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The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30

Something nice happened to me to-
day." she said. softly. Something
that made me realize how worth while
en- working here-almost double that
during the holidays. A lot Of them are
under twenty and. Emma. a working
girl. under twenty. in city like this
Well, brand new girl was looking for
me today. She didn't know the way to
my office. and she didn't know my
name. So she stopped one of the older
clerks. blushed little. and said: Can
you tell me the way to the office of the
comfort ladyr That's worth working
for. isn't 1t, Emma McChesney?"
Its worth living for" answered
Emma McChesney. gravely. Tt-it'A
worth dying for. To think that those
girls come to you with their little
sacred thi~gs, their troubles. and mis-
fortunes. and unhappinesses and" Z
And their isgraces-sometimes !"
Mary Cutting finished for her. "oh.
Emma McChesney. sometimes l won
der why there isn't national school
for the education Of mothers. l mar
vel at their ignorance more and more
every day. Remember, Emma. when
we were kids our mothers used to send
us flying to the grocery on baking day?
All the way from our house to Hines
grocery I'd have to keep on saying.
over and over: Sugar. butter, molas-
ses; sugar, butter, molasses; sugar.
butter, molasses.' II ! stopped for a
minute I'd forget the whole thing It
isn't 80 different now. Sometimes at
night. going home in the car after
day so bad that the whole world seems
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30

First Page Story with q picture of the
Remains being sorted out from the
Debris. most of the Spectators gasped
and felt their Toes curling inside of
their Shoes, but Wifey never batted
an Eye.
With only one little Strand of Wire
or perchance Steering Knuckle
standing between her and lot of In
surance Money she retained both her
Aplomb and the Lorgnette.
"How can you bear to watch it?"
asked a Lady Friend, who was heaving
perceptibly.
Listen" replied the Good Woman.
For many Shows have been sitting
on the Side Lines watching the Dear
Boy take Desperate Chances. To be.
gin with, he married into Our Family.
Once. at Asbury Park, he acted as
Judge at Baby Show. Later he put
lot of Money into Bank. the Presi.
dent of which wore Throat Whiskera
and was opposed to Sunday Base Ball.
He has played Golf on Public Links,
hunted Deer during the Open Season
in the Adirondacks and essayed the
Role of Claude Melnotte in Amateur
Theatricals. Once he attended Clam
Bake and took everything that was
Passed. At another time he made a
Speech when the Alumni celebrated a
Foot Ball Victory. Frequently he goes
Shopping with me. Last year he acted
as Angel for Musical Comedy. The
Driver of our Car is a Frenchman.
And don't overlook the Fact that for
Six Years he has been Stock Broker
He may fall at any Moment, but II he
does he will pick out a Haystack on
the way down"
MORAL-The Wright Brothers were
not the first to be Up in the Air.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30
The FIy's Feet,

All the germs-all the imaginable,
abominable microbes-fasten them.
selves on the spongy feet of the fly.
He brings them into the house and
wipes them off Ills feet. The fly you
see walking over the food you are
about to eat is covered with filth and
germs. If there is any dirt in your
house or about your premises or
those of your neighbors he has just
come from it. 1t is his home. Watch
him as he stands on the lump OF sugar
industriously wiping his feet He is
wiping off the disease germs. rubbing
them on the sugar you are about to
eat, leaving the poison for you to swal
low.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30

For the benefit of the bewildered
reader 1t should be said that there are
two distinct species of chickens. There
barnyard, in the incubator. or on a
hat. And there is the type indigenous
to State street, Chicago. Each Is
known by its feathers. The barnyard
variety may puzzle the amateur
fancier, but there is no mistaking the
State street chicken. 1t is known by
its soiled, high. white canvas boots {;
by Its tight, short black skirt; by Its
slug pearl earrings; by its bewildering
coiffure. BY every line of its slim
young body. by every curve of its
cheek and throat you know 1t is ador-
ably. pitifully young. By its carmined
lip, Its nearsmart hat. its babbling
of him." and by the knowledge which
looks boldly out OF it's eyes you know
1t is tragically old.
Seated in the Pullman car. with .
friendly newspaper protecting her
bright hair from the doubtful gray
Chesney. travelling saleswoman for T.
A. Bucks Featherloom petticoats.
was watching the telegraph poles
chase each other back to Duluth.
Mimi, and thinking fondly Of Mary
Cutting. who is the mother-confessor
and comforter of the State street
chicken.
Now. Duluth, Minn., is trying to be
city. In watching Its struggles a
hunger for a taste of the real city had
come upon Emma McChesney. She
had been out with her late fall line
from May until September. Every
middle Western town of 5000 inhab-
itants or over had received its share
of Emma McChesney's attention and
petticoats. 1t had been a mystifyingly
good season in bad business year.
Even old T. A. himself was almost
satisfied. Commissions piled up with
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30

