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nEARSTTi SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, C,A., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1914.
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Aspires to Sing in Opera
X-Ray and Radium Valuable in
Superficial Type, Says Famous
Rochester Surgeon.
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Ortille Preetorius, who is training for grand opera with money
receives for classic dances.
DISEASE IS NOT CONTAGIOUS
Occupations Which Cause Local
Irritation, However, Cause
Large Number of Victims.
CHICAGO. Dec 26.In an address
before the University Club. Dr. Wil
liam J. Mayo, of Rochester. Minn.,
asserted that cancer can he cured by
I operation if taken in the early stages.
'•When it is considered that one
woman in seven and one man In
thirteen will die from cancer,” he said,
“one can Ret some idea of the fre
quency and deadly character of the
disease.
“There are a great many persons
who believe there are some hidden in
fluences. that cancer is very frequent
in certaih localities or among certain
persons, and also that it is sometimes
confined to certain towns and houses;
but. after investigations have been
made and the truth is known, it is
found that primitive persons suff"i
from the disease the same as others.
No “Cancer Belt.”
“Speaking of localities, districts
like Western and Northern New York
Js —which have been called the tropic
of cancer’—cancer had been exceed-
| Inly frequent, ns in some parts
New England.
“On this account it was believed
that there must be something in the
Idea of locality, or that there are
•ome places where human beings live
in large numbers that produce the
causes that underlie the disease. In
vestigations show that this is not
true, for Minnesota has as large
precentage of cancer as any other |
State, but no larger.”
Not Hereditary.
As to cancer being hereditary. Dr.
, Mayo quoted Hoffman, statistician of
the Prudential Life Insurance Com
pany. as -saying that not only did
cancer in the family hav< no effort
upon cancer in the individual, but
statistics were slightly in favor «
people not dying of cancer where
there was cancer in the family.
In answer to the question, Is can
cer contagious? Dr. Mayo said there
la nothing that the medical profes
sion has been able to learn about
cancer which shows that it is con-
g|l tagioiiH, in the ordinary sense of the
| I womi.
■ _ jr’Has occupation anything to do
'With cancer?” he then asked. “Here
certain evidence must be admitted.
Men working in pitch, in coaltar
derivatives, and things of that kind
that produce local Irritation are
•object to cancer. It is known that a
large percentage of persons who
have cancer have previously been
subjected to one of three things—
either an injury, which is less com
mon; a wart, a mole, or some type of
tumor, which is more common, and
the most common of all. a chronic ir
ritated spot of some wort.”
Other Remedies.
“Are there other remedies of value
besides surgery?” "Yes,” was Dr.
r f Mayo’s answer. “There is no ques
tion that the X-ray and radium are
of value in the superficial cases of
.cancer. There is some evidence that
in rare and exceptional cases radium
and the X-ray may cure deep seated
cancer, but of this the members of the
medical profession are not so sure.”
33 Doctors Sent
To Woman as Joke
'Diversity Graduate Succeedin
Fight for Musical Career.
Hard
WASHINGTON, Dee. 26—Thirty-three
doctors, in the space of four * hours,
called on Mrs. Charity McCarter with
out her summoning one. and when the
thirty-third appeared Mrs. McCarter
called in the police.
It developed that some joker had sent
the doctors post cards reading, ' Please
call and see Mrs. Charity McCarter. No.
128 D street “
Mrs. McCarter declars a similar trick
was played on her several months ago.
Spouse Deserted 51
Times Wins Divorce
BRAINERP. MINN.. Pec. 26 Albert
R. Adkins has been granted a divorce
from his wife. Elizabeth Adkins, and
the custody of the minor children.
Fifty times she packed her clothing
squandered his money In telephone, tel
egraph. livery bills and railway fares,
and would go to her parents or relatives
and stay for days and months at a time.
