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I R. G. DUN CO.AT NARBERTHSATURDAY DURTO SEND US ITEMSFOR FIRESIDECOLUMNVOLUME III. NUMBER 1 NARBERTH, PA., T H U R S D A Y ~ OCTOBER 12 , 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS

Celebration at Elm Hall Last Saturday Evening Marks the Endof Successful Season

THE FIRESIDE

The w ome n of th e local suffrageparty ar e rehearRing a p la y whichwill be one of the acts of a starvaUdeville performance in December.Mr. Walter M. B1J.rkhardt, of 100Maple avenue, has been visi t ing dur

Ing th e past week at t he h om e ofRobert S. Wickham, Esq. , Devon, Po,.

Mrs. R. G. Seymour, of Woodsideavenue, has as her guests Mrs . Mat thias Plum, of Madison, N. J., andMrs. Charles H. Fer ra rd , o t AsburyPark.

Narberth folks were t re a ted to a Miss M. McCoY; Mixed Doubles , Mr.new k ind o f t hr ee -i n- one soc ia l a ff ai r a nd Mrs. A. M. Watts.last Saturday night. It took place at I T h BY-Laws of the association do. no t dIrectly provide for a TournamentE lm Hal l, and th e occasIOn w as t he ICommittee, bu t Article 3, Section 5,dinner, th e presentation of th e priz,e i provides that th e Board of Governwinners' cups and tbe d an ce o f t he ! m en t shaH appoint .t:'ortain commitNarberth Tennis Association. Every- Itees and "may .elect others at its dlsbody, including Ralph Hall an d a tall Ic re tl on ." Y ou r Tournament Commit-.. I tees ar e thus e lec ted by t he B oa rd o fyoung ma n who saId hIS n am e w as IGovernment and have made their ownPa tt i son , had a good time, and e ve ry - r ul es f or c onduct ing ou r tournamentsbody agreed that t he r e wasn 't an y al ong li nes ca lc ul at ed to giv,e thoqu.estion bu t that it was one of the !greatest poss ible enjoyment to eve rymost successfu l socia l gatherings ever j one. Obj ec ti on s t o their arrangeh el d i n th e borough. It is only fair ,! ments have, however, been ra ised attherefore, tbat Messrs. Hall and Itimes and i n v iew of these criticismsGre.ene t he c ommit te e i n c ha rge, and: a nd the g row th of th e club, your comWalter Cowin, Sr., th e president of , mlttee feels that th e time ua s comeUte association, who presided, an d W. Iwhen certain questions that haveR. D. Hall , who made th e presentation Iarisen should be passed u po n b y thespeeches, should be thanked and com- Iassociation as a whole at the next an -mended. nual ~ e t i n g .The guests numbered three score We wish to suggest th ree ques-a nd o ne, a nd th e dimw!' w as serv ed ti ons fo r your consideration and disat t wo l on g t ab le s, stretching nearly cuss ion before spring:th e fuH l ength o f th e hall. The first is, should th e committeeI n a dd res si ng the assoc ia t ion 's having made th e drawings prepare amember s a nd gue st s, President Cowin schedule on which events ' are to hesaid he had no i nt en ti on o f mak in g p la ye d off with a default as th ethe occas ion a busine ss mee ti ng , but p enal ty f or fa ilu re to do so, or is thethat he did want th e members to con- present p lan preferable?sider t he mat te r of securing per- Secondly-The c lu b membe rs hi pmanent grounds , and whethe r the having increas.ed to a point where then e c ~ s s a r y f unds should be r ai sed b y c ou rt s ar e i n d eman d e ve ry p la yi ngan mcr,ease in th e d ues o r by. other day, should more t han t wo c ou rt s b emeans. He a ls o c a l ~ e d attentIOn t o r es er ve d for tournament play?the ques ti on of ~ J U y m g th e present The third q ue st io n i s o n the statusgrounds o r l ocatmg elsewhere, and of w omen membe rs in th e tournaasked th e members tu think over these ment. This subject your committeemau,,:rs and to come to the annual confesses to embarrassment in deal ingme:tlllg whi ch w il l be held in th e with, hut considers it of compellingsprmg, prepa red to make suggestions. importance. We hav e found a divi-

Tounmmcllt Committee's Report. slon of opin ion in th e clUb, some holdMr. Cowin th en r ea d th e r ep or t of ing t ha t t he r ul es relative to th e useth e Tournament Committee, which fol- of tll,e c ou rt s b y women should belows: enforced even more strictly in theThe Tournament Committee for 191.6 future than in th e past , whl le othersbegs t o s ubmi t t l ~ e f O I l ~ w l n g prellml- favor t he amendi ng or rem oval ofnarv repor t o f thIS )'ear s f al l t ou rna- t he se r st i ti Y ittmetit. e r cons . ou r comm eeWI '1 tl I t b h' . th accepts fUll r espons ib il it y f or t he u seMr. A. C. Miller, who was s ev er al t 1 18 a rg es m em er s IP II I emonths at tIle border with hi s regl- histo ry of th e association this, the (Continued on Second Page)

