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WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1909.
Republican State Convention
To the Republican Electors of Penn
sylvania: I am directed by the Republican
State Coramlttco to announce that
the Republicans of Pennsylvania,
by their duly chosen representatives,
will meet In convention at the Ma
jestic Theatre In the city, of Har
rlsburg, on Wednesday, June 16,
1909, at 10:30 o'clock a. m., for
the purpose of nominating candi
dates for the following olllces, to
wit:
Ouo person for the olflce of State
Treasurer.
One person for the ofllce of Au
ditor General.
One person for the ofllce of Judge
of the Supreme Court.
Also for the transaction of such
other business as may be presented.
In accordance with the rules gov
erning the Republican party in
Pennsylvania, ihe representation in
the State convention will be based
on the vote polled at the last presi
dential election; under the rules
each legislative district Is entitled
to one delegate for every two
thousand votes cast for the presi
dential electors in 1908, and an
additional delegate for every frac
tion of two thousand vote! polled
in excess of one thousand.
By order of the Republican State
Committee.
W. R. Andrews, Chairman.
The Herald, in a leading, editorial,
again informs the County Commis
sioners that It is a Democratic paper.
If the Commissioners do not know
this fact this last explanation ought
to make it as plain as the school
boy did, who drew n long cared ani
mal on his slate and wrote under
neath: "This Is a Jackass." Our
sympathies are with the Herald, and
we have given up the Idea of mak
ing any special effort towards edu
cating the commissioners as to the
nature of our politics, but hereafter
will cover their short-comings with
our broad mantle of political charity
which contains no benzoate.
Not a Local Issue.
The fact that Protection is not a
local issue, as a former Democratic
candidate for the Presidency de
clared, is plain y shown in the col
umns of the Southern newspapers,
which tell how, under the benefi
cent guardianship of the McKinley
law, industries are being built up
that promise nt no distant date to
give employment and good wages
to hundreds of thousands of work
men. Here we have the Louisville
Commercial, published in the Dem
ocratic border State of Kentucky,
asserting that "there are more
pianos In the houses of workingmen
in Louisville than in the houses of
all the workingmen of England;
and probably there are more work;
ingmen owning their homes in
Louisville than in all England."
No; Protection is not a local issue!
Freeport (111.) Journal.
Common Sense Decision.
We commend Superintendent of
Public Instruction George Howell and
the Board of Control upon arriving
at the decision, there will be no reg
ulation gowns and mortar boards
worn by graduates of the High
schools at commencement, and that
the valedictorian and salutatorian
are not to deliver stilled and ponder
ous essays as of yore. There la no
thing sweeter, prettier, or more In
spiring than the young ladies robed
in white, in their customary wearing
apparel if they choose, and the boys
neatly attired. The college garb is
neither becoming to the young ladles
or young gentlemen, nor Is it seem
ing to ape high institutions of learn
ing. And It is equally ridiculous to
have the salutatorian and valedictor
ian recite some effort they have
poured over for weeks, far beyond
their actual attainment perhaps and
over the heads of their audience.
Some plain, practical, common every
day little speech, original, natural,
and from the heart is better than
theatricals and gush.
The South's Different Views.
The South, once so solidly op
posed to a high tariff, has different
views now. Louisiana will yelp
Its lungs dry if the bill which the
Ways and Means Committee pre
sents to the House calls for the eli
mination of the duty on sugar.
Texas and Oklahoma will not keep
quiet If oil and oil products appear
on the free list, oven If the Stand
ard Oil Company has agreed not to
oppose the measure. Georgia and
the Carolinas will bo strong for the
maintenance of customs charges on
lumber. The cotton mills of the
South will cause that section to be
watchful lest competition with tho
British factories be made a part of
tho commercial calculations. Flor
ida is uneasy about the boom in
fruit growing in Cuba and tho Isle
of Pines, and so on. You can run
your eye down the schedules and
foresee the distinguished statesmen
from below the Ohio leaping to
their feet In defense of "infant In
dustries." Toledo Blade.
PLAY GROUNDS.