In June, 1913. he says, she left him for
good.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 26. This is the,
story of a Wisconsin girl who is ed
ucating her voice with her toes. She
is earning the money to put her on
the grand opera stage by doing classic
dances, which at the same time, she
declares, are developing her general
esthetic sense.
Ortille Preetorius, as she is known
to the professional world, was Ortille
Mullenbach, born in Western Wiscon-
. sin, on a farm near Eau Claire Left
fatherless with the care of an invalid
mother, she found her path to success
far from smooth. She persevered,
however, worked her way through
high school, then went to the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, going from there
to the University of Michigan, where
she was graduated with honors. She
then went to the University of Chi
cago and began musical study.
Miss Preetorius has been dancing
ten years, but her professional debut
was made only two years ago. Her
training has been obtained in the
United States. She declares any girl
with ability and a willingness to work
can receive as good an artistic train
ing in this country as in Europe.
Miss rPeetorius says she is of the
working class. “Only the things we
work for are worth while,” she de
clares. “The things given us are of
no value. The boy or the girl who is
forced to work to attain a goal will be
the most successful.”
W r hen Miss Preetorius began her
career, it was not with the intention
of being a dancer, but rather a grand
opera singer. She drifted into danc
ing through taking calisthenic exer
cises deemed necessary to the devel
opment of the figure as part of her
grand opera training.
Now. however, she is actually edu
cating her voice with her toes, for the
money .she earns by dancing all goes
to the teachers who promise she will
soon he able to make her operatic
debut.
How To Gef Rid of a
Bad Cough
A HoBf-M.de Remedy till Will
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Easily Made
If you have a bad cough or chesi cold
which refuses to yield to ordinary rem
edies get from any druggist 2% ounces
of Plnex (50 cents worth), pour into a
pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain
granulated sugar syrup. Start taking a
teaspoonful every hour or two. In twen
ty-four hours your cough will !>e con
quered or very nearly so Even whoop
ing cough Is greatly relieved in this
way.
The above mixture makes a full pint
r~a family supply—of the finest cough
TTUP that money cop&i buy—at a cost
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five minutes. Full directions with
Pinex
This Plnex and Sugar Syrup prepara
tion takes right hold of a cough and
gives almost immediate relief. It loos
ens the dry. hoarse or tight cough in a
way that is really remarkable. Also
quickly heals the inflamed membranes
which accompany a painful cough, and
•tops the formation of phlegm in the
throat and bronchial tubes, thus ending
the persistent loose cough. Excellent
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tastes good—children like It.
Plnex ia a special and highly con
centrated compound of genuine Nor
way pine extract, rich In guaiacol.
Which is so healing to the membranes.
To avoid disappointment, ask your
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not accent anything else. A guarantee
of absolute satisfaction, or money
.Promptly refunded, goes with this prep-
£_ ra ”‘ • F 1 <■> Com pan >. Fort
oe, lnd.—Advertisement
‘Old Enough to Know
Better/ Avers Judge
Middle-Aged Couple Met at Dance
and Eloped; Now She
Wants Divorce.
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 26.—”1 am not
I anxious to grant you a decree. You
i were old enough to have known better."
With this statement Judge Monroe
ontinued the suit for divorce brought
by Mrs. Annie Brobst against 50-year-
old Henry Brobst. From the evidence
it appeared that the couple first met in
a public dance hall and ten days later
eloped and were married. Mrs. Brobst
had a little money, and after marriage,
she charges, her husband decided to
quit work and to live in luxury on her
money. She ousted him and sued for a
decree Judge Monroe declared that he
would reulre a large amount of con
clusive evidence before he would grant
the decree
Amateur “Cave Man”
Throws Hot Potatoes
Inspiration Comes From Seeing
Tired Farmer’s Wife With
No Place to Rest.
FAYETTEVILLE. TENN., Dec. 26
Fayetteville is priding herself on be
ing the first city of the South to
establish a rest house and social cen
ter for country women who come to
town to shop—a movement which
now is gaining wide popularity and
resulting in the establishment of sim
ilar institutions in many other cities.
