Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 47, Hammond, Lake County, 2 December 1916 — Page 4

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THE TIMES December 2, 1916

THE TIMES NEWSPAPER! BY THE LAKE COUNTY PBt&TIXO & PUBIISHUm CO HP AST.

T& Times Eaat Chicago-Indiana Harbor, dally except Sunday. Eatared at ta poatofflea In Eaat Chicago. Novambar 18, Uli. TBe L&ka County Time Dally excapt 8aturday and Sunday. Bntarad at Vka poatofflea In Hammond. June SS. 10. The Lak County Tlmaa Saturday and waakly edition. Entered at the aoatoffloa In Hammond. Vabruary 4. 1I1L, Tba Oary Evening Tlmaa Daily except Sunday. Entarad at tba peeteTloe to Oary. April IS. 111Ail aa.er tba act ct March t. UTI. aa cond-claea matter.

rREUQX AOX BRTXS1NO omcm. U Koter Building i Cfel ge TZXEFHOXBS. Bammoad (prlrat exchange) ...... .,............ .111 (Call for whater department wanted.) Oary Office Telephone 1ST Kaaaau A Thompaon. Eaat Chicago. ........................... .Telephone 640-J T. L. Even a. Et Chicago Telephone TJ7-J Eaat Chicago, TN TiMe 'Oi India Harbor (Kawa Dealer 1..... SOS Indiana Harbor (Reporter aad Claaalflad Ads) Telephone it Whiting , ............. -Telephone 10-M Crown Point Telephone 1 Begevtech, ..t........ ............ ........ Telephone 1J tBGEB PAH) UP CTRCTTLATIOIT THAU ATJY TWO OTHES HEWSPAPEES IN TEE CAIUEET REGION.

If yea have any trouble (tttlnc Tsa Txxx make complaint Immediately t tke circulation department To Tnraa will sot be reeponalble for the retura e( any waaollclted aua rly artSdea or totter and will cot notice anonoymoaa cnnlt1k tort aiged latter ( general latere prlntad aX dUcreUe.

"TAKE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN EVERY PHONE CALL." The advertisements of the New York Telephone company are so clever and so abundant -with helful business suggestions that The Times again calls attention to them and takes great pleasure in reprinting on its editorial page the following classic clipped from the advertising columns of a New York newspaper: The present widespread interest in telephone courtesy as a goodwill builder has led to many excellent suggestions from subscribers for the Improvement of telephone habits. One of the most Important rules "that has been developed and adopted by a number of large business houses is: "Take a personal interest in every telephone call you handle." To please a customer over the telephone is a very different matter from pleasing him over the counter. But it. is not a more difficult matter. . Employes who are encouraged to try to "see" their telephone customers; who are taught to give every call courteous attention, ond who are urged to avoid the abrupt, brusque or perfunctory attitude that is so harmful to good-will, toon become skilled in handling telephone calls quickly and courteously. It is worth while in any business organization to encourage correct telephone habits, and one of the first suggestions that can be profitably made is: "TAKE A PERSONAL, INTEREST IN EVERY TELEPHONE CALL."

THE PROVINCIALISM OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. With the opening of the national assembly of the Philippine islands, consisting of a senate and house of representatives, our overseas colonies assume a form of independence not unlike that of the colonial commonwealths that yield allegiance to the British crown. To be sure, an American governorgeneral, appointed by the president of the United States, continues aa the chief executive of the islands and he will use his veto power when necessary. Bu? from now on residents of the Philippines will be appointed to office and, in accordance with the enactments of the American congress, The initiative In home legislation will rest with the Filipino people. Our colonial possession takes rank much on a par with Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Union of South Africa of the empire. But, to read American newspapers, which are woefully deficient in printing the news of our colonies, one would think we had no distant possessions with millions of inhabitants. In picking up a London, Manchester or Birmingham newspaper the colonial news at once gives the reader a sense of Britain's vastess. Eren the leading newspapers of Canada, of India, of far-away Cape Colony, print more colonial news than do their sister organs in our part of the English-speaking world. Yet we, with Porto Rico, Hawaii, Guam, jhe Philippines, the Panama canal zone and the subjects of our moral guardianship Cuba and Liberia have world-wide int-erests. But one would not think so from reading even the best of American newspapers. Our press barely recognizes Canada; it 13 attentive to Mexico only because of patent conditions, and as for South American news, more can be had from French or Italian newspapers and in better times even those from Berlin and Vienna. Until American newspapers do their shsre to promote more intimacy with our colonial dependencies and our Pan-American neighbors this country can hardly expect to assume toward them the real leadership, business relations and guardianship it should. Occasionally we are shocked to hear of the hostile feeling that exists in LatinAmerica toward the United States. Is it any wonder that the condition is there when we barely recognize our neighboring republics? For years there has been a prea intimacy between Europe and all the country beyond the Rio Grande, a relationship also fostered by great news associations. What they got in South America had the European color when it might Just as well came from the United States. Our own great press associations have given scanty recognition to the countries of the South American continent, and it is only lately that one of them went far enough to establish news service with Buenos Aires. Journalistically speaking, the United States is quite insular. We, fndeed, have much to learn, much to do.

