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SWARTHMORE, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1916.;
;  : .$2.00 PER YEAR
HE PEAKSON   DINNER
large committee of citizens who
-charge of tliePearson Dinner; to
;/n at tlie Mary  Lyon  .School on
-Monday   evening,   the J 24th.  are
s-i..- a • very   delightful ■ affair.    It
v .'one. of   Svvarthniores   greatest/'
..us in' iyl6. 'Tlie- courtesy:;of Mr. j
j->. Crist  in offering  the use of ;
Andid dining room connected with,
A .ol'.building', is- very   nntch  ap-j
■'••■L'tliis being the tirst. time it has J
yhi offered for  an  event outside.j'
'•■»'<! circles..' .■'::/.'  '.'•''■      '     '. - ' .   !/
dinner will he. formal and elabo-
. 1;   will  be'.-followed- by   various,
i- and addresses, some by parties.'.
■j Hi.Swarthmore.  and   others by. j
rc>i;:.-V!» of. this  borough..-' There,  will j
'■lie a'!:'. .(.tdics-on behalf of the College, .
' nik--...-ii' behalf, of. Swarthmore,  another,-
d'n '.■;.half of tlie women;'and.still an- ;
.other ..ii behalf of Chautauqua...'.
..-.'•Mr.   Charles A M. • Granville,   the   fine;
Aaritmie .of N-ew York Qity, who made ,
Mii'ii:-i -ple'ndid hit on  .Chautauqua last
year.-   will ' he   present - and . contribute |
• simil'  of'.his  delightful   songs. :  There |
vvill 'ii-.one or;twp addresses, by men of'
■ iiiiti'iiy! .)efintation.■ "'.-.■/;..-"        '• • .-■'■-..,.
' : S n.ifie of "the best known   fun-makers! "V'K'-Ui
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IMPORTANT   MEETING   OF    THE
'-: CIVIC   SECTION   AT   THE '••/•/;
.WOMAN'S  CLUB ': "-...':,.■'.'
Tuesday,  January 25
The Emergency Patrol used for fire and. police protection in';'
our neighboring borough of Ridley Park. /
.'The Civic Section of the Swarthmore j
Woman's Club :has .scheduled an  inter-;
yesting  program .for -Tuesday/January/
j-Uh, at  j > o clooky. • Mis*' 'Flrzabeth S. ■
Kite,   of .'■ Morton,   will   giv:e  a  talk-on <
"Tlie  Defective Child.':.' Miss Kite has,'
been  connected, with   tlie- Research ,-De'y'
partnient of Vineland/Training.''School j
for six years.    She is. now working with
the  National   ConuniUee on   Provision
for    Feeble-minded,   -with   headquarters,
in .'-.I'liiladelphia..   This committee,, under j
the direction .it   Mr. Joseph -livers, has;
been -established in  the last six months',
as  a   central  .important  bureau • for  the1
control of' feeble-niindedness as   a national problem..''..'  '"•'-.     •'. '/i
M.iss  Kite's -well-known  contribution.:
is-the. investigation of the famous Kalli-
kak :-family.■'.. ; •■•'•■■"'..                      .
A BELGIAN BOY'S LETTER
INTERSCHOLASTIC    FIELD
TRACK MEET
AND
. About a .year .ago ;Alady  in   Svvartli-
yiiiore made a suit o'Leloihes for a little
toy. in the pocket of which she
;i.f Kuarrhihonv assisted by- Frank Stev- A>"( ■*! ""u;
' n'Ardeii/ Del.',  are  getting up a jlnm at: 1,1,:
i (lavs ago the donor received a letter in
The. tenth  annual, iiiterscholastic 'held
hid track; iiieet.to.be held at the Tome
I'lie suit evidently reached   Sehool.AINirt   Deposit, Ald.Apn  May 20,
Christmas, time;', as a  few
irbthises  to be a  side-spliter
of the nature of a take-off;w\ ™,,y to Iu"r> whl' t!h'''tographs of two
children enclosed.    She thought it might
:U»1.1>.
. a'-'-iu-
tlie  people
too.    The
CM-
skit  that
It ;«;ll'bii-
a C'h.ii'it..-i.ui'|iia session,  with  a  platform
superintendent-,  lecturer;musical selec- •,,c "I, "'iters! to
m.j/dl the other arrangements of ^ »H>rc. 10 read \\
•«-fiiI Chautauqua program. . ' .-:■   ,v"°Vs: .'        .-.-. '■•-.-■. .-:■'./-.
