The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-14

Mrs. VI. MURPHY. No. t2l Cu0ord-ss.,
purse. containing Jewelry and mon
ey valued at Sl05. WAS stolen from
her. Thursday.
Elmer Bisch. Of no. ~ Hapwoa-ave.,
reported Co the police that . dts-
%o o ring h yr b at 'So w Vas ' wssS
room OF the Hotel fuller.
The spesinG Of the sew qssytsrs 81
the Cessrsssiensi ssis.. Ne. rs
Esrmsr-.t;; viii be. be ce,.sr;s tssL;
mittee has Issued 500 invitations.
Mary st. John Brownsll. Mrs.: James
Mr:, g =. Fi.S.r end Mr: Fred
Aldrich.
The Michigan Authors assect. tien
Sss for The best short story. poems
:i%. ' Pn.:s.n, U . sG M p xsnsld
have been rses.vsd. The judges
are the Rev. Chester B. Emerson.
phy. The winners viii be an.
nouncsd at the end OF April.
Plans for the 1919 Memorial nay
Daraae were made In the q. A. g.
building. Thursday night: when %
organization; were rspresentsa a,d a,
rooms. a committee to supervise
arrangements was appointed as
follows r. y. Lamb. president;
Mrs. Carrie Parke- bosss: seGrs.
frst formal meeting OF the joint
committee will be held next Wed
nesday evening.
Miss Elizabeth Cleveland. NJ the Thir-
keII school. addressed the GILLIAN
the fwentieth Century club. Thurs
day afternoon. and gave II as her
opinion that much OF the truancy
in the schools was due TO super
work too narrow. monotonous and
uninteresting Miss Cleveland
teaches a class OF this sort and
says that L needs broader cul-
nary class room.
sale of baked goods and spectsl
dishes In the Detroit Federation OF
Women's clubs building. Thursday
afternoon. for the beneht OF GIFTS
was in the nature of military
feast. Tables were draped with
flags OF all nations and articles for
sale were dubbed with formidahie
figured largely in the lists Of good
things which sold. literally like
hot cakes Forty dollars was
realized from the sale. The chairman
OF the committee was Mrs. Alice
Gilleland.
For the beueat 81 the Michigan chill
dr~n'. Home society. the chi'dren
taking part In the orphanage
scene OF DADDY Long Legs" to be
opera house, by Henry Miller and
Ruth Chatterton. Will sell In the
audience between acts copies Of the
Bible Shakespeare calendar. The
calendar. compiled by Edgar e. Alb
bolt. BOSTON. Il an artistic produc-
ton embossed on heavy paper. and
bearing an etching Of shakespeare
on it's cover. Quotations from the
bible and from Shakespeare's
day In the week.
Miss Barbara Angela kennisgs, q
graduate ~ the r.. n. n. school 81
acting. will give a graduation re-
cital Friday evening. In the audi
forum OF the Wayne County Mcdf-
cal association. The program COM
pris~s monologues. pantomimes and
sketches Miss Kennlngs will he
assisted by Miss Hiids Patche,t ct
and Clarence o. Jones. tenor.
Frfty-one yesr~ nGo today. April ~.
IS6n. ave days after the close Of
the Civil war. Abraham Lincoln
was asssssinated by John wilkes
fpOtn, WHltf ooN w
Ford's theater. Washington. watch
ing performance OF the comedy
Our American Cousin"
"a child. apparently autt IN srhoot.
may he suMev1ww from = form ~
heart trouble peculiar to children
about eight years old. which. with
rest and omitted mental strain. will
pass away. leaving him normally
bright and intelligent" Prof. s. II.
Laird. OF the Michigan state Nor
NAL school, Ypsilanti. told the De-
troit New Century club the other
day. We should not try to incite
children to EFFORT by comparing
them TO others. for We cannot
know what forces of heredity and
environment are contending within
them. In the period Of adolescence.
from ~ to 20 years. the child re-
duires the utmost carefuin~ss In
study and training. II Ia during
that period that Wise direction and
arectionate service may develop
the turbulent. unruly spirit into
leader among men. while careless
restriction and constant censure
may force him to become an out
law or human derelict."