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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-06-13

Mrs. AL Anders Friday evening.
Mrs. J. X. Vande Brake was Civ
en- a surprise party in honor of her
birthday anniversary and the mem
bersgof the @. @. Club were guests.
DIR. Lantz and wife left Tuesday
in their car for Cakes, North Dako-
ia where they will visit Charles
Gordinier and wife few days after
which they will come back to
Minnesota to visit his relatives and
to fish. They expect to be gone a
couple of weeks.
George Corl. wife and sons left
today for Minnesota where they
will visit a couple of weeks with
relatives. They will also spend a
great deal Of the time in fishing.
Get ready for some big ones--fsh
tales when George gets home.
Arba Milliman is assisting with
the duties on the Roy Dryden farm
Miss Lizzie GUIDE was a business
visitor in Audubon Friday.
Mrs. Claude Viewer and daugh-
ter, Miss Marjorie arrived home
Sunday evening from their Des
MONIES visit.
Miss Edith Plate, of Anita, visit
ed from Friday until Tuesday with
her friend, Miss Ina Montgomery.
John Anderson, wife and chill
dren autoed to Audubon Sunday
to spend the day at the Rasmussen
home, returning in the evening ac-
companied by Miss Rasmussen who
will visit here a few days.
Mrs. Ere Anders has completed
her twenty-eighth sweater and Mrs.
Folly Herrick has knitted twenty
six pairs of socks.
Mesdames Nels Hansen and Sus-
an Spoo and John Rasmussen auto
ed to Audubon Monday morning,
returning early in the afternoon.
DR.. R. A. Jacobson, wife and son,
Marvin and her sister, Miss Edith
Brown returned Sunday from their
trip to Lake View where they spent
a week visiting his parents and at
the lake.
Miss Vera Wissler is assisting
with the household duties at the
Grandpa Statzell home, commenc-
ing her duties Monday morning.
John Parrott, of the Coe and
Parrott Poultry Co., has rented the
III. A. Nielsen residence which was
formerly owned by Will Pearson
The Parrott family will move as
soon as the house is repaired.
Jack Coe is remodeling his resi-.
dence, moving the stairway.
The Audubon Twp. Christian
Church held Chlldren's Day pro.
gram Sunday evening which was
certainly enjoyed by all present.
DR.. Sheeler and wife visited hel
sister, DR.. Anna Schoonover ane
husband Sunday, returning to theil
home in Anita that evening.
Jesse Miller and family autoee
over from near Adair Sunday tt
spend a few hours at the bedside o.
her father, Xerxes Knox who is ly
ing very i'll at his home Miss Rose
McNally, nurse, is in charge.
Bert Pine and wife were Sunday
visitors at the James Channo1
home in the south part of town.
John Immelis lying very ill at
his home east of this city.
M. M. Marion shipped two cars
of hogs and one of cattle to The
Chicago markets last week.
Mrs. Peter NJ. Petersen is recov-
ering from her accident Of coupl,
Of weeks ago, the wound healing W
nicely.
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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-06-13
Christian Church

Sunday School 1000 a. m. sharp.
Preaching Services IL 100 a. m.
Evening service at 8 o'clock.
Dean Morton of Drake Univer-
sity will preach.
You are welcome to any Or all
of these services.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-06-13

M. E. Church Notes
Sunday School at 1000 a. m.
Preaching Service at i 90 a. m.
Epworth League at ZOO p. m.
Preaching Service at 500 p. m.
The public is cordially invited tt
any OF all services.
Ernest E. Parks, Pastor.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-06-13

George Rogers left Tuesday for
Colfax where he will undergo treat
ments for rheumatism.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-06-13
Congl Church Notes

Sunday School 1000 a. m.
Morning Service at IL a. m.
Evening Service 500 p. m.
w. E. Baldwin, minister.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-06-13

Miss Katie Esbeck is helping with
the household duties at the Wesley
Donaldson home in the country.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-06-13

George Sunday where they will as
sist with the work a few days.
Herbert Watterson, wife and sis
ter, Miss Goldie spent Sunday in
Atlantic with their brother, Arthur
Watterson and wife. Miss Goldie
and Mrs. Arthur went to Omaha
Tuesday for a visit until Sunday.
John Esbeck and wife were over
Sunday visitors with friends in
Elkhorn.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Audubon Township church met
last week with Mrs. F. Edwards.
George Rogers left Tuesday for
Colfax where he will undergo treat
ments for rheumatism.
Miss Katie Esbeck is helping with
/ the household duties at the Wesley
Donaldson home in the country.
Sixteen friends of Mrs. Mary
Tharnish held surprise party on
her Monday afternoon in honor Of
her seventy-seventh birthday. The
guests enjoyed fine lunch and af-
ternoon. This grand old lady was
very much surprised and invited
the ladies to call again.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-06-13

