Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 23 August 1947 — Page 4

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DECATUR ® t DAILY DEMOCRAT PubUshed Ehret y Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COincorporated .-?■ Entered at the Decatur. Ind.->Post Office a., Second J H. Heller ft-**’ resident A. R. Hothouse, See’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President g Subscription Rates By Mall ’/i-TAdams and Adjoining Countites: -•months,^s3.2s; 3 $1.75? beyond Adams and Adjpimng ct>un®es: One Year, $7; montts, |3.75; 3 months, $2.00. > By carrier, 20 cents, per week. Single copies, 4 cents. ® humidity is wanted in the weßlher? ft s ® ®“ o wo— A person can figure fjghat when fedenw incormAtaxes are reduced, income ma,v; also befsQieTor ,jgjyn.it. o o o late in amvlngt but the past few that summer had its season. ... The recent session will be known for- its omissions ofl mas|jr problems, ing rentijWrates ana evictions and ignoring the housing W • • Corn nrospect®’ are Relining with evWy gove®bient estimate, due to the unfavorable season. NctjjW the rua t i rvfifc crop is es ft&ated tin der body hojSlg that tl»j coming weeks will jgS.t further reduce expect f ea harvest. ® ft- " w t - o ® Death claimed an. Sjjwemed citi®Shn. the Rev, W.tFrank Johnson, a lifelong resident of the sjftunty and a former Jperson ship. Johnsdh was fWorably | throughout & county. He exempli IjE) a Christian spirit and was the kind of man whom everyone would joyed'Bls a QjJLgbbor. He served two as trustee and Ifes sineere thft dispatcl^f^ps-duties as a public offi®Jl. ao o •&■ .. > Nowadays no urban or rural, can be content witbSfts own charms. Constant infljfbveis necessary if it is to keep up. Good playftj&jmds for use and good opportunities for indoor in the winter the most important methods holding J&ing The ffECity sounds wonderful —but really fhu’t. The smaller can effect he most, it continues to IK.wove its fai'Tities far Jiving and opportunity for ycjpt * • °»Z 1 President Trumanfsles nothing ahead that would retire J call a special session of

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By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D. | ONJ£E a collfhally has a hold ors you. Were does not sf}<yny|p be njufh that can be done tdPget-ria of itH'The best ((giing in(f;his> case seems to begto forget Jinmjthe cold and take care of selr by going to bed and there until well, avoiding exposure, taking plenty of fluids, and eating a well-balanced Whefi'a cold is .fust beginning, however, don. England. £elie<ves'Mhat the method whicfe he empdffs will succeed it off at eight otet of ten cases. The symptoms of a beginning cold consist o£ dryness or roughness of the throat, some dryqgss of the nose, some slight I ' burning in the upper part of the throat, perhafg soreness of tge eyes, and a heavy feeling in the head. When these symptoms occur,. it is suggested that the patient at once be given a large dose min C, or ascorbic acid, by mouth. T£his is followed ifnmediately by spraying intp the nose and throat of a solution o' a substance called sodium sulphacetamide, and what is known as a wetting agent is also present in the solution which makes it easy for the material to neugtrate into the lining membranes of the nose and throat. This spraying is repeated every three hours for three or four treat-

