Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 8 July 1914 — Page 4

DAILY democrat Published Every Evening Except Bunday By TBE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates. Per week, by carrierlo cents Per Year, by carrier....ls.oo Per Month, by mail2s cents Per Year, by ma 1112.60 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. We insist that there are large numbers of Decatur people who ought to give something towards tire play ground fund. If your subscription is only a dollar or live dollars it means many hours of work saved for the ladies who are so patrioticly laboring for this cause. Do it. Special Judge Stine advised that the factions in Adams county which have worked an injury to the schools should get together, should recognize the fact that while they are getting even with the other fellow, the children are not recovering the education- ( al attention to which they are entitled and that as a community the people of this county should do everything they could to benefit the child who is seeking an education. We believe the citizens of this best county in the ■ world will agree witli him and will do all they can to elevate the schools, it should be understood that the schools are not in bad condition, but on the contrary are up to the standard. Witli a pull together they can be made the 1 best in any county in the state. While the republican papers of the state persist in saying tiiat the progressives have fallen by the wayside and that there will not be enough votes cast by that party to pay them to count, the leaders of the second party go right ahead with their preparations for a busy campaign. A meeting was held at Indianapolis yes terday and was largely attended. The reports were optimistic to say the least and as boiled down in the Star, eside from the claim that they at< getting many recruits from the democratic party, they were tabulated as follows: 1. That the Republicans are not making the serious inroads on the I’rogressive party that they are al- < leging. 2. That the Progressive party is in excellent condition in a majority of the counties. i 3. That arrangements have been made for the nomination of tickets in every county and that there is to be no fusions with the republicans.

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1. That the candidates lor Congress almost without exception are confident of being elected. 5. That no tune Is to be lost increasing the efficiency of the organization. While they may not be as strouz as they claim we feel confident that they are much stronger than they are credited with being by the repu’i If cans. EIGS IN SOCIETY I cqpraoaaii ni w tihiml WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Tuesday. Presbyterian Women's Home and Foreign Missions, 2:30 o'clock—Mrs Fred Patterson. • Tri Kappas—Mrs. Avon Burk. Rebekahs Installation and Banquet. Thursday. M. E. Missionary—Mrs. Sarah Blackburn home. Ben Hur Aid —Mrs. John Ray. Evangelical Aid —Mrs. Gust Johnson Indies Aid of the Presbyterian church —Mrs. Nettie Schrock. Friday. Queen Esthers—Ruth Parrish. Mt. Pleasant Mite social —Ben But ler home. Mite society—Mrs. Winans. The home of Mr. and Mrs A. S. Shady was a jolly one Sunday, Jul) 5. A delicious chicken dinner waserved. The afternoon was spent ir talking and playing and music. Those present were Mrs. Hower of Hunting ton, Mrs. C. Dettinger and children. Beatrice and Florence of Magley: Miss Hattie Bauer.of Magley; Mr. and Mrs. John Bovine and children, Laura and Esther of Decatur: Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Shady and family. The crowd departed from the Shady home late in the evening wishing many more good times. —Contributed. The Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian church will mpet Thursday afternoon July 9th at 2': 30 o'clock with Mrs Nettift M. Schrock on Rrgg St. The following short program will follow the business period: Vocal Solo —Miss Ruth Myers. Piano Solo—Edna Hoffman. Reading—Alta Teeple. Vocal Solo —Mrs. W. P. Schrock. Miss Erna Schindler of Fort Wayne was the guest of Miss Lydia Kirsch at Supper and over last night. The girls attended the wild west show in the evening. At the home of A. A. Brodbeck in Union township occurred a very pleasant gathering in honor of three nephews and families: Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Walter and son; Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Walter and daughter of South Bend; and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Walter of Carthage, Ind., the former had not visited here for eighteen years. They all came in a car from South Bend on the Fourth, returning home on the fifth, thus making the time too short to visit all the foils and desiring to see all of them, they ware invited to the home of A. A. Brodbeck Sunday to spend the day together. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brodbeck and sons, William, Oliver and Charles from Akron, Ohio and hi, friend Effie Miller; Mr. and Mrs. Wm

