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. «t Me-i geniy, m, by Liny H. Benteh. and Manager .A. H. Moaher Editor.... „...-A.dale Froahlich m second-class Mtlv at at McHanry. 10^ act of May 8, 18*t. Some Women Can Do It > Tear -*m* CDMORIAI SOCIATIO | Display add for the Plaindealer #ill be accepted until Tuesday noon ! - if the week ad is to appear.- Class- Bed ads will be accepted until Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. News niust be in our office by 5 o'clock «n Taesday afternoon. Need Rubber Stamps ? The Plaindealer. Order lufMinmiiMiiimni :: .If I f\\ ^ n F^vj. • • f*T' Quiet Digrifcf Just as all men are brothers in His eyes, all religious faiths can benefit from our funeral service true to the tradition of each , . . part of our complete funeral service. I Jacob Justen Sons: nJNEBAL DIKBCTOR8 Faaeral Hmu • PImm Meffeary 19S-R Green, Car. Eta, MeHeary •mil I in 1 I IflH Hill I'll berof electrified farms After rwjlinL what our Wonder Lake rnrtssi wrote about having SOOM scientist invent dii . able etotMfcjf that eobld be throfrtf-f Emanuel Holly, away as soon as a person disrobed, thereby eliminating the "wash day back ache," made me wonder how it would be to have a scientist invent a gadget that would take books out of the book case, dust them and put them hack in their places. This would be very convenient in my case, as J have so many. Sometimes seems an endless and thankless task. Then the thought came to me--"Why no, nqt thankless--books are our friends," and so I sat down to think it over and came up with this: Good books are a constant joy! ^ They're like sparkling drops of dew. That fall from heaven, and with them Bring a breath of spring to you! They're like soft rays of sunshine That flood the sky after rain, Electrical Farm Q||| His- number of electriiod fan,. Is growing steadily. At lw J*®} last year there were MNwlQO farms served by rural power lias*. Thj, ^ an increase of 406,700 over tha num. the previous year, and meant that now M.9 per cent of all farms in tha United Ststes are served with el*o! tricity. Bringing a world of beauty And dreams of youth once again! They free our souls from bondage Of our everyday affairs, _ Pleasant heurf of sweet content They bring; undimmed by our cares. Feathers Aid Hearing While birds have regular ears much of their acute sense of hear' ing comes through the auditory aid of feathers, according to Dr.. Chris* tian A. Volf, internationally known physicist. Dr. Volf says that extensive experiments which he has made prove that birds hear through thjeir feathers, especially their tail feathers. Joseph DiBona, father-in-law of the former Dorothy Michels, died on Nov. 29, after a short illness. "My ms, 11, bmvimg long tost*4 mi for m bkycU, 'korrwm? m, tsyieg a mam t*eeit <• bim, ami Uti u**k the police uw* bin." >2 g l V l M O A fift of Whitman's' ChocoUtaa is in recognised good tiiti. Wo have, for example, Whitman's' world-famous Sampler , and Whitman's diatinc-\» thra Bow Knot Package. WITHOUT Ootthsssdalirionwandies, hmrfsmwly packaged, at Bolger's Drug Store PHONE M McHENKT A U C T I O N of Iwy. •h-'- _tptl 178, % nrfle east Antioch, 2M miles west of Hwy. 45 (first farm east of Antioch on H 178), on SUNDAY, Dec. 14 at 1 o'clock R A M LUNCH WAGOIff l^|TrLE ~ 11 ^tstandiag Holstein . *nd Guernsey cowg, consisting of S Xters\I,r^en£jr.fre,h- Glance Whitt ^ SEED--400 bushel ear iS5^L.i lBt c«tting alfalfa; 100 bales 25 ft silage; 11 fc2eLS:rtl1 ear^ AnnUB »y MACHINERY--F-20 tractor on rubber (with lights); F-20 2-row trac- Jor cultivator; 2 bottom 14 inch tractor plow; 2-section drag; broad- "^n8e^er' 7 ft- tractor disc; D. No. 999 tractor drawn corn rc <rth ^ert"'zer attachment); ,.c" ® ft- combine on rubber: side •jyery rake; McD. mower; new ^ tracfor "Preader (on / J®T), rubber tired wagon and pox; wood wheel wagon; etc. EQUIPMENT - Rite-Way portable double unit milking machine {complete); Surge electric water •eater; 2 sterilizing tanks; 10 milk «*ns. f SCELLANEOUS -- Corn sheller;! bundles baling wire; cable; chains. *RUCK V 1941 8TUDEBAKERj FJCK-UP TRUCK, low mileage, good ores. Some household furniture, including gas stove; coal heater; wood burning stove, etc. , EDGEBROOK FARMS, Prop. Chandler and Elfers, Auctioneers :'W Ametiem Barrios Co* Clssfc. By KATHLEEN NORRIS MY LIFE is one longfight |\/I against despair," X VI. writes Charlotte preen from Minneapolis. "That's a dreadful way to put it, but-it's true. I've been married 17 years, and every day of every one of them has been hard and disappointing. 'It's about time,' says my, 14-year-old daughter Claire, 'that something nice happened to the Greens,' and I have been saying that in my heart for all these years. But the nice, things happen to other folks, never to us. "When Fred Snd I married we had no money bufr»his salary of $55 a week, but our friends were marrying on less than that, and we had no fears*. Fred also had a comfortable old house; we moved into it, determined to make it all over some day. But Fred's salary today is $48 a week and commissions, and we are still in the unchanged, old ^^louse. "This isn't all his fault, nor all mine. Three years after our marriage, before my second daughter was born, he had a long illness, and he has never been strong since. He is laid up for weeks every y|fltey~|fn3 wiyble to hold his own with othfr men^NM4MH*Mk» - ^Tred is 42, I am 88. We have five daughters snd one son. One £f our girls is not quite normal in mipd or body, needing special fare "and teaching. My two oldest girls, ' Doi is and Claire, are already working, deprived of the young freedom and pleasure girls ought to hsve, knowing nothing of college, frocks, sports, trips, advantages. Claire is good and steady, working in a factory. Doris on the other hand is pretty and discontented, and; is an' usher in a movie house, a very undesirable occupation for stjtch a girl. " * 'Bat of Discouragement.' "I take care of my delicate little Yvonne, and of the three younger ^ children, a steady grind of domestic work, unlightened by any hope that things ever will be any easier. My son, 11, having long teased us for a bicycle, 'borrowed' one, saying .a man gave it to him, and last week we had the police here. Tha case was dropped, but Richard's hard and .resentful attitude frightened ifie; I am afraid he will do the same thing again. He is a strong, determined boy, and bitterly resents our poverty and the. shabby old house in which we live. "Fred strains hiniself to the utmost to earn mere, and I scrimp, save and plan every .pnoment of the day and often for mast of the night, btjrt the Greens seem sunk in a rut Of discouragement and discomfort, and nothing we can do gives us any hope of escape. "Now, with prices rising every day, and the younger children's needs of clothing, dentistry, schooling rising too, I really--as I began by saying, am fighting a long fight against despair." • • • , This is a tragic letter, and Charlotte Green's situation is a hard one. It is that of thousands of women who find themselves «»«'H»»1y engulfed in wifehood, home-making, motherhood, with increasing cares and responsibilities and exclinging like a baU POOR BUT HAPPY Wbtn m ftmly em't afford the *forts *nd luxuries that other p*opU m the community enjoy, they often become resentful tmd discouraged. TbrnL is the way with the Greens •/ Minneapolis. Charlotte Green writes that she is tired end embittered, although she dots not blame her husband. He is a salesman, earning less now than he did 17 years ago when they were married. The Greens have six children. The two