ment, h as r et ur ne d t o Na rber th a nd thirt.eenth annua l fa ll tournament wastaken up his duties at Tome lnsti- the largest ever 'held an d we believeI that in th e interest shown and as a Two c c n l ~ I.cr word In Rd"ance: minimumtut.e. whole in th e quality of play it sur- te n wordpassed 11.11 others. FOIt S A L F ~ H u p m o b l l e "20" Road.ter, ex-Th e winners ar e as follows: cellent condition, tul1y equIpped. Sacrifice

tor cash, C. R. Hoser. No. 3 Gordon avenue,Men's SingLeS, W. J . Kirkpat r ick . Narberth.Men's Doubles , F. M, Justice and A. -1'-O-II-S-"-'-.1'--Q-u-nr-t-er-e-d--oa-k-,-II-n-In-g--roomT. Grugan. BUll, In good condition.. Burret 56 InchesLadles' Singles, Mrs. A. M. Watts. : ~ ~ f l ; e r P ~ ~ : ~ ~ ~ ' l p . t ' g ~ l e B o ~ n ~ o . 6 7 0 c 4 ~ a ~ : ' r ~ ; ~ ~ ~

T l l ' ~ E"an"cl Circle of Kln""s Ladles' Doubles, Mrs. W. R. D. Hall )'7 ,.." ],'Olt SAL1'::--Retrlgerator In good condl-1l1l1lll"hters will bold Il faJr In tbe and Miss C. Justice. tlon. Price $7.00. Box 404, Narberth.('ommllnltv Room of tbe Y. 'M. C. A. F MMiXedJ DstOlcllebles, Miss C. ~ u s t l c e and 1',\JtTY moving away owe. Us $119 onn Ildl Tbursday October 28th af . . u . hnndsome Upright Grand Plano, used 311 . ng, , " - Consolation Tournament-Men's Sin- months. It Is your. tor balance. Write TheteMlOon an d ev en in g. T be re w il l b e 1 0 H h M Glhhs Plano COmplln)', 71-73 lIlaln street.I f d fig es, wen ump reys; en s Sprlngfleh1. MIlSB. (31 years In one location.)on sa e Ilt>rons. a nc y o n use n ar - IDoubles; A. M. Watt s and R. O. Hall;tlc1es, a lso candy and bome baltlng. IL dies' Si gl s Mr s W I Dothard' W A N T " ~ D - T o rent or ""Uy, dining room. a _ n e , . . . 'I hUffet. tahle and c h a l r ~ , oak IInl.h. Box(Continued on Third Pagel Ladles' Doubles, Miss M. Harris and: 695, Narberth.

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NARBERTH METHODISTSUNDAY SCHOOL

To bring up a child inthe wa'y he should go,Go that may yourselfGo to Sunday Schoolwith the Children

Love that has nothing bu t beautyto live o n w il l e ve nt ua ll y starve tod.eath.

THE BIG GAME SATURDAY t - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - (Narberth and Dun & Co. in Deadlock Fo r Baseball Supremacy .,f

,. Opportunity Knock.s at the DoorMain Line League-Play-off at Narberth at 3 P. M .-

Greatest Finish in History of League Everybody admits the value of advertising. I t is the most powerful aid to sales-Officially th e Main L in e B as e B al l iPirates copping one from each team. manship in ex is tence , when properly used. The medium must be one that reaches ALL

League schedule closed September 23d, i Dun & Co. made a gallant fight for o f you r t rade regularly. The psychological effect of keepingyour name and the characterR. G. Dun & Co. f or ging into the lead i t he l ea d i n 1915, their first season In of your goods or the kind of service you give constantly 1-.efore your cu stomers isover Narbe rth by winning out 2 to 0 : the Main L in e. P la yi ng good cleanin one of t he b es t e xh ib it io ns o f t he Ib al l a nd b ei ng h ampe re d w it h a ll t he enormous.national sport e ve r p la ye d a lo ng t he It ri al s and terrors met by a traveling The mer chan ts and c ra ft smen o f Narberth have an unexcelled opportunity, in theMain L in e. Narbe rt h, however , h ad It eam w it ho ut f al te ri ng , h as quite columns of OUR TOWN, to obtain the best possible results from a very small invest-the advantage of two gam es to play Inaturally made them numerous f riends Ioff a nd p roved equal t o th e emergency Iamong th e fans i n th e Main Line cir- ment in this most potent force of publicity. The paper is sent to every family in town,an d won both games f rom Wayne and Icult. Then again N arb er th h as h er whether paid for or not, and is carefully re ad by everybody for its news items and )Wes t Phi ll ie s. Thi s leaves the league. own following augmented by t h e f an s notices of every local organization. I t is a hundred times more effective than circularss tanding with Dun & Co. and Narberth Iwho ar e anxious to ~ e the champion-deadloc ked f or t he supremacy with a Iship stay with a Main Line burg rather and "dodgers" left at the door, which are not only expensive, bu t illegal. F or t he smallrecord of twenty-one games won and Ithan a traveler f rom the c it y of PhiIly additional cost of composition, your advertisement can be changed every week, to suitsi;' lost. Icapture the bunt ing , the requirements of your business.ih e play-off game has been arrang-I Many of t he se at te nd ed th e gameed for this Saturday, October 14th, t wo wee ks a go i n N ar be rt h, but this OUR TOWN has achieved an established position in Narberth, but , to be success-wea ther permi tt ing, on the N a ~ b e r t h I w ~ e k many, ~ a n y , ~ o r e will be. t h e ~ e fully continued, needs your advertising support. Fo r any money spent in this way yougrounds, play to be called at 3. 0 clock WI.th t he s pi rI t of r l v a ~ r y ~ x l s t m g m . will be many times repaid by inc reased business. Send for Mr. Henry C. Gara our ad-sharp. There had been conSIderable IthIS, th e greatest of Mam LlIle League < t' . d . h' t t f th t I . 'speculation as to where the g ame rac es . Dun & Co. won th e opening Vel' 1smg manager, an gIVe 1m your con rac or e cur ren vo ume, Just beginning.would be played, bu t consideration ,game o f t h e s ea son f rom Narbe rth and You will be surprised at the low rates , and at the results obtained.w as t ak en of t he fact that the fans of Ith e last scheduled game, whi le Nar-th e Main Line ar e the ones in te res ted berth came through w inn ers in t he NARBERTH CIVIC ASSOCIA TIONand justly entitled to the game. N ar - t wo g ames o f July 4th a nd the fOllOW-tberth field is in good condition and Iing Saturday. thus like th e standing, I _ .- _ -. _ _ ~ . - . . . -. _,when the Narbe rth management placed Ithe series is tied. ~ ~ ~ . - - - ~ - - -- - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ....a most sportsman- like proposi t ion of I Who Wil l It neT , - - -. - - - - - - - --fifty-fifty w it h t he l ea gu e officials, tt I Wit h two c lu bs o f t hi s c al ib re com- EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD TIMEwas most acceptable to th e Dun.& Co. I ing thundering down the home stretchteam. . ; I neck and neck, it is a rather difficult AT TH TNl ' Ialn Line Classic. . task t o c hoose th e w in ne r. Bo th ar e E E NIS DINNER DANCEBase ball fans are just r e st ing f rom formidable, hard playing aggregations

