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PLAIMMALMT, z AY, APRIL 9,Utt Thomas Jefferson's •afVt .'~> <k.r. ,*,%" ; 188th Anniversary I- - "J* «<*&?1 •NI; :?*£ . &•• ri - ^ In the picturesqoe and dramatic period just before, during and immediately after the Revolutionary War, there are probably but few figures who stand out in American history as does Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, and the most conspicuous apostle of democracy in America, according to the Division of Information and Publication of the George Washington Bicentennial Commission. April 13, 1931, will mark the 188th anniversary of his birth at Shadwell, Albemarle County, Virginia. By a strange coincidence he died on July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, on the same day as John Adams, the second president of the United States, and (with one interruption from 1795 to 1809) lifelong friends. No American of this time had such versatility or such diversified interests. Jefferson was asked to draft the Declaration of Independence because of his reputation as a writer. Adams thus tells the story: "He France, first under the appointment to collaborate with Benjamin Franklin and John Adams in negotiating treaties of commerce with European countries, and then as Franklin's successor as minister to France. He was exceedingly popular as a minister. During this time he assisted in negotiating a treaty of amity and commerce with Prussia and one with Morocco, and negotiated with France a "convention defining and establishing the rights and privileges of consuls and vice consuls." When Jefferson left France it was with the intention of soon returning, but President Washington tendered him the Secretaryship of State and he reluctantly accepted. Alexander Hamilton was Secretary of the Treasury. These two men, antipodal in temperament and political belief, clashed -with irreconcilable hostility, first on the financial proposals of Hamilton, which were adopted by Congress against the protests of Jefferson, then on the questions with regard to France and Great Britain, Jefferson's sympathies being predominantly with the former, i THEY5 ADOPTED 95 as fc FANNIE HURST brought with him a reputation for Hamilton's with the latter. They literary science^ and the happy talent: formed about themselves two great for composition. Writings of his < parties, which took the names of Re were handed about, remarkably for | publican and Federalist. The schools their peculiar felicity of expression. 10f thought for which they stood have T* ™'"" 'Summary View* which! 8jnce contended for mastery in Ameradmiration of Edmund jcan politics. The name Republican the the It was elicited Burke." Jefferson was a student of William and Mary College at Williamsburg, Virginia. In addition to excelling in other studies, he had a good know- . ledge of Latin, Greek and French, to which he soon added Italian and Spanish. He had an artistic temperament, loved music and was an exceptionally good violinist. He was proficient in vate was dropped at the time of the War of 1812. In 1853 it was revived for a new party of very different political principles. Jefferson was elected President, entering upon his duties March 4, 1801, and re-elected in 1804. His administration was distinguished by the simplicity that marked his conduct in prioutdoor sports, and an excellent horseman. Thoroughbred horses to1 him were a necessary luxury. Soon after leaving college, he. entered a law office, and after five years ^ of close study, was admitted to the bar in 1767. His thorough preparation enabled him to compete from the When, on March 4, 1809, he retired from the Presidency, he had been almost continuously in the public service for forty years. He refused to be reelected, for the third time, though requested by the legislatures of five states to be a candidate. Thus, following Washington's example, he *•' M * • •> % ' first with the leading lawyers of the helped to establish a precedent deem- "l™*- ' ed by him of great importance for On January 1, 1772, he married preserving a democratic spirit in the Martha Wayles Skelton, a childless; Presidency. widow of twenty-three, very hand-| When he died, he chose for his some, accomplished and very fond of tomb the epitaph: "Here was buried music. Their married life was ex- Thomas Jefferson, author of the Deceedingly happy, and Jefferson never claration of Independence, of the Staremarried after her early death. Of tute of Virginia for Religious Free six children, two daughters alone survived infancy. Jefferson was emotion- ~ al, and very affectionate, at home,: and his generous and devoted relations with his children and grand- , children are among the finest features • of his character. In 1779, at almost the gloomiest stage of the war in the Southern ;< states, Jeffersou^aucceeded Patrick Henry as Govenref of Virginia, beiiyj tiie second t<f hold that office after the organization of the Government, in bit second term the state was overrun by British troops, and Jefferson, a civilian, was blamed for the ;; ineffectual Msistahce. Most of the \ criticism of his administration was . grossly unjust. His conduct being at- |ta cked, he declined re-election to the ' : Governorship, but returned by J to the State Legislature. dom, and Father of the University of Virginia." Early Cooking i:': The old-fashioned outside oven had a domed chamber built of brick and heated by means of light wood and sticks burned inside. When the bricks were well heated, the ashes and embers were raked out and the floor swept and the food to be cooked Introduced by a flat, wooden shovel with a long handle and the door WW then CLOSED, Battle That Mad* History The battle of Chalons was fought near Chalons-su-Marne, France, in 451 A. D. The weapons used were swords. uovernorship, was unanimously ( stone-headed axes, javelins and arrows, Albemarle as a delegate. The attacking army first used arrows. next spears, and finally engaged In From 1784 to 1789 Jefferson was in' hand4o-hand combat with the enemy. i Nine! -Nineteen! -T wenty-nine! A sale where pennies are big! You'll be surprised to levn how much good food you can buy for 9c or 19c or 29c. Yes, you'll be surprised even after you come to A&P and learn. But you'll be delighted, too, became it's money amd lor you. x IONA Cut Beets Iona Corn . KEUOGO'S Bran Flakes Lux Flakes m M0.2H MO. 