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Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-04


high brows and with spectecles
with very thick glasses who af-
firm that the great menace of every
city is germs.
They shake all the words they know
into a box, pour in a bottle Of glue and
make one word of all that stick to-
gether This word describes the worst
germs, and is 80 long it could be cut up
and furnish enough alphabet blocks for
every child in the land
They tell of germs in water of i'm
mense size, so large If what they say is
true the law should compel them to
wear bathing suits.
They put things on such strict SAN
itary basis that man is no longer per-
mitted to enjoy the comfort of chewing
the ends of his mustache unless he
first has them boiled
They inaugurate a Kiss Not crusade,
that equips every lover with a lemon.
for a kiss means simply swap Of
100000 germs
They frighten every one but Daysey
Mayme Appleton, who has found a
greater menace.
Their ruffle- trimmed words. with
long trains said Daysey Mayme,
cause CONSERVATION. l admit But I
find that in New York the people rec
iognize a greater menace, and that
menace is The Burglar,
They meet directions for antiseptic
measures with questions about burglar
alarms, and know more ways for keep
ing burglar out than any burglar ever
knew for getting in.
They possess beautiful solid silver
tableware and costly jewelry, they viii
relate with pride. but they keep it in a
safety vault. Every woman uses plated
and imitation, and boasts of the costly
and elegant stuff she has in storage.
when a New York girl marres,
preparation for her wedding is to rent
a vault in which to deposit all the
silverware she expects to receive. And
regularly. and so often, she visits this
vault and looks over her possessions as
solemnly as one gazes at a family tomb
Satisfied that nothing has peen dis
turbed she departs ana uses plated
ware with pride because She has solid
ware locked away.
She wears brass jevelry with a
Superior air. l am afraid Of burglars
she says, and keep my solid gold in a
safety vault. One feels. so secure with
! ones vaMables where burglars cant
get them
You must excuse me for giving
you a pewter spoon she says to ner
guest. I have my solid silver, gold
lined spoons in storage. II is so much
safer, you know
This is true Of all who have many
valuables; those who have few wear
them when they go out.
! realize that when l am on the
street at night I sound like a milk
wagon full Of empty cans" continued
Daysey Mayme. but I pay no storage
rent and leave nothing behind for bur
glars. What Go I do with our silver
ware you ask >"
(N. B-Of course. you haGnt asked
L. That was put in because ii is Gus
tomary with the Best Writers)
Il wear 1t! | have anklets of silver
teaspoons, bracelets of sugar spoons
| and pickle forks. a belt Of tablespoons
and necklace with silver sugar
bowl for looket
In way these schemes to defeat
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-04
Daysey Mayme and Her Folks
BY FRANCES |. eARsIOE

the burglar have originated many OIL
New York's unique fashions Ever.
New York woman is so built that wher
she leaves her nome unguarded at
night she can wear all the christening
mugs, the soup tureens. and knives.
forks and spoons on her person.
This IS the reason the pannier over
skirt has been introduced The women
simply had to have more fulness on the
hips for concealing the cream pitcher
and coffee pot"
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-04
Up-to-Date Jokes

During a military review a young
foreign attache had made himself OBJ
noxlous to several staff officers by
asking ridiculous and often impertinent
questions. At last he went too far.
Turning to an old infantry oficer ne
said:
How is it that your bugle call .Ad-
vance is so very short, While the Re
treat is just the reverse?"
Because. sir" replied the old vet
eran, when an American soldier goes
into action it only needs a little note
from a bugle to make him advance
anywhere but it needs whole brass
band to make him retire"
It was the frst night Of new play
u say" remarked the author to the
manager, that scene shifter over there
IS a most looking fellow"
Yes; he's an Eskimo. said the man
ager.
An Eskimo? What on earth made
you take him on?'
ooh, I thought It would be comfort
to see one happy face If the play tuins
out to be FROST"
"Solly," said key, rushing excitedly
up to his friend in the smoking room
Of the Twistels club, lend US a fiver
for moment--only for a moment
Quite sure you only want it for a
moment?" queried solly, suspicious!y
Quite sure-0ny for moment re-
piled lkey nearly dancing with agita-
ton.
Very we'll then; wait a moment and
then You won't want it,
Captain (spinning yarn)-I was
for eight days a prisoner among the
cannibals
Lady-And how was it they didn't
eat you?
Captain (calmly)-weu. the truth
vas, the chiefs wife had mislaid her
cookery book.
Father dmpressfvely)- Suppose I
should be taken away suddenly, what
would become of you my boy?"
Irreterent Son-Td stay here. The
question is, what would become Of you?
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-04
"The Gates of Silence :"

DRY OF MYSTERY AND HATE, WITH THRILLING PoR-
TRAVAIL LIFE BEHIND PRISON BARS
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
AGES OF CANDIDATES.

