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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

TIC WIInesbes SAID WOO IatherI
Woo Cling Gong, had issued the in
Vitations one month after Woo was
born, in the tenth year of the reign
If Kwangsu 1850 at Folsom, Cal.
As the guests crowded around
Papa Woo cried, You're next in
Chinese, and, grabbing his offspring
by the ears. carefully shaved all OF
the baby's head except where the
queue ought to grow
That story, they figured, should
be sufficient nrnnf that Woo Voc
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

dat De good Lawd
BIRDS An
BIRDS den dis wor is boune Amt wahn
LADY, My
% an an come home y de ben don all
hot
git anuher
mercy at
sWoopn dat captl like a
Amt he sight though? Gimme crics
dat amt nothn to de misery nah ef
gimme black pills but he amt dvv de pain ytain
a him
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

the German consular stan In MEXICO
should have left the room before Ed
die ushered in the British ambassa-
dor, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. The two
diplomats met.
In the language of diplomacy, it
was contremps The polished
heels of the German baron clicked
sharply as he gazed sternly over the
head of Sir Cecil at the gallery Of
former secretaries of state. Sir Ce-
Gil drew himself up stifily and be-
came exclusively Interested in the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
DON'T CHEER THEIR RECRUITS
English Crowds Watch Tommy At
klns" Go to the Front in Char
acteristlc Silence.

London.-No contrast between Eng
lish and foreign ways has SO i'm
pressed American tourists as the re-
ception of the recruits here during
war time. An idle crowd stands dur
ing the day around the recruiting sta
tions watching the applicants.
At evening when the newly-enlisted
men march out in a column of fours
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
War Service Record.

London.-The war service record
has been achieved by a Lancashire
man, who left England for the front
on Thursday, was wounded on the
firing line on the following Monday,
and was back in England, in hos
pital, on the succeeding Thursdays
week after he left England.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

N lot you VIII go ana bring him to you in minute two
Never mind thank you she
IN used to waiting for real estate
Doug Chalmers old home
late"
"Taskeburg!" he town
and know Doug we'll How
only weeks married I'm of
the Beaver girls
q know we'll"
They talked
He
her At
small change She had left her
would lend her So and she would
building O'Clock North
he
the North wasa church
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
COMMANDER SEES SON DIE
French General, De Castelnau, Tells
Young Man He Has Met
Finest Death.

Paris.-Lieut. Gerald de Castelnau
son Of the general of that name, was
carried to his fathers camp after he
had been terribly wounded He died
three hours later The father kissed
the dying man and said:
GO, son. You have had the finest
death you could possibly wish for. !
swear that our armies will avenge
you in avenging all French families.
This is the second son of General
de Castelnau who has beer killed in
the present war. The general had
four sons at the front.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
Historic Spot Saved.

A bit of old London was saved
from destruction recently when the
London county council proposal for
extending the tramway service from
Aldgate along Mansell street and
around Trinity square, was rejected
by the house of lords. 1t was one of
London's Oldest inns" dating from
Henry VIII-"the Crooked Billet
that was saved from destruction.
There is tradition that oliver Crom.
well once lived at the Crooked Bill.
let" known in those days as the lit.
tie old house at ths bottom OF the
Minories,"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

both and and farm the
modern methods agriculture housekeeping and demonstrate
aborsaving
tona and there provisions whatever for direct financial assistance
SmhLever
available
will possible visit from the
the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
Something Very Like 1t.

That was hard looking customer
we just passed." said a traveller in
ireland to his cabman. Faith, sorr,
an he's as bad as he looks" was
Pats reply He's done fifteen years
for LAWN his wife widout visible
names of support" "Oh, come now,
Pat! A man can't get fifteen years
penal servitude for that" "Shure,
an can't he, sorr?" said Pat, with
roguish twinkle in his eye HE did,
though. And, bedad, isn't it LAWN
your wife widout visible names Of
support when ye threw her out Of a
window cn tho third foor7"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

are familiar with names and scenes
in his old home town
The other day a rather comely
woman Of middle years met hiu in
front of the courthouse. He is seen
and known in that neighborhood.
She asked II he was the real estate
agent who had promised to meet her
there.
No, I'm not a real estate man,
he replied politely, but l know most
o. the boys and may be able to find
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
WOLVES EAT BODIES OF RUSS
Winter Adds New Horror to the Fight.
Ing in the Forests of
Russia.

