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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-25

tee OF 1912: r. A. Hilton, chair
man; w. j. Mckay, w. p. Calhoun.
John Stobbe, G. w. Graves. Stanley
Ostrander, Carl Kristen. VIII Gordon,
DIR. Lowering, DIR. Barley, John
Woodlson and j. Sterling Brown. DIR.
Charles Coulter was chosen manager
OF the baseball team
Diplomas 10 ~ students we're pre-
sented by Principal w. A. Morse. OF
the Western High school, in the Jan
uary graduating commencement eXer.
cises, Wednesday afternoon. Prof.
John n. Efiinger. OF the University OF
Michigan. was the speaker and he
urged the graduates TO make an cam
est effort TO acquire real education
and culture in life and not be lured
by the SIZE OF the dollar alone.
The Charity cmD will give dane.
ing party, Thursday evening, Feb. I,
in Strasburg's academy.
O.
Mr.. and Mrs. John C. Sprstt will
leave Detroit. Friday, for trip to the
orient, returning through Europe
o.
Detroit Equal Suffrage club sent a
communication. Wednesday, to It's
president, Mrs. Wilbur Brotherton. re.
fusing 10 accept her resignation. Mrs.
Brotherton, who met with q painful
automobile accident last fall. is stu
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-25

Making Christmas present for me,
are you-and beginning 1t In March?
am glad that ii is warm and close
TO me and will wash"
The summer and the autumn pass
ed. On Christmas morning, when Nan
ME went down into the kitchen-at
least that was the story Mamie told
the Sick Lady-she found beside the
warm fire place q bundle, baby, a
girl "clean and sweet and wholesome,
straightforward and fat-armed and
with IL letter TO the Sick Lady,
which ran:
II give you this little baby. She
was born honorable In marriage on
the third Of December. | won't ever
ask her back. ] want her to have
good home. Her Mother"
Norah had returned TO her home In
the north a week before Christmas.
The Sick Lady. flied with happiness,
wrote TO her, on Christmas day
1T is the most marvellous Christ
mas that ever came into the life OF
any woman, save one.
Mamie put the baby into the warm
bed beside me and IL went TO sleep
under my arm as II IL had been born
to lie there. She is really my baby,
my little girl If I had given life to
her could not feel more close, more
bound She is named Norah. And
there ia no whole woman in the world
as blessed as I am.
but oh, Norah, that poor woman
who gave me her baby How can |
be so glad when abe is so desolate?"
And. unilnowing, she wrote:
&c! wish you could SEQ and know
the baby. She sends you wrinkling
OF her nose. the best she can do as
yet"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-25
ANNUAL POULTRY SHOW
OPENS THIS EVENING

The annual show of the Michigan
Poultry Breeders association opens
tonight at the Light Guard Armory
with the greatest exhibit Of fancy
stock ever shown by the organization
There will be 100 birds on exhibit.
ton as compared TO 1000 last year
The show will continue until next
Wednesday night.
A change has been made in the
prizes which will prove TO be an i'm
provement, according to the ideas OF
the officials in charge Of the show.
This year instead OF offering loving
cups to the winners, medals will be
given.
Fowls from all over the world will
nc exhibited at the show and IL will
be an exceptional opportunity for low.
ers OF high.bred birds to feast their
the eastern shows will be on exhibit
ton.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-25

confined to her home. and, IN yio>< ~
this condition, desired to make II pos
sible for the club 10 elect I'M her
place, one who could do the active
work she had hoped TO do during her
term OF once. The annual election OF
oficers will take place m April.
%
81. Margaret's guild, OF st. Andrews
Memorial Episcopal church, will give
an entertainment In Dufield hall.
Thursday evening. Feb. 10. A pIayief
entitled Fun IN a Theatrical once.
and a musical and literary program
will be given.
o.
Edgar Judson, Ebels, OF New York.
VIII give an evening with Dickens.
Friday evening. in the Y. w. C. A. aud.
itorium, under the auspices OF the as
ISOLATION.
number of young society women
VIII give ''spinsters' cotilliou" in the
Country club, Friday evening. The
young women will fulfil all OF the
duties usually taken by the men an
this leap year party.
: The fifty-hrst annual ball OF the De
troit Central High School Alumni as
ISOLATION. will be held In the girls
gymnasium OF the school. Friday even.
ing.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-25
Social and Personal

