Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1919 — Page 8

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lIS A 1 V—A ‘ I / K Underwear! Cotton $2.25-52.50 Part Wool 53—54 All Wool S5--S6

Automobiles

December 30, 1919. Dear Sir —The Hudson is best known for endurance. We have never emphasized Hudson speed, though it holds all the stock car speed records, and won the American Speedway Championship. For few of Hudson’s 75,000 owners will ever care to extend their Super-Sixes to their speed limitNor will they likely ever meet a thill that will require the full exertion of Hudson power. What does count day after day, is Hudson durability, its train-like regularity, and freedom from repair. What does count after months of senvice is the way Hudson retaiins unimpaired those smooth, silent powers 9f performance for which it is famous. That is where endurance counts. That is why endurance is the most important of all car qualities. The Hudson S'uper-Six holds all the worthwhile endurance records. It Ihas proved such endurance as no other car has ever shown. Hudson leads not only in performance, and in sales, but also in style. You can get the unmatched performance qualities of the Hudson Supdr-Six motor, in a variety of distinctive closed models. Let us know when we may send your preference of these Hudson types, for your inspection and trial. Yours very truly,

Sale bills printed while you wait at The Democrat office. Advertise in the "Want Column.” Notice to Farmers Farmer Agents Wanted to Represent us in this Territory by the Price Chemical Company Incorporated Manufacturers of Acid. Phosphate and Commercial Fertilizers 26th and Maple Streets Kentucky Write ? Edw. J. Kentnich Monon, Ind. Box 325, Salesman for Northern I Indiana. er write company dirjet.

HUGH KIRK.

GENIUS.

“Are you an expert accountant?" “Yes, sir," said the applicant “Your written references seem to be all right, but tell me more about yourself." “Well, my wife kept a household budget forthlrty days. One night after dinner 1 sat down and in less than an hour found out how much we owed our grocer.” “Hang up your hat and coat The Job is yours." *

Standards of Value.

“One of the summer boarders of ours Is a regular profiteer,” exclaimed Farmer Corntossel. “Why he’s the one that pays the moQey.” “Yes. But he eats enough at one meal to put him ahead of the game for the rest of the week.”

Runs in the Family.

“Jack Grabcoin says the most valuable thing he acquired at college was a poker face.” Umph! I happen to know something about old Mr. Grabcoin’s record at the same institution and it’s my opinion that Jack didn’t acquire a poker face. He inherited IL” \

PUZZLED.

Bug Postman —I wish these fool bugs would have their houses numbered.. How de I know where this belongs?

Unenforcements.

A law appeared. Men paused to look With satisfaction <W. It crept into a statute book And there it went to sleep.

Thorough Preparation.

"If it is your ambition to go into the movies, why do you devote so much time to the study of elocution?’ “I wish to become a director and producer and I want to develop enough eloquence to hold my own in an argument with the actors.” An armload of old: papers for 5o at The Democrat office.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

The Eldest Camper

By CONSTANCE GRAY

(CopyrUbt, 1M». by McGlor. Nw paper Syndicate) < When the news Reached Camp Segatchie that a junior naval reserve station was to be located near by Muriel Brown, the head camp counselor, sighed audibly and remarked to her coworkers: “We’ll earn our keep this year, girls. What chance have sports and crafts with a couple of hundred or more uniformed youths not two miles away? Every girl will have one eye on the tennis ball and the other wandering into tire dim distance pfter a potential speck of white!” Bertha, Muriel’s eldest sister and tha business manager of . Sagatcbie Camp for Girls, paused in her task of arranging simple furniture in an A tent. “Cheer up, sis; there will. perforce, have to be grown-up uniforms In charge. Perhaps they will give some dances. Those naval men dance like dreams, too.” ; “M-m-m; maybe so. But I prefer, dreams in nay own little hammock, thank you, after a strenuous day’s work in the open,” returned Muriel. There were 80 girls at the camp that year,' ranging from fifteen to eighteen years old. Clad exactly alike to khaki bloomer suits with black sailor tiks, the little company set but one morn(pg for the daily hike. Muriel was walking ahead with Miss Holden; an assistant counselor, when, without warning, there appeared over a rise Of ground a squad of white-clad sailor lads commanded by a young officer, Immaculate in snowy duck. Miss Muriel heard the excited exda-

Aikens Was Sitting on a Rock.

mations of her charges, but ignored them and led them into an opportune woods road. Now the head counselor did not look a day older than some of her campers. However, she was twen-ty-five. Miss Holden, though only a year older, looked every bit of It. Therefore It was not surprising that the dapper young officer, halting his detachment and hurrying ahead, should address the latter. With lifted cap, disclosing brown curls closely barbered, he inquired if the shore road came out on the highway. Then he listened attentively to Miss Holden's reply—and looked at Muriel. At a crisp order from their commander the sailor lads continued down the road. The campers vanished into their own woods. The incident was closed. Lily Dart, a romantic young woman of seventeen, elaborated upon the meeting to Bertha. "And the officer was a peach. He fairly ate up Miss Muriel with his eyes.” Muriel looked up from where she was assisting one of the “Cleveland twins” to pick up a Stitch gone wrong. “Lucky he used his eyes instead of those white teeth, Lil,” she said, "but I don’t admire fatal beauty in a man. So don’t waste you)' time building tip a romance on that look."

