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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
HARDSH|PS
Are Worked hthe Clubs in the
City of London by the
Great War.

LONDON. Dec. 25.-war has
worked a great hardship on all Of
London's clubs except those connect
ed with the. army and navy. Regis
nations pour into the miscellaneous
clubs by members whose incomes
have been curtailed, others who used
to dine at their clubs now dine at
home by reason of war economy and
the no. treat and early closing orders
have seriously shortened the bar re-
ceipts. Moreover, the cost Of food
and service is steadily advancing.
One well known club in Piccadilly
dropped its entrance fees this week.
SO as to get in new members, and
another large club win face the end
of the year with decline in its in
come amounting to several thousand
pounds. - IS
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
What Bank Clearings Show.
Ttnabur Panuhiioa,,


Despite the boosted prosperity
which this country is said to be en-
toying, New York is the only one oil
the seven large cities that shows bank
clearings as large as were recorded
for the same period in either 1912 or
1913. For the week ending November
10, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, st
Louis, Baltimore and New Orleans re-
ported bank clearings materially less
than in the corresponding week in
1912 and 1913. All these cities report
larger clearings than in 1914, which
proves that the war has pulled the
country part of the way out OF the
financial hole into which Democratic
legislation had thrown It. Not one
OF these cities had clearings as large
in 1914 us in 1912. .@l5
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
WHAT OTHER
EDITORS SAY
Fairmont's Enterprise.
(WheeIing Inlelligencer.l

Fairmont is to have $3.50, 900 hotel.
This is assured through successful
campaign for subscription of the stock
which has just termlated.- 1t is some
thing that the mountain city" has
needed for some time past. 1t has
made the stranger marvel that with
all its phenomenal growth and pros
perlty the little city has failed to grow
house OF public entertainment
worthy of the name. The sum raised
will build quite an imposing struc-
ture for Fairmont, similar to the new
Windsor hotel of this city, and the
Intelligcncer extends its congratula-
tons on the Marion county metropo-
lis on its prospective adornment
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
intercollegiate Sports.

SOME of the western schools and colleges banning inter-
collegiate sports Commenting this attitude of the west
educational institutions toward these events the Ohio State
Journal says:rs. r4t .s.a
There is rising opposition to intercollegiate football and
baseball the West Minnesota has taken decided step against
allowing the students Of its university to beyond the state to
in football They play at home but they must not
outside the state Illinois and Wisconsin following the lead of
Minnesota
The principal ground for opposition lies in the fact that
sport taking much of the students time; that they
fast taking the idea that kicking knocking ball the great
end of life Out West they getting another notion Of sport
that is perfectly right incident to school life but should
not become important to absorb most of the time of the
students Sport as bypay may permitted in schools but as
monopoly of purpose it should not be tolerated"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
.BR|TONs ARE
OPTIMISTIC
Over Outcome of the War, Says
Neutral Correspondent of
Berlin Newspaper.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.l
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 25-The strong
sense Of power and OF self confidence
that seems to be the very atmosphere
of England" is commented upon by
DIR. Hans Worst, protested neu.
trail correspondent in recounting his
Impressions on recent visit to Eng
land to the Berliner Tageblatt. He
begins his article by telling of meet
ing Russian government official in
London, who. after rather despond.
ent review of the operations on tho
Russian front said: "At any rate, one
feels quite at ease and heartened
again after a few days in London
This statement interested DR.. Worst
He decided to make closer inyesti-
CATION Of the Russians remark, and
found that he himself soon succumbei
to the sense Of London's might. In
his own words, he came under the
spell Of London's silent demonstra-
ton of solid wealth, quiet strength
and established power"
Speaking of life in London, DR.,
Worst tells the people OF Berlin thaS
he found London has changed but lit
tie during the war beyond the dark
ening OF its streets. Nowhere in the
warning capitals has street traffic suf-
fered so little. In Berlin and Paris,
motor buses have disappeared. But
in London, even those that were sent
over to France in the beginning of the
war have been replaced. Paris's ho-
tells have reduced their price to war
scale. But no such concession has
been made in London. Furthermore
the stages Of London are as resplend-
ent as ever, evening dress is common
in the boxes and orchestra chairs, ex-
cept for officers in uniform, and the
restaurants have lost none of their
elegance.
Conversations with Englishmen,
continued the writer, show that the
English themselves are dominated by
a sense of conscious power.
"This impression grows he adds
the more one talks with Englishmen
The, historical behavior of certain
English newspapers does not seem &c,
me to reflect the nations feelings ir
any way. On the contrary, I have al
ways noticed a totally calm and OBJ,
1ective attitude toward the whole bus7
mess, for extravagant excitement ia
not a part Of the national character.
so from my own experience l am
inclined to consider these last peace
speeches in the house Of lords as a
sign OF this conscious power. The
English people still feels itself stronr
enough for anything, and is conse.
quently not afraid to have such
speeches exploited as signs of weak
ness, especially when they are an ex-
preston of what all nations withou.
exception want at the bottom of their
breasts-peace."
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
Wicked Marietta.
Estate Gazette, PIT. Pleasantly

