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IHB Marie Antolnclto Feto and The
Pled Piper will close with the
performances of today and even
ing. The entertainments linvo
been, an unbounded uoccss, and
Miss Kutser Is receiving great credit.
1,ast night not a seat could bo had,
ami the rales for today have been
great. There will bo some seats on
sale for the boxes and loses, while the
upper gallery will be opened to all for
twenty-five cents. People have boon
to generous In buying tickets, flowers,
candy, programmes, valentines and
.poster cordis. They have been univer
sally pleaded with the entertainment,
and the tired, happy managers feel
that their work and worry aro being
repaid.
The house has had a brilliant effect
at every performance. The beautiful
decorations and the handsome gowns
at the evening entertainments have
added much to the attractiveness of
the affair. Last night evening dress
was worn by the mojorlty of patron?.
Box patties mado a brilliant bit of
color nt the sides, and tho booths In
tho center added to the general effect.
The tcrrlbln fire made certain inci
dents In the entertainments most slg
nllleant. Sir. Ralph Williams ran over
breathless, after working to the limit
of exhaustion In assisting in the ar
rangements nt tho First National
, bank, where everything, even the
countcis and desks, had been placed
in tafety. He hurried Into his costume
and gave a splendid Interpretation of
the Pied .Piper, although utmost drop
ping with weariness and excitement.
Mli-i.es Alice and Helen Matthews,
rstthtr than spoil one of the tlnest fea
tures of tho evening, the Court Dance,
smiled and bowed through the grace
ful evolutions, while tho thought of
the.1l sick father, who had Insisted
that they should appear that evening,
and the memory of the family losses
must have made their hearts heavy
Indeed.
Miss Ciraec Norton, with tho anxiety
ind soi-iow over her father's repeated
ealamltles fiesh before her eyes, came
and stood In a booth, where she had
promised to assist duilr? both per
formances. .In the 'veulng Mr. Frank Crane
appeared and seemed to enjoy the per
formance, notwithstanding that the
smoking ruins of his beautiful storo
mut have haunted his thoughts.
What a pity It all Is. and how bravo
ncople are who emjure such catas
uiphcs and utter no lamentations.
Tonight It is hoped tho lee cream
urn! other booths will be liberally pat
ionized and that tho Fete will be more
characteristic of Its name than on any
previous occasion.
The Itusslan Hag dancers arc close
Iv-ulb fo- the favorites in the voting
i nt'-st. Their costumes are very cf
fi'i'tlve and tho personnel of tho dum-e
more than ordinarily attractive. Tho
'i.iperouos are: Mrs. 11. .1. Foster, Mr.
' 1 . Handon-on; dance personnel: so
' .1st. Miss Agues Callnhan, Mr. MII-
ii OVonnell: MUses Mary Skinner,
U dly Urakf, Cava Watson, Anna Wil
li mis. Ilmmii Schinipff. Iottlc Skinner,
ti.i y.ang. Agnes Callahan, Mlsi
tuff man! Movers. II. B. Artley,
.ph Waring Milton O'Conne'l, W. U.
n'ner. Frank Keano, Rupert Thorn
s'.. H. Smith, Joseph Drake.
1 1 . bcautltul Court dance is a great
ulto also. Besides Miss Jessup.
Alice Matthews, Mr. Thomas
nl Dale and Mr. S. T. Reynold?,
i.-onni'l is.: Misses Caroline Ben
1 I'iira Van Cleef, Helen Matthews,
Pennypacker, Bertha Powell,
KlerMead: Messrs. Milton
' niii'll. Harry Ilydman, Isaac Has
i' , l C. Fuller, Ross Surdani, Ralph
u luanu'.
The Shepherds and .Shepherdesses
ho call f oi tli so much applause nie:
ijtieen Marie Antoinette. Miss Amy Jes
Mjp, lirand Duke, Mr. Thomas Hunford
Dale; Miss Carrie Hutehlngs, Miss
Uthel Uaies, Mies May Albro, Miss
Iouise Albro, MUs Mary Dclaney, Miss
Oilelen Matthews. .Miss Bertha. Powell,
Miss May Pennypacker: Mr. HaroUi
Yost, .Mr. F C Fuller, Mr. Alfred
tithelnz, Mr. Tom Gippel, Mr. Ross
Surdani, Mr. Hairy Hyndman, Mr.
Ralph Williams. Mr. Isaac Haslirm.
