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THE CITIZEN, FP.IDAY, NOV. 10, 1011.
WOMEN EXOEL
SWIMMERS
Wonderful Access of Interest In
Water Sport During Recent
Years Feminine Champions
Who Have Made Records.
SWIMMING ns an exercise for
women has become generally
popular only within the last
few years. Ten years ago
there were few expert women swim
mers. Today there are hundreds of
them, and a grave scientist has taken
It upon himself to announce that wo
men make the best swimmers of all.
He says they have more endurance
than men because they do not feel
the shock of the cold water so intense
ly, their bodies having more fat than
men's do to protect them from cold.
This docs. not mean that women as a
class are fatter than men. Par from
It. The learned scientist means only
to say that the proportion of protec
tive fat layers in a woman's body are
more numerous than In a man's.
Tho popularity of swimming is
proved by the fact that a swimming
pool is part of the equipment of most
fashionable country places. One often
finds a swimming pool annexed to
some smart town houses.
One of the finest swimming pools In
the country is maintained by the fash
ionable Colony club, whoso members
are New York society women. Wo
men's clubs in other parts of the coun
try have added tho swimming bath to
their equipment.
Free swimming baths for the peo
ple are to be found in every large city.
Some private schools arc provided
with them, and a course in swimming
is part of the curriculum.
It is therefore no wonder that every
now nnd then one hears of an intrepid
young woman saving some frail or un
fortunate male beiug from a watery
grave.
Miss Adeline Trapp, a pretty young
.Brooklyn schoolteacher, recently amaz
ed the public by two remarkable long
distance swims. One was made from
1'onkers down the Hudson river to the
foot of Forty-second street, a distance
of about seventeen miles.
The other swim -was from North
beach to Ilobbln's reef, near Livingston,
Photo by American Press Association.
MISS ADBLttJU TRAPI'.
Staten Island, tho distance being twenty-two
nnd n half miles. The United
States volunteer life saving corps bad
four of its best swimmers to go over
this distance with Miss Trapp, and all
of them had to bo taken into boats
before she had completed her swim.
Not only is Miss Trapp tho best
-woman swimmer in America, but few
men can successfully compete with
her. She some time ago made a dar
ing dash through the water in tho fa
mous Hell Gate channel In Long Island
sound.
Miss Hose PItlnof of Dorchester,
Mass., and Miss Elaine Goldlng are
also -wonderful women swimmers.
BAHBARA BAUTLKTT.
A Woman's Way.
A man awoke one night with a tooth
ache. He groaned; ho turned and twisted;
he howled; ho sat up nnd lay down
again; bo arranged his pillow and
pressed it against his face with anoth
er groan.
nis wife slept on and never moved.
Ho wanted attention, ho wanted
sympathy, nnd he groaned again.
SU11 she slept.
Injury added to tho pain. It wasn't
treating a fellow right to sleep like
that when ho was suffering with a
painful tooth, and he called ber name.
SUU she slept.
ne had groaned three times as loud
as ho could, and she didn't awake.
Then tho baby, in its crib in another
room, sighed boftly in ts sleep.
The woman was on hec feet and,
standing beside its crib, anxious eyed,
in an instant
"And I actually thought," said tha
man. "that sbe tovod me most."
or the Children
Tho Sad Fato of
a Fighting Crow.
Tho hero of this sad tale is or was
Jim Crow. He was captured in the
woods from the nest in which ho was
born. At first he would not cat, but
when bread soaked in water was
forced into his mouth he got a line
appetite. In a short time he became
very tame and kept his master busy
digging worms in tho garden to satisfy
his hunger. If his wants were not
immediately attended to he would
scream loudly. Then as he grew
strong he began to annoy the hens in
the yard, stealing their food and some
times pecking the chickens. One day
he made a grlevo.us mistake, however.
He attacked n gamecock which was
strutting about the yard, and the fun
begun. Poor Jim was no match for
the gamecock, and when he was final
ly secured ho was a sorry sight. That
was enough for Jim, and thereafter
he steered clear of tho poultry yard.
A Fino Toy Ship.
