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Evening journal., 1916-04-24
CHRIsrIANA s0cIAL MEErS.

The Christiana NJ. r. Church Social
met at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Hawthorne on Thursday even
ing. After the routine Of business a
delightful program was rendered.
Those present were; Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Morgan. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Stafford Mr.. and Mrs Hyland Bullen
Mr.. and Mrs Raymond Lyman. Mr.
and Mrs. Gregg Lyman. Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Hawthorne. Mr., and Mrs. SAM
uel Morrison. Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Stradley. Ralph Irwin. Mildred and
Preston Stradley. Mr. and Mrs. Har-
ry Tomlin. the Rev. c. e. Cadle Mrs
Mary Hawthorne. Mrs. Charles DE
Croft. Miss Hesvelow. and Mrs. How
ard De Croft: the Misses Ella Anna
and Clara Stroud. Ethel Campbell
Miriam Bullen. Rachel Appleby. Mil
dred Stafford. Helen Lyman. and
Ethel Hawthorne; Oliver Appleby,
Ralph Hawthorne. Leland Jarmon.
Vernon Lyman. Oliver Lyman, Ed
ward Hall. William Morrison. Clarence
Stroud. Harry Stafford. Clifford Ly-
nam. John Bolton. Mrs. McCallistel
and Lyman McCallistor
Evening journal., 1916-04-24

Miss Louise Lea came home from
Madame Reiffels French School at
Rosemont. Saturday. to spend Easter
with hor parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Pres
fou Taa
Evening journal., 1916-04-24

Mrs. James r. Nields and Mrs Ed
ward Dale have returned from Nama
Farms. n. Y, where they stayed for
ten days.
Mrs. r. J. Leahy Of Staten Island, n.
Y. is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Z. Myers
OF No. 14il West Third street
.
Miss Helen Pyle OF this city. has re-
turned from delightful visit with
Miss Helen Allen Of Clayton.
-
Mrs. Charles l.. Patterson will give
dance Tuesday night FOR her daugh-
ter. Elizabeth
Evening journal., 1916-04-24
MARsHALLTON Y. ANNIVERSARY

The Marshallton Y. p. 3. held its
tenth anniversary at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. irwin Eastburn on Saturday
evening. The evening was spent in
music and games. after which refresh
ments were served. Those present
were; Misses Frances Husler Ger.
trude Townsend. Edna French. Lille
and Addie Williams. Marian Arm
strong Alice Finan. Florence and
Edna Ball. Maize Steptoe. Lille Ben
nett. Pearl. Ella and Beatrice Hop
kins. Rebecca Rowe Alice McVey,
Marian and Esther Shakespeare. Mrs.
Lulu Hess. Ethel Gordon. George Nc
Dougall, Robert Groves. Ralph Crouch.
Earl Allison. Harvey Clouser. VIII
Rowe, Edward Williams. Charles Van
Fossen. Alvan Williams. Clarence Nc
Vey. Arthur Ford. William Eastburn,
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lamborn, Mrs.
George Mullin. MIR. and Mrs. l.. b.
Guest. Mr. and Mrs. irwin Eastburn
Mr.. and Mrs. W. l.. Welsh and Mt.
and Mrs. p. NJ. Ford
Evening journal., 1916-04-24

Miss Anna Ferris entertained at
luncheon. Thursday. for Mrs. Frank
Cox. and her other guests were Mrs.
Roberts Brokaw. Mrs. John Bancroft.
Jr. Mrs. David d. Rankin. Miss Cert
rude Brinckle and Miss Josephine
Bush.
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LOST JIMMIE GLASS OF

