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"» :V v vS"':-i!W;"'•"'• ' «>;«' : hV "IS + • „V , 4 , THE M'HENRY PLAINDEALER, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5,1931 .% 4WT'. * T >4 4*' .^v LIGHTS • ft^'EK •/ WBW; YORK •. . .; It was only a few short years ago SfjUt all of my friends and acquainti! 5jces were reading. Their favorite ||teratare consisted of the ticker and flie financial page. Now that Wall J|trect is as animated as the mummy Iiameses the Great, they have tak- «h to writing. Jack Denlpsey, for exijnple, has written the story of his , iflfe by using Charles Francis Coe as a - Medium. One-Eyed Connolley told me1 .••>/.'-ji&e 'Other -day that his autobiography > t, was in a state of constructlpn. On ::;;"V'<fery hand, citizens of this fair land j..- - Arfe rushing into print. If the next (feneration reads all the books which site being written by this generation, -there will be no more w*e%. l?hef . Will be too busy to fight • • ' • • • •X'-Vr.^V.V, ;• - /„• • . One of the most amusing books I 4 'fc*ve read lately Is I^amon Runyon's *- *'Gu>s ' and Dolls." Daiuon Runyon his Broadway, • Moreover, he -likes It. He has caught th£ life which between Times square and Cohim- ""*$ ' ^us> circle ftith an accurate ivnd umlelp- «taiuiii)g typewiite^. The short st>»- .... .... :riies ifi this"book haVe more than mere :i^£-^ they have both insight and - JjsympiHivy. I know of no man today f.wrfd %ivve written those, fortes Pamon Runyon. They are as ' full of'tolor as Broadway itself. New \ 'ha#/, changed since O. Henry .t .christened it "Bagdad dri the Hudson." '"and. bolls" is a strictly modern': book. But there are stories In it that , ' O. Henry would have liked ; that he " would have been amply satisfied to :/V'f-viwrite.. I do not mean that any'of. tbein are an echo of any writer who ;• ' has gone, before. They are original standf on their own merits. And. : *rith me, some of" them stand' high." "•r..-"Here"is the voice of Broadway record.- eifl by an ear true for, all of its nu-" ,Mws. ; When Leopold Auer was in New Yorlg. a pprty" was given for the masviolinist which was attended by apveral of his pupils. Among the guests was a wealthy society woman, who was considerably impressed by company. As those-present sep- 1 #*ate<i into little conversational, \i groups, she approached her host. "Don't you think," she said, "that " With so many famous musical stars present that it would be a good thing ft you asked those two young men to 4ftop tinkling on that piano?" "Well," replied the host, "I feel just II little bit backward about Interfering. Yon see those two are Jascba : Seifelz and Efrem Zimbailst" • , f Roger Bacon, who has decorated most of the big houses at Palm Beach With Spanish and Moorish tile of the fifteenth and Sixteenth century, hasbeen visiting our city and telling me Iteh Mories. Be to!d me of a trip to flands of the Bahama group some K) miles northeast of Nassau, where, Ha shallow water, his party caught, ^orty hone fish In one day. Take it / -l x ^om izoac Walton, that is a record. Many a fisherman has spent a day tryftig to get one bone flsh, which accordling to no less an angler than Dr. John Oliver La Gorce is about the gamest ^ '.ill^h that swims. '• . • * •'V' ' . -fisher • I'.imiui Carl Fisher once displayed on his boat some seven or eight bone fish to 4eary guests of his who had been ofT liours and miles in a small boat and &ad returned practically empty handed. Mr. Fisher was willing that his guests should believe he had caught fish while seated comfortably in a deck chair smoking a cigar. It later fc'as discovered, however, that Mr. had offered the natives of five dollars per fish and that Lyle w*s a Waukegan visitor Friday. ' - John Sutton was an Elgin visitor over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brjmr spent tfce week-end in Chicago. Miss Stevens spent the holidays last week at Joliet and Chicago. Mrs; J. D. Beatty spent Thursday and Friday in Chicago- Edmund Miller spent the Thanksgiving vacation at Detroit Mrs. A. Landwer of Barrington called on friends here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Diedrich spent Sunday evening at Waukegan. Misses Elorothy and Genevieve Knox spent the week-end at Rockford, Mr^ and Mrs Joe Weber and children spent Thursday at Ringwood. Miss Clara Thorsell of Roselle visited friends here the last of the week. Mm Marjory Phalin of Chicago spent the week-^nd at her home here. Mi\ and Mrs. A. L. Lawrence of Ringwood spent Thanksgiving in Mc- Henry. ' Mr. and Mr?