Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1934 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published THE dlvery Eve- yjgg DECAT I R ling Except THL DEMOCRAT Sunday by CO Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Pom Office aa Second Class Matter I. H. Heller President A. R. Holthouse, Sec'y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller — Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies 1 .02 One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrierls 00 One month, by mall .35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mall 3.00 one year, at office . 3.0e Prices quoted are within first and second Mines Elsewhere 13.50 one yeai Advertising Rates made known on Application National Adver. Representative SCHEERER. Inc. 115 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago. Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies Ah! A week from tonight and Santa will come. This is the last big week for the Christmas shopper. Clara Bow now has the greatest title on earth. Mother to an eightpound boy. One way to be a Good Fellow is to contribute a few dollars to the Christmas fund. Turn sorrow into smiles by helping the Good Fellows Santa Claus visit the homes of the needy. Decatur stores are open in the | evening and if you can't shop dur- ■ ing the day. do it after supper. The legislature provided for ap-' pdintmenfs and establishing of de-; partments. but failed to specify ■ how the money could be obtained to pay employes. The ranks of Dillinger gangsters has been reduced to one with the capture of Joe Burns, charged with i participation in the Brooklyn pay roll hold up. Crime doesn't pay. Plans are going forward for the big 4-H and agriculture fair to be held in Decatur the week of August 5. Soon after the holidays committees will be named and every effort made to make the show interesting and educational. Old 15434 hasn't been such a bad year. Employment and general | business, including agriculture, has shown a pickup greater than any; year since 1930. This community i has had a busy year and 1935 promises to be a busy and profitable one for all. = Tributes to the memory of Paul I H. Graham were paid by minister, lodge and Legion at funeral services held Sunday afternoon. Active in the business life of the community, a tried and true friend to i many and a brave soldier in time ■ of war, Mr. Graham s death brought ■ sorrow- to all who knew him. Real estate and personal taxes In the state will be about eight mil-' lion less in 1935 than the total in 1934. That's a real saving, in Adams county the tax bill will be reCHRISTMAS SEALsJ - ii-'-fl 5, In Soy them Italy j I f Christ wvy, f 5 j . A t brataf t»y decking the *»ys wi Ih •< ’ jT roses anti bells i..g > B shopping dcys io Christnia?

duced nearly $85,000, hitting a new low of approximately >423,000, a reduction of 18 6 per cent compared with this year’s total. The Daily Democrat will Issue its special Christmas greeting t number this year. The station will be placed in Saturday's edition, ■ assuring delivery on the routes on . Monday. It is the season of good- • will and everyone is happy to be greeted hy a friend, by word or the ; printed letter. Reservations should ' be made immediately, so that the greetings appear in the special number. The Indiana General Assembly will convene early next month. The majority in each branch of the assembly is Democratic. That insures that the 1934 platform and campaign promises of that party will be faithfully kept by the 1935 session of the state legislature. The 1932 Democratic state platform and campaign promises of Gov. Paul V. McNutt and his associate candidates were strictly kept. The 1933 general assembly enacted them into wise legislation which brought order and economy out of a long period of Republican chaos. The same policy will be carried out by the 1935 assembly. The Democratic state platform has made specific pledges for civic, educational and business improvement in the interest of all the citizenship of Indiana. Wholesome legislation on employment and kindred needs will be enacted. The party will keep its faith with the people. —Anderson Bulletin. The financial angle of the farm program is interesting. Newest figures released in Washington | show that farmers participating in the crop adjustment programs have received, to date, slightly more than 1507,000,000 in cash benefits. This, however, has cost the treas- ' itry nothing, the processing taxes ' having taken in $558,000,000. These payments in themselves are an important contribution to farm income. But the AAA program must ultimately stand or fall on its suc- ■ cess in increasing the farmer's income indirectly, by raising the prices of the things he sells, rather than by its direct payments; and in this field, too. the record is not half bad. Farm income for the current year is estimated at $6,000,000,000, which is about 19 per cent above the 1933 total and some 39 per cent above the total for 1932. In other words, the program is costing the treasury nothing, and it is slowly succeeding in raising farm prices. — Gary Post Tribune. I . o « —♦ i I Household Scrapbook -byI ROBERTA LEE Insomnia i Reading is inclined to make some I people sleepy, but usually the person suffering from insomnia will become mare wide awake, and should not read for at least a half hour before retiring. The feet should be warm. Deep breathing exercises before an open window for 1 five or ten minutes immediately beI fofe retiring will also help to produce sleep. Cutting Onions When only a slice is wanted off a large onion, cut in such away I that the root remains on the leftlover part. The onion will not dry out. and can be taved for further use. Antique Bra»s To polish antique brass articles, rub with a solution of vinegar aud wit. It will not prcduce a real bright finish but will make the article clean-looking. pa ? Modem Etiquette j By ROBERTA LEE ♦ —• Q. When a hostess has several callers at the same time and one of them is leaving, is it necessary for her to accompany this one to the door? A. No. Q. Who should decide upon the color and style of the bridesmaids’ costumes? A. Tile bride should decide this, even as regards the stockings, slippers, and gloves. Q. When sending o. holiday card to an employer must it also be addressed to hot wRe. 'fie is set| known to the sender? | A. Yes.

