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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-09-18
{. CHICAGO
COMMERCE
MEETING
John r. Farovid of Harbor
Civic Club Resigns from
Directorate of Chamber

a complete and exhaustive inquiry
into the East Chicago tax lazy and
budget was directed BY the Chamber of
Commerce at its meeting yesterday.
The hearing before the state tax board
will be next Monday and the committee
composed of f. w Mickey. A. 9. Slo-
comb and Newton Hembroff will make
detailed inquiries previous TO that tirne
and report their decision in regard .
the levy and budget 10 the state tax
board. appearing IN person If they deem
it advisable. Whether the decision is
adverse or favorable the report will be
made 10 the board
John r. Farovid resigned his position
as director OF the Chamber Of Commerce
because he il also a member Of he IN
diana Harbor Civic Club and did not feel
that he could do justice 10 both organi-
cations by dividing his energies His
resignation was accepted and Henry
Landheld was nominated to fill the va
cancy. The election VIII be held at the
next membership meeting.
The question Of the increase in fare
was discussed and committee viii be
appointed rs appear before the Public
Service Commission in Michigan City on
September "a instructed TO oppose the
the CITY This opposition is based upon
the limited territory which the South
Shore serves in East Chicago.
w f Rose reported for the committee
which had the contract with the Ameri-
can city Bureau under advisement and
recommended that Fey clauses De
eliminated The consensus Of opinion
was favorable to the recommendation
and the committee was instructed 20 on
deavor to reach an agreement with the
American City Bureau along the lines
recommended The question Of a locally
supervised membership campaign WAS
also discussed and Wall he given further
consideration az the next meeting
Arrangements are beng made with
The ladies at the Congregational church
to serve lunch IN the church 10 the mem
bers the same AS last year Arrange
ments may be completed il time for the
meeting next week.
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DON'T GO BAREFOOTED

There is no tendency to 60 barefoot
ed in Hammond. n spite OF the h c
of s. /. IN fact the demand for shoes
lis larger than ever. and because of
this the Jacobs Shoe shop has had TO
make more room and no&x carries a
much larger shoe stock than former
ly.
Mr.. Jacobs. who Is general manager
of this growing inst tuition, located at
101 West State street. states that in
addition to carrying he kind of shoes
he people want. he has established a
tewnty-four hour delitery seraice for
repair work. which is called for and
delivered
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-09-18
BOYS TAKE A
NOVEL HIKE

Gary school BOYS. had the time Of
their lives after school hour yesterday
afternoon when in charge Of Physical
Director Crown they left on hike to
the sand dunes east Of the city where
upon their arrival. they made a COM
pany Of soldiers look like a lot OF pix
ers when Il comes to Slowing Away
SUM- only the bows called it Multi
gan Each carried q can Of something
on the hike TO put in the MulIigan and
it must have been appetizing as the
kettle was empty when they looked for
thirds.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-09-18

Don't throw y7ur paper away
without reading the want ad page,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-09-18
HAMMOND
SUPERIOR
COURTS

The divorce suit Of Katherine Kfey
against Otto Kiey has been dismissed
by Judge Hardy In Room for want
OF prosecution
The First Polish Building Loan and
Savings Association Of Hammond. has
hied suit TO forecIose a mortgage a
gainst Anna Gross. ct ay. Gilett
and sheerer are attorneys for the
plaintiff.
Don't throw your paper away
without reading the want ad page
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-09-18
A THRIVING CONCERN

Another active concern has been ad-
ded to Hammonds fast growing list
of business houses This time it is
the Hammond Cleaning and Dyeing
Company. located at 7+2 State Line ST.
near Ogden.
Thi establishment has cleaning
plant said to be second to none in the
region and is prepared t. render first
class service 10 those ID this locality
needing anything in the clothes clean
ing line.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-09-18

your father has been dead two years
Rest in good health Mother The
message comes through W. r. Cas-
tie. Jr.. director Of foreign communi-
cation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-09-18
Gen. Sir ID. Henderson.

