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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-30
PROMISED NEXT WEEK.
Mis-. shreve's Carnival NJ D.r.,r,

MISS Shreve's Carnival Of DANCING.
The Runaway Princess" the beauti-
Iui operatta in which Miss Cora D.
shreve will exploit the gifts OF her dane
ing class for two performances at one Of
the local theaters next week, has an in
tcresting little plot Of which Miss Shreve
Is the author
1t tells coherent story of a fair young
princess who has wearied of her title.
While enjoying the opera from her box
she Is inspired by her own resemblance
to the prima donna to change places with
her. and see something Of the world I'M
hampede by the conventionalities of court
life. Acting upon her impulse she ar
ranges to sing the leading role of the
opera while the actress takes the place
Of princess in the latter royal party. The
experiences of the royal lady upon the
stage. until her final happy return to her
court and the arms Of her own princeIy
sweetheart. furnish material SUFFICIENT
for q professional performance.
OF course the story Is interiarded with
q series Of feature dances which are in
terpreted by a host Of washington's fair
est children, ranging in ages from tod
ding tots Of two and three summers to
lads and lassies nearing maturity, and
Miss Shreve promises this year the most
elaborate electrical display and scenic
production which has ever distinguished
her spring carnivals Of dancing.
Playing the title role Of The Runaway
Princess will be Genevieve Pyle, the
talented little daughter of DR.. and Mrs
F. d. Pyle. while scores of other clever
young artists will interpret the numerous
roles Of the operetta. and sing and dance
the performance.
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Poli's-..The Divorce Question -

Designed as convincing answer to
Medill Patterson's Rebellion" William
Anthony McGuire's THE Divorce Ques-
ton" has created more discussion than
any other theatrical production dealing
with the most vital problem in American
life today. 1t will be presented by the
Poll Players this week.
The play concerns the apparent disre-
gard of the obligations OF parents to their
children in cases of divorce. The leading
figures in the play are a divorced couple
two people decide to separate. both being
pleasure loving, neither wishes to as
sumo the responsibility of the children.
so the young innocents are placed in a
boa Ding school They are miserably I'M
happy and soon make their escape, the
boy to become addicted to the drug
habit and the girl to descend to the
depths of slum life. The boy, however
remains faithful to his sister and in an
effort to defend her he Stays the man
who plots her downfall. After the
crime the boy fees to the home Of the
parish priest and here all the members
Of the disrupted family are brought face
to face. but as both father and mother
the custody of the two desperately mis-
cradle chiiiren. =.
The Divorce Question has only been
seen once previously in Washington.
some five years ago. when Charlotte
Granville. the distinguished English
actress. appeared as the mother and the
radiant stage beauty. Virginia Pearson.
played the daughter. There are many
striking character studies in the play
and these should supply the Poll Play
ers with excellent acting material.
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Cosmos-vaudeville.

Man and a monkey will be truly shown
in comparison at the Cosmos Theater
this week. where Lady Betty, the famous
trained ape. adopted daughter of the
wonderful Consul. will be exhibited with
all her accomplishments, including those
most notable in Consul, with q strain of
simian comedy that seems inherent in
the adopted daughter. She IL not only
very interesting but very funny. The
big musical act Of the bill will be the
famous Gallerini -Four, masters Of the
piano-accordion. who are now en- route
to Australia and will only appear the
first three days Of the week. This splen-
did act was a pronounced hit upon its
former appearance at the Cosnos. How
ard Chase and company will furnish the
laughter in dramatic form in Victor
Smollett's funny farce. Where Ignor-
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outlet for either her voice her ehca
her through week. Clifton Crawford
headlner of another
who left pleasant memories her
ent with the Poll Players has found little comedy concerning
f. s 49,.
When is the close!
Nobody will say
Robins and he smiling down at on. with the
vaudeville course AZ long as IL dol
without driving attractions
Which isn't definite o question
But y don't care! s,.e
And neither does Eva Tanguaa
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CONTINUED on FACE sIx.
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Observation-Disclosures
EEsYI %S9 HMEssS:NElIaIaa3

End of theatrical Year-ln All
a Barren Season-Chanse m
Business Methods-No More a
One-price Institution-Tiime for
Refom-Besinninss of Gilbert
and Sullivan New Russian
Farce Ambitious Plans of
Semi-amateurs.
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NIarahall Hall.

