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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
CIVIC ORDINANCE IN JAPAN
All Houses Have Tablet Telling Name
OF the Responsible Dweller
Within the Walls.

In Japan you can learn a good many
merely by looking at his door. Ac-
cording to police regulations, says a
writer In Chambers Journal the en-
trance to every residence must have a
small wooden tablet affixed to 1t. This
tablet has the name and the number OF
the house on 1t, and on another tablet
is the name of the responsible house
holder, who in many cases Is an In
FAINT, younger brother Of a relative.
Sometimes, though rarely, the names
Of other inmates are placed over the
door, but there Is no police regulation
that requires II, except in the case OF
boarding houses, which have to place
their boarders' names outside for all
to see. A person fortunate enough to
possess a telephone always has the
number proudly displayed over his en-
trance. Near 1t you will often see
quaint enameled or tin disk. That Is
the fire insurance mark. Every fire
insurance company has its own special
metal plate, which 1t nails to the Intel
when 1t insures house.
There are always several small
pieces of paper pasted over the door,
placed there by the police. One Is to
certify that the periodical oshoji, or
great cleaning, has taken place. An
other paper tells us, perhaps, that the
sanitary conditions are satisfactory.
What others stand for is known only
to the police themselves; that they
give secret information about the In
mates Is certain.
Formerly 1t was the rue that, II
there was q we'll upon the premises,
the fact had to be proclaimed by a
square board marked with the charac-
ter for well-idO. This was to show
where people could obtain water In
case of fire in the neighborhood. The
regulation may still be In force in
country places, but owing to water now
being piped, 1t is no longer enforced
In the cities.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Buole Replaced the Drum.

Our Civil war saw the drummer boy,
but he was passing even then. Toward
the last Of the conflict he had begun
TO go out. The bugle did the business
better, and SO the boy heroes had ts
go.
Men who have marched and charged
to the cheering music Of brass bands
and to the silver notes Of the bugle
say that nothing can touch for inspira.
ton the old-time drum. They say that
when the rhythm, the volume and the
thrill of the rafting drum once perme
ated the blood of the old soldiers they
were practically invincible and that
with such martial incentive to inspire
them they would walk straight into
the mouths Of guns.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Oysters Have Many Enemies.

Between the planting and the har-
vest, an interval Of from two to five
years, the oyster culturist assumes
many hazards. On the New England
coast, after all his material Is down,
the tickle "set" may not appear, Dos
sibly because at the critical time some
weather disturbance may have killed
the baby oysters while they were yet
swimming near the surface. In the
Gulf Of Mexico the "set" may be so
heavy that there is scant room for the
oysters to grow, and many die, while
those that are left are half starved
and misshapen from crowding. Even
when the little oysters or "spat," have
attached themselves in favorable num-
bers, their perils have just begun.
They are never safe from other enc
mics until they fall into the hands Of
their arch foes.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Commandment Notice.

In the matter of the estate OF Susan Ed
ridge. deceased
We, the undersigned. having been appointed by
the Hon. Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate in and
for the County of Shia assoc, State of Michigan
Commissioners to receive. examine and adjust ali
claims and demands Of all pe against said es-
the Office of Albert Scarlett in the City OF
Owosso in said county, on Wednesday, the 18th day
of March. A. ID. 1921. and on Monday the 10th day
OF May. A. ID. 1921, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon of each of said days, for the purpose of re-
cevng and adjusting all claims against said estate
and that four months from the 18th day of January
A. ID. 1921, are allowed creditors present their
claims to said Commissioners for adjustment and
allowance. =.
Dated the 18th day Of January, A. d. 1921.
M. ID. COREY,
ALBERT SCARLETT,
4-H Commissioners.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
When the Ships Come In.

