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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19
HOW TO FoRETELL WEATHER
Observation of Birds and Beasts Will
Do Much--Sky Also Indicates
Coming Changes.

Birds and beasts are all more or
less sensitive to coming changes in the
weather, and by observation of their
movements warnings Of changes in the
weather can be obtained. Seablrds by
inland In search of food as stormy
weather can be obtained. Seabirds fly
grounds for higher localities; swallows
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19
Past History.

Elsies mother held the opinion that
instruction should be given to children
incidentally whenever possible. There
fore on different occasions at the table
Elsie learned that veal is cut from a
little calf, that slices of bacon once
helped to make a pig, and so on. One
morning at breakfast she looked up
from her plate with puzzled express
sion.
Mamma" she inquired, what was
hash when it was alive?"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19
Why They Didn't Need 1t.

She was mothers little helped. That
was one reason that she answered the
loud knock at the door the other morn
ing. An old man stood there with a
tall bucket and a basket full of bot
ties.
Does your mother want any horse
radish today, little lady?" asked the
peddler.
"No, sir" answered four-year-old
Marion. MY daddy's horse has gone
to war"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19
Reason for His Question.

William went with his mother to
visit a baby. After being left alone
in the room little while he came out
and said: isn't she christened?"
His mother said: "Why"
He said: Because 1 called her
Katherine and she didn't answer me-"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19
cutlcura Kills pandruff.

Anoint spots Of dandruff with Cuti-
cura Ointment. Follow at once by
hot shampoo with Cuticura Soap, If
man; next morning If a woman. For
free samples address, "Cuticura Dept
X, Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.--Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19
Always We'll Behaved.

Farmer Bilkins-That ere pig I
bought from ere last week as bin an
diedl
Farmer Glles-Wull Wunl thet's
funnyl 'E niver cut any Of them CO.
pers when 'ad um,-Cassells SatmN
day Journal.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19

chief diversion in Africa is playing
patience" although this is diversified
by incidental lion hunting and the cas-
ual chance of shooting other big game.
None the less he could say that while
"the loneliness gets on my nerves oc-
casionally, ON the whole like the job,
and we get some jolly little scraps
which are not reported ia the newspa-
pers. Still / should welcome the So
ciety of a war correspondent or two.
Which possibly goes to show that
even in the desert the newspaper has
its uses.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19

morhing indicates bad weather or much
wind. Assimilating these and other
signs, that much-maligned class Of peo-
pie, weather prophets, are able to give
us our prophecies.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19
Money In SnaIIs.

An investment of ten cents three
years ago in two red snails has net
ted a profitable business for Nine.
Veronica Varje Scrimshaw, who is
known to hundreds Of school children
as "The Snail Queen"
The snail investment brought thou
sands of snails, which Nine. Scrlm-
shaw sells to school children 30 for
five cents, and the madame throws
in bit of seaweed and sand. The
are so eager for snails that
the madame's profits sometimes reach
$12 a day. She is said to be the only
woman known to raise snails.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19

1t is a great world, and it would be
childish to expect to have everything
in it to suit ourselves.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19

A machine has been invented for
quickly counting seeds and spacing
them evenly in testing trays.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19

Even the born liar speaks the truth
occasionally.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19

When a topper sees things double his
glasses are little bit too strong.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19
Descendant of Robert
E. Lee Has Famous
Hospital in France ::

HE publication of statistics
Of all army hospitals shows
that an American woman
Mrs. Zalma Bradley Lee,
formerly of Baltimore and
New York-operates n hos
pital having the lowest
mortality rate of all the in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
By Deems WELLER

There's new Christmas toy on the
market 1t is made by children for
children and for the American Red
Cross. It's a toy made of wood; still,
it's anything but wooden. It's a brand
of plaything that's expressive.
Children who were enrolled in the
junior membership of the American
Red Cross in Los Angeles started the
industry by making the angry owl;
he's a scissors holder. And a sweet
little thing with a muff is q spool.
There are. too, pensive pup with
blotting instincts, and serious dog
which takes care of pennies.
Now. children in all the thirteen
chapters of the American Red Cross in
forty eight states of the Union are
making these painted and carved use
full beasts to have about the house and
selling them at Red Cross Christmas
bazaars.
In design they are characterized by
a freedom from adherence to accepted
styles, such as mission or renaissance
They are playthings that are revivas
of national art Instincts, expressing
freedom in design and coler and en-
bodying hUmor, caricature, quaintness
children.
Indian children arc sending strange
dolls to the Red Cross toy shop, and
little Mexicans are reproducing their
own curious playthings. Log cabins
from mining camps, mountain sheep
with curly horns from the Rockies.
churches from New England, toys typ
ical of life in every region of the
United States are being made by chill
dren Of these regions to help the chill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Miss Evans Is Bride of
Bryn Mawr Professor

