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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-31
WE NEED RECALL OF MAYOR
AND SCHOOL BOARD HEAD

Jacob Loeb, president or the school
board, in an address at the opening
of a new school boosted that Ne had
not been above the fourth grade in
school, and the Rev. J. L. Garrison,
pastor of Mt. Greenwood NJ. E.
church, used that boast as part Of
the text of his sermon Sunday
What we need" said the Rev.
Garrison, lis the recall for both the
mayor and the president of the board
of education.
THE superintendent of schools of
New York city was certainly right
when he said that the Loeb rule was
Ctupid. It betrays hayseediness of
the rankest type. Pres. Loeb came
out to the new Sexton school near
the Univ. Of Chicago to the dedica-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-31

ton of the building some months
ago and in his speech boosted that
he had not been above the fourth
grade That is a nice example to
set for the children!
The board Of education should be
composed only of persons Of some
degree of education. As it is now,
our chemistry courses are planned
and our chemistry tests selected by
men, some of whom could not per-
form a single experiment in qualita-
tive analysis without running risk
of blowing out their brains - if'they
have any to blow out
Give Bill Thompson six months of
rope and he would make obsolete the
very word merit, the most impor-
tant word in our whole progressive
development. In his short adminis-
tratiOn he has done more in this re-
gard than all the previous Chicago
mayors combined. But not content
with this and viIIfying some of our
valuable aldermen in language far
from decent, recently he has turned
for amusement to scattering postal
cards here and there about town. l
received one concerning the EdeI-
weiss Gardens oand trust he enjoyed
reading my reply.
There is some class to this mayor.
If ever our city needed the mayoral-
ty recall it needs it now"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-31

i'll model the course, which will be
conducted on the Harlem plan. 1t
will be ready by next spring if all goes
we'll.
Harry Stone, New York weIter, de-
feated CIew Edwards in 20 rounds at
Sydney, n. S. w.
A manager with a seIf-starting
is still the principal asset
of many of our bOxfighters.
Miscellaneous Scores
White Giants 5, ROmeOs 4.
South Chicago 4, Ideals 0.
ROseland 5, West Ends 4.
Logan Square 10, Ragen A. c. 3.
Rex Tigers Is, Rogers Park 0.
NOrmals %, Magnets 6.
Cicero 10, Murleys 2.
Garden City 7, Gunthers 5.
Rein Colts 6, Stayms Colts 3.
Ninas 5, Unity 3.
Monroe l, Oriental O.
Douglas y, Pinta 3.
Onward Is, LawndaIes 5.
Emmanuel z, Mt. Zion 8.
Holy Name l, Queen Of Angels 0.
Defiance 4, Henry Clay 8.
Apollo Il, Rock Island 3.
Phil Sheridan 6, Columbia 5.
st. Charles 4, Precious Blood 2.
Sherman Is, st. Ignatius 10.
Wicker Park 8, NOrden 6.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-31

Lady-rm worried about my COM
pIeXiOn, doctor. Look at my face!
DOctOr-YOuu have to diet. Lady
I never thought of that. What color
would suit me best, do you think?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-31
THREE ESCAPE FROM JOLIET

THREE ESCAPE FROM JOLIET
Clyde StrattOn, up for IA years for
murder of Silvis, H., banker; VIM. A.
Hart and VIM McGlade. '1ifers," es-
capped from Joliet penitentiary last
night by taking advantage Of leni-
ency granted during the hot wealth.
er and going over the wall
1t was the sixth time StrattOn has
escaped from a prison. At Leaven-
worth he got away by crawling
through a sewer a mile long ad only
big enough for his body.
The sun., 1916-01-09
NEW YEAR AT HOT SPRINGS.

