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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 52

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WU6 PART 1 Daughter of ide TO DARE DEATH Despite Lent New York Has Had A Gay Season IN RUBBER BALL fl 4 him Morgan or all Repr of let IT 1 the can Con Mrs Mr Mn Dod an ria I high like wine easy what 11 17 1 Ltra 4 been kh4m ormer IWolary guest et honor at hlh tallowed th II pk antU uui Get $130000 urs In Two Robberies Capital Plans Gayest a Easter Season in Years Los Angeles April Mrs Alice itzpatrick demonstrated that a hatpin Is an excellent weapon and her husband Herman I itzpat rick was subjected to the demon stration before he was awarded a divorce today Mrs itzpatrick denied she at tacked her mate with a hatpin but she failed to contest the marital action although she had filed a written reply and counter suit ask ing separate maintenance itzpatrick vowed he lived In constant dread that his spouse was going to poison his food Ue also declared that his mother fouud a letter lha had been writ ten by hs wife to another man Married ebruary 24 19U5 the pair parted April 5 1918 it was stated They have one child How ard Le 11 whose custody was tak en undr advisement by Judge Thompson does this very thing frequently That Is one reason why a secret service man was assigned to her by the president lie knew her habits and her tastes and should she suddenly be recognized by the crowds and be alone some thing uncomfortable might happen to her She may be seen walking on almost any street In town at any hour or perhaps around the Potomac park few persons recog nizing the tall slender figure and the sprightly buoyant step of the plainly dressed woman as the mis tress of the White Hous HISTORIC ANGLICAN CHURCH AT ORT ERIE WHICH WAS BUILT 103 YEARS AGO life It with her find her native soil for promising the charming anta Barbara Calif April 19 Postmaster Downs of Loa Olivos wanted'tn connection with the dynamite murder of Ma guire village blacksmith last De cember was found today registered under an assumed name in a local hotel Posing a Wright and wife HIS 18 garden week in Ameri ca and Arbor day was changed this year to the riday of this week Instead of last week that it might fall within the auspicious time when gardening Is uppermost ip the mind of those In terested The district commission ers issued a proclamation to the citizens calling special attention to the care of the trees and shrub bery All this has been done by the federation of women's clubs Miss Alice McDuffie of Kala mazoo vlo prestdant general was a member of th resolutions com mittee of which Mrs Henry Joy was chairman so many different years Mias Caroline Dodge of Iowa was chairman this time Mrs Bertha Lincoln Iteustte of Los Angeles well known in Detroit Is hero for her annual visit In her old horns She was a delegate to the continental congress and is re maining for the Daughters ot 1811 and the League of American Pen women She la a former president of the League of Penwomen and is now president of the Los Angeles branch which she formed Mrs Heuztts to a daughter of the late Colonel and Mrs Lincoln for merly of Detroit and later of Washington and law grand daugh ter of the late Rev" and Mrs Price of Detroit it idg that blue white with a splendidly embroider ed crepe shawl' all white and a 'large blue feather fan The next Mrs Cook president generalreceived from the White House a largo box' of gorgeous blossoms and an accompanying note from Mrs Coolidge thanking her for her courtesy in asking her to the con gress and saying how very much she had enjoyed lb The city was almost given ever to the Daughters during the past 10 days and many are remaining over for several weeks attending the conventions coming so fast In succession and oven overlapping iach other The Daughters of 1812 will open their convention on Mon Jfflh day They have a tablet for the Key memorial bridge at George town across the they will unveil eot monles early tablet will be Superior WIs April Awaken ed by his pet fox terrier Poodles (lust Kerres just escaped with his life when flames entirely destroyed his home today Kerres was alone in th hous and asleep when th fire broke out in the kitchen below his room The dog sensing the danger ran to the bed and oy pulling at the covers and harking aroused Kerres lie rushed out and a few minutes later the house was In ruins in his haste to turn in a' fire alarm Kerres broke the box glees but failed to pull the switch Ho returned to watch his home bum wondering why Ua lira apparatus tailed to arrive a 4 ro Pari Newspaper Send Out 5 rancs to Each of 100 Only 33 Return Sum Paris April (By United Are we honest? This