Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 46, Hammond, Lake County, 14 December 1912 — Page 2
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Coming: : Monday, Dec, 16th THREE WESTON SISTERS DAINTY MUSICAL MAIDS. HELEN STUART & FRED HALL SMART SONGS AND SNAPPY SAYINGS. WANZER AND PALMER COMEDY SKETCH, "NOT AT HOME." DENVER TRIO SINGING ACT. MOTION PICTURES 3 BIG SHOWS DAILY 3 , 3:00, 7:30 and 9:00 P.M.
A DELIGHTFI I. PARTY. J was served at four o'clock.
The members of the Northside Ladies' Club, were delightfully entertained at the home of Sirs. Charles Hathaway, 121 Sheffield avenue yesterday afternoon."Mrs. Hathaway and Mrs. Hanson were hostesses. During the business hour the officers for the year 1915 were chosen. Tlans 'were also made for the next afternoon party to be given the first Friday in January when Mrs. Tweede will entertain. Master Carl Hathaway in Santa Claus costume distributed Christmas favors among the guests. Music and games were pleasant features of the afternoon. A prettily appointed luncheon
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freshments were served In two courses. The folowing is a list of the newly-elected officers: President Mrs. Charles Hathaway. Vice President Mrs. John Powell, Jr. Recording Secretary Mrs. Charles Lawrence. Financial Seceretary Mrs. Oscar Hill. Treasurer Mrs. Richard Jenkins, jr.
SOCIAL. NEWS FOR MONDAY. There will be meeting of Triumph Council No. 11 D. of I.. Monday evening In the I. O. O. F. Hall In State street.
MRS. NEWELL. A HOSTESS. Mrs. Bert Newell entertained the members of the Happy Hour Club very pleasantly at her home In Drummoml avenue, Indiana Harbor yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Newell was hostess at a
was enjoyed during which the hostess served refreshments. The annual election of officers occurred and the following Is a list. of officers for tho year 1913: President Mrs. E. M. Shanklln. First Vice President Mrs. A. W. Hoffman. Second Vice President Mrs. Minnie Kline. Secretary Mrs. J. C. Graves. Treasurer. Mrs. E. P. Ames. Assistant Treasurer Mrs. J. S. Blackmun. Secretary of Literature Mrs. Kotz. A BRIDGE PABTV. Members of the University Club met in the club rooms, last evenlnqr to play bridgre. The party was one in the
Horseshoe Thlvarts Friday 13th. Jinx
"Friday the 13th" sure -to brine bad luck? Not much. A horseshoe will turn the trick. The day has but little horror for W. F. Hilton, lineman for the Postal Telegraph Co., now that he has successfully overcome what promisCU to be the most discouraging hours t-l his life. He says it was all due to his picking up a dimunitive, badly worn horseshoe and tucking It far down into one corner of his overcoat pocket and leaving It there until the dawn of brighter hours, which dawn arrived before the day was half spent. Mr. Hilton came downtown yesterday morning with a face about as long nd twisted as Hohman street. "I've got so much of the grip that
nobody else in town will have a chance
of
thimbla nartv. A daintv two course I
InnnhaAn larvoil a ftcr t Vi . cruoets i Ing
had spent a few hours pleasantly with formal dance will be given at the club their needle work. On account of the j rooms In the Citizens German National hoiday esason it was decided to have Bank Gliding on the evening of De-
cemrer ziin ana me anair - win un-
series arranged for the winter by the to catch any," he grumbled to the op
Women's Auxiliary of which Mrs. Vv. erator, W. Miles Groves, "and that D. Tatton Is president. The guests un't the worst of It. I've lost $10. Two played progressively at nine tables , nve dollar bills. That's ten, ain't it" High scores were made by Mrs. Feter ; At tna conclusion of this spasm Mr, Crumpacker and Victor Dyer. Re- Hilton wobbled out of the door, and fresbments were served. Next Tues- ' apy!ng a horseshoe out in the road, he day afternoon there will be a meet-i
the women s Auxiliary.
came near being arrested as a lunati on account of his frantic efforts to get the lucky bit of Iron safely tucker! away in his pock.it before some other lucky person should get it. His good fortune began immediately. He happened to be acquainted with the policeman, therefore, he was not arrested. A few steps down the street he picked up a crisp piece of green paper that Uncle Sam guarantees to redeem, with $1 in real gold and a few minutes later when he arrived at a pole about seven miles south of the city, ,where he had repaired a broken telegraph wire the day before he was
stared In the face by his two $5 bills J
which had been on the cold ground all night and part of a day and were still alive. Instead of being out $10 Mr. Hilton Is $11 to the good and the extreme
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ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENT. Dr. J. A. Graham has moved his
offices to the Knotts building. BJ
good luck almost cured his grip, and- Muenich court offices formerly occuplto all believers in hoodoos It is con- v Ait.n., n D ei. .
soling to know that the horseshoe can put the "Jinx" on Tom Lawson's old "Friday the 13th."
