
nearly knocked off olir feet D>
the 81 nging aroma Of thai ancient tul
key stuffing. II is our turn t. loo. sal
and sweet.
" hat. again, we ask her
To give her proper credit. sac isok
sheepish about it.
Well" says she. sort Of apologetisalls
there were a lot of sireis hHR4l u- af-
the frame. and ] Thought la make
turkey soup Of what was left - aiH
It's the last of him. though rcaliEt Hon
1t ism / so bad. We pat San' yUdla
with him. And il isn't an hive
can OF kidney beans in addluea- 3i-f
nice little picked-up dinner the kind y.
used 10 say YOU loved
And so there We are Salurabs senins
yea, last eVening-up against lire r.H
nants OF a bird that y. leaned ap again
with enthusiasm and even Hjsttal HaIF.-
ness way back yondpr on d frgatr
rhanksgiyin@ DAY,
Al Of which reminds Us - be. @#I> tg..
ate James \. llernc. III. lus8lfaN ~ la-
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GA BROAD they tailc al Aner t- for
II miIltonatres said fien1s p pixies
at the Players cub ia \eW ork eat
as 4 matter of fact ae majority ot rs aIs
u good deal Ike Hr, W~teg
p Grandma. said brewster young sal
one daN. which Of my parents do ! L.
Semble"'
- Both. the grandmother answered.
You have your mother remarkable a.
pacity for spending money ana Your
fathers absolute genius for not r1i5as
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the barkeep is to keep the ten cents in
chance from the two-bit piece; and yes,
the barkeep III such instances says "Ihatlh
you, sir. just as obs"aulously as a pei!-
hop in receipt OF dime
In many places. where the barkecp rings
NJ the amount and takes tie money nim-
self he puts down the change with sort
Of inQuiring look in his eye, as much as
to ask We'll. DO, do ! get my bit out OF
this bunch of CHANGE" and New York
patrons OF bars are rapidly beginning 10
sense the meaning of this inquring look.
1t seems no Very long bareback when, To
the present writer at any rate. barkeePefS
appeared To be, d class. men far TOO
Independent III spirit TO he oapan ole OF &C
ccpting little toss-oVers OF silver Ike
these \ few Years ago. one seems To re-
member, it would have been bit dan
@erous To offer To give the aV-raGe bar
keep d piec. of mental moneE- one would
have. been afraid OF call-tioWn language.
i not bungStarterS, flying through the AR
Eat the money-lust grows all the time
and there are folks uoW Wiling 10 take
tiqS-WotSc than that. with II greedy eye
out for tipS-Who, only few years a-o,
would have become highly inCensed II
their class had been even vaguely ac-
ctiSed of saCn q thing
Not long ago, at q big sal, Of fGrs IN a
large fur establishment in Bath street, |
saw this.
\ finely dressed woman swept off the
elevator, saw that all OF the saieswomen
were up 10 their ears III waiting bar
cain-hlnters, and looked annoyed. Then
80. dipped Into her purse, extracted q
III e-dorar bill. ana approached on" Of the
-aIesWomen from behind. furtively
My dear. she said in Il very low tone
no"dfully ia d low tone. because II" sales
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have brought the penguins to our dreams.
We awaken with the ecru taste III our
mouth. and we are glad it is time to get
up and take the cold swim and dress and
forget dreams of penguins in lonely
antarctic wastes,
No appetite worth mentioning Tor Inc
breakfast on the day after ThanksslV-
ing No appetite. either, worth Dragging
about for the lunch on the day foiloWltS
Thanksgiving. The abstinence from
heartnesS at these two meals * GOO"
for as Result on the way home for
dinner on that day after Thanksgiving
we are distinctly nippish. and We wonder
in the street car what she : gong 10
have TO eat for dinner: Lamb chops,
we hope. or one OF those cunnln clup
steaks We always forget that il $ the
day after Thanksgiving.
