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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-18

st. Cloud lodge No. SIG in add1-
ton to having a fine band also has
the distinction of having one of the
largest and best natured Elks In
the state. His ayoirdupois are are so
great that no scale owner in Man
kato dared to have him step on the
platform. He is Mickey Molitor,
ONE. of the st. Cloud druggists. II
you run short of prescriptions, .
call ON Mickey.
The other extreme in st. Cloud is
Jimmie Gerard, who for three years
was exalted ruler Of the Elks from
the Granite City. He is SO thin that
Mickey could put him in one of his
pockets and would not know that
he was there. When he is not out
on Publications with the Elks, and
is at home behaving himself, Jim
mic busies himself at the Security
Blank Book and Printing company's
plant.
In the Central Meat Market win
dows on South Front street there is
a fine collection of kodak pictures
taken at the Elks national reunion
at Atlantic City, which will be of
interest to visiting Elks.
Don Stewart, leader of the NUM-
cipal Band of st. Cloud, was out
bright and early this forenoon sere-
nading Mankato people. The Free
Press acknowledges a fine serenade.
Bill Cain, who says that he Is
brother of Able, is the snake dane
er and soloist. He knows how to
play and manipulate his little feet"
One of the feature novelties seen
in the city today which was done
entirely as an Elks' tribute was
Brett company. All salesladies of
that institution were dressed in the
Elk colors, purple and white and
the store also carried merchandise
novelties for the visitors. In the
windows there was a sample of the
Mankato world of feminity in the
form of bathing girl wearing one
of the well known 1928" bathing
suits.
During this forenoon the Elks'
band from st. Cloud serenaded The
Free Hress, playing a number Of
very nice selections. The courtesy
of the st. Cloud musicians was ap-
preciated by The Free Press staff,
Fred e. Hadley of Winnebago, one
OF the state trustees, pushed his
ponderous frame into town this
morning. He was all dolled up to
kill" and ready to go anywhere.
His smile is as broad as his heart is
big. He was defying the heat as
Ajax of old took the kick" out of
lightning.
1t was rumored today that Ike
Lede-er is going to borrow a bath
Ing suit from one of the members
of the Mankato Elks' band, and at
seven o'clock this evening will do
the high dive act from the tall chin
ney at the Hubbard mill into a tub
OF water. Be sure to be at the spot
at seven o'clock.
Colonel F.. e. Reed of Minneapo-
lis Lodge No "A, district deputy of
the northern jurisdiction of Mime
sofa and Captain ]. NJ. Liebert Of
Lodge No. SIS of st. Cloud motored
over today from Camp at Lake City,
and are taking part in the conven-
ton.
DR., Chester Leach of Minneapolis
Lodge No. A, and district deputy OF
the southern jurisdiction of Mime
sofa arrived about the middle of
the forenoon. H..
The Redwing delegation over 200
strong headed by Exalted Ruler
Fred Sebach, and the Redwing band
headed by Randall Weber arrived
during the forenoon The band boys
dispensed excellent music on the
streets,
A. R. Roberts of Croekston, a past
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-18
rraE SEVEN

ten o'clock a. m. why me prayer Of
said Petition should not be granted:
son. Judge Of said Court and the seal
OF said Court this It'll day Of August,
1922.
probate seap HARRY A JOHNSON,
Judge OF Probate.
A. r. Pfau.
Attorney. ...-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-18
august II 1881
ACCOUNT AND FOR DISTRiBU.
TON

