The Conshohocken Recorder, December 31, 1909

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THE CONSHOHOCKEN RECORDER FRIDAY DECEMBER 31 1909 $1 PER YEAR
.BELT, GIVES
CONCESSIONS
TELEPHONE PATRONS WILL NOT
HAVE TO JOURNEY TO NORRIS-TOWN
TO PAY BILLS—TRADES-MEN'S
BANK TO BE THE COL-LECTION
AGENCY—FREE SERV-ICE
TO PLYMOUTH.
Hereafter the patrons of tie Hill
Telephone Company will not be com-pelled
to go to Norristown to pay their
bills ilue the company.
'I'lii- Tradesmen's National Hank has
been appointed as a collection agency
for this territory and all bills due
the company after January 1st, will be
payable there. This will be a great
convenience to patrons in this district
as formerly they were compelled to
pay all bills at the company's Norrls-town
office.
Another concession Riven by the
-company is free service with the sub-ucrlbers
of the Plymouth Meeting ex-
-change. Heretofore the rate charged
to Plymouth was the same as to Phila-delphia
This rate was an unfair one,
winch the company recognized, and
iiah abolished it. giving the uaen ol
the BeH here ■ free service radios
•of over iwo miles.
The ai tii n of the company in »stab-lishing
a collection agency here wan
as follows:
Resolution adopted by the Execu-tive
Committee of the Bell Telephone
-Company o.° Pennsylvania, at a regular
•neeting held November 24th, 1DPS»:
The president requested authority
to open an account In the Tradesmen's
"National Bank. Coashohockeu, Pa-subject
to the draft of the Treasurer,
and to make arrangements with the
*aid bank to act as our collection
-agency in that territory, and on motion
it was voted that the officers of the
•company be. and they are hereby au-thorized
tn open account in the said
bank, subject to the draft of the
treasurer, and to appoint said ba.ik as
■ jiu collection agency in that territory.
I hereby certify that the above Is
* true an.i oorrecl copy of a resolu-tion
ado* ■ d b] the Executive Com-mittee
ol the Bell Telephone Com-pany
of Pennsylvania at a regular
eneetiiig held November 24-th, 1909.
W. S. PIKB80L-,
Secretai i -
PRESIDENT LONG
MAKES A DENIAL
DENIES AUTHENTICITY OF A RE-PORT
PUBLISHED REGARDING
FIRE MATTERS.
To the Edftorf—
In reference to the article publ;.-lie,l
in the NorritloWS "rimes" December
30th. In regard to the Ptrenien'B He>
Hi f Association. I beg leave to state
that at the last meeting of fire Co.
No. 2. there waa no action taken on
the Relict Association. An investiga-tion
was suggested by the retiring
President J. S. lrvln.
As 1 am not a member of the Ra-liei
Association and know notbiug of
the business of the association. I do
not intend to be used as a cat's paw
to pull chestnutB out of the lire for
anybody. As the newly-elected ^real-dent
pf Conshohocki n lire Company
No. 2, I Intend to promote tin hi si
Interest of the company and also to
Use inT !>• »l endeavors to promote har-mony
between the two flre companies
of the town.
It appeprs that the matter of the
Ki liei A.- Delation has been penning
tin three years. My name having
mentioned as going to appoint a
committee to push the matter, 1 would
state that anybody that knows Andy
Long knows that he would not wait
tl.n i years to air his grievance and
then ask somebody else to do It for
him.
ANDRBW LOUD,
Presldeat-elect if Fire Co. No z.
BAPTIST ENTERTAINMENT
The Christmas ent< rtainment of the
first Baptist Sunday School was held
-on Monday evening. There was a
-very large attendance and the enter-tainment
was a decided success. The
following program was rendered un-
*Mer the direction of Bupertntendenl
Ralph N. Campbell, assisted by Mrs.