4> All Presidents feel like that, even when is ofex fheir own party. AC,best Congress is a<.re!ucs 3l " tant supporter of the executive. © Usually both houses have own plans, which are sure to be far, very far f*Rjm those Presiifent. The country itself doesn't to specia’Ssession? of Congress and unless the Eutope©“ situation grows will be —lo The state to a > 47 million dollar surplus in the general fund ami millions more from.the new tax, the finaiici^board Jias voted intVe starves property tax explanation is state must boost its the gross tax is proAticing about 60 million dollars a year, or more than i$ needed to meet The two cent will Adams county taxpayers uiojg phan S6,2€TO in 1947 and for the ; state an extra will be wdP sure Jjave a taxhungry government. > V ” -~^s° — 0— ~ Q|E the most romiSiic picturesque 'J?'4ts of the army has always)., been the cavalry. The jgautSl, horses jjpth their erect inters have been the most upplaudfti futures military parades. „ Their howe^f 1 , has for long been [confined to horse gjjjiows and polo matches. The War partment, realizing that s<M>| horses left at West Point, i about in are fsedl purpose! only, ha? issued an order they *e to off by the War Assets MechanAfcion has driven oiflF the horses, have talk part in the curriculuiff at the I Academs.ij£nce its opening in 1802. I 11 * ♦ W _ Z°'^' 0 • Vitriolic Senator Bijb- Mississippi’s political figure iibr nearly a ury is dead. He I ,j(s Wht to following several ope®tions. deaJi ends the question of* seat-1 ing the S. Alate, to post he was elected November, was tK# officially seated. Known for his enflamed with his dor trine of supremacy," y he aged Senator must had a | numbered and to ’Mnake amends for some of the hatred by him in his talks. From his Jfcath-bed he attempted ffenja. ciliation WBi the Negroni his last public iew , "I hold| > nothing personal again^ (Negroes as a Whetjgjie kiioclfed at pearp.v s gates. St. Peter might I rhave showh him guests ' it

I ments. The next day, a futher dose?. Jgbf the s;praying-<3f tire fifse is carried out once or twice. As a general this suffices. this type muW be giv®n fnder a doctor's to We repeated u§e of sulfonamide piSparation such as the one iwntiond. These are>tlgit the lining may’ become sensitized or oversensitive to the preparation. anJB, that germs Resistant to action oPthe sul«r fonamide preparations. g g Dr. Haler reports ’that< several hundred patients in the way and neither of these coiiiplictKions occurred. g While the symptoms I describe are the common or ones, th&y may vary to a great degree in different patients. Each patient often learns to recognize the symptoms w’hich indicate the oncoming of a cold. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS B. M.: Is there any raison for alarm when a ten-year-boy complains about a pain around the heart? Answer: I hardly believe that the condition is serious. However in order to be sure. I would suggest that tie heart be carefully examined by a determine if there is -ny abnormal condition present _

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B lds£J y S£R nfrpnW fjh.D the cold ducks for) supper. After there was a caramel custSfd which, Lady Angkgjtell said, showed just the right cn the e rt < Mrs. | Medway. / I Corffing, ste said, really gave great scope indelicacy of feeling. “We are only, she knows, moderately fond of caramel custard. would btWomething very gross, just after the death of a friend, in eating one’s favorite pudding. But caramel custard jfei so easy if® you kndff* what I mean—ancgthcn one leaves littlf&pn £<3 said that* sne hoped Ulfy had done right iff letting GffiSa go back to London. “But quite correct of Henry to j£ro her." - ForTSir H’fSry had lnsisted<7n driving Gerda to Harley Street "She will come back here for the fcquest of course,ss went on i &ladyAngkatell, mwrifafively egging caramel custards “But, natur-1 ally, she w’anted to it t(S tfee children —they miginsSe it in the papers and with only a Frenchwoman in the house —one knows how^excitable —a crise dA nerfs, possibly. But Henry will dral with her, and I really think Gerda will be quite all probably send for some ’ter. r |iperha®'feSerda is tlm sffrt or - ' per Son whois sure to hare sisters —three I sLoffid think, probably- at Tunbridge Wells.”'?*- «'■ tlyngs you do say, ISOcy,” said Midge. "Well. darlingl§fcTorquay«4f you prefer it—no. not Torquay' They would be at least si'Sty-five if they were living atgj>Torquay — Eastbourne, perhaps,~or St Leonard’s.” Lady Angkatell looked at the last spoonful®of caramel custard, seemed to condole wiffi.it, and laid it down, vets gently urwaffen. Davil. who liked onl’y© savories, gloomily aLhisspmpty plate < —v; Lady Angkatell got up. “I think/we shall all want to go •to bed early tonight,” she said. “SoSnuch has happened, hasn’t it’ One has no idea, from ■» reading about these things „in tire paper, h<fw tiring they an© I feel, you know, as though I had w'alked about fifteen miles .►« . t instead of having done lathing but sit about —but that is trying, flbecause one does not like to read a books or a newspaper® it looks so heartless. Though I think perhaps the leading article in the Observer would have been all right—but not the News of the World. Don t you agree with me, David? I like to know what the young people think; it keeps one from losing touch.” David said in a gruff voice that he never read the News of the World. , . , , “I always do,” said Lady AngkatelL "We pretend we get it for the servants, but Gudgeon is very understanding and never takes it