Petrograd.- rapid approach Of
winter added a new horror to the
lighting in the forests of Russia. The
correspondent of the Novoe Vremya
who was with General ReBnenkampfs
army during the fighting in the Su-
Ralki district, reports that Red Cross
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

rescue parties searching the dense
underground of the Augustowo forest
for wounded found number of bod
les partly eaten by wolves.
In this region are vast tracts never
trodden by man before the battle that
resulted In the retreat of the Ger
mans occurred there.
At one point the searchers found a
uhlan who had been treed by pack
Of wolves. He had stood them of
until his ammunition was exhausted
and then had managed to climb the
tree, though wounded He said that
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

traction,
Four of her most intimate cas-
friends who had long been her com
panions were taken from her, ant
she was left to bemoan her lot alone
Minnie had a narrow escape herself
and IL was only because of the
tears of strong.hearted men around
the ferry house that she was allowed
TO remain behind when the others
went
Minnie's history is interesting
The story Of how she escaped being
chloroformed along with her asso,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
Prlnce FrancIs Ia Wounded.

.Rome.-A dispatch from Munich
says that Prince Francis, fourth son
of the king of Bavaria, was wounded
in the left thigh during a battle. He
was operated on in a hospital and
blood poisoning was feared for time,
but he now is out Of danger
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
Goata, Mllk for lndians

Paris.-The report having been
spread in Marseilles that the favorite
delicacy of the Indian troops is goats
milk, the women of that city have
requisitioned every goat in the south
of France
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

soaked. So saith the American So
ciety OF Music Publishers. Composers
and Authors.
A wall Of anxiety has arisen in
Washington. A number OF thousand
dancers, hotel and restaurant pro
prietors and orchestra leaders are
making noises indicative OF deep dis
tress
The plan OF the A. 5. 0. NJ, p. G.
A. A., In brief. is that royalties shall
be paid to composers whose selec
tiOns are Mhanged out In public
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

Ht bWIHt COHIt IUHIIH uUWH HtdU
fomus'-ain't dat so, LADY,"
The woman who happened to be
next took up the remark with a
friendliness due to that rare and
comfortable being, an 'aunty" of the
old regime.
He's all right You and ] will
be sailing around like that some day
maybe"
Don't count me in with you,
honey. Amt nobby gwine trick me
into fyin' in de face of Helm, like
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06


he Secretary Bryan and "exted"
to
hat grant the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
Story of Woo's First Shave Didn't Fool Lands

HCAGoThe
" a
republic who does not to his native
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
Farm Women's Mistake About Smith-Leyer Act

ANY letters being received the
IVA which
have believe that
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
How Eddie the InfaIIibe Failed in Diplomacy

lb failed the other day Eddie
office and Baron Colenerg
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
Suicide Prevented by an Elusive Collar Button

Os ANGELEsRaston Wilkes
Wilkes thought that III
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
He Met Charming Girl From His Old Home Town

INDIANAPoLIsHe fellow about his od home
talking about his old friends nehbOrs
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

Miss Margaret McMahon has been
employed in the Bethlehem tPa) post
Office for 25 years.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
Aunty Watches the Antics of the Trick Aviator

she watched the airshp
n uness the emotions that beset her
Dat better his skyarkn yander thing
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

a helpless comrade had been devoured
by the ravenous beasts
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
Pet Cat, Saved From ChIcroform, Tries Suicide

NEW YoRK-t little Minnie pet cat at staten
Island ferry house Manhattan
days she had than
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
High Cost of Tangoing Threatens Washington

AsHNGToN snaEes The high nFone
washington The old mayxe and the
mus wlggle and all The Of wonderful
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-12
Miss Bessie ABBOTT, the Famous
| American Prima Donna, in
an Heroic Role.
THE interesting problem of how far
a club member ought to go when

