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Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
FIRST WOMAN TO GET STATUE
Monument Was Erected Fifty Years
Ago to Brave Colonial
Dame.

AdmiEng friends of Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson are planning a memorial
Somebody suggests that this take the
form of statue-"the first statue OF
a woman to be reared in this coun-
try"
Only a few weeks after Nordica's
death. It was said that statue should
be erected to the memory Of that
sweet singer On that occasion 1t was
.alsS said that 1t would be the first
statue to a woman in America.
But PIT years ago another Ameri-
can woman did something which not
Dnly deserved a statue. but got 1t.
Haven't you ever heard of Hannah
Dustin?
Captured by Indians at Hayerhill'
dragged from bed, where her one
week-old baby was promptly murdered
this hardy woman walked for days
through snow and slush many miles
and without shoes. She was destitute
.cf everything except courage,
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30

very vague one. it is only to be
expected that she should wonder how
you could live so long without a visit
from Oliver"
His lips took strange twist There
was self-contempt in it, and some
other very peculiar and contradictory
emotion. But when this semblance of
a smile had passed 1t was no longer
divers father she saw before her, but
the county's Judge. Even his tone
partook of the change as he dryly re-
marked:
What you have told me concerning
your daughter and my son is very in
teresting. Bht 1t was not for the
simple purpose of informing me that
this untoward engagement was at an
end that you came to Shelby. You
have another purpose. What Is it?
can remain with you just five min
utes longer"
Five minutes! 1t only takes one to
kill hope, but five are far too few
for the reconstruction of one. But
she gave no sign of her secret doubts,
as she plunged at once into her sub
ject.
81 will be brief" said she; "as brief
as any mother can be who Is pleading
for her daughters life as well as hap
piness. Reuther has no real ailment,
but her constitution Is abnormally
weak, and she will die of this grief If
some miracle does not save her
Strong as her will is, determined as
she is to do her duty at all cost, she
has very little physical stamina. See!
Here is her photograph, taken but a
short time ago. Look at It, beg. See
what she was like when life was full
Of hope; and then imagine her with
all hope eliminated"
Excuse me. What use? l can do
nothing. an very sorry for the child,
but" His very attitude showed his
dislnclination to look at the picture.
(TO HE CONTINUED)
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there is something else, Judge, which
makes me suspect you may be quite
correct about her not being an entire
stranger here. She knows this house
too we'll"
The judge started. The strength of
his self-control had relaxed bit, and
he showed in the look he cast about
him what it had cost him to enter
these doors.
''It is not the same. nf course" con-
tinued Mrs. Yardley, affected in a Pc
culiar way by the glimpse she had
caught of the others emotion, unnatu-
raj and incomprehensible as it ap-
peared to her "The place has been
greatly changed, but there is a GER
tain portion of the old house left
which only person who knew 1t as it
originally was would be apt to find;
and yesterday, on going into one of
these remote rooms / came upon her
sitting in one Of the windows looking
out. How she got there OF why she
went l cannot tell you. She didn't
choose to tell me, and l didn't ask.
But I've not felt real easy about her
since"
Excuse me. Mrs. Yardley, it may
be matter OF no moment, but do you
mind telling me where this room is?''
Its on the top floor, sir; and 1t
looks out over the ravine. Perhaps
she was spying out the path to your
house."
The judges face hardened. He felt
baffied and greatly disturbed; but he
spoke kindly enough when he again
addressed Mrs. Yardley:
"I am as ignorant as you of this
womans personality and of her rea
sons for intruding into my presence
this morning. But there is something
so peculiar about this presumptuous
attempt of hers at an interview that
feel impelled to inquire into 1t more
fully, even If have to approach the
only source of information capable
of giving me what want-that is, her
self. Mrs. Yardley, will you procure
me an immediate interview with this
woman? l am sure that you can be
relied upon to do this and to do II
with caution. You have the counte
nance of a woman unusually discreet.
The subtle tlattery did its work
She was not blind TO the fact that hC
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
MEANS GREAT SAVING
PRETTY NEckWEAR THAT MAY
BE MADE AT HOME.
Somewhat Expensive to Buy Ready to
Wear, But Materials Are Cheap
and the Work Really Amounts
to Little.