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WNU Service. 1 ALL ber life Helen Dougherty bad craved leisure, modish, upto- date surroundings, a sure income, freedom from the bickering of a large family of children, and a good husband. Strangely enough, she achieved them all at a time when, to the casual observer, she was just about to become middle-aged and wedded to the destiny of her position as chief operator in a telephone exchange. It all happened with the velocity, the glamor and the dramatics of a fairy tale. One evening, walking home from the telephone exchange to the crowded ^fwrtment she shared with her parents, two married sisters, a brother or two and some growing, squalling nieces and nephews, she ran into one of her brothers-in-law standing in front of a large commercial hotel talking to a man to.whom he had been trying^ to sell a life insurance policy. That was ho# Helen met Fred Sloan. After Fred canght one glimpse of Helen, who had reddish hair and reddish eyes and a pleasant upturned nose, ber brother-in-law sold him the life insurance, but only after Fred Sloan had succeeded in getting himself invited to the home of the Doughertys for dinner. Six weeks later, after a whirlwind courtship, Fred and Helen were married in the parlors of the hotel in front of which they had met and In which Fred had lived for the fifteen years of his bachelorhood. In a Jiffy, as It were, leaving her friends, her family, the girls at the telephone exchange astounded, Helen Dougherty, who had worked since she was fourteen, found herself with the four requisites of her dreams--leisure, modish, up-to-date surroundings, a sure income, freedom from the bickering of a large family of children, and a good husband. Fred was not * rich man !n the modern sense of that word, but he had an income that would enable them to live as all her life Helen had dreamed of living. They were able to afford, without encroaching on their capital, a modern, well-furnished /suite of rooms in an apartment hotel that faced the park. For the first jtime In her life, Helen Dougherty, who was a tailor-made type of person that had always been obliged to wear "ready-mades," blossomed forth in svelte, chic suits designed especially to her figure. The rings on her fingers were good diamonds mounted in platinum. Her wrist watch was Jeweled and her silver fox the best that money could buy. The Sloans could afford to spend three months a year at Atlantic City in one of the pretentious hostelries overlooking the ocean. Fred loved the sea, and the boardwalk gayety of the pleasure resort amused him. He was proud of Helen. He liked to walk with her into the gaudy dining rooms or ride beside her In the wicker rolling chalrB up and down the beach. Thej were a contented pair, living comfortably on their Income, coming and going as they willed, occasionally willing to take a trip to Niagara Falls or Chicago, or a boat ride to Boston. Helen had married well. It was pleasant to^ be In a position to help her family. jTo see to it that a warm new co^^placed her mother's shabby one, that her father, after his long, dull day as watchman in a warehouse, could come home to the solid comforts of radio, easy-chair and good cigars. The nieces and nephews came In for their share, too. Fred was generous. It seemed to Helen that there was a constant paeon of thanksgiving going on in her heart over this blessed delivery from the wrangling, overcrowded, nlece-and - nephew - cluttered environment of the stuffy little flat she had called home up to the day of that momentous meeting with Fred tlloan In front of the commercial hotel. It became inevitable, after a while, that Helen and Fred, living the carefree lives of a pair of carefree nomads, should sink into the pleasant routine of hotel life. More and more, the holiday aspect of Atlantic City attracted the pair. Fred's philosophy of life was an easy-going one. "We're here today, gone tomorrow. Get all you can out of It today."' The Sloan suite in the gaudy hotel overlooking the ocean came to mean home. The gay, transient holiday crowds came and went, but the Sloans remained, meeting a lobby civilization, as it poured In and out. Every evening at eight, Fred climbed into his dinner clothets and Helen powdered her white neck, dressed herself in modish chiffons or taffetas and descended en de<yllete to the dining room. It was unbelievably pleasant, eating to the strains of good music, surrounded by well-dressed people, deferred to by waiters. The Sloans fattened a little with well-being. It seemed to Helen, so quickly does the human mind accustom Itself to new formula of habit, that the old noIse-antTnerve-racked days belonged to another era of her consciousness. She used to snuggle her hand under ber husband's on their twilight chairrides alonz the boardwalk that ran parallel to the pounding showy ocean, and ngk him to give her a good pinch around the wrist "That's for reality, Fred. Sometimes it all just doesn't seem reel. Life is so pleasant now. So--relaxed." That pleased Fred' more than he could express to her. It gave him enormous sense of the well-being of the producer. He thrilled with the consciousness of being rood-provider t6 this nice dear girl who was his "Fred," she asked him once, again on a chair ride, tucked under rugs, along the curving shore, "do you -think we are getting smug?" Smug? Fred was not gives to introspection. . . "You know, Fred--kind of--fatminded." "I like you plungp," said the literal -Fred and kissed her on the cheek. "Fred dear! not