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MAIL CHRISTMAS GIFTS
EARLY AND MARK PLAIN

10 you expect to send your moth
er, sweetheart, or friend a Christmas
present this year? If so, and YOU
hnd II necessary to patronize some
express company, it would be we'll To
bear In mind the following sugges-
tons submitted by an expressman:
lst: Ship your package early, by
the 18th OF December if possible. The
express company will give you a
small label to paste on the package
reading: Don't open until Christ
mas" This will insure the package
reaching it's destination before
Christmas and give the additional
pleasure to the recipient of the gift
or having it on Christmas morning.
Ind. Use wooden boxes for pack
ing. Glass or fragile articles should
be well protected. 1t may cost a few
cents more, but the danger of loss
or damage is very much reduced.
True, II the shipment is lost or dam
aged the express company will pay
for it, but that will give your friend
no pleasure.
3rd. Write the address in full.
state, county, city, street and number.
on the box or package with ink, or
erayon. Tags are frequently torn off
and lost.
4th. If you want to prepay the
charges write the word paid" in
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9Th. Insist on a receipt and see
that the amount paid is marked on
the receipt and package, and the val
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9th. Write your own address in
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This in order that the outer mark
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ORDER FOR PUBLICATION

First Insertion Nov. 1O)
STATE OF MICHIGAN-The cir
cult court for the county Of Ionia.
IN CHANCERY.
Wealtha i. Kenway,
Complainant.
VS..
Lewis Kenway,
Defendant.
Suit pending in the circuit court for
the county of Ionia, in chancery, at
the city Of Bedding in said county on
the 9Th day of November, A. d. 1915.
In this cause it appearing from af-
fidavit on file, that the defendant,
Lewis Kenway, is not resident of the
state of Michigan but resides in the
village of Valley, state of Mississippi.
On motion Fred L. Warner, COM
plainant's solicitor, it is ordered that
the said defendant, Lewis Kenway,
cause his appearance to be entered
herein four months from the date of
this order and in case of his appear
ance that he cause his answer to the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-15
A Lovers Quarrel.

She turning at the door)-I think
you are just hateful, and I'm never
going to speak to you again. so there's
no use coming into the music room
after me, because I'll be on the rustic
bench at the far end OF the conserva-
tory.-Smart Set
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THE BELDING BANNER
Ionia Pioneer Physician Dies

DIR. T. r. Allen, for many years a
practicing physician Of Ionia, died Sat-
urday afternoon in Chicago, where he
had gone a few days previous for
treatment. The doctor had been in
poor health for some time. He was
born in New York in 1841 and had
practiced medicine in Ionia for A
years. Funeral was held from the west
Main street home Tuesday afternoon.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-15
A Boomeranu.

Call that artr exclaimed a would
be critic. pointing to painting In q
studio. "If that daub is work Of art
then I'm an idiot.'
1.-THE latter part Of your statement
rejoined the artist calmly, would seem
to furnish conclusive proof that It Is a
work OF art"
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of a copy Of this order, for three sue
cessive weeks previous to said day Of
hearing, in the Bedding Banner, a
newspaper printed and circulated in
said county.
MONTGOMERY WEBSTER,
Judge Of Probate.
A true copy.
ANNA p. WEBSTER,
Register Of Probate.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our gratitude
to the Ladies' Aids-Ashley and
Eureka, and all others for the kind
ly consideration and help given us
since we lost our home by fire. You
have our sincere thanks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Andersen.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-15

"Yes," said the colonel pompously,
II am quite confident that the war
will be over by October"
What year," asked Bildad
"Ah," said the colonel, that is an
other question. Judge.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-15

