EYEISING LEDGER-PHII.A1BLPHIA, FKIDAY; SEPTEMBER S5, 1916
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JERDEEN, GRANITE CITY OP SCOTIA,
. SENDS 'GAY GORDONS' TO WAR FRONT
lth Tartans Flying and Bagpipes Skirling Braw High
lander Laddies March orth Impressions of
Thrifty Caledonian City
,J By ELLEN ADAIR
WHI tttrtaltv lor the Evetiltia Lrtarr
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was written by an old gentleman
had a apeelal re
quest to mike.
"ir you ver
go to Aberdeen,
the flnest olty In
the world." he
wrote, "would It
bo asking too
much of you to
write about It
In tha KvKftNO
Ijbdocr? I came
to the SUtoa
Uty years ago.
ond have nover
been hem to
Scotland since,
but now that
my days aro
nearly done, my
mind Is always
on the old tlmea
up In Aberdeen
when I was a
boy."
-,.. Tracki after the arrival of that let-
Eitr I received an Invitation from the w Ife
an AOrueu vm, , v,vw w
lit her for a few day, ho i nopo mat
IstoM Impressions 01 ino uri v.n
lLueatoh the eje of my old Scottish friend
h. Philadelphia, and ho will know that I
tore not forgotten.
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Bay. A ioim. uncumiuriuuiu jvuiiio
fjmn London, with no Pullman cara, no
rwftar sleepers, no conveniences en route.
itxi In war time no food, except what
M carrlea with one In the train.
SCENERY SUrEIUl
Bt the scenery Is beyond compare.
Hirers, mountains, moors and lochs aro all
around, and the little train puRs Us fussy
sup heathory hills and round precipitous
torptrt such as one finds only In Bonnie
geetltna.
when Edinburgh Is left behind, when the
binding Forth Is crossed and the Grampian
jtoutitalns appear in view, the air takes a
ta44en keen "tang." It's tho first breath
( the Highlands. And when one reaches
Aberdeen, the Granite City of the North, tho
Hit air and the heather moors commingle
te produce an air as "neaqy as cnam-
area.
in Aberdeen they do not waste time
tnillng over polemics or pontics. Tnoy
Lverk bard and they think hard. And above
feU they fight hard.
(For Aberdeen Is the home of that most
jfjuntnis Highland regiment, the gallant Oor
souj. 'The Gay Gordons," they are called
ta Flanders. And Aberdeen la Irrevocably
(certain that the Gordons aro going to win
Iteeirar.
WITH TARTANS FLYING
K.They are eplendld-looklng men. Today I
VnUiUVU VM,,'-, V. ... ...... . ...w o.
I U windy streets, tartans flying, Kllta
lettering, heads up, their pipers clow ing the
ies until one might fear that their lungs
qld crack from the exertion.
.ntili city," said my friend the profes-
"is cermeated with the Gordon spirit.
Pin) that spirit was never stronger that It Is
Jdy. We ore a solid wedgo of the war
"IwGordon wedge the granite we'dgel"
sWe are going to win. Our great and
lent company or fighters the Oay uor-
-all marched out or. this city witn one
I purpose to win the war. Thousands
I thousands have swung down the streets
i the stirring strains of The Cock o' the
and thousands are etm going.
r, more avid than ever. Look out o(
t window, and contradict me it you
H"
pMtekly I looked out of the Indicated win-
From the street below came the maa
M" ot the pipes and the tramp, tramp or
1 feet. The Gay Gordons were on the
th.
,The orofassor cleared his throat. "Hun
Mreda and hundreda are coming buck to us.
ill lame, tattered and torn." said tie. dui
tan thty need Is the Highland air of Aber-
n their home to bring the Dioom ot
alth to their cheeks. Then back they
uravp laud iw &a-;u nu rmio to..M
twined his snectacles surreptitiously, for.
Sfeiplto a fierce manner, tho professor has
i kindest ot heirts.