HoT SPRINGS, Va, Jan. s.--The he
largest New Years crowds at Hot
Springs that thc resort has entertained
IN It's history The new year WAS well
coined In at the Homestead by "A supper
dance attended hv several hundred vsi-
tors, and DIV New Years afternoon
President and Mrs, Wilson held their
first reception In the Homestead foyer.
The couple stood near the great bril-
llantly lighted Christmas tree to receive
and later had tea with tho throug in
tho lobby.
The assemble ge was made UP largely
OF country people from the mountain
districts and townspcop,e though there
were many well know In New York
society. MIR and Mrs William X. Van.
derbilt, Mrs. Joseph Hartman. Mr.. and
Mrs J. II. Mccullough, DIR. and Mrs j.
Riddle Cote, Mrs. Seth Barton Fr nch
Mrs Frederick Dent Grant. Mrs, Her
bert stone and Mr.. and Mrs Bernard
II Ttidder. who are here on their we'd
ding trip, were among those In the
room,
The New Years eve celebration AT
the Homestead was In the japanese
room. which had been decorated for the
occasion with rvcrgrsens tud brilliant
colored serirntine which partly hid the
lights. supper tables were thlckly
spread through the room. tn dancers
threading their way among them,
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Thrilling Story of Holding Up of Ship
He Was On in the Mediter-
ranean Sea

