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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-12-10
IJNIONTOYYN.

MIR. and Mrs Olmstead, OF Union
Bridge, took party Of ladies from
town to the State Sanatorium on Sun
day to visit Miss Nellie Weaver, who
returned with them and spent Monday
with her parents.
The Electric Light Company of
Union Bridge, had meeting here on
Saturday evening, conferred with the
citizens and about 20 decided to have
the light in their homes.
MIR. Thomas Fritz on Saturday
butchered 10 hogs, the aggregate
weight was 1864 pounds. One hog
weighed 600 pounds Mr.. Fritz had
1850 pounds of lard and 3S5 pounds
of sausage meat.
Miss = y. Weaver spent several
weeks with mir. and Mrs. Howard
Gray, Of Union Bridge, returning
home on Sunday.
DR.. and Mrs. Weaver have gone to
Washington for the winter.
Mr.. Ezra Caylor is visiting in Har-
risburg.
Mr.. John Romspert, having com
pleted his term of service in the u. 5.
Navy, returned home, expecting to re
main and start an electric plant, but
being afflicted with asthma as soon az
he arrived here, he was obliged to give
up his plans and seek employment
elsewhere.
Mr.. G. T. Mering returned to Balti-
more the past week to resume his
duties.
Mrs. Mervin Powers, Of Baltimore,
spent Sunday with her parents, MIR.
and Mrs. Jesse Billmyer.
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HOUCKSYILLE.

Miss Maggie Beetley returned to her
home in Baltimore Monday after
spending two months with Mr. O. IL.
Elseroad.
Mr.. Walter Elseroad moved Novem-
Der 80, from Earl Rill's house into
Mrs. Eliza Seipp's house, near Lees
MILL
Mrs. Peter Miller and Mrs. A E..
Evans are quite i'll at this writing.
MIR. and Mrs. George Rill and son,
Nilsson, and Mrs Peter Blum spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William
Rill, Of Baltimore.
The measuring social held in the
Social Hall last Saturday evening was
a success. The net proceeds were SIS.
Miss Mary Bosom is visiting friends
in Baltimore this week.
Miss Helen Harris spent the past
week with Miss Hilda Spahr, OF Union
Bridge
Mrs. John o. Tull, Of Baltimore, and
Mrs. Lewis Leppo, Jr., of Washington,
d. c., spent a few days Of last week
The Ladies Aid Society of Wesley
Of Mr.. John @. Richards.
ML- 1- w. DuCHndn spent LIE past
Sunday with MIR. and Mrs. IA. J Buch-
man, OF Alesia.
Miss Belle Taylor, OF Baltimore,
spent the past Saturday and Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs w. H. S. Allgire.
Mr.. and Mrs. A w. Wampler and
son, Willis, of Westminster, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Buchanan.
Miss Grace Eby was the guest or
Miss Carrie Green several days last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gorsuch and
son spent last Saturday with Mr.. John
w. Abbott.
Mr.. and Mrs. James McClarey, Of
Cranberry, spent several days last
week with Mr.. and Mrs. William Har-
ris.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-12-10
WATERS VILE.

Thanksgiving and holidays was all
that could be desired in regard to
weather and greatly enjoyed by all.
The Thanksgiving dance held on
Friday night, November 26th. at
Masonic Hall, NIT. Airy, wa great
success, and attended by about two
hundred persons. Prominent among
those present was Mr.. a. b. Sellman,
of Watersville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Sellman, of
Baltimore, in company with Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Sellman and Mr.. A. B.
Sellman, dined with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Sellman On Thanksgiving Day.
On Sunday, November 2S. MIR. md
Mrs Robert Sellman entertained the
following guests, Mr.. and Mrs. NAL
colin Sellman and Mrs. Nelson, OF Bal
timore; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Routson
and daughter, Margaret, and Mr.. Frank
Miller, OF Mt. Airy; Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Sellman and MIR. "A. B- Sellman, Of
WaterSville.
Mrs. Mary III EnElar, of New Wind
HOr, who had been visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs }. NH. Fharney, has returned
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BLUE RIDGE COLLEGE.

