Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 166, Decatur, Adams County, 13 July 1929 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT Ctt I. H. Heller...and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouw Sec’y * Hue. Mgr Dick 1). Heller Vice-President Entered at the Poetoffice at Decatur. Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies 1 J 2 One week, by carrier — One year, by carriers 5.00 One month, by mull —.35 Three months, by mail 1-00 Blx Months, by mail 175 One rear, by mall — 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within first and second sones. Elsewhere, >3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made Known on Application ». National Advertising Representatives Scheerer, Inc., 35 East Wackor Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, New York Charter Member The Indiana la-ague nf Home Dallies. About all that can be said for the new currency is that it saves space but to be real honest we never noticed that we were crowded along that di

Bandits took a bank at Gas City yesterday for $20,000. wrecked their car while getting away, grabbed another land beat it. Jesse James was a piker compared to these twentieth century criminals. As the summer advances it is nat ural for us to all become a little lazy and we prefer the lakes or the seashore or the mountains, but the fellow who keeps plugging at his business, advertises judiciously and invites trade, will have it. Running the red lights and the stop signals is not only a violation of the law but a dangerous thing for those who indulge- in it and the stricter this ordinance is enforced the better it will be for every one. Watch yourself for the police are watching you.

■ Farm relict starts Monday, accord Ing to announcement, that is the discussion of how to do it now leaves congress temporarily and will be tak en up by the commission. Bring it on, we need it. Os course the days get a little warm hut if they didn't we would be complaining about the changing seasons. At this time of the year we need hot weather and should be pleased to have It, which of course means there ought to be a decent limit to it. Cleaning up the river banks and beautifying the entrances to the city would help appearances greatly. The first impression of tourists as they enter a city means much and beside* its worth something to citizens right here at home to have the back yards clean as well as the trout.

When ever you can spare it you might lay away one of each of the old paper denominations up to $lO,000. In a few years from now they will have a value, that is of course if the mice don't get them or they don't burn up or fall into the hands of robbers. Os course hiding away money Is a foolish practice. Keep it in circulation. That’s better for you and every one else. Its about lime for some body to start a non-stop trip around the world. Os course there are numerous lesser achievements to be done but the first team to make the grand circuit will of course gain more publicity than any one else. Looks as though a plane

that will cross the oceans successfully could about make the trip with refueling planes properly stationed. The Decatur Castings company ii asking for young men over eighteen years of age to learn the trade, a splendid sign. This company by the way has grown steadily the past several years, added a large addition thjs -year and contemplate another, the 1 Huyiagoment of Japier, .Cowmr. the foundry has become one .of the leading industries here and .one of the best of its kind in the middle west. — During the first six months of this .year 853,005 were registered in Indiana, an increase of 55,618 over last

TODAY’S CHUCKLE Portland, Ore —(UP)—Thomas McKenna, iron moulder and "star border" at the municipal jail by reason of his 63 apes rances in municipal court on chatges of being Intoxicated has been given yu days on the rock pile. year. It is expected that by the close of the year the total will be well over the 900,000 mark. Thats why good roads are a necessity, thats why we should build them well, thats why the detours on the state road should be worked out for the greater convenience of the public and thats where a lot of the money you pay for taxes must necessarily go.

We are not surprised that men can sit up in an airplane so long but there is Something to the fact that a motor will run ten days without a stop and without burning out. A fewyears ago when you started on a twenty mile trip in an automobile you really expected to have to stop and tlx something but now your catruns for months without any atten tlon. (They have certainly perfected the gasoline engine.

Angeleno, just an airship, but now a member of royalty in that family, because of world record, lias finally landed in California after being up over ten days. The record establish ed exceeds any previous one by seventy-three hours. - It is expected this one will hold the rest of the endurance contests for a while but then we thought that when the cowboys put one over a few weeks ago, so there may be those who can out sit Mendell and Reinhart. Do we take life too seriously? The late Thomas R. Marshall once said, that what this country needs most is “a good five cent cigar.” There was much to that remark, not literally of course for the vice-president did not care whether you smoked five cent cigars, two for a quarter or any at aJL What he meant was that we were trying to regulate others, running around in circles and getting no where fast. Its true now. We should consider the serious things of life seriously, but we should also not make mountains out of mole hills.

