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Delaware County Daily Times from Chester, Pennsylvania • Page 9

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CHESTER MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1916 will be the order of dance was held In Grove, Claymont. on Satur- iii-lit by a number of young nr of this city, who chap, -A by Mr. Mrs. William iiour of 909 Parket street. Twenty, couples were present.

At the inn a Hallowe'en luncheon was Special decorf.tions trans- ibc interior of the pavilion Into attractive -setting. The dancers the trip to and from this city automobiles. Counc'il, No. 242, Knights announce two receptions this' mo'nth "to be held in Elks' Home. Fifth and Welsh streets.

The first will be on November 3, and the last on November 30, both "Ladies Night." punclnK and a program of other entertainment Amusement. BessU Staus, of 335 West Ninth announces the engagement of daughter- Miss Helen May Staus, livron Jamison, a son of Mr. and Vi'ri William S. Jamison, of 2107 Twelfth street, Philadelphia, £0 date has been set for the wedding, Staus is -widely known In this and where she has resided all her life. She is the instructor the millinery classes at the night irhool of the Young Women's Chris ti-in Association, and at the public r.itrht school at the Eyre auxiliary high building.

She is a graduate of n-rmple College. Philadelphia. Mr Jamison is a foreman in the munitions department of the Eddystone of the Baldwin Locomotive works and prior to becoming asso- rlated with the Baldwin corporation, void a responsible position with the Wood Iron Steel Company, of tVnshonocken, Former Councilman John H. Furlong, the Fifth ward, and Miss Anna Ilowarth, of Broad and-Crosby streets, he married Thursday afternoon at Ht' Paul's Episcopal church. Broad and Madison streets.

ASK FOR and GET HORLICK'S THE ORIGINAL MALTED MILK Cheap cost TOXT uma TOMORROWS 11ENXJ BREAKFAST Oranges Oatmeal Soft Boiled Eggs Bacon Mulllns CoKce LUNCHEON Salmon Drawn Butter Sauce Fruit Cake Tea DINNER Cream Potato Soup Broiled Steak Hashed Brown Potatoes Peas with Dumplings (very small) Apple Kluit Coffee OPENING OP FURNESS MEMORIAL LIBRARY CLOUDY DAY FOR SUNNYVAUGHN Man Who Stole Thirty Cents Committed to Jail for Six Months By Judge AGED WOMAN Run Special Exercises Mark An Interesting Event At Wallingford On Saturday The Alumn Association of the Chestor High School Commercial Depart resumed its semi-monthly 'BOO 1 parties last Friday night at the home the Misses Schmeltzer. 623 West Seventh street. Miss Mary Deakyne won the ladles' prize and Kenneth ThompBon the gentleman's. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr and Mrs. Wljllam Baker, C19 West Kcventh street, on the eventrig of November 24.

Two marriage licenses -were issued Sn the office of the Register of-Wills on Pciturday. Theodore Carplkin and JIary Berzmeet of Chester, and Harry B. Moser and Dorotha Ernestine Logan pf Chester. PERSONAL MENTION Gcorffe Macklem, a. resident of Third end Townsend streets, returned to his home last evening after a four days' gunning trip spent with a party of fiiends in Chester county.

William J. Hall and family, of Lansdowne, are at the St. Charles, Atlantic City, for an extended Dr. Maurice Nelson' Durahd, of 509 Kcrlin streets, has returned home after visiting up the state. AMONG THE SICK Harry Ward, son of H.

H. Ward, contractor of 3615 West Third street, underwent a successful operation last Saturday in the Media Hospital. Mrs. John W. Bradley, of Seventh ond Sproul streets, who has been 111 for the past two weeks, is improving nt her home.

Wallingford's new free public library, to be known as the Helen Kate Furness Memorial Library, was formally opened Saturday, with appropriate exercises. A large number of residents of the township were present and took part in the exercises, at which, the speakers were Dr. Joseph H. Swain, president of Swarthmore College, and Dr. John Wesley Carr, principal of Friends' Central School, of Philadelphia.