Six years ago S. C. Tigert, from
his office window, saw a country
woman, with arms full of bundles and
a baby, sink wearily upon a drygoods
box, there to rest her limbs and
soothe the fretful youngster under a
sweltering sun. She had no where to
go—nowhere to rest. Tiger; con
ceived the rest house idea and pre
sented a plan to the Lincoln County
Court. A site was purchased and a
building erected for $2,500. Cleanli
ness, economy anti comfort were the
basis of operation.
The popularity of the rest house
was immediate. Farm women from
neighboring towns foregather there
for social chats. They exchange ideas
about living, education and industrial
pursuits. Local clubwomen Joined in
the Informal gatherings, and a com
munity of interests of great impor
tance to the development of this sec
tion resulted.
Bulletins describing the rest house
and its objects were circulated and
soon other towns w r ere busy at simi
lar enterprises, resulting in a sur
prising betterment of conditions
among farming families. In the six
years it has taken to awaken com
munities to the advantages of the
rest house and social center. Fayette
ville has not stood still. The growth
of the town and its environs has been
rapid. Now plans are being drawn
for the establishment of a rest house
considerably larger than the original,
and which will be self-supporting.
Don’t Send Friends
Bail—It May Be Trick
TOLEDO, Dec. 26.—“A very close
frietid of yours is locked up at Central
police station and wants you to come
down and bail him out,” said a voice
to John A. Scott over the telephone
’about 1 o’clock in the morning. Scott
knew the friend well and asked the
amount of the bail.
‘Send down $50 and you can get him
out.” explained the man on the phone.
I have only $10 in cash, ’’declared
Scott, “and if that will help you make
up the full sum of the bail you are wel
come to it.”
Fifteen minutes later a messenger boy
called at Scott's house and collected the
money. In the morning Scott learned
his friend had not been arrested.
Orders Baby Boy
Sent by Parcel Post
GRAND FORKS. N. DAK.. Dec. 26.—
Mrs E. M. Pierce living on a rural
route out of Stanley, N. Dak., wishing to
adopt a baby boy abandoned on a door
step. has ust arranged for his immedi
ate delivery, parcel post, from her home
postoffice. .....
•'Place the little fellow in a ba-sket,
she counseled Mrs. Tearl Plough, police
matron in charge of the baby. "Put
In two or three bottles of milk. Mad
him on the early morning train, and the
rural route carrier will meet the train.
His carriage is covered and he will have
a stove In it. so the baby will not suf
fer. Be sure to send the baby by the
first mail."
Church Is Put ou
Labor's‘Unfair’ List
SAN JOSE. Dec. 26.-The First Con
gregational Church will appear on the
"We Don’t Patronize” list of union la
bor in its official publications hereafter.
The church was declared unfair at a
meeting of the Building Trades Council.
\V G. Mathewson, business agent of
the Building Trades, told the members
that he called up the Rev. \N . VN. vy il-
lard, pastor of the church, and asked
him If he knew a painter employed on
the church building was a non-union
man. ”1 do,” said Willard.
“Doesn’t it make any difference to
you?” asked Mathewson.
“No,” replied Willard.
M RS. THERESA IIECK-
STEIN-NELSON Me- j
BROOM, of Mobile, who
killed her wealthy husband
whom >ffie accused of atten
tions to other women.
Aspires to Deliver Her Country
women From Bondage as
Child Wives.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26. Remark
able progress toward mastering the
English language has been made by
Mrs. Sheehu Modhu, 8-year-old Hin
du widow, who has just returned from
a long trip in the East with the Rev.
and Mrs. E. C. Eaton. Xazarine mis
sionaries to India. It was they who
first brought her from her native land
to their Pasadena home four months
ago.
