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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05
BELLAIRE


The Woman's Civic club OF this city
viii hold meeting this evening In the
nigh school auditorium. The Political
and Legal Status OF the Women OF the
United States" will be the subject for
discussion. Papers will also be read by
Mrs &. II. Harman and Mrs. Gertrude
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

e. A. COckayne. Of Tiffin "A former
Bellaire boy has been employed 10 teach
IN the high school and Miss Ada Smith
or Martins Ferry. in the Gravel Hill
building. The succeed Prof. White and
Miss Margaret Walker who were mar
ried last week. Mr.. and Mrs White
have gone 10 Kansas city TO make their
home.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

Saturday night az the meeting Of the
city council several men from wheel
ing we're present and asked perfnissfon
OF the city for the establishment ~
two ferry landings IN this city. One
landing was proposed for Jefferson
<treot and the other for Buckeye rtreet
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

An Important meeting OF the Helping
hand circle OF Kings Daughters viii be
neid this Afternoon at the home OF Mrs.
William Brietenstien and a full attend
ance or the members II desired
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

owing Co the nno weather OF vestsr-
GAY there was a continuous parade OF
new Easter suits and hats on the streets
during the day. Men and women both
med ~ take re occasion - display
their new guitinga
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

heFterday was one % the finest Eas-
ter Days Tor severais years ana yaster-
day afternoon there was a grand Earter
parade u new suits and bonnets ~ both
men and women.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

Directors OF the Bellaire Commercial
club Will meet Wednesday evening and
several important matters will be con-
sldered. At this meeting n secretary
Will be selected 10 succeed r. N MAJ
TN. There. are three applicants for the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

" children. who are e. take part In
the entertainment Red Riding Hood 10
the Rescue. are requested 90 meet this
aftcrnoon 90 o'clock az the high school
auditorium TO begin practice
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

~ fhe meeting of the Unard ~ Con.
troll heid Saturday afternoon the con.
tract Tor furnishing coal ~ rfhs eleffrIe
liEhf plant frr me year wna awarded o.
ne MARTINS Ferry Coal Company M their
bid ~ fs co.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

me ladies' Aid society OF the Trim
ity Lutheran church wifi give a dollar
social In the church this evening and
no doubt large crowd will be present.
Zach lady Is supposed to bring a dollar
and tell how she earned IL
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05
Amsrieus oiub WIN Meet.

Tuesday evening at their hall on Be-
mont street, the Americas club will
hold an important meeting. The affairs
or the lyceum course just completed viii
be Crossed up. Plans for the summer
will be outlined.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

a large crowd attended the auurfrs
rrrricrs held af the kirEwond " ri
Cnurcn yesterday morning the rarffrrH
being held 1t I.H0 o'clock fn charge of
tnr pastor rev mayer
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

large crowd was present at the
hlrkwood Presbyterian church last even
ing 20 witness the illustrated lecture OF
Passion Week" which was given by
the pastor. Rev. John Neal
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

The many friends In this city % Har-
Ney Stiens son Of Mr.. and Mrs. william
Suen. OF Clinton street. Will be pleased
70 learn that he Is rapidly recovering
at the children's hospital IN Cincinnati
where he r. taking treatment
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

The ladies' Aid Society OF the First
NJ. f. church will be entertained Tues
day evening at the home OF Mrs A.
Jackson. on Gravel Nm.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

School will b. resumed fn I'D hrsrrhre
flie m0rninr after a weeks vacation anf
1hc scholars WlIl start on their last tern
before the summer vacation
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

ments to be made to the village the com
Ing summer will be taken up.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

The Ideal pool room has arranged for
"a leased wire service this afternoon and
will receive the nrht by rounds
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

large number of the Socialists from
tnla city went 90 Hcllafre last evening
where tho rally n the party which was
held IN that city.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

At the meeting Of the local lodge OF
Elks to be held this evening District In
spector ". T. Dixon will make an off
rial inspection Of the local lodge.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

hereI VIII be no meeting OF the city
Souhcl tuesday evening reported.
Inc next meeting viii be held April 10.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-05

BY Rev A. L. Benze. The entertainment
VIII be given under the auspices Of the
Mems Bible class OF the church.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
PLASHERS MEAD.