Did you ever know a boy who wasn't
proud to own a toy boat? The em
peror of Germany Twns a miniature
boat that would delight the heart of
every boy. It Is an heirloom in the
imperial German family, having been
given by William IV. of England to
Frederick William III., great-grandfather
of the present emperor. The
boat Is a full rigged, three masted
warship, flfty-flve feet in length,
drawing but four feet of water and
having a enpacity of thirty tonr. Em
peror WllUam's favorite amusement
when a boy was to sail In this boat.
His brother. Prince Henry, always
went with him. This man-of-war can
sail the water the same as tho largest
ship, but the crew must of necessity
be limited in number. The name or
this great toy Is the Itoyal Louise,
after the Prussian Queen Louise.
It was built on the Thames In
nnd was towed down the river nnd
across the North sea by a steamer to
Hamburg. From this place it was
floated by a flat barge up the Elbe
Into tho havel at Potsdam, where it
still remains.
Table Manners.
Don't
Puc your elbows on the table.
Trifle with your knife and fork.
Clink tho glasses together.
Tuck the napkin in your collar.
Fold tho napkin when dining out.
Convey food to your mouth vriH
your knife.
Mash food with fork.
Hold knife nnd fork in the air while
plate Is being replenished.
Place soiled knife or fork on the ta
ble linen,
Allow spoon to stnnd in cup whlie
drinking from it.
Blow on soup to reduce Its tempera
ture. Drink from the end of a spoon.
Masticate the food noisily.
Converse with your mouth full.
Hold food In the air while convers
ing. Bite mouthfuls of bread from a slice.
Precede older members to the tnble.
"Use a toothpick at the table.
Streets of New York City.
Now York city streets have a mile
age of nearly 3,740, which is exactly
the distance between New York nnd
London. There are 1,005 miles of
paved streets, which if placed in n
connected line would reach from New
York to Aniarillo, Texas. The sheet
and block asphalt paved streets aggre
gate 80.r miles, equal to the distance
between New York and Detroit. There
are 0-13 miles of maendam streets.
The Dandelion.
Little Dandelion
When she came to town
Seemed a bit of sunshine
In her yellow gown.
Playthings, too, she carried.
Funny Uttlo toys
For tho happy schoolgirls
And the country boys.
Watch chains, oh, so splendid!
Little barefoot Dan,
Wearing his In triumph,
Felt himself a man.
Curls for Prue and Polly
Tucked In bonnets small
Made them grown up ladles
Going out to call.
Bo she scattered treasures
Up the road and down.
Through the sunny pastures,
Through the dusty town.
When her task was ended
On a cummer's day
While tho breeze was bio wins
Up she flew away.
On her sort wings riding.
Far she sailed and high.
And the children, watching,
Waved a fond goodby.
-Youth's Companion.
The Stake in the Game.
A party of apaches entered a Paris
cul'e to hnvo a gamp of billiards. Tha
game waa carried on In great mystery
and absorbed nil the interest and at
tention of tho players. They had an
enemy who wns to bo "done for," nnd
whoever lost tho gnme wns to "do"
him. When the gnmo was over tho
loser accepted tho result without dis
cussion. Not long afterward a work
man vn stabbed fatally ns he was
coming out of a thitu'e hall. The mnn
who had stabbed him quickly disap
peared, and the workman was placed
in n cnb nnd driven to nn nddress
which he had given. This wns in a
certain street whero a sister of his
was living. Tho mnn was barely able
to get out of tho cab and to cxplnin
mat ho had been stabbed. His case
was. so serious that ho was convoyed
to a hospital nnd died a few hours
Inter. Tho police then mado nn inquiry
nnd learned how tho murder was delib
erately decided upon and savagely
executed. Tho workman himself did
not know that his life was staked on
a game of billiards. Paris Cor. Lon
don Telegraph.
Scotch Accent Too Much For Him.
The only real blot on my visjt to
Glasgow, says a writer In the London
Sketch, is my total inability to speak
with a Scottish accent. I rather pride
myself, as most people do, on my vocal
Imitative faculties, but I confess to
all the world here and now that I can
not Imitate tho Scottish accent. My
Irish Is beautiful; It would make all
Dublin weep. My American is quite
good; I could nearly always get any
thing that I wanted in the shops if 1
had the money. Anybody can trill;
Welsh who cares to substitute "p" for
"b" and "f" for "va." But the Scot
tish accent eludes me. Sometimes 1
speak a little Scottish, tentatively, to
the policeman or the tram conductors
or tho shopkeepers. The policemen
draw their staves, tho tram conductors
stop their trams, and the shopkeepers
put up their shutters. I am not quite
sure, but 1 rather think that I shall
abandon the unequal struggle.-
She Was Persistent.
