Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1919 — Page 4

DAILY DEMOCRAT —>' Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO JOHN H. HELLER Preaident ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Ratee Cash in Advance. One Week, by carrier 10 cent# One Year, by carrier 15.00 One Month, by mall 36 cents Three Months, by mall >I.OO Six Months, by mall >1.75 One Year, by mail |3a)t One Year, at office 13.00 Single copies 2 centr Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the poetoffice In Deca tur, Indiana, as second-class matter. A bill introduced in the Ohio legislature provides a heavy fine and jail sentence for "ent profiteers. It provides that rents can only be advanced when there is just cause which must be given the tenant in writing sixty days in advance. Demand for such action should not be necessary. —■————— If you are going to do any Christmas shopping, these are the days. Do you realize that you have just a week in which to prepare for the great holiday? The Decatur stores are filled with the best goods for the least money to be found any where. If you will follow the lists in the Daily Democrat you will save a lot of weary steps and make money besides. Obliterate the politics in Washington, get the personalities out of congress and this country will make real headway on the great problems of peace, the league of nations, the railways and others that need attention so badly just now. Os all the records ever made by a law making organization in this nation, the present congress will go down in history as the greatest "do nothing body” which ever played the boards. It’s rotten

Please the Men Folks w ; A Please the Boys The list below will help greatly in making a selection of a gilt for that man or boy.

Neckwear Handkerchiefs Scarfs Cuff Buttons Stick’Pin Hosiery Gloves Traveling Bag Hat Cap For Cap

The Myers-Dailey Company Suits that Suit

p and who ever is to blame deserves 1 the condemnation of the people. The school spirit in Decatur reach- > ed a climax last evening when the girls and boys from Bluffton met '* the locals. There was an earnest- * ness and a fairness that pleased every one. a friendly contest that held tlM#* interest of every one with an intense desire to win that made “ every one in the audience play as hard as the boys and girls on the t floor. Decatur outclassed their op- ; ponents and evened up with their ,i old time opponents in a manner most > satisfactory to every loyal booster and fan. The visitors were ladies and gentlemen and played the game hard. Interest at the gym continues to grow in healthy and consistent leaps, very pleasing to those who have assisted in making this place for the youngsters. A nation wide campaign is being made at this time to have, every Christmas tree carry an American flag at the top. For this one season Santa Claus will have to take a lower seat while the trees are topped off with the red, white and blue. Our good old flag stands so truly for the things Christ lived and died for. speaks so poignantly of sacrifice and struggle and “Peace on earth, good , will toward men,” that it has a spe- I cial significance this year at Christ- t mas time. Decorate your Christmas 1 tree with an American flag if ypu ; i want to be in real style this year. The movement was started by Mr. « Richard Fowler of Dayton, Ohio, and \ is being urged in every newspaper. < by every chamber of commerce club 1 and the citizens of each community. ' Don't overlook it c a It becomes necessary for the Daily j Democrat to make a slight increase e in advertising rates to meet the in- < creased cost of production. We have * no apology to offer. Business men * know that it is impossible to do busi- f . ness on the same prices as a few ( months ago. that overhead has ad- I vanced by leaps and bounds. We 1

Suit of Clothes Overcoat . Mackinaw Pelt Lined Coat Bath Robe Silk Shirt Madras Shirt Woolen Shirt Underwear Odd Trousers Pajamas

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s have tried our very best to keep within the limit but find it impossible and like every concern we ■I cannot operate at a loss. We hope ■ and believe that those who hate so t splendidly supported us during the past years will readily see our posil tion and continue to use our columns l to send their messages to the people iof Adams county. The new rates ■ are effective January Ist, giving i every opportunity to the merchants 1 to push Christmas shopping at the old rates. RICHIN METALS Are Milady’s Belt — Her Shekels Run to “Waist” Says Maggie Rohe NOT ONLY SILVER Threads Among the Gold, But Copper as Well— Startling at This Time (By Margaret Rohe —Written for the United Press) When a girl’s on her mettle And there’s metal on the girl The combination's quite enough To set man’s bain awhirl. New York, N. Y. Dec. 17 —There are not only silver threads among gold but both silver and gold, not to mention copper threads intermingling midst the warp and woof of all the smartest fabrics for day wear or evening wear or any old wear at all. Positively we get more metallic every day and if we aren’t careful I we’ll be buying our costumes by the ; carat instead of by the yard. Judging; from some of the evening toilettes it won’t take many carats at that. The perfectly gorgeous metallic brocades of China and Japan are having a great wave of favor for evening gowns draped to the figure and for evening wraps that are the acme of Orientalism. Personally, I fear the heavily gold and silver incrusted m.iteials are a bit scratchy when in too intimate a jurtaposition to one’s epidemis but one remembers always the old adage that one must sure to be beautiful and large feather fans of the moment prove excellent screens to conceal any necessary local treatment. The rich metallic embroideries and brocades are really the most wonderfully expressive fabrics for the evening costumes of this most expensive and extravagant era but they simply won’t stay in their proper sphere. They insist on weaving in on frocks and suits of sober daytime utility ■wear and embellishing neutral-toned duve-tyne and practical serges with reckless abandon. Gold motifs enchancing the charms of shades of brown are effective, indeed, and silver on blues or greys are stunning. The glint of meal is as necessary to the success of the present day garment as it is to its purcha ,c though it does take something mo - c [than its glint to accomplish that job. Aside from the metallic threads i . | the fabrics and the applied mefal'i embroideries .metal in its natural I state has us in its golden grip in the I form of ornate belts of coins and medallions. girdles of woven gold and i silver wires and links and interwoven scrolls. The more barbaric and bil zarre the design and effect the more these girdles are to be desired and they are striking the newest gold and silver notes and are quite the center of attraction. The belts that have had our coat -, and wraps in their encircling clasp for Io these divers seasons past have ; t last been cast adrift. The mantea'j of the mode hand free and unrestrained from shoulder to shoulder to he > save for the graceful intake rtf a dra; • or two. No belts are allowed to m r their faccful syminetv and the litt' • string belt that has been dear to th heart of the Parisan and all her cop: ing sisters as a necessary coat ac. I sory is no more. 'rhe belt in its more glorious ar i opulent form, however, is workir I overtime circling the rich robes of v 1I vet and botade and the simpler ser; and duvetyn with equal dazzling ar. I I metallic charm. ‘ With the H. C. of L. ever on th I climb, though it certainly does strip I one as a hit appalling the way alt th, I gold and silver is going to waist. ! FRAUHIGER'S HAVE DAUGHTE” I A girl baby was born today to Mr I and M-cs. Noah Frauhiger.—BluffloI Banner. E Young Lady—“No, Mammy, 1 h.iv< C no bean. 1 guess I am going to be a; I old maid.” Ji Mammy—“ Well, honey, dey say den lis hai piest of all—once dey quib ~ strugglin.”