Earl Duftin, son of Tom Dusti n,
a former Extra citizen but now Of
Maxwell, has enlisted as a lands
man electrician general in the naval
reserve.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-06-13
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Mike Harmed and wife entertain
ed the g. Q. Club and Mr.. and
Mrs. AL Anders Friday evening.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-06-13

John Esbeck and wife were over
Sunday visitors with friends in
Elkhorn.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-06-13

The Ladies Aid Society Of the
Audubon Township church met
last week with Mrs. T. Edwards.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
FranceW WouldAdoptY CA
-.
M.sFirmin Rez Suggests That
Americans Help Plan

The following letter, written by NJ.
Firmin Rec, Of the Commissary Cen
erals office, Paris. to Miss Mary A.
Dingman. director of the Y. w. c. A..
industrial work in France. following q
tour OF inspection of two of the sixteen
Y. w. c. A. Foyers des Alliees, was
made public yesterday by the War
" ORR Council OF the Y. W. c. A.:
after visiting two of Your Foyer
des Alliees.' allow NE to tell you how
much | admire your excellent organ
ization aud the happy results which
it produces. / have never seen bright
er faces than those OF the young
French women TO whom you extend
such beneficial, cordial and gracious
hospitality. 1t is visible that their at
lection for you is equal to the aifec-
tion you bestow upon them. and that
they feel at home in the friendly at
mosphere with which you surround
them. -.
az would. indeed. be unfortunate II
such an organization were TO stop
with the war ! am quite sure YOU can
find French ladies who are perfectly
competent to continue your work If
YOU will stay long enough will, us
to train them and inculcate IN them
th, spirit of the Y. w. G. A.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Poked Red Gross Poster
Arrested on Charge OF
Disorderlv Conduct

Marie Beckens, q misanthropic do
rcstic whom Patrolman Bowden de-
All g. M, using her umbrella only to
punch holes in a Red Cross poster at
lO6th Street and Amsterdam Avenue,
was held yesterday in the West Side
Police Court for further examination
on charge of disorderly conduct.
"I told her she should not be doing
that" said Patrolman Bowden, AN
she says to me: This is a hell or a
countrv.' An | says to her: Then
if that's the case I'll be putting You
under arrest and then. your honor.
she slapped me in the face with a
newspaper, and moreover on the way
10 the station house she resisted ar
rest.
"An' first she says she was born in
Dublin and later it was Germany she,
says she was born in, where all good
men come from an that is where you
should have conc FROM she says to
mo-
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Wife of "Y" Overseas Aid Is
Ordained to Fill His Pulpit

SPRINGFIELD. Mass. Dec. 15.--In
the last two years many woman to
make it possible for her husband to
serve in the army has taken his place
in business OR profession, and Ill
many cases her entry as woman into
his position was an innovation.
Another of these cases occurred to-
day when Mrs. Frank l.. Briggs, whose
husband is overseas in Y. NJ. c. A.
work, was ordained and installed with
full powers by Congrega gational coun-
Gil. to assume the pastoratc in his place
OF the Evangelical Church here. She
has been preaching since Mr.. Briggs
went overseas in September and is
graduate of Wellesley College and Of
the Hartford Theological Seminary.
She had been commissioned to preach
in Rhode Island, and previous to her
marriage had intended to become
missionary.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Mrs. Prendergasi
Has Plan TO Aid
Conductorettes
Believes Women of Wealth.
Released From War York,
Can Find Real Pleasure
in Providing Rest Rooms