Europe they are known as "Courriers
de Cabinet" and are. as In the case OF
english Silver Greyhounds. most of
them retired army and navy officers,
all OF them of birth. breeding and Of
unexceptional antecedents. since upon
their fidelity and discretion sometimes
depends the fate OF nations. while the
temptations of untold wealth dog their
every step to swerve them from the
line OF duty.
1t has on several occasions been
urged that their services have been
rendered unnecessary In peace time by
the development Of telegraphic COM
munication and cipher codes. But this
argument does not hold good. For
there is no cipher code used by any
Power of which the other Govern
ments do not possess the key. In fact
no secret code has yet been invented
which cannot be deciphered by ex-
perts. by men who devote their entire
existence to this particular branch Of
research. This compels Governments
TO avoid the wires as much as the
mails where secrecy Is a matter Of
vital importance.
The adventures OF Kings messen-
gers In protecting their dispatches
from theft or destruction have fur
nished inspiration for boundless
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|. aad Charles |. into a regular sys-
tenn, while the regular Postal Depart
ment as now constituted. dates from
the Restoration. and owes It's origin to
Charles II. 1t was then. however. that
the conveyance of the dispatches of
the Crown and OF the great officers of
the State reverted to the care of
special messengers, who were given
the name of Kings Messenger.
1t may be added that in all the his
tory Of the Silver Greyhougds here
have hardly been any cases OF breach
IS OF trust or Of treachcry. Indeed
the only one thar ] can recall al the
present moment Is the instance OF a
Silver Greyhound who in the early
portion Of the nineteenth century was
found 10 have submitted to the great
Austrian Chancel.G. Prince Clement
Metternich, or to one OF his agents, all
the dispatches with which he had been
entrusted by the British Ambassador
at Vienna before takin-; his departure
from the Kaiserstadt for England,
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of time of peace. BY constantly de-
mandlnrs they obtain things from the
courteous French. They have pianos,
v!olins, flutes. &",. boxes Of books. the
illustrated weekies and the daily
papers They order their meals and
buy what they please.
They enjoy everyth!ng-eNccpt lib-
orty aud French society No French
person speaks to them except ON husi-
moss, No more parole is granted.
some paint landscapes. some play
quintet music, some read novels some
sleep between meals and some--I hear
from A Swiss correspondent, hut d.d
not SEQ IL some SHOW interest" in the
camp OF $500 German common SOL
d!ers who are prisoners below them.
Down there those German common
soldiers lave "a lYword: Rauchen nicht
v"rhotVn' ,SmOk!ng pCrmiuedD When
they receive l"tters or packages from
home, when they sprawl in the sun
after lunch d,geStrs good French
raguut or sing choruses hy twilight
waiting for ,srir dinner they say,
laughing: "Rducheu u.Cht v,rhoteu, 70
All have one ambition to bc chosen
III SlHSN u NbIh blIbS4u' ltlSlttl Dl
loiiing In the compound. both for the
sake ~ the pay and to enjoy variety.
To work on the roads Is good You see
life AMI the French guard is easy. To
work for building contractor is bet.
ter; he Will slip you extra pay for
good work. But the grand luck - TO
go out working for French farmers
RauChen nlcht vcrboten'
The hyword was started by a curious
character and has more in II than
meets the eye When ,hey look up to
their officers terrace, high up there in
the orphanaGe, they say il, really, IN
queer tone; "Rauchcn nicht YER
hoten' L. it envy, admiration, sar-
cdsm'
The curious character Is Engel the
"joller," remnant Of the Spass-
machcrs, Every German infantry
company when 1t started out contained
two necessary ornaments, the kom-
pagnic-S Spassmacher wag) and the
Dummc kcrl fooN. The latter was
an involuntary hutt or victim, awk-
ward, SLOW, Stupid and laughed at As
such, hut The Spassmavh"r must be a
character, Ills officers counted on him
to raise the spirits Of the men at any
trying or d'fftcult moment. Hn must
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always have his witticism ready. Al
the beginning. going into Belgium. En-
gel hit on his great word, Rassy-
Passy.
ITS all the French you need" he
used to say. when you want vine
you just knock with the rife butt
like this-and Rassy- -Passy!"
And cheese?" some one asked him.
Cheese. two knocks and Rassy.
Passy. Sausages. two knocks ana
Rassy- Passy. Rassy- -Passy!"
once started. he worked up list OF
gastronomic marvels which the magic
word and gesture. properly repeated.
would produce. Well. rushing down
on Paris. this Spassmacher made q
song of pilage, wine and beauty. what
they would do when they got there: I:
Nun marschieren wir grad mach
Paris hinein.
bort, Kinder, soil das Rauchen NIGHT
verbotensein"
(Now we're marching straight on
Paris. Down there. children. smok-
ing's not forbiddenD
Three weeks later. marching into
the prison camp Of P. Engel got
of his last witticism In pure Berlin
jargon: ma. sis noch'n Jluck dat
Lehmans mir nicht kiecken! Uts
lucky that the Lehmans can't see
meD
Nobody laughed, but ono man.
doubled up with rheumatism, an
swered: "Ach! Blech! Smoking not
forbidden!"
They said It very bitterly at first.
reproaching their officers. the Chan
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celior. the Kaiser, the Spas smacher,
but little by little the sense OF the by
word softened into the curious sigIin-
canoe which ! have mentioned. Here
are men who started off with one
grand object: to make the conquest
or France, TO XIII and take. Their
present Joy is To work eagerly among
the French. earning money, undouht-
cdly. for luNuries and comforts. but
obviously as anxious for convcrsa-
tion--any one can see i,.-a Kind word
from folks they marched to plllage
Their hyword originally meant The
I'D Is on--to do what We please"
what does II mean to-day Con-
tempt for France because she treats
them 50 kindly? or hearts bursting
with gratitude?
For example, in the outskirts Of
- contractor. running up a large
building in haste, has secured a bunch
of thirty willing prisoners guarded
hy ten French terr!torials with loaded
rifles. They are !rvellirg the ground
digging foundations. Now !, is com
mon knowledge that 10 get their best
work out of them the contractor IS
paying each ~ the thirty more than
double, perhaps triple. the stipulated
cents "A day plls extra good food.
coffee, wine AT lunch and snack and
glass twice a day Yet the same thirty
when they saw a crowd so off 10 work
At vegetable furc.lg, for which the
villages of G. ANA ", in their
protected valleys twelve miles distant
are famous, they watched them go or
with envy, repeating the mysterious
hyword; IGurhcn nicht verbotcn.
1t began with the harvest last au-
tumu.
"All over France" argued the French
authorities, agriculture cries for
labor, as the Younger men are hgntin.
To repel the invader, On the other
hand, Franc" j. simply clogged with
able bodied German Prisoners, ANXIOUS
to earn little money, The State can
not use "a tenth Of thom on public
works Let French agriculture profit
by them
The projects We're instructed to in :
form tho Mayors of country localities.
Prisoners could not lie given out in
jw"s and thrces hrvauSe they must he
guarded They must be applied for in
bunches OF twenty, with seven terri
torials 10 guard them. Some respons.-
bic person In each case must guar
The sun., 1916-01-09
THE SUN, SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1915.