Gen. Sir d. Henderson, head of
the British Red Cross, will come to
the United States in the near future
to study American business and socl-
illogical methods and also to arrange
with the American Red Cross a sys-
tenn Of coordination that will link
together the two great huniitarian
organizations
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and "The Heart Of Jessie Laurie;
then Glasgow; a strange dream of a
young man: his appearance in the
life; and, on July IL, 1850. Robert
Barr and Amelia Huddleston were
married in Kendall Church.
Fate Deals Hard Blows.
A night came when Robert Barr
informed his wife that he was ruined
She had been reading THE New
comes" She laid it down and never
again touched a book of Thackeray's.
To new land their eyes were turned
in the hope of repairing shattered for
tunes. India was the first choice
America the final choice, and on Sep
TENDER a. 1888, Robert Barr his wife
and their children landed in New
York. Thence their migrations took
them to Buffalo, to Canada, to Chicago,
to Memphis, to Cairo (the original of
Eden in Martin Chuzzlewit,' and in
Mrs. Bars opinion not a bit exag-
gerated in the Dickens description
to New orleans and to Galveston
These were the wander!ngs Of seven
years from 1853 till 1860. Throughout
the civil war the Bars were in Aus
tin, returning to Galveston after the
fall of the Confederacy.
In Galveston fate's hand dealt the
crushing blow. Yellow fever carried
away Robert Barr and the two sons.
Three months later another son, An
drew, was born, but died when he was
five days old from the pestilence that
had been contracted before birth. 1t
was denied TO Amelia Barr to nurse
her grief. The terrible problem of ex-
istence stared her in the face. The
establishment of a girls school and the
fitting up of a shop were considered.
She opened a boarding house. 1t was
4 failure and her money was gone 4
voice clear and imperative" said Go
to New York" She obeyed the voice,
and travelling by steamer she and her
daughters reached the city November
q. 1868
BY teaching a little school and ply-
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ried past left on Amelia's memory the
clearest and most beautiful OF pictures.
Yet she was glad to leave it for Ripon,
which was one OF the three great re-
ligious centres of Yorkshire, for it was
in Ripon that she found "Ivanhoe,"
and Scottish Chiefs" and Children
OF the Abbey: and, in a pile Of I'M
bound Family Heralds," she first
made acquaintance with the short
story. Another change to Castletown.
then the capital of the Isle OF Man,
which eighty years ago was little
more than a name to the average
Briton, although the low cost of living
there made II favorite refuge for
retired army and navy officers. The
Journey meant beholdlng the sea. "I
she told in later years, but its tides
were surely in my blood
Whitehaven, financial disaster
through an unwise trust, and Amelia
in her seventeenth year was sent to
Norfolk to take a position as second
teacher in girls school.
The injustice OF the laws regarding
first sex rebellion. An uncle had given
her mother a row OF cottages. OF
the income Mrs. Huddeston touched
not a penny and was in actual igno-
rance Of the amount, her husband
drawing It and using it to his own
ends as a matter OF course. The
mother could neither share nor under
stand the daughters hot Indignation.
1T means that I am a wife," she
said simply. "All that I had or might
have became your fathers as soon as
l was his wife. You are yet sp!nster
and have some rights in your own
earnings" But not for long was
Amelia to remain n spinster. A jour
ney TO the Orkncys and Shetlands,
where she found material and impress
sions to be used later in life in Jan
Nedder's Wife, "A Daughter OF Fife"
Paul and Christina" "Sheila Vedder"
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ing her needle industriously she won
the income that sparingly supported
