THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1913.
PAGE THREE
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF ST. MARY MAGDALEN'S
GRADED SCHOOL
At tho Church Hall Monday and Tuesday Evenings, June 23 and 24, 1013
Monday, June 23, 1913.
Allen
Frank
Uly
Soldiers' Quartet.
Overture
Welcome Song Class
VALLEY FORGE Dramatic Play.
Characters:
George Washington. . J. Kuhnen
Jim (- U Meizler
J J. Dix
I L. Hook
I J. Kreiter
Watchman J. Reisch
Mike, sick Irish soldier W. Langenderfer
Sambo, faithful negro F. Kiegler
British Spy E. Herzog
Soldiers.
Angels of Valley Forge L. Smith and F. Dix
Medley of American Patriotic Songs. .5th and 6th Grades
The Wreck of the Hesperus (Recitation) .. B. Haberthuer
A Slight Mistake F. Kiegler and E. Rickert
DIE DUMME BETTY.
Frau von Loewenstein G. Herold
Betty L. Polt
Louisa H. Moll
Selection
A CUP OP COFFEE
Comedy in One Act.
Personages:
Mrs. Matilda Ryan .- H. Mohr
Mrs. Rose O'Brian E. Rickert
Alice, Matilda's Friend ' H. Smith
Jennie, Matilda's Maid O. Quick
A Saleswoman R. Smith
A Lady Collector A. Hansen
A Cobbler's Wife B. Haberthuer
A Lady A. Bjllard
Two Children E. Murray, B. Witzel
Broom Drill ' 3rd and 4th Grades
Liberty Won Over Graduates
Farewell Song Class
TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1013.
Overture
Welcome Song Class
Salutatorian E. Rickert
Program of previous evening repeated.
Valedictorian H. Mohr
Song Farewell Class
Address Hon. Charles A. McCarty
Award of Medals Rev. Dr. J. W. Balta
Music Paul Sonner
Mayor C. A. McCarty's address dwelt principally upon the importance
of the event in the lives of the graduates, with many suggestions and
sound advice as to tho future course to be pursued. Ho said that the
training which they had received thus far would act as a foundation for
the edifice which would be laid upon it by tho long years of unmitigated
toil. The graduates were fortunate in having their early education in
clude lessons of virtue, morality and religion, without which tho most
complete education would be inadequate and insufficient.
Following Mayor McCarty, Itev. Dr. Balta made a short address. He
also presented gold medals to Hildegard Mohr and L. Hook, for having
the highest general percentage in school work. In his address Dr. Balta
stated that St. Mary Magdalen's graded school had been in existence 40
years and during this period of time it had been supported by the church,
thus saving the school district a large sum of money. He stated that it
took an average of $20 per year to educate a child. In their school, Dr.
Balta said, they taught that wrong was wrong and could never be twist
ed to make it right, and that right is right and that it could not be made
wrong.
There were eleven graduates.
The different parts of the play taken by the Dunils were well taken and
showed a great dmount of training, particularly the broom drill, -which
was very good. Considerable credit is due the Sisters of the parish and
Dr. Balta for the manner in which the play was presented. About J100
was realized. The affair was well attended and greatly enjoyed by a
capacity house.
THE VALUE OF TOTAL
ABSTINENCE TO A LIFE.
(Prizo Essay, by Harriet Barnes.)
The following essay, written by
Miss Hattie Barnes, daughter of
Prothonotary W. J. Barnes, won
both the district and county prize in
a recent contest conducted by tho
Women's Christian Temperance
Union. In the local contest, held a
few weeks ago in the Honesdalo
High school, Miss Barnes was award
ed a -nrizR of S3 and in the countv
contest a prize of five dollars
was received. The essay will
now do sem io mo siaio super
intendent of Scientific Instruction to
compete with contestants from the
different counties in tho state of
Pennsylvania. We were unable to
reproduce the essay until now owing
to Its being in tho county contest.
We are sure that our readers will bo
Interested in it, therefore reproduce
it in its entirety. It follows:
Let us, as wo consider this sub-
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osunenco 10 me ueait.ii. very iow
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Disease, and heart trouble are com
njon results. Alcohol also hinders
lefistinn. Irritates tho rtiffflrfmt
nembranes of tho body, injures tho
jrain. and does great harm to the
lerves, me uioou, ana mo respira-
nrv Rvstom. A nerson who drinks
Iquor is much more likely to con-
rnnt tnhnrnulosls than one who ilnns
lot. and in cases of typhoid fover
ind pneumonia has less chanco of
ecovery. Hon. Richmond P. Hob-
iuu uvn. j-ii toi liiuu u muii uini:n
i drink ho puts his life in peril."
riius total abstinence promotes
lealth, strength, vigor and life.
