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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30
The Evening Chit-Chat
BY RUTH CAMERON

They tell us sometimes that we wo-
men. il we had the suffrage. woNld vote
for man for no better reason than
that he had good manners.
/ cannot see that that would be any
more absurd than to vote against him
for the same reason.
1t seems to me 1t is an American
fault to discredit the value of good
manners.
We are such worshippers OF strength
and force and originality and brains
that we forget that there are other
things equally desirable.
But there are
| Breakfast Table Series is paragraph
| that goes to the heart of the matter
so much better than my feeble penc
| can that l am going to let you have IT
bodily:
| Il think it is unpopular in this
country to talk much about gentlemen
| ana gentiewomen People are touchy
| about social distinctions, which no
doubt are often invidious and quite ar
| bitrary and accidental. but which it is
| as impossible to avoid recognizing as
facts Of natural history. Society strait
nes itself everywhere, and the stratum
which is generally recognized as the
uppermost would be apt to have the
| advantage in easy grace of manner and
In unassuming confidence, and conse-
quently be more agreeable in the SUI
perficial relations of life. To ccrnpa re
these advantages with the virtues and
utilities would be foolish.
Mpsh of the noblest work of life is
done by addressed, awkward, ungainly
persons; but that is no more reason fol-
Undertaking. good manners and what
we call high breeding than the fac
that the best part of the sturdy labor
of the world is done by men with ex
ceptional hands is to be urged agains
the use of Brown Windsor as a prelim
mary appearance in cultivated society.
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WANTS MORE POWER.

of the forth
that their
autocraic authority
Ohio behind
taken model there
The idea be
who violates the vacfatine
Harmon
OF Ohio from Office
the entire
failure lynch
A Columbus dispatch Indianapolis
liam Blodget to study the Ohio
There the the
Indiana legislature
the Ohio
that will be bill
this state But
agreed that would
There tonly wink at the
blu
the prosecuting
Indiana who will
go
his say a law that
will to of unworthy
S o the
political machine regardless of his
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GET CONSCIENCE MONEY.

The George II. Knollenberg Company
of Richmond yesterday received a let
ter inclosing a 800 bank note and also
la typewritten note, simply saying:
This money belongs to your company.
There was no signature The contribu-
tion is taken as conscience" money, the
firm believing 1t to repreent the value
of goods some person has taken from
the store or money stolen by some
former employe.
CORN SHREDDER KILLS.
Lewis Bradley a farmer east OF
Bloomington. is dying of blood poison
ing. He was working with corn
shredder when a cornstalk cut his lift
hand. Later he caught cold and blood
poi soning developed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30
1T is VERY UNJUST.


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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30
COMMUNICATIONS.
HOW LONG WILL 1T LAST?


yesterday police
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We that
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30
THIS is MY 61ST BIRTHDAY.
Bishop Labrecque.

Mgr Michel Thomas Labrecque, bish-
op of the Roman. Catholic diocese of
Chicoutimi, Quebec, was born in St.
Anselme, Quebee. Dec. 80, 1919. Afer
graduating from Quebec seminary he
went TO Rome, where he finished his
ecclesiastical studies and was ordained
priest of the church. Upon his re-
turn to America he accepted the chair
of rhetoric and theology at Quebec
seminary. He continued his work as
an educator until 1892. when he was
consecrated bishop of Chicoutimi. Bish-
op Labrecque has written number of
works on theological subjects and is
renowned for his deep learning.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30
BEWARE AND DO NOT HURRY.

With the
sponsbe
of flying an slippery
the other a
with
bit Of
a % IN
should and
avoided a anda bor of all.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30

Spencer house by shooting himself in
the right temple with a 32-caliber re-
volver. No word was left TO explain
the motive for the deed and members
of the family say they think Mr.. Turn
err may have become temporarily in
sane over something of which they
have no knowledge.
NO MORE JOY RIDES.
There will be no more 10y rides" in
the automobile of the board OF public
works for city councilmen, if an order
made by the board yesterday is enforc-
ed, and the board says it will be. Mayor
Shank, however, is to be permitted to
use the machine for personal purposes,
if he wishes. the board believing the
city should. furnish the mayor with
some kind of conveyance.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30
UP AND DOWN IN
INDIANA
CHAMPION CORN HUskER.