The Detroit Federation of Women's
clubs will hold the regular m!d-winter
meeting. Friday afternoon. al 2:30
o'clock. In the chapel OF the Cass-avc
Methodist church. Much important
business will come up for discussion.
including the plans so far perfected
looking toward the erection OF large
residential clubhouse for the Fedora
ton. Following executive business
and reports, Prof Edwin Charles God
dard, of the law department OF the
University OF Michigan, will give an
address on THE law as To women. .
Mrs. Frederick Brown will sing. ac-
compaBied by Miss Minnie Caldwell
One OF the most interesting free
public lectures OF the season will be
that OF Huger Elliott practical crafts
man and designer, Thursday evening,
In the Museum OF Art. when the sub
ject What has nature TO do with
art?" will be discussed. Mr.. Elliott Is
director Of the Rhode Island school az
Design and a well-known writer on
craftsman subjects. He will illustrate
his talk with the steropticon. Mr..
Elliott comes TO Detroit under the
auspices of the Society OF Arts and
Crafts.
Former Senator Thomas w. Palmer
is celebrating his eighty-second birth
day anniversary Thursday. in his
home, I'm Palmer Park. Mr.. Palmer
will spend the day quietly, receiving
old friends.
The India Educational society Will
meet Saturday evening OF this week,
in the home of Mrs Oscar James, No.
80 California-ave. DR.. j. Il. Sunder-
land will give an address on Social
condifons in India" There will be a
program OF music
The exhibition by well-known Am
erican artists of pictures of scenes in
the Grand Canyon OF Arizona now on
view In the Museum OF Art, is attract
ing much attention. Director Griffith' 3
lecture on the Grand Canyon last Sun
day led the way TO a fuller apprecia-
ton OF the pictures The exhibition
will remain until Feb. 6. The Rotary
Water Color exhibition will be placed
in the main gallery, Saturday, to re-
main until Feb 10. This is one OF
the most interesting exhibitions to
visit the museum.
o.
The January Pre-Millenial Bible con-
ference will be held Friday afternoon
and evening. in the Fourteenth-ave.
Baptist church In the afternoon at
o'clock the Rev. C. f. Conley wili
speak on Universal peace" and the
Rev. Gerritt Huyer will preside. The
Rev. Walter p. Cooley will be chair
man of the evening meeting at which
DR.. NJ w. Lau will speak on Are
the prophecies of the old testament
all fulfilled in Christ's first coming?"
The evening address will be of special
interest TO Sunday school teachers
and workers.
The Detroit Fortnightly club will
give an informal dancing party. Sat
urday evening, Jan. 81, in Strasburg's
academy. The annual election of Of
ficers of the club and the appointment
of the entertainment committee for
the ensuing year will be held during
the progress of the party.
o.
Graduating exercises We're held in
the Eastern High school, Wednesday
evening, when students received
diplomas Prof John r. Efiinger, who
addressed the Western High gradu-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-25

"She Was Left q Physical Wreck"
Norah's home, though Norah begged
her TO come.
TO take a wrecked body like mine
into anyone's nice, clean, happy home.
would be outrageous" the Sick Lady
wrote 10 Norah. II have an income
and am going to have rooms in Nan
MES farm home. Mamie used TO be
our family servant. when | was a
girl"
Almost daily the Sick Lady wrote
TO Norah. Little by little the Sick
LGdy's mind grew better. her thoughts
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-25