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF
Blue Earth. In Probate Court.
In the Matter OF the Estate Of Sherman
A. Rouse, Decedent;
The State of Minnesota to all persons
interested in the final account and dis
tribution of the estate of said decedent:
The representative of the above named
decedent, having filed in this Court her
final account of the administration of
the estate of said decedent. together
with her petition praying for the adj
justment and allowance of said final ac-
count and for distribution of the resi-
due of said estate to the persons there
unto entitled:
Therefore, You. and Each OF You,
are hereby cited and required to show
cause, if any you have. before this
Court at the Probate Court Rooms in
the Court House. in the City of Man
kato. in the County of Blue Earth. State
of Minnesota, on the End day of Sep
TENDER 1922; at ten o'clock a. M;
why said petition should not be granted.
Witness, The Judge Of said Court, and
the Seal Of said Court. this 9Th day Of
CGourt seaD HARRY A. JOHNSON.
Probate Judge.
C. e. Gilmore
Attorney for Petitioner.
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CAug. Ali 49,
SUM M ONS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth. District Court, Sixth
Judicial District
Bertha E. Burns, Plaintiff, vs.. Loren
]. Burns, Defendant.
To the above named defendant:
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You are hereby summoned and
required to answer the complaint Of
the plaintiff in the above entitled
action, which said complaint Is here
to attached and herewith served up
on you, and to serve q copy of your
answer to said complaint on the
subscriber at his Office in the Ma
tional Citizens Bank Building, in the
City of Mankato, in said County and
State aforesaid, within thirty 800
days after the service of this sum
mons upon you, exclusive of the day
OF such service; and If you shall fail
to so answer said complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintiff here
in will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded In said complaint.
Dated this 2Sth day of April, A. D.
1922. \
c. e. PHILLIPS,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Natl Citizens Blk. Bldg. Mankato,
Minnesota.
NOTICE: That theAabove COM
plant has been detached from the
above summons and is now on file
in the Office of the Clerk OF the
above named Court, in the City OF
Mankato, In said County and State.
c. E. PHILLIPS.
Attorney for Plaintiff,
= Mankato, Minnesota.
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DEATH OF B. ]. LIEN
Former Resident of Mankato Die,
OF Old Age Complications.

OF Old Age Complications.
B. J. Lien of Delavan, a former
resident of this city, died at his
home there last night at the age of
eighty eight years. Death was due
from complications brought on by
old age.
Seven children survive him, three
Of whom live in this city. Those
residing here are John Lien, Mrs.
N. N. George and Mrs. c.. L. Wi
gen. Mr.. Lien was a member of the
local Grand Army.
Funeral services will be held at
Delavan Friday afternoon at one
o'clock.
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(Aug. 4-11-1S.)
SUM M ONS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County Of
Blue Earth. District Court, Sixth
Judicial District. 49,.
Lena Josephine Griffith, Plaintiff,
vs.. Floyd Arthur Griffith, Defen-
dant Ill.,.
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA,
To the above named defendant:
You are hereby summoned and re-
uuired to answer the complaint of
the plaintiff in the above entitled
action, which said complaint is here
to attached and herewith served up
on you, and to serve a copy of your
answer to said complaint on the
subscriber at his office in the Ma
tional Citizens Bank, Building. in the
City of Mankato, County and State
aforesaid, within thirty (30) days Of
this service upon you, exclusive OF
the day Of such service; and, If you
shall fail to so answer said com
plant within the time aforesaid. the
plaintiff herein will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in
Dated this 18th day of February,
c. e. PHILLIPS,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Natl Citizens Blk. Bldg, Mankato.
Minnesota.
NOTICE. That the above COM
plant has been detached from the
above summons and is now on file
in the ONCE of the Clerk of the
above named Court in the City Of
Mankato, in said County and State.
... C. E. PHILLIPS.
Attorney for Plaintiff
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FRoLlCING WITH ELkS

st. Cloud lodge No. SIG in addi-
ton to having a fine band also has
the distinction of having one of the
largest and best natured Elks In
the state. His ayoirdupois are are so
great that no scale owner in Man
kato dared to have him step on the
platform. He is Mickey Molitor,
one of the st. Cloud druggists. II
you run short of prescriptions, I"
call ON Mickey.
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A. r. Roberts of Croekston, a past
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-12
MURRETTE

Mary Pickford inadvertently pulled
a tooth while making a scene in her
new million dollar picture, Little
Lord Fauntleroy," which is the feat
ure at the Murrette theatre.
AS Little Lord Fauntleroy, Miss
Pickford tied string to her tooth and
then attached it to the huge knob of a
heavy door in the old Dorincourt Cas-
tie, the idea being to depict the pull
ing of the tooth for a comedy scene.
Her brother Jack was directing the
scene and Alfred E. Green, who is CO.
directing with Jack, was manipulating
the door The action called for the
slamming of the door at a given sig
nal. A closeup of Little Lord Faunt-
leroy was to be shown in which the
string would be seen attached to Miss
Pickford's tooth, then the action was
door. At this point, of course, it was
intended to remove the string from
Miss Pickford's tooth. Through a mis-
understanding of the signals, Green
slammed the door at the wrong mo
ment, actually pulling Miss Pickford'
tooth. Charles Kosher was fortunate
ly cranking the camera at the time
with the result that the scene of tbs
well-known, homemade method of ex
tracing teeth will be shown most Wv
idly and realistically on the screen.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-12
COMPLETING RAISING
OF GREAT ny" FUND
nv Associated Pressl