And. forgetting. the shock Is always the
same when W., get home ana find the
dinner ali ready-and the piece lie re-
sistance the blase bird of the previous
ee.al day We don't like the locks OF
him He's pretty Wei picked over by
this time: She has had some OF him FOR
lunch. and he begins to wear gloomy
efuaciated air. attenuated, shriVeied, de-
pressing.
However. we look clipper as pos
Shle. We like to encourage her IN the
practice of economy and kindred virtues
We haven't tn. least desire in the world
for .he nubul Amurican burd for that
second days dinner. and We make a
whitcd Sepulcher and phony and counter
felt Of ourself ny sitting there and pre-
tending to munich him and accounting for
our lack Of enthusiasm over the dinner by
SAYING that we've mad such nendIshl.-
busy day at the office that ii : taken all
of our appetite deed. really She her
self tackles the turkey remnants with
but a SickIy enthusiasm on this second
days dinner.
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1t is not comfortable night Of slee :,
either We are utse~sed in dreams by Wis
ions of eighty-sevcn million peusu ms ny-
ing around the antarctic poe, making. a
whoopful noise with the Tapping of their
wings and menacing us with their bust
u.ssliEe bills
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pruteSSl ONdl reader. lecturer. OF ACTOR. OF
any writer on these themes, is eligible
to membership.
In the six Years OF its existence the
clubs work has been steadily progressive
For the first year or two there was gem
orally Il paper of some length the points
of which We're afterWard discussed by
the club. Later. program of interpre-
tative readings was arranged each month
by Il special committee, and discussion
on technical points was more or less i'm
promptu. but for the last two seasons a
program for the year has been arranged
in advance which combined both these
features. This plan has been highly
satisfactory. as it has meant unified and
consequently uniformly progressive work.
and the same plan Is being pursued at
the present time.
For tins year the clubs program has
been built along somewhat original lines,
the dominant idea being "Co or An out
line of the program makes this idea clear
The topic for the October meeting was
Good Taste in Humorous Selections the
meeting being an evening of humor- The
November meeting was an evening of
Tragedy the talk being on Reserve
Power. The December meeting Will be
an evening of drama, with talk on I'M
personation. For January there will be
AN oriental evening, with Il talk on Tone
Color" February. an evening with the
supernatural, with a talk on subjective
Interpretation" March. an evening OF or
atory, with a talk on The Natural vs.. the
Trained Orator: April an evening OF
dialect with talk TN Dia ects May.
an evening of lyrics. with talk on The
Adap1abilty of the Lyric for Platform
Work" The June meeting will b" n
medley meeting" with a miscellaneous
program of readings and music.
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L IN the celery
Belt of the Hinter-
land there is a
s.,,r,oa EI,,S,,
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PH.tT a blessed thing it is that
Sunday comes SO soon after
THANKSGIVING
And what a blesseder thing
nroalipo oactro,,omicaIly or
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QiiERF. are various organizations
in Washington which. while
having considerable member
ships and definite plans OF actiV-
ity. are not well known at least
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sort of clap-trap to furnish amusement.
This has had to be lived down, ana still
has to be in some quarters, but much
has already been accomplished by organ
lied effort both here and elsewhere, and
there is reason to believe that lovers of
the art can raise it to the recognized
high place that classical music. or the
best dramatic work upon the stage, has
attained.
The club meets on the first Saturday
evening OF each month. Meetings We're
held at first at the homes Of the mem
Ders, but for the last three years they
have been held in the parlors of the
Dolly Madison house. Any student of
the art of reading and speaking, any
professional reader. lecturer. OF actor. or
any writer on these themes, is eligible
TO membership.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-21
MOOSE HUNT
In New Brunswick is Inter
estingly Deserted by a
Local Dentist.
