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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
Elected officers.

The following officers were elected
at a meeting of the Aid Society Of the
Central Christian Church on Thurs
day afternoon: President, Mrs. j. r.
OFT; vice president. Mrs. Frank Dick
erson; secretary, Mrs. G. NJ. Jacobs;
treasurer, Mrs. Virginia Nuzum. The
retiring president, Mrs. e. D. Mooney,
was elected a life member of the
Woman's Christian Board of Missions.
The society voted q cash installment
of. $157 for the building fund Of the
church. The society has been doing
splendid work, and has recently clear
ed the gratifying amount of 5000 or
more through church suppers and 9TH
er benefit affairs.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
Entertained at Dinner.

Miss Margaret Mckinney entertain.
ed at dinner last evening at the home
of her parents, Hon. and Mrs. o. S.
Mckinney. on First street, honoring
her guests, Mrs. j. Gale Ebert, OF Par
kersburg. state president of the Suf-
frage League. and Mrs. Ellis A. Yost,
of Morgantown, vice president Of the
League and president Of the State w.
c. T. u. Covers were laid for the hos
tess, the honor guests, Mrs. Mary E.
Craigie, of Buffalo, N. Y; Miss Eliza
beth Hauser. of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs.
j.. c.; Cochran, of Parkersburg. and
Mrs. Kemble White, of this city.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
Webstera RenIy 10 Hayna.

Mr.. Webster's famous reply to Rob
ert ]. Hayne may be found In any
complete edition of webstsr'a works.
Drop in at the nearest fpublic library
branch. ask for webster,s speeches.
and you will be surssto fnd the greas
reply" you are LOOKING for. Il 10 an
error. however. to call Hayne q small
man" He vas q very able mar, and
had not Mr.. Webster so srecognixcd
him it 10 certain that he would never
have gone after him: for the Massa-
chusetts giant never troubled himselZ
about small game.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10

Mrs. Lehman. will attend this con-
vention. The session today will be
held at the Bartlett Hotel.
The committee members, most of
whom will attend the conference, are
Mrs. A. L. Lehman, state vice presi.
dent; Miss Celia Speyer, of Wheeling;
Mrs. E. B. Franzheim, of Wheeling;
Mrs. Julian Hearne, of Wheeling; Mrs.
NJ. B. Sprigg. of Wellsburg; Miss Eta
McKeehan, Of C~larksburg; Mrs. n. J.
Matthews.
Mrs. Matthews, the newly elected
president of the Warrington Woman's
Club, is out of the city and Mrs. J. l..
Bernhart, the retiring president, will
act as president at the conference.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
Christians Planning
New Church Building

The congregation of the Central
Christian Church plans to start the
erection OF a new church building on
the lot where their present temporary
structure stands. The congregation
has also purchased a plot OF ground
between their own lot and the Baptist
also extend over this space.
The building will be a veneer struc-
IRE to cost not less than $40, 900.
The work Is expected to start in tile
next 80 days
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
TWIN BEDS.

Not since the memorable success of
"!Baby Nine" has any play. scored
such a laughing triumph as Twin
Beds" an uproariously funny farce OF
domestic life, in an apartment house;
by Salisbury Field and Margaret
Mayo, which for over eight months
past has been causing crowded houses
to roar with merriment at the Fulton
Theatre, New York, and which is to be
p~resented~at the Grand soon by Sell
wyn & Company, the firm responsible
for such unusually popular prodluc-
tons as within the Law" and Under
Cover"
Twin Beds is a are theatrical treat
From the rise OF the curtain until its
final fall the audience Is kept In a o
tinual state OF excitement and amuse-
ment. The fun is quick and clean. the
lines sparklingly witty, and the highly
original complications in which the
characters find tmeselves, SO mirth-
as to be almost irresistible.
An excellent cast and an elaborate
scenic production has been provided
for Twin Beds"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
Entertained Choir.

DR.. and Mrs. c. w. Waddell enter
tanned the choir Of the First Presby-
terrain Church last evening at their
home on Coleman avenue. Music was
the diversion of the evening and re-
freshments were served. Miss Ethel
Hoult assisted Mrs. Waddell in serv-
ing.
The church choir, under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Waddell, will repeat the
cantata "Olivet to Calvary" at a date
to be announced later.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
Miss Windsor Wins Honors.

