Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1919 — Page 1

No. 100.

New Auto Truck ■ > • We have been compelled on account of the heavy increase of our furniture business to buy another truck. — ■ .... .x,.-. - ... ■ ' v ,... We purchased a New Dodge Chassis and hpd it built to our needs. * We will be able to haul at least three times the load that we were with the old truck. The body will have a rack with a canvas cover so that we can make deliveries in bad weather. The driver will have an enclosed cab. We feel that with this new outfit that we can keep our deliveries nearer up to date. W. J. WRIGHT

NOTICE For a good shave, bath or shoe shine step into GILMORE’S BARBER SHOP The only shop on Main street Laundry and Dry Cleaning Agency ED. GILMORE, hop.

KNITTERS NEEDED

The Red Cross is keen about eleaning all work by May 15th. We have a large quantity of yarn for stockings for children and it must go out faster. Come in to the shop and hear our scheme for speeding up. ORA T. ROSS, Director of Knitting.

COME EARLY Our stock of bedding plants will be here about May first. Will have many kinds and quality goods. Vegetable plants, many kinds, ready now. Garden huckleberry plants for everybody. KING FLORAL CO., Phone 216 Green.

PRINCESS THEATRE —TONIGHTMonroe Salisbury '- W, ‘The Devil’s Mateest’ Sk —also—*Eddie Polo ■ the 9TH EPISODE OF • 1 I “THE LURE OF THE 1,1 CIRCUS”

Wednesday and Thursday April 30th and May sit ‘THE HEART OF HUMAN ITV This is the greatest picture of today—better than “The Birth of a Nation” and “Hearts of the World,” breakihg all records wherever shown. Special Orchestra at night only Matinee 2;30. • Night 7:15 and 9:00 \ Admission Matinee 20 and 30c, plus tax;Night 25 andlSOc, plus tax.

The Evening Republican.

Winamac will play R. H. S. tomorrow afternoon on the home grounds. The line-up will be: Merica, catcher; Phegley, ‘pitcher; Harris, first base; L. Cellins, second base; Babcock, third base; P. Collins, short stop; Randle, right field; G. Collins, center, field; Lambert, left field. Rensselaer has a larger base ball scheduled this year than ever before; the following games have been scheduled: Winamac at Rensselaer, April 30. Chalmers at Chalmers, May 2. Winamac -at Winamac, May 7. Remington at Rensselaer, May 9.

The name Cy Williams, the angular young gent who plays in the Philly outfield when not farming his Wisconsin farm, after an ultimatum announcing his retirement from the past time last winter, is to be found in the daily Philadelphia line-up. The Benton county boy has been wrecking the big league fences to date by his crashing whacks, poking out a double and a brace of singles in yesterday’s fiasco. Funny thing, this retirement stuff. EXCURSION TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY The next excursion to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas will be run on Thursday, May Ist. Come and join in on this excursion. J. P. Hammond. ALLHOMEPRINT TODAY. READ THE INSIDE PAGES.

HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY APRIL 29, 1919.

LEAPING AHEAD AS A SCRIBE

NORMAN BROCHARDT MAKING HIT IN NEW YORK NEWSPAPER WORLD. Norman Brochardt is a rising magazine and newspaper illustrator. Likewise Norman Brochardt is a rising young writer of no mean caliber. All this is evidenced in an article appearing in the magazine section of the New York Times under date of April 20, 1919, and over Which stands the following introduction: “The writer and illustrator of this article is a young artist whose work in pen and ink was familiar to many readers of New York newspapers. Failing to get into the American army, he joined the Royal Flying Corps, in Canada soon after we entered the war, and was seriously injured in an airplane accident at a flying field in Texas. He is now one of the convalescents at Whitby.” The article written by the young author bears the title, “Amateur Night in an Army Hospital.” The sub-head reads, “Backstage at Whitby Where Canada’s Maimed and Sick Soldiers are Winning Back to Health and Usefullness.” Then follows the sketch, with illustrations, which runs like this: All the bloomin’ world’s a stage an’ we are struttin’ on the boards of it. The forlorn figure in that once fashionable color—khaki —swung the mop over the oiled floor lackadaisically. How could one take more than a passing interest in mopping when his heart was yearning for the glory of the spotlight? Joy went clean out of the mopping as he swung the oiled rags more and more slowly over the floor. You see a passion for theatricals had rescended on Whitby. It is a curious fact that just as actors love to dress up and play the soldier, so soldiers love to dress up and play actor. And here at Whitby there was little else for soldiers to do.