> F. E, CoM> returned home Saturday after a Week's visit in Chicago.. '"..' Mrs. Ellen Ensign s|>ent Friday afternoon , and Saturday with tjelatiyes at Richmond. Clarence AngleSre spent the Thanks, j giving vacation with home 'f<rfks at Morrisonj 111. - " ; a • . Floyd Covalt, of St. Johii'a Mil- Chi at E. J- Boss sperft Tuesday fa cago. " Edmund Willis spent nu»tloB Detroit- . Leo Heimer of Chicago is visiting in McHenry. Miss Minnie Knox spent Friday and Saturday in Chicago. Mrs. Annie Rose of Woodstock visited. friends here Sunday. -- Gwendolyn Overton of DeKalb spent vacation with home folks. Miss Erminie Carey of Wilmot visited relatives here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Newman visited at River Grove Sunday. Charles Newman of Chicago spent Monday with is parents here. Miss Mary Bolger visited in Chicago Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe May visited at Kenosha Saturday evening. * Lowell Nye of DeKalb spent the last of the week at his home. William H. Althoff has returned home from the Speedway hospital. ' Mr. and Mrs. John Dreymiller visited relatives at Woodstock Sunday. Edwin Sherman of Lake Forest spent the holidays at his home here. Mr .and Mrs. Ed' Nickels and children spent Thursday at Woodstock. Mrs. F. C. Schoewer and Miss Opal Post were Waukegan visitors Friday. Val Zillian of. Chicago was a Sunday visitor in the Lewis McDonald home. Joey Barbian of the University of Illinois home here.:.. , • Florence Conway and Kathleen Givens visited in £lgin a few days this week. ' t George Stenger and George Price itary academy, spent the week-end at of Waukegan visited friends here his home here. Miss Maud Gj-anger o€ Elg^p was a Thursday visitor in the Robert Thompson home. Miss Viola Staines, Loretta and Vandeline Diedrich were Crystal Lake visitors Sunday- "" " Mr.'! and Mrs. James Beavis and. son Saturday. Mrs. Laura Kent visited Mr. and Mrs M. J. Kent and family in Chicago Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray VanHereslee of Waukegan spent Sunday in the Simon Michels home. Mrs. Margaret Gillis of Woodstock pent Thanksgiving with her parents spent Thursday with her sister, Mrs. at Libertyville. Peter Doherty Mrs. Mollie G^en^ and family were, Miss Ruth Holm of Williams Bay guests of Mrs. E. McGmms at Elgin was a Sunday caller in the home of Thanksgiving day. t Mrs B Frisby. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Jones of Chi-1 Mfchaei Weston, John and Edward cago^were Sunday v^itors irt th^ C.|Walsh of Woodstock visited Mrs. B. ! Frisby Sunday. Mrs. Arthur Lucas and children of W. Goodell home. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. N. .Young were week-end visitors in the N. C. K\ein home in Waukegan- , Mr. and Mrs. George Young and family of Ringwood spent Thursday in the J. R. Smith home. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walsh were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mjs- Frank Chapman at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Thies and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob StefTes were Chicago Visitors Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Behlke and daughter of Chicago spent Thanksgiving with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schmitt and children of Chicago spent Thanksgiving in the Fred Kamholz home. Mr- and Mrs. Clarence Niemann of Chicago were visitors^jn the Schiessle and Weber home Saturday. - \a Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Duker and family spent Thanksgiving and the weekend with relatives in Indiana. 1 Mrs. Elizabeth Krause and son, Chicago spent Saturday with Mrs. Bernard Schmitt. Miss Charlotte Balsinger of Huntley was a guest of Mrs. Nellie Bacon the last of the week. Mrs. George Kisch and daughter, Gertrude, of Evanston called on friends here Sunday. Mrs- Joe Michels returned to her ome at Crystal Lake Saturday from ' b Harvard hospital. rs. Earl McAndrews and children Mary and Kathrine Kinney were 'gin visitors Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Kueny £iyi children of Kenosha were recent guests in th$ Joe Blake home. . Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Newman, Mrs. Alma Thomas and Mrs. L. F. Newman were Elgin visitors Saturday. Miss May Justen of St. Mary's College spent vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs- Fred Justen. . _Tr , . , Mrs. Charles Frett, daughter, Mar- Clarence, of Woodstock enjoyed garet, and Miss Gertrude Frett of Au- „j>ractically that entire island had gone fishing. ;*.K: Mr. Bacoa also seriously told me a story of trolling with a Japanese 1 feather for bait and of the feather being swallowed by a yellow tail, the yellow tail by a larger fish, and the larger fish by a shark, all within a few moments. This is what I'd call fishing with a party line. I am told • that Mr. Bacon once took a o^rse in romantic literature at Wesley&n. ft seemed a great pity to me tliat thos« ardent fisherman, Irvln Cobb, Bob Davis and Maximilian Foster were not present to tell some of their tixh stories; although Mr. Foster never was quite the same as an angler after taking William O. McGeehan on a fishing trip. Mr. McGeehan insisted upon referring to a split bamboo rod of great price as a "pole." - Amu. B«U Syndicate.) WXU Courtship I* in Mo Stockholm.--Courtship by mail In the composite tongue I do has resulted ia the engagement of a Hungarian, Paula Racz, of Kamon, Hungary, to a patternmaker at Motala, Sweden, ; named Tage Carlberg. They hare no other language In common. Youth, 15, Survn Copperhead's Bite Newburgh, N. Y.--Bitten by a copperhead snake while picking berries, Steve Cencak, fifteen, was saved from death by quick b Aid .administered by local physicians and city health depart ment officials. After emergency treatment, the youth was hurried to a hos . pltal, where health authorities administered a serum. n delivered li Ixmdon arrived two days before the date as shown on It is terrifying to think that bills nay arrive beCort they ar* sent--Humorist. -fifth of Iceland i» W abta. Almost four-fifths of the island are unto habited and almost unlnhablt- Thursday with relatives here. Mr- and Mrs. Ray McGee were Thanksgiving day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Del Ryan at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Foss spent Thursday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Mentzer at Woodstock. Mrs. John Miller spent Thursday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Stoffel, and family at Woodstock- Mrs. Jack Walsh, Mrs. Mary Carey and Mrs. J. M. Phalin attended a party at Woodstock Tuesday afternoon. /f*" Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Martin a1 family were Thanksgiving day guests of Mr. and Mrs! Ed Martin at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Johnson and family were Thanksgiving da|r guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Burns at Oak Park. '.'s Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bassett and family and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vogsl spent Thanksgiving day with relative* at Woodstock. v Mrs. R. T. Wray and daughter, Rita Dhu, of Elgin called on Mrs. Ella Wheeler and other friends here Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Goodell and son, Bennett, of Green Bay, Wis., were Thanksgiving day guests in the C. W. Goodell home. Mrs. C. Going has returned from spending the summer in Canada, and is visiting in the home of her daughter ,Mrs. Ray Page. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walsh were dinner guests of their son, Richard B Walsh, at the Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Jack Walsh and daughter, Katherine, with Mr. and Mrs- C. W.j Gibbs of Lake Geneva visited Mrs. B.' Costello at Elgin Friday. t Mrs. Martha Page, Ray Page and Lester Page left Tuesday morning for Iroquois, III., where they were called by the serious illness of Claude E. Davis. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Claxton, son Will and Mr/' and John Dreymiller we*® Thanksgiving day guests in the hom« of Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard at Ringwood. Mrs. Charles Harmsen returned home the last of the week after attending tjie funeral of a relative in Iowa and a short visit with relatives at Woodstock- Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hughes, son Raymond and daughter Frances and! nephew Louis Johnson spent Thanks-; giving vacation with relatives at Ludlow and Georgetown, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Fisher of Peoria and Mr- and Mrs. Boyer Fisher of Chicago called on Mrs. Ella Wheeler Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Fisher of Peoria spent the Thanksgiving vacation with their son in Chicago. Mrs. Edmund Knox, daughter, Doro-' thy, son, Martin, Mr. and Mrs. M- J. Walsh and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joe McAndrews, John Bolger, Harold Bacon, Earl Walsh, John and Will Sutton, Mrs. Margaret McCarthy, John Phalin, Father O'Rourke, E- R. Sutton, Henry Miller and John Givens were among