"it Is not the foolish, fighting spirit, in
i itrong country or the Gordons in war
l never popular with us But we knew it
i necessary, and that we were ngnung,
t tor our own freedom, but for the free-
i of civilization."
rtW are a thinking people. This we
fni and this we Knew, and ror tnis we
ineddlng our best blood and making
nacea willingly. There has never Been
i slightest hesitation with us. We have
ld on with thN idea uppermost; Wnat-
it costs, It must be done.' "
WAITS COST HEAVY
ItTo Aberdeen tha cost of war, both in
and rold. has been very heavy, xei
i are bright, and a eplt ot optimism la
i It li a habitat of jarnlng, a harbor of
Sentier arts, thU uronite t;uy or xne
. From the clangor of Its bl streets
can retire W the quiet haven ot the
e. where he young followers of arts
I .dlvlnltvised to foregather, but which
.U strangely silent.
s.For A and Divinity have buckled on
i tvra. xnat famous scholar, Principal
w Aaam smith, has now become a
!lDal Of Wr Marlhnl rnlUir ri.
4 to medicine and science, has a new
menclatur. "Martial riiAi
Trad ia booming, ratrlotio' Aberdeen la
uroaraaoiy prosperous.
'Wi In the busy streets the women aro
f 'g. iney aro all. to a woman, "carry.
T7J vn
Complexion I
CfoT pimpiy, unattractive
r"7- t" ;uu om irgrn me lull
t3yment of many Innocent
rPlMurei? Then thfnk of thl,.
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2 you cieansc your
M V,,R .e ootWm. healing
EeimMe,A. c,se' b7 little
..L0In,mcn' this uiually
SttaJ . j vowpfexion naturally
, Jgr and fresh. It I equally i
pi5-Wffi,iiltiaiui'
nrivi
Ing on " The car drivers havo gone to tha
war. So the, women are running the street
cars. I counted the college girls among
their number. There are hundreda t well,
to-do wives and mothers doing their "eight
hours' turn" at the wheel.
The postmen hae gone oft to fight. So
all the letters are delltered by Immaculately
uniformed glrl.
Games nnd aporti aro dreams of the past.
The golf courses are drilling grounds for
troops and tennis lawns are resting places
for the wounded
As I write, at 11 o'clock on a late Au
gust eenlng. da) light Is still around na.
For Aberdeen In summertime, like th popu
lar conception of heaven, is a place where
there ls neither night nor darkness!
To those who hae gone across the seas,
like my old correspondent, the memory ot
those long, clear eenlngs remains as some
thing ery real and ery vivid : and It may
Interest such to know that Aberdeen, one
celebrated far and wide as the Granite City
of tho North, has given herself a newer
and a prouder name tho Granlto "Wedge ot
War.
YOUNG WIFE WINS DIVORCE
Mrs. Metn Fuller Sinclair Corespondent
in Georgia Suit
AUGUSTA, Oa, Sept. IB. The marital
difficulties of tho Sinclair nnd Itaoul faml
lies, which havo smoldered In Georgia courts
for many months, were cleared awar today
when the Superior Court granted a divorce,
with alimony, to Mrs Winifred Itaoul. tho
pretty twenty.) ear-old wife of William
Green Itaoul, wealthy socialist.
Mrs Itaoul named Mrs. Meta Fuller Sin
clair, divorced wlro of Upton Sinclair,
author, as corespondent. Mrs. Itaoul was
twenty years jounger than her husband.
German Pig Iron Output Gains
BERLIN, Sept. 15 The German output
of pig Iron during August wan 1,141,000
tons, as against l.lii.000 tons during July,
tho Overseas News Agency announces.
FRANCBVULETOHAYE
$15,000 PLAYGROUND
Bonrd of Recreation Will Equip
Plot at Eighteenth Street
and Ridge Avenue
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NEW EARLE STORE
GETS A FLYING START
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another link In Us large chain ot play
grounds with tho acquisition of a large riot
In th Franetslll section at Eighteenth
street and Ridge avenue.
Fifteen thousand dollars wilt be avail
able for the playground by November, but
work, will be started as soon as poaxlbra, In
order that the children of the neighbor
hood may reap the advantages by next
summer.
The playground la badly needed, the oc
tlon being on long and closely built up and
th children ot tho Fifteenth Ward having
gone for many years without a, place In
which to play except omo ot th side
streets, where the dinger of the automo
bile or street car was ever present.
Th plot taken over by the city Is the
(square bounded by Wylle street, Francis
street, Shirley street nnd Cameron street, a
plot about 300 feet In width and S00 feet
In length.