In Hollandsbut always on
Dec. 6 instead of the 18th
the little boys and girls put
their wooden shoes in front of
the hearths instead of hanging
up their stockings, and the good
old patron of children comes
and fills them, and there is gen.
eral gift giving.
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advance of Christianity. II is a poem
IN which Goethe once more showed his
adherence for that which religiously
makes denial of natures power. There
is in this cantata for various voices n
wild opposition upon the part of the
old German heathenism against the
new worship of God. whose priests and
followers are accused OF Strengthening
heather women and children.
"Goethe's poetic viewpoint was a
far different one when he wrote Wal
purglsnacht' in Faust Since he made
use of the devil in his poem he could
not protest against him as "A fabulous
creature. With fresh and rich fantasy
he accepted the Bloksbjerg super
%stition. and he allowed his Faust and
his Mephlstopheles to spend the VAL
borg night on the Brock with Jack a.
lanterns, neCromanCers. witches, both
old n young. in great numbers. Here
the landscape painting Is wonderful.
The verses. serious as we'll as humor-
Gus, r extraordinarily colorful in
their phonetic power.
1T was In the year 1900 that Goethe,
while suffering from recurrent indis-
position. wrote his unforgettable
Easter promenade In Faust The new
century was nigh. The midnight be-
fore January /, 1901, found Goethe in
earnest conversation with Schiller.
Tho hundred year cycle to which
Schiller belonged entirely was ending,
and also the half century of Goethe's
life that held his weightiest ideals,
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afraid. it Is here he gives rent to ex-
pressions that plainly show that the
scene is written in the southland amid
surroundings that made all that OPP
posed nature take the guise of super
stition that only belonged in the land
OF mist"
GeorS Brandes appears to attach
the utmost Importance to the fact that
Faust" is exactly what 1t is because
written at various periods with con-
siderable intervals between. The Sec
ond volume of his "Wolfgang Goethe
takes up the subject of Faust" as the
handspring to the poets activity.
Urged on by Schiller" Brandes
says, the author Of the Faust frag-
ment, on the completion of Herman
and Dorothea,' in the year 1877. re-
newed work on his most fruitful sub
ject. He aimed to lift it up and per-
meate II symbolically by giving II n
mighty pedestal upon which it could
raise itself, and he perfected what
was needed in its ensemble. on the
other hand, he also began to undo this
slowly gathered context in hat he
quite carelessly split the totally OF
the lone by wilful insertions. Cnfor-
tunately, at a certain period he
seemed to feel driven to use Faust
as a great treasure chest In which
drawers could be placed TO be filled.
"A short time before he had writ
ten "A splendid poem. Die erste Wal
~purgisnacht,' which paints the anger
of the Druids because OF the victorious
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her. II the darkics were all inclined
TO speak Of her respectfully. This was
partly through fear, lest she should
Wr"ak magic revenge, and partly be-
cause of the great wealth which she
was reputed to possess.
The trial was thus unexpectedly
prolonged, and dragging out all day
was postponed until the following
week Tor some reason, so hat | do
not know the outcome. But minClinE
with the gentle co.orcd women at the
Don recess, and questioning them, |
was surprised and shocked 10 find how
black a shadow lay upon them
through his wicked practice n how
6ensc was their Ignorance. They
either could not or would not under
stand the cheap triCkcry and charla-
tanry which the C~O'nulnCent black
woman exercised, and were in mortal
terror lest they should offend and
lrinE upon themselves her EVIL magic
The war Vessels of al the Allies
are at HON, IN Kingston harhor.
Jamaica. the pcscartes, Chaer2s, Condo.
the sydney and Melbourne slipping
quietly IN u out AGAIN at any time
in their pa.rol Of the blue Caribbean.
one scorchlnG hot April day the
,.t... n. o,,
''""' "'' ''''H ~ - F''' N"''' "''
gray her great steel N'"'H 'l'thE the
turquoise waters NIX" 4 knli'' over
hcad the soft blu" of the tropical skies
embodied the enchanted island and
tHp.an maintains t.aIIl flItIt,I slnHn1
down almost To the sea making a decp
crater ABOUT one oi we h'!eS' h'rpoTs
IN the world
not II dusty as was the gay the
temptation 10 see the war VeSsel at
close range was irresistible so men
deep hrouHh u WnI'e uuSt OF .he
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h a II contained nothing but fountain
pen, notebook, luncheon, handkerchief
and purse. H. vas not satisfied how
ever, and appeared suspicious of the
Fountain per. | assured him that It
vas not dangerous. would not explode
ana was not dynamite. and that no
reason on earth would induce me to
blow up the Condo. But as ! spoke
IN EnSi.h ana he IN Italian we were
not Getting along worry well, when the
iaNk guardsman. who had been quietly
"~'serHant, strobe up and spoke with
authority ~ the small Italian: "She
mas PERMISSION 20 pass" That settled
H. IN" Italian s~ullenly rctreated and
fastened 81 with thanks.
a vessel Erar at hand was load
inr sacks and sacks of yellow corn
meal, shipped from America. as the
United States is Invariably there
"2i". and relavcl on Ia the Isthmus.
bno bag had hurst and the golde
maize had mingled with the dust.
VIII vas foot deep everywhere.
Except Tor this Tho shipyards were
orderly ard clean and so restfully
quiet i'm comparison with our Amer
lean ways.
h long steel line II the h~attleship
lay upon the water ominous.y stu:
the great guns fore and art looked
grim am murdcrOus under the peace
ri h'n Sky and one wondered II
they had yet taken their toll of death
or wha; terrible part they may yet
play before the great war Is over.
Tho sailors wash hung in long dingy
lines above the decks under the limp
Union Jack overhead and sailors were
to he seen here ana there busily en-
ployed In various parts of the YES
sci. Four OF them were folding a
huge English flag that appeared to
have undergone the ignominy Of a
bath and looked as reluctantly clean
as n small boy who has just been
passed through the same trying or
deal.
I stood alone on the pier not ten
feet from the great vessel but care
fully oheylng my instructions as to
not falling In the water, and after
drinking my AL OF wonderment and
interest turned and retraced my foot
steps inland. AS the Italian appeared
still grim and suspicious the black
Euardsman Of the gate came forward
to meet me and escort me out. Quito
calml" and dispassionately he looked
down from his imposing height and
remarked: pretty girls in Mexico"
Yes | said without changing covu.
tenanCe, II dare say there are, but
| have never been there
pretty girls In Mississippi" he
quietly appended.
Yes" l answered quite pleasantly.
land throughout all the South, ] be-
lieve." And with smiling thanks I
beat a hasty retreat. altogether de-
lighted with my unique experience
and thoroughly undeserved conpu,
msut
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Two Studies by a Woman in the Island of Jamaica