t h e e xc it emen t p roduced by the keen IWith t? e relative playin.g strength: bothr ac es i n the major l ea gues only to loffenslve and defensIve, practICallyhave a deadlock in the Main L in e as Iequal, so m uch so that no two exper tan a ppet iz ing mor se l t o r el is h a long I critics could agree on ~ h e i r merits.w it h t he Wor ld 's Series. ; In a c as e o f this kllld, whe re oneIn a n orma l s ea so n t he l le st clUb! game decides th e issue, it being tooinvariably establishes i ts r ig ht to t he l at e now t o p la y a three-game series,l ea de rs hi p o f t he leag,ue by Septem.' th e b r ~ a k s of the game or. a luckybe r 1st, but t hi s h as bee n by fa r more lIuk.e lilt at .the opportune t J m ~ : then Ithan a n orma l s ea so n. Comp et en t ag,am there IS th e chance of a . s no d- ,critics at the opening of the present grass muff" or "Merkle bone" that de-~ e l ' f ' n r : picked one o r t he other o f t he clues th e issue. . Dett) Daxt>2r's Gossip.tw o .c iu bs t o win ou t with Bon-A ir Bob G ibson, the premier twirle r of' - - -as a pos si bl e c on te nder . Dun & Co. th e Narberth Champs, showed that he I Mr. Alexander Grant has returnedha s held the pace most of th e season. was capable of battling with .the Dun to Narberth.The Na rbe rt h Champ ions d ispl ac ing & Co. moundsman, Reed: Imported I - - -them on two occasions, only to be dis- from. another l e a g ~ e of. smgle l e t t ~ r I J ac k F ro st is becoming a regularlodged th e following wee k b y strange s tandl llg. When GIbson IS right, he IS morning visitor.coincidence, t he Wayne Subur bani te s the man to carry th.e h op es o f m.0st Ipulling th e trick both t im es . Bon -A ir any c l ~ b . I f Reed p l t ~ h e . s and tWIrls ' Mr. R. H. Durbin, of Narbe rth avewrought havoc with the Dun Tourists, ~ h e . a r h c l e of ball he dId II I the eleven nue , i s d ri vi ng a new car .e spec ia ll y on Sep temner 16th, wnen mmng g ame r ecent ly, then t I ~ e f a n ~ _thev ant ic ip at ed c le ar s ai li ng only to c an ant ic ip at e another great pItchers I . f N b I1 0 s ~ ou t and give Nar 'ber th the leaa, duel. Mrs. H ~ r r J e t L. ~ r ~ g g , 0 . ar er t 1

