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Meade County news., 1915-02-11
The Elevator

On Friday evening, February
II, the Meade High School Y. w.
c. A. will present the play, THE
Elevator" at Phelps theatre.
The play hay been carefully
selected and well prepared,
therefore there is every reason
to believe it will meet with the
approval of our people.
The cast is as follows:
Meade County news., 1915-02-11

Don't miss "The Elevator" to-
morrow night.
The weather the past week
has been like summer.
l.. \. Braden returned Mon
day from Eureka Kansas.
J. J. Atherton. the noted poul'
try Judge; of Emporia, is in the
city this week scoring poultry
for w. w. Pressly and II. n.
Holdeman.
Meade County news., 1915-02-11

Mrs. Roberty LYDIA mpbell
Mr., Roberts Noel Dewey
Miss Lawton Lois Perkins
DR.. Lawton Francis Fuhr
Mr.. Alfred Bemis w. Anshutz
Mr.. Bemis Roy Grimm
Mrs. Curwen Grace Mcclure
Mrs. Miller Nellie Dewey
Mr.. Miller Alex Wilson
Mrs. Crashaw Esther Anshutz
Willis Campbell Carl Whitehead
Elevator Boy Oscay Fletcher
The Detroit times., 1915-05-22
c.RRtT n

"Maid On America trs latest NeW
YORK winter garden prod ucttnu. ..-
come direct 90 the GarrleA tArafrr
next week from ITS horne i0 New
YORK city. en- route 20 Ch.raen fr- o.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-22

u'afsr son Leonard Marx plays TIE
role 81 an Italian viii" Arthur
a comedian u the Willie How D
tyne is billed as The Nua-csC -igt
Incidental 20 the Schneider PERCEPTION
in the second act. Arthur MUrN ut-
fcrE q unique advertisement eu the
harp. Leonard Marx PLAYS au open
face piano on KEYS and sfrtrEs AZ
prSe md Silly ntReN au3 hey Ross
fffcrpr4t the modern dances 'ftrr
sAcsiieut acts on the hilI rUInUr
FcilN Adler. clever mouoloE So ans
onteFtatner billed as The Ttt.H
ei0thps man N8e Melville tra Rob
eFt Higgins. origiu1tors NJ Than g .
$50 ~ ylrg "i.et 10 lay 10 uf0 irtF-
olitN entitled Putting on airs t'-
NETT Dewey aud plaA ers tD ne
eafnfc sketch called "Ifis VII e
Mother little Cleo G2Eceizre. gr id
prina donna Redfora and Wlrgh. -
ter traVest& iugElers Page tt' IS
ard Mack, pAntomimic rou,Ea ir".
and tile weekly news ylA the ~ sore De-
scope
The Detroit times., 1915-05-22
TEMPLE

"FIome Again ~ thu tiur ~ the
fs-m4Buto musical comedy that WIZ
Ne presented in the Temple tn'"lt'
ncxi week 30 the -Four Mara prot
crs. WhO have achieved tsW" aul -"t-
iune ~ the west and are now intHA-
tng tho eAFt for the tr~t time IH"fr
are eleven other people Urn the com p
parry besides the four brothers anl
TIE act ~ said 60 Doc without "uIi
snonqfut aud with plenty ~ novel
.effarta aud an avalanche ~ Fun The
frSf scene iH "a steamship pi,r in SEQ
York with the SchHt-der flmilA -ttt
refgrnipg from Europe. ana the Soc
oud scene represents ifHfN
.ys VIVA on the Hudson Jul'u- MArN
piAys Henry schneider. -" T.
fferinap. a mericau Win nr '-n. ""F =.
aeftnt Milton Mar iitf"
f-ilrefdc-. ilsrfs spnt''1
Evening star., 1915-05-23