Next, let us see the effect of total
ibstinenco upon tho laborer. Many
argo firms to-day are shutting their
loors to tho drinking man. This
s not at all strange, for they havo
ound out that alcohol Impairs both
he mind and tho body, and that its
hln nf dnlncr the ordinary amount of
trork. The excuse often given for
rlnlrinc? nlpnnnllt! Ilnuors la that it
ielps one to do more work. This Is
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he words of Dr. Woodbead, of Cam-
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he amount of work done in that
ame period without giving riso to
ery serious aisturoances in somo
work than the man who drinks. Al
cohol greatly lowers the efficiency of
one's brain. If a man drinks three
glasses of beer a day for twelve
days, at the end of that time, his
efficiency in doing mathematical
work will be lowered more than 40
per cent, and in memorizing his loss
goes up to 70 per cent. Thus tho
total abstainer has more ability for
thinking, and so can do his work
better.
Tho power or self-control is about
the last to be acquired, and it is the
first to be attacked by alcohol; tho
character of the victim is' destroyed,
and he is led backward toward
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savagery. In this way it leads to
crime. It is estimated that 95 per
cent, of all the crimes and acts of
violence committed in civilized coun
tries directly result from alcohol
putting men down toward a state of
savagery. Alcohol takes away one's
sense of honor, self-respect, his mor
al decency, and makes most of the
tramps, wanderers, and paupers. So
it may be plainly seen that total ab
stinence is of great value in each
of these points. Alcohol also creates
such a craving for itself that a per
son having begun to use it can hard
ly break the habit, and every drink
he takes lowers his character and
lessens his will-power a little more.
The character of the total abstainer
is not destroyed in this way.
An appetite for alcohol is often
inherited and then liquor is a great
er temptation than it would be oth
erwise. 'Not one-third of all the
children of alcoholic parents are
normal. One out of every five is
Insane, and one out of every three,
epileptic or hysterical. It is very
unfair for the children to be made
to suffer because of the wrong their
parents have done. As nearly nine
tenths of the children of abstaining
parents are absolutely normal, the
total abstainer is much less likely
to have to care for idiotic, deform
ed, or otherwise degenerate children.
So total abstinence is a benefit, not
only to one's own life, but to all
one's descendants.
Our nation would be much better
off if every person was a total ab
stainer, for over 1000 persons are
arrested every day in the United
States for drunkenness. The man
who doesn't drink is not subject to
this humiliation and expense.
If a man goes on a Journey on
land or sea, he is much safer if
those in charge of the ship or train
aro total abstainers, as many peoplo
in our country havo learned to their
sorrow in the last few years. If he
merely takes a ride -in an automo
bile, he is much less likely to meet
with an accident if he has a total
abstainer for a chauffeur. In time
of danger, as in a Hood, fire, or acci
dent, he is more likely to be saved
if his mind is clear and free from
alcohol.
!Now, let us notice how total ab
stinence affects one's social posi
tion. Nobody admires a man who
goes staggering up the street as if
his knees wore mado of rubber.
The drink habit has a tendency to
make a man untidy and, after long
use of alcohol, he often goes about
dirty and ragged. But, on tho oth
er hand, who does not admire an
honest, upright, clean man who
doesn't drink? He walks straight
and acts like a gentleman.
Let us next consider the value of
total abstinence from a financial
standpoint. Tho annual report of
tho Bureau of Labor of Massachu
setts shows that, of all the persons
In almshouses in vhat state, two
fifths owe their sad condition to the
use of strong drink. Of course,
there are drinking people who never
get in that condition and there are
many total abstainers who are poor;
but if those total abstainers were
spending their money for liquor, and
tearing down their bodies with it,
they would be much more likely to
go to tho poorhouse. So in this way
total abstinence is a great advantage.
Hero again we see tho value of to
tal abstinence. Life insurance com
panies do not like to insure a drink
er, and many of them refuse to do
so. A total abstainer has a prospect
of living much longer than the man
who drinks and so they like to in
sure him.
Next, let us see tho comfort that
total abstinence brings to one's life,
first to the baby, who is not de
formed or degenerated by his parents'-
Indulgence in alcoholic drinks.
