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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-03

and a piano solo by Mary Margaret
Jones. The program will be fol-
lowed by games in charge OF Com
munity Service. which will all be
followed by the regular business
meeting OF the club ladies, when re
ports viii be given by the delegates
to the state federation convention.
Gentlemen's evening Is to be Tues
day. November the fourteenth. and
tomorrow will be the last oppor-
tunity to pay ones club dues before
this event.
The members of the 3. b. 3. Club
had a splendid meeting last evening
when they were graciously receiv-
ed at the home OF Miss Jane Larsen
on Garfield street Three tables of
bunco were in play with the honors
going to Miss Gertrude Miller. and
the consolation going to Miss Kath-
ryn Larsen. Luncheon of a splen-
did nature in three courses was
served at one long table. lovely
with huge yellow and White chrys-
anthemums. Miss Gertrude Miller
will entertain the club girls next at
her home on Drackert street.
-
Twenty-Five members OF the
Ladies' Bible Glass Of the First
Baptist church went to the home
OF Mrs. Charles Green on Warren
street Tuesday afternoon. The aft
ernoon's entertainment consisted
of enJoyabla sorts OF Halloween
stunts and the best sort of socia-
bility and at the close of this all
too short time a tempting luncheon
was served by the October ladies.
The members OF the H and E. c.
Club were welcomed to the home
street yesterday afternoon for their
usual pleasurable meeting. Bunco
was played at three tables. with the
first prize going to Mrs H. Hjert-
quist. the second prize to Mrs. n
salon and the consolation prize to
Mrs. George Lienback. Luncheon
was served enjoyably to h ladies
at the close of the afternoon. Mrs.
]. TIE Rose viii have the next meet
ing at her home on Waiter street.
-
Miss veargedeI Schmidt and Cor
don Aston Will be dinner guests OF
Mr.. AIston's aunt. Mrs. Newman. on
Saturday evening at the Sheridan
Plaza hotel IN Chicago.
Mr.. clyde f. Klug OF crown
Point and Miss Lena Peterson OF
Lowell were united in marriage at
the Hyde Park parsonage at four
o'clock November 1st by DR.. Chas
H. Lesson. Mr.. Harold Tolmah
and Miss Margaret Klug served as
BEST man and bridesmaid Mr. and
Mrs. Klug will make their home four
miles south Of Crown Point on q,
farm.
All of Hammond's art lovers an
even those Of US who know the fine
points of worth while art slightly
are proud Of the fact that three
ladies had splendid ex-
amples of their work on exhibit at
the thirtieth annual exhibition OF
the Allan Ceramic Art Club whose
aim Is to raise the OF emma
to what might properly be
termed Legitimate ornamentation.
This sxhfaition opened yesterday
a reception from the hours Of
two until fye-thirty at the Art In
in Chicago with Mrs. Potter
pouring at tea table. About
f3fty Hammond ladies went to sec
the splendid work which Mrs. Erick
Of Mason street. Mrs. Sheila
Tanner OF ogden street and Ms
Frank c. Eetz have on exhibition at |
the exhibit which viii last until y |
vamber the nineteenth. This Is
Mrs. Lund's and Mrs. Banners firsi
year to exhibit her work and MI
second year.
|
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AT THE ~PARTHENON

Richard Barthelmess goes back to
the Virginia mountains. the location
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Hut Olds for Sheriff. Vote for
him. list
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Hammond
Musical College.

For the study Of music In all ia
branches. Phone 15g3- 81
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1--we LOCAL
NEWS ADS"
WASSEY'S
SHOP

81 STATE STREET
HemEtItch with Gold and silver
Threads: also match all coIorS. but
ton Holes. Buttons Covered. En-
broiderinE, Brafding, Beading,
Phone Hammond 446. 3:7.tf
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-03

Miss veargeden Schmidt and Cor
don Aston Will be dinner guests OF
AIston's aunt. Mrs. Newman. on
Saturday evening at the sheridan
hotel IN Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-03

