Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 114, Decatur, Adams County, 12 May 1923 — Page 3

♦ Grandmother’s Kind : . • : *“b7eLLA SAUNDERS 1 :. " Western N’twapaper Union.) Yol gee, Gruni'muther belong* to the past generation," explained Mr*. Avery to her guests. "She looks with liein'r "ii bobbed hair, ami sports, iul even short sligits Still worry her, <.'e's such u i l * l "' olt * hub'. ni "' of course we can’t shock tier or anything' lite that. Why, when she hud her first propositi Grandmother fainted. She's often told us so. Grandmother'* sudden advent In the middle Os the Royces' house-putty wus c.rhdnly un inconvenience. Grand | mother was so prim, so modest, so re-1 tiling. None of the Indies dared to 1 l-ht u cigarette in Grandmother's presence, and the least slangy word crew such n pained look from Grandmother's blue eyes. However, Grandmother was devoted to little Dick. She could never do r.otigli for the child, and she spoiled l.lni outrageously. And that compensated a good deal for Grandmother’s presence, because Sirs. Royce was pretty busy entertaining at her big | country house. Her husband, Jim, had been called i r.cxpectedly to Chicago on bu. iness, j i.nd a great deal of work devolved' upon her shoulders. It was a nuisance. I therefore, when little Hick was taken 111 with a bud attack of colic. "Yon run away and look after your friends," said Grandmother. "I guess 1 erm take care of Dick I—can’t 1 —can’t I, Dickie?" Didi, who loved her almost better tlntn .Mother, smiled up wunly through lips twisted with pain. Grandmother sut with him through hours of Increasing suffering. "1 think we'd better send for the doctor," she said, appearing suddenly among the guests. "No. don’t distress yourself, my dear, only Dick's really In pain and perhaps he can give him something." Doctor Emory was the only one within a radius of twenty miles. He was telephoned for and arrived soon after eleven. He interviewed Dick, who was now writhing In bed and trying not to I cream. His face was grave when he got up. "It’s an acute attack of appendicitis," he said. It's run a pretty rapid course, and I’m afraid there's nothing for It but i.n Immediate operation." The frightened mother looked at him in dismay. "How soon?" she asked. “I suppose we’il have to take him into town tomorrow. You know the car's broken down, and my husband —" "It would be dangerous to wait till tomorrow,” said Doctor Emory. "I propose, with your permission, to operate now.” "What —here?" cried Mrs. Royce in dismay. Emory nodded. “I’ve brought everything along. I guessed from your, mother's description over the telephone. That table will do finely. Get I tlie rugs up and the curtain down. No,' no time to clean up now—that raises dust." Mrs. Royce was the picture of despair. She ran aimlessly to and fro; so did most of the ladies. Emory was disgusted. "Er —somebody will have to help with the anaesthetic," he said. "You ' ■Mrs. Royce—” “Oh, I couldn’t, I positively couldn't.' , exclaimed the terrified mother. "I should go out of my mind to see my darling lying on the table being oper a ted on—” "I’ll attend to that," said Grand-! mother. It was a new sort of grand I mother. The gentle old lady now dominated all of them by a sort of unexpected will power. “Now, mr ! dear, leave the room and leave everything to Doctor Emory and me.” And she bundled the whole panicky, disordered crowd out of the bedroom, .the curtains were pulled down, the rugs taken up. Grandmother, unbid den, got a pal) of water and some dis-! infectant and a rag, and wiped U; ■mine of the dust. Then tiie operation began. I Grandmother had to get up In th ■ midst of It, push her daughter out of the room, and lock the door. Then she took up the ether bottle again. "Well, we’re doing finely, and he’s Just coming out of tLe anaesthetic,” said Emory an hour later. “Perhaps .vou’l’l sit by him a while, Mrs. Royce , I think your mother's tired out.” There was an excited, chattering mob outside. “What a wonderful woman I Who would have thought a gentle, timid old lady like that could have proved herself such a —a heroine!" Grandmother stood among them, whiter than a sheet. “Yes, very successful, the doctor says, but it wouldn't have done to have waited even an hou" longer. What, my dears? Oh, non-' sense, surely any woman who’s wort!, • her salt would be able to do a little ihing like—like that—" Then Grandmother fainted. Winter Solstice. Tie winter solstice, which marks the beginning of winter in the northern hemisphere, mt.y occur on the 21st ' <>r 22nd of December. The exact date of this varies a few hours each year. In 1020, also in 1016, winter began on . the 21st of December. This variation Is due to the fact that the earth takes B little more than the 365 days of an ordinary year and less than 366 days of a leap year to make a complete revolution aruund the sun, so that the date of a season Is a few hours later "ich year until the extra day of leap year allows It to catch up once more. ,