little handkerchief at pair Of big. leaky
eyes and sits there >tarin at me startled
with her shoulders still hravin'.
oh its YOU, is it. Miss Deena?" says
|. We'll, the idea"
For honest the last one in our young
crowd that I'd expect to find indulgin in
a solitaire weep is this same little Deena
Baslin. Why. a> Il rule she's aS perky
and cheerful as Il chipmunk on top
branch; with soft, gurgly. rippln glggle
that it just does YOU good to listen to.
Course Id never had much speech
with Deena; but I'd seen her So often
felt like knew her real we'll \ cute
little wisp of Il thing She is. but with
plenty Of zip and 90 to her, if m any
Judge And here she is all by herself.
cryin reckless on the club cushions.
Il Il bring in some OF them leather-cov-
cred ones from the >mokin room. ii YOU
got to do it. goes on
"Oh, MIR MrCahr. says She. don't
tell, will you'
Not unless You We spotted 'em all up,
says |. You certainly had the sprinkler
turned ON for fair" and camps down
chatty beside her ON the window seat
II suppose You We heard all about it,"
says She.
"\cver a word. says l.
But You will, says She. They re
simply hulhing with it in there" and She
mods towards the assembly hall
SAY. says |, that Boomer-Day per-
son amt been
"lc>. she has breaks in Dceua Told
me it was mistake, my being put ON the
ladies committee. and that there would
be enough without me. She she said it
right before them all. And shes di>a
grrrahc spltetul. fat old Woman
For a vivid word picture Of Mrs,
Boomer-DaN. says |, III admit that
falrlN accurate.
"Oh, thank YOU, MIR McCabe" SAYS
Dccna. hramin grateful al me through
pair of big. misty eyes II -l'm glad
everyone doesn't feel the way she does
toward me. You don't anyway du YOU
"What"Ncr til" row /, all about. Miss
Deena, says |, +" Ina on Your side
Evening star., 1915-05-23

Even when You hear what they're
saying about Dad'" She insists.
I've heard says |. and, take it from
me, your stock runs Just as high as ever,
oh" says She That helps. hearing
that And now now they can take their
old committees and and everything
else, I'm going home.
TO continue the WeepS' says l..
She toSSe> up her chin brave. NO.
says She. To forget them all. I've been
silly enough a> it is.
That's the talk" says l.. and stands
watchn her tilt graceful through side
door out into the spring sunshine. where
she belonged
poor kid, She was payin' her war tax
all in lump; for If it hadn't been for
this Scyen-Slded ructlon abroad her daddy
would have kept right on bein Il respect
able stock broker, like most of his neigh
bor>. her little romance with Perry Bloom
cr wouldn't have been spiked. and all
would have been lovely.
But the big war had caught Duff BaSkiu
the way it caught 81 many Others, with
everything pNramlded on Il market that
simply laid down and quit without hardly
Il Warnln' gasp, | must say he didn't beef
50 hard about 1t a> most OF en- did He
Just waited long enough To see that il was
no use krepin open amy more then he
Shut up his offices and dl>appcared no.
DO lN seemed To know exactly where.
There wa MT any For Sale" sign hung
cut on the big, hip-rooted Baskn house.
though. The limousine was put up, the
chauffeur and Il few maid, laid oft; but
llttle Mrs. Baslin and Dccna seemed to
be gcttin along all right otherwise Not
hcin' chummN with Duff or KNOWN amy
Of hi> clos" friends very Well that was all
Id heard. He wa nj r<actlN my ~tNlr.
Baskin. one of the big. ha>hNdrrSSod,
loud-talkin kind. who VA, fond of maxim
a Splurg" For Il time there hr was mighty
thick with the Boomcr-DaN>, and that
was when Stcp>on Perry and lltle Dcena
got 50 we'll acquainted. When this rumor
about how he was maxim liNin got to
eirculaln around Rockhur>t though,
Mrs. Roomrr-Day begun THROWN cat
Evening star., 1915-05-23