The lack Of proper rest rooms Tor
the women streetcar conductors in this
city is appalling" was the statement
made to Tribune reporter yesterday
by Mrs. Z. D. Prendergast. captain
OF the women's police reserve.
A few days ago it was stated that
the conductorettes employed on the
Sroadway and Amsterdam car line.
with a terminal a. l25th Street and
Amsterdam Avenue, were seen enter
iug the back room Of q saloon at l06th
Street and Amsterdam Avenue, owned
by James T. Droogan.
"This saloon" Mrs Prendergast said,
IS within a block OF the terminal, and
he men employees were accustomed to
crop in for few minutes while they
were waiting for the transfer of pas
,engcrs before resuming their run. Mr.
Droogan felt that the girl conductors
should likewise have a warm room III
which TO rest, where they could powder
thcir noses and fresheu up before con-
tinuing their trip.
Feel Under Obligations
so he very kindly offered them one
Of his rooms, and they gladly accepted
,hc hospitality. 1t was only natural
however. that they should feel under
some obligation to Mr.. Droogan, and
he only way they could show him their
gratitude was in buying OF his COM
modities. rnis meant that as the days
Grew colder the girls might buy warm
inc liquors, and it was to obvlate such
u possibility that ! asked DR., A. Ed
win keigwin, pastor of the West End
Presbyterian Church, at 105th Street
and Amsterdam Avenue, if the girls
could not use his parish house.
This parish house is within a
stones throw OF the 106th Street juno
tion, where these cars make fairly
long stop. and the girls will be able to
drop into the house for few minutes
relaxation. a cup of hot tea, chat, or
where their wait is long enough-the
privilege of reading magazines which
DR.. Keigwin will provide. The parish
house is, of course, equipped with
dressing room accommodations. and is
warm and cosey. The girls will be made
lust as welcome as are the soldiers and
sailors.
Other Rest Rooms Needed
Or keigwin's kindness makes posi-
BILE one rest room, but many are need,
ed. The girls runs are often long, and
so far practically nothing has been
done to provide them with rest and
dressing rooms along the route. Now
when SO many organizations are plan
ming their reconstruction programmes
and so many women, released from
their intensive war activities, are won
dering how they can avoid going back
to the monotony of teas and bridge
will they not turn their attention tc
this very real need of women conduct
ors and other women employees who arc
not privileged to spend their working
hours in fully equipped Office build
ing? Cannot something be done to pro
vide adequate accommodations fol
these girls who are rendering the peo
pie of this city a genuine public ser
vice."
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Sisters Serve in Red Cross
On Field Where Brother Died

Word was received yesterday at the
Red Cross Christmas Roll Call head
quarters, 665 Fifth Avenue, that two
sisters, Elizabeth and Laura Mickey.
Of this city, are now serving the Red
Cross in Italy on ground hallowed for
them by the death of their brother,
killed in action on tho Piave last June
while operating eanteen with the
Italian army.
The McKeys have always been al
home in Italy, for their childhood was
spent in and around the Adriatic and
the Gulf of Venice. Lieutenant Nc
Key went to Italy in December, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Symphony Society i'm
More Eloquent Mood

The Symphony Society gave more
eloquent performance Of Brahms SYM
phony No. 3 last evening than on
Thursday afternoon. There was more
warmth and less apathy. Saint-Saens'
Symphonic Poem. "Ph@ton," and de
Greef's Three Old Belgian Folk songs
were repeated, while Raoul Nidas again
played Bluch's Concerto in G minor.
The young violinist was in the vein.
The beauty of his cantilena in the
Adagio, the rhythmical energy dis
played in the Finale, the fine musical
taste constantly in evidence gave
abundant satisfaction.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Stage Women to Do Holiday
Shopping for Wounded Men

Under the direction Of Miss Althea
Luce the Stage Women's War Relief
has established department to aid
returning wounded soldiers and ma
rines.
Miss Luce and her assistants Will
attend to the Christmas shopping OF
men who are unable TO leave the hos
pital and will superintend the shipping
Of packages to their homes.
The Stage Women's War Relief will
give the men Christmas presents, in
Guiding the always popular razor
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Mutual Benefit Dance

Members of the Mutual Benefit Asso-
ciation of Employees of Franklin Simon
& Co. attended dance last night at
the Central Opera House. East Sixty
ninth Street. dvance styles of spring
and summer fashions were shown.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Imported Silks
for the fashionable evening

Tor the fasE1iomable evening
NOW displayed i'm lavish profusion i'm the
Department ON the First Floor, include
every desirable weave and tome. Among
them are gold and silver 5rocades of rare
beauty; crepes of exquisite softness; rich
velvets (fror1 France) the new change
able chiffon taffetass and nlany other
enchanting products Of the loom.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
The Blouse Beautiful

