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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24
IHNcHEOYS
DINNER.
ELECT NEW OFFICERS.

large number of members attend
ed the meeting of Hammond Temple
No. 13 Pythian Sisters last evening at
the K. of P. Hail. 1t was the regular
bi-monthly meeting and business of
Importance was transacted. The SEMI
annual election of officers was an i'm
portant feature of the business hour
The plans were also made for the next
meeting which will take place in three
weeks. The newly elected officers will
be installed and there will also be mi
tiation of a class of candidates. The
meeting promises to be an interestii.
one and a large attendance is desired
The following are the officers for the
new term:
z. C.-Lou Aldrich.
NJ. E. C-Ethel Wolf.
Eek. S.-Daisy Dowde1
Elk. Pauline Wayman.
NJ. C-Mrs. Abbott.
NJ. of r. and C.=May me Beaver
NJ. of Zulu Hageman.
p. of T.-Jessie Wilder
P. of o. T.-Jennie Wolf
Representative to Grand Temple
Lou Aildrich.
Installing of1cer-Alice Haney.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24
Big Picnic Sunday.

Everything is in readiness for the big
Saengerbund-F idelia picnic which is 10
be held at Kindels grove next Sunday
afternoon and evening.
This is of the first big picnics
of the season and should draw a good
crowd, for the arrangement committee
has taken special pains to provide all
kinds of amusement for the event.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24
To Be Five Stories.

The work of pouring the concrete
in the construction of the new Groman-
Muenich block on Holman street is
going forward a little more rapidly.
Gus Muenich stated that the building
would probably be built five stories
high at once.
This is the first reinforced concrete
building that has ever been built in
Hammond. The Schultz theater build
ing is the first of steel construction.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24
ENrERTAINs INFORMALLY.

The girls of the j, +. f. club spei.,
an enjoyable time last evening as the
guests of Miss Georgia DeWeese at her
home in Rimbach avenue II was the
evening for the regular weekly club
meeting and the usual social diversions
were enjoyed. Music was the feature
Of the evening until ten o'clock when a
dainty luncheon was served. The an
nouncement of the next meeting Will
be made among the members later. The
young ladies OF the club are the Misses
Mildred Carter. Marguerite Knots.
Lottfe Schwab. Elizabeth Reynolds.
KalilIa Trotter and Georgia DeWeese.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24
SOCIAL NEWS FOR MONDAY.

The members of the alumni nsso-
citation of All saints school VIII
give banquet In honor of the
school graduates Monday evening In
All saints Hall in East Sibiey
street.
There will be meeting of the
members of the Court of Honor
Monday evening In Wcis Hall In
state street.
Mrs. G.. L. smith VIII entertain the
members of the Embroidery Club
Monday afternoon at her home in
Warren street.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24
A MATINEE PARTY.

A number of Hammond young ladies
with their house guests composed
matinee party to Chicago today TO see
Get Rich Quick Wallingford" at the
Olympic. The party is one of the series
Of delightful affairs which is bein &
given in this circle of young people
this week In the party will be Miss
Mary Ibach, Miss Hedwig Thum, the
Misses Euniee and Agnes Meikle. Miss
Ruth Sohl Miss Florence Loveridge
and her guest. Miss Pauline Sauerman
of Crown Point, Ind, Miss Anna Ibach
and her guest. Miss Edna Bailey of An
derson, Ind. Miss Martha Meyn and the
members of her house party. the
Misses Charlotte Wilke of Buffalo. n.
Y: Agnes Osborne of Morris. Ill. Milf
cent Rowe of Jacksonville. I'LL. and
Caroline Post of Lewiston, Ill
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24
ANIMAL PICNIC.

The children of the Lutheran school
will enjoy their annual picnic today at
KindeTs grove. The members of St
Pauls Lutheran League will also be
present and they anticipated a pleas
ant day. Various contests and games
had been arranged for the entertain
ment of the visitors and the serving
of a picnic luncheon at noon will be
made a feature of the picnic.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24
A SOCIAL CATCHING.

