A s MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL $UBLISHED EVERY YHURSDAY AT MEYERSDALE, PA. K. Cleaver, Editor. When paid strictly in advance $1.00 When not paid in advance $1.50 NOTICE—is hereby given to those Subscribers who are ignoring repeat- ed bills sent to them from this office that we will be compelled to place their accounts in the hands of collec- tors.. THE COUNTRY WANTS THE MAN On Tuesday of this week Colonel Rosevelt was attending court in Washington as a character witness in the Riggs Bank case, and the Even- ing Star news paper bitterly antagon- istic to Roosevelt declared that the demonstration for the colonel was one of the most remarkable that ever oc- curred in and about a court of justice, including in its sweeping assertion, of all courts of justice and all time. The correspondent of the New York Sun, a paper which has long been hos- tile to the colonel, but which lately came out for him, sent this message from Washington to his paper. “Theodore Roosevelt had every thing his own. way here today. The robust combination of the colonels personality and the trend of the la- test political events fired the Roose- velt supporters in congress with en- thusiasm and the most straight laced Republicans with cordiality. The Colonel's visit to testfy as a character wtness couldnt have ar oused more enthusiasm if it had been a triumphal entry. “The Union station, at the court house and was voted unanimously by throngs that bulged from Justice Skiddons’ court room, overflowing the street for blocks around, as a. great personal’- ty—one that vibrates. “Democrats were as much intesr- ested as Republicans and Progress- ives.” The colonel’s recent speech in Chicago, before the Bar Association of Illinois, changed many to his doctrine of Patriotism and Pr-pared- ness and his more recent speech in Detroit, the home of the pcace-at- any-price candidate for the presiden- cy has opened the eyes of many to the pos-‘ble danger that lies before us if we are unprepared to ‘defend our country. Let the good work go on until the sentiment ig nnauimous. . EGOTISM Fach human being knows pretty nearly what is the content of his own mind, but much of which escapes the attention of others. The ten- dency of human nature is one to disparage the merits of another. One pugilist thinks he can knock out his opponent, one base ball team thinks its members can win the pennant; one speaker that he can win in de- their kind warning but we also wish bate and even one nation that it can to tell them to conquer the rest of the word. How | preach, " = silly it is for any one to imagine that he possesses such superior merit that he knows so much while his fel lows are to be pitied or patronizingly dealt with by him. The truly great are known because of their humility and many brilliant men are curtailed in their efforts tc bencit their iel- low men by theirs overweening con- <eit. If you are vain of your attain- fnents, real or imaginary, try not to show it for the public wil not tol- erate the egotist anywhere. ' asada i , x if + - A Galley 0’ Fun! VE nena a TAA AE Zena ¥ LORD CHESTLCRFIELD'S SON'S LETTERS TO HIS FATHER. A number of the letiers can be found with wufficient courage A few samples ure given below. “Dear Pathe received and iip, end of next week. Some ‘People ote [ y say. abou = contents noted. YJ hat you say about must get to work: In haste, your etiquette is very true. affectionate con, Phil” «Dear Father— Your beautiful letter js at hand. The sentiments are sim ply charming. Decor Tather, I am very working for the Bird Bros spent Sun- short. Could you serd ne £5? Your | day effectionate son, Philip.” «Dear Father—I have to acknowl} edge yours of the 14th. thank you for your excellent advice. I! rity will appreciate ! am sure that post jt. Dear Father, 2 small cho ue would be deeply eppreciated. tionate son, Philip.” “pear Father—Will you be kind enocuch to let me know how to write ¢ a letter asking onc’s father for a small but much-needed remittance in such n wav as to preclude the pos sibility of a refusal. Yeorr ~lv attention: will ohlige you~ ate gon, Philin.” «Dear Father——Your extremely in teresting and instructive letter r ecived. Such felicity of expression such taste rd co forth! J am ni on colonel drew crowds at the | | so the Lutheran Church Council for | the use of the room. of Lord Chesterfield’s son te his father are to he published as soon as a publislier be clean-up .