question excited the curiosity of The Paris Soir a prominent after noon newspaper to such a paint that it gave human nature a severe test Tho result revealed the aston ishing general average of only one third per cent of the people of rance who are scrupulously honest Sixty six men out of 100 failed to meet the test Given a second chance thirty four ot the delinquents were deliberately dis honest or careless What The Paris Xgolr calls a "stupllylng thing" is th fact that parliamentarians passed the test of honest with the highest grade only being tied by th men Probity Test inds A Third of Us Honest Rocsevelt wife of the secretary of the the the tea she will give on noon of th twenty nlhth in honor of the wife of the secretary of the navy Mrs Curtis Wilbur Mrs Eberle Mrs Lejeune Mrs Coontz and Mrs Jones wives of admirals of the navy will be other assist ants Officers of th navy and ma rine corps and their families will be the guests for th most part Mias Mary Hamilton of Dtrott la the guest tor i time of former Secretary and Mrs Denby Sho Is painting the portrait of Mr Denby to hang in th navy depart ment Mlns Hamilton la well known aa a minlatur and portrait palntr Mrs Giltner Scranton ot Har bor Reach Michigan accompanied by her children ar at the Hamilton hotel for their aprlng vacation They art accompanied by Miss Ray ot England Next Wednesday th cabinet hostesses will hold their last re ception of th season a much be lated on becana of th mourning for Woodrow Wilson and Lent fol lowing ao oloatiy after Mr Gil lett wlf ot th pekr alio will receive that afternoon Mr Her bert Hoover who baa gon wt for a Girl Scout convention Chica go and thnc to her horn tn Cali fornia held ner rweptl W4aee day of thia week Ina lead Senator and Mr Weedbrtdf erri had a their gut tor th Leach Sure He Can Take Niagara Plunge in Safe ty Encased in Globe Snectul to The ree Press Niagara alls Ont April If Bobby Loach a former Canadian now residing a few miles from Niagara alls cares to risk his life by attempting to go over the falls next June In a rubber ball It will be none of the business of the Canadian authorities unless he tries to pull his stunt off on this side of the International line This is the view of the Interested of ficials In this city and it Is alleged that Ottawa regards the matter in the same light This means tnat if Leach conies over to Canada to "do big staunt" be will And himself under arrest Iach went over the Horseshoe alla on the Canadian side In 1911 and managed to fool the police who were on his trail But It Is prom ised that he will have both hands full this time Thirteen years ago he used a steel tube and when It dropped the ICS feet over the preclplcp It fell behind the torrent of water and landed end up on a ledge a few feet above the swirling maelstrom Carried Down Stream or an instant it hesitated and Leach says he thought it was going to anchor on the ledge Then it fell over into the water and was car ried down stream where it was fished out by waiting confederates Leach now thinks that the rub ber ball will go over With the prater and that he lll have an easier passage than In 1911 Then his legs were broken andhe was laid up ina hospital for three months At 65 years of age he wants to repeat the stunt but he win not oe auowea to qo on Canadian side if the authorities help lb 'Cannot line Animal Neither la Leach to be allowed to send over dogs and cats goats rab bits and the like in small Impro vised barrels to see how they fare In the experiment He did that the last time he says but If he tries it again he will come into conflict with the humane societies of the alls cities on both sides of the line Spouse Accused of Beating Hubby Photo from Pacific Atlantic bervbfi' MRS LOUISA KIRWIN CAPTRON THIERS Of the 19 living member of the Daughters of this Milwaukee woman is the oldest She is 109 years of age and is the daughter ot Seth Captron who was the aide de camp to General George Wash ington Mrs Thiers despite her age keeps abreast of the times and automobiling is one of her greatest enjoyments otomao which with appropriate In ths week The Inscribed appro priately "In memory of rancis Scott Key author of th words of the Star Spangled Mrs (Samuel Davis of Little Rock Arkis president of th Daughters of 1812 Scores of th member are also member of the A the Daughter of Colonial Wars The Dames of Loyal Legion ounder and Patriots Society of the May flower International Society of the Daughter of Crusader Garden dubs Society of Royal Descent daughters of th Confederacy League ot American Penwomen American Association of University Women and so many mor that It take to much space to nam them Soma of th Daughter were real spectacles