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The Detroit times., 1914-12-29

Fun Heaps o. fun "a regular fun
fest is the new feather game
II you are so and sort OF settled
down" get feather Blow II. chase
IT, keep IL going, run It down II you
can, keep ALLOWING, make your
chimney smoke" until there's not
wfin OF bad air in your lungs. When
the games over youn feel like
frolicsome kitten or playful baby
and your cares will be floating away
In the wake OF feather.
IL you are sweet l6" "cbase The
feather is the game for you. It's
raster than the tango, Just as Jolly
and II spells health as well as fun.
No matter who you are. how you
are or where you are. the feather
games the game for you. It's light
hearted, light-footed and frisky and
every one wants to be |. h., |. (. and I.
III us speed you like, there's no speed
limit to the feather chasing game.
you can blow your goose feather or
turkey feather just as hard "a YOU
like. the harder you blow the better
IL VIII De Tor your lungs, the MIN
pier your be on your feet, the keener
you'll be In your thought dome.
H-you wanl 70 side-sIep the doc
tors, cheat the insane asylums ana
the rest curse. grab OF q feather. blow
IL, chase IT, get your friends to Join
In the chase, pun out your cheeks
unul wrinkles turn to dimples, hop
and skip and bend and dip until your
muscles are timber as elastic.
The feather game is new. but it's
spreading fast and far. They're play.
Ing II all over the country. Business
men are chasing the feather at lunch
hour In the gym; children are dancing
around the school yards blowing at
the elusive dab OF down; doctors are
telling their women patients TO play
the feather game for health and beau.
ty.
The stunt is TO toss a feather In the
air, and then keep 1t there by blow.
ing. III you get roomful OF guests
doing II, each with his own feather,
the fun is fast and furious, and the
danger to furniture and bric-a- brac
adds excitement to the sport.
Color the feathers, so each con-
testant can distinguish his own, and
then OFFER a prize to the person who
keeps his feather longest in the air.
The game is great for everybody
from three-year-old TO grandma.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29
SAyORY SOUPS FOR
COLD WEATHER

Veal Soup-Put pounds of neck
OF veal over the fire in pan with 3
quarts OF cold water. Bring to boil
ing point slowly and simmer for 3
hours.
Add l carrot, chopped fine, / me.
dium-sized onion (minced). table
spoon OF minced parsley and l-2 cup
OF chopped ham. Let this boil slowly
for an hour.
Strain and wash the vegetables
through the strainer. Add ] cup OF
cream and serve very hot.
Mutton Soup-Cut l pound OF NUT
ton, cut from the neck, into small
pieces and put over fire In saucepan
with 2 quarts OF cold water. Simmer
for hours.
One hour before serving add 2 me-
dium-sized potatoes (sliced), 2 onions
Csize OF egg, sliced, salt to taste and
red pepper corn. Boil one-half
hour. Then add 2 tablespoons OF rice
and boil 30 minutes. Serve with all
the vegetables
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29
TO JOIN JOBLESS MAN
AND MANLESS JOB

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-A municipal
employment burear"to bring the job
less man and the manless job face to
face Is one OF the recommendation
which will he urged upon the city
council tonight. when the municipal
markets commission will start its real
fight for municipal insurance against
unemplcy
The markets commission will urge
that permits &c sell newspapers on
street corners be granted only to
manned and crippled persons who
could find no other means OF employ
ment Reorganization of the state
employment agencies and the appoint.
ment of ten prominent business men
and ten labor men to study the prob.
lem of unemployment also will be
urged Reduction of peddlers' licenses.
the markets commission believe.
would AFFORD employment to many now
out OF work.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29

Three-StOry Structure Will Re-
place Present Home on
Michigan-ave.
WORK OF TEARING DOWN
TO COMMENCE JAN. IL
Planned to Have Place Ready
For Occupancy Within
Ninety Days

