Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 14 April 1916 — Page 4

DAILY DEMOCRAT PutHahed tvery Evening Except Bunday by The Decatur Democrat Company LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier .......10 cents Per Year, by carrier $6.00 Per Month, by ma 1125 cents Per Year, by ma 1152.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the Postofflce in Decatur, ndlana, as second-class matter. If you have at heart the best interests of your community you should attend the public meeting to be held at • eight o’clock on Thursday of next week at the court-house, at which time will be decided the very important question of whether or not Adams county will celebrate the centennial and if so, when and how. Come and bring some one along. Lew O’Bannon for the democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. The announcement will sound good to the editors of democratic newspapers of Indiana, especially to the members of the Indiana Democratic Editorial association, of which Mr. O’Bannon has been an industrious and inspiring leader for a number of years. He is the editor of the Corydon Democrat, one of the best weekly newspapers in the south part of the state; he is a member of the Centenial commission; he Is a wonderful public speaker, a man of great ability, honest, clean and capable, one who can more than hold his own in a campaign and who if nominated would carry more than his share of the burden of a campaign. Mr. O’Bannan will l.e heartily supported by the newspaper men of this state and by many others who know his worth. Mayor Thompson was jubilant yesterday morning over the results of Tuesday's voting. He proclaimed it “the greatest victory ever achieved

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1 In local politics." It seems almost - unkind to subject our mayor’s jubl- * latlon to the acid test qf.cold-blooded statistics. Yet by these republicans throughout the country are judging William Hale Thompson's performance and possibilities in republican : leadership. As compared with one hundred men who voted the republican and democratic tickets in the I I mayoralty election last year sixty-five j men voted these tickets on Tuesday. ) The combined “off year” decline was • thirty-five per cent. As compared " with one hundred men who voted the 1 republican ticket last year less than fifty-two voted the republican ticket on Tuesday. The republican decline with Thompson in the seat of power , was over forty-eight per cent. As compared with one hundred men who voted the democratic ticket last year more than eighty-three voted the democratic ticket on Tuesday. The democratic “off year” decline was only seventeen per cent. One year ago the republican ticket received over sixty per cent of the total men's vote 1 of both parties. On Tuesday the re1 publican ticket received but fortyeight per cent of the total men's vote of both parties. Such are the results of one year of William Hale Thompson’s republican leadership, with all ' the prestige of office and all the power of patronage. The mind than can find cause of cheer in such a record must be described as incorrigibly optimistic or else as invincibly ignor- ' ant. —Chicago Herald. a sHaanmnxmuxunxr r tmxuxrvjma - | DOiNGS IN SOCIETY i WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Friday. Civic Improvement—At Library at I 3:30. Young People’s Branch —Harold Case. Evangelical Chicken Dinner —Old Laundry Building. Do Your Best Class —Mrs. Zella i Baker. Christian Aid —Mrs. A. D. Artman. Concord Leaders —Helen and Heber Fonner. Saturday. ‘ j Baptist Bake and Apron Sale —Gas 1 , Office. 1 Helping Hand Fancy and Pastry sale