J».«M to assume his part of the ent'll ning, qjkl'W' his wife in every possible Q. When a chins has outgrown the of a bib, should he 1 be to eat with napkin |tuck?n under his chin? A. No, he shwld be taught to use ;> n^K'• exactly as older persons

I ou is£l n til after tea. It is a most inI terefaing paper, aU about women Who put theisMjei® in gas ovens— An i'V'.rcdib.'L number of them!” “®sat wtU they do in the houses of the futygfF which are all electric?’® S&ked Edward AngkMgll with a Ciiit smile. jjl suppose they vtjXl just have decide townake the best of things—so much more sensible.” "I disagree with you. said David, “about the hpukv? of the future being all elecjic. There can be comm unXi heating laid on from a central supply. Every workingclass house should be completely a labor saving—• ' Edward 4said hastily that he was afraid that was ject he wasrfmt very well upr in. JDavid’s with scorn. ? gudgeon brought in coffee on a tray, moving a than usual, in convey a sense of mourn- — < "tfli, Gudgeon,tSjfsaid La&i Angkatell, “about thdSe eggs, (to write the date in pencil on them ras usual. W’ill you ask Mrs. MedIway to it?”—. ,| "I iq&c you «:u. find, m’lady, | that everything has been attended t° 4*j te satisfactorily." He cloned hisumroaL “I have seen to tnmgs myself.” ® •£)h, thank you, Gudgeon.” Gudgeon went out si-.e mur.’j mured, “Rea®y, Gudgeon is wonderful. The secants are all being maraelous. Aferone does so sym- ' having i lice nereZ—it must be dreadful for themAgßy the way, are<dihere any left "Police, do you mean?” asked Midge. .gfcW “Yes. Don’t '“they usually leave rare standing in the hall? Or permaps he’s front door from the Bhrubberyybutside.” "Why should he vvaTcij the front • door?” “I don’t know. I’m sure. Thejfdo iy books. And then ! is murggr<33 in the nighty” ®Oh, Lu’Sy, don’t,” said Midge. Lady Angkatell Rooked at her ■ curiously. _ “Darlyjg, I am so sorrg. Stupid of me. And, of course, embody elsqg > could be murdered. Gerda’s gone home —I mean, oh, Henrietta dear, 1 I am sorry. I didn’t mean to say i- that.” But Henrietta did* not answer. I She was standing by the round ta* I ble staring dowff at the bridge i score she had kept last night. $ ■ She said, rousing herself, “Sorry, Lucy, what did you say?” t “I wondered if there were any police left over?” i “Like remnants in a sale? I i don't think so. They’ve all gone > back to the police station, to write i out what we said in proper po- > lice language." • * “What are you looking at, ’ rietfa?” t “Nothing.” i Henrietta moved across to the mantelpiece. “What do you think Veronica r Cray is doing tonight?” she asked. A look of dismay crossed Lady t Angkateli’s face. @