Miss Mary Windsor who appeared in
fancy dancing with Prof. Finley
Knott at the Charity Ball at Parkers-
burg last evening, won much applause
from the audience. The Parkersburg
Sentinel says:
These were the special dances ex-
.ecuted with Prof. Mott by Miss Mary
Windsor, of Fairmont, and Mrs. Bryan
sRtttenhouse, OF this city. Miss Wind
scr, whose picture appeared in a
pittsburgh paper the other day Us
.tthe most graceful lancer in West
Virginia" supplied the place of Mrs.
Arch Burt, of Warrington. who al
unable to be present, and by her
graceful dancing, the very poetry OF
motion, proved her claim to the dis
,tlnction. After each dance Miss Wind
o vas obliged to respond to insis-
tent % No less admired was
the dancing OF our own charming Mrs.
Rittenhouse, who. catching the spirit
of the dance, was q perfect embodt-
ment of grace and rhythmic move
ment. The delightful impression
made by her was shown at the con
clusion of each dance. when she raj
called back several times in response
to prolonged applause. Miss Windsor
wore a pretty gown OF Nile green
crepe de chine with arm bouquet OF
pink sweet peas and lilies of h val
ley, and wore a pretty white cap. Mrs.
Rittenhouse wore a gown OF pink
crepe with jaunty fez of gray che
nile and silver braid.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
Riders Leg Crushed
When Horse Falls.

Mike Romac, an Italian. met with
a. serious accident this morning when
a horse he vas riding slipped and fell
on his leg. The accident occurred in
front of the Central Fire Station.
The street had Just been washed by
the water wagon, and the horse, not
being shod, was unable to stand on
the slick pavement.
Romac's leg was crushed, but no
bones were fractured.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
Left for Grafton.

Mrs. ]. Gale Ebert, Of Parkersburg.
and Mrs. Ellis A. Yost,, of Morgan
town, went to Grafton this morning.
where they were honor guests at a
reception given by the Grafton Politi-
cal Equality Club at the home of the
president. Mrs. C. F. Schroeder.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10

Mrs. U. S. Fleming and daughters,
Mrs. Victor Hunnings, OF Schenectady,
N. Y, and Mrs. c. e. Smith and little
daughter. Caroline Fleming Smith,
spent yesterday in Morgautown the
guests OF Mr.. mi Mrs. Frank Elem
ing.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
Mrs. craiaie Spoke.

Mrs. Mary Craigte, of Buffalo. n. Y,
Chairman OF church work Of the North
American Suffrage Association, ad.
dressed a meeting of the Woman's
Home and Foreign Missionary Socie-
" OF the First Presbyterian Church
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
viii Give Dance.

The local lodge knights of Column
bus have issued invitations for a
dance to be held on Wednesday of
next week at their hall on Main
street. The Fairmont orchestra will
render music for the event.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
HIGH IINkS.n

Arthur Hammerstein, who will send
High Jinks'' to the Grand theater
soon, enjoys the distinction OF being
the only musical comedy producer in
the United States today who has
never had a failure. He started his
career brilliantly with Naughty
Marietta" The followed THE FREELY"
and after thai came High Jinks."
which ran all last winter at h Casino
In New York, breaking the musical
comedy record of the Gotham season.
Otto Hauerback is the author OF the
libretto and Rudolf Friml composed
the score. Hauerbach and FrtmI
were responsible for The Firefy."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
D0CA SOQhI AZ
GaSSS@YH9M
EVENTS ef

yesterday afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. Della Shinn, on Pierpont avenue.
Mrs. Shinn and Mrs. Carl Miller were
the hostesses.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
E%ntertaInad Frlenda.

Miss Florence Kneisel entertained
a number of her friends LAS evening
at her home on Fourth street. Games
and music we're diversions OF the
evening and tempting refreshments
were served.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10

the M. P. Temple on Monroe street at
8 o'clock. All girls are welcome 10
attend this meeting.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10

TO MEET TOMORROW.
The High School Y. w. C. A. will
hold a meeting tomorrow afternoon at
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10

West Virginian Want Ads VII rent
your rooms quickly. Try one today.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
Birthday Party.