Never before was there such a de-
mand for pretty neckwear; in fact,
the fancy, for it amounts to a craze.
Going through stock of neckwear a
few days ago / was astonished at the
simplicity of some models and could
not help thinking how much money
might be saved if the material were
bought and the pretty accessories be
made up at home, writes Helen Howe
in the Washington Star. True, one can
buy inexpensive neckwear that is very
pretty; but alas! only until it has
been laundered. Then 1t is poor look
ing and sleazy. The better qualities
of neckwear are quite expensive. For
example, a collar marked at $1.50 |
found was made of lace sold at so
cents a yard at the counter The two
were exactly the same, both in tint
and quality. AS one yard makes the
collar the saving is obvious. 1t could
be made In half an hour, too.
The lace is folded in two and nine
inches marked off at each end There
1t is mitered to form the corners. The
or gathered to fit the collar on the
waist. A strip of lawn doubled will
make the raw edges neat and give a
firm hold for sewing in.
The organdie collars are very popu-
lar indeed. A collar in good quail
ity will cost so cents, the cheaper
kinds quarter, while half a yard OF
the material will make half a dozen
collars in different sizes because the
material is SO very wide. For 60 cents
yard very sheer organdie can be
bought. The collars are made double.
The usual finish is a picot edge with
or without a row of hemstitching just
inside. This can be sent to the hem
stitchers to be done. In preparing the
collar for hemstitching the raw edges
are placed together and basted half
an inch from these edges. This is the
guide for the hemstitcher. When re.
turned the raw edges are cut away
and the result is a picot edge. If an
additional row of hemstitching is de.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
Pettieoats Are Wider.

Petticoats are gradually growing
wider at the foot, to keep pace with
widening skirts. The ripple skirt,
edged with fur. is all the prettier for a
rutfied silk petticoat beneath it, and
the new petticoats with plated frills
are very gay and coquettish affairs.
Pussy willow taffeta, soft in texture
and charming in coloring. is better
than messaline, which soon wears thin
and trays at the seams, and the frills
may be hemstitched or picot-edged to
add final touch of distinction. Dan
cling petticoats of white or pale pink
pussy willow silk are flounced with
lace and ACCORDION plated chiffon
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30

never contain ed more than thirty-eight
workers at time, many of whom
worked only d few hours a day.
Commenting on this DR.. Richard C..
Cabot says: When Doctor Hall Joined
his squad Of neurasthenics to the ranks
of the industrial army he added his
contribution not only to therapeutics,
but to sociology. He attacked the
problem of the sub-standard worker
handicapped in the race of industry,
but not necessarily excluded from that
inspiring company. He attacked a
problem which faces ell who deal with
the consumptive, the alcoholic. the
chronic insane and in fact all chronic
invalids, no matter what their disease.
Rich or poor, they all need work, for
without 1t they degenerate mentally
and morally"
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30

as IN the old days, when witnesses
covered under his eye and voice. Say
that you knew. madam; that you
planned this uhholy trap for my SON. =
Judge OstrRnder, / did not plan
their meeting, nor did at first en-
courage his addresses. Not till A saw
the extent of their mutual attachment
did yield to the event and accept the
consequences. But i was wrong,
wholly wrong to allow him to visit
her a second lime; but now that the
mischief is DONE"
Judge Ostrahder was not listening.
81 have a question to put you," said
he, when he realized that she had
ceased speaking. "Oliver was never
fool. When he was told who your
daughter was what did he say of the
coincidence which made him the lover
of the woman against whose father his
father had uttered sentence of death ?
Didn't he marvel and call it extraordi-
nary-the work of the devil?"
Possibly; but If he did 1t was not
in any conversation he had with me"
And your laughter? Was he as
close-mouthed In speaking of me to
her as he was to your"
81 have no doubt Of it, Reuther be-
trays no knowledge of you or of your
habits, and has never expressed but
one curiosity in your regard. AS you
can imagine what that is, l will not
mention it."
you are at liberty to. / have list
ened to much and can well listen to
little more"
Judge, she Is of a very affectionate
nature, and her appreciation of your
sons virtues is very great. Though
her conception of yourself is naturally
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30