Dr. William Howard Furness, 3rd, president of the association, presided at the exercises and made the opening address. The library building, a handsome imall stone structure, was made possible by a. gift of £5000 from Dr. Horace Howard the eminent Shakespearean scholar and author.

It was the Intention at first to have it named for him. A provision in his will nrnde necessary the change In name to obtain the money vmder the will. Dr. William H. Furness, 3rd, gave the land for the building to the township and Dr.

Howard Horace FurneBS, gave $1000 to the fund, the total con- For stealing Thirty cents Cunnj Vaughan, a southern negro, who arrived ia this city in August, was sentenced to six months In the county jail on Saturday by Judge Broomall Vaughan in September found guilty. He was noticed by an officer following a man named Beaumont along Edgmont avenue, this city, shortly after 10 o'clock at night. Vaughan was arrested on suspicion and it was found he had robbed the man of thirty cents. A new thial was asked for Vaughan, which was refused by Judge Broomall and sentence pronounced. Sykes Pays the Costs Constanble D.

Harvey Sykes. of Chester, paid the costs In the case aggravated assault and battery which went against him some months ugo. Sykes shot a Chester man during a levy upon furniture In a house on Edgmont avenue, and was charged with aggravated assault and battery, and convicted. He was sentenced by Judge Broomall to pay a fine of $100 costs of prosecution. Ho paid the fine, but has since been lighting to have the costs remitted.

The Court has steadfastly refused to take oft the costs and at a recent hearing, Sykes made a proposition that the fine be returned to him and he bo sentenced to a jnll term. Judge Broomall Intimated that the sentence might be to the Penitentiary, and told Sykes to think It over. This ho to such good purpose that on Saturday he paid the amount due, which was Ji33.89. Wife Fears Husband Peter Haoerl, a white man. of MII- mont, was accused by his wife with falling to support'her.

She said she is afraid of her husband because he has threatened to kill her; that he left her and stayed away for days. Her father said lived at his Down and Feeble Made Strong By Vinol So many people in Chester and vicinity are in Mrs. Wlckershums condition we ask you to call at our store and get a Bottle of Vlnol. and If it fails to benefit we will return your eighty-second year Mrs. John Wickersham.

of JUissellville. savs: "1 waa In a run-down, feeblo condition and had lost llesh. A neighbor usked me to try Vlnol. and after taking two bottles my strength returnod: 1 gaining in flesh. It has built SHOOTING AT LINWOOD and Polsom, Colored, Injured Sent to the Hospital There was considerable excitement nmnnjf the colored residents of Lln- wood- Saturday about 9 o'clock, when a negro, known as "Huck" Bens, shot Horace Polsom, colored.

In tho left U-sr, the bullet passing through the fleshy purl of the limb and Indicting painful wound. Tlie escaped. There arc several versions given as to the cause loading up to the 'shoot- Ing, one of them lieing that a woman tlgurcd In the trouble. The two men were near tho club house on Market I street, which is usfii by tho colorot inon of the neighborhood and an argu- suddenly drew.u a woman of rr.y age, BO I get arul ilo my housework." reason Vinol was so successful i wickersham'a case was be- c-uise it contains beef and cod liver peptones, iron and manganese pepto- rates and the, very elements needed to build up a weakened run-down system and create 1 am gaining neau. 11 incnt UP mv health and 1 am fcelmg fine Tor revolver shot at Polsom.

rn 1 Al thl of the report of revolver, big crowj quickly collected, as It was thought a man had been murdered. I'olsom. as soon as he wait atriick by the bullet, dropped to tho ground. Tho ambulance was summoned and the wounded man wan taken to Cheater Hospital, whore his wound was given proper treatment. Meeting A large attendance Is expected this evening at tho Dewey School Third and Morton streets, when, tho nest meeting of the season to bo held under the auspices of tho Parent-Teachers' Association of tho Thurlow, Clayton, Dewey and Horace Mann schools.

Dr. Charles A. Wngner, Secretary of tho Delaware State Board of Kduca- tion. will be the chief speaker of the evening. In Chester wo have seen such excellent results from Vlnol that it is a pleasure to know it is doing so much good for old people In other uarts of tho country.