In preparation for a rebuilding sale
OF all the merchandise In the store OF
the F. G. Clayton Co., Michigan-ave
and Shelby-st., the store was closed
Monday, TO permit the clerks to ticket
all goods with the reduction price
tags. Business will be resumed Tues
day morning. when will be inaugural
ed one OF the greatest price-reducing
sales In the history of the city, In
mems wearables.
The Clayton firm has decided to re-
build on its present site, and the build
Ing must be turned over to the con
tractors Saturday night, Jan. 8, SO that
work may be started early Monday
morning, Jan. III.
For more than generation the
Clayton firm has been doing business
on the corner of Michigan-ave. and
Shelby-st,, and the grandfsthers OF
the present grown-up generation pur-
chased their clothes In the store. The
site Is an historic one, and is closely
connected with the early history OF
Detroit, having been used as part OF
the military post which figured in the
early days of the city. When Mr.. Clay
ton first took over the building II
housed l6 tenants, the space occupied
by whom, one by one, was secured by
Mr.. Clayton. until he finally acquired
178 feet frontage The building now
standing has two stories and a base
ment II will be replaced by one OF
three stories and a basement, with
foundations built to permit OF as many
stories as desired being added to the
building In the years to come.
The new structure will be of white
glazed brick and will have every mod
ern convenience and equipment neces-
sary to an up-todate mems clothing
and furnishings shop. In order to
have an new merchandise for the
new store, the sale OF the present
stock, which begins Tuesday. was
planned. The new store is 10 be ready
about April Is.
I'VE have talked about erecting a
new building for several years, but
always seemed too busy to carry out
the project" said Mr.. Clayton. Our
business has grown so large, how
ever, that our quarters were made
quate to take care of It, so we finally
had 10 make up our minds to erect a
new and much larger building
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29
The Confessions of a Wife
The Last Sad Rites

Well, it's all over and Dad has been
laid away in his last resting place.
h | have never been to many funerals,
but every one go to makes me feel
more and more that the disposing OF
bodies after life has fed should be
attended to in the same expert and
private manner which modern science
DEGREES for birth.
Why SHOT, the ceremonies over
the dead be attended with song? or
all expressions of JOY in the world
singing to me, seems the most joyous
and | object to having my grief over
burdened heart farther narrowed by
some emotional reference in song TO
a parting-the knowledge of which
has brought it to the breaking point.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29
YOUNG DOPE FIEND
GETS 60-DAY SENTENCE

Arthur Norton, % years old, was
sent to the workhouse for 60 days. by
Justice Stein, Monday, in default OF a
$50 fine, and Pontiac grocers may rest
easy.
The police say that Arthur is co,
caine fiend, and that while under the
influence OF the drug, he invited sew
eral young men TO join him in an ex-
cursion to Pontiac, where they would
rob few grocery stores, and return
to Detroit.
Some Of the other youths told the
police about IL. and Arthur was ar
rested as disorderly person.
He was given the 60-day sentence to
get the dope" out of his system.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29
ASK As Many Boys to Your Room
As You Wdnt---BW Ask Girls TOO~
da McGlone Gibson Popular One Whose Friends
Criticize Her.

troit, and believe | am in a position
where / can see the results. | am a
young man. unmarried, % years old.
and | am tremendously In love with a
girl who is a stenographer, and she
is in boarding house. | have asked
her II ] might visit at her room a
great many times. and | never could
help but admire her when she most
emphatically refused. She has a most
persuasive argument to offer against
II every time | suggest 1t. wish |
had more time and room TO tell you
what | think 4 COP.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29
SOME COSMETICS
EXEMPT FROM TAX

Collector James j. Brady has re-
eeiyed a new decision from the in
ternai revenue department that ex-
empts shampoos, soaps, shaving pow
ders, pastes and creams from taxation
under the emergency revenue law, ex-
cept where claims are made as TO the
restorative qualities and cosmetic vir-
tues. The collector warns manufac-
turers and dealers in these articles
that they cannot escape taxation by
hastily changing the advertising and
literature concerning these articles.
II Is also held that policy loans by
insurance companies are not taxable
as promissory notes.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29
NEW BOOKS LISTED
IN PUBLIC LIBRARY

The following books have been re-
ceiyed in the Detroit public library.
Book OF Little Houses" 1914: "Fa-
nous War Correspondents" F. L. Bull
Europe at War" 1914: Memories. "
John Galsworthy: Tragedy OF Educa
ton. r. G. \. Holmes. Mary Goes
First IL A. Jones; MY Path Through
Life" Lii Lehman: Drift and Mas
terry Walter Lippmann; Bulgaria and
Her People" W s. Monroe: "pr. Mon
tessorfs own Handbook" Maria Mon
Inc Pankhurst; The Russian Army
From Within" w. B. Stevenie; Rem
iniseences OF Tolstoy." Lev Nikolaevich
Tolstoy: "a Model Housing Law Law :
renee WELLER; War That viii End
War" II. q. Wells
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29
WARMER EVERYWHERE.
SAY u. $. EXPERTS

w WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Dissipa.
ton of the recent cold wave was re-
ported today by the weather bureau.
General and decided moderation
everywhere was reported. The only
zero territory was In northern Min.
nesota and the eastern Dakotas Still
more warmth tonight and tomorrow
and no further cold snaps for the
eastern half OF the United States for
at least two days were forecasted.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29
TO WITHDRAW FEDERAL
TROOPS FROM COLORADO