Am elocutionary recital will BE- civ
en- here at o'clock Friday evening,
December 10. Admission free. Ev-
erybody welcome.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Snader enter
tanned a number of the townspeople
last Thursday evening in honor OF
Prof and Mrs. Bowman
Miss Alice Shryock entertained her
mother, from Winchester, va, a few
days last week.
The third number OF the Lyceum
course will be given December 16, by
Orrin c. Lester, lecturer.
Mr.. Nathan Bale conducted the
chapel services on Monday morning
He gave us a very interesting talk on
the history on New Windsor Many
little incidents and facts that were
related we're entirely new to AT &c u,
Several new students have enrolled
during the last week.
A lively and interesting practice
game in basket ball was played Sat
urday afternoon in the gymnasium.
The boys will open the basket ball
season On Friday by playing the
Frederick High School team. "a re-
turn game will be played here De
c6mDer liz.
Paul Bowman, Jr., has recovered
from his illness and is again the same
happy little boy.
Misses Parkhurst and Snader were
in Baltimore shopping last Saturday
Several groups Of students went to
the homes or some OF our aged
friends Sunday afternoon, and CT
deavored to bring ray OF sunshine to
them by singing some OF their favor
tie hymns.
On Sunday Mr.. Edmund Hooker
entertained his brother, Mr.. Walter
Hooker, and friend Mr.. Robert HCuch-
ms, OF Nokesville, va.
Prof Bowman addressed the mem
bers or the Y- WI q. A- in their meet
ing Saturday evening on the Value
OF Trifles."
At this writing Miss Marie EnglaI
is quite i'll and therefore will not be
able to attend school until after
Christmas.
Mrs. Murray Dudrer and family
visited her brother, Rev O. ID. Bon
sack, on Saturday, December Al.
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BARE BRANCH.

Mr.. John Koontz, Of Harrisburg, has
returned home after spending a week
with hi parents, MIR. and Mrs
jeremiah KoontZ.
MIR. Willard Smith was the Sunday
guest of Mr.. Ralph Koontz.
Mr. Harvey Starner, son Of Mr..
Albert Starner, was thrown from a
load of lumber last week and tore d
ligament in his leg and sprained his
ankle very badly. He il unable to
walk at this writing.
Miss Katie Brown was the Sunday
guest Of Miss Vallie Hiener.
Mr. and Mrs. David Helwig and
family spent Sunday evening with Mr..
and Mrs. ]. T. Koontz.
Mr.. Claude Myers slaughtered two
fine porkers weighing $50 and $50
pounds.
Miss Mary Hiener spent Sunday
with Miss Emma Brown
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EMORY.

The Ladies' Aid Society will hold
their next monthly meeting on Janu-
airy 8, at the home Of Mrs. Nicholas
Coles All are welcome.
Mrs Rebecca Caples, or Finksburg,
.is visiting her sister, Mrs. Nicholas
Mummaugh
Mrs. William Heimiller, OF Govans,
has returned after spending a week
with Mrs. B. F. Bond.
Don't forget the public school oyster
supper at Mr.. and Mrs. William
Burke's on Saturday, December II.
The lecture that was to have been
given by Miss Biz On Sunday, Decem-
Der ~, has been called of.
Mrs. Benjamin Bond had two yalu-
able collie dogs poisoned last week.
Mr.. Leslie Taylor spent Sunday
with his uncle, Mr.. Frank Rayer.
People in this vicinity are busy
butchering.
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STATE WOOD.

The Ladies' Mite Society Oh MT.
Pleasant Methodist Episcopal church
met at the parsonage Thursday, De-
cember 2. A good attendance is re-
ported. Refreshments were served
and pleasant evening was enjoyed.
Mrs Benson. Mrs. Wales, Mrs. Zentz
and Mrs Knox, OF Statewood WV. d. T.
MI attended thu executive meeting held
at headquarters in Westminster, DE
cember 3
The Statewood w. G. T. U. met at
the home of Mrs. Lester Patterson,
Louisville, December 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Schwartz and
son, OF near Gainesville, we're Sunday
guests Of Mrs. Schwartz's parents, MR.
and Mrs Reuben C Gambler
A new case of typhoid fever - Ara
the home Or Mr. Robert Flohr.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-12-10
CAPE HORN.

Mr. and Mrs. William Reed and two
children spent last Sunday with
Arthur Garrett and WIFE,
Those who spent last Sunday with
Adam Giggard and family were:
Messrs- Paul Smith, Emory and Rus
sell Smith, Leonard Hosler and Miss
Catherine Ham.
Mr.. John Smith is on the sick list.
Mr.. Clinton Reed and daughter, OF
Manchester, visited Mr.. Edward Reed
Sunday.
Mr.. /. It. Greene spent last Sunday
with his father, near Carrollton.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-12-10
PRODUCTION OH COAL n \ MIL.