Miss Margaret Hoffman, age twenty
one. who lives at Prairie City, is re-
garded in Clay City as the queen of
Indiana corn huskers. She husked
seventy-two bushels a day for five
consecutive days this fall and hopes to
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30
Z A N DO M
THINGS 6 filings

III = 80 j
II THINGS 6 filings
HAVE you your 1911 pass yet?
| L. D.-Certain1y not. 1t was reduc-
tion of berth rates, not reduction in
birth rates.
CHEER up, good people of Lake
county, eggs are worth cents apiece
in Buenos Aires.
DO you remember that three years
ago you were buying presents with
clearing house checks?
WHAT has become of the coal short
age and famine that we heard SO much
about a few weeks ago?
WE have no objection to frilis in
the public schools, providing they are
on the young lady school teachers.
g
THE weather man seems to be
weeping over the grand jury, at least
such was the case when this was pen
lciled.
IF Porter county gets into the Gary
Hammond court fight, she will know
what sleepless nights are before she
goes through.
II MADISON is Dragging about the
number of widows it has. Well, what
of it? Let the widows alone. There's
trouble enough.
/ MANUAL training proposition in
; 1.-THE Hammond schools is about as
opaque as piece of Eagle Greek
township clay.
: WISH Governor Marshall happy
New Year, but it might be more seem.
lily to postpone it until after the leg
islature adjourns.
-
THE state examiners have an ides
that some Improvement can be had il
the way some of our county officer:
= keep their books.
) NOW that manicuring department
has been added to some public schools
has anyone any other suggestions out
side of a corn doctor?
-&S-
OKLAHOMA club woman wants t.
put on the gloves with suffragette
How would it be to have Miss Vir
ginia Brooks as a referee.
A BAZAAR may be said to be
success when people who attend
haven't money enough left after the
leave, it pay their car fare home.
= GEORGIA man bought a coffin TO
d himself last summer and last wee
J. pawned it. Some men are driven t
- straits to buy Christmas presents.
-fA--
y MIGHT be q good plan while thi
anti-tipping crusade is going on to in
sist that the walters wash off thei
N celluloid collars at least once a day
60
A CONTEMPORARY in speaking c
the street car service in that tow
70
S. trains. In other words you want tn
20 earth.
WISH that either Mrs. Potter Palm
10 er would have some new picture
is taken or that the Chicago paper
e. would quit running the same old CT
10 of her.
WE believe that some of the muck
rakers who visited Mexico, got so flu
of cacti and pulque that they were nc
h even responsible for half what the
wrote.
ny UP to the hour of giving the pres
We man the signal, we have not hear
in that old Doc. Cook was going to civ
&c any money back as the result of h
north pole delusion.
-&4-
OF THERE is always some gloom
ne life East Chicago man says that
of can't possibly smoke up all the ciga
IN his wife gave him on Christmas b
fore swearing off day
ire IF all self-respecting newspape
IL would throw Nat Goodwins cut in ii
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30

husk one hundred bushels a day next
year.
HELLO GIRLS MARRY
The exchange of the Central Union
Telephone Company in Charlottesville
is rapidly becoming noted as a matri-
monial bureau During the year not
less than FIVE girls employed there have
been marnied and it is said three others
are soon to follow
END PURDUE MEETING.
The American Society of Agricul-
tural Engineers concluded its annual
convention at Purdue university in
Lafayette last night. st. Paul and ST.
Louis desire the 1911 meeting, and the
executive council will decide the mat
ter later.
SEATS FOR EVERY PASSENGER.
William E. Wagner. representative
from JeffersonviIle Clark county in the
Indiana legislature, proposes to intro
duce bill for an act to regulate the
passenger service of steam and cleo
trio roads, with a view to compelling
the roads to provide seats for every
passenger carried. In case passengers
are carried by the strap hanger route
they will be entitled to receive from
| the conductor a rebate coupon for one
half the value of the fare paid such
coupon to be redeemable at any office
| of the company.
MAKES WILD JUMP.
| While his mother stood on the
/ ground. unaware of the fact that he
son was about to risk his life, Howard
Payne, of Newcastle. yesterday after
noon, jumped from a window in thu
town Of the courthouse, seventy fiv
feet above her head, into a patent life
saving device which was being show
by the inventor.
CAN'T EXPLAIN SUICIDE.
John E. Turner, fifty years old, 302
North Illinois street, committed suicid
some time yesterday in room at TIL
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30