BUFFALO, June 12-Without pub
Iicity or public appeal, the raising OF a
fund of s4,OOo,000 to provide for the
retirement of veteran Y. NJ. G. A. exec
utives throughout North America is
nearing completion, it was announced
here today by A. H. Whitford, local
Y. M. c. A. secretary and chairman
of the fund committee.
1t had been originally planned to
close the campaign on Jan. I, 1928, but
indications are that the fund will have
been fully subscribed within the next
two weeks.
Secretaries will have the privilege
of retiring at the age of go, but may
continue if they so elect. Former sec
retaries are provided for under the
plan. Canada, Cuba and Brazil have
made contributions to the fund and as
ISOLATION secretaries there will share
in its benefits.
The Rockefeller Foundation sub
scribed 100000 to the retiremen
fund. conditioned on the raising of the
SO 900, 600 from other sources. New
York state led with contributions o
1921 ,245; Pennsylvania was second ant
| Ohio third. The bulk of the first $4,000
/ 600 was raised in New York, Chicago
and Cincinnati.
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Atl(& IS! [
MURRAY

Comedy lovers will find much to
enjoy in some of the cowboy antics
that add to the excitement of "Shad-
ows Of Conscience" which Russell
productions have just completed and
which may be seen at the Murray
theatre.
The homecoming of Winnie Sher-
man, played by Gertrude Olmstead, is
the occasion for great rejoicing among
the ranchmen, many of whom take
their first and last appearance in a
dress suit in the young lady's honor
Fatty gives the boys land the audi
ence tool the biggest laugh of their
lives when he dons his swallow-tail
and then proceeds to drown himself
in cologne. Old scores are forgotten
and each one Is everybody's friend a;
the jolly festival in the Sherman home
which constitutes one of the most pop
! ular scenes in Shadows of Consci
ence". The spirit of the entire picture
is honey" and renders it an especi
ally attractive production for the fam
lily theatre. Everything of an un
wholesome nature has been eliminat
| ed so that from start to finish, this
super-production offers first-grade en-
| tertainment. In making it register
as this sort of feature, Russell Simp
/ son, the star, nobly assisted by Barba
IA Tenant, Gertrude Olmstead, Land
ers Stevens and w. Bradley Ward
have contributed important character
J iZations.
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BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN

then in use. This consisted of com
plicated and elaborate waist bandage,
which by a system of circular and
transverse folding and looping con-
fined the waist from just below the
hips as firmly and compactly as the
most unyieldinS corset of modern
times.
Some authorities give the Germans
the credit for inventing the first Eu-
ropean corset and possibly introduc-
ing it into Rome. At any rate it is
known that the early German women
and the fine Roman ladies wore much
the same type of restricting bandages.
That the corset was found ridicu-
lous even in the somewhat ridiculous
Middle Ages is shown by a sketch
dated 1043, found in the British Mu-
scum, which cartoons not only the
restricting corset, but also the trail
| ing draperies of the period worn so
| long that they needed knotting to be
kept from the ground. The heavy
steel corsets of the time of Catherine
| de Medici, and the hinged steel box
with the depending rod or bar of steel
over which the long peaked bodice of
the dress was adjusted, affected by
! Queen Elizabeth, also produced much
sardonic amusement and denuncia-
! ton.
! Never in all these years has public
| opinion triumphed over the dictates of
| fashion. Corset styles have changed
not because they were injurious or
grotesque in appearance, but because
some world leader of fashion, in the
old days usually a queen, decided to
change the lines of her figure.
i Twice before corsets have been
abolished, or at least reduced to small
proportions, not as a concession to
health or comfort but because style
/ demanded it. The first occasion was
in the seventeenth century in the
Netherlands, Spain, and Italy when 7
drastic change occurred in the stand
ards of feminine beauty. Slim waists
and narrow shoulders were suddenly
passe, and the Venus of Milo with he!
} 2S-inch waist became the popular mod
} ell. This vogue is evident in a draw
ing by Adrian Boise of rich Dutcf
lady about the year 1880, in which il
is apparent that the feminine figure
of those days was little restricted BY
any artificiu device.
4 The second period followed ths
: French Revolution when at the be
! ginning Of the nineteenth century tht
costume of the Empire was evolved
This was built on Grecian lines anc
! required no corser except a band pass
| ing below the bust and kept in place
: by shoulder straps. 1t was doubles.
too comfortable a style to last, for i
! soon vanished and was succeeded b,
: period of exaggerated tight lacing
J Here in America our grandmother
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-12