While in the East she attended a
convention of missionaries at Kansas
City, and there, as elsewhere, she at
tracted great attention because of her
capabilities for learning. She already
is considered a prodigy, and it is
planned by the Rev. and Mrs. Eaton
to develop all of her talents, so that
when she reaches womanhood and
returns to India as a missionary she
may be a means of delivering the
Women of that country from their
present low station in iife.
Though in America such a short
time, this child-widow of a high-caste
Hindu, whom she hardly remembers,
has already acquired a good working
knowledge of English, although she
sometimes uses quaint expressions.
“While I was in the East," this tiny
widow says, “I saw some snow and
made snowballs. I never saw snow’ in
India. I think it Is the prettiest
thing I ever saw.
“See, I will write my name, all of
my name, in Bengali, for you. But I
won't write my first name, Sheehu.
Mother hasn’t shown me how to
write my last name English and I
don’t want to learn.
“I study hard. I can tell all of the
books of the Bible in Bengali and in
English. I can recite several psalms.
I like the twenty-third psalm best of
all, don’t you?
“I am going to school and study
hard. And when I get to be a big
girl I will go back to India and be a
missionary. Then little girls will not
get married, like I did, but wait until
they are big girls, like little girls here
do.”
Man Marries Barber,
Finds Joy at ‘Movies'
SANDUSY. OHIO, Dec. 26.—Farmer.
Visit to Ohio Soldiers' Home. Woman
barber. Shave. Moving picture show.
Proposal. “Yes.” Wedding bells.
Listen to the romance of John A.
Kelley 56, farmer and stockman, and
Mrs. 6ertha Smith. 43. barber, with a
shop near the Soldiers’ Home. Kelley
went to the Soldiers’ Home to see an old
friend. He needed a shave. He got it.
That evening he and his new-found
barber went to the movies. As the ac
complished and charming pianist played
soulfully, elley whispered something to
the woman at his side and the answer
he received made life loom as one grand
picture show filled with films of senti
ment and bliss. The Rev. Frank G.
Mitchell, Soldiers’ Home chaplain, en
tered the story. He said the words that
made two one.
Asks Divorce Decree
As Christmas Gift
EL WOOD, IND., Dec. 26.—Adding a
paragraph to her complaint, stating that
she could ask for no better Christmas
gift than a divorce, Mrs. Amanda Wilkes
has just brought suit for separation
from Edgar Wilkes, to whom she was
married 33 years ago.
She told her attorney that at least
once every year since the marriage she
had thought about a divorce, but had
never had the courage to file suit. She
seemed greatly disappointed when told
that the law forbade the granting of a
decree until 60 days after the filing of
the suit. She insisted, however, that
the paragraph concerning the Christmas
gift be inserted in her complaint, as she
believed it might influence the court to
act quickly.
Judge Takes Pleasure in “Fining
the Original Parlor Cut-up,”
He Says.
Sons Slain, Widow
Asks Last to Enlist
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.. Dec. 26.
With two sons already ihin in the
European war. Mrs. Gustave Hopen-
rath, of Berlin. Germany, has written
to her youngest and only surviving son.
Rudolph Hoppenrath. of this place, im
ploring him to come home and take up
arms for his fatherland.
Mrs. Hopenrath is a widow and con
ducts a delicatessen store. She writes
that business is good in Berlin and that
even the theaters are thriving.
Her only brother is at present a pris
oner of war in England. The son de
clares that he will comply with his
mother’s request.
CHICAGO. Deo. 26.— That “cave
man stuff” is expensive unless you
put it on right was discovered by
Frank W. Siebert. According to the
cave man rule. Frank probably should
have dragged the lady by the hair, but
he became excited and forgot the sys
tem. So this is all he did in the home
of Miss Lorina Murray, whom he had
courted two years:
Threw a pot of boiling potatoes at
Lorina’s sister, Margaret.
Missed Margaret and shattered the
chandelier.
Kicked the new parlor set around
until thrown out of the house.