Tho lovely maidens with their picture
' its and crooks make a tableaux every
i j thuy appeal.
The matinee yesterday was simply
crowded and tho little people did bet
ter than ever. Miss Helen Pray took
the place ol' little Dorothy Page In
singing "Paul on the Hillside." George
BBB
To Make Room for
New Spring Goods
XVi
Offer These Astonishing Bargains
Saturday and Monday at
About Half Price. . . .
44 Children's Coats at $2.95, $3.95, $4.95
12 Ladies' Tailor Suits at $5.75
9 ' " " at $6.75
7 " " " at $8 75
50, dozen Flannelette Wrappers in Greys, Blues and Reds,
sizes 32 to 46. The material would cost you 80c.
Our price Satuiday and Monday 59c
t8 Flannel Waists, finely finished and desirable shades
$1.50 Waists for $1.00
$2.00 ' " 1.25
$3-oo " 1.75
j8 colored Taffeta Silk Waists, blue, red, rose aud castor,
'$6.50 Waists for. ..$4.95 $5.00 Waists for. ..$3.50
32' Ladies' Coats, our entire stock of Winter Coats, their
prices to close.... $2.95f $4.95, $6.95
MEARS&HAGEN
415-117 Lackawanna Avenue.
jiijerswTm
Mott was tho little lame bay In tho
place of Herbert Lvy and pretty little
Dorothy Taylor was "aretchen" In
stead of Katharine Courscn. The ab
sent ones are 111.
Strong men and gay and happy wo
men found sobs creeping Into their
throats yesterday when tho children,
charmed with the 1'icd Piper's music,
followed him Into tho dark mountain
beyond the sight nnd only the little
lame loy nnd the lono little rat re
mained It was Just a moment of real
istic pathos, but It touched tho heart
Today's matlnco will begin at 2.30
o'clock, Instead of at A o'clock as pre
viously. The beautiful reception given by
Hon. nnd Mrs. William Connell has
boon an Interesting topic In Scranton
this week, although It was held In
Washington, not only because of tho
Importance of tho event as connected
with this congressional district but
from tho fact that Miss Jessie Dlm
mlck, In honor of whose first bow to
society tho affair was given, Is a
Scranton girl, enjoying the acquaint
ance of a large circle, and one In
whom a multitude of friends take a
vivid Interest. The one crumpled rose
leaf for her on this delightful occa
sion was that these many friends
could not be present to enjoy with her
the pleasant featuies of the day. The
young ladles who assisted during the
reception were classmates at Mrs.
Summers' school, from widch Miss
Dlmnilck was graduated as valedic
torian last June. That she is to bo u
social success in Washington Is ns
suied. She had quantities of (lowers sent
from far and near, which were heaped
on tables near the receiving party.
She carried nn Immense bouquet of
orchids and white lilacs.
Among the guests weic many promi
nent In the olllclal and social life of
Washington. Among the distinguished
personages were Included senutois,
Supremo court Judges and their wives,
and others. Ono of the handsomest
ladles present was Mrs. Dolllvcr, wife
of the recently appointed senator from
Iowa. Commissioner of Immigration
Powderly wns among those whose
faces were familiar. Of course, Minis
ter Wu Ting Fang "occupied the
middle of tho stage" much of the time.
The banquet hall, or ball room, In
which the gucstB were served with re
freshments nnd where they lingered
long In the becoming rosy light from
the chandeliers and many candles, is
a magnificent room, perhaps one hun
dred feet long, extending in Irregular
outlines defined by tho deep window
embrasures. The tloor of Inlaid woods
was polished to the most precarious
degree of glasslness, until It reflected
the hue of the roses gathered lu
masses on tho pale rose-tinted walls.
The table was set at the farther end
and about It throngs surged to see the
elaborate decorations, the enormous
bouquets of American Bounty roses,
the lovely pink baskets of fruit, and
the triumphs of the confectioner's art.
From a palm-screened balcony the or
chestra played exquisite music.
The receiving party stood at the en
trance of the red drawing room, which
was separated from tho banquet hall
by a lower corridor, reached by short
staircases, and lined with palms and
Marguerites.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Jones, of 716
Madlsou avenue, entertained at dinner
on Wednesday evening, covers being
laid for twelve, Besides the host and
hostess, there were present Mr. and
Mrs. Mai shall Kehmler, Mr. and Mrs.
