Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 316, 17 November 1920 — Page 7

RED GROSS PAGEANT SYNOPSIS ANNOUNCED; PROGRAM IS FREE

Colonel Peter Traub, commanding officer at Fort Thomas, Ky., will open the program at the Coliseum next Sunday afternoon with an address when the pageant, "The Red Cross of Peace," is presented to formally open the Wayne county annual membership drive. Colonel Traub is said to be the most enthusiastic officer in the army on the American Red Cross, and a "very good speaker. The program will begin at 2:30 promptly and will be free to everyone. No admission win pe charged. The special music for the pageant win oe furnished by members of the Richmond Symphony orchestra, which will hold rehearsals at the" Coliseum at 3:00 Saturday afternoon and 7:30 Saturday evening. The cast of the pageant will number 196 men, women and children. The principal charac ters will be: The Red Cross of Peace, Mrs. Juliet Shirk: retired soldier, Ma jor Paul Comstock; Columbia, Mrs. Wilbur C. Hibberd; community, Mrs. John Johnson. Miss Anna Laugh will have charge of the stage settings. Marshals Appointed A marshal has been appointed to take charge of each of the 10 divi ions. They are, in order: Mrs. Joseph Connor, Mrs. Richard Study, Mrs. Juliet Shirk, Mrs. Frank Critchett, Mrs. John Johnson, Mrs. George Bosley, Mrs. Frank Druitt, Mrs. Ger trude Kolp, Miss Mary Peltz, and Mrs. .Paul Comstock. A synopsis of the pageant follows. First Part. .Bugle, Call to the Flag; prelude, ,The Spirit of Humanity; Characters .Humanity: Clara Borton, Florence Nightingale, two civil war nurses; three civil war soldiers. Action I The Red Cross in War. Characters: Junior Red Cross, Motor Corps, sewing department, educational department, surgical dressings, canteen service, knitting department, home service department nursing service, overseas personnel. Action II Columbia presents commission to Red Cross of Peace. Action II Red Cross of Peace Outlines Peace Program to Returned Soldier. Music, Hymn of the Republic (Stowe). Recessional, Kipling. Second Part. Activities of peace program. Action I Public Health Service.' Tooth brush drill. Characters: Group of children. Nursing service. Characters: Public health nurse, blind child, disabled soldier, group of women, Immigrant mother and child crippled child, disabled sailor, disabled marine. Music "Keep the llome Fires Burning, audience, choir and children. Action II Home Service. Characters: Home service interviewers, sol dier's wire and child, blind soldier, federal board student, hospital social service visitor, dependent mother, compensable client. Music. Action III Home Hygienne Teaching Center. Characters: Red Cross nurs?; high school classes. Action IV Disaster Service. Characters: Group of tornado victims. Red Cross nurses, litter bearers. Red Cross physicians, Red Cross social workers. Music. Action V America of Tomorrow. Junior Red Cross. Characters: Mother and children, homeless children, happy childhood the world over. Music Lullaby, Spring Sons; (Mendelssohn). Third Part. The response. Tableau The Greatest Mother ot All. Characters: Red Cross of Peace and group of grateful humanity, group of children. Community's response to the roll call. Music "God of Our Fathers," quartet; waltz, orchestra; march, "Pomp and Circumstance," orchestra; "America," audience. INDIANA MERCHANTS HOLD STATE MEETING INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 17. Buying j policies, price cuanges and other problems confronting dry goods merhants were discussed Tuesday by representative merchants from various parts of the state at the quarterly meeting of the Indiana Retail Dry Goods Association at the Claypocl hotel. Representatives of about fifty Indiana stores attended the meeting. The organization went on record as opposed to the cancellation of bona fide contracts, and recommended that the board of directors investigate the advisability of establishing a buying agency in Now York in order that members might pool their purchases in certain lines. The merchants seemed to be agreed that they should l ot do much spring buying until after the first of the year, because of the fluctuating market at present. Although the subject was not l.roucht up for discussion, several merchants said they were looking forward to a good holiday and winter business. F. A. Turner, of Crawfordsvillo. president of the association, said most merchants are following the markets and taking their markdowns as they took their markups. Market Prices Followed. "If we find that goods in the market are being sold for lower prices than those which prevailed when our goods were bought, we accept the market price and add the regular legitimate profit," said Mr. Turner. He haid the merchants in the farming communities believe that as soon as the farmers dispose of their crops, which havo been held back, more money will be in circulation and buying conditions will be improved. The officers of the Indiana Association, in addition to Mr. Turner, are L. C. Stifle. Angola, vice-president; Lee Nusbaum, Richmond, secretary and treasurer, and W. E. Balch, Indianapolis, manager. A. luncheon was held r.t the Claypool hotel, following the morning sessions. High School Invitations have been issued to the mothers of high school girls to meet with Miss Lanning. dean of women, at high school on Wednesday and Thursday of this week in the art gallery. One-half of the mothers have been Invited for Wednesday, the ' other half for Thursday. Miss Lanning will explain the point system, its importance, and the grades. A discussion of dress and of high school social ictivities will also be taken up. On tVednesday the mothers will be invited