| All must have their names and pic- Perniit me to MEYERSDALE ~~ INOTHING SO GOO. "HLS. BRIEFS ' The Class of ‘16 is rejoicing over the arrival of their long expected in- | vitations. The Commencement play ‘“Profess- or Pepp” is progressing rapidly. The play will be held at Reich’s Auditor- ium, June 2nd at 8 P. M. Tell your Domestic Cigars. friends about it, and as in the spring As to go to a place to have a light lunch, glass of Soda Water, or Ice Cream than to THOMAS CAFE. The place where your patronage is appreciated. opened to the public; you are welcome there. I handle a full line of Pure Drugs, Medicines, Perfumes, Toilet Articles. Qur rest room is Imported and evenings every ore needs a good tonic, this will serve nicely as a sub- stitute. The Class of ‘17 will hold a picnic on the evening of the 24th at River- i side Park. ] Opposite Citizens Bank F B. THOMAS, Leading Druggis, MEYERSDALE, PA | We wonder who dropped the pow- ein 4 SE der puff into the drinking fountain? Why Wilbur Stotler fell asleep and almost missed class on Monday?. OLENE WALLIS What Nell Hady wanted with a lemon in school? Edward Leonard, where were you on Sunday evening for supper? Wanted to know—Why Howard and Irvin Gress take a ‘Jitney” ride with their horse and buggy every Sunday afternoon out the state road toward Glade City. How about it Nell Whitford and Olive Lindeman? Herbert Leckemby tells us the, Gauls settled in Detroit, but he did not see any the last time that he was | there. | The Sophomore Banquet. Last Friday evening the Sopho- | more class held a banquet in the so- | cial room of the Lutheran church. | The room was prettily decorated in the class colors, Maroon and white. A program was well carried out af- [ter which games were played, prizes { being awarded to the successful win- | ners. The lucky ones were Gregg { Darrow, H. D. Gress and Helen Bold- len. Following this they were all seat- ed at the table, where in the centre {was a bunch of their class flowers, [red and white tulips. The banquet icame to an end after a late hour, or | rather an early hour the next morn- ling, when all left for their respective 'momes declaring that they all had a ! good time. | The following is the program as it was carried out:— | Reading, Miss Olive Lindeman;Cho ' rus, The Class; Reading’ Irvin Gress; Suffrage Speech, Grace Michael; i Reading, Howard Gress; Boys’ Cho- £5 Bohunkus; Games; Class Song | and Yell | We wish to thank Mr. L. R. Collins for the loan of his Victrola and ai- We wish to thank the Freshmen for practice what they ¥ — nr RIN Ruth Bowmaster said that she wished that women were allowed to vote. When she was asked why, she replied’ “Then I would join the Fire Department.” Roger would have good gompany then, ~ nits According to ‘Willjam McMillan’s (statement, Caeser must have been a appeired in concerts in the past twé or three years. For in one case, Wil-| the Ora Pad+et-Langer Company, 8 feature attraction apgesii=e particularly to music lovers in ‘the’ Chaatauqua. program. on the afternoon and night of the third ay of the Chautauqua. have said of Miss Wallis’ work: “gLs possesses both accuracy and tempera- ment, an unusual combination, and beauty both of face and character in a “She has the ability to read rapidly at sight and a remarka- strong man statement, Caesar must have been 2a in his arms.” The other day, while Olive Linde- marked degree.” man was translating German, she ble’ capacity for memorizing.” said, “The man went to H-1,” ofe OLENE WALLIS, Aco usizisT IN GRA PADGET-LANGER COMPANY, : CHAUTAUQUA : : ISS WALLIS has won fame as 8 pianist and circles in Chicago, her home, aad many cities im which she has FEATURE, ast i= s She is accompanist with The company wii appear here Music critics put | touch and expression being that of & perfect artist.” {| Prof. Kretchman took an opposite point of view and stopped her. x. : & CONSOLATION, First Criminal Lawyer- ~Facts gtubboin things. Second Critgifal Lawyer (cheerful Last Thursday Norman Suder was promoted to a front seat of the sen- ior class. We all on his success. fees wouid be sraller. dl ee ee, 5 G 3 HIS WAY. Prot, Weaver has decreed this fo Landlady (symipathecically)—Why, week in High School. how did you faii downstairs, Mr. Tanks? “iN Boarder— (with d.znity) ~—Unexpeect- edly, Ma'am. | tures erased from their books ‘before ALL IN. Two schooners, loaded to the decks With kegs and. casks, of XXX. Went on the rocks that hidden lay; Ea i! MEYERSDALE AND VICINITY Wm. Zimmerman who ig i) MT with his parents. Were alcoholic wrecks, | Mr and Mrs Ray > Engle of near i congratulate him | jv)__Oh, yes! . {hey were not, out i 190k gee: ; MH, Pee Bohl { tions are being made bere to transform | forbes Field, home grounds of the | | “OPERA STAGE ON “DIAMOND. are Yo. Sigs “Siegfried” In Pittsburgh Baseball Park.. Pittsburgh, Pa.