our town january 28, 1915

8/7/2019 Our Town January 28, 1915

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T h e b e s t k l n d O l s y r n p a - 1t h y Is t h a t " ' b l c h l e n d sa h a n d .

VOLUME I. NUMBER 16 NARBERTH, PA., T H U R S D A Y ~ JANUARY 28, 191 5 PRICE TWO CENTS

BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS GIVE DINNERTO pRESIDENT WILSON.

WHAT IT MEANT ."What Is t he mea ni ng of t.hat big'D' on the dustbin? " a sk ed t he new

servant.The haughty footman teplle both old and the dance program arrangements. to roses.young crying on this ballad. FIRST COMMUNITY NIGHT AT Mrs C G N I d h tl I t is Love's Labor l os t i nd eed to. . . oe an er mo ler. . il I tBetween Acts. Y. M. C. A. Mrs. Fletcher, of Narberth avenue. p lan t a rose m so entire y UTh1Ul edBetween the first and second p art s F ri day evening. February 19. wi ll h e were visi t ing f ri ends I n Bos ton, Mas s. , t o i.ts requ irement s and hope. oyMr. Walter Lupton will sing " I L ov e the first community night at the Y. M. last week. nur si ng and care to make it thrive.a Las si e" and "St op That T ick li ng , C A Bui ld in g I M d No necromancy could ever Induce that

J k " 1 H L ud M L .., r. an Mrs. Stuart Turner. of de fit s "Pe "t bl 0o c , a a arry a er. r. up- These community nights are to be N th C l' f I won l' u ea ro e ace 0 0 mt hi hi J' 1 or aro mao ormer y of Narberth. I h I II F hon comes g Y recommended to conducted at regular intervals and are I I . . n a stif'f eavy c ay s o . o r su c ab th D I h i t are rece vmg congratulatIOns upon the d 11 th 1I 'Nart ~ hi M l ~ ' enn sh says e t s d he heln!!: arra.nged under the direction of birth of a son. Mrs. Turner wl11 be ~ o s e an fo r a te a r ~ s e ~ e so mUlStbes n t s ne on t e stage 0 ay. W. S. Horner, social manager of the Iremembered as Miss Elizabeth Graves. e 101amY:II I mebani y lhidat'l sOhsanddYPart Two. Y. M. C. A.. In collaboratlon with Mro;. that t WI not a ,e 50 n t e ryMrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe gave to C. R. Blackall. who represents the I A marked improvement i s not ic ed : ~ u m m e r , 50 that when you pick up aus that beautiful "tory, "Uncle TOm's Woman's Community Club (new name on Dudley avenue ' 3lnce No. 106 and lump as large as a lemon you canCabin." and Mr. Dennis Is taking from adopted bY Woman's Auxiliary of the 1107 have been renovatedand the lawns easily crush it to powder in your hand.It s ome o f the leading characters and Y. M. C. A.), and the Civic Associa- a nd h edg es g ra de d and renewed by The hybrid tea, l ike the KlIlarney andhas writ ten a farce comedy on same. tlon: Irving Ward. r ep re sent in g t he the persons who have recen tly pur- Segond Weber need a s ti ff er s oi l tbanMr. Harry Brown , s ix f oo t t al l, takes Methodist Church: Harry Slmp'3on. chased these properties. that-quite a little stlf'fer, and thethe part o f l it tl e Eva , and Harry is representing the Baptis t Church, and Rev. E. R. Barnard, o f Newark, N hybrib perpetuals fiourlsh best in asure ly th er e with that baby stuff. Walter Nevin. representlnJ!; the PrE's, J., spent a few days in Narberth last soil that is quite stiff. I am sorry thatMr. Warren Anderson t ak es t he part byterlan Church. A big night! Chalk week. soil consistency (upon which ,'>0 mucho f Top sy , and must hear Warren I t down and bring along your friends. Mrs. S. S. Shryock, J r. , Ches tnut depends In rose growing) cannot hesin/!,' AI Jolson','3 big song hit, "Sister avenue, wil l go to Annapolis Friday, explained in definite terms of analy-Susie's Sewing Shirts for SOldiers." We A GOOD BAND FOR NARBERTH. where s he will attend a Naval Aca ' s is , for the variety of t he h yb ri d t eaof'fer one hundred dollars in counter- demy hop on Sat urday eveni ng . The ext ends from t he b or de rs o f t he per-f el t money t o anyone who can beat A good band representing Narberth following week s he will go to Wash- petual to the borders of the tr a Inhim. would be a most excelent advertise- Ington ( or t hr ee weeks. their requirements of soil. so that anyHAROLD SPEAKMAN, as Eliza and ment for our home town as it jour L. H. Trotter h813 leased his house, rules are only general , i n most case,he r baby. will brin!!; t he house down neyed about to entertain neighboring 205 Woodside a ve nu e t o H en ry Rose rorrect bu t with many exceptions. Thison the second scene In Eliza's escape townspeople. It would also fulltll a formerly a resident ~ W O O d " i d ~ Is the whole story o f o ne man's sur.over the Ice. real ice at that. In this need that Is sure to b e fe lt in the near avenue cess with, and loyalty to, the KllIar's cene s ix Narbe rt h bloodhounds will future on t he op en in g of our new A little daughter came to the ney, for Instance, While his neighborrun acroSs the ,,>ta!!:e, followed b y p ~ l l r l k . iWhO canb prdestehntt a hPllaln that I h ome o f Dr. and Mrs. Marx, Thurs' gives up Kl11a rneys In despair.Simon Legree: thi s part ta ken hy. .. . g ve us a an a s a repre.! da J 21 If you wl11 realize that In NarberthFrank Clift. sent Narberth 's high musical stand W WanuAarkY . f EI d many of the gardens, or the ground'I I . . ers. 0 mwoo avenue,Uncle Tom will be t ak en car e of ards. f there is someone who can, I it III tth I that we hope to make into a gardenI ' s qu e w pneumon a. .by Vernon F leck , who has proved him, let h m come to th e front. i Is, owin g t o t he new grading, anumself beyond doubt in line with Richard M s s Mar y Smal l, one of the regu bf r of feet below where the soil wasMansfield and some more of our grea t Over ninety pe r cent. of the high lar clerks i n t he post office Is recover originally-the sol i was hauled away-actors now dead. Rchools in th e United States have ing f rom a severe cold. the expanse of clay, gravel. s tone andNumerous Other Things. libraries, according to figures compil- lime that i s l ef t for us to make a "garMany other parts too nume rou s t o e d hy E. D. Greenman of the United den" i n. wouldn' t grow a rag weed,mention will bf' of' fered for you r ent er . S ta te s Bureau o f Education. UNCLAIME;D LETTERS. whlle his near neighbor had h i s groun'lt al nmen t. Wat ch for the bie; parade Letters addressed to the follOWing fllIed in to bring it up to grade. so thatand the bloodhounds well known to A wellfllIed head with a l ig ht n amed per sons r emai n unclaimed In In spot s a l l over t he garden there wasN a l ' h e r t h r ~ s l d e n t s . pocket is better f or you r boy or girl the NarbE'rth post of fi ce : MI" s Nora dumped a load of 1plendld top soliShow starts 8.15 llromptly. Admi"l- than a wellfllled p oc ke t w it h an Brady, Mrs. Mary McAdams , Mrs . next to a load of a she s a nd re fu ses lon 35 cents to all. empty head. Louise Ricker, Mrs. Bertha Finney. The merciful sod hides the eyesore. but

