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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-23
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT
Exhibition and Contest to be Held
Saturday March 70
SUITABLE PRIZES TO Be GIVEN
According to Age Of ExhibitOr-All Girls of
the Age Of IS aud Under May Enter

Under the auspices of the Civic I'm
provement League an exhibition and
contest in bread and cake making,
also darning and patching, will be
held Saturday afternoon. March %,
in the reading room All girls of the
age of 10 years and under are urged
to compete Exhibits will be CLASH
fed according to age OF exhibitor.
Suitable prizes will be offered, SUBJ
ject to the following rules
Bread and Cake.
Rule /. Loaf of bread and cake
entered must have been made without
assistance.
Rule 9. Size OF loaf Of bread, 3xs
inches, bottom measurement OF pan.
Rule 3. Plain loaf cake. not frosted,
size Of loaf 3xS inches, bottom meas
urement of pan.
Cake to be made from the following
recipe:
One-fourth cup butter, creamed; 1
cup sugar, creamed with butter; "a
cup milk; eggs, well beaten IA cups
-four; ia teaspoons baking powder,
sifted in -four; l teaspoon vanilla; "a
teaspoon salt.
Darning.
Rule /. Size of hole darned, not less
than one-half inch.
Following is the record card for the
judges.
RAILING STANDARD
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-23
REPUBLICAN JUDICIAL TICKET
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET
or County School Commissioner:
HOWARD POTTER,
Ithaca.
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET

For Mayor. NJ. Montigel
For Clerk-D. w. Adams
For Treasurer-John w. Glass
For Justice Peace-John 7. Swigart
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-23
! A. Ely went to Lansing Wed
nesday on business.

Mrs. A. III. Sheldon and daughter.
Ruth, returned to their home in Lake
George Monday after visiting here
tor several days at the home of Mrs.
Sheldon's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Sheldon.
A farewell reception was held i'm
the high school room last FRIDAY
evening in honor of Miss Ruth Aus
tin, who will make her home in Mon
roe IN the near future. About fifty
high school students were present. A
BEAUTIFUL gold locket was presented
MISS Austin by her friends.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-23
SUBSCRIPTION. :SI.oo. PER YEAR

The RECORD is entered at the postofhce in
Alma for transmission through the mails as sec
and class matter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-23

Mrs. ID. Wolcott went TO Ithaca
Monday to visit with friends for sew
eral days.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-23

The ladies who viii act rs Judges Tor
s exhibit are:
Darning and patching-M Lancashire,
Mrs. Prank Barnes, Mrs. V A Shepherd.
Cake making-Mrs. Bruske, Mrs. John
Gaple, Mrs. Kelley. Bread making
Mrs. Henry Brewbaker, Mrs. Notes.-The,
Mrs. p NJ. Smith.
The committee will be at the Reading
room from eleven to two o'clock on
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-23
REPUBLICAN WARD TICKETS

REPUBLICAN WARD TlCKET
LIST ward
SUPERVISOR J. Clark
Alderman-J. +. Fuller
Constable Joe Ray.
2nd ward
Supervisor-L. N Sweet
Aldermau-George Knight
Constable-John Greig
3rd ward
Supervisor-T. A Ely
Alderman-Geo. w. Pulfrey
Constable VIM. Smith
4th ward
Supervisory. NJ Smith
Alderman-R. j. Fraker
Constable-Frank Bennett
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-23
The Alma Record

devoted TO the interests OF Alma aud
Gratiot County.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF THE SEASON

out during the midsummer months
for d prominence of the patterned
soft collar, for few smart dressers
will resist the temptation 10 make
their necks comfortable and dressy
where such excellence of opportunity
is offered.
Gloves and Belts.
In gloves, the chamois and gray
suede will be the two most popular
STYLES, and in belts all styles or neat,
quiet effects in black, brown and
grays are safest and In best taste.
There are also a number OF green
novelties shown, but their destiny
is speculative. The narrow tubular
belt promises to be the feature or the
season, and the plain back buckle
the preferred trimming.
Jewelry.
La cuff links. plain, oval-shaped
styles with fiat tops and monographs
cut into them are as fashionable as
ever. Semi-precious stones In odd
shapes and arrangements are prefer
red as jeweled decorations with the
most refined dressers. The cravat
pin is well-chosen II matched with
the links in jewel treatment, this
tasty tendency even extending to
studs when worn with the stiff bosom
shirts. Fobs for the time being, have
lost popularity, for during the waist
coat period your fashionable dresser
wears a light gold chain stretched
across his vest with his watch in one
upper vest pocket and his knife or
match safe in the other. to hold the
chain taut During the outing days
when the waistcoat is discarded the
lapel button Is the thing.
Hosiery.
There is nothing of great novelty
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31
SOME NEW
HAT TIPS