It was when the campers were out in the canoes the next day that a big square envelope arrived. There was to be a hop on the following Saturday night at the reserve station. Every one at Camp Segatchie was invited. Great was the rejoicing among the girls when they returned and heard the news. Immediately “what to ■wear” became the principal topic of conversation. Lily Dart, against the rules of the camp, had brought a Very flossy evening gown. t Every one. was envious. That matter, however, was quickly settled by Muriel. “Now, girls,” said that decided young lady, “the costume of the evening will be a white skirt, white middy, white shoes and stockings; then your black sailor ties. We are campers, not a society outfit. I shall wear the same.” “I’ll bet that good-looking officer takes you for one of ils,” gushed the Irrepressible Lily. JBTss Muriel, you don’t look a day older.” As ithappened, thO 'romantic- prophecy true. EnMgn Bichard Aikens simply took it for grahted that Muriel was one of th? campers. She let labor under /that delusion. When he Inquired her home port she gave Akron, Ohio, which, luckily, she knew—-for bo did Ensign Aikens. He

juted it callers were allowed at the camp. Muriel told him, very decidedly, they were not. But when the young officer proposed thflt they meet on boulder path at two the following afternoon she agreed to try. Muriel walked rather slowly and thoughtfully down the path at the appointed.hour. Quite against her will, she liked the handsome youqg officer. The flush which so often flooded hi* tanned cheeks seemed to absolve himfrom the vanity dt the merely handsome man,, - - • • , It had beep great fun to “keep him on a string.” Then, no woman, however young, really enjoys confessing to more years than appear to. be hers,. But the head counselor-had decided, by the time she drew close to the plqce designed for the meeting, that she would do that very thing. > • » / Aikens was sitting on a rock when Muriel came into sight. He arose and greeted her. “Miss- Brown, 11 Was wrong to ask you toXmeet me here clandestinely, put there is something P want to tell you where no one can overhear.” s “Why, this is Interesting, ’’ said Muriel; "you have something to tell me and I hAve a confession to make to you. Let’s sit down. You talk . first.” Ensign Aiken, after a moment’s hesitation; proceeded. "You know Jack Hm"in Akron?” u “I certainly do.”

; "Well, there Js where I say your picture.” ' The girl seemed about to speak, but Aikens kept on: "it was in Jack’s room. Ooe of a row across the mantel, third from the left He had a “qulja board' there that afternoon tty'lng to get some -dope on one oCWw’ championship ball games. Jack’s a queer duck” —Aikens smiled—-"wanted me to try It. So I asked it the usual Stock, question, ‘Whom would I marry T and—l swear I hadn’t even glanced at the photographs on the shelf —the thing spelled out “Third girl from left, on the mantel.’ Then, of course, I quizzed Jack to find out something about the girl in the picture, for it looked mighty good to me. But he wouldn’t give me a hint who she was. Said it would be a test of the powers of the board, and I was to let him know If I ever met her. I’ve been looking for a year. And now when I’ve found you I’m not even allowed to call!’*

Muriel had listened with mixed emotions. “I have no faith whatever in ouija boards, Mr. Aikens,” she said, “but you may call. You see, you labored under a»mistake and I —well, I just let you. lam not one of the camp girls, but the head counselor. My sister and myself run the camp. We don’t take girls over twenty—and I’m years and years more than that. I m twenty-five.” “And I’m twenty-six. Now, don’t tell me I don’t look it, for that’s the cross of my life,” returned the ensign. Muriel arose and moved away. “I must go back to my charges." “But when may I call?” queried Ensign Richard Aikens, as the girl started up the path. Muriel did not answer till she came to a large boulder, around which she must pass. “Ask the ouija board,” she called out —and ran laughing up the path, campward.

WHAT MAKES ORANGE RUSTY

Spider-Like Insect Crawls Over Fruit and Punctures Outer Skin. The juiciest and sweetest orangea are the rusty ones. An exceedingly tiny spider-like inject is responsible. While the, fruit is ripening on the tree It crawls over the orange and punctures the outer skin with ever so many minute holes. For this purpose it Is provided with an awl-Hke instrument incomparably sharper than the finest cambric needle. It punches the holes to get at the oil contained in little glands just beneath the surface. Upon this oil it feeds, apparently. If you rub a lump of sugar hard ’and persistently upon the skin of an orange it will soon become saturated "with this oil (from the ruptured ■glands), which has a very strong flavor. It is the so-called “essential oil” art orange. 1 The oil, leaking out of the glands punctured by the “rust mite," forms a coating which, as it dries, is turned to a rusty color by contact witt). the >ir. It is in effect a varnish, which, being impervious to moisture, presents the juice from evaporating.