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TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY I From the Daily Democrat File « • De'. 17 —Servia is holding 80.000 Austrian prisoners. Township trustees hold last official sessions at the offices of Samuel Butler. M. Kirsch elected cashier of Peoples Loan and Trust Co., which is to open January 2hd. Ward Fence Co., installs new looms to manufacture ornamental fence. F. A. Peoples lies his hair singed wiren the couch on which he was sitting at the C. D. Lewton home catches fire from a match with which he was lighting a cigar. President Wilson assumes personal charge of the Mexico situation. Clem Steigmeyer appointed edi-tor-in-chief of the Indiana Daily Student at I. IL The ‘5234’’ Club tneets with Mrs. M. F. Worthman. J. D. Nidlinger ships 19 head of hogs weighing 7,930 pounds to Buffalo. The Three Link club meets with Mrs. Elgin King. (j au. Special Service At Church Well Attended The every member communion service which was observed yesterday morning at the local Methodist church was one of the most impressive services of its kind ever conducted in the local church. Approximately 350 persons joined in the celebration. An interesting feature of the service was the reading of old hymns the fathers sang from a Methodist hymn book published in 1834. It was presented to Rev.

House Painter Held as Mystery Murder Is Solved k—> t j® 't■ BWk •' ’I f ■ 1 *s7® = y.: L dl? ■■■& Wr . 2 US! v, ■ . Confession of Albert H. Fish, C5-year-old house New York police for six years. The girls di* winter, that he killed 10-year-old Grace Budd, membered body was foand m a desolate woodside right, in a ranshackle house, above, near White grave in county m 192., Fish ll Plains, N. Y., aolves a mystery which has puzzled ahown, left, following his arrest

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, Carson by Mrs. Crownover of I Pleasant Mills. Sho read the ac--1 count in the local paper and wished to help in the service. Quarterly tommunion tickets like those , used 100 years ago were distri--1 buted throughout the church mem--1 bership and were signed aud de- ' posited at the church by the participants. Another targe crowd heard President Stuart of Taylor University and a double male quartet from Berne at the evening service. o Former Craigville Man Takes Poison — Bluffton. Ind., Dec. 17 —(UP)- ' Clarence O. Plank, 64 Nickel Plate i, railroad employee for the ,past | thirty years, committed suicide at .. hie home here yeeterday by drinki iug poieon. Despondency over ill • health and the fact that he was • soon to be retired on pension from • active service by the railroad com- ; pany is believed to have been the j reason for his act. He formerly lived at Craigville. o Salt To Be Used In Road Construction Indiatwpolis. Ind., Dec. 19—Following successful experiments with | ordinary salt replacing calcium i chloride in the stabilization treatI ment cf gravel roads in the Indiana state highway system, approval nas been given the use of s»a!t in the stabilization of road 4'i between Spencer and Ashboro. This project was placed under contract recently the work to be done by the Clark and Duvall and Sparling firm of Flora, Indiana. Salt was first used by the m-iin-tenance division of the state highway commission last fall during stabilization work on road 121. At

’ that time one section was stabilized with salt while the remainder was treated with calcium chloride. The settion on which salt, which is less expensive than calcium chloride, was used, has stood up under traffic and weather conditions as satisfactorily as the calcium chloride treated section. o Answers To Test j Questions , 3eiow are the anewere to the | Text Question* printed on Page Two. 1. American actor and playwright. 2. Ten. , 3. The assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven. 4. Every four years. 5. Latvia. 6. In southwest France, Ou the Bay of Biscay. 7. Famed Greek historian. 8. Port Said. 9. Germany. 10. Yes. 1. A Morman elder. 2. Morphine. 3. A genealogical record of blooded livestock. 4. The name given by the 1 Greeks to any circular instrument for observing the stars. 5. Dominion of Canada. Stiffening of the’ muscles of the body after death, 7. Dover. 8. Leading Greek mathematician and physicist of his time. 9. Noted motion picture dog. ! 10. Astronomy. New York Sub Led The New York Sun was the firs newspaper to be sold on the streetin this country.

