THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, Al'KIL 12, 1011.
OFFAMILIES
A New Phase of Usefulness
For the Corporation.
NEW YORK PIONEER CHARTER,
Idea Might Prove a Safeguard Against
Folly and (Extravagance on the Part
of the Proverbial Black Sheep How
Some Fortunes Might Have Been Af
fected. SOME BIG FAMILY FORTUNES.
John D. Rockefeller, $400,000,000 to
JC0O,000,000.
Andrew Carnegie, J300.000.000 to
40O,000,O00.
narrlman estate, $200,000,000.
J. Plerpont Morgan, $150,000,000 to
$20,000,000.
Marshall Field, $150,000,000.
Mrs. Hetty Green, $100,000,000 to
$150,000,000.
Russell Sage estate, $100,000,000.
George Gould, $100,000,000.
Mrs. Anna Wclghtman Walker
Penfield, $100,000,000.
II. H. Rogers estate, $100,000,000.
Cornelius Vanderbllt estate, $75,-
eoo.ooo.
Simon Guggenheim, $00,000,000.
Stephen B. Elklns estate, $25,000.
000. William L. Elklns estate, $20,000,
000. Tho corporation which has takou
OYer so many American industries and
investments nas developed a wholly
cw phase of usefulness. The letrisln-
oro of New York has been asked to
Brant a charter for the incorporation
f family interests, under which the
wholo Dam family or Jones family or
Vanderwacen family can nool all Its
financial issues and buy, sell nnd trade
as a corporation, with its varied flnan
lal and industrial activities responsi
ble to the stockholders and their duly
constituted directors.
Few stages in the modem evolution
f business have so piqued the atten
tion of wealthy society people or so
awakened curiosity and speculation as
to the possibilities and the probabili
ties of a novel plan.
The Pioneer Charter.
The New York pioneer charter alms
to keep the family united, to relieve
want among the members, to pro
mote sociability, to pay sick and oth
er benefits, to provide accident, life
and flro insurance and to conduct such
business enterprises as may bo consid
ered likely to provo profltahlo for the
stockholders.
Tho granting of such a charter
should practically open the way to the
conduct of any legitimate industrial
or commercial or financial enterprise
n tho basis of a family corporation,
with tho holding of such stock limited
strictly to those who own kinship to
tho parent family.
Whether it would infallibly promote
sociability is an altogether doubtful
question, for it would be a mighty
poor brand of sociability that could he
promoted on the basis of tho late Cor
nelius Vanderbllt's division of his im
mense fortune between his sons, where
tho elder got only a million because
he Insisted on marrying the woman he
loved and the younger got all the rest.
On tho other hand, the large Thaw
fortune, crippled as it has been by the
unhappy marriage of an heiress to a
uoblo blackguard and the desperate
struggle to save another member from
tho electric chair, might have stood a
far stronger chance of escaping deple
tion. The Gould family, with Its system of
trustees planned by Jay Gould, whose
wisdom was greater than tho serpent's,
has come nearer to tho family corpora
tion in practice than most of tho other
lans holding such Immense posses
sions in the United States. The limi
tations enforceable by the trustee
when the well being of an individual
was threatened, even with the individ
ual's eager desire expressed to whoop
It up along tho road to ruin, were em
phatically shown during the latter
years of Anna Gould's married life
with Bonl do Castellane. The countess
rwas only too willing to go broke for
tho sake of her picturesque profligate.
But her brothers and sisters held the
theckreln and were almost as power
ful for her welfare as if they had been
able to vote Boni's extravagance into
the wastebasket at a directors meet
log. What Might Have Been.
Yet tho corporation principle, ap
plied to George Gould's freedom of
action as to the holdings of Union Pa
lflc. might have affected tho plans of
ne of the most important railroad
systems of the world, quite apart from
the consequences that must have at
tached to his own life and his inalien
able right to tho pursuit of liberty and
happiness.
Another powerful railroad family,
the Ilarrlmans, might have been In
jected as a corporation into the trans
portation systems that stretch from
coast to coast, whllo finance could
await with anxiety the extension of
Ilotty Green's personal bank into a
eloso corporation such as her genius
for finance could enable her to con
struct. Tho only rival of the Green
family corporation, in shrewd invest
ment by reason of the experience of
its founder, would have been that
which Russell Sago might have found
ed. But ho died, with his generous
wife alono surviving, nnd the care of
fcer prosperity was taken in a way
that rendered incorporation needless.