Holland. Mrs. Ilolliday, and Miss An-na
Weaver:
dinging by School—Shine. On, O. Star
.Address of Welcome, Rev. A. J. Davles
.Singing—To The King School
itecitation—"We'll All be Glad,"
Franklin Blckhart
Itecitation—"Why Santa is Happy,"
Margaret Bell
Recitation Muriel Ballet
;Singlng—"A Uttle Child."
Primary Dept.
.Singing— The Holy Night" ..School
Wxercise—The Stars."
Miss Martin's Class
Itecitation—The Little Santa Claus.
Mabel Blggard
Recitation-The Night before Christ-mas
George Chamberlain
•Quartet—"Shepherd's Dream"—Miss
Anna Weaver. Miss Fannie ('amp-bell.
Mr John Higgar.l. Mr. Ralph N.
Campbell.
Ringing—Haste to Meet Him" .School
Kxerclse Mrs. Holliday's Class
Recitation Olga Sllngluff
Kecitation—The Holly
F.lizabelli EUaor
Itc. itation K"a Bell
Singing—The Little Kmpty Stockings
Olive Campbell
Recitation—Christmas to All,
Pearl Sp»nce
Recitation Marcella McCoy
Distribution of Gifts ..Santa C'aua
i; thlefacni School
Benedli tlon Pastor
TO HAVE A BETTER RACE
To the Recorder:—
There's a woman out west—a young
woman of standing—who is saying
things which, to say the least, are far
from conventional. Some of them will
throw "T. R." and a few other follow-ers
of the anti-race suicide propagan-da
into fits
There are already too many chil-dren
In the world. What we want
now is quality and not quantity. Par-enis
Should be taught the responsibil-ity
of bringing children Into the world,
and. then, when they have been taught
that nine-tenths of the babies lorn
every year are nothing mine' or less
than hum;.n i nils. I believe lie birth
rate will decrease and we shall ha'.-a
bettor an I stronger n a
Tin.- ft Mrs. Helen I ,e Heine
Baker, the richest woman in Spokane,
also suffragist, reformer, philanthro-pist,
humanitarian an.I apostle of
brotherly iove. known thruughoui the
northwest as the hutle Mother ol
Unfortunate children."
Mrs. Baker is anything but conven-tional.
She is young and attractive,
is highly educated and widely traveled
and has plenty of money to gratify
en rj whim. She looks upon Thomas
Paine as ber patron saint and believes
Bernard Shaw. Elbert llubbard, Mot-et
Harmon and I.uther Burbank as the
four greatest men in the world.
"Bugtalrs is the technical term for
the work I am engaged in." she said.
"It relates'to the propagation of man-kind
and 1 mean to devote all my
time teaching children the right way
ot living. You cannot mould character
after the child Is 20 years.
My Undies ol children all over the
world have convinced me that not
more than 10 |>er cent, of them are
children of love. The other 90 per
«ent. are not wanted, and this leads
me to believe that 10 years hence to
be the father of a family of 10 to 12
children will be as much of a disgrace
as being a confirmed drunkard Is at
the present time. Within the next de-cade
we ■hall be able to teach these
things to children and the result will
be a new race of men and women
CALVARY CHURCH
Show Steer—963 lbs.—Kindregan's.
-♦
■♦ L ABIES' AND SCNT8'
« TAILS-RING
♦ 9 H«8i ■!« Street
•*> eensheWUen. fa.
The special Christmas music which
was to have been sung in Calvary
Church on Sunday last, but postponed
•on account ot the weather, will be
sung at the morning service on Sun-day.
The holly service will be held
in the evening,
CARD OF THANKS
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Davis wish
to thank their many friends for the
kindnesses shown them during their
recent bereavement.
!N MEMORIAM
la loving remembrance of ADA
MBTZGER PHILLIPS who depaited
this life December 27, 1903.
0tne but not forgotten.
FAMILY.
ESCAPED FROM
PROTECTORY
TWO BOYS FOUND IN STATION
HOUSE EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. ONE BADLY FROZEN
—HAD ESCAPED FROM FAT-LAND.
