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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-19
LITTLE Boobies PA
BY William II. Kirk.

Ma is all the time having club vim
men come to the house. Last mite she
had sum moar OF them, & Pa dident
like It at all. The naim OF the new
club is the Singel Sisters. Every ona
OF them has taken a oath not to git
married excep Ma, 6 she wishes she
cud talk the saim oath only 1t is too
late.
Well, gurls. sed Pa, l am glad to see
you all in my coy littel fiat, how are
all your fokes?l Ego hed & enjoy yure.
selves II you want to, q play Spin the
Platter or Whose got the Button & let
me so into the libary.
You cannot go into the libary, sed
Ma, you must stay heer & help me
entertain my gurl trends.
Curl trends Is good, sed Pa. Idoant
think any one of you has been a gurl
since Harrison was first elected to the
White House. Go hoam & hav a buty
sleep, sed Pa. heyings knows you all
need one, sed Pa.
We are not going hoam, sed one OF
the StngelF Sisters. We cain heer to.
mite to dis.kuss how we can get tho
privileges Of the ballit. We cain to
lern how we car vote.
That is the softest thing in the
wurld, sed Pa. II l will tell you, will
you promise to go hoam? Well, then,
this is the way to voat: go into the
polling place & talk the ballit in yure
rite hand & the pensil In yure left
hand II yure left handed. then mark
a cross aggcnst the naim of the man
who is trying to be mayor. uuthing
cud be simpler, sed Pa. Do you git It?
We doan't relish yure conversashun.
sed one Of the ladies. WHARF & how
was you brot up that you speek to la.
dies in such a manner?
/ was as well brot up as any Of you
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s%ARAHkTHE DIVINE.

Nothing Could be more character.
fstic OF Sarah Bernherdt than the
telegram, suggesting a lecture tour,
which on the eve of a serious opera.
ton She sent to an agent. since with
one leg itislno longer conceivable that
she should appear as an actress. Her
uiiconquerable energy, genius for work
and professional zeal have been for
years her most salient traits. To
them she owes the notoriety which
supplanted the artistic fame of her
earlier days.
For II Is only as a historical figure
that Sarah Bernhard has been OF
any moment for the past score of
Years; especially her assumption OF
male roles In the plays she acted
has been little short of grotesque.
whether In Hamlet. Les Buttons
or 'sAtglon.@ Only such a legendary
being as she would have been received
respectfullysb by the public. The years
have not made these transformations
any more truthful to nature.
II the artistic Significance of tho
French actress disappeared so long
ago, her personal importance has
never diminished. Her devotion to
the highest standards Of literary pro-
duction In her own country proved of
great advantage to the French stage.
No institution, not even a subsidized
theatre, SO encouraged the young play
wrights OF France. Then she brought
to Paris. In thelface OF some patriotic
opposition, the best product OF the
German stage, as in the case of SUI
dernann and % the theatre Of Italy.
II was she who introduced Sem Be-
nelH to her countrypeople.
Then her restless enterprise, which
aesitated at no Journey, was fright.
ened3 by no professional task, however
o1erous, even when. her own health
Vas such as ITO make any effort doubly
severe. and her constituencies to all
shat was new in the theatre; these
were the astonishing traits which
Kept her shooting through her own
sphere With the brilliance and swift.
ness OF d rocket.
In the case of any other woman it
might be possible to predict that the
end Of This career, which has been u
part Of the history of two centuries,
had come. But the divine Sarah has
always possessed some of the quail
Hes OF the goddess whose qualities
were imputedSto her years ago. So it
Is difficult to make prophecies In her
CASE The whole world. even In the
time Of war, is interested In this
remarkable woman, who for nearly
half q century has represented to it
the art in which she attained such
eminence.@New York Sun.
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CURIOUS FACTS.

