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lniMy Record VOLUME 57 PLYMOUTH, INDIANA,1 THURSDAY AUGUST 3 1911 NUMBER HI

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Mrs. Grace Julian Clark, State President of the Federation, Tells What Is and What May Be Done Asks Women to. Arouse.

The following abbreviated address by Mrs. Grace Julian Clarke, State " President of the Federated Women's Clibs of Indiana, was delivered at Winona Lake at the District convention held there this month. "She -walket! veiled and sleeping1, For she knoweth not her power; She obeyetb but the pleading1 Of her heart. rnd the highleading Of her soul unto this hour:. Slow advancing, halting, creeping, Comes the "woman to the hour , Sbe walketh veiled and sleeping Tor she knoweth not her power." The ninteenth century has been called "the woman's century," and J the present "the century of the child." Woman assuredly began to find herself long ago, but the process still sroes on, with hesitating"

steps and in the face of many dis-J couragements. It was natural that the club movement should at first stand for selfculture alone. Our sex had been denied the right to be educated, and had been looked upon as an inferior in intellectual capacity for so long that when the gates of opportunity in this direction began to open, and knowledge her ample page unrolled before us, no wonder the sight was so alluring that many women past the jschool age, fcnd mothers who had sent their daughters to college, themselves united to form clubs for their own mental and social culture. Those clubs served a great end women found that they could talk, nd not merely gossip together. They talked and wrote papers. After years of consideration of such topics as "The Women of Ancient Greece and Rome" and "Catherine de Medici and Her Times," they began rather cautiously to take modcm themes, and today we find club

programs delightfully suggestive of the life we are now leading. Through clubs women have learned how to conduct public meetings and how to differ from one another without taking or giving offense. Gradually they are coming to feel an interest in and H responsibility for social conditions, and much has already been accomplished by them in influencing legislation, loc 1, state and national. It is due largely to the agitation and actual work of women's clubs that libraries have been7 multiplied, juvenile courts instituted, pure food laws enacted, and legislation beneficial to women and children secured. It was just as natural that women should outgrow the old self culture idea, as it was that that motive should be their starting point. . Not because their members had acquired all the culture there was, but because their eyes were turned toward the conditions that surrounded them, and seeing these conditions so far from ideal, they, being women, could no$ rest content. The women felt, with Dr. Parkhurst, that though the wicked flee when no man pursueth, thev.'uilke better time when some one Is 'afler them. So they began todiimind cleaner streets and public buildings, laws for the protection of women and children who work, manual training and medical inspection in ' public schools, police and jail matron .women on hospital and " other boards, etc. In some places, where their demands were backed by the ballot, their work in securing these reforms has been comparatively easy. In others, where they have only their much vaunted "indirect in- ' fluence,' it has been a tardier process. The American woman lia3 been credited with a native gift of initiative and an inherited spirit of independence, also with a faculty and taste for organization. These constitute .a splendid equipment for social service. ( 11 Whosoever wonld save his life shall Jse it ana whosoever would lose his life for-My sake shall find it. Tt is only as clubs disesfd the idea of a self-culture as their sole alia

that their members realize the fullest expression of themselves. Woman, since she began to look beyond the walls of her home, has seen some things that man, in his long preoccupation with the world's grosser " affairs, had not discovered, or had put aside as stars that were only meant for shining, I believe it is because of her grand function as mother of the race that these visions were vouchsafed to her. Through her interest in the child, she has become filled with "a divine discontent, that will not give her pause till she sees some wrongs in process of being righted. Our State Federation this year has borrowed the motto of the Indiana Child I-abor Committee: "Every child has the inalienable right To be" born right. To be loved. To have his individuality respected. To be wisel trained in body, mind and soul. To be protected from evil persons and influences. To have a fair chance in life." This is the powerful magnet that has led the women of the Hoosier State to turn with renewed interest and enthusiasm toa study of the home and school. - v - - Xo woman can escape her responsibility of wife, mother, or home maker, and the notion has been spreading among us that we ought to have a voice in the management of our public schools. Time was, and not so very long ago, when men owned their children: a father, on his death bed could give away his unborn child. She who bore the child, who cared for it in infancy,