Only Disease He Could Treat.

IJharles and Marie had recently had measles, and ;at about the same e an elderly neighbor had died of mmonla. The children decided pn,e ay day to play “doctor.” Marie was be the sick patient and Charles the ton. The doctor, dressed in hip faths clothes and carrying a large travelbag, nearly as large as himself, rwered> the patient’s hurry up call 1 to Ms .question“ What’s the matwith you?” trie- patient answered, onia." ThC doctor looked in, his' bnf could pills' “monU.” so said, will just have to. have measles, ’cause that’s all the kind of medicine I have."

District of Columbia Land.

The government own's about half the land tav the District of Columbia, dr about 5,600 acres. Much of it > tel public parjit Its assessed 000,000. Theimprovementkon estate are assessed at $115,000,000. As the assessments are made on a basis of two-thirds, the actual value of this property -is estimated to be about $840,000,000.

Of Course.

•' “A beauty doctor l> by force W Ne buelnew a philosopher. Isn’t he>“ “Why does he have to beF’ \ “Because, no matter what happen*, ha has W put a good face on the wat- "

NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE.

"What's the dlfferohM between a passim let and an optimist?" "That’s easy—a pessimist acts the way he feels. twhUe «AjOPtimiSt acts the way be thinks he ought to feeL” '; • • ■.—. —. —

An Epitaph.

Beneath this stone Ues Jasper Lodge, He thought a trolley car Could dodge. V’. V/ I ,e"»' X 1 ■■■" 11

Expert Knowledge.

He —This account of a fight gays that the Germans were felled right •long by dur men. Bhe-4 guess they felled them with • machine gun. < .

A Real Housekeeper.

"Daisy f a gdod housekeeper, isn’t "Splendid, She even shines the loving cups her httgband has won.”

Mean Hint.

"There Is so much to that girl’s manner which Is put on." "I suppose she wants it to match her complexion.” r , ■ ■ ■ ■ —-sm

Would Tell It to Father.

She—l don’t think father would overhear of my marrying you. >’ "AH right then, we’ll tell him, our-

PRINCESS THEATRE Program for the Week of Dec. 29 Tuesday, December 30 Enid Bennett “The Virtuous Thief” One hundred dollars worth of thrills, smiles and tugs at your (heart in this gripping romance of a girt’s W by For the sake of her brother’s honor, she was scorched by a man’s unholy ’love; scorned as a wanton, branded as a thief. But when the reckoning came —hurray! You ll be glad yo came to see it. FORD WEEKLY Wednesday, December 31 Mabel Normand in “Sis Hopkins” SMILING BILL PARSONS in „ “POSTUWI SWAT” 4 ~ '■ Thursday; January 1 Marguerite Clark ■; . £ .7" - 1 • “Girls” like men! They were such impudent, conceited thina?andif one of them, one night a mere man. pursled by another Oman’s husband fled right into her apartdid she dot well, you’ll have to com A. and see ’winhate (?) man in captivating picturization of Clyde Fitch’s -famous comedy. mack sennet comedy Adults afic—2c—22c. 4 Children, 10c—1c —lie Admission—Aauits, Friday, January 2 «hel “Men, Women and Money” She was "always petted and (pampered, her' flat up : against it. On one are -the Elmo Lincoln 7 ; ' 5 - <’ “’ln • “ELMO, THE MIGHTY” Ji Episode No. 5 — I : Saturday, January 3 Enrico Caruso 1 ,n “My Cousin” <Yes a .Caruso picture at last. The singer-actor movin'before vour eye% You would have to pay five of ten dollarA fn'see him well at any metropolitan opera house. wuSen CardS Wmortil son of Italy, Jhas acted before aH tfc rSsof thfevSd—kings, presidents and queens—has thrilled by gesture ten thousand Every bit aS great an actor.'as a sinjger. jgp RAINBOW COMEDY AAnliq Children, 10©-—lo—lio-Aumission— auiuw, .

WEDNESDAY, DEC. «1,

RUBBER DOOR MATS 18x36 inches Price $1.50 each I Just the thing to scrape your shoes on before entering the house these bad days. Worland Bros.

The Difference.

j "I understood tha college professor you were talking of had to give up Ms position, and is now a conamen laborer in a shipyard. What a fall I "Fall nothing! Now he.rides in his automobile, and his family has steak for dinner.”

An Acquaintance.

"I noticed you waved your hand to that traffic policeman.” “Yes,” said the motorist ' “Old friend of yoursF “In a way. He's carried me to court a few times.”

New Version of Old Saw.

*A man is as old as he feels, quotea the parlor philosopher. "And a woman is as old as her photograph taken about fifteen years ago,” added the mere man. —Pearson’s Weekly. —

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