LION TONS BEHIND THE SAME
DATE LAST YEAR. The labor sup
ply in the mining regions is materially
reduced, because Of the European war.
We are facing five months of cold
weather. All wage agreements cease
On April 1St- You cam help yourself
And tine general situation, if You punt
away some coal thIs m0Rth from
Smith a. Beifsmider.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-05-20
WED AFTER FIFTY YEARS
Sweethearts in Youth, Couple Are Re-.
united After Having Strayed
Apart Half a Century Ago.

Vancouver, Wash.--Hearts that
throbbed with love for each other
half century ago, but which strayed
apart, recently were reunited here
in marriage by Rev. R. H. Sawyer.
w. /. Powers, seventy-three, wealthy
man Of Tillamook, Ore, and Mrs. Sa-
'rah Smith, sixty-three, are the happy
couple, and will make their home at
Cherry Grove. Ore.
In Iowa, half century ago, q coun-
try party was held at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. D.. M. Taylor. w. L.
Powers, prominent young man, and
Miss Sarah E. Taylor, his sweetheart,
were present and together SO much
that the kind father Of the girl prom
Used Mr.. Powers he could marry his
daughter when she was sixteen.
Conditions changed q little, and
they drifted apart, Mr.. Powers coming
West and marrying. She also was
married when a young woman and
while she often thought Of her first
love, she made up her mind 1t was not
to be. Her daughter, Miss Olive
Smith, grew to womanhood and set
tied In Portland.
While on visit here to care for
her daughter, who had. become Ill,
Mrs. Smith heard that Mr. Powers
was in Tillamook. The reunion fol-
lowed soon after4she learned that Mrs.
Powers had died.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-05-20
WARS ON CARELESS REMARKS
"They Say" Stories Are Prevented
From Spreading by the Trace
It-Hack Club.

From Albany, N. Y, is reported a
Trace-It-Back club. Some men had
been listening to they say" story,
and one suggested that were the story
traced back to its source, not much
Of It would be left. Another pro-
posed to trace 1t back and see. The
result was so striking, that the men
at once formed themselves into club
for the purpose of tracing such things
to their source and SO preventing much
serious mischief from careless and un-
founded statements. The club now
numbers many members.
A club Of that sort could find en-
ployment and useful work to do in
every community. Members of the
Albany club are exceedingly careful
now about what they say. Just a
hint of doubt about the matter and
they appoint someone to investigate.
This is sufficient to cause the recall
of all that one was not positively sure
about. Rash, hasty talk has been the
cause Of untold misery. 1t is wise to
make no statement without having
valid reason for believing it true. 1t
would be no bad plan for everyone to
be as careful Of his speech as II a
Trace-It-Back club were going to In.
vestigate his statements.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-05-20
RIDES in JITNEY AS, MAN
In Excuse Says Some
Things.

Oakland, Cal-"When I see so many
sorry looking men standing around
who ought to have on petticoats, and
SO many fine looking business women
hampered by skirts, and who, figura-
lively, wear the pants, anyhow, real
~ can't see the harm"
Thus did Miss Doris Ingram excuse
her ride in a jitney bus when, attired
in mans clothes, she ran afoul the
law and landed in Jail, only to be
released at once when she explained
the lark.
"They told me 1t was against the
law to put on mans clothes, but l
didn't know It then and don't know
1t now" she says.
'Do you think clothes make the
woman, then?" she was asked
II most certainly do, and can prove
1t.
"Take, for instance, a crowded
street car in any city around i've
o'clock. Tired looking stenographers,
bookkeepers and saleswomen, with
business suits, perhaps a trife awry,
hair that has not seen the comb all
day, get aboard. Most of the men
who are seated suddenly become
greatly interested in the scenery, but
just let beautifully dressed woman.
perhaps going home from the matinee,
a tea or reception, get on. See the
men jump to their feet and tip their
sAIn,~v j
"You are judged what. you are by
what you have on In the passing
show"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-05-20
MournfuI Industry.

One French industry that has grown
apace since the beginning Of August
is the making of those funeral wreaths
with which the cemeteries in France
are always 90 primly decorated. Many
soldiers grave is marked today only
By cross and cheap little tricolor
waving gloriously in the transient sun
shine, but there is big demand
among those who may bring their. lost
ones nearer home to rest for the con-
ventional mourning wreaths. The
shop windows are filed with these
things and with promises that orders
will be instantly fulfilled at the work
shops.
One imagines that the very finicky
work must keep a large number of
girls employed, for all those elaborate
" twisted designs OF flowers and foli-
age are made Of wire strung with the
tiniest of beads, and enormous guam
titles must be used for every wreath.
The designs do not seem to have
varied. The favorite is still the wreath
Of heartsease worked out In melan-
choly livid shades Of purple, blue and
gray-green, but the words In running
script across the design are Mort
pour Ia Patrie."
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-05-20
SAYS SON WAS sHANGHAIED
New Orleans Father Brings Suit for
$4,000 Against British
Vessel.

