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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01

No FOR Price
I Fevers, COMPOSITIONS, Infiammations. ...... rs
2 Worms. Worm Fever. .........................25
3 Collie, Crying and wakefulness OF Infants rs
4 Diarrhea. OF Children and Adults. ..........25
Coughs. Colds, Bronchitis. ...................25
. Toothnche, Faceache. Neuralgia. ...........25
o Headache, Sick Headache, Vertigo. .........25
10 Dyspepsia. Indigestion, Weak stomach. rs
Is Group. Hoarse Cough, Laryngitis. ...........25
~ Salt Rheum. Eruptons. ......................25
rs rheumatism. Lumbago. .-...................25
16 Fever and Ague, Malaria .................2 5
~ Piles Blind or Bleeding. External. Internal IS
10 Catarrh, Influenza, Geld in Head ............25
20 Whooping Cough. ......-........... .........2s
2f Asthma. Oppressed, Difficult Breathing .....2I
~ Kidney
as Nervous Debility. Vital Weakness ~ .W
80 Urinary Incontinence. Wetting Bed. .....2i
81 Sore Throat. Quinsy
~ La Cfippe-Crip. ........................2 rs
Sold by druggists. or sent on receipt OF price.
HUMPHREYS HoMEO. MEDICINE CO., Corner
william aud Ann Streets. New YorS.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01
Feat of Lone Swordsman.

George Andre, Frances foremost all
with the military medal and promoted
to be a sergeant, according to the OFF,
cial Gazette, for a great feat Of gal
lantry.
Andre, who holds the hundred me-
tiers worlds record, while fighting I'm
Lorraine with a company was sur
Junded by large CSrma1- detach-
lent. The athlete, sweeping his heavy
word around his head like a fail,
lew many Germans who were gather
Nj around the standard.
He captured the standard and re-
ined the French lines at his sprint
Is gait under a hail of bullets.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01

AT bordeaux numerous cases or bravery
are cited.
Private Philips of the Second bat
out under fire 10 his captain, who was
mortally wounded, and brought him In.
Private Philips went eight times TO the
firing line under violent Smelling TO give
water to the wounded, and he also as
sisted his commandant TO rally rifemen
dispersed by the enemy's fire.
OF all the wounded patients the best,
say the doctors In the military hospi-
tals I'm Paris, are the Turkos. There Is
no limit to the pain they can endure.
Spartan Women. ~.-. a
Among the victims of the battle Of
Gumbinnen were the two grandsons of
the famous Russian journalist, Katkoff.
1t is related that when Nine. Kat
koff was told her sons had fallen her
first words were:
'Have we won the battleT
Told yes, she said:
Then | don't regret 10y sons death,
since they were useful to their coun-
try
Ignaz Reising and his wife, Sophie
Reising, peasants residing in Geisel-
bach, Bavaria. sent their six sons and
three sons-in-law into the war. When
the soldiers went out somebody asked
their mother why she did not cry like
the other women present. II wait till
| have real cause for that" she an
swered.
Mrs. Vanderbilt Washes Dishes.
A caller mt the American Red Cross
hospital in Paris found Mrs. w. X.
Vanderbilt washing dishes in the soul
lery. No work is too trivial for the so
ciety leader, Paris reports. and her
name is blessed In the Red Cross
world.
A wounded Prussian officer was TAX
en- to a Petrograd hospital, where a
nurse carefully dressed his wounds.
The following day he ascertained that
the nurse was none other than the
grand duchess Olga Alexandrovan, the
cars sister.
IL Is repOIIeu lIoIH hieN ludl LII
cess Helena GeOrgievna. duchess of
Meuchtenburg, and Princess Marina
Petrovna have entered the hospitals at
Pokrovsky convent at Kiev and start
ed work among the wounded.
Tried to Eat Boots.
Scores of wounded Germans are ar
irving at DieDne from Senlis Many
Of them were a week in the field with
out food. One poor fellow said they
had eaten grass and even attempted to
eat their straps and boots. They had
no emergency rations and were nearly
mad with thirst.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01
Small Boy Saves Family.