In Hawaii, the Philippines and Cuba
one Of the chief topics Of interest to
the islanders is the arrival and de-
parture Of steamers. Newspapers de-
vote whole pages to these boat move
ments, to lists of the passengers,
interviews with notables on board
and stories Of the voyage by members
Of the officers STATS and crews. In
fact the arrival Of the evening train
In mainland country town holds
no more interest for the residents
than the maritime news has for the
people Of Honolulu, Manila and
Havana. The Cuban capital has a
new object Of interest In this regard
In the lately instituted daily air serv-
ice between that city and Key West.
The planes are of the United States
navy scout type, each carrying eight
passengers.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
HOW Can YOU TELL your
FAV0RITE TOBACCO?
As Plain as the Nose on Your
Face-Just Smell II

Smokers do not have to put tobacco
in their pipes to find out if they like it.
They can just rub the tobacco between
the palms of their hands and smell it.
The nose is an infallible guide to smok-
ing enjoyment.
All smoking tobaccos employ some
favoring Ito improve the favour and
burning qualities of the leaves, to
quote the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Naturally, there is considerable differ
ence in the kind of havorings used, and
the nose quickly detects this difference.
TUXEDO Tobacco uses the purest,
most wholesome, and delicious of all
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. And the almost
universal liking for chocolate in great
measure explains the widespread popu-
larity of TUXEDO Tobacco.
Carefully aged, old Burley tobacco,
plus a dash of pure chocolate, gives
TUXEDO Tobacco a pure fragrance
your nose can quickly distinguish from
any other tobacco. Try it and see.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Ord or of Public a Sion.

State of Michigan-The Probate Court for the
County of Shawassee.
At a session of the Probate Court for sal coun :
ty, held at the Probate Office in the City of Cor.
unna. on Tuesday the 18th day of January in the
year one tho usand nine hundred and twenty-one.
Prescnt-Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate Of James A. Hop
son, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition Mary Hopsoa
praying for license to sell real estate to pay debta
1t is Ordered, That the 18th day of February
next, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, at said pro-
bate Office be assigned for hearing said petition.
And it is Further Ordered, that copy of this
order be published three successive weeks pro-
vous to said day of hearing in The Owosso Times
newspaper printed and circulating in said
County of Shiawassec.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge of Probate.
BY CLARIBEL GALLOWAY,
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
OF Some Husbands.

Too many cooks spoil the broth. but
no cook at all spells the disposition
Boston Transcript.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
"Home, Jses!"
By H. LoUsAyBoLD
.. 1920. by Mccl, Newspaper Syndicate

&C. 1920 by McCI, Newspaper Syndicate.)
Old Mrs. CARR, autOcratic arbiter
of the social q, nies of three counties
and q womo|of tremendous will,
bent upon n niece a frOwn of dis
approval "yginia," she said crisply,
you are seq altogether too much of
that-that pecuniOus Mr.. Barrows-
and not tough OF Courtney Van
Breck."
Virginiyperched on the arm of the
chair orosite her aunt's, regarded
that ls thoughtfully. So nothing
could cape those eagle eyes "What
are yor objections to that-that Mr..
Barros. Aunt JuliaT" she asked
quiet.
~ money" snapped her aunt.
~H~ could a girl like you, my dear
Virginia, think Of marrying a man
With no money? Especially when
courtney Is ready to lay his millions
It your feet"
Virginia slipped down from the
chair. ut would be silly, wouldn't
itY' she acQuiesced and, as though
borne on her aunt's smile of salts
faction, went slowly from the room.
Beyond the reach Of her aunt's eyes,
Virginia leaned against one of the
fluted pillars of the hall and drew a
deep breath. Money-money-mo
That was all she ever heard.
Surrounded by the environment
that money gives, clothed in hand
stitched fabrics and lustrous silks and
marvellous furs worth kings ransom
In olden days, attending dances and
dinners and fetes whose success was
determined by the lavishness of ex-
penditure, Virginia felt at times that
she was smothered by it all.
For not one cent Of 1t belonged to
her. In days gone by, so long gone by
that her aunt never mentioned them,
Julia Gardner had been plain julia
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04