A spasm of Tlckloum in last Fri
day's Independent leads us to be
lieve that Brother Haines of the
Independent and Brother Stocker
of the Herald have clasped hands
over the bloody chasm and until
further notice will present a solid
front on the issue of public play
grounds for our children a few of
the planks in their platform as
given to the general public by Mr.
Stocker at a meeting In the Presby
terian chapel on last Wednesday
evening are as follows, viz:
To dump the Soldiers' Monument
into the Lackawaxen River.
To All up the fountain and re
move the flowers.
To cut down the trees and convert
the Park into a public playground.
This bold move on the part of
these gentlemen Is commendable
as It shows an unselfish devotion
to the welfare of the children of
our Borough, especially as neither
gentlemen have Rooseveltlan fami
lies to enjoy the proposed play
grounds. It would add greatly to the pres
ent popularity of these gentle
men If, while the rest of the com
munity are digesting their proposi
tion, that Mr. Haines throw open
his nice corner lot and Mr. Stocker
his back yard as a playground. At
the expiration of the season of
sports and pastimes they would have
a practical experience, that would
Increase their earnestness in having
the proposed play grounds located
In close proximity to other people's
property. That portion of the Inde
pendent's article which Is used as a
closing argument and which tells
very pathetically of the farmers who
lost several pigs, because they had
not proper playgrounds, ought to
cause the entire swine family to
Join in one universal grunt in favor
of public playgrounds for their off
springs While this question of
turning Central Park in a play
ground is in a state of betweenity
wo advise Bethany and other
congested districts not to Join in
this movement and would recom
mend its advocates to spend a few
days inspecting the play-grounds In
New York City, and ascertain their
effect upon adjacent property. Their
report would interest people owning
property facing Central Park.
FI t K K-T It Al ) K FOOLISHNESS,
Here is a specimen of the "stuff
and nonsense" which Free-TraOers
are sending out for circulation:
The shirt you wear pays a Tarifi
tax of CO per cent, of Its value.
The hat you wear pays a Tariff tax
of GO per cent, of its value and in
addition to this 44 cents per pound.
The coat you wear pays a Tariff
tax of GO per cent, of its value and
in addition to this 33 cents per
pound.
The trousers you wear pay a Tariff
tax of GO per cent, of value and In
addition to this SScents per pound.
The shoes you wear pay a Tariff
tax of 35 per cent, of value.
As a matter of fact, not one of the
articles named pays a cent of Tariff
tax, If manufactured in the United
States. If you insist on wearing im
ported toggery it is no more than
right that you pay a duty for tho
support of the Government and for
the privilege of bringing foreign
goods into the United States; especi
ally in view of the fact that the ar
ticles made at home ought to be
good enough for anybody.
It may be replied that the Tariff
enables domestic manufactures to
charge exorbitant prices. But is any
body laboring under the delusion
that without the Tariff he could
buy, for example, a dollar shirt for
40 cents? That notion was long ago
dispelled.
The Tariff is for the Protection of
American wage earners from cheap
foreign competition. If you imagine
that this is oppressive rather than
beneficial, Just explain why it is that
the families of wage earners in this
country live In better homes, wear
better clothes and are able to have
more enjoyments, than any corres
ponding class of people on the face
of tho earth. Rochester Democrat-
Chronicle.
BARBARA FRIETCHIE AT LYRIC.
The production of Barbara Frlet-
chle by local talent, under the au
spices of the Amity Social Club, at
the Lyric last Thursday evening, was
one of the treats of the season. The
play was presented under the direc
tion of Mrs. Benjamin Dittrlch and
was witnessed by a large and appre
ciative audience. The play was given
with special scenery and costumes.
Mrs. Dittrlch in the title role has ap
peared before Honesdale audiences in
other casts but on Thursday evening
surpassed herself in many ways and
showed much cleverness. She was
supported by the rest of the company
in a very able manner and the mem
bers of the cast are to be congratu
lated in presenting the play so suc
cessfully. The other members of
the cast who deserve much credit
are: Misses Edna Doollttle, Blanche
Pierce, Mary Higgins, Lucy Edgett,
Cornelia ' Beetz, John Groner, John
Boyd, Frank Truscott, W. E. Jones,
Joseph A. Bodle, Jr., Frank Jen
kins, John Carroll, Leo Osborne,
Francis Murtha, BenJ. H. Dittrlch,
Joseph Jacobs, and Farrlngton
Burhardt.