Theodore Taperzer, nine years old,
of Philadelphia arrived at the offices
OF the American relief committee in
London in charge of a Hungarian wild
ow and her six children, whom he had
brought all the way from Budapest.
From the Hungarian capital this boy
had acted as guide and interpreter OF
the fatherless family.
TaperZer, who had been visiting rel
atives in Hungary, started to come
out alone. At the railroad station in
Budapest he met a family whose IA
Their, now dead. had been a natural
lied American citizen. He took the
Hungarian mother and her children
under his care. On his arrival in Lon
don the boy drew draft on his father
in Philadelphia, which was promptly
honored by the relief committee. He
then acted as interpreter for the wild
Ow while she told her story and Sc
cured aid from the committee, after
which he attended to the securing OF
steamship passage for his charges.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01
"snowstorm of Shells"

at was snowstorm Of Shells" one
soldier said OF a recent engagement
1--WE went forward, however. A shell
fell a few PAGES from me and threw
mo a great column Of earth, which
covered me, getting into my eyes and
mouth. Then we came under the ma
chine gun fire. This was really terri
Bile. We seemed to be in a furnace
Ex. bullets screamed by and made
saarful ranges. The dead and wound
81 lay al Ilbout, and mixed with them
xgere woul,ded horses which struggled
, and scea ned In agony. But In spite
4 all we rela.,y a do not think we
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01
Twenty Against 200.

"a Liberte of Paris relates an incl
mt on the battlefield at Compiegne
in which a French lieutenant and nine
teen cuirassiers attacked 200 Dragons
of the German imperial guard and
dashed right through them. They con-
tinued the fight in the streets of Remy
and finally reached Paris after Sc
ries of hairbreath escapes. Three OF
the nineteen were killed. and five were
made prisoners. The others passed
through the German lines in disguise.
The party had dismounted at a farm
outside Remy at 10 o'clock at night
when, they were cut off by a squadron
Of the IMPERIAL guard. The lieutenant
consulted his men, and all agreed to
try to break through the enemy. The
guard gave way before their impetu-
GUS cries, and the fight was continued
in the streets of Remy. where thirty
of the enemy were slain.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01
Escaped In Disguise.

Unfortunately the little band got sep
arated. One entered a house and con-
cealed himself behind a pile of wood.
Another, after dismounting and killing
three Of the opponents, jumped over
garden wall and hid. The others got
into other houses.
In all cases the fugitives put on
civilian clothes and remained hidden
for two days while the Germans kept
searching for them. The lieutenant
was found in a marsh with two ribs
broken and his shoulder out of joint
He was taken into a factory and was
dressed as an overseer, and eventually,
with the help of safe conduct, the
,v><ie eleven passed through the enc
ks},ne and got to Paris.
trench eltside the village OF
iinn,su,I-le-Haudouin four dead Ger
soldiers were found sitting with
-,,o cards in their hands.
sbeIl burst over them and killed
aurfng game Of pinochle-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of
Gratiot. In the Circuit Court for
the County Of Gratiot: In Chan
Evening star., 1914-12-26
BUILD NOW" THE SLOGAN.
This Is Pre- -Eminently the Time"
Saws Writer.

The Build now!" idea is growing in
the minds of investors and those plan
ming for the future. and In discussin 8
cost of labor and the prices of ma
terials writer in the Manufacturing
Record asserts that as architects and
builders have more time just at pres
ent to carry out plans than they will
have In boom times the present is the
time to build.
Thousands and tens Of thousands of
men In this country are intending to
build homes for themselves, but are
waiting for what they think will be a
more propitious moment, when every
body is an optimist rather than a
pessimist." he says When they do
cost them more and they will find
great difficulty in securing as much
attention in construction work and in
the equipment of their homes as could
be had now.
This is pre-eminently the time when
every man who expects to build a
home, a store or an office building, IL
he has the money, should do 1t. This
ia the time when every manufacturing
enterprise which knows that 1t needs
new machinery or the enlargement of
its plant and has the money available
should do the work now. This ia the
time when our municipalities should
press as vigorously as possible all of
their improvements, in order to get the
benefit of the lower price OF materials
now prevailing as compared with
change in business could be brought
about IL people who are able to do this
building and construction work would
undertake it now"
Evening star., 1914-12-26
REASONS WHY PLAIN WORK
IS NOT ALWAYS CHEAPEST
Difference In Cost of Stock and Odd Trim
ming Cited-Added Expense Where
Better Finishing Is Necessitated