Woma of Detroit. Here is set out
for youthe new problem which has
Just hac50 women writer's of the east
by the ars. II is the Two Women
and On Baby" problem. The Times
felt tina the. women of Detroit ought
TO be glen a chance to take sides on
this rearkable question.
THE otails of the problem are pre-
sentcd erewith. We also open our
,columnsto suitable letters which the
women If Detroit may write In an
swer tothe problem. The creator OF
the ITO Women and One Baby
problem is Juliet Wilbor Tompkins.
She pr,ents the problem in short
story eiitled The Way which APP
pears 1.-THE current issue of The .Wo-
mems ONE Companion. Here's the
story II a NATURALIZATION.
Oncethe Sick Lady was so well
and haDy that her dream Of life was
10 hava home, with fine strong chill
dren ofler own Two worthy men had
yainlv roposed to her; she was wait
ing-ar ready to accept-the certain
propose OF a third. whom she loved.
She as so noble and brave that
when Sc found herself in the midst
IL pubic catastrophe, she saved the
lives oimany children, but she was
so grasly injured that she was left
a ohyshl wreck.
ITO maintain the spark OF con-
sclousns in such a scrap heap OF
humanH as | am" she wrote to her
hest TEND, Norah, seems to me
plain cielty."
Nora had three beautiful children
and fe, big. happy home. A woman
would ave been an angel If she had
been ore generous and splendid
than brah. But the Sick Lady
vouldn let herself be moved to
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-25
HEE's THE PROBLEM:

Is sch a story as this pos
sihle?
VOID one woman-you, Tor
instafe-do for another wo-
man. what Norah did for the
Sick lady?
In writing your answers TO
THE Problem Editor" of The
Time let them be very short.
Yo' are sure to have positive
ideas one way or another, re-
gardig the Two Women and
One Baby" problem and the
shorr your letter. the more
chane there will be for your
ideaFo appear in The Times.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-25
Thomas ]. Barry Visits Capital.

WASHINGTON. Ian. 25.--Thomas
J Barry. Vol known newspaper
man OF Detroit called upon Congress.
man Doremus TO-DAY aad was initiated
into the mysteries Of tho Government;
printing plant
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-25

Here Is a cunning doll made by a
little girl of seven, who is FOND OF
sewing. Wouldn't your Child. enjoy
making one of the same sort"
II is made of two pieces of white
muslin cut like the pattern and sewed
i'm a small seam around all the edges
except the bottom. A child can 40
the sewing. but II may take mother
patience and skill to turn the dolly
inside out and stuff II with cotton
The bottom is drawn over an oval
piece OF cardboard. which gives a Hat
foundation for the rag lady to stand
on
The clothes may be varied to suit
the taste and skill of the small dress
maker The less fine sewing they re-
uuire the better for eyes and nerves
OF young child.
Oxford Democrat., 1912-03-12
Headaches and Their Treatment

In treating headache, there Is one
,afe rule to follow:-Never use any
Medicine containing acetanilid or similar
;oal-tar derivatives without the advice
If your physician. They may give
temporary relief, but they almost never
reach the cause Of the trouble and are
likely to weaken the heart. The most
common form Of headache, frequently
sailed sick headache, arising from
iisordered stomach, may be avoided
BY care in the choice Of food. shun
pastry, candy and rich food, take time
10 eat, chew your food thoroughly and
keep your bowels in good condition BY
usirg one-half to one teaspoonful Of
ID. F. Atwood's Medicine after eacf
meal. This old reliable remedy ha.
been q perfect blessing to thousands
for sixty years. Get bottle today
and prove it for yourself. Any dealer
has It for thirty-fve cents, or we mai
. free sample on request. l. +. Me0
cine %, Portland. Me.
Oxford Democrat., 1912-03-12
oambetta's Table.

There Is a curious story told Of the
table at which Gambetta wrote, A
previous owner, General Lahitte. min
lister for foreign affairs In 1S49. dis
missed his confidential servant because
he believed he had stolen a large sun
of money In 1000 franc banknotes
Years afterward. when the table had
to be repaired. the joiner employed fol
the work found the missing bundle
of banknotes between the mahogany
board of the table and the drawers be
low. They had lain there unnoticet
ror fourteen years. Unfortunately ths
story does not 60 on to say that the
Door servant and his mistaken master
were alive at the time of the discover!
and that the ones character was clear
ed and the others confidence restored
Oxford Democrat., 1912-03-12

