Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 103, Decatur, Adams County, 1 May 1922 — Page 3

the flapper q-n Francisco. April 29-Tlie American ’’flaPP«" hns bP,<n ’ ,,bjpc ‘ pd tX scrutiny of the Brlttah merchalt prince and appraised iu business terms. First, the “flupper" is found to be standardized. Second, her clothing was given a money value of 111. Gordon Selfridge, of Ixmdon. former uartner of the late Marshall Meld and y l)e of Englund’s lending merchants. I made the appraisal after touring the United States. ■ The most interesting that I have • eeu in the United States is the stand-

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nrdlzml “flapper," Selfridge commented. "There are flocks of them in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. All of them wear the same thing, from huts to shoes. ■Their Clothing? Well, i haven’t .observed Is as closely here as In New York, but the New York flapper’s outfit would cost-well about sll would boa fair price." Selfridge explained ho would not for a minute criticize American women. “On the contrary," he said, "I think they are particularly pleasing." "There are flappers in London, of course,” he added, "but the London flappers are not standardized.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1922

WILL CIVE DINNER AT KINSEY SCHOOL A dinner will be given at the Kin sey s< bool house next Thursday evening, May 4, by the Blue (’reek township organization. Sandwiches, pie, cake, potato salad, anil good hot chicken soup with noodles will be served. Anyone who has not been asged to contribute are asked to bring sandwiches. The ladles who bring baskets are asked to bring six small bowls and spoons, marked In such a manner that they can be recognized by their owners. The dinner will bo conducted as the dinners at sales are conducted, live cents for pie or cake, or sandwich and ten cents for soup. A male quartette has been obtained to furnish music for the dinner. The quaretee will Ito assisted by local talent. All are cordially invited to attend. e 'says romance may BE WOVEN OVER A COMMON DISHPAN Indianapolis, April 29—Look for romance in the dishpan, girls, in the oven while the pies are baking or down the drain pipe of the kitchen sink. You'll find it there just as quickly as in the seclusion of a study, Mrs. S. 11. Artman, president of the May Wright Sewell council declared today, discussing how women may have other interest outside the home without interfering with their household (lutes. “In all the years that 1 have been keepng house and doing active club work, I have learned that romance may be woven over a dishpan as in a study and poems pinned to the kitchen walls may be memorized while my pies are baking.” Mrs. Artman said. “And don’t burn my pies either.” "My typewriter is kept in the kitchen where it may be used during every spare moment. “1 believe that much of the so-called drudgery of housework would be eliminated if women wold concentrate their minds on some pleasant worth while thought while they perform such menial tasks as sweeping, dusting and washing dishes, instead of letting their thoughts wander aimlessly.” "OVER THE HILL” HAS AN APPEAL FOR ALL CLASSES That "Over the Hill,” within the next few months, will have been seen by more people than any other moving picture made, is obvious from the figures in the offices of William Fox, the producer. Already the picture has done the precedented thing of running a year uninterrptedly on Boardway; it has broken records for attendance in San Frpnclsco, Ix>s Angeles, Boston, Pittsburgh. Detroit and other large cities, and it has invaded London and Paris, where extraordinary runs are recorded. Central Europe. Italy and Russia have arranged for its reception, ,and the Orient has it booked. It’s singular lacks of reliance upon local appeal makes it ideal for international consumption. While it is typical of small-town life in tile Middle West, it is of a statum of- lift common to all the countries, ,and deals with emotion and experiences plain as day to every people that have family life and family troubles. The story of the sacrifical mother who supports a shiftless husband and six children, rears the latter to adulthood only to be deserted as a result of having spoiled them, is an old one in the real life experiences of all people. So are the return of the "black cheep” son to the respue of his mother and the nerve-tingling climax of his challenge of the actions of his hypocritical brother, who has allowed their mother to go to the county poor farm. The Russian peasant, the British laboring man, the German artisan, the Italian farmer can sense in the Hill” the big and irrestible human emotions that have already made the picture so impressive a triumph. “Over the Hill” is coining to the Crystal Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday and seems certain to rival its success in New York, where it ran a solid year. LARGE PEACH HARVEST PREDICTED THIS YEAR Vincennes, .May I.—“ With weather conditions permitting, Indiana can expect on of the largest peach harvests •in the history of the state, “Robert Simpson of the Simpson Nursuries declared today. “Two years ago when we shipped 18„000 barrels of peaches we thought the crops was enormous but indications point to the fact that this record will be broken this year.” The April frosts failed to effect the peaches in southern Indiana,, Mr. Simpson said. The peach buds were not developed sufficiently to be injured. Strawberries were affected where the frost in open places touched them, Mr. Simpson said.