d 1 Everything is in readiness All t he a venue, IS on a VISIt to PIttsburghwhich they prompt l )' r ega lne on y, . ' Iand Ohio oints1 owever after playing through eleven fans can hope for IS good weather con- I p.l ~ n i n g S ~ great ball. ditions. Th e Main Line pennant race. .That these two clUbs wel l d es er ve f or 1916 has been t he b es t ever an d PatrOlllze O ~ Town adver.tlsers.their standing: can be shown by tlle the wri ter c o n g r ~ t u l a t e s .both clubs on They a: e h e l ~ l I l g t he commum ty byfact that they fnlly displayed their their great showlllg, w ~ l l c h has added supportlllg thIS paper.superiority, especially over the s econ d s o much to the best mterest ~ tIle Idivision t ea ms . T he Be rw yn Pirates leag,ue: and .may the b es t t eam wm t he I Mrs. John W. Du Bree .and daugh-w as t he o nl y cl ub In the second divl- dlamplOnslllp. , ter have- returned t o t he ir N ar be rt hslon to gain a victory over either, th e "'fhe .Scribe." iavenue home a ft er a n extended visit: : : : : = = = = = = = = : : : : : : : : : = = = : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ; ~ = : : : : : : : : : : : : : : = = = = : : : : : : : : : : : : : : = = = = : : : :at th e shore.l 'NCLADIED LETTERS AT YOUlt :NEW NJUGHDORS. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace W. Wells,NARBERTH POST OFFICE -- lo f Brooklyn, spent th e week end w ithCaldwell & Co. report th e following IMr. and Mrs. Edward S. Haws, ofMr. and Mrs. David Dunn, Miss Mar- r enta ls during th e last tw o w eeks : Du dl ey aven ue.garet Lawley, Mrs. Gladys B. Smith. 126 Chestnut avenue, to Paul A'I _Miss Blanche Warne r, Mr. and Mrs. Swartz, of Germantown, Philadelphia. I A number of local bas e b al l fan sGeorge Williams. 2 Burkhurst avenue, to P. F. Boyer, almost collapsed last wee k whe n t hePostcards-Mrs. Laura Sm ith and Iof Pittsburgh, Pa. Phillies l os t t he double heade r whichMr. Pa t Logan. Narbrook Park House, to Daniel A. cost them the pennant.E. S. lIaws, Custer, o f L ima, Ohio.

Postmaster. 207 Dudley avenue , to R. P. Mor -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - gan, Johns town, Pa .233 Iona avenue, to Sydney P.Buffum, of Phllade lphia.

W il li am s av emw, to J . W. Gallaghe r, o f Downing town , P a.125 Conway avenue, to Edward Phil lips, of Narberth.227 Hampden avenue, t o J . F. Hoge

land, Wilmington, Del.105 Chestnut a venue, t o Edw. C.Batche llor, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa .7 ConwaY avenue, to Wm. S. Gillis,of Rutledge, Pa.Bunga low, Anthwyn Farms, to Dr .Thos. L. Bowling, of Phllad,elphla.331 Dud le y avenue, to ArturoPapa lardo, of Phllade lphia.304 Essex avenue, to H. L. Bradley,

of Narberth.225 Hampden avenue. to D. WarrenWrigllts, of Coatesvl1le, Pa.311 Woodbine avenue, to JohnP lum, o f Narberth.603 Dudley av,enue, to Geo. I. Semel,o f Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.121 Woodside avenue, to Geo. M.Meets Every Sunday ~ 4 Davis, of St. Paul, Minn. R121 Elmwood avenue, to H. .

!- ..:.Neamand, of Phi lade lphia .

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= OUR TOWNOwned, and Published every Thursday iJy the Narberth Civic Associatiol..

HARRY A. JACOBS,EdItor.

Mrs. C. R. Blackall A. J. LaosMrs. C. T. Moore Henry RoseMrs. Roy E. Clark W. T. MelchiorEarll". Smith O. L. Hampton~ M. HenryAssocIate EdItors.

MAIZIE J. SIMPSON,CashIer.

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Specfal Dance :l[llrclt l'itll, ][ask.November 17-Charles Bodansky, C.P. Fowler and John C. Holme.December 15-Rezo Brooks, AndrewGreene and A. T. Grug,an.January 19-L. D. Hess, Edwin P.Dold and William J . Henderson.February 16-WI1I1am J. Kirkpatr ick, Carl B. Metzger and GeorgeRose.April 20-Raymond C. Jones, Chas.V. Noel and Robert G. Savill.R. G. SaTn!,President.

The contractors on t he n ew schoolhou se have had to change their plans.When they saw young Gilbert Fordand George Rose, they decided to pu tin some special reinforcing material.The children have dubbed young, Ford"three-sixty."The dah li a k ing i s d is gu st ed withhis year's crop. Try pickles next.year, Kink.

The Narberth Presbyterian SundaySchool orchestra has been augmentedby the add it ion of !\Ir. Rogers, an a c complished violinist.That was qui te a fine editorial in th e: last week's number abou t a Narberth

I survey. If it came from the long-hairer fraternity in Nutty RoW, I amheartily i n favor of it. But what 's itall about?

"Cub.":SINE NEW ~ [ E ~ m E R S .

The record for attendance at th ePresbyterian Church for this fall wasreached last Sunday morning when thequarterly communion was observed.Nine new members were pub li cly wel comed into the church memlJershlp.making 0. grand total of just 200 newmembers received during the presentpastorate.A numbe r of new scholars joinedthe Sabba th s choo l and one newteacher was added to the t e a c h i n ~staff. Plans ar e being; formulated foran aggressive work In this ehurc!l,and each member wil l b e g iv en something to do. This subject will be presented by the pastor In next Sundaymorning's sermon, when every membe r of the congregation Is requesteelto be present .A judge in Montgomery county, Pa.,has declared that it Is n ot a n offensefor a girl to sit in he r l over' s l ap ."But," he wisely adds, "I t would beImprudent a nd r as h for he r to do sowhen there was a. chance of being observed by he r parents."

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nmlE n A K } ~ POSTPONED.Owing to the fact that, t he Ladles 'Aid Society of t he Bapt is t Church aTeholding a home bake on t he s ame dat eas th e Delta Sigma, the Del ta Sigmabake wlll be postponed to October 21st.