Walter Whiteside At Fort Wayne, Dec. 27 The coming engagement in Fort Wayne of Walker Whiteside in “The Master of Ballantrae.” Robert Louie Stevenson's thrilling story, at the Shrine Theatre Tuesday night. December 27. which in oil probability will call out one of the biggest audiences of the present theatrical season, brings to mind the fact that a.n.y truly great actor, who has through the power of his fine acting and compelling personality once established himself in the hearts of the American public, oin safely return to that public year after year. Now, it is not always certain that etteh a player Mtn find a succession of equally fine plays with which to satisfy everybody, but even in such plays us may not have a universal wppeal his own performances, together with his careful casting and production, will provide a rich reward to hie followers. In looking back on Mr. Whiteside’s record as an actor-manager one finds a wide diversity of plays in which he won his supreme position. We will mention only a few of such .plays and commence with “The Magi? Melody.” This was a highly artistic play and yet while

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CHAPTER XXIX When she had left Pete, Kay felt a sudden, weakening emotional reaction. What was going on inside her she had no idea. It was as if she had experienced birth, death and resurrection within the same minute. Immediately she began looking back, trying to remember everything that she had said, everything that Pete had said, to see if she had committed hen>elf and if so, to what extent She was exhilarated, yet frightened. Such affection and devotion as Pete’s had a bewildering effect upon her. In simple-hearted love and the unreckoning. but beautiful faith of youth in its strength and the goodness of life, he had offered to make her and her welfare the major clement in his career. Pete, whom, without admitting it, she had given up as a romantic, Wholesome and unforgettable part of her early life, something always to look back upon with fond memory. Sitting alone at home, looking out upon the calm Halifax that already had been such a big part in her life, had seen so much of her joy and her sorrow, Kay tried to make her decision. It was different now. The last time, Pete had seemed merely a faithful, devoted big boy who had his life to live, his real self to find; she had been an ambitious girl, dazzled by what seemed opportunity; and Earl Harrow had been the most attractive of men as well as the possible chance for her future. But now it was different. Pete was more solid, more real and honest than ever; she was wiser, much wiser; and Harrow was what she had heard he was, a charming, but hard and dangerous man. And still, though, there was New York, to be reached through Harrow and his handsome white yacht; there was the theater, the world she knew only through talking with Harrow, through years of hanging on every word in magazines and what Hollywood chose to show of Broadway. All this she wanted, wanted more than anything else in the world—more, she told herself, than she would ever want anything again. Yet she realized that these were the material desires; perhaps there was something deeper, something more satisfying to be found in love if the circumstances were right. But how would she ever know? And how would she ever realize for certain that that love had come, that her emotions were not misleading her? Thinking seemed to do no good. That night she went to a movie alone and that did no good; it was a picture of love triumphing over nearly impassable difficulties. After the show she took out the Kayo and cruised alone up the river to Ormond, keeping to the middle of the channel and running slowly, hardly conscious of the beauty of the water and shores in the waning moon. And that night, lying awake in bed, looking out upon the moon through the palms, she still could not decide. ’Nor did an uneasy night’s sleep help. Decisions, it seemed, were well enough for people in books, movies and plays, but in real life they were tremendous things and regret always seemed ready to loom up behind them. Perhaps it was better to go along letting things happen. In this case, though, there seemed nothing that could happen; the matter was definitely in her own hands. So finally, an hour or so after breakfast, she tode over to the mainland on her bicycle and saw four store managers who had held out the indefinite promise of a job when one was to be had. None could hire her at the moment. There, she thought, at least that much has been done; there seems to be no possibility of a job here other than with Harrow and I’ve that much settled. Riding slowly dowrn Beach Street in the pleasant morning sun, she wondered what came next now that she had decided to approach her entire problem systematically. She was pedaling south when a horn honked immediately behind her. She looked back and saw Harrow and Spike in the little car. Harrow was smiling slightly; Spike wore a wide gfin. Spike nodded toward the rutb and Kay drew up on her bicycle, the car following her. “We’ve been looking for you, sister,” Spike satd pleasantly. “Have yoa?” Spike stepped out of the car, still grinning a little. “Going in and get some smokes,” he erolained. “Want anything. Earl?I “No thanks.’*