OXFORD IS.

| February 2lse, a. ID. 1919.
dated the lsth day Of February. A. D. 1912. 10
| sued on Judgment rendered by the Supreme
Judicisl Court for the County of York, at the
term thereof begun and held on the fret Tues
day OF January, A: u: 1919. 70 wit. on the second
day of February, A. ID. 1912. In favor Of James
8. Newton, admr. estate Of Daniel H. Newton
and against The Windsor Company Of Kittery
eight hundred and twentv.six dollars and ffteen
cents debt or damage. and nineteen dollars and
eighty i've cents costs Of suit. and viii DO sold a
public auction on the premises In said Sumner
on the soth day Of March. A. d. 1912, At one
O'Clock In the afternoon. the following described
real estate and al the right, title. interest. or
equity which the said The Windsor Company
has and had In and 70 the same on the 3rd day OF
August, A. ID. 1911. at four O'Clock and flfteen
minutes In the afternoon. the time when the
same was attached on the writ 10 the same suit,
20 wit: certain lot or parcel of land situated
In the Town Of Sumner In the County Of Oxford
and State Of Maine, bounded and described a.
follows: BEGINNING at the junction Of the cross
road With the highway leading from Ruckheld
70 East sumncri thencs northeriy on said high.
on said Coab lins fourteen rods; thence norther.
ly on said Cobb line TO land Of Blake Keen
thence casterly on Keen's fine % land Of 3. O.
Saunders; theice southerly on sail Saunders
line 70 birch tree; thence Sastsrly 10 pointed
rock: thence southerly 70 the cross road leading
BY Z. o. sannders' 70 the railroad; thence wess.
erly on the hne said cross road 70 the point Of
beginning; including the Mount Oxford Bprings
with half an acre Of land. Certain lots or
parcels Of land situated In the Town Of Sumner
the Same formerly being part OF homestead Of
r. o. Saunders and situated on both sides Of the
cross roads and near Levin b. Spaulding's and
bounded and described - follows: Westerly
by land formerly owned by Lewis Btsbee;
northerly BY los l5l range; westerly By the Port.
land and Rumford Falls railroad and southerly
by land formerly owned BY Lewis hisbee end
now occupied BY Lewis b. Specializing.
9n HARRY d. COLI, Deputy SheEi6.
Oxford Democrat., 1912-03-12
a.lk,.. ~ ouna

~ expression ''spiking guns" II q
survival from the day when all that
was necessary to put gun out Of ac-
tion Crowded. Of course, that you had
access to 1t, was. large nail or spike
and hammer. You simply drove the
nail into the touch-hole at the breech.
II the nail was long enough to turn
round at the end on the bottom OF the
bore so much the better. 1t Is just as
simple. perhaps simpler. to put mod
ern gun out Of action All you want
IL a hammer. The breech block OF the
modern gun is held closed BY screw
threads. After the breech block is shut
on the shell a turn of two or three
inches engages the threads. BY knock
ing q bur on these threads you prevent
them engaging. Any attempt to fire
the gun without the breech block be-
Ing perfectly closed would, Of course.
be of material assistance to the enemy.
Oxford Democrat., 1912-03-12

- oigdnguhhe0 v5oIlnlDt OF tn1A
city," writes Philip Hale in the Boston
Herald, was talking recently about
women who Hddled and now fiddle
He complained that nearly all Of them
classed as great erred In this-they
tried to play like a man; they wished
It said Of them that they had virile
tone. He did not except Lady Halle
Maud Powell or Miss PariOw. The
only great woman v1olinist remem
Der was Teresina Tua. and her great
ness consisted In the fact that she al
ways played like a woman She wai
womanly and fascinating Saint-sa'
ems once said apropos Of Augusta
Holmes that when q woman wrote fol
the orchestra she was noisier than any
man because she wished to show that
she was not a poor, weak thing on &C
count Of her sex"
Oxford Democrat., 1912-03-12