PLAsHERs MEAD. BY Compton Mackenzie limo.
pp 37j. Harper 4 Brothers.
Again the intellectual young man
again the Russian influence. An Oxford
man. Of course. for it is thence that
come all Mr., Mackenzie's slackers. To
be sure, the present one has served on
some British committee in Macedonia,
and in the end returns thither to fill a
similar post, but throughout he dan
dies in the many pages OF this
book at Plashers Mead, sponging on his
father, writing poetry and making love
an episode, an idyl marred by the
cropping M in him at certain moments
of yellow streak of caddlshness. Ii
is a remarkably faithful and detailed
study Of most insignificant, most I'M
sympathetic young man. The girls at
the parsonage are far more interesting.
the victim most of all. 1t is Mr.. Mac
kenzie's amazingly deft treatment of
his material through two years in the
depths of the English countryside that
gives the book its genuine artistic
value. Guy does not reach a decsion
he simply makes the situation at Plash-
ers Mead impossible for the girl and
himself; and so he drifts back TO Lon
don and on to Macedonia, meeting on
the way another Stacker, a university
friend, who, fallen out Of an impossible
situation OF his own, is en- route for an
Italian monastery. The Russian models
will not serv" for English fiction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
WOULD RUN NEW YORK ON 81
Stewart Browne Also Would Discharge
Borough Presidents.

Stewart Browne, president OF the
United Real Estate Owners Assocla-
ton and star heckler of the Board OF
Estimate, submitted r fifteen-page brle,
Yesterday on the 1916 budget TO the
finance committee of the Board OF Al
dermen, which is now considering rec
concentrations on the budget as passed
by the Board of Estimate. Mr.. Browne
analyzed the budget allowances for
practically every city department, rec
ommending generally that they be Kept
down to the minimum and suggesting
new legislation to allow the reduction
of some of the salaries. now manda-
tory, Of department heads.
Mr.. Browne summed up his brief
with the following suggestion:
ave therefore request that you re-
duce the amount of the 1916 budget 10
one dollar" ;.
Besides recommending the consoli-
dation of various bureaus, Mr.. Browne
and his organization believe that the
offices of all the Borough Presidents
could be abolished "in the interest OF
efficient and economical city govern
ment," as we'll as the Municipal Civil
Service Commission and the Committee
on City Plan. Referring TO the Mayors
office. the brief states:
1--WE don't like 10 question the
Mayors department, but it does seem
10 US that six stenographers are toe
many, and we wonder what they do
Why not introduce dictaphones
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE.

A Christmas tree with candles be-
meath starry midwinter sky-this
is the cover of the Christmas "Scrib-
ner's." which opens with a fine poem
for the season, MARY Shepherdess,"
by Marjorie Pickthal. This is the sea-
son. also. of "Home, Sweet Home"
whence. no doubt, the article on John
Howard Payne by one of his descend
ants, who tells when the stanzas were
written, quotes an earlier poem OF
Payne's out OF which they grew, and
gives several letters of his and an ac-
count Of his life in Paris and his work
for the London theatres.-There is
abundance of short stories here; in
fact, the editor calls this second
fiction number" First place belongs
to James B. Connolly's "The Medicine
Ship" Bill tells a wonderful yarn TO
account for his possession of hand
some pipe. 1t is all about South
America and a revolution and para
keets and markets. and yoller pod
reedas for breakfast and a seenyorita
and Don Hidalgo Rodreego Cazomma
and the woodworking Yunzan
swamp root, and. as he proceeds,
Bill becomes ever more entangled
and grandiloCuent. And then-but by
that time Walie Whelan has gone
off to school, which is fortunate, for,
az Bill remarks, "he's a good boy; no
evil suspicious O. people in his heart"
Mrs. Wharton gives us sample of
the stories Of German atrocities cur
rent in France; no doubt she be-
lieves the tale to be true. And there
is more fiction by Gordon Arthur
Smith, Mary K. s. Andrews, Charles
Belmont Davis "a tale of theatrical
life. Of course). Elizabeth Shipley Ser
geant. Abbie Carter Goodloe, and Kath
arine Holland Brown.-No Christ
mas "Scribner's" can be complete with
out a contribution from DR.. Henry Van
Dyke. This time ne describes "The
Road to Belgium: October, 1914. -
The illustrations are by a Polish ar
fist. Which reminds us that n. c.
Wyeth's colored illustration for Mr..
Connolly's story is a triumph OF hui
NOR. Notice Bills face as he APP
peared in the wool of his own inven-
ton. The colored frontispicce is by
Eleonore Plaisted Abbott; other ar
lists contributing in coors and black
and-white are Benda, Howard Giles,
John Wolcott Adams and F. c. Yohn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
TWAS FOR FRANCE,
SAY BLINDED MEN
Pathetic Story of Sightless SOL
diers Told by Miss Holt In
an Appeal for Funds.