Complimenting Mrs. Bernard G.
Gavit. who has come to Hammond
as a recent bride. was the evening
bridge in her honor with Miss Nio-
let Stinson Last evening at her home
on South Holman street. -Four
tables were placed In the living
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred NJ. Glover left
Hammond on Sunday for Tulsa.
oklahoma. where they will make
their home. Mrs. Glover viii be re-
membered as Miss Fern Lauerman.
Many Hammond friends regret hav-
ing the Clovers leave town.
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The Blue Bird Club OF 500 For
sythe avenue gave a Halloween
party on Tuesday evening at their
club rooms. All were very well
pleased with the evenings enjoy
ment. AmoSg the members present
were John Mayer, John and Joseph
Conwith. Robert Austgen. Edward
Emmerling. sylvest Boiling and
Albert Bick.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-03

A few OF the friends OF Mrs.
Roland Fox came to her home on
Harrison street Wednesday after
noon for an afternoon of bridge.
which was played at two tables
with honors going TO Miss Esther
Lund and Mrs Frank Betz. The
afternoon closed when Mrs. Fox
served her guests with a. lovely
luncheon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-03

The Lake County Humane Society
Will hold its regular monthly meat
ing on Monday evening. November
the sixth. at seven thirty o'clock in
the Central school. A large attend
ance is expected and the inspectors
Will give interesting reports.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-03

Mr.. and Mrs. King D. Hester, 126
Fayottc street. are being congratu-
lated uPon the arrival of a big ten
pound baby boy, Duane David. born
to them on Monday evening. Mrs.
Hester and The little boy are doing
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-03

Mr.. and Mrs. w. Harvey Gostiin,
Miss Eleanor Gostlin and Master
lflliy Gostlin are expected to return
70 Hammond this evening after
having enjoyed a lovely trip for
about a month in the East with rel
atives and friends.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-07-09
"JAZZ" SUGGESTED AS NAME.
FOR GREEN MONKEY AT ZOO
christmas Jewelry in June" is Another Appel.
lation to Come Forward.

Maybe Christmas Jewelry In
June" will be the name given the
infant green monkey at the Ma
tional Geological Park, or probably
ID. t." mayhap Envy" possibly
Greenwich" or The Green's
Ward"
addition to the monkey colony at
the zoo would be. in monkey terms.
capitalist Comfortably fixed for
the remainder of its life
Each mail brings a veritable del
uge of new name suggestions, some
offering those of persons whose
names appear almost daily in the
public prints, but these cannot be
considered despite the fact that the
writers all state that the person
whose name they suggest Is max
ing a monkey of himself"
L have on my neck a cavalier
which was given me last Christmas
by a friend" writes Miss C. B.,
who asks that her address be omit
ted. and it is turning a beautiful
shade of green.
While reading in your paper
about the newly born green monkey
at the zoo my mind uncOnSclOuSly
turned to the cavalier and then an
other birth occurred-the birth of
an idea. Why not name the monkey
babe Christmas Jewelry in June?
Another appropriate feature of this
name is that the monkey was born
during the month that my cavalier
began to assume it's new color
scheme.
Il hope this name will be the one
which solves the enigma now con-
fronting the zoo keeper. and IL II
is accepted I promise to send the
cavalier to the zoo so that it may
be hung about the neck of it's name
sake"
H. Rosenblum, TAB Fifteenth
street northeast, says: Being a
reader of The Herald. 1 suggest
that the name of the green monkey
born at the zoo should be Green
wich.' I hope this will please the
owner of the monkey"
d. t. 1 believe, would be an
appropriate name for the green,
pink and brown monkey which was
recently born at the National Zoo
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cocoanuts were brought for refresh
ment, the cildren running up the
tices like monkeys on a stick AND
dropping the fresh nuts all around
us l was watching with som.
anxiety two boys who were having
game of tag around the trunk of
tree. about forty feet above the
ground, when Willie touched my
arm.
said.
Not Leviticus" said.
mo. no, or course not. Just
some story about America. You
know how these Paumotuans are.
They have any amount of old
legends about their history and they
think We have, too. 1t doesn't
make any difference what YOU say:
none of them understand English,
But recite something. The chief has
asked you to. 1t will please them
and they expect it,"
Mind Is Blank.
I knew a good deal of verse. of
one kind and another. but as il
usually happens on such occasions.
my mind was blank. l couldn't
even remember the beginning of
Paul Revere's ride. And everything
was quiet. everyone waiting expec-
family. Then as luck would have
IT. l recalled the first stanza of a
ballad which was legendary
enough, and having come to the
surface of consciousness 1t refused
to submerge again. 1t was a shame
full thing to do. on such an occa-
sion. but being hard pressed l was
forced to stand and tell the digni-
fed assembly that
"A capital ship for an ocean trim
Was the walloping windov-bltnd.
No wind that blew dismayed the crew
Or troubled the captains mind,
The man at the wheel was made to fesl
Contempt for the widest blow;
And it often appeared when the weather h.d
cleared
That he'd been in his bunk below"
Having gotten a fair start, verse
after verse of this immortal ballad
came to mind, and l recited without
halt to the end. The Reka
Rekans seemed pleased. l noticed,
however. that the old chiefs mind
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-07-09
LANSBURCH'S GIVE
GLEN ECHO PICNIC
More Than 900 Employees En-.
joy Stores Fourth
Annual Outing.