Americas Marvels NATURAL AND OTHERWISE By T. T. Maxey CHICAGO’S MAIL TERMINAL BUILDING To speed up the handling, distribution, and dispatch of all paper, catalog, and parcel-post mull originating in Chicago or pussing through Chicago destined to Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin, there has been recently placed In service in Chicago a monster mail terminal building which Is without a parallel—anywhere. TLis building is of brick and steel, approximately 800 feet long, 75 feet wide, and six stories and basement tall. On one side are tracks which have a capacity for 61 railway mail cars—one track running the full length of the building inside. On the other side is a 80-foot driveway bordering on which Is unloading space sufficient to accommodate 60 mail wagons at one time. The entire first floor Is given over to the receipt, dispatch, and storage of mail; another floor is devoted to the distribution of parcel-post mall; another floor Is used for the handling of paper mall, and so on. One floor is necessarily an operating or service floor —for the proper maintenance of the plant, and contains the office of the superintendent and his force, machine shop, carpenter shop, stock room, cafeteria, first-aid, study, and rest rooms. About 970 persons are employed in the work of handling mall matter, while about 80 additional employees and 25 clerks and officials are required to look after and operate the building and Its machinery. Four stairways, three passenger and fourteen freight elevators facilitate movement between floors. The mailhandling equipment includes about 1,800 trucks of various kinds and sizes, several hundred sorting tables, sack racks without end, and a small fleet of electric tractors. Most of the work of distribution is done by means of some eight miles of mechanical belt conveyors which function with an amazing rapidity and an uncanny sureness. These conveyors, some of which are 4-1 inches wide and 650 feet long, carry mail between divisions, between floors, and dump it on distributing tables from which they also carry It to chutes which drop it to dispatching platforms. This terminal ultimately will handle an average of 26,000 sacks of parcel post and 18,000 sacks of paper mail every 24 hours—or 1,833 sacks per hour. According to an official of the railway mail service, through this ope building will pass more mail than originates in the entire Dominion of Canada. 1821, Western Newspaper Union.) America’s Marvels NATURAL AND OTHERWISE By T. T. Maxey boston common Boston was founded in 1620 and Boston Common, distinctive and unique among municipal parks or open-air gathering places has been in existence from the very beginning of the com munity—having been set aside in 1634 as a "place for a trayning field as well as for the feeding of cattell." The Common occupies approximately fifty acres. In the early days the Charles river bordered on one side. Atop Its highest point stands the Army and Navy monument "to the men of Boston who died for their country on land and sea in the war which kept the Union whole, destroyed slavery and maintained the Constitution,” occupying the site upon which the British erected a redoubt during the siege of the city in Revolutionary war times. The present pool is of artificial origin. A gigantic elm tree that was old when the Common was laid out, from the limbs of which executions are said to have taken place in early times, was a feature of the landscape until blown down by a storm In 1876. To remain a fixed institution in progressive America for practically three centuries is an accomplishment extraordinary, yet here Is a park —the Common, which has been a common in reality as well as in name since 1634. Its walks and lawns have been enjoyed by rich and poor, old and young, not only by Bostonians, but by citizens of every state in this Union as well as by citizens of practically every country on the face of the qarth. Despite the growth of the town and the pressure to commercialize large open spaces adjacent to the business part of the town, no street car lines have been permitted to encroach on the Common, neither has its size been reduced-the law of 1640 which declares that "There shall be no land granted either for house, plott or garden out of ye ground of common field," having been strictly complied with. Pleasingly rolling—hill and slope—probably no other open space in America is in more general use, due unquestionably to the large population which resides within reasonable walking distance plus the fact that It Is “right here in the center of things and does not need going to." (fg), 1923, Western Newspaper Union.)