IMPORTANT

.FIRE cmIPANY.

Presldent-C. Howard McCarter.Vice-President-Carroll Downes.Treasurer-Will 1

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FacultIes.

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l t Irs . C. P. Fowler.Mrs. Go Cockrill.

A CORDIAL INVITATION

.'fRS. J l A ~ N A J [ ( ~ L 0 1 ' J I I E l t HULl.AJWUi:SSJo;S J,OCAI. SlJIo''''RAGJo:PAnTY.It would be difficult to say whenthe members of t he Narbe rt h Branchof the Woman's Surrrage Party have

listened to a maroa interesting and enlightening address than that presentedby Mrs . Hannah Clothier Hull, at theirmonthly meeting, w hi ch w as h el d atth e 'home of Mrs. W. H. P ug h, Jr.,Haver fo rd r oa d, Friday afternoon,October 6.The writer wishes sh.e were ab le tog iv e thi s d is cour se i n fUU, as it wasso absolutely full o f f ac ts most convinc ing and appea ling.It is t o b e h op ed that th e membersmay again have the pleasure of l isteni ng to th is speaker some time in th efuture.

1'EACIIEUS IN THEN A U B J o ~ l t T H PUBLIC SCHOOl,

It may be a small matter even If awoman doe sn 't know he r own mind.

is extended to th e women of Narberthto a tt end the mee ti ng of the MissionCi rc le t o b e h el d in the lectu re roomof t he Bap ti st Chu rc h o f the Evangel,Tuesday afternoon, October 17th, at2.30, to hear Mrs. John L. Dearing, ofYohohama, spe ak on "Gene ra l Condi tions in Japan." It wlll be a n unusually interesting meeting and it ishoped that many will avail themselves of the o pp or tu ni ty t o h ea rone who is so well informed on th ingsJapanese, whether it be missions, politics, ar t or l i terature.Mrs. W. B. Anderson, of I nd ia a ndNarber th, wil l conduct th e devotionalexercises. Mrs. V. N. Butler w11l sing.Tea will be served.

OUR TOWN will g lad ly printan y news Item about an y subjectthat Is of In teres t t o Nar be rt hfolks, bn t In order to meetthe prInting schll'1ule, al l "copy"-manuscr ipts -must r ea ch t heeditor by 6 P. M. Monday eachweek.

tunately, 1 had each time a heavy THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGcape overcoat, a nd w it h t he cap e 1wra pp ed u p my nos e an d mouth, andalthough I was exposed the first t im e Ex cav ati on o n the basement at thefour hours and th e s ec ond t ime an new bUilding is about completed. Theh ou r a nd a half, I escaped with no founda tion walls ar e laid on themore damage than some severe trost front and ends. The boys and g ir lsbites. of the school ar e del ight ed to s ee th eIndians, who h av e b ee n e xp os ed t o o ut li ne f or the gymnasium to be inb li zz ard s f rom time immemorial , e luded in the' basement.a dopt t hi s p la n, an d who eve r heard Tile Old Bulldlng.of an Indian perishing in a bUzzard? Work on the old build ing ba s been

I t seems rather singular that bl1z- rapidly pus!led. It i s surpr is ing toza rds occur less frequently as popu- those who " inspected" the conditionl at ton a nd cul ti va ti on of t he gr ou nd of t he old building last week, t o knowincreases, but ~ h same Is true of I that school is in session and al ltornadoes. It IS probable that tbe Ic lasses meet ing regularly. In spiteplanting o f t re es has much to do with of t he nec es sa ry noi se s o f c on st ru cthe mitigat ing of the fu ry of aU I tion wor k pup il s ar e remaining atstorms. Hun te rs and al l men wbo I their. t as ks a s under normal condl-frequent fore s ts know bow the t rees : tions. .break th e wind, and farmers and set-I The old building has several decldt le rs i n th e West an d Northwest. ar e ed Improvements. Four rooms thatfast finding out that tree-planting lill have been d ar k e ve r s in ce th e addlthe surest plan to temper t he r igor ; tion o f t he present building are nowof the w in te r storms that sweep down I l ight a nd che er y, t he r e su lt ot addlf rom t he i cy r eg io ns o f the North. tional windows a nd c ha nge in colorIn th e s ame way trees w il l d ou bt - o f walls. The large cloak rooms andless d iss ipa te the terrors o f t he tor- hal lway in f ro nt of t he .old bUilding

nado, a nd mak e th e West the garden, ar e t r ansformed in to two class roomsspot of the Union, ou t of wha t was : to be later used as a sCience laboraonce known as t he G re at American! tory and ar t room.Desert. I The new t oi let ro om s with mod-,ern equipment ar e probably th e bigWIlY WE STAND ON ONE LEG. I gest feature.

0\11' New S)'stem of Seat ing .Fo r t he pur po se of seating, thehigh school pupils ar e diVided intolive groups. Eac h g ro up is assembled in a separate room, u nd er t heimmediate supervision of one teacl l er. This t eacher remains th e couns el or of t he se p up il s throughout thesix rears ' course.The great advan tage of such sys

tem arises from the individual attention which can be given eachstudent.