From a captive white boy she
learned how to kill a human being
with single stroke of tomahawk
So one night she and the lad slew ten
sleeping Indians, scalped them, and
fled back through the wilderness to
their home.
Hannah Dustin carried the ten
scalps to the governor of Massachu
setts. and she received $3.50 for them
Just so years ago statue was reared
for her upon the island in the Merri
mac river from which she had made
her escape.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
Return of the Train

Trains are used on most of the new
evening gowns. For a long time most
evening gowns, especially on younger
women, have been trainless. Some, tc
be sure. have had trains. But now
most of the new ones have them. With
short skirts. all the way around, the
train gives rather odd appearance
for 1t hangs separately. from the waist
over the very short skirt.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
BRITISH DESTROY WAR AUTOS.

Amsterdam Correspondent Reports
Bombs Wrecked Essen Factory.
Amsterdam. Holland, via London
The British air raid last week on the
town of Essen resulted in the destruc-
tion of 400 war automobiles, accord
ing to a correspondent of the Han~els-
bad. These cars were in repair
shop. which was wrecked by British
bombs. The loss of this large shop
and its elaborate equipment, the cor
respondent continues, has been
serious blow, and the Germans have
been compelled to take over private
automobile factory at Aix-la-Chapelle-
where hundreds of Dutch workmen
have obtained employment.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30

around or upon the reVers. These are
especially dainty.
Organdie lends itself well to collar
and cuff sets. and so does pique, which,
by the way, is one of the fashionable
fabrics again. Not the stiff, old-fash.
ioned kind, but a soft, though heavy,
weave. The large cord is preferred
to any other.
The pique cellar and cuff sets are
made with a machine stitch. The
material is always used double. The
edges are stitched upon the wrong
side. Then the collar is turned right
side out, and a second stitching is
put around the edge.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
SYNOPSIS.

A curious crowd of neighboTs invade
the mysterious home of Judge Ostrander,
county Judge and eccentric recluse, fol-
lowing a yelled woman who has gained
entrance through the gates of the high
double barriers surrounding the place.
The woman has disappeared but the judge
is found in a cataleptic state Bella, his
servant. appears in a dying condition and
dies The judge awakes. Miss Weeks
explains to him what has occurred during
his seizure. He secretly discovers the
whereabouts of the yelled woman, Leav-
ing his guarded house at night he goes
through Dark Hollow to the Claymore
Inn to visit her
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
Fur IL overdone,

1t is almost a relief to see a suit
without vestige Of fur trimming, for
the use of fur threatens to be sadly
overdone. Effectively used and in
good quality, fur trimming is enorm-
ously successful upon street costumes,
but If one cannot have fur that is at
least good of its kind, one would be
wiser to do without, and the number
Of cheap fur-trimmed models shown is
iamentable.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
ALL WHEAT SEIZED.

German Government Takes Extreme
Step To Safeguard the Supply.
Berlin. via Amsterdam to London
All stocks of wheat have been seized
by the German government, according
to the official statement, in order to
safeguard the bread supply until the
next harvest This measure, 1t is
said, was made necessary by the fact
that the people have failed to
economic. The stocks will be dis
tributed according to tae population of
the various communities.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
Tafteta Again, but Not Black

Taffeta will again be brought for
ward. but women seem to prefer it fol
informal evening gowns rather thar
for everyday frocks. With bullior
design of iowered surface, it viii
be the smart fabric for dinner frockt
as the Louis Philippe styles need it
1t is only fashionable in light colori
and in white; in black it is taboo.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
Excelsior.

"You can never tell these days." re.
marked the man in the armchair
where the uplift win bob up next
Every time there are several consecu.
tive days of rain and gloomy weather
| expect to read how a committee OF
earnest persons has got together and
organized Society for the Promotion
of Higher Barometric Conditions"
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
Pop uIatIon Of india.

The popula tion of British India is
given as 231, ,0S5.132. The figures are
for some ten years ago, and it would
not be far out OF the way to put the
present population at 2S5.O00,00O. One
of the India n princes recently de-
clared that If called upon India could
furnish an army of between seven and
ten millions Df men.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
CUTS A BIG MELON.
Fidelity Trust Co., Of Newark, N. J.,
Divides $1,000 1000.

