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m • • RINGWOOD $V'- tf ' ^ '* •,V •/> .** *• •J -vV-~ >' * ' ;>• - A party of friends very pleasantly .Surprised B. T. Butler at his home ^Tuesday evening in honor of his birth- ;* 4ay. Five hundred was played with irizes awarded to Mrs. Kemp and Geo. _'oung and Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hitchfins. Those to make up the happy group %ere Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kemp of Woodstock, Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Austin »f Genoa City, Mr. and Mrs. George ifoung, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pearson, Mr. And Mrs. George Shepard, Mr. and "ilrs. F. A. Hitchens^ Mr. and Mrs. •Hay Pgfers and Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Butler. f; Mrs. Nick Freund entertained the JJBunco Club at her home Thursday aft- •rnoon. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. rge Shepard and Mrs. Edgar omas. , Mrs. Joe McCannon entertained the Scotch Bridge Club at her home Wed- >v .-spesday afternoon. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Ralph Simpson and Mrs. .JyjuisSchroeder. ^'• Quite a few from here attended the IvvNParm Bureau meeting at the Millejt /theatre at Woodstock Tuesday. Quite a few young'adults from here ^attended the county dance"atGreen* •%3$vbod Tuesday evening. V^' Mrgfind Mrs. Ray Peters entertain-, Vd the" five hundred club at their home ' /Thursday evening. Prizes were award- «d to Mr. and Mrs, F. A, Hitchens and " jvir. and Mrs. George Young, ^ The Sewing Circle was entertkifted . ^n the W. B. Harrison home Friday. ; f|\. pot-luck dinner was served at noon. Mr. and Mrs. Marty Thompson ofj ^Chicago spent the weekend with thej latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick . Coyne. j /• Mrs. Lonnie Smith returned home, Wednesday from a visit with herj daughter and family at Woodstock. | Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard and ^family were visitors at Woodstock on Friday afternoon. ! Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Foss of Rich-j tnond spent 'Sunday with Mrs. Rillai Foss and son, Wayne. | ~' Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Jackson an#, ^Family of Richmond spent Sunday with ' ' the latter's parents, Mr- and Mrs. S.- ;. ill. Beatty. ' Mrs. Frankie Stephenson returned, ijiome Tuesday from a visit with her? " sister at Woodstock. ! Mr. and Mrs. Roland McCannon andj family of Algonquin spent Sunday, Vi4h the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe McCannon. : t Mr. and Mrs. Lee Huson of Mundea^| ein and Mr. and Mrs. Crokgr of Lib* •ertyville spent Sunday afternoon in the C. J. Jepson home. Mrs. Viola Low and daughter, Alice j Mae, and Mrs. Fred Gibbs were visitv: jjors at Woodstock Thursday morning. | The Home Bureau will hold a cardparty .art the Ostend school Friday! • evening, Jan. 28. Everyone is wel- :ome. : ; 7 i-jr Mr. and Mrs Ralph Smith of Harvard were supper guests of the former's parents. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Smith, Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wurtzinger andi daughter of Woodstock spent Saturday1 With the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Smith. , __ Mr. and Mrs. George Young and . son, Alfred, spent Sunday in the James Bell home at Lake Villa. • Joseph Vaillancourt, Chicago, spent the weekend at his home here. I - George Young, Chancey Harrison And Thomas Doherty attended a milk meeting at Woodstock Friday evening.) Mr. and Mrs. William Harrison and; : family of Round Lake spent Sunday] with the former's parents, Mr. and. Mrs. Clayton Harrison. [ LeRoy Neal, Jr., of Woodstock spent the weekend here with his parents. | Mrs. Louis Hawley and daughters spent Saturday afternoon at Wood-J s t o c k . J Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Doherty at-i - tended the funeral of Helen Ann Doh-j Jerty, 3 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Doherty at Woodstock, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy- Wiedrich spent Sunday with the latter's parents at. Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Carr and sons spent Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wiedrich. Mrs. S. W. Brown spent from Wednesday till Monday night in Chicago. . Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stephenson were visitors at DeKalb Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hitchens were Visitors at Woodtsock Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. I: N. Butler and daughter of Elgin spent Sunday in the B, T. Butler home. Mrs. J. M. Butler, who has been visiting nere, returned home with them for a visit. Mrs. J. F. McLaughlin and daughter. Julia, spent Sunday with relatives *t Solon Mills. School Notes County Superintendent, Mrs. Ethel C. Coe, will be the speaker at the Ringwood monthly P. T. A. meeting Thursday evening, January 27. All are welcome. Ringwood pupils have been charting the location and distri- . bution of world products and commodities fqr geography review this^week The children were usually extremely well behaved, but while they were staying in the country with their aunt, the good woman had occasion to reprimand Johnny for hitting his sister. The day capie for the children to return home, and their mother came to fetch them. Coming quietly into the room where they were playing, she saw Johnny once again hitting his sister. "Johnny," she cried, "how dare you hit poor Mary!" "Well, mother," came Johnny's explanation, "aunty told me that if I did she'd never kiss me again-- and I just couldn't let a chance like that slip:"--London Answers Magazine. THE BIG GAMBLF , ' "Pa, why do the dealers name coal after things with shells, like egg and nut?" ^ ^Because they're in a sh^ll game, my son.". . A Depressed Debater - "Here's an interesting quotation from the Latin," remarked the student. "I don't want to hear it," replied Farmer Corntossel. .. "But it relates to current politi* cal discussion." "That's jes' where I quit. They've rung Latin into law, medicine an' even into agriculture. If I've got to be a Latin scholar to talk politics, I'm ready to quit conversation entirely." Not in Their Line " Noah had completed the trefrtendous task of sending the animals of the ark into thie four corners of the earth after it had come to rest. On returning to the ark he hoticed two snakes in his armchair. "I thought I gave definite instructions for everyone to go forth and multiply," said Noah. "But we can't," replied the reptiles. "We are adders."--Epwfcrth Herald. A Discouragement *f|'m goin' to run fur off®#* exclaimed Farmer Corntossel. "Or if I can't git nominated fur sheriff or somethin', I'll take the stump for someone who kin." j •_ "What's the trouble^ inquired the neighbor. "I can't get my family nor the hired help to |iay attention to anything I say. I want to get out and try my luck with a strange crowd." No Fiction Wanted The little boy sidled up-to^Jiis aunt, requesting a story. "What sort of story would you like, honey?" asked auntie. The boy considered. "How about a story about a little boy who had a very kind auntie who gave him a quarter to go to the movies?" he asked. ^ -v. Vr • TWEEDLE-DEDEE p "Now, Bobby, why did Nero fiddle, when Rome was burning?" "I guess he thought the music would tort of cheer up the firemen." On Edge i "What's wrong, Henry?" asked his wife. "My razor," boomed the voice within the bathroom. "It doesn't cut at all." "Don't be silly. Your beard can't be tougher than linoleum.'*--Boys' Life. No Fish Stories for Him "Why don't you take a rest and go fishing?" "I never go fishing," replied Senator Sorghum'; "A man in.my position has trouble enough in keeping up his reputation for strict veracity without jeopardizing it in pastime." D. T. Smiley, Atty. •ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Estate of William Bonslett. Deceased. The undersigned. Administrator of J|he Estate of William Bonslett, defeased, hereby gives notice that he will Appear before the County Court of County, at the Court House In Woodstock, on the 7th day of March, A. D. 1938, at which time alt persons having claims against said Instate are notified and requested to Attend for the purpose of having the • same adjusted. All persons indebted . J,to said Estate are requested to make .Immediate payment to the undersign* ed. Dated this 7tl> day of January* A. IX 1938. FITTER M. JUSTEN, •6-3 Administrator. A Spellbinder * "Yotir wife makes a splendid speech." "Yes," replied Mr. Meekton, "and I noticed jshe impressed an