ETHEL BARRYM0RE, WIFE, MOTHER, ACTRESS.
THUIj BAKHY.MOHES appearance in any of the cities where she
plays Is something more than u dramatic incident. Wherever
she plays she is very likely to be received and entertained so-
tiuuj. j ins can oo sain or lew American women of tho stage.
Before she became Mrs. Hussell Gtlswold Colt she was just as popular
with the best people. Her marriage to the .voting Ithodc Island million
aire added to her personal popularity and strengthened public esteem
for her as an actions. When h!iu became a motlier-a happy mother
she stood to command anything that a good woman, a faithful wife
and an adoring mother can wish or tn which such a one is entitled.
Ethel ISarrjmoro was bom to the stage. She gets her passion for it
from her brilliant and erratic father, the late .Maurice Itarrymore.
CHICAGO VICE COMMISSION REC
OMMENDS MANY PROGRES
SIVE REFORMS.
The Chicago Vice Commission, the
first salaried niuniclnnl cnmmlalnn
of its kind, made many radical re
commendations in its report to the
common council several nights ago
and ra.ve nn exliniiRtlvn wvfnw if flm
present status of the social evil in
unicago, us past, its causes and
means nf siinnrpRelni' t Tho
commendations were directly against
the European principle of segrega
tion, rney arc:
Constant and nerslRtnnt mnpncslnn
of the KOelnl Al'U flQ nil ImmnrHntn
method, with absolute annihilation
as 10 mo ultimate ideal. This, by
means of:
First, tho nnnninrmnnt nf n mnnls
commission:
Second, tho establishment- nf n
morals court.
In summing un present conditions.
the report says:
Jlost of the police are honest; one
standard of morality in Chicago ap
plauds dances by nearly naked wom
en in the name of art and condemns
dances no worse before less prosper
ous audiences; men not women, are
the ones "highest up" in tho business
administration ot the social evil;
hotels whieh "nnlc nn niioaHnno" nf
their natrons urn n. irrent nnntrthnf Inn.
means to wrecked girlhood; prejudice
against colored girls drives them
Into tho social evil centers either as
servants o'r inmates: thn "whltn nlnva
traffic" is not organized.
Contributing causes are named as
follows:
Want of thn nupnsalMna nf llfn
craving for simple luxuries, ignor
ance, uroKen promises, deceit of men
most of nil poverty. Lack of protec
tion to immigrant iHrla nlHa thn ovn
says the report, and lake steamers
with no regulations nro fruitful
sources of victims. Lack of proper
pay for working girls is assailed at
great length in bitter termB and is
cuuea me cniei reasons why young
Elrls fall to resist t pmntntlnno nlnn.
ed In thfilr nnth. Th
summed up thus: Lack of ethical and
ruugious teacning; economic stress
on undernalfl wnrkpra Inrrrn nninhap
of seasonal trades for women, leav
ing periods of tho year with no em
ployment; abnormality; unhappy
home conditions; careless and ignor
ant parents; broken promises; love
of ease and luxury; craving for ex-
cueuiuiu una cnanges; ignorance of
hygleno.
Amone: tho rnonrriTnATirlnMnna ha.
sides the moral court and commis
sion, aro these:
Instruction of children twelve to
sixteen vears old In snv hvilan w
personal attention of parents; phy-
Biciui examination ot applicants for
marriage licenses; better pay for
girls; abolishment of tho finding sys
tem against known members of the
vice district; nn intelligent and am-
nle adult nrohatlon svRtem. Immo tnr
old offenders; an appeal to tho
cmvairy oi man; regulation or lake
boats: investigation ntul aunnrvlalnn
of employment agencies; laws calling
centers ot the evil public nuisances,
against allowing messenger boys to
go into vlco districts, tho stato to
take tho placo of parent to illegiti
mate children; comfort stations in
the city; municipal dance halls; fre
quent rotation of policemen; women
officers for the police force; vocation
al training for older girls in public
schools; hotels and homes for work
ing women and girls; vigilanco In
public parks whore, girls and women
visit; and less liberty for children ex
cept under tho eyo of their parents;
and, generally, closer attention of
parents to the habits, acquaintances
nnd doings of their children girls
and hoys.