Mrs. II. w Marden of "a Russell
street entertained a number of her
Russell street neighbors at a pleasant
social gathering yesterday afternoon
in honor of Mrs. Charles Tunison, a
former neighbor but now of Lafayette,
Ind The hours were passed In social
chat followed by the serving OF dainty
ices and cake Mrs. Tunison returns
to her Tippecanoe county home tomor-
row after weeks pleasant visit with
Hammond friends.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24
ATTEND OUT OF TOWN MEETING.

A number of ladies of the Martha
Society of the First Christian church
went to Gary Thursday afternoon to
attend a meeting at the Christion
church OF that city, There were WISH
tors from Valparaiso in attendance
also An Interesting program was CIV
en- The members Of the Martha Socie-
ty will hold their next meeting Thurs
day, June goth in the church parlors.
1t will be an all day meeting and the
ladies Of the June committee will en-
tertain. A largo attendance is desired.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24
Newsbovs' Social.

The Newsboys' union of Hammond
will give a social at Huehn's hall next
Wednesday night. June IS. Ice cream
and cake will be served, and all the
newsboys belonging to the union will
be invited.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24
NO MEETING THIS WEEK.

There was no meeting of the mem
bers Of the \. p. Whist Club last even
ing which was the time for the regu-
lar weekly club meeting. The meeting
was omitted on account of the absence
of several of the members who are in
Indianapolis. 1t has not been definite
ly decided when the next meeting Will
take place but announcement of it will
be made among the members later.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24
A RECITAL.

The members of the division No
of Miss Elizabeth Webber's class in
music will give a recital Tuesday even :
ing, June 27th in the auditorium of
the First NJ E. church in Russell
street A large attendance is expected
as an invitation to attend has been ex-
tended the many friends and relatives
of the young people. The program is
anticipated with q great deal of pleas
ure.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24
MEETING Is POSTPONED.

There Will be no meeting OF the
members of the Marquette Club Mon
day afternoon as was announced. The
meeting was postponed on account of
the death OF Mrs. Jeanne Sawyer's
father 1t has been decided not to meet
again during the summe ron account
of the absence of several of the mem
bers from the city. The announcement
will be made later Of the first meeting
In the fall.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24

GOOD THINGS TO KNOW.

1OOD III hNO".
y These hot nights, when sleep 4
= seems slow a-coming, place u 4
. pail of cold water under the bed, 4
y and the atmosphere will be cool 4
= ed. Or, dip sheet into cold 4
q water, wiring SO 1t VIII nos drip, 4
= hang Dear>fhe bed. 1t will cool 4
q the air Ms the winter evaporates. 4
If one must sleep during the I
q day, because of night employ 4
q meDt, dish OF sweetened water 4
. set near the bed Will keep the 4
q occasional fly from bothering. 4
= If little cobalt Is added to the 4
= water, the flies Will be killed.
. For bee or wasp stings, rub on I
q the spot little carbolfc acid 4
q soda, ammonin.) For poison 4
q ivy, "A hot solution of baking 4
= soda, or n weak solution of su- 4
gnr of lead, brine from the
= mnckerel kea, or a tomato fresh 4
= from the vine. rubbed the
= sore. Will generally be found eff I
= fective.
For n hruise, the best treat
= ment Is an immediate and pIent-
= iful application of hot water
= lamentations, after that, witch
= hazel. vinegar and hot water, or
= alcohol and water, put on with
= bandage and kept moist, is good
= to remove Inflammation.
After peeling apples for
= salad, or for any use where 1T is
= Important that the apples should
y remain white. drop them into
q cold water Immediately on peel
o ing. and they Will not discoIor.
= Every window and door of the
y dining room and pantry should
q he well screened. 1t is absolute
= ly necessary that the kitchen be
well screened If hopes to
q have foods fit TO eat If every
y door and window Of the whole
. house be screened, and a porch I
q enclosed with screen wire, il
= VIII not cost very much, and I
q the resulting comfort is beyond
q all price.
q For pittinE cherries. COM
= mon hair pin, about four inches
q long, is serviceabie. Take the
q cherry i'm the left hand. the hair
q pin in the right. and Introduce
q the round end of thepin at the
= stem of the cherry, and remove
q the pit. Skill in it's use is easily
q acquired, and the work more
= rapidly acquired, aud the work
e more rapidly done, while the
q cherries are i'm better shape.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24
Judgment Rendered.

