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Neu YOrk's Fast Pace
Makes a Month Here
Too Much for q Widow

does New York care for the criticism
ofNthe outside world? We'll continue ia
wear the highest heels. the highest
skirts. the largest hats. and the most
powder and paint possible. 50 long az
these things are fashionable. and /;
matters not at all what more sedate
communities say or think about 1t. SO,
too. do we subscribe to the habit OF
drinking a well-made cocktail before
dinner and smoking a cigarette after
ward"
Miss Shannon laughed when asked
how long she thought a widow In real
life, coming from another city. espe-
cialy II she happened to be forty-cight
could stand the New York pace.
"A month here would probably be too
much for the average widow from out
of town." she decided. III she mas
good staying powers and no heart troi-
BILE I should say about six weeks. II
takes just that time to finish the widow
In Years OF Discretion But she Ia
one woman In a thousand, and she has
generations of breeding behind her.
New England makes for poiso and en-
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known around the New York water
front as long as the Oldest waterman
can remember. sailor Dan" Medium
ED William Francis Quigley. better
known as Honest Bill" Quisley. are
the two Battery boatmen. Honest
Bill" who confesses to fifty-one years.
says that when he was a small fodder
sailor Dan" gave him pennies where
with TO purch ase sweeties.
And now the Battery Is buzzing with
the rumor that Sailor Dan" 10 going
to marry. For ages It has been known
that Sailor Dams two maiden sisters
have worried for fear their mariner
brother would get married. The row.
boat Sally" is named in honor OF
Dams sweetheart. Last week Sailor
Dan" purchased piece of land and a
house near Inwood. ". j.. and at once
waterfront circles began to hear Wills
pers Of Dams matrimonial intentions.
Time was when Dan served before the
mast and weathered many a bowling
gale. It Is OF his deep sea experiences
that ne loves to talk. At the Battery
Dock Office q record OF Dams sea ser
vice has been religiously kept. II total,
up 236 years Dams most thrilling ex'
perience was aboard the American bark
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durance, For the average woman, how
ever-for the woman from Chi'ago or
Milwaukee or Cleve,and-I should say
the limit was about four weeks.
1T Is u curious thing that the New
York woman, born and bred. can stand
and does r. and more than any other
That's because it's In her hood, ! sup
pose. or course, we must remember
that the fast pace kills lots of New
York women-it's only the survivors we
notice. That is why the New York
woman Is the handsomest, most radiant
and interesting woman In the world
She Is picked stock. To be able to 60
the fashionable pace and to live
through II all argues that such wo-
man must be endowed with superb
health, splendid poise and alert mental
faculties. Take for example the Brook
line widows New York friend. Mrs.
Brinton, as portrayed by Miss Putnam.
There you have the typical New York
woman. In her you see woman who
has been on the GO all her life, yet At
forty-seven she Is as fresh as daisy.
Does she complain OF being tired' Not
"A bit of H. 1t Is her pride and glory
to stay In harness I'll the end. The
Brookline widow cannot keep up the
pace for the simple reason that II Is
not In her blood and breeding to do so.
whereas you could no more stop the
New York widow than you could hold .
Sscshorss."
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ca HIS week has certainly been an
eventful one for all Riddles.
0 especially for the Riddles of New
York, for besides all the presents santa
brought they have been given a beaut-
full little playhouse way up high In the
dome OF the Century Theatre. But that
isn't all, no. stree. The best part ID
that this theatre has all Riddle actors.
who play kiddies' plays to the very APP
preciative kiddie audiences, and just
think OF 1t. they have jolly little natl
nee idol all their very own. Nothing
could be sweeter. now could Il? His
name Is Master Gabriel, and brighter.
cunninger little mite you never saw.
There In the big picture you see first
Baby Edna Wallace Hopper as Lady
Doris In the company OF Lord Hubert.
They both belong to Tidy Castle and
are very stylish dollies indeed. Third Is
Cynthia. the spoiled klddie who loves
Tidy Castle with Its lords and ladies,
and wants to burn Racketty Packetty
house and all its dollies. and she would
too were 1t not for Queen Crosspatch.
the good fairy and her Little Green
Workers, who love Racketty Packet.
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BY ELEANOR
SCHORER
PEG
(1aep sea6ueyD.

