vol. 2. NO. 45
PUBLISHED AT 217 NORTH HARVEY ST.. OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLA., BY THE SUBURBAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING COMPANY.
'UniET, CANADIAN < OI NTY. OKLAHOMA. SATI'liUAY. MAY ltfio.
SI .00 PER YEAR.
Calumet Locals.
Mr. and Mrs. John Friel and baby
spent the latter part of the week vis-
iting in Oklahoma City.
Mrs. Jensen left for Claremore
Springs, where she expects to stay
for a number of weeks for the bene-
fit of her heal ;n.
J. D. Herbert drove to Oklahoma
City in his motor car Friday. He was
accompanied by C. C. Thompson. \\ m.
Lei-hton, L. T. Samuelson and P. J.
Ryrns. Mr. Thompson and Mr. Leigh-
toil each purchased and returned in
their own automobile. We will re-
port about the other two gentlemen
later.
Mrs. Sowders went to El Ileno Sat-
uiday for several weeks' visit with
Norman McLain and family She
will then go east for an extended
visit.
.1. C. Clayton was an El Reno vis-
itor Saturday.
\Y. M. Baker attended a banquet
held by the Hoo lloo Society in Okla-
homa City last week. Needless to
say iie reports having had a fine time.
A. Gerew. living southwest of the
city, has been quite poorly the last
w (ek but we are glad to report lie is
much better at this writing.
August Samuelson, of Foss, Okla-
homa, visited several days this week
with his brother, L. T., and family.
Aubrey T. Moores was a business
visitor to El Reno, Saturday.
Rev. J. Q. Michael is attending the
M. E. District Conference at Lone,
Wolf. Okla., this week.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Herschberg. Saturday, May
?1. Mother, father and babe all do-
ing nicely.
Mrs. Lela Carnahan returned from
Kingfisher Monday after a few days
visit with her sister, Miss Emily,
who is attending school there.
Itev. J. Q. Michael will preach 1
Sunday. May 29, at Red Rock at 11
a. m„ and at Calumet at S p. m.
It really is dangerous to be safe on
the streets of Calumet for it keeps one
dodging the automobiles, but we have
no serious accidents as yet to report.
E M \ri
John Hobson were El Reno visitors
Tuesday.
The fishing crowd wonder if It is
aoing to rain Sunday. Disappointment
is awful.
Mrs. Stergill and Miss Clara Thomp-
son were El Reno visitors Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Moats and daughters.
Fern and Marie, drove to El Reno
Tuesday for the day.
Mrs. Hook will leave Saturday for
Union City, where she will visit rela-
tives until after Decoration Day.
The Farmers' Grain Co. sold and
delivered two car loads of corn to the
Canadian Mill of El Reno this week.
Ruth Tyler returned home Wedns-
day from Oklahoma City, where she
has been in the hospital taking treat-
ment.
Mr. and Mrs. I. O. Johnston were in
E! Reno Wednesday on business.
Mrs. Brown, of Geary, is the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Paul Herschberg
this week.
The L. T. L. Society held a social
o'.i the lawn at the Todd house Wed-
nesday evening. They served supper
at seven o'clock. The evening was
spent in games and music. All mem-
bers report a jolly good time. This
society is composed of about eighty
members.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan, of Geary, were
in our village this week looking after
a location for a racket store. Tiiey
have leased the Stearns building and
will put in a line of notions in the
near future.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Herbert drove
to El Reno In their auto Wednesday
evening to visit their daughter, Mrs.
Archie Wilhite. They were accompa-
nied by Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hencli and
Mrs. Caragan.
Mrs. W. A. Urooks and daughter
Marie are visiting in Oklahoma City
this week.
Miss Lela Moberly is in Calumet
this week taking the preparatory re-
view and examination held by Prof.
Moores to tinish the eighth year's
work.
Mrs. hem Armstrong is reported on
the sick list.
Mr and Mrs. .1 H Keller went to
Oklahoma City Thursday for a short
visit.
SUNNY HILL.
Mr Allen Massey was a Coary call-
er Wednesday.
The switch has been placed in at
Henry Powell's again.
Mr. Ernest Walhaum is working for
Deck Schmoyer again.
Mr Henry Walhaum made a flying
trip to Geary Monday
Mrs. Henry Walhaum and son Her-
man and daughter Henrietta. spent
Tuesday evening at the Massy home
There was a phone meeting at Dick
Sanders Tuesday night.