I It was praised on all aides Its boxJ office value was not .startling. Following this play came Israel King- ! will’s “The Melting Pot.’’ which captured the American public and iu which Mr. Whiteside starred throughout this country and Eng--1 land for over four years. ‘The ' Melting Pot" gave a new name to this country. After "The Melting Pot” Whiteside produced that stirring oriental pMy called “The Typhoon.” In it he portrayed a young 1 Japanese diplomat ami (his marvel- ' oih characterization thrilled audi- ‘ emos everywhere. Then came hi« > gorgeous performances of a Chinese mandarin In “Mr. Wu,” following ’ which he played an aged Rabbi in i "The Little Brother.” He kept this , play in New York for one year but i did not take it on tour, instead, he i produced that glamorous play, “The I Hindu." which took New York by J storm and In which ho made Miree I tours throughout the country with • j enormous success as it had a gen- ' eral appeal. It was a mystery play .: with India as its locale. After "The Hindu" Mr. Whiteside offered a.play ! of the Egyptian desert—“ The Ara- . i bian”— in which he again intrigued ’ his public. I Mail orders are now being re- • ’ ceived >ind the box-office sale opens • Saturday, December 22.

When Spike had taken himself off the scene Earl Harrow ap- ' proached Kay. “I’m sorry, Kay,” he said. “You’ve a right to think of me as you like and. I suppose. I’ve a right to think and act as I like, but I’m sorry it had to be this way.” Kay nodded without answering. “I had hoped you’d understand me.” Harrow said. She nodded. “It's perfectly all right.” Then, suddenly, she saw her course. She turned to Harrow. “I want to ask you something.” she said. “It’s very important; it means more to me than you may think.” “Ask it,” he said. Apparently he was pleased with this turn in the situation. “I’ll have to begin at the beginning first,” she said. “I met you through one of our Community Players’ plays.” “Right,” he said. “When I met you I was absolutely dazzled, meeting a real producer who said—out of chivalry maybe—that he thought I had opportunities—or talent.” “He still thinks so,” Harrow assured her. Kay pursed her lips and paused a moment before going on; she wanted to be absolutely certain that she would say the right thing and not let Harrow’s presence or his answers make her deviate. “We’ve probably misunderstood each other several times.” she said. “I’ve felt drawn toward you as a person at times, but have tried to explain it away and call it merely ambition. Now I know better. But ambition has been there always just the same and I’d be thoroughly dishonest with you if I didn’t admit it.” He nodded slowly. “Os course," he agreed. “Well, I’ve seen you in several lights and I think I know now that you aren’t altogether the gallant sort of knight on a white horse I might have thought you were at first—when you were—well, nice to me, and took me to parties and that sort of thing.” Harrow’s eyes were sober, his mouth turned up in a slight smile, as hb said: “Well, Kay, my dear, if ever I’ve tried to give you the impression that I was a Galahad, I mustn’t know myself as well as I think I do.” “All right,” Kay said. “And I don’t say you made any such claims. You were just a man who happened to be rich—and famous—and decided to be nice to a girl who was neither one nor the other. You didn’t make any claims; you didn't pretend to be in love with me or anything touching of that sort at all. You merely said you were very fond of me and—” Kay smiled with embarrassment—“ This all sounds so silly,” she finished, “Go ahead,” said Harrow. “It doesn’t sound at all silly to me. It’s unusual to listen to such candor from a girl of your age, Kay.” “All right then. And you said you wanted to do something for me, to see me get over my difficulties and maybe get a chance to do something With myself. So you made me a job. Don’t say you didn’t because I can tell. There wasn’t enough w-ork to keep me busy more than an hour or two a day and the salary was much more than anyone would have expected.” Harrow shrugged. “Well, what I’m working up to is that I think we understand each other better now. I was angry with you yesterday because of what you said you’d do to Pete. Well, Pete’s leaving, and you won’t be troubled with him, you can be sure. So that’s not a consideration. It only showed me how hard and ruthless you eould “But—” Kay interrupted his protest, raising her finger. “Let mo say what I want, to say, please," she insisted, ’and then tell me anything you ■want.” “Very well.” “As I was about to say, it showed me you could be hard and ruthless. I’d heard it, but it hadn’t been easy to believe until then. I did think so ■ once or twice—the night you shot at the man in the bushes, for instance. You seemed to—l don’t know —to enjoy it so, I guess. That’s neither here nor there. The thing is that there’s no use of our being silly and deceiving each other about what we think of each othe , I do think this: that you’re funds mentally honest and fair. So, be--1 cause it really is very important to me -especially today—l’m asking I you to tell me if you really meant