The ages of men who are now
spoken of as available Presidential
timber range from 81 to Az Next
March Gov. Judson Harmon will be
81; Speaker Clark will be So, oGv.
Wilson, ST; Mr.. Underwood 81. and
ex-Gov. Folk. a.. Mr. Taft will be
Sc, Senator La Toilette. s.; Senator
Cummins, SO, and Mr.. Roosevelt, 5t.
The Oldest successful candidates for
President have been William Henry
Harrison, who was 6S years of age at
his inauguration; Zachary Taylor. at
"a, and John Adams and Andrew
Jackson, each at 81. The youngest
man to become President was Roose-
welt when he succeeded to the Office
in 1901, at the age of AZ. Grant was
the next youngest, at 46, and Cleve.
land the next, at Al.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
DEVELOPING LEISURE CLASS.

There is difference between 1.-THE
idle rich" and a leisure class" The
idle rich are looked upon with con-
tempt by the Industrious rich and
with double contempt by the indus
trious poor.
A leisure class develops in a com
munity after it's active and Success
full business men have arrived at the
point where they feel that they are
warranted in lifting their noses from
the grindstone and enjoying, for
few years at least, the pleasures that
their wealth makes it possible for
them to enjoy.
1t Is the ambition of every success
full business man to get to the point
where money making is second con-
sideration and where the real enjoy
| ment IF life is the primary one.
Men of the leisure class do not
| quit working, as a rule, they simply
slow up. They arrange their affairs
so that they may take longer vaca-
| lions and can take a day or an after
noon off once in awhile.
| 1t has taken the city of Hammond
80 years to develop a leisure class
And even now about nine tenths of
| those who have decided to take
| things easier find it mighty hard to
| get out Of the harness.
The Hammond Country Club is one
of the first results of the determine
ton of some of Hammond's leading
business and professional men to get
just little more out of life than
they ever have before.
/ Twenty years ago it would not only
/ have been entirely out of the ques-
ton to finance an $4,000 country
club but there would not have been
score of men who felt they could
take the time to give the promotion
J of such a project their attention.
Hammond has developed a leisure
class and it is this class that are
building beautiful homes, encourag
ing the laying out of parks ans
boulevards, backing club projects ant
making living conditions In Ham
mond better. A city with lots o
clubs, beautiful homes. theatres an,
l churches is always desirable plac,
; in which to live. Clean amusement
2 promote morality and high thinking
I Twenty-Five years ago the annua
: masque ball and the butchers picni
s were the priucipai social events q
the year. Now soiree is hardl,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
The Day in
HISTORY
~THIs DATE IN HISTORY


1663-The Hundred Associates surrend-
cred their charter. and New France
became royal province.
1T97--The British under Admiral Sir
John Jervis defeated the Spanish in
the celebrated naval battle of
Cape st. Vincent
1S12--John Evans, noted geologist and
government surveyor. born in
Portsmouth, n. H. Died April IS.
1851.
1S2s-Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock. not
ed civil war commander born in
Montgdmeryvilles Pa. Died in New
York. Feb. g. 1856.
1S4o-Milwaukee organized its first fire
company.
1S4e-Grand ball given in New York in
honor OF Charles Dickens.
1s59-Orgon admitted to Statehood.
1s76--First telephone patent granted
to Alexander Graham Bell.
1911-The House of Representatives
passed the Canadian Reciprocity
Bill
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14

Thirty miles from Gary is where
this land is located We have 1t from
old settlers. who once explored somt
of the territory thereabotits. that
good surveyor equipped with canoe
and a mighty long sounding pole
might be able to locate these lots.
There are evidences that some of the
lots have been sold by the sharks at
prices ranging $500 and upwards and
recently case came too light where
by poor widow was outrageously
swindled by one of these deals.
The real estate men of Gary would
do we'll to locate these swindlers and
expose them. Every lot they sell is
a knock against the city. Let one
of these Kankakee lots be sold in a
community of prospects" and when
the truth is known there'll be little
chances of selling real Gary property.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
POEM FOR THE DAY.

