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Charlevoix county herald., 1914-04-11
SHORT STATE
s T o K lie S

DeChtTNIle-N ME heN. w. II. All
man was preaching at his church.
three miles from Deckersville, mem
bers of his congregation saw him
stagger backward, then fall. He was
dead when members of his flock
reached his side. Heart disease was
given as the cause. Rev. Altman was
65 years old. Surviving him are the
widow, two sons and daughter. One
son is a student in the University of
Michigan.
Lapeer-Mrs. Belle Bennett fell
down stairs and broke both arms, col
lar bone, strained one ankle and sus-
tanned severe cash in her hand She
is 60 years old and her condition is
regarded as serious.
Kalamazoo-The last of series of
lectures under the auspices of tho
Holy Name society was delivered in
the Armory last Sunday night by Sir
James j. Walsh of Fordham college,
New York, on Healthy Minds in
Healthy Bodies" "A healthy mind is
necessary to healthy body" said he.
Saginaw-Agnes Matzke, II years
old, cripple for four years with in
fantile paralysis, was operated on in
Ann Arbor last Saturday, and doctors
say she will be able to walk in six
weeks.
Saginaw-Frank Adsit, former
army recruiting officer, who re-en-
listed in Saginaw, January %, was
arrested in his home on a charge of
deserving the coast artillery i'm Co
lumbus, February %. Officers found
him under bed.
Flint-James Dunn and Harry
Cross came back from Saginaw with
suitcase. Two officers followed and
arrested them. The suitcase was filled
with bottled whisky. They were ar
rested as local option law violators.
Detroit-It was estimated that
more than 250,00O Detroit residents
participated in eco to Church Sun
day" last Sunday. Overflow meetings
at many churches were necessary.
Ann Arbor-The students council of
the University of Michigan has de-
cided>to cut the size of that body from
20 members to IA. 1t is believed that
the body has been too large to accom-
plish what was intended. At the time
of the riot at the Whitney theater a
year ago the council was criticised for
not having provided means for pre-
venting it.
Fenton-Two hours before her hus-
bands funeral, Mrs. Walter Buck died
at her home few miles out. Two
weeks ago Mr.. Buck was stricken by
pneumonia, and his wife contracted
the disease few days later. He was
90 and she 70.
Charlotte Owing 70 the blunder of
the school board in Incorporating the
word repair on the call for the recent
special election, when it was the cleo
ton is illegal and must be voted to
bond the district for $35,OOO held
again.
Petoskey-Severe burns on face
and throat, which may impair the
sight of both eyes, were sustained by
Mrs. Louis Priebe when a bucket i'm
which she was boiling potatoes ex-
ploded.
st. Louis-John Smith, a meat cut
ter, is dead here as the result, officials
believe, of drinking homemade"
liquor. Smith formerly lived in Grand
Ledge. County officers are investi-
eating.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-04-11
Number of Animals Slau=
entered Under Federal
inspection In January

Washington, d. Give hundred
eighty-five thousand one hundred
sixty-four cattle; 122,486 calves; l.
296,625 sheep; 3,11S goats and 3,4S9,
384 hogs were slaughtered under fed
eral inspection during January last.
There were slaughtered in Chicago
houses 134,1 cattle; 1,470 calves;
392, $3.50 sheep; 211 goats and 619,550
swine; in Kansas City houses, 71,S19
cattle; 1897 calves; 144,002 sheep;
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-04-11

1,944 goats and 2l5,549 swine; in Ma
tional Stock Yards, EAST st. Louis,
27,107 cattle; 1929 calves; 48,016
sheep; sc goats and 130,079 swine; in
South Omaha, 1882 cattle; 1888
calves; 1886 sheep; goats and
219,942 swine; in South st. Joseph,
1925 cattle; 1880 calves; 68,097
sheep; II goats and 169,597 swine,
and at all other establishments, 1885,
089 cattle; 1892 calves; 472,438
sheep; $50 goats and 2,134,667 swine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20