those who attended the funeral of James e«mla FriASf. rora visited in the Simon Stoffel home Saturday. Mr. and Mirs. Fred Kamholz attended the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Herman Gumprecht at Crystal Lake Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. McAndrews and Mr. and Mrs- Earl McAndrews were callers in the Arthur Beschel home at Gurnee, Monday. Mrs. P- McCabe and family visited in Chicago Sunday. Miss Lucy McCabe returned home with them after Mrs. Ray Page and mother, Mrs. C. Going, were Elgin visitors Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Kent, Mrs. Laura Kent and daughter* Ruth, spent Thanksgiving day with Mir. and Mrs. M- J. Kent and family in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. John Reihansperger and daughter, Mary, of West Chicago spent Thanksgiving in the home of their son, C. J. Reihansperger and family. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Whiting of Lake Geneva and Mr. jand Mrs. Glen Shales and children of De&Plaines spent Thanksgiving in the N. E. Barbian home- Mrs. B. Butler and" * Mrs. Charles Peetr of Ringwood represented the Ringwood unit of the H)ome Bureau at a local leaders1 school at Hebron, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank O'Flaherty of Elgin spent Monday in McHenry. Nancy and James Frisby returned home with them after spending the last of the week in Elgin. Sunday visitors in thte home ,of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Winkel were: Mr. and Mrs. J. C- Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. William Perkinson and daughter and Mr and Mrs. George May of Chicago. Dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Miller Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller and Hilda Oeffling of Volo and Mr. and. Mrs. George Miller and children* and M. A. Conway. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ronslett of Chicago, Francis Bonslett and friend of Evan- MRS. HESiKAN GUMMUEJWT MM. Herman Gumptwelit, 08 jwr* old, died at her home at Crystal Lrfke Sunday afternoon following an jllness of several months. „ " * Mrs; Gumprecht is survived by her husband, five daughters, Mrs. George Miller, Mrs. Charles Knuth, Mrs. Albert Jeschke and Mrs. Helen Morris of Crystal Lake and Miss Amelia Gumprecht of Chicago; three sops, Charles, Henry and William of Crystal Lake; and three sisters, one of, whom is Mrs. Fred Kamholz of lip- Henry. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1:30 o'clock at* the house and 2 o'clock at Immanuel Lutheran church, with Rev. "F. G. Kuehnert officiating . Burial was in Union cemetery, Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kamholz aM family attended the the funeral. JACOB THEOBALD Jacob Theobald, father of Mrs. W. W. Freund of McHenry, died at his home at Meyer, Iowa, Friday. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning "at 10 o 'clock at Sacred Heart church at Meyer. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and one son. Mr. and Mlrs. W. W. Freund left Saturday morning to attend the funeral. cago. 'Brttce Granger spent the vi'^ek-eljd with his girandmother at l^aUcohda. * j vr j « rv , , i Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brr-feld spent I*? ™ T™S AND ^RS- FFT { BonsJettj Thanksgiving with her parents in Chiana. son, Junior of Crystal Lake, partook of Thanksgiving dinner in the! home of Mr. and Mrs. William Bon-' slett. Thanksgiving day guests in the Martin May home were: Mr. tand Mrs. Elmer Schmalfeldt of Kenosha, Martha Stupfel of Woodstock and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Guffey, Mr. and Mrs. Joe May and Mr. and Mrs,' Leslie Bungard. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller of Volo spent Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Michael Justen. - • . * "Garden City'" : & llbo Chicago began aft' park development and soon afterwards Its total area of parks comprised 1,887 acres. The city then acquired the nickname of "Garden City" and that name is still emblazoned on the municipal coat of arms? . ' -ConttellatiafiSfa'tfonary V The constellation known as the Great Dipper seems to move around the North star once every 23 hours and about 50 minutes. This motion Is, of course, merely apparent, as it is tile earth which actually nw)v«^ J; - ' Not of Importance "By de time you's old enough," faid Uncle Eben, "to tell de difTrence between A Woken heart an' disappointed vanity, you's old enough to realize, dat It doesn't make much difTrence nohow."