never went exploring. He did no. care
10 pay in the streets or to climb. lie
seldom went ont unless ne accompanied
MS father or mother or some other
aGnl, relative.
When Jimmie finished breakfast ON
tho morning Of May u, 1915. he was
past I years old. lie vas 3 feet 8
inches tall. He had thick, Ugh; hair.
which was combed straight down with
n pronounced double crown or COW
lex. His complexion was fair and
rosy; II" had bright blue eyes and good
Hrs; teeth. Tie worc on that DAY tan
ovcralls viii pink trimmings, white
stockings and black shoes. HI wore
no hat.
lie went over into the field adjoining
the hotc! :hat morning after breakfast
to pay because he had been old that
ii Vas a back yard and therefore per-
fectly safe. The father tOok a chat on
the veranda TO keep an eye on him
This was shortly after ? o'clock. A
few minutes later Mrs. Glass and her
two daughters. Blanche and little
Madeline. who was just able to walk.
started for their morning visit to the
post Office. Mother and daughters
walked along the road and Jimmie, who
always made a point OF going on that
morning mission, did not see them
pass. Mr.. Faust, the hotel proprietor.
and Paul Losky. a farm hand, were
ploughing over In the far corner OF the
ten acre lot. the only other human be-
ings in the field with the child.
Mr.. Glass remembers that he saw his
son still playing In h field around
$3.50, He remembers that he glanced
at the little fellow as he arose to go
into the house. where he remained no
longer han five minutes. When he
came II his frst glance told him that
the boy was not in the field. The men
were still ploughing.
"Oh, he has gone to Join his mother
at the post Office" said the father as he
settled back in the chair.
Mrs Glass and her daughters ap-
peared in sight a few minutes later and
the husband went down to the front
gate TO meet them. He saw at once
that his son was not with them and he
went forth to meet them with the
query, Where's ,iimiuie""
The mother, startled, replied that she
had thought the boy vas with her hus-
band. Father. mother and elder sister
~ once organized a little search party
to go over the neld and out in the road.
Before nightfall the party had grown
until 1t Included every adult person In
the hotel and in the post office settle
Inent. They searched over the nearby
woods. the roads. back In the barn
yards and among the pens, they looked
into the wells. but not a sign OF Jimmie
VAS found. A pack ,of blOodhOunds.
trained man hunters, was procured and
placed upon the scent.
Losky, the farm hand, said that ne
had seen the boy 20 out through . rap
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ONE OF GREAT ARMY OF IT'LL WANDERERS

~ W towns on the Eastern Shore Of
Maryland and a. Sayre. Pa. Mrs.
George Glass. the grandmother. has
gone TO Kingston. y. Y: TO Rhinecliff
and to Westminster county.
In addition the police OF Jersey City,
acting with the police OF other places,
have Inspected children in San Fran
cisco. in Arizona. WASHINGTON, Idaho,
Montana, South Dakota. practically all
Of the middle Western states. me
Southern Stat"s and New England.
They have had several cases in Canada,
orc OF tho cases was OF a little boy
lott n a ro"m.ue house at W~7lkesbarre,
IA. Their the resemblance was
marked UP 20 the moles. they wers
missing. y Still moro remarkable casa
va that which developed on April 2.
y woman IN an automobile left q fair
haired fo~ur-year-old boy with Mrs.
Martha Miller. tho wife OF Q farmer
living near N~icholasvil,e. Ky, in July.
1913. She wanted board for the child
ind left after paying a sum in advance.
Sue never r~cappeared.
Mrs. Miller does not read the news.
papers and had never heard OF the
'''f"' Ns' ''hA ~ ~ III NV llNllD
own Of Nicholasville had heard OF IL
and when he learned Of Mrs. Miller's
experience he investigated the matter.
\ perfect resemblance was seen be-
tween jimmie Glass's description and
the boy on the farm. and not only that
mt this child on the Kentucky farm
spoke Of his sisters Blanche and Made.
line and his Aunt Emmy. That took
he mother down to Kentucky as fast
a. trains could trave,. only to meet
With another disappointment. The 1T,
lie fellow was almost a counterpart Of
her SON. hut sim he was not Jimmie.
she came home to rest a week and
then started for Gainesville, Ga, whers
another llttl" lad with a close resem.
hlance to her son had been discovered,
Sh" returned a week RGO ready to 20
forth on another GRAND and still hone.
full
I'VE can do uot'inc else than Ia
keep III our search" said the father
10 a writer for TIE SUNDAY Sun. I'VE
nave made every search humanity pos-
sih'e In thus" mountains and the boy
Was not there. W nave ue>. r had a
genuine clue, have never had the least
evidence thai lie was kidnapped. hut
still We must so on, We cannot take
any chances. We have no theories, Wa
are past that; We have no ideas, only
hope.
What We have discovered in tAes
years hunt is most p!tiful. II n pretty
serious when we are looking for n
little lost boy to find at least 200 like
him throughout the country. AL AZ
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but nov because the arms extended
are but weak and easily wearied, there
fore the motions by them are like TO
10 be but short and slow. snswerable
II nay be ~ the flight OF such domcs-
tic fowl, as are most convcrsant on
the ground. which Of themselves We
see are quickly weary. and therefore
much more would the arm OF a man
IS being not naturally designed to
such a motion.
ut were therefore worth the in
quiry TO consider whether this nigh;
not be more probably effected by the
labour OF the feet. which are naturally
more strong and indefatigable. In
which contrivance the wings should
come down from the shoulders on each
side as In the other. but the motion OF
them should be from the legs. being
thrust nj and drawn In again One after
another SO a each leg should move
both wings. by which means "A man
should. a. /: We're. walk or climb up
into the air. and then the hands and
arms might be AT leisure I" help and
direct h motion. or for any other
service propo.tiunabie to their
strength, Which conjecture is not
without good probability and some
special advantages above the other"
As TO the flying chariot he says:
But the fourth and last way seems
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The earliest conception of war in the air. A fight between
"Glumrns" as pictured in peter Wilkins"
He Was Encouraged to Believe Men
Might Fly by the Story
of Elias