•'.. T.Ik-, 'response: of    the    citizens    of  My Pair //riyitd, -.-. .■'.." •'-.'.
:-S\vardJ'ivii..(-e in  the purchase of tickets    . Manima   thanks  vo'u   verv
tlniv y». has - been', liberal,    and   it   is/the :chitlies: you send/to'ni J
:!i..pcil thai all who. are intending to..be  ij,,^ sii;u.r i,v Christmas..' I
:i.;re>i-.it  will   sij-nify  their   intehtio.u: ytO( forget' you by.uur l-'atl'ier when I speak
Mr: I-; 1 ..Walton liv Saturday-, noon.att
of  Swarth-'
letU-r is as
niuch • for
and to..'my
shall -never
ihe..vi-rj-, latest.    No one can afford to
!iii>> -fciiiv- .occasion;   wliicli   is   showing"
-!ii;ii'.T.-,■.. a. citizen of Swarthmore-who
■iias.-iii'aili-, this borough known through-
ijiit. .th.i;\! I'nited - .States,  or .-in-   other
■Woj-ilv- he- ha
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vvfth Ijiin, and I pray'that Me will•-bless
you. -1. am a little Helgian boy four
years old and my .dear little sister Annie
.i\ three year- old. It is now fourteen
months Ave  left   Iielgituu. .and  v'vi;  have
i>.announced, aiid about 200 invitations
have lieen ye'iitto schools in New -York,
1'eiiiisylvaiiJa. Maryland   and .the   District of  Columbia..'. Tlie  Tome meet is
the  tnost   important  event  of. tlie  kind
in   the   entire   south,  and. every, school
hoy- in   this . part ..-of the  Country   looks
torwanl to the great day when he Will
either compete- iti the contests or be one
j 01 the huge 'crowd of spectators.. • ■;' '■':'.-'
I     It is  planned  to make the meet this
i year outshine all the others in size and
brilliancy;   '. The    date,", therefore,    has
I een   changed   from".; the . second   to   the
third Saturday in .May. so that, as. the'
• lawdoes not allow excursions to be run
.before the. 1.5th- of May, .the  majiage-.
■ iiioiit will easily be able-to-"arrange'-for
, a boat ■ froiij    I'altimore.    About   iooo
tlown   the- house: where  l!VJth   us  were
/'put.- Swarthlnore oh the/ ,,,„.   We hope that this sorrowful Avar   l;riIlimorV:ms . „iuaII ■. altc„a- lh, ,nect
;;. ' ' '" •., vvtlr mioii : tinish  and  .we .may  yo   back 1 .....i ...;...... ...- .iA. : .'._...-.._ .1... i.„.. .{.:,.
at' lniine.   :For .us  .the war  has'completely ruined us;.   My daddy was stock
WOMAN'S   BIBLE   CLASS
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yton Whipple riulb'urt  eiiter-
,'. the '• .afternoon   'plans   were | nt,'e sister
/.the  coming !  year's,   work.'
ii of' committees  were appoint
'•'!!< "ivs :'•'■...•'.'■■'■•'   ..-'    ■/ ..
and niatiy of .these.prefer, the bay trip,
as  it  is. a   beautiful:-ride   and  the   boat
, reaches   P"i't Deposit   an.  hour.; before
roker. now. he isvyithout position ■■( rom j t|^ ^ an;, ^yes aliout an hour afr
■ter'wanls. .Kvery train, too, that conies
into. Port Deposit that day -is thronged
j and- hundreiU drive in from the farms
ind estates of the. surrounding country.
I There .will be a reception connnittee to
•receive all visitors and.see that they arc
I.properly conveyed to the Tome grounds
one year and a half, and lias not been
>!hcers of the Womaivs Bible f'ih^ until now to .tind any job. ."•-'..
Hiic.lieoii' iii). January rath, V   [''' 1:hope you will not  forget ,ihy dear i
Annie and your little.brother.