eldest daughters are reaching the age where clothes and spending money count very much. Despite all their efforts, the Greens can't increase their in? come noticeably. The two older girls work and Fred struggles to earn more, but he is sickly and unable to compete with more vigorous men. Charlotte scrapes and saves, but the rising cost of living wipes out their economies end extra earnings. chain about their ankles. Whatever his good points as husband and father, the man of the family finds himself completely unequal to the rising demand, and once the morale of both husband 1u*# wife begins to slip it is a hard thing to reestab- Income UatmpwtanT'^ Some women manage it. But perhaps it takes a special temperament, or v|aion, or faith, to do so. And perhaps this particular generation of girls is more unfortunately placed than any other ever was, when it comes to development of character, of old-fashioned goodness, of self-catptrol and service. Nothing teaches them that selfdenial in the matter of clothes, amusements, fxtravagant cars, beauty treatments, useless and expensive possessions of all sorts, are infinitely less valuable, hi the years ahead, than the courage to forego them. Yet, there are households still, and many of them with no greater advantages than Charlotte's, that not only provide a safe and happy background for youth, but contribute to the happiness of many more than just the members of the family. Households in which there are books, music, good talk, joyous sharing of domestic duties, ambitious dreams, Homes in which shabbiness is difguised by perfect order, the beauty of flowers, of simple hospitality. It is from homes like Charlotte's that half of our nation's great men and women have come; their story is not one of easy beginnings, of indulgent parents and financial irjrejqponsibility. They may have missed' more exciting pleasures of youth, 'but its real pleasures are denied no one who has the inestimable benefit of a good father and mpthtr; and the increased appreciation of success and leisure, later in life, makes these hard younger years well worth while. And the catch in that is that Charlotte and lYed actually could afford to give thair children not only a happy, but a busy, eager, hopeful childhood and youth, with just what they have in hand, "it only they knew the aecret. Friends and relatives of Mrs. Joseph Smith/Hhe former Christina Zimmerman, wire shocked and ag- Jrieved to hear of her untimely eath last Friday, Dec. 5. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Mayer of Chicago visited friends around Johnsburg on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kromroy spent Thanksgiving day at the home of their 'daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs. Frank Benedict of Chicago. The ladies flve-hurdred club of Johnsburg held its weekly meeting on Thursday, Dec. 4 at the home of Mrs. LeRoy Miller, who served a very delicious dinner. Prizes were won* by Mrs. Steve May, first, Mrs. Fred Smith, seeond, and Mrs. William Meyer, third. The Cousins club held its card club meeting last week at the home of Hubert Freund in McHenry. Mrs. Mathew £>aund was the hostess. The women attending were Mesdames Fred Smith, Nick Pitzen, Joe King, Steve May and Herb Simon. First prize went to Mrs. May, second to Mrs. Simon, third to Mrs. King. Mrs. Mathew Lay ancf Mrs. Frank Freund left on Thanksgiving day for St. Charles, Minn., to attend the funeral of their uncle, Nick F. Schmitt. They returned on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Mrs. George ililler entertained a group of ladies at her home on Thursday, Dec. 4. Everyone present went home with a small price, but the very lucky ones were Mrs. Martha Schmitt and Mrs. Helen Bettermann, who walked off with the. grand prisefl. On Tuesday