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itudenU to be held In the art gallery. High school students have been asked to donate dishes to the North End Mission this week so that the mission can serve Thanksgiving dinner to the poor. At Junior school chapel Tuesday the program Included: Reading Ruby Gilmer; pantomime, animal moving picture show, "Kidnapped"; duet, MacPherson sisters; reading, Madonna Nesbon; piano solo, Miss Marjorie Beck; duet, MacPherson sisters. Short News of City - ; Loyal Claw Meeting The Men's Loyal class of the First Christian Sunday school will have a meeting at the church Friday night. The class has been reorganized, and the new president and secretary wish to meet all the members. Lunch will be served at 7:30 to be followed by a short program and a good social time. AH members of the class are urged to attend and bring a friend. Mrs. McVay at Revival Mrs. W. G. McVay is at Clyde, Ohio, directing the music in a revival. Needy Receive Help Several calls were mad 3 upon the Social Service Bureau for coal, clothing and help of various nature, occasioned by the heavy snow fall and cold weather. Investigation was made by the bureau and help extended in virtually all cases. Truck , Breaks Light The globe on an ornamental light in front of Hornadays hardware store was shattered Tuesday night, when a motor moving van enroute from Dayton, Ohio, to Indianapolis, backed into it in an effort to get a start in the snow filled street. After the accident the driver left the card of the firm for whom he works with a local merchant, so that the city could collect damages from his concern. Symphony Orchestra Rehearses Members of the Richmond Symphony orchestra are asked by Director J. E. Maddy to attend rehearsals to be held at the Coliseum Saturday at 3:00 p. b., and Saturday at 7:30 p. m., for the special music which the orchestra will furnish at the presentation of "The Red Cross of Peace" Sunday afternoon. Those who attend either or both of the rehearsals will play Sunday. Aid Holds Market The Ladies' Aid society of St. Paul's Lutheran church will hold a market and apron sale Saturday afternoon, Nov. 20, in the Starr Piano, company's salesrooms. AGRICULTURAL BOARD CONSIDERS TURNING PROPERTY TO STATE (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 17. Plans for surrendering the state fairgrounds to the state, together with-the termination of the present organization of the state board of agriculture and making it a state department, were expected to be considered today at the board's meeting at the state capitol. Along with this, the meeting was scheduled to consider an elaborate building program for 1921, which if carried out in all details will call for an expenditure of $650,000. Before the opening of the meeting, Charles F. Kennedy, recording secretary of the board, which is now a priate corporation with quasi-public powers, said he believed the board was unanimous in favor of the plan for turning over the property to the state. The fairgrounds are estimated to be worth from $1,500,000 to $1,800,000, with a $400,000 indebtedness outstanding. New Building Program. The building program includes a new cattle barn, swine barn, horticulture building and a structure for housing the Purdue university exhibits. It also calls for remodeling of several old structures, and the construction of a viaduct under the race course so automobiles may be packed inside the track. The report of the board for the year ending today showed its receipts were $304,152 and its disbursements were S2S6.966. AGRICULTURE BOARD TO AVOID CRITICISM (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 17. Looking forward to the January election of its members the state board of agriculture today undertook to define what associations may vote for the mem bers. In urging this action as a means for ending criticism of the board. Secretary Charles S. Kennedy told the members that some persons felt that "the board is a ring within itself " Framing of the definition was left to a committee and its report was to be considered late today. Other business including the termination of the present organization of the board was not considered at the morning's meeting but was delayed further in the afternoon by the pie paration for the annual election. Building Trust Probe Postponed Till Wednesday NEW YORK, Nov. 17. The joint committee investigating New York's alleged building trust today adjourned j until tomorrow because of the illness ' of its counsel, Samuel Untermeyer, ' who is suffering with a severe cold, i Mayor Hylan, who had been asked to reappear on the stand by Mr. Utermeyer, was requested to return for tomorrow's hearing. Germans Call Attention To Polish Troop Massing BERLIN, Nov. 17 Confidential reports that the Poles are concentrating large masses of troops near the frontier of Upper Silesia have been received by the German government, says the Lokal Anzeteer. The atten tion of France, Great Britain and Italy j has been called to the situation, the newspaper declares. CONGRESSMAN BREAKS LEG AT HOME FOLKS RECEPTION NEWCASTLE, Wyo., Nov. 17. F. W. Mondell, house republican, floor leader still using crutches as the result of an accident several weeks ago in which he suffered a broken leg, was given a reception by home folks prior tc his departure today for Washington for the December session of congress.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND

WOODBURN ADDRESSES WOMEN HERE TUESDAY That it took 44 years to ratify the suffrage amendment to the constitution was pointed out by Dr. James L Woodburn, of Indiana university, as an illustration of tho fact that not so much is done by amendments as by the opinions in the courts when he addressed the civics department of the Woman's club Tuesday afternoon on "Amendments to the Constitution." In the course of his lecture he also covered the growth of our constitution. Mentioning diplomats in his address. Dr. Woodburn said "A diplomat is an honest gentleman who goes abroad to lie in behalf of his country." He expressed the opinion that the vice-president of the United States should play a more active part in the administration and stated that Harding could do nothing better than to invite Coolidge to advise him and play an active part in the administration. He called attention to the small part that most of cur vice presidents have played in the administration and in commenting upon it said, "A man had two sons. One went to sea, the other became vice president and neither has teen heard of since." - Talks on Irish "The Irish Question" will be the subject of the third of Dr. Woodburn's lectures which he will give Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 14, at Morrison-Reeves library. Mrs. Paul Comstock. president of the Woman's club, stated that because of the great interest in the