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1.5 Afney Road, I'utney-l.oudon S. \V.
iial.'Mrs. J.  I.  Smith:  Look-
All.  H.  Hrooks:  Social. Airs
'iHiiui.  •/• . • • ..-'•. .'- •' ■  , ■,    "■-/''
".re  now ': fifty-three /member's.-:
tnd the spirit of the class, is j
.-lM.a'stic  under  the  leadership
/i'lulburt  and the, teaching of \Umlnu is lhc (f;ill.h,er of Mr. and Mrs:
:"'•«. / B.; Young,  y The    kssp«i'Th'onia.s   Andrew, of   Swarthmore,  : .
January    23rd,   is.-=-"-Th'e"|   '  ..-.'...''-■      ___, ' '•'-.
HAPPY EVENTS
Mb- and .Mrs. Frank, - Hiirton,. of
Bridgeport, Conn., are. rejoicint{, in the
possession of a new-daughter. Margaret,
who.was  born on    January.".'Ij.    -Mrs.
THE SMILE-BOX
If I -know, the box whoi'o tlie smiles
were k»'i»t.
'■ No. hintier how..large  the. key '■
Or. strong  thi"  liolt.   I   would   try   so
/.'-■;   iiiird. ■•'.;'■-.' .'"•'/'      "/'■ •■■/•
'Pvyouhl open.. I  know,  for-jiiei■'."'-'Vi
Then,   oyer   the   Ijiud.iiiid   the' si>;i. ]
■:'■';•■- -broaden sit. ';■'   .'. -'A. .'■"'.././'•..    j
I'd scatter I ho smiles  <<■  pbry.      ■-.';
So -th.-itcaroworn 'peupfo  might', hold j
■;   - them  fast '•'•; . . .-■-.'.'/ ■]
•-  I-'in- in'aMy and  m.-iiiv .1  d.-i'v. -
News Notes
[1 VENTS FOR THE COMING WEEK
j SATURDAY, JANUARY 22— •'
!'..;:•" 8':P;'-.M.';'.'./ ;.-./.'': ;■•> /' .''•'/'." ':•":"
;.'Miss Jeanette  Kling at. the  Svvartii-
inore   I'rejiar'atory School:. ' /   •-.-'•'-• '.'..'
Motion Pictures, at. the Ideal.Morton.
SUNDAY. JANUARY 23—....
'.'Church', services  as   follows:      ,-.-■'• '   ■'•
;'•■'• 11 a/'M/-.,-':" .--'/■:  ;••;■
-,. Trinity   and   Methodist   churches.".
•- ; 11A5;A; M.   ■ •'.      .:'
. '.Presbyterian  churcli. '.
• Friends' First Day. School,10.15 A. M.
.Friends. Meeting, .1,1.30 "A. M. '..
MONDAYy JANUARY 24—
;-.;■-. : i.3o p. m.: ■ / ■/"•:■/'       ■■•'"■'"."/
'' Community'--  Testimonial    l,)inner    to.
J)r.   Paul   M.   iVar.-on. '
TUESDAY,. JANUARY 25—
•'.'• 3 F.;M/-; /-./'/y'.;   V
* 'Miss   Klizabeth   Kite at. the Woman's
Club.- ■./'■;. '      '".- */'':-' ■'.'.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26^   •-;'.-
■.\lid-vyeek prayer' service, at the Presbyterian, Church. '••■' ■ ;•■•:..,'."..'
THURSDAY. JANUARY 27—.
FRIDAY/JANUARY 28—   . \/;
Mid-winter reception at the Woman's
Club.'.  •:,-"■    :'-'-..' . y" .';.-,. ; "-/ ■'./■ ■'■'■
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If   I
box    Ih.-it.  was! ..jnrsii*
know ...1
y -..     ('iiotigh ■'.'..'■ ! "• ..." •
.'J'o lioid iiilytlie. frowns I .'111'otrr. :•.-'.
I   would   like-  to  uralher thi'in. ey.ory-
<»ne. ■':.".' -."-..     A     '-."■"..: -.-"..
.. I-'i-nii.i  niii-sey,  sf-hool  aiul stroeti '  .
Tlifii.   foblhig .-imi   holding;. I'd . paek
t Iii'tii in
And.   turning the 'monster- key/
I'd!  h.iri' a. giant to .drop the box .
depths   iif   thi'   dec)). : deep
Til
the
si'.-l.
