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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • 13

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a '7 fit- THE BROOKLYN DiOLY EAGLE NEW YORK SUNDAY NOVEMBER 14 1926 A 13 Good Shephard Church Tafr Characteristic Snaps- of Uncle Joe JoeT Death Recalls Old Days in Congress when His Ready Wit Was King 1 i Where the Blazed TMD -GRADY An Informal hut improselvo 'autumn wadding took place last Saturday evening when Mies Alice Dovts Grady and Donald Frederick lie-Murray of Brooklyn and Hampton Bays were married in tho picturesque Church of St Recalls at Hampton Bays The Rev A A Vorback cousin of the bride officiated The bride waa attended by her slater Mrm Edward Murphy and the best man waa Walter Rickard After tho simple bridal supper Mr and Mrs MeMurray departed for Southampton The Greatest Sporting Goods Store-in the World The Church of the Good Shepherd the Rev Dr- Robert Rogers rector McDonough it between Lewis and Btuyvesant avea will hold Its annual fair on Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday In the Parish Hones on Decatur sti This year It Is called the Rainbow Fair and the idea of the rainbow will bo carried out In tho decoration of the booths Bach night the Justly famous turkey dinner will he served the Bonlevud BOB aaMnt OfL Madison Avenue and 45th Street of tho critic! Uncle Cannon teat to moat paopla that I I i ThlB not clted Aoect particularly bocauao a tt UlM i WtrtM ya had become so much -CS3S of Thanksgiving Luggage -ho are not acutely aware burned that he mart revolving cheJr with a cane seat that he brought back from Washington after first defeat waa the -only instance to her knowledge of him preserving anything But the chair haul become fitted to his Irregular manner of sitting- Democratic Manners Contact with the more effete 1 In Washington did not eaueo Joe" to loH bla knowledge of what the folks out Danville way liked and to tho hast he kept up a democratic acquaintance and manners Always he either was nibbling at a stogie or chewing tobacco and when he drew his thick black tobacco plug out of his pochst ho invariably offered to pass It around before biting oft a huge hunk' When in Danvlllo ho occasionally forgot to bring his plug along and 1 on more one oocaslon he called from the curb to a laborer digging In a ditch 1 in the public memory waa who hang on uselasaly U1 the scene where their lftr-Zr6 were won Mr Cannon re-rT'i in Washington a Congresa-kffj decade and a half after passed a venerable flx- be sure but nevertheless a K'Yold man with little famous long rtoglo to -ug-was the once great Gear I "10 1 110 gimme a chaw of I Ot tfc1 the House piggrr Picture saue Rnjoyqd His of tho game perhaps At the left is Unde Joe Cannon with his famous cigar At right he is shown ready to get his last shave but i-ur long straight with ahomelln- the game five Smith man- flump flume and You I fusion that even In the days more flMhT cud I vvo of Lincoln when they think and hie manner had nISrfthe soil about it nni occasionally witty lirort and OCCWom $600000 BEQUESTS ffi DR WILL there was nb doubt that-Mr Cannon enjoyed hla 'tobacco It was said of him that ho had a prodigious -haemory which had fine effect on his constituents Meeting 'man at Danville- he would bo asked for soma Slight favor and he would promise as the case might be to grant it Tho constituent saw him make no note and accordingly sur- F)R the man who goes to Connecticut or Chicago or Kamchatka for his Thanksgiving the man who is going back home or to a strange country house or just going teSSuted legends as he lived vigor of hi expression Jwv punctuated With the lees CffJmwmlxture of 'profanity and YOUR home circle -your all that go to i mnVm up your Sweet can be ao Sinkie1 with frequent expectora-'obacco Juice into cuspidors Of mlsed that Mr Cannon i waa Just being pleasant But a few weeks after Flushing Nephew to Receive $100000 From Estate Luggage that has the warmth the appearance the commodious space and the essential I whirl so absolutely protected against the unseen hands of fate A wife to provide for children that must be educated elderly protect them through fVn future with one of our forms of life insurance that will fulfill your lifetime wishesl smartness from the finest luggage department world's highway Leaving