David Cottell. Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Mooie, Mrs. Pettlgrew, Mis. Bothune,
Mr. Arthur Pethune and Mr. Arthur
Finnts;.
Mr. .1. T. Porter gave a dinner on
Tuesday night to the directors of the
Traders' bank. The guests were:
Messrs, W. W. Watson, Charles
Sehlavor. Frank Phillips. C. K. Chitten
den, 12. J. Uoblnson. Kdward Jones,
W. L. Connell, L. W. i.Morss, C. P.
Matthews.
There will be a rummage sale for
the benefit of Penn Avenue Paptist
church next Saturday, all day and
evening, also during the day Monday
and Tuesday, February IS and 19, at
U'fl Washington avenue.
The MacDowell conceit at Concordia
hall, Wilkes-Parre, Monday night will
Tick-
Movements of People
T. .1. Puffy relumed last night from Uanliburi;
to upend Sunday.
Kx-Scnitor M. 12. Mi Donald wai In HairisburG,
jesterday, en a bulncsa trip.
Captain J. O. Dclaney returned to lHrrlsbiirg
yesterday morning, after a plcaxint vldt in tin
city.
Captain Thomas Kelley returned fioin Boston
last nlvbt, after a cruise of some weeks.
CharlM WlRglns, tlie former Jury commit
aloner, Ii able to be about, after a wcek'a lllnej
Willi tho grip.
MIm Kcna M. Megapel, of A1.1 Xorth Wash
ington revenue, la sptndlng a. few wecVj with
frltndi In l'lillaclcliilii.i.
Iteprcrntatlve John Selieur, Jr., dlwiM
Jj'i.oi, l'alrlek A. Plillbln and T. .1. IleynoMn
arc home from llirrtooiirp.
T. V.. Clarke, ccneral lunerlnlendi-nt of the
I.aekawanna railroad, lia? returned Irvm a few
days bmlneM trip to New York.
Rev. Dr. Ocorge I!. Oulld returned to tho city
yesterday from Walton, X Y., whero lie bad
been called by the klcknesj of bis father.
: HER POINT OF VIEW S
IT IS NO wonder that the Chinese
minister is so much on the tongue
of tho public. Ho is unique, ho Ih
superb, notwithstanding his slanting
point of view when ho gravely sug
gested that tho way to solve the negro
problem is by miscegnatlon. This is
one of tho few slips he has made in
his diplomatic career, for he Is a born,
as well as a trained diplomat. When
you talk with him with the honest en
deavor to ndjust your mind to oriental
standards as you may know them, you
suddenly find yourself all at sea as
regards your previous conceptions nnd
views. Minister Wu Ting FaiiB Is no
more an oriental than he Is a Navajo.
He Is as much Irish in his nimble wit
as ho Is German In his metaphysical
turn of mentality. He is as much
French In his politeness as he Is Mo
hamincdnn In dignity. Ho laughs mer
rily like an Italian boy and shows
every one of his firm whlti- beautiful
teeth and yet you catch him giving
you a steady curious glance Just as a
Yankee with a row of Ingenious brain
cells might mentally speculate on
your abilities or your bank account
and how you made it. He is a cos
mopolite nnd belongs as much to our
own race oven if his eyes are a trifle
askew as ho belongs to tho land of
lies and past Intellectual greatness.
"Mr. Minister" appears to be the cor
rect form of salutation when one greets
the Chinese representative. At lfnst
that Is what the fine ladles who crowd
ed round him the other day vcro
pleased to say at every other breath.
Ho had a beautiful time, Mr. Min
ister had. He smiled and smiled until
the Jaunty rel cap with tho button on
the front blazing with large diamonds,
almost slipped down his queue. Nicely
braided and sleek was that Mime queue,
but ah me! It grew thin at the ends and
alas there were many little silvery
hairs deftly following Its kinks. Kven
great personages like Mr. Wu cannot
preserve eternal youth, although his
thick, well groomed moustache Is ns
black as ever and his dark eyes Hash
with much of the lire of youth.
He wore a splendid red robe richly
embroidered which came tar down to
his feet, in their funny shoes. It
seemed rather decollete that red robe,'
as compared with all the other gentle
men with their second story stiff white
collars, but his brown muscular throat
rose firm and pleasing In Its lines and
perhaps it was rather better In contour
than the average girlish neck tortured
and compressed by tight collars.
