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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
New Warm CoIored
Street Car Tickets

Here's a seasonable change. The
Indianapolis street Railway Com
pany. beginning today, is putting
out nice, warm-colored tickets in
stead Of the sky blue ones in use
the past year.
"Oh. look. pink tickets" patrons
on the cars exclaimed this morning,
but an official of the company an
nounced the new tickets TO be 'sal-
mon colored." I'VE change the color
about once a year-no particular
reason" he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
SEVERE QUAKE,
SAYS UNIVERSITY
Scene of Disturbance 1871
Miles From New York.
BU United Press

Bu United Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The seis'
mograph at Fordham University reg
istered Sunday night the most Sc
we're earthquake it has recorded IN
year and half, instruments re-
yealed when examined today.
The shake began at S:4S p. M
reached maximum intensity at 9:OS
D. M, and continued until 9:45 p. m,
The distance was computed as
1871 miles from New York.
The record was such that the di'
rection could not be determined.
"If this earthquake occurred In
place where people are living, we
would be justified in anxiety" Ford
ham observers said.
1.-THE distance might have placed
it in Mexico or out in Montana, but
lack of any reports would indicate
it may have been in the Atlantic
Ocean where no damage could be
done"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
College 'Petting'
Expose Is Promised

BU United Press
CHICAGO. Nov. IAN 1 got out
of my college LIE was a knowledge
of petting partiesi and GIN" Mrs.
Frances Prowdley Helfrick said to-
day, promising an expose of condi-
tions at University Of Illinois in con-
nection with her suit for divorce
from Murray Helfrick, wealthy Chi
cagoan.
Mrs. Helfrick went to the Vniver-
sity of 1924 and married in Novem-
Der Of the following year. In May,
1926, baby was born to her, and
then, she charged. Helfrick deserted
her.t
She will file suit for divorce. she
said, andtell story that will make
recent allegations of Wilfred o.
Cross, divinity student, concerning
college conditions, "pale and unin-
teresting."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
ROBBERY IN HOSPITAL
Sleeping Man Arrested After Patient
Misses Watch and Money.

When J. II. Mcbride, patient at
the indianapolis Cancer Hospital 53S
w. New York St., awoke Sunday
and found that his watch and SIT
in cash was gone, he called police,
who found Rodger Biggs, 21, Negro,
Ala Bright ST., asleep on the floor in
the hospital. He was arrested and
held under $4,000 bond after it was
alleged he stole the money and
watch.
Miss Mabel Smalley, head nurse
at the hospital, said Ethel Clark.
nurse, reported to her that Biggs
was sleep on the floor Of her room.
Miss SmaIley said this was the sec.
ond time Biggs had broken into the
hospital and gone to sleep.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
Seems as If Coffin
Is Statehouse Boss

All misapprehensions as to who
is the political generalissimo at the
Statehouse were dismissed today
when the heads of the various State
departments directed the Republican
patronage-holders to assemble en-
masse at local polls Tuesday. The
Statehouse will be closed for the day.
Orders Of Cap Coffin" was, the
terse rejoinder when several pretty
misses on the State pay roll com
planned that they 'had other
arrangements From six in the
morning to six in the evening, the
word from George V. Coffin, Repub-
lican county chairman, resounded.
II thought Clyde Walb was running
the Statehouse," one old-timer
mourned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
3 HELD AFTER ATTACK
Feud Blamed by Man Police Found
Beaten i'm Garage at Home.

Police made three arrests Sunday
night after they found Charles Sam
blin, So. Of 2034 Upton St, beaten
up in his garage, rear of tia address.
Samblin, given medical attention,
told story that implicated Archie
Gose, 1888 w. Morris ST.; Richard
Gabbie, 49, Of 1852 Kentucky Ave.
and John Vega, 16, of 1925 Bridge
ST., as his assailants. A feud Of
long standing was blamed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01