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question men who wished to. hear Dr. Woodburn's lecture on "The Irish Question" would be . welcome to the meeting. She also explained that all women ot the club are especially wanted to attend the meetings of the Civic department as all general business is brought up then. Following Dr. Woodburn's talk Miss Ethel Clark of the Social Service bureau, told of the work of the bureau for the coming year and read a prospectus of the work. PENNSY MEN FORM SPORT ASSOCIATION Men of the Richmond division of the Pennsylvania lines are planning to start an athletic association for indoor sports. The announcement was made Wednesday that Omer Todd Is in charge of the .planned organization and that he will call a meeting of the men of the division as soon as possible. Officers will be elected and sports carried on in one of the gymnasiums of the city. Every division in each of the four Pennsylvania regions will organize a similar association, and tournaments between divisions and regions are planned. It is expected that the Richmond division will hold a tournament in Indianapolis about April 16, 1921. Mr. Todd said Wednesday that the sports to be followed included boxing, wrestling, volley ball, indoor baseball, tug of war, and many other athletic activities. There are about 2,000 men in the Richmond division.

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GERMAN MERCHANTS ARRIVE IN JAPAN TO SOLICIT THERE TRADE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 More than sixty German merchants have arrived recently In Japan to solicit trade, according to advices to the department of commerce from Kioto. They met with little hostility, It was said, antiforeign feeling being confined largely to Tokio and Yokahama. Readjustments incident to the war have so affected the cost of industrial production in Japan that "it is a question whether production costs in Japan will br lower than In America," when conditions settle down, recent trade messages from the far east declare. Increased cost of raw materials, the inefficiency of labor, and decreased production due to shorter working days are given as the reasons for the change. Japanese cotton mills are resorting to the expedient of importing Korean labor and establishing plants In Manchuria, Korea and China to meet the situation, the messages stated. The Japanese rice crop has been forecast at more than 325,000,000 bush els for this year, an increase of about 12 per cent over normal. The general business situation, however, is not encouraging, it was stated, a period of general depression being expected. The polar regions are the only part of the globe free from rats.

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Rev. Nicklas Addresses Trinity Institute Tonight Rev. A- L. Nicklas, pastor of St John's Lutheran church, will give an address at the Institute meeting to L held at the Trinity Lutheran church Wednesday night. His subject will be -The Lutheran Church and Catechetical Instruction." Following is tho program for the evening: Organ prelude, "Even Song," Mar:in) Miss Edna Deuker; anthem, "Not Unto Us, Oh Lord" (Smith) choir; address, "The Lutheran Church and Catechetical Instruction," the Rev. A. L Nicklas; male quartet, "There is a Pilot," (Sheppard) P. W. Druley. Charles Drifmeyer, Edward Weidnt-r and Louis Stauber; organ postlude, march (Clark) Miss Edna Deuker. Decorators Prepare Hall For St. Andrews' Fair Week All available space in St. Andrews auditorium is being utilized for the fair next week, Nov. 22 to 27. Chairs have been removed, and the carpenters have almost completed the long chain of booths. Decorators are working hard and will leave nothing undone to make the hall a thing of beauty. The committee in charge is promising great things, and startling surprises to the public during Thanksgiving week are to be expected. AWAIT LLOYD GEORGE (By Associated Press) PARIS, Nov. 17. Premier ' Lloydf George of Great Britain is expected to arrive in Geneva soon, according to newspaper dispatches from that city.

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RUSSIAN CHILDREN HELD IN FINLAND (By Associated Press) BERLIN. Nov. 16. Only 135 of thi 7S1 Russian children brought fron Vladivostok by the American Ret Cross and landed at a Finnish pon have been permitted to enter Russia according to Colonel E. W. Ryan director of the Red Cross work in thi Baltic states, who passed through Ber lin enroute to Paris today. The chil dren are being held in Finland untl' proper papers are presented showinj that parents or other responsible rela tlves 'will receive them. Some of the little Russians, he said had smashed windows and furniture ii a sanitorium near Helsingfors, wher they are being quartered. Their ao tion was In protest against being da nied the privilege of entering Russil at once. Prepare Coliseum Floor For Skating Carnival Everything Is being made ready foi the first roller skate of the season at the Coliseum, according to an official, Wednesday. The floor has been torn up in places and replaced with new flooring. It was said that all of the skates have been gone over and put in first class condition. The first skating carnival will take place on Thanksgiving evening. The management an ticipates a large number ot local skat ers for the occasion. to You & Blouses Cheaper l Unheard of Reduction Our $8.50 Q QQ Waists.... iJ.JO Our $12.50 Waists .... $4.98 Our $15.00 tfE? OCT Waists . any