APPLETON POST-CRESCENT Pcge Tlirco Wednesday Evening, July 11,1934 U. S. Must Draw Line On Gloudemans Gage's ready to wear department presents an Fad of Returning Thing BY WESTBEOOX PEGLER New York- It was all right to return Lafayette's sword to France a few weeks ago and the Canadian parliamentary mace last week, but it might be a wise idea to decide how far this fad is to be allowed to go before it goes too far. The sword was one that the Marquis left sticking IT? in an umbrella stand one night when ce was over here running up the debt of gratitude on which it seems impossible for this country ever to pay off even the interest. The mace was a trifle of loot which was seized by some American soldiers in the war of .1812 and had been kept in some attic or closet in Washington ever since.
Nations get sentimental now and again and start rummaging through their catch-alls for articles of old trash to be sent with love and kisses to the parties from whom they were stolen as evidence of their current peace and understanding, and reminders that they licked them once and, if necessary, could do it again. Mr. Lyle Wilson, the Washington journalist, informs me that there is a great store of old iron, Peeler cheap jewelry, olive dishes, candlesticks, napkin rings, and clocks taking up valuable room in the cramped old quarters of the American state department, awaiting the judgment day, or with luck, some earlier DRESSES of summer 100 White -JATS Regular at $2.95 Special Business Booms at Register's Office; Need Third Worker An exciting merry-go-round of grand VALUES Hundreds of smart fashions for women 3 DAYS Starting tomorrow OCT d3 Linens Cottons Prints Plaids Pastels Styles for Styles for Dress Business may not be good else where, but it certainly is booming at the office of A. G. Koch, register of deeds.
In fact, it is so good that yesterday Mr. Koch appealed to the county board to give him another assistant because he and his staff cannot keep up with the volume of work that is pouring into the office. The board referred the request to the executive committee with power to act. Mr. Koch's report pointed out that a total of 1,024 more papers dealing with realty matters and 784 more papers dealing with chattel mortgages or sales contracts have been received in the first six months of 1934 as compared with the first six months last year.
Revenues for fees, all of which are received by the county under the new plan, are $1,052.50 more for the first half of 1934, compared with 1933. $Ttl $3.95 FROCKS Half -size FROCKS You may choose from some beauties in this fine group. Just the type to wear with your summer costumes. There are lovely brimmed fashions as well as cute turbans. In crepes and straws.
Second Floor ft Sizes 14-46 $3.95 Reg. 0 $10.90 Cord Lace 'A Hop in and help yourself to these astonishing values. Gay prints and street shades of rose, blue, beige and green. Neatly fashioned of crepe. Puffed and pull-up sleeves, attractive necklines.
Don't miss this sale. If you ere stout tall or short then see these lovely half -size dresses. They fit like they 'were made to your own. individual measurements. Jn chiffon-like voiles.
Lovely floral designs. Sizes 38i to 52 and 37 to 51. Smart Printed and Pastel Dresses disposition. It seems that many American military officers and government officials received such mementoes, including distinguished orders, from foreign governments during the war to end war and that much of this booty was turned over to the government as national treasure, or nuisance. The officers v.ere permitted to accept their foreign orders only by specific act of congress which congress, in most cases, did not have the time to bother to enact.
The civil officers who went traipsing through the European capitals, collecting wedding-present? so to speak, along the line pf mtrch, felt bound by an bid and, in the light of recent developments, lather squeamish tradition that these offerings were be-Siowed on thorn in their official, rather than, their private capacity. Therefore them dumped it all on the state department to. swell an accumulation of white elephants already large and heterogenous. Times Have Changed Very likely, under the present code of official ethics, no additions will be made to the storage problem oecause the members of the new deal government plainly believe that anything which they can wrangle in the way of pay for extra-curricular services, such as writing and radio ballyhoo, is rheirs and net their country's. Under the old interpretation, a member of the official family who hired out to write totty tales for the teeny-weenies or give recitations on the radio would have felt that he, or she, was not being hired for his, or her, artistic merit alone.
But the tennis athletes and the heavyweight champions of the world had established respectable precedent for a change of ethical pace. So, nowadays, distinguished officials, with the notable and rather surprising exception of John (Throttlebottom) Garner, and their sisters and their cousins and their aunts, regard such revenue as fair spoils. Presumably, then, any official who receives the enameled medal of the Order of Otto the Idiot or a bouquet of artificial flowers, hand-wrought from the tail-feathers of the red-winged flamingo by the native subjects of some savage potentate, may accept these souvenirs as his very own and carry them back to private life when he retires. This would be ati agreeable break for the United States department of state, at that. Not the French Way They went to rather elaborate extremes to return Lafayette's sword, sending a delegation of American militia all the way to Paris in their full-dress uniforms at an expense which must have amounted to something appreciable.
This must have puzzled the French who are practical souls and who, if they ever come upon any of John D. Pershing's personal property in their archives, will either sell -it for storage or, at best, ship it bark in a crate, charges collect. The Canadian mace, however, was poor boodle and only the statute of limitations had served to mitigate the act of larceny by which it came to be present in the American garret. Its return seems to have been effected with ceremonies of the type called simple but impressive. The Americans said, "is this yours by any chance?" and the Canadians said "we wondered where it was," and that was the sum of that It was a nice way, on both sides, for, if the Canadians had said, "you crooks, you stole it," the Amercians would have had to say, "no, we licked you for it" and there would have been another war.