There should be strong bond Oh
sympathy between those whose voca'
ton II is 10 evolve new hat styles for
men each season, and those who have
10 chronicle the changes. inasmuch
as both are sadly put to IL by the
meager limitations that the subject
offers. We must have new styles III
headwear for men each season JUST
as we must have new fashions TOT
women, otherwise some or you proVi'
dent men would dig UP last seasons
chapeau, spend half dollar or so To
get II rejuvenated and cheat the hat
ter out OF his all too modest proht.
Ii is TO counteract this contingency
that something has TO be done to
draw down that crown a little lower
than II was last season or pull those
brims out aslittle further. Anything
TO make last falls hat look passe and
prevent you from getting away" with
such atrocious economies. Russell
Sage's great boast was that he saved
three or four dollars year by buy
ing his hats at the end OF the season
when they were almost giving them
away, and putting the hat carefully
away for the next year. But Russell
was never finicky about being right
in style. SO your halter had no chance
with him-but for you-young man
who demand just the correct kelly
of the season. the proportions and
contours have to show change TO save
you from any temptation to make
last years do"
And believe u.s." IL Is some task
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31

paid TO II. With most coats. espe-
ciaily the sack and the business cut
away, the waistcoat will be cut nn-
usually high. with n small opening
and will show at least an inch, anu
frequently considerably more, above
the opening OF the coat, even when
the latter is closed to the TOP put
ton. The favored design viii be WIN
out a collar. and the opening VIII De
edged with a white strip or demi-Vest.
From the prominence given TO the
waistcoat, Il is extremely probable
that the fancy waistcoat VIII begin
To return to some extent TO It's oio
popularity, though this cannot be TOT
seen, and, II Il does come, II VIII DC
one OF the developments OF the sea
son
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31

to be chronicled in the hosiery fash
ions The hose are best chosen when
matched with the cravat. SO what
has been said regarding the fashion.
able colors for ties also goes for
hosiery. Modest patterns and quiet
colors are noted in the popular-priced
lines and In the silk or Isle goods
the solid colors or the plain with
quiet contrasting or self-clocks or fg-
ures are the preferred effects. In the
finest hosiery goods the accordion
effects are splendid. and II these are
matched in scheme with the knitted
cravat the effect is exquisite.
Waistcoats.
The waistcoat this spring will as
sumo prominent place in the scheme
of mans dress. For several years
since coats were worn buttoned up
the waistcoat has taken a secondary
place, but more OF IL will be seen this
season and more attention will be
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31

because for the last fifty years men
have never stood for any radical
changes In either shape, fabric OF
color In their hats, which makes the
scope for change mighty perpieAihs
problem. This spring, they tell us
your crown must be lower and orim
wider, and as the limitations bring
the proportions down 10 fractional
inches you must not trespass this sea
son beyond the boundaries. The
bowlers or derby hat crowns must not
lin peril OF ostracism-be more than
o Ia inches high or lower than 81
inches, and the brims must be at the
narrowest inches and the extreme
I'm width 3-S. Can you imagine any
one having the temerity To tell your
wife or your sister that her headwear
must keep within a range OF a half
inch in any proportion and that she
has 10 stick 10 two or three materials
and at most a half dozen colors? That
Is what we men are up against And
our brims must be fiat with only a
slight curve from front TO back, and
only one color Is considered good
form this season, and that is somber
black.
In the soft hats We are given a
trife more latitude, for We may wear
either Alpines or Telescopes, and We
can twist the brims almost any way
we choose according to our inclination
for conservatism or dash. The older
men will wear a high full crown In
these hats and the fashionable tex
lures are mixed grays and brownish
grays.
The young men will for the most
part, wear the pencil curl telescopes
In colors of pearl, smoke. steel ana
tans. Then there will be a lot OF n.y.
brid colored and patterned cloth hats
worn, especially for travelling. ana
these are all of the gray and brown
tones. or combinations OF these
| shades.
Caps are becoming more and more
popular each year. and swagger young
fellows take to them kindly because
they offer great opportunity Tor a
touch OF smart color and pattern ef,
feet that hitherto has been denied
men above the chin.
| In the hard straw hats the sennits
and split straws are the things, with
the former having slight preference.
l These hats will have very square
appearance in that the width of the
brims and the height OF the crowns
are about equal. The dimensions
quoted are 3-ix2 "a, 2 5-Sx2 SIS and
l21-2x2 "a. In the soft straws the
Milan and Mackinaw braids are
favored, these I'm the pencil curl ef-
feet.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31