when they got on all their badges and insignia pin ned over th whol left aid ot them And nearly every on of thea contentions ar being held in Washington thia month Los Angeles April 19 It was a mistake of a lifetime for John Kronage he avers when he de manded of his wife Maude A that she make her asserted lover Ed ward Coally leave the Kronage domicile I Instead ot complying with his re quest Mrs Kronage scratched her husband and mutilated him while Coally held him according to the allegations contained in Kronage's cross complaint for divorce which was Instituted today' in superior court as a sequel to the orig inal suit for marital freedom To top oft the spat Kronage al leged his wife caused his arrest on a charge that he attacked her and that while he was confined In jail she appeared at the station In com pany with Coaliy and told tho offi cer her husband had threatened her life Kronage named Coally as co re spondent He also accused Mrs Kronage of having two other de vout attendants Edgar Moore and Peter Duffy The couple lived together from May 21 1901 until ebruary 14 last but four separations took place dur ing that time Kronage declared LJ rvtr' Il Mr "Jimmie" a baleful rival At a most delightful little supper atop the Plaza tbe other night Mrs Henry May (of Baltimore if you please) was tho guest of honor Tho beautiful matron was thus honored by hep equally beautiful daughter IsabeJ May Blackr these two years or mor the happy helpmeet of the popular Harry Black The Blacks have one of the most charming apartments in New York sans doute It commands a view of the little world that is Gotham and th water which surround it at night a really magical spectacle Isabel as have hinted eforehas lost her extreme malgreur a (fact on which soma compliment her and others (perhaps more honest) com miserate with her At any rate she Is no longer tho terribly at tenuated youngster whom man) damsels addicted to the prevailing silhouette envied and tried to emu late Her mater when she Is hot listening to compliment upon her extrema youthfulness 1 a'wltty conversationalist and between puffs of the ever present clgaret will be more amusing than twenty debs of her age I you were to ask me who in my opinion I the most prom ising young man now attending an' American university I think I should say without hesitation Rus sell Wright of Princeton This blond giant has come forth with such splendid talent' fqr the theater that I do not feel it too flighty a prophecy to make that he will one day (and not too distant a day) stand forth as our first and foremost theatrical producer I had been very Interested in hearing of him from producers in New York who thought that his work would bear watching but on journeying to Princeton in company with two well known producers to witness his work in four one act plays at the Theater intime I was happy to find his work all that had been proclaimed and more He is respon sible for the sot in the University' play and has worked with his friend Norman Bel Geddes on "The Miracle" being re sponsible for all of the ecclesias tical costume in the gorgeous pro duction Yes I feel sure that young future la a bright and promising one Richard Wilson and his two bonny daughters Louise and Mar lon Wilson have returned to New York after spending part of the winter at the Wilson estate in South Carolina Mrs Wilson preceded her family home and by the apparent signs of apring clean Ing and the thousand and ohe small activities attendant upon opening a big place the fine house at 115 East 53rd street was In ap ple ple order for the arrival of jr ald tIle misses on Thursday (Copyright 1021 Thompson eature Service) a THH great recsptloa on fjk Tuesday venlng th pres Ident general and national officer ot th aoolety received the throng on th platform of th hall Whll th atat regent formed a line la the Museum to th aouthald ef th hall and thr held their own reception Mr Georg May nard Minor was th only on ot th honorary president general who aaalsted Mr Cook ne other being present In Washington just now except Mrs Wiillnm Cum ming Story Th announcement from th platform yesterday of th president that Mr Minor would receive with 1 er made th slight to Mr Story who was upon th stag nil tbe greater and more pronounc ed Mr Minor and Mr Cook were bitterly opposed to each other year no Mrs Minor being strong tor th defeated candidate Mrs Wallnc Hanger of thia city Although th fight was not aa bit ter a on aa many year bav been It wn bitter enough and much re gretted bv th more conservative member of th orginlaatlon Nw York April 19 Two daring robberlea of fur veined at 3130000 wer engaging th attention of the pollc Ct two adjacent precincts today