The marriage of Miss Lucy Evans,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph
Evans, to Professor Samuel C. Chew,
jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs Samuel G.
Chew, Of Baltimore, took place last
evening at her fathers studio, II
Washington Place, this city.
Father Sill, of the Holy Cross Order,
performed the ceremony, which was
followed by a small informal reception.
The bride, who was given away by
her father, wore grown of soft white
satin, trimmed with point lace, and q
tulle veil. Her only attendant was her
sister, Miss June Evans, who wore a
costume of pink silk and chiffon.
Lieutenant Thomas Ruth acted as best
man.
After their wedding trip Professor
and Mrs. Chew will live at Bryn Mawr,
Penn, where he is connected with the
Woman's College in the department Of
English literature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
American Children Make
Toys for Red Cross

dren of all the world through the
American Red Cross.
The toys are of two classes-sta-
tionary toys made by combining two
or more pieces of material, glued,
nailed and screwed together, brilliantly
colored, and mechanical toys that re-
ally go.
They are drawn free hand or traced
with carbon paper from any pictorial
or linear design in book or magazine.
This gives the exact copy of the nat
ural motif, but the natural motif is not
desirable for the painted wooden toy.
1t must be changed to fit the material.
The change is called conventionaliza-
ton. Conventionalization consists in
simplifying and squaring the outlines
Of the motif so that the design may
express the characteristic Of the ma
terial in which it is to be executed.
Under the direction of professional
toymaker Junior members of the Amer
lean Red Cross are carving and tracing,
saving and gluing these odd toys into
being. Children in the fourth and fifth
grades in schools arc doing this work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Who Wants to Heir
Santa Claus? Asks
Red Bag Society
Know Any Child Likely T.
Be Missed on Christmas
Notify the Saints Will;0.
Aids --- There are pler,,'

ooh, please, ma'am, don't Ia. O..
forget mother and me-" is q natb..:
wall, and long cry from tbs e.
trees, which have suddenly sprung
along Fifth Avenue and the t;n.s,, y
exhilaration of its shop windows D.
it's wall that comes frequenslv :.
Mrs. Austin Norman Palmer. forrs'
and president of the Christmas D.,
Bag Society.
This organization, with which severe,
womcn's clubs cooperate, fills red e.n
brio bags with the sort Of Chrjstm..
gifts guaranteed to cheer the bao,.-
OF those youngsters who would ots..
wise sit i'll clad and cold on Christine.
morning, wondering why Saint Nicbo
las has nothing for them. Warm cloth
ing, toys, pencils, books, hair .ibboD,
bag with twenty-five new pennis.
sweet crackers, NUS, raisins, doll n.
jackknife - these are the gifts in.
Guided in the bags, and each pitt :,
done up individually in tissue name,
and red ribbon, as every mother n
means would wrap the bundles for he,
own Christmas-eage offspring.
Nor is mother" forgotten in the bar
There is always a small package. q
handkerchiefs, VAIN groves, or a bank.
note of moderate denomination.
perhaps there are mothers in ina
city who have cast-off toys and cloth.
ing still good. Maybe some little g;r
has doh that has lost It's wig. and
rather than have it repaired she would
donate it to the Red Bag Societvs
Mrs. Palmer said. "Well gladly mend
the doll and pass it along to one Of
our poor children. Sweaters washed
once too often and shrunk bevopd
utility for the original owners; shoes
scuffed but whole all these are mora
than welcome. Indeed, they are ur-
gently begged for and they can all he
sent to me and will find their way into
the red bags. Or if there are any who
will fill bag would like TO have their
names; or the names of any children
who are apt to go Chrstmasless and 10
whom we could send a bit of cheer in
a red bag. Send all suggestions or
offerings to Mrs. Austin Norman
Palmer, 80 Irving Place"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
London to Keep
Its WomenPOlice
After War Closes