The new evidence was obtained
by Prosecutor William II. Remy, in
charge Of the investigation, late
Saturday. And as a result the
jurcrs were called into session this
morning.
George NJ. Clark, a Representative
i'm the last Legislature. and defeated
candidate for the county treasurer
nomination in the spring primary,
was the principal witness heard.
Clark was before the jury for
three-quarters OF an hour.
George S. Elliott. former Marion
County Klan cyclops, who appeared
before the jury last week, after dis
appearing from the city for two
weeks. was the first witness before
the jury this afternoon.
other witnesses this morning were
Mayor Herbert Males and Joseph
Huntingdon. Khan politicians, both of
Evansville.
What angle of the investigation
they might oe connected with vas
not exactly known. Huntingdon and
Males have been brought into the
limelight by the testimony Of wit
nesses before Senator James A. Reed
in the senatorial inquiry into lndi-
ana politics.
Mayor John L. Duvall of Indian
apolis admitted that he and Mayor
Males went all the way TO Washing
ton, ID. c., for a conference with
Hiram w. Evans, imperial wizard,
without knowing in advance what
the conference was for. Huntingdon
was in this conference. The Ku
Klux Klan paid the expenses Of both
mayors on this trip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
ALLEGED SLAYER IS UP
Defendant in Filling Station Murder
Attacks Indictment.

Harvey F. Anderson, alleged
'sheik" bandit of Terre Haute, was
arraigned before Criminal Judge
James A. Collins today on charges
of first degree murder in connection
with the death of Lowell r. Young,
Standard Oil Company filing station
attendant, shot and killed at the
New York and State SITS. station
when he resisted a hold-up man.
H. B. Pike, Anderson's attorney,
filed a motion to quash the indict-
ment. This was taken under advise
ment. Anderson upheld his repu-
tation as "sheik," coming into the
courtroom well dressed and wearing
a pair of two-colored sport shoes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
ARREST TOTAL IS LOW
Few Halloween Revelers Fall Into
Tolls of the Law.

Halloween revelers enjoyed Them
selves over the weekend, but kept
within the law" it appears from
police records. Only ninety men
and thirteen women were charged.
This is less than half the usual
weekend total.
Liquor accounted for nearly half
the arrests, with twenty-one men
and two women charged with intoxi-
cation, ten men and three women
with blind tiger and six men with
driving while intoxicated. Vagrancy
was the charge lodged against nine
teen men and six women and twelve
men were slated for assault and
battery
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
ANOTHER AIR ACE DEAD
Lieutenant Conant to BE Buried at
Arlington.
Bu United Press

Bu United Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. with
military honors the body Of Lieut.,
Frank H. Conant, 81. one of the
Navy's star alrmen. will be buried
Tuesday in Arlington National Gene
terry. Conant, an entrant for the
Schneider cup race at Norfolk, Nov.
II. was killed when his plane crashed
in shallow water in Hampton Roads
Saturday and his body. recovered
Sunday. was taken TO Norfolk for
removal to his home here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
ARREST MARSHAL CRAIG
Deputy Sheriffs AlIege He Was
Driving While intoxicated.

The '1aw" of Beech Grove was re
leased on bond today, after having
been held in city prison here.
ODE Craig, 80, marshal in the sub
urban town, was arrested Sunday
night by Deputy Sheriffs Bell and
Brown after his auto is said to have
collided with a telegraph pole near
Beech Grove. The officers charged
he was driving while intoxicated
Craig denied the charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
Cool but Fair

Cool but fair weather is in the
Offing for election day Tuesday,
over Indiana, the United States
weather bureau announced to-day.
There is little prospect of rain.
Freezing temperatures are eX-
pected Tuesday morning. The
north and central portions of the
State particularly are expected to
experience cool weather.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
FIGHT LOOMS ON ZONING
Forty-Sixth St.-CentraI Ave. Plan
Due for Council Debate.

Heated discussion was expected
when city council held a public hear
ing this afternoon on an ordinance
to rezone Forty-Sixth st. and Central
Ave. from residence to business use.
The measure, sponsored by
Councilman o. Ray Albertson, failed
to obtain the sanction Of the board
Of coming appeals. However. Boyn-
ton J. Moore. council president, said
he did not believe council would
take action on the ordinance at its
session tonight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
GLASS IN HIS BRAIN
Man Falls Asleep at Wheel OF Car:
Goes Into Ditch.

BU United Press
WARSAW, Ind, Nov. with
glass from shattered automobile
windshield penetrating his brain,
Richard Graham, 32, Of Warsaw, lay
at the point Of death today in To-
cal hospital.
Graham fell asleep while driving
his car near Silver Lake Sunday
night. The car swerved into a ditch
and he was struck by fragments of
glass from the broken windshield.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
POSTAL RECEIPTS GAIN
October This Year Shows S11.l43 In
crease Over 1926 Month.