Newark, N. IA special dividend
of $50 per cent, to totsling $4,000 600
was declared by directors of the Fl
deity Trust Company, The declara.
tion of the dividend was due principal
ly to the sale of approximately 20.00d
shares of stock in the Prudential In.
suranee Company of America which
was recently mutualized The direct.
ors also voted a bonus of 10 per cent.
Of salaries to all employees.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30

Intelligent people are the ones whose
eyes are open. That is the way they
become intelligent. Such people are
the most interesting. Sometimes they
are so interesting that even if they
happen to lack beauty that fact is for.
gotten in admiration for their intel.
lect.
Someone has said that everybody
should ride hobby.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
ALABAMA "DRY" AFTER JULY 1.
Legislature Passes Bills over Cover.
nor's Veto.

Montgomery. Ala. - Alabama WIN
become a prohibition State July ! un.
der two related measures which be-
came law without Executive approval.
Within a few hours after Governor
Henderson had vetoed the bills and
asked that the prohibition question be
submitted to voters at a special cleo
tion, both houses voted down his pro
posal and repassed the bills by over
whelming majorities. The vote in the
House on repassage was IS to 2S, and
In the Senate, "a to 10.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
To Protect Collar Band.

A small piece of muslin sewed in
side the shirt to collar band ant
shoulder seam ~sill protect the gar
ment from wear of stiff collars against
the collarbone. The front OF the piece
of muslin should be left loose SO thai
it win not interfere with laundering.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30

had introduced it for that very pur-
pose, but it was not in her nature to
Withstand any appeal from so exalted
a source. however made. Lifting her
eyes fearlessly to his, she responded
earnestly:
81 am proud to serve you. will
see what can do. VIII you wait
here?"
Judge Ostrander had just time to
brace himself to meet the unknown
when the door fell back and the wom-
an of the morning appeared in the
opening.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
CHATTER ".
Unveiled.

On the instant he recognized that no
common interview lay before him. She
was still the mysterious stranger, and
she still wore her veil-a fact all the
more impressive that it was no longer
the accompaniment of hat, but flung
freely over her bare head. He frowned
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
Law, rer's Versatility,

1t seems that lawyer,is something
of carpenter. He can file a bill,
split a hair. chop logic, dovetail an
argument, m AXE an entry, get up
case, frame an indictment, empanel
a jury, put them in box, bore a
court. chisel q client, and other like
thinRa.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30

sired it will be necessary to put in a
basting thread to show where. 1t is
not safe to give a verbal order.
Plain Organdie collars are the rule,
though we see some embroidered,
others decorated with insets of lace
and so on. l like those showing
little embroidery in satin stitch all
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
HER BODY FOUND IN LAKE.
Mrs. Breck Had Left Home Because
She Was chlIdIess.

Orange, N. 1.-THE body of Mrs.
Walter Breck, who left her home in
West Orange December 4 because she
was childless and for whom a country
wide search was conducted, was
found floating in a lake in Orange
Park. She had been dead for some
time
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
Mha4 4 ReaIlu Amnnnta ~

A man who brags about having plain
common sense is usually t-ying TO
apologize for being behind the times.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
The Great Defect.

This is the last and great defect
in the efficiency of the Navy. 1t
could be remedied by the creation of a
division of strategy and operations.
preferably not co-equal with the pres
ent bureaus. but superior to them, and
standing between them and the Secre-
tary 1t would correspond more or
less closely with the general staff of
the Army and the First Sea Lord Of
the British Admiralty. am not advo-
eating reorganization that would in
any way reduce the authority of the
Secretary.
"The creation of this office would
provide policy for the Navy insur-
IRg unity of effort and shaping plans
toward the proper end of all our eff
rts-preparedness for war.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
ADMIRAL KNIGHT
SPEAKS PLAINLY
Says Our Navy is Far Less Etfl-
Cient Than it Ought to Be.
ORGANIZATION INADEQUATE
President OF the Naval War College
At Newport Addresses the
Efficiency Club In New
York.

