Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 57, Number 22, Jasper, Dubois County, 5 March 1915 — Page 2

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Feast on the Grand Canal Served in New York inTEW YORK. What is said to have heen the most elaborate and expensive il dinner given in New York in many years, the number of diners considered, took nlace recently at the Knickerbocker. The host was a downtown bank president, and the guests were his

I met my wife twenty years ago in a gondola on the Grand canal in Venice. The name of her gondola, as I recall it, was 'Thea.' Now I'll leave it to you." When the guests appeared on the evening of. the anniversary, they were shown into a big room which was in semidarkness. In the background was ; painted a night scene on the Grand canal, with the windows of the palaces and 'houses showing lights. Below was real water, for on the floor had been ; placed a canvas tank, and into it had been pumped hundreds of gallons of water. A gangplank, whose end was near the entrance, led to a large gondola, -with a hood, or loggia, with draped curtains, through which appeared the gleam from a green lantern, lighting up a table underneath. At the bow of the gondola the figure of a gondolier, a dummy, however, bent over an oar. On the near side of the craft was painted its name, "Thea." Near by was a '"typical mooring post. A band was playing the tunes that are heard over the water in Venice, and us it was in another room, the music produced' the effect of coming from a distance. A full moon peeped over the top of the scenery. Neapolitan singers gave the effect of singing from passing gondolas by varying the volume of . sound Sparrows, representing the pigeons of St. Mark, flew across the room. The waiters were Venetian fishermen, wearing picturesque costumes and long, -drooping mustaches, and the dinner was served on the gondola, under the - canopy. A breeze was furnished by four electric fans, and the air was sprayed to produce an imitation of sea atmosphere. Two other rooms helped in filling up the accessories. In the antecroo m was the station, showing the Plaza of St. Mark in miniature and the Campanile A sign on the entrance leading to the banquet room bore the inscription. "To the Grand Canal." The dinner was served from this room, and :in a third room the Seventh Regiment band occasionally played to represent the chimes of St Mark.

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OSTON. Eurhythmies, the latest method of dancing through the application

of musical rhythm to motion, sponsored by Mrs. Oliver Ames, Sr., Mrs.

Larz Anderson, and other leading Boston society women, and approved by President Emeritus Eliot of Harvard.

will be a popular winter diversion 'among Boston society girls. About a aozen debutantes, including several who "came out" this season, nave formed a class and are taking lessons at the school of Miss Marie Ware Laughton Several other classes are being formed, one of which includes a number of matrons of the smart set. Still . another class is made up of athletic

and gymnastic professors from Welles dey, Smith, and Bryn Mawr, vo, when they become proficient, will teach the jpose plastique" to college g.::s. Learning to pose so that each position assumed registers a desired expression of human emotion, is one of the first steps toward the acquisition of

the deeper significance of eurhythmies

it is frequently termed, now promises to rival in its results even the modern dances Eurhythmies, it is asserted, not only satisfies the joys of dancing, ,but enables the devotee to develop self-expression.

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CHICAGO. "Hot Tarnale" Anna Safen the name refers to her business, but applies to her temperament was the center of stic hostilities the other night at Clark street and Germania place. Her official White Book says: "I have six agents who sell my tamales.

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gesticulating right. "Back!" she shouted. "Lineup! Right against that wall." And so persuasive was the gleam of her eyes and the gleam of her "six" bhooter that all the belligerent powers desisted at once from all unfriendly acts and obeyed orders. Policewoman Alice called a patrol and herded her captives into it. Only two of them were booked at the Hudson avenue station, the others having given satisfactory explanations conforming to the Hot Tamale White Book. The two locked up were John Agsoten and Michael Martin. It is said they owe tor tamales. It was just one more feather in the Parisian toque of Policewoman Alice. She has arrested mashers, she has arrested bogus policewomen, she has caught shoplifters and pickpockets, and she has captured at least one escaped lunatic The quelling of a little street corner riot was merely a part of th day's w oirk.

Convict Does Jimmy Valentine Act for Missouri JEFFERSON-CITY, MO. "Jimmy" Ryan, who1 formerly registered from St Louis, but who is now one of the "guests" of Warden D. C. McClung in the slate penitentiary, convinced the state officials the other afternoon that he had not forgotten how to open safes.