MIl. SMYTHE MAPSOUT A JOURNEY Sel'eral New Names o n New Term'sLlst-1Ur. ltlelchJor Supported ByAn Able Body of Teachers.famous evangelist was advertisedto p reach i n a sinall town in Ohio.A bulletin announcing the coming of Principal-William T. Mel ch io r.th e rival ist was posted at a ll t he c on - Mathematics-Anna B. Sailor.spicuous points i n t he town. I t read: French and German-Elizabeth"Th.e great e vangel is t w il l p re ac h I Snyder.to-night on hell. The awfulness of i t s Sciences-D. Pau l Rogers.pun ishment ; i ts terrible reallty; its Latin and Se ni or H ig h Schoolgeographical locat ion . Mr. Wilkie English-Grace Turner.Smythe, baritone, will sing: 'Tell Junior High School English-JaneMother I'll Be There.' "-Popular W. Twining.Magazine. History-Adeline W. Larzelere.Fifth Grade--Margaret E. Kem,ery.Fourth Grade--Adab C. Clayton.Third Grade--Ida Read.Second Grade--Anne L. Cooper.First Grade--Nellle M. Wetherlll.Domestic Science--Anna E. Fryer.Music arid Art-Helen M. Wilson.Publ ic Speaking an d Secretary-Mary S. Melchior.

NARBERTH CIVIC ASSOCIATION.President, A. J. Laos.Vice-president, A. C. Shand, J. B.W11liams, James Artman.Secretary and t re as ur er , F ra nk J .Wi sse.Dircetors, Frederick L. Rose, GeorgeM. Henry, W. Arthur Cole, George M.ColesworthY, Mrs. WilUam S. Horner,A. E. Wahlert Mrs. George M. Henry,Fletcher W. Stites, E. A. Muschamp,H. C. Gara, Henry Rose, Edward S.Haws, Mrs. Roy E. Clark, Mrs. Leste r W. Nickerson, W11liam D. Smedley.After a man g et s o n th e shady s ide

of life he r eg ards h is a g and hisbank bal ance a s nobodY's business buthis own.

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COlUIUlTTEES O.I!' COUNCIL.

BUILD UP YOUR TOWNBuUd Up Your Homo

Don't forget that thIs Is a community o f home make rs and homekeepe rs and that one of YOURMOST IMPORTANT DUTffiS Is tokeep It so.You can a id mat er ia ll y by do.I ng y ou r shoppIng and marketingwIth the advertisers In this paper.

Board of DIrectors.H. S. Hopper, president; C. E.Kream.er, vice-president; D. D. Stickney, treasurer; R. L. Beatty, G. M.Henry, J. S. Harris, E. S. Haws, Dr.R. C. Hoffman, W. D. Smedley, T. C.Trotter, A. J. Loos, T. R . Coggeshal l,J. G. Walton, 1. T. Ward, VernonFleck, Carrol Downes, G. H. Gifford,E. E. Seave r, J . B. Esenweln, FrankSton.e.

HOAlm OJaville. 1 i lif Th As an y an at om Is t wil l t el l us, weon y care s to preserve e. ere . .It is gr at if yi ng to n ot e t he good is no use searchi llg for the lost ones', ar e still bUIlt v.er y much hke .theMr. and Mrs. Frederic E. Moyer k St d f tl htllIttendance at ScllOOl, considerIng th e no one knows in what direction they mon eys. an 1I1g pe r ec y upngc el eb ra te d the twen ti et h anniversary can on ly b e done by a very compHpresent " scare" . and the ~ a n y f al se o f their wedding at their home are, or, if they did, I t would be Im- -rumors concermng conditIons in the. Chestnut avenue, Saturday e v e n i : ~ pos si bl e t o reach t hem . Cries. to r c a t e ~ cross strain, one se t of musc les

borough and th e schOOl. I October 7th.. About a dozen lucky help ar e inaUdible s ix f ee t away. ~ ~ ~ ~ . l l l ~ i t f ~ r e ~ : ~ ~ ' m : v ~ ~ ~ ~ w ~ o ~ ~ ~ :.guests sa t down to an 'epicurian re- Railroad hands ar e th e g re at es t a new ad justment of these musc lesFrom th e office we ar e told that we past-and o ne who was there vouches sufferers from blizzards. A train may takes place.

can with confidence say that th e lor th e fact th at it WAS epicurian. be caught on t.he open prairie an d The t ro ub le i s al l with our hipstearn boiler will be co nn ec te d b y My, that d uck w as good, and the Iheld f or f ?r ty -e lght hou rs . bones. Therefore, to rest these mus-Thursday, t hu s p ar en ts a nd pup il s Mon tr os e pudding, gee! that was a Hunger IS a dded to cold, a nd d ea th e le s we p la ce o ne of them at rest byneed no t worry about a prolonged corker. I f you want t o give' a swell no t infrequently ensues among th e throwing one leg to one side, a l l o w ~chilly building. The heaJt ing com - feed for some very special occasion passengers. On freight t ra ins the men ing t he o th er to do th e work. Whenpany f or eman has assured authorities just as k the b ri de o f twe nt y y e a r ~ ~ r e . exposed to dreadfu l exposure, and one leg has rested sufficiently, itof service sufficient t o kee p the ~ u i ~ d - for s ome pointers-you'll not regret It IS ~ a r d to see how anyone ca n takes up the strain and the otherlng in satisfactory condition until 1 I ~ - , it. The place cards that greeted the stand It. takes a spell. Nor does it matters t itu te , which opens October 2 ~ r d . !g ues ts w ere in scri bed wi th ap pro - The . b r a ~ e s must be pu t on constant- how mudl we s tr en gt he n o ur leg

