Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 115, 27 March 1917 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1VJ17

SOCIETY'S MEETING PLACE

The Hicks orchestra will play for the dance to be given Friday jvening at the Country club by members of the March social :ommittee, composed - of Mrs. Ben Bartel, chairman ; Mrs. H. R. Robinson, Mrs. Howard Dill, Mrs. Walter G. Butler and Mrs. Edgar F. Hiatt. All members of the club and out-of-town guests ire privileged to attend. The raudeville which was planned for this occasion will not be givn. Dancing will begin at 8:30 D'clock. Last evening. Mrs. E. B. Clem

ents, Miss Mary Clements, Miss Ann Nicholson, Mr. Warren Clements and Mr. John Clemsnts, formed a party at the GalliCurci concert. An informal tea will be held Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. W. Roach, ?outh Twenty-first street after the Domestic Science association holds its regular meeting. Miss Elsie Marshall of the Earlham College faculty will be the principal speaker. A meeting of the Mary F. Thomas W. C. T. U. was held Monday afternoon In the dome room at the Mor-rlsson-Reeves library. Miss Elizabeth Jones gave the scripture reading. This was followed by a prayer offered by Mrs. Martha Little. During the business meeting reports were read as fallows: Visits to the sick, 111; cards, 19; press, 20; flowers and relief, $20.70; five meals, one letter written, snd 700 pages of literature distributed. After the business a program was giv

en. The next meeting will be held in two weeks end the place will be announced later. Last evening the Loyal Messenger class and the Loyal Scouts class of die First Christian church held a ' Get Together" meeting at the church. Sixty guests were m attendance. A I'incheon was served. The committee in charge was composed of three meml rs from each class and were Misses Edith Decker, Kathryn Nichols, Amy Fltzpatrick, Messrs. James Eaton, Kussel Joy and Carl Brady. Many kinds of pretty and useful tWngs for the springtime adornment of person and house are to be on sale at the bazaar which will be held Wed

nesday afternoon at the West Ricn

Ticknor club members were entertained by Mrs. Fred Miller at her home, North Tenth street. "The History of the Bible," the book which has been studied throughout the year by the club was completed. Mrs. E. B. Clements will be hostess for a business meeting of the club next week at her home,- North Thirteenth street. Monday; April 9, the annual banquet of

the club will be held. A committee composed of Mrs. Walter G. Butler, Mrs. William Dechant. Mrs. E. B. Clements, Mrs. Albert Reed, Mrs. D. L. Mather end Mrs. J. J. Rae is in charge. The First aid class of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet Wednesday afternoon at the Garfield school and receive instructions from

Dr. A. J. Whallon.

Members of the Greenbriar community club will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. John Weunker. The North Side section of the Woman's Choracter Builders' class of the Central Christian church will meet Wednesday afternon with Mrs. Philip Weber, at her home, 916 North Twelfth street.

The Tlrzah air society of the Ben Hur Lodge will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Bert Williams at her home, 233 North Eighteenth street. Mrs. John Lontz left this morning for French Lick, where she will 6pend some time. Mr. John M. Lontz and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lontz will go to French Lick for the weeli-end. Miss Gaynelle Frantz entertained in honor of her guest, Mr. Homer Stonebraker, of . CrawfordsvMe, Indiana, with a dinner at the Westcott Hotel Saturday even'ing. After dinner the Eruests formed a party at the

Washington to see "Very Good Eddie. ' The guests, were Miss Lucile Mahret, Mr. D. L. Mather, Mr. Stonebraker and Miss Frantz. Honoring Mr. and Mrs. Louis Quinn, who have been visiting in Rushville, Miss Agr.es Winston entertained with a dinner Sfcndsv evening at her home in RushyiHe. Pink and white carnations appointed the table.

Miss Esther Dahl is Charming Guest at Bridge Parties

Social activity this weekseems to center about Miss . Esther Dahl of Wells College, a college friend of Miss Dorothy Land and who is a guest at the Land home, South Eighteenth street. The first of these pretty functions of the early spring was the auction-bridge party given Monday afternoon by Miss Ann

Nicholson at her home, North A street, for the pleasure of Miss Dahl. The rooms were ornamented with spring flowers. Bridge was played at three tables. The favors went to Miss Dahl and Miss Dorothy Land. After the game

a delicious collation was served. The guests were Miss Dorothy Land, Miss Esther Dahl of Massachusetts, Miss Esther Coate, Miss Helen Nicholson, Mrs. Edwin Williams, Miss Mary Clements, Misses Martha and Ruth Scott, Miss Ruth Pennell. Miss Louise Malsby and Miss Eleanor

Seidel. This morning Miss Esther Coate. gave a breakfast-bridge at her home, North A street. Gay blossoms appointed the breakfast table. Covers were laid for seventeen guests. Favors were given to those making High scores. Wednesday afternoon Miss Dahl's hostess, Miss Land is giv

ing an auction-bridge party at the Country club. There will be sixteen guests. Several other affairs are being planned for the honor guest.