apcclflc bequest of more than $S00000th will of Dr Robert Grlgg Reese widely known New Tork physician of 50 52d it Manhattan who died Qct If last filed yesterday In Mr -Cannon returned to Washington a latter would come telling of the favor 'Performed and that made It appear that the matter had been the weightiest on Mr Cannon's mind He had a gift of sarcasm which he occasionally indulged as he did In the Houae on the day after William Sulzer had mada a glowing partisan speech Mr Cannon took tho floor and remarked: 'Now let ua proceed to the public business and fool the people once more' Of course the House and the gal Abercrombie Fitch English- Kit Bags intended to move' to recommit the bill with Instructions' read what was In mind At that moment Leader Payne was gossiping with Cannon -at the latter's desk 'One moment said the Speaker waving off Mr- Hitchcock who was making tho House ring with demands for recognition: down to your place and make this whispered Cannon to Payne Then Canlhon bridged over the awkward Interval by pounding vigorously with the gaveL Then he recognised the dilatory Payne Hitchcock kicked like a mule and complained that at tho time ha ought recognition Payne was at tho Speaker's desk It all went to naught other day I went to Mr room tp pass a bill to print tho names of the heads of families taken at the first American census The bill had been favorably reported by tho committee Joe" looked at It This printing will cost the Government $40000 he said Thee people have been dead 100 years Let them stay dead Joe" killed the bill to build embassies for our ambassadors la foreign lands He left his chair and strolled among tho Democrats this bill Is adopted boys ho said- it will bo impossible for a poor man to represent the United States abroad as an ambassador rallied practically aM the Democrats against the measure and It was killed" Saddler made' from the finest stock in the world Kit bags that are recognized on sight the world around Smooth russet cowhide with solid brass frames and locks English plaid linings Prices $4250 to $5250 Insucancei leries broke Into laughter and that sort of thing -mad dearlng Duplex Dressing Bag for Ladies The Brooklyn National Life Insurance Co is Own Home Company die logical custodian of your intimate home affairs One of our policies provides for meeting die mortgages on your home at maturity or in the event of your death It furnishes you it extremely low cost absolute protection for' your home and family regardless of what may befall Court Hla medical practice and uac of his homo on lid at for five years Is bequeathed to his nephew Dr Algernon Reeves with a provision that ha pay $0 percent of his not yearly profits to the widow Louis Dol Algls Rees Tho widow will redelve the Income from the residue He bequeaths his slstsr Mrs John Crowell of Middletown Pa $40-000 Dr Algernon Reeves the sum of $50000 Eugene Summer-son a nephew who lives In Flushing I $100000 Dr Tull of Princess Anne Md $25000 Margaret a niece- $80000 Dr A Drake hia assistant $80000 Dr Albert Durham of Tuxedo $20000 Dr Harmon 8mlth of 44 46th st $20000 and $5000 each to hla three secretaries the Misses Lenore Seely Alice Taylor and Phoebe Sterrett The residue of tho eatat Is willed to the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary to ertet furnish and maintain a glaucoma pavilion to be known as the Reese Pavilion he was quit Ss'-ir amusing to see and hear Moreover he grew up In the II- a of hf day before IAncoln was Sr and5 though Mr Cannon onl? when the Civil War hla suggestion of the great Emancipator hia chin beard and hla called up bygone days OcraMoualljr Jigged lie 'appreciated his situation and -d It bv such didoes as were -n rharacter" occasionally giving jig to express hie a he did after hie deposition ird w'irr he raw the Democrats pass irs and Harbors bill $100-m )ioo in exeeu of what ho favored -an act that he believed was po-iica! luiclric for the Democrats was a man 4n peuliar nse because he was a irili'wcr and had no hearth flros to tp nlfd It was not only In fUn ii'it wawiaid of him that hie print-pi occupations were to tho n-lf the afternoon and the ante fcVeventrg" His poker playing for small pots but ho preferred the stakes were large and the blue chips as dollars- Would Roll Up Sleeves In he days of his and or liis might Mr Cannon be-tsce