Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 9 February 1948 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every EvealDt Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter /. H. Heller President A. R. Hoithouse, Sec'y 4 Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller — Vice-President Subscription Rates By Mail In Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $6; Six months, 33.25; 3 months, $1.75. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining counties: One Year, $7; t months. 13.76; 3 months, 32.00. By carrier, 20 cents per week. Single Copies, 4 cents. Don't soak the auto owner with a higher assessment on his old car. o o It would be a fine thing if more women and men could find time j for leadership among the Girl and j Boy Scout organizations. i O Q 1 The House voted, 297 to 120, for ( a tax cut. But will the Senate sus- t tain it? And if the President , vetoes it, what then? That's the j kind of thing that makes life in a s democracy so interesting. e

o o Bernard Baruch, the white-hair-ed financier and adviser in governmental and economic matters, says the current market breaks, may obviate price controls. Many government economists explain the commodity price drop as “healthful." They hold small fear of any' collapse which .would lead to a business slump. If the inflation bug is killed, normal business will increase and the dollar will stretch a little farther, experts in the economic world predict. o o Citizens will soon learn of the administration's plans for • the public improvements listed here, and which ones will have preference with the “Go Sign.” The sewage disposal project is one that will directly afjfecft every taxpayer or water user, while the electric and water department improvements for the municipal plant will have their bearing in relation to the services furnished by these utilities. Practically every city is confronted with the high cost of construction, and shortages in the material and labor field. Will all stand by? ——o o The county lost two highly re.spected citizens in the deaths of Harry Daniels of Pleasant Mills and John J. Schultz, Washington township farmer. Both men were widely and favorably known in their respective communities, Mr. Daniels, who practiced as an auctioneer for many years, having an acquaintance that extended through the county. He was active in local

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By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D. i PATIENTS With rheumatoid ar- ' thritis, a disease in which there is so much pain in the joints, quite naturally tend to remain as still as possible. To insist that they exercise tender muscles and stiffening joints may seem like cruelty, but there is probably no disorder in which exercise is of more importance because gentle movement at the right time does so much to prevent the deformities and the permanent fixing of the joints so characteristic of this affliction. During the early, acute phase, rest in bed is often desirable, but so many patients develop deformities during this time that it should not be prolonged one day beyond what is absolutely necessary. What is needed is a careful balance between rest and exercise. It is important that proper posture be maintained through use of a firm mattress or a board under the mattress. Pillows under the knees or shoulders should not be allowed, since this practice may lead to deformities of the joints. While the patient is in bed, the application of heat to the affected joints and massage of the muncles may be helpful. Muscle exercises can be carried / out many times each day by the bed patient. Often, when the joints are acutely inflamed, gentle exercise several times a day by slow, guided movements given by a Sbauld be employed- Os ca-irse the «avem*Bt» should »«v'er be forced. Curing this time,

business and agricultural circle for more than a score of years Mr. Schultz, an amiable gentleman visited this newspaper office ever) Saturday afternoon and it was our weekly pleasure to engage in conversation with him in a light vein pertaining to farming conditions and the future outlook of the crops. Both men died unexpectedly of a heart attack and each will be missed by a large circle of friends. o o A harbinger of spring and hearlding the longer days, the Lenten season will arrive with the observance of Ash Wednesday this week. The forty day period, exclusive of Sundays in observed in most of the Christian churches, In commemoration of the fast of Jesus Christ and in preparation for the great feast of Easter, which marks His glorious rising from the tomb. It is the season that brings new life to the world and renews mankind’s spiritual endeavors. Ecclesiastically, it is the Holy Season when Christians meditate and emmulate the teachings and ex-

amples of the Son of God, culminating in a large degree in the services and devotions held in the respective churches. I ——o o Seaway Doomed: It is apparent from Senate debate on the St. Lawrence seaway proposal that the supporters of the project have not yet succeeded in Belling it on the basis of the whole nation’s good. Once again debate settled into a sectional pattern, with a group of Midwest senators supporting the project and a New England and Southern group opposing it. ’ iii p , It seems too much to expect that a project of such great size ever will win Congressional approval on a basis of sectional interest. Nor should it. It is a long, hard task to convince the fruit growers of the West Coast, the ranchers of Texas, the plantation people of the South and the shippers of New’ England that they will benefit by opening the Great Lakes to oceangoing ships. Yet until that is done it is unlikely that representatives of those areas will dare to vote for spending billions to develop a seaway in the St. Lawrence. It takes a long time to convince the whole nation that what benefits one section benefits all. The first meeting of the International Deep Waterways Commission at which it was discussed was held in 1895. The first report of the Commission on this subject came out in 1897. Isn’t it about time that petty provincial interests stopped short-sightedly fighting it and that Congress put it over for the good of the nation as a whole?