gratifying regularity for Emma Nc
Chesney. Then. quite suddenly, the
lonely evenings, the lack of woman
companionship, and the longing for a
sight of her seventeen-year-old son
had got on Emma McChesney's nerves.
She was two days ahead of her
schedule, whereupon she wired her
son. thus:
Dear Kid:
SMeet me Chicago usual place Fri
day large time my treat. Mother"
Then she had packed her bag, wired
Mary Cutting that she would see her
Thursday, and had taken the first
train out for Chicago.
You might have found the car close,
stuffy and uninteresting. Ten years
on the road had taught Emma Nc
Chesney to extract maximum of en-
joyment out OF a minimum of material.
Emma McChesneys favorite occupa-
tion was selling T. A. Bucks Feather
loom petticoats, and her favorite pas
time was studying men and women.
The two things went well together.
When the train stopped for min
tie and click from the direction of the
smoking compartment where three
1ewelry statesmen from Providence. R.
l., were indulging In their beloved, but
dangerous diversion Of dice throwing.
Just across the aisle was woman,
with her daughter, Chicago-bound to
buy trousseau. They were typical.
wealthy-town women smartly garbed
in fashion not more than twenty min
utes later. In the quieter moments of
the trip Emma McChesney could hear
the mothers high-pitched. East End
Ladies' Reading club voice saying:
I'D have the velvet suit made fussy,
with real fancy waist to match, for
afternoons. You can go anywhere in
handsome velvet three-piece suit"
The girl had smiled, dreamily. and
gazed out of the car window. Il won
der" she said. III there'n be letter
from George. He said he would sit
right down and write"
In the safe seclusion of her high
backed chair Emma McChesney
smiled approvingly. Seventeen years
ago, when her son had been born. and
ten years ago. when she had got her
divorce, Emma McChesaoy had
thanked her God that her boy had not
been girl. Sometimes. now, she was
not SO sure about it. 1t must be fasci-
mating work-selecting velvet suits
made "fussy," for daughters trous
9eau.
Just how fully those five Dlontha Of
small-town existence had get on her
nerves Emma McChesney did not real
1se until the train snorted into the
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30
81
GEORGE
AI)E
a,onsax-/ 9osos Aoe

To relieve the embarrassing Situa-
ton, the Host gave Sign and the
Menials came running with the Third
Course, tempting array Of Frog Sad
dies.
"a Frog is . Reptile" said the
Hoosier, backing away from the Table.
1--WE heard they were Et. but never
believed it. 1 can go out any Morning
and gather Carload"
The next Serving was Breast OF
Guinea Hen with Mushrooms under
Glass on the Side.
ION my Farm I've got lot Of these
Things" said the Guest, poking at the
Guinea Hen timidly with his Fork
I'VE use them as Alarm Clocks. but
I'd just as soon eat Turkey Buzzard
How about the Mushrooms?"
Eight People in our Township were
poisoned this Summer from foolin'
with that Truck. My pastures speckled
with 'em, but we never pick 'em.
Most of them are Toadstools. ] tried
Real One once at X. P. Banquet.
1t tasted a good deal like Rubber
Glove"
The only remaining item before Des-
sert was a tempting Salad Of Water
Cress.
The Guest identified 1t as something
that grew in the Crick below the
Spring and was commonly classified as
Grass.
perhaps you had better order for
YOURSELF said the Host, as the lowly
Water Cress followed the others into
the Discard
The Guest motioned the Waiter to
come close and said: 81 want nice
Oyster Stew and some Sparkling Bur-
gundy."
MORAL-A Delicacy is Something
not raised in the same County.
Tho New Fable Of the UnruffIed Wife
and the Gailus Husband.
One day Married Woman who was
entitled to long row of Service
Stripes on her Sleeve sat in the Motor
and watched the remainder of the
Sketch try out his new trick Mono
plane.
He scooted away with the Buzzer
working overtime and soon was cloud
hopping about Mile overhead.
When he began doing the Eagle
Swoops and the Corkscrew Dips, which
so often serve as Prelude to a good
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30