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t - Old Laundry. WOMEN’S IDEALS FOR WO 1 MEN. ’ Thre are too many idle wom- . on In the worm. This is not because of a lack of work, but a ( characteristic of curtain feminines to think they have no responsibility In life. All life must be responsible or it Is worth- ) less. Vigoreu . work would cure s scores of so called feminine ailments and make the world of women more helpful than it is.— I Mario Corelli. I prefer the home and my i home duties to any other occupation that might, be offered me. . I feel that a woman who cannot center herself in the home Is last as to her bearings. She may be brilliant in other things, but she ' never quite secures perfect bal- ' ance. —Queen Helena of Italy. A woman who loves show, glitter, excitement , is seeking the paste diamonds of life. A woman's life is at its best when controlled by simple ways, slmi pie thought, simple duties. The complextres of life that a man may face and solve enmesh a woman and usually leave her in the position of tire fly sought by the spider.—Carmen Sylva, Queen of Roumania. Remember the Reformed Helping Hand society will have pastry and fancy articles, including aprons and other things, for sale tomorrow in the old laundry building. Mrs. W. C. McKinney arrived from Russiaville yesterday to visit with her daughters, Mrs. G. E. Steele and Miss Eula McKinney. Mr. McKinney will arrive later. Mr. and Mrs. Milo McKinney, who have lived this winter at Camden, N. J. and who are going west, were guests at the Steele home at dinner today. The Ben Hur degree staff is requested. to be out in full force tonight for the degree work. Those to be initiated are Mr. and Mrs. Burt Gilbert, Dr. I Burt Mangold and J. W. Rabbltt. Miss Bess Congleton had the paper on ‘Constantinople” last evening for the Euterpeans at the home of Mrs. John R. Parrish on Fifth street. The annual election of officers was a feature of the business period that followed the study. New officers are: President, Mrs. Charles Knapp; vice president, Mis. John R. Parrish; secretary, ’ Mrs. Carrie Haubold. Mrs. E. D. Engeler will be hostess next Thursday night and the musical program will be led by Miss Grace Miller and Mrs. W. P. Schrock. Mrs. Amos Fisher and Mrs. Elgin King were guests besides the fifteen members of the loyal Workers present at the meeting with Mrs. Arthur Hooten last evening. In a “can” contest, Mrs. Maude Peterson won the prize. Other games were played and crocheting and sewing were also in order. A fine lunch was served. The Baptist Ladies at the home of Mrs. C. E. Bell yesterday afternoon completed arrangements for their apron and pastry sale at the gas office tomorrow. The sale will open about ten o’clock and baked goods and aprons will be sold. There were about twenty present at the meeting yesterday. The April section of the Evangt lical Ladies Aid society, with forty in attendance, met with Mrs. Fred Hoffman yesterday. The business and social periods were interesting and enjoyable. The collection was $18.37. Twenty-five or thirty members of the Christian church, gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs. Noah Mangold on First street last evening and went in a body to the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Shoemaker where they gave them a farewell surprise. Mr. ind Mrs. Shoemaker who have resided here eight years and were very active and faithful members of the church and its departments, will lea ze next week for their future home in Indianapolis, and the party iast evening for the purpose of showing their esteem and wishing them all that is good in their new home. A picnic supper was spread and a social good time held. The rain which came last evening somewhat lessened the at- , tendance. The Shoemaker sale which was to have been held last Saturday was postponed until tomorrow on account of bad weather, hence they were delayed a week in going. The Ladles’ Aid society of the • United Brethren church met with Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Harman at the parsonage yesterday. About fifty-four were present. A brief program was given, and an interesting business meeting followed. This society is aggressive, and the aid it renders to the local church is incalcuable. A good offering was made for the work of the I society. Alter business and religious devotions a light refreshment was ’ served. These meetings are grow-

ing In interest and attendance from I time to time. The eastern star will hold a special business meeting tonight commencing at seven-thirty and every member 's urged, to be present. The Young People's Branch will 1 live- another splendid meeting this < vening at the home of Harold Case. A good program has been preparad. Harvey Everett is leader. Miss Mildred Johnston entertained a company of friends at her home last veiling. Guests were Messrs. Ward Baumgartner, John Heister. James I itogdill, Carl Gardner. Misses Blanche Biggs, Marie and Naomi Gass, Stella David. SPEEDWAY IS POPULAR WITH FOREIGN DRIVERS B JP \ fig f/ /, \ fej Ik- -gl •jST IB l> ; A ' Mve-ejsX ~ GeHEQAL M mFF MAMAGtQ, KT Es motors pec gLrw f /v 4 I LL 1 ‘ijlky Cablegrams are as everyday an occurrence as a telephone call at the office of the Indianapolis Motor Speed-1 way on North Capitol avenue, Indianapolis. T. E. Myers, general manager, for some months has been in touch with various foreign countries with the drivers who want to come over and race May 30 in the 300 mile event. Ever since the foreigners first came over and went home with their fortune in prize money, every race driver in Europe is eager to visit the states. Rene Thomas, who won the 1914 race, has agreed by cable to compete this year, driving a French car of Peugeot make. Myers in his constant cabling, has endeavored to be economical, and abbreviated his messages as much as possible. The other day he I omitted one word with the result that the message was not understood in Paris, and it cost Myers sls to explain what he omitted. DON’T NEGLECT KIDNEYS. — Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer’s Prescription, Overcomes Kidney Trouble. It is now conceded by physicians that the kidneys should have more attention as they control the other organs to a remarkable degree and do a tremendous amount of work in removing the poisons and waste matter from the system by filtering the blood. The kidneys should receive some assistance when needed. We take less exercise, drink less water and often eat more rich, heavy food, thereby forcing the kidneys to do more work than nature intended. Evidence of kidney trouble, such as lame back, annoying bladder troubles, smarting or burning, brick-dust or sediment, sallow complexion, rheuma- j tism, maybe weak or irregular heart action, warns you that your kidneys require help immediately to avoid more serious trouble. An ideal herbal compound that has had most remarkable success as a kidney and bladder remedy is Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root. There is nothing else like it. It is Dr. Kilmer’s prescription used in private practice and it is sure to benefit you. Get a bottle from your druggist. However", if you wish first to get this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention the Daily Democrat.) —Ad vt. PIANO TUNING. Mr. Krimmel, the piano tuner, of Fort Wayne, is here for a few days. Orders can be left at the Murray hotel; phone, 57. 50t2 Daffodils and Hyacinths, in bloom at Baughman’s—10c each. FOR SALE —Buick runabout. Will sell cheap. Inquire of Ed Kintz, at cigar store. 90t6 Morris Co. Saturday specmi, 2 p. m. Ladies’ 69c aprons,*39c; one to a customer. S‘Jt2