$40,000 IN JEWELS TAKEN IN NEW YORK

(By Associate Press) NEW YORK. March 27. Offer of $2,500 reward for information leading to the recovery of jewelry taken from a house on 79th street revealed today that jewels valued at about $40,000 were stolen ' Thursday from the bedroom of Mrs. William McNair. Descriptions of the gems have been sent to the police of other cities. They include a pearl necklace worth $30,000.

GARDENING STUDIED BY CIVIC LEADERS

Sells Thousand Bushels of Wheat at Two Dollars

MILTON, Ind., March 27 Hiram Crook sold 1,000 bushels of wheat to the Anderson Grain company, for which he received $2 per bushel. He also sold 200 bushels of seed wheat, for which he re ceived the same price per bushel. This is the first time in twentythree years that Mr. Crooic sold his wheat earlier than in May, except last year, at which time he sold from the machine because the wheat was not of good quality.

Consideration1 of vacant lot gardening was undertaken in a meeting at the Commercial club rooms this after

noon called by Superintendent of Schools Giles. I Representatives of various civic j

bodies, including the city government, were asked to attend. The Social Service Bureau, of which Mr. Giles is president, is planning to undertake the vacant lot gardening work for this season. '

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From the editor's swivel chair

CALL TO GUARDSMEN SPOILS CONVENTION - - i i t(By Associated Press) NEW YORK.; March 27. Local militia mobilizations and preparations for home defene interferred to some extent with the national defense convention begun here today under the auspices of the National Guard Association of the United States. It:was said that several governors who had expected to attend the convention would not . be present "Conditions have been uch in the last forty-eight hours," said Governor Whitman of New York, "that It has been impossible for governors to give their attention to anything except the pressing question of national defense and complying with the orders of the president."

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CALL UPON REV. RAE

Mrs. M. M. Paige assisted by her daughter, Miss Lillian Paige, entertained members of the Magazine club Monday afternoon at their home, North Twelfth street. The readers were Mrs. E. G. Hibberd and Mrs. John H. Johnson. Mrs. P. W. Smith

entertains the club next week at her t

home, East Main street.

Shortly after Easter the Music

mond Friends church. Aprons, towels, , . . Bi3nniT, for a meeting.

handkerchiefs, and such useful neces-iT. -. t m b announced later.

Miss Mildred Schalk, instrumental.

pities may be procured as well as j

more ornate articles. From o.au unui , and Mrg E E njeyeri vocal, will have 7 o'clock the aid society of the church j CQ f the program. -vill serve a chicken supper. Remain-1 i ig articles not disposed of during the i Mr and Mrs Ben B3rtei have re--.fternoon will be sold in the evening. :tlrT,e(j f"rom a Mo to New Ycik and ! hs Sunday school orchestra will play j oter poiats ln the Eaet .during the supper hour and will also ?

:lve an informal program later in tne i

chief-maker, Miss Alice Price; trustees,' Mrs.' Angelina Splutterfuss, Mrs. Albert Lamb: Samantha Stepinfetch-

ett, Mrs. Eunice Frame; Tabitha Rosemary, Miss Lucile - Mayr; Sophronia Scruggins, Mrs. Martha Barr. Part one Opening of school, recitation in Arithmetic, Geography, Reading, Physiology and Bible lessons; recess; piano tolo, "Moment Musical" (Moskowski) Mrs. Glen Dennis; part second of the play, Friday afternoon exercise, consisting of Compositions, Recitations.. Songs, etc; dismissal. Tardy, bell rin?s at 8 o'clock sharp. No admission fee will be asked, but a silver ottering will be taken. ... '

Rev. J. J. Rae will be the speaker at the first supper of the newly-organized Men's Community club Wednesday evening in the Second Presbyterian : church dining room. An attractive program has been arranged and supper will be served by women of the church.

REFORMED

This evening Miss Hester Williams v. ill entertain members of the, V. V. club at her home East Main street.

Mrs. Howard Dill, South Eighteenth i jha meeting was postponed from last

rver.ing. Persons wno uavoz remain ; street. -ra5 Dayton. Ohio, Monday, j nisht cn accrunt of the Galli-Curci con-

for the supper are mvitea 10 auenu - a f er, he bazaar in the afternoon. Ice! jIrs Herbert Cotton of Elkhart, In-

cream and cake will fe served ior a djan3t is the guest of her. parents, Mr.