Jimmy" proved to be another "Jimmy ' Valentine of the stage, who nightly rescued a child from a safe, and he opened the Missouri safe in the same way, by feel of his nerve-exposed fingers. The safes in the house and senate had not been opened since the close of the legislature in 1913, No one knew tiie combination. Speaker Boyd and Senator Buford

were in a quandary as to what to do, as all of the safe openers here are in the penitentiary. The newspaper correspondents suggested that an expert on opening vaults could be "engaged" from the Missouri bastile. Warden McClung was requested to send the best safe-blower in his custody. A caucus was held in the "pen" and by an almost unanimous vot "Jimmy" Ryan was selected to do the job. "Jimmy" was motored to the temporary capital building and was -asked if h could open tiip vaults. "In a minute, if there is any dough in it,' he said. "Just open it, ' was the order, and "Jimmy" did it without a "jimmy." He bit his nails down until the inner cuticle, that sensitive covering, was bared. The exposed finger tips, placed against the rim ot the safe door knob, caught -Jthe lall of the tumblers and the door was easily swung oncn

wife and four children. The feast cost more than $500 a cover. The banker told James B. Regan, proprietor of the Knickerbocker, about his intention to give a dinner on his twentieth wedding anniversary. "My wife has been accusing me for some time of having no sentiment left," he said. "I want to show her she's wrong. Now I'll give you the idea, and you needn't stop at expense. Winter's Fad in Boston 12 This new psychological method, as j Pistol Puts End to Riot Two of them failed to bring back the money they owed me. I had two other agents wth me when I met the de faulting two. So there was a battle. And the battle was in full progress, with fists anc? epithets flying like shrapnel and shrilling in 42-centimeter tune when a policewoman not a policeman swooped into the scene in the name of the law. She was Alice Clement, cleared for action, revolver flashing , in her

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By MARY HOWELL FOOTE. 1 Cannons were booming, but in a country at peace. Martial music filled the air, but it was the accompaniment to military practice maneuvers. Gerald Price and Grace Rowland sped along the smooth sloping shore of Chesapeake bay, noting the same and taking in at a safe distance naval and camp tactics. "The last day of the week, the last day of the month, the last day of my vacation," spoke Grace, with quite a sigh, and she bestowed a glance of underveiled real gratitude and appreciation upon the escort who had tried to make her two weeks' respite from studio work in the hot, dusty city pleasant for her. "And the last auto drive we shall take together," murmured Gerald in tones of manifest regret. "There there is next season, you know," suggested Grace, with a hopeful smile. There was that in her tones that thrilled Gerald Price genuine sincerity. He did not follow up the mute beckoning of those lovely, longing eyes. He was a shy fellow and he blushejl. Then a narrow, winding course required some expert maneuvering, and the thread of the conversation that might have led to his heart's desire was interrupted. He was shy and reticent in mind and manner, this novice in the courts of love. Many a time at lawn parties and picnics he had envied the big, boisterous fellows whose brisk ways he took for courage. He had not their initiative, he thought. He must appear as their inferior, he decided. And this had made him timid-hearted whenever he was with Grace. That' he loved her deeply he was sure. That she returned his affection he very much doubted. The bold, brash ways of forward youths had not made the impression upon Miss Rowland that he fancied, but Gerald did not know this She was, however, disappointed that Gerald did not act more self-assertive. His shyness was rather a merit with her, for it covered intense respect for the Out From His Hand Vaved the Long White Veil. young ladies with whom he came in contact. Altogether he was a gentleman, but she could not palliate a timidity which might imply cowardice. Two evenings previous, in the white moonlight, amid garden airs redolent with the soft perfume of flowers, he had very nearly told her all. The passing of a laughing, chaffing couple of friends had abashed him. He was embarrassed and ill at ease after that, and Grace found him poor company for the rest of the evening. She was somewhat nettled, she knew not why. She had not yet fully fathomed the real depths of her budding soul. Today, Gerald of a verity believed it would be hi final companionship with the fair youn creature who had transformed his whole life. She. was returning to a southern city, he to the Went They would be widely separated. He dreaded a refusal of his love. Faint-hearted and sensitive, he had made up his mind that he would not speak the words that might bring him crushing despair. He would seek her permission to correspond with her, and hope for the future. "We seem to be off the regular course," he remarked, as he discovered that they were crossing an unfamiliar reach of barren land fronting the bay. "Yes, I do not remember of having ever been here before," responded Grace. "There is a road here," observed Gerald, "so we may as well keep on It may turn into a better one beyond that grove of trees. Ah, a break down!" Iu truth it was. Directly behind what seemed to be a small sand dune, the wheels stuck in the heavy sand, came to a stop. A snap had an nounced a breakage through the unusual pulling stress. Gerald got out ind looked the machine over. "I am sorry," he said, "but 1 shall have to walk back to the last garage

