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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20
"a LITTLE MOTHER"

"a Little Mother" the new ana
timely comedy drama which will BIO or
fcrcd at The Court Saturday matinee
and night. March 80. rings true TO me-
because II is based on life. Lem Is.
Parker, the author. has simply taken
the story nz it happened in a little new
England county scat and offered it 10
thu. public as timely Illustration OF
the urgent question or "ar pahi"S'
which has been giving thinking people
much concern and anxiety. Excellent
usn has been made of the quantity
funny characters Of the New England
town, where tho heroine Of tho story
lives. Tho play is interpreted by II
srlcndid company and the production
is perfectly adequate in every detail.
Seats now selling.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20
.THE SQUAW MAN"
, AT THE VIRGINIA

Someone has said. in order 10 sue
ccssfuly entertain tho public the ora
matist must make them laugh, MAKE
them wait. mako them cry ne
Squaw Man" does all these things al
tho Virginia for three days beginning
tudav. The Laskey company used IT
az IFS nrcmiere production. 1t was d.
rected by Cecil L. De Mile and now,
after a lapse Of several years. IT mas
been revived, reproduced, completely
changed as to cast and invcstiture ana
anpcars in the form Of perfect MN
drama, a modern version Of Edwin Mill
ton Roylo's famous play.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20
MISCHIEF MAKERS

At the Court theatre next Monday
and TUESDAY l.. w. Grrhardy presents
IN, 1918 edition Mischief Makers in n
iwo-act hurlosquc entitled
"A Whrl Of Folly" 4 brand new prov
ductinn with an all-Star cast including
Joe Wilton. Toe Freed. Johnny Crosby,
t;cn. Hart. Mabel clark. Rena Eivicnnc
and Mabel Lea. supported by the IA
nous Paprika chorus Of twenty speedy
dancing drnOns.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20
KIWANIANS MEET TODAY

Members Of the Kiwanis club meet in
weekly monday session at the Hotet
Windsor today. Rev. George B. Lock- Z
hart will be the chief speaker. Several
novel features nave been planned fors
tho entertainment Of the guests. As
usual. there will b. an attendance prize. I
some members winning a prize each.
week. DR.. Oscar Wonderful Burdats, s
president. OF the club. will WELD the.
gavel again. and Doug Va1s. .thnS;
handsomest secretary in Wheeling. VIZ
assist. s33i$ais;
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20
Try This First.

Before consulting 4 specialist regard
irC Your stomach trouble try few
doses OF Chamberlain's Tablets. You
many find that they are just what you
need as many others have. They only
cost Il quarter and are almost certain
10 be Of great benefit to you II your
digestion is impaired or II you the
troubled with biliousness or constipa-
lion. For sale by all dealers
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20

Wheeling Odd Fellows lodges are pro
pairing for the onc-hundredth anniveS-
sary on Saturday, April S6th.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20

Jonthan X Boshell. Of Baltimore.
president Of the National Association
OF Life Underwriters. will address West
Virginia Underwriters in this city on
March 81. George G. Crook ia in charge
OF arrangements for the meeting.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20

Fresh eggs are selling at 43 cents-o1
the local market. I drop of two cents
in "a hours.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20

stogies is falling off. partly because Of
popularity Of the cigarette and also be-
cause Of the high cost Of tobacco.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20

! THE THEATRES
AT THE
LOCAL THEATRES TODAY

Court - Cecil Spooner and
Kirk Brown in "The Brat"
Virginia - All-star cast in
The Squaw Man."
Liberty-,Anita Stewart in "A
Midnight Romance.
Colonial-Ethel Clayton, Tho
Mystery Girl
Rex-Earl Williams, in THE
Christian"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20

Scores Of local Odd Fellows will go
TO Cameron Friday to boost the ccntcn-
NAL of the order, before the Cameron
lodge.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20
HERE AND THERE
ITEMS Of Interest to Local People
About Wheeling Folks, Societies
and Organizations.

Announcement has been made that
the National Auto Repair Company has
taken over the agency for the ALL
American truck
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20

According to Joseph H. Go1lnrr. man
ager OF the Marsh factories. use OF
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20

Bloch Bros. made one OF their big
gest shipments vest crday. when on or
der Of Senator J. A. Bloch they donated
q years supply of Mail Pouch to Jack
Smith, doorkeeper OF tho state senate.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20

Despite an epidemic OF hoboes IN al
most every city Of the country Chief OF
Police Henderson states that not a sim
gle old time bum has been picked up
here, since long before the war.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20

The greater the necessity for saving
the greater Eour opportunity 70 use
The Intelligenccr Want Ads.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20

-GUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-20

BUY. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-01
A SIX-HOUR DAY.