Two Philadelphia boys, William Os-bourne,
of 1009 Thompson street, and
Frank Doyle, of 4<Mrtl Germantown ave-nue
and inmates of Fatland Protectory
from which place they < scaped, came
to the borough hall here after mldnelht
on Wednesday In an exhausted condit-ion.
Young Osbourne had both feet
and one band badly frozen. Osbourne
had been shoveling snow at the Pro-tectory
on Tuesday afternoon and
made up his mind to escape as soon
as the squad entered the building.
The> made their way through huge
snowdrifts to the river and followed
its banks until they were out of sight
of the institution, when they came
to the railroad and following it, made
their way to Norristown. litre tiny
begged trolley tare to this place, where
they cane. They walked about the
streets until almost overcome by the
cold Whet they went to the station
house. Officer Ituth found them a few
minutes later and placed tiit-in in B
cell. In a few minutes the heat had
its effect on Osbourne and his screams
of agony brought the officer to his as-sistance.
A physician was summoned
and It was found both feet and one
haud were frozen. The boy was re-lieved
of his pain and Wednesday
morning an officer of the Protectory
came here for the boys.
Osbourne was sent to Charity Hos-pital
and Doyle was taken back to the
Protectory.
HOW TO MAKE TEA
Tea Is responsible for many ills, es-pecially
among women. While It is
tne simplest matter In the world to
make tea properly, it is unhealth fully
prepared more often than otherwise.
Tea is absolutely unlit to drink vhen
the brewing process has proce
beyond a certain point and tannin is
liberated; but II care is taken the evils
of moderate tea-drinking may be r>
duced to a minimum. The old rule
which calls for a teaspoonful for each
pei son ami one for the pot is unthink-able
from the standpoint 61 in. m
dietitian. Such a brew is ruinous to
skin, stomach and nervous system.
To make tea properly and as nearly
as can he liyglenically, buy good tea,
preferably black. Heat u» receptacle
in which the- tea is to be made with
hot water, use one teaspoonful or less
of tea to a pint of boiling water, allow
the water to remain in contact with
the leaves live minutes, then pour off
and use at or.ce. Never put thi tea-pot
directly in contact with intense
heat. A very safe and satisfactory
way of making teu is by the use of
the tea-ball, as very little tannin con-taminates
the beverage thus made.
The abuse or tea is common aud a
fertile source of serious nervous dis
ease. The habit of giving tea and cof-fee
to young children is little short of
criminal.
While on the subject of beverages
let me remind you of buttermilk. The
beauties o? three generations back
looked on buttermilk as an invaluable
aid to their charm*. They UBed it as
a wash and they drank It freely.
While it does not appeal to our mod-ern
ideas of cleanlimss to bathe In it,
we still consider buttermilk one of
the most nealthful foods.
Let me suggest a few luncheon
menus for our girls who want to look
wholesome and feel well. For in-stance,
try a glass of sweet milk or
buttermilk with Boston brown bread,
between thinkly cut sltceg of which
cream cheese has been spr-ad. If
these sandwiches are made at home,
variety may be obtained by adding to
the cheese a few chopped nuts, a lit-tle
chopped sweet pepper, a few
pistachio iiiiis, etc. -Dr. .lean Williams
in Woman's Home Companion for
January.
Eggs multiply as though by magic
when Fairfleld's Egg Producer for
Poultry Only Is fed. The magic in
this case consists In supplying the
hen with the elements needed for egg
production and no others. This can
only be d« ne by having a compound
prepared especially for poultry. Sold
tinder written guarantee by James
Tracy 4 Son, Conshohocken, John
Fearnslde, West
Frankenfleld, Spring
Breen. Gladwyne.