HEARD a man kicking about this
town the other day. Notwithstanding
the fact that there are hundreds of
trains daily. that he can get out of it..
THE attitude of Becker. Knots, ct
|al in fighting commission government
Is the best possible argument in favor
|of commission that you could possibly
have.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30

ABOUT as exciting thing as one
could wish to see these days is a
hobble-skirited woman carrying a big
umbrella crossing a muddy street on
& windy day and wearing pair of
loose over shoes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30

IF all self-respecting newspapers
would throw Nat Goodwin cut in the
hell box and fire the reporter who
writes a story about him, the so-called
actor wouldn't have so many alliances
matrimonial.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30
HELLO GIRLS MARRY.

husk one hundred bushels a day ne.
year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30

THERE is always some gloom in
life. East Chicago man says that he
his wife gave him on Christmas be-
fore swearing off day
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30

WISH that either Mrs. Potter Palm
er would have some new pictures
taken or that the Chicago papers
would quit running the same old Gu
of her.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30

UP to the hour of giving the press
man the signal, we have not heard
that old Doc. Cook was going to give
any money back as the result of his
north pole delusion.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-30

WE believe that some of the muck
rakers who visited Mexico, got so full
of cacti and pulque that they were not
even responsible for half what they
wrote
The Washington bee., 1910-08-06
WORTH ADVER TISING FOR

There are 599 Negroes employed here in WasAAgtsa 3,
Tie Government alone, and these oo Negroes draw salaries a
gregatng $3o4o4 These millions of dollars
are spent right here in Washington scattered aong e
hundreds OF radesmen Is this money woh bid
ong ior II certainly 49, and not the largest this
city would refuse to the big they but realize
how much money the N@3roes really spending
Now lhs Bee s ths ony Negro publication in this esy h
stands without rival competitor and nks
few OF Ae merchants IN this city w patrenise adversae e
ns ct The Bee presenting the attractive bargains they nay have
these Negroes these Negroes annually o aac
Government three nOn Of dollars will tha4 b. pas
rOniEg publication edited and operated by OF then
sacA Es desire and deserve their patronage And uch ks w
receive the bu d hee ts maoas of dollars received
spent By the Negroes Of Washington.
Whs eOg what furniture stores dry goods sorto
ehe lines Of business win rake effort to &vest
themselves these three millions If dollars spent BY Wasetoa
Negroes by advertising in The Bee?
Place your advertising IN The Bee and watch these oo apPrec4s
tive Negroes spend their three millions of dollars you
Now advertise The Bee the newspaper gets
a every Negro Washington Remember
Washington rs what advertising not what
The Washington bee., 1910-08-06