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE femin-
inc corset which heretofore has always
been subjected to the hardest criti-
cism and ridicule, is now suddenly be-
ing endorsed by prominent physicians.
1t is, they say, a necessity to every
woman, and should not be discarded.
Throughout the centuries women
have worn this curious appliance in
one form or another, in spite of per
sistent jibes and protests from the
masculine sex, because each changing
fashion demanded it. Now for the
first time in many long years the cor
set is practically out of style, and the
tide of professional criticism is turn
ing Unexpectedly in its favor.
DR.. Royal S. Copeland, health COM
missioner of New York City, says that
he cannot urge too strongly upon wo-
men the advisability of wearing cor
sets. He declares that they have worn
them for so many hundreds of years
that they have come to need them,
and many serious disorders are apt
to result from their abandonment.
DR.. Adolf Lorenz, the famous vi
emma surgeon, who spent last winter
| in New York, also adds his recon-
m6ndauOn or the corset.
| Every woman should wear a cor
set" he says. 1T not only braces vi
! tai organs that need bracing, but it
| is preventive of spinal troubles"
| Of course, DR.. Lorenz does not ad.
vocate a return to the old wasp
wasted high corsets which cramp the
body and prevent free movement OF
the muscles. He believes that the all
! important consideration is that the
corset should in every instance be a
perfect fit, perhaps even modelled
after casts made from the person who
is to wear it.
Yet it is doubtful if Dr. Lorenz's ad
vice will make much of an impression
upon the rising generation of young
women, as long as the corset remains
out of style. Just as their great grand
mothers insisted that they were heal
thy and comfortable with 13-incf
waists even while they swooned, sc
the modern prom girls are prepared tt
risk the gravest anatomical injurie;
rather than be stigmatized as ''Olt
Ironsides" at the college dances.
Fashions VS.. Health
The corset controversy has raget
continuously from the very earlies
times. and always fashion has pre-
vailed over health. The date of tht
first appearance of the corset is no
known, but among the art works dis
covered in the ruins of one of tn,
mysterious forest cities of Soutl
America, whose history is lost in re
mote antiquity, there is a bas-relie
representing a female figure which
shows Enthusiastically that a contriv
ance similar to the modern corset wa
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-12

the heroines were on the average four
to five years older than in the stories
written by men"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-12
GRANT One OF TWO
SUITS AT GREENVILLE

GREENVILLE, Ohio, June 1.-Two
divorce cases were up for hearing by
Judge Teegarden Saturday.
Alice Pullen was granted a divorce
from Albert Pullen on the grounds of
extreme cruelty.
Judge Teegarden refused to grant
a divorce to Nina Ballard from WI
liam Ballard on the grounds of gross
neglect of duty.
Candidate for Congress
William D. Brumbaugh, of this city,
filed a petition Friday afternoon with
the Darke county board of elections as
candidate for congress from the
Fourth congressional district, subject
to the decision Of the Democratic pri-
mary to be held Aug. s.
New Cases-Common Pleas
Case No. 22920-Rufus Moore, ex
ecutor of the estate of Mary Moore
VS.. Ivan Richards ct al. Money and
foreclosure of mortgage.
John J. Foos ct al VS.. Frank Lytle
Error. transcript from docket of c. A
Albright, Twin township.
T. ]. Beam VS.. Clyde Sutton and
! James B. Sutton, Cognovit note;
amount claimed, $61375.
| Probate Court
| William r. Smith, administrator Of
the estate of Maria Smith, deceased
filed a petition to sell government
! bonds.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-12
BEST SHORT STORY
WRITER'S PLACE AGE
OF HEROINES AT e
(By Associated Press)