Miller's Drug Store. C. W- Gorsuch Chester. Vlnol Is sold in Darby by Harlaii Cloud, Druggist. Also at the leading drug store in all Pennsylvania towns.

No matter where you live your druggist has S. S. S. on his shelves, and we urgently advise you against accepting any supposed substitute for this Brand old nmedr. Inhabitant at when ho wu chUd.

It PURELY VBOETABLE no Ingredient AcccpuMa to Oi. lomnch. Any Blood or Skin ylfldt to efficacy of S.S.S. C.urrb Rk.u~.lUjJ.. Scrofula, Blood PoUon, Malarta, 0..

mor. violent muJlcla. Blood from the human 1 AND SKIN DISEASES are almoit without al Don't the tllffatett our M.dical Advliory Department for Irea AdoVats THE SWIPT SPECIFIC CO, 171 Swift BulldlBf, AtlanU, Ga. THE GREAT NATIONAL BLOfllp, PURIFIER INSIST UPON gUVe 1.UW XUIIU, HIG tu tributlons of the family being close to $10,000. At the exercises, Saturday, was paid to Dr.

Furness, scholar and author, by the speakers. Both had been Intimately connected with him and with his work and both testified to his work as a -student and writer and as a good citizen. Both told of the loss to the community and to the world which came with his death and expressed a feeling of personal loss as well. While the library is largely a. contribution of the Furness family, it was made clear that to other citizens of Nether Providence township Is duo the credit for organization of the plan.

The association was planned fourteen years ago and until a building could be had the.books were kept in the "Wallingford school. Already there are over 2000 books in the collection and it Is planned to add many more in the near future. The officers of the association at this time are: Dr. -William H. Furness, 3rd, president; William M.

Wylie, secretary: A. B. Stackhouse, Mrs. Emma B. Palmer, Susan S.

Brbwn, David J. Bullock, Bees J. Frescoln; John P. Sykes and John F. Murray, directors.

The build- Ing will be opened to the public today. LANSDOWNE RESIDENCE ROBBED OE VALUABLES Delbier Home On Stratford Avenue, 'Looted of Money and Jewelry Valued At $1000 Mrs.Wynn Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helped Her DuringChange of Life. Richmond, Va. "After taking jeven bottles of Lydia E.

Pmkham'a Vegetable Compound I feel like a new woman. I always had a headache during- the Change of Life and was also troubled with other bad feelings common at that dizzy spells, nervous feelings and beat flashes. Now I am in better health than I ever was and recommend your remedies to all my VVYXN-, 2812 E. Street, While Change of Life is a most critical period of a -woman's existence, the annoying symptoms which accompany It may be controlled, and normal health restored by the timely use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

Such warning symptoms are a sense of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, backaches, dread of impending evil, timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation of the'heart, sparks before the eyes, irregularities, constipation, variable appetite, weakness and inquietude, and ctT.ziness. For these abnormal conditions do not fail to take Lydia E. Pinfcham's Vegetable Compound. A bold robbery was committed at Lansdowne on when a thief entered the home of Frederick. Delbier.

at No. 43 West Stratford avenue leaving with twenty-six dollars In money and Jewelry valued at nearly S1000 The thief gained entrance by forclng a rear door of the house, during the absence of the family. Delbier and her children, left the house shortly before 10 o'clock In an automobile, going to the business section of the borough to do some shopping. It was during: this absence, which was not twenty minutes that the robbery was committed. The thief had visited nearly every room In the but evidently had been frightened off.

before completing his pilfering, because he left considerable valuables on the floor of one of the rooms in his haste to get home and that the husband was continually making trouble; that upon one occasion he found him In the bath room with a towel covering the crack under the door ami the gas turned on trying to commit suicide-. He also said that Haberl said it -was a Joke. Witness then refused to allow him in the house. Haberl said is willing to live with his wife's people, or to get her a house and BO to housekeeping. Judge Johnson made an order of 55 a week for six months, declaring that there seemed to be no real reason why, the wife should fear Haberl, but under the present circumstances the order seemed the best thing to do.