Holding up the proprietor Drenner and five employes and trussing them up with a clothesline two thugs emptied th Drenner fur store of furs worth 350000 and escaped in an automobile last night while hun dreds of persons thronged the Streets Tho other place looted was the store ot Louis Bernatein' He esti mated his Joss at 80000 Police records show the Drenner store was robbed of 310000 worth of furs In almost an Identical manner about a year ago In both Instances the furs were Insured Irronner said he was alone In the front of the store when two men entered with revolvers drawn Ha was hustled into the back room where two mon wore working and throe employes Were led In from a mezzanine floor All were lined up with their faves to the wall and their band tied above their head MISSING POSTMASTER IS OUND IN HOTEL St Louis April Phillip p0 tashnlck a huckster Is willing to attest that even the annoying delays of litigation have tlielr virtue Early on th morning of January 31 1920 Potashnlck Was driving his horse and wagon laden with vege tablea east on Dayton street As was crossing the Intefsortion of lAlfingwell avenue a spending Nat ural Bridge street car crashed Into th rear of his wagon sent vege tables flying ubout the street and plied the wagon on hi cheat Potashnick sued tho street cor company and a Jury in Circuit Judge Hartmnnn court swarded th huck AUofity for the United Railways company thinking tliu Judgment exorbitant demanded a new trial which was granted by Judge Hartmann for technical reasons In th Interim between the new trial and the old trial Potashnick discovered that he hod additional injuries which he had not known nf before When he testified again in Judge court yester day he not only told tho jury of the Injuries mentioned in the original hearing but described the new ones Th jury camo back with a ver dict awarding him 15800 for th hurts suffered la th accident San Downs and his wife were located by sheriff's deputies after an all night search Ho had been at the two days registered originally under his cor rect name only to check out later and return aa "Wright" Operatives from the district at torney's office took Downs to tlie courthouse for questioning He not under arrest they said as he agreed to accompany them will ingly Rumor that at least one arrest charging first degree murder will be made before night was heard about the courthouse as Downs' questioning proceeded behind closed doors He Is being subjected to the "lie detector" brought here from Los Angeles kc ir ra nr In Trat The Parle Bolr aeltvted st random from a directory fiv men from 20 classes of society: fiv academicians five magistrates five editors live comedians five doctors live wine merchants etc To each of the 100 men an Identical letter was sent In closing five francs in stamp It read: "Monsieur: I have th honor to send you in response to your letter th inclosed sum of five francs in stamps which I ow you accept th assurance of my regard (Signed) DUVAL" Than the newspaper awaited th reaction It figured that a man atrlctly honest would return th lum at once and explain that thr was on error Th newspaper explained what happened: Thanks" Wrote Clergyman "An honorable clergyman with out doubt in the habit of receiving charity with an vangellcal ardor kept the little sum and wrote us a letter of thank "It is a phenomena that must be consiaareu in inis time of prices that business people grocers bakers butchers and merchants accustomed to gains would quietly taka came their wav have never ben known for exceptional punctuality and wer not lurprlaed that only on quickly returned the aum Only one editor responded One notary wanted further evldanc that owed him the money but pending a decision ho kept It Mn ot letter tld for the hlglit grade all but cna returning the aum Im mediately Doctor broke btltcr i TIIE DETH01T RE EXPRESS SUNDAY' APR IL 20 a 1924 Hubby Charges Hatpin Attack a onIy two falling to re SpOllQ i Honesty" resulted as follows: irst parliamentarians and men of letters tied: second doc tors and civil servants tied: third clergymen academicians diplomats conieglans and magistrates but this i Place gives them a poor showing because fewer were honest than thoss who kept the sum Bakers biltrher onA Jii n4UU wierenanta failed to reply Own Interest" 'rhn The Paris Solr sent out Other IftttA fnvih dm a teat me Hnquents or 6b of the original num Th letter apologized for an oversight explained that the stamps had been sent by mistake and asked the recipient to return them deduct ing the stamp necessary for post age still no reply name from four industrialists and four wine mer chants three tailors and comedians two clergymen academicians diplo mats civil