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PLAYGROTNDS.

Organized play has become a fea-
ture of progressive community WORK
i'm d great many places. To the old
timers it seems all poppycock. The
children didn't have to- be taught to
play in their days.
Very true. And in those days the
idle and roaming children used to
vent their energies by mischief. And
when they did play, they would show
no team spirit. 1t was every kid for
himself and in about 10 minutes he
would get mad and quit. The kid
who kicks on the ball game and won't
play, grows up to be the man who
knocks his home town and won't CO.
operate in community plans for its
advancement.
A group of children under a we'll
trained play leader learn great
deal more than the rules of the
games. They learn how to play fair,
take defeat without sulking, to show
good sporting spirit and above all, u
cooperate with each other. Young
people who learn these lessons are
infinitely better equipped for after
life
There can't be much wholesome and
educational play without good play
ground facilities. A town needs not
merely open park spaces as centers
of beauty and rest 1t also needs
Fairgrounds with adequate chance
for baseball, tennis and the children's
games Every neighborhood should
have some open lot where the child
rem can resort. The people
who object to the expense Of play
grounds are frequently the same ones
who are always ordering the young
sters off their private land.
1t is the general testimony that
provision of Fairgrounds diminishes
the tendency of the children to in
dulge in mischief 1t is one means for
keeping them from beginning the
downward path Of crime. The boy
who is rapping baseballs is not TAX
ing his first lessons in lawlessness.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-15
MO. 5l46 EQUITY.

Tin the Circuit Court for Carroll County
Alma C. Stem,>et al Plaintiffs David iii.
Stem and wife. defendants.
Ordered this 18th day of August, A. D., 1919
by the Circuit Court for Carroll County, that
the sale of the property mentioned in these
proceedings, made and reported by Guy W..
Steele and Edward o. Weant. Trustees. appointed
by decree of this Court to make said sale, be
ratified and confirmed unless to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before the 18th day Of
September. next; provided copy of this order
be inserted some newspaper printed IN Carroll
County, for three successive weeks. before the
9Th day of September, next.
The report states the amount of sale to be
100000.
EDWARD O. CASH Clerk
True Copy,-Test:
aug 15-3t EDWARD %. CASH. Clerk.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-15
THE TRUTH.

/ had no assistant, selected by me
when in ill health and unable to
discharge the duties Of office" For
years T had been doing the work Of
two men, working every week in my
office, and as a Minister Of the Cos
pei preaching ON Sunday. In War
activities, i was active in every re-
cruiting drive before the draft, i'm
Red Cross, Liberty Loan and other
drives; then my burdens were in
creased by my appointment by Presi-
dent Wilson and Governor Harring-
ton as Member Of the Legal Ad-
visory Board and Government Appeal
Agent in the Selective Service.
Hundreds of the young men in the
county and their parents and en-
ployers know how much work I did
for them, willingly, cheerfuIly and
without charging any one of them
penny. All this work brought on a
collapse I was stricken with fever.
From the last Of February until mid
summer, I was desperately i'll, in
Westminster and at Johns Hopkins
Hospital. I became delirious in
February, and was absolutely nm
conscious of my surroundings for
nearly two months. / did not ap-
point an assistant, either Republican
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-15

One of farm army men at B. F.
Shriyer camp. this city, injured his
left arm badly cranking an automo-
bile.
Mr.. J. Harry Steele, Of Nit. Airy,
an attorney, has fled his nomination
for States Attorney. Mr.. Steele has
been practicing law for a number Of
years at the bar here and is capable
young man. His opponent is Mr.. G..
o. Clemson.
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R MEMORiAM.

In sad But loving remembrance of my dear
mother. Mary JaHe Powell, who departed this life
August s, 19l9r
Home is sad; O God, how dreary,
Lonelysis our heart today.
For the one WE loved y0 dearly
Has forever passed away.
Dear mother, we are coming up
To meet you. one by one
When this toilsome life is over
And the weary journeys done.
By her son and daughter-fn-law,
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Powell,
The memory OF our grandmother.
While we live, will be
monument of endless love;
A heavenward guide for us.
Never shall we cease to love thee,
r Never shall thy memory fade,
Sweetest thoughts forever linger
Round the grave where you are laid.
BY her grandchildren,
Denton Powell and Mrs. Archie Zepp.
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When Pat Measured UD.