ent position in the color scheme OF
the season, and not at all unlikely
the most prominent place. Next 10
these come the black and white COM
binations and then the grays. Ihen
there will be a bewildering array oil
what are called the office shades,
such as mauve, wisteria, burgundy
and dozens OF such newer tones. Panel
and striped effects are the pattern
notes where patterns are at all en-
ployed. We make this reservation,
as there is a strong tendency in favor
of plain effects for this season. Then
there are cross bars.s Scotch plaids
and checks to be considered, for they
are well placed in the edlcts. Mar
now stripes are preferred over the
wider varieties, as the shapes OF the
spring ties adapt themselves better
TO the narrow effects, for the width
of the majority of ties will be such
as fit comfortably with the close-nt-
ting collar.
Many of the high-class furnishers
show some very attractive lines OF
Persian brocades and diagonal stripe
effects. In the brocaded lines the nor
al and vine patterns are beautiiul
Among the higher grade crayats the
knit varieties are exceptionally hand
some and these ties are stronger than
ever with the man who is willing TO
indulge himself with the expenditure
of the price that real good effects
command. The cheaper grades of knit
ties are passe, as it has been found
impossible to put good quality or dis
tinctive patterning In q knit tie TO
sell at less than two dollars, and Tor
those that are really smart you must
pay from three to FIVE dollars. The
shaped tie that will be most In de
mand this season are the four-in-hand
that run from one and three-quarters
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31

TO two inches in width. A promising
novelty of the season is combination
set consisting of panel striped four
finland with a soft outing collar TO
match.
Shirts and Collars.
An inspection of the patterns shown
for spring reveals a great variety OF
stripes and bars. Some OF these have
skip stitch. or broken instead or
solid effect. Blue and white, green
and white, hello and white and gray
and white stripes are shown most
generally. Black and white has also
an exceptionally good place In the
DEGREES. Raised selfstripes OF the
hairline type. and wider, are also con-
sidered good style. Stripes form the
chief makeup OF this springs styles,
the stripes being not only In solids
but also in the broken varieties. Inc
wide striped effect on fancy grounds
are very fashionable and raised effects
in stripes on the cord variety are al
so in vogue Cluster stripes are shown
in many OF the high-priced grades.
The styles which are the most pop
ular in the pleated shirts are those
with white grounds and fancy color
ed stripes. French flannel shirts Will
be even more popular than last sea
son, when they came very strong dur
ing the outing days. The majority OF
these have French cuffs and soft col
lars detached There will be more
color novelties launched this season
than has been our fortune for some
time. There will be soft negligee col
lars of various kinds OF materials and
profusion of patterned and color
effects. The close-fitting starched
collar will. of course, be the leader.
and some wing effects are making
strong bid for popularity, but look
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31

NV men realize the amount of fore
1xht and consideration that is ex-
ded by the haberdashery design
Zach season to put nothing in their
IDS that will sound an inharmoni-
note I'm their entire ensemble APP
<nnce.
our haberdashery designer first
1r1ns himself as TO what are the
1oed colors and patterns In your
hing for the season. II he finds
70 10 be brown season or gray
1on, he follows along the lines OF
ing your cravat, shirt, hose and
rs harmonic or contrast in good
- as to color scheme. Or II the
ts ordain that plaids or checks
xfripes are the thing, he designs
crayat or shirt so that, even II
are unschooled as TO what goes
with the predominant pattern
III, he regulates his productions
that the good shops have nothing
<o1fer you except what you can wear
berfect accord with artistic Ell
|xou probably have never realized
nevertheless 1t is true, and II
- but 90 to the competent shops
- will find that the clever sales
"a will size up your garments and
Ne you the things that blend so
"a your refinement and good taste
6ress Is assured
But why not know these things
|urself as an additional safeguard?
nv not be as sure from your own
aowledge that you are right as your
6y Is about her fixings? For in
nee:
Neckwear.
Al the present time ii can hardly
4oaid that any one color will pre-
innate. but it Is assured that
|owns are going to have a promin-
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-09-22