THE interesting problem of how far
club member ought to go when
he feels his club needs "livening
mp has just been answered for Arnold
DAILY, the very well-known actor Mr.
DAILY consumed by philanthropic zeal
he says. selected THE Players" the most
famous theatrical club in the world. for
his experiment. Aided and allotted by
Miss Bessie Abott one of the greatest
OF american grand opera prima donnas
he did his best.
Now MIR. DAILY is no longer member
or The Players" The experiment. other
wise was successful.
For months its details have been locked
IN the breasts of the Indignantly en-
1ivened members of the club. Now they
have just leaked out.
Here they are.
ut is pipe night at THE Players"
hn cold night of last January.
A Players Club Pipe Night" is equiva-
Dent TO Smoker" at any other club
The Players Club, it must be said
again, is without any question the most
distinguished. the most sedate, the most
sensitive, and. according to some, the
most serious theatrical organization in the
country. Although primarily a theatrical
society, the membership is made up
largely OF individuals outside the pro-
fession.
II was founded years ago by the late
Edwin Booth. The clubhouse was pre-
scented by Edwin Booth. Material re-
mlnders OF the great tragedian are en-
bodied In thousand and one souvenirs
scattered throughout the clubhouse.
Only on rare occasions have is portals
been crossed by the fairy footsteps OF
woman. Never has woman been al.
lowed m Mt
What il means TO be a member OF this
unique organization may perhaps best be
described in the words OF Frank +.
Mackay, one of the veteran members OF
the club and a director. Some months
ago Richard Barry, in a magazine article.
declared that very few actors have
brains enough to think for themselves or
TO feel their parts"
Barry was member of the. Players'.
Shades OF Edwin Booth. Expulsion from
the club was the very least that he could
expect after such blasphemy. and he
got II. He brought legal proceedings for
reinstatement. and the cour, ordered. his
reinstatement
1t was then that Mr.. Mackay was moved
to utter comment.
Association in the Players Club" he
said. means mental condition-that
condition has been lost 10 Mr. Barry"
But 10 return 10 the eventful pine
Night last January.
Imagine the scene In this DISTINGUISHED
clubhouse.
/ In the chair is Arnold DAILY, the actor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-12
Curing ToothaChe Through the Nose

4 I last real cure for the toothache declared
~ to be effective by several reliable DOCTORS
has been discovered. 1t is the invention
OF Doctor Adolf Schwartz, an Austrian army sur.
geon now stationed at Gravosa. in Dalma tia in
Austria 1t is based on the use of etheMc oil OF
mustard which can be obtained i'll nearly every
drug store.
The sufferer must be very careful to follow
the instructions given by DR.. Schwartz in using
the oil, otherwise it may cause serious injury
to the eyes, The patient SHOULD close his eyes
and lips as firmly as possble" with his finger
stop the nostril on the opposite side of the face
from that affected by the toothache. He then
places a tiny bottle con taining not more than
1--WE grams OF the etheric oil of mustard to the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-12

" he viii suffer violent and painful innamaton
accompanied by abundant flow of ters red
dening OF the face and temporary stopping of the
breath. This pain lasts al the most one or two
minutes. When it goes away the toothache dis.
appears with it. The inflammatory conditions
subside very quickly and in the majority OF cases
me toothache does not Teappear within several
hours, if all The treatment may then be
recommended and repeated as often as two or
three times with success
The explanation OF the success of this treatment
rs that the oil of mustard reaches the main trunk
OF the trigeminal nerve through the nose. The
nerves Of the teeth are little ofshoots from this
main nerve. The mustard sets up a temporary
Inflammation in the main and when the
nerve reacts against the mustard 1t drives out
the inflammation from the little nerve ends in the
teeth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-12
Mr.. Arnold DAILY, Who
Played the Joke on
The Players"

