Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 162, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1913 — Page 4

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5 __ WHILfr With excellent acting, “The Five Frankforters,” at the Thirty-ninth Street I heatre, provides a comedy of much charm. Miss Cottrelly's acting, and in fact that of the entire cast, is delightful. The piay is adapted from the German and takes its name from members of the Rothschild family, five of whom as bankers in Frankfort are here described as the five frankforters. As the season draws to a close, new plays are less numerous, and in some instances are not up to the standards prevailing earlier in the year. The Tainted Woman" is one of these. The play is too highly colored and practically all its strong situations are of the old familiar sort and melodramatic in the extreme. Lady Constance Stewart Richardson, whose dancing has never been witnessed in America, except in private. has signed a contract to appear at the Victoria Theatre under William Hammerstein’s management. She will make her appearance in June and it is said at a salary of $5,000 a week. Sousa’s new comic opera, “The American Maid,” at the Broadway Theatre, while well liked, is somewhat devoid of novelty. Its music is bright and catchy and Miss Maynard and Louise Gunning, the former with her vivacity and the latter with her delicious high notes both scored. On the whole, however, the libretto ‘is rather dull and the piece disjoit.'ed. May Irwin as Gloria Gray in the “Widow By Proxy” is delightful. The Geo. M. Cohan Theatre will undoubtedly contain no other attraction for the balance of the season. 1 he bright lines of the piece are delivered by Miss Irwin in away calculated . to arouse much merriment. hile it is a long time since Miss Irwin has been seen on Broadway she has lost none of her breeziness. Liberty Hall,” a comedy of great popularity some fifteen years ago, has been revived at the Empire Theatre, and stands the test of time remarkably well. The play and characters carry with them touches of sentiment missing in modern productions. The cast is an exceptionally strong one. The “Beggar Student” at the Casino is a charming revival, beautifully sung and calculated to gladden the heart. George Macfarlane. De Wolf Hopper and Blanche Duffield head an extremely fine cast.

■ Copyright by Underwood A Underwood. f Ft4PiS‘ ..WSmUSW-'« Firmlag is now extensively conducted O n the «o er. RMING ON THE RITE OF LYRTRA. thin place, tradition tells ua. the Greek Co'.la Pn Ila n I ' y ? ,rß - Th e native*, however are e ■ fisWWSWrt tesSAsSTcioiug the food requirements for the inhabitants from the aom.wl. •_

A FARMER’S PROFITS The usual inference is a farmer always makes a substantial profit on every sale of his products. This is not by any means so and numerous instances to the contrary can be cited. It is also possible to call attention to transactions where the farmer received no return whatever on his shipment, and at other times in addition to the foregoing fact has been called upon to foot a freight bill. Probably dishonest buyers are largely responsible for such conditions, though similar situations are known to have arisen when the integrity of the purchaser was almost beyond question. Usually foodstuffs are not thrown away, and granting this to be the case, one would necessarily have to be of an algebraical turn of mind to figure how transportation charges could, as they are sometimes shown to do, far exceed the market value of consignments. With perishable stuff naturally there is greater risk, otherwise something is wrong when sacrifice of this sort is entailed. Os course a quick turn-over is always desirable, but not essential to profit. Naturally the farmer would soon go out of business were this the rule rather than the exception. However complaints are numerous enough to suggest protective action upon the part of the producer and co-operative buying and selling, such as is conducted in California by the fruit growers seems to be the solution. WILL SIR THOMAS TRY AGAIN? A few weeks ago Sir Thomas Lipton, a sportsman of whom no one can stint his praise, whose courage and persistence are admirable, challenged our possession of the America’s cup. While all of us are not yachtsmen, still no sporting event creates greater interest throughout the world than a race for the sailing supremacy of the seas. The competition involves the utmost skill of designers and long training of skippers and crews to familiarize themselves' with the strong points and eccentricities of their boats. The yachts participating in this friendly fight for control of the cup are no better than machines, wholly unsuited for other purposes, and with th race over are usually placed out of commission. However, the challenge of Sir 1 homas was a provisional one, and its stipulation regarding the water line measurements of the competing boats was such, the New \ork \ acht Club committee deemed it inadvisable held CC th< 11 r V r . ms Os the deed of ? ift by which the cup is held, the challenged club may select to defend it, "a vessel not ess than sixty-five nor more than ninety feet in length on thseventv five thc . water I,ne ,cn g th of the boats to seventy-fix e feet Sir 1 homas endeavored to exact what mmht have Yo7k\‘lch? Chb g a U i? Amer,C ? n dc f s^n ? rs and to which she New xorK Yacht Club quite properly refused to acquiesce Now this Zlk ef tLS ht J as aga l n i hal,e "^ (1 ‘ and tSis bme unLid ! '’c. h g . adllenn g to his original intention of racing a boat V i ' e lt)0 ! cr ’ regardless of the dimensions of the defending oat. It is obvious Sir 1 homas hopes to cause embarrassment bv proposing what would be an unequal struggle but in this disan' KT' his por,ion - Th ' N '» Y ™ k w“' h ;"cS dX decline an amusing proposition with sufficient dignity 1

REASON FOR RISING. The late Dr. Kendall i d-mmg a d„ s ‘ ”«■ tasting 'O“~« «■ district school: ‘ ng a ‘My school was l arge and ary small, but in order to 1„ 7 expenses I was allowed to'boart round among my patron. One nJ I went to board with a fant.ly J o sent eight chtldren to school T hit “ twenty-,, urdaysat ‘ and I was compelled to board three days tn a place f or each rom there. I did not find things in this home as nlwac- s father's house; but I? a g , aS ' n found it not hard to make On my first mornmg there 7fnr US t e i d Slumbcrs 14 before the «un had begun to make ,h. ‘ « S 2;What is <-■ 1 asked drowsit Gtdup. teacher! Gidup!' a uin. Tommy’s; “ l,tlle “\ls breakia-t ready?’ I asked, becoming interest, d “ ’Not yit, but w ill he soon,’ was the reply-; and • . little feet were iicnrcl to trip d<»\\n the sturs. The bed was s. -it and warm, but the room was ver, eld; so 1 concluded to snooze a little longer. Presently another knock roused me and an older voice said: Say, teacher, y :> really must jet | up right off! Ma w ;.ts that ctean sneet for a tablecloth.’ “I hesitated no longer, but rolled out of bed and dressed When 1 g to the dining room I f und that th sheet was already d.n - duty as; tablecloth.”—Saturday livening Pon THE VILLAGE OVEN. 1 In nearly every Mcxi. tn villafl may be found a rounded s'tucture i dried mud, resembling an old-fash-ioned beehive, with a small opening near the ground. It is th<- ■ n which is utilized by the villa: - general culinary purposes. Early in the day the oven is thoroughly , d by building a fire in it. and after the coals are brushed down all the pots and pans containing the f d to be cooked are placed inside ind the oven is closed up. No t : ther attention is paid to it until .nr time. —Evening Mail, N. Y.