life. Almost by chance came her
first attempt at writing, a description
Of the break up in Texas. To her sur
prise and delight within two weeks
time she received for the paper a
check for $50:
At 80 years OF age she was stirred
by visions of a new career. She be-
gan a story called Margaret Sim
clair's Silent Money" The writing Of
the tale took her far from her Ridge
wood home, back among the simple
Morse fishermen of the Shetlands. In
order to be near the libraries that she
needed for her work she moved to
New York, settling in unfurnished
rooms in Amity street that years be-
fore had been occupied by Edgar Allan
Poe. Not knowing anything about
Poe in those days she was not infiu-
enced in her choice BY the association.
But, within five minutes walk were
the Aston and the Mercantile, and, not
much farther away, the Historical Lii
brary on Second avenue.
Her UnhagginE Industry.
Unfaggtng industry and not the
stinting Of pains was the secret OF her
steady and extraordinary production.
In order to absorb the atmosphere Of
projected tale and insure accuracy
to the last detail no labor was too on
erous, AS an illustration, take what
has probably been the most widely
read of all her novels. THE Bow Of
Orange Ribbon" The preparations for
that story extended over nearly two
years. They involved making herself
familiar with the history OF the time
and the ways of colonial dressing and
housekeeping Many weeks were given
to studying the court English of the
period. collecting her forms from the
letters Of Horace Walpole and Lord
Chesterfield. For Information about
the Dutch forms Of speech she wrote
to Holland. for one OF the Aston libra
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novels, pamphlets, essays. trsatises on
political economy, childrens books,
travels. history, biography. philosophy
and sociology.
Like Mrs. Trollope. and now as cas-
lily forgiven. Miss Martineau had her
fling at American institutions. In 1884
she visited the United States, remain
ing two years. Returning to England
she published Society in America"
and "A Retrospect of Western Travel"
and an article in the Westminster Re
tietc, THE Martyr Age In the United
States" which introduced English
readers. almost for the first time, to
the struggles Of the Abolitionists.
Early Struggles of Women.
To almost any length might be
carried the story of writing women
battling with circumstances. There
was Louisa Alcott She was little
more than a child when her father
was seeking such work as he could do
with his hands, and her mother was
subduing her proud heart to the ne
cessity Of asking help from friends.
Her first story was written in Concord
at the age of 16. 1t earned her IS.
The tales she had written for Mr.
Emerson's daughter were gathered up
and published as Flower Fables"
Ih!rty-two dollars was the books ma
terial reward. Then she began to re-
ceive applications from various papers
for stories. But as yet sewing and
teaching paid better.
Mrs. Oliphant was left a penniless
widow with three children in a for
eign land. The word "penniless" Is
inadequate. Her capital when she be-
gan life anew after her husbands
death in Rome was an insurance on
his life Of about 81 900, and 5000 OF
debt. The solution OF the problem of
her children's support and her own
she found in the pen. Nothing con-
veys the story of that life of extraor-
binary industry SO effectively as the
simple list of her published works.
She wrote on every conceivable sub
ject. According to her autobiography
something like 125 titles represent
part of her labor between July. 1858,
and July. 1898. Many Of these books
were three volume affairs. In addi-
ton to the books she wrote hundreds
of articles for Blackicooi's MdguSine
The memory OF Harriet Beecher
Stowe Is a memory Of rich achieve
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UBLIC service Is not remuncra-
- tive in the United States. Mig

