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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-30

been received here yet, according to
high officials Communication with
ConstantinOple has been interrupted
and no word has been received from
the Russian embassy to tell whether
the ambassador and his staff have
been handed their passports. Dis
patches from them, however, are mo-
mentarily expected
At the British embassy here it was
stated that there can be little doubt
now that the entire Balkans will be
involved in the war; Bulgaria and
Roumania, it is stated, must now de-
eide whether they will attempt to
continue an unpopular neutrality or
will seize the opportunity to once for
all end Turkey in Europe as a ma
ton.
The officials here believe that both
Roumania and Bulgaria will strike
against Turkey in the immediate
future.
The reports received here of the
Turkish activity are, for the present,
confined to the following:
Two destroyers, flying the Turkish
nag, Sneled the outer hafbOr at
Odessa, sinking a Russian merchant
steamer.
The Turkish cruiser Breslau, Sc
cured from Germany, appeared off
the entrance to the harbor of Theo-
dosia, Caucasia, and sent two officers
ashore to demand the surrender Of
the city. The Russian governor made
the two officers prisoners of war and
refused the demand. The Breslau
then bombarded the outer docks, do
ing considerable damage and killing
one soldier.
The Turkish cruiser Hamidieh APP
peared of NOvorossysk and imme-
diately afterward the Turkish con-
sui general there demanded that the
town surrender to the warship. He
was arrested and Immediately after
zyo ri fha mo &c hin Wit hdroTry
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

Mr.. and Mrs. e. b. Finch are mo
toring In the Catskill and Adirondack
mountains.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22
The Confessions of a Wife
Mary Finds That All Girls Are Not Born Housekeepers

What do you mean. Mary" asked.
- Jacks wife began to tell me that his
mother had hurt her feelings to such
an extent that she felt she could
not 60 to see her again.
What did she do?"
well. 1t wasn't so much what she
said to me-" walled Mary. "as the gen.
eral impression that she gave me Of
q wife Jack should have married. Mar
gle, don't you think have been good
wife to Jack?"
you, dear" ! said. as ! put my arm
about her.
Mary burst into tears. When she
could talk, she told me that she had
not seen Mother Waverly since Aunt
Mary came to be with me.
'She is such creature OF moods.
Margie. She can be the sweetest thing
you ever saw and the very next min
ute she acts as though she hated you.
When my baby was born, she was
lovely to me as long as l was at the
hospital, but when began to 10 70
housekeeping she told me that she
thought was very foolish. and don't
know but she was right.
Somehow, thought that the ability
to keep house was born in every wo-
man. thought of delightful dinners,
but never realized what dirty work 1t
was to prepare chicken properly for
those dinners. thought Of the CLEAN
OF white linen. the glisten Of glass
and the shining sheen OF silver, but
forgot the dirty, greasy pots and pans
must be washed.
IL am not complaining. Margie. l
am only trying to tell you that have
found out that housekeeping Is a bust
ness and I am afraid all women are
not lifted for II You see. i never in
all my life knew anything about keep
ing q house, and don't seem to learn
very quickly. forget and let the
water boil out Of the potatoes while
I am practicing new song. l guess
Mother Waverly Is right: I am not a
success as q wife. And yet, Margie,
I thing IL had not tried to keep
house and could have been dressed
and ready to go with Jack when he
wanted me II would have been much
better. Surely he could not have stay
ed away from a clearinghouse any
more than he has from his home.
you can't put all young married
people In the same category, Margie.
1--WE women seem to live by tradi-
ton. instead OF reason. We must do
thus and so because many other wo-
men have done thus and SO and found
Il expedient.
Yes, think Mother Waveriy was
right about me keeping house. but
now that am keeping house It seems
to me she might give me the benefit
OF her experience"
my dear Mary" said, "she doesn't
know any more about housekeeping
than you do" protested.
you know, Margie, that my mother
was q New England woman; she was
splendid cook, and have her cook
book Ever since / moved into my
apartment / have been wanting to
make some doughnuts like mother
used to make did IL this morning
and they we're just fine. I wanted to
bring you over some, Margie, but I
was ashamed to bring them to this
grand place. But did take some over
to Mother Waverly, and what do you
think she did? She took that poor
little plate of doughnuts, OF which /
was so proud. and looked II over rath-
er CONTEMPORARY, and then she
asked:
MARY. do you think you can AFFORD
TO make these cakes?"
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

Mrs. Theodore d. Bull Is entertain
Ing Q family party on her yacht. cruis-
ing In the Georgian bay.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22
SOCIAL and
PERSONAL

. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gerrie enter
tanned the members OF the Echo Glee
club. Saturday. In the Gerrie cottage,
In Fair Haven.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

Lynn Pratt, one of the versatile and
popular members of the Bonstelle COM
pany, now In the Garrick theater, for
the last several seasons. has had the
good fortune to play prominent parts
in Broadway productions, and to re-
main In New York-always the goal
of the actors dreams. Mr.. Pratt GRE
ated the role OF Baron Rothschild In
THE Five Frankforters," notable
Broadway success, and followed Joseph
Kilgour as Jackson Ives In the original
production of Ready Money"
Although young man. Mr.. Pratt,
who has been on the stage all his life.
had his early training In the COM
panies Of such well-known stage folk
as Ada Rehan, Nine. Modteska and
Rose Coghlan. AS member Of sew
eral high-class stock companies he
gained valuable experience in roper
toire. Mr.. Pratt's stage work has in
cluded everything from Shakespeare,
Ibsen and Sardou to juvenile roles In
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

william Van Alstyne. 20. Royal Oak
Grace Hill. 20. Detroit
David Lewis, FL: Olive Vim. ~
Frank Fjsher. So Canton. O.; Nellie
Twining. "a. Canton. Pa MN SO
Earl r. Dennis. ssi Lottie cummings
Joscrh ssokoiowski 2s. Jersey city
n. j.. Rose BahiclSa. re. same.
Edward Swlney. 81. cleveland. o.
Edna Fanon. 20. same.
Stanley Thomas, 26 Ann Arbori
Clarihell Arimtage, "a Highiond PARK
zczlnski. 22.
Henry Konser. %; Helen schietzes
George Bourquin, 81. Alice Borse. rs
Boyd. 81. same
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

"It was all I could do to keep the
tears back until got out of the house.
And. Margie. Jack would not touch
them-said he did not care for such
things.
"Oh. what will do. Margie? What
will do? just don't seem to be-
long"
It seems that plate Of doughnuts
can spoil more than good digestion
Ito Be Oontfnued)
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22
MARRIAGE LICENSES

John H. williams "a. Detroit; Ruay
Yeatman. 81. Ypsilanti. NJ
James Gibbons. IS: Lilly. Taylor. 10.
Robert Moyie. ss; Bessie MeAlpine.
Samuel Bernstein. %; Hannah Roza.
aronini Di conaso. IS: Marie Tavoz-
nj. Is
George Ewalt. "a. Detroit; olive
Black. 2s, Richmond, Mich
Travis Ewing, 80, Weston, o.; NIta
Gloyd. So. Detroit
milye IS.
>, Louis Jacques. az; Mary a. Reynolds.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

Ths new underskirts are quite wide
at the ham and A. the tunics are also
We are losing the tube line very
quickly, bracfng ourselves 1t would
seem for crinoline effects.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22
FASHION FADs

The broad hit girdie of crepe or
moirs In Roman stripes or other
bright color II gaining rather than
losing IN popularity.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

The experience Of recent wars shows
the head and the right arm a. the
most frequent lodging places Of pro-
jeottlss.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

advantages of larger and more COM
pletely appointed store and to extend
TO new customers every facility and
have been provided for more than
200 persons and more shoes will be
shown in the windows than In any
other shoe store in the city, more
than 1900 pairs being on display.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

Three varieties Of dogs never bark
The Australian dog. the Nyyptian
shepherd dog and the "lion-headsd.
dog Of Tibet.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

the sort of up-to-the-minute comedies
provided for May Irwin. In whose COM
pany he enjoyed q run of three
months last year In George N Cohan's
theater In New York.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

Ernest Reyhl. 20, pstroft; noc<
terry "a. fowi<rsiils.
Mark CIlboe. IS. Pontiss< =
uoodiock, 80, Detroit n III
wm: W, Eilts IS: Mary Bovoor,
Martin Becker, %. PnlnoovlIl6.
Joseph Aenard. ~: orpha Torr1
Gaylord Riddell. n. Defrol6< k
Hogan. %. Waco. Texas. $3.50
Otto Mueiler. %; Maris Lana. &
The largest settlement IN o.
land is Sydproyen, population -
Belgium maintains at the Dubl>D
pense horseshoeing schooL
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