Conshohockwil Cba*. a
ring Mill; fcfe IjetiaV »'"
Kindreaan's Veal is Superb-
BANQUETS
THE NORTH END GUN CLUB, Tr.i
Wat carried nut!J{J,]y I5VKKOX
under the efficient management of
Mi Bilai 0. Adair, toastau
All tin' iiiimb. rs jf the program
ATHLETIC CLUB, THE METHO-lwere efficiently render) I and
DIST BIBLE CLASS AND THE
FORESTERS HOLD BANQUETS.
wen
the
Leal night thirty-five member- in,I
friends of the North End Gun Club
participated in a roast turkey dl mer
at Benz s parlors. It was the
first banquet ever held by the
club during Its eight years of exis-tence
und it was such ad added tUO-cete
that the members have de- ided
to make It an annual affair here; r.
Councilman h. .1. McPhllomy, | itsl-dent
of the club, acted as toastm . ter
and in a nappy speech welcomed the
members and their friends. Mr. Mo-
Philomy detailed the progress cl the
eluo since Its organization aud Ifa ink-ed
tho nu mbers for their loyal sup
port and the interest they have taken
In the club's welfare. The to.itsts
WON responded to by F. J. Bloomnall,
Robert Lampkto, F. L. Tracy, Jo* pli
Ruth and Joseph Allen. ITof. Mahon,
a magician, entertained and my-the
diners by his shigliUif hand tiieks
with the cards. The Harmony Quar-t.
He. of Norristown, sang a number
of songs and H. Able sang several
solos. The diners were also ente:tnln-ed
by the magicians of the dub,
Messrs. Blooinball. McPhllomy and
Johnson, who mystified their audi> nee
by passing money from one end oi the
room to the pockets of Joseph Allen,
unperceived, and other feats equally
astonishing.
• • •
Foresters of America.
The eleventh annual banquet of
Court Spr'ng Mill, No. 188, Foresters
of America, was held In the G. A. R.
Hall on Tuesday evening. ThlB ban-quet
was the most successful one r ver
held by the Foresters and was largely
attended by the members and their
families. Preceding the banquet a
musical entertainment was give •. in
the upper hall and at ten o'clock the
banquet was m rved i" the ba.
hall. After the banquet there was
dancing.
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Cobb-Wagner Clubs.
The '"l -•" Cobn and "Hans"
per baseball pool clubs ol the ' I
hi i i their annual banqui i on
\\'i .in. .■!'.. evening al FelU O'l
Rising Sun Hotel The club col
tf 16 membera, but only 14 parti, ipal
ed iii tho roast turkey dinner. A
very enjoyable time was had. Al.trt
liaunum mi.i Bdwavd Bernardo sangl
several solos which were greatlv ap
predated and toasts were responded
to oy William Camerou. William Gra-ham
and William Martin. This ban-quet
was 10 MaM essful that P. was de-cided
to make it an annual affair.
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Athletic Club
The first banquet of the recently-organized
Conshohocken Athletic Club
was held In the P. O. S. of A, Hall,
last evening. Covers were laid for
75. The hall and tables were beauti-fully
and tastefully decorated. The
hall was decorated with flags and
bunting In the colors ot the club, blue
and old gold. The tables were l&tte-mlly
decoieted with candelabra, ferns
and carnwtiona.
'Squire Coorge M. S. Light acted as
' >astmaster and with his tttnel; re-marks
kept the diners in good humor
and brushed away the feeling of bash-fulness
from the more retiring mem-bera
and every one called upon re-sponded
to a toasL George Duffy,
who has been a resident here but a
short time and who was responsible
fo; the decorations, responded to the
toast, "What I Think of This Town."
His remarks brought forth much
rlment.
The Spring Mill band orchestra and
Ferra's Italian stringed orchiitia.
tarnished music. The famous Craw
ford Quartette song several selections
ami solos were sung by James Camp-bell,
Harry Rudder, Kddle Bal.lv. In
and Enoch Bddleman. Caterer Ben*
served a roast turkey dinner.
• nin - ed by
whole number in attendance.
The Sprlrg Mill Orchestra's opening
of the evening was particularly well
rendered and follow* d by the Class
Song after which the Rev. J. F. Shep-herd,
of the Presbyterian Church, ask-ed
the divine blessing.