A NEAR SAVONAROLA. We favor reformation on the part of some producers rather than censorship from official sources, but since the mayor of Gary has assumed the role of municipal film censor, barring one performance, then permitting the play, it is pertinent to point out that he might have exerted his authority to better advantage than temporarily putting the ban on "The Birth of a Nation." Race prejudice may or may not be stirred up by its presentation, but one can hardly say the historical drama is in the domain of the salacious. On billboard and in newspaper a variety of film offerings are advertised for current presentation at Gary. One relates the ways of a maid, who preferred to be a soul mate rather than enter Into the sometimes annoying contract of lawful wedlock. Another concerns the "protection of our girls" a popular topic with a whole regiment of Inspired scenario writers); while a third deals with the unborn no realm is beyond the pale of the movie camera these days. In another the virtuous heroine is billed as "married and having a child she must fight for it. She even tells her husband he is not the father." . The ghosts of a brilliant company of eminent gentlemen, recorders of

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Although winter has just begun, milliners are already considering styles for spring. At the left is seen m spring hat of novel design embroidered with darning cotton. The crown is a spool form made of cotton net and Val lace. Twopamospras are attached to the hat at the apex of the crown and arranged to droop at each side. It is finished with a rope of fuchsia colored velvet held in position with rhinestohe slipper ornaments. In the center is seen a winter hat, with blue serge, brocaded draped toque. At the right is a Maison Lewis design in black velvet. Trimmings are of fur and silver brocade. Also a winter hat.

life as they saw it, must view with envy some of the 1916 film productions. Well, may the thousand and one weavers of "The Arabian Nights" see the unexpurgated edition of that work taken to the attic; the books are unsensual. Mr. Fielding's "Tom' Jones," true to life and perhaps only ' a mirror of the every day habits of young bloods of the times of King George the Second, is time. Boccaccio, at the distance of a half dozen centuries, must weep that" "The Decameron" did not have the collaboration of a modern film playwright. Balzac's "Droll Stories," sold surreptitiously by whispering book-agents, are dull now. De Maupassant, risque in style and unbalanced in mind, must expect unopened tomes. Even Oscar Wilde and Strindberg can produce no blushes. The Congreves, the Wycherleys and the Farquars of an earlier and more classic England thought they wrote of gross naushtiness in embalming in comedy the social life of the Restoration, much to the disgust of one Bishop Jeremy Collier, whose attacks on the stage of his day happily made it more decent. But Colliers do not come in every century and his corse must squirm in its sepulchre as he sees none of his type to-lay save Comstockian Puritans abroad and they engaged only in Quiyotie buttles. Aye, the whole array of works from "Measure for Measure' to the latest fifteen cent magazine serial are insipid. The cheap fizz of salaciana and lubricity with new topics of divorce, social diseases, affinities, eugenics, birth control, twilight sleep, white slavery, and all the foibles of a modern day, now sparkle on the screen. Printed pages are neither up-to-date nor are they as daring.

JJandom A Things and flings ft

THEN there's the high coat of walk-

QUIT makins fun of Mexico. She

has Installed military training In every

school In the country.

COAL shortage- la' blamed on the lack of cars and the car shortage Is attributed to the lack of coal. Send us down a ton of peat.

THEY had "Tha birth of a nation- a.t Gary on Thanksgiving day; also four other births.

EX-SECT. BRYAN" is mistaken when -he says' the next president will be elected on a prohibition platform. It will be on a lower cost of living plank.

WE MUST HAVE THE ADDRESS. The Columbus Republican quotes the foliowlng advertisement from a current magarine: "Fine, eheer. lustrous French silk stockings, with inserted panel of equiaite hand-muds Chantiliy. Price $250 a pair." Evidently this is a pair of stockings used by tne French women for keeping the gold reserve. Muncie Press. Will the Columbus Republican kindly .name the magazine so we can hunt up the ad? XV - want to get the missus a couple of paif for Christmas.