Whitby is the home of Canada’s maimed and sick men, returned after months or years of fighting and not so fit and ready yet to start where they left off in civilian life. It is a world in its self, from gymnasium to theatre—a world composed of men gathered from all trades and professions and classes—alike in that they gave up what they had and were to serve a cause, and alike also in that they have all been more or less broken in that service. The man with the mop was one of them. He had been an aviator once. Before that he had been an artist of sorts. Now he burned to be a player. And Whitby supplied the means of realizing that ambition. All he had to do was to get “assigned to perform” by the officer in charge. Now was the night of the performance. And here was in front of a small door marked “Strictly Private.” “Sure,” he said, “I’m a private and a performer likewise,’’and opened the door and disappeared within. The backstage regions of the Whitby theatre was not very different from backstage regions in other theatres—not quite so spacious as the Metropolitan Opera or the Century in New York and not quite so cramped as the Punch and Judy. The man with the mop had taken notes of the .Russian Ballet in the first, played hide and seek with tempestuous Ariel in the second, and crowded in between decks with the Parrot and the Pirates of Treasure Island in the last. He had even made sketches of Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII., while the ladies of the court looked over his shoulder and Sir Herbert Tree presided with eccesiastic pomp over the dress rehearsal of a real Shakespeare revival. Therefore, what he found there was not quite strange to him. As a matter of fact, what he found immediately inside the door was a couple of soldiers. One was standing before a mirror powdering his face, and adding a pink glow to palid cheeks. The way he did it was really very like the way a Broadway actress does it. The other soldier, dressed with peculiar splendor in uniform, told the newcomer that he himself had charge of all the musical numbers of the show which was about to delight the theatregoers of Whitby. But now another soldier came tumbling in tumultuously. To the splendid one, now earnestly engaged in tuning a fiddle he gasped,. “Say, 'boss, they got Bill and Sam locked upin the clink, they have; wot we goin’ to do about it? The tuning up of the fiddle proceeded. “Well, said the timer as he turned, “What are they in for, and can’t they get out long enough to do their duty as performers?” The other grinned. “Naw, they ain’t pinched. It’s some wise Mack locked ’em in an’ they ain’t got the keys to git out.” At that precise moment the door burst open and somebody fell in. “If is ain’t Bill himself,” said the messenger, and the boss stopped tuning and looked sharp inquiry.. “Ye see, explained Bill, “we was practicin’ in the climk ’cause it was peacful like, an’ some blankety blinked blank locked us in. An’ we just got let out.” At Whitby, you win observe, art knows no false pride. A person is as good to rehearse in as the finest salon—and easier to find. A mild appearing sergeant with a Red Cros on his sleeve appeared with a violin. They told him he could go out in front and catch the show. They didn’t need him. Also “a crowd