entire audience the same way she does me. She says what she likes and no One even thinks of talking back." A Strategist "Bligfins always selects a tot day to start an argument." "Yes. He relies 6n the laat that you'd rather agree with him than permit yourself .to become a<«tated." ~7 For Patrons Only -Ifaiter, call the manager: 1 eea't •at this awful stuff." "It's no use, sir, he wouldn't eat it either." Cbrirutf th< Gas Range and. fee Box HAT SAPEBSTEm KfcilcClure Newspaper Syndicate. WNU Service. «'T CAME to see Mrs. Edgar Tor- * ranee," said the district nurse, pleasantly, as a large lady, with an aggrieved countenance, opened the door for her. • "Oh, Mrs. Torrance!" said the large lady, coldly. "Three flights up. And if it wasn't that I had a better heart than most, she wouldn't be there. The idea of having a baby and keeping respectable, people up all hours of the night listening to its cries!" It was clear that she felt deeply on the subject. v "But," remarked Miss Kent, after a moment's thoughtful silence, "it's not--exactly--comfortable for her, either, is it?" . | "Well, my house ain't no nursery, TTiere's Mr.'Torrance now." A young man, wearing a shabby hat, a shabbier coat, and a very harassed expression, came down the .stairs. V "This lady wants to see: your wife," the landlady informed him. "I'm the district nurse, come to show her how to bathe,the baby and prepare its bottles," explained Miss .Kent. ;,;V : ./V _ UpstairsV,;a pale /young, woman greeted Mr timidly, . "You're-r- -you're the nurse, aren't you? 1,-1 didn't want to trouble the settlement, but the baby is so--so small. I--I was afraid." " "Let's have a look at that baby," said Miss Kent, .trying not to see the tears in the dark eyes. The infant, small even to Miss Kent's experienced gaze, opened a tiny mouth, from which issued incredibly shrill and lusty cries. ' 'No wonder you were afraid of her," smiled the nurse, and added, regarding the two-burner gas* stove SHORT SHORT , STORY / Complete in Thil Issue balanced precariously on a spindly table, "is this all you have to work with? Have you an ice box to keep the bottles in after they're prepared?" "No. We use the landlady's," the little mother explained. Her voice broke, and she threw herself on the bed, sobbing bitterly. Miss Kent knelt, and took the young woman's hand in hers. "Tell me about it," she said, softly. "It will make you feel better." "If we had the tiniest flat!" said young Mrs. Torrance, wistfully, "with a gas range--and an ice box! But of course we can't afford it." Miss Kent pondered the matter deeply as she bathed the diminutive baby. And the result of her cogitations convinced her 'j that this was a case for Mrs. Glenn, a rich widow of her acquaintance, who had a method all her own of dealing with such matters. • • • "Proud--a furnished room--and a new baby!" exclaimed Mrs. Glenn. ••What kind of a man is the hus bond?" "Clean-cut -- good-looking -- cultured. A Salary sufficient to pay for the tiniest flat and the barest necessities would put them in the seventh heaven." ' "I'll tell old Ezra Thompson his secretary needs an assistant," decided Mi's. Glenn. "And there'll be a flat--at a price they can affordin one of my houses, I'll instruct my agents to write them." Over the telephone the next day Miss Kent received the information that a most wonderful thing had happened to the Torrances. Edgar had procured a very good position, and they had, unaccountably, been offered a flat that came within their means, and might have been made to order for them. Would Miss Kent come to lunch and behold the miracle that had been wrought? Miss Kent came. Amy Torrance, pink - cheeked and starry - eyed, showed her the cheerful living room, with its Dutch shelves, the large, airy bedroom, the entrancing bathroom, all porcelain and polished nickel, and a kitchenette with rows and rows of shelves, on which stood Amy's dishes. Also-- , Amy paused, breathless. "See, iMiss Kent! A gas range, with a real oven, and a shelf, and a broiler, and four burners!" When Miss Kent had admired this enough there were other marvels. "See, Miss Kent! An ice box--all to myself! Oh, my dear, I never expected to be so fortunate again! I'm so happy I don't care if I never own another thing!" "Nonsense!" laughed Miss Kent. "Wouldn't you like a string of pearls for that pretty necfc, or a maid to serve you, or--" Amy's eyes filled. 