One who had seen him last summer
at the convention In Philadelphia re
marked upon his gorgeous yellow robes
on that occasion. "Ah, yes," he re
marked, "Yellow Is the Imperial color.
That was the day Mr. McKlnley was
nominated, was It not?" Thus leaving
a pleasant little Impression with the
Implied compliment.
There Is no ush denying the fact that
tho Chinese nre a curious people. They
certainly thirst for knowledge and Mr.
Wu Is no exception. He Is out after
Information. Ills persistence In ac
quiring it is tiuly n, study. Tho sub
ject of conversation the other after
noon turned upon Senator Quay.
"Now why do so many people not
like Mr. Quay?" demanded the minister
In an interested tone. "Now you've
been reading the North American or
the Philadelphia Press," replied the
Pennsylvania woman whom he had cor
ralled with his Interrogations. She on
deaored to explain that a very large
number of people Indeed weio devout
admirers of tho senior senator, when
Mr. Wu remarked half inquiringly,
"Hut you Pennsylvania women can't
vote?" "No but wo conttol several
votes apiece wns the retort, which In
stantly anested his attention." "Now
how do you do that?" he demanded on
the Instant, and when told that Penn
sylvania women weio rather apt to
manage their husbands rather success
fully he was intensely alive to the sub
ject and simply wouldn't drop it until
he practically had a diagram of tho
methods employed. A process which
began In a Joke by his victim soon be
came embarrassing in Its serious pro
portions for he proceeded to take notes
of the replies elicited.
The next matter which engaged his
attention was queries concerning his
host. Mr. Wu was detet mined to dis
cover the amount of Mr, Connell's
wealth. "Now Just how much Is he
worth?" he imperatively demanded.
The question was embarrassing and be
sides Mr. Connell had never taken the
public Into his confidence on the sub
ject hence Mr. Wu's thirst for knowl
edge on this point wns destined to ro
mnln unslaked but ho certainly was
persistent in tho matter even to tho
extent of consulting a member of tho
family about It.
"I like to go to leas," he announced
with the placid amiability of a child as
ho contentedly munched a bon bon.
"My wlfo she does not often go, She
has the little feet and it is hard for her
to stand. You know In my country the
women squeeze their feet, you squeeze
your waists instead," und lie smiled
guilelessly. "But me 1 like to gu to
teas and 1 always cut tho good things
and talk with tho ladles. I llko to
talk with them much." Then he sud
attract mnny Scranton visitors,
els nre on sale at Powell's.
denly began to struggle with a smnll
pink ribbon which hnd been tied about
a brend stick and which In IiIr absorp
tion In talking ho had omitted to ie
move. "I am eating something which does
not belong," ho remarked peacefully
as he extricated it fiom between his
teeth and went on saying pretty com
pliments. Minister Wu It a. genlun. It Is no
wonder he Is popular and In the great
cbt demand for ull social uffuirs.
Saucy Bcas,
THS OLDEST OHNAMENTS.
From the tendon Telegraph.
The great nnd mysterious Goddess of
Fashion has, for somo reason best
known to herself, decreed that beads
should come Into vogue again. That
commanding whisper which comes from
no visible source and yet Is heard and
obeyed everywhere has passed through
the wot Id of womankind, and tho ob
servant may already notice strings of
many colored beads appearing on tho
necks and breasts, the wrists and
tresses of the fair votaries of tho god
dcts. In this her edict she goes back
to a modo never really out of favor
slnco humanity first took to self-adornment.
Heads nre certainly the most
undent of all forms of tho bedecking
of tho body, unless wo except tho field
und forest blossoms.
Nobody known who first Invented
beads. Perhaps it was somo primitive
savago who found nuts or oak balls in
tho forest, drilled by the wood worm,
and threaded them together on a stalk
of grass. Anything and everything
with ti holo In It served nt tho begin
ning for beads cowrlo shells, Hsh
teeth, claws of beasts, striped and
spotted seeds nnd the like. Hut tho
great nge of beads began with tho in
vention of glnss, and the Egyptians,
Carthaginians and Phoenicians gen
erally were skilled craftsmen nt bead
making. Their methods wero much tho
same as may bo seen today In Venice
or any other chief seat of the art.
