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Middletown transcript., 1915-11-06

Bile outcome of our democracy, and the
last step in the great experiment of
self-goveInment.
The poll of 1872, ,0S1 votes for woman
suffrage at the special election in New
Jersey on October 10Th, we regard as
most hopeful and significant a token
of the realization of our vision of the
near emancipation of the women of
this country, East as well as West,
South as well as North.
Come, if you believe that women
and men should stand on an equality
before the law, and that therefore
some laws in Delaware need changing.
Come and help to dissipate the false
! assumption that women are too ignor-
ant or too petty or too emotional to as
sumo and discharge any duties that fall
to their lot.
Remember that this is your contest,
your responsibility. You may not re-
cognize it, but you cannot evade it.
You profit everyday of your lives by
the work of the women gone before. II
is your plain duty to help discharge
this debt by helping the women who
come after.
We shall have a fine convention. II
will help you, and your presence will
help us. Our national president, DR.
Anna Howard Shaw, will be with us
Come.
: MARTHA S. CRANsToN, President.
MARY R. DEVoU, Cor. Secretsry.
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Entertained Friends

Miss Laura Fogel entertained num-
her of girl friends on last Friday even
ing from 7 to 9 o'clock in honor of her
+walfth birthday. The time was pleas
antly spent ia games and music and
at eight O'Clock the guests were invited
~ the dining room where ice cream,
cake nuts, raisins candy and-fruitwere
served.
The favors were suggestive of Hal
Ioween and pleased the little guests
very much.
Those present We're: Elizabeth an'
Margaret Brady, Ramona and Lucil'
Newman, June and Virginia johnson
Marion and Frances Armstrong, Mar
qaret Evans. Caroline Fouracre, Virgin
Brady, Elizabeth Johnson, Virgins
Truitt. Sarah and Anna Sacks,
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"QUO VADIS"

MIR. Newman surely is offering his
patrons on next Thursday evening,
November 1lth, something which will
delight them as have few if any of the
fine things he has hitherto given them.
He will present the scenic dramatiza-
ton of "Quo Vadis", the famous novel
by the Pole, Sienkiewicz. the greatest
living novelist.
Probably nothing in the whole range
of letters more finely, thrillingly lends
itself to representation by the photo
movie art than this dramatic, spectacu-
lar novel. The only play at all compar-
able to it is General Lew Wallace S
famous "Ben Hur' But "Quo Vadis"
is yet more interesting and beautiful
for the reason that it involves both a
greater variety of historical characters
and those too of more commanding i'm
portance.
Think of striking sciences like these:
Act /, parts l, 2 and 3. Nero's Imperial
Banquet in the interior of the luxurious
baths of Pettonius that in his own
magnificent palace, and other graphic
features.
Act II, parts 4, 5 and G: The superb
spectacle of burning Rome, fired by the
mad Emperor himself who tiddled,
tradition says, while the great city
blazed. This and many other striking
scenes.
Act H. The finest spectacle of all
THE Christian Martyrs" In the
huge Roman amphitheater, the Co.
liseum, a series of exciting chariot
races, gladiatorial combats etc, are
seen, and then the sublime sight of the
kneeling groups of Christian martyrs
covering in the arena before the loosed
lions leaping towards them
NeXt the author introduces the scene
wherein the Christ vision appears tc
St. Peter, who eXclaims "Quo vadis,
domlne?' "Whither goest thou, Mas.
teri" And finally, comes the dramatic
scene that portrays the revolt of Galbs
against the brutal Nero-hs flight anC
assassination.
1t is a great Movie, and set all New
York wild in the Astor 1heater anC
Chicago as well in the McVicker'i
Theater. Don't miss it.
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new CENTURY CLUB
A Very Interesting Business Ses-
sion Was Held
NEW CORNERSTONE DONATED

