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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08
STORIES AND THE DRAMA.
Harder Work to Write a Novel Than to
Construct Play.

One renson why play Is easier TO
write than novel Is that play is
sho. ter than u novel. On the average
one may say that It takes six plays to
make the matter OF novel. Other
things being equal, a short work of art
presents fewer difficulties than a long.
er one. The contrary Is held true by
the majority. but then the majority,
having never attempted to produce
long work Of art, are unqualified to
offer an opinion.
II IL said that the most difflcult form
of poetry Is the sonnet. But the mgst
difficult form Of poetry In the epic. The
proof that the sonnet Is the most diff
1cult form Is alleged 10 be In the few.
ness Of perfect sonnets. There are.
however. few more perfect sonnets
than perfect eplcs. perfect sonnet
may be heavenly accident But such
accidents can never happen to writer's
Of epics
Some years ago we had an enormous
palaver about the 'art Of the short
story" which numerous persons who
had omitted 10 write novels prOnounc-
ed to be more difficult than the novel.
But the fact remains that there are
scores OF perfect short stories. where
rs II is doubtful whether anybody but
Turgenev ever did write a perfect
novel.
A short form is easier to manipulate
than long form because It's construc-
ton Is less complicated. because the
balance of It's proportions can be more
easily corrected by means Of rapid
survey. beca'fse II is lawful and even
necessary In II to leave undone many
things which are very hard TO do and
because the emotional strain Is less
prolonged. The most difficult thing In
all art is to maintain the imaginative
tension unsackened throughout con
siderable period. d.-Metropolitan Maga
yine
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08
ROUGH MARRIAGE KNOTS.
Pledges Under Which They Were Tied
In Medieval Times.

The matrimonial contract today Is a
thousand times more polite than II was
I'm the middle ages. II has lost the en-
gaging frankness Of its medieval orig
inals.
In the good old days when the bride
was taken FOR fairer. for fouier. for
better. for worse" and promised ito
be buxOm and bOnny" TO her husband
her father gave the bridegroom one OF
the brides shoes as token OF the
transfer Of authority. The bride was
made to feel the change by a blow on
the head duly administered with the
shoe How much more significant and
eloquent use OF the article than our
refined" custom OF throwing Il after
the carriage! The husband took oath
90 treat his wife well. In failure OF
which she might leave him. AS point
OF honor. however. he was allowed 10
"bestow on his wife and apprentices
moderate castlgatiOn."
An old Welsh law lays II dowA that
three blows with broOmstich ION any
part OF the person except the head IL n
fair allowance" while another provides
that the stick "be not longer than the
husbands arm nor thicker than his
middle finger"
The bride. however. had ber p'ivi-
leges. In certain countries II was her
accepted right the morning after the
wedding day TO ask for any sum OF
money or any estate that she pleased.
and her husband could not I'm honor
refuse. A man had 10 be- pretty sure
OF his brides "intcntions" TO run such
a risk
These old time marriages were often
hard driven bargains. which unblush
ingly displayed n good deal Of nnIovely
human selfshness. Yet the rough
knots that were tied a thousand years
ago held faster than many N the be
ribboned and beJeweied bonds We so
genteely adjust today. - New York
World.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08
PROBATE COURT

Gertrude Raincourt was appointed ad-
ministratrix of the estate of william NJ.
Salesses, bond $Ioo. surety, Frank
Mclaughlin.
The executors OF the will Of Phebe A.
Tucker returned an inventory Of the per-
sonal estate amounting to Sa,SaS.SS; which
was received and ordered recorded.
A petition for sale Of real estate OF Will
liam M. Salesses by the administrative
was received and notice ordered. The
consideration OF the allowance Of the first
and final account of Elmer Hopkins, ad-
ministrator Of the estate OF Ira A. Hop
kim was again continued to the sixth day
of September.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08
Lobster Irvine.