The case of Samuel Miller and Joseph
Frost VS.. Arthur w. Hollmeyer. which
was venued from Gary, was heard be-
fore Judge Ames yesterday afternoon.
After hearing the evidence a judg-
ment of s514.9S damages was given and
for the possession of the property
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24

Sheldon, Ill. His efficient and faithful
work at St. Margarets hospital has
brought him many friends both among
his professional brethren and the laity.
all of whom wish him well in his new
location.
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Court on Fishing Trip.

Judge Ames left this afternoon for
northern Michigan on a fishing trip,
and expects to be gone about ten days.
He does not know just where he will
go for certain, he wants to stop at
the best fishing grounds he can find.
Mr.. Ames is one of the best fisher
men around this part OF the country
and where there is fish he generally
gets them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24

dedication of the church. During the
months of July and August the chorus
choir of the church will take a vaca-
ton. The music during the two months
will consist of quartettes, DUETS and
solos,
Morning Service
Organ yoluntary-The Lost Chord
..-......-..... Sullivan
Quartette. -....... The Lords Prayer
Anthem-Gioria in Excelsis. Farmer
Offertory selo-But the Lord Is Mind
full of His own Mrs. l. L. Bomberger
Solo-The Good Shepherd. -
.......-..-...-- Mrs L. L. Bomber ger
Organ Postlude-Austrian Hymn
Evening Service
Organ Voluntary-Fugue .. Bach
Anthem Was Glad. ........ DUNCAN
Offertory Duet-Hark, Hark My Soul
Mr. Olson and Mr.. Moor
organ Postlude-Melody 49,. Ashford
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dancing at East Chicago Rink every
Saturday night. DeBraie orchestra.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24

Saengerbund-Ffde picnic-a good
place to keep cool on a hot day. Kin
ders grove, Sunday, June 25.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24

Ehis .1ainty motor bonnet Is made
e s-aran' Venise lace over pink silk
AM esse veil is OF pink chiffon.
IVA bonnet is a patented affair and
ty a sSever device the veil nay be
lowered at viii so that it covers the
face
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24

The Lavender cigar is a home prod
uct. None better.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24

Everybody goes to the Saengerbund-
Fidelia picnic at Kindefs grove. Sum
day, June 25.-232
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A MUSICAL PROGRAM.

The following special musical pro-
gram will be given at the First NJ f.
church in Russell street Sunday ir
honor Of the fourth anniversary of the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24

There ere three straps under
which the veil passes and when the
veil is to be lowered one of these
straps is unbuttoned and the folds
OF chiffon drop over the face. The
other two straps hold the veil Ia
place over the ears-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-24
MEALS FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.

MIA 4S II Oh n LA
BREAKFAST.
Boiled Rice, Pineapple Sauce.
Dreamed Fresh Beef on Toast.
Mullins. Maple Strip.
Coffee.
= LUNCHEON
Potato Cup Salad.
White Bread and Butter
Rhubard and Fig Shortcake.
Russian Tea
DINNER.
Swiss Broth.
Roast Lamb in Olive Oil
Duchesse Peas. Sliced Tomatoes.
Cherry Tapoca, Whipped Cream.
Black Coffee.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-30