! prill.te verses, for which the bride- ly, whIch lllvolves cra.wling along th e muscl es by walking or other e x e r ~The pupi ls f rom the senior class groom claims credit. I f Freddy was n a ~ r o w footboards on top of the cars, elses, the perfectly upright positiondown to the wee tots ar e delighte" ! r ea ll y t he a ut ho r, however, it is WhICh.ar e .coated ~ i t h ice a nd s now is still a hard one to keep.with th e new depar tment , physical, hard to unde rstand how he has hld- and . e x c e e d l l l ~ I Y shpp.ery.c ul tu re . Nar be rt h schools have al-: den his talents from his neighbors WIth th e wllld blowlllg at fifty milesways stood f or p hy si cal e du ca ti on .: a l l t he se years. Now, honest, l.'red, an hou r and th e t rain butting it s W3.yBut now there is to be more than whom di d you pay for the job? Of th rough the snow, it i s imposib le for.ever and under daily supervision. It course, there were other very enjoy- the. brakemen to maintain an upr lgbtis fine to think that e ve ry pup il w il l able features, but t he memory of that pOSItion, and t hey a r e obliged to crawlhave at least several periods per feed lingers in ye s cr ib e' s mind to from ca r to ca r on t he ir h an ds a ndweek. and ,that many will have five t he e xc lu si on o f e ve ry th ing e ls e an d knees, handle the cold i ron w it h th eperiods per week..:. Then, ,too, t he p revent s h is d oi ng t hem j us ti ce . thermometer forty degrees below zero,boys ar e delighted with the athletic and remain exposed to th e s to rm forprospect!!. I Can "Our Town" produce for the' hours, as they n ev er h av e t ime t o go

I in forma t ion of many inquirers why I to the caboose. The men have noNeedl es s t o s ay th e man-Mr. A. Y . the new ly con st ru ct ed r oa d on Wind- s h e l t ~ r .beyond what they can find

E -h " d hit" We un- I s or a ve nu e was no t finished before by c l lngmg to the ladders between themmet as ma ea. , . . c ar s a nd suffer fearfully.ders tand he will soon move to Nar- bemg opened to the pUblic? Evident- I f t it i i ibl t 11 htberth w it h h is family. Ily a cons ide rable expendi ture has n ac , s m ~ o s s e a g,been made in r eb ui ld in g t hi s r oa d against a b li zz ar d, you must suc-If E' W d cumb, and at once. I f you ar e In II.The faculty f or five minutes sus- ' rom ssex avenue to in sor ave- house or under any passable shelter ,pended work on Tuesday a fte rnoon nue . It , has bee n n ic ely g ra ded a nd s ta y t he re u nt il th e wind goes down.p ior to Miss Wethe ri ll 's " go ing r ol le d With a steam roller, and then N h hh ~ m e " hour The secret Is out : the pub li c p er mi tt ed t o us e i t wi th- a mbatterd oWt neart youtr own i omle. " t tl r t' f b' d I t may e, 0 no ven ure 0 rega. n t,'Twas our respected first grade, au Ie app I C Ion a an.y ~ er. unless yo u h av e left l i tt le ch ildrenteacher's birthday s o e ve ry membe r s eems that tlns road Will, 111 a few 1 lI t i t 1' i th b ' t' II tl t lere a one. n wo m nu es-yes, nof t he f acu lty w en t t o he r room to man . .s, em . prac Ica y Ie . same one minute-you may be enveloped incongratulate her and shower upon he r icOndttlOn that It was b e f o ~ e thIS ex- the deadly whirl of ice, and t hen t hefifty roses. Who would think Miss pense was Incurred. I t IS already chances ar e a hundred t o o ne againstWetherill fifty years ol d? We know i b eg ln ni ng to s haw s ig ns of w ea r . an d you.we ar e voicing our fellow students'l has only been ope!l to the public a But t he re a re some simple precausentiments whe n we j oi n i n our con- i f e ~ v days. Who IS responsible for t ions which , if adopted, may savegratulations and sincere wishes that tlllS short-sighted met ho d o f road 11 Wh ht i hbU'ld'ng? many ves. e n c au g n sue ash e m ay live t o enjoy m an y h ap py I I . s to rm , i f there is a snow bank near,birthdays. S. X. ge t on its lee side, burrow a hole,

c raw l in an d "pull t he h ol e i n afteryou"- that Is, close th e opening. Youwill have no trouble i n b re at hi ngthrougb the snow.If there is no bank, immedia tely

envelop the head and upper part ofthe body in a blanket, coat, shawl,anything, in fact, to keep th e finepowdered ice from entering the mouthand lungs .I speak f rom exper ience, s ince 1have been twice caught in a blizzard,once in the mountains of Colorado,and again near Bismarck, Dakota.Every breath seemed as if an Icicleh ~ . C . been d ri ve n into my chest. For-

The n ew co nc ret e roadway onWynnewood avenue has been completed. The last s tr et ch , b etwe enMerion avenue and Rockland avenue,was finisbed last Thursday.Th e road i s now open to traffic from. t he r ai lr oa d t un ne l t o Chestnut av.enue, and it is expected that th e re mainder w11l be opened next Thursday, October 19. By that time th econc rete wi ll have hard.ened sufficiently t o p ermit of the heaviest traffic.