There will be preaching by Rev
Price Saturday night and Sunday,
May 28 and 29, at Sunny Hill. Every-
body invited to attend.
A large crowd attended the ice
cream and strawberry social at Mr.
N Kenney's residence Friday night.
There were not many in attendance
at Sun.lay School Sunday on account
of the rainy weather.
A large crowd attended the dance
at Henry Powell's Saturday night. All
had a line time.
Jake Baylor and Heman Walhaum
made a business trip over to C. W.
Brown's Wednesday night.
Charley Massey and Jake Baylor
spent Sunday with Charley Hurst.
Herman Walbaum and John Day
Sundayed with Frank and Homer
House.
Born, to Mr. anil Mrs. Ernie
Schmoyer, a boy.
ONION CITY ITEMS j
Read the Alert.
Aii you reading The Alert?
Rev. Cloud, the Evangelist preach-j
i 5, every nisht under the tabernacle,
until Sunday night. Hear him; it will
do .ou good.
Wm. Nienian and Win. Neshe are
at McLean, Texas, visiting relatives
and friends and looking after land.
Arthur Lange has changed his ad-
dress from Scott to Cogar.
Special—Misses and childrens 25c
Lisle Hose now on sale at 18c. Kellys.
Lola Best and Mrs. Clarence Laird
were Union City visitors Tuesday.
Remnants, at money saving prices.
Kellys.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Brown and son
Ira, went to Yukon Saturday, to visit
her mother, who has been dangerous-
ly ill, hut is said to be improving
slowly.
Fine weather after the rain which
fell Saturday and Sunday. It done
everything good. Crops look fine.
Miss Ilosa Woodsinger and Florence
Zimmerman were the guests of Miss
Addie Ricker in El Reno Tuesday. .
George Classen shipped a carload
of hogs the last of the week.
Rev. iSleighman, of Hennesy, will
preach at 'the Union school house
Sunday. May 29th, in the morning at
11 and the evening at S o'clock.
The Endeavor Society meets Sun
day evening at 7 o'clock at the school
house. Everyone invited.
.1. 11. Lindeman shipped a fine Duroc
I Jersey hog this week to J. II. Oxhoby.
Wm. Neshe, of Nebraska, is visit-
ing his brother-in-law, Wm. Nienian.
G. II. Brown, of Wheatland, is Dor-
' ina well on J- D. Lindeman's farm.
Rev. and Mrs. Cloud visited at the
Smith home, north of town, Wednes-
day.
Wm. Drybread made a business trip
to Oklahoma City Thursday.
Mjrs. E Pelkey and daughter, o:
Minco, was shopping here Friday.
Mrs. D. P. Richardson and son Ivan,
left Monday morning for Washington,
to attend the National Sunday School
convention.
Mr. and Mrs. Maxey md son went
to Enid to visit relatives and friends.
The Misses Agnes and Ida G^ipa
are both reported quite sick with the
measles and mumps combined.
Mr. A. J. Moss, of near El Reno,
was 'transacting business in Union
Friday.
Mr. and 'Mrs. William Tabor, of
Niles, was in town Friday.
Working Bill Hayes, grand master
of the Well Diggers' association was
in town Friday.
Dixie Carl, of El Reno, came down
Monday to attend the third annual
Eighth and Ninth grade commence-
ment, given by the public school Mon-
day night. She was the guest of Mr.
('. R. Brown.
Miss Alma Renderhugen, of Rock
Island, is reported to have a bad case
of smallpox.
M. F. Petree shipped a fine lot of
hogs to Fort Worth Thursday.
Miss Georgia Wood returned home
Sunday, after spending two weeks
with her sister. Mrs. O. A. Lamons.
Miss Addie Kilker, of El Reno, is
visiting friends and relatives west of
Union.
Wilbur Garrett was up from Poc
casett visiting at the home of his
parents.
Miss Rosa Woodsinger and Mr
Turck, of Oklahoma City, were vis-
itors at the Zimmerman home this
week.
Mr Frank Perkins was in Yukon
last week.
Mrs. E. H. Petree is again able to
lit tiji and is reported improvin-
uicely.
Mr R Brown has resigned the
position as manager of the Creamery
and Mr Beobrlc is now in charge.
Mr G W. Dixon was In Pauls Val-
ley visiting the home of his son, Mr.
G. C. Dixon, this week
John Hennessy Is among our new
readers of The Alert.
Mrs. Osgood, of Heaston, was in
Union Thursday.
Mrs Meyers, of Minco, was shop-
I ping In Union Thursday.