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MRS. GRACE JULIAN CLARKE of Indianapolis, President of the Indiana Stete Federation of Woman's Clubs looked after its physical, intellectual and moral welfare up to the age of six years, who is appealed to when the child . is not doing well this mother has no voice in the schools ! in Indiana. . She helps the child with its lessons, she is familiar with the needs of the school work. She knows whether the toilet rooms are in a sanitary condition, she knows whether there is adequate ventilation, and whether the rooms are over-crowded. She knows the teachers and which are popular and why. I insist that women have demonstrand their greater interest and intelligence in the! affairs of the schools; but although they are eligible in Indiana to school boards and as county school superintendents, they do not have any voice in the selection of these officers. They should have. - v It is precisely because women represent and understand a side of life .that men do not understand and represent that their voice is peculiarly (needed in town as well as school affairs. But whether yon acquiesce in this view or not, X take it that we are agreed that the school, being an adjnnc to the horre. is not only a proper subject for the consideration of

eiuu women, but that they are very recreant if they fail to take an intelligent interest in all that goes on there. If manual training and domestic science have not yet been introduced, insist that they be put in at once. If the school trustees say

there is no monov. co to work in ! J j . vour clubs and raise funds to carrv i on the experiment for a year. I would not be misunderstood. At the shrine of literature, where women's clubs were first conceived, I would have them continue their devotions, communing with the freat minds of all ages, encouragiüg originality of thought and expression, and constantly cultivating the delightful art of conversation. But let everv club give some time and attention to the needs of ,its neighborhood, and espec'ally of the schools, just as everv woman feels a sort of pride in her home, because in a way it expresses herself, so she ought to feel a pride in the school and everything connected with it, and in the town, which is the community home. I should like to see the -State Federation a great Woman's Congress, where all literary, artistic and school interests should be carefully considered, also the subjects of health, physical resources, etc., and where proposed changes in laws and new regulation should be weighed and discussed. I would have the debate so fijll and free, and the women so intelligent along the lines in Which they were espeecially interested, that, most valuable sugges tions and ideas would be evolved, ' calculated to appeal convincingly to ' those m authority. The men in Indiana will not turn a deaf ear to the women of our state unselfishly working for better' educational and social conditions. They will be glad tollsten. It is the women, so many of whom lack confidence in themselves, or have not had their attention directed beyond their immediate family affairs, or are wasting their time in so-called "Social" functions it is the women who are at fault, largely, guilty of the sin of "the unlit lamp and the ungirt loin." We know that child labor, the wmie siave iramc, intemperance, unjust social conditions, war, these and other great evils will, through consecrated endeavor, become things of the past. Then those faint hearted ons, and those self-centered ones, and those given over to the vanities of life will be in the position of that belated soldier whom King Henry IV, after a great victory had been won, greeted with the words, "Hang yourself, brave Crillon! We fought at Arques. and you were not there Have Good Social. The Presbjterian social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L J. Hess Friday - was quite a successful one, the ladies clearing about $20. Mr. II. B. Allen had stretched an electric wire from his residence into the yard and lighted the place witii electric lights for the ice cream tables. Japanese lantersn also made the place more attractive. The Presbvterian church is noted for its good singers and several of them added to the enjoyment of the evening. Miss Stella Reynolds sang a solo, Mrs. Harry Hoham and Miss Julia Yockey sang a duet, Mr. Ralph Kline a

tenor solo, Mr. Hearst two tenor idation goes to President Taft, who solos, Mrs. Angle Cook and Miss makes the appointment. TlTeTPresiLyla Overmyer gave piano solos, and j den's appointment then goes to the

at the end of the entertainment thelittle Mndge sisters' of Chicago sang some very entertaining duets. The Misses Pansie and Faye Hess gave a cornet and violin duet. All the music was much appreciated. To Study Home Economics. .Friday afternoon a ' f ew house-, keepers and younger women met at. the home of Miss Southwick to consider thevforming of a class to study Home Economics. Miss Alice Sanders, who has been representing the American School of Home Economics here this summer, has stirred up the