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the next meeting in four weeks instead of Friday afternoon, December 27th, the regular meeting day. The pace of meeting was not definitely decided upon. The attendance at yesterday's meeting-was -not as large s usual on account of sickness In the homes of a number of the members. Only two members from Hammond were present. A BRIDGE LUNCHEON. Mrs. W. G. Paxton entertained ery charmingly at a one o'clock luncheon and bridge party yesterday at her
home in Rimbach avenue. Her guests
were the members of the Marquette Club. Twenty covers "were laid at luncheon tables which were beautifully decorated with flowers. The luncheon was served in five courses. Bridge whist was played during the afternoon. High score was made by Mrs. W. L. Slmonton of Chicago and the second honors were won by Mrs. T. K. Bell. Mrs. John W. Dyer will entertain the members of the club at the Hammond Country Club at their next meeting. HOLD DECEMBER MEETING. The December meeting of the Par
ent-Teachers Club of .the Washington school will be held in the school hail
in Williams street, Tuesday evening. December 17th at eight o'clock. After the program light refreshments will be served. All patrons of the school are invited to the meeting. The following numbers compose the evening's program: Instrumental numbers J Mrs. L. A. Minard Talk "Public School and Social Service". ..... .Miss Virginia Brooks
Vocal Solo. ...... .Miss Lydla Wolters PARENTS' CLUB MEETING.
The members of the Parents' Club of the Wallace school bad an enjoyable meeting yesterday afternoon in the school , hall at the corner of Calumet and Conkey avenues. The address of the afternoon was given by the Rev. Prank O. Praley, pastor of the First M. E. church. His subject was "How To Celebrate Christmas In The Home." Pupils of room 9 gave a folk game and other numbers on the - program which were very much
enjoyed were the vocal solos by Mrs
doubtedly be one of the most charming of the holiday season. A BAZAAR AND S1PPER. The Marth Society of "ttia: "First
Lodge Assemb'ios
Christian . vhurch will have a bazaar and supper next Thursday, December 19th in the church parlors inCalumct avenue to which the public is cordially
invited. Articles or needle work ap- t
nrnnrlate for Christmas srifts wtll be i the
offered for sale. There will
a sale of home bakery. A chicken pie
supper will be served between the ' hours of five and nine o'clock.
leading woman with a stock company in Toledo, O. Tully Marshall is to rehearse a new play by his wife, Marion Fairfax,! author of "The Talker." "Hindle Wakes," with the original English .company, Is being played at
There was a meetlng'-of the mem- the Marine Elliott theatre. New York.
beravf th UX.;;taM-B, of U E,. HarrrI.uder .nine weeks ttvt of
: yesteraay afternoon in ut iv. oi i-. ni.u im .v iu Hall. Officers for the year 191 J were Casina, New York, a week from next chosen and there was other important Monday,, , business transacted. Arrangements Maurice Campbell, the manager of 1 .va ,n..tlnr tr. Ha TTfnrltt.i. Crnnman la s-ninir ta nrn-
econd Friday In January when duce a Spanish play In Chicago some
P. Knotts. He will discontinue his office at 100 State street, Chicago for the winter months. Phone night and day 293 Hammond. 12-9-6 Dr. L. H. Kelly has moved his office from room 112 in tho First National Bank building, to suit 210 in the Hammond Building. 12-10-S0t today. Hastings H. Hart, director of the
I children's, department of the Russell
fcage Foundation. 61 years old today.
ENTERTAINS AT "LUNCHEON. Mrs. Thomas Denton entertained a number of "friends very pleasantly at unclheon yesterday at her home in Detroit street. The guests brought their needle work and spent the afternoon very enjoyably. Among the guests were Mrs. Leah Grace of Burnham. 111., Mrs. John Grace, Mrs. Ben Golden, Mrs. Thomas Tuley and Mrs. LaPierre.
The Home and School association of Indiana Harbor held a rousing meeting night before last in the Lincoln
The follow- new musical play entitled 'The Purple - woM lC V ,, 7 71 : was Dresented. and the fallow. no- nffl.
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ing members were elected to offices: j Road," by Fred de Grossac and Victor Past President Mrs. A. D. Crisman, i Hollander. President Mrs. G. E. Cole. I vPaul Rubens, the author of, "The
Vice President Mrs. C. W. DeLong. Secretary Mrs. J. Goulding. i Treasurer Mrs. Frank Lets. Chaplain ?Mrs. J. W. Townsend. , Insurance Secretary Mrs. B. F. Hardest-. Guide Mrs. Frank Baker. . Sentinel Mrs. Mark Rogers. A meeting of Hammond Temple No. 73 Pythian Sisters took place last
ENTKRTA1NS WITH CARDS. A pleasant meeting of the "Whist Club took place yesterday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. William Craick. meeting there was a social session. A 27 Ogden street. Whist was played at program was given during the social two tables and the awards -were gven hour ani refreshments were served, after Several games had been played. Tn meeting was enjoyed by a large High score was made by Mrs. Oscar number of the members. At the meetSheffield. Mrs. Peter Pohlplatz won lne in two weeks there will be elec-
the second honors. A
eon was served in two cou
conclusion of the card games. Mrs.