OF all the foreign birds TO be seen in
geological collections it is the penguins
that gain the most popularity with the
least attempt to do so, says n writer
in the London Graphic. who proceeds:
They do not affably converse with the
public like p rrots or lake groteslge
gramaces ike pelicans. Indeed, they
studiously ignore the visitors whom
they attract by their inimitably quaint
caricature Of humanity. No birds de-
part more ia form from the usual bird
type. end there IS something about
them which irresistitly suggests an
overfed little boy in an overeoat with
the sleeves very much too tight for
him as they toddle about with their
stiff wings hanging down or soiemnly
mediate three inch jump.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-09-22

OF the five eases in the accident
ward that were pronounced cured ut
the same time three remained In the
hospital more than week after the
other two had gone home.
''Hhey had to stay" said an inferno.
ito get used to their wooden legs It
takes some time to learn to manage
wooden legs. and most men who VIII
have TO peg along with them for the
rest OF their natural lives stay in tile
hospital several days after they get
well TO practice stuinping around on
their new lees. OF course they eau
learn outside. but the man who has just
acquired Il wooden leg feels 50 awk-
ward and is 50 likely to fall down
and break the other leg or an arm or
maybe his neck that we prefer to keep
him here so he can take his first les
sons under oar supervision" - New
York Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-09-22

Tennyson. like Thackeray. seems to
have been careless about his manu-
scripts. Some weeks after leaving his
lodgings In Morningion place. Uamp-
stead, he wrete 70 Coventry patinore
from the Isle Of Wight telling him that
he could not find a book Of elsgies-
a long, butcher ledgcr-lilze book" and
that he had some obscure remembrance
of lending it to Patmore. III So" he
concluded, "all is well: If not, will you
go 70 my old chambers and institute
vigorous inquiryT' Patmore. not hav-
ing the book, went to Mornington
Plnce. but was assured by the landlady
that no such article had been left there.
He insisted. however on going to his
friends cid rooms, ''up two pair %
stairs" to search, and there in small
cupboard where Tennrson had kept
bread and tea and butter he found the
lost book of eiegias''-the manuscript
Of 'In MerIoriam London Spectator.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-09-22
NO 81.


1t was on Aug. !. 1851. that the
Seotchm1n Black OF EdinHurrh hled
little bag with hydr-el gus and
WATCHED It rise 10 the ceiling OF his
room. and # was right then and there
that ths science Of aeronantics was
iSra Cavendish had only a little
whilc before proved ii-, hydrogen gas
was about eleven times lighter than
tommon air. and Il occurred to Black
fhat such being the case, a light bag
Inflated with Il would ascend. The
experiment in his room in Edinburgh
showed that his surmise was correct.
1t was uot long after D-1et made
his Calonstratlon that Montg0lfer
sent IL sllken balloon pp into the heay-
ems and watched II oareeuing through
space. and the following year. 17sS,
the nigolEers-Joseph and Stephen
made s-sccssfui ascent IN a bal
loon The came year Charles ascend
ed in a hydrogen balloon 10 the height
OF 9TI0 fea.. Balloonine was sue
cess. and in an amazingly short time
1t became popular in all lands.-Ncw
York American.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-09-22


Esylng a. dog is not 50 easy as 1t
looks, there Is 50 much -fakins" A
good Irish terrier. for Instance. should
have a stin. 'xiry coat. a pronounced
red color q long, narrow head. small
eyes and ears which hang down. The
ears Of, bull terrier. an Aberdeen
terrier or Yorkshire terrier siiouId
stick up But be careful that the willy
dealer has not produced this. effect
with cnrdhoafd. A bulldog should
have q shovel shaped mouth, with the
under Jazz ffotrndinS upward. and a
wide chest There are one or two
things to look out for in buying dog.
sone-Sdealers Try to palm of an old
dog as a young one by scraping his
yellow teeth, which show signs Of age,
ard painting liis aray muzzle. Bright
eyes are often PRODUCED by smear
Of vaseline aad a cold nose produced
by Stockholm tar But you can detect
the presence u these aids by SMELL
Chicago i;eaord-IIerald
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-09-22