The Red Cross Society is 50 years
old.
valued at s3,S12,529.
The Rupert idaho, High school is
heated by electricity.
The textile industry in Brazil EN-
ploys more than 1901 900 workers.
Colombo, Ceylon, wishes, among
other things, barbed wire and beer
according to q Consular report.
In Japan a waterproof leather suit
able for many purposes Is being made
from the hides Of sea lions.
French engineers are planning ex'
tensiye works in Thessaly to drain
that country and provide water power
Many OF the Arabian peasant popa'
lation Of Palestine have recently emil
grated to North and South America.
A turtle weighing LIS pounds wae
brought to San Diego, CAL, the other
day by Capt. J. Zollezzi of the Italian
fishing launch Belyedere.
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pAFEon1Ls.

pAFFopILs.
! wandered lonely rs 4 cloud
That floats on high o'er wales and
hills,
When all at once ! saw q crowd.
a host. OF golden daffodils;
Besides the lake. beneath the treas.
Ffutterinr and dancing In the br. re
Continuous as the stars that shiue
And twikle on the milky way,
They stretched In never ending lines
Along the margin OF a hay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but
they
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee;
A poet could not bit be gay
In such a jocund company.
l gazed-and gazed-but little thought
What wealth the show to me had
brought.
For oft, when on my c l lie.
In vacant or IN pensive mood,
They fash upon that inward eye
Which Is the bliss OF solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills
And dances with the daffodils.
William Wordsworth.
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Current Comment.
TALK OF STRONG ARM.

Washington dispatches OF yesterday
reported the possibility that admin
tstration followers in the senate would
resort to strong arm tactics to pass
the ship purchase bill. The scheme is
said to be TO get into the chair tenn
porarily, in the place OF the vice prest.
dent, some senator who will deliber-
ately fail to recognize the opposition
IL q luil occurs and instead will order
the clerk to call the roll. Once a
vote Is begun 1t cannot be interrupted;
and IL this trick were attempted It
might terminate the struggle in a
few minutes and the President thus
win his fight.
Such a plan. to be effective, as.
sumes cooperation on the part of
Senators Kenyon. La Toilette and
Norris, and there Is no certainty that
they will go that far. Meanwhile the
Republicans and the seven Democratic
senators who are fighting the act are
put to the necessity of being prepared
instantly to meet any emergency. The
administration will stop at nothing to
get action on the shipping bill and 1t
20 SAlNaJ ahhAtouol w otCt Oil tAtla
session, evidently being of the same
opinion as Speaker Clark that mo
greater calamity could happen to the
country or to the Democratic party
than an extra session at this time"
II the Democratic party is skating
on such thin Ice as this comment
would suggest then to employ strong
arm methods in tanning the govern.
ment merchant marine project
through the senate will not help mat.
ters. President Wilson, by giving
countenance to a proceeding Of that
character, would lose caste among
elements in the community which are
his greatest moral support. "a victory
SO purchased would be dearly bought.
E~xpedients Of the kind limited at may
do in a political convention, but to
rough house the senate Of the United
States will not go down with a public
which has been told that this admin.
istration is conducted on a high plane.
Gazette Times.
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Praise Work OfFormer
Local Church Pastor
REV. W. H. HAMPTON ACCEPTS
cALLETo SECOND YEAR
WORK IN INDIANA.

Reverend w. H. Hampton former
pastor Of the Central Christian church
In this city has Just recently been
chosen for the second year as pastor
of the Christian church in Rising Sun,
Indiana.
The Ohio County News, a paper
published at Rising San, has the fol;
lowing to say In regard to the former
Fairmont man and his work:
The Rev. ". H. Hampton, who as.
sumes the pastorate of the Christian
church OF this cit va year ago, has
been chosen for a second years ser
vice.
Tolthe News Mr.. Hampton said this
morning:
ayes, I have accepted a cali for an.
other year, and you may say to your
readers that I was glad to do so. My
work IN Rising Sun has been pleasant
and 1 feel that the church over which
L have had charge has made advance:
ment along the very lines that q
church most needs to advance. :
Il am confident that ! have many
good and warm friends here-friends
not In my church alone, but friends
who hold membership In other
churches and friends who are nom
churchr1embers.
II shall do my utmost to advance
the cause of Christ Id the new years
work that IL beginning and I feel that
with the cooperation of the good peo-
pie Of my church that we shall see
great things happen In our church
Mi. Hampton, came to this city from
Fairmont, w. Va. He has won q
warm place nSthe hearts Of many, and
his friends are pleased to learn that
his pastorate has been extended for
another year.
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TODAY WE CELEBRATE.
Birthday Of Adelina Patti, the Immor.
tai Queen Of Soma,