-.orainal sum' A number or commit- jaE(j bits. T. T. Ferguson at thctr home.

South Sixteenth street.

:ps have been appointed from the aid

;jembership to assist in the serving. Current Events were given by Mrs. Frank Chambers and Mrs. Gilbert T. Dunham yesterday afternoon when

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This afternoon Mi-s Dorothy Dilks entertained members ot a Tuasday bridge club at her home, South Thirteenth street. Mrs. Perry Becher of Kankakee, Illinois, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Everett McConaha at their apartments on North Eleventh street This evening an entertainment will be given at the Fairview M. E. church by the members of the G. R. O. W. class. The public Is cordially invited to attend. A surprise was given Miss Elizabeth Hunt at her home, South Seventh street, Saturday evening by a number

of.her friends. Music and games were features of the evening. Refreshments were served. The guests were Misses Susie Mitchell. Lucile Helms, Laura Townsend, Irene Williams, Gertrud Tiffany, Marjorie Smith, Elizabeth Hunt, Miss Ducker, Messrs.

Robert Kltchell, Chester Helms, Earl Beeson, Hugh Williams, Omer Williams, Harry Hartman, Ralph Hunt, Mr. Rallsback and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Schaendler. The Woman's Loyal Moose Circle will meet-Wednefcday evening in the Moose hall. After the business there will be a social hour and refreshments. An election of officers will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Grace M. E. church when all sections of the unions meet at the church. Members of the American Beauty club will be entertained Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. William Mutchner.

Wednesday evening a play entitled, "The Deestrlck Skool" and written by

Miss Victoria Lindemuth will be pre

sented at 8 o'clock at the North A

Street Friends church under the aus

pices of the Alice Carey club and for

the benefit of the building fund of

Friends Boarding Home. The program is appended: Piano solo "Impromptu" (Hugo Reinhold) Mrs. Glen Dennis; violin solo "Lelbesfrend" (Kreisler) Miss Ruth Scott; vocal solo (a) "Voice of the Woods" (Rubenstein), (b) "In May Time" (Oley Speaks) Mrs. Dempsey Dennis; violin solo, "The Last Rose of Summer" (Farmer) Miss Ruth Scott.

"The Deestrlckt Skool" on the crossroads of Pinhook and Jayvllle. Cast of characters: Priscllla Primrose, teacher, a Quakeress, who believes in governing by moral suasion, "sparing the rod." and in doing her best to keep school, Miss Victoria Lindemuth; Jerusher Pipestem, - the "tattle-tale, who knows everything that is going on in and out of school, Mrs. Wm. Ferguson; Judy Pipestem, her little sister. Miss Sarah Lewis; Adelaide Amanda Hayseed, a very, bright scholar, but nick named "Smarty" by the children, Mrs. Martha Johnson; Little May Rosemary, a very good little girl, the "princlpal trustee's only child and called by the children, "teacher's . pet," Mrs. Mary Price; Phillipina Rosenbloom, a Jewess, Miss Emma Lindemuth; Eliza Jane Beanblossom. her pal and . mis-

The la-lie? of the Grand Army of the Republic wiil meet Wednesday afternoon at 2 . SO o clock in the Post room at the court house.

The aid society of the North A

Street Friends church will meet Thurs day all-day at the Meeting House.

The Christian Woman's Board of

Missions of the First Christian church will observe week-of-prayer beginning

next week. The program will be an

nounced later.

Mr. and Mrs. Warren McClure of North Tenth street, entertained the following guests to dinner Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Ohmit of Cambridge City, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller and

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mendenhall. The

table was appointed with spring flow

ers and ferns. 1 1

The Modern Priscllla Thimble club

will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Clyde Ryan at her home, 457 Linden avenue. The Jolly 8 club met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. William Schultz. Refreshments were served. Next Monday afternoon Mrs. Edward Ball entertains the club at her home, 807 North G street.

Just as the odor of mothballs was leaving that last year's summer suit, the weather man comes to bat with a promise of two days of freezing temperatures.

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Continued From Page One. other old boy with a baleful glare directed at a youth of twenty, a prospective addition to Uncle Sam's field forces, who is receiving the "once over" from Sergeant Warner. There comes, a.t last, a lull in the business of examining youthful applicants, for enlistment and the period for the recital of yarns arrives. What tales are to be heard at these sessions of the Club of Reformed Adventurers! A man ,of. forty, still lean and lithe as a panther; was in the midst of his

story: of the storming of the walls of Pekin when an inquistive reporter

made his entrance.