Brown. Then she had been courted
by fairly well-to-do but unprepos-
sessing man much older than herself.
She had married him and almost ST.
multaneously he had made fortune
and died. His wife reaped the bene-
fit.
When virginia's parents, sudden vic
tins of an epidemic, had died within
three days of each other, sense Of
duty led her aunt to have the tiny
baby carried to the stately residence
on Ridgely road, and there Virginia
had grown up.
"After all she's done for me / Just
can't disregard her wishes" the girl
told herself forlornly. "But I don't
want Courtney and his millions-I
want Billy and his five dollars a COL
umnl"
Yet three days later Billy, white
Tipped, received his answer. shes
given me everything" faltered Vir-
ginia.
Billy looked appraisingly at the
Rubens above the mantel, at the tea
cabinet with its priceless objects
dart, at the velvet hangngs through
which one glimpsed tiled vistas. Then
he shook HIS head. "A great deal, j
admit" he said, "but not quite every
/ thing" The next moment he was
gone.
virginia stood as he had left her,
{onslng to run after him and reiterate
how little the money meant to her,
how IL had come to seem "a dreadful
bogey In her life debating her actions.
how---slowly she turned upstairs to her
aunfs boudoir TO enter into consulta-
zion over the making Of her trousseau.
FOR twenty-four hours before she
mid. "No." to Billy, she had said,
~Yes." to Courtney Van Brock.
Came the lovely month Of June. In
the gardens early roses blossomed on
balustrade and pergcis shedding their
fragrance everywhere. June-the
month Of weddings
f,ut for one of those weddings, a
wedding In which engravers and mo-
dlstes and caterers AID florists and
the city's highest paid quartette were
10 share. the bride waited heavy
hearted.
Zach morning Virginia woke with
the thought. "rsnt there some way
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Acid-Stonach

EATONICis the bestremedy, 1t takes
the harmful acids and gases right out
OF the body and, of course, you get
well. Tens of thousands wonderfully
oenefited: Guaranteed to satisfy or
money refunded by your own drug
gst Cost q trifie. Please try It'll
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
VAPOR OIL ON TRIAL

A reliable remedy for catar, of tn.
nose, throatland ears. Clip aud mai
attached coupon and we will se' you
postpaid, this soothing, healing remedy
which will bring you relief and comfort
THE VAPOR OIL CO,
Box 227, Benton Harbor, Mich.
Gentlemen:-Please mail me your
VAPoR OIL. agree to use it for two
weeks, and il l am satisfied l will SEND
you 81. 35; if not, ] will return the un
used portion Of tn. Vapor OIL.
Ypurs truly,
huuresH
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04

There's one thing I'll say for him.
whats that?"
HE has the courage of his convic'
lions once his wife has made up his
mind for him."
Evening star., 1921-03-13
Embroidered Dresses.

Many dresses for girls are made OF
taneta silk. which are usually en-
broidered in chenille or metal thread.
Ihe bodices are made in the fitted
basque style and worn with full cir
cular skirts. One navy blue taffeta
dress is bordered with a deep design
embroidered in antique gold thread
and carpet embroidery of French
blue silk.
In another case the full skirt of a
dress is suggested by series of over
narrow circular founces. the
youthful effect of which is increased
by an edgfng of tiny red cord
The skirt of black taffeta frock
of unusual interest is entirely COW
cred with narrow strips of the silk
picoted in bright color looped up in
pun designs at intervals down the
length of the skirt. The sleeve fin
lsh carries out this effect, as it is
slashed into narrow strips that are
caught under to make puff
A redingote black taffeta dress has
full tunic and semi-fitted bodice
with corded, unbelted waist line in
distinct downward curve at the
back. The open front iiscloses an
underdress of deep ecru lace with
parts of the design worked in pink.
Evening star., 1921-03-13
New Dress Trimmings.

Among the novelties for dress trim
mings there is navy blue cotton
ribbon, overlaid with metal hooks.
sewed in brilliant -colored silk and
arranged in floral design. At the
center Of each hook is a bright coral
coIored porcelain bead. Then again.
there is a wide black silk braid edged
with flame -colored satin. overlaid
with clusters of flowers composed of
perforated cardboard disks. which are
worked over in colored silks. and
reveal a lining Of the colored satin.
Another black silk braid worked with
emerald green embroidery in lattice
work is interesting. 1t is finished
with trimming Of sections of acorn
tops sewed to the braid with green
siik. Other novel braids are ap-
pliqued with motifs Of colorsd broad
edged with narrow bands of filet net.
other novelties seen are the new
white cotton founcings. which are
embroidered in brilliant-colored silks.
Rumanian in design and in coloring.
Cotton nets and cotton voiles are en-
broidered in angora wool in moss
stitch.
Evening star., 1921-03-13
Personal Notes.