A man who had wondered what lob
stcr twine VAS found the answer very
simple IL is Il dne quality. stout twine
an eighth or an inch Ia diameter. made
" manila hcmp md originally intend
ed for making the nctted part of lob
ster pots Lobster twine hrs coIne
also 10 be used on board vessels. both
sail and steam. fnr serving ropes. Tor
whipping ropes. incluling ropes even
of wire. and for various other purposes
for which stout. durable twine ci
this size might prove useful There IS
probably more luhstcr twlne used now
on vessels than for the purpose foi
which II was tirst made.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08
FOSTER CENTRE.

Harry Luther is working in Providence.
Old Home Day, Wednesday, August
a7th.
The regular meeting Of the town council
was held last Saturday.
John Eddy of Greenyille, spent Tuesday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin G. Eddy
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Bowen aud
family, are at Buttonwoods for month s
stay.
Miss Cora II. Bennett Is visiting In
Providence with her aunt, Mrs. Horace
Martin.
Mrs. Mary A. Price returned to her
home in Clsyvlle last Sunday after a
weeks visit with her sister. Mrs. r. M.
Gorton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward ]. Whitehead and
son Luther, Mrs. Albert Lynch and two
children Of Providence, were the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry X. Luther last week.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08
wbv Married Men Live Lono.

The reason a married man lives long
er than single man is because the
single man leads selfish existence
A married man can double his pleas
ures. Any time he has streak OF
good luck Il tickles him all over, but IL
makes him feel twice as good when he
tells his wife about It. And she is so
pleased and proud that he feels like a
two-year-old. There isn't a chance
In the world OF a mans arteries hard
ening OF his heart weakening when he
can get million dollars worth OF
pleasure out OF making bis wife hap
py.-Cinclnnati Enquirer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08
WORK OF THE TELEPHONE.
its Magic Has Enabled Us 10 Snap Our
Fingers at Space.

Just how modern s the esseIfsfai a nj
ubiquitous telephone tonne, ting
over half million hotrses md ,fiitcs
In New York city there is a enR-ta
line In "Pinafore" whF-h servvS IN IN
ilcota when the kindly sirorus is
condOfing with Ralph Rackstysw on
his separation from his Josep$hns IL
chants these words to picture tho ser.
ron OF BIS ldt:
mo Telephone connects with hs dsnn-
gecn cell"
The line falls fiat today. But "Psa-
fore" was produced for the first time
In 1873, and In 1876 the Bell patents
for the first practical telephone were
issued. Thus when the words were
written they related to a new and
startling invention that was the talk
Of the day, aud the Gilbertian line was
really gay, topical Jest
It is a safe guess, however, that very
few of the people who laughed at
"PinafOre' I'm the seventies foresaw
what the telephone would really prove
to be. The years of the telephone are
few But already II has transformed
business method and social intercourse
The railroads, the fast trains, the tele
graph. wireless, the automobile. all
helped to make the nineteenth century
a century of acceleration.
The telephone worked more real
magic than all the rest together. The
discovery of astral bodies would hard
ly have done more to multiply human
effectiveness and enable us TO snap
our fingers at space. New York Trib
mo
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08
A pertinent Query.

The drummer had been Dragging
about his achievements for Il goodly
une, and finally the meek little man
In the corner piped up.
Excuse NE" he said, "but PERHAPS
you can tell me why you gentlemen
are called drummers"
"Well. why shouldn't we be so calledI
We drum up trade, don't we?" was the
retort.
'I know" said the meek h,tle man,
"but the drum Is not wind instru'
ent"-HnrpCr's.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08
JOHNSTON.
REAL ESTATE coNvEyANCEs.

Carpenter John b to Charles ] Flynn tr,
s lots, Allendale Park.
NELand Co to Wilfred Handheld, lot
81, Manton Heights.
Remington Annie Il to Ella c Moore,
about s acres and imp near Olney est.
Mowry Marquis ID l. to John ] Lace Jr
assoc, land and imp, Killingly road.
Dunno Martha & to Annie May MORN,
lot $50, Manton Heights.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08
Outurew IL.

