Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 36, 21 December 1912 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND TaLLADIUM A1VD SUX-TELEGRA3I, SATURDAY, DECEMBER Si, i;H2.

The Richmond Palladium And Sun-Telegram Published and owned by the PALLADIUM PRINTING CO. Issued Every Evening: Except Sunday. Office Corner North 9th and A Streets. r.Jiadium and Sun-Telegram Phones Business Oiiice, 2566; News Department, 1121. RICHMOND, INDIANA. H'JDOLPH G. LEEDS Editor.

SUBSCRIPTION TERMS In Richmond, $5.00 per year (in advance) or 10c per week. RURAL ROUTES One year, in advance t $2.00 Sir. months, in advance 1.25 One month, in advance 25 Address changed as often as desired; both new and old addresses must be given. Subscribers will please remit with order, which should be given for a specified term ; name will not be entered until payment is received. MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS One year, in advance $5.00 Six months, in advance 2.6'; One month, in advance 45 Entered at Richmond, Indiana, post office s second class mail matter. New York Representatives Payne & Young, 30 34 West 33d Street, and 29-35 West 32nd Street, New York, S. Y. Chicago Representatives Payne & Young, 747-748 Marquette Building, Chicago, 111. TIi Auoristina nt Amif ririllliaaia Advertiser baa exSWHUW KBU HlUim WW the aircalaiioa ef this pebIkaiien. THe figra of ctrcvlatioa contained in the Association's re port only ere guaranteed. Assocmdoo if American Advertisers No. , Whitehall Bltfg. N. T. Citv Heart to Heart Talks. By EDWIN A. NYE. OBLIGATO FLAYERS. " Vhe singer with the golden roice poured a flood of song into the great Music ball, thrilling and moving the people almost to the verge of tears. But Behind the singer and the song was the modest violinist, standing in the Shadows and weaving around the song a subtle tracery of sound, sustaining and filling up the measure of the singer's voice. It was the violin obllgato. The singer got all the applause. And neither the audience nor perhaps the singer gave full credit to the modest violinist. It is the way of the world. Those who sing the solos get all the plaudits and all the flowers. Yonder , is a man the world calls great He stands In the calcium light and bows acknowledgment of the encores. But Behind him stands the obllgato playerhis wife. She has made him possible. The world does not know. He gets the cheers. She Is merely the obllgato player. Behind George Washington was Martha Washington obllgato player. Behind the general of the Salvation Army was Catherine -Booth his obligato player. Perhaps the greatest woman in America is Jane Addams. Who was her obligato player? Head her autobiography. She knew and appreciated who it was her scholarly father; Obligato players! Standing in the shadows behind the successful man is the mother or father or wife, who guides, teaches, sacrifices, encourages glad and proud to be the humble player of obligato. John the Baptist played obligato. lie snid of the Master, to whom he was forerunner: "He must Increase, and I must decrease. I am but a voice in the wilderness" a herald, a player of obllgato. There are many such. They are content to accompany the solo singers, content to stand in the rear of geniHS. And why not? If one cannot sing solos and is able j to play accompaniments, why not? j Doing well what we do without praise J and because of the joy of doing and i because we can thus contribute to the pleasure and welfare of others, why not? Do not envy the soloist. Play your obligato. THIS NURSE KNOWS. "Of all the medicine ever used I Treely say that for superior merit there Is none so good as Blackburn's Casca-Royal-Pills for constipation, coated tongue, bad blood, stomach, liver and bowel disorders." Mrs. C. C. Ackerman, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Sold by all drug stores. 10c and 25c. advertisement Hia Painful Debut. "I ehall rot easily forget my debut." Sir Charles Wyndham said on one occasion. "We opened at Washington, and I appeared as a character who had to declare. I am drunk with love and enthusiasm. Having uttered the first, three words, I was seized with stage fright and said no more. This Is what I read In a New York paper the nest morning: 'A Mr. Wyndham represented a young man from South America. De had better go there him self. " Richas and Contentment. "Contentment is better than riches." said the ready made philosopher. "True." replied Mr. Dustin Stax. "but my observation is that a man who Is rich has a better chance of becoming content than a man who N contented has of becoming rich." Washington Star Alike, Yet Different. Youngbrlde My husband is very determined He never gives up Mm Klosefist isadlyi Neither does mine, Boston Globe. Yon can do In a second what It take ;vtr to trtt over regretting New Individual Ice Cream Turkeys for Christmas, at Price"s. 19.1t

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Work for the Humane Society. Because the dog quarantine is now a matter of history it is to be hoped the recently rejuvenated Humane Society will not Imagine it has no other duties to perform. While our canine friends are no longer being pursued by large policemen armed with revolvers or shotguns there are any number of those other faithful dumb friends, the horses, in need of the Society's protection. Every horse should now be roughshod, especially those hauling heavy wagons, trucks and drays, but there are quite a number of them that have not been properly prepared for their hard winter's work One team, fine, big, hard working fellows, in negotiating a hill in the north end of town Thursday fell down twice before they reached the summit, to the profane disgust and indignation of their driver. Reports have also come into this office from other sections of the city telling of light shod horses falling on the hard, ice covered streets. The life of a horse is a hard one at best and there is no excuse for not giving these most useful of animals the best of attention. Surely the cost of roughshoeing them is not so great that some 01 our large business concerns cannot afford the expense.