FREELY" a bran-new idea in rides and
the only one of its kind in existence.
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In the World Of Make Believe

kY EA&A&.s:%Z Elu 9 49, !
happening the folk who
the first place James to us the new
capacity manager of Polls
phone week. when he called
how glad he that he will b. Washington
with
with the new resident
Have YOU met him,
Nice Ikabe exuding every
way Washington product Brought up here You're
welcome J. W.!
coming this
week Not Immediately Poll his
long dramatic and give the matinee girls
This benefit hearing about be for the survivors of the
Christian Hemmck Phander
promoters Marlowe
Columbia Thaer the
there of about
for Mr. sohn will read which written him by Charles
which
intend allow anybody else for
will be filled with flowers instead honor the lives lost
James Washington
Thate month in midu for the of giving thorough
ceiling pit before the opening of the fall
AS Mr. Poll he'll do nothing of the kind Not that he
without making the house but he declares be accomplished
closing the theaer.
By the way the Poll Company never made up of such
have
plays presented the opening of the home of
than
charming lady of Capital studying tie
Runaway operetsa
present for two performances next week
Pyle only erpehoean pr
will help make Miss Shee carnival of dancing the biggest
given Washington Runaway Princess
will the services Of of other Washington children who are
both socially and atistcally prominent
Even there all spring carniva
pending aoekng
the river to see what manner of new has been planned for the
months at Glen Echo Park Everybody has said anything to
about it has done with of satisfaction!
sehloss has added
Glen Echo which has already begun and made the resort of such
that looking forward and
evenings there before the warm days are at an end
you praise Clay prize play
which had its first production stock Boston? New York and Boston
Broadway production August with beautiful Jane Cw
its lovely lumnary
Oliver feel whole lot of
his eha1 and the weekly profit of $1,000
o Ny Heart" sends him from London.
whSe speaking interesting
with prominent whereby "The Bird of
Paradise will undergo the transition from drama grand Just close
and imagine those lovely exotic settings background for
THE
its author, Charles Sumner early the fall
He's playwright who honor ownto
And VIVA do
and Jack Wilson, who
headln Orpheum going
Miss
line Flanders where
noby family bread in America. 1t
cash du o. |.
Burke contemplating engagement,
IF. Zicgfeld jr. But OF remenberD
glad of thing! Madame Critic
hiding
daylight interesting
signature her
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Vaudeville.

Douglas Fairbanks. Patricia Collinge
and company IN "A Regular Business
Man." win be the leading attraction In
the bill at Keith's next week The extra
added star win be Belle Baker. styled
The Bernhardt Of Song" Another new
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04
Robl,-Eppel'ley.

A quiet home wedding was solem-
nized at the home of the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs w. G.. Epperley
Sunday, Jan. "a, 1915, which result
led in the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Pearl to Mr. Raymond Robb of
Woodburn, Iowa. The words were
spoked by Rev. Elba Dale in the pres
ence of the immediate relatives
which united them as husband and
wife. The bride is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Epperley OF near
Davis City, and is respected and es-
teemed by all who know her. The
groom is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
E. Robb, of Woodburn and possesses
the pleasant unassumed manners that
mark the perfect gentleman and feel
that he is worthy of the prize he has
won. They will make their home at
Dean, Iowa. where they are followed
by the best wishes Of their many
friends.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04
Simmons-Edwartls.