Mr. and Mrs. n. +. MCINTOSH, VI
Cleveland. are the guests OF Mrs. Ed
win Hewitt Brown. Crosse Poipte.
Mrs. Brown will give a dinner Satur-
day evening for her guests.
%
The Industrial Pleasure club will
spend "wednesday. Aug. 26, with Mrs.
Brennan, Of Mt. Clemens. The club
members will take q basket lunch
and will take the 10 o'clock local car
from the interurban waiting rooms.
o.
The Evangelical Association Jc'nt
Young Peoples alliance will give a
moonlight, Friday evening. the boat
10 leave the Bates-st dock at $40
o'clock. The young people OF the
Evangelical association churches In
Pontiac and Dearborn will join the
Detroit young people in the excursion
Tn. marriage Of Miss Mae elizabeth
Hines. OF Roseburg. Ore, daughter OF
Louis w. Hines. formerly OF DetroN,
to william Randolph Hale. )r;, OF
Greenvills. 8. c.. took place Wednea,
day, In the home of friends, MI. -
Mrs. william A. McGregor, No. lO0
Sevard-ave. Mr.. and Mrs. Hale viii
make their home In Greenville.
rna marriage q Miss Elizabeth
Boynton, daughter OF the Rev. Nehe-
miah Boynton and Mrs. Boynton, OF
Brooklyn, N. ", formerly OF Detroit,
to william Weston Patton, was ceie-
brated Wednesday, Aug. 10. In the
Boynton summer home. "The Parsons
Paradise" Five Islands. Me. After
Oct 1. Mr.. and Mrs. Patton will be
at home ct No. S3 Pleasant-ave.. Lei
cester. Mass.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21
WHAT IS GOOD ADvERTlsINc7
Selling Arguments Arc Not Found In Name and Address of Nor
 chant.

There was time, away back in the beginning of advertising, when the seller who put into print vhare tho buyer could see it, his name. the nams of the commodity he dealt in. and tho address of his place of busineaa, was considered to have made qutte . splurge in the way of publicity. And there are mediums today. bidding and patronage of twentieth century adver- ttsers, whose physical limitations pre- clude them from doing much moro for the producer or distributor of mers chandise than his ancestor did for himself in printing on old-fAshiOned "card."
 You can't tell the news of a store or enforce upon the consumer the merits of a product with which he Is unfamiliar in 10 or 20 words. any more than you could present sell ing argument over the telephone If the period of communication were limited to a few seconds. Brevity- In moderation-is good thing in advertising; but the brevity imposed by the characteristics of some me diums is too apt to cut of the best selling talk before 1t begins.
 One of the many advantages of the newspaper as means of access to the ear of the buyer is that 1t secures tor the advertiser full hearing Rock Island Argus
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21
Zent Gossip

Crops are looking good now but the worms are living high on young corn.
 Wm. Smith attended ball game in Hardscrabble Saturday afternoon.
 Quite a crowd enjoyed them selves fishing on Bayou DeView Monday night.
 T. w. Smith, of Boughton. re- turned to his work Monday after a few days visit with his family here. He will sell his property here and move to Boughton some time in the near future.
 P. R. Anderson, our hustling post master, merchant and scientific farmer left Saturday for his vacation trip. He will be gone a month and travel about five thousand miles.
 Wm. Cook has considerable amount of business to look after at Zent these days. Look out Ted!
 Joe Coats and Alex Simpson are moving the right-of-way for the St. Louis Southwest Ky. at present.
 Can anyone explain why we have not had any work done on the roads in this end of the country? If they are not work ed before bad weather sets in it will be almost impossible to get an empty wagon over them in some places.
 There will be preaching Zent the first Sunday in Septem- Der. Everybody cordially invit- ed to attend, also Sunday School at 10 o'clock.
 R. E. Wilson and family, of Tip, returned home Tuesday afternoon after an extended visit with relatives here. They were accompanied by his sister. Miss Vera Wilson, of this place, who will spend few days visiting at Tip and Hilleman.
 Arthur Britton and Emmet Joshhlyn, from near Wheatley. were in this vicinity again Sum- day afternoon.
 Miss Hannah Cartman, who is employed at the Luhollis rice farm east of here, spent Satur- day night and Sunday with home folks here.
 ''U NO IT,"
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21
New Ruling By Attorney
 General.

A vacancy in the office of marshal of the city of the second class can be filled by the city council. according to an opinion by Attorney General Moose, handed down in answer to a letter from the mayor of Spring dale. The same official also ask ed what provision was made to fill a vacancy in the city council of a city of the second class. as is Springdale. Attorney General Moose stated that it would be necessary to hold a special election in the ward vacated. Notice of the election must be posted ten days before the o flee is elected.
 Both cases were unusual, no statutory provision being made that would apply to either case.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21
Hdvertisiing Oaks
REAL VALUE OF ADVERTISING
Former Doubters Convicted by the Large Fortunes Made by Per
 sistent Advertisers.