WALLACE EVANS IS ACQUITTED

JURY FREES MAN CHARGED WITH HAVING FILED FALSE CLAIM AGAINST COUNTY. Fowler, Ind., April 28.-—After deliberating seventeen minutes a jury in the Benton county circuit court acquitted Wallace W. Evans, wealthy land owner and contractor, of a charge of having filed a false' claim for money said to be due his firm on the Fleming gravel road contract. 'Seven attorneys argued eight hours. It was a sensational case and attracted state-wide interest. Wallace W. Evans listened today through long hours of argument’ in which the attorneys for the state and attorneys for the defense discussed with great oratorical ability, the question of his guilt or innocence of having filed a false claim in connection with the construction of the Fleming gravel road iji Pine township, Benton county, Ind. r There was a great deal for the attorneys to talk about. It was an unusual case, and there were an unusual set of circumstances for discussion. The Evans case has shown that certain county officials have not followed the law in their methods. They have been “accommodating” to the contractors. They have endeavored' to everyone connected with the construction of the road. They have not been faithful officials in the eyes of the law, but it is only fair to say that these officials have followed precedents, and there is not a single word of evidence in the case that even indicates that any them are grafters. From the evidence introduced in the Evans case, the only sins committed by any public official are those of neglect to do what the law requires them to do.

of these here new fellas might just as well go out and watch the show, too. They won’t be used. Clearly the theatrical ambition of the man with the mop had got to wait. He took the hint. But as he preferred to watch the show, if possible from backstage he slipped up a convenient stairway into the wings. A bouncing young man in his short-sleeves, round of face, very unmilitary, but very business-like, demanded peremptorily to be told who the intruder was and why. A quavering excuse was met flatly and firmly. Nobody was allowed behind there except for the performers —and if somebody didn’t get out somebody would call the director, who was an Officer, • and would see that the throwing out was done properly and in a military manner. Exit to find Officer. What might have happened if the Officer had been found mere private imagination refuses to face. But from somewhere on high, descending ladder, appeared a person who said everything was “Jake”—which is the British Army’s version of O. K.—and rubbed his hands. He added, perceiving the intruder, “We have in our midst some real antiques in the way of scenery. This here set was used by E. H. Sothern down in the Tulan theatre in New Orleans. And this here set came from Marie Dressier’s ‘Hillie’s Nightmare’ —remember that on Broadway, wot,?”. _■ .. After which he climbed aloft again to where he belonged with the electrical gear and the switches. Very likely he’s been a backstage hand before the war. But as likely as not he’d been something quite different. Meantime people had been drifting back and filling the narrow ravines between scenery and wall, and the intruder lost among them and was not thrown out even when two Officers and Directors appeared and called for chairs to sit upon and do the directing. Out toward the footlights every now and then some enterprising player was peeing through a hole in the curtain with an eye on the attendance.

I am not going to describe the show. Only a little of what went on back of it. Troops of people kept flowing from the wings—soldiers camouflaged. Through one door came a figure which to those who have descended into the valley of shadows or to those who dwell in. such places as Whitby, will not cease to mean something that it does not always mean to other men. A nursing sister she was, with Red Cross on cap and bib, and very rosy cheecks. Another was a lady in riding costume (who whispered confidentially that she had lived in New York before the war) and another was a lady all in black—or black as far as it went—who held a wine glass filled with joy—a temperate joy of red paper, unspillable, undesirable, absolutely non-intoxicat-ing. She said she was a vamp. It seemed these ladies belonged to the next number, touchingly entitled, “The Soldier’s Dream/’ At that moment the spotlight Was devoted to somebody who was singing like Harry Lauder —or thereabout. While he did the R.A.F. the girl tried to look military until a Piccadilly Nut who was also waiting for his turn to oblige the company asked for a foxtrot. Ptomptly the R.A.F. girl gave up being military antLdanced. Then came the call for their act—after some sawdust trenches had been arranged as a suitable place for the soldier of the dream to sleep upon and do his dreaming. The music starter softly, the stage W dark, ic started softly, the stage was drak er*s face.”