~ UCKDD away In q tiny niche in
the great world Of books is a
little volume OF interest be-
cause OF It's prophecy. Its title
ruas. Mathematical Magick: or. The
woodsrv That May Be Performed by
Mechanical Geometry. In two books.
oecssnins mechanical powers. me-
ohanicai motions. Being one Of the
Uese sAsta pleasant. useful land yet
d. Of the most neglected. part OF
nsEhamaootn not before treated Of In
~ language. By J. wilkins. late Id.
b a Chester. London. Printed for
Ddw. celNbsand at the Golden Ball In
d Pauls Churchyard. $780,"
Encouraged TO believe in the possi-
brlsy Of flying BY the account Of Elias
going into heaven in . fiery chariot.
the 0ood Bishop demonstrates four
wAys By which one might ny and at
tsnpts to prove the prac,icability Of
them:
!. BY spirits or angels.
!. BY the help of fowls.
O. By wings fastened to the body.
T. BY q flying chariot.
He mentions Simon MAgus, a monk
cdl,ed Elmerus and others who had
tiled TO ny, and speaks Of a monk who
few SOME distance from ST. Marks
s;eepie, Venice. In using wings the
following 10 his suggestion:
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the grandfather. ana his wife. the boys
grandmother. and Miss Emma Glass.
an aunt, all began to run down clues.
They have never started upon any
Journey 10 inspect a child OF mystery
until after responsible persons have
seen the children and checked up on
description n marks. Although they
have been thus careful, Mr.. and Mrs.
Glass have heen 20 Georgia, North
Carolina and South Carolina. Okla
homa- Kentucky. Pennsylvania. New
York and IN several places IN Now ,Jcr-
soy. George Glass. tho eraudfathor.
has seen littl" boys IN Richmond, Va,
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in the fence into tic road He had
happened 10 glance UP from his work
and caught a glimpse of him, He did
not know which way the boy turned.
II was established that the child could
not have passed. the pos; office. at n
end of the sector. afoot nor the hotel
Mt the other. lie would have been
seen. The fence on the other side ~
the road was high and difficult and
nauke1 with a ditch that the hoy could
not got over
The bloodhounds proved absolutely
useless. They followed the boys foot
steps about the fled after they had
taken his scent from an old pair ot
shoes, hut they never went into the
road.
Immediately thereafter a search was
made for all vehicles that might have
passed that day. Not many came
along that road and those few are al
ways noticed. The condition Of Il dors
not appeal to automobile tourists and
farmers usually stay at home early on
weekday mornings. There were as a
matter of fact " automobiles along
that morning. both driven by CONNER
VIA tIoNFliCiS N 'hN wv 'uss =
stores. Both were soon located and
their drivers questioned. only to an
swer that they had not seen the child
The few farm wagons that had passed
were all known and their drivers re-
turned similar
Mr.. Glass at the head OF forty noun
| taineers who had exact knowledge OF
the country began IA systematic search
the next morning. They were reen-
forced by many volunteers who had
been called out by a reward Of SlOo
offered 10y the father. Those searclers
using the field as a centre. patiently
and persiStently went over every foot
Of the ground in a great circle Of miles
They waded every stream, cleaned out
l'evcry well and hole. drained the dams
turned over logs, dug around rocks and
pecred into crevices, piled up the leaves
and the dead undcrbrush, tore down
waiis uu,ii they were wiling ~ smra.
that it was impossible for the body vi
Il child Ia he within any radius that
such IA child might travel unassisted,
Inevitably the minds of the parents
and Of the relatives as well AZ the de
teCtives and other searchers turned
toward kidnapping. Just why any per-
son should kidnap the child no one
knows, Kidnappers work from motives
OF revenge or from avarice or because
they are unbalanced. Neither the
father nor the mother knew OF an
Enemy In the world and il the boy was
taken In order to exact a ransom that
fact has never developed Among the
many letters received from ouija board
manipulators. c~lsiPvoysnts. astrologsrs,
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A "Glumm" floating. the earliest
adaptation of the principle
of the hydroaeroplane.