servants coiffeurs bak ers butchers and grocers One each of the class ot editor doctor magis trate and tobacco merchant did not give up the sum Paris Sole said It would hesl thl'f 0 24 who dld not reply but that they'rtalnly guilty of something We cone ude that In ike we have aeallnxa with persons who guard their owri interests more than they do ours the newspaper said DELAYS otHeTlAW LUCKY OR HUCKSTER az HUM mull HALL BrMkaLwj OM AJ It Od Apl hateng It Pmft Antficaa church at ort Erie one of tl amaiwtwy when a supper will be held by mem in point of member thfti to tho Nldfat posiMWk CtJk tt th present rector A new pariah lull is to be erected a eaco cmism heto hM steoedy Im mg the parish two Katie latiw C8? to prtKto chords tiwd to be bwlt by the sturdy the Ttoscharcb tMMracted fifty years tg0 li Udt of the rtone of OM twi Eno tantras in rtwj of lilt The toy etcacs that then reaaieed the shock of cannon trabw Hto Iwrafc wAtofcr Washington Hostesses Make Up or Mourning Period of Early Season With a Round of Particularly Brilliant unctions Washington April 19 EASTER week will go down in Washington's social history as one of the gayest seasons the capital has yet seen Postponed func tion from the mourning period of the early season will add tothe regular schedule and the late date of Easter finds scores of people up from the south for a few weeks before crossing the seas or the summer abroad President and Mrs'Coolidge have done their full duty to visiting th I A tan I Am a LaU it VUngUlUf IS4I S884MIJ SV1IV VliHUiil Ullllg Item JJCI 1119 II1UIIUI Scarcely adjy passes that they are not called to receive some inter esting group anxious to pay their respects to the chief executive and first lady of th? land No moreO brilliant scene could be imagined than was found there on Wednes day afternoon when Mrs Coolidge received tbe national officers and delegates to the thirty third eon litiental congress of A and On Tuesday afternoon she received the Dames of Loyal Legion and their officers President and Mrs Coolldga following th prcdnt titabllahed by aom of thlr pr daceasora opened th baaaball sea son tn Washington th praaldont throwing th first ball from hl box tn th presence of 30060 spectators larg percentage being society peopl There ar many fans among them and American baseball la fast becoming a fad of th diplomata MRS COOLIDGE accompanied th president to th A hall on Monday evening and sat In tho box ot th president general of th A accom panted by th president' aunt Sarah wlf of Amo Pollard of Vermont and her son and daughter in law Mr and Mra red Pollard who wer guests at th Whit Hous for th wk Mra Amo Pollard 13 rears young we a dele te the congreee Mra Cool was particularly good looking night in a gown of mandarin eatin brocaded in sliver and Mrs Lydig Hoyt To Have Rival This Year in Pretty Thelma Morgan Converse for Most Beautiful Woman Latter Goes Into Movies 1 New York April 20 1924 DESPITE the hordes of outward bounder? who daily bid adieux to these fair shores there still seems tobe the usual number of grandes dames discernible at their usual rendezvous the opera the theater and the seven or eight recherche supper clubs that dot the upper regions of Gotham The opera came in for a little extra patronage after the declaration of Lent for'there really are some few old timers let who observe the Lenten season and scorn to attend any of the gay soirees which recently have been instituted and maintained in defiance of the accustomed period of rest and fasting" Now that it is over and the young set may burst forth in a sort of grand finale pf gaiety it is expect 43' ed that between now and the time when all good Cosmopolitanites depart for their surhmer homes that the revelry and merrymaking will be of a nature exagere Of course no religieuse however ardent found the pretty pastime known variously as Mah Jongg Pah Chung 'etc to be verboten during Lent ao that those who fore swore dancing th theater and other similar divertissement fell upon their ivory and jad boxea nnd spent' the itlme profitably over tho Chinese pieces Eh blen! It is a trite thing to remark that the industrious Mrs Edwin 8 Webster bqck in the dark era of 1922 1923 started something when she snoop ed in and about the rempte archive ot China and Japan and discovered Mah Jongg But such was her ex traordinary mission Jn seems Not content she scuttled back to and looking about conspirators espied Mrs Boylston Beale over here tor a respite from the arduous duties attendant upon being "ot the American Embassy' in London To gether it may' be imagined thi two ladle dreamed of the interna tional corruption their harmle little game was to suceed in start ing a corruption I mut hasten