Among the buildings to be torn down to
make room for tho playground is the shell
of the old Uellevue Apartments, at 1824
Wylle street. Residents of the section have
complained about the condition of the
building, which was destroyed by fire last
January.
"Many First-Day Visitors Well
Impressed Employes Pay
Tribute to Ralph Earle
Thero Is a spirit ot reliability throughout
tho new Harl store which opened today
with a flying start. An nlr ot quiet ele
gance In the artistic window dlsplnjs In
vite confidence which is Increased when
on enter.
Gooda ot firm texturo and durability
greet the eje in every department nnd aro
arranged In such a manner that their
quality Is at once discernible.
Comfort and convenience have been con
sidered In the arrangements; courtesy Is
the store's keynote. In a tour through tho
Immense establishment, which stretches
from the northwest corner of Tenth nnd
Market streets north to Commerco nnd weet
almost to tho corner of Hleventh, the vis
itor eeea every necessity for tho entire fam
ily. And as to conventenco, tho buver In a
hurry can get his change In a hurry ng a
result of tho new limson s)stcm, whlili
Is Installed throughout the store The
money n placed In n tube, shot to tha
cashier and flashed hack to the salesman
from which It came with startling rapidity.
There Is a. spirit of co-operation nnd
loyalty about the store which Is conducive
to success and longevity
This was especially apparent when,
shortly after the opening, tho ofilco of Ralph
Carle, manager of the store, was converted
Into a woodland bower by tho many pretty
floral offerings which were Bent hlm by
the employes of th store
Ono Important feature of the now storo
Is the arrangements for quick delivery of
telephone, orders. To meet such a demand
there Is a special neet of delivery wagons
for emergency orders.
MM THEFT REVEALS
YOUTH AS HERMIT
Believed to Havo Lived All Sum
mer in Retreat Along Wissa-hickon
Insane, Believed She Slew Husband
CHICAGO, Sept. IS Mrs. Mar DavK
widow of Morse Davis, a mining engineer of
Vancouver, U. C, who was found dead of
poison tn a hotel here last month, has been
sent to tho Elgin Hospital for the Insane
rhyslclans said that she had been raving
that she killed her husband.
Discovery that Clarenco Watts, 1J Maplo
street, Mnrcus Hook, an eighteen-year-old
youth, was leading tho Ufa ot a hermit
along the banks of the Wlssnhlckon Creek,
wns made early today by the folic of the
Mana)unk station, following his arrest for
appropriating bread and milk from houses
tn Roxborough.
Tho boy had constructed for himself a
shelter with tho aid of several old logs. Ilia
bed won a bough of maple leaves. A secret
path led to the hidden structure. Watts re
fused to tell the police how long he had
made his home there, but from the ap
pearance of tho placo It Is believed to hnvo
been nil summer.
Policeman Ilurg, of the Mnnayunlc sta
tion, arrested tho boy. The "cop" had been
keeping a sharp lookout for bread and
milk thieves, following numerous com
plaints from residents Karly this morning,
when it wns still quite dnrk. ho saw Watts
approach a houne on Rochell avenue. Pick
ing up tho bread and milk from the porch,
ho started down the street When h saw
the policeman he dropped tho stolen articles
and fled.
Watts was arraigned before Mnglstrato
Prtco tn the Mnnajunlt station and., after
a reprimand, held for a further hearing to
morrow morning to nvvnlt tho arrival of his
father He told the Magistrate that he had
lost his Job In Marcus Hook a week ago and
camo to this city In search of work.
Rather than go homo and face the taunts
of his friends he decided to make his home
In the park after ho failed to get work.
SLAYKR OF WEALTHY WIDOW
SHOT IX DASH FROM TRAIN
AtttmpU to Escape Detectives on Way
to New York
NEW YOItlC. Sept. 18. Arthur Wal
tonon, confessed murderer of Mrs. Elisa
beth Nicholas, a wealthy widow, here a
year ago today, attempted to ecapo from
detectives who were bringing him back to
New Tork from lronwoods Mich , when the
New York Central train stopped nt Mon
troBO. N. Y.
Wnltonen, who was accompanied by De
tectives Enrlght nnd Foley, leaped to his
feet and ruche to, the station pltfom
Doth detectives wstrt after him, nod wwi
the fleeing man fall to bee their aft
halt, tho officers opened Rr. Waltonen waaj
hit nnd dropped. II waa picked p an
carried back on the train.