DENVER, Colo, Dec. 2S.-"With-
drswal OF federal troops from the
Colorado strike zone will begin imme-
diately. II will be gradual and the
civil authorities in each district will
be given an opportunity to regain and
maintain control OF the situation"
Gov. Y. VI. Ammons made this an
nouncement today on his return from
Washington where he and Gov .-elect
Carlson conferred with PresidentN VIII.
sor regarding the military situation
I'm this state. The governor said no
definite dates for Withdrawals have
been fixed
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29
MuyGrze1

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-Mary Gar
den has a new role-~the most tragic
in her repertoire, and there's no three
figure" salary attached TO IT, and u
brings her very little applause. Our
Mary" who has come TO New fork
for the Christmas holiday, Is now 8
nurse, and her home at versailles mas
been converted into a hospital TOT
French soldiers.
Children orphaned by the war as
well az wounded soldiers. receive care
In Miss Gardens seautiful villa winch
is known to all soldiers as "Marys
Garden"
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29
BY IDAH meeLoNe GIBSON.

Another young woman writes me
that she is coming In for much crit
icism from those who work with her
because she has so many beaux.
Il live In a boarding house" she
says, and the boys come over in
crowds of three or four and we have
dandy times
My room is a long one with an
alcove where can draw the curtains
in front OF my bed and dressing table
and ! have Victroia that belongs to
my brother, and can play the guitar.
Shall | tell the boys to quit com
ing? | don't want TO but the girls
act so mean about it,
My dear girl, have all the boys you
want and that will come ain crowds
of three or four" for such innocent
pleasures as music and the company
of pretty girl.
1t Is just as natural for girl to
enjoy the company of a young man
or two or three--as II Is for her to
breathe.
Invite some of the girls over TO
meet some OF your extra men and |
don't think you will have any more
trouble with them.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29
SOCIAL and
PERSONAL

The Museum OF Art will keen omen
house New Years day, and in the az
afternoon G. NJ Burton will give an
illustrated talk on old Detroit"
o
The 80 students in the credit edu.
cation" class of the Y. NJ. c. A. Tech,
meal school will be the guests of the
Detroit Association OF Credit Men
Monday evening, at dinner, i'm the
Board OF Commerce building.
The third annual reunion and dane.
Ing party OF the Central High school
graduating class OF II will take place
Monday evening in the girls gym.
nasiim OF the school
The January "a class OF Central
High school will have Christmas
tree and-party Tuesday evening. in
the girls gymnasium. Each member
or the class will take an inexpensive
gift TO hang on the tree.
o.
John kendrick Bangs, OF New York
the wellknown humorist. poet and
writer, will be the guest OF the Detroit
Board OF Commerce Saturday even.
ing, Jan. 2. Mr. BANGS will give a hui
morous address on "Salubrities have
met" for the Board OF Commerce
members and their friends.
o.
Prof. Paul Terry Cherington. OF
Harvard. will talk 10 the Board OF
Commerce, Tuesday. following the
noon luncheon. Prof. Cberington, who
Is head OF the graduate sool OF bus
mess administration In tue university.
. will speak on Modern business and
modern education
The Rev George w Knepper. or
Ann Arbor. will be the guest OF honor
and speaker at the weekly supper and
meeting Of the Personal Service
league, In the Y. NJ G.. A. cafe, Mon
day evening Mr., Knepper has turned
shis church in Ann Arbor into fac
tory for the manufacture OF clothing
for the Belgian sufferers from the war.
o.
The Lincoln Debating club will give
it's annual entertainment, Tuesday
evening. In Ganapol hall. The pro-
gram will include serious. comic and
musical numbers, closing with a one
act patriot play THE Boston Tea
Party" The following members will
take part: Bertram B. Lewis. p. D..
II. Caldecott. David A. Burgess. Ed
win d. Emmons. Franklin D. Hep
burn. Arthur r. Armstrong, Jr.. Paul
X. Bolles, Lloyd r Britton. Rowland
n. Starr. Harry Caldecott. Charles
IL. Sumner. Donald NJ Dixon. Cush-
man McGee and A. Sumner Terry.
The Alcott Literary club will enter
tain the Lincoln club. Saturday even
ing, Jan. 9. at Chinese supper.
o.
The fifth annual reunion OF the Vet.
eran Travelling Mems association will
take place Tuesday afternoon and
evening, IN the Hotel Wayne The
members Of the association will meet
at 2;30 o'clock in the sun parlor OF
the hotel. for business meeting and
election OF officers. after which there
will be an informal reception 10 re
new old acquaintanceships AT $50
o'clock there will he q reception in
the sun parlor for the ladies, and at
$3.50 o'clock dinner will be served
The evening will be spent in music
games and dancing.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Smith Rankin.
among Detroit's oldest and best-known
Scotch residents. Will celebrate their
golden wedding anniversary, Tuesday
Mr. Rankin is prominent member of
St Andrews. and a past president OF
the society He is well known as a
singer OF Scotch ballads. and says
that OF the 900 songs he has learned
In his lifetime he has no difficulty in
recalling the tune and words of every
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29