70 IN. bor.. and tell Gerte----" He was too late.
What it was he wanted me TO tell the girl no one
stared At me with an astonshed look in his eyes
and slid heavily from his chair to the floor dead of
apoplexy.
ing the romantic life and wonderful prosperity of
the ex-whaling captain Then he passed out of
Honolulu gossip and his memory remained only in
the aching heart of the woman VINO Kept sorry house
out Punahou way.
Gertrude, whom few of us had seen that year,
came freshly to mind, longer as the lovely hos
tess and the desirable wife pvt as the shrewdest
father of her was in the ascendant and she took
his large properties, his vessels, his islands, his
trading stations his plantations and deved int
half Honolulu travelling to the door of the big
office to ask Haincs wahine ESQ. they called herr
how to do this and what to do there, Six months
after Edward Haines was laid away in Kawaiahao,
Gertrude running the old business with double
the old energy and success. Men who dealt with
her shook their heads and remarked that she was no
fool, So was amazed one afternoon, when had
walked out to of her favorite spots for the air,
to find her lying on her face sobbing into her hands
/ asked her what the matter was IT'S none Of
here to cry. What IS it'' '' ' ~ NO''e '''
shan't tell you what she said. more than to state
that Gertrude Haincs hadn't forgotten in business
the poor scientist who had started out so joyously
two years before to find ont where the Phaethon
rubricauda has its nesting place And she hadn't
given UP hope that he alive and thinking OF her
told her what her father had started to say when
he was stricken with apopleXy. You ought to have
seen her pretty forehead wrinkle and her lips CULVER
Papa meant to tell me something about Tom, she
announced after long cogtaton. Tom is alive.
somewhere down south The next question is to
find him."
She was so happy in the thought that dared not
say word to wither her JOY. knew il foolish
to be silent but men have gladly done foolish things
before now. when woman was concerned I'll
find him, she told me. Tom will send me word.
He's scientist and he'll know what to do. I'm so
glad he explained things to me"
What things" ! demanded buntly
about the Phaethon rubricauda, she replied.
You see, he to send a message when he
found out the place" She jumped up. all excite
ment. And I've never tried to do my part, either
She exclaimed. And he may have world
Next day word went out from the Hanes office
that the red tail feathers of tropic birdsPhaethon
Drubricauda-were doubled in price for two months.
'Half native Honolulu bestrred itself to go around
and ask Gertrude if this so.
The two months passed and the offer renewed,
this time indefinitely The year crimson feathers
piled in bales in the Flanes warehouse as schooner
after schooner from the south reported in. and still
Gertrude kept the price tip, to the Amusement and
horror of rival houses who swore that no market in
the world could absorb the supplies she pitched into
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it The rumors grew that Miss Hancs had lost her
mind. Loyal Shippers and devoted traders Grumbled
at orders to pick up any birds that could be got
and II necessary, to stop IN mid-ocean 10 capture
one
One. day. she brought me past Waikiki to this
spot the place where | first found her, crying, Il
was here that we sat, you and are doing nov
And just the same way Just the same bird appeared
suddenly out there and swept overhead. 1t secmeH
to please Gertrude beyond all reason. lie mightnt
have got there last year she said in her puzzling
way, Put this year III surely hear from him"
suppose my blank looks informed her that
vas at sea, for she laughed and explained: That is
the first tropic bird to cross the pail this year Tom
year go back there. When the nesting season is
the birds fly north again. | out here
every day and that's the first I've seen this year
See" she cried there's another one. They are fly
this year | know he will find the island where they
breed and he'll send mp word by one of them
by cutting little from its tail feathers tying a
message TO its leg like they do with carrier pigeons
tropic birds and delivered crimson feathers to the
big Office in Honolulu. N all that time came
a word from Tom jenkins. But Gertrude, now A
mature and beautiful woman OF twenty-five, still
smiled when people remarked on her infatuation for
the Phaehon rubricauda and she continued to order
her shippers and traders to keep sharp eve out
for the red billed tropic bird Then Norton old and
grizzled, came into port on fine morning dropped
his hook and scurricd ashore drive furiousy out
to Punahou An hour later Gertrude sent for me
When | got out there she was pacing up and down
the lanai, her face alight with happiness, expecta.
ton and eaecrness. IT'S come!" she cried out to
"The message?" demanded,
thin bit of shell with two tiny holes in it through
which ran hlament of fish sincw fancy the film
Of mother f-pearl was about an inch long and half
an .Acn broad Scratched on it read this:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-30