to add as harmless and a harmful as was the far reaching influence of the naughty game of bridge Mah Jongg is aa widely played as golf these days and it is not tob presumption to predict that even tually it will have even more of a vogue than either bridge or golf Charlie Garland ha again turn ed down a nice fat nest egg with his finicking nose ln the alr super ciliousness In 1920 he refused to share in the one million dollar fortune left him bj his father sim ply and solely we are told because he did not earn it! Such extreme conscientiousness should not it seems to me go' unrewarded Per haps the gallant Charles finds suf ficient reward in the avalanche of publicity 'which his' quixotic be haviour constantly merits Wuien saber HETTY Thlema verse' twin sister of Reggie Vanderbilt has at lost achieved her desire (or one of them would' be more accurate perhaps) in getting herself broad cast throughout the country through thi) medium of the silver screen Her part in "Cytherea" is a becoming one and it must bo confessed that th costumes which she wear In the spectacular drama are destined to make her eligible tor the prize in the annual "Who's the Most Beautiful American Wo man?" contest Mr Lydig Hoyt usually claims the distinction but will I fear find the youthful MRS DENBY wife of the for mer secretary of th navy will Mrs Theodore assistant navy at th after tew day additional wlf of Dr William Big Rapids Mich Mra McLeod wtf tatlv Clarenc MeLeod left tbl week aeeompealed by their tw young childtea tor thlr hma la Detroit St win rrmala tot fortnight pr and then rtr her for th remainder ot th ton teavng th chlidr4 in LMteil with her mother MRA CHAILK8 AtfiTIN COOLIDGE ot tMeWt rax Inrg reeepite oo Tuesday venlnr St th Willard tut th Dma of which ha th past rear Dnby wae th th banqut reception eetlngiy and eatertelaly ot bl trip laat year i th rieM Al th elH'tlon of th Die ot taayl Mglou next day Mra Mary Uian Tucker daughter ef tn 1st ea fI A La elattad preaiduAt to fuecd Mr CMdhU who had auerUA Mr Twrr m4hr th tie Jedi A Logan Mr AJbt btera CLI eag wa rtected firai atre peel dnl Mr Jam KL Detroit Junior 'lowSrealLeii Mte Marlon Rvllll ot lb Dull kt ot Columbia rordr: Mra Thran Biddle Ellie ot pearerl! treurer: Mra John It H8maf Chicago daughter of Mr Hap man who th ernatier of th aoolety registrar and Mra Patnu i Reber dsuihter of IJtUtraaAt era! Nelson A Mil cbaaaalter Mr Coolidge waa lwd tor hr sptendld couduet vf th lty dar ing th past yr Ma was are vlc preldnt at th uara ot IM death of Mra tMa tad a a tetr tlcally auecredad to the prretderry filling out Mr Logan term Ph WAS urged upon all eldr to th nomine for th plan yr but steadfastly refund Her wurh with her lag society takes be much of her tint tor her 1e up any mor another Mr Tucker a ill shortly prral l)i aocte'y a pror flag Mart a th inelgnla of th rgatxUtb in memory ot her mother RS COOLIDGE took great pleasure In th visit of her Sorority ilatra to th Hous last week when they ll uu wvreemva trr tn wnit House th nimnily noiteMt of her slf to hang (hat Bh is yy gldtehtn her erjvj fiient of peopl and things whn I nnt under the restraint oif th public gasa or instance her trip to th ha ter on evening last week when quietly entered th theater Juat as th curtain was going up eh was escorted by th acret eurvlc man assigned to lir and It A 8 ML SI fl? flxkVMtl tea Al th fA4 ft It in th orchestra tektmr the tlut! alle lKned to them tcij That la Mr Coclltig sat In th one next th alate th two on th other side of her being vacant jJ? white her escort aat in th 11 lights wer lowered for Ui curtain raising effect and they were not recognized by any on in th audience except or or two con Eresaionsl people who know her personally and who war in boxes They gave no sign of recognition liowecer and th first lady aat Joy iihIw 1 1 a ne i niivufcHum (nw comray to her hearts content oomfortnble bernqs" rli knew thtjw hundreds of eyes were not watnh tog her every move Mr Coolidge tfe KEimroKgjKH SET 1 Burgoo Racing Thorough breds Beautiful All Will Be There for Event June time lnKentucky I Racing thoroughbreds barbecues blue grass reunions favorite sons pa rades pageants in short home somlng world wldo in scope What a picture for every wander Ing son of the best advertised state in the world! Kentucky aa on ot her sons say In th New York Times la mor than a state It I a personality Kentucky call her children horn for the great atate wlde reunion with a voice myriad tongued vibrant with promise ot good tlmesg it could not be a stereotyped an nouncement that a reunion will held because that rsunlon Is to in Kentucky which is known to every ex resident of that place as Eden a place where hospitality first