A most interesting business session
of the New Century Club was held on
Tuesday afternoon, with the president
Mrs. Mary C. Pool in the chair. Six
new names were added to the list of
club members: Mrs. C. A, Burns, Mrs.
E. Ballard Lodge. Mrs. j. Everett
Walls, Miss Margaret P. Beasten, Miss
Anna Wilson and Miss Nellie B.Janvier.
The president reported that the Della
ware Granite Company of Wilmington
has presented the Club with a corner
stone for the new Club House for which
a note of thanks will be sent the com
pany.
Miss Cornelia Townsend and Miss
Eliza Green as the clubs representa-
tives for Education and Arts and Crafts
at the Newark meeting last Saturday
gave reports of the meeting.
Miss Vivian DeValinger sent report
of the work done this summer when
different club members sold ice cream
cones at the Base Ball games. A littlt
more then $44 was cleared during the
summer, which money will be given tt
the Building Committee for the Clut
House.
A letter from DR.. C. A. Wagner reac
asking that the club women co operate
with the Parent-Teacher Association
and have speakers qere during the com
ing months.
The president was instructed to nam'
committee of three to meet the Tow
Board asking them to stop the whole
sale cutting dawn of the trees on tn
main streets.
Miss Ethel Brady, the recording sec
retary, was instructed to send report
of the meetings to Mrs. Emery for pub
ication in the club news of the state.
Red Cross stamps will be sold by tn
club members during the holidays, a
has been the custom for several years
At the conclusion of the bu ;ines
programme, Mrs Mary c Pool gave
paper on "The West" an interestin
account of her six weeks western tri
during the summer.
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Entertained Her Friends

Miss Hattie Cochran entertained a
number of her young friends at her
home south of Middletown, on Friday
evening last. The evening was passed
in games and music and the decorations
were all sorts of Halloween oddities.
A number of older persons were present
to help enjoy the fun. The younger
guests were: Misses Frances Cochran,
Clara Brady, Olive Lockwood, Margaret
Plessanton, Emma Beale, Grace Brady,
Helen McWhorter, Letitia Pool and
Hugh Brown, Harry Segelken, Merritt
Lockwood, Edwin Mcdowell, Roger:
Lockwood, William Clark, William
Myers, Shelley Myers, Frank Nc
Whorter and John Pool.
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FRIENDS & VISITORS
Personal Items About People You
See and Know
THOSE THAT COME AND co

lHOSE Thai COME AND GU
Mrs. Lola C. DAVIS was in Philadel-
phia this week.
Miss Helen Brady was Philadelphia,
visitor last week.
Miss Eliza Green was a Philadelphia
visitor on Wednesday.
Mrs. Richard L. Naudain was visi-
tor in Wilmington this week.
Miss Mollie Wilson is entertaining her
cousins the Misses Davis. of Milford.
Rev. F. H. Moore was in New York
City attending the wedding of friend.
Mrs. c. E, Cullen is spending some
time with her daughter Mrs. Winter D.
Moore, of Milford.
Mrs. V. Massey, of Wilmington, is
visiting at the home of her son S. Emlin
Massey and wife.
Mrs. H. N. Crane, of Sparrows Point,
Md, spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Frank Eliason, of Mt. Pleasant.
Miss Alice Cochra !, of Philadelphia,
is spending some time with her brother
and sisters in "Middle Neck"
John F. Metten, of Philadelphia, and
S. E. Massey were at Aberdeen, Md. 4,
this week on cunning trip.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Koerner, of
Wilmington, spent Sunday and Monday
with MIR. and Mrs. T. Arthur Evans.
Mrs. Charles McLan and daughters,
of New York City, have returned home
after visit with Mr.. and Mrs. S. H.
Duryea.
Mrs. Edward Reynolds is expecting
to leave this week for visit with her
daughter Miss A. Louise Reynolds in
New York City.
Mrs. John Boyt and little daughter,
have returned to their home in South
Carolina, after spending several weeks
with her parents MIR. and Mrs. j. Frank
Elason, of Mt. Pleasant.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Gill and little
daughter Eleanor, and Mrs. T. S
Fouracre and two children, spent Sun
day with relatives in Frederick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lore Eliason who havt
been spending some time with theil
parents Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Frank Eliason
near Mt Pleasant, have returned tt
their home in Schenectady, N. Y.
F Mr.. s. NJ. Rosenburg who wa
. severely injured some months ago whei
+ Mr. Berg's auto turned turtle, has beel
compelled to return to the hospital t
q have surgical aid for his shoulder. H
first feared severe measures would hav
to be used, but it now seems that tn
injury can be remeded through electri
massage which is being given him. Th
+ Transcript trusts he may have a happ
4 issue out of his troubles, and quite re
gain the use of his damaged right arr
, and shoulder.
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HALLOWEEN SOCIAL