STORY OF HOME. SWEET HOME Not Written While Payne erty-Stricksn, But When He Was Fairly Comfortable. It is more than ninety “Home, Sweet Hume," was * but its popularity is Mill wor ‘ and wherever the English languag spoken it is known and loveu uccx.. it appeals to that deep-lymg humanity which is the basis of life. . Many stories have been writte “ I its origin, most of them more or e- - and tending to < & reality by a mass of pleasing tiction. Moving word pictures have been drawn of the starving author in h garret and illustrations have been published of the original “lowly « hatch ® cottage” for which he was supposedly pining, both affecting and Interesting, but not in accordance with the facts. Although he had periods of failure and hardship, as well as possibly brie I periods of success and prosperity, it I was not while suffering from poverty that he wrote "Home, Sweet Home, but during a time when he was living comfortably in Paris in the Palate Royal, and having considerable success in his dramatic work. There Is also no evidence to indicate that the "lowly thatched cottage had any existence outside of the author s bruin, in spite of the tradition which has been built up about the Easthamp ton cottage. Throughout his life Payne had a deep affection for his native land, bis friends and his family, from whom he was for many years widely separates. His letters frequently allude to his longing for the society of those he loved and his appreciation of the home and domestic life. He was only fifteen years of age when necessity forced him to begin his battle with the world, a precocious, high-spirited, impulsive, sensitive, am bitious boy, conscious of an Intellect above the normal, restive under restraint, quick to take offense at seeming slight.—T. T. P. Lukuer, in Scrib net s Magazine. SHORTNESS OF OUR DREAMS — If Natural Phenomenon of Sleep Last 1 ed Longer Than Single Second We Should Expire. Just as sleep is a natural phe-j nomenon of life, so dreams are a natural phenomenon of sleep. The 1 medical man assures us that the longest dream we ever have —even the dream that seems to carry us on through several days —actually occu pies no more than a single second! , Some authorities maintain that if any one of our dreams were to last; longer than a single second we should j die. Other authorities are convinced | that we do not dream at all when we 1 are asleep, but only In the fraction oi. timo when we are (as Shakespeare has expressed it) “ ’twixt sleep and waking.” I It is also urged that dreams are nothing but distorted ideas and im- i ages passing through the drowsy mind, and being no more than extraordinary variations of things that have < happened, or of things that we have thought, or read In our waking moments, they can have no possible association with our future. But, ou the other hand, dreams have been credited with prophetic meanings since the days when the world was ! young; and dream books are still published and purchased and consulted by the million. Quaint English Ceremony. The quaint ceremony of flogging the commoners was observed as usual this year at Malmesbury, Wilts, says the ‘ London Mail. Six men were admitted I to common rights, that is, grants of I land under King Athelstan’s bequest of land, given as a reward for help in fighting the Danes. King Athelstan was crowned king of the Mercians and West Saxons at Kingston-on-Thames in 925 A. D. Supreme control of King Athelstan's gift is vested in a warden and “freemen.” The six new landholders were taken to their allotments, and a hole was dug in the soil into which each new commoner threw a shilling. Each commoner was “flogged” with a haze! twig, the surveyor repeating the old formula: “Turf and twig I give to thee, the same as King Athelstan gave to me, and I hope a loving brother thou wilt be.” Mucilage to Stick on Tin. Whosoever lias tried to stick a paper label on a piece of tin knows how difficult it Is. Here, however, is a recipe for a mucilage especially designed for this purpose: In 150 cubic centimeters of boiling water dissolve 20 grams of gum tragacanth and add a paste made of 60 grams of flour and 10 grams of dextrine dissolved in 40 cubic centimeters of water. Dilute the whole with 200 cubic centimeters of boiling water and add 10 grams of glycerine and 10 grams of salicylic acid. Boil for five minutes, stirring constantly. Mystifying Chemical Trick. A plain blue handkerchief is shown to the audience. When the handkerchief is warmed it turns white and when heated further resumes its former color. Make a starch paste and add enough water to the paste to thin it. Then ' add sufficient tincture of iodine toI color the liquid blue; a few d-ops will i be enough. Dye a white handkerchief I with this blue liquid, and when tS ' Handkerchief is dry it is r Z, 1 the trick.-Popular' Science' Mont My. j

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