Air. Clifford Barney, James R. Camp-b
«ll, and Kdw. C. T. Darla, soloists,
delivered in their usual good form
their respective solos.
The Union Quartette were warmly
greeted,
Mr. H. G. rVId, with his "Town We
Live In," was applauled to the ocho.
Whie Mr. Charles P. Baker delivered
from his poet friend, Mr. James Whlt-conib
Rlley, beveral selections which
were acc-nded the entire enthusiasm
of the audience.
itev. j. K. Bheppard and Mr. Irvln
Hoover, ••: Norristown, reaponddd to
the call if the toattmatter.
After the program, all were celled
to the festive board wher • the torn
rnlttee had laid covers lor '.-•> men.
All who were tf-cre went home
greatly pleated with the evening's
pleasure ; ml the New Year wishes for
the class were many and fervent.
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Washington Fire Company
The Washington Fire Companv will
bold Its thirty-eighth annual bannuet
In the hose house to-night. A vaude-ville
entertainment and dancing will
be spread on the englue floor of the
at !> o'clock. The banquet tables will
be spread on the engine oflor of the
building and at 11 o'clock a turkey
dinner will b<* nerved. So many mem-bers
and guests will be present that
another table will be served at 1 a. m.
The vaudeville entertainment will be
furnished by home talent and a com-pany
of professionals from Philadel-phia.
Thl professional talent will be
the St. Claire Bistort m aongi and
hieiie, Almanta and Mabel Bme'ton
hrette; AJmaate and Mate! Bmvraon
in a comedy sketch; Ben Gibbons in
character Imperaonationa and Nora
Calo in up-to-date tonga and dances,
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K of C. Reception.
Norristown Council, No. 77-. Kn
of Columbus, "in gli ■ a reception and
! . ■ . I . i \
Flan-i-.y. In Cilv lla'l. KoiTlStown, on
Monday evening January it. last
Deputy Patrick ii. Lynch ?nd
other high officials of the ordi i- will
'ne pies. nt. The i oinin'ltee. of wi.it h
Prof. ,\i. .. iv hue ol this borough is
chairman, have made elaborate ar-rangements
for the teoopUon und an
elaborate taaquet will be given. This
affair will be the most pretentious, ev-er
given Ly the order in this district
and a large number of memberi are
-.vpeciev io be pre-teac
FATHER DUGAN TO
CELEBRATE SILVER JUBILEE
Four Prominent Catholic Clergymen
To Celebrate Silver Jubilees.
Four priests of this archdiocese will
celebiate next mouth their Bllvei Ju-blieeh
The celebrants were all or-dained
together in 8t. Charles Bor
romeo's Seminary, at Overbrook.
The priests are. the Right Reverend
Monsignor James P. Turner, chancel
lor and vicar-general of the arch
diocese; the Rev. Matthew A. Hand,
rector ol St. AAnn's Church; the Rev.
Hugh .1. Dilgan. rector of St. Mich-nil's
Church, and the Rev. Dennl • J
Ploughs!, rector of the newly-organ-ized
Church Of the Ascension, Ken
: uwi. Anniversary services will be
he'd in ajl four of the church' K on
January 11. huh id ihe eelobrgntl
mi .: Mmaiuiyiii-i.s to the other
and Archbishop Ryan will btetoW ;.
lal bleating on each.
Rev. Hugh Dugan was for a number
of years assistant to the 'ate Bather
SANTA (LAI'H
ST. MARK'S PASTOR DECRIES
THE PRACTICE OF TEACHINtJ
CHILDREN A BELIEF IN SWEET
ILLUSION.
Rev. Will F. Bare In an address is
St. Mark's Church strongly opposed
the teaching of children to believe is
the existence of Sauta Claus.