New York-The creation OF Coun-
Gil Of National Defense, for which a
bill already is before Congress, and
the establishment Of q division OF
strategy and operations in the Navy
Department, were advocated by Rear
Admiral Austin NJ. Knight, president
of the Naval War College, at New
port, R. l.. in an address before the
Efficiency Club in this city.
There can be no question that the
existing organization Of the Navy De-
partment is inadequate. and would
break down under the strain Of war"
the Rear Admiral said. "A navy has
one excuse for existing, and only one
that it should always be ready to
strike on the minute, and with every
element of power concentrated behind
it's blow, for the defense of the coun-
try. 1t is singular fact that the
organization of the Navy Department
takes no account of this relation OF
the Navy to war. War is one thing
for which no arrangement is made.
There are seven bureaus in the depart
ment, each with clearly defined duties
but in all the elaborate legislation
creating these bureaus and defining
their duties there is not a word about
the duty Of keeping the Navy in readi-
ness for war or preparing plans for
war, or conducting war after 1t be-
gins. There should be a certain ele-
ment of comedy in this if there were
not so many elements of possible
tragedy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-28

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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-05-20

Leesburg Commercial If the
country press of Florida could get
line rates for all the partisan road
! junk it is asked to run, the editor s
rent and pay roll and grits bill
would not worry him. First
comes the brick interests with a
nice page plate guaranteed to in
terest the readers-and FREE.
Think of it! Then the rock peo-
pie answer with a broadside of
typewriter matter. Then the
Tarvia and the asphalt and the
bitulithic and the concrete folks
fire their Maxims and eight-bores
all through, via by courtesy
of and through the gullibility of
the editor. Sometimes the gun
cotton is damp and the broadsideS
fail. Nickle a line, please, here. !
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-05-20
In May

In May the barefoot boy ap-
pears, reminding us of bygOne
years when we, too, suffered all
the woes of busting brickbats with
our toes. The sweet girl graduate
will come and tell us how the
world should run. Orations on
both war and peace will startle
men from Maine to Greece. Let S
hope the kings will comprehend
and bring their present strife to
end.
Speaking of war and peace, the
month of May seems always to
have taken a pretty free hand in
both: A man named Dewey, you
will remember, pulled off quite
a stunt in Manila Bay once. 1t
was May l, seventeen years ago,
The treaty of AK la Chapelle was
signed May 2, 1868. Chicago s
Haymarket riots occurred in May,
1886, The war god persuaded
Diaz it was a good time for him
to quit Mexico four years ago this
month. Ticonderoga surrender
ed May 10, TITS. The last blood
shed of the Civil war is said to
have been on May %, 1865, and
the first declaration of war in the
colonies was made May %, 1872
These historical facts, however,
are mere incidents compared with
the real battles the little Love God
is framing up all over the world
this month.
But why talk of marriage and
war, when both fishing trd base
ball are at hand? If Europe had
three or four good baseball! lea
CUES she wouldn't have to go to
war to attract attention. And if
lit wasn't for her intermarriages
the ruling heads wouldn t
have so much to scrap over. But
we should worry over them;
veil let 'em fight it out and then
when devastation is their lot we II
sell 'em everything we've got. SO
while it's May go SOW the seed to
raise the grain the world will need
and while we're sowing let us
pray and thank our God for
u. S. A.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-05-20

Ex-Gov. Albert w. Gilchrist has
that happy faculty of'putting out
campaign literature that is inter-
esting and appeals to one as good
reading matter. The preliminary
senatorial campaign circular that
he is now making use of as Inc
goes about on business matters, is
very complete in itself; and in its
arrangement and subject-matter
there is a vein of humor, charac-
teristic of the former governor,
that cannot but engage the atten-
ton of the reader. The concise
platform it carries should appeal
to one as having mighty good
planks in it; and to any one know
ing Gilchrist s character and "a
bility, he is regarded as mighty
good man to send to the United
States Senate.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-05-20
ex-governor Albert w. Gilchri

ex-governor Albert w. Gilchrist
has turned lay preacher and is
sending sermons to the newspa-
.pers. Does the ex-governor ex-
pect to be elected to the senate
on religious platform? Take a
little worldly advice, Governor,
and let Photipher's wife alone,
What does an old batchclor like
you know about Potipher's wife,
or anybody's wife, anyway Flo
rida Metropolis.
Whether the genial ex-governor
knows anything about Potipher s
wife or not, you can depend upon
one thing-he wouldn't run away
like Joseph did.-Bartow Courier
Informant.