Threw a brick through the glass
front door and re-entered.
Ripped the telephone from the wall
when the family tried to call the po
lice.
What he might have done when he
got well started can not be of record
because the police ended the per
formance.
”1 take pleasure in fining the orig
inal parlor cut-up $25 and costs,”
said Judge Ryan.
EIGHTEEN HENS EARN $44.08.
3ELD1NG. MICH . Dec. 26 —The Rev.
W. A. Biss, Baptist minister, has
prize-waning flock of eighteen hens
from a utility standpoint. In the year
ending December 1. the hens laid 2,322
eggs. The value of the eggs at market
price was $44.08. The cost of keeping
the hens was $20.80. Profit to Mr. Biss
was $23 28
Conductors Needn't
Aid Women Off Car
POTTSVILE, PA., Dec. 26—The
court here has decided that trolley com
panies are not liable for damage to wom
en passengers who jump or get off back
wards, and that conductors are not ob
liged to assist women to alight. While
It is courteous to assist the women, the
Court could not find legal obligation
to compel conductors to do so.
As the result of this decision the suit
of Mrs. Charles A. Wade was thrown
out. She asked for $300 damages be
cause the running board of a car from
w'hicb she was compelled to get off was
high above the street and. being com
pelled to jump, she was seriously in
jured.
School Head Favors
Dime Novel Heroes
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 26.—“Let the
boys read Diamond Dick’ and ’Nick
Garter.’ says Edward Hyatt, State
Superintendent of Schools.
He tells Clyde Doyle, assistant super
intendent of the Junior Republic at
Chino, that the time has come when
the youth of the land may read all the
Wild West yarns and adventures of the
day without restraint.
’’Get them to read.” advises Hyatt.
‘I believe that it is impossible to make
a youth read the best books before he
has read what his taste demands.”
Lost Sight Restored
By Blow on Head
CHEHALIS. Dec. 28.—For 30 years
Frank Miller has been blind in one eye.
A few days ago, while working, Miller
met with an accident, a piece of heavy-
machinery striking his head. For
time he was unable to see.
Later, however. Miller recovered from
the blow and afterward was more than
pleased to find that his blind eye had
Been fully restored as a result of the
accident. It is believed that the blow
affected a nerve in some manner so that
the sight was restored.
Once Carnival Queen;
DeterminedToBe Nun
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 26 Miss Odille
l^apeyre, queen of the Atalantians car
nival ball of 1914 and one of the most
beautiful and accomplished society girls
of New Orleans, has left here to be
come a nun in the Sacred Heart Con
vent. New York city.
She took this step against the wishes
of her parents. They sent her to Eu
rope., thinking that travel would turn
her thoughts in another direction.
Shortly after the European war began
she came back, determined to become a
nun.
Lovelorn Shy at
Eugenics in Oregon
PORTLAND, OREG., Dec. 26. —The
Oregon law whih provides physical ex
amination of male applicants for mar
riage license was denounced as a harm
ful failure at the State convention of
county officials. A resolution was adopt
ed favoring the repeal of the law.
Sentiment in the convention was prac
tically unanimous against the measure.
Speakers declared that it led to evas
ions of the law and also that it drove
many couples to other States to be mar
ried.
Would Teach School
Pupils Car-Dodging
TRENTON, N J , Dec. 26.—State Mo
tor Vehicle Commissioner Lippineott
wants the children of the State in
structed how to dodge automobiles. He
has written to this effect to State Com
missioner of Education Kendall. It Is
Commissioner Lippincott’s Idea that the
schools should impart instructions to
the pupils regarding the proper and safe
use of streets to the end that the num
ber of school children killed or injured
by motor vehicles in 1914 will be de
creased.
Pastor Puts Dancing
Floor in Parish House
GRAND RAPIDS, Dec. 26 —The Rev.