IL hear your dog Is dead, Pat
said a man to an Irishman.
'He is, sur. The pur haste SWal-
lied a tape measure, SUR" anwer ed
Pat.
"Ah," said the man, then he died
by inches, hey" HANNA
mo, sur" answered Pat, with Nj a
wink at friend standing by, mot
exactly. He went back OF the house.
sur, and died by the yard.
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The champion polo player Of Eng
land was at a dinner at which
Padefewski, the pianist, was present
To the great polo player Paderewski
said, after dinner. Now, tell me,
what H. the difference between you
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-15

New York state leads in the num Oen
of automobiles, there being 44lvVV
licenses issued to owners or chauA
fenrs i'm the Empire State
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-15

y. z. Haifeigh, who for the past
three years has been teaching In the
high schools OF Northern Luzon, dn
the Philippine Islands, has returned
to his home, near Liberty. He IT, q
graduate of Western Maryland Col-
lege.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
Deputy Sherifs Form
Order Of Cake Eaters ,
AT Birthday Party

Deputy Sheriff Chris Christensen
was a much surprised man Wednes-
day afternoon. Chris is a bachelor
and Wednesday was his 5lst birth
day and Chris pretty niece, Miss
Julia Christensen, had surprise
party for him in the sheriff's office
with the aid and consent of Sheriff
Mike Clark and the whole flock of
deputy sheriffs.
They trumped up story to keep
Chris there at the appointed hour,
$3.50 O'Clock. The word of Deputy
Sheriff Charlie Hoye is that Chris
eyes stuck out like pop bottles when
he saw his niece and she kissed him"
With the niece was Mrs. Edna
Bayles and she kissed Chris, too.
Charlie Hoye, seeing this grand
display of OSCILLATION, began wiping
off his lips and made great show Of
Willingness" But, though he used
up two clean handkerchiefs in a
wild effort to attract some OF the
kissing his way, he failed entirely.
Chris got six or eight kisses, they
say. Also box of cigars which he
Immediately put under lock and key
And some handkerchiefs. And then
Miss Julia brought in the birthday
cake, a huge chocolate affair.
The Ancient Order of Cake Eat
ers was quickly formed and at the
end of half an hour the birthday cake
was no more. Ray Johnson, Robert
McGaffin, Pat Welsh, Judge Foster
and Mrs. Manning, all of the sheriff's
Office, were present besides the 9TH
ers mentioned.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20

| for. But the paper went to press
The day was lost.
Tough on the Pigeons.
Into the weary hours of the night
the reporters of the morning paper
watched hopefully. The pigeons
failed to roost.
Yet no one should insinuate that
the plan was a failure. Far be it
from us to even suggest such a
thing. Were the two dailies not able
to furnish their readers interesting
data on the habits and peculiarities
of the homing pigeon?
They werel
Weren't columns filled with heart
rendering accounts of how a mother
pigeon was taken from her nest and
little pigeons, that readers might
be kept informed?
Columns were!
Nothing was said about. the To-
cality Of the, balloons, of course.
But what of that? Didn't The Bee,
with much less picturesque meth
cd, keep the public posted on that?
1t did! -:
Ugly, Ugly Rumors.
And it is said that the promoters
of the pigeon idea are somewhat in
disfavor in their own offices. 1t is
even told that their credit isn't good
for even twenty-five (25) cents. But
that is only rumor.
The effect on the pigeons them
selves is said to have been bad. 1t
is said. that they are suffering from
serious cases of balloon shock.
Whether the mother pigeon, which
was so rudeIv torn from her nest
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20

The germ of a great idea was born
in the fertile brains of representa-
tives of two Omaha dailies.
The idea at least sounded rea,
sonable; homing pigeons were to
bring reports from the daring bal
loonists who were to break distance
records following the balloon car
nival at Fort Omaha.
Rcams of paper from our rapidly
disappearing forests were used by
these two Omaha dailies telling just
how ~their pet "homing" pigeons
were to bring exclusive" messages
desks. r
Like Grand Opera Singers.
But. alas, pigeons, especially hon.
ing pigeons, are temberamental
birds. Either these perfectly
trained" homing pigeons were not
given explicit instructions, or they
misunderstood their orders. They
returned, they failed to light.
Let no one say the messages
were not exclusive as promised.
They were very exclusive-fact is
they were excluded from every one
until the aeronauts had arrived
safely back in Omaha.
The pigeons refused to light. 1t
was tragic.
Press time approached. Report
ers were dispatched to the scene
of action. Corn was ratified. 1t
failed to entice the wary "hom-
ing" pigeons. They refused to
home. Someone suggested a shot
gun as the only hope. 1t was sent
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
Believes Bride Cannot
Begin Married Life in
Home Of Hubs Parents