- YOU re anything of a mixer. ii ; hard
to keep from bein rlng in specially in a
llvr-Wire suburb like we got here at Rock
hlr>t t-on-t -the-Sound
1t was the Yacht Club again. Not that
I'm amy more salt or tarry than ever.
don t own even a rowboat or Il pair of oar
locks. Most of us don't. in fact But in
Ro'khurSt all YOU got to do to qualify for
the acht Club is be able To pay the dues
Then you can invest two-fty in a blue
cap with the pennant worked on the front.
and swell around through the rockin'-
chair fleet on the front porch with the best
Of 'em.
Course we always try to pick a Commo-
dore that has some sort of Il craft atlout:
although one season the party who >ported
the three stars on his cap only held stock
III ferry comply. So my bcin put on
the house committee want such a Joke as
YOU might think.
Anyway. when the regatta committee
begins preparin for the spring opcnn
Commission Day. they call it. they Just
naturally loads me up with all the odd
lnhS nobody else wants
so Saturday afternoon | puts on my
official cap and runs down there. I'd
Strengthened the contractor out aS to
where he rcviewin boxes was to bclocated,
inspected the landin' floats. told the stew
ard where to stow the band. lodged the
skirt delegation that was dccoratu' the
assembly hall, and was maxim Il thorough
tour OF the rest of the house. when |
stumbles onto this scene of pathoS in the
ladies writin room
First off started to back ont quiet but
whrn | notice hat she's doln the sob act
rlgh, on some new crctonnc window seat
cushions that Id q. k.'d the bill for not
two days before | decides that it up to
me to interfere.
Excuse me, says |, "hut them colors
amt guaranteed not to rum.
Gave her more or less of Il Jolt. that did.
She unl>nkS herself sudden, dab> a foolish
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Evening star., 1915-05-23

They say that Dut1ied Baskin has turned
bookmaker."
"'They say a lot of things, says |. and
if you listen to all of EN-"
But someone saw him at the race track
down in Havana" she goes on And |
hear that's what he used to be before he
got to be a broker,-just bookmaker'
well, that was good tranin for ii,
want it," says l. And, ii YOU ask me.
between runnin' shop where suckers can
put up their money on margins, and maxim
book on the ponies. don't see much"
"\ow don't be absurd Shorty" Sa;
Sadie
YOU see, she'd been talkin it over with
Mrs. Purdy-Pel and the rest of I'm.
And. there was no gettin' around it. Rock
hurst society couldn't stand for book
maxim not for minute, That was the
decision, flat. For. believe me, when we do
draw the line here in Rockhurs,. we stretch
1t tight. Have to- they say; for aint We
some grand little bunch of ncar-upp,r-
cruSters' SO my faint remarks about one
style of gambln' bcin' just as good as an
other are promptly howlcd down.
Maybe if Duff Ba>kin had been II ia
write of mine. Id have debated the Subjec,
stronger; but rs he wa MT let the matter
slide. When il come to takin it ont OF
little Deeaa,. tliulgh got good and sore
At dinner that night reports this new
development.
That's your Mrs. Boomer-Day tor
YOU, says |. "Jumpin on little Decuu
right before the whole crowd"
Too bad" says Sadie. But the girl
should have had better SENSE She should
have known how people felt
"Ah. say" | breaks in. ">he aju't
maxim a book. is she'
But ii 5 no use. While Sadie never ha'
been strong for Duff BaSkin anyway. nov
that he'd put over such Il raw one a th>
she couldn't see why the whole family
shouldn be barred from society Course
she's sorry for Deena. She'd been SOM
int rested in helpin along tha, match be
tween her and Young Boomer too.
Just think. though, shorty. says She
"A race track gambler. Why. rveryont
in town is talking about it,"
expect they was too. | soon discovers
that I'm Il lonesome minority. which gives
me the comfortin' feclin that il : all lu, t,
my low brcedin' and my unhurird past
INSit anu i'it ! was Nt ttltl'lttSl, Dut l htp'
on Statin my opinion.
'TIlAI'S how | come to open up to this
Ripley gent. guin down on The eight
naught-three Monday mornln' He's Il
gaS>y, nerNy advertiser agent. Ripley
that ) sort of on the out side fringe here III
Rockhurst. but don't seem to know it, or
don't care ii he does One of your braSsN.
independent kind. that butts in where ht
wants to, and STAYS out when he pleaSc>
| had to blow off steam to someone, ARD
as he happens to drift into he same sea-
with me | sketches out the >ittutioh for
him, windin up with the Derna incident
"All because some husybody reported
how he d run across Baskin at the Havana
race track, says l.
YES. know says Ripley. The
somebody was me. Basklu wasn't maxim
amy bones of it either Hailed me aS
came down the line. and Jollied me into
putting up twenty ON an old skate thai
never even showed for a place Told nv
il WAS hl> old game too. that he's eotfy
back to rather han 20 hungry. But Mrs
Boomcr-DaN, Say, say. What : She 90.
on him to get rruStN over
Nll' l., 1 4. I.. ,
Evening star., 1915-05-23