To make quick icing for cake. use
sweet cream and confectioners' sugar.
Six tablespoonfuls cream and enough
sugar If spread nicely is plenty for
mediumsized cake Good for layer
or loaf cake. II can be made in FIVE
minutes and is fine put on cold cake.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29

Cabbage will be more digestible IT,,
when II is half-cooked, the water Is
poured off and fresh boiling water
added
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29

Try thickening the custard for lem
on pies with grated potato instead OF
cornstarch.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29
HOUSEHOLD HELPS

In making a fruit cake. pour half
the batter in the pan before adding
the fruit then the fruit will not be
found at the bottom OF the cake.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29

Pies should always be glazed with
white Of egg If you wish them to be
shiny brown
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29

Dear Mrs. Gibson:
No. no. dear friend. you are wrong
when you say. let the working girl
take her beau 70 her room. | am a
policeman on the force here In De-
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29

If you desire to purchase box of
oranges and fear that they will not
keep, follow these instructions: Re-
move each orange and wipe IL with a
dry cloth, then wrap with a piece OF
waxed paper. Place the oranges loose
ly in box or barrel and they will be
preserved for several months.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29

The third annual reunion and dane.
Ing party OF the Central High school
graduating class OF II will take place
Monday evening in the girls gym.
nasitinf OF the school
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29

The SO students in the credit edu.
cation" class of the Y. NJ. c. A. Tech
meal school will be the guests OF the
Detroit Association OF Credit Men,
Monday evening, at dinner i'm the
Board OF Commerce building.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29

The Museum OF Art will keep open
house New Years day, and in the ar.
afternoon G. NJ. Burton will give an
illustrated talk on old Detroit"
The Detroit times., 1914-12-29

The January n class OF Central
High school will have Christmas
tree and party Tuesday evening. in
the girls gymnasium. Each member
OF the class will take an inexpensive
gift to hang on the tree.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-26
BAPTIST TRAINING
CLASSES CLOSED

The close OF the Baptist Sunday
School Institute that has been In pro-
gress here all the last week came yes
terday afternoon with commence
ment exercises held at the great revi-
val mass meeting in the City Audito-
rum.
At an interval during the program,
Rev. j. T. Watts, secretary of Sunday
Schools for the Baptist denomina-
ton in Virginia. awarded the dipIo-
mas and prizes Of the school to the
hundred pupils who were seated on
the stage.
Mr.. Watts spoke briefly and feeling
ly to the students, practically all of
whom were members Of Richmond
Baptist Churches, and quoted the
statement of a prominent churchman
that the institute had been the great
est Of its kind over held in the State,
Mr.. Watts outlined for the benefit
OF the audience the courses given in
the normal institute and told of the
work Of each course. The attendance
at the school so greatly exceeded ex-
pectations that the program as ar.
ranged could not be carried out.
Mr.. Watts merely read the names
OF the members from various churches
and gave the number entitled to re-
ceive each award. Three different
awards were given for different grades
OF work. diplomas. seals and normal
certificates a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-26
KINGS DAUGHTERS
AND SONS To MEET
TWENTIETH ANNUAL CONyEN-
TION BEGINS SESSIONS HERE
TOMORROW MORNING.