British labor. on the whole, behaved
very well during Che war 1t behaved
very well in the national election that
followed the armistice. refusing &
give any support to the menacing Bol
.Bheyist movement It's recent conduct
therefore. is somewhat surprising
There has been an epidemic OF BIZ
Gtrikes, and in many Of the strikes
the men have made demands which
70 most Americans, seem obyiousl,
unreasonable
The Miners Federation, for exam
pie, demands a 80 per cent wage in
crease and along with it reductio
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-01
HELP FINNISH THE JoB."-
It's Not Time to Quit.

The Germans, not the Americans,
were the cutters, but our work is not
finished until We have brought tie vie
tors home. Let's finish the job by
oyersubscrihing the Victory Liberty
Loan Us we did all its predecessors,
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Optimistic Thought.
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ire seeking shadows.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Home of the
Berry Baskets

There is a lonely and beautiful river,
the Nantcoke, flowing from south
central Delaware across the Eastern
shore of Maryland into the Chesa-
peake, and navigable for about forty
miles of its tortuous course through
land that much of the time shows
merely marsh or forest. Out of this
seeming wilderness starts up now and
then lonely little wharf at the end of
tawny ribbon of sandy road serpen-
timing far across marshy lowlands to
the forest edge or the distant arabic
upland Once, and only once, how
ever, there suddenly energies from the
green wall of woodland lining the river
bank huddlc Of smokestacks and fac
tory roofs, with here and there a
church spire puncturing the foliage,
and here the voyager finds an active
little village, tho creation of the sweet
gum industry, from which come berry
baskets and other market containers"
One Of the largest berry basket fac
tories in the country has long -four
ished at this village Of Sharp
town. and nothing could be less unlike
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Just Plain
COrned Beef and

Cali right" said he, "for Gods sake,
steer me to some place where the
corned beef and cabbage is not spoiled
by a French chef. Lead me to
some mans grub if you have to char
ter car for South Boston or South
Chicago, so long as we get it."
1t so happened that shortly before 1
had been stuck at dinner time over on
Eighth Avenue with half an hour to
kill and a rather urgent appetite to
satisfy. Over there the restaurants
they call them dining rooms-are not
outwardly the kind that appeal to the
wayfarer from Broadway. I entered
what appeared to be the cleanest and
then wished I hadn't, for the prices
on the bill of fare suggested that the
proprietor was either the recipient of
stolen goods or supplied his guests
with food very much sub standard. I
figured, however, that the bread would
be edible and the milk, thanks to a
benetcent Board Of Health, drinkable,
and ordered the cheapest thing on the
bill-corned spareribs and cabbage.
They were all that spareribs and
cabbage should be---the kind that MANY
time and oft an Irish mother had
served On them, or in them, there was
no trace Of the French chef Murphy
complained of. Recalling them, I de-
cided that was the place to dine if
Murphy was to have his way.
IT can take you to a place about two
miles from here" / said. at doesn't
look much, but 1 got some good spare
ribs there last week. If you wish, we'll
try st."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Good Use of a
Storm

But not for long. just as the men
were ready to begin work a rain be-
gan to fall, which ended in a two days
storm. In those two days Gould the
surveyor mastered the instrument.
If Jay Gould was ever knocked on
the head, as he expressed it, he made
the admission to no one or only a
chosen few, and all the knocks he re-
ceived in one of the most active careers
in the whole history of finance had
only the effect of stirring him on
to greater exertions, quickening his
capacity for work and sharpening his
capabilities.
Even in these days of his quietly
prosperous beginning it is easy to dis
Germ many of his later traits. There
is his desire, for instance, to write a
history Of Delaware County Other
men have desired to write histories,
but when confronted with the problem
of starting they have generally
stopped. 1t is only natural that Jay
Gould did not; no one who knew him
would have expected that. He spent
much of the time when he should have
been sleeping laboring over the book
Then he sent his manuscript to Phila-
delphia to be printed only to learn
later that there had been an accident
and his manuscript had been burned.
He promptly rewrote it, most of it
from memory. He was only twenty
when he wrote that book. Yet even
then he was on the threshold of fame.
Skipping over lumber and tanning
enterprise in Western New York, few
years found Gould engaged in what was
to prove his forte, the reorganization
of a railway. Through Daniel s.
Miller, his fatherin-law, he was APP
pointed manager of the Rensselaer, &
Saratoga Railway. By unremtting
work and inspection he brought it back
to prosperous basis. His success led
him to the buying and reorganizing of
the Rutland & Washington Railroad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
The Sparerib
Habit