Is it possible for young bride to
begin her married life in the home
of her husbands parents and under
the same roof with her mother-in-
law?
Lucy Clark thinks It may be pos
sible, but not probable. Miss Clark
is record keeper in the justice court
of George S. Collins, and she be-
lieves she knows thing or two
about married life.
Il know a girl who is a sweet
young thing and she became en-
gagged to an object she called
Chauncey. A few days before the
time set for their marriage he told
her that they were going to live
with his folks, and then she told him
that they were not going to live
with his folks. The wedding was
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
Weaver Presribes ..
Broncho Riding for
Internal Diseases;

Frank L. Weaver, city attorney,
recommends brocho riding as pam
acea for various internal disorders.
During his recent vacation spent
in Mcpherson county, Nebraska. he
rode broncho md studied natural
history. Before he went out to the
sandhill country his liver was out of
kilter and he was suffering from
general rundown feeling. He rode
I broncho four hours every day and
presto-he is new man. The
broncho shook all of the tired feeling
Gut OF him.
Don't make fun of this. because
II is serious matter, and / am
ready to prescribe broncho riding
for that lackadaisical feeling" Mr..
Weaver said. II came back home
feeling like a 2-year-old, fit to
fight, If necessary. 1t was a won
derful remedy, and was quite a sur
prise to me, because / mad no
thought that these daily rides would
have such beneficial effect"
While in the sandhills Mr.. Weaver
studied the habits and habitat of the
prairie dog. 1T may surprise you
- know that these little animals
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
Screen Scrapple,

The seven deadly sins of the
movies are: -tf
The one the scenario writer COM
mits against the author when he
mutilates his script.
The one the director commits
against the scenario writer in chang
ing his version.
The one the star commits against
the director in "hogging" all the
scenes.
The one the camera man commits
against the star in not giving her a
sufficient number of close-ups.
The one the electrician commits
against the camera man by not hav-
ing the lights in proper working or
der. -. z.-
The one the critic commits against
the picture when he pans it.
The one for which no one is re-
sponsible when the picture is bad.
From July Film Fun.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
Bouquet Of Live Human Interest Stories About People
Evolution

l ate me Welsh rabbit,
In the night last past;
I ate me a Welsh rabbit,
Whereby to stay my fast;
Simply Welsh rabbit,
A harmless, armless thing,
With not leg to stand on,
Nor voice to speak or sing.
l ate me a Welsh rabbit,
Then hied myself away
To bed and dreams and wishing
'Twere longer yet till day;
Simply a Welsh rabbit,
A wileless, guileless beast,
That hath no other mission
Than serving for a feast.
l ate me a Welsh rabbit,
Gadzooks! / thought it so;
But after | had gone to sleep
How quickly it did grow
Into the strangest creatures
Into the mares of night,
Into the gibberish monkeys
Into the shapes that fright,
Into the ring-tailed roosters,
lnta-the jabberwocks.
Into the jangling jaguars,
Into the six-horned OK,
Into the horse with flippers,
Into the hog with wings,
Into the cat with feathers,
Into the COW that sings,
Into all manner of creatures,
OF all the earth and-air and sea
And all of them promenading
Or sitting around on me.
l ate me a Welsh rabbit,
In the night last past;
l ate me a Welsh rabbit
Whereby to stay my fast;
Simply Welsh rabbit
How could there possibly be
In little thing like that
A whole menagerie?
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
When They Wooed and Won Edward