Model Picture Hat
EMBROIDERY CN THE BLOUSE CURE FOR CHAPPED HANDS
Touch of Color Has Already Made Cold Cream Has Taken the Place of
Its Way Thoroughly Into Pop- All Preparations That Con-
ular Favor. tain Glycerine.
^he new blout-e that has u touch of
colored embroidery about it is sure to
be in favor. One that is stylish eith-
er for a plain colored linen or pongee
frock, or for a soft, dark silk shirt
waist suit is developed with a narrow
"walls of Troy" effect that more near-
ly resembles square tabs.
The blouse is made with eighth of
inch tucks set in groups of three, and
opens at one side over a knife plait-
ing of the material, or of a diff< rent
color. Thn edge of the opening is cut
in the square talis, embroidered all
around to the depth of a quarter of
an inch in colored embroidery silk or
mercerized cotton.
The frill is of chiffon or soft silk
in same color as the handwork, or il
the material is used, the edge is
scalloped to match the embroidered
blocks. In each of the blocks is a
small satin stitch dot, while back of
the cut-in line is a row of colored but-
tons.
The sleeve is trimmed with same
effect, with embroidered tabs, dots
and buttons running from shoulder to
wrist, and a narrower frill to match
that on waist.
During the spring months many
| women find it dlffWmlt to prevent
j hands and lips from chapping. And
yet there is an i xeellent remedy at
j hand in cold cream.
It whitens Hie skin more than any
other preparation. II has taken the
j place of the old-time glycerine.
It should be will rubbed into the
| skin and gloves—lo so ones—slipped
on. The palms of the gloves should
I e silt in several places and the fin-
ger tips clipped off to admit the air
and prevent cramp of the muscles.
Vaseline should never be allowed
to touch the hands It turns the skin
j yellow and leaves a stain on the nails
that is hard to clear away
Cold water should lie used sparing-
ly. Its action roughens the skin un-
pleasantly. Tepid water, with a few
drops of ammonia and a good lather
of eastiie or borax soap, is advisable.
If the hands are Inclined to redness,
the trouble lies In the way of circula-
tion, and slight gymnastics will re-
lieve it.
The Latest Belts.
Relts this season are soft In effect.
They are shown In soft silks, satins,
metal mesh and metallic-finished fab-
rics, and they tightly girdle the figure
Stiffnr belts are also shown on Rus
sian-blouse suits and on seml-fittlng
princesse gowns, and are held loosely
Into place through applied straps
Many of the belts have buckles of tile
same material with either a touch of
hand embroidery to make them more
attractive, or they are braided A
belt of soft, dark blue silk, for In-
stance, will have the buckle covered
with the silk decoratr-d with a design
braided In narrow dark blue soutache
and line gold braid—From Woman's
Home Companion,
IN WHITE SERGE.
Seamless Shoulders.
Seamless shoulders distinguish a
great many of the new negligees and
at once commend them to the woman
who makes such robes for herself, as
they do not require the perfect sha-
ping of the garment between the
throat and the elbow. Some of the
most artistically draped negligees con-
sist of single or double widths of mate
rial crossing the shoulders and Joined
from the center of the back to the
front, the V at the nape of the neck
being filled In with a triangle of em-
broidery or lace and the sides below
the arms supplemented with sharply
pointed gores running from the hem
to the inner seam of the cut-in-one
sleeves.
"Pulling Threads" Made Easy,
The next time you are hemstitching,
try rubbing dry soap on the mate-
rial where the threads are to be
pulled. They will come out like
magic. This can be used for the fi-
nest or heaviest materials without In
Jurlng them.—From Woman's Home
Companion.
The skirt of this ciistume has a
i plain panel down center of front, with
the edges of sides laid over and ar-
ranged in a wrapped seam; the coat
hafc the sides laid over tli" fronts the
same wuy. Black satin faces the long
collar, while buttons covered with thu
same form fastening below
Hat of straw swathed with panne
and trimmed with a bunch of mixed
flowers each side
Materials required 5H * ards serge
48 inches wide, % yard satin, 4 ya.rd«
silk for lining coat, 2 taittona.
Good
They Count for
More Than
Manners
Anything Else
By DR. MADISON C. PETERS
The
MKIiSON kuvs: "Give a boj dress and accomplishments and
I you give liiin the mastery of palaces wherever he goes. He
* I has not the trouble to earn or own them; tliev solicit him to
cuter and possess."