Mrs. Eugene Schwab has as her
guests Miss Amy Bennett of Nor
folk, Va, and Miss Rita Buxbaum
of Harrisburg, Pa.
Mrs. Harry Wolf and Mrs. Isadore
kaufman returned Monday from a
weeks stay in Atlantic City.
Mrs. Robert Schlestein of New
York was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. NJ. Baer last week.
Mrs. Elliott Strouse was hostess
at a luncheon followed by cards
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Hahn spent
last week in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley I-ansburgh
were hosts at dinner Wednesday at
their home on Lanier place.
Mrs. Julia Luchs returned Wednes-
day after spending two weeks with
relatives in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Behrend were
hosts at dinner dance at Wardman
Park Hotel last evening.
Mrs. julius Peyser entertained at
a luncheon Tuesday at her home on
18th street.
Mrs. Melvin Gusdorf will return
today from Baltimore. where she was
the guest of Miss Eta Newman.
Mrs. NJ. Revness, who was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Rev
ness for two weeks, returned to her
home in Philadelphia yesterday.
MfS. SOL meyer was nOSleSS dt
luncheon and bridge Friday at
Rauschers.
Mrs. Adolph Kahn. who sailed for
Europe yesterday, with Mr.. Kahn, to
spend two months in travel. was
given a luncheon Wednesday by the
ladies' Of the board of the Council of
Jewish Women, of which organiza-
tion she was at one time president.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Wate terman. who
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. ].
Raer, have returned to their home in
Wilmington. Del.
Mrs. Elmer Barchfeld. who was the
guest of her mother. Mrs. A. J. Barch-
field, has returned to her home. in
Pittsburgh, Pa. \
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas n. Michaelis OF
the woodley have as their guests Mrs.
Charles Schlesinger of Wheeling. w.
Va, and Mr.. Herbert Levy of New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Steinem have taken
an aparement at the Alwyn, Kalorama
and Columbia roads.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. J. Kaufman left
Thursday to spend two weeks in At
lantic City.
Evening star., 1921-03-13
Maple Tapioca.

Soak four heaping tablespoonfuls of
tapioca for four hours in sufficient
cold water to cover it well. Drain. off
all the water that remains. add one
quart of sweet milk and pinch of
salt and cook the whole until the
tapioCa is clear. Then add the yolkS
Evening star., 1921-03-13
Mrs. D. D. Clarke Leaves
After Visiting Daughters

Mrs. d. D. Clarke of Lexington. S. c.,
who has been visiting her daughters.
Miss Pearl Clarke and Miss Erin
Clarke. will leave tomorrow for Rock
Hill. s. c.. to visit her daughter. Miss
Bruce Clarke. who is student at
winthrop College. the South Carolina
college for women.
Evening star., 1921-03-13

Of four eggs beaten with one cup of
grated maple sugar. Cook it until 1t
is thick. Add one teaSpoonful OF va
nilla and pour the mixture into pax
ing pan Cover it with meringue
made from the whites of the eggs ana
two tablespoonfuls of maple sugar.
Brown it and serve it cold with plain
cream.
Evening star., 1921-03-13
Ohio Members of
Collegiate Alumnae
To Be Tea Hostesses
Wives of Senators and Other
Distinguished NJ a irons
Will Be Honor Guests at
Function Wednesday.