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1923

r ’■***♦**♦*<*<»<<*#< «»> Horticultural j Hints | Garden and orchard pests Insect* Classified Into Two Divisions for Convenience as to Their Way of Eating. — Do not forget that Insect pests of the orchard ami the garden are classified into two divisions merely fur convenience us to their way of eating— I chewing Insects ami sucking Insects. [ Chewing lU'ccts have well-developed I mouth parts; bite off their food from I leaves or fruits and chew It similar | to the way the higher animals eat. It , will be seen from this description that 1 poison Is the way to get rid of these | pests. Examples of these pests are cut i worms, cabbage worms, caterpillars. ' codling moth and many other larvae. Arsenic In some form Is one of the I best poisons for these chewing in- | sects. There lire other poisons. Arsen- | ate of lead Is one of the best forms; I Paris green Is sometimes used. Sucking Insects do not ent their food like the chewing insects. The mouthparts of sucking Insects are developed Into a beak or proboscis which the Insect Inserts Into the stem, leaf 7" 1 ’’i I if.' 1 '‘KT A 3-Year-Old Peach Tree Badly Damaged by San Jose Scale. or soft bark of fruit trees and sucks the juices. It may be understood that poisons would not kill these pests for in sucking juices the insect would not get the poison. These Insects must be killed by contact; that is, Insecticides that kill by contact, such as gases, fumes and strong solutions that burn the bodies of the insects or stop their breathing. Examples of sucking In sects are San Jose Scale, aphis or plant %-e. San Jose scale is killed by a solution of lime-sulphur, aphis by nicotine solution. Remembering these principles made simple and practical the gardener or orchardlst should examine the plant or the tree to see how the pest has taken its food or look at the Insect, then apply the remedy. Here are a few suggestions for gardeners as to the amount of anjenate of lead to use: For chewing insects on seed fruits and truck crops, 4 to 6 tablespoons arsenate of lead in one gallon of wafer. For stone fruits, chewing insects, 4 tablespoons arsenate of lead to one gallon of water. For spraying Irish potatoes use 6 to 8 tablespoons arsenate of lead .to one gallon of water. Paris green does not dissolve well and is harder to use to advantage. It is often dusted on with ashes or air slaked lime. When used in water for Colorado potato beetles 1 to 3 tea spoons of parls green to one gallon of water, and 6 tablespoons of by drated lime. FAVOR ST. REGIS RASPBERRY Popularity Attained Through Its Long Season of Fruiting—ls of Excellent Flavor. The St. Regis red raspberry has attained its popularity through its long season of fruiting, which extends over a period of about three months. The berries are smaller than Cuthbert, hut are of excellent flavor. The first crop ripens ahead of Cuthbert, the fruit being produced on the second-year canes. Later in the season the growing canes begin to produce fruit, and It Is from these canes that the fall crop is secured. St. Regis bears the latter part of the first season on these new canes. The same culture should be given as for the midseason red varieties, but to produce the muchadvertised crops, one must not neglect, the culture. Fertilize with manure and keep the soil well stirred. Some growers are tearing out this variety, claiming It a failure, but with proper care It bears out of season crops, as Is recommended. IS IMPORTANT PEACH MARKET New York City Receives More Carloads of Fruit Than Any Other Mart in Country. New York city is the most Impor tant peach market of the United States, receiving more carloads of peaches than any other market, according to the United States Depart jnent of Agriculture. During the height of the season in 1922 as many as 500 (tars were received during one week.