A soldier of France whose eyes had
been shot out heard the voice OF an
other whom he thought he knew In
Miss winnifred Hollis hospital for the
blind in Paris.
Charles, is that you?" ne cried
"My comrade,' sobbed the other an
staggered toward Miss Hollis patient
gropingly They met, threw their arm;
around each other and kissed.
'T cannot see YOU" said Charles,
"Nor can | see you" replied the
other man.
at was for Franco"
For France!" echoed the other.
Miss Holt. who is engaged in work
among the battle blinded men OF
Europe, tells this story in a letter 70
friends in this country. The letter
was made public yesterday in an appea
by the Committee for Men Blinded N
Battle, of which Joseph II. Choate Il
president, for more funds.
There are thousands of stories like
this" wrote Miss Holt, "and each Is
wonderful and touching, but II We are
to solve the problems and tragedies
which daily present themselves TO us
we must be supported by the Hon
Office, in order to help the men who
have given their eyes (Which | am be
ginning to think is even more than
giving their lives) for the cause OF
civilization"
Funds for the Lighthouse in France
may be sent TO the committee at II
East Thirty-eghth Street. II is 70
raise funds for this work that E. II
Sothern will give a special benefit per
formance of Lord Dundreary" at the
Booth Theatre on November 30.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
WAR BABE SEERESS GUILTY
Her Occult Tips Brought No Trouble.
but Bad Check Did.

Mrs Ida Miller Brighton. seeress and
author, Of 60 Madison Avenue, who
found herself in the Tombs last Oc-
tober after giving occult tips on "war
baby" investments TO wealthy women,
pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge
Mott in General Sessions 20 an indict-
ment charging her with passing a bad
check for 500. She WAS remanded un-
til December 2 for sentence.
Mrs. Harriet n. Gilles, Of the Hotel
Iroquois, and Miss Merle L. Symonds,
auditor for the Globe Tire Company,
were among those who charged Mrs.
Brighton with taking their money Tor
investments, the former saying she lost
$4,000 Miss Symonds told Assistant
District Attorney Minton the seeress
prophesied she would be swindled out
of lot Of money before cold wealth
err" and advised her 10 take a fier in
stocks 10 avert the catastrophe. Miss
Symonds gave the defendant 500.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27

Whereupon all the traditions, all the
obligations of caste and property sud
denly overwhelm him, and he conforms
without single reservation. He turns
conservative. But David. being illegiti-
mate, cannot succeed to the baronetcy
or the property. lie must make his
own way, and finds its beginning as the
book closes. For once one hopes that
the author has a sequel in reserve; in
fact, one feels sure of it. There is so
much more yet to be told Of this boys
mature view of his fathers course, and
of his way through life.
The book is admirably written, as
searching a study of the influence Of
environment upon character as one can
finland that an environment which
from the first surrounds the child with
an ever-present, always elusive mys-
terry, handicapping it from birth in q
world that has no real place for it, and
disapproves of it's very being. A
thoughtful book, too, and, best of all, a
story that grows ever more inten sely
interesting as il proceeds toward the
cruel denouement which, in a single
sighting phrase, transforms the name
less boy Stephen into man. One of
the notable novels of the year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
THE CENTURY.

