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Q ST ™E KemmtY HJUMDSALHt, THtntSDAY, DStt < 1M7 -THE PLAY'S THE THING" TO REMAIN BUT FEW WEEKS C'.'^Jlolbrook Blinn and his company *ider the direction of Gilbert Miller Is still the reigning attraction at the Sam Harris, where his limited season l»«e been more than usually successful. But a few weeks remain for those fco have not already seen "The Play's the Thing" to do so before the excellent company departs on its travels which takes it to the Pacific coast. v.Molnar's taost delightful comedy ILL THEATRE 'Woodstock's Beautiful Play House " v SATURDAY •y Mitinee 2:30 p. ml--1§-8M . Evening 6:30-9 KM)--2S-50c Jack Hoxie in _ fflGHTING THREE" •/> '\Aho Two Part Consety On the Stage • Marigold Entertainers A Stage Band of 10 Pieces SUNDAY and MONDAY Matinee Sunday 2:30--10-35c Evening 6:30-9 K>0--25-5©e Adolph Menj on in "SERVICE FOE LADIES" Paitile News and Comedy On the Stage Last time Sunday Marigold Entertainers Stage Band TUESDAY One Day Only Evening, 7 HM-9:00--lMSc P&scilla Dean "JEWELS OF DESIRE" Two Comedy WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Matinees Wednesday and Thursday, 3 p. m. 10-25c Evening, 7 :®0-9:0©--10-35c "BEIAU GESTE" with Ronald Golman Pathe News and Comedy Coming Monday, Dee. 13th SAM and HENRY from Radio Station WGN sense which is familiar to those who have seen "Liliom" and "The Swan" is more cleverly displayed than ever in "The Play's the Thing" which sparkles with wit, always bright, clearly continental and at times slightly naughty in a purely drawing room manner. Those who saw Mir. Blinn in "The Bad Man" and "The Dove" will welcomes his present role of Sandor Turai a polishedman of tne world and clever playwright, whose resourceful handling of a difficult sitauation forms the basis of the comedy. Entirely unlike anything in which Mr. Blinn has been seen for some years the part exhibits his marvelous versatility in jumping from the rough Mexicans of uncouth habits, in which his admirers (have been accustomed to seeing him, to the suave sophisticated man of the world which he portrays in "The Play's the Thing." Prominent, in support of the star are the beauteous Martha Lorber, who will be recalled as one of the Follies beauties of seasons past; Hubert Druce, that sterling actor of elderly roles; Gavin Muir, as the young composer whose heart is given to the prima donna; Harry Mestayer, as the elderly roue; Ralph Nairn, the sophisticated and obsequious foot man and Claude Allister the fussy secretary, whose duties put him all of a "Twiter. Matinees are given Wednesday and Saturday and seats are on sale in ad- Y4QC& for all performnces. Percentage Test Limited It Is now possible by means of blood tests, says Hygela Magazine, to determine that a given uiau cannot bs the father of a given child or that a given man belongs to the same blood group as thai to which the father of the child belongs. This Is all .t hut can be determined In regard to paternity. Thus It Is not possible by blood tests to determine the father directly.--The Pathfinder. Emblem of Battles The red poppy baa always been associated with the battlefields of Europe, particularly of Flanders Oon temporary writers mention the profusion of poppies which grew up ufter the battles of llumlllies. Malplaquet Fontenoy and Waterloo. Lord Macaulay alludes to this fact In chapter 20 of his History of England, In the account of WIIMam ill's defeat in Um battle of Landen In 1693. Made American Territory The bureau of insular afTalrs nayit that Wake Island was discovered and surveyed by Commlsslonder Wlike* lr his exploring expedition of 1838-48, and was formally taken possession of In the name of the United States by Oommodore R. D. Taussig Id 1890. * Origin of Flear de LU The use of the fleur de lis as a symbol of roynlty cannot be traced further back than the Twelfth century, and tt Is probably not of French origin It Is said to occur In headdresses of Egyptian sphinxes, and the symbol was In olden times an ornament of Greek, Roman. Spanish and English kings. What everyone can't buy Your Photograph 1$a CfojigtnuM tftft supreme tot expensive--but distinctly personal. OPEN SUNDAY Nielsen Studio Phone McHenry 113-J McHenry, 111. Last Chance to bay Standard Make TIRES At Mail Order Catalogue Prices Saturday, December 3 and remember these dta standard 36xSft Cords _ 30x3'/j Oversize Oord„ 30x3 Vi Tubes 30x3 Vi Oversize Tubes 29x4.40 Ballooni 29x4.40 Tubes ........ --$5.95 $1.50 -$1.75 --$7.90 $1.80 Tires and Tubes and Accessories, Car Batteries, all sixes. Radio A, B and 0 Batteries WALTER J. FREUND Tire and Tube Repairing, Vulcanizing, Battery Charging and Repairing!!-- a West McHenry, Illinois Christmas Card Custom In 1846 the king of England sent cards of greeting to his friends and this started the custom. In Fr?gi»nfl( too, was first started the nice customs of spying Merry Christmas and of decorating the house. Christmas Joy • ' A man Is only an apology far a nan J| he fails at Christmas tide to bring to at least one man, one woman, 4M child or one animal.