UBLIC service is not remuncra-
- tive in the United States. Mig
L gardly pay and a lavish amount
of popular abuse and criticism are its
customary reward To such an ex-
tent is this the case that were it not
for the promptings of earnest patriot
Ism on the one hand and the lust Of
influence, power and position on the
other the nation would find but few
candidates for office.
Herbert Hoover, the Controller of
Food during the war; whose prestige
and fame are far greater in Europe
than in his native land, has announced
that he will be compelled to retire
from the service Of the national Gov
eminent in the early spring in order
TO devote some attention TO his long
neglected private interests, plainly in
timating that. he cannot in justice to
his family 'Nntinue to work for TX
Administration at a purely nominal
salary.
Identical similar reasons have been
advanced by Thomas w. Gregory for
his resignation OF his seat in the Cab
met and of his chieftainship OF the
Department OF Justice as Attorney
General of tho United States.
In December last President Wilson's
son-in-law, William G. McAdoo, In
whom many professed TO see the most
promising candidate Of the Democratic
party In the next electoral campaign
for the Chief Magistracy OF the Re-
public. insisted upon retiring from the
Secretaryship OF the Treasury and
from the post of Government Director
General Of Railroads, on the ground
that he could not afford TO remain
any longer In the service OF the ma
ton, that the salary which he received
was so utterly disproportionate to the
requirements OF life at Washington
and to the maintenance OF his, family
that he had been obliged to dip pretty
deeply into his private resources and
that he felt the time had come to take
steps for making provision for those
to him most near and dear.
England and France More Liberal.
These are only few of the most
notable cases of a long and imposing
list OF valuable men who feel that now
the war Is to all intents and purposes
over there is no longer any need for
their giving their services to the Gov
eminent for mere plttance.
Life In normal times. and more es-
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cleaning was lost in midsummer
night. The child of seven noticed
and partly understood the gloom and
care on the faces Of so many who had
no heart to rejoice, and no reason to
do so. For the conditions Of English
life at that period seem now almost
acknowledgements aI,1 poverty
everywhere. villages without either
church or school. children semi
starved and semi-clothed, and In nine
cases out of ten growing up without
being taught TO read and write. The
influence of those conditions was a
handicap against which Mrs. Barr was
to battle in later life. Learning and
literature were not in fashion: fem
mime leaning toward them was not 10
be tolerated. Little Amelia was often
reproved for wasting her time over
a book" Reading was forbidden
fruit.
AS in the case Of most writer's, that
forbidden fruit of the early, impress
sionable years was to count greatly.
First came Robinson Crusoe" and
THE Arabian Nights" Then, on her
seventh birthday. her father gave her
Cooks Voyages Around the World"
That was followed by Anson's "Voy-
age" by Mungo Parks Travels in
Africa" and Bruce's travels in
Abyssinia." But above all was one
book OF lasting influence. 1t was
News From the Invisible World" by
John Wesley. Half 4 century later
Mrs. Barr vainly sought a copy of
that book and recorded her opinion
that there was not one such copy in
America and very few in England.
Also not to be forgotten was Amelia's
first copy book. On the cover was
the picture OF negro loaded with
chains and hoeing cotton. while a
white man stood over him with n whip.
The girl had never seen negro. nor
the picture Of one. and at the sight
she burst into paroXysm of tears.
Penrith, with the charm of ito sto-
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annuity of $4,000 a year for the re-
mainder of his days.
Great financial and industrial con-
Germs in America find 1t necessary to
retain the very best legal talent in the
country at a cost OF anywhere from
100000 TO $250,000 n year. But the
United States only pays SIS 5000 to the
Judges of its Supreme Court, who are
actually entrusted by the nation with
the Interpretation OF the Constitution.
England gives her Supreme Court
Judges just twice as much, namely
100000. Lord Reading as Lord Chief
Justice gets $4,000 while when they
retire they receive n pension amount
ing TO two-thirds OF their salary for
the remainder of Their days.
Then there is the Speaker OF the
House OF Commons. The Speaker OF
the lower house at Washington re-
ceives the same salary as the other
members. The Speaker OF the House
of Commons, on the other hand, who,
by the by, is a very rich man. gets n
salary OF $4,000 year as we'll as a
stately official residence in the Palace
of Westminster, maintained. heated
and lighted at the expense OF the Gov
eminent. besides enjoying all sorts of
perquisites. On his retirement he is
entitled to n pension of $4,000 q year
for the remainder OF his life and to
elevation to the peerage.
OmciaI Salaries in France.
Even France. where Government
salaries are as a rule quite small, is
more generous toward her high public
officials than is the United States.
Thus, the Presidents OF the French
Senate and of the Chamber OF Depu-
ties each receives a salary OF $20,-
900 n year, together with a liberal
allowance. and magnificent official
residences, where not only the furni-
ture, the table equipment, the heat
ing, the lighting and the repairs are
furnished by tn. State but even the
very wages Of the domestic servants.
The Official residence of the President
If the Chamber OF Deputies is known
as lie Petit Palais Bourbon" to dis
tinguish It from the adjacent Grand
Palais Bourbon, which is devoted to
tbs sessions o. tie Chamber. The So
called "Petit Bourbon" stands in beau
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oma oaaes and Lavish Criticism Customary Reward
Naonlberaly of England and France Presents Sharp Contrast

