Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 243, Decatur, Adams County, 14 October 1927 — Page 3

h.CJ.U. OPENS I STATEMEETING I Resolution Attacking Attorney General Gilliom Scheduled For Session Princeton, Ind , Oct. 14.—- (UF ) , desolations dealing with Attorney i General Arthur L. Gllliom’a attacks „ n medicinal whiskey restrictions ot thP Wright bone dry act. Dr. E. S. Shumaker’s contempt of court case and other prohibition matters are to come before the Indiana Women’s Christian Temperance Union which opened its fifty-fourth annual convention here today. Attempts of certain prominent members of the argauiztion to obtain a resolution that will go beyond merely expressing sympathy with Dr. Shumaker, superintendent ot the Indian,, Anti-Saloon league, were not expected to succeed. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley, state president, called the convention to order. More than 900 delegates were to be [ registered before the end of the day. I Sessions were held at the first Christian church. ' One of the distinguished guests is Mrs. Ella Boole, national president of the organization, who will deliver the convention sermon ( Sunday morning. Mrs. Stanley will read her annual address at tonight’s session. Election of officers and selection of the next convention city will take place at the final business session to be held Monday after which the organization will adjourn. o Master Mason initiation Tuesday, October 18, at Masonic hall. There will I be a lunch following the meeting and all members are requested to attend. John Dickerson. - W. M. John Dickerson W. M. 243-3tx 0 Ancient Samaria Snn-"ri'» - -,i ‘ha central province of Palestine at the time of our LonTearthly ministry. It was situated be | tween Judea on the south and Galilee on the north. In much earlier times it was the seat of the kingdom of Israel. The city of the same name was the ca"’tal of the kingdom. Th. city of Sam na was about forty miter northwest of Jerusalem, the capital of Judah. —o Familiar to Racing Men Tattersall's is t ie name of an old and well-known horse market situ ated at Knightsbridge Green. London It was established In 1770 by Diehard Tattersail, and its business is largely in connection with the sale of thor oughbreds. The name Is also applied to one of the inclosures situated upon race-courses. 0 First Comic Opera Adam De La Halle, i, celebrated French poet and dramatist who lived in the Thirteenth century, wrote th< earliest known comedy In the Inn guage of the common people, and tlx earliest specimen of corn'c opera. 0 Old English Institution Waits in the 9” - 1d , '> ages in England were a body of musicians kept by some great perso”- to aifttounce the hours of t’-o nlv’iL Many cities and towns p’ -- ' h" 1 their regular waits. After a time the name was transferred to persons who walked the streets about Clirlstmas time singing Christmas hymns and carols. o World Has Advanced The steamship Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic ocean, sailed from Savannah, (la., for Liver pool on May 24, 1819. The passage was made in 22 days, which Is a startling contrast to our present six-day passages. o Wetg/if and Height A rule for "(imputing approximately one’s weight tn relation to height Is given in Liberty. Multiply the number of inches over five f«et by five and n half. Add 100 pounds. A variation of ten pounds above or below may be classed as normal weight. o P nt Parasites In botany the term parasites Is used for plants which attach themselves to another plant and nourish them selves upon Its juice. This class Includes many fungi. The mistletoe grows originally - from seed and becomes grad'u-lly parasitical, usually fastening Itself to the oak. 0 Work Took Patience Oswaldus Northingerus of Englund has been honored for turning out 1,900 Ivory dishes, each complete and perfect In detail, but so small that all of them could be put Into an ordinarysize cup.