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NARBERrrH, PA.-OUR TOWN-JANUARY 28,1915

Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Yours hoping,Chief Wlngebone, Jr .

ON THE 8.14And Elsewhere in Our TownThe other day a f el low commuter

made a remark that r eminded me of.a f avor it e e xp re ss ion o f a teacherIn drawing that I once had. Thiste ache r used to say: If you l ook f ora straight l ine, you 'l l see a straightline; if y ou l oo k f or a curved line.you'll see a curved Hnil.The commute r said. "This littlepaper-this Our Town-is a r eve la tion t o me. ""No, thanks," I said, interrupting,lIim, "write an d t el l t he editor, I'mnot receiving bouquets fo-day.""That ' s not what I mC!l.Il," h e a dd eJ "I'm not t ry ing to h'mu you anystuff about it being another New York

~ l I n . What I mean i s that I hl..d noIdea there was so much interestinglocal news in our boroll'!;h until th epaper was started and I l)'!gall reauI I l ~ It. What's more, I know sflmethingnLuut Narberth now and I' IIl beginni ng to think that it's a whole lo tbet ter p lace than I imagincd it was.even when one of YOll.r real estatemen was trying to induce me to m o v ~out.".1\1oral: If you look fo.' news you'llfind It.This is positively no advertisement, n or i s It what Is k nown i n t heedi to rial o ff ices of newspapers as a

"n. O. M."-Business Office Must!And oh, how the edi to rs love thoseun. O. M,' s! " But I has te n t o assureyou, faithful reader-yon notice, Itrust, that I u se t he s ingu la r a nd notthe plural, so as to be In a positionto r efute any charges of exaggeratedcirculation-that the businessmanagerand the adve rt i sing manager have nosay, Whatever, a s t o w ha t goes In thiscol umn. I may feel th e predestinedurge, or th e subconscious vibrationthat guides me along th e straight andnarrow pathway of adve rt i sing patronage, b ut . o n t he other hand, I ama f re e agent to do as I p lease. I n t hi sparticular instance, I p le as e t o suggest, t ha t, i f you h av e a ny relativesor friends who formerly lived i n Nar berth, you send in a subscription forOur Town and l)Qpiell wiUbe mailedr egul ar ly e ac h week to that relativeor friend. Already this h as bee n doneby a numb er of o ur rea de rs a nd w ehave a ls o re cei ved s ub sc ri pt io nsfrom a number o f f orme r Narberthfolks who learned about Our Townfrom r ela tives and f riends s t il l l ivingIn the borough .Hats off to our ex-bu rgess, Mr.Sti tes , for starting th e ball a-rollingfor th e First Annual FlOWer Showof the Narberth Garden Club.There's a vast difference betweena healthy love o f f lowers and that"a single flower, against a background of nothing; that is Art" busIness.Bilside the marvelous colorings ofNature's brush a nd p al et te, man'spuny efforts at decorating canvassesar e about on a par with a comparisonof one o f t ho se c ub is t p ic tu re s inWanamaker 's to a g lo rious sunset as