"You can never tell how n boy Is
going "a turn out ="
NO. you can't"
There used 10 be a boy nj home
whom the neighburs called Artie. but
he's the president % railroad now
Birmingham Age Herald
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08
FearfulIy FOXY.

II work a foxy scheme on my boy
He'd rather wash the dishes than
wash his hands. so let him wash the
dishes"
whats the foxy part7'
why. he gets bis hands Clean
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08
Too Thorough.

"why don't you try to make your
constituents understand problems OF
government2"
That's what have done" replied
Senator Sorghum. II have been too
thorough about IT, A lot Of them now
think that they can give advice In
stead OF taking it"-WashIngton Star
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08
Talking the Language.

"Our new bOokkrrprr can't seem 20
see n mistake when it's pointed ont to
him"
Hes ball fan Don't allude to 'em
ps mistakes; allude To 'em as hone
head plays He'll understand that all
right" ht"-Plttsburgh Post.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08
Pitfalls OF SUCCESS.

"How's your son, the lawyer. GET
ting onT"
BADLY. poor fellow He's In Jail
"How's thatT
"TIe wns retained by n horse thief 90
defend him. and he made such n good
plea that the Judge held him as nu
accessory - I.ipplncott's
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08
Nerv promisino.

"Jones strikes me as a very promIs-
Ing young man"
"He strikes me that way too. But
be never pays Il back" - California
Pelican
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08
Sometimes II Does.

Little Willie Say. papa Papa
Well. what Is H. sonf Little Willie
Docs the ocean get angry because V
Is crossed SO often 7--Chicago News
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08

Mrs Knsgg n | we're to die you'd
never cot another wife like me Knagg
Its very kind of you to say that
Boston Transcript
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08

The regular meeting Of the Probate
Court and Town Council was held last
Saturday afternoon with the members all
present.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-08-08

Talent is that which IL IN a mans
power Genius Is that In whose power
q man is Lowell
Evening journal., 1913-05-16

The DUPONT Gun Clubs postponed
match with the Meadow Springs Gun
Club will he. shot on their grounds
at Fifty-seventh and Lancaster ave
nue.. Philadelphia, tomorrow This
race is to be a continuation of the
postponed May shoot In other
Words. both teams begin May II Just
where they finished May 3. Those
who shot their so targets on May 3
before the shoot was declared post
poned do not shoot May IL, unless
for practice only.
Saturdays race will be the crucial
test and on it depends whether or
not dupont finishes without a defeat
this year and closes the season ac-
knowledged champions OF what Is
really Tri-State Trapshooting
League. The club members want the
( league pennant hoating from their
/ flag stan during the big Eastern Han
dicap Tournament. and winning Sat
urday insures these pennant hon
ors
The DUPONT Powder Company will
donate 10 each one Of the ten men
making the DUPONT Gun Club team
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
HALT The GAME
WHILE HAPPY DOG
ROOTS FOR CHICKS

For the first time ever. ball game
st Front and Union Park was stopped
yesterday to drive fan from the
seld who was not acting In way
hat offence might be taken. The
naughty Walker walked to the first
base Inc and pleaded that the fan be
taken out Of the field The fan was a
great big bull dog with a mouth as
big as Doc Kerr's-mask, and with
teeth as sharp and strong as steel
emkes. What's more he looked as II
he would like to dig them into some
thing more than dirt AS the game
hecame interesting the dog decided
to move out where he could obtain
bette. Wow Of the proceedings. HIS
selected spot was close to Tex Myers,
ON first and Tex moved Not wanting
TO interfere with the big stars. Mr.
Fan trotted out on the diamond. run
ming in circles that got smaller and
smaller with Umpire Walker as the
center The ump doubtlessly remem-
bering the decisions of the past de-
cided break all precedents and
stop the game for once in his life to
hog a favor from the bleechers. The
owner of the dog, with the dignity or
Ban Johnson ambled from his lofty
seat whispered a few words to the
dog and then climbed back to his seat
and the game went or. Later the
dog snapped al few balls and kept
up the old life until the last man
WIS out
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
new HOME FOR
REPUBS SOON