Etiward K. Bishop, of the Park Congre
gational Church, in an effort to attach
young persons to his fold, will see that
a dancing floor Is put In the new parish
house which is now bqjng built.
“Young people will dance anyway.”
he says. “It Is recognized that the
good or evil of dancing depends almost
entirely upon circumstances. Therefore,
I believe dancing should be permitted
under religious auspices ’
Jealous Wife Is Held
For Slaying Husband
Mobile Woman Testifies She Thought
Her Life in Peril and Shot
Without Taking Aim.
MOBILE. Dec. 26—Mrs. Theresa
Hockstein- Nelson McBroom, who
killed her husband, Reuben A. Mc
Broom, a wealthy shoe repair man of
this city and Pensacola, on the morn .
ing of December 17, after a hearing
lasting several hours, was held with
out the benefit of bail to await the
action of the next Grand Jury. The
testimony in the case showed the
woman three weeks before the shoot
ing had a heated argument with her
husband, accusing him of keeping;
company with other women, and at
that time told him that she had
‘something to fix him so that the un
dertakers would need him.” The dy
ing statement of the man, in which
he swore on his death bed that his
wife told him that she was going to
kill him and then herself, was offered
as evidence.
Mrs. McBroom testified that her
husband came to their home on the
morning of the shooting and told her
that if she exposed him about going
with other women that he would kill
her and exhibited a pistol to her. She
went and secured a revolver belong
ing to her husband, she said, and
when he threatened her again and
drew his revolver, that she fired one
shot and ran. She testified very ex
citedly that she did not aim, but
thought her life was in danger.
At the time that McBroom was shot
divorce papers were on file in the
Chancery Court and a separation
agreement had been 3igned, the hus
band giving the wife $5,000 and some
real estate.
No Votes for Him or
Against Him; Elected
BATON ROUGE. Dec. 26 —David F.
Miller would like to know whether he
is a member of the school board from
the Seventh Ward. Miller was the
Democratic candidate for the nomina
tion at a recent election. He was un
opposed. He received several votes and
was declared the party nominee.
Miller’s name was printed on the bal
lot When the votes were counted u'p,
It was found that Miller did not have
any. Not an elector in the ward had
voted for him. Neither had any of
them voted against him. So far no one
has proffered an authoritative answer
as to his election.
4 Oz, Chloroform Fails
To Make Snake Sleep
TEMPLE TEXAS, Dec. 26 —A large
chicken snake killed near Oscar fur
nished a curiosity in the fact that it
was noticed to be ‘gorged, and the sup
position was that the reptile had swal
lowed a fowl. It was cut open and its
interior found to contain, among other
things, a four-ounce bottle of chloro
form. The bottle was Intact and the
cork in place.
The drug was identified by George
Whitlev. upon whose place the snake
was killed, as a bottle that he purchased
to treat a sick, horse.
ill PRAYERS IT
TUB
Since Fort Smith Voted Out the
Saloons Jails Have Been-
Entirely Emptied.
FORT SMITH, ARK., Dec. 26.
Since Fort Smith became dry, Au
gust 1, the crirrpnal business of the
administration has been declining un
til the policemen are scouring the
suburbs in order to find enough to do
to hold their jobs.
The city jail is empty and the night
jailer has been discharged. Mayor
Reed declares that with the closing of
the saloons and the general effort to
“clean up” the town his administra
tion was about out of a job.
Between the commission form of
government’ and the dry town Fort
Smith as a “border city" is a marvel
among the cities of the South. Half
of the police force has been dis
charged and other expenses have been
so reduced that the police force is
having a hard time to find occasion
to arrest a man. The offenses are
minor in the extreme.
Fort Smith is the “border city” of
the State, with the Choctaw Nation
on the left, and at the right the Cher
okee Nation, and heretofore the riff
raff going into Oklahoma and West
ern States have passed through this
way. With every possible avenue for
crime, the present situation is almost
unbelievable.