The Halloween Social given by the
members of the Queen Esther circle of
Bethesda NJ. E. Church at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Evans on Monday
evening proved to be one of the most
delightful affair ever given by the
Circle for the members and friends.
Five automobiles and one large truck
carried the young people to Mr.. Evans
home, bringing them back about mid
night.
The lawn was decorated with Japan
ese lanterns, pumpkin lanterns and
corn shocks, while autumn leaves beau
tilted the house. Games appropriate
to Halloween caused much merriment.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Koener, of Wilmington, who
were house guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Evans, Mrs. Julia Holten, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Arthur Evans, Mr.. and Mrs. S. j.
Brockson, MIR. and Mrs. Elwood Ban
ming, Mr.. and Mrs. Baynard Marvel
Mrs. Royden Wilson. Misses Emily
Alice, Daisy Bender, Edna Brynes
Mary Culver, Marian Daniels, Mildred
Freeman, Anna Denny, Ada Scott
Edith Eliason, Hannah Kirk, Saral
Hates, Lillian Melvin, Martha Pearce
Irene Reed, Lena Weber, Bertha Reed
Marian Vineyard, Mildred Holten. ant
Messrs. Harry Vinyard, Robert Doug
las, Albert Kumpel, Harry Culver
John Dickinson, William Gallagher
George Swain, William BrysoH, jaime
farrell, Clifford Pyle, Raymond Cur
ningham, Joseph Bryson, Nelson Nefl
Craig Naudain, Miller Reed, Jane
Robinson and Ira Savage.
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Bethesda Church Notes

Nov. Z. $50 A. M. Brotherhood
Devotional meeti ig.
1890 A. M. Short sermon. followed
by the Sacrament of the Lords Supper
All members and probationers are urged
to be present.
2 P. M. Sunday School. We need
your help and cooperation,
7.3O P. M. Public Worship with ser
mon, Subject "How shall we sing th
Lords song in strange land?" A fiji
teen-minute service. The subject wi
be of spoc al interest.
Jr. League Saturday P. M.
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P. 7. ASSOCIATION
First Regular Meeting Of the Par
ent-Teachers Association
HAVE SIX NEW MEMBERS

The first regular meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Association for the fall
season was held on Friday afternoon, in
the Assembly Room of the High School
with about thirty members present.
After the opening exercises, William
Myers sang a solo, ''The Little Gray
Home in the Vest, accompanied by
Miss Margaret Pleasanton. Misses
Grace Brady, Letitia Pool and Margaret
Pleasanton gave an instrumental trio.
Mrs. L E. Cullen was made Press
Chairman, with Miss Elsie Jones,
assistant. Mrs. T. Edgar Clayton was
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-06
Forest Church Notes

Sunday, November 7th, 1915.
1890 A. NJ. Public worship with SER
mon.
IL. A. NJ. Sunday School session.
2.SO P. NJ. Preaching at the Arm
strong Chapel
645 P M. Christian Endeavor SER
vice. Topic, Tasks that are waiting
for the Church of Christ." Cons era
ton meeting.)
7.SOP. NJ. Evening service with ser
mon.
The Rev. j. M. L. Eckard's address:
on the "Jeweled City,, was very fine
J and was greatly enjoyed.
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Officers for the Ensuing Year

The Transcript readers will be inter-
ested in the following item:
The officers of the Junior class of
Lasell Seminary, AlPurndale. Mass,
are: President Miss Florence Baker,
Edgewood, R. l.; Vice President, Miss
Jesse Shepherd, Middletown, DEL; Sec
retary, Miss Phyllis Lang, Waverley,
N. j.; Treasurer, Miss Helen Bauman,
Graylng, Mich, and Glass Leader Miss
Gertrude Allen, Melrose, Mass.
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MOrgan--Myers Wedding

Mr.. Ralph D Morgan, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Morgan, of Elkton, and Miss
Marguerite E. Myers, of Cecilton, were
married Wednesday evening at Trinity
Rectory, Elkton, by the Rev. William
schouler. The young couple will reside
in Elkton.
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The TRANSCRIPT sl.OO per Year.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-06

Unclaimed Letters. The following
list of letters remaining in the Post
Office for the week ending October 2s:
Mrs. Emma Gould, Miss Orleine Cooper,
William Miles, Gilbert Wright.
After October first the hours for the
Middletown Public Library will be-
Tuesday, $50 to P. NJ; Friday, Z to
$50 P. M; Saturday, to P. M. The
Library will be open on Tuesday even
ings for school children exclusively.
NOTICE. "A horse blanket was left in
the office of the Mid1letown Hotter
about two months ago. The Owner
can have same by calling at the hotel,
describing blanket and paying for this
! advertisement.
GEORGE H. JOHNSON.
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THE TRANsoslPE sl.Oo per year
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THE INVASION OF AMERICA"Snpng" Stern Vengeance