The Young Mems Republican CluD
is making preparations to occupy the
new club house on King street above
Eighth. The clubhouse will be one
Of the handsomest i'm the city and
will be by far the largest political
organisation here The building will
cost about 100000
The members OF tn club expect
to begin to move into the new home
within the next two weeks. Several
of the rooms are nishcr.
Tomorrow evening the Republican
City Committee will receive the pri-
mary returns in the assembly room
of the club.
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
JUNIORS PLAY
MT. VERNON TOMORROW

Wilmington Juniors will play Mt.
Vernon Juniors at Ninth and Rodney
streets tomorrow II Mt Vernon's
line-up will be seen: Biddle, Halli-
sey, Toomey, Handy, McVey' NC
Dade. Buckley. Mclaughlin and
Dougherty.
The Juniors lineup will be; w.
Swift C; Schlor, p; Walsh, IS; w.
letters, 1b; Shepperd. 2b; T. Car
ney. 3b p. O'Niell and Begley, II; F.
Glynn, CT: r. Mink. RI.
Win the Wilmington Juniors reg
alar lineup in the game and Charles
schlor in the box the Juniors VIII
make Mt. Vernon work hard for VIC
tory On the following Saturday WI
mington Juniors will play Penns-
grove High School.
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
rHNLYN HALL LOSES NNE.

Smyrna High School defeated Pen
lyn Hall on Saturday by the score of
13 to 4. Penlyn Hall was without
Lichtenstein and Eaton. their pitcher.
Dare, who pitched for Penlyn, was
wild for the first few innings, when
Smyrna took an early lead.
Smyrna played fast game against
Penlyn in fielding and batting White
played a fine game for Penlyn Hall.
This was but the second defeat Of the
season 'or Penlyn Hall. Penlyn has
already defeated Smyrna by the
=oore of 4 10
Evening journal., 1913-05-16

Some funny scores last Saturday
Looks like some hitting in this league
Meyers. of Eastlake. pitched classy
ball, allowing only one hit
Steward and he will look good I'm
next Saturdays game battling for
hOnors. This game should be one OF
the most interesting Of the season.
Old Swedes and Central look as II
they need some batting practice.
Tuft will do the Silverbrook team a
lot Of good, while It is in the present
slump.
Grover, hold your pitcher up a lit
tie better. Ne know you can. old boy.
Gawinsk got his first hit OF the sea-
son on Saturday. Go It Stack.
pipino still is in a slump.
Weldin continues his good batting.
He is among the leaders.
Johnny Naylor the New Castle
pride. is now seen at third for Silver
brook He is classy at this corner,
I too
Spence and Larosch played fine
/ fielding games in the Newport-Old
Swedes game, both men cutting off
sure hits with grand catches.
Scarborough is sure the Il should
worry" kind Skip is greatly admired
all over the circuit for his good-na-
tured chat
Cook Smith, of Old swedes, was
away of color. going up in the ninth.
! His wildness was his undoing
Green and Patterson were deprived
! of hits by the Newport scorer This
is one thing that should he watched
carefully. Evidently he does not
know the rules on scoring. which are
explicit. All scorers please note and
give the batters their due share
Less kicking Of umBires will be ap-
preciated by the patrons Of the game.
Remember the captains are the legal
ones TO talk TO the jumps. and a few
fines will break up the practice.
The Villagers from Newport arc
playing some fine ball. and Steward is
holding them up in the pitching de-
ipartment.
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
MnRLn,s sH0OTlNG RECORD.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, May 15.-The
worlds record for squad shooting was
broken in the professional shooting
at the Interstate Association tourna-
ment here when total score OF 4s3
out of a possible 500 was made. The
shooters we're r G. Bills, W. r. Cros-
by. Fred Gilbert. j r. Graham and
W. IT. Heer, representing a powder
concern
The preliminary handicap developed
into a fight between J. X. Warren OF
Birmingham and Ted Alexander. oil
Chicago, Warren winning by two tar
gets in an extra twenty targets to de-
eide their cle,1 score on the first hun
drcd
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
Amateur Leagues Have Fast SheduesRacng Odds
Odds
N0ODMEN IN .L0INT MEETIkG.