And this is how Mr.. Daily explains his
conduct over the telephone:
That Bessie ABBOTT affair at the
Players?
Really, I haven't anything to say. ex-
cept perhaps to marvel at the enterprise
OF the modern newspaper. Why, man,
that incident you refer to occurred only
six months ago. and here you are right
on the job. just as though it happened
yesterday! How do you manage it?
The story only just came out? Well.
maybe that's so.
why did 1 do It? Wen, I'll tell YOU.
Suppose you belonged TO a newspaper
mems club. You would want to do some
thing for the club. wouldn't you. even
though you were the only newspaper
man in it?
We'll, belonged to the Players and
all OF a sudden it came to me that per-
haps I had been too selfish. too self
centred-that | had never really done
anything for the club-and so. out of
sense OF pity for my fellow members
yes, that's IL, out of deep sense of pity
for my fellow-members. felt that l
ought TO do something for them-some-
thing to lfven them up.
"And SO when they appointed me
chairman on that eventful Pipe Night
last January-the enterprise OF you
newspaper men is really astounding
introduced Bessie ABBOTT as 'Signor
Bettino Abotto, a talented female i'm
peTsonator, who, possessing natural
tenor voice. also sings soprano and the
dead and dying members of the Players
were very, very much impressed.
Indeed, they were so very much Inn
pressed with Signor Abotto that my OBJ
ject almost failed, for, although the
prima donna was accompanied by her
husband, who was well-known to many
of the members. and although her So
prano voice was such that nobody but
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-12

a member of the Players could possibly
have accepted ii as that OF female i'm.
personator mot to say anything OF her
hands, form and features which her mas.
culine attire could not holly conceaD
and although even member OF the Play.
ers might have been expected TO detect
some slight resemblance between the
names Bettino Abotto and Bessie ABBOTT.
1t looked for several hours as If the prima
donna's identity would never be sus.
pected
ut was very funny Quite recently I
vas asked whether | myself knew that
Signor Abotto was a lady. How can any.
one be really sure Of these things?
Didn't | know was violating the
rules? AS matter of fact, there is
nothing in the constitution which forbids
women entering the premises. On the
contrary, for all that appears in the con-
sututlon, woman might even be put up
for membership. But then. of course,
directors can hardly he expected to be
familiar with constitutions.
And SO about month later received
club to explain the incident to the di-
rectors,
] just wrote letter telling them my
resignation vas theirs for the taking, and
they took il.
'Of course. II had gone down would
have had to tell them that, as "A matter
Of fact, il wasn't who escorted the lady
into the club at all. and then they would
have asked me TO name the culprit and
all would be forgiven, and ! would have
been expected 10 say, Please. teacher,
don't punish me, Johnny done it, tell
you, the whole thing just bores me to
death.
But please be careful rot to say any
thing TO offend the members of the Play
ers'. Brander Matthews may be mem.
Der for all know. and ! wouldn't wan.
TO offend him for the world. Be very
careful, won't you?
"lnd!screet? Yes, in one respect was
very indiscreet. | ought never to have
acted as chairman for the Players That
was really an indiscretion on my part
for which l ought to have been severely
disciplined. Indeed, l could hardly have
complained in the circumstances had they
declined my resignation and made me
member for life"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-12

All around the spacious dining chamber
recline members inhaling the proceedings
specifically.
From his rostrum the chairman an
nounces the pleasure of introducing
Signor Bettino Abotto, "a talented female
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-12