Return From Young People's Conference Members of the Congregational church have returned from Green Lake, where they attended the annual young people's conference. Local delegates took an active part in the conference. Ruth Lutz was a member of the student council, Lester Schmidt a group leader, Gordon Watts a speaker at the annual banquet, and Lester Schmidt had charge the orchestra at the banquet. Mildred Letts and Gordon Watts participated in the baseball games. Hobbies to which the local delegates devoted their time were: music, Gordon Watts, Jane Eisner and Lester Schmidt; handicraft, Mildred Letts; newspaper work, Ruth Lutz; and dramatics, Mary Reineck and Gordon Watts.
Dr. and. Mrs. John W. Wilson conducted classes at the conference, W.
F. Bradburn was song leader and conducted worship services at convocations and evening vespers, and Mrs. Bradburn served asspianist. A camp orchestra and chpir were formed under direction of Mr. Bradburn.
Only a few thrifty dollars will place many new dresses in your wardrobe from this group. Jacquard crepes in prints and pastel shades. Caplet and short sleeves. Youthful styles for matrons and hic affairs for young misses. Better hurry such values are bound to disappear in a jiffy.
Sizes 14 to 18 and 38' to 52. $4.95 Values Dainty cool dressec that will give you that "gracious lady" appearance. In color combinations of eggshell and brown, egg and peach, egg and rose, egg and maize or egg and blue. Cape fhoul-ders, belts. Sizes 38 tc Second Floor Prints and Pastels $5.95 and $6.90 values Cool Cotton Dresses at $5.95 regularly On Sale Sizes 16-52 Cz Ll Those Very desirable washable PASTEL crepes as well as neat printed in light colors.
Clever styles with caplets and short sleeves. Pleated skirts. A very choice Never has cotton been so highly glorified as in these lovely dresses. There are smart sun-backed effects tailored tricks sleeveless models and others with short sleeves. Piques, linens and drawn piques'.
White, pink, maize and green. Sizes 14 to 20 and 38 to 44. Goodland, Kox Named On League Committees Mayor Goodland and Joseph A. Kox, city treasurer, were notified of appointments of League of Wisconsin Municipalities committees, by Mayor Daniel W. Hoan, president of the league, today.
Mayor Goodland has been named to the legislative committee, and Mr. Kox to the committee on the training of municipal employes. $6.90 Organdie Frocks Special shoppers get the pick don't be late tomorrow. 1 35 Dresses for Vacation $7.90 val values 01 REPAIR LARGE SEWER Street department workers are repairing the large sewer under the Oneida-st bridge, which caved in recently. About 30 feet of 24-inch pipe is being laid to replace the damaged sections.
The work will be completed before the end of the week. Where ever you go on your vacation you'll be properly costumed in any of these unusually smart frocks. Light printed silks washable crepes in plain pastels and dashing stripes. Sun-tan fashions sleeveless or caplet modes. All nicely tailored throughout.
Sizes 14 to 18 and 40 to 50. On Sale Don? endure a 111 pimply blotchy. complexion Hesinol Ankle-length creations in pink, blue and white. Nice, for dances and dinners. Fluffy and crisp.
Just a small group here so if you are interested lose no time in coming in tomorrow. Sizes 14 to 20. Second Floor quickly relieves such PRINTS PASTELS $10.90 Regular I Shcot 'Em Back I There are hundreds of thousands of German spike helmets among the i souvenirs of the war to end war scattered around this country and TERCENTENARY Jacket Styles One piece Frocks $13.95 Regular NOW you can afford more of these exceptionally nice dresses. Exquisitely tailored of pastel washable crepes dainty prints sheers and pebble crepes. Jacket, caplet and simply styled garments.
Sizes from 14 to 44. You can depend on the QUALITY from Gloudemans. TOUR countless iron crosses, belt-buckles and suspender-buttons. To return them all separately, each trifle accompanied by a detachment in plush regimentals, would entail an expense sufficient to deter even those sentimental and ceremonious Americans. Perhaps if developments continue to develop in Ger Boucle Suits $13.95 Cr-Y7G Suit many, this country will find it ap- Of course there will be a great rush to get these dresses.
Just think you save $3.20 on each garment. THAT is SOME savings on summer styles. Besides the prints and pastels there are also PLAIDS and fancy STRIPES. Colors are white, blue, pink, maize and peach. Sizes 14 to 44.
Conducted for Organized Groups PHEBE JEWELL NICHOLS Author and Writer on Wisconsin Indian Life and Legend For Complete-Information Descriptive Literature and Prices Call our LOCAL AGENT Telephone 1440 $10.90 Suits Select group of Quality Dresses as propnaie to ioaa tnem guns and shoot them back. But these things are not the final problem. Such things are trash. If the U. S.
A. is now going to turn square and start a systematic return to the original owners of the loot of war, will this fad presently get out of hand? There is Texas, for example and there is also the Canal Zone and Porto Rico, all souvenirs of the same sort as the Canadian mace. A sense of proportion is a wonderful thing. No wise nation goes to silly extremes. (Copyright, 1934, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) re In this selection you will find summer's most desirable fashions.
Perfectly tailored. Distinctively designed. Washable pastels summery prints in light shades florals in medium colorings. Puffed, elbow and full-length sleeves. Novel buttons, contrasting trims, pretty necklines.
Sizes 14 to 46. Regular at $16.75 $19.75 S2 $6.90 0n7G Suits C-J Two and three-piece garments in novelty weaves. Colors are maize, ccral and skipper blue. These will not stretch, pull or sag. The ideal garment to wear on your vacation trip.
Sizes 14 to 20 and 38 to 44. Second Floor or S62 1 Second Floor Extra Saleswomen Second Floor ADD 58 FIXTURES Fifty-eight new fixtures wece added to the present system during June, according to the monthly report of George Gauslin, plumbing inspector. Mr. Gauslin made 124 inspections during the month, including two finaL 96 roughing and 28 sewer inspections. He issued 15 permits for the opening of trenchei.
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