• H. Brodbeck and non, Floyd; l'r. Clarence Brodbeck and children, Chester, ito), Fanny and Murton; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Brodbeck and children, XarUTa, Kuford, Gertrude, Gerald and Ruth; Mrs. Jacob Helm; Mr. and Mrs. John Helm and son, Arthur; , Mrs. Tlwodore Roth and son, Gerald; ( Mr. and lire. Richard Huffman'; Mr. and Mrs. Jimum Barkley and children. ' Freddie and Helen; Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Brodbeck and children, Vernon, Pearl, Chalmer, Marie, Bernice and Nellie and Miss Mary Brodbeck. A . sumptuous dinner was served in which all did justice. All departed well I pleased with the happy occasion.— I Contributed. I Miss Verniu Smith left today for I Ridgeville to attend a Y. P. A. convention. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society held a splendid meeting yesterday afternoon with Mrs. Fred Patterson ■ when the protram was earned out in full as anI counted. Mrs. 8. D. Beavers contri ' buted a fine paper on “Alaska” telling of the ueweet things in mission work done there. Mrs. Patterson served tempting refreshments during the social recess and a picture of the isgembly was snapped. The Woman’s Home Missionary so?iety of the Methodist church will be mtertained Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Sarah Blackburn. Miss Nellie Blackburn, Mrs. J. C. Tritch ind Mrs. William Butler will be the hostesses and Mrs. C. L. Walters the eader of the study. At this time the ■ report of the Queen Esthers from the recent convention at Monroeville will 1 he given. The Queen Esther Band will meet Friday night with Miss Ruth Parrish ' Who will be assisted in entertaining bv the Misses Mabel and Vera Hower. Mr. and Mrs. George Hakes of Saletn pleasantly entertained a company of friends and relatives. Those pres ent were Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Hakes ‘ of this city; Mr. and Mrs. Pickerman and daughter, Dorothy; Charles Pickerman; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hakes and daughter, Dorothy, and Carl Hower. When the Tri Kappas met with Mrs. Avon Burk yesterday afternoon. ‘ two young girls, Dorothy Dugan and Gladys Myers were pledged to membership and a luncheon given in their • honor, the girls remaining for a social evening. The installation of officers for the new year was also given. In i the absence of the president, Fan ’ i- risinger, who is in Europe, Mrs. Jes- ‘ se Heim, a former president, installed • them. i Mrs. Veronica Smith has gone to '' Huntington where she is the guest t of her brother, Conrad Ehinger and ■ wife. 1— ■ The Woman’s Home and Foreign t Missionary society will meet ’ hursd > afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the home ) of Nellie Blackburn on Sixth st. Mrs. ' Will Butler and Mrs. J. C. Tritch will > be the hostesses. Mrs. C. L. Walters . will be in charge of the study. r | , I The adies Aid society of the Evani jelual church will meet Thursday a-

ternoon witli Mrs. Gust Johnson. A most jolly time was had yesterday when Mr. and Mr% Charles Brown entertained a party of friends at their home on Oak street. The guests were Mr. und Mrs. William Roth of Monroeville; Mrs. Ethu Smith and children; Mrs. Hannah Sudduth and granddaughter, Gertrude Moyer; Mrs. Walter Sudduth and son, Argo; Mrs. Clinton Grim and sons Frauds and Lase. Miss Elvu Edington assisted the hostess in serving the three course luncheon. All spent a pleasant evening attending the Wild West show o QP Practical *0? Slashion Hints A B> Ah c Giti&un /£' IK 1 / i I r i I f • 1 I 7989 No. 7iM>9 is a one-piece design suitable for cloth, velveteen, or any of the soft clinging fabric* used for the gowns of to-day. The drop-shoulder which is one of tlie season’s most approved features but which is often a bit too plain for certain figures is relieved by a tuck over either shoulder. The dress closes in front under a wide lapped seam, there is another stitched seam down the back and a tuck extending part way down which gives just a hint of the popular peg-top. There are trimming sections that may be used to fill in the scalloped front of blouse and skirt if desired. An effective suggestion for this frock is black velveteen with the trimming sections of dull gold metallic lace. This dress requires for size 3G 4’h yards of 36 inch material with % yard of allovcr lace for trimming. The pattern is cut In 6 sizes: 34 to 44. This Is a Perfect Pattern. Be sure to state right size, measuring over the fullest part of the bust for dimensions. It may be obtained by fill ng out the coupon and enclosing 15 cents in stamixs or coin to the Pattern Department of this paper. COUPON Name Street and No City and State Pattern No Sizes