Excuse me-" she finally burst out
aren't you the gentleman that WA,
in here long while ago with tall
old man in a gray suit and he bad
two orders of spareribs and told me 70
keep the change of a $40 bill?"
"Yes," said I. "What of TT"
Have you seen the old gentlemsp
lately?" she countered.
I'm sorry to say I haven't" I re
piled. "The fact is. he died six month;
ago"
May his soul rest in peace" she ex
claimed reverently. II knew somethin,
must have happened. He hasn't been il
in long time"
"Why," I asked in surprise, "hsd h,
been coming here 2"
Sure she replied why, he wa
IN here every night for about wees
after the time you was in with him
Then he wasn't in for three months or
so, and then he'd be in three or four
times a week about noon or supper
time. He used to come alone when The
crowds wouldn't he here Then had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18

superhuman sleuth who had run me to
earth.
The phantom policeman led me
into another room.
"What's your name?" he inquired
sternly.
told him my name; but he looked
at me suspiciously as though he
doubted it. Finally he wrote it down,
probably thinking that 1t was as close
to the truth as he could ever hope to
get from such a desperate character
"Will you search him." he asked of
a strong young man standing near by.
The designated one advanced upon me
cautiously and with seeming reluc-
lance as if he we're taking his life in
his hands. Obligingly l held back my
coat to facilitate the job 1t has never
been habit of mine to obstruct the
course of the law; l do all | can to
make the world safe for democracy.
what you holding back there ?" he
demanded roughly. Evidently he was
not a man to be trifled with. I sub
mitted meekly to a rigid examination.
He went through my pockets and
patted me all over, meanwhile keeping
a sharp eye on my every action, but
he found no machine guns or artillery
of any kind. He seemed disappointed.
All he unearthed was 50, a watch and
my room key. This latter instrument
7as the object of q prolonged and care
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
The Start i'm
New York

His work met with the same happy
results, and 1859 found him in New
York City, beginning his career on the
Street. 1t was year later that he de-
voted his attention to the Rutland &
Washington line and managed to buy
up the bonds, which were considered
worthless The rise in value of the
shares gave him the money for his be-
ginning as the great American railroad
manager. His extraordinary ability for
estimating the values and possibilities
of railroads soon brought MIN into
prominence. On the Stock Exchange
his cleverness, his genius for combina-
ton and, lastly, his untiring tenacity
put him in the first rank of the gen
erals of the market. He did not always
win At times he had the distinction
Of being the heaviest borrower in the
United States. Wall Street tried to
drive him into corners. 1t was excit
ing, but seldom successful work to
challenge Jay Gould to financial battle
Due, perhaps, to his silence in the face
Of his detractors, less has been said in
praise of him than of any of the great
fnanciers Of his generation. Litigation
surrounding the management of the Erie
Railroad under his direction and that of
James Fisk, jr, was the cause of many
rumors and disclosures, reaching, with
the still famous Tweed Ring, to the
Albany Capitol. There was the famous
BLACK Friday" when the price of gold
fell from 1862 to 1876, resulting in his
daring attempt, while associated with
Fisk, to corner the gold market
But in spite of rumors arising from
various transactions the Gould interests
continued to grow stronger. In 1882
it was said he was financially embar-
/ rassed The Street was on the verge of
panic, which he avertcd by calling a
group of leading inanciers to his office
and showing them $53,000,0Oo in securi-
/ ties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Back to the Spare
Ribs
By John ]. Leary