such preparations as the salicylates, which relieve pain, may be administered so that the patient’s ability to move will be increased. It is only in those instances where the pain is quite severe that no exercise can be taken. The physician must decide in each case how much exercise the patient can take without execessive tiritig or without producing an increase in the pain and spasm of the muscles. The exercises should be arranged on a daily schedule and not just several times a week. The amount of exercise can be gradually increased as the pain disappears and the muscles become stronger. It is also important in these in-

il is also important, iu iiieoe iu- ■ stances for the patient himself to be convinced that exercise is just as important in his disorder as the < use of medicine, and that rest for too long a period of time may be ‘ dangerous and lead to deformities. 1 The continued movement of the joints will prevent the formation of adhesions or bands of sear tissue which limit motion. The gentle stretching movements will also help to prevent shortening of the tendons -which connect the muscles to the bones. The patient with any variety of arthritis should consult his doctor concerning the amount o>f exercise which is best in his case. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS G. M.: Will eating horseradish cure tuberculosis? 1 know cf so evidence th»t hbrsertdie* hH say ter tuberculous patients.

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Io — 0 I Modern Etiquette i By ROBERTA LEE I 0 0 Q. In a case where a bride-to-be has no father or mother and no near relatives, in whose name may she send her wedding invitations? A. If she desires to send out formal Invitations, these would have to be engraved: “Miss Mary Smith and Mr. John Brown request the honor of your presence at their marriage, etc.” Q. When circumstances force a man to let a woman whom he has been accompanying to go to her home alone in a taxi, should he pay the driver? A. Yes, it is the courteous thing to do. Merely ask the driver to estimate the fare, then add a little more, with a tip. Q. Should the soup be served from the table or from the kitchen? A. Soup should be served only from the kitchen. o r>— o Household Scrapbook I By ROBERTA LEE 0 r Cleaning Chenille To wash chenille aricles, first soak in cold water, then squeeze, but don’t wring. Make a lather of warm W’ater and good washing powder, and rub the clothes in this gently. Rinse well in a gallon or so of warm water to which has been added a half-pint of vinegar. Then squeeze, pass through the wringer, shake and hang in a shady, breezy place to dry. Don’t hang in the «sun. Tired Feet The feet will not become tired if, while ironing, or doing any kind of wbrk that requires standing, an old blanket or comfort is doubled into several thicknesses and used to stand on. Potted Plants An excellent fertlizer for potted plants is to take tea leaves that have been used and put them around the plants. It will also stimulate the growth.

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Feb. 9 — Havana extends a great welcome to Col. Lindbergh. Walter Gilllom of Berne is a candidate for county surveyor in the Democratic primary. A three day rain turned to snow today. A saloon in Berlin has 150 bar ladies to take care of business. Mrs. John Niblick is able to sit up after a 19 weeks’ illness. i The Boston store opens a 10-day i reduction sale. J. G. Niblick returns from a visit I in Indiana Harbor. , 0 i CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank friends and • neighbors for their acts of kindness t and words of sympathy extended in t our bereavement, with special - thanks to the minister, and those 1 who sent floral offerings. Mrs. Charles Rabbitt and Child- - ren.

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L-a/ ' — SYNOPSIS Catherine Lister is engaged to Nicky Bray, former aviator recently discharged from an army hospital, but only to herself would she admit her feeling for him was one of compassion more than love. Following a visit to the doctor for a final check-up, he* apologised for not taking her to dinner saying he had promised to meet Dick Blanchard, a friend from the Air Force. While passing her Aunt Angela Wardwell's town house, which had been closed since the sudden death of her husband, John, a few years before, Catherine was surprised to see it ablaze with lights. She would have stopped in had she not spied her cousin Hat La Mott’s car at the curb. Catherine’s dislike of Hat had reached a new high shortly before her uncle's death when she had deliberately appropriated Stephen Darrell with whom Catherine was then in love. As she turned away she collided with a strange man who had been staring intently at the Wardwell house. CHAPTER TWO THE MAN was so deeply absorbed in his scrutiny that he hadn’t noticed Catherine. Light from an overhead lamp shone down on him. He was small, elderly, with thinning gray hair and pinpoint brown eyes, darkly bright in a pointed fox face. Very dapper. A brilliant blue tie quarreled with a sienna-brown chesterfield pinched at the waist. The collar of the chesterfield was worn and the top