"And, Lord, how we made them

Boxer Chinks like it," he continued

atter the interruption. ' There was

Roosians, Britishers, Frenchies, Japs

and Dutchies besides us 'Mericans at

the stormin,' an' take it from me, them

Dutchies was regular fighting men. It's my idea that anyone who thinks we kin lick the Kaiser one arm tied is goin' to -wake up in a field hospital."

Describes Street Skirmish. The tale was followed by a highly colored description of a street fight in

Yokohama between wandering bands

of I'shore leave" men from British and American warships. It was told by a former man-o-warsman with such picturesque detail that his auditors were kept roaring with amusement. There was a garrulous tale by a grizzled man in faded blue of hard fighting when Sherman swept to the sea with his half-starved, ragged legions. A tale of an "affair of outposts" on the Mexican border followed the recital of a thrilling incident connected with the Phillipine revolution. More yarns were ready to be tapped but Sergeant Warner moved adjournment. "Sorry, boys, but I got to lock up. Got some street work to do," he said. "See you tomorrow," shouted one of his callers as the members of the Club of Reformed Adventurers filed out. "And, maybe, if the missus don't kick too hard, I'll sign up for another trick in a few days," called back another.

The mctorman on Earlham car stopped

Main. "I've got to have another drink if we never get across that bridge," he called back to the conductor. A very agitated feminine voice broke

the silence. j "Do you think it is safe to ride with j him after he has been drinking that way? she querulously inquired of the!

conductor. "That water, aint never, been known to hurt nobody yet," he replied. When a man gets so confidential that you can taste the odor of cigars on his breath, beware. !f automobilists who race with fire apparatus don't value their own lives they should, at least, hesitate before running the risk of depriving the city of the services of a crew of firemen. Newspapers have been asked to help with recruiting. No doubt a great many of the editors and reporters will be perfectly willing so long as they are not expected to set an example.We just can't think of anything to say about that, class of young folks which adopted the slogan "Wear Your Old Clothes Easter."

Employment of a successor to E. M. Haas a6 secretary, of the . Commercial club will be considered at a meeting of the executive committee planned for Wednesday evening. President Lontz may announce his committee appointments then. . .

Funerals Held at Centerville

od jy. c; of I. - Increases Cost f of Class Gowns

Score another for the Hign Cost O Living. ' ' ; This year's high school senior girls will wear dresses costing one dollar each more than those of la6t year's class. ' The advance is made necessary, by the increased cost of drens goods and trimmings, according to the girls. A limit of $6 an outfit has been set by the girls of the class on their commencement clothes. Heretofore the limit has been $5. The $6 must cover all wearing apparel cost excepting shoc The girls also ruled that all of their number must wear white clothes, from head tp foot, for .the commencement X61clS6S. Principal Pickell explains, that the girls are expected to purchase dresses that will be suitable for summer wear after the graduation period Is over. TRAFFIC. DIRECTOR ILL '

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CENTERVILLE, Ind., March 27.

The funerals r cf Lafayette Jackson i from the Methodist Episcopal church and of Dorothy Stevens from the Christian church were held Sunday and were attended by a large number of friends and relatives. Mr. Jackson has spent nearly all of h?3 life in and near Centerville, and has reared a famof children here. The death of the little". Stevens child . was a , very sad one, as she was apparently in good health until the trouble came a fewdays ago which necessitated an operation. She was operated on for. appendicitis, but a stone was found in the appendix. It is thought that she probably swallowed it, and it has been there for some time.

" (By Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO. Cal March. 27. B.rL. Winchell, of Chicago, director of traffic for the Union Pacific railroad, is under the care of physicians here today. With his family he was on the w?y east from Santa Barbara when symptoms of pneumonia developed. . . ',-

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AnH the first thing these . Frenc women did to celebrate the -withdrawal of the Germans was to- array themselves "in such pathetic bits of finery

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Those Chicago students who pasted j

Wilson's picture over the Kaiser s likeness might hare been prompted by aesthetic motives as well as patriotism.

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turg line. In the centre of the curve General Nivelle has forced a wedge into the forest but about ten miles of heavily timbered country must yet be conquered before he reaches his goal. Situation is Obscure On the northern section of the great battle line the situation is somewhat obscure. Neither the British nor German . official communications throw much light on the operations here. Some progress has been made ln the

direction of Cambrai by General Haig

but apparently the determined resistance of the Germans has checked the British advance along the whole Arras sector. While the issue of the titanic struggle in France remains in doubt, the stage is set for sensational possibilities in Mesopotamia.

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