Hammond Times, Volume 16, Number 139, Hammond, Lake County, 1 December 1922 — Page 20

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General News and Gossip from Sfaff Wrifer-s af Home and Abroad.

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BY F. A. WRAT INTERN ATiONAL NEWS SERVICE LONDON. I.ec.-F.ans rcas and browns. Intermingled with every ahj.de of falling leaX. are the prevailing hues worn by every welldressed woman In London Just now. Jfevcr before have the milliners and xnodletes let themselves loose .n such In such a riot of color, and 'brighter London" has today bccoma a fact Instead of a phrase. In contrast, colors for dance duc frocks are taking their toi.es from precious stones this wimw Hose tinted Jade, peridot green and lapis lazuli are prominent among some of tho wonderful opa.cscent dance fabric which go to make so many of tho new evening frocks.

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mainly of the simple order, the long lines of the fifteenth century, except where the hem is concerned-

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scneme. in festoons and points the complexity of today.

tine affects the nervous system and

in time the heart itself. And. what

makes it worse, women do all their smoking indoors. The terrible amount of smoking now being done

by young English girls is bound tr.

inett me neauh of tho nation In

the very near future."

winter, while visiting the hospital to see a sick friend, she became acquainted with Binfoid. who was there suffering with broken ribs, and for nearly three weeks visited him each day and performed many kindnesses for him. She called him "Daddy" liinford and doesn't know his first name, she says. Einford. she ?aid, told her she reminded him of his wife and that some dav

he would reward her for her kindnesses. "I'd like to find out something about that $25,000." she said. Hospital records fal Ho show any Blnford as a tapient during the winter of 1321-1922.

Women Kick About Gambling; Told Tt Quit Home Games INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE GL.KNKOCK, Wye, Dec When a delegation of women attended council meeting here and petitioned Mayor John Anson to stop gambling and put slot

rahines rut of business thev

got an "earful" from his majesty. He told them gently but firmly that whenever the women stopped card playing an dgambllng a. home he wculd see to it that the men stopped down town, but not until then- He was slightly more conciliatory regarding s'ot machines.

A royal modiste has set up business in London. She is I'rincoss Andrew of ;tussia. whose husband is a nephew of tho late Csax and cousin to Princess Mary. Tho royal couple lost all their money in the revolution and only Just escaped from the Crimea with their lives. 'One mi-st live." says the Princess, and accordingly she designs dresses, with the aid of her husband. who is a clever artist. Her latest achievement is thfc Presses in "The Cabaret Girl."

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Central London is undergoing a building boom such as St never has known before. Demolishments are occurring with the- utmost rapidity in all the shopping centers, and the city is promised a scries of architectural Jewel in place of the oldtlmo structures. Already the famous quadrant at Oxford Circus is practically completed, with some of tho finest buildings London has yet seen, while in the course of a year the world-renouned Plccadily Circus will have undergone complete reconstruction. Regent street. th great shopping rendezvous, is to b completely rebuilt, and durir.gr the last month contracts amounting to $75,000,000 have been handed out in connection with the big scheme to beautify London.

The Prince of Wales 's spending all his spare time at Easton Grey, ilalmesbury, the little country house he has acquired for the hunting season. During the last coupJe of weeks he has been spending his days "schooling" his hunters. He intends to hunt with the Duke of Beaufort's hounds, and in consequence of his arrival the cost of accomodation In the neighborhood has increased fivefold. The country roundabout is the largest area of fox-hunting land in England and contains "going" of every possiblo character. It is evidence of the excellent spirit prevailing that all the farmers near, whether hunters or not. have decided to take down every scrap of barbed wire in their territory, out of compliment to the Prince. One characteristic of the Duke of Leauforfs meet is that its followers, instead of wearing the traditional English pink coats, wear blue, with buff facings.

REPUBLIC STEEL CO. HJMANCING Officials Lay Out Program To Meet Competition byBig Concerns. NEW YORK. Dec. l.The next deve.opment in the circle of steel companies originally scheduled to so ,ato the sevc-n-comrany merger with Bethlehem Steel it was estabAsheC. will be the financing of Ra. public Iron & steel Company in such a manner as to put it in position to compete on an advantageous seal with the commies vjlluh went into the merger. John A. Topping, president of Republic would not go Into details regarding what is in contemplation. Bankers for the company were equally reticent. It was not denied however, that the financing of Republic is being discussed and that original comprehensive plans of new construction which were about ready for execution whea the merger negotiations intervened now will be carried through. Tho financing is expected to be for about S1O.00O.O00 bonds. It is the opinion of informed persons, however, that no offering of the issue will be made for some weeks, as Republic's exact status with regard to merger possibilities has not been completely settled. It is believed Republic could soil $10.000.000 first mortgage bonds an about a 6 per cent, basis. It was explained today that so far as the tanking Interests are concerned, there is no disappointment over the inclusion of the Midvale concern in the Bethlehem combination, and no resentment is felt because the other companies originally considered. Republic and Inland, have been left out. It is a far

her family i-a.s always been regard- different thing, it was pointed out.