A Debt-Dodging Policy.

A member of the Richmond city council a few days ago, in a lame excuse for the city's persistent refusal to pay the municipal plant for its lighting bill, remarked that not a cent had been paid to the plant out of the city treasury since 1910 and that it would be no hardship to the institution, which was making money, to continue to furnish free lighting for streets and public places until 1915, when the franchise of the Light, Heat and Power company would expire. This company, the councilman emphatically stated, would not be granted another franchise at that time, so the municipal plant would then enjoy a monopoly of the local electric lighting and power business. If this is the real reason why council refuses to compel the city government to pay for its lighting bills it is a most absurd one. In the first place there is no assurance that when the Light, Heat and Power company's franchise does expire, council will be constituted as It is now, therefore the public has no guarantee that the Light, Heat and Power company will be forced out of the electric lighting and power business. In the 6econd place, even though it was an assured fact that the municipal plant's competitor would be refused a new franchise in 1915 there is no excuse for the city officials continuing until that time a policy which is depriving an institution built by and for the benefit of the taxpayers of this city of a revenue amounting to between $18,000 and $20,000 a year. As has been repeatedly pointed out the municipal light plant's sole function is to furnish electricity for lighting and power at as cheap a rate as possible and a minimum rate cannot be established so long as the city refuses to meet its indebtedness to the plant.

To get down to hard pan facts the Palladium does not really believe the city administration and the city council have sanctioned the city's debt-dodging policy toward the municipal plant because the officials honestly believed it was fair and above board, but because the city has been dead broke for the past four or five years and preferred making a "goat" of the defenseless light plant to meet other financial obligations. The city now owes the municipal plant approximately $50,000 for public lighting expenses. This debt the municipal plant may bid a fond farewell to, for it will never be able to collect it, but it is to be sincerely hoped this debt will not be increasel and that not later than the first of January the city will resume paying for its lighting bills.

ILLINOIS DEDICATES MASSIVE MONUMENT (National News Association) ANDERSONVILLE, Ga., Dec. 21. With brief but impressive ceremonies the dedication of the massive and beautiful Illinois Andersonville monument occurred Friday at the national cemetery here. Governor Deneen and a party ot Illinois people were in charge of the dedicatory exercises. The address presenting the monument to the state of Illinois was made by A. H. McCracken, president of the commission, and he was followed by Governor Deneen. Acceptance for the United States was made by Captain J. J. Ryan, representing the secretary ui wcii. muusauuB 01 leuerai soiaiers were held prisoners at Andersonville during the civil war. Venison meat for sale at Henry Mumgesser Meat Market, 337 South 12th street. Phone 2350. 20-21 Roasting Coffee. In Norway, where superb coffee is made, a bit of butter is added to the beans while they are roasting in the covered shovel used there for that purpose. In France an well a piece of butter the size of a walnut Is put with three pounds of the coffee beans and also a dessertspoonful of powdered I sugar. This brings out both flavor ' and scent and. moreover, gives the slight caramel taste which will be remembered as a pleasing part of French coffee.

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CAUCUS IS CALLED BY THE DEMOCRATS

(National News Association) WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. A call was issued here for a caucus of Democrats to be held in January to fill the vacancy on the ways and means com mittee, caused by the retirement of Senator-elect Hughes of New Jersey from the house. The New Jtrsey and Ohio delegations are both claiming the place and leaders decided the best way to settle the dispute was to call a caucus. Eat your Christmas dinner at the Westcott, 75 Cents per! pialC, Il'Om LZ'.ZV 10 Z'.dV. thurs-sat-mon-tues Songless Spain. j There was almost as little acted as spoken drama in the streets. I Inivej given my impression of the soukIcss- ! ness of Spain, in Madrid as elsewhere, but it there was no street singing there I "as ouch street piayiug; dv pathetic , bands of blind minstrels' with guit!trH:S and mandolins. The blind abound ev erywhere in Spain in that profession of street beggary which I always encouraged, believing, as I do. that comfort in this unbalanced world cannot be too constantly reminded of misery. As the hunchbacks are in Italv or the wooden peg legged in England, so the blind are in Spain for nwt'.lier. W. I). Ilowells in North Araeri- n Review. Ice Cream Turkeys for the Holidays, ! 9 at Price's. 19-4t Island Lines