Gain of S11.14S in postal receipts
for October over the same month in
1925 was reported today by Postmas-
ter Robert II. Bryson. The increase
was 2.73 per cent.
Total receipts were $41S.049 for
October, this year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
ASK APPEAL DISMISSAL

bU tWTftW l@TuHb
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-Dis.
missal of the special appeal granted
Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, in the
United States Senate contempt case
was asked by Government counsel
In the District of Columbia court of
appeals today. The request was
taken under advisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
UNION TRUST
BANDITS GET 7
1921 YEARS
Three Plead Guilty and Are
SentenCed-Three 9th
ers Deny Completely.
TRIAL DATES NOT SET
Officers Recover Much of
Loot in Short Time.

Justice was meted out speedily in
Criminal Court this morning when
three men pleaded guilty to taking
part in the $31 900 hold-up of the
West Indianapolis branch of the
Union Trust Company, and were
sentenced to ten to twenty.one years
and fined $1,000 each.
1t was only a little more than two
weeks ago that the hold-up was
staged and the three. together with
Miss Ina King, Cincinnati, Ohio,
were brought back to Indianapolis
from Atlanta. Ga, only Saturday.
Those Sentenced
Those sentenced were Paul
Vernon, %, Louisville, Ky; Norman
Price, 2S, formerly of Indianapo-
lis and now of Cincinnati, and Earl
voris. So, of 230 Eastern Ave. All
three pleaded guilty before Judge
James A. Collins.
Miss King, and Jesse Stephens and
Miss Grace Ford, both of 1112 Gen.
trail Ave-, pleaded not guilty to the
charges Of auto banditry, robbery
and grand larceny, on which the
three others were sentenced.
No Trial Date
No trial date was set for the trio
who pleaded not guilty. Miss King
and Miss Ford were released on
their own recognizance. Stephens
was held.
Vernon and Price were sentenced
10 the Indiana State reformatory
and Voris to the State prison.
officials have recovered and ac-
counted for about $22 900 of the loot.
the major portion being secured from
the four who were arrested in the
Southern city.
In the bank hold-up, which took
place the afternoon of Oct. Is,
three bandits entered the bank, while
fourth one stayed in an auto out
side. Stephens was the driver Of the
auto. it is alleged.
Get Tip
Miss Ford has admitted that the
man used her apartment to plan the
robbery and later divided the money
there.
After getting a tip from a filing
station employe who worked near
the scene of the hold-up officers ar
rested stephens near the Central
Ave. address. Then they journeyed
to Cincinnati in an attempt to arrest
Miss Ford. She had left, but later
was apprehended in Detroit. Mean
while officers, under Inspector
Claude Worley, had been trailing the
others, and arrested them in Atlanta.
Vernon, thought to be the leader
Of the gang, told how he had visited
the Atlanta penitentiaEy just few
hours before, with Miss King. He
had gone there to take money to a
friend and former cellmate of Price.
Vernon also had been present
when Stephens was taken, but was
not arrested He, it was, who then
flew in an airplane to Cincinnati
and warned the others there of their
danger. They escaped before of.
ficers arrived in the Ohio city.
Police Chief Claude F. Johnson
and Inspector Worley, considering
The bank case cleared up, will turn
their attention Immediately to the
Wilkinson Haag murder case, they
announced. They plan to bring
back from Chicago for trial Law
renee Ghere, identified by witnesses
Of the Staying. Ghere is held in the
Illinois city in connection with the
operation of diamond theft gang
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
D0LLINGS MEN LOSE
Review Denied Executives of De-
funct Company.