Donovan iof Ann street was named as the next hostess and she will entertain the members of the club on the afternoon of December 27th. Cards will again be the feature of entertainment.
Sunshine Girl," is writing a musical play for Charles Frohman, which will be called "The X-Ray Girl." This winter Mrs. Leslie Carter wilt venture out In a repertory of het old
successses, evidently designed for the , smaller 'towns. She will appear in i "Zana," "Camfne" and "The Second j Mrs. Tanqueray." j Hilda Keenan, daughter of Frank j Keenan, who has been playing with
evening at the K. of P. Hall in South i her father In vaudeville, has been en- t
Hohman street. After the business gaged for a role in "The Road to
Arcade," by Edith Sessions Tupper, now at Berkeley theatre. New York.
where each receives $5,000. "William A. Wirt," superintendent of the Gary. public schools, receives $6,000 a year. This is the highest salary paid in Indiana and in Gary Mr. Wirt is regarded as well worth it. He was re cently offered the position of superintendent of the Boston sthobls at $10,000 a year, but he declined the post.
Henry Kelker and the company that is appearing in "Our Wives" at the Gaiety theatre are planning to establish a repertoire of plays during their
daintv innih . i tion of officers and the transaction of '. engagements out of New York and
courses at tho other important business. It is desired , pri
present them upon their return to t?ie
that there is a large attendance of the city in the spring. Special matinees
MEETING IS POSTPONED. The meeting of the art committee of the Hammond Woman's Club has been postponed from Monday to Tuesday' afternoon, December. 17th when the
chairman, Mrs. M. Rothschild will be j refreshments will be served
at home to the members at her South i pleasant time spent socially
Hohman street residence. A delightful afternoon's program has been arranged.
membership. Mrs. Kate I. Nichols of Elkhart, tha Grand President of the Rebeckahs Assembly and Mrs. Mary Stipp of Michigan City,' the Grand Secretary of the Rebeckah Assembly will bo the gtiests
lot honor at, the meeting of Dorcas Re
beckah Lodge this evening in I. O. O. O. F. Hall in State street. There will be initiation of candidates after which
and a
will be given in Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston and the first play to Be performed will be "The Man," a drama by Mr. Kelker himself.
ELECT OFFICERS. Mrs. Giles Warner will entertain the members of the B. T. P. U. at her home In Carroll stree't this evening. The
C. Strout. There was a social hour at annual election of ofiieers win De a the close of the program. The at- feature of the meeting. tendance was not as large as usual j which was due to sickness in the A BRIDGE DINNER, homes of a number of the members. It i Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Mashino wtll enwas suggested that every member at J tertaln the members of the Eveninsr yesterday's meeting bring one or two ' Whist Club at a seven o'clock dinner
The members of Triumph Council No. 11 D. of L. will meet Monday evening in I. O. O. F. Hall in State street for their regular semi-monthly meeting. A business and social program will be followed.
The Day in HISTORY
Plays and Players
other members of the club to the next meeting " January 24th., Mrs. Sldler was chosen fhe chairman of a commit-' tee to prepare the program for the afternoon. Assisting her will be Mrs. Brinckel and Mrs. Lucht. A CHRISTMAS PROGRAM. Mrs. H. F. Meikle of 958 South Hohman street was hostess to the Woman's Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian church at her home yesterday afternoon. It was the Chr'.s-
i tlan meeting of the society and there
was an unusually large attendance. The program was appropriate to tho occasion. The devotions were-Jead by the Rev. A. W. Hoffman. Mrs. E. M. Shanklln read the "First Christmas Tree" by VanDyke. Miss Lulu Symmes gave a talk on "Practical Christmas Giving." The musical numbers were rndered by Mrs. L. L. Bomberger and a group of eight girls. A social hour
and bridge party at their home in Tru
man avenue this evening. The card games will progress at three tables. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Patton are. entertaining Mr. Patton's parents of Philadelphia at their home in Elizabeth street. Mrs. R. E. Abercrombie was called to St. Paul, Minn., yesterday by the death of her grandfather. Mr. Abercrombie will leave next Friday to Join Mrs. Abercrombie and they will spend the holiday season with relatives in Waupac, Wis., and Hudson, Mlftn.