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The property boy at the motion picture studio, universally known as "Props," is one of the few remaining factors in this great industry whose activities, ideas and experiences are seldom chronicled. Still, much depeads upon him. Whenever there are signs of life at the studio "Props" will be found not far away, for he Is ever on the job in behalf c the amusement seeking public. A most sophisticated sort of a being, he misses nothing and gets an angle on studio doings that is generally as humorous as it Is interesting. To bear him tell his friends about little "inside" incidents in connection with the life of a star or the production of a photoplay is usually a treat and discloses information that would otherwise remain obscure. Commencing with this issue we will reveal the wisdom, secrets and general prattle of "Props" as he presents it in a daily interview. We selected a typical member of his profession to supply us with material for this department, a freckle-faced youth on the sunny side of twenty, a knight of the overalls and Jumper, a human with fear for but one person his director. Our initial talk with his nibs immediately convinced us of the fact that we had picked a live one. A master of the ftudio vernacular, and in this Instance blessed with a glib '.ongue and a keen sense of humor, he proved a most willing collaborator. "Say," commenced our hero, "dere is lots of jobs wot's easier dan working as 'props' in a moving pitcher studio. BelicVe me, feller, it's no cinch! When j ou look at pitchers you only think about de big things, but if you stop to figure how some of de little things were got you'd soon know dat de prop boy ain't a no account feller at de moving pitcher studio.. "'instance, de other day de director vol's at me: 'Hey, git me a big spider quick as you kin!' Weli,"one of de

first things I learned on dis job was not to ask questions, but go out and do it, so I grabbed a tin can and started cn a still hunt for a big spider. First I tried de studio cellar and grounds, but I couldn't git any bigger'n a tack-head. , I went to de nearest house and asked de lady if I could look in her cellar for a spider. Gucfs she must've thought I wa a nut, for she gave me one look and slammed de door in me face. De next coupla houses I tried to explain better why I wanted a big spider, an' some of dem let me in. Dey all tousbt it was a joke; but. believe ma. I didn't tlnk so. I had to git a big spider an' git it quK'k or dere would te somethhi doin. I went from house to house. Seme of dem let me in and others it-it like de fir3t one did. I had a tin can abcut haif full of spiders, but I couldn't git any big fellers. De only thing left to do was to beat it lack to de studio, grab one of de autos and make a trip to me house, where I knew I could find some whoppers. At de studio I gave all the spiders I had to de director, but he said dey were not big enough. He lent me one of de machines, and 1 beat it back home. Me old woman thought I was made a ?tar or omethin' when I jumped from de autermobile, but she soon found out she nad another thinx comin'. I crawled around me cellar about a half hour and was just about to give up hope when I saw a hum dinger. He ducked into de coal bin and me and me old lady after him. I must a rhoveled a ton of coal anyway, it felt dat way before dat spider came out, and, believe me. feller, when he did come out I had some job gittin' him without smashing him all up. I felt like swattin' him one just for luck. I was so mad. 1 got him at last and, although I busted a couple of his legs, he looked all right. It took all mornin' to git dat spider, and it was some job. but it had to be got, 'cause our moving pitchers have to be realistic dat's wot our directors always yell about." .

" AMERICAN ship sent to bottom with flag flying." New York Times. The American flag doesn't mean anything to Viillsta bandits and U-boat pirates.

Ls. 1, 2. B 21, Oak Park Add. Paul L. Feuer. et aL, to Mark M. Miller $1.00 Ls. 1. 2. B 21, Oak Park Add. Mark M. Miller to Anthon Jurciak . Jl, 200.00 Pt L 1 of 1 acre lots, 16-35-8. Lydla Zuvera to Hiram Bartoa $50.00 HAMMOND. L. 10, B 2. Rediv Hoffman's 1st Aid. Fred CJ. Hamilton to Mary Vincent $1.00 L 10. B 2. Rediv Hoffman's 1st Add. Alonzo W". Vincent to Fred G. Hamilton . $1.00 L 21. B 2, Agnes Roberts Sub. Agnes Roberts to Amy J. Roberts ji.oo L 14. B 3. Hyde Park Add. Geo. E. Rickcorda to Harry

E. Rice E 16 ft L 25. V 15 ft L. 24. B 7, Oakland Add. Becker &. Tapper Realty Co. to Nelis

D. Apon

Ls. 1. 2, 3. H. W. Sohl's 6th Add. Lake Co. Sav. & Tr. Co.,

Tr.. to Walter AV. Kohl $1.00

L. 1, 2. 3. H. W. Sohl's 6th

Add. Daniel Bruhn to Walter W. Sohl $1.00

Ls. 4. 5. B 1: Ls. 11. 12. B 2:

