Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 13 July 1927 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H Heller Pres. and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthousa Sec'y ft Boa. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President entered at the Poatofflce at Decatur. Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Ratea: Single copl<*~ 1 ® 2 One week, by carrier - lu One year, by carrier....™— 6.00 One month, by mall - s5 Three months, by mail—-——— 100 tlx months, by mall 1.75 One year, by mail — ——— 3.00 •n« year, at office 3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and,second zones. Additional postage added outside those sones.) Advertising Rates: Made known by Application. Scheerer, Inc., 35 East Welker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, New York. Your auto license plates next year w.il be white on maroon which covered with dust and mud won't change the appearance of them greatly. Dog days and corn weather and the Joouoldsummer time. We wait for it for months and then growl when it comes. At that it has been about as detent so far as temperature is concerned as we could ask for. Most of the automobile wrecks recently seem to have been caused by drivers trying to take a turn while going at too great a speed. It doesn't take long to slow up for the turns and its so much safer than to dash madly into eternity. E. 8. Shumaker says, “if there is an old fashioned Methodist hell there will be a lot of newspaper men in it.” And here we have been going along taking it all for many years in the belief that we were having ours right here on earth. When Governor Jackson was notified that Stephenson's “little black box" had been found and had divulged some things that casts suspicion upon him. he had just giving a sermon on “What shall it profit.?” He evidently believes in choosing subjects which he knows about. President Coolidge who is seriously considering running for what is practically a third ‘erm and whose greatest boast is economy has never ex- , plained just why it is costing $65,000 more per year to operate the White , House than it ever has any other man , in the same job, which makes some . folks rather doubt his sincerity. . This is weather when if you are not : careful you will get hot and cross and ; thats never a very good thing for you 1

to do. Don’t get excited, don't get mad, be careful what you eat and drink and don't think you can do the same things in the same way during this season of the year. There have been many prostrations and a number of deaths. Watch your step. With all the investigations going on at Indianapolis and with evidence appearing daily to corroborate his statements which caused a sensation a year ago. Thomas Adams, the Vincennes editor must he sititng back with an "I told you so" smile on his ; face. Its a long lane that don't turn • around. • A Nebraska congressman, named Howard, is so disgusted because a special session of congress was not < called to afford relief to the flood sufferers that he has prepared a constitutional amendment giving congress the right to call Itself into session when a majority of them feel there is a necessity. The president is probably in for some real trouble when the session does convene. If they don't take the “little black box into court soon and dump its contents where the people can see the documents, doubt of its existence i* likely to grow. Reminds us of the story about the darkey down south, who traveled many miles to see the circus. Returning home he described it in eloquent language and with many gestures while the other darkies who had never seen a circus stood With bulging eyes. Finally one old, fellow said: “Mose, data so wonder-

High Flier ■ Uculenant Carlton G. Champion. Jr., still holds the world’s altitude record lor seaplanes. He pushed a Wright Apach«model up almost seven miles til Washington. 1). C. The previous record was 33,155 feet. which he set. ful you wouldn't ever believe it if you hadn't seen it with your own eyes would ya?” "Deed I wouldn't," said Mose. “Den jis’ rickolict, I haint seed it." Thirty thousand arrests for violation of the liquor laws were made by federal officers in the United States last year and incidentally they took over two and a half million gallons of booze of one kind and another. A new drive to be made the next year will include the confiscation of real estate upon which liquor is illegally produced and is expected to not only curtail the production but to aid in paying the cost of the enforcing the law. This it is announced will even apply to the makers of "home brew." Again the weather has failed to make good on the predictions of Herbert Janvrin Brown. On June 20 he predicted heavy frosts in the corn belt from June 28 to July 2, during which period the hottest weather of the summer was experienced. Then he said that there would be “very dangerous frosts” in the corn belt from July 7 to July 11. With yester day that period ended without a front reported anywhere in the corn belt. On the contrary, it was good corngrowing weather, though it would have been better for some rain. We should not. of course, allow ourselves to be beguiled by overconfidence, as Mr. Brown's destructive weather maybe delayed in transmission, but thus far there are no official reports of its approach, and seasonable betting is against it. —Indianapolis News. o — - *&4:4;¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* * BIG FEATURES * * OF RADIO * *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥# THURSDAY’S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES

W-IZ Hookup 7:00 pm. — Lewisohu Stadium Concert. WEAF—Hookup—8:00 pm. — Pontiac Indian Program. WEAF — Hookup 6:00 pm. — Light opera "The Mountebanks.” , CFCA—Toronto (357) 9:15 pm. Organ Recital, Clifford Sy-Bride. WGHP—Detroit (319) 7:00 pm.—Dtorlt Symphony Orchestra. o s¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥« * TWENTY YEARS AGO * ¥ ¥ ¥ Twenty Years Ago Today ¥ ¥ From the Daily Democrat File ¥ **¥*¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* July 13—Clarence Kintz opens a cigar factory at Geneva. George Snyder goes to South Bend where he will have a clerical position with the Studabaker Wagon Company, which plant covers 101 acres. Mrs. J. T. Merryman gives an afternoon party for her daughter, Mrs. Mrs. Don Quinn. Miss Lillian Egley, of Berne, will slug at the Methodist and Presbyterian churches here Sunday. The Indiana wheat crop is very small this year. The E. F. Gass home has been painted a beautiful shade of green. Nibtick and Company announce their annual July clearance sale. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Voglewede are at Rome City. The laundry horse runs away and damages the rig. _o Cultivate Good Temper Good temper, like a sunny day, sheds a brightness over everything’ It is the sweetener of toil and the I soother of disquietude-®-Irving.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, JULY 13. 1927