At first sight it would appear obvious
that with the increasing tendency to-
ward plainness of finish so character
istic Of modern work there should be
corresponding advantages in the mat
ter of cost. To learn that this Is not SO
in practice is a frequent disappoint-
ment to persons contemplating build
ing. Surely, they say. plain door Is
not going to cost as much 10 make as
one with holdings around the panels
chamfered architraves and sklrtlngs
plain, rounded covings to the ceilings
ought to form a much less expensive
finish than ordinary plaster cornices.
And they are surprised and incredulous
when the builder comes along and tells
them that 1t will cost him more to do
usual lines.
There is, however. no particular mys-
terry about 1T when considered with
knowledge Of the circumstances before
any stage of rapid transition. such as
we are at present passing through In
these matters, the first difficulty with
which a builder has to contend Is his
unfamiliarity with newer methods He
has to pick his way through them with
great care on the question Of cost. Take
the matter of doors, for instance. The
ordinary four or FIVE paneled nodded
door with its finishings is such usual
thing to him that he can calculate to a
cent what it will cost him to make or
buy In the latter event, too. these are
made in bulk and stocked by builders
merchants everywhere. to be sold at
competitive prices. 1t Is quite another
thing when a builder has to work to an
architects detail. The materials re-
quired may be of odd sizes and require
special cutting, for architects do not
always study as carefully as they
might the conditions under which tim
Evening star., 1914-12-26

bers are imported and sold.
Plain work, again, has to be better
finished. for any little defects are less
easily CLOSED over and show up NOR.
cieSr rly than in work whose cheap elab =
GRAFTON distracts the eye A door panel
can be beveled off at the edges and
pushed into the tiles and rails any
how if there is a slip of molding plant
ed on to cover the joint. but where this
is absent the panel must be truly and
carefully fitted. which takes time.
In addition, more bulk of material is
usually required for plain fnishings
than for the nodded work to which the
trade has been accustomed. Elaborate
holdings often conceal the actual
slightness of carpentry. Or take the
rounded ceiling cove referred to. I'm
.ish which has much to recommend Ii
both from hygienir and artistic point
of view. Thou"h simple in appearance
it requires additional preparation OF
cut firing pieces spiked to the rafters
or joists. and lathing on these, and
also the miters need very careful han
ding in order that they shall turn oui
successful: and so forth, with points of
detc lis. throughout the job.
Where materials and workmanship
are ever ywhere in view they have TO
be thoroughly well finished. and 1t is an
excellent sign of the times that We arc
insisting more and more upon this IT
the people for whom we are building
do not get the advantage in first cost
that they look for they at any rate get
the adequate compensation In the shape
of better quality work combined with
far more pleasing appearance than that
10 which they were accustomed, ana
this is recocnized freely when the In
evita BILE strangeness of new SURROUND
ings is once got over, II ,iS Is sefua'. =,
modern designed" house would care
tn revert to the ordinary type of dwell
ing of even twenty years ago.
Evening star., 1914-12-26
CORONER ADOPTS METHED
OF SUICIDE PREVENTION

CHICAGO. December 26.-More than
twenty men have been saved from sui
eide by Coroner Peter NJ Hoffman's
plan of placing on coroner's juries
only those who are in need. it was
learned today from y report on the
scheme since it was put in effect Sep
tember 1. In three months 1920 men
who were out of employment sat on
juries and collected 1890 in fees. The
line of applicants at the coroner's Of
flee some days contains 800.
"The distress relieved is not alone
financial" commented the report made
by the public safety commission. More
than twenty men who were discour-
aged, desperate and admitted they
were on the verge of suicide before
they sat on a jury were saved by the
plan. The sight of remains of those
who had killed themselves and the
grief of relatives at the inquests BAN
ished from the minds of these down
hearted souls all thoughts of self-de-
struction. The object lesson and the
financial assistance. small though it
was, gave them new hope"
Evening star., 1914-12-26
AR SUGGESTIONS
FOR THE SUBURBAN HOUSE
Half-frame Construction Popular-General
Rules for Exterior and Interior Treat
ment-Relation of Design to Site.