Many requests from catarrh sufferers
who use atomizers have caused Us to put
up Liquid Cream Balm, a new and con.
venient form of Ely's Cream Balm, the
only remedy for Catarrh which can al.
ways be depended on. In power to al.
lay Inflammation, to cleanse the clogged
air-passages, to promote free, natural
breathing, the two forms of Cream Balm
are alike. Liquid Cream Balm is sold by
all druggists for Is cents, including
spraying tube. Mailed BY Ely Bros, 80
Warren Street, New York.
Oxford Democrat., 1912-03-12

.Ofice practice is what the average
lawyer seeks for now." remarked an
attorney. ''and that is the business that
makes the largest returns for the least
waste Of tissue. More money is made
nowadays by keeping clients out OF
litigation and free from the dangers
of the laws delay than by defending
them, even successfully, In court 1t
is safe to say that there are some
6OOO lawyers who are making n very
good living In New York from law
business that rarely or never takes
them into court and that there are
large number Of lawyers who from
their counsel work and directing great
enterprises and corporations. advising
and guiding wealthy clients. take in
each year princely-yes, even fabulous
amounts. Lawyers Diary.
Oxford Democrat., 1912-03-12
Key to Puxzisdom.

Key to tuxxiooom.
No. 1854.-Primal Acrostic: Rabbit
Crosswords: /. Red. 2. Ace. 8. Bad
4. Bob. 8. Inn. G. Ten.
No. 1655.-Novel Acrostic: Charles
Dickens. "Pickwick Papers" Cross
words: /. Capers. 2. Height. 8. Ac
cuse. 4. Raking. g. Lawful. 6. Ed
BILE. 7. Sachem. s. Diking. 8. I'm
pose. 10. Cradle. II. KOpeck. II
Emerge. 13. Normal. IA. System.
No. neutrality-suspicious.: Blear. Lear
ear.
No. 1G57. Homonym: Water thu
stock.
No. l85S.-Pictured Words: Agate
saucepan.
No. 1659.-Concealed Square Words
I. Potash. oracle. tartar. active. slaves
heresy. 2. Cares. alone. route. enter
seers.
No. lO6O. Hidden Generals: I. Napo
leon. 2. Wellington. 8. Sherman. 4
Raglan. 5. Sheridan. G. Taylor. 6
Gordon. 6 Grant. 0. Burnside. 10
Hancock.
No. l661.-CurtailinEs: I. Buggy. z
Century. g. OA1ce-rs
Oxford Democrat., 1912-03-12
CASTORIA Falntants and Children
Tie Kind You Hare AIwaJs Bought
Bankrupts Petition for Discharge.
In the matter OF
ELIAS L. WILSON, In Bankruptcy

TO the HON. CLAREScE HALE, Judge Of the Dis
trict Court Of the United States for the District
Of Maine:
FLIAs L. WILSON Of Gilead, In the
II County Of Oxford. and State Of Maine
In said District, respectfully representa-. ths,
adjudged bankrupt, under the Acts Of Con
gress relating TO Bankruptcy; that he has
duly surrendered al his property and rights OF
property, and has fully complied with all the
requirements Of said Acts and of the orders OF
Court touching his bankruptcy.
wherefore he prays, That he may be de-
creed by the Court 70 have full discharge from
al debts provable against his estate under said
bankruptcy Acts. except such debts ~ are ex-
cepted by law from such discharge.
Dated this 18th day of Feb, A. b. 1912.
ELIAS 4. WILSON. bankrupt
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, IS.
On this cath day Of Feb. A. d. 1912. on read.
Ing the foregoing petition, Il Is
upon the same on the sch day Of April, A. d.
1919, before said Court ut Portland, In said Dis
trics. at 10 O'Clock IN the forenoon; and that
notice thereof be published In the Oxford Dem
ocrat, newspaper printed In said District. and
that all known creditors. and other persons In
interest. play appear nc the sald time and place,
and show cause. II any they have. why the pray.
er Of said p se1tioner should not be granted.
And it Ia further ordered by the Court. Tha
the Clerk shall send by mail 70 all known cred
itors copies Of said petition and this order. ad-
dressed to them st their places Of residence ~
stated.
witness the HON. CLARExcx HALE, Judge
Of the said Court. and the seal thereof. - Port
land. In said District. on the sAsh day OF feo..
IL. 81 JAMES L. HEwEi, CLARK.
a true copy Of petition and order thereon.
Attest'-JAMkS T. HEWEr. Clerk.
Oxford Democrat., 1912-03-12

