THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, MEYERSDALE, PA.
Summer Garden|
SATURDAY FEB. 17th.
“SOMEWHERE
IN FRANCE.”
Triangle-Kay Bee.
Do you enjoy a picture that holds
Jou in suspense until the very end—
& tale so full of mystery that you can-
not guess the outcome—a story so
€ripping that you never notice the
passing moments?
Such a story is “Somewhere in
france,” the new Triangle Play cc-
starring Louise Glaum and Howard
Hickman, by the late Richard Hard-
ing Davis, A thrilling war story of
mystery and secret service intrigue
.. 4t ig sure to fascinate you.
‘Then, toc there’s a mile of Key-
&tone fun and frolic.
TUESDAY FEB. 20th,
“THE WOLF WOMAN"
a Triangle-Kay Bee. |
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Louise Glaum, Triangle-Kay Bee |
“Vampire Lady,” was bom in Mary- |
land, but was taken to. Los Angeles so
@arly in life that she was there when |
the motion picture directors emigrat- |
@®d to the Pacific coast. But before
her screen debut, she appeared on the i
speaking stage as the ingenue ih “Why |
QGirls Leave Home.” Later she play.
€d in “Officer 666” and in Nat Good- |
win’s company.
Soon after California was invaded |
by the picture play producers, Miss |
@laum presented herself to Thomas |
H. Ince. She has been under his di-
Tection ever since, appearing in sev-
€ral well-known Triangle features,
the first being “The Iron Strain.” Miss
@Glaum is the star of “Somewhere in |
France,” TriangleKay Bee picturiza-
tion of the Richard Harding Davis
novel of that name.
She will also appear in a wonder-
ful Vampire role in “The Wolf Wo- |
man” which is scheduled for Tuesday
February 20 at the popular picture re |
sort, the Auditorium Summer Gard :n. |
WEDNESDAY FEB. 21st. |
“THE UNWELCOME MOTHER”
Fox Feature
The Fox feature for the coming
‘Wednesday is an other unsual, out of
the ordinary photo-plays, like all the
Fox productions, it is hard to judge
the Fox pictures, you cannot say (00 |
much about them, last week Virginia
Pearson in “Daredevil Kate” was a|
great picture, this coming week Wl |
ter Law in “The Unwelcome Moths "
is another you cannot help like, for he |
following week, Theda Bara wil be |
the big feature attraction in “Her |
Double Life” if you are not a reRmor}
on Wednesday, For night, you are
missing the cream of the photo-plays.
THURSDAY FEB. 22nd.
“CRIMSON STAIN MYSTERY”
Metro
This is the serial night at this popu-
dar amusement resort, the “Crimson
‘Btain Mystery” the serial photo-play
that is different, you see some new
faces every Thursday, it isn’t too late
wet, the first few instalments are over
but you still have a chance to sit down
to the rest of the meal, the best is
¥et to come, a big six reel program,
and music by the real musical four, to
Suit the pictures.
FRIDAY FEB. 23rd.
“THE PRICE OF SILENCE”
Willlam Fox Production
This is the first big William Fox
Super de Luxe feature, you have been
reading about. It comes to the Sum-
Wer Garden, Friday Feb. 23rd, with
pefcal music by the .Auditerium or-
estra, Don't miss this big seven
der skating on the above dats, doors
fpen at 6:46 p. m. First sbow at 7.
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| NOT TO BE TOLERATED
“We need laws in this country
to compel fathers and mothers
to work and do their share.
Thousands of fathers and moth-
ers today are leaning in their
children for suppot. Look at the
loafers on our street corners—
where are their children? Work-
ing, of course, and giving up every
cent they earn. Child labor is a
term which is not to be tolerated
in America.
“We have laws for the preser-
vation of our forests and nearly
every other thing in life, but we
neglect our children,
“You cannot put the child and
labor togethr, and have a strong
nation. .
“No State, no home, no indus-
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‘OCAHONTAS TIPS
‘iam Durr, who
| wwon for a rupte
and getting along fine.
Mr. A. G. Yutzy, an up-to-date far-
mer is contemplating planting 10 acres
of soup beans next spring. We wish
him success,
It is rumored there will be another
wedding in this vicinity in the near
future,
C. C. Barmoy, is in mourning over
the loss of his fountain pen since lust
Saturday.
The turtle which was buried alive in
this town last fall will be dug up in
the near future. Watch!
This vicinity was the scene of very
rough weather ever since the ground-
sperated
<.~id at home
for the past few months been missing
try has the right to rob the child
of its cLildhood.”