cred with mortar and stone chips.
The back Of the skull was smashed
in.
Tho house belonged to one Kiesen-
welter. who had bought It from a
man Of the name of Mertens. who
had inherited It from his father. who
had been the boots" at the Swami
Inn when Bathurst vanished. The
boots" had died unaccountably well
Off. I may add that the Bathurst
family were sufficiently satisfied as to
the identity Of the skeleton thus dis
covered to cause It to be brought back
to England and Inferred in the Bath
urst family vault.
The sealed bags Of dispatches con-
fided to Kings messengers do not al
ways contain important documents.
The sun., 1916-01-09
PALM BEACH SEASON OK


fAhM BEACH, Jan. s.--Now '',- ~
holidays are over the season ,.nc
beginning ~ ,i,l ,,.,,.. 49,, s..,
'' ''''''''
W ''' '''''co 'rh'hs' tN' oN'I'>. b. '
tied and the Florida SPECIAL vi 80
straight through ,rn,, tho l,,.,.........
s,,,,on ~, q,
'''"' ""'N
arrived lueSday night w"i '.'. ' ~
many yachts are making tho ...-
ana, In I.ntc Nor.r ,-
-.
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other period Of seven years Pnrsui-
wants being finally promoted to
Hera.ds. The relative importance of
the dispatches entrusted to their care
correspond with their rank. Pur-
suivants were chiefly employed in car
rying messages from the sovereign TO
Governors and dignitaries Of the realm,
whereas Heralds were entrusted with
the conveyance Of personal or public
messages from one monarch TO
another.
1t was in the reign Of Henry VIII.
that the Royal College Of Arms was
relieved of a considerable portion OF
Its duties In connection with the con-
veyance OF state correspondence by a
Department Of Posts. under the direc-
ton Of a Master of the Posts, the first
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eatrusted with a bag of Foreign office
dispatches for conveyance from Lon
don TO Vienna. .w.,y back i'm the .7Os
| was somewhat d;sillusioned AZ ,o
the Importance OF NV mission whom
ON my arrival the Ambassador. Sir
Andrew buchanan. openinr the bar
I'm my presence. extracted ,herefrorn
as it's principal contents a box OF the
particular sort of collars that he was
accustomed 20 wear. and also some
feminine odds and ends for LADY
buchanan. was more fortunate.
however, than another bearer OF des-
patches. who carried from brussels
20 Vienna In "A sealed Foreign once
despatch bag a small cssk OF mar.
ticularly fine Ostend oysters.
or the manner in which Government
despatch bearers are dogCed by secret
service people OF foreign Powers
had a personal experience M Calais
| had arrived there on one occasion
from England. bound for Madrid had
placed my rugs and a small leather
despatch box. adorned with the royal
crown and cipher. in the railroad
compartment which had been reserved
for me and then stood on the pl,,-
form at the door of the car chatt;np
with n friend
On the other side OF the car was
blank wall. When the signal for
departure was given I got into nv
compartment and established myself
comfortably. The train had hardly
got out of Calais beforr 7 suddenlv
discovered that my leather desna,ch
box had sappeared. Some one who
had been following me. probably from
England. had evidently entered tho
locked compartment from the off side
in the Calais terminus, while | was
standing before the other door
Fortunately the despatch hox
adorned with the royal crown con.
tanned nothing but some Of my own
personal papers and letters Of no
particular Importance. aud no great
harm was done for | had taken the
precaution Of keeping the bag of dos
patches in nv own hands under the
folds of my coat while standing on the
platform. therein obeyine the instruc-
tions uf the Foreign office impressed
upon all bearers OF dispatches never
to leave the bag out of their hands
for "A single moment while on the trip.
For many years IL was the practice
of Silver Greyhounds 10 call every
week on their way back to England
| from Vienna or from Berlin at Brus-
sells. where they received from the
court kitchens bags Of peculiarly
made biscuits, Of which Queen Vic
| tCria was extremely fond and which
she believed nobody could make quite
| so well as the pastry chefs at the
The sun., 1916-01-09