Peter the Great is Al to have made
a will in which he exhorted his heirs
to approach as nearly us possible to
Constan,inoa,e and tovnrl India, but
the authenticity of this document has
been disput d. ard It is shrewdly sus-
pected to have been forged late in the
eighteenth century by August ven
Kotzebue.
OF the cernineness. however. Of the
last will and testament Of Napoleon ].
there can be no manner, Of doubt One
Of its clauses was as viad,etiye as the
testamentary injunction Of Queen Aus
trigilda to her husband TO have her
two doctors killed and buried with her.
The exile OF Longwccd absolutely be-
queathed 1O,c00 francs to fellow
called CantilloH. who had been tried
in Paris for IN attempt to faurder the
Duke Of Wellington. The Ilaa was
still surviving in Brussels when Ma
poleon III. came 10 the throne, and
Cantillon was daily paid his legacy.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-09-22

Carnarvon castle is the most splen-
did specimen Of medieval military
architecture surviving in Hrltain, not
excepting Alnwict. Art ard beauty
were combined with strength by De
Elfreton. the architect. who had been
COMMANDED to construct a palace
within an lmpret naule fortress.
Whether tile mean little passage cham
Der in the Iag.e tower was the birth
place of the infant Prince whom I'd.
ward l. made TIE medium of such a
grim practical Joke upon the We,sh
seems doubtful, but the rain stcy
may still be true Every sSsous s9l-
der who helped 10 make history in
this corner Of Britain las n.ayel some
part within or without the walls Of
Carnarvon castle. 1t has been stary-
ed into surrender, but never captured
by, force Of arms and can therefore
claim to he considered virgin for
tress." Westminster Gazette.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-09-22

A Partisan journalist who had spec
ulated in railway shares won 100000
francs as the result Of lucky ven
ture. Drawing il in gold. he proceed
ed to a hotel. emptied the bags of
gold in the bed and went to sleep lit
orally In the sands OF pactolus. The
man was so erazed by his good for
tune that he found indescribable pleas
ure in reveling In a golden bath.
Paganini. the violinlst. when he re-
ceived the proceeds Of his concerts Che
insisted upon being paid in gold used
to wash his hands in sovereigns.
A French novelist. Soulie. wrote a
book called ''The Memoirs OF the Dew
ill., II was successful The publish
ers paid him for the first volume $10,-
coo in gold. The author carried the
gold to his bedroom. poured il into a
foot bath and enjoyed for half an hour
the excitement Of moving his feet to
and fro in hath OF gold coins, smok-
Ing meanwhile the biggest of Ha-
vanas.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-09-22

Leather bottles, or blackjacks, were
common in Europe two centuries ago.
The bottles were often made Of one
skin doubled up and closely stitched
together. leaving an aperture for the
neck. The thick piece between was
inserted for the slip. 1t was meant to
be slung at the back, leather thong
passed through two loops placed On
either side of the neck, and it was suf-
ficiently fiat at the base to stand when
put down. The stopper was made of
wood, horn Or old leather A good
deal Of care was required in the prep
aration of the leather, which had to be
oiled and worked with hammers to
make 1t supple and then washed with
a lye so that all the impuri.y was en-
tirely removed, leaving the leather
clean and dry. No n -lsture or air had
any effect en- it, Blackjaeks were, in
fact. fiaSons made in various sizes.
They were sometimes pitched inside
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-09-22
Sam RIsxed the ssss prur,.

They rse, to say that Sam had the
biggest mouth In Indiana avenue, He
was short. stociSy negro. and his
mouth was the NEST motto able thing
about hini. 1t Is said that he used ia
make pretty good money placing or
dinary saucers in his mouth fat with
his face as e;r exhibition. He was tell
ing frieild about the negro band Of
which he yrs Il member. 80.
II should think You would all want
to play the instruments with solo parts
such as the cornet," was suggested.
"Dat amt it, replied SAM Each
man plays lie horn dat suits bis moui
best
"Well. then. Sam, what horn 10 you
rlay:" Is was evident that the ques-
TONER was Tuzzled. He wondered how
Sans lip could be compressed to blow
a horn.
"0h. All plays de bass drum, sah.''
said Sam.--.Indlanapolis News,