Dr. C. It. BRADY, Dentist, Honesdale, Pa,
Office Houbs-8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Any evening by appointment.
Citizens' phone, 33, Residence, No. 80-X.
FIRST-CLASS JOII PRINTING,
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, DONE
NUATIA AT THIS OFFICE.
HONESDALE WON HONORS
AT SCRANTON LYCEUM
Victory In Declamation by Joseph Jacobs
DUNMORE-CARBONDALE-HONESDALE SCHOOLS WELL REPRESENTED
AT THE TRIANGULAR LITERARY CONTEST
In the Triangular Literary Contest
between the schools of Dunmore,
Carbondale and Honesdale, each
school won honors. The contest
was held at the Lyceum theatre, In
Scranton, and was attended by a
large crowd, Honesdale honors
were won In the Declamation con
test by Joseph Jacobs, of Seventh
street. All three Uf the contestants
.lOKKI'll .I.U'OIIH.
were well drilled, but .Mr. Jacobs
easily won linmii'u and was titiaul
mously soloi totl by tho judge.-!. Ills
delivery of Wi-liater's reply to
Hayne wiir dollveti'd with dignity
and in a brilliant style. During
his address tho large audience sat
as if spellbound. The Honesdale
people, pupils and friends had plac
ed their ( onddenee In their contest
ants a:u! were well repaid by .Mr.
Jaccb upholding the honor of tho
H'.'hool. .MIfscu Ahlgull Daird and
Meatrlce Ilchhelu alno deserve much
credit and are to lie congratulated
for their excellent work. The Judges
were MIks Maude Flske, teacher of
elocution at liast Stroudsburg State
Normal School, Prof. Harry .Mintz,
teacher of elocution and English at
the Blnghnuiton High school, and
Prof. John Grilllths, former superin
tendent of the Nanticoke schools.
The music during the evening was
rendered by the Dunmore school or
chestra. The first contest was in
recitation, the subject being " The
Baron's Last Banquet," which was
by .Miss Jane Brink, of Carbondale.
Tho other contestants were Miss
Beatrice Rehbeln, of Honesdale, and
.Miss .Margaret O'Boyle, of Dunmore.
The alternates were Miss .Matilda
Krleter, of Honesdale, .Miss Blanche
Kerlms, of Carbondale, and Miss
Helen Miller, of Dunmore. In the
second contest the declamation
was won by Mr. Jacobs. The
others who took part were Ray
mond Ballaney, of Carbondale, and
James Gilligan, of Dunmore. The
alternates were Albert Krantz, of
Honesdale, Rexford Moon, of Car
bondale, and Douglas Moffal of
Carbondale.
Miss Eleanor Gibbons, of Dun
more, won first honors in the essay
contest, the subject being "Pennsyl
vania in Art." The other contest
ants were Miss Abigail Baird, of
Honesdale, and Miss Loretta Mc
Donough, of Dunmore. The alter
nates were Miss Faith Clark, of
Honesdale, and Miss Sallie Murphy,
of Dunmore. Carbondale had no
alternate.
The special train which left
Honesdale Friday morning carried
over one hundred and seventy-five
people. The pupils and their
friends all speak In the highest
terms of the excellent manner in
which they were treated while in
Dunmore, and the affair proved to
be a general success. The contest
next year will be held In Honesdale.
During the evening songs and fav
orite yells wre heard by the pupils
of the different schools. The prin
cipals are Prof. James Tuckley of
Carbondale High School, Prof. Day
ton Ellis of Dunmore High School,
and Prof. H. A. Oday of Honesdale
High School.
PENNSYLVANIA IN ART.
BY MISS ABIGAIL BAIRD,
Pennsylvanian nrt, like the nation, is
young. When colonization and prestige
in the world are a country's main am
bition, its art and literature will both
suffer from this unsettled condition. In
tracing Pennsylvania's art development
this fact deserves our consideration.