BU fHffcd Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. William
G. Benham and Dwight Harrison, ex-
ecutives of the defunct r. l.. Doll
ings Company of Ohio, convicted and
sentenced to prison for using the
mails to defraud were denied today
review by the United States Su-
preme Court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
Woman Killed in
Fall DouUn Stairs
IN Tnited PreRS

BH CHtttU fFtSS
CLAYPOOL, Ind, Nov. 1.-Fall-
ing down a stairway at the home Of
a sister Mrs. Eliza Johnson Study,
60, was instantly killed today. Her
neck was broken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
HITS POLICE MOVE
IN LIBBY EPISODE
u. s. VIII Combat
Election Liquor

Every effort will be made to
keep election day dry, A. r.
Harris. deputy prohibition ad'
ministrator for Indiana, an
nounced today.
He declared extra vigilance
would be exercised Tuesday in
enforcement of the Federal dry
law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
CHAUFFEUR KILLS WOMAN

BIZ JWITFU FFFHN ~
+ WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-Appar-
entity jealous of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Smith, SS, whom he had courted sew
eral years, Lawrence Bonausch, a
chauffeur of Toledo, Ohio, broke into
her room Sunday, shot and killed
her and then committed suicide
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
BIG DIVIDEND DECLARED
Standard OIL Company of Indiana
Cuts Melon.
Bv United Press

BU united Press
CHICAGO, Nov. l.-Directors OF
the Standard oil Company of In
diana today declared a cash dividend
of 62Is cents and an extra dividend
of 25 cents for each share of the
capital stock OF the corporation.
The dividend is payable Dec. 10.
1926. to stockholders of record Of
Nov. IT, 1926.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
AUTOS KILL 21 IN OHIO
Crossings Take Toll of Nine Lives
Over Week, End.

BIZ United Press
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. l.
Twenty-one were killed and nine
teen injured in automobile accidents
in Ohio over the weekend. Nine
died at grade crossings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
Remy Calls Session Unexpectedly
George M. Clark Principal
~ Witness of Morning.
MAYOR OF EVANSVILLE HEARD
Elliott, Ex-KIan Cyclops, Also Called
to Appear Again.

Spurred by evidence the Marion County grand jury
resumed investigation Of corruption Indiana politics today
When the grand jury adjourned Friday noon under
stood would the investigation until after the cleo
tiOn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
Facts Concerning
Election

BIZ United Press
Candidates to BE Elected
Thirty-six Senators.
Four hundred and thirty Rep
resentatives,
state officers in forty-one
States.
States Voting
All except Maine, which held
its election i'm September.
Issues
Ku-Klux Klanism.
Prohibition.
Tariff revision.
Local problems and person
alities.
Referendusns
Eight States have referen-
dums upon prohibition, several
upon gasoline, taxes and meth
ods OF State government.
Gains Needed by Democrats
for Control
Senate. nine seats.
House, thirty-six seats.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01
Forecast

Generally fair and colder to-
night and Tuesday; freezing
temperature tonight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01

Sonia. the Story of Danger
Gus Love, Gains Power Every
Day-On The Times Comic
Page Daily.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03
MRS. ROSS OTHER
JUDGE IN CONTEST

Mrs. David Ross of the Photoplay
Indorsers and Mlle.N Theo Hewes,
noted dancer, are two Of the judges
who have accepted The Times and
Circle Theater invitation to act as
judges in the 500 bobbed hair con-
test.
The mail of the Bodied Hair Con-
test Editor looks like Christmas is
here. Hundreds of letters have been
received.
II do not know what Mary Pick
ford's reasons are for bobbing her
hair, but I have bobbed mine, and
1 will tell the world my reasons" one
woman said over the telephone.
When told of the many letters al
ready received, Ace Berry, manager
Of the Circle, where Mary's latest
picture, "Sparrows," is being shown
this week, said:
Miss Pickford will be delighted to
know that so many women and girl
readers Of The Times are interested
in this contest. Miss Pickford has
never bobbed her hair"
Every feminine reader of The
Times may enter this contest by
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03

I answering the question: "Why
bobbed or did not bob my hair"
Be sure and give your own reasons.
In an article to be published in
Saturdays Times Miss Pickford
will give her reasons for not bob
bling her hair.
The contest closes on Saturday
night at midnight.
The rules are as follows:
Feminine readers of The Indian
apolis Times, married and single,
bobbed and unbobbed, may compete
for prizes totaling 500 in gold.
Essays of $50 words or less, giving
reason why hair has not been
bobbed. or has been bobbed. should
be sent to Bodied Hair Contest Ed
itor, The Indianapolis Times, Indian
apolis, Ind.
All letters must be received by
Saturday night at midnight, Dec. 4.
Prizes: $50 first, $25 second, SIS
third and ten prizes OF 81 each to the
next ten best, and twenty pairs of
tickets. a pair to each winner of
the next twenty, for showing either
of "Syncopating Sue" or La Bo-
heme," when presented at the Circle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03
Stylish Stout
Girdles, S2.95