"tf 6 I"0 ; i ? Pr has anvthing toysay against Harry able that two classes will be formed. A him flS fl mn of thß the6 ouUer women fineSt attainments' a skilled P011e youn,er w men. ejan entirely unselfish, and thorMiss Maude Marks is at present ui - j u n v j " . ,. . . , ""loughlv iair and honest in all he does engineering the linding ot the class i,Ätu ' i-i n j i. - " . . j ir- .both politicallv and in business. In of young girls, and' Miss Aura it . . ' , . o 4 1 f u j , - "line postoffice matter he gave careful Southwick has made her the offer of , . , . -j , . . . , . , and painstaking consideralon to all a two hour lesson on each Saturday . . , . . o- t t the candidates and their repreatternoon at 2o cents per' member. ... , , .. t t : a - -i-: .., mentations and recommendations.--In

i9 uujitu tuub a tiass vl leu Will take advantage of this opportunity. The plan is that the lessons 'will be held in turn in the homes of the members. . ' ' Some Clever Advertising. rert wenzier is displaying in the window of his tore the products of the Wooley Medicine Co. of Misha wka. Samples of the herbs and roots from. which the medicines are made are shown and miy be examined by any onejwho wishes to inspect them Tlfcse medicines hre fully guaranteed by the acrency, the Oak Drug Store. The display has been arranged in a clever manner.

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J fJö STCAM.fJG MOTH INI! I Trll Very w! r' F. E. Gffl GEIS AFTER LONG SUSPENSE WORD COMES ON SATURDAY THAT RECOMMENDATION IS r HADE , CANDIDATES NOTIFIED Careful Consideration Given to All by Mr. New Appointment Will , Take Effect Sept. 30On Saturdav word was received here by the candidates for the post oiVice, from Harry S. Ntw, that he had recommended Francis E. Gam to be appointed as the next post'mater in Plymouth. The recommenSenate for confirmation' afterwhich the commission is made out by the Postoffice Department. There being no Republican senator in Indiana, and no Republican congressman in this district, as well as many others, President Taft chose Hon. Harry S. New to act in the ca pacity of senator or congressman and make recommendations to him for appointments. Mr. New's reenm. mendation :s therefore of as- much weight as if it had been made by a republican senator. There is no one in all the different Crowds whJli ViQT-n talron rYf in T?o nil)l1;Mn m:Q : cf points Mr. New took several weeks order to more fullv consider all these 'luuf , A, !, ulu"es Ci" i xi t.. i. - j : j i. . pectea to sei ue ine maiier. Mr. Steiner 's resignation is to take effect Sept. 30, and on that date Mr. Garn will take charge of the du - ies of the PIvmouth postoffice. His commission will read for the full: .term of four Years, and not for th unexpired term of Mr. Steiner. Ice Cream Social. The Young People's Luther Leigus of Donaldson will have an lec cream social at the home of Frank Swanson on Hie Laporte road on next Saturday night, Aug. 5.

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THIS VERY DAY! ---Early in Pittsburg Dispatch. DEATHS Funeral of John J. Wright. The funeral of the late Mr. John J. Wright was held from his former home in Bremen Saturday at 2:30. Rev. J. W. Lake officiated. Many friends gathered to pay a last respect. All business places were closed during the funeral. Fred Forest Smith. Fred Forest, the seven months old son of George Smith, the county assessor, died at his father's home in Culver Friday at 1 p. m. The child had suffered with whooping cough for some time and this was the cause of death. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the family residence and interment made in Culver cemetery. Melinda Jane Warren. Melinda Jane Warren died at her home at Bloomingsburg eight miles southeast of Argos, Wednesday at 2 a. m. She was 58 years of age and leaves a grown family. The deceased was the wife of James Warren, a prominent farmer. She was apparently in good health and passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. The funeral will take place Friday at ten o'clock and interment made in the Mentone cemetery. Mrs. Daniel Shenefield. Mrs. Daniel Shenefield died at her home seven miles southwest of Bourbon Tuesday at 5 p. m. She was thirty-two years of age and leaves, besides her husband, a child six or seven years old. The funeral will be held Friday morning at nine o'clock at the family residence after which the body will be taken to Bremen and further services held there at the U. B. church at 1 p. m. Interment will be made at the Bremen cemetery. Wellington Rush. Wellington Rush, aged over seventy years, died at his daughter's home in Culver this morning at 2:30. He had been seriously ill the past two or three months and death was due to chronic catarrh and gastritis. The deceased was formerly in the hotel business at Lakeville and had resided at Culver only during the last year and a half. While there, he made his home with his daughter, Mrs. A. A. Watkins, the wife of the Vandalia agent. The body was taken to Lakeville for burial on the noon train Monday. Sarah Whaley. Mrs. Sarah Whaley, aged sixtyseven years, eight months and seventeen days, died at her home at Argos Monday at about 12 p. m. She had been quite seriously ill during the past six weeks with the measles which were the cause of her death. The deceased leaves a husband and one son. Mrs. Whaley was born in Ohio but had lived in Argos for many years and her death will be mourned by her many friends throughout this county. The funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist church. Rev. G. Hartmann Bright officiating. Interment in Maple Grove cemetery.