Miss Mary Crane Hartley, the at
tractiye little daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs. Harry ]. Hartley. entertained a
large number of her little friends this
afternoon at her home on Walnut
avenue and Third street. The occa-
sion was the fifth anniversary of the
hostess and the event was delightful
ly celebrated. A color scheme in pink
and white was carried out in the dec
orations. Pink sweet peas forming a
pretty floral decoration, while tiny
baskets Of pink crepe paper filled with
A birthday cake with lighted can
bonbons were given each guest as ia
svors.
dies was a feature OF the table dec
orations.
During the afternoon the little
guests were entertained at kindergar-
ten games and tempting refreshments
we're srvd.
The guest list included Mary Flea
nor Miller, Elizabeth Cunningham,
Mary Frances Riheldaffer. Martha Re-
becca Howard, Caroline Fleming
Smith, Christine Crane. Mildred Live
f1y, Charlotte Campbell, Jane Miller,
Mary Clark, Florence Jacobs. Ruth
aGraeber, Jane Morgan, Elizabeth jack
son, Jean Waddell,, Harriet Marie
Hoge, Ann Estelle Robb, Martha
Riggs, Margaret Linn Hamilton, Mar
ioffe Leopold, Sara Elizabeth Evans,
Jane Watson, Jean Hall, Mary Kings
land, Albert Dickerson, Bartlett Wat
son, Edward Taylor, III, Bobbie Snt-
der, John II. Rock. Jr., Jim Moore Ben
nett, Vaughn Jo1liffe, Jr.. Jack Head,
Thomas Hennen, Mac Weaver John
"A. Clark, Jr., Scott c. Lowe, Jr., and
John William Hunt.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
"ThE HAM z

John Cort's production of George
v. Hobart and Jean SchwartZ's novel
musical comedy, 1.-THE Ham Tree"
with Mcintyre and Heath, most famous
of negro impersonators, heading the
large company, will be the attraction
at the Grand th%eater,, Friday, April
16. THE Ham Tree" is in three
acts and four scenes, showing the
Travellers Rest, a country hotel at
Merton, s. c.; a water tank on the
P. D.. Q. r. R., near Dover. Del, Il
wood near the railroad track, and a
drawing room in Mrs. Nicklebacker's
Fifth avenue palace. These setting
form the background for the humor-
GUS play. Mr.. Mcintyre plays the
character of a livery stable attendant
named Alexander Hambletonian, the
natural comejean," who is lured from
his job to throw himself into the arms
of fame as a footlight favorite. Mr..
Heath's character is that of q Georgia
minstrel, Henry Jones, who lures
Alexander into the limelight.
Mcintyre and Heath, whose fame as
d~elineators of quaint negro characters
is predominant. will be the attraction
at the Grand theater, April 16, in an
elaborate revival of George v. Hobart
and Jean Schwartz's musical comedy,
THE Ham Tree" under the manage
ment OF John Cort. 1.-The Ham Tree"
is a play of laughter n song and
dance, and in its revised and upto-date
form will disclose much that Is new
and novel. James Mcintyre as the
doleful Alexander Hambletonian, who
leaves his Job as an attendant in a
livery stable for fame as a footlight
favorite. and Tom Heath as the hope
full minstrel, Henry Jones, who a
visions Of hams growing on trees.
rivers OF beer, swamps of scheitzer
and fiocks Of sausages flying through
the air. from a pair Of comedy char
acters most humorous.
Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22
An Irrevorent Goat.

The Welsh fusileers were presented by Queen Victoria with a goat, which, after several years of exemplary con- duct, fell into bad ways. Its culminat- ing act of insubordination occurred when the regiment was quartered at Wrexham, and one fine summer even ing after mess the officers were stroll ing about smoking and enjoying the fresh mir. The colonel stopped down. to push in the end of his trousers strap, and the goat, which happened to be close by, found the temptation irresist- ible. He charged fiercely and butted his commanding officer against an ad- jacent wall with such force that both his eyes were blacked and his face was otherwise damaged. By this es- capade the goat earned the title Of "the Rebel" and only the good record of his early years of service saved him from being drummed out.-London Ex- press.
Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22
StarXation.