A beautiful home wedding took
place at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. H. Edwards in .Osceola, Jan.
Goth, 1915, at 1890 a. M, when Mr..
Paul NJ. Simmons, cashier of
Simmons & Co., bankers, of Osceola,
and Miss Gladys Edwards were unit
ed in marriage, the officiating minis
ter being Rev. F. Edwards of Osce-
lola, the grandfather of the bride.
The beautiful ring ceremony was
used in closing the marriage VOWS.
The company present to witness the
marriage of this young couple were
the parents of both the bride and
groom, with few of the near rela-
tives. MIR. Simmons is a young man
of clean habits with good business
qualifications, with pleasant affabil-
tiles, while his friends are numerous
and close. The bride, Miss Gladys
Edwards, is a young lady of pleasant
social qualities. is a graduate of the
Osceola High School and has had
some experience teaching, also
worthy member of the Presbyterian
church. Her circle of friends is al
most without limitation. The pres
ents that came to them before and at
the wedding were very numerous in
deed and the practical utility Of
which will be quite convenient when
they enter housekeeping after the
marriage and congratulations. They
took the 1880 train to spend about
a week in Chicago. They purpose to
to keeping house about the first OF
April and will be ready to receive
calls from their numerous friends.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04
MUST LABEL WEIGHT OF BALED
HAY, SAYS BARNEY.
Dairy and Food Commissioner Says
Packages" Should Weigh 100
Pounds.

Baled hay is package food" and
must be labeled properly astoweight,
according to a ruling made by w. b.
Barney, state dairy and food COM
missioner. After Feb. Is he will in
sist that every bale be properly label
ed. The method to be followed is not
defined.
The need for the order, according
to Mr. Barney, is that persons who
bale hay have been reducing the
weight of them with the intention of
defrauding the public. He says that
bale of hay should weigh 100
pounds. Most bales look alike and
firms which put hay up in bales often
make them smaller than the stand
ard, putting in so, 70 and 80 pounds,
with the intention of selling them as
100 pound bales, he says.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04
Weldon Man Receives Big Bunch of
Money i'm a Mysterious Manner
The Past Week.

T. B. Abercrombie, of Weldon, re-
ceived a package the past week
which not only startled him at first
but has added a mystery, and the
wonders and the why-fors. The let
ter does not bear the signature of
any person and was dated at Denver,
Colorado. The letter contained the
sum of $40 in United States curren-
cy and the signature was Yours of
Long Ago" Mr.. Abercrombie states
he hasn't the slightest idea of who
sent the money or for what purpose.
1t was a most agreeable surprise and
has been added to the Abercrombie
bank account. The letter and the
money are doubtless from some per-
son who has long been indebted to
Mr.. Abercrombie, and which has es-
capped the attention of that gentle
man. Now he does not know whom
to thank for the payment and has
added the amount to the profit side
of the ledger when it has possibly
been on the debit side for many
years-Osceola Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04
Notice of Appointment of Admins
TRAITOR.

In the District Court of the State Of
Iowa, in and for Decatur County,
In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of J. q.
McAlister, Deceased.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as administrator of the
estate of j. 2. McAlister, late of
Decatur county, Iowa, deceased.
All persons in any manner indebted
to said deceased or his estate will
make payment to the undersigned;
and those having claims against said
deceased or his estate will present
them in manner and form as by law
required, for allowance and payment.
Dated this 18th day of January, A.
D., 1915.
RAY McALISTER,
Administrator of said Estate.
23-3t By E. E. Beck.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04
Hair Ornaments Explode.

Miss Hazel Ballard, stenographer
in the employ of Barlow, Barlow &
1>autz, while sitting close to the heat
ing stove at her home last Friday
night, with book on her lap and
her head near the hot fire, suddenly
found herself enveloped in flames,
caused by the ignition or explosion of
some celluloid ornaments and combs
which she was wearing in her hair.
Only for the timely arrival of her
father Miss Hazel would surely have
been burned to death, as all the eff
forts to smother the flames were of
no avail, and they were not extin-
guished until pail Of water was
dashed upon them. Miss Hazel's
many friends will be pleased to know
that she was not badly burned, and
that aside from the loss of portion
of her luxuriant hair, and a pretty
bad attack of fright, she is none the
worse for the experience. Truly for
tunate it was not more serious
Bethany Republican
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04

Of course the tramp has been seen
in a great many plays, but either in
minor role or in character SO ex-
aggerated, that it is scarcely recog-
nizable. But Geo. McManus, who be-
came famous as a creator of unique
stage characters through his never
to be forgotten 'Newlyweds and their
Baby" Bringing up Father ETC.,
has succeeded admirably in reproduc-
ing on the stage a real live happy-go-
lucky tramp in Panhandle Pete
who is supremely funny at all times,
and is being surrounded by a boz
auet of female loneliness, goes on his
cheerful way through the play, leav-
ing behind trail of laughter. This
attraction will appear on Monday,
Feb. Sth at the Leon opera house.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04
The News Of the State Legislature.