The commander Of the harbor de-
fences Of Boston was not concerning
himself about the occult reasons that
had inspired the reenforCements. He
had been praying for men, for he
needed half a dozen men wherever he
had one.
Now that he had them, ne waited
for no orders and asked for no in
structions. He loaded quartermasters'
boats with detaohments and rushed
them to the waterfront Of Boston and
Chelsea, where he knew OF things he
wanted. They returned with two tons
OF explosives and miscellaneous ord
nance material that had been seized
from merchants. He seized barb wire.
From electric light plants and power
works he obtained by the same simple
method some forty miles OF lead COW
cred cable for his mine fields. and
from ships In the Iharbor he took half
a dozen searchlights.s
Before night. too, he had men in
trenched behind entanglements with
machine guns on the narrow neck OF
land that leads to Nahant's broad cliff
prOmontOry on the north OF Boston
harbOr, to protect position finding
stations there and great 60 inch
searchlight.
Southwark at Point Allerton, on the
long cape that juts toward Boston
harbor from Nantasket Beach, to de-
fend the stations and searchlig'hts and
approaches OF Fort Revere with IT'S
6,-"The scarchH0ht project Is APP
prorimately so per cent. completed
The fire control system may be
said to be approximately 60 per cent
completed. Installation Of
p0Uor generating and distributing equip
mont Is 20 per cent. completed.
Submarine mine structures are SO per
cent. cted"-Report. Chief Of Coast
Artillery, u. s. A., for year ended June
30, 1914.
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Bay in the north and off Cohassct in
the south. Fifteen minutes afterward
the people of Boston and Charlestown
and Brookline of Quincy and Wey-
mouth. bingham and Lynn. were
brought out of their beds by explo-
sions that shook the houses.
Battleships with IS and 16 inch
guns were bomhardng Fort Revere
and the fort was answering with its
IL inch guns. Armored cruisers were
firing on Standlsh, Armored cruisers
and battle cruisers were throwing II
and II inch shells into Deer Island
and on Winthrop. Battleships lying
north of Nahant in Nahant Bay. and
thus invisible to the Boston defences
and not to be reached by search
lights. were bombarding Forts Banks
and Health.9
Fort Warren was firing at them
over Boston Light. Fort Andrews
looscd It's batteries.
There was bombardment from three
inch guns along the beaches, north
and south. where destroyers were at
lacking the coast stations under heavy
fire in reply from the defenders ON
the land.
Southeast, on the horizon. there
sprang up dull glow that became
greatly red and grew swiftly to pull
sating flame, 1t was the town OF Huh
burning.
The people in South Boston, look
ing seward, saw lights appear in the
sky over the outer harbor islands.
They slipped slowly downward. leaving
long trails of stars behind that hung,
hi, In, hn n ,.n IN a i.a
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mighty batteries he placed a strong
force with ample artillery
This was the point where he feared
n landing most. He built an armored
train, Selling the material from the
town of Hull. and armed II with quick
firers that it might be sent to threat
ened places.
Outposts We're sent as far as Nam
tasket for fear the enemy should try
to land there or cross the narrow neck
and take boats over it into the bay
behind.
Beyond Fort Revere he destroyed
certain houses that would interfere
with the firing. At the far outlying
islands called the Graves he posted
men with signal rockets. He sent
scout boats to lie at sea beyond the
firing zone, from Nahant to the spot
where the lightship was moored in
times Of peace.s
Within forty hours he had doubled
the strength of his defence because
he had the men. He looked up at a
hostile aeroplane. flying well beyond
gunshot. They had become almost
during the past days. "Well. come
on!" he said. "You and your ships!
Wen give you whrl."
He was awakened at l o'clock that
morning. The "whirl" had begun.
Ships were standing in toward Nahanr
7,-Regnldr manning detdH for Bos-
ton dcfenccs tweIpo companies Of Coast
Artillery These hare sepen systems Of
defence to MAINTAIN. The companies
are not enlisted TO their JUH strength
Epen " they poro there toOuld be less
than tDO hundred men 10 each defence,
This Is not SUFFICIENT for any sustained
action at the Dig guns alone.
8.-These arc all pitdlIy necessary
parts OF the defence Of the Boston hdr-
Dor forts. They are only a small part
Of Whdt Wonld have to be done IN case
Of ndrdI dftdck.
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Prof. Ameghino, Au-
thority on Fossils,
Seeks to Prove His
Own Continent Cradle
of the Human Race
man who has been described