Word of the attempted escape waa am
to New York and when th train re4fc4
tho 126th street station rm ambutanoar wj
ther and took Waltonen to th Mmrt,
Hospital
It Is believed today that th oenreMio
made by Waltonen and John MvttnoMaajj
may free Onnlo Talas, now serving a, rM
sentence for the murder of Mrs. Niche tea.
Ilia friends are preparing an appeal t
Governor Whitman tot clemency.
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Batting,
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Riven freer rein
than this season in
the Gcuting itocks.
Never has thero
boon such re
markablo breadth
in tho range for
aolection. Multipli
city plus authority
arc tho dominating
factors. By a 1 1
means see tho prcs
ont exposition, if
only to pet posted
on what will bo cor
rect in footwear
this Fall & Winter.
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Quality First
A $56,000,000 "RUN"
ON A CHALMERS CAR
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"Run" is tho word. It's like a run on a bank.
Only it'a a run on a car a Chalmers car. If seems
endless. The people -want more.
And so more must be built for them 20,000 more.
You remember a -while ago that six hundred men took
ono look at this new car and bought $22,000,000
worth in forty very brief minutes They were tho
Ch&lmers Dealers.
Now they insist that more of the same kind be built
more of the 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers.
So tho Chalmers executives hare .put through a fac
tory work order for 20,000 more of them.
They built and delivered in six months, 18,000.
That was all they intended to- build for an entire
year. That completed their part of the 922,000,000
affair.
We got them to build another 10,000. We thought
that would be enough to last through the foil. But
no, the 10,000 were quickly taken up during the
summer months.
So they are going to build 20,000 more. That
means, all told, 4-8,000 carsor $56,000,000 worth
of these remarkable 34-00 r. p. m. Chalmers.
So you see why I use the word run.w The people
who know good cars like Emerson's wise saying
about the man who makes a better mouse trap, etc.,
will find a beaten path to his door, even though he
live in the woods they create this ever-increasing
desire to own a Chalmers.
They have sought quality not price. We seldom
have people ask us the price of this car. When we tell
.... OUT-OF-TOWN REPRSENTATIVES:
them $1090 Detroit, they are very much token back
We get little of the "price" trade. Most of those
who como to us have passed that era in car buying
They want quality. And they know pretty well
where to look for it. They look for it in the sound
of the engine, in the action of the clutch, in tho
action of the steering apparatus, in the sound of
the differential.
They examine the radiator, try tho brakes, observe
the kind of glass in the windshield, note the kind of
material, in the top, and then poke around into the
corners of the body.
That much done, they get into the car and try her
out. For they are smart enough to know that the
biggest result of quality is performance.
That's what usually brings us the sale. For perform
ance 'is the car's middle name. She's got amazing
acceleration so lively and full of spunk.
And then she climbs hills so quickly and hugs the
road so well at a rapid clip.
And, best of oil, she handles so easily. She's as
obedient as any creature man ever made.
Once you try her you, too, will understand the wrun"
on her. It's a thing difficult to explain, but three
editions of a cor in a year's time is something to
ponder over.
We have it direct by telegraph that Chalmers will
continue to make these 3400 r. p. m.'s next season.
There's no time limit set. As soon as these last 20,000
are built and out of the way there will probably be
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Lawfer Automobile Cewpanjr, Allentown, Penna.
Riley Brothers, BrMgatea, N. J.
Thomas Hughes, Cheater, Pwhb.
Meter S! Company, Deylwtewn, Peana.
F, L. Hartfeaty and Sews Company, Deter, Del.
Baaten AutemeMIe Company, Eaaten? Petuia. 0
George Suw'r Company, Geerge-
town, Dei.
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Chalmers, Sutter Company, ML Holly, N. J. ""H
teroy SUelman, MllWllle, N. J.
Serf t8 Motor Car Company, Mauch Chunk,- Penna.
Serfas Motor Car Company, PettiTllle, Penna.
Chalmers Meter Company of Philadelphia, Trenton
Ikanek, Trenton, N. J,
Walter W. Lengatreth, Inc., Reaement, Penna.
KUvf Brother, Salem, N, J.
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