q-jtte heated in debate and psrhapi more than any other Cnirtumin earned for tho House the loir social esteem of the late Lord Bryce Mr Cannon waa not iwn to taking off hie collar ro-taoviri feu detachable cuffs and roll-bl sp hi sleeves Haiironte posture If) the Hohse vu the favorite poMure -Cf hie prl-Mtr off and of hi library atDan-'iflt He received visitors reclining VJ shoulder blades his feet lick': ihti his head resting op A uKe icd'i desk It was not until hetiffl a very old man that CMoJse" learned to Sit Up Born of Quaker Parents lasorsaoe oov BookUt-AmvMv swst seme of your quiitloiu this 4m-PortantsubiietSsnd far it today Once at the height of hia power bo came to New York with a party of Congressmen to visit President Roosevelt at 8agamore Hill and while here they went out to Coney Island and took In everything Joe" Went to tho sideshows ate frankfurters and rode the loop-the-loops until he was diuy Some Indication of how Chrnon lorded It over the House In his heyday Is revealed In a story culled from tho 1110 files of The Eagle it quoted an anonymous Congresman Ready Wit happens time and again that Mr Payne the supposed floor leader of -the Republicans Is asleep to a vital situation and has to bo prompted in the most open way by Cannon hlmaelf couple of weeks ago a bill waa -being passed In the House on which the Speaker wanted te commit the Republican lnsurgentPayne moved thP -adoption tnda vivo voce vote -was taken CaUnon paused for one of hla lieutenants to demand the ayes and noes Nobody tumbled as a flash Cannon announced that the noes seemed'to have it This would have meant a Democratic victory although tho vote was plainly carried by the Republican ayes At this point Payne Jumped up and demanded the ayes and hoes Saved Awkward Situation 'Cannqn smiled and directed the roll-call to proceed this week Cannon saved another awkward situation by a little strategy A hot fight was being waged against the bill to provide two revenue cutters Mr Hitchcock a Democrat clamored for recognition Ho The Brooklyn National Life Insurance COMPANY' fe i 26 Court Street Jr TRIangle 67 Own Home Company 99 r- Ji HOSPITAL OPENING JiyioWSial opening of the new Nurses Hotnjgjn conneetlon' withi the Swedish Hospital of Brooklyn will take Si o'clock on Saturday Nov 17 and the public inspection will be held frqm 2 until 11 A linen oyr be given by the Ladles AimUiary the same day The Ladles Auxiliary and Alumni will hostesses -and tea will be One of the latest productions of the Abercrombie Fitch luggage department The newest duplex fitted case with fittings mirror medicine and perfume bottles and jewel case or sewing outfit entirely separated from dresses and wearing ap- pare! De Luxe in the extreme Black cobra gain cowhide case with fittings of shell and amber of unusual qnility $75 Also with fittings of-maize pearl black onyxite and' jadeite with French bevelled mirror Same case of green lizard calf red morocco black lizard calf and tan or blue lizard calf with fittings and linings in harmony $100 BUILDINGS TO BE ENLARGED At a recent meeting of tho directors of tho summer outings conducted by the Missionary Servants of tho Most Blessed 'Trinity from the Settlement House In Gold et and tho 14 outings conducted by the Slaters of tho Notre Dame operating frptn the pariah of the 1 Sacred Hearts of Jeaua and Maff In'Degraw it was announced that the past summer has boon tho most successful in the history of the Settlement House Association Meanwhile at the Settlement House -throe more rooms are being'made 'available for: settlement activities A large amount of money la being spent to renovate tho two houses from top to bottom and to Introduce In addition to the many customary courses In home-keeping domestic science and first aid and homo hygiene courses with the co-operation of the Brooklyn Red Cross Library facilities have been quadrupled and a model kindergarten Is being equipped The number of directors who participate In the monthly meetlAgs has boon Increased from thirty to served Donations are being received at the hospital 1 i i TO! the most amusing stories (bout Sin he told himself and it -la iiiuKration of the sort of cuwn Wr he was He was born or tiiiifrr parent and when he mar-w a mother advised him td buy some nee and a pig He a poor farmer that hi BEING A WAREHOUSE Jffll Suit Cases