The number of merchants who will sit down and seriously argue that it does not pay to advertise is not half as great today as 1t was Ave years ago. The fortunes that have been accumulated by successful advertis- CTS. the direct response of the buying public to 1udicious publicity, are such apparent facts as to have convinced a large share of the former doubters. But occasionally there is a merchant who gets 1t into his head that there Is some method of getting at the pub lic through some means other than newspaper space.
 There Is some serious objection to every such method. Bill board ad- vertisfng runs up against the grow ing hostility to the disngurt~g of nature and our public streets. Many people are resolving not to patJonize houses guilty of this disAguring form of advertising. Furthermore, there is no chance to quote prices and de- scribe goods in this advertising in any rational way. There Is no logic in the bill board.
 The latter point applies to program advertising. It Is not advertising, merely a mental jolt It does nothing to convince the reader that you have bargains, and hand bill advertising always looks cheap. It Is the news paper only that presents business news in form acceptable to the peo- pie. The merchant who advertises in a newspaper of larger circulation saves half the cost and doubles the re- sults.-Champaign (Ill) Gazette.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21
Cannot ae Too specific.

Sometimes an absurdly simple omission will cripple the effectiveness of an advertisement.
 As the proprietor of certain fam ous household article said the other day. "all advertisements should Dc toolproof."
 This explosive remark was caused by a telephone call at his office. ask ing where one could buy" his article. in the face of the fact that the com pany is just finishing the third month of a publicity campaign in New York. which is said to be costing from $6.- 900 to &7.000 a month.
 From now on all ads will say "at drug and grocery stores" though such a line is usually considered waste Of +space by many advertisement writer's. -MAlin Messenger.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21
Brinkley Man Drives To
 Hot Springs in Auto

Elmo Chaney, the busy busi- ness man who saved his life by getting a Ford car a few weeks ago. realized for the first time some of the real pleasures and delights and ups and downs. of cross country driving this week. On Sunday morning bright and early MT. Clancy with his wife and baby and Mir. and Mrs. Robt. Hurst started for Hot Springs. The run to Clarendon was done in about an hour and crossing into White River bottom Mir. Clancy got a touch of real auto high life.' The sea of mud failed to reveal the cross ties, snags. etc, which have been the undoing of so many tourist in that bottom and it was quite late in the afternoon before they reached Roe on the edge of tn e prairie and started north again. Carlisle was reached at s o'clock and they tied there for the night. Leaving there about 8 o'clock Monday morning they reached Little Rock at about ll:20 o'clock and after dinner started for Hot Springs. The run to Hot Springs was without incident except a two hours delay by a heavy rain just as the red clay hills of Saline county were reached.
 Mr. Chaney, it will be remem- bered is one of the Brinkley Sewerage Commissioners, and as such has come to know some of the real delights of ease and peace @ in over coming the obstacles. undergoing hardships, sweating blood, etc. and there fore he was prepared for at least a portion of his touch of high life of auto touring over Monroe county roads.
 Mir. Chaney left the. party in Hot Springs and returned by Rock Island train Tuesday after noon.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21
P0PtPlUsx DEAD
The Great Roman Catho- lie Head Passes Away
 Thursday Morning

Pope Plus X, head of the Roman Catholic Church died Thursday morning at 10 o'clock from bronchial trouble superin- duced by the worry and grief over the horrible European war.
 His successor will be elected within ten days from his death. The fact that of the warning nations of Europe 10000, GOO of them belong to the Roman church and no. QOO, 900 more be- longed to the Greek church of wilica last named body the Czar of Russia is the head. brought mighty source of worry and trouble to the great Roman, Church head, and is said to nave really caused his death.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21
Dare--Thonas

Mrs. lone Sapp- Dare. of this city, but who has been in Clar. endon for some time. and MT. Albert Thomas, of Clarendon, were married Sunday evening at the home of the brides grand. parents. Mr. and Mrs. I. Sapp, of this city, Rev. T. J. Brickell officiating.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas will make their home in Clarendon.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21

Last issue the ARGUS promised that it would present in this weeks issue the likeness of one of the prettiest babies that it had ever published. The ARGUS man realized the danger" of this promise for there are about 200 of the PRETTIEST babies ever born living right here in Brink ley and each one of the mothers of these babies very rightly be- lieve they have the prettiest. The newspaper man saw this photo and had the engraving
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21
Arkansas Banks in Fine
 Shape