ing natural tenor voice,
also sings a high soprano"
From the back of the room.
a slight individual. atGred in a
regulation evening clothes, &%
rises to respond to the invi- @8
tation. &MM
"Signor Bettino Abotto." kMs#
introduces the chairman MSS&s
Making his way through kNs%
The members, the female i'm. IsS
personator approaches the NS
piano and renders an operate MS &
selection like a prima donna &Sa&SSSFS
TO any one but a member of SS4Es3$##s
the Players Club the fact Vass9
that the singers clothing sits 13S
rather tight in the narrows. ksss
would be too apparent to es- Ey$
cape attention. %
"a remarkable voice." yS8#
comments nonagenarian $s$&
actor to an octogenarian WS
Ought TO have been a wo- s3
man." replies the doctor. %#
Similar comments are W*S
heard throughout the audi ~
ence. III
a vote of thanks is
moved for Signor Abotto
and the Signor takes his
place again. and is roundly
roundly congratulated on his wonderful
performance.
Later in the evening Signor Abottc
is prevailed upon 10 sing again. His
white shirt front is now little wilted.
II is quite an ordeal 10 sing for the first
time before such a distinguished audi
ence in such distinguished edifice
One or Two doctors in the audience
begin to grow incredulous. Whispers arc
heard throughout the audience. The fact
that the Sisnor is accompanied by Waldo
Story. who achieved fame as the hus.
band of Bessie ABBOTT. naturally brings
the name OF the great American prima
donna into the conversation
Suddenly resemblance between the
voice of the Signor and that of Bessie
Abott is suggested. and finally the start
ling discovery is made that the Signor's
name, "Bettno Abotto." is not so very
different from that of Bessie Abott.
Shades of Edwin Booth. Consterna.
tion begins TO crop out all over the
room. Messages are carried to the chair.
man. MIR DAILY shakes his head vigor-
ouslF. Individual members. straining
their eyes, become more nsistent Mr..
Story is interrogatcd. There is no use
denying it any further. Signor Bettino
hbott is Bessie Abott! a Pipe Night"
OF the Players has been desecrated by
the presence OF woman.
The fac; that the woman was one OF
The greatest prima donnas America has
produced does not mitigate the offence.
Mr.. DAILY is called upon to explain"
The directors demand that he explain.
Mr. DAILY tenders his resignation. 1t is
unanimously accepted.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Okla.) 191?-1915, 1914-04-14

First pub. March IL Last pub A pril
SHERIFF'S SALE
State of Oklahoma, County of Caddo
In District Court.
The Wichita Loan & Truss CO.
plaintiff VS. George T. Johnson ct al
defendants.
Notice is hereby given, that by vir-
tue of an Order of Sale to me direct
ed and delivered, and now in my hands
issued out % the Clerks office of the
Fifteenth Judicial District Court,
State of Oklahoma, in and for County
of CaidO, upon a Judgment Decree of
foreclosure rendered in said Court in
favor of the the Wichita Loan and
Trust Company, Incorporated Plaintiff
and against George 7. Johnson, De-
fendant. | have levied upon The fol
lowing described Real Estate of said
defendant tO-wit: The Northwest
Quarter IN w Ia of Section Seven
| t7) inrownship Nine (9) North Range
Twelve az West of | M containing
100 acres more or less, lying and Sit
ualed in Caddo County State of Okla.
homa, and t hat l shall, on Wednes-
day the 18th day of April, A ID 1914;
at the hour OF two o'clock m of said
/ day and at the front door of the Court
Honse, in Anadarko, in said County
and State. proceed to sell the right,
title and interest OF the above named
George T johnson in and 10 the above
described property, 10 satisfy said
Judgment $l525.3S and costs $22.Os
amounting to Fifteen Hundred Forty
seven Dollars and 43 cents together
with all accruing costs Of sale, and in
terest on the same from the 4th day
OF September 1913, at the rate OF II
per cent per annum, public auction
to the highest bidder tor cash.
A. j. 1lankenship.
Sheriff of Caddo Count. State OF Okla
A. !. Perry.
Plaintiffs At orney
Dated at Anadarko, Oklahoma, thi
llth day Of March 1914
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Okla.) 191?-1915, 1914-04-14
TAX DEED NOTICE

To whom it may concern, and
the unknown owners of the OIL
lowing real estate, to-wit;
Lot 30, block 40, district two.
Broadway ST., situated in the town
Of Anadarko, Caddo county, state
of Oklahoma, according to the
duly recorded plat thereof.
You and each of you are hereby
notified that said real estate above
described was on the 9th day Of
November, 19l l, sold by the Coun-
ty Treasurer, of said county, for
the delinquent paving taxes due
the con for the year 1911, for the
sum of S27, 10 including interes',
penalty and costs allowed by law.
That said county treasurer issued
crtihcate Of purchase therefor,
and the undersigned is now the
owner and holder of said certificate
of purchase.
You are therefore further mott.
fed that unless you redeem said
real estate from said sale within
sixty days from date of first pub
lication of this notice, tax deed
for said real estate will be demand
ed and will issue to me as provid-
d by law.
Dated this 26th day of Novem-
Der 1913.
L. w. Myers, owuer and holder
of said tax sale certificate, Ana
darko, Oklahoma.