AS usual, the Register and Leader
will give you the most complete re-
ports of the new legislature-and
give it to you first. The Register
and Leader is printed this morning
and you get it the same morning.
ding" will have some excellent car
toons on important state issues.
You get the Daily Register and
Leader one year for $4.OO-with
Sunday $500. There are few
"Ding" Cartoon books left. Send
your subscription today and you'll
be sure to get one. Let the editor
of this paper send in for you or send
direct to the Register and Leader,
Des MOines, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04
fr s
Crown.

D. T.. Davis has been having tus-
sic with the grip" but is again
around. s
People have already commenced
to move preparatory for the LIST OF
March.
Frank Moore sawed wood last Sat
urday for F. w. CARRIER near Crown.
j. F. Lewis and family visited last
Sunday at the home of e. Poland.
Charles Piercy and j. w. WATSON
shipped stock from Grown last Mon
day.
P. c. Morgan received another car
of coal last Saturday at Crown.
Come to the chapel next Sunday at
IL o'clock. There will be preaching
services. Please do not forget.
Mr.. Follmer will move to the Ogil-
vie farm just north of Leon the first
of March.
Z The heavy sleet Saturday and Sum
day did considerable damage to the
telephone lines.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04
Lonesome Ridge.

John Evans and family spent Sum
day at Roy Walters.
Miss Retha Blatt and her sister
and family are visiting at the Verne
Marshall home.
Mrs. John Flynn and son, Martin,
called on Mrs. James Flynn Sunday
afternoon.
George Mcdaniel and J. F. Bruny
spent Sunday at E. ]. Evans.
Roy Blakesley spent Sunday with
his brother, Walter, and family.
Miss Helen Barrett spent Satur-
day night and Sunday at T. ]. Crit
fms. .
Jake Virden spent few days last
week with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Virden, near Kellerton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Maynard and
son, Eldon, visited a few days the
past week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs J. B. Mcdaniel.
Lester Hullinger visited at Alma
Poole's Sunday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT SOON
TO BE APPOINTED.
New Law Passed Governing Manner
of Selecting County Superintend-
ent of Schools.

With the appointment of the coun-
|ty superintendent of Decatur county,
as well as others in the state OF
Iowa, interest of the general public
begins to center on this subject.
Under the now law the Office of cOun-
ty superintendent is made an appoin-
tive one and the first appointment
will be made on April 6, 1915. The
new superintendent will take office
on September LIST, 1915. Under the
old law of electing county superin-
tendents the term of Miss Mabel
Horner would have expired January
l, 1915, but under the new law pass
ed by the thirty-fifth general assem-
bly, she is holding over until the LIST
day of September.
Miss Horner has made one of the
best county superintendent in the
state of Iowa. Under her supervis-
ion there has been a marked change
for the betterment of the schools of
Decatur county, and she is peculiarly
fitted for this place. We have heard
of no candidate coming out against
her for the appointment as county
superintendent and there should be
none, for no better person could be
selected for county superintendent
than Miss Mabel Horner.
According to the new law the new
superintendent is appointed on the
first Tuesday in April, 1915, and each
third year thereafter. The election
being held at the county seat of each
county, at which time each school
township, city, town or village, indie
pendent district in the county shall
be entitled to one vote.
Each school corporation shall be
represented at the election by the
president of the school board or in
his inability to act, by some member
of such school board to be selected
by it's members.
1t is also provided that where a
congressional township is composed
in whole or in part of rural independ-
ent districts, that they shall be en-
titled to one vote in the convention
which vote shall be cast by some
person selected by the presidents OF
the component rural independent dis
tricts within that township, as
meeting to be held at such time and
place as the county auditor shall fix.
All representatives to this convention
shall serve until county superin-
tendent is elected and qualified.
The county superintendent, who
may be of either sex, shall be the
holder of regular five year certifi-
cate or life diploma, and shall
have had at least five years expert
ence in teaching or experimenting,
but this provision as to certification
and experience shall not apply until
September /, 1918, provided that any
county superintendent of schools now
serving shall be deemed eligible to
re-appointment under this act.
The term Of office of the county
of schools shall be for
three years and until his successor is
elected and Qualified and such term
shall begin on the first secular day of
after the election The
terms of county superintendent now
in Office are extended until the first
day of September, 1915, and until
their successors are elected and quail
flied
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04
Local Charity Work.