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You don’t think she might come over here agauflf She must have heard by now." “Yes,” said Henrietta Unrightfully. "I suppose heard WTiich reminds fM," said Lady Angkatell, “I really must telephone to the Careys. cafi’t have them wming to tomo,® just W though ncJifiing had happened.” .gShe left the room. -'David, hating his relations, murthat he wanted to look up something in Encyclopedia Britannica. TITO library, he Uiought, igi would tea peaceful place. » W w Henrietta W6nt to the French windows, opened tlwn, and passed through. After a hesitatiorfjfcdward dfolW y ed her. He found frt’rstanding outside ' up at the sky. She said: "Not so w’arm as last night, is it?" In his pleasant vnice, Edward said, “No, H She was sranffiig looking up at the Jipuse. Her eyes were running alorigr'Sthe Th/t,. she turned and looked - toward the woods. He had no clew to what was in her mind. He made a movement toward the open window. "Better come.njk It’s cold.” | gjjShe . ® going for a stroll. To the swimming pool.” my dear—” Ha a step toward her. “I'll come with you.” "No, thaid< s you, voice cut shiSply through the chill of the air.''"l want to be alone ’ witlOny dead.” "Henrietta! My dear —I feaid ( . anything. But you do knhw “Sorry? That liohxijChristow is dead?" There tf was still the brittle’sharpness in fg?r tone. "I nieAnt—sorry for you, rietta% I know it must have been a —a great shock.” "Shock ? Oh, buLT’m very tough, Edward! I can stand shocks. Vfes it a shock to you ? What did i f<g°l whemsgyoii® saw him* lying there? Glad, I suppose. . . . didn’t like John Christow.” “ i Edward murmured, "He .hadn’t much in common.” “How you put things! In such a restrained way. But, as a ! of fact, you did have orfe thing in common. Me! You were both fond of me, weren’t you? Only that didn’t make a bond between you—quite the opposite.” [ The moon came fitfully through , a cloud and he was startled as he , suddenly saw her face looking at ’ hirn. Unconsciously he always saw Henrietta as a projection of the Henrietta he ■’had known at Ainswick. To him she was always a laughing girl, with dancing , full of eager, expectation. The woman he saw now seemed to him a stranger, with eyes that were brilliant but cold and which seemed ■ to look at him inimically. | ° ‘ (To Be Continued) »

o ® ~ 7 ? i Household Scrapbook | By ROBERTA LEE ° 0 ° Custard ® To prevejji custard from curd ling, custard®cupe in a pan half filled with cold water instead of hot water. The rustard will and without a drgjp of whey. Bath Towels Whence bath towels have become dingy, put thew bito a boiler of cobi water, add and a lelwn juice, and heat to the bluingVater, and then hang in the sun to dry. y Window Shades ’1 ir renew window shades, la> them on a flat -rflace and paint with flat paint wtrarever colons are side may be a yellow, Wd the other green. ."~"T °— Aug. 23 — and Vanzetti electrocuted and violence radicals Allows. AdJgfis county holings association announces plans to build a tabernacle the Haggard grove near Monroe, where they have fcpught ground Number oJgfJer!?tij|| people go sfi Winona Lake to hear Johnson preach. ™ tax fired at $1.39 by the board. W ■' 1 h"' ’• 1