It would astonish many now wearers
of beads to learn how Immense Is their
production and how wide their distri
bution. Venlco alone has long been ac
customed to send forth every ten years
30,000 qulntnls of beads, worth C5.O0O
lire, and in many other spots a steady
manufacture Is always proceeding to
supply the insatiable demands of Zan
zibar. Tho dusky belle must have her
ornaments substantial, since they will
pass through many a rude proof In
cave mill kraal. And your well-made
Venetian bead will practically last for
ever, unchanged In beauty. There
must bo plenty of beads worn at this
day In Africa which were left there by
the traders of King Solomon, who traf
ficked to Ophlr, or those more daring
mariners of Tyre nnd Sldon, who sailed
for trade to the land of Punt nnd, per
haps, even to the Zambesi river.
THE LAUBEATE'S LATTREL.
Alfied Austin on Victoria's Death.
Miy 21, 1S19 Jan. 22, VOL
I)i .ni! Anil tho uoild feels ulUoneiit
Can It be
Thit She who uano but J intently upheld
tin- iluino nf Umpire, M the twjln teemed one,
Whow mnlnes3 bhone and radiated round
The rln li of her Mill eipjJidinj Hule,
Miom: S-tr'rc was s-lf-sacriflc., vhofe Throns
Only lottler height from which to an
Tin- purpo-c nf litr I'eople, their desires,
1 nought, liopis, fears, necdi, Jojs, tonows, sad-
nee,
Their (.trensth In weal, their eomlorler In woe,
Th.il this her mortal habitation thould
Me told and tenintlfv! Alasl Alas!
Too often Lite his to b? taught by Death
The ineanlig and the prlclenfM of Love,
Not untlerctood till lo,r. Itnt She but hlw,
Wa loved as Monarch ne'er was loved brfore,
From Rlrlhooil unto womanhood, and grow
Freh as tho leaf, and fragrant as the flovrer,
In KMoe anil enmellwso until the day
Of happy nuptial, clad nnrernlty,
Moro (lively wedded in lwr People's heart
tly each fresh tie Hut Unified Her In Him
hoo oi.p fole thought wis how fche still mi(ht
be
HelpiiLttp to Kngland, Tngland then; scarce
more.
Or bm.nded by the name ol British Itrilm,
But by some native virtue broadening out.
Into 'in Empire wider th.in all names,
Till, like borne thouvand-ye.irs, out-branching oaU,
Its mildness overshadowed halt the globe
With peaceful aims and hospitable leave.
But there cmo to Her an hour,
W'h"n nor Septic, Throne r.or l'owir,
ri.lldiin'.i loe nor nation' frief
Brought oblivion or wlicf.
When th Contort at her Mde,
WoithioaX mentor, wi.est guide,
Wis by Heaven's divine deeieo
I'luin her d.i.va wlthdiawn, aud pin
s ilotluou:d by her distress,
Veiled her widowed loneliness:
Ami, though longlrg till to heai
Voice bfi u'veieneed and ileal,
.Ml her People understood
.icredness of Widowhood.
Then when fho c.ime nmongtt them jet mie
tin ic.
She camo In Autumn uilianee, S-uinmer gem-,
Leaf Hill on branch but fmlt upon the oougt.,
I'iiiit of long yens .ind lipe eNperlcnco.
A sh-ida of grave beiiavenient on her f.iee.
Wllhal more wUe, iiion- pillful, tender mine
To otliein' anguish and liece tdtlo,
More lovdl, 111010 rcvcirnccd, even thin befoie;
Till not alone the dwellers In Her Itlo,
But the advi-ntiirous manhood of IN loins,
In far-oft sen anil virgin CVmtinenti
'llu'y won and wedded to domestic laws
And home's welbordcred housthoM bJr.ctilii.',
Hailed Her sw Mother of Hie Mother I.ind,
iuein, l)mpres.j, 111011? Hun Kinprcn, or then
Queen,
The I. idy nf th'- World, on high rntluoned
By llghi' divlno of ilutlt-e well fulfilled,
To bo tho pittom to all Queins, all Kings,
ll women, .mil the consiicneis of men
Who look on duly .is nun's only light.
NVr vet alone to those tniiuvv-ieil to be
Th.' subjects of her becptu-, pit ltd to piay,
"(Jod saeo our llmpiewtJUKn Victoria!"
But those, our Ulii.imn ourse.1, tint illng,
Wllh no le pride, fci Klngless geii-inni-nt.
Uunoml and loe-d Her, li.lUd her Queen ef
Oueem.
l'cvrloi-s among all women In the world.
And long nnd late this harpy seiiion weie.
This mellow, graclom Autumn ol her cfjj.