Among the members of the vice
commission were:
United States district attorney Ed
win V. Sims, Iloaltn Commissioner
W. A. Evans, Rev. Prank W. Gunsau-
lus, .Mrs. Ellen Henrotin, Judge H.
Olson, Judge M. W. Pickney, Bishop
C. T. Shaffer. Professor nhnrles n
Henderson, of the University of Chi
cago, superintendent John u. whit
man, of the Chicago house of cor
rection, and Professor Graham Tay
lor, of Chicago Commons.
MOW Kit A FOR TUB ERIE; lROM
ISING FUTURE OF THIS It. R.
"Some persons may not believe
that tho Erie has a future," says an
optimistical scribe, "but, asa matter
of fact, It has one of tho most prom
ising futures of any standard rail
road in the country. Tho money
that formerly went Into the pock
ets or tno wreckers who several times
sent tho Erie into bankruptcy is
now, under an able and honest man
agement, going into tho property,
and, whllo stockholders will have to
wait for returns, they may rest as
sured that when dividends are declar-
od tho company will be financially
and physically able to maintain them.
Mr. Underwood and his directors
have decided for the present to de
vote every dollar in excess of fixed
charges for improvement purposes.
For tho last eight months the Erie's
gross earnings exceed those in the
corresponding time in tho year be
fore by $1,276,000 and net by more
than $312,000, tho total net for the
period being largo enough more than
to meet the fixed charges for tho en
tire year.
"There was a time a few years ago
when oven tho Morgan interests lost
faith In Erie, and were about to let
the property go into receivers' bands,
but E. If. Harriman thought so well
ot t,he road that ho went into his own
pocket for the money that preserved
the company's solvency. It is not an
easy thing to build up a railroad that
has been bled for years by financial
buccaneers nnd loaded with mort
gages tho proceeds of which have not
found their way into the property,
hut tho Erie, which has been so bad
ly treated in tho past, is now in tho
hands of men who have the record
of being builders rather than de
stroyers." Now York Press.
CASTOR I A
Tor Infants and Children.
flie Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
A Mighty Appetite.
Wo cat. but we no longer stuff. Tho
groat stuffci of the past nro dead.
What of that seventeenth century
Kentish man Nicholas Wood, for ex
ample, who would cat a whole hog at
a sitting and follow it up tho next day
with thirty dozen pigeons? Withal
this possessor of a "Kentish stomach"
was a sportsman. As proof of this
there Is that record of his challenge to
Taylor, the water poet, to "cat at one
tlmo as much black pudding as would
reach across the Thames at any place
to be fixed by Taylor himself between
London nnd rtlchmond." Well might
old, Fuller moralize over that appetite
of Wood's. "Let us raise our grati
tude," ho snld, "to the goodness of
God, especially when he glvetb us ap
petite enough for our meat and yet
meat too much for our appetite."
Westminster Gnzette.
THE DOCTOR'S QUESTION.
Much Sickness Due to Bowel Disorder
A doctor's first question when con
sulted by a patient Is, "Are your bow
els regular?" He knows that OS pel
rent of Illness is attended with Inac
tive bowels and torpid liver, nnd that
this condition must be removed gently
and thoroughly before health can bk
restored.
Rexall Orderlies are a positive, pleas
ant and Bafe remedy for constipation
nnd bowel disorders in general. We
are so certain of their great curative j
value that we promise to return the
purchaser's money In every ense when
they fall to produce entire satisfaction.
Rexall Orderlies are eaten like can
dy, they act quietly, and have a sooth
ing, strengthening, healing Influence
on tho entire intestinal tract. They do
not purge, gripe, cause nausea, flatu
lence, excessive looseness, diarrhoea or
other annoying effect. They are espe
cially good for children, weak persons
or old folks. Two sizes, 25c. and 10c.
Sold only at our store The Rexall Store.
A. M. LEINE.
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or 'phone, and we ij
shall call for it. 8
Reason is, that II
because prescrip-
tions filled here
are filled absolute- p
ly right. .