Calumet Heignts Add. "Walter

W. Sohl to Joseph E. Jlarbaugh ' $1.00

Ls. 1. 2. 3, H. W. Sohl's 6th

Add. Walter W. Sohl to Jos. E. ilarbaugh $1.00 L 40. Ni L 41. Stafford & Trankle's 7th Add. "Walter W. Sohl to Joseph E. Marbaugh $1.00 TOLLESTON. L 12. B 1. Elias Sub. Arthur A. Kunert to H. E. Kelley $1.00 HOBART. Ls. 8. 7. B 2. Sela A. Smith's 1st Add. Celestia J. Smith to Mary Bakos $1,000.00 Pt N"W 12-36-10. Frederlch C. and Anna B. Hopmann to Amer. Tr. & Sav. Bank $840.00 GARY. L 21, B 99. Gary Land Co.'s 1st Sub. Steel City Home Bldrs. Co. to Harry M. Carringer $2,430.00

L 21. B 93. Gary Land Co.'s 1st Sub. Commercial Securities Co. to Steel City Home Bldrs. Co. $1.00 L S. B 1: L IT, B 8, Broadway Add. Harold E. Hammond to Karolyne Zeliska $10.00 L 35, B 97, Gary Land Co.'s 1st Sub. Joseph E. Smith to Joseph Xj. Hauger $1.00 INDIANA HARBOR. L 19. B 11. 3rd Add. Anna Bensen to John R. Farovid $300.00 CEDAR. LAKE. Ls. 30 to 33. B 1. Plat "G." Shades Add. Pub. Sub. Co. to Arthur O. Oregar $134.40 U 16 to 19. B 13. Plat "E." Shadea Add. Pub. Sub. Co. to Frank Edward Durell $134.40 ii 1 - .

WELL they ought to know in Louisville. Says the Courier Journal. "Under tho new law a Virginia gentleman may order one quart of whiskey a month. And in Virginia, where they drink rye whiskey, that is only four drinks."

OCR advertising manager did to well yesterday that he crowded out several of our pet stories.

"ACCORDING to the Gary Times the Rheinische Westfalische Zeltung calls President Wilson "a pirate manager." This is wide of the mark. The Pirates finished In the second division this year." Muncie Press.

"TURKEY won't free American citizens." Headline. .Turks must be pretty sore because all our Turkish cigarette tobacco is coming from Ohio and Connecticut.

STORT out of Chicago that a man was glad he didn't buy a goose for Thanksgiving as he found a $150 diamond in the turkey's gizzard. Turkey speculators will have to come across with better Inducements. Including lower prices, if we are going to change from our decision to eat chicken on Christmas.

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REAL ESTATE TR

GART. L 26, B 2. Jackson Park So. Broadway Add. So. Broadway Land Co. to Andrew Tachala $1.00 L 7, B 1; L 11. B 1. Gary Annex 1st Add. Gary Annex Realty Co.. et al., to Mike Jurcsewski $400.00 Ls. 19, 20, B 25, Gary Land Co.'s 1st Sub. Julia Verplank to Margaret McCarthy $1.00 L 28. B 3. Jackson Park So. Broadway Add. So. Broadway Land Co. to John McCormick $1.00 L 17. Octave Genereux Add. Octave Genercux to Mary Irene Rutledge $1.00 INDIANA HARBOK Ls. 34. 33, B 13. 3rd Add. East Chgo. Co. to Ike Zimmerman. $550.00 Ls. 10, 11. B 17. 2nd Add. Harbor Securities & Realty Co. to Walter L. Allman $1.00 L 29, B 69, Indiana Harbor. Mary TL Losey to Ida Baker $1.00 UndJ Nly 400 ft L 92. resub Pts. Bs. 20 and 21, 4th Add. Ernest W. Monthan to Jwlia M. Monthan $1.00 Pt SE NW pt L 3, 17-36-8. F. MacDonald Lowe to Thos. A. Fitzslmmons $5,000.00 TOLLESTON. L 23, B 22. Co.'s 6th Add. Charles D. Davidson to Chas. M. Parkes $1,400.00

The Dainty Little

Articles which every woman prizes as the final touch of fashion. Juit as necessary as any other article of dress, and made in such attractive designs that the ideal

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our tasteful offerings of Silver Picture Frames. Ivory Toilet Sets. Perfume Dispensers. Cameo and Diamond Brooches. La Vallieres. Bracelet Watches Diamond Rings and rings set with various otcr precious stones each article carries out the McGarry hig'a standard of quality. John E. McGARRY Jeweler Optometrist.

Tel. East Chicago 28 DE. J. GOLDMAN DENTIST FM Katlonal Baak Bids. Cor. Chicago ft Forsythe Ave. EAST CHICACiO. IJT3. Consultation in English, German Polish Slavish and Russian.

FISH, CHICKEN AND FROG DINNERS. Open the Tear Around.

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