—l Special. }—I'repara- «She is a most exceptional accompanist, her the dance.that night and she said all pittsburgh “Pirates.” into a Lig out {door opera house. for the outdoor per | formance of Richard \Wagner'= “Sieg: fied. which 2 Metropolitan Opera House ‘cust and orchestra will present yhusday evening. June Ss. Upon the stage a group of the most poted Wagnerian singers in the world will appear They include Melanie fxurt. Ernestine Schumann-Heink Frieda Hempel. Johannes Sembai-h Gorit: and Carl Braun The stage will be shipped to Pitts 5 EE 0.0 GOO CRIO FOTO ORROTRO OLR 1% CHE00 Your affec- for the Muncy lumber is now | Miiton, Pa. Sunday -at George W. Beals. , Alvin Kretchman Beals to teach him to run it. Nile, the little son of Irvin Engle has been suffering from a severe at- tack of the measles. Mr. F. M. Lyons was caller. over bought .a Ford] car last week and had his friend Jno. { There was no hope for them—for they [S53 Whitehill, Albert Reiss. Otto - : Salisbury spent ‘Sunday at Milton burgh. with the scenery and cosiulnes Misblrrs. ; in a special train of 20 cars The Mr Kyle Hash who was setting struclure is valued at approximately in $10,000. The proscenium arch will be 26 feet high. and the opening v5 feet The stage will be 45 feet deep. ; The famous stars will dress in tem- porary dressing rooms, constructed with portable platforms and screens. beneath the stage. Boil the music drama and a festival concert of school choruses and grand opera stars. Sat- urday afternoon, June 10, the Sieg | fried Festival, Pittsburgh, will be giv- totesagsieialaiall BARRO LE YEN ARE WEA There is not one person Ou of a large number who can boast! cf PERFECT EYES---Our moce of life is a great part responsible ior our BAD EYES. You had better look aiter your case. A Thorough Examination will be good for you. 7 THE OPTOMETRIST COOK, Eye Sight Specialist Both t h nes Meyersdale,CPa. Father Saw Driving It Home ST “What I don’t understand said their father, the first evening after they had returned home from the sum- mer resort, “is why all your crowd | got down on that pretty Gertrude Pif- Let us drive home to you the fact that no washwoman can wash clothes in as sani- fles in the way you did. What hap- . pened?” tary a manner as that in “Wasn't it fierce?” agreed Caroline, which the work is done at cheerfully. “Gee, I should say,” echoed Jimmy. our laundry. “But what did she do?” pursued their parent. “You were all crazy about her at first—her clothes and her face. I understood from you, Jim- my, that she was a peacherine and a winner. Then, if my memory serves me right, I had to beat you into sub- mission before you even would say good-by to her that last day on the dock. Were her clothes worn out or what?” “Oh, she was fierce, explained Jim- my.“The way she acted about Bunny! You know he had a cinch on taking her to all the dances at the hotel for the season!” “Is that the way they do it nowa- We use much more water, change the water many more times, use purer and more costly soap, and keep all the clothes in constant motion during the entire process. It's simply a matter of having proper facilities. Meyersdale Steam Laundry aays?” exclaimed the father. “I should : think it would be slightly monoton- ROOFING ous—when there are so many other ————————— boys and girls around. Three dances a week, four weeks a month, two For a J ‘months—and always with Bunny!” “But he’s a fine kid!” defended Jim- FIRST CLASS SLATE my, valiantly. "“If you could see his oF stack of ties. I bet he has a hundred. Gertrude was tickled to death when GALV ANIZED ROOF he asked her for the season. You see, : here Sete many boys around just write to at first.” “I judge that Gertrude has ®& far J. S. WENGERD seeing soul,” mused his parent. “And R.D 2 at her youthful age; alas.” MEYERSDALE, “1 PENN’A “What are you talking about?” ask- ed Caroline, perplexed. “Bunny is the best looking boy always and Gertie Wholesale prices on carloads shipped to any 1ailroad station would have been a goose even with — a lot of others if she hadn’t——" A full line of Spouting, Nails and “Of course,” interrupted Jimmy, “I Valleys. don’t suppose she knew that Cyril and | bem meee ome omen his folks were coming to stay at the hotel farther up. And he can’t help his name. I s’pose if they had known he was going to grow so big and red- looking and with those teeth they wouidn’t have called him Cyril. It sounds something like a pet dog does- n't it?’ “I began to breathe fast,” comment- ed Jimmy's father. “Deadly rivals— fair lady—duel to the death—go on Sir Edward Carson is usually ser- quickly, Jimmy.” fous in demeanor, but he is a master “Oh, they didn’t fight,” protested | in the art of making witty and telling Jimmy, anxiously. “You see, Cyril | retorts. During one case in which he he came“down to her cottage to see appeared he had more than one pas- Gertie and said he would take her to | sage at arms with the judge, who fin- ally drew attention to the discrepan- right—and then Bunny, he saw her at | ey between the evidence given by noon and/says Ill come for you at 8 | two of Sir Edward’s principle wit- o'clock, and she says all right again.” | nesses, one of whom was a carpenter - «Well, why under the canopy didn’t | and the other tavernkeeper. “That’s so, my lord,” instantly re- tne jas ume ‘hey scrapped and he: sald he wouldn’t be second best eith- er. So everybody got mad at Gertie: you see.” “Oh, my, yes!” groaned their par ent. “I see, pertecy! Perfectly!™ ONE MORE CASE she just tell him that she had another beau?” demanded Jimmy’s father. torted Sir Edward. “Yet another “Why, papa,” cried Caroline in dis- case of difference between the bench “Don’t you see? She couldn’t and the bar.” gust. after she’d promised Bunny for the whole season!” fs : PROOF POSITIVE . “Then why did she promise Cyril?” Coroner—“We found nothing in the demanded the puzzled gentleman. | man’s pockets ma’am, except three «Why, he asked her!” cried Caroline : pyttons, one handkerchief and & Ie triumphantly. “When a boy asks to geipted bill.” cig take you anywhere you say ‘yes’? you! The Sobbing Inguirer—*A recelpted knowiy : bill! Then ‘aint my husband. “And Bunny and Cyril got there to- | : rT gether,” said Jimmy, excitedly, “and f neither of them would g0 Sway sed HEPPLEY—WISE. they both went along and they trie to dance with Gertrude the first dance a J Aarey and Ethel 1, Wise both of ‘em, and then Bunny he gets of Holsopple were marr mad and goes home. He and Gertie had an awful scrap the next day. He at Johnston, Saturday afternoom, by Alderman Wirick and left soon after told her if he had to be second best the nuptial knot was tied in an au- again he’d never speak to her. tomobile for Pittsburg to spend their «And two evenings later she told honeymoon. They will go to house- him she wasn’t going to the dance at keeping at Holsopple, where Mr. Hep- all and for him please stay at home. piey is engaged in business. But he went, anyhow, a es PILE—BRAESECKER was a new girl come that day. n Pittsburg papers announce the when he got there Gertie and Cyril a 2 marriage of Miss Margaret Braeseck- were dancing together as nice as vou i Wednes please, so Bunny told Cyril he was no er and Robert Pile, on last Wedne gentleman and Gertie said she'd nev- day at the home of the bride’s sister lin that city. The bride is a daughter er speak to Bunny again. «So we agreed to cut Gertie for be lot the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brae- ing mean to Bunny. Bunny’s father | secker, of Somerset township. The | had the only racing boat up there, 80 | groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miss Katie Spangler is working en on this platform. of course we had to stick to him.” | pile. of Middlecreek township. The for Robt. Staub at present. TO BE CONSIDERED. This performance, in conjunction “And the girls thought it was 8 |;.wlyweds will reside a short distance Miss Nellie Beals and friend, Fred | “Goin’ to New York, Silas? You | with the concert to be sung by public | good chance to get Bunny away from fe Fairmont, W. Va., where Mr. | | 5 ine ‘aroli . - ! , Ivons spent Sunday evening at Jas. | ought to run over to Paris.” | school choruses, metropolitan stars and | Gertie,” explained Caroline, by oe | pite {s employed as a telegrapher b¥ E 2 2 : 3 3 3 haat+a on Saturday after | > her ing nice to hi / ~ Ln Be «J might if I understood French.” ! orche stra on Saturday afte! noon, June bing her and heing Biles 16 im i | the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ag «Well, not understandin’ Silas, 10, forms the Siegfried lI'estival | then Cy1 oot mad at he ecause he | : me —— —————— BRE oh | paw Bunny and her talking together pany. 1 might be 1 ler to bunco.” | i set was Mrs. ing her Mrs ley of in Mey: E. Crow Miss from CI iting fo Mirs. here vi several Miss visiting few da Clark here d at the Saylor N. B yesterc also vi BEC.) Miss turned Md. a tives. Miss is spe her p: cer. 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