A huge package onco reached Sir
Walter Scott from a young lady in
America for which he had to pay $2,"i
expressage. It contained a manuscript
play and a letter from the fair author
requesting Scott to road and correct
her work, write a prologue and an
epilogue, arrange for its production nt
Drury Lane and negotiate with a pub
Usher for the copyright. That was bad
enough, but worse wns to follow. About
a fortnight later arrived nnother mighty
packet, charged with a similar postage.
Scott, who had not grown wiser by
experience, paid tho charges and
opened the parcel. Out came a dupli
cate copy of the play and a second
letter from tho authoress, stating that
as tho weather had been stormy and
sho feared something might have hap
pened to her former manuscript she
hnd thought it prudent to send him a
duplicate.
How Centipedes Walk.
An eminent authority has investigat
ed tho peculiar wavy motion of centi
pedes and millepedes to determine the
manner in which these animals man
age to use their superabundant pedal
extremities so gracefully and harmo
niously. It has been found that the
legs move In groups or waves, each
wave including a definite number of
legs. The number of waves included
In the length of the body is constant
for each species. In millepedes the
waves of each side are synchronous.
In centipedes they are symmotically
alternate, giving rise to beautifully ac
cordant movements. Tho difference
may be explained by suggesting that
tho millepede moves like a pacing
horse, tho centipede like a trotter.
Chicago Itecord-nerald.
A Pleasant Surprise.
A young man in Indianapolis felt
his heart sink as he pulled from his
mail box a letter of the wedding in
vitation type. That was tho fifth he
had received this season, and he bad
begun to wonder whether he had any
friends left in tho single state.
"Another flvo dollar bill busted to
smash," ho mourned.
Then he opened tho envelope. But it
was only tho announcement of a wed
ding that hnd taken place the week
before. And ho found In the same
cover a check for $5.
It was then that ho recalled a bet
made with n friend yenrs before. The
conditions were that the one first mar
ried should pay tho other $5. Indian
npolls News.
And Upside Down at That.
"Whero does this train stop nextV"
nsked the nervous traveler on un un
certain railway.
"Well, boss," replied tho porter,
"dnr's three washouts an' some bad
track right along here, an' she's liable
to stop inos' any place mos' any min
ute." Washington Star.
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Experienced.
"That trained nurse Is qulto remark
able. Sho made a man I know cough
up a brass tack at tho hospital."
"That's nothing to what sho can do.
She made tho young doctor she's en
gaged to cough up a diamond ring."
Bnltimoro American.
Diplomatic.
Young Mnn So Miss Ethel Is yout
oldest sister, Who comes after her?
Small Brother Nobody ain't come
yet, but pa says the first fellow that
comes can have her, Exchange.
A Kitchen Jar.
Lady Susan, I've eomo down to
help you. Servant I'd much rather
you didn't, please, mum. I'm very
busy today.
HUMOR OF THE DAI
She Got the Soul.
There was a bashful young man who
was invited to a dinner party and was
pnlred with the prettiest woman In the
room, nis scat nt the table was In
front of the roast fowl, which he was
to carve. And thoro was also n fried
sole in front of him. And he had never
done a lick of carving in his life, for
he was a bachelor.
But he made tho best of tho 'situa
tion by asking tho lady at his side
what she would have.
"A llttlo of tho sole," she replied.
He began to cut off a slice of the
chicken's breast.
"No, no tho sole," she whispered.
'Now, where was the soul of a hen 7
He thought for a minute and then at
tacked the wing, v
"The sole, the sole I" cried tht lady.
He looked for tho feet, but no soles
were left, so ho tried a drumstick. But
she still shook her head aud said, "No;
I only want a plcco of tho sole."
I Then did this young man nrise in hU
I wrath, stick n fork through tho fowl
and put it nil on tho woman's plate.
I "Take it!" he shouted. "Take it, body.
soul and all!"
, Then he helped himself to the fish.
uieveinnu Plain Denier.
Expert Testimony.