Every year every retailer carries over
a considerable quantity of Christmas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20

watches over the eggs, while day and
night the gander weaves in all directions
on water and on land his trails of watch
fulness. Neither man nor beast may ap-
proach without being fercely and sue
cessfuIly assailed. buffeted and routed BY
relentless attack with beak and wings.
This guardianship is trebled when the new
generation, helpless and dependent. voices
its first need for protection from the
perils which encompass and beset 1t. H.
perchance, the small family elects to re-
main on the shore, the parents will circle
round and round the group Of golden
goslings; and if danger threatens from
any one direction. the gander. by some
miracle of strategy, will succeed in piac.
ing himself at the one vulnerable point
OF his INFRINGEMENT. His loyalty. astute-
ness and unselfishness are not to be round
in those unobservant folk who have pre-
sumed to SANDER him. In swimming, the
strictest discipline is maintained. The
young form in single file, following the
mother, while the gander brings up the
rear, with eyes constantly sweeping the
whole range of vision. His vigil Is cease.
less and untiring. Such is the life OF
these two birds who are mated in more
than sex; and when death comes to one
or the other of them. we know tnat,
many times, the one who remains Will
seek no other mate, but will return each
spring to the site Of his former nest.
which he will never renew again.
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beaten an aristocrat on the aristocrat'
own ground!

beaten an aristocrat on the aristocrat's
own ground!
It is a situation that has been used
from time immemorial for the construc-
tion Of melodrama. The scion Of the
house Of We're de We're cringes and quails
before the brawny arm and the simple
virtue OF a son Of Hodge, the blacksmith.
Kind hearts are more than coronets.
sang the bourgeois poet to his eager mid
dle-class reader. land simple faith than
Norman blood And SO they are and
ever will be.
The eugenist, however, has a word to
say about Norman blood. He is sci
enlist and he believes that blood will tell,
whether in a Norman knight or a Nor
man horse. He knows that horses may
be bred for speed, sheep for wool. gladi-
ators for muscle. What the eugenist does
NOT know is that brains exist in mongrels.
ANY animal trainer will tell him that his
intelligent trick dog is Of uncertain an
cestry; that the thoroughbred may win
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20
Why Popcorn Pops.
ON the Springfield Republican.

TOM tne sFfIngHtIu NtI'uuIFHu.
Why popcorn pops is not fully UNDER
stood, says a recent bulletin OF the
Agricultural Department Formerly Il
was supposed that the popping result
ed from the expansion of oil in the
kernel on being heated. but more prob
ably it is due to the expansion of
moisture contained in the starch cells.
This moisture expands. when heated,
with sufficient force to cause an explo-
sion of the cells and the kernel turns
completely inside out. enveloping the
embryo and hull. Probably the ex-
pansion OF the air within the seed coat
also plays some part in the process
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20
How the War Affects Us.
XXVIII.-As to Santa Claus.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

Js Santa Claus marooned in the war
zone Worrying about Santa Claus and
his annual visit is usually confined to the
younger element of the population in the
few weeks Immediately preceding Christ
mas. This summer some very hard
headed and unimaginative business men
Of full-grown years are doing the worry
ing.
When the war cloud burst the toy trade
was panic-stricken. Our toys are sup
posed to come mostly from Germany !;
mostly, in fact, from Nuremberg and its
vicinity. Ordinarily. the American sup
ply is purchased early in the spring,
to be shipped in August and Septem-
Der. Arriving in the Atlantic ports IN
September, the toys are distributed TO
the wholesale centers. so as to make
deliveries to the retailers in Novemo Der
The war coming at the first OF August
found only one ship1oad Of German toys
ON this side of the water. Ihere was
manic in the trade. and conditions are
still so unsettled that it is difficult to
assess their ultimate erect Ohe ldfss
wholesale novelty house in St LOUIS nao
the wit to make late fall purchase IN
obtained at bargain prices and were
shipped over in the spring. rms concern,
which sells holiday goods TO the sInaile.
cities and towns in the middle west ana
southwest, found itself highly adVantageu
nv the unexpected situation Several Dig
department stores offered to take over the
entire stock at 25 per cent nat increase
of profit, but the house turned down the
tempting offer and is continuing to sup
ply it's regular trade
x x
But there were other surprises. We
Americans suddenly discovered that
Santa Claus Buys Santa Claus nus
only half of his
UoO0S at dOme. pack in Germany
and that the other
half of his wonderful store is made
right here at home. Last year the en-
tire importation of toys from Germany
was valued at sS,S6O.000. The facto-
ries of the United States in the same
year produced toys worth $S,3O0.0OO.
The American playthings are more ex-
pensive and more durable, including
such things as practicable velocipedes,
sleds, etc. If we eliminate these and
confine the American output to real
toys, such as are brought in from Ger
many, the American factories produce
not much more than 100000 worth.
The biggest toy factory in the
United States, located at Winchendon,
Mass. gave orders for the enlarge
ment of it's capacity on the very day
war was declared. Large additions are
being built, extra shifts of men are
employed and everything possible is
being done to augment the native sup
ply of playthings.
Some things will be absent. The eX-
tremely cheap mechanical toys, the
little tin horses that sell for and 10
cents apiece, cannot be made in the
United States under American wage
scales. Machinery has solved the prob
lem with respect to wooden playthings.
and Massachusetts, is now turning out
hundreds of Noah's arks with their
wooden animal compliments. Building
blocks and alphabet blocks are COM
paratively new products now being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20