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Here are 600 Merry Christmasses. Richmond retail merchants are reporting very good Christmas trade. We are pleased to note that in our BoRrd of Councilmen consisting oi twelve members eight are member:-, o the Commercial club. As it is the custom for each one to offer a suggestion for lowering the high cost of living here is one: If a delivery system could be arranged in our city that would make the deliveries for our 80 groceries it would certainly bi a great saving to the groctrs as each one has to maintain one horse and wagon and some of them more than one, and the various wagons making deliveries in the same neighborhood. Just a few days ago three delivery wagons were seen standing in front of three houses in the same square making deliveries from three different groceries, where one wagon could have made these three deliveries in almost the same length of time and at much less expense. A few auto delivery wagons could make the deliveries throughout the city and dispense with the expense of so many horses and wagons. Vulcan. Vulcan, the god of undent black smiths and metnl workers, was Ihuip in consequence of a pretty hiird fall he had in his early dfiys Juplser and Juno had a row. and Vulcan sided with his mother against the old gentleman, who promptly kicked him out of heaven. He fell for n whole d:iy and lighted on the Island of Lemnos. broke his leg and received as severe a shaking up as thonrli lit- had turn bled dowu an elevator shaft. Aescu lapius set his leg. but. having only just received a diploma, did a pour job. and for a long time Vulcan went ou a crutch. Beloved of the Gods. Miss Mary Anderson (Mine. Navarro t in the play of "Pygmalion and Gal atea" once turned with outstretched arms toward the audience. She was supposed to be appealing to heaven. "The gods will help me.'" she cried At once with one accord the "gods" of the gallery roared response. "We will!" A Belt and a Bull. Sergeant Now, then. Murphy, what's the trouble? Murphy I'm looking for me belt, sar'nt. Sergeant Well. man. you've got it on! Murphy Thankee, sar'nt. If you hadn't told me 1 would have gone out without it! London Answers. CAN SECURED! I Will Prove It To You' At My Expense. I YOU WHO ARE SUFFKR- : INO THE TORTURES OP i ECZEMA. WHOSE DAYS ARE MISERABLE. WHOSE NIGHTS ARE MADE SLEEPLESS BY THE TERRIBLE ITCH LET MESEND yqW FREE TRIAL OF THE TREATMENT WHICH HAS CURED HUNDREDS WHICH I BELIEVE WILL C UKE YOU. I WILL SEND IT FREE. POSTAGE PAID. WITHOUT ANY OBLIGATION YOUR PART. JUST WRITE ME A LETTER. 1 OR SEND YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS Otf i A POSTAL CARD. I WILL SEND THE TREATMENT FREE OF COST TO YOU. ! J.C.HUTZELL.i22W.MainSt.,Ft.Wayne.InA 1 tESS 8

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STORIES OF THE STAGE.

A. Splendid Accident Averted and an Actor Who Omed Too Well. Here is an incident that was related t the late Brum Stoker, for main year manager to Irving of the production of "Hamlet" a the Lyceum li Loudon On the second night of the perform once the Chinese ainbns:ulor and Sir Haiiiday Macartney came to see Irving In bis dressing room, and presently the ambassador, who was wearing mag nificent robes of mnndarin yellow, wan dered off in the direction of tie stae The ambassador was cloe to tin eiie of the arch at the back of t lie s.-ene. whers Ophelia had mr.de her entrain e and would make her exit Mr stuker "jumped for him and just succeeded In catching him before he had passed into the blaze of the littnl'ijit. 1 could fancy the suddeu amazement of (he audience and the wild roar of laughter that would follow when in the midst of this most sad and pathetic of scenes would enter uuberalded this gorgeous anachronism. " Mr. Stoker confessed that he was tempted to let the splendid accident occur "Its unique gro'esnuetiess would have insured a widespread publicity not to be acquired by ordinary forms of aiheitisenient." On another occasion a very different and very painful contretemps did occur. The actor who took the part of Polonius on entering gave his first line with so strange an intonation that Irving at once signed to the prompter to let fall the act drop, came forward and apologized to the audience and restarted the play with a tiew Polotiius! London Graphic. Anything That Came Handy. Flowell -Iiow does that woman strike yon? Powell - With any old thing She's my wife. St, Tll2 L3WV6T wms Dv n'3 "it 08 mind ' " must be clear at all times. ; Neither he nor you nor any thinking person can win if wits are dulled by a headache. HICKS' CAPUDINE CURES HEADACHE taes off the hrakfm gate at the cause beak, eolJ. nervousness or eripp. Capudine is a liquid, pieman I to take; qairkly etfertivo; contains no acetamlide. Isn't It a pi'.y to suffer with hnadarhe when yon really can cure Ut 2oo and 50c at druggists trial tix 10c ON :1 y 1 u

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