1t is almost as hard to lead a camel
through the eye of a needle as it is
to get poetry into a newspaper.
Where it isn't accompanied by two
cent stamps 1t slips into the waste
basket. And yet this pains a news
paper as rule-almost as much as it
would pain VIII j. Davis to turn down
the Cherry Sisters. We wish to &C.
knowledge a poem of many stanzas
during the rush hours. 1t tells of
settler who died from the heat on
South Dakota ranch and its feet wob-
bic distressingly. For the benefit of
those who think the life of a news
paper man any happier than a S. d.
settler dying from the heat, we ap-
pend one stanza from the poem:
Tell my brothers If you see them
In life's game I was skunked
Tell them not to cuss the weather
Nor weep for me defunct,
That / persisted bravely fighting
In my field of whiting corn
In the damndest hottest weather
Since the day that was born.
The dying settler slumbered
For a moment at his post
While the sun beat down upon him
Then he rendered up the ghost
And his gentle soul was waited
To the regions of the just
Where they don't have such hot
weather
And not. so dam much dust"
And so on ad infinitum. The poem
has several good points. 1t is writ
ten on very good stock and with a
lead pencil so that it could be easily
rubbed out and SO lost to the world
1t turns your mind from snow, ice and
coal bins and it assures us that the
hereafter is not going to inflict sc
dam much dust" on gentle SOULS
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
IDEALS GOVERN LIFE.

Show me the man you honor said
Carlyle. Il know by this symptom
better than any other what kind of a
man you yourself are. For you show
me there what your ideal of manhood
is, what kind of man you long in
expressibly to be-
The other half of the proposition is
equally interesting. 1t is not difficult
to judge the character of politician
by the sort of men who vote for him
and furnish his campaign funds nor
to get a line birdseye view of the
head of a business by watching the
people behind his counters. The re-
spectability of a man may be unjust
to estimate a preachers sincerity by
the kind of fingers that drop coins
into the contribution box.
Thieves are not likely to hold an
honest man in borrow; and a liars
friends are not likely to be noted for
veracity.
The very fact that the Lorimer in
vestigation has shown what kind oil
scoundrels were chiefly interested in
his elected gives side light upon his
political standing that settles the
question.
| Show me the men that honor OF
follow you and seek your society, ant
l shall know by these symptoms whal
kind of a man you yourself are
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
"THIS is MY 52ND BIRTHDAY"
Waldemar Lindgren.

Kaldmar Lindgren. who recently was
appointed chief geologist of the United
State Geological Survey, was born In
Kalmar. Sweden, February IA. 1850. He
received his education in the Friebexg
School of Mines and later pursued his
scientific studies in other European in
situations before coming to America
in the early eighties. Soon after his ar
rival in the United States he became an
assistant geologist on the northern
transcontinental survey, which included
an examination of the land grant of the
Northern Pacific railroad. He join
ed the geologi survey as assistant
has been connected continuously with
that department. During the same time
NE has renderd services as associat pro-
fessor on mining at Leland Stanford
University. and as lecturer on economic
geology at the Massachusetts Institute
OF Technology for several years. Mr..
Lindgren is trained mining engineer
and has world wide reputation as an
authority on the geology of one deposits.
Congratulations to:
Carl MARI. distinguished American
artist. 81 years old today.
Edwin CHM. noted Boston publisher
and peace advocate, "A years old today.
Charles r Johnson. United States
senator from Maine. 55 years old today
John V Ellis, Canadian senator and
for fifty years editor of the Daily Globe
OF ST John. n. b. : years old today.
Lieut.. en- c. Irvine Walker. COM
mander-in- chief of the United Confed
crate Veterans, 20 years old today
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
p lza.JTHE]
| oEMTDAY]
IN GRANDPA's EYES.