( How I’d Run Theater’
Explained by Pastor
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.—Endowed
theater under municipal ownership were
recommended by the Rev. Albert W.
Palmer in his sermon, “If I Were a
Theatrical Manager.”
“The audiences,” he said, “resent
half-naked women, immoral dances,
suggestive jokes and blasphemy. The
stage was originally used to show
scenes from the Bible, and the people
liked it. I don’t recommend to stage
the Bible, but l do suggest that we
eliminate the immoral from the stage
and introduce the clean in its stead.
“That would be best made possible
by municipal ownership of the theaters
and endowment by taxpayers.”
Word ‘Convict’ Is
Barred From Prison
HARTFORD, Dec. 26.—The word
“convict,” referring to prisoners, is no
longer in use at the Connecticut Stale
prison. This is one of the number of
changes in the rules and regulations of
the Institution made by Warden Garner
and which the warden says ha.s had a
beneficial effect on the prisoners.
Instead of “convict” the terms “in
mate” or “prisoner” pre used in infor
mal talk, addressing the prisoners, and
on the various forms of printed matter
used at the prison.
“Convict.” the warden says, “grates
on a man’s brutal force,” and he there
fore has forbidden its use.
Centenarian Enjoys
Driving His Own Auto
PEABODY. KAKS.. Dec 26. -Abel
Cartwright celebrated his one hundredth
birthday anniversary by driving his own
motor car and carrying his relatives and
friends about the country. Relatives
from Illinois and Kansas were present
at his home and neighbors gathered to
take part in the celebration.
Cartwright is a native of Vermont.
He has been married 66 years. He is
still in good health and enjoys driving
his car.
Records He Made of Lord’s Prayer
and Twenty-third Psalm
Used in Service.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.- The funeral
services over the body of Leonard G«
Spencer, Len Spencer, the phonograph
monologue man, who dropped dea4
Tuesday, were held last night at tha
funeral church and they consisted of
two phonograph records he dictated
two years ago and saved.
As the sonorous voice recited first
the Lord's Prayer and afterward th#
Twenty-third Psalm, the widow and
her three daughters and more than
50 friends and professional associated
of the man were profoundly affected.
Women sobbed and men stared with
trembling lips. All said it was as it
the man himself had returned and wa$
speaking.
His Monologues Famed.
For years Spencer’s monologues,
German, farmer and other dialects,
have been Known wherever the phono
graph records of the Edison and Co
lumbia machines are known. His
songs with Ada Jone, Arthur Downey
and George Kester were almost equal
ly well known. They were there last
night. His voice was a powerful
baritone with the quality best fitted
for the records. He often told hia
family that when he died he did not
want any of the usual services over
his body, but that he would arrange
for that. Two years ago he made,
with the utmost cafe, the two records.
These he toolr to his home at No. 150
East Forty-eighth street with the nec
essary instructions.
He died suddenly Tuesday after
noon and the body was taken by*
Frank A. Campbell to the Funeral
Church at No. 241 -West Twenty*
third street. Friends were notified,
but were not informed what was to
be done. Previous to the public serv
ice last night the Dirigio Lodge of
Masons, of which he was a member,
held services and many of them re
mained afterward as the family and
friends appeared.
Machine at Casket Head.
There was no preliminary except
that a large phonograph was brought
in and placed at the head of the cof
fin, behind some palms. Then, as
quiet, settled, suddenly in Spencer’s
own, well-known, powerful voice
caTne “Our Father”—and the mourn
ers gasped. Evenly and steadily the
voice recited the prayer and stopped.
A moment later, as someone made the
necessary change, there came in* the
same voice “The Lord is my Shep
herd." and with measured, reverent
emphasis that great profession of
faith was intoned.
The body will be cremated at Un
ion Hill, N. ,T.. and the ashes will be
buried in the family plot at Wash
ington. Mr. Spencer was 46 ye^e
old. He left a will in which are a
number of $500 bequests to charita
ble institutions. The will also con
tains a provision that the records are
to bo preserved and next used at the
tenth anniversary of his death.