CHAPTER TWENTY-&REE EDWgUID SAID earnestly: "Herjtfetta. dearest, believe this—rra.t I do with syon—In your grief, your loss.” “IS it grief?” The question startled him. Shra’ seemed to be asking it, not of himp herself. fxre said in a low voice: - “So quick—it caq, happen so Quickly. . . . One living, breathing, the next deafegone—emplfiess. Oh! the em“ness! And here we are, all of us, eating caramel custard and calling ourselves John, who was more alive Train any of us, is dead. I say tha word, you know, over and again t<® mygalf. Dead — dead — dead — de?©— freiAD! . . . An&soon it hsffrt got any meaning®hot any meaning at all. . . . It’s just a funny <ie breaking off of a rot. branct.i^pead—dead—dead —deaf?-- It’s like a tom-tom, isi’t IL beating in the jungle? Deacffcjjid—dead —dead—dead—" ’"Henrietta, stop! For (flra’ssake, stop!” j. She looked at him curiously. “Didn’t you know I’d feel ifjs this? What did you think? That I’d sit gently crying into a nice little pocket handkerchief while yjii held my hand.’Srhat it wo® Sn-’be a great shock but that enthij’d hJglEfcto get over it. thafyou’d'Vc’qifqrt me very nicely. You are nice, rarward. You’re very nice, but so—so inadequig.e.” # He drew back. His face stiffened. He said in a dry voice 1O? "Yes. I've always known that.” She went on do it’s been ®|ftill the evening? sitting around, wit 4 John dead ar® noliody caring bufme and Gerda'?’With y§r glad, and David embarrassed distressed and Lucy delicatelyzanjoying Vihe zNews of the Wofici come from**rint into real life! Can’t you <:e how like a fantastic nighsßmare ft all,is?” Edward said nothing. He steppe® back a pace, intp shadows. Looking at hnh, Henrietta said: "ToniglgP— nothing seems real to me, nobody is real—but John!” Edward said quietly, “I know. ... lam not very real. .. .” z"What.a brute I Edward! esßut I can’t help it. I help resenting John who was so al#e is dead. “And that I who am feaif dead am alive. . . .” "I didn't mean that, Edward.” “I think you did, Hgnriettdl’. . , I think, perhaps, you are right.” But she was saying thoughtfully, harking back to an earlier thought: "But it is not, grief..Perhaps I cannot feel grief. . . . Perhaps I never shall. . . . And yet—l would, like to grieve Her words seemed to him tastic. Yet he was even more startled when she added, suddenly, in an almost businesslike voice: "I must go to the swimming pool.” t She ’glided away through the trees. ’ Walking stiffly, Edward went through the open window., Midge looked up as Edward came through the window with an-

I Decatur <Siz§ ns Petition Indiana I Service Corporation, to continue inservice between Decatur , and F?'i t Wayne® ,1. R. Flathead Indian Reservation, Moirt., visits here. I George Laurent returns from i Rochester, where he attended - ‘ Piggy'’ camber’s coaching school I the pact three weeks. Berne Youth As Auto Hits Tree « L — Tfc ' Berne, Ind., Aum 23 — Loren i Heare. 17, son tWMr. and Mrs. ‘ Chester Heare of Berne suffered a fractured skulfojn an automobile a miehap yesterdtfF He is employed by the G. A. and i had into the rural com- ' munity east ot Berne to make-a delivery. Hta* machine skidded in loose stoini of control and • crashedlfinto a Tree. The car was W ——— ———