"That, boy s~.~> he, turning to :.
rs meal to talk about. Now
take that frog food I'm always ge,t,,.
at home or the fancy stuff I pet !, :,
big hotels when I'm not At ,.w
we'll, I've always been peaceab,. -
even when Others haven't been pe.,.
able, but I'll murder a wa;tsr
cook some night, see if I don't. VI.
some of the stuff l GET
Meantime, the waitress, having M,
the check and pocketed the r...
the tip IN an ample bosom, had :.
turned to place near our tsh,
Against the wall she sort Of Aat..,,
herself, her eyes popping out ~ ~
gray old man, who had broken all ~.
Eighth Avenues records for tina
Clearly there was something or..
about him. He was NOT d~,.,
Neither did he seem to be crszv n
had not tried to hold her hand nor :.
dicated any desire to make date n
the strictest of Eighth Avenue Sand
ards he measured up perfect gent,.
man." Manifestly there WAS son.
thing wrong with him. Sh. was s.;u
staring at him when we left n -.
turn downtown.
Months later-as nearly as can 20
call, about eighteen of theml wa.
again caught at dinner time near ~.
place in Eighth Avenue. AS it happenes
spareribs weSe on the bill of fare NH,
night too.
Over there, it might be noted, waiter,
do not waste much time on customsr.
This night, however, the girl. whom
had not recognized as any one ! bss
ever seen before, lowered about with
all of the business one notorious ia,
the size of his tips might expect firm
head waiter in a lobster palace Or
a dull night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Minimum of
Labor

The sweet gum industry is remark
able illustration of American inventive
, genius applied to the cheapening Of
product. BY a succession of Ninyen-
tons covering period Of more than
quarter century it Is now possible to
make berry basket or other container
with the smallest needful expenditure
OF human labor. Machinery and tools
exactly apt to the results aimed at en-
able the workman to turn out many
hundreds of the smaller containers in
n day, many scores of the larger. Be-
tore the war drove prices up, the
quart baskets were sold in quantities
as low as 70 cents a thousand, or at a
rate Of less than one mill apiece,
and in making a product that sold at
TINS rate men, women and children
were earning from $40 to s24 week.
matchmaking looks like miracle
of skill to one who for the first time
sees the process. The sweet gum logs,
now mostly brought from North Caro-.
lima and measuring from twenty inches
to nearly forty inches in diam
eter, are boiled in vat, cut
into lengths of about four and
half feet, centred upon pinions
and rapidly revolvcd against knives
set at proper angle to the periphery
OF tho log to enable the workmen
TO draw the wood out into thin ribbons
Of veneer Thasa rihhor. a~o .,t IT,
suitable sizes and shapes, and placed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18

He always kept to railroads; the
sphere of his influence was always in
creasing, ending in the could system"
OF railroads in the Southwest, when he
was in control of 10000 miles of line,
or about one-ninth of the existing
mileage in the country. The story of
the Gould interests grew in a large
measure to be the story of American
financial history. Until his death the
name Of Gould was connected with
almost every large enterprise.
Beginning with virtually nothing, he
ended with s72,ooO,oOO, or possibly
more, according to differing estimates,
which is a record that few men have
equalled, even in the age of large fort
unes. Even In a day when a million
dollars hardly seems a million dollars,
the achievement of Jay Gould is still
writ large.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18

pressing thought. AS | sat on the
edge Of dirty bunk and tabulated all
the possible friends I had in the city
the result was discouraging. I am a
lonesome, solitary guy and herd by my
self. 1t is a foolish habit, I know, and
one should not do it.
then fell to meditating on the rea-
son for my strange arrest. What had I
done? Had | risen in my sleep and
killed a couple of men, Robbed a bank
or an express train? What could it be
| analysed my past life, but could not
find anything that pointed toward
crime.
1t was in the midst of cold snap
and there were not sufficient blankets
or cots. The men kept walking all
night long, and all day, too, to keep
from freezing. The steam pipes were
"outa ORDER" the policeman said. l
made several half-hearted attempts to
get some one to call up a friend or let
me use the phone. "Sure!" the police
man would say, and think no more
about it.
Contrary to my previous impression
of jailbirds, these men were really
human. They were in for some slight
offence brought about by too much
booze. They maintained a false gayety
that was pathetic. In spite of their
boast that they were perfectly at home
in jail, having been there so often, /
noticed that they were extrem ely
anxious to get out. Every time the
policeman came in they would look at
him wistfully, each wondering if his
hour Of freedom had come And after
twentyfour hours in there l could see
why it was SO.
The next morning I was formally
charged with insulting lady, but with
the aid Of a lawyer and what few
friends | could muster up l managed to
convince the authorities that | was the
wrong man. Anyway, they let me 20,
and have heard nothing more about it.
I feel satisfied, though, from nv brief
experience that I could never be happv
in Jail, no matter how attractive the
surroundings might be. There is some
thing about the loss of personal liberty
which leaves on mans soul scar
that time does not easily blot out.