button was missing. The man ; stepped aside, said, “Pardon me, Miss, I’m sure,” ducking his head and touching the brim of a brown ■ soft hat with a forefinger. His look at her was intent. His voice had a faintly familiar ring. Catherine couldn’t place him. “Oh, sorry, my fault,” she murmured, and walked quickly away. She didn’t look back. The bus going downtown was crowded. The journey, ordinarily pleasant, past the dark park, the great lighted hotels and shops, through the clamor of midtown Manhattan and on down into the lower reaches of the city, seemed endless. She was glad to get home to the little house on Lorllard Place, one of a row of six beneath trees in a narrow slit bisecting the irregular city block. She had the top floor of the first of these houses, just inaide a rusty iron gate that was never closed. The knockered door, crooked in its frame, stood open. There was lumber in the lower hall. The apartment on the second floor was being remodeled. Its door yawned blackly and a smell of paint came out. She Inserted the key in her own i doer on the floor above and ’ switched on the lights. The place was old and shabby, but returning to it always gave her a feeling of pleasure. It consisted of a big living room, with a beamed ceiling sloping to windows at the north, I an adequate bedroom and bath and I a huge kitchen with all sorts of nooks and cupboards. Best of all, ’ there was a terrace at the back, 1 roofed with a wistaria vine in summer. It would be nice for Nicky when the fine weather came, for they would live here after they were married, for a while anyhow, until he was completely on his feet. A small cold wind struck at Catherine. Her bright mood was gone. What was the matter with her tonight? Was it the sight of Hat La Mott's car. and what it I conjured up ? But all that was over , and done with, for good. It had I ended on that December morning '• in Brookfield almost two years ago • when she found out about Stephen i Darrell and Hat La Mott • . • s She had gone into Stephen Dar- ’ roll’s cottage a mile down the val- ; ley from the Waidwell houce. She 1 had been staying with her Uncle

Mrs. Elizabeth Moran "SMMife' Dies At Portland < -■ Funeral services will be held 2 < < , < Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock WB in Portland for Mns. Elizabeth Moran, wife of former Judge James J- ~ Moran, well known in Adams county. Mrs. Moran died Saturday noon in the Portland hospital. |||F Mrs. Moran was well known in Indiana in club work, and had visit- ■jj'JF JB ed in Decatur on many occasions g|i<®gjEL ' -' - JwagH with her husband. Burial will be at 1 ■ 1:11 ty0 ~' Household Goods insurance. Kehneth Runyon, K. C. Bldg. How Deafened People Now Hear Clearly f‘' Science has now made it possible - '■* » for the deafened to hear faint Wfe, . ; r .-« sounds. It is a hearing device so pjg f small that it fits in the hand and . jgj| ; : J I enables thousands to enjoy serm- MIWM|MMMMBII ons, music ■ and friendly companionship. Accepted by the GERMAN Gen. Otto von StuelpAmerican Medical Association’s nagel, notorious “B utc her of Council on Physical Therapy. p ar j S> ” hanged himself in Paris’ This device does not require Cherc he Midi military prison, separate battery pack, battery where he was awa iting trial as a wire, case or garment J 0 buige crlmlnal . Former occupation or weigh you down. The tone Is ahicin clear and powerful. So made that commander in Paris, Von Stuelpyou can adjust it yourself to suit nagel fashioned a noose fro your hearing as your hearing strips of cloth which he tore from changes. The makers of Beltone, prison mattress. (International) Dept. 22 1450 West 19th St. Chicago 8, 111., are so proud of their achievement that they will In the first nine months of this gladly send free descriptive book- y ear , international express shiplet and explain how you may get ments abroad totalled 448,357, a a full demonstration of this re- Jn 32 4 percent over the same markable hearing device in your B Rnii-wav own home without risking a pen- Pe rlo< i last Y ear ’ re P° 4 y ny. Write Beltone today. Express.

John and her Aunt Angela over the weekend and had been expecting Stephen the night before. He hadn’t come and she had concluded that he had been kept in New’ York. Walking into the village on Saturday morning to post some letters, she saw his car in the bumpy driveway. The car should have given her at least some warning. It was covered with the mud and rain of Friday night, which meant that Stephen had arrived at the cottage the evening before. She didn’t think of that; she thought only of seeing him. She opened the door without knocking and started to call out The call stopped on her lips. Stephen was there, standing at the foot of the small enclosed staircase that led upward out of the sprawled, irregular book-lined living room. He had a tray in his hands. On the tray were a coffee pot, cream and sugar, two glasses of tomato juice and two cups and saucers. A woman’s hat, a green cloche with a peacock feather on it, was lying on a table. There were two used brandy inhalers near it A pair of small greenleather sling pumps with very high heels stood side by side near the hearth. It was the shoes that told her, not only that a woman had been there with Stephen all night, and w T as still there, but that the woman W’as her cousin, Hat La