Estate Gazette, PIT. Pleasantly
West yirginians should beware Of
Marietta which is in the state of Ohio.
Marietta is wild and woody town
and what It docs to its visitors is p
plenty. Recently when a Calhoun
county man went over there, he was
Imprisoned for being found in an al
ley in bad condition, that is to say
with his face sliced up, his eyes swol-
len shut, ct cetera, pluribus unum
hunkidori, and to add insult to injury,
the floor of the prison in which he
was placed, insisted on wrestling with
him, and threw him down and busted
him all to pieces, He was charged with
insisting on sleeping on top of cage
and rolling off Of this in order to work
up sympathy for himself.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
Accuracy, and Truth.

ANYBODY be accuratete with the footrule is that
Accuracy the attainment of small minds the achievement of the
commonplace machine made thing that with mig
gardy research and cphering and mensuraon and the multiple
cation table good in its place. only the place small
welknon critic In fiction under certain circumstances
be dispensed with altogether 1t is not thing to be ven for
To be true the all important business and attaining that
"all other things shall be added unto you7
Paint the horse pea it suits your purpose; fill the
mouth of Rebecca with gasconades and rhooonades nter
abe these things do not matter 1t is truth that matters and
the point is whether the daubs of will look like horse
flesh and the mouth filing words the impression of
tual battle.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
A Great Slogan.
(BluelIeld DAILY Telegranb !

t6iueHelu Dally Ielegraph.)
On December /, the shooting sea-
son in eighteen states came to an end
The reports of coroners show that
during the season Of the respective
state fifty-nine hunters were killed
and sixty-six injured. Last year the
figures were Ill killed and 162 in
jured.
There are only two possible an
swers to the question, what's the
reason?" Either the American hunter
is getting to be a poor shot or he has
learned something from the safety
first campaign.
We hope the latter answer is tho
correct one. This first answer would
imply paradox. horrible to contem-
plate. And II the hunting enthusiast
has really profited by the safety first
campaign surely there is hope that
the auto maniac and the Fourth OF
July bug will step in line, in time.
This safety first is really a great slo-
gan If it has reached the American
hunter.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
The New Passport Rules.

NEW passport rules should make impossible the effective
transfer theft of these documents of Identification which
in the present foreign situation necessary Americans
cling outside of their national boundaries With three photo
graphs of the individual provided be the
port to be kept here and the third be dpo-
matte office in the country of destination there little op-
portunity for substitution Srcter rules imposed in the
matter of information to the date of intended departure and
the steamer on which passage is engaged
Traffic in fraudulent passports been one of the scandals
Of this struggle abroad and the American is right
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
Still after Dayton.
Estate journal. Parkersburg.l