Whence Il may appear that the
motion Of this Chariot (though 4. may
be dihicun at the firrt) yet will still be
easier. ~ Il ascends higher. I'LL at
length IL shall become utterly devoid
OF gravity. when tho least strength
will be able to bcstow upon Il q swift
motion. . For when once Il Is
elevated for some few miles. no az to
be above that Orb Of Masnetick virtue.
which Is carried about by the earth's
diurnal revolution. It might then he
very easily and speedily directed to any
particular place Of this great globe"
A half century after this book was
published a remarkable nan eaw
the light Of day IN 1.-THE Life n Ad-
ventures Of Peter wilkins. a Cornish
Man" Evidently the author Of Il.
Robert Paltock. had read "Mathemat:-
cal Magick.' or AT least ne must lay
known OF its contents. for in HE
strange tale OF the shipwreck u his
hero and the discovery OF beings who
were equipped with wings he usee tho
xac continuance for the "graundee,"
or wing. hat was advocated by Bishop
Wilkins.
Perhaps that II why he named his
hero for the Bishop. There Il nothing
to show why Paltock named hie winged
men "Glumms." except that there Is n
slight resemblance 20 the noise OF NY
ing in the prononnciat!on Of the word;
nor Il II known why ne named
the beautiful wing adorned ladies
"GawreyS." 1t Is a hit like gewgaws.
OF which women ere supposed to be 80
fond.
But the story Of Peter wilkins ana
his Gawrey wife: the description OF
the noise made by the approach Of the
flying beings: the Night TO the wife's
country IN an improvised aeroplane:
the h%ydroplane made by the wings
when these graceful people drop into
the water; the battle in the air all
seem n biz uncanny IN view OF the air
situation to-day.
Germany. more than any other
cation. has profted by every war sue-
gestion and invention. and may not her
Zeppelin to-day look upon these British
models and say, There IL my great
neutrality-suspicious.? The wheel
turns.
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trance mediums, slate writer's n gen
era! crankS only one letter demanding
money has come. and h police sOon
ran down the writer OF that One-a half
grown boy
That leaves only two explanations:
either the body of tho child is m
whprc up in those mountains or an UNI
Coutrnilahle impulse induced some per-
son 10 take the child. The parents and
grandparents are convinced that the
child still lives. and that Is why they
are de,otinG their lives TO the search
for him, Through all the failures. all
the heart breaking diseppointments the
mother has never faltered in her belief
that some day she will have the little
fellow In her arms again.
The revelation that there were other
far haired four-year-olds Of mystery
came 10 the parents within the first
week. Such q child was seen In a
Pennsylvania town. There was q
slight resemblance. but Jimmie has two
notable marks. There IN a large mole
behind his left ear and another on his
back. This child did not have the
moles.
Throughout May. June and July
there were many lost children reported
to the parents and to Director Of Public
Safety Frank Hague of Jersey City.
who has aided the parents throughout.
A fair haired fOur-year-old boy was
seen with a band Of gypsies which
travelled, through New Jersey. into
New York and up into Connecticut.
Another child was seen near Rhine
beck. Then in August came the most
remarkable experience Of the search.
William Moore. a merchant Of Nor
man, Okla. desired TO adopt a boy and
INC day a strange appeared and
left u child with him. a fair haired
four-year-old boy. Mr. Moore had read
Of the Glass case and Informed tho
Norman authorities Of tho presence Of
the child at his house. The little boy
correspondcd exactly To the printed
description Of Jimmie down even to the
moies ana cowilck. Messages were en-
changed with Jersey city and the par
ents started for the West.
When Mrs, Glass saw the child she
sank down and clasped him in her
arms. believing her son restored to her.
She held to that belief for nearly W
hours and then as she became calmer
her mother eyes saw things no one else
could see n she began to doubt. The
mind of the Oklahoma child was a
blank. He did not know tho first
thing about himself, hut he could talk
plainly. At the end Of two hours the
mother had to say that he was not her
son.
A little more, than 4 week later an
other. child turned Up ct Kittannins, !
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LYING AS BISHOP WILKINS DREAMED 1T IN 1850

(air) II We suppose them to be sx-
tended unto a proportionabie space Of
air. . Il Ia possible to raise a
new science. concerning the extension
Of bodies, in comparison to the air. and
motive faculties by which they are to
be carried. .
"2. The other doubt MAS whether the
strength Of the other persons within
It will be sufficient for the moving Of
this engine? 1 answer the main diff
Guilty and labour Of It will be the rails
ing Of It from the ground; near unto
which the earth's attractive vigour IL
of greatest efficacy. But for the bet
ter ~efYecting Of this It may be helped
by the strength Of the winds and by
taking it's frst rise from some noun
tain or other high place.
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RS. CHARLES GLASS has
II again returned to her home.
Is Lineau Place. Jersey City.