number of magazine articles and ro-
mances, some true and others not.
But when it is recalled to mind how
the dispatches in connection with the
Dreyfus affair, sent by the German
Embassy at Paris to Berlin by an i'm
per!al messenger, We're surreptittously
opened and their contents photo
graphed during his trip from Paris to
the German frontier without their
bearer being aware OF the trick played
upon him. It will be realized that the
career OF a Silver Greyhound Is not.
even in days OF peace, altogether with
out elements Of adventure.
Acknowledged as members of the
diplomatic service, they are cloth. d
when on duty with all the diplomatic
immunities and prerogatives of "A
member of the stan of their Am
bassador or Minister Plenipotentiary
accredited to the Government OF the
country in which they may happen
10 be travelling. II is this immunity
which renders the messenger exempt
from every species of visitation and
search in passing through foreign ter
ritories. holds him inviolable from all
and insures his person and dispatches
being considered in the light Of sacred:
that is. in times Of peace. But, as may
be seen by the case of the German
imperial messenger above mentioned,
in connection with the Dreyfus con-
troversy. designing people, and even
governments, are not above playing
tricks upon Silver Greyhounds when
| they have anything tp gain thereby.
One of the strangest attempts to get
hold of English Government des-
| patches took place away back In 1871,
when Muscovite armies. under the late
Grand Duke Nicholas N!cholaievitch,
were intrenched at san Stefano within
| sight of Cunstantinople, so to speak,
under Its very walls. and Great Britain
was on the very brink Of war with
Russia A silver Greyhound was pro-
| ceeding to Athens by steamer.
When the vessel was on the point
of entering the harbor OF the Pireus
"A man-of-war's boat flying a British
white ensign was observed pulling
toward the steamer and hail!ng her to
stop. The Queens Messenger-they
| were 50 styled in the reign of Queen
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nildt iit p'tt "aS
a British man-of-wars boat sent to
convey him and his dispatches ashore,
ana requested the captain OF the liner
to heave TO-
| suddenly ahother btlt'sh manor
wars boat appeared from the opposite
quarter. the crew OF wh,ch were SIG
naiiins Nlolehtis' "hereupon the nrst
boat turned ana rowed away rapidly
On the arriva! or the second boat II
transpired that the FORMER was q
bogus man-of-wars craft manned by
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Kings Messenger Captured
bV an Austrian Submarine

and the messenger was flung out onto
a snowdrift.
Picking himself UP and collecting his
scattered senses he saw. greatly to his
amazement. the sleigh tearing hack
the way 1t had come. the driver fog
g!ng the horses. His bag Of dispatches
was in the sleigh. The messenger fol-
lowed back on foot to the hospice and
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to hold that office being a Sir Brian
Tuke. The practice OF allowing private
persons to avail themselves of the
Kings Post for Transmitting their own
correspondence developed under James
The sun., 1916-01-09

pounds-tWo good sized trunks. Six re-
Gently transferred from another depot
brought 900 kios. Boxes and cases
constantly come to them. They have
received from Germany their uniforms
The sun., 1916-01-09
German Prisoners in France
Are Well Treated and Happy

T TIGH above the town Of P. In
- a grand old building which
L was once an orphanage. 200
captured German officers.
some bearing great names Of the en-
pire. pass their time in gilded idleness.
Their garden terrace. two miles long.
looks on valley famous for romantic
beauty. Their baggage averages $50
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-24