My  liriivver' says that  folks i= good .'/
\yiio-Wear clean cults and collars; '
■Alt'- -isser say».-that folks is good •".'■' .
■Who have, a  inilyun "dollars ; '
.My pajipa says that '.folks 'is'g'oo'd.'-- /
..'/ Who pay -.'is they go. long.'.'
Aii'   muvver  say- thht': folks/..is good
/ W'hiV do. ting.s  vvite.-notWrong, y .
Well. I. don'.t know. but. when my nurse,
AV.'ikesnie afore its iiglit ',.'..
I fink thai she .is awful bad,   '•■'.'■' ''-'-■'.'
...An' ili'm'ty/m. link" I'm right?'. ' ''    '' ■
■■' '■ ,'•'*:": ■'■'• ':'•'.'•'■;■'; ''/■' />\.C.".M:; ;
'.' M.r>. Carl I-'.. Smith, formerly of
Swarthmore. now of Canton. Maine, is
visiting  Sir- John   Hobnail.-,
■   !   'Mrs. 1.. I) Wdlau   k reported to he
—Seleeteil. | doing nicely after-hyr recent ojier'ation.
LADIES' AID SOCIETY
.At   the ''regular   monthly   meeting   of .
the  Ladies'  Aid Society of the Presbyterian' Church on last Friday afternoon,
the 'following .officers' were elected :
';• President; .Mrs. A. P.;Jackson: '■',.- . '
First \'ice President. Mrs. K. M; Little. \
. SecondA'ice Pfe>i(|ent. Mrs, G. Moore.
•Secretary; .Mrs. Paul Webster. A //J
Treasurer, Mrs. I-'ugene Wilkins.   .'•''.'•  •
Life," Rom.' 8:12-17, 26:30,
". i-lconic/to the class.   . '.
INSPIRING  SERMON
'I; The I'riemL of. Mr. and '/Mr».-E,
tCjuiiin. of (Jirard Avenue, are congrat-
jiilating them on the arrival of a little
I daughter, born January 12:.' '.;..'/.
I -Several iiuiovaiiims- have' been made
in the progratn. Tvvo new events, the
broad jump and.the shot put, have been
added for. the athletes from the-rural
high schools Land, what should prov- - a
big attract ion. is the announcement of a
faculty relay race.' In all; 22; events
are .'scheduled. They. are:. 100/yard
dash.'jjo yard dash, 440 yard dash, 880
yard run. .mile run. i'jo yard hurdles,| inore.y.Md., - will preach on next . Sabr
_>2o yard liurd.les. high jump, broad bath niorhing at 11.15. Fvening service
juni|i.  pole   vault,  shot, put —12  pounds,iai  K. o'clock.     \ •■'."."...,.'.'.-.,'.';■
hainmer throw.—.12 pounds, and a mile|#:; ■ .-;.:.   '    '- '.;-
■i relay  race   in   the list of. open  events, j.   The. Woman's Missionary Society will
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev.Oliver Hnckel.  I), D.. of -" Haiti-
Dr.
K'niicy,.
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MRS. MARY  McKENNA
A   -M. •' Jones,  of•-'.'Haver ford.'.   Morn  011 January.-•''. iS'th.   lot". to-Mr.
i. iressed Friends' Meeting on  and   Mrs.   Walter  Kodniaii   Shoemaker;
.morning.    His. subject.was, ;,?ioI%kinsou    Avenue,    a • daugh'er,
A'rt-tation    of .Early; Chris-  named   Ruth  Aniia Sliocmakef,
t yJonesr wonderful exposi-
•' .Cospels  held   his  hearers
.-' Clearly and. forcefully he
-y human and divine side of j ..Mrs.     .Mary.McK'enna.     wife'."'.Of
..valed  in Jesus   Christ-^the | \|jVhael;   the   faithful   janitor   of   Hor-
1 incarnate  in  the  flesh, 'ough Hall,died at the Media  Hospital
present as he pointed to.'.OI'.Monday   afternoon,   of .pneumonia,-
•il possibilities of man and ' following   an -operation..   .-Friends   met
1 ties of the present day for; at' her   late   residence   at'S'- o'clock   on
■•'irkers.;'./-.-■' f.Thursday iiiorning. • Services were held
;.— —- •••.-"'.       ..at the'M'o'r ton R..C. Church.    Interment
The novice   events,, open tf) all  schools, | meet
All
MINSTER  GUILD
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Holy Cross Cemetery, -Darby.