providing that nothing he should say
might be construed as criticism OF his
predecessor.
''The principal aim of librarian is
to get the books under his charge into
the hands of the people who want
them with the greatest degree Of IA
cility commensurate with proper pre-
servation of the books themselves" 4"
declared Librarian Legler.
"As rapidly as the finances will al
low believe in extending the 1ree-de-
livery stations. The number Of branch
Libraries ought also to be increased,
Free home delivery has been tried IN
few cities, but it is not yet necessary
for Chicago and does not compare
with other and more urgent needs
for what money Chicago has to ex-
pend on its public library. With the
help of the school officials it is our
hope that the circulation of books in
the Juvenile department may be in
creased to a great extent.
More liberal privileges, it would
seem to me, may be extended to card
holders. Elsewhere it is not an un-
usual custom for patrons of public Ii
braries to be allowed the right Of
taking out two or three, or even more,
books at one time on one card, pro
viding they do not attempt to monopo-
lize books for which there appears to
be widespread demand. Here, | am
told, the holder of a card may take
out only one book at time. | think
that system may be changed with due
regard for the convenience Of all con-
cerned.
The general trend everywhere also
appears to be toward increasing the
freedom of admission to book stacks
However, / want to make it clear that
whatever changes l recommend will
be only after careful consideration
and after obtaining the consent of the
trustees
Recently Mr.. Legler refused an Of
fer to take charge of the st. Louis
public library and he also refused an
offer to become New York state Ii.
brarian. He was for many years a
newspaper reporter, then became sec
retary of the Milwaukee school board,
and for five years has been in charge
of WiscOnsin's state library commits
sion, which handles hundreds of trav-
cling libraries.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-06
CHlcAG0'S NEW LIBRARIAN
Henry e. Leeler Of Milwaukee A.
sumes New Position at Salary
of $1,000 Annually.

Chicago.-FFeer use of books and
better facilities for getting them are
two of the reforms which book lovers
may expect to follow shortly upon the
advent Of Henry E. Legler. who has en-
tered upon his new duties as public
librarian OF Chicago. The former
Wisconsin newspaperman, who is the
administrative head of Chicago's pub
lie library, lost no time in going TO
work to earn the $4,000 salary the
board voted LIN. Arriving in Chi
cago on an early morning train from
his home in Milwaukee, Librarian Leg
Ter hurried at once to the beautiful
building on Michigan avenue which is
to be his workshop and began at once
to knuckle down to his task.
The new librarian consented to out
line his plans only after expressly
The Washington bee., 1910-08-06
QUEENSLAND'S WATER TREES
Wise Provision of Nature That Is oHs
OF the curiosities Of the
Region.

One Of the curiosities In natural his
tory in the colony Of Queensland is
the provision by nature of i supply OF
water in the roots of certain trees
On these roots the aborigines former.
IL depended for their water for sew.
eTal months of the year.
There are seyerGa kinds of trees In
Queensland from which water can
be obtained. including three species
OF eucalyptus, and the kurrajong. The
eucalypd consists Of a gum, which is
the largest Of the back country trees.
a box and malice. The arst named is
the most preferred, as yielding the
greatest quantity. This tree resem-
bles the red gum in appearance, the
leaves being q little narrower and of
a silVery color. It grows chiefly on
sandy Or light loamy soil and throws
out numerous lateral roots at a depth
OF about nine inches from the SUI.
face OF the ground. The position Of
these roots was ascersained by the
blacks by repeatedly iabbing the
points or spear or sharpened stick
In the soft earth at distance Of about
six or eight feet from the trunk of
the tree. The soil was then removed
with a wooden shovel for some 20
feet or more and the root cut OF at
either end. This was then cut I'D
into lengths OF about Is inches. the
bark knocked of and the lengths stood
on end in some receptacle TO contain
water. In many cases the blacks used
a bag made OF the entire skin Of the
male wallaby. AS soon as all these
pieces were placed on end the opera,
tor, beginning with the first placed,
put the end in his mouth, and by a
vigorous pun expelled the remaining
water. The size of the roots chosen
was, with the bark on, about the thick
ness OF a mans wrist. The larger
ones being more woody and less por-
Gus, contain little or no water. The
water is beautifully clear, cool, and
free from any unpleasant taste or
smell
The Washington bee., 1910-08-06

