Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1916 — Page 3

rIEf Chautauqua lecture last night was one of the best'ever heard in this city. Take a look into our windows and see the attractive oxfords and pumps we are selling at $1.98 Charlie Voglewede AT THE SIGN OF THE BIG SHOR

■mauwiiiiiiiiiiMiiiKliiiiixitTiiiirnaxr | WEATHER FORECAST | Generally fair and cooler tonight and Wednesday. Miss Hazel Schultz went to Roanoke, where she will spend her vacation. Mrs. C. T. Rainier went to Fort Wayne yeserday afternoon for a visit with her children. Miss Flo Haven of Fort Wayne is spending the week here with the Misses Celia and Cecil Andrews. Miss Marie Hudson returned to Bryant yesterday afternoon after a • visit with her father, Albert Hudson, and family. Herb Bremerkamp returned to Fremont, Ohio, yesterday after a visit here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bremerkamp. Carl Gerke left yesterday afternoon for Linn Grove, where he will spend the week. He is working for Hoffman & Moon, on the remodeling of the school house there. G. C. Steele is taking his vacation this week and will spend it at his farm near Warsaw. Mrs. Steele will visit in Huntington. where they are having “Booster Week.” John Schurger, Adams county's oldest abstractor, will leave next Monday for White Cloud and Manistee. Mich., where he will visit with his sons. He will be gone until September 10. Minnie and Rudolph Worthmann went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon and from there will go to Pleasant Lake to spend the remainder of the week with their sisters, Mrs. Schroeder, and Mrs. Doubt.

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Mrs. Babe McClure and Mrs. Albert Saurer went to Fort Wayne this morning. Esther and Mary Alice Pennington went to Fort Wayne to visit with .relatives. Clyde Noble returned home this morning from Piercetoif after spending Sunday with friends. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fryback and son, Jewel returned to Roanoke after a visit at Willshire, Ohio. Dr. L. M. Johnston of Toledo, 0., who visited a few days with her uncle, Dr. B. C. Henricks, went to Fort Wayne today. Miss Vera Eady is working on the Herald this week in the place of Miss Agnes Gillig, who will spend a week's vacation with Mrs. John Fleming, at Huntington. Will Colchin, who was operated upon two weeks ago today for appendicitis, was able to come down town this morning for the first time since the operation. He Is recovering nicely. Mrs. P. J. Zimmerman and son, Paul, of Chicago, and her mother-in-law. Mrs. John Zimmerman, returned to Fort Wayne today noon after a visit with Mrs. H. Schumm, at Scliumm, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Steele and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Welker and son visited at LaGrange with the Claude Caton family. Returning home byway of Rome City they spent Sunday with the Emerson Beavers family. Mrs. G. T. Kurt and grandsons, Don and Chester Hill, who visited in Markle, were accompanied home by her niece, Miss Goldie Ehrhardt, who will visit here. Miss Ehrhardt and cousin, Mrs. Ed Johnson, and children visited yesterday afternoon in Monmouth.

G. W. Foor went to Fort Wayne this morning. Bernard Voglewede has taken a position in Fort Wayne, J. S. Peterson went to Monroe this afternoon on business. Miss Emma Miller is assisting at the Morris five and ten cent store. Miss Florence Andrews returned to Monroe after attending to business here. Mrs. Charles Pilliod and children returned to their home after a visit witli relatives here. Frank Braun returned to Fort Wayne after a visit over Sunday with his parents. David Laferty returned to his home in Huntington, after attending to business matters here. Forest Vail returned to his home in Delphi after a visit over Sunday with, his parents here. Lynn Shoemaker returned to his home in Indianapolis after a month's visit here with friends.