Rev, James V. Chalmers.
(From the pulpit of Holy Trinity
Church, New York.)
GLADE CITY
Miss Edna Mankamyer, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mankamytr,
wag given a surprise party on Friday
night, the occasion being her nine-
teenth birthday.
The evening was spent in games
and music, after which a delicious
luncheon was served. Those present
were; Naomi ]enhart, Bessie Diest, |
Ruth Bowman, Minnie and Pauline
Swearman, Naomi Wahler, Myrtle
and Edna Mankamyer. Miss Mank-
amyer received some pretty and use-
ful presenits.
The guests departed at a late hour
wishing Edna many more happy birth.
days.
Quite a few of our people in Glade
City, spent Saturday night at Witten-
burg for the purpose of witnessing
the entertainment given by ithe pupils
of that school. Those present from
Glade City are Mrs. John Beal,
Robert and William Bowman
Grace and Charles Beal, Myrtle
Edna and Lester Mankamyer, Minnie
and Pauline Swearman, Ralph Wer-
ner and Norman Fike,
Ray Harding of our town unfortu-
nately fell a short time ago and suf-
fered a fracture of a leg, is recovering
as rapidly as can be expected.
Herbet Harrding, who was injured
in the mines some time since, is now
able to be about.
The Union Sunday School of our
town has become a live wire and the
attendance is growing weekly and in-
terest manifested is growing. Laat
Sunday there were 69 children present
which certainly is great when we con.
sider that Glade City is only a small
village.
There will be preaching next Sun-
day at three o’clock by Rev. Berkley,
and a cordial invitation is given to the
fathers and mothers of our town to at.
tend. :
-- wudld be politician was ounce speak- |
ing before a smal] assembly in a vil-
lage. In the course of his speech he
Introduced some expression which dis.
gusted his hearers. who thereupon’
started moving away The orator, see-
ing this, put up his hands and said:
“Pause, friends!" But the answer
be got was from a local wag. who cried
amid laughter: ;
“Aye, an’ real dirty ones they are
too !”’—Chicago News. ;
md tt et
-. ' Making Sure of It.
Distriet Visitor— Well. one must do
something for the suffering poor.
Friend—Quite so, but are you really
quite sure that they do suffer? Dis.
trict Visitor—Oh, yes. I visit them and
talk to them for hours at a time.—Lon-
don Stray Steries.
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Quite a Resembiance.
“Didn't you have a brother im this
ceurse last year?”
“No, sir; it was I. I'm taking it over
again.”
“Bxtraordinary resemblance, though.
Positively extraordinary!” — Harvard
Lampoon.
or parties engaged in the stealing will
be dealt with accordingly if caught.
Henry Snyder, who has been laid
up with rheumatism for the past few.
weeks, has resumed work again,
Dewey Wilkalm, of Wihipperville#
was seen enroute for “Frog Hollow” ¥
last Saturday night.
Misses Grace and Ada Miller, spent ;
Saturday night and Sunday with their |
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Miller.
Miss Ella Witt, a prominent young |
school teacher of Blue Jay ‘school was
in this town last Friday evening.
-Thé oyster supper in St. Marks Re. |
formed churrh, in spite of the rough
weather was well attended last Sat:
urday evening. : : :
Fred Durr, is remodeling his lim.
burger ‘bomb factory as there is strong
talk of war,
Jumbo Miller, will soon go in train-
ing so as to enter the ring by Aprillst.
He is the famous prize fighter of Po-
cahontas,
LITTLE TALKS ON
HEALTH AND HYGIENE
(by Dr. Samuel G. Dixon.)
Army Blankets,
United States army blankets are
not economical for private or per-
manent hospital use. "For the reader
to fully appreciate this’ criticism he
must disabuse his mind of a common
fallacy that the purpose of blankets
and clothing is to give heat off to tie
body by preventing it from being taic-
en off by the general atmosphere.
Therefore, you want blankets soft and
pliablé so that ‘they will fall of their
own weight and fit snugly to the body,
50 as to prevent the air from ‘circula-
ting between the blanket and the
could be used in active campaigns,
where it had to be carried, on the sol-
diers’ backs, or on saddles of horses,
or in the supply wagons, Owing to the
fact that they were made of all wool,
had long lives, and were made in a
hog saw his shadow. ci’
The citizens of this vicinity have
feed of every kind, meat, canned goods.
and many other things and the party.
i
[ Special for this Week }
PEE TER
A large line of New Shirt
Waists Just Arrived.