Mott. It was the deception that was the worst. She could still recall the overwhelming bitterness of it. While she and Stephen had been walking through the autumn woods with his English setter darting in and out of the underbrush, while they had been on the river with the last of the colored leaves floating down, planning their lives together—what they would do, where they would go, what they would see—it had been Hat all the time. Hat, her little, exquisite cousin . . . With blinding, blazing economy her life was smashed in that second. The rOom, the shoes, the green cloche, the empty urandy glasses, the tray in Stephen’s hands, his face, the laughter wrinkles at the corners of his hazel eyes gone, the eyes themselves smaller, harder, brighter, his jaw taut, sharply angled ... He had tried to talk to her. He had said, “Catherine,” in a low voice, as though he were afraid of being overheard, had put down the tray and started toward her. She hadn’t answered. She had simply looked at him and backed away. She knew she had to get out of there before the pain came. It had been an accomplishment. She had returned to the city that afternoon. Step’ an called her that night and said he wanted to talk to her. She hadn’t even said "No”; she had hung up without a single word. He had written to her and she had torn his letter to pieces, unopened. If, later on, doubt had attacked her at times as to the truth of her conclusions, she put it down fiercely. You couldn’t disbelieve the evidence of your own eyes. There was nothing more to be said or done. Wash it out A clean break was the only thing possible. Stephen was already in the Navy. A week or so afterwards he was sent out to the Pacific. ' They hadn't met since. In the late spring of the following year, she had become engaged to Nicky. As ’ far as Stephen Darrell was concerned the only thing left now was a vague wonder as to why he and Hat La Mott hadn’t married. What difference did it make? • • • She flattened slender shoulders s impatiently, took off her things,

changed into a cherry wool housecoat, returned to the living room and put a match to the fire her cleaning woman had left laid. Flames pulsed unevenly through the room, over the pumpkin-yel-low walls, the dark wood, drew gleams from the fat cherry-wood desk' that had been her father’s, mirrored themselves brilliantly in the silver leopard on the bookcase The small statuette had belonged to her Uncle John. It was a beautiful thing, of silver, inlaid with round golden spots. The unknown sculptor had managed to endow it with a peculiar life. The heavy but lithe body was in a crouch, belly sagging, the flattened head slightly turned. The eyes looked out at you, wherever you might be, warily and with an immense indifference. It had stood fpr years on her uncle's desk in the house on Sixty-fourth Street, and she had loved it since she was a child. She eyed the leopard and turned away. Shortly after they became engaged, Nicky had said to her, “That’s the only thing you got' from John Wardwell—and think of all the money he had. After all. you were his niece, and he had no family of his own." She had corrected him. Her uncle had a family. Angela’s niece and nephew, Hat and Tom La Mott had been brought up in the Wardwell house and he had always f n m It t n »I zl

treated them as his own children When she said that to Nicky, when he saw that she was annoyed, he laughed and agreed, throwing an arm around her and saying, “Don’t be so serious. I was only fooling.” Sometimes the ease with which he followed her moods roused a question in her as to whether such facile changes of pace could have either depth or permanence. She told herself irritably that she was being captious, small-minded. She put a log on the fire with unnecessary violence and straightened. The downstairs bell was ringing. Catherine dusted her hands frowningly. It couldn’t be Nicky, so soon, and she wasn't expecting anyone else. She pressed the buzzer, went to the door, opened it a few inches and waited. A man was coming up the stairs He emerged from dimness and started up the last low flight. Catherine stared incredulously. There was a ringing in her ears and the solid floor boards under her feet took a heave, as though she had been transplanted to the deck of a ship in the midst of a raging storm. Her visitor was Stephen Darrell. Stephen . . . He had been a Lieutenant Com mander in the Navy. He was out of uniform. A tweed topcoat swung from his shoulders, a soft hat was crushed under one arm. He always did things to his hats. His eyes under dark brows looked extraordinarily light against his deeply tanned skin. Boldly modeled forehead with the dark hair growing from it in a small peak in the middle, definite jaw line, wide, firm-lipped mouth indented a little at the corners—he hadn’t changed. She would have closed the door if she could. It was too late. He paused for a moment, looking up at her where she stood in the doorway, a girl in a cherry wool robe belted at her waist and falling, in long folds to her feet, her slender face very white, except for her i lips, and the liquid gray of her eyes, wide and still between black lashes. He raised a hand in salute. "Catherine, how are you? I was afraid you might be out.” There was no laughter In him. He start-, > ed up the stairs. ‘ (To Be Continued)

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