saw the light and where It has been nourished to its full growth Villi lock to Loulvlllo I And what will Kentucky offer her pilgrims when they flock to Louisville the week of Junet 17What' more could she offer than Kentucky at Juno time? But man will add to this natural wonder a few of hla own feeble touches to make doubly auro the success of tho venture There will be a great barbecue in Louisville to which th mayor expects 200000 guests A real Kentuckian will grasp th significance of such an event To feed burgoo and barbecued meat to 200000 people will mean nearly a mile of ditches Allied with fra grant burning wood covered over with steaming carcasses of beeves sheep lambs hogs continually turned over and over by attendants And presiding at the burgoo pots those of the 300 gallon size will be the famous burgoo men ot every part of the state some white and some black but everyone with reputation to sustain or several days and nights the pots will bubble and boll before the great day "And when it doe come and the tin cups are filled for the 200000 the mass' will be re duced to a strlngly consistency that literally melts in the mouUi Include Galloping' Nags After the celebrations "at Louis ville which will ot course include sorna horse racing the visitors will scatter to their native towns Back to their Main streets "arched with familiar trees and paved with con Here will bo the real homecom ing 'Here the cronies will meet The young bucks who have been seeking their fortunes in more in dustrial communities will' com home to and or to nnd "Pap" They will be laughed at for their newly ac quired sharp accents But no mat ter how lorig they have roamed they soon will lapse again into th native dialect and roll out their with the eas of olden times Not a few Kentuckians scattered about the earth will look for black faces as soon as they hit Main street faces of old servants old nurses familiar old Negroes who unknowingly have been tho sub jects of many a discourse on 'th real old fashioned Negroes down home With some 'of these there exists a friendship that is rarely surpassed In depth ot feeling Blue Grass and Barley Tho tobecco will be getting good start in June and it will look like home just to gaze through th windows of the old and see a field of standing burley How comforting to the eye will be the I 1 blue Krs field dotted with shapely oaks traversed by a clear stream nnd bearing on its bosom the cream of horsedom dam and colts kneedeep in June Xlu'hatnthousht8 the "mountains" will call out or a sight of the olfiauuirrel rifle above the mantel in the Is this idle raving td you? Than you are not a Kentuckian Kentuckians as defined by them selves are a race apart They JotvYankeesL nIthr are they Southerners They are Kentuckians and you 'surprise them by saying must be one or the other orced to decide they becom Southerners but rathr be just Kentuckians Outside the state they talk ot its merits forever At home they bask in an air of per fectness which is accepted a too wonderful even to require descrip tion or mention And a Gnat Pageant S0m0 Ofthto detail A coming Include a great pageant in commemoration of George Rogers Clark who founded Louisville at th falls of the Ohio in 1778 This will uC interest to the Ken tuckians in Michigan because Clark later led Kentuckians and Vlr ed and WMt ote bration at Camp Zachary Taylor national army cantonment neartilsvllle for all veterans of th rI There will also i parud nd a parade to dr matlzc Kentucky a progress through several historical periods One detail likely to give a wrong Impression but worth mentioning even at that cost is that a ren resentatlvo in the state legislature V'ollenH tbat the Volstcnd act be void while the re lu progress The bill also urged the planting and careful cul! tivatlon of mint beds to be tended up to and including the last day ot anln urther according to the bill there must be horre ra Ing every day and any visitor WIT6 an titied to and will receive refund There hospitality for you Might Go "Up Holler" Don't understand that whisky is an essential part of a Kentucky homecoming The Colonels with white mustache nnd mint Julep glasses now parade th silver hav nn i(nc Uft carpet of blue grass th traveler will visit the still way back up th ST of th" whro a has yet withstood the attack of th law abiding nre but inemorlen of th revered brands of other days are! for th averise man nw nntriad syn thetic liquors elsewhere Homecoming in Kantucky it oil elbten year vr befor Eighteen year Kentucky InJune time beckons OX TERRIER RESCUES MASTER ROM LAMES 'M 4 li JIS So ri a i X' IKjo 11 Ml 4 fa J' Is I I III i a I li 4 I Iff 4.

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