We have the drugs,
the equipment and
the knowledge, and
when weputourseal !
on a bottle, the con-
tents of the bottle
are right. h
j PERCY L COLE 1
3 (l'harmacist) H
1123 Main St., Honesdale, Pa. jj
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Roll of
HONOR
Attention is called to tne STRENGTH
of the
Wayne County
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The FINANCIER of New York
City has published a ROLL 0
HONOR of the 11,470 State Banks
and Trust Companies of United
States. In this list tho WAYNE
COUNTY 8AVINGS BANK
Stands 38th in the United States
Stands 10th in Pennsylvania.
Stands FIRST in Wayne County.
Capital, Surplus, $527,342.88
Total ASSETS, $2,951,048.26
Honesdale, Pa., December 1, 1910.
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The Menu Card In Its First Form.
In Its old fashioned form the menu
was usually written large on cards of
such Imposing dimensions that room
for one only could be found at each
end of the board. In tho medieval
dinner tbls aid to selection must have
been an absolute necessity, for the
medieval dinner was a mine of sur
prises. It was divided Into courses, ns
are our own dainty meals; but, whereas
nowadays tho diner has a general idea
that fish will follow soup and that en
tree Is succeeded by relove and can
conceive generally the sort of demand
that each course will make upon hli
nppetlto nnd digestion, there was no
possible arguing as to what was going
to hnppeu at an early English dinner,
nnd close study falls to reveal tho ex
istence of any principle of arrangement
JOSEPH N. WELCH
Fire
The OLDEST Fire Insurance
Agency in Wayne County.
Office: Second floor Masonic Huild
ing, over C. C. Jndwin's drug store,
Honesdale.
M. LEE BRAMAN
EVERYTHING IN LIVERY
Buss for Every Train and
Town Calls.
Horses always for salo
Boarding and Accomodations,
for Farmers
Prompt and polite attention
' at all times.
AX.X33N HOUSE BARN
ROUD to announce that our Spring and Summer
Clothing awaits your inspection. Proud to urge
you to come and see it, to examine it, to trv on a
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suit.
For we know that whatever the test to which you may
subject them
BREGSTEIN BROS.
will make good for us and make doubly good for you.
Our confidence is based on experience with these
clothes, the experience of many years and the satisfaction
of many customers. So we say to you : "Come and see
for yourself what we are offering. Come now, while the
lines are complete and the assortment large."
Remember we sell nothing but the best made clothes in
the world for Men, Boys and Children as you can get what
style and pattern you want, and a full line of Gent's Furn
ishings. Knox Hats, the Columbia Shirts, Collars in
quarter sizes, Trunks, Dress Suit Cases, Hand Bags,
Three Hundred Men's Suits which are worth $12, $14,
$15 and $16, we sell for the next ten days at $9.50.
BREGSTEIINI BROS.
SAY! nrs going to &&m
"The day Is cold,
It rains, and the
Rainy days are dismal days, cheerless and full or gloom; but they
are sure to come Into the llfo of ovory person. You cannot hope to
escape them entirely, but you may
PREPARE FOR THE COMING STORM
By opening a savings account in HONESDALE DIME BANK. Such
a "rainy day" protection Is better than an umbrolla, for the latter
will get old and fall to be of service, while the hank account, with
Its compound Interest, will grow and grow and become a Joy and
comfort when you most need such factors of helpfulness. Como
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HONESDALE
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION,
ESTATE OF
. KUOKNE HWINClbE.
Lntco South Cnnnnn Township Wayne, Co.
All persons Indebted to said cstnte aro noti
fied to make immediate payment to the un
dersigned ; and those bavins clnlms ncnlnst
thp said estate are notlticd to present them
duly attested for settlement.
JKANNETT 8WINGLK.
. . . Kxocutrlx.
South Canaan. Pa.. Feb. 27, 11)11.
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WHEN THERE
IS ILLNESS
in your family you of course call
a reliable physician. Don't stop
nt that; have his prescriptions
put up at. a reliable pharmacy,
even if it is a little farther from
your home than some other store.
You can find no more reliable
store than ours. It would be im
possible for more care to be taken
in the selection of drugs, etc., or
in the compounding. Prescrip
tions brought here, either night
or day, will be promptly and
accurately compounded by a
competent registered pharmacist
and the prices will be moBt rea
sonable, O. T. CHAMBERS,
PHARMACIST,
Opp. D. & II. Station, Hokesd.me. Pa.
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Designer and Man
ufacturer of
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