Jock McChesney. BESIDES, there's no
reason why l can't keep my evenings
engagements"
"And after dinner" went on his
mother. as though she had not heard.
well get acquainted, kid"
1t was cheerless. rather tragic
meal, though Emma McChesney saw 1t
through from soup to finger-bowls.
When 1t was over she ied the way
down the old-fashioned, red-carpeted
corridors to her room. 1t was the sort
of room to get on its occupants nerves
at any time. with its red plush arm
walnut center table inlaid with an apo
plectic slab of purplish marble.
Emma McChesney took off her hat
before the dim old mirror, and stood
there, fiuffing out her hair here, pat
ting 1t there. Jock had thrown his
hat and coat on the bed. He stood
now, leaning against the footboard. his
| legs crossed, his chin on his breast,
his whole attitude breathing sullen de-
fiance.
Jock" said his mother. still patting
her hair, perhaps you don't know it.
| but you're pouting just as you used to
! when you wore pinafores. l always
| hated pouting children. I'd rather
hear them howl. l used to spank you
for 1t. have prided myself on being
modern mother, but l want to men,
tion, in passing, that I'm still in po-
, sition to enforce that ordinance against
| 4 oh
Jock, tell me, how did you happen to
come here day ahead of me, and how
do you happen to be SO chummy with
that pretty, weak-faced little thing at
the yelling counter, and how, in the
name of all that's unbelievable, have
you managed to become grown-up in
the last few months?"
! Jock regarded the mercifully faded
roses in the carpet. His lower lip came
forward again.
"Oh, fellow can't always be tied
to his mothers apron strings. like
to have little fling myself. know a
lot of fellows here. They are frat
brothers. And anyway, needed some
new clothes.'
For one long moment Emma Nc
Chesney stared, in silence. Then: "Of
course" she began. slowly. Il knew
you were seventeen years old. I've
even Dragged about it. I've done more
than that-I've gloried in 1t. But some
how, whenever thought of you in my
heart-and that was a great deal OF
the time-it was as though you still
were little tyke in knee-pants, with
your cap on the back of your head
and a chunk of apple bulging your
cheek. Jock. I've been earning close
to six thousand a year since put in
that side line of garters. Just how
much spending money have been pro
viding you with"
Jock twirled coat button uncom
fortably. We'll, quite lot. But a
fellows got to have money to keep ul
appearances. A lot Of the fellows in
my crowd have more than I. There
are clothes, and tobacco. and then flow
ers, and cabs for the skirts-gir's,
mean, and"
KID" impressively, II want you tc
sit down over there in that plush chair
the red one, with the Jumps in the
back want you to be uncomfortable
From where am sitting can see that
In you there Is the making OF first
class cad That's no pleasant thing for
a mother to realize. Now don't inter
rupt me. I'm going to be chairman
speaker, program, and ways-and-means
committee of this meeting. Jock, got
my divorce from your father ten years
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30

rotten, 1 make myself say, over and
over, as 1 used to repeat my Sugar,
butter and molasses.' It's glorious,
good old world; its glorious. good old
world; its a glorius. good old world
And daren't stop for minute for
fear of forgetting my lesson"
For the third time in that short half
hour a silence fell between the two-a
silence of perfect sympathy and un-
derstanding.
Five little strokes, tripping over
each other In their haste, came from
the tiny clock on Mary Cuttings desk.
1t reused them both.
Come on, old girl" said Mary Cut
ting. I've a chore or two still to do
before my day Is finished. Come along.
II you like. There's new girl at the
perfumes who wears too many brafds.
and puffs, and curls, and in the base
ment misses ready-to-wear there's an
other who likes to break store rules
about short-sleeved. lace-yoked lin
gerie waists. And one of the floor
managers tells me that young chap
Of that callow, semi-objectionable,
high-school fraternity, f1at-heeled shoe
type has been persistently hanging
around the desk of the pretty little
bundle inspector at the veilings. We're
trying to clear the store of that type.
They call girls of that description
chickens. / wonder why some one
hasn't found name for the masculine
chicken"
"I'll give 'em one," said Emma Nc
Chesney as they swung down a broad.
bright aisle of the store. Call 'em
weasels. That covers their style, occu-
patton and character"
They swung around the corner to
the veilings, and there they saw the
very pretty, very blonde. very young
Chicken" deep in conversation with
her weasel. The weasel's trousers
were very tight and English. and his
hat was properly wooliy and Alpine
and dented very much on one side and
his heels were fashionably fiat, and his
hair was Sticky pompadour.
Mary Cutting and Emma McChesney
approached them very quietly Just in
time to hear the weasel say:
"Well, s. long then. Shrimp See you
you at eight"
And he swung around and faced
them.
That sick horror of uncertainty
which had clutched at Emma McChes.
ney when first she saw the weasels
back held her with awful certainty
no&. But ten years on the road had
taught her self-control. among other
things. So she looked steadily and
calmly into her CONS scarlet face.
Jocks father had been a liar.
She put her hand on the boys arm
You're a day ahead of schedule
Jock" she said evenly.
so are you." retorted Jock. sullen
| ly, his hands jammed into his pockets
"All the better for both Of us, kid
/ was just going over to the hotel to
clean up, Jock. Come along. boy"
The boys jaw set. His eyes sought
any haven but that of Emma McChes
ney's eyes. T can't" he said. his voice
very low. I've an engagement to take
dinner with bunch Of the fellows
We're going down to the Inn. Sorry"
A certain cold rigidity settled over
Emma McChesney's face. She eyed
her son in silence until his miserable
( eyes, perforce, looked up into hers.
"I'm afraid you'n have to break your
| engagement" she said.
She turned to face Mary Cutting S
| regretful, understanding gaze. Her
! eyebrows lifted slightly. Her head in
clined ever 30 little in the direction OF
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30
Quito Irua.