That Are Full of Individuality failed to give milk or tho to give honey so ho dlepoeed hrir'T '4rly- He cultivated the jwjr th pig and it became so at-JVfcU him that it would eome to Wr tor scratching and potting season for butchering ar-r 1 Cannon lM was sore per- MAKES NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE DEALER AND YOU! CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING wkfc a lApim long mo sal la A tislslssl has foot anivad far lha holidays Tries it aaywhan aad sas haw wash jm lava at CssihaHass sywhara JV? make up my ml: mind WINDOW SHADES 79c Genuine Holland Window Shades Hammed Mounted on Guaranteed Rollon Measured and Hung Sisoe Up to 34x72 to told him I I ar lht he Intended doing whatkar yom hay a sails or As llast articla jroa are satHlad ta A HOUSE PRICES AS THE DEALER WARE- nnn Side Take advantage of this offer and placa your ardor sew Write or Phoua and ono of our roprosoutativos will call with samples without obligating you Bolitallotl Cost Mr- Cannon that his thing about As standard in luggage as an ulster Is among overcoats Sturdily well-built suit cases of cowhide well reinforced stout handles and solid brass locks $2750 to $30 Unfitted suit eases up to $200 Fitted eases $10 to $2250 GALLO BROS 200 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn' SOUTH 5477 --r Speaker nd k- 5 to entertain In si nfver noted hIn but Perfect -fh rr Helen said that the hla Furniture Prices Are Not High at CUMBERLAND Because we eliminate expensive rents extravagant locations and spectacular show window displays that have to bs added to the price Someone Has to Pay You Arm tha Victim See for yourself the difference in cost now that Cumberland Warehouse is selling direct to the public and dealer alike Modem Pullman Side-Pocket Bag 1026 1865 yyysssss BEDROOM SUITES Dining Room Suites Established Over Half Century Beg $14 i-Pa USl sue 4-Pa flraao BaSra kalltt ravaol'hla 79 Saltoab aaqalslta iWsa iPtAe SHAYNE CO Black or brown cowhide and leather-lined But with side flap or pocket which solves the limitation of modern Pullman cars Side pocket locked with bag bnt opening separately fitted with toilet' outfit flask or suppers Bet inside ef usual dimensions JS inch wise fully fitted $80 Iisoa- Swtaa -also Bay 14S 4-re Hj Luff tall is-Pa Walaat XHo- lUg flS SUvar aad Blaa S-Pa Volaar livtag (SQW PA $o7oU $119 $85 I muuaumuMmuuwummuBKs log 22: Importers and Manufacturers of Bag MSS l-Po Isa- parts Jaeqaaid Va- row a hwt ItTtrilllt nght $119 Hlgh-hgfctad w-taaa riva oaeaaaeeasadoeo BprlagHIlad Caahlaae Abercrombie Fitch Gladstone Bags Strictly Reliable Furs Bag Ml 4-Pe It taaa largo Brrsaar NM I Bag MU HlghUghtod rtf Art Wmimw It-ta DMsg Tlssltad $125 MU S-Po Pig A-f OE? Xaholr IJvlag VmMTi tad Chftff Salto Bag MU -Pa Taapa $139 Bag fUe Bow rated 10-Po Hlgfe- Mahalri $129 I est 4-Pa Highlighted Badraoat Saltes $165 Ughtad Dialog sue S-rau flao- COATS WRAPS SCARFS IN THE FASHIONABLE FURS Beg flM Ast Wat- rta JA oat lt-Pa Bag fSSS 4-Pe Bod-' room Saltes Dee- AS Otad two teas High- J4D $149 BsvarWhla Cashlaos to Maqoatta I S-Pau -Fa MU 1 4-Paw Bart Woloat Bsaap- $155 Bag SU Tal ttaoaDy waU -ilraalti I Topsatty SS175 $169 Olalaf Ivali Ota a a a I Ys Hundreds of Dining Living Huadrode of Odd bs end Bedroom Suites up to $500 Values up to $1000 Chairs Bads Mattrossoo Drossors Rafrigoratora oto at Half High Root 3 tor Pklcos The favorite bag among English travelers holds dress clothes separate from week-end w6ar Roomy but sot fits wherever a suit case will Russet or black cowhide hand-sewn $4250 to $4750 Selecting from among our splendid models assures lasting satisfaction Every style is au-thenticradvance Every price represents a superior value of die kind which has won for us our enviable reputation of offering su- perior quality and economy DIRECTIONS Finest assortment in America Write ter Christmas Baahlmt ta Cooibar-laod Bt Stottao salaataa walk from Stottao aad PoaUle Sod a I Sakwar Statlaa DIRECTIONS Go by Fulton Gates or Pat-nan Surface Limes Open 9 JL VL to 7 Open Monday and Saturday nights TUI 13 You Can Get Shayna Quality Without Paying a Premium Abercrombie kHtch Co Fraa Dolioary Snail Deposits Hold Any Pnrchaae 126 WEST 42d STREET NEW YORK EZRA FETCH Pmiionc jfaAtmnm Atcoos and Forty-fifth Sl New York JL.

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