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seeing eyes. His face wasjECay pinched. It looked bloodless. Hti™id not hear the little gasp stifled immediately. Almost mechanically he walked a £hair and sat down. Aware pF something expected of him, he ifeaid: "It’s cold.” ® “Are you very cold, Edward ? Shal^^e —shall I —light a fire?” Miffge took a box of matches from tli^ mantelniece. She knelt down anCrset a fffitch towhe fire.. SljAlooked cautiously sideways a:| she thought, of everything. She said, “A fire is nice. Jtg warms one. ...” ™ How cold he looks, she thought. But it can’t .fee as cold as that outside. It’s Hrarietta! What has she said to him? "Bring your chair nearer. Ed'WJi- Comgfoclose to the Are.” ** •Wour chair. To the fire." Kjfe was talking to him now, loudly as though to a person. And suddenly, so suddenly that her heart turnCTfiover with relief, ‘ Edward, the real Edward, was there again. Smiling at her gently. "Have you been talking to me. Midge? I’m sorry. I’m afraid I am . —thinking of W3£thing.” "Oh, it was“ iCthing Just<the 1 fire.” The sticks were crackling and ■ some fir cones were burning with a bright clear flame. Edward looked at them. He saSti "It’s«a nice fire.” ’ ®- He wretched out his long.jhin ’ hands the blaze, aw’are of‘relief i Mrage said, "We always had fir , cqngs at Ainswick.” still do. A basket of therri'® , brought in every day and put oy ! the p <Sl e ’” © W EdwSrd at Ainswick. . * . Midge I half closed her eyes, picturing it ! He would sit, she thought, in the : library, on the west side ofMhe house. There was a magnolia that I almost covered one window and which filled the room with a golden : green light in the el’ternoons. > Through the other wirjtiow you looked ©ut on the lawn gad a tall . sfood up like a sentinel. And to was the big ! beech, s - > Oh, Ainsvvick—Ainswick. - > ®She could smell the soft drifted In from the magnolia whieti I wßu@ still, in September, has® some great, white, sweet-smelling', waxy towers on it. . . . And the . pine cones on the fire . . . and a faintly musty smell from the kind -of book that Edward was* sure to r be reading.- . . . He would be sitting in the saddle-back ehair, and I occasionally, perhaps, his eyes I would go from the book to the 1 fire, and he tf%uld think, just a minute, of Henrietta, j. Midge stirrea and asked: "Where is Henrietta?” i "She went to the swimming pool.” . ' ® ; Midge stared’? “Why?” Her voice, abrupt and deep, ? roused Edward a little. • "My dear Midge, surely you t sknew — oh, .well — guessed. She knew Christow pretty well. . - .” i “Oh, of course, one knew that! - But I don’t see why she should go

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nooning off to where he was 'J.iat’s not at ail like Her.riet^B” n! never melodramatic." "Ife any of us know what one else is like? Henrietta, for stance.” | Midge frowned. She said: "Aft&r all, EdwaffiL, you know Ebhrietta all Ctr lives." "She has changed.” 8 "Not really. don't think chants.” ” @ Be "Hg,irietta has changed." B Midge looked at hya, '®“More than v. e Trave, and I?” " "Oh® I have stood still, that well enough. And you—* His eyes, suddenly looked at her where she knelt the fender. It was as was looking at her from a I way in the dark eyes, the resolute He "I I saw you more MidgerAmy dear." K She smiled up at him. She "I know. It?£sn’t easy, days, to keep There was a sound outside aMjJ ■ Edward got up. Mt" 1 ' “Lucy was right,” he sai&E—has been a tiring day—one's introduction to murder! I shall ns to bed. Good night." left th& room when Hfg rietta came through the Midge turned on her. “What have you done ward?” “Edward?" Her forehead was jMkered. to be thinking of son«| ng faroa.way. “Yes, He came in ' ing dreadful —so cold and z "If you care atout Edward ■£ Bmich, wny don't you something-'about ffim?” "Do something? mean?’ "I don’t know. Stand on a and shout! Draw attention self. you know that's only hope 1 ivith a malt ward ?” “A" "Edward will never care anyone but you, Henrietta. never has.” . . “Then it’s very unintelhg enl J- 3 him.” She Jjjrew a quick at Midge’s'S-hite face. “I'> 3 you. I’m soi¥y. But I hate Ei tonight—” ' B r '' “Hate Edward?®Xou car t "Oh, yes, I can! You dowp know—” “What?” 9 Henrietta said slowly: Mj "He reminds me of a K9l things I would like to forget“What things?” Ainswick, for “Ainswick? You want to Midge's tone was incredulous . 9 "Yes, yes, yes! I was there, I can’t stand, just now, M ing reminded of happiness. . Don’t you understand? -A when one didn’t know wha coming. When one said co- 1 ly, everything is going to be ly! Some people are never expect to be happy. - She said abruptly: “I shall never go bac<to wick.”" <■. „ U Midge said slowly; ■« “I wonder ’ i® - 5 (To Be