Mrs Marie Longfellow German. on
Kilbourne street
The next meeting of the chapter will
be held at the home of Mrs. Julie Tebbs
Luckett the third Tuesday in October.
wOMEN'S CLUB.
The second regular meeting of the
Petworth Women's Club was held Mon
day evening at the home of Mrs. Of.
w Baxter, 500 Taylor street. There
was a large attendance. The names of
twenty three new members were favor
ably acted upon. A paper on Libby
Park was read by Mrs Horace ".
Bisbee, and Mrs. John McMechan sang.
The president of the club. Mrs. Nor
man N Hill. announced the names of
the following to head committees who
will complete the membership of the
committees during the month: Mrs. S.
w. Norton, art and music. Mrs. Grace
Knox, literature. Mrs. F. w. Ba ter,
education; Mrs. Vernon II. Whitman.
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The Unpedigreed Victor.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
At North Randall field Of blue-blooded
trotting horses was beaten by rank out
slider with no pride Of ancestry. This is
the sort Of thing that arouses enthusiasm
in the hearts of romancers and confusion
in the minds Of breeders. A plebeian has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20
The Wild Goose Life,
From the Atlantic Monthly.

T folI1 t1e AtIdntIc monthly.
We know nothing of the courtship of
the wild goose. but we feel. assured that
1t must be seemly and worthy affair,
Once mated, there is no further need for
vows and protestations, for the birds
mate for life. Together, they unite in
building the nest, but the goose alone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20

prizes at q bench show. but the little
"fyste'' is the intelligent member Of his
troupe One has not yet bred genius.
Peasants who cannot read or write
marry and their son is q Shakespeare.
Royalty weds royalty. and their offspring
may be a gibbering idiot who plays at
soldiers in q castle that is an asylum
There is no rule. as yet, for these things.
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situation calmly.
X
X \
Every year every retailer carries over
a considerable quantity of Christmas
goods which are
Leftover Stock unsold. The next
-u u.-, year he buys a
VIII DC otiAAzeo. new stock, and
out of force Of habit gives better dis
play to the new wares. This means that
some old toys are carried over from
year to year until finally they must
be given away or "junked.'
This year, when new toys will be hard
to get even at high prices, many a hold
over stock will be Furnished up and set
out with every pomp and circumstance
of attractiveness. It will not be neces-
sary to cut the prices because the toys
are held over. and New Year day prob
ably will see the country's stock of
holiday goods at a lower ebb than it
has been In many, many years.
1t is apparent, however, that Santa
Claus will be able to furnish US at
Christmas even if every ship that sails
the seas should sink.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20

philanthropy. and Mrs. E. c. crisweIi.
civic work
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Christmas, the dealers are taking the
situation calmly.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-13
STOCKTON STREET
WELCOMES PASTOR
REV. III. r.. JORDAN IMPRESsEs CON.
IRRIGATION WITH
NJ
SERMONS.
EASTER MUSIC HEARD
SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN GIVE
DEMONSTRATION OF NILSSON
WORK IN FOREIGN
LANDS.
EASTER MUSIC HEARD