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ROAD MEETING HERE ON MAY 5

JASPER BETTERMENT ASSOCIATION SECURES L. H. WRIGHT FOR HIGHWAY ADDRESS. Representative W. L. Wood has succeeded in getting recognition by the State Highway Commission. On Monday evening, May sth, at 8:00 o’clock p.m., Mr. L. H. Wright, director of the State Highway Commission, will speak on the subject of highways. We invite the general public to be present at this .meeting. Mr. Wood and, those who have been interestd in th good road movement have been working faithfully to have Jasper and her sister counties get their share of the permanent highways that will be built throughout the state of Indiana during the next few years. Southern Indiana is busy planning for a great system of roads. Why not our district ask for our proportion of the government and state aid? It is estimated that the government has spent in winning the war money sufficient to build a road on every other section line throughout the United States at a cost of twenty thousand dollars per mile. It is our duty to offer the men who have won the war employment in the way of reconstruction and the government will make a wise choice in appropriating a sum of money equal to the amount that the state will appropriate under the State Highway Commission law. By so doing, the construction and maintainance of the public throughout the United . States will be paid for by the people who are benefited by them. The burden has become too heavy for the local communities to construct public highways by their own taxing units. This is an opportunity to relieve the taxpayer of the direct tax he is now fraying from year to year. The highway meeting on May sth will be under the auspices of The Jasper County Betterment Association.

OBITUARY

Mary Donsetta, daughter of D. L. and Elizabeth Jane Richardson, was born in LaPorte county, Indiana, October 28, 1856, and departed this life April 24-, 1919, age sixty-three year, 5 months and 24 days. . She was united in marriage to Charles M. Paxton, August 8, 1875. To this union wak born one son and one daughter. In an early day she united with the Methodait church and was a woman of great faith, which beyond doubt gave her many added years of life. Mrs. Paxton’s religous life expressed itself in deeds of kindness and of love. Her thoughts were always for others and she was constantly doing things that those,about her happy. The father and one sister preceded her to the great beyond. She leaves to mourn their loss her husband, C. M. Paxton; one daughter, Edith Lonergan, of Surrey ; one son, Harry W. Paxton, of Hobart; her aged mother, Mrs. D. L. Richardson, of this city; one sister, Mrs. Charles W. .Postill, of this city and two grandchildren, Marion and Edna Paxton, of Hobart, and a host of relatives and friends.

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Electric supplies. Phone 113. Babcock Electric Co. My shrubs have arrived. John Holden.

FAMOUS SCIENTIST LECTURER HERE MONDAY EVENING

Rev. Andrew J. Graham, C.SJB., of Boston, a famous Christian Scientist lecturer, was here Monday evening and addressed the local congregation at the Scientist church on N. Van Rensselaer street. Dr. Graham is one of the best known Scientist lecturers in America and his address attracted many members from other denominations. The church proved to be entirely inadequate to care for the many who wished to hear him, and many were forced to stand up and others were unable to get into the church to hear him at all. The eminent speaker has proved to be a magnet in every city in which he has spoken and there were many in the audience from nearby towns, some even coming as far as from Lafayette. _ . The lecture in itself was intensely interesting and was delivered in a masterful, forceful way and the audi- A ence was firm in its conviction that the address rendered was one of the best ever given in the city. The local Scientist congregation is steadily growing and the members hope to become a power for good in the cofamunity and to erect a modern church when their finances permits. A synopsis of the address given last night will appear in the Friday issue of the Evening Republican.

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DOINGS OF CITY COUNCIL

The city council met in regular session Monday evening with the mayor and all councilmen present. C. L. Leavel was given permission to move the old frame building at the rear of the J. H. Chapman residence from its present site to a lot owned by Leavel in the northwestern part of the city. City Engineer was directed to prepare plans for the widening of the bridge across the Maxwell ditch on Lincoln avenue. The city marshal was instructed to make some repairs on the Washington street bridge. The salary of Gilbert Albin, who csres for the streets, was raised from $lB to S2O per week.

AT THE STAR THEATRE THE HOUSE OF GOOD PICTURES TODAY “HEARTS OF LOVE" —STARRING—- . Edna Mayo “A DBAMA or THE MATIOST’ 6—PARTS—6 . t . ■' .. ■- . ‘ i ! WEDNESDAY— Special J. Warren Kerrigan M— 1 “ONE DOLLAR BID" ' ALSO FOBD STEBMMO in • MACK SEHXETT COMEDY “STARS AND 6ARS” ' ADMISSION 10 and IH

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