America’s Marvels NATURAL AND OTHERWISE By T. T. Maxey I CRATER LAKE Ages ago a great, tall, volcanic peak, which has been callefi Mount Maxama, occupied "a place In the sun" In the southwestern part of Oregon, about halt way between Portland and Sun Francisco. The volcanic action within this mountain produced heat of such Intensity und In such quantity that the entire top melted, fell In und disappeared. Naturally, utter desolation trailed such a tremendous convulsion. Nature, In her mysterious workings, aided by time, changed this condition of affairs and produced a striking geological spectacle which Is one of the scenic masterpieces of this earth. The opening or crater In the top of this topless peak giadually filled with water which formed a beautiful, deep blue lake — hence the name, Crater Lake. This lake, almost circular In shape and about five miles across, Is perhaps the deepest body of fresh water on earth. The surface of this lake Is more than 6.000 feet above sea level No Inlet or outlet has been discovered. Its waters escape through underground channels which doubtless reappear elsewhere In the form of springs. New waters come from other springs and heavy snows. A belt or girdle of cliffs towers grotesquely above the lake and slope down sharply to the edge of the water. The lake Is Invisible until one has climbed to the rim. The look down Into It Is Indescribable. One Is limply nonplussed. ’Tls said that this world holds not another sight like It. The heart of this mountain Is filled with a se» of sapphire-colored water. First the size and the preelpltousness of the surrounding cliffs astonish you; then the unexpected beauty and brilliancy of Nature’s coloring amaze you. The great walls of rock are splotched with yellow and pink. The tips of the cliffs carry more or less snow. The trees are a dark green. Below, the placid surface of this bluest of blue lakes reflects the surroundings with astonishing clearness. Within the lake an island or cinder cone rises several hundred feet above the surface of the water. Geologists conclude this to be the result of expiring volcanic forces. This Island contains a crater. This crater contains a pool. So here we have the unduplicated spectacle of a crater within a crater and a pool within a lake. Another small Island pops up out of this lake. As its formation crudely resembles a ship, It Is called Phantom Ship. The fitness of the name is appreciated when It is understood that, viewed in certain lights it disappears, to reappear again as the rays of light or your [tosltlon changes. Crater Lake has been created a national park by Uncle Sam, in order that his people might come and enjoy the grandeur of this unequalled sight (©, 1923, Western Newapaper Union.) Americas Marvels NATURAL AND OTHERWISE By T. T. Maxey “THE LITTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER” — So fittingly descriptive and yet at the same time so unusually appropriate is the legend “The Little Church Around the Corner” that its long-con-tinued usage in referring to tills quaint and honored landmark in "Little Old New York" has all but blotted the real name of this house of worship from the memory of the hordes of pilgrim visitors who, annually or more or less often, journey thither to "pay their respects." , "The Little Church Around the Cor1 ner," squatty, broad-spread and set well back from the narrow and busy thoroughfare, Is none other than the Church of the Transfiguration. Its exact location is No. 5 East 29th street, just around the corner from Fifth avenue. The story of how this unusual name came into being, and which arose In a perfectly natural manner. Is Indeed Interesting. It also serves to Illustrate how, through a mere turn of fate, fame sometimes unexpectedly attaches itself to an object—ln this case a religious edifice. A noted actor had died. He had no church connection. As he was widely known, his family and friends felt that a public funeral was a necessity. Tire curator of a neighboring house of worship was requested to conduct the funeral service. He promptly declined, adding that "perhaps the rector of the little church around the corner might be willing to serve.” History records the fact that the funeral was held at "The Little Church Around the Corner.” Following In the wake of this Incident, The Church of the Transfiguration was adopted as the Protestant house of worship by the theatrical profession. Since that time, this little church has been the scene of countless christenings, weddings and funerals. The church and Its present and past pastors have so endeared themselves to all who have come into direct contact with them that, recently, when the present rector celebrated his silver jubilee, letters, telegrams and gifts from all sections of the country, especially from actors and newspaper men, flowed in to express the "Many happy returns of the day" spirit in the hearts of the senders. (<>. 1928. Newspaper Unlop )