street and I've had some wonderful
times up and down II. and Il 10 because
or these good times that have -
persistently boosted the White Ssraah.
why. look at the SONGS I've writtsa
about the famous thorouxhfare. '0ive
My Regards to Broadway" TOO Many
Miles from Old Broadway" AN
Aboard for Broadway" The Broadway
GIRL" and the piays-''<S Minutes From
Broadway" The Man Who Owna
broadway" and my present vehicle.
Broadway Jones"
I think deserve this rest, for I have
been working hard for nearly twenty
years. ! began writing short skstchso
wren l was fourteen years of age.
began to write three-act plays whea I
was twenty. not only wrote. rehearss1
ana staged these plays but appeared h
most OF them as well. Then I began
to write plays for other people end
staged. rehearsed and produced them.
I figure thar have been dong the
work OF eight or ten men. and I'm tired.
Not the kind OF tired thai the doctor
prescribes for. but rather the kind thar
makes man long to sit close to Q ~
open fireplace with his shppered feet
on the fender and good book In his
mitt.
That's what I want to do-read ana
wrlte-and believe me. I'm going TO e.
erclse this ambition to the full OF
course I'm going to retain all my tAe-
atrical Interests but am not going 70
be active In their MANAGEMENT. Ny
partner VIII attend to that. and while
he Is dolng 30 | AM going TO read and
write AMI write and read-fiction, ro-
nance. adventure. stories Of travel,
large doses of Shakespeare and q big
splash OF the classics. Listens COED,
doesn't II?
Don't think my physician has influ-
enced me In my decision to retire, al
though he did suggest that a vacation
would do me no harm. l have never en-
joyed as good health as during the past
two or three years and ] never feat
better in ms life than I do this minute.
Just the same. | am going to play III
rest thing Off the board.
| am COINS 20 settle down on q hlg
farm In my native State OF Rhode Isl.
and, an | am going after this farm
life thing AZ fast as YOU ever saw one
of mS .sicll shows move. and between
! times, Hhily overseeing the plantinR.
cultiVsUug and harvesting OF my cropa
| am gong to read and read, and write
and write. and romp with my chiidrsa.
You must come up some time and sss
me do furrow dance scross the cern-s
heid bahinA ~ Sieush.
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Z yILHJALMuR sTEFANssoN. dis

u ILHJALMUR sTEFANssoN. dis
" coverer Of the blond Esquimau'
and the man who finds his way
around the UNEMPLOYED rim OF the Arctic
Ocean as easily as the average New
Yorker explores Greenwich village
was telling stories at the Explorers
Club recently which illustrated the de-
lightfully literal way the north Alaskan
aborlglnes accept the teachings Of the
missionaries.
when the first lonely missionary PEN
etrsted the country beyond Point Bar
row." Stefansson said. 'he undertook to
teach the Esquimaux that one Of the nrst
laws Of q religious training was that
against breaking the Sabbath.
The Lord will be angry II you drop
your nets In the river on Sunday. the
missionary commanded. Don't do H.
well. the missionary went further up
the coast and when. after six months.
he returned to the place OF his nrst
ministry he found that all OF the newly
converted Christians had obeyed him.
Not a net was dropped on the seventh
day. But they hshed with hooks.
And what was more nasrant stlh,
the tip had passed all up and down the
coast that II persons nshed with hooks
on sunday they would be blessed with
luck. The missionary had said as
much"
One Of Steiansson's best yarns OF the
blubber country was on himself. When
he arrived among the converted Esqui-
maux he found them all Church OF Eng
land men. for Of such religious persuasis.s
haj been the missionary. They asked
stefansson about his faith and he
frankly confessed that he did not belong
to the Church OF England.
once not long after my arrival q,
this particular village I had occasion
to make a hike up the coast" said the
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One on Dougherty.
ECOND Deputy Police Con