the various business associations as
sembIed few days ago for the diff
cult undertaking of electing an ephe-
neral sovereign to preside over this
fete. The delegates on arriving at the
hall found Is beauties sitting in state
awaiting the decision of the judges.
The idle, butterfly type was not repre-
sented, for the young woman who was
to attain the supreme dignity of queen
had to be taken from the ranks of the
business women.
After a moments contemplation the
president of the committee, NJ. Chal-
Rnson, arose and in carefully selected
words set forth the ideas which first
inspired the business men to bring in
to existence this autumn feast. The
delegates were then asked to vote for
the queen of the fete. The situation
was most embarrassing. Gallantry is
proveTbial with the Frenchman, and
TO his chivalrous mind it was almost
treason to select one to the discredit
of the other candidates. A choice had
to be made, however. Above each
candidate was a number and each del.
egate simply wrote the number of his
preference on the slip provided for
him and dropped it into a box.
The first count showed that the del.
egates were of divers opinions and no
one of the candidates had a majority.
This necessitGted another ballot. A
signal was given to the brass band in
attendance, and in a twinkling 1t was
thrilling the assembled people with
one of the most exciting popular airs.
The music gave courage to the timfd
and faltering judges, so that # was
only question of few minutes before
the final vote was cast and counted.
This tormality over, M. Grandon. mas.
ter of ceremonies, announced the re-
suit and proclaimed the chosen Queen
to be Mile. Lucienne Jolly, queen Of
the dTessmakeTs, a JunO-like brunette
who had received Al votes, thus ma,
king her Queen of the Autumn Feast
Blushing with pleasure and greatly
agitated, the reigning sovereign
thanked the assembly for the honor
conferred on her, and the COMMITTEES
then escorted her and her ID maids NJ
honor to a restaurant, where the eho-
sen one was congratulated demonstra.
lively by her relatives and comnan.
ions.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-06
PLEASANT FOR THE TRAVELLER
Russian Method Of Safeguarding CzaF
Necessarily Led to Some Apprs-
hensIon.

The late William e. IngersoII, the
noted life INSURANCE manager. was an
authority on insurance rates.
Mr.. Ingersoll knew the rates all
over the world" said New York man
ager, recently. 'The Russian rates are
very high. Mr. Ingersoll once ex-
planned to me. with a story, why this
was.
"A traveller IN Russia, he said, no
ticed that the train was all deco
rated with flags and banners, and at
every station a comapny Of soldiers,
and band playing the national an
them. The traveller asked a brakeman
the reason of all this ceremony. The
brakeman. lowering his voice, re-
piled:
81 don't mind telling you, sir-but
In the strictest confidence, be it un-
derstood-that carriage in this train
has been engaged for his majesty. But
his majesty, as a matter of fact, won't
set of till this evening. Thus the plot
hatched against him may take effect
on this train, you see, and our gra-
cious sovereign will be saved
THE brakeman touched his can
and passed on, and the traveller, sud.
denly grown pale and nervous, stared
from the window anxiously."
The Washington bee., 1910-08-06
MORE MONEY RACE PROGRESS.

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odor shine from the face and
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will be received in the business world, make
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The Chemical Wonder Company of New York is
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DR. Booker Washington improves their minds Com
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Costs 90 cents and will last lifetime.
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hair the kinks uncurled and the hair becomes flexible
When heated scalp and through the hair with Won
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hair grow long just fertilizers in the soil make sonstak
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the body delicate perfume When used with with
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and insure health Of the hair and scalp so postpaid
(o Shell Pink Creme will give light brown girls beautiful
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We guarantee all these W nders represented
We give advice free about hair, skin and ss~lp
Will send book q attractiveness free.
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The Washington bee., 1910-08-06
Europe's Highest VILLAGE.

"The highest village in Europe" is
the Inscription on a post card which
shows a group Of wooden cottages ou
a bleak hill, with no sign Of vegets-
ton in sight and having as a back
ground range Of ice-covered noun
tains. The name Of the place is Cume.
az in the Canton Wallis. It lies 2,O47
meters above the sea level, where
Monte Rosa raises its gigantic head
into the clouds" The village consists
Of four families, and the latest cen.
sus gives it a population of 26. "The
storms Of spring and fall and the
SHOWS Of the winter months" says tha
sender Of the card, make life a
dreary one, and still the people IooH
happy, and doubtless they are So"