tai Queen Of Song.
Adelina Maria Clorinda Patti, the
immortal queen OF song and the most
famous prima donna in operate his.
tory, was born In Madrid, Spain,
seventy.two years ago today, Febru.
airy 10, 1s43, and her natal day has
won a permanent place In the calen:
dar OF musicians. The once incompar-
able song.bird earned with her voice
more than four million dollars, and
much Of 1t she saved to comfort her
In her declining years. Nine. Patti
and her husband, Baron Cederstrom. a
Swedish noble. were in Austria at the
outbreak OF the European war, and
for some time they were virtual pris-
oners in a Carlsbad hotel. It was
known that Nine. Patti sympathized
with the Allies, an don several occa-
sions, 1t was reported, threatening
crowds gathered about the hotel. For
several weeks the singer and her hus.
band were detained in the hotel,
which had been closed. and MODS
shouted and hooted at them from the
outside. In September they were per-
mitted to leave, but their male ser.
wants were detained as hostages, and
Nine. Patti, after. much difficulty,
made her way to Paris.
Nine. Patti, although born In spain,
had Italian parents. and became an
American by adoption. Her father,
Salvatore Patti, was a S~icilian, Of no.
BILE extraction, and an accomplished
musician. The future prima donna
was still a babe in arms, and engaged
In developing her lungs by crying.
very: much like an ordinary infant,
when the family emigrated to America.
Arrived In New York. Salvatore
Patti became n Of the managers OF.
the old Italian Opera House in Cham
bers street, one OF the cradles of
American grand opera. Adelina.s
early instruction in music was re-
ceiyed from her halt:brother, Ettore
Barili. The entire family was must.
cal, Nine. PATHS mother, Nine. Barili,
the daughter OF a celebrated teacher
OF singing In. Rome, having won much
fame onfthe operate stage.
PATHS first public appearance was
when, at the age OF seven, she sand
In concerts in a New York hall.
Three.score years ago, when twelve
years old, shefbegan her active must
cal career by making a tour Of the
west Indies In the company Of Colts.
chalk, the pianist. In 1859 she made
her first appearance as an operatic
singer in New York, In the Italian
opera Lucia di Lammermoor." Two.
years Inter she began her conquest Of
Europe at the italian Opera House in
icoyenent Garden, London. In 1863
she went 70 Paris and sang ut the
'Theatre Italien, creating the title role
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Matty the Immortal.
Before we know it, spring will be
Upon us, bright and natty;
Again we'll rub our eyes to sec.
The comeback" stunt by Matty.
TooAY,s BIRTHDAY PARTY
BY o. Terence.
Gen. crozler; Chief Of ordinanc
Says U. s.. Has Guns Good
as Any.

TO- .
as Any.
1.-THE man" behind the guns" in the
United States army is Brig.Gen. vii.
liam Crozier, who has been chief of
ordinance Of the United States army
for over thirteen years, and who has
worldwide fame as an authority on
artillery. Gen. Crozier is a native of
Carrollton, Ohio, where he was born
Just three.score years ago today, Feb.
ruabry 10, 1855, and he has four years
yet to serve his country. With Gen.
Burlington he invented the Butfington-
Crozler disappearing gun carriage,
and he has made many other improve.
ments in artillery. Gen. Crozier re.
Gently declared that the United States
would make no attempt to emulate
Germany in the matter Of the great
howitzers OF the Teutons which have
been SO widely advertised during this
war, and added that the American
field guns were as good as any in the
world. In his estimates for this year
Gen. Crozier entered into a thorough
discussion Of ordinance. from auto
matte pistols to sixteen.inch howit.
zers, and asserted that on the score
Of guns Of the United States "has no
need to feel uncomfortable" In the
matter Of ammunition. Gen. Crozter
stated that the department OF which
he Is the head had only IS per cent.
OF the estimated needed reserve for
the number Of guns available, but
added that he hoped to increase that
to go per cent. this year. For six
years Gen. Crozier, with the assist.
ance OF Lieut. Col. ]. T. Thompson and
other officers Of the ordinance de.
partment, has been working out war
plans, and as q result the United
States, for the first time in its history
Is in readiness to arm a halfmillton
men at a moments notice. This war
plan is based upon conditions. as they
would actually exist in the event OF
hostilittes with q flrst-class power.
Gen. Crozier Is OF the opinion that
the great field guns used by the Ger
mans are too unwiedly to be of any
use to the United States. He de-
clared, however. that the giant howit-
GERS could easily be constructed II
the need for them should arise.
There is no Invention about building
a big gun he declared. anybody
can do that" Gen. Crozier was in!
spector general Of volunteers in the
Spanish war, and chief ordnance OF.
ticer OF the Peiing relief expedition
during the Boxer rebellion. He was
a bachelor until 1918, when he took
as his bride Miss Mary Williams of
washington. The ceremony was per-
formed In London. In the church
whore Col. Roosevelt married Edith
Kermit Carow.
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Necessarily Slow.