" hen | notice that
she's d0in the sob
act right on some
HPU CTPfOHnP WIN
doW-seat cushions
decides that its up
to me to mtrrlere.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-01
ironically Misnamcdo

To THE EplroH OF THE sunni. An
old Hoosicr may perhaps be permitted
to say 1t is not known AS the Tree Of
Heaven but the Heaven Tree, and pre-
sumably from the odor. 1t certainly
smells to heaven and | have known
those who We're immune from all other
odors, possible and impossible, who never
tholcss gave up in disgust after coming
in contact with the leaves OF this tree.
Probably the folk name was bestowed
ny some i~ronical individual who called
It so because il smelled like unto the
other place,
That pawpsw stun rhc word is usually
spelled with two VS. is all thtt IS
claimed for tho fruit, There are two
folk theories concerning It which | have
never seen in print, one is that the
fruit Is a specific for a rcCalcltrant liver :
and many affect II therefor, The other
is that n hog will not eat ii. possibly
for the reason that the quadrupclal kind
of porker instinctiyely recognizes that
This ambrosial fodder is intended for the
dedication of his betters or his " two
footed cousins. of whom there he many
when II comes to pawpaws as well as to
other things. j. W. Lose.
GLEN RIDGE, ", j.. October 80.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-01
FROM A SUFFRAGE STATE.
In California Women Vote. and the
Sun Still shines.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr. This
bit OF cheerful testimony on the help
ful effect Of woman suffrage in Cali
fornia comes from a letter recently re-
ceived
Woman suffrage IL q godsend 70 the
small towns in California. A woman park
commissioner has transformed our village
In Marin county. She had demonstrated
what she could do in her own garden.
which IL "a lovesome spot, God wot." Her
work In practical and satisfactory Yes:
our little parks arc featured among the
things worth seeing. our commissions
has improved not only the parks blu the
town In general. The way she managed
q man she discovered posting up without
a license dlsfguring signs is IN interest
ing and amusing tale.
You ask II there Is friction. haven't
found any. Friends who diner part the
night before election with a good natured
handshake and II hope you'll get a good
licking tomorrow"
The foregoing may have M more
weight nor brightness than n sunbeam.
but a sunbeam indicates the sun still
gives life to the world. and II may
hearten some prophet OF woe and dis
aster to heal that the Golden state
has not become a dark Zimmerman
desert since women vote there.
DOROTHY QuGGLEY.
Nrw YORK, October 80.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-01
Another Chapter Of Panama Rail-
road History.