Estate Journal, Parkersburg.)
The labor unions are pursuing
Judge Dayton. and will make another
effort at this session of Congress tc
have charges of impeachment presents
ed against him. The Judge and his
friends are disturbed over the situa-
ton. not because Of any fear of the
outcome Of a final hearing, but rather
because OF the worry and notoriety OF
trial under such charges. Mr.. Nicely,
congressman from the First district,
fathered the charges the first time
they were filed, but he seems to have
tired Of the job, and is quite willing
that some one else may have 1t. The
origin Of the trouble lies in some rul-
ing made by the judge in the case OF
strikers who were before him coupls
of years ago.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
ll, .bNlE@ l6Qu
81 Y y Qg/zsl1lyge,

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-The Eden
Musee is now a thing Of the past. The
shutters have been closed on the IA
nous Twenty-third street wax pal
ace. Heroic efforts were made &c
keep the place going, but only a few
people visited each day and moi
enough money was taken in to pay
the lonesome ticket chopper.
In New York the Mpsee was never
the institution that Nine. Tussauda
is in London for the reason that
Americans evidently have not the
same generation for Institutions that
English people have. The Eden Musee
figures are TO be sold at auction. Col.
Bill Barnes and Col. 4, Roosevelt will
be put on the auction block. II has
been suggested by some cruel joker
that they exchange them as Christ
mas gifts. < ~
The wax figures OF x-Governor Old
BIZ Sulzer will be the first to be auc-
toned OF. Anyone who buys him
will get that long lock Of hair, the
famous alpaca coat and all--that is,
except the ever present cud Of to-
bacco.
The poison pen experts are giving
secret service mon real work to do
in New York. For many months they
have been quite busy dashing off fiery
epistles to young debutantes about to
take mates. Their pens are dripping
with sulphuric acid and several we'd
dings have been postponed as result.
Many OF the letters have been traced
to two inmates of the state insane
asylum but others are said to have
come from the fashionable Fifth ave-
nue. district.
The language used In the letters is
unspeakable, and the offenses charged
are such as might disgust and horrify
4 young girl. about to be married, be-
yond expression.
The Thirteen club-those brave,
hardy spirits who scorn at supersti-
tions-held its annual banquet this
week at the Hotel Majestic. Thirteen
scoffers ate at each table and spilled
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
SNOW AT ELKINs.

Wv NENoCINftp FNrErl
ELK1NS, Dec. 25.-With the coming
OF old whiskered Santa here TODAY
came also three different kinds OF
weather. The morning started Off
whit beautiful summer day followed
about II o'clock with hard rain, and
about o'clock this evening with
heavy snow. The snow was two inches
deep at 8 o'clock tonight.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
A Morning Nor o.

THE MERE lapse years is not life To eat drink
sleep be exposed to darkness and the light to round in the
mill of habit and turn thought into implement of tradeth
not life knowledge TRUTH beauty goodness faith alone
give vitality to the mechanism Of existence The life Of mirth
that vbras through the heart the tears that eshen the dry
wastes within; the music that brings childhood back the
that calls the future the doubt which makes medtate
death which sares with mystery the hardship which forces
struggle the anxiety that ends in trust the true nouris
Inent of our natural being.--Ma1tneaU.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
Stood for Service.

IWHeeIIhB lHteIIlgencer.J
William Laughlln Glessner, whose
death occurred Tuesday evening, was
an important factor in the develop
ment of the iron and steel industry in
the Wheeling district, and his passing
is therefore an economic loss to the
city. But Mr.. Glessner was of an
other value to the community as q
citizen who stood for the orderly life
and the highest service to his fellow
men. His associates in business have
lost safe counsellor and his social
intimates will grievously miss his
pleasing personality and companion
able company.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
Salesman-They have an unrsuall,
long nap.-Indianapolis Star.

are theyg
salesman-They have an UNUSUAL,
long nap.-Indianapolis Star.
Jaffrey-How do you suppose thai
dear old man remembered exactly
how much he paid for his gold tooth
which he bought forty years ago?
Ks Agnes-Why. ] s'pose he carried II
In his head.-Haryard Lanpoon.
What is the cause of social un,
rest?y
1.-THE desire" replied Mr.. Dustin
Stax. sof the werkingman for leisure
and of the leisureiy man for some.
thing to keep him busy.'-washington
Star.
Mrs. Peck-Josephus. what in the
world do you mean by ehuckling te
yourself in that manner?
Josephus-It says here that 1871
wives brought divorce cases into court
and not single husband appeared te
protest.-Judge.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
What Schools Are For.