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0 w. f "But that is miles away!" said Grace in dismay. "Oh, no. not more than three miles. I fear you must remain here " "Oh! what is that?" Gerald had come up to the side of the machine. With a violent start Grace reached out and clung to his arm, trembling all over. Boom crash! He, too, was suddenly startled. Somewhat beyond them was another elevation, like to the one in the shadow of which the automobile was anchored in the sand. Now a speedy conception of their situation came to the mind of Gerald as he recognized what t really was. He stepped quickly to the edge of the elevation that screened them from the bay. He gave a quick gasp. A mile out in the bay two battleships were ranged. The "dunes" were larget points, and as Gerald glanced over the one that shielded them he observed a round, white-painted wooden target at its apex. Just then a second shot plowed up the sand into a great cascade not twenty feet from them. The next might ' strike the target base beside them. "Quick!" he said, rushing back to the machine and almost tearing from Grace the white, flowing veil she wore. Grace, thrilled, petrified, saw him run back, describe a wild leap, and he landed on a staggering balance on the top of a hummock, steadying himseit across its uneven surface by climbing to the edge of the great target. Out from his nana waved the long white veil. Could they see him? Would they see him? His heart quivered as a puff- of smoke from one of the distant vessels was followed by a bounding blotch, boring space, and a shot landed 50 feet short of the hummock. A second puff of smoke but still' Gerald stood at his post of peril, waving the filmy signal, and then the crisis! the climax! Gerald was conscious of a terrific shock. That last shot, better aimed than its predecessor, had neared the target. It had not struck it, or he wnnlri have been killed. It landed against the-base of the hummock and sent it splitting apart, and, dizzied, stunned, Gerald found himself sinking through space. It might have been a minute, it might have been, an hour when Gerald aroused to sensibility, he knew not 5-hich at the moment. He had endured a great shock, but was not otherwise injured. He was lying amid the partial ruins of the hummock, his head in Grace's lap. She was wringing her hands distractedly and the tears were raining down on his face. "He is dead!" she wailed. "And for my sake! And I thought he had no courage! Oh, my dear! my dear!" and she leaned over and kissed his cheek in a transport of mingled love and despair. "What glorious medicine!" Gerald could not help but cry out ecstatically, thrilling under the magic of love's marvelous restorative. He sat up and extended his arms towards her, the words of hope and happiness upon his lips, but there was an interruption. A small boat had been sent ashore from the battleship to investigate the veil signal and possible damage done. "Oh, that dreadful moment!3' shuddered Grace, as, two hours later, the machine repaired, they started on their way. "Oh, happy day!1" cried the delighted lover. "I bless the hour that brought us into deadly periL" (Copyright, 1914. by "W. G Chapman.) WILLING TO SUFFER AGAIN Old Woman's Prayers Were Not ExT actly the Result of a Feeling of Gratitude-. A lady had a friend who called to see her one day, accompanied by her i poodle. On the way they met an old j beggar woman, whose appearance so ; annoyed the dog that it promptly bit the mendicant, whose howls and la mentations terrified the kind-hearted lady. "Here, my poor woman, here's ten shillings for you," she said, nerv ously tendering the coin. The old woman grabbed it, and then fell on her knees in the middle of the road and started praying for all she was worth, regardless of mud or mo tors. "And people say the lower orders are irreligious and ungrateful," soliloquized her ladyship, who was quite touched by the exhibition. At last the supplications became more and more vehement, and curiosity prompted the donor to inquire what special blessings were being invoked. "What are you praying for?" said she. The old vagrant stopped and looked at her sympathetic inquirer. "Sure, an' I'm askin the blessed saints to persuade the crathur to bite me on the other leg!" she answered. London Tit-Bits. The Pittsburgh of Africa. The Pittsburgh of Africa probably will be in Katanga, in the Belgian Congo. Its development may be halted for a time by reason of the European war, but it .eems destined to grow into one of the great industrial centers of the world. The district is not far from Lake Tanganyika, which is between Belgian Congo and German East Africa, and near by are vast deposits of coal, copper, iron and tin. At present attention is devoted principally to copper, smelters for which are at Lubumbashi, near Elizabethville Commerce and Finance