To Pay a Week An order of $4 a week was made against Frank J. Hubbell, whose wife asked for support for her child, which is 9 years old. The couple lived In Brcckenridge, near Pittsburgh and AuguSl 6. he left without telling her where he'-was going, the wife testified. When she next heard from him he was In Canada.

She had $42 and with this she paid the rent and returned to Chester. The wife testified that while In Breckenridge, was paying attentions to another women and was drinking steadily. She said that he has given her nothing since, although lie has returned to Chester. His story was that he gave his wife $125 before going to Canada and told her -where ho was going. He was to send for her, he said, if he liked the place and.

hia work was satisfactory. He was injured while at work, he declared and had to quit He was represented by John JY Stetser. ''Must Provide.Support Beeson, of Marcus Hook was charged with failure to suppor his wife, and Judge Broomall, who this case, made an order $5 a -week -against him. The wife's story was, that Beeson was drunk much of his time, abused her, would not work and did not pay the rent for three months, which resulted in their being ordered from the house. She went to a house at Twenty-fourth nnd Chestnut streets, this city, where she since been.

Two daughters have been working in a mill to support themselves, their mother nnd a Mlve-ycar- old child. Bceson's story was that there was no reason to move from the house and that his wife did It without his knowledge. Mr. Stetser represented him. Released on Parole Wllmer T.

lte who nas becrl ln jail because he was unable to pay one- half the costs In a cose in which he was a party and In which tho jury divided the costs, was paroled by Judge Johnson and will pay $2 a week. Ho was represented by William H. Ridley. All of these cases were pressed for the commonwealth by William Taylor, assistant district attorney. Duatroo U.

8. Car and Auto A serious accident was narrowly averted yesterday afternoon, about o'clock, at Ninth street and Edgmon avonue, when a Park Place trolley ca of the Southern Pennsylvania Traction Company, crashed Into an automobile owned and driven by Grover Hanby of Carpenter, Del. 'Both vehicles wore moving slowl and the motonnan brought the trolle to a quick standstill. Tho automo bile suffered slight damage and oc cupants were not hurt. In the car wit Mr.

Hanby were Mrs. Thomas B. Rob inson, of Twelfth and Madison street this city; her daughter, and the lat ter's husband. Run Down By Automobile Crossing Third street at tho street Intersection, Frank Phillips, oil Barclay street, was run down 1 an automobile bearing Delaware cense No. S945.

Phillips was remov to the Chester Hospital, where It found he had sustained minor injurle and was sent to his home. Bye-wi nesses of the state Phillips was confused while crossing the street and did not see the touring car coming down the street. Duatproot because it IB made from grain- fed pork; government inspected and ol la Allen standard. Made in a modern mllding where absolute only in and roof parchment paper which the above label. Let us know if our dealer cannot you.

JLZJOSNT X. AJUVBlf, IBO. )octors jrescribe Resinol fpr skin irouble For orer twenty years, relied on Resinol Ointment in the treatment many skin and scalp troubles. They prefer it because so quickly itching and burning, and clears away redness, rawness, crusts or scales. Th'ey know, too, that contains only the materials, which could not injure or irritate the tendereat skin.

Why not try it for your skin Rnntol OintTtKiil Rnlnol by ill 1 Forsamplet free, write to Dtpt. l-N. Uol. Uu RisiHtl Men's Suits steamed and pressed, 25c Jvercbats steamed and pressed, 25c Sulla steamed pressed, 30c Ball Phone Call for and. deliy- Open THE ECONOMY TAILORING CO.

JCrw Wolford Bldr. 7TK ll ATX. The Nu-Bone Lace- front Corset so supports abdomlnul I PLAIN WEDDING RINGS A. N. PEOPLES Sixth and Market Streets dellcuta woman no or abdominal belt.

Stop in and we will demonstrate the fact to you. Orders taken for hand crochet yekes nnd laces. Agency for the Fern Wnlst of New York In the "Scal-Pao" envelope. Kimonos to had at The Woman's Shop 627 New Market Street Bell Phona 471-J. Mrs.