week, and its been two months since We any
to amount to anything. Miss Gertrude, we've got
% quit
Gertrude showed us face ravaged by grief. 1t
Youth aud bloom seemed to have fled Her voice
had !ost lis gentle purity. please help me ind
him. she cried,
The next morning Norton called me before dawn
tiptoeing into my berth 81 think we've got hint
he whispered 10 me. Come on deck
followed him and he showed me a newly hedGed
bird lying the hatch which showed by the
lanterns light strange markings its back, like
That's young one, young redbi he remarked
Miss Gertrude once sent me on three months
cruise to find where they could be got. This
hit the rigging and the cook caught it. We can't
be far from their nests
We didn't call Gertrude, but Norton carefully
headed the Mariana up close to the wind. Those
voting ones can't fly against any breeze he re-
marked $50 thai island must he to windward"
At daybreak Gertrude came on deck and we told
her of our discovery She went and put the
little Acdeling into her warm breast and smiled at
The next few days brought us little encourage
ment but within the week the Mariana slowly forged
into the edge of the southeast trades and borne on
their powerful current we saw clouds OF roseatc
birds We caught some OF the weaker ones and
found them all marked with the telltalc arrows.
Our excitement intense. The fresh winds
blowing out Of the cold antarctic sottened as they
were BY sweeping over hundreds OF leagues of warm
sea, toned us up and drove away all lassitude. We
scanned the horizon for land, searched the sky for
Signs of some reflection that would tell us in what
quarter to seek for il. And on the twelfth day OF
March we found it, slight shimmering spot on the
sea line
Norton headed the Mariana to windward of it
and all day we stemmed stiff current gradually
raising the island till saw that It was very smal
rocky and apparently dcsolate. Gertrude stood III
the ioreriPginQ, swinging cupboard, now in
board as the vessel heeled over to the lit OF the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-30
FOLLOW RUBRICAUDUS
SEPT. T. JENKINS--

The girl was beyond power of speech and !
studied the little inscription in the light of what |
knew, till she had recovered herself What does it
1T means that he has thought of me all these
years." she said. "And he knew that would never
forget and I'd be anxious He's succeeded. This is
the proof of it,"
brought her back to the subject. What does
this writing meanl How do you know it is from
She sat down and gazcd out toward the waving
palm fronds. Captain Norton picked the bird up
leg. 1D know it is from Tom because it is signed
with his and because he always explained that
these birds homers and if one had once been
to Hawaii it would come back after the nesting sea-
son, no matter how far away the island was. He's
found the island where they nest. That's where he
is now. And ! must go to him. for he hasn't any
vessel and way of coming home.
At first this seemed simple enough, till recalled
that knew where this island, or islands, were,
ciew except the direction follow south" All this
| made plain to her. but she was undaunted
In the morning she sent for me to to her
Office. found her amidst the orderly, austere en-
invoices and posted books within few feet OF her.
I've thought it all Out, she told This is only
April We must wait till September Tom is right.
I've watched them and they don't start back south
till nearly October. We must follow them"
But it was the fifth of September when the
Mariana with Norton in command and Gertrude and
| on deck. slipped out of Honolulu and headed south
on the final quest for the home OF Phaethon rubri-
cauda.
II was strange voyage we dropped ike stone
down the blue Pacific lattudes. under roaring skies
till lost the trades and entered that region where
the percentage OF calm days marked on the charts
Jumps from nothing up to dlsheartening figures;
where the in vast. silent currents, rippled
by faint breaths torn by fierce squalls, driven i'll
headlong floods by living gales.
September passed, and October and November,
and we still sailed blindly SOUTH now veerng far to
the westward after some vagrant bird, now driving
full east because floating phaethon, high in the
clear air seemed lesurey headed on that course.
January pa, sed and February came. We had
crossed the line and Norton muterng savagely
his slate reckoning the days till should
reach the other tropic. BEYOND that there's no
need for to go he swore. "Nobody saw
of them redbills farther north than Capricorn
nor farther south than Cancer. It's no use, Miss
Gertrude; you can't change nature
I'm glad of it, she would say cheerfully. For
Professor Jenkins knows that and trust him.
We must go south.
On the second day OF March Norton made his
longitude in the afternoon, scowed at the slate and
called Gertrude. 81 may we'll tell you that this
business is ended" he told her grufly Our stores
are getting low We haven't tropic bird for
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-30
The Quest of the
Tropic Bird
By John Fleming Wilson

HE Oldest Journalist in the South Seas
sat beside me on the hem of that rusty,
much-folded cloak of lava which Punch
bowl, the volcano, once flung over the
white coral body of lovely Oahu. Just
beyond us, the efflorescent surf broke in
charming pillows of lace over the VEL
vety sand and seemed to lift with its on
rush the edge of the heavy scoriac man.
tie at our feet. Overhead the trade wind
doomed and Numbered among the echo
ing clouds. In Our eyes was the SHIN
mer of the sea, the glamour Of the