A GREAT crowd was gathering
u before the court house IN Port
Antonio composed Of colored
people OF all the shades known to
that section of Jamaica The sun was
Oreadfruit tree in the courtyard
scarely stirred in the almos, notion
less air Of the early May morning
Down a marrow side street. hardly
wider than an alley, one caught "a
refreshing glimpse of the blue waters
OF the Caribbean, where little pickL-
ninnies were playing under the palm
trees.
| had started out for "A morning
walk along the shore. but was III
vertcd by the crowd and concluded
to remain and witness the trial, which
| heard was to be that of "A woman
accused OF practising oheah This Spc-
clcs OF ~witchcraft is peculiar TO the
West Indies, and | was glad of the
opportunity to see and hear some
thing Of it. II seems that the obeah
cult is a remnan of a primitive ser
pent worship and its present prlc-
t|.tioners deal in the back arts to the
extent of their limited ability, result
ing in all kinds Of triCkcry and knav-
cry and iNici; getting, Il j.
strictly forbidden in Jamaica.
II was now almost time for court
To convene. but rs yet Lawyer ]Iacquot.
the presiding Judge, had not started
down the mountainside from his
beautiful hig house AT the sum
NIT. from which it is possible in
favorable weather to see the coast
OF Cuba far to the north. The
crowd grew larger every moments:
men, women and children gathering
in little groups on the portico, at
tho gates, or under the spreading trees
In the courtyard. The women were
dressed in bright colnred prints, pink
and blue prcdominating, MS il the GUS
tom in this part Of the island, where
people from the East indies abound.
The narrow, wooden stairs of the
building led to a large upper room,
where the benches We're already nearly
FILED with "cullud pussons," and the
air was sitting. | stood near the
rails where | cou,d see and hear all
that was going 81 and at thu same
time watch the people continually
coming In. Presently the Judge ar
rived. and the black sheriff opening
court with the musical "OycZ, Oyer,
Oyc2, God save the King" the trial
began.
In the space ruled off for the court
were seated at wide tahles the counsel
for the defence and tho prosecuting
attorney, the Judge cnthroncd II little
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after was a young Colurrd man, olive
skinned. slight and graceful. with the
Nnl'" If a seraph and the mos beau
tlfu! hands in the world. of which h
was supremacy conscious. The Judge
and the prosecuting attorney, a keen
witted. heavily huilt man, were the
only white persons in the room be
sides myself.
There was a STIR when the defend
amt came IN. for besides being a witch
she was the most amazing spectacle
imaginable. Shiny black, ia, remen
dous and villainous. she was arraycd
from head to foot in vivid pink.
About her throat was "A p~rofusion Of
white cotton lace, ana an immense
panama hat was decorated with broad
I NIX ribbon and flowers.
There We're some broad Smiles as she
seated herself on two chairs md tow
cred over the assembly. fcr she must
have weighed ful 3OO pounds. Her
meek censor, sitting beside hor was
completely overwhelmed, and when il
h0,ame necessary for some reason or
other for her To speak to her LAWYER.
the Judge. seeing the great mass OF
PINK beginning to rise, said hastily:
81 think IN this instance It would be
better for Mahome: to go To the noun
tain" Mahomet did, and there were
more smiles.
The woman was formally accused
of practising obeah. and giving her
name rs Edith Cooke seemed To he
very well pleased with the situation
and her important role as hirh PRIEST
oss of the black art. The first witness
against her was the common law wife
of the sick man. Mr.. Doyley. for whose
cure she had agreed 10 practise her
gentle healing arts, She had charged
these people extortionate sums for her
ministratiOns, collecting from them rs
much as 10 shillings AT a time. and
a ultimately cheated them out of 20:
had not in any wise benefited poor
Doyley, who wa now both paralvtlc
and speeechless, and had turned the
feelings of the community against
both when the common law wife had
finally rehclled against her tyranny
and cXtortion. All this Naomi cX-
planned with tears and quiet misery.
In her pretended treatment the
'''''' "'''N'' i"' HIilllllNlllltN grave
dirt. RUN and water, all Of which had
10 he used with certain magic for
mulas; and when the patient failed
to improve she declared that there
were two spirits, masculine and femi-
nine, interfering with her work. She
and her male companion t%hcroupon
