Auk 2 THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA LOOTOBER 29,1908. The Battle of Stories of Some of the Figares In the Campaign, Daniel J. Keefe's Differ- ence With Gompers., Je» —— ONGRESEMAN W. 8. BEN- NET, who succeeded T, Cole man du Pont as director of the Rep bureau, gepresents the Seventeenth New York district in the house and is a leading member of the Empire State delega tion in the lower branch of the nation al legislature. He has had experience in the flelds of law and journalism and has served in a number of public posts. Born in Port Jervis, N. Y,, In 1870, he attended the Port Jervis acad emy as a youth and, graduating io ublican speakers’ \ q B. gtafl of the Port r sixteen years 1 years of that He was mar Gertrude Wits member of the a justice of TN ity of New t the in take to politics er, and the lstest lities Is Edy ho wr “Chimmie lives in Montclair minated for congress on the Democratic ticket It was about fourteen years ago that Mr. Townsend, then a reporter on the New York § va signed to 1 w WoOl only state write EDWARD W. TOWNSEND, fncldent grew the immortal “Chim. mie.” The latter was evolved In a series of “Sunday specials” | | | | | | “Hunt up the little Bowery chap you | wrote about.” sald the elty editor aft er the first sketch appeared, “and give | him." On ‘He's the city editor KOE more us some more about Townsend's repl imaginary character, rejoined, “Well, Imagine about him." He did, and the series took so well that they were published In book form soon afterward and 100000 copies were sold In a short time. The story was dramatized and had a very sue. gossful run on the stage. Beveral vol p- » hg Mr. | Just an | the Politicians The Way E. W. Town- send Happened to Write *“Chimmie Fadd 1" und How He Got Ini™® ,litics. WF "Um wn umes have come from Mr, Townsend's pen since then, but he Is still known as “the author of ‘Chimie Fadden,'"” Mr. Townsend is now fifty-three, and his home is on the most street of Montclair. His latest do not deal in Bowery visitor recently he sald: “Just quote me as saying that my best selling book 1s not ‘Chimmie Fad. den. Just look at this title. This my best seller.” And the slang politiclan held out a volume whose gilt letters sald: “Our Constitution—-Why and How It Was Made, Who Made It and What It Is.” works slang. To a Is Daniel J. samuel Gompers Keefe, who disagrees with in his policy respect- r and politics, Is presl- rnatjonal Longshore- He was appointed and ot Mr as with Inent or labor as member of peace committee { President wevelt Nobel peace | used by such a committee. mpers hers prom- ployers organizers of the industrial established when riZe money del of the cam- MRS. WILLIAM F. TUCKER. Daughter of General Logan and Her Domestic Troubles. There blance between ! oof iS DOW ¢ New York Tucker ¢ « WILLIAM PF. TUCKER in the Hains fa: nrose ings tre al er's ’ islands now part of the pos the United Mrs. Tucker is a daughter of the late General A. logan, became suspicious that an other woman was tryl her husband's affections while he was en gaged In his work as an army officer many thousands of miles from his wife. She made an appli to the war department for an investiga tion of Colonel Tucker's conduct nt Manila Ordinarily ‘the department does not take up any question of do mestie infelicity pertaining to mem bers of the army, but in this Instance partly oh account of representations States ng to steal awns ition made by the widow of General Logan, | Judge Taft, who was then secretary referred the matter to the Inspector genaral of the army for Inquiry. Re cently, while Colonel Tucker was on his way from Michigan to the govern ment hospital at Hot Springs, Ark. where Secretary Wright had ordered him for treatment, he was arrested on | a warrant obtained by his wife charg: ing desertion. Colonel Tucker Is as sistant paymaster general of the army, and his marriage to General Logan's | daughter, then a popular member of Washington soclety, was a noted social event of the time. Had to Fix Calendar. First OfMce Boy—Do you ever git to take a day off? Second Office Boy Naw; only when I fixes de calendar fa de office. ! ——— ————— . - | Women fashionable | EFFECT OF CLOTHES. Uplifted or Degraded Beauty or Ugliness of Apparel, That clothes have a tremendous in- | fluence on the feminine mind has al-! ways been acknowledged, but fit by! has | remained for the ultra modern exper | ments to prove that this Influence is a | vital one and can be turned to account | in reforming the criminal and Insane The poor demented creatures who fill | our insane asylums are compelled to! wear the Institution's “wrapper,” a hideous garment which would destroy the beauty of a goddess, Beveral writers who have been tak ing up the subject lately are maintain ing that If the Insane women were al lowed to wear pretty clothes, the ef fect upon them would be quieting and helpful, The wrapper takes away thelr sel respect and makes them feel that the: look hopelessly ugly, and they do not care how they hay it on. On the other hb them have been p" have Immediately shown a tendend have better manners and behave q ly with a decorum entisely foreig: them in thelr ugly garments. of experiments not bes violently A French magazine recently ‘bu eda lon; le claiming that ex ments ha« een made In a certal formatory for prove that the riminals can be ontrolled behave when they ind, when “dressed u n some RIT ly these »n made on the tHe women ich went of we by power of « 3 The rules of tl that the | | be “perfect” ladles—1, { docile and obedient, i the sick @e., The conquering spirit of clothes | who can deny it In the face of the following pathetic little anecdote? It Is sald that a box of old clothe which had been sent In charity to certaln poverty stricken home where a little girl lay very {ll contained a half wornout palr of colored, berih doned dancing slippers. These caught child's fancy, and she fmm diately began to take an interest iv lying With the one Idea in her mind th when she got well she could wear thos slippers on the street the poor litt) bit of femininity conquered her mala LIKES BARRIE'S PLAYS. Miss Maude Adams and How She and the Novelist Met. Miss ude Adams, play by J. M, fondl of Barrie “Here's a for Manager Charles Frohmar Adams one day, “It loved Barrie, but 1 will produ i” Ml ever, wa y enthuslastl that she to ho has a new Barrie 5 Works, play { Go when she nex E ’ | he ut a ——r 1 +4 5 HHAT 4 rd You receive im from every ounce of fuel be CNse, there are no d amp chimneys or long pipes fo was! the heat fr ma PERFECTION Oil Heater (Equipped with Smokeless Device) Carry it from room lo room ot Jow—mno bother=—no sm« ks smokeless device prevents Bra burns 9 hours japan. 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