On Friday, October $, the Panama
Railroad Company. owned by the
Omitted States Government. issued Il
circular fixing at ~ a ton the freight
rate across the Islhmus, this rate COW
ering all charges.
On October 10 the authorities re-
spOnslble for the circular Of October s
cancelled this Hat rate and announced
n classification of rates, under which
the cost Of moving a ton OF freight
from n end Of the road to the other
would have been 50.
On Saturday. October 80, the Secrc.
tary Of War, in whose jurisdiction the
supervision Of the Panama railroad
falls rescinded the schedule of October
~, am ordered the reestablishmen,
Of the'rates Of October s.
We register IN chronological ordc,
this succession of incidents In the Gov.
eminent management of a public util
ity enjoying II monopoly in its field
for the purpose of congrutulating the
Hon. LiNDIEY NJ. GARRISON on having
promptly rectlicd the blunder of his
subOrdinutes. and to direct attention
to a specific instance in which public
operation Of a public utility moi dim
cult to manage failed tn achieve tina,
high degree Of excellence which we ar,
continually being informed it canuo,
fall to attain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-01
TREES OF
With the Chinese Ailanthus the Paw
paw Is Acclaimed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir. Your
New Jersey correspondent, Mary V. Ret
TOP, wants Information In regard to the
Tree OF Heaven" This name was
given to the |ailanthus, hotanically
Ailauthus rlaudulosa, The tree is u
fiction as to its heavenly title. 1t is
highly regarded by the Chinese because
of its foliage being favorable food Of
the silkworm in certain seasons. When
the MOrus multicanlls, Chinese mulberry,
upon which the silkworm mostly feeds.
Was badly affected with blight wears
ago and whole forests were dcrIded Of
foliage. the ai'uuthu, anne ma good
stead with its S,lkylihc foliage, and
hence it Was regarded as a tree sent
from heaven
The ailtuthus proved a good sub
st.,utc for Ih" mulberry because of
It's rapid growth and thriving upon thin.
light soil where other trees will not 10
we'll, II Is Objectionable AS a shade
tree, although much used for that pur-
pose in America. because of It's tropical
appearance when in fun leaf The obs
~icCtions to II are that IL suckers to a
great extent. md is therefore undc-
sirdble for planting along sidewalks or
on lawns, and bccausc of its siCkening
odur at blooming time.
The tree is OF luxuriant growth and
can Toe employed az a shrub for screen
ing unsightly objects il cut back each
year to the ground. \ description OF
the tree and of its habits of growth is
scarcely necessary, as your corresponds
eut is evidently DESTROYS only of ascer-
tanning the origin of the nalne Tree
of Heaven"
As to the papaw or pawpaw tree,
Asimiua triloba. which has been under
consideration by some of your CORE
spoudcnts, | would say that Indiana is
not the only State in which il ahounds.
II is found IN a number of sections of
Pennsylvania. and is "A handsome tree
for the Lawn. II is surprising thai
uurserymeu do not keep il in stock for
customers who desire to have trees In
great variety IN beau,ifying country
seats and homes, GYMS II. Fox.
REApING. Ia, October 30.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-01
Medical " HES.

The layman who reads that a ply
sician has been ousted from Il college
and u hospital because he is manufac
turing and selling "a secret prcpara-
ton privately owned and the methods
Of managing which do not commend
themselves 10 the better class Of the
medical profession reioices that in
so lofty a calling its members are
held to strict account with regard to
their ethics. THE Sun has repeatedly
expressed its approval of this atti-
tude, but has had occasion to call at
tention to the fact that there are
many If not II majority Of doctors who
dccry methods that do not commend
themselves to them who may wei.
take the mote out Of their own eyes
in the matter Of prescribing and
thereby aiding the sale and distribu.
ton Of secret preparations privately
owned" because they are advertised
in respectable medical journals.
Commenting upon the opening ad-
dress delivered by Professor WOOD be-
forc the students Of the College Of
Physicians and Surgeons recently, in
which he Jocularly adverted to 'the
latest synthetic drugs recommended
by some privatdozent," we emphasized
his neglect to warn the students
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-01
Back Breaking Saddlebags.