ttons given aboVe-to have an eye to
natural surroundings when deciding on
the exterior color scheme of the house
remember that the color scheme
should not be too assertive. An abun-
dance Of whites, grays. soft greens and
browns Of various shades Will always
harmonic with nature. Red needs an
abundance of green as a background.
and only the dullest shades should be
used.
In the case of brick. concrete. cement
and stone dwellings, the color scheme
is in a sense automatic, being deter
mined largely by the color of the ma
mits of greater variety of exterior
color than any other material In the
shingle house the shingles are stained
or oiled. The clapboard house Is
painted.
Some General Rules.
A general rule to follow In treating
the exterior is that the color or tone
selected for the walls should cover all
the walls and should harmonize with
the roof SO that the house will become
a color unit in the landscape.
house which is set closely among
trees should not be painted green or
olive. Colors contrasting with the sur
roundings are better for the body OF
the house, but 1t may have green trim
mings and roof If desired.
A house with shingled upper stories.
as a rule. should be painted on the
lower story lighter shade than the
shingles, which may be Indian red.
dark brown, dark green or some olive
haue ! ne Do',N ron d ma II -. IS,
for instance. light or dark olive with
indian red, cream with browns. the
srays with dark green or dull red.
Pure white with green trimmings Is
one of the prettiest color schemes for
a suburban house set against a green
background.
For the Colonial House.
A good color scheme for the colonial
type of house is a warm buff with
white trim.
The most careful attention should be
given to the architecture of this i'm
portant exterior feature of the house,
for the doorway. by it's very character.
either invites or repels. A broad, in
viting doorway suggests hospitality.
and, no matter how unpretentious. 1t
should harmonize with the general
architectural scheme.
The living porch should open from
one of the family rooms and should
have an exposure that will give plenty
of air and sunlight. Such a living
pose of dining porch, one end of 1t
being reserved for that purpose, but a
large number of the modern suburban
homes are now planned with a special
dining room porch opening Off the in
terror dining room. where an out-of-
door meal may be enjoyed throughout
the fine weather. Another feature of
the modern suburban dwelling is the
sleeping porch. built on the second
story, opening off one of the bedrooms
or from an upper hall.
The door. wherever used in the house.
should receive careful attention in the
Evening star., 1914-12-26
BUYS $12,5o HOME.
House at 1924 Longfellow Street
ACQUIRED by P. NJ, Bealer.

Gardiner & Dent. Inc, real estate
brokers. report the sale of 1424 Long
fellow street, Sixteenth Street High
lands, a three e-story. detached dwelling
Of colonial. design. containing ten
room, and occupying a lot so by 15S
feet. The purchaser. P. NJ. Bealer. will
occupy it. The consideration was
s12,500.
The firm also reports the sale of the
three STORY brick dwelling 1897 Monroe
street to NJ. ]. Brayton for $4,000. 1t
was purchased as an investment. They
have sold for Mrs. Anna M. Murphy a
two-story dwelling, 232 11th street
southeast The consideration was
$4,000. For Allan E. Walker property
at 527 Quincy street has been sold for
a consideration of $4,000.
Evening star., 1914-12-26