Monmouth Class To (Jive Come, The junior cla M O s the M ■ comedy. " A Fortunate Calami-. the Monmouth gymnasium day and Thursday night,, !>x . 19 and 2<> at 7:45 o’clock. A ,| n will be 15 and 25 cents. “ The pkiy i« a coniedv overflwi with aonthrn humor. The east i fallows: “ Mrs. Mnrlan Merkle— Ella Fr, Aleta. her daughter - Beihold ” Ruth, her daugfater - F10r.,, Heuer. “ Kate VauTyle—Dorothy man. 1 ; Dinah Johiwing-Lecta Bittner Rastas Johnsing—Richard Mo* Joo Brown—Harold Strata, ( Bernard Gullion-Edward Meri, Albert Campbell—Robert Gerk Card of Thanks We wish In thLs manner to thu ’ our neighbors friends and relative ’ those who gave floral offerings at ' all others who assisted during tl illness and death of our daughte Agnes Marie Bauman. Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Baw i Set the Habit — Trade at Hon

it that I’d have a chance to get somewhere on the stage, and if. after you’ve heard all this and know hot I feel, if you’d still want to give me an opportunity on a strictly business basis. You say you're fond of me and that I’d be a success. Then do you feel that way enough to take i chance on me ?” Harrow sat a moment studying the gleaming hood of the car which reflected in its black enamel the rising Florida sun. Then he turned to Kay, his face quite sober, his voice gentle, pleasant, a little judicious, she thought. He seemed to be thinking carefully of each word he uttered. “I'll try to be as honest as you're been,” he said. “I said Iwm very fond of you; I am. I said I thought you had definite possibilities as an actress; I think you have. I said I’d be willing to give vou a chance; lam willing. Now— ’ Ho paused and smiled at her, taking her hand lightly. “ —l’ve had a great deal of annoyance lately, as you know; I’ve had lots of hard work this last Summer and last season and I'm down here really to escape a breakdown. Yoe know that, too. And, as I've already told you, my plans are pretty veil made for the coming season. So as a business man. I’d be foolish to make any promises, beyond the fact that I might work you into my staff for a while as I did here, let you understudy someone maybe, to keep up with your acting. But even that isn't certain. I've tried all along not to raise any vain hones for you, yet what I’ve told you in an encouraging vein was the simple truth. If VouTl just be willing to come along on this cruise with me because you amuse me and I like you very much and want to enjoy your company, and if you’ll let me go on employing you to handle my correspondence while I'm down here. 11l taka you to New York and do something for you in some way. That’* a promise. But, since I said I’d be honest. I wouldn't be doing it because I thought you’d make a million for me on the stage; I'd be doing it because I have a yen for vou and it just happens that you will be ar, actress if you try. If I werent more than casually interested in you as a person, I wouldn't do it. I can get dozens of Junior Leaguers in New York with names well advertised in the society columns and out of every hundred there may be one minor star.” Kay began to frown. “I see, !h e said quietly. Kay left Harrow feeling that she had accomplished little beyond reaching a realization that there was, indeed, nothing noble in his attitude toward her Not that she had expected there would be. but she had been hoping—well, what had she been hoping? She shiugged and began to whistle softly as she rode the bicycle back across the bridge, over the sparkling river. What she had wanted to learn, she supposed, was that Harrow definitely would give her her chance in New York, or that he definitely would not. In this she hao been unsuccessful. He had answered M with reservations; had imphed t“ a her future more or less depcjidw upon the degree cf his fricnosaiP with her, she thought. So through the day. rhe tried tn think her way through the Pete and elopement, Guatema risk, adventure, the rom *? ce ..« youthful recklessness; or.J’i* rro . and New York, the po--ibmt> the stage, the possibility of J lO mance at all, but merely of beerm ing another, and minor, protege the “Don Juan of Broadway. Late in the afternoon, when she rode again across the river to c little shopping, she found herse instinctively heading south on n» ; fax, then down Peninsula- to ■ the southernmost bridge, im brl that would lead her past th?■, docks and the Commander • Nearly to the bridge, she ch herself, braked the wheel ana stopped, wondering w hy she going by that route, and a i_ ashamed of herself that she ■ But. after all. She rode on. « would take the south bridge, it no matter. , The river was whipped by aiff* stiff breeze and each point of , caught the afternoon sun; a- - that Kay had seeing, iong as she had lived b . Halifax. Across, on the n ? a '“ Lj ide. the Commander lay white sleek, the emblem of Earl Ha and all that he at least. .. (To Be Continued) copyright. 1131. KIM