Girdles made of coutil with
broad elastic inserts at sides,
elastic top and heavily boned;
six-hose supporters; sizes 2S
to 40.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03
Fancy Aprons in Holly
Boxes, 29C and 800

Finished of fine quality or
CANDY; one pocket; daintily
trimmed with ruffles, ribbon.
lace or braid: pink, blue, or
child, honeydew, white.
Atwood Dresses, 1895
Exceptionally we'll tailored
in several attractive styles;
long sleeves, trimmed with but
tons, pleats, pockets; sizes IS
to AZ; tan, green. brown, henna,
blue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03
UNION|z|NG COAL
MINERS TO Be Up
&entucky Situation May
Have Bearing on Indiana.

Coal miners of Belle County, Ken
lucky, will meet operators of the
hines In that county Monday to try
10 reach an agreement whereby all
pr the mines there will be unionized
According to Lawrence Dwyer, rep
fesentative of the United Mine Work
hrs, the result Of the convention will
be In favor of the miners.
This will have a direct bearing
pm the mining situation in southern
indiana j. M. Zimmerman, travel
Eng auditor Of the United Mine Work
ers, stated today.
over two-thirds Of the Tfonunion
miners who work in the mines there
BONE from Kentucky. If the Ken
lucky miners are unionized, the non
Union mine operators will have
bard time finding men to work their
hines"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03
Saturday Sale of All-Wool
Worsted Sweaters, $685.

neck pockets, six buttons; and
iceabe; black buff navy blue, taupe; sizes Sc to 46
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03

the alleged bandits, was turned over
to the custody of Sheriff Ben Strong.
A second member Of the gang is in
a Chicago hospital recovering from
wounds inflicted when he attempted
to rob the New York Central
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03
:. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

members of a gang which has robbed
twenty railroad stations in this
vicinity within the last few months
was claimed by New York Central
Railroad police today.
Charles jerome. 81. Chicago. one of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03

station at Cook, Ind, according to
detectives.
A third man, supposedly the other
member of the robber band, is
hunted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03
PAGE 5
CHARITIES LEADING LADY

Merna Kennedy, Charlie Chaplin 8
leading lady in 1.-THE Circus" USED
to go to dancing school with Mrs
Chaplin. She has red hair and green
eyes-and she is only II. She never
appeared in films before.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03
20 ROBBERIEs SOLVED
Railroad Detectives Arrest Two as
Alleged Bandits.

bU Unfted Press
GARY, Ind, Dec. 3.-Arrest of two
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03
Sureglo
Costume
Slips, $2.95

Bodice top. fullness at hips,
three-inch hem, does not cling;
one model has scalloped hem:
embroidered. Wine, red, -Copen,
orchid, taupe, gray; sizes SO
to A.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03

10 u q 0AGO NV ObbOAog PO
In black only. Sizes 4S to 90.
Brushed Wool Coat
Sweaters, $2.95
Three-button style long
sleeves; buff with blue trim
ming on collar, cuffs and bot
tom; sizes 3S TO A.
Hoover Aprons, ST
All the wanted colors, long
or short collars, one pocket;
well tailored; will launder
splendidly; white, blue, laven-
der, rose, green; sizes Sc to A.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-16
May Day Festivities
Kept for Centuries

The origin of the custom of cele-
brating May day is lost In the mists
Of antiquity. The first day of May
has been observed in some manner
since before the time Of the. Ro-
mans. In Rome, May day fell with
In the period which was sacred to
Flora, the goddess Of flowers, ana
flower professions were common on
that day. Medieval and early MOD
ern England celebrated around the
Maypole on the village green. There
was morning procession to the
woods to bring home the May" OF
hawthorne blossoms to wreathe the
MaypOle. The queen" chosen Dy
popular vote, set up her court IN
fowery bower, which she lett az
times to dance with her loyal SUP.
jects. Tennyson's May Queen"
gives q picture of these rural fes-
tivities. A custom now almost dis-
appeared, prevailed generation or
SO ago In this country In the hang
ing Of May baskets" on the 'front.'
doors of the houses of ones friends
and neighbors. It was a point OF
honor to affix the little token OF
wild flowers to the door knob ana
slip away Observation-Disclosures.