Conscientious Postman Receives Round Os Kidding Hammond, Ind., Oct. 14 -HNS) Being a conscientious married man and having his duties as a postman as well to think of Andrew Van Dera, Calumet city mail cut t ier, ignored the tupping on the window, and the feminine head within. He went on delivering his mall. The tapping continue.l. Finally he decided to Investigate, He discovered that a well known resident of the city, fentin-! ine. had been locked In the bathroom by her child. < art ier Van Dera managed to open the door for the lady. But he hasn't yet managed to escape the amused comments ot his companion letter carriers. Housewives, thinking of their husbands, however, supported the caution ot Van Dera. ——~= o — Glad to See Him Get His “I notice your clerks are In excel, lent humor today," snld u customer to the owner of a Wichita store, relates the Eagle. "Did you give them a raise?" "Not so you can notice ft," I replied the store owner. "To be frank, It’s because my wife has Just been in and it tickles them to death to see some one bos- me urouini ” — o Oldtime Toast Glass A pass-glass is a tall drinking glass marked with horizontal lines to Indicate the amount to be taken In response to a toast. Such glasses were much used in Germany In the Eight eenth century. — © — Hardly Worth Mentioning "What is half of one-third?” said the teacher to Ted, and the boy, unaccustomed to such vague things and . obscure, said: “I don’t know for sure; but it can't be so awfully much.”— 1 Boston Transcript.

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14; 1927.

Calvary Evangelical Church Ralph W. Loose, Minister There will bo the regular Sunday morning Bible school session and in the afternoon at 2:00 p. m. there will be the usual preaching service. Let every member be faithful to their Ixrrd and to the Church of their Lord by attending the services of the Lord’s Day. This Church is cordially invited to attend the fall special meetings which are being held at the First Evangelical church at Decatur, Mrs. Trib- | betl preaching each evening. Highest of Rewards An opportunity to work and serve and laugh and love and be loved is a golden reward In Itself and makes i other rewards superfluous. — Luther Burbank — o Earliest Glass In Mesopotamia glass was made as fur back as 2500 B. C. Then glass was not blown to the melting point, but was used in the form of [taste. o — — —. One Venomous Lizard Only one form of lizard Is venom- ' ous, the glia monster of Arizona. These reptiles have about 50 poison fangs each. o — Wren's Sweet Song While Jenny Wren Is incubating her mate perc*'«‘s nea’ - ' ", untiringly warbling his sweet song, says Nature Magazine. After the young are hatched there Is little rest for either of them. Ca*"’•pillars, beetles, bugs and spiders must be supplied in astonishing numbers all the time, until the youthful wrens are ready to help In the hunt o His Wife Was There A man in an English court denied I that he was out on a certain occasion, adding: "I should have liked to have ‘been, but my wife was at home, and you know the difficulty.”

Even Arduous Life Os A Highway Policeman Has Its Compensations Laporte, Ind., Oct. 14 —(INS) —There ate compensations for the ailiuons life of a state highway policeman. For instance, there is the case of State Officer L. Johnson. Johnson was taking the hills in high gear in his Ford when a sleek Packard drew up behind him and starteil to pass. Another car was coming headon. Seeing that collision would occur, the officer was forced to turn his car over the bank. To his astonishment, the woman the Packard stopped and opened her scornful verbal artillery on him for being a careless driver. For once a man was able to answer a woman

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driver. Johnson placed the woman under arrest, took her to police court here and proferred charges of reckless driving. The fine and costs left the woman eleven dollars poorer. She gave her name a t Miss May Mabee. of Victoria, Ontario, Canada. —— o ——-— Record Height for Woman Extremely tall women are nut as common ns men ot unusual height. The tallest woman of whom Ha re is authentic record was an English woman known ns "Maid Muilan." who was on exhibition in London about forty years ago. She meu-i, <■<! 8 fret 2 Inches. o Uncle Eben “Dancin’ Is culled de poetry of motion,'* said Uncle Eben, "but when I looks across de floor I don't see many of what dey 'ludes to as 'poetic feet.’ ’’ —Washington Star.

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regard cooking ns the important sclfueo it really is," she said. "Years ago when a cook could be 1 engaged for a few dollars n week, it was unfortunate that the art was looked upon us a kind of lowly thing. Nowiday-. a gratifying change has come about. With the introduction of domestic science courses in the schools, girls are realizing that it’s a good idea to know bow to cook, and housewives ate discovering that it's difficult’to keep a liusband happy unless wholesome meals can be set before him.”