This sweet, grave Indian Summer, till wt grew
To deem It limitless, and half forpot
Mortalltj's dociec. And now there falls
A sudden cadres, on our lives, and we
On only bow ill-eounlatc heads and weep.
And look out fimn our lonely hearths and see
The homeless drifting of the winter mist.
And hear tha requiem of the winter wind.
Put fiom that Otlinwhere man's I'jltli and Hope,
And ipoiuI need for Immoilallly
Invisibly conceive, I seem tn hear
V well-remembered voice, augvst and mild,
Iti'iuklig our despondent v, and thus
Bidding us Uie the t'utiiie, ns She faced
AnguUh and lojs, sonoiv of life and death.
Tie tearful sadness at the heart of things
"Pay jour team and reaso tu weep,
Deid I am rot, no, asleep,
And asleep but to jour st-olng,
Mind to that land of Belnj,
l.jltu en llfo'i other shore.
Wakeful now for everjmoie.
U.oklns thence, I .till will be.
Mi that you forget lint lue.
Ml that, more than, I was lleie.
Weighted with my Crown of cai.
titer joi I Mill will tei.-n,
Mill ill 1 1 lointort and sustain,
T'noiigli all v.elfarc, throti.h all ill,
Vut shill be my People Mill,
I have left you, of r.ty taee,
r-ons of wisdom, wives of giaee,
Who again have ofisprirg, leared
To leveio and be revered,
Those, on Mighty Thrones, nnd these
Boomed theteto when Heaven decrees,
( hlef amongst them all is One,
Well jou know, my flrst-born bon,
Bit and tenderest son to me.
Heir of my Authority.
He- through all my lonelier sears
Tempt if d with his unlit try iVirs,
tii was, In my widowed want,
Comforter and confidant.
Therefore, trusttul. snadfajt, brave,
filte Illm what to Ma ou gate.
Who ara watchlrg fioin AboK
llcvvrenco, JVj-.illy and I.orel
And Hirst' gifts He back will glvn
Lon j as lie shall rcJn and live.'
"Allied Austin.
TREASURER POTTER VIGOROUS AT 82
Agsd Bank Official Writes a Long, Grateful Letter to
Proprietors of Paina's Celery Compound
Eighty-two years old, and free from
aches, pains and feebleness! The lust
ten years of his life tho healthiest he
has known.
nd forty-five yeais a. life span for
most people of hard woik and re
sponsibility as a bank cashier and
treasurer to look back upon.
For the past ten years Mr. Potter
has never known a day of seilous sick
ness. Pruvlous to that time ho suf
fcted from nervous prostration that
clung to him for Fix years.
That this remarkable Immunity from
weakness! and disease, at such a time
In life, has not happened by chance,
no one knows better thnn the aged
treasurer himself. In June, 1S91, whoa
suffering from a number of old chronic
complaints, Mr. Potter was Induced
by relatives to ue Palnc's celery com
pound for the first time. The effect
wns Immediately benellci.il. The- un
interrupted good health that he has
since enjoyed dates from that time.
Mr. Potters' giatoful letter to the pro
prietors of Palne's celery compound I
bas-ed on long peisonal experience and
alro a full knowledge of what It has
done for very many of his fiiendH to
whom he has In turn recommenned
the great remedv that made him well.
Mr. Potter's letter is given in Its en
tirety: Centreville, it. I.
Yells, Itlchardson & Co., ,
Gentlemen: I have the utmost faith
In P.ilne's celery compound, because of
the great good that It has done me
and many others of my ucqunlntancs
that has come under iny personal
knowledge within the last s-even years.
BETTER THAN A PLEDGE.
How Dr. John Wesley Brown Helped
a Man to Give Up Liquor Habit.
I'ri-m the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Cleveland man tells this pathetic!
nnd characteristic story of the late
ISpv. Dr. John Wesley Krown, the in
cident occurring while he was rector
of Trinity church In this city. Tho
story wmi told the narrator by tho
doctor himself.
One evening u stiangcr called at the
rectory on Superior street, adjoining
the church. He was a well dressed,
well appearing man, but evidently in
deep tiouble.
"Dr. Thown," he snld, "I have como
to you for advice and assistance. I
am a victim of the drink habit. I have
an excellent position I tun cashier for
,1 wealthy corporation and I ltnow I
cannot retain It unless I reform. I
want you to draw up a pledge for m5
make it ns strong as you can, please
-and I will sign it, and you will wit
ness It."