r. g. Collins, Postmaster, Barnegat,
N. j., was troubled with . severe 10
grippe cough. He says: II would be
completely exhausted after each ft OF
violsnt coughing. I bought bottle OF
Folsy's Honey and Tar Compound and
before had taken Il all the coughing
spells had entirely ceased. It can't be
beat" A. Z. ShurtleA Co., South Paris;
8. e. Newell q Co., Paris.
Oxford Democrat., 1912-03-12
No. 1ss4.-vsrbaI Arithmetic.


From absorbed take a knock; to this
add comfort and have to annoy.
From one who eats take a noise and
add to It to work underground and
have a useful animal.
From a place for horses take having
power. add being. subtract a weed
add step and leave distance.
Divide a word meaning to lean upon
by a small sum Of money and obtain
q date.
Divide extremely warm and a small
child by a number and for quotient
have a savage.
Divide upright and boys nickname
by the most important part Of an indi'
vidual and for Quotient have free from
prejudice.-Youth'sC Companion.
Oxford Democrat., 1912-03-12

The "Child's Welfare" movement hai
challenged the attention of thoughtful
people every where. Mothers are natur-
al supporters, and will find in Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound q most valna.
BILE aid. Coughs and colds that
unchecked lead to Group, bronchitis and
pneumonia yield quickly to the healing
and soothing qualities OF Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound. A. <. Shurtlefi
Co., South Paris; s. E. Newell & Co.,
Paris.
Oxford Democrat., 1912-03-12

C. A. Glossner, "a Ontario Street
Rochester, N. Y, has recovered from 9
long and severe attack of kidney trouble
his cure being due to Foley Kidney Pills
After detailing his case, he says: 81 am
only sorry I did not learn sooner OF
Foley Kidney Pills. In few days time
my backache completely left me and
felt greatly improved. Ny kidneys be.
came stronger, dizzy spells left me and
was no longer annoyed at night. feel
100 per cent better since using Foley Kid
ney Pills" A. E. Shurtleff Co, South
Paris; S. E. Newell & Co., Paris.
Oxford Democrat., 1912-03-12
No. 166s.-Middle Letters.

No. 1668.-MiddIe Letters.
Example: Place letter In the mid
die Of tribe and make neat-Cl-e-an.
/. Place a letter In the middle OF 0
wild animal and make to put OF.
2. Place a letter in the middle o,
visage and make broad comedy.
3. Place a letter In the middle OF 9
silly smile and make q small measure
Of weight.
4. Place a letter In the middle OF
abundant and make to hew.
s. Place letter In the middle Of ex
pires and make bitches.
d. Place u letter In the middle Of te
fly aloft and make pertaining to ths
sun.
Z. Place a letter In French cook
and make principal.
8. Place letter In small rodents and
make to chop fine.
The initial letters will spell some
things of q famous American who lived
In Philadelphia and died In 1870.
Oxford Democrat., 1912-03-12
NOTICE.

In the District Court Of the United States for
the District Of Maine. In Bankruptcy.
CHARLES II. FROST, In BANKRUPTCY.
Of Hanover, Bankrupt.
To the creditors of Charles II. Frost. In the
County of Oxford and district Aforesaid:
Notice Is hereby given that on the End day OF
March, A. ID. 1912, the said Charles II. Frost WAS
duly adjudicated bankrupt. and that the iirs
meeting Of his creditors win be held at the Office
Of the Referee. No. 8 Market Square, South
Paris, on the 10th day Of March. A. d. 1872, st
said creditors may attend, prove their claims,
appoint trustee, examine the bankrupt. sni
transact such other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
South Paris, March Q, 1912
WALTER L. GRAY,
l0l2 Referee IN Bankruptry.