Hat Doffing Traced to Knightly Custom Sunday promenaded) on Fifth avenue see ntord hat dotting than do the crowds that move along the sidewalks on workdays. After clmrch the avenue tills up with neighborhood people, who at least know many members of their own congregations. But few among them, from those wearing Infor msl fedoras to those In ceremonial silk hats, probably ever question where this hat doffing originated. As a fact, the dotting of the hnt was a common custom long before the modern types of headgear were fashioned. In the days of knights In armor, when a man traveled Incognito under allenveloping helmets, It was customary to remove the Iron headdress In the presence 9f a lady so that she might see hfs face. By this net she would be assured that her grim Ironclad visitor was a friend or acquaintance. As a custom of respect the practice thus came down from feudal times. Today not only to the fair lady but also to persons of dignity, and In places and situations demanding par tlculnr respect or reverence, men nn cover their heads. —New York Times. Hid Surplus Coin in Jars of Baked Clay One of the most Interesting Items In a coin bank collection Is nn ancient “hotijuela” or baked clay jar about a foot high obtained from San Junn Porto Hico. It Is round In shape and with an opening of about two or three Inches In diameter. It was brought to Porto Rico from Seville and Cadiz during the colonization period of the Island and served for a long time for the carrying of olive oil. Later, they were used by families; In the homes of the poor to carry water from the brooklets and rivers, and In the homes of the rich to store money. When filled with gold and silver coins, a cork or wooden stopper was put in them and then sealed with sealing wax. After this they buried the “botljuelaa” in the ground or hid them In the ceilings of their homes. The custom was brought over from Spain, where money was also buried In the ground. The use of the "both Jueia” In Porto Rico started about the middle of the Sixteenth century, when the first settlers hegnn to realize profits from their farms and from the sale of fruits.—Exchange. Both Wonderec ft Is natural for many of us to stand off and wonder how our neighbor ean live as he does. Because he has different standards and doesn't enjoy our kind of games, we wonder how he can possibly have any fun tn life. There is a delightful story which Jonas Lie, the artist, told. The artist was at the seashors working at a sketch, when he noticed an old fisher man who seemed to have no luck, but just constantly fished all day long rebnitlng his hook at Intervals. When the day ended, the fisherman said to the painter: "HI, neighbor, been watchin’ yer! How has yer the patience to stand and paint all day?" —Exchange.

Book Buyer Got Bargain A recent Issue of the Boston Herald announces the presentation to the Harvard College library of "A Book foi Boys and Girls," by John Bunyan, and published hy “Nathaniel Ponder nt Hit Peacock In the Poultrey, London.” Ordinarily a child's story book would not be of great interest to Harvard librarians, but this book Is different. Perhaps Miss Miller, the former ownet of the book, can best realize Just how different this book Is from the other books, for she purchased it from a peddler for about six cents end only a few months ago sold It at auction In London for slo,ooo,—Market for Exchange. Easy for This Student A school Inspector In Hampshire. England, having set the children some sums to do, and having gathered the answers for correction, demanded si lence, during which the class mlghi write a description of a cricket match. Looking up a moment Inter he saw a boy with folded arms, regarding hfs paper with satisfaction. “Well, my boy,” he said, “surely you can find something to say about cricket." "Oh I I’ve finished, sir I" was the answer and the essay was handed up. This Is what the inspector read: "Match postponed on account of the wet." Nahant’s Town Seal The town seal of Nahant, Mass., is supposed to depict a white man purchasing tho peninsula from an Indian sagnmore for a suit of clothes or a pair of breeches. This transaction occurred In 16.20 and the white man shown on the seal is Thomas Dexter. Dexter's title to Nahant was denied from the start by the town of Lynn, and, after a contest lasting 30 years, Lynn prevailed. The town seal, however, Is baaed on this transaction. The Super-Boss "There," said Suaggsley at the club “there is a magnate ... a leader nmong men; a man who controls 50,000 jobs. His slightest word is a command to millions in money. When he frowns the United States treasury trembles I" “Geel” Harkness exclaimed. “Is he telephoning now to some bank preside jt?" "Naw; he’s phoning his wife for permission to stay downtown for dinner." —Brockton Enterprise