The employees of Lansburgh's de-
partment store held their fourth
annual picnic yesterday at Glen
Echo Park. All members of the
firm. their families and more than
nine hundred employees and members
of their families made it a gala
day.
For the series of games and con-
tests, the prizes awarded were gold
pieces. hats. suit cases, trousers,
women's sweaters, women's scarfs,
belts and other items of apparel
from the store, donated by members
of the firm and various buyers.
The park management also do
mated two season passes, good for
winners of the fox trot, Miss Nellie
Baber and Harry Thomas.
The results of the other events
were as follows: Prize waltz, Miss
Kathryn Morris and S. B. Diamond
stein.
Oratorical contest, first. E. Lynch;
second, F. Quad; third, n. Hobber.
Cracker eating contest, first, ].
Meyers; second. n. Hollober; third.
A. Stead.
Peanut race, first, Miss Smith
second, Miss Johnson; third, Miss
Graves.
"Brawl" game. first, Miss F. Bail
let; second. Miss A. Loveless; third,
Miss NJ. Smith.
Lobster race (for boys only, first,
Charles Donaldson; second, Francis
Auth; third, Benedict Auth.
Measuring contest (by the yard
stick for accuracy, first, Miss
Mooney; second, Miss Smith; third.
Miss Andree.
Marshmallow race. first, Helen
Avery; second, Theresa Baillitte;
third, Marguerite Baillitte.
Standing broad grin (open to men
and women), first of the men, F.
Quad; second, ]. Meyers; third, E.
Lynch; for the women, first. Gladys
Gundersheimer; second, AntQinet
Bissollion; third, C. Schalk.
Potato race, first. A. Loveless; sec
ond, T. Ballet; third, A. Bissollion
Newspaper race, won by Miss j.
Damn; second, Miss A. Loveless;
third, Miss G. Gundersheimer.
A special stunt event held in the
ballroom was won by Leon Par
sons walking on his hands and chair
balancing; second. Miss Ida Dunn,
singing in Polish; third, Mr.. Fran
els Quad with comedy singing.
The plans were in charge of the
following committee: Chairman
Samuel Hart, general manager OF
the store; Miss I. Thrasher. Miss
Goodman, Miss N. Tompkins. Miss L
Painter, Mrs. NJ. Smith, Mrs. B
worthington, Mr.. w. C. Schumacher
Brad Holmes, C. Kelsey, G. Tucker
F. Quad, F. Shelton. W. Burgess and
C. Gates.
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lieved it. l had read a good many
books of South Sea travel, and
while much was said in them OF
native amusements, the descriptions
did not lead me to believe that
these were even remotely of a re-
ligious nature. Apparently, none of
the authorities I had consulted had
visited Reka Reka.
Discovered by Children.
We were soon discovered by one
of the children and came forth from
our hiding place trying to make IL
appear that we had just arrived.
The meeting was interrupted for a
few minutes while Willie gave
them the news of other islands.
Presently he turned to me.
The chief wants to know wheth-
er you mind II they go on with the
speakingT'
Mind" 1 said. please tell him
I should like nothing better"
Il have told him already. It's a
contest they are having, the three
best men on the island. They are
in Leviticus now. but they've come
all the way from Exodus since the
morning. Man! They're fair mar
wells at it,"
/ understood nothing of the lam
guage then, but l enjoyed listening
to the musical flow of the words.
One after the other the three men
recited from memory, chapter after
chapter. the old chief. with a we'll
thImbed copy of a Tahitian Bible
on his lap, checking the mistakes.
BY his side were three half shells
of cocoanuts, and wheE a contest
ant made an error pebble was
dropped into his she'll. There was
an old grandmother sitting near
me, making cats-cradles with a
piece of string stretched around her
hands.
Old Woman Notes Errors.
One might have thought that she
was helf asleep, but every now and
then she would say "Tero" (there!)
sharply. noting an error In the re-
citaI before the chief himself had
marked it. l was beginning to
wonder how many chapters there
were in Leviticus when there was a
moments respite. Green drinking
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-07-09
URGES MUSIC FETE
TO DEDICATE CANAL