in public!" "Why not? Let them know how sweet my gel is. Where will we eat tonight, honey. J could "do with one of the Shelbourne's big. Juicy sirloins smothered in fried onions," Little rills alongside--Helen's tongue began to run. After all, it was pleasant Just to live, surrendering oneself to creature enjoyments. Life had been a long and arduous affair for her. She had done her share in her time to contribute to the well being of others. She was doing her share now. Part of her placid happiness was the knowledge that her father was no longer obliged to spend the long nights through, dragging his weary old frame through tours of inspection of a warehouse. Thanks to Fred, bless him; thanks to her, the old gentleman was free to end his days in leisure and a certain amount of ease. It was hard not to feel just a little smug with happiness, even If the vagrant thought did stray across her consciousness occasionally that she was fast becoming of the hotel leisure class of idle women whose major Interests are lap dogs and bridge whist. But so low beneath the surface of her consciousness ran all this, that It scarcely left a consciousness dent. So that what happened subsequently came as much out of a clear sky to Helen herself as it did to Fred, who had come to realize, after his first year of marriage to this big, amiable woman, that he could refuse her nothing. One morning they had taken a motor ride along the beautiful coast line to visit an orphan asylum that was known for its picturesque location and its worthy work. A group of triplets had just been received by the organization, two tow^ieaded little girls and a red-haired boy. Healthy specimens of youngsters, unique chiefly because of the trilogy. There was never a moment's doubt in the mind of Helen Sloan, when she looked at these three, that she wanted them. Their appeal to her was swift, sure and devastating. At first, the Idea had struck Fred as too grotesque for consideration. But before they left that institution two hours later, he had""been won over to the consideration of an idea that up to that day would have appeared fantastic. Eight weeks later three small children, aged four years, four months and two days, were formally handed over for legal adoption to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sloan. • It Is Impossible for the Sloans, on the budget of their Income, any longer to maintain the suite of expensive rooms in the sumptuous hotel. The Sloans now occupy a pleasant sixroom apartment on the upper west side of New York. It is a noisy apartment, filled with the din of threfe children. Helen's costumes have gone off ft bit In their tailor-made precision. Fred thinks It all a great joke. To his amazement, the former Idle days in the sumptuous hotels seem incredibly vapid to him in retrospect. Mr. and Mrs. William J. Meyers and family visited Mr. and Mrs. John King of McHenry Sunday. Miss Isebelle Schmitt of McHenxy spent Sttaday at her home here. Misses Marcella Weingart, Viola Adams and Evelyn Meyers visited Alvina and Isabelle Schmitt Sunday. Alvina celebrated her l«th birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Kay Davy and daughter of Joliet visited Mr. and Mrs. William J. Meyers and family Saturday and Sunday. Misses Catherine and Mary A 1th off •nd Henry Althoff of Elgin visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Althoff and family1 faster. f- Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kins and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Baer andi daughters and Mr. and Mrs. Edwanf Baer of Chicago visited Mr. and Mrs Fred Smith Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Miller and family visited with Frank Miller Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Math Sauen and son, Arnold, of Spring Grove visited John H. Freund, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Math Lay and son of Spring Grove visited Mrs. Stephen Schmitt Sunday. Miss Olive Hettermann of McHenry spent the week-end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Obenjjuf and sons of Graysiake, and Mr. and Mrs, Henry Stelfel and daughter of Volf* visited here Sunday. Visitors in the John Pitzen home Saturday were Mrs. George Miller and daughter and two sons and Mr. and Mrs. Henry* Stoffel and daughter of Volo, Mrs. George Obenauf and son of Graysiake, Mr. and Mrs. J. Chamberlin, Miss Catherine Pitzen, Elmer Schroeder and son of Chicago, Joe Pitzen of Beloit, and Mr. arid Mrn, Mike Pitzen of McHenry. Roy Schaefer is spending a few days in Chicago. Misses Mildred and Helen Schaefer were Chicago visitors Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Chamberlin of Chicago will make their home' with, 'John Pitzen for a while. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Martin and son, Bobby of Chicago and Mrs. John Weber of McHenry spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Michels. Mrs. William Smith and family cf McHenry and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Oeffling spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Michels. _Mrs. Anthony Oertel and friend of Woodstock spent Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. George Michels. Mr. and Mrs. Ford Jackson and family of McHenry spent Sunday here. Helen Smith of Woodstock spent Sunday with her parents here. Misses Minnie and Bernice Ferwerda of McHenry caleld here Sunday. John Pacek of Chicago spjjpt the week-end with his parents here. The Home Talent play given by the 'Johnsburg Dramatic club was enjoyed by a large crowd. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schaefer and [John Pitzen visited Tuesday with Mr. .'and Mrs. Peter M. Schaefer. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grube and 'son, Walter, of Chicago spent Sunday [with Mr. and Mrs. John Mertes. Miss Marie Mertes returned home with then in the evening to spend a week. WEST SIDE G Ottq Adams. Prop. Tel. m Ret. 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