T.
is an indispensable adjunct Of the
fashionable suit.
MANY SUCH 5lonses are ready for selection
I'M the Department ON the Second Floor
olouses that possess character as we'll as
oeaa1tys and that are not lacking the fsna.
sT1fliviclualszsng touch that is an essential
feature Of successful costuts1st7g.
Whether for gilt purposes or for persona:
use, ONE should not find it difficult TO find
mere exactly the type Of blouse desired.
47rorm the simple blouse Of tub silk o.
crepe de Chime to the most elaborate cor=
1ectioH1 OF Gcorgette or lace there IS some
thing to crafty every taste.
line prices range from S5.75 to $500
BLOUSE Department.. Second Esoo~l
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

from Paris
will appeal to every woman vino wants 20
be au couramG i'm matters of Fashion.
Bags that are le derr7ier cri i'm Paris d re
cleverly fashioned of nanG=egnbroi6ere
quilted silk and mounted ON frames that
might easily be mistaken for real tortoise
shell. These bags are priced at $500.
Beaded bags that are Parisian i'm fact as
we'll as inn style are variously priced at
$3.50, $500, $500, $500 and upward.
Arr1erican1=amade bags OF really unusual
beauty are shown i'm very large assert
r11ent, which includes bags with sterling
silver m1ountimgs at $500 to $500;
and with 1A=karat gold a1aountiags at
S08.O0 to S2SS.NO.
(First Floor, Madison Avenue section>
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Brilliant Array of
Evening Gowns

SSJ uSt before Christmas"
There are only eight more shopping
days to come before Christmas.
1t is true that the people of New Yorls
have responded wHaole=heartedIy to the
Government request that Christmas
shopping be accomplished early; but
there are, nevertheless, nl1any who have
procrastimated. The ensuing eight days
will, therefore, be over=busy days-for
salespersoms and delivery men, as we'll as
for the Stores patrons; and the fact that
the ome=delivery=a=clayr rule is still inn force
adds appreciably to the normal difficult
ties of the pre=holiday season. I'm view of
wl1icl, b. Altman s Go. request that
patrons make the fullest possible use of
the current week, to complete their I1oii=
day shopping and to carry as r11amy Of
the smaller packages as convenient.
The sun., 1918-08-04

folks on stage or screen than those
notable players Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Drew, and now that Richard Walton
Tully has lured them back TO the
speaking stage for his new comedy
Keep Her Smiling" they are still
proving to be just about the average
of the workaday folks in any Amer
lean town. Mr.. and Mrs. Drew have
probably portrayed more characters
OF this sort than any one in the world.
for they have been making pictures
for three years almost continuously,
and In each of them they have repre-
scented the folks you meet in everyday
life. And In Keep Her Smiling" they
are still characterizing these very
same sort of people again. with a
laugh in every line and an appeal to
the heart as well in the little tragedies
Of the home.
Mrs. Drew was asked not long ago
what her idea Of the salient charac-
teristics Of the American home were.
"Of course" said Mrs. Drew. "one
undoubted fact in the American home
Is that the wife always knows what
her husband is doing. 1t Is just as
true on the other hand that he will
not. on the average, understand. do
anything bad. He makes mistakes
and plumbers. often immensely funny
ones. as In the case OF Henry Ttindlc
in Keep Her Smiling but he does not
commit crimes. He is a pretty good
husband. take him all around, and his
wife cannot be cross with him very
often or for very long. Every little
situation. or angle as l call 1t, in real
life, as well as in the plays we have
done, ends happily. This is true again
in Keep Her Smiling
"Once n policeman asked Mr. Drew
while l was with him how ne got
away with II in the movies. The po-
liceman said he had tried in real life
and couldn't. l answered before Mr..
The sun., 1918-08-04
A HARD ROAD.
But Tom Brown HIS Navigated II
with Success.

The life OF Tom Brown has not
even been. as was his namesake at
Oxford or whatever distinguished and
so forth university in dear old Eng
land that Reade's hero Grdced with
his presence. 1t might he thought
from casual observation of Brown and
his act, which happens TO be at pres.
ent in the I!egfed Midnight Frolic,
that his life has always been tinctured
with shade of rose. But not so.
Tom started his career some years
back up in Canada and graduated
from what he did then, which is more
or less secret, into one of the enter
ta!ners beneath the big top" or the
circus. The lure of the sawdust held
no Lorelei call for him, and the result
was that he finally got with Fred
stone in Chin Chin" after many un-
successful attempts to come East and
give those in New York an opportu-
nifty to see him work.
In the meantime let II he said that
he had many brothers either six or
twelve or something Of the sort, and
when he struck out for himself and
hied away from the home in Canada
he succeeded In getting his brothers
The sun., 1918-08-04