SINGER'S RECIPE FOR HEALTH

ivime. Schumann-Heink, Operatic SUrp Recommends Housework or American Girls, My mother was a fine lady. I remember her, with her little fine hands and hei- little teet But she aever nad a maid, and so she nad to do everything herself. She thought It did not harm a daughter of a major or i captain to do her own work. From ner I learned to sew and darn stockings, and l could patch a pair ot officer s trousers so neatly that you could not tell where the patch was. And, what was more difficult still, i could darn a hole near the neckband of a shirt so that you could not tell there had ever been any hole; in fact, it is due co this experience of mine that 1 have never employed a maid. And I learned to cook, too. And to this day I love to do it I do not cook in the American, but in the Austrian style; but everybody who tries my cooking knows it is all right. Very often when visitors come to my house in Chicago 1 am very sorry; but I cannot see them because 1 have my apron on and am in the kitchen, cooking. 1 found tliat work about the nome developed in me a constitution that has been one of my most valuable possessions. There is no work that does more to promote health in a girl. Sweeping, wrestling with, a feather bed, or pushing furniture out of the way while she sweeps, develops tier back and her bust at the same time, and makes ner fit to fight the world. el strongly recommend that kind- of J - . . . i r 1 worK to an American gins. mine. Schumann-Heink in the Saturday Evening Post. GREATEST THING iS LIBERTY' Nothing That4 Man Is Capable Achieving Can Ever Take Its Places of In one- of the finest passages in "Lös Miserables," Marius, the young aristocrat who lias become converted to what he thinks are liberal ideas, is eulogizing Napoleon. He recites the Oorsican's wonderful genius and unpar alleled, achievements, points out the "glory" which he brought to France, and asks dramatically what could be grander than the imperial regime. A quiet youth of the little revolutionary group raises his head, and answers: To be free!" It is well to recall: this remark now, when the gospel of "efficiency" is usurping the place of the law and the prophets. Efficiency is a fine thing, m public matters as well as in private- ones. But it is better to be free than to be efficient, better to blunder in liberty than to achieve a machinelike exact- . ness under the orders of "expert autocrats." Through all the ages men nave sought some elixir that would keep nations alive and worthy. Only one has ever been found, and that is liberty. Other talismans work for a time, only to fail when most needed or co exact a price which makes success a loss. Liberty alone remains of permanent value. Chicago Journal. How Aeroplane Aviators Signal. There has been tried in prance an apparatus for signaling from aeroplanes used in the war, consisting ot a reservoir ot lampblack, which is. connected with a supply of compressed air. The aviator, by means ot a valve within reach of his hand, can blow, out a cloud of lampblack of a size varying according to the length of pressure of his hand upon the valve. These small clouds can be seen trom, j a distance of six miles, and the move- ; ment of the aeroplane spaces them suf- ! ficiently to prevent them running to-' gether. By the use of the Morse code it isan easy matter to send signals in this j way from an aeroplane, and In addi- j tion it saves the necessity of a wireless receiving station, which is often.' difficult to operate during a campaignRules for Diet Are Individual. i The best rules for diet for human be- ; ings yet desired, says Dr. H. W Hill i of the Minnesota Public Health associ- j ation, are necessarily very elementary I ! In general a safe rule is to cat plenty of what is good, as long as you nave no trouble in digesting it, and to avoid those things that experience shows disagree with you One should never select or neglect any particular article of human diet, because it agrees or does not agree with someone else. Gating is certainly one thing in whicti one individual is wholly entitled to De a law unto himself. Vintage of Western France. The 1914 vintage in western France, according to preliminary reports, is most satisfactory. It is said io compare favorably in quality with the product and, therefore, considered superior to the 1912 and 1913 vintages. The fine weather during August, September and early October -contributed largely to the success of the outage, harvested despite the withdrawal of a large proportion of the male population for war purposes. Many "Kings of Jerusalem. The proposals to revive the kingdom of Jerusalem are a reminder ihat no less than five European monarens claim to be monarch of the noty city The most valid claim at present is that of the sultan of Turkey, but "king of Jerusalem" figures among the titles of the king of Spain, the ex-klug of Portugal, the king o Italy and &q emperor Of Austria.