We offer this morning pictur-
esque presentation of J. w. Met
calfe, secretary OF the Associated
Retailers, as he appeared in the
heyday of his youth in St. Louis.
We obtain from his memoirs infor-
nation which indicates that he was
a regular fellow back in the days
when he attended Sunday school
and when he began to cultivate a
nlustache. He also rode a high BIZ
cycle and went to base ball games.
Speaking about ball games, he re-
lated an instance when he played
''hookey" from work to go to ball
game. He occupied a 75-cent seat
and observed his boss in the
bleachers. The boss observed him.
He was supposed to be working.
The next morning the boss called
him into the inside office and in
stead of administering the expected
lecture, he commended him for 60
ing to the ball game, but adjured
him to observe the formality of ask
ing leave in the future.
Mr.. Metcalfe was born in St.
Louis and lived there until he was
rs years old, when he decided that
Omaha held more opportunities for
the ambitious man. He went to Sun
Gay school in St. Louis and therein
lies the story of how he wooed and
won. In this Sunday school were
various young women, as there are
in all Sunday schools. One SUMMER
there was a. picnic which Mr.. Met
calfe attended. One of the Sunday
school girls served him ice cream.
She served him an extra dish and
seemed to show him particular at
tention in that respect.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
1t Will, Brother, But
Certainly Not In a
Green Bathing Suit

Truth crushed to earth will rise
again." was said by somebody a
long time ago.
c. r. Sherman maintains that it
is so. Last week, while playing
golf in the Chamber of Commerce
annual tournament at the Seymour
club links. he was awarded a green
bathing cap because it was believed
that he negotiated all of the water
hazards. He accepted the headpiece
and swallowed his hurt pride for the
nonce.
A golf bali was driven into the
springhouse of the club grounds and
it was believed that Mr. Sherman
did this deed, hence the green bath
ing cap. The truth, however, pre-
vailed when it was made known that
J. D. Foster was the merry little
golfer who drove his white pellet
into the springhouse. Mr.. Sher-
man has the word of Robert H.
Manley on this matter.
How would I look in a green
bathing cap, anyway" asked c. R.
5, with laugh upon his lips
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20

home in phaeton drawn by a high
stopper. He outdistanced his rivals
He had his photograph taken and
she placed one of the pictures on
the family organ. He never missed
a session of Sunday school after the
eventful picnic. He took her to
circuses and the county fair and
bought her a plush-covered photo
graph album for her birthday ami
versary. She gave him a pair of
suspenders for Christians. As the
days sped on, better understanding
was shared between them.
-, One Sunday afternoon, while they
were seated in a lawn swing at her
home, he remarked that it seemed
that all of their acquaintance were
being married. She agreed that his
observations had been correct. It
was good start, he thought. Then
he CROPPED his way along until he
just up and asked her if she would
marry him. She said she would, and
she did.
The minister who introduced the
young woman to Mr.. Metclafe was
asked to marry them.
Mr.. Metcalfe was one of the most
bashful young men in St. Louis
when he lived there and he said
that he afterwards wondered how
he mustered up sufficient courage
to ask a young woman to marry
him. When he was a boy he be-
lleved that he was doomed to
bachelorhood.
Alter he was married he moved
to Omaha and engaged in the adj
vertising business, and seven wears
ago he organized the Associated Re-
tai1ers.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20

few lines to the crop conditions.
What a wonderful wife she would
make for any farmerl
= But to quote more is merely to re.
peat. If your Chance" and the
"Homebuilder" are unable to pick
the "only girl" from the bundle OF
letters which the editor of the Met
,ropiltan Page has forwarded them.
they will probably remain single for
life.
And the fact that they can't
marry them all naturally leaves a
surplus of girls for some other bach
elor to pick from. So confident is
the editor in the desire OF the aver.
age girl for a real home, that he ven.
lures to assure any bachelor with
home 70 offer. who writes to him for
assistance in finding a wife that he
will receive at least one reply.
Anyway the girls have responded
nobly to the appeal from The
Homebuilder," and Your Chance"
and there is no reason why they
should not respond to the call of any
other lonely bachelor.
Convention, dull at best, has been
done away with to large extent
during the war, and a slight depar-
ture from the conventional method
of getting acquainted may result in
lifetime of happiness. Who knows?
Nothing would please the editor of
the Metropolitan Page more than to
help some man or woman from the
common place drudgery of life. to
the happiness of true love and COM
radeship. And all he asks in return
is the pleasure of being told of the
happiness found through these col
umns.
Come on. Won bachelors!
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
Jews Wearing kits
Novel Scene on Ship
En- Route to New York