I All the Newest Stripes and
Colors, will be sold at
48 cents.
TERN.
Next Door to Post Office,
AN ANCIENT. CLIFF CITY.
The Ruins of Its Primitive Dwellings
In. Walnut Canyon.
Walnut canyon, near Flagstaff, Ariz.
contains some of the most inter-
esting ruins on the continent. The
canyon itself is remarkable, being a
thousand feet deep. a quarter mile in
width at the top and a few hundred
rise up in gentle slopes, but leap up-
ward, tier upon tier. a giant limestone
stairway. Here were conditions that
appealed to primitive man. The
smooth shelf or ledge formed a floor.
the projecting rock a ceiling, the slop:
ing strata rear walls. He had but to
throw up front and side walls amd a
home was completed, with a floor that
would never wear out and a roof that
would never leak.
It is estimated that there are at least
a thousand of these primitive dwell
ings in the Walnut canyon. There is
but a single entrance to this cliff city.
The trail leads over the {ace and down
the sides of the cliff and on through
the ruins of one of these houses. When
the walls of this building were stand
ing it completely filled the width of
the ledge. As no one could enter with.
out passing through this house or gate-
way, one man, armed with a primitive
stone ax, might well have stood off an
army.
All articles of furniture have been
carried away, but there are still traces
of a fireplace, and the blackened ceil-
ing tells of its long occupancy. In the
substantial way, they soon found thair
way into gemeral vse partielaply ja
to hospitak use, and more especially
into hospitals were the open air treat- |
ment was necessary.
The State Department of, Pennsyl-
vania has its blankets made acrord- |
ing to the following specifications:
Double blankets not to be less
than 80 in. long by not less than
60 in. wide when finished. Weight
to be 4 1-2 I. per pair when finish-
od . :
* Warp—To be of cotton, long sta-
ple. To be well carded and even-
ly spun, of No. 14 yarn, 43 threads
to the inch. 1 :
Filling—To blend or mixture of
not over 20 per cent. cotton. Bal-
' ance to all wool, staple good and
true, 32 picks to the inch in fur-
nished product. Color to be me
dium gray. 3
Border—No color.
Each pair of blankets to be
bound on the ends with o 2 in. mo.
hair binding. To have two ews
of stitching 1-4 in. apart and to
count about six stitches per inch,
Bmbroidering—Each pair of
blankets to be embroidered with
the letters P. 8. C. 8. 4 121n
high. To be in centre of blanket.
—Note a blanket showing the
general design and construction
is on file at the Philadelphia Of
fice.
The army blanket is woven go cloge-
Children Emancipated
Powerful photodrama on subject of child Iasbor, which has
the endorsement of President Wilson and Congress. See the
WILLIAM FOX
- PHOTOPLAY
“The Price of Silence’
with that greatest of screen stars
WILLIAM FARNUM
—AT THE
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ly and becomes so rigid when thrown
over the body that it falls to fall in
close, but stands out and permits the
alr space between itself and the body.
This interferes with the heat retaining
qualities to the extent that after prae
tical application in our large hosp!
tals in the Commonwealth of Pena.
sylvania we find in ithe cold high
mountain regions we can get along
with three softer woven blankets in-
stead of having to use five army
blankets. . :
. 33h ghis discovery and practical
avplication we not only save muen
in maintaining our hospitals, but we
give our patients more comfort. The/
blankets are warmer and at the same
time are lighter in weight.
GAS
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TORIA,
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and Chi
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nerve cells, and while the possibility
{ Tor‘the enemy.
ashes and litter have been found bro-
ken pieces of pettery—red, black and
ray decorated in colors and with pai
tories displaying ibieir artistic tastes
In small pockets. dug out in the red.
walls and carefully scaled ap. are sii
occasionally found pieces of cloth o
hemp and ther of yucca. corncobs
squash shells. beans, ete.-- Exchange.
- REAL DOUGHNUTS.
The Genuine Old Time Cake Never Had
sd iH . a Hole In It.
{Why will some persons persist in
speaking of the holes in doughnuts
The real. genuine article never had a
hole im it..~My memory goes back to
1840 and earlier: and my. boyhood ex.
perience extended over a good part of
Ifairfield. - Litchfield and New Haven
counties. Conn;, and Westchester coun
ty. N. Y.. up 40 1850. Our mothers af
that time are to be regarded as the
| best authority om old fashioned Amer
ican cookery.
. The dougknut of that period consist.
ed of bread dough raised overnight.
with bop meal cakes, or “emptinsg.”