CHARLES B. BOYER, superintendent of the Atlantic City
schools does favor the mo collar school, ruling of As
stant State Commissioner Enrgt The latter sustained the
suspension of INTERCHANGEABLE boyso refused stiff
collars in scorchng weather. 81 le a
u" boy feels comfortable and do better work
school hot day without collar why he should
be compelled to one Superintendent Boyer said "Teach
in schools dispense with coats. The schools take
It, maintained to get results not to promote styles.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26

fully aggeved the liberties that have been taken with it's
tenn Of Identifying its nationals Had the methods
in vogue when broke much ALL of this trouble
would have been prevented But the suddenly and
there was no precedent to guide the state dparn liberal
has been the policy of the United States the matter Of
heretofore in keeping with the American traditions Now that
the schemes of parans of the European contestants have made
necessary these changes is to be hoped that they wsop the
into disrepute. 80 a
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
A Christmas Gift. Rnt=

Estate Journal, Parkersburg.)
Polygamy is permanent fixture in
the Philippine islands, and General
Mcintyre says it cannot be eradicated
without bloodshed and continuous
trouble. II the United States has an
enemy country anywhere they should
make them a Christmas present Of
these islands and get rid OF bad bar
gain.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26

salt with reckless abandon. The
POSTMASTER sat under ladder all
evening and every known supersti-
ton was defied-that Is except by one
guest going home. II being 3a. m, be
took on his shoes before entering the
house. Still that may not have been
superstition-just self preservation.
A new sound proof studio for mu-
sicians has been erected in West Sixty
seventh street. The building will have
frontage of seventy-fye feet, eight
floors and about twenty-four apart
ments. In each apartment the occu-
pant may beat helpless piano into
shreds and tear his hair out by the
roots afterward without his neighbor
suspecting 1t is an innocent murder
The builders have agreed that they
will forfeit sum of regular money
II brass band, playing in one apart
ment can be heard in another. Ten
blocks lower down town on Fifty-sey-
enth street new dancing studio is
being erected by Louis III. Chalif.
II will be Of while marble and the
hOuAo " NC pihSSu W - man WIZ W.
tracted to do 1t not by the foot, but
by the square inch.
No one knew there was Scottish
college in America until the Scottish
Home Rule Society held its annual
meeting here this week. The Scot
fish college is located in North Car
DINA and is known as the Flora Nc
Doland College. DR.. Charles G. VAR
dell, its president, was the guest of
honor. After discovering the Scottish
college II was discovered that no one
knew Of the plan for home rule in
Scotland. Life in New York is Just
one discovery after another. A prom
inent banker awakened the other
morning on his Long Island estate to
discover that his wife was about three
hours away from home with the head
butler and going fast.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26

II Marietta does not stop this in
iquitous conduct, 1t will be necessary
to send Henry Ford to it on peace
mission.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26

Mother tannoyed)-I don't see, Elsie
how you can be SO naughty.
Blsie-Why, mamma, it isn't q bit
hard.-Boston Transcript.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26

The Little theater is not to open
this season. The lilliputian play
houses seem to have lost their vogue.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
SANCTUM
VAUDEVILLE

Hard to get along with, isn't her"
"oh, yes. He is as quarrelsome as
paciflst. kansas City Star.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26

Excited Lady-why don't you in
terfere to stop that dog fight? -.-
Bystander-I was Just a-goin' to.
mum; but you kin calm y'r fears now.
My dog is on top at last, mum.-Buf-
falo Courier. s.,,..
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26

us your cook inpertinent?"
well, rather. She couldn't be any
worse IL she was one of my own
daughters. Life.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26

salesman-why not try one Of our
Rip Van Wrinkle rugs, madam?
Prospective Purchaser-what kind
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26