"The race is not always 10 the
swift. you know"
Neither II a reputation for piety."
The Press., 1914-11-25

i Miss Louise Beckwith is home from Simmons college for the Thanksgiving recess.
 c. B. Gary 6 Son have bought 2 lot of Mrs. Levi Gary on Willingtor avenue adjoining the property o1 Joseph Bolieau and will erect a house on it. The firm has also b1ught the Adelbert Needham place on the Hol' low road from the Dana Gary estate.
 Bids have been submitted for 26 houses on plans drawn by New York architect, to be built in the near future by men connected with the Rhode Island Worsted Go. The houses will be built of hollow tile blocks with stuccoed exterior and shingled roof. The entire cost will be about S96, 900.
 Among the local people who attend ed the big football game at New Haven Saturday are Mir and Mrs. c. R Newton, MT. and Mrs. T. F. Mullen, MT. and Mrs. R. M. Fisk, Mr and Mrs 0. H. Meyers, MT. and Mrs. Fred Wildey, MT. and Mrs 0 B. Pinney, Miss Margaret Cooley, Miss Annie Tobin. R. H Fisk, Dr.. James Stretch, Dr. c. B. Tschummi, Harold Jones, George Gary, Norman Gold, Sidney Morrall, Rev P V. Norwood and F. s German.
 
 The subject for the Current Events club next Monday evening will be Our island possessions. Hostesses, Ms. B. P. Cooley and Miss M. E. Cooley Program Early histroy of the Philippines, under Spanish rule ; Wesvern conquest of the Philippines, and annexation of Guam; Hawaii. Open discussion on political situation in the islands. Committee-Mrs. R w. Ellis, Mrs. H. A. Pownall, Mrs. E. c. Mathews. Members are request ed to be prepared to take part in the open discussion on political situation in the islands
 Salvatore Abani, Berton R. liar greaves, Charles DeMartin and Rocky Speno all of Enfield were before the borough court Monday charged with Sunday hunting. They all pleaded nolo contendere and the court after hearing their statements allowed them to gn on payment of costs amounting to $40. The men were arrested last Sunday in the woods near the Some1s line and had ferret and shovel in their possession. They denied hunt ing ou Sunday and said they were look ing for the ferret which they had lost the day before and had just found
 Mrs. Eliza Ann Walbridge, 76, widow of Henry M. Benton, died rof heart failure at her home at II O clock Monday morning. She hau been failing for long time. She was born in Stafford and lived here all her life except few years in Holland. She leaves five children, Mrs. D. Mo-. Intire, Mrs. A. H. Adams, Miss Lillian, George and William, seven grandchildren and three great-grand- children. The funeral will Le held at her home this afternoon at ?. 30, Rev. Walter P. Buck officiating.
The Press., 1914-11-25