donna in the Shubert production OF
"Maytime" at the Broadhurst.
Miss Thomson was starring in the
London production OF adele" at the
Gaiety Theatre. Prior to this she had
nothing. She had appeared in local
musicales several times and once or
twice patrons of the town hall had
listened to her voice, but aside from
that Carolyn Thomson's name had
never been heard.
The transformation came IN a pecu-
liar manner. After year or so in the
choir OF the Presbyterian Church in
Minneapolis Miss Thomson was given
place in small musical production
that was staged in the Studio Arcade
In Minneapolis. Fortune smiled on the
little singer that night, as no less a
person than the great Melba was in
the audience. Melba was astonnded at
the rare quality OF the little girls
voice and after the performance she
sent Misc Thomson a note Congratu-
lating her and wishing her success. 4
few days later there came a letter
from a firm OF producers Offering the
Minneapolis girl n chance to star in
adele"
AT first Mr.. Thomson. who is a
wealthy lumber merchant in the Flour
City. frowned on his daughters efforts
to become a professional, but paternal
pride finally overcame the objection
and Miss Thomson was allowed TO sail
for London. 1t meant nothing ID Lon
don that Carolyn Thomson was billed
rs star in the production. but the
morning after the plays premiere
there was a different story. All Lon
don raved over her beauty and voice.
The sun., 1918-08-04

Drew could. You bet he doesn't get
away with 1t either in real life.' Seri-
ously, marriage in this country Is not
often a tragedy. nor even a melo-
drama. 1t is a happy. sentimental
comedy. And that is why we always
bring home to our audiences the
truer than laughter"
Sentiments that are true and
honey"
The actress who coesnt like to play
on Broadway has finally been discov-
cred. She is Nan Halperin. the come
dienne who tops the bill at the New
Brighton this week.
It's fact. Broadway, the Mecca
Of all things theatrical. the street for
which 10000 actors yearn and keep
on yearning. the gay white way with
its million lightless lights, the boule-
ward of song and story, hopes and
dreams-Broadway means only one
thing to Nan Halper!n-nervous de-
spair. Success on Broadway has no
joy so far as Nan Halperin is con-
cerned. She has tasted success in the
full measure, but its sweetness cannot
destroy the flavor of that essentially
feminine bitterness-nerves
When she made her first appear
ance there, Miss Ialperln sang a
song especially written for the occa-
sion, the refrain of which started !:
IF you'll love me just half as
much as / love you. Broadway"
There was none in the audience who
realized that the little stranger who
The sun., 1918-08-04

was pleading to Broadway was quak-
ing in her shoes and living through an
age of agony. She finished the song,
she heard the applause which followed.
She was dimly conscious that she was
bowling.
She had wanted success on Broad
way and she had found 1t, but why
didn't the audience allow her to go
away and rest? Somehow she stag
gered toward her dressing room. Then
she tainted. Well. perhaps 1t wasn't
n faint after all. for she seemed to
hear the congratulations that were
being showered upon her. She real
lied her arms were full of flowers.
and for the flash of second there
came subconscious thought that her
success was dream and the horse
shoes and other floral tokens around
her were funeral wreaths. At last her
admiring friends went away and
Well. II is the same to-day. Not
quite ss bad perhaps, but to Nan Hal
perrin Broadway appearances are syn
or.ymous with mental sickness. She
suffers on her first appearance In
every other city. but on Broadway.
when she makes her appearance be-
tween two velvet curtains, she grips
them tightly for minute or so. for
she knows that II she let go her shak-
ing knees would not hold her weight
Margaret Mayo is soon to return to
the stage, her first appearance behind
the footlights since she married Edgar
Selwyn. Miss Mayo is to appear on
the Y. NJ. G. A. trench circuit for the
men in uniform in a satirical sketch
comprising the best and most familiar
parts OF many playlets from the
varieties.
Somewhere in America. Is the
uame OF the piece. in which will ap.
pear in addition to Miss Mayo VII
The sun., 1918-08-04
qAsQJN\VER. DIVERSION IN tie THEATREGSgMGz

to follow him. one by one The "a.
suit was that there was six OF tho,n
finally, including Tom himself. ma
they proved such a good family com.
b!nation that Fred Stone engaged
them for "Chin Chin" Their work in
that piece with their saxophones is ,
matter too recent to be either an e,.
pose or revelation.
When Stone staged Jack o 1a,.
tern" the Six Brown Brothers. Which
was the Incorporated and copyrighted
name OF the sextette. were included
They repeated the success that thew
achieved ever since they faced met.
ropolitan audience, and since S,ons
has gone in the cinemas they are M
popular as ever, and Justly so, in the
Frolic.
1t was rather inevitable that tina
war should strike the Six Brown
Brothers with more effect than 1t did
the six sons OF the Kaiser. Two OF
them have gone of the original six
but so skilfully has Tom Brown
welded his pinch-players in his group