Mrs. Bernard Voglewede and children, Edward and Junior, left this morning for Fort Wayne. Jesse Carpenter and daughter, Su sie, went to Fort Wayne today noon to consult an eye specialist. Miss Irene Eady has returned from Indianapolis, where she visited with her aunt, Mrs. Anna Buhler. E. W. Swartz left’this morning for his home in central Pennsylvania aft era visit here with relatives. Felix Maier returned home last evening from Fort Wayne after a visit over Sunday with his parents. Mrs. Ben Welker and children, of Delaware, Ohio, are guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner. Earl Hoagland is at work at the Mills store again, after a week’s vacation, spent at Claypool and South Whitley. Mr. and Mrs. John Hoblit and children, Beatrice and Helen, of Willshire, Ohio,, left on the 11:30 car for Fort Wayne. Nothin’ retards digestion like hatin’ ther haint no seven-passenger canoes. —Abe Martin. Mrs. Gilles and Miss Emma Smith left this morning for Piqua. Ohio, after a three weeks’ visit with their sister, Mrs. Sam Doak. Mrs. Harry Thompson and children Harry and Ruby, returned home last evening from Linnsburg, after a week’s visit there with relatives. Father Seimetz, pastor of the St. Mary’s Catholic church, and Father Kroeger, the assistant, are at Notre Dame attending the annual retreat. Mr. and Mrs. William Hammer and children left today noon for their home at Massillon, Ohio. They visited here with the Gedrge Braun family and other relatives. Miss Naomi Gass, who is employed as stenographer in the office of her uncle, D. M. Reed, real estate man of Detroit, is at home for a vacation visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Gass. A big twelve-pound boy baby arrived at the home of Fred Kolter last Wednesday night, at Magley. The youngster has been named Harold Henry goiter. Both mother and babe are doing nicely. Judge Richard K. Erwin of the supreme bench, former judge of the Adams circuit court, and known by about every one in Adams county, is looking up old friends and visiting with relatives here today. , Miss Ada Stevens left last night for Fort Wayne, where she w.ii join her borther, Ed Stevens, and family, in a trip to Winona Lake, where they will visit with Dr. and Mrs. Ortiz, who are camping there.

« Mrs. Mary Wemhoff, Celeste, John and George Wemhoff returned from Cleveland. Ohio, yesterday after attending the convention of the National Monumental Dealers. They also Visited in Cedar Point. Mrs. Howard Shackley, of Fort Wayne, who has been visiting with her daughter; Mrs. Simeon Bowers, west of the city, left this afternoon for Monroe, near which place she will visit with her son, Samuel Shackley and family. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Amrine and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Amrine drove over this morning from DeGraff, Ohio, where they have been visiting for several days. They went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Harry Amrine, who formerly edited the Decatur Times, is now in business in Cincinnati, and is prospering. Mrs. Amrine is ? also in business there managing a large book bindery and recently closed a contract for the binding of 100,000 volumes of James Whitcomb Riley’s works, to be completed within the year. This edition is in ten volumes and is very com•plete. o— — No relief in sight. You better buy some new summer weight underwear while Teeple. Brandyberry & Peterson have their sale on. . ,

VERY SUPERIOR (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) more local children, in costume, representing the various birds will take part in this. Wednesday’s Program. Tomorrow afternoon’s lecture will be given by Dr. Ng Poon Chew, former consul of the Chinese government at San Francisco, who was editor of the first Chinese daily paper in this country, and eminently qualified to lecture on the new China and her relation to the western world. As a journalist and a statesman Dr. Chew has done much to cement friendly relations between this country and the great Mongolian empire. He is very much American in his point of view and most enthusiastic about our country. Dr. Chew is known to the platform world as the “Chinese Mark Twain." His wit is spotnaeous and contagious, but in addition much valuable information is scattered throughout his delightful address. In the evening there will be the Parish Players. The value of the drama rightly directed, in community life is to be described and illustrated on the third night of the chautauqua. Harold Heaton, prominent in connection with the “little theater” movement, and Chautauqua lecturer on matters pertaining to the drama, will give a brief introductory address on this theme, upon which he is an authority. This is to be followed by three one-a<-t plays by the Parish Players, also a brief sketch —the “Lady Teazle” scene from that old classic, “The School for Scandal.” The first play will be a stirring and timely drama known as “The War Zone,” which nos only interests, but has a lesson. The “Lady Teazle" scene will follow, then a romantit; play, and lastly a clever and pleasing comedy. As to the personnel, Harold Heaton heretofore referred to. will play an important role. He has played with many famous actors, including William Gellette. Miss Fern Hobart Doubleday, another member of the company, is a brilliant young actress of great personal charm and vivacity who has appeared in repertoire companies, and has won honors in lyric pantomime and musical comedy. Having appeared in leading parts with the Victoria Players and the Boyd-No-lan Players. Miss Doubleday is an experienced player as well as a student of the drama. Earl Russel], comedian and character impersonator, has been successful as the Sultan in the “Sultan of Zulu,” as well as in other important characters in the plays from the writing of George Ade. Mr. Fritz Schlemmer is the fourth member of the cast. In addition to his work as an adtor. he is a master of lighting effects and has recognized abilities as a painter, both of which talents will add to the effectiveness of this production. The staging for the Parish Players, for example, was created especially for them by Fritz Schlemmer and executed by the Dodge & Castle studios of New York. ; The lighting effects are from the celebrated Klerly Studios, New York, the same masters of stake lighting who produced the wonderful effects in the “Garden of Allah” and “Kismet""for the New York hippodrome.