The minister declared much ot the
Indifference ol the rising generation
was due to the deception BO general-ly
practiced and the false Idea it con-veyed
of a day that should be re-garded
with greater reverence. H»
regretted, too, that the final shatter-ing
of thir idol In the child's mind
served to sliow the first seed of un-truthfulnett,
of disregard for per
enttl love, of a lack of worship iur
ti ■ i inisi Child; that it brought
about, Anally, B character, leading
to a siiirii ol eovetoutness and ■ to-tal
loss oi charitableness In vi rj
many c sees,
Mr. Pare was sorry that the
.an people permitted the true
spirit ot Christmas to be set aside
by the commercialism of the world
and the turning of one of the most
joyous seasons of the year for a
lover of the Christ child to one of
personal gain and pleasures not ia
accord with the teachings of the
Bible and the true significance ot the
day. He decried the fact that even
certain riuii-lii-s aud Sunday schools
fall to realize their tul) duty te
those within their ranks and those
to whom their influence may extend
by allowing to be Introduced, at the
Christmas services, personages and
false god!1, who have no place In tne
Bible and whose presence takes from
the Mcredness of what might other-wise
lie uu instructive as well as a
sacred service.
During the seven years of Rev.
Dare's pastorate no Christmas ser-vice
of the Sunday school has been
attended by even a recitation hav-liig
in one way reference to Kris
KIngle in Boats cians. while eves
the hymns In use have been selected
with reference to their sacred mes-
■'i concluding his address, the
pastor expressed hope of an earl)
altlon of Christmas by the <hii-dren
in the same sacred spirt) that
.■ii to Good Friday ami Blaster.
ii.- in n v I s die paraged tl"
inn ill gifts When done so With eon
shleration and a proper spirit. 1ml.
under presenl conditions, he said,
this is not eanie.l on in the Blrictly
propei manner and with the right
spirit, in uian] Instances.
PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH
December Annals of the Catholic So-ciety
Announces That $1,183,624.29
Kinahan tare. Ho has many fi lends
Tho object of this banquet as stat-,1' here end on the West Side, where his
by toastrotatet Light. Is to bring tne
boys together to make the Athletic
Club a permanent organization and
keep interest alive during the winter.
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Men's Bible Class.
At eight o'clock last evening the
members of the Men's Bible Class ol
the M. K. Church Vlth their friends,
I'mbled at the Sunday School room
to participate In the annual sovial of
the class.
The program of the evening which
family resided. He Is a brother to P.
F. Dugan of the West Side.
Aftet Father Dugan left here he w ui
asju>ncu tc the parish al bV>rv.yn as
ri tor and intor to h's presi nl i i u i h.
st .\!i(.i„ :\-. philadelpnis
Father Dugan has. always been very
popular in his parishes and nas the
v. M wi iie ni his tiu'iiv friends here.
IP vou Save an item of news it
would be appreciated if yon send it
0i Tne ItecoTiter.
Was Distributed During the Year.
The Society for the Propagation of
the faith, a Catholic organization for
the promotion of missionary work,
with headquarter! in New York oily,
announces In its De»cember Annals that
the amouui distributed by the society
during the years was |t,ltt,6s«JS. Of
the diocese, vicariates and prefectures,
that received help forty-eight are Is
Ht!!-0|ie. 122 In Asia, 6,j In Africa, 16 in
Oceanica. :IS in America, making a
total ol 291'. Nineteen diocese* In tbe
United Stales. Including our territorial
possessions in Alaska, the Pacific
Ocean and West Indies, were assisted,
The current "Annals" contains let-ters
from miesionarteB In many parts
of the world and articles on "Shlkol
Island. Japan." "The future of Catho
licil\ In Japan. On Cart Traveling
Among the (Iambus. South Africa.'
"Tubual Archipelago, a New Mission
in Oceanica."
The Diocesan Director for the arch
dlOCete ol Philadelphia is Rev, '' 1'.
Kavanagh, secretarj to Archbishop
Ryan,
"The fatted Calf—Kindregan's.
THE NEW YEAR
is the time we make those good
Resolutions, bul ORSELLS is
the place to buy those GOOD
SHOES. They Last Longer.
ORSELLS
75 faystte Street, Censhehecken
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