'Til be glad of anything my dear Edgar can "give me. but I've had my lesson. If my husband works, and we all stay well, I'D be more than satisfied with what I've got." c "If anyone insists," Miss Kent told herself as she trudged home * couple of hours lator^&that there ien't such a thing a|f^perfect contentment in the world, I'D know what to answer. But what a pity that it takes so much sorrow and misery to make us acquire a proper •f values!" Pews Set Aside Washington's historic Obrfct cfaurch was built in 1807 free pews were set aside, one tr the rector, one for the donor of the building, and the third tar the President. Jefferson, Madison and worshiped there. •• Sin Core. TTteting sM not by relatives--tl be only medicine for a strange disin Ithe northern Shan in Burma. Symptoms ace lew of appetite, lassitude.0 Mrs. Fred Dosch entertained the members of the Lily Lake Ladies' League Tuesday afternoon. Bunco was played. The serving of a lovely lunch concluded a most enjoyable, afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Davis of Chicago spent Sunday at Lily Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Marsh and son, Richard, of Chicago visited the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wrublewski. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson and baby daughter of Chicago spent Stinday at their cottage at Lily Lake. Donnie Weisbaum spent the weekend visiting in Chicago at the home of his grandparents, Mr. nad Mrs. M. Weisbaum. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dosch and daughter, Josephine, visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Daly in Grayslake on Friday. George Harturg visited his daughters in Chicago over the weekend. Mae Budil of Chicago spent Stinday at her cottage at Lily Lake. Mrs. Henry Fast and daughter, Clarie, and Jack Lavenger of Chicago V&ited the home df Ifr. and ,Mrs. Fred Dosch Thursday, The friends at Lily Lake of Mrs. Alex Wirfs, who has been ill in St. Therese hospital, are" glad to know that she is much better.,' Mr. and Mrs. Ryan^ of Chicago spent Sunday at their Cottage. ' •>-> Our Washington,* All observers agree by Industry but resisted in powerful that the whole subject of policy-making is so vital that it cannot be treated with levity or indifference. It would be a mistake of the first order to assume that everything is hunky-dory at these White House chats. The suggestions offered by the various guests and the President are always subject to challange--otherwise the conversations would be polite and futile. Oddly enough, it was the Washington, January 26--Undoubt-! demonstration of concern on Capitol edly, the absorbing question of the ®ili the special session as to the week has to do with the time lag be- future American business that had tween contemporary White House con- 'much to do with the present series of ferences with business, labor and farm Presidential conferences. Yet, resentleaders and the announcement of a ment is creeping out among the solfvxed* governmental policy. The san- ,ons that Mr. Roosevelt is privately guine hope is expressed that the pri- j expressing his views on matters of mary effects will be felt at an early' national interest to his visitors withdate as a means of reviving public out bothering- to take the legislative confidence. It is realized, of course,' branch of the government into his that concerted* action on a vast scale confidence. Congress will, however, requires more time than that of a!^ave full opportunity to consider the single individual or unit. A planning policies when the recommendations for program of national scope cannot be legislative action are forwarded from _ evolved or adapted overnight and sud- the White House. Meanwhile, prom-! have sent the measure off to a severe "?