IN 9RANDFA'S
And what do you see In your grandpa's
eyes,
Little child.
when night-time comes and the sun
shine dies,
You lead him here in the evening glow
And beg for tales of the Long Ago
what is 1t, aside from your golden hair
And smiling face that's reflected there.
Little child:
what b. IL back of your face sweet,
Little chfIds
Do you sec the swing of the soldiers
The long blue line and its crest of steel
That rises and falls the columns
wheel
The tears and woe and the sad good
byes.
Do you see IT all I'm your grandpa's
eyes.
Little child.
mem'ry too sad for your tender years.
Little child,
Is pictured there through your grand
pas tears;
The two long lines of the blue and the
gray,
The hight and the end of the blood
bought day
The trenches deep with the soldiers
LOST.
All. grandpa knows what the vfct'ry
cost.
Little chiIds
A fairer dream In his eyes see,
Little child
Denied TO you, Little Halfpast Three;
| 4 dusty column of marching men
All tatfered and bearded, but-home
again:
And there to greet him from wars
alarms.
babe-you m0ther--fn Erandma's
arms.
Little child.
John D. Wells in Buffalo News.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
WORSE THAN BURGLARS.

The frisky burglar who is abroad
at night with Jimmy and vial of
nitro-glycerine trying to earn enough
to buy soda crackers and tea has
methods that don't measure up to the
sand bagging tactics OF some out of
town real estate men, who are PALM
ing off land in the Kankakee bottoms
as Gary property.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
Up and Down in
IN d. A N A
RACES WITH TUBERCULOSIS.

DIR. Albert ID. pike is battling with
death III an effort to reach Lafayette In
time to attend the funeral OF his
daughter. Miss Margaret Pike. who died
indianapolis Saturday morning. DR.
pike and Mrs. pike are hurrying from
New Mexico, where the doctor has
been for the last six months in an ef
fort to prolong his life. which has been
threatened for several years by tuber-
culosis. 1t is doubtful whether he
reaches Lafayette alive Miss pike
was the only daughter and was grad
uate of the Lafayette high school and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14

Chi is an awful town to be in after the
sun sets.
WHILE lot of folks are praising
Postmaster General Hitchcock for the
great economics he has effected in the
postal service IL your love letters come
as late as our exchanges do, you would
long for a new P. M. G.
GET sore at any of the comics you
received today?
IN other words, Proctor is not going
to run in the news columns, but in the
editorial columns, the steamed Trib
has decided to run him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
HI r. A R ID
BY
r u B E


hat yet?
SEEING that the Lenten regulations
are almost upon us the cook will please
buy q case of eggs and a key OF
mackerel.
ALMOST time for the coal dealer to
spring his little joke about the annual
coal famine
THEY have had everything in Gary
now but good sized revolution. and
some day we expect to see a band of
revolutionists sweeping down upon the
city hall and depose Mayor Knots.
THANK heavens 1T was narrow es-
cape. Strange to say there was no
denial of THE TINES big steel story
the other night. We are wholly CRATE
full.
DEAR RUBE-I notice that you are
cataioging the smells of Lake county.
Please add that of the Gary city court
room. SIN.
GIVE us the Whiting kind of a
grandmother. Grossmutters up there
give away hundred-dollar bills as VAL
entines
WITH drinks and cigars off the list
this coming political campaign is GER
tainly going to be duh one. Hennery
Coldbottle has decided to go over the
state line and do all of his political
work at West Hammond.
IN other words Judge Bryan is trying
to have untangled the knot tied by
Mayor Knots. Evidently the Knots
knot is not very binding. although the
mayor himself gets into a few occa-
sionally which he finds hard to I'M
| tagle.
| Our OWN BAEDEKERss GUIDE.
| INDIANA HARBoR-This town puts
on airs when it looks Gary ways, be-
cause 1t is now II years old. Originally
a collection of sand dunes, it is now
one of the most noted supports on
Lake Michigan. Although a dependen-
cy of East Chicago. 1t is practically a
free community, having it's own post
office and separate brewery branches.
English is not the native languages
| but there are Indications that this
tongue will be gradually spoken. To
belong to the aristocracy the male
members of your family mast be en-
| ployed as SIS a day rollers al the In
| land plant. Although Lake Michigan is
nearby, those who live in the Harbor
boarding houses prefer bottled beer.
Just to the east OF the Harbor is the
Universal Portland Cement mills ON
days when the mills are on a rampage
and the dust Is blowing even the most
| ardent advocate of temperance will
| phone for case of Bud to remove the
, slake in the throat. Many of the ce-
ment workers do not have bath tubs
in their houses nor are they ever seer
to drink water. 1t is said that this Is
due to the fact that having worked in
the mills 80 long their whole fnsides
are full of cement dust, and If they
took bath or a drink of water they
would turn into solid concrete. Hence
the Harborites find 1t necessary to use
good brew for their alimentary canals
The Indiana Harbor ship canal is the
only place where they permit watel
to enter. In due time It Is expected
that the Harbor Will join the world
wide movement for independence ant
that it will separate from the mothe,
country. East Chicago
ALTHOUGH the Kankakee river is no.
tropical stream, there are a few rea
estate sharks down there that prey up.
on poor widows
WE read in our Schererville corner
THAT Nick Lang. boarded the SAT trair
here this morning for Chicago" Hope
that Nick got back before dark. as
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
MORE TROUBLE.