L. R. Beaumont. Great Bargains at LACHMANS Department Store 808-810 Edgmont Are. SPECIAL EQR TODAY Children's and Ladies Millinery.

Children's $8 Trimmed School Hats, $1 value; Ladies' Trimmed $6 value, $2.98. Black Lyons Velvet Shapes, $3 value, $1.98. Children's $6 value Corduroy Coats, $2.98. LadieE' $10 Coats, Corduroy and Heavy. Sflk Poke Bonnets for.

$1.50 value, 6Sc. STOP IN AND GET A NEW IDEAL FASHION SHEET FREE. Classified advertising is' aa necessary to, the management of a boarding house as is display, advertising to a When You-KNOW Gas Lighting You PREFER It Be Young Looking Darken Gray Hair A great great violinist and a song the world loves Mrs. Delbier returned home, she found the rear door tjpen. At a glance she realized that strangers had been in the house.

Every room was In disorder, clothing and other being strewn over the floors. An- investigation revealed that three watches plain sold and diamond rings brooches and many.other articles of jewelry, had been stolen. 1 The Lansdowne and- Philadelphia police were immediately notified as well as proprietors of shops. Neighbors say that they saw a mail smoothed face, and wearing a blue suit, run from the house a few msn- utes oeforo Mrs. Delbier returned.

West End Club's Ball Thomas HIggins, chairman; John D. Creamer, secretary: Lawrence A. Glpp, treasurer: Thomas Doyle, John A Morgan, William H. Carman and George lamsel. comprising the Ball committee which Is arranging for the first Parisienne Ball, which is to be conducted under the auspices of the West End Boat Club, on the evening of November 24, in the New Armory at Eighth and SproUl streets, are working hard to make the affair a success The dancing will commence at eight clock with the prand march to occur at 10.30 o'clock.

Joseph Diamond, who has I been chosen grand conductor, has many new novelties in store for those who attend, including "beaded fans" for the ladies. While on the march the ladies i will carry umbrellas and tecp it lull ol life, lustrous, hetlthy. loft, vy UsclaatlDr. KempTe. tracM.

SUNDAYS Round Trip November and 26; De cember 17 12 Washington $1,75 Baltimore $1.75 Round Trip Special Tr Train Z.T- 0. 1 7 10 Station, 8.15 r. Sso riyjrh -Consult 1C. Asrent- PennsyivaniaR. R.

V. Clack No doubt you've heird tho Me to Sleep." It his made its from heitc to heirt almost around the world. In this Victor record we have a rare presentation of it indeed. The moving beauty of Gluck's voice set in the throbbing obbligaio of Zimbalist's violin The simple beauty of the plain old song is with an unadorned loveliness that makei iti appeal poignant. VUt.f Kti M3H.

Every day is "Harrigan Day" with us Which merely means that we're ready any and every day to play the two new Harrigan medleys "for all comers." For those not "in the know" we'll explain that these medleys comprise fifteen of the Harrigan-Hart-Braham popular songs of days dead and buried. The first medley record of these songs made such a hit that the Victor was flooded with request! for more. TUlor ZUTL T-tlrc-licl. 11.25. These are only two of the New Victor Records for November Come in and get a complete Frank Tollin 617 Edgmorrt Ave.

Gas For Eye Comfort A RE: you viewing things in A. the relight? Gas light is the righttighi from" 1 every angle. It furnishes a radiant light-without- undue brilliance or harmful glare. It is the only de- pendable not affected by storms or climatic disturbances. New Fixtures and Mantles Give Better, Cheaper Light The decorative effects now possible with the new Gas Fixtures are unexcelled, while the new Gas Mantles, supplying three times the light for the same amount of Gas, make it the most economical of all illuminants.

Let us equip your home for this better light with one" or more Modern Gas Fixtures. Phila. Suburban Gas and Electric Co. Darby CHESTER Media "The Right Way is the Gas Way" WHEN A BOOK TALKS, ITS TIME TO QUIT Ccpyrifil at u-c Great Britain right. U.

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