MODERN ETIQUETTE By ROBERTA LEE Kitchen Accessories Two accessories for the kitchen, which will soon become necessities after having been used, are a lubber dish mop and rubber hose for rinsing dishes. They will mean a great deal in the care of the hands. Carpets Carpets can be brightened by using a mop wrung out of warm water, to which hi.s been added a little am-mon la. Turpentine also brightens dark colors. Berry Stains When there are berry stains on table linen, pour boiling water through the stain bet'oie wetting it with soapy water. o Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE Q. When one receives a wedding invitation or an announcement, Is a gift obligatory? A. Au invitation requires a gift, but an announcement does not. Q. When do men usually make their social calls? A. On Sunday afternoons and on any convenient evening during the week. Q. What is a corsage bouquet? A. Bouquet of flowers fastened on the bodice of the gown o *?■»*•*•**•*•■«**» * TWENTY YEARS AGO * * From the Daily Democrat File * * Twenty Years Ago Today r July 13 —W. P. Briggs is building an airdome at tear of the Niblick and Company store. Congressman Adair makes tariff speech. California exhibit in taiiway cars attract many visitors. Fred .Martin leaves for his home in Fairbanks, Alaska. Heavy ruins cool the atmosphere and aid crops. Harvey elevator and Deitrich arid Bros hardware store at Dixon destroyed by fire. Willshire announces a four-day carnival to open August 3W. H. Lehne, Vane Weaver and Elgin Klug lease dance hall at Maple Grove park. Crystal, Gladys \and Hilda Kern are ■ visiting their grandmother in Monroe.

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On Warpath M1 W MgyflFrv otaHH •: I '•«FvA- ’’’%«»■- & • • s? < -i IWt 5?; & ; ; ■A Z £ W’ $ ** MB, « , il M - it -'wil * Ri Senators Robert M. La Follette (left) of Wisconsin and Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, photographed in Chicago while en route to make an extensive investigation cf Indian reservation affairs. Charges have been made that Indians have been mistreated and that the government has not done its part in their education. The senators will take testimony in Wisconsin, Oklahoma North ami South Dakota and .Montana. Plebeian Secrets Revealed Os the “Be a Snob” Oracle t UPWL 1 ' * KI ■ ~~ n ~ - Xy /4C X'W ~ I 4 ? ,* *’k* " • w..V ..afrOk&v. Bearing out Prof. Robt. Roger-' advice to college graduates about being a nob to get ahead, Edythe Baker, left above, American pianologist, at her press agent's suggestion, adopted a formula of snobbery which made her the toast of London society, and, incidentally, won her a blue-b ood bridegroom. Below is a caricature of Mis- Baker depicting her in the days when she was just, a Vaudeville performer. Below is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who astonished his pupils with his iconoclastic advice.

When Professor Robert E. Rogers 1 of the Massachusetts Institute of £ Technology shot tho advice “Be a « Snob!” at the amazed members of the graduating class of 1929, he start- < cd something. t For intelligent listeners and read- , ers of the published graduating i speech now want to know: What. | sort of man would publicly defend , snqlibei.'? What's his personality , like, his habits, his appearance, < family, friends? Is he himself a | snob? Or was the speech just a i genial ‘'ride” for the unwary. t Here the curious ones hit a snag, for aside from j ;l|is .] scholastic atlainriients little hk(l ] seriped out from “Tech” about the ( Ptofessor. Even men who had studied tinder him professed ignorance of the - fine points so eagerly sought. ■ Here are two of Professor Rogers' “musts” in conduct for the ambitious i native youth who would get there: 1 1. Be a snob. , 2. Found a family that will be , successful. The ambitious, aspiring ; men are always marrying a little i

higher in the social scale. It is just, as eas.v to marry the boss' daughter as the stenographer. An interview with the Professor disclosed striking facts about him — all the more striking because the revelations were indirect. Professor Rogei s was discovered to be modest, blunt in speech, though courteous. Although born in New Jersey, he is an '‘out-and-out) Yankee.’’! Is quite democratic. In the neighborhood of Rockport, where he lives, he is known to everybody from taxi drivers to fishermen. The iconoclastic professor wears Knickerbockers and smokes a plebianlOoking pipe and affects brightly-col-ored shirts. Is utterly unaffected His speech is “civiized American,” with no trace of Oxford drawl or Harvard broad a’s. But perhaps the most revealing fact about his habits is the fact that he carries his own parcels unashamedly in broad daylight and is frequently piled high with groceries. Surely this Ie no indication of snobbery.