Then as the child grows to boyhood,
he is not nearly so likely to bo il
literate as Is the child of alcoholic
parents. He misses the Jeers and
ridicule which the children of the
drunkard so often hear. If he
reaches manhood a total abstainer,
he can easily secure life insurance,
the best business positions are open
to him, he is held in high esteem so
cially, and he is likely to live many
years longer than others who have
had no more necessary hardships,
but who have indulged in alcoholic
liquors. As long as he' lives, total
abstinence is of great advantage to
him, and when he approaches the
evening of his life., it is a comfort
to him to know that he has set the
world a good example, and that his
posterity are not degenerated by al
cohol. So we find that total abstinence is
of the greatest value to a life in
every way, and not only to one's life
but to all one's descendants. '
LAKE COMO.
Lake Como, June 20. Hon. N. F.
Underwood and family, of Bloom
field, 'N. J., have come to spend the
Summer at their cottage here.
Mrs. George Brain spent the past
week with friends at Wilkes-Barre.
Mrs. Schenck entertained her
mother and father of Pleasant Mt.
over Sunday.
John 'Randall visited friends in
Binghamton last week.
The ball game played last Friday
here between Lake Como and Equl
nunk, ended in favor of Equinunk.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Williams of
Hancock, are spending some time at
their cottage here.
Mr. O'Malley and family of Scran
ton havo come to spend the summer
at their cottage here.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Fay and Mrs.
Elizabeth Fay of Starlight called on
friends here Sunday.
been engaged for tho afternoon.
Mrs. Allen and daughter Beryl of
Binghamton, are visiting the form
er's uncle, John Goff.
BETHANY.
Bethany, June 2G. The Mission
ary Circle held a very pleasant meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Harry
Many last Tuesday. The Circle have
finished the book of "Mormonism,
the Islam of America" and for the
time between before the next text
book is ready have planned to take
up "China's New Day." The next
meeting, July 1st, will be at the
home of Mrs. John Strongman on
Tuesday at 3 p. m.
The grass on the Square was sold
Saturday night at auction to John
Henderson for $5.50.
Tho fancy work committee met at
the home of Mrs. A. O. Blake last
Friday afternoon to cut out aprons
for their booth on the Fourth. They
will meet with Mrs. Jennings on
Wednesday afternoon.
There has been quite a little sick
ness the past week. Mrs. W. O.
Avery has a very serious attack of
stomach and bowel trouble. Mrs.
James Johns has been suffering
from hemorrhage of the nose. The
infant daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Faatz and Rev. and Mrs. J. E.
Prltchard havo been under the doc
tor's care.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Strongman
are entertaining guests from New
Jersey.
Tho Fourth of July will soon bo
here and as tho Presbyterians have
the celebration here this year they
are getting ready for the occasion.
There will be chicken dinner served
outdoors if the weather permits.
Thero will be a fancy work booth
and home mado candy booth, ice
cream, etc. A speaker from away has
STALKER AND B RAMAN.
The Children's Day exercises at
Braman church last Sunday even
ing were exceptionally well rendered
to a large and appreciative audience.
Peoplo were thero from all points
on tho charge. The church was
very prettily trimmed with flowers
and evergreens. The singing by tho
choir was good, also the ducts by
'Miss Esther Hurllcofer, Miss Lulu
Cox and Miss Alice Lord. The sing
ing and speaking was so well ren
dered by the very small children It
reflects great credit on the commit
tee in charge. The collection was
over eight dollars and Is used to
assist children who need It to get an
education.
There will be an Ice cream so
cial In (be basement of the church
Thursday evening at this place.
The Ladles' Aid will meet in the
basement of the church July 2nd.
All cordially Invited.
"CANCER IS CUIABLE.,
Dr. Mayo Makes Declaration in Phy
sicians1 Convention.
Minneapolis, June 25. Tho second
day of the annual convention of the
American Medical Association open
ed here recently.
That cancer of tho stomach is cur
able was the declaration of Dr. Wil
liam D. Mayo of Rochester, Minn.
Six thousand needless cases of
blindness occur in the United States
each year. This statement was made
by Henry Copley Greene, agent for
the conservation of eyesight of tho
.Massachusetts Commission for tho
Blind. This condition, Greeno said,
was a challenge to the medical pro
fession and called for the co-operation
of oculists, social workers and
law makers.
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