There will be Joint meeting Of
Wilmington and Jacobs Camps, Mod
ern Woodmen Of America. In Pythian
Castle. tonight. AZ o'clock State'
Deputy William McCafferty. OF Wash
lngton. d. c., will address the mem.
bers. and a class initiation will be
conducted
Evening journal., 1913-05-16

WASHINGTON, May 16. - Uncle
Sans new water bird. the flying boat
is a success. The trials held recent
ly at Marblehead. Mass. showed that
the navel seagull could rise from the
water within distance of 1000 fec,
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
American League

American League.
Cleveland. 3; Athletics, 0.
Chicago. 8 New York, 2
Boston. IS. St. Louis, 4.
Detroit Washington
National League.
ghillies. s.: Chicago, 3 90 in0
BROOKLYN s; ST. Louis. s.
Cincinnati. II: Boston. ;.
Pittsburgh, Z. New York, 2.
Tri-State League.
Wilmington, &; Trenton, ,.
Atlantic City. 5; York 3.
Harrisburg. s: Allentown, 8.
Evening journal., 1913-05-16

stay in the air for over an hour aud
ride at anchor in the open sea for
more than half an. hour. Thus the
winged boat met all the requirements
Of the Navy Department Frank Cof-
fyn, the aviator. conducted the trials
for the Government.
Evening journal., 1913-05-16

American League manager o the Chi
oago fans
Supposedly. the State of Illinois is
backing the White sox in their ambi-
tious efforts to capture the American
League pennant Therefore. fans
who watched floral designers CON
struct two big pieces to be handed
out at the Chance Day celebration at
Ccmiskeys PARK tomorrow executed
some guess work
TO Frank Chance. ex-Cub and lead
err of the New York Yankees. Cover
nor Dunno will present an eight-foot
floral horseshoe-for luck To Jimmy
Callahan, manager OF the Sox, the
executive Will pass out a floral harp,
a staple decoration at funerals
Ownor Frank Farrell OF the YAM
KEGS. President Murphy. OF the Cubs,
and possibly other league magnates,
will occupy boxes tomorrow.
Athletic fans are greatly disheart-
ened today over the news Of the loss
of another Of Connie Macks crop OF
young pitchers News has been re-
ceived that Clarence Irwin, the
Schuylkill county wonder whom Con-
ME had signed to report at Shibc Park
on the 26th had been killed while
working at his trade.
Tobin, the hero of many a hard
earned Chick victory last year. has
rejoined the ranks OF the locals and
will more than likely be seem IN
action one day this week The fittle
spit ball hurler ha- developed iptc
some man and they cay he turns eul
loose now they look like a pebble go
/ ing, over Niagara Falls His hitting
also has improved wonderfully Yes.
terday afternoon, Lefty Smith, got his
Manager Jackson couldn't sec tho
way clear to keep him any longer be-
cause of his bad arm.
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
National League.
SCHEDULE FOR TODAY.