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TelephoneNarberth, Par

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to C. Lorenz McLure. Mr. McLureis th e youngest son of Mrs. C. R.I3lackall, and formerly Jived in Narberth, a nd p la ye d on th e home baseball team.

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Mrs . Geo rge M. Eby and MissG eo rg ia E by , o f Olivet, Mich. , wererecent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy E .Clark, 216 N. Narberth avenue. Mrs .and Miss Eby have bee n on an extensive auto !f.our through New Yorkand th e New England States.

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Mrs. J. MacReed, of Dauphin , hasbeen visiting, Mr. an d Mrs. John CaldWell, of Elmwood avenue.

Narberth's new residents-andthere ar e l a rge numbers of ' themshould feel /that each organization inou r borough is anxious f or t hem to"come r ig ht in a nd be one of us."Pick ou t your line of work, Mr. an dMrs. Caroline W. Corv in , of Tren- - - - Mr s. N ew Restdent, and pu t yourton, who has been v is i ting her son, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Mar t in , of. shoulder to the wbeel. NarberthitesMr. Walter Corvin, of Merion avenue, PhIladelphia , have announced the ar e .doers.has re tu rned home. ;engagement of their daughter, Mary, (Continued on Four th Page)

NARBERTH'S VICTORYOVER WEST PHILA.

AIJL SAINTS' P. };. CUURCII.Rev. Andrew S. Burke, Rector.

lIIEIUON MEETING lIOUSE.Mer ion Mee t ing House is opened for

Clturch Notes.The Pocke t Tes tament L eag ue i ss t il l g rowing . Th.ere ar e now aboutthirty-five members.A number of ou r ladies wil l a ttendth e Miss ionary Ra lly in the FrankfordPresbyterian Church next Friday.Miss Lida Johnson ente rta ined they ou ng lad ie s o f bel' Sunday Schoolclass l ast Thursday evening at herhon1e on Grayl ing avenue.

Next week the dec id ing game o f t heLeague season wil l be played on th eNarberth g ro un ds whe n the R. G.Dun & Co., who ar e ti ed w it h u s forth e lead, will be ou r guests. Thewor sh ip e ve ry Frist-day at 11 A. i --- title of champions of th e Main Line

M. Visitors ar e cordially welcome. Ties Them With R. G. Dun & ILeague o f 1916 goes along w it h t heA registry book i s I,ept fo r visitors. . winners. Let us hope that Manag.crAll are a sked to register their names. CO. For Lead In Mam Lme Wal zer 's t eam takes the p enna nt-- League-Flick Stites Hits Iagain.s'r. ,UAUGAUET'S CHURCII. Homer-Deciding Game to beEarly Mass on Sundll.Y from l\prll We Won Anpmy.I" t to Octobe r 31st at G.JO A. :\1. From Played Next Week on Nar- NARBERTH.No\'ember 1s t t o Mar cn 31st at 7 A. M. berth's Grounds R. H. O. A.Late Mass, 9.30 A. M. throughout th e Howes, cf. 2 0 1 0y ea r. : \Ia ss es o n holydays, 6.30 anl! In a rather easy fashion, th e Nar- Wallace, lb ...... 1 2 7 08.30 A. 1\1. Weekda)'s at 8. Evening berth team, present c hamp ions o f t he ID ~ V i s , lb. . 0 3 0 3devotions and other services at regular Main Line League, took Manager Bob. Shtes, rf. 1 2 0 0times. Black's West Philadelphia travelers Walzer, rf. . . . . . . 0 0 0 0

- - - . - - - - - i nt o c am p b y th.e score of 7-2. 'rhe Fleck, If. . . . . . . . 0 2 3 0};VANGEL nAPTIST CHURCII. Iscore does not exactly state the easy Durbin, 3b. . . . . . . 0 0 1 1- - - way the boroughites received their W. Humphries, 3b. 0 0 0 0Itev. John GonIon, D. n., Acting Ivictory. Bob. Gibson was aiI;nost in- Koons, c. . . . . . . . 1 2 13 1Pastor. vincible, holding his opponents to Simpson, s s. 1 1 1 2- - - t lu el l h it s, o nl y one of which f ig ur e" G ib so n, p . . . . . . . 1 1 0 3

Sunday services: in the run getting. Their f ir st r un - - - -9.45-BibLe School for al l classes. came in t he v ery first inning when I Totals .. : . . . . . . 7 13 *26 10Men's and Women 's B ib le classes. w it h o ne man gone by t he s tr ik e ou tEverybody welcome. The school will rou te , Clark singllld to left field., WEST PHILADELPHIA.be a dd re ss ed by Fletcher W. Stites, Keeley w as then safe on D ur bi n' s' R. H. O. A. E.Esq. error, and Bob. then made a w il d p it ch P an zullo, 3b. , ss 0 0 0 2 111.00 A. M.-Morning worship. Sub- advancing both runners. 1

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677

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128153124141167

144122122127133

153137.129134124

734

618

678

718

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Totals 676

Totals 687

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