Previous to the Revolutionary period,
there was nothing that might be called
art ; yet, to-day, we possess the oldest
art institution in America namely the
Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
Wo have many worthy patrons besides
innumerable artists, whose work pre
sents the most varied themes in a finished
way, preserving truth and history, avoid
ing the commonplace, and ranking usual
ly with that of contemporary English or
American artists. Nevertheless, men
tioning all of theBe would be manifestly
impossible, so I have chosen some who
illustrate the old and new schools of nrt
in Pennsylvania; and who have given a
distinctive contribution to the world's
art treasures.
With the advent of Benjamin West
we like to date the beginning of Penn
sylvania's art. West, born at Spring
field, Pennsylvania, manufactured his
first paint brush from his cat's fur and
learned tq mix paint from Cherokee In
dians. After painting portraits in Phil
adelphia and studying in Italy, he set
tled permanently in England ; where he
became a founder and second president
of the Royal Academy of Art, London;
the court painter of King George III ;
also the master of many pupils who be
came famous. His first Pennsylvanian
pupil, Matthew Pratt, preserved this
master in his picture, "The American
School." Another Pennsylvanian pupil
was Rembrandt Peale, celebrated for
his portrait of Washington, purchased
by Congress in 1823, of which Chief
Justice Marshall said : "More Washing
ington, himself, than any portrait I
have ever seen." The works of West
numocr about three thousand, largely
historical subjects, the most famous of
which is "The Death of General Wolfe."
At this time, the artists robed their
characters in conventional Greek or
Roman costumes for dignity, regardless
of time or country, but West disregarded
this custom by painting Wolfe in his
actual apparel. Sir Joshua Reynolds
said of this painting, "I foresee that tills
picture will not only become one of the
most popular but will occasion a revo
lution in art." Since West's time his
torical pictures have been painted true
to their times in every detail.
In move modem times we are proud
to claim such a personage as Edwin
Austin Abbey. Abbey, born and edu
cated in Philadelphia, took his first po
sition with Harper & Brothers, where
such men as Howard Pylo, Pennsylva-j
nia's great illustrator, and Joseph Pennel,
her great etcher, shaped his talent. Re
ceiving a commission to illustrate the
Herrick poems, Abbey went to England
for first-hand knowledge ; became fasci
nated with that country, and made it his
home. When chosen as one of thrert to
decorate the Boston Public Library, he
selected for his theme "The Quest for
the Holy Grail." The merit of this
series brought him such marked honor
that King Edward asked him to paint
his coronation scene. Thus two Penn
sylvanians were signally honored by
England's Kings above English artists.
Pennsylvania next commissioned him to
execute the mural decorations for her
new capitol. Such familiar Pennsylva
nian illustrators assisted him as Jessie
Wilcox Smith, whose series of "Mother's
Love" is well known to everyone ; Eliz
abeth Greene and Alice Barber Stephens,
whose illustrations occur almost without
interruption in Harper's Magazine.
One would suppose the clang of in
dustrial Pittsburg would develop a stren
uous type of artist, but John White
Alexander is poetical in grace and feel
ing. There hangs in Luxembourg Mu
seum, in Paris, his picture of a very
beautiful woman arranging a ribbon in
her hair, entitled "Green Bow." Its
coloring and manner of painting differ
from every other picture in that gallery
of wonderful productions. His flowing
lines in the "Portrait of Miss B" and
"Mrs. Wheaton" distinguish him as a
portrait painter. We consider it a high
honor to be recognized by one's own
people, and Alexander attained this
when asked to decorate Carnegie Insti
tute. He chose for his theme "The
Crowning of Labor," or the allegorical
picture of the Pittsburg men working at
their furnaces, forges and mines, which
have made their city great. By this his
fame as a mural painter was wejl estab
lished, but even more bo by his six fa
mous panels in the Library of Congress,
portraying the "Evolution of the Book."
Unlike any other State, Pennsylvania
numbers among her artists a negro,
Henry O. Tanner. Born and educated
in her domains, he now resides in Paris.