Guess Who! £ "f * aSIS lb 1 mH ® I iq In I i tj • Bring on your cows—contented or not. Calvin Coolidge | is ready for them. Here’s the President, full-rigged in cowboy outfit presented him at the Summer White House in the Black Hills of South Dakolt • (JntrrnatJnnnl I » J HEDDA HOYT TELLS f ....about.. | FASHIONS for WOMEN I > I New York. Jujy 13—(United Press) I’ve never seen a coolie But I've see a coolie eoat And if that's what that boy gads in He’d be sure to get my goat! Without doubt, the prettiest things of the season, as far as resort wear is concerned, are the new colorful; silk coolie coats. Made on coolie coat lines, usually with black back- I grounds batiked or stenciled in the , gayest of colors, they are the highlights of the beaches. Last year the coolie coat merely had a medallion design between the shoulders with, perhaps, a slight repetition of. design used down the front borders. This year the design composed of five or six colors may cover the entire upper portion of the coat | leaving the bottom plain or vice versa. Again, a huge design in the shape of a fan. a Japanese girl’s head, a bird or a circular motif is used between the shoulders in combination with a wide hem-boder design. Many of the new models have designs of modernistic rather than Japanese type. The colors usually combined are bright reds, yellows, purple,; orange, green and orchid. The attractive thing about these coats is, that although they are designed for beach purposes they are equally ttractive for lounging robes and can even be worn at evening time over the Summery frock. Very attractive models of heavy silk are selling in the shops from $lO to sls each. A New York cosmetic firm has lately offered a new beach powder of a delicate beige shade which is most attractice upon the wearer of a coat of Oriental coloring. Somehow one associates the coolie coat with olivehued complexions and this new pale shade of beige powder gives just a tiny suggestion of the olive tint. When the coolie coat is worn over the .bathing suit painted wooden Japanese sandies offer further attraction. One can wear these over the rubber bathing slippers although they are generally worn over bare feet. Japanese parasols of oiled paper, gayly printed in colors, are also popular where one goes in for Oriental beach effects. * ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* * THE GREAT WAR * * 10 YEARS AGO * *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* Nearly 800 of crew die when British battleship. Vanguard, destroyed by mysteiions internal explosion while at anchor, according to Admiralty announcement. Petals Turn Back A rather remarkable trait of the hibiscus, says the Nature Magazine. la that often, after ft has beet) plucked, the petals will turn back, gradually returning again to normal several hours' later. A silent protest, it Would teem, against despoliation.

TO FINISH PAVING HIGHWAY NO. 41 State To ( lose 40-Mile Gap On Road From Ohio River To Chicago Indianapolis, Ind., July 13 (I I I When the state highway commission opens bids on Tuesday. July 26, for paving 40 miles of roads, it will have taken the last step incident to placing under contract the entire paving of U. S. Highway No. 41 from the Ohl) river at Evansville to 196th street, Chicago, a distance of approximately 270 miles. Incidentally this is the longest state road in Indiana, also, declared John D. Williams, director, the forthcoming letting places under contract the last unpaved gap of U. S. Highway No. 20. known as the Toledo to Chicago route through Lagrange, South Bend, Michigan City and Gary. Closing these gaps in Road 41 also provides, when pavement is completed for a shorter paved route from Indianapolis to Chicago via Lebanon. Lafayette and Fowler. Completion of this work also adds another long link in a pved direct route from Cincinnati via Brookville. Rushville and Indianapolis to Chicago over roads 52 and 41. The commission hopes to complete paving this summer on 52 between Rushvill and Indianapolis. The commission on July 27 will open bids for building 28 bridges and repairing one on state roads in nineteen counties. The paving projects repreST. LOUIS EXCURSION U*£* Hr Round Trip Good in Coaehes and Reclining Chair Cars only Nickel Plate Road Leave Decatur 8:46 p.m. July 15 and 16, Returning, leave St. Louis 6:00 p.m. Sunday, July 17. Municipal Opera Big League Baseball and Many Other Amusements. Ask Local Agent for full information.

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sent an Investment of $1,400,000, while the bridges wll host about $260,000. Director Williams of tho commission called attendtion to the fact that this letting puts under contract he bulk of he construction program of the season. The commissioners previously contracted 160 miles of paving and 22 miles of heavy grading. o ■■ Mr. Paul Schulte of Chicago is here to look after business pertaining to

NO MORE RAINY DAYS YOU’LL be singing “it ain’t gonna rain no: j more” . . . once you’ve 1 started to SAVE for the future. For, with a substantial sum in the Bank, there’ll be n o clouds of Financial Adversity in your life and no downpour of Worry. Yes, once the Savings habit takes hold, you’ll keep it up as readily as clockwork! . Old Adams County Bank We pay 4'l Interest! I )

Hottentots Cfoes Brent The origin of the Hottentot* been a puzzle to anthropologi«t t is now neutrally Believed tM( Hottentots ere a crosa betweea ql Bantu negro and the Rnshmsn. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ll>y in j children, Eleanor and Donald, and Mr and Mrs. Chalmer Everett, of F, Irt Wayne, are vialting fn the city wttij the George Everett family.