TIME man who has been described
as the worlds first authority
i on South American fossils
thinks the Rio de la Plata
may have watered the Garden Of Eden.
Ut at least Prof. Florentino Ameghino
argues that the cradle OF the human
race was in South America, and that
all that general opinion ascribes to
Mesopo,amia and the Tigris-Eu-
pirates Valley really belongs to the
Argentine Republic and the valley Of
the Uruguay and the Parana. oddly
enough, even the names OF the two
uIStfIttS one in Spanish, the other in
n'eeK, mean the same thing-"The
l-aAt n ,he Midst of the Rivera
Prof Ameghino, then, with COM
mehdab.r zeal for his native con-
unent. holds that mankind first made
us appearance on the plains of Argen-
una certainly he has this much on
MS SIDE that excepting only the miss
ing link from Java-who after all
may not have been any ancestor Of
ours AZ all, hut only an abortive try
al humanity that never quite arrived
virtually All the very ancient human
sheIe, ~ have turned up either in
south America or in Europe. on the
idce OF the returns. therefore, II man
did MT frs, GO, m housel,oenirg an
Eurrp, ,..n Sor,b Aran,ca 49, ,,ua
the rr.... mem, ,'naara,,,,I' o.. ~
leaGjng ,.r, ''''' ''''S ''' WIG
IT,, r.c ,haor, I. +, ..,o, ,,,.
after D., ,.,r,atr men, ~ e. 49,
dram NJ h",nan ,is,nry NTH ,o,m0
per-. ..,h - o., w." w. go
the rr., No., d.raIanoa na,aauah,o
nun,,,. ~ 5.maran, 800, on.hnna go os
d!f.r,r. &c.. ~ ,ra ao,h ~ 49,,
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Continued from Fourth Page.

way for his infantry and artillery to
march along the coast to New York
Northward those cavalry masses are
screening him against any attempt by
our army either to fall on his forces
in Connecticut or to move around
north OF him and attack the rear Of his
divisions that are marching on Bos-
ton. 1t isn't tactics. It's simple, COM
mon sense use of numerical superb
ority."t
The President played with q pile
of dispatches. They were from
Boston and New York. you say that
those companies of coast artillery from
the South got through"
II had a message from the COM
mander of the artillery district OF
Boston," he said. THE six companies
arrived at Fort Banks yesterday
morning. They had to go around by
way OF lake Champlain and Vermont,
but they got through. That will at
least give the men some relief II
there should be a sustained actions
"You are sure it was not a mis-
take to-sacrifice them? asked the
President.
The General shrugged his shoulders.
There are some things that one
simply must do" he said. I'VE had
to give New York and Boston some
thing. We absolutely must make some
sort OF fight for Them"
4.-Worked out from a consensus OF
opinions and plans BY tactical experts
both here and abroad.
5.-"When the detcnces outside the
Continental United States are provided
for there pill remain for homo gun de-
fences 176 officers and 7,543 enlisted
men, Dhich Is about One-thtrd OF one
rchet"-Pa0e Is, Report, Chtet Of Coast
Artillery. U. s. A., for year ended Juno
30, 1914.
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developed in the process OF evolution.
Obviously, however this theory does
not explain the white man. But then
no theory does explain the white man.
The so-called Caucasian race has al
ways been the great chronological
enigma. Nobody really knows where
he white race came from.
Prof. Ameghno's idea is that we
budded off from the Mongols. ON the
whole most of us are more like Homo
mongolicus than like Homo ethiopicus.
That is to say, We are commonly
somewhat yellower or redder than
We are black while most of us have
To fall back on the curling tongs.
Our teeth and jaws are small and
these more than offset our small cheek
bones and straight eyes. Taking US
by and large most of us feel that a
japanese is more our sort than a
Zulu is.
The conventional option, therefore,
has long been that the original man
was a negro. From him sprang the
Mongol. The Mongols in their turn
branched one way to the American
Indian and the other to the European.
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small from side to side-when they
are not Of every conceivable size and
shape that ever decorated any human
being and some apes.
The only thing that Homo Caucasi-
Gus can really tie 10 is his whiskcrs.
All other races have nearly hairless
bodies and virtually smooth faces. We
only, Of all mankind have achieved
the imperial, the "Picad!lly weeper,"
the upturned mustache of the Kaiser,
the patriarchal beard that makes the
necktie blush unseen. Not caucasiCus
but whiskerosus might have been our
scientific name. our racial marks are
n thin nose and a thick beard.
Now the strange thing about Homo
whiskerosus is the places in the world
where he turns up as the aboriginal
population. From the earliest dawn
Of history there have been blue eyed,
yellow bearded men southwest of Tim
buctu. Many of the ancient Egypt
ians were white. All through the Lyb-
ian Desert, in the Horn of Africa. up
the Nile Valley. even as far south as
German East Africa. well beyond the
equator, are scattered tribes who call