Many delegates and visitors from
every section of the State are ex-
pected 10 attend tho twentieth an
nnal convention of the Virginia
Branch of the international Order of
Kings Daughters and Sons, which will
convene for three days session here
tomorrow in Centenary Methodist
Church, An interesting program for
the convention has been arranged.
Rev. S. Z. Hatcher, u. D., will
conduct the opening devotional SEES
sion, which will be held Tuesday night
at 8:l5 o'clock, and the address of
welcome Will be made by Mayor
George Ainsiie. Miss Edith Butler, of
Warrenton. will respond to the adj
dress of welcome. Mrs. Sara G. Ingle.
of Columbus. o., and Mrs. G. j. KEEL
loway, of Wilmington, n. G.. will
make short addresses on the progress
If the work in their respective States
che first session will conclude with a
report from the city unions Of Nor
folk and stanton.
Thursday morning will be devoted
to the discussion of reports and the
election Of officers for the ensuing
year.
Mrs Sara G. Ingie, of Columbus. o.,
will make the principal address at the
concluding session of the convention.
which will be held Thursday night
The devotional services will be pre-
sided over BY Rev. s. Hoge Tyler.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-26

alec ne Tho bf4,. IVA USUALLY, exprassay /
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l.,.~..g,-,{I, r,rs1as.g
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In tba ,oteei,,,, ,,orl- 81 Inc confhnrr
Rtstbo7{., ,'..,rct C.rjof ;rtarn.f /
centres nm tbe nrobaI,le succesaor 10
~ = II ls.,rott - ~ confercoca
r,,i1e,r,T,e,,- sco,.nta,y Who nos haan
elected secretary Of tho department Of
ministerial supply ana training of the
church and has signified s1is intention
II accounting The work His headquar-
trrs win Ia. In Atlanta where the
school. which has formerly been run
In connection with Vanderbilt Uni
yersltv. viii be conducted with the
new University at Atlanta
poxt,,r ,s,or,
r..
W Alilln the last; lew months great
"eti "t revival "oik mas neeh carried
"H ''S iteiintt9 o. the cohieFe'.ce' ara
Us 74Sh"p h'i8" IS Known ioF 'lls great
interest IN reFlFais ana al Things pei
U'thIhs lHeff'4' u - more tIi'A tlkeiy
til"t tii3S SUBJECT VIII DC laFSeiy 20
inc fore.
among matters from the iast com
ference tnat may come up Tor acto6,
one al great interest," ~ that on laits
ilEhis Tor women Oh the chufca. \
ANe'H oeha1e occurred on TINS que
H"h @t tue conference IN banYlile last
year "hen the question or memorial
or petition II the Oklahoma genera
terence was mp for discussion
N nue. thefe IS 40 SPECIAL occasion FOR
ne ieheWat 81 TINS matter at this
SESSION II IS not ar an certain thtt
some a'ti"h VIII not be asked OF INC
conference,
The matter of ail-absorhinE interest
and speculation AT every Annual Con-
ference is The appointments of The
minister's for the year This mates
takes on vita interest for both min
I9'tiS ana mempfrs on congregations
AA lAe appointment or the ministers
IN ll 'te "ahaS 81 the ElShop and MS
/ q '''l'tt Aot ihe0 OF the ten presiding
FI9eFs of the conference, 1his is an
'Hi year or allp"iHtments, however
,iiu ST. '"tte mas hefh comparatively
ilSt'T d1SF uSSl'a OF inc pfohabie as
S1A"Hi%i1ls' In an lhere are only six
V'h changes hecesSliated by the four
}'aF fhl" ahdcr "nich no minister
may remain over -FOUR years consecu-
l-NStt AT any ono churCh' The APP
continents thal VIII faIi vacant I'M
Ger tae ipoF-yetF RUE are as follows;
f'aleSVllIet "mefe Kew {, r. Conner
" no" S'at!ohedi Accomac, Kew. Asa
t'Fiseoii West tuckingham' Rev. 9.
~ tfessly. bCdford city Rev " "
Lear ifedfard CIrcht Rev, G. r.
lanes concord, ReN c. H. Williams:
Una KEY. " H. Grubbs; Centenary.
~ Heh ouFg. HeF. n. NJ than dler;
i1thbI ana paramount Norfolk. Rev,
" ~ Royah' Hampton Roads. Rev.
y W. Eotep' Epwnrth. Norfolk, Rev.
!, ~ Smoot' Boykins RcV l.. q.
tfUtthieId' southampton, Rev II T.
't"S@iS' gloucester Folnt. Kew w.
funston M"ntrosSi Rev I. Q,
L. "~h"h, 't"ochiahd, Rev. H. L.
"'7'''
>fFcFai vacancies.
Several other changes will he
neceAsi'ated from other causes, how
ever. Centenary Church, Richmont.
ono NJ the most important appoint
r~nfs in the conference, has been
without a regular pastor sinse the
first of September owing to tho fact
mat Dr ". ]. Young, is pastor. was