rior.eer Tourist. Thomas Petinant, whose famous library Lord Denbigh has just decided to sell, was the greatest pioneer of the tribe touriats, deciirres the London Chronicle. He dlocovered Scotland. Ireland, and the Isle of Man, taking with him a tame Welsh artist of genius to Illustrate his travels. "I have had the hardihood " he wrote in 1771, "to venture on a journey to the remotest part of North Britain." So alluring was the account of his exploration that the country has ever since been Inupdated with southern visitors. Os Ireland be was able to make only an imperfect report, because of the "conviviality’’ of the pec pie; and of the Isle of Man his impressions have perished. Pennant corresponded with Linnaeus and met Voltaire, whom he found to be a "master of English oaths.” See America Fleet. The Rev. Dr. Charles E. Jefferson of the Broadway Tabernacle, is disappointed In fact, he has been cheated. He went to Egypt and he found he would have to journey back to New York and up to the Bronx to see a crocodile. "When one has read all his life about the crocodiles of the Nile, he naturally wants to see one when he goes to Egypt,” writes the preacher. "But there is not a crocodile visible along the Nile for a thousand miles from its mouth. I saw some mummied ones, but they had been dead too long to be Interesting, The hippopotami are also conspicuous for their absence. We have more hippipotami in our Bronx zoological garden than I ever saw in the whole of Egypt.”—New York Mail. Queer Qld-Time Remedies.” The New England amateur physicians had some quaint “receipts;” the following was a favorite for insomnia: "Bruise a handful of anise seeds and steep them in red rose water and make It up Into itttle bags and bind one of them to each nostril and it will cause sleep.” Almost as soon as the colonists had built their homes they sent to England for seeds and in a short time had gardens of medicinal plants growing under their windows From these gardens they procured the componeuas of a peculiar mixture which was claimed to be a specific for melancholia: "Anise seeds, sage, cinnamon, hartshorn and a variety of other ingredients, including ale, red rosebuds and sliced apples.” High Cost of Flying. There is no profit yet in the navigation of the air. The aeroplane will not carry passengers; the huge, unwieldy, costly and fragile dirigible balloons encounter toe constant a succession of disasters to permit them to come anywhere near to paying their expenses. A German company that is building the airships invented by Count Zeppelin, and operating some of them commercially, gets a subsidy from the government, but it admits a deficit last year of $375,000, or onehalf its capital. Yet its charges are far higher than are justified by any commercial service it renders. Only while it is a novelty will men pay SSO for a couple of hours’ ride. Sure, She’d Heard That Fellow Sing. A young woman in a music store in Chanute was seated at a piano, playing one of the favorites of the great tenor, Caruso. His picture adorned the cover page of the selection. A customer approached and was looking over the latest of the popular song hits. She picked two of the most pro-, nounced variety and remarked: “That man sure can sing some," referring to the likeness on the piece the clerk had been playing. “Why, where did you hear him?" the music saleslady asked. “He was singing in a store down at Parsons when T was there last winter,” returned the customer. - Kansas City Star. Adamless Eden, That she is willing to subscribe $500,000 for a colony of women only—a real “Adamless Eden,” was the declaration of Mrs. Kate T. Wolsey, prominent in New York society and one of the workers in the national forward to the land movement, which recently held a three-day convention at Boston. Mrs. Wolsey characterized the proposed colony as the only real Eden, where the women are to till the soli, equip their police force and fire department and elect their own officials. She hopes to establish the utopian colony In New York state. Vincent Astor is one of the enthusiastic backers of the league. Rat Captures a Bird. A large rat was seen to capture an English sparrow yesterday by hiding behind a garbage box and springing upon its prey when the bird alighted io eat. At least such is the story told by W. Seward Shore, a druggist, 1500 North Bend street. Mr. Shore says that he watched through a window and saw the rat secret itself behind the box and when the little bird came down spring upon it. He ran into the yard and the rat dropped its prey end fled into a bole. The wing of the bird had been broken, however, and Mr. Shore thought it humane to kill it.—Baltimore Sun. Arrogance. Louis J. Horowitz, the builder of the Woolworth, Municipal and other famous skyscrapers, said at a dinner at Sherry's in New York: “If there is any one thing above all else I hate'to soe, it Is arrogance I hate to see the big man exulting over, insulting and condemning the little man, the failure.” Mr. Horowitz paused, then added gravely: “He who is at the top of the ladder should not forget that It is those at the bottom who uoia it us.”

* Works ' Like Gas Lights i I Instantly You simply light the burners, set the, cooking on and the stove does the work without attention bo simple you tin hardly believe it, and yet with all he improvements m other lines, why should there not be improvements m stoves. There has been and ‘ DETROIT’ VAPOR STOVES are the results. So simple. Not p- 'T* even a wick or asbestos ring i ' ;l in 41 used. These stoves will save | v L l . (WP, you mallons of oil during the „ year. You should have one in" your kitchen. The prices are so | reasonable that everybody can have one. Call on us as we will jL be pleased to show you these splendid stoves. I Simply Light the |'L— Burner, Works Like Gas Lights Instantly 1/ 1 Schaub-Dowling Co. JULY OXFORD SALE Hundreds of people are taking advantage of the big reduction in prices we are offering on oxfords during this sale. A chance for you to get the best quality for the least money. LADIES DEPARTMENT 75 pairs oxfords and pumps all leathers SI.OO One lot gun metal, patent and satin pumps $2.25 One lot patent, gun metal, tan oxfords $2.45 One lot button oxfords in all leathers $1.45 PEOPLES & GERKE

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