tion Of Collegiate Alumnae will be
hostesses at the tea Wednesday aft
ernoon, March 16, from to o'clock
at the clubhouse, 1907 H street. The
guests of honor will be Mrs. Atlee
Pomerene, Mrs. Frank b. Willis and
Mrs. William F. Mcdowell. The mem
bers of the club receiving will be
Mrs. Edward H. Horton, Miss Kate
Lee Gregg, Mrs. F. w. Patterson. Miss
Gertrude E. Leonard, Mrs. John J.
Norman. Miss Margaret Lanum. Mrs.
l.. B. Terhune and Miss Mary Sibley
Evans.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-04-20

suppressed the circumstances and told
the phrase, with the result that he
sold his story.
The phrase, thus published, ran ov-
er the country like prairie fire. 1t
sank into the consciousness of men
everywhere. It did little harm then;
but in later years when the reaction
against corporation influence inEpublic
life set in, it was revived and used
most effectively. The harm itadid to
railroads and other corporation. inter
ests cannot be calculated. And yet,
though it did too truly represent the
attitude Of many captains of indus
try" toward the public, as Mr.eStone's
credible story shows it was not in
tended at all in the sense in which it
was used, and if that interview back
in 1882. had been conducted by a re-
putable reporter there never would
have been a phrase to revolutionize
the politics and policies of genera
ton.
Yet mighty events in history often
turn on such slender circumstances as
this.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-04-20
Big Berthas.
Now We Find No Such Long Range
Guns Ever Existed
All Hoax.

Walter Duranty, the European cor.
respondent of the New York Times
says that there was no mystery about
the "Big Berthas" with which the
Germans thought to terrorize France
especially Paris. They have hunted
all over Germany to.find the gun OF
the place where they were made, but
without results. As matter of fact
the big guns never existed. The long
range guns which fired those long
shells were simply ordinary fourteen
inch naval guns. Into these the Ger
mans fitted a second barrel, a nine
inch one, and reinforced the whole
with steel bands. Thus re-infol ced,
they gave them two charges of explo-
sives and the :projectiles attained the
longer range. It was all trick. The
Germans explain that they could not
attain accuracy enough with these de-
vices to make them worth while. Even
with so large target as Paris some
of the shells fell miles away. They
thought at the time that by using
them as an accompaniment to their
last great drive that they would break
down the morale of the French. But
the French did not break down. The
shells that were dropped on Paris
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-04-20
Work.

John Ruskin: If the busy rich peo-
pie watched and rebuked the idle rich
people, all would be right among them
and if the busy poor people watched
and rebuked the idle poor people, all
would be right among them. But
each looks for the fault of the other.
A hard working, man of property is
particularly offended by an idle beg
gar; and an orderly but poor work
man is naturally intolerant Of the Ii
centious luxury of the rich. And what
is severe judgment in the minds of the
just men of either class becomes fierce
enmity in the unjust-but among the
unjust only None but the dissolute
among the poor look upon the rich as
their natural enemies or desire to pill
lage their houses and divide their
property. None but the dissolute
among the rich speak in opprobrious
terms of the vices and follies of the
poor.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-04-20
Loyalty to Home Bust
ness.

Loyalty to home institutions is fine
ly exemplified by one of the largest
banks in the twin cities. It is mat
ter of common knowledge that the
government prints envelopes for prac-
tically nothing until recently it made
no charge whatever for printing, but
the big city bank, a bank. that uses
thousands Of envelopes every month,
never sponged on the government, and
incidentally on the taxpayers, to pro-
fit by this free graft, but always pa
tronized the local printers. In explain
alton of this rather strange proceed
ing the manager Of the bank said the
were everlastingly boost
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-04-20
+. 6. Hubbard Company

ing for the city and it was as little !.
the bank could do to patronize tt
newspaper and give its printing wher'
it would help the paper to maintain
as they like any other individual,
could not live on wind. That is the
spirit that makes for a better town.
It helps the atmosphere of the whole
community. But the case of, the twin
city bank is by no means an
one, as most firms and individuals Or e.
right, if they only take time to think
and a great many of them do. The
trouble is with some firms that a
smooth salesman comes along and be-
fore he is aware of it the small towT
business man falls for the soft stuff
of the outsof-town drummer, andsaa
order is given him that could be fiIlet
just as we'll, and in some cases nlicf.
better, right at home. Some people
naturally have the habit of sending
away for goods others acquire it. l.
you want friends, be one; if you want
business, do the right thing by your
home town.-Le Sueur Herald.