The Thirteen Club-those brave
hardy spirits who scorn at supersti.
tions-held its annual banquet this
week at the Hotel Majestic. Thirteen
scoffers ate at each table and spilled
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-22

top edges Of the top point and the
fourth from the top point" said DON
aid. Make each slit five-eighths Of
an inch from the tip
How long slit?" said Polly.
"Three-eighths Of an inch" returned
Donald. ...-.-
So Polly made the Sits r and Q,
Figure 2, and then bent the balloon
along the dotted lines. Donald made
the wings (Figure 9 four and one
eighth inches long from tip Of catch
to tip of wing. The neck Of the catch
is one-half of an inch long and FIVE
eighths Of an inch wide, and the catch
from tip of point to neck is three
eighths Of an inch deep. Just above
the neck of the catch the wing is
seven-eighths of an inch wide and at
its broadest part it is three and one
quarter inches wide.
Donald bent In the points of the
catch Of one wing and pushed the catch
in through the slit o in the balloon
and out through the slit P, then he
opened out the points of the catch.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-22

THAT is all right" Donald assured
her. 1T won't spin around if we have
it at the back; and, besides, Santos
Dumont, who has made some Of the
finest airships in the world, put the
propeller at the front of some Of them.
He says it draws the ship along in
stead of pushing it" .-.
Donald made the pinwheel for his
propeller Of a two-inch square of
paper. He folded the square diagonally
first one way, then the other, and cut
Sits along the folds almost to the
centre, as l am sure you all know how
to do. Then he took up the alternate
points and, turning them over to the
centre, ran the pin through them and
the centre of the wheel in the way you
have done scores of times. If, per-
chance, you never have made a pin
wheel, the Kraft Shop in this magazine
for April, 1908, will tell you all about
it.
Now, Polly" said Donald, chow are
you going to make the thing f1y?"
Il will show you," said Polly, and
she threaded a needle with a piece
Of strong black linen thread ten inches
long. Then she took a stitch through
the top edge Of the balloon at the for
ward end, drew the thread through and
tied the end fast She took a stitch
through the top edge of the balloon at
the other end, where she tied the last
end of the thread. This made a loop
extending upward from the top of the
balloon. (Figure 81
In Figure 2 you will see just where
the needle was put through the edge
of the balloon. AT the middle Of the
loop Polly tied another piece of thread
about two feet long, and at the end of
the long thread she tied a short loop.
Watch it now, Donald" she cried,
as, grasping the short loop tightly in
one hand and holding it at arms
length, she began to swing the airship
around in a circle. Slowly it went at
first; then, gathering speed, it began to
fly In earnest. The little propeller
spun around busily and the ship
seemed sailing by its own power. AS
the supporting thread was black, 1t
was hardly visible, and the wings that
were lifted and lowered by the move
nents of the ship appeared, like a
birds wings, to buoy it up.
isn't it perfectly lovely?" Polly ex-
claimed. See how can make it dip
and rise again, just like real air
ship"
Yes, it is certainly good" he said
and one Of the best things about it is
the way the tail acts as a rudder,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-22

"That will hold 1t steady" he said,
and fastened the other wing on in the
same way.
DO you want to fasten the tail on
now?" asked Polly.
mo. Put the balloon together hrst,"
said Donald.
Then Polly began to shape her
balloon by slipping the catches of the
bend-overs L, M, N through the Sits
L, M, N. She Tapped l. and N over the
panel and M under the panel. This
brought the catches of l. and N on
the inside, and the catch of NJ on the
outside. Then she Tapped the bend
over of the point B over the edge of the
point A and inserted the catch of the
bend-over inthe slit in the point A. The
bend-over of the point G she put
through the slit in the point B, and
in the same way fastened D to G, E to
d and F to e. This brought all the
points at one end of the balloon to-
gether, except and A, and these she
secured by putting the catch ] of the
point A in through the slit and out
through the slit K in the point F,