The movement to help the unfor-
Juhate Of our town in a systematic
manner was started none too soon
for it came just before the recent
bitterly cold weather and in many a
comfortable home the past two
weeks the food has been sWeeter and
the sleep more profound because of
the work that had been done to re-
lieve distress in homes stricken by
poverty or sickness. By the efforts
of the good women of the town bed
ding, clothing and other relief was
given where most needed. With
money donated by individuals and
the churches, and as the result of an
exchange, shoes, clothing and mater
ials for bedding were purchased.
The ladies worked two afternoon at
the library assembly room and made
Is warm ccmfOrters which with
some half dozen more given outright
were sent to homes where they were
sorely needed.
A quickening Of the conscience of
town which has been rather care
less in such matters seems to have
taken place and with but few excep-
tons the response to the efforts put
forth has been hearty and approving.
BY organization. with its visiting
OF homes, two good results follow:
The more deserving are discovered
and given the preference in relief
work; and more sympathetic feel
ing is awakened and better under
standing established between the
people.
There is much to think of in
Henry Ford's declaration that justice
not charity" is what the world
needs. But until the world has
caught up with such men as he and
things have been more equalized
there is plenty of work for every
willing hand and loving heart. Espec-
tally is this true this winter when as
a result of world wide disturbances
and consequent business depression
the need is perhaps the greatest ever
known
Any one wishing to help in the
work may leave donations of money
at the Pleuss meat market with Mr..
Pleuss, or with Mrs. Keller at the
millinery store of Pryor & Keller.
They will give due credit and turn
the same over to the society.-Pub-
licity Committee.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04

The local knights of >Pythias will
receive letter from Grand Chancel-
lor A. J. Beckett this week in which
they will be asked to observe Sunday,
February q as Ego to church day.
A meeting was held in Des Moines
the past week and the matter was
fully agreed upon. The idea is for ev
cry lodge in the state to observe the
same day as a church going day. The
Osceola lodge will be asked to find a
minister who will speak on Pythian-
ism, and the members will be asked
to attend in body. Grand Chancel-
lor Beckett told the Democrat man
of the plan last Monday and stated
he expected to have letter in the
hands of the local Knights within a
short time.-Osceola Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04
NO STAMP ON LOVE DEEDS.
Ruling Made in Regard to Revenue
Measures ON Certain Deeds.

Deeds of gifts of real property
from husband to wife or parents to
child in which the consideration is
natural love and affection and 81"
or "desire to promote public welfare
and 81" are declared exempt from
the new war tax in ruling by the
commissioner of internal revenue
Another ruling made by the commits
sioner is that deeds made by husband
and wife to straw" man, who i'm
mediately reconveys the property to
the wife, are not subject to tax if
there is no valuable consideration or
only the nominal valuation Of ST..
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04
A New Ford Story.

Here is new Ford story we saw
somewhere, but have forgotten just
where. A man in California writes
to the Ford company and tells them
they should feel very much exalted
for the reason that the Ford is the
only car mentioned in the Bible and
to prove it cites them to the passage
in Isaiah which says: He went up
into Heaven on high" and asks what
other car but a Ford could do that?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04
Motorcycle.

New and rebuilt, on monthly pay
ment plan. Dealers and riders want
ed. Eagle Motor Co., Cedar Falls,
Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04

A Gotham genius has invented a
hat that can be turned into an UNI
brella. The advantage is that no.
body would be likely to borrow your
hat and forget to return 1t.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-02-04

Statistics tell us that European
armies eat II 500 tons of food a day.
1t isn't quite as bad as that, how
ever. They only eat that much when
they can get it.