A large congregation at Stockton
Sstreet Baptist church yesterday heard
the Easter music and. for the first
time. Rev. II. B. Jordan, the new pass
tor.
The day was begun with q specially
arranged program by the Sunday
school which met at $50 for a dem-
onstration of missionary work In for-
eign countries. Twelve OF the young
girls were dressed for the OCCASION.
some of them wearing white material
to illustrate enlightened countries. and
others In dark material representing
heather nations Each of those dressed
In dark material bore an unlighted
candle and during the exercises these
candles were lighted by those dressed
in white.
At the morning service at II o'clock
the new pastor had as his subject The
Value of the Resurrection" He made
a deep Impression upon his congregn-
ton.
The evening service at O'Clock also
found a large audience present TO hear
Mr.. Jordan and to enjoy the delightful
program given by the choir. Mr.. Jor-
/ dan had as his subject at this service.
The First Christian Revival and he
again pleased those present with his
good address and manner OF delivery.
The choir sang several popular hymns.
one or two solos being rendered by Its
members.
i Mr. Jordan comes to Stockton Street
Baptist church from Mt. Lake, Nd.
where he served as pastor for about
eighteen months. He received his edu-s
cation through the public schools OF
Baltimore and his work preparatory
/ to attending the Grocer Theological
seminary through a private course ex-8
tending through three years, graduate
/ ing from the seminary with the class of
1s12.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-13

never have been imagined: they just
happened.
Since the innovation of the tango,
the slit and the harem skirt the ad-
vertisement given this article OF wom-
ans raiment has made it one of tho
most conspicuous portions of her
dress. and any reputation for attract
ing notice which il may have gained
WAS not entirely lost by the skirts
displayed yesterday in the Easter pa
rade... They were all there; bounced.
oesashed. slashed. ballooned. peg
shaped and Just plain tucked crea-
tions OF the chnging or haggy va
riety.
Distortion of Rules.
AS was with the skirts. every kind
Of material and every shade of color
was used in the manufacture or the
waists, And those waists. Such a
distortion of all rules for the blend
ing of color and the use of miscella-
neous goods. Low necks and high
necks, throats of insertion and gauzy
nothiugness reinforced by stripes and
spots and blotches of vivid hue pro-
duced by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and flu
turists in their most daring moments
were there. That's what the waists
were made of and they were dis
played to the best advantage by the
variegated coats.
Sometimes there might be recog-
nized in the coats which accompanied
the skirts OF the fair paraders small
dash of material which resembled the
material used in the last named ar
ticie; but these occasions were rare,
the great majority of them being APP
parently constructed of an entirely
new set OF goods and colors. They
were for the most part loose, gath
cred back at the neck and support
ing collars which reared themselves
toward the top of the hair in a man
ner hardening back to the days OF
Queen Isabelle. Navy or Labrador
blue and black seemed to be the basic
colors. with pencil lines running
through a great many of the various
coats
Invisible wells with a single black
spot were frequently seen, and but
few women appeared without the
long-armed gloves Of either kid or
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-13

silk and the tango slippers. Many
of the latter were ornamented with
large buckles or bright stones.
1t would be almost as impossible TO
speak of general kind Of hat as 1t
would be to name a predominating
color which appeared In the parade.
for every idea possible to milliner
appeared to have been given fuli
sway and to have romped away with
the originator before the hat was
completed. There were a number of
the clam-sheil shaped bonnets. how
ever, and also a number of the high
hats with large flowing feathers. In
nearly every case the hat was orna-
mented with flowers, fruit or ribbons
Of conspicuous shade.
And the Men, Too.
No. the women did not form the
entire parade by any means, for there
were a great many fashionably dress
ed men in the throng. Regulation
afternoon dress Of black coats, light
trousers and high hats were frequent
" seen. but the Easter fancies of
most of the men. especially the young
er set. seemed to wander to English
designs of the broad checked variety.
The new four-cornered felt hats were
also often apparent. while scarcely
a male dared appear without the now
necessary cane.
Freaks of the parade were hume
rous but there were several when
attracted the attention of even the
most daring of the fashion followers.
dusk belle of old Jackson ward
flounced down the right side of Broad
street late in the afternoon attired in
the latest blending Of the tango-slit-
harem skirt, and for a time was the
stellar attraction. Several lurid crests
bordering closely 10 those exhibited
in the shop windows appeared. and
they. too. received undivided attention
for time.
Late in the afternoon the walks
were still crowded with the throngs'
while hundreds had formed automo-
bile parties and were watching the
Easter show as they breezed through
the streets III was not until dusk had
fallen and the time for making the
final display at the evening church
services had approached that the pa
rade dissolved and the paraders re-
turned to their homes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-13