-- Washington Star. ; DEFENERATION • r ' - Men of 1*000,000 years ago. had thicker skulls than men of today, the archeoiogists state: . They needed them. In those days," when a politician "hurled a defi^' the thing was granite and weighed 15 pounds. Our political defis, like our skulls, h^vo sadly Regenerated.--Detroit Newi,'-'-' Mr. and.Mrs. Henry Lange of Waukegan visited in the William Bacon I home Sunday. ! Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schaefer and family and Ellen Frisby were Chicago visitors Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. George Kuntsman and Mrs. Bernard O'Connell of Chicago spent Sunday in the George Frisby home. ~ Sister Mary Celine of DesMoinfes, Iowa^ spent several days the last of the week with her, father, Patrick Conway. •Mr. and Mrs- B. J. Brefeld, son, Joe, and daughters, 01 ga and Viola, spent Thanksgiving in the home of Mr. and Mrs. ;Ed Brefeld in Chicago. Thhksgiving day guests in the home of Mr.Vand M}rs. Joe Smith were: Mr. and Mrs. Fuller Boutelle and children of Lake Geneva, Mr. and Mrs. George Young and sons of Ringwood and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Smith and son of McHenry. Guests in the George and Raymond Colby home Sunday were: Mrs. Anna Sattem, McHenry; Mrs. Charles Parcell, SanteFe, Mexico; Mr. and Mr& Frank Sayler and daughter, Woodstock; Mrs. Will Colby and son, Frank, and Mrs. Zell Colby of Waukegan. v °A gathering of twenty-seven friends spent Thanksgiving day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Whiting. The guests were Mr- and Mrs. Jay Cristy and family, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneljh Cristy and family, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stephenson and Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hughes. Thanksgiving day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson w^re: Mr- and Mrs. Harry Alexander of Hebron, Miss Maud Granger of Elgin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Owen of Evans, ton, Oilver Owen of Chicago and Mrs. George Reichow of Chicago. Mrs. Reichow remained for a few days* visit. Ifoaltk in Ct>:aa~ "H^r. ae^erage and food aflfcT the -iie .tibe health puzzle in CMjia, de- :e F. Kett, a H^gela or, families '•** -poor to'Dm aay food exeer^tfeateWhich is Bold oa the street The water supply in Chinese cities Is deplorably Inadequate and the rivers serve as sewers, spreading infection among the vast hordes of people^ * . hr PatfoBe* latnlsm, a religion of India, gif^ fltteiflr stresses the doctrine of non^l tajwy to alt living things that a d tout follower of the sect will not Hi#* ; or even disturb the insects which hsS' fiads feedlng on his body. Santa Claus will be at the Althoff Hdwe., Main St., on Saturday, Dec>; 12, with a gift for every child. 27 Spreading Joy He who Is filled with happiness, though seemingly absorbed, efnanates pleasure on whoever cross&a his way. He cannot contain it all, but produces much for his neighbors. There Is no other such agent for diffusing Joy as C=«i£][=ia[=H3a Ch Will Enjoy These Gifts! The Holy Bible • -- f i f c i i t f Pltlted la d«v typ* Ml Im npA, ia «oM, wNh rad mi atw awlw. 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BOLGER "The McHenry Druggist" S A L E Below an5 bargains from our regular stock of merchandise $29.50 Elgin Ladies' Wrist Watch with band $19.50 I&7j0 Kgin Ladies' Wrist Watch with band now $17.75 $35.00 Elgin Ladies' Wrist Watch with band now $25.00 $50.00 Elgin 17-jewel Wrist Watch with band < now $32.50 " " \ Men's 17-jewel now $27.50 The above are close out models the as other dealers are peering, at r«4oc«d Don't be mislead. 'V V "-Ma come to either of these McHENRY BANKS Ladies' Genuine Leather Hand Bagsranging in prices from $1.00 to $10.00 One-third off--making a $1.00 bag 65^ And a Steer hide $5:00 bag $3.35 Fancy China and Glassware one4hird off Overstock of the above items prompts us to make these drastic reductions in price One Consol Electric Radio at $20 Also Midgets at $251 Music, Jewelry, Radio SHOP Christmas fbopplng Uat Free ' Here you will find courteous service and intelligent help in all branches of banking. Our Christmas Savings Clubs are divided into many groups, one of which will fit your requirements. There is no surer way of saving! than through this method. Come in today and start yours for yourself and children. • ; y?-'-'-. ' Our New ' VCHRISTMAS CLUB • ' ^ fitt!TpO$£ A class far every purse \ J ' . . " : • • ' • . 4 West McHenry State Bank 'V * ^ '•V.-.-.'VJQK. • . '•.vr. Peoples State "Bank of McHenry * UV;^aj