TAX STATISTICS Interesting Figures Are Obtained From Tax Receipts This Year — Indianapolis, .April 29. —Drug store complexions, perfumes and patent medicines have cost the people of Indiana $1,475,000 since the first of last July. They paid out $1,391,000 to go to shows, movies and theatres during that period. Over $125,000,000 was spent for automobiles, parts and trucks. It took $2,840,000 out of their pocket books to talk on telephones. These figures wore gained from the tax receipts by the Indiana division of the IT. S, department of internal revenue announced by . Burt Thurman, collector today. The receipts totalled $40,549,167.62. as compared with $77,329,292.15, the receipts for the preceding July 1, 1921. The total income taxes collected ■ clnse July 1, totalled $25,577,000, Thia ■ is lower than the income tax collecti ed last year which totalled $49,793,000. The taxes collected on various other items so far this fiscal year are as . follows: Soft drinks, $673,000; furs, jewelry, , pocket rugs, etc., $467,000; ci- ■ gars and tobacco, $1,121,000; Olemargarine, $53,000; telephone messages. . $284,00; automobile trucks and parts, i $5,000,00; distilled spirit, $3,777,000; > theatres, $1,391,000 and estates $445,- • 000. 1 • HARTFORD TEACHERS > TO MAKE A TOUR OF i OLD COUNTRY SOON. F. D. Huff, principal of the Hart- , ford township high school during the past year, and Clifton Striker, one of ________________

The Crystal Theatre Two Days Only, Tues, and Wed., May 2 and 3. > ■ direct from a v,ear's ran In lork J&'’ ' / v.74wnii rm ' H I ■ r ' mi ‘ I m M The wonder I play of the |. < VjE 1 A\/CD‘ |- She ■ uln k® : ni ll lb.. La r I g . i- '• bv '?W*> P» <m d. Sloane 1 ei ) w 4 ; ' I , / \'■ v ’ "> Tz 1 ii Haiiy Miihrde j r \ '" \Sd . , PRICES: Matinee 10 and 25c—Night 10 and 35c

i the Hartford high school Instructors last year, will leave Wednesday for a ! three months’ trip through Europe. I Mr. Striker expects to leave here on ! Wednesday afternoon and meet Mr. I Huff at Fort Wuyne, from whence I they go directly to New York. | The two gentlemen will set sail I from New York at noon on Saturday, sailing on the steamship "Celtic." They will sail from New York to Queenstown, Ireland. They expect to travel through Ireland and then go through Scotland and through England. From Englund they will sail -across the North Sea to Netherlands, where they will visit places of interest. Their travels will then take them into Belgium and over into France whore they will visit places of interest during the world war. The next country to visit will be Switzerland, from whence they will go into Germany. In Bavaria they will visit the famous Oberammergan and witness the Passion Play, which is being staged this year for the first time since the war. Their trip will then bring them back to Switzerland, after which they expect to pass 1 through St. Gotthard into Italy. 1 In Italy, Mr. Huff and Mr. Striker intend to visit some of the places of • historical interest and also to see ' some of the scenic spots. They will ; go as far south in Italy as Rome. If they find that their time permits, the two travelers will continue to Greece and If possible on to the Holy Land. They expect to return to the United States in time to resum.' their duties in the teaching profession next .’’fall. —Berne Witness. STUDENTS DISPLAY A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE IN ART OF SPELLING I Indianapolis, April 29—A vast majority of the pupils of the public! ■schools of Indiana up to and including . the eighth grade; displayed a sue o prising lack of knowledge of spelling f in achievement tests recently given

i throughout Hie state. Nineteen out of 20 words, none of which are diflli lilt wore misspelled by , hundreds of pupils, according to reports reaching the state board of edu- > cation. "It is time that Instructors In every 1 grade in the public schools of Indians , were required to devote nt least fifteen minutes to spelling every day during' > the school year," is the way one Koh-I i * - ——-- - in

i H CRYSTAL I SPECIAL BARGAIN NIGHT Two big shows in one at reduced prices, ' I ‘Little Miss Hawkshaw’ I, ■ A big Wm. Fox production, featuring ' 1 Eileen Percy 1 H . ■ The romance of a pretty girl, sparkling o B with humor, and presenting one of the most \ ■ beautiful women on the screen. t | “BREAKING THROUGH” The first episode of the famous Vitagraph I serial, featuring Carmel Myers and Wallace 3 H MacDonald. Start this serial tonight and ‘j ■ you won’t miss a single episode. g ■ ► gj Admission 5 and 10 cents. g ■ njW --

iusko county Instructors sizes up tha situation. Tli<« list of words given to the pupils in the achievement test, the manuscripts of which am now being corrected follows: acquire, original, disease, annual association, excellent, complete ly, disappoint, attendance, familiar, infi rior. merely, necessary, merit, cordaii, probably, quantity, sense and I planned.