*, • yf.' Congressional and Treasury circles. It is known that representative men having small business have stressed the - need for tax relief in talks with the President and with the legislators. The big investment houses and banks are skittery these days as the President; openly demands restrictive legislation' ' - vfor holding companies. Heretofore, his objective was confined to public ? utility holding groups but is !now ' j broadened to reach the banking fra- \r"*- ternity which demands cream from ' 1 corporations which they have financed/" The House of Representatives has'f: been turning out legislation like the busy bee while the Senate has staged * y. [•%.' a pitiful filibutser against the anti-'*' lynching bill. The Senate calendar is 'Jt£; choked with important measures which are blocked by the parliamentary snarl • arranged by Southern fl&nators oppos- • * h t*'< ing the lynching proposal. The Federal housing bill finally emerged from ' a deadlock by eliminating the troublesome Lodge amendment, which would . ' Oath Taken by Justices . . Ijhe oath taken by a justice of the United States Supreme Court is as follows: "I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully discharge all the duties incumbent on me as judge, according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the Vniled States." 1: „ • Focus of Eye Declines* The ability to focus-the eye see objects clearly at different distances usually declines year by year (after a person passes middle' age. By the time he is seventy, -says Collier's Weekly, usually all power of altering the focus of the eye is lost. Laeky Horseshoes Popular The superstition that a horseshoe brings luck reached its greatest height toward the middle of the Eighteenth century and by the middle of the Nineteenth century was steadily dying out. denly cramftted down the throats of. inent business tycoons are giving a the people / | Senate committee an earful in public The bright thread of politics is testimony on causes and suggested vividly clear in the pattern of discus- remedies for. the slump in trade. _ sions at the; Executive Mansion. The : The larger corporations which afford animating spirit of the talks being one employment to vast numbers of citiiof mutual helpfulness for national se- ehs cannot see much relief from goycurity has, in a seftse, discounted the' eminent-d«tio^in,the pendinjg'tax bill ever-present political faetors^-8 devel- The hearings before the Hbtise Oftrtv opment.••'•which' will pi'obably make the niittee^on Ways and Means sho'wed gab fests something more than a lame that the revision of the tax laws, if endeavor to face problems arising downward would be designed to assist from a definite business recession. On the smaller business enterprises. A Capitol Hill, critics of President Roose- retroactive amendment to the undis^ velt are charging him with "blowing tributed profits tax for 1937 is desifed hot and cold" on policy revision for va«aa»wmwwvvwwvvw< staging a comeback to prosperity. Private enterprise has adopted a cooperative attitude although spotted by a watching and searching skepticism. These postures are easily accounted for in Mr. Roosevelt's conflicting public statements which leave the country in a quandry. Fa^ighted spokesmen for powerful busifiess groups realize that despite his great power, the Chief JJxocutive is handicapped by political ^ itions. lent of Administration have been interwoven is fatiguing efforf. sT* 100 poi-cvnt Nwl^Jg^pP^g^-^argely responsible for Roosevelt regim thrown aside or ignored. and weight of their influencennHK Nlll idential councils is not entirely o' looked by those who have been invited to confer witll Mr. Roosevelt. Onlookers who followed these deliberations closely feel that the lofty objectives of the left-wingers toward a government based on social needs must be greatly modified in a compromise plan for the handicap by payment of the prevailing wage rates on all projects financed < *• - J under the proposed new law--'-meaning• '•> t h e u n i o n / s c a l e -- a p o l i c y w h i c h w a s f e fostered by the, trade unions. The ' • £ highly controversial wage and hodr " st$!*dajds< bill is kept pigeon-holed M " the House -Labor Committee Until' the •p voliti^cal sckiv;s-avre c.lea red. •>* . Cold .Has. a Limit^ - There is a degree of coldness be- %' ** . ydnd which it is not possible that . anything should be colder; butthere is 'no-limit to. heat: Mr < Ph'j )\aritU tUe Neu* STANDARD RED CROWN! SAVE UP TO $5d: ON YOUR SERVEL ELECTROLUX January Clearance of Beautiful 1937 Models '• e s Make Sur# of the Sizft Jlant! ACT NOW! V:-"; X? 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