"Lady Rhondda's admission that she is not a prohibitionist has

aroused general surprise. because

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Alice Joyce, left, and Anita Stewart. Anita Stewart and Alice Joyce, not content with being two of the prettiest tnd most popular motion picture actresses of the hour, wore brilliant costumes at the recent Actors' Equity ball held in New York with which they actually dazzled all beholders. It is often said ol screen stars that they sh.ne figuratively, but these two actually scintillated trill.nce with their silver head bandt and iridescent bead gown.

proval is cxp-ected to be given to Republic's tentative plans for expansion which will increase competition instead of decreasing it, which was understood to be the chief complaint of the commission against the North American Stetl merger.

Indiana Items MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 1. The plea of W alter Carter, arrested here last week on a oJgamy charge, that he deserted wife. No. two, of Cleveland after he had found out that she had a wooden leg, appeared to have struck a r&jponsive chord In the heart of CIry Judge Coons, Carter entered a plea of guilty to having married a Muncle woman without having obtained a divorce from his first wife and was sentenced to six months on the State farm. His first wife Is said to have died In Illinois.

ed as among the strictest adherents cf total abstinence. But Lady Rhondda haa since been careful to explain that her drinking is of a very occasional order and is conf.nsd to drinking healths at wedclr.frs a-T-d social functions. 5 ha declares, however, that prohibition would never stand any chance in England and that the cr.ly legislation ever likely to be icee-pted would be on the lines of Lady Astor"s bill, which aims at giving local option to localities.

HARTFORD CJTT, Ind. Appendicitis seems to be a bane on the family of William Romine, of this city It has caused the death of one child, one child is stricken at the present time and five others have been attacked in the near past.

HARTFORD CITY, Ind. Dec A local weather recorder has shown, by way of comparison, what re

markable weather the month

November has furnished this year. Last year it rained on thirteen days of the mouth and snowed on three. Only three days have been rainy last month and it snowed but once.

HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec. TheSigma Phi Gamma Sorority, which originated In this city, Is soon to charter its third chapter, at Muncie, to be known as Gamma Chapter. Beta Chapter is located at Huntington.

WARSAW. Ind., Dec 1. Henry Graham, 7", prosecutor of Kosciusko County and veteran of the Civil War, was found dead In bed here late ilonday, apoplexy was given as the cause.

"Women should smoke pipes. If they must smoke," Is the latest medical dictum w-hlch has started London. It comes from a famous physicion. Dr. E. C Greenwood, who has been Investigating the esse of a woman who had been In the habit of smoking sixty cigarettes a day! "Smoking ruts far too much strain on women's hearts," declares Dr. Greenwood, "and, in addition, nearly every woman smoker in.Tles. This Beans that the nico-

ro merge companies without new financing as Bethlehem has done and merging them &s was Intended under the North American Steel plans, which called not only for the exchange of stock but the Issuance and sale to the public large biocks of new capital. The Bethlehem Steel plan can be carried out in spite of the adve-se opinion of the F"6dera2 Trade con-

j cition, if the tldvale holders are (

willing to exchange tnelr snares, i But a merger which calls for new financing cannot be put over unless the consent of the trade commis- I slon is obtained and all obstacles j which tend to bias public opinion i apainst the new securities are re- . moved. Republic Steel is la a strong ! position at present. It is understood to be the plan to put it in such ' shape that it will not be compelled j to surrender this position because j of competition with the big com- I binations. Instead of creating op- j position in the Federal Trade Com- . rission. that body's hearty ap- j

MUNCIE. Ind., Dec. George Whtleley, 76, president of the city ice plant and - veteran manufacturer, of this city, died Monday night following a nervous breakdown. Mr. Whiteley was widely known in manufacturing circles of the State.

Atlanta G-irl Wants to Know if Man She Nursed Left Legacy INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ATLANTA. Ga. Dec Has "bread cast on the waters" returned, or is somebody playing a practical Joke? That's what Jean Floyd, pretty

nineteen-year-old Atlanta girl.

would like to know atout a legacy of $25,000 she Is said to have been left by an aged man named Binford, whom she once befriended while he was a patient in a hospital here. When told about it Miss Floyd said she didn't know anything: about it. According to her account, last

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