A California y~oungster had been
permitted to visit a boy friend on the
strict condition that he was to leave
there at 5 o'clock. He did not arrive
home until Z and his mother was very
angry. The %youngster insisted. how.
ever, that he had obeyed her orders
and had not fingered unnecessarily on
the way.
do you expect me to believe" said
his mother, that 1t took. you two
hours to walk a quarter Of a miles"
She reached for the whip. "Now, sir,
will you tell me the TRUTH"
"Ye.es, mamma" sobbed the boy,
Charlie Wilson gave me a mud turtle
and l was afraid-to carry it-so l
led 1t home."-Boston Transcript.
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in verdi's la Jeann d,Aro..
Everywhere she scored SUCCESSES,
and the musical world soon crowned
her queen Of song. From 1851 to 1854
she toured North America, receiving
$4,000 per night, and later she ne.
ceived the same remuneration on d
tour OF South America.
Baron Cederstrom, the young and
handsome Swedish nobiemai, won the
heart and hand OF the famous singer
about fifteen years ago. He was the
third of PATHS husbands. Her frst
spouse was the MarquisSde Caux, but
he was a spendthrift, and squandered
his wife's earnings SO freely that she
divorced him. Her second marriage
was the outcome Of a purely love at.
fair with Ernesto Niccolini. the great
Italian tenor, and the couple were
models Of domestic devotion, Patti
was deeply grieyed when signor
Niccolini died.
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Best Stori
About Fifty-Five.

Dear Percy" with sadness she
wrote to her. former fiance. "as you
are probably aware, / am to be mar
ried to MIR. Anthony the coming
month. I shall. therefore, appreciate
1t II you will burn all the little notes
! sent you, assuring you OF reciprocity
in regard to those you sent me-"
She Immediately received this re-
ply:
Dear Dorothy-I shall certainly
comply with your request at once.
And, incidentally, as your new fiance
holds a few notes Of mine. / snail deem
1t a great favor II you will induce him
to burn them with the rest Ma
tional Food Magazine.
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Pellets Of P%essimism.

Pellets of Pesslmism.
A fat woman cannot laugh 1t off.
Polygamy is as far from monotony
as 1t is from monogram.
Hard luck usually attacks a man
when he is sitting down.
My notions are convictions. the
other fellows decisions.
Give a reformer enough rope and
he will tie up everything.
Some hosts make us feel at home
and others makes us wish we were.
The first time a girls falls in love
she imagines she invented 1t.
Even the hest Of women would rath.
er appear wicked than ridiculous.
Even the %toothless, hairless, witless
old ruin is convinced that he has a
magnetic personality.-Judge.
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NEEDLES m THE HAYsrAcK.

LGZHaYZ 70. HtHa- rH#H
Yesterday ushers in the German
submarine program in English waters.
This country Is interested in 1t less
as a move in the war game between
England and Germany than because
OF the possible complications is sug-
gests for ourselves Grave complica.
lions are undoubtedly possible; but
between the possible and probably
there Is allEthes difference in the world.
Germany assures us that. though
there Is q chance of mistakes, every
p%recaution Will be taken to prevent
the destruction of American vessels.
Submarine commanders have been
directed to be very careful. The task
placed upon them IS not very oner.
GUS. Tomorrow there will be in or
rear the prescribed area OF danger
Just three American vessels, the ST.
rlga, bound for Gothenburg; the
Kansas. for London, and the Gushing,
for Copenhagen. There must be a
total OF some hundreds OF ships of
all nations due to pass through the
English channel or the Irish sea.
Even we're the destruction to be in.
discriminate. the chance of an Ameri.
can ship being reached would be in
the ratio Of three to this total. With
the commanders Instructed to use
their common sense, estimation of
the extent o. the danger may be left
to a lay Imagination equally tenn
pered.
Furthermore, there is now on the
high seas and expected to reach the
prescribed zone at a later late one
lone American ship, and that the
liner Philadelphia, a vessel which.
commanders know as well as tho
citizens. Of town know Its principal
building.
We need not expect that with the
rising of the sun tomorrow there will
come word that an American ship has
been sent to the bottom. II. Germany
we're DESTROYS OF giving this country
pifense by sinking one. all the sub.
marines she has would have to be set
At finding Il instead OF engaging the
British merchantmen. Baltimore
News.
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A JoIt for Napoleon,