CALIFORNIA LETTER. (Concluded from Monday) I went to a K. C. dance the other evening with Leon; had a very good time. Their dan,ce hall is beautiful and Leon sure does know a lot of people. You would think he had been here for years, instead of only months. I am goin gto the beach tomorrow, with some girls. We are going earlv in the morning and stay all day According to program the early part of the day will be spent in our bathing suits —no “man eating sharks” around here. I understand they had quite a scare on the Atlantic coast. We soon will have an “ice rink” here and I can hardly wait I think and I both will see whether or not we have forgotten how to act, “on ice.” Maybe once will be enough for me, at any rate 1 am anxious to try. The popular cases have had ice skating, but it was all exhibition skating and people got tired of that, but. I do think this other will make a hit. The “palace” (I think it will be called) looks very pretty, all covered with “icicles.” One float, I recall, I thought very clever—“ 24 black birds in a’ pie’ The huge pie was made of flowers and all around little children, representing blacklqrds. kept bobbing in and out. It was the cutest thing and there were hundreds of others, I haven't seen any of the Decatur folks lately, outside of Hurns. They are going to Cataline Island Monday, for a vacation. There is some “big” fishing over there, and Frank Burns loves to fish. Mrs. Coffee was over here not long ago. but 1 was not here. I talked to Agnes on the ’phone the other day.

She said they were all o. k. Los Angeles has had so many robberies lately; lot of jewelry stores. Most always they get in through skylights. So the consequences are we have “sky line" police petroling the roofs of the buildings up town. Naturally the burglars ere working out farther. They were out In out* neighborhood last week, but I guess wo don’t need to be afraid. Wo have nothing they would care much about. Are you all "movie fans" like you used to be? I see where some “rube" came here from Illinois. 1 think it was on the train he expressed his desire to see Charlie Chaplin In person. The gentleman to whom he was talking said he. too, would like to see Charlie. Not finding him at his studio the two of them went to Pasadena to see the Crown City. There they met a man—a southerner— for pastime they matched S2O gold pieces —in less time than it takes to tell It. the Illinois man lost eigiit of the big gold wheels. Foolish, wasn't he? Every day I see more stars on the street and in the store. At first glance, 1 think where have I seen that face? Then I realize I’ve seen it on the screen. Remember Louise Fazenda. whom we used to see with Max Asher? I talked to her not long ago. I often see Lois Weber, Kathryn Williams, Lee Moran", Myrtle Stedman and many others, but I haven't seen Bob Leonard lately. Jeanette, a little girl I know, and who knows Bob's mother very well, said she sat near Bob and his mother in the theater the other evening. She came to me next morning and said: “Oh, Miss Crawford. 1 sure did wish for you.” I have seen Charlie Chaplin a number of times. You don't have to wonder why he looks familiar, for he looks just as he does in pictures—outside of the moustache. Well, I think 1 have succeeded in making you all tired, all right. Nowsee if you can do the same for me. ' 1 always like to get letters from home, even though I like California very much, 1 have a warm spot in my heart for Indiana and always will have. As I have said before, Ix>s Angeles is made up mostly of “easterners." and it's only natural to say on meeting anyone, “where are you from?” Some times folks don't care about telling, but you can bet that I am always glad to say that I'm from Indiana —if they have never heard of Decatur. well, then 1 say “it's near Fott Wayne.” I met a man at Catalina who used to live in Columbia City. We had quite a long chat, and he certainly knew every little jumping off place along th” G. R. &■ I. including Berne, Geneva, and even Monroe. So James Whitcomb Riley died— I see where there is a man in Los Angeles who says he gave "Jim" Riley, (as he called him), his first job. Little "Jeanette” said, “Well, I thought he was dead long ago. I knew his poems were popular, and I thought a “poet" was never so much “talked of" as he “has been,” until after they are gone,” Well, Indiana claims some pretty brilliant men* all right. And now, how- is everything and everybody ’round Decatur? Any new buildings—how- about where Tim Corbett’s used to be, have they built dnything there? When are you going o have a new post office?

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Do you think I would know Decatur if 1 should come back? Well, I would like very much to drop in and see you all—say, when the winter time is there and there’s frost bites in'the air and snow everywhere. I'd just love it. And now, 1 really am going to quit.

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r There will be no need of going t 6 bed, 1 if I don't soon get there; I will see tho t "sun" rise without “getting up.” ’ Give my regards to all; Leon and .1 mother, too, want to be remembered. Sincerely yours, “EDNA."