A Government ship purchase hill
and q plan for Government munitlon
factories linked by a hyphen would he
a back breaking pair Of ~saddlebags'lo
throw across u scheme Of national de
fence. That an effort will be made
by those favorlng Chinese military
standards TO crush the war prepared
ness movement with this or a similar
load is indicated.
The ship purchase rider is al
ready openly urged. but the Govern
ment munitions monopoly campaign
has been long afOot. H%yphenate in
fuence was largely responsible for
the activity. With all American war
munitions Government made, sales TO
belligerents would be barred. That
inspired hyphenated interest.
A later development OF the cam
paign Is In the form OF yarns about
"steel barons" rejoicing over the pros.
pect of profits incident to national
defence orders. From Washington
comes the information that only a
few days ago President WILSON was
aroused TO deep Indignation by a par
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-01
The British War Council.

The British war council composed
of six members of the Cabinet is the
response to Il general demand for
concentration of authority in the con
duct OF military operations In all
areas. While the presumption is that
Lord KITCHENER. the Secretary for
War. and Mr.. DAVID LLOYD GEoRGE,
the Minister of Munitions. will be
listened Ia with Difference when the
question before the council relates to
strategy and tactics in the one case
and war material in the other. Mr..
RoNNR LAW. who is hard headed and
vcrgcS on omniSciencc. will have de.
cidrl opinions about every other qucs-
ton. The Right Hon. ARTHUR j.
BAIFoUR is the suhtlcSt of men and
n very stanch V~nionist. The Pre-
micr will always he disposed 10 re-
main aloof from controversy and east
a deciding vote If necessary. The
majority of six. by the way. is four.
AS n politician Mr.. LLOYD GEORGE Is
second TO none, but in speeding up the
munition factories he has weighty
business in hand he. too. is likely to
stand aside from controversy Of a
political nature, but he can pour oil
on troubled waters with a steady
hand.
Lord CrRzON and Lord KITCHENER
were in India together from 1902 "a
1903. as Niccroy and Commander in
Chief respectively. They should make
a strong combination in urging the ne.
cessity Of Swing Egypt and Indla from
German aggression, although their re
| la,lons were not always harmonious
in India. The war council has intel
lect. information. character and will
power varlously distributed. 1t seems
Il pity, however, that 1t cannot say,
I'VE are seven"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-01

The taxpayers of New York have
the State Legislature 10 thank for
the increased budget they must meet
in 1916. The city administration,
handicapped 10y mandatory legislation.
an immense debt service and the
pay-as.we-go policy for financing non-
productive public improvements. has
succeeded in keeping the municipal
allowance at about the total they
reached for this year. The additional
%4NOO.OOO tn he raised mex year rep.
resents the direct State tax to which
we must submit regardless of what
happens IN City Hall.
To reduce the municipal costs To the
lowest practicable sam 1t has beef.
necessary to enforce economies many
of which are radical, and some of
which will he savagcly attacked. Presl-
dent MC.ANENY opposed several plans
in the Board Of Estimate. but was
pOwcrleSs in the face of Mayor
MiTCHEL's aud Comptroller I'RENpfR-
CASTS determination Ia follow the
programme to which they were com-
United. We take ii that they are not
less sympathetic than Mr.. MCANENY
toward cases Of Individual hardship.
and they must have recognized as hn
did the possible unsatisfactory conse-
Uuences Of some of the changes they
sanctioned. But the s~pendthrift's re-
form Is not accomplished without I'M
pleasant incidents. and If New York
IL to live soberly it must learn how
through instruction by errors and mis-
takes and their correction.
The budget will amount to about
$213. 100000. For this year the Ola
was $199, OOO, ON. Ten years ago 1t wa-
SIG, 100000. In those ten years the
town has had administrations presided
over by MCCLELLAN. GAYNOR and
Mitchell each succeeding budget has
been larger than any that went before
1t. The increases cannot be charged
to a political organization. The truth
10 that the city has been ~eXtravagant,
and this extravaganza ii must over
come. If 1t does not accomplish thl'
willingly IL will he compelled 10 sub
nit to the harsh rule OF necessity. and
the application of that rule may come
sooner than even the most pessimistiC
now believe.