"The Century" proclaims its adher-
ence TO the policy of the old-time
Christmas number, with an attractive
colored cover framing a charming CIR!
loaded with packages and mistletoe;
reiterates it with colored fronts
piece by Maxfeld Parrish, reproduc-
ton of n poster Of his for a Players
Club pipe night, and, to clinch the mat
ter. opens with a talk Of Bethlehem
and the infant Christ, told by Frances
Hodgson Burnett. And. further on.
there is another ostensible Christmas
story. as Mr.. Howells would say-"The
Fruit of the Tree" by William Mer-
Ram Rouse. in which a New England
reincarnation of Scrooge with a wife
growls at the spirit Of the season, and
is converted in the inevitable way
sketch of the late Charles Frohman
is contributed by John D. Williams, a
study Of a curious personality whose
life seems TO have been commensurate
with his work, the theatre his only
and abiding interest There is no
truce in this number. The war goes
on in its pages. Cosmo Hamilton lays
the burden of responsibility for its
outbreak upon the British party sys-
-"England's Malady'- Arthur
Bullard reaches much the same conclu-
sion in mis- consideration of the foreign
policy OF Sir Edward Grey, which he
stamns as the traditional foreign poi
lev of Toryism. Mr.. Billiard, who
noipts out that we in this country do
not love Great Britain so much as
british Liberalism, holds that the
naval policy OF the kingdom in this
var has alienated from IL the sym.
nathy of the maritime nations Of
northern Europe. and that the stua-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
LEADING FEATURES OF
CHRISTMAS MAGAZINES
Mr. Howells the Passing Of the Christmas Story-lts
Survival in The Century "-Colored Covers and
Illustrations ohm Howard Payne

ton may grow even worse in regard 70
this country. Even her allies of to
day, he holds, may turn against her
naval supremacy once the war is over.
Walter Hale, the illustrator. begins
a series Of Notes of an Artist at the
Front" What promises to become a
series of exceptionally interesting his
toricsl studies is opened in this issue
by Helen Nicolay, "0ur Nation in the
Building. There is an exceptional
ly colorful travel paper, "St. Michael's
Of the Azores" by Henry Sandman. ---
And Amy Lowell, vers libre poetess,
tells a symbolic little tale Of child
and paper windmill.--Eric Fjfher
Wood continues his papers Oh our UNI
preparedness, begun last month, Nth
one on Army Reform" especially Of
civilian control of military and naval
matters.-There is verse by Gale
Young Rice from the Japanese), by
Louis Untermeyer, Oliver Herford and
Margaret Widdemer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
The Private Sales Market.

BROADWAY The Halcyon Realty
Company sold 10 s. l.. Pakas Carolyn
Court. a six story apartment, on plo'
100xl00 feet, at the northeast corner
Of Broadway and l62d st. The prop
erty was held at s265.O0O.
FIEIDSTON ROAD Eugene l.
Larkin has sold for George Jaediker
the Iot. 25xl0O feet, at the southwest
corner OF Fieldston Road and 252d st
Last week the same brokers sold fo'
Thomas c. Lane eight lots at the oppo,
site northwest corner to DR.. j. ]. Ed
mondson.
have sold 434 and 1876 West oath ST,
,ivc story fat. with stores, on lot 33.4N
SIX irregular to client oil Johh II
Davidson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
VANITY FAIR.

First of all the coored cover OF this
Christmas number. 1t is by Leyen-
decker, and on il, against an effective
black background, there figures Louis
XIV lady in negiige on a rocco sofa,
her parrot by her side, reading what
her rapt face tells US is billet-doux,
lille an eighteenth-century black
amoor page present TO her cup of
chocolate on gold 3alver. 1t is a
fetching cover, reminding one Of the
second act of "Der Rosenkavalier" as
staged at the ropolitan.--Andp pic
lures without end. OF musicians and
painters, OF Russian dancers and stage
favorites, with, best OF all. the latest
portrait of Marie Tempest, chic and
smiling. which is good enough to frame.
The text talks little of everything,
but of nothing long enough 10 grow
heavy. Most worth our while is cap
ital paper on Personality and the
Actor" by George Arliss, who never
poses for moment, but talks hard
common sense from the fulness of his
knowledge, and talks sound art as well.
There are playlets, or ut least short
stories in dialogue form. and poems in
prose translated from Baudelaire. and
n plea for free prose versus "vers libre, "
and reviews of the musical and dra-
m tic seasons, a tribute TO Yvette Gull
bert, pictures Of shadow movies, guar
anteed to be a coming success, and the
observations Of an oldtimer who wan
ders in memory back from the Winter
Garden show 10 the Rentz-Ssntley Fee
male Minstrels, and who. having made
comparison, Endorses Mr.. Dickinson 5
statement that "the citadel Of honest
drama is still intact. but that the out
skirts have been taken" Outskirts and
stockings too. he says. --And Stephen
Leacock assures US that the rich are
not happy. Most OF chem, he knows,
are chronically hard up. A clever
and handsome issue Of this always
bright publication.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
BOOKER WASHINGTON