LONDON, Dec. 12-The women po-
lice of London, first appointed as war
emergency, have come to stay. Scot
land Yard is about to form a new Of
fetal womens force and they will be-
come a permanent part of London's po-
lice. By Christmas the new force, it
is hoped, will be actively at work.
A start will be made with about 100
policewomen. They will be enrolled,
sworn in and drilled in much the same
way as men. Their uniform is to be
puttees, skirt and tunic of the orthodox
blue, with peaked cap to match. At the
mainly to patrolling the Strand and
several other chief West End thorough
fares of London.
After the success of the women pa
trolls had been demonstrated during the
war by the National Union of Women
Workers, the permanent constitution of
women's police force was inevitable.
From the very first they have been q
complete success. Their main duty was
to superintend the conditions of the
main streets Of London, and they have
performed a most difficult task with
the utmost tact and discretion With
ouV attempting 10 secure convictions,
they have cleared the street of many
undesirable characters and have per-
formed untold service by giving
friendly warnings to young girls of the
dangers that await them. But although
their appearances before the police
court magistrates have been few, they
have invariably won golden opinions
on these occasions for the concise way
IN which they have given their evidence
and avoided all irrelevancies.
Under the new conditions the women
viii have short period of training in
doors and will undergo course of in
struction in the outlines of criminal
law and evidence before being sent out
on street duty. They will carry no
weapons. The head of the force will
be woman superintendent, and under
her inspectors and sergeants.
If the experiment is a success the
force will be largely increased in num-
bers, and there seems to be little or
no difficulty in securing a large supply
OF the best type Of recruits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Miss Charlotte Strong
Selects Wedding Party

Miss Charlotte Remsen Strong,
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. James Rem
sen Strong, of East Thirtyninth
Street, whose marriage to Lieutenant
Schuyler Van Vcchten, y. s. A, will
take place Saturday afternoon in Christ
Church, Short Hills, N. j., has chosen
for her attendants her sister, Miss
Margaret Strong; Miss Elise Van Vech-
ten, sister Of the bridegroom; Miss
Frances Riker and Miss Edith FAIR.
Little Cornelia Van Vechten, niece of
Lieutenant Van Vechten, will act as
flower girl.
Harold Nutting Kngsland will serve
as best man, and the ushers will in
clude Lawrence William Bogart, Louis
f. Loutrel, George Conway and James
Sheldon.
Following the church ceremony a
reception will be held at the country
home of the brides parents, in Park
Place, Short Hills.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Miss Marguerite Stitt
Is Bride of Legislator

Miss Marguerite Stitt, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William James Stitt, was
married to Ralph Edwin Church, of
Chicago, a member of the Illinois
State Legislature, yesterday afternoon
at the home of her parents, 316 West
Seventy-ninth Street. The Rev. DR..
Willard Lyman Robinson, brother-in-
law of the bride, assisted by the Rev
DR.. Christian F. Reisner, performed
the ceremony which was followed by
a small reception.
The bride was attended by Mrs Eu-
gene Addison Howard. of Chicago;
Mrs. Dunbar Wood Lewis, of Bridge
port, Conn; Mrs. Kenneth Paul
Crafts, of Boston, and Miss Elsie Leal
Stitt, of New York. Anderson Pace
of Chicago and New York. acted as
best man. After their wedding trip
Mr.. Church and his bride II live in
Evanston, III.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

In former years Christmas week was
one of the jolliest of the season in So
cial circles, with lunchcons, tea dan
SAINTS, dinners, theatre parties and
dances taking up every moment of the
day, all of them arranged for the
boys and girls home from school and
college for the holidays. Things
changed during the war, but since the
signing of the armistice society is
gradually beginning to take up its So
cial activities again, and one of the
largest and most elaborate costume
dances arranged in New York in
years will be given at the Ritz Carlton
Hotel on Saturday night. 1t is known
as the Carnival de Victoire and Masque
de Triomphe, and is being given for
the benefit of the Free Milk Fund of
France, of which organization Mrs.
Warren McConihe is president Miss
Josephine Osborn vice president, and
Nine. la MARKETABLE Foch chairman.
Mrs. Newbold lie Roy Edgar is
chairman OF the committee in charge
of the dance; Mrs. Warren McConihe
is vice-chairman, and associated with
them are hrs. Charles B. Alexander,
Mrs. George F. Baker, jr, Mrs. Henry
Clews, Mrs. Frank Gray Griswold, Mrs.
Lydig Hoyt, Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan,
Mrs. Charles H. Marshall, Mrs. H.
Eo rf old Oehoru NIrc E'ro,c;s Eov
Pendleton, Mrs. Whitney Warren
and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, jr.
Every room on the Ritz lower floor
will be changed and attractively dec
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Miss Latham To Be Married
To Army Lieutenant TODAY