ECOND Deputy Police Commits
sloner George s. Dousherty or
- dered coffee with his lunch In a
Broadway German restaurant the other
day. Apparently the waiter did not
think a patron should have coffee with
his lunch--all his life the waiter had
been serving beer with lunch.
At any rate Dougherty failed to get
his coffee with his lunch. After a bit
the waiter passed by and Dougherty
yelled at him. The waiter kept right on.
Again Dougherty saw the walter. and
again he yelled. and again was he ig-
nored.
Dousherty pounded the table with the
handle OF his knife, made loud Kissing
sounds through his teeth and mustache
and warbled "Kellner" IN his most dull
Get tones. The walter passed him by,
for. according to the walters idea, no
gentleman wants his coffee unul after
lunch.
Finally Dousherty got peeved. lie
summoned the head walter. The head
waiter slid up to the table,
Hey yelled Doughertys what kind
OF a Joint is this' Here | rap 10 that
guy five times and he never even gives
me n tumble"
(chart-"Rsp" IL police for signalling
70: assistance as well as for the act
or getting wlss' 20 the designs OF an
other. give a tumble" is police for
n srssting or sckno wlsdgmsnt Of .
grsseagl Z
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A Bowery Secret.

N the days when John McGurk. who
was reported dying In San Fran cisco a
few days ago. ran Suicide Hall" on
the Bowery. he had a brother who acted
as cashier. The brother contracted
tuberculosis and was sent to q ssni-
tarIum in sullivan County.
In few months John got word that
his brother was about all In. lie could
barely whisper as he motioned weakly
TO John to sit beside the bed.
John" he Easped. i've had some
thing on my mind and ! can't die keep.
ing 1t a secret. I must tell YOU"
Painfully he reached under the pillow
and pulled out a fat roll OF money John
counted the roll. It totalied s2.7O0.
IT'S all yours, John" wheezed the
dying man. II nloked II from you Will,
I was your cashier, Now can die
happy"
McGurk returned to New Yohx, ex-
pecting TO go back 20 Sullivan County
soon to attend the funeral. But the
brother began 10 mend. Within a year
he was well--and broke, He came "a
Sew York and asw john.
I'm give you your old JOB a. cashier"
said John.
TIE brother went back TO Suicide Hal
and behind the cashiers desk. The
hfst obJect taat met Ills eye was a
large. new. s.!tterlng s.aa ssaats cash
Register.
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and its shabby inmates. Indeed. the
FAIRY Queen acts as cupid in a dolls ro-
nance between Peter Piper OF Racket
~ Packetty and Lady Patricia OF Tidy
Castle. For Lady Patricia hates the
stiff. stupid way they live In the castle
and much prefers to dance round and
round and kick up her heels as hign
as her head as Racketty Packetty fo,,,s
do. Thanks to Queen Crosspatch and
the workers, she finally marrles the
entertaining little Peter Piper, who at
one time keeps the kidd!e audience IN
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-28
New York Explorer Club Hears
Stefansson on the Merry Esouimaux,

explorer. and I engaged three Esqui.
maux TO accompany me. There was q
heavy fall Of snow and the going wal
bad. Each man took turns In goins
ahead and breaking trail.
We had not been going long when
noticed that when I was tho trail
breaker the other three Esquimaux
would not walk In my trail. bu, went "a
all the labor Of breaking another TO one
side. I asked one of them why they
did this.
The missionary rays We should not
walk In the footsteps Of the ungodly,
no replied"
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Downtown Note.