Sweetened with brown sugar, short
ened a Mttle and fried to a rich brown
in leaf lard and were somewhat larger
than a goose egg and about the same
shape. These were known among the
‘old Dutch New Yorkers and are
scribed ia Barber's “History of New
York,” published about 1840. f
“Wonder cakes’ were bimilar, with a
little more shortening and sweetening.
The Gough was roiled about three.
quarters of an fineh thick, cut 4uto
squares of three inches, with three
siits, which were pressed apart inte
& fantastic shape, and were the idol.
toed’ Sabbath day lunch. eaten under
in tree or the horse shed be
3 & n the morning and afternoon serv
I first remember crullers rwisted and
with holes when | came to New York
in 1854. ‘The very name of dough-
put is suggestive of a round or oval
shaped articie.—C. P. Benedict in New
York Times. .
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Why Disze-22 13 £4..cag ty Paar.
An emhii CAOPHRY ote
made the statemoeit (hat a great deal
of contagion is due largely to nervou-
apprehension and fear. Terror cause:
radical chanzes in the secrétions an
1S
not the direct cause of disease it cer
tainly is sufficient to put the person in
the proper condition to be attacked by
the prevailing malady.
edie oan
| Its a well understood fact that ex. |
| cessive anger infuses a texic element
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~~ WEINS
feet at the bottom. The sides do not |
SATURDAY
Muslin Underwear,
mer Dress goods,
broideries,
TEINS A
] . SEMA UAL :
| WHITE SALE |
g THE WOMENS’ STORE. :
, February 10
r—— pe fl) LAR Hal 10
Continuing for One Week.
Waists, Skirts, Sum
Linens, Curtain Ma
Neckwear,
In Newest Spring Patterns.
M syersdale, Pa
RAR Arr Org
Childrens’ Dresses,
terials, Laces, Em-
HARTLEY, CLUTTON CO.
N accouut of the severe wea.
ther we have decided to con-
tinue our Clean Up and White
Sale over Saturday, Feb. 17th.
£ BIG BARGAINS
he
§ The Pfhaler Co,
“The Store for All the People”
(Continued from page one.)
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GARRETT
Personals,
C. T. Bittner, who ig empoyed at
Pittsburg is spending a few days at
his home on Walker street.
Bill Henderson, of McKeesport is
Miss Clara Bittner, spent a few days
of last week at Somerset at the home
of her uncle, Mr. Mahlon Meyers.
Mrs. Geo. Smith and daughter. Vel-
ma were Meyersdale visitors Mon lay,
Miss Verda Brant and
Miss Margaret Seibert, of Martins.
burg, W, Vt, spent Friday and satur
day at Berlin visiting friends,
Rev. H. H. Maust, of Berlin Was a
Garrett visitor last Thursday.
Miss Marie Weller, of Rockwood: is
visiting her friend, Miss Nell B. Brant |
on Church street.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Bittner and fami-
ly, atttended the funeral of Mrs. Bitt-
ner’s father. at Somerset this week.
epending a few days with, friends in | day,
Garrett. :
her guest, | day.
Mr: and: Mrs. James McIntyre, spent
| Sunday in Hyndman. : ?
[ Mr. Irvin Engle, of ‘Berlin wag a|
| business visitor here Tuesday.
iiss Josie. daneht of Mr. a
er « and Mrg
1¢
( : last Sunday,
where she will undergo an. operation |
2 |
! for appendicitis, |
| spent
- ° GLENCOE
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Love and daught-
er. Elizabeth of Pittsburg, were Sun.
day guests of J, L. Snyder.
Mrs. Mary R. Poorbaugh, is visiting
relatives and friends in Meyersdale
this week. - r
Mesdames W. Cook and F. Aldridge
were Hyndman shoppers on Wednes-
Geo. Bittner, wag given a pleasant
birthday surprise by thirty of hip
friends on February 13. Hig twenty
first celebration, #7
Harry Bittner and wife of Rockwood
Were guests of relatives here on Bais
H. M. Poorbaugh, was
nate ag to
day.
any complication later.
The construction work on the bridge
; at Foley Tower is about completed,
as yet we don’t know just for whom
we should weep. Some of our own
swains talk of following the gang,
Mrs. W. H. Miller, was a Cumber.
land shopper on Wednesday.
Marion Leydig, entertained for a
| few friends on Thursday night,
Mrs. H. M. Bittner and childran,
two days with her mother, Mrs,
slrode who je 311
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