Formal dedication of the Panama
Canal. in form of a musical festi-
wal. was urged yesterday by Sena-
tor France. Maryland. France, re-
plying 10 a letter from the Roose-
welt Memorial Association safo:
\ 1T appears to me to be particu-
1arly appropriate that this great
achievement of Colonel Roosevelt
should bring forth a fitting tribute
! to his vision. craftsmanship and
courage in accomplishing the fru-
itien Of this project.
'1nasrnuch as this matter was un-
der discussion by Secretary of State
Lansing and the director general of
tho. Pan American Union, DR.. Rowe,
at the time of the outbreak of the
lwar. there is provided the back
ground of official interest in such
Ian event. which. il seems to me.
kives full justification in seeking to
have interest centered upon the for
NAL dedication at the present time"
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American, By Ruse, Upholds Reputation
AS Bible Student In South Sea Islands
ISLANDERS ARE PARTICULAR
CHOOSING THEIR WIVES

You might think said Willie the Scotch of James
Norman Halls trip Island of Reka Reka the
that the natives stock rundown degenerate lott
they're not The girls taken by the Of other islands,
and the here make long through the
search OF wives know places civilized parts of the
Paumotua he marry his cousin would be ostracised
by HIS family far learn they
particular about this the old days when they heaten
than they
you know how they recitng their family
They tell their descent from back Well naturally
they take heap OF the family histories Old
Testament folk and I've learned mostly from the natives them
selves that marriages between pretty close blood relations
recorded there They spend lot Of time puzzlng these
gneaoges And the other things they find argue about in
the Scriptures Knoy problems! 1t would fairly your
head swim to hear them sometimes"
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logical Park" writes Milton s.. 1875
street northwest. II wish to
state here, that 1 do not make this
sussestion from personal expert
ence. but solely from what l have
heard and read about the results
OF too much indulgence in anti-pro-
hibition beverages"
Claude ]. Beatty. 1901 O street
northwest. suggests that the addi-
ton TO the green monkey family
be named 'verdura" IL a girl and
Verde If a boy.
L want to suggest Envy as the
name for the green monkey. but
providing you do not like that one
how does The Green's Ward strike
you?"-Chester Rupertus, 62s Park
road northwest
Miss Bess B. johnson, sos Carlisle
court: Il beg leave to submit the
name Jazz for the new monkey
baby. 1t seems jazz is prominent
at the present time"
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Reciting Scriptures II
Favorite Amusement
At Reka Reka.