♦ «•••” The Blind Pianist By JOHN PALMER e ; Up, 1*23, Western Ntqspaper Union.) rxuRA was hupp), though »Ue hud U hardly hoped for happiness when she married John Kusscll in pique ut being jilted by Evan. John wu* a newspaper wan, und making a iiuudsouio income. Evan hud been more or less reckless, but they hud loved each other dearly when ba went off to the wur. Hr bud been wounded, and »us to be sent home. No Indication us to the ua idle of bls wound was given. Ami Evan had come home, but he bud not been to see Dura. Instead there came a letter saying thf.t he was in love with another girl; asking to be released. Os course Dora released him, and she soothed her wounded pride by marrying John u little later. And John and Dora were really huppy, and Dorn felt tlmt her former love lor Evan was only a shadow of this, which was reality. Johu wus more or less bohemian, und Dora, who had been brought up In a com ent lona i home, enjoyed the novelty of their uncertain life. She liked , the chafing dish In place of the gus oven. So, when John suggested that they should go down the Loner Town district and see u dance hull, Dora accepted with alucrlLv The Lower Town was an old part of the city once the resilience of the big merchatits, now given over to a sort of bohemian life. It nas the haunt of poets and writers, of puluteri and t uculpturs, and there were many fur- , elgn restaurants and dance halls In it. I Dora had been to dinner In such pluces, but she had never seen them duuchig. “It’s perfectly resiiectabie," John explained to her. “And there are the queerest characters there—people you would hardly suppose inhabited u modern American city. "For Instance, the old lady who presides over the cloakroom at the place j I'm going to take you to was once u famous actress. Years ago she set the . town on tire. Now—well, she’s glud i enough of her sls a week and the tips that are handed out to her. “How sad!” said Dora. “Ob, no sadder than u good many other things iu life." Johu answered. “There's a sadder thing than that at the place we’re going to, as a matter of fact. A blind pianist.” “What, blind from birth?" asked Dora. "Nobody knows. The poor chap's very reticent. However, we don't aunt to dwell on these things, do we! Let s make for the eats I” They had a nice little dinner. Somehow on that evening Dora was thinking a great deal about Evau. She find answered his letter with a few formal lines. She wished now that she had been kinder. Evan hud jilted her In an abominable way, but after all they had loved, he had been frank In telling her of Ms own change of hear., und perhaps be had been wise. Certainly Dora knew now thut as the wife of John sht was much happier than she could eve. have been with : Evan. “What are you thinking of, dear?" Dora started, and saw her husband i smiling at her. She colored. Klie made some excuse. I She had never told John about Evan. Most women keep things like that in the background. Though there was no particular reason why she should not have, told hliu. They went out of the restaurant to the dance hall. Dora was prepared for something terrible, ". "shocking orgy" as she explained to John long after ward. But It was, as her husband hud said, a perfectly respectable place, and the stout, motherly, white-haired woman at the cloakroom smiled at her in the most friendly way. Far up a piano was thumping, and there were couples whirling on the floor. They waited till the dance wa; I finished. Stenographers and clerks, Dora sized up the dancers as being. “Come and see the blind pluntst,' I said John. Dora accompanied him up the floor i of the dance room to where the pianist i sat with his fingets Idle on the keys. It was Evan. And suddenly s’i? knew the tragedy of the man blinded In the war. and horror and pity at the sacrifice left her dumb. "I want you to meet my wife, old chap,” said John. Evan put out his hand. But Dora could not take It. Nor could shs speak. She moved away. "I'm stifling here,” she whispered. "Sorry you didn’t shake hands with the poor chap,” said John when they were outside. "But don't worry. He. won’t be hurt when I explain that you were overcome by the heat." — High-Handed Reform. When Mr. A. B. Farquhar went to Mexico several years ago with the American Public Health association he found that the Mexican military were auch impressed with our Ideas of senttatlon. One time, he says in his auto- 1 biography, when we returned to Mexico City after a trip to Vera Cruz one >f Diaz’s generals told me proudly that In the interests of sanitation he had lust burned down a great number of louses. He explained that It was » treat Improvement tn every way to be •Id of such a filthy quarter. “Put,” I asked, "what did the people lay who were living In those houses?" "What did they say?" he repeated houghtfully. “Why, what do they say I vhen It ruins?" —Youth’s Companion.

J. T. JOHNSON 4 CO. TO HANDLE DINNER BELL HERE The local trade will no doubt be Interested to learn that Dlnm-r Bell Nut Murguiln will be distributed iu the future in ibe Fort Wayne territory by J. T. Johnson A Co., 301-303 E. Columbia St., well-known commission firm. For runny years the members of this firm have been leaders In their line In this community. They have built up a reputation for honesty, r.qiiare-deiHing ami service The firm Is composed of aggressive business men and have merited the goodwill und eonfidtuice of the community. Dinner Bell Nut Margarin is u pure ly vegetable product. It owes Its delicious flavor and high quality to the nutritious ingredients ot which It is made. The rich cream from the white meat of the coeounnt hlended whole with a special process with pure whole milk with the (ream left in It, produces in Dinner Hell a fine delicate flavor all its own. For centuries the cocoanut has been supplying man with the strengthgi vi n g nattit ion wlilih ims enabled

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