EDISON'S ACTING DAYS RECALLED BY A CONFRERE Memphis Man Tells How Inventor’s Antics Once Cost Him His Job s—• By F. O Bailey (United Press Staff Correspondent I Memphis. Tenn., July 13 —(UP)ls Thomas A. Edison had not become, an inventor he might have made a good actor, in the opinion of Thomas Leonard Risk, his "buddy'' here on a telegraph job nearly 60 years ago. | Rish and Edison are almost of the same age. Edison celebrated his 82nd. bi. hday last Feb. 11 and Risk will, celebrate his tomorrow. It was Edison's attempts at acting | that lost him his job here and resulted, in his being thrown into the street on a cold December night, Lisk recallsWe had returned from a stage playin which the Devil was depicted in red ; tights. At the telegraph office Edison I decided upon an imitation. He wore nd flannel and the matter of getting: •vas quickly disposed of v "varies C. Marv. .. 'lson dancing on top ot v. . '-I •' "tph instruments .<• room, We were roaring with laugnter at Edison’s antics. "Marbale told us to get out; we were | fired. That was the last I saw of Edison until I visited him at his home at Foil Meyers, Fla., a few years ago. He recalled the incident and we both had a 1. .trty laugh ’’ Inventor Even Then ' Edi.on,” according to Lisk. “even then was demonstrating his inventive genius. He was wot king on a device to tend messages bo'h ways at once on a telegraph wire. “I tell you i' won't work any more than two trai: can run toward each other and pass on the .--.me track". Mutable vas quoted as saying. "Well, the longer we live, the more >ve learn," Lisk said medhatively. l.isk claims to be the-oldest native born Memphian who has resided here all his life. He was born in a cabin on the site now occupied by a 20story office building. Memphis then was a small river town. At the age of 13 he ran away f%-u home and joined the Confederate- Army. He served through the war a- a scout He is the oldest Mason in Memphis and has been an Odd Fellow 50 years. NOTICE I will be absent from my dental office Saturday afternoon and Monday July 15 all day. Dr. J. G. Neptune. 165-31 o Get the Habit—Trade at Home. >c Pan

You remember Goliath DON T overlook the smaller advertisements in this paper. Look them over. The message which an advertisement conveys is vastly more important than the mere size of the space it fills. Some of the biggest values are often described in type no larger than ordinary news-print. THE safest method is to read all the advertisemen .s, large and small. Experience proves that it is time well spent. The more time you spend in preparation for shopping, the less actual time you will have to be on your feet in the stores. wini iAD a l dvertis p ment s in this paper and you will know m advance just what to buy, where to buy i^’. ariG low muc h you will have to pay for it. You will conserve your own energy and that of the salespeople whose job it is to wait upon you. Preshopping m the advertising columns is simnlv have been skipping the little advertisements in this paper, decide now that you will give them a hearing after this. It will be as much to you?as it will be to the advantage of the Wh ° Se name is Wto Referring again to s i ze , there’s a little bov in the movies whose salary makes that * of many a man look like petty cash Decatur Daily Democrat

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SAVE ww Since Ben Franklin / said “Save and Have” many levelheaded persons 8 have opened savEings accounts. And many have blessed the adage that showed the m the way to financial solidity. Are you one of them? If not, you can be. Start today to lay away a little amount each week. Keep steadily at it and attain the goal striven for by so many. Old Adams County Bank

WJZ, NBC, network, 5:30 jj ov Gang. WOR, CBS, network, 6:30 __ p Navy Band. WEAF. NBC, network. 7:30— Famiiv Party. WEAF. NBC, network, 8:30— H un tin» Headlines. * WEAF, NBC, network, 9:00 (l||i wr( and Sullivan's “Princess Ida" — — t> —— Considered in Concrete We note another case of a tn an who murdered his wife and burled her remains beneath the cement floor of the cellar. Some persons, it ha. been pointed out, dislike wives In the abstract, but don't, object to them la the concrete.—North American Re view.