New Orleans. Charges that George
Farmer was shanghaied, aboard the
British mule ship, Anglo-Australian,
here. and that severe treatment after
ward was contributory to his death,
are made in a $4,000 libel filed
against the vessel by Edward Farmer,
his father.
Young Farmer died three days after
the vessel left New Orleans. February
II, for Avonmouth, according to re-
ports Of the vessels officers, when
they arrived Thursday. They said he
had been seized with an epileptic ut
soon after going aboard.
In the petition the father charges
that Farmer was taken aboard the YES
sci in an intoxicated condition and
dashed to q stanchion. The petition
sets forth his treatment resulted in a
tit and that he died without attention.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-05-20
SOUP KITCHENS in BELGIUM
2iunutic alfusis pf ResieNtaUsnl
Starving Nation 10 Being
Conducted.

The soup kitchen organized In Brus-
sells by the American commission for
relief Is now undoubtedly the largest
in the world. Nearly fifty thousand
people entirely destitute wait In the
bread lines" every day, and over six
thousand gallons of soup and four
thousand kilograms OF bread are daily
distributed to them
Unlike the bread lines ! have seen
In America" says report from one OF
misrepresentation In Brussels, these
are al people Of one nationality and
all with common and undeserved
miAfortune They are Of all classes,
but We know none of them save by
number, because no matter what their
station or the extent Of their m1sfor-
tune they still have ramour propre..
and many Of them, II they were COM
peeled to write their names on coupons
when they get the soup. would rather
starve than take 1t. None OF them
think that they will always have to be
In the bread lines, and every one OF
them feels that when II Ii all over
they win want to forget that they
have been destitute.
''The soup for these pitiful fotsam
and jetsams Of war is all prepared in
the large storehouses Of the Interna-
tional Express Company Van Gand.
More than one hundred people are en-
gagged In this work. Among them are
former chefs Of some of the leading
hotels Of Brussels, who give direction
as to the kind and quality Of the soup.
its ingredients and their proportions.
Under them are those who clean the
vegetables potatoes, carrots, beans,
etc. and prepare the meat. This en-
tire staff is composed Of volunteers,
except the chefs, who receive at the
most half dollar a day.
From three o'clock in the morning,
when the cooking of the first 5000 gal
lonA OF soup ID started, the scene ~
the circuslike storehouse Of the ex-
press company is one Of tremendous
activity with the moving figures OF
the. hundred white-clad chefs, the fires
ablaze under scores Of immense caul-
drons all dtm1y seen through the SLIT
ing clouds Of pungent steam rising
from the boiling soup
when the soup is cooked it is sent,
under the seals Of the commission and
under the protection Of the American
flag, in large lorries to the twenty-one
canteens scattered all over Brussels:
These canteens were formerly schools,
dance halls, Turkish baths, etc Dur
ing the morning, wherever one goes,
women and children may be seen com
ing and going with pitchers OF steam
ing soup and their rations of bread I'M.
der their arms"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-05-20
CAN RISE ON THE FARM TOO
phillips Was aHand" Nine Years
Ago-Now He 10 Boss Of
Dairy Farm.

Obey, PA day laborer nine years
ago, James NJ. Phillips can answer
quite satisfactorily the question Does
farming pay?" He had a public ven
due the other day. and the $1,000
proceeds represent his net profits in
the nine years.
Mr.. Phillips believes In specializing
when it relates to the dairy herd, and
In talking Of his success with Ayr
shire COWS says it does not cost any
more to raise pure-bred stock than
mixed breed.
The secret of his success he puts
thus: Tend to your own business;
farm when it Is time to farm, and rest
or enjoy leisure when the proper time
ts at hand"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-05-20
JANlToR IS REAL ARTIST
Kansas Youth, Whose Speciality lie
Mountain Landscapes, Never
Had a Lesson.