p’ WORTH WEIGHT IN GOLD e ' The old well-known “gold and silB ' ver stuck cuke," even it really made D of these precious metals, could not B have been worth much more than the 1 present-day wedding cakes —at least j’one tljat has come to knowledge. J This one graced the wedding table ot la well known young Union township ’ | lady and it is said to have been made • J with 55 eggs. Counting the price i t paid now for eggs on the local market, | > those used in this cake alone, must I have cost nearly $3.50. Which, considering the precious sugar and other I things used, would be worth nearly “its weight in gold.” HAVE PLENTY OF APPLICANTS i ' Indianapolis, Dec. 17 — (Special to ; Daily Democrat) —Bureau of Internal . Revenue officials say that no more applications for appointment in the prohibition enforcement service can I be considered from Indiana. The number of applicants in Indiana now ' on file is so great that the full quota I of appointments can be made with ] well qualified men immediately, officials declare. It will be impossible, they say, for local officers to invest!-1 gate and report upon additional ap- 1 plicants. It took 90 years to make the first million Christian converts in heathen lands. The second million took 23 years. Converts are now being made at the rate of a quarter of a million a year. ACERAGE IS LOWER Washington, Dec. 17. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The winter wheat | crop totals 38.700.000 acres the crop jestimate bureau of the agricultural department announced today which is 23 2-10 per cent less than the revis-. ed estimate aera counted in the fall of 1918.

XMAS GIFTS READY - Hosts of Well Chosen Gifts Are Now Here A STORE OF GIFTS WORTH WHILE A Christmas Gift is not merely something that one gives t<> another. It is far more than that; it must express a message of aii'ecti ,n or remembrance; it must bear a personal message; it must be of such character as to convey in itself the unspoken idea back of its giving. Uur stock is most suggestive.

L Lovely Warm Winter Coats At Big Reductions / Nothing will be more ap- \ predated when you see ('‘fl I \ h the reductions being made 0,1 evel 'y coat, suit and dress. I LOT No ‘ l LOT NO - 2 1 tot of good 1 lot Scotch I 11 wool coats wool tweeds, I j', 1 lliis season’s newest models / | best models season 1919— I I worth $37.50, worth $28.50, this sale, tins sale, L \ $19.50 $15.00 ALL CHILDREN’S COATS Op-rJ AT BIG REDUCTIONS. 4/ ALL FURS AT % OFF \ REGULAR PRICE.

Special Suit Reductions

All Suits sold al $42.50, AA I This Sale | All Suits sold at SSO and $55, EfA This Sale |

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The revised estimate was 50, 400,900 acres. The condition of the crops D«c. I, 1919 was 85 2-10 per cent of normal as compared with 98 5-10 per cent

Pyramids of Growth of the Lincoln Life Year Ending Policies in Force Insurance in September 30 No. Force 190 7 i.irnt 2,100, 0 m 1909 2,499 4,500,000 1911 3,900 6,200,000 m 6,968 • 10,750,000 15,684 23,900,000 32,068 59,400,000 46,510 100,500,000 I The Lincoln Life now writes Insurance in 16 stales, from Pennsylvania to California. No Life Insurance Company gives better service to policy holders than The Lincoln Life. No company has made a belter record ot progress. LINCOLN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Fort Wayne, Indiana. A. T. KING, Local Agent.

- Dec. I, 1918 aud 89 5-10 per cent over the ten years average. The rye crop was rejiorted as 5.500, I duo acres or 23 5-10 per cent less than the revised estimate aera planted in

Suggestions for Gift Buyers A New Leather Purse A Box of Handkerchiefs A New Dress Coat or Suit A Blanket Lounging Robe A Silk Blouse or Petticoat Silk and Trimmings for a Dress A set of Nice Furs A Pair of Silk Hose A New Dresser Scarf A New Rug, small or room size Table Linen and Napkins Some New Blankets or Comforts Fancy Velvet Bags A Good Warm Blanket A Good Wool Dress A Nice Silk or Satin Petticoat Some House Dresses. We have numerous other items that will make elegant and useful presents and we advise early shopping to avoid the rush. Trade in the morning it possible to avoid the rush.

1 Lol of Suits,. ■ $22.50 io?n Wr l St ° tk ‘ S nl* , r . on 2 faH and w inter season 1919 and 1920, so you will get the latest at small Drico

r the fall of 1918 which was acres. The condition of the ry e ' (Dec. 1. 1919 was 89 8-10 p er > normal as compared with 89 Upr „ ’ ilDec. 1. 1918. Per cent