CHICAGO, June 12.-"Old maids"
need hang their heads no longer.
The ideal age for heroine of NOV
ing picture romance or of love stories
genarally is today % years, an age
that only a few years ago was regard
ed by the general public as fixing
woman definitely in the ranks of con-
firmed spinterhood. This is the con-
clusion made from a careful study or
the $4,000 love stories which the lay
public, amateurs from all walks of
life, wrote for the scenario contest
conducted by The Chicago Daily
| News. Representing not what scena-
rio and magazine editors or writers
guess the public's choice to be, these
manuscripts were first hand informa-
| ton on the actual tastes of the people
| who buy books and who attend moving
picture exhibitions.
Striking unity among the national
| " scattered contestants upon the sub
| ject of the heroine's age is among
! the first things to be noted by the
/ judges" said James Shryock, director
of the contest today, announcing the
! facts as brought out by competition
1T is too general to be accidental and
represents undoubtedly, a country
wide change in ideals.
| Few in Teens
Few of the heroines are in theiI
| teens, only a handful, are in theil
very early twenties, the great major
ity are around 27 and IS, the authors
seeming to regard this age as WON
ans best and woman as more beauti
full, intelligent, poised and attractive
there than previously. The judges de
clared that the age of the heroine had
been advancing steadily since th'
1905 when a girl of g or II was re
garded as Economically perfect.
1.-THE judges explain this by citini
woman's entrance into industry, poll
, tics. education and by pointing gu
that woman today refuses to grow oil
and takes better and more intelligen
, care of her beauty than she did i,
early periods. In the stories writer
by women, go per cent of the total
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and great grandmothers laced them
selves literally to the point of suffo-
cation. Women swooned constantly,
largely from lack of breath, and more
than once, we are told, death followed
some sudden exertion undertaken by
a tightly encased woman. At this
time the genteel waist was 13 inches,
which narrow circumference the la
dies secured by tying their corset
laces to bedpost and then walking
away. thus producing heavy pressure.
The Shifting WaistIne
This tight lacing continued even
though the feminine figure underwent
another severe change about the pc
Rod of the Spanish-Anerican war
when the straight front and bias hip
form corset became popular The eff
feet of this innovation was to leng-
then the apparent waistline. Accord
ing to an enthusiastic account of the
time, all belts then rounded over the
hips and ended in a point in front,
giving to even the stoutest women q
degree of slenderness. On the other
| hand, this style was just as highly
and plausib1y recommended for slen-
der women The chief charm of such
corset. its champions declared, was
that it forced an erect carriage, for it
was manifestly impossible to SLOUGH or
relax in it.
This type of corset probably arous-
ed greater storm of protest from the
medical profession than any of its
predecessors. One who raised an out
ragged voice against it declared that
it was responsible for many cases oil
floating kidney among women. An
other predicted that it would result
in a preliminary deformed race oil
women, and pointed out that already
the female figure of the moment was
taking on curious, unn4tural twist
likely to be emphasized and increased
Still another called eloquently for thu
| abolition of all corsets forever.
i. His plea was just decade too soon
Ten years later, the feminine reac
ton against tight and heavy corset:
started in, with the result. that toda,
corsets are practically unknown
among the flapper population. Per
sons who claim to know say that thi
/ uncorseted era is now definitely here
1 that the young women of today, neve
: having worn them, probably neve
will. But in view of all the corset
irregular history, this conclusion
seems bit uncertain. Already Their
z are faint signs that it is returning t
; favor-not because physicians now ar
9 prove of it, but because the Partisan
{ designers do.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-12

FINDS RADIO MUSIC GOOD WAY
TO LuLL CHICKS TO SLUM6ER
OTTAWA, Ohio, June IL. -
Chicks Iulled to sleep by radio and
made stronger, healthier and bet
ter!
John T. Thomas, proprietor OF
the Columbus Grove Hatcheries,
says he has had six months of IA
vorable experiments along that
line.
Thomas installed radio to help
relieve the long winter evenings,
when he was forced to remain at
the plant, to turn eggs and watch
the brooder.
He soon found, he declared, that
the little chickens seemed to like
the noise of the radio.
Now he is planning to install one
of the largest radio sets in Putnam
county.