What is it? What occurs? What part of the human mechanism fails first or last, when a person is deprived of food for certain period of tiinc2 r'ris !S what tu,.ps place: During sta-- vut!on the body loses weight. the va rious functions twalSing. sitting up, tt,D become weaker. the body tempera lure first rises. then falls, and death superVrncS actcr the loss of about 10 per cent of the body weight The loss Is not equally distributed among the various ti"sues, as the muscles and fat lose the most. then the bones, skin and liver. anu Qcast of ulD the heart, brain and spinal curl. Some persons sturvc without actually being denied food. Certain COnGtitutlon,d diseases bring on conditions which cause loss of weight and great weakness Of every portion of tho organism: the food eaten does not feed the disease ridden tis- sues and state of starvation follows. Thus a person may starve even in the midst of plenty. Marked loss of weight, while in seeming good health. is n posi- tive indication of some serious system ic disorder. which if treated in time will prevent further loss of weight and avert starvation and death.
Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22
My Husbands Folks,

Have you ever tried to warm your soul
 and rub your hands to life, When the breath of people froze you
 through and through? Have you ever closed your eyes, a maid, and opened them wife, In a strange, unchanted world you thought you knew? Have you waited for the welcome of your hungry little being Till you felt the angry moment
 when the brain within you smokesg Have they bidden you good morning
 with their marble eyes unseeing 7 Oh, I'll make them love me yet--my
 husbands folksl Have they found you dull and stupid
 when they hoped you would be wise,
 Have they told you when to weep
 and when to smile? Have they thought your hair unlovely,
 have they criticised your eyes Have they thought you just a bit homemade in style? Have they chattered personalities and
 never once explained them Have they giggled over subtle family
 jokes,
 Have they forced their set opinions on
 your soul and then ingrained
 them?-
 Oh, I'll make them love me yet-my
 husbands folks If my hair were of the sunshine and
 my eyes were of the stars; If my soul were soft as any breeze that blows, If my coffers glinted goldener and
 fuller than the Czar's,
 If my flesh were of the jasmine and
 the rose I would still be something alien that
 one takes no slightest care of Something dashed against the family
 polished spokesl When that sun of mine goes wooing, I'll have breakers to beware of And I'll make them love me yet my husbands folks New York Times.
Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22

l have attended their conventions and l h we uguIu utelr argumeuts. In their debates. arguments and statements found logic. iucts uud statistical proof conSpicu rES by their absence. Mom, n whu consider themselves better able than men to manage the affairs of the state, so that their votes would improve the whole body polite, I saw in con- vention assembled, not even attentive sto the thrilling news of their own or ganization, and, when hysterically ex. cited over raising money for "the cause" anxious to outdo the amount pledged by their neighbors, hastening to promise money in the names of their husbands or their children or in the names of men known to be opposed to suffrage. In the nervous excitement of the moment some women pledged sums running into three figures. Yet these same women consider themselves wise enough to to1trol the financial expendi- lures of City or State, if they obtain | the ballot
 Suffrage leaders pronounced the methods of male politicians undesira- | bAC. .Ntb Il AOuhAl NllGll llDh lOO Hlkll minded themselves 10 stoop to secure the support of these same politicians hy attempting to arouse public preju ice against those who oppose them.
 The suffragists have met have been chiefly women of leisure and wealth. who rode suffrage like any other hobby women who thought suffrage indicative of intelligence and liked the sociability of Suffrage clubs and meetings; women who enjoyed the publicity of suffrage work and girls, often only school chil. dren, who felt themselves important when distributing suffrage literature. What do such know of the needs of the working women? Salaries are not governed by votes, but by supply and demand by ability. In all my varied experience l never encountered dis courtesy from men and have never re. ceived an insult except from a sutrra, gist who was delegate to a progress. ! sive convention.
 A Wage Earning Woman.
Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22

vote on account of sex. It has been steadily before Congress since 1878,
 when it was introduced by Miss Susan B. Anthony. Now that eleven states have granted full suffrage to women and in Illinois in addition the women have the right to vote for president, suffragists everywhere are beginning to feel that there is sufficient backing in Congress for the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, and there is generally all over the United States a tendency among suffragists to turn to this method of enfranchisement as being
Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22
An Aneedote of Greeley.

A call was once made by a dozen noted artists of the Academy of De sign in 1870 on Horace Greeley. Mir. Clarence Cook, then the art critic of the Tribune, had been saying things about the academy exhibition which caused the venerable chiefs of that establishment to boil with indignation. One day a committee went down to the Tribune to complain. Mir. Greeley, having listened in silence to what these gentlemen had to say, looked up from his desk, twinkle in his eye, and said, with his peculiar nasal falsetto: "Gentlemen, I judge from your re. marks that MT. Cooks articles arc widely read. They will therefore con tinue to be printed in the Tribune. Good morning"
Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22
So Pleasant.