QUIT MEAT IF KIDNEYS BOTHER AND USE SALTS

Take a Glass of Salt Befor Breakfast If Your Back Is Hurting or Bladder Js Irritated. If you must have your meat every day, eat it, but flush your kidueys with salts occasionally, says a noted authority who tells us that meat forms isrlo acid which almost paralyzes the kidneys in their efforts to expel it from the blood. They become sluggish and weaken, then you suffer with a duH misery in the kidney region, sharppains in the back or sick headache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue is coated and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine gets cloudy, full of sediment, thechannels often get sore and irritated obliging you to seek relief two or three times during the- night. To neutralize these irritating acids,, to cleanse the kidneys and flush, off the body's urinous waste get four ounces of Jad Salts from any pharmacy here; take a tablespoonful in a. glass of water before breakfast for a. few days and your kidneys will then. act fine. This famous salts is madefrom the acids of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also toneutralize the' acids in. urine, so iL nolonger irritates, thus ending bladder weakness. Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot injure, and makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink. Adv. An Ominous Selection. A Baltimore man tells a story of a minister who, rising to address his congregation, announced that the subjest of his discourse would be 'A Man's- Wife." "And now," he added; "we- will first sing the hymn, beginning: " 'From every stormy wind, thafc. blows, From, every swelling tide of woes There is a calm, a sure retreat 'Tis found beneath the mercy seat" And he couldn't imagine why the wives of the congregation present all looked daggers at him. BaltimoreAmerican. Important to Wothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy f or infants and children, and see that itBears the Signature o In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Eletcher's Castorf. Byplay Minstrels "Mister Interlocutor, can you telh me the difference between an Irish soldier and. a Scotch soldier when. ßKhtinrr in the trenches with the air i;oa? "No, Mr. Bones, I cannot. Will youi elucidate the difference?" "(One says he is kilt with the coldi and the other says ho is cold: vith the kilt." Beautiful; clear white clbthes- deJißht the laundress who uses Red Gross Ball I Blue. All grocers. Adv. The Alternative; "Automobiling has improved! my apv petite tremendously." "Thaf s good." , "Yes, but now I can't afford5 to eafe'" Mrs. Austin's Bftg Pancake, delicious light cakes for breakfast. Adv. Too many sermons- are aimed? afc pocket books instead of hearts. Nobody is entitled to wear a IijlIo just because he has never been in jail. Netira There is no need to suffer the annoying, excruciating pain of neuralgia; Sloan's Liniment laid on gently will soothe the aching head like magic. Don't delay. Try it at once. Hear What Other Say I have been a suCorcr -with Ncuralai for poverai yp&ra and havo tried difTe-jiufc Liniments, but Sloan.'d Liniment is the best Liniment for jJCuralsia on carta.. I have tried it succfuHy; it has aevec fUd."-?. H. W.&tems, Augusta Ark. j Jtfra. Ruth C. CSmpool, Indepdenc, 3fa. vritu: "A friead of ours told m about vour L:mii-at. We have bausuxis it for 13 vcars an4 think there nothla like it. Wo xwa it on everything, jxxpi, cuts, burns bruise, sore throat. keadacAes and on evorythinc eise. Wo can't act along wither it. We think & $ö tib bet liniment mode." SLOANS LINIMENT is the best remedy for rheumatism, backache sore throat and spr&joa. At all dcalars, 25c Send four cents in stamp for a i TRIAL BOTTLE Dr E&rl S. Sloan, Inc. Dept. B. PhilftdtlykU, Pa.