--Chas. XIIL Illinois, according to the aui (tads by soil surveyors, once had l5.000,6w> acres of timber, about 42 per cent of its area being wooded. This timber played Its part in the progress and development of the state, building the houses snd barns of the farmers and furnishing fence rails or fencing for their fields. Undoubtedly In clearing the land in pioneer times, many good logs were piled op and burned because there was no market for the timber. Recent surveys show that there remains of this original timber, which perhaps ran froi>i 3.000 to 12,000 board feet per acre, 3,021,075 acres. The total upland timber amounts to -•-SI,724 acres, and bottomland to 718,143 acres; while there are 21.000 acres of cypres* £>0 of pine and ,ir»7 acres of tahiaracfr,, T'.ie cypress Is found In the tributaries of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, the pine In Osr'.e county in the north and Cnloi county In the south, and the tanarack mnlnly lr. Lake county. Of-Tie total, fully 00 per cent Is on farms, and in the form of wood lots. Im some cases the farmer may know fc<nv to make a profit handling timber. in others he may need advice and assistance, which he ran secure by writing the stnte forester at SprltrrfipM. Some states employ a farm forestry specialist working under the exten slon department of t'.ie Ftate university to give advice and assistance to farmers under Section 5. of the Clnrk-Mc- Nary law. The present bottomland timber lies mostly along our streams; ihey are the finest according to Ridgway and others who have been along the Wabash river and Its tributaries. Of the upland timber, which Is more or lew contiguous, there are three regions, one comprising the hlnffs along the Mississippi river from centra! Alexander to central Monroe county, another In southwest C!:iHatin. south east Saline and eastern Pope e?id Hardin counties and another in Cnlhoun and western Jersey counties. Calhoun being a narrow upland county between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, a good fruit ns well as a good forest region. In these three regions there are estimated to be S3Q,- 000 acres. . Construction of Route 104 extend Ing from Jacksonville to Meredosia was urped by a delegation of residents from Jacksonville, Chaplin and Meredosia at a conference with Governor Small recently. It was Indicated that a hearing on the high way will be held soon and the road may become a part of the building program of next spring. The proposed road extends west from Jacksonville through Chapln and on to Meredosia. where It connects with a nroposed highway to Mt. Sterling. A majority of the delegation which met with the governor. Col. C. R. Miller, director of public works and buildings, and Frank T. Sheets, chief highway engineer, urged early construction on what they called "a most Important outlet to the Illinois river." Horteshoo Fattm Cut Ssd^ The larger of the two cataracts at Niagara, Horseshoe falls. Is receding at the rate of about five feet a year, says Nature Magazine^ The travel of the American falls Is much sloweronly a few Inches a year. The time the cataract has taken to cut its way back to Its present site has been macb discussed among geologists, whose estimator vary from 7,000 ^70,000 years. Wonder fid Mierooeopm A microscope so powerful that tt to able to show the Interior organs of s microbe was displayed at a recent meeUng of the Royal society In London. The Instrument haa a magnifying power of 8,500. , QamWng PhrmH A sweepstake Is a gambling axriM»- •Mnt by which all the nomi staked** as event may be won by one or a Sgm. of tb« bettors.' ""K JOHNS BURG Nick Weber, William Mfejrerg, Mat J. Smith, Joe N. Schmitt and Mat, N. Schmitt attended a Muidoon district meeting of the Catholic Order of Foresters held at Elgin, last Sunday afternoon. The purpose of this meeting was for a membership drive for the 45th anniversary of this order, which will be held next May at Wheaton, and a joint initiation of new members will take place at that time. Mr. and Mrs. John Rauen from Spring Grove visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John H. Freund and family. Mr. and Mrs. ,Niok Miller from Richmond visited Sunday in the home of George Lay and family. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Williams visited Thursday with their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Smith. Mir. and Mrs. George King and, family visited in the home of Joseph P. Miller Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thelen visited Thursday in McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Huemann visited Thursday in the home of Us brother, Joseph H. Qpemann »nj family. Mir. and Mrs. Alex Freund from Chicago visted Thanksgiving day in the home of Stephen H. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph King and family called at the home of his folks, Mr. and Mrs. JoJjn King Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Jake A. Miller and wn, Arnold, visited Friday in McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Freund of Chicago visited Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen l£ing. Mi*, and Mrs. John Pitzen visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Geprge Schreiner. . Mr. and Mrs. John Stilling of Volo visited Sunday with home folks, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stilling.. _ ^ Mrs. Jacob Schumaker visited in McHenry Tuesday. Mir. and Mrs. John Freund and family of McHenry called Thanksgiving day at the home of Martin H. Freund. Mr. and Mirs. Ben Thelen visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thelen. MT. and Mrs. Peter Oeffling visited Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. William Schmitt. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Thelen were MicHenry callers Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Huff of Spring Grove visited Thanksgiving day with their daughter and family, Mr. and MVs. Henry Preund. Miss Rosemary and Ella Huemann of Chicago visited Thanksgiving day with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Huemann. Mr. and B®rs. Henry Nell and family were McHenry callers Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Huff were McHenry callers Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John N. Freund visited at Spring Grove Tuesday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Math Rauen. Potatoes! , • . -r- - We still have about fifty bushel of fancy Red River Ohio Potatoes left. Phone your order. Assn. fhone 29 t If you dob*t Know anything About woodwork That's going Into your house Specify Curtis Woodwotkl We know Everything About k! Smokes • - j - for smokers' gifts A man who likes to smoke appreciates a gift that permits him to indulge his smoke whims, more than any other gift you could select. We know just what smokers like, and have selected our stocks to permit your choosing with the assurance of pleasing his SMOKE tastes. ' Cigars--La Palina, Dutch Blasters or El Produeto in Xm&tottis Tobacco and Cigarettes--All the leading brands in Xmas packages. Pipes, Cigar Lighters, Etc. DNffiS KARLS' More than 200 dvlefcates from Pike and Calhoun counties, seeking early action toward completion of hardroad links, were in conference with Governor Small and members of the state division of highway? at the state house. Members of the state legislature from the thirty-sixth senatorial district, headed by A. Otis Arnold of Quincy, and Carroll Bush of Pittsfleld, were included In the delegation. Barry, Pittsfleld, Griggsville. Kinderhook, Milton, Pearl, Rockport, Hull, Detroit, Kampsville and Hardin were among the towns represented in I he delegation. The routes on which early construction was urged were: , , . Route 106 from Route 26, west of KInderhook to the Hannibal bridge; Route 107, from Griggsville through Pittsfleld to the new bridge across the Mississippi river at Louisiana, whl< !i is a link In one of the federal high ways; Route 100 from Detroit throuK'i Milton, Pearl and on to Kampsnill^, where it connects with the Calhoun hard road and leads to the proposed bridge at Hardin, thus giving Calhoun eounty its only outlet to the outside state. Quincy and other cities a boosting the route as It will give direct and short paved route to 1 Louis. MCHENRY LUMBER lvlVllQUALITT AND SERVICE FIRST Wfit McHtary Riverside Drive McHenry EASY CHAIRS NEW LAWS OF ILLINOIS [Thla Is the corclusfnn of tbe list <<t bills that w*r* passed bjr tb« Fifty fifth general assembly and have re* celved the signature of Governor Small, or have been allowed to become laws without his signature.] House Bill 754 (committee ^bn appropriations). Appropriates $527,- 853.35 to pay claims In conformity with the awards and recommendations made by the court of claims. House Bill 756 (Browne). Legalities and validates for the survey, laying out, and letting of contracts for the construction of a hard-surfaced road over and along line "A" of Route No. 23 of the state hard road system. Emergency. House Bill 721 (Committee on Appropriations). Amends section 12 of an act to revise the law In relation to fugitives from Justice, February 10, 1874. Authorizes the governor to offer a reward of not exceeding $1,000 Instead of $200. House Bill 755 (committee on appropriations). Levies k tax of $18,- 000,000 on the assessed value of property of the state for general state purposes for the year 1927, and levies a tax of $8,000,000 upon the assessed taxable property of the state for the year 1927 for state school pur- So many gift suggestions crowd to the fore when you come here Christmas shopping that the difficulty comes in deciding which to choose. Ojir aid in this problem is yours to command. Smoking Stands, Magazine Racks, Pier Cabinets, Electric Sewing Machines, Hoover Vacuum Cleaners, Fibre Sets, Ladies' Pesks, Floor Lamps, Mirors and Pictures, Tables, Sewing Cab« inets, Rugs, Walnut Chests. Fancy Silk Piljows. .-•'it..