Father pead-A. W. Zinn, aged "a
years, father of NJ. A. Zinn. Of this
city, died at his home at Reedsville,
Preston county, on Tuesday morning
and was buried yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. N. a. Zinn attended the funeral.
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Fell From Klnsmont Brldse-Loman
Tucker, an employee of the Virginia
and Pittsburgh Coal company at King
mont, fell from the tipple bridge at
that place yesterday, breaking his arm
md receiving severe bruises about the
body. The injured man was brought
to Fatr1nont Hospital No. 8 and 1t Is
thought that he will recover.
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Paid Dearly for Assault-Andy Sui.
pfta and Joe Sulpita, both of Grant
Town, paid $3.50 each to Justice Of
the Peace NJ R. Musgrove this morn.
ing on an assault charge. They were
each fined IS and costs. They were
found guilty Of a%ssaulting Steve Pin
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Red Cross
1888 to Charleston

Money contributed to the amount OF
ssss.4o was sent by the Fairmont
Red Cross to the Charleston Red Cross
for the sufferers in the Cabin Creek
food district. Also large consigr.
ments of clothing and other useful
articles were shipped. The letter &C.
companying the goods is as follows:
Today august 81, 1916l. I forward.
cd to DR.. ]. NJ. Lounsberry. chairman
of Red Cross. Charleston, for the relief
OF the Charleston and Cabin Creek
food sufferers, five boxes and one suit
case Of clothing and household neces.
sites, n Of the incest contributions
being a box of %antiseptics, soaps. an.
dy, ETC.. from Mr.. Closkey, druggist
in Locust avenue. We are also send.
ing:
Contributed by citizens. .s571.oO
Contributed by the Red Cross
Society Of Washington. D. c..
sent through u chapter. 80. 10000
Raised by our chapter ......... 1920
Making a total of.............sS 334O
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. ". H. CoNAWAY,
Chairman relief committee.
MRS. NJ. E. ASHCRAFT.
MISS SUE WATSON.
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DIAMOND RINGS TOR
VETERAN EMPLOYEES
United Wooden Mills Outing
tobe Held at Pittsburgh
This year.

PARKERsBURG, Aug. 24.-The an.
nual Labor Day outing Of the EN-.
ployees Of The United Wooden Mills
Company viii be held this year at
Pittsburgh. A special train bearing
over three hundred employees OF the
concern will leave here at $3.50 a. m.
Sunday, September 8. A four hour
stop will be made at Wheeling and
lunch will be enjoyed at Wheeling
park. The special will reach Pitts.
burgh att5:30yp. m. and the entire par.
ty Will stop at the Monongahela House
where two hundred rooms have been
reserved.
Sunday evening the annual banquet
will be held in a private dining room
Of the hotel at which time President
W. A. Hersch will present diamond
rings 70 twenty employees who have
rounded out five years Of service. This
will make a total of n hundred and
seven employees who have received
diamonds.
Monday morning the entire party
will participate in the big Pittsburgh
Labor Day parade. The afternoon will
be spent atsSchenley Park, the Carne.
gle Museum and Phipp's Conservatory.
Returning the special train will
leave Pittsburgh at 5:15 p. m.
Miss Ruth Wilson, cashier, will be
Fairmont's representative at the out.
ing.
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PERSONALS

Lindsay Howard, of U%niontown, Pa,
who had been the guest of his brother,
L. d. Howard, returned yesterday to
ihs home.
Miss Flora Lloyd has returned from
Mt. Lake Park, where she had spent
q week.
Miss Clara Lloyd, Of Chicago, Is in
the city the guest Of her mother, Mrs.
Sarah Lloyd.
Misses nellie ". Layman and Emma
Kerr Will return today from Mt. Lake
Park, where they had spent a couple
OF weeks.
Mrs. Effies Cumpston and son, Law.
renee. have returned from a visit at
Morgantown and Albrightsville.
Miss Edna Hill has returned from a
visit at Salem and West Union.
Miss Nellie Hess is spending the
week In Pittsburgh.
Miss Norma Neiman has returned
from q visit with her parents at Pt.
Marion, Pa.