On a certain Thursday night a
prominent actor was playing INA,
poleon Bonaparte" In his big metro.
politan theatre. The scene was the
evening before the battle OF Waterloo,
and as the great general m%edttatively
walked before the tents with folded
arms intense silence reigned In every
part OF the house. Finally Naboleon
spoke.
Tomorrow will be-
Here he essayed a short pause to
emphasize the situation, but the sen:
tence was not to be left long in a
doubtful state Of incompletion.
Tomorrow will be Friday!" dis
tinctly supplemented a deep bass
voice In the top gallery, and great ap.
plause loudly rang while Napoleon
wildly glared. Philadelphia Tele'
graph.
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old hens. sed Pa.
We are not old hens. sedI one OF the
ladies, we are Singel Sisters.
shud say you WERE sed Pa, q IL
serves you rite that you are singel.
My blud runs coald in my veins, Pa
sed, wen think that sum pore man
may becum a husband Of one Of you.
The ladies didents like Pa at ali, q
wen n Of them got lupE& began to
resite a poem wich she had rote Pa
had the heecups, he can GIT the hee.
cups eny time he wants to! Ut &c d
trick that he learned In skool.s This
is the poem the lady rested.
Too long, too long in bondage have we
Our chains is rusty 6 our teers fail
fast,
We cannot voat, we cannot nominate.
oh, tell US. why shud me foxes dom.
matte.
! know you rote that, sed Pa to the
lady witch had rested the poem. The
minnit you got up and showed that
face OF yuresB i knew that yiores was
the master mind that dashed on that
thare gem. Blythe way, fgurls. sed Pa.
did you ever ketch thatpoems entitled
Q Mother War. Is F%ritetull? thasIis how
1t goes:
A brave yung solger marched away.
The hour It was the bratkIofIday,
& he KEEP his powder. dry.
The enemy charged like feends at him.
His smile grew steadily moar grim,
Q Mother, was a friteful.
Then Pa began to yawn, G he yawn.
ed so hard that all the singel Sisters
wen hoam.
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nence. who believe that the nations
OF tho earth are steadily approaching
an era OF peace. Even previous to
the present titanic struggle, the re,
cent record OF the world wal a bloody
one and wholly lacking In facts on
which 20 build q aguratiye temple Of
peace.
Beginning with the year 1888, the
United States and Spain engaged in
war, which proved destructive to the
latter, and the majority OF those now
living can remember the war fever
that swept this nation. Then came
the war OF England with the Beers OF
South Africa, which proved a serious
and bloody struggle. Quickly follow.
Ing that came the war OF Russia and
Japan, the first strictly modern con.
tlict in the worlds history. Soon az.
ter that ended. Turkey and Italy
clashed on the battlefield and this
was followed by the destructive Bal.
kan wars, still fresh IN our memories.
The Balkan war had been ended less
than a year before the present gen.
eral European war began. Going only
a little further back, We had in 1861.
SO the great American Civil war and
In 1870 the Franco.prussian war, not
to speak OF the dozens OF minor mill.
tary clashes.
OF course, the optimist will tell
you that he is looking toward the fu,
ture. It is well for his own peace Of
mind that he is. Certainly Is nothing
In the past nor the present to sustain
his fond belief in world peace. =
Wheeling News.
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A census OF birds by the depart.
ment Of agriculture shows robins to
be the most numerous; with English
sparrows a. close second. AS regards
density Of population there are
sixty pairs % sparrows to a square
nile and an average Of one pair Of
birds Of some kind on each square
acre of farm land! incidentally, toe
,ensu OF bird life illustrates the re.
narkable resources Of government.
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Just Smiles.
.sTippersry.r

"%Tipperary.r
BY Our Own Automobile Advertiser.
It's a long way to Tipperary.
Suppose II Is?
It won't seem long IL you ride in
our 1915 runabout.
Takes Piccadiily and Leicester
Square Hills on second speed!
Wherever she lives, trayelyto her In
q 1915 Battleax.
New York Tribune.
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Such a Man 10 Just a Knoeker.
Any man that will hammer his wife
is no man at all. We remember OF
several such doings here and we sim.
ply put down the lid. Any commun-
ity that will tolerate such work needs
a good genuine waking up and a
shame on you.-Burr Oak Acorn.