His pictures, characteristic of deep re
ligious feeling, are usually of oriental
scenes, and his fame rests in the strength
with which he portrays the human face.
His wonderful "Resurrection of Laza
rus" was purchased by the French Gov
ernment for the Luxembourg Museum.
Besides many skilled men in the pro
fession, we have numerous feminine
geniuses, such as Miss Emily Sartain,
whom our government sent to Paris in
1900 as their official delegate to tho In
ternational Congress on Instruction in
Drawing, and whose work in mezzo
tint engraving, etching and portrait
painting is unassailable.
The artist now coming before the
world is Miss Mary Uassat, who recently
held a successful exhibition in Paris, and
expects to hold another shortly, in Bos
ton. She portrays human flesh surpris
ingly well. Lastly, Miss Cecilia Beaux,
one of the world's foremost women ar
tists, has captured the fleeting expres
sions of childhood and has made them
her owm She, has, also, done her coun
try a service with her muslin-clad maid
ens, by correcting the European impres
sion that American girls always dreBs in,
satin and silks.
These Pcnnsylvanlans, then, have con
tributed a wonderful share to the world's
art. West, by adopting a more natural
method of painting historical characters;
Abbey, by his beautiful interpretations
of the legendary; Alexander, by his
true Americanism; Tanner, by his origi
nality in religious subjects, and lastly,
Miss Beaux, by introducing the Ameri
can girl Into Europe aB the fresh-faced,
simply-dressed, happy girl. Let this be
sufficient to bring Pennsylvania before
your minds as an honored and gifted
representative in the school of art. '
Report Presbyterian Church.
The following is the annual re
port of the Presbyterian church of
Honesdale, to the Presbytery of Lack
awanna: Members received on examina
tion 14
Members received by certificate 7
Members dismissed 8
Members deceased . . . 7
Total membership 6G5
Contributions:
Home missions ...... $1,020
Foreign missions
873
Sunday School work . .
Church Erection
Board of Education ...
Freedmen
Aid to Colleges ....
Temperance
General Assembly ....
Relief fund
Miscellaneous
Bible Society
Congregational expenses,
58
53
40
40
175
70
56
40
62
10
4,824
Total
?7,321
Co-operative Store's New Manager.
Fred E. Lawyer has been ap
pointed manager of the Co-operative
Store. Mr. Lawyer has had consid
erable experience In the mercantile
business before coming to Honesdale
nineteen years ago.
He . has been a faithful employe
of the Durland-Weston Co. since be
ing here.
Tho Citizen wishes Mr. Lawyer
every success In his new position.
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MAY 10. 11, and 12
The beautiful Society Drama
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PRICES, 10, 20, 30 & 50c.
Matinee on Saturday at 2:30
Adults 20c, Children IOc.
SEAT SALE NOW ON
HENRY Z. RUSSELL,
PRESIDKKT.
ANDREW THOMPSON
VICE PRESIDENT.
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK.
This Bank was Organized In December, 1836, and Nationalized
In December, 1864. -
Since its organization it has paid in Dividends
to its Stockholders,
$1,905,800.00
The
Comptroller of the Currency has placcdlt on the HONOR
ROLL, from the factthatlts Smrplus Fund more than
equals Its capital stock.
What Class 9
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are t kjkj i
The world has always been divided into two classes those who have
saved, those who have spent the thrifty and the extravagant.
It is the savers who have'built tho houses, the mills, the bridges, tho
railroads, the ships and all the other great works which stand for man's
advancement and happiness.
The spenders are slaves to the savers. It is the law of nature. Wo
want you to be a saver to open an account in our Savings Department
and be independent.
One Dollar will Start an'Account.
This Bank will be pleased to receive all
or a portion of YOUR banking business.
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PECIAL
- $10 and $12
Suit Sale
The man that buys
moderate priced
suits, will be
greatly in
terested in
our $i0
and $12
su it
sale
Equal to any $15
Suits in town
We aim to give our trade
the best moderate priced
clothing that money can
buy and
WE DO IT
Seeing is believing, call
on us and we willconvince
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