" HERE Is certain mother down
In tho Washington Square district
whose two small boys have Just
reached the age where. by standing on
chair. they are able to answer the
telephone.
A few days ago a call came and the
smallest boy climbed UP on his perch
10 answer II.
lis this Mrs. Blanks rcs!dence?" was
tho query.
mo. ms'sm. II sint." he replied. 'It's
|h6 uttle ~"
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pairs OF carriers can't stand or Sit.
When am out pose on the edge OF
a chair. my back like ramrod and
my waist In wise. All my teeth
ache. and the massagist has pounded
me into a jelly. feel like bone
less sardine. And I'm just about
ready to quit"
Miss Efiie Shannon. who makes this
welcome visitor altogether charming and
amusingly human. confessed as she
the role is something OF a change for
hep
DO you wonder" she asked, that I;
has turned my head little? I must
confess to a real JOY In wearing gowns
that reveal something more than ny
talents, as you remarked. And why
notf l am not the Queen of Spain. and
she was. l believe, the only woman
VINO never glorled in a pair of legs.
And yet-would you believe it?-there
are any number OF Old theatregoers who
are positively scandalized thaf-eEme
shannon should play a part that gives
her . chance to show a little more than
her ankles. You see. ! have a terrible
past to live down. All the other parts
nave played were those OF heroines who
rejoiced In all the orthodox virtues.
sweet young things In white muslin and
pale blue ribbons-wronged>swe thearts
robed In cllnglng Observation-Disclosures
and neglected wives with neat white col
lars and cuffs, and skirts sagglng In the
back. Do you suppose any OF those
old-tims heroines OF mine ever used
rouge. or smoked cigarette. or showed
her-er-ankles. or drank cocktail? I
should say not! Now just imagine play
then jumping into a role like that O.
Mira Farrell Howard, which permits me
10 indulge in all the pleasures OF he
fashionable world and travel the fast
pace set by New York"
do you consider 1t faster than the
pace set by any other large American
city-Chicago. for instance; or Boston,
or San Francisco"
Good gracious. yes" exclaimed Miss
shannon. her big blue eyes reiiectu &
her establishment. There's no use
mincing matters. New York is devil
shly wicked. and Il rather prides itse,,
IN the fact. Just as Boston liIes 20 De
pointed to as the seat OF culture 80
New York likes to hear itself talked
about y the gayest Of ciuss. Wha,
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But If She Has Good
Staying PosDers and No
Heart Trouble, Says
Miss Effie Shannon,
Who Plays One of That
Sort, She May Hold
Out for Six Weeks.
By CHARLES DARNTON.

a FTER month In New York
~ the tagged widow from Brook
line. Mass, who makes Years
OF Discretion" a three-act Joy, sums
1t MP by wailing: my ears are tired
holding up my haSand my eyes are
strained reading without glasses.
The bones In my collar stick into me
cruelty and there isn't room enough
to sit down In my skirt. With five
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become farmer. or course won't
try to do all the work on the farm and
I won't try to keep In the atmosphere
to the extent OF getting up at 1 A. NJ
to min, a flock Of cows or feed a herd
OF chickens. but my farm Will be con-
Quoted on scientific agricultural prln-
clples and ! Will be in tho lookout
chair TO see that nothing Is left undone
that may make 1t u success.
But eysn 50. Broadway and Wis
not part Sompany. ] ievs the dear Old
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she bent so far back that Meg and Peg
kept close behind her to catch her " she
fell. and the Riddles were sure she would
fall.
When the curtain went down on the
second scene Of the third act. that was
all to the play Of ''Rackctty Packetty
House" Then the kiddies stroIied around
the children's Theatre and peeped into
all the little dressing rooms and watched
the wheels 20 round and enjoyed them.
| selves a. they liked until II was time 70
20 home. ELEANOR OCHORER.
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stitches when he decides to die for love
OF his lady. but n quickly cured when
Queen Crosspatch tells him that dyin-
OF love is out OF date.
The kiddie audience gets another bis
laugh over DR.. Gustibus's watch. which
he could not make go after Rackctty
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-28

TIE Oldest man In
the world. II Bat
terry mathemati-
clans are to DO re-
lied upon. Is Sailor
Dan" McGInn, COM
mander and crew
OF the 70 W b o a I
sally" Sailor
Dan" has been
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George Cohan a Farmer? Yep!
& % u; T II: r .s:: piece I! 81
BY GEORGE M. CONAN.

Z /sa5, IT'S TRUE-I an going "a
Y be . farmer. After next season
! will leave the stage.
My next season Ia not going to be q
Patti farewell am Just going to quilt
acting for three or four years. take q
good rest and get acquainted with my
two little daughters.
No. sir. I am not going to leave
Broadway: and yes. sir. I am going to
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-01
Architects,
ArPI1oAToN FOR rRANsrnR.

Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named person has filed his APP
plication for transfer of license to sell
at retail spirituous wines, liquors,
ales, beers AMI drinks of like nature
in the City of Clarksburg, for the
residue of the year beginning July 1st
1919:
WILLIAM P. coUGHLIN, transfer Of
license of W. Frank Mcdonald and
William P. coughlin. partners,
trading as Model Liquor store, w.
F. Griffith building, No. 329 West
Pike street. clarksburg, West vir-
etnia.
And notice is also hereby given that
the foregoing application for transfer
aforesaid will be heard by the Coun-
Gil Of the ciCty of clarksburg, sitting.
as a license court, Friday. March 1st.
1912.
Given under my hand this 9Th day
Of February, 1912.
WILL H. COLE,
Clerk of the City Of clarksburg.
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SELL your real estate-don't dis.
pose of 1t as though it was an irksome
burden. You can get what it's worth
through want ad campaign.
Fairmont.
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The Robber Express.