was still on the Scripture contest.
for he continued his Bible. But
even he looked up from. time to
time and nodded encouragingly.
For all that, I felt, as I say, thor
oughly ashamed of myself.
Imposed ON savages.
There was !, member of q pre-
sumably superior race. imposing In
this cheap manner upon an audi
ence of so-called savaees. The SUI
perficial advantage was with me,
but the credit was wholly theirs.
They thought i was telling some
old tale of my forefathers. and al
though they couldn't understand,
they gave me courteous attention.
Willie didn't mend matters any by
the explanation which he gave of
the nature of the story.
It's all right" he said when /
had finished. You did fine and
they liked It. / told them 1t was
about ship that had all her sails
blown away and the sailors went
mad with thirst before they were
picked up by another vessel"
Afterward the biblical contest was
resumed and st was still going on
~ WhCH llllG anu Il were
compelled to leave. We had a good
deal of difficulty in getting the
boat through the surf but we sue
ceeded at last. and the sailors rested
on their oars while We waited for
the schooner TO come up. Willie
chuckled softly to himself and after
moment of silence he said:
Recited Eleventh Chapter.
~ ~ aal1
but, you see, 1t was Levit!cus you
recited. 1t was the eleventh chap
ter. The old chief-wait! You
don't understand, Let me explain.
For some reason or other the ma
lives in this group have a fine opin-
ION of white men and a better one,
even, Of Americans. Maybe it's be-
cause they don't see too many of
them. or maybe it's because the
Bible was brought to them by
American missionaries. Anyway,
the old chief simply took it for
granted that you would know the
Bible as well as they do if not bet
ter. So out of courtesy he asked
me to ask you to recite a bit of
scripture while he followed the
text in his own language. What
was to say? 1t wouldn't have
done to tell them the truth. They
would have lost all respect for you
IL ! had. You may want to come
back here some day and in that
case-you see? You'll have some
standing, intellectually, / mean"
forgave Willie, but / doubt
whether l would ever be forgiven
by the Reka Rekans il they knew.
Later, as a silent apology TO them,
read all Of Leviticus, and l was
interested to learn that the fourth
chapter is concerned with the sac
rihcial offerings to be made by
those who have committed sins of
ignorance.
All of this could have happened
only in the South Seas. Of course,
As the French who own the island
say: Dams roceanie on fait son
l.impossibler'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-07-09
WIFE HISTORICAL
OVER LIQUOR RAID

NrIosa Goodman. IS years old.
became hysterical when Ninth pre-
ciIsct police raided the near beer
sal son of her husband. 1902 H street
northeast. last night and seized
about half gallon of alleged liquor.
She was taken to Casualty Hos
pital, while the husband, Harry
Goodman, was taken to the Ninth
precinct station. He was charged
with Illegal selling and possession
of liquor and released on bond.
I Sarah Fenwick, colored. 90 years
lold. 1911 Wiley court northeast. was
larrested for illegal selling and pos
jsessionof liquor. The raiding party
consisted of Internal Revenue Of
|ficer Hines. Capt. Stoll, Lieut.. Bur
lingame and Precinct Detectives
Davis and Kuehling. of the Ninth
station.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-07-09
Sues to Enforce Sale
OF ". Y. AUe. Property

Mary E. Hunt filed suit against
Elizabeth Atzell yesterday in the
District Supreme Court to compel
her to live up to the terms of an
alleged agreement for sale of prem
ises at 1921 New York avenu FORTH
west.
1t is alleged in the declaration
Med by Attorney George E. Sulli-
van that the Atzell woman agreed
on May 10 last to sell the property
to the plaintiff for $4,000 and has
failed to do SO.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-07-09
Boys Visiting Capital
Accused of Auto Theft

n On their initial visit to the Capital
three lads from Salem. n.
&c. were arrested in an alleged stolen
automobile by Headquarters Detec-
tive Alligood.
They gave their names as Carl
Vaughn. 16 years old. Richard Lloyd
~. and William Taylor, 81. All are
|lbeing held as fugitives from justice.
{They will be turned over to the
North Carolina authorities tomor-
row.
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We approached the village. a
cluster of a dozen matched huts
and under cover of some shrubbery
looked on for a moment unobseryed
The village street was wide and
well shaded, and in the center Of
it. on a circle of mats, men and
women were listening to an old
man who was standing in their
midst, declaiming with grave elo-
quence. Most of the women were
at work as they listened, PLATING
straw for hats. or making the shell
wreaths which are worn over them
on windy days. Some of the men,
too, were braiding cocoanut fiber
for nets or polishing the long poles
Of their fishing spears. All were
silent, attentive, save only the chill
dren playing around the outskirts
of the crowd, Just such bundles OF
energy as are all children the world
over. Willie was as pleased as
though this were a spectacle which
he had arranged for my particular
benefit.
You see?" he whispered. ITS
Scripture they are reciting. They
must have been at it all day. /
don't suppose you would have be.
iieved this II you hadn't seen it7"
! confess that I wouldn't have be-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-07-09
Work on NelD Gymnasium,
At u. of Va. Is Under Way

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, July
9.-Work has been started on the
new gymnasium OF the University
of Virginia by the King Lumber
Company. of this city.
This building, which is to be the
largest single structure on the
university grounds, will not be
completed until September, 1928,
and will cost more than $500. 900.