16 Needles Found
In Man's Stomach
SCRANTON, PA., Dec. 26.—Doubled
up with his hands pressed to his sides,
a man who gave the name of Tvan
Inancho shuffled into the dispensary of
the State Hospital complaining that he
could not walk from pains in the ab
domen.
An X-ray photograph was taken and
sixteen needles were found in the
stomach. How the needles got there
the doctors do not know and the pa
tient is unable to explain.
4,000 Telephones to
Serve Panama Fair
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 26.—The tele
phone exchange which will serve the
Panama-Pacific International Exposition
has been formally opened in the Palace
of Food Products. A public registration
bureau, where messages may be ex
changed and appointments made, will
be maintained.
When the exposition is open there will
be about 4.000 instruments on the
grounds.
California Claims
Tree-Growth Record
GALT, CAL., Dec. 26.—On the farm of
Alfred C. North, a young English wal
nut orchard halds a record which many
of the old settlers claim to be most re
markable.
Last March North put out 40 acres of
young walnut trees. By actual meas
urement recently It was found that a
number of the trees stand twelve feet
high, showing a growth of ten feet in
seven months.
MORALS BOARD FOR CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. Dec. 26.—A permanent
morals commission of five members. who
will inquire into immorality in Chicago
and report to the chief of police with
suggestion^ for improving conditions,
has just been authorized by the City
Council.
Lime Starvation
Causes Tuberculosis
\ The Medical Record (New York) ,
) of December 18. 1909, contains an
article on “The Treatment of Pul-
; monary Tuberculosis, Based on the
Assumption That the Dietetic Cause
) of the Disease Is Lime Starvation,"
( by Dr. John F. Russell, who says:
) “The condition which is recognized
as preceding the active development
of tuberculosis In the adult may be
considered as due to lime starvation.
* * * Among Inorganic substances
lime salts appear to be of special
physiological Importance * * * ■
but if the salts are not in organic
combination it is difficult to sup
pose that the cells can appropriate
them for food.”
Years of widespread use confirm
us In the belief that the sucecss >
of Bckman's Alterative in cases of e
pulmonary tuberculosis (consump
tion) and chronic throat and bron
chial troubles is due in large meas- /
ure to its content of lime, so com- (
bined with other ingredients as to i
be easily appropriated by the cells. )
Doubtless this ha.s had much to 4
do with the results obtained in many \
cases of these affections, which ap- )
pear to have yielded to Eckman’s (
Alterative.
As it contains no opiates, narcot
ics or habit-forming drugs, it is
safe to try. Your druggist will or
der it for you or you can send di
rect.
Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia.
GuredHisRUPTURE
I was badly ruptured while lifting a
trunk several years ago. Doctors said
my only hope of cure was an opera
tion. Trusses did me no good. Finally
1 got hold of something that quiekfv
and completely cured me. Y’ears have
passed and the rupture has never re
turned, although I am doing hard work
as a carpenter. There was no opera
tion, no lost time, no trouble. 1 have
nothing to sell, but will give full infor
mation about how you may find a com
plete cure without operation, if vou
write to me. Eugene M. Pullen. Carpen
ter, 47-A Marcellus avenue, Manasquan.
N. J. Better cut out this notice and
show it to any others who are ruptured
--you may save a life, or at least stop
the misery of rupture and the worry
and danger of an operation.—Advertise-
1 mant.
HIS FIDDLING WINS BRIDE.
POPLAR BLUFF. MO., Dec. 26.—Mrs.
Mary Webb. 89, fell in love with A. C.
Mosse, a blind fiddler, as he was play
ing in front of her home in Puxico, Mo.
He proposed marriage, she accepted,
and. eluding her daughter, came t<»
Poplar Bluff, where they were married.
The bridegroom is 5-1.
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