(lood manners go farther than letters of recommendation;
like the gold standard, they arc current, the world around.
Lord C'hesterlicld well knew the truth of the proverb that
that "manners make the man." lie wrote to his son: "All
your Greek < a ti never advance you, but your manners, if good,
may."
mill' man, however < tpahle, repels, while Ihe man with a pleasing
way about him ahvay- attracts. To quote Chesterfield again: "Oil vour
mind and your manners to 1 \e them the nen --an suppleness and flexi-
bility strength alone will not do ■ i."
Aaron Burr lost the presidency by on. vole, but lie became vice-presi-
dent, outdistancing men of twice hi character and ability, owing to his
suave and courteous manners, bis polished bearing and magnetic person-
ality.
Josephine's fascinating manners did more for Napoleon than any
dozen of bis loyal adherents.
The art of pleasing is synonymous w ith the art of rising in Ihe world.
Of course there are notable exceptions to the rule that a pleasing person-
ality brings success. Michael \ngelo was a cold and forbidding man, and
though the people admired his works they eared little for him. Columbus
was unsocial, and to his taciturn disposition may he attributed the mutiny
of his crew, which with dilliuclty was allayed on his voyage of discovery
to the new world. I>ante was never invited out to dinner in his life; ho
was never welcomed at any fireside.
The "I don't know," "I don't care" "none of my business" kind of
a man stavs where lie starls. Show courtesy to others—not because they
arc gentlemen, but because you are one.
Shabby clothes and rude manners are no longer looked upon as eccen-
tricities of genius. Negligence in dress will soon be
followed by corn -ponding negligence in address.
{'arele-sness iii tho matter of clothes undoubt-
ed! lowi i • ti man in his own estimate. I don't believe
there i- a man alive who can preach a good senium or
can be eiVeetive and skilful doer of any good work
if I e i- con ioiis that his linen is soiled and his clothes
are ill fitting and worn. There is about the ill-clad
h T man a >en.-. of incompleteness that shears him "f his
personal power and magnetism.
Giving
Rebuke
Tact Needed
in Order to
Secure Good
Results
By JOHN A. MOWLAM)
hk<77uA
NOCK before miii (••lire in here, please," said the general man-
ner, -itting in the privacy of his inner office. "And now you
may take tin matter back and wait until I send for you, if
you'll be so good."
The general manager had been talking to me for some
time. The door had opened sinldcnh and the young man act-
ing as private secretary stepped in, had crossed (he room, laid
a batch of papers on bis employer's desk, and was tiptoeing
out again, when he had been called back.
There was something cutting in the well modulated tone
of voice which the employer n-• • 1. The sting of it had been emphasized,
in fact, bv the intonation. I'r ling would not allow me to look at the
young man, but the figure which shaped itself in the corner of my eye
as the young man tiptoed back for the papers showed me how keenly the
speech had stung him.
Was that speech justified?
Distinctly not' Moreover, it wa- an expression indicative of a bad
business policy in the man who had risen to the position of a general nian-
ai-r. Forme, I onl\ saw-tie man's limitations as an organizer I should
i a v. be n a little li-.s certain of my invstmcnt had I owned stock in his
company.
No matter how that young r.aii ti glit have offended before in this
manner the reprimand was out of all proportion to the offense, taking it
for granted that tin young fell .u wa- at all worthy of the position he
held. And if he v• re unworthy of it, wlr. did he hold it?
Coming in no one could have been more considerate in tiptoeing
across the room than was t h i - tin - - 11 ■_• • r. To me, looking back upon this
phase of the incident, I am sure that the n.ung man's actions showed that
he felt he had intruded and was making ■ m rv effort to It-sen its effect.
There apology ill c\. i iut. . i,t : iss the ibmr. Literally it wa*
not an interruption until the manager, through his rebuke, made it so..
Instead of this manager's eml.ai racing it" md outraging his em-
•
ployer, a moment after I had gom . if 1 e had . ailed hi.- man in and asked
that -m il interruption- • • a-c? If never before he had
been forced to rebuke the mail he could have made the
reijue-t in the tie con - i'h' ra I e maimer; if it had oc-
curred before, lie could have laid whatever emphasis
might have 1" n d. served upon the offense. The young
i"7 71 man would have recognized any deserved forui I
\ " ' % | degree of reprimand, llis loyalty would have boen
strengthened b\ the fact that his employer, by waiting,
had saved him undue embarrassment. Still more, ho
could have had a chance to explain and offer
apology.
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