It was a club dinner and Mrs. Ander- son, a social climber, was seated next to Mrs. Murgridge, a society woman of prominence. Wishing to engage in conversation with the social leader, Mrs. Anderson remarked:
 "I understand that you have a sou who is studying music, Mrs. Mur- gridge."
 Yes, my son is a great musician" replied the social leader, rather coldly. "He is now studying in the Paris Con. servatory."
 Really! How nicer replied the so. cial aspirant. 1t must be so pleasant to be able to sit among flowers all day and not disturb any one with the practicing. New York Times.
Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22
The Inventor of the Flouring Mill.

About the year 70 B. C. Mithridates, king of Cappadocia. one of the most ingenious and able princes of the time, invented the first mill driven by water. This triumph of his skill and ingenuity he caused to be erected in the imme- diate vicinity of the royal palace. In the course of time the Cappadocian bakers became celebrated and were i1 great demand throughout all parts cf the world as then known.
 These mills were usually placed uDon boats on the river, being so eI"vatod and contrived as to ho easily driven by the water. and the millers were thus enabled to move from place to l'a"c. distributing the meal to thc.r c1I2tn7' CTS.
Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22

wage earner and have been for years in field that give unusual opportunities for observing both suffragists and the condition they say they will improve the field of newspaper work. Yet lam an Anti. am opposed to suffrage be- cause in my work and the varied ex- periences it has brought, I have never found a situation that "votes for women" would improve.
 An even greater factor in my opposi- tion to the further extension of the franchise to women is the suffragists themselves. I have interviewed them,
Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22
Printing a Coin on Linen.

The print of a silver coin or medal may be made on silk or linen by dip ping the fabric in d solution of nitrate of silver and stretching 1t over ;le face of the coin until the image is im- printed. The linen Is sensitiged by dip ping it into n solution of nitrate of silver, made by dissolving sixty or eighty grains of nitrate of silver in one ounce of water. Wet the portion of the cloth which is to receive the impression in the solution. and when nearly dry draw it over the face of the coin and tic it at the back. Expose to weak light. and In n few minutes the raised design of the coin will appear on the linen. AS soon us the print is dark enough remove and wash in clear water. When nearly dry iron it smooth with warm iron, placing a piece of tissue paper over the print In print ing from the coin or medal it is advis- able to paste a piece of paper on the reverse side so that the silver will not come in contact with the sensitized fabric.
Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22
A steamheatad Ocean.

A fourth year class was beginning the study of ocean currents.
 "Why Is the ocean warmer in some places than 1t is in others?" asked tho teacher.
 The children were puzzled. Finally Alexander, a bright little lad of seven years. volunteed this original explana- ton:
 Because it is steam heated in some places" said he. You see, where the big steamships pass through the ocean the water is steam heated and there for very much warmer than the places where no steamships pass."-New York Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22
PlaYinu It Safe.

Hokus-Flubdub has been mixed up in Il lot of shady financial transactions, and yet he is never caught. Pokus- That's just like Flubdub. remember when we were boys and q tin can was to be tied to n dogs tail Flubdub was always the fellow who held the dog Life.
Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22
Close Quarters.

'Yes, for the past two months I've been positively living within my in- come"
 Don't you feel rather crampedT'
 "Cramped? Say, lend me S10, will you? I want to stretch myself. ."-New York Times.
Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22
SUFFRAGE-PRO AND CON
Pro.

A convention of the members and friends of the Congregational Union will be held in Hartford on June 8th and 9th. The Congressional Union is a suffrage organization formed for the sole purpose of pushing the Susan B.
 Anthony Amendment to the United States Constitution. This amendment is designed to enfranchise all the women of the United States by prohibiting the United States or any state to refuse the
Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22
Con-.

To the Editor: It is favorite claim of suffragists that the working girl the age-earner, is in particular need of the ballot. The reasons given include higher wages, better working conditions and the general uplift of politics and improvement of civic conditions, as a result of "votes for women." I am a
Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22
The Exception.

Grubbs-Funny thing happened to me the other day. I met a man hadn't seen for ten years. Stubbs- What was funny about that? Grubbs T didn't owe him cent.-Richmond Dispatch