The marriage of Miss Bertha w
Latham, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs
Frank Terry Latham, to Lieutenant
take place this evening at the home Of
the brides parents in Greenwich,
Conn Her father will perform the
ceremony The bride will be given
away by her twin brother, Burton
Latham, of Brooklyn, and her sister,
Miss Florence Latham, will be the
maid of honor.
Lieutenant Jamison, of Camp Upton,
will act as best man. Lieutenant
Stockwells home is in Marquette,
Mich
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Annual Christmas Dance
To Be Given at the Ritz

Miss Adeline King Robinson's Christ
mas dance Of the Wednesday Dancing
Glass, which for the last twenty years,
has been given at sherry's, will be
given Friday evening, December r. at
the Ritz-Carlton.
The patronesses are Mrs. Oliver
Gould Jennings, Mrs. B. Ogden CHS
olm, Mrs. Amos R. f. Pinchot, Mrs.
Ambrose Mcneil, Mrs. n. Thayer Ro4b,
Mrs. J. Stewart Barney, Mrs. H. D.
Auchincloss, Mrs. Lewis B. Cavity,
Mrs. Nathaniel C. Reynal. Mrs J. Hor-
ace Harding, Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mrs.
]. Archibald Murray, Mrs. Joseph c.
Baldwin, Mrs. H. Casimir de Rham,
Mrs. Henry NJ. Tilford, Mrs. Henry c.
Beadleston, Mrs. W. Scott Cameron,
Mrs. Percy H Stewart, Mrs: James
Byrne, Mrs. Magee Ellsworth. Mrs.
Goodhue Livingston and Mrs. Eliphalet
n Potter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

grated, and over the Forty-sixth
Street entrance to the Ritz there will
be two trumphal arches and at For
ty-siXth Street and Fifth Avenue and
Forty-sixth and Madison Avenue poles
will be erected, from which streamers
will be strung.
Inside the hotel the lounge will be
made into sort of grand foyer, with
twenty seven boxes, and the ceiling and
lighting will be covered and altered
The Japanese garden is to be rooted
and the space usually devoted to tea
tables will be fitted with tiny booths.
The breakfast room is to be turned
into hanging gardens of Babylon"
and the pink reception room into
desert" with scenic effects, sanded
floor and a psychic, who has foretold
many events of the war. She will be
in a tent in the desert.
Five hundred florists have donated
flowers for the crystal room, which
will be the Versailles of the night, and
about 100 young society women, head
ed by Miss Symphorosa Bristed, will
sell programmes. Six orchestras will
play, and at 1 o'clock in the morning
there will be series of surprise feat
ures, in which actors and actresses
from France will have an important
part.
The boxes in the grand ballroom will
be arranged to accommodate six, and
Will be artistically built, of floral
design.
Among those who have taken boxes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Pageant Will Revive
EIeries of Old France

A four arts costume and masque ball
will be held New Years Eve at the
Hotel des Artistes, West Sixty
seventh Street. The glory of old Yer
sailles and the Trianon will be revived
in pagentry. At midnight there will
be presented "The Masque of the
Bells"
Among those on the committee in
charge of the arrangements are Lady
Colebrook, Lady Susan Fitzclarence,
Princess Pierre Troubetzky, Baron
and Baroness de Meyer, James L.
Brccse, Howard Chandler Christy. DIR.
Arnold Benths and PenEhyu StanlaYs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Benefit Performance
To Help Girls Home

Arrangements are being made for a
special matinee performance of "The
Better ole" to be given on the after
noon Of January at the Cort Theatre
for the benefit of the Cooperate Homo
for girls who earn small salaries.
Mrs. Archibald G. Thatcher is chair
man of the committee in charge, and
associated with her are Mrs. John R.
Drexel, Mrs. Irving Brokaw, Mrs.
Charles Mather MacNeill, Mrs. Edward
Van Ingen, Mrs. Frederick NJ. Davies,
Mrs. James I. Brown and Miss Louise
B. Scott.
Tickets may be obtained from Mrs.
Arson W. Burchard, 81 East Sixty
fourth Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Opera for La Fayette House