seen from the Narbe rt h a ve nuebridge!But hold, we're not trying to outdo Tennyson and Walt Mason at onestroke. T he o bj ect of t he game, asDan Dal y used to say, Is to remindyou of the proposed flower show andawaken a s much interest as possiblein the project.Whooper up everybody! Make Narber th' s f ir st flower shOW as fine asthe first pageant. You'll hear moreabout th e show later.

Thank you, the s ta ti on g roundsl ook a little better. But there is stillroom for Improvement. We folkshere In America a re not t he wors t inthe world-at lea st , we' re no worset ha n a ny of the other humans, bu twe are in fe rnal ly carele ss andthoughtless at t ime s. Ma ny of ourmost serious national Ills can bet raced to the same source f rom whichsprings the station nuls!!,nce.

George B. SupleeSteam & HotWaterHeatinlP1umbinli'Jell Telephone.

co.,.Philadelphia.

BURPEE &:

THE PARCELS POST.

W . A T ~Burpee Buildings

Of all t he grea t business enterprisesnow being conducted i n t hi s country,the parcels post is unique, farreachingand economical. It has had a stupendous growth In th e two year,


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Joseph C. Mowrer

Smedley

Call on

NARBERTH, PA.

NARBERTH, PA.Telephone.

- to consider the pur chas e o fHome Bui ld ing P lo t, or havingany k in d o f Bui ld in g A lt er at io nor Repairs made.

BOYLE'S MARKET HOUSEPrime Meats

For Good Servrce an d ModeratePrices in

N. E. Smedley

"Meet me at theCabin"

HARRY B. WALLPlumbing, Gas Fittingand HeatingN A R BE R T H, P A .

Special Nursery Milk In Paper CartonFilled at penhurst Farm

VERL PUGHElectrical Contractor

Geo.&W.J.MarkleSELECT DAIRIES

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Pat

Telephone

AND

Narbe rth , Pa.

CREAMTelephone-Narberth 368.

Good Corn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8c 90c

Gold Seal String Beans.. . . . . . . . . 10c $1.15Choice String Beans. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7c SOc

Gold Sea l L ima Beans.. . . . . . . . . . 15c $1.75

Choice Tender Peas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10c $1.15

Can. Doz.Gold Seal Sifted Peas. . . . . . . . . . . 16c $1.85Gold Seal E. J. Peas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Y2C $1.45

Gold Seal Corn 12c $1.40Choice Corn 10c $1.15

She koops t he p an tr y wel l s tocked and a lways has a g ood supply of groceries on hand because : She wanti!to avoid the e m b a ~ s s m e n t of suddenly finding herself short of nee df ul s a nd hav ing to make a hurried trip tothe store or perhaps borrow f rom a neighbo r. S he wan ts t o make he r housekeeping a l lowance go as fa r aspossible a nd knows it i s mos t economica l to buy in quantities. She follows th e course that bring3 the mostsatisfaction and results i n the grea tes t saving. Our s tores are headquar t ers for Efficient Housewives-and thei ~ m s below will be of interest to them:

The EfficientHousewifeEstimates

Plasterand CementWorkEstimates Furnished Jobbing

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JAMES G. SCANLINContracting Painter

Narberth

EDWARD HAWS

Geo.HanseRs' SonsMILK

Frank Ct'istHouse MEATS & PROVISIONSHia:h Grade ButterTelephone-Narberth 644 A.

NARBERTH, PA.

C_ P. COOK

PrOlbpl Deliveries Assured

Contented Consumers CommendCook's Coal

COAL. WOOD ANDBUILDING SUPPLIES

GODFREY'the Real Es ta t e Man at

114 Woodside Ave.,will be pl eas ed t o assist yo u In g et ting a home.

Telephone-Narberth 685 A.

..r. A . MILLER(Successor tO E. J. HOOD)H E A ~ E R AND RANGE WORKSlATE AND TIN ROOFER

104 Forrest Avenue.J o b b i n ~ a Specialty. Narberth, Pa.

The Merion Tille and Trust Co.of Ardmore, Pa.

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our town january 28, 1915

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