The authorized biography OF the late
Booker T. Washington is announced BY
Page & Co. The work was
begun many months ago, and most o.
the material was gathered with DR.
Washington's sanction. The authors
of the life are Lyman Beecher Stowe
and Emmett J. Scott, for many years
one OF DR.. Washington's trusted lieu
tenants at Tuskegee. From the ad.
vance draft of the manuscript the fol
lowing estimate of the man is taken:
DR.. Washington is man who
thinks, acts and lives on a very
high plane. He is, in other words,
an idealist. but, unlike too many
idealists, he is sternly practical.
His mind works with the rapidity
of flashes OF lightning, particular
ly when he is aroused, and this
leads him sometimes 20 feel and
show Impotence in dealing with
slower-minded people, particularly
his subordinates. He is frequently
stirred 20 righteous indignation By
injustice, but keeps his temper
well in hand. He has a lucid mind,
which reasons from cause 20 ef-
feet with machine-like accuracy.
His intuitions are amazingly keen
and accurate. In other words, his
sub-conscious reasoning powers
are very highly developed; conse-
quently his judgments Of men and
events are almost infallible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27

Beyond the words Christmas, 1910,
printed in gold on its simple cover
and a story Of child found by be-
reaved couple in manger in snow
storm, there Is nothing in the Decem-
Der issue of "Harper's" that suggests
the traditional holiday number. And
from the Easy Chair Mr.. Howells ex-
plains. The ostensible Christmas story
has gone out, he says; the reading pub
lie does not want IL any more. 1t
has become stereotyped; it's stock char
acters and situations and sentiments
charm no more. To revive its vogue
new sort of story, adapted to en-
tirely new interests and tendencies,
must be invented II seems that os-
tensible Christmas poetry. too, has
grown out of date; at least there is not
line of il hero. Instead, we have eight
short stories, led by Katharine Fuller
ton Gerould's "The Penalties of Ar
tennis" study Of two castaways on
an island who do not fall in love with
each other. who actually dislike each
other. but who under stress or neces-
sity keep together in circumstances so
primitive that the girl becomes Ar
tennis, indeed-she will never marry
after that experience. An ingeniou
and convincing realistic twist, this.
given to the old and tried material Of
romance. In another field than that
Of the Christmas story Mrs. Gerould.
ike Mr.. Howells. says here a final
ord.-Mary wilkins Freeman ls
England, Emancipation" and there
are other stories by Margaret Cam
eron and Jessie Leach Rector, Norman
Duncan. Marie Manning, Howard Bru-
baker and Dana Burnet-good names,
these. Curiously enough. the editor
breaks in this issue the policy he has
followed since the beginning Of the
war; of not admitting u word about 1t
10 his pages. Here we have war
story, and il is a most interesting one.
by Marie Van Worst. "The Baptism
We go travelling at home with
Richard lie Gallienne in the Bahamas,
explore the Harvard Glacier with Dora
Keen, visit the Hillbillies of Kentucky
with William Aspenwall Bradley and
study with John Burroughs his north.
ern feathered friends in their Georgia
winter home, "Old Friends in New
Places. HARRY n. Stull contrib
utes a study Of "Our Partial War with
France" 1196-iS00; and Robert
Shackleton writes with hearty admira-
ton OF the vigorous. long career and
many services of the Rev. Russell Con-
well. the lecturer and pastor of the
Temple Church of Philadelphia
The colored frontispiece is by C..E.
Chambers, and there are illustrations
by w. II. D. Koerner, Edward l.. Chase,
Elizabeth Shipper Green, 0rson Lowell
and Walter Hale. The verse is by
Robert Underwood Johnson, Mary
Louisa Anderson and Arthur Gutter