A special performance of "The Con
doliers" will be given at the Park
Theatre tomorrow evening, for the
benefit of La Fayette House, Red Cross
Auxiliary No. 2S The proceeds will be
applied to the fund for carrying on the
work for soldiers ard sailors. Among
the members of the executive com
mttee of La Fayette House are Mrs.
William Boyd Thompson, Mrs. George
Orvis. Mrs. Albert II. Wiggin, Mrs.
Henry B. .Clayback, Mrs William T.
Dewart and Mrs. Ferdinand Z. Canda.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Miss Denison Engaged

The engagement is announced of
Miss Lucia Jewett Denison, daughter
of the Rev. and Mrs. Robert c. Denison
Roger Vail Baylis, U. S. A., of New
York and Ridgewood, N. J. Miss Den
isons father is now serving as maj
with the American Red Cross Commits
sion in Serbia. Lieutenant Bayls is
a son Of Mr.. and Mrs Henry W. Baylis,
of Ridgewood, n. j.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Is Engaged TO Soldier

Announcement has been made Of the
engagement Of Miss Lillian Lucille Lon
don, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. =, 4
London, of Atlanta, Ga, to Walter me
odore Leon, of New Rochelle, N: J.
now serving in France with the Med
ical Corps. i. S. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

are Mrs. Joseph S. Stevens, Mrs. w.
K. Vanderbilt, jr., Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon, Mrs. Alexander Tiers, Mrs.
Warren McConihe, Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney, Miss Caroline Morgan and
others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Caruso at Musical Morning

Enrico Caruso and Toscha Seide,
violinist, will be the soloists at Aloer'
Morris Bagby's musical morning IN me
ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria TO-
morrow.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-07-26

II was not much that he had to do.
Merely make a movement Of his hands.
Masses of troops continued to rush
across the bridge until more than half
were safely over. The bridge further
above was not in such great demand,
and with the kessened congestion al
most all who crossed here were
already safe. We could see how the
first of the French units had crossed,
but the bridge continued to stand.
The sergeant who manned the appa-
ratus at this bridge became restless
waiting for orders, and finally on his
own initiative blew it up. Some
Frenchmen and hundreds of Germans
upon the bridge found their graves in
the Marine.
At the same moment the officer
standing next to me received the order
to blow up the last bridge. He hesi-
tated to obey, for he could still see
many Germans on the other side. He
could see the race for the road leading
to the bridgehead as all sought safety
at the same instant. There a terrible
panic reigned. Many soldiers jumped
into the river and tried to swim across.
The pressure became greater as the
thousands still on the other side tried
to get back.
The message over the wire became
more and more insistent. Finally the
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-07-26

officer sprang up, rushed by the pio-
neer standing at the apparatus and a
second later there was q terrible detO-
nation-bridge and men were thrown
into the air hundreds of meters. Just
as a river at high tide races along
taking with it all manner of debris, so
the surface of the Marine was covered
with wood. men, torn uniforms and
horses. Efforts to swim were futile,
yet soldiers continued to jump into the
river.
On the other side the French began
to disarm such German soldiers as
stood there with raised hands. Thou
sands of prisoners, innumerable horses
and machine guns fell into the hands
OF the enemy. Several Of our company
were just about TO retire with the
electric apparatus when something de-
veloped which certain of our number
had suspected. An error had been
made and it was too late to rsct.fy K.
The upper bridge, which had not
been used to any great extent by the
Germans, should have been left stand
ing!
1t had been the purpose OF the staff
In command to leave this bridge so
that the enemy might continue its pur-
suit of our troops until certain num-
Der of Frenchmen had crossed tba
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-07-26
Gro BE CONTINUED
AS Good as Ten Men,

Conveying systems which are very
costly to install become good invest
meuts when there is shortage OF In.
Dor. An example Of this is the long
overhead monorail erected in Toledo,
o., plant. The. electrically operated
crane is handled By but one man. II
carries boxed automobiles from ths
plant to the fiat cars on the siding
where the turning on Of the electric
motor lowers them into place. Form
erly 1t took ten hands. with trucks aT
gangways. to accomplish the same In
Dor. The work dues not re uire l,iyI
ly trained man. A woman cun ~ II
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