By W. H. Hill, dentist.J

While canoeing down McKeel Lake
N. B., october q, -on my third day In
the woods my guide, Albert Logan
espied a COW moose in the distance
at the edge of the water. and after
approaching closer we observed a
bull moose in the brush near BY and
at the unexpected command fire" 1
began a ,bombardment with my 81
automatic at his broad sides; ana
after emptying my artillery at him
he disappeared. After that weAanded
and passing through narrow strip
Of woods that skirted the 1akeAwe saw
our quarry headed across the bog.
about 200 yards away, where-upoA
the attack was renewed, firing as we
ran till he lay down and took "a rest,
after which he got up and headed to-
ward us as If to make charge. We
we're now within sixty yards OF him
when 1 took careful aim and fired my
last bullet at his shoulder, but he ap-
parentIy paid no attention to small
things like that; then we began a
nasty retreat for the tall timber
having the double fear that would
not get my moose and that the moose
would get me, but moment later my
guide looked back oyer his shoulder
and impaired the joyful tidings hes
down" We then approached him
carefully and found him to have e
fine spread OF horns, measuring fifty
three inches. The moose's-head is
now being mounted by taxidermist
in Maine.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-21
In Clarksburg Says Richie
Man Who Recently Wis
tied the City.

A subscriber of the HarrisvilIe
Banner, who recently visited Clarks-
burg, tells of-his visit in the follow
ing letter, which is published in the
current issue OF that newspaper:
Recently spent week or two at
Clarksburg, a town was acquainted
with some iftyb years ago. looked
for the old land marks that then
composed the sleepy old town. Alas,
1 could only find three that was rec
equitable to me. The people too were
about all gone, like the town. \
found in their stead, new town and
new faces; fine buildings have been
built where the old shacks stood. The
town is fast spreading out on all sides
and doubtless will soon be lead
ing city of West Virginia.
visited one or two of its factories
You must have guide to take you
through, and from the guide l OBJ
tanned the following Information. In
one of the glass factories. making
nothing but glass tumblers, the daily
output is 1,OSOO0O, loading every day
from three to five cars, while seven
other glass factories are in the place
and turning out various other kinds
of glassware.
The t!nplatc factory, it is quite a
sight. 1t employs 1000 men, works
night and day, eight hours in a days
work, has three reliefs. Wages range
from $1.s5 to S14 day. The daily
output is 40 tons OF tin plate. Han
three engines with 500 horse power
each. The plant is one-fourth mile
Kong and $50 feet wide. The materials
Nor the plant is all hauled from other
parts. The same company has a
plant in weIrton. w. Va, that en-
9loys 1000 men.
Then there is the carbon factory
and chemical plant shat is doing
quite business. The brick-layers
are making IS and So day. clarks-
burg is busy place, and all men
have work that want it. Mon keep
moving there to get work.
Taking all and all in consideration.
doubtless times must be good, and
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every possible expend iture n may
arise IN connection with the eonyen-
ton. 1t must furnish audi
toTiuna5 Of size sufficient 10 PToxtdss
ample accommodation for the
thousand OF. more delegates and an
eofIaI number OF alternates and for
many thoussnds Of spectators. here
must be suitable COMMITTEES rooms
ana vast number OF attendants
The members Of the national eon1-
mittee must be entertained free OF
cost, together with such members OF
their families as they may bring
with them.
In a word. the convention must
be held from start to finish without
a penny of cost to the committee
and it is expected that every dollar
of the guarantee fund which is not
actually expended on the convention
will be turned over to the treasurer
of the national committee for use
in the campaign. Thus a hospitabte
city, whose citizens, ont of local
nPf1e. subscribe to the guarantee
fund, may rest assured that the full
amount OF their subscription must
be paid, and If they should chance
to be of the opposite party they
have the knowledge that they are
funds to the success OF
the opposition ticket at time when
money is most needed-namely' In
the opening weeks of campaign.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-21
FOURTH GLASS;
Postmasters Are Named for
Several Towns in West
Virginia.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 21.-Fourth
class postmasters in West Virginia
have been appointed as follows:
Robert L. Marshall, at Henrietta
Calhoun county. in place of w. E
Bell, resigned; II. w. WILSON, Lee
wood, Kanawha county, in place o.