Dr. Brown leaned back and looked
at the man.
"How long have you leen drinking
to excess?" he asked.
The man told him It was live or sK
years: ever since hu obtained his pres
ent position. Ho only drank to exce-is
when he was with his fi lends. Ho
never drank nt other times. When ho
was with his friends lie would forget
himself und overstep the limit. Some
times he didn't go on u fpree for a
whole month, but the attacks wero
growing more frequent. Ho seemed to
be losing his will power.
"My friend," said the doctor, "you
don't need a pledge. I seo In you a
victim of good comrades-hip. You ure
far from being an ordinary drunkard.
If you signed a temperance pledge and
broke It-aH you undoubtedly would
do It would still further degrade you
In your own eyes. I do not advlso tho
pledge."
The man looked dumfounded,
"But what am I to do?" he gasped.
The doctor drew a card from his
desk and rapidly wrote u few lines.
"There," ho said, "read that."
This is what tho maw read:
"To my friends: I find 1 am becom
In 1S63 I had to give up business on
account of very poor health. I wa
suffering from a number of old chronic
complaints. Among the rest, I hael
complete neivous prostration from
which I auffeied for six years. In
June, 1S91, I commenced the use of
Palne's celety compound. After tak
ing a few bottles I found that the old
complaints began to case up, which
encouraged me to keep on with tho
compound. I soon got over all of
those tioublcs that had clung to mo
for so long, and got out antl was more
like myself. Since then I have taken
a few bottles In the; spring anil fall as
a tonic, and sometimes, a few -bottle!
between as a preventative..
I am Inclined to believe In the old
adage that "An ounce of pieventlon Is
worth more than a. pound of cure,"
so when theie litis boon prevnlllng
slcknosi.s in the community, such as
grippe, nialaili, fevers, etc., I t.jko tho
compound, nnd thus fur have hail non
of thesei ailments, although they have
been prevalent all mound m- so tint
I have- gie-it filth In IMIne'd celery
compound as a preve'itntlve. I have
zeconimende el the compound to very
many of my ft lends, nnd I have the
satisfaction of kimwint, that It has
done them very much ,-ootl.
I was cashier of the bank In South
County ior l years, and for the lust
15 years wits secretary and tiensurcr
of the new savings bank In connection
with the National Haul:.
My position In the banks, was- my
last worl . 1 am Si ye.us old.
Most sincerely yours.
J. 1!. POTTKIt.
ing a victim of tin Ileiuor habit. If I
do not quit l am sure to losu my posi
tion and ruin myself. For Clod's sake,
don't ask 1110 to drink with you."
"There," s.iltl Dr. Blown, "sign that
and I will sign it as n -ltneg. All
I ask r.f you Is to show the inn I when
temptation Is at your elbow, antl If
you tall come heie and tell me about
It. There! Clood night."
It was a full month before tho nun
returned, won led and dejected.
"I expected you long befeuo this1,"
said tho doctor, us he gretleel the
stranger. "Tell me about It. Did you
ihow the end'.'"
" es," replleel the man. ' The flrat
time was the very m-xt night niter 1
culled on you. A 500.1 fil-nd, a rail
road men, came into tho o'llco nnd af
ter I h.ul cheeked up his nccoun'.r,
said: 'Come. Charlie, let's go over to
the Oyster House and have a drink.'
Well, sir. I was teaching for my hat
when I remembered the carel. I took
It out and handed It to him. I thought
he would never finish ic.'.dlng It. He
looked at me nnd he looked at the
caul. And then lie -lowly put his arm
I down on the e.ounur nnd said' 'Char
lie I'll sooner cut that bund otf than
nut- s-nll 1.1 lll-intC limilll' Willi, sir. I
.mv,,i tliHt iMi-d Kfve-ial times after
that, and every blessed man I showed
It to took It seriously. romotlinea
they said. 'All right, old boy.' Some
times they laid it down without a
wind. nd then It was last night
I forpot about It, and hero I am."
'ou aro doing well," said tho doe
tor. "Have courage and try nnd nik
the interval a little longer next time."
H wns three months before the man
came back. The next time It was sis
months.
"And now." said tho doctor to the
narrator, "It is neutiy two years slnco
his lust call, and I have every reason
tu believe that he will not llud it
you see, I was quite right. It wasn't
necessary to come to me again. So,
a pledge that he needed."
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