Can you imagine two Jews in
Scotch military uniform?
That was one of the diversions
on board the good ship "Orduna"
which recently reached New York
by the way of Halifax, from Liver
pool.
On board was Capt. A. H. Good,
who visited Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Whitehorn, the captain being a
brother of Mrs. Whitehorn.
"You must understand that toward
the end of the wan there were
Scotch companies that were filled
in with men of other nationalities
and the funniest thing l observed
coming home was the sight of two
New York east side Jews dressed in
Scotch kilties," said the captain.
The visitors lived in London dur
ing the time of air raids and had
many thrilling experiences.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20

they noticed an elevator and a num-
Der of distinguished looking gentle
men waiting to get into it. They
joined this crowd and entered the
elevator. 1t went down. but instead
of discharging its passengers on the
ground floor it proceeded on down
and when they got out they noticed
they were in subway and an cleo
trio car was waiting.
The distinguished gentlemen got
on the car and the Nelson's did the
same. The car proceeded through
the subway and stopped before an
other elevator door, marked "Pri-
vate." The door opened and the
distinguished looking gentlemen got
into an elevator and Mr.. and Mrs.
Nelson were still with them.
The elevator shot upward and
stopped. The party got out and the
Nelson's found themselves in the
senate gallery.
That's luck for you," said Mr..
Nelson, in relating their adventure.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
Luck Helps Omahans Hear
Talk When Senator Fails
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Nelson Follow Distinguished Party
Through Private Tunnel to Hear President Tell of
Completion Of Peace Pact.

A lucky accident enabled Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Nelson of Omaha to be
present in the senate gallery when
President Wilson delivered his ad-
dress to the senate on his return
from France.
They were in Washington to at
tend the wedding of their daughter,
Amy, and while there, determined to
hear the president. They went, on
on the big day, and presented cards
which they had received from Sen
ator Hitchcock, but were told by the
doorkeeper that these cards were for
ordinary days only and would not
admit them on the big day. He said
there was no method known under
the sun whereby they could gain adj
mittance.
Undiscouraged, they went to Sem
ator Hitchcock's Office and consult
ed his secretary who told them that
he could not possibly get them into
the senate gallery chat day.
So they departed. In the hall
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20

No, sir. It's the truth. None can
wear a dress suit or a Tuxedo with
more grace and aplomb than he:
none has more savoir faire (French)
IN the drawing room; none knows
better than he the use of every spe-
cies of knife, fork and spoon on the
dinner table.
Moreover he has companionable
disposition. He likes to sit down
and talk and he is a master of the
art OF conversation which, in these
days of silent movies and noisy air.
planes, is rapidly becoming a lost
art. He has loads of friends, MANY
OF them being of the fair, mysteri-.
GUS, strong, admirable sex. Mean
ing gals and women.)
He Prefers EN- All.
But still he remains bachelor
and he basks in the smiles of ali
OF EN- instead of taking orders from
any particular one of EN-.
It's a good plan in many WAYS.
(though far be it from the editor Of
the bachelor gallery to say SOY
Harry grew up right here in our
midst and went to school and event
ually got into the insurance business
with Martin Bros. company.
Now he has a nice little surety
bond parlor and insurance shop
OF his own, with his name on the
door and everything.
He has little car-nothing elabo-
rate, understand, but one that goes
and, of course, he doesn't refuse a
lady ride if she halls him as he is
buzzing along the street.
But He Can't Help 1t.
He lives with his mother and sis
ter at 48l2 Douglas street, lust a
couple of doors from Miles Green
leaf. Still, this fact should not be
used against him. He probly doesn't
have much to do with Miles.
He belongs to the Field, Country
and Athletic clubs, where he IS
known as a dancer par excellence"
and a golfer long way below
par" He's some little tennis PLAYER,
having won several championships
in sthe "love-40" stuff. Incidentally.
he was member of the board of d.
rectors of the well-known Chamber
of Commerce once. ~
But, oh, how he can dance! AMI
at entering drawing room he hsd
no superior and few peers.
He never wears a colored shirt
with his dress suit nor tennis shoes
with his TUX" He knows all the
social rules and regulations, consti-
tutiohs and bylaws. And he obeys
'em.