We notice that the president of
federation of Womans Clubs says
woman's wings are growing and men
can't clip them. What no. This Is
undoubtedly what makes the missus'
waist SO hard to button. Have 10
look into this.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
EoR AUDITOR.

Editor TIMES: / desire to announce
that / am candidate for the Fsepubli-
can nomination for County Auditor
subject to the decision of the RepubIl-
can primaries. The support and as
sistance OF the Republican voters of
Lake country are respectfully solicited.
(Signed) JOHN A. BRENNAN.
Garv Ind
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14

NOTING that a doctor says there
will come a time when all disease will
be wiped out A newspaper wonders
that he hasn't started to learn any
other trade yet.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
GEE WHIZI

Surely there be times to try mems
risibilities. Here's an editor running
man for governor in his editorial
columns and with loud and vocifer-
Gus yelp on the first page declaring
that he won't be a candidate 1t is
just things like that which give peo-
pie cirrhosis of the liver.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14

THE skunk which escaped from
recovered. The dispatches do not tell
us whether the man who caught the
skunk has recovered, however.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
FRED FRrEDLEy.
ron PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.

Editor. TIMES: I am candidate Tor
the Republican nomination for the Of
fee of Prosecuting Attorney OF the
Thirty first judicial Circuit of the
State of Indiana. comprised of Lake
and Porter Counties, subject to the will
of the nominating convention.
RALPH w. ROSS
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
TO CANDIDATES.

Articles I'm the interest of candi-.
dates for office will not be printed
In The Times except mt regular adj
vertising rates.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14

Editor TINES: I take this means to
advise the Republicans of Lake county
that I am a candidate for the office OF
Sheriff, subject to the wishes of the
Republican county Nominating conven-
ton. and respectfully solicit their sup
port IL they And that my work for the
party in the past is worthy of consid-
Grafton. HENRY whitaker.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14

WOULD it be violation of the
corrupt practice" law If candidate
went around to the kitchen and kissed
the hired girl in order to get her
young mans vote?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
noticed unless 1t is a formal affair.
How things have changed.

FIVE minute" service for Ham,
mond listens NICE" as our old friends
Weber and Fields say, but If it ever
comes to Hammond there will be a
good many fainting and dizzy spells.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14

THE buds will soon be on the sway
ing bough and the summons of the
violets will be heard, but it is hard
work to stir up any enthusiasm about
it now.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14

Editor TIMES: You are authorized to
announce that / am candidate on the
Republican ticket for Recorder OF Lake
county. subject to the will OF the Re-
publican primaries. and I ask the sup
port of the voters
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14

Editor TIMES: Please announce that
am a candidate for the office of
Prosecuting Attorney of the. Thirty
first Judicial District. subject to the
will of the Republican judicial con-
vention. w. F. HODGES
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
Political Announcements
FOR SHERIFF..

Editor, TINES.
Please announce that I will be a can
didatJ for sheriff of Lake county, sub
tect to the decision of the republican
county convention VIM. KUNERT,
TolIeston. Ind
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
EDWARD C. GLOVER.

Editor TIMES: Please announce to
the voters of Lake county that / will
be candidate for Recorder of Lake
county on the Republican ticket, sub
ject to the decision of the Republican
primaries. April 8
A. H W. JOHNSON.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
F'oR COUNTY SURVEYOR.

Editor TIMES: Please announce to
the voters of Lake county that I am a
candidate for denomination to the office
of County Surveyor. subject to the will
of the Republican primaries.
RAY SEELY.