Martin Horrine. Martin Horrine, a prominent resident of Bremen, died Tuesday morning at about 5 o'clock at the home of his mother. The deceased was thirty-two years of age and leaves a little-girl between two and three years of age, his wife having passed away about two years ago. He was employed in the store of his father-in-law, Mr. Dietrich.

The funeral was held at the Presbyterian church at 10 a. m. today. Interment was made at the Bremen cemetery. Mrs. Rebecca Tribbey. Rebecca, wife of Thomas Tribbey, died at her home on S. Plumb street Monday night. She had been sick for nearly three months with heart trouble and dropsy, and gradually but surely, came to the end of this life. In April she began to feel poorly and grew worse from that time forward. For several weeks it has been only a question of time when she .must go. Mrs. Tribbey was 67 years old the first of last January. She was only about nine months old when her parents, Mr. and Mr. Hugh Brownlee, came to this place. With the exception of about three years they spent in Michigan, Mrs. Tribbey has always lived in or near Plymouth. When she was 15 years old she was converted at a camp meeting at Poplar Grove, and ever since that time she has been a devoted christian and member of the Methodist church. She was always prominent in the women's work of the church and a faithful attendant at the services. She leaves a husband and four children in the family. There are two daughters: Mrs. C. E. Croup, living just northwest of this city, Mrs. Elton Boggs. living south of Plymouth, and two sons, Oscar and Fred, both of this city. The funeral was held Wednesday at the residence on south Plumb street at 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon, services being conducted by the pastor, Rev. F. O. Fraley. Burial in Oak Hill. Dr. S. R. Richey. Dr. Samuel R. Richey died at his home in Donaldson Tuesday night at six-o'clock, after an illness lasting about four years. During that period, Dr. Richey has been a sufferer from stomach trouble and other complications. He was nearly 71 years old. The funeral will be held at the residence at Donaldson on Friday at 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon. Burial in Donaldson cemetery. Dr. Richey was born in Cass county. Indiana, Sept. 5. 1840, the son of a Methodist minister, the Rev. John Richey. He was graduated from the Indiana Medical college in the class of 1874, and soon afterward located in Pulaski county. Soon, however, he came to Marshall county and began the honorable and successful career which has now ended. At the time of the Civil War, Dr. Richey joined the other patriotic and selfsacrificing men of the county and in 1862 enlisted as a member of Company E, 87th Ind. Vol. Inf. with which he served three years. He was in Sherman's march to the sea and in numerous important battles. After the war was over, he returned to Plymouth and engaged as a clerk for a time. On Sep. 20, 1866. he married Miss Sarah E. James of Pulaski county, and to them were born six children, four of whom are still living. They are James of Donaldson, William of Grovertown, Charles of Columbia City and Mrs. J. E. Whitesell of this city. Dr. Richey was a democrat in politics and prominent in the work of the party in his community. He was a Mason, a member of Plymouth Kilwinning Lodge No. 149, and of Miles H. Tibbets Post G. A. R. Celebrate 73rd Birthday. Sunday, July 30th, being the 73rd birthday of Grandma Snyder, residing on Nursery street, one sister, five children, a host of grandchildren and a few friends gathered at her home to help her celebrate, at which nothing was left undone. At the noon hour, a bountiful dinner was spread and at a later hour a photo of the family and one of the group was taken. This seemed to have such an effect that five gallons of ice cream had to be eaten. Those present were Mrs. Fairbanks, Mr. and Mrs. M. Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Rose and son, Geo. Amones and family of Inwood, Jess Snyder, A. A. Snyder and family of South Bend, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Snyder and son, Mr. and Mrs. Welcome Barts, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Garl and family and Chas. Martin and family of Bremen. New Entrance. L. J. Southworth is building a new side entrance to his grocery store.