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vii. vas aho,, ~. ooo,h ,,;r na,ra1
"a' apou' I'VE -o''n '"' "ai'eo
shon, 49,. "S ,nau"
mvs,erv ,ta, hn 800 ~. ,am,u' hara
.l,b., 90. $50 . It,. >Sa,.
- ,s,5 =, ,.s :. ,a,h.. - .s, To-.
veek ,ha, :, ,h.~ 80 msn, So
cn,Idrsn -, .,a, nor.. Ss.on.Io,
thu Toto, ,,,rnr go oSus.sn IN
IN. I.r,,.a &C.,. so'. 80 .,r,.
s,ov. 80 80 -.
mai.
Thu Two hundrsd ,o,r h.,,.a e,,..
year-oid 49,. $4,000 ., h.,. ha.,
found IN .r.r,, St.,. ~ Oh. I-r,or ana
In Canada Thsv hay. heen ro,,nd In
cities ana IN tho Country MANY nod
BEEN ,ef, IN room,n, ho,,..s ond hood
Ing house. othsrs o., rorm ho,,.o.
Still morn h.v. he>n found wander
Inc IN ~,r..,. .~,,. ~ ~" 60
Yards 81 lonely m~oun,a,n taru.
Few haya hesn re,tor.d 10 ar.n,,
few have been ahi. n tell spvthinv NJ
themselve, and thu ,dentifvinu marks
are fewer s,il,. In ninatv cases ont M
one hundred these children rrayitate
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unto me altogether a. probable and
much more useful than any Of the rest.
and that 10 by a flying chariot. which
may be SO contrived as to carry q man
within IL ana though the strength Of .
spring might perhaps be serviceable
for the motion Of this engine. yet Il
were better to have II assisted by the
labour of some intelligent mover. a. the
heavenly orbs are supposed to be
turned.
And therefore II II were made big
enough to carry eundry persons to-
gether. then each Of them in their sew
eral turns might successfully labour in
the causing of this motion: which
thereby would be much more constant
and lasting than II could otherwise
be If 1t did wholly depend on the
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strength q the same person. This
continuance being a. much to he pre-
ferred before any Of the other a.
swimming In q ship before swimming
In the water.
The chief difficulties against the
possibility Of any such c~ontr.vance
may he fully removed IN the resoiu-
ton OF these two queries:
81. Whether an engine OF such ca
pacity and weight may be supported
by 80 thin and light a body a. the
arr
go. whether the strength OF the per-
IONS within 4, may be sufficient for
the motion Of Il?
TO the first | answer that the en-
CINE can never be too big or too heavy
II the space which II possesses IN the
air and the motive faculty in the IN
strument be answerable 10 ~ weight.
So likewise Is Il in the bodies
that are carried in the air. IL IL not
their greatness hat can hinder their
being supported in that light element
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From Every State in the Union and From Canada Have Come Cews Which
Glass Family Has Investigated, and Ieartbrealng Search Goes On

graphs OF Jimmie Glass with his de-
scription were flashed upon the screens
Of abou; 10000 movie houses In the
United states and Canada. That
brought an avalanche Of communica-
lions from every State in tho Union.
and It was then that the parents
learned how many children like their
own child arc separated from parents.
The father, the mother, George Glass.
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Pa. corresponding to the description.
He had been found In h possession of
gypsies at that point. Lake many
other mysteries. this remains unsolved.
\ very swarthy man and a very dark
haired woman claimed 20 he the par
ents of the child ana were allowed to
go.
The lows FIN companies now came
to the ala OF tHc parents and photo
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-01-04
AT THE GRAND TONIGHT

The feature of tonight's bill VIII be the Price Paid. an absorbing political story, in TWO parts, with Robert Frazier and Edna Payne n rhe leading parts h order to gain their point the city water is allowed 0 become contaminated with shs typhoid germ It deals out it's deadly work all through the ei-y. and does is worst in the homes -t the grafterS, hence the title. The PTice Paid.
 Willie ane the Parizians is 2 beautiful hand co'ored single rec! prodnction that works itself into real llvc comedy as these cousins fro-n the city go to visit their country cousins.
 King Baggot plays the leading par n 2. comedy drama entitled, T-e ae Best Be- Pay the Rent, Is ths comedy that closes the show. Wednesday and Thursday, The Great Stroke. five reel feature 5y the World Film Corporation. Ad.