Some interesting but not altogether
startling testimony is being given
before the Interstate Commerce
Commission in regard to business
methods followed by the big ex-
press companies.
"A general traffic manager of one
Eof them admitted that express rates
were fixed regardless of what the
freight rates were and that, in
fact, no man knows how the freight
rates were originally made or on
what basis they were figured.
Another witness testified that an
express rate two and one-half times
the first class freight rate was not
sufficient and that three times that
was the usual rate for his company.
The rates, however, were not ad-
justed on any fixed multiple of the
freight rates except that the express
company's contracts with the rail-
road provided that the formers
rates should not be less than twice
the freight rates.
ron another occasion testimony
was given that the big express COM
panies had agreements respecting
traffic territory.
These statements and many more Of
a similar nature can be corroborated
even here In Clarksburg by a mum.
Der Of persons who have been prac-
tically made victims Of highway
robbery by the United States Elk
press Company. In respect to the
traffic territory agreement, one lead
ing citizen at least could testify that
an attempt was made by this express
company to bulldoze him into pay
ing higher express rate by forcing
him to use the Adams Express Com
pany in shipping carload of race
horses to Clarksburg from Cam
bridge, o., in which latter city both
express companies had local offices
for the acceptance of shipments.
The big express companies as
herein indicated are simply robbing
the people and 1t is high time that
a stop should be put to their system
of crime. One of the most effective
aids in stopping it would be the es-
Enlistment of a parcels post ,sys-
TEN and there is little doubt that
the people hope the day may hasten
when it shall finally be Instituted.
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alleged reform movements period
icaily and then only With no inten-
ton Of carrying them out but simply
to ride into power.
Last year here the insincerity Of
local Democratic machine men was
con1incingiy demonstrated, when
after yelling themselves black and.
blue the year before for prohibition
in the city, they trotted a saloon
ticket out and prayed to the people
to elect IT
While the political depravity Of
local machine Democracy is so
great, 1t ia a real pleasure to re-
produce the following Democratic
tribute to the Republican governor
of Maryland BY the Baltimore Even
ing Sun:
The thing that pleases US most
about Governor Goldsborough's ap-
pointments is the fact that they In
dictate the possession of correct
point of view.
A governor with appointees to
name, like every other man with a
decision to make, can be either mar
row or broad minded. He can con-
slider either the whole people or a
part Of the people; the public or a
party, party or a faction. a faction
Tor a clique. He can consider only
his own religious denomination or
the people of all denominations. He
can consider only his own social cir
Gle or society as a whole. The man
who considers only a faction or
clique is friend of that faction or
clique. The man who considers all
the people is friend of the public.
There can be no prouder title for a
state official to hold than that.
Now, Governor Goldsborough'a
future actions may not fulfill the
promise of his early ones, but his
appointments sent to the Senate
yesterday certainly bear the. stamp
of broadmindedness and considera.
Etion for the whole people. The men
named for the important city boards
are not friends of the governor; they
are not factional in any sense; they
are men Of excellent records and
ability. and they seem to have bees
chosen for that reason alone.
Let us hope that all the future
actions OF MI. Goldsborough will be
such as to gain for him the undis.
puted title of "The Peoples Gov
ernor."
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Maryland's Governor.

Local Democratic machine poll
tlcians, many of whom have howIed
themselves hoarse for years for and
enlisted under the banner OF social
ed citizens and reform movements,
were deeply panied by the defeat of
Arthur P. German, of Maryland,
last fall for the governorship of his
state, and when the subject was
mentioned to them, they dropped at
the the lip with a sadness that really
excited sympathy from even their
political foes,
So far that element of the Demo-
cratic party has not been able to see
any good in the action of the
voters of Maryland in repudiating
ring rule and political corruption.
and it is scarcely probable that it
ever will admit that Maryland did
well to elect Republican governor.
ut is not its nature to admit of any
reform that it has no hand in, and
the truth is it merely subscrlbes to