] for gratitude. '' On Sunday evening at z. Is an address on "Ohild life il other lands'' will be given by Dr. F. P. Batchelder, which will be illus trated by the stereopticon and show present day activities of children il | the Orient.
 | StaffordvilIe
 Mrs. Lizzie Morrell left town last Satuday to visit her sister in Pitts. field, Mass.
 Miss Gertrude Cole of Boston has been the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Philo West, recently.
 Mrs. Mary Heck was the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Rockwell at the Springs last week.
 Mrs. Lima Booth visited her daugh- ters, Mrs A. s. West and Mrs. G. E. Webster in Springfield, Mass, last week.
 Mrs. Arthur S. Bosworth is the Thanksgiving guest this week of MT. and Mrs. George Corey in Hampden, Mass.
 Herbert A. West returned to Phila- delphia, Pa., Monday, after spending a months vacation at home with his parents, MT. and Mrs. P. A. West.
 While Mrs. Martha Goodwill was at church last Sunday morning her house was broken into and $40 in money was taken, Much sympathy is expressed for Mrs. Goodwill in her loss.
 Methodist Church Notes: Rev E. H. Tunnicliffe is the Thanksgiving guest of his sister in Trenton, N. J. Rev. pr. I. P. Booth will preach next Sunday morning at the usual hour. Epworth League meeting in the evening conducted by Mrs. Lima Booth.
 West Stafford.
 Mrs. Fred Trueman is visiting friends in Springfield.
 Dimock Glazier is home from Dean academy for the Thanksgiving recess.
 Miss Florence Ryder of West Upton was with her aunt, Mrs. Edwin Blair, over Sunday.
 G. B. Marble has returned from a week s visit with his daughter at Westboro, Mass.
 Mrs. Winifred Ball of Spofford, N. H., has been the guest of her mother, Mrs J. A. Pease.
 Several from this place partook of the chicken pie supper served at Crystal Lake last week.
 MT. Williams and family have moved into the Bradway tenement recently vacated by MT Bartram.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Mason and MT. and Mrs. Arthur Wood and three children of Gurleyville visited at G. M Barlow's last week.
 There will be no service on Thurs day evening. The 0. E service on Sunday evening will also be omitted that all may have the opportunity to attend the concert to be given at St Edwards hail for the, Belgian relief fund
The Press., 1914-11-25
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Enos Scarve was before the borough court Monday charged with drunken ness and breach of the peace. He was sentenced to 31 days at Holland.
 The regular meeting of the W. O. T. U., will be held in the Congre' gational chapel Wednesday at m. Papers will he given by the loca superintendentS of departments. Spec ial music will be provided The food sale for this month will be omitted
 The play, A pair of vases" " will be presented at Grace church the evening of Dec. & The cast is as fol lows: Devlin Blake, F. S. Gorham Ann Fisher, AIIana Mix; Dick Butler. R. H. Fisk; Florence Butler, Hazel Rutterfeld; Aunt Manetta. Helen Rutterfeld; Katy, Ruth ButteTfeld. There will be sale of fancy articles, and readings by Miss May Hirsoh
 The iee-cutting civil suit of z. B. Robbins of Norwich against Ar'hur Spellman and the Central Vermont railroad was heard at Norwich last Wednesday and Thursday. The case for the plaintiff was conducted by his son, Attorney Lee Roy Robbins, while Attorney c. B. Whittlesey represented the railroad and M. D O'Connel represented Arthur Spellman. MT. Robbins was the first witness. He claimed that in January, 1914, he found William Spelman on the pond cutting ice and that he had cut over a space of about ITS hy $50 feet, nearly all in front of the Robbins ice houses on the shore. Upon ask ing MT. Spelman how he came to be cut ting. Spelman replied that he was doing it under contract for the Cent ral Vermont Railway company. It was A inch ice of gool quality and MT Robbins estimated that ono tons had been cut and was worth E ,OO0. MT. Robbins said that MT. Spelman warned that he was cutting contrary to law. Upon cross examination MT. Robbins descri ped how in partnership with F. E. Pattison, their ice business ary, 1891 nn lease for 8 for Ian from Mrs Mary Ann Orcutt with privilege to cut ice. At that time there was one ice house Subsequently, others were erected and the land where the houses stood was bought in 1894. The only other people who ever cut ice on the pond were William Preble anl man, Wm. Robbins, who cut small quantity in places desig mated by the plaintiff. One of the con- cluding witnesses for Mir Robbins was Neyerson Heminway, who had been his earetaker at the pond at Orouttville. Joseph H. Henderson and Frank E. Beckwith, who are both in the ice business. testified tn the value of the ice on the pond. After testi- | mony by J. B. Bates as to the value of ice, the plaintiff rested. Thursday | morning the first witnesss for the de- fendant, William P. Robbins said that he had cut ice on the Orcuttville | pond for more than 20 years and had been given permission by J. J. Ellis William R Preble testified that he had cut ice on the pond for many years. He had never asked per mission of MT. Robbins. Arthur F. Spelman iestlfied as to cutting ice, and Frank E. Patterson said when he was with MT. Robbins they cut ice as much as possible near the center of the pond. He said the ice was worth about 60 cents per ton. After the arguments Judge Curtiss took the papers.