organ Is located above the ceiling of
the room. This is known as the echo
organ When played the sound seems
to come from a great distance. Open
ings which allow the sound to come
down into the room have been provided
by allowing a space of several inches
between the beams and the ceiling
proper. This cannot be seen from the
floor of the music room.
In addition to the tapestry behind which
the antiphonal organ is hidden several
other tapestries hang on the walls. The
floor of the room is covered with oriental
rugs and most of the furniture is of
carved oak. The larger of the tapes
tries and the rugs were designed by Mr..
Heaton and manufactured specially for
the room, the colors being arranged So
as TO conform with the general color
scheme.
Furniture Design Followed. =.
Adjoining one end of the music room
and with south and east exposure is
located the dining room. The furniture
Is a duplicate of set made by the ia
nous Adams Brothers and now on exhibi-
tion in the British Museum. The room
has been designed so as to conform with
the pattern of the furniture. This in
cluded both the wall and ceiling decora-
ion. Designs shown In the furniture are
duplicated In ornamental plaster In the
ceiling and also in the woven silk wall
coverings of French gray color The fix
lures IN the room are Of silver with
Wedgwood panels. There is a white
marble fireplace and mantel
The pantrieS and kitchen which adioin
the dining room have walls and ceiling
of white enameled tile and cork and
rubber tile floors There is large
laundry with electrical equipment and a
cold storage room which is cooled by
means of Refrigeration apparatus in
stalled in the cellar Servants living and
dining rooms and other service rooms
house.
A Tyrolean breakfast room also is an
interesting feature Of the lower floor ar
rangement. 1t adjcins the north end of
the music room: The walls are finished
IN carved panels. and the windows are
of loaded glass.
The, The e,nlarging and remodeling of the
mouse mouse mas provided several additional
bedrooms on the second and third
floors: fsS The heightenins Of the ceiling Of
one feet has divided the upper floor 50
that the portion devoted to Inc servants
rooms is entirely cut of r"c:.l The private
portion.
Evening star., 1914-12-26
Representing Both Parties.

A real estate agent who represented
both parties in an exchange of mer-
chandise for land. the supreme court Of
Kansas holds, cannot recover COM
mission from either without showing
that both were fully apprised of the
situation and had knowledge of every
circumstance connected with his en-
ployment in SO far as the same would
naturally affect his action as agent. 1t
is not enough that one principal be
willing that the agent act for the other
also. 1t must appear that such dual
agency was fully known and freely
consented to by both.
Evening star., 1914-12-26

A pretty suburban home that will At
into almost any landscape in coloring
is a combination of brick and shingles
with a shingle or tile roof, tile being
preferable owing to its f1re-resisting
qualities. says the Building Age. A
pretty variation In house of this kind
is a use of tapestry brick over doors
and windows.
Weathered shingles for the second
story are in some cases an attractive
combination, especially where the
house is near the seashore. Stained
shingles of a dull green make a neat
upper story combination with the brick
and tile roof and they can be carried
into the construction of the porch with
excellent effect.
Another attractive combination is the
first story of concrete or stucco with
an upper story of shingles An attra"-
tive combination is dark red stucco
lower story with green or weathered
shingles above. The roof of this type
of house should be tile and should be
of a sloping and rambling construc-
ton so as to bring into play all the
color in the roof material to Offset the
upper story of the house.
Built of Field Stone.
Nothing is quite so attractive and
SAItdDle LOT d AouSe Situated on a
rocky elevation or in a rolling coun-
try, with rocks and trees as the back
ground. as a house with a lower story
of field stone, with an upper story of
either shingles or stucco, with a tile
roof to brighten the color scheme.
Such a house seems to spring natur-
ally out of it's surroundings and lends
itself well to the landscape. Field
stone has a variety in color that makes
it a charming foundation for house
SO situated: add to this an upper story
Grated with trim that relieves plain
ness.
Appropriate Design Essential.
A type OF house that is suitable for
almost any suburban locality Is the
frame house. with the exterior walls
of clapboards or shingles In building
a frame house. however. it is necessary
TO have design that is fitted for the
site. With either clapboards or
shingles exposed foundation of
brick or stone is correct. Solid con-
crete as well as the stucco finish on
a wooden frame also lend themselves
to certain styles of architectural work.
A frame house should have a roof of
stucco finish and should preferably be
rooted with tile, in harmony with the
design of the house. great deal of
attention is given nowadays to the
architecture of roofs. First of all, a
ting the interior of the house, but it
should also bear some relation to the
surrounding landscape in color and
should repeat in its structure lines that
harmonic with the architecture of the
house.
= Color Scheme Important.
Keeping in mind the general sueges-
Evening star., 1914-12-26
Weekly Rentals, e1, ,4Oo, 900.

The immensity of the worlds great
est city is strikingly illustrated by the
facts and figures published recently in
a report on London life issued by the
London council, says the New York
Sun 1t is estimated, for instance. that
f1,400,OO0 is paid every week in rent.
Most people are under the impression
as they notice the new streets of
houses springing up in all directions
in the metropolis that London is grow
ing bigger every day. but. as a matter
spent on house building than in 1902.