BOT REPAIRS BEING IDE 01 II BUILDINGS V

WASHINGTON AND WEBSTER SCHOOL BLOCKS RECEIVING MANY CHANGES FOR THE BETTER. ' ' SCHOOL FOUR WEEKS OFF All Rooms of the Washington Building .Being Painted Green Teaching Force Unchanged From Last Announcement. Many people wonder how the Sup erintendent of Public Schools t f Ply mouth whiles away 'the long hour of the summer. Such would be sur prised to visit the school buildings and see what hives of activity the.' are. kvervtmng is bemz overhauled and put in ship shape for school to begin in about four weeks. (Here the small boy may gro:n inwardly.) Painters are busy on the wood work on the outside of both build ings, painting doors and window casings. The roof, which was a darh red has been changed to a gray stone color, and on the Webster sehood the roof has had some reeled repairs. Tnside the buildings, one finds t' e halls stacked with school furn'sbing?, while the rooms are being beautif ie ' In the WasHigton school the twen ty-five rooms are all be'.n? repainted. The walls are various shades of dark green, according to the l;ghtnes of each room. On the two upper floors the ceilings of the rooms are painted a light tan color and the - combination is very beautiful. The paint used is of the best quality and has a dull vclevety finish. There is no gleam of reflection hut the ef'Vct is most restful to the e e. Th. H: 'i School auditorium is a work cf art. and the other rocms, tho"g" s"-al'e. are pretty and clean look'ng. Hie basement rooms, having lower ceilihirs. are dark pr cn. with Y.dlv. gree ceilings. After the pa:r.t:ng is done thfloors w'll he was'ed irh 'tronvr lye water, to ret id of :11 2erm a "y dirt, aid r-"ile-l. .Ml windows vn be washed inside and out. Two eir loads of coal are at present leinr put into the WeKtrr "vi"",' frr witer' ni. a-d the Was'Miton bu'lUng w'll receive a similar ample snrrl. More iion pi'Ug is being put on the grounds of the Wevster school jfor the children to perform -n and to crawl bver and stretch their ttvtscles. The ncssary rew s"pp1:c been ordered and will soon fill t' e suppy room with readers, able' pencils etc ' Four npnr uahrj 'd ,:ionfr",K have been added to the school equipment, two for the Hi"h School and two for the grades. Tbe con of Cram's Atlas, the verv at-st. obtaining the last census report, are at hand also. Besides these some new geography bcoks will be aided, as the state geography cn"re ha been chansed. No changes have been roae :n th? teaching force a! annoeo' s'e time a?o in ti Davr. ith th 'ception of th Tjhn na1 t-'e'e" in the Washington buiPing, EVa-d I Cook, who taught lat veai reimen, will ts' the pla left vet byRnssel Tanner. M-. fV-V WIT also have uharge of manual tirinin-". Excursicn Passes Trn Citv. Wednesday at about 10 o"le'; an excursion train coritin r-f -It coaches and a baggage car passe thru the city. It was a Snnda- sch 1 picnic from near Inanro"is to Lake MaxTnkuckee. The tr r- v-a jwell filled alto mav more won'd have gone haj it rt hne fo- vsterday's rain. A r-hau," rfrtT-'-" was rde he--, -o train e-"-v : . over hz T r ,e Erie rnd bnvi i on theVar.dalia road south.