took up their residence with the
Doylcys, In order To be on hand ana
combat the enemy, and incidentally
obtain hoard and lodging free OF
charge, supporting the position with
"A lot Of mummery and the s%illiest of
nonsense. But II il curious what a
tremendous influence the woman had
over the superstitious colored folks; II
was hard to procure Witnesses against
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his sentiments as humanitarian. as
citizens of the world"
Brandes declares that Goethe's SUI
perb craftsmanship obtains full sway
In his description of the spectral do
ings in tie spring night. Both Meph-
istopheles and the witches con-
stantly Use very coarse expressions. IL
is true, but the Danish writer affirms
that both artisticaIly and logically
they belonged to that picture OF the
world and existence that Faust" was
meant to paint.
Brandes. however, finds considerable
objection to the introduction of much
~extraneous material, such as person
a%lities against whom the poet held
resentment. and the critic is especially
severe in his faultfnding in that d.
~rection where Goethe mars the strik-
ing scene with Gretchen in prison by
inserting n ~variegated versification for
no other apparent purpose than to hit
hack at some OF his contemporary an
%tagonists.
"It was not until 1908 hat the com
plete first part of Faust was ready
for the public" writes Brandes. "A
considerable number appreciated its
value. wieland admired this gro
tesquely genial tragedy so different
from anything hat went before or
anything to come and he expressed
the opinion that Goethe was to the
world OF poetry what Napoleon was to
the world OF politics.
Jean Paul forgot the injury ne NV
" 49, Ia-l nf EnnthR nnI
suffered AT tne manu- VI
sree'eu I'M III y,r,agan
nous ohaNeSpeate AZ, ,,darstond
""o" -. ,,,an,,sa onnreriateJ
$500 .ha,,u Scbo,iiny desig-
80 .,anl a.,,,o mos, distinctive
- -, ,na cermans' II was es-
roo,nu,, ,ha romantic school which
80 a. mon itself TO glorify and in
,srnret this work in that Faust stood
before this school as the type for a
romantic tragedy. n rat oil
Faust Friedrich Schlegel. like many
after him, compared Goethe 10 i'ah'e
Alighieri.
In II DAYS, then. the work has
gained an importance related to that
of the divine comedy in the Middle
Ages. All that power which impeiieo
Goethe throughout his entire Ire mere
speaks out. ascends n descehuS a'o
hand each other n soIue'' p"m
The desire OF youth, n tate % VI,
lover. tne sul."ns .nu,adoa IN,
s~earchers ques. "'e - nv.
loneliness Vi II $3.50 ,ahoroa 70.
periehce ~ Nv 80 ahout and
ee'her ~ '"'1 - .n,araa,,ab,e has
I%ntousnou.
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Next to Goethe Lord Byron was in
that day looked upon as the greatest
poet in Europe.
Byron's heroic effort to give per-
sonal and economic aid To the struG-
Cling Greeks" says BraUdcs. even
more SO than his beautiful death,
moved Goethe deeply. He felt a need
IN gl0r!fy his young and drill ant co.,
league, and a little by little he ac-
Customei himself to look upon Faust
ds a gathering point and "A place II
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concentration for al. that gripped him
nightly. in Faust he came very near
rearing a monument to Byron him
self"
II may he doing both Goethe and his
present b!ographer an injustice TO
single out from among this mass Of
description by Georg Brandes those
features that refer exclusively TO
Faust" Yet considering that some
time will elapse before the English
reading world Will get the benefit Of
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Great Sc andinavianCr Crit
c'sLatestW Work Rivals
His Analysis Of Shake
speare
NJ JULIUS

TN "Wolfgang Goethe" recently
published in Danish In Copen-
hagen, Georg Brandes once more
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"Green-Eyed Monster"

One of the most conspicuous
successes of the present season.
The Green-eyed Monster, will
be at the Princess Theatre for
Saturday, only, playing at popu-
lar prices. This is a big city at
traction, carrying a big troupe of
real performers, full outlay of
special scenery, elegant wardrobe
and startling scenic and property
Novel singing and dane
ing numbers are introduced bv
various people in the cast. The
play Is one of the big successes
IN the east of 1914, and is on its
hrst western tour. Despite the
TACT that it plays smaller cities
nothing is sighted in making +
real production. 1t is credited
with with being one of the funniest
tarces of late years, and is from
S sn1 sane !, s. pen as AS wrote Going
cuse Me-" LIZ