AN  APPRECIATION
y meeting  of  Westminster-
■■'lay evening, January twen-|       .   .   . '■ ''•'■:, —"?—     "
-f*U o'clock, at the home of / . Mr/and Mrs. Howard "Borden express
Aran.   Dickinson   and   Yale   their thanks for the kindness shown by
'■ K-ction of'officers  for the! friends and  neighbors during their re-
All take place.
cent sad bereavement.
consist  of  a.  "=;  yard'dash, and  a  66b
yard run.   '1-Aents  open'.to the country
high   schools   only  are:    75 yard- dash,;
220   yanl   dadi,'   SHo yard   run,    broad]
jump, 'shot    put -.;and' niile    rc'a>". race. I
The faculty relay race—-half mile—four
nuii; cotnes under the head of. a special
event. ■ .'•..-■. -    ■■':'■!' '■
' '-Medals "of   gold,  silver    and -bronze'
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the ...church, parlor lb-day  at 3
REV. SAMUEL T. LINTON
We   note,   with   regret,   the   death ' Of
the   Rev. y Samuel T.   Linton,  M.   A.,
pastor «f the Ridley Park Presbyterian.
Church,   who  died - on    Mondav. Janti-
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ary    lotli,   of   pneumonia.'.   Dr.   Linton 1
will be awarded the victors in the vari- J |,ai ])vm ,iK. helovcd pa«ior of the .Rid-,
ou.> contests:   the  highest point winner -lf.y  p;{rk oIulrt.],  for; the past - fourteen
in  the open events will receive a hand
some    silver    cup:   .a'  silver    mounted' ;il)(j  ,],
plai|iie will  be given  to the school winning . the meet,    and a banner   to the''-.
years-.- winning  the  love  of  his  people
munitv.
estimation . of   the entire corn-
Mr. Linton is survived hv bis
school   scoring   the  most points  in
country high   school  events..A
... (Continued  on   Page Four.)   -
the
wife and bv  one daughter, Mary.
.   Thi> life is not a playground—it
eyiiina«ium '   where   diameter    is
veloped for eternal life.
-.-':•    (With apologies to the author of "A
''.'-,"  'Happy Thought:")       -:      .'-'/'-
; The   day . is  so   full  of a   number   of
is a /things, '.-:': '•  •
de-   And the minutes and hours have fleetest
' ;y ,'-,   of wings. ,--— "A- A A
The death • i.,i". Mr.' William .Henry
Rogers', atMerchantville./\. J., oh the
14th of this ntontli. is noted. • Afr,
Rogers is the father of Mrs.William S.
Lv .'m~. of Chester Road. Swarthmore.  ';
Prof. A. H. Toinljusoii has issued a
booklet in the interest of^the Preparatory School entitled: "A Mother's Letter
and What Came, of It.*'. It contains a'
number of letters, written .by prominent
persons in response to a liiotliey's in-
<)uiries -concerning . this Swarthmore
school, and is interesting reading.   / ■ •
• Mrs. A/au 1 lebleii.-the portrait' painter,
whose ./studio', is   in  the : Borough   Hall.
.is spending ynne weeks with  friends in ,
New  F.ugland. .-'        ',-;'• '...-■/
• Mis- Je.'ilinette' Kling. who is recognised as oiie of .'America's -most '.brilliant and successful readers, will be the
■attraction at. the Preparatory School
this coining. Saturday evening.
. Mr. Li'ufetield,-. Educational Secretary
of the Congregational Church, preached
two remarkably strong, sermo'nv in ihe
J'reJiyteri.'uLChurch <m Sunday./■
■The much heralded pin toplay • "Fvi-
dence" nuikt-N its local appearance this
Saturday   at  the  "Ideal  Theatre.'' Mor-
fi.ii).    In tbe;ne and acting it is described,
as  far above'the ordinarv. ;-
■ •■On'last Tuesday -morniiig .Mr. Sid-
nt-y. (iuelick, tin- famous J,'i[ianese missionary, addressed .the stiidentA of
■■ Svvarthniore ("ollege in a most interesting manner on ' the .recent history of
Japan, and what should he the future
attitude "of the I'nited- States toward
her.    A ; ■/;-;. -
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