According to Arkansas State Bank Commissioner, John M. Davis, the banks of Arkansas are in fine shape at this time. Commissioner Davis and his trained and expert examiners have been working night and day in conducting examinations of the banks of Arkansas during the past six or seven months and with the rigid system they have of going in on the banks at any day and any time and taking full charge of things. they are able to KNOW the real conditions and workings in a bank. One of the most expert examiners of the corps made the examinations of the Brinkley banks and with both of the institutions high compliments were paid the officers in charge for the clear. safe business like way both of these institutions are conducted.
 The Bank Commissioner re- ports that a reserve far in excess of that required by law is carried by the Arkansas banks.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21
Contests At The School
 Fair

Has your school selected it's contestants to represent it at the School Fair this fall at Clar- endon? Your school may not be able to take part in all of the contests but surely there is some thing which your school can do better than some other school. Let us select our contestants in plenty of time and let us try to be represented in as many events as possible.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21
A Good Bargain

An 80 acre tract of land south of Brinkley. Has once been in cultivation. ground is well sodded with Lespadeza, fine place for cattle and hogs. Will sell at bargain and on time pay ments. Write or call for X, care If ARGUS. Brinkley. Ark.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21

made before he knew whose baby it was. It is one of those pretty, talking. life-like photos and shows the idol of both grand ma Mitchell and grandma Wade as he is waiting in joyous ex- pectancy for the little bird" in the camera that never flies.
 We have another beautiful baby picture on the ARGUS Camera list" which will appear soon. In the mean time a photo of one of Brinkley's sweetest young ladies will appear next week. Guess who?
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21
Where the earoaIns Ara.

The way the yard sticks Tattled. hardware jingled and our merchants and clerks moved about the past Week indicated lively trade for our business men: and the people were evidently delighted in the bargains they had picked up and the profits they had thereby saved; the general verdict is that those who advertise have the bargains to deliver.-Middle- 0eld (OD Independent.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21
The First Sweet Potatoes


 The first sweet potatoes on the Brinkley market came this week and were brought. in by J. H. Miley. the sweet potato man, of Keevil township. MT. Miley has in IT acres of sweet potatoes this year and is expecting a fine yield.
 The ARGUS family was remem- bered most kindly by friend Miley out of the first fruits of his vines' and the newspaper man appreciates this kind re- membrance to the very fullest extent.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21
Hunter News

R. Baldwin left Wednesday Elm Hall, Mich.. where he sal visit friends and relatives.
 U n Penrose is in Memphis bis week on business.
 " T. Howard has secured a os;tion at Fisher, Ark.
 E Kcrnbaum went to Heber ,r;nos Wednesday to attend an d soldiers reunion to be held here.
 Mrs. Wm. Penrose and Miss ,arrie Fincher accompanied Mir. nd Mrs. G. A. Penrose to their |ome at Heber Springs
 Messrs. Morris and Broadhurst f. Kentucky, are visiting friends ere.
 Ezra Gossage was a visitor in Aeher Springs the latter part of his week.
 l. M. Patterson is visiting his ather, T. H. Patterson.
 l. W. Burns was in Stuttgart tuesday.
 T. R. Grady, agent and opera br at Fargo. paid our town 3 nef visit Tuesday evening.
 MT. and Mrs. w. G. Fry and amily. of Cotton Plant. were he guests of Mrs. J. c. Mitchell )unday.
 W. T. Freeman and family were isitors in Brinkley Tuesday.
 Is. c. Hunt, deputy sheriff, hptured Roy Cook at Fargo Ionday morning. Cook was harged with the crime of 0b- bining money under false pre- ences, also with escaping while nder bond. He was fined ten ollars, costs and ten days in jail. 1 Mrs. I. J. Birmingham and laughter. Della. have returned rom Illinois. Mark Mushrush, president of he Mushrush Lumber Co., re- |urned from the North Saturday. W. L. Freeman, one of our lopular merchants, contemplates |ttending the Retail Merchants Association in Memphis this Feek.
 Jos. w. Halpin is visiting friends at Georgetown. George H. Poston made a fly- hg trip to Memphis Monday light.
 Mrs. Johnson, Matron of the Eastern Star, was the guest of Hrs. J. w. Burns last week. Mrs. Jno. Taylor. of cCrory. Pas the guest of Mrs. w. H. losenbaum Tuesday. MT. and Mrs. Jas. Oliphant Vere oyer from Cotton Plant Rst week.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-08-21
Hsve Pullinn Power.

Some merchants in nearby towns can, with very sober faceA gay that advertising don't pay, and in the same breath lament the fact that merchants of other towns are draw ing trade away--direct admitfance that those same merchant's advcrtiser ments have pulling power-P PMrye burg (O.) Journal