their place underneath instead ~ on
top, featured.
Another style had net. stiff fine IKE
sprouts OF net along the outer euge
Of the crown Many severely TRIMMED
panamas appeared.
The men also made a bid for atten-
ton by going to the extremes IN FORM
fitting togas. straw and high crowned
soft hats with loud bands.
Boardwalk restaurants were c"m-
PEELED 10 station special officers al
their doors to handle the throngs VINO
sought tables. The cafes had no such
luck. The only wet spots were the
fountains Liquor was on sale. now
ever. for at least an hour after MID
night, but the cafe men refused 70
take a chance with stiff penalties Tor
selling durirg the day.
The shoreward humanity did no'
cease until O'Clock this afternoon
when final excursions arrived. The
exodus tonight is being weel taken
care of by the railroads, which are
running special trains in addition 10
the regular schedule. No serious &C
Ctdents occurred. The New York dele
CATION on the Boardwalk was large. A
big proportion remained for Monday
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-13
COL. ARCHER DIES,
ILL ONLY A WEEK
ONE OF CITY'S MOST PROMINENT
MEN-FOUGHT IN COSFED-
ERaTE ARMY.

Colonel Alexander W Archer. one
Of the best known residents of the
city, died Saturday afternoon after
an illness Of a week, due to a general
breakdown and infirmities of age.
Few men were better known in
Richmond than Colonel Archer, and
there was not in the Army of North
ern Virginia Drawer soldier than
he.
When the War Between the States
came. Colonel Archer. then young
man, was living in New York. hold
ing "A lucrative position. When there
was a call for men TO defend the State
Of his birth, he lost no time in sur
rendering hts position and coming to
this State. going TO his native city
of Petersburg. where he enlisted in
Company y. Twelfth Virginia Regi-
ment, Mahone's Brigade. He follow
ed the fortunes Of the Confederacy
from that date till the surrender at
AppomattoX.
After the war he came to this city,
engaging In business as hookkeep
or He later entered the employ OF
the Talbot Foundry and Machine
company. remaining with that con
Germ until II retired from business,
He married Miss Ella Talbot. daugh-
ter OF the late 1ndTleS idiDptt, anu
she, with one daughter. Mrs. Adele
Small, survives him
Twice Colonel Archer was called
on to preside over Lee camp, discharg
ing that duty with the faithfulness
and direct integrity that marked his
entire life. He was a member OF
Temple lodge. No. 9. Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons and was one
OF the thirty-second degree Masons
Of the State He was a Templar and
a Shriner. For years he was master
of his lodge. and later was Its efii-
cient secretary.
The funeral will take place this aft
ernoon at 3 O'Clock, and intermen'
will be in Hollywood cemetery.
Colonel Archer was delightful
companion, a loyal friend a good
neighbor and a quiet and unosten-
tatfous man He was we'll educated
hard student and had as wide =
circle OF friends as any man could
boast. He was charitable, broad
minded. courteous and considerate
and was q splendid type of the Vir-
ginia gentleman.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-13
FARMERS UNION
HAS BUSY MEETING
At SECRET SESSION GAiENANSh
oMMTTEE ISIS AP.
POINTED.

PETERSBURG. VA, April IA reg
,,far session of the Southside union
of the Farmers Education and coop
.,aftve Union of America Was held IN
red Mems hail yesterday with stats
Organizer n j. Barnett In the ehair-
owing to the very busy season inc q.
tDnaanr. in the morning wss small
-. ,haY. vas "A large crowd present
-, 4n. afternoon and great deal OF
i,,nnrtant business was transacted.
grievance committee. composed OK
three members. one each from fflpes
George. DinNiddie and Chesierfetd
counties. was appointed, after wnich
.he meeting adjourned to meet again
an the second Saturday in May