Hutchinson, Kan.-Hanging on the
walls of many Of the finest homes of
Hutchinson and elsewhere in the
state, are exquisite oil paintings, bear
ing In the corner the name OF the ar
fist. "Tresize."
The artist himself, Eldred Tresize,
is janitor and fireman at the Y. M. G.
A. building. His studio is the engine
room of that building. There he has
his easel and his paints, and at odd
times, when not busy attending to the
furnace fire or sweeping the halls, he
paints mountain sketches and scenes
of the plains that are SO excellent that
they are hung beside the best in art
galleries.
Young Tresize-he is but twenty
one-began oil painting only two years
ago He never had lesson. He had
a natural talent for sketching and
drawing, but had never developed it..
Two years ago.. while going along the
street in Hutchinson, he saw Eight
ming oil painting artist" at work in .
store window.
Tresize spent his spare time each
day watching this artist" mix his
paints and work at his easel. Then he
bought some himself and began doing
oil sketches. In the past year he has
sold Is paintings. He has orders now
for forty or more. But he still holds
his job as janitor.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-05-20

Mrs. Walter Pulitzer Of New York,
wife Of the well-known author and
journalist, has received an invitation
from the Pacific coast to come to
San Francisco to head movement to
establish mammoth dance palace for
society folk during the exposition. Il
It proves as successful as Mrs. Pulitz-
er's New York dances, which were
held at the Hotel Biltmore, 1t may be
come permanent feature.
Mrs. Pulitzer was one Of the first to
see the possibilities of the dance
vogue and her dances, on account Of
their distinctiveness and original fea-
lures, have been the talk of the smart
people in the East. She says that the
present dance craze will ultimately
prove a cure for the divorce evil, as,
with greater freedom in. the partici-
patton Of harmless pastime (such as
ballroom dancing) fewer husbands
and wives will go wrong.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-05-20
Rome,s Colossal Fish Pond.

The duke Of Sermoneta who is,acting
as president OF the committee formed
in Rome to promote the independence
of Poland, ranks among the greatest
landowners in Italy, Fogliano, his es-
tate near the Pontine marshes, extend
ing to $4,000 acres, mainly under
grass, for the duke owns vast herds Of
cattle The most productive portion
OF the estate, however, Is lake sew
eral miles long and about mile In
breadth, which, from the time Of the
Roman empire downward. has sup
piled fish for the market in Rome.
Whenever there is food by rain on
the hills the lake overfows through
q narrow channel into the sea. The
sea fish find their way through into
the lake, and remain to fatten In the
fresh water, and then are captured on
their return by an ingenious labyrinth
constructed Of reeds into which they
swim. They are of the best kind
chiefly gray mullet,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-05-20
Stoned Jam; h JaIIed.

In an effort to extricate her son
Chester from jail by force, Mrs. Alice
Rollins Of Tappan, Rockland county,
New York, was locked up herself and
sentenced to 80 days Imprisonment
In that village.
When the jailer refused to hberate
her son, Mrs. Rollins gathered rocks
and other ammunition and opened fire.
She gave a correct imitation of the.
bombardment of Dixmude and re-
duced the glass in the Jail windows to
fragments before she was arrested.
The son was committed to the house
of refuge for burr
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-05-20
rome for Girls.

arick house is six-story building
IN New York which has been opened
for the benefit of the factory girls.
where they may obtain room and
board for prices ranging from "a to
.s4 T5a week There is sewing room
will machines with electrical connec-
tinn where As HiFls may make their
over Tres Sea Tie Foems are all sin
gle, be assertion Of one on each
floor. aIss 4 easy chair,
chiffonier. bed, desk. table and side
chair. ANY working girl may become
i resident Miss Margaret Siieersr.
Eecsnt Rxzn MaNr graduate e -
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-05-20

REcREATIoR IS THE NEED


Commenting ON the statement made
recently by a New York Y. NJ. g. A.
physical culture director that Of the
men he examined many exhibit at
forty the symptoms of senile break
down proper to seventy, the New York
press, says, editorially:
The directors advice to these men.
ito go somewhere and play is good.
But It would have been better II they
had received 1t and had acted upon it
20 years ago.
\ Play looks SO easy that most people
assume It comes naturally. It doesn't.
It is a lamentable fact that many per-
sons have forgotten how to play. It
is still sadder that others never
knew.
Inertia isn't play. Play Is Initiative.
It means setting out deliberately to do
something. It means doing 1t with
zest. At It's best 1t should be competi-
tive, for then, to the average man, the
zest comes naturally.
Now, It is not easy for man Of
forty, say, to walk into store and
buy set Of golf clubs, and then go
out on a link and make q show Of
himself with them. It takes courage
for man Of forty to climb aboard q
life-size horse and take his chance Of
sticking there.
No. The time to do these things is
in youth It is then that habits OF
wholesome, outdoor living should be
formed, which will endure SO long as
haleness is granted one. It is then
that the habit of play should be
formed, which may change In its man
ifestations as life wears on, and adapt
itself to the limitations Of advancing
years, yet which will never wear itself
out, but rather increase as the require.
ment Of the responsibilities Of life
gives greater opportunity for It's en-
joyment.