SCHEDULE FOR TODAY.
American League.
Athletics at Cleveland.
Boston al 81. Louis.
New York at Chicago
Washington at Detroit
National League.
CHICAGO at Philadelphia.
Pittsburg at New York.
Cincinnati a. Boston.
st. Louis at r.
Tri.State League.
Trenton Rt Harrisburg.
Allentown at York
Atlantic City at Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
Going up

Going up.
Won II, lost 3.
And those shore Buds in today and
tomorrow.
Amt that a shame!
Let's see York lost game yes
terday; we'll, they'll do that quite
often now.
AS we have remarked on previous
occasions: There doesn't seem to
be much to this old ball game but the
Chicks"
Tomorrow will be the fans last
chance for four days TO see the Chicks
in action. Let's all give them a big
send-off.
Remember the ground will very
comfortably accommodate 1900 noise
makers.
The official count yesterday was
$50, including ia boys
Tex Meyers was the real biffer Of
the day. or four times up he drew
three bingles
Tom Brown got into the going with
a wallop that sent in Girard close to
the center field fence
Bill Clay had a little circus of his
own on Fritz's drive early in the
game, and got away with the good
stun
Meyers stole third on sharpes sac
riice in the eighth.
After Griddon had + oted Smiths
bounder in the fourth inning Conn
took him ou. of the game
There wss no blow tc Tom Brown
this time. Tie boy worked that clos
ing stanza in great shape He walk
ed only one man during the game
Rube Oldham used to be some
pitcher They all look alike to the
Chicks just now.
There promises to be spill in the
A. ". tomorrow over first position
between Parkside Rockford and
Highland
The Rockford-V -Vandever game al
though scheduled at the tower has
been transferred to the Vandever
grounds TO avoid conflict with High
land
The A, w. jumps arc gradually get
ting the players under their thumbs
, Improper conduct on TIC field nere.
! after means removal from the game
I for the player and fine.
y Both big leagues took yesterday al
,. time to bolster up batting averages
In all the games. eight home runs
we're made. There were nine three
base hits and rs doubles The teams
& totalled 1870 hits.
, Several hundred Brooklyn fans ar,
4 going TO expire Of heart failure unles.
: the Dodgers and Phillies cut III,
\ comedy. If the Phillies would only
lose one while the Dodgers arc win.
ming the suspense would be ended fol
time.
Hans Wagner showed how close h,
is to being through by getting a hom,
run and two singles against thu
(. Giants.
II was squeeze play that beat thu
Cubs and held the Phillies in frs
place.
l The Reds found team to thei
liking in the Boston Braves. Nine
teen hits off four pitchers was enough
Falkenberg held the Athletics {,
!. three hits. shutting them out. Th
Maps still hold second place. despit
the iinx that struck them and lail
out Lajoie and Birmingham.
' Fifteen runs and sixteen hits oi
the st. Louis Browns was the Re-
> Sox contribution to the general bat
10 ting fray.
q Owner Murphy Of the Cubs is prob
> ably heart-broken over the fact tina
"A the Yankees lost TO the White Sox Il
introducing Franck Chance as a
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
DUPONT GUNNERS HOPE TO
WIN TRI-STATE SHOOT

provided the team wins the race,
DUPONT solid gold quail pin.
Evening journal., 1913-05-16
CHURCH LEAGUE NOTES.

Schedule for Saturday.
Edge Moor VS.. Central. at Edge
Moor.
rastlake VS. Newport, at Eastlake
Siverbrook vs. Old Swedes, at Sill
vcrbrook.
Umpire assignments.
Hastings at Eastlake
Ryder at Edge Moor.
Baughback at Silverbrook
Evening journal., 1913-05-16

Going up.
Won II, lost 3.
And those shore Buds in today and
tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1913-05-16

Owner Murphy Of the Cubs is prob
ably heart-broken over the fact that
the Yankees lost TO the White Sox in
introducing Franck Chance as an
Evening journal., 1913-05-16

Fifteen runs and sixteen hits of
the Sc. Louis Browns was the Red
Sox contribution to the general bat
ting fray
Evening journal., 1913-05-16

American League manager o the Chi.
cago fans