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Douglas Fairbanks, has a hit In "Hawthorne, U. a. A." "The Lady of the Slipper" may be produced in London. Lillian Lorraine is going into vaudeville with a sketch. "The Governor's Lady" is to go to Philadelphia for a run. - "The Merry Countess" is to go on tour about Christmas week. "Fred C. Whitney is soon to produce "My Little Friend" in Chicago. "A Romance of the Underworld" Is to be used by the stock companies. John E. Kellerd, who scored a success In "Mamlet," Is to play "Shylock." "The Dove of Peace" is to be revived. Musically, the opera was highly praised." Willard Malcomb's playlet, "Her Last Rehearsal," has been revived , with success. ' . May Buckley has been engaged as
THIS DATE IN HISTORY" Deember 14. 1799 George Washington, first President of the U. S., died at Mt. Vernon, Va. Born in Westmoreland County.'Va., Feb. 22, 1732.
1819 Joint resolution of Congress ad- , mittlng Alabama to the Union ap
proved by President Monro.
1S61 Prince Albert, husband of Queen
Victoria, died. Born Aug. 26, 1819. 1894 New Canadian ministry formed by Mr. Mackenzie Dowell.
cers elected:
H. E. Shephard, president. Mrs. J. S. Dickson, vice president. Miss Vera Camp, secretary.
The program consisted of several talks and a number of musical num-
bers. H. C. Rutledge and Charles E.
' dustrial Education in the SchooL" They , gave splendid talks, each advancing some eminently sensible views regardj ing the combining of education along
the line of arts and crafts with Instruc-
I tlons relating to the three R.'s. They
praised this tendency as the greatest hope of the country since the apprenticeship method has been broken down by the latter day tendency to specalize. "The Spirit of Play in the Schools" was
the topic of an address by Rev. M. M. Day. The clergyman extolled the tendency to educate through play and said that the time honored three R.'s could most advantageously be increased to Include a fourth, namely, "Recess." The most important of the readjusted list of R's he regarded as the recess. The musical feature of the program was not lacking In artistic merit, some fine contributions being Interspersed In the program. . Miss Elvira Myron and Miss Lillian Spittle each- gave piano selections which proved most enjoyable to listen to. Miss Nellie Dietrich's pupils of the .Washington, school sang two songs which were most favorably received. Miss Vera Camp recited in a pleasing manner "King Robert of Cicely," and Mrs. George Summers sang charmingly a delightful solo. Mrs. William Harding spoke on the work contemplated by the recently organized civic department of the Indiana Harbor ""Woman's club end passed around literature concerning civic matters for distribution
In the homes. Thfre was a good crowd present numbering about seventy-five.
"THIS IS MY 47TH BIRTHDAY" Albertus II. Baldwin. Albertus H. Baldwin, named by the President to be chief of the newly created bureau of foreign and domestic commerce In the Dpartment of Commerce and Labor, was boru In Branford, Conn., Dec. 14. 1865. For more than 25 years he has been connected with various branches of the Government service in Washington, latterly as chlf of the bureau of manufactures, which he succeeded In making a great tency for the development of American commerce. The new bureau of foreign and domestic commence, of which he tTas been appointed chief, is to conduct the work of both the bureaus of manufactures and stastics. Congratulations to Prince AJbert of Wales, second son of King George, 17 years old today. Albert E. Mead, former governor of the State of Washington, 51 years old
INDIANA HARBOR. Allen Seeds, the 1-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Seeds, died Bee. 11. The funeral was from the home, 3607 Hemlock street, yesterday mornin. Rev. Johnston of the M. E. church officiating. Interment was at Hammond. The Woman's club of Indiana Haftor will meet with Mrs. Hughes of Grapevine street Monday evening. Tlrere will be a Christmas program and all are asked to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Rice of Grapevine street, who are sick with typhoid fever at St. Margaret's hospital, are getting along nicely and expect soon to be able to leave the hospital. . The Baptist Ladies' Aid soctety met Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. William Fox to elect officers and name the standing committees:. The following were chosen: Mrs. "fiomai GethIng, president; Mrs. William Harding, vice president; Mrs. John Haywood, second vice president; Mrs. John Bevan, secretary; Mrs. Fulrnore, assistant secretary; Mrs. Benjamin Thomas, treasurer.
GARY SCHOOL CHIEF GETS GOOD PAY Mrs. Ella Flagg Youne;. superintendent of Chicago schools, draws the second highest salary paid any city educator In the United States. New York City pays its school'snperlntendent $12,000. Boston and Chicago each pay $10,000. The superintendents In both Boston and New York are men. The National Educational Directory for the current year. Just Issued, gives salary lists In the chief American cities. Pittsburg ranks next to Chicago and Boston, paying the head of Its system $9,000. St. Louis pays $8,000, and Philadelphia. Seattle and Buffalo each pay $7,500. In the south the best paid superintendents are In Birmingham, Ala., and New Orleans, La.,
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