night, Dee. 2, the Community club ladies held a card party at the home of Mrs. Fred Smith. First prize went ts Mrs. Steve May, second to Mrs. third to King, We King, Mrs. Anna We are all glad to hear 1 Richard May has recovered trom recent illness. that his The Pinochle club met last week, at the home of Mrs. Maggie Mover. First prize was won by Mrs. Fred Smith, second went to Mrs, Oars Bodi, third to Mrs. William* Meyers. The club meets again in two 'weeks at the ffVsd Smith home. On Sunday afternoon, Nov. 80, a stork shower was held in honor of Mrs. Michael Di Pirro, the former Violet May, by her maQhflr, Mrs. Steve Mly, and her sistST, Miss Joan May. A very surprised young ladv opened her front door that Sunday' afternoon to find thirty-five guests yelling "surprise," and bearing some very lovely gifts. The afternoon, was spent in playing games, after which a delightful luncheon was served. Mr. and Mrs.: Frank Xurth of la a New Dresa Grapefruit is no longer the bit. tor, thick-skinned, sometimes pithy fruit of the Gay Ninette. Its old objectionable characteristics hsve disappeared since Improved varie* ties hsve been developed. Srfantists are still on the job, trying to produce new strains that will b« even more appetizing and healthgiving than today's. Vegetable Di Preservation of fresh appearance and condition of leafy vegetables during shipment is claimed for a recently patented method of packing. Discoloration of $ie btitts'*n<f ribs of the outer leaves of lettuce can be prevented by spraying or dipping with aqueous solutions of sodium thiosulphate, sodium hyposulphite, sodium metabiSulphite and the corresponding water - soluble a « of potassium, magnesium and « im. Need Rubber Stampf? Order at kT he Plaindealer. A U C T I 515 Two miles west of Round Lake, 1% miles south of Long Lake, 4 miles east of Volo, 6 miles west of Grayslake, on TUESDAY, DEC. 16 at 10:80 o'clock K A M LUNCH WAGON' , CATTLE--29 choice .Holstein and Guernsey cows (6 springers, 1 with calf, 14 recently fresh); 2 Holstein heifers (coming yesrBngs). Holstein bull, 15 mos. old. Young, heavy producing and good testing herd. HORSES--Roan mare, 8 yrs. old bey mare, 5 yrs. old; grey team, 6 and 8 yrs. ©W; brown gelding. MACHINERY--New McD. "M" tractor on rubbet (starter, lights, etc.); McD. delayed lift cultivator; P. A O. 8-bot. tractor plow; McD. 8-ft. tractor disc (like new); Hoosier grain drill; new McD. com planter (fertilizer attachment); new Gehl hamrnermill; new McD. core binder; new McD. 28x46 in. separator (complete); new McD. 8-ft. P. T. O. grain binder: McD. 8-ft. mower; U. S. 6-roll shredder; U. S. grain blower;' new tracer buzz saw; new 8-eec. drag; clod crusher; Int. hay loader; sm delivery rake; wagons; MdD. ailo filler and complete Mae of other machinery. MILK EQUIPMENT rr- Universal milking machine; 9 tingle units (complete); electrie water heater; 20 milk cans; 2 sterilising tanks; etc. FEED--1600 bu. «ato Shocks corn; 1800 bales, 1st and 2nd cutting alfalfa; 1000 t#las straw; 600 bales mixed hay; jS tons loose hav; 85 ft. silage (16-ft. silo); 17-ft. silage (12 ft silo); 400 lbs. timothy seed. AUTO--1988 Ford V-8, (mech. good). . JOE VOCHV Owailt: Chandler A Elfers, Public Auction 9irr. CO., Clerk O--Maffl Typewriter Veterans* aflnlnistration hi pUed has supit laid mp winter. • •* IMii Crab Claws While claws of the female crabs are of equal size, the malea have one claw much larger than the o. th. er. -V -y-n-rr;---yr" New Xype New plumbing fixtures show advances in design and sanitation rather than radical changes in models. Most bathtubs are porcelain enameled cast iron. The all-clny porcelain tubs ase mart OoStiJS,- ^ Washington, D. C., law ml Ike flrst one-handed sAectric typewriter manufactured for tha agency to help paralyzed and amputee veterans. The