pecially during the great war, has
been vastly more expensive in Amer
lea than in Great Britain. 1t is no
exaggeration to assert that in Eng
land shilling and In France a franc
the one representing 25 cents and
the other 90 cents In American money
go as far and even further than a
dollar on this side OF the Atlantic. Yet
England pays her public servants
double and even treble, the amount
which men OF the same official stand
Ing receive in America, and moreover
provides for their future by means Of
extremely liberal pensions.
Thus the Lord High Chancellor of
the Realm. whose office at the head of
the jpdiSS W ~ all It's patroprge at
his command and under his control.
corresponds most nearly with that of
the Attorney General OF the United
States, receives not a meagre $4,000
year, which Thomas w. Gregory
found SO inadequate to his needs, but
stipend OF $4,000 a year along with
n magnificent residence in the Palace
OF Westminster. overlooking the river
Thames, furnished even to the extent
Of all the superb old Queen Anne silver
and Gobelin tapestries by the State,
which also undertakes its heating,
lighting and repair. Besides this the
Lord High Chancellor is the recipient
Of all sorts of valuable perquisites.
The present incumbent of the office,
Lord Birkenhead, had but recently
been elevated to the Woolsack. Be-
fore that time he was known as Sir
Frederick Smith. Attorney-Gene of
the Kingdom, his official remunera-
ton in salary and in fees exceeding
$4,000 year. while his immediate
subordinate, the Solicitor General, hal
to content himself with $4,000 to $751;
000
As Secretary of the United States
Treasury and as Director G. General of
the vast system Of railroads of this
huge country all that William G.. Nc
Adoo received was $4,000 a year
whereas his English colleague, tho
Chancellor of the Exchequer. the
Right Hon. Austen Chamberlain, re-
celves $4,000 a year and an official
residence. furnished, lighted, heated
and maintained by the State, at II
Downing street.
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ment, wide fame and substantial ma
teriai reward Forgotten are the
early days when she was forced to
write necessarily with a child upon her
knee, a sick husband to watch and
thousand household cares. Pathetic
Is the picture of her ambition of those
years: eff am to write must have
a room to myself" She even went
so far as to dream of a stove in the
room, and a cheap carpet on the floor.
a name little remembered to-day is
that of Mrs. i. d. f. N. Southworth.
Once It stood for a writer whose popu-
larity extended to every corner of the
younger republic. Perhaps, from the
point OF view of the sheer literary
standard. the name is well forgotten.
But the example of her labor and
achievement should not so readily be
forgotten. Married in 1S41, 1S43 found
her widow, thrown upon her own
resources with two infant children to
care for. writing through half the
night, while by day teaching a public
school for a pittance, nursing her sick
baby. and forced by poverty to do her
own Homework.
Mrs. Bars Struggle.
In the life of Amelia Barr the liter
airy labor was one of forty-odd years.
Long before the first bid for author
ship the struggle had begun. The full
four score and eight years carry back
10 another world; almost to another
civilization. When Amelia Huddleston,
as she expressed it. entered this in
carnation on March 20. 1881. in the
ancient town of INVERSION, Lancashire,
England" Catholic emancipation had
just been granted; Lord John Russell
was introducing the first reform bill;
William ". was on the throne, and the
girl Victoria had no dream of her
destiny. Charles Dickens was hoy
OF 10, and Thackeray. in his twenty
first year, was spending pleasant days
in Weimar when the little principally
was dominated by the figure Of the
great Goethe.
Mrs. Barr never forgot the June day
in 1883 when Queen Victoria was
crowned, the royal and loyal town Of
Penrith in Cumberland, where the
Huddelston family was then living.
garlanded with roses. the flags flying
from every vantage point, the bells
ringing out f. the ancient church
from dawn until the long summer
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In the United States the Presidents
Of the Republic have mostly been men
OF moderate means. They have had no
opportunity of saving money while at
the White House. and have left il
poorer than when they entered. It's
doors. Most of them have had to work
for a living on their retirement into
private life.
President Harrison was forced to re-
turn to practice at the bar. So, too,
was President Cleveland. Ex- President
Taft contents himself with a $4,000 a
year professorship at the University Of
Yale. The late Theodore Roosevelt,
who was poorer when he left the White