Two men who swore off New Yenr's
dny for n year have not seen each oth
er since that time. One, tied to a city
job, is under the guns because all of
his friends 4wero posted on the resolu
tion. The other travels, and if his foot
slips on tho road nobody need bo tho
wiser. The stationary party t& tho
agreement received n letter from tho
traveling man nnd wrote in reply.
"I removed the stamp from tho en
velope containing your letter and sub
mitted it to a chemist, who reports
that it reeks with whisky." Chicago
Evening Post.
Dissolved.
One big trust
Reveled In plenty.
The government busted It;
, Then there were twenty
One In Virginia
And one in Maine,
Two in the Carollnas
Twain,
Six out east
And six out west
And the others where
They did the best.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Old Story.
'Did that explorer suffer any phys
ical ailment as a result of bis trip to
tho arctic regions?"
"Yes."
"What was it?"
"Writer's cramp." Washington Star.
Stupid.
Doctor My dear lady, you are in
perfect health. I can't find a thing the
matter with you.
Patient I wish you'd try again, doc-
j tor. I do so want to go away to recu
perate. Century Magazine.
A Tip.
"Pn, what is n tip?"
"A tip, my son, is n small sum of
money which you give n man because
you're afraid ho won't like not being
paid for something you didn't nBk him
to do." Pittsburg Lender.
Humiliating.
lie Great heavens, we bavo run
over somebody!
She Well, don't make such a fuss.
People will think it's tho first time
you have ever been In a motorcar.
Washington Times.
Calculations.
"Thank heaven air is still free," said
the gloomy person.
"Yes," replied Mr. Chuggins. "But
an nutomobilo tire to surround a small
section of it costs a heap." Washing
ton Star.
Temperature Fell-
"I onco proposed to a girl in a con
servatory." "With what result?"
"A lot of expensive plants were
nipped by frost." Washington Herald.
Other Way Round.
He Do you think that your father
would offer me personal violence if I
were to ask him for you?
She No, but I think ho wM if you
don't pretty soon. Watchman.
Strictly Business.
Nan You and Jack haven't broken
off, have you?
Fan No; we're still engaged, but
I'vo asked for waivers ou him. Chi
cago Tribune.
A Taste.
Missionary And do you know noth
ing whatever of religion?
Cannibal Well, wo got a taste of it
when tho last missionary was here.
Toledo Blade.
With an Oratorical Drop.
"The orator wo heard tonight used
to be a baseball player."
"I suppose that accounts for the
way ho pitched bis voice." Baltimore
American.
Merely Further Proof.
"Anyway, ho has an honest face."
"Honest? You surprise mel"
"Yes; it's the only honest thing about
him. It shows how dlshonost be really
is."-I.lfe.
Disagreeable Allusion.
Garrulous Barber As tho sayln'
goes, "There's always room at tho top."
Sensitive Customer How dare you
refer to my baldness! Boston Trail-
1'AINTINGS TO BE IN PLACE IN A
WEEK.
Tho Abbey paintings, which arrived
ten days ngo from London, will prob
ably be in plnce in tho State Capitol
within the next week, the arrange
ments for hanging them havirfg been
completed before tho canvasses wore
delivered In Harrlsburg. The panel
completed for the Senate, which was
placed recently, is the only one of
tho commission for that chamber to
bo finished by Mr. Abbey. It has
attracted much attention.
Tho walls nnd celling of the hall
of the House of Representatives have
been prepared for tho four large
paintings for that chamber and the
first section of tho largo decoration
for the space behind tho Speaker's
chair, which represents the Apotheo
sis of Pennsylvania, will be In placo
within a few days.
A Greenland Duel,
it 1 rather a pity for the gayety of
sations that French meu of letters
cannot fight their duels as duels arc
fought In Greenland. In Greenland
when one man has been insulted by
another the adversaries each compose
n satiro In verse. This each man re
cites to his household until tho serv
ants and the women know it by
heart. Then n place of meeting is np
pointed. Tho two men, the insultcv
nnd insulted, the offender nnd offended,
stnnd fnce to fnee. nnd ench recites his
poem. Ills friends and servants form
a chorus. Each man tries bard to
raise the laugh against his adversary.
Each man speaks In turn, whipping
the enemy with epigram and quip,
and after two hours of this wordy
battlo the meeting gives tho victory
to bim of the two adversaries who
baa nmuscd tho w hole assembly most
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