new machine groups letter keys en one aide of the typewriter, with lees frequently used number and punctuation keys on the other The flrst machine was given tc Albin Ulricksan, 84, a student at Georgetown university, whoee left side was paralyzed by a sheU. Injuries to Weritmea Wtrk injuries to 8,063,000 workers wen reported last year, which moans that more than 47 million work days were lost to production Betting fa Concrete To bolt shelves to concrete, uee bolts that hold by side pressure, which are called rawl plugs. Holea fdr them are cut with a drill and hammer. Whetf concrete is ****** such as the side of a concrete block, toggle bolts See T. P. on the Lake Shore for your Real Estate and Insurance Homes For Sale tl MobULLOM LAKE " T Now niKtet construction, 4 room home on tafge lot. Uarge living room, modern kitchen complete with cabinets, 2 bedrooms, large bath. Pull basement with automatic forced air oil heat, electric hot water beater and well. This bouse is built of the best of materials and workmanship and ig fully insulated. Purchase now and choose your own color scheme for decoratinir . rr ^.,;I ... Cozy 4 room home, with enclosed sun parlor. Large 3 window attic with cedar storage cloapt ftmin&te bath. Good well, electric hot water heater taldrv tubs. , V • > ' ; Well built 6 room, 2 story house in Wickline Bay subdivision. Living room with fireplace, kitchen, 3 be4- rooms* sun parlor, utility room and 1V, bath®. The above is just a few of the choice listing of homes, lots and farm* at Wonder Lake, tht McOullom Lake* Pistakee Bay and vicinity. , r* . MATHEWS - UAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE BBOKSfT Lake Shore Drive, Wonder Center Wonder Lake, 111., P. 0. Ringwood Phone Wonder Lake 306 snd it was . that the poor complaint, laws which pro. the wild creatures from the pieces snd snaree of the , order that there mi^t fet for the nobility. An Brass D«1ngJbe Civil w*^ braae buttons on Federal ware made at the Abel Porter at Water bury, Conn. The first railed in the United States w«g mm. duced at this plant in 1101. No Longer Rust Pawnee wheat, once mat resistant, is now quite susceptible to the dbeaac, Oklahoma A and M path, elogists have found. Their explana. tkn is that types ot leaf rust that attack Pawnee oncfe were Tare in that area, but now have multiplied to thevpoint where Pawnee rusts as heavily as older, standard, vatia* ties. t axless Town Has The taxless town of Sweetwate^J Via., gave a series of parties ti„v raise funds for a city hall •"#" youth center. All labor needed haa been pledged by craftsmen who li*e in the town of 800 population. That municipality's only regular inoome^ comes from building permits, occMHj pational license fees and- auto i spections. - f * if Del-Von Home Made Candy For Xmas ^ ' ASSORTED CHOCOLATES? FUDGE PEPPERMINT SANDWICHE# MARASCHINO CHERRIES AT THE AGATHA SHOP M¥". yr "Lake Geneva Laundry and Dry Cleaners • for the best in laundry and cleaning service E CALL McHENRY 391 HUOK'S SERVICE STATION - Cor. Riverside Drive and Elm St., MeHei^f- ^ Pickups made every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday AN IDEAL GIFT Boudoir FOR CHRISTMAS Eqnipped with MDao4ite°* and an added light in the bate, tbU lovely hand.painted «pal gla«i colonial lamp lights 5 way*. Mounted on a sturdy braM finish bass* with fcand- painted opal |he shade. $15.50 Town and Country Studio "Gifts That Hake » Home" Five blocks north of State Bridge RIVERSIDE DRIVE, McHENRY J4*htg 3 Ways . ... - 1 2 : SHORT DAYS gur STILt TIME ENOUGH FOR PHOTOGRAPHS},, yon make yonr oppointment at once, to, sit for Hphotograph and in one visit settle all your Cluigtma® v pfrplexities. " * . »*uv*av w TDts roi 0HSI8TMAS! l/ORWICK'S STUDIO riverside jmv# s ; auhenry •5 -T¥»7trr *^2 .'1 "1." .V iM A.K A '..te.