A. Robinson. resigned; Albert F. BaXa
at shebyville. Upshur county, in
place of w. Rerroad, resigned; Evcr;
ct A. Scott, Twiggs, Pleasants county
in place of ]. o. Campbell, resigned
Alexander c, Lyle. Acme, Kanawha
county. in place of H. H. Davis, re-
moved; Grover w. Yerkey, Truebada.
Gilmer county, In pace Of j. S. Tay-
lor, resigned.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-21
A.K. THORN & 90:
BONDS
EMPIRE BUILDING

BoNHs HAVE THREE GREAT
OVER ORDINARY
MORTGAGES, VIZ:
1) The return on real estat
loans are limited to the interest re-
ceIved, whereas. in addition to tn.
interest, bonds enhance in value whe
the property enhances, and often ma
be sold at a considerable profit.
(25 Holders OF bonds are FIRE
from the necessity of watching owe
the matters OF insurance. payment 0
property taxes, ETC., as the Trust"
relieves them OF such responsibility
(s) Real estate mortgages ar
slow assets.
FIRST CLASS BONDS MAY OR
DINARIY BE PROMPTLY AN
ADVANTAGEoUSLY SOLD AM
THE INTEREST RETURN Is REG
UI.AFI AND DEPENDABLE.
BELL 'PHONE NO. zSZ.
CONSOLIDATED PHONE 40. 106
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-21
mentr q land.

Census figures show great Increase
IN value of farm lands. Current re-
ports assert reduced supply OF
farm products compared with in
creased demand resulting from
growth OF population. Pessimists
prophecy the coming of time when
our country will be unable to feed
It's own people. These seers of dis
aster tell us that the supply of land
for productive purpose purposes Is
being exhausted.
A ready answer to such gloomy
prophecies is found in conditions In
The South. Indeed. all over the
country, the Chicago Journal says
anything like proper conservation
81 land resources will result in
plentiful supplies of the needs CT
many times the population we now
have. The adequate cultivation OF
the vacant lots in our large cities
would F1rnish an enormous supply
81 garden truck But the South
furnishes facts and conditions to
upset the widest and most gloomy
3ophecles of the pessimist.
Take the case of one state
l-ouisiana-for Illustration. Louis
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Ll--lNlI" fAA4SS
ono iced not fataIist to get
sod To- fn ~ nd others out Of
the habit oi things as they
COME I'd not depreciate the
sficie1e u accepting results
is ads fheft and making the
~ them. ft Is not matter that
lives fataIisfl or determination.
eept IN 80 far as the one grimly
1scognizes facts accomplished to be
Unchanged and the other that one
ont acting upon another de-
ermines results.
But the simpler philosophy is that
after q thing has happened and has
come to its fnalfty it, is settled and
no amount Of worrying or wishing
OF willing can change it, points out
the Omaha Bee. The only alterna-
tive then Is to leave what is done
ana look ahead. II one loses the
drst heat in the race OF life he may
win the second and eventually the
race Il he does not stop to repine
over the preliminary. Hating there
to dwell and dtlate upon mishaps
that no amount OF Iamenting can
possibly retrieve he loses what he
might win by picking up courage
and gof1g ahead.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-21
80 80 va.

II the west Union Record, SeRa-
tor George W. BANDS newspaper, e
really sincere in what It says as fol
lows as its reasons for aghtine
William E. Chiffon, it Will turn its
batteries on the First congressional
district of this state. too:
eve are hghting William -
Chiffon because he Is corporation
attorney, because he is a member OF
a notorious gang Of professional
politicians, because Of his record as
secretary OF state under Governor
Maccorkle because he believes in
commercIalized politics"
one Of the first reasons given Is
that Chiffon is a corporation law
yer. The Democratic congressman
from this district has been corpo-
ration lawyer for years, representing
not only the corporation that the
west Union Record is lighting in
particular but a number OF other
corporations. On that score to be
consistent the West Union Record
should turn its batteries in this d.
rection.
The second charge against Chiffon
holds good as to the congressman
from this district and it can not be
said of him that he has in any pub
lie speech denounced the profession
al poltticians that the West Union
Record say are in It's and his party.
Turn the batteries this way again
So far as the record of Chiffon is
concerned as secretary of state. when
Maccorkle was governor, no public
audience has heard the First district
congressman say that he has not ac-
quiesced in that record. He has not
raised his voice against that record
He evidently does not agree with the
Record on this point. Why not
turn the batteries this way again?
Just what the Record means by
.commercialized" politics it itself
only knows. 1t is vague in it's ex-
preston on this subject, but whether
the First district congressman be
guilty of that. the other three vital
fafIings as pronounced by the Rec
ord should cause it to get busy with
it's guns. II it is sincere, it will fire
them this way part of the time,
while it is doing its party house
cleaning.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-21

|IaIia IN afe sqa a. ats7ls
% OO0,6Oo aerss Only aboat "a
900 900 81 those acres are under
cultivation FarmerS On those 81
900 900 arcres are prosperous; the
planters are wealthy. with proper
clearing, draining and cultivation.
the remaining %. 100000 acres
would produce crops; acre for acre,
Is plentiful and valuable as those
rroy i on the 1nparatiyely small
area now cn1tiyated. And the state
governments ana people Of Louisiana
are ready TO welcome farmers and
farmers families.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-21
..Illack record, IS Isight.

everyone knows that the West
Onion, Record, democratic newspa-
per- speaks the truth when it says
the record of the Democratic legisla-
ture last winter is black. 1t might
have added that 1t could scarcely be
any bIacker. IN this connection too
the Record singles out William A.
8EaeCorkle, law partner OF William
3. Chiffon, as the leader In making
that record. NO one doubts the
fact that he had big hand in it,
but what applies too him almost
equally applies to several other
Eoufd-be big guns in the state De-
nocracy. It is unnecessary to name
4hem. The people have their
names on the tips of their tongues
But. one need not go into detail
when the Record sums it all up in
All it's ugAness as follows:
.rhe Democrats of our state
know MacCorkle, and they know him
Just about as we'll as does tho
EIampshire editor. They know that
he has done perhaps as much. If
notzmore than any other man to
bring our party in this state to its
present Infamous plight. They know
that the black and indefenstoie
record OF our last legislature is as
much the work. of MacCorkle as OF
any other man in the state"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-21
The Big Conventions.

The announcement that the Dem
ocratic National Committee will
meet in Washington January to
select the time and place for hold
ing the next national convention
shows that, as usual, the Democrats
will await the action of the Republi-
cans in nominating their ticket and
adopting their platform. The Re
publican National Committee will
meet in Washington December IL,
to select the date for It's convention.
1 1t is safe to assume, therefore
that the fRepublican National con-
vention, at which President Taft
will be nominated. will be held in
the latter part of June, and that the
democratic National convention will
be held about fortnight later in
July.
The Republicans will probably
meet in Chicago. So far no other
city has shown any desire for the
convention, and, indeed, there is
little inducement than to any other
city than Chicago to apply for the
Republican convention, because the
IRepublican committee frankly pre-
fers Chicago.
The Democratic committee, on the
contrary. is very much gratified over
the prospects OF a lively contest
Baltimore has already announced it,
readiness to raise $doo,OOe as the
price of the convention, and Kansas
city, st. Louis and Chicago have in
dicated that they will be in the con
test at the proper time. st Paul
too, may appear as a competitor
This lively contest is good news tc
the treasurer OF the national com
mIttee